Lucy Liu and her Totem Series of artworks Photo by Lowell Downey
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NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM Yountville’s Hidden Cultural Oasis Re-Opens
Napa Valley Museum Yountville is a hidden cultural oasis located on the peaceful grounds of the California Veterans Home in Yountville. Exterior of Museum Photo by-MJ Schaer
Jeff Bridges, Pooch, and Lois Smith, A Dog Year
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estled nearby to Yountville’s award-winning restaurants, hotels, and wineries, the small yet mighty world-class museum and formerly sleepy nonprofit, has in recent years, been attracting crowds and international acclaim for its inventive world-premiere exhibitions such as “France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul & Julia Child,” the “Sound Maze,” a family-friendly interactive experience where visitors create a cacophony of sound on giant-sized invented musical instruments, and the current exhibition: “Lucy Liu: One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others” – the first US
