October 29th, 2009 03:47pm
by Arts
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 2nd, 2009 01:44pm
by Arts
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
September 30th, 2009 08:00am
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Do friends tell you that your child looks just like Charlie Brown, Lucy or Linus?
Or even Snoopy? (Good grief, some friends.)
Anticipating the 60th anniversary of the “Peanuts” comic strip next year, a panel of celebrity judges has agreed to jury entries in the “First Official Peanuts Look-a-Like Contest.”
Moms and dads across the country are invited to submit photos of their children looking like one of these Peanuts characters: Charlie Brown, …
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TAGS "Peanuts", Art, cartooning, Charles Schulz, Comic strips, Sebastopol, Sonoma County | CATEGORY Art, Comic strips
September 10th, 2009 01:31pm
by Arts
Leave it to Sonoma County’s “Mr. Music” to give other people presents on his birthday.
He’s giving you seven hours of live bands on Sunday, Sept. 13, at Mr. Music’s 60th Birthday Bash and Free Music Festival.
For those who don’t already know, the Sebastopol musician is founder of The Love Choir, a community chorus that performs throughout the county, and the Mr. Music Foundation, which supports and provides school music programs.
For …
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TAGS Music, Sebastopol, Sonoma County | CATEGORY Art, Music
