A&E

Farmers’ Market: Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market, Saturdays until Dec. 17. Featuring a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as other items, the market celebrates the agricultural heritage of this area. At West Plaza Park, North Street, 8:30am to noon.  City Council: Meeting of...

Fall is in the air. Get into the spirit with these autumnally inspired cocktails that you can make at home with local ingredients. Whether you’re hosting a holiday happy hour or dinner party or just looking for inspiration to spice up your Thursday night cocktails,...

The roots of racism run deep in the American housing market. Playwright Lorraine Hansberry addressed it in 1959 with A Raisin in the Sun, the first play written by an African-American woman performed on Broadway and the first to have an African-American director. Playwright Bruce...

Friday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Banks and government offices will be closed, including those of the City of Healdsburg.  Veterans Breakfast: Friday, Nov. 11 at the Annex of the Villa Chanticleer in Healdsburg, free for veterans and their families. The breakfast will commence at...

FOHL Book Sale: The Friends of the Healdsburg Library (FOHL) are now holding their annual Christmas Book Sale at the library; it started Wednesday of this week for members only, but continues through Saturday in the Healdsburg Library Forum Room, 139 Piper St. Hours...

When I say that shrubs are my new obsession, I’m not talking about the garden variety.  A shrub (of the drinking variety) is a concentrated syrup of sugar, fruit and vinegar that is most often based on apple cider vinegar. These delicious tart little syrups...

The Healdsburg-based Sonoma County Wine Library Association is bringing back its Sonoma County Wine Legends event this year, after a three-year hiatus, on Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Steele Lane Community Center in Santa Rosa. The Legends fundraiser returns to feature a panel of five...

Thursday, Oct. 27: MOVIE: Nosferatu, the original classic vampire film from F.W. Murnau (1922). The chilling story of Count Orlok and his hapless victims is told in atmospheric black and white, with live piano accompaniment by Frederick Hodges. At the Raven Theater, 115 North...

Veterans from all branches of the service and all conflicts are invited to a special breakfast honoring their service on Veterans Day.  The Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise and the Sotoyome Post 111 of the American Legion are co-hosting the event on Friday, Nov. 11...

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a small trend start among winemakers and cider makers.  It's called cofermentation, or blending, of apples and grapes or cider and wine together, to make cider-wines.  Cider and wine coferments involve fermenting the apple juice and grapes together, rather...