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Santa Rosa CA. ~ The 1st Sat- urday of each month Families are welcome to stop by & join a Discovery Center naturalist for fun, hands-on activities with a different theme each month. Activities start on the hour at 1, 2, or 3pm. Science Saturdays feature tangible experiments & projects that let children ex- plore the world around us. Free event. Parking Fee: $7, Free/ Regional Parks Members. En- vironmental Discovery Center Spring Lake Regional Park. 393 Violetti Rd., Santa Rosa (707)565-2041


Science Saturday - Environmental Discovery Center/ Santa Rosa


November 7


17th Annual Holiday Guide November 8 to December 1st


GIVEFEEL


Sebastopol, CA. ~ Descrip- tion: Join us at this special fundraising dinner celebrating Sebastopol’s sister city rela- tionships with Takeo Japan and Chyhyryn, Ukraine. Delicious food and entertainment from Ukraine and Japan. Silent auc- tion benefi ts the SWF’s youth scholarship fund. Open to the public. Time: Door opens at 6:00 and the program starts at 6:30, Location: Enmanji Me- morial Hall, 1200 Gravenstein Hwy South, Sebastopol. Cost: Suggested donations $15 for adults and $5 for children and seniors. Organizer: Sebastopol World Friends. Contact: Abi- gail Evans, info@sebastopol- wf.org, 707-478-6169


Friendship Dinner & Celebration


Sister City Hand Crafted Beer


meets Artisan Pizza Rohnert Park, CA. ~ Local hand crafted beer meets award winning artisan pizza! Tony Gemignani, of Tony’s of North Beach Pizza - has created a lim- ited release Handcrafted Craft Beer Infused Artisan Pizza Re- spect the Craft(s) monthly col- laboration events. Lagunitas is hosting a patio takeover event at Tony’s of North Beach in Rohnert Park near the Graton Casino. Join Tony Gemignani & the Lagunitas folks for some sweet sunday afternoon patio lounging with outdoor music, 5 different Lagunitas Beers on tap & one amazing, limited release collaboration pizza in- fused with a special Laguni- tas Brewing Company crafted brew. - The 1st SUNDAY EV- ERY Month from 12pm-6pm. Cost: 1 for $25; 2 for $45; 4 for $75. Tony’s of North Beach. 630 Park Court, (415) 676- 7616, RE: Upbeat Times


November 6


JOKES & Humor # 4 Baby Bear goes downstairs


Cotati, CA. ~ ~ With his trademark


Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Green Music Center


shock of surfer-


blond hair, pianist Jean Yves Thibaudet defi es stereotypes. Playing repertoire from De- bussy to Duke Ellington, and with a stage presence eliciting whoops from the audience, this Frenchman has style to burn, along with technique and art- istry infusing his classical play- ing with the freedom and spirit of jazz. Time: 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm. Weill Hall + Lawn at the Green Music Center, 1801 E Cotati Ave , Rohnert Park, CA. 866.955.6040. Website: http:// gmc.sonoma.edu


Random Fact: The fi rst American cookstove


was cast in Pennsylvania at Mary Ann Furnace in 1765.


VOTED BEST BOUTIQUE IN SONOMA COUNTY!


and sits in his small chair at the table, he looks into his small bowl. It is empty. “Who’s been eating my porridge?!!”, he squeaks. Papa Bear arrives at the big table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl, and it is also empty. “Who’s been eating my Porridge?!!,” he roars. Momma Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from the kitchen and yells, “For Pete’s sake, how many times do we have to go through this? It was Momma Bear who got up fi rst, it was Momma Bear who woke everyone in the house, it was Momma Bear who made the coffee, it was Momma Bear who unloaded the dishwasher from last night, and put everything away, it was Momma Bear who went out in the cold early morn- ing air to fetch the newspaper, it was Momma Bear who set the table, it was Momma Bear who put the cat out, cleaned the litter box, and fi lled the cat’s water and food dish, and, now that you’ve decided to drag yourselves downstairs, and grace Momma Bear’s kitchen with your grumpy presence, listen good, cause I’m only go- ing to say this one more time...


“I HAVEN’T MADE THE PORRIDGE YET !!”


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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in


twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not


coincidence. Erma Bombeck


An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ~Irv Kupcinet


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