Posts from — June 2010

Cloverdale’s Friday Night Live (FNL) Live Music is a summer-long, outdoor concert series in partnership with the Cloverdale Certified Farmers Market.

The featured band this Friday is Bill Noteman & the Rockets presents a unique, high energy blend of Chicago blues and rock and roll known as West Coast Jump.  Free. [Read more →]

Timber Cove will host the Ridge Band for the first outside concert of the summer. Admission is free, but if you want to eat in the restaurant , you should make reservations.

Friday, July 2, 2010 6 pm to 9 pm
Timber Cove Inn
21780 Coast Highway 1, Jenner
707-847-3231

Creative play abounds as a child and a duck splash through the seasons. Local puppet company Images in Motion presents an original puppet show using a variety of beautifully-crafted rod, shadow, and hand puppets at several free performances at local libraries. Here is the schedule:

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Guitarist Carlos Herrera with Stan Adela on bongos will perform at 1 pm. Saturday at Landmark Vineyards.

Chicago Hot Dog will serve the Overlook Chardonnay Hot Dog, the Steel Plow Syrah Hot Dog and the full-on Chicago Hot Dog  for a fee). Or pack your own picnic. There are also vineyard tours on a horse-drawn wagon, bocce ball, and lawn games.

Saturday, July 3, 2010  12 pm to 4 pm
Landmark Vineyards
101 Adobe Canyon Rd., Kenwood
707-833-0053

The North Coast Energy Services is offering free solar electric systems (including installation and home weatherization) to qualifying low-income homeowners (and retirement communities) in Sonoma, Mendocino, and Napa Counties. [Read more →]

Today’s Groupon deal is a $50 introductory scuba lesson at Bamboo Reef  in SF for $25. This lesson is in a indoor pool. Must be over the age of 12 (and from ages 12-18 must have parental permission). The coupon is good for a year, see the site for any other restrictions. Today’s side deal is a $49 ticket to French Kiss, the Bastille Day Celebration at the deYoung Museum—a party that includes after hours viewing of the Impressionist exhibit, light french fare, and even absinthe. (Regularly $85). Must be 21 or older. [Read more →]

Kid’s Movies on the Windsor Green are free movies that are shown on the Windsor Green every week in Summer.  The movies start 15 minutes after sunset. Bring a blanket and a picnic.  Admission is FREE.  This week the movie is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG).

June 29, 2010, 15 minutes after sunset

Windsor Town Green
Highway 101
West on Old Redwood Highway
Straight onto Windsor River Road
Right on Market Road

Kids bored? Looking for something frugal to do to get them out of the house? This free show at several local libraries uses a variety of instruments to celebrate the sea. Octopus flamenco, a fisherman cumbia, tide pool limbo and the creation of a wave salsa band highlight this lively show. Here’s the schedule:

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Four tuesday nights in summer, Cloverdale hosts free movie nights on First Street. Bring your own chair. The movies are shown on a 30 foot screen,  and start 5 minutes after dusk. Here’s the lineup:

June 29 Tooth Fairy

July 13 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

July 27  E.T.

August 10 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

As usual—and in spite of the wicked budget cuts most communities are facing—there are a number of 4th of July festivities in Sonoma County (some on July 3rd so if you can’t get enough of fireworks and red, white &  blue, you’re in luck). Here’s a list of the free or cheap Fourth of July events in Sonoma County:

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