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March 27, 2026

Planning Commissioner applicants await appointment

Healdsburg Planning Commission
Nearly every project or development of consequence comes up before the Planning Commission at one point or more during its application process, making a fully seated commission necessary for effective civic planning.

Letters to the Editor: March 26

Mike McGuire in action
The Healdsburg Museum is grateful for five decades of outstanding community support. We are celebrating our 50th anniversary all year with free special exhibitions and programming. With your support, we will continue to elevate local history for the next 50 years and beyond.

Take a Time Machine Into Healdsburg’s Past

The past comes to life, albeit on a reduced scale, at the Healdsburg Museum this week with the new exhibit “Modeling Healdsburg: Creations of a Master Woodworker.” It is a collection of replicas, micro-sculptures and reconstructions by woodworker Jon Lacaillade, who for past museum...

Healdsburg Happenings, Oct. 2 – 11

Traveling Wilburys Revue
The idea of a tribute band for a combo that never had a gig is pretty audacious, but when the material includes songs by Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and George Harrison, it begins to make sense...

Tinsley Ellis leaves the electric at home

Tinsley Ellis
Tinsley Ellis is out driving around the country on what Alligator Records has dubbed his “Two Guitars and a Car” tour. That car brings him to Healdsburg’s Raven Theater on Friday, Nov. 21.

Volleyball coach praises team’s perseverance, future

Josie Mork
It’s no fun being on a losing team, and it might be less fun coaching one. But Jonathan Nuttall, who just completed his second year in the role with the Healdsburg High girls volleyball team, has a welcome perspective to share...

Healdsburg Happenings: March 5-13

Just like the salmonids it celebrates, the Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival returns to the Mike Brandt Visitors Center at Lake Sonoma for the 19th annual Steelhead Festival.

Special Olympics Torch Travels Through Town

Members of the Healdsburg Police Department who participated in the June 2022 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. From left, Angel Rodriguez, Lt. Luis Rodriguez, Chief Matt Jenkins with torch, and Officer Nick Doherty.
Early on the morning of the longest day of the year, June 21, residents of Cloverdale noticed an unusual  police escort for some runners winding through town. An hour and a half later, at 8:30am, they reached Healdsburg, where they were also granted an...

Snapshot: The checkered history of chess

Famous and quirky chess players include: Jose Capablanca (1888-1942), a famous Cuban grandmaster who continuously smoked cigars while playing; Alexander Alakine (1892-1946), who brought and petted his cat named “Chess”; and Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) who had all of his dental fillings removed to escape radio transmissions.

Not Your Grandma’s ‘Cinderella’

Raven Players in Drag
Audiences headed for a performance of the Raven Players’ production of Cinderella who are expecting anything along the lines of a Disney musical are in for a bit of a surprise, says drama critic Harry Duke...
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Arts & Entertainment

Artist and subject at the sea

Movies a year-round obsession, not seasonal

“There are usually some fun surprises for us in the line-up of our ‘Audience Favorites’ program,” said co-founder Pamela Demorest. “Some films resonate more with our audience than they did with our celebrity jury, and we always want our guests to feel like a vital part of the process.”
David Nihill in concert

Calendar: March 19-27