Tourists and locals alike experienced a real treat of creative celebration as the New Art Exhibition took over a portion of Sonoma Plaza on July 9. More than 30 Artists and craftspeople were showcased, making for a continuous tread of foot traffic as passerby clogged... Continue

The proud and happy faces of some of the nearly 100 new U.S. citizens who have worked with Sonoma Immigrant Services to obtain their naturalization. Already green card holders, they took this final step to ensure their right to be here and exercise all the... Continue

It doesn’t take much other than imagination to build a puppet. Jim Henson made his first puppet out of his mother’s old coat, relates Lee Armstrong, an award-winning puppeteer based in Sonoma. “Puppetry is one of the most accessible and fun art forms,” says Armstrong,... Continue

  Sonoma County Library patrons now have the freedom and flexibility to pick up library holds 24hours a day, seven days week with the library’s convenient BiblioBox locker, easily accessible at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library. To pick up library materials on your own time... Continue

When El Molino Central popped up as a bright spot, we all took notice.  Even before the flowers, it was beautifully appointed, but the flowers are definitely a show-stopper. The Artist responsible for the 3-D art installation on El Molino’s walls was inspired by the end... Continue

Have you taken up any new hobbies?   Akacia Winslow Writing, because covid was so chaotic. We didn’t really have a lot of control, so I was able to make my own world. I write a lot of poetry and some fantasy stuff. It’s a... Continue

In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of... Continue