Feb. 28-March 2:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “Moonlight and Magnolias” by Ron Hutchinson, each weekend through March 23. Co-production with Willits Community Theatre. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
Feb. 29:
* Ukiah”s second annual International Wildlife Film Series takes place at 6:30 p.m. on six consecutive Friday nights, beginning Feb. 8, at the Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave. Films begin at 7:15 p.m. Advance tickets at Mendocino Book Company. Film series benefits Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project. Information: www.rvoep.org.
March 1:
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents Trio Excelsior, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Ukiah High School auditorium. For more information or to subscribe to the 2007-2008 season, please call 262-1116, 463-2738 or 459-3466.
* Ladysmith Black Mambazo performs, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St. in Napa. Information: www.nvoh.org. The Boston Herald reports, “In the 20 years since the group was introduced to the world on Paul Simon”s ?Graceland” album, South Africa”s inimitable Ladysmith Black Mambazo has given listeners insight into the struggle of apartheid and a unique choral tradition as rich as it is moving.”
March 1-2:
* The 26th annual Mendocino Whale Festival takes place Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2. Wine, chowder and food tasting, free trolly rides, whale-watching activities and more. Information: 961-6300 or www.MendoWhale.com.
March 2:
* Lindy in the Park, free swing dance lessons at 12:30 p.m. every Sunday in Golden Gate Park, on the wide sidewalk area of John F. Kennedy Drive between Eighth and 10th Avenue park entrances. No partner required. Information: www.lindyinthepark.com.
* The Traditional Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz Appreciation and Strutters Society (TRADJASS) presents a live Dixieland jazz concert and dance featuring the Devil Mountain Jazz Band, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Last Day Saloon, 120 Fifth Street in Santa Rosa. Jam sets are open to sit-in musicians. Admission is $6 for TRADJASS members, $8 for other jazz club members and $10 general public. Information: 328-0939 or www.tradjass.org.
March 4-5:
* Linked conferences hosted by the California Arts Council and California Arts Advocates: “The Future: What”s Next?” conference, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, at Sacramento”s Memorial Auditorium. “Arts Advocacy Day” training session, 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 5, at Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H St.; followed by meeting with legislators from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Capitol. Registration deadline for both events is Friday, Feb. 22. Information: www.cac.ca.gov/artsconference/.
March 6-9:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “Moonlight and Magnolias” by Ron Hutchinson, each weekend through March 23. Co-production with Willits Community Theatre. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
March 7:
* Ukiah”s second annual International Wildlife Film Series takes place at 6:30 p.m. on six consecutive Friday nights, beginning Feb. 8, at the Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave. Films begin at 7:15 p.m. Advance tickets at Mendocino Book Company. Film series benefits Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project. Information: www.rvoep.org.
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents Trio Excelsior, three internationally-acclaimed musicians from Finland, Germany and the U.S., 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at the Ukiah High School auditorium. For more information or to subscribe to the 2007-2008 season, please call 463-2738 or 459-3466.
March 7-8:
* “Capitol Steps,” song parodies and sketches by former Congressional staffers, 8 p.m. Friday, March 7, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St. in Napa. Information: www.nvoh.org.
March 8:
* Cascada de Flores (waterfall of flowers) blends musical traditions of Mexico and Cuba in a performace at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. Box office: 588-3400 or www.spreckelsonline.com.
March 9:
* Lindy in the Park, free swing dance lessons at 12:30 p.m. every Sunday in Golden Gate Park, on the wide sidewalk area of John F. Kennedy Drive between Eighth and 10th Avenue park entrances. No partner required. Information: www.lindyinthepark.com.
* Elderhostel presents a behind-the-scenes exploration of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at 2025 Addison St. Site is wheelchair-accessible. Information: (877) 426-8056 or www.elderhostel.org/daysofdiscovery.
March 13-16:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “Moonlight and Magnolias” by Ron Hutchinson, each weekend through March 23. Co-production with Willits Community Theatre. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
March 14:
* Ukiah”s second annual International Wildlife Film Series takes place at 6:30 p.m. on six consecutive Friday nights, beginning Feb. 8, at the Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Ave. Films begin at 7:15 p.m. Advance tickets at Mendocino Book Company. Film series benefits Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project. Information: www.rvoep.org.
