Local Arts & Entertainment http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=2cb1361af5a5177a282cbba0bc9c2bc9 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:16:09 -0800 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b03484df0e05609384507.txt A company of live, wild animals will have leading roles this weekend while starring on stage at Lincoln Theater Napa Valley in a matinee performance featuring Peter Gros of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Saturday. newsys-454315023 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b0348a798bda050721262.txt A new show of work by David Gallegos, “Early Delights — A Tribute to Robert and Margrit Mondavi,” opened last weekend at the Robert Mondavi Winery. newsys-451597277 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b03488f90541427354425.txt Lucky Penny Productions, Napa’s newest theater troupe, opens its second play of 2009, Norm Foster’s comedy “Looking,” at the Napa Valley Opera House on Thursday. newsys-455804324 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b0348c3bcf63585586022.txt “Please Me by Standing by Me Please,” a new art show by Jen Sturgill and Todd Barricklow, is open at the Rasmussen Art Gallery in Angwin. Barricklow, a Santa Rosa artist, shows his work in ceramics, printmaking and metal from his studio and home. Sturgill, of Cotati, is a painter and teaches art at Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. The show will be on display through Dec. 6 during regular gallery hours, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Details: 965-6303. newsys-455804321 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b0348b15dfa9904125442.txt The Bellevue College String Orchestra performed concert on Sunday in Medina, Wash., which featured Napa Valley composer Louise Canepa’s “Romanza Waltz.” Canepa’s work reflects the influences of her Italian heritage and Northern California background. She has recorded many of her works with the prestigious St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra and Arkiv Records. newsys-455804326 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b0348e6235cc351241214.txt The Amish have been referred to as plain people, but there is nothing plain about their quilts. The artistry of the Amish tradition will be on full display at the de Young when the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco presents “Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown” in the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Textile Gallery. The show, which opens Saturday, features 48 full-size and crib quilts that showcase the diversity of the Amish quilt tradition, as well as the connoisseurship of collectors Faith and Stephen Brown. newsys-455804327 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b0348d1c8481616199393.txt The Napa Art Glass Society meets Sunday, 2-4 p.m., at 3845 Yosemite St., Napa. Bring a snack food, a chair and $5. newsys-455483186 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b0349679a137102219462.txt When Lydia Maria Child wrote the timeless words to “Over the River” in l844, I’m sure she didn’t have 29-year-old Nick Cristana in mind, much less two pairs of doting and overbearing grandparents, Frank and Aida, and Nunzio and Emma, Old School Italians to the core. newsys-455804329 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b034929da633187537556.txt Napa Valley College choruses perform a “Tapestry of Tunes” on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. The NVC Singers will weave a wide range of choral music from the classical masters to international folk music and gospel hymns. newsys-455804323 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/arts/doc4b0347a35f002404233938.txt Over the course of 50 years in films and television, Charlotte Stewart played opposite the leading men of several eras, including Jimmy Stewart, Rock Hudson, Elvis Presley, Kevin Bacon and Rainn Wilson. newsys-455483184 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:03 -0800