STEVENSWOOD | MENDOCINO | STEVENSWOOD LODGE » Weekend Events http://stevenswood.com Bed and Breakfast along the Mendocino Coast Fri, 24 May 2013 03:37:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 Events for the Week of January 16 – 23 http://stevenswood.com/2012/01/15/events-for-the-week-of-january-16-23/ http://stevenswood.com/2012/01/15/events-for-the-week-of-january-16-23/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:27:56 +0000 Nelson symes http://stevenswood.com/?p=2518 

 

Events for the Week of January 16 – 23

  • · Indigo Eco Spa is the premier center for well-being along the Mendocino Coast. Our state-of-the art, Five Star Luxury Spa surrounds an atmosphere of pampering, relaxation and rejuvenation. Guests are invited to sample a variety of body, skin and facial treatments centered on the beauty and power of the sea. Full menu of services is located at the welcome desk.
  • Pacific Star Winery You are invited to this award winning winery for wine tasting. Their wines are made entirely on their cliff side location 12 miles north of Fort Bragg; 30 minutes from Mendocino. They also have picnic tables that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Open 11-4pm.
  • · Whale Watching on the Trek ll will afford you the ultimate in the whale watching experience. These two hour cruises let you enjoy the migration of the California Gray Whales as well as many other marine mammals and birds, in unparalleled style. The cruises begin in the middle of December and continue through April and are available on both weekends and weekdays. 964-4550.
  • · Mendocino Art Center presents 2012 Members Juried Exhibit from 10 – 5 pm. Juror: David L. Cross can paint anything, but it’s the ocean that has captured his imagination for the past 40 years. Some might call his paintings, “moody, romantic, powerful, or moving.” David creates every day. If he isn’t painting, he is sketching, preparing canvas, making frames, or carefully observing the ocean. His original works can be seen at the Mendocino Art Center. 45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street, Mendocino. 937-5818.
  • · Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Open daily from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. 47 acres to the sea. There are Japanese maples, late perennials, winter heathers, camellias, and wild mushrooms and also viewing of the winter whale migration. Enjoy the sculpture gallery in the gardens. The sculpture gallery primarily features the work of California artists. Visitors enjoy the artwork in an intimate, natural setting, connected by meandering paths and walkways.
  • · “13 Strings” Jazz Guitar Duo Friday, January 20, from 7:30 – 9:30 pm. Alex Markels – 7 string guitar and James Moseley – 6 string guitar, will play duet interpretations of jazz tunes they love, Alex and James have been playing guitar since they were kids. Alex switch to 7 strings ten years ago. Sliding scale $10 – $15. Mendocino Hotel Garden Room. 937-1732.
  • · Crab Cake & Cook-Off & Wine Tasting Competition Saturday, January 21, from noon to 3 pm. Succulent crab cakes & Mendocino wines. A winning combination! Taste hand-crafted crab cakes prepared by Mendocino chefs while sipping Mendocino wines! Participants compete for the Professional Judges Awards bestowed by renowned food, wine & travel writers, while vying for your vote for the Peoples choice Awards! Bid on specialty wines, lodging, artwork, spa packages, and more in the silent auction! Raffle prizes too! Held at the Big White Tent at the corner of Main & Spruce Streets, Fort Bragg. 961-3463.
  • · Dan Newton aka “Daddy Squeeze” playing Saturday, January 21, from 7:30 – 10 pm. “Daddy Squeeze” has been playing offbeat accordion music since 1987. “Music out of context”, or “Ethro-clectic Bop” is the result of Dan Newton’s genre-bending experiments with Celtic, Tex-Mex, Creole, Blues, jazz, Scandinavion, Polka and Pop Music. Dan will be joined by a host of local Lark Camp stars for a set of mixed dances after the concert. Held at the Hill House of Mendocino. $15. 937-1732.
  • Whale Watching at MacKerricher State Park Saturday, Sunday, January 14, 15 from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm. Knowledgeable docents will talk about the annual gray whale migration and about other marine mammals see along the Mendocino Coast. Talks will begin near the visitor center at the main entrance to Mackerricher State park. Docents will provide binoculars and a spotting scope to help visitors study whales and other fascination wildlife found near Mackerricher’s shores. FREE. Dogs allowed on a leash. 961-0471.
  • · Caspar Inn

