How Peptoc won the internet
One of the most viral web phenomeon of late was Peptoc—a phone line that anyone can call and get a “pep talk” from Westside School students. It’s a public arts project, created by Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss when their teaching careers overlapped at the small public school just outside Healdsburg.
Cyrus Chestnut in concert from Healdsburg Jazz
Expect plenty of seasoned authenticity when Cyrus Chestnut and a local rhythm section, Jaimeo Brown on drums and Marcus Shelby on bass, hit the Paul Mahder Gallery stage in Healdsburg on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 7pm.
Things to do in Healdsburg, Oct. 8-15
Healdsburg has certainly become a live music town; one can tune in almost any day of the week. Saturday afternoon check out Spicy Vines, a tasting room and living room-style venue for folk, jazz and other artists, usually with no cover...
Open up to Healdsburg Design
Starting concurrently with this week’s Art Nite on Thursday is the return of the four-day Design Healdsburg, produced by Design Bay Area. It’s in a class with similar North Bay Design weekends in San Francisco and Marin, and once again Healdsburg claims a strong...
Things to do in Healdsburg, October 1-8
Healdsburg Indivisible brings the award-winning documentary and political thriller Dark Money to town, which “uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold” on Oct. 8.
The secret screenwriter in our midst
Last week we visited screenwriter Michael Tolkin at his Healdsburg home and, joined by his daughter and caregiver Emma, sat down with a cup of tea and talked movies with him for almost an hour. Soon we were talking about what may be his most successful movie, The Player, in which Tim Robbins is stalked by a failed screenwriter. (Spoiler alert: Robbins ...
Things to do in Healdsburg, Sept. 24-30
Friday is opening night of the annual Healdsburg International Short Film Festival, which runs through the weekend. Most screening blocks are $20, students $10, full-festival passes $100. It takes place at the Raven Theater, 115 North St.
Little films, big world
So many movies, so little time
The fifth iteration of the unpronounceable HISFF, or Healdsburg International Short Film Festival, returns to Healdsburg the weekend of Sept. 25-27. As before, the centerpiece of the festival is the films themselves, 57 short films from 17 different countries...
Stolen gear, van force reset for The Lone Bellow
The Lone Bellow returns to recording after 2025 theft
Brian Elmquist, of the Lone Bellow, has come to appreciate conflict as an essential element of the creative process. It’s an ingredient he and bandmates Zach Williams and Kanene Pipken have tapped into dating back to...
Things to do in Healdsburg, Sept. 17 – 25
Thursday, Sept. 17
Upstairs Emo
Mikayla McVey is a songwriter from Oakland, thrilled to bring her band back to the best-sounding room in the greater Bay Area. Doors at 6pm, music at 7pm. At Little Saint, 25 North St., littlesainthealdsburg.com.
‘Red’ on Stage
Continuing engagement of Red, the...
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Dia de Muertos lives on in Healdsburg
At Dia de Muertos—Healdsburg’s most colorful event of the year, recognized Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Plaza—Sonoma County residents showed up to remember loved ones with celebration, costumes, mementos, music and marigolds. It was the tenth local anniversary for the Mesoamerican celebration to honor the recently departed, or those who still live in memory. With a Gallery of images...
