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A LOOK AT OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR YOUTH
1865 –May 18, 2023
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SCHOOL DISTRICT’S PSYCHOLOGIST ADDRESSES MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS By Zenia Lemos Horning
Breathe in for a count to three; now breathe out for six.
Photo courtesy of Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience
Photo by Diane Conger/HUSD
EXPERT Zenia Lemos
Horning is the lead psychologist/program specialist of the Healdsburg Unified School District. Now you are relaxed and in a space to hear about the epidemic rates of child and adolescent mental health disorders, as we observe Mental Health Awareness Month. In 2022, several agencies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Association and Centers for Disease Control, shared that each year 20% of all children have an identified mental health condition and 40% will meet criteria for a mental health condition by age 18. The CDC published data showing that in 2021, more than a third of high school students reported experiencing poor mental health during the COVID19 pandemic, and 44% reported they had persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. Challenges that youth encountered included more than half (55%) reporting experiencing emotional abuse by a parent or caregiver, 11% experiencing physical abuse by a parent or other ➝ Mental Health, 5
GOOD TIMES Participants in the 2022 Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience have wine and make conversation in the Grand Tasting Pavilion.
Return of the Healdsburg Experience FOOD, WINE, COCKTAILS, MUSIC AND MORE IN LOCAL REVEL By Christian Kallen
A robust four days of special wine tastings and pairing seminars, bespoke lunches and dinners, cooking demonstrations, cocktail parties and a live outdoor concert at Rodney Strong Vineyards shines a glamorous light on Healdsburg this weekend, the second year of the Healdsburg Food & Wine Experience. From a barbecue and vineyard tour on Friday (in Graton, be it noted) to a celebration of zinfandel on Sunday (at the more appropriate Villa Chanticleer), this is not a weekend wine tasting party, but a series of lavish immersions (some might say indulgences) celebrating Healdsburg as the
center of a culinary carnival, with celebrity bartenders, celebrity winemakers, celebrity mixologists and of course, celebrity chefs. The list of chefs alone is a roster of kitchen legends, many of them local: Doug Keane (Cyrus in Geyserville), Casey Thompson (Folktable in Sonoma), Ari Weisswasser (Glen Ellen Star) and Leah Scurto (Pizzaleah), with Crista Luedtke, Domenica Catelli, Duskie Estes and Tracey Shepos all at one event—to list just a few. “Our goal has always been to highlight the vibrant culinary diversity, amazing wines and sustainable farming practices of Sonoma County as it relates to the rest of the world,” said Steve Dveris, founder and CEO of the festival, who brings it back after its inaugural iteration a year ago. Dveris knows the territory. He was West Coast director of New York Magazine from 1989-2006, during which span he also
Our goal has always been to highlight the vibrant culinary diversity, amazing wines and sustainable farming practices of Sonoma County as it relates to the rest of the world. STEVE DVERIS
founded the eponymous SD Media to develop events in “the Luxury Lifestyle, Food, Wine and Travel Space,” as his LinkedIn profile describes his beat. And in that space, Healdsburg is ground zero—in Northern California, at any rate. He said the idea for the Sonoma-centric event came from Karissa Kruse, president of Sonoma County Winegrowers, a marketing and educational organization with some 1,800 wine grower members. As such, it is
focused both on business and brand development, protecting the interests of the wine producing families and farms, but also extolling the value and virtues of Sonoma County wines. Both Kruse and Dveris share an enthusiasm for Sonoma County that places it above its more well-known neighbor, Napa County. “I always felt that Sonoma deserved to be on par with Napa in terms of recognition,” said Dveris, and as leader of the
powerful Sonoma County Winegrowers group, Kruse has no reason to disagree.
TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC LINEUP ANNOUNCED
array of musical interests. Dancing is widespread throughout the Plaza, though the area in front of the gazebo where the bands set up is sure to be packed with active locals and out of town visitors. An appetizing assortment of food vendor popups usually includes Lola's Market, Rose's Burgers & Brats, Healdsburger, Nellie's Oysters and Tips Roadside. They will be on hand to offer locally sourced food in various styles for sale starting at 5pm, with the music beginning at 6pm. This year’s musical talent includes:
SUMMER’S DURABLE CITY PARTY IN THE PLAZA BEGINS MAY 30 By Christian Kallen
Photo courtesy of City of Healdsburg
PARTY IN THE PLAZA The Tuesday in the Plaza concerts begin May 30 in the Healdsburg
Plaza, with a wide selection of musical styles on the gazebo stage from 6-8pm until Aug. 29.
Familiar faces, new bands and old friends will fill the Healdsburg Plaza on Tuesday nights from 6 to 8 for the 2023 season of free concerts, Tuesdays in the Plaza, presented by the city’s community services department. The weekly summer concerts at the downtown Plaza provide an eclectic and unusual line-up of bands to please a wide
What to expect
All in all, there are two VIP levels of passes (both sold out) and nine a la carte events, for most of which tickets are available at around $100. Some of these have multiple options, such as four Wine and Spirts Seminars on Saturday and four separate Celebrity Chef ➝ Experience, 3
May 30: Club 90 plays music from the 1990s and beyond. They call themselves the Bay area’s premier party band, and perform a high-energy, choreographed show. ➝ Tuesdays on the Plaza, 8