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< Saturday, March 4, 2017 >


10:00 AM 20th Annual Spring Obsession Art Show & Artist Reception
Murphys,CA...Now in its 20th year, the Spring Obsession Art Show celebrates the annual release of Obsession Wines and the 20th Series Spring Obsession Poster.


During the reception, the Open Division judging panel announces the winning artist while members of the Kautz family (proprietors of Ironstone Vineyards) unveils the the winning artwork. The selected piece is turned into posters, which are available for purchase and signing by the artist during the reception.

Saturday & Sunday 10:00am - 3:00pm
Free Admittance to the Public
Art Exhibits, Demonstrations, Art-In-Action
10:00 AM Discover How Olive Trees Become Bonsai Living Art
San Andreas, CA... Olive trees will be the featured topic at the Mother Lode Bonsai Club’s demonstration on Saturday, March 4. Sam Adina of Stockton will be the sensei, or instructor for the free public presentation, which follows the club meeting at 10 a.m. in the San Andreas Central Library, 1299 Gold Hunter Road (off Mountain Ranch Road) in San Andreas.


Adina currently serves as sensei for the Modesto Bonsai Club, a post he has held for the past 12 years. He has been a workshop presenter at California Shohin Society’s seminars and the Golden State Bonsai Federation’s 2016 annual convention in Sacramento. His artistic talents have also been shared at bonsai venues throughout Northern California and Arizona.

According to Adina, developing and styling olive trees requires a degree of skill to create the appearance of gnarled trunks and twisted branching. “It looks easy but there are tricks to be learned,” he said. “Olive trees are interesting subjects with lots of character. While they are not difficult to establish with a specific design in mind, you have to keep a constant eye on them because they grow very quickly. Many forget to do this.”

The demonstration by Adina will focus on developing and styling olive trees into living art. His own backyard collection includes not only olives, but also a number of his other favorites, including black pines, junipers, and many deciduous tree specimens.

Mother Lode Bonsai Club members come from Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties, as well as valley communities. All are welcomed to come and learn this enjoyable hobby regardless of their levels of experience. For more information, contact Bob Dean at (209) 754-5887 or go online towww.motherlodebonsai.org.
10:00 AM You’re Invited: Historic Knight Foundry Open House
Sutter Creek, CA...Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek is America’s last water-powered foundry and machine shop and a premier relic of
Mother Lode gold mining history. Everyone is welcome to attend their Open House, the first time in many years that
tours will be available inside the Foundry, on Saturday, March 4, from 10am to 4pm, 81 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek
95685. Meet local historians and former Foundry employees as they share some compelling information about historic
Knight Foundry, and David Weitzman, author and illustrator of Pouring Iron, a children’s book about the Foundry,
who will sign prints of his illustrations. The event is free. Details: knightfoundry.com, 209-267-5647, facebook.com/
knightfoundry, theknightfoundry@gmail.com.
10:00 AM Murphys Historic Walking Tour Every Saturday At 10am
Murphys, CA...Every Saturday at 10am the Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Murphys are available at no charge (donations gratefully accepted) on Saturday mornings at 10am leaving from the Old Timers Museum on Main Street. Please contact Jo Sanders at 209-728-3072

Murphys Old Timers Museum
470 Main Street, Murphys, CA 95247
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM Independence Hall Needs Your Stuff! Accepting Donations Every Saturday!!
White Pines, CA...The Flea Market is our only fundraiser for the year. The proceeds provide for maintenance of the building and grounds. It is always held on the first full weekend in August. Donations to the Flea Market are accepted all year.

indhall

Independence Hall Community Center - History

Independence Hall Community Center, Arnold, California, was officially established in 1974. From its inception, the Hall has served as a non-profit, non-tax-supported community facility for the Ebbetts Pass area. Originally, the Hall was the Avery School, a one-room elementary school with a divider creating two classrooms.

