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Join California Heat's global open house, "A Cap- pella with an Attitude," 7-9 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 15 at Metteer School caf- eteria. Experience women's bar- bershop and sing with the California Heat Chorus and director Anita Main. Learn the craft through singing tags, enjoying new friends and participate in ringing chords. For more information, call Nan Morris, 894-1148. TODO California Heat Chorus to hold global open house William Florian, for- mer lead vocalist of The New Christy Minstrels, celebrates the spirit of the 1960s in his show "Those Were the Days" at the Cas- cade Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30. Single tickets for this event are $40 adults and $20 students, available through the Cascade The- atre box office or online at www.cascadetheatre. org. Season tickets for the Shasta Live! four-concert series are $80 adults, $40 students and $200 fami- lies. For more information, or to purchase season tick- ets, call 247-7355 or visit the association online at www. shastalive.com. "Those were the Days" celebrates the high-point of popularity for folk mu- sic, the 1960s. Florian is an icon of the period, provid- ing the lead vocal for the hit single "Today" recorded by The New Christy Minstrels. The continuing successes of his tours are a testament to the depth of passion that persists for this genre. Florian's performances also include a wealth of hu- morous firsthand accounts of his experiences with lu- minaries such as John Den- ver. He has recorded three self-produced albums. The Shasta Community Concert Association was es- tablished in 1937 to present acclaimed national talent to the Redding community. This all-volunteer, non- profit organization seeks to enrich the community by providing live concerts and support arts experiences for students through their Fine Arts Enrichment out- reach program. Member- ship benefits include reci- procity with several neigh- boring community concert associations. Folk musician Wi ll ia m Fl or ia n to perform CASCADE THEATRE WilliamFlorian Recording artist Chad Bushnell will be perform- ing with Ben Haggard at Red Bluff's State Theatre Saturday, with doors open- ing at 6:30 p.m. Bushnell was born and raised in Red Bluff and re- cently graduated from Cal- ifornia State University, Chico with a business mar- keting degree while pur- suing a career as a coun- try singer and songwriter. He makes his way through- out California and Nevada performing with his band at numerous events from rodeos to fundraisers and has opened for Scotty Mc- Creery, Lee Brice, Billy Cur- rington, Tracy Lawrence and Neal McCoy. Bushnell fronts a four- piece band that travels the north state providing an en- ergetic mix of both old and new country. He has an al- bum out titled "Stormy Day in June" that was produced by Bruce Turgon from After Hours Recording. It is avail- able at shows and at www. chadbushnell.com. Bushnell was a top 10 finalist in the American Country Star contest in Nashville recently and just released his newest single titled "Nothin' Quite Like Summer." Haggard is the son of country music legend Merle Haggard and is the lead guitarist for Merle's band, The Strangers. Tickets for Saturday's show are $25 and available at the Tehama County Vis- itor Center, 250 Antelope Blvd., and at www.stateth- eatreredbluff.com. CONCERT Chad Bushnell to play the State Saturday PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thank you! The Blue Room Theatre will host for one night only "Holy Hell, It's Festivus," featuring stand up comedy, improv, sketch comedy, air- ing of grievances and feats of strength. Performers are sched- uled to DNA, Kenny Kelly, Steve Swim, Kyle Bowen, Don Ashby, Yusef Swafford, Annie Fischer,Becky Lynn Daniel, TJ Hudson and ev- ery comic in Chico who has family problems. