Calendar of Events
 In addition to our exhibitions, the Schulz Museum provides a wide variety of programs and presentations throughout the year, giving our visitors opportunities to: meet professional cartoonists; view some of Schulz's favorite movies in our 100-seat theatre; make hands-on crafts and learn about different cartooning techniques; and attend Members-Only parties. Our Special Group Programs provide visitors with even more hands-on opportunities.
Each visit to the Schulz Museum is a unique experience!
January 2009 |
 SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 ● 1–3pm
Cartoonist–in–Residence
Every second Saturday the Schulz Museum hosts a new Cartoonist-in-Residence! Berkeley–born cartoonist and illustrator Briana Miller has been cartooning since 2000. She has done many mini–comics, including Walk Like Tall Birds, Over and Over, and Simple. Most recently she has produced a prequel to Simple, called Still. In addition to comics, Briana creates hand–silkscreened shirts, posters, and postcards.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 12 ● 10am–12noon
Mommy and Me Mondays
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie!
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free before 11am. |
 SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 ● 9:30am–3:30pm
Elderhostel Day of Discovery
Celebrate the art of two great talents—Schulz and Beethoven—with an Elderhostel Day of Discovery! Enjoy a curator–led tour of the Schulz’s Beethoven: Schroeder’s Muse exhibition, lunch at the Warm Puppy Café, a lecture about Beethoven’s life and music, and a private fortepiano recital.
Reservations required; call (877) 426-8056
to reserve your space.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 19 ● 10am–12noon
Mommy and Me Monday. . .and the rest of the family too!
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie!
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free before 11am. |
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 ● 9:30am–3:30pm
Elderhostel Day of Discovery
Celebrate the art of two great talents—Schulz and Beethoven—with an Elderhostel Day of Discovery! Enjoy a curator–led tour of the Schulz’s Beethoven: Schroeder’s Muse exhibition, lunch at the Warm Puppy Café, a lecture about Beethoven’s life and music, and a private recital.
Reservations required; call (877) 426-8056 to reserve your space. |
 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 ● 9:30am–12noon
Home School Day: Beethoven and Schulz—Making Music Together
Experience Beethoven’s music through a live piano recital and learn about his art and life through a tour of our feature exhibition, Schulz’s Beethoven: Schroeder’s Muse, a feature film, and several fun, hands-on activities. Also learn cartooning with professional cartoonist Bill Holbrook, creator of Kevin & Kell.
Cost: $5 per student, adults are free. Add ice skating to your day from 12:30–2:30pm for an additional $5 per person. Reservations required; call (707) 284-1263 to reserve your space.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 ● 2–3pm
Beethoven Recital
In this special recital, the Felix String Quartet will perform Beethoven’s Quartet in C minor, Opus 18, No. 4. This amateur quartet is comprised of Sonoma County locals Diane Peterson (reporter for the Press Democrat); John Thompson (web site developer); Michael Fecskes (music student at Sonoma State University); and Steve Osborn (medical writer). |
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 ● 2–3pm
Beethoven Recital
Local pianist Elizabeth Walter will perform Beethoven’s music live on an 1899 restored Victorian grand piano. Piano courtesy of Sky Hill Institute of Petaluma, J-B Piano Company, and Marilyn Thompson. |
 MONDAY, JANUARY 26 ● 10am–12:30pm
Mommy and Me Monday. . .and Ice Time
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie! This Monday paint and play on the ice at Snoopy’s Home Ice as part of the Mommy and Me activities.
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free.
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JANUARY 31 THROUGH JULY 20, 2009
NEW EXHIBIT | To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA
 To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA looks at the history of Apollo 10 and the Peanuts characters’ role in that flight and in the NASA Manned Flight Awareness safety program. It will feature a one–third scale model of the Apollo command module from the Johnson Space Center, an Apollo–era flight suit, the actual image of Charlie Brown that was flown aboard Apollo 10, and a special children’s area for creative play.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 ● 1–3pm
Man on the Moon
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Apollo 10 crew (Eugene Cernan, Thomas Stafford & John Young) in their
space suits, posing in front of a large map of the moon, April 1969. |
Meet astronauts Lieutenant General Thomas Stafford and Captain Eugene Cernan and other members of the Apollo 10 mission.
