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REDBLUFF TheStateThe- atre for the Arts has the following events scheduled in June and July. "Janis, Little Girl Blue" is a documentary about Janis Joplin and will be screened at 6 p.m. Satur- day followed by a perfor- mance by Big Brother & The Holding Company. Musician Cat Power nar- rates this documentary on Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Jop- lin wrote over the years to her friends, family and col- laborators. Big Brother & The Hold- ing Company are primar- ily remembered as the group that gave Janis Jo- plin her start. There's no denying both that Joplin was by far the band's most striking asset, and that Big Brother would never have made a significant impression if they hadn't been fortunate enough to add her to their lineup shortly after forming. But Big Brother also occupies a significant place in the his- tory of San Francisco psy- chedelic rock, as one of the bands that best captured the era's loosest, reckless and indulgent qualities in its high-energy mutations of blues and folk-rock. • Comedian Will Durst will perform Friday, July 15. Acknowledged by peers and press alike as one of the premier political sati- rists in the country, Durst has patched together a comedy quilt of a career, weaving together columns, books, radio and televi- sion commentaries, act- ing, voice overs and most especially stand up com- edy, into a hilarious patch- work of outraged and out- rageous common sense. • Country star Craig Morgan is scheduled for Friday, July 22. A multi-faceted enter- tainer, Morgan has made a name for himself as a country music icon, TV host, celebrated outdoors- man and patriotic Army veteran. One of country music's best-loved artists, Mor- gan thrills massive crowds with signature hits in- cluding "Bonfire," "Almost Home," "Redneck Yacht Club," "International Har- vester," "This Ole Boy," "Wake Up Lovin' You" and the six week No. 1 "That's What I Love About Sun- day." • Guitarist Ana Popovic will perform with Mum- blefinger on Friday, July 29. The award-winning, hard-touring, guitar slinger blends smoking electric funk and slide guitar, jazzy instrumental pieces and a tight blues groove with soulful, femi- nine vocals. Add to the mix her incredible stage pres- ence, all of which make her an irresistible force in the world of contemporary blues music. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.stateth- eatreredbluff.com/ or call the box office at 529-2787. StateTheatre o ff er s va ri et y CONTRIBUTED "Janis, Little Girl Blue" is a documentary about Janis Joplin and will be screened at 6p.m. on Saturday. PERFORMANCES CHICO What could be more fun than light-hearted mis- chief during the warm, laid- back days of mid-summer? "Midsummer Mischief" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, June 23-25 and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 26 at the Blue Room Theatre. The show consists of eight shortoriginalcomedies—10 to 20 minutes each — about the timeless issues of dat- ing, romance, marriage, di- vorce, job complications, re- lationships, misunderstand- ings and the fulfillment and screw-ups of hopes, longings, and dreams — all with a comic twist. No mat- ter what your age, you may recognize a part of yourself or your experiences in some of these characters and their situations. And it may re- mind you that much of life really is a comedy. Tickets are $10 at the door and Thursday is pay what you can. The theater is at 139 W. First St. in Chico. BLUE ROOM 'Midsummer Mischief' opens Thursday in Chico You're there f or Mom. We're here f or you. Caring for a loved one can be more than you expected. But you're not alone. Connect with experts and other caregivers aarp.org/caregiving 1.877.333.5885 Author and Mt. Shasta resident Terry McGhee will be holding a book signing event 3-7 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at Barnes & Noble, 1260 Churn Creek Road in Redding, for his book "Mys- tery on the Seine." Death is a stalker on the luxury river cruise ship Grand Queen. Retired se- curity investigator Jake Vincent and his wife, Bar- bara, have accepted a grate- ful FBI's gift of a Paris va- cation. The five-star hotel stay and Seine River wine cruise is a thank-you for Jake's ef- forts in helping solve a 17- year missing person's cold case in the Vincents' small resort mountain town in California. They agree to keep watch on a fleeing al- leged Ponzi fraud couple who are also passengers on the ship. The Vincents' friend FBI agent Sam Jenkins in Wash- ington DC and French Na- tional Police detective Louie Bernard are involved in the "perp watch." Events turn mysterious when it is determined that a Russian mob hit team may be a major player. More danger awaits the Vincents when they return home as they discover that they themselves are the target of a revenge-seek- ing family member of the old cold case criminal ar- rest. AUTHOR Book signing set for Saturday in Redding The Shasta