NORTH BAY BOH E MI A N | JUNE 27– JULY 3, 20 1 2 | BO H E M I AN.COM
36 Arts Events Jul 1, noon-4pm. Free. Monte Rio Beach, Monte Rio.
Red White & Boom Santa Rosa’s fireworks show with Pat Jordan Band, Wonderbread 5, family fun and more. Jul 4. 3:30pm-10pm. Free-$7. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Vallet Rd, Santa Rosa.
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.
Sacred Intimacy for Couples This workshop shows how to discover deep intimacy and nurture sacredness in a relationship. Jun 29, 7pm. Free. Center for Inner Health & Stillness, 424 Eighth St Ste A, Santa Rosa.
Truck & Tractor Pull Car show, tractor pull, food, wine, beer, and kids get in free. Yeeeee-haw! Jun 30, 11am8:30pm. $16 to $20. Napa Valley Exposition, 575 Third St, Napa.
Vine Art An evening of art, winetasting, food and music. Jun 29, 6-9pm. $15. Gallery 300, 300 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.332.1212.
Field Trips Community Garden Meeting & Potluck Learn about the project, including how to rent a plot, volunteer needs and garden sponsorship. Jun 30, noon3pm. Free. Larson Park, 335 De Chene Ave, Sonoma.
Dave & Bill Hikes Evening hike culminates in a wine and cheese soiree and fireworks show. Proceeds benefit Team Sugarloaf. Jul 4, 6:45pm. $50. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood.
Sunset Hike & Dine Meet at parking area across from inn for monthly two-hour hike on moderate to steep trails with midhike wine and cheese served overlooking
( 35 Pacific Ocean. Optional dinner and socializing at inn follows. Last Sat of every month. $15. Mountain Home Inn, 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley, RSVP. 415.331.0100.
Film The Decoy Bride Will Katie be able to fool the awaiting media and live up to being a stand-in for the world’s most famous movie star? Jun 30, 7pm. $10. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.
Don Giovanni That notorious womanizer is back in the New York Met’s version Mozart’s classic comedic opera. Jun 30, 10am. $10-$15. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.
Girl with a Pearl Earring Girl with a Pearl Earring is the subject of one of Vermeer’s most enduring portraits. Jun 28, 7pm. $5. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. 707.944.0500.
Pink Ribbons, Inc. Millions are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go? Based on the book by Samantha King. Opens Jun 29. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival True-story films include shorts like “Flying Anne” on Jun 29. Through Oct 19. $10-$50. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 6780 Depot St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.
Take This Waltz Food, wine and dancing with Crossfire and film presented by Sonoma International Film Festival. Jun 30, 6pm. $35 to $50. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma. 707.938.5277.
Food & Drink All-American Zin Day Dry Creek, Kokomo, Mazzocco-
Sonoma, Rued and Wilson wineries pour meaty reds to go with meaty steaks. Jun 30, 11am-4pm. $15 to $30. Deux Amis, 1960 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg. 707.431.7945.
Civic Center Farmers Market Sun at 10am, “Eat Local 101” provides walking tour with information, cooking advice and ideas inspired by locally grown foods. Thurs, 8am-1pm and Sun, 8am-1pm. Marin Civic Center, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael. 800.897.3276.
Cotati Farmers Market Entertainment schedule changes weekly, see www. cotati.org for details. Thurs, 4:30-7:30pm. through Sep 20. free. La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati.
Days of Wine & Lavender Festival Walk through fragrant lavender fields while sipping a variety of wines. Jun 30, noon-4pm. $70 to $85. Matanzas Creek Winery, 6097 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.528.6464.
French Garden Farm Market Enjoy produce from restaurant’s farm, along with freshly baked breads and pastries from their kitchen. Every Sun, 10 to 2. Free. French Garden, 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.
Harvest Market Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am-1pm. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma. 707.996.0712.
Healdsburg Farmers Market Wed, 4-7pm. Downtown Plaza, Healdsburg Avenue and Matheson Street, Healdsburg. Wed-Sat, 9amnoon. Healdsburg Farmers Market, North and Vine streets, Healdsburg. 707.431.1956.
Indian Valley Farmers Market Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Wed, 10am-3pm. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato. 415.454.4554.
Napa Valley BBQ & Beer Battle A BBQ throwdown and 10 local breweries highlight this benefit for the Napa Valley Ed. Foundation. Jul 1, 1-4pm. $45 to $55. Napa Valley Marriott Hotel, 3425 Solano Ave, Napa.
Novato Farmers Market Come together and celebrate fresh and local food. Tues, 48pm. through Sep 22. Novato Farmers Market, Grant and Sherman avenues, Novato.
CRITIC’S CHOICE
Petaluma Farmers Market Live music and over 50 local booths. Sat, 2-5:30pm and Wed, 4:30-8pm. through Aug 29. Free. Petaluma Farmers Market, Second Street between B and D streets, Petaluma. Sat, 2-5:30pm. through Nov 17. Walnut Park, Petaluma Boulevard South and D Street, Petaluma.
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, 9am-noon. 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.
Totally Truckin’ Thursdays Four food trucks park in the O’Reilly parking lot, provide you with local goodness and donate 10 percent of sales to a monthly selected nonprofit. Thurs. O’Reilly & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. 707.827.7190.
Wednesday Night Market Over 130 vendors and all the people you went to elementary school with flood downtown Santa Rosa. Wed. Free. Downtown Santa Rosa, Fourth and B streets, Santa Rosa.
West End Wednesdays West End merchants offer wine, coffee and food tastings. Wed, 5-7pm. Free. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa.
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Naomism Finding new philosophies with Naomi Murakami Combining a palette of bold, contrasting colors with a limitless array of blotched and arrhythmic curves, Naomi Murakami brings acrylic paints to the canvas in the name of her own philosophy, Naomism. Naomism, you ask? Having arisen from her self-proclaimed “garbage” past, Murakami’s new philosophy is fine art, which she thanks for keeping her heart beating. Being a Tokyo native who’s become disillusioned by the traditional ideas in her culture, yet still an outsider to the culture of the United States where she currently resides, she’s found a true homeland in art. Indeed, her philosophy transcends her art, which encapsulates a world of her own. Her internally based paintings feature non-objective figures that all seem to resist yet simultaneously weave into the other visual elements of her pseudo-realist work. Murakami’s prints, on the other hand, host more defined and recognizable characters— faces and mechanical gears, for example—in detailed etchings. Fine art isn’t the only thing occupying Murakami’s time; she’s the art director at the Wellness and Advocacy Center in Santa Rosa and runs art workshops, encouraging others to explore their identity through art. “She Eats Cheetos with Chopsticks,” featuring work by Naomi Murakami, is on exhibit June 28–July 27 at RiskPress Gallery. Opening reception, Saturday, June 30, at 2pm. 7345 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol. 707.478.2379.—Catherine Zaw