Idlewood 3: Holiday Cheer
Winter chill and Christmas bells, plump sparrows and red berries. ‘Tis the season. Thank you for sending items to “Idlewood 3…” in 2016. “Hedda Healdsburg wants to know all!”
From the Library: Improvements
Our excitement about what we will be able to do to improve the library and our services for our community continues to grow as we sort out what will happen over the next several months before the Measure Y funding is in place. Amidst the budgeting and scheduling considerations, we’re still providing programs. What follows are some of the interesting events coming up.
Main Street: Aftermath
Dissonance is not a new feeling for me and I find myself conflicted in the aftermath of the local and national elections.
Local Dirt: Who will grow our munchies
Quaint as our rural countryside may seem, the history of Sonoma County agriculture is that of constant and dynamic change.
Stubborn Facts
Did we all just wake up this morning in a brave new world that some are calling the “post-truth era?” The Oxford Dictionary says this is so. It has named “post-truth” as the new word of the year. It defines it as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”
Cultivating Community
It’s Christmastime in California. You can tell by all the potted poinsettias popping up around grocery store doors. The holiday’s standard bloomer is actually a tropical plant that originated in Mexico and Guatemala. It was introduced to the United States by diplomat Joel Roberts Poinsett, appointed in 1825 as the first U.S. Envoy to Mexico. In addition to being a diplomat, Poinsett was also a physician and an
Screenings: Disney’s Moana
The flawless diamond of an ocean sparkles in the sunlight and caresses the pearlescent shell and coral sand on the beaches of volcanic islands that are so real you can smell the lush frangipani and plumeria blossoms wafting on the trade winds. On one of these islands, little Moana (voiced by Louise Bush) is a wide-eyed toddler in a class of Polynesian preschoolers learning their lessons from the self described “village crazy woman,” Gramma Tala (Rachel House).
Arts & Entertainment
Dia de Muertos lives on in Healdsburg
At Dia de Muertos—Healdsburg’s most colorful event of the year, recognized Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Plaza—Sonoma County residents showed up to remember loved ones with celebration, costumes, mementos, music and marigolds. It was the tenth local anniversary for the Mesoamerican celebration to honor the recently departed, or those who still live in memory. With a Gallery of images...















