Love Choir lifts you higher
Got the blues? Maybe it’s time to check in with the Love Choir, where even the worst of moods have little chance of survival, once the music starts.
Q&A: Steven David Martin talks about theater
Steven David Martin enjoyed a long and successful theatrical career, acting in and directing productions across the country and overseas. He also taught at the junior college and university levels before embracing his passion for writing. Martin works extensively with the Raven Theater and Cloverdale Performing Arts Center. He lives in Healdsburg with his family, two dogs, four fish, a chinchilla and cat. His day job is Creative Practitioner at Firefly Creative Company. His new column, “Backstage,” debuts next week in this section.
A Few Good “Rio Nido” Reads from John McCarty
Year-round living on the Russian River really didn’t take root until the 1960s. Before that, residences were summer cabins only, used part of the year as a way to escape the fog-laden and downright cold days of summer that San Francisco typically offers.
Exploring wild places and open spaces
If you’re planning to go on the Jenner Headlands outing next Sunday, Sept. 1, be prepared to get high. You’ll be trekking on almost 6,000 acres of rugged Sonoma coastland above Jenner where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean.
The Fishing Report: Politics threaten salmon future
King salmon continue to make their way to the Golden Gate or to the Klamath in waves and as a result, scores of salmon off of our Sonoma coast have been more sporadic than the solid action we had all July. Saturday out of Bodega Bay, sport boats landed very few – and then on Sunday, the action reportedly increased markedly with several boats reporting limits of large king salmon to 40 pounds.
Arts & Entertainment
Crushing it once again for the B&G Clubs
In winemaking, “crush” is not only an act essential to the art and industry of viticulture, but a term for the seasonal turn from growing to winemaking, of harvesting the grapes and releasing their juice and pulp so fermentation can begin. In Healdsburg, it's a seasonal winetasting celebration, held this year on Oct. 11.















