Upcoming & Ongoing

March and Ongoing

  • Girl Scouts will start delivering cookies and setting up booths outside local businesses. They will also collect your non-perishable food donations for the local food cupboard.
  • The Wild Watchers Nature & Art Club teaches grade 3-6 students to paint wildlife. Call Michelle Nosco at 661-803-7744 or email artsforearth@artsforearth.org for more details.
  • Earth Day Contest deadline is April 15. Submit a piece of art or writing or both on natural beauty or an environmental theme to TriCounty Watchdogs. For more info email Linda at in_tules@yahoo.com.
  • High School Congressional Art Competition’s deadline is April 25. Contact Congressman McCarthy’s office at 661-327-3611.
  • Center of the World Festival’s Playwrights’ contest deadline is April 30 for 10-minute plays on humankind’s relationship with nature (www.centeroftheworldfestival.org).

Thursday, March 17

  • Enjoy St. Patrick’s Day Crafts fun all day at the Frazier Park Library from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (3015 Mt. Pinos Way, 245-1267). Don’t forgot to wear your green!

*St. Paddy’s Day Party is 5-9 p.m. in the Pine Mountain Condor Room with DJ Jim Johnson.

  • YesterYear plays live at La Sierra Restaurant from 5-8 p.m. at 3500 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park.
  • St. Paddy’s Day Party at Sue’s Tavern Corned beef and cabbage will be served 3440 Mt. Pinos Way, FP.

Friday, March 18

  • Letter of Intent is due to be on the ballot for the Lake of the Woods Mutual Water Company Board of Directors. The annual meeting and election is April 16 at Cuddy Hall in LOW.
  • Bev Barnett and Greg Newlon play live acoustic soul and folk rock at Work of HeART Gallery at 3011 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park from 5-8 p.m. tickets are $15 or $20/both shows.

Saturday, March 19

  • Dog Adoption Event sponsored by Mountain Communities SPCA is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind the Frazier Park Post Office.
  • Letter of Intent is due to be on the ballot for the Krista Mutual Water Company Board of Directors. The annual meeting and election will be held April 17 at El Tejon School.
  • Musical Nomads Brad & Julienne McKee play live a touch of jazz, hint of country and dash of folk rock at Work of HeART Gallery 3011 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park at 7 p.m. tickets are $15.

Sunday, March 20 — Spring Equinox

  • Spring Equinox Ceremony and Drum Circle is at the “Seven Sisters” meadow off Mil Potrero Hwy from 2:30-5:30 p.m. A free event hosted by SunJay, special guests Alan Salazar and Rev. Chris Faulconer. See www.powwowlodge.com or call 242-1779.

Monday, March 21

  • Living Trust Seminar is at the Holiday Inn Express (612 Wainright Ct., Lebec) 1:30-2:45 p.m.

Tuesday, March 22

  • Frazier Park Library presents Stinky Cheese Man and Robot Zot author John Scieszka in webcast, with guest David Shannon, author of No, David! at 10 a.m. for grades 3-5 and 1 p.m. for grades K-2 (3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park, 245-1267).

Tuesday, March 22 continued

  • Bandit plays live at La Sierra Restaurant from 6-9 p.m. at 3500 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park.

Thursday, March 24-26

  • Kids4Trees planting event in the Los Padres National Forest. Open to students and scouts 6-12 years old. The program includes planting, workshops, art and music. See www.Kids4Trees.org

Friday, March 25

  • Auditions for Mountain Shakespeare Festival are 1-3 p.m. for kids 12 and under, 6-8 p.m. for adults. Meet at the Kung Fu Studio 3532 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park. Call 242-1289 to schedule time.
  • Auditions for Community Talent Show sponsored by the Junior Class of Frazier Mountain High School ASB are 3 p.m. at the high school. All ages welcome. Show is April 1.

Saturday, March 26

  • Pine Needle Basket Weaving Class will be at the Ridge Route Museum from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The cost is $5. Call the museum to reserve a place 245-7747.
  • Auditions for Mountain Shakespeare Festival continue 3-6 p.m.
  • Valentina Katkov plays live at Senor Pepe’s Restaurant in Bakersfield at 7 p.m.

*Yesteryear plays live at the Pine Mountain Condor Lounge with guest drummer Rick Barclay from 7-11 p.m.

Friday, April 1

  • Community Talent Show sponsored by the Junior Class of Frazier Mountain High School ASB is 5 p.m. at the high school. Bring your family and friends to this fun event.

Saturday, April 2

  • Fort Tejon State Historical Society Army Days. Experience daily army life from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Please bring a picnic lunch. Adults $7, children 6-12 $3. More info call 661-248-6692.
  • Condor Club of Sierra Club topic is “Do plants have any relationship to earthquakes?” by Deiter Wilken, Director of the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. Potluck 6 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m. at Pine Mountain Pool Pavilion. Public is welcome. 242-0432.

*Whiskey Man Band plays live at the Pine Mountain Condor Lounge from 7-11 p.m.

Sunday, April 3

  • Center of the World Festival presents Theater Matinee and Lunch with three awardwinning plays from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Pine Mountain clubhouse. Adult tickets are $13, children are $6.50, including lunch, tax and gratuities. Call 661-242-3788 for reservations.

Wednesday, April 6

  • Free Workshop to apply for grant for big rig upgrades to reduce pollution is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 34946 Flyover Ct., Bakersfield. See www.valleyair.org or call 661-392-5500.

Thursday, April 7

  • Write your Story and Make a Book all day at the Frazier Park Library. Books will be displayed from April 10-16 (3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park, 245-1267).

Friday, April 8

  • Pine Mountain Town Hall Meeting features speakers on local resources for those in need at 7 p.m. in the Pine Mountain Club Condor Room. The public is welcome to attend.
  • Vagina Monologues premiere at 7:30 p.m. at Work of HeART Gallery (3011 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park.) $10 donation is appreciated, for more information call Julie at 661-242-2153.

This is part of the March 18, 2011 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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