Vital Living
Being a creative, high-strung sort, meditation is something that I have always thought was for others. I have set up little alters with flowers and feathers and incense and a pretty pillow to sit on, purple or deep red being preferable, and tried to call forth a still mind. If anyone was watching I probably looked serene enough while I was planning dinner or wondering if the cost of this little scene could be tax-deductible as a medical expense.
Reviving a Legacy: Wayne Shorter’s Footprint Quartet
Sunday evening, area jazz fans have an opportunity to rediscover a music legend, a giant of the sax from the golden age of saxophone jazz. The concert, “Legacy of Wayne Shorter,” presents three men who played with the transformative musician in the late prime of his career, and a present-day disciple, who together create a living legacy of a jazz great.
The Fishing Report – A four letter word
All ocean fishermen are the descendants of ancient sailors. That is how fishermen got around, by sail boat. Evolution has produced a fisherman that now uses power to get to and from the fishing grounds, but he is still a sailor at heart. So it comes as no surprise that four letter words dot the vocabulary of most fishermen much as they do today’s sailors. But I don’t think there is a more heinous four letter word in the fisherman’s vocabulary than the word “wind.” And yet to a sailor, that word is their boat life’s blood, a dichotomy for sure.
Ungrateful ‘Dead’ Spills Over
This article was contributed by Harry Duke.
If the lack of a splatter zone is what’s kept you from returning to live theater, do the Raven Players have a show for you. Evil Dead: The Musical is running at the Raven Performing Arts Theater...
The Music of Shakespeare on Sept. 19
“Here we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony.”
Climate Fest Brings Earth Day Home
Earth Day dates back to April 22, 1970 when Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed a nationwide environmental “teach-in” to bring awareness to the threats that unbridled development held for the limited resources of the planet.
More than 50 years later, the need for environmental education...
Creek friendly home improvement and yard care
The days are long and warm, but many of us are anything but lazy. We are in our yards tackling our outdoor honey-do lists. We are refinishing our decks, painting our homes and taming our yards. After painting the house, sanding the deck, or trimming back the landscaping it would be convenient to sweep or pour the mess into the storm drain (or gutter). The problem is that everything that enters the storm drain eventually flows into our creeks untreated.
Healdsburg Happenings, Nov. 2
Book SaleThe Friends of the Healdsburg Library fundraising book sale continues through Saturday, Nov. 4. All are welcome Thursday and Friday, 10am to 5:30pm, but bring your own bag for special “bag sale” prices on Saturday, 10am to 3pm. The Healdsburg Library is at...
Arts & Entertainment
Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna
Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.
















