A weekend and a way of life dedicated to Gravensteins
Gilroy has its garlic and Stockton celebrates the asparagus
Winter Festival in the Jazz Town by the River
The Healdsburg Jazz Winter Festival runs from Thursday, Jan. 30, to Sunday, Feb. 2, with shows at the Paul Mahder Gallery, Spoonbar, Montage, the Michel-Schlumberger winery—even St. Paul’s Catholic Church, where Stella Heath’s tribute to Ella Fitzgerald will take place Saturday afternoon. (Heath performs locally year-round, but this Feb. 1 show is already sold out.)
How Democracies Die: A conversation with Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky
Don’t miss a special evening with Occidental native, Daniel Ziblatt, currently Harvard Professor of Government and co-author of the best seller “How Democracies Die,” at Occidental Center for the Arts on Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m. (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.) This enlightening (and frightening) new book examines the ways democracies die at the hands, not of generals, but of elected leaders. The authors outline several key ways this happens, drawing from global examples, then show how those same processes are at work in our own country.
Healdsburg Happenings, Feb. 13
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.
