It’s time to party with the Peanuts gang! Just ahead of the 60th birthday of the “Peanuts” comic strip, the Charles M. Schulz Museum is about to celebrate its Eighth Anniversary and invites everyone to join in.
Mural at Charles M. Schulz Museum comprised of comic strips
Charles Schulz called Sonoma County home for nearly forty years, living in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa. In 1969 he opened the Redwood Empire Ice Arena, or Snoopy’s Home Ice, in Santa Rosa, where figure skating and ice hockey are still going on and where you can still get some cocoa and a snack at the Warm Puppy Café. Looking for a place for the original comic strips to call home, the museum was built near the ice arena and next to Schulz’s art studio.
Along with permanent exhibitions such as Schulz’s studio and “Christo’s Wrapped Snoopy House,” have a look at the current ones in the galleries. “From Highland Park Caddy to Pebble Beach Celebrity: Schulz and the Game of Golf” expresses Schulz’s love of the game and his talent. “Pop Culture in Peanuts” is an exhibition of 70 original strips showing Schulz’s genius of adapting the latest trend, technology, and slang for his comic strip. “The Language of Lines: Imaginary Places in the Comics” explores the environments in which cartoonists place their characters in a collection of strips including “Li’l Abner” and “Beetle Bailey.”
On the second Saturday of every month, you can catch a new Cartoonist-in-Residence at the Schulz Museum. On Saturday, August 14, you can meet and chat to Rina Ayuyang, who is the cartoonist and creator of “Namby Pamby,” a mini-comic series that looks on the humorous side of everyday moments.
Visitors enjoying an exhibit at the Museum.
Nicole Hollander, who created the comic strip “Sylvia,” is arriving from Chicago to make an appearance as a Guest Cartoonist on Saturday, August 21. She’ll speak about “Sylvia” and her other works and sign her latest book, “The Sylvia Chronicles: 30 Years of Graphic Misbehavior from Reagan to Obama.” Along with the internationally-syndicated “Sylvia” strip, Hollander has published sixteen collections of it as well as “Female Problems” and “My Cat’s Not Fat, He’s Just Big-Boned.”
In keeping with the fun spirit of “Peanuts,” the Schulz Museum is also a wonderful place for the whole family. Kids can have fun and check out the characters outside in the garden. Museum Mondays are a special morning for children aged 1 to 5 (and adults), when there are stories and art & craft projects at various stations within the museum. They take place from 10 a.m. to noon on the fourth Monday of each month from March through September and every Monday from October through February. Admission is $5 per child and free for up to two accompanying adults before 11 a.m.
Charles M. Schulz Museum 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707-579-4452 www.schulzmuseum.org
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