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Will Durst, comedian and columnist, will be per- forming at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at the State Theatre, 333 Oak St. and doors will open at 6 p.m. Durst is an American political satirist; he has been called a modern mix of Mort Sahl and Will Rog- ers. Durst co-hosts a monthly talk radio show with former San Francisco Mayor Wil- lie Brown called The Will and Willie Show, which was formerly on San Francisco's progressive talk radio sta- tion, KQKE. He writes several In- ternet columns, contrib- utes to Independent Me- dia Institute's Alternet. org on a regular basis, is a former contributing ed- itor to National Lampoon and George, and has con- tributed to various peri- odicals such as the New York Times, the The Funny Times and his hometown San Francisco Chronicle. His podcasts can be heard on audible.com. An Emmy nominee and host and co-producer of the PBS series Livelyhood, he is also a regular commentator on NPR, CNN and C-SPAN. He has appeared on Late Night with David Letter- man, Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime. He received seven con- secutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up Come- dian of the Year. Will premiered his one man show "The All- American Sport of BiPar- tisan Bashing" at the New World Stages Off Broad- way in New York City in August 2007 to rave re- views from both the New York Times and the New York Post. Locally, you can read Will's column in the Daily News and After 5 maga- zine. Tickets are $15 and available at www.stateth- eatreredbluff.com or Te- hama Country Visitor Cen- ter, 250 Antelope Blvd. in Red Bluff. PERFORMANCE St at e Th ea tr e pr ou d to p re se nt W il l Du rs t Runningstagele . RED BLUFF The Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Red Bluff is coming up, and tick- ets are selling briskly. Saturday, a selection of eight films from the na- tional festival tour will be shown at the State Theatre. The organizers, the Re- source Conservation Dis- trict of Tehama County and the Sacramento River Discovery Center, prom- ise an evening of breath- taking, thought-provoking and inspiring cinema for the whole family. General admission tick- ets are $10, and include a free raffle entry. Giveaways range from a signed copy of Bob Madjic's beautifully illustrated book "The Sacramento: A Tran- scendent River," to all-day kayak rentals from local sponsor Headwaters Ad- venture Company. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the 6 to 9:30 p.m. show. Tickets are available through the event website at WildAndScenicRedBluff. weebly.com. Membership packages with a pair of tickets and native plant sale coupon can also be purchased from the Sacramento River Dis- covery Center at 1000 Sale Lane for $25. Tickets will not be sold at the door. During the Intermis- sion, craft beer, wine and refreshments will be avail- able for purchase from the Theater. A showcase of local orga- nizations, businesses and sports outfitters working on and around the Sacra- mento River will be discuss- ing their projects, services and upcoming events, and offering demonstrations to attendees. One of these groups, the non-profit Rivers for Change, will be there to promote the upcoming California 100, an annual paddle race from Redding to Chico that draws com- petitive athletes, enthusi- asts and supporting volun- teers from across the state. The course is 100 miles of moving water, and puts the magnificent scenery and wildlife of the northern Sacramento River on dis- play each May. Matt Palmariello, the Race Director, says he is ex- cited that Rivers for Change will be at the inaugural Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Red Bluff, where the Cal- ifornia 100 stages a man- datory aid stop for partic- ipants every year. Palmariello describes his organization as "a group of river enthusiasts dedicated to changing the way peo- ple think about and inter- act with water," and hopes that the Red Bluff commu- nity will embrace not only the film festival, but the need to conserve the incred- ible natural resources of the Sacramento River and its watershed. John Hunt, Executive Di- rector of the Northern Cali- fornia Regional Land Trust, will also be at the event. The Land Trust is dedi- cated to "keeping working lands working, and wild lands wild", supporting the kind of intergenerational land stewardship depicted in several of the films. The Northern Califor- nia Regional Land Trust has been instrumental in conserving valuable farm lands, open spaces, and wildlife habitat in Te- hama, Glenn and Butte County. In a recent interview, Hunt noted that conserv- ing land resources "greatly protects the property val- ues, quality of life and aes- thetic values of our local landscape," a sentiment echoed in the feature film of