Friends of Sonoma Valley Library

Book Donation Day
2025-03-01 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-02-13 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-02-01 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Around the Back of the Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
If we have rain, we will cancel the Donation Day. We especially need children’s books and LP’s.

Items we cannot accept (we just discard them)

Books that are worn, torn, chewed, underlined/highlighted, moldy, smelly, or water damaged
Textbooks, manuals, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses
Travel guides, movie review guides
Computer books over 1 year old
Cassette and VHS tapes
Magazines, Newspapers, and Leaflets
Materials such as scratch pads, bookmarks, stationary, blank journals

You can recycle most items in your blue bins, remove hard covers and place items in trash bins.

Classical Reflections Book Club
2025-02-11 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-01-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
Join the Classical Reflections Book Group where we will be discussing “The Aeneid” by Robert Fagles, the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself–all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what will become the Roman empire.
We will finish discussing this book at our February Group.

Art Reception Pat Meier-Johnson and Russ Johnson
2025-02-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
Sonoma Valley Couple Brings Love of Art to the Sonoma Valley Library
In Time for Valentine’s Day in their show, “Here and There Side by Side”
Sonoma’s Pat Meier-Johnson and Russ Johnson will display their art for the
month of February at the Sonoma Valley Public Library. Their show, “Here and
There Side By Side” will feature Pat’s oil and pastel paintings and Russ’
photography of both the Sonoma Valley and the many places they have visited
around the world.
Right from the start, the couple discovered in each other a love for art, which
each of them had pursued in their own style and medium.
Pat, Sonoma’s Treasure Artist of 2022, began her artistic career as a political
cartoonist while still in college and resumed it after she retired from her high tech
public relations business. Her passion is capturing a sense of place, ranging from
joyful crowds at the Sonoma Farmer’s market to a dramatic city skyline in San
Miguel de Allende.
Russ’ career in the tourism industry was defining a sense of place as he traveled
to some sixty countries as a photographer, filmmaker and writer for clients
including American Express, cruise lines, the UN Development Programme, six
countries in Southeast Asia, Nepal and Sonoma County Tourism.
The show will feature subjects ranging from land and city scapes to painting of
Manhattan dog walkers and Russ’ street photography including exotic
mannequins from around the world.
“Painting and photography help us look deeper into the places we visit and the
people we meet, and in a changing world, allow us to find beauty in the everyday.
We hope this show lets visitors to the Sonoma County Library see the world a
little differently and love it more.”

Meet Artist Nora Russo
2025-01-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
The Sonoma Valley Regional Library is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Nora Russo from
January 2 to 31. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception on Friday January 10 from
4:00pm to 5:30pm in the library’s forum room. Light refreshments will be served. The
exhibition will be available to view for the entire month of January during opening hours when
the forum room is not in use.
When multimedia artist Nora Russo is asked to describe her work, she simply says that what she
does is create. She loves color and texture, and her happy place is when the two meet. Nora’s
concern for the environment leads her to use found and discarded items in her work. She is also
concerned about women’s rights and aims for her work to send a message or tell a story.
Nora’s exhibition at the library is part of an art series organized by local artist Aparna Sinha with
the assistance and support of Cathy Coleman and the Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library.

The events are free and open to all. The library is located at 755 West Napa Street, Sonoma. For
more information contact library manager Sabine Salek at (707) 996-5217 or
ssalek@sonomalibrary.org. Keep up with all library events at www.sonomalibrary.org and on
facebook, www.facebook.com/sonomavalleylibrary.

Thursday Book Donation Day
2025-01-09 09:00 - 10:30 | Around the Back of the Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
Book Donation Day. If we have rain, we will cancel the Donation Day. We especially need children’s books and LP’s.

Items we cannot accept (we just discard them)

Books that are worn, torn, chewed, underlined/highlighted, moldy, smelly, or water damaged
Textbooks, manuals, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses
Travel guides, movie review guides
Computer books over 1 year old
Cassette and VHS tapes
Magazines, Newspapers, and Leaflets
Materials such as scratch pads, bookmarks, stationary, blank journals

You can recycle most items in your blue bins, remove hard covers and place items in trash bins.

Book Donation Day
2025-01-04 09:30 - 11:00 | Around the Back of the Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
Book Donation Day-If we have rain, we will cancel the Donation Day. All donations benefit your local library. We accept coffee table books and collectible books and we always need children’s books and LP’s.

Items we cannot accept (we just discard them)

Books that are worn, torn, chewed, underlined/highlighted, moldy, smelly, or water damaged
Textbooks, manuals, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses
Travel guides, movie review guides
Computer books over 1 year old
Cassette and VHS tapes
Magazines, Newspapers, and Leaflets
Materials such as scratch pads, bookmarks, stationary, blank journals

You can recycle most items in your blue bins, remove hard covers and place in trash bins.

Book Donation Day
2024-12-12 09:00 - 10:30 | Around the Back of the Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
Book Donation Day – If we have rain, we will cancel the Donation Day. All donations benefit your local library. We accept coffee table books and collectible books and we always need children’s books and LP’s.

Items we cannot accept (we just discard them)

Books that are worn, torn, chewed, underlined/highlighted, moldy, smelly, or water damaged
Textbooks, manuals, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses
Travel guides, movie review guides
Computer books over 1 year old
Cassette and VHS tapes
Magazines, Newspapers, and Leaflets
Materials such as scratch pads, bookmarks, stationary, blank journals

You can recycle most items in your blue bins, remove hard covers and place in trash bins.

