The Napa Valley Opera House hit a resounding chord with its 2007 “Idol NV” competition, as local audiences discovered a wealth of talent among young Napa singers.

Due to a huge demand for tickets, Berkeley Repertory Theatre has extended its acclaimed production of “After the Quake.”

The proper pairing of food and wine has become de rigueur at Napa Valley wineries, restaurants and among foodies, but pairing music and wine may be something new.

The Napa Valley Symphony Orchestra joined the big leagues last Saturday night.

Granted there are some people who get all excited about the football at Big Game, but there are also those go to Memorial Stadium to see  the biggest half time show of the year, when both the Napa and Vintage bands will perform under the direction of Harry Cadelago at Napa and Bill Gantt from Vintage. The Register will provide coverage of these always memorable performances on Sunday, Nov. 11.

School kids around the valley will get a chance to see live theater this week and next as Napa Valley College presents “Bambi: A Life in the Woods.” Based on the original story by Felix Saltern and adapted by James Devita, this Theater for Young Audiences production is directed by the college’s artistic director, Jennifer King.

It’s been a busy year for Napa musicians Bob St. Laurent and James Regan, who will play a rare, mostly-acoustic concert with their band St. Laurent at Copia on Nov. 15.

Richie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music. His fiery, poignant, soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s. Havens performs at the Napa Valley Opera House on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.

For the citizens of Napa during WW II, as with the citizens of the rest of the country, one of the most popular outlets from the stresses of war-time living was going to the movies.

From Register Staff

Last spring the Register’s resident artist, Kelly Doren, the man responsible for designing most of the feature pages, came up with the idea of asking readers to tell us how their gardens were growing and especially about their strange, unusual and interesting produce.

Hoping to inspire home cooks to add to their own libraries as well as those of family and friends, chefs and authors across the land are releasing newly published cookbooks by the carload — just in time for the holidays.

Bleaux Magnolia, Napa’s Calfornia-Cajun restaurant is adopting a no-corkage for locals policy as it also begins offering Sunday night dinners.

What is the best new cookbook you have come across this year?

This weekend Copia introduces a new series exploring the world of herbs with Stephanie Georgieff, an herbalist, acupuncturist and naturopath, leading a class on the exotic world of Asian herbs.

It’s been about eight years since “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” was introduced. Since then, the series has ruled the world of virtual skateboarding with a new game almost every year.

Mark Teeters, director of choral activities at Vintage High School, has a special treat in store for the members of one of his choir groups, Vintage's Chamber Singers.

At around 2,000 feet, after months of dating and weeks of waiting, Julie Schubert summed up her feelings to Joe Grenuk in three simple words as the early morning sun cast an autumn glow.

In a park in Jerez, Spain, there’s a statue of Shakespeare —  a token of appreciation for the Bard who, 400 years ago, was extolling the pleasures and benefits of the region’s most famous product, Sherry.

I fell in love last summer.

“Wine is geography in a bottle,” Jancis Robinson observed as she presided over a tasting that established her point.

Trester Goetting has been named associate winemaker at Ladera Vineyards. A long-time Napa Valley resident, he has worked at Tulocay Winery, Domaine Carneros, Yorkville Cellars and St. Clement Vineyards, and joined Ladera in 2004 as assistant winemaker.

It was a frequently used wine cliché a few years back — the one that went, “We listen to our grapes.”