Sonoma County Pride & Redwood Ice Theatre Company have teamed up to present Sonoma County’s first-ever DRAG ON ICE show with Milk from RuPaul’s Drag Race! Presented by Santa Rosa Metro Chamber. Get ready for a 90’s theme drag show with host MILK from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 and DJ Rotten Robbin with performances by Lolita Hernandez, Shania Twampson, Maria Twampson & Milk!
As part of this event, Sonoma County Pride will be donating its portion of proceeds from Drag on Ice to the Colorado Healing Fund to help the victims of the Club Q shooting.
Don’t wait to get your tickets to Sisters Bingo! 2022 Tickets sold out within 13 hours, so don’t dilly-dally! Go to https://www.rrsisters.org/bingo-schedule to get your seat at the table!
2023 Bingo Games:
01/14/2023 Over the Rainbow Bingo Windsor Pride
02/11/2023 Saved By The Bell Bingo Friends of Guerneville School, Monte Rio School, New Horizon School
03/11/2023 VeggieTales Bingo Food For Thought
04/15/2023 Smokey The Bear Bingo FireSafe Guerneville
05/13/2023 Rock around the Clock Bingo Russian River Senior Center
06/10/2023 Wonder Woman Bingo Verity and Reach for Home
07/08/2023 Old MacDonald Had a Farm Bingo Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods AND Dogma Animal Rescue
08/19/2023 Madame Butterfly Bingo RRSPI Operating Funds and Programs
09/09/2023 My Little Pony BIngo Lost Hearts and Souls Animal Rescue and Sadie’s Haven Horse Rescue and Sanctuary
10/14/2023 Hocus Pocus Bingo Russian River Alliance
11/11/2023 Safety Zone Bingo Sharps – CP DAAC
12/16/2023 Hollywood Holidays Bingo: Night of a Thousand Stars Billy Foundation and Sebastopol Senior Center
Now is the time to make a plan and reserve your table! Here are four simple steps to make our biggest fundraiser of the year an egg-cellent success.
Step 1: Plan your day. Check out the complete list of participating restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, and wineries. Will you grab breakfast, lunch, dinner, or skip dishes entirely and enjoy all three meals out?
Step 2: Make reservations. Many restaurants fill up and are much busier during Dining Out For Life. To make sure you have a table, we highly recommend making reservations now. When you do, let them know that you are excited about the event!
Step 3:Donate now. Everyone who donates online in advance or in person during the event will be entered to win one of three fabulous raffle prizes. In addition to the raffle, anyone that donates $25 or more will receive a 20% Off Tuesdays card to use at participating restaurants in 2023.
Step 4: Share this event. What is more fun than dining out and giving back? Dining out and giving back with friends and family! Make sure to share this event so everyone can get in on the fun! You can forward this email or invite people to the Facebook event.
RAFFLE PRIZE #1Dine around Sonoma County with gift cards to Catelli’s, Jam’s Joy Bungalow, Lo & Behold Bar + Kitchen, O&C China Bistro, Sonoma Pizza Co., Sweet T’s Restaurant & Bar, Tea Room Café, Terrapin Creek Café, and Vine Burgers RAFFLE PRIZE #2Shop local produce and products at Oliver’s Markets with a $1,000 gift card RAFFLE PRIZE #3Enjoy two tickets to each of the following Food For Thought events in 2023: Rialto Cinemas’ Awards Night, Our Long Table, and a yoga class of your choiceMust be 21 or over to enter the raffle. The winners for this raffle will be informed no later than January 13, 2023. You do not have to donate to enter the raffle.
Looking for an activity that benefits others? Want to share your creativity? Send artwork and letters of encouragement to seniors with the Sonoma County Library’s Send Our Seniors Mail program! Send Our Seniors Mail offers kindness and support for elders in our community and is an easy—and fun!—way to spread cheer throughout the holiday season. Interested? Visit the Send Our Seniors Mail page for a list of participating senior living facilities.
Create cards, artwork, and letters for seniors who might need a little extra happiness during the holidays.
