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Avow (written by Bill C. Davis and directed by Buzz Bense and John Rowan) is about the human struggle to make and to keep vows of love and faith. It is set in motion when Brian and Tom ask Father Raymond, their parish priest whom they greatly admire for his radical views, to bless their relationship before God. He refuses to do so, obeying his church’s edict against gay marriage, and advises that their only recourse within the church is to remain celibate. Tom is stricken with a crisis of conscience, questioning whether his faith and his sexuality can be reconciled. This, in turn, brings down the wrath of Brian’s formidable sister Irene, and the collision of Irene and Father Raymond create some unexpected sparks and unanticipated consequences.
This production runs from Friday, June 24, through Sunday, July 24, at the Rio Nido Lodge. General admission is $20 and $15 for seniors; and all Fridays, starting with Friday, July 1, are pay-what-you-can. Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 4:00 p.m.
Rio Nido Lodge is located 2 miles east of Guerneville on Canyon Two Road off River Road. It has its own parking lot on the west side of the building.
For reservations, go to the Reservations Page or call the Box Office at (707) 583-2343.
 Come join the Friends of Rio Nido this Saturday at 11am in the Rio Nido Home Owners Association park. We’ll keep you up date on what’s going on around our neighborhood and help plan our community activities for the next few months. Need more information? Check us out online here.
Reserve your table for the Rio Nido Arts and Crafts Festival August 7 from 10am-3pm. All arts and crafts welcome–including literary arts and music. If you’d like to participate email a aquila@aquilaink.com or bvdrio@sonic.net or you can call 869-8284. And don’t miss the Rio Nido Homeowners Association breakfast from 9am-12pm.
Fire Safe Sonoma’s Chippers Ahoy! Project provides free chipper service to Sonoma County residents engaged in making their property more wildfire safe. In the event of a wildfire, having 100 feet or more of defensible space has been clearly demonstrated to help save homes. Likewise, thinning vegetation on access roads can make it safer for residents and firefighters. We hope that having free chipper service to help you dispose of woody debris may inspire you to create beautiful, healthy and firewise landscapes around your homes and on roadsides.
Who is Eligible?
Sonoma County residents who are thinning vegetation to take care of defensible space requirements are eligible. Defensible Space is a 100+ foot radius around structures and along access roads. Please see Living with Fire in Sonoma County to learn more about Defensible Space and how to create it.
For more information including how to participate and how long the process will take, go to Fire Safe Sonoma’s website.
Want to pass a flyer around in your neighborhood? Use this printable version.
 Bald Eagle by Beverly Bird (acrylic on panel) June 4-5 and 11-12 brings Sebastopol Center for the Arts and Art at the Source to western Sonoma County for their annual open studio tour. Rio Nido artists include painters Beverly & Patty Bird, printmaker Caren Caterall, and glass artist Rebecca Lichau showing at 16369 Main St., Guerneville 95446.
The 17th annual tour features 153 artists in 84 studio locations around west county, and the diversity includes painters, sculptors, potters, jewelers, photographers, glass, wood and fiber artists. For a complete list of artists, descriptions, locations, and maps, go to the Art at the Source website.
Start off your summer by enjoying a great weekend in Rio Nido. There’s so much to do! First off, the Rio Nido Road House will be showing off their newly renovated pool this Friday from 11:30-5:30 pm. Purchase pool passes by the day, week, month, or season–just grab an application next time you stop by.
Saturday, May 28 brings perennial favorites, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones, back to the Roadhouse starting at 6pm ($12 adults and $6 for kids).
On Sunday, May 29 it’s time for the Annual Rio Nido Homeowner’s Association Memorial Day weekend Chicken Barbecue where Food (4:00-9:00pm), dancing (5pm-9:00pm), and fun are a family tradition. Everyone is welcome–you don’t even have to live here to attend ($8.00 adult, $5.00 child).
 Over the River and Through the Woods–written by Joe DiPietro and directed by Diana Grogg–runs through May 22. Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. General admission is $20, except all Fridays starting with April 29 are pay-what-you-can.
Every Sunday, 33-year old Nick Cristano, a NYC marketing executive, dutifully takes the bus through the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River and into (the not very woodsy) Hoboken, New Jersey, to eat dinner with his two sets of grandparents. So when he announces that he’s been offered a big promotion that requires him to move to Seattle, his grandparents are stunned he’d even consider moving so far away. But they quickly concoct a match-making scheme to keep him close. If only Nicky were married — had children! – then he too would embrace the values they most cherish: family, faith and food. For ticket and reservations, go to the Pegasus Theater website.
The Rio Nido Roadhouse is hosting their annual Easter Egg Hunt for kids of all ages. There’ll be a marshmallow roast and hot chocolate plus a new event this year: the Peeps Diorama Contest. The Egg Hunt begins at 1:00 p.m., and the Diorama Contest judging will be at 2:30 p.m. Call 869-0821 for more information. (Photo Credit “Peeps in the Wild” by Nate Steiner)
Join Pegasus Theater Company for their fundraiser “Give Back Tuesday” on March 29 at the Rainbow Cattle Company, 16220 Main Street in Guerneville, CA. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Menu includes:Turkey chili, Vegetarian black bean chili, Mac and cheese, Southern corn bread, Roasted veggies, Sweet and sour coleslaw, Brownies, and blondies.
Suggested donation $5
Raffle prizes include:
Two tickets to Over the River and Through the Woods at Pegasus, two tickets to Cabaret at 6th Street Playhouse, fine wines, spa treatment at Osmosis, and more.
Special preview of Over the River and through the Woods.
Attached are 10 traffic intersection control measures proposed by public works after its tour of Rio Nido with some members of the infrastructure committee. The intersection control measures are for the locations 1 through 10 are shown on the map as red dots. The YIELD situations are shown with the line of upside down triangles; the STOP locations have a solid line; and, except where noted, a sign and post would be installed as well. Parallel red lines denote the areas that could be striped with a centerline.
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