Camille Gavin
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Play a rainbow of possibilities
Powerful and color-blind. Those are the words that continue to flash across my brain as I reflect on a preview of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf" that I saw last Friday.
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Nature via the photographer's eye
Felix Adamo's photographic prints of flowers are truly inventive. With a sure hand and a keen eye, he shows their beauty and complexity in ways I've never seen before.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Artist celebrates triumph over tragedy
"Phoenix Arising," the title of Norma Neil's solo show of watercolors opening Friday at the Art Center, has a special meaning for the artist.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Stars takes shot at Tony winner
It seems to me that in the last 12 months Brian Sivesind has set some sort of a record in the ever-changing world of local theater.
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Art therapy: 'Healing from inside out'
On some days when she was very young, Bakersfield native Lia Mendez's panic attacks kept her from attending school. Despite having supportive parents who took her to counselors and other therapists, she often was too scared to leave the safety of her home.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: 'Boy Gets Girl' is no love story
The title of the play by Rebecca Gilman opening Friday at The Empty Space, is deceiving. It's called "Boy Gets Girl" and on the surface it sounds like a cutesy romantic story about a couple who fall in love and live happily ever after.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Spotlight keeps itself in game
A bundle of changes are in store for the Spotlight Theatre, including a switch to a calendar-year season and an entirely new format for the summer months.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Meet the Prince of the melodrama
Whether it's film or live theater, Michael Prince thrives on creativity -- his own as well as that of others.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Busy L.A. actor returns to roots
True to the art of improvisation, Derek Mears has no idea what theme or topic he'll explore for his appearance Friday evening at the CIA.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: BHS choirs get into African spirit
When I first learned that "Zawadi" was the title of the Bakersfield High School choirs' winter concert, I wondered about its origin. So I checked with Christopher Borges , director of the choirs, who was able to fill me in on the details.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: St. John's going full boar this year
In presenting the Boar's Head Festival this weekend, the congregation of St. John's Lutheran Church is reviving what many consider a highlight of the Christmas season.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Museum has a killer idea
When I first saw the term "Lethal Mixer," I was puzzled because it seemed contradictory. After all, "mixer" usually refers to a pleasant social gathering. Put a synonym for deadly in front of it and it looks like the title for an Agatha Christie mystery.
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Artists capture moving pictures
Paintings done by eight local artists named winners in a juried competition with a movies-related theme are being enlarged to 12-by-18 feet -- yes feet, not inches -- and soon will be posted on the outer walls of Maya Cinemas.
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Review: Acting their age? Hardly
Talk about troupers -- the cast of "Wrinkles" could outdo performers half their age. And that's saying a lot when you consider the folks in the Bakersfield Music Theatre production range from 55 to 86.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: A 'Lesson' in life, tempered by racism
In what may be a first at Cal State Bakersfield, Jessica Boles is acting as a student dramaturge for the theater arts department's production of "A Lesson Before Dying."
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CAMILLE GAVIN: 'Wrinkles' will give you laugh lines
It's hard for me to accept that Kathleen Grainger Shaffer, who was only in her teens when she first thrilled local audiences with her gorgeous singing voice and natural acting talent, is now a senior citizen.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Comedy will tax your funnybone
Think palazzo pants and wildly plaid sports coats. "Wait till you see the clothes -- you'll wonder why we ever wore them," says Laurie Howlett, the director of "Love, Sex and the IRS." "The guys are going to look very hip."
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Enjoy the medieval magic
Village Artisans, a long-established local arts and crafts group, seems to be flourishing as a result of its revival about two years ago and is now back in action sponsoring medieval fairs.
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CAMILLE GAVIN: Mathey back in director's chair
After an absence of five years from Bakersfield Community Theatre, Roger Mathey is directing a show at the South Chester playhouse.
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Gaslight to scare up some laughs
In a twist on the world-famous musical "Phantom of the Opera," the Gaslight Melodrama has created its own resident ghost.
