Healdsburg Happenings, April 3 – 10
On stage at The 222 on Friday, April 4, one can appreciate the classical music talent of the Telegraph Quartet. This and many other events listed in our weekly online calendar...
Healdsburg Happenings, March 27
Stella Heath, a Healdsburg-area vocalist who frequently performs in local venues, takes to the big stage at LBC on Saturday to channel Lady Day with the Billie Holiday Project, at 8pm. Her vocal skills will be backed by a 10-piece band of some of the Bay Area’s finest swing musicians, and professional swing dancers to show how it’s done.
Tiffany Austin the Musical Multitasker
Born and raised in South Los Angeles, Tiffany Austin grew up in a house filled with music. Her parents listened to soul and pop masters like Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, while her Louisiana Creole grandmother introduced her to jazz...
Healdsburg’s Comedy Scene is No Laughing Matter
As well as doing stand-up, David Nihill is a motivational speaker, a TED-talk trainer, speaking coach and author of the best-selling book Do You Talk Funny? (the title of his show is “Shelf Help”). His comedy career is going well—he won the 43rd annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 2018, and he’ll be at the Raven Theater on March 23.
‘Bridges’ Over Black and White Waters
Even those who haven’t read the book or watched the movie probably know the plot: Francesca Johnson (Katie Watts-Whitaker) is a disillusioned Italian war bride now stuck in an Iowa farmhouse with a stereotypical American farmer (Matthew T. Witthaus) as a husband. Her husband and the kids have gone to the fair, leaving Francesca alone for four days... Entanglements ensue.
Healdsburg Happenings, March 20
On Monday, March 24, the Healdsburg Museum Docents will present “Three Women’s Lives: 150 Years of Healdsburg Herstory” from 1:30-3:30pm at the Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson St. The talks about Josefa Carrillo de Fitch, Agnes Call and Isabelle Simi are in honor of Women’s History Month.
Fairy Doors Open into Imaginary Spaces
Walk through the town of Healdsburg on any given day and one will often find a family or a group of children running around trying to find as many doors as possible. The doors spark imaginations—who doesn’t want to know where the fairies reside when they are not working?
Madison County Replaces River City on Raven Stage
“We were down to 'Man of La Mancha' and this show,” director Joe Gellura said. “And Bridges of Madison County' was a show that I personally wanted to do since I saw it on Broadway 11 years ago, with the original cast.” That production won two Tony Awards, including for Best Original Score and Best Orchestration for the composer, Jason Robert Brown.
Shamans, Filmmakers and Life Coaches at TEDx Sonoma
As in the past few years, Aniysa Fritz will play the role of emcee, deftly shifting the audience’s attention and expectations from what they have just heard to what’s coming next. Like Marilyn Nagel, she is a “co-licensee” of the TEDx brand, based on the original TED talks from 1990—so named for the convergence of Technology, Entertainment and Design.
Pair of Petes Launch Floyd Tribute Band
After failed attempts at names like “Petewood Mac” and “the Peatles,” Pete Delaney’s wife entered the chat and threw out, “You should call yourselves ‘Pete Floyd.’” And thus, the two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl launched a new band.