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February/March 2006 |
Vol 2 Iss 7 |
Table of Contents Click link to jump to topic:
State of the Arts: If you love the arts in this valley, vote with your feet.
ACNV News: ACNV Announces Open Studios Tour 2006
Artist Profile: Writer, Leonore Wilson: The Poetry in Dead Cars
Poetry & Postscripts
Art and About Events Calendar: Under the Radar | Valley Arts Organizations
Opportunities and Classifieds
About ACNV & Volunteer Opportunities
Letters to the Editor: Share your thoughts with the Arts Community [Write Letter]
By Michelle Williams / Executive Director
VOTE WITH YOUR FEET
This issue marks the year anniversary of the revival of ARTscan as an e-newsletter. It also marks another year for Arts Council Napa Valley, now beginning its 26th year serving the arts community. It has been a wonderful, challenging, and exciting year for all of us on the board and staff of this organization, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank every artist and the staff of every arts organization in this valley who has reached out to us in this past year, or who has warmly greeted us when we reached out to them. Our mission, our goal, is to bring Napa County together through the arts, and each time a friendship or collaboration is born, we are one step closer to this goal.
It has not been an easy year for the arts in Napa. We've seen the closure of multiple galleries and the dissolution of important arts organizations. Neither has it been an easy year state-wide, with so many local arts agencies going to all-volunteer staffs or closing altogether. Even the promise of Governor Schwarzenegger's new arts funding, including a budget increase to the California Arts Council and $100 million for arts education, is not a sure thing, and although it looks impressive is still not nearly enough to bring us to the level where we were four years ago.
What does all of this mean for Napa? It means it is time to make a choice. Do you love the arts in your community? Are you thrilled that on any given night, there are multiple arts events to attend, from film to music to visual arts? Do you even enjoy going to the bank, because you know that there might be new art adorning the walls as you walk up to the teller? If so, if the arts are important to you, if you love living in this valley not just because the wine is exquisite but because our arts beautifully enhance our community, then I call on you to vote with your feet. All gifts, if ignored, go away. And the arts here in the valley are truly a gift.
Some of what happens here you may never see. If you could peek behind any number of shutters, peer into a sunny backyard or a window nook, you might see one of the Napa writers crafting their next novel or one of our poets penning a sonnet. If you could be ten years old again for a day and take a dance class in downtown Napa, you'd see a host of children learning the time-step. If the barn doors were open during this cold season on that dirt road in north Napa, you'd see a great artist working on a massive canvas that will take her months to complete.
But there is so much you can see, so much you have the chance to experience. Have you been to COPIA's Friday Night Flicks, where there is always a surprise, be it a famous chef or a star from one of the movies (or both)? Have you stopped by the stunning Volakis Gallery in Yountville to witness some of the most extraordinary installations in the valley? When you see notices for small art openings, are you excited to go and rub shoulders with great Napa Valley artists? Have you stopped by Café Cicero in the evenings to belt out a song for open-mic night while gazing at the ever-changing exhibits of local artists that always adorn their walls?
If you haven't done these things, if you've thought about it but not ever experienced what Napa Valley has to offer, I call on you to do so. I call on you to get out there, to fill your days and evenings not just with great food and wine, but also with music, dance, theater, poetry, prose, and art. If you love the arts in this valley, vote with your feet. Go. Enrich your lives, inspire your hearts, allow yourself to be transported by the arts. This is the gift that artists all across the valley want to give to you. If the arts are important to you, I call on you, I implore you, to embrace, support, and welcome this gift. It is the only way to keep the arts alive in this beautiful place we call home.
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Welcome to ACNV's Open Studios Tour 2006! With the help of dedicated volunteer artists, and the staff and board of ACNV, last year's Open Studios was the most exciting tour yet. This year promises to be even stronger. We invite all seasoned OST artists and artists new to the program to join us in creating another excellent tour. ACNV is currently finalizing the dates of the kick-off reception and tour, and will send out a save-the-date shortly. If you are an artist interested in participating in this year's Tour, please come to the monthly informational meetings the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7:30 PM. For more information or to attend meetings, please contact Kristina Young, Program Manager at kristinaartscouncilnapavalley.org. Also, all OST information, including meeting minutes, volunteer sign-up, deadlines, marketing information, and much more, will be on the ACNV website at www.artscouncilnapavalley.org (click on Artist's Portal). This page will be updated regularly; please check it often and use it as your comprehensive Open Studios Tour resource. OST applications will be available in hard copy and online in the beginning of April. If you are an artist or patron, we hope you'll join us for this year's Tour!
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Writer, Leonore Wilson
The Poetry in Dead Cars
"Some tragedies and mysteries and beauties are beyond explaining or simple conversation. We need the grace and courage and power of art." - Leonore Wilson
"In cars," poet Leonore Wilson laughs as she remembers one of her favorite places to write as a young mother. In order to find refuge and a "room of her own" to work, she'd go out to her backyard where there were "a few dead cars with the engines out - and I'd sit in one and write." These cars transported her creative mind to a place of peace and focus without her actually having to physically leave.
Now that her children are grown, she has more control over her environment but she says she wrote much more when she was at home with her sons, trying to balance all her roles and responsibilities. "It was like a pressure cooker - being a wife and mother to three teenage boys in the house. The energy in them was a lot to manage sometimes." "My sanity was in writing," Leonore says with certainty. While dealing with the pressures of maintaining a home and ranch, and being a wife and mother, she also taught creative writing at Napa Valley College for 18 years. Through all this, she used her writing as a kind of therapeutic practice. "It was a way of seeing order in my life, a way to quiet (myself) down... The writing (I do) is my identity, a responsibility to myself."
Leonore lives in her childhood home, set on 1200 acres between Napa and Winters, with her husband and has a wide array of visitors - animals (wild, domestic and rescued), an occasional homeward bound son (with traveling companions in tow), and even the occasional stranger in need. Growing up and still living in such a large and isolated place has had a big impact on Leonore. One thing she really appreciates is the quiet it gives her. Childhood sensory memories infuse her home - good and bad. "This place is such a part of me, such a part of my way of thinking," she explains. She has always loved discovering and studying the variety of local flora and fauna growing up around her. Leonore believes that artists of all kinds experience things on a very deep level. "Artists feel things so sensitively and they are never really in a place of peace - except, speaking for myself, when I am in the act of writing. That's when I lose myself and feel a sense of stability... Some people have an emotional chemistry that makes them destined to be writers. And I wouldn't really wish it on anybody - that emotional intensity that triggers them to write about the volcano inside. And especially with poetry, they hear music. Some people don't."
Like most artists she has done many side jobs while nurturing her creative self. "I like to say I'm versatile but wow - all the things you do on the side to make money." Leonore has worked in bookstores, libraries, written educational books, edited and ghost written all kind of texts. Her advice to young writers? Know another language. "There are always translation jobs. So many famous poets have done this and it helped them with their own work - especially if they had translated someone famous."
Leonore has published numerous poems online and in magazines. She wrote an entire collection of poems about her mother and later converted them into a long creative non-fiction piece for which she won a fellowship from the University of Utah. Working on that piece "was a way of using all those poems and pushing them into prose. I love it when you can bend the genres." But she finds writing prose difficult. "I can get very poetic in the prose and can't push the plot. That's my one drawback. I am so in love with language that the story can get bogged down with the words that I'm using. I would love to have a book of prose out there one day but there's that poet in me who always puts its big foot out!"
