Arts

Back to School: Local Playwright’s Latest Debut

Where’s a playwright to go after exploring the bounds of outer space and the confines of a parrot cage? For award-winning playwright (and former Bohemian contributor) David Templeton, the answer is “back to school.” Templeton, whose most recent plays, Galatea and Featherbaby, were well received on both coasts, is premiering...

Earth Day Art

Comedian Anthony Poponi to Crack Up California Theatere

Garbage & Glam, Trashion Fashion Turns 16

At the center of the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation’s annual gala is SUSU, the New York rock outfit fronted by Liza Colby and Kia Warren, who will expand into an eight-piece big band for the occasion.

Star Power: Sebastiani Theatre Fundraiser in Sonoma

Apr 7, 2026

There are fundraisers, and then there are evenings that resurrect an entire era. On Saturday, April 11, the Sebastiani...

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The book "Unsung Heroines" reframes Bay Area history as something built not just by earthquakes, gold or tech, but by pioneering women who refused to disappear

Staircase to History: The Women the Bay Area Tried to Forget

Mar 31, 2026

History has a way of pretending certain people didn’t exist. In a region that prides itself on progress, women who...

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One of the great things about being a bartender is that bartenders are non-threatening, meaning that we are expected to engage with everybody.

Ring Thing, Seeing What We Want

Mar 24, 2026

As Charles Bukowski wrote in his novel Barfly, “It’s not that I don’t like people. I just feel better...

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Anna Simson’s exhibit, ‘On Motherhood in a Time of Monsters,’ runs through Saturday, March 28 at Slough City Studios, 409 Petaluma Blvd. S, Suite C, Petaluma.

Painter Anna Simson and Slough City Studios Baffle and Uplift

Mar 24, 2026

The thing that makes art different from other economy-driving activities is that it is free to bare its teeth...

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Artist Charles Becker's work defied easy categorization. Some called it still life, or nature morte—“dead nature”—but that description didn’t do justice to the unusually lustrous quality of the imagery he painted.

Magical Realism: Bidding Farewell to Artist Charles Becker

Feb 17, 2026

Some people create magic, and some people exude magic. And some people, like late Sonoma County painter Charles Robert...

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Feb. 17 ushers in the Chinese Lunar New Year, and this one is coming hot, the Year of the Fire Horse.

Year of the Fire Horse, Chinese Lunar New Year Begins

Feb 10, 2026

Feb. 17 ushers in the Chinese Lunar New Year, and this one is coming hot. The Year of the...

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The Magical Realism of Charles Becker

Feb 10, 2026

A beloved local painter leaves a lasting contribution to the world Some people create magic, and some people exude magic....

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