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Jan 7, 2025 · North Bay theater companies have their collective fingers crossed that audiences will continue to come out and support them in 2025. Holiday-themed shows now give way to the usual mixture of comedies, dramas and musicals, from classics to contemporary works to a short play festival. Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse gets things going in early […]

Jan 7, 2025 · Zappa was barely four going on five years old when the two records came out. This was also around the time of a couple of vivid memories — the whirring of tape machines as his father was doing edits (“You would just hear the tape rocking back and forth going ‘wherp, wherp, wherp,’” the son said) and the recording of a song called “St. Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast.”

Dec 23, 2024 · Boyes Hot Springs resident Seth Donnelly has been trying for 14 months to convince his congressional representative, Mike Thompson, to vote against sending more military aid to Israel. The aid has supported Israel as it carries out an attack against the people of Gaza. This has been going on since Oct. 7, 2023, when Gaza […]

Nov 19, 2024 · As 2024 winds to a close, Northern California residents are likely still a bit shell-shocked by end-of-year events. Fortunately, the Sonoma County music scene has rarely been more vibrant, with live music venues big and small attracting touring acts and incubating local music with pretty much something for everyone interested in any genre.

Jan 14, 2025 · San Rafael ‘Sh*t Show’ Returns Solo performer Brian Copeland kicks off his latest iteration of The Great American Sh*t Show on Inauguration Day (Jan. 20), blending razor-sharp humor, social commentary and stirring storytelling. With four newly updated monologues tackling friendship across ideological divides, the concept of greatness in America, the evolution of #MeToo and hope […]

Jan 7, 2025 · Punchline or Prejudice? Harry Duke’s Dec. 25 “2024’s Top Torn Tix, SoCo’s best/interesting theater of the year” included POTUS, etc. “Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive,” a “feminist farce” (which he referred to as “pretty darn funny”) that undisguisedly discriminates against men as all cast members are female […]

Jan 22, 2025 · Mill Valley Tesla Quartet Chamber Music Marin presents the Tesla Quartet at 5pm, Sunday, Feb. 2, at Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church in Mill Valley. Part of their 2024-2025 Chamber Music Concert Series, now in its 52nd year, this concert showcases a diverse repertoire blending timeless classics and new works. The Tesla Quartet, formed at […]

Jan 22, 2025 · Rejection is par for the course for working writers, more so for non-working writers. This is a direct lift from my latest rejection: “Although I like your writing and appreciate your sense of humor, I’m afraid I cannot offer my representation at this time. In the current competitive market, publishers will not even consider nonfiction […]

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