Fudge Ends 30-year Career in Windsor
Debora Fudge has played a key role in shaping Windsor since 1994. With Fudge planning to step back from civic life, and heading out for a vacation in Europe this week, it seemed a good time to learn more about how she became so involved in Windsor and what she thinks of the town now.
Restaurant Dream Ends With Rude Awakening
At the start, Molti Amici gave every indication of hitting Bingo. The location was much-loved by locals, having housed Ari Rosen’s Campo Fina for 10 years, only a few steps off the Plaza, and featured not only a large stone pizza oven but a bocce court as well (both left over from Campo Fina). Then the ingredients didn't mix any more.
August is Zucchini Month
Going to the Saturday Farmers’ Market in the West Plaza parking lot, one finds it is always a place of seasonality, sociability and serendipity. Those who went last Saturday, Aug. 9, happened upon the annual Zucchini Festival, a family friendly event that’s been going...
‘In My Kusina’: It’s What’s for Dinna
In her new cookbook, In My Kusina (2013), Healdsburg resident Dinna Villacorta Eisenhart captures the magic of Filipino cooking and culture through her exacting documentation of the well-loved dishes from her childhood.
‘Top o’ the Morning to You!’ Sunday’s Pre-Dawn Parade
For some reason, Healdsburg has become known for its St. Patrick’s Day parade. If it’s not the best, then certainly it’s the earliest. Starting at 6am, give or take—that’s pretty early.
For the past 29 years or so, early risers (or possibly those who stay...
Weekly History Talks for Plaza Visitors
For the second year in a row, the docents of the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society make history come alive in the Healdsburg Plaza, on successive Saturdays until Aug. 31. ..
4th of July is patriotism with a bang
Once again Healdsburg throws itself wholeheartedly into the 4th of July holiday, starting at 10am with the Fourth of July Kids Parade and Duck Dash in the Healdsburg Plaza. Arrive on bikes, tricycles and wagons adorned with red, white and blue decorations. There will be live music and activities for all.
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...
Ringing In the New Year, 2024
New Year's Eve offers a variety of fine dining options, parties, and kid-friendly activities in the Healdsburg area, as well as transportation options for those without designated drivers.
Little Saint to Close its Upstairs Restaurant
The fanciest vegan fine-dining restaurant in the Bay Area, located right here in Healdsburg, will shut down just shy of its first birthday. he restaurant is called Second Story, up the stairs from Little Saint...
Arts & Entertainment
Mexican hero becomes a family legend
Local drama takes another step forward with the next play at the Raven, 'Who Will Dance with Pancho Villa'? But the production, which opens on Jan. 22 for an eight-performance run, is hardly new. Gabriel Fraire and his brother John wrote it over 30 years ago; it had its first off-Broadway performance in New York in 1994.






















