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hen Kim Hamilton took on the management at Rancho Feliz Mobile Home Park in Rohnert Park, there were no activities for the park’s children. Three years later, with the support of the park’s owners Millennium Housing, and Haven Management Services, the children who live at the park have a learning center, complete with a library.

They also have an after-school homework club with up to seven tutors provided daily by Sonoma State’s JUMP Program, and computers donated by the Active 20-30 Club of the North Bay, a community garden and a soccer field.

Teachers know that they can call Kim and chat with her about the special attention a student may need in a certain subject, such as fractions, grammar, history or spelling. According to Kim, “A lot of the children at the park were struggling in school, and I was concerned they’d be overlooked.” Kim recently attended the commencements of 16 of her homework-club participants, including two from high school.

Perhaps most importantly, Kim and her husband, Al, partnered with the Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) to ensure that no child at their site went hungry. They started an after-school-snack program. When students get off the school bus at the clubhouse, they eat a healthy snack before they start their studies. Now that school is out for the summer, children continue to receive at least one healthy meal a day because Rancho Feliz is participating in the REFB’s free summer lunch program. The Hamiltons, alongside senior volunteer Clara Taylor, have become surrogate grandparents to the park’s roughly 60 children. Kim also mentors a second local mobile-home park that is setting up a similar program, because as Kim puts it, “it only takes one person to make a difference, and what an amazing world it would be if everyone decided to be that one.”

For information on where to find one of the REFB’s 48 free summer lunch sites for children 18 and under, call 707.523.7900 or dial 211. The program runs through Aug. 10.

Miriam Hodgman is the communications coordinator for the Redwood Empire Food Bank in Santa Rosa.

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Great article and very informative (“Bedside Bankroll,” May 23). As another eldercare professional, it’s highly recommended that families avoid privately hired caregivers, as they are often not less expensive and expose families to extraordinary risk. I would also suggest interviewing caregiver agencies thoroughly, asking tough questions for references and making sure the agency is bonded and insured. Since there is no licensing for nonmedical homecare in California, it’s best for the agency to have a licensed clinical social worker on staff, and that they contract with local government agencies and have a strong, trusted reputation in the senior-care community—one that is much more than positive branding.

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Soda Is Really Bad for You New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg’s decision to ban supersized sugary sodas has resurrected the age-old debate over the role of the state in protecting the public health. In recent years, this debate involved bicycle helmets, car seat belts, tobacco, saturated fats in meat and dairy, trans fats and sugar (or more aptly, highfructose corn syrup). Public subsidies for tobacco, meat and dairy, and corn production added fuel to the debate.

I would argue that society has a right to regulate activities that impose a heavy burden on the public treasury. National medical costs of dealing with our obesity epidemic, associated with consumption of meat, dairy and sugars, are estimated at $190 billion. Health advocates and fiscal conservatives alike should support eliminating subsidies for these products,

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Cuba Libre The United States is trying to blame Cuba’s poverty and troubles and everything else on Castro, when for 50 years this country has devastated Cuba through American sanctions and embargoes, etc. Before Castro took over, the U.S. was Cuba’s closest and biggest trading partner, and they used to supply America with sugar, coffee, tourism and a lot of things. It was notorious that American men would go to Cuba to visit the prostitutes there. But Castro got rid of them and got rid of Batista, who was the bad guy.

Before that, the U.S. was very happy to recognize Castro. They said, “Yes, he’s gotten rid of Batista, a bad man, and he made Cuba better for the Cubans”— until he started nationalizing all the industries, businesses and plantations of the rich. They thought the embargoes and the sanctions would work, that they’d starve Castro and his supporters out. That was too much. So then the U.S. government began to fight Cuba, and they helped some Cuban exiles stage the Bay of Pigs invasion under John F. Kennedy—becoming a laughingstock because they lost so badly.

Terrorist groups based in Miami have even confessed to being killers, in published books published and in interviews on television. But they have not been brought to justice. However, Cuba has more than 5,000 victims of state terrorism between the dead and the wounded. Thus, as a society, as a sovereign nation, we have the right to defend ourselves, and we do it peacefully. It’s hurting the poor of Cuba more than anybody, whom they claim they want to help!

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George Lucas strikes back by promising low-income housing, but does the project location even make sense?

BY KELLY O’MARA

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n a county not easily wowed by fame and fortune, George Lucas—the 120th richest person in the United States—has captured a place as Marin’s richest and most famous resident. And now he’s also one of the most controversial.

For three decades, the San

Anselmo resident’s Skywalker Ranch and Big Rock Ranch in Lucas Valley (no relation) in northern San Rafael have operated as unobtrusive arms of his Lucasfilm empire. The facilities sit back from the road, hidden from view behind hills.

Nearly 5,000 acres of the 6,100 acres are preserved as open space and public hiking trails.

But in April Lucas

surprised the county with his announcement that he was pulling out of plans for his third studio at Grady Ranch, near Skywalker and Big Rock, citing opposition from neighbors in the Lucas Valley Estates subdivision and the possibility of a protracted lawsuit.

“The level of bitterness and anger expressed by the ) 10 homeowners in Lucas

A storm’s been brewing in the West End neighborhood of Santa Rosa ever since the Bodean Asphalt Plant requested a city permit to install three multistory asphalt thermos storage silos earlier this year. The company claims the silos are an equipment upgrade that will not lead to expanded production, but will allow for increased storage capacity and more efficient production systems. Located in the Maxwell Court commercial industrial area, the plant has been in operation since the 1950s, grandfathered in as a legal nonconforming use. “Asphalt must be produced where it’s needed,” writes Bill Williams, general manager at Bodean, in a defense of the project on the company’s site.

But neighbors, including Allen Thomas, claim the environmental effects of the plant have not been fully explored, citing concerns about noise, odor, dust, aesthetics and potential toxins. In an April 26 letter to the planning commission, Thomas’ group Citizens for Safe Neighborhoods asked that an environmental impact report be implemented.

The population density has significantly grown in the surrounding area since Bodean established operations more than 50 years ago. “A large-scale asphalt plant does not belong in a downtown, residential location,” writes West End resident Rachel Lumberg in a letter to city planner Bill Rose. “I realize that the plant was grandfathered in; however, that does not permit the city to trade the health of its citizens for business.”

On April 26, the planning commission voted to approve a conditional use permit. On Tuesday, June 19, the Santa Rosa City Council holds a public hearing for the permit appeal.

Public comment will be welcomed at Santa Rosa City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa. 4pm.

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Instead, Lucas went on to say, he would build his studio somewhere where he wasn’t viewed as “an evil empire.” And he would work with developers to turn the Grady Ranch property into low-income housing.

Some hypothesized that the move was an attempt to speed up the approval process; in the letter, Lucas criticized the county for the four years he has already spent trying to obtain permits for Grady Ranch, despite previously having his master plan approved in 1999. Others thought that the call for low-income housing was a slap in the face of the Lucas Valley Estates residents, who might be less fond of a lowincome development than they were of the Grady Ranch studio.

“Maybe there was a little bit of spite,” said John King, who has lived in Lucas Valley since 1969.

King, who was in favor of the Grady Ranch project, met Lucas during a community outreach meeting back when the master plan for the properties was being approved, and took a community tour of the ranches early last year.

If the call for low-income housing was a ploy, then Lucas isn’t blinking.

The board of supervisors pleaded with Lucas, in what supervisor Susan Adams called a “Hail Mary,” to move forward with the Grady Ranch project after his public withdrawal.

Supporters argued that the whitecollar jobs would be a boon to the county economy and that his environmentally friendly plan would have a lower impact than the 280 houses originally zoned for the property back in the 1970s.

But with the withdrawal of permit applications, the decision to abort the project became final.

“It’s unfortunate that the Grady Ranch project plug was pulled, for a variety of reasons,” said Adams.

Lucas is also moving ahead with plans to develop lowincome housing, with the Marin Community Foundation funding the project. Lynne Hale, Lucasfilm’s public relations director, said in press statement, “We are delighted that a prestigious organization such as the Marin Community Foundation is looking into the possibility of working with developers for Grady Ranch.”

Dr. Thomas Peters, president of the Marin Community Foundation, says the proposal is in very early stages, but that he has been in “close communication” with Lucas and developers.

While no application has been submitted to the county, the ranch is being considered as a possibility for senior housing.

The remote location poses a couple of challenges, however.

Most low-income housing is built along transit corridors or near public transit, with some exceptions, said Peters.

Additionally, infrastructure would have to be extended out Lucas Valley to the site.

Financially, it simply may not make sense to build a low-income project there.

“This is a maximum challenge to see if we can do this,” said Peters.

It’s also unclear what the property can be zoned for and how much of the preserved open space has been permanently deed-restricted against future development.

“There’s an idea on the table,” said Adams. “This is very, very early in the process.”

And the proposal may come up against neighborhood opposition.

The Lucas Valley Estates Homeowners Association, which disbanded five years ago and quickly reformed last fall, opposed the Grady Ranch development, but has no position yet about the low-income housing.

The Lucas Valley Homeowners Association, a different subdivision further in from Grady Ranch, had no position on the project, but mistakenly received a number of angry emails and phone calls blaming them for Lucas’ decision, said office manager Janice Cunningham. The Lucas Valley HOA has an election for officers and dues, said King, while the Lucas Valley Estates association is just a handful of volunteers who represented their own views.

While community opinions are mixed about Marin’s most famous filmmaker, residents are also quick to point out all the good he has done.

In San Anselmo, Lucas has built himself a large house after buying up—at very high prices and generous agreements—a number of the properties around him. Neighbors received small Christmas thank-you’s for putting up with construction, but some are still not fans.

Down the street, Lucas paid for the undergrounding of utilities along Red Hill Avenue, bought and rebuilt the beloved Amazing Grace music store to stop them from being evicted, and maintains the median at the entrance to town. In downtown San Anselmo, he owns a building that has been empty for the better part of a year, but which he hopes to turn into a town center and park for the community.

“Everything he does is good,” said San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce president Connie Rodgers. “I hope we’ve all learned a lesson from the Grady Ranch ordeal.”

Even Lucas seems to acknowledge that his good works may not be fully appreciated.

In the letter that announced the end of Grady Ranch, he bitingly says the community just doesn’t want his open space preservation, creek restoration or the services provided the county by his on-site fire truck and emergency personnel.

