Snapshot: ‘Free beer tomorrow’ says it all
Somebody knows what they are doing. Free beer tomorrow? Well, that could be technically and perpetually true without ever giving away “free beer.” It’s definitely a hook. And it looks like it’s been working for a while judging by the truck and sign.
Things to do include Art Nite, Pachanga, music
Pachanga & Art is a vibrant, family-friendly annual event that celebrates the richness of local artists, featuring dancers, photographers, musicians, singers, visual artists and more. It's this Saturday at the Pavilion...
March Avenue gets overdue repaving job
The long-awaited repaving of March Avenue, one of Healdsburg’s primary east-west connecting roads, got underway on Monday of this week, Aug. 24. The work takes place from 7:30am to 4pm every weekday, but there is no construction next weekend, Aug. 29-30, and the road...
$20k split 3 ways in Arts for All grants
The recent reveal of Jake Messing’s River Dreams mural at Russian Riverkeeper was one of three projects from the city’s Arts & Culture Commission that received awards in the program’s inaugural year, 2026. The Arts for All grants program is designed to support arts...
Greyhounds ready rosters for fall sports
It seems like a long time since the record-setting 2025-26 sports season at Healdsburg High, and now the wait for this school year’s sports season is over: Secondary school sports get underway this week in Northern California, including in Healdsburg.
Snapshot: On safari in Sonoma
Do you know what a group of giraffes is called? A tower of giraffes. Perfect, right? All kinds of fun facts about African plains animals and tropical birds can be gleaned from a walk or ride through Safari West’s 400 acres. Safari West’s oak...
Things to Do in Healdsburg, Aug. 27 – Sept. 4
This is the last week for community music in most Northern Sonoma County towns. But the libraries, music venues, and local galleries supply plenty of fun, meaningful events for locals and visitors to Healdsburg.
Police Log, Aug. 10 – 16
This issues log of police dispatch reports from Aug. 10 - 15. Mistaken vehicles, reckless driving, slashed tires and distruptive people, all in a week's work for Healdsburg Police.
Return to the Russian River
When Jake Messing stood in front of the mural he had just completed for Russian Riverkeeper on the north side of the nonprofit’s headquarters at 139 Healdsburg Ave., he had finished more than another mural. He had made a return to the source from the sea himself, like the salmon he portrayed.
Here comes the LUV – car wash, that is
Some people say they’re holding off on washing their car until LUV comes to town. A laudable sentiment, perhaps, but if the modern-day car wash on Healdsburg Avenue is what they’re waiting for, that day is upon us. Soon, anyway.
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Arts & Entertainment
The secret screenwriter in our midst
Last week we visited screenwriter Michael Tolkin at his Healdsburg home and, joined by his daughter and caregiver Emma, sat down with a cup of tea and talked movies with him for almost an hour. Soon we were talking about what may be his most successful movie, The Player, in which Tim Robbins is stalked by a failed screenwriter. (Spoiler alert: Robbins ...
