BY MIRANDA WHITWORTHContributing writer

Goodbye, dive; hello, neigh-borhood bar.

What was once the PitStop on Rosedale Highway nearVerdugo Lane is now J&M’s Barand Grill, a sleeker, more upscaleestablishment that has ditched arough-around-the-edges clientelefor a more mature crowd. Thenew owners, who also run thepopular coffee shop by the samename next door, have put theirown stamp on both establish-ments, but their influence is mostapparent at the bar.

Manager Andrew Wilkins saidthat while the previous ownerkept the two establishments sep-arate, new owners Colins Rimerand Cap Prielipp decided to jointhe businesses. They’ve applied toextend the liquor license into therestaurant while keeping the bar21 and over.

“Before, the restaurant wouldclose at 2 p.m. and the bar wouldopen at 3 p.m., so a lot of peopledidn’t really even think to go toboth places,” Wilkins said. “Nowwe have both open during someof the same hours and serve foodon the bar side so you can have aBloody Mary with breakfast if youwant or just keep your food in thediner. It’s up to you.”

Following a five-month remod-el, J&M’s Bar and Grill is a far cryfrom the Pit Stop, which featureda weathered, horseshoe-shapedbar with karaoke and cover bandson the weekends. In place of theshredded bar stools is new seat-ing and granite countertops. Thebar menu — which is evolving,Wilkins said — boasts a selectionof pub fare available until 9 p.m.

“Right now it’s your standardstuff like sliders and fries, but I’mlooking forward to steaks andother dinner options that we justdon’t have at the cafe because itcloses so early.”

Wilkins, who co-owned FishlipsBar and Grill downtown until itclosed in December, joined Rimerand Prielipp as a consultant dur-ing remodeling and was asked tostay on and manage two weeksbefore the bar was set to open.

“I had to think about it for awhile,” he said. “I didn’t reallyplan on getting back into the bar

business after Fishlips closed. Itwas one of those things I knew Icould fall back on if I had to, but Ihave a lot of respect for the guysand I want to see them succeed.”

Having reopened in May, J&M’sstill has the equivalent to thatnew car smell. The fresh paint onthe walls, new tables, chairs andspotless bar are waiting to be bro-ken in. It has the feel of a freshlybuilt Rosedale home with all thecharm of an upgraded bonusroom or dream man cave, com-plete with a custom cabinet barand digital wall jukebox. Wilkins

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Andrew Wilkins takes drink orders from John Sandstorm and Sally Cress at J&M’s Bar and Grill.

A kinder, gentler barRosedale joint istransformed intoclean, friendly pub

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IndexPatriotic Blast .......................................... 24The Fourth at River Walk ........................ 25Arts Alive .................................................. 26Writer-in-Residence Workshop .............. 27The Lowdown with Matt Munoz.............. 28Tehachapi Independence Day Concert .. 2913th annual Bad Bull Riding Tour............ 33Calendar .............................................. 34-35

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WineFest pours some changesBY ASHLEY FISCHERContributing writer

It’s no secret that change hasbeen in the air for a while atthe Kern County Museum,

and now — along with the newdirector and talk of new exhibits— comes a new image for Wine-Fest.

“This is the 26th annual Wine-Fest, and within the last 15 to 20years, not much has changed,”said Sarah Bazan, administrativesupervisor at the museum. “Withthe new director, he really wantedto loosen up and just have somefun with this event.”

After reviewing the plans andlayouts from previous years’events, Bazan decided one of thebiggest changes she wanted tomake was to eliminate the single-file, cafeteria-line feel that camewith arranging the wineries in arow. Instead, she opted to scatterthe restaurants and wineries(most of them from the CentralCoast and Tehachapi) throughoutthe grounds of Pioneer Village.

“We really wanted to make iteasier for people to mingle andeasier for them to get around, sothere’s not so much just standingin a straight line. We’ve paired upeach winery with a restaurant,and everything will just be inter-twined perfectly.”

This year’s event will also fea-ture live music instead of a DJ.“We went for fun, loungey-stylemusic,” Bazan added, and plentyof new tastes and treats for platesand glasses. With last year’sreturning favorites, some newwineries and restaurants havebeen added to the list, includingNarducci’s Cafe, Goose Loonies,Christian Lazo Wines, The Pleas-ant Valley Wine Trail, Falcon NestVineyard and Winery, First CrushWinemaking Experience, Las Flo-res Winery, and Silver Horse Win-ery.

Of course, this isn’t a total over-haul — just a bit of a sprucing up.Bazan and her team opted tobring back the international beergarden, and the silent auction willbe returning, albeit with a fewtweaks.

“With the auction items, wewanted to keep it a little moresimple,” she said. “There will beless auction items to bid on, butthey will be packaged with a littlemore detail.”

Up for bid will be an assort-ment of packages centered onvacation, football, beauty andmore. But what has always beenat the heart of WineFest is themuseum itself, and this year,you’ll be able to bid on that, too.

In addition to all of the internalchanges at the museum, someexternal ones are in the works,such as repainting the HowellHouse and restoring the popularbandstand area. Bazan parceledoff some of these repairs as auc-tion items, and the winning bid-der will be commemorated with aplaque next to the area theyhelped restore.

Some of the items are large-scale projects, such as the instal-lation of a new greenery area, andsome of them slightly smaller, likeputting in a new lamp post.

“There’s definitely a lot ofrestoring that needs to be done tothese buildings out here, andwith the museum’s budget, it’snot possible for us to reach all ofthose areas on our own,” Bazansaid. “I’m really hoping for a goodresponse.”

Speaking of budgets, WineFestremains one of the museum’slargest fundraisers, second onlyto Fun and Safe Halloween, soBazan is understandably anxiousto see how this year’s attendeesreact to all of the adjustments.She hopes to entice a new crowd,but at the end of the day, shewants guests to enjoy the wine,

the food and the museum.“It’s been pretty intense trying

to get all of the details done, butwe want to put on this event andmake it as successful as possible.And I’m hoping with this differ-

ent taken on it, I’m hoping we’llstart reaching out to a differentcrowd. But mostly I just wantpeople to come out and have agood time, and take that withthem.”

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BY STEFANI DIASCalifornian assistant lifestyles editor

sdias@bakersfield.com

This year, ring in IndependenceDay with pride, patriotism and... pickles? That’s the way

Gaslight Melodrama plans to let free-dom ring for Warren Dobson’s “StarSpangled Patriotic Blast,” whichopens Friday.

The briny snack may not seem likethe most likely holiday pick, but it’sall-American to Dobson, the theater’smusical director, who said the showwill include a pickle theme song.

“Pickles were a big part of foundingthis entire country. Who knew? WhenChristopher Columbus was sailing tofind the U.S., or North America, herationed pickles to the crew to keepthem from getting scurvy. Theystopped in Haiti to grow morecucumbers.”

Dobson lists major U.S. historicalfigures who were fans, from father ofour country George Washington toDolly Madison and John Adams. Elo-quent Americans Thomas Jeffersonand Benjamin Franklin, who went onthe record about pickles, are alsoquoted in the show.

Dobson’s passion for picklesreached a fever pitch last year after astory on the first “Patriotic Blast”mentioned his culinary obsession.

“It became a big deal because of(the story) last year. When I workedthe snack bar, which I didn’t do thatoften, I didn’t know how to make thesandwiches. But I could pour sodaand I could push the big pickle.”

As a joke, Gaslight owner LindaLarma even made him a Nativity withplastic pickles, which may be on dis-play during the show’s run.

“She had that sitting at the pianowaiting for me at Christmas. Shefound a bunch of plastic pickles.There’s a gherkin for the baby Jesus— she had green glitter for him.There’s an angel pickle above withwings and another angel pickle thatwhen you push the button, ityodels.”

Even if the pickle doesn’t yodel, thesongs will flow for the patriotic con-cert-vaudeville-theater presentation.The show’s opening number, involv-ing Dobson paddling a boat bearing aHasidic rabbi and immigrants fromChina and France, kicks off with NeilDiamond’s “America.”

From there, the show, which alsostars Cheryl Toews, Alison Radford,Stephen Tenner, Randy Toews and thetap dancing of Kimberly Slikker,keeps marching on with an assort-ment of American standards.

Dobson said the show containsmostly new material from last year,derived in part from the greatesttreasure trove of U.S. pride: countrymusic.

“I never sang so many countrysongs in my life, (including) ‘Days ofAmerica’ by Blackhawk. It’s a greatsong.”

Along with country stylings, theshow will pay tribute to the armedforces with a salute to veterans andactive members in the audience.Later, a barbershop quartet sets thefestive mood in a picnic scene, whichincludes fireworks — in a sense.

“Fireworks sans fire, so they’re justworks. Imagine Doris Day and herfriends coming and having a picnic.We flash the strobe lights, havesounds effects. There will be loudbooms. Wow, they’re beautiful.”

Dobson said he expects the audi-ence will stay seated for the display

but may stand at attention duringcertain numbers, as it did last year.

“When we sang ‘God Bless Ameri-ca,’ people stood up and sang withus. Our theater is built on audienceparticipation. They laugh and theyyell, if you get a good crowd. (But) thisis the only show that we have peoplestanding up and singing alonginstead of just responding. This is likereal participation.”

Helping inspire the crowd is “thebest flag bearer on Earth” — 5-year-old Jack Prince, who joined the caston stage last year.

