Sam Neill: actor, winemaker
The hunt for red wines is being helped by Sam Neill.
Art notes: Neil Sedaka concert rescheduled
The Neil Sedaka Pops Concert with the Napa Valley Symphony, originally scheduled for Feb. 24, has been rescheduled to May 26, due to a medical emergency for Sedaka. Tickets for the Feb. 24 concert will be honored at the May 26 concert. If you cannot attend on the rescheduled date, contact the Napa Valley Symphony as soon as possible to indicate if you would like a tax receipt for your donation or a refund. The symphony can be reached at 226-8742 or www.napavalleysymphony.org.
Biblical glimpses become novels of passion and temptation
Eva Etzioni-Halevy’s own life is the stuff of novels, but she prefers to set her fiction in the ancient, legendary times of the Bible.
Pocket Opera in Napa: Before ‘The Simple Life’ there was ‘Martha’
Lady Harriet is blessed with everything usually considered desirable — youth, beauty, intelligence, charm, wealth and position. Living under the placid rule of Queen Anne in an era of relative peace and prosperity (for the lucky few), why is she unhappy? Why the ennui, melancholy, discontent and restlessness? What is the missing ingredient?
Harold & Marian: Then and now
Love — what can’t it do? In Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man,” the tender passion thaws a spinster, reforms a swindler and conjures that marvelous marching band — all to the tune of unforgettable melodies.
O is for Olivia
Olivia Voss sits in a dark corner, facing the evening’s audience; she flashes a Crest-white smile at the bar, then turning her attention to the dining room she announces her next song. Acoustic guitar in tune she begins:
Public input sought in effort to create a road map for the arts in Napa County
In the last five years, donors and funders in Napa County have invested close to $150 million dollars in the arts — without an overarching plan. The result?
The Police plan first tour since 1984 breakup
WEST HOLLYWOOD — The Police announced their first tour in decades Monday at a rehearsal at the Whisky a Go-Go as a throng of fans crowded near the legendary Sunset Strip nightclub.
Sir James and Lady Jeanne present a Valentine’s Day gem
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, comes a bouquet of classical and romantic gems with a lollipop finale. Flutists Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway headlined the latest in the current season’s subscription series presented by the Napa Valley Symphony.