First Responder Logs

What’s the difference between a violin and a fiddle? Nothing, really, except maybe an approach to playing it and the musical style. Fiddle is actually just a nickname for the violin, although any bowed string instrument can be called a fiddle (or so Wikipedia tells me). But most of the time, a fiddle is a violin. Just played in a different style.

On Thursday, March 1, the Cloverdale Arts Alliance will present Bay Area favorite, Charged Particles, at THE Jazz Club.

CPAC welcomes back for their fourth appearance this young string orchestra, a winner of the statewide annual Berkeley Junior Bach Festival. Working without a conductor this student ensemble delights with their level of musicianship and attentive collaboration with one another. Special guest will be Lewis Patzner, classically trained cellist with a growing reputation as an innovative cross-over musician and composer. Performance lasts an hour with no intermission.

Right off the bat on February 1, the Jazz Club at the Arts Alliance brings you a fabulous international mélange of styles and influences that spans the globe yet makes its home in San Francisco. Barrio Manouche—from the Spanish word for, essentially, “neighborhood,” and a name by which certain clans of the Romany Gypsy people identify themselves, is a collection of extremely accomplished instrumentalists who hail from around the world. The music is modern but ancient, drawing heavily as it does from the Romany Gypsy tradition, with its guitars and violins, exotic melodies and emphasis on improvisation. 

An exhibit of Healdsburg artist Marian Murphy’s abstract art is on display at the Cloverdale History Museum, until Dec. 1. After a career as a mother and secretary, Murphy at the age of 38, fell in love with photography. Studying at the Ohio Institute of Photography, she became a professional photographer and enjoyed her career as a portrait photographer in Healdsburg for 30 years.

The Cloverdale Center for the Performing Arts just released information about their 2018 season.

Bring donations to Soil King at 320 Santana Drive in Cloverdale.

Cloverdale resident since 1999

Cloverdale resident since 1980

Cloverdale Resident since 2014