Fri., Jan. 20  Mighty T Bones rock and blues Starts 9:30 pm. $10

Sat., Jan. 21  Guerrilla Takeover reggae/hip hop Starts 9:30 pm. $10

Sun., Jan 22  Reggae Sunday reggae Starts 8:30 pm. FREE

 

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  • Pacific Star Winery You are invited to this award winning winery for a complimentary wine tasting. Their wines are made entirely on their cliff side location 12 miles north of Fort Bragg; 30 min. from Mendocino. They also have picnic tables that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Open 11 – 4 
  • 8th Annual Crab & Wine Days Through February Mendocino County’s Annual Crab & Wine Festival celebrates local Dungeness crab, our world class wines, includes crab cruises, crab tasting, wine makers dinners, crab and wine pairings at local wineries. Grab our guide at the welcome desk.
  • Whale Watching. Trips daily with the Lady Irma offers personable whale watching trips with great viewing pleasure to make your experience with them unforgettable. The boat is fully certified by the United States Coast Guard. Fully licensed, professional, and experienced captain. Complete supply of safety equipment and life jackets. Clean restroom, heated cabin, quick access to the whales, less than 5 minutes away. Located at Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. 964-3854.
  • Crabbing, Fishing & Whale Watching All Aboard Adventures. Learn about crabbing while enjoying cracked crab sampling dock-side Full crabbing trip is 4 to 5 hours. And includes tackle. Catch up to 10 crabs per person. 964-1881.
  • Mendocino Theatre Company presents Enchanted April, Fri., Sat., Sun. Feb. 22, 23, 24. A rollicking comedy about four very different women vacationing at a villa in Italy where they rediscover– reinvent—themselves. Show starts on Fri, & Sat. at 8 pm and Sun. at 2 pm.
  • FBCA Music Series  presents Pianist Richard Cionco. He is a Julliard graduate and winner of many piano competitions and will be performing on Sun. Feb. 25, at 3 pm., in Preston Hall at Mendocino Presbyterian Church. 937-1018.
  • Terri Pishoff Wuerthner signing In a Cajun Kitchen at Grey Whale Bay & Café in Mendocino. She is an award-winning food and travel writer whose work has appeared in dozens of publications, including the Washington Post, Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, Snail, and Gastronomica. Her newly published book, has appeared on several lists of the best cookbooks of 2006. Her classes in “Cajun Cooking,” and “Catering Your Own Party,” are very popular in San Francisco’s North Bay, where she lives.
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  • Pacific Star Winery You are invited to this award winning winery for a complimentary wine tasting. Their wines are made entirely on their cliff side location 12 miles north of Fort Bragg; 30 min. from Mendocino. They also have picnic tables that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Open 11 – 4                         
  • 8th Annual Crab & Wine Days Through February Mendocino County’s Annual Crab & Wine Festival celebrates local Dungeness crab, our world class wines, includes crab cruises, crab tasting, wine makers dinners, crab and wine pairings at local wineries. Grab our guide at the welcome desk
  • Whale Watching. Trips daily with the Lady Irma offers personable whale watching trips with great viewing pleasure to make your experience with them unforgettable. The boat is fully certified by the United States Coast Guard. Fully licensed, professional, and experienced captain. Complete supply of safety equipment and life jackets. Clean restroom, heated cabin, quick access to the whales, less than 5 minutes away. Located at Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. 964-3854.
  • Crabbing, Fishing & Whale Watching All Aboard Adventures. Learn about crabbing while enjoying cracked crab sampling dock-side Full crabbing trip is 4 to 5 hours. And includes tackle. Catch up to 10 crabs per person. 964-1881.
  • Sherry Glasser – (Family Secrets) Fri., Feb. 4. Off Broadway’s longest running one woman show will be at Caspar Community Center. Tickets $20. 937-3871.
  • Open House & Open Studio Tour Feb. 17, from Noon to 4 pm. Take a break, bring the family and join the fun at the Mendocino Art Center. Enjoy a self-guided tour and make yourself at home. Check out the on-going demonstrations in ceramics, sculpture, jewelry fabrication, painting, textiles and digital arts. Light refreshments served. Free admission. 
  • Symphony of the Redwoods Winter Concert: The Russians are Coming! Fri., Sat. Feb. 17 & 18. Conductor Allan Pollack gives us full orchestral sound in Rimsky-Korsakoff’s Russian easter Overture. Tchaikowsky’s variations on a Rococo Theme, and Symphony #7 by Prokofieff. Cotton Auditorium at Fir & Harold Streets, Fort Bragg. 964-0898. Tickets $20.
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  • Pacific Star Winery You are invited to this award winning winery for a complimentary wine tasting. Their wines are made entirely on their cliff side location 12 miles north of Fort Bragg; 30 min. from Mendocino. They also have picnic tables that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Open 11 – 4 
  •  8th Annual Crab & Wine Days Through February Mendocino County’s Annual Crab & Wine Festival celebrates local Dungeness crab, our world class wines, includes crab cruises, crab tasting, wine makers dinners, crab and wine pairings at local wineries. Grab our guide at the welcome desk.
  • Whale Watching. Trips daily with the Lady Irma offers personable whale watching trips with great viewing pleasure to make your experience with them unforgettable. The boat is fully certified by the United States Coast Guard. Fully licensed, professional, and experienced captain. Complete supply of safety equipment and life jackets. Clean restroom, heated cabin, quick access to the whales, less than 5 minutes away. Located at Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. 964-3854.
  • Crabbing, Fishing & Whale Watching All Aboard Adventures. Learn about crabbing while enjoying cracked crab sampling dock-side Full crabbing trip is 4 to 5 hours. And includes tackle. Catch up to 10 crabs per person. 964-1881.
  • FBHS Jazz Band Dinner Dance, Raffle & Fundraiser Sat. Feb. 3. Join us at Dana Gray Elementary for live swing and jazz, featuring music by The High School Jazz Band. Dinner at 6 pm, music at 7 pm. Admission is $25 a couple. Free swing dance lessons provided. 
  • First Friday Fri., Feb. 2, in Fort Bragg many shops and galleries remain open late to host artists receptions every first Friday of the month. 5:00–8:00 pm.
  • Joe Craven in Concert Fri. Feb. 2, at the Caspar Community Center. Tickets are $22. 964-4997.
  • Two One Act Comic Operas Sat., Sun. Feb. 3 & 4. “Susanna’s Secret” by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari…She secretly smokes, Her husband thinks she has a lover. And “The Boatswain’s Mate” by Ethel Smyth … She owns a country pub, and requires no husband, thank you! Performed in English.  Show on Sat. Jan. 27 is at 7:30 pm, and Sun. Jan. 28, at 3:00 pm. Preston Hall, Mendocino. $20.
  • Caspar Inn Feb. 2   Tempest   celtic rock  9:30 pm $10.00 Feb. 3  Zealous hip hop 9:30 pm. $8.00                                                                                       Feb. 4  Open Mic  Free     Starts 9:30 pm.

