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The seventh annual Martin Luther King Jr. Poetry night will be

Charles Noland has enjoyed a lengthy stage career, including work at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, Fort Worth Shakespeare, and several small companies in Los Angeles. Living with his family in Burbank, Charles is also a professional film/TV actor, appearing in more than 100 films and TV episodes, including “Blow,” “Wayne’s World,” “Old School” and regular roles on “The West Wing” and “ER.” He is currently in Sonoma County to play in “Terra Nova” at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Theatre.

at Acorn Winery, 12040 Old Redwood Hwy. in Healdsburg. It will

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts will be the location for the

The two most significant astrological events this month are Venus turning retrograde on December 21, the same day as the Winter Solstice when the Sun enters Capricorn. The Winter Solstice was celebrated by many ancient cultures as the most important day of the year. It marked the time when the Sun had traveled as far south as it could go, turned around and was heading north. This symbolizes the return of the light; the promise that the growing season was coming back and that life would continue for another year. This could be used as a time to look deeply within, to define what we would like to achieve or accomplish when the warmth and promise of spring are renewed. This is probably the basis for making New Year’s resolutions based on the idea that we will have the time and resources to create new parts of our lives even as we maintain those that continue to have value.