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!

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.

Cloverdale Library offers a weekly Storytime that incorporates, reading, music, movement, and more to help celebrate reading and promote literacy. Join us for this weekly activity that helps prepare children for school readiness. 

Learn the ancient Asian exercise form to promote balance, relaxation, motion, health, harmony, stability, and inner power.  

Register here:  https://libraryc.org/sonomalibrary/35971/register 

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.

Learn the ancient Asian exercise form to promote balance, relaxation, motion, health, harmony, stability, and inner power.  

Please REGISTER NOW for:

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

First Class Meets: December 6, 2023 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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.

Learn the ancient Asian exercise form to promote balance, relaxation, motion, health, harmony, stability, and inner power.  

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

Join cultural anthropologist Jorge Bolaños, also known as DJ Nadie, in an audiovisual workshop focused on the salsa genre.

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 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.

Friday, December 8
10:00am-12:00pm - Members Only Preview
12:00-5:30pm - Open to the Public

Saturday, December 9
10:00am-5:30pm

Sunday, December 10
1:00-4:30pm

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. 

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.

Next OLLI Cinema Club event will be January 10, 2024.

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:

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

First Class Meets: December 7, 2023 at 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register for a 3-hour appointment to DIY-digitize your documents and photos, slides and negatives.

Register for up to 3 hours to DIY-digitize your VHS tapes.

Appointments are available Thursdays and Saturdays, 1-4pm, by reservation. Limited to 1 station per day, one appointment per week, per library card holder.

Enjoy this trio's funky Latin jazz repertoire, blending in elements of classical music, mixes complex orchestration with freewheeling improvisation.

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

Creativebug: DIY Gift Boxes
Construct your own 3D paper gemstones that can hold little gifts. Paint accents on your box with metallic paints!

Register for a 3-hour appointment to DIY-digitize your documents and photos, slides and negatives.

Register for up to 3 hours to DIY-digitize your VHS tapes.

Appointments are available Thursdays and Saturdays, 1-4pm, by reservation. Limited to 1 station per day, one appointment per week, per library card holder.

Enjoy this trio's funky Latin jazz repertoire, blending in elements of classical music, mixes complex orchestration with freewheeling improvisation.

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

The Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library invite you to join their Classics Book Discussion Group.  The group will meet at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library on the second Tuesday of every month from 2 to 3 PM.  The first meeting on Septe

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.

Disfruta de actividades culturales en un ambiente relajante. 

Todas las edades y habilidades son bienvenidas a este programa inclusivo.

All ages welcome!

No experienced necessary. Some instruction available. Play, learn and enjoy!

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.

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.

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.

Practice English or Spanish and help other learners in a friendly atmosphere.

Beginners welcome.

Practique inglés o español y ayude a los demás que estén aprendiendo en un ambiente amable.

Quarterly Meeting of the Healdsburg Library Advisory Board.

Agenda is attached -- please view the Agenda by clicking on the link in the right sidebar of this page.

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

In this storytelling experience, a DJ plays records to talk about the importance of immigration in music, exploring the origins of cumbia, and it's evolution in Colombia, Peru, Mexico and the United States.

Let’s Play Lotería!

Play a few rounds of Lotería and win prizes! Lotería is a traditional Mexican game combining cards and bingo. 

For all ages!
 

All levels of knitters, crocheters, and other yarn crafters are welcome to join us as we create a new yarn project each month.  The first week of the month we will give out a limited number of knitting and crochet kits and introduce the month

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.

Print copies are available while supplies last. Email events@sonomalibrary.org to have a copy sent to your local library for pickup.

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.

The Guerneville Library and Russian River Books & Letters team up to offer Intercambio, a language learning workshop. English and Spanish speakers work together to teach each other their languages.

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!

Presentations and discussion of the classic book Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1835)