PLUMAS COUNTY ARTS & EVENTS

July-September 2008 Volume #3

September

6 Saturday
Lake Almanor Peninsula Arts & Crafts Faire, Lake Almanor. 259-4789

4 Thursday
Quincy Farmers' Market, Corner of Church & Main, 5-8PM. Local produce, artisans & music by Rubber Chicken String Band. 283-2458

5-6 Friday & Saturday
Streetrod Extravanganza, Chester, 7AM-4PM. 258-2426

8 Monday
Chester Piece Makers, Memorial Hall, 7PM. 258-3901

9 Tuesday
Mohawk Valley Artists Guild Meeting, Mohawk Community Resource Center, corner of Hwys 70 & 89, 7PM. 836-1217

11 Thursday
Words & Music Quincy, Morning Thunder Café, Quincy, 7PM. A monthly series of acoustic music and the spoken word featuring Ken Cawley. Sign up for Open Mike at the door. $3. Sponsored by Plumas Arts. 283-3402

12 Friday
2nd Fridays Art Walk, Chester. Held every month May through October, these are special evenings in which area galleries host wine & cheese events featuring artists, authors & musicians. 258-2150

13 Saturday
FRFAA Meeting, 10AM. Check website for location. featherriverfinearts.org

The Feather Community Arts Center Annual Art Auction and Benefit Dinner, The Feather Community Arts Center, 5-10PM. Silent and Live Art Auctions, Cash Bar, Hors d'oeuvres, Dinner, Raffle,Live Music. Limited Tables available. Reservations 832-4518, info@featherarts.org or www.featherarts.org

Laughs & Libations, the Barn in Blairsden, 7PM. Wine tasting, silent auction and Comedy Show. Fundraiser for Plumas Save Our Schools. Tickets $50 each, at Plumas Bank (Portola & Quincy) 21 and over only. 832-4823 or sos@gotsky.com

13 Saturday (cont)
Benefit Golf Tournament for Plumas CASA, Nakoma Golf Resort, Clio CA, 8:30AM check-in.
CASA is a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children. A volunteer, specially screened, trained, and then appointed by a Judge to advocate for the best interest of an abused, neglected, or abandoned child. Entry Fee $100 includes Box Lunch. Sign-up as a foursome, twosome, or individual. Scramble Format, Putting Contest, Prizes for at least 1/3 of the field, Lots of raffle prizes including a cord of wood, overnight at the Atlantis, 6 - ½ hour sessions with Personal Trainer Hannah Rothlin, BBQ at Greenhorn Creek Guest Ranch, Wine from the Drunk Brush, 4 rounds of golf at Plumas Pines Golf Resort, 4 at Nakoma Golf Resort, and lots more.
For more tournament info contact: Carole Benson, Chr. cbatgm@prodigy.com 530-249-6009
For more info about being a CASA Volunteer, contact: Ann Krinsky, Program Manager, (530) 283-5515

18 Thursday
Quincy Crazy Quilters Monthly Meeting
, St. John's Catholic Church Hall, 6PM. 283-1851

19 Friday
Words & Music Portola
, Feather River Community Arts Center, Chester, 7PM. A monthly series of acoustic music and the spoken word featuring Alithea Garcia-Romero. Sign up for Open Mike at the door. $3. Sponsored by Plumas Arts. 283-3402

Latin Jazz Concert, Quincy Town Hall Theatre, 7PM. Our some-time resident emissary for jazz Robert Drake presents a Latin Jazz extravaganza along with a cadre of his talented musical friends. 283-3402

20 Saturday
Seymour Smith Memorial Run, Greenville. 284-7764

Sierra Nevada Chowder Cook-Off, Greenville, Noon-4PM. 284-6552

Oktoberfest, The Barn in Blairsden, corner of Hwy 70 & 89, 4-9PM. Full German dinner, Live music. $20/advance, $25/door. 836-6811

22 Monday
Cabin Fever Quilters, Portola Library, 6PM. 832-0446

25 Thursday
Words & Music Chester, Pizza Factory, Chester, 7PM. A monthly series of acoustic music and the spoken word featuring Johnny Walker. Sign up for Open Mike at the door. $3. Sponsored by Plumas Arts. 283-3402

26 Friday
Artist's Opening Reception, Plumas Arts Gallery, Quincy, 5PM-7PM. Featuring Bob & Carol Canby. 283-3402

Girls' Night Out, Downtown Quincy, 5-8PM. Join local merchants for a night of raffles, give-aways and special discounts

Picnic in the Park with Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Chester Park, 4:30PM. Join Coldwell Banker Kehr-O'Brian and friends for tri-tip BBQ, chili and refreshments. Please bring your own side dishes and picnic supplies. 258-2420

27 Saturday
Annual Seymour Smith Memorial Run / Walk, Taylorsville - Greenville, 284-7764

7th Annual Sierra Nevada Chowder Cook-off: Greenville (fundraiser for the IV Rec. Dept), 1pm - 4pm. 284-1560

Feather River Land Trust's Plein Air Paint Out, Genesee Valley, Noon-5PM. Join us and enjoy artists as they paint the sights of the historic Heart K Ranch. Gourmet picnic, auction featuring the Plein Air Artwork, nature & river walks, kids activities & more. $40/FRLT members, $45/general, $10/kids, 6 & under free. 283-5758 or frlt.org

6th Annual "Hope for Kids Charity Auction," Taylorsville Grange Hall, 5:30PM-12:00 midnight. Benefits Mountain Circle Foster & Adoption Agency, Inc. $30 each or $50 per couple. Dinner, Silent Auction, Live Charity Auction with Wesley Neer, Dance. Presale tickets only. For more info contact Tani Preston 284-7007 or tpreston@mountaincircle.org

Cowboy Poetry Show, Sierra Valley Grange Hall, Vinton, Show at 7:30PM. Additional Matinee at 1PM. BBQ rib dinner 4-7PM. Cowboy poetry & olde time Western music with Juni Fisher, Larry Maurice & Jim Parsons. Admission to show $18. Dinner $12. 993-4692 or bramelli@gotsky.com

29 Monday
Indian Valley Community Supper: 5:30pm, at 206 Pine St Greenville, Look for balloons. Suggested donations $5 adult, $2 children. Proceeds benefit next month's dinner.