New Play Confronts the Human Enemy
Former Windsor resident Francine Schwartz has long remembered the stories her mother and grandmother told her about living in occupied France during World War II and of the German soldiers billeted in their home. At last, the result is a play, 'The Germans Upstairs"...
Bishop Brings Good-Time Blues Back to Town
The blues is many things—nothing but a bad dream, the devil’s music, a good man feeling bad and “the weirdest music I ever heard,” according to WC Handy.
But the blues can also be a good time, and that’s the path that Elvin Bishop has...
The Fishing Report: Dead or dying
I recently returned from my annual migration up to the Lower Klamath River. Much like the salmon themselves I have been returning to the river year after year despite the gauntlet of obstacles placed in my way. Whether it was the downturn in the economy or family pressures to stay home, I always managed at least a few days on the river every September.
Kids’ Ballet Classes Return to Healdsburg
Greta Schoenberg is relaunching her ballet and contemporary dance school in Healdsburg this month, offering classes for kids from 3-1/2 to 9 years old and adults at the historic Felta Schoolhouse, Parkpoint Health Club, and The Studio fitness space.
TEDx Returns With Inspiration
TEDx Sonoma County returns to the spacious, comfortable Jackson Theater on Saturday, March 2, for a lively afternoon of intellectual stimulation and life-changing inspiration from a dozen speakers who have something to say.
Through the Garden Gate
Often quite warm, June is full of gardening events and blooming salvias. Depending on what kind of plants you grow, water down your garden and mulch it heavily with good organic compost. Don’t forget to leave soft, unmulched soil for the bees and other critters that need places to nest. I notice that the mourning doves love dust baths…they like loose, dry dusty soil in which to sunbathe. The dust is a natural mite repellent. Who needs chemicals when you have dirt!