Arts & Entertainment
Sonoma Weekend Runs the Gamut, April 5-7
From A (art) to B (beer) and on through the alphabet, a weekend of fun in the Sonoma Valley
This weekend in Sonoma finds a new art exhibit, stage auditions, live music and the return of the return of Rodriguez at the Sebastiani
Arts Opening: “Roger Shimomura: Minidoka on My Mind,” opens tonight, Friday, April 5 at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art,” with an artist’s reception at 6 p.m., for members only. (Show up at the door with your membership dues and they’ll let you in.) The show confronts viewers with issues of ethnicity, discrimination and racial stereotypes, all informed by the period Shimomura was incarcerated in a World War II concentration camp in Minidoka, Idaho. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, $5 admission.
Have a Beer: 60 of them in fact, tonight in SCC’s annual Beervana. Over 30 microbreweries contribute a couple of their best – lagers, ales, porters and more - plus announcement of the winning amateur brewing taste-off. See you there, 5:30 at the Veterans Memorial Hall, $45 at the door, a benefit for Sonoma Community Center.
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Things are also hopping (that’s a pun) at the Annex Wine Bar on W. Napa. This afternoon from 3 – 4, Taste Sonoma Wines with Vella Artisan Cheeses; from 6 – 7:30 it’s Friday Night Chicken Dinner night, followed by live music with Hard Travelin' until 9:30. Saturday their $5 dinner fare includes a Braised Lamb Shank from 6 – 7:30, followed by live music with Pete Olson.
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance: The Experiential Theater Company is holding auditions on Saturday and Sunday for their July production of “Cabaret” in the newly renovated Andrews Hall - Rotary Stage, Sonoma Community Center. Auditions start at 11:30. Call 707.363.8721 for more info.
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And in the Other Ring… Sonoma Stage Works will hold auditions for staged readings of new short plays Saturday, April 6, 1-5 p.m.. in the Community Room of First Congregational Church. Readings are for “PlayFest 2013” on June 1 and 2 at the Sonoma Community Center, as part of the Sonoma Theatre Alliance's season.
Earthquake! Sonoma Valley Hospital invites you to a free lecture and workshop on Emergency Preparedness for you (and your pets), at 1 in the afternoon. Featured speakers include experts from the American Red Cross and Sonoma Valley veterinarian, Dr. Rhonda Stallings.
Held Over! The award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” is held over another weekend at the Sebastiani Theatre, an unusual response to strong attendance and positive response. If you haven’t seen this intriguing film about a mysterious singer/songwriter whose career fell through the cracks in the 1970s, you have three more chances this weekend, at 8:30 on Friday and Saturday, 7:30 Sunday.
The other film on screen is Dustin Hoffman’s well-received directorial debut, “Quartet.” It stars a number of senior stars including Maggie Smith, the arch doyenne of Downton Abbey; it shows at 6:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, 3 and 5:30 on Sunday.
The Sebastiani will be percolating the next couple weekends, with the Sonoma Independent Film Festival April 10-14, and the Sonoma Music Festival April 19 & 20. More details on these events coming.
I Can Hear Music: At Murphy’s Irish Pub you can find Liz Brown and Adam Traum Friday, and an acoustic Celtic jam session on Saturday, both from 8 to 10 p.m.
Meanwhile at the HopMonk Tavern on Broadway, you’ll find Loosely Covered (good name for a covers band, don’t you think?) Friday from 8:30, and Josh Barrett and Brianna Lee posing as Girls and Boys on Saturday, again from 8:30.
Out and about in the Valley: Tonight it’s "Comedy in the Cave" at Gloria Ferrer, starting at 8:00. Not one but two funny folk: Altadena’s Jabari Davis brings us humor combining down and dirty street smarts with thought provoking intellect, after up-and-coming talent Priya Prasad opens the show. $25 per person, club price: $21.25, includes a glass of featured wine or bubbly.
B.R. Cohn restarts their monthly Classic Car Cruise-in, from 11 to 4 on Saturday. Owner Bruce Cohn is crazy about his automobiles, and this weekend the spotlight falls on Norcal Chevelle and Caminos. Plus the winery’s wines and olive oils, other food and gift items, and the proprietor’s own car collection including a 1933 Willys Roadster, a 1941 Willys Panel Wagon, 1934 Henry Ford Five-Window Coupe and a 1946 Ford Woody Wagon.
