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4A Daily News – Thursday, February 23, 2012 Pastimes Gatlin Brothers come to Redding The Kiwanis Club of Redding presents Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers on Feb. 25 in a very special concert for their first visit to Red- ding. More than 50 years ago, Larry, Steve, and Rudy Gatlin started singing in their little hometown of Abilene, Texas, and from there went on to make music history. Over the course of a four-decade career that has taken the Gatlin Brothers from dusty Texas stages to White House performances, from Broadway to Gram- my Awards to the top of the country charts, there has been one unifying element, music. There's no harmony quite as pure as family harmony. Larry, Steve, and Rudy love to sing together. Raised on Gospel music, the brothers first began entertaining audiences in churches and then with guest appearances on the Slim Willet radio and TV shows in Abilene, Texas when they were 2, 4, and 6 years old. Larry says that their history as"gospel music junkies" came from those early roots. "My folks took us to those old fashioned- Arts & entertainment North State Symphony Kyle Wiley Pickett will conduct a select group of musicians from the North State Symphony on March 2, 3, and 4 in Weaverville, Redding, and Chico in a cham- ber music concert aptly entitled "Kyle and His Finest." The original version of Aaron Copland's Applachian Spring and two other works will be performed. "This great piece of music, Appalachian Spring, actually exists in two versions," Pickett said. "Copland originally composed it to accompany dancers from the Martha Graham modern dance company. In the original version there are only 13 players plus the conductor, and that makes it perfect for us." Appalachian Spring famously includes the old folk hymn "Simple Gifts" and is often played in a later ver- sion for large orchestra. Like other Copland pieces, it brings a recognizably American sound to concert halls that had mostly featured European music before Cop- land's time. Also on the March 2, 3 and 4 program are Debussy's Southern style quartet concerts, and it was love at first sound! My first hero was James Black- woodof the Blackwood Brothers Quartet-I just knew somehow from that moment that I wanted to be asinger for the rest of my life." For additional infor- mation about the Gatlin Brothers go to: www.gatlinbrothers.com/ Tickets are $45 to $55 and are available at the Cascade Theatre Box Office; open Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm and weekends from 12:00 pm until 7:30 pm if there is a performance. Tickets are also available online at the Cascade Theatre Website: www.cas- cadetheatre.org Funds from this con- cert support Kiwanis Club of Redding scholar- ships for graduating seniors at Shasta, Foothill, and Enterprise High Schools as well as a scholarship for a continu- ing Shasta College Stu- dent. Funds also support young reader programs at Juniper Academy and Cypress Elementary School. Many of the students have never owned a book and are thrilled to be able to pick out something of their very own. Last year one little boy was so excited to have a book – his very own book - that he asked if he could spend less on his so that he could take one home for his little brother too. The Kiwanis motto is "Serving the children of the world." Sometimes making a difference in the life of just one child can change their world forever. famous Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, as arranged for a large chamber ensemble like Copland's, and a "beautiful and lyrical" excerpt for string sextet from an opera, Capriccio, by Richard Strauss. The program will mark the Trinity County debut of musicians from North State Symphony. The concert at the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m., Fri- day, March 2. Advance tickets for the performance are available at Mama Llama's Eatery at 490 Main St. in Weaverville, or by going to www.tapaconline.org. On Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m., Redding's Old City Hall will be the site of the second performance of "Kyle and His Finest." Advance tickets are available at the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 243-8877. On Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m., the concert concludes its three-city run with a performance in the Rowland- Taylor Recital Hall on the CSU, Chico campus. Tickets are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333. More information on all North State Symphony performances is available at www.northstatesympho- ny.org. Bicycle exhibition Vagina Monologues returning to State opening in Chico On March 3, the Chico Museum will open a new exhibit titled, The Bicycle: Life On Two Wheels. The exhibition will explore the wide world of cycling, including the history of the bicycle, the science of staying upright, and the benefits of rid- ing. See authentic historical bicycles, including the "boneshaker" – nicknamed for its bone-rattling ride and the high wheeler bicycle – famous for it's five- foot high front wheel. Learn how the bicycle liber- ated Victorian Era women from more than just their corsets. Visitors will discover the many shapes and sizes of the bicycle – from the iconic banana seat bike to the recumbent. Bicycling in Chico will be high- lighted, including local trail maps, groups, races, and the contributions of local Chicoans to the cycling world. If you never learned bicycle hand signals, how to pack your bike with groceries, or how to fix a flat tire, this is your chance! The Chico Museum, located at 141 Salem St. in downtown Chico, is open to the public noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. The Bicycle: Life on Two Wheels will run through July. For more information or to schedule a school tour call 891-4336 or visit the museum website: http://www.chicomuseum.org/. V-day Red Bluff and Redding presents The Vagina Monologues: A benefit production for Girls Incorporated of Northern Sacramento Val- ley. The award-winning play is based on V-Day founder and playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women. Immediately following the monologues members of the cast will stay to par- ticipate in Vagina Dia- logues with the audience to further explore why this movement is so important and meaning- ful. Before the show audi- ence members are invited to shop the fruits of local wineries and vendors, such as Daisy Rae Bou- tique, and purchase raffle tickets for one of the many $50 raffle items donated by the communi- ty. The Red Bluff perfor- mance is schduled for 7 p.m. March 3 at the State Theatre, 333 Oak St. Tickets, $10 in advance, can be pur- chased at Prairie Rose Boutique, Wink Fashion and Salon and Plum Crazy in downtown Red Bluff. Online, tickets can be purchased by visiting www.girlsincnsv.org. Admission at the door is $12. Girls Inc. of the North- Wildflowers talk A new and expanded edition of "Wild- flowers of Table Mountain, a Naturalist's Guide" by Albin Bills and Samantha Mack- ey Hillaire has more photos of wildflowers and even more information about the plants of Table Mountain than the first edition. Bills and Hillaire will be at Lyon Books at 7 tonight for an authors' talk and book signing. The event is free and open to the public. The book, published by Friends of the Herbarium at California State University, Chico, is both an illustrated field guide for use by visitors from the general public and a reference for all known plants on Table Mountain that can be used by more accom- plished botanists. "Wildflowers of Table Mountain" is an expression of local talent and love for the area. Written by Northern California botanists Bills (a professor of biology at Butte College) and Hillaire (Garcia and Associates), it is illustrated by Larry Jansen, designed by Carole Montgomery, Depart- ment of Communication Design, and Eliza- beth Quivey, a graduate of communication design and employee of the North State Symphony. Piano competition CSU, Chico's School of the Arts presents the final round of the 14th ern Sacramento Valley works with girls 6-18 years old in Shasta and Tehama counties to pro- vide innovative programs that focus on the chang- ing needs of communi- ties. CSU Chico Happenings Annual Earl R. and Marilyn Ann Kruschke Piano Performance Compe- tition, Saturday, March 3, beginning at noon in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall The five finalists chosen to perform include Megumi Ito of CSU, Chico; Yuko McWhorter of CSU, Chico; Irina Smolyakova of CSU, Frenso; Naoko Terakado of CSU, Chico; and Nicholas Pietromonaco of CSU, Humboldt. The public is invited to listen and watch; admission is free. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/yXrNsg or call 898-4043. Music Symposium The Eighth annual CSU, Chico New Music Symposium will take place today and Friday and will include performances and master classes that celebrate the art of music composition. Works by student composers will be featured during the first concert, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. today in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. Headlining the event at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, will be world-class pianist and recording artist Sarah Cahill. For more information, call 898- 4848.