Art News
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Santa Rosa Symphony announces lineup for 2020-2021 season

George Shafe

There are seven Classical Series Concert programs and a new Opera In Concert program planned for the Santa Rosa Symphony’s 2020-2021 season. All are conducted by Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong except for the February concert set, which will be led by guest conductor Aram Demirjian.

Oct. 3, 4, 5: Pianist Alexander Toradze returns to perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Rhapsody on Moldavian Theme; and Berlioz’ “Symphonie fantastique.”

Nov. 7, 8, 9: Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä performs Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D major; composer Gabriella Smith’s “Tumblebird Contrails”; Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique”

Dec. 5, 6, 7: Brahm’s

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Entertainment News
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‘Amazing Stories’ review: Steven Spielberg brings anthology revival to Apple TV+

George Shafe

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Famous Photographers
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Cameron and Lauren share lessons, life after ‘Love Is Blind’

George Shafe

AP: Lauren, did you decide to keep your apartment?

SPEED: After we got married, I ended up keeping my apartment for about three months… But after three months, I was like, you know what? I’m all in. So, I ended up getting rid of my apartment and (I’m) fully in our house. Now, I just have my space in our house where I just go and close the door if I need some space.

AP: When did you know that you would say ‘yes’ at the altar?

SPEED: It was a decision that I didn’t take lightly… So, I would

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Local Arts
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‘The Banker’ review: Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson star in a movie that yields a modest return on Apple’s first bite at movies

George Shafe

Based on real events (although its accuracy is among the aspects that have been challenged), the film centers on Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie), a self-taught real-estate whiz who set his sights on Los Angeles in the 1950s. He’s introduced exhibiting his savvy for business as a child in small-town Texas, where his father says of those entrepreneurial aspirations, “You were born the wrong color, son.”

A grown-up Garrett is still the wrong color for L.A. in that era but finds creative ways to skirt the roadblocks. First, he aligns himself with a well-established white developer (Colm Meaney) and subsequently a … Read More

Music Arts
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Taika Waititi will tackle ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ animated series for Netflix

George Shafe

The first series from the Oscar winner will center around the characters in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The second, titled “Oompa-Loompas,” will focus on the characters of the same name who work in the chocolate factory, Netflix announced in a news release Thursday.

Dahl’s book was first adapted for the screen in 1971, with Gene Wilder starring as chocolate factory owner, Willy Wonka. Director Tim Burton remade the movie in 2005 with Johnny Depp in the lead role.

Netflix said that it plans to “retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world

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Original Arts
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Publisher cancels plans to release Woody Allen memoir

George Shafe

NEW YORK — Woody Allen’s publisher has decided to cancel the planned release of his memoir “Apropos of Nothing.”

The announcement Friday by Hachette Book Group followed days of criticism focused on allegations that Allen sexually abused his daughter Dylan Farrow. On Thursday, dozens of Hachette employees staged a walkout.

“The decision to cancel Mr. Allen’s book was a difficult one. At HBG we take our relationships with authors very seriously, and do not cancel books lightly,” the publisher announced.

“We have published and will continue to publish many challenging books. As publishers, we make sure every day in our

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