Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Farmers’ Market Begins
'There’s a magic hour on Saturday mornings when the sun hasn’t quite burned through the morning mist and the scent of basil floats on the breeze. It’s in that moment—coffee in one hand, tote bag in the other—that Healdsburg wakes up..." Meet our new columnist, Liza Gershman.
Preliminary City Budget Presented for Suggestions, Revisions
A special five-hour meeting time was blocked out for the Healdsburg City Council on Monday night this week to allow plenty of time for council review, and public comment, on a proposed two-year budget for the city. It even started an hour early, at 5pm, in the usual meeting room at City Hall. But barely an hour and a half passed before Mayor David Hagele gaveled the meeting over, at 6:35pm...
Italian Legacy of Mugnaini Wood-Fire Ovens
Several local pizzerias have an unspoken bond running between their kitchens. Geyserville’s Diavola, the Matheson restaurant, Journeyman Meat Co., PizZando … even Big John’s Market. The common element is that they all purchased their pizza ovens from Mugnaini, a wood fire oven manufacturer in Healdsburg...
Snapshot: From Baker Beach to Black Rock
The Burning Man Project has had a 35-year run. With 35 years, isn’t it time to think about morphing into inclusivity? Burning Woman 2026? She/Her/They? But why mess with success?
Local Run for World Renown
“It was really beautiful!” enthused Drew Holmen, a 30-year-old runner from Boulder, CO, and winner of this year’s 2023 Lake Sonoma 50.
A few seconds later, he amended the remark: “It was so brutal!”
Holmen finished the route, billed at 50.8 miles but according to many...
Paul Thomas Anderson’s funny, intense ‘Battles’
Equal parts Dr. Strangelove, The Battle of Algiers and Paper Moon, the film follows Leonardo DiCaprio as a member a revolutionary group rescuing immigrants from a detention center in Southern California....
Agave Brings More Than Mole to the Table
Agave Restaurant in Healdsburg has reopened with a new 250-year-old redwood bar, a new mole menu, and a renewed focus on Oaxacan flavors and personal service.
‘Fit and Over 50’ at Local Health Clubs
Much has been written about the awarding of culinary stars, ratings of 90-point wines and the ascendancy of the million-dollar, two-bedroom home. But one award made to a Healdsburg business should not slip through the cracks—the naming of the Healdsburg’s location as North America’s “World Gym of the Year.”
Healdsburg Teens Bring Algae Battery to Climate Fest
Among the 70-plus environmental information booths slated to line the Healdsburg Plaza for the town’s second annual Climate Fest on April 21, is one that might stink a little: Three teens from Healdsburg High School have plans to show off a large battery pack they made out of living algae.
Healdsburg Happenings, November 13-22
Experience the magic of Claudia Villela’s voice, piano and compositions with Vitor Gonçalves on accordion and piano in this evening of original songs in the Brazilian mode. Paul McCandless guests. (Rescheduled from an earlier date.) Saturday Nov. 15 at 7pm, tickets $25-$85, under 18 free. 222 Healdsburg Ave., the222.org.
Arts & Entertainment
Klezmatics return to Healdsburg for the Holidays
Topo, in Fiddler on the Roof, was a Klezmer musician, “schlepping his way from shtetl to shtetl… a distinctive image of pre-war Jewish life in the Ashkenazi communities of Eastern Europe,” according to worldmusic.net.






















