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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Art notes: Face your fears at Vintage High Haunted House
Once again Vintage High School’s drama department students have done their part to make Halloween a scream for everyone. Their annual haunted house — this year it’s the “Haunted House of Phobias” — is open this week through Friday and on Monday, Oct. 29, and Tuesday, Oct. 30. It opens at noon for Vintage students, and again from 3 to 5 p.m. for the general public. Tickets are $1 and may be purchased at the door, located at the back of the Vintage High School Little Theatre. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Copia presents Thrillville Spookylau show
Just in time for ghouls and goblins, Copia is presenting “Revenge of Thrillville’s Halloween Spookylau” in the facility’s theater Friday night.
High school drama this week: Misers and Horrors
“Skinflints and Scoundrels: Moliere’s Miser,” translated and adapted by Susan Zeder, opens the St. Helena High School theatre season Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. This comical, quick-paced, play-within-a-play is directed by Dr. Mary Fullerton with additional performances Sunday, Oct. 28 at 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m..
The boo-tiful Art of Susan Bartolucci
There’s something about Halloween that gets Susan Bartolucci’s creative juices flowing — not “creative juices” as in chardonnay or pinot noir, although she helps keep those juices flowing as well, being the matron of one of Napa Valley’s oldest wine producing families.
Virginia Mountain Music comes to Napa Valley
“Music From the Crooked Road,” the critically acclaimed national tour of old-time, bluegrass, mountain gospel and flatfoot dance comes to Lincoln Theater Napa Valley in Yountville this Sunday.
Napa High thespians open their 2007-08 season with an unsual offering: a rarely performed but highly acclaimed Depression-era fable, “The Diviners,” by Jim Leonard Jr.
Since 1973, San Jose Taiko has mesmerized audiences with the spellbinding sounds of taiko drums in fully choreographed, theatrically lit extravaganzas of musical sound.
Kristofferson unplugged shows off his writin' side
Actors, folk singers, and paramours of Barbra Streisand may come and go, but a true storyteller is a gem that endures.
Dianne Agaki: A world adventurer returns to Napa
Dianne Agaki was 50 years old when she moved to India.
Symphony hosts jazz superstar Chris Botti
To say that trumpeter Chris Botti trades on musical melancholy might well be an understatement in characterizing his current state of mind.
Spellbinding opener for Napa High drama
Being curious to see Jim Leonard’s “The Diviners” — but glad to see a school undertaking a such an unusual work — I dropped by Napa High Saturday night to watch its production, and found myself mersmerized not just by the beautifully written work but by the depth and power the students brought to this story, set in the mythical town of Zion, Ind., in the 1930s.
Napa Valley Opera House hosts wacky 'Wedding'
The longest-running comedy in Off-Broadway history, “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” is much more than a funny play — It’s a lively and hilarious celebration that invites the audience to eat, drink and dance along with the wedding party.
Justin-Siena seniors Jessica Christianon and Sean Hanna designed the man-eating plant Audrey for their current production of “A Little Shop of Horrors,” which continues this weekend at the high school. Performances are Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Info, 255-0950. Jorgen Gulliksen/ Register
Education
The Napa City-County Library has received the 2007 PR Excellence Award from the California Library Association. In a statewide competition, judges selected the Napa City-County Library’s monthly newsletter, News & Reviews, as the winner in the category of library news and information.
First corrections core graduation
The first Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center Adult Corrections Core Course graduation was held Oct. 18 at the Pelusi Building in Kennedy Park. The five-week course prepares personnel to work in local facilities, city and county jails.
Slow food, circa 1850, at historic Bale Grist Mill
From Register Staff
Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, “Talk With Your Mouth Full”
Party planning with the Hearty Boys
Need some nuts and bolts tips on throwing a party? Who ya gonna consult?
Caraway Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, “Talk With Your Mouth Full”
Lemon Brown Sugar Bread Pudding
Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, “Talk With Your Mouth Full”
Rosario’s menu mixes traditional and new
Since his move to American Canyon, chef/restaurateur Rosario Patti has been itching to duplicate the menu he served while manning the stoves at his former downtown Napa trattoria, Belle Arti.
Recipe Talk: How did the recipes work for you?
You have three different recipes in this week's Register:
Welcoming fall one dish at a time
Fall seems to be the time when many of us gear up for one-pot dishes, but the concept of one-pot meal was non-existent when I was growing up in India.
The memo was so impressive, I was somewhat amazed to see my own name on it, but there it was:
Halloween: What better time could there be to share tales of local haunted houses?
There are two new additions to Copia that will enable it to continue with its goal of educating the public about food going from seed to table: a 24 by 60 foot greenhouse and a deluxe outdoor demonstration kitchen. Both are just steps from Julia’s Kitchen restaurant.
Into the Netherworld with Folklore
It seems like I've been playing a lot of first-person shooters and sequels lately, so it's nice to play something different and original.
At 12, Kampton already an experienced thespian
At age 12, Arianna Kampton of Napa is already an accomplished actress. Most recently, the St. John's Lutheran School student won the role of Harold the Herald in Napa Valley College's spring production of "The Emperor's New Clothes," a traveling play that made stops at several of Napa's elementary and middle schools.
Napa youth the fastest thing on two wheels
Road racing is an Edginton family legacy -- and Jordan Edginton of Napa and his father, Bryan, make a team that's tough to beat.
Ratchet and Clank is a PS3 hit
The PlayStation 3 feels like it's finally starting to hit its stride. With the release of the third-person shooter "Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction," system owners will have another fantastic game to keep them occupied.
BEAS GONZALEZ-BAEZA FRIAS — Mario Beas Gonzalez, 36, Laurel Street, Napa, to Maricela Baeza Frias, 32, Durfee Avenue, Pico Rivera.
Yountville great grandma celebrates 90th birthday
Mary Wolsky was born on Sept. 15, 1917 in Ravinia, S.D., to Dorothea Caroline Dahl and Marius Juul, their sixth, and their only child born in the United States.
PERRINE-RICHMOND — Cynthia Perrine-Richmond vs. Thomas Richmond, Oct. 18, 2007.
An ant carved in a tree trunk, a hitching post for a Napa business pioneer’s horse and buggy and one big eucalyptus tree that is in the “Registry of Big Trees” is featured in this month’s “Where in Napa Valley Is ...?”
When the design for the new Hall winery was unveiled in July, media attention was directed toward the tasting room design developed by noted architect Frank Gehry.
This is the final weekend for Jimmy’s Gems, an online wine auction raising funds for the Jimmy Mancbach Memorial Scholarship Foundation.
If W.S. Gilbert had written 'The Pirates of Penzance' in Napa
I am the very model of a connoisseur of costly wine
Toast of the Valley: Wine and song
Fine wine, a full orchestra and chorus paired with art from international artists will hit the auction block at the Vintage High School Music Boosters’ “An Afternoon of Art, Wine and Music in the Napa Valley,” on Sunday, Oct. 28, 1-5p.m. at the Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom, 3425 Solano Ave., Napa.
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