What’s more patrioticthan flags and pickles?Gaslight’s 4th of Julyshow keeps it fun

Warren Dobson’s ‘StarSpangled Patriotic Blast!’ When: 7 p.m. Friday and Satur-

day; also runs July 6 and 7

Where: Gaslight Melodrama The-

atre & Music Hall, 12748 Jomani

Drive

Admission: $23; $21, seniors;

$12, children 12 and under

Information: 587-3377

PHOTO COURTESY OF WARREN DOBSON

The Gaslight Melodrama musical director leads a salute to our greatnation in Warren Dobson’s “Patriotic Blast,” opening Friday.

Warren Dobson's pickle Nativity,made by Gaslight Melodramaowner Linda Larma, may be on dis-play at the theater when its “Patri-otic Blast” opens Friday.

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The city of Bakersfield is getting intothe spirit of Independence Day —minus the fireworks — for the first

time in recent memory.“The Fourth at River Walk” will celebrate

the most patriotic date on America’s calen-dar with an afternoon and evening of freeentertainment, including local bands andbounce houses and other activities for thekids.

But citing the prohibitive cost ofpyrotechnics, parks director DianneHoover said a fireworks display is at least ayear off.

“We’re looking for a sponsor for nextyear. The cost of the fireworks, dependingon how long they go, can vary from$50,000 to $100,000 for a 15- to 20-minuteshow. When I was in Cincinnati, a sponsorwould spend $250,000 for just the fire-works, not the show,” said Hoover, refer-ring to her days as assistant parks directorof the Ohio city a decade ago.

Hoover said the city’s budget for thisyear’s event is “minimal” and that SMG,the company that books shows for the city-owned Bright House Networks Amphithe-atre and Rabobank complex, is paying thebands.

Most of the action, including the chil-dren’s activities, will take place on the eastside of the park, near the amphitheaterstage. The Rick Copus Band kicks off themusic at 2 p.m. and Foster Campbell &Friends, the last band of the evening, isdue to go on at 7 p.m. Food and beverages,including alcohol, will be offered for sale.

Hoover said the park offers sevenreserved picnic shelters, and most werestill available as of Tuesday. Reservationsmay be made for a half day (from 7 a.m.until 2 p.m. or 3 to 10 p.m.) for $150. Thefull-day reserved rate is $300. Reservationsfor the 4th must be made, in person, byFriday. Hoover recommended calling theparks department at 326-3866 for availabil-ity.

Hoover hopes to attract 2,000 through-out the day and recommended carpooling,since parking has become something of anissue during concerts at the StockdaleHighway park. In fact, the developer Castle& Cooke, which owns the neighboringshopping center, has expressed concernabout amphitheatre visitors parking in itslot.

“We’re definitely looking at that,”Hoover said. “We are looking at that for theWillie Nelson concert (on July 20) especial-ly. We’ll have an alternative for parking.”

Go Fourth and celebrateat Park at River WalkBands, bounce houses,more for July 4th event

‘The Fourth at River Walk’When: 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday

Where: Bright House Networks

Amphitheatre, 11200 Stockdale High-

way

Admission: Free

Information: 852-7304.

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The band 1916, seen in a 2011 performance in Bakersfield, will be among the enter-tainers at “The Fourth at River Walk.”

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Line dancers clad in red,white and blue will add aflourish to the patriotic fla-

vor of the Municipal Band con-cert Sunday at Beale Park.

Helen Barron, leader of the all-volunteer group of dancers, saidthey will perform for about 45minutes, starting at 7 p.m. Theband will begin playing at 8 p.m.

“We do all kinds of music —country western, Latin, pop,” shesaid in a phone conversation afew days ago. “We’re looking forpatriotic music for Sunday, any-thing we can put line dancing to.”

At the time we spoke, Barronwas setting up the snack bar forthe bingo games at the Ras-mussen Senior Center, a job shedoes twice a week to augment herincome. But she and her dancers,who in range in age from theirmid-50s to early 80s, perform forfree throughout the year at vari-ous local RV parks, senior centersand convalescent hospitals.

“Anytime someone has a hoe-down they call us,” she said.“They don’t pay us but some-times they give us a little tip.”

This time the call came fromTerry McCormick, supervisor ofthe city’s Recreation and ParksDepartment. McCormick said sheasks different local groups to dothe pre-show entertainment, andall do it on a volunteer basis.

As for the band concert, whichis the main attraction, Sundaymarks its fourth and final per-formance of the summer. CyndiHicks, band manager, said contri-butions from businesses and indi-viduals make it possible for themusicians, all of whom are profes-sionals, to get paid a smallamount, generally about $20 each.

Hicks also provided the pro-gram for the concert, which willbe conducted by Doug Kelley.Among the patriotic tunes arethree marches by John PhilipSousa, including the all-timeaudience favorite “Stars andStripes Forever”; “Fanfare andAllegro” by Clifton Williams;

“Armed ForcesSalute”;“BattleHymn oftheRepublic”;

and“When

Johnny

Comes Marching Home.”It also includes a Cole Porter

medley, as well as selections from“South Pacific” and an arrange-ment of George Gershwin com-positions.

Gordon switches careersDavid Gordon, formerly assis-

tant director of the BakersfieldMuseum of Art, has joined Out-

door Galore as alandscapedesigner.

“My master’sdegree is in land-scape design andI’ve known TimClark, the owner,for a long time,”he said. “It’s a

higher-end outdoor design-and-build company, and I decided toget in on the ground floor.”

The store is located on WhiteLane in the space previouslyoccupied by The Patio Shoppe.

Gordon is well known for hiswatercolor paintings of localscenes, including his series onpalm trees. He’d been an employ-ee of the museum for 11 years.

His decision to embark on thenew endeavor was based on anumber of factors.

“It was time,” he said during aphone conversation. “The muse-um has done a lot for me and I’vedone a lot for them. I’m 44, themuseum is doing well now and I

also want to put more time intomy painting.”

BMOA director Bernie Hermanconfirmed that Gordon resignedearlier this month.

“There is no question this is aloss for the museum, and we willmiss him,” Herman said. “But weare confident he will be very suc-cessful in his new job.”

There are no plans at present toname a new assistant director.

“Given the economic environ-ment, (Gordon’s) position willnot be replaced per se,” Hermannsaid.

Night time photographyTwo photographers whose

work is part of the current“L.A.te” exhibit at the BakersfieldMuseum of Art will lead a work-shop there on July 7-8. It’s opento all levels of experience but par-ticipants must provide their owndigital camera with manual capa-bilities and a tripod.

Instruction will begin on thefirst evening with a one-hour dis-cussion on the functions and fea-tures of digital cameras. Then thegroup will take to the streets ofBakersfield and learn the ins-and-outs of illuminating night-time scenes. The next day will bedevoted to digitally processingand enhancing photos.

Art and photography campIf you want to register for a

three-day art retreat in thesequoias from July 9-12 you needto do so immediately, says pho-tographer Greg Iger.

“It will be late ... but do-able,”

said Iger, who operates his ownstudio in Bakersfield and haspublished several books featuringhis photos of Kern County land-scapes.

Visual artist and teacher ArtSherwyn, whose work has beenexhibited at the BakersfieldMuseum of Art and other gal-leries, will instruct those interest-ed in drawing and painting.

The retreat is located at a tentcampground at Quaking Aspen,which is in Tulare Countybetween Kernville and Camp Nel-son. Those who prefer indooraccommodations can stay in cab-ins or motels about two milesaway from the camp site. Iger alsooffered words of caution aboutthe nature of the terrain.

“Anyone taking part in thisretreat should be able to hike upto a mile into a remote spot (car-rying) a small art or photographyset-up,” he said. “They must alsoadapt well to outdoor weatherchanges.”

Emily Danger Band tourI’ve often wondered why Bak-

ersfield native Emily Nicholascalls her independent folk rockgroup the Emily Danger Band.

Especially after learning fromher grandparents, Joan and Wal-ter Grainger, that she and herNew York-based band are plan-ning an 11-day tour and are slat-ed for two shows at The EmptySpace on Aug. 1-2.

So I sent Nicholas an emailmessage asking, “What’s with the‘Danger’ in your band’s name?”

“The ‘Danger’ is from ourdrummer, Colin (Lime) who start-ed calling me that for my voice,”she replied. “Kind of a, ‘she is asmall girl but look out when shestarts to wail!’ I liked the ideaartistically of making a statementabout myself with the bandname.”

Nicholas said the word alsoreflects the distinctive flavor ofthe music the band plays.

“The idea is our music is veryvulnerable lyrically and risky inits arrangements and melodies,”she said. “Kind of the feeling thatat any moment it could either betaken to another plane or fail.”

Starting on Monday you canpurchase tickets for the band’sEmpty Space shows at WorldRecords in downtown Bakersfield.The band also has launched afundraising campaign on theInternet to help pay the expensesfor the tour. For details, go toemilydangerband.com.

Following its appearance atThe Empty Space, the band willtake to the road for shows in LosAngeles, Sacramento, Seattle andVancouver, B.C., then on to Mon-tana for gigs in Hamilton andMissoula.

Line dancers feeling patriotic‘An American Salute’When: 7 p.m. pre-show; 8

p.m. band concert, Sunday

Where: Beale Park, 800 Ole-

ander Ave.

Admission: Free

Information: 323-7928

‘L.A.te’ photographyworkshopWhen: 7 to 10 p.m. July 7; 10

a.m to noon July 8

Where: Bakersfield Museum

of Art, 1930 R St.

