The 2026 MUSE Gala honoring… YOU!
Travel through time in celebration of our community
Sonoma, California. Sonoma Community Center’s biggest annual fundraising event, The MUSE Gala, will honor the true force behind the nonprofit’s enduring legacy– YOU! The collective YOU that is our community: the founders, visionaries, artists, supporters, and changemakers. MUSE 2026 is Saturday, August 15, beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the Center.
The Sonoma Community Center has been serving the valley since 1952, when Dr. Carroll B. Andrews and his wife, Katherine, purchased the property with the intention of creating a community space for learning and creating. Over the decades, the Center has continually evolved to meet the changing needs of the times, becoming a thriving hub for creativity, learning, and connection that belongs to the entire community.
To celebrate those decades, during the cocktail hour, guests will step back through time to sip iconic cocktails from the 60s and 80s, create keepsakes from the 70s and 90s, and even visit Beervana, our craft beer bar from the 2000s. The night will culminate in a dinner al fresco set in 1952, the year of the Center’s founding. The dress code is “chic time travel”-dress to impress from your favorite decade, from the fifties to now.
The catered dinner by the girl and the fig will offer a decadent dinner beginning with a wedge salad followed by a choice of roasted filet mignon with mushroom jus, butter whipped potatoes, and English peas; lightly cured king salmon with lemon beurre blanc, butter whipped potatoes, and English peas; or a summer fresh corn polenta with oven dried tomatoes, roasted wild mushrooms, and basil pesto. Dessert will be a delicious Chantilly Berry Shortcake.
During dinner, guests will enjoy a variety show à la Ed Sullivan. Our BIG SHOW will feature local entertainers and world-class artists. It will be a night to remember, with a few surprises and a lot of community spirit.
“We hope that our community feels the gratitude and joy that we feel daily at the Center. Each and every person who walks through our doors for a class, supports our programs, or attends an event has left an imprint on the Center. We want them to see first hand the value of what they have created and have an incredibly good time celebrating each other,” said Executive Director Vanessa Glamore Rognlien.
Tickets are $275 per person and on sale until July 31st at SonomaCommunityCenter.org. Proceeds from the Muse Gala support the Sonoma Community Center’s operations, including classes, workshops, community events, and scholarship programs that ensure access for all.
Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Mary Catherine Cutcliffe at 707-931-4289 or visiting www.sonomacommunitycenter.org/muse.
About Sonoma Community Center
The Sonoma Community Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1953 to serve the communities of Sonoma Valley with the mission of cultivating a vibrant community through extraordinary creative, cultural, and learning experiences. Originally built as the Sonoma Grammar School, which opened in 1916, the Center is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Media Contact:
Vanessa Glamore Rognlien
Executive Director, Sonoma Community Center
[email protected]
707-931-4166