“Maybe,” said the letter, “we’re ahead of our time.”

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Wildness Within Remembering David Brower

BY JULIANE POIRIER

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e who love nature owe much to the late David Brower, who, according to his wife, “dropped out of school before they could teach him what he couldn’t do.”

Brower left UC Berkeley at the age of 16 and turned instead to the mountains for, quite literally, a higher education. Brower ascended peaks that had never been climbed before and came down from the mountains on fire for the preservation of wildness, becoming the impassioned leader who transformed the Sierra Club from a politically innocuous hiking club to a formidable defender of nature.

The very obsession with conservation that fueled Brower’s victories also made him the victim of “founder’s syndrome,” which happens when an organization stabilizes then rejects the Moseslike leadership that got it started.

Once the trails had been blazed,

whether natural or administrative, Brower pushed on to new challenges.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Brower’s birth, and his life is celebrated in a new book, The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower. What makes the book exceptional is that the author, David’s son Kenneth Brower, bucks the traditional biography genre and instead interviews his late father’s colleagues (and one grandchild), from Paul Ehrlich, who wrote The Population Bomb with Anne Ehrlich, to Amory Lovins, the energy guru who gave us the negawatt.

The author’s patchwork of indepth interviews reveals more than the portrait of a great man; it unites early and recent history makers of the environmental movement, raft trip by raft trip, legal battle by legal battle. In doing so, this book about David Brower becomes more than a simple biography; it serves as a tool to forward the man’s cause. As a multilayered history text, The Wildness Within is a wake-up call reminding readers not to doze in the fight for conservation.

Ehrlich explains that population growth, still a key factor in environmental degradation, was “misinterpreted” in the United States, and we’re “still heading towards 10 billion on the planet, when we ought to be about one and a half or 2 billion.”

Richard Norgaard, ecological economics professor at UC Berkeley, reminds us that “basic economics doesn’t give answers.”

The author compares Norgaard to Quaker Kenneth Boulding, who said, “Anyone who thinks you can have infinite growth on a finite planet is either a madman or an economist.”

Kenneth Brower reads and discusses ‘The Wildness Within’ in a benefit for Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods on Saturday, June 23, at Armstrong Woods. 17000 Armstrong Woods Road, Guerneville. Noon. $50 includes signed book and lunch. 707.869.2240.

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FILLING STATION The Fun Guy omelette, named for its mushrooms, is made in Hole in the Wall’s open-air kitchen.

Rise ’n’ Shine

Sebastopol’s Hole in the Wall: small spot, great grub

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uch like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s legendary hideout, Sebastopol’s Hole in the Wall Restaurant isn’t easy to locate. But when found, it offers a treasure trove of delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes. “First, people hear about us, and then they go on a little bit

of a scavenger hunt to find us,” says Adam Beers, chef and owner. “The location is absolutely wonderful. In a small town, location and visibility are not necessary. With the internet, Yelp, Google Maps and GPS, word of mouth is all we need.”

In a courtyard behind the old bowling alley on Gravenstein Highway South, the little restaurant is often full on both

the patio and inside, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The compact room, done in half artgallery and half industrial-chic décor with homey wood tables and chairs, shares the space with an open kitchen.

“Breakfast is where we stand ahead of the competition,” says Beers, and patrons can watch as he whips up a Fun Guy omelette ($9), made with gourmet mushrooms, veggies and chèvre, or Angus short rib hash and eggs ($9.75), both accompanied by country-

fried potatoes. The Dutch Baby ($7.75), a large puffy pancake, is served with caramelized sugar and Fuji apples. “I love to serve it myself, straight from the kitchen to the table,” says Beers. “It’s all puffed up and then it flattens. It’s a lot of fun, and it gives me a chance to come out and have contact with the customers and say hi.”

The menu includes dishes that Beers himself enjoys, with international and Cajun influences. “On the dinner menu, we list borscht next to gumbo, and what they have in common is that they are comfort food from two different cultures. There’s no reason to keep them separate— they’re both yummy.”

While in high school on San Juan Island, Beers’ first job was working for a chef from Louisiana.

“The menu’s Cajun influence honors the person who brought me into the culinary world,” he says. “I never went to culinary school; I learned everything from the chefs, on the job. I believe in having passion for whatever you’re doing, no matter what it is.”

In 1997, Beers moved to Sonoma County, where relatives lived, and took a break from the business. “I tried my hand at gardening and carpentry. I still cooked all the time, but out of my garden for myself.”

A decade later, Beers worked as the sauté chef for the French Garden Restaurant, and then became the savory chef at Village Bakery. The flaky, croissant-like biscuits that accompany Hole in the Wall’s breakfast menu reflect his time there, and are over-thetop delicious, served with gourmet mushroom or sausage gravy ($5.50).

Hole in the Wall just celebrated its first birthday, and together with his girlfriend, Amy MacInnis, front-of-house manager, Beers strives to make everyone feel at home. “It’s the small-time charm that makes everyone feel they belong. Our goal is to have everyone have a great experience.”

Hole in the Wall Restaurant, 972 Gravenstein Hwy. S, Ste. 100, Sebastopol. 707.861.3777.

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Our selective list of North Bay restaurants is subject to menu, pricing and schedule changes. Call first for confirmation.

Restaurants in these listings appear on a rotating basis. For expanded listings, visit www.bohemian.com.

COST: $ = Under $12; $$ = $13-$20; $$$ = $21-$26; $$$$ = Over $27

Rating indicates the low to average cost of a full dinner for one person, exclusive of desserts, beverages and tip.

S O N O MA CO U N T Y Applewood Inn California cuisine. $$$. California wine country food inspired by European traditions. Dinner daily; midweek locals’ specials.

13555 Hwy 116, Guerneville.

707.869.9093.

Bear Republic Brewing Co Brewpub. $-$$. Award-winning ales and pub fare. Hearty portions and friendly service. Casual dining, outside patio. Lunch and dinner, Tues-Sun. 345 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.2337.

Betty’s Fish & Chips

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$3 beer or glass of wine

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707-829-8889 In Downtown Sebastopol

organic cuisine with a healthy twist. Italian-inspired cafe, deli, wine bar. All food offered as takeout. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 7385 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.1077.

Tonayan Mexican. $ Truly wonderful Sonoran-style classics at rock-bottom prices. The enormous El Jefe combination can’t be beat. Lunch and dinner daily. 500 Raleys Towne Center, Rohnert Park. 707.588.0893.

Toyo Japanese Grill Japanese. $$$. Well-crafted traditional Japanese with some modern extras like deep-fried mashed potato croquettes with mayo. Lunch and dinner daily.

3082 Marlow Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.8871.

K&L Bistro French. $-$$$.

Yao-Kiku Japanese. $$-$$$. Fresh sushi with ingredients flown in from Japan steals the show in this popular neighborhood restaurant. Lunch and dinner daily. 2700 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.578.8180.

This comfortable restaurant serves fine food with a friendly Sebastopol flair. Zagat-rated, consistently excellent and surprisingly innovative.

Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 119 S Main St, Sebastopol.

707.823.6614.

Zazu Cal-Euro. $$$. Perfectly executed dishes that sing with flavor. Zagat-rated with much of the produce from its own gardens. Dinner, Wed-Sun; brunch, Sun. 3535 Guerneville Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4814.

Seafood. $-$$. Cheerful, bustling, totally informal eatery serving authentic Brit fare.

Lunch and dinner, Tues-Sun. 4046 Sonoma Hwy, Santa Rosa.

707.539.0899.

Kirin Chinese. $$.

Specializing in Mandarin, Szechuan and Peking styles.

Kirin’s pot stickers are the best in Sonoma County. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat; dinner, Sun. 2700 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.1957.

MARIN CO U N T Y

County institution. Delightful food, friendly and seamless service, and a convivial atmosphere. Try one of the many exotic cocktails. Lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 15 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley.

415.331.2600.

Casa Mañana Mexican. $. Big burritos a stone’s throw from the perfect picnic spot: Perri Park. The horchata is divine. Lunch and dinner daily. 85 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

415.454.2384.

Finnegan’s Marin Pub fare. $$. Irish bar with the traditional stuff. Lunch and dinner daily. 877 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.225.7495.

Fish Seafood. $$-$$$.

Incredibly fresh seafood in incredibly relaxed setting overlooking bay. Lunch and dinner, Wed-Sat. (Cash only.)

350 Harbor Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.FISH.

Fradelizio’s Italian. $$.

Locally sourced northern Italian dishes with a Californiacuisine touch. The house red is a custom blend from owner Paul Fradelizio. Lunch and dinner daily. 35 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1618.

M&G’s Burgers & Beverages American. $.

The ultimate in American cuisine.

Crispy fries, good burgers and friendly locals chowing down.

Lunch and dinner daily.

2017 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.454.0655.

Pine Cone Diner Eclectic. $$. Funky diner meets upscale bistro. Ambitious dishes, like cherry-wood-smoked pork loin with lavender gastrique, and steak au poivre with peppercorn brandy sauce are served in homey atmosphere.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Closed Mon. 60 Fourth St, Pt Reyes. 415.663.1536.

Cheap, delicious and ready to go.

Lunch and dinner daily. Miracle Mile Plaza, 2046 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.453.8990.

Sorella Caffe Italian. $$. The embodiment of Fairfax casual, with delicious, high-quality food that lacks pretension. Open for dinner daily. 107 Bolinas Rd, Farifax.

415.258.4520.

Avatar’s Indian-plus. $.

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La Gare French. $$$. Dine in an elegant atmosphere of Old World charm. Dinner, Wed-Sun 208 Wilson St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.4355.

Fantastic East-meets-West fusion of Indian, Mexican, Italian and American, with dishes customized to your palate. Lunch and dinner, MonSat. 2656 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.8083.

American-California. $$.

Innovative menu, fresh local seafood and range-fed meats.

Outdoor dining; full bar.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes. 415.663.1515.

707.526.4878 www.brodysburgers.com

Peter Lowell’s

Buckeye Roadhouse

California. $-$$. Casual,

American. $$-$$$. A Marin

Sushi Ran Japanese. $$$$. This beautiful restaurant

La Fondita Mexican. $.

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Hearty, filling, very tasty. No glop or goop here. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

816 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.526.0881.

Arigatou Japanese Food to Go Japanese. $.

Yet Wah Chinese. $$.

