Healdsburg Happenings, Nov. 23
Fun RunThe annual Healdsburg Turkey Trot kicks off at 8am on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23. Start and finish are at 333 Center St. in front of Healdsburg Running Company. The 5k run supports the Drew Esquivel Memorial Scholarship. Registration $25 adults, $20 under 12,...
Top Torn Tix of 2023: The Musicals
In 2023, North Bay theater companies produced a variety of excellent musicals, including Evil Dead: The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Side by Side by Sondheim, Something Rotten!, A Little Night Music, Side by Side by Sondheim, and Tuck Everlasting, which showcased the talent of the younger generation.
Raven Players Delay New Play Opening
The traditional home of the Raven Players is, and always has been, the Raven Theater. This week, however, the Players are trying on not just a new play, but a new stage: Their upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company will take place at the Windsor High School Theater Building, starting June 28...
‘Martes en la Plaza’ Ends Weekly Celebrations
After a season of diverse musical performers at Healdsburg’s Tuesday in the Plaza concerts, the city doubled down with a Latino-focused finale, featuring the return of Rocio y Su Sonora, a Ballet Folklorico interlude and free giveaway of shopping bags—bilingual, of course.
Rocio La Dama...
Musical Offerings and More at Healdsburg Jazz Festival
Jazz pianist and composer Keith Jarrett once opined, "Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple."
Fortunately, we know precisely when and where jazz will happen locally when the Healdsburg Jazz Festival returns for its 24th year.
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Samantha Fish Plays With the Big Boys
This fall, Samantha Fish is joining the likes of Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Zakk Wylde and Taj Mahal on the Experience Hendrix Tour. The show comes to the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Though flattered to be in that lineup, Fish has no plans to try to play like Hendrix...
‘Bridges’ Over Black and White Waters
Even those who haven’t read the book or watched the movie probably know the plot: Francesca Johnson (Katie Watts-Whitaker) is a disillusioned Italian war bride now stuck in an Iowa farmhouse with a stereotypical American farmer (Matthew T. Witthaus) as a husband. Her husband and the kids have gone to the fair, leaving Francesca alone for four days... Entanglements ensue.
Jewish Film Fest at Rialto Cinemas
For the next month, the Rialto will be home to the 24th annual Jewish Film Festival. The festival, which is put on by Sonoma County’s Jewish Community Center, will be showing films on select days from Oct. 10 to Nov. 12.