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $8 per person, available at the door or through www. blueroomtheatre.com/ tickets. Part of the proceeds will benefit the victims of the recent storms. BLUE ROOM THEATRE Fe st iv us c om ed y sh ow s et F ri da y in C hi co By Jake Coyle and Jocelyn Noveck TheAssociatedPress The top 10 films of 2014, according to AP Film Writer Jake Coyle: 1. "Ida" — Where did this perfect little gem come from? Its direc- tor, Pawel Pawlikowski, wasn't previously a major name in international cin- ema. Yet at a time when most filmmakers can't keep their movies under two hours, Pawlikowksi plunges into Polish his- tory and back again in less than 90 minutes. Yes, an austere, black-and-white Polish film doesn't sound like the most appetizing stuff. But it's a hauntingly beautiful film, and thanks to the tremendous Agata Kulesza, there's humor here, too. 2. "Boyhood" — One of the most memorable parts of film in 2014 was seeing the movies play with time, capturing it in elapse ("Boyhood"), bend- ing its particles ("Inter- stellar") and wryly gazing at its courses across cen- turies (Jim Jarmusch's ex- cellent "Only Lovers Left Alive"). Richard Linklat- er's 12-years-in-the-mak- ing "Boyhood" is a land- mark, for sure. But for a much-lauded master- piece, it's incredibly hum- ble, warm and humanis- tic. 3. "The Grand Buda- pest Hotel" — Wes Ander- son's heroes are, like him, devotees of brilliant es- capes: the beachside oa- sis of "Moonrise King- dom," the play land of Rushmore Academy, the pre-war elegance of this film's Eastern European resort. Dreams are inevi- tably punctured by outside forces, and a new, compro- mised life must be found — some melancholy combina- tion of fantasy and reality. Usually, Bill Murray's there somewhere. 4. "Mr. Turner" and "Birdman" — In a year rich with colorful por- traits of artists (the ob- sessive, rigorous drum- mer of "Whiplash," the arrogant, oblivious au- thor of "Listen Up Philip") these two most stood out: "Birdman" for its blister- ingly kinetic flow and the raging ego of Michael Ke- aton's actor; and the mas- terful "Mr. Turner" for its total lack of pretention and Timothy Spall's gruff, grunting painter. 5. "Interstellar" — Ad- mittedly, I'm a sucker when it comes to stories about dads and daugh- ters. Many critics poked holes in the imperfectly stitched cosmic fab- ric of Christopher No- lan's space epic, but I found the time-traveling epic — science fiction build on science fact — grandly moving. So I'm a sentimentalist who digs space. Sue me. 6. "Inherent Vice" — Ob- viously, I'm also an easy mark for a glorious mess. Paul Thomas Anderson's adaption of Thomas Pyn- chon is probably a noble failure in an impossible task. But there's no movie I'm keener to return to, to again feel its electric songs and its scruffy sadness. 7. "The Immigrant" — A number of films in 2014 weren't shy about their Big American Themes. Ben- nett Miller's "Foxcatcher" was the most mesmeriz- ing; JC Chandor's "A Most Violent Year" the most at- mospheric; and Clint East- wood's "American Sniper" the tautest. But James Gray's period Ellis Island tale was the most majes- tic. The film's powerful last shot is an absolute knock out. 8. "Under the Skin" — Equal parts beautiful and terrifying in its alien mys- tery, Jonathan Glazer's extraterrestrial shocker (with Scarlett Johansson as the other-worldly being that touches down in, of all places, Glasgow) made for a searing cinematic experi- ence of sound and imagery. 9. "Leviathan" — There's a stout Russian muscular- ity to Andrey Zvyagint- sev's bleak, Job-like tale of corruption in a coastal Russian town. A framed portrait of Vladimir Pu- tin above the police chief looms large. 10. "Starred Up" — Four walls, a father and a son, plus a whole lot of violent rage. The ingredients of this British prison drama are simple, but its force is ferocious. In one of the more remarkable father- son dramas you'll see (a young punk gets locked up in the same facility as his dad), Jack O'Connell (the star of Angelina Jo- lie's "Unbroken") dramati- cally arrives. But the mov- ie's also a reminder that there's no more riveting actor in movies than Ben Mendelsohn, who plays the father. Also just as good: "Two Days, One Night," "The Babadook," "Selma," "Er- nest & Celestine," "Locke," "Citizenfour," "Stranger By the Lake," "Dear White People," "Timbuktu," "The Trip to Italy" and "Neigh- bors." The top 10 films of 2014, according to AP National Writer Jocelyn Noveck: 1. "Boyhood" — This movie just pulsates with the feeling that it's some- thing utterly unique — something rare and ex- citing. It's not just that director Richard Lin- klater managed to shoot it over 12 years, creating an astonishingly fluid view of a boy's life; It's how the film makes us FEEL. By the end, we