Can’t go wrong here. Special Dungeness crab dishes for dinner; dim sum for lunch.

Lunch and dinner daily.

1238 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.460.9883.

N A PA CO U N TY Bistro Jeanty French. $$$.

Rich, homey cuisine. A perfect choice when you can’t get a chance to do your Laundry.

Lunch and dinner daily.

6510 Washington St, Yountville.

707.944.0103.

Cole’s Chop House American steakhouse. $$$$$. Handsome, upscale 1950s-era steakhouse serving chophouse classics like dryaged porterhouse steak and Black Angus filet mignon.

Wash down the red meat with a “nostalgia” cocktail. Dinner daily. 1122 Main St, Napa.

707.224.6328.

Fumé Bistro & Bar California cuisine. $$$.

California bistro fare that nearly always hits the mark.

Lunch and dinner daily.

4050 Byway E, Napa.

707.257.1999.

Gilwoods Cafe Diner. $-$$. Classic hometown diner, specializes in the homemade.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

1320 Napa Town Center, Napa. 707.253.0409.

1313 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.1788.

Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet Diner. $. Formerly Taylor’ Automatic Refresher.

Lunch and dinner daily.

933 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.3486. Also at Oxbow Public Market, 644 First St, Napa.

707.224,6900.

La Toque Restaurant French-inspired. $$$$. Set in a comfortable elegantly rustic dining room reminiscent of a French lodge, with a stone fireplace centerpiece, La Toque makes for memorable special-occasion dining. The elaborate wine pairing menus are luxuriously inspired. Dinner, Wed-Sun. 1314 McKinstry St, Napa. 707.257.5157.

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Paleta Party The summer I spent in Morelia, Michoacán, I gained 10 pounds. Blame it on the paleta, my beloved after-school treat from the La Michoacána shops that tempted from nearly every block.

I’ve never lost the taste for a rice pudding (arroz con leche) paleta or fresh strawberry Mexican ice cream on a hot summer afternoon.

Fortunately, Santa Rosa has its share of nevarias, with two of them across the street from each other in Roseland. Frozen Art’s selection of 40 ice cream flavors reads like a directive from heaven: rose petal, cappuccino, maracuyá (passion fruit)—to name a few. Descended from Tocumbo, Michoacán—the ice cream capital of Mexico—this family-owned business of thirdgeneration ice cream makers knows exactly how to capture the sweet spot. Owner Jorge Alcazar says that he was forced to change the name from La Real Michoacána to Frozen Art after being threatened with litigation by an ice cream shop owner in Sonoma.

500 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa.

19151 Sonoma Hwy, Sonoma. 707.331.2899.

Colores on Dutton Avenue (the old Michoacán Ice Cream and Coffee sign still peeps through the front awning—another forced name change) serves yummy coconutcovered paletas for $2.50 and a magnificent strawberry cheesecake ice cream. 443 Dutton Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.526.6661.

If you’re taking a drive down Highway 12, stop in at Michoacána Natural Ice Cream, which earns rave reviews from everyone who steps through the door. You can’t go wrong with the chongo, pistachio or espresso with almonds. 18495 Hwy. 12, Sonoma.

707.938.1773.—Leilani Clark

Red Rock Cafe & Backdoor BBQ American. $-$$. Cafe specializing in barbecue and classic diner fare.

Messy, delicious. Lunch and dinner daily. 1010 Lincoln Ave, Napa. 707.226.2633.

Redd California cuisine. $$$$$. Rich dishes balanced by subtle flavors and careful yet casual presentation. Brunch at Redd is exceptional. Lunch, Mon-Sat; dinner daily; brunch,

Sun. 6480 Washington St, Yountville. 707.944.2222.

Zuzu Spanish tapas. $$.

Graze your way through a selection of tasty tapas in a lively rustic chic setting with a popular wine bar. Bite-sized Spanish and Latin American specialties include sizzling prawns and Brazilian style steamed mussels. Lunch, MonFri; dinner daily. 829 Main St, Napa. 707.224.8555.

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attracts locals and tourists with its fresh catches. A wide selection of nigiri, depending on what’s fresh. Lunch, Mon-Fri; dinner, Mon-Sun. 107 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.332.3620.

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Wineries

Most reviews by James Knight. Note: Those listings marked ‘WC’ denote wineries with caves. These wineries are usually only open to the public by appointment.

Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

SONOMA CO U N TY Eric K. James Vineyards Venture down to

The Artist’s Search April 29 to June 24

150 N. Main St. Sebastopol 707-823-4256

an off-the-Plaza arcade to find refuge from the maddening crowds, day-brightening Pinot Noir and Syrah, plus the prettiest Rosé in the valley. A grower’s collective for several Carneros-area vineyards.

452 First St. E., Sonoma. Open Friday, noon–8pm; Saturday– Sunday, noon–5:30pm. No fee.

707.996.1364.

Homewood Homewood

Exhibiting a diverse selection of unusual antique, modern and contemporary artworks.

Open Wed thru Sun, 11 to 5pm 144 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma 707.781.7070 calabigallery.com

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offers tasting in a small, somewhat disheveled indoor office or an outdoor deck.

Indoors is where the tasty black olive and bread samples are, and the folks are lowpressure and friendly. Free tasting, anything you like.

23120 Burndale Road, Sonoma.

Open daily, 10am–4pm.

707.996.6935. mountain Cab. And continuing the old tradition, folks can pick up a gallon of hearty Round Barn Red for $13. 2191 Laguna Road, Santa Rosa. Summer hours, daily, 11am–5pm.

707.823.2404.

Ram’s Gate Winery

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fine & fashion jewelry handmade gifts Supporting local artists since 1999 145 N. Main Street, SebastopolÊUÊ707.829.3036 10:30–6pm, Sun til 5pmÊUÊartisanafuntionalart.com

Two Amigos Wines One of the “Vino Brothers” is a famous television commercial actor, but they look alike in plastic nose and Groucho glasses disguises.

Goofy theme and good wine.

Vito’s Vino Bianco is a rich Roussanne; Guido’s Vino Rosso a successful California Sangiovese. 25 E. Napa St., Sonoma. Open daily, 11am– 6pm. 707.799.7946.

VML Winery Acronym of Virginia Marie Lambrix, who practices organic and biodynamic winegrowing— the artist who created VML’s wacky new labels said, “Ah, so you’re a witch!” Bewitching Russian River Valley Chard and Pinot, to be sure.

4035 Westside Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 11am– 5pm. $10 fee. 707.431.4404.

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Martin Ray Focus is on

Fireplaces blaze away, ceilings soar—if the vibe is more executive retreat than tasting room, consider that a positive.

Pairings from oysters to albondigas; crispy cured pork belly to seared gulf shrimp; goat cheese tart to nicoise salad. Great views, too.

28700 Arnold Drive, Sonoma.

Open for tasting, Thursday– Monday, 10am–6pm; kitchen open 11am–5pm.

707.721.8700. vineyard bridal set by Okomido

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female winemaking by hiring the first female winemaker in the industry. The tastingroom experience is mediocre, but the wine is fantastic and worth the wait. Excellent Chard, Sauvignon Blanc and Cab. 16275 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. Open daily, 10am–5pm. 707.473.3213.

August Briggs Winery Tasting room is a white barn lit by skylights and often staffed by the owner’s wife or mother. 333 Silverado Trail, Calistoga. Open Thursday– Sunday, 11:30am–4:30pm.

707.942.5854.

Constant (WC) Boutique winery specializing in the kind of Cabernet that makes the Wine Spectator drool. 2121 Diamond Mountain Road, Napa. By appointment.

707.942.0707.

Del Dotto Vineyards (WC) Caves lined with Italian marble and ancient tiles, not to mention Venetian chandeliers and mosaic marble floors. They host candle-lit tastings, replete with cheese and chocolate, Friday–Sunday. Opera resonates until 4pm; rock rules after 4pm. 1055 Atlas Peak Road, Napa. By appointment.

707.963.2134.

Hess Collection Winery An intellectual outpost of art and wine housed in the century-old Christian Brother’s winery.

Cab is the signature varietal.

4411 Redwood Road, Napa.

Open daily, 10am–4pm.

707.255.1144.

Nichelini Winery Take a joyride in the Napa backcountry and discover this rustic little winery that’s been in the family for generations.

See the only Roman wine press in the Western Hemisphere.

2950 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena. Saturday and Sunday, 10am–5pm. No fee.

707.963.0717.

Phifer Pavitt Wines Lots of cowgirl sass but just one wine: “Date Night” Cabernet Sauvignon. Hale bale seating.

4660 Silverado Trail, Calistoga.

By appointment. 707.942.4787.

Schramsberg (WC) Sparkling wine at its best. The “tasting room” is a branch of the cave illuminated with standing candelabras.

1400 Schramsberg Road, Calistoga. By appointment.

707.942.4558.

Trefethen Winery Some critics claim Trefethen’s heyday was in the ’60s, but the winery proves them wrong with dependable, delicious wines. Trefethen is one of the oldest wineries in Napa.

1160 Oak Knoll Ave., Napa.

Open daily, 11:30am–4:30pm.

707.255.7700.

Uncorked at Oxbow Across from the Public Market, this remodeled house in Napa’s historic “Little Italy” is a casual and unaffected joint. Ahnfeldt and Carducci wines include estate Merlot, Syrah, Cab, vinted by Paul Hobbs. Don’t ask about the horse. 605 First St., Napa. Open daily, noon–8pm; winter hours vary. Tasting fee, $10–$20. 707.927.5864.

Velo Vino Napa Valley Cycling-themed bungalow is filled with enough gear to outfit a peloton, plus wine and espresso, too. Tastings include spiced nuts and dried cherries, but sample-sized Clif and Luna Bars are readily available for your impromptu energy bar and wine pairings. 709 Main St., St. Helena. Daily, 10am– 6pm. $10–$25. 707.968.0625.

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Annadel Estate Winery A taste of history

BY JAMES KNIGHT

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nnadel State Park is known to thousands of bikers, hikers and equestrians, some of whom may have heard the story about how the area was named after an early property owner’s daughter: Annie’s Dell. Fewer still know that a stone winery was built here in the 1880s by Henry Bolle. But the really big secret is that a new family is restoring the property and resurrecting the winery name. After 120 years, Annadel Winery is open for business again.

