Week Calendar

Stress is proven to deplete the body’s natural resources and diminishes our natural ability to fight disease.

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 for a members only preview! Not a member? That's okay, sign up at the door! 

10:00am-12:00pm - Members Only Preview

Friday, April 14
10:00am-12:00pm - Members Only Preview
12:00-5:30pm - Open to the Public

Saturday, April 15
10:00am-5:30pm

Sunday, April 16
1:00-4:30pm

Local nonprofit Better Beginnings for Babies will host these dynamic community circles supporting infant feeding and the postpartum journey. Everyone gets a chance to share. Facilitated by lactation specialists or consultants. No fee.

Explore the brand new Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be on site at PEP Housing - 579 Vallejo St, Petaluma. 

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with Rincon Reference staff for one-on-one assistance every Tuesday, between 11:30am-12:00pm.

Please REGISTER NOW for:

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

First Class Meets: April 5, 2023 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Northwest Library’s fiber arts club, "The Yarn Experience", continues into the spring with expanded hours!  Starting in February we will be offering parallel sessions every Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm and every Thursday 11:00am-12:00pm.  Feel

Local nonprofit Better Beginnings hosts Baby Cafes at the Petaluma Library, Fridays from 11:30am-12:30pm.

This outdoor, in-person event will feature tabling by local zine-makers, artists, and creators; hands-on crafts; and live zine making and screen printing workshops!

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.

Explore the brand new Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be on site at Kings Valley Apartments in Cloverdale. 

Friday, April 14
10:00am-12:00pm - Members Only Preview
12:00-5:30pm - Open to the Public

Saturday, April 15
10:00am-5:30pm

Sunday, April 16
1:00-4:30pm

The Redwood Empire Food Bank will be at Northwest Library to assist people with CalFresh applications from 1pm to 3pm!

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

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:

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

First Class Meets: April 6, 2023 at 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join us for a monthly meeting to read and discuss underrepresented classics and to explore the depth and diversity of classic literature. 

This outdoor, in-person event will feature tabling by local zine-makers, artists, and creators; hands-on crafts; and live zine making and screen printing workshops, as well as the Sonoma County Library’s Bibliobus!

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an ebook or downloading an audiobook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30 minutes with Cloverdale Library Reference staff for one-on-one assistance on Saturdays, between 1:00-2:30 pm.

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

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an ebook or downloading an audiobook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30 minutes with Cloverdale Library Reference staff for one-on-one assistance on Saturdays, between 1:00-2:30 pm.

Frame Art Workshop

Come paint your own stylized picture frame, taught by Oaxacan artist Irma Rodriguez. Participants will experiment with special techniques that are used in making Alebrijes.

All ages welcome!

No experienced necessary.

Limited boards available - bring an extra if you have one!

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with Central Reference staff for one-on-one assistance every Thursday, between 3:00-5:00 pm.

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with Central Reference staff for one-on-one assistance every Thursday, between 3:00-5:00 pm.

Intergenerational Chess Club

Weekly on Thursdays, 3:30-5 PM 

Join us! Learn something! Have fun!

Come join for Family Yoga and Movement Games. All ages welcome. Bring a stuffed animal for the yoga games, or use one of our beanie babies. Parents are most welcome to dance and play, too. 

For decades Positive Images has provided LGBTQIA+ Cultural Competency trainings to schools, businesses, and community groups across Sonoma County.

AGENDA

Windsor LAB Meeting

April 11, 2023 @ 4:00 PM

Windsor Regional Library

Artists Patrick Michael Ballard and Sam Malabre met at the Games Lab at UCLA. In this conversation, they’ll talk about zines and do-it-yourself publishing as a space for performance and play.

In this panel, we'll hear from zinemakers who create work to share inspiring and educational resources with their communities. Many trans people, disabled people and BIPOC face barriers to safe, culturally-responsive healthcare access.

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with Central Reference staff for one-on-one assistance every Thursday, between 3:00-5:00 pm.

In this workshop you will get a quick tour of our fully equipped letterpress shop.

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with Central Reference staff for one-on-one assistance every Thursday, between 3:00-5:00 pm.

UPDATE: This event will now be bilingual in Spanish and English

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!

Bring an object (book, photograph, anything! Even objects from within the library) and share it with members of the community. 

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.

Discover how this spreadsheet program can assist you with budgeting, organizing information, and presenting dynamic charts and tables.

Clases de Ciudadanía en Español Gratis.

Las clases están diseñadas para ayudar a los estudiantes a prepararse para la entrevista de ciudadanía.

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with Rincon Reference staff for one-on-one assistance every Tuesday, between 6:30pm-7:00pm.

I struggle every day to do the work I desperately love and want to do. It's not because of lousy supplies, poor technique, lack of connections or anything outside of my own head. It's me. Actually, it's the Poop Monster.

Northwest Library’s fiber arts club, "The Yarn Experience", continues into the spring with expanded hours!  Starting in February we will be offering parallel sessions every Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm and every Thursday 11:00am-12:00pm.  Feel

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

Queer Book Club

Meets virtually the second Wednesday of the month!

April 12- Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead

During National Poetry Month join the Joe Mesics' Literary Canon book group to discuss the poems of William Butler Yeats.

Learn about “the cloud” and how to save your work there. By opening a Google account, you will have access to a variety of free programs as well as free cloud storage. Discover how to share, collaborate, and edit!

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 community.  

We have sewing machines for you to use as well as volunteers to assist and support you in your endeavors.

An interactive workshop providing exercises in overcoming burnout, preventing burnout, and channeling creativity in other ways.

We are excited to partner with BREW to host our zine social! Join us for a casual Friday evening of making & trading zines.