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Features for Saturday, October 13, 2007
Arts Council planning project moves to next phase
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.
Solid Blues at the Opera House
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.
Visiting Russian musicians will perform works of local composer
The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet from St. Petersburg, Russia, comes to the Lincoln Theater in Yountville Saturday for one performance.
Benise returns to the valley with New Age flamenco, vocal show
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.
Art Notes — ‘Moon Proof Madness’
“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.
Dreamweavers prepares for 2008 season
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.
Audience stars in 'Sing-Along Grease'
The “Pink Ladies” jackets, rolled up jeans and neckerchiefs, along with a sold-out house, were the first clues Saturday night that the Napa Valley Opera House had tapped into something with its presentation of “Sing-Along Grease;” — especially considering that much of the audience wasn’t born when the movie came out in 1978.
Napa Symphony launches silver anniversary season with generous helping of 'audience favorites'
Some call them chestnuts, others say war-horses.
Justin-Siena High School recognizes honorees at Hall of Honor event
The Justin-Siena High School Alumni Council, in cooperation with the school’s board of trustees, faculty and staff recognize the latest outstanding alumni and faculty who will be inducted into the Justin-Siena Hall of Honor this month. The dinner event set for Oct. 14 will honor alumni Bill Dodd, ’74; Matthew Farver, ’94; Steve Silva, ’71; as well as former faculty member Bob Morrish (1945-2005). According to Alumni Councilmember and 2007 Hall of Honor Event Chair Tom Durante ’93, “The JSHS Hall of Honor is a recognition program designed to pay tribute to the school’s alumni who have gone on to live the Justin-Siena mission in their adult lives. These inductees have really taken all that they have learned to the next level.” For more information, call Caroline Gerlomes at 255-0950 ext. 644 or go to www.justin-siena.org./Register
Congratulations to Danielle MacLiesh, a student in Nadine Wade-Gravett’s Health 106 class, who is this month’s Stop the Hate! T-shirt winner. Danielle submitted a pledge this month based on September’s theme with a commitment to stop the hate.
Commended students named in 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program
Principal Noel Laird Hesser of Justin-Siena High School announced that Brooke Bainum, Mary Kate Fidler and Jeffrey Brice Forestier have been named Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise./Register
Local high school seniors honored
This month, the National Council of Teachers of English honors 595 high school seniors as outstanding writers in the 2007 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing. The recipients were chosen from 1,937 students nominated in their junior year by their teachers, from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Canada and American schools abroad.
Local cadet completes training
Cadet Eric J. B. Anderson, son of Chris and Jane Anderson of Napa, has completed cadet basic training at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
From Register staff
Napa native becomes police officer
Napa native Tristan Michael Cline has been serving as a police officer for the city of Santa Cruz after completing his training at Evergreen Police Academy in December 2006. Prior to being hired by the city of Santa Cruz in June 2006, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Francisco in May of 2006 and Napa High School in 2002. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cline of Napa and the grandson of Mary Jane Rossi of St. Helena and the late Bud and Madonna Cline and Andrew Rossi./Register
Former Napa resident graduates
Carrie-Lee Dannenberg graduated magna cum laude with her masters of science in counseling, with specializations in community counseling as well as marriage, family and child counseling, from California State University Sacramento on May 25, 2007. She received her B.A. in psychology from U.C. Davis in 2002 and her AA in Liberal Arts from Solano Community College in 2000. Carrie-Lee is a 1997 graduate of Napa High and is the daughter of Betty and Mike Dannenberg of Napa./Register
Sweet Grace is a shop that takes the cake — and turns it into anything you can imagine.
How did this week's recipes work for you?
Did you try this week's Register Recipes?
Frosted cookies can make for spooky Halloween fun
If you're already itching to decorate holiday cookies, why wait until Christmas?
Sweet Grace's Fluffy Meringue Buttercream Icing
(Makes a very fluffy but not too sweet icing that is perfect for icing cakes and making simple decorations. If making roses or other formed flowers use a stiffer icing)
Growing up in New Mexico, Michael Lauher knew about the Pueblo “hornos,” the traditional beehive ovens, still widely used there.
Avoid truly horrific accidents and Halloween-proof your home
Halloween is just around the corner, and if you’re not careful, your home could give fright to the neighborhood ghouls and goblins.
‘Game Plan’ wins, Stiller, Farrellys find box-office heartbreak
LOS ANGELES — There’s something about a reunion of Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers that audiences didn’t want to see.
Need therapy? In Britain, patients turning to computers instead of the couch
LONDON — For nearly her entire life, Mary had a crippling fear of cramped spaces that meant she couldn’t travel on airplanes, subways, or cars.
Vintage's exchange students get a taste of the U.S.
If you’ve ever enrolled in a foreign language class, you know that learning a second language can be challenging. But the challenge is even more daunting if you’re thousands of miles from your native soil, family and surroundings.
The “Legend of Zelda” series has had a number of different art styles, the most recent being the more adult style of “Twilight Princess.”
Nickname: Sis
Name: Sir Reginald of Cambridge
In 1999, Andrea Smeltzer, a college student from Napa, seemed to have the world at her feet. The 19-year-old enjoyed dancing, was trained in opera, designed her own jewelry and was a whiz with languages. But Smeltzer harbored a secret, a burden that would be too much to bear. Smeltzer was bulimic, and it was a disease that would eventually silence her forever.
Napa farmers drop everything for 'nu'conservation effort
Leave it to the French to come up with one word that can describe a project that leaves mere English speakers scrambling for adequate adjectives.
Paradiso: Sonoma auction continues its rise
The Paradiso wine auction continued its climb into the ranks of the top wine auctions in the nation when it raised $2 million last Saturday in just four hours.
Looking over the hills: What makes the auctions grow?
In just four years Sonoma County’s Paradiso auction has raised $6.5 million and is ranked as one of the top wine auctions in the world — it’s already third — and is moving upward every year. What’s it doing that’s so right?
About seven years ago PlumpJack Winery made an announcement that raised eyebrows throughout the wine world — half of its 1997 reserve cabernet sauvignon reserve was bottled with a traditional cork closure, the other half with … screw caps.
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