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Opening with Joan Didion’s quote: “Anyone who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento.” writer/director Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age movie, Lady Bird, proves that the universality of high school angst can be fresh, alive and exciting. The title is the self-chosen nick-name of a Sacramento teen (2-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan) attending an all girls Catholic high school in 2002. As her overly critical mother (2-time Emmy and Tony Award-winner Laurie Metcalf) keeps reminding her, they can’t really afford the private school tuition, but are forced to because her older brother, Miguel (Jordan Rodrigues), “saw a knifing right in front of him” at the public school.

Graduation Day Healdsburg High School seniors graduate on Friday, June 9, in a 7pm ceremony to be held at the high school’s athletic field. Congratulations to all graduating seniors.  Play Ball! Prune Packers baseball continues its 2023 season with games at Rec Park, June 8-11 against various...

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a small trend start among winemakers and cider makers.  It's called cofermentation, or blending, of apples and grapes or cider and wine together, to make cider-wines.  Cider and wine coferments involve fermenting the apple juice and grapes together, rather...

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Sundays in the Plaza is an alternative to Tuesday’s big concert, from 1-3pm at the Plaza, this week featuring the Healdsburg Community Band. Gary Johnson will conduct big-band favorites, two-steps, marches, folk music, Broadway/movie music, a Spanish overture and the finale of the William Tell Overture. Free.

Formerly residents of Sebastopol, Pamela and Kirk Demorest moved to Nevada County last year to take care of family matters, but that hasn’t lessened their commitment to presenting the best Healdsburg Short Film Festival they can. It starts Friday, Sept. 27...

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...