Asked about her writing habits she says, "I write in spurts. It's like the rain. It'll rain for four days and then dry out. I'll go for two weeks writing and writing, almost like a manic spell, although I'm not comfortable with that word. Sometimes you hear the music and sometimes you don't." And when she's waiting for the cycle to begin again, she reads.
No longer teaching, she now spends her days working on several writing projects. She is currently working as a freelance editor as well as on two novels of her own, long running projects as "they go through their many drafts". One is a historical novel about the 1906 earthquake, based loosely on her grandmother's life. The other is more of a memoir about growing up on the ranch. "And then there is a poetry book I'm working on. As always."
My Country
And what if I witness but do not choose
if I merely drive by, pull back
thinking of the one and only, if I am that
complacent to the woman with the purple bruises
around her neck, scourged neck, crown
of the black and blue. Christ
I see her weeping next to the oversized tattooed
drunk of a man. And what if I choose
not to aid her stalled U-haul, overheated
smoking machine of the underworld, near
where the wild irises bloom their white flags
from the red soil, where the unnamable
general in his nineteenth century bliss
shot one of the last Wappos from paradise.
And what if I choose not to aid her,
an entire life stuffed in the truck's
carapace, what if I drive by
keeping my thumb in my book
because I am terrified, made numb
and dumb as the virgin girl
when the word made flesh entered her,
when the ordinary mud swallow sang,
dove hollowed out, she who was asleep,
daydreaming, preferring the milk of the cathedral,
girl who knew there are blue abrasions
in the meadows, that light could scald;
she who knew men with eyes in their chests,
slobs, dogs, big babies smoking pipes.
What if I drive by, choosing to look
the other way, mother, wife,
because it is spring in my country,
and in spring it is easier to be ignorant, unaccountable,
then what, then who will stop, then who.
Chaos
Everything comes out of chaos, the children
tugging on the mother like planets on rubble, and the mother
tugging back, the father tugging on the children, the
children mother father tugging tugging
each other, tugging to the breaking point
of divorce then....somebody retreats inward,
somebody goes outward, goes away,
they move they move back, orbiting each other
they the universe itself, and the universe
is them,
tell me what I do not know I know what I know
since I said "I do"
but what everyone knows they do not speak
they carry inside like the weight of a child
like the weight of the universe
like heavy matter
no, the world is not orderly
marriage is messiness
my child I say Do not see me as order
my sons do not
and yet they do
then all hell breaks loose
how can I make them see disorder
and work with
work with the universe like a messy room:
strewn books, mismatched socks, ratty sweaters, spare change....
see and yet work (around it) like bad grammar
a dog without a leash a purse without a strap
I had three sons all at once which was disorder chaos
I had to work around it
what the scientists must do now they discovered what is at the core of
it the universe
it meaning not perfect not order
the nearly perfect instruments saw something baffling
the baffling chaos the "kaplooey"
the tugs the nudgings and then allejuiah
gravitation peace
calm calm
for a little while like mom and dad and kids
a family now and then
at least
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A Book of Riddles and a Pair of Wings
"What is it that hangs on the wall, is green, and whistles?" From A Treasury of Jewish Folklore If on the way to buy marzipan at the corner market, still on the stalk--I would, in that instant, coating the shop fronts, the lanterns hanging across the curve of shoulders, the palms of hands, --Lisa Yanover
For Amy Laughter crinkles like paper. The voice
The rabbi of a certain village, known It is your going-away party, your voice
in a neighboring village. Smells call out for each other, Miriam,
It was Friday, already Your friends skinny through the doorways, The villagers gathered. I remember the way we met, the street corner Sholom aleichem, they called. I hadn't seen you since college.
Aleichem sholom, the rabbi answered. My parents were visiting for Passover.
in his village upon his arrival. He looked up We drove east to Jericho,
the eastern horizon. The sky was already the oldest city on earth, a hill, cracked darker blue. He lamented. the guide said, pointing east to the living city: He couldn't very well stop, We continued north to Tzefat, streets cobbled
not in the middle of a field
We turned to the west, put the sea between us
He laughed, pulled at his beard, Now, at your going-away party, I am thinking He stood, lifted his arms.
And I am faced again with your question,
He looked up at the sky, How can you get drunk on a sound?
taking me from my parents'
He frowned and with great effort
And with the next one, taking me to the university.
He lowered his arms, It will be difficult for you, they say, counting
The rabbi smiled From the back seat, their questions,
To his right stretched the Sabbath. You are nearing the end of the story. But in the middle was Friday. Your friends catch onto your laughter,
I still remember the way you told it,
Or the way you asked us to tell it,
After a year and another summer, I remember your story,
The Rabbi stayed too long in a neighboring village.
It wouldn't do to stop in the middle of a field No one knows, but this is the end of the story. --Lisa Yanover |
She can be reached at poetryartscouncilnapavalley.org.
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Exhibition thru Apr 22 Sandi Crist's Vibrant Palette Sandi Crist grew up in the Napa Valley. As a self-taught artist she first experimented by painting abstracts. Later when she decided to paint portraits she studied under local artist Mike Fitzpatrick. Sandi's subjects tend to express the vibrant, beautiful forms surrounding her in the Napa Valley, wine, flowers, romance, and family. Crist's artwork is held in private and public art collections. She exhibits locally in the Napa Valley and is always working on new commission pieces. She can be contacted via her website, Website, or email sandisgalleryhotmail.com. Cicero¹s American Cafe |
Saturday Feb 4, 2-5pm
Moroccan Bazaar
Featuring releases from D Cubed and Vinoce along with the sights, sounds and tastes of Morocco. Belly Dancing! Vintner's Collective |
Exhibition thru Feb 7 Beneath the Surface Group Show Collaborative video installation by Timothy Cummings, Aaron Plant and Shane Francis as well as photography. mixed media, collage, painting and sculpture by artists Andreas Nottebohm, Bruce Temuchin Brown, Jung Ran Bae, Heather Gorham and Vincent Serbin. Work will also be on view by Misha Gordin, Connie Imboden, Brian Oglesbee, Oscar Bernal, Suzanne Sbarge and Cathy Rose. Volakis Gallery |
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Exhibition thru Feb 26 "Never to Forget: Faces of the Fallen- Exhibition Honoring U.S. Iraq War Dead Internationally acclaimed, growing, traveling exhibition of over 2,000 5"x7" handmade portraits commemorating of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq - all created by college and high school students from news photos. Portraits are currently being made by students from Sonoma State University and Sonoma Valley H.S. Coordinated and curated by painter Chester Arnold. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Sonoma Valley |
Ongoing Poetry and Music Events at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe Every Wednesday from 7-9pm, Youthism, Teen Open Mic, Free Every Friday, Open Mic hosted by Martha & Tony Mims, Featuring Shannon Lacy on Percussion; 8-11pm, $5, First 10 poets to sign the list get in free. Saturday Brunch 11am-2pm, Free; Acoustic Jam hosted by Joel Delgado Saturday Jazz with a Poetry Intermission, 9pm-Midnight, $10 Listen & Be Heard |
