Boomer Magazine: March 2020
We don’t go out to dinner all that often, so recipes and interesting foods I can make at home always catch my eye. I shall channel my inner Irish and attempt to make Boxty (for the recipe, see page 57). It looks relatively easy to make. I’ll report back next month to let you know how it turned out! Hopefully a little luck ‘o the Irish will help me create this yummy dish. Do you hobby? Yup, I just made that noun into a verb. I guess my hobby is exercise, but more than a hobby, it’s a lifesaver—reduces stress, keeps me healthy, and my bones strong. I am not very crafty, although I’ve tried different things over the years but nothing I could really stick with except exercise and reading. My mother was into needlepoint for a few years and was SO into it she needlepointed a wall hanging that is bigger than any wall she had to hang it on! Check out some ideas for you to hobby it up on page 40. There’s so much more in this issue of Boomer. Visit some fabulous local museums (most have free days once a month and senior discounts). Maybe you’ll even find a passion for volunteering at one of them. And if you want to travel someplace “out of the box,” immerse yourself in a story about the trip-of-a-lifetime to Turkey. I won’t be visiting there anytime soon (haven’t saved quite enough coins in my little jar), but I’ll enjoy reading about it while sipping a cup of Irish coffee. There just happens to be a recipe for it on page 54. Happy St. Patty’s Day! We’re all Irish on March 17! By Debra Linn Associate Publisher
We don’t go out to dinner all that often, so recipes and interesting foods I can make at home always catch my eye. I shall channel my inner Irish and attempt to make Boxty (for the recipe, see page 57). It looks relatively easy to make. I’ll report back next month to let you know how it turned out! Hopefully a little luck ‘o the Irish will help me create this yummy dish.
Do you hobby? Yup, I just made that noun into a verb. I guess my hobby is exercise, but more than a hobby, it’s a lifesaver—reduces stress, keeps me healthy, and my bones strong. I am not very crafty, although I’ve tried different things over the years but nothing I could really stick with except exercise and reading. My mother was into needlepoint for a few years and was SO into it she needlepointed a wall hanging that is bigger than any wall she had to hang it on! Check out some ideas for you to hobby it up on page 40.
There’s so much more in this issue of Boomer. Visit some fabulous local museums (most have free days once a month and senior discounts). Maybe you’ll even find a passion for volunteering at one of them. And if you want to travel someplace “out of the box,” immerse yourself in a story about the trip-of-a-lifetime to Turkey. I won’t be visiting there anytime soon (haven’t saved quite enough coins in my little jar), but I’ll enjoy reading about it while sipping a cup of Irish coffee. There just happens to be a recipe for it on page 54. Happy St. Patty’s Day! We’re all Irish on March 17!
By Debra Linn
Associate Publisher
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19<br />
Lottery for the Arts. This<br />
annual fundraiser provides<br />
art collectors with an opportunity to<br />
acquire original works by<br />
professional and emerging artists, all<br />
while raising money for Blue Line<br />
Arts. Beginning at 5 p.m. enjoy wine<br />
and food while picking out your<br />
favorite pieces of art, then partake in<br />
a live auction, followed by the raffle<br />
where all lottery tickets are drawn<br />
from a spinner. Each lottery ticket<br />
holder goes home with a work of art<br />
valued at $200 or more. bluelinearts.<br />
org/the-lottery-for-the-arts<br />
15<br />
St. Patrick’s Day in<br />
Ireland. This exciting music<br />
and dance fusion show features<br />
dancer Connor Reider and four<br />
multi-instrumentalists from the Kerry<br />
Traditional Band. Fiddles, uilleann<br />
pipes, bodhrán, guitar, vocals, and<br />
flutes will ring through as the band<br />
shares its passion for the traditional<br />
music of Ireland beginning at 2 p.m.<br />
harriscenter.net<br />
20<br />
Once<br />
on This Island. This<br />
Tony Award-winning musical<br />
tells the tale of Ti Moune, a fearless<br />
peasant girl in search of love and her<br />
place in the world. Guided by the<br />
mighty island gods, she sets out on a<br />
remarkable journey to reunite with<br />
