Wayne Dunbar, Author at Positively Petaluma

#Petaluma Composer ‘Scores’ Big Win at Toronto Film Festival

Music composer, Petaluman Jasha Klebe, is now a success story from our very own Cinnabar Theater. He wrote the music score for a film recently awarded the Peoples Choice Documentary Award in the Toronto Film Fest for ‘Winter on Fire.‘ We tracked him down only to find he was en route to the Ukraine to premiere their film for the embassy there. He is currently working for the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom. Jasha’s musical upbringing was influenced early in life by his grandfather, Marvin Klebe, founder of Cinnabar Theater and a baritone opera singer who once sang with the San Francisco Opera Company. Following years of classical piano training and trombone in symphonic band, Jasha began his film composing career at Remote Control Productions, where he earned the opportunity as an additional writer along side Oscar-winning composer, Hans Zimmer, writing on such notable projects as The Dark Knight Rises, Rush, and Captain Phillips. For four years he gained experience working with top artists in the industry, including working with the Grammy Award winning composer Lorne Balfe on several TV shows and video games (The Bible TV series, Assassin’s Creed). Jasha is currently one of the leading composers at Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop (a Hans Zimmer and Extreme Music creative partnership) located in Santa Monica, California and works in one of their state-of-the art studios.

CLICK HERE OR PAGE 2 BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JASHA IN OUR RECENT INTERVIEW

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VIDEO: #Petaluma Star Wars Collection Is Worth Millions Per Forbes Magazine

The following video was released this week that is about Petaluma’s Rancho Obi-Wan.

Forbes YouTube Channel says: “Take a look inside Rancho Obi-Wan in Petaluma, CA, the non-profit museum that houses Steve Sansweet’s record-holding collection of Star Wars merchandise and art.”

What’s Going On This Week In #Petaluma? +Events Through December

Autumn Book Sale – Nov. 13-21: See website for daily specials at Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr. 763-9801

Spirit of Christmas Craft Faire – Sat. 10-5; Sun. 11-3: First Presbyterian Church, 939 B St. 762-8269

Saturday Farmer’s Market – Sat., 2-5pm: Over 60 booths selling farm-fresh produce & local products in Walnut Park. 415-999-5635.

“Deck the Walls with Red” Opening Reception – Sat. 5-8pm: Annual Holiday Show at Gallery One, 209 Western Ave. 778-8277.

Author Meet & Greet – Sat., 7pm: Poet Kay Ryan of “Erratic Facts” at Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St.

Boating at the Barn – Sun., 10am-1pm: Free kayak and row boat rides at the River Heritage Center in Steamer Landing Park. 769-0910

Holiday Arts & Crafts Show – Sun., 11am-5pm: Hosted by Petaluma Arts Association benefiting Mentor Me. Free. Cavanaugh Center, G & 8^th St. 773-1546. www.petalumaarts.org

East-Side Farmers’ Market – Tuesdays, 10am-1:30 pm: Year-round, rain or shine! Deer Creek Shopping Center (Friedman’s) 429 No. McDowell Blvd. 415-999-5635. www.communityfarmersmarkets.com.

Winemaker Dinner with Orpheus Winery – Tues. 6:30pm: Five course pairing at Bistro 100, 140 2^nd St. 981-8228.

Women’s Ministries Craft Boutique – Fri., 5-9pm; Sat. 9-3: Free. Petaluma Hillside Church, 2689 Old Adobe Rd. 763-0977 www.petalumahillsidechurch.com

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#Petaluma’s Heather Mahoney wins WORLD Racquetball Championship!

Coach Jen Meyer Heather, Mahoney and Coach Jody Nance

UPDATE: 11/26/2015: Padecky: Petaluma’s Heather Mahoney has a gold medal and a bright future

Thanks to the work of Brian Dixon who directs the Petaluma Athletic Club’s Junior Racquetball program, two of our young Petaluman junior racquetball players, Heather Mahoney (10U Girls) and James D’Ambrogia (12U Boys) advanced to the World Championships. They were both in the top 2 at the National Junior Racquetball Championships and invited to play on Team USA to and advance to the 2015 Junior World Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In addition to singles, both Heather and James played doubles.

