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STP NOT LSD The Angry Samoans headline a night of old-school punk at the Phoenix Theater on June 16. See Concerts, p30.
CLOVERDALE
CORTE MADERA
N A PA
S A N TA R O S A
What Bastards
Tempest in Teapot Transfiguration
TED or Alive
Under a sliver of moon, the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash wander into town. 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.
—Jay Scherf
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