Exhibition thru Mar 17 Liz Brozell Solo Exhibit Figurative oil paintings and works in acrylics on paper. Napa Community Bank |
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Exhibition thru Feb 26 Unpuzzling the Tangram: Art Divas Eight Artists take the Tangram into the 21st Century. Mixed media sculpture. Napa City-County Library |
Wed, Feb 1 (5-7) First Wednesday Art WalkShare Calistoga Art Center presents: First Wednesday Art WalkShare some of the local art scene and meet local artists. On Lincoln Ave., Washington St. and Cedar St. - just follow the signs! Calistoga Art Center |
Feb 1-14 Special Valentines Day Celebration at G Gallery Jewelry And Objects D' Arte For Lovers Of All Ages G Gallery specializes in hand made, original glass objects d' arte. Awarded the "Best Gallery & Gift Store Napa Valley 2005 + 2003" by the North Bay Bohemian, G Gallery is dedicated to regional, artist-specific works in a price range suited for all. Enjoy Champagne & Chocolate While You Shop! Glass Gallery |
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Fri, Feb 3, 5:30-7:30pm Opening Reception: Northern California Small Works A juried exhibit of diminutive works, nothing larger than a foot, by N. CA artists, including three pieces by ACNV artist Caetlynn Booth. 106 works were selected from more than 300 entries. Juror & nationally recognized Sonoma artist, Chester Arnold will discuss the exhibit on Saturday, March 25 from 12-1pm. ACSC Gallery |
Feb 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 7:30pm
Feb 12, 18, 3pm Loaded Associations: Five One Act Plays Relationships take funny, dramatic and suspenseful twists in the fast-moving collection of rarely performed one-act plays. Series includes 'Night' by Harold Pinter, 'The Guest Lecturer', by A. R. Gurney, 'Anything for You' by Cathy Celesia, 'Window of Opportunity' by John Augustine. Directed by Linda Reid and Georgette Darcy. Sonoma Community Center |
Sat, Feb 4, 4pm Rieger Organ Series: Kimo Smith Smith holds a doctorate in organ performance from UCLA and has won several competitions sponsored by the American Guild of Organists and Music Teachers Nat'l Assn. He will perform on the Rieger organ, distinguished as the largest tracker organ in the western U.S. Pacific Union College |
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Tues, Feb 7, 8-10pm Rats in the Alley Comedy Improv Listen & Be Heard |
Thurs-Sun, Feb 9-12, 16-19; Thurs, Fri, Sat 7pm; Sun matinees, 2pm Les Misérables Vintage High School Concert Choir conducted by Mark Teeters. Napa Valley Unified School |
Feb 10-26 Fats Waller Musical Review Ain't Misbehavin' The star-maker Fats Waller Musical Review of the jazz music of the 1920's, 30's & 40's. Fri, Feb 10, 8pm (Preview, 8pm), Sat, Feb 11, 5:30pm (Annual Gala, 'The Joint Is Jumpin'!); Sun, Feb 12, 2pm (Special Dessert Performance and Q&A session), Feb 17, 18, 24, 25, March 3 & 4 - 8pm Shows. Feb 19, & 26 - 2pm Matinees Fettery Playhouse for the Art |
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Sat, Feb 11, 6-Midnight Special Event: Black History Month Celebration 6-8pm, Artist Reception for D. O'neal Turner, Free; 8-9pm, Open Mic, Free; 9-10pm, Comedy featuring Vallejo's own DC Ervin, $10; stay for the Jazz; 10-Midnight, The Talons, Funky Jazz, $10 , Tickets free until 9, $10 from 10-midnight. Listen & Be Heard |
Sun, Feb 11 Valentine's Tea Details to be announced - Call for more information. Café Society |
Sun, Feb 12, 1-5pm Napa Valley Dixieland Jazz Society presents Jammer's Day A fun day with bands formed by local musicians. Elks Lodge |
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Sat, Feb 18, 4pm Rieger Organ Series: Wendy Markosky Wendy Markosky, an organ professor at Canadian University College in Alberta, Canada, and a performing organist, will perform on the prestigious Rieger Organ. Markosky holds a doctorate in musical arts from Indiana University and has been the organist and choir director at a number of churches. She is also an active recitalist in Canada and the U.S. Pacific Union College |
Sat, Feb 18, 7-9pm Opening Reception for Visual Arts Faculty "New Works" Wide array of mediums and styles - from ceramics to photography. Exhibiting PUC faculty members include: Robert Buller, Cheryl Daley, Michael Kilgore, Milbert Mariano, John McDowell, Thomas Morphis, Cliff Rusch and Tom Turner. On exhibit through March 19. Pacific Union College |
Sat, Feb 25, 4pm Rieger Organ Series: Hans Hielscher World-renowned German organist-carillonneur Hans Hielscher.director of music at Wiesbaden Marktkirche, and municipal organist at Kurhaus Concert Hall in Wiesbaden, Germany. Pacific Union College |
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Wed, Mar 1, 5-7pm Calistoga Art Center presents: First Wednesday Art Walk Share some of the local art scene and meet local artists. On Lincoln Avenue, Washington Street and Cedar Street - just follow the signs! Calistoga Art Center |
Wed, Mar 1 Cabaret Night Fundraiser for NV Opera House's production of "Dinner is Served". Call for more info. Café Society |
Mar 3, 7pm John Marshall Trunk Show and Lecture Sponsored by Silverado Handweavers and Spinners Guild and Spindles & Flyers Guild Special appearance by textile artist John Marshall. John hand dyes luxurious fabrics using the traditional Japanese techniques of katazome (rice paste resist) and natural dyes on natural fibers. He will speak about his work and will also be offering exquisite quality Japanese textiles - from children's christening gowns to Buddhist temple hangings to very wearable haori and kimono, to yardage by the foot or by the bolt. Refreshments included. Senior Citizen Center |
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Sat, Mar 4, 4pm Rieger Organ Series: Gary Cobb Now a professor of music at Pepperdine University, organist Gary Cobb has performed many organ concerts throughout Europe and America and has served as the organist for several churches. Pacific Union College |
Mar, 5, 5pm-12am 18th Annual Napa Valley Academy Awards Napa Valley will again come together to raise funds for AIDS service organizations at the 18th Annual Napa Valley Academy Awards Benefit; this outstanding event has raised more than $700,000. 5pm-12am |
Tues, Mar 7, 8-10pm Rats in the Alley Comedy Improv Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café |
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Sat, Mar 11, 4pm Rieger Organ Series: Douglas Macomber Organist and composer Douglas Macomber has served as the organist and director of music for several churches and received his doctorate of music degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Pacific Union College |
Sat, Mar 11, 7pm Early Spring Strings Celebrate the early days of string with a concert by the Pacific Union College Orchestra, conducted by Rachelle Berthelsen Davis. Pacific Union College |
Sat, Mar 11, 11am-4pm Mustard, Mud & Music ~ A Calistoga Jazz Festival Cool tunes and hot jazz take over the town of Calistoga. Calistoga Chamber of Commerce |
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Sun, Mar 12, 1-5pm Napa Valley Dixieland Jazz Society presents Midnight Rose Jazz Band Eclectic, mainstream Dixieland along with swing and novelty tunes. Seven piece band is lead by two sisters. Elks Lodge |
Mar, 12, 3pm Classic Family Concert Series: J.S. Bach's 320th Birthday Featuring Peter Chase, Violin and Michael McCarty, Piano. A benefit for the Napa Valley Music Associates Music Conservatory Building Fund. Churchill Manor B&B |
Sat, Mar 18, 4pm Rieger Organ Series: Eric Rasmussen As the youngest organist in the Rieger series, Rasmussen recently graduated with his master's degree and has served as an organist and choir director for Grace Lutheran Church in Tennessee. Pacific Union College |
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Mar, 18, 6:30pm The Volunteer Center of Napa Valley's Masquerade Ball Cocktails, dinner, live and silent auction and dancing at V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena.