Pop your goods in the mail! Addresses of senior facilities will be added to the Send Our Seniors Mail webpage as they become available. If you know of a potential Send Our Seniors Mail facility, please email the library at sendourseniorsmail@sonomalibrary.org.
A Reminder from Your Library: Upcoming Holiday Closure
All library branches will be closed Thursday, November 24, and Friday, November 25, for Thanksgiving. We look forward to seeing you when we reopen on Saturday, November 26!
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. Sáquele jugo a su creatividad y conéctese con su comunidad ¿Busca una actividad que ayuda la comunidad? ¿Desea compartir su creatividad? ¡Puede enviar dibujos de arte y cartas de apoyo a los adultos mayores con el programa de Envíos de correos postales para adultos mayores! Este programa fomenta la simpatía y el apoyo para los adultos mayores de nuestra comunidad y es una fácil y divertida manera de repartir la alegría de las fiestas. ¿Le interesa? Solo tiene que:Visitar la página web de Envíos de correo postales para adultos mayores para una lista de facilidades de viviencia para adultos mayores que están participando.
Crear tarjetas, dibujos y cartas para adultos mayores que estarán encantados de recibir estas joyas de alegría.
¡Enviar sus creaciones a través del correo postal! Continuaremos a añadir nuevas direcciones en cuanto las recibamos. Si conoce de una posible dirección para esta iniciativa, por favor mándenos un mensaje en sendourseniorsmail@sonomalibrary.org. Reparta la alegría
Un aviso de su biblioteca: Cierre por feriado
Todas bibliotecas estarán cerradas el jueves 24 y el viernes 25 de noviembre para el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Nos complace verle de nuevo cuando reabrimos el sábado 26 de noviembre!
Gracias por ser miembro de la comunidad de Bibliotecas del Condado de Sonoma. Visítenos en línea o en persona en una de nuestras sucursales. Asegúrese de consultar los trabajos disponibles en la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma aquí. ¿Preguntas? Por favor llame a su biblioteca local o haga clic para mandar un mensaje.
All LGBTQIA+ youth, families, adults, and elders are welcome at Social Saturdays, which are a recurring series of monthly events taking place throughout Sonoma County where we are seeking to bring together members of our community across generations, particularly gender expansive youth, teens, and adults.
Our November gathering will feature an optional free legal clinic for queer families in need of assistance with securing legal parentage through second parent adoption, as well as for individuals of all ages seeking legal name and/or gender marker changes. Please sign up using the form below if you are interested in these services:
For participants interested in art and reflection, Ciel Muir (he/him), a queer and trans California naturalist, will lead some optional creative activities. We will also have some games and refreshments available.
We at Positive Images and North Bay LGBTQI Families are still very aware of and concerned about the spread of COVID-19. Masking will be mandatory at this indoor at this event, and we will have masks on hand for those who may need them.
We’re excited to see you then!
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Todxs lxs jóvenes, familias, adultxs y ancianxs LGBTQIA + son bienvenidxs en esta reunión, que es parte de una serie recurrente de eventos mensuales que se llevan a cabo en todo el condado de Sonoma, donde buscamos reunir a miembrxs de nuestra comunidad a través de generaciones, particularmente jóvenes, adolescentes y adultxs con género expansivo.
Nuestra reunión de noviembre contará con una clínica legal gratuita opcional para familias LGBTQIA + que necesitan asistencia para asegurar la paternidad legal a través de la adopción del segundx adultx responsable, así como para personas de todas las edades que buscan cambios de nombre legal y/o marcador de género. Regístrese utilizando el siguiente formulario si está interesadx en estos servicios:
Para lxs participantes interesadxs en el arte y la reflexión, Ciel Muir (él), un naturalista queer y trans de California, dirigirá algunas actividades creativas opcionales. También tendremos algunos juegos y bocadillos disponibles.
En Positive Images y North Bay LGBTQI Families todavía estamos muy conscientes y preocupadxs por la propagación del COVID-19. El enmascaramiento será obligatorio en este interior en este evento, y tendremos máscaras a mano para quienes las necesiten.
¡Estamos emocionadxs de verte entonces!
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