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Dec 9-12 Holiday Book and Bake Sale Dec 19 ~ Gingergread House program
Exchange Bank ~ 6290 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park (584-7300)
10:30a. All materials supplied.
Argent Bank ~ 201 North Main St, Sebastopol (827-2265)
Healdsburg Regional Library, 139 Piper St, Healdsburg
Argent Bank ~ Inside G&G Market, 701-B Sonoma Mtn Pkwy, Petaluma (781-2265) The Windsor UPS Store ~ 9048 Brooks Rd
Dec 5 ~ Introduction to 3D Printing Workshop, 1p
South, Windsor (838-3853)
Sonoma 76 Station ~ 195 West Napa St,
Dec 12 ~ Winter Craftapalooza (all ages), 11a
Sonoma (996-3555)
Dec 29 ~ Winter Magic with Magician Mike Della Penna, 11a
Copperfield’s Books Events ~ www. copperfieldsbooks.com for store locations; RSVP here and save 10% on event books on the night of the event.
Northwest Santa Rosa Library, 150 Coddingtown Center, Santa Rosa
Dec 5 ~ Carrie Brown, 11a, Whole Foods Culinary Center
Dec 9 ~ Randal Metz presents “The Nutcracker” puppet Show, 3:30p
Dec 5 ~ Matt Gaser, 2p, Petaluma
Dec 5 ~ Jeff & Brittini Vega, 2p, Sebastopol Dec 5 ~ Annalies Zijderveld, 7p
Rincon Valley Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa
FILM REVIEW ‘Creed’ HHHHH By Don Gibble
Healdsburg
Dec 5 ~ Lucia Capacchione, 7p
Dec 10 ~ Holiday Book Exchange Party (ages 12-19), 3:30p
It’s the holiday season and what better movie to see with the whole family than a movie featuring a character so many generations have fallen in love with: Rocky Balboa. Sylvester Stallone doesn’t get back in the ring in “Creed”, but
he still comes away as a big winner in this likeable offshoot of the “Rocky” series. Essentially taking on the role of Burgess Meredith’s old trainer Mickey character from the series’ early days, the veteran actor delightfully registers as a paisano from the old neighborhood, a man of the streets who’s lived his life, fought his battles and has no more scores to settle. From the points of view of director and co-writer Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan, this marks some major mainstreaming after their 2013 breakthrough with “Fruitvale Station”; dramatically, it’s the same old “Rocky” formula applied now to the unknown son of the late Apollo Creed.
Montgomery Village
Dec 12 ~ Once Upon a Time Gingerbread House, 10a
Events at Readers’ Books ~ 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma ~ 707-939-1779 ~ info@ readersbooks.com ~ readersbooks.com
Dec 16 ~ Gingerbread Houses for Little Ones, 10a-noon
Nov 28 ~ It’s Our Birthday, 10:30a-7p
Dec 17 ~ Gingerbread Houses for Teens and Tweens, 3p
Sonoma County Libraries
Dec 4-5 ~ Children and Young Adult Booksale, 10a
Visit sonomalibrary.org for event details Central Santa Rosa Library, 211 E St, Santa
Dec 10 ~ Knit Wits Club, 4p
Dec 12 ~ El Nino and Protecting Your
Rosa
Dec 3 ~ Sonoma County Reads: Into the
Home, 2p
Dec 18 ~ Book Swap Party with Cocoa
Winning this match-up also lets the cat out of the bag, that this kid is the son of Apollo Creed. The news attracts the attention of arrogant British unde- feated light-heavyweight champ Pretty Ricky Conlan, who, for reasons of his own, needs a quick fight and sees a big, and presumably easy, payday in taking on the inexperienced American with such a famous lineage. The Liverpool set- ting of the climactic bout, Anthony Bellew’s attractive toughness as Conlan and Scottish actor Graham McTavish’s rough authenticity as the latter’s manager provide a welcome new flavor to the film, as wel las to the series as a whole.
