CRITIC’S CHOICE
Comedy Mark Pitta hosts ongoing evenings with established comics and up-andcomers Tues at 8. $15-$20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Jan 28, 9am. Free. Sonoma Ecology Center, 20 E Spain St, Sonoma. 707.996.0712.
Songbird Open House
Film
Celebrating two-year anniversary. Sat, Jan 28. Songbird Community Healing Center, 8280 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.478.7274.
Year of the Dragon
Dance
Running Leak Daniel Ellsberg speaks in Sebastopol
Before Bradley Manning, there was Daniel Ellsberg. In 1971, Ellsberg, then a RAND employee, famously leaked classified documents to the New York Times. Known as the Pentagon Papers, they proved that the government prolonged the Vietnam War despite early knowledge that it would likely lose, and that the U.S. publicly underplayed the number of likely casualties. Ellsberg will appear twice in Sebastopol to screen and discuss the 2009 documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. The film follows the important activist while looking back at the Vietnam-era turmoil that sparked his momentous leak. Directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, it’s garnered awards from the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam and the Mill Valley Film Festival, and earned an Oscar nod in the category of Best Documentary Feature. The Kensington, Calif., resident is now a vocal opponent of nuclear warfare, and was accepted into the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation as a Fellow. On his website, he writes: “Public education and political mobilization against the destruction of nearuniversal legal norms governing nuclear weapons has never been more urgent.” Daniel Ellsberg speaks on Friday, Jan. 27, at the Sebastopol Community Center (390 Morris St., Sebastopol; 6:30pm. $20; 707.823.1511) and with a four-course dinner on Sunday, Jan. 29, at the French Garden Bistro (8050 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol; 5pm; $50; 707.824.2030).—Rachel Dovey
Yountville Community Hall Through Mar 12, “Mustard and More”
juried exhibit sponsored by Napa Valley Photographic Society. 6516 Washington St, Yountville.
Hot Dance for a Cold Night Batacha offers salsa lesson and rhythms to get you dancing. Sat, Jan 28, 7:30pm. $15. Occidnetal Center for the Arts, Graton Road and Bohemian Highway, Occidental. 707.874.9392.
Events Calistoga Art Walk follow the signs and view art with strolling tour of shops and galleries. First Wed-Thurs of every month, 5-7pm. Free. Downtown Calistoga, Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.225.1003.
Help Tillerman welcome the Year of the Dragon and Chinese New Year with annual lion dance celebration. Sun, Jan 29, 1pm. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.
Field Trips Fryer Creek Native Plant Restoration Help with native plant restoration and habitat improvement project along Fryer Creek. Event held at Fryer Creek at the Second Street entrance, between Bettencourt and West MacArthur. Sat,
for “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,” featuring wine, appetizers and Daniel Ellsberg himself. Fri, Jan 27, 6:30pm. $20. Sebastopol Community Center Annex, 350 Morris St, Sebastopol.
Home Aerial footage film on the evolution of Earth, with discussion to follow. Mon, Jan 30, 7pm. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.
Food & Drink
Live Theater Broadcasts
Civic Center Farmers Market
Classic ballet and opera broadcast live from around the globe. Jan 28 at 10:30am, “Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance.” Ongoing. Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.528.4222.
Playland by the Beach Documentary on bygone San Francisco amusement park screens in double feature with ‘Sutro’s: The Palace at Land’s End.’ Jan 29, 1pm. Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.522.0719.
The Most Dangerous Man in America Reception and film screening
Sun at 10am, “Eat Local 101” provides walking tour with information, cooking advice and ideas inspired by locally grown foods. Thurs, 8am-1pm and Sun, 8am-1pm. Marin Civic Center, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael. 800.897.3276.
Cochon 555 Local-to-national culinary contest featuring five pigs, five chefs, five winemakers and one Prince or Princess of porc. Sun, Jan 29, 5pm. $125. Culinary Institute of America, 2555 Main St, St Helena. ) 707.967.2320.
Food Not Bombs Help prepare and serve free vegan meals every Sun afternoon; served at 5. Sun. Courthouse Square, Third Street and Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa. 707.701.3620.
Poet Laureate Reception Reception honors Bill Vartnaw, Sonoma County’s seventh poet laureate, with light refreshments and readings. Sun, Jan 29, 3pm. Central Library, Third and E streets, Santa Rosa. 707.545.0831.
Pretty in Pink Wine, food, music and silent auction to benefit local cancer patient Tamara Green and her family. Fri, Jan 27, 5:30pm. Free. Paradise Ridge Winery, 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.528.9463.
Ring in the Dragon Chinese New Year celebration featuring winetasting, dim sum, music, red envelopes and fortune cookies. Sat, Jan 28, 11am-9pm. Free. Downtown Wine, 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg. 707.473.0337.
Sebastopol Community Awards Annual celebration sponsored
‘#14’ Work by Ellen Litwiller opens at Gallery Route One’s ‘Duration’ with a reception on Jan. 29. See Openings, p29.
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Tuesday Evening Comedy
by the Sebastopol Area Chamber of Commerce. Thu., Jan 26, 6pm. Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. 707.823.2484.