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The North State Sym- phony's traditional Christ- mas concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18. TheSymphony'snewcon- ductor, Scott Seaton, and baroque ensemble will play gorgeous Christmas works and beautiful arrangements of favorite carols. There will be a carol sing at the end of the concert. Mezzo-soprano Molly Mahoney will be sing- ing selections by Mozart and Saint-Saens along with seasonal favorites both classical and mod- ern. Symphonic pieces in- clude Corelli's "Christmas Concerto" and Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves." Dignity Health and Saint Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital will host a pre-concert and intermis- sion party for attendees. Free cookies, hot choc- olate, cider and a coffee bar will be in the lobby. A photo booth and profes- sional photographer will be at the entrance of the theater for attendees to have their pictures taken. This concert is free to subscribers of the Te- hama Concert Series who have purchased a season ticket. Open seating ticket prices for non-members will be $30 for adults and $10 for students younger than 25 who live at home. Tickets may be pur- chased at the box office that evening. The box of- fice will open at 6:30 p.m. Concert Series season tickets for the Tehama Con- cert Series, which includes admission to this perfor- mance, will be available for purchase in the lobby. For more information, call 727- 8727 or visit http://www.te- hamaconcertseries.org/ or http://northstatesymphony. org/. CONCERT TheNorthStateSymphony'snewconductorScottSeatonandthebaroqueensemble. The Blue Room The- atre is staging "The Other Place," by Sharr White, directed by Joe Hilsee, Thursdays though Satur- days until Dec. 19, at 139 W. 1st St. Juliana Smithton is an intelligent and success- ful neurologist whose life is coming apart. Her hus- band filed for divorce, her daughter eloped with a much older man and her own health is uncertain. In this brilliantly crafted script, nothing is as it seems. Piece by piece, a mystery unfolds as fact blurs with fiction, past col- lides with present, and the elusive truth finally sur- faces. From beginning to end, The Other Place is compelling, hea r t- breaking, terrifying and haunting. Cyn- thia Lammel, Bill John- son and Hilary Tellesen star in this riveting new drama. Tickets available at The Bookstore or at www.blu- eroomtheatre.com/tickets. T h u r s d a y s a t the Blue Room The- atre are pay what you can. Good for tickets purchased at the door only. BLUE ROOM THEATRE 'The Other Pl ac e' t o be staged in Chico Symphony to present Christmas concert Redding City Ballet will present its annual produc- tion of "The Nutcracker" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Cascade Theatre, 1731 Mar- ket St. The matinee perfor- mance will be followed by a Children's Sugar Plum Tea. No holiday is complete without experiencing the magic and spectacle of the beautifully dressed party guests, the ever pres- ent and mysterious Godfa- ther Drosselmeyer and the menacing Rat King. Tchai- kovsky's timeless score evokes images of sparkling snowflakes and waltzing flowers to carry you away with Clara's dream. Tickets are available on- line, by phone or in person at Cascade Theatre start- ing at $12. To purchase tickets, visit cascadethe- atre.org or call 243-8877. Beware of secondary web- sites selling tickets for the performances at exorbi- tant prices. REDDING Ballet to present 'The Nutcracker' Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas returns to Redding's historic Cas- cade Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 with all new sto- ries, music and dances that celebrate Irish culture and the true meaning of the holiday season. A Celtic Christmas rec- reates the joy and inno- cence of a night before Christmas in a remote farmhouse in the parish of Teampall an Ghleann- táin in the west of Ireland — when the neighboring families gather around the fire to grace the win- try night with the haunt- ing melodies of traditional Irish Christmas carols, to raise the rafters with the joy of their music, to knock sparks off the flagstone floor with fiery dances, and to fill the night with the laughter of their sto- ries. With Grammy-award winning guitarist Wil- liam Coulter as music di- rector, Foley has brought together some of the most distinguished Celtic musi- cians and traditional danc- ers performing anywhere today — on either side of the Atlantic. Tickets are $24-$34 and available at the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 1733 Market St. in Redding, by phone at 243-8877 or di- rectly through www.cas- cadetheatre.org. MUSICAL Celtic Christmas returns to Cascade The Red Bluff Master- works Chorale, under the direction of Steve Ackley, will perform its Christ- mas Concert at 3 p.m. Sun- day, Dec. 13 at First Church of God, at the intersection of Luther Road and South Jackson Street. The concert will feature a selection of Christmas carols that will include an opportunity to sing along as well as two selec- tions from Handel's "Mes- siah." The