Winter Evening of Art & Wine offers eclectic blend
From our weekly issue dated December 3, 2008
Holiday shopping and a good time with family and friends can be mixed during the Winter Evening of Art & Wine in Kerby on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 3 to 6 p.m.
From the turquoise and zircon jewelry featured at Yanase Jewelers on the north, to Darn Near Everything on the south, all kinds of holiday cheer will greet visitors to Downtown Kerby.
Culinary Creations by Linda (chocolate-lovers beware), available as samples and in gift boxes, and hot chocolate and cider will add to the fare at Yanase Jewelers. Parking is available just north of the Yanase studio.
At 3:20, the Illinois Valley High School Chamber Singers will perform at It’s a Burl, where special Christmas desserts will add holiday tastes to the rich variety of burl and rustic wood art and furniture available at the Shinerocks’ unique landmark.
Across the way, The Dovetail Joint in Kerby’s 1907 Masonic building will feature Jerry Work’s latest woodwork, Bridgeview wines, and plenty of conversation about woodworking design and tools.
Next door at Kauffman Wood’s historic storefront, Helen & Delbert Kauffman’s guests will enjoy their beautiful log furniture, along with Baroque music and sea shanties from master period musician, Jim Rich, and non-alcoholic wine from Draper Valley Vineyards.
After a stop at those two historic buildings, the carolers will move south along Hwy. 199 to perform at Kerbyville Museum, where visitors will enjoy a Victorian Christmas at the early settlers’ home there: the 1871 Stith-Naucke House.
The carolers will complete their tour with a stop at Hampton’s Rock Shop and a final performance at Darn Near Everything, the new addition to Kerby businesses and the Art & Wine event.
At Darn Near, Kathy & Mike Blakeley will greet visitors with holiday tastes and their huge collection of “darn near everything,” recycled art from many eras.
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The Hamptons are featuring opals of all kinds this month, as well as Ammolite, a naturally iridescent fossilized shell of an ancient animal, the ammonite.
Across from Hampton’s, event sponsor Southern Oregon Guild in the RCC Belt Bldg. will open a new Winter Holiday Show in its Guild Gallery. Featured artists are Guild Jewelers, Skye Dillon, Mary Reynolds, Gabrielle Hampton, Bobbie Blakely, Morning Dove Rhodes, and Michael Yanase, showing special pieces for the holidays. Other new work, from new and old exhibitors, will further enrich the show.
And visitors can ring in the season by joining Jackie Farless and Joyce Abrams in impromptu sing-along caroling, as well as enjoying the guild’s hors d’oeuvre buffet and holiday show.
At the south end of the tour, Fred & Gabrielle Hampton at Hampton's Rock Shop will feature their handmade jewelry and custom stone beads. Three Southern Oregon Guild members also will be featured. Joyce Abrams and Isabel Gaige’s hand-felted llama wool hats, and George & Anwyn Leverett’s handmade instruments will be available for people to try.
Homemade cookies and the Leveretts’ live music will add to the mix at Hampton’s. Also, the Illinois Valley High School Chamber Singers will carol along the route, starting at Yanases’ from 3 to 3:15; finishing at Hampton’s.
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