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  • Pacific Star Winery You are invited to this award winning winery for a complimentary wine tasting. Their wines are made entirely on their cliff side location 12 miles north of Fort Bragg; 30 min. from Mendocino. They also have picnic tables that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Open 11 – 4
  • 8th Annual Crab & Wine Days Through February Mendocino County’s Annual Crab & Wine Festival celebrates local Dungeness crab, our world class wines, includes crab cruises, crab tasting, wine makers dinners, crab and wine pairings at local wineries. Grab our guide at the welcome desk.
  • Whale Watching. Trips daily with the Lady Irma offers personable whale watching trips with great viewing pleasure to make your experience with them unforgettable. The boat is fully certified by the United States Coast Guard. Fully licensed, professional, and experienced captain. Complete supply of safety equipment and life jackets. Clean restroom, heated cabin, quick access to the whales, less than 5 minutes away. Located at Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. 964-3854.
  • State Park Mushroom Identification Walk Sat., Sun. Jan. 27 & 28, from 10 am to noon at Jug Handle State Reserve. Walk with tour guide, Rayne Snow. 937-0461.
  • Wine Food & Fun Sat., Sun. Jan. 27 & 28, starting 11 am. FREE. Navarro Vineyards will be serving crab quiche in their tasting room. Navarro Vineyards, 5601 Hwy. 128, Philo. 895-3686.
  • Crab & Asparagus Risotto Noon to 3:30 pm. $12 crab risotto with mushrooms and asparagus, served with a baguette & white wine by Le Vin estate Winery. Coastside Gallery, Mendocino. 937-4960.
  • Crab Cooking Class Sun. Jan. 28, from 1 to 2:30 pm. $25 per person. Learn the crabcake king’s secret techniques and winning ways with Dungeness Crab. Mendo Bistro, Fort Bragg. 964-4974.
  • Crab Cake Cook-off & Wine Tasting Competition Sat.,  Jan. 27, from 12:30 to 3:30 pm. $60 per person at the door. Enjoy wine tasting with crab cakes, and other goodies! Meet our Celebrity Judges and vote for your favorite crab cake and wine!. Also included is our famous razzle dazzle raffle, silent and live auctions! Event held at the Big White Tent located on North Harbor Drive in the Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg.
  • Two One Act Comic Operas Sat., Sun. Jan. 27 & 28. “Susanna’s Secret” by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari…She secretly smokes, Her husband thinks she has a lover. And “The Boatswain’s Mate” by Ethel Smyth … She owns a country pub, and requires no husband, thank you! Performed in English.  Show on Sat. Jan. 27 is at 7:30 pm, and Sun. Jan. 28, at 3:00 pm. Preston Hall, Mendocino. $20.
  • Caspar Inn Fri., Jan. 26  Jake MacKay  r & b & blues  9:30 pm $8.00 Sat., Jan. 27  Sol Horizon       reggae       9:30 pm. $7.00 Sun. Jan. 28  Open Mic            Free         9:00 pm.             
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  • Pacific Star Winery You are invited to this award winning winery for a complimentary wine tasting. Their wines are made entirely on their cliff side location 12 miles north of Fort Bragg; 30 min. from Mendocino. They also have picnic tables that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Open 11 – 4
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    • 8th Annual Crab & Wine Days Through February Mendocino County’s Annual Crab & Wine Festival celebrates local Dungeness crab, our world class wines, includes crab cruises, crab tasting, wine makers dinners, crab and wine pairings at local wineries. Grab our guide at the welcome desk.
     
