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Red Bluff Art Associ- ation's May Artist of the Month is Corning resident and a pastel artist Kath- leen Darling. Pastels are dry sticks of pure pigment and a binding material which is colorless. They have a chalk-like appearance and are available in both hard and soft forms. Pastels use the same pigments as all other fine art materials in- cluding oil paints, acryl- ics and watercolors. They have been in use since the Renaissance and were very popular among artists of the 1800s. "Kathleen is a new mem- ber and wonderful art- ist," said President Kathy Brehm. "We are so happy she decided to join our as- sociation and we hope to learn a lot from her." Kathleen was born in Santa Rosa, but grew up in the hills of Napa County. She says that although she knew from the age of 8 that she wanted to be an artist, she is a self-taught artist. She did learn many skills from her father who was 71 years old when she was 14. He not only taught her to work diligently, but also she mastered carpentry and concrete work. Kathleen says, "By the time I was 18, I could fix just about anything, except machinery." She also was taught to hunt and even to- day enjoys shooting. In 1966, at age 19, Kath- leen and her family moved to a new life in Dairyville near Los Molinos, along with two horses and a dog. "I love horses and anything Western," she says. From age 14, Kathleen was painting landscapes in oil and watercolor. It was in 2012 that Kathleen met Joann Graham who intro- duced her to pastel paint- ing. Now she concentrates on portraits of both peo- ple and animals. She says, "I have never pushed my art. My commissions come by word of mouth. I no lon- ger paint landscapes. Now I paint the two things I love the most—people and ani- mals." In addition to her pas- sion for painting, Kathleen appreciates her family in- cluding Ron, her husband of 44 years, who, she says is "the love of my life, my biggest fan, and the 'wind under my wings.'" Her two children, Rachel and Seth, and three teenage grand- children, Dylan, Sage and Nic, have a special place in her heart. She feels greatly blessed. RBAAmeetsat10a.m. Thursdays at the Tehama County Fairground, 650 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff. For exact information call 529- 1603 or go to the website redbluffartassociation. com. Darling chosen as Artist of the Month KathleenDarling ARTASSOCIATION Sacred Heart School of Red Bluff will present its annual Spring Play, "Peter Pan," at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 22, in the Parish Hall, 2233 Monroe St. The cost is $4 for adults and $2 for students, under. Children younger than 12 are free. SACRED HEART School to present 'Peter Pan' as annual spring play PLEASERECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! The Manton Music and Arts Council will be host- ing its 8th annual Blue- grass on the Mountain event June 6 at Cedar Crest Vineyards in support of the Manton Music Program. The Manton Music and Arts Program offers no cost violin, guitar, mando- lin, banjo and vocal lesions to area students. It is a non- profit organization consist- ing of three volunteer mu- sic teachers and one paid music teacher and depends on fundraising events such as the annual Bluegrass on the Mountain. The line-up this year will include the incredibly talented traditional blue- grass by The Skillman Family. Also performing will be 16-year-old Mat- thew Songmaker and The December Byclicist, The Manton Music Students and 6th District Old Time Fiddlers Association. This year's event, being held on the same weekend as the 5th Annual Tehama Trail Passport Weekend, will give the area visitors the opportunities to hear some great bluegrass mu- sic while sampling some of Manton Valley's fine wine. Sponsor tickets are $200 for a Table of 8 or $30 per person and include dinner, dessert, reserved seating, concert and live and silent auctions. The live auction will in- cluded a guided horseback ride and overnight stay for two in Bodega Bay, three nights rental of a house- boat on Lake Shasta, din- ner for two at Timbers Steak House and $50 of slot play at Rolling Hills Casino, golf packages and an overnight stay for two with dinner at Feather Falls