Week Calendar

Do you have questions about basic computer skills, digital library resources, email, internet basics, basic computer troubleshooting, or other technology-related issues?  Come to Northwest and a library staff member will assist you!

Join us at Sebastopol Regional Library for Baby Time! We'll read, sing, bounce, tickle, and play music. This program is intended for babies and their caregivers.

Members Preview Sale
Memberships available at door
Tuesday, January 10
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

General and Children's Sale Days
Wednesday, January 11
10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Stay and Play (ages 0-6)

Come to “Stay and Play”

Through play, children learn about their world. With this knowledge, they can understand books and stories once they begin to read!

General and Children's Sale Days
Wednesday, January 11
10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday, January 12
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, January 13
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Deal Days

Join us for Baby & Toddler Storytime! We will have stories, songs, movement, and fun!

General and Children's Sale Days
Wednesday, January 11
10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday, January 12
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, January 13
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Deal Days

Join us for Bilingual Stories in English and Spanish for children ages 0-5.

In the Children's Room at Northwest Library.

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Family Storytimes can encompass a whole range of children with their families -- you might have a baby, a wobbler, and a 6-year-old all in the same group!

Deal Days

Saturday, January 14
HALF PRICE ALL DAY
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

BAG SALE
Sunday, January 15
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free books for educators on Tuesday 1/17, 9 - 10 am

Quédate y juega (edades 0-6)

Ven a "Quédate y juega" ¡Explora nuestros juguetes, rompecabezas, bloques de construcción y más!

This program is presented in Spanish.

Local nonprofit Better Beginnings for Babies understands the challenges, changes, and successes of breastfeeding.

Please REGISTER NOW for:

January Let’s Talk English Conversation Classes on WEDNESDAYS 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

First Class Meets: January 4, 2023  at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Welcome back to Family Storytime at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library!

We welcome families with young children back to in-person storytime to read, move, and learn together.

Be ready to sing, dance, and play with your child!

This storytime is designed for children ages 0 to 5. We will sing, dance, make music and read together. Join us!

This program is intended for beginning readers. 

Practice reading with a 4PAWS certified therapy dog to improve reading skills and confidence. 

This is an In-Person event. 

Practice reading with a 4PAWS certified therapy dog to improve reading skills and confidence. 

This program is intended for beginning readers in grades K-6. 

This is an In-Person event. 

Join us on the second Thursday of each month at 12:00 PM as we discuss a different book! Print Copies will be available in the branch a month before the discussion.

The Soaring Minds Club is a student-led club from Analy High school that will go to the Sebastopol library every 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month, from 12:30pm-1:30pm, to work on arts and crafts activities with kids.

Join us as we celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of a just nation by making posters inspired by his quote:

"Power at its best is LOVE, implementing the demands of JUSTICE" – MLK

[January 10 class postponed due to extreme weather conditions and out of concern for everyone's safety.]

Join us to discuss this book IN-PERSON at the Rincon Valley Library. Pick up a copy of this month's selection at the Reference Desk while supplies last.

2023 Book Club Schedule:

January 11 Evicted

Read to a Dog

Come and read out loud to the dogs of PALS (Paws as Loving Support). These well-trained dogs love to listen to stories in English and Spanish. 

Petaluma Library Book Club

2nd Thursday of the Month, 1:00 pm

2023 Book Club Schedule:

January 12 Piranesi

February 9 Nightcrawling

March 9 Dial A for Aunties

Please REGISTER NOW for:

January Let’s Talk English Conversation Classes on THURSDAYS 1:00 – 2:30 pm

First Class Meets: January 5, 2023 at 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join us to make a vision board! You will find images and words that give you inspiration and then cut and paste them to a poster. It could be to help you achieve your goals, remind yourself of your dreams, or create an aesthetic collage.

Stop by and learn the basics of how to check out and use one of E Street Studios Canon cameras (T7i DSLR).

(Please excuse the incorrect book cover.  We are working to have it replaced with Fates & Furies. Thank you.)

Join us for Game On! for Teens 

#Switch

#PS4

#Virtual Reality

Read to a Dog

Come and read out loud to the dogs of PALS (Paws as Loving Support). These well-trained dogs love to listen to stories in English and Spanish. 

Drop by the After School Hang Out to study, play games, or just chill with your peers! Laptops and board games will be available to use. For Grades 6-12.

Join us to make a vision board! You will find images that give you inspiration and then cut and paste them to a poster. It could be to help you achieve your goals, remind yourself of your dreams, or create an aesthetic collage.

