Twenty years ago, the Petaluma community came together to look for one of its own, Polly Klaas. The Polly Klaas Foundation – formed as a result of that search, invites the community to an evening of commemoration and hope from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4. The free event includes a formal presentation from former FBI [...]
Penngrove authors Gerald and Janice Haslam have received the 2013 Samuel I. Hayakawa Book Prize for their biography In Thought and Action: The Enigmatic Life of S.I. Hayakawa. The annual prize goes to the most outstanding work published in the past five years on topics of direct relevance to the discipline of general semantics. Hayakawa’s [...]
Enjoy Country Night at Lagunitas, two -- count 'em, two -- car shows, Halloween and Vine art show, Jim Henson's film "Labyrinth" and the annual downtown Antique Faire -- all this week, all in Petaluma.
Autumn's debut is a time to reflect on life and nature's bounty.
No matter what you call it, the three-block area along Petaluma Blvd. north of Washington Street is undergoing a renaissance.
Richard Standard of Petaluma is an artist and storyteller. He’s also a musician whose goal for years has been to get as many children as possible involved in playing music. Standard’s latest project is dulcimer building and playing. He’s on kickstarter.com, seeking donations to build stringed instruments for county students. He hopes to raise enough [...]
This year’s Sonoma County Harvest Fair professional food winners include four Petaluma businesses, all honored with Double Gold medals in the dairy category, no surprise considering Petaluma’s agricultural background. The Sonoma County Harvest Fair uses a Danish system of judging, which considers each item individually. If judges deem necessary, multiple gold medals may be awarded [...]
I started performing in Guam when I was 14,” entertainer Christopher Linnell said. “Guamanians didn’t do standup or entertainment so it was easy for me to become famous there.” He laughed. “I was the obnoxious white kid performing as Crisco the Clown. I even had a card. My mother designed it. No one remembers an [...]
Are you a brother of the brush? In other words, do you have a fine crop of chin whiskers, glorious goatee or bristling beard? Or perhaps you sport mighty muttonchops, a la Generalissimo Mariano Vallejo? “Whether pencil-thin or full Ozark-ian, Any mannered whisker makes you Brothers’ kin.” From furry to fuzzy, the Petaluma Brothers of [...]
This is the week for bocce ball, Trades on Tap at Lagunitas, celebrating the harvest moon with drumming and a labyrinth walk, the 66th annual Harvest Festival at Two Rock Presbyterian, a chance to get up close and personal with astronaut Rex Walheim, the Petaluma Wildlife Museum's pasta feed, and Petaluma Palooza, the annual community expo.
