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.”
Healdsburg Happenings, Aug. 3
Shakespeare in the ParkThis year’s Theater in the Park presentation, The Comedy of Errors, continues Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 at West Plaza Park. The Shakespeare farce is updated to modern-day New Orleans. Dress for cooler evenings; bring a blanket or chairs;...
Blues Performer Navigates YouTube, COVID, the Metaverse
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...
Healdsburg Happenings, Feb. 29
The Fry Quartet performs Friday night, March 1, at The 222, following their Feb. 29 climate crisis film Rising Tide at 7pm.
Future Farmers Country Fair
Since 1950, Healdsburg has celebrated Memorial Day weekend with a country fair to support its youth in agriculture via Future Farmers of America and 4-H clubs.
There’s a twilight parade, a barn dance, hot dogs and hamburgers, livestock exhibits, judging and auction. It’s a centerpiece...
SCREENINGS: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
I am faced with a daunting challenge this week. If I only focus on new releases, I can write a column about the enhanced 3-D version of star-crossed lovers onboard a doomed ship (Titanic), or an NR-rated Italian parable about male menopause (The Salt of Life), which sadly lacks the joie-de-vivre the late Marcello Mastroianni brought to similar roles, or the anemic last gasp (hopefully) of the “American Pie” teen-sex franchise where the now 30-something, former teens obsess about getting enough sleep, finding the right blender, or making sure every office cubicle gets a memo on-time (American Reunion).
Arts & Entertainment
Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna
Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.




















