Page 66 - Sonoma County Gazette - August 2018

End of Summer Entertainment
I can’t believe the end of Summer is approaching. The good news is there are amazing movies to see in the theater. The first must see movie is “Blindspotting”. One of the stars of
the Broadway smash “Hamilton” stars
in this unique movie. Daveed Diggs
and his high school friend Rafael
Casal play friends and the setting
is Oakland, California. It traces the
trauma of Collin (Diggs) after he
witnesses an unarmed black man
fatally shot by a police officer. Very
timely. This movie is in theaters now.
Blindspotting stars Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal
By Date
Aug 5 ~ The Lion King and Jumanji - FREE, 3p, Green Music Center at So- noma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Weill Lawn, Rohnert Park, gmc. sonoma.edu
Aug 14 ~ Final Passages Let’s Talk About Death: Film and Discussion - Non-prof- it Final Passages continues its monthly series with Harold and Maude. $5-$15 donation, 6:30p-9p, Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Hwy 12, 707-824-0268, final- passages.org
Aug 16,30 ~ Rialto Cinemas Special Events - Great Stage on Screen: The Merchant of Venice, $12.50, 1p, Aug 30 - Great Stage on Screen: Elaine Stritch At Liberty - Broadway’s one-woman show. $12.50, 1p, 6868 McKinley St., Sebasto- pol, 707-525-4840, rialtocinemas.com
Aug 17~ Movie Night on Courthouse Square - The Princess Bride, FREE, 6:30- 10p, Old Courthouse Square - Down- town Santa Rosa, 600-636 4th St, 707-545- 1414, santarosametrochamber.com
Aug 23 ~ Best of the Fest - All the Wild Horses - An epic tale of horses and riders during the Mongol Derby in Mongolia. $12, 7p, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St, Sebastopol, 707-829-4797, sebastopolfilmfestival.org
Aug 25 ~ 9th Annual Disability Film Fes- tival 2018 - Proceeds go to support ser- vices for the disabled community. $10, 6-10p, Earle Baum Center, 4539 Occiden- tal Rd., Santa Rosa, 707-636-6036, Lake Kowell, mydslc.org
Cars: A race-car named Lightning Mc- Queen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs. $6, $4 under 13, FREE 2 and under, Rio Theater and Cafe, 20396 Bohemian High- way, Monte Rio, 707-520-4075, riotheater. com/calendar
Sep 7 ~ Black Panther - Picnic on the Weill lawn. FREE, 7p, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, gmc.sonoma.edu
The next movie is “Christopher Robin”. Perfect for the whole family. Ewan McGregor stars as the title character best known from the “Winnie the Pooh” books and movies. Christopher Robin thinks he’s losing his mind when Pooh is joined by Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet and other people can’t hear them just see them as stuffed animals. We need a movie like this right now. It opens this weekend!
Sonoma Film Institute
The very talented Ethan Hawke is back in “Juliet, Naked” which opens August 17th. It also stars Rose Byrne. The movie is based on Nick Hornby’s novel. For those of you needing a romantic love story, this is for you.
$12-40, 6:30p Cloverdale Citrus Fair, 1 Citrus Fair Dr., Cloverdale, 707-893-7150, avfilmsociety.org
For my live theater fans, Let’s start with the Sonoma County Fair. The two concerts to catch this year are Queen Nation August 2 at 7:30 pm. This
is an amazing cover band for Queen. The other concert is Super Diamond, August 8 at 7:30pm. They are also a cover band honoring Neil Diamond. Both concerts are free with the price of admission to the fair.
