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TheCountBasieOrches- tra is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 at the State Theatre, 333 Oak St. in Red Bluff. William Count Basie started the Count Basie Orchestra in 1935 in Kansas City, Mo. Within a year, America was lis- tening in on popular radio shows through- out the country to hear what would become "The Swingingest Band In All The Land." A phenomena was born in 1935, that is still going strong today. Since Basie's passing in 1984, Thad Jones, Frank Foster, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Dennis Mack- rel and now Scott Barnhart have led the Count Basie Orchestra and maintained it as one of the elite per- forming organizations in jazz. The Count Basie Orches- tra has won 17 Grammy awards and 20 Downbeat and Jazz Times polls — more than any other big band in jazz. Tickets are available at www.statetheatreredbluff. com , by cash or check at Te- hama Country Visitor Cen- ter or call 529-2787. CountBasieOrchestra swinging into Red Bluff COURTESYPHOTO The Count Basie Orchestra performing at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle in 2012. REDDING The gilded walls and painted ceilings of Red- ding's historic Cascade The- atre serve as the perfect backdrop for "Piano Art- ists in Concert," the annual keyboard virtuoso show- case presented by Duane Hampton at 7:30 p.m. Sat- urday, March 7. The concert will delight classical music fans with exuberant performances by world class pianists and composers, who all study with Hampton, an inter- nationally renowned pia- nist, composer and master teacher. Hampton brings these talented musicians to- gether for one evening each year for a benefit concert for Cascade Theatre to show off their piano prowess. This year's roster of pi- anists will feature some new faces, including Re- gina Lott and 8-year-old So- phia Hackler. Featured re- turning performers include Samuel Knight, Nathaniel Bell, Jonathan Adams and Kevin Woodruff. Highlights of this year's concert include works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff, as well as selections from some of Beethoven's most famous piano pieces, including the "Waldstein" and "Moon- light" sonatas. Following the concert is an opportu- nity to get to know the per- formers during an on-stage champagne reception open to all patrons. Tickets for the concert are $24 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets are available at the Cascade Theatre Box Office at 1733 Market St. in Redding, by phone at 243-8877 or di- rectly through the Cascade Theatre website at www. cascadetheatre.org. CONCERT A touch of classical piano returns to the Cascade Theatre in Redding REDDING Do you have a play you would like to see produced at Riverfront Playhouse? Ever wanted to direct a play? Riverfront Playhouse is looking for directors and plays for its 2016 Season. The annual pitch meet- ing will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at the theater. In addition, the theater is in search of directors to di- rect a short play for "Play- wrights Night Out," a cap- ital campaign event, to be performed in June. The theater is at 1620 E. Cypress Ave. in Redding. For more information, call 221-1028. RIVERFRONT PLAYHOUSE An nu al p it ch m ee ti ng s et f or t he at er STATE THEATRE PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. CHICO The following events are scheduled through May for Chico Performances. All events are in Laxson Auditorium. • The Intergalactic Nemesis — Target Earth: A Live-Action Graphic Novel, at 7:30 p.m. Satur- day March 7. Tickets are $10-36. Pulitzer-winning re- porter Molly Sloan, her intrepid assistant Timmy Mendez, and a mysterious librarian named Ben Wil- cott join forces as they face the most serious threat Earth has ever known: an impending invasion of sludge monsters from the planet Zygon. Writer, di- rector, and producer Ja- son Neulander and his col- laborators have created a theatrical trilogy in cele- bration of 1930s radio se- rials, comic book culture, Star Wars, and every other adventure story you loved as a child (or as an adult). This live-action graphic novel will captivate all. • Cirque Mechanics — Pedal Punk, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. Tick- ets are $10-36. Cirque Mechanics re- turns to Laxson with a new creation, Pedal Punk, a rowdy circus where the mischief is on wheels. In Pedal Punk, you'll en- counter unicycles that fly, acrobats that hover, cyclists that whirl, pole climbers that soar, and trapeze artists that float. The show draws inspi- ration from the culture of steampunk, where a postapocalyptic world of machines is pow- ered by steam. Pedal Punk's "steam" power comes from the acro- batic strength of the art- ists and is sure to capti- vate audiences of all ages. • Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México (State Symphony of Mexico): 2 p.m., Sunday, March 15. Tickets are $10-42. Founded in 1971 in its home city of Toluca, the capital of the state of México, this magnificent orchestra has performed across North America and toured Europe and China. Under the hand of Maestro Enrique Bátiz, the orches- tra will perform two great works of the classic pe- riod and feature guitarist Alfonso Moreno in a con- certo for orchestra and guitar. • Southern Trouba- dours in the Round — Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster, & Paul Thorn, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 17. Tickets are $10- 38. In this unique concert experience, three South- ern singer-songwriters share the stage, swapping stories and singing songs. Collectively their influ- ences range across gos- pel, blues, country, rock, roots, and soul. Individu- ally, each is a poet armed with a guitar and sweet melodies. • Amy Seiwert's Imagery — Contemporary Ballet, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 22. Tickets are $10-26. The dance festival be- gins with Amy Seiwert, a choreographer on the rise. She was named one of "25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine and has works in the repertory of many ballet companies including the Washington, Colorado, Oakland, Cincinnati, At- lanta, and Smuin Ballets. Her own company, Imag- ery, has received wonder- ful reviews in their home- town of San Francisco, and the SF Chronicle says she "is a choreographer we need