Heather is now a World Champion after beating Mexico in a tie breaking match today. She is the best 10U girls junior racquetball player in the world!

Congratulations to Heather and James for representing Petaluma well as world class racquetball players and big thanks to Brian Dixon and Heather’s coaches for supporting our world champion.

UPDATE 12/5/2015: VIDEO – 2015 jr World Racquetball Championships – Final, Girls 10 and under

Gallery of Some Random Photos of Downtown #Petaluma

The following series of photos are ones I took while waiting for my car to get a smog checked at Petaluma’s Smog Test Only (which I highly recommend – they did a great job).

We thought the following photos were worth sharing AND ‘Positively Petaluma’. Some of the photos were taken with a Fish Eye and Tilt Shift lenses to create interesting affects.

Petaluma Honors Veterans and Troops at Annual Veterans Day Parade

Check our video and photo gallery of this year’s event

On Wednesday, November 11 Petaluma held its annual Veterans Day Parade, one of the largest in northern California. People lined the parade path, waiting to cheer on the veterans and voice their support for U.S. troops.

Marching in the parade were a wide variety military units and veterans including those who served in World War II, as well as color guards, local school bands, family members of veterans, and scout troops. Parade vehicles ranged from traditional floats to fire engines, military vehicles, and antique cars. Overhead were flyovers by military aircraft and helicopters.

On the sidelines, families and other veterans saluted the troops, waved flags, and generally cheered on our veterans. American flags were waving everywhere on the parade route. Several groups had stands stocked with Christmas cards and pens so that people could write to active troops to wish them well for the holidays.

After the parade, a memorial ceremony was held at Walnut Park, during which the National Anthem and “God Bless America” were sung and prayers were said for the troops. This year’s memorial ceremony unveiled Petaluma’s Korean War monument, dedicated to three Petaluma soldiers who died in the Korean War. The unveiling and dedication was a special moment for everyone there, and especially for the loved ones of those soldiers.

CLICK HERE OR PAGE 2 BELOW TO SEE THE VIDEO FROM THIS YEAR’S VETERAN’S DAY PARADE

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#Petaluma’s X2nSat Creates Video “Who is X2nSat”

As provided on their YouTube Channel:
X2nSat is one of the most veteran VSAT providers in North America, extending communication reach anywhere a company does business for more than 15 years. Founded with a mission to provide highly reliable, wireless network and communication solutions to a wide variety of industries, X2nSat is proud to provide the robust services of a large telecomm with the personalized customer care of a specialty organization. With a state-of-the-art, high-capacity satellite teleport site and a 24x7x365 Network Operations Center located in California and redundant teleports and data centers spread throughout the United States, X2nSat has the capacity to deliver extremely secure network solutions and services anywhere you work. Clients appreciate the strength of X2nSat’s robust network infrastructure and its close proximity to the engineers and technicians who manage their networks.

PCA Releases Video of Petaluma’s 2015 Rivertown Revival PLUS New Photos

This week Petaluma Community Access released its video showing some highlights from the 2015 Rivertown Revival “The Greatest Slough On Earth”.

We were also there and took a few short video clips, and some photos we have not yet shared until now.

Enjoy our short slideshow. Also you can hover over and click on arrows to advance photos.

PETALUMA: YOUNG ROSSI HELPS TO INSPIRE KIDS ONE SONG AT A TIME

A night of food, wine, stories of inspiration, and music

October 1, 2015 Kenwood, California: On Saturday, November 14, 2015, at the Chateau St. Jean Winery located at 8555 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, CA 95452, the new and rising star Em Rossi will be performing to benefit the non-profit organization event that will take place between 5-9PM with celebrity guests that will be hosted by ABC TV’s Spencer Christian. For more information about this event you can call (415) 453-3800. Rossi who has made appearances with Miles Schon at other charity events will be performing for the VIP sponsors’ reception between 4-5:00PM.

