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Last year, Essence Roberson-McCormick and husband Ken of T-Up Mini Golf made a dream come true, and this year that dream has blossomed and the couple are sharing it with the community.

Last year, Essence Roberson-McCormick and husband Ken of T-Up Mini Golf made a dream come true, and this year that dream has blossomed and the couple are sharing it with the community.

The following is a script by Laura Hamburg — interspersed with some contemporaneous musings — that she wrote to accompany her three-minute Palace Hotel documentary video produced in 2006 as part of the PlaceMeant Project: Why Where Matters, a series of Mendocino County digital stories about this place called home.

The following is a script by Laura Hamburg — interspersed with some contemporaneous musings — that she wrote to accompany her three-minute Palace Hotel documentary video produced in 2006 as part of the PlaceMeant Project: Why Where Matters, a series of Mendocino County digital stories about this place called home.

“A leap year means, 24 hours more to make a year memorable, 24 more hours to make a year countable, 24 hours to take yourself to a better place within a year, Make every second count.” – Sajib-SK “Today is an ephemeral ghost…A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years. For the […]

It was 1979 and 16-year-old David Post, still in high school, was living at the uptown apartments on Smith Street across from the newly refurbished Palace Hotel. There was a lot going on there and he wanted in.

It was 1979 and 16-year-old David Post, still in high school, was living at the uptown apartments on Smith Street across from the newly refurbished Palace Hotel. There was a lot going on there and he wanted in.

It was the summer of 1978 and I got word that Bob Larman, the new chef in town at the soon-to-be-opened Palace Bar & Grill, was looking for a kitchen manager. 

SPACE (Near and Arnold’s School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education) continues to lure former students back to Ukiah, and Joni McLeod is the latest in a string of talented individuals who have chosen to return to this “space” to teach and inspire young people. McLeod will be teaching a Musical Audition and Performance course […]

See award-winning stand-up comedy, hear live music, visit local art shows and more at these upcoming Sonoma County events.