“Mozzarella Bar.” Those two words alone are reason enough to get me over the hill to Petaluma’s new outpost of my favorite pizza spot, Rosso Pizzeria and Wine Bar. The über talented gang who opened the creative, seasonally inspired, always yummy - and always packed... Continue
Sonoma’s Moose Lodge ups its ante in the local music game on July 13 with the first in a series of dinner shows with live bands. The Hardly Strictly Mash-up Boys, a bluegrass quartet with well- known Sonoma guitarist David Thom on mandolin, plays the... Continue
Fitting of the improbable task of keeping Jack London State Park open to the public, the Transcendence Theatre Company opens its summer season this weekend with the musical revue “Dream The Impossible Dream.” The show opens the “Broadway Under the Stars” series with performances July... Continue
Editor: My family and I spent a wonderful evening of unity with our community at The Musical Market event at The Moose Lodge in Sonoma this past Saturday evening. Affordable tickets, free parking, local beer, local food vendors Yeti and Maya as well as Lydia's... Continue
Editor: I'm watching a play? This is too real! This is the thought that crept, ever so slowly into my head during the thoroughly engaging production of Lobby Hero. This play by Kenneth Lonergan fits in perfectly in Andrews Hall, in the Sonoma Theatre Alliances... Continue
Proposed for First Street West, a half-block from Sonoma Plaza: a 59-room hotel and event facility with a gym, two restaurants and retail space. To make way for the 1.5-acre project, down would come the Chateau Sonoma and Index-Tribune buildings. Clearing the space is the... Continue
This year’s George and Phyllis Ellman grants, totaling $29,000, will be awarded to five Sonoma Valley non-profit organizations in support of projects fostering environmental awareness and specific environmental improvements. A sixth grant will be made to the Sonoma Classical Music Society to support classical music... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My six-year-old dog is healthy and trouble free. In fact she hasn’t needed to go to the vet in over three years since she had a broken dew claw. I was wondering, why does my dog need to be seen by the... Continue
If you read my column regularly, by now you know that I enjoy a cup of tea. My tastes in tea run to classic Chinese varieties like Oolong and Pu’er, and I can joyfully spend an hour or two exploring new varieties of fine tea.... Continue
“The Lobby Hero,” the work Sonoma Stage Works producer Todd Evans calls “a gripping urban drama,” enters its final weekend at Andrews Hall. Director Laureen Smith creates an intense, edgy atmosphere inhabited by David O’Connell, Joey Hobear, Jessica Short and Cameron Stuckey. ‘Hero’ plays Friday,... Continue