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Film club: the reel deal
Is there anything movie buffs like to do more than watch movies? Yes. They like to talk about movies.
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End-of-life care arrives for beloved pets
Marilyn Stewart walks between the cages in a far corner of her Alpha Canine Sanctuary, north of Bakersfield. She calls out greetings, naming each dog as she passes by. They wag their tails and stick their noses through the fence, hoping to get a pet and a snack.
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Big House still earns a big room
For dedicated fans of Bakersfield's soul-country act Big House, Saturday can't come soon enough. That's when the band debuts "Never Ending Train: The Movie," a 1 hour, 20 minute film that captured the making of 2008's "Never Ending Train" album. It premieres at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace, followed by an acoustic performance by the band.
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Anita's cooks up donations for El Salvador
The owners of Anita's Mexican Grill are again cooking up aid for victims of natural disaster in their native El Salvador.
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West High pays a visit to 'Nut Factory'
The inmates will be taking over the asylum at West High tonight and Friday with the performance of "The Nut Factory, a Two Act Farce."
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North revives 'The Crucible'
"The Crucible," Arthur Miller's dramatization of the Salem witchcraft trials, is studied and performed at schools around the country because of its status as a revolutionary work of theater.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Southside serves up musical selection
Mellow music, the kind that was popular in the big band era of the 1930s and '40s, will make up most of the program when the Southside Chicago Seven presents a free concert on Sunday afternoon at the First Congregational Church.
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PETE TITTL: If you're rarin' for Bavarian, try this
It's easy to forget about Bit of Germany on the east side because German cuisine doesn't get the kind of universal respect reserved for, say, French and Chinese cuisine. It doesn't have the cool quotient of California cuisine. It's just European and, like Mexican food, possibly unfairly downgraded for not having exquisite sauces.
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Fledgling drama program ready to roar
Plowed fields and the promise of new growth surround Independence High School. This school's drama department, which opened two years ago with only freshmen and sophomores, is producing the fall play, "The Mouse that Roared" by Christopher Sergal, a daunting task for the novice school. But the students are determined to have fun throughout.
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See you at the Clock Tower
The Kern County Museum's holiday theme, "My Favorite Things," strikes a familiar note, collectively -- who could forget the song Julie Andrews made famous --and personally, as in hobbies, collectibles and family memories.
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The giving trees
It may be the world's smallest, but Bakersfield's Ronald McDonald House enjoys enormous community support.
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Annual celebration of holiday trees hits dry patch
A lag in ticket sales for Saturday's Festival of the Trees comes as a surprise to the event's sponsor, the Woman's Club of Bakersfield.
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Even when he loses, blind player wins at slots
It was like the squealing of an orchestra tuning up. The random noise that filled Eagle Mountain Casino, northeast of Bakersfield, seemed to have no meaning, no pattern. It was mostly just the ringing and clanking from rows of slot machines.
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JOSE MACIEL: 62 miles for 62 years ... on my bike!
It's 7 in the morning on Saturday, and it's cold. I'm about to ride 62 miles for my 62nd birthday. On my bicycle.
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Even when he loses, blind player wins at slots
It was like the squealing of an orchestra tuning up. The random noise that filled Eagle Mountain Casino, northeast of Bakersfield, seemed to have no meaning, no pattern. It was mostly just the ringing and clanking from rows of slot machines.
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HERB BENHAM: A discursive look at cursive confusion
I was tired. When you're tired, you see things that aren't there and don't see things that are. It happened last week. I was at a friend's house. I had walked in on a birthday celebration.
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PETE TITTL: Victor Victoria's raises the bar
I had to take a few deep breaths before I wrote this review, so impressive was my first visit to Victor Victoria's, an elegant new downtown restaurant.
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Culmination of a dream
Victor Victoria's is the culmination of a lifelong dream for owner Alia Brost. The Texas native has lived in Bakersfield for 12 years, and has 17 years in the food business, working at various restaurants, doing catering and studying at the Culinary Institute of America.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Webb back in director's chair
After a long hiatus, Hank Webb has jumped back into the local theater scene in a big way. In January, the retired Bakersfield College drama professor did a fine job of portraying a World War I veteran in "Heroes" at Stars. This month he's directing "On Golden Pond," which opens this evening for a two-weekend run at the same theater.
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CSUB teacher's music to be performed
A significant portion of Friday evening's CSUB Chamber Music Concert at the Doré Theatre will be devoted to music written only a few months ago by faculty member Jim Scully.
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Violinist makes U.S. debut
Lithuanian violinist Diana Galvydyte will make her U.S. debut with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra on Saturday evening at the Rabobank Theater.
