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

NEW YORK -- With all the former pop princesses spending more time in the tabloids than on the charts (Britney trying to tame Kevin, Christina celebrating a new marriage, Jessica ending hers and Pink picking fights with all the aforementioned), it's easy to see how the story of a scandal-free female singer/songwriter could get lost in the shuffle.

Some rare family photos and a collection of Truman Capote's letters to his favorite aunt in Alabama -- on topics ranging from Harper Lee to Tallulah Bankhead to his longing for down-home butter beans -- are going on permanent display in the state's literary capital, where the writer spent some of his boyhood.

Katie Holmes was raised a Catholic, but, says fiance Tom Cruise, their soon-to-arrive baby will not have a Catholic baptism.

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ROME -- Dame Muriel Spark, whose spare and humorous novels made her one of the most admired British writers of the post World War II years, has died in Tuscany, Italian officials said Saturday. She was 88.

LAS VEGAS -- Poker legend Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson, the man credited with creating the style of play made famous by the World Series of Poker, has died. He was 77.

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.

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

Steven Feigel of the United States Marine Corps been promoted from lance corporal to corporal. Feigel entered service in January 2004 and is a ground communications tech. He is the son of Richard and Nora Feigel of Napa and he graduated from Vintage High School in 2004./Register

There is a process, a set of skills that can be learned when the hand takes charcoal to the blank sheet of paper and begins to draw the human figure.

Education

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.

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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.

Laurie Anne Lee Weilbacher of Anderson and Michael David Grisham of Napa, announce their engagement with plans to marry May 20, 2006, in Napa.

Residents of American Canyon, Gina Ann Grilli and Robert Matthew Hildreth, announce their engagement with plans to marry June 4, 2006, at Mare Island's St. Peter's Chapel.

The engagement of Ms. Jennifer Lynn Landrith, daughter of the late Jennifer Jackson and John Landrith, to Mr. Jonathan Stitt, is announced.

ANCHETA -- Gina Ancheta vs. Amelito Ancheta, April 4, 2006

ACKER-POWELL -- Alan Justin Acker, 29, Yosemite Street, Napa, to Kathleen Marie Powell, 39, Yosemite Street, Napa.

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