Archive for ◊ December, 2011 ◊

• Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Mark Adams from TLCD Architecture, the designer and lead architect of the DeTurk remodel, has suddenly passed at the end of November.   You  may remember him from meetings during the remodeling process.  A Celebration of Life for Mark Adams will be held December 30th, at 5pm at the DeTurk Round Barn.  Press Democrat      Celebration of Life for Mark Adams

Mark Adams, center, at DeTurk Barn opening

Mark Adams, center, at DeTurk Barn opening

William Smith, artist/printmaker and a West End resident, will be creating the Bohemian’s New Year’s cover. The theme is “End of the World”… it will be interesting! Will is also a selected artist in the Sonoma Valley Museum of Arts upcoming show, “Undiscovered”. From the SVMA website: Sonoma County is rich in innovative artists that practice creativity and inspiration in diverse and dynamic ways. Michael Schwager, Gallery Director and Professor at Sonoma State University and Kate Eilertsen, Executive Director for SVMA, have chosen five artists who live and work in Sonoma County whose work has not been seen in galleries or museums and who have not been given the attention they deserve. Cathy Ellis, Peter Hassen, Ryan Lely, William Smith and Esther Traugot will present their work in this lively exhibition.   The who runs January 14th- March 18th at  Sonoma Valley Museum of Art 551 Broadway Sonoma, CA 95476

DeTurk Round Barn by William Smith

 

Ananta, multi-talented musician and hula-hooper, invites you to her standing Tuesday evening gig called “Music, Meditation and Stillness”- a music induced meditation. This hour long meditation session will begin with 20 minutes of calming cello dropping us into 20 minutes of silent stillness and ending with 15 minutes of soothing yet awakening violin. www.anantafiddlehooper.com Location: dhyana Center Educational Loft 186 North Main Street, Ste. 250 Time: Every Tuesday evening from 6- 7 p.m.

Call for Artists: Artist Billboard Project in Santa Rosa In the spirit of phantom galleries, the Artist Billboard Project aims to place artwork in vacant spaces around Santa Rosa. Instead of occupying vacant buildings, this project will place artist designed and fabricated billboards in empty lots throughout the city on a temporary basis. Finished works will be installed in available locations as determined by the City of Santa Rosa. For the full RFQ http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/Documents/RFQArtistBillboards.pdf   Application Deadline is January 31st, 2012.

Call for Artists: National Arts Program Exhibition & Competition The City of Santa Rosa is proud to announce the 9th Annual National Arts Program Exhibition and Competition. The Call to Artists is open to all City of Santa Rosa residents, city employees and relatives of city employees.   For more info:  http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/recreationandparks/programs/artsandculture/exhibitions/Pages/default.aspx Entry Deadline: January 9, 2012

Santa Rosa hires community engagement coordinator By Kevin McCallum The Press Democrat

Neighborhood Watch Updates:

Graffiti report: Neighbor reports that their truck was tagged while parked on the street. (See photo). This new tagger has been causing quite a bit of trouble around here.

Graffitti on W. 8th St.

Uninvited Guest Report: W. 6th Street neighbor reports that they found their garage door flung open and inside, on the floor, was a large, dirty windbreaker jacket. Evidently, somebody entered the garage but it was unclear if anything had been taken. This long term resident always keeps their garage door closed, but unlocked. That will now change.

12/13/2011 05:44 pm Boyce St./Donahue St.   SUSPICIOUS VEH OCCUPIED Case number: 113470304

12/19/2011 05:15 PM. Ripley St./Scott St. Suspicious person Case number: 113530220

12/23/2011 10Th Street/Cleveland Ave. 08:50 AM 08:50 AM. SUSPICIOUS PERSON Case number: 113570047

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• Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
End of the World? Some folks just like to keep their mind occupied…remember Y2K? It was never the horrible thing some predicted. If you need to keep your mind occupied… clean off your desk before the New Year! Still not sure? Check out 2012: Six End-of-the-World Myths Debunked by National Geographic News. Now go out and celebrate the end of a wonderful year and the beginning of another an even better one! 