Casino. General admission tick- ets are $10 for adults and do not include dinner or reserved seating —bring blankets and lawn chairs. There will be hot dogs, chips and soda meals avail- able for $5. For ticket, call 474-3655 or 474-4242. FESTIVAL Bl ue gr as s on t he M ou nt ai n is J un e 6 COURTESY PHOTO SelahDanceAcademywillpresent"Psalm103"at6:30p.m.Friday,June12andSaturday,June13attheState Theatre in Red Bluff. Pre-sale tickets are available at the studio, 446 Antelope Blvd. #30, next to Dollar Gen- eral, in Red Bluff. DANCE 'PSALM 103' PRESENTED REDDING Multi-plantinum '90s rock powerhouses Smash Mouth, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Tonic hit the road on a U.S. summer tour that is scheduled to stop at the Redding Civic Auditorium on Tuesday, June 23. The timing for the col- laborative tour lines up with several career mile- stones: Smash Mouth celebrated its 20th an- niversary in 2014; Toad The Wet Sprocket cele- brates 30 years and ap- proaches the 25th anni- versary of its platinum selling album "fear" in 1991; and Tonic inches closer to 20th anniver- sary of the platinum sell- ing debut Lemon Parade, from 1996, which fea- tured "If You Could Only See," Rock Radio's most played song of 1997. Tickets range from $40- $105 and are available by visiting www.reddingcivic. com. CONCERT '90s rock powerhouses to play in Redding By Mark Kennedy The Associated Press NEW YORK Many theater owners like to say they of- fer an intimate show but only one really means it. That would be Theatre for One — a 4-foot-by-8 foot portable theater that allows one audience mem- ber at a time to see one short play performed by a single actor. "There's definitely an immediacy that happens within this," said Tony- winning scenic designer Christine Jones, who con- ceived and leads the proj- ect. "The theater acts as a kind of portal into a hu- man being." The theater will be parked in three Manhattan locations for the next two months, offering shows for free. Which play the audi- ence sees is largely the luck of the draw, adding to this unique theatrical event. Each lucky audience member slips into a section of the theater and waits until a partition rises, re- vealing a performer who then begins his or her short piece. This year, new plays were commissioned from Craig Lucas, Will Eno, Lynn Nottage, Jose Ri- vera, Thomas Bradshaw, Zayd Dohrn and Emily Schwend. They were asked to write 3-minute pieces that used this phrase as a jump- ing-off point: "I'm not the stranger you think I am." The works range in theme from a serial killer preying on black men to the death of a mother. The actors will be An- drew Garman, Erin Gann, Carmen Zilles, Keith Ran- dolph Smith, Marisol Mi- randa and Kevin Mambo, an actor and musician who starred in "Fela" on Broad- way. Mambo, who will be per- forming Dohrn's play "Love Song," added his own mu- sic and will play an electric guitar in the booth. He's played audiences of 5,000 so the stripped-down na- ture of the new show is a challenge. "There's no need for theatrical accouterment. There's no need for pro- jection. There's no need for any of those things," he said. "I need to just en- gage with someone and tell them a story." The theater's inside is very comfortable, with red-padded walls and soft lighting. It's a lot like being in a confession booth, peep show or even an elevator. A stage manager is in charge of sound levels and light- ing cues. Zilles, who has acted in the off-Broadway plays "Chimichangas and Zoloft" and "Scenes From a Mar- riage," said slipping into the booth offers a rare re- spite from our hectic, dig- ital lives. "I talk to a lot of people in a day and sometimes I'm like, 'But I wasn't re- ally with anyone,'" she said. "I'm really trying to not do that and just really be with the person who I'm with and let it be whatever it is." THEATRE FOR ONE World's smallest theater opens its doors to public in NY (530) 529-1220 100 Jackson St.,Red Bluff 2 FREE Tanning Sessions withanynew membership in the month of May Valid'tillMay31,2015 TICKETSJUST$15EACH,GETYOURSNOW! INCLUDESFIGHTNIGHTBUFFET&$5FREESLOTPLAY INCLUDES FIGHT NIGHT BUFFET & $5 FREE SLOT PLAY LIMITED TO FIRST 300 PEOPLE. MUST BE 21 TO ATTEND. 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