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Happening This Month at Sonoma County Library

Join the Sonoma County Library for in-person and virtual eventsthroughout the month of January, from Afro-Peruvian drumming workshops to author talks. All events are free and you don’t need a library card to attend; registration is required for select events. See some of our January events below!

Kids & Families
Learn about barn, screech, great horned, and burrowing owls at Seeds & Reads: All About Owls—then dissect a real owl pellet to discover what owls eat! For grades K-6. Advance registration required. Available at seven library locations: Northwest Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park-Cotati, Sebastopol, Petaluma, Roseland, Healdsburg, and Rincon Valley.Join North Bay Events for Family Trivia at the library. Play for free and have fun with the whole family—and earn prizes if you win! For grades K-8. Get your trivia on at two library locations: Healdsburg and Central Santa Rosa.
Teens
Experience the history, culture, and societal impact of hip hop on Tuesday, January 17, at 4:00 pm! Join us at the Rohnert Park-Cotati Library for live and interactive presentations focused on historic and current examples of hip hop’s founding principles: peace, love, unity, and fun. North Bay Trivia always brings the fun and now they’ve added an audio round, taking the party to the next level! Test your memory skills and win prizes. For grades 7-12. Available at two library locations: Sebastopol and Rincon Valley.

All Ages
Experience live cultural performances at your libraries! Enjoy lion dancing from the Sonoma Vietnamese Association, dragon dancing by the Redwood Empire Chinese Association, and Afro-Peruvian Cajón Drumming workshopswith the Tradición Peruana Cultural Center.

Adults
Don’t miss the Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble‘s entertaining and eclectic performances at two library locations:  
Windsor Library: Saturday, January 7, at 2:00 pm  
Guerneville Library: Saturday, January 21, at 2:00 pm

Virtual EventsAdvance registration required for all virtual events in order to receive a Zoom link.

Join local historian John Patrick Sheehy on Wednesday, January 25, at 7:00 pm for part two of the popular series, The Real Main Street. Part II focuses on Petaluma’s early Irish, Black, and German communities, whose contributions made Petaluma’s Main Street a bustling melting pot of commerce, community, and celebration.Join us on Tuesday, January 31, at 11:00 am for what is sure to be the most fun-filled hour of the day as we chat with Randall Munroe about his new book, What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.Looking for more? Explore the full calendar! Explore the CalendarA Reminder from Your Library:

Upcoming Holiday Closure

All library branches will be closed on Monday, January 16. We look forward to seeing you when we reopen on Tuesday, January 17!

Thank you for being a member of the Sonoma County Library community. Visit us online or in person at one of our branches. Be sure to check out open jobs at Sonoma County Library here.  

Questions? Please call your local library branch or click here to send us a message.  

Eventos de enero Únase a la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma para eventospresenciales y virtuales este enero. Brindamos un poco de todo, desde talleres de tambor afroperuano hasta charlas con autores. Todos los eventos son gratuitos y no es necesario tener una tarjeta de la biblioteca para asistir, pero algunos eventos requieren registro. ¡Puede ver una selección de nuestros eventos de enero a continuación!Niños y familias¡Aprende acerca de las lechuzas de campanario, los tecolotes del oeste, los búhos cornudos y los búhos madrigueros en Semillas y Libros: Todo acerca de los búhos, y después disecta una bolita de tejido de búho de verdad para descubrir lo que comen las lechuzas! Para los grados de K a 6. Es necesario registrarse. Este evento estará disponible en siete bibliotecas: Northwest de Santa Rosa, Rohnert-Park Cotati, Sebastopol, Petaluma, Roseland, Healdsburg, y Rincon Valley.Les invitamos a Trivia en familia en la biblioteca. Este evento gratuito es presentado por North Bay Events. ¡Diviértanse jugando, y habrán premios para los ganadores! Para los grados de K a 8. Los esperamos en las bibliotecas de Healdsburg y Central de Santa Rosa.Adolescentes¡Experimente la historia, la cultura y el impacto cultural que tiene en la sociedad el hip hop el martes 17 de enero a las 4:00pm! Únase a nosotros en la Biblioteca de Rohnert Park-Cotati donde tendremos presentaciones interactivas en vivo enfocadas en ejemplos históricos y actuales de los principios fundamentales del hip hop: paz, amor, unidad y diversión.

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