the man who captured her heart.<br />
Show times vary. harriscenter.net<br />
(THROUGH 22)<br />
21<br />
The<br />
Spirit of Benny.<br />
Beginning at 9 a.m. (10K)<br />
and 9:15 a.m. (5K) at the El Dorado<br />
Trail at Clay Street in Downtown<br />
Placerville, wind your way through a<br />
scenic course. Post-race, enjoy live<br />
music, coffee from Caffe Santoro,<br />
food trucks, a mini expo with sponsor<br />
tents, and a raffle. Proceeds support<br />
local children and families who are<br />
seriously ill. thespiritofbenny.org<br />
Stand Up & Dance with the Placer<br />
County Stars. Stand Up Placer<br />
presents an evening of fun, fine food,<br />
auctions, and dancing with the Placer<br />
County Stars (including Roseville<br />
Area Chamber of Commerce CEO<br />
Wendy Gerig and Mrs. Placer County<br />
Breona Calvert) from 6-10 p.m. at<br />
Lincoln's Orchard Creek Lodge.<br />
Proceeds support Stand Up Placer's<br />
mission of empowering survivors and<br />
educating communities to stand up<br />
to domestic violence, sexual assault,<br />
and human trafficking. standupplacer.<br />
ejoinme.org/<strong>2020</strong>dance<br />
Sip Into Spring. From noon to 5<br />
p.m. both days, see the budding<br />
vineyards and taste current vintages<br />
along with a variety of varietals<br />
grown in the Sierra foothills along<br />
the Placer Wine Trail. Tickets include<br />
a souvenir wine glass, and tastings at<br />
participating wineries. placerwine.com<br />
(ALSO 22)<br />
24<br />
Holocaust Lecture with<br />
Ben Stern. Chabad of<br />
Placer County invites you to a film<br />
screening of the award-winning<br />
documentary Near Normal Man<br />
followed by a lecture with Ben<br />
Stern—a 97-year-old who survived<br />
two ghettos, nine concentration<br />
camps, and two death marches. The<br />
event begins at 7 p.m. at the Rocklin<br />
Event Center. jewishroseville.com<br />
25<br />
Guess<br />
Who’s Coming to<br />
Dinner. The Drayton’s<br />
proud liberal sensibilities are put to<br />
the test when their daughter brings<br />
home her African American fiancé.<br />
The parents realize there’s a<br />
difference between supporting a<br />
mixed-race couple in the newspaper<br />
and welcoming one into your<br />
Once on This Island<br />
family—especially in 1967. It’s not<br />
long before a multi-family clash of<br />
racial and generational differences<br />
sweeps across the Drayton’s onceidyllic<br />
San Francisco terrace. Show<br />
times vary. sactheatre.org<br />
(THROUGH MAY 3)<br />
26<br />
Seeds. In an evening of<br />
“impeccable performances,<br />
dynamic design, and swift pacing”<br />
beginning at 7:30 p.m., the battle<br />
between Saskatchewan farmer Percy<br />
Schmeiser and Monsanto Inc. sets<br />
the stage for an interesting<br />
exploration of the food we eat: a<br />
suspenseful labyrinth of scientific<br />
showdowns about GM food, and<br />
property clashes between farmers<br />
and the biotechnology industry.<br />
harriscenter.net<br />
An Evening of Insight. Enjoy a meal<br />
amongst friends from 5:30-9 p.m. at<br />
Roseville's Timber Creek Ballroom<br />
exploring what it might be like to<br />
eat without sight. Darlene O'Brien,<br />
inspirational speaker who brings over<br />
20 years of experience navigating<br />
her own life's journey with blindness,<br />
will expertly and humorously guide<br />
blindfolded attendees through<br />
delicious food, outstanding<br />
wine, scrumptious desserts, and<br />
unexpected insights that will enrich<br />
everyone's lives. Proceeds benefit<br />
A Touch of Understanding, which<br />
provides disability awareness<br />
programs designed to educate<br />
a new generation to understand<br />
the challenges associated with<br />
disabilities and to accept and respect<br />
all individuals. touchofunderstanding.<br />
org/events<br />
27<br />
Funny Bones Comedy<br />
Show & Awards Night.<br />
Local people, businesses, and<br />
animals will be recognized for their<br />
courageous and heartfelt actions at<br />
this annual presentation hosted by<br />
the Placer SPCA. From 5:30-9:30<br />
Lottery for the Arts photo by Beth Baugher. Once on This Island and Seeds photo by courtesy of Harris Center.<br />
22 Sac<strong>Boomer</strong>.com | <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
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