It’s show time in the Napa Valley — big time. On top of the Napa High School and Napa Valley College musicals opening this week, drama students from New Technology High School are presenting their first co-production with the venerable Dreamweavers community theater group.

Harry Cadelago is retiring from Napa High this year after more than 30 years as a music teacher in Napa public schools.

The Napa Valley Museum’s new exhibit, “Herstory” opens Saturday with a selection of six artists from California, each of whom incorporates storytelling elements in her painting

Registration is in progress for Napa Valley College’s summer International Education classes. Space in the classes is limited and early registration is advised.

Nimbus Arts and the Cameo Cinema continue their partnership as they present John Lanchberry’s “The Tales of Beatrix Potter” by the Royal Ballet on March 10 at 8 p.m. An encore performance is scheduled at 11 a.m. on March 14.

This week, an artist who lives and works in Napa opens his largest-ever museum show at the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center.

Napa High alumnus David Ewing plays a lead role in Solano College Theatre’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” the chilling drama of stolen identities based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel.

Malice, mayhem, mystery and murder stalk the halls of Napa High School when the NHS Visual and Performing Arts Department presents the musical comedy, “Something’s Afoot,” opening Friday at the school’s Little Theater.

Violinist Jennifer Frautschi joins the Napa Valley Symphony for its third Classical Series program of 2009 as they perform works built around images of fireworks. Selections range from music composed to accompany a fireworks display —  Handel’s “Music for the Royal Firework” — to virtuosic displays like Saint-Saëns’ “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,” Ravel’s “Tzigane” and De Falla’s “El Amor Brujo Suite.”

The Cat in the Hat. Horton the Elephant, who heard the Whos. The Grinch. Sam I Am. Gertrude McFuzz with the one-feather tail. Lazy Maizie. If you ever read a story to a child — or were a kid yourself once upon a time — you probably know well the memorable characters that came from the wild imagination of Dr. Suess.

“Make Our Garden Grow” was the theme of this year’s annual fundraising concert for the Napa Valley Youth Symphony Saturday evening at Lincoln Theater. The results were a big bouquet of musical blooms.