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Mar, 25, 11am-5pm A Taste of Yountville An all Yountville showcase, will feature traditional samplings of gourmet restaurant fare, olive oils, vinegars, mustards, fine wines, and micro-brews. Yountville Chamber of Commerce |
Fri-Sun, April 28-30 Dance of Heaven 11th Hour Dance Company presentation as part of National Dance Week; Fri 7, Sat/Sun 4:00 Studio 110 |
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Paintings of the Rural Side of Life With bold compositions and unique strokes, fine artist Beverly Wilson expresses the universal rhythms of rural life and her love of the countryside. View Beverly's paintings at Napa Valley at Art in St. Helena, Beringer, Franzia, Justin and Lasgoity Wineries. Commissions welcome. Email beverlybeverlywilson.com, Website www.beverlywilson. |
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Exhibition thru April 23 Romance of the Bells: The California Missions in Art Featuring 60 paintings of California's historic missions by thirty of the best-known artists from the California Impressionist period. The exhibition covers eighteen of the twenty-one missions and includes a rare series of etchings by Henry Chapman Ford from 1883. Napa Valley Museum |
Exhibition thru May 8 Trashformations Have you ever wanted to use a bowl made out of vinyl records? Or wear a dress made out of bicycle tires? Or make music with a band saw? Discover how artists are crafting everyday trash into amazing art in this exhibit, featuring work by 112 artists who take thrift to a new extreme. By manipulating "junk" materials the artists challenge our focus between trash and fine art. The results are compelling, startling and often very amusing as the ordinary becomes extraordinary. COPIA |
February 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 March 3 & 4 Fri & Sat at 8pm, Sun 2pm On Golden Pond by Earnest Thompson Directed by June Alane Reif This is the love story of Norman and Ethel Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-fourth year. They are visited by their divorced daughter and her fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving their teenage son behind for the summer. Dreamweavers Theatre |
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Fri, Feb 3, 8pm Friday Night Flicks: Never on Sunday Jules Dassin wrote, directed and costars in this vibrant celebration of good living, as embodied by the vivacious Melina Mercouri in the role of her career. Join the fun as Ilya (Mercouri), a fiercely independent Greek prostitute, deflects any of intellectual Homer's (Dassin) attempts to dampen her indomitable spirit. 97 minutes. Not Rated. 1960 COPIA |
Sat, Feb 4, 2-4pm Mission Architecture and the Creation of a California Past With Amanda Badgett, Art History Adjunct Instructor, NVC From housing developments to Wal-marts, the Mission style persists, despite its problematic past. In conjunction with current exhibition. Napa Valley Museum |
Sat, Feb 4, 5-7pm Mustard Festival Visual Art Competition Exhibit Opening Reception Wine and hors d'oeuvre reception for juried artists and the public. Exhibit runs through April 2. St. Supéry Vineyards & Winery |
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Sat, Feb 4, 8pm Andrea Marcovicci Andrea Sings Astaire The Queen of Cabaret, "torch singer, spellbinder, heart-breaker" (People Magazine). Marcovicci's Opera House performance will recreate the nostalgic world of 1930s black and white glamour, style and sophistication as she captures the unique allure of Hollywood's debonair dancing star who introduced more popular standards than any other legend. Napa Valley Opera House |
Sun, Feb 5, 3pm Michael Martin Murphey, the singing cowboy poet Murphey is not only the number one, best-selling singer-songwriter of American Cowboy Music, he's one of the world's most respected singer-songwriters in the Pop and Country-Western fields, with hit records "Wildfire," "I'm Gonna Miss You Girl" and "What's Forever For" to his credit. Lincoln Theater |
Tues, Feb 7, 7-8:30pm The NV Symphony Musical Experience: A Composer's Perspective: Great Love Themes of Classical Music with Guest instructor, Bruce Rockwell Explore the compositional process and the inspiration behind some of the most well-known compositions in classical music. Hear music in different ways, tune into the qualities that make music sound romantic. (To pair with Star Crossed Lover: Classical Concert III on 2/12 & 2/14.) COPIA Theater |
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Wed, Feb 8, 2-4pm The World on Wednesdays - Asia & the Pacific A Travelogue with Morgan Lawrence With over 10,000 slides depicting the world's diverse cultures, Morgan Lawrence, former attaché for the US government in Singapore and former travel producer/director for PBS, offers his stories and photographs illustrating the world beyond our valley. Celebrate Chinese New Year by exploring Asia, from Mongolia to Indonesia. Ages 15 + Napa Valley Museum |
Fri, Feb 10, 8pm Riders In The Sky in Cowboys In Love Riders Radio Theatre...On The Road! For over 15 years, "Riders Radio Theatre is on the Air!" has rung out over NPR airwaves, thrilling listeners from coast to coast. Based on shows from the Golden Age of Radio, Riders Radio Theatre originated as a weekly show recorded in front of a live audience. Two-hour performance begins and ends with Riders' performing the best in Western music, from Woody's Roundup to Tumblin' Tumbleweeds. And in between, the Riders' will include Napa Valley guest celebrities in their performance. Napa Valley Opera House |
Fri, 2/10 - 8pm Friday Night Flicks: A Man and a Woman This visually exciting film of revitalizing love between a race-car driver (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and a movie script girl (Anouk Aimée) won Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. In French with English subtitles. 102 minutes - Not Rated - Directed by Claude Lelouch - 1966 COPIA |
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Sat, Feb 11-8pm A Prelude to Valentine's Day - Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia in So In Love: The Songs of Cole Porter 22 of Cole Porter's songs ranging from ultra-romantic to giddily comic, this musical duo's repertoire will have you and your sweetie humming, "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love." COPIA Theater |
Sat, Feb 11, 6pm Napa Valley Museum Kissed by Angel Gala Valentine's Dinner and Dance Benefit for the Napa Valley Museum. Music, wine reception, silent & live auctions, catered dinner. Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery |
Sat, Feb 11, 7:30pm Chicago City Limits in The Power Of Suggestion Audience-inspired suggestions form the basis of this show. This group of comedic actors will turn your ideas into a hysterical scene, song or other evidence of satirical mayhem. Napa Valley Opera House |
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Sat, Feb 11, 5-7pm Father Arthur Poulin: New Work Opening Reception View paintings by this monk, priest and artist from New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur. Polin's careful Impressionist landscape work are based on places he has visited. He says they are ‘silent invitations to enter into a mysterious non-verbal interior world and landscape that exists within each one of us. I. Wolk Gallery |
Feb, 12 & 14 "Words and Music" Pre-concert Talks with Guest Lecturer Timm Rolek The Napa Valley Symphony Association offers educational lectures one hour before each subscription concert. Lectures are FREE to ticket holders. The lectures are given by renowned musicians and distinguished music professors from around the state. Timm Rolek is the Artistic Director & Conductor of Sacramento Opera, and Artistic Director of Lake Tahoe Music Festival. Lincoln Theater |
Sun, Feb 12, 3pm Tues, Feb 14, 8pm NV Symphony Concert III - Star Crossed Lovers Featuring Soprano Lisa Saffer and Tenor John McVeigh Music from a variety of Romeo and Juliet inspired compositions: selections from Gounod's R & J opera; a rare duet by Tchaikovsky and Taneyev; A Walk to the Paradise Garden by Delius, music by Kabalevsky, and the popular R & J overture-fantasy by Tchaikovsky. Lincoln Theater |
