Get ready for a joyful sound. Sonoma State Univeristy's Associated Student Productions presents the Harlem Gospel Choir in concert 8 p.m. Monday, March 22, at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. The gospel choir, featuring church singers from Harlem and the New York/Tri State area, performs [...]
Despite the Rohnert Park City Council's budget cut decisions this week, the city's Spreckels Center for the Peforming Arts is still putting on shows. "The current season will not be affected," said the city’s arts specialist, Gene Abravaya. "We still have two great theater pieces soon to open, 'The Gin [...]
The nomadic Narrow Way Stage Company, with nearly five years of local history but no permanent theater of its own, returns to the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park with a new show, opening this week. That's a good deal for both organizations, since the center's resident theater troupe, [...]
“Santaland Diaries,” writer David Sedaris’ wry memoir about his stint as one of Santa’s elves at Macy’s in New York, is becoming a new holiday favorite in Sonoma County. A downtown Santa Rosa production, directed by Argo Thompson and starring David Yen (above), had a successful run last December and [...]
“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 [...]
As the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park moves into its fall season, fans will notice that the programming has changed dramatically. The bad news is there will be no big, mainstage theatrical productions. The resident Pacific Alliance Stage Co. has gone on hiatus for a year, due to [...]
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.