“Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary, a two-hour documentary about journalist and writer Mumia Abu-Jamal, opens Friday (May 10) at the Rialto, 6868 McKinley St. Sentenced to death after he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981, Abu-Jamal continues to live and work on Death Row in a Pennsylvania [...]
Soprano Carol Menke, pianist Elizabeth Walter and guest string players from the San Francisco Symphony will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum. The performance is the highlight of the “Spring Gala Concert and Benefit Art Show,” presented by the Sky [...]
The Transcendence Theatre Company, which made its debut last summer with a series of outdoor musical stage revues at Jack London Historic State Park, has announced its second “Broadway Under the Stars” season. The series will feature four separate, themed programs in a total of 14 performances, running [...]
Samantha Vigil of Sebastopol, who has been singing since she was three years old, is taking her music, and her dreams, to the next level. She’s going to Los Angeles to audition Feb. 2-3 for the NBC talent contest series “The Voice.” “I want to make music. It [...]
The 49ers are hot, heading into the National Football Conference championship game Sunday, Jan. 20, against the Atlanta Falcons. And a couple of local rappers are basking in that warmth with a video titled “Roll Call,” which rattles off the names of entire 49er roster. So far, the [...]
We're headed into the holiday shopping season, and I'd like to write a feature story for The Press Democrat on how people feel about that this year. Are you optimistic? Do you plan to loosen up and spend a bit more money this time? Or not? In either case, why? [...]
You don’t have to go down South to hear authentic blues. On Friday, Oct. 12, Sonoma County’s own Mississippi-born, Memphis-raised, harmonica master brings his personal style of real blues to Sebastopol. Musselwhite has recorded with Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, The Blind [...]
What goes well with beer? Pizza? Nachos? How about comedy? This Friday, Sept. 28, head out to Dino and Maria D'Argenzio’s Heritage Public House, serving beers from ultra-small “nano breweries” at Vintners' Square, 1305 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. The 8 p.m. show, hosted by K. C. Chandara, stars G. King, [...]
Rock, swing and jazz violinist David LaFlamme of Santa Rosa will appear with his wife, singer Linda LaFlamme, and members of The Phil Lawrence Band at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Yoshi’s Nightclub in Oakland. David LaFlamme. 71, is best-known for the hit song “White Bird,” co-written [...]
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.