The Napa Valley College holds auditions for “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” a touring production, Jan. 22 and 23 at 5 p.m. in the college theater. Ages 14-70 are encouraged to audition.

Dreamweavers Theatre will present more plays in its 2007 season, but with shorter runs.

Upcoming events at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on the UC Davis campus:

Students from Napa, Yountville, Glen Ellen, St. Helena and American Canyon will compete Saturday in the first competition round of Idol NV at the Napa Valley Opera House.

Ashland, Ore. — Bill Rauch, who takes over as artistic director for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2007, recently outlined his vision for the organization and the changes he will implement at the end of the 2007 season.

LONDON -- A British watchdog agency criticized Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana on Wednesday for ads that showed models aggressively brandishing knives.

Eight courageous teenagers from Napa County filled the Napa Valley Opera House with music Saturday night as they vied for the title of “Idol NV.”

LOS ANGELES — “American Idol” knows that bad can be good, but not always.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J. — Brooke Samad’s contribution to high fashion may not be as well-known as Diane von Furstenberg’s wrap dress or a Vera Wang wedding gown.