Page 60 - Sonoma County Gazette December 2017

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Nov 27, Dec 4, 11, 18 ~ SAY Finley Dream Center Free 6 week Counseling Groups - SAY is offering a FREE 6-week counseling group for youth and parents affected by the fires. 4-5:30p, SAY Finley Dream Center, 2447 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa, 707-544-3299
Nov 29, 30, Dec 2 ~ FREE Flu Shots - 10-3p; SRJC Bertolini Student Center 1501 Mendocino Avenue Santa Rosa, Nov 30 ~ 10-3p; Richard Call Building SRJC - Petaluma Campus 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy. Petaluma, and Dec 2 ~ 10-1p; Empire College 3035 Cleveland Ave. Santa Rosa
Nov 30 ~ Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County ~ Turning Fear into Power workshop. Linda Sartor, author of Turning Fear Into Power: One Women’s Journey Confronting the War on Terror, will work with participants to get in touch with their hearts’ callings $10 min., 6:30p - 9:30p, Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-575-8902, Linda Sartor, peaceandjusticesonomaco. org/, linda@monansrill.org
Dec 2 & 3 ~ Free 2-day retreat,
Cobb Mt., CA “Where Is Happiness” How do you actually do happiness? Retreat includes Meditation, Yoga lessons, Videos & Peaceful Walks. Based on the Wisdom of Adi Da Samraj. Program & lovely room are FREE. Vegi meals only $50 707-350- 3050,www.whereishappiness.org.
Dec 7 ~ “Finding Clarity and Well-Being in Times of Great Challenge” Lecture with Phillip Moffitt of Standing Rock & Laury Rappaport, PhD, MFT. You will be lead through brief mindfulness exercises to explore the teachings of this evening. FREE, 6:30-8:30p, Double Tree Hotel, 1 Doubletree, Rohnert Park, 707-584-5466, myhealthandhealing.org
Dec 8 ~ Songbird Community Healing Center ~ Access Consciousness for Stress and Trauma Relief - Explore unique tools and simple strategies to relieve stress, relax, clear limiting beliefs, gain mental clarity, sleep better, and more $10-$20 donation, 7:30p - 9:30p, Songbird Community Healing Center, 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707-795-2398, info@songbirdcenter.org
Dec 12 ~ Monthly Grief Workshop for Children Teens and their Families - St Joseph Health Hospice Services offers individual and group support to those who have experienced the death or are anticipating the death of a loved one. Includes activities for children, teens and their families to honor someone who has died, whether recent or historical. Ages 5 - 18 Parents/guardians must stay on site during workshops. Pre-Registration is required. English and Spanish. Free, with registration, St Joseph Hospice Locations. 707-568-1094, Gina Carini, sonomacountyhospice.org/about-grief- services.html, Gina.Carini@stjoe.org
Call to All Writers Book Launch Series ~ Occidental Center for the Arts - All genres considered: Prose (Fiction, Non- fiction), Poetry. Preference will be given to local Sonoma County writers or mate- rial about Sonoma County. Application One or two writers will be featured at each reading. Attn:Book Launch Com- mittee, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Oc- cidental, 707-874-9392, occidentalcenter- forthearts.org/call-to-all-writers/,info@ occidentalcenterforthearts.org
Nov 29 ~ Fundraiser For North Bay Fire Victims: Rebecca Solnit And Peter Coyote In Conversation - Raffle and si- lent auction for goodies from local busi- nesses, authors, and friends of the North Bay from far and wide. Come celebrate our resilient community and help sup- port those who need it most. 7p; Cop- perfields Petaluma 140 Kentucky St.
