Wouldn’t you read an article titled, “Go Take a Wok in the Woods”? I would. This was one of George Stratton’s first nature-travel pieces, about cooking Chinese food while camping in the wilderness, and he believes it was the title which sold the piece. I have known George and his skillful, beautiful poems since he was a student in my poetry workshop in the early 1990s. Reading his poems is like reading extended haiku, as in this short poem, “The Secret of My Art”:

Locals and visitors will come together in downtown Napa Saturday afternoon to celebrate the current harvest Cajun-style.

Art glass sculptor, Jack Storms will be at RASgalleries in Yountville Saturday, Oct. 4, 4-6 p.m. for a show of his work including sculptural wine bottles and stemware created  for this showing.

Napa Valley composer Kurt Erickson has completed a commissioned orchestral work for soprano Marnie Breckenridge and the Sacramento Philharmonic. "Chicago Songs" will be premiered Nov. 1 at the season opening concert of the  2008-09 season.

Actor Cliff Robertson will be on hand for a screening of his Academy Award winning film, "Charley" at St. Helena's Cameo Cinema Sunday, Oct. 5. A wine and hors d'oeuvres reception at the Cameo will be followed by an interview moderated by film scholar before the film.

The artistic duo of Kristi Rene and Edmund Grant are opening a new show at St. Supery titled "Just The Two Of Us." The show runs Oct. 1 through 31 with a reception Oct. 17,  6:30-8:30 p.m.

A number of exciting local bands, along with classic Hollywood mysteries and spooky films, are on tap at Copia this month.

370 degrees? More than a full circle? Going just a little bit beyond the ordinary?

Enjoy a free dance experience the week of Oct 6-10 during "Bring A Friend Week" at Napa Valley Dance Center, 950 Pearl St., Napa. Wear comfortable shoes and excercise clothes.

“If I were 22 today, I wouldn’t want to be in the industry.” Thus spake songstress and National Endowment for the Arts “Jazz Master,” Nancy Wilson.