Beautiful North, 2p
Dec 8 ~ Mystery Book Discussion, 12p Dec 12 ~ Once Upon a Gingerbread
and Cookies, 4p
Dec 19 ~ Winter Craftapalooza, 11a
Dec 31 ~ Happy Noon Year’s Eve (all
House, 1p
Dec 19 ~ Winter Magic with Magician
ages), 11a - noon
Mike Della Penna, 2p
Sonoma Valley Regional Library, 755 West Napa St, Sonoma
Cloverdale Regional Library, 401 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale
Dec 3 ~ Sonoma Reads! Book Discussion, 2p
Coogler makes the transition from the indie world to big-budget studio filmmaking with a result that’s sturdy and smooth. Buffed into ring-ready shape, Jordan aquits himself well both in and out of the ring, even if the inner- most aspects of Adonis’ insecurities and issues aren’t as extensively explored as they might have been. Phylicia Rashad as Apollo’s widow mostly looks on supportively from afar.
Dec 5 ~ Master Gardeners - Pruning Fruit Trees, 10:30a
Dec 5 ~ The Pine Needles, 2p
Dec 5 ~ Teen Leadership Council, 3p
Dec 12 ~ The Haute Flash Quartet, 2p Dec 19 ~ The Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble,
Dec 10 ~ Book Discussion: “Dear Life: Stories”, 2p
2p
Dec 12 ~ Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble, 2p
Windsor Regional Library, 9291 Old Redwood Hwy, Building 100, Windsor
Guerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd., Guerneville
Dec 2 ~ Bibilobop Dance Party, 11a
Dec 9 ~ Holiday Storytime (ages 205), 11a Dec 19 ~ Once Upon a Gingerbread
Philly’s Rocky steps also make a key appearance at the end. Original “Rocky” producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff continued their invove- ment on this one, although Chartoff died in June. The film is dedicated to him. This is a feel-good movie to be enjoyed by the whole family!
Dec 1 ~ Preschool Storytime 11a
Dec 3 ~ Book Discussion Group “Mysterious Stranger and Other
House, 11a
Dec 30 ~ Winter Magic with Magician
Stories” 12:30p
Mike Della Penna, 2p
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Dec 5 ~ Master Gardeners: Holiday Decorating, 10:30a.
Dec 29 ~ Puppet Art: The Tale of the Dragon’s Tail, 11a.
Rohnert Park Cotati Regional Library, 6250 Lynne Condé Way, Rohnert Park
Dec 9 ~ Family Evening Storytime, 6p Dec 10 ~ Gift Crafting for Teens and
Thinking he might be good enough to follow in his famous father’s footsteps, Adonis Johnson (Jordan) has no trouble tracking down Rocky at the Philadelphia Italiuan restaurant Adrian’s, named after the boxer’s late wife, and only slightly more difficulty convincing him to guide him in his quest to become a first-rate fighter. Despite initial resistance, it’s a given that Rocky will cave and help the kid out, and Stallone is at his best as he charmingly walks the line between weary resignation at the encroachment of old age and the inextinguishable desire to get back in the game again.
Tweens, 4p
Dec 19 ~ Once Upon a Time Gingerbread
House, 10:30a
Dec 29 ~ Puppet Art: The Tale of the
Dragon’s Tail, 2p
Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma
Dec 3 ~ Volunteer Orientation for Teens, 4p
The script by Coogler and his former USC grad school classmate Aaron Covington follows a notably formulaic line from here on: Rocky hones and shapes his new charge, who’s never been trained in a professional manner, eventually taking him back to his old Front Street Gym; Rocky goes to the cem- etery to sit and talk with Adrian, while Adonis meets neighbor Bianca, who just happens to be an extremely foxy singer who’s doing some local performing at the moment, making possible some club scenes.
Dec 8 ~ Brown Bag Book Discussion, 12p Dec 15-19, 22-24 ~ Drop-in Snowflake
Crafts, 10a
Dec 16 ~ 50 Years of the Grateful Dead,
6:30p
Dec 19 ~ Winter Magic with Magician
Mike Della Penna, 11a
Dec 22 ~ Once Upon a Gingerbread
Melodrama demands that a high-stakes fight be arranged for Adonis far earlier in his career than would ever be the case in real life. Positioned exactly half-way into the film, his first East Coast bout sees the hopeful getting banged up a bit before getting the feel of things. More interesting is the way it’s been shot – all in one take for the first round, with the steadicam moving around the ring in a manner as agile as the boxers themselves and always catching the key action.
House, 2:30p
Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol