The store hired the Napa High School Jazz Band to perform at its gala Monday night. Today, the store has donated a $500 gift basket for a raffle benefiting the Napa Valley Opera House.

Eternal Vision brings its energetic style of southern gospel and contemporary Christian music to Lincoln Theater Saturday.

The Lincoln Theater has just announced they’ve added comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White  to their spring schedule. Tickets go on sale Friday for his March 2 appearance in Yountville.

Doris Smeltzer, author of “Andrea’s Voice: Silenced by Bulimia,” hosts Savor Yourself ... Beyond Skin Deep, an Internet radio show premiering on VoiceAmerica  Jan. 21.

Of all the talking heads in operation last week, the best one I heard was at Dreamweaver’s. It was a deer head, complete with antlers, mounted trophy-style. It spoke out at various times, and as far as making sense and being useful, it left all political pundits far behind in the dust. For that matter, so did the singing fish.

Four years from now, Napa County could be home to a vibrant, interconnected cultural community, with well-funded programs for artists of all ages and a reputation for quality that attracts visitors who have money to spend.

I’d always been intrigued by the open lands of Africa. I like to imagine being up close and personal with dark-eyed cheetahs and exotic birds. Like many folks, however, reality always got in the way. Hearing about all those jungle diseases, and rough and tumble conditions talked me out of it every time.

Coming up at the Napa Valley Museum in January:

Comprised of native Hawaiians, surfers and friends — all master musicians — Manaleo is committed to preserving the music, traditions and culture of old Hawaii.

St. Helena artist Nancy Willis hosts a series of upcoming workshops, plus a 10-day painting tour to France.

Reuniting a pair of key fundraisers for the first time in many years, the Napa Valley Unity League and Napa designer Michael Holmes will stage the Napa Valley Academy Awards Gala Black Tie and Black T-shirt Parties at Sterling Vineyards on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 5 to 11 p.m.

Some of the most talented teenage musicians in Napa County will perform Saturday night in a concert that will raise money to help rebuild a community center in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans.

Many world-renowned artists share a nonconformist attitude, and it turns out that some of Napa's youngest artists are no different.

If I had made a list of 2007 games that should have been played but weren't, "Eternal Sonata" would have been on it.

There's plenty of crab in this week's Register! Tell everyone what your favorite ways are to turn crab into a tasty dish.

American culinary history is a marriage of many cultures. On any given day, in any given American kitchen, we invoke the memory of our ancestors with dishes that speak to their heritage. From Greek to Brazilian, Italian to Lithuanian, Mexican to French, what defines American cuisine is as new as the newest wave of immigrants and as fresh as the latest fusion cuisine.

The sweetest of all crabs, Dungeness come from coastal Pacific waters stretching from Alaska to Monterey Bay.

Greg Higgins, Higgins Restaurant, Portland, Ore.

Susan Spicer, 'Crescent City Cooking'

8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18: It's such a pleasure to watch men cook. Even at what feels like dawn, I find the sight of men wielding pots, pans and spoons is downright beautiful.

The Napa County Master Gardeners are trying to determine the best way to serve the local gardening public with workshops, and they welcome your ideas.

Many know Mike Sjoeblom as the innovative vintner who creates a sparkling wine from cabernet sauvignon grapes, but before he started his enterprise here in the valley, he had another career well underway as the president of EuroOffice, a company based in Sweden and devoted to developing and selling ergonomically-sound products.

The National Geographic Green Guide, a quarterly publication  to help consumers develop smarter, greener behavior to support a healthier planet, makes its debut March 4.   

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ANTOLIN ESTRADA-VAZQUEZ HUERTA — Arturo Antolin Estrada, 35, Sierra Avenue, Napa to Maria Del Carmen Vazquez Huerta, 31, Cabot Way, Napa.

RINCON — Tobias Noe Rincon vs. Mary Mayr, Jan. 10, 2008.

Anyone who hangs around the wine business soon notices that a lot of doctors and other medical practitioners are involved in making wine.