to see much more from." • Dance Chico! — Film: All That Jazz, 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. Tickets are $5-6. Famed choreographer Bob Fosse's semi-autobio- graphical film received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and won four Academy Awards. • Dance Chico! — Spot- light Performances, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26. Tickets are $10-20. Dance in Chico is alive and well, thanks to the professionals and stu- dents of dance who create and study in our commu- nity. For 33 years, Keep- ing Dance Alive! has cel- ebrated the best of dance in our region. Along with partners Chico Commu- nity Ballet and Chico Creek Dance Centre, we expand on this great tra- dition. Experience the art and the fun as our best lo- cal ensembles and schools showcase their fantastic repertoire. • Dance Chico! Broad- way Boogie — Community Dance Jam, 7:30 p.m. Fri- day, March 27. Tickets are free. Grab a partner, or part- ners, and come on down to 3rd Street between Broad- way and Main for a rollick- ing good time. Swing, hip- hop, dervish, name your style—all dancers are wel- come. Enjoy live music, street vendors, food trucks, and of course, dancing. • Joe Goode Perfor- mance Group — Hush, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28. Tickets are $10-28. Iconic San Francisco- based dance/theatre mas- ter Joe Goode and his company members pres- ent Hush in collaboration with Foley artist Sudhu Tewari. Hush is Goode's first large-scale explora- tion using sound effects within his unique method- ology of "felt movement." Outliers, artists, and so- cial disrupters, all hushed by the external authority of a society's expectations of appropriate behavior in a community. . . . What do we experience and feel that we cannot voice to the world? • Million Dollar Quar- tet, 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 30. Tickets are $10- 50. Million Dollar Quar- tet is the Tony Award- wining Broadway musi- cal, inspired by the elec- trifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four young musi- cians were gathered to- gether by Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all time. Million Dollar Quar- tet brings that legend- ary night to life with an irresistible tale of bro- ken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebra- tions featuring time- less hits including "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "That's All Right," "Six- teen Tons," "Great Balls of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Whole Lotta Sha- kin' Goin' On," "Who Do You Love?," "Matchbox," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Hound Dog" and more. LAXSON AUDITORIUM Chico Performances spring events By Emily Bertolino ebertolino@chicoer.com @EmilyBertolino on Twitter CHICO The year is 1984. Ronald Reagan is re-elected president, the movie "The Terminator" is released, and George Orwell's ever- present surveillance state finally arrives. A lone musician dressed in a ruffled white pirate shirt and a metallic purple jacket rides up on a motor- cycle. His name is Prince and he is here to spark a musical rebellion with his album "Purple Rain." This monumental al- bum will be retold Satur- day on the Bell Memorial Union stage at Chico State University as part of Uncle Dad's Art Collective Master- piece Series. The collective is a group of dancers, visual artists, musicians and per- formance artists who work together to put on shows in Chico and surrounding ar- eas. The performance was supported through a col- laboration of Chico State's Associated Students and Uncle Dad's Art Collective. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 8 p.m. For the masterpiece se- ries, members choose an album they think "has changed music or had a real impact on pop culture as far as music is concerned ... and reimagine it from start to finish," said Josh Hegg, the managing director of the collective and keyboardist for the band Bogg. The group has re-created Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," David Bow- ie's "Ziggy Stardust," "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band" by the Beatles, and "Led Zeppelin IV." "Now we're on to 'Purple Rain,'" Hegg said. The breakthrough album by Prince includes the songs "Let's go Crazy," "I Would Die 4 U," "When Doves Cry" and the title track "Purple Rain." Through these per- formances the collective aims to "accentuate dif- ferent musicians, dancers and other visual artists that are doing something currently in Chico or we feel is a good indication of what our scene looks like," Hegg said. This is a chance to bring awareness to the local mu- sic scene that is "fester- ing right at our doorstep," Hegg said. "There are a lot of bands in town that could be, need to be on the circuit and could be really popu- lar if they had people into them." This isn't a Prince cover show, Hegg said. "We don't want to hear Prince on stage, we want to hear a lo- cal band version of what they feel Prince represents to them through a song." Local bands that will perform at the show are So- lar Estates, The Lolos, Au- brey Debauchery and The Broken Bones, Hannah Jane Kile, The Shimmies, Western Divide, Bogg, Sis- terhoods, Wanderers and Wolves, and The Monde- greens. The performance will also include the debut of Uncle Dad's Big Band, a 15-piece supergroup made up of "all our favorite play- ers from all these different bands," Hegg said, who will be playing the title track "Purple Rain." Hannah Jane Kelly will perform "Take Me With You" and said "it's been a truly wonderful experience. I've been sort of discover- ing more and more about Prince as we worked on the piece." CHICO Musical forecast calls for Purple Rain Holdingsign-upsfor the 2015 Season 15u & 17u Teams Sunday, February 22 nd 11AM – 1PM Vet's Hall $175 player registration deposit required For information contact Dave Gamboa 529-2589 Red Bluff Bulls American Legion Baseball Saturday,February28th 10:00am – 8 : 0 0 p m Carlino'sRoomatRollingHil Casino Tickets $10 Includesacommemorativetastingglassand$5freeslotplay $1 Tasting Fee at Each Booth Tickets available at the Rolling Hil Casino Box Office by calling 530.528.3500, AmericanWest Bank, Rabobank, and at the door! A+E » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, February 19, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A5