Fee: $35; $25 to members

and students

Information: 323-7219

Quaking Aspen ArtRetreatWhen: July 9 to 12

Where: Quaking Aspen

campground

Fee: $320

Information: 327-2768

Emily Danger BandWhen: 8 p.m. Aug. 1 and 2

Where: The Empty Space,

706 Oak St.

Admission: $20; $15 stu-

dents

Information: 831-3100

Camille Gavin CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

GO & DO

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PHOTO COURTESY OF EMILY NICHOLAS

Bakersfield native Emily Nicholas, second from left, and her band, Emily Danger, will perform on Aug.1 and 2 at The Empty Space.

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Whether they’re fledglingsor well along in theircareer, most writers are

eager to learn more about how topolish their craft from someonewho’s knowledgeable about theintricacies of getting published.

An unusual opportunity to dojust that is being offered to local

writers byRichard Collins,dean of theSchool of Artsand Humanitiesat Cal State Bak-ersfield.

Collins, a pro-fessor of Englishat CSUB and pre-

viously editor of two respected lit-erary journals, will lead a series offour writing workshops begin-ning July 12. His poetry, fictionand other writings have beenpublished in Rosebud, The Liter-ary Review, Southern HumanitiesReview and Negative Capability.

The series is open to the publicat $100 per participant, and regis-trations are being taken byCSUB’s Extended University Divi-sion.

We wanted to learn more aboutthe dean — his background, hisviews on the art of writing, as wellas the nature of the instruction.So we posed a few questions andasked Collins to respond via

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Is the workshop designedfor more experienced, i.e. pub-lished, writers or can novicesbenefit from it?

Anyone can benefit from thisworkshop. It is short, though —just four weekly meetings — so ifyou don’t have some small expe-rience of writing on your own, itwill help if you either have someidea about what you want towrite or a great desire to write.But, no, you don’t need priorexperience, and you certainlydon’t need to have been pub-lished previously.

What is the structure of theworkshop — will participantsbe given assignments or askedto write on a specific topic orin a specific genre?

I wanted to keep this workshopas flexible as possible, so we

might have people who are inter-ested in poetry, fiction or memoir,and we might break down intogroups if there is particular inter-est in more than one of theseforms. I consider memoir, howev-er, to be the master genre, whichcan take the form of poetry orprose, fiction or nonfiction.Assignments will tend to be topi-cal, exploratory and experimen-tal. Most writers don’t know whatthey really want to write aboutuntil they have written it, andthere are an infinite numbers ofroads to get there. Much of ourdiscussion will probably have todo with discovering what a writer“really” wants to write about, asopposed to what they thoughtthey were supposed to writeabout. All good writing comesfrom writing about what you’reNOT supposed to write about,after all. Everyone will be encour-aged to take risks.

The workshop flier mentionsthat you know what “editorsare (and are not) looking for.”Please expand on that state-ment.

It’s essential to know whatmagazine you’re submitting toand what its particular interestsare. You can write the best storyin the world and never get it pub-lished simply because you’re sub-mitting it to the wrong editor. It’snot that I know what every editorwants, it’s just that I know thatyou have to find out what any

editor wants before submittingand how to find that out.

For many years, CSUB had aliterary magazine calledOrpheus, which was edited bySolomon Iyasere. Do you haveany plans to publish one atCSUB?

I would love to publish a liter-ary magazine at CSUB. There arejust two challenges to meet: fund-ing and focus. The good news isthat a literary magazine is a prettyinexpensive project at a few thou-sand dollars an issue, althoughnowadays it’s also important tohave a Web presence. We wouldalso need to find an unfilled niche.

Many college literary maga-zines are student-run, which isfine, but they should aspire topublish work from the best writ-ers available and not just fromthe students themselves. Thisbrings prestige to the universityand to the students who edit andpublish in the magazine.

What are your thoughts ondigital or online publishing,especially as it applies to liter-ary journals?

The print literary magazine issomething of a dinosaur, consid-ering the accessibility of onlineand virtual magazines. A newprint literary magazine wouldhave to offer something that youcould get only in print — such astexture or smell or nostalgia.Ronald Firbank said that whenpeople say they can’t put a book

down it has little to do withwhat’s inside it. He was talkingabout the aesthetic and tactileappeal of a book, which a Kindle,Nook or iPad can’t replicate. I’vebeen thinking that a hybrid for-mat might work: an onlinemonthly or quarterly magazinewith an annual print version ofselected pieces that people mightwant to “own” in a way they cannever own a virtual book. Forexample, “art” books — booksthat are themselves works of art— are unlikely to be replaced bye-readers.

What is your experienceteaching writing?

I have taught creative writing ina number of different contexts.Last year I taught two of severalfree writing workshops offered bythe Beale Library here in Bakers-field, including poetry writingand memoir writing. I have alsotaught creative writing atLouisiana State University inBaton Rouge, and at Xavier Uni-versity in New Orleans. Eachplace has its own cultural milieuand its own way of talking, andcertainly so does the southernSan Joaquin Valley. The mostinteresting creative writing class Itaught was probably at the Amer-ican University in Bulgaria, wherenone of my students were nativespeakers and yet some of themhave gone on to publish theirwork in prestigious magazines allover the English-speaking world.

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Every once in a while a bandcomes along that defiesdescription.

In the case of Costa Mesa cos-mic quintet the Growlers, theclosest you can get to a categoryis the catch-all of Southern Cali-fornia-style experimentalism.Wildly inventive and resemblinga throwback to some ’60s caval-cade of far-out hipsters, the bandand its music must be seen andheard to be believed.

Local fans will get a chance tocatch the band tonight at On theRocks, its first visit to Bakersfield.

“You guys have cool bars andantique stores downtown, right?”asked Growlers lead vocalistBrooks Nielsen. “Where’s thenearest lake?”

After firing off a few more ques-tions, Nielsen said he sees themystery surrounding the groupas an alluring aspect of theGrowlers’ ever-changing liveexperience. According to theband’s bio, written by pro surferAlex Knost, they’ve beendescribed as “groovy” and/or“sick” by their fans, with a per-fectly “bent” sound. When I askedNielsen if that was a fair depic-tion, he did what any other musi-cal misfit would do: He laughed.

“We get a lot of that, ‘What is‘bent sound?’ That’s just Alexhaving fun. That bio is a lot ofdrawn-out, colorful words. It’spretty funny. It’s kind of hard toexplain your own band’s sound

and it’s weird justsaying ‘rock androll,’ because it’schanged somuch. We’re

really kind oftongue-

tied.People

started calling us ‘beach goth,’and we’ve just gone with it. Wenever wanted to be stuck in agenre. I don’t do a lot of explain-ing. I just kinda say, ‘You gottahear it.’ There’s a bit of every-thing: country, a little surf withsome reverb, a little reggae, somefunk.”

Since hearing about the bandfor the first time earlier this year,I’ve become obsessed with find-ing out more.

The band has two superb full-length releases to absorb: 2009’s“Are You in or Are You Out?,” andthe latest, “Hot Tropics.”

Both recorded in the band’ssignature surf/country/gypsystyle, and the releases have a low-fi sound that seems to float inand out among the pulsating rockbeats and reverb. There’s ahauntingly soothing feel to many

of their songs.“We know it’s all over the place,

but it started off from just beingat the beach all the time and, Ithink, getting into that psychedel-ic ’60s stuff, surfing and exploringfrom there. It just goes from somepretty simple influences to reallyclassic stuff,” Nielsen said.

Speaking of weird, you canalways check out the band’sseries of independently pro-duced music videos at YouTube,including “Empty Bones,” “GayThoughts,” “Little Miss Jack” andothers. Some are more conceptu-alized than others, but you’ll beas transfixed as you were the firsttime you ever caught a pre-“Hair-spray” John Waters film.

“I just wanted to get weirderand weirder and get deeper intoit. There’s no fear of anything;we’ll take whatever comes with

that. We definitely wanna just goa little further, all over the world.We’ll play with anyone and any-where.”

And they have, once all the wayto Brazil, where they performedduring the massive Rock in Riofestival last October, an eventnormally reserved for veteranrock acts like Pearl Jam and BonJovi, who can still draw a half-mil-lion people at any stage of theircareer.

“The thing with Brazil is some-times it takes so long for things toreach over there,” Nielsen said. “Ifyou look at the line-ups of thoseshows, it’s usually filled withgroups Americans are alreadytired of, but it’s still fun and newto them.

“To be invited there is impossi-ble. Luckily for us, it happenedthrough (acclaimed Braziliansinger) Marcelo Camelo. He tookus under his wing and convincedthe festival to pay to bring us outthere to share the stage with him,song by song, back and forth, his

band and us. It was just crazy tobe playing in front of that manypeople. Then there’s this lan-guage gap. We’d play a song, andfor the first five seconds, they’rekind of quiet, like, ‘What is this?’Then all of a sudden they startflippin’ out throwing blow-updolls in the air, dancing likecrazy.”

The band has a new albumready for release in October.Titled “Hung at Heart,” it replacesa scrapped project with the BlackKeys’ Dan Auerbach, a collectionthat didn’t sit completely wellwith the group.

“Dan contacted us to comemake a record with him. So, lastminute, we jumped on over toNashville unprepared and tried tobang it out in 10 days. We gave itour all. Looking back on it, itsounds really cool, but there aresome other issues, mixing being aproblem and both of us beingvery busy,” Nielsen said.

Despite being aligned with oneof the top rock acts in the coun-try, a move that could easily cata-pult them beyond beaches andpubs, Nielsen said the band hasno regrets.

“We feel kind of weird throwingthat opportunity away, but younever know how these thingswork out. We’re sentimental tothat time, being there for 10 days.We had a lot of fun. We’re not say-ing those tracks are never gonnacome out, but no near futureplans of putting it out. We had areally good time with Dan, but wewere just a little afraid of makingthat jump right away, and possi-bly blow up too soon. We doeverything in-house, and havealways been unsure about thewhole rock star thing.”

