Mendocino Stories – A Journalistic Theatre Project

Directed by Reid Edelman, Dan Hoyle, & Lucas Near Verbrugghe

Co-directed by nationally acclaimed solo artist Dan Hoyle, Broadway and Hollywood actor Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, and Mendocino College Theatre Director Reid Edelman, this culmination of a year-long project will be an original production based on a Mendocino County theme and utilizing the innovative “journalistic theatre” process developed by Dan Hoyle.

Performances March 13-23, 2025

• Thursday, March 13 • 7:30 PM • pay-what-you-wish preview
• Friday, March 14  • 7:30 PM • opening night!
• Saturday, March 15 • 7:30 PM 
• Thursday, March 20  • 7:30 PM • special discount show, all tickets $10
• Friday, March 21  • 7:30 PM
• Saturday, March 22  • 7:30 PM
• Sunday, March 23  • 2 PM • matinee performance

TICKETS:       

• $20 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors. 
• Pay-what-you-wish preview is Thursday, March 13. 
• Special discount show: Thursday, March 20, all tickets $10.  
• Tickets purchased at the Center Theatre Box Office are cash only
• Advance tickets are available at the Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah (cash only), and online at www.ArtsMendocino.org.  

For more information about the Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department, please visit our webpage, here. 

The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents

John Reischman & The Jaybirds

A satisfying blend of traditional and modern styles, this is Bluegrass music at its best. Now in their 20th year, with seven acclaimed albums and two Juno nominations, the Jaybirds are simultaneously innovative and unadorned, sophisticated and stripped-down, happily old-fashioned and 21st-century contemporary. In addition to mandolinist and composer John Reischman, the Jaybirds consists of guitarist Patrick Sauber, brilliant lead vocalist Trisha Gagnon, Canadian banjo picker Nick Hornbuckle, and fiddle virtuoso Greg Spatz.

Tickets:

• Tickets are $25 for open seating and $30 for the “I wanna see the hands” section.
• Tickets will be available one month before the performance at the Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah, Mazahar in Willits, and through Brown Paper Tickets. If not completely sold out, tickets may be available at the door.

For more information, visit the Ukiah Community Concert Association webpage, here. 

Music Director, Phillip Lenberg

ELGAR's "Three Short Pieces"

GERSHWIN's "Rhapsody in Blue"
featuring Allegra Chapman, piano

NELSON's "The Kennedy Dream"

​The Ukiah Symphony Orchestra is a community-based orchestra located in the city of Ukiah, California, comprised of musicians from Ukiah and the surrounding communities. Founded in 1979, we have been providing continuous, regular seasons of orchestral music for Ukiah and the surrounding communities for more than forty years.

Additional Info:

• Pre-concert talks hosted by Dr. Phillip Lenberg begin 1 hour before the downbeat.
• Please do not bring your pets into the theater or leave them in your vehicle! The only animals allowed on the Mendocino College Campus are certified guide/assistance dogs.

Featuring the works of Evan Hobart, Heather Law, and Kala Stein

The three artists featured in Mendocino College Gallery's latest exhibition create works that consider the implications of our human imprint on nature. Art that creates a deeper awareness of the environmental impact of our actions and inspires a shift toward more sustainable living is Heather Law's passion. 

Kala Stein works at the intersection of craft, design, and sustainability, exploring notions of beauty and loss in the natural world. 

Evan Hobart describes his work as, "A platform to discuss the past, present, and future, utilizing the intersection of humanity and nature to comment on modern-day life." He continues, "My work examines today's world and elaborates on many of its facets such as global climate change, politics, war, religion, society, over-development, and possibly the eventual extinction. Unpleasant as it is to confront some of these issues, it is the work (obligation) of the artist and teacher, now and in the past, to do so - in a creative and thought-provoking way." 

All three artists work primarily in the medium of ceramics.

Free and open to the public!

Reception Thursday, February 13 at 4:30 pm

Light refreshments will be served.

Regular Gallery Hours:  

• Tuesdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
• Wednesdays: 10:30 - 12:30 PM
• Thursdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
• and by appointment 

Mendocino College Gallery is located in the Center Theatre Lobby: 
1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah

Join us for the Krenov School’s class of 2025 Mid Winter Exhibition at the TC Space gallery in downtown Fort Bragg. As always, our class has produced an exceptional body of work. On display will be examples of the fine skills, attention to detail, and sensitivity that our students have striven for in their first semester’s work.

The show is free to the public and will be open for viewing daily, 10 AM – 6 PM.

For more information, please visit the Krenov School webpage here. 

The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents

Professional Pianists Concerts

Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 7 pm
and Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 2 pm

Don’t miss the 32nd annual Professional Pianist Concerts, a collaborative production by the Ukiah Community Concert Association and Spencer Brewer, and a benefit for the Mendocino College Recording Arts Club, the Allegro Scholarship Program, and the Ukiah Community Concert Association.

