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A Bako native, although technically didn't arrive in Bako till Day Two. A product of the Bakersfield City School District. BHS grad, class of '75. Go Drillers. Left to go to college, came back 20 years later. Mom to Amelia, a sophmore at BHS. Currently, Director of Special Projects, Arts Council of Kern. Also the accordion player in Banshee in the Kitchen. Loves/hates this valley. Feels passionate about leaving it in better shape than it was in when she arrived (her mom taught her that, but it was in reference to the living room).
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Traditional Celtic musicians invade Kern
Kern County has multiple chances to hear traditional Celtic music this month as one of Scotland’s most renowned bands, the Tannahill Weavers, visit July 19, as well as U.S.-based musicians Jamie Laval and Zac Leger on July 23-24.
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Local arts programs for disabled draw Korean visitors
After a Bakersfield group visited Korea representing arts programs for the developmentally disabled, a Korean contingent is in Bakersfield for the next two weeks. They are here to learn how to set up a filmmaking workshop as part a new program for independent living in Korea.
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Olympic Ceremonies performer steps into town
After wowing us last month in the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, champion Ottawa Valley fiddler and stepdancer, April Verch, performs Saturday, March 6, in Bakersfield.
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Champion guitarist Chris Proctor comes to Bakersfield
Chris Proctor plays a spectrum of sounds: jazz, Celtic, Americana/old-timey, and the blues. He’ll be at River Valley Community Church on Monday, Feb. 22.
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Marley’s Ghost flies into town for acoustic set
This traveling quintet from Northern California and the Pacific Northwest performs in Bakersfield Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of a SoCal tour. After 20 years together, the band remains just under the radar – too eclectic for a mainstream label and too committed to compromise for commercial success.
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Celebrate new mural and new museum director
The Kern County Museum hosts the unveiling of a student-created mural, “Of This Earth,” as well as a chance to shake hands with the museum’s new director, Jeff Nickell.