Joining Nielsen are lead gui-tarist Matt Taylor; Scott Montoya,drums; Anthony Braun Perry,bass; and Kyle Straka, keyboardsand guitar.

Also appearing are the Cosmo-nauts, the Nature, the Volumeand DJ Moustache. Showtime is 8p.m. Admission is $14.

On the Rocks is located at 1517

Hard to pigeonhole this bandThe Lowdown with Matt Munoz

Matt Munoz is editor of Bakotopia.com, a sister website of

The Californian that devotes itself to promoting Bakersfield’s

art scene. Matt’s column appears every Thursday in Eye Street.

SoCal’s Growlersdefy categorization

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GROWLERS

The Growlers appear tonight at On the Rocks.

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BY SUSAN SCAFFIDIContributing writer

The orchestra musicians of Tehachapiare again presenting an Independ-ence Day concert and celebration on

July 4th, and they have much more to cele-brate as this concert closes the orchestra’s2011-12 season.

Without much fanfare, the TehachapiCommunity Orchestra changed its nameto the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestraright in the middle of the season. Thatmight seem like a minor alteration, but tothe orchestra, it marked a sea change inhow the musicians saw themselves.

“Community orchestras are kind ofregarded as somewhat lesser — anyonecan play kind of orchestras,” said TSO con-certmaster Gayel Pitchford.

Pitchford said the Tehachapi orchestrawas just such a community ensemblewhen it started in 1999, but they haveworked their way up.

“We just made us better,” Pitchford said.“People took lessons, and they upgradedtheir skills.

“We kind of crawled our way into sym-phony status. We really are that good.”

The orchestra was started in 1999, withcurrent conductor David Newby joining in2000. Newby said he has heard the growthof the orchestra over his tenure.

“We have a lot of people who’ve beenthere since the start, and that’s very heart-ening,” Newby said.

“We do have a reputation — people saythey hear good things about the concerts,they enjoy them.”

“With each concert we do I feel like it’sjust a bit better than the one we did previ-ously,” Newby said. “One way I can meas-ure it is I can take a piece from the stan-dard orchestra repertoire and they cansight read it, so we’re already starting at acertain level of quality.”

“That’s not something we could dowhen I first started rehearsals with them,”Newby said.

The symphony is still under the umbrel-la of the Tehachapi Community OrchestraFoundation, the nonprofit organizationthat sponsors the orchestra. The orchestra

is funded by volunteerism and donations,which cover the cost of the music director,Dr. David Newby, music rentals, programsand other expenses. Most musiciansdonate their services.

To keep the orchestra growing, Pitchfordsaid the foundation also sponsors a“teaching orchestra,” the Tehachapi StringsOrchestra, of which she is the musicaldirector. The strings orchestra is a studentensemble, where school-aged musiciansget to hone their orchestral music skills.

“Eventually, when they’re good enough,they can audition for the symphony,”Pitchford said. “So we’re growing our own,and they’re just fabulous.”

More importantly, Pitchford said someof the students are learning enough to playtheir way into college. Pitchford said somestudents are auditioning for — and win-ning — sizeable scholarships.

“It’s really opened their eyes, becausethey’re able to go to college because oftheir music,” Pitchford said.

The Independence Day concert will fea-ture the symphony orchestra, theTehachapi Symphonic Chorus and soloistsin a program of patriotic songs, marches,show and movie music and other orches-tral pop favorites. Newby said selectionswill include John Philip Sousa’s “Stars andStripes Forever,” “Night on Bald Moun-tain,” by Modest Mussorgsky, and the“Royal Fireworks Music,” by George Fred-erick Handel.

“I’m going to have some fun with that —explaining how we’re having ‘royal’ fire-works music for American IndependenceDay,” Newby said.

Tehachapi musicianstake game to new level

Tehachapi Symphony OrchestraIndependence Day concertWhen: 7 p.m.; fireworks start at 9 p.m.

Wednesday

Where: Coy Burnett Stadium,

Tehachapi

Admission: Free; guests invited to

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Information: tehachapiorchestra.com

“We kind of crawled our way into symphonystatus. We really are that good.”

— Gayel Pitchford, TSO concertmaster

“At the first show, we sang ‘Star-Span-gled Banner’ and everybody stood up, butthere was no flag. The artistic director’s(Michael Prince) son came up and held theflag. He’s doing it again this year, and wetold him he’d get credit in the program.”

The young Jack will enjoy a thrill — andso will audience members, thanks to a pairof giveaways at each show.

“We give three things away each time.When I think of America, I think of Oprahand I give away stuff. But now she doesn’thave a show, she has a network that’s tank-ing, so I’ll call it a stimulus package.”

That package includes gift cards to Que

Pasa, Golden Corral, Cruz Thru Car Wash,boxes of Dewar’s chews and family four-packs to a show at the Gaslight.

Even if you don’t win, you can enjoytreats courtesy of the Moosehead Loungesnack bar.

“We have everything, everything: pop-corn, hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches —did I say ice cream? — salad baked pota-toes, pizza, big pretzels.”

Of course, the menu also offers thosegiant pickles, which may get a sales boostfrom a well-known American figure.

“I’m thinking of putting a pickle UncleSam next to the pickle barrel with a signsaying ‘I want you!’”

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Adema returns to BakersfieldTickets are on sale for a July 7 show fea-

turing Bakersfield rock survivors Adema. This will be the band’s second stab at a

homecoming show following a stormyreunion with original vocalist MarkChavez two years ago and the arrest ofbassist Dave DeRoo during a tour stop inConnecticut last year.

Although both incidents hindered plansfor a full-fledged comeback, the grouphas continued performing and touringsuccessfully with original members TimFluckey on guitar and vocals; drummerKris Kohls; DeRoo on bass; and veteranBakersfield guitarist Marc DeLeon. Ticketsfor the show are $13 and available at Onthe Rocks or at tgptix.com.

In related news, former Adema guitaristMike Ransom appears tonight at theWhisky A Go Go in Hollywood with hisnew band, Black Heart Vacancy.

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Tickets are on sale for a July 7 concert at On the Rocks by Adema.

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BY LISA DE MORAESThe Washington Post

After sailing through interviewswith ABC News’s Chris Cuomoand George Stephanopoulos,John Edwards’s mistress, RielleHunter, got the scorching thatsome people thought she so rich-ly deserved on Tuesday’s “TheView” — demonstrating why ABCshould never send men to dowomen’s work.

Barbara Walters, “The View’s”Den Mom, kicked things off byrepeating the story “broken” byStephanopoulos on “Good Morn-ing America” earlier in the day:The couple has just broken up.

Raise your hand if you actuallythought they were a “couple” Fri-day, when she was seen breakingher silence and talking about herrelationship with Edwards, toCuomo, on ABC’s “20/20.”

Yeah, me neither.“Today, we hear you’ve broken

up,” Babs began.“Yes,” said Rielle, wearing black

slacks, a ruffled pink blouse andher Sad Face as she sat on thecouch with The Ladies of “TheView.”

“It’s verypainful, and Ihave mixed emo-tions,” she added.

Babs wonderedif anything Riellesaid in that“20/20” interviewcaused the“breakup.”

But Rielle, determined that thisinterview would be all about her,explained that she had decidedthat she does not want to “hide”any more.

All this media attention was“very hard” on a woman trying tohave an affair with a married manwho was running for president ofthe United States while his wifewas slowly expiring of terminalcancer, Rielle explained.

“For me, it’s taken a toll,” shesaid piteously. “I’m not a mistress— I’m a mom.”

Elisabeth Hasselbeck explainedto Rielle that, according to thecommonly accepted definition of“mistress,” Rielle is one.

Hasselbeck went on to ask herwhether she felt bad for havingdescribed Edwards’s wife as“crazy,” “venomous” and “indenial” now that she’s, you know,dead. Hasselbeck also wonderedwhether Rielle still thought Eliza-

beth Edwards’ “behavior pushedhim out the door.”

“I believe that their problemsin their marriage ... helped him tofind another way,” Rielleanswered carefully. Sensing hos-tility on the couch, Rielle threwin, “I don’t think it’s right to dothat.”

“What’s not right?” Joy Beharinterrupted.

“Infidelity,” Rielle said. “I’m nota big believer in infidelity.”

“I fell in love with him, whichwas a surprise to me, and Ibecame that (his mistress), inorder to be with him,” Rielleexplained, thinking that would goover well with the show’s femalecrowd.

Whoopi Goldberg was havingnone of it.

“I got to say this ... in yourbook, you trash a dead ladywhose husband you had an affair,and a baby, with. Did it not occurto you that maybe that might notbe the right tone to take, particu-larly if you’re trying to get peopleto see you as part of this sort ofnew couple? I mean, it’s kind of a(lousy) thing to do!”

“I wrote the book to tell thetruth,” responded the well-rehearsed Rielle.

Horseradish, Whoopi respond-

ed. Like this: “Yeah, but you couldhave the truth and know it, but tothen put it out there, it makes youlook bad. It makes you lookschemey and kind of heartless.”

Rielle explained that ElizabethEdwards being dead gaveEdwards’ late wife an unfairadvantage. Turns out, the bookneeded to be written, she said, tolevel the playing field.

“Right now, the persona of Eliz-abeth being a saint and JohnEdwards being a demon ... andme as a home wrecker — thosearen’t true personas,” Rielle said— still piteously in pink.