the evening, Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde." The Resource Conser- vation District of Tehama County and the Sacramento River Discovery Center ex- tend their sincere grati- tude to local Wild & Sce- nic Film Festival sponsors Rolling Hills Equestrian Center, California Outdoor Properties, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, The Copy Center and Headwaters Adventure Company. FILM Wi ld & S ce ni c Fe st iv al tickets are on sale The Shasta College Divi- sion of Arts, Communica- tions, Consumer & Social Sciences announces their annual holiday concert fea- turing the 40-voice Cho- rale, strings players of the Shasta Symphony, and five outstanding soloists, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, in the Shasta College Theatre. Tickets will be available online through the Shasta College website (www. shastacollege.edu) or at the door for $10 — general ad- mission and $8 for seniors and students. For more in- formation call the Division of Arts, Communications, Consumer & Social Sci- ences at (530) 242-7730 or visit our website at www. shastacollege.edu. PERFORMANCE Chorale gives holiday concert PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thank you! By V er da M ac ka y Correspondent PARADISE Theatre on the Ridge in Paradise wraps up its 39th season with the in- triguing and wonderfully entertaining, "Cricket on the Hearth." With a cast of 16, the two-act musi- cal opens Nov. 6 and runs through Dec. 7. The Cricket on the Hearth, a novella fairy tale of home, was written by British author Charles Dick- ens in 1845. It focused on concerns of the home with simple fantasy and domestic set- tings. For years it was more popular on stage than Dicken's famed "A Christ- mas Carol." Theatre on the Ridge's version of this theatrical icon is directed by Jerry Miller, who wrote the book and lyrics. Marcel Daguerre wrote the musical score directed by Tamara Allspa. "The locale is the Isle of Man in the 1850s," Miller said. "Our story is a little larger, but Dicken's story is in our story. We filled the world with magical crea- tures— fairies, brownies, sprites. The musical echoes the concept that the Isle of Man is stuck in the ocean between Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. People from all of those countries live and get together on that one little spot. "The natural people and all the different creatures work together to create har- mony." The story is about John Perrybingle (Jeff Dicken- son), who lives with his young wife, Mary (Jenice Coons), their baby boy and their nanny, Tilly Slowboy (Teresa Miller), on the Isle of Man. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guard- ian angel to the family. Caleb Plummer (Author Pollock), a poor toymaker employed by the miserly Mr. Tackleton (Bill Petree), has a blind daughter, Betty (Susan Vessley) and a son Edward (Loki Miller). An unwholesome matri- monial match is about to take place when the cur- mudgeon Tackleton has de- signs on young May Field- ing (Eri Nakamura) whose mother (Karen Fox) is a pee- vish old lady. May was betrothed to the young sailor Edward who was tragically lost at sea. Fortunately, there are three pairs of different types of creatures whose job it is to protect the harmony of the human beings in their charge. "They are all very differ- ent," Miller said. "Fairies are Irish, the sprites are British and the brownies are Scot- tish." "It's sort of a Celtic mu- sical, rather than a Broad- way-type musical," Miller said. "It's full of folk music from Irish and Scottish ballads, and a little Brit- ish musical." "People can tell Dick- ens was creating all his 'Christmas Carol' char- acters within this story," he said. "The stories are differ- ent, but the characters are so similar. The theme of Christmas is not prevalent in the story. It does hap- pen around the holidays, but it's more a story about people." The magical crea- tures are portrayed by Debs Kislingbury Bovie, Ken Mathieson, Serina Mawere, Clara Coons, Gretta Coons, Luciano Castaldo and Tatiana Soliz. Theatre on the Ridge's "Cricket on the Hearth" is a perfect holiday show for the whole family. It is filled with magic and music, laughter and tears and an unsolved mystery. Tickets are $12 general, $15 reserved, $18 at the door. Opening night tickets with a champagne recep- tion following the perfor- mance are $16 general, $20 reserved, $22 at the door. Ticket outlets are The Vagabond Rose in Chico and Fir Street Gallery and Gifts in Paradise. For more informa- tion, call the Theatre on the Ridge box office at 877-5760 or visit totr. org. THEATER ON THE RIDGE Cricket on the Hearth coming to Paradise Cricket on the Hearth opens Nov. 6through Dec. 7at the Theatre on the Ridge. Where: Theatre on the Ridge, 3375Neal Rd. 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