College Vo- cal Institute will be pre- senting a concert of opera scenes and arias at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, in the Shasta College theater. The concert is the final presentation of the Vocal Institute, a three-week in- tensive training program for high school and col- lege age singers and ac- tors. The Institute brings together former students of the college who have gone on to achieve success in the world of vocal music with the next generation of serious students. This year the Institute staff has included former Shasta College student Ni- cole Woodward, a gradu- ate of the prestigious San Francisco Opera Merola Program. The concert is open to the public and will feature scenes from four operas. Two of the operas are by American composers: "Su- sannah" by Carlisle Floyd and "The Ballad of Baby Doe" by Douglas Moore. The other scenes are from Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" and Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann." The evening will close with a revue of some wonderfully comic pieces from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "The Mi- kado." All will be under the ba- ton of Robert Waterbury, director of the Vocal In- stitute. Tickets are available in advance through www.shastacollege.edu/ theatre or at the door for $8 general admission and $6 for students and seniors. For further information, call 242-2367. SHASTA COLLEGE Vo ca l In st it ut e to p re se nt o pe ra s ce ne s an d ar ia s CHICO Texas-born, Loui- siana-raised pianist, vocal- ist and songwriter Marcia Ball, touring in support of her latest CD, The Tat- tooed Lady and the Alli- gator Man, will perform at the Sierra Nevada Brew- ing Company in Chico on Thursday, July 21. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans R&B, heart- wrenching ballads and driving Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a- kind favorite of music fans everywhere. Her music mixes equal parts simmer- ing soul fervor and rollick- ing Crescent City piano. The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man is her sixth release for Alliga- tor Records. Ball has five Grammy Award nomina- tions. She received the 2014 Blues Music Award (BMA) for the Pinetop Perkins Pi- ano Player Of The Year. She has now won a total of 10 BMAs and has received a whopping 44 nominations. Ball recently received a 2015 Living Blues Readers' Poll Award for Most Out- standing Musician (Key- board) and now holds nine Living Blues Awards in all. She was inducted into the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame in 2010 and into the Louisi- ana Music Hall of Fame in 2012. The Sierra Nevada Brew- ing Company Big Room is at 1075 E. 20th St. in Chico. The show is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $25. For more information, call 892-4647 or visit www. sierranevada.com. Marcia Ball to perform in Chico CONTRIBUTED Marcia Ball will perform at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Big Room on July 21. BIG ROOM By Nick Woodard nwoodard@chicoer.com @nwoodard25 on Twitter CHICO The year was 2012. Max Minardi was fresh out of college and he had a self- recorded EP and three res- idencies in town. Wednesday nights, he'd be at the Down Lo for a few hours. On a Friday, he'd play at the Park Ave Pub and Sunday mornings at the Red Tavern for brunch. In all, he'd come out with around $60 for seven or eight hours of work in a week. Now, Minardi, a Chico- based singer songwriter, averages 150 shows per year. His newest album, "Stronger Than the Earth," was released in May and he's about to set off on his very own summer tour, spanning seven states in a little over a month. Seems like he's been a pretty busy guy lately. "I try to be," he said chuck- ling. Since four years ago, Mi- nardi has had quite the ex- perience. The Modesto na- tive, a trumpet player in his early days who wasted no time picking up an elec- tric guitar, has been able to craft his own mix of tra- ditional folk and modern Indie music that's earned himself consistent shows and, most recently, his first full length studio album. But back to the start of the timeline, as a re- cent graduate in 2012, he worked hard at becoming a local fixture. He had a five- song EP he had written to give himself both confi- dence and legitimacy. Now it was about finding a spot in Chico's bustling music culture and getting over the initial hump. "It's kind of what you have to do," Minardi said. "You have to be able to play for nothing at first." From the start, the art- ist knew the stigma at- tached to sharing his job title. Telling people he played music evoked an element of doubt. CHICO Local artist Max Minardi prepares for new, bigger tour Round Up Saloon Round Up Saloon 610WashingtonSt. Red Bluff Supporting Farmers Market with live music on Wednesdaynites call for dates (530) 527-9901 A+E » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, June 23, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A5