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At times, Sonoma County seems a sleepy little rural county, a regional center almost by accident, built through decades of accumulated suburbs. At other times, it feels loud as hell, especially when folk-punk rock bards The Crux are playing. This year, The Crux turns 15....

Dine Out for LifeThursday, Nov. 30, is the 22nd annual fundraising event for Food for Thought. Restaurants donate 25% to 100% of proceeds to provide support for people living with HIV, cancer and other serious medical conditions. Several Healdsburg restaurants are participating, see fftfoodbank.org/dining-out-for-life. Move!...

Saturday morning there's an Arundo removal party at Rec Park... Saturday night jazz at the Spirit Bar, in the lobby of the Hotel Healdsburg. Saturday, May 11, the Laura Klein Trio plays sparkling jazz standards, swinging bebop, deep Latin grooves and soulful ballads. This and more local events listed here...

The 3rd annual Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience begins on Thursday, May 16, but that's not the only thing going on in Healdsburg Happenings this week. More music, meetings, farmers markets and a Fire & Safety Expo in Cloverdale...

Goings on around town this week and next, starting Nov. 9.

Former Sebastopol resident Orlando O’Shea is organizing TransLife’s first fundraiser, “Vaudeville Boheme,” to support the group’s annual conference.

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.