Event ticklers
Fishin’ on a mission
The Fishin’ Mission Foundation presents a Western Barbecue and concert on Sept. 4 at the Bridgeport Barns and Terrace in Bridgeport. Enjoy mouth-watering barbecue cooked up by Billy And Sue Ruiz of Cowboy Flavor, and then kick back and relax with a genuine Western concert from cowboy poet Richard Elloyan. No-Host Bar provided by the Bridgeport Gun Club. There will also be raffles and booths with outdoor product demos. Proceeds benefit the Bridgeport Fish Enhancement Foundation (BFEF). More info: e-mail information@fishin-mission-foundation.org or visit www.fishin-mission-foundation.org.
Mono Lake bird walks
Bird walks are offered at the Mono Lake County Park, 5 miles north of Lee Vining. Naturalists from the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve and the Mono Lake Committee are offering free walks this Friday and Sunday at 8 a.m. Explore cottonwoods, willow thickets, meadows, sagebrush, wetlands, and Mono Lake and its shoreline. Bring binoculars, a hat and sunscreen. Birders of all levels welcome. More info: call the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve at 760.647.6331. E-mail: monolake@parks.ca.gov.
Labor Day Arts Festival
Mono Council for the Arts invites you to our 41st Annual LABOR DAY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Saturday through Monday, Sept. 4-6 at Sam’s Wood Site, featuring more than 100 artists from all over the West. You get Magical Moonshine Puppet Theatre, Izzi Tooisnky and his amazing juggling, Sonny and Twinkee the clowns, the Sierra Studebakers Bluegrass Band, jazz by Cami Thompson & Friends, food vendors, as well as “adult” beverages. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, except 5 p.m. on Monday.
It’s free, funded by the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Info: call Gaye at 760.937.2942 or visit www.monoarts.org.
No humbug here!
Actors, leave your humbug home, unless you’re trying out for the part of Scrooge as Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre holds auditions for that timeless musical classic, “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, directed by Shira Dubrovner.
Casting starts Wednesday, Sept. 15, and Thursday, Sept. 16, from 6-9 p.m. nightly at the Mammoth Ski Museum, 100 College Parkway. Prepare a song of your choice.
The show has a wide range of roles for men and women 7-70. Rehearsals start Sept. 27 and the production is scheduled to run Dec. 2-19.
For more info, call Artistic Director Dubrovner at 760.709.1981.
Photography outing
Local teacher and professional photographer John Wilson, along with Bob Rice, technical expert and photographer, will lead a workshop on Saturday, Sept. 11, about cameras, taking closeups, water shots and a “grand landscape” in the Lakes Basin in Mammoth throughout the afternoon and sunset hours. All levels of skill and cameras welcome. Bring camera, instruction manual, tripod (if you have one), a charged battery, rain gear and snacks. They’ll take questions late in the day while waiting for sunset at 7:15 p.m. and moonset at 8:56 p.m.
Meet at 3 p.m. at Mammoth Union Bank parking lot. Leaders: Shalle 760.934.9668 and Malcolm 760.924.5639. No dogs. Details: http://insearchofbeautyphotography.com, e-mail aperture395@aol.com or call 760.872.8234.
