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September 13, 2025

From parade to livestock, it’s HFFCF weekend

Healdsburg Future Farmer with his yearly project
Perhaps the city’s crown jewel event is the Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair and the accompanying Twilight Parade. It’s all happening this week for the 76th time. And it's theme even rhymes: Keeping Ag Alive in 2025.

Playin’ That Devil Music: Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’

Michael B. Jordan in 'Sinners'
Words like “visionary,” “electrifying,” “exhilarating,” “transcendent” and “breathtaking” get thrown around with abandon (by myself included) to describe much lesser films than Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. So I will try not to be overly precious in relating to you how special this movie is.

Only the Brave

Locals brave enough to watch this bio-pic of the Arizona “Hot Shots” firefighting crew can learn a great deal about how we puny little humans fight a monstrous firestorm. One thing that stands out, is the contrast between those who fight rural wild-land fires and those who confront urban structural fires. The tactics, skills, techniques and equipment are quite different. Which is part of the reason the response to our local “once in 150 years catastrophe” is so unique.

Through the Garden Gate

False Spring

Food for Thought Healing Garden

Nourishment for both body and spirit    

Golden spoils

A few Wine & Food events

The folks at Alexander Valley Vineyards will

Healdsburg Heats Up With Two Hot Live Venues

As long as one has a ticket, the phrase “sold-out show” is music to the ears of many a concertgoer, who spent much of the past three years pining for the thrill of gathering in a crowd to see and hear a performance.  All over...

Sonoma Film Institute Presents Restored ‘Portrait of Jason’ Film

On the night of Dec. 2, 1966, Shirley Clarke and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea to make a film. There, for 12 straight hours, they filmed the one-and-only Jason Holliday as he spun tales, sang, donned costumes and reminisced about good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, sometime houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. The result is a mesmerizing portrait of a remarkable, charming and tortured man, who is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.

THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE

If you’re fortunate enough to have a shady area in your yard
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