Classic Film: Casablanca (1942)
Thursday, Feb 14
7pm, $10
with a pre-film talk by Richard Miami
A classic romance for Valentine's Day hosted by Richard Miami. Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II, Casablanca tells the story of an American expatriate who meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Come early and enjoy pre-show Domaine Carneros bubbly on sale paired with chocolages from Le Belge.
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THE SILENCE ("Das letzte Schweigen") begins 23 years ago on a hot summer day, when a young girl is brutally murdered in a field of wheat. Now, in the present day, on the exact same date, 13-year-old Sinikka is missing, her bicycle abandoned in the same spot, leading police to suspect the same killer may be at work again.
• German with English subtitles
• Running Time: 118 min.
Napa Regional Dance Company's Spring Showcase highlights choreography from our gifted instructional staff while unveiling the strong technical progress of our dancers. We strive to foster individual confidence through performance and diverse styles of artistic creativity for our students enrolled in classes ranging from pre-ballet through advanced.
Double Bill - Bastien & Bastienne, by W.A. Mozart & A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber
Two One-Act Operas, sung in English plus a Divertimento for Orchestra by Mozart with the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra; Ben Simon, Music Director and Conductor
Double Bill - Bastien & Bastienne, by W.A. Mozart & A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber
Two One-Act Operas, sung in English plus a Divertimento for Orchestra by Mozart with the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra; Ben Simon, Music Director and Conductor
George Cukor draws magnificent performances from his stars in this powerfully guided study in obsession. GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her role as a meek, uncertain heiress courted and married in a whirlwind romance by the debonair Charles Boyer. But when they move back into her childhood home she begins losing her grip on reality and becomes convinced that her husband is trying to drive her insane.
• Running Time: 114 min.
Singer/pianist Marcia Ball knows how to raise roofs and tear down walls with her infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional brand of southern boogie, rollicking, roadhouse blues and heartfelt ballads. Over the course of her three-decade career, Ball has earned a huge and intensely loyal following all over the world. Her exquisite piano playing and passionate, playful vocals fuse New Orleans and Gulf Coast R&B with Austin's deep songwriting tradition into a sound No Depression described as "a little rock, a lot of roll, a pinch of rhythm and a handful of blues."
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
To be presented on the Main Stage at Napa Valley Opera House, “Funny Girl” will feature Lucky Penny co-founder Taylor Bartolucci as the legendary Fanny Brice, singing unforgettable songs such as “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star," and “Don’t Rain on My Parade." Musical Direction by Diego Emir Garcia, with Stage Direction by Barry Martin.
"FUNNY GIRL" IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW - NO RESERVED SEATING.
Performing music from The Trinity Session
For more than 20 years, Cowboy Junkies have remained true to their unique artistic vision and to the introspective, quiet intensity that is their musical signature, creating a critically acclaimed body of original work that has endeared them to an audience unwavering in its loyalty.
Pink Skies is an inspirational documentary about the empowerment of women. It's about overcoming obstacles as athletes and as human beings. The film covers an extraordinary event 'Jump for the Cause'. Last year, JFTC brought together 181 women from 31 countries to create a World Record All-Women's Skydiving Formation. They also raised almost $1 million dollars for breast cancer research! Along with phenomenal skydivers, the film features breast cancer survivors, cutting edge researchers, doctors and healers. • Running Time: 83 min. There will be a post show Q&A featuring the film's Producer/Director Gulcin Gilbert, and activist Stacy Malkan of Not JustaPrettyFace.org
Director Stanley Donen invests this rollicking musical with a hearty exuberance. Howard Keel stars as a bold "mountain man" living in the Oregon woods who brings home a bride (Jane Powell) to his six slovenly brothers. Taming the rambunctious brood, Jane proceeds to make gentlemen of them so they can woo sweethearts of their own. But old habits die hard: their flirting gives way to fighting in the film's celebrated barn-raising scene, a lively acrobatic dance number exuberantly choreographed by Michael Kidd. Big brother chimes in with his own brand of advice--an old-fashioned kidnapping! Donen manages to get away with such a polit...
• Running Time: 102 min.
Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout returns to the Opera House, this time paying tribute to Blues Harp great, Little Walter. For the past 22 years, Mark Hummel has been putting together these great all-star performances. On this, his third trip to the Opera House, Mark joins forces with Corky Siegel, James Harman & Little Charlie Baty along with the Blues Survivors paying tribute to the great Little Walter.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows the journey of two drag queens and a transsexual woman, played by Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terence Stamp, across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named "Priscilla", along the way encountering various groups and individuals.
• Rated - R
• Running Time: 104 min.
On her debut album, singer/songwriter Fatoumata Diawara — called “the most beguiling talent to hit the world music scene in some time” — uses elements of jazz, pop, and funk along with her ancestral Wassoulou tradition, accompanying her voice with rhythmical guitar playing and her own percussion work. Her lyrics touch on such serious and personal subjects as a woman’s right to choose her spouse, and the songwriter’s own painful experience with the African practice of being raised away from her parents.
ROCKSHOW is a 1980 concert film by Wings, filmed during their 1976 North American tour. It features 30 songs from four concerts of the tour: New York, May 25 (four songs); Seattle, Washington, June 10 (five songs); Los Angeles, California, June 22 (15 songs); and Los Angeles, California, June 23 (six songs). This was part of the Wings Over the World Tour that also spawned the triple live album Wings Over America. McCartney remained reluctant to make the entire film available to the general public until now.
• Running time: 141 minutes (includes exclusive 12-min interview with Paul McCartney)
Greg Brown was born in the Hacklebarney section of southeastern Iowa and raised by a family that made words and music a way of life. His seasoned songwriting, storytelling, and music are deeply rooted in that place. He moves audiences with warmth, humor, a thundering voice and his unpretentious musical vision.
The Battle for a Living Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. Directed and written by Mark Kitchell, Academy Award-nominated director of Berkeley in the Sixties, and narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabel Allende and Meryl Streep, the film premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2012, has won acclaim at festivals around the world, and in 2013 begins theatrical release as well as educational distribution and use by environmental groups and grassroots activists.
• Running Time: 101 min.
Directed and founded by trumpet player Cindy Shea in 1999, Mariachi Divas have made big waves on the national and international music scene. Mariachi Divas are a unique, multi-cultural, all female ensemble, imbued with the true flavor of Los Angeles and have been represented by women of a wide variety of descents. In 2009, Mariachi Divas won the Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album of the year for their release, Canciones De Amor.
Successful attorney Amanda Bonner (Katharine Hepburn) decides to defend Doris (Judy Holliday), who stands accused of the attempted murder of her husband (Tom Ewell) and his mistress (Jean Hagen), while Bonner's lawyer husband, Adam (Spencer Tracy), signs on as the prosecuting attorney. The sensational trial that ensues finds them sitting at opposing sides of the courtroom -- and the dinner table. Not only do Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy throw comedic sparks , but their exquisite verbal jousting was scripted by the outstanding husband-wife team of Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. The result is one of Hollywood's greatest co... • Running Time: 101 min.
Please visit www.napavalleyjazzgetaway2013.com for details and tickets.
Please visit www.napavalleyjazzgetaway2013.com for details and tickets.
