Week Calendar

Explore the Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be on site at the Petaluma Senior Center. 

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 about Memory Cafés, a welcoming place for individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment or other brain disorders.

Come create your own Hot Chocolate kit with cocoa, mini chocolate chips and marshmallows. While your here, find some amazing books or media to borrow. Finally, head home to cuddle up, sip your hot cocoa and enjoy your library treasures! 

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

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.

Please REGISTER NOW for:

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

First Class Meets: January 3, 2024 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.

Explore the Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be on site at Rohnert Park Senior Center. 

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.

Timeless Traditions: Expressions of the Divine in Indian Art

Explore the vast panoply of Indian art through the prism of its various major belief systems.

Explore the Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be on site at Vallejo Street Apartments. 

Join us on the second Thursday of each month at 12:00 PM as we discuss a different book!

Petaluma Library Book Club
2nd Thursday of the Month, 12:00 pm

Print Copies will be available in the branch a month before the discussion. Please call or email the Library with any questions.

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. 

Our free in-depth one-on-one genealogy help service is back!

Get assistance from experienced Sonoma County Genealogical Society volunteers every Wednesday and Friday, 1 PM - 3 PM. 

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 Rincon Valley Librarians on the 2nd Wednesday of every month to discuss fiction and non-fiction books!

Pick up a copy of this month's selection at the Reference Desk while supplies last.

Please REGISTER NOW for:

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

First Class Meets: January 4, 2024 at 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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

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

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

Explore the Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be on Charles Street in front of Charles St Village. 

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

Our free in-depth one-on-one genealogy help service is back!

Get assistance from experienced Sonoma County Genealogical Society volunteers every Wednesday and Friday, 1 PM - 3 PM. 

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

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

Appointments are available Thursdays, Fridays, 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.

Learn how to use a sewing machine with the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild as you make a tote bag with a quilted side. Sewing machines provided, but attendees can bring in their own if desired!

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

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

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

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.

Make a New Year’s vision board! Create a poster from words and images that give you inspiration, help you achieve your goals, or create an aesthetic collage for the new year.

All materials provided. 

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

Read Honor, by Thrity Umriga and join us in person for a discussion on Tuesday, January 9^th at 2:00 pm.  

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.

Learn the essential elements of Chinese Calligraphy, including how to hold the brush, basic strokes, and simple words.

Led by Nancy Wang and Judy Cheung of the Redwood Empire Chinese Association.

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!
 

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.

Ven a jugar en la biblioteca. Tod@s son bienvenidos a este programa inclusivo.

All ages and abilities are welcome to come and play.

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.

AGENDA

Windsor LAB Meeting

January 9, 2024 @ 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.

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.

Register here: https://libraryc.org/sonomalibrary/37125/register

In this 3-part series, learn how to apply general financial principles to get out of debt, build savings, and work towards financial independence no matter your income level. 

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 nonfiction work.

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

Print Copies are available in the branch a month in advance.

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.

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.

Queer Book Club meets virtually on the second Wednesday of the month!

Saving Energy at Home – a free workshop

Join the Joe Mesics' Literary Canon book group to discuss Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie.

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

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.

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

Want to learn how to fix your own lamp? Join one of our star Repair Coaches for a Lamp Repair Workshop at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library.

Program Description

Library Advisory Board

Members of the public are welcome to attend Library Advisory Board (LAB) meetings. Regional LABs serve to advise the Library Commission on issues affecting each branch.