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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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

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 Orgone. With fun, soul, afrobeat and deep rhythms, Orgone is known for searing live sets and original instrumentals. Free. [Read more →]

Performer Doug Nolan uses juggling, comedy, magic, and audience interaction to promote awareness of water as a precious natural resource.  [Read more →]

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 Zigaboo Modeliste, a New Orleans Legend and percussion maestro, known as the “Godfather of Groove”. Free.

Friday June 11, 6:30 pm ( Farmer’s Market starts at 5:30)  Downtown Cloverdale.

Cloverdale recently came in second in “Budget Travel’s America’s Coolest Small Town” contest  (Second to Ely, MN).  Cloverdale is a little off the beaten path compared to other towns in Sonoma County, but it has a lot going for it. [Read more →]

Come to the Cloverdale Library for a FREE water-related family movie to celebrate summer. Call the Library for the movie title. Refreshments provided. [Read more →]

I love, love, love Farmer’s Markets. I’m not so thrilled with regular grocery shopping, but something about being in the outdoors and  the piles of fresh, brightly coloured produce makes Farmer’s Markets more of a community event than a chore. I feel just-so-slightly virtuous as well, knowing my groceries were grown locally and my purchases help support local farmers. And many of the local markets have accompanying live music or events for kids. It’s a Mary Poppins kind of magic—making grocery shopping seem like a celebration. If you want to know where the closest (or the soonest) Farmers Market is for you, I’ve compiled a list of all the Sonoma County Farmer’s Markets here. You’ll always find this list to the left on the SOTC home page.

The Opening Reception for Cloverdale’s Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit  will be this weekend. There will be wine and music, and the Cloverdale Arts Alliance will judge the sculptures. Free admission. [Read more →]

The Cloverdale History Center is having an open house Friday, June 4, at 5:30 pm.  Drop by for wine, nibbles, and historical photos. Thanks to the Cloverdale Blog on the Press Democrat’s Your Town section for calling this to our attention.