Diversity Overtakes Tuesdays in the Plaza
The weekly summer concerts at the downtown Plaza provide an eclectic and unusual line-up of bands to please a wide array of musical interests. Though previous Tuesdays have emphasized the aging boomer crowd (formerly described as “the brie-and-chardonnay crowd”), the bands have become increasingly diverse with the passing years....
Ladysmith Returns to the Raven
Paul Simon’s plaintive lyrics and doleful delivery on his Graceland album made Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo an international sensation.
The group contributed to three tracks on the album, including “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” and “Homeless,” about being displaced by natural...
Goings on in the ’Burg
DEI Meeting
“Living Together: Housing and Planning for a Better Healdsburg” is the third of five Diversity, Equity and Inclusion meetings, on Thursday, March 9 from 6:30-8:30pm. The web page at healdsburg.gov/dei has full details.
Goal Setting
A special meeting of the Healdsburg City Council will take...
Holiday disasters and the end of the world
I’m not really concerned about the world’s end (it’s supposed to arrive next week) but I do worry about the Russian River this time of year. In Guerneville instead of the end of existence we have floods.
Bluegrass Flowers at the Raven
When the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band—J2B2—takes the stage at the Raven Performing Arts Theater at 7:30pm on Sunday night, it won’t be a tribute band or a nostalgia act but the real thing, American music played to the hilt by four of the best musicians around.
