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Last Sunday, July 19, said Mayor Chris Herrod, Healdsburg pulled off another ‘two-fer’ with the Guelaguetza festival at Foley and a screening of the World Cup final at the Plaza. We have the story, with a photo gallery, online now.

Man of letters and the arts Dana Gioia will speak at the Healdsburg Library on Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Eliabeth Bishop on July 28.

"Much Ado About Nothing," one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, starts a three-weekend run on stage at Bacchus Landing. Directed by Steven David Martin and staged by the Raven Players, it’s a tale of love and villainy with a happy ending.

What Christiopher Nolan delivers with 'The Odyssey' is classic, old-fashioned filmmaking on a scale rarely seen since Hollywood succumbed to its over-reliance on CGI.

SIP founder Patrick Davis and his wife, Lauren Jenkins, are big fans of Healdsburg, Davis said, noting that every time he visits, he is impressed by the friendliness of the locals. He was introduced to the city by Mike Brennan, board member of the Chamber of Commerce and director of sales at Mills District, Davis said.

The Healdsburg Community Swim Center runs a comprehensive learn-to-swim program, lap swimming, and a youth swim team program during the summer months. The pool is located at and co-owned by Healdsburg High School. Other city and arts events this week include...

Among the judges for the Kids Parade was, once again, Evelyn Mitchell, joined by Police Chief Matt Jenkins and this year’s mayor, Chris Herrod. “I have had the honor of being the head judge for the last several years,” Mitchell said. “It is one of my favorite things to do."

By this time last year we already had the dizzying peaks of Sinners and On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and the subterranean lows of Jurassic Park: Rebirth and Snow White. Will 2026 ultimately prove to be a more artistically daring year at the cinema?

The city-sponsored Sundays in the Plaza brings country Laura Benitez and the Heartache to the Gazebo from 1-3pm. Not to be confused with Tuesdays in the Plaza, this is a great opportunity to bring a picnic, sit back, relax and enjoy the songs.

"Little Shop of Horrors" is the musical adaptation of a cult 1960s sci-fi movie, remade and brought to the stage by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (of "The Little Mermaid") at the Raven Theater.