Join Lily Tomlin, one of the world's most cherished comedy legends, for a night of fun and laughter April 9 at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville.

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.

Berkeley's own Grammy-nominated vocal quartet, the Bobs will bring their new show show, "Rhapsody in Bob" to the Napa Valley Opera House April 8.

"Stay Alive" -- If you die in the video game, you die in real life. This is a cool/potentially creepy idea if you're in high school and goofing around with your friends at the movie theater on a Friday (as many were during a recent matinee, which this critic had to attend because the film wasn't screened before opening). For everyone else, this isn't just a preposterous premise for a horror movie, it's a source of unintentional hilarity. Recycling ideas from "The Lawnmower Man," the "Final Destination" movies, the third "Spy Kids" and "Tron," "Stay Alive," features an underground video game that a bunch of teenagers feel compelled to play because it was the last thing one of their friends was doing before he died. The gamers (including Jon Foster, Sophia Bush, Samaire Armstrong and Adam Goldberg) eventually realize that the characters on screen look just like them, and that "Stay Alive" is making them see and hear things even after they've stopped playing. Then when they begin dropping one by one in exactly the manner they die on screen, they get even more freaked out. Dude! PG-13 for horror violence, disturbing images, language, and brief sexual and drug content. 85 min. One star out of four.

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

More than 60 Justin-Siena students will take to the stage to present the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice hit musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" March 30 through April 9.

From Register Staff

When the curtain rises on this weekend's "Follies du Valle" at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville, not only will the audience be in for a homegrown musical revue, but they will also help to fund the Lincoln Theater's ongoing arts education and Student Outreach Program.

Curator Michael Schwager was discussing the new show at the di Rosa Preserve's Gatehouse Gallery when suddenly the wall started to move, or more precisely, it was the peacock feathers attached to four white disks that were mounted on a white wall at the gallery that were moving. In perfect syncronism, the pairs of feathers began weaving and bobbing, left and right, like flag bearers in a parade.

A rare event indeed, last Saturday night's concert at Copia in Napa brought together exceptional jazz talents for a performance the likes of which we might never see again.

Choraliers in Concert

NEW YORK -- Howard Stern is angry more fans haven't followed him to satellite radio.

Ever feel like you you've been in bad relationship after bad relationship? There's a workshop in town that can help you avoid the patterns that turn a good relationship sour.

Look out -- it's prom season. It's about hair and jewelry, tuxedos and flowers. Most importantly, it's about the dress, that sequined, satiny or ruffled confection of a dress. Savvy girls who want to stand out have discovered something new in something old. Vintage dresses are the hottest trend for prom this spring.

Education

NEW YORK -- Does praying for a sick person's recovery do any good?

Although other TV chefs have become famous, Jacques Ppin remains ahead of them all. Focusing on food, not entertainment, he has been a star for 30 years, setting the highest standard for food technique and preparation. He's written more than 20 books and starred in 10 TV series, the most recent, "Fast Food My Way," an alternative to the food-oriented entertainers who combine prepared and packaged ingredients to save time.

My father is a genius. He's a brilliant inventor. And an avid recycler. At the same time.

Typically Lydie Marshall teaches cooking classes in her restored medieval fortress in Provence. She makes exceptions, however, and after Ann and Dave Tucker spent a week cooking at Marshall's castle kitchen, they invited Marshall to their Napa home. Marshall, who first came to the Napa Valley in the 1970s, accepted. While she was in the U.S. promoting her newest cookbook "Slow-Cooked Comfort: Soul-Satisfying Stews, Casseroles and Braises for Every Season," Marshall came to the Tucker's newly renovated home in east Napa for two days of cooking classes.

The Day After Soup

As most homeowners are only too well aware, readying their deck for the summer season is all about tending to their "thujaplicins."

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the air quality in your home can be up to 10 times more polluted than outdoor air.

The Masters' garden

The Napa Valley Symphony League's seventh annual Napa Valley Home and Garden Tour will be held May 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year's tour features two Upvalley homes, one extensive estate midvalley and two residences within the Napa city limits. Tickets for this tour of five exclusive Napa Valley homes and gardens are $50 in advance ($45 for groups of ten or more) and $55 on the day of the tour.

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The city of Napa Fire Department, in collaboration with the CDF/Napa County Fire Marshal's office, is launching a free wood chipping service for select neighborhoods in Napa County. The chipping service is part of Napa Firewise, a five-year fire prevention plan launched last year.

As the rain continues to fall, some might think it's our April Fools' headline, announcing it's time to plant your tomatoes. But, according to Colby Eierman, Copia's director of gardens, all this rain has only slowed things a bit. Inside Copia's greenhouse rows of seedlings wait for the ground to dry out a little before they get planted.

A home's entryway is often the most overlooked space in a home, but this is the first place that family, friends and neighbors are greeted, and it is the first interior space that reflects your decorating taste and style.

Monica Wilson of Napa and Thomas Knecht Jr., of San Carlos, announce their engagement with plans to marry July 22, 2006, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Napa.

Edward Allen Skinner Jr. and Eunice A. Jamison announce their engagement with plans to marry June 11, 2006, in the Fellowship Hall at the Meadows Retirement Center, where they are both residents.

Queen of the Valley

Residents of Napa, Stephanie Holdermann and Benjamin Nelson announce their engagement.

ESCALONA -- Carlos Escalona vs. Jovita Escalona, March 10, 2006

BARWICK-GARTON -- Edward Ignatius Barwick, 79, Monez Boulevard, Napa, to Linda Carol Garton, 61, Monez Boulevard, Napa.

WASHINGTON -- Nearly three in 10 U.S. mothers are giving birth by Caesarean section -- a record number -- and more and more of them seem to be choosing a surgical birth even when there's no clear medical need.