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Sidewalk SaleFrom Friday, Aug. 18 to Sunday, Aug. 20, downtown businesses will participate in the Summer Sidewalk Sale, with bargains from participating retailers from a/muse to Zizi. Information at Healdsburg.com. Cloverdale FNLCloverdale’s weekly market-and-music fest, Friday Night Live, continues Aug. 18 with Dune Dogs, “Carolina...

Shakespeare in the ParkThis year’s Theater in the Park presentation, The Comedy of Errors, continues Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 at West Plaza Park. The Shakespeare farce is updated to  modern-day New Orleans. Dress for cooler evenings; bring a blanket or chairs;...

First let’s get the name right: It’s the Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair, taking place for its 74th year, once again at Rec Park on Piper and University. Though its first day was Wednesday of this week for families involved in Future Farmers and...

TEDx Sonoma County, the short-form lectures made popular by the likes of Bill Gates, Jane Goodall and Stephen Hawking, is returning on Saturday, March 4, to the Jackson Theater in Santa Rosa. This year’s theme is “This Is Us,” reflecting the topic of inclusion.  “We...

Fall is usually marked by the local theater community with a series of ambitious announcements heralding the shows each company plans to produce for their new season. COVID continues to be a factor as companies optimistically make plans while struggling to fill casts and schedule...

Chimichangas and Zoloft, now playing at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg through Feb. 11, begins the day after Sonia Martinez (Norma Stevens) turns 40.

The effort to raise enough money for AVFilm, the Alexander Valley Film Society, to begin work on their dream Plaza Cinema Center is ongoing.  As community lead and programmer Chelsea Kurnick clarified, the lease for the Healdsburg Avenue property is not yet finalized; any plans...

Art show celebrates treasured West County painters with deep local roots.

By Dave Gil de Rubio  In an age of performers making their name as Instagram influencers and TikTok flavors-of-the-month, Charlie Musselwhite is the equivalent of a land line—steady, reliable and a link to the past. Born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis, the 78-year-old musician...