San Rafael 2nd Fridays Art Walk - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Art Works Downtown has announced plans for its fourth season of the downtown San Rafael's free monthly 2nd Fridays Art Walk, www.2ndFridaysArtWalk.com an event that showcases 8 art galleries and over 30 participating venues who feature rotating art exhibits, live music, wine and food and other special attractions. For residents and tourists who are uninitiated in art, the 2nd Fridays Art Walk offers an excellent opportunity to easily experience art as well as enjoy local shopping and restaurants. July's Art Walk is on Friday, July 8th, from 5-8 p.m.

"We are very pleased how many new venues join the event every month and the positive reception we receive from new and returning visitors. San Rafael's burgeoning art scene and the opportunity to highlight the arts within our unique Downtown setting seems to be sparking an art renaissance in town," says Petrina Wielgos, managing director of Art Works Downtown. "Since the event's beginning four years ago, the number of participating merchants has more than doubled and the community really enjoy it."

The July Art Walk will feature 4 new participants: J.Grigg at 1224 Fourth St, Ponsford's Place Bakery at 117 Shaver St, Terra Firma Gallery at 1130 Fourth St and Youth in Arts at 917 C Street. Art Works Downtown will hold 2 opening art receptions, Donna Seager Gallery will feature a Summer Salon with live music from "Studio 5", plus there will be a number of new art exhibits and other surprises happening up and down Fourth Street.

The 2nd Fridays Art Walk event in Downtown San Rafael has continued to grow over the years and offers the public a free and dynamic cultural experience that features local establishments and local flavor. A detailed map and listing of all the upcoming Art Walk events are available online at www.2ndFridaysArtWalk.com, Maps are also available at Art Works Downtown at 1337 Fourth Street in Downtown San Rafael and at participating venues on the day of the events.

Media Contact: Grant Raeside (707) 548-0452 or Grant(at)EventMarketingWorks(dot)com
         Petrina Wielgos (415) 451-8119 or petrina(at)artworksdowntown(dot)org

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A taped version of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" features Stephen Colbert (front row, left), Patti LuPone, Neil Patrick Harris and Katie Finneran.

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Company: The New York Philharmonic can be seen on celluloid when Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical comes alive on the screen in the Bay Area. The concert version taped last month features such stars as Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Patti LuPone, Jon Cryer and Christina Hendricks.

At Bay Area theaters. $18. www.companyonscreen.com.

Blues in the Night: Armelia McQueen (of Broadway's "Ain't Misbehavin' ") and Teatro ZinZanni's Debbie de Coudreaux star with Amanda Folena and C.R. Lewis in Center Rep's revival of Sheldon Epps' torch-song musical, featuring the music of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Bessie Smith and many more. Direction and choreography by Robert Barry Fleming.

8 p.m. today-Sat., 7:30 p.m. Sun., 2:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Through June 25. Center Repertory Company, Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. $36-$45. (925) 943-7469. www.centerrep.org.

Juno en Victoria: Playwright Stuart Bousel repatriates the Greek gods within the Victorian English country estate of sisters Hera and Hestia as they prepare for the marriage of Hebe, Hera's daughter by Zeus, to Heracles. The Wily West Productions world premiere takes its cues from Austen, Forster, Waugh and Thackeray.

8 p.m. today-Sat. Through July 2. Stage Werx, 533 Sutter St., S.F. $24. www.wilywestproductions.com.

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Create: People tout art as a realm of freedom without thinking much about what that means. To the people represented in "Create," a remarkable exhibition compiled by Lawrence Rinder and Matthew Higgs, it means a measure of release from the constraints of impairment into unpredictable productivity. All have enjoyed the support of Bay Area programs for people with developmental disabilities.

11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun.; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri. Through Sept. 25. Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. $7-$10. (510) 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.

MUSIC

Anthony Tommasini: The chief classical music critic of the New York Times is joined by members of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony in a program devoted to the life and works of Virgil Thomson. The program of music and discussion is presented in conjunction with the Gertrude Stein exhibition.

7 p.m. Thurs. Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. $20. (415) 655-7800. www.thecjm.org.

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