Rotary supports read aloud program for children
FORT BRAGG » Did you know? The single most important thing a parent can do to promote learning success is to read aloud every day to their young children. For more than five years the Fort Bragg Rotary Club has been promoting Read Aloud — 15 minutes, every child, every parent, every day.
MFF receives 50 percent of every ticket sold. Two new films will be added to the virtual cinema each week, through July 31. More information and trailers can be found at https://mendocinofilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema-series/. The Mendocino Film Festival is also featuring the Magnolia Pictures “A Few of Our Favorite Docs” series. For more information about this series, please visit https://mendocinofilmfestival.org/magnolia-docs/.
Behind the Scenes online exhibit at MAC continues
Behind the Scenes is an online sampling of the work that sustains them and contributes to their efforts at the Mendocino Art Center. Works include: Leslie Campbell’s wood fired clay, Linda
Now that we are staying home more in these difficult times, Rotary hopes that you are taking the time to read aloud to your young children.
Email a photo of an adult reading to a child to fbrotaryreadaloud@ gmail. com to win a free children’s book from Rotary and a coupon from Cowlicks.
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Cloonan’s evocative water media paintings, Nancy Gardner’s gems in gold, Margi Gomez’s roads home paintings, Ian Hazard Bill’s hand made pottery, Erika Kohr Island’s contemporary glass, Michael McDonald’s abstract photography and Arlene Reiss’ abstract and intuitive paintings. Mendocino Art Center’s Behind the Scenes online exhibit, artwork by MAC staff, continues through June 29. For more information, visit mendocinoartcenter.org.
Linda Pack reads about The Friendship of Books
The Friendship of Books: Great Writing by Nora Ephron, Grace Paley, the brilliant Italian novelist Italo Calvino, and Billy Collins; read for you by Linda Pack. If you missed hearing any or all of this most recent For the Love of Reading broadcast, braggrotoary. com for more information. Rotary thanks Racine’s and the Spunky Skunk for allowing our club to create a Read Aloud window display downtown at 350 North Main Street, Fort Bragg.
Please send us a photo of the fun you’re having at your house by reading aloud — 15 minutes every day is all it takes. or would like to share it with others, there is the link: https://www.kzyx. org/post/ listen-audiofriendship-books-broadcast-june- 4-2020.
FROM THE ARTS COUNCIL OF
MENDOCINO COUNTY »
Did you know that the Arts Council of Mendocino County has a COVID-19 Resources and Response Page? If your inbox is like ours, it’s full of reflections, news, responses, pleas, webinars, charts, projections, links, videos, at-home lessons, virtual tours, snap- shot impact studies, surveys, CARES ACT information and the list goes on. In order to organize and simplify this deluge of information, we are gathering the links and information that may be of use and organizing everything in one place: ACMC Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Response Center. For the duration of this crisis, we will use Arts Weekly to share online arts education resources that may be helpful to you. Each week will feature a new project. Mendocino County can be reached at 707- 463-2727 or artsmendocino.org.
California Arts Council updates
The latest California Arts Council (CAC) updates, plus important links and resources for California artists, cultural workers and creatives on the coronavirus pandemic can be found by visiting their website at cac. ca.gov/.