Classical Reflections Book Group
2024-12-10 14:00 - 15:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States

Book Donation Day
2024-11-14 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-10-03 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-09-12 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-08-08 09:30 - 10:30 | Around the Back of the Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
If we have rain, we will cancel the Donation Day. We especially need children’s books and LP’s.
Coffee table and collectible books are always appreciated.

Book Sale
2024-10-20 10:00 - 15:00 | Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W. Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
10 AM to 3 PM
Parking Lot Sale. Hardback books are $2 each. Paperback books are $1 each. DVD’s, CD’s & LP’s are $1 each. Credit cards are encouraged. Cash accepted. No checks will be accepted. Bring your own bags, please. Masks are optional. Street parking only.
Rain will cancel the Sale.
Restrooms are available during library hours only (1 PM to 5 PM).

Book Donation Night
2024-10-16 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-09-18 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-08-21 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-07-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Around the Back of the Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
If we have rain, we will cancel the Donation Night.
We especially need children’s books and LP’s. Coffee table and collectible books are always appreciated.

Meet the Artist Ellen Murphy
2024-10-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
Meet Artist Ellen Murphy
The Sonoma Valley Regional Library is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Ellen Murphy from
October 1 to 31. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception on Friday October 11th
from 4:00pm to 5:30pm in the library’s forum room. Light refreshments will be served. The
exhibition will be available to view for the entire month of October during open hours when the
forum room is not in use.
Ellen Murphy is a self-taught artist who enjoys the freedom of exploring a variety of mediums
and subject matters. She is attracted to “the light-hearted and fanciful, a bit of whimsy and
happy colors.” Whether she is painting jesters, children, ribbons, feathers or seashells
approaches her art in a joyful manner and goes where her heart takes her.
Ellen’s exhibition at the library is part of an art series organized by local artist Aparna Sinha with
the assistance and support of Cathy Coleman and the Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library.

Classical Reflections Book Group
2024-10-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
Come Join the Classical Reflections Book Group. We are meeting to discuss Oedipus Rex and to determine the next book for our discussion group.

Classical Reflections Book Group
2024-10-08 08:00 - 17:00 | CA

Book Sale
2024-06-23 10:00 - 15:00 | Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W. Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
Parking Lot Sale 10 AM to 3 PM! Hardback books are $2 each. Paperback books are $1 each. DVD’s, CD’s & LP’s are $1 each.
Credit cards are encouraged. Cash accepted. No checks will be accepted.
Bring your own bags, please. Masks are optional.
Street parking only. Rain will cancel the Sale. Restrooms are available during library hours only (1 PM to 5 PM).

Art Exhibit-Meet Artist Jane Kiskaddon
2024-05-10 16:00 - 17:45 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
The Sonoma Valley Regional Library is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Jane Kiskaddon from May 1 to 31. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception on Friday May 10th from 4:00 pm to 5:45 pm in the library’s forum room. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibition will be available to view for the entire month of May during open hours when the Forum room is not in use.
Jane Kiskaddon grew up in San Francisco and attended the San Francisco Art Institute. She has been working as an artist for the past 50 years, selling her paintings in art shows and galleries. Her inspiration has come, in part, from her travels in an Airstream Trailer. Jane says that two places have had a huge effect on her imagination: “Salvation Mountain by the Salton Sea in California and Elephante, a partially underground house in Arizona.” More recently her inspiration has come from Sonoma’s “beautiful rolling hills, ranches and vineyards.” She believes that it is important to make mistakes and that “Creativity happens when you can concentrate and let go at the same time.” You will find examples of her work on the web at janekiskaddon.com.
Jane’s exhibition at the library is part of an art series organized by local artist Aparna Sinha with the assistance and support of Cathy Coleman and the Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library.

Classical Reflections Book Group
2024-04-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
Join the Classical Reflections Book Group where we will be discussing “Ithaca” by Claire North. This “dazzlingly complex, twisting tale” tells the story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, and her time on an isle populated with abandoned women–and their goddesses–as they change the course of the world.
We will finish discussing this book at our April Group.

Wine Country Rug Hookers Guild April 2024 Artist Showcase
2024-04-05 16:00 - 17:30 | Forum Room, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, 95476, United States
We have a textured one for you this month! Come, join us, meet some of the creative artists and enjoy refreshments.
This monthly artist series is produced by our Library Advisory Board. Reception hosted by Friends of SV Library.

Youth Art Exhibition
2024-03-15 16:00 - 17:30 | Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W. Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
Art students from Adele Harrison and Altimira Middle Schools are at the perfect age to learn how to become good stewards of our planet. Last month, the students were given time in their art classes to research an endangered animal of their choice, and write a description including what it eats, its size, what it looks like, and its habitat. They were provided class time to draw rough drafts of several animals while deciding which one to paint for the assignment. After studying several different composition techniques (Rule of Thirds, diagonal elements, symmetry, and centering), they were given time to create an interesting painting of the animal in its natural habitat. This assignment is a great opportunity for students to show what they’ve learned.
Their wonderful art teacher, Cheryl Coldiron, has been with SVUSD to teach students at both of our wonderful middle schools for the past 17 years.

Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting
2024-03-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W. Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
All members of the Friends of the Library are welcome to attend. Not a member yet? Join online here: https://svfol.org/product/membership/

Book Donation Day
2024-03-14 09:00 - 10:45 | Around the Back of the Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
The next Donation Day is scheduled for March 14, 2024, 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM. If we have rain, we will cancel the Donation Day. We especially need children’s books and LP’s. Coffee table and collectible books are always appreciated.
