October 29th, 2009 03:47pm
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Santa Rosa writer and filmmaker John Harden (at right above) and his writing partner, Skot Christopherson of South San Francisco (left), won an award the Austin Film Festival’s annual screenwriter’s competition in Austin, Texas, last Saturday (Oct. 24).
Harden and Christopherson, both 47, won in the science fiction category for their script, titled “The Sensitivity Program,” which Harden describes as “a futuristic, genderbending take on the women in prison genre.”
The two …
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TAGS arts, Film, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County | CATEGORY Film
October 20th, 2009 12:59pm
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The Sonoma County music scene extends well beyond bar bands covering familiar hits, but you might never pick up on what’s out there without a few helpful hints.
Current technology makes it possible for almost anyone to make a CD now, and the recent crop includes some new stuff from some of the area’s best.
So here’s a quick list of relatively new releases you might want to check out:
* “The Granadina …
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TAGS CDs, rock and roll, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County | CATEGORY Music
October 7th, 2009 04:59pm
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Anyone who thinks there is something dainty and precious about art has not yet encountered the work of North Coast sculptor Bruce Johnson.
For decades, Johnson has created massive wonders from his favorite material — ancient redwood.
His current show, “Uprooted,” runs through next April at the Paradise Ridge Winery and Sculpture Grove in Santa Rosa
Johnson used roots, logs and copper boulders to create 11 new sculptures with titles like “Outburst,” “Rock …
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TAGS Art, Bruce Johnson, Paradise Ridge Winery, redwood, Santa Rosa, sculpture | CATEGORY Art
October 6th, 2009 04:52pm
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Quick quiz: Can you name the resident theater company at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts?
If not, that’s only because Clark Lewis, artistic director and founder of Roustabout Theater, has been slowly and steadily building his troupe, training young actors and showcasing them in an ambitious selection of shows.
Not a lot of big talk here. Just a lot of hard work. And his efforts are paying off.
Last Saturday (Oct. 3), Dene Harvey from …
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TAGS "Hello, Dolly!", Roustabout Theater, Santa Rosa, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts | CATEGORY Theater
October 2nd, 2009 01:44pm
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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 a few closing highlights:
* The Santa Rosa Youth Symphony ensembles perform at 5 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 3) in front of Santa Rosa …
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TAGS arts, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County | CATEGORY Art, Dance, Music, Poetry, Theater
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
September 29th, 2009 08:00pm
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The Narrow Way Stage Co. production of “Riff Raff,” film actor Laurence Fishburne’s play about about two small-time Brooklyn hoods fleeing a drug deal gone wrong, opened Sept. 25 and runs through Oct. 11 at the Studio in the 6th Street Playhouse.
“Riff Raff” tickets cost $15-$20. 52 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 523-4185, 6thstreetplayhouse.com, narrowwaystage.com.
For those who haven’t encountered this theater troupe yet, here is an excerpt from an article …
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TAGS 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, Theater | CATEGORY Theater
September 15th, 2009 01:22pm
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Cartoonist Brian Crane, 60, of Reno, creator of the “Pickles” comic strip, has made stars of his two wily, white-haired, main characters, Earl and Opal.
The strip now appears in 600 newspapers, and four book collections have been published so far.
He’s coming to Santa Rosa this week, and took time to talk about his work in a phone interview last week. Here are a few samples of what he had to …
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TAGS "Peanuts", "Pickles", Brian Crane, cartooning, Charles Schulz, Comic strips, Santa Rosa | CATEGORY Art, Comic strips
September 3rd, 2009 08:30am
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David Templeton literally knows the lyrics of “Amazing Grace” forwards and backwards.
“Me like wretch a saved that sound the sweet how grace amazing,” he recites. “That’s just the first line. The second line sounds like something Yoda would say: See I now but blind was, found am I now but lost was once I.”
That is just one of the delights to be found in his new solo show, “Wretch Like …
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TAGS Christian, Glaser Center, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma County Repertory Theater | CATEGORY Theater
