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Stellar students

Congratulations to Mark Allard of El Dorado Hills, who earned a master's degree in leadership from The Citadel.

Congratulations to Miles Tibon of El Dorado Hills, who was named to the Gonzaga University President's List.

June 7

The El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce hosts its Business Builder Buffet, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hills Church, 800 White Rock Road. To register call (916) 933-1335 or visit eldoradohillschamber.org.

FamilySearch Center in Placerville hosts a Daughters of the American Revolution class, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Do you have a Revolutionary War Patriot in your lineage? This workshop will demonstrate how to use the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Genealogical Research System Database to find patriots and descendants of patriots. For more information call (530) 621-1378.

Joni Morris sings the songs of Patsy Cline at the Valhalla Tahoe Boathouse Theatre in Lake Tahoe. For tickets and more information visit valhallatahoe.com.

June 8

Northern California Dance Conservatory presents a double feature presentation of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Don Quixote,” June 8 & 9 at Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway in Folsom. For tickets and more information call (916) 608-6888 or visit harriscenter.net.

B Street Theatre at The Sofia in Sacramento presents “3: Black Girl Blues,” June 8-17. For tickets and more information call (916) 443-5300 or visit bstreettheatre.org.

June 9

Arts and Culture El Dorado’s newest show, FIRE/LAND: The Exhibition, opens on June 8, at Switchboard Gallery in Placerville. The show is a companion to the Myrtle Tree Arts art rock opera for the forest, FIRE/ LAND: Knowing the Territory, which will take place June 10 at Wakamatsu Farm.

FIRE/LAND: The Exhibition is an installation of Myrtle Tree Arts cofounder Ameera Godwin’s digital prints and video, representing the artist’s creative journey into local forest lands in response to wildfire and climate grief, vulnerability and responsibility. Featuring prints and looping video, FIRE/LAND: The Exhibition follows the creative journey that Godwin embarked on following the intensity of the Caldor Fire in 2021.

"From our lawn we watched a towering plume of smoke with an angry yellow core rise just a few miles away," said Godwin about the experience. "Across a wide swath of the county, families were evacuated, losing homes and whole communities. Lives have been painfully disrupted ever since. That experience propelled me to do this work."

Using original and found footage, Godwin creates video that bends time — linking past, present and future — to highlight how a legacy of past wildfire suppression has contributed to the intense wildfires we've experienced in recent years. Layering images of fire-scarred habitats and fire progression maps, she invites viewers to consider alternative approaches to forest management, at once evoking historical facts and today's lived realities.

FIRE/LAND: The Exhibition opens June 8 with a 6 p.m. reception that includes refreshments and poetry readings by poets Lara Gularte and Rina Wakefield. The exhibition will run through Aug. 6.

The Switchboard Gallery is located at

525 Main St. in Placerville. hours are 1-4 p.m. Monday to Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. For more information about the art exhibit visit artsandcultureeldorado.org/fire-landthe-exhibition. For more information on the rock opera visit myrtletreearts.com/ fireland-2023.