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Sonoma Valley Sun
Published 20 hours agoLouise Stanley, Real-Life Artist
Currently at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art By Anna Pier The marvelous new show at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, The Real-Life Art History… The post Louise Stanley, Real-Life Artist first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .
Healdsburg Tribune
Published September 24The secret screenwriter in our midst
Last week we visited screenwriter Michael Tolkin at his Healdsburg home and, joined by his daughter and caregiver Emma, sat down with a cup of tea and talked movies with him for almost an hour. Soon we were talking about what may be his most successful movie, The Player, in which…
Sonoma Valley Sun
Published September 22Meet Bobbie Jonas – The Body Detective
Editor’s Note: We are delighted to introduce Bobbie Jonas, a remarkable Sonoma healer who takes body work through the “quantum healing” wormhole and into the… The post Meet Bobbie Jonas – The Body Detective first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .
Sonoma Valley Sun
Published September 21Heidi Hits the Pacific: Kenwood Pilot-Author Appears at Readers Books September 30
By David Bolling When Heidi Porch was four years-old she almost drowned in a neighbor’s swimming pool. “There was no pulse,” she says, “I was… The post Heidi Hits the Pacific: Kenwood Pilot-Author Appears at Readers Books September 30 first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .
Sonoma Valley Sun
Published September 19Sonoma Awaits ‘Monumental’ Sculpture Donation
By Connie Schielein In a milestone for public art, the City of Sonoma has officially accepted the donation of its first permanent monumental public sculpture… The post Sonoma Awaits ‘Monumental’ Sculpture Donation first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .
Sonoma Valley Sun
Published September 18Weinberger Launches Latest Novel at Readers’ Books
Readers’ Books owner and author Andy Weinberger will read from the newest novel in his Amos Parisman series, “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep,”… The post Weinberger Launches Latest Novel at Readers’ Books first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .
Healdsburg Tribune
Published September 17Little films, big world
So many movies, so little time The fifth iteration of the unpronounceable HISFF, or Healdsburg International Short Film Festival, returns to Healdsburg the weekend of Sept. 25-27. As before, the centerpiece of the festival is the films themselves, 57 short films from 17 different…
Healdsburg Tribune
Published September 17Stolen gear, van force reset for The Lone Bellow
The Lone Bellow returns to recording after 2025 theft Brian Elmquist, of the Lone Bellow, has come to appreciate conflict as an essential element of the creative process. It’s an ingredient he and bandmates Zach Williams and Kanene Pipken have tapped into dating back to 2011,…
Healdsburg Tribune
Published September 17Sell Out: ‘Red’ explores the lore of painter Mark Rothko at The 222
The age-old art-vs.-commerce debate takes center stage in The 222’s production of John Logan’s Red. Amy Kossow directs the factually based but fictionally woven two-hander about artist Mark Rothko that’s now running at the Paul Mahder Gallery in downtown Healdsburg through Sept.…
Sonoma Valley Sun
Published September 14Larry Barnett: Escaping the Labyrinth
I’ve been writing about Samsara, the human reality we create and inhabit individually and collectively. Human reality consists of belief systems, social structures and the… The post Larry Barnett: Escaping the Labyrinth first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .
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Published September 11Plein Air Festival September 19 in Sonoma Plaza
10am – 4pm Art show and Sale. The post Plein Air Festival September 19 in Sonoma Plaza first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .
Sonoma Valley Sun
Published September 10Cartoon by Hilary: “It’s sort of a Scorcesean, PTA-ish, Wes Anderson…”
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist, humorist and author who just happens to have been born and raised right here in Sonoma. The post Cartoon by Hilary: “It’s sort of a Scorcesean, PTA-ish, Wes Anderson…” first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .