Bottle Your Own Wine at Nevada City Winery’s Annual Open House

The weekend of May 19th & 20th Nevada City Winery is celebrating 32 years of award-winning winemaking in Nevada County including thirteen years in a row of being voted Nevada County’s Best Winery.

At this year’s Open House become a winemaker for the day and bottle your own wines. Winemaker Mark Foster has produced two special barrels of a Zinfandel and a Cabernet Franc uniquely for this event. Amid the usual rows of barrels in the wine cellar, Foster has set up an entire bottling process in miniature. First barrel taste the wines. Then fill, cork, foil, and finally sign your label before putting it on the bottle. The Winery will have all the necessary supplies available so there is no need to bring any bottles.

This year’s label art depicts the front of Nevada City Winery including the Old Foundry Garage painted by local artist Mim Meakin.

The $10 per person entry fee ($5 for Wine Club Members) to the Open House includes all wine tasting, entry to the “Bottle Your Own” party in the barrel room, and a BBQ-grilled lunch.

Go to www.ncwinery.com for more event details. Nevada City Winery (530-265-9463) is located at 321 Spring Street, across from Miners Foundry.

Please join us for our next…

Business After Hours & Business Showcase Mixer
Thursday, May 17 • 5:00 – 7:30pm

Hilltop Commons Senior Residence
131 Eureka Street • Grass Valley

Showcased Businesses:
Hilltop Commons
Ed White Consulting
Pampered Paws Pet Sitting
We’ve Got Scrubs
MAJR Specialties
Wolf Creek Care Center
Tri Counties Bank
LeTip Of Grass Valley/ Nevada City
Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty
Foothill Car Care
Nevada County Habitat for Humanity Restore
Grass Valley/Nevada City Chamber of Commerce

Proudly hosted by Hilltop Commons Senior Residence, Grass Valley and  Nevada City Chambers of Commerce

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The 2nd annual Nevada City Foreign Car Show, Wine Stroll, Pub Crawl and Sidewalk Sale to take place June 9, 2012

The Sierra Sports Car Group, United Way of Nevada County and The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce are proud to announce the Second annual Nevada City Foreign Car Show. This event is a collaborative effort between the three groups.

This exciting event will take place in downtown Nevada City on June 9, 2012 from 10:00 to 3:00. Foreign Car and motorcycle enthusiasts may enter their vehicles. The entry will be limited to 1980 and older vehicles, including vintage motorcycles. There will be a special class to allow cars of special interest to enter, such as race cars and exotics. The cars will be parked on Broad Street in Nevada City for the public to view. For more information on car and motorcycle registration visit www.sierrasportscargroup.com.

During this fun day, there will also be a Nevada City Wine Stroll, a Pub Crawl with several local restaurants participating and a Sidewalk Sale in downtown Nevada City. The Car Show is free to attend.

The Sierra Sports Car Group is an informal group of enthusiasts who enjoy restoring, driving, maintaining and showing their vintage cars. Most of their members are located in the Nevada City/Grass Valley area, and meet on a monthly basis. The Group began meeting in 1990 and has grown to some 75 members and the cars range from M.G’s, Austin Healey’s, Porsches and Ferraris.

This will be a great opportunity to see many of the vintage cars up close and talk to the owners of these beautiful and rare cars. There will also be music and information available about United Way of Nevada County, The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce and the Sierra Sports Car Group. During the event a people’s choice award will be given out. The public may vote for their favorite cars. This event will go on Rain or Shine.

The proceeds will go to the United Way of Nevada County and the Chamber of Commerce to help support community efforts in our area. United Way of Nevada Counties current impact areas are Education, Income and Health.

For more information on the Car Show, visit United Way of Nevada County’s Website at www.UWNC.Org or the Sierra Sports Car Group website at www.sierrasportscargroup.com or call United Way of Nevada County at 274-8111. For more information about the Wine Stroll, visit the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce Website at www.nevadacitychamber.com or call 265-2692.

A collaboration between Sierra Vintners and the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce

SAVE THE DATE – AUGUST 4TH!!

