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November 26, 2024

In-person Events Return to the Library

The library is abuzz with Summer Reading once again in 2022.  It is hoped that many have been enjoying the library’s Summer Reading program, in which participants of all ages can join the Summer Reading adventure. The Beanstack app can be used on a mobile...

Seeking Animals Real and Imaginary

Healdsburg Center for the Arts, the 29-year-old nonprofit focused on arts and art education in the Healdsburg community, announced the subject of its next exhibit will be “Beauty in the Beasts,” to open for viewing on Aug. 17. But first they’re soliciting artwork in any...

Sonoma County hosts its first ever all Black artists, Black-curated exhibition

The Museum of Sonoma County opened a new show June 25. Collective Arising: The Insistence of Black Bay Area Artists will run through Nov. 27.  The show is co-curated by Ashara Ekundayo and Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh, and features work from 11 different artists, all...

Bound for Glory

The Raven Players bring live outdoor entertainment to Healdsburg’s Downtown Plaza with their production of Woody Guthrie’s American Song: A Truly American Musical. Peter Glazer’s adaptation of the writings and songs of “America’s premiere folk poet” runs weekends July 1 through July 10. The show,...

Jazzed About NBA Championship

Hammer sculpture at the Healdsburg Community Center.
Looks like Steph, Steve, Dray and company dropped the hammer on the Celtics!  Wow! Was that unexpected at the beginning of the season or what? Time to geek out on a great basketball win.  The video that told the whole story occurred in the final...

Proud of Healdsburg’s Pride

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...

Summer Reading Adventure Begins

Little boy reading a book under big linden tree
Track reading throughout the summer to win free books and be entered into the library’s Summer Reading Raffle, to be held at the end of the program.  The most exciting part about this year’s summer program is the reintroduction of in-person events at the library.  This...

New Beginnings

Healdsburg Center for the Arts is stepping boldly into the future from its new downtown location.  Recent years have been tough. Kathy Birdsong, board president and gallery artist, says, “The Covid shutdown and the fires impacted us negatively—so many changes in when we could be...

Future Farmers Country Fair

Kids and livestock enjoy the day at the Future Farmers of America country fair.
Since 1950, Healdsburg has celebrated Memorial Day weekend with a country fair to support its youth in agriculture via Future Farmers of America and 4-H clubs. There’s a twilight parade, a barn dance, hot dogs and hamburgers, livestock exhibits, judging and auction. It’s a centerpiece...

Healdsburg’s Dustin Valette Named ‘Chef Honoree’ for Wine Auction

Chef Dustin Valette prepares a dish
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation has announced that Healdsburg’s Dustin Valette will be the chef honoree for the 2022 Sonoma County Wine Auction (SCWA). Jean-Charles Boisset will be honored as the vintner honoree. Presented by climate-controlled wine storage company Vintec, the annual auction spotlights the philanthropy...
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