Dec 2 ~ Copperfields Books ~ Book Signing: Chris Haft & Danny Ler- oux - Featured Book: 100 Things War- riors Fans Should Know and Do Be- fore They Die Petaluma - Haft has covered Major League baseball since 1991, and Leroux hosts the “ Locked on Warriors” and “ RealGM Radio” podcasts. 1:30p Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, 707-762- 0563, copperfieldsbooks.com/event/
Dec 4,11,18 ~ Snoopys Writers - Weekly Writers Group - Read/discuss your “Work in Progress” and receive feed- back from writers willing to give honest, no nonsense, unfiltered com- ments. Georgette: ggdeb@sonic.net or Dawn:undertheredfedora@gmail. com. Snoopy’s Writers Is Proud To Host Nanowrimo Write-INS No- vember is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Participants are welcome to come and boost their word counts with Snoopy’s Writers. snoopyswriters.blogspot.com. 11-2p, Snoopy’s Home Ice, Warm Puppy Cafe, 1667 West Steele Lane, Santa Rosa, snoopyswriters.com/, ggdeb@sonic.net
Dec11~Gaia’sGarden~DineWithLo- cal Authors -Come join us to hear au- thors read from their latest books. $5
Minimum Food Purchase, 6p - 8:30p, Ga- ia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-544-2491, info@jeaneslone.com
Dec 12 & 26 ~ OCA Reader’s Theatre Group - Readers reading a script adapt- ed from literature, and the audience pic- turing the action from hearing the script being read aloud. OCA classroom. Free, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Do- ris Murphy Court, Occidental, 707-829- 2176, Judith or Joan, occidentalcenterfort- hearts.org, joanjustjoan@hotmail.com
Dec 15 & 16 ~ Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” & Thomas’ “A Child’s Christ- mas in Wales” - 7:30p Petaluma Histori- cal Museum 20 4th Street Petaluma, CA, 94952 707-287-1766 www.petalumamu- seum.org $10-12, Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 4th Street, Petaluma, 707-
287-1766,
petalumareaderstheatre.com
Readers Books
130 E. Napa St., Sonoma, 707-939-1779, readersbooks.com
Nov 28 ~ Living Other Lives Book Club discusses Cleve Jones memoir - When We Rise.
Nov 29 Kathleen Hill’s Food Book Group ~ Alice Water’s biography “Coming to my Senses”. No au- thor evening. 7p. We are in the process of re-scheduling both Lynn Freed and Reed Martin.
Dec 10 ~ Hanna Boy’s Center So- noma Speaker Series welcomes John Lasseter in conversation with Amy Wallace. Tickets available at sonomaspeakersseries.com. 7p
Dec 6 ~ Holiday Book Talk. Rosie Lee and Jude Sales present their picks for gift giving. All are welcome. 3p
Dec 7 ~ Robert Adams and Brian Narella discuss their book, All Systems Go. 7p
Dec 14 ~ Reed Martin talks about The Reduced Shakespeare Com- pany’s Pop-Up Shakespeare. 7p
Dec 15 ‘In the Company of Adi Da’, includes, a guided
meditation, and inspiring 45 min video with Adi Da speaking and sitting silently. Followed with discussion, refreshments, 7p 707-326-4230. Finley Center, 2060 W. College Ave, Maple Room, Santa Rosa, www.adidam.org
Dec 15 ~ Family Yoga (ages 3-6) - High energy family yoga class combines animated yoga poses, games, story telling and relaxation. Kids 3-6 and their parents/caregivers. Register online or at the information desk, 11- 12p Guerneville Regional Library 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-869-9004 sonomalibrary.org
Dec 17 ~ The Peoples Healing - Free clinic offering services of massage, acupuncture, limpias, herbs and tinctures, meditation, art for children, and political organizing. 12-4p, Roseland Community Library, 779 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707-703-9142
Dec 18 ~ Food as Medicine, Wellness Series - Product donated by Community Market, Q&A, light food, beverage and practical tips $10 Donation 6:30-8p, Sonoma County Healing Academy, 6741 Sebastopol Ave., Suite 120-140, Sebastopol, 707-622-6769, communityheals.org/
Every Wed and Fri ~ Gentle Yoga classes by Smiling Tree Yoga ~ Occidental Center for the Arts - Gail Saunders, CYT of Smiling Tree Yoga, OCA’s classroom; ongoing. Four classes for $50 or drop-in at $15 per class. 9 – 10:15a Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, 707- 874-9392, occidentalcenterforthearts. org/, gail@smilingtreeyoga.com
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