Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a joyous remembrance of the lives of family members and loved ones who have passed and a celebration of the cycle of life. The holiday is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd throughout Latin America, but is more closely associated with Mexico, where it originated. This year, the Museum's annual Día de los Muertos exhibition is presented in the Museum's Sculpture Garden for the first time. The outdoor exhibition echoes the setting of many Day of the Dead observances in Mexico which often take place in cemeteries. The exhibition features altars and artwork designed and created by Peter Perez, Mario Uribe, Scott Daniel Braun, and Martín Zúñiga, along with contributions from community participants. We are also proud to include special works made in past years by the Museum's Youth+Art students.  Now - November 8, 2020 in the Sculpture Garden. Regular Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 10:00am-1:00pm**Saturday, October 31 - Monday, November 2: Evening Hours Only (4:00-7:00pm) Free Admission

10am-3pm - For Books, DVDs, CDs & other library materials.

Monday through Saturday at  the 5 following library branches:

Guerneville, Sonoma, Windsor, Rohnert Park & the Central Library 

in Downtown Santa Rosa.

To request a book or other library item for curbside:

http://www.sonomalibrary.org/curbside

Online resources are always available:

http://www.sonomalibrary.org

Explore the Power and Joy of Visionary Mind Mapping In a short, 1-hour seminar packed with peace, purpose and possibility, you can definitely learn this simple system that will clear out the cobwebs on those old TO DO Lists and help you achieve greater clarity and effectiveness in short and long term planning. November 1 at 11:30am.

Sing-A-Long with the Alzheimer's Association on the last Friday of the month! To register, email or call us!

This fall marks 70 years since Charles M. Schulz published the first Peanuts comic strip on October 2, 1950. Since then, Peanuts has appeared in 2,600 newspapers, translated into 25 languages, and published in 75 countries worldwide. Now Peanuts fans around the world will have the opportunity to join the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center to celebrate the comic strip's "platinum anniversary" and explore other timely topics with a full season of public programs, presented entirely online. From How to Draw Peanuts classes to live events with Jean Schulz, Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine), Patrick McDonnell (MUTTS), Tom Gammill (The Simpsons), Robb Armstrong Jump (Jump Start), Darrin Bell (Candorville), and Elizabeth Montague (Liz at Large), find the details at https://schulzmuseum.org/.  All programs are subject to change; please visit our website for updates and registration information.

Join us for the annual October/November Craft Market. Opening up an extra aisle and adding artists and craftspeople to our roster for the fall/holiday season, creates the perfect opportunity to shop for gifts and groceries at the same time.

You'll find beautiful, handmade goods made by local and Bay Area artisans. Ceramics, woodwork, jewelry, photography, fabric creations, soaps and lotions, and other unique goodies you're likely to see nowhere else.

Our market aisles are filled with over a dozen local farms, plus fresh seafood, meats, baked goods, ethnic foods, delicious meals to eat on site or take home, and much more.

We're a safe shopping venue in these COVID times. Located outdoors, everyone is required to wear a mask, wait in line 6' apart, if the vendor is helping another customer, and we ask you to let the vendor to handle the goods for you, and not touch anything.

Open every Saturday from 8:30-noon, rain, shine or smoke, the market is held in a large, tree-lined parking lot at the corners of North and Vine Streets in downtown Healdsburg (one block off the plaza).

Charlie’s Acres is dedicated to the care of rescued farm animals. We serve as a sanctuary where our animals can live out their natural lives in peace, and as a venue for showing the general public that these intelligent beings deserve our compassion.  Join us for a guided tour of the sanctuary and meet a variety of rescued animals. Our Community Tours are offered for pre-registered guests at 10am on select Saturdays and Sundays with a suggested donation. Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more about what to expect on a tour and what COVID19 safety protocols are in place.

Join us on October 31st for a fun socially distant Treat or Treat event!

10am-1:30pm - Every Sunday.  Fresh produce, prepared foods &

farmer inspired products.  Year-round.

http://www.happeningsonomacounty.com

The Sonoma County Library and volunteer collective SRZF have partnered for Santa Rosa Zine Fest 2020 (#SRZF2020), a free online event happening on Zoom on November 7, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Teens and adults are invited to engage with zine makers, share ideas and learn about local creative communities. Spanish interpretation will be available for all sessions. 

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) will present "The Muse Hour, a four-part virtual event series, from October 17–December 12, 2020.  Presented in partnership with Cal Poly Arts and Tacoma Arts Live, each event will feature inspirational conversations or performances as well as a moderated Q&A with audience members. The lineup features “Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown, Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning artist LilaDowns, dynamic duo Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi, and a holiday concert featuring members of Pink Martini.Tickets ($10 per performance, free to Luther Burbank Center for the Arts members) are available online at lutherburbankcenter.org.

Testing is a critical element of Sonoma County’s enhanced COVID-19 strategies and 10 recurring community testing events are now available throughout the county each week to make testing more easily accessible to communities that see greater impacts from the virus. An online calendar is available on the County of Sonoma website to help residents schedule an appointment at these, and pop-up, testing locations, but residents may also call (707) 565-4667 to make an appointment.

Sonoma County Voters can now sign up for the Secretary of State's 

"Where's My Ballot" program.  Voters can receive information about 

the location of their ballot, from the time it is mailed until it is returned

to the Registrar of Voters Office & counted, in real time.

http://wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov/

Students that are interested in the Santa Rosa High School ArtQuest program are invited to shadow a current ArtQuest student in their specialty.  Shadowing appoints are available now to November 18th, 2020 ( reservations are subject to availability). ONLY ONE shadow appointment in ONE specialty per student. Appointments are available on Wednesdays only. Once your reservation is made, you will receive email confirmation and appointment reminder.

