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Concerts in the park returning to Winters
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One of the real pleasures of the summer season is to listen to live music outdoors on a balmy summer evening — and everyone is invited to the fun starting July 1.
Winters Friends of the Library announce the lineup for the 2021 Summer Concerts at the Gazebo. The free outdoor shows will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Rotary Park at Main Street at Railroad Avenue in downtown Winters. n The series will kick off on July 1 with Zapato Viejo playing traditional and contemporary songs and rhythms from Latin America. The Davis-based band features seasoned performers with roots in rock, jazz and r&b, as well as Latin music. Their smoking hot percussion section, passionate guitars and smooth vocals make the most of the complex Latin rhythms. Get a preview of their music at reverbnation.com/zapatoviejo. n July 8 will feature Meredith
Axelrod and Craig Ventresco
playing old-time music, vintage jazz, ragtime and blues. Axelrod is a multi-instrumentalist with a rich, distinctive voice and quirky sense of humor. Ventresco is “one of the country’s foremost ragtime guitarists” (S.F. Chronicle) with a command of early American jazz and blues. During the pandemic, they have performed online every night from their San Francisco kitchen. Their videos are available at facebook.com/meredith axelrod. n On July 15, Geoffrey Miller takes the stage with country, western swing, honky-tonk and rockabilly. His latest album, featuring “rockin’ cheating songs, tear-welling love-lamenting ballads, rockabilly country bops, and reflections on lonesome isolation,” was recorded with masked musicians during the COVID pandemic. Learn more at geoffrey millermusic.com. n The music continues on July 22 with Los Tres de Winters, playing Norteño-style music, with accordion, bajo sexto and bass. This lively music is a hybrid of Mexican and Spanish vocal traditions with waltzes and polkas brought to Mexico by Czech and German immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century. It evolved in the north of Mexico and is now a favorite style throughout Mexico and the U.S. Check them out on YouTube. n The series concludes on July 29 with The Easy Winners, playing early 20-century music, including classic rags, waltzes, cakewalks, tangos, marches and songs of North America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. The Bay Area-based quartet — including Winters’ own Robert Armstrong — performs on vintage acoustic instruments and evokes the feeling of front-porch serenades in a simpler era. Sample some tunes at easywinners. band.
Audience members need to bring their own blankets or lawn chairs. The concerts are free, but donations will be accepted. Winters Friends of the Library will have refreshments for sale and all proceeds will support the Winters Community Library.
For more information, contact Keith Cary at 530-795-3173 or kcary@dcn.org, or visit wfol.org. This year’s concert series is sponsored by Waste Management and Oates Country Store.
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Patrons enjoy a previous summer concert at the gazebo in Winters. The series returns this year on July 1.
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Shrek (Django Nachmanoff) teams up with Donkey (Matthew Vallero) in the DMTC Young Performers Theater’s last virtual youth production, “Shrek, the Musical, Jr.” The show runs from June 25 to 27. Tickets are $10 per device and $20 per family, available at dmtc.org.
DMTC’s youths to present ‘Shrek the Musical, Jr.’
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Davis Musical Theatre Company’s Young Performers’ Theater presents the family-fun fairytale adventure, “Shrek the Musical, Jr.,” June 25 through June 27 on the Showtix4U virtual platform.
Once upon a time, in a far-away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. One day Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits who have been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions.
When Shrek sets off with a wisecracking Donkey to confront Farquaad, he’s handed a task — if he rescues feisty princess Fiona, his swamp will be righted. Shrek tries to win Fiona’s love and vanquish Lord Farquaad but a fairytale wouldn’t be complete without a few twists and turns along the way.
It’s a “big bright beautiful world” as everyone’s favorite ogre Shrek leads a cast of fairytale misfits on an adventure to rescue a princess and find true acceptance.
Part romance and part twisted fairy tale, the show is an irreverently fun adventure with a powerful message for the whole family.
