Arts & Entertainment

Resort-O-Rama, Altered States and Moving Pictures

Santa RosaMod, Mod World The Flamingo Resort turns back the clock for Resort-O-Rama, a four-day celebration of midcentury design, style and splendidly retro diversions. This weekend’s offerings range from seminars on Walt Disney, Bay Area architecture and 1950s cuisine to cocktails, DJs and a classic supper-club dinner featuring San Francisco...

Plants, Prost & Perfect Harmony

Wrong Dreams, Arthur Miller Classic at Ross Valley Players

The Mill Valley Film Festival Returneth

A smiling man in glasses and a graphic T-shirt stands in front of a Steinway upright piano against a stone wall.

In the Mix, New Book Decodes Music Producing

Sep 29, 2026

John Baccigaluppi lives in San Rafael. But his journey to get there, as well as his road to becoming...

A black-and-white photo of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark clothing sitting cross-legged on a rooftop peak, holding a guitar.

Brighter Still: 10th Time’s the Charm for Sean Hayes

Sep 23, 2026

Sonoma County based musician Sean Hayes is right on time with his phone call which, having interviewed countless artists...

A DJ in a wide-brimmed pink hat and heart-patterned jacket extends his index finger up while working a turntable in a room with purple light.

AfroBrasil, Acorns & Altered States

Sep 22, 2026

SebastopolBrazilian Wax Laguna Lab turns up the heat with TABÚ 002: AfroBrasil, the second installment of The Human Frequency Project’s...

An artist in a paint-splattered smock reaches up to add paint to a large abstract portrait on canvas.

Art in the Act: ICB/ART Shows Artists at Work

Sep 22, 2026

Finished art can be a little coy about how it came to be. A canvas hanging serenely on a...

Three actors in costume perform on stage, two with raised arms and cardboard contestant numbers pinned to their chests.

Definition, Please: ‘Spelling Bee’ in Novato

Sep 22, 2026

Musical theater is an art form that rarely comes with a trigger warning. One wouldn’t think that a show...

Six musicians stand together outdoors near pine trees at dusk.

Rock, Renewal and El Grito

Sep 15, 2026

Forest KnollsStranger Things Wreckless Strangers bring their self-described “Ameri-Cali Soul” to the historic Paper Mill Creek Saloon for a Friday-night...

A stylized painting of a cow grazing on green rolling hills dotted with oak trees, beside an abstract panel of horizontal stripes in green, orange and pink.

Art, Apples, Anthems & Anniversaries

Sep 8, 2026

PetalumaShifting Ground Northern California artist Karen Olsen-Dunn takes a familiar landscape and rearranges the view in Terrain Shift, her solo...