Healdsburg Happenings, Jan. 30
The great French filmmaker Jacques Tati only made a handful of movies: 'Playtime' is one of his best. Virtually wordless (while a bouillabaisse of European languages is spoken, the gags are visual), the film follows Monsieur Hulot as he navigates the modern world with his self-confidence and composure unaffected.
The All-Too-Brief Run of ‘Asher Lev’
Bohemian drama critic Harry Duke contributed this review.
In the 10-or-so years I’ve been doing theater journalism, I’ve probably seen close to one thousand shows, with about one-third of them being productions of Mamma Mia!—though The Addams Family Musical is rapidly approaching that number.
Lately,...
Celebrating local progress in the arts
"We want to keep arts education as a strong presence,” said Healdsburg High School art teacher Linus Lancaster. “This is what will provide more opportunities for students, families and other community members to have greater access to the arts, and more input in how public art evolves in town and connects with infrastructure and other civic projects.”
The Celtic World According to Kalos
The trio Kalos play their own version of Celtic music on Wednesday night at the Raven - not only the to-be-expected tunes from Ireland and Scotland, but music from elsewhere in Britain, from the north of Spain and France, from Nova Scotia and Quebec, Acadian music and Appalachian as well.
Healdsburg Happenings, June 20
The 26th annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival continues its 9-day immersion in music, with nightly concerts at Bacchus Courtyard Thursday through Sunday and other shows at the Elephant, Farmers’ Market, St Paul’s Church and Sunday afternoon, 2pm, at the Raven...
An Actor’s Life For Me
There’s an old joke among old actors. It goes something like this: A man goes to the dentist. The dentist asks what the man does for a living; he replies, “I’m an actor.” The dentist says, “Really? I did some acting in high school.” To which the actor replies, “Really? I did some orthodontic surgery in high school.











