Fans eagerly await the triumphant return of Pliny the Younger to Santa Rosa on Friday, Feb. 5. For those of you who don’t recognize the name ... no, Pliny the Younger is not the latest hot rock band. It’s a beer, but it’s a special beer, made only once a [...]
Everybody talks about today's youth, but who listens to them? Well, you can. As part of Sonoma State University’s tribute to Black History Month, Associated Students Productions will present the Youth Speaks Poetry Slam at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Student Union Pub on the Rohnert Park campus. [...]
All fans of the "Peanuts" comic strip recall how good ol' Charlie Brown pined in vain for the cute little-red haired girl. He sat alone on the playground at lunchtime, choking down his peanut butter sandwich and wishing he had the courage to speak to her. Alas, his ardor went [...]
Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, Jan. 29, for John Prine's April 11 concert at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. The singer-songwriter has composed a long list of great songs, including "All the Best" and "Angel from Montgomery" (and my personal favorite, "Let's [...]
Over the the past several decades, one name that keeps coming up in Sonoma County theater circles is Harry Reid. No, not the senator. The local author and playwright. Several of Reid's original works have been staged in Santa Rosa: "Best Bet," a musical; "Classified," a romantic comedy, and "Yorktown," [...]
Sonoma County actor, teacher and author Jim Jarrett is proud that he learned about acting from one of the masters. But in the beginning, growing up in Santa Rosa, Jarrett didn't even know he was interested in theater. "I went to Cardinal Newman High School, and I had never acted [...]
Some of you who live in Sonoma County may not even know you have a poet laureate, but you do. You've had a half a dozen of 'em so far, in fact. The sixth and newest Sonoma County Poet Laureate is Gwynn O'Gara of Sebastopol, known in Northern California both [...]
"This week, we celebrate our 10th anniversary," Ky Boyd, proprietor of Rialto Cinemas in Santa Rosa, confided a couple of days ago during an interview for a news story on the movies. In fact, today is the day: Thursday, Jan. 14. "Ten years of bringing the best films in the [...]
The Riverfront Art Gallery in Petaluma opens two new shows Jan. 13: (1) "Just Around the Corner," an exhibit of plein air oil paintings by Wendy Franklin, who explains, “Since the price of gas went through the roof, I decided to keep my painting excursions close to home, [...]
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.