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Seebeautifulyardswith ponds, fish, waterfalls and plants 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat- urday, July 19, during the annual Chico Pond Tour. Tickets are $15 each and are available from Zuc- chini & Vine; Plant Barn; Christian and Johnson Flo- rist; Sutherland Landscape Center; Magnolia Gift and Garden; Shalom Free Clinic Thrift Store; Little Red Hen Stores and Reef Connec- tions, all in Chico. Chico Pond Tour is orga- nized by New Vision United Church of Christ to benefit the church's community outreach programs, includ- ing the Shalom Free Clinic, a free medical clinic open 1-3 p.m. Sundays at 295 E. Washington Ave. in Chico. For more information, call 342-4913. 20THANNIVERSARY Chico Pond Tour set July 19 CHICO From speakeasy jazz to rootsy rock 'n roll to classical ballet, there's something for everyone in the 2014-2015 Chico Perfor- mances season at California State University, Chico. Beginning Sept. 5, the University's popular per- forming arts presenter will bring more than 50 new and returning artists to his- toric Laxson Auditorium on campus. The season show- cases a broad range of per- formance genres and styles in dance, music, theater, lecture and others. While the season dishes up headliners like Rosanne Cash and Garrison Keillor, it also offers exposure to tal- ented up-and-coming art- ists. Two are The Lone Bel- low, an Americana roots trio from Brooklyn, and The Hot Sardines, a speakeasy- style jazz ensemble. Those groups perform Oct. 2 and Oct. 19, respectively. A highlight of the season will be award-winning pia- nist Alpin Hong, who per- forms Sept. 28. Hong has given standing-room-only performances at Carne- gie Hall and has earned the moniker "pianistic fire- brand" from The New York Times for his onstage pas- sion and humor. In the weeks following his Laxson performance, Hong will give concerts in five local counties as the first touring artist of the True North Arts and Cul- ture Alliance. The Univer- sity is supporting the alli- ance in bringing the arts to the North State. De- tails on his touring sched- ule will be released when available. Also new this year is Dance Chico!, a week of dance-related events and performances slated for March 22-28. Expanding on the popular Keeping Dance Alive! event, Dance Chico! showcases performances by local dance companies and choreographers; a free community street-dancing event; and a performance by the renowned Joe Goode Performance Company of its dance-theater piece "Hush." This marks the first Chico Performances sea- son planned by University Public Events Director Ste- phen Cummins, who joined the department in 2013. "We wanted to main- tain the bar at the level it's been set," Cummins said. "There're a lot of great per- formers who have come through the doors of Lax- son. The pressure was on to live up to the legacy left by my predecessors." Proof positive of that commitment, Cummins has revamped the series ticket- buying process this season. In years past, commu- nity members have waited in long lines at the Univer- sity Box Office at the corner of 3rd and Chestnut streets to purchase series tickets. Series tickets are sold in collections of five or eight shows and offer first-choice seating and discounted prices. When series ticket sales open on Wednesday, July 16, at 8 a.m., patrons will be urged to take a number and enjoy food trucks and live music under a tent while they wait. "We wanted to make it like a street party, make it a fun experience," Cum- mins said. Individual ticket sales begin Monday, Aug. 4, at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased by phone, mail or in person at the box of- fice. A full list of perfor- mances and ticket infor- mation may be viewed at the Chico Performances website, www.chicoper- formances.com. All performances are held in the 1,200-seat Lax- son Auditorium at the cor- ner of West 1st and Salem streets on campus. In 2014, Chico Perfor- mances celebrates 33 years of bringing the world's top performers in theatre, mu- sic, dance and the spoken word to the campus and community. Chico Perfor- mances is managed by Uni- versity Public Events. CHICO PERFORMANCES 50 new, returning artists coming to CSUC BROOKINGS, OREGON The skies over the kite field at the Port of Brookings-Har- bor will be painted with color at the 22nd annual Southern Oregon Kite Fes- tival, July 19-20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free two-day one of a kind event is one of the most unique kite festivals in the country. An invitational kite festival, it attracts na- tionally and internation- ally renowned kite fliers and kite makers to the community of Brookings- Harbor where they per- form with their colorful collection of kites. More than 30 invited kite fli- ers are guests of the com- munity and entertain the spectators with their awe- inspiring routines choreo- graphed to music, creat- ing an atmosphere of fun and excitement for attend- ees of all ages. Popular announcer, Ar- nold Stellema, will intro- duce the kite fliers as they perform and will educate the spectators about what they are