The Sonoma County chapter of the Food Rights Coalition will host a screening of “Farmageddon” on Thursday evening at The Seed Bank in Petaluma.  [Read more →]

The annual Petaluma Veteran’s Day Parade will start Friday at 1 pm (starting and finishing at Petaluma’s Walnut Park). There will also be a flyover with vintage warbirds and a helicopter. From noon until 1 pm Tom Cardoni will play his accordion in the Walnut Park Gazebo.

Walnut Park  and Petaluma’s historic downtown (D and Petaluma Blvd) Petaluma

Sonoma Valley Portworks celebrates the season with The Pie’s the Limit during November.  Taste ports and after-dinner wines, alongside pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and more. Complimentary tastings and pairings are held every Saturday and Sunday in November, from 12-5 pm.

Sonoma Valley Portworks
613 Second Street (at H Street), Petaluma
707-769-5203

Here’s a coupon for a free beverage at Peets, good until Nov 9, 2011.  Thanks to Tucson on the Cheap for finding this one!

Sonoma County locations: [Read more →]

The Petaluma Film Alliance hosts a 15-week film series of classic, foreign, & independent films. Each film includes a pre-film lecture and a post-film discussion. The films air Wednesdays at 6 pm on the Petaluma Campus of the SRJC. Tickets are $5, $4 for seniors and PFA members, free for students with ASP card.

Here’s the schedule through November: [Read more →]

The Adobe Creek Golf Course in Petaluma (which recently reopened) is holding  free clinics for women on Oct. 27-28. The clinics run from 10 am to 11 am. All skill levels are invited. The emphasis will be on the long and short game.

Oct 27 and 28, 2011 10 am to 11 am
Adobe Creek Golf Course
1901 Frates Rd., Petaluma
(707) 765-3000

Beso Negro plays gypsy jazz and “murder ballads”  free at the Lagunitas Tap Room and Beer Sanctuary on Saturday. [Read more →]

A Traditional Candlelight Day of the Dead Procession, complete with Giant Puppets, will be held in Petaluma on Saturday evening. Meet at the Water Street Bistro (on the River, by the bridge at 100 Petaluma Blvd North) at 6 pm for a Procession to the Petaluma Arts Center (at 230 Lakeville Street). At 7:30 pm there will be free music and folkloric dance at the Petaluma Arts Center, and food and art for purchase.

I’m not much of a bar hopper, so I’ve asked SOTC readers to come up with some recommendations for the best happy hours in Sonoma County.  The criteria is pretty loose —could be the most fun, quirkiest, or simply what SOTC is all about: a good value. Here is the list (so far) organized by city. Please comment below if you know of others that should be included, if a deal has changed, or if you have a review to add.  [Read more →]

The musical group Danza Mexica Ohtli Yoliliztli will perform a free program of Aztec dancing at the Petaluma Regional Library on Saturday. This program is being presented by the Library as part of Petaluma’s 2011 El Dia de los Muertos celebration. [Read more →]