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Face to Face’s Three Monkeys Thrift Store Offers Online Shopping

We are thrilled to be able to offer you this new way to shop in our 3 Monkeys Thrift Store.

Enjoy shopping online for the same high-quality furniture, housewares, jewelry and more at thrift store prices and as always there’s NO SALES TAX! Selected items are available for purchase with more being added daily! Merchandise is available for pickup at our store or local delivery for larger items can be arranged. BEST OF ALL YOUR PURCHASES HELP SUPPORT
STORE HOURS TUESDAY – SATURDAY11:00AM -4:00PM

LOCATION116 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa707-541-7227

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Happening This Week at Marin’s Spahr Center

To join the Spahr Senior Groupon Monday, 7 to 8 pm,click the purple button below the Butterfly Heart._____________

Check-in Mondays

We catch up with each other on how we’re doing and have unstructured conversations.

Topical ThursdaysJuly 23: By request, we’ll return to the subject of Black Lives Matterand other movements in culture. Following a deep, meaningful conversation about BLM on June 25, participants asked for more!

August 6: Nancy Flaxman facilitates. While the Comet Neowiseonly returns every 6766 years, thankfully Nancy returns every monthto lead us in discussing a topic.
Creating Community in the Midst of Sheltering-in-PlaceSee old friends and make new ones! Join us!The Spahr Center’s LGBT Senior Discussion Groupscontinue every Monday 7 to 8 pm on Zoom
To Join Group by Video using Computer, Smart Phone or TabletJust click this button at the start time, 7 pm:Join GroupTry it, it’s easy! 
To Join Group by Phone CallIf you don’t have internet connections or prefer joining by phone,call the following number at the start time, 7 pm:1-669-900-6833The Meeting id is 820 7368 6606#(no participant id required)The password, if requested, is 135296#

If you want the meeting to call you to bring you into the group, notify Bill Blackburn 415/450-5339

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Free Online LGBTQI History Class Wednesday Will Feature Beverlee Laird from PFLAG and Positive Images

LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1960s – 1990s

Next Wednesday, 7/22, 1:30 – 3pm we will be talking with 

Beverlee Laird about PFLAG and her role in starting Positive Images.

Both organizations provide support for LGBTQI youth and their families.

We are online this summer via Zoom!

Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and receive

a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu

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Occidental Center fo the Arts Events

Our art gallery will be open on Saturdays from Noon to 4 PM beginning July 18th with an exhibition of artwork by our members! And, although we anticipate limited in-person visitors, we will also be featuring each piece of art and its creator in our next virtual show! 

We’re organizing a special drive-up take in for this show on Tuesday, July 14th from 1-6 PM with special safety protocols in place. OCA members may each enter one original art piece, no entry fees for this show! Please make a reservation for your entry drop off. Due to safety regulations, we will not be having a reception for this exhibit.

Click here to learn more about participating or make a drop-off reservation!‌

More re-openings at OCA!

We’re equally happy to announce the return of two OCA programs: both Readers Theater and Thursday Night Figure Drawing are back in action, with social distancing and appropriate safety precautions in place. Readers Theater meets every other Tuesday afternoon from 4-6 PM in our auditorium beginning July 14th. To learn more or join this group please contact Joan Ambrosini.

The Thursday Night Figure Drawing Group meets weekly from 7-9 PM in our auditorium. Masks required, limited participants, live models. To participate please contact group organizer Andy Rangel.
Please help us serve our community better! 
We’ve designed a short, anonymous surveyabout our recent programs and future events, and how we are all impacted by the COVID19 pandemic. We’d love your input.

Please help us bring more music and art to our community by taking the quick survey!
Click here to take the survey.
Coming Up: Virtual Variety Show #3
Our 3rd Virtual Variety Show will premier on August 8th!

This show will focus on our community, with performers and artists from within Sonoma County. Here’s a preliminary list of performers:
The Musers • Doug Jayne • Kevin Russell • Candy GirardAbbie Gabrielson • Chris Riebli • Sonia Tubridy • River MortensonPatrick Fanning • Steve Fowler • Andrea Van DykeSarah Dupre • David Rosen • Bob Burnett • Stephen PollaineConrad Bishop • Elizabeth Fuller
plus a virtual exhibition of artwork and more!Stay tuned for a complete list of performers TBA soon.

