“Tapas” Submisions Now Being Accepted at Pegasus

For the past 8 years Pegasus Theater Company has produced top-quality, original short plays. If you’re a Northern California playwright with an original, unpublished, 10-minute play, Pegasus Theater would love to read it. Submit your script in a Word document or an Adobe pdf file to beulahvega (at) yahoo.com. All submissions must be received […]

Coming Up at the Rio Nido Roadhouse

Here’s the latest from the Rio Nido Roadhouse Newsletter (Have you signed up?)

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Winter evenings are warm and welcoming out on the RNR’s back patio, especially Saturday nights when some of the best bands around are booked to perform. The Tom Finn Band plays this Saturday, and then […]

Pegasus Theater Presents “Sleeping Indoors”

Sleeping Indoors, a comic-drama written by Jim Holt and directed by John Rowan, runs every Friday and Saturday night at 8 pm, and every Sunday at 2 pm, from November 29 through December 22. The matinee performance on Sunday, December 8, is a benefit for the Emergency Winter Shelter Program at the Guerneville Veterans Hall […]

FRN Propane Deal with McPhail

If you are an FRN member, you can get a reduced rate with McPhail! It was $2.28/gallon in early September. Available to new or existing McPhail customers. McPhail helps with the tank changeover (including the propane leftover in your old tank). Email Friends of Rio Nido at frn (at) rionido.net to get additional info.

If […]

Holiday Show Work Party at Pegasus November 10

Pegasus Theater is heading to the East Coast, where it snows for the holidays, the setting of Sleeping Indoors, written by Jim Holt and directed by John Rowan. Please join the work party on Sunday, November 10 from noon to 5pm. No, that’s not a typo—it’s on Sunday, not the traditional Saturday, for just […]

Halloween happenings in Rio Nido at the Roadhouse and Lodge

 

 

Halloween is coming soon. Don’t miss the Rio Nido Roadhouse’s Halloween party and DJ Dance and “Thrift Shop Formal” on October 31. $100 prize for best costume. Free appetizers! Come scary or stylish! And for those of you with little ones, make sure you stop in at the Rio Nido Haunted Lodge […]

Max Ming Chili Thing Oct 26 at the Rio Nido Roadhouse

 

 

Come attend a special fundraiser for Max Ming on Sat the 26th at the Rio Nido Roadhouse.

*Adults: $12 Children: $6

*Chili Verde, with tortillas and salad and all the fixin’s

OR *Roadhouse Homestyle Chili, with cornbread, salad and the fixin’s

*Hot Dogs and chips for children

*Ice-Cream for everyone!

ALL proceeds […]

Historic View of the Entry and Front Parking Area

 

Early 1900’s view of the front parking area as you pulled into Rio Nido. The building you see was demolished in 2002 or 2003. If you know more about this photo or have some of your own to share, send us an email at Websters (at) rionido.net. Big thanks to Brett Gibbs and […]

New Historical Photos Added

Thanks to Margaret Benelli for scanning her Aunt Assunta “Sue” Benelli’s album and sharing them with us in Rio Nido. Please check out the Benelli Family gallery. And here’s a photo of Aunt Sue who participated in the Rio Nido ladies footrace.

Driving Miss Daisy Opens September 13 at Pegasus Theater

Pegasus Theater Company will present Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry’s moving comic-drama about aging and prejudice, at the Rio Nido Lodge, September 13 through October 6.

When Daisy Werthan, a stubborn aging Jewish widow in Atlanta, crashes her car, her son Boolie hires Hoke Colburn, a dignified African-American, to be her chauffeur. Deeply resentful about […]