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Visiting Bodega Bay?

For info call the
Sonoma Coast
Visitors Center
(707) 875-3866

Printable lists for your visit courtesy of the Visitor's Center:
Attractions
Kid's Activities

Bodega Head from Above

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Independance Day Event

Bodega Bay
Fireworks over the Harbor

Firework over Bodega Bay 2009

Friday July 3 after sunset about 9:30

Best viewed from Westshore Road, the Spud Point Marina, the Sandpiper Restaurant, Cioppino (formerly Claudio’s Trattoria) Restaurant at Pelican Plaza, The Bay View Restaurant at the Inn at the Tides, The Tides Wharf Restaurant, Lucas Wharf Restaurant, the Dog House Restaurant, the Duck Club at the Bodega Bay Lodge and Spa, Birdwalk Regional Park, Blue Water Bistro, and Doran Regional Park.

Call the Sonoma Coast Visitors Center
(707) 875 3866 for more information.

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Filming “The Birds” in Bodega Bay
by Alfred Hitchcock

After filming “Shadow of A Doubt” in Santa Rosa in 1948, Alfred Hitchcock returned to Sonoma County in 1961 to find a remote coastal location for his next project “The Birds.” He chose Bodega Bay, with surrounding bleak treeless hills, quiet fishing harbor and fog. Based on a short story by Daphne DuMaurier, the original story took place in an English seashore village where murderous birds attacked the local villagers… read more here.

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Ready for a nice hike? Try the Shorttail and Pinnacle Gulch trails.

Not everybody agrees on how it got its name, but most everyone who's walked it agrees Shorttail Gulch Trail in Bodega Bay is a welcome addition to the North Bay web of coastal access paths…

Read more here.

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First Stretch of Bodega Bay
Coastal Trail Opens

Bridge on Bodega Bay Coastal Trail photo by: Mark Aronoff/Press Democrat
photo: Mark Aronoff/Press Democrat

The new trail segment allows access "so the public can experience this incredible coast," said Judy Rosales, trails steward for Sebastopol-based Coastwalk…

Read more here.

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Bay News & Upcoming Events…

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Bodega Heritage Gallery

Linda and Dan of Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery are presenting a new show of "Old Locals / Notables" featuring example paintings by 32 famous Early California painters in Northern California at the turn of the Century. Several were early members of the Bohemian Club, including Meyer Straus, Ransome Holdredge, Gordon Coutts, Charles Graham, James Everett Stuart, and Gustave Liljestrom. Historic scenes of Yosemite, the Sierras, Mt. Shasta, Rodeo Cove, Mt. Tamalpais, and the San Francisco Bay.

The Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery is down the driveway to the lower parking lot of the Blue Whale Building on Eastshore, behind Local Color Gallery and not far from the Ren Brown Collection and the new Smith & Kirk Fine Art and Custom Framing.

Regular hours are Fridays Saturdays and Sundays noon to 5PM. Special appointments are always available 875-2911

Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery

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Gourmet au Bay

Live Music Every Sunday! From 3-5pm every Sunday, we'll serve up a helping of acoustic guitar and singer, songwriters from one of several genres - folk, blues, classical, etc.

2009 Winemaker Series:

July 18th - Moshin Vineyards is coming to Bodega Bay and we'll be enjoying 3 of three of their wonderful wines - Pinot Noir will take center stage (or deck).

August 22nd - UNTI Vineyards! Need we say more? We'll have 4 selections from this ever popular Dry Creek winery.

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Thursday Night Live Music
EVERY Thursday 6-9 pm
through December 30th
The Bluewater Bistro Bar

21301 Heron Dr., Bodega Bay
707.875.3513
Click here for current line-ups

Also through August 28th:
Fireside Fridays  5-8PM
5-6PM Complimentary wine tasting
Food and Drink Specials

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Please support Bodega Bay chamber members by patronizing their businesses.

Bodega Bay Chamber of Commerce

Click here for a list of members.

 

The Birds: An Avocation - by Dan Killeen

Comic Strip by Dan Killeen

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