A&E

A two-person drama by Katori Hall about the last day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., entirely set in his Lorraine Motel room the evening before his assassination. It opens April 4 and plays most days through April 14, 7:30pm. At The 222 stage, 222 Healdsburg Ave. Tickets start at $45, students free, available at www.the222.org.

You can’t get any more familiar than The Wizard of Oz. Who hasn’t seen the classic 1939 film a couple of dozen times? See it again at the Raven, this weekend and next.

Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano plays at The 222 on Saturday, March 30, with pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Carmen Castaldi in Trio Tapestry.

There’s something downright weird about L. Frank Baum stories. There are scarecrows and robots that come to life, flying monkeys, and both terrifying and comforting witches, to say nothing of interdimensional travel and a small dog named Toto.

As AV Film prepares for its 10th annual AV Fest, from April 26-May 5, the news that the festival, school and projected Healdsburg cinema would be changing its name was a bit of a shocker.

Live music, film screenings, a youth orchestra and 10-minute plays make this week in Healdsburg different than last. Check it out in our Calendar...

Noam Lemish is a difficult musician to categorize, but jazz is itself a music resistant to categories, and the complex cultural history of the Jewish diaspora is, likewise, a tapestry of influences.

The annual celebration of food and wine begins Friday, March 15, at 6:30pm at Hotel Healdsburg with Taste of Pigs & Pinot. These and other events listed in Healdsburg Happenings.

A film considered one of the best should either move the art form forward or be a sterling example of the importance of cinema and what it can achieve in the realm of allowing humanity to see itself better.

Benefits, performances, movies, work parties and public meetings in Healdsburg from now until St. Patrick's Day.