A&E

The Play’s the Thing (or things)

will host a Summer Open House on July 30 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery will host

On the night of Dec. 2, 1966, Shirley Clarke and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea to make a film. There, for 12 straight hours, they filmed the one-and-only Jason Holliday as he spun tales, sang, donned costumes and reminisced about good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, sometime houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. The result is a mesmerizing portrait of a remarkable, charming and tortured man, who is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.

Often quite warm, June is full of gardening events and blooming salvias. Depending on what kind of plants you grow, water down your garden and mulch it heavily with good organic compost. Don’t forget to leave soft, unmulched soil for the bees and other critters that need places to nest. I notice that the mourning doves love dust baths…they like loose, dry dusty soil in which to sunbathe. The dust is a natural mite repellent. Who needs chemicals when you have dirt!

Quivira Vineyards will host its annual Hog

It seems backwards that summer is the time of year to preserve.