LOCAL CALENDAR

Friday - Saturday Feb. 5-6

To have your event included, please submit information in writing at least one week in advance by email to recorder@portervillerecorder.com, Attn: Community Calendar, or by fax to 784-1689. For information, call 784-5000, Ext. 1071.

CLUBS

SATURDAY Porterville Vintage Aircraft Association meets from 9 a.m. until about noon on the first Saturday of each month at the Porterville Airport. For more information, call Leonard Patton at 782-0199.

CLASSES

FRIDAY

Building Trades Classes are held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays at 27488 Avenue 150, Porterville. Beginner through advanced classes in residential electricity are offered. For more information, call Bobby Powell at 782-8567.

ENTERTAINMENT

FRIDAY

the Barn Theater is presenting “Ten Nights in a Bar Room.” The play was originally published as a book by T.S. Arthur in 1854 and was quickly adapted to a stage play in 1858 by William W. Pratt. The play became popular and played throughout the rest of the 19th century and well into the Prohibition years of the 20th century. Theater officials said “this rare combination of music and nonsense leaves the audience asking for more.” The play is directed by Bob Merzoian and Janie Dignam. Performances are scheduled for Friday Feb.5; and Saturday Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m.

ameripride, a local uniform and linen company, is the host for the first First Friday Coffee of 2016. The get together at Galaxy 9 Theatres at 631 N. Indiana St. beginning at 7 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 5. First Friday Coffee is designed to bring people together to network with other businesses. There will be coffee and snacks and then a short program.

the Porterville Art Association will hold an artist’s reception for Peggy Shaffer Woods during the Porterville Art Walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5. Woods’ work is now appearing in the Association gallery, along with the art of other Central Valley artists. According to a press release, the gallery, located at 151 N. Main St. in Porterville, displays a wide variety of art styles and media. For more information, email portervilleart@gmail.com or call 784-4323.

porterville College’s (PC) Cultural Historical Awareness Program will begin its spring schedule on Friday, Feb. 5 with a special Black History Month presentation titled “Growing on the Side of the Road: Historically Black Settlements in Central California.” The event is slated for 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the PC Theater. Michael Eissinger, a doctoral candidate and teaching fellow from the World Cultures Graduate Group School of Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts at University of California, Merced, will lead the program. Approximately 20 rural, historically black communities, including Teviston, South Dos Palos, Lanare and Fairmead, grew just beyond the boundaries of neighboring all- or predominantly white towns or near the edge of the fields in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Overlooked in the historical record but hidden in plain sight on the agricultural landscape, the black communities emerged due to then-common practices such as red lining, restrictive covenants and sundown policies, according to a PC press release. Using interviews, newspaper clippings, census records and other primary sources, Eissinger will explore the lives of people who lived in these African-American communities. The talk is free and open to the public. Parking permits will not be required. Porterville College is located at 100 E. College Avenue. For more information visit www. portervillecollege.edu or call 791-2200.

old School Comedy Jam will present Darren Carter of Comedy Central at China’s Alley Mexican Restaurant in Lindsay on Friday, Feb. 5. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show begins at 9 p.m. Pre-sale tickets for the age 21-and-over show cost $10 or $15, and are available at the restaurant at 170 N. Sweetbrier Ave. in Lindsay, or at the Porterville location at 1377 W. Henderson Ave. Tickets will cost $20 at the door. Headliner Darren Carter has appeared on The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, Showtime and more. Eulalio Magana, who has appeared on Estrellatv and will soon appear on Netflix and Hulu, will also be featured along with Jason Watson, who has appeared at comedy clubs like the Comedy Store and Jon Lovitz Comedy Club. Hometown joker Luis Medellin of Lindsay will be the host. For more information, call 562-4899.

the Lindsay Community Theater is presenting the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q. According to a press release, Avenue Q is a “laugh-out-loud musical set on the somewhat seedy neighborhood of Avenue Q in New York.” The play won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. Performance are slated for midnight on Friday, Feb. 5; and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6. A special Pg-version will be shown at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for students, and can be ordered at lindsaycommunitytheater.com. The play addresses issues including sex, drinking and surfing the web for porn, so parents are advised to use their discretion if bringing young persons to the play. Porterville Art Walk is held the first Friday of each month in downtown Porterville. Galleries, studios, businesses and other venues open their art exhibitions from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Enjoy artwork, meet the artists, listen to musicians and poets, and enjoy receptions and beverages at 10 or more participating venues. SATURDAY

the Porterville Community Doll Club is sponsoring its annual Doll Show and More Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6. In addition to dolls, a variety of collectibles and other interesting items will be available for purchase. The show will be held at the Santa Fe Depot/senior Center at 280 N. Fourth Street in Porterville. According to a press release, the show “will have a wide variety of interesting items and as always, a free doll appraisal.” Admission is $4, and all proceeds will benefit the Family Crisis Center, which shelters abused women and their children. For more information, contact Joyce Brown at 782-0205.

the Alta Peak Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is planning its winter program — “A Botanical Exploration of the Tule River Watershed.” The program is slated for Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Springville Veterans Memorial Building on Highway 190 in Springville. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a meet-and-greet session. Jessica Orozco, a graduate student in botany at Claremont Graduate University, will deliver the presentation. Orozco has spent the past three years exploring the area south of Springville within the drainage of the South Fork of the Tule River, including the Tule River Indian Reservation. She has carefully documented her wanderings and vegetation surveys with color slides. The slide program will describe vegetation that includes oak woodland, grassland, chaparral, temporal streams, and riparian areas that change seasonally, as well as coniferous forests and Giant Sequoia groves. For more information, call 561-1907 or visit altapeakcnps.org.

the Porterville Women’s Club will host a Bunco Party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Porterville Elks Lodge at corner of Main Street and Morton Avenue. Cost is $15. There will be a taco bar, cash prizes and a silent auction. For more information call Joy at 359-7062 or Connie at 799-4677.