Learn basic clothing construction while sewing adorable clothes for your kids!
In this four-part series, you will learn basic clothing construction while building your sewing skills with different design elements, including elastic casings, gathering, lining, pockets, buttonholes, bias binding, and piping. You will complete one garment and take home a reusable pattern from each session.
Patterns, instructions, irons, sewing tools and notions will be provided in class. A limited number of sewing machines can also be reserved, free of charge. You only need to purchase fabric and matching thread for your projects. Fabric recommendations and yardage requirements for the garments will be provided once you are signed up.
All sessions will take place on Saturdays, 10:00am – 2:00pm, in a spacious, well-equipped studio in downtown Petaluma – just two doors down from Aqus!
- July 22 – Session 1: Reversible Circle Skirt
- July 29 – Session 2: Shorts or Pants
- August 5 – Session 3: Gathered Dress
- August 12 – Session 4: Summer Romper
$110 per session, or $375 for all four sessions
Click here for more details.
Moon Test
/in /by Mark MooneyRivertown Poets on KPCA.FM Petaluma
/in /by Sandra AnfangHave you missed a Rivertown Poets reading? Every Sunday, at 4:00 p.m. PDT, KPCA.FM (103.3 in Petaluma) airs recordings from our archives. Tune is each week at 4:00 p.m. Sundays to listen. New to poetry? We hope the listening experience will kindle your appreciation. Enjoy videos of many of our past readings on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJGhlRyK54dc7M_fn7fs_CA
Rivertown Poets – July 3rd Reading
/in /by Sandra AnfangJoin Rivertown Poets on Monday, July 3rd at 6:15 p.m. PDT for poets Tony Aldarondo and Linda Saldaña, followed by open mic. There are only three spots left for open mic. We’ll be on Zoom for this reading, and not at the Cafe. (Look for announcements of future live readings in November and December.)
The Zoom link is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6508887879
Passcode is 2241991
Bands on The Basin at The Floathouse Petaluma
/in Featured Event, Fundraiser /by The Floathouse PetalumaIt’s TIME! Time to get together with your Floathouse and Petaluma River community and enjoy music, the water, the summer in Sonoma County! This is a fundraiser for The Floathouse Petaluma a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to Petaluma River Access for All. We’ll be renting everything, all day, from 10 am to 7 pm, for two-hour slots ONLY. Bookings made online are the best. Please sign your waivers.
Secure your two-hour rental now, of anything from the Megalodon SUP (holds 1,000 pounds of friends, family and picnic gear) to a pontooned Hydrobike or Schiller Water Bike, pedal kayaks or paddle craft like our single and family-sized canoes, rowboats and sit-on-top kayaks.
Start planning now for the best time you’ll ever have! Bands: Forrest Day, Soul Shake and Rusty Reds. The bands start at one pm.
Rusty Reds: 1-2:30; Soulshake: 3-4:30; Forrest Day: 5-7 pm.
NOTE: We will NOT have room for private boats and boards to launch from The Floathouse docks this year. Please launch private craft from the Yacht Club side. Public docks on The River House side are scheduled to be replaced by the city in the fall of 2023.
SUP with Shirley: A beginner clinic with a pro!
/in Classes, Featured Event /by The Floathouse PetalumaThe Floathouse Petaluma is proud to offer an Introductory SUP clinic with Shirley Heinemann. Shirley is based in Petaluma, and can’t wait to “share the stoke”. She’s an American Canoe Association Level 3 Coastal SUP instructor with decades of paddling experience and more than five years of teaching experience.
Cost is $85 for a 2-hour class, including board rental. Limit six students. Class will cover the following:
A review of SUP equipment and sizing, different paddling strokes and safety orientation.
Transitioning from dock to board safely and proper posture.
Implementing different paddle strokes and board handling tips.
Practice time and next steps…
You’ll enjoy our extremely stable 11’ TAO Fit SUPs .
