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• 11:30 am -8:30 pm : Oktoberfest [details] Somehow Oktoberfest has become an American classic. This year the Mendocino Hotel will be celebrating this autumn festival with special deals on beer, wine, and of course rooms. • 7:30 pm -9:30 pm : Hit and Run Improv Comedy shows [details] Mendocino Stories and Music Series will feature Hit and Run Theater for their fall Comedy Weekend with improvised fun, games and stories. They will play at the Hill House of Mendocino on Friday and Saturday, October 19 & 20. The players are Jill Jahelka, Ken Krauss, Doug Nunn, Kathy O’Grady, Christine Samas, Dan Sullivan, and Steve Weingarten. Joshua Brody, “just maybe the greatest improv comedy keyboard accompanist”, will join the gang for this weekend. The shows will start at 7:30PM. Kathy O’Grady has been a Hit and Runner since its first shows back in the late 1970s. A veteran of many Gloriana shows, Jill Jahelka is the postmaster in Fort Bragg, while Steve Weingarten diligently works ceramics and rock sculptures outside “Weinchester Cathedral”.  Doug Nunn coaches the Mendocino High School Improv Club each winter and migrates in the summer to Germany to work with theatre groups.  The delightful Christine Samas who has charmed Hit and Run fans for the past two years is joined by Dan Sullivan, an improviser since the sixth grade, and voiceover artist Ken Krauss, who has worked with the Mendocino Theatre Company as an actor/sound tech. Special feature for this weekend’s engagement is another Song Improvisation Workshop for beginners … and the terrified!” led by Joshua Brody, music director for San Francisco's BATS Improv. The spring workshop was a great hit, with rave reviews. The workshop will be held Saturday afternoon at the Hill House from 1 – 4PM. Says Joshua, “Starting with the very basics — breathing, ear training, vocal production — students are led gradually and painlessly through all the elements that go into making a song, culminating in solos, duets, group numbers, even opera!” Joshua has been teaching song improvisation for over thirty years. Doors open at 6:30 PM for dinner menu and drinks. Come early for best seating. Premier reserved seating at $20, $15 at the door. For more information about the shows and the workshop call Pattie at 937-1732 or www.mendocinostories.com/events.html • 10:00 am -4:00 pm : Mendocino Coast Flea Market-Marketplace [details] Old fashioned, outdoor, country & flea market. Every Saturday & Sunday, all year round. weather permiting, from 10:00 am. • 10:00 am -1:00 pm : Gardening with Native Plants at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens [details] Have you considered incorporating California native plants in your garden to attract butterflies and birds? Join Master Gardener Mario Abreu for an informative workshop on the benefits of gardening with native plants. Call to reserve your space! $20 non-members/$15 members • 10:30 am -12:00 pm : Flower Making Class: Paper Marigolds [details] Come learn to make the flowers that traditionally decorate our ofrenda. This year we will be teaching three different styles of flowers. • 1:00 pm -4:00 pm : Song Improvisation for Beginner ... and the Terrified [details] Mendocino Stories and Music Series will present a workshop on October 20, led by Joshua Brody - “SONG IMPROVISATION FOR BEGINNERS ... AND THE TERRIFIED! Joshua has been teaching song improvisation for over thirty years. The workshop will be held at the Hill House of Mendocino, from 1 – 4PM. Want to sing? Think you can't? Or do you just want to learn another way to make music? Making up songs provides an excellent end-run around the whole notion of singing a song "right" or "wrong" -- when you're making it up, the way you're singing it is the only way it could possibly go! Starting with the very basics — breathing, ear training, vocal production — students are led gradually and painlessly through all the elements that go into making a song, culminating in solos, duets, group numbers, even opera! Joshua Raoul Brody is music director for San Francisco's BATS Improv and accompanies innumerable other improv groups (including the Hit & Run Theater comedy shows on October 19 & 20). He is also an accomplished composer, sound designer for theater and multimedia, and accompanist for performers ranging from Robin Williams to Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits to Florence Henderson to Pee-Wee Herman and beyond. Advance reservation required. Cost of the 3-hour workshop is $30. For more information about the shows and the workshop call Pattie at 707-937-1732 or www.mendocinostories.com/events.html

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