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by Louisa Hufstader
As Christmas approaches, there is festive music in the air throughout the Napa Valley Whether it’s the annual “Nutcracker” from the Napa Regional Dance Company, a holiday concert featuring local students singing and playing their hearts out or a Hawaiian hoe-down, you’ll find plenty to do in the next seven days. For complete listings, see the Master Arts and Culture Calendar on the Arts Council Napa Valley Web site: www.nvarts.org — meanwhile, here are some suggestions:
by Louisa Hufstader
Nov. 25: Thanksgiving week kicks off Upvalley with a musicians’ open-microphone night at Calistoga Restaurant and Brewery on Lincoln Avenue. Amateurs and professionals alike are welcome to perform from 8:30 p.m. till midnight; (707) 942-4101, www.calistogainn.com. In downtown Napa–where three miles of white lights are twinkling along building roof lines, the First and Third street bridges, and the Riverwalk–you can watch Mayor Jill Techel and Congressman Mike Thompson light a 29-foot tall Christmas tree in Veterans Park, with live entertainment PLUS free cookies and hot chocolate from 6 to 7 p.m. At 6:30, Philip Smith and his all-singing Gentlemen of Jazz play and harmonize at Uva Trattoria till 9:30 p.m. (1040 Clinton St., (707) 255-6646, reservations advised); 7:30 is show time for vocalist Suzi Gilbert and jazz pianist Mike Greensill at Silo’s Jazz Club, till 9 p.m.: $20, Napa River Inn, www.silosjazzclub.com, (707) 251-5833.
Nov. 5: Comedian, actor, playwright and novelist Steve Martin is also a bluegrass banjo player and songwriter whose new CD, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, currently sits at the top of the Billboard Bluegrass Album Chart. Martin appears at the Napa Valley Opera House with his group the Steep Canyon Rangers tonight at 8 p.m.; $100/$125/$135, www.nvoh.org. Coincidentally, Martin’s acclaimed play Picasso at the Lapin Agile opens tomorrow at the Napa Valley College Theater: see listing for Nov. 8.
Napa has a rich history of supporting the arts and now from the Opera House to the Hess Collection, from public art installations to downtown gallery owners, Napa is fast becoming an art lover’s destination. The many active studio artists in Napa are adding to the mix with their annual Open Studios self-guided tour organized by Arts Council Napa Valley.
Oct. 28: The Cinedome 8 in downtown Napa presents the Metropolitan Opera’s Oct. 10 performance of “Tosca,” in a high-definition TV transmission tonight at 6:30. Giacomo Puccini’s opera tells the story of three people—a famous opera singer, a free-thinking painter, and a sadistic chief of police—caught in a net of love and politics. Conductor: Joseph Colaneri; with Karita Mattila, Marcelo Álvarez, George Gagnidze, Paul Plishka. $22, (707) 257-7295.
Continue reading “Napa Valley Arts Week Oct. 28 – Nov. 3” »
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