A&E

New Stage  The 222 is beginning a live-theater series with “Chapatti,” a play by Christian O’Reilly, to run from June 1 to June 11 (various times). It features Ashland veterans Michael Elich and Robin Goodrin-Nordli in a two-person drama at the Paul Mahder Gallery, 222...

The growing, annual Healdsburg Arts Festival took over the Plaza for what organizers believe to be its 10th year last Saturday. An estimated 500-plus people showed up to peruse the 50 booths that artists set up that day to show off and sell their...

The Weekend Finer ThingsThe annual Wine & Food Affair Pairing Weekend is Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2-3, in the Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys. Some 40 wineries usually participate; pick up tickets at your favorite and go from there. For details and passes,...

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One may recognize Leonard Gershe’s Butterflies are Free, written and set in 1969, from the film adaptation starring Goldie Hawn. The Cloverdale Performing Arts Center (CPAC) stages its production of Butterflies running through July 31. Loosely inspired by the early life of blind Harvard-educated lawyer...

The new venue comprises three theaters with a total of 102 seats and seven spaces for wheelchairs. The cinemas offer state-of-the-art theatrical exhibition, luxury seating, and a bespoke food and wine program featuring local providers. An additional multi-purpose space allows for independent screenings, private events, and community gatherings.

All of Guillermo Del Toro’s movies (i.e. Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), are lush, intensely sensual imaginings filled with scenes of dreamlike wonder. In The Shape of Water, sexuality finally takes center stage, and since Del Toro is the writer/director, the sexuality is like nothing ever seen before. The sexy female is an unlikely candidate named Elisa Espisito (Sally Hawkins), a mute, mousey, and orphaned Baltimore cleaning lady who mops up blood in a top-secret laboratory. The sexy male is even more unlikely. He is “The Asset” (Doug Jones), an amphibious Creature From the Black Lagoon-stye humanoid stolen by the American military as “research” from the Amazon River.

Healdsburg Museum: Wayne Padd’s model train on display through Jan. 8, along with “Stories Behind the Structures,” a local architecture exhibit. Open 11am-4pm, Wednesdays through Sundays.  Good Morning Healdsburg: The Healdsburg Chamber holds a public meeting at 8am on the first Thursday of every month...