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Calendar of area events in Bakersfield and valley region
A Shafter Press community events column lists May and June happenings across Kern County. Highlights include Sylvia Winslow Exhibit Gallery in Ridgecrest, Visions and Other Dimensions at Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery in Bakersfield, Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival, Romance on the Rails at Great American elodrama, Fifth Annual Lilac Festival in Pine Mountain Club, The Real Inspector Hound and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet at Dore Theatre, Mavericks dance at Dante Hall, Musica da Camera at Dove Theatre, A Day on the Green fundraiser at Hart Park, An American in Paris at Bakersfield Community Theatre, and the First Annual Iowa Picnic at Sieman Park. Contact numbers and locations provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Nichols
the Shafter Press
Sylvia Winslow
Paul Meyers
Potter
Ridgecrest
Bakersfield Art Association
Cunningham Memorial Art
R_ Street
Bakersfield
Shafter
China Grade Loop
Pine Mountain Club
Pine Club
Frazier Park
Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard
Dore
Mavericks
Dante Hall
Wilson Road
Bill Burton
Billie LeBleu
Musica da Camera
Beethoven
Mozart
Amy Chang
Dove Theatre
Chester Avenue
Sieman Park
Redlands
Pasadena