Art Galleries (Palo Alto Weekly)

"California: The Golden Land" The Portola Art Gallery presents new watercolors and acrylics by Gladys Robinson.The exhibition explores the wildlife and domestic climate of the golden hills of California.

News in brief (West Salem Coulee News)

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.

Capturing nature: Tips and tricks to get those magical photos (The Pantagraph)

BLOOMINGTON -- Georgi Baird has been taking pictures of critters and the countryside since she was a little girl. Ask why, and she’ll tell you a story of growing up as an only child in a small town on a dead-end street with not much to do but wander outside looking for bugs, flowers and birds.

Community Calendar (El Defensor Chieftain)

20th Annual Festival of the Cranes — Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. The largest event in Socorro County held each year the week before Thanksgiving.

St. Lucie County Community Calendar: Nov. 21 (Fort Pierce Tribune)

St. Lucie County Community Calendar: Nov. 21