Local
Free SoCo LGBTQI Timeline Online Class Wednesday Will Focus on Lesbian Issues
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Due to fires, last week’s class was cancelled. Our topic on 10/7 will be Women’s Studies and Feminism. Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and receive a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu
This Month at Marin’s LGBTQ Spahr Center
To join the Spahr Senior Groupon Monday, 7 to 8 pm,click the purple button below the Butterfly Heart.New participants are warmly welcomed! Topical Thursdays12:30 to 2 pmOctober 8:Internalized AgeismCan we accept and even appreciate the changes that aging brings? Yes, we may have more wrinkles and aches and pains. But what about our wisdom, or the release from so much striving that our advancing age can bring? How can we be better allies to ourselves and each other as we share this experience together? Check-in Mondays7 to 8 pmWe catch up with each other on how we’re doing and have unstructured conversations […]
Heat May Overtax Power Supply so Conserve Today
California’s power grid operator is asking residents to conserve electricity Thursday evening, when a surge of air conditioning use amid sweltering temperatures could overtax the state’s power supply. The statewide Flex Alert, a public appeal for power conservation, will start at 3 p.m. Thursday and last until 10 p.m., the California Independent System Operator said. Temperatures in the mid-90s to low 100s are expected Thursday in the North Bay and extreme heat is also forecast for parts of Southern California. If power levels drop too low, the operator may issue rolling power outages, as was done in mid-August, when record-breaking […]
San Francisco’s GLBT Museum Hosts Virtual Gala with Peaches Christ & Marga Gomez October 16
We’re thrilled to introduce the gracious hosts of our virtual Gala, Peaches Christ and Marga Gomez. Join them on October 16 for Reunion: Making History, an evening of powerful performances, inspiring presentations and a heartfelt celebration of LGBTQ History Makers. Make sure to get your tickets now for Reunion: Making History, for access to the live broadcast on October 16, as well as sneak peeks of early content along the way! Register for the virtual Gala Peaches Christ is a filmmaker and cult leader living in San Francisco. Her infamous movie events are self-produced at the Castro Theatre and regularly draw over 1,000 attendees to each new production […]
Free Online LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline Class Wednesday
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000. Fall semester: Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Upcoming Topics: 9/23 Killing of Sr George Protest 1972 9/30 Feminism & Women’s Studies Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and receive the Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu.
Free Sonoma County LGBTQI History Class this Week Focuses on Local Queer Bars
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Next week, 9/16 our topic will be “Queering Space: SoCo LGBTQ Bars”. Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and receivea Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu
Happening this Month at Marin’s LGBT Spahr Center
The Spahr Center is opening its Food Pantry to seniors who need support in meeting their nutrition needs. Items such as fresh meats, eggs and dairy, prepared meals, pasta, sauces, and canned goods are delivered weekly to people who sign up. Contact The Spahr Center for more information: info@thespahrcenter.org or 415/457.2487(I’m sorry, I listed the phone number incorrectly last Sunday) Topical Thursdays12:30 to 2 pm September 3: Nancy Flaxman facilitates. Work:As Labor Day approaches, we will talk about work. Most of us are retired, though some are still working. What role has work played in your life? Did you just kind of fall into […]
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline Free Virtual Class Covers the 1960s Wednesday
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Next Wednesday, 9/9 we will be talking about 1960s Counterculture: CloudFarm and other Lesbian/Gay efforts at “getting back to the land.” Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and receive a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu
Hair Salons, Barbershops and Malls May Open Today in SoCo
Sonoma County will allow barbershops, hair salons and shopping malls to resume indoor operations with modifications on Monday, county health officials said Sunday. They are taking the action in accordance with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new business reopening strategy amid the coronavirus pandemic, local officials said. The county’s move also will coincide with the state’s beginning of a four-stage process to determine how and when California’s 58 counties will continue to proceed during the pandemic with local resumption of commercial and public activities.