Valorizing Valette for its Wine
When one thinks of celebrations at The Matheson in downtown Healdsburg (the townās de facto club room), one usually goes straight to the top, literally the top-floor Roof 106 brasserie and bar where all manner of shindigs have occurred over the years. However, this yearās release of Valette Wines, which shares a proprietor with The Matheson, was a decidedly ground-floor affair.
Theyāre Back! Scarecrows on the Plaza
An increasingly popular local festival returns this year as Scarecrows on the Plaza, bringing the Healdsburg community together to support the arts and Healdsburg youth at Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin.
āSafety Callā Ends 100-Mile Race Early
āWe had to make a safety call. Without the bridge, thereās no safe way to get across the creek,ā Skip Brand of the Lake Sonoma 100 said on Sunday afternoon. āThe creek is 6-7 feet deep and raging right now. Plus, the wind picked up in the late afternoon and several trees came down, creating additional hazards.ā
Wrestling Gym to be Rechristened for Drew Esquivel
In what Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel openly said was a first, the Healdsburg Unified District School Boardās trustees voted to give a newly remodeled gym a new name: Drew Esquivel Hall, in honor of the late 2013 graduate.
Giving a big hand to the Geyserville Sculpture Trail
Agraria is a 7.5 ton (or larger) hand created by environmental artist Larry Kirkland of Portland, Oregon, and installed at the mall in December 1996. A full 12 feet long, six feet tall and three feet wide, it was carved from a single marble block twice its size from Carrara marble in Torrano, Italy, where Michelangelo got his stone. It's now at a new home in Geyserville...
Gay Wine Weekend comes to Healdsburg
This year the Gay Wine Weekend becomes even more closely tied to Healdsburg, with the Lodge at Healdsburg on Grove Street serving as unofficial headquarters. As well as the winery tours and winemaker dinners, the signature events continue this year for the most part at Healdsburg-area locations.
Lowrider culture shows its colors at local winery
The exterior parking lot of Bacchus Landing was filled with gorgeous lowriders and classics, with several food trucks off to the far side. When I walked into the interior courtyard, I found a ālowrider museum.ā Many of these cars had been in actual museums and exhibits, and featured in numerous publications ranging from the car-centric to the Smithsonian.
Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Farmers’ Market Begins
'Thereās a magic hour on Saturday mornings when the sun hasnāt quite burned through the morning mist and the scent of basil floats on the breeze. Itās in that momentācoffee in one hand, tote bag in the otherāthat Healdsburg wakes up..." Meet our new columnist, Liza Gershman.
Reach out to touch Healdsburg history
Up the steep flight of stone steps to the Healdsburg Museumās double-door entrance is a pathway to possibilitiesāthe promise of old worlds made new. Starting last Saturday, that ascent leads to a magical gateway into Healdsburg itself, past and present, with a new multi-media...
Restaurant Dream Ends With Rude Awakening
At the start, Molti Amici gave every indication of hitting Bingo. The location was much-loved by locals, having housed Ari Rosenās Campo Fina for 10 years, only a few steps off the Plaza, and featured not only a large stone pizza oven but a bocce court as well (both left over from Campo Fina). Then the ingredients didn't mix any more.
Arts & Entertainment
Romance about genetic disease is Ron Nash’s latest
The arts did not beckon when Ron Nash was a young manāfar from it. āI was in trouble mentally in high school. I was angry, angry, angry,ā he said. He even got kicked out of school, but his athletic abilityāhe was a hurdlers champion in trackāearned him a scholarship to college.






















