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Ten years of Tokaj

[caption id="attachment_122598" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sonoma Mayor Jack Ding giving his Proclamation to Tom Blackwood, Buena Vista general manager[/caption] The Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee celebrates a 10-year bond with the Hungarian city with an evening of food, wine and, of course, dance. The committee is to... Continue

Best-selling authors go back to school

Eight best-selling authors visited students at Sonoma Valley High School for a day of literary exploration, learning and conversations on Friday, August 26. [caption id="attachment_122586" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Mary Roach[/caption] The annual outing was part of the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival. [caption id="attachment_122587" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Jaron... Continue

Free construction skills classes

The Sonoma County Adult Education Consortium and the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) in partnership with La Luz are offering free construction skills classes starting mid-September.  One of the classes is in Sonoma Valley at Sonoma Valley High School. Continue

the girl, fig, and a $50k donation

In celebration of its 25th anniversary this month, the girl & the fig has donated $50,000 to enhance children’s culinary programming at Sonoma Community Center.  The Center’s Community Kitchen uses hands-on culinary instruction to share the cuisine and from around the world. The donation will... Continue

Sun Interview: Mary Roach, author

Anticipating the writer's visit to Sonoma for the Authors Festival, August 26-28, the Sun's Anna Pier sat down with Mary Roach to explore what goes into her books, including six New York Times best-sellers... Have you always wanted to be a writer?  Not at all.... Continue

Art born of place

  Oakland-based artist Aida Millet spent six months in intermittent residency at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, roaming the vast grounds collecting images, materials and sounds for a series of works exploring ancestral connection to the earth. The result is the exhibition Adia Millet:... Continue

New SDC plan is inadequate, insufficient

Please join Sonoma Land Trust in urging Sonoma County to engage in a meaningful planning process for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC). On August 10, 2022, the County released its Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Draft Specific Plan for SDC. Despite the Board of... Continue

Robert Parmelee honored with City proclamation

The Sonoma City Council awarded a special proclamation to Robert Parmelee, posthumously, for his decades of civil service in the community. Parmalee amassed vast collection of valuable Sonoma Valley memorabilia that was donated to the Sonoma Valley Historical Society/Depot Park Museum. The collection contained priceless... Continue

A night of ‘cabaret nonsense’

  The cabaret duo Emerson Collins and Blake McIver launch a national tour of their “cabaret nonsense” show, I Dreamed a Dreamgirl, this weekend in Sonoma.  The performers tell the stories of their relationship and careers through showtunes, duets, Disney faves and deep cuts, mashups... Continue