Social SUP Paddle with The Floathouse Petaluma- Saturday night’s all right!
/in Classes, Featured Event /by The Floathouse PetalumaGet out on the water with one of our expert instructors, paddle out while polishing your SUP skills, making new friends, and enjoying Petaluma from the river!
It’s a casual evening paddle on one of our 11’ TAO Fit SUPs, with a superb instructor helping you improve your strokes, stops, turns and more! Enjoy yourself as you level up your skills and see more from the water.
Cost is $48.00 and includes an hour and a half SUP rental and $10 for your instructor. Book your experience now!
Boating Summer Camps at The Floathouse [Session 2] Begins Today
/in Classes, Featured Event /by The Floathouse PetalumaThis is the best way to enjoy the summer. Floathouse campers learn how to kayak, Stand Up Paddle, row any kind of boat, and be part of the community formed by outrigger canoeing—mentored by members of a local club. Just as importantly, kids have free time for exploring the waterway that gave our city life: the Petaluma River.
We help them understand the fluctuations of wind and tide, and how to use them to have fun on the water safely. We give them an afternoon of exploring the Alman Marsh with a guide, and…what’s been every camper’s favorite activity ever since we built our own facility, “messing about in boats” (playing with the whole Floathouse fleet).
Campers: aged 11-15 [Six campers accepted per week]
Cost: $400, includes all equipment, boating instruction, and assorted snacks.
Boating Summer Camps at The Floathouse [Session 4] Begins Today
/in Classes, Featured Event /by The Floathouse PetalumaThis is the best way to enjoy the summer. Floathouse campers learn how to kayak, Stand Up Paddle, row any kind of boat, and be part of the community formed by outrigger canoeing—mentored by members of a local club. Just as importantly, kids have free time for exploring the waterway that gave our city life: the Petaluma River.
We help them understand the fluctuations of wind and tide, and how to use them to have fun on the water safely. We give them an afternoon of exploring Alman Marsh, and…what’s been every camper’s favorite activity ever since we built our own facility, “messing about in boats” (playing with the whole Floathouse fleet).
Campers: aged 11-15 [Six campers accepted per week]
Cost: $400, includes all equipment, boating instruction, and assorted snacks.
Boating Summer Camps at The Floathouse [Session 5] Begins Today
/in Classes, Featured Event /by The Floathouse PetalumaThis is the best way to enjoy the summer. Floathouse campers learn how to kayak, Stand Up Paddle, row any kind of boat, and be part of the community formed by outrigger canoeing—mentored by members of a local club. Just as importantly, kids have free time for exploring the waterway that gave our city life: the Petaluma River.
We help them understand the fluctuations of wind and tide, and how to use them to have fun on the water safely. We give them an afternoon of swimming at the community pool, and…what’s been every camper’s favorite activity ever since we built our own facility, “messing about in boats” (playing with the whole Floathouse fleet).
Campers: aged 11-15 [Six campers accepted per week]
Cost: $400, includes all equipment, boating instruction, community pool fees, and assorted snacks.
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Kids Clothes Sewing Workshop – Session 1: Reversible Skirt
/in Classes, Featured Event /by Deborah WongLearn basic clothing construction while sewing adorable clothes for your kids!
In this four-part series, you will learn basic clothing construction while building your sewing skills with different design elements, including elastic casings, gathering, lining, pockets, buttonholes, bias binding, and piping. You will complete one garment and take home a reusable pattern from each session.
Patterns, instructions, irons, sewing tools and notions will be provided in class. A limited number of sewing machines can also be reserved, free of charge. You only need to purchase fabric and matching thread for your projects. Fabric recommendations and yardage requirements for the garments will be provided once you are signed up.
All sessions will take place on Saturdays, 10:00am – 2:00pm, in a spacious, well-equipped studio in downtown Petaluma – just two doors down from Aqus!
$110 per session, or $375 for all four sessions
Click here for more details.