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Tues, Feb 14, 8pm Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys With more than 2,000 recordings to his credit, Ralph Stanley is revered by folk, bluegrass and country music, enthusiasts. In 2002, he garnered Best Country Male Vocalist Performance and Album of the Year Grammy's Awards for his work on the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack. Napa Valley Opera House |
Fri, Feb 17, 6pm Grand Dinner at Auberge du Soleil Featuring seven courses by prominent Napa Valley Chefs, paired with ultra-premium Napa Valley vintages presented by their Winemakers. Guest of Honor Carlo Marchiori, Featured and Host Festival Artist, 2005 & 2006, Silent Auction of wine and more! Auberge du Solieil |
Fri, Feb 17, 8pm Friday Night Flicks: Laura and a Special Musical Performance Nominated for five Academy Awards, this stylish, witty film noir has a great ensemble cast of characters and haunting score by David Raksin. 88 minutes - Not Rated - Directed by Otto Preminger - 1944 Dr. Roberto-Juan Gonzalez, Prof. of Music at NVC and friend of David Raksin, will introduce the film and perform the theme song. COPIA |
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Fri, Feb 17, 8pm Huun-Huur-Tu (Throat Singers of Tuva) Returning to the Opera House, these Siberian masters of harmonic (overtone) singing have emerged as the foremost international representatives of Tuva's remarkable musical culture. Accompanying themselves on Jews Harp, byzaanchi lute, fiddle and percussion, this quartet creates one of the most beguiling sounds in the world. Napa Valley Opera House |
Sat, Feb 18, 2-3pm Music in the Gallery With Stuart Weber, classical guitarist Classical guitarist Stuart Weber has captivated audiences from The Kennedy Center to intimate venues across the country. He will engage the audience with his fascinating anecdotes about the inspiration behind the music. Ages 10+ Napa Valley Museum |
Sat, Feb 18, 5-7pm Pamela Glasscock: New Work Opening Reception Pamela Glasscock's classical botanical watercolors impart a sense of beauty and emotion. A graduate of Stanford University, Pamela's sensuous blossoms, delicate and ripe with color have caught the attention of many galleries and museums across the United States. Wine & hors d'oeuvres served. Event produced by I. Wolk Gallery. Auberge du Soliel |
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Sat, Feb 18 at 8pm Bruce Vilanch Everyone who's anyone turns to Bruce Vilanch when they need to be funny. He's written for Bette and Dolly, Lily and Robin - and he made Billy the Oscars host with the most! Back from his recent turn on Broadway as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Vilanch shares his provocative perspective on being Jewish, gay and (gasp!) blonde. Lincoln Theater |
Sat, Feb 18, 5:30pm Panel Discussion: The MFA Experience In conjunction with the current 'MFA Selections' Exhibit, this panel discussion will give graduates and their instructors an opportunity to discuss the mentor/ mentee relationship within the university context. Includes some of the most respected art faculty from Stanford, UC Davis, Mills College and CCA, providing an insider's perspective of trends and techniques currently developing in Northern California MFA programs. di Rosa Preserve |
Sun, Feb 19, 2pm Jacques Offenbach's The New Woman (Genevieve of Brabant) presented by Pocket Opera Performing Donald Pippins original English translations of classic and lesser known operas, accompanied by the Pocket Philharmonic. With 29 years of critically acclaimed performances to it's name, Pocket Opera has emerged as one of the Bay Area's leading opera companies. Jacques Offenbach's The New Woman (Genevieve of Brabant): Scandal twelfth-century style shakes the colorful and heretofore placid little town of Ham on Rye and a heroine is born. Napa Valley Opera House |
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Fri, Feb 24, 8pm Friday Night Flicks: My Father's Glory In French with English subtitles From Marcel Pagnol's memoirs comes this loving recreation of his childhood trips to the Provençal countryside. Leaping from one quirky detail of landscape or character to the next, you can almost feel the sunshine and smell the wild thyme. 105 minutes - Rated G - Directed by Yves Robert - 1990 --The story continues at COPIA on April 28th with My Mother's Castle. COPIA |
Thurs & Fri, Feb 23 & 24, 8pm Ailey II Returning to the Opera House, this exceptional dance company merges the spirit and energy of our country's best young talent with the passion and creative vision of today's most outstanding emerging choreographers. The dancers emphasize a balance of repertoire, technique and performance, making Ailey II one of the most popular dance companies in the US. For workshop information, call the NVOH box office at (707) 226-7372 after Feb. 1. Napa Valley Opera House |
Sat, Feb 25, 8pm Napa Valley Pops: The Music of Randy Newman An evening of great songs and movie music, including Randy Newman's Academy Award winning title song for "Monsters, Inc." Lincoln Theater |
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Wed, Feb 22, 8pm Lucinda Williams Multi-Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams performs an acoustic evening in the intimate setting of the Napa Valley Opera House. Williams' music is equal parts blues, folk, country and rock, anchored by deeply poetic lyrics that cut right to the chase in conveying the full spectrum of the human experience. In 2000, her album Essence prompted Time Magazine to name Lucinda "America's Best Songwriter." Joining Lucinda is guitarist Doug Pettibone. Come early for a Vintage Jewelry Trunk Show with Betty's Girl Boutique, beginning at 6:30pm Hundreds of treasures from the turn-of-the-century through the 1970s! Napa Valley Opera House |
Sat, Feb 25, 5-7pm Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic Tasting That Revolutionized Wine with author George M. Taber - Reading, Q&A and Book Signing The true story of the legendary Paris Tasting of 1976 - a blind tasting where French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best - and its revolutionary impact on the world of wine. Meet the author and vintners Warren Winiarski of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and James Barret of Chateau Montelena, whose wines won the tasting. With Wine & hors d'oeuvres. Napa Valley Museum |
Sat, Feb 25, 8pm In Honor of Black History Month: Bay Area Blues Society's Tribute to West Coast Blues This powerhouse band, with special guests Tia Carroll and the Stars of Glory, showcases some of the unsung musical heroes of West Coast Blues. Fronted by guitarist Ronnie Stewart, the Society explores and perpetuates the rich nuances of Blues, Jazz and Gospel as indigenous American art forms. COPIA |
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Tues, Feb 28, 7pm Napa Valley Arts & Lectures and COPIA Present Mick LaSalle - It's all about the Oscars! San Francisco Chronicle film critic makes his third appearance to discuss this year's crop of Oscar contenders, his picks and pans, and his predictions. Will they be the same as yours? A conversation with KVON's Jeff Schechtman follows, and LaSalle will also take questions from the audience. COPIA |
Wed, Mar 1, 7pm The Napa Valley Opera House League presents the Sixth Annual 'Dinner is Served' Building on five successful years, 'Dinner is Served 2006' will feature brand new restaurants and more seating. A record 42 of Napa Valley's top restaurants are participating in this event, which gives diners the opportunity to savor the flavors of the Valley while supporting the Opera House. Napa Valley Opera House |
Thurs, Mar 2, 8pm Leo Kottke presented by Upwest Arts In nearly four decades of recording and touring, Leo Kottke has invented an entirely new language for the acoustic guitar. Described by one critic as "the most instantly recognizable guitar sound in the world," Kottke's playing is downright stupefying. Whether he is playing the 6-string or the 12-string, Leo Kottke sounds like three guitarists playing at once. Napa Valley Opera House |
