The show will be broadcast on Monday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m.

The host for “Accent on Words,” current Lake County Poet Laureate Mary McMillan, will feature as its guest former Lake County Poet Laureate Carolyn Wing Greenlee.

Greenlee has published a collection of her poetry, “Wildflowers in the Snow,” and she is currently writing a memoir. She will be discussing her memoir and her poetry and writing in general.

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Lorna Sue Sides has been the primary force behind Youth Writes, the vision of which is to encourage and facilitate Lake County students, age 8-18, to write and share their writings with others by providing instruction and forums.

In both April 2007 and April 2008, Youth Writes provided venues in several locations in Lake County for students to perform their original poetry. In May 2007 and May 2008 Youth Writes participants performed their original poetry to audiences during the Art and Nature Show at Rodman Slough Preserve.

The shows delighted the audiences and provided opportunities for students from different areas of Lake County to network with each other, to share their poetry, and to perform in front of an audience.

Sides currently is working with Shelby Posada of the Lake County Arts Council to discuss ways that the organizations can assist each other.

So far, Sides has done most of the work on each of these projects. However, she said in order to reach all of the county's students who would be interested in participating in these events.

So Sides is reaching out to others in Lake County to assist her in fulfilling the Youth Writes vision.

In particular, she is looking for a liaison to encourage student participation through the schools and the county library system. The liaison also will arrange monthly writing and performance workshops, and warm-up venues each April; facilitate student involvement in Youth Writes Poetry Showcase and the Youth Writes Web site; be accessible to students; post fliers and distribute materials; and maintain communications with Youth Writes by phone, email and by attending organizational meetings when possible.

She also is proposing to hold a series of Youth Writes organizational meetings, which will discuss the program's goals for 2008-09. Those include:

• Recruiting a Youth Writes liaison.

• 2009 Poetry Showcase with warm-up venues throughout Lake County.

• Develop Youth Writes Writing Workshops throughout Lake County.

• Develop a Youth Writes Web site for student to post their writing, to network, and to learn of local performance and instructional opportunities.

• Quarterly Youth Edition of Creative Expressions

If you are interested in attending the organizational meetings, or have suggestions for dates, times and places for these meetings, call Sides at 274-9254 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Her nearly flawless performance in the intimate confines of Galilee Lutheran Church gave the small but enthusiastic audience a chance to get up close enough to see and admire her exquisite fingering.

She opened her program with Ludwig von Beethoven's monumental Sonata, Op. 53, delicately delivering its initial stately and sonorous measures before graduating to the signature thunderous chords for which this composer is noted.

After getting this thorough opening workout, Clear Lake Performing Arts' grand piano faced more of the same from Hawley's second selection, the Toccata by Russian composer Aram Katchaturian, followed by even more of the same from another contemporary Russian Sergei Prokofief, whose Prelude, Op. 12 gave Hawley yet another chance to demonstrate her complete control over both herself and her instrument.

A surprise addition to the program was a dazzling display of piano artistry on Brazilian composer Hector Villa Lobos" "Pulcinella."

Following the traditional intermission with cookies and juice provided by the CLPA Auxiliary Hawley returned to the keyboard to render just a few of the hundred-plus pieces she has composed herself, opening with her "Nature Suite" in four brief movements invoking the natural beauty of Lake County and its wildlife. "Flamenco" was a fairly traditional approach to that popular style, but a second piece – “Palmas” – employed intricate Latin rhythms.

"Three Lullabies" – the fifth number of her self-composed selections – reverted to a more melodious styling, after which she inserted a more foreboding sound with "Two Night Pieces."

Her finale was a jazz sonatina consisting of three light-hearted odes to drinking which did indeed draw musical pictures of "one too many" and a "Night on the Town" with the latter invoking a party in full swing at the Fairmont or the Top of the Mark in San Francisco.

