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The historic village of Duncans Mills creates community during the winter months around hot soup, wine and funky music. Soup, Wine + Funk Thursday in Duncans Mills is every Third Thursday in the fall and winter from 5:00pm – 7:30pm in the Duncans Mills courtyard by the fountain.
The outdoor gear lending library at Sonoma Ecology Center is designed to inspire environmental stewardship among the youth of Sonoma Valley. It provides camping equipment free of charge to local nonprofits, removing the hurdles of renting or buying gear.
With this program, Sonoma Ecology Center is making overnight outdoor experiences accessible to youth, especially those from low-income schools.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center houses a small museum, open to the public, filled with artifacts from the history of California's most infamous prison. Associate Warden Richard Nelson helped create the San Quentin Museum in 1993 while working at the prison. Located inside San Quentin's gates, the museum showcases exhibits spanning from the prison's founding in 1852 through the 1940s. Today, curator Jeff Craemer manages the museum, which is open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Volunteer archivists Carol Acquaviva and Lori Deibel assist Craemer in creating and preserving the digital archives.
Sonoma County Library will join libraries, schools and bookstores across the country to observe Banned Books Week from Sunday, October 5, through Saturday, October 11, with library displays, book lists, classroom presentations and more. This year’s national theme is “Censorship is so 1984. Read For Your Rights.”
First launched in the 1980s, Banned Books Week unites the book community in defense of the freedom to read. By drawing attention to nationwide efforts to remove or restrict access to books, the week highlights the harms of censorship and affirms every individual’s right to explore diverse ideas
