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’Tis the season for festive celebrations, grand family feasts—and questions about holiday wine pairing. What’s a great wine for the holidays? Which wine for prime rib? How about dessert? And this time of year, drinking seasonally means drinking bigger. Whether red or white, bigger wines...

Veterans from all branches of the service and all conflicts are invited to a special breakfast honoring their service on Veterans Day.  The Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise and the Sotoyome Post 111 of the American Legion are co-hosting the event on Friday, Nov. 11...

H’burg’s bridge was lit a few months ago to honor Ukraine’s struggle. This month it is lit to celebrate pride, denoting self-affirmation, dignity and equality of humans.  A friend from graduate school was in town, here from Boston, attending a wedding of a “thruple.” When...

Joni SituationKate Foley-Beining sings the songs of Joni Mitchell, with a three-piece backing group including Christian Foley-Beining on guitar, Tom Hayashi on drums and Tom Shader, bass. Thursday, Feb. 15, 5-8pm at Furthermore Wines, 328 Healdsburg Ave. Taos CowboyMax Gomes will play his Western cosmic...

California Roots The Coffis Brothers bring their NorCal roots rock to Elephant in the Room on Friday night, May 5, from 8-11.  Like most Elephant events, it’s $10. 177a Healdsburg Ave., elephantintheroompub.com. Emergency Expo Stop, drop and roll into the Healdsburg Fire and Emergency Preparedness Expo on Saturday,...

The Healdsburg Jazz Winter Festival runs from Thursday, Jan. 30, to Sunday, Feb. 2, with shows at the Paul Mahder Gallery, Spoonbar, Montage, the Michel-Schlumberger winery—even St. Paul’s Catholic Church, where Stella Heath’s tribute to Ella Fitzgerald will take place Saturday afternoon. (Heath performs locally year-round, but this Feb. 1 show is already sold out.)

By Harry Duke Reviewing a mystery/thriller is always a challenge. One wants to leave a play’s twists and turns for the audience to discover on their own, but in evaluating the play one can’t but help give a bit away. This is my way of...

Eccentric families have long been a source of humor for popular entertainments, from TV’s Addams Family to film’s Royal Tenenbaums.  Kaufman and Hart’sYou Can’t Take It with You may be the preeminent stage production on the subject and has become one of the most produced...

THS Play Beauty and the Beasts concludes its two-night run from The Healdsburg School (THS), with a cast of 94 students from the local K-8 school. Starts at 7pm at Rio Lindo Adventist Academy, 3200 Rio Lindo Ave. Tickets $20, children $15, at thehealdsburgschool.org/spring-musical. Labor Days The...