Sonoma State University offers to send you to Naples — culturally, not physically — at a very low price. On Friday, Oct. 21, SSU’s Sonoma Film Institute will screen “Passione,” John Turturro’s 2010 documentary on the music of Naples, at 8 p.m. at Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall [...]
The Sonoma Film Insitute, which has been showing rare foreign, classic and independent films at Sonoma State University since 1973, plans a special program for Francophiles this weekend: A live concert of French cafe music by Due Zighi Baci (Two Gypsy Kisses), a duo featuring tenor Michael Van [...]
One of Sonoma County's most enduring hidden cultural assets is Eleanor Nichols' Sonoma Film Institute, headquartered on the Sonoma State University campus. Running continuously since 1973, SFI screens some 50 films from all over world between September and May each year. And SFI is a bargain for film [...]
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.