“Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary, a two-hour documentary about journalist and writer Mumia Abu-Jamal, opens Friday (May 10) at the Rialto, 6868 McKinley St. Sentenced to death after he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981, Abu-Jamal continues to live and work on Death Row in a Pennsylvania [...]
Music lovers can look forward to the return of two iconic Wine Country traditions this summer — the Rodney Strong Vineyards Summer Concert Series and the Robert Mondavi Winery Summer Festival Concert Series. Former Doobie Brothers lead singer Michael McDonald opens the Rodney Strong series June 22 at [...]
Santa Rosa actor and country singer Pete Stringfellow wants his fans and friends to tune in to ABC-TV’s “Nashville” at 10 tonight, May 8. Assuming he hasn’t been edited out, he’ll appear in several scenes as a member of a band’s road crew, speaking a few lines and [...]
Based on her tempestuous rock-star career as lead singer for Jefferson Airplane in the 1960s, no one would expect Grace Slick to be shy or demure, even at age 73. And sure enough, she isn’t. “I’ve lived a good life,” she said by phone from her Malibu home. [...]
The Imaginists drama troupe will present their world premiere stage adaptation of Greg Sarris' story cycle "How a Mountain Was Made," May 16 through June 9 at their theater in Santa Rosa’s A Street neighborhood. The stories are adapted from Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok creation tales by [...]
When the Raven Players in Healdsburg present “Evita” next month, the prodution will boast not one, but two Eva Peróns. So don’t cry for them, Argentina. Lauren Post of San Jose, Calif., and Laura Nicolicchia, a native Buenos Aires, will alternate in the role, and Pedro Rodelas, a part-time member [...]
When Laura Sudduth, touring with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, plays the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts next Wednesday, May 8, it won’t be for the first time. She first performed at the center as an eighth-grader in 2000, in a Summerfield Waldorf School production [...]
Jazz singer and songwriter Madeleine Peyroux will perform at the 18th annual Kate Wolf Music Festival, to be held June 28-30 at the Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville. The three-day event will host nearly 50 music acts, including The Paul Thorn Band, known for mixing rock and blues, as [...]
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. [...]
Boz Scaggs, who scored hits in the ‘70s with “Lido Shuffle” and “Lowdown,” and later found new success singing jazz standards and blues, will be a headliner at the 2013 Russian River Jazz and Blues Festival. The festival will be held Sept. 21-22 at Johnson Beach in Guerneville. [...]
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.