Published May 24, 2007

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Memorial Day Weekend

Sonoma Jazz+ world-class jazz festival features LeAnn Rimes and the Robert Cray Band on Thursday, Smokey Robinson and Michael McDonald Friday, Harry Connick, Jr. and His Big Band on Saturday, and the one and only Tony Bennett Sunday evening, Memorial Day weekend, May 24-27 at Sonoma’s Field of Dreams. Individual concert tickets $45-$110, four-day passes $175.50-$283.50. First Street East two blocks north of Sonoma Plaza. For tickets and more info visit Sonoma Valley Music, call 866.468.8355, or check out sonomajazz.org.

Wine & Song around Sonoma Plaza Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27, features wine, live jazz bands and food at The Red Grape, Château Sonoma, El Dorado Kitchen, Sonoma Meritâge, Ledson Hotel Harmony Lounge, Swiss Hotel and Sonoma Court Shops courtyard. $50 ticket admits to seven venues, 12 wine tastes, four food tastings, and seven bands. For tickets and more info, check out sonomajazzplus.org.

Ledson Winery & Vineyards weekend celebration includes huge barbecue with meats hot off the grill and side dishes, accompanied by live jazz from the Uncle Jazz Band at “Ledson Castle,” Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $25 for barbecue, $20 for Ledson wine club members. 7335 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood. For more info call 707.833.2330 or visit ledson.com.

“Wrongful Doings at Woeful Ranch,” written by one-time Ronald McDonald and current vintner Squire Fridell and directed by Kate Kennedy as part of Dunbar School’s Performing Arts Project under the oaks at Dunbar School’s Rosemary Haver Outdoor Stage, put on by the 5th grade class. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m. Tickets $10 adults, $5 children 12 and under. Doors open one hour before show, rain or shine. Bring picnic and blanket, some refreshments available for purchase. For more info or tickets, call 707.935.6070 or drop in at the school office, 111700 Dunbar Road, Glen Ellen.
“Lolita,” performed by new theater company, Intertwined Productions, and directed by Frances Hall, stars Tisha Coates, Jim Geagan, Jill Wagoner and David Hinkley, Saturday and Sunday evenings, May 25-26. Check out forbidden love, obsession and murder at 7 p.m. both nights at Sonoma Community Center. $10 general, $8 students. Tickets at Readers’ Books, The Cheesemaker’s Daughter and Pharmaca, or at door. 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma. Email beingthere@yahoo.com for more info.

Free Dinner for Veterans at Gramma’s Cal-Italia Restaurant, Tuesday, May 29, when accompanied by a paying guest “to remember those whom we can no longer thank and to thank those whom we still can.” 5-9 p.m., 19213 Sonoma Highway in the Maxwell Village shopping center, Sonoma. Enter through Gramma’s Gelato Annex. Reservations required. 707.938.1449 or 938.1003.