North Bay Cabaret producer Jake Ward says he had such a good time bringing his annual burlesque/variety show dubbed “Halloweird” to Petaluma’s Mystic Theatre last October, he’s decided to bring it ...

Promoter Jake Ward’s live variety show “Halloweird” has been a Sonoma County staple for more than a decade. It began as “All Hallow’s Eve” at Santa Rosa’s Arlene Francis Center and has since appeared ...

In their decade-long career, Gossip has existed as part DIY garage rockers, part dance-punk darlings. The Oregon-based trio found success by tipping the scale toward the latter, hitting it big in ...

For Joel Bachar, the decision to start a screening of shorts around Halloween time came organically: People sent him so many bizarre films. Bachar is the founder of the Independent Exposure screening ...