A series of public meetings from end to end of the Napa Valley — including fast-growing American Canyon and the mountaintop community of Angwin — has given more than 150 people a voice in planning the county’s cultural future.

Touring together for the first time, Solid Blues brings together all-star cast of Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, the North Mississippi Allstars and New Orlean’s-style piano and organ wizard Joe Krownfor a Southern-tinged, soul-stirring performance celebrating the blues tradition for one night at the Napa Valley Opera House.

The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet from St. Petersburg, Russia, comes to the Lincoln Theater in Yountville Saturday for one performance.

A self-taught guitarist, heartland-raised Roni Benise had a life-altering experience a decade ago when he heard flamenco music wafting from a radio in his Los Angeles neighborhood.

“Moon Proof Madness,” the di Rosa Preserve’s benefit art auction takes place Oct. 20, 5 p.m. to midnight. The beautiful landscape and galleries of the di Rosa Preserve set the stage for this lively event, which raises funds to support cultural and educational programs at the Preserve.

This weekend, anyone with a hankering to step onstage can try out for an entire season of plays at Napa’s award-winning Dreamweavers Theatre.

This week “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece about life and love in small town America in the early 20th century opens at Napa Valley College.