Entertainment at Copia in April brings to the stage four concerts that featuring guitar, jazz and the Great American Songbook.

The line up is:

 

Community Spotlight Concert: Andrew Moore’s The Music Men

Thursday, April 5  8 p.m.

Vocalist Andrew Moore, with a few special guests, kicks off the April concerts with a journey through the Great American Songbook that includes selections and behind-the-song stories of composers like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers. A versatile performer and favorite of Napa Valley audiences, Moore shows that, like fine wine, the classic and timeless tunes of these “music men” only get better with age. His show features vintage hits like “Begin the Beguine,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” “Blue Moon,” “What’ll I Do?” and “Our Love is Here to Stay.”

Domaine Chandon provides a pre-concert sparkling wine reception. Tickets are $20, $18 for Copia members.

Adrian Legg

Saturday, April 14 8 p.m.

Adrian Legg incorporates every genre on his guitar. He brought electric approaches to acoustic playing, creating a modern crossover amalgamation in the tradition of folk playing that goes back to the 1960s. The 1990 release of his first U.S. recording reaped praise from critics, fans, top guitar magazines and peers alike. Readers of Guitar Player magazine voted him Best Finger-style Guitarist 1993-96 for his “technical brilliance paired with a troubadour’s tale-weaving skill.” Tickets, $25/$22.50.

Community Spotlight Concert: Swing Savant

Thursday, April 19, 8 p.m. 

This 10-piece jazz ensemble, under the direction of trumpet player Walt Wadenius, presents a electrifying evening of jazz, from its musical roots to the latest contemporary sounds. Tickets, $20/$18.

Russ Lorenson’s

Tribute to Tony Bennett

Saturday, April 28, 8 p.m.

Russ Lorenson presents that regular guy from Astoria, Queens, who left his heart in San Francisco, the postwar heartthrob who inspired hundreds of young girls to wear black outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on his wedding day, and the darling of the MTV generation who made music history when, at the age of 68, he won the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year: Tony Bennett. Singer/entertainer Lorenson and his quartet of top-flight musicians pays tribute to the man Frank Sinatra called “the best singer in the business.” Tickets, $25/$22.50.

Tickets may be purchased at Copia’s information desk, at www.copia.org or 249-1600.

Friday Night Flicks

The theme for April’s Friday night movies is Australia. Complimentary tasting of a wine from Australia takes place at 7:15 p.m. before each 8 p.m. screening. Tickets are $7 general admission, $6 for Copia members and may be purchased at Copia’s information desk, at www.copia.org or 259-1600.

‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

April 6

Thirty years after it swept Australia into the international film spotlight, Peter Weir’s 1975 masterpiece is still charged with suppressed longings and an unanswerable mystery at its core. A Valentine’s Day picnic at an ancient volcanic outcropping turns to disaster for the residents of Mrs. Appleyard’s school when a few young girls inexplicably vanish. 115 minutes. Rated PG.

‘Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’

April 13

Directed by Stephan Elliot, this 1994 Australian film blitzed overseas box offices, caused a near riot at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Terence Stamp is a transsexual who, in the company of two drag queens (Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving) travels to a remote desert location to put on a lip- synch performance, to the amazement of the locals. 104 minutes. Rated R (sex-related situations and language).

‘Whale Rider’

April 20

Directed by Niki Caro (2002). In a dwindling Maori community, the aged patriarch awaits the birth of his first grandson, but disaster strikes when the heir apparent dies and his twin sister survives. As she grows up she shows a natural aptitude for leadership and tribal lore, but she can never find acceptance in her grandfather’s eyes. This audience favorite parlays girl power and storytelling punch into a sleeper hit that is both heartrending and rousingly entertaining. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (brief language and a momentary drug reference).

‘The Dish’

April 27

A good-natured and effortlessly funny Australian drama-comedy, Rob Sitch’s film from 2000 is filled with warm-hearted characters, yet has a an inspiring factual hook as cumulative goodwill springs forth from the rural town of Parkes in New South Wales, where a 1,000-ton radio observatory dish is recruited to relay telemetry, voice and television signals from the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13 (brief strong language).