The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce and the Sierra Vintners are proud to announce their second annual Nevada City Uncorked, August 4, 2012 from 1-5pm in historic downtown Nevada City. With nearly 50 wineries and food vendors plus over 500 attendees from neighboring Foothill communities, we expect this event to be even better than last year. Locations will be set up all within walking distance on Spring, Pine, Broad and Commercial Streets. Attendees will be encouraged to visit local businesses, chat with merchants, and learn the history of our charming town while enjoying a sampling of local Foothill wines and food. From vintage cabs and beautiful chardonnays to delicious crepes and creative California cuisine, there will be something for everyone.

Opportunities To Get Involved:
1. Restaurant/Caterer off-site – We can pair your delicious food with a local winery at a tasting room or retail shop. If you choose to serve your food at a retail shop, a representative from your business will need to be present to set up and serve the food. You will be reimbursed 50 cents for every food taste ticket you turn in after the event. Cost is $0

2. Restaurant as venue – You provide the food and venue while hosting a visiting winery or pouring your own wine in your restaurant. If you choose to have a winery pour at your restaurant you will need to forfeit your liquor license during the hours of the wine stroll. If you prefer to pour your own wine, remember that there is no limit to the number of tastes you must provide and there is no reimbursement for wine. You will be reimbursed 50 cents for every food taste ticket you turn in after the event.  Cost is $0 for Chamber members, $25 to non-chamber member (ABC license)

3. Retailer shop as venue – Host a visiting winery and restaurant/caterer. The Chamber will set up an existing table (or provide one) in your business where a winery will pour wine and a restaurant/caterer will serve their food. You act as the gracious host, and provide the festival atmosphere and help spread the word.  Cost is $0 for Chamber members, $25 to non-chamber member (ABC license)

4. Sponsor – Sponsor this year’s commemorative wine glass and have your logo featured for attendees to enjoy for years to come. Cost is $500. Smaller sponsorship opportunities may include your business’ logo on posters and flyers, signage at the event, ads in the program guide and complimentary event tickets.

5. Advertise – Ad space is available in the program guide. Ads range from $25-$100. Please contact Cathy Whittlesey at the Chamber Office if you’d like to purchase an ad. Ads must be submitted camera ready along with payment no later than July 9th.

Outreach
Our aggressive press campaign begins 8 weeks before the wine stroll and includes 3 rounds of press releases targeting local and regional press, including print, online, TV, radio and social media. 600 program guides will be printed and distributed throughout Nevada County. Local media sponsors may include The Union Newspaper, KVMR, KNCO, NC Advocate and Food Art and Wine.

Tickets

Tickets are $35adv/$45day of. There will also be special wine club and group pricing available. This includes a commemorative wine glass to use at each wine tasting plus 5 food tickets. Attendees can purchase additional food tickets for 2/$5 or 5/$10. Must be 21 or older to purchase tickets.

For questions contact the Chamber Office at 530-265-2692 or info@nevadacitychamber.com

To apply, you must be a Nevada County resident and 25 years old and younger. Please email a personal statement (one page) to info@nevadacityfilmfestival.com telling us why you and/or your group deserves a spot in this project. Please include your name(s), ages, phone numbers, emails, links to prior works (if you have any), as well as details on how much experience you and/or your team has with video production.

Deadline to enter is June 1st, 2012. Music Videos are due August 1, 2012. Selected videos will be screened August 16-19, 2012 during the Nevada City Film Festival.

For more information go to www.nevadacityfilmfestival.com

Grass Valley Charter School is hosting its third annual Spring Fling at the Holiday Inn Express, Gold Miner’s Inn, May 19th from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. Live music, delicious food, wine, cider and beer tasting as well as a no host bar. This year’s theme is “Spring into the Spirit of Adventure!”

Amazing raffle prizes, silent and live auctions will all be part of the fun! We have over 130 auction items including: vacation spots, wine getaways, girls, guys and date nights out, Kayak Adventure with our Adventure Coordinator, Alex and many more! And extra special treat is the portable rock wall that we will have for all to try. Remember to bring shorts or tights if you’re wearing a dress!

We are very excited by the online portion of this event! Not only do we have all of our auction items in our online catalog so you don’t have to wait until the auction to see what we have, you can start your planning early! This unique feature also opens the bidding up to people who either live out if town, or for some reason cannot make the event. Online bidding begins May 1, 2012.

