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Check out the Petaluma Argus-Courier’s Community Events Calendar for October. (Getty Images) By Argus Courier StaffPUBLISHED: November 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM PST | UPDATED: November 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM PSTGetting your Trinity Audio player ready...Petaluma Elks Holiday Craft Faire Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s back, the Elks Lodge’s annual holiday craft and vendor faire, with several large rooms filled with vendors offering handmade gifts and one-of-a-kind holiday decor. This festive event supports local vendors as well as a number of Elks charitable projects. Open to the public. 2105 South McDowell Extension. Find out more at Elks901.org. Free history talk about one-room schoolhouses Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. David and Chari Dohn spent years riding their Harley on the backroads of California, taking pictures of vintage and one-room school houses. Join them and Harlan Osborne, sharing the stories tucked away in the pictures they’ve collected. Free.

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