Although it began as way to lure more tourists to the valley during the quiet winter months, the Napa Valley Mustard Festival has garnered its share of attention from locals as well.

Myths, folk tales and fairy tales are amusing when it comes to literature. However, when the subject is home maintenance, myths can be dangerous and costly. Here's list of home maintenance myths that will make your home safe and help save you money.

Pianist Alan Feinberg, who has forged a career based on musical exploration, will be the guest artist as the Napa Valley Symphony presents its final classical subscription concert of the season April 23 at 3 p.m. and April 25 at 8 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville.

Ranging from jazz icon Dave Brubeck to pop chart-topper Shawn Colvin, smooth jazz stalwart Norman Brown to soulful blues/jazz diva Patti Austin, the lineup for the 38th annual Robert Mondavi Summer Festival should appeal to a wide range of musical tastes.

It was standing room only at Copia last week when Helgi Tomasson, the artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, introduced the Friday Night Flick, "The Red Shoes." Tomasson, credited transforming the San Francisco company from regional to international, asked the audience how many had attended a ballet performance and nearly everyone in the packed theater raised their hands.

Not exactly what you'd expect to find in an opera house, the Bobs do, however, use the voice to get their message across.

Figuring out how Lily Tomlin divides up her time could take some doing.

'Lie, Cheat' and laugh at Dreamweavers

Education

Based in England, the Royal Academy of Dance has affiliations in 70 countries and trains over 250,000 children each year. As part of their classical training, RAD students may opt to take an examination, judged by an international examiner, to determine their proficiency.

Napa Valley College grad receives award

You don't have to be a girl to be a nurse or a boy to be a firefighter. "Each of you has an inner voice. You have the power to do whatever you want in life." stated Tracy Hayward from last years "Good Enough!" Conference.

Eighth grade 4.0

Holy week at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

Chocolate Pot de Crme with Chantilly Cream

Let it rain

Despite the evidence of the weather, it really is spring and this week, with both Passover and Easter on the calendar, it's time to celebrate, even if we have to slosh through mountains of mud to do it.

Julia Child's Favorite Jamison Lamb

Parslied New Potatoes

New at the CIA

An upcoming 40th anniversary celebration this summer will salute innovations as well as achievements of wine industry icon Robert Mondavi.

Finally, there's a scale that weight-conscious Americans can do something about. The furniture scale.

Organically grown vegetables are increasingly popular because people don't want to eat foods sprayed with pesticides. Nowadays you can even buy organically grown seeds, for planting. Because these seeds are for planting, not eating, some people question whether they are worth buying.

Recycling is a source of renewal, especially in the garden. A landscape created entirely from cuttings, corms, bulbs or transplants from friends or family members can conjure up happy memories. Perhaps you inherited a rose from your grandmother's garden or some treasured day lilies from a friend. At our monthly Master Gardeners meetings, we regularly swap bulbs, penstemon thinnings, root cuttings or softwood cuttings from favorite plants.

NEW MARKET, Va. - When you want to be belle of the ball, what do you wear? Chances are, you wrap yourself in a stunning something done in basic black. Designers generally agree black is the best choice for knockout simple, center-of-attention fashion.

From Register Staff

With this relentless rain, a lot of us are antsy to get outside and get going in the garden. And I'm sure some are feeling a bit down in the dumps for lack of sunshine. In addition to its effects on people, the over-abundant rainfall is setting up some problems for trees as well.

BISCONER -- Benjamin Bisconer vs. Bridget Bisconer, April 3, 2006

DOMMEN-BLODGETT -- Markus Dommen, 36, Coombs Street, Napa, to Debra Alana Blodgett, 38, Coombs Street, Napa.

Kaiser Vallejo

Residents of Napa, Gina Garaventa and Scott McClellin announce their engagement with plans to marry Sept. 16, 2006, at the Napa Valley Country Club.