Party "West End" style. Guidotti's bar- Now Stark's Steakhouse

 Dec 30th, Friday at 8pm , Dec 31st, Saturday at 7pm and 10 p.m.-  A New Year’s Eve Celebration- Sandy & Richard Riccardi have decided there are enough places in life to be self-indulgent, and that the cabaret stage isn’t one of them! They are here to make you scream with laughter at their all-original, all-comedy musical show, describing their cracked and bush-whacked road to marital bliss and social consciousness.  Their unique juxtaposition of modern, techno-socio-relevant lyrics and tune-smithy jazz piano arrangements will charm your socks off. If that doesn’t, then the Justin Bieber references and the strip tease will. Location: 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. 6th St. 6thstreetplayhouse.com Time:  Dec 30th at 8pm;  Dec 31st  at 7pm and 10 p.m.

Dec. 31st Saturday  -    95.9 The KRUSH presents New Year’s Eve Show with Elvin Bishop + Pat Jordan Band  Includes a balloon drop, champagne toast and snacks  (Special dinner menu available for reservations) (blues rock • alt. rock) cost is $40 until 11/30/11 • $50 through December • 21+     Location: Last Day Saloon Time:  8:00 PM door • 8:30 PM show

December 31st, Saturday- No Tomorrow New Years Eve 2012. A full scale party bringing you into the New Year! Music: SabinCloud, Paul Timberman and more. Naughty Confessional with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Complimentary champagne toast. $15 presale / $20 at the door 21+ full bar w/ ID Facebook Location: The Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth Street Time:  9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

More ideas from the Bohemian- New World 2012

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• Sunday, December 04th, 2011
Information that may be of interest to West Enders…. 

Neighbor news-

We all know that the West End’s own creative genius Michael McGinnis has created an amazing toy/puzzle/art piece called Perplexus. This mailer was sent out highlighting Michael’s toy- Very cool. Hmmm… might make an excellent gift.

Michael McGinnis & Perplexus


December 6th, Tuesday- Rivers and Tides and You! An evening of nature art: hands on activities and a showing of Andrew Goldsworthy’s River and Tides. Concludes with an optional stroll around downtown to set our creations free. This is the final community element of West Ender Russ Scarola’s SSU graduate project. All ages welcome. $5 for adults, $3 for students, kids, and Share Exchange co-op members Location: S. R. Share Exchange   531 5th St. Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

West Ender Catherine DePrima has another newsworthy offspring  Breaking Barriers in the Air- Press Demo

Franco American Bakery will have Panettone available on December 16th & 20th. Many folks look forward to this Italian Christmas bread only made around the holidays.

Franco American Bakery

Tamales for Christmas? You can order holiday tamales at El Palmarcito. They have pork, chicken, cheese & Jalapeno available. Order by the 14th so you can pick them up at the store on the 24th.

December 23rd, Friday- D’Argenzio Winery will hold a Traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes. The D’Argenzio Winery Family has been carrying on this tradition for over a 100 years going back to their ancestry in Puglia & Campania Italy. Complimentary with purchase of 1 bottle Wine per guest or $30.00 per guest. Please RSVP-  ray@dargenziowine.com 707 280 4658 Facebook

Dutton Ave. to S. R. Creek Path is not quite finished… but it’s open.

