Dancers from Maria Carillo High School and the RISK Dance Company in Santa Rosa, and El Molino High School in Forestville, will be among the performers at the Vision Series Dance Festival in the Cowell Theatre at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The festival will feature talent from [...]
Looking for something a little different this weekend? How about “A Taste of Yiddish Culture"? Celebrate the Jewish Community Center Sonoma County’s ‘Simcha Sunday,’ with Klez Calfornia presenting live klezmer music and cultural workshops, ending with a dance party, noon-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. at Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple [...]
David Best, the Petaluma artist known for his found-object collage, sculpture and lavishly decorated art cars, as well as his art installations at the Burning Man Festival, has been up to something new. Last Saturday, Feb. 19, Best and his crew installed a piece titled "Our [...]
The Healdsburg Jazz Festival continues its year-round fund-raising efforts with a benefit concert Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Healdsburg Center for the Arts. The Guarneri Double Quartet will perform at 7 p.m., playing two different sets of music during the evening. The first set will be performed by a quartet [...]
Napa Valley Film Festival Co-Founders and Directors Brenda and Marc Lhormer have announced they are now accepting film submissions for the first annual Napa Valley Film Festival. Showcasing the best of new independent cinema, and featuring the food and wine of Napa Valley, the festival will debut Nov. 9-13. The [...]
OK, it's that time of year again. It's time to compile the annual Press Democrat story listing local productions of "The Christmas Carol," "The Nutcracker" and other holiday season classics. We do our best to get them all, and after doing this for a long time, we already know about [...]
The 2010 Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Jewish Community Center of Sonoma County, has made some schedule changes, but the series continues. All screenings previously scheduled for Petaluma have been cancelled, and all shows for the remainder of the 2010 season will be at the 6th Street Playhouse, 52 [...]
The Sonoma County Museum stages "BOB3," its third annual Big Oktoberfest Bash, from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at the Flamingo Resort Hotel and Conference Center 277 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa. Taste locally made brews from Lagunitas, Moonlight, Russian River, Third Street Aleworks and others, as [...]
The Mill Valley Film Festival returns for its 33rd annual celebration of cinema Thursday (Oct. 7) with new films, closing and opening galas, workshops and more. The first film up is "Conviction," starring Hilary Swank as a high school dropout struggling to save her brother, played by Sam [...]
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.