Dancers from Maria Carillo High School and the RISK Dance Company in Santa Rosa, and El Molino High School in Forestville, will be among the performers at the Vision Series Dance Festival in the Cowell Theatre at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The festival will feature talent from [...]
Looking for something a little different this weekend? How about “A Taste of Yiddish Culture"? Celebrate the Jewish Community Center Sonoma County’s ‘Simcha Sunday,’ with Klez Calfornia presenting live klezmer music and cultural workshops, ending with a dance party, noon-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. at Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple [...]
The national tour of “Billy Elliot, The Musical” begins its San Francisco engagement on June 27 at the Orpheum Theatre, 1192 Market St., San Francisco. Tickets start at $35, go on sale Friday, Feb. 4, and may be purchased online at shnsf.com or by calling (888) 746-1799. The [...]
On a winter night, there's nothing like a tango performance to generate a little heat. The Rodney Strong Vineyards Dance Series presents "Fire and Passion of Tango," a live performance by the Tango Buenos Aires troupe at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the Wells Fargo Center for [...]
This weekend's calendar is crowded with Dia de los Muertos events. But here's one Day of the Dead observance that's a bit different. Ready for singing skulls? In Spanish, the word is for skulls is calaveras. The Imaginists Theatre Collective will present "Calaveras del Monton (Calaveras from the Heap)" at [...]
"When you're a Jet, when you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way, from your first cigarette, to your last dyin' day." "West Side Story" premiered in 1957, and the creation of its inspiration, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," has been dated as early as 1597. But Stephen [...]
This year's second annual ArtsSonoma Festival, which began Aug. 28, wraps up this weekend, with arts events popping up at various venues around Sonoma County. Jennifer Sloan, executive director of the Arts Council of Sonoma County, offers a few highlights from the remainder of the festival's very busy schedule: Today, [...]
See a good movie and help support Elsie Allen High School's drama department, when the Rialto Cinemas presents "Dancing Across Borders," a feature-length documentary about a young Cambodian dancer, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 29. A reception will be held at 7 p.m. Before the film, classical Cambodian dancer and [...]
The New Old Time Chautauqua -- a traveling troupe that combines comedy, dance, music, juggling, acrobatics and variety acts -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at Analy High School, 6950 Analy Ave., Sebastopol. The company, founded in 1981, is backed by its own live band, the Fighting [...]
Two juniors at Santa Rosa's Ursuline High School, Natalie Qabazard and Isabelle Straka, have organized "Hope for Haiti Night," a fund-raising dinner and concert to be held from 5:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, April 30, in the Ursuline gym. The goal is to raise $10,000 for the ongoing Haiti earthquake [...]
What is art? Whether it’s oil on canvas or actors on stage, dancers on their toes or comedians doing stand-up, Press Democrat staff writer Dan Taylor covers the fine and lively arts in Northern California. Meet the people, go behind the scenes and get ahead on what’s coming up.