The attendance area extended along California Highway 4 from Camp Connell nearly to Murphys. The first function to be held in the building was a school Christmas program in December, 1941. The school was rededicated in 1964 as Hazel Fisher Elementary School in honor of its first principal and teacher, Miss Hazel Fisher. Following construction of a new Hazel Fisher Elementary School, the original building was signed over to the Ebbetts Pass Wonderland Association and in recognition of our nation’s bicentennial was renamed Independence Hall. The Hall was dedicated and remains this area’s community center.

P.O. Box 2056
1445 Blagen Road
Arnold, CA 95223
(209) 795-2152
IndependenceHallArnold@gmail.com
01:00 PM VETERANS MEET & GREET FREE BBQ
All Veterans are invited to a Meet & Greet and Free BBQ.

March 4th, 2017. Events starts at 1300 hours

Location:
Old Town Dance Hall
Sheep Ranch Road
Sheep Ranch, CA 95246
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM Big Trees North Grove Guided Tours Saturdays At 1pm
Arnold, CA...North Grove Guided Tours – Guided walks of the North Grove are held on Saturday at 1 pm. The walk is 1.5 to 2 hours. Meet in front of the Visitor Center. Bring water and your comfortable shoes.


Snowshoe Walk – When appropriate – the guided walk becomes a snowshoe walk. Snowshoes are provided.

Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Hwy 4 Arnold, CA 95223

Calaveras Big Trees Association
http://bigtrees.org/
05:00 PM - 08:00 PM Zucca After Hours
Join us all year on Friday and Saturday nights from 5-8pm for a relaxing evening in our garden with your favorite Zucca varietals. Enjoy a glass, bottle or a flight of four wines and savor the atmosphere of our wine garden.

Bring your own dinner from home or one of the great local restaurants.
05:30 PM Proceeds to support the RRF Community Hall
Rail Road Flat, CA...The Rail Road Flat Community Club is hosting The Seventh Annual Crab Feed on Saturday, March Fourth. The crab feed will be held at The Rail Road Flat Community Hall located at 250 Rail Road Flat Road. Proceeds to support the RRF Community Hall.


Tickets: $35.00 - Cash, check or money order
Payable to: RRFCC
[Sorry unable to accept credit cards]

Doors open at 5:30pm ~ no host bar
Dinner at 6:00pm ~ Glass of wine provided with dinner to adults
Dinner Consists of: Salad, Garlic Bread, Pasta, and Seasoned Crab with Garlic & Butter
06:30 PM Family Fun Night In The Clubhouse ~ Saturday, March 4th
Arnold, CA... Doors will open at 6:15 and the event starts right at 6:30pm with lots of fun music, skits, and wraps up with some great family time activities. Lots of FREE fun for ALL the elementary families on the Highway 4 corridor – not just Chapel folks!


If you would like more information, feel free to call Jill Jodie at the Chapel in the Pines Office – 795-1064. Go to the Chapel in the Pines webpage to see more information about CLUBHOUSE at http://chapelinthepines.org/connect/clubhouse.
07:00 PM - 02:00 PM The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
February 17-March 5th
Saturdays and Sundays at 7PM, Sundays at 2PM
Murphys Creek Theatre: 580 S. Algiers Road, Murphys
Tickets: $10-22
For tickets visit: murphyscreektheatre.org or call 209-728-8422

Directed by Don Bilotti. Starring Matthew Hobgood. “Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams.” These are the words of John Merrick, the ‘Elephant Man’, the horrific side-show freak, the mal-formed monster of a man who revealed what it is to be human, what it means to be humane. This play is a powerful, passionate, uplifting story that traces the story of Merrick who is plucked from a life of abject misery and studied as a ‘science project’ by physician Frederick Treves. Merrick becomes a favorite of the media and the aristocracy. They are baffled, amazed and amused that something so disgusting in appearance can contain such beauty, brilliance, humor and courage.
But Merrick is doomed, not just from a body that betrayed him before birth, but from a society that can only see him as something non-human, alien, a performing animal, the side-show freak - tolerated but never accepted. Through Pomerance’s play, Merrick’s life and death , though wracked with pain and loneliness, gives the world a tremendous gift – the gift of compassion, the gift of seeing beyond the differences between peoples, the gift of seeing the humanity that unites us all.

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