Silver Linings: Events schedule for the Senior Center
Indoor flea market and bake sale
Saturday, Dec. 2, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Come to our indoor flea market and browse items for the whole family. Purchase and enjoy delicious baked goods while you shop. All proceeds from the bake sale will be donated to...
Our Own Red Carpet
Oscar night red carpets were rolled out last Sunday around Sonoma County, including at Sebastopol’s Rialto Theater and at the Alexander Valley Film Festival’s (AVFF) Red Carpet Evening at Trentadue Winery. For those not already in the know, Sonoma County has a long relationship with Oscar-winning films, Hollywood visitors and our own local movie stars.
Safeguarding student lives and free speech
When I started teaching four decades ago, schools held monthly fire drills and occasional earthquake drills, but the focus on safety never outweighed the emphasis on learning.
Recycling Earth Day’s lessons
When the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, Sonoma County was a very different landscape with a very sick Russian River, a deadened Laguna, lead-spewing automobiles, tons of highway litter and a county land use map poised for massive suburban sprawl from Petaluma to Geyserville.
Have a great Fourth
Not all Fourth of Julys have been as historic as this year seems to be. We stand just 10 or so generations beyond the original 1776 founding of our country and our Declaration of Independence. Our times are nowhere as monumental as the Independence Days celebrated during our Civil War or the bleakness of two world wars. Yet, right now, we have arrived at a historic defining point as we debate — and must decide — what America’s “greatness” truly is, how it was created and whether it has been lost or needs a radical reformation.
Cityscape: Looking at Measure V
Hello, and happy 2020. Every January, the city asks you how Measure V funds should be spent via an online and print survey.
RRWA: New agencies manage aquifers
You can’t see them. You can’t swim in them. But groundwater aquifers are one of the most important sources of water in the North Coast.
Arts & Entertainment
Yale Whiffenpoofs to land on Raven stage Sunday
The very name “Whiffenpoofs” is whimsical, but followers of the collegiate music space know that the repertoire and reputation of this Yale University a cappella group is anything but laughable. Sure there are old Yale drinking songs, certainly a bit of jazz-era energy, as well as more modern pop. But are they classical? And what exactly is a “whiffenpoof” anyway?