Despite the Rohnert Park City Council's budget cut decisions this week, the city's Spreckels Center for the Peforming Arts is still putting on shows. "The current season will not be affected," said the city’s arts specialist, Gene Abravaya. "We still have two great theater pieces soon to open, 'The Gin [...]
This time of year, there are always dozens of productions of "The Nutcracker." In Santa Rosa, the Wells Fargo Center's annual production of the ballet, produced by Darlene Walley, has built a loyal following, filling the 1,550-seat auditorium several times each holiday season. It seems audiences never tire of the [...]
Look for some stunning visual effects when Mendocino College presents "Silk," a live dance performance, several times later this month. The production will feature circus-style acts by Pendulum Dance Theatre of Portland, Oregon and contemporary dances by the Mendocino College Repertory Dance Company. The show will open with "Shadows of [...]
Since summer, we’ve been treated to poetry at the workplace and live dance at gas stations, but now it’s coming to a close. Arts Sonoma, a two-month-long, Sonoma County-wide series of exhibits and performances, many of them in unconventional venues, ends Sunday, Oct. 4. Arts Sonoma coordinator John Moran offers [...]
As the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park moves into its fall season, fans will notice that the programming has changed dramatically. The bad news is there will be no big, mainstage theatrical productions. The resident Pacific Alliance Stage Co. has gone on hiatus for a year, due to [...]
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.