Gentrification Onstage at the Raven
The roots of racism run deep in the American housing market. Playwright Lorraine Hansberry addressed it in 1959 with A Raisin in the Sun, the first play written by an African-American woman performed on Broadway and the first to have an African-American director.
Playwright Bruce...
Holiday disasters and the end of the world
I’m not really concerned about the world’s end (it’s supposed to arrive next week) but I do worry about the Russian River this time of year. In Guerneville instead of the end of existence we have floods.
Multilayered Wine on the Plaza
"White walls reaching for an impossibly high ceiling, a haven that appeared like some Xanadu on the west side of the city square just when we needed to hide. Why we needed to hide is another matter," writes Daedalus Howell about finding a place to slake his dark thirst when he discovered Marine Layer Wines. ..
Leo Kottke Returns to the Raven
The last time Leo Kottke came to Healdsburg was over three years ago—on March 7, 2020. If the date rings a certain bell, it’s because exactly one week later everything changed: COVID was declared a pandemic, and most public gatherings in Healdsburg and indeed...
Poetry Month at the Library
We here at the Healdsburg Regional Library are excited to have our meeting room refreshed so that it is more comfortable and ready to serve the large number of events and programming over the next year—and when our larger full library refresh project takes...
Sharing the Russian River Etiquette tips for the busy season
Is there such a thing as River etiquette? A basic primer of good behavior for paddlers, picnickers and yes, even locals exploring the Russian River?












