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Old Bottles, Replica of Ft. Bragg - Guest House Mueum
A new display at the Guest House Museum on Main Street in Fort Bragg features over 100 vintage bottles, many from turn-of-the-century local businesses. The Fort Bragg Drug Store, Mendocino Hospital & Drug Company, Standard Bottling Works, and the Pesola and Dornan Hardware store are all included. Bottles are displayed by category: medicine bottles, beer bottles, whiskey and other spirits bottles, soda bottles, and household products bottles. Also included in the display are a number of bottles belonging to the City of Fort Bragg which were discovered in 1990 in a secret room in the Old Coast Hotel, used during Prohibition. A final category of bottles is called Unknowns, vintage bottles without markings whose actual age and use are unknown. Visitors are encouraged to come by and let the docents at the Guest House know if they can identify the bottles. Also, back by popular demand, the Historical Society?s complete model of the original 1857 fort, from which the city of Fort Bragg derives its name, is on display in the dining room at the Museum. New maps showing where the old fort buildings were located in relation to the current configuration of the town are also on display.
Laurie DeVault at Highlight Gallery
Laurie DeVault, Contemporary Abstract Painter, is a California native with family ties to Mendocino. Her approach to painting is an unplanned and spontaneous exploration of color, form, texture, and mark making. Although her painting style varies, one can usually spot a DeVault work from its richly colorful palate, playful geometry, and enchanting musicality. Laurie will be present at Mendocino's 2nd Saturday Art Walk.
Cold Weather Clothing Drive
The Rotary Club of Mendocino will be collecting cold weather clothing during their annual ''Share the Warmth'' event. Clothing will be donated to the Coastal Street Medicine Program. *The Coastal Street Medicine Program is a collaborative effort, with Mendocino Coast Clinics and the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center working together to bring basic medical services to homeless men and women in our community. Warm wool socks are also needed and appreciated.
The Winter Show
Partners Gallery presents the Winter Show featuring a variety of works in different media by gallery artists. Artworks include drawings, paintings, mixed media pieces, sculpture and jewelry. There's a special focus on the handcrafted cards suitable for gifts as well as greetings. On display are hand painted wooden boxes, lantern slide collages, chalk drawings, painting puzzles, mousetrap pieces, dog portraits, a book house and more.
Kelley House Museum: Building a Home
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mendocino Historical Research Institute, now known as the Kelley House Museum. Building a Home pays tribute to the people
Giant Memory Match Game
Kids three and up can match giant cards with pictures of famous book characters to win stickers.
The Ernest Bloch Bell Ringers Present Holiday Concert
The Ernest Bloch Bell Ringers will present their annual holiday concert for the coast. Under the direction of Jeanne Jackson, the Coleman Auditorium will be filled with the sounds of four and a half octaves of handbells and chimes rung by twelve ringers. Holiday favorites will be performed such as ?O Come, All Ye Faithful,? ?Lo, How a Rose E?er Blooming,? and ?Carol of the Bells.? The audience will be invited to sing along to ?Angels We Have Heard on High,? ?Winter Wonderland,? ?Let There Be Peace On Earth,? and ?Silent Night.? The Mendonoma Coast has many talented musicians and some of them will be joining the bell ringers for this concert. Beloved vocalist, Sita Milchev, will sing the haunting ?Mary, Did You Know.? Director, actor and vocalist Teo Ariola will sing ?I?ll Be Home for Christmas.? Mary Visher will perform the recorder solo on ?All Is Well.? Karl Young will play the shakuhachi solo on ?Sing We Now of Christmas.? And Dan Laux will perform the hammered dulcimer solo on ?What Child is This??This concert is sure to get you in the holiday spirit!
Candlelit Shopping Night
Shops, galleries, refreshments, caroling, kids' activities, special sales
