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Last weekend for the play at the Raven, final weeks for the Barrel Room, Cloverdale's Friday Night Live and the Twilight Parade and Future Farmers Fair this weekend, and more...

Singer-songwriter festival, Louisiana Blues, tribute bands and Ladysmith Black Mambazo are among the concerts and events happening in Healdsburg this week...

A white plastic bag decorates a bare willow branch where I live beside the Russian River. On sunny winter mornings the plastic stands out as an odd white smear against a background of green redwoods and dormant grey willows.

As well as doing stand-up, David Nihill is a motivational speaker, a TED-talk trainer, speaking coach and author of the best-selling book Do You Talk Funny? (the title of his show is “Shelf Help”). His comedy career is going well—he won the 43rd annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 2018, and he’ll be at the Raven Theater on March 23.

Ira Levin’s 'Deathtrap,' the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway, comes to Healdsburg this month, presented by the Raven Players. Continues with a pay-what-you-can show on Thursday, then Fridays through Sundays until Oct. 27. Reviewed this issue...

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...

Summer vacation for young adults has many meanings. Their

After 20 years at the same quaint location at 130 Plaza St., the Healdsburg Center for the Arts (HCA) will be taking up new digs at 334 Center St. — the current home of Plaza Paints — and will reopen this fall.

Author and painter Obi Kaufmann will be at Copperfield’s in Sebastopol on June 14, discussing his new book, “The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource,” published by Heyday Books.

Here’s a list of restaurants with special menus or plans for the year-ending holiday. Many other area restaurants will be open their regular hours; one may call them to verify and make reservations.  Barndiva (231 Center St.) Lukka Feltman and company will present “an exquisite...