Contemporary theater is supposed to deal with issues in our everyday lives, right? So credit Project 104 at Santa Rosa's Imaginists Theatre Collective with tackling one of the most pervasive influences in modern culture. That's right. Facebook. "Facebook Nation, a Living Newspaper," opens Aug. 5 for six performances in the [...]
Mark Growden — a Bay Area composer, musician and performer with a theatrical flair —performed music from “Saint Judas,” his first new studio album in eight years, last May in Santa Rosa. And now he's coming back. The show starts at 8 p.m. July 30 at the North Bay Film [...]
See a good movie and help support Elsie Allen High School's drama department, when the Rialto Cinemas presents "Dancing Across Borders," a feature-length documentary about a young Cambodian dancer, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 29. A reception will be held at 7 p.m. Before the film, classical Cambodian dancer and [...]
Sebastopol artist Ned Kahn is known for his bold artwork, including "Digitized Field," his shimmering installation on the side of the AT&T building in downtown Santa Rosa. You can see him in person when he speaks at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, at the di Rosa art and [...]
Worldwide Music Alive will present a dozen bands playing many different styles of music at a barbecue and free live concert, from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at Southwest Park on Hearn Avenue in Santa Rosa, California. The organization aims to encourage support for music programs in schools. [...]
Fund-raising events have become part of everyday life, but this one is different. Every year, Artstart -- a program that employs young apprentice artists in Sonoma County to create benches, murals and other public art -- holds its Party for Art to raise money for the stipends the apprentices get. [...]
Jim Sobo, a California singer and songwriter who transplanted to Prescott, Arizona, in the 1990s, was pleased and surprised to find lively music scene there. To spread the word, he has taken the Prescott musicians on the road with his annual Howling Coyote Tour, now in its fifth year. “We’re [...]
Toad in the Hole, the English-style pub in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square, has been busy throughout the World Cup soccer tournament, with fans watching the games on the telly, says co-owner Paul Stokeld. "It's just been packed," he says. So, for the finals on Sunday, July 11, Stokeld plans to [...]
Readers have been calling and emailing for the past few days, asking where they can see the well-reviewed new movie, "Winter's Bone." It opens this Friday, June 25, at the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside, 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. The film follows Ree Dolly, a teenage girl in the Missouri Ozarks [...]
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.