Published March 2, 2006

Tito La Rosa, Peruvian National Treasure and Sound Shaman, performs with Stephen Kent on djeridu and Geoffrey Gordon on percussion to benefit a school, a hospital, an ecology project and youth projects in Quechua communities near La Rosa’s hometown of Carhuaz. Tuesday, March 7 at Finnish American Home Association. $25. 197 Verano Avenue, Sonoma. Call Veronica Torres at (707) 258-3645 or email healinginsonoma@yahoo.com

Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves presents book signing and reception for “The New Spanish Table” author Anya von Bremzen, a James Beard Award winner who traveled with Ferrer “Tia Lola,” who cooks for the Ferrer clan every day at the Freixinet bodega. Friday 5-7:30 p.m. Tastes from the book. Free. No-host bar. 23555 Highway 121 (Carneros Highway) across from Cornerstone Festival of Gardens, Sonoma. Call (707) 996-7256 for more info.
Center of the Universe Café bargain dinner and show of song, poetry, storytelling, and comedy, Saturday at Sonoma Community Center. Guest chef accountant Sheila Clark celebrates “death of winter and rush of tax season” with Hobo Chicken Gumbo and aduki bean with miso soup for vegetarians. Apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream, Death and Taxes beer from Moonlight Brewery, photography and art work of James Huff, and singer/songwriter Deirdre Egan on piano add to the evening. Doors open 6:15, open mike at 7:30. $12 dinner and show, $6 show only. 276 East Napa Street Sonoma. Call City Councilman Ken Brown at (707) 938-4626, ext. 2 or email cc-ken@vom.com for info.

Andrés Rico, Sonoma Valley High School student, performs Chopin, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy on piano to raise funds for Nuestra Voz community group, Saturday. Donation $5, but no one turned away. Sonoma Community Center. 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma. Call (707) 938-4626 for info.

Don Giovanni comes to Yountville’s Lincoln Theater near Veterans’ Home, performed for Mozart by Adler Fellows of the San Francisco Opera, Napa Valley Symphony Orchestra, and Napa Valley Chorale. Friday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. $35-$70. 100 California Drive, Yountville. Call (707) 996-1529 for more info.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, a benefit for Sonoma Tsunami Relief featuring Kate Kennedy’s Avalon Players performing this riveting Irish comic-tragedy. Monday March 6 at Sonoma Valley High School’s John Glaese Theatre, Tuesday March 7 and Friday March 10 at Murphy’s Irish Pub, and at Sebastiani Theatre Sunday March 13. 7 p.m. all venues. $18. Tickets at Sebastiani Theatre, Murphy’s Irish Pub and at door. Suitable for mature audiences..