By Larry Barnett | Sonoma Valley Sun -- Not everyone enjoys the generational legacy of a given name, but Sonoma’s newest City Council member, Kelso Grant Barnett IV does. The fourth generation of his family to be named Kelso Grant Barnett, he indeed was preceded... Continue
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The Sonoma Hotel Project, dormant for over two years, is back on the well-worn drawing board. Kenwood Investments submitted plans 10 years ago (!) for the 1.6-acre site on the 100 block of West Napa Street. It’s been a series of stops and starts since... Continue
Seth Dolinsky | Sonoma Farm Scene -- Locally grown and produced foods have been an integral component of human society from the beginning. Fast forward to 2021 in the Sonoma Valley and we find some of the finest producers around feeding a hungry and grateful... Continue
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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