The most noteworthy auction item category is our wonderful classroom generated art projects including canvas art pieces, Adirondack Children’s Chairs, note cards, placemats, and tiles.

Our goal for this event is to raise at least $25,000. The money raised at the Spring Fling will be used to support the GVCS Adventure Program and be used to support our School’s Strategic Growth Plan. This event is an exciting and fun way to help Grass Valley Charter, so please join us for Spring Fling, May 19th from 5:00 to 9:00 PM at the Holiday Inn Express, Gold Miners Inn!

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door and can be purchased at Briarpatch, Yabobo, Bookseller and at the Grass Valley Charter School office.

For more information, please contact the Grass Valley Charter School Office at 530-273-8723 or visit our facebook page facebook.com/gvcspringfling and to bid online, please visit biddingforgood.com/gvspringfling.

The closing of our store means a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase rugs from our hand-picked collection, at an incredible 30% discount. Our unique inventory includes new and antique classical and village rugs as well as some of the finest Cultural Survival rugs that are woven with hand-carded, hand-spun and vegetable dyed wool – the antiques of the future. As the global economy changes, we are seeing a dramatic impact on the rug weaving industry. This has led to a substantial increase in prices as well as a dramatic decrease in production of this magnificent art form. This is a golden opportunity to furnish your home or office from our unique collection of Oriental rugs at far below current retail.

This discount also applies to our new and antique statue collection, old Indian Gujarati embroideries, Navajo rugs, jewelry and old rug pillows. All our inventory may be viewed on our state-of-the-art website www.themagiccarpet.biz. We encourage you to come visit us in historic Nevada City. As always, we offer home-trials and free shipping.

We wish to thank all of you for your support and appreciation of this great art form.

Paul and Eileen Jorgensen – The Magic Carpet – A thing of beauty is a joy forever

We welcome your visits for complimentary wine tasting and sales, picnicking and tours!
~ Groups are easily accommodated. Bring your friends with you for a delightful trip to our family farm and artisan winery.
~ Taste delicious award-winning wine in our tasting room overlooking a native woodland of oaks, madrones and pines.
~ Enjoy paintings by local artists.
~ Picnic on the tasting room patio (the wisteria will soon be in bloom) or under the Grandfather Oak amidst trees and flowers with vineyard views, enjoying the lovely, quiet ambiance of our rural setting, while you sip wine and eat your picnic meal.
~ Tour the winery and vineyards.
~ Buy wine that has been cellared in the best way, in the climate controlled Double Oak Winery.

Driving to our beautiful Sierra ridge top is a pleasure in itself. We are located 15 highway miles north of Nevada City, a beautiful country drive, one of the last open roads left in California.

For more information about visiting Double Oak and for directions & map:  www.doubleoakwinery.com
Please don’t use a GPS, unless you wish to get a good story

To Taste & Enjoy Double Oak Wines in Nevada City or Grass Valley ~
Tasting Rooms:
151 Union Square in Grass Valley is a tasting room which features Double Oak and three other local wineries.

Restaurants:
Nevada City: visit Matteo’s Public, Ike’s Quarter Café, & Friar Tucks
Grass Valley: visit Alta Sierra CC & Jim E’s Club 141

When you can’t come to Double Oak, you can buy Double Oak fine wine at the following venues:
Nevada City: Bonanza Market, Nevada City Marketplace, Rainbow Market, SPD
Grass Valley: Briarpatch, Raley’s, Save Mart, SPD, 151 Union Square

So, if you were at the workshop and can correct or add to the notes that were captured, we need your input. If you were not at the workshop but you can correct or add to the notes that were captured, we need your input. If you were or were not at the workshop and are willing to help facilitate a meeting in your community, we need your contact information. If you are part of an organization that provides public, health care, school or library services via the Internet and are willing to participate in the community meetings – a great opportunity to market your organization – we need to hear from you. If you did not map your location and its associated broadband service (or lack of service) at the workshop or have not visited the GCBC web site to provide that input, please do so as soon as possible – http://goldcountryconsortium.wordpress.com/

Finally, if you haven’t done a speed test on your own Internet service, please visit the FCC site www.broadband.gov/qualitytest and don’t forget to send your results to russ@sedcorp.biz to update our project maps.

