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4A Daily News – Thursday, December 19, 2013 Pastimes & Arts entertainment A Very State Theatre Christmas Join the State Theatre For The Arts for a vintage style Christmas variety show featuring snippets from the Nutcracker performed by The Redding City Ballet starting at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21. Also performing will be Red Bluff's own Patty Glaspy and Tom Threlkeld, Mumblefinger, Danny Munoz, John Growney reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and some surprises. Many local children will grace the stage to help celebrate Christmas. Emcees for the evening are Noel Julian Anker and Phil Anker. Adult tickets are $5, children 17 and younger are free.Tickets are available at Wink Fashion & Salon on Oak Street across from the State Theatre, or at statetheatreredbluff.com. While free, children must still have tickets. Space is limited, so get your tickets early. Opera performance to benefit foundation Local opera star, Sydney Mancasola, will perform at the Cascade Theatre Dec. 28 in a benefit concert for Mercy Foundation North. Proceeds from the evening will be directed to Shasta Senior Nutrition Programs and Golden Umbrella. Mancasola recently won the prestigious Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, often referred to as the "American Idol of the opera." She is a third-year resident artist for the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and earned a bachelor's degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. For her December performance with the North State Symphony, Mancasola will demonstrate her wide-ranging abilities with a program of opera, light opera, sacred and popular songs, including Mozart's "Exultate Jubilate" and "Over the Rainbow." "Mercy Foundation North is as gratified as we are excited to have Sydney bring her award-winning opera talents to Redding to benefit senior citizens in her own hometown," says foundation President and family friend Maggie Redmon. Tickets for the concert are $30, $40 and $50 and can be purchased at the Cascade Theatre or online at www.cascadetheatre.org. Mercy Foundation North is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the works of the Sisters of Mercy in Tehama, Siskiyou and Shasta Counties, which include Shasta Senior Nutrition Programs, Golden Umbrella, Mercy Medical Center Redding, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. For more information, call 530 247-3424. Mark Hummel's Chico professor to lead Arts Project Blues Harmonica Blowout Award-winning Alligator Records artists Rick Estrin and Curtis Salgado will perform on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico. Harpist/vocalist/songwriter Estrin and vocalist/songwriter/harmonica icon Salgado will appear as part of "Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout." Also featured in the band are John Mayall and Little Charlie Baty. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats' latest Alligator Records CD is One Wrong Turn. Living Blues says the album contains "infectious, captivating, powerful blues — One Wrong Turn is a great party album buoyed by Rick Estrin's charismatic personality, intense Chicagostyle harp playing, witty songs and the band's tough-asnails grooves." Since the 2009 release of their celebrated Alligator Records debut, Twisted, the band has toured non-stop, honing their creative synergy to a razor's edge. Night after night, the band blazes their own innovative musical path while still remaining true to the blues. Rick Estrin won a 2013 Blues Music Award for Instrumentalist Of The Year - Harmonica. Curtis Salgado's Alligator Records debut is Soul Shot. Salgado won three 2013 Blues Music Awards including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year. He also won for Soul Blues Male Artist Of The Year for the second consecutive year, and for Soul Blues Album Of The Year. Salgado effortlessly mixes R&B, funk and blues with a delivery that is raw and heartfelt. He moves with ease from the tenderest ballads to the most full-throated stompers. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company -The Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. in Chico. Tickets are $30. For more information, call 530896-2198 or visit www.sierranevada.com. Teresa Cotner, Associate Professor of the Chico State Department of Art and Art History, has been appointed as the site director for the Northeast California Arts Project. NCAP is a regional chapter of The California Arts Project (TCAP), a statewide collaboration between Pre-K-12 teachers and university scholars primarily concerned with professional development of art curriculum and outreach to education faculty. "It's all about the arts," Cotner said. "What we're really focused on is research-supported methods of curriculum development and teaching." TCAP's outreach methods include workshops and professional development days where representatives from the program go into California schools and talk to teachers about current trends in art education. Both art teachers and multi-subject teachers at the elementary level are targeted and invited to include arts based teach- ing methods in their classrooms. The program also reaches out to school administrators such as superintendents, princi- ples and other school officials who have questions about arts education. "Collaboration is really an important idea in the approach that TCAP takes to improving teaching…teachers coming together and collaborating on big ideas and big issues and coming up with new approaches to education," said Cotner Bob Knight, Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Chico State, said Cotner's appointment to the position in addition expansive experience as an arts educator and advocate makes her a valuable asset to both Chico State and TCAP. "Teresa's appointment to this position really is a statement about Chico State's mission to be a cultural resource for the North State," said Knight. "It will be great to have one of our own out there making changes." 'Mary Poppins' among 25 US films to be preserved WASHINGTON (AP) — Just in time for a new movie about the making of ''Mary Poppins,'' the 1964 Disney classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke has been selected for preservation at the Library of Congress so future gener- Saigon Bistro NEW BUFFET Lunch Express American & International Food DINNER BUFFET Fri-Sat 5pm-8pm BREAKFAST BUFFET Free Coffee and Cinnamon Rolls Starting Fri., Dec. 20th Biscuits & Gravy, Meatloaf, Salad Bar, Sushi, Gumbo, Cajun Shrimp, Sandwiches, Fruit Salad and more Wine & Beer - Catering available 723 Walnut St. Red Bluff • 528-9670 ations of Americans can see it. On Wednesday, the library is inducting 25 films into the National Film Registry to be preserved for their cultural, historical or cinematic significance. This year's selections include Quentin Tarantino's ''Pulp Fiction,'' the space race film ''The Right Stuff,'' and Michael Moore's documentary confronting the auto industry, ''Roger and Me.'' Curators said it was a coincidence that they selected ''Mary Poppins'' just ahead of its 50th anniversary and during the release of the new Disney film ''Saving Mr. Banks,'' which is about the making of the movie. Steve Leggett, program coordinator for the FREE ENROLLMENT HELP ...................... FEATURING...................... THE REDDING CITY BALLET • PATTY GLASPY & TOM THRELKELD • MUMBLEFINGER • DANNY ˜ MUNOZ • SPECIAL GUEST JOHN GROWNEY ........................ AND MANY MORE SURPRISES....................... ST SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 4:00 PM ADULTS (18 & OVER) $5 • KIDS FREE SEATING IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 700, Children must have ticket TICKETS AVAILABLE AT WINK AND ONLINE AT WWW.STATETHEATREREDBLUFF.COM Covered California Affordable Care 530-840-6611 805 Walnut Street Red Bluff Corner of Walnut & Jackson Lic# 0573654 library's National Film Preservation Board, said ''Mary Poppins'' had been on the short list of picks many times before. ''It's just a title that everyone has seen and recognizes, and the musical numbers and just the Julie Andrews and the shimshim-a-ree — it's just become a real, imbued part of our culture,'' he said. The films chosen this year span from 1919 to 2002 and include Hollywood classics, documentaries, silent films, independent flicks and experimental pictures. Congress created the program in 1989 to ensure that gems from American movie history are preserved for years to come. Some are chosen for their influence on movies that would follow, as with ''Pulp Fiction'' from 1994. The film board called it a milestone for independent cinema. Holiday Special NOV. 25 THRU JAN. 5TH, 2014 2 Games Bowling or 1 Game Bowling & 1 Round Mini Golf $ 98 9 ea. before 6pm $ 1098 after 6pm Some restrictions apply & MINI GOLF 365 S. MAIN ST, RED BLUFF 527-2720 • www.lariatbowl.com