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Cloverdale Comments by Carol Russell and Reece Foxen - July 2018

For well over four decades, every Fourth of July celebration has brought our city all the color and excitement of a spectacular, professionally produced fireworks display generously sponsored by the Cloverdale Lions Club. This year, as always, the show starts at dusk, about 9 p.m., and the happy crowd will start gathering early on the football field at Cloverdale High School. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.

Even if you can’t be right there with everyone, in some parts of town you still might be able to catch a glimpse of some of the starry patterns as they dance across our night skies. For information on July 4th and all the Lions’ great work for our community visit: www.cloverdalelionsclub.com

For important information affecting you and your family about the sale, possession and/or use of fireworks in Cloverdale, be sure to contact City Hall at 707-894-2521 about the rules governing them and the citations for violations.

Got E-Waste? Need to get rid of that old computer, server, laptop, tablet, cell phone, telephone, printer, television, VCR, stereo, copier or fax machine? Relax! Our Senior Center (311 North Main St.) is now an E-Waste Drop-Off site with a bin in back of the building for drop-off at any time. As their latest newsletter reminds us: “Many of these products can be refurbished, reused or recycled.” However, it’s important to remember that it also warns: “Certain components of some electronic items can contain materials that are hazardous.” So they need to be disposed of in a particular manner to avoid contamination or injury to unsuspecting people and animals.

A Month of Music! July’s a fun month in Cloverdale with an incredible array of music! Come and enjoy it all with us!

At CPAC ~ Saturday, July 7, 7:30 p.m., CPAC (Cloverdale Performing Arts Center) kicks-off with Buck Thrifty, a band comprised of Sonoma County musicians who fuse the American sounds of jazz, blues, and swing with original tunes and old favorites creating an evening of dancing in your seats. (Tickets $20)

Saturday, July 14, 7:30 p.m., Two Lions Band, also Sonoma County musicians, brings the music of singer, guitarist, songwriter Mitchell Slade to the stage supported by Ashley Holmberg’s violin and viola plus the drums of Lance Harrington. The band is carrying its folk rock music across America and over to Europe. (Tickets $20)

Saturday, July 21, 7:30 p.m., is Open Mic Night brings us “a lot of local and not so local” talent from the immediate area to perform for an engaged audience. “Fun and full of surprises!” (Free but donations always appreciated.)

Saturday, July 28, 7:30p.m., brings An Evening of Opera with Mete Tasin, tenor, Jennifer Muhawi, soprano, and Lara Garner on piano to entrance their audience with music from around the world. Experience ethnic ballads from Turkey, musical theater of America and Britain, the operatic arias of Verdi and Bizet, and zarzuela from Spain, which combines the spoken word with operatic and popular song styles. A great way to close the month at CPAC! (Tickets $30)

Buy your tickets for performances on-line at: cloverdaleperformingarts.com or in- person at Mail Center, Etc., 207 N. Cloverdale Blvd. Or at the door, if available.

Friday Night Live (FNL)

Street Fair begins around 6 p.m., music at 6:30 p.m. Always good music plus good food, wine, beer, people, kids area, and more!

July 6thGal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue: A little punk infusing country, honky-tonk and rockabilly keeping the New Orleans and Appalachian roots.

July 13thDirty Revival:A mix of genres, including: soul, rock, hip-hop, and funk that encourages its audience to dance with joy.

July 20thDiego’s Umbrella: Brings a blend of eastern European gypsy traditional stuff, Spanish flamenco, polka rhythms, and good ol’ pop and rock from the west.

July 27thShinyribs: Country-soul and swamp-funk generates novel interpretations of popular songs old and new.

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