know Mason (the sen- sitive Ellar Coltrane) so well, it feels wrong to leave him. Shouldn't he be coming home with us? 2. "Birdman" — Abso- lutely bracing in its verve and inventiveness, Ale- jandro G. Inarritu's med- itation on fame, relevance and self-worth is a marvel. Michael Keaton is raw and vulnerable as an aging ac- tor trying to exorcise his superhero past; Edward Norton is superb as a char- ismatic jerk. The cherry on top: Emmanuel Lubezki's stunningly seamless cam- era work. 3. "Selma" — Talk about a movie that comes just when the country needs it. A beautifully re- strained performance by David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. anchors this stirring account of events surrounding the famous march from Selma, Alabama to Mont- gomery. Director Ava Du- Vernay is equally adept at depicting intimate mo- ments — like a testy Oval Office exchange between LBJ and George Wallace — as she is conveying the sweep of a historic move- ment. 4. "Ida" — Pawel Paw- likowski's film is pure, austere, and powerful — exactly how one might de- scribe its young star, Ag- ata Trzebuchowska, who plays an orphaned novice about to take her vows when she learns she has an aunt, her only living relative. Ida's subsequent journey, in which she ex- plores Poland's dark war- time past to discover both who she is and who she wants to be, is mesmer- izing. 5. "Mr. Turner" — Tim- othy Spall studied paint- ing, drawing, even Greek and Roman architecture — all to play the great landscape painter J.M.W. Turner. And it shows: The wonderfully gruff Spall doesn't seem to act in this movie as much as inhabit it, messily and fully. Mike Leigh's gorgeously de- tailed biopic doesn't fall into typical formula — and the visuals do Turner proud. 6. "The Grand Buda- pest Hotel" — Wes An- derson, we surrender — to your whimsy and sin- gular imagination. This movie is a visual delight; it's also a madcap ca- per and, a layer deeper, a more serious look at a dy- ing way of life in Europe. Mostly, it's a perfect vehi- cle for Ralph Fiennes, as a wonderfully pompous concierge, to display his lesser-known comic skills. 7. "Whiplash" — None of us would ever want to be in a classroom with the abusively demanding jazz instructor played by J.K. Simmons — it's hard enough to be in the movie theater. But boy, Simmons grabs the role by the throat, thrillingly. Miles Teller is excellent, too, as the driven stu- dent who accepts this abuse, all to be a jazz drummer. 8. "The Theory of Ev- erything," "The Imitation Game" — Both are biop- ics that feel somewhat formulaic, but both fea- ture lead performances that must be seen. Ed- die Redmayne is remark- ably effective as Stephen Hawking, eventually us- ing only his eyes and a crooked smile to express what's inside a blazing mind. Benedict Cumber- batch's nervous energy is perfect for the role of Alan Turing, the math- ematician who cracked the Germans' Enigma code. 9. "Foxcatcher" — Grim and unrelent- ing but expertly ren- dered, this real-life tale of the Olympic wrestling Schultz brothers and benefactor John DuPont is worth seeing both for the shocking story and the acting. Steve Carell makes a striking physical transformation, but it's his reedy voice that'll re- ally creep you out. Mark Ruffalo, the more nurtur- ing brother, and Chan- ning Tatum, the more troubled, are just as com- pelling. 10. "Still Alice," "Get on Up" — Two more films to mention because of stellar central performances: As an early-onset Alzheimer's patient, Julianne Moore is sensitive, warm, heart- breaking — and deserves all the awards buzz she's getting. In "Get On Up," Chadwick Boseman is truly galvanizing as James Brown — and deserves way more buzz than HE'S get- ting. FILM IN REVIEW 'Ida,' 'Boyhood' among AP's top 10 movies of 2014 AP PHOTO/PARAMOUNT PICTURES David Oyelowo, center, as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Carmen Ejogo, right, as Coretta Scott King in "Selma." 365S.MainSt. Red Bluff www.lariatbowl.com 527-2720 9:30pm - 12:30am FOODANDDRINKSPECIALS Per Person $20 VALUE PaymentduebyDec.29th after Dec. 29th price $12.00 per person 100JacksonStreet, Red Bluff (530) 529-1220 NEW Membership Specials CallorComeIn for details A+E » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, December 25, 2014 » MORE ATFACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A4