NORTH BAY BOH EMI A N | FEBR UARY 22– 28 , 20 1 2 | BO H E M I AN.COM
32 Arts Events on the goods of 25 local restaurants, sip vino and pray that James Franco stays well away from the mic. Feb 26, 5pm $99. Robert Mondavi Winery, 7801 St Helena Hwy, Oakville, 707.968.2203.
Awards Night Party Drink Champagne, eat local food and hope George Clooney gets drunk. Feb 26, 4pm Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.
Awards-Viewing Party Sib wine, stroll the red carpet and gawk at Anne Hathaway’s dress. Feb 26, 4pm $75. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.
Bigger Than Life 1950s film about small town schoolteacher who moonlights at a cab company. Feb 24, 7pm Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2606.
Dying to Do Letterman Award-winning documentary about stand up comedian Steve Mazan and his one, seemingly impossible goal. Featuring post-show Q&A with Steve Mazan. Feb 22, 7:30pm.$15. 142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.
Film, Food & Love Series of foodie films benefits local celebrity chefs. February 23, “Big Night.” $30. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.3946.
Oscar Night America Appetizers, wine, dinner, silent auction and HD telecast of the awards. Feb 26, 3:30pm $50$60. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.
( 31 Bay Area celebrity chef. Wed, Feb 22, 6:30pm. $39 per class plus $20 materials fee. Fresh Starts Cooking School, 1399 North Hamilton Pkwy, Novato, 415.382.3363.
Meet the Winemaker Meet Matt Smith, the man behind the winery’s Bordeaux varietals and blends. Feb 25, 11am-3pm. $10. KendallJackson Wine Center, 5007 Fulton Rd, Fulton.
Lectures Art of the Americas Feb 25-26, event features lectures by fashion and history experts, book launches and signings and a focus on the Native American jewelry resurgence. $15-$25. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.
The Coded Language of Privilege A panel discussion facilitated by Dr. Brian Douglas Phifer, held in Room 4608 of the Bertolini Student Center. Feb 29, 1:30pm. Free. SRJC, Doyle Student Center Lounge, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4460.
Evolution of National Security Wiretapping David Kris, former official in the Department of Justice, talks about the National Security Agency terrorist surveillance program. Feb 24. $23-$25. La Gare Restaurant, 208 Wilson St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.4355.
Iceland: Moments to Savor
Food & Drink
Join Jeff Davis, awardwinning PBS producer, for a photographic slide show of his northern travels. Feb 22, 7-8:30pm. Free. REI Corte Madera, 213 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.927.1938.
Crab Feed
Legacies as Lessons: Learning from the Past
Dungeness crab, pasta, salad, French bread, wine and dessert. Feb 25, 6pm. $40. Finley Community Center, 2060 W College Avenue, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.
Knives with David Budworth Hone your mincing, boring and butterflying skills with
Holocaust and Genocide Lecture series featuring daughter of Holocaust survivor Claudia Stevens. Various times. “Lessons Learned From a Holocaust Childhood” with Hans Angress, Feb 28. Free. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2880.
Laura Paulini North Oakland artist speaks on geometric work as part of the Visiting Artists Lecture Series. Held in the Art Department, Room 102. Feb 27, 12pm. Free. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2880.
SSU Jazz Forums Ron Dziubla, lecture Feb 22 at the Green Music Center and concert on Feb 23 at 7:30pm in the Warren Auditorium. John Stowell and Mike Zilber Quartet on Feb 29 at Green Music Center. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2880.
This Is Not to Be Looked At A three-part series exploring the work of 20th century artists Robert Rauschenberg, David Ireland and John Baldessari taught by art historian Ann Wiklund. Thurs, Feb 23, 2-4pm. $75. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.939. SVMA.
Vitners,” with Katherine Cole 1330 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.1616.
Dominican College Feb 24, 7pm, “I Am an Emotional Creature,” with Eve Ensler with Isabel Allende. Two powerhouse ladies talk activism, women and the power of stories. $35. 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael.
Masonic Center Feb 25, 6pm, “The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm,” with Peggy Schafer 373 N Main St, Sebastopol.
Theater A Case of Libel A lively courtroom battle inspired by the trial between journalists Quentin Reynolds and Westbrook Pegler. Through Mar 11, 3 and 8pm. $12-$22. Novato Theater Company, 484 Ignacio Blvd, Novato.
Fault Lines
Readings Book Passage Feb 23, 7pm, “A Theory of Small Earthquakes,” with Meredith Maran and Johnny Symons. Feb 24, 7pm, “Wild Thing,” with Josh Bazell. Feb 25, 1pm, “History of a Pleasure Seeker,” with Richard Mason. Feb 26, 12pm, “Conscious Order,” with Annie Rohrbach. Feb 26, 2pm, “Speaking Up Without Freaking Out,” with Matt Abrahams. Feb 26, 7pm, “Wild Mercy and Swimming the Eel,” with Donna Emerson and Zara Raab. Feb 29, 7pm, “Pineapple Grenade,” with Tim Dorsey 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.
Community Church Feb 25, 7pm, “In Thought and Action: The Enigmatic Life of SI Hayakawa,” with Gerald Haslam. Sponsored by Copperfield’s. 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. 707.823.2484.
Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Feb 25, 1:30pm, “The Whip,” with Karen Kondazion. Feb 28, 3pm, “Bliss,” with Kathryn Littlewood 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.762.0563.
Calistoga Copperfield’s Books Feb 24, 5:30pm, “Voodoo
CRITIC’S CHOICE
Debut play of Santa Rosa native Rebecca Louise Miller inspired by Polly Klaas kidnapping. Thurs, Feb 23, 8pm, Fri, Feb 24, 8pm and Sat, Feb 25, 8pm. $15-$20. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol.
How I Learned to Drive Encore performance of SSU’s black comedy to benefit Glaser Center. Feb 24, 7:30pm $10-$20. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.5381.
Proof Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, “Proof” follows a troubled young woman as she discovers a revolutionary mathematical breakthrough. Through Feb 26, 2 and 8pm. $10-$25. Sixth Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.
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Dishes of Drama
‘The Tsars’ Cabinet’ at Sonoma County Museum The historic dilemma of Russia—to look east or west—is reflected in the Sonoma County Museum’s exhibit “The Tsars’ Cabinet.” The show collects porcelain, enamel and glassware that belonged primarily to the Romanovs, who ruled in the 18th, 19th and very early 20th centuries. Through its delicate finery, the exhibit illustrates that before the Cold War, before work camps, before Khrushchev and his insatiable love of corn, the head-scratching giant that Winston Churchill called “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” had identity problems, and on a chilly October day in 1917, that place would irreversibly shake the world. It’s perhaps difficult to see such drama in plates and soup tureens, but shifting ideas of nationalism and cultural identity make themselves known in the pieces’ devilishly fine details. Take the rounded, repetitive loops of green and gold painted on a dinner set belonging to Nicholas I. According to curator Jennifer Bethke, these Byzantine and Medieval Russian–style patterns were commissioned in the tumultuous, postNapoleon 1800s when militarism and conservative nationalism were on the rise. Conversely, only a short time after, Alexander II commissioned a set of plates decorated with Grecian figures that occupied the Vatican—a clear turn to the more romantic, Westernized side of Russian national identity, when the threat of Catholic countries (and short, ex-Catholic megalomaniacs) had somewhat decreased. An opening reception with Russian music, food and vodka takes place Saturday, Feb. 25, from 5pm to 7pm; $15. The Romanov treasures will be on display Feb. 26–May 27. Sonoma County Museum, 425 Seventh St., Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.—Rachel Dovey