Healdsburg Happenings, Dec. 5
“Toys on the Go” is the new exhibition at Healdsburg Museum, featuring everything that goes. The Christmas Model Train returns as well, from enthusiast Wayne Padd, updated for this year’s show. Opens Dec. 5 ...
Healdsburg Happenings, Nov. 28
Busy times as the holidays approach: a 5k fun run, a fun play at the Raven, chances to dance or listen to jazz, a classic film and a tree-lighting in the Plaza. All that and more..
Wrestling Gym to be Rechristened for Drew Esquivel
In what Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel openly said was a first, the Healdsburg Unified District School Board’s trustees voted to give a newly remodeled gym a new name: Drew Esquivel Hall, in honor of the late 2013 graduate.
4-Day ‘Cyclone’ Hammers Healdsburg
For four long, wet days in Healdsburg last week, historic rainfall totals and quickly rising Russian River and Foss Creek waters hopped their banks, flooded streets, caused road closures, led to a small mudslide on Fitch Mountain and flooded at least one home in town.
Leaky Roof Doesn’t Dampen Services
The building modernization project continues at the Healdsburg Regional Library on Piper Street. A recent walkthrough revealed that the contractors have been hard at work, with upgraded electrical and plumbing, demolition of existing restrooms, and new construction in the children’s and teen rooms underway. Meanwhile, programs continue...
Here Come the Holidays, Ready or Not!
The Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce is making a big deal about the holidays—like most chambers generally do. There are champagne soirees, wreath-making classes, a holiday hit records festival at Little Saint, the Merry Healdsburg tree-lighting in the Plaza and if one can wait long enough, a New Year’s Eve Celebration at Coyote Sonoma...
Not Your Grandma’s ‘Cinderella’
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...
‘Shenkman Letter’ Prompts Overhaul of City Elections
The names on the letterhead strike terror in the hearts of city governments across the state: Malibu-based attorneys Shenkman & Hughes since 2011 have made it their mission to call out local governments in California that elect officers by “at large” voting. Now it's Healdsburg's turn, to split its area into five districts for city council elections. This could be interesting...
Shimabukuro Plays the Blues
When we think of the blues, the last instrument we expect to be part of the genre is the ukulele. That is unless it’s uke master Jake Shimabukuro, whose latest project is a blues album with Mick Fleetwood...
Winter Sports Hit the Courts and the Pitch
The winter prep sports season gets underway just as the “atmospheric rivers” hit Northern California, forcing most athletes indoors—unless their chosen sport is soccer.