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Get Ready for Wildwood’s Open Body Yoga Retreat for Men

The Wildwood Retreat Center will be hosting its annual Open Body Yoga Retreat for Men starting Thursday, July 9 through Sunday, July 12, 2015 at its facility in the hills near the Russian River. “We’ve put together four days of exciting and varied events with the idea that each participant will be able to create his own ideal yoga getaway,” says Tim J. Luddy, the yoga instructor leading the event. “Attendees will find a broad series of yoga offerings each day including power yoga, five elements, and partner work, plus evening workshops in self-¬pleasure and partnered massage exchange.” In addition […]

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Sonoma County AIDS Fod Bank Food For Thought Expands its Services

  When Food For Thought celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, leaders at the grassroots Sonoma County AIDS food bank decided it was time to broaden their outreach. While their original mission to feed people affected by HIV has not waned, they felt they were in a strong position to meet a growing need by expanding their services to help all people with critical illnesses who are in danger of malnutrition. “If you get sick and you don’t have a caregiver or money, there’s nothing for you,” said Ron Karp, the nonprofit’s executive director. “It’s like where people with HIV […]

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The Occidental Community Choir Will Be “Riding the Waves” During May Concerts

The  Occidental  Community  Choir  presents  “Riding  the  Waves,”  an  eclectic  concert  of   lyrical,  heartfelt  songs  that  will  take  you  on  a  journey  from  the  silly  to  the  sublime.    The   Greek  philosopher  Heraclitus  wrote,  “the  only  thing  constant  is  change.”  Nearly  3000   years  later  it  is  still  true  that  we  must  all  ride  out  our  personal  storms.  The  human  heart   has  the  capacity  to  bear  great  joy,  sorrow  and  longing.     In  keeping  with  their  tradition  of  encouraging  and  presenting  original  works,  most  of  the   concert’s  songs  are  written  by  choir  members.  Steve  Fowler’s […]

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Fire, Floods, Flags: Sonoma County Pride LGBT History in the River

  As former President Richard Milhous Nixon so eloquently put it referring to Monte Rio’s Bohemian Grove “It is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine. It’s just terrible!” Yes Tricky Dick, the River runs full of us! The new Sonoma County Pride is about much more than just a fun-filled weekend. We want to be a resource for those that need assistance. We are working to make sure that all our Sonoma County residents live in Hate-Free communities. We are working with the county to raise our Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index. We are also working […]

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Lights, Cabaret, Action: REVUE Takes Center Stage at Graton Casino

This Memorial Day Weekend, drag is the new Saturday in the North Bay thanks to the star-studded debut of REVUE on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24 at The Event inside Graton Resort & Casino. Presented by Duane Wells’ LivingWells Lifestyle Events and Graton Resort & Casino in Sonoma County, true to its namesake, REVUE combines cabaret, music, comedy and light theatrical entertainment into two evenings of award-winning performances and off-Broadway stellar. Tickets cost $55 for general admission, $75 for premier tickets and $100 for VIP passes which include access to pre and post event receptions. Tickets are available […]

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How to Recycle Unusual Stuff in Sonoma County

  January as the month to lighten up and unload, whether it is to lose pounds, a bad habit or stuff cluttering up your home or garage. Most people now have curbside recycling, but it has its limits. There are a lot of other places to offload stuff either for recycling, upcycling or for use by someone who needs it. The Sonoma County Waste Management Agency puts together a comprehensive Recycle Guide that goes far beyond the do’s and don’ts for curbside recycling and where and what you can bring to the county’s Central Disposal Site at 500 Mecham Road […]

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Santa Rosa Blood Banks Cheer FDA Decision on Gay Donors

Officials at Santa Rosa’s two blood banks welcomed Tuesday’s FDA decision to lift the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, saying it was a move based on science as well as a policy change that many have been advocating. “We’re pleased that the FDA is going in this direction and it is certainly consistent with our position all along,” said Kent Corley, spokesman for the Blood Centers of the Pacific, which serves 50 hospitals from Silicon Valley to the Oregon border and operates a facility in Santa Rosa. “I do believe it is very much predicated in […]

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Santa Rosa Bishop Not Interested in Catholic Church Acceptance of LGBT Folks

Santa Rosa Bishop Robert Vasa was not among Catholic leaders gathered this week at the Vatican to discuss the church’s stance on a range of hot-button topics including marriage, divorce, homosexuality and birth control. But Vasa said that if he had participated in the widely reported gathering, he would not have endorsed a preliminary document that signaled a shift in tone about the church’s accepting gay people, unmarried couples and the divorced. Vasa, who defends the church’s traditional doctrines, on Tuesday downplayed the significance of the interim report. It thrilled progressives and gay rights groups, who have been encouraged by […]

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“Dream Property” in Santa Rosa Will House Homeless Youth

Sutter Health last week transferred ownership of the former Warrack Hospital in east Santa Rosa to an organization with plans to convert it into transitional housing for disadvantaged young adults. Sutter, which closed the Summerfield Road hospital in 2008, completed the donation of the property, valued at $9.5 million, at no cost to Social Advocates for Youth. The social service organization plans to convert the building into up to 63 units of affordable housing and other services for 18- to 24-year-olds who are former foster children or at risk of homelessness. The project, dubbed the Dream Center, sparked fierce opposition […]

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Christian Group at Sonoma State Runs Afoul of Anti-discrimination Policy

A newly enforced anti-discrimination policy at Sonoma State University has caused a Christian organization to lose its campus recognition and potentially thousands of dollars that come with being an officially sanctioned club. The InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a national student organization that has operated at SSU since 1962, was stripped of its campus recognition at the beginning of this school year as the California State University system began enforcing a three-year-old policy that prevents clubs from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, color, age, gender, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation or disability. InterVarsity accepts all members, but […]

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