Ah, the country life. This is the time of year when everyone seems to be making their pilgrimage to the woods for a few days.

Among the films shown at the Wine Country Film Festival this year in American Canyon will be Napa filmmaker Duc Nguyen’s “Bolinao 52.”

There is a place, 90 miles from Napa, among the towering coastal redwoods, that is transformed from a serene grove to a jumping, jiving, bopping musical meeting place every summer.

Conrad Tao. Remember that name.

Commissioned and performed by the University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble, John Corigliano’s “Circus Maximus” underscores the nature of spectacle by presenting one.

Wine Country Film Festival presents a total of 38 films this year in American Canyon, Napa and Sonoma  July 19-22.

Herbie Hancock remains one of the most revered yet controversial figures in jazz. His appearance at the Robert Mondavi Summer Music Festival over the weekend bore that out.

“Public Cowboy #1” Gene Autry would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year.

The Pocket Opera celebrated the last production of its 30th season at the Napa Valley Opera House Sunday with larger than life results.

It was Sir James Galway’s droll humor that provided some of the best moments of the Festival del Sole concert held in the courtyard at Castello di Amorosa Tuesday evening.

In “Proof,” which opened at Dreamweavers on Friday, playwright David Auburn sets out to show that love, in all its multifarious varieties, has much in common with what we tend to view as some of the more abstruse mysteries of existence.

Nerve-racking performances, self-imposed perfectionism and long hours of practice -- while emotionally and physically taxing -- helped to mold Angwin resident Erik Williams into an accomplished violist.

Ice cream fanciers have President Ronald Reagan to thank for indulging their passion for the frozen dessert. 

The newest spa on the Napa scene is Spa Terra at the Meritage Resort. “Nel cuore della terra,” or “in the heart of the earth,” Spa Terra is entirely underground in the resort’s 22,000 square foot Estate Cave.

With the arrival of our typically hot, dry summer, we might have two areas of concern with regard to keeping our gardens vibrant and beautiful.

Just what, exactly, is a “sofa designed for the home we call Earth” ? And what is so “sustainable” about the wood in it?

There’s a new “p-word” for gardening. Besides planting and pruning, there’s plumbing — and this new p-word can help keep both gardens and wallets looking nice and green.

Name: Princess Gizzmo

Name: Daisy

Many Napa Valley wineries have added olive oil and vinegar to their product lines to add to their repertoire. Rutherford’s Round Pond Estate did just the opposite.

Charged with transitioning the Robert Mondavi Winery from business by familial handshake to corporate toe-marking, Christopher Barefoot is anxious to create new consumer experiences at the world-renowned Oakville cellar.

The bill that will allow more vintners to pour their wines at charitable fundraising events has cleared another hurdle.