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Arts Guild reception

[caption id="attachment_21444" align="alignright" width="288" caption="“Natural Waistline,” a work by invited artist Roberta Alexander, is part of the Arts Guild show. "][/caption] Just in time for holiday shopping, the Arts Guild of Sonoma’ December Invitational Show opens an extended six-week show this weekend. The artworks, created... Continue

Panel: more bicycling, less parking

Bike lanes approved for four busy Sonoma streets won’t cost the city any money, but will come at the expense of 254 parking places. A plan approved by the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission calls for restriping segments of Fifth Street West, West MacAthur Street,... Continue

Field of two for Farmers Market contract

The city of Sonoma has received two proposals to take over management of the Tuesday Night Farmers Market in May of 2011. The Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Market, chaired by Bill Dardon, is basically a reformation of the incumbent group. It does not... Continue

Thank you and pass the gravy

In size and spirit, there’s no bigger Thanksgiving dinner than the annual feast served up at the Sonoma Community Center. “For the upteenth year in a row,” according to Executive Director Kathy Swett, the SCC will host its “no-holds barred, free to all, bigger and... Continue

Love is a warm blanket

Student council co-presidents Kelsey Walthard (L) and Alex Quackenbush (R) headed up a blanket drive at Presentation School, collecting more than 100 blankets that they will deliver to the Redwood Gospel Mission and the Rose Women and Children’s Emergency Shelter in Santa Rosa later this... Continue

Social Advocates for Youth names new ED

The board of directors of Social Advocates for Youth have announced the appointment of Matt Martin as the agency’s new executive director. Martin joined SAY in 2008 as the director of Community Resource Development, and has served as the agency’s interim executive director since September... Continue

Thanksgiving spirit by the truckload

Ed Pedroncelli was one of many volunteers unloading 5,000 pounds of food Monday collected by Infineon Raceway for the non-profit group Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH). The 10th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive set a single-year record for donations, according to the raceway’s Jennifer Imbimbo. Now... Continue

Wine pair

Kathy Benziger of the Benziger Family Winery, greeting longtime Sonoma friend Andy Robertson, Safeway’s liquor department manager, offered some holiday advice during an in-store appearance on Saturday. “If your relatives are driving you crazy over Thanksgiving, send them over the winery,” she said, “we’ll take... Continue

Celebrating technology

The Intel Computer Clubhouse at the Boys & Girls Club celebrated its five-year anniversary with a party this week.  Clubhouse members were on hand to show off their impressive skills in claymation, robotics, music recording, video production and more.  Pictured here, Fernando Gonzalez and Jose... Continue

HopMonk Tavern to open November 24

The long awaited opening of Dean Biersch’s HopMonk Tavern is finally here. Biersch is set for a Thanksgiving week opening of Wednesday, November 24 at the completely renovated space at 691 Broadway. The new location will feature 16 beers on tap focusing on seasonal domestic... Continue
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