News Items:

‘Jerk’ must pay $4,800 and do community service for Santa Rosa graffiti spree- Press Democrat

Water rates in Santa Rosa set to rise.2-year increase headed for City Council would hit lowest users the hardest- Press Democrat

Crime Watch Items:

11/22/2011 03:27 PM. DISTURBANCE MUSIC Case number: 113260155 COULTER STREET / DECKER STREET

11/20/2011 03:07 AM. DISTURBANCE MUSIC Case number: 113240040            BOYCE STREET, SANTA ROSA

Nov 23, 2011 at 5:37 pm DRUG / NARCOTIC OFFENSE #110014824 2XX W 6TH ST

11/26/2011 12:30 PM. DISTURBANCE JUVENILE Case number: 113300087 POLK STREET, SANTA ROSA, CA

11/26/2011 10:29 PM. DISTURBANCE PARTY Case number: 113300269 RIPLEY CT, SANTA ROSA, CA

Data provided by Santa Rosa Police Department

Interesting Holiday Cooking Tips AKA What to do with Turkey grease- When cooking with grease, remember to remove grease from the pans before washing them. Do not pour hot grease down the drain even while running hot water because the grease will cool and solidify as it moves down the pipe. Freeze any excess oil and dispose of it in the trash. For large quantities drop off the grease at the Sonoma County Waste Management Center at 500 Mecham Rd, Petaluma. For more info go to Green Tip

Do you have a crime to report? Post it on our Facebook page so the whole neighborhood hears about it. http://www.facebook.com/groups/45503934491

The West End Neighborhood where urbanism, preservation, art and people come together! For the latest updates, crime alerts, full calendar of events and photos- go the West End Neighborhood website. Click Here!

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• Thursday, December 01st, 2011
West End Pet Friendly news including fun holiday ideas for you and your pets.

Alert- CAT FOUND:  Black short hair, Neutered male, very friendly at 124 W. 6th Street. Call (707) 318- 2853

Cat Found

December 3rd & 4th Saturday & Sunday.  Santa Paws at Western Farm Center. It’s that time of year, to have your pets picture taken with Santa Paws. The West End’s own Allen Thomas will be the special guest Santa on Sunday from 1-4 p.m.! Donation includes 4×6 picture and a digital copy emailed to you. All proceeds benefit Canine Companions for Independence. Location: Western Farm Center 21 W. 7th St. Time: 10am to 4pm

Santa Paws at Western Farm

December 10th, Saturday- DeTurk Round Barn Holiday Open House. Santa Claws ‘n Paws. Tour the newly restored barn, enjoy holiday treats and have your pet’s photo taken with Santa. $15 for 4X6 photo. Location: DeTurk Round Barn 819 Donahue St. Time: 10- 2 p.m.

Santa Claws 'n Paws

December 11th, Sunday- West End Poodle Party. All Poodles, Poodle fusions and Poodle friendly dogs are invited to attend at our beautiful dog park. Rain cancels event. Location: DeTurk Round Barn Dog Park, 819 Donahue St. Time: 11 a.m.

Party with the Poodles

Dec. 18th, Sunday- Pug Play Day A monthly social event for pugs and their owners. Location: DeTurk Round Barn Dog Park Time: 3 p.m.
Great budget Conscience & animal friendly local gift- The So. Co. Humane Calendar $10 So Co. Humane calendar
Doggie Bags: If you have extra newspaper bags or other medium size plastic bags, please bring them to the West End Neighborhood Meeting. We could use them at the Dog Park. You can also bring them by the dog park. Hang them on the fence… we’ll take it from there.

For Dog Park issues such as leaks,broken gates, maintenance or questions: Call:  Lisa Grant City of Santa Rosa Parks Superintendent Tel. (707) 543-3774 lgrant@srcity.org

 Railroad Square Shop Dog is window dressing- One of the best shop windows around is in Railroad Square’s Cast Away Yarn Shop. They are creations filled with whimsy and, well, yarn of course! Best of all, shopowner Justine Malone’s Boston Terrier “Olive” frequently takes her rightful place in the front window because she’s decorative, eye catching and she likes to nap there too.

Olive

Looking for Dog Friendly businesses or events? Have you and your dog had a great experience at one and you would like to share? Go to Dog Friendly Santa Rosa Facebook 

The West End Neighborhood where urbanism, preservation, art and Pet Friendly people come together! For the latest updates, crime alerts, full calendar of events and photos- go tothe West End Neighborhood website. Click Here!

 

 

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