Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle opens in 1996, with the discovery of the old board game on a sandy beach. When the box is opened, a video game cartridge is inside which just happens to fit the Sony Play Station the teen-aged son has in his bedroom. We then flash forward 20 years, where (echoing the plot points of the The Breakfast Club), four teens end up in detention for various reasons: Spencer, the Wimp (Alex Wolf) is called into the principal’s office for writing a history paper for Fridge, the Jock (Ser’Darius Blain); Bethany, the Babe (Madison Iseman) is busted for using her cell phone during a test; and Martha, the Brain (Morgan Turner), talks back to her PE teacher. The foursome discover the Jumanji video game in the school basement, and are magically transformed into the game avatars they select. The wimp becomes Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson), a muscular, self-effacing “expert” with a “smoldering look.” The brain develops sex appeal, long, shapely legs, and deadly martial arts skills as Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan) who is clad in a ridiculous, midriff-baring jungle outfit. The Jock becomes the wise-cracking, short-statured zoologist named Franklin “Mouse” Finbar (Kevin Hart), and when the babe selected “the curvy genius cartographer” named Dr. Shelly Oberon, she did not envision Jack Black’s body. It takes awhile for the teens to learn to utilize their avatar’s skill sets, but fortunately, the game gives them two extra lives.
Healdsburg Happenings, Feb. 1
Senior NightThe league-leading Lady Greyhounds recognize their seniors at the season’s final home game on Thursday, Feb. 1. Opponent is St. Vincent de Paul (Petaluma), game time 7:30pm at Smith Robinson Gym, HHS. The boys senior night is Saturday, Feb. 3, against Ukiah.
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Sonoma County hosts its first ever all Black artists, Black-curated exhibition
The Museum of Sonoma County opened a new show June 25. Collective Arising: The Insistence of Black Bay Area Artists will run through Nov. 27.
The show is co-curated by Ashara Ekundayo and Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh, and features work from 11 different artists, all...
Dance Group in Need of New Practice, Performance Hub Space
A new group of dance-related teachers, students and professionals, the Healdsburg Dance Collective (HDC), will premiere with “Let’s Dance,” a show and dance party at the Raven Theater on Saturday, March 4.
The launch event begins at 7:30pm and will include performances by the UPside...
Q&A: Catching up with Robert J. Harris, about his family’s business, Pack Jack Old-Style Barbecue in Sebastopol
Robert J. Harris is the manager, pit boss, cook and spokesperson for Pack Jack Old-Style Barbecue in Sebastopol.
