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Being a festival regular in Northern California is a lot like being a golf fan. Just like the Masters opens the season as the first major golf tournament, the Harmony Festival, held last weekend, kicks off a string of long-running annual festivals: the Kate Wolf Memorial Festival (June 24–26), Reggae on the River (July 16–17), the Gaia Festival (Aug. 5–7) and Earthdance (Sept. 23–25). This weekend, it’s the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (June 17–19), with Toots & the Maytals, Ozomatli, Steel Pulse, Rebelution, Anthony B and others. Friday–Sunday, June 17–19, at Mendocino County Fairgrounds. 14400 Hwy. 128, Boonville. $60–$70 per day. www.snwmf.com.
Some country stars turn into reality show contestants, some turn into bluegrass icons and still others go on television to sell toothpaste. Mary Chapin Carpenter has done none of these things. Instead, the singer who’s still defined by the early crossover smash album Come On Come On turned to print media, writing a column for the Washington Times. Since the tepid reaction to her 2001 album Time*Sex*Love, Carpenter has had nothing left to lose, carrying a stark honesty about love, music and politics. She plays on Sunday, June 19, at the Uptown Theatre. 1350 Third St., Napa. 7:30pm. $40–$50. 707.259.0123.
Readers of our Green Zone column will recall the recent story of Schuyler Schwartz, who founded the Imagination Film Festival after watching a moving documentary about dolphin fishermen, ‘The Cove.’ The film screens this week in San Rafael, where filmmakers Ric O’Barry and Louis Psihoyos will be on hand to discuss the plight of the dolphin population in Japan and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, who was similarly moved into action by the film, will perform a set of music. It’s all happening Tuesday, June 21, at the Smith Rafael Film Center. 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 7pm. $40. 415.454.1222.
“Never argue during a circus.” That’s sound advice for any relationship, but for George Carlin, it held an extra significance: all of life often was a circus anyway. This and other relationship axioms, like “Compliment and flatter Sally all day long,” are found in the new book by Carlin’s wife Sally Wade, The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade. For the last 10 years of his life, Carlin sent his wife love notes: some goofy, some profane, all very romantic in their own way. Wade reads and discusses the book on Tuesday, June 21, at Book Passage. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 7pm. Free. 415.927.0960.
LES FLEURS Not to Reason Why celebrate their new record, ‘The Book of Hours,’ June 18 at the Phoenix Theater. See Clubs, p33.
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—Gabe Meline
NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN | JUNE 15-21, 2011 | BOHEMIAN.COM
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