| Years of effort on the part of
former director Suzanne Abel-Vidor just now are coming to fruition at the Grace Hudson
Museum in Ukiah. A staffer with the Sun House well before the museum's inception in 1986,
Abel-Vidor worked tirelessly for more than a decade to promote the young institution and
its unique collection of Pomo Indian artifacts and cultural records, including a handful
of Grace Hudson's paintings. The groundwork laid in the 1980s began to pay off in the
mid-to-late 1990s when a series of donated Hudson paintings arrived at the museum. The
museum's art collection now numbers close to fifty, enough to support an exhibition all
its own, with no need to borrow pieces. Saving Grace: Grace Hudson Paintings from the
Hudson Museum opens on Saturday, March 13 and continues through Sunday, July 11. An
opening reception will be held on Sunday, March 14 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Happily, this
occasion marks the first exhibition mounted under the official leadership of the museum's
new director, Sherrie Smith-Ferri who was recently appointed the position after serving
the museum in various capacities for several years. The
stage at the Ukiah Players will be busy during the months of March and April beginning
with a distaff version of The Odd Couple. Starring Phyllis Bluestein as Olive
Madison and Bunny Edwards as Florence Unger, the comedy plays March 4-6, 11-13, 18-21, and
26-27. ($12/6) A staged reading, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon-Marigolds,
is scheduled for March 24-25. ($5/4) A blend of Klezmer, Middle Eastern and Jazz Music by
Davka will fill the Playhouse on April 3 at 8 p.m. ($10) Less than a week later, the walls
will vibrate again, this time, to the sounds of Will Seigel and Friends who present a Rags
to Rhythm Revue on April 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. ($12) The winner of last year's New American
Comedy Festival, The Book of Daniel receives a full staging when presented on April
15-17, 22-24, 29-30, May 1-2, and 7-8. For further information about times and ticket
prices, call 462-9226, email players@pacific.net
or check out the theatre's information under its logo at <www.mendoevent.com>. |
Spring brings to the inland area
a number of interesting courses. If you are a dancer, musician, or athlete you surely will
want to learn how to move your muscles with more ease and flexibility. Others of you
simply may be seeking pain-free living. You may gain both benefits through a specialized
movement course taught by certified Feldenkrais teacher Char Jacobs. Her spring series of
movement classes at the Hudson meeting room begins on March 18 at 6 p.m. and continues for
five Thursdays. The cost for the series if $42 or you may pay the per-class fee of $8 on a
drop-in basis. To register, call the City of Ukiah at 463-6237. For more information, call
Char at 463-1255. In the next two months, would-be
writers, photographers, spinners, and harmonica players are invited to classes available
through Mendocino College.
A non-fiction writing workshop entitled Where the Money Is
takes place on March 13 at Tsunami Restaurant in Willits. The course, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
includes lunch and costs $40.
Joe Mickey will run two photography courses, one on Monday
evenings starting March 22, and the other on Saturday mornings beginning March 27.
Depending on which classes you attend, the cost runs from $30-$90. Loli Jacobsen will
teach beginning and intermediate hand spinning on Friday afternoons from April 16-May 7.
($45) Dave Broida returns with his beginning blues harmonica workshop on April 21 and 28
at 6 p.m. ($40) For further information about these classes, call Comex at 468-3063. |