    • Whale Watching. Trips daily with the Lady Irma offers personable whale watching trips with great viewing pleasure to make your experience with them unforgettable. The boat is fully certified by the United States Coast Guard. Fully licensed, professional, and experienced captain. Complete supply of safety equipment and life jackets. Clean restroom, heated cabin, quick access to the whales, less than 5 minutes away. Located at Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. 964-3854.
     
    • 19th Annual Carnaval de Mendocino The Mendocino Coast Jazz Society & Caspar Community Center presents this benefit featuring Annie Lee’s African Dancers, Flamenco Dance by Adela with accompanist Roberto Dale, Jazz Funk by Will Power, Afro Cuban Salsa by Mambo This! $15 admission. Doors open at 7 pm, music starts at 8 pm.
     
    • Kingdom of the Fungi Mushroom Sat., Jan. 22, from 4 to 6 pm. A presentation by world renowned mushroom expert, Taylor Lockwood at the Russian Gulch Recreation Hall. $15 admission.
     
    • State Park Mushroom Identification Walk Sun. Jan. 21, from 10 am to noon at Van Damme State Park with tour guide Rayne Snow. 937-0461.
     
    • Mendocino Wine Company and Mendocino Hotel Sat., Jan. 20 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. $6 includes logo glass wine by the Mendocino Wine Company and crab cakes by the Mendocino Hotel. 937-6190.
     
    • Wine Food & Fun Sat., Sun. Jan. 20 & 21, starting 11 am. FREE. Navarro Vineyards will be serving crab quiche in their tasting room. Navarro Vineyards, 5601 Hwy. 128, Philo. 895-3686.
     
    • The Fantastic Four-Artist in Residence Exhibition Fri. Sat. Sun. Jan., 19, 20, 21. This exhibition features the work of Marci Easterbrook, Printmaking; Darrin Ekern, Ceramics; Kathy Rousso, Textiles; and Tara Turner, Jewelry. This exhibition will be held at Mendocino Art Center, Nichols Gallery 45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino.
     
    • Caspar Inn
        Fri., Jan. 19  Amha Baraka       reggae        Starts 9:30 pm $10.00       Sat., Jan. 20 Funk the Band  funk, rock,  Starts 9:30 pm. $7.00       Sun. Jan. 21 Open Mic       Free                  Starts 9:30 pm.  ]]>     http://stevenswood.com/2007/01/20/events-for-the-weekend-of-january-19-20-21/feed/ 0