Just five years ago, Dean Bordigioni had no intentions of caretaking a historical landmark. “The last thing in the world I wanted was a place like this,” Bordigioni recalls. A Harley Davidson dealer with real estate interests in Las Vegas, he had been looking for a far-flung ranch to get away from it all. Then he came across Annadel and met his wife, Abigail Zimmerman, at the Sonoma Farmers Market, and now the two are running a vineyard, antique rose farm and wedding destination, while raising their young daughter . . . named Anni.

It’s a telling detail. Gamely leading a tour on a recent afternoon, Zimmerman emphasizes that all they want to do is offer this seldom-seen, oak-shaded dell to the public, hinting that their tasting permit (granted May 17) was hard-won. The atmospheric winery ruins are only open for 10 weddings per year, while wines are made, for now, at nearby Deerfield Ranch. Relaxed, shoot-thebreeze tastings are held on the porch of the 1886 ranch house, rebuilt using salvaged wood from the property.

Bordigioni claims no credit for the vineyard, planted at the turn of this century by one of the previous owners. Notably, this special mix of Bordeaux varietals—rumored to be of the same stuff as one of Napa’s most famed Franco-American wine collaborations, though it cannot be named—has a Pinot Noir vineyard for a neighbor. Unlike Napa, the Sonoma Valley cools off a bit at its northern reach. But first we cool off with a 2010 Napa Valley Chardonnay ($34) that’s supple and well-rounded, with candy apple aromas. The 2009 Anni’s Blend Sonoma Valley ($36) is a Cab-based blend with vanilla, dried berry and patent leather notes, and a fine finish—nearly as fine as just drinking in the view from the porch, hidden in plain sight near Oakmont Drive, backdropped by the conifers of the park’s blue-green north slope.

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CARBON KING Jeff Creque explains grasses and soils on the Marin Carbon Project’s test plot.

The Marin Carbon Project could be on the way to saving the world BY STETT HOLBROOK

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hen it comes to climate change and the impending disaster it spells for life on earth, good news is hard to come by. Many climate scientists say we’ve already reached the point of no return. But thanks to the work of a team of scientists working in West Marin, the end may not be so near.

For the past four years, the Marin Carbon Project has quietly been conducting research in the grasslands and pastures of Marin and Sonoma counties that, if borne out, may just save us all. In a nutshell, the group’s research has shown that by making small changes in how grasslands and rangelands are managed, carbon can be removed from the atmosphere and stored in the soil. If these practices can

be disseminated and practiced broadly, they could move the dial on climate change.

And it could be as easy as spreading cow manure on the ground.

First, a quick science lesson: there is a fixed amount of carbon on earth. This carbon moves between several large pools—the atmosphere (carbon dioxide), the earth (carbon, i.e. oil, coal), the ocean (carbonic acid) and in humans and all other living things (carbohydrates). While climate-change deniers disagree, it’s widely accepted that things started to go south when humans began to burn soil-based carbon, releasing it into the atmosphere.

The increase of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has given us climate change—and a very uncertain future.

Riding bikes, using solar power and drying clothes on the line all help reduce carbon emissions, but the troubling fact is that these necessary efforts will only slow the

rate of climate change, they won’t stop it. We need something else to reverse the earth-warming feedback loop already forcefully underway.

Enter the Marin Carbon Project.

While peer-reviewed results are due to be published as soon as this summer, preliminary findings of the group’s work are enormously encouraging.

It all began when researchers spread a half-inch layer of compost onto John Wick and Peggy Rathmann’s Nicasio ranch to see what impact it might have on banking soil carbon. Previously, the group had sampled soils on 35 plots in Sonoma and Marin counties, and found that those with the greatest soil carbon had been covered with large amounts of manure. Manure can stoke photosynthesis in plants, pulling carbon out of the air and into the soil, but in large quantities it can pose health and water hazards. So the researchers settled on the use of compost for their research.

What they found amazed them.

After one year, the test plots showed a sequestering of at least one ton of carbon per hectare.

A year later, without adding any additional compost, they found another ton of carbon in the soil. A year later, the same thing. And the next year, too.

“This is the most exciting news on earth right now,” said project director Wick.

In addition to the compost study, the group is also looking at how cattle pasture can increase soil carbon; properly managed, cattle can help grasslands thrive and increase carbon uptake in the soil. Jeff Creque, rangeland ecologist and cofounder of the Marin Carbon Project, said the results are very promising.

“Our soils are a huge potential reservoir,” he said. “Soil carbon offers the most hope.”

Once the carbon project’s work has been published, the group wants to distribute its findings to

For more, see www.marincarbonproject.org.

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Gimme Shelter CREATIVE BUILDING GURU In addition to chronicling unusual living spaces, Lloyd Kahn lays out all of his books by hand.

Lloyd Kahn documents wildly creative, sustainable living spaces BY LEILANI CLARK

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here he was, in the middle of vendors shilling organic raw fairtrade quinoa bars and yoga pants made out of recycled tires: a white-haired man in a Thrasher Skateboards T-shirt, manning a booth stocked with oversized glossy, colorful books.

“Oh my God, it’s Lloyd Kahn!” declared my friend Torie, a radical librarian who’s always dreamed of building her own house on a compound in the woods.

I followed her through the 2008 San Francisco Green Festival to the Shelter Publications booth, where I ended up buying a copy of Builders of the Pacific Coast, Kahn’s full-color exploration of wildly imaginative hand-built houses from San Francisco to Vancouver Island. Not only did it capture the beauty of a creatively built house, but the book itself was a work of art—and with that

I became a fan of Lloyd Kahn, documentarian of owner-builders and their sweet, sustainable world.

Kahn’s latest book, Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter (Shelter Publications; $26.95), explores the recent boom in houses under 500 square feet, a movement lead in part by Jay Shafer, the Sebastopolbased owner of Tumbleweed Houses. “I noticed that tiny homes were getting media attention, so I started assembling information,” says Kahn, on the phone from his home in Bolinas. “I always have several ideas for books revolving in my head, and I sort of wait to see which one will take.”

Sustainability and green building may be worn-out buzzwords in 2012, but Kahn was writing about this stuff, out of his own singular passion for ownerbuilt houses made from natural and sustainable materials, before it had any mainstream clout.

Still, the 77-year-old publisher and writer considers himself a journalist rather than a leader of the sustainability movement, even as he acknowledges that self-

sufficiency and sustainability have always made sense to him.

“The idea of being smaller rather than larger is the important thing here,” he explains, adding that he’s heartened to see mounting interest from the younger generation for this style of minimal, scaled-down living.

“We’ve been talking about these things in our publishing business for 40 years—sustainability, doing things yourself, organic gardening, building and ecological consciousness,” says Kahn. “All these things were sort of ‘Whole Earth’ concepts back in the ’60s, and it has come around where I see that 20-year-olds, the children of the baby boom, are now of age, and among other things they are discovering our books.”

A few of these younger folks grace the pages of the latest book, including Jenine Alexander, a young woman builder from Healdsburg, who’s completed and sold two tiny houses since 2009.

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landowners, farmers and ranchers.

A delegation of Chinese officials has already visited West Marin to tour the project. China, by the way, has the world’s largest grasslands, in Mongolia. Given that one-third of the earth is covered with grasslands, the potential to scale up the project is vast, said Torri Estrada, consulting director of the project.

“You start to think of the scale of rangeland in California alone, and it starts to make a big dent in reducing metric tons of carbon.”

How much carbon needs to be removed from the atmosphere to roll back climate change is a key question, and one that doesn’t have a definitive answer yet. But data shows capturing carbon in the soil can be the way to do it, Estrada said.

“We know technically it can work. The scale is the issue.”

The research team is lead by UC Berkeley scientist Whendee Silver, and is a collaboration among the UC Cooperative Extension, Marin Organic, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, the Marin Resource Conservation District, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Nicasio Native Grass Ranch.

If the science bears out and the group’s methods are repeatable, the implications are potentially huge. Industrial, chemical-intensive agriculture is responsible for as much as one-third of climatechanging gasses. But by focusing on practices that sequester carbon, agriculture can become a big part of the solution. Farmers who increase carbon in the soil may be able to tap into the emerging carbon market.

The production of compost, which in itself performs a huge service by diverting green waste from landfills where it can emit climate-warming methane gas, will become a growth industry of green jobs.

And we may not leave a smoldering globe to future generations—or this generation.

“Anywhere you have a piece of soil, you can sequester carbon,” said Jeff Creque, agro-ecologist and cofounder of the Marin Carbon Project. “To me that’s a wondrous thought. Anyone can do it.”

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This is exactly what Kahn and his wife did at their Bolinas homestead when they first started building 40 years ago. They began with a kitchen out on the deck and a small bedroom that was only about 6-by-6-feet, and built the house out from there. “It worked out fine,” says Kahn.

For the book Builders of the Pacific Coast, Kahn traveled up and down the West Coast in his trusty 2003 Toyota Tacoma, taking 1,000 of the 1,200 photos himself.

For Tiny Homes, he relied more on technology, specifically web research and email, to complete the project.

“Maybe for a year, and maybe an hour or two a day, I’d search out stuff for follow-up on leads, and then I’d print out the photos and anything that looked interesting, and maybe some text, and put that stuff in a folder.”

Once he reached “critical mass,” it was time for layout—by hand. Yes, in a world of InDesign and computer domination, Kahn still does book layout using an inexpensive color copy machine and removable Scotch tape. He enlarges the pictures, tapes them down and prints the text in two or three columns to figure out how it will fit.

“It works pretty good,” he says.

“That way I don’t have to be locked into the requirements of the computer, and it’s different for your mind.”

He’s been doing layout like this for years, ever since compiling his first book, Domebook One, in 1970, while working as editor for the Whole Earth Catalog. The book was based on Kahn’s experience as a carpenter, building domes inspired

by Buckminster Fuller. But after discovering domes didn’t work the way they were supposed to, Kahn took the book out of publication and traveled to Canada and Europe to study the roots of building.

Upon returning, Kahn created the book Shelter, which has sold 270,000 copies since its

publication in 1973. The book explores the history of handbuilding from early man to modern times and includes building instructions for all kinds of shelters, from yurts to cabins.

