by Christine | Dec 2, 2016 | Welcome Column
Item 1:Good music coming to all of you. A week from tonight Friday December 9 in wonderful downtown Modesto: Gottschalk Music Center recital hall—1502 E. St. Modesto——Modesto Unplugged and Modesto View present:Megan Lynch Chowning and Mary Sue...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2015 | Welcome Column
Item 1: Christmas morning December 25, 2015. I hop out of bed at 4:30 A.M. to greet this cherished day. I bundle up go outside into the chilly air retrieve the paper, prepare the coffee, mix my oatmeal and banana, work the crossword, listen to some music, and then add...
by Christine | Sep 4, 2015 | Welcome Column
“Let us go then you and I When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table….”ITEM 1: Oh What a Long Strange Trip It Has Been……….In 2008, a few weeks before the annual Father’s Day Festival Rick Cornish rang me...
by Christine | Oct 6, 2010 | Welcome Column
In addition to music, I have always enjoyed fine arts, especially paintings. I was born with a knack for drawing, but not painting. I could express myself very easily with line, but color always defeated me. Like Mozart’s contemporary, Salieri, I have the gift of...
by Christine | Jun 21, 2017 | Welcome Column
In addition to music, I have always enjoyed fine arts, especially paintings. I was born with a knack for drawing, but not painting. I could express myself very easily with line, but color always defeated me. Like Mozart’s contemporary, Salieri, I have the gift of...
by Christine | Dec 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
The fabric arts are not necessarily a topic with a lot of bluegrass content but I am an admirer so let’s talk about them. At many bluegrass festivals you will see the fabric arts in action if you look hard enough. The generators of this industry are overwhelmingly...