Sherri Shepherd, who appar-ently drew the short straw andhad to play Good Cop, noted thatRielle’s book provides someimportant “pointers about how tomake a marriage better.”

“One thing you said: A womanis naive if she thinks — she’s mar-ried to her husband and not giv-ing him sex — he’s not having sexwith somebody else,” Sherriobserved. She also noted thatRielle taught her the importanceof making her husband feel like“he could walk on the moon,”which is something that Sherrinoted the book suggests Eliza-beth Edwards failed to do.

“So as a wife, I’m sitting here

going, ‘Did we forget to do thatsometimes in our marriage?’ Weforget to validate our husbands,”Sherri said. “Is that what you’resaying?”

Sure, why not, Rielle said. Orwords to that effect. “You know,most men are annoying — let’sface it,” she added.

Babs wondered how Rielle feltwhen John Edwards went onnational TV and denied he wasQuinn’s father.

“The most devastatingmoment of my life,” Rielle said.

Babs continued, recountingthat Andrew Young said the babywas his. John Edwards playedalong and got Rielle to do so, too.

“Wow! I mean, that’s prettycrazy stuff that you’re ... agreeingto,” Babs said.

“Insane. It’s the only time inmy life I have gone down a roadthat I knew was the wrong road togo on before I went down it,”Rielle said.

There was good stuff with TheLadies of “The View.” It’s entirelyto their credit that they did notkeel over in hysterics as Rielledelivered that statement. Instead,they remained politely and com-posedly seated, though Hassel-beck did crack, “That was the firsttime?!”

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Few free passes for Edwards’ mistressRielle Hunter roughed upby ladies of ‘The View’

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“When you think about it, thisplace is just like what a lot ofthose guys have at home. It’sclean, you’ve got the granite andthe beer, so it’s probably prettyfamiliar.”

Late on a recent Saturdaynight, the crowd began to thinout, leaving a few sets of couplesand several men in their 30s and40s enjoying a night out with

friends, away from the family. Theoccupations ranged from educa-tors to oil field workers, the com-mon bond being location andfamiliarity.

Mike, Dennis and Wes, whodeclined to give their last names,are Rosedale natives who havebeen coming to the location fordrinks since long before the barwas ever J&M’s.

They enjoy the bar because it’son their side of town and, sincethe remodel, they say it seemslike the establishment has finallycaught up to them when in termsof maturity. It’s a change that

Mike didn’t realize he’d embraceso readily.

"It’s a cool place. It’s not likethe other bars around here,where you have to worry aboutanything happening. There aregood people that come here, andAndrew (Wilkins) is a good guy. I

used to go downtown a lot andsee him so I am glad that whenFishlips closed he took some ofthat out to Rosedale.”

The laid-back vibe is an atmos-phere that Rimer and Prielipphave worked hard to capture.Many bars in Rosedale fall into

one of two categories: rough-and-tumble dives or pretentious back-drops for the flaunting of cash ormuscle. So far, J&M’s has man-aged to remove itself from bothwhile staying comfortably classy.Only time will tell if the new own-ers’ vision will stay the course.

Customers drink wine and beer on the new countertops at therecently renovated J&M’s Bar and Grill.

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THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN

Metro Galleries is planning itsfourth annual Latination exhibit, andthe call is out now for artists to submittheir work.

The September show, co-sponsoredby Bakersfield Life magazine, a sisterpublication of The Californian, isbilled as an artistic celebration andexploration of Latino life, will focus onone theme, “Fiesta!”

Works are sought in a variety ofmediums — paintings, ceramics,sculpture, photography, glass ormixed media. Several entries havebeen submitted with more expectedbefore the Aug. 24 deadline.

The juried show accepts originalartwork only, created within the lastfour years. Artists may submit up tofour entries, along with an entry form,available at theMetroGalleries.com,and pay a nonrefundable $25 fee perentry. All works must be submitted forsale. The awards will be announced atthe show on Sept. 7.

For information, check out thewebsite or contact Martin at 634-9598.

The gallery is located at 1604 19thSt.

— Metro Galleries media release

Artists invited to ‘fiesta’for Latination exhibit

CASEY CHRISTIE / THE CALIFORNIAN

Pajaro #1, an acrylic by Alberto Herrera isseen at Metro Galleries for the Latinationjuried art exhibit in 2011. Entries for thisyear’s event are due by Aug. 24.

BY FRAZIER MOOREAP Television Writer

NEW YORK — Tuesdaymorning, Ann Curry gotthumped by a “Today” TVcamera.

It happened during acrowd-panning sequenceout on Rockefeller Plaza:Curry’s face collided (orappeared to) with the cam-era lens on live TV.

Matt Lauer introducedher as “old flat-nose AnnCurry,” in a likely referenceto a character in “ButchCassidy and the SundanceKid,” as everybody shared alaugh at her expense.

Still, this indignity wassmall potatoes for thewakeup host, who hasfaced down months ofspeculation that she hasn’tpulled her weight in themorning-show ratings war.

But if shrinking ratingsfor “Today” seem to beleading Curry into the sun-set, the fault may not lie inher performance as muchas in the nature of the warshe was drafted to fight.

Curry, who was tapped tosit alongside Lauer whenMeredith Vieira left NBC’s“Today” last June, is report-edly about to pay the pricefor the resurgence of ABC’s“Good Morning America,”which recently snapped thewinning ratings streak“Today” had reveled in formore than 16 years.

Curry is generally regard-ed as a solid journalist,with a passion for interna-tional reporting, as well asa good soldier: Starting at“Today” as its news readerin 1997, she stood bypatiently in 2006 as KatieCouric left for CBS andVieira, not she, won theplum co-anchor job.

An upcoming story inLadies’ Home Journal (outon newsstands soon andmay serve as her unexpect-ed eulogy) finds Curry say-ing noble things like, “Iknow NBC pays my salarybut I have never doubted

who I work for ... the peoplewho watch” and “I want tohave a life of value. For me,that means giving peopleinformation that can givethem a better life.”

A year ago, on landingthe anchor job, she voicedthe same sentiments.

“I have a real sense ofservice when it comes tothis job,” she told The Asso-ciated Press — “taking careof the viewer and helpingthem have information thatI think they should knowand want to know.”

But all this raises a biggerquestion: Has Curry evertaken a good look at theshow she’s such a big part of?

With an almost single-minded focus on celebrity,crime, scandal and soft-serve news-you-can-use(plus music performances,of course), “Today” mostdays has only a passingresemblance to an actualnews program.

As an instructive contrast,“CBS This Morning” standsas the morning programthat presents a daily pack-age of news and informa-tion that any thinking view-er “should know and wantto know,” in Curry’s words.

Granted, its audiencetrails those of “Today” and“GMA,” the Coke and Pepsiof an altogether differentproduct category, charac-terized by empty caloriesand a lot of fizz.

But fluff has ruled inmorning TV for decades, as adecisive moment for a Currypredecessor reminds us.

More than once, TomBrokaw has recalled themorning in 1981 he wascalled upon to interviewtwentysomething starletCharlene Tilton. Thenappearing as Lucy Ewingon “Dallas” (and now backagain, in its TNT revival),Tilton wanted to talk abouta diet she was on. Brokaw’sattention strayed as hewondered, reasonablyenough, what any of this

had to do with journalism.His conclusion: nothing.

Within months, he hadbolted from his afive-yearstay at “Today” for theanchor chair of “NBCNightly News.”

But this sort of wake-upcall and a decisive responseto it is rare.

Matt Lauer, the undisput-ed driving force of “Today”in his 16th year as its anchor,can handle legitimate newsas well as anyone on TV. Butenthroned at “Today,” healso seems game for anymanner of piffle.

In May, he was saddledwith interviewing reality-stars mom-manager KrisJenner, there to plug thenew season of “Keeping Upwith the Kardashians” onNBC sister channel E!.

Jenner was coy aboutspilling any actual details ofthe upcoming season (herpurpose was to tease“Today” viewers, notenlighten them), and Lauerplayed along.

“I’m gonna be so proudof this interview at somefuture date,” he said, tip-ping his hand that he hasstandards. But it was all ingood fun as he joked that“this is a resume tape wait-ing to happen.”

No such “resume tape” isneeded. Lauer isn’t goinganywhere. This spring heagreed to a long-term con-tract to stay put at “Today.”Why not? In terms of starvalue, salary and clout, fol-lowing Brokaw’s long-agopath to “Nightly News”would be a step down forLauer in 2012, even if hehad a mind to engineer it.

Make no mistake:“Today” is a huge, prof-itable, powerful enterprise,which may have helpedCurry think that what shedoes there automaticallyhas value. And now sheunderstandably may won-der how she failed.

Hasn’t she done every-thing asked of her? This

week, she has interviewedboth leads of “The AmazingSpider-Man,” handled acooking segment, debriefeda show-biz journalist for asegment called “What’s Up:Celebrity,” and pitched in forher program’s coverage ofbullied bus monitor KarenKlein — on Tuesday, Currywelcomed the Greece, N.Y.,grandmother to Studio 1A.

Besides, how do youmeasure Curry’s day-to-dayperformance when morn-ing ratings are skewed byan ever-escalating armsrace of stunting between“Today” and “GMA,” where,in the first two hours whenthey go head-to-head.

Never mind. “Today” hasstumbled. Curry apparentlywill take the fall.

Already, a guessing gameis under way for who willreplace her. SavannahGuthrie, who co-hosts thefour-hour extravaganza’sthird hour, is poised at thetop of the list of Curry’spossible replacements.