Rossi has been interviewed and performed on local radio, national new stations, and local blogs. Check out our previous post and Interview with #Petaluma’s Rising Star! Singer/Songwriter Em Rossi. A week after we posted on her the Petaluma Argus was inspired also to write about her in their article Singing her way to a career in music. Her soul based sound with modern jazz elements incorporating an eclectic mix of genres. Her music producer, Jim McGorman, who has worked with artists like Avril Lavigne and Shakira says “Em Rossi expresses a musical depth that is far beyond her seventeen years. She is a fearless artist, capable of taking you from melancholy to bliss in just over three minutes.” Petaluma Argus Courier writes “[Rossi] is making her way on the stage of stardom after growing up with a heavily influenced childhood of music”

In anticipation of her debut MP3 and CD called “Young Hearts”, Rossi has release her single “Madness” which has been featured on American and United Airlines emerging artist inflight shows and playlists. For more information about Em Rossi visit her website at www.emrossi.com.

Here is a new release from her called Animal:

The following video of Em’s behind the scenes creation of her new release gives a lot perspective in the work that goes behind the production or her music.

#Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart Hosts “Holiday Crafterino”

The Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart presents its seventh annual “Holiday Crafterino” show, Saturday, November 28th from 11am to 4pm at the The Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building. The show brings together the best in local handmade crafts and gifts while raising funds to support Petaluma’s own COTS, Committee on the Shelterless. You’ll definitely be able to find something for everyone on your holiday gift list! The Holiday Crafterino has grown to become a much anticipated local tradition full of goodwill and cheer.

Initiated in 2009 by several crafty gals, the Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart continues to offer Sonoma County a fresh collection of hand made products and the opportunity to shop local talent. The Holiday Crafterino is the perfect opportunity for shoppers to do good by supporting local organizations. For the seventh year in a row, the event will raise funds for COTS, the local homeless service provider in Petaluma. COTS offers help and hope to the homeless population by providing safe shelter and housing, teaching financial literacy, case management, positive parenting classes, work-force preparedness, and helping people get back under a roof of their own. Additionally, COTS provides 124,000 hot meals and over 750,000 pounds of food delivered to those most in need within our community annually.

The Holiday Crafterino’s much celebrated raffle is not to be missed. Local business owners spread the Holiday cheer by donating to the hourly raffle baskets which are chock full of local treasures and services from shops including StitchCraft and iLeoni. All raffle ticket donations go to COTS. To date this event has raised nearly $10,000 for the charity and hopes to donate even more this year. Saturday November 28th is also Small Business Saturday, this event is your perfect opportunity to support your neighborhood businesses and makers.

“The 2015 Holiday Crafterino will be bigger and better than ever before as we expand to fill The Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building’s two large auditoriums. We will host 59 well curated vendors and feature yummy local food trucks to help fuel the shopping frenzy,” shared organizer Melissa Abercrombie. Vendors will be selling everything from jewelry and bath products to clothing, art, ceramics and more. Some of our fabulous vendors included Bird vs. Bird, Bug Under Glass, Sonoma Spice Queen, Cookie and the Dude, and Griffin Map Design. The first 100 attendees will receive a fabulous and reusable silk-screened gift bag stuffed with goodies from local artists and businesses.

The Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart is organized by a group of local artisans: Nicole Vasbinder of StitchCraft, Melissa Abercrombie of Blue Ribbon Salvage, Tami Lovett-Brumfeld of The Felt Baron, Samantha Barsky of note•ify and Alice Kelzer of Alice Frost Studio. Shopping local is fun and convenient at this one stop holiday shopping experience!

Admission: $1 donation

Free Parking

For further information please contact: [email protected]