My grandmother grew begonias. Her garden was a screened patio that defied the hot Sonoma Valley sun, and in the summer it overflowed with pots and baskets of tuberous begonias.

Follies du Valle, the valley's home-grown musical revue, returns to the Lincoln Theater next weekend for its first production in the renovated theater. The show brings together residents from American Canyon to Calistoga, from children to seniors, singing and dancing on stage and working backstage.

LOS ANGELES -- Denzel Washington's reunion with Spike Lee put them on the inside track at the box office.