OPENING
Radioactive Recovery
The Half Life of Marie Curie by prolific playwright Lauren Gunderson (The Book of Will) opens a two-weekend run at The 222 on Friday, March 21, and continues weekends until March 30. The two-person drama focuses on the Nobel Prize-winning Curie and fellow scientist Hertha Ayrton at a seaside resort, recovering from Curie’s scandal. Tickets $45-$105 plus fees, 222 Healdsburg Ave., the222.org.
CONTINUING
‘Bridges of Madison County’
The musical version of the popular book and movie from the 1990s, produced in the North Bay for the first time by the Raven Players. See review this issue. Special pay-what-you-can show on Thursday, March 20, plus Fridays and Saturdays (7:30pm) and Sundays (2pm) through March 30. Tickets $40 raventheater.org or at the door, 115 North St.
‘1984’
The Cloverdale Performing Arts Center is staging the play based on George Orwell’s dystopian novel. Several familiar faces from the Healdsburg stage scene are in the cast. Plays Friday and Saturday (7:30pm) and Sunday matinee (2pm), through March 23. Tickets $20 at cloverdaleperformingarts.com, 209 North Cloverdale Blvd.
THURSDAY MARCH 20
One-Man Band
Furthermore Wines hosts a full weekend of music at its Healdsburg tasting room, starting on Thursday with Nate Lopez, who plays bass and guitar at the same time on one instrument. Voted Best Solo Male Artist in the North Bay in the Bohemian. From 5:30-8pm, no cover, 328-A Healdsburg Ave.
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
Illusions
A special screening of the documentary All Illusions Must Be Broken, about the impact of screens on our reality, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jef Sewell. $20, 6-8pm at True West Film Center, 373 Healdsburg Ave., truewestfilmcenter.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
House Sessions
The fourth year of Coyote Sonoma’s “House Beats” program gets kicking with local DJs, including Bayb Sol, Stonk Ape, Joey Trip & Rey_Luv to set the tempo for dancing or chilling. Tickets $10, doors at 6pm show from 8pm at 44F Mill St., coyotesonoma.com.
Wendell Berry
The poet and farmer is celebrated at Little Saint with a special screening of Look & See: A Portrait on Saturday, 6-8pm, which explores environmental stewardship and the power of sustainable farming. On hand will be Mary Berry, the poet’s daughter and director of the Berry Center, and co-producer Nick Offerman. Tickets $75, 6-9pm at Little Saint, 25 North St.
Pigs & Pinot
Time again for the signature event at Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen, the annual meeting of flavors that is Pigs & Pinot. The event begins with a kick-off on Friday at the Hotel Healdsburg, but the main events are on Saturday: an Iron Chef-style cook-off at The Matheson from 10am to noon, the Ultimate Pinot Smackdown tasting from 1-3pm, and not one but two Gala Dinners, 6:30pm at Dry Creek Kitchen and 7pm at the Harmon Rooftop. Tickets are scarce if not unavailable, pigsandpinot.com.
SUNDAY, MARCH 23
Wendell Berry Two
A program of short films that expand on Wendell Berry’s ideas and legacy. Enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries before this intimate screening, followed by a post-film discussion with Mary Berry, executive director, The Berry Center; Jef Sewell, co-director; and Jeff Ubben, executive producer. 10am to noon at Little Saint, $25, 25 North St.
Vinyl Sunday
Mimi Pirard, vocalist for Djinn and Sono Musette, shares the Parisian Chanson songbook of her native France via LPs at Furthermore Wines, 4-7pm, 328-A Healdsburg Ave.
MONDAY, MARCH 24
Acoustic Minds
The “AM” from Portland brings their soulful, moody bass music to Healdsburg on Monday at the Elephant in the Room from 5-8pm. Admission is free, 177 Healdsburg Ave.
3 Women
The Healdsburg Museum Docents will present “Three Women’s Lives: 150 Years of Healdsburg Herstory” from 1:30-3:30pm at the Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson St. The talks about Josefa Carrillo de Fitch, Agnes Call and Isabelle Simi are in honor of Women’s History Month.
UPCOMING
Kickin’ It
Monthly country line-dancing lessons and music starts Friday, March 28, at Coyote Sonoma. Lessons from Grapevine Dance, live music from Dustin Saylor & The Stowaways. $20, doors at 6:30pm, lessons from 7-8pm and music into the night. 44-F Mill St.
For additional events, visit healdsburgtribune.com/calendar.