Shelter Publications became a full-time endeavor with the publication of the book, and in 1978 Kahn published Shelter II. At the dawn of the Reagan era, the company began focusing on books about stretching, weight training and running marathons—not a far leap, since Kahn himself is an athlete. He still runs to this day, and has surfed for 50 years. At the young age of 65, he took up skateboarding (you can find online videos of Kahn dominating a hill on a longboard, white hair streaming behind). Then a little over 10 years ago, Kahn felt the urge to create books on building again, and he ended up publishing Homework: Handbuilt Shelter in 2004.

“All along, it’s made sense to me for people to build and create their own shelter with their own hands—that never will change,” says Kahn. “Your computer is not going to build your house for you, and you still use your 10 digits and a hammer and saw, even if it’s an electric saw and a nail gun.”

Kahn does acknowledge that it can be difficult for owner-builders in Marin and Sonoma counties, where building permits can cost exorbitant fees.

“Where I live now, it’s pretty much impossible for anybody other than a millionaire to build,” says Kahn. “The building permits in season in Marin County are $50,000.”

Fortunately, the San Francisco native reaches beyond his own home to find inspiration, as seen in Tiny Homes, with its photos of joyous, small-space livers and builders across the country and the world, people who’ve bucked the system and done things their own way—just like Lloyd Kahn.

“I still never got discouraged,” says Kahn. “I think that whatever is going on politically, you still need food and shelter. Maybe the biggest incentive, I think, is to avoid mortgage or high rents.”

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produced newsletter, Activist News, launched in 2003. “It ties together activists in the Napa Valley,” explains Stephens, “so we come from a common understanding of the issues.” His Activist News supplants the conservation newsletter he produced while serving as a Napa Sierra Club officer, until he was booted out for being too radical.

“Too radical” is not a status difficult to achieve in Napa, where business drives discourse in a wine-dominated economy.

Stephens and a colleague became infamous over a decade ago by suing the county of Napa under California Environmental Quality Act laws three times and winning all three suits. “Since then, we’ve challenged timber harvest plans in Napa,” explains Stephens.

Stephens is a dedicated social activist, though, he remarks, “most know me as an environmentalist. I feel good being on the cutting edge of change for social justice, whether it’s gay rights or immigrants rights or peace efforts.”

Stephens’ social activism has deep roots. At 19, he participated in an East Coast peace march from Canada to Cuba, calling for nuclear disarmament. When the marchers reached Washington, D.C., in 1964, they joined the march of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Then the group continued their journey south. “As soon as we crossed the Mason-Dixon line,” said Stephens, “our peace march instantly became a Civil Rights march because our group was integrated.” They walked from Quebec to Georgia in five months, but crossing Georgia took another five months because they were arrested so often. Once, Stephens was put in jail for driving with a black man in the front seat.

“My training in the Civil Rights movement,” said Stephens, “taught me that when you face a threat, you don’t run.” Stephens, now facing cancer as well as social injustice, stands firm. “We are on the side of angels,” says Stephens, “the side of history. Our children will thank us for our efforts.”

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Leather boots clunking, flannel shirt rippling in the wind, one of the Bastards tilts his 10-gallon hat to shield his eyes.

Cue tumbleweed blowing across Main Street. Named as such with Johnny Cash’s blessings, the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash blend Americana and alternative country to complement Cloverdale’s smalltown summer market well. Truckers?

Amphetamines? Small Southern cities?

It’s all in there on Friday, June 15, at the Cloverdale Plaza. First and Main streets, Cloverdale. Free. 7pm. 707.894.4410.

When President Bill Clinton dedicated the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 1996, ending a battle between mining interests and environmental activists, he held up Terry Tempest Williams’ anthology Testimony: Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness and said, “This made a difference.” Both as an activist and a prolific writer, Williams, a sixth-generation Utah Mormon, has become a leading voice for the desert West.

Williams presents her latest work, When Women Were Birds, on Monday, June 18, at Book Passage. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. Free. 5pm. 415.927.0960.

Though not officiated by TED, this weekend’s TED-style TEDx Sonoma County boasts a lineup including former astronaut Joseph Allen, YouTube sensations Pomplamoose, Pepperwood Preserve’s Ben Benson, poet and former National Endowment for the Arts chairman Dana Gioia, Healdsburg author Dan Imhoff and many others. Hear from the experts on Saturday, June 16, at the Jackson Theater. 440 Day School Place, Santa Rosa. $25–$40. 1pm.

707.284.3200.

In 1983, the year of the “Owner of a Lonely Heart” video, all it took for Yes lead singer Jon Anderson to transform into an eagle was a trench coat and a bird call. He was soon followed by Chris Squire, transforming into a large black snake with nothing but the sound of a rattle. How are you gonna turn into a monitor lizard with a twist of your foot? What does that guy’s suit have to do with transforming into a cat? In any case, Anderson has returned to human form, and is currently touring solo. See Anderson play, and possibly transfigure, on Saturday, June 16, at the Napa Valley Opera House.

1030 Main St., Napa. $40. 8pm. 707.226.7372.

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Abraham that he would become the father of a great nation if he did as he was told and asked no questions. Abraham eventually had two sons. One, Isaac, was conceived with his wife, Sarah, while the other, Ishmael, was conceived with his handmaid, Hagar. The relationship between them was complicated, to say the least, so Ishmael and Hagar were given food and water and sent into the wilderness, where God promised he would bless Ishmael and raise up yet another great nation from his seed.

Meanwhile, to test Abrahamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faith, God told him to sacriďŹ ce Isaac on a bundle of sticks, and to ask no questions about it.

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But, as it turns out, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just one version of the story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In our play,â&#x20AC;? says Curchack, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we imagine what might have happened, years later, when Isaac and Ishmael meet up again to bury Abraham. What would their conversation have been like?

Turns out it would have been pretty funny.â&#x20AC;?

As history shows, the rancor between the descendents of those two ďŹ gures has been bloody and violent. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardly the stuff of comedy. Right? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You would think so, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not how comedy works,â&#x20AC;?

Curchack says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did this show recently in a small theater in Texas, and one woman come up afterwards and told us she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t laughed that hard in years.

Sometimes things are so bad they just have to move toward comedy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Besides,â&#x20AC;? he adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;in our version, Laura plays God. She was born to play God. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hilarious.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Burying Our Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; runs Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturday through June 30 at Main Stage West, 104 N. Main St., Sebastopol. Show times 8pm, with one 5pm show on Sunday, June 24. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$25. 707.823.0177.

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ou’d love to applaud Hysteria for the way it encourages female pleasure. But Tanya Wexler’s historical farce is so self-congratulatory, it barely allows its audience a few mild, civilized chuckles.

There is some talent here, mostly squandered. Jonathan Pryce steals his scenes as the pompous Victorian doctor Robert Dalrymple, who treats his patients with a method most of us learned at about age 13. This procedure relieves his patients—well-off, middle-aged women—of abdominal discomfort, unwanted thoughts, depression and every other symptom indicated by the term “hysteria.”

Dr. Mortimer Granville (the handsome, vacant Hugh Dancy) joins Dalrymple’s practice, and starts keeping the company of the doctor’s daughter, Emily (Felicity Jones). Yet Granville is disturbed by the political convictions of Emily’s sister Charlotte, a midwife (a robustly miscast Maggie Gyllenhaal) who has no patience for the problems of these well-off bored ladies. Charlotte’s main cause is nursing the poor in the East End. Mortimer is good at his task, arraying the fashionable women on a table, with a fancy, fringed red velvet curtain over their exposed parts. Sadly, the doctor falls victim to carpal tunnel from wanking all of these dames. That’s when his wealthy inventor friend Edmund (Rupert Everett) comes up with an electrifying new invention.

Sexy toast-of-the-West-End type Sheridan Smith mugs pleasurably, playing a painted, debauched maid nicknamed “Molly the Lolly.”

Georgie Glen’s shriek of “Tally-ho!” at the capital moment is rich, particularly since she’s wearing her Scottish bonnet all through the experience. But director Wexler (Haskell’s niece) seems caught in the problem of a film addressing twin evils: poverty and the secondclass status of women. It’s as if she’s unable to take the second one seriously. She can’t visualize the sadness of lonely women enough to make the central theme in the film—their climactic moments of happiness—truly ticklish.

‘Hysteria’ opens Friday, June 15, at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol and Summerfield Cinemas in Santa Rosa.

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StriďŹ&#x201A;er, who was born in Heidelberg and moved to the U.S. when he was 22, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so much a Xerox product of the British Invasion as his own one-man German invasion. Sure, he likes Albert King, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some Mike BloomďŹ eld and Peter Green in there, too, mixed at various times with folk forms, hard rock and jazz invention.

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But while most of this new album follows some variation on the classic 1-4-5 progression, no songs sound phoned in from the weekly jam session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going to Brownsvilleâ&#x20AC;? opens the album with a New Orleans street-band horn section and drums that clop in and out of tempo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been done several different ways,â&#x20AC;? StriďŹ&#x201A;er tells me of the oft-covered Sleepy John Estes composition, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I wanted to go after a more modern approach. I spent a lot of time on it just to get the right feel.â&#x20AC;?

Likewise, the early Fleetwood Mac tune â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jigsaw Puzzle Bluesâ&#x20AC;? in StriďŹ&#x201A;erâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands becomes a tipsy tĂŞte-Ă -tĂŞte between Tom Waitsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rain Dogsâ&#x20AC;? and Springsteenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wild Billyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Circus Story,â&#x20AC;? with clanging hubcaps, bass notes played on the tuba and a saloon piano plank-planking away.

But as usual, StriďŹ&#x201A;erâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own songwriting is the standout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redemptionâ&#x20AC;? is a joyful burst of calypso horns, Los Lobos riffs, Buster Poindexter melodies and backup vocalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a sure-ďŹ re dance ďŹ&#x201A;oor hit, despite StriďŹ&#x201A;erâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rather somber lyrics. Initially, StriďŹ&#x201A;er says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really wanted to get that West African highlife feel,â&#x20AC;? but the band fell into something entirely new, making for one of those happy accidents that works in the end.

The backing players on Let the Music Rise were hand-picked by StriďŹ&#x201A;er and come in part from his old working band, with bassist Don Bassey and drummer Gary Silva; from his friends back in Germany, Claus Bubick and Stefan Bollack; and from his current group, with Steve Froberg, Ronnie Smith, Chip Roland, Carl Bowers and David Schrader.

