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War is not just about bombs and bullets and blood.

It’s also about politics and position and power.

Playwright Donald Margulies is not particularly interested in either the politics of war

First, let me tell you about a show I saw last week, then let me say a few words about where I saw it.

“Trailer Park Gods” is an

One recently-opened Bay Area stage show takes place under the Sea, where fish creatures dwell, another takes place on the Sea, where dangerous men scheme and battle for buried gold. One

A story is an illusion, a series of events that are not really taking place, presented in a way that fools its audience into believing, for a moment, that it is

There’s an old Latin saying.

“Aestivo Tempori est Shakespeare!”

Roughly translated: There’s no better time to watch Shakespeare than in the summertime!

I don’t know when summer

“Twelfth Night” is amongst Shakespeare’s most popular plays, in part because the story is so accessible, and the situations so universally funny. Typical of the Bard, humor and tragedy are

For several years, the lack of strong roles for women has been the talk of the theater world, lighting up blogs and theater-related websites. With the problem so prominently under discussion

The Documentary Two-Spirit Pow Wow is the first full-length film to give an inside look at an LGBT-hosted Native American Pow Wow.

In his film, Rick Bacigalupi follows the development

“Battle of the sexes.”

That phrase dates back to at least 1914, when the notorious filmmaker D.W. Griffith (he of “Birth of a Nation”) released a blatantly sexist film with

Something kinky has been taking place lately in the world of mainstream entertainment. Sadism and masochism are now to romantic comedy what romance and comedy use to be to romantic

Mouthful mixes things up, with guest host Barbara Iannoli – of the late and beloved North Light Books – and very special guest, Michele Anna Jordan. That’s right, Mouthful’s founder, producer

West Side Story—Sondheim, Bernstein and Laurents’ beloved 50s-era street-gang homage to Romeo and Juliet. Few American musicals are as widely loved and as over-performed.

Let’s face it, in America, it’s you

This month, it’s a news-worthy “What Are They Up To Now?” version of Word By Word, Conversations With Writers, as host Gil Mansergh reprises conversations with guests who are in the

There’s a line that comes about halfway through Edward Albee’s classic play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Unlike so much of the rest of Albee’s brutal and brilliant drama, it’s not

It’s a mystery, a challenge, a puzzle, a conundrum.

How do you keep theater alive and interesting, when the majority of your audience has proven their relative preference for

Playwright Clare Barron, a New York theater artist with a fast-rising reputation for crafting quirky comedy-dramas with the ring of truth and an affection for damaged people, is finally getting her

Jerry Anne Di Vecchio and Françoise Dudal Kirkman, author and illustrator
of “You’ve Got Recipes,” a cookbook for youngsters aged 7 to 14, discuss
their delightful cross-cultural (San Francisco &

Jerry Anne Di Vecchio and Françoise Dudal Kirkman, author and illustrator
of “You’ve Got Recipes,” a cookbook for youngsters aged 7 to 14, discuss
their delightful cross-cultural (San Francisco &

This is a once-in-a-decade, retrospective look back at the last 10 years of Word: Conversations With Writers broadcasts with host Gil Mansergh. The first half hour features clips by novelists and

This month’s Word By Word:Conversations With Writers is one of the show’s signature round-table discussions where four guests share microphones, and host Gil Mansergh tries to make sure listeners know

Gil Mansergh welcomes Christina Goulart, Susan E. Gunter, and Susanna Solomon, three of the talented writers featured in a special 10th anniversary writers anthology collected, edited and published by Redwood Writers.

One-person shows with a holiday theme tend to skew toward the male variety, whether it’s a show about a disgruntled department store Christmas elf (David Sedaris’s Santaland Diaries) or a single

12th Annual Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
The North Bay’s Premier Documentary Film Festival
March 28th – 31st, 2019

Presented by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts.

