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The recent reveal of Jake Messing’s River Dreams mural at Russian Riverkeeper was one of three projects from the city’s Arts & Culture Commission that received awards in the program’s inaugural year, 2026.  The Arts for All grants program is designed to support arts...

This is the last week for community music in most Northern Sonoma County towns. But the libraries, music venues, and local galleries supply plenty of fun, meaningful events for locals and visitors to Healdsburg.

When Jake Messing stood in front of the mural he had just completed for Russian Riverkeeper on the north side of the nonprofit’s headquarters at 139 Healdsburg Ave., he had finished more than another mural. He had made a return to the source from the sea himself, like the salmon he portrayed.

Spend Saturday morning at the Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market, the place for shopping and connecting with the agricultural community. Buy fresh local produce, snacks and crafts, and listen to live music. From 8:30am till noon at the Foley Family Community Pavilion...

With summer drawing to a close, local theater companies are prepping their houses for a robust 2026/27 season. Live theater productions in Northern Sonoma County will include the usual mixture of the tried and true along with a sprinkling of newer works to keep things interesting ...

Spend Saturday morning at the Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market, the place for shopping and connecting with the agricultural community. Buy fresh local produce, snacks and crafts, and listen to live music. From 8:30am till noon at the Foley Family Community Pavilion.

Brothers John and Gabriel Fraire have written two plays so far, including the one opening this weekend at the Raven, "Who Will Dance With Pancho Villa?" Or rather “re-opening"—in a rare turn, the Raven is bringing January’s production back to the stage intact.

The play exhibits all the hallmarks of a classic Noël Coward comedy: an early 20th-century setting, an English countryside abode, philandering spouses, lots of drinking and smoking, and witty banter delivered in British accents. That it was written in 2013 is given away by the addition of two non-Coward-esque elements—mass murder and flatulence.

Three headliners at Elephant in the Room this weekend, starting with the Anthony Collins Band featuring guitarist “Johnny V” Vernazza on Thursday ($20 cover), tribute band Burning Down the House on Friday ($20), and Eric Lindell and the Westside Summer League on Saturday ($45). One could spend the weekend there... Fortunately there’s a bakery, pizza parlor and dispensary nearby.

Reed Palmer is chef de cuisine at Folia Bar & Kitchen, the flagship restaurant inside Appellation Healdsburg. Born and bred here, he returned home after years abroad to apply an internationally shaped palate to Sonoma County. Obviously, Palmer’s path into food began early, with him...