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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.

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 ...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The age-old art-vs.-commerce debate takes center stage in The 222’s production of John Logan’s Red. Amy Kossow directs the factually based but fictionally woven two-hander about artist Mark Rothko that’s now running at the Paul Mahder Gallery in downtown Healdsburg through Sept. 20. For those...

We’ve all read about the downturn in the wine economy, with its dread forecasts and images of ripped-up vines. But people keep coming to Healdsburg on holidays and weekends, or whenever the latest “cool small town” poll comes out. In between times, though, people still live here, and they like to go out to eat every now and then, keeing their eye on their budget.

Among this Friday's Events, "Welcome Oakland’s Skyline High football team to town for the second home game of the year for the 2026 Greyhounds varsity. Everybody up for the kickoff! That’s at 7pm, Rec Park."

Few plays telegraph the plot dynamics and setting as clearly in their title as 'macbitches.' We know it’s got to be a cutting play about theater people vying for a key role in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, probably college-age—a sort of 'Mean Girls' in the drama department.