Hangout Club: Crafting Lounge (for Teens and Tweens)

Join us for an afternoon of crafts and fun!

Come craft every 2nd Wednesday of the month in the Forum Room.

Drop in anytime between 2:30-4pm.

Watch the Sonoma Vietnamese Association Lion Dance Team as they welcome the Lunar New Year. In Vietnam, lion dancing combines martial arts with folk dancing in order to mimic the animal’s movements.

Enjoy a spectacular cultural dance and chorus performances including a dragon dance brought to you by teens and adults of the Redwood Empire Chinese Association.

This month's Universal Yums box is a special treat! The box features traditional holiday snacks from many different countries. We will sample snacks, learn about culture and traditions, and listen to music from the different countries. 

This event is for beginning readers. 

Practice reading with a 4PAWS certified therapy dog to improve reading skills and confidence. 

Dungeons & Dragons

Welcome to our Read to a Dog Program at Northwest Library!

This event is for beginning readers. 

Read a story to a dog!

Beginning Readers Welcome!

Practice reading with a 4PAWS certified therapy dog to improve reading skills and confidence. 

This is an In-Person event. 

Intergenerational Chess Club

Weekly on Thursdays, 3:30-5 PM 

Join us! Learn something! Have fun!

Everyone needs a little help sometimes. Need help on your phone, tablet, or computer?

Join us for tech help on Thursdays from 3:30-5 pm. 

This Storytime is designed for school aged children K-6. Join us for fun stories, word games, songs, movement and more.

The Sonoma Valley Regional Library's Mystery Book Club is back on the 1st Thursday of every month!  You may pick up a copy of each month's book at the Sonoma Valley Branch while supplies last.  Then, please come and discuss it with us.&n

AGENDA

Windsor LAB Meeting

January 10, 2023 @ 4:00 PM

Windsor Regional Library

Members Preview Sale
Memberships available at door
Tuesday, January 10
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

General and Children's Sale Days
Wednesday, January 11
10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Please note: Registration required to attend orientation! Scroll to bottom of page to register.

We offer Homework Help to students in grades K-12 on Wednesdays from 4-6 at the library. 

Join us as a beginner or an experienced knitter who wants to learn new techniques, make new friends, and help other students.

Together with the Robert Ferguson Observatory, club members will study the night sky, learn how to use telescopes, meet other kids who are interested in space, and leave with a Young Astronomers membership button!

Join us in the teen space to craft.  Supplies and instruction will be provided to make woven crafts such as friendship bracelets.  You can bring your own crafts to work on too and sit with us.  Button making supplies may also be pro

Do you know what kind of owls live in Sonoma County? Learn about barn, screech, great horned, and burrowing owls at the library's Seeds and Reads All About Owls program. Then dissect a real owl pellet to discover what owls eat!

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! Free for teens in grades 7-12.

Come and craft at Roseland Regional Library every Friday from 4:30-5:30pm! Each week there will be a different craft for teens to do, so bring your creative minds. Snacks and all materials will be provided. 

Meet the artists of this month's art show in the library forum room!

About the Artists: The Wind Country Rug Hookers is a chapter of ATHA, the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists.

Join us for CoderDojo at Rincon Valley Regional Library!

Welcome to the Cloverdale Library Book Club! Join us on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM for tea and friendly conversation!

Welcome to the Takeout Book Club! 

Join us on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM as we discuss a different contemporary novel or work of nonfiction. 

Queer Book Club

Meets virtually the second Wednesday of the month!

January 11 - The House in the Cerulean Sea

Join the Joe Mesics' Literary Canon book group to discuss "Man's Search for Meaning" by Frankl.  A lecture on the book occurred at our December meeting, but feel free to attend this meeting even if you weren't able to attend in December.

Do you have questions about basic computer skills, digital library resources, email, internet basics, basic computer troubleshooting, or other technology-related issues?  Come to Northwest and a library staff member will assist you!

Join us each Wednesday from 6-7:30 to sew in the community.  

On the first Wednesday of each month, a sewing instructor will lead us in learning how to complete a small project.

Enjoy the library Hygge style with soft music, tea, and coziness in the main reading room.

Join NASA Solar System Ambassador Yayoi Michinaga West as she inspires students in Grades K-12 to enter the NASA Writing Challenge:  Power to Explore.  Yayoi will guide students through the process, show short videos, answer their questi