Arts And Entertainment

Mondavi's Summer Music Festival opens
Local business owner and hair stylist Nancy Glorio found out last month that impressing  clients with  professionalism and styling skills can occasionally offer unexpected perks. That’s when one of her happy regulars at St. Helena’s Salon Glorio, Wendy Darneal, asked if Glorio would like the enviable job of pre-performance stylist to the very famous “big hair” of the B-52s’ Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson. Darneal works in hospitality helping to pull off this season’s 40th anniversary of the Robert Mondavi Winery Summer Music Festival, and knew that this weekend’s headliners would need VIP hair help.

Community

Calistoga Catholics celebrate community
The music of Sangre Azteca could be heard a block away from the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church on Sunday, as hundreds of parishioners, some from as far away as Santa Rosa, Napa and Windsor, braved the heat bouncing off the hot asphalt to celebrate one thing — being a community.

Name that date: A parade prize winner
Since the Fourth of July Parade is Saturday we thought we should re-run this first-prize winner for patriotic floats, way back in Calistoga’s early days.

Name that date answer: Step right up!
Last week’s picture of George Butler generated a lot of attention, but not for the reasons you’d think. It makes us proud of Calistoga that so many called to let us know we made a mistake by suggesting the Butler Pavilion was named after the guy featured in the 1959 photo. The photo was taken during the 100th anniversary of the founding of Calistoga by Sam Brannan — which would make this year the 150th anniversary. Anyway, the Butler Pavilion was named, as so many of you pointed out, in honor of Howard “Boots” Butler.

Smoothie operators
As summer temperatures climb higher with each passing day, young people attending Boys and Girls Club activities at the Calistoga Elementary School are learning to cope — by choosing not to drink soda and Kool-Aid, if given a choice. Instead they’re learning to become smooth operators when it comes to healthy living by picking nutritious snacks over other junk.

Control mosquitoes by killing the larvae
Picture this: a balmy evening, the perfect time to dine outside, and company is about to arrive. You’ve just invested in a new high-tech outdoor kitchen. While sipping a cool drink, a familiar whine suddenly changes everything. Diving close to your ears, pausing long enough for a quick bite, one mosquito can wreck all your plans. Dinner is quickly moved into the house, hopefully without letting in the unwanted guest.

Food And Wine

Brisket the centerpiece of a backyard barbecue for 4th of July
The upcoming holiday weekend is an ideal time to fire up the backyard barbecue and invite friends and neighbors over for an old-fashioned Fourth of July feast.