Thanksgiving’s Bounty
Since Thanksgiving Day 1621, 401 years later there is much for which to be thankful. When sitting down this Thanksgiving, one should take a moment and imagine being by oneself. Then one can imagine the time and effort required to create each thing one...
Be earthquake ready
The Department of Emergency Management presented the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors with a workshop on the threat of earthquakes at Wednesday’s board meeting as part of our ongoing, quarterly series of threat assessments.
Snapshot: Talkin’ turkey—mushrooms
Talkin’ turkey here. Nope, not Thanksgiving turkey. Turkey tail mushrooms. It’s mushrooming season in Sonoma County. When the weather turns cold and damp, fog rolls in and rain falls, and mushrooms’ fruiting bodies pop up.
No on Measure A
The Sonoma County Growers Alliance (SCGA) has closely studied Measure A, the Sonoma County Cannabis Business Tax, weighing benefits and concerns. It is with great disappointment that the Sonoma County Growers Alliance Board of Directors found itself in opposition to Measure A. We want to explain how our board came to this decision, and offer our support to work to craft future policy that has the best interest of the community and local economy in mind.
The bottom lines of 2017
The worth of any endeavor or establishment should be measured with a triple bottom line of social, economic and environmental outcomes. And, if the year 2017 was to be measured as such, how might we rank its contributions in both a global and very local picture?
Someday We’ll Laugh About This … Right? She’s Not the Boss of Us
Our cat, Posey, is definitely not the boss of us. I mean, sure, she has her ways of getting what she wants. And she has her ways of letting us know what she doesn’t want. And we like it when she’s happy… but she’s not the boss.
Let’s Book It
Captured moments. Brought to you by the Friends of the Windsor Library, the gallery will be featuring instants of time that were snapped by members of the Santa Rosa Photographic Society. Although each has a title, the viewer is invited to use his/her imagination and interpret what the image could convey. Is that one incredibly fresh, green and juicy? Another robust and energetic? And then there’s the one that is simple, quiet and yet provokes a surprising emotional response. Plus, check out the unusual, the mysterious, the elusive, yet elegant and spellbinding. Come, contemplate and enjoy. April 16 – April 28, gallery open week days at 1 p.m.; Saturdays at 11 a.m. Artists reception, Wednesday, April 18, 6 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment
‘Angels’ lands at Raven Performing Arts
:Every Sunday matinee we do a post-show discussion with the audience, so they get a chance to make comments and ask questions of the actors. We saw there were a lot of people who were quite moved and quite touched by the play. So the opening weekend could not have gone better, as far as I’m concerned," said director Steven David Martin.
