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New Year’s Eve in Sonoma:

The event at the Sonoma Community Center has to be the most creative in the Valley in some time. Noma Girl Productions is putting on a party complete with several DJs, a rock and roll bingo game, a spaghetti feed and even burlesque dancers. The... Continue

A mural for the students, by the students

Time alarm clock went off: 7:02 am (no zero period today!), Time wrenched myself from a perfect, serene sleep: 7:08 (very, very satisfactory), Time spent frantically telling myself I’d fail finals: 2 minutes, Time spent fussing over my impossibly frizzy, big hair: 6 minutes (perhaps... Continue

Glen Ellen gal transforms herself into belly dance diva

Nathalie Tedrick has performed in over 500 shows in 18 different countries, her first performance was at Cabaret Theater in Monte Carlo. Submitted photoIn cable television land, there exists a perky teen whose classmates have not an inkling she moonlights as their favorite pop music... Continue

What to do when unexpected pets arrive?

So you made it through Christmas and no one knocked over the fully decorated tree. But you’re not home free quite yet. The holidays will extend for several more days and chances are, at least one visitor, invited or not, will want to drop by... Continue

New Year’s Eve at home

Thanks to renowned Sonoma chef John McReynolds for sharing his New Year’s Eve recipes with us and creating them for use in our home kitchens. Happy New Year! - Kathleen Hill, Food & Wine Editor This New Year’s Eve will be the first in many... Continue

Springs ‘communi-tarians’ doing good for the ‘hood

Nancy Blankinship and Mike Hedley gave of their time to help improve their Springs neighborhood by working with other residents to plant drought-tolerant shrubs along Mountain Avenue. Submitted Photo Here’s an idea for a New Year’s resolution that doesn’t involve weight loss or exercise: How... Continue

Home & Garden

Jolly Green Goddess readers might remember a letter to the Sun from Christine Condon explaining composting at Sonoma Compost Company where the contents of Sonoma Valley yard-waste cans goes for the conversion process. A great way to start our new gardening year is to resolve... Continue

The Valley of the Moon’s northernmost towns

The history of Sonoma Valley bubbles and flows along tributaries like Sonoma Creek and the thermal springs that surge to the surface throughout its length. Crossing the steel bridge from Eldridge to Glen Ellen, visitors can still experience the healthful waters and agricultural abundance that... Continue

Community Center potter expanding Ceramic Program

Forrest Lesch-Middelton wants to help fellow potters in the community understand their work – “to look at it critically” – so they’ll continue to develop both their art and their craft. Director of the Ceramic Program at the Sonoma Community Center since May, Lesch-Middelton spends... Continue

A stellar program – despite the stars

I settled myself in the rocker. Seated on the rug in front of me were twenty kindergarteners, most with hands folded in laps, except for the little girl with perfect black braids fiddling with her friend’s long blond hair. Twenty pairs of eyes – cornflower... Continue