Le Jazz Hot Quartet breathes new life into gypsy jazz with innovative arrangements of classic tunes and original compositions from the group’s superb lead guitarist, Paul Mehling. Featuring the silken violin of Grammy-winning Evan Price and the swinging rhythm section of Nelson Hutchison on guitar and Dexter Williams on bass, the group never fails to surprise and delight.

Saturday, August 29, 7:00 p.m.
Ticket price: $35.00
(Grounds open at 6 p.m. for picnics. Seating is unreserved, but early birds will not be admitted before 6.)

The year was 1976, and a relative newcomer to Napa Valley, Nancy Garden, had schemed up a show with composer/lyricist Ken Long observing the nation’s bicentennial and St. Helena’s centennial, featuring dozens of local musicians and actors. They called it “Valley Pie Jubilee.” Twenty years later, in an instance of art imitating life, the mockumentary “Waiting for Guffman” appeared on movie screens and surprised locals with its uncanny parallels that brought “Valley Pie” to fruition. To honor Nancy and Ken’s achievement and celebrate St. Helena’s sesquicentennial, the White Barn will present an outdoor screening of “Guffman,” featuring local vocalists reprising a tune or two from “Valley Pie Jubilee” and refreshments including a selection of “Valley” pies.

Saturday, September 12, 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price: $10.00
(Grounds open at 6 p.m. for picnics. Seating is unreserved, but early birds will not be admitted before 6.)

Science fiction often reflects the political mood of an era. A case in point: “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” the 1956 sci-fi movie starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter about a town besieged by extraterrestrial pods that make robotic duplicates of the citizenry. Shot in B&W film-noir style, the film presented an allegory of Americans' complacency during the Red Scare of the Cold War. Critic Michael Dodd wrote that “it may be the clearest window into the American psyche that horror cinema has ever provided.” Fast forward 70 years, and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” still reverberates. See it again or for the first time at the Barn in a pre-Halloween screening. Pod-people popcorn and potables will be served.

Saturday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price: $10.00