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Dan Taylor on the fine arts scene.

Children’s Museum of Sonoma County gets $10,000 grant

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  The Children’s Museum of Sonoma County has been awarded a $10,000 grant by Wells Fargo. The gift will be used  for indoor exhibits on science, nature and the arts for the new museum. The museum is campaigning  to raise $1.8 million to finish its indoor exhibits and upgrade its site at 1835 W. Steele Lane in Santa Rosa . It  also recently received a grant from California Parks and Recreation for outdoor exhibits and improvements on the four-acre lot.… Read More »

Wells Fargo Center ranks in world’s top 100 theaters

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Wells Fargo Center for the Arts has been named among the top 100 theaters in the world, and among the top 15 for theaters with 2,000 seats or less. Santa Rosa’s non-profit community arts center received a world-wide ranking of 89 by Pollstar, a trade magazine covering the worldwide concert industry. For theaters with fewer than 2,000 seats, Wells Fargo Center ranks 14th in the world. Pollstar’s rankings are based on tickets sold for performances from Jan. 1 to Dec.… Read More »

Joan Baez to appear at Mystic Theatre

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Folk music legend Joan Baez will make her first appearance at Petaluma’s Mystic Theatre on Feb. 9, joining headliner Marianne Aya Omac. Omac and Baez recently collaborated on their recording of “Duele,” which is on Omac’s new album, “Solo.” The show starts at 8 p.m. at the Mystic, 23 Petaluma Blvd. N. Admission: $25. Information: (707) 765-2121, www.mystictheatre.com.

Van Halen tour tickets go on sale

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Tickets go on sale Saturday, Jan. 14, for Van Halen’s 2012 North American tour to promote its new album, “A Different Kind of Truth,” to be released Feb. 7. The tour’s Bay Area concert dates are June 3 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, and June 5 at HP Pavilion in San Jose. Tickets will be available at ticketmaster.com and livenation.com.        

Harlem Globetrotters play at Santa Rosa Junior College

Tuesday, at 8:32 by

The Harlem Globetrotters return Wednesday, Jan. 11, to the Santa Rosa Junior College to show off their skills, as both athletes and clowns, and raise money for the college’s athletic programs. The clown princes of the basketball court also appeared at SRJC in early January last year and the year before. The performance starts at 7 p.m. in the Haehl Pavilion on campus. Admission costs $28-$82. For tickets: http://harlemglobetrotters.com/tickets.      

John Waters to appear at Sonoma International Film Festival

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The 15th annual Sonoma International Film Festival,  will pay tribute to innovative filmmaker John Waters, hosting the American director, author, actor and photographer April 14 at the Sonoma Veteran’s Memorial Building. Waters, best-known for the 1988 film “Hairspray,” will perform the latest version of his evolving one-man show, “This Filthy World,” which he has done at colleges, museums, film festivals and comedy clubs around the world. He also will attend a private reception and dinner in his honor, festival organizers… Read More »

Abstract art show opens at gallery on A Street

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“Eye of the Beholder”, an exhibition featuring abstract art by artists from Becoming Independent, a program that promotes community involvement for people with developmental disabilities, opens on Saturday, Jan. 14. There will be a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Gallery of Sea and Heaven, 312 S. A St., Santa Rosa. The exhibit also features work by other local painters and photographers, including Tanya Braunstein, Christine DeMeo, Waren Hedgepeth, Chris Henry, Gabrielle Herrmann, Karina Nishi Marcus, Alex Shirwo… Read More »

Santa Rosa comedian on TV

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Santa Rosa stand-up comic Juan Carlos will make his first national television appearance Thursday, Jan. 5, on the Discovery Channel series, “I Almost Got Away With It.” The show will run at 6 and 9 p.m. on Comcast channel 804, Direct TV channel 285 and Dish Network channel 192. The comic will host a screening at 9 p.m. Thursday at the Sweet River Grill and Bar, 248 Coddingtown Mall, Santa Rosa. Information: (707) 526-0400. The comedian has performed in clubs… Read More »

Tickets on sale for Chris Botti in Napa

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Tickets for trumpeter and composer Chris Botti’s March 23 concert at the Napa Valley Opera House went on sale today, Jan. 3, at (707) 226-7372, or  napavalleyoperahouse.org. Tickets cost from $75 to $85. Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD, “When I Fall In Love,”  Botti has become the best-selling American jazz instrumental artist. Over the past three decades, he has recorded and performed with Frank Sinatra, Sting, Michael Buble, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer and Aerosmith’s… Read More »

Larry King’s Santa Rosa appearance canceled

Friday, at 12:35 by

Former TV talk show host Larry King’s appearance at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, scheduled for Jan. 8, has been canceled. A spokesman for the center said the event’s cancellation was “due to an unexpected scheduling conflict.” Patrons with tickets to the performance will receive a full refund, the center announced. Information: 546-3600, wellsfargocenterarts.org.