Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce

Take a guided trip to: South India For Free!

Wednesday, February 21, 2007
at: The Mammoth Lakes Branch Library
7:00PM

Join Rick Jali for a special slideshow through South India. (No Taj Mahal, Himalaya, or Ghats on the Ganges… That’s North India!)

See Hyderabad, Mysore, Bangalore, Madras, Madurai, Pomdicherry, and other seldom seen sights as Rick travels south to Kerala. Meet Rick’s pen-pal Thomas, a young South Indian man (and good basketball player) who was studying for the Catholic priesthood and who invited Rick to attend his Ordination.

For questions regarding this slideshow, contact the Mammoth library at 760-934-4777

$60 Donations Sought to Sponsor Volunteer Tax Aides

The Eastern Sierra College Center of Cerro Coso Community College is proud to announce our recent collaboration with the IRS and AARP to provide free tax assistance and preparation for Inyo-Mono county taxpayers with low and middle-income, with special attention to individuals age 60 and over and individuals with disabilities.

Tremendous training, materials and computer facilities are provided by Cerro Coso, the IRS and AARP and we are seeking your support to sponsor the 20 volunteers. For only $60 you can support the costs of training one volunteer, who would provide free tax assistance and preparation for our community members, such as your friends, neighbors, employees and others.

Each tax season, our volunteers provide nearly 5,000 hours of volunteer service. Last year in Inyo and Mono counties our volunteers assisted nearly 600 taxpayers, filing nearly 1,000 returns. This long-standing IRS – AARP program has been in existence since 1969.

If you are interested in donating $60 to support one of our twenty volunteers, please contact Deanna Campbell, Director, Eastern Sierra College Center, Cerro Coso Community College, at 924-1607 or 872-5301 or Sherine Kokado, Mammoth Lakes Foundation, Office Manager & Donor Services, at 934-3781.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Juliana Olinka 818-203-6290
Or Gaye Mueller 760-873-7242

MONO COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND MAMMOTH LAKES THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCE
THE FIRST ALL-ARTS MEETING OF 2007
Mammoth Lakes , CA – All Arts organizations in Mono County
are invited to attend a meeting Tuesday afternoon, January 16th at
3:00 p.m. at the Ski Museum . Gaye Mueller, of the Mono Council for
the Arts, and Shira Dubrovner and Juliana Olinka, of the Mammoth Lakes
Theatre Company, plan to use the meeting to introduce the two new
organizations to the local Arts community. In addition, they invite
discussion about ways to expand and enhance Arts within Mammoth Lakes
and the entire Eastern Sierra community.
"We've been talking about this happening for quite some
time," said Mueller. "Now that it is happening I couldn't be
happier." Discussion has taken place for a while about how best to
assess the needs of the Arts in the Easter Sierras. The arrival of
the Mono Council for the Arts and the Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company
presents the ideal opportunity for beginning the year with everyone in
the same room chatting about how best to cooperate to enhance and
expand the arts life within the area.
Attendees are asked to bring business cards for a card
exchange amongst all attendees. In addition, if anyone has an agenda
item they would like to include, they are asked to send an e-mail to
ml-tc@sbcglobal.net or call Gaye Mueller at 760-873-7242, or Juliana
Olinka at 818-203-6290.
"Shira and I are excited to be working with Gaye, the
Sierra Classic Theatre and other groups within the Mammoth Lakes
Community," said Olinka. "If two heads are better than one, imagine
the strength we can all bring to the local Arts Community by meeting
and strategizing together."
(266 words) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Juliana Olinka 818-203-6290

MAMMOTH LAKES THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND FIRST FUNDRAISER—AN EVENING OF “LEGENDS AND LOVE SONGS”
Mammoth Lakes, CA – Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company (MLTC) is proud to announce the names of its Board of Directors, all community leaders from the area. Neil McCarroll, Sandra DiDomizio and Rochelle Hair have each graciously agreed to serve on the very first Board of Directors during the initial, formative year of the Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company.
“I’m thrilled to have such experienced and talented members of the community assisting me this first year,” said Shira Dubrovner, Artistic Director. “Returning to Mammoth after an absence of 16 years, I both needed and wanted the assistance of people who could help make this venture a success. I know that with the guidance and support of Neil, Sandra and Rochelle, Mammoth Lakes will have a thriving live performance space.”
In addition to announcing the Board of Directors, MLTC is excited to announce its first fundraiser. Titled “Legends and Love Songs,” the dinner and show event is planned for Valentine’s Day, Wednesday evening February 14th with time, cost and location to be confirmed shortly. “Legends and Love Songs” features the talents of Wayland Pickard, 2006 winner of the Los Angeles ADA Award as Best Actor, Musical. The show features Pickard’s award-winning piano performances as Liberace, Elton John and Billy Joel, among others. The community is invited to share a romantic evening of entertainment that also benefits the revitalization of the MLTC space at 549 Old Mammoth Road.
The purpose of Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company, a non-profit corporation, is to develop, maintain and nurture live theatre and other arts in the Mono/Inyo County area by providing creative space; producing live theatre of the highest caliber, equal to any theatre in the state, and inspiring the arts while making a vital contribution to the community’s economy, culture and spirit. An introduction to plans for the theatre and fundraising activities began recently with an Open House December 5th. Anyone interested in becoming a donor or patron, or obtaining additional information, may contact Dubrovner directly at 323-655-5153, or by visiting the MLTC website at www.mammothlakestheatre.com.