Ongoing
Vroom! “Toys on the Go” is the theme of a new exhibition at Healdsburg Museum, featuring toy vehicles collected by the late Steve Castelli and a model train display from Wayne Padd. Continues through Jan. 19, Wednesdays through Sundays, 11am to 4pm. 221 Matheson St.
Thursday, Dec. 12
Mayfield and Valentine
Two distinct artists on one local stage, free. Jessica Lea Mayfield is a singer/songwriter hailing from rural Ohio, and Joseph Allen Beltram, a.k.a. “Goodmorning Valentine,” hails from Ohio; they’ll play together and apart on the Second Story stage. Another in a notable series of concerts on Thursdays, from 6-9pm, at Little Saint, 25 North St., littlesainthealdsburg.com.
Ladies’ Night
Yet another all-woman heavy metal rock band struts the stage in the Coyote Den on Thursday night—Zepparella, a tribute band dedicated to the music of Led Zeppelin. Tickets $30 for this Dec. 12 show, starts at 8pm, Coyote Sonoma, 44-F Mill St.
Saturday, Dec. 14
Saturday Market Canceled
This week’s Saturday Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market has been canceled due to weather threats. And there’s only one more week until the final Farmers’ Market of the year, to be held Dec. 21. Fresh local produce, holiday food and craft items; a great place to catch up with weekly friends. From 8:30am to noon in the West Plaza Parking Lot.
Holiday Feast
Annual fundraiser for Healdsburg Rotary Club to fund scholarship programs for Healdsburg High School students: an “all you can eat” crab dinner, a silent auction and a live auction MC’d by local personalities. Villa Chanticleer, Dec. 14, tickets $110 to $160, 5:30-9pm, healdsburgrotary.org.
Stella!
Jazz singer Stella Heath has full command of many styles, especially her own—she brings them all together at Furthermore Wines on Saturday night, from 5-8pm. No cover, 328-A Healdsburg Ave.
Songs of the Season
“Joy Shall Be Yours!” is the theme of the Healdsburg Chorus’s annual holiday program, presented twice this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday at 3pm. A community choral institution for over 36 years, the chorus will be joined by members of Healdsburg’s UPside Dance Company and local musicians on many of this season’s holiday songs. Performances at the Raven Theater, 115 North St. Tickets $20 at the door or via Eventbrite at healdsburgchorus.com/concerts-tickets.
Monday, Dec. 16
Mayor and More
The City Council will meet for the last time in 2024 to select a new mayor and vice mayor for the coming year, but first they will open up the Monday meeting for the first of five public hearings about the transition from at-large to district elections, and consider renaming the Community Center for Abel de Luna. 6pm, 401 Grove St., online at facebook.com/cityofhealdsburg.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
‘Toward the Light’
The Klezmatics, “world-renowned and Grammy-winning superstars of the klezmer world,” return to Healdsburg Tuesday night on their Hanukkah Tour. Over the last 30 years they have revolutionized traditional klezmer music by opening it up to other influences, and vice versa. Tickets $30 general up to $75 front row, Raven Theater, 115 North St., raventheater.org.
Next Week
Harlem Nutcracker
The Marcus Shelby Orchestra, with Tiffany Austin, will perform a jazz concert based on Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite at the Raven Theater, Saturday, Dec. 21, at 7pm. See story this issue.
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