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Even in the last games of the season the softball team showed the speed, smarts and skills to keep the winners in doubt until the last out—and when the NCS division brackets were announced, Healdsburg was seeded high at No. 2 in Division 5.

Experience the magic of Claudia Villela’s voice, piano and compositions with Vitor Gonçalves on accordion and piano in this evening of original songs in the Brazilian mode. Paul McCandless guests. (Rescheduled from an earlier  date.)  Saturday Nov. 15 at 7pm, tickets $25-$85, under 18 free. 222 Healdsburg Ave., the222.org.

In 1926, Foppiano Wines was forced by Prohibition revenue agents to discard 140,000 gallons of red wine into a ditch next to the highway, where the current winery is located. From there, it flowed into a nearby creek and then into the Russian River—but not before locals scooped up buckets full of the illegal beverage...

Havana nights, yes! But Cuban cigars are illegal in the US. Have been since 1962. For a while, 2016-2020, there was an exemption for personal use, but that was revoked. With Cuban cigars outlawed, the next best thing is Antonio Cortada hand-rolling your cigar.

Melissa Yanc’s culinary path began at her grandmother’s side, learning her way around a kitchen since childhood. Over 16 years in the hospitality industry, she honed her craft through pastry school before opening her first bakery in Denver at the young age of 23.

This year brings the second Healdsburg Winter Jazz Festival, which starts Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Harmon Guest House’s Merritt Hall and concludes Sunday night, Feb. 1, at the Healdsburg Community Church. It once again showcases a diverse line-up of jazz talent, genres and venues. A total of six programs are being presented at off-beat stages, with a suitably wide-ranging menu of music.

Even though badminton is a relatively new sport for Healdsburg High, the team is poised to bring home its first pennant when it wins its North Bay League Redwood Division title on Thursday...

Word/Art Month culminates with a reading by former California Poet Laureate David Gioia on Friday, April 24, at The 222. Gioia, also the former head of the National Endowment for the Arts, will be joined by two other state poets laureate, Denise Low of Kansas and and former Colorado Poet Laureate David Mason.

It’s getting to be an old story: This is the third straight year a new coach will take control of the team, the sixth time in eight years. That must be counted as a factor for the disappointing record the Greyhounds have run up since their last winning season, 2013. Perhaps, say the faithful again, this year will be different...

Words like “visionary,” “electrifying,” “exhilarating,” “transcendent” and “breathtaking” get thrown around with abandon (by myself included) to describe much lesser films than Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. So I will try not to be overly precious in relating to you how special this movie is.