Arts + Entertainment
Join Historic Walking Tours
Join Kelley House Museum’s local history experts on a lively two-hour walk through Mendocino’s famous Historic District. Find out why movie directors have used its distinctive architecture as a shooting location in dozens of films. Understand the importance of the lumber industry here on the coast. Discover the reason Mendocino has been known as the city of Water Towers. For information on cost of tickets and to book a tour, email tours@KelleyHouseMuseum.org. Include the number in your party (maximum six), as well as the date and times you prefer. Saturdays and Sundays are regularly available, although scheduling can often accommodate your itinerary. Face coverings required. You may bring along your well-beloved dog, but it will need to remain outside some of the places you’ll visit.
Emmy Lou Packard: Exclusive Sale of Original Works
The Mendocino Art Center presents “Emmy Lou Packard: Exclusive Sale of Original Works,” an online fundraising exhibition featuring 35 of the Mendocino legacy artist’s works. For this limited time, through Jan. 4, all Packard artwork is priced 10 percent off with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting the Mendocino Art Center. In 2018, Emmy Lou Packard’s estate made a major donation of her work to the Mendocino Art Center, which included more than 400 prints, both originals and reproductions, from her iconic workers series to lesser-known prints. For more information, visit mendocinoartcenter.org.
Susan Waterfall features Debussy Preludes
Mendocino Music Festival presents Susan Waterfall: Debussy Preludes Book One, Part II on Friday, Nov. 20, noon to 1:15 p.m. This is the second part of Susan Waterfall’s opportunity to treat your ears and eyes to an in-depth exploration of Debussy’s colorful and captivating Preludes for Piano, Book One, written in 1909-10. She has assembled memorable historic and current performances, and will guide you through the visual and literary images that inspired Debussy to create sound worlds that had never before been imagined. You can follow along with a score, if you have one, or just allow the music to transport you to the fantasy destinations and to the portraits and vignettes that enthralled Debussy and his Parisian public. For more information on online/virtual space free ticket, visit mendocinomusic.org.
‘The Long Intermission’
Due to the pandemic, performing arts organizations have found themselves in the midst of what seems like an endless break from their usual production cycle. To mark these unusual times, the Mendocino Theatre Company is offering its first virtual event, “The Long Intermission.” A celebration of the company’s past, present, and future, this free event will be broadcast live on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 PM via YouTube, and is accessible through the theatre’s website
Hosted by actors Dan Kozloff and Lisa Norman, “The Long Intermission” will also offer a look at the company’s “One-Minute Radio Theatre”; a visit with founding member Sandra Hawthorne; a peek at the costume and scenic design storage facility; and a montage of some of MTC’s favorite recent productions.
To find out more, please go to Mendocino Theatre Company’s website, mendocinotheatre.org. Don’t miss the fun!
Mendocino Music Festival presents Kim Nalley and Allan Pollack
Mendocino Music Festival presents Kim Nalley and Allan Pollack on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 5 p.m. Kim Nalley’s interesting view of Black American Music and her relationship to it will be supplemented by her insights into what made