Our partnership with Docs

Bodega Bay celebrates its 13th Annual Chowder Day on Jnuary 25 and Mouthful offers a preview with Tony and Carol Anello of Spud Point Crab Company, multiple year winner, and Fiona

“1776”
Spreckels Theater Company
February 10th – 26th, 2017

The critically acclaimed, award-winning Spreckels Theatre Company presents “1776,” the Tony Award winning musical which brings history to life as it recalls

JCC Sonoma County Film Festival
1945a
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 @ 1:00 pm & 7:30 pm

The JCC Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival is here again for its 22nd

Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival
Sebastopol Community Cultural Center
Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Come join us for a day of music and fun as

Mouthful, Smart Talk About Food, Wine & Farming launches two new features: a freewheeling conversation between host Michele Anna Jordan and engineer Mike Young to be featured quarterly; and a weekly

With a loud, “Ho, Ho, Ho!” host Gil Mansergh, welcomes listeners to our 2015 holiday gift books edition of Word By Word: Conversations With Writers. He asks: “What do bird portraits,

Continuing a seven-year KRCB-FM seasonal tradition, with a hearty “Ho, Ho, Ho!” Word By Word host Gil Mansergh, welcomes Copperfield’s Books buyers Sheryl Cutler and Michelle Bellah to share their carefully

The 2017 Healdsburg Jazz Festival
June 2nd – 11th, 2017

Lineup:
June 2, Friday, Paul Mahder Gallery – Two Shows, 7 pm and 9 pm
Dave Stryker Quartet with guest Bob

The 2017 Healdsburg Jazz Festival
June 2nd – 11th, 2017

Lineup:
June 2, Friday, Paul Mahder Gallery – Two Shows, 7 pm and 9 pm
Dave Stryker Quartet with guest Bob

Before listening to this 2017 holiday gift books edition of Word By Word: Conversations With Writers, host Gil Mansergh wants to remind everyone that this is a very important year to

The holiday season will soon be upon us and Sonoma County Theatre companies will be providing plenty of opportunities to escape the bumper-to-bumper traffic, full parking lots, and crowded stores that

SDFF17: Peer Pitch West
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 10:00am

Are you a documentary filmmaker with a work-in-progress at any stage of development?

Are you looking

2017 Summer Art Camp
Healdsburg Center for the Arts
June 12th – July 28th, 2018

Summer Art Camp begins Monday June 12 and runs through July 28. This year’s camp will

2018 Real Heroes Breakfast
Hyatt Vineyard Creek
Friday, April 27th, 2018 @ 7:30 – 9:30 am

Honoring ordinary people who have made an extraordinary impact throughout Northwest California.

Each year

2019 Summer Art Camp
Healdsburg Center for the Arts
June 17^th – August 19^th, 2019

Your child’s creativity will blossom with HCA’s four-day Summer Art Camp sessions and Fun Art Fridays.

2019 Peacemaker Awards
Redwood Cafe
Saturday, November 9, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

The Peace & Justice Center

2019 Summer Reading Program
It’s SHOWTIME At Your Library!
June 1^st – August 10^th, 2019

Sign up for Sonoma County Library’s 2019 Summer ReadingProgram for a summer of exploration, learning and

2020 Movie Awards Night Viewing Party
Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Have you ever experienced Hollywood’s biggest awards

On Mouthful’s 20th anniversary, host Michele Anna Jordan reminisces and looks forward with fill-in engineer Mary Moore-Campagna and offers a few details about an anniversary celebration that will take place in

20th Annual Progressive Festival
Walnut Park, Petaluma
Sunday, August 6th, 2017 @ 12:00 – 5:00 pm

The Petaluma Progressives, a social justice advocacy group, is celebrating twenty years of the Progressive

21st Annual Petaluma Progressive Festival
Walnut Park, Petaluma
Sunday, August 26th, 2018 @ Noon to 5:30 pm

Join activists from all over Northern California who help fight for social change at

21st Annual Petaluma Progressive Festival
Walnut Park, Petaluma
Sunday, August 26th, 2018 @ Noon to 5:30 pm

Join activists from all over Northern California who help fight for social change at

Petaluma Progressive Festival
Walnut Park
Sunday, August 25, 2019 @

Petaluma Progressive Festival is creating a platform, centeringpeople

Mouthful takes you to the 22nd Annual Catalan Festival, coming up at Gloria Ferrer Wine Caves on July 19 and 20. Here all about what to expect, from three type of

25 Million Stitches: One Stitch for Each Refugee
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Sunday, January 19, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

A global team of almost 3000 novice stitchers,

Mouthful celebrates the 25th anniversary of Meritage [rhymes with heritage], the term chosen 2 1/2 decades ago for New World wines made in the style of Bordeaux. Tonight, one of the

27th Annual Cotati Accordion Festival
La Plaza Park, Cotati
August 19th & 20th, 2017

Those darn accordions are back! It’s the 27th annual Cotati Accordion Festival. Spend the day under the