Hawley is a graduate with an MA in music from Oakland's prestigious Mills College and spent most of her adult life in the Bay Area before retiring in Lake County

The next CLPA concert will take place on Sunday, Nov. 16, when the Lake County Symphony, under the direction of John Parkinson, helps to celebrate the organization's 30th anniversary in a concert at Clear Lake High School in Lakeport.

Additional information may be found at the CLPA Web site, at www.clearlakeperformingarts.org, or by calling 279-0877.

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LUCERNE – It's been done for centuries in Asia, it's big in Europe and now painting on silk has become very popular in the U.S.

Silk is an amazing fabric and you get startlingly beautiful results. Now you have the opportunity to meet artist Diana Liebe who will demonstrate silk dying techniques at the Lakeside Art Gallery in the Harbor Village Artist complex at 6195 E. Highway 20 in Lucerne.

The demonstration takes place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2.

Come to Lakeside Art Gallery, meet Diane Liebe and discover the artist in you.

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Bottle Rock leader Mike Wilhelm. Photo courtesy of Bernard Butcher.

SAN FRANCISCO – Lake County’s own Bottle Rock Blues and Rhythm Band will play at AT&T Park for this year’s San Francisco Halloween Celebration on Oct. 31. The celebration runs from 4 p.m. until late. Admission is free.

The celebration, which gets national media coverage, has been held in Castro Street in past years but due to ever-larger crowds has been moved to AT&T Park’s Parking Lot A.

The opening segment features ‘60s musicians and is produced by Summer of Love Productions’ Ron Frazier in the name of AIDS awareness. Anyone can be a victim of this deadly disease. Stopping the spread of AIDS begins with being tested.

The music starts at 4 p.m. with Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Cathy Richardson. Big Brother was Janis Joplin’s band back in the ‘60s. The tribute to Jimi Hendrix featuring Ralph Woodson starts at 5:30 p.m. Bottle Rock plays at 6:30 p.m.

The recently formed band’s music is described by leader Mike Wilhelm as “Smokin’ R & B!” Bottle Rock also sprinkles in some ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s rock and roll. Many will remember their well-received sets at this year’s Lake County Fair.

The band features the superb voice and percussion stylings of Neon Napalm, ‘60s legend Wilhelm on vocal and guitar, Stephan Holland on lead guitar and vocal, Bill McMenomy on bass and vocal with Mark Phillips on drums.

Napalm, a card-carrying member of the Cherokee Nation, was formerly the lead singer of the well-known Native American band Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers. The rest of the band members are all veterans of well-known San Francisco Bay Area groups.

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CLEARLAKE – Wild About Books is planning one fabulous afternoon with two great authors on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Lake County Poet Laureate Mary McMillan and RV Schmidt will read their latest works beginning at 2 p.m

McMillan's latest collection of poetry, “This Wanting, has been in the making for sometime and includes recovery, spirituality and feminism. McMillan is a shining light for the creative word in our county and her book “This Wanting” is a great example of the kaleidoscope of talent she has in writing.

Schmidt will read from his latest work, “Single Tree.”

Clive Matson, author of “Let the Crazy Child Write,” says Schmidt “is a born storyteller of the outdoors, wild animals, road trips, heartwarming coincidences and salt-of-the-earth relationships, all set in layer upon layer of natural western beauty, carefully observed and beautifully described.”

“At root is deep wisdom evolved from our rough and penchant frontier ethos plus Schmidt's boundless acceptance of life. All you need is a quiet evening, a comfortable chair, and a fire in the hearth. Hard to come by nowadays, but 'Single Tree' will create that wool blanket and those warm crackling logs in your heart."

Join Wild About Books in welcoming these two great authors. Listen to them read their stories and poems in their own words, a treat for the mind and soul. A book signing will follow.

For an updated list of times and dates for upcoming events, stop by Wild About Books or call 994-WILD (9453).

Wild About Books is located at 14290 Olympic Drive in Clearlake, next door to Lisa's clothing store.

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