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Jamie Foxx is everywhere this summer. He’s starring in “Baby Driver” with Kevin Spacey which opens this weekend and he is the host of the new game show “Beat Shazam” where contestants can win $1,000,000 guessing the name of songs before the Shazam app can. It’s nice to see this Oscar winner busy. Opening July 7th is the return of Spider-Man in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” starring Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr. Also opening July 7th is “A Ghost Story” with this year’s Oscar winner Casey Affleck, It follows
a recently deceased young man (Affleck) who returns to his former home trying to connect with his wife. On July 14th “War For the Planet of the Apes” opens. Caesar and his apes are forced
Jun 29 - Jul 9 ~ Sixth Street Playhouse - George M! life story of George M. Cohan, a giant of the American mu- sical theatre Tix start at: $15, C.K. Hardt Theatre, 52 W. 6th Street, Santa Rosa, 707-523-4185, 6thstreet- playhouse.com/season-201617/gk- hardt-theatre/george-m/?no_cache=1
Jun 29 - Jul 2 ~ Lear - is the puppeteer of his own puppet show, obsessively playing out his loss of family, power, friendship. Tickets starting at $15 - Performances at 5p and 8p- check website, Main Street West, 104 N. Main St, Sebastopol, main- stagewest.com/
Jun 29 - Jul 9 ~ Anything Goes - Tap- dancing sailors and good old-fashioned blackmail.The Raven Theater Healds- burg, 115 North St., Healdsburg, 707- 433-6335, info@raventheater.org
Jul 5 ~ West Side Stories Petaluma - Story Slam - we gather to tell some true per- sonal stories, 10 tellers max. get chosen to tell their 5 min. tale. $10, 7p, Sonoma Portworks, 613 Second St., Petaluma, 707-477-4416, davepokornypresents. com/west-side-stories
Jul 5-18 ~ A Raisin in the Sun - SRJC Summer Repertory Theatre Festival - The Younger family’s heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world. $15 - $25 Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Men- docino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-527-4307, summerrep.com/
Jul 5- 18 ~ Chicago - SRJC Summer Rep- ertory Theatre Festival - satire whisks you into a world where everyone is a dazzling performer, .$15 - $25/ check listing for dates/times, Burbank Theatre, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Men- docino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-527-4307, summerrep.com/
Jul 7, 14, 21, 28 ~ Katie Ketchum’s One Woman Shows at the Dream Portal Studio Gallery - 3 women presented are: Mary Cassatt, Clara Schumann and Mary Magdalene. Call or email Katie for tickets (seating limited to 25 for each performance) $20/ Performances start at 7:30p, Sebastopol United Methodist Church, 500 N. Main St, Sebastopol, 707- 827-3288, atieketchumband@gmail.com
-An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. $18 - $25, Rialto Theatre, 6868 McKinley Street, Sebastopol, CA, Sebastopol, 707- 525-4840, rialtocinemas.com/index.php? location=sebastopol&film=2017_salome, sebastopol@rialtocinemas.com
Jul 11 & 25 ~ Reader’s Theatre Group - is readers reading a script adapted from literature, and audience picturing action from hearing script read aloud. Free, 7pm, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, 707-829-2176, Judith Reimuller, occidentalcenterfort- hearts.org/oca-readers-theatre-group/, joanjustjoan@hotmail.com
Jul 13 - Aug 5 ~ In the Mood - A sparkling musical version of Shakespeares “Much Ado About Nothing”. Placed in 1945 Italy, just as World War ll has ended. $10- $30, Shakespeare in the Cannery, His- toric Railroad Square, 3 West 3rd Street, Santa Rosa, 707-228-4704, Martin Ham- ilton, shakespeareinthecannery.com/, MartinJosephHamilton@gmail.com
Jul 14 ~ The Imaginists - Summer Fund- raiser Show - Political moment head-on with a satirical, hilarious, over-the-top show sure to entertain all ages. Free, 7p, 707-528-7554, theimaginists.org/, info@ theimaginists.org
Jul 15 & 16 ~ Poetry and Movement Meet Sculpture - spoken word responses to the massive sculptures by Bruce John- son with Poet Elizabeth Carothers Her- ron and SoCo Dance Theater, $20 general admission, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 South High St, Sebastopol, so- codancetheater.org
Jul 16 ~ A Fish Story - is a literate comedy, David a senior copywriter in an ad agen- cy, always wanted to be a playwright. Maybe it’s too late. Time to find out. Donations at the Door, 6:00p Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon Two Rd., Rio Nido, pegasustheater.com/
into a deadly conflict with an army
of humans led by a ruthless colonel played by Woody Harrelson. Opening July 21st is “ Dunkirk” starring Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hardy. Directed by the very talented Christopher Nolan. On July 28th “Atomic Blonde” opens starring Charlize Theron and John Goodman. It’s like the female James Bond.
The L.A. Film festival wrapped
up last weekend and the highlights were the directorial debut of Jennifer Morrison. It’s called “Sun Dogs” starring Michael Angarano, Allison Janney and Ed O’Neill. Angarano is brilliant and I guarantee you will love
this film. Also making her directorial
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debut is comedienne Whitney Cummings. Her film “The Female Brain” is hilarious and also star James Marsden and Sofia Vergara, NBA star Blake Griffin basically plays himself and is very funny. He will have a career as an actor after he retires from basketball. The best film at this year’s film festival was “Don’t Come Back Form the Moon” directed by Bruce Thierry Cheung and starring Jeffrey Wahlberg. Yes, he is Mark Wahlberg’s nephew and will be as big of a star as his uncle. The movie is based on a book by Dean Bakopoulos. The movie is so good it will make you want to read the book.
This is a busy month for my theater fans. Broadway Under the Stars is
back with “Another Openin’ Another Show” produced and starring the extremely talented Amy Miller. Her rendition of “Tradition” is worth the
price of admission alone. I had the opportunity to interview the voice of Transcendence Theater, Brent Farris last week and he agreed with me that Broadway Under the Stars is the best musical theater in Sonoma County. For those of you who haven’t seen “Hamilton” yet, you will have chance to see
one of the amazing numbers of the show here. The number from “Chicago”
is amazing and will make you want to see “Chicago” at SRT the following weekend! They are also producing “Fantastic Family Night” which is geared for the whole family. Go to bestnightever.org for tickets and more information. The Marin County Fair is back and you get to go back in time if you see The
5th Dimension July 1st or the Commodores July 2nd. Both show are at 7:30pm and free with your ticket to the fair! One of my favourite local directors is David Yen and his new show “Munch and His Mentor” opens July 8th at Spreckels. My friend Nate Mercier stars so you know you will have a good time. Call 707 326-3600 for more information. The Kut-Ups are back at Spreckels July 9th and they close July 15th. This is their 45th and final year. Call 707 588-3400 for tickets. Fans of the movie “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” will be happy to know the stage version is at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco. It closes next weekend so call 800 838-3006 for tickets.
Jul 8 ~ National Theatre Live: Salomé
Last month, I mentioned that local author Kay Mehl Miller was going to have a book reading for her new book, “Ring Around Reality”. It had a good turnout. For those of you that didn’t have a chance you have two chances this month. On July 9th you can meet her at the Flamingo Hotel, and on July 18th at Copperfield’s in Montgomery Village. Come meet a legend.
Email me with questions regarding Pop Culture. Have a FUN 4th of July!
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