General Stafford was the commander of the Apollo
10 mission. He has flown over 127 different types of aircraft and
helicopters and four different types of spacecraft, logged over 507
hours in space flight during six missions, and wears the Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings.
Captain Cernan was a
crew member and the pilot
of the lunar module on the
Apollo 10 mission. He is
distinguished as the last man to leave his footprints
on the moon in December of 1972. |
 SATURDAY, JANUARY 31
Members–Only Reception
Save the date to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition, To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA, with special guest speakers, Apollo 10 astronauts Lieutenant General Thomas Stafford and Captain Eugene Cernan. Also at the reception will be three of the Apollo 10 support personnel: helicopter pilot Captain Chuck Smiley; primary recovery swimmer Wes Chesser; and NASA secretary Jamye Flowers Coplin. Watch your mailbox for your special invitation!
Reservations required; call to reserve your space. |
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 FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 ● 7pm
First Friday Film Series
Watch one of Charles Schulz’s favorite classic films on the Museum’s big screen, complete with popcorn and candy! This Friday we're showing Cool Hand Luke (1967). Nominated for four Oscars, Cool Hand Luke stars Paul Newman as a prisoner who keeps escaping and being recaptured.
Cost: Free for members; $3 for non-members.
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Monday, January 5 ● 10am–12noon
Mommy and Me Mondays
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie!
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free before 11am. |
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February 2009 |
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 ● 10am–12noon
Mommy and Me Mondays
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie!
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free before 11am. |
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ● 7pm
First Friday Film Series
Watch one of Charles Schulz’s favorite classic films on the Museum’s big screen, complete with popcorn and candy! This Friday, enjoy the film adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby (1949), starring Alan Ladd as the rich and obsessive Jay Gatsby
Cost: Free for members; $3 for non-members. |
 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ● 9am–12noon & 1–4pm
Truffles for your Sweet Baboo
Make your own truffles in this yummy workshop as you pour, mix, stir, and roll a variety of different flavored chocolate truffles. You can make other Valentine’s Day gifts as well including chocolate-dipped treats of all kinds.
Reservations required; call (707) 284-1263 to reserve your space.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 ● 10am–12noon
Mommy and Me Mondays
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie!
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free before 11am. |
 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 ● 4–7pm
FREE Educator Open House
Educators can view the Schulz Museum’s newest exhibitions and learn about educational resources throughout Sonoma County. Representatives from the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Sonoma County Museum, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Pacific Coast Air Museum, and Luther Burbank Home & Gardens will also be present.
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 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 ● 1–3pm
Cartoonist–in–Residence
Every second Saturday the Schulz Museum hosts a new Cartoonist-in-Residence! Meet, watch, and talk to award–winning writer, cartoonist, animator, director, and stand–up comedian, Mike Gray. Mike’s cartoon Thom Cat recently aired on Nickelodeon as part of the Random Cartoons series.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 ● 10am–12noon
Mommy and Me Mondays
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie!
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free before 11am. |
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 ● 10am–12noon
Mommy and Me Monday. . .and Ice Time
Every Monday through February join us for Mommy and Me Mondays. Enjoy special activities for children ages 1–5, including story time, arts and crafts, and Museum activities…topped off with snacks and a movie! This Monday paint and play on the ice at Snoopy’s Home Ice as part of the Mommy and Me activities.
Cost: $5 per child; adults are free before 11am. |
 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ● 5–8pm
FREE Evening Hours
Join us for a free telescope viewing of the night sky from 6–8pm (weather permitting) with the Sonoma County Astronomical Society. Hands–on activities start at 5pm, including making and launching rockets, creating edible models of the moon, and more!
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March 2009 |
MARCH 4 THROUGH AUGUST 3, 2009
NEW EXHIBITION | Laughter Is the Best Medicine
 Laughter is the best medicine…and Schulz
made sure his readers had plenty of it!