But beware: A quarter-century ago, DeborahNorville was vaulted to theanchor desk beside BryantGumbel, which left viewersthinking she had pushedout the beloved Jane Pauley.This led to a backlash fromher sympathetic fans, with“GMA” the ratings benefici-ary. Little more than a yearlater, Norville was gone.

Now, with “GMA” alreadytrading weekly wins with“Today” after its 852-con-secutive-week supremacy,following Curry as “Today”co-host may not be such aplum assignment.

As for Curry, whosesometimes serious report-ing is easily lost in hershow’s overwhelming fool-ishness, a departure from“Today” might actually befitting. If she’s really a seri-ous journalist, she’s in thewrong place.

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Channing Tatum is onelucky man, and he seemsto know it.

Discovered on thestreets of Miami andrecruited for modelingjobs, Tatum has gone froma teenage college dropoutstripping to pay the bills tolanding lead roles in suchA-list Hollywood produc-tions as “Haywire” and “21Jump Street.”

Based on his own expe-riences as a stripper,“Magic Mike” is Tatum’ssecond film with directorSteven Soderbergh. Tatumstars as Mike, a veteranstripper who takes a youngup-and-comer under hiswing and tries to help himnavigate a perilous under-world of women, moneyand drugs.

The actor spoke recentlyabout those early strippingexperiences, his waxingtrauma and the frailty ofMatthew McConaughey’sthong.

Question: I think bynow everybody’s heardthat you were a stripper.How much of your actu-al experience ended upin the movie?

Answer: Very little, inactual fact. We just kind ofmade a lot of it up, to betotally honest. I told Soder-bergh and Reid Carolin,my buddy that wrote thescript, I told them all thestories, and we kept goingover the stories, and youknow, all the good ones arejust really bizarre. You justalmost wouldn’t believethem if you put them inthe movie. The only thingthat’s factual is that I was18, I had a sister, I lived inFlorida, I started strippingand I dropped out of col-lege.

Your experience, Ihope, wasn’t as dark asthe experience depictedin the movie.

It was sometimes darker.Sometimes darker, some-times not as dark. So it’s alittle bit of both. It’s a reallyslippery slope, that world.It can go real wrong. It cango really right, too. I had alot of fun.

What was the worstjob you ever had?

The worst job I’ve everhad? Oof. The worst job Iever had was, I handed outfliers for a nightclub on acampus, and that was my

worst job. I hated it,because you know no onewants to take a flier fromyou, and you just getturned down, turneddown. That was my worstjob.

The role of MagicMike looked very physi-cally demanding. Haveyou kept up with yourdancing, or did you haveto do a lot of work inpreparation for thismovie?

Dancing is somethingthat’s sort of always beeninside of me, I’ve done itfor so long. I’ve nevertaken a class or whatever,I’ve just sort of alwaysloved to dance. I didn’treally have to brush up,but it helps to just look atwhat the new stuff is rightnow and who’s doingwhat online as far asdancing goes. But it’salways fun to take otherpeople who’ve never doneit and kind of watch themsort of grow and developand kind of get into theirown groove.

I don’t think I canmake it through thisconversation withoutasking about the groom-ing regimen you had togo through. I’m surethere was a lot of “man-scaping” taking place.

(Laughs) Back in the daywhen I did it for my littleshort stint, I just shaved, ortrimmed, or whatever. Forthis, I didn’t want to haveto shave every day, so I justwent and got waxed, and itwas the most painful thingI’ve ever done in my life. Itwas horrible. It was a hor-rible, horrible experience,and I’d never wish it onanybody. My shins werethe worst, it was terrible. Idon’t know why.

Did anyone have anyserious wardrobe mal-functions?

Yeah, McConaughey.They actually ripped histhong off. They literallyripped his thong OFF.

Has your wife (actressand dancer JennaDewan) seen the movie?

Yeah, she’s seen it about15 times. She loves it, but shehad to give me a lot of notesand stuff. She finds it hilari-ous. She loves the movie.

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Eye Street

TodayTrace Adkins, 8 p.m., Rabobank

Theater, 1001 Truxtun Ave. $41.35

to $62.25. ticketmaster.com or

800-745-3000.

Wine Maker Dinner, with Matt

Murphy of Presqu’ile Winery, six

different wines paired with a five-

course menu, 6:30 to 9 p.m.,

Valentien Restaurant & Wine Bar,

1310 Truxtun Ave., Suite 160. $100.

864-0397.

Concerts by The Fountain, top

40 hits with A.K.A., 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, The Marketplace, 9000

Ming Ave.

Farmer’s Market, 4 to 7 p.m.,

Tehachapi Blvd. and Robinson St.,

in downtown Tehachapi. 822-6519.

Guitar Class, taught by Mark

Albert, for individuals or a group,

Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, 501

18th St. $25. call 578-4570 or 327-

7507 for class details.

Taft Certified Farmers Market,5 to 8 p.m., 5th St. Plaza, Taft. 765-

2165.

The Warriors Cage “Under-ground,” 8 p.m., Eagle Mountain

Casino, 681 South Tule Reservation

Road, Porterville. $25-$35. 559-

788-6220.

Bakersfield Blaze vs. ModestoNuts, 7:45 p.m. today through

Sunday, Sam Lynn Ballpark, 4009

Chester Ave. $7-$12. bakersfield-

blaze.com or 716-HITS.

Bingo, warm ups start at 5 p.m.,

with early birds at 6 p.m., regular

games at 6:30 p.m., Volunteer

Center of Kern County, 2801 F St.

From $20 buy-in to “the works.”

395-9787.

FridayLantern Light Tour & GhostHunt, 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., Silver

City Ghost Town, 3829 Lake

Isabella Boulevard, Bodfish. $12

per person of all ages. 760-379-

5146.

Movies in the Park, presents

“Adventures of Tintin,” begins at

dusk, Patriots Park, 1600 New

Stine Road. Free. 326-3866.

SaturdayWine Fest 2012, premier wine-

makers from around California, live

music, silent auction, food, 8 to 11

p.m., Kern County Museum, 3801

Chester Ave. $50 Museum mem-

bers; $60; $750 VIP table of 10.

Visit kcmuseum.org or 868-8400

or 868-8414 or 868-8414.

Lake Isabella Fireworks Extrav-aganza, 9 p.m., Engineer Point,

Highway 155, Lake Isabella. Free.

760-379-5236.

“Grease” Cinema Saturday,begins at sundown, Valentien

Restaurant & Wine Bar, 1310 Trux-

tun Ave., Suite 160. 864-0397.

“Star Party” View Mars, Sat-urn, & the Moon, 8:45 to 11 p.m.,

The Marketplace, 9000 Ming Ave.

Free. 487-2519.

“State Sovereignty: The Solu-tion for America,” hosted by

Bakersfield Tea Party; presentation

by constitutional warrior Sheriff

Mack; doors open at 11:30 a.m.,

presentation from 12:30 to 1:15

p.m., Q&A session 1:15 to 2 p.m.,

followed by a book signing by

Sheriff Mack, Fandango City

Palace, 3510 Wible Road. 203-

3607.

Color Me Rad 5K Run, 8 a.m.,

Kern County Fairgrounds, 1142 S. P

St. Website colormerad.com.

Master Songwriting Clinic,amateur writers will get a Q&A

session, have your songs critiqued,

evaluated by Michael Peterson,

Jason Sellers, Tommy Sims, 10

a.m. to 4 p.m., American Sound

Recording Studios, 2231 R St. Visit

asrstudios.com or 864-1701, 615-

289-8382.

Prepare for a Disaster, build an

emergency preparedness kit, cre-

ate an evacuation plan, 9 a.m. to 2

p.m., Junior League of Bakersfield

Community Center, 1928 19th St.

Free. 324-6427.

Rock the Park, proceeds benefit

Shriners of Bakersfield; bounce

houses, book fair by Russo's, food,

games, raffle, 1 to 3 p.m., North

Rosedale Park, 3635 Jewetta Ave.

Free. Email

gstroop2450@yahoo.com or 330-

8812.

Cat Adoptions, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

or by appointments, Petco, 8220

Rosedale Highway. $65 includes

spay/neuter, vaccines and

leukemia testing. 327-4706.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon,

next to Golden State Mall, 3201 F

St., and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Brimhall

Square, 9500 Brimhall Road.

Wild West Show, with The Tomb-

stone Law Dawgs old west re-

enactment gunfighter group, 11

a.m. and 2 p.m., Silver City Ghost

Town, 3829 Lake Isabella Boule-

vard, Bodfish. $5.50 adults; $4.50

for children 12 and under, children

5 and under are free. 760-379-

5146.

SundayReach for the Stars Crusade,three-day of activities from 4 to 9

p.m. per day; comedy night, hip-

hop improv, live music Sunday; tal-

ent show, live music Monday; fire-

work give-a-way, game booths,

live music, hot meal, toy giveaway

Tuesday, at Harding and N. Chester

Ave. Free. Visit operationsoulwin-

ner.org or 348-1002.

Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2

p.m., Kaiser Permanente, 8800

Ming Ave. 877-524-7373.

THEATER“Guys and Dolls” Musical, 7:30

p.m. Friday and Saturday, Beekay

Theatre, 110 S. Green St.,

Tehachapi. $16. Tickets online at

tctonstage.com or 822-4037.

“Reckless,” 8 p.m. Friday and

Saturday, The Empty Space, 706

Oak St. $15; $10 students/seniors.

327-PLAY.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show,”presented by The Velvet Darkness,

doors open at 11 p.m., show at

midnight Friday and Saturday, The

Empty Space, 706 Oak St. $10.

327-PLAY.

