For starters, the name “Steamy Sonoma County” does not refer to the weather forecast. It’s a local organization devoted to the art of erotic literature, and it’s planning a public gathering to present erotic poems and stories by local authors. Titled “Hot August Nights: An Erotic Literary Soiree,” it runs [...]
Funny 95.5 FM Radio of Santa Rosa continues its “Hey! That’s Funny...” series of live comedy shows with a new edition Saturday, July 20, in Rohnert Park. The show features Sacramento comic Stephen B — who specializes in clean, Christian humor — and will start at 8 p.m. [...]
Laura Rohrman grew up in Sonoma County, devoted to her grandmother, so when Rohrman moved to New York in 2000 to become an actress and playwright, it was natural she’d write about her grandma. What makes the story unusual is that Rohrman’s grandmother was Dale Messick, America’s first [...]
The Randy Travis concert scheduled for Aug. 21 at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa has been canceled. The country singer remained in critical condition from brain surgery following a stroke at a Texas hospital. The center will issue refunds for all tickets that have [...]
There's no shame in joining the bread line. In fact, in this case, it could prove rather prestigious. For the grand opening of its new Santa Rosa bakery and cafe, Boudin SF will give away a year's supply of free bread to the first 100 people in line when the [...]
The Sonoma County Museum received a $160,000 two-year grant from the James Irvine Foundation, a California-based philanthropic nonprofit. The grant will support the museum's community outreach efforts to increase active involvement in the arts among Sonoma County's low-income, culturally diverse immigrant families through art workshops in non-traditional venues. [...]
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, July 12, for the special two-week San Francisco engagement of the first North American tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new stage adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz.” The show will run Oct. 16-27, at the SHN (Shorenstein-Hays-Nederlander) Orpheum Theatre, 1192 [...]
The late Richard Diebenkorn, a leader in the San Francisco Abstract Expressionism art movement, will be the the topic for discussion in Berkeley this month. The name is not only world-famous, but familiar to longtime Sonoma County locals on another level, as well. Diebenkorn lived in Healdsburg from [...]
Jazz pianist Noam Lemish, born in Israel and educated at Sonoma State University, now lives in Toronto, but he’s coming back to see us this month. The Sonoma Valley Jazz Society will present the Noam Lemish Trio, including bassist Jim Kerwin and drummer George Marsh, from 7 to [...]
This summer, the Imaginists theater collective in Santa Rosa will present not just one, but two bilingual, bicycle-powered traveling shows. The fifth annual ‘Art is Medicine Show,’ featuring the poetry of Federico García Lorca and performed in both English and Spanish, will play seven dates around Sonoma County [...]
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.