Arts & Entertainment
Forbidden Kiss LIVE – Evening in Paris Happens Saturday Night at The California in Santa Rosa
Forbidden Kiss LIVE – Evening in Paris is our tribute to the joyous embrace of sensuality and sexuality that abounds in the City of Light. Cheryl King hosts this evening of bawdy vaudeville featuring the comic musical stylings of Karenna Slade, burlesque from Velvet Thorn, spoken word from Los Angeleno Marlene Nichols, Improvisation with Russ Andrews and Reggie Koffman, comedy sketches, plus song & dance from Malia Abayon and Titus Androgynous. PLUS Audience Participation with prizes from Secrets Boutique. PURCHASE IN ADVANCE AND SAVE!. Advance tickets $20, Tickets at the door $25.
Broadway Holiday with Transcendence Theatre Company Happens Dec. 18 & 19 in Sonoma
Broadway Holiday is back in an all-new production, adding sparkle and shine to the most wonderful time of the year! This elegant evening of beautiful music and Broadway rhythms will fill your holidays with joy. Celebrate with loved ones as we mix festive musical favorites with hit tunes and hilarious holiday flair. Broadway Holiday runs December 18-19 and is sure to spread the love this season. GOLD LEVEL POST-SHOW CHEER: Join us at the Gold Level and keep the holiday cheer going after the show! Gold ticket holders will have the opportunity to mingle with cast members while enjoying a complimentary glass of wine and […]
Playing in Mill Valley Film Festival the World Premiere of “The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival” 11 & 13 at the Mill Valley Film Festival
The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival will have its world premiere at the 2024 Mill Valley Film Festival on Friday, October 11 at the Sequoia Cinema in Mill Valley, with a repeat screening October 13 at the Lark Theater in Larkspur. Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through her powerful paintings – from her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States fleeing fascism in 1940, to her revival in the current art market. The film follows this remarkable refugee as […]
Heroes of the Fourth Turning Opens September 5 at Left Edge Theatre in Santa Rosa
Heroes of the Fourth Turning opens Sept 5 – Sept 21by Will Arbery. Directed by Skylar Evans It’s nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They’ve returned home to toast their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious fight to be understood. On a chilly night in the middle of America, this haunting play offers grace and disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with itself. […]
TRANSCENDENCE’S BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS ANNOUNCES THE CAST OF THE GALA: A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
Transcendence Theatre Company is excited to announce the cast of The Gala: A Sentimental Journey, a tribute to classic Broadway. As the fourth and final performance of Transcendence’s Broadway Under the Stars summer season, The Gala: A Sentimental Journey will run from September 19–22 in Sonoma’s Field of Dreams. This enchanting performance will transport audiences through a musical journey that pays homage to beloved Broadway classics and timeless tunes, offering an unforgettable evening of nostalgia and celebration. The cast of The Gala: A Sentimental Journey will feature an exceptional lineup of talented performers, including Maria Bilbao, Galyana Castillo, Luis Augusto Figueroa, Lori Haley Fox, Tony Gonzalez, David R. Gordon, Joey Khoury, Colin Campbell McAdoo, Amy Miller, Kristin Piro, Devin L. Roberts, and Emily […]
Sexy Greek Comedy “The Summer with Carman” Screens at Rialto Cinemas August 22
Fun, sexy, Greek, and low-budget – those are the guidelines a foreign movie producer has given twinky actor Nikitas (who keeps losing roles for acting “too gay”) for a potential film project. So over the course of a long afternoon at a scenic gay nude beach, Nikitas and his BFF Demos, a former actor turned pencil-pushing public servant, begin to write the screenplay for what they hope will be their big cinematic break. Nikitas fancies himself the next Xavier Dolan, and Demos has dreams of a Hemsworth brother playing him. Under the beating sun on the blue Mediterranean, the besties […]
“Sally!” Presented by OUTwatch Film Series Screens July 17 at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol
SALLY! Presented by OUTwatch and Rialto Cinemas Wednesday, July 17 7pm 94 minsDocumentary A radical lesbian feminist whose trailblazing vision and ebullient personality were the spark for movements with far-reaching impacts, the legacy of Sally Gearhart has also largely been erased from history. From the defeat of the Briggs Initiative to the founding of the first Women’s Studies program in the nation, to groundbreaking writing on lesbian separatist communities, Gearhart was a fierce-hearted San Francisco political preacher at the center of many iconic movements of the 1970s and 1980s. “Feminism has done more to save the lives of women in […]