Local Events

The essential Healdsburg event to see and be seen at this season was undoubtedly the 16th annual celebration of Pigs & Pinot, which feted hundreds with its unique porcine pairings.  Hosted by chef and Healdsburg local Charlie Palmer at the Hotel Healdsburg and Dry Creek Kitchen,...

For those who like to sit down for an evening and crack a book,

New Stage  The 222 is beginning a live-theater series with “Chapatti,” a play by Christian O’Reilly, to run from June 1 to June 11 (various times). It features Ashland veterans Michael Elich and Robin Goodrin-Nordli in a two-person drama at the Paul Mahder Gallery, 222...

Healdsburg’s only New Orleans restaurant rolls out the big pots and fires up the music on two successive Fridays, June 14 and June 21, 5:30-9pm. On the menu is a “boil” with Louisiana crawfish, andouille, corn and potatoes, plus grilled meats, creole salad, black-eyed peas and, yes, beignets...

As AV Film prepares for its 10th annual AV Fest, from April 26-May 5, the news that the festival, school and projected Healdsburg cinema would be changing its name was a bit of a shocker.

Steve Castelli, a model car enthusiast and drag racer, had a toy vehicle collection that was legendary; with the assistance of his daughter, Tina Castelli, the Healdsburg Museum assembled these mechanical wonders, "a tribute not only to Steve, but to forward motion itself.”