A Great Big Thank You !
To all of the generous donors who have shown their support for OCA during the COVID crisis. We’ve raised nearly $7k of our $10k goal to get us through this extended time without any program income. We can tell – our community values OCA and wants to make sure we are here for you in the future! We are very grateful for the generosity of our community during this time.

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What’s Happening at Marin’s LGBT Spahr Center

TIPS ON ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHILE NAVIGATING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM(WITH COVID-19 IN THE MIX)

Thursday July 16 12:30 to 2 pmon the Spahr Senior Discussion Group
Facilitators:Beth Reed, Retired Family Nurse PractitionerLolma Olson, Retired Patient/Family/Partner Advocate

You can count on an informative presentation with examples on how to interact with providers/caregivers in healthcare & how to navigate the current healthcare system during COVID. 
There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
Be sure to not miss this workshop, you’ll be happy you joined!
The Spahr Center’s LGBT Senior Discussion Groupscontinue every Thursday 12:30 to 2 pm on Zoom
To Join Group by Video using Computer, Smart Phone or TabletJust click this button at the start time, 12:30 pm:Join GroupTry it, it’s easy! 
To Join Group by Phone CallIf you don’t have internet connections or prefer joining by phone,call the following number at the start time, 12:30 pm:1-669-900-6833The Meeting id is 820 7368 6606#(no participant id required)The password, if requested, is 135296#
If you want the meeting to call you to bring you into the group, notify Bill Blackburn 415/450-5339
Coming soon…Please watch for The Spahr Center’s Senior Survey.By filling out this anonymous survey, you’ll help us help our communityand discover who we may not be reaching!
July 23: By request, we’ll return to the subject of Black Lives Matter and the awakening around race issues. Following a deep, meaningful conversation about BLM on June 25, participants asked for more!
The Northbay LGBT Senior Social Committee is organizing a monthly birthday celebration via Zoom on the second Tuesday at 4pm to honor those who were born that month. To send your name & birthdate to be celebrated and to celebrate others, RSVP to the socialcommittee@comcast.net. They will be celebrating all July birthdays on Tuesday, July 14th at 4 pm.

The Social Committee sends out a monthly email that outlines all senior LGBT activities in that month along with related flyers and letters. Ongoing activities include games day, birthday celebration, farkle and a women’s coffee. Special events are also included like the talent show, mad libs or discussion of establishing healthcare relationships. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, send your name & email to socialcommittee@comcast.net

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Sonoma County Bars, Museums to Close; No More Indoor Dining Until August 2

State public health officials on Sunday ordered Sonoma County bars without food service to close and put a halt to indoor dining service as well as visits to museums and entertainment centers, marking the latest and most significant regression for the county into pandemic prohibitions with the coronavirus resurgent in the community and deepening its toll on livelihoods.

The highly anticipated health order from the state Department of Public Health goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday and adds Sonoma County to a list of at least 29 other California counties facing reinstated restrictions driven by a wave of summertime coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.

The number of known cases in the county reached 1,819 Sunday night, a tally that has increased sharply since Memorial Day and contributed to the state’s decision to add Sonoma County to the growing list of counties being ordered to dial back indoor business activity.

“The current data reflect that community spread of infection is of increasing concern across the state,” California Public Health Officer Sonia Angell stated in the order signed order dated Sunday.

The latest closures will remain in effect through at least Aug. 2.

Patio dining service, outdoor wine tasting and other open air commercial activities are still allowed. Bars that don’t serve food must close all operations, indoors and outdoors.

The rate of infections in Sonoma County has increased sixfold since early June from 20 cases per 100,000 residents to more than 120 cases per 100,000 as of July 12, Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase said in a county news release.

Two additional county residents died from COVID-19, the local health department reported late Saturday, bringing total known death toll to 16.

More than half of those people have died in the past two weeks.

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