For over 50 years, the Sonoma Community Center has supported the artistic and educational life of the city, by sponsoring public programming. It offers classes in pottery, painting, music, yoga, jazzersize and various elements of personal development. Its large auditorium regularly supports theater performances, movie nights, and gallery shows. The artist-in-residence program brings recognition and support to professional and student artists. The space also functions as an incubator for non-profits, and many local groups have gotten their start here: including the Boys and Girls club of Sonoma. Volunteers and members are welcome, check the website for details.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a performing arts group of three talented men whose only objective is to make you laugh. Their specialty is to take serious topics and make them into short witty comedies. Check out the Web site to see tour dates, buy tickets or hear some of the group's work.
Sonoma Ballet Conservatory teaches a curriculum based on the Royal Academy of Dance. The conservatory offers classes in Jazz, Flamenco, Character, Modern, Drama, Feldenkrais, Gyrokenisis, Pilates, Conditioning, Stretching and Yoga.
