Napa artist John Hannaford has work in the Artists’ Warehouse Exhibition and Sale, opening tonight at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Artists Gallery and runs through May. 5. The exhibition, a major fundraiser for the museum’s gallery program, showcases work of the artists represented by the gallery. The opening reception is 6-9 tonight. The Modern Art’s Artists gallery is in Building A, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

“Cats” — Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of T.S. Eliot poems and Broadway’s longest running musical — is both puzzle and delight.

When Wesla Whitfield begins a song, spellbound listeners cherish every word — and long after her last notes have faded, the lyrics linger.

Cats and cowboys and “Robinson Crusoe” — they’ll all be at the Opera House this summer.

The original Broadway sensation, Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango,” comes to the Lincoln Theater June 5 bringing a world-renowned, all-Argentine cast.

A new organization, the Napa County Arts and Culture Commission, will take life this spring after a three-year gestation.

NEW YORK — Rosie O’Donnell has tossed off countless one-liners and quips in her career. On Monday, she had one line she said she never imagined she’d utter: “Please welcome Rupert Murdoch.”

Five women. Six years. In Wendy Wasserstein’s “Uncommon Women and Others,” the women meet in a New York restaurant 1977, six years after they graduated from Mt. Holyoke college for women, one of the traditional “seven sisters” colleges of the East.

LOS ANGELES — An annoyed look from “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell as a contestant expressed sadness over the Virginia Tech shootings was drastically misintrepreted, Cowell and the show said Wednesday.

When Ron McNeil plays Beatles songs with the Fab Four, he focuses on more than nailing the lyrics, harmonies and chords that get more complex during the course of a show.

Rainer Hoenicke, a systems ecologist and member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of North Bay, speaks to the Fellowship Sunday on “Moral Politics and How Societies Choose to Fall or Succeed — Lessons for Unitarian Universalists.” The Fellowship meets at 11 a.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley, 1515 West Pueblo Ave., Napa. Child care is provided. Info, 252-1885.

ROP Student of the Year wins scholarships

Education

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “immersion” as “instruction based on extensive exposure to surroundings or conditions that are native or pertinent to the object of study.”

Why would someone spend nearly six weeks and up to $15,000 to learn about wine?

Down Under comes to Napa as Copia presents an Australian Walkabout, a walk-around winetasting, Saturday, noon to 3 p.m.

Napa High School history teacher Brian King loves cars and trucks. He races cars. He’s got engine blocks in his garage.

So you are finally ready to do it — spring for a sleek and modern flat-panel television.

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, we thought that we might lend a hand by suggesting gifts that veer from the traditional perfume, vacuum or toaster. Something practical, yet not insulting — a tool kit for mom.

Jessica Balcom and Brendan Cary of Napa announce their engagement to be married on Aug. 23, 2008, in Napa.

Queen of the Valley

AMEZCUA AGUILAR-RAMOS MARTINEZ -- Elenar Amezcua Aguilar, 22, So. Coombs Street, Napa, to Alejandra Ramos Martinez, 20, Coombs Street, Napa.

GLORIA -- Priscila Gloria vs. Hugo Gloria, April 2, 2007