Dan Taylor

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

What: Napa Center for Thought & Culture Presents: A Conversation with National Geographic Explorer in Residence Tara RobertsWhen: Tuesday, May 13.

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

What: Healdsburg Jazz FestivalWhere: Downtown HealdsburgWhen: June 13-22Admission: Free to $275 Information: healdsburgjazz.org For the first time since the annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival was founded 27 years ago, the celebration will run a full 10 days this year, June 13-22, with prominent jazz acts at 10 different Healdsburg venues.

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

What: “May the Fourth Be With You” burlesque and variety showWhen: 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, May 4Where: The Mystic Theater, 25 Petaluma Blvd. N., PetalumaAdmission: Balcony seating, $29; reserve seating, $34; gold circle seating, $44; VIP table seating for two, $200; VIP table seating for four, $400Information: 707-765-2121, mystictheatre.com No wonder “Star Wars” fans chose May 4 to celebrate their favorite series of films.

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

What: Isaac Mizrahi in concertWhen: 7:30 p.m., April 24Where: Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert ParkAdmission: $30 to $90Information: 707-664-4246, gmc.sonoma.edu Isaac Mizrahi is known as a fashion designer, but what he really wants to do more than anything else right now is go onstage to sing and tell stories.

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

Does everyone remember when the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, originally founded and named in 1981, had a different name? From 2005 to early 2016, the name was changed to the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, as the result of a naming sponsorship agreement. In a naming sponsorship, a company pays for the exclusive right to name a venue.