By Date
Aug 3,4,5 ~ Shakespeare in Love - Wine and dine under the midsummer night sky. $0-$30, 7p, Shakespeare in the Can- nery, 3 West 3rd St., Santa Rosa, brown- papertickets.com/event/3478838
Aug 9 - 19 ~ Heroes - This gentle comedy pays respect to the lives that are forever altered by war. $12-$25, Aug 9,11,17-18, 7:30p, Aug 12,19, 2p, Cloverdale Perform- ing Art’s Center, 209 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, cloverdaleperformingarts. com
Aug 10 - Sep 2 ~ The Comedy of Errors - A farcical onslaught of mistaken identities, Unique outdoor, urban ruins location. $18-$36, 7p, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W 6th Street, The Cannery Ruins - Parking lot entrance, Santa Rosa, 707-523-4185, 6thstreetplayhouse.com
Thru Aug 11 ~ A Midsummer Nights Dream - Think Billy Idol meets Madon- na meets George Michael! $10-$25, 7:30p, Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg, 707-433-6335, raventheater.org
Storytelling from Norway combining traditional tales, original music, and contemporary philosophy. $15, 7p-9p, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, 707-874- 1557, oaec.org
Christopher Robin stars Ewan McGregor Photo by David Appleby/Fox Searchlight Pictures
“Help is on the Way” is back at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. This
is by far the best charity event in San Francisco. August 19 at 7:30pm with a silent auction and cocktails at 6pm. Davis Gaines who starred on Broadway
in “The Phantom of the Opera” and Mary Wilson from The Supremes are
the headliners. Go to reaf.org for more information. “Les Miserables” is
back! Running from August 8 - 26 at the famous Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. Fans of “Grease” have until August 5 to catch this awesome show
at the Berkeley Playhouse. One of my favorite musicals is “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” which opens August 3 at the Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland. Fans of “Hamilton” will want to see “In the Heights”, also at the Woodminster which opens August 31. It’s going to be very busy at the Woodminster this month. At the Green Center this month is Hunter Hayes, August 10 at 7:30pm. Email me at dongibblecast@hotmail.
Aug 25 ~ Carney Magic with John Carney
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Ongoing
Reader's Theatre Group ~ Read a script adapted from literature, FREE; 2nd & 4th Tue; 7p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct., 707-829-2176, oc- cidentalcenterforthearts.org
Aug 18 ~ The Wizard of Oz at the Drive-In
Aug 24 ~ The Great Silence - Italian West- ern starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski. 7p
Sep 7,9 ~ The Workshop - Six local stu- dents communally craft a book. Sep 7, 7p, Sep 9, 4:30p
Sep 14,16 ~ In the Fade - Exploring terror- ist attacks in Germany. Sep 14, 7p, Sep 16, 4:30p
Thru Aug 19 ~ I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change - Four actors play multiple roles in this celebration of dating, mat- ing, and the twists, turns and tangles of modern relationships. $10-$35, Ra- ven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg, 707-433-6335, raven- theater.org, info@raventheater.org
Aug 23 - Sep 2 ~ Free Shakespeare by the River Festival - All’s Well That Ends Well - Picnic the Foundry Wharf Green, FREE, 4p, Foundry Wharf, 625 2nd St., Petaluma, petalumashakespeare.org
Aug 24,25 ~ Raven 24-7 - Theater Without a Safety Net - 7 playwrights, 7 directors, and 7 groups of actors create 7 original 10-minute plays – from concept to fully staged production – in 24 hours? $20 for both nights, 8p, Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg, 707-433-6335, raventheater.org, info@ raventheater.org
Aug 26~ 4th Sundays at the Rio Theater
FREE, $5 suggested donation, $5 parking fee, Sonoma State University, Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, 707-664-2606, sonoma.edu/sfi
Also opening August 17, is “Crazy
Rich Asians”. This is an adaptation
of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel.
Think “Dynasty” meets “The Joy Luck Club”. It stars Awkwafina, the funny actress from “Ocean’s 8”. She steals every scene from the other lead actress, Constance Wu. Opening this weekend is “The Wife”, starring Glenn Close as a woman who sacrificed a career to support her husband’s. Close can finally win her elusive Oscar! Mark Wahlberg fans will be happy he’s back in the theaters with “Mile 22”. An American intelligence operative tries to smuggle information over international boundaries. It opens August 17. James Franco fans will want to see “Kin” opening August 31. Franco plays a vengeful criminal who pursues a man recently released from prison and his brother.
Aug 15 ~ Being Salmon, Being Human
A theatre show about mentors, secrets, and the beauty of a perfect illusion. $17- $25, 7p, Sebastiani Theatre, 476 1st Street East, Sonoma, 707-996-9756, sebastiani- theatre.com