Upcoming & Ongoing

April and Ongoing

  • Junior Falcons Football Club meets at Frazier Mountain Park every other Saturday at noon. All 3rd-8th graders can participate. For info call Mike at 661-444-2159 or Roger at 661-805-1250
  • 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.
  • High School Congressional Art Competition’s deadline is April 25. Contact Congressman McCarthy’s office at 661-327-3611 for 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 to jmal@frazmtn.com
  • Center of the World Festival’s Playwrights’ contest deadline is April 30 for 10-minute plays on humankind’s relationship with nature. See www.centeroftheworldfestival.org
  • Energy Fair Letter of Intent describing your project is due by June 15 to PO Box 6770, Pine Mountain Club, 93222. For more info call 661-242-6960 or email letslivelocal.org

Thursday, March 31

*Open Board Meeting to discuss the 2011-2012 PMCPOA budget will be in the Pine Mountain Club Condor Room at 4 p.m. Members may attend.

Friday, April 1

  • American Jousting Alliance Training Headquarters features TV host Luke Tipple in his first jousting competition to be filmed for his new HBO series. All are welcome from 3-6 p.m. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. For more info, call: 245-4000.
  • Mountain Shakespeare Festival auditions are at Kung Fu Studio in Frazier Park from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday from 3-6 p.m. Call 242-1289 for further information. All ages welcome!

Saturday, April 2

  • Lakes Town Council Meeting on the ERA Windmill Project is at 8:30 a.m. at Lakes Community Center (17520 Elizabeth Lake Rd. Lake Hughes, CA. 93532).
  • Fort Tejon State Historical Park Frontier Army Days. Experience daily army life from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (adults $7, children 6-12 $3; 661-248-6692). Bring a picnic lunch.
  • Junior Falcons Football Club meets at Frazier Mountain Park at noon. All 3rd-8th graders can participate. For more info call Mike at 661-444-2159 or Roger at 661-805-1250.
  • Do plants have a relationship to earthquakes? Find out with the Condor Group of the Sierra Club as Deiter Wilken, director of the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, speaks. Potluck is at 6 p.m. The presentation is at 7 p.m. at the Pine Mountain Pool Pavilion (661-242-0432). The public is welcome.
  • Lee Dunnavant Artist of the Month Reception includes refreshments, fun and surprises at 7 p.m. at the Work of HeART (3011 Mt. Pinos Way, behind Coffee Cantina, 245-3548).

*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 1-4 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 .

Monday, April 4

*Special Budget and Financial Committee meeting to learn what is in the PMC budget for 2011-2012. To be held at 6 p.m. in the Pine Mountain Club Pool Pavilion.

Tuesday, April 5

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

Wednesday, April 6

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

Thursday, April 7

  • Write your Story and Make a Book. All ages welcome at the Frazier Park Library from 11 a.m. -7 p.m. Books will be displayed April 10-16 (3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park, 245-1267).
  • AARP Potluck Meeting is 12 noon at Frazier Mountain Park Community Center. Guest speaker Linda Robredo from OK Farms tells about our local community farm. Bring plate and utensils.

Friday, April 8

  • Yesteryear plays live at La Sierra Restaurant, 3500 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park at 6 p.m.
  • Helping Hands is the Pine Mountain Town Hall Meeting topic, featuring speakers on local resources for those in need at 7 p.m. in the Condor Room. The public is welcome to attend.
  • The Vagina Monologues premieres at 7:30 p.m. at Work of HeART Gallery (3011 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park.) Tickets are $10, for more information call Julie at 661-242-2153.

Saturday, April 9

  • A Celebration of Shelly Mason’s Life will be at El Tejon School (4337 Lebec Road) at 2 p.m.

*American Fossil plays live at the Pine Mountain Condor Lounge from 7-11 p.m.

  • The Vagina Monologues is performed at 7:30 p.m. (Thornbrugh home, 2313 Rhine Ct., Pine Mountain).

Sunday, April 10

  • Ladybug Hunt and Historical Journey led by Joel Robinson with the Ridge Route Communities Museum. Meet at the museum (3515 Park Drive) at 9 a.m. Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous 4-5 miles (for ages 10 and up). Visit www.naturalist-for-you.org or call 245-7747
  • Storytelling Workshop features Chumash Elder Alan Salazar, who will teach you ways to participate in COWFest at Mountain Mercantile, Black Pine Trail, Pine Mountain at 2-4 p.m. All ages are welcome, admission is free. For more info call 661-242-1583.

Monday, April 11

  • Second Installment of Real Property Taxes are due by 5 p.m. For more information call 661-868-3490 or email 2servu@co.kern.ca.us or www.kcttc.co.kern.ca.us

Thursday, April 14

  • Easter Bunny Craft Fun includes making chick and bunny pencil toppers all day at the Frazier Park Library (3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park, 245-1267).
  • Congressman Kevin McCarthy mobile office hours are 10-11 a.m. at the Family Resource Center, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park. Call Vince 661-327-3611 for an appointment.
  • McCASA Meeting to Plan for “A Parents’ Call to Action” community meeting. Public is invited from 5-6 p.m. across the hall from the Frazier Park Library (3015 Mt. Pinos Way, 245-4303).

Friday, April 15

  • Deadline for Earth Day Contest: Win cash for submitting original art or writing (or both) on nature or environmental theme to TriCounty Watchdogs. Send with your name, age, parent/guardian’s name, address and phone number to P. O. Box GG, PMC, CA 93222. Email questions to jmal@frazmtn.com

This is part of the April 01, 2011 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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