Art Notes: Hannaford in display
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.
Justin-Siena’s fantastic felines are the ‘Cats’ whiskers
“Cats” — Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of T.S. Eliot poems and Broadway’s longest running musical — is both puzzle and delight.
Wesla Whitfield brings love songs to the Napa Valley Opera House
When Wesla Whitfield begins a song, spellbound listeners cherish every word — and long after her last notes have faded, the lyrics linger.
Summer at the Opera House
Cats and cowboys and “Robinson Crusoe” — they’ll all be at the Opera House this summer.
Lincoln Theater hosts Broadway hit ‘Forever Tango’
The original Broadway sensation, Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango,” comes to the Lincoln Theater June 5 bringing a world-renowned, all-Argentine cast.
New arts commission takes shape — finally
A new organization, the Napa County Arts and Culture Commission, will take life this spring after a three-year gestation.
Rosie O’Donnell takes aim at Rupert Murdoch
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.”
NVC’s ‘Uncommon Women’ present remarkable production of Wendy Wasserstein’s classic play
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.
Simon Cowell says annoyed expression on ‘Idol’ was not response to Virginia Tech shootings
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.
The Fab Four bring Beatles act to Yountville on April 28
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.