GLIDE’s Annual Holiday Jam: Rise Up For Change is going virtual for the fist time ever on Thursday, November 19th and will feature a joyful, star-studded evening of music, celebration and community benefitting GLIDE’s programs and services. The evening will bring together GLIDE’s supporters and community members virtually, for a special program of live-streamed performances intermingled with archival footage of outstanding moments in Holiday Jam history.  The GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam will be virtual, and there is no cost to join. RSVP at glide.org/holidayjam for all the latest updates.

On Thursday, December 3,  Food For Thought hosts its 19^th annual fundraising event inviting Sonoma County residents to “Dine In” by ordering takeout from local restaurants and to make a donation to Food For Thought, a nonprofit organization that provides healing food and nutrition to more than 1,000 people living with HIV, COVID-19 and other serious illnesses in Sonoma County.

With the current health risks posed by COVID-19, Food For Thought is turning the tables on its annual Dining Out For Life event to support local restaurant partners who have faced incredible challenges due to the pandemic.

A wide range of restaurants throughout Sonoma County are participating in Dining Out For Life. Diners can enjoy a variety of takeout options from participating restaurants located in Bodega Bay, Cloverdale, Cotati, Forestville, Geyserville, Graton, Guerneville, Healdsburg, Kenwood, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma and Windsor. For a complete list of participating restaurants visit: FFTfoodbank.org/difl. Ron Rubin Winery is the presenting sponsor of this year’s Dining Out For Life Sonoma County.

In this virtual program November 12 at 7pm, Iris Jamal Dunkle and Jonah Raskin will talk about two strong Sonoma County women, one of them real, the other fictional. Dunkle will discuss the life of Charmian Kittredge London, Jack London’s second wife, and an author and adventurer in her own right.  Raskin brings with him his fictional character, Tioga Vignetta, an intrepid private investigator who appears in three murder mysteries, including most recently “Dark Past, Dark Future.” Dunkle and Raskin will discuss their approaches to writing biography and writing fiction. They’ll also explore the eleven-year marriage between Jack and Charmian, and their collaboration on some of Jack London's most famous books. For assistance or to submit questions for the panelists in advance, please contact Jon Del Buono, jdelbuono@museumsc.org.

The Santa Rosa Symphony,  with government approval for private recording sessions, will perform, record and stream its redesigned Fall concerts, making them safely accessible online for subscribers, patrons and new audiences around the globe. In early October, November and December, on the Green Music Center's Weill Hall stage, a socially-distanced subset of the orchestra and Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong will record three concerts to replace the originally planned live concerts. SRS @ Home Virtual Fall Concert Series will be streamed live on YouTube on October 11, November 15 and December 13 at 3:00 PM. Additional performances by soloists are reserved exclusively for SRS subscribers.

Working with Diversified Stages, a professional video production company, and implementing approved health and safety protocols, the Symphony is recording concert events that will include close-ups and a variety of angles of the musicians performing, along with a virtual peek backstage, short interviews, commentary, a post-concert Q & A with the Music Director and more. 

What are the fingerprints of your soul and how can you express them in this world? This playshop on November 29 from 11:30am-1pm will help you wake up to the dream living inside you and give you practical steps and strategies to pursue it with joy and enthusiasm. It’s time to stop snoozing and get moving with the Divine Mission that is yours and yours alone!  NOW, in quarantine!!

Start your holidays off on the right foot! Come to our third annual Thanksgiving Eve Gratitude Service – join in community to celebrate a year of Life and Unity. Tom McCurry will host this service on Wednesday, November 25, with music, a brief message, and the option for each one of us to have our moment to publicly share our gratitude. It’s easier than ever this year, since we’ll all “zoom in” from wherever we are: you can have a pie in the oven and still be a part of it all.

With the current health risks posed by COVID-19, Food For Thought is turning the tables on its annual Dining Out For Life event to support local restaurant partners who have faced incredible challenges due to the pandemic.

On December 3, community members are invited to “Dine In” and order take-out from participating Sonoma County restaurants, and to support Food For Thought’s nutrition programs by making an online donation. This year restaurant partners are not required to donate a percentage of the day’s sales to Food For Thought, so the support of diners is more important than ever! Find a list of participating restaurants and more information at: https://www.fftfoodbank.org/dining-in-for-life

Beneficiary: Food For Thought is a nonprofit organization that provides healing food and nutrition to more than 1,000 Sonoma County residents living with HIV, COVID-19 and other serious illnesses. Comprehensive nutrition services include healthy groceries (enough for 21 meals per week), prepared meals, vitamins, supplements and nutrition counseling. Food For Thought’s nutrition services increase the health of clients, reduce food insecurity, decrease costs to the health care system and improve the lives of hundreds of individuals living in Sonoma County.

Discover 100+ local makers in the heart of Northern California wine country at the Santa Rosa Patchwork Show held at The Sonoma County Fairgrounds, December 6, from 11am-5pm. This indoor show features ample parking and has local DJs and several DIY craft stations and activities.  Masks and social distancing required.

Incarnation 100 -

Starting & finishing at the Church of the Incarnation in the heart of
historic Santa Rosa, Incarnation 100 is a fundraising bike ride through
the lovely vistas of Sonoma County.

4 different course options are offered, for avid & recreational cyclists
alike: 32-mile; 45-mile; 100-km; & 88-mile.  Incarnation 100 supports
3 vital homeless service entities: The Living Room, which provides day
services & overnight transition housing for women & children; Sunday
Open Table, which provides Sunday breakfast, sundries & fellowship to
members of the downtown street community & St. Andrews Food Pantry
in Monte Rio, which provides groceries & meals to homeless folks in the
Russian River Valley.

Santa Rosa & around Sonoma County

http://www.incarnation100.org