Sonoma Film Fest kicks off with a night at the drive-in

Though primarily a virtual affair this year with a binge-watch menu of 120 streamed movies, the Sonoma International Film Festival (March 24-28) opens tonight with the first of three drive-in events. Each of these screenings will take place at Sonoma Skypark, 21870 Eighth St. East,... Continue

Vaccine clinics return to Sonoma this week

Two indoor COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics will be held at the Sonoma Veterans Building in Sonoma. Sonoma Valley Community Health Center (SVCHC) in collaboration with the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services, will manage the site. WHEN: Tuesday, March 23, and Wednesday, March 24 VACCINE:... Continue

Form on a hill

So you’re driving to Napa and, glancing to your left just before Old Sonoma Road, you do a double-take. There on the hillside embankment fronting The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is, suddenly, the bright red 30-foot sculpture, “For Veronica,” by Mark di Suvero.... Continue

SV Museum of Art reopens with Ed Ruscha show

[caption id="attachment_109938" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Artist Ed Ruscha "was to highways, service stations, and signage what Warhol was to soup cans.”[/caption] Sonoma Valley Museum of Art reopens with Ed Ruscha: Travel Log, an exhibition of books, prints and photographs by the world-renowned American artist. The show opens... Continue

I survived the Guinness Diet

Legend has it that Guinness Draught contains enough protein, iron and calories to sustain you for a considerable period of time, provided you drink enough. From The Sun archives, our most popular web post ever. Continue

A new name, and new mission, at Quarryhill Garden

The name has changed but the scenery remains the same. The Quarryhill Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen, internationally recognized for its spectacular collections of flowering Asian plants, has changed its name to Sonoma Botanical Garden. Kate Rabuck, Curator of Education & Exhibitions, and Scot Medbury, director, with... Continue

Sonoma Film Fest announces three drive-in events

The Sonoma International Film Festival has announced its three drive-in feature events, the in-person elements to its virtual 120-film streaming extravaganza, March 24-28. Each of these screenings will take place at Sonoma Skypark, 21870 Eighth St. East, Sonoma. Opening Night, March 24 - Six Minutes to... Continue

Where to find Sonoma County testing sites this week

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Bob Cannard grows vegetables, not marijuana. He’s not sorry.

In the hip capitalist culture of California, in which cannabis, not broccoli and zucchini, have been idealized, romanticized, fetishized and vilified, Bob Cannard refuses to worship at the altar of demon weed. By Jonah Raskin If you want to know a place, get to know... Continue

A look at a promising new heart medicine kicks off the ‘Ask a Pharmacist’ health series

With the virtual series “Health Talk: Ask A Pharmacist,” Sonoma Valley Hospital Pharmacist Baqara Yoder, PharmD, will discuss emerging new therapies for managing chronic health conditions. The series of four free presentations begins March 23 with a look at a promising new heart medicine. Each... Continue