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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.

For a quarter of a century, Healdsburg Jazz has put the Wine Country community on the jazz map. A series of annual festivals have brought new talents to the same Healdsburg stages as musical legends, at once an education and a celebration of what...

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...

DEI Meeting “Living Together: Housing and Planning for a Better Healdsburg” is the third of five Diversity, Equity and Inclusion meetings, on Thursday, March 9 from 6:30-8:30pm. The web page at healdsburg.gov/dei has full details.  Goal Setting A special meeting of the Healdsburg City Council will take...

Friday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Banks and government offices will be closed, including those of the City of Healdsburg.  Veterans Breakfast: Friday, Nov. 11 at the Annex of the Villa Chanticleer in Healdsburg, free for veterans and their families. The breakfast will commence at...

If Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has the feeling of a school show done large, it should come as no surprise that it was originally commissioned by a London prep school as a piece for their boys’ choir.  This early collaboration of then-teenage composer...

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...

To misquote Julie Andrews, “The vineyards are alive with the sound of music.” At least that’s what those venturing anywhere near Healdsburg and its surrounding environs might think. Below is a sneak peek at some of the many musical offerings coming to the area...

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.

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?...