Best Picture Oscar Preview
A film considered one of the best should either move the art form forward or be a sterling example of the importance of cinema and what it can achieve in the realm of allowing humanity to see itself better.
Slidin’ Back Into Town
A little-known country song of recent years begins with the words: “I shook the hand of the man who shook hands with the King.” It’s about being close enough to greatness to touch it—at least second hand.
Roy Rogers has touched the hand of so...
Lucha Familiar
Mounting a production of a little-known play in these pandemic and inflationary-influenced times is something of a risk for most theater companies. Audiences have yet to return in full-force to live theater, so a significant leap of faith is required to produce material that...
Summer Reading Adventure Begins
Track reading throughout the summer to win free books and be entered into the library’s Summer Reading Raffle, to be held at the end of the program.
The most exciting part about this year’s summer program is the reintroduction of in-person events at the library.
This...
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.
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.
