Week Calendar

Learn about services including: Low cost internet, rental and utility assistance, pre-school/child care, and family support.

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!

Free Document Shredding with Becoming Independent's Secured Document Shredding Truck

Securely dispose of unwanted documents with personal information.

Wanted! Your surplus homegrown produce or unexpired pantry goods to share. Help eliminate food waste and support our community! Feel free to trade for items you don't have or simply take what you will eat.

Brought to you by the Master Gardeners of Sonoma County and the Sonoma County Library.

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.

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.

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

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

Northwest Library’s fiber arts club, "The Yarn Experience", returns with Summer Sessions!  Throughout the rest of June, July, and August, we will continue offering parallel sessions every Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm and every Thursday 11:00am-12:00

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

Register here: https://libraryc.org/sonomalibrary/28423/register

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

Join us at noon to discuss Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli. This is a hybrid event. You may join us at the library or via zoom. 

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

Enjoy award-winning films and lively college-level discussions led by an OLLI professor from SSU.

Film viewing and discussion after will be held on the following Wednesdays this summer:

June 14 from 2-5:00

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:

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

First Class Meets: July 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. 

You are invited to the grand opening of our newest maker space, the Playback Memory Lab, at the History & Genealogy Library! Drop in 1-4pm to see what this DIY digitization program is all about. 

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.

Sabor De Mi Cuba – Music 
Traditional Cuban and current Latin music performed by Carlitos Medrano and the Afro-Cuban trio Sabor De Mi Cuba.

Join us for an hour of writing! Any kind of writing, including a novel, blog, script, dissertation, melody, poem, memoir, etc. No one will see what you've written or give unsolicited advice.

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.)

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.

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with a Sonoma Valley Reference staff for one-on-one assistance.

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with a Sonoma Valley Reference staff for one-on-one assistance.

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.

Learn sewing basics: from how to use a machine, thread a needle, and simple quilting. We welcome everybody who wants to learn sewing skills, make new friends, and create.

Artist Kelly Autumn guides you through this beginning foam printing process!

Learn from Chef Jill Nussinow how to best cook vegetables to bring out maximum nutrition and flavor! 

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with a Sonoma Valley Reference staff for one-on-one assistance.

AGENDA

Windsor LAB Meeting

July 11, 2023 @ 4:00 PM

Windsor Regional Library

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with a Sonoma Valley Reference staff for one-on-one assistance.

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.

Come join us for a seven-week course on how to create a quilt. Learn the basics of quilting- basting, pattering, free motion, and construction. All materials provided free of charge by the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild.

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Bring your knitting and crocheting to the library and sit and chat with others. Relax, learn and share. 

An evening of intentional listening in small conversation circles that are structured and facilitated. Lou Zweier and John Crowley host “Petaluma Conversations” again on Tuesdays, June 13, June 20, June 27, and July 11.

Free, weekly in-person citizenship tutoring to support participants preparing for the English US Naturalization Exam. Participate in mock interviews, practice English writing and reading skills, and review the 100 civic questions.

Follow along with step-by-step instructions in Spanish and English to learn painting skills and practice new vocabulary.

Join us on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM for tea and friendly conversation!

Welcome to the Takeout Book Club!

Come make bad art with the community! All are invited including allies. Art supplies will be available. At the end of the event, we can go around and share our art, if we want.

Northwest Library’s fiber arts club, "The Yarn Experience", returns with Summer Sessions!  Throughout the rest of June, July, and August, we will continue offering parallel sessions every Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm and every Thursday 11:00am-12:00

The doRiaN Mode explores the Great American Songbook as it dishes up vintage jazz and swinging R&B, from the sassy sounds of 1920s speakeasies and 1930s big-band swing to 1940s jump blues and the rollicking R&B of Ruth Brown.

July 12 - Nightcrawling

Join the Joe Mesics' Literary Canon book group to discuss "The Tempest" by Shakespeare.

To request print copies of the book please reach out to Megan Jones at mjones@sonomalibrary.org or call (707) 433-3772.

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.