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Fri, Mar 3, 8pm Sun, Mar 5, 3pm Don Giovanni Mozart's Don Giovanni is coming to Napa Valley in a production featuring the Adler Fellows of San Francisco Opera and the Napa Valley Symphony orchestra in a stunning presentation. Often called "the perfect opera," Don Giovanni is Mozart's retelling of the story of Don Juan, the famous seducer of women. Don't miss this rare opportunity to experience top-quality opera in the Napa Valley. Lincoln Theater |
Fri, Mar 3, 8pm Friday Night Flicks: Divorce, Italian Style Winner of the 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, this film presents a hilarious, cutting satire of Sicilian male-chauvinist culture. In it, Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his young cousin, but one obstacle stands in his way: his wife. 104 minutes - Not Rated - Directed by Pietro Germi - 1961. In Italian with English subtitles. COPIA |
Fri, Mar 3, 8pm Melissa Manchester Grammy Award-winner Melissa Manchester has established her place as one of the most compelling singers in contemporary music. With her luminous voice and captivating style, she has set the standard for today's young artists. For Opera House audiences, Melissa will be performing an intimate one woman show playing piano and singing songs from her new album, "When I Look Down that Road", as well as her hits including "Don't Cry Out Loud", "Midnight Blue" and more. Napa Valley Opera House |
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Sat, Mar 4, 8pm Napa Valley Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert II with Ming Luke, Music Director The Napa Valley Symphony Youth Orchestra is a premier ensemble made up of the most talented young musicians in the Napa Valley and surrounding areas, providing students with the opportunity to perform great orchestral works with a full symphony orchestra. St. Helena High School Auditorium |
Sun, Mar 5, 2pm San Jose Taiko Drummers Taiko is a powerful sound, grounded in the traditions of Japanese drumming and spiced with African, Balinese, Brazilian, Latin and jazz rhythms. The upshot is a distinctly American co-mingling of cultures as these drummers present what the SF Chronicle calls "A superb, blood-racing drumming exhibition!" The first American taiko troupe ever invited to tour Japan, San Jose Taiko dance and drum with mesmerizing exuberance. Napa Valley Opera House |
Tues, Mar 7, 7-8:30pm THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE: Why does modern music sound so weird? with Guest instructor, John MacCallum Looking at compositional styles of modern orchestral composers vs. those of earlier composers. To pair with Shrovetide Fairs: Classical Concert IV on 3/12 and 3/14. COPIA Theater |
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Thurs, Mar 9, 8pm Tradition! Presented by Pacific Chamber Symphony Venture down the joyous, creative and sometimes heartbreaking path of Jewish composers in America. From the roots of Yiddish Theater, to Gershwin and Copland, Lucas Foss' chilling read of Anne Frank's diary, Michael Issacson's bittersweet and uplifting embrace of modern Jewish culture, and finally hear Jorge Liderman premiere his newest work. Co-sponsored by Robert and Margrit Mondavi. Napa Valley Opera House |
Fri, Mar 10, 8pm Friday Night Flicks: Après Vous (After You) This tasty comedy throws in a French twist as it follows Antoine, a maitre d' in a Paris brasserie, and Louis, the suicidal stranger he meets one night. Unable to stop being of service to others, Antoine arranges a sommelier job for Louis and tries to repair his life. 110 minutes - Rated R - Directed by Pierre Salvadon - 2003. In French with English subtitles COPIA |
Fri, Mar 10, 8pm Sat, Mar 11, 2pm & 8pm Capitol Steps Our annual romp with the Steps will feature, as always, a bi-partisan cast entertaining a bi-partisan audience, with their bi-partisan jabs at politics. Many of the performers have worked on Capitol Hill, some for Republicans, some for Democrats and some for members who sit firmly on the fence. Napa Valley Opera House |
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Sat, Mar 11, 6-8pm, (5-6pm di Rosa Members' Preview) Opening Reception: Alan Rath: New Work Featuring new and recent electronic media sculptures by Rath, one of Northern CA's most interesting artists, including the premiere of two new pieces: "Four Eyes" and "Peacock Quintet". Wine and light snacks. On exhibit through April 29 di Rosa Preserve |
Sat, Mar 11, 6pm Boys & Girls Club Gala Celebrate Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley's 50 years of service to youth. Hosted bar, four-course dinner, live music, silent and live auctions, raffle and more! Must be 21 years of age. Sponsorships available. Boys & Girls Clubs of Napa Valley |
Sat, Mar 11, 8pm Joni Morris in Legendary Ladies in Country Music Enjoy the best of Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Kitty Wells and other great female country singers from the '50s and '60s. In such songs as "Ain't Woman Enough" and "Crazy," Joni Morris' voice has been called "the genuine article, from the cryin' catch to her rockabilly growl." -Oakland Tribune COPIA |
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Sun & Tues, Mar 12 & 14 "Words and Music" Pre-concert Talks with Guest Lecturer Keith Herritt The NV Symphony Assn. offers educational lectures before each subscription concert given by renowned musicians and distinguished music professors. Keith Herritt, a violist, has been a member of the NV Symphony for many years, first playing in the orchestra for part of the 1973-74 season. Lincoln Theater |
Mar 12, 3pm & Mar 14, 8pm Classical Concert IV: Shrovetide Fairs Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama plays Vaughn-Williams' Suite for Viola and Orchestra. Also on the program are works by Dvorak and Stravinsky. Napa Valley Symphony at |
Wed, Mar 15, 7pm Golden Dragon Acrobats In China acrobats are revered much the same way prima ballerinas and opera singers are in the West. These performers represent the best of this time honored tradition, mixing award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes and ancient and contemporary theatrical techniques. Lincoln Theater |
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Fri, Mar 17, 8pm Celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Friday Night Flicks: Waking Ned Devine This Irish comedy will make you feel like a million bucks. Coincidentally, that's the lottery purse at stake, and the whole village of Tulaigh gets caught up in the rapidly and delightfully thickening plot. 91 minutes - Rated PG - Directed by Kirk Jones - 1998 COPIA |
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Sun, Mar 19, 2pm The Flying Karamazov Brothers in Life: A Guide For The Perplexed The newest and most ambitious show yet from the masters of hilarity - a seriously silly and crazy comic recipe for survival in the modern world. They sing, dance and juggle their way through a mid-life crisis that becomes a dazzling vaudevillian romp through the stages of life. Napa Valley Opera House |
Sat-Sun, Mar 18 & 19, 11am-5pm The Marketplace - Showcase of Food, Wine, Mustard, Music & Art Mustards and an array of gourmet products will be showcased alongside sensational wine country cuisine, world famous wines, hearty craft brews, and fine arts and crafts. The Marketplace will provide you with the opportunity to explore the best of Napa Valley during the most beautiful time of year in the wine country, when the brilliant gold of mustard in bloom carpets hillsides, valleys and vineyards. COPIA |
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Sun, Mar 19 at 3pm US Army Field Band From Boston to Bombay, Tokyo to Toronto, the United States Army Field Band has been thrilling audiences of all ages for more than half a century. Hear patriotic favorites, Motown classics, Broadway standards and beloved arias by these wonderful musical ambassadors of the US Army. Lincoln Theater |
Thurs, Mar 23, 8pm The Temptations People have been groovin' to the sound of The Temptations for more than 40 years. Otis Williams, the only surviving original member, leads today's Temptations who still have all the flair, flash and class that made the Temptations cultural icons. Lincoln Theater |
