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“Plats du Jour” A cookbook in the making

Sondra Bernstein has been dishing up her popular ‘plats du jour’ concept for years now in her three area restaurants:  Sonoma’s girl & the fig and ESTATE, and the fig café in Glen Ellen.  According to Bernstein, the well-priced, three-course meal functions on a number... Continue

Skills for Life – impacting teens in a positive way

[caption id="attachment_26978" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The Lovin' Oven girls – and now boy – are a culinary crew to be reckoned with."][/caption] Impact100 Sonoma awarded its second $100,000 grant in June to Sonoma Valley Teen Services and that organization is now poised to implement the grant... Continue

Celebrando a México

Victor Mejia-Ferrer El Sol de Sonoma Colaboradores Anna Pier & Carmen Farías Una verdadera fiesta de colores, sabores y sonidos fue lo que pudimos disfrutar el pasado domingo 18 de septiembre en la Plaza de Sonoma con motivo de la celebración del 201 aniversario del... Continue

Solace and celebration as Sonoma salutes 9/11

In a still, gray morning on Sonoma Plaza, a team of 18 volunteers read the names of the 2,977 victims of 9/11. It took nearly three hours. During the prayer-like recital, the reverential aura of the outdoor amphitheater was surrounded by scenes of everyday life:... Continue

Still rocking, for charity, after all these years

[caption id="attachment_26617" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Photo: Pat Johnson"][/caption] By Mike Hyland – Sun Music Writer “It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this for 25 years now,” reflects Bruce Cohn, sitting in his office on the winery grounds, recalling the early days of the B.R. Cohn... Continue

Art in Sonoma

Next at SVMA On September 17, The Sonoma Valley Musuem of Art will open “Sonida Pirata: What You Need You Have to Borrow.” In Latin America it is common for popular music to be pirated and sold by street vendors as commercial merchandise. The artists... Continue

Hitting the high notes with the Sonoma Valley Chorale

Now nearly 100 members strong, The Sonoma Valley Chorale is battling competition like never before. Other groups have sprung up to challenge the more traditional stylings of the chorale, but so strong is the group’s fan base that current Director David Irvine isn’t worried. “The... Continue

Sonoma’s own Bozo the Clown

Ronda Giangreco | Special to the Sun Headlines of late have been so filled with dire financial concerns and world problems that many readers may have missed a small notation that one recent week had a much more jolly significance. In case it slipped by... Continue

Red & White all over

[nggallery id=53] The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation is set to rock the horseshoe on Saturday, August 20 when the venerable Red & White Ball returns to the Plaza.  The dance party begins at 6 p.m. with Dave Martin’s House Party Band and continues throughout the... Continue

Not your mother’s gray hair

[caption id="attachment_26150" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Jane Keeffe and her loyal clients pose for a photo. They are, left to right: (front) Rosemary Flynn, Wanda McAleese, Jeanne Allen; (middle) Jane Webster, Suzanne Young, Laurie Gallian, Jane Keeffe, holding Sadie the dog; (back) Sally Hilliard, Willie Vaughn and... Continue