Thank you for your continued support! Together, we maximize our chances of reaching the goal of having broadband service available to every home and business in our region within three years. It’s a tough challenge – it makes me glad that we’ve got you on our team.

Brent, Sierra Economic Development Corporation (530) 823-4703 • www.sedcorp.biz

Spring Is Here, Turn in your Ear Muffs for Teddy Bear Ears!

AHH, the Teddy Bear. He was, perhaps your pillow, your pacifier, or your all-around best pal. If you were like millions of other kids, a teddy bear helped you weather the storms of childhood – and maybe a few decades beyond. In its 28th year, the Teddy Bear Convention in idyllic Nevada City will celebrate the enduring charms and trace the birth of the teddy bear, more than a century ago, to its permanent place in the contemporary scene as the ubiquitous plaything and highly prized collectible.

Cool, Hip, Funky, Fun – Just a few of the words that describe the traditional introduction to the Spring Season at the Teddy Bear Convention in Nevada City, CA, one of the loveliest and liveliest towns in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. The convention sales floor is stuffed with thousands of lively, lovable, unusual, old and new teddy bears, their friends, and all of their accessories.

Convention organizer, Dorothy Drake observes that “This is one of the longest running Teddy Bear events in the country. It is a friendly imaginative event that will enchant you for a long time.” What started as a simple Teddy Bear Picnic in 1984 has turned in to a 2.5 day ‘happening’ for teddy bear geeks, devotees and fans – of all ages. The theme, Teddy Bear Adventures in the Enchanted Forest, creates the ambiance and sets the stage for Teddy Bear Fever.

Thursday, May 10 at Trolley Junction (at Northern Queen Inn), 400 Railroad Ave., Nevada City – There are 3 ticketed events to choose from.  For the crafter that wants to know more about how teddy bears are constructed, there are 2 classes.  And if you are new to the area and want to see the sights, or soak up some history, you’ll love the afternoon tour that includes the Empire Gold Mine!

Friday, May 11 – 12noon to 5PM and Saturday, May 12 – 10AM to 4PM at Nevada City Elks Lodge, 518 Highway 49, Nevada City – Convention floor will be open to all with events for all ages to enjoy. Bring a can of food for the Nevada County Food Bank and get $1.00 off your admission.
Here’s what’s happening:

• Exhibits: ‘Teddy Bears – Still Your Best Friend’ and a visual salute to the 28 year history of the Teddy Bear Convention
• Celebrity Guests: look for Smokey the Bear, Red Riding Hood, Grandma, Goldilocks, and Raggedy Ann
• Appraisals: Author and expert, John Port will be appraising visiting bears, so bring yours!
• For our young (and not so young) visitors: Storytime with Roz, ‘It’s OK to Touch’ shopping area, and a fun make’n take project.
• Teddy Dialogues Breakfast, Saturday, May 12 8:30-10AM  (ticketed meal event). Start the day with a yummy breakfast at a teddy bear lover gathering featuring intriguing discussion topics.

For tickets & information: www.dolls4all.com or call Dorothy at (775) 348-7713

Saturday, May 12

On Saturday, May 12, 2012, the Nevada City Film Festival, Miners Foundry Cultural Center and Emily’s Catering and Cakes will present “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S”, the 1961 classic romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, followed by a plentiful spread of sumptuous springtime hors d’oeuvres, plus live music and lots of dancing! “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” will be one of the wildest nights Nevada City has ever known!

In “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” struggling writer Paul Varjak (Peppard) moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly (Hepburn). Holly’s lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they’re alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses. Truman Capote may have written “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” but it was Audrey Hepburn who brought the naïve, eccentric café society girl, Holly Golightly, alive. The film also features Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney.

Following the film, dinner and drinks will be hosted in the beautiful Stone Hall. The Hall will be decorated just like Holly’s party in the film. Emily’s Catering and Cakes will serve a delicious spread including quail eggs benedict with basil hollandaise, mini sweet and savory pastries, mini crab cakes, mini brioche French toast, ricotta and herb stuffed mushrooms crispy chicken & waffle bites with rosemary honey, asparagus with passion fruit aioli, and an assortment of desert bites. There is something to satisfy both your sweet and savory tooth.  Oh, and champagne, how could we forget the champagne! In this case, it is perfectly appropriate to have champagne before breakfast!