Fri, Mar 24, 8pm Friday Night Flicks: The Horse's Mouth Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema's most indelible comic figures: the lovably scruffy painter Gulley Jimson. This hilarious examination of artistic creation is a comic masterpiece. 95 minutes - Not Rated - Directed by Ronald Neame - 1958 COPIA |
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Fri, Mar 24, 8pm Boys Of The Lough The first full-time professional Celtic ensemble to arise on the international scene, Boys of the Lough hold a unique position of respect in the world of traditional music, having completed 57 tours of North America and 35 years as a band. Their music ranges widely through the instrumental and vocal traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Shetland and North America. Napa Valley Opera House |
Sat, Mar 25, 8pm Paula Poundstone Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula Poundstone's ability to create humor on the spot is legendary. There's a wonderful synergy to each of her one-of-a-kind two-hour shows. She improvises with a crowd like a jazz musician. She also appears on NPR's "Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me!" Lincoln Theater |
Sat, Mar 25, 8pm Rhoda Scott and Kim Nalley Rhoda Scott's Hammond B-3 organ and her innovative fusion of classical music, gospel and traditional jazz have made her world famous. Add jazz and blues vocalist extraordinaire Kim Nalley, and this is one show you won't want to miss. COPIA |
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Sun, Mar 26, 2pm Bedrich Smentana's The Bartererd Bride Presented by Pocket Opera Featuring first rate professional singers performing Donald Pippins original English translations of classic and lesser known operas, accompanied by the Pocket Philharmonic at intimate theaters. In Bedrich Smetana's "The Bartererd Bride" Czech comedy, love and commerce nearly collide when a marriage broker with a gift for salesmanship meets his match. Napa Valley Opera House |
Fri, Mar 31, 8pm Friday Night Flicks: Km. 0 (Kilometer Zero) Km. named for the very center of Madrid is an exuberant sex farce filled with chance meetings, missed connections and mistaken identities as the lives of 14 very different people inadvertently intersect one hot summer day. In this rollicking comedy, romance triumphs! 105 minutes - Rated R (strong sexual content and language) - Directed by Yolanda Garcia Serrano and Juan Luis Iborra - 2000. In Spanish with English subtitles COPIA |
Fri, Mar 31, 7pm Sat, Apr 1, 7pm Sun, Apr 2, 7pm Follies du Valle: Take the Stage Returning to the Lincoln Theater with a fifth edition, an amazingly talented and diverse group of vintners, veterans, singers, dancers, cute little kids and funny novelty acts appear in a show written and produced by locals. You will be surprised at the hidden talents revealed in this fun, family oriented show. Proceeds benefit Lincoln Theater's Student Outreach Programs. Lincoln Theater |
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3/26/06 Deadline: LGAA Annual Open Juried Show 2006, Los Gatos: LGAA Annual Open Juried Show --2006 invites Northern California artists to enter. Juror for 2006, Scott Shields, PH.D, Chief Curator, California and American art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento will review actual artworks in seven categories with cash prizes for First, Second and Third places. Painting (oil/acrylic), Water Media, Dry Media (i.e., pastels, conte, charcoal), Printmaking, Sculpture, Mixed Media, and Photography. Art Intake Day is Sunday, 3/26/06. Prospectus available for download by 1/5/06 at www.lgaa.org. Art Intake Day: Sunday 3/26/06, Noon to 4 PM. Hand-delivered. No slides. No shipments accepted. Selected for inclusion based on review of actual artwork by the juror. All work must be made within the last 2 years. Categories: Painting (oil/acrylic), Watermedia, Dry Media (i.e., pastels, conte, charcoal), Printmaking, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photography. Reception: Sunday, 4/3/06, 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Location: Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA at the corner of Tait Avenue and Main Street. Museum Hours: Wednesday -- Sunday, Noon to 4:00 PM. Prospectus available for download by 1/5/06 at www.lgaa.org or by mail request: Attn: 2006 Open Juried Show Chair, PO Box 1193. Los Gatos, CA 95031.
4/1/06 Deadline: Falkirk Cultural Center 2007 Exhibition Screening. San Rafael, CA: Falkirk Cultural Center 2007 Exhibition Screening. San Rafael, CA. Open: Bay Area. Media: All. Send slides, and proposal explaining theme and content. Minimum 3 artists. SASE to: Beth Goldberg, Falkirk Cultural Center, PO Box 151560, San Rafael, CA 94915-1560. Phone: (415) 485-3438. Email: Beth.goldbergci.san-rafael.ca.us. Website: www.lgaa.org.
Ongoing 11/29/2005 Posting: Call for Teachers, Arts in Mental Health Program: Ongoing: Call for Artists/ Teachers All disciplines (photography, poetry, dance, theater, painting, ceramics, fiber arts, printmaking, etc.) to teach in the Arts in Mental Health Program at Napa State Hospital on p/t basis. On going application process for professional artists. Contact Sally Denman 707.253.5981 or email: artsnapajuno.com
Ongoing: Seeking Teachers of Dance, Visual Arts, Music and More for Studio Arts Napa Valley: Studio Arts Napa Valley is looking for professional art instructors in all mediums to rent studio space for educational programs. Join a team of enthusiastic artists who want to share their talents with the community of Napa! Workshops or ongoing classes available. Contact Tami Nixon 251.9200 visit our website www.studioartsnapavalley.com
4/3/2006 Deadline: San Francisco Women's Film Festival Seeks Films by Women: The San Francisco Women's Film Festival has announced its call for entries for the 2006 festival, which will take place in the Bay Area, April 3-10, 2006. Films of all lengths and genres are being accepted, including documentaries, feature films, animation and experimental works that are either directed or co-directed by women. For more information about how to submit a film, go to http://womensfilmfestival.us/submit_your_film.html . No entry fee, and a formal deadline was not provided. http://womensfilmfestival.us/submit_your_film.html
Ongoing 12/2/05 Posting: Art Without Boundaries Foundation is offering matching grants: The Art Without Boundaries Foundation is offering matching grants to deserving artists who wish to become Certified Mnemetecnic Therapists. MT is a new, multidisciplinary neurotherapy designed to allow Alzheimer's patients to reconnect with their wholeness through the life affirming pleasure of creativity. Once certified, the artist will receive a license agreement for use of the trademark and process for a rewarding and lucrative career. This program is designed to provide a regular source of income while the artist continues to paint, show and sell their work. Artist may live and work anywhere in the US. Artist must be skilled in watercolor or acrylic painting; have experience with persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders; have two years of college or equivalent life experience and be able to sing or carry a tune. Artist must also have entrepreneurial spirit and some financial resources for business start-up. In keeping with the mission of The Art Without Boundaries Foundation, artists who are women and in a minority will be given first consideration, but all are welcome to apply on our website: www.artwithoutboundaries.org
2/15/06 Deadline: National Poetry Series Competition: Poets & Writers Inc. Contact: [website] There's still time to submit a manuscript for this contest. The five winners receive prizes of $1,000 and publication of their manuscripts. For more information on this prize and over 30 others, please visit the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine. All prizes listed are carefully vetted for legitimacy. Don't Miss These Deadlines: [website] What Editors Look For: This podcast from Poets & Writers is an excerpt of the panel discussion "How To Publish Your Short Story" which we co-sponsored with the Asian American Writers' Workshop last December in New York. Participating in the conversation were editors from the New Yorker, the Paris Review, One Story, and Open City.
