See a local musical variety show, billed as “somewhere between ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ and the old ‘Tonight' show,” Sunday, April 27, in Guerneville. “The Guerneville Tonight Show,” a benefit for River To Coast Children’s Services, runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hall, First and [...]
What happens when the ancient art of poetry ventures out on the Internet? Verse goes viral. About six months ago, Michael Rothenberg, 60, a poet and web site editor who lives in a cabin on a wooded hillside at the edge of Guerneville, had a idea. He wanted [...]
Tapas, as you surely know, is the word for Spanish snacks or appetizers but in local drama, the term has another meaning, too. The Pegasus Theater’s annual Tapas New Short Play Festival runs five weekends, starting with a gala Friday, Aug. 26, featuring tapas (naturally) and champagne. Curtain [...]
A one-man show is normally a fairly straight-forward production,without a lot of complex personnel issues, but when that one man can't go on, there's a problem. Actor John Rowan opened in the new Pegasus Theater production of John Sedaris' "Santaland Diaries" as planned, on Dec. 5, but illness has forced [...]
“Santaland Diaries,” writer David Sedaris’ wry memoir about his stint as one of Santa’s elves at Macy’s in New York, has proved so popular that there are two Sonoma County productions of the one-man stage show this season. “Santaland Diaries” first aired in 1992 on National Public Radio, and was [...]
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.