Disney’s The Little MermaidJr.! Summer Workshop, for per-

formers from the ages of 6 to 13, 9

a.m. to noon every Monday

through Friday, now through July

15, Spotlight Theatre, 1622 19th St.

$295. 364-7920.

Improv Comedy Show, with

Center For Improv Advancement, 8

to 9:30 p.m. Fridays and Satur-

days, Ice House, 3401 Chester

Ave., Suite M. Adults: $5, children

under 12 are $1. ciacomedy.com.

ARTStained Glass Classes, six-week

class, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays,

Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, 501

18th St. $150. 327-7507.

Art Classes, in drawing, watercol-

or, oils, color theory, for beginners

and advanced, Bakersfield Art

Association Art Center, 1817 Eye

St. 869-2320.

Art for Healing program, class-

es that alleviate stress, resulting

from illness, or grief. All classes

are free but some suggest a dona-

tion and are held at Mercy Hospi-

tal, Truxtun Campus, Truxtun and

A St. Visit

mercybaakersfield.org/art or to

register, 632-5357.

Exhibits on Display, Visual Arts

Small Works Festival,” “Paintings

by Dennis Ziemienski,” “L.A. te:

Photographs of Los Angeles after

Dark,” “Eye Gallery: A Day in the

Life,” now through Aug. 26, Bak-

ersfield Museum of Art, 1930 R St.

323-7219.

The Art Shop Club, 9 a.m. to

noon each Thursday, Friday and

Saturday, The Art Shop, 1221 20th

St. All mediums. 322-0544, 589-

7463 or 496-5153.

MUSIC

AcousticKing Tut, 10606 Hageman Road;

Ernie Lewis, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Free.

Classic RockT-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 Dis-

trict Blvd., 398-1300; Bad Boyz,

7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday.

The Old River Monte Carlo,9750 Taft Highway, 837-0250; No

Limit, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

ComedyElevation Lounge, 818 Real Road,

325-6864; Improv Tuesday - Live

comedy with DJ after party, 9 p.m.

Tuesdays.

Throw Down Thursday, comedy

improv show, doors open at 7:30

p.m., JC’s Place, 1901 Chester Ave.

$5. 322-8209.

CountrySandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-

8900; Vince Galindo, 9 p.m.

Wednesdays.

DancingBeginner Belly Dance Lessons,5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Mondays, Centre

Stage Studio, 1710 Chester Ave.

323-5215. $45 regular session; $65

combo session. bakersfieldbelly-

dance.biz.

Folklorico Classes, advance

dancers/performing group 6 to 8

p.m. Fridays; and beginners, all

ages, 10:30 a.m. to noon Satur-

days, Fruitvale-Norris Park, 6221

Norris Road. $22 per month for

beginners; $25 per month for

advance dancers. 833-8790.

Greenacres Community Center,2014 Calloway Dr., offers ballroom

dance, East Coast swing (jitter-

bug) and Argentine Tango dance

classes; $35, $45 for non-mem-

bers. 322-5765 or 201-2105.

Joaquin Squares, 7:30 to 9:30

p.m. Thursday, Rasmussen Center,

115 E. Roberts Lane. $5. 324-1390,

325-3086 or 399-3658.

Whirlaways Square DanceClub, has workshops every first,

third, fourth and fifth Mondays,

Park Stockdale Civic Association

Community Center, 205 Rio Bravo

Drive. whirlaways.org or 213-3105.

DJBanacek’s Lounge, 4601 State

Road, 387-9224; with DJ Casey

Overstreet, 9 p.m. Fridays.

Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; DJ

Brian, 7 to 11 p.m. Tuesday.

DoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio

Court. 323-7111; live in the mix: old

school, ’80s & ’90s music, 9 p.m.

to 1:30 a.m. every Saturday.

Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White

Lane, 834-1611; with DJ Chill in

the Mixx, 5 p.m. every Friday until

2 a.m. Saturday.

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737

Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749;

DJ James, 9 p.m. Thursdays

through Saturdays. Free.

Tam O’Shanter, 2345 Alta Vista,

324-6774; DJ Roule, 8 p.m. Satur-

day. $5.

The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, atHotel Rosedale, 2400 Camino

Del Rio Court, 327-0681; with Meg,

7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Indie PopSandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-

8900; The Bird Channel, The

Boreas, 9 p.m. Thursday. $5.

Jazz Cafe Med, 4809 Stockdale High-

way., 834-4433; Richie Perez, 7:30

to 11 p.m. Thursdays.

Golden West Casino, 1001 S.

Union Ave., 324-6936; Richie

Perez, 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Free.

Imbibe Wine & Spirits Mer-chant, 4140 Truxtun Ave., 633-

WINE; live music & wine bar with

featuring local artist and Jazz Con-

nection, along with 24 wines, 6 to

8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday;

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Satur-

day.

King Tut, 10606 Hageman Road;

live Instrumental and vocal Jazz,

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Friday and

Saturday. Free.

Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White

Lane, 834-1611; Bakersfield Jazz

Workshop, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

every Wednesday.

Que Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701

Ming Ave., 832-5011; Jazz Invasion,

9 to 10 p.m. every Saturday.

Steak and Grape, 4420 Coffee

Road, 588-9463; 7 to 10 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday. Free.

The Nile, Jazz Music, 6 p.m.

every Sunday. Cost $10 at 1721

19th St. 364-2620.

Karaoke B. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill,7401 White Lane, 397-7304; 8 p.m.

Thursdays and Tuesdays.

Banacek’s Lounge, 9 p.m. every

Friday and Saturday at 4601 State

Road. 387-9224.

Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 9

p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays and Sun-

days.

Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 7

p.m. Tuesdays. trivia night.BigDaddy Pizza, 6417 Ming Ave.,

396-7499; 7 to 10 p.m. every Tues-

day; 8 to 11 p.m. every Friday.

Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 4200 New

Stine Road, 397-5000; 6:30 to

9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 6111 Niles St.,

363-7200; 6:15 to 10:15 p.m. Tues-

days.

Chateau Lounge, 2100 S.

Chester Ave., 835-1550; 9 p.m.

every Saturday.

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Eye StreetCity Slickers, 1001 W. Tehachapi

Blvd., 822-4939; 7 p.m. Tuesdays

and Thursdays.

Corona’s Cantina, 9817 S. Union

Ave., 345-8463; 7 to 10 p.m. Fri-

days.

Don Perico Restaurant, 2660

Oswell St., Suite 133, 871-2001; 7

to 11 p.m. Thursdays.

DoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio

Court; 8 p.m. to midnight Tues-

days.

Elevation Lounge, 818 Real Road,

325-6864; 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 Alfred

Harrell Highway, 873-7613; 6 to 9

p.m. every Wednesday.

Iron Horse Saloon, 1821 S.

Chester Ave., 831-1315; 7 to 11

p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Julie’s The Branding IronSaloon, 1807 N. Chester Ave., 6 to

10 p.m. every Friday.

Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White

Lane, 834-1611; A to Z Karaoke, 8

p.m. to midnight Tuesdays.

Lone Oak Inn, 8 p.m. every Tues-

day and Thursday at 10612

Rosedale Hwy. 589-0412.

Magoo’s Pizza, 1129 Olive Drive,

399-7800; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tues-

day.

Maria Bonita Mexican Restau-rant, 10701 Highway 178, 366-

3261, 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays. All ages.

McMurphy’s Irish Pub & SportsBar, 14 Monterey St., 869-1451; 7

p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays.

Pizzeria, 4200 Gosford Road, 397-

1111; 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays.

Pour House, 9 p.m. Fridays and

Saturdays at 4041 Fruitvale Ave.

589-9300.

Pyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner, 323-

0053; 8 p.m. to midnight Satur-

days.

Replay Sports Lounge & Grill,4500 Buck Owens Blvd., 324-

3300; 8 p.m. every Wednesday.

Rocket Shop Cafe, 2000 S.

Union Ave., 832-4800; 8:30 p.m.

to midnight Saturday.

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737

Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749; 8

p.m. Mondays through Wednes-

days.

Rocky’s Pizza & Arcade, 2858

Niles St., 873-1900; 5:30 to 9:30

p.m. Wednesday.

Round Table Pizza, 2060 White

Lane, 836-2700; 6 to 9 p.m. Tues-

day.

Round Table Pizza, 2620 Buck

Owens Blvd., 327-9651; The Junc-

tion with host Mac Clanahan, 8:30

p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.

Round Table Pizza, 4200 Gos-

ford Road, 397-1111; 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays.

Rusty’s Pizza, 5430 Olive Drive,

392-1482; 6:30 to 9 p.m. every

Wednesday.

Sports & Spirits, 6633 Ming Ave.,

398-7077; 9 p.m. Thursdays and

Saturdays.

Syndicate Lounge, 1818 Eye St.,

327-0070; with Alisa Spencer, 9

p.m. every Wednesday.

T-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 Dis-

trict Blvd., 398-1300; 7:30 to 11

p.m. Thursdays.

Tejon Club, 6 to 10 p.m. every

Saturday at 117 El Tejon Ave. 392-

1747.

The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, atHotel Rosedale, 2400 Camino

Del Rio Court, 327-0681; 7 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Junction Lounge, 2620

Buck Owens Blvd., 327-9651; 8:30

p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

The Old River Monte Carlo,9750 Taft Highway, 837-0250;

8:30 p.m. every Thursday.

The Playhouse, 2915 Taft High-

way; 397-3599; 7 to 10 p.m. Sun-

days.

The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall

Road, 831-1413; hosted by Ed

Loverr, 9 p.m. to midnight Friday.