chorale will be accompanied by Darlene Lee on piano and four or- chestra members playing strings and brass instru- ments. Members of the cho- rale and orchestra come from Tehama and Shasta counties. In weekly re- hearsals the singers work to prepare music from the master composers of the classical era and con- temporary writers. The Masterworks Chorale has been singing in Te- hama County since 1996. There are no tickets nec- essary for this concert. Donations will be re- ceived at the door to as- sist with music and per- formance costs. Those who enjoy sing- ing are encouraged to watch for the start date of rehearsals early 2016. Re- hearsals are held 6:45-8:30 p.m. Mondays at the Pres- byterian Church Chapel. For more information, call 527-0372. MASTERWORKS Chorale and orchestra to present Christmas concert REDDING This holiday sea- son don't miss the premiere concert event for the entire family as the combined Shasta College Chorale and Shasta Symphony perform selections from Handel's "Messiah" live at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec.12 in the Shasta College Theatre. The beauty and majesty of the Christmas portion of the "Messiah" is legend- ary. On the first part of the program, The Shasta Sym- phony will perform the "Christmas Fantasia" for Baritone, Chorus and Or- chestra by Vaughan Wil- liams, under the direction of Dr. Dwayne Corbin. The concert will in- clude a piece for orches- tral winds, "Old Wine in New Bottles," by Gordon Jacobs. Soloists for the concert include soprano Daun Weiss, alto Natasha Czajka, tenor Pedro Betan- court and baritone Chris- topher Withrow. Tickets will be avail- able online through www. shastacollege.edu or at the door for $10 general admission and $8 seniors and students. For more in- formation call the Shasta College Box Office at 242- 7573. SHASTA COLLEGE Chorale and symphony to present Handel's 'Messiah' By Eva Vergara and Luis Andres Henao The Associated Press SANTIAGO, CHILE Douglas Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing compa- nies who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia re- gion to keep them pris- tine, has died from severe hypothermia in a kayak- ing accident in Chile. The well-known conser- vationist was 72. The Aysen health ser- vice said the wealthy businessman and lifelong outdoorsman was boat- ing with five other for- eigners on Tuesday when their kayaks capsized in a lake in near freezing wa- ters in the Patagonia re- gion of southern Chile. Tompkins died later in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Coyhai- que, a town 1,700 kilome- ters (1,056 miles) south of Santiago. "He had lost conscious- ness and wasn't breath- ing" when brought to the hospital by helicopter, Dr. Carlos Salazar told local television stations. Chile's army said strong waves on General Carrerra Lake caused the group's kayaks to cap- size. A military patrol boat rescued three of the boaters and a helicopter lifted out the other three, it said. "Doug was a passion- ate advocate for the en- vironment," The North Face said in a statement. "His legacy of conserva- tion will help ensure that there are outdoor spaces to be explored for gener- ations to come." Douglas Rainsford Tompkins was born March 20, 1943, in Ohio. The son of an antiques dealer and a decorator, he lived the first years of life in New York City before his family moved to Millbrook in the Hudson Valley. He began rock climbing before his teen years, and later be- came an active skier and kayaker. "Tompkins had been an outdoorsman all his life: a daring white-wa- ter kayaker; a skier with aspirations to compete in the Olympics; a serious mountain climber who once spent four weeks holed up in an ice cave with four buddies, wait- ing out an epic storm until they could finally blaze a new trail to the summit," Edward Humes wrote in "Eco Barons: The Dream- ers, Schemers, and Mil- lionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet." Tompkins attended Connecticut's Pomfret School, but he didn't grad- uate from high school and didn't go to college. In- stead, he spent a couple of years working, rock climbing and ski racing in Colorado, Europe and South America. In the mid-1960's, he became one of the found- ers of The North Face, a small ski and backpack- ing retail operation in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood under the mantra to "Never Stop Ex- ploring." KAYAKING North Face co-founder Tompkins dies in Chile accident Tehama District Jr. Livestock AnnualMeeting Wed., Jan 13 th 6pm held in the Tehama Room @ Tehama District Fairgrounds 413WalnutStreet•530-528-8000 Sat.-Mon. 10am-4pm • Tues-Fri 10am-5:30pm Se Habla Español www.redbluffgoldexchange.com www.angelsamongusall.com ServingOurCommunityForOver21Years Joinusinsupporting CHIPS FOR KIDS Toy Drive $ 10 .00 new, unwrapped toys Collecting Toys thru 12/13/15 Round Up Saloon Round Up Saloon 610WashingtonSt. (530) 527-9901 Come join us for BBQ & Football on Sunday's LIVE MUSIC CALL FOR DATES A+E » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, December 10, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A5