Page 36 - Sonoma County gazette September 2018

Petaluma Watershed Cleanup – Sat, Sept 15; 9 - noon
Hawaiian Luau, Penngrove Style – Sept. 8
Last chance to wear your Hawaiian outfits. I love this mellow Luau in Penngrove Park. The food is great—kalua pork, yams, Hawaiian Rice, Asian salad, Hawaiian chicken, and dessert, exceptional performance by Taimalietane Islands Of Polynesia
dance troupe, and funds
go to upkeep of the lovely
Penngrove Park, owned by
Penngrove Social Firemen.
Oh, and it starts at 3 pm,
with dinner at 5:00 pm. And
someone’s got to win the
raffle of a five-night trip
to Maui with condo, air
& car. If you haven’t pre-
purchased tickets, you can
still charge by phone by
calling organizer Kim Hanson at JavAmore Café, 794-1516. Tickets may be sold out at the door. $25 adults; $10 children ages 6 -12, and under age 5 are free.
To know him is to love him. John Maher aka Petaluma Pete is our local, inveterate music education promoter. You’ve seen him playing piano on sidewalks all over Petaluma or emceeing charity events. When named Petaluma’s Good Egg in 2017, the City also declared every Sept. 15 forthwith be celebrated as Petaluma Pete Day—forever! Well, now’s your chance to experience his latest promotion, the Petaluma Piano Festival & Honky Tonk Competition. The family-friendly fundraising event features artist-painted acoustic pianos played by gifted kids and grown-up musicians who compete for prizes and bragging rights. The Kids Kompetition starts at 3:00; grown-up Competition at 5:00.
Join the Friends of the Petaluma River and the Sonoma RCD for Petaluma’s fall watershed clean-up, Saturday, September 15, starting at 9 a.m. at Steamer Landing Park, in downtown Petaluma, and returns to the park for a BBQ at noon. There will also live music and raffle prizes too. For more info and to sign about in advance, visit friendsofthepetalumariver.org.
Petaluma Craft Beer Festival – Sat, Sept 15; 1 – 5 p.m. will tap kegs from 23 North Bay breweries, on Saturday, September 15, from 1 to 5 p.m. Held along Petaluma’s waterfront, this may be the last year this event can be held along this historic promenade before the bathroom art installation starts clogging up the space.
Tickets are available at PetalumaRiverCraftBeerFest.org and include admission, a souvenir glass, and tasting tickets for beer and food. Along with brews from Petaluma stalwarts, almost every North Bay Brewery will be on hand, including
a couple we have been enjoying a lot of lately at TAPS and Brewsters, which are Barrel Brothers, Seismic, Fogbelt, as well as newcomers Headlands and Adobe Creek, both of which we have been drinking a lot of at TAPS.
Live entertainment will be on hand, provided by Randy and the Special Agents, Sugar Moon, and Petaluma Pete. Food provided by F.A. Nino’s, Rosen’s 256 North, Bellyfull Dinners, Sax’s Joint, Chicken Pharm, Brasil BBQ, Trader Joe’s, Papa Murphy’s, plus the famous grilled sausages provided by Rotary. Petaluma Coffee and Tea will offer a boost of caffeine.
Honky Tonk Piano Competition – Sept. 15
100% of the proceeds being donated back into our community.
Petaluma Piano Festival – Sat, Sept 15; 3 p.m., check out Lyndi Brown’s column on Penngrove, located next this column.
In it’s 23rd year, this year’s Petaluma Poetry Walk will have two Spanish- English readings, as well as a Native American reading. The event is Sunday, September 16, and starts at 11 a.m., with readings at three locations—the Hotel Petaluma Ballroom, Bump City Bakery, and the River Front Café. At 1 p.m., North Bay Café will host more readings, followed by Native American readings at 4 p.m. at the Phoenix Theater. At 5 p.m. the Petaluma Historic Museum will host both Spanish and English readings. At 6 p.m. the poetry walk will hold its finale at Aqus Café.
Petaluma Poetry Walk – Sun, Sept 16; 11 a.m.
