October 1st, 2009 01:00pm
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It’s hard to keep a good woman down, even if she has been dead since 1963.
“Always, Patsy Cline,” brings the country singer back to life, beautifully played by longtime Sonoma County actress and singer Mary Gannon Graham.
This production has sold out three runs since last November, two at the Cinnabar in Petaluma and one at the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa.
And it’s not over yet. “Always, Patsy Cline” has …
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TAGS 6th Street Playhouse, Cinnabar Theater, country music, Patsy Cline, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts | CATEGORY Music, Theater, Uncategorized
August 25th, 2009 12:30pm
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Artists and local leaders will gather in downtown Santa Rosa at 5:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Aug. 25) to honor Sonoma County artist Daniel Oberti, who died of cancer at age 64 last May.
A memorial bench, decorated with a portrait of Oberti at work, will be dedicated to the artist at Gateway Park, near the entrance to the Prince Memorial Greenway on Santa Rosa Avenue.
The bench is near Oberti’s best-known local …
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August 20th, 2009 12:49pm
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Labor Day looms ahead of us, on Sept. 7, the holiday that traditionally celebrates the working folk.
It’s also the traditional transition from summer to fall. That made more sense when Labor Day weekend was the last one before school started, but now many schools open in mid-August.
My mother, a home economics teacher, used to spend Labor Day weekend canning fruit she had picked during the summer. Does anyone do that …
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August 18th, 2009 12:41pm
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Last weekend, The Press Democrat ran a story titled “Cheap Thrills,” about entertainment that costs less than 10 bucks and sometimes nothing at all.
The story prompted readers to send in some suggestions we missed, so we’re passing those along:
Jenny Randall says:
“I thought I would put in my two-penny’s worth for ‘cheap thrills.’ $8 a carload in Jack London State Historic gives you entrance to two museums and a whole lot …
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August 17th, 2009 05:36pm
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Within a short drive from each other in western Santa Rosa, there are two museums, each devoted to the work of one man.
One is the Charles M. Schulz Museum, just off West Steele Lane, commemorating the life’s work of the late cartoonist, world-famous as the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip.
You’ve heard of that one.
This story is about the other one: Kimberly Mosier’s Rare Rock Mosaic Art Museum, a house …
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August 13th, 2009 12:22pm
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There is something about the accordion that encourages good humor. The instrument itself can sound like a happy chuckle. And its players have gotten used to teasing.
Good times will abound Aug. 22-23 at Cotati’s La Plaza Park, when the 19th annual Cotati Accordion Festival presents Los Texmaniacs, Frank Maroco and Those Darn Accordions and two dozen other acts.
To get you in the mood for the event, here some samples of the kind of self-mocking jokes …
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July 31st, 2009 03:18pm
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Since Janey Hirsh and American Dream Theatre started performing original musical comedies in West Sonoma County 10 years ago, they’ve spoofed everything from private eyes to the bubonic plague.
But probably the most popular of their zany productions has been their Western, “Lassos, Likker and Lead.”
A new production of this tale of sportin’ gals and ornery galoots opens Aug. 7 at the Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Road, and runs at …
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July 28th, 2009 12:10pm
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On the opening day at the Sonoma County Fair, I’d like write something that’s a little different from the usual preview of the rides, the races, the carnival and the midway.
This is a story about one of fair’s biggest fans, who won’t be able to make it to the fairgrounds this year.
On June 30, I got an email from Betty Hartzog in Ozark, Alabama. It began:
“Dan, my son Charlie and …
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July 14th, 2009 06:31pm
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Last November, San Francisco political humorist Will Durst predicted that it would be tough to mock a popular newcomer like President Obama.
But Will never shirks his duty, so here are some sample shots:
On Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor:
“It took Obama about a third of the time to pick a Supreme Court justice that it did to pick his family dog.”
On Obama’s quest for more diversity on the Supreme …
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July 8th, 2009 03:09pm
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Out on the Russian River, the decade-old Pegasus Theater Company, long known for its dedicated core of independent-minded stage directors, is opening a new production of “Driving Miss Daisy” this Friday (July 10).
But the show’s director, Nancy Hansen, worries that Pegasus fans may not know where to find the play.
Having lost its lease on its longtime home at Monte Rio’s community hall, Pegasus is performing this time at Guerneville Community …
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