Don’t forget to dress up in your cutest LBD and strike a pose with your friends in our official photo both, sponsored by Stucki Jewelers!

Buy Tickets at www.minersfoundry.org or the Nevada City Box Office 530-265-5462.
Tickets must be purchased by May 5th to reserve your seat and dinner!

Please join us for a Chamber Ribbon Cutting to celebrate our new member Double Oak Vineyards & Winery!

Saturday, May 12th @ 2pm
Double Oak Vineyards & Winery
14510 Blind Shady Rd., Nevada City, CA 95959
530-292-3235

Click Here for Directions & Map

LeGacy Productions

Directed by LeGacy co-owner and producer Sue LeGate, a local all star cast tells the story of the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy’s home in Hazelhurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The trio was raised in a dysfunctional family with a penchant for ugly predicaments and each has endured her share of hardship and misery. Past resentments bubble to the surface as they’re forced to deal with assorted relatives and past relationships while coping with the latest incident that has disrupted their lives. Each sister is forced to face the consequences of the “crimes of the heart” she has committed.

Nadia White (Nunsense, Angry Housewives), Kate Haight (Full Monty, Angry Housewives), Grace Fae (Into the Woods, The Andrews Brothers, Streetcar Named Desire) portray the three sisters, accompanied by Trish Adair (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Streetcar Named Desire) as the self centered uppity cousin “Chick”.  And rounding out the cast is Josh Triplett (Death of A Salesman, On the Waterfront, Haunting of Hill House) as the ambitious lawyer Barnette Lloyd and LeGacy newcomer Brian Arnold as Meg’s old flame, Doc.

“Crimes of the Heart” plays Thursday through Sunday, with Thursday’s show at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm.  Special Mother’s Day closing matinee May 13th will include cake and champagne after the show.  Tickets are $18 in advance, and $20 at the door.

Tickets available at the Bookseller & Briar Patch in Grass Valley, Harmony books in Nevada City, online at www.legacypresents.com or by calling (530) 268-5419.

The historic Miners Foundry Cultural Center in downtown Nevada City, CA will host the first of this two-night extravaganza with the 2-hour presentation “Tomorrow Never Knows: Deconstructing The Beatles’ Revolver”. The Beatles’ Revolver is a groundbreaking album that routinely tops “Best Album” lists. The 1966 album launched a period of studio experimentation for the Beatles that coincided with the end of their concert performances. With memorable songs such as “Eleanor Rigby”, “Yellow Submarine”, and “Tomorrow Never Knows”, the Beatles pushed popular music to a place it had never been.

Wednesday night’s presentation at The Crest Theatre is on The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled album (commonly referred to as the White Album). The White Album is the bestselling album of the Beatles’ career. Its thirty songs span almost every style of music – from hard rock to country to chamber music to avant garde. Its recording took place during a remarkable year in Beatles history that included a lengthy trip to India and the arrival of Yoko Ono. In “Looking Through A Glass Onion: Deconstructing The Beatles’ White Album”, Mr. Freiman takes Beatles fans young and old into the studio as the band creates this masterpiece. Mr. Freiman will discuss the creation of “Revolution”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Blackbird” and many other classic songs from the White Album.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Miners Foundry Cultural Center
325 Spring Street, Nevada City, CA
6:00 p.m. Doors / 7:00 p.m. Show
$15.00 General Admission / $12.00 Students & Seniors
Buy Tickets at www.minersfoundry.org or the Nevada City Box Office 530-265-5462.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Crest Theatre
1013 K Street, Sacramento, CA
6:00 p.m. Doors / 7:00 p.m. Show
$15.00 General Admission / $12.00 Students & Seniors
Buy Tickets at www.thecrest.com

Special Rate for 2 Nights ~ $23.00 General Admission / $19.00 Students & Seniors.
Buy Tickets at www.minersfoundry.org or the Nevada City Box Office 530-265-5462.

For more information on Scott Freiman go to www.beatleslectures.com

Anyone interested can contact the chamber by calling 265-2692 or visiting our website at http://www.nevadacitychamber.com and click on the “Volunteer” link on the home page for volunteers to leave their contact info and their interests. Our next big event is in June for the Foreign Car & Wine Stroll.

