Good reads: Stocking up on summer books
If there is anything different about what West County residents
Fundraiser: Canapés for a cause
While the Paul Mahder Gallery has held fundraisers in the past, this one focused not on the well-to-do, but rather on those who do without.
Madison County Replaces River City on Raven Stage
“We were down to 'Man of La Mancha' and this show,” director Joe Gellura said. “And Bridges of Madison County' was a show that I personally wanted to do since I saw it on Broadway 11 years ago, with the original cast.” That production won two Tony Awards, including for Best Original Score and Best Orchestration for the composer, Jason Robert Brown.
Movies: ‘Black Bag’ a Battle of Wits
Since 1989’s Sex, Lies and Videotape, Steven Soderbergh has not only helped revolutionize independent film in the United States, but has consistently found ways to move cinema into blazingly original spaces of storytelling and technical innovation while remaining so prolific that it remains to be seen if he ever actually sleeps.
With the Band
At times, Sonoma County seems a sleepy little rural county, a regional center almost by accident, built through decades of accumulated suburbs.
At other times, it feels loud as hell, especially when folk-punk rock bards The Crux are playing. This year, The Crux turns 15....
