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"White walls reaching for an impossibly high ceiling, a haven that appeared like some Xanadu on the west side of the city square just when we needed to hide. Why we needed to hide is another matter," writes Daedalus Howell about finding a place to slake his dark thirst when he discovered Marine Layer Wines. ..

Museum Walkabout Meet at the Healdsburg Museum on Saturday, Oct. 7 for a two-hour walk though Healdsburg to visit local sites related to the Museum’s current exhibit on African-American Histories. 10am, 221 Matheson St.

By Beulah F. Vega Shepherding a play from an idea to a fully-staged production is a long and sometimes arduous process. It’s also a bit of a financial risk for theaters because audiences tend to want to see things they know. Any theater that’s willing...

The Raven Players are upping the ante for immersive theater with their production of Evil Dead, The Musical, which plays weekends from Sept. 23 until Oct. 9. How immersive can a musical comedy be about a serial killer armed with a chainsaw and a grudge?...

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 man who services our water softener admits “I’m not into kid movies...but Incredibles 2 is something else.” He’s spot on. Director/animator Brad Bird and everyone else involved in this stunner from Pixar knows that “It’s the story, stupid,” and they spent years getting it right. Building on the Mr. Mom concept, Elastigirl (Helen Hunt) takes a new job, so Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) must assume the Super Dad persona and cope with the 24-7 challenges of caring for 8th-grade daughter, Violet (Sarah Vowell) faster-than-a-speeding-bullet son, Flash (Huck Milner), and the fire-flaming, laser-vision, disappearing baby, Jack-Jack (Eli Fucile, Maeve Andrews) who defies the laws of physics.

The color guard and Boy Scouts led the 73rd annual FFA Twilight Parade in Healdsburg on May 26. Cal Republic Trees was first-place winner in commercial floats, and won the sweepstakes as well. Other float winners included Boy Scouts of America Troop 21 (youth...

When the 101 freeway was finally built to go around the town of Cloverdale instead of through it, a window of opportunity opened to revamp the downtown core.