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Features for Monday, February 18, 2008
A kind of musical heaven is about to descend upon the Napa Valley in the form of 16 starry singers of opera fame, and a host of angelic musicians called the Napa Valley Youth Symphony. The occasion will be the first-ever fundraising benefit for the young ensemble, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Theater in Yountville.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival prepares to open 2008 season
With the new season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival set to open Feb. 15, incoming Artistic Director Bill Rauch has created what he feels to be his “ideal” first season.
From Leonardo's brain to modern art
Photographers, sculptors and even a surgeon will speak in Napa during the Oxbow School Spring 2008 Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Rockapella brings the love to Lincoln Theater
Years ago, a few young college students began a vocal performance group in Providence, Rhode Island. That group, Rockapella, which soon moved to performing on New York City street corners with a tip hat at their feet, built from a collegiate hobby into an internationally known vocal powerhouse. They’ll be in the Napa Valley Thursday night to present their own valentine at the Lincoln Theater.
Eroica Trio to play Bernstein, Gershwin at Opera House
The internationally acclaimed Eroica Trio will bring a lively program of American classics to the Napa Valley Opera House on Feb. 16.
Napa tour group heads to Ashland in June
Attending the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland is made easy for Napa theatrgoers who join the annual tour June 24-27, led by Susan Powers Kennelly.
Education
Video Gamer: New life for 'Devil'
Courting Cupid on a budget in the Napa Valley
“Romance without finance is a nuisance,” sang jazz guitarist Tiny Grimes in 1944, when gas was 21 cents a gallon and a couple of dollars could buy a hot meal or a round of cold drinks. Make that even more of a pain if you’re in the Napa Valley in 2008.
Bubbly ideas for Valentine’s Day
Need help choosing a sparking wine? Gregory Castells, head sommelier of the French Laundry, provided some tips for choosing and serving “the perfect bottle of bubbly” for Valentine’s Day 2008.
The Culinary Institute of America, Greystone, adapted from John Ash, ‘Earth to the Table’
Paul Franson
Pastry Chef Deanie Fox
LEVITTOWN, N.Y. — This prototypical suburban community, known for mass-produced housing that went up for soldiers coming home from World War II, is again trying to standardize a way of life for its residents.
BALCH-RAMIREZ — Jim Foster Balch, 55, Marina Drive, Napa to Andrea Frances Ramirez, 54, Marina Drive, Napa.
QUEEN OF THE VALLEY
Backstage at Vintage High School’s production of Miss Saigon, actors bustle about getting ready for the show. Girls huddle around mirrors with curling irons and eye makeup. Members of the ensemble brush out their wigs. Dancers flurry past in ballet flats and stockings.
This is a story of passions - or make that three passions: art, wine, and an impoverished country half a world a way.
“The 2007 icewine will be the one that everybody looks for,”. Charlie Pillitteri predicted, surveying the now-empty vineyards at Pillitteri Winery. The harvest started Jan. 3 when the temperature plunged to 12 F for the third night in a row. The cold crystallized the body of the grapes and brought the sweetness up to about 42 brix, well above the minimum required to earn the title “Canadian Icewine.”
On March 2 and 3 the James Beard Foundation will honor winemaker Christian Moueix of Dominus Estate and Chateau Petrus at the third Legends of Wine fundraising event in Napa Valley. Hosted by Ken Frank of La Toque in Rutherford Legends of Wine will be a weekend of wine tastings, wine dinners and a vineyard tour with Moueix. Proceeds from the event benefit the James Beard Foundation and the La Toque Scholarship in wine studies.
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