🌱 Group Healing with Tibetan Monks and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Santa Rosa, CA! at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 47 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cloudy and becoming rainy, temps: high: 53, low: 46.
• Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 56 and low of 54 degrees.

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Sunday January 11

• Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Santa Rosa, CA!
  Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Group Healing with Tibetan Monks
  Energy Wave Center , 120 Pleasant Hill Avenue North Suite 330 , Sebastopol
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Danceypants
  Sebastopol Community Cultural Center , 390 Morris St , Sebastopol
  9:00 am
• Morning Yoga — Occidental Center for the Arts
  Occidental Center For the Arts , 3850 Doris Murphy Ct , Occidental
  9:00 am
• SC Regional Parks- Ice Plant Removal Workday
  Doran Regional Park , 201 Doran Beach Rd , Bodega Bay
  9:30 am
• BOUNTY: Paintings by Lynn Zachreson
  Sebastopol Gallery , 150 N Main St , Sebastopol
  10:00 am
• Queer Tidepooling: North Coast at Carmet Beach
  Carmet Beach Parking , 4721-4741 Shoreline Hwy , Bodega Bay
  12:30 pm
• Future Club: Teen After School Club
  Sebastopol Community Cultural Center , 390 Morris St , Sebastopol
  3:00 pm
• New Year's Eve Wine Pairing Dinner
  Inn At Occidental , 3657 Church St , Occidental
  6:30 pm
• Dazed and Confused NEW YEAR'S PARTY ! 12/31/25
  Monte Rio Theater & Extravaganza , 20396 Bohemian Hwy , Monte Rio
  7:00 pm
• New Year’s Eve Party at Crooked Goat Sebastopol
  Crooked Goat Brewing , 120 Morris St #120 , Sebastopol
  9:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• The Feed Store Community Event
  The Feed Store
  12:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• ??PIZZA POP-UP
  Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center , 2191 Laguna Rd , Santa Rosa
  11:30 am

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