March 15:
* Legends & Lore Storytelling Festival, 1 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. Box office: 588-3400 or www.spreckelsonline.com.
March 16:
* Lindy in the Park, free swing dance lessons at 12:30 p.m. every Sunday in Golden Gate Park, on the wide sidewalk area of John F. Kennedy Drive between Eighth and 10th Avenue park entrances. No partner required. Information: www.lindyinthepark.com.
* Santa Rosa Symphony Pops concert features Asher Raboy conducting a St. Patrick”s Day Celtic Celebration, 3 p.m. March 16, at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Information: www.wellsfargocenterarts.com.
March 20-23:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “Moonlight and Magnolias” by Ron Hutchinson, each weekend through March 23. Co-production with Willits Community Theatre. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
March 20-April 13:
* Pacific Alliance Stage Company presents “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler, each weekend through April 13 at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Box office: 588-3400 or www.spreckelsonline.com.
March 23:
* Lindy in the Park, free swing dance lessons at 12:30 p.m. every Sunday in Golden Gate Park, on the wide sidewalk area of John F. Kennedy Drive between Eighth and 10th Avenue park entrances. No partner required. Information: www.lindyinthepark.com.
March 29:
* The Edlos perform original a cappella arrangements from Broadway”s finest productions, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. Box office: 588-3400 or www.spreckelsonline.com.
March 30:
* Lindy in the Park, free swing dance lessons at 12:30 p.m. every Sunday in Golden Gate Park, on the wide sidewalk area of John F. Kennedy Drive between Eighth and 10th Avenue park entrances. No partner required. Information: www.lindyinthepark.com.
April 3-May 4:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “The Shaker Chair” by Adam Bock, each weekend through May 4. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
April 5:
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents Misty River, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at the Ukiah High School auditorium. For more information or to subscribe to the 2007-2008 season, please call 262-1116, 463-2738 or 459-3466.
* Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park, presents Company C contemporary ballet, 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 5. Box office: 588-3400 or www.spreckelsonline.com.
April 6:
* The Traditional Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz Appreciation and Strutters Society (TRADJASS) presents a live Dixieland jazz concert and dance featuring the Natural Gas Jazz Band, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Last Day Saloon, 120 Fifth Street in Santa Rosa. Jam sets are open to sit-in musicians. Admission is $6 for TRADJASS members, $8 for other jazz club members and $10 general public. Information: 328-0939 or www.tradjass.org.
April 10-May 11
* Sonoma State University”s Center for Performing Arts presents “Romeo and Juliet” and “West Side Story” in repertory in Evert B. Person Theatre on the SSU campus in Rohnert Park. The two performances run on a staggered schedule between April 10 and May 11. Information: www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/events. Box office: 664-2353.
April 11:
* Arlo Guthrie “Solo Reunion Tour — Together at Last,” 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St. in Napa. Information: www.nvoh.org.
April 11-13:
* San Francisco Great Books Council holds its 50th annual spring event, Friday, April 11, through Sunday, April 13, at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove. Works to be discussed include Nathaniel Hawthorne”s “The Scarlet Letter,” Niccolo Macchiavelli”s “Discourses,” “Painted Churches” by Tina Howe and a selection of poetry. Participants must have read the selections that will be discussed. Information: www.greatbooks-sf.com or (916) 852-0615.
April 13:
* Russian River Chamber Music welcomes Eighth Blackbird (strings, winds and piano), 4 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at the Healdsburg Community Church (on University between March Avenue and Powell). Information: 524-8700 or www.russianrivermusic.org.
April 15:
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents Misty River, an all-female quartet, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at the Ukiah High School auditorium. For more information or to subscribe to the 2007-2008 season, please call 463-2738 or 459-3466.
April 19:
* Spreckels Performing Arts Center, located at 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park, presents Conjuncto Ib?rico ensemble, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 19. Box office: 588-3400 or www.spreckelsonline.com.
April 22:
* Copperfield”s Books Speakers Series presents an evening with Scott Simon, host of NPR”s Weekend Edition, 8 p.m. April 22 at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa. Information: www.wellsfargocenterarts.org.
