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4A Daily News – Thursday, August 16, 2012 Pastimes Dan Crary has rightly earned the title of living legend in the world of flatpick style, steel stringed guitar music. He has been acclaimed, idol- ized, awarded, and much sought after by guitar afi- cionados wishing to copy his blazing, powerful technique. There is, however, only one Dan Crary and he will be playing Red Bluff's State Theatre 7:30 p.m. Saturday Sept. 29. at Tickets are on sale at statetheatreredbluff.com; Sky River Music and Wink Fashion & Salon for $20 in advance or $23 at the door. Crary's ability to cre- ate and astound quite simply transports the lis- tener to a place where music impacts the soul. It was certain sometime ago that his place in the history of the guitar was Arts & entertainment Dan Crary and Thunderation Art association hosts reception Friday Red Bluff Art Association's August member exhibi- tion will feature a reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17 at 3 Generation Arts and Shop, 409 Walnut St., Red Bluff. The show, titled "Art Affair," features some of Tehama County's finest, most distinctive artists who will be present to greet and talk about their works. There will be light refreshments. This show displays works in oil, watercolor, acrylic, and collage representing a wide variety of styles and genres. These will be on exhibit until Oct. 2. The association meets 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Snug Harbor Mobile Home Park Recreation Room, 600 Rio Vista Ave. in Red Bluff. For information call 527-4810 or write RBAA, P.O. Box 944, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Also, visit redbluffartists.com. Photographer to attend, securely established. Steve Spurgin is no stranger to the world- wide folk, Americana and singer-songwriter scene. His resonant voice and unrivaled story songs create lasting musical memories, and he enjoys a well-deserved list of hits, awards and credits. Martin Stevens already packs a musical wallop. He has a decade of experience and a sub- stantial reputation in the Pacific northwest. He is destined to become a force to be reckoned with in American roots music. For more information, call the theater at 529- 2787. Brown to perform at open house Wild Horse Sanctuary will be holding an Open House 1-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 featuring a live performance by award-winning singer and songwriter Terry Brown. Brown won Song of the Year for Silver Spur, a song about a wild mustang, from the Academy of Western Music in 2000. It was the featured song from his album, "A Cowboy … Born a Hundred Years Too Late," a tribute to the American West. Brown has toured for more than 20 years and performed with Chris LeDoux, Aaron Tippin, Toby Keith and Brooks and Dunn as well as other major stars. He was nominated for "Album of the Year," "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Rising Star" by the Academy of Western Artists in 2000. Brown's new CD, "It's A Cow- wonder how it's done, Red Bluff photographer Eric Leslie has generously offer to give a demonstration Sat- urday at the Starry Starry Night event. Taking photos of the night sky requires a tripod and making some adjustments to your camera, but Leslie will show you the secrets to taking amazing, star-filled photographs. teach at Lassen gala If you've seen incredible photos of the night sky and ly provided framed fine photograph prints of the Lassen area for the silent auction at the event. Tickets are still on sale for $50 per person and limit- ed transportation from Red Bluff is available for an additional $25. Tickets are available at Discover Earth in Red Bluff and at www.brownpapertickets.com. Dress attire is all white, as are the settings and desserts. The event runs from 7-11 p.m. at the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center in the southwest entrance to Lassen Volcanic National Park from highway 89. Leslie and other local photographers have gracious- Call for Western artwork Entries are being sought for the 2013 Red Bluff bull and Gelding Sale Western Art Show and Sale The show will be making a few changes to its format in that it will not be a silent auction and there will be awards with paying for three places. Western Horseman will again be the major art show sponsor. Get out your paints and tools, check the rules care- fully and send in your entry early. Space is limited. The event includes an Artist Reception, Meet & Greet - Wine & Cheese Tasting on the Thursday night of the Bull Sale, which will be Jan. 24. For questions, contact Jane Daugherty at jane@red- bluffbullsale.com. Explore melodies of culture boy Thang," debuted at #7 on the Western Music Album Charts on July 1. This year he released "Friends," his new music video. Known as "The Louis L'Amour of the Cowboy Singers," hearing one of Brown's western songs is like reading a good western novel, only it doesn't take as long. He has a catalogue of more than 1,200 songs, including some 70 recorded by other artists Brown will be performing on the Bruce Barron Memorial Stage at 3:15 p.m. Also performing dur- ing the Open House concert are local musicians Camp Fire Sere- naders, Laurel and the Wild Mountaineers String Band, Matthew Songmaker and the Take a musical journey through an anthropological lens in the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology's new exhibit, Ethnomusicology: Exploring the Melodies of Culture. The exhibit opens Aug. 30 and runs through Sept. 29. Discover the fascinating field of ethnomusicology— the study of people who make music. See instruments from around the world. Learn about the ways identity, religion and folklore are interwoven in the fabric of musical traditions. Listen to a wide vari- ety of musical styles, including jazz, bluegrass and the traditional music of Huichol Indians. Take the opportunity to hear Chumash Indian field recordings from the early 20th century. Make your own music with everything from a thumb piano to a steel drum. p.m. Wild Horse Sanctuary, 5796 Wilson Hill Road near the commu- Mountain Messengers and gui- tarist Ray Mitchem. The free concert begins at 1:15 nity of Shingletown, has served as a haven for America's wild horses and burros since 1978. For more information and directions, call (530) 474-5570 or visit www.WildHorseSanctuary.org. The Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology is located on the first floor of the Meriam Library com- plex on the CSU, Chico campus. The museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information call Heather McCafferty at 530- 898-5397 or email her at hmccafferty@csuchico.edu. Museum of Historical Makeovers With her Museum of Historical Makeovers, Kathy Aoki takes on the aesthetics of historical illus- tration and ancient artifacts, while preserving her favorite themes ofgender, beauty and culture con- sumerism. In her invented, pseudo-museum experi- ence set in the future (the early 4th millennium), Aoki presents us with imagery- that looks antique but actu- ally depicts current beauty treatments and pop culture figures. One of the most creative installations in Aoki's faux museum is the archeologi- cal "discovery" of the Egyptian style burial tombs K W I K K U T S Family Hair Salon $200 REGULAR HAIRCUT off with coupon Not good with other offers 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 Reg. $13.95 Expires 8/31/12 of pop singer Gwen Stefani and her back-up dancers, the Harajuku girls. Taylor Hall, California State University Chico, at First Street between Salem and Normal streets. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10am – 4pm, Saturday and Sunday, noon–4 p.m. The gallery will be closed on Sept. 3. Kathy Aoki attended the The gallery is located in University of California, Berkeley, followed by two years at Washington Uni- versity in St. Louis for an MFA in Printmaking. She is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University. Past awards Beef 'N Brew Sept. 15, 2012 Downtown Red Bluff Red Bluff's 3rd Annual Beef Appetizers Brew Tasting Plum Crazy, The Gold Exchange Brownpapertickets.com For info: 530-833-9961 Tickets @The Loft, include fellowships from Kala Art Institute (1995), the MacDowell Colony (2001), Headlands Center for the Arts (2003), and Djerassi(2006). Her work can be found in major col- lections across the U.S. such as the New York Met- ropolitan Museum of Art, SFMOMA , the Harvard University Art Museums, and the New York Public Library. Past projects include a San Francisco Market Street Kiosk Poster Project, "Champions of Market Street" showing Market Street pedestrians dressed in super-hero garb perform- ing random acts of kind- ness. In January 2012, Aoki completed an interactive "Political Paper Dolls" art installation commissioned by the San Jose Museum of Art for the exhibition "Renegade Humor."