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Embryonic Devourment, Hexen House, Infex, Divine Defecation and Cosmitorium
Bitter End Booking brings another great line up with the bands: Embryonic Devourment Hexen HouseInfexDivine DefecationCosmitorium Doors at 7PM $15 All ages
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Sonoma County for Palestine
Sharing Sustenance and Sowing Solidarity: 2025 Fundraiser For Palestine Art build to prepare for A Pilgrimage for Hope, led by an interfaith group in steadfast solidarity with refugees globally. The Pilgrimage is March 9th at Church of the Roses from 2-5, with a 4pm gathering with speakers. We will meet and walk quietly around the village, carrying backpacks, clothes, toys,
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Write to Live Clean
Come kick it every Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa, CA, at the Write to Live Clean group of Narcotics Anonymous; this is an open meeting & all are welcome to attend! We gather weekly for 90 minutes; the first 45 minutes of the meeting is dedicated to creativity
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Sonoma County Memorial for the Unhoused Neighbors
Join us on December 20 as we observe national Homeless Person’s Memorial Day and Commensurate the lives lost in Sonoma County homeless community in 2024 at the Arlene Francis Center at 11 AM For more information please contact: Jessica Pham, development manager, events(669)-315-1650 or email: Jessica.pham@homefirstssc.org CLICK HERE TO RSVP
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Sister Circle of NA
Arlene Francis Center Presents Sister Circle of NA; a meeting for women focusing on the Spiritual Principle-A-Day book. The guest speaker shares on the day’s principle, leaving time for people to share. This meeting will meet on Mondays at 5:30 PM. Doors open at 5 pm
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The Happys, The Critics and Weird Yard
THE ARLENE FRANCIS CENTER PRESENTS THE HAPPYS, THE CRITICS, AND WEIRD YEARSATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2025 – DOORS OPEN AT 7PM – SHOW STARTS AT 7:30PM99 6TH STREET, SANTA ROSA, CA ALL AGES SHOW – $15 – NOTAFLOFCLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS NOW THE HAPPYS ALTERNATIVE Rock SAN FRANCISCO, CA Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area,
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Spirit Sisters Circle
SPIRIT SISTERS REIKI SHARE 10AM – 12PM Embrace and share the power of energy healing, conveniently timed right before our monthly sister circle! Join us as we exchange Reiki Energy Healing with one another, to support, heal and empower each other! This is a great opportunity to practice your Reiki or energy healing gifts in a safe communal space. Release
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Holiday for Compassion
The Holiday Concert for Compassion is back for our 7th year! This year’s concert will be held at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa’s historic Railroad Square. This gives us a chance to raise money for homeless charities, and to also support a much-needed cultural, educational and social center in the heart of Santa
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For Mi Gente
For Mi Gente Toy Fundraiser Local 1401 Firefighters Toys for Kids is a nonprofit that routes toy and or monetary donations to specific areas of need. Right now we donate toys and money every year to the following groupps: 7 PM Cumbia dance clases in one room, Bachata in another 8-11:30 dance party with 3
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Half Life Documentary Fundraiser
Kirk Keeler was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Through the trials & tribulations of living with this disease, he was inspired to rock climb a route up Half Dome in Yosemite to help bring awareness to cancer screening. With two years of training, amongst chemo treatments and trying alt treatments like RSO, the
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Cold Turkey Open Mic
Sounds of Recovery meets at The Arlene Francis Center on Last Sundays. It’s an NA Speaker meeting that shares their hopes, strengths and experiences through music. Saturday after Thanksgiving they are hosting an Open Mic. Sign-ups are at 6 pm, Open Mic is 7-9 pm and DJ Dance Party is 9-11 pm. Nothing is free,
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Rosetown Rhythym
An Evening of Local R&B, Hip-Hop & Dance on November 15 2024 at 7pm FEATURING: KayattaMilo The YoungerSabieeMarcus Lee (DJ set) + special guests! ALL AGES, $15
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Welcome to the Pit
Arlene Francis Center wants to Welcome to the Pit: Loud LifeHang Nail(butthead trio from sonoma county)Slagalhor (punk post grunge Bay Area)Rat Bastard Radio (NorCal Alt-Rock Pluke Trio) November 9, 2024 $15 All Ages NOTAFLOF
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Martin Hamilton
Santa Rosa hit hard by loss of Arlene Francis Center’s Martin Hamilton Martin Hamilton unexpectedly lost his brief battle with cancer on Sept. 1. Santa Rosa lost a friend, an advocate, a mentor, a colleague, and a family member. He was thoughtfully intentional with familial, personal, and work relationships. He was a devoted community advocate,
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Barren Altar, Vile Rites, Drouth and Vakker
Bitter End Booking brings a truly diabolical lineup on Friday 11/8/24 at @thearlenefranciscenter featuring:BARREN ALTAR @barrenaltarVILE RITES @vile_ritesDROUTH @drouthxdeathVAKKER @vakker_usbm All ages, 7pm, $15 at the door. Flyer/art by @summoninghand @bitterendbooking@carbonizedrecords #bitterendbooking #barrenaltar #vilerites #drouth #vakker #carbonizedrecords #santarosa #blackmetal #doommetal #deathmetal #progressivedeathmetal
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Ha Ha Halloween Improv Show
Evil Comedy performs regularly at the Arlene Francis Center, bringing much-needed levity to our lives and yours. Come in costume if you’d like. The Alene Francis Center cafe will be open for refreshments before the show and during intermission. We interact with our audience to help make every show unique.