This utterly fun and stimulating series features the finest regional pianists inviting you into their onstage “living room” and, throughout the performance, trading stories and melodies with two pianos on stage to accommodate impromptu collaborations.

The event is legendary and an annual sellout because of the diversity and quality of a multitude of styles of music, spiced with humor throughout the show.

Tickets:

Tickets are $25 for open seating and $30 for the “I wanna see the hands” section. 

Tickets go on sale the second week of December and make great Christmas gifts! 

Available at the Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah, Mazahar in Willits, and through Brown Paper Tickets. If not completely sold out, tickets may be available at the door.

For more information: 707.463.2738

From the whimsical and humorous to the punk and dark, each piece created by Spencer and Esther is one of a kind. By creating “new compositions” from vintage or unusual objects, they inspire viewers with a sense of delight, surprise, and sometimes awe.

Regular Gallery Hours:
Tuesdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Wednesdays: 10:30 - 12:30 PM
Thursdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
and by appointment

Mendocino College Gallery is located in the Center Theatre Lobby: 
1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah

For more information about the gallery, please visit the Mendocino College Art Gallery webpage here. 

Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade Presents:

A Woman’s Song for Peace

Featuring
HOLLY NEAR, FERRON & DANCE BRIGADE
with Christelle Durandy, Jan Martinelli, Tammy Lynne Hall, Michaelle Goerlitz, Shelley Jennings

A Tribute to the Past, A Vision for the Future

The highlight of Dance Brigade’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Season will be the creation, performance, and touring of A Woman’s Song for Peace – a new dance theater work featuring original, live music by iconic musician and activist Holly Near, seminal queer feminist singer-songwriter Ferron, and groundbreaking Afro-Caribbean jazz artist Christelle Durandy, intertwined with Dance Brigade’s fierce, nuanced choreography and signature melding of styles with Hip Hop, Modern, Salsa, and Taiko – utilizing these storytelling components to convey a larger narrative about social justice and liberation.

A Woman’s Song for Peace is Dance Brigade’s contribution to the current political and social dialogue around peace, war, and foreign policy in our society and in the world. We bear witness to wars in the Middle East, in Ukraine, in Sudan, and a culture/rhetoric of war and violence in our own society and at our Southern border. As we move through an intense and divisive Presidential election cycle in which these issues are front and center, we argue about specific details of foreign policy – and it’s easy to forget that we all share a basic desire for peace.

A Woman’s Song for Peace aims to reorient our audiences towards this priority, helping us remember our shared humanity. We believe that this collaboration can unify and activate people, and we offer our artistic response – a creative cry for peace – as a gift to our communities, an aid for individual and collective healing and transformation, and a vision for a way forward.

Mendocino College Repertory Dance Company Presents: Light Matters

A captivating performance of original works!

Directed by Eryn Schon-Brunner

Choreographed by Eryn Schon-Brunner, Christopher Campbell, Katherine Abbott Dowdney, Melany Katz, Justine Alexia Lemos, and Paloma Rodriguez

Live Music by Heidi Peterman, Larsen Schon-Brunner, & Cassius Mayhue

Costumes by Kathy Dinman-Katz

Lighting by Steve Decker's Technical Theatre Students

Light Matters is a captivating performance of original dance works contemplating light. Choreographers utilize artistic techniques of Contemporary Classical Indian Dance, Release Technique, Contemporary, Line Dancing, Film, Butoh, and Performance Theatre. Under the direction of Eryn Schon-Brunner, dancers will bring to life new choreographic works by local and nationally esteemed choreographers. 

The Mendocino College CVPA Gallery will be open before each show and during intermission for viewing the current exhibit.  

Performance Dates

• Nov 21, 2024
  Mendocino College Gallery Opening
  Reception 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Performance @ 7:00 pm
• Nov 22, 2024 
  Gala 6:30 | Performance @ 7:30 pm
  Food & wine generously donated by Campo Vida & Frey Vineyards
• Nov 23, 2024 
  Performance @ 7:30 pm
• Nov 24, 2024 
  Performance @ 2 pm

Tickets

• Available at the door or the Mendocino Book Company (cash or check ONLY)
• Available online at www.artsmendocino.org
• $15 General Admission
• $10 Students, Seniors, & Children 12 and Under

The Mendocino College Ceramics Club invites you to join us for the annual holiday ceramics sale! Find a one-of-a-kind gift to give or stock up for yourself. In addition to ceramics, there will be handmade sewn goods, collectibles, holiday wreaths, and snack items from the Caring Kitchen, Textiles Club, and Horticulture Club. All proceeds benefit the Ceramics Club.

Cash & Check only. There is an ATM in the entryway.