Fairy Doors Open into Imaginary Spaces
Walk through the town of Healdsburg on any given day and one will often find a family or a group of children running around trying to find as many doors as possible. The doors spark imaginations—who doesn’t want to know where the fairies reside when they are not working?
Screenings: Beasts of the Southern Wild
In the fairy tales of old, peasants survive in squalor while palaces glitter in the distance; magic is wielded when heroes evolve from unlikely origins; a mercurial Mother Nature is both friend and enemy, and mysterious deadly beasts travel the land.
Holiday Concerts in Healdsburg
Maybe it’s the shorter days, the warming fires or the family gatherings, but few seasons are as musical as Christmas. While the continual cycle of familiar carols streaming from every retail shop and sidewalk sales cart may eventually become tedious, like a rising tide...
Goings on in the ’Burg
City offices will reopen on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.
Healdsburg Museum: Vintage wooden toys and 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 (Closed New Year’s Day).
Fellow Pynins: “Dad...
Top Torn Tix of 2023: The Musicals
In 2023, North Bay theater companies produced a variety of excellent musicals, including Evil Dead: The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Side by Side by Sondheim, Something Rotten!, A Little Night Music, Side by Side by Sondheim, and Tuck Everlasting, which showcased the talent of the younger generation.
Shakespeare in the Piazza, with pizza
'Two Gentlemen of Verona' is one of Shakespeare’s earlier works. I’ve always thought it was one of the Bard’s easier plays to follow, written before he got all “Shakespeare-y.” It’s the tale of besties Valentine and Proteus whose friendship is tested by, of course, a woman.
Healdsburg Happenings
Great Redwood Trail
Public meeting of the Great Redwood Trail Agency board of directors, to be held Thursday, April 20, at 10:30am at Healdsburg City Council Chambers, 401 Grove St.
Not Kansas?
Join Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road to Oz, with her friends Scarecrow, Tin Man,...
Mark Your Calendar with Music
To misquote Julie Andrews, “The vineyards are alive with the sound of music.” At least that’s what those venturing anywhere near Healdsburg and its surrounding environs might think. Below is a sneak peek at some of the many musical offerings coming to the area...
Celebrating the Russian River Valley AVA’s 30th Year
The Russian River Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA) is known as one of the most “down to earth” premium winegrowing regions in California.
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.