The Regent, 2814 Niles St., 871-

4140; 8:30 p.m. every other Friday.

The Wrecking Yard, 9817 S.

Union Ave., 827-9192; 7 to 10 p.m.

Mondays, Tuesdays and Thurs-

days.

The Wright Place, 2695-G Mount

Vernon Ave., 872-8831, 8 p.m.

every Thursday.

Tomi’s Cowgirl Cafe, 7 to 10

p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday

at 1440 Weedpatch Hwy. 363-

5102.

Trouts & The BlackboardStages, 805 N. Chester Ave., 399-

6700; 7 p.m. Mondays and Thurs-

days, 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays,

Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays

and Sundays.

Vinny’s Bar & Grill, 2700 S.

Union Ave., 496-2502, 7 p.m.

Thursdays. 21 and over.

Latin/SalsaDoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, Club Odyssey, 3100

Camino Del Rio Court, 633-1949;

various levels, 3 to 9 p.m. every

Sunday. $5 per person, per lesson.

Mariachi Camino Real Restaurant, 6 to 9

p.m. every Sunday at 3500 Trux-

tun Ave. 852-0493.

Music showcaseThe Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall

Road, 831-1413; featuring local

artists, 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednes-

day.

Oldies KC Steakhouse, 2515 F St., 322-

9910; Jimmy Gaines, Bobby O and

Mike Halls, 6:30 p.m. Thursday

through Saturday.

Old schoolJacalito Grill, 900 Truxtun Ave.,

Ste. 110, 325-2535; Prisoners of

Love, 7 to 10 p.m. Friday. Free.

Que Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701

Ming Ave., 832-5011; Al Garcia &

the Rhythm Kings, 8 to 11 p.m.

every Thursday.

Tam O’Shanter, 2345 Alta Vista,

324-6774; The Press, DJ partyboy

Frankie Perez, 8 p.m. Friday. $5.

Open MicFiddlers Crossing, 206 East F

St., Tehachapi, 823-9994; 7 p.m.

Wednesdays. $5.

RockB. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill,7401 White Lane, 397-7304;

Mamma’s Kitchen, 9 p.m. Satur-

day. $5.

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 327-

7685; The Growlers, 8 p.m. Thurs-

day, $10; Smart Patrol, Devo trib-

ute band, 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets,

742-6306.

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737

Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749;

live bands, 9 p.m. every Thursday.

Trivia nightBellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 7

p.m. Tuesdays.

Chuy’s, 2500 New Stine Road,

833-3469; 7 p.m. every Tuesday.

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-

8900; Trivia Night with Dave

Rezac, 10 p.m. Tuesdays.

80sB. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill,7401 White Lane, 397-7304; Mem-

ber’s Only, 9 p.m. Friday. $5.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 7/02Head Football Coach & StaunchSupporter of veterans, Marc San-

dall will march, begins 10 p.m.

Monday to 10 p.m. Thursday, Kern

Veterans Memorial, 515 Truxtun

Ave. Free. 333-9774.

Horse Happy Horse Camp, for

ages 8 to 17, learn about horses,

grooming, horse care, riding les-

sons, begins every Monday, now

to Aug. 24. $200 per child, per

week, at Sioux City Ranch, 15101

Sunnybank Ave. 900-4880.

Information Session, for Central

California Connections Academy, a

virtual public school, 6:30 to 8

p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 3625 Mar-

riott Drive. Free. connectionsacad-

emy.com or 800-382-6010.

Kern County Rose SocietyMeeting, 7 p.m., Calvary Bible

Church, 48 Manor St. 327-3228

Quaking Aspen Art Retreat,three days with artist and teacher

Art Sherwyn and photographer

Greg Iger, located in the southern

Sequoias. $320. Email

arts@artsherwyn.com or 834-

4396.

Rob Zabrecky in “CelebritiesOf Magic,” part of Ron Saylor’s

show, 7:30 p.m, Gaslight Melodra-

ma Theatre & Music Hall, 12748

Jomani Drive. $20. 587-3377.

The Salvation Army SummerDay Camp, activities include field

trips, arts & crafts, games, recre-

ation, snacks, group learning, life

lessons, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every

Monday through Friday, now

through July 27, The Salvation

Army Corps Community Center,

4417 Wilson Road. $25 per

child/per week. Visit online at sal-

vationarmybakersfield.org.

Vivace Concert, Puerto Rican

college age hand bell ensemble, 7

p.m., First Congregational Church,

5 Real Road. Free but a donation is

suggested. 327-1609.

Tuesday 7/03Annual 4th of July FireworksShow, festivities begin with a bar-

becue at 6 p.m.; fireworks pro-

gram begins at 8:45 p.m., Shafter

High School, Football Field, 526

Mannel Ave., Shafter. Free, but

food available for purchase. 746-

2600.

Buttonwillow Fireworks Show,games, entertainment, food, gates

open at 6:30 p.m., fireworks begin

at 8:50 p.m., Buttonwillow Ele-

mentary School, 42600 Hwy. 58,

Buttonwillow. Free. 764-5205.

McFarland's IndependenceDay, activities for children, balloon

toss, music by Mento Buru, food

booths, fireworks, gates open at 5

p.m., McFarland High School, foot-

ball stadium, 259 Sherwood Ave.,

McFarland. $3 adults; $2 children.

792-3187.

Music Fest 2012, with Kris Tiner

Quartet (jazz), 7 to 8:30 p.m., Sil-

ver Creek Park, 7011 Harris Road.

Free. 326-FUNN.

Wednesday 7/04“The Fourth at River Walk,”music by The Rick Copus Band,

1916, Right Cross, Foster Campbell

& Friends, Tracy Peoples & Left

Coast Groovies, food vendors, chil-

dren activities, 2 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Bright House Net-

works Amphitheatre, 11200 Stock-

dale Highway. Free. 852-7304.

Bakersfield Blaze vs. StocktonPorts, 7:45 p.m. Wednesday

through Friday (with a fireworks

show to follow the game Wednes-

day), Sam Lynn Ball Park, 4009

Chester Ave. $7 to $12. bakers-

fieldblaze.com or 716-HITS.

Fourth of July Music and Fire-works, music by Tehachapi Sym-

phony, featuring patriotic songs,

show tunes, light classical and jazz

pieces, gates open at 4 p.m.;

begins at 5 p.m.; fireworks going

off at 9 p.m., Coy Burnett Stadium,

Tehachapi Blvd., Tehachapi. Free.

821-7511.

Thursday 7/05Balloon Party with IncrediBear,part of the children’s Summer

Reading Program, 4 to 5 p.m.,

Beale Memorial Library, 701 Trux-

tun Ave. 868-0750.

Bookseller’s Book Group, 7

p.m., Barnes and Noble, in the

cafe, 4001 California Ave. 631-

2575.

Concerts by the Fountain,oldies, funk, latin, and country

with Thee Majestics, 7 to 9 p.m.,

The Marketplace, 9000 Ming Ave.

Maggie Rose, 7 p.m., Buck

Owens Crystal Palace, 2800 Buck

Owens Blvd. Free. 328-7560.

Friday 7/06Along the Beach: Family StoryTime & Crafts, part of the chil-

dren’s Summer Reading Program,

10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Beale Memori-

al Library, 701 Truxtun Ave. Free.

868-0750.

First Friday Downtown, featur-

ing live music, art openings, spe-

cialty shops, galleries and bou-

tiques, artists will set up their art-

work, 5 to 9 p.m., Downtown Arts

District. Email don@themetrogal-

leries.com or info@themetrogal-

leries.com.

Wine & Beer Tasting, enjoy wine

and beer tasting along with appe-

tizers, 5 to 7 p.m., Steak and Grape

Restaurant, 4420 Coffee Rd., $20.

588-9463.

Saturday 7/07“Midnight in Paris” CinemaSaturday, begins at sundown,

Valentien Restaurant & Wine Bar,

1310 Truxtun Ave., Suite 160. 864-

0397.

Bakersfield Blaze vs. Lake Elsi-nore Storm, 7:45 p.m. Saturday

through Monday, Sam Lynn Ball

Park, 4009 Chester Ave. $8-$12.

bakersfieldblaze.com or 716-HITS.

Garden Project CommunityMeeting, learn how to plant your

own vegetable garden, 10 to noon

a.m., St. Luke Anglican Church,

2730 Mall View Road. 332-3204.

Just for Kids, 10:30 a.m. to noon,

Buena Vista Museum of Natural

History, 2018 Chester Ave. $7

adults; $5 students w/ID, seniors;

$4 for children under 18; 5 and

under are free. Members are free.

324-6350.

Kern Humane Society’sSpay/Neuter Assistance, offers

discount coupons to the public on

the first Saturday of every month,

325-2589.

Roller Derby for Heroes, 5 p.m.,

Rabobank Arena, 1001 Truxtun

Ave. $18 plus fee.

ticketmaster.com or 800-745-

3000

Join Eye Street editors Jennifer

Self and Stefani Dias this morn-

ing on “Californian Radio,”

where we’ll chat with Sarah

Bazan of the Kern County

Museum, host of the 26th

annual WineFest on Saturday.

Sarah will be bringing by some

tickets, so don’t miss your

chance to win free passes to

one of Bakersfield’s premier

social events.

We’ll also discuss the many

entertainment options available

this week, especially for Inde-

pendence Day. And in the spirit

of patriotism, we’ll give away

the book “Death by Petticoat:

American History Myths

Debunked.”

Listen for your chance to win

and call 842-KERN. The show

airs from 9 to 10 a.m. on KERN-

AM, 1180.

‘CALIFORNIAN RADIO’