Morgan Bartoe is the director and choreographer, with Cheryl Barker handling musical direction. Young performers featured include Django Nachmanoff as Shrek, Chloe Aldrete as Princess Fiona, Matthew Vallero as Donkey and Henry Krug-Lee as Lord Farquaad.
This is DMTC’s last virtual youth production since the theater is returning live this summer.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday, June 25, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 26 and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 27. Tickets are $10 per device and $20 per family and are available at dmtc.org.
Kids can join summer drama program
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Davis-area kids ages 8 to 12 are invited to register for Sandcastle Theater Company’s Summer Drama Program, in partnership with Bike City Theatre Company.
Hosted in-person at Congregation Bet Haverim, this experience is for kids looking to explore their creativity through theater arts.
Online signups are now open for weeklong sessions running 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, July 5 through Aug. 13.
In each session, kids will play games, learn theater skills, and rehearse and record an original podcast play inspired by a popular fairytale.
Each week has a different theme, so families can register for one or more sessions.
Go to www.bikecity theatre.org/summer-dramaprogram for more information and to register, or navigate to “Summer Drama Program” under “Classes and Workshops” through the menu on the Bike City Theatre homepage.
The weekly session fee per child is $400.
Families are encouraged to register before Friday, June 25.
Please email questions to sandcastletheaterco@ gmail.com.
This in-person program will adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols and respond to the most current local and state guidelines. Sessions will have a maximum of 14 students with no more than two teachers.
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The Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre would like to invite the community to enjoy the free online release of this year’s spring concert “Meanwhile...”
This 24-minute concert video, set to text by Trokanski and music by a range of artists, is a look back at the journey of the last year and a look forward to the future. The concert features dancers from the PTDT, The Third Stage and the Light Ballet Company, with choreography by Trokanski and LBC artistic director Taylor Herrera.
Company videographer Patrick Fitzgibbons used this opportunity to explore some special effects in this dance video project that finishes off the company’s 36th season — making it more than a simple recording of a dance performance and creating yet another new look for the online presentations.
To access the video, visit www. trokanski.org, click on the menu and go to “2020-2021 Season” and just scroll down. It will remain online “for the foreseeable future so people can watch when it fits their schedule,” Pamela Trokanski said. Videos of previous performances are also available on the website.
For more information, call 530-7563949.
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Lila Boutin, Lydia Wallman and Padyn Dendulk will be among the Light Ballet Company performers in the Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre’s online spring show.
Summer movies to be shown on farm, winery beginning next week
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VACAVILLE — The Ag & Art Film Festival is launching “Summer Movie Nights,” with outdoor movies showing June 25 through Aug. 15 at two locations: Araceli Farms lavender farm on Pitt School Road in Dixon and Tolenas Winery on Chadbourne Road in Fairfield.
Tickets are $15 earlybird and $20 regular. A “Summer Movie Pass” is $50 (saving $10) and grants the pass holder with access to all three movies, a popcorn ticket per night and early access to the movie space. For the schedule and tickets, go to AgAndArtFilmFestival. com.
The movies showing at Araceli Farms are “Yesterday,” “La La Land” and “Grease.” Lavender lemonade, movie-inspired charcuterie boards and other goodies will be available to purchase. The movies showing at Tolenas Winery are “Field of Dreams,” “Cool Runnings” and “Dirty Dancing.” Wine and “charcuterie cones” will be available to purchase. Movie-goers are asked to bring their own chairs or blankets.
“I am constantly dreaming up of how to make our farm a cozy home for our community and my experience with Ag and Art Film Festival has been just that — a really great evening that takes you back to summer nights as a kid,” said Justina Salinas, owner of Araceli Farms.
The Ag & Art Film Festival is a film festival that screens movies that feature agriculture or art from all over the world, outdoors at farms, ranches and wineries in September in Solano County.
For more information about “Summer Movie Nights,” email agandart filmfestival@gmail.com.