3/31/06 Deadline: Short Story Contest , MA: Seeking short story, essay or other work of prose (up to 5,000 words). $1,000 grand prize and publication in a triennial anthology. Other works may be published. Open to previously published works or works that have won awards elsewhere, but must own anthology and online publication rights. Entry fee. For complete guidelines please contact: Short Story Contest OR Winning Writers Inc, 351 Pleasant St PMB 222, Northampton MA 01060 OR 866-946-9748 OR www.winningwriters.com/tomstory.htm OR adamwinningwriters.com
3/31/06 Deadline: Short Fiction Prize Seeking Unpublished Short Stories, NY: Mar 31, 2006 *NEW* SHORT FICTION PRIZE Seeking previously unpublished short stories (under 8,000 words) for $500 prize and publication. Multiple submissions accepted. Entry fee (payable to Harpur Palate). Please send submissions without name and cover letter with name, address, phone number, e-mail, and title to: (manuscripts not returned) John Gardner Fiction Contest, Harpur Palate, Binghamton Univ, Box 6000, Binghamton NY 13902 OR http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/johngardner.html OR hpfictionhotmail.com
3/31/06 Deadline: Writing Contest Short Story Any Topic, TX Mar 31, 2006 WRITING CONTEST Short story, any topic, 5,000 word max. No previously published works. Author must be US resident. $1000 cash prize. Do not send original manuscripts - they are not returned. Entry fee. Submit to: Cindy Thomas, c/o AuthorMania.com Writing Contest, 1210 County Rd 707, Buna TX 77612 OR www.authormania.com/contests.html
3/31/06 Deadline: Poetry Prize Contest Seeking US Poets, NY Seeking poetry by U.S. poets for$1,000 honorarium, book publication, reading, and residency. Electronic submissions preferred. Entry fee. Contact: Four Way Books, Box 535, Village Sta, New York NY 10014 OR 212-334-5430 OR www.fourwaybooks.com OR four_way_editorsyahoo.com
2/6/2006 Deadline: Lie, Cheat and Genuflect- Dreamweaver's Audition Notice Lie, Cheat and Genuflect, a play by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore directed by Erin Lindke. A Hilarious Farce: The Buckle brothers, Billy and Tom are in big trouble. Tom's infallible eye for slow horses has drained away all of Billy's savings and he has borrowed from a loan shark who now wants his money back or else! There's plenty of money in grandfather Buckle's will, but how to get at it? Add a stuffy young lawyer, a hard-drinking, man-hungry housekeeper and a trio of beautiful young women, and you have the recipe for a laugh-packed farce of twists, turns, puns and pratfalls. Audition Dates: February 6 & 7 Time: 7pm to 10 pm Where: Dreamweavers Theatre Casting: 4 men, 4 women Show Dates: April 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, May 5 & 6 Dreamweavers Theatres 2006 Season
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3/31/06 Deadline: Artist Residency Program Seeking 15 Artists Apr 15, 2006 *NEW* INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM Seeking artists working with painting, drawing and sculpture for 4/+ week fellowship in Umbria, Italy, May - Jun and Sept 2006. Includes weekly trips to Italy's cities of art to inspire and inform the work in the studio, a model posing in the drawing room for 4-hour sessions 4 days/week, and home-cooked meals shared together with other residents. Residency fee includes studio space, a single room, 3 meals/day, group trips, and ground transportation to and from Fiumicino airport in Rome on the 1st and last day of each session. For more info please contact: Marc Servin, Artist's Residency Program, International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, 0605 Montecastello di Vibio PG, Italy OR 866-449-3604 OR 39 07 5878 0072 OR www.giotto.us/residence.html OR infogiotto.us
February 11, 2006 April 4 thru May 4, 2006. Sumei International Juried Print 2006 curated by Samantha Rippner, Curator, Department of Drawing and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Open to all artists, original works created within the last three years, any print media. $25 for 3 slides. $5 for each additional Slide. Giclee prints accepted in separate category. For prospectus send SASE to: Sumei Juried Print, 19 Liberty St, Newark NJ 07102 OR go to website: www.sumei.org
February 28, 2006 National Association of Women Artists (non-profit), founded in 1889, is seeking membership applicants from professional women artists in all media. Members are provided with juried and curated exhibit opportunities in NYC and across the US. Applications are due Sept 15 and March 15. Download application at: www.nawanet.org OR send SASE to: NAWA, 80 5th Av #1405, New York NY 10011
March 1, 2006 Projekt30 is taking submissions for its 21st publicly juried exhibition, scheduled to open April 1st, 2006. We are an artist-run arts organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists. The exhibition will include thirty artists; invitations will be sent to over 50,000 galleries, collectors, and fellow artists. All artwork submitted will be presented online prior to the exhibition so visitors of Projekt30 may help select which artists will be included in the April Exhibition. Visitors have the option of contacting any participating artist with feedback or opportunities. Unlike other juried exhibitions, all participants receive some exposure. Opens: April 1st, 2006. Deadline: March 1st, 2006. Fee: $35 for up to 10 images. Go to: www.projekt30.com
February 12, 2006 "BACK TO NATURE" CALL FOR ART - The exhibition "Back to Nature" was conceived in response to the emotions, dialogs, and idealizations that have been built around the notion of "nature" and the "natural." These emotions range from the romanticism and nostalgia of rural tourism to the irrational fear of life outside the city witnessed in horror films like "Jeepers Creepers" or "Children of the Corn." Artists ideas of nature can be seen in everything from picturesque panoramas to eco-design. Postmark deadline FEBRUARY 28. Exhibition dates: May 28 to July 23, 2006. All possible media is considered for exhibition including installation, performance, music, film etc. We will also accept project proposals for work to be specifically created for this show (funding available). Please find prospectus at: www.thecac.org/calls.html. Questions? Write: Hezziethecac.org.
March 3, 2006 PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION TO AID NEW ORLEANS Photographs will be sold to benefit displaced New Orleans artists. Photos should include emotional and political statements thematic to New Orleans. Contact: Denise Berthaiume, LeMieux Galleries, 332 Julia St, New Orleans LA 70130 OR 360-385-2135 OR www.nooht.org OR maillemieuxgalleries.com
March 8, 2006 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition. Agora Gallery of New York City is pleased to announce its 21st juried competition. Awards include: exhibition at the Chelsea gallery, cash awards, Internet promotion and review in ArtisSpectrum magazine. Visit: www.Agora-Gallery.com/2006 to download submission form. Deadline: March 8, 2006
March 20, 2006 CALL FOR DEATH PENALTY RELATED ART This is an international, all-media, juried exhibition on view May 6 through May 22, 2006 at Gallery Lombardi in Austin, Texas and online for at least one year at www.deathpenaltyartshow.org. Work in all media is eligible. Artwork must address the issue of the death penalty. We welcome submissions from artists who engage the issue from all sides. Purpose of the art show is to foster the creation of new artwork on the death penalty, to celebrate artwork that may already have been created and to encourage and enhance civic engagement and dialogue about the death penalty. Cash awards totaling $1,300, including $500 for Best in Show. $15 Entry fee. Contact: Death Penalty Art Show, Texas Moratorium Network OR 512-302-6715 OR www.deathpenaltyartshow.org OR infodeathpenaltyartshow.org
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Volunteer Opportunities
ACNV is always on the lookout for more stellar volunteers. Currently, we are seeking people for the following positions:
Artist Registry Administrator (2-3 hours/week) work with our Registry Coordinator by following up with artists who submit, calling for missing information, and maintaining the database
Membership Coordinator (2-3 hours/week) work with staff to maintain the membership database, update contact information, and assist in membership mailings
Events Volunteers (varies) we are always in need of volunteers to help set up and break down ACNV events and programs
"Mailing Party" Volunteers periodically, ACNV has a "mailing party" when we stuff, stamp, label and seal over 2000 envelopes.
If you have just a few hours a week to commit to helping us support the arts in our community, we'd certainly love to have you join us! Basic computer knowledge is all that is required for the Registry and Membership positions. If you are available for any of these positions, call or email today!
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