Smokin’ Jaze perform tonight at Maya Restaurant, featuring “Smokin’ Joe” Herrschaft on vocals and harmonica, straight from KSVY 91.3 Sonoma, along with Danny “T-Bone” Hukill on guitar and vocals, “Angel” Dave Duport on bass, and Jim Mollano, “The Brooklyn Basher,” on drums. 9 p.m. 101 East Napa Street, southeast corner of Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma. Call (707) 935-3500.
New Container Opening at fun and elegant Chateau Sonoma. Proprietor Sarah Anderson will do the opening honors with 150 new goodies including garden ornaments, antique garden furniture, statuary and loads of objets d’art. Saturday and Sunday, January 28 and 29. 153 West Napa Street, Sonoma. Call (707) 935-8553 or visit www.chateausonoma.com.
Flamenco Music and Dance featuring Bay Area professional flamenco artists including dancer Pamela Martinez, singer El Moreno, guitarist Geoff Hawkins, and Sonoma County dancer and teacher La Fibi. Sunday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. at acoustically nearly perfect Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma. Tickets at Pharmaca, 303 West Napa Street, Sonoma, $14, $18 advance, $16, $20 at door. Call (707) 938-4626 for more info.
Cline Cellars Olive Festival Winemaker Dinner Saturday, January 28, featuring a sumptuous three-course dinner with reception in Cline’s 1850s farmhouse tasting room and a rare opportunity to dine in the adobe “mission,” built recently to commemorate Father Jose Altimira’s encampment on the site before he established Mission San Francisco de Solano in Sonoma. $115, seating limited to 30 guests. Call (707) 940-4025 for reservations. Free olive curing seminar at Cline Cellars with Don Landis Sunday, January 29 in Cline’s Barrel Room.
Musica Pacifica performs virtuoso Italian and German baroque music Sunday, January 29 at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, in conjunction with the Sonoma Classical Music Society, 3:00 p.m. Listen to music in Sonoma’s renowned art environment. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Tickets $25, seating limited. For tickets call (707) 939-7862, visit www.svma.or/store, or go to Readers’ Books and Sonoma Valley Music.
Looking Forward: Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance presents its first ever “Wine Basics 101,” a wine education tour and tasting for beginning wine drinkers. The most-of-the-day seminar runs from 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, February 4 at The Lodge at Sonoma. Participants get to take an educational vineyard tour, learn winemaking during a cellar and barrel room tour, a Sensory Exploratorium experience led by Master Sommelier Christopher Sawyer, and a multi-course winemakers’ lunch paired with wines. Tickets are $150 or $125 for Sonoma Valley winery wine club members and SVVGA members. The fee also includes mimosas, coffee and pastries in the early morning and transportation to wineries. Call (707) 935-0803 or visit www.sonomavalleywine.com.
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