A&E

With San Francisco Beer Week (sfbeerweek.org) kicking off this Friday, it’s high time to raise a glass to the North Bay brews making their mark here in Wine Country.  There are more than 40 craft breweries in the North Bay, so one is almost always...

Don’t expect dragon parades or a lantern festival at the Healdsburg Plaza this Sunday, Feb. 5.  Instead, a number of nonprofits and community volunteers will be holding a Lunar New Year festival. Drumming, jazz, tai chi and Asian-American street food will be part of...

Little Saint: The only part of Little Saint at 25 North St. open this month is the upstairs Lounge, on Thursdays from 5-11pm. Jan. 26, Lael Neale featuring Guy Blakeslee, music starts at 5:45pm. The restaurant reopens Feb. 2.  Homeless Village: Grand opening of interim...

Mounting a production of a little-known play in these pandemic and inflationary-influenced times is something of a risk for most theater companies. Audiences have yet to return in full-force to live theater, so a significant leap of faith is required to produce material that...

In an era when it sometimes feels like big brands are taking over everything, custom crush and cooperative tasting room facilities that cater to small and micro producers offer consumers an opportunity to connect with small, burgeoning or start-up wineries. Launched in 2017 by wine...

The blues ain’t what they used to be, that’s for sure. No longer played by a solitary vagabond with a Stella and a bottleneck, or a sweaty quartet in a dank Chicago club, or even a spot-lit superstar on stage at the Royal Albert...

Little Saint: The only part of Little Saint at 25 North St. open this month is the upstairs Lounge, usually on Thursdays from 5–11pm, with live music. On Jan. 19, the Sacramento indie band Güero plays two sets, starting at 5pm. On Saturday, Jan....

April 23, 1993 is a date that may not ring a bell for most, but for many Latinos in the United States it has a special meaning. Cesar Chavez, the simple farmworker from Arizona who led a lengthy and ultimately successful fight for farmworker...

Rootstocks: Local rock and blues favorites from Sonoma County. Friday, Jan. 13, 7-10pm, no cover. At Coyote Sonoma, 44f Mill St. Eric Long Band: San Francisco Americana artist at Elephant in the Room, Friday, Jan. 13. 177A Healdsburg Ave., 9pm, $10 cover. Winter Wine Weekend: Saturday...

Perhaps nothing connected people during the pandemic more than music. It seems as if every band in the world produced an album in recent years. And when live performances returned, for many it was as if collective spirits lifted and bodies again moved freely...