And though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been able to open for heroes like Johnny Winter and B. B. King (â&#x20AC;&#x153;We exchanged a few words, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a thrill just to be in the same room as him, let alone open for himâ&#x20AC;?), StriďŹ&#x201A;erâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still at his best in a small clubâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;bending those strings, singing in that perfect rasp and letting the music rise.

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Accordion and tenor duet perform continental cafe music. Barbershop group Just One More Song also plays.

Jun 15, 7pm. $15. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 6780 Depot St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

Friday Night Live Cloverdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer-long series features Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash on Jun 15. Free.

Cloverdale Plaza, Cloverdale Boulevard between First and Second streets, Cloverdale.

Former Copper Wimmin vocalist sings sacred music from the Indian Classical and Sikh tradition. Jun 16, 7:30pm. $10-$25. Dhyana Center Lofts, 186 N Main St, Sebastopol.

800.796.6863.

Outdoor summer shows in Windsor include Bell Brothers on Jun 14. 6pm. Free. Windsor Town Green, Bell Road and McClelland Drive, Windsor.

Tuesdays on the Plaza Summer concerts in Healdsburg plaza feature Gas Men on Jun 19. 6pm. Free.

Downtown Plaza, Healdsburg Avenue and Matheson Street, Healdsburg.

Tupac Birthday Celebration Ant Dog with Playa Play and Ray Luv celebrate Tupacâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday. Jun 15, 8pm. $15-$20. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

The Krush presents hipshaking, feet-springing retro-soul master with special guests Allen Stone and Harlan.

Jun 17, 8pm. $28. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe Jun 14, Gold Coast. Jun 15, Tonewoods. Jun 16, Greenhouse. Jun 17, Rob Orsini Experience. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Aubergine

The voice of Yes goes solo and acoustic. Jun 16, 8pm. $40-$45.

Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.226.7372.

Jun 15, Los Dos. Jun 14-15, Jen Tucker and Sally Haggard with Frankie Boots. Jun 16, Sky-I and DJ Basta Paella Creole.

Jun 17, Jesse Simpson. Jun 18, Boys Night Out. Tues, 7pm, ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; limelight open mic with Tawnie. Wed, 7pm, open mic.

755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.2722.

Boney James

Doc Hollidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saloon

Three-time Grammy nominee and smooth jazz star plays

Jun 15, Brothers of the Siren.

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Katie Ketchum National Endowment-winning singer, songwriter, pianist and playwright channels 19th century pianist Clara Schumann. Jun 16, 4pm. $10. Occidental Center for the Arts, Graton Road and Bohemian Highway, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

James McMurtry

THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS

REVEREND HORTON HEAT

Due Zighi Baci

Summer Nights on the Green

Mayer Hawthorne & the County

Heather Wakefield

McNearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dining House

Punk group Angry Samoans play with Snag, Urban Wolves, Puke N Rally and Decent Criminal. Jun 16, 8pm. $12. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

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707.938.4626.

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Jun 14, 8pm. $50-$55. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.

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Saturday Night Music Dancing and drinking beer and wine to the music of Dan Martin and the Noma Rocksteady Band with Midnight Sun Massive and Cynthia Carr & the Carrtunes on Jun 16. $15-$30. Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community

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Jun 16, Joe Valley Band.

Mon, DJ Mixxxa. Tues, Family Karaoke. Wed, Country Music Wednesdays. 138 Calistoga Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.623.5453.

Flamingo Lounge Jun 15, B-4 Dawn Band. Jun 16, Electric Avenue. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Gaia’s Garden Jun 13, French Session.

Jun 14, Tony Gagarin. Jun 16, Doug Jayne and Clusterfolk.

1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.544.2491.

Gale’s Central Club Jun 14, Over the Falls.

106 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.0118.

Motor City Mayer

Hopmonk Tavern

Mayer Hawthorne dazzles with vintage soul

Jun 13, Unknown Hinson.

Jun 14, Juke Joint Presents: Cabaret de Caliente plus JPOD. Jun 15, the Pulsators.

Jun 16, Pat Jordan Band.

Jun 18, Jacques-a-Lock Rock Vol. Ocho: CD Release Party. Mon, Monday Night Edutainment. Tues, 7:30pm, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Lagunitas Tap Room

707.536.1193

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Jun 13, Lauralee Brown and Company. Jun 14, Dennis Johnson & the Mississippi Ramblers. Jun 15, Derek and Damir. Jun 16, Jinx Jones.

Jun 17, Jenny Kerr. Jun 18, James McMurtry. Jun 20, Blue Merle. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

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Jun 15, Version and the Decoyz with DJ Selecta Konnex. Jun 16, Volker Strifler, Detroit Disciples.

Mon, karaoke. Wed, 7pm, North Bay Hootenanny’s Pick-Me-Up Revue. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.2343.

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Jun 14, Carl and Paul Green.

Bennett Valley Golf Club, 3328 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.573.6014.

Main Street Station Jun 13, NYC Jazz Jesse Simpson. Jun 14, Hand Me Down. Jun 15, Brulee. Jun 16, Vernelle Anders. Jun 17, Jess Petty. Jun 18, Greg Hester and friends. Jun 19, Maple Profant.

Jun 20, Gwen “Sugermama” Avery. Sun, Kit Mariah’s open mic. 16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Jun 15, Jami Jamison Band.

Jun 16, Perfect Crime. Jun 17, Sean Carscadden and Marty

Mayer Hawthorne is classy. So classy, in fact, that Snoop Dogg singing about rear entry on their collaboration “Can’t Stop” is still somehow classy.

Yes, this unlikely computer science major from South Detroit revives soul so well that the head of his former label thought his samples were re-edits of old songs upon first hearing them. Although his sound isn’t necessarily new, Mayer Hawthorne takes ’60s and ’70s soul and recontextualizes it into something original, something that sticks.

His latest album, How Do You Do, for example, was well received by critics not because of its retro sound but because it took all that Motown nostalgia and channeled it into extremely well-written, updated songs.

When he plays at the Uptown Theatre in Napa this month, he’s sure to extend this metaphorically in his dress; instead of going old-school all the way, he’ll likely wear a thriftstore suit coupled with fresh Air Jordans.

Though his lyrics aren’t much deeper than the skin of the women he often sings about, his rhythms and falsetto are where the music’s at. Mayer Hawthorne endears listeners while getting groovy on Sunday, June 17, at the Uptown Theatre. 1350 Third St., Napa. 7pm. $28. 707.259.0123.—Jay Scherf

O’Reilly. Wed, 7:30pm, trivia night. 464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Samoans. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Phoenix Theater

Jun 16, Beso Negro.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Jun 15, Tupac Birthday Celebration. Jun 16, Angry

Redwood Cafe

Riverside Bistro

Sebastopol Community Center Jun 15, MaMuse. 390 Morris St, Sebastopol. 707.823.1511.

Society: Culture House Wed, Gallery Wednesday.

DJs and art curated by Jared Powell. Thurs, Casa Rasta. Sun, Rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roll Sunday School.

528 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, No phone.

Spanckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Street, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1661.

Osteria Divino Jun 13, Silvio Correia Duo. Jun 14, Rhea Makiaris and Suzanna Smith. Jun 15, Ken Cook Trio. Jun 17, Amanda Addleman. Jun 19, Tom Duarte. Jun 20, Tango No. 9.

27 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

Periâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Dollar Jun 13, Dr Mojo. Jun 14, Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jam Sammich. Jun 15, Other Stones. Jun 16, Breakin Bread.

Jun 17, Continentals. Jun 19, Andre and friends. Jun 20, Elvis Johnson Group. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Jun 15, Self Proclaimed Heroes. Jun 16, Shotgun Harlot.

Thurs, 9pm, DJ Dray Lopez.

8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.664.0169.

Rancho Nicasio

Sprengerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tap Room

Jun 13, Marcello and Seth.

Jun 14, Savoir-Funk. Jun 15, Lost Dog Found. Jun 16, Brothers Calatayud. Jun 17, Mazacote. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society live music. 446 B St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8277.

Toad in the Hole Pub Jun 15, Manzanita Falls. Mon, open mic with Phil the Security Guard. Third Sunday of every month, Robert Herrera, Brianna Lee, Josh Barrett. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.

Tradewinds Jun 15, Counter Culture. Jun 16, Bobby Young Project. Thurs, DJ Dave. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7878.

Jun 16, Hot Club with Isabella Fontaine. Town Square, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse

Sleeping Lady Jun 13, Teja plus Teja. Jun 15, Mistura Fina with Ray Obiedo.

Jun 16, Emily Rath. Jun 19, Jeremy Mendonca.

23 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.485.1182.

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Jun 15, This Old Earthquake.

Jun 16, Oakland Afrobeat Project. Mon, reggae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Station House Cafe Jun 15, 6:30pm, Dale Polissar Trio with Si Perkoss and Dan Fabricant. Jun 18, Paul Knight and friends, featuring Scott Laws. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1515.

NAPA COUNTY Downtown Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery & Restaurant Jun 16, Voltones. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

Napa Valley Opera House Jun 14, Boney James. Jun 16, Jon Anderson. Jun 17, Suzi Gilbert. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.226.7372.

Siloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jun 13, Battle of the Bands.

Jun 14, Blues Broads. Jun 15, Peter Sykes and the Napa School of Music. Jun 16, Vinci and Her Groove Sector. Jun 20, Battle of the Bands. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uptown Theatre Jun 17, Mayer Hawthorne & the County. 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

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Jun 13, Soul Factory. Jun 14, Kevlar Tone Sound and Epicenter Sound. Jun 15, J Stalin. Jun 16, Michael Landau. Jun 17, Lonestar Retrobates. 19 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

Tues, 8:30pm, open mic with Damir. Fri, 9pm, Michael Aragon Quartet. Sun, 3pm, Mal Sharpeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dixieland.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

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Fri, Jazz on the River with the Peter Welker Sextet.

54 E Washington St, Petaluma.

707.773.3200.

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Arts Events Galleries OPENINGS Jun 14 From 6 to 7:30pm.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Borders// Boundaries” explores concept of geographical, psychological and other boundaries. 6780 Depot St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

Jun 16 At 6pm. Smith Anderson North Gallery, “Williams, Waits” features work of Franklin Williams and Kellesimone Waits, who share a playful obsession for acquiring and incorporating discarded relics.

20 Greenfield Ave, San Anselmo. 415.457.8847.

At 7pm. di Rosa, “Entering the Wild” featuring the work of Trish Carney, Adriane Colburn and others.

