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CANDIDATES RETURN TO THE RAVEN ON OCT. 9
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2ND CHANCE TO HEAR FROM CITY COUNCIL HOPEFULS By Christian Kallen
POET Jennifer Foerster, a member of the Muscogee Creek nation, reads at The 222 on Oct. 9.
Indigenous Poets to Read at The 222 ‘ECOLOGY, CULTURE AND THE HUMAN CAPACITY FOR VIOLENCE’ Healdsburg Tribune Staff
The City Council made an honorary proclamation of California Native American Day at their Sept. 19 meeting, but the local culture scene is taking it further—recognizing three Indigenous poets over the next two months with readings and conversation from the stage at The 222. “Indigenous Voices” is a two-part literary program celebrating the works of acclaimed American poets, Jennifer Foerster and Lucille Lang Day. Hosting the evenings of conversation and readings will be Denise Low, the former poet laureate of Kansas and current Healdsburg resident. All
three women have Indigenous heritage. The first event is Sunday, Oct. 9, at 7pm, featuring “ecopoet” Jennifer Foerster, a member of the Muscogee Creek nation. Foerster explores the language and culture of her heritage in her writings. Other themes include ecology, history and the human capacity for violence. As assistant to former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, Foerster gained and will share unique insights into the workings of the poetry world. On Nov. 12, the second event in the series will feature poet-activist and small press publisher Lucille Lang Day, of Wampanoag heritage. The founder and publisher of Scarlet Tanager Books, Day will discuss the workings of the book world and her experiences as a writer and small-press editor. Healdsburg’s Denise
Low, of European and Lenape/Munsee heritage, will emcee both events. She is also a prize-winning poet and co-publisher with her husband of Mammoth Publications, which specializes in Indigenous American authors. The two readings are additions to The 222’s announced literary events for the coming year, programmed by Laurie Glover. “As many celebrate holidays at this time of year dedicated to the first European contacts and settlements in North America, we are going to hear directly from members of cultures whose lives were changed by those events,” she said.
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Doors will open at 5:30 pm. There are no tickets required. Admission is free, on a first come, first seated basis. The Raven Theater is located at 115 North St., Healdsburg.
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Following the wellattended candidates’ forum at Coyote Sonoma on Sept. 14, the Healdsburg chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) has announced plans for a similar forum to be held at the Raven Performing Arts Theater on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 6:30pm. The AAUW’s Tyra Benoit told the Tribune that they took on the project “just a couple of weeks ago when we learned that the League of Women Voters would not be doing a forum in Healdsburg.” The League frequently hosts non-partisan candidate forums, but this year they were short of volunteers and budget to cover the Healdsburg City Council races. “All of the candidates have said that they will participate, so we are thrilled by that news,” said Benoit, the new public policy director for the chapter. She said they have lined up a Spanish translator and will be doing real-time translation, with help from Corazón Healdsburg. “We hope to make this a very inclusive event.” A livestream on Facebook, in conjunction with the Raven Theater, is also being planned. The AAUW committee is preparing the questions that will be asked; questions will also be solicited from the audience, and the team will decide (and potentially translate) which of those questions will be asked, to avoid duplication. Unlike the Chamber of Commerce, which hosted last month’s candidate event, the AAUW does not endorse any candidate. In this it is similar to the League of Women Voters, in taking a neutral, hands-off position. (The Chamber endorsements were made following their candidate forum and announced on Facebook.)
‘Indigenous Voices,’ two poetry readings at The 222, located in the Paul Mahder Gallery at 222 Healdsburg Ave. Details and ticket links at the222.org.
EMCEE Healdsburg’s Denise Low of Mammoth Publications,
who is of European and Lenape/Munsee heritage, will emcee both events.
FOOTBALL REACHES THE SEASON’S MIDFIELD 5 GAMES DOWN, 6 TO GO IN ROUGH YEAR FOR THE ’HOUNDS By Christian Kallen Photo by Joe Rowland
HOUNDS Freshman running back Alexander Harms (42) heads downfield
with a posse of Greyhounds against the Trojans of Lower Lake on Friday, Sept. 16. The Healdsburg team came up short in the exciting game, 36-30.
The boys of early autumn are out on the practice field every waning day of the school week, and carry that energy into their varsity football games. It doesn’t convert to many points, but
nobody finds an easy opponent in the Healdsburg High Greyhounds. And fans of local high school football will certainly tell you that even if they carry a 0-5 record as they near the season’s halfway point, any football is better than none—like the ill-starred season of 2018, which was called off after just two games that saw the team lose by scores of 41-0 and 61-0. Not so this year, although the scores seemed all too familiar. The year’s first games found the Hounds losing 49-0 against Novato on Sept. 3, and falling to Coverdale, 40-7 on Sept. 9.
Lower Lake 36, Healdsburg 30
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