In 2011, Guerneville poet and web site editor Michael Rothenberg came up with the idea of staging poetry readings all over world on the same day, coordinated via the Internet. He called the project “100 Thousand Poets for Change.” While the idea grew that first year to include [...]
Almost a decade ago, the hit musical “Wicked” previewed in San Francisco, before going on to become a Broadway hit. Now, the show is returning home once again, for a four-week run opening Jan. 23 at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, [...]
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts has been named among the top 100 theaters in the world, and among the top 15 for theaters with 2,000 seats or less. Santa Rosa’s non-profit community arts center received a world-wide ranking of 89 by Pollstar, a trade magazine covering the [...]
Argo Thompson of Santa Rosa, executive director of the Marin Arts Council for the past three years, was laid off Tuesday by the council’s board of directors. The board announced it was eliminating the executive director position because of budget cuts. The Arts Council plans to focus on [...]
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 [...]
Step up to help our furry friends when Pets Lifeline of Sonoma hosts its second annual Black Cat Cabaret benefit Thursday and Friday, Sept. 9-10, at the “Field of Dreams” (Fazio Field), 151 First St. W., Sonoma The event features performances by Las Vegas aerialists, acrobats and musicians, starting at [...]
The New Old Time Chautauqua -- a traveling troupe that combines comedy, dance, music, juggling, acrobatics and variety acts -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at Analy High School, 6950 Analy Ave., Sebastopol. The company, founded in 1981, is backed by its own live band, the Fighting [...]
Katie Ketchum, who teaches voice and piano in Sebastopol, also has an interesting history as a performer. She created and performed a one-woman musical about the American painter Mary Cassatt, and her musical about Mary Magdalene played to good response in Sacramento and San Francisco. She'll perform her new show, [...]
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.