The Shape of Water
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.
Guess Who’s Singer Reclaims the Name
When it comes to the band’s fondness for British rock, Cummings recalls how he and guitarist/co-writer Randy Bachman were glued to their radios as kids growing up in Winnipeg, Canada. They soon went on to form Guess Who, a stable of hard rock radio in 1970.
Healdsburg Happenings, Oct. 17
Ira Levin’s 'Deathtrap,' the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway, comes to Healdsburg this month, presented by the Raven Players. Continues with a pay-what-you-can show on Thursday, then Fridays through Sundays until Oct. 27. Reviewed this issue...
Shakespeare in the Big Easy
The annual summer open-air production of Shakespeare at Healdsburg’s West Plaza Park begins this week with the creative transposition of ‘The Comedy of Errors’ to New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
Once again Steven David Martin, the artistic director of the Raven Players, directs the cast....
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.