He elicited chuckles and guffaws as he
explored many maladies and conditions,
including lazy eyes, broken limbs, tennis elbows, nervous
stomachs, physical fitness, good mental hygiene, and preventive
medicine. Laugh your troubles away in Laughter Is the Best Medicine, featuring 70 original Peanuts strips and some unique memorabilia. |
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FRIDAY, MARCH 6 ● 7pm
First Friday Film Series
Watch one of Charles Schulz’s favorite classic films on the Museum’s big screen, complete with popcorn and candy! A young Jackie Cooper stars in Treasure Island (1934), a swashbuckling adventure about pirates and buried treasure.
Cost: Free for members; $3 for non-members. |
 SATURDAY, MARCH 14 ● 1–3pm
Cartoonist–in–Residence
Every second Saturday the Schulz Museum hosts a new Cartoonist-in-Residence! Meet, watch, and talk to Jimmy Gownley, creator of the graphic novel series for kids, Amelia Rules! A five-time Eisner Award Nominee and two-time Harvey Award Nominee, Jimmy published his first book of comics when he was 15. Jimmy is also the co-founder of Kids Love Comics, whose goal is to get kids reading through comics.
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 TUESDAY, MARCH 17 ● 9:30am–12noon
Home School Day: To the Moon Snoopy!
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 10 and 11 missions with a special tour of the Museum’s To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA exhibition. Make and launch your own stomp rockets, create a star clock to take home, and build a lunar lander to deliver Snoopy safely to “the moon.” Also do some out of this world cartooning with professional cartoonist, Jimmy Gownley, creator of the Amelia Rules! graphic novel series for kids.
Cost: $5 per student, adults are free. Add ice skating to your day from 12:30–2:30pm for an additional $5 per person. Reservations required; call (707) 284-1263 to reserve your space.
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MONDAY–FRIDAY, MARCH 23–27 ● 9am–12noon
Santa Rosa City Schools Spring Break
Enjoy cartooning classes, outer space adventures, and even a chance to celebrate winter in March with ice and snow activities. Look for our upcoming complete class schedule.
Reservations required; call (707) 284-1263 to reserve your space. |
 SATURDAY, MARCH 28 ● 9:30am–12noon
(with ice skating from 12:30–2:30pm)
Girl Scouts Day: To the Moon Snoopy!
Join Snoopy for a day of hands-on science discovery and earn a 2009 Schulz Museum patch. Learn about the Apollo 10 space mission, create your own space ship to land Snoopy safely on “the moon,” and much more. After your Museum visit, enjoy a mini-ice show at the Snoopy's Home Ice and ice skate with Snoopy!
Reservations required; call (707) 284-1263 to reserve your space.
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Judy Sladky in Snoopy as Flying
Ace costume, sitting on an antique plane at an air show in Kittyhawk, North Carolina, 2003.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 28 ● 11am
To the Moon Snoopy!
Hear from Judy Sladky about her experiences with the Apollo astronauts and flying in Zero Gravity. Judy will also show a video of Snoopy and his Zero Gravity experience. Judy is a former ice skater and dancer who has performed in many of the Redwood Empire Ice Arena ice skating shows. |
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April 2009 |
FRIDAY, APRIL 3 ● 7pm
First Friday Film Series
Watch one of Charles Schulz’s favorite classic films on the Museum’s big screen, complete with popcorn and candy! Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) won four Oscars including best screenplay. Robert Redford and Paul Newman star as train robbers running from the law in this classic Western adventure.
Cost: Free for members; $3 for non-members. |
SATURDAY, APRIL 11 ● 10am–5pm
Kids Get in FREE All Day!
Celebrate spring and the new moon by making a moon mobile, a galaxy montage, and more! |
 SATURDAY, APRIL 11 ● 1–3pm
Cartoonist–in–Residence
Every second Saturday the Schulz Museum hosts a new Cartoonist-in-Residence! Freelance cartoonist and animator Vern Mercado has drawn for Mad Magazine, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and TV Guide. He has recently illustrated the book, Stuck in the Middle Seat: Why Traveling Can Really Suck!
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 MONDAY–FRIDAY, APRIL 13–17
Spring Break Classes for Kids
Enjoy cartooning classes, outer space adventures, and a chance to celebrate winter in April with ice and snow activities. Look for our upcoming complete class schedule.
Reservations required; call (707) 284-1263 to reserve your space.
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