Petaluma cares: In an e-nouncement to Cinnabar Theater subscribers and supporters, artistic and executive director Elly Lichenstein, said, “If you have read the articles in the Argus-Courier or the Bohemian, you already know that we face a cash-flow crisis. Those of you who responded to the articles have contributed $37,000 thus far toward our goal. The Northern California Grantmakers just issued us a check for $30,000, to be paid back by the end of June. They believe in our theater. Still, we need to raise another $25,000 by the end of January.”
A majority of the people who responded to the Dec. 9 Argus-Courier online poll said they believe the Cinnabar Theater is very important to Petaluma. Visit www.cinnabartheater.org to contribute.
“Mythbusters” in Petaluma: The Petaluma Speedway was featured in a recent episode of “Mythbusters” on the Discovery channel. “MythBusters,” which performs experiments to verify or debunk urban legends and old wives’ tales, looked into a scene from the soon-to-be released “Green Hornet” movie in which a bullet-riddled car drives halfway into an elevator that begins to ascend, the car is cut in half when the elevator reaches ceiling level and the front end is then driven out. “Mythbusters” brought a replica of the Black Beauty car in the “Green Hornet” movie to the local speedway for the second part of the test. The car had its rear end cut off and was equipped with a reserve fuel tank under its hood. A driver was able to maneuver it for 20 laps around the track at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. “The team decided that the idea of driving the half-car was plausible, if the driver made the needed extensive modifications ahead of time,” according to “Mythbusters.” Argus-Courier columnist Harlan Osborne, who covers speedway races during the summer season, claims that the Petaluma Speedway appears in more movies than any other Petaluma landmark. The “Green Hornet” episode of “Mythbusters” can be seen again on the Discovery channel on Monday, Jan. 3. “The Green Hornet” movie, starring Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz, opens Jan. 14.
What’s the motto? Aqus Café Foundry Wharf recently asked residents to create mottos for Petaluma, in just 10 words or less, for a “What’s the Motto” community project. Some of the many submitted mottos included, “A river runs through it … no reasons to boo it,” “Hatching and growing ideas since 1858,” “East by west, Petaluma is simply the best,” “Petaluma — where cows, chickens and potholes live as one” and “Petaluma — how did a funky farm town become so hip?” To view more of the mottos, go online to www.aquscafe.com .
What Petaluma bookworms read in 2010: At the end of each year, Copperfield’s Books takes a look back at book sales to examine what Sonoma and Napa county residents are reading. The Copperfield’s store in Petaluma reported that 40 percent of the year’s best-selling books were kids’ titles, and 90 percent of the top sellers were fiction. The top 10 reads for Petalumans, in order, were: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (mass market paper) and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (trade paper), both by Stieg Larsson; “It’s a Book” by Lane Smith; “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth” by Jeff Kinney; “The Girl Who Played with Fire” (mass market paper) by Stieg Larsson; “Food Rules” by Michael Pollan; “Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero” by Rick Riordan; “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” (hardcover) by Stieg Larsson; “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese; and “Sweet Little Lies: An L.A. Candy Novel” by Lauren Conrad.
Christmas baby: William and Melissa Parrott were expecting the birth of their new child to occur on New Year’s Day, but little Izabela arrived a week early. The healthy 6-pound, 11-ounce girl arrived at Petaluma Valley Hospital at 9:15 a.m. on Christmas Day. “It’s exciting,” said the proud father, “but we were kind of hoping her birth wouldn’t fall on Christmas.” Melissa has three family members who were also born on Christmas Day, and the couple felt it would be better to have the baby’s birthday and Christmas separated by at least a few days. Izabela joins a growing household that includes an older sister, 13, and brother, 11.
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