The Petaluma Poetry Walk changes venues each hour until the last venue, Aqus Cafe, which lasts about two hours. Poetry lovers are welcomed at any time. For a complete schedule visit petalumapoetrywalk.org. All readings are free, although I encourage you to donate something as they “pass the hat.”
Petaluma River Craft Beer Festival is being held on Water St. nearby.
Petaluma Oysterfest – Sat, Sept 29; noon – 3 p.m.
Let’s not face the consequences of that happening here at home. Closures/ down-staffing at any neighboring fire district in our area affects our region. If the Love in the air is thicker than the smoke, show your love and become informed, and active.
Join Petaluma Sunrise Rotary for their fall Oyster Fest, sponsored by and held at Bodega Bay Oyster Company on Saturday, September 29, starting at noon. This event sells out quickly, so grab your tickets at Eventbrite.com by searching for “Petaluma Oyster Fest.” Tickets are $65 and includes “fresh BBQ oysters on the half shell, pasta with seafood, local French bread, Caesar salad, scrumptious desserts, and refreshments. Attendees 21 years old and older
may also enjoy fresh brewed beer from Hen House Brewery, and a variety of sparkling and still wines, and wine tastings from select participating wineries.” Proceeds benefit the Rotary Fire Relief Fund for our neighbors displaced by the recent fires, as well as a variety of other local Rotary community projects.
Kentucky Street will close to traffic again on Sunday, September 30, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., for the 32nd Annual Petaluma’s popular Fall Antique Faire. “This show attracts over 8,000 discerning collectors as well as first time buyers wishing to collect and invest in real antiques. Amid the beautiful historic buildings, one of a kind stores, an incredible array of restaurants and cafes, guests can find an incomparable selection of affordable antiques from over
200 dealers. The show has a nice variety of estate jewelry, linens, furniture, art, kitchenware, vintage décor, books and all kinds of unusual collectables to suit everyone’s budget.” Free to the public, this is one of our favorite downtown events. Another special treat on this day is the $8 breakfast offered in the beautiful dining room of the Masonic Lodge, which sits underneath our historic downtown clock. Visit petalumadowntown.com for more information.
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Throughout the Fall, Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District will host a series of Town Hall meetings to inform residents of the District about its financial projections for the next five years, and about its plans to keep the community safe. Topics will include the possibility that fire stations may be forced to close in the future, the opportunity to add ambulance service, the opportunity to upgrade the District’s part-time firefighters to full-time firefighters, and the content of the ballot measure they have submitted for the upcoming elections.
Petaluma Antique Faire – Sun, Sept 30; 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Upcoming Town Halls: September 5 and October 24 at Penngrove Station; October 29, at Cotati Fire Station. All are at 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM. There will be Open House events: September 11, Open House and Day
of Remembrance for 9/11 at all 3 Fire Stations, and October 8, Day of Remembrance for Sonoma County Firestorms and Open House, at Station 1, Cotati. Open Houses are at 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
The Committee to Save RAFD placed a measure on November’s ballot. For most homeowners, the old parcel tax was $40 per year. It hasn’t changed since 1993. About 1/3 of residents also paid an SRA fee (State Responsibility Area) of $115 to the state, which bought them no extra protection. The measure adds a 24/7 Advanced Life Support Ambulance, upgrades all firefighters from part-time to full-time, and keeps all stations open 24/7.
WHERE: The Block (food trucks and beer gardens), 20 Grey Street and Petaluma & Trolley-Railway,110 Baylis St. Petaluma.
TICKETS: $10 at Eventbrite or see John Maher on Facebook.
TRAVEL TIP: Take the SMART train and walk 2-3 blocks to the festival: the
Our Fire District - Rancho Adobe
It’s unthinkable that we are part of statewide conversations about down- staffing and/or closing fire stations during another terrible fire season.
For all that, most homeowners would pay $300 a year, or 82 cents a day.
To help defray the costs of placing the ballot measure, join your neighbors at Twin Oaks Roadhouse on Sept. 29 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.