Living ‘Color’

Color is central to art not only as an element but also as an idea, a concept examined in the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Color Theory: The Use of Color in Contemporary Art.” The show opens March 31 with works by nine... Continue

2011 Readers' Poll

The best of the local best, chosen by readers of The Sonoma Valley Sun and Somomasun.com. The results are in. Continue

The lure of the Easter rabbit

Dear Dr. Abbie: My vet tells me I should get a microchip for my pet. Isn’t that “marking the beast?” – Satan-o-phobe Dear Satan-o-phobe: If you truly love your animal, a microchip is the best way to get your pet back if he becomes lost. ... Continue

Eggs and your health

It’s Easter, Sonoma, and the perfect time to talk eggs! We are lucky here in Sonoma Valley to have access to farm fresh, free range eggs, and, for those of you who eat them, you will know what I mean when I say you can... Continue

New life for old stuff

Check out what people are creating with your cast-offs. Continue

Six dozen donuts, to go

In a stunt to speed into the Guinness Book of World Records, 75 cars simultaneously performed tire-screeching donuts at Infineon Raceway on Tuesday. After the smoke cleared, the previous world record of 57 cars, set in Australia in 2010, had been rubbed out. The cars... Continue

Chapter two

Under budget and ahead of schedule, the Sonoma Valley Regional Library reopened Tuesday at 755 W. Napa St. after a $2.3 million makeover. The nine-month project added new heating and air systems, along with other energy-efficient upgrades, and brought the 30-year-old building up to ADA... Continue

Animated Sean Connery film to debut in Sonoma

[caption id="attachment_30784" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Connery with Tessa and Sascha Hartmann, the creative team behind “Sir Billi.”"][/caption]The Sonoma International Film Festival has scored the U.S. premiere of “Sir Billi,” an animated film with Sir Sean Connery voicing the lead role. Connery plays a skateboarding grandfather and... Continue

Beyond the filth, behind the camp: John Waters

By Lisa Summers For those of us who hoarded Odorama cards under our mattresses after the 1981 release of “Polyestor,” the scheduled arrival of film legend John Waters at the 15th Sonoma International Film Festival is nothing less than a coup d’état. Waters, known for... Continue

It’s spring in Sonoma

Dear Dr. Abbie: For the last two weeks, I have heard someone’s cat yowling out beyond my back fence. I don’t know whose cat it is. I keep mine indoors. Is there a cat deterrent I can use? – Hissing mad and losing sleep Dear... Continue

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