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Burning Palace | Hexen House | Barbarous
Burning Palace with Hexen House and Barbarous. Doors at 7pm $15 All Ages Here are some pictures of Burning Palace when they played at The Arlene Francis Center on 8/10/24. Photos courtesy of Bill Batchelor – Grain Factory Photo Here’s some pictures of Hexen House from last years Halloween show 11/17/23 at the Arlene Francis
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Spirit Sisters Circle
OCTOBER SISTER CIRCLE COPY In lieu of the spirit of October, we will be creating spell jars to encapsulate what we want to call in as we embrace fall and prepare for the energy of hibernation in winter. We will be collectively creating a “spell” to symbolize what we want to bring into our lives
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Witchstock 2
Parade Garden is back with Witchstock 2! This time the share the stage with Milk for the Angry. These great Sonoma County Bands really know how to throw one crazy event. Doors open at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm. $10 All Ages. NOTAFLOF Costume Contest! Get your tickets in advance at Eventbrite:
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Skalloween
A night of Ska with: Liz Fanora, Vaping at the Pool, The Sea Shells and Sonomacana. Come support your local music scene. Feel free to dress up. Show starts at 7pm on October 13th at 99 West 6th street, Santa Rosa CA. All Ages. $15 NOTAFLOF
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A fourth Wheel Improv show by Zipline
Welcome to A Fourth Wheel: An Improv Show! On the heels of the well-received first swing at this show in August, we invite you to join us for an evening of laughter, unexpected moments and quirky relationships. “A Fourth Wheel” plays with the dynamics between three long-time friends and one new partner being introduced into the
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Made of Mana and Parson Jones
Arlene Francis Presents:Made of Mana (rock/Funk/Blues) and Parson Jones (Modern Soul Rock) Come ready to dance with these two great bands. Made of Mana:These four friends grew up making music together, and it shows. They cut their teeth early, and were soon sharing the stage with high-profile artists at major venues. They continued to hone
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Halloween Cover Show
Halloween Cover Show METALLICA (performed by Immortallica)SLAYER (performed by a bunch of dudes)PIXIES (performed by TMFT band)KUBLAI KHAN (performed by Bog Body)KORN (performed by Ruiness & friends) All ages. $15. Costumes encouraged!Flyer by Summoning HandBitter End Booking
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Railroad Square Side Show
Come by this Sunday Sept 22nd for over 20 Artist, DJs, workshops and more with FREE entry (all shows in the theater—Theater Stage—ticketed separately) bring the whole family for a full day of fun at the Side Show!
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Zachary James Watkins, Lori Goldston, Fred Frith, Jordan Glenn and Jason Hoopes
🔥Santa Rosa is in for a musical treat on Monday Sept 16th🔥 A night of experimental improvised music, with two sets performed by 5 wildly explorative musicians. Zachary James Watkins + Lori Goldston Strings laid sideways and again sideways form a heavy frequency generator of processed cello and guitar, but the exceptional factor is less
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Ruiness, Suplex, New Low and Hexen House
Ruiness Debut EP Release show with Suplex, New Low and Hexen House. This show is brought to you by Bitter End Booking www.instagram.com/bitterendboo
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Jerry Dela Cruz Cancer Beatdown
We express our gratitude to all the volunteers and donors who contributed to Jerry Dela Cruz’s Cancer Beatdown. Together, we successfully raised close to $16,000. The musical performances were outstanding, and we are grateful for the tremendous support from a multitude of individuals. The spirit of love and generosity was truly palpable. T-shirts and posters
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Glitter Goth Dance Night
Glitter/Goth is Santa Rosa’s monthly dance party that promises to blow your mind into little pieces, scramble it up, reassemble you into the best possible version then spit you out! Think of it as the yin and yang of musical divergence. 1 room bright- disco, house, funk, soul, cumbia etc…. 1 room dark- goth, synth, cold wave,
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Quince Project
15 artists, 5 DJs, 3 performances, cake, tacos, wine, tooth gems, and more—all under the quince theme. Guests are encouraged to wear quinceañera inspired outfits. RSVP on quinceproject.com Quince Project is an art collective created by Bianey Esquibel. It experiments with common elements in quinceañeras such as nostalgic catholicism and phases of womanhood—all existing in the
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TMARKU, JAY JUNES, H-NUT, THE STONIES….
The 101 tour – MARKU, JAY JUNES, H-NUT, THE STONIES, DO BAD CHASE BANKS, TONY BUTCHER AUGUST 9th, 2024, 8pm – 12pm