We look forward to working with you!

On May 12th at 7pm, Hospitality House will open the doors of Utah’s Place for a benefit concert to help raise money for costs associated with permitting and renovation of the new space. The concert will feature Brendan Phillips (Utah Phillips’s son) and Bodhi Busick, The Moore Brothers, and two of Utah’s long-time friends and fellow folk singers, Larry Hanks and Deborah Robbins. Admittance to the show will be by donation.

Hospitality House is looking to begin renovations of Utah’s Place so it can open its doors to shelter up to 54 people experiencing homelessness in Nevada County. The crucial phase of permitting is underway, and work will begin in the early summer. This concert will help raise funds to continue the process. If you have not had a chance to see the new space, this is the perfect opportunity to come hear great music and learn more about Hospitality House and Utah’s Place and contribute to its continued success.

About the Performers:
Brendan Phillips, Utah’s son, has been touring extensively with his band, Fast Rattler as well as playing a number of well-received solo sets at shows along side performers like Tracy Grammer, Peter Yarrow, and Meklit Hadero. After 3 years in Portland Oregon working as a community organizer with Sisters Of The Road (a 30-year-old nonprofit that provided hot meals and community organizing trainings to people experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty) Brendan has moved back to Nevada County to reconnect with this community and volunteer with Hospitality House. Recently, Brendan and Fast Rattler teamed up with virtuosic guitar player and songwriter, Bodhi Busick to record an EP titled “Hand On The Plow”. Bodhi and Brendan will share the stage and debut songs from the new EP at the show.

For decades, Larry Hanks has been delighting audiences with his rough-hewn bass vocals, tastefully spare 6 and 12-string guitar accompaniments, and virtuosic Jew’s Harp playing. Listeners respond warmly to his easy, unpretentious mannerisms, and a loving approach to the repertoire he painstakingly selects to reflect the many facets of the human condition. Larry Hanks brings charm, depth, and a heart full of tenderness to every song he sings. Influenced by the music of Sam Hinton, Leadbelly, and Woody Guthrie, Hanks is also known for his many old songs of the American West– both sad and rollicking cowboy and work songs, topical and political songs, and Traditional American ballads. Larry has performed with hundreds of musicians throughout his long career. Some of them include Gordon Bok, Jody Stecher, Mike Seeger, Utah Phillips, Michael Cooney, Geoff Muldaur, Malvina Reynolds, Roger Perkins, Janis Joplin, Fred Holstein, Mike Marker, and Kenny Hall, to name a few. Over the past few years, Larry has teamed up with his wife and musical partner Deborah Robbins to perform all over the country. They recently released their first duo record titled “No Hiding Places”. Larry and Deborah are both long-time friends of Utah’s and are honored to be included in this wonderful evening of music.

“The Teahouse of the August Moon”

Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street, Nevada City

Written by John Patrick, Adapted from the novel by Vern Sneider, Directed by Diane Fetterly

Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra opens its 18th season with the Tony award-winning comedy, The Teahouse of the August Moon, from April 12 to May 5, 2012, at the Nevada Theatre. Teahouse concerns the clash of cultures that resulted from the American Occupation of Okinawa from 1945 to 1952 following World War II.

In the play, Captain Fisby, is assigned to carry out “Plan B”. In a tiny Okinawan village, he is to begin the process of Americanization by instituting a local democratic government, establishing a capitalist economy, and building a schoolhouse (Pentagon-shaped) in which the village children will be taught English.

The narrator of the play is an islander named Sakini, who often speaks in verse and is chided by American soldiers for being a lovable idiot. He serves as an interpreter to Captain Fisby, informing him of island customs. His monologues encapsulate the underlying wisdom of the play: “We tell little story to demonstrate splendid example of benevolent assimilation of democracy by Okinawa.”

TICKETS – Nevada City Box Office at the Miners Foundry 530-265-5462, Briar Patch Co-op in Grass Valley, or buy tickets online

Ticket Prices
Thursday:  $18 adv/$23 door; Youth (17 and under) $15 adv and door
Friday & Saturday:  $23 adv/$28 door; Youth (17 and under) $15 adv and door

For groups of 10 or more, please contact Jeannie Wood at info@catsweb.org or 530-265-2990.