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Enjoy 3 full days of LGBT events in Northern California’s magnificent Sonoma Valley – home to some of the world’s most prestigious wines and wineries. Celebrate with world class wine and culinary delights, music and dancing in a private estate vineyard, VIP Receptions, wine tasting excursions, champagne brunch, wine auction and pool party in one of the most famous luxury wine destinations in the world. Gay Wine Weekend Twilight T-dance Saturday, July 21 6:30-10pm Chateau St. Jean Sip award winning wines and dance into Twilight with 500 of your closest friends in the vineyards at Chateau St. Jean Winery, located in […]

‘Call & Response’ Art Exhibit at the OCA Gallery Wolpert • Wagner • Gordon Enjoy this invitational exhibit featuring creations by renowned local artists Dave Gordon, Adam Wolpert and Victoria Wagner. Exhibit runs Friday, June 8th through Sunday, July 29th; gallery open Fri-Sat-Sun 11 AM to 4 PM. At left: Woodrock by Victoria Wagner Horizon 132 by Dave Gordon Pond series by Adam Wolpert “Travel Sketching” Class with Patrick Fanning Six Sundays from 10 AM – Noon, begins July 1st! This class will teach you how to make fresh, lively sketches on location, finishing a complete composition in a matter […]

Del Shores has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television and regional and national touring theatre. Shores’ career took off with the play “Daddy’s Dyin’ (Who’s Got The Will?”) in 1987, which ran two years, winning many Los Angeles theatre awards, including LA Weekly’s Best Production and Best Writing.  A movie version of Daddy’s Dyin’ was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges, Tess Harper, Keith Carradine and Beverly D’Angelo.  Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the film. “Sordid Lives,” his fourth play, opened in Los Angeles in 1996 and ran […]

During National Pride Month, it’s important to remember the history of why we celebrate gains for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) people. Many LGBTQI older adults grew up during a time when to love someone of the same gender was considered a crime, mental illness or a sin. LGBTQI people could be put in jail, fired from a job or put into a mental institution. Discrimination also included troublesome experiences with providers of services. For many, it was difficult to find in-home care, join in social activities and even get medical care due to their sexual orientation […]

Isle of Klezbos In Concert Sunday, July 8 at 7:00PM Klezbos TIckets Brooklyn-based Isle of Klezbos approaches tradition with playful irreverence and deepest respect. Now celebrating two decades together, the soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-gal klezmer sextet has toured from Vancouver to Vienna since 1998. The band repertoire ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, mystical melodies, Yiddish swing & retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drinking songs, re-grooved standards, and genre-defying originals. Broadcast credits include CBS Sunday Morning, The L Word, PBS, as well as over a dozen film soundtracks such as Grace Paley: Collected Shorts and Esther Broner: A Weave of Women. […]

Teaching at Three Local Synagogues about Spirit and Authentic Living. Yiscah Smith was once a Chasidic man, living in Jerusalem with wife and children. But her quest to be her most authentic self led her on a decades-long journey, resulting not only in her transitioning to become the woman she knew she was, but returning into the fold of observant Judaism. Yiscah now teaches lessons on using Jewish teachings (and religious teachings generally) not to enforce normative behavior, but as a guide to liberate oneself to live with utmost spiritual integrity. Reb Yiscah, who is faculty at Pardes Institute of […]

Chef and Volunteers Cooking in a New Kitchen! Freshly prepared food for our congregate lunch program is now being prepared in a new location! Local nonprofit, Worth Our Weight, is generously renting its kitchen to Food For Thought every Monday. Chef Coby Leibman and our volunteer cooking crew (featured above) couldn’t be happier in this large kitchen with plenty of room to prepare healthy food for our clients. We are very thankful that Worth Our Weight has allowed us to use their kitchen and encourage you to support them. The Worth Our Weight Cafe serves brunch every Sunday from 8 am […]

Artists’ Reception for Call & Response Exhibit Saturday, June 9th 4 – 7 pm Please join us for a hosted reception to celebrate the opening of our “Call & Response” invitational exhibit! Enjoy the latest creations of local artists Dave Gordon, Adam Wolpert and Victoria Wagner. Exhibit runs Friday, June 8th through Sunday, July 29th; gallery open Fri-Sat-Sun 11 AM to 4 PM. Monica Pasqual & the Handsome Brunettes and Dear John Love Renee (members of the band Blame Sally) Saturday, June 9th at 8 PM OCA is pleased to host a concert by talented bandmates from the popular Bay […]

Beefest, The Good One returns to the lawn of the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts on June 9! Expect mouth puckering sour beers, hop bombs, barrel-aged brews, and a wide range of other cool libations that make Northern California one of the best beer producing regions in the world. More than 60 breweries & cideries will be pouring their samples for you to enjoy from 1-4:30 pm. ​ Generous community partners like Oliver’s Market, Trader Joe’s , and BJ’s Brewhouse will be serving delicious complimentary treats, while supplies last. Net proceeds from Beerfest – The Good One benefit Face […]