May 1-18:
* Pacific Alliance Stage Company presents “They”re Playing Our Song,” book by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Carol Bayer Sager, each weekend through May 18 at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Box office: 588-3400 or www.spreckelsonline.com.
May 4:
* The Traditional Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz Appreciation and Strutters Society (TRADJASS) presents a live Dixieland jazz concert and dance featuring Barneby”s Hot Four, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Last Day Saloon, 120 Fifth Street in Santa Rosa. Jam sets are open to sit-in musicians. Admission is $6 for TRADJASS members, $8 for other jazz club members and $10 general public. Information: 328-0939 or www.tradjass.org.
May 10-11:
* Lamplighters Music Theatre presents “Straight Up with a Twist,” the “straight story” behind the partnership of Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, told in their own words with musical highlights from all 13 of their comic operas, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11, at the Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St. in Napa. Information: www.nvoh.org.
May 11:
* Elderhostel presents a behind-the-scenes exploration of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at 2025 Addison St. Site is wheelchair-accessible. Information: (877) 426-8056 or www.elderhostel.org/daysofdiscovery.
May 28-June 1:
* Mendocino Film Festival. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
May 30:
* Russian River Chamber Music welcomes the string quartet Cuartetango, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 30, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Windsor (on Old Redwood Highway just north of Hembree Lane). Information: 524-8700 or www.russianrivermusic.org.
June 1:
* The Traditional Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz Appreciation and Strutters Society (TRADJASS) presents a live Dixieland jazz concert and dance with Cell Block Seven, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at the Last Day Saloon, 120 Fifth Street in Santa Rosa. Jam sets are open to sit-in musicians. Admission is $6 for TRADJASS members, $8 for other jazz club members and $10 general public. Information: 328-0939 or www.tradjass.org.
June 12-July 20:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “Gross Indecency” Mois?s Kaufman , each weekend through July 20. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
July 24-27:
* Jumpstart! Young People”s Theatre, a Mendocino Theatre Company production, July 24 through 27. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
Aug. 3:
* The Traditional Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz Appreciation and Strutters Society (TRADJASS) presents a live Dixieland jazz concert and dance featuring the San Francisco Feetwarmers, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at the Last Day Saloon, 120 Fifth Street in Santa Rosa. Jam sets are open to sit-in musicians. Admission is $6 for TRADJASS members, $8 for other jazz club members and $10 general public. Information: 328-0939 or www.tradjass.org.
Aug. 7-Sept. 7:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “Rabbit Hole” by David Lindsay-Abaire, each weekend through Sept. 7. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
Sept. 18-Oct. 19:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “Autobahn” by Neil Labute, each weekend through Sept. 7. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
Oct. 30-Dec. 7:
* Mendocino Theatre Company presents “The Cripple of Inishmaan” by Martin McDonagh, each weekend through Dec. 7. Tickets: 937-4477 or mtc@mcn.org. Information: www.mendocinotheatre.org.
Nov. 12:
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents pianist Lynn Wright and violinist Adam DeGraff, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Ukiah High School auditorium. For more information or to subscribe to the 2008-2009 season, please call 262-1116, 463-2738 or 459-3466.
Jan. 24, 2009
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents a tribute to Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at the Ukiah High School auditorium. For more information or to subscribe to the 2008-2009 season, please call 262-1116, 463-2738 or 459-3466.
March 26:
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents the group Maya (flute, harp and percussion), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at the Ukiah High School auditorium. For more information or to subscribe to the 2008-2009 season, please call 262-1116, 463-2738 or 459-3466.
April 2009 (Date TBA):
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents pianist Mark McCrary. For more information or to subscribe to the 2008-2009 season, please call 262-1116, 463-2738 or 459-3466.
April 6:
* The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents Misty River, a female quartet whose members sing, play the guitar, bass fiddle, accordion and clawhammer-style banjo, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Concert is free to new members who subscribed for the 2008-2009 season. For more information or to subscribe to the 2008-2009 season, please call 262-1116, 463-2738 or 459-3466.
Out-of-county entertainment listings are compiled from announcements that are sent to the Observer*American or Record-Bee newsrooms. Please submit your events to arts@record-bee.com (no attachments, please). All telephone numbers are within the (707) area code unless otherwise noted.
