Posts from — January 2009

Amazon is offering more than 500 free 
MP3 songs for download. So if you got an MP3 player for Christmas and it’s still empty and dejected, now’s your chance to make it happy.

Want even more free music? Our friends at www.neworleansonthecheap.com have directions on how 

to download music from YouTube and convert it to MP3 files.

The “Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon” exhibit is open at the Sonoma County Museum. Families can visit free on February 7, 2009 from 11am-4pm and check out robotics demonstrations, workshops, and art projects.

Saturday February 7

Sonoma County Museum

425 Seventh Street

Santa Rosa

707-579-1500

Free

Check out this post on BiteClub, Heather Irwin’s blog on Wine Country dining—lunches for $5 or less. Any other suggestions for cheap eats in Sonoma County?

More than 150 of the world’s best professional cyclists will race 650 miles in the second Amgen Tour of California, traveling through host cities Sausalito, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Stockton, San Jose, Seaside, San Luis Obispo, Solvang, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clarita, concluding in Long Beach.

Lance Armstrong will be competing for the first time in three years, and two-time Amgen Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer, a Santa Rosa resident is a crowd favorite.

The Lifestyle Festival and Kids Zone open at noon in Courthouse Square (Rosie the Trolley shuttles between Courthouse Square and the Fairgrounds parking lot). The Amgen Tour of California Women’s Criterion should be in the area between 1-2 pm, at 2:30 there will be a kid’s fun race, and the men’s race should be reaching the area between 3:30-4pm. There will also be a Velove Festival opening at noon in Railroad Square, with food and community booths.

Meet, watch and talk to award winning writer, cartoonist, animator, director and stand up comedian, Mike Gray. Mike creates the cartoon “Thom Cat” at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, Santa Rosa, CA Phone: (707) 579-4452. 

Saturday, Feb 14 1:00p to 3:00p

Free with museum admission. Adults–$8; Youth and Seniors–$5 (Youth –Children 4–18 & College Students with Valid ID, Seniors–62+)

By joining the Cold Stone Creamery Birthday Club, you can get a free ice cream coupon. It’s good for 7 days before your birthday and 7 days after, and there is no age limit. You can sign up family members at the same time.

Baskin and Robbins’ Birthday Club offers as similar deal: a coupon for a free 2.5 oz ice cream cone on your birthday and a discount on a birthday cake, emailed to you 5 days before your birthday.

Kalaikoil Dance of India Swetha Dixit presents Bharatanatyam, a classical storytelling dance. Learn Indian words, clap new rhythms, and become animals and objects in this ancient art dance. Get your hand decorated with stamps that look like mehndi (henna). All ages welcome. Children under age 6 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

11am Petaluma Library

2pm Rincon Valley Library

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Free

Children age 5 and up are invited to a high energy, innovative magic show presented by San Jose Magician of the Year, Dan Chan.

11am Northwest Library (Coddingtown)

Santa Rosa

2pm Healdsburg Library

Free

Welcome to Sonoma on the Cheap, the source for deals and discounts for the Sonoma County California wine country. Sonoma on the Cheap is an official member of Cities on the Cheap. If you’re planning to travel, you’ll find great deals at other Cities on the Cheap websites. Please check back frequently, as deals will be added all the time.

Don Landis presents a free olive curing workshop. He’ll talk about the history of the olive, the history of the olive in California and the entire process of curing the olive to make them good  to eat, followed by tasting Don’s olives with cheese and crackers. Be sure to leave time to explore the Olive Press, and taste olive oil and Jacuzzi Family Wines.

January 10, 2010,  11 am-1 pm
Jacuzzi Family Winery
24724 Arnold Drive, Sonoma

The First Friday of each month, SCM remains open late with entertainment & refreshments. Free Admission. This Friday, celebrate he opening of  Wolpert: Sonoma County Landscapes.

5 pm – 7 pm
Fri, Jan 8, 2010
Sonoma County Museum
425 7th Street, Santa Rosa
707-579-1500