The 222 holds its own as Healdsburg stage
"The 222: Healdsburg Performing Arts" nonprofit was established in 2019, but not until August 2021 was its first public program offered: a concert by piano legend George Cables, presented by Jessica Felix. So it’s with a sense of rebirth that Cables is once again the season opener for this, The 222’s fifth full year of offering performance art in Healdsburg.
Healdsburg on the hunt for an official plant (or two)
While all the nominated plants are found in the area, Healdsburg Garden Club did limit its list to native plants, though some are widely found outside Healdsburg’s city limits. The proposal included four flowers: the Douglas iris, the yellow mariposa lily, scarlet fritillary and blue-eyed grass, the once ubiquitous California native grape, and the familiar oak trees of the region.
Charlie Musselwhite: ‘I ain’t lyin’!’
Charlie Musselwhite talks about his gunslinging grandfather, playing with Elvin Bishop, his favorite restaurants in Healdsburg and Geyserville, and how he worked his signature phrase into a Hollywood blockbuster...
Snapshot: Seasonal Spirit in the Movies
Wishing everyone Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year—grateful for our blessings lest we take what we have for granted rather than count them each day. Here's some holiday movies that always make for a seasonal uplift.
Hungry Hounds Feast on St. Helena, 54-25
The last time the Hounds Varsity football team scored more than 50 points in a game was in 2016, another non-conference game against the Emery Spartans (62-0). Perhaps not since 1966 has there been such a performance by a Healdsburg quarterback as that by Nova Perrill last Friday...
Greyhounds Hand Vikings Back-to-Back Loses
Hopes are always high at the beginning of a baseball season, and when they are rewarded by a five-game winning streak midway through league play, hopes can soar. That’s the position the Healdsburg High varsity baseball team is in this week, having won 5 in a row and looking for more...
Corny fun on April Fools’ Day
The Healdsburg Senior Center teamed up with the Friends of the Healdsburg Senior Center and the Healdsburg Kiwanis Club to host a drive thru April Fools Corn Dog Party for seniors on April 1.
No ‘remote’ public comment
City Council votes against reinstatement
The Healdsburg City Council decided Tuesday night to continue limiting public comment to in-person and written submissions, declining to reinstate live remote participation via Zoom after a detailed review of legal, operational and security concerns.
“After a thorough and wide-ranging discussion,...
Fire in ‘the Lanes’ brings out the neighbors
On the evening of Thursday, May 29, residents of the east Healdsburg neighborhood known as “the Lanes” were alarmed by multiple fire trucks and first responders racing up Powell Avenue to Pordon Lane, where they turned to respond to a reported structure fire in the 700 block.
Cannabis Applicants Jane, Solful win Licenses
By Christian Kallen
It only took about half an hour for the Healdsburg City Council to make up their collective mind in choosing two out of eight applicants for cannabis business licenses in town. And, after a full year of process, eight months of application...
Arts & Entertainment
Calendar: March 19-27
Humorist David Nihill returns to the Raven on Sunday, where last year he built a connection with the local audience as he developed his Irish-American act. Plus times, dates and addresses of other upcoming events...






















