Page 65 - Sonoma County Gazette April 2018

Apr 9, 17 ~ Family Game Night: Money Matters - Monopoly, Life, and Payday to help children practice money skills. FREE, 7-8:30p, Guerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd., Guerneville, 707-869-9004, sonomacounty.libcal. com/event/4030006
Apr 10 & 13th ~ Coventry and Kaluza: Saving the Day with Circus and Comedy Juggling, acrobatics, music, comedy, clowning and hula hooping! Apr 10 - 4-5p, Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma, 707-763-9801, Apr 13 – 3-4p, Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol sonomacounty.libcal.com/event/4030854
Apr 11 ~ How to talk with your parents about money without going crazy! Erik Aho will delve into concepts and strategies to ease communication, helping with parents’ wishes and adult caregivers’ roles. FREE, 11-12p, Central Santa Rosa Library, 211 E St., Santa Rosa, 707-545-0831, sonomacounty.libcal.com/ event/3931815
SONOMA COUNTY BOOKMOBILE
freebookmobile.org NEWS on Facebook 707.520.4536 Donations welcome, Glen Weaver, Director
Apr 7 ~ Larkfield / SR Farmers Market, Luther Burbank Center, 10-1p Apr 7 ~ Cotati / Oliver’s Market, 2-3:30p
Apr 7 ~ Roseland / Dollar Tree, Sebastopol Rd., 4-6p
Apr 14 ~ Bodega Bay / Fisherman’s Festival, Westside Park, 10-4p Apr 15 ~ Freestone, 9-10p
Apr 15 ~ Valley Ford, 10:30-11:30a
Apr 15 ~ Bodega Bay - Fisherman’s Festival, Westside Park, 12-2p
Apr 15 ~ Jenner, 2:45-3:45p
Apr 15 ~ Monte Rio, Beach Parking Lot, 4-5p
Apr 18 ~ Forestville, Forestville School Early Literacy Fair, 4:30 -6p
Apr 21 ~ Santa Rosa, Earth Day Celebration, Old Courthouse Square, 12-4p Apr 22 ~ Kenwood, Kenwood Market, 9:30-10:30a
Apr 22 ~ Glen Ellen, Post Office, 11-12p
Apr 22 ~ Boyes Hot Springs. Fiesta Center,12:30-2p
Apr 22 ~ Santa Rosa, SR Marketplace, Kawana Springs Rd, 2:45-4:15p
Apr 24 ~ Geyserville, 5-6:30p
Apr 28 ~ Roseland, Roseland Collegiate Prep Spring Carnival, Roseland Elementary School, 11-3p
Apr 29 ~ Santa Rosa, Day of the Child, Spring Lake Park Environmental Discovery Center, 12-4p
Disney/Pixar’s Coco
By Diane McCurdy
Disney/Pixar’s Coco is a double Oscar winner, for best animated picture and
for the best song, “Remember Me”. It is a phantasmagoria of sensual delights! In
Mexico it is the highest grossing film ever. Worldwide it has earned 750 million dollars so far. It was released in November to coincide
with Dia do Los Muertos, the Day of the
Day, which is a very special Latin feast that coincides with the Roman Catholic All Saints
Day and may contain elements harking back to an ancient ritual honoring an Aztec goddess. It is a day set aside to remember departed family members
and to pray for them as they take up their spiritual journey on the other side. Altars are set up with pictures and preferred foods and artifacts favored by the deceased.
Coco is not the name of the protagonist but of 12 year old Miguel’s great- grandmother. Miguel lives in the town of Saint Cecilia. He is naturally talented and dreams of becoming a guitarist, his idol is the late Ernesto de la Cruz.
The conflict is music. Music is absolutely forbidden in his multi-generational household ever since his guitar playing great-great-grandfather abandoned his family in search of stardom.
Through a series of abstruse machinations Miguel ends up in the land of the
dead. To traverse back into reality he must be blessed with a magic marigold from his great-great-grandmother. He travels through this deathly kingdom with Hector, his guide. Time is of the essence because as long as he stays in the netherworld the more likely he is to remain there forever. He is accompanied on his journey by a goofy, salivating St. dog named Dante who was modeled after Mexico’s national canine. We hear these characters through the voices of Latin American performers: Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, James Edward Olmos and Cheech Marin among others.
There is a major twist in the third act that absolves Miguel’s great-great- grandfather. The story can be enjoyed by a younger audience who will be absolutely mesmerized by the vibrant, pulsating images on the screen but sophisticated adults will not only be entertained but entranced as well because beside the obvious themes of love, family and the preservation of culture
there are themes of betrayal, selfish ambition and murder! The artistry is breathtaking, bedazzling. There is so much going that sometimes the swirling fluorescent colors can be overpowering. Who knew that death could be so charmingly macabre?
Franchettis’ Kitchen: 1229 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa
Gaia’s Garden: 1899 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa
Mu n Street Baking: 52 Mission Circle, Santa Rosa (McDonald/Mission center) Omelette Express: 150 Windsor River Road, Windsor
Plank Co ee: 277 N Cloverdale Blvd. Cloverdale
Redwood Cafe: 8240 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati
Sonoma Bagel: Montgomery Village, 515 Hahman Dr, Santa Rosa
The Bean A air: 1270 Healdsburg Ave, #101, Healdsburg
The Donut Café: 4275 Montgomery Dr., Santa Rosa (Lakeside Shopping Center)
Are you a local author and would like your book distributed?
Contact: info@jeaneSlone.com 707-696-4847
Our ONLINE Calendar is UPDATED all month @ SonomaCountyGazette.com
4/18 - www.sonomacountygazette.com - 65