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Friday and Saturday bring the return of MOSAIC, with live dance performances by UPside Dance Company and dance films from SF Dance Film Festival. See these and other events listed in our online calendar...

Tthis isn’t just the “Best of” the 2024 festival, it includes films from the past 10 years of festivals. “Next week includes all winning films from the four festivals we have produced,” said Pamela Demorest, who co-founded the Festival with husband Kirk Demorest.

"The Shape of Things," a play by Neil LaBute, will be performed on stage at The 222 on two successive weekends, Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 28-March 2. It’s billed as a “fascinating study into the nature of love and art, and what happens when the two collide.” Tickets from free (18 and under) to $105 (gold level seating).

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 North Bay Pet Photo Contest! Thanks for voting and thanks to our community sponsors, Western Farm Center and Ruthless Kindness. Best Belly—Vlad the Nomad Best Coif—The Marvelous Ms. Maple Best Costume—Rooster the Sailor Best Owner Look-Alike—The Eyes Have it Best Puppy—Baby Zalea Best...

Last year saw the release of Jeremie Albino’s fourth album, Our Time in the Sun, which he recorded at Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach’s studio in Nashville. Praised by music journal No Depression for its “heart-on-he-sleeve” intensity, the 12-song collection pays the 32-year-old musician’s deep respect for not only the blues, but also early R&B, classic country, old-school rock ’n’ roll and a whole lot of Southern soul.

Often voted Best Dance Band in local music polls and surveys, the Pulsators have been seen on Healdsburg stages since back in the day, if not earlier. They’ve lost none of their ska-rock R&B roots, and they’ll bring it all to the Coyote Den on Sunday.

Rev. Horton Heat's music has been labeled psychobilly, alt-rock and latter-wave rockabilly, and he’s well versed in not only some of the same ground the Stray Cats trod, but also old-school country and blues.

Feb. 8: The longrunning, ever-surprising Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival returns to the Congressman Don Clauson Fish Hatchery at the head of Dry Creek Valley. This free event attracts up to 10,000 people to the visitors center, for natural history education, live music, arts and crafts, and fishing-themed games. From 10am to 4pm...

When asked about how the idea for a rock ’n’ roll orchestra for all came about, Jason Eckl dove in on the feeling that orchestral performances can be a bit stiff. “My wife is cellist Rebecca Roudman, who is a member of a number of Bay Area orchestras [including both the Oakland East-Bay Symphony and the Santa Rosa Symphony], and this means I’ve been to a lot of orchestra concerts,” he said.

Raven Shorts consists of eight plays, five directors and 15 actors. Like all good one-act festivals, this is the definition of community theater, with participants running the gamut from seasoned (and award-winning) professionals to newbies getting their first taste of the theater world...