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The Healdsburg Arts Festival is back again this year, pared down to one busy day in the Plaza. Starting Saturday morning at 10am until 7pm, more than 40 artists will sell their personal and unique artwork of every description—from watercolors, oils and acrylics to...

The name of one of cinema’s pre-eminent modern actors is now mentioned in the same breath as Healdsburg’s own True West Film Center. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the town’s nonprofit film organization broke ground on its new James Redford Campus in downtown Healdsburg...

Short Film FestThe semi-annual Healdsburg International Short Film Festival returns to the Raven Theater for three days of riveting shorts, filmmaker meet-and-greets and other cinematic interactions, Sept. 27-29. Passes and schedule at healdsburgfilm.com. HomecomingHealdsburg High’s varsity football team won their first three games, and are...

Formerly residents of Sebastopol, Pamela and Kirk Demorest moved to Nevada County last year to take care of family matters, but that hasn’t lessened their commitment to presenting the best Healdsburg Short Film Festival they can. It starts Friday, Sept. 27...

This fall, Samantha Fish is joining the likes of Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Zakk Wylde and Taj Mahal on the Experience Hendrix Tour. The show comes to the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Though flattered to be in that lineup, Fish has no plans to try to play like Hendrix...

Some smokin’ island music settles in for the autumnal equinox at the Elephant in the Room this weekend. Pazifico adds hip-hop and rock to the rolling beat on Friday, Sept. 20, 8pm, $10. The next night Junior Toots & the Fiya Squad Band lay down the legendary vibe...

Former Windsor resident Francine Schwartz has long remembered the stories her mother and grandmother told her about living in occupied France during World War II and of the German soldiers billeted in their home. At last, the result is a play, 'The Germans Upstairs"...

Little Saint on North Street offers weekly appearances of singer-songwriters percolating just under the Hot 100, on Thursdays. Tonight, Sept. 12, hear Santa Clara Valley troubadour Margo Cilker. This and more A&E calendar news here ...

This weekend’s opening marks the culmination of 10 years of research, inspiration and introspection for playwright Francine Schwartz, now 75, along with a lifetime of memories. That decade began in 2014 while she went through family possessions in the family home, cleaning things out because her mother had moved into assisted living...

Francine Schwartz’s new play, The Germans Upstairs, inspired by true events, premieres this week at the Raven Theater. The audience will be seated on the stage for this intimate drama...