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Just so you know, this movie isn’t about a future time where

All of Guillermo Del Toro’s movies (i.e. Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), are lush, intensely sensual imaginings filled with scenes of dreamlike wonder. In The Shape of Water, sexuality finally takes center stage, and since Del Toro is the writer/director, the sexuality is like nothing ever seen before. The sexy female is an unlikely candidate named Elisa Espisito (Sally Hawkins), a mute, mousey, and orphaned Baltimore cleaning lady who mops up blood in a top-secret laboratory. The sexy male is even more unlikely. He is “The Asset” (Doug Jones), an amphibious Creature From the Black Lagoon-stye humanoid stolen by the American military as “research” from the Amazon River.

Pachanga! The city’s celebration of arts grants winners is Saturday Sept. 6 at the Healdsburg Plaza, starting at 5:30pm. This free and family friendly event shines a spotlight on the talented recipients of the Diversity in the Arts Grant as a Latin American fair with live music, dancers, photographers, visual artists and more.

Design DialogsCraftWork presents the second of three Design Dialogs on Thursday, Oct. 26, starting at 5:30pm. The panel will discuss transportation and connectivity, including the Russian River Master Plan, North Healdsburg Avenue’s “complete streets” plan and the arrival of SMART. CraftWork is at 445...

We here at the Healdsburg Regional Library are excited to have our meeting room refreshed so that it is more comfortable and ready to serve the large number of events and programming over the next year—and when our larger full library refresh project takes...

There's always a lot going on in Healdsburg, and this time of the year things really pick up. Don't miss the Block Party on Friday, a community event for the 10th Annual AVFilm Festival. Free live music, community partners booths, with food and wine for sale from vendors. It’s Friday, May 3, from 6-9:30pm. Animated feature 'Blue Giant' screens at 8pm in the Raven Theater, 115 North St.

Got the blues? Maybe it’s time to check in with the Love Choir, where even the worst of moods have little chance of survival, once the music starts.