5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10am to 6pm. 707.226.5991.

SONOMA COUNTY Gallery of Sea & Heaven Through Aug 4, “Alchemy of Seasons” features Becoming Independent and community artists, including Genevieve and Raymond Barnhart and others. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. Thurs-Sat, noon to 5 and by appointment. 707.578.9123.

Hammerfriar Gallery Through Jul 28, “Landau, Miller and Vogel” features the work of Frank J Miller, James Vogel and Natasha Landau. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg.

Tues-Fri, 10 to 6. Sat, 10 to 5.

707.473.9600.

Local Color Gallery Through Jul 15, “Three for the Show” features colorful land and seascape paintings by Jody Shipp, Leslie Zumwalt and Andrea Way. 1580 Eastshore

Rd, Bodega Bay. Daily, 10 to 5. Closed Wednesdays.

707.875.2744.

132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Russian River Art Gallery

Through Jun 23, “Reflections,” featuring the works of various artists, juried by Bob and Susan Cornelis. Graton Road and Bohemian Highway, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

Through Jul 2, “River, Redwoods and Recollections” features works focusing on nostalgia, memories and the authenticity of life on the river.

16200 First St, Guerneville.

Daily, 10 to 6. 707.869.9099.

Pelican Art Through Jun 30, “Art at the Source” with over 40 artists presents a preview exhibit.

143 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Open Tues-Thurs and Sat, 11 to 6; Fri, 11 to 8; SunMon by appointment only.

707.773.3393.

Petaluma Historical Museum and Library Through Jul 1, Developed by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, this unique exhibit tells the remarkable story of soldiers from more than a dozen tribes who used their native languages while in service in the US military.

20 Fourth St, Petaluma. WedSat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on MonTues. 707.778.4398.

Quercia Gallery Through Jun 30, “Our River, Our Ocean,” featuring paintings of Sonoma County landscapes

by Heather P. McConnell and sculpture by Colin Lambert.

25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills.

707.865.0243.

Quicksilver Mine Company Through Jul 1, “Stardust: Reflections on Nature and Existence” presents the work of Christiane Michaela Vincent. 6671 Front St, Forestville. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 6.

707.887.0799.

Ren Brown Collection Through Jun 17, Yoko Hara collection. 1781 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay. Wed-Sun, 10 to 5.

707.875.2922.

RiskPress Gallery Through Jun 30, “Inside-Out” features new paintings by Sharon Eisley. 7345 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol. No phone.

Riverfront Art Gallery Through Jul 8, “New Yosemite Perpective” featuring paintings by Jeffrey Williams.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Jun 14-Jul 21, “Borders// Boundaries” explores the concept of geographical, psychological and other boundaries. Reception, Jun 14 at 6-7:30 pm. 6780 Depot St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Sonoma County Museum Through Aug 12, 11am-5pm, “Santa Rosa’s Chinatown,” exhibition explores how Chinese communities developed in Sonoma County, with special attention to Santa Rosa’s Chinatown. $5-$7. Through Sep 9, “Trees” featuring the large-scale oil paintings of Chester Arnold.

Through Sep 9, “Sonoma Oaks: Points of View” featuring Hugh Livingston’s multimedia installations on the patterns and sounds of California oak habitats. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.579.1500.

MARIN COUNTY Art Works Downtown Through Jun 22, “Surface Design” welcomes worldrenowned Danish artist Gugger Petter. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Bolinas Museum Through Jun 24, “Behind the Alter,” featuring the Paul LeBaron Thiebaud Collection of Mexican Retablos. Through Jun 24, “Circles,” with photos by Rick Chapman in photography gallery. Through Jun 24, Work

by Tess Felix Greene in Coastal Marin Artists Gallery. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment.

415.868.0330.

Gallery Bergelli Through Jul 4, Gallery artists Bryn Craig, Ruperto Cadiz

CALENDAR GIRL Kellesimone Waits rethinks old photos in ‘Williams, Waits,’ with

Franklin Williams, at Smith Anderson North Gallery. See Openings, adjacent.

and others display new work.

483 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.945.9454.

Gallery Route One Through Jun 24, “Then and Now,” featuring Andrew Romanoff, “Vanishing California,” with Patti Trimble and the works of Dorothy Nissen in the Annex. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Marin Center Jun 16-17, “Marin Art Festival” presents work of over 250 artists in various media. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

Marin MOCA Through Jul 15, Summer National Juried Exhibition judged by Lucinda Barnes.

Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato.

Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 415.506.0137.

Marin Society of Artists Through Jun 30, “Hidden Places, Fleeting Moments,” features work by MSA members in all media. Through Jun 30, 2-4pm, “Nurturing the Creative Spark” featuring works in all media by the Golden Gate Artists branch of the National League of American Pen Women. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 12 to 4. 415.454.9561.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Jun 28, Ninth annual “Wabi-Sabi Show” features mixed-media group exhibit curated by Marico Chigyo.

616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Jun 30, “Elizabeth Gorek: Embodied,” featuring the work of painter Elizabeth Gorek. 23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat; 11 to 6.

Fri-Sat, 11 to 7; Sun, 12 to 5.

415.384.8288.

Smith Anderson North Gallery Jun 16-Aug 4, “Williams, Waits” features the work of Franklin Williams and Kellesimone Waits, who share a playful obsession for acquiring and incorporating discarded relics.

Reception, Jun 16 at 6pm. 20 Greenfield Ave, San Anselmo.

415.457.8847.

NAPA COUNTY di Rosa Jun 16-Sep 23, “Entering the Wild” featuring the work of Trish Carney, Adriane Colburn and others. Reception, Jun 16 at 7pm. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10am to 6pm.

707.226.5991.

Napa Valley Museum Through Aug 5, “Modern” features the abstract expressionist paintings of Ira Yeager. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Mon, 10 to 5.

707.944.0500.

$10. Jasper O’Farrell’s, 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.

Socofu Monthly Comedy Series Standup series brings comedy underground to Sonoma County. Third Sun of every month, 7pm. $10. Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Events Food Not Bombs Help prepare and serve free vegan meals every Sun afternoon; served at 5. Sun. Railroad Square, Fourth and Wilson streets, Santa Rosa.

707.701.3620.

The Human Revolution Yes Roots, Rock, and Reggae Dance Party for 2012 Labeling Genetically Engineered Food Act. Jun 19, 7pm. $10. Dhyana Center Lofts, 186 N Main St, Sebastopol. 800.796.6863.

Resource Clinic Get info on housing, transit, food stamps and Medi-Cal. Wed, 11am-1pm. Free.

Petaluma Health Center, 1301 Southpoint Blvd, Petaluma. 707.559.7500.

Sonoma-Marin Fair

Comedy Below the Belt Brandon Revels hosts this evening of standup comedy featuring local talent. Third Fri of every month, 9pm.

Annual boogie features livestock, food, Golden Gate Anniversary Exhibit and concerts from WAR, Night Ranger, Lonestar, 38 Special and Los Shakas de la Banda. Jun 20-24. Varies.

Petaluma Fairgrounds, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma.

Dave & Bill Hikes Join Dave and Bill for an 8.5mile tour of the park with a stop at Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lake and Bath House. Jun 16, 9:45pm. Parking fee. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen. 707.938.5216.

Garden Tour Public invited to participate in two-hour tour of OAECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gardens and wild lands.

Jun 16, 10am. $10. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental. 707.874.1557.

Film Anna Bolena Film streams as part of the Live at the Met Summer Encore series. Jun 16, 10am. $15. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

Film Night: Enchanted Film Night in the Park presented Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enchanted.â&#x20AC;? Jun 15, 8pm.

Donation. Old Mill Park, Throckmorton and Cascade, Mill Valley.

The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1987 film recreates Qing-dynasty China with detail and craftsmanship.

Jun 18, 7:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.389.4292.

One Man, Two Guvnahs Encore from Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Theater Live, broadcast to silver screen. Thurs, Jun 14, 7pm and Tues, Jun 19, 7pm. $16-$23. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley Street, Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.

Food & Drink Civic Center Farmers Market Sun at 10am, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eat Local 101â&#x20AC;? 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.

Culinary Adventure Enjoy Tuscan lunch in this culinary adventure featuring Baci Cafe and Wine Bar. Jun 16, 11:30am-3pm. $65-$75. Amista Vineyards, 3310 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg. 707.431.9200.

Harvest Market Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs.

Sat, 9am-1pm. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma.

707.996.0712.

Redwood Empire Farmers Market Sat, 9am-noon and Wed, 9am-noon. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa Farmers Markets Oakmont Drive and White Oak, Santa Rosa. 707.538.7023. Sat, 9am-noon and Wed, 9amnoon. Wells Fargo Center, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.522.8629.

Sonoma Farmers Market Depot Park, First St W, Sonoma.

Fri, 9am-noon. Sonoma Plaza, First St E, Sonoma.

707.538.7023.

Tamales with Chef Luis Realpozo Homeward Bound chef offers tips on stuffing and spicing the perfect tamale, with dinner to follow. Jun 13. $39. Fresh Starts Cooking School, 1399 North Hamilton Pkwy, Novato. 415.382.3363.

Wednesday Night Market Over 130 vendors and all the people you went to junior high with flood downtown Santa Rosa. Wed. Free. Downtown Santa Rosa, Fourth and B streets, Santa Rosa.

Wet Paint Gala Dinner Annual Sonoma Valley Museum of Art dinner and auction event features theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Feast on Art.â&#x20AC;? Jun 17, 4:30pm. $250. Ramekins Culinary School, 50 W Spain St, Sonoma.

707.933.0450.

Lectures Chi=Mc2 Learn how to activate the bio-electrical flow through for maximum health and healing. Jun 14, 7pm. $10.

Steele Lane Community Center.

415 Steele Lane, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3282.

Martha McGettigan: Vallejoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vision The great-greatgranddaughter of General Mariano Vallejo speaks on Spanish and Russian influences in California. Jun 15, 6pm. $8-$10. Sonoma County Museum, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.

Back Roads Productions proudly presents

TEDx Sonoma County Engaging speakers, artists and entertainers will explore the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Sense of Placeâ&#x20AC;? in this TED-style conference.

Jun 16, 12:15-7pm. $25-$40.

Sonoma Country Day School, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa.

