China's Golden Dragon Acrobats will open the 2013-14 Clover Stornetta Family Fun Series at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts with a performance Oct. 24. Other shows in the season include: Story Pirates, a performing troupe that uses stories submitted by children to create funny sketches and mini-musicals. [...]
The ninth season of the Symphony Pops Series, presented by the Santa Rosa Symphony and Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, will open Oct. 27 with “The King of Swing: Benny Goodman at the Symphony,” with guest clarinetist Ken Peplowski. The four-concert season, announced this week, also includes: [...]
Let's just clarify something. Bravo TV has canceled comedian Kathy Griffin's weekly talk show, "Kathy," according to the Huffington Post. However. her two shows Friday at Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts still will be taped for another in Griffin's long list of comedy specials for [...]
Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, Feb. 1, for “Spank!” — the stage parody of author E. L. James’ risque best-seller, “Fifty Shades of Grey" — playing April 10 at Santa Rosa’ Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Written and directed by Jim Millan, the musical revue [...]
Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, Jan. 11, for two newly announced concerts at Santa Rosa’s Wells Fargo Center for the Arts: Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot brings his “50 Years on the Carefree Highway Tour” to the center at 8 p.m. March 10. Tickets cost $45-$65. Actor and [...]
Back in 1990, Marilyn Kentz, Caryl Kristensen and Diane Conway formed a standup act called Comedy Camp for Mommies, which drew crowds all over Sonoma County. Kentz and Kristensen went on to bigger shows as a duo called The Mommies, which also became the title of their NBC-TV [...]
“From Obscurity to Excellence: The Story of Grapes and Wine in the Russian River Valley,” a 76-minute documentary film by Joe Nugent, Sonoma County viticulturist and retired chemistry professor, will premiere Saturday, Dec. 1, in Santa Rosa. There will be two screenings, at 7 and 9 p.m., in the East [...]
Last year, when I profiled sculptor and painter Robert Santo, I noted that he’s on a short list of artists eligible for commissions for the Vatican, has a home and studio on Sonoma Mountain and warehouses some of his sculptures near downtown Santa Rosa. “But local art lovers [...]
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.