seeing on the kite field. Attendees are invited to set up their chairs or blan- kets around the perimeter of the kite field and enjoy the performances. Unlike at a typical kite festival, the kite fliers en- joy interacting with the crowds and can often be seen walking around the perimeter of the kite field displaying their kites up close to spectators — let- ting them inspect and sometimes even fly the kites. Through their perfor- mances the kite fliers show the crowd just how much fun kite flying re- ally is. The weekend's activities include free children's kite building workshops from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. both days. There is a vendor area with a variety of speciality food items and a multitude of crafts and merchandise for sale. A pancake break- fast sponsored by the Har- bor Fire Volunteers is held on Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. A kite auction ban- quet to which the kite fli- ers, kite makers, and lo- cal businesses contribute collectible kites and other memorabilia to benefit the kite festival is a special at- traction on Saturday eve- ning. Attendees are encour- aged to park next to the Chamber of Commerce building at the Port and take the free shuttle to the kite field. The Southern Oregon Kite Festival is free and fun for everyone. For ad- ditional information go to www.sokf.org. TO DO Ki te f es ti va l to p ai nt s ky w it h co lo r COURTESYPHOTO The 22nd annual Southern Oregon Kite Festival will take place July 19-20. For information, go to www.sokf.org. The guidelines for the fifth annual Western Art Show & Sale, to be held in conjunction with the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale in late January 2015, were released Wednesday. The show is open to original art only and no entries in any division can have been entered in a previous Western Art Show. All entries must be done by a single artist, signed and dated by said artist and all entries must be for sale and priced by the artist. All entries must depict the traditional western ranch or Native American lifestyle with horses, cat- tle, stock dogs or wildlife found on a cattle or horse ranch. Entry form must be typed or printed legi- bly and submitted with a quality digital or PDF im- age, which may be shown on the show's Facebook page. Entry must be accompa- nied by a fully completed entry form, fees and a typed, one-page biography. Submission of entry consti- tutes an agreement to all terms and conditions of Prospectus, including per- mission for reproduction of artwork for publication, advertising, etc. Submit entries for ap- proval by email to molly@ redbluffbullsale.com. For additional information call Jane at 530/521-6649, or email jane@redbluff- bullsale.com or Molly at 530 527-2045. Mailed entry forms may be sent to Red Bluff Bull Sale Art Show, 670 Ante- lope Blvd., Ste. 3, Red Bluff, 96080. Deadline for entry is 5 p.m. Nov. 3. Entry fee is $50 per piece and $20 of the fee will be refunded to the artist for each piece sold. A commission of 20 percent will be charged on all sale prices prior to tax. No re- funds for accepted entries. Upon acceptance, en- tries must be delivered be- fore 5 p.m. Jan. 23, 2015. Open divisions include painting, drawing, pho- tography, sculpture, leath- erwork, silver engraving and working gear such as knives and spurs. First place in each divi- sion will receive $700 and a ribbon, $200 for second and $100 for third. Best of show will receive $1,000. An artist reception is scheduled for 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 with wine and cheese tast- ing. BULL SALE Guidelines released for Western Art Show & Sale By Frazier Moore APTelevisionWriter NEW YORK This looks dire. An airliner has landed in New York with everyone onboard appar- ently dead. The Centers for Dis- ease Control and Preven- tion's hard-charging trou- bleshooter, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, is sum- moned to investigate. A suspicious-looking crate the plane was carry- ing vanishes. Welcome to "The Strain," a creepy new thriller about a viral out- break threatening the hu- man race that only Good- weather can stop. Premiering Sunday on FX (10 p.m. EDT), "The Strain" can claim as co- creators Guillermo del Toro (the "Hellboy" films) and Chuck Hogan, who jointly wrote the novels that inspired the series. Carlton Cuse ("Lost") is the show runner. The series stars Corey Stoll, who tangled with de- monic Washington, D.C., in the first season of the Netf- lix political drama "House of Cards." Now he's battling blood- sucking zombies who mean to take over the world. If the premiere begins with what seems like a nod to the bygone Fox series "Fringe" (dead passengers on a plane) and ends with a fatherly homage to AMC's "The Walking Dead," Stoll vows that his show will blaze its own trail. "I've NEVER seen a lot of the stuff we'll be do- ing," he says. "And there's a unique tone: a mix of goofiness and melan- choly," often registered in the mix of horror, dis- gust and rapt fascination with which Goodweather greets the monstrous things he sees. 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