K.D. LANG & THE SISS BOOM BANG LUCINDA WILLIAMS LEFTOVER SALMON RICHARD THOMPSON RUTHIE FOSTER TEXAS TORNADOS

Readings Bean Affair Jun 17, 2pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safe Passage Notebooks: Chronicles of Love and Warâ&#x20AC;? with Mariam Stephens.

1270 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg 707.395.0177.

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Book Passage Jun 13, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unsaidâ&#x20AC;? with Neil Abramson. Jun 14, 7:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arlo Needs Glassesâ&#x20AC;? with Barney Saltzberg. Jun 15, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The One and Only Ivanâ&#x20AC;? with Katherine Applegate and â&#x20AC;&#x153;BZRKâ&#x20AC;? with Michael Grant.

Jun 16, 11:45am, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plats Du Jourâ&#x20AC;? with John Toulze and Sondra Bernstein. Jun 16, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the Presidentâ&#x20AC;? with Justin Frank. Jun 18, 5pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voiceâ&#x20AC;? with Terry Tempest Williams. Jun 18, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dreaming the Soul Back Homeâ&#x20AC;? with Robert Moss.

Jun 19, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Convictionâ&#x20AC;? with Robert Dugoni. Jun 20, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Loverâ&#x20AC;? with Francine De Plessix Gray.

51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Irish Pub Jun 17, 1pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transition to Peaceâ&#x20AC;? with Russ FaureBrac. 464 First St E, Sonoma 707.935.0660.

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Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books Jun 15, 7pm, “Dreaming the Soul Back Home” with Robert Moss. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

Studio 333 Second Thursday of every month, 7pm, Why There Are Words, reading series presents various writers on a theme.

Jun 14, “Animal,” with readings

by Tami Anderson, Dani Burlison, Carolyn Cooke and others. $5. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito 415.331.8272.

Theater God of Carnage Following an altercation between their 11-year-old sons in Cobble Hill Park, Annette and Alan Raleigh agree to meet Veronica and Michael Novak to discuss the situation civilly, but the veneer of polite society soon falls away. Various dates and times. Through Jun 24. $34$55. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.5208.

The Music Man Robert Moorhead stars as charismatic traveling salesman and con artist. Sat, Jun 16, 2pm and Sun, Jun 17, 2pm. $15-$40.

Sidney B Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, Mt. Tam, Mill Valley.

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Cris Cassell of San Francisco directs Tennessee Williams piece. Various dates and times.

Through Jun 17. $17-$25.

Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555.

Noises Off Play within a play explores what really goes on behind the curtain. Various dates and times. Through Jun 17. $20-$22.

Novato Theater Company, 484 Ignacio Blvd, Novato.

A Lil’ Lower Santa Rosa Lowriders keep the culture rolling Ramon Contreras’ 1984 Coup de Ville is a cobalt-blue exhibition on wheels. The Caddy’s flawless candy-colored paint job and custom-chrome trim shimmer in the afternoon sun. Proudly displayed in the rear window is a plaque reading “Santa Rosa Style,” framed by wispy pinstripe graphics. His personalized license plate tops it all off: 707AREA. As Santa Rosa Style car club president and founder, Contreras has been revamping lowrider cars since his first ride at the age of 16. He’s now passing on to his son this American tradition of craftsmanship, rich in pride and dedication. “Lowriding has always been a family affair. We bring in the younger generations; it’s part of our culture,” says Jeff Gonsalves, de facto club mentor and Lowrider OG. Established in 1995, Santa Rosa Style was one of only a few founding lowrider clubs in Santa Rosa; over two decades, that number’s jumped to almost a dozen. Check out the pristine rides at Santa Rosa Style’s third annual car show and picnic hosted by DJ Rob Cervantes, with Santa Rosa rapper Doc Holiday and special guests, on Saturday, June 16, at Youth Community Park.

1275 Fulton Road, Santa Rosa. Noon–5pm.

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The Producers Craig Miller directs this Mel Brooks Classic musical. Various dates, times and prices. Jun 15-Jul 15. $15-$35. Sixth Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

For the week of June 13

ARIES (March 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 19) Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for your right hand to ďŹ nd out what your left hand has been doing lately, and vice versa. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been attending to their separate agendas for a while, and now it would be wise to have them work together more closely. As they get reacquainted, a bit of friction would be understandable.

You may have to serve as a mediator. Try to get them to play nicely with each other for a while before jumping into the negotiations about how best they can cooperate in the future. And be very ďŹ rm with them: no slapping or ďŹ ghting allowed.

TAURUS (April 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 20)

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Some relationships that you call â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendshipsâ&#x20AC;? may be little more than useful connections or status boosters or afďŹ liations that enhance your power and inďŹ&#x201A;uence. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no shame in that. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a smart idea to make sure that at least some of your alliances are rooted primarily in pure affection. You need to exchange energy with people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t serve your ambitions so much as they feed your soul. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to cultivate friendships like that. Take good care of those you have and be alert for the possibility of starting a new one.

GEMINI (May 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 20)

Do you remember what you were doing between July 2000 and June 2001? Think back. Did anything happen then that felt like a wild jumpstart or a series of epiphanies or a benevolent form of shock therapy? Were you forcibly dislodged from a rut by an adversary who eventually became an ally? Did you wake up from a sleepy trance you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know you had been in? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m guessing that at least some of those experiences will be returning in the coming months, but on a higher octave this time.

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Author Steven Covey describes your â&#x20AC;&#x153;circle of concernâ&#x20AC;? as everything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re concerned with or worried about. Your â&#x20AC;&#x153;circle of inďŹ&#x201A;uence,â&#x20AC;? on the other hand, is anything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s within your ability to change right now. For example, you may have general long-term questions or anxieties about the future of your health. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your circle of concern.

But your circle of inďŹ&#x201A;uence contains speciďŹ c actions you can take to affect your health today, like eating good food, getting enough sleep and doing exercise.

What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m seeing for you, Cancerian, is that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to spend less time in your circle of concern and more in your circle of inďŹ&#x201A;uence. Stop fantasizing about what may or may not happen, and simply take charge of the details that will make a difference.

LEO (July 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;August 22) Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wild zoo about two hours northwest of Seattle. After paying your fee, you can drive your car through acres of land where large animals are allowed to roam free. When I took the tour, I stopped my rented Dodge Stratus by the side of the road to get a better look at a humongous buffalo with a humped back and a long woolly beard. It lumbered over to where I was parked and for the next ďŹ ve minutes thoroughly licked my windshield with its enormous purple tongue. My head was just inches away from its primal power, and yet I was safe and relaxed and perfectly amused. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised if you had a comparable experience sometime soon, Leo.

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In the Biblical book of Genesis, Jacob had a dream of angels ascending and descending a ladder that went up to heaven. I recommend that you try to incubate a similar dream, or else do some meditations in which you visualize that scene. It would help prime your psyche for one of this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top assignments, which is to be adaptable as you go back and forth between very high places and very low places. Heaven and earth need to be better connected. So do the faraway and the closeat-hand, as well as the ideal and the practical. And youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the right person for the job.

LIBRA (September 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;October 22) Thomas Edison said something to the effect that a person who is thoroughly satisďŹ ed is probably a failure. I guess he meant that if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not always pushing to make your life better, you must not have very high standards or passionate goals. While I can see the large grains of truth in that theory, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it applies in all casesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like for you right now, for instance. During the

upcoming grace period, it will make sense for you to be perfectly content with the state of your life just as it is.

To do so wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make you lazy and complacent. Just the opposite, in fact: it will charge your psychic batteries and create a reservoir of motivational energy for the second half of 2012.

SCORPIO (October 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;November 21) Twentyfour-year-old actress Annalynne McCord has risen up in rebellion against what she calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfection requirement.â&#x20AC;? Lately she has been brazenly appearing in public without any make-up on. She has even encouraged paparazzi to snap photos of her in her natural state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not perfect,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK with me.â&#x20AC;? I nominate her to be your role model in the coming weeks, Scorpio. You will be able to stir up useful blessings for yourself by being loyal to the raw truth. You can gain power by not hiding anything. (And, yes, I realize that last statement is in conďŹ&#x201A;ict with the core Scorpionic philosophy.) Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my guarantee: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be fun to be free of unrealistic images and showy deceptions.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;December 21) Nineteenth-century Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev once called his fellow novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky a â&#x20AC;&#x153;pimple on the face of literature.â&#x20AC;? But more than a hundred years after that crude dismissal, Dostoyevsky is a much more highly regarded and inďŹ&#x201A;uential writer than Turgenev. Use this as inspiration, Sagittarius, if you have to deal with anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s judgmental appraisals of you in the coming days. Their opinions will say more about them than about you. Refresh your understanding of the phenomenon of â&#x20AC;&#x153;projection,â&#x20AC;? in which people superimpose their fantasies and delusions on realities they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see clearly.

CAPRICORN (December 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;January 19) Take a few deep breaths. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important not to get overly worked up about your recent diversion from the Truth and the Way. I mean itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like you sold heroin to high school students or dumped toxic waste into a mountain stream, right? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve incurred a minor karmic debt that will ultimately have to be repaid. And, yes, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been reminded that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow yourself to lower your standards even slightly.

But I doubt any of it will matter in ďŹ ve yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially if you atone now. So please go ahead and give yourself a spanking, make a deďŹ nitive plan to correct your error and start cruising in the direction of the next chapter of your life story.

AQUARIUS (January 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;February 18) Have you ever tried to drink from a ďŹ rehose? The sheer amount and force of the water shooting out the end makes it hard to actually get any moisture in your mouth, let alone enjoy the process. On the other hand, it is kind of entertaining, and it does provide a lot of material to tell funny stories about later on. But are those good enough reasons to go ahead and do it? I say no. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I advise you, metaphorically speaking, to draw your sustenance from a more contained ďŹ&#x201A;ow in the coming week. Cultivate a relationship with a resource that gives you what you really need.

PISCES (February 19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 20) The coming week will be an excellent time to declare your independence from anything that depresses you, obsesses you or oppresses you. You will attract help from unexpected sources if you take that brave action.

At the same time, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a perfect moment to declare your interdependence with anything that ďŹ res up your imagination, stirs up smart hope or ďŹ lls you with a desire to create masterpieces. Be adventurous as you dream about blending your energies with the very best inďŹ&#x201A;uences.

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