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An Ounce of Prevention I am writing because of the proposed budget cuts in Sonoma County’s behavioral health funding that would necessitate closing almost all of the mental health self-help centers run by Goodwill Industries Redwood Empire. These established programs have a continuing history of proven success and I fear that in terms of long-term costs to

the local community, they would be all-too conspicuous in their absence.

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The secular recovery support groups are able to take up where the 12-step programs leave off and so avert some of the huge costs to our society from addictions and mental illness. I have lost friends and family to drug addiction and alcoholism so I am well aware of where untreated mental illness and addiction can take the unfortunate.

This past week surfaced a potentially serious red flag at Petaluma’s Kenilworth Junior High School. In this year’s published yearbook, several white student members of the basketball team are allegedly seen displaying a hand sign associated with white power hate groups. The parents, students and administration are now scrambling to understand how or why this picture

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was permitted to be published in what is meant to be a memory book for all students. Although the administration is offering an exchange for any student wishing to turn in their current yearbook with an updated copy, there is much more at play here. Youth are the seeds of the future, but how we fertilize and nurture these seeds is what gives us a flower or a weed. The incident at Kenilworth should surprise no one. A quick Google search fills our search page with stories of exponential hate crime growth around the country and in Sonoma County. The investigation into this incident should not focus solely on the students who participated in this alleged display of hate symbolism, but also include the current administration.

Educators are front and center in ensuring these seeds are nurtured toward being flowers.

The Petaluma community, especially members of oppressed groups, are watching how our school board and Kenilworth administration handle this alleged student display of white supremacy. It’s time to face up to white supremacy and keep it’s toxic agenda out of our schools. Let’s be open and honest with the reality here and address it as a community to ensure we get more flowers from our schools.

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This has to be a joke. The "OK" sign is racist now? And these kids are playing the circle joke! And doing it properly.

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Department of Corrections The opening photo of “Rocks & Rolling” (May 29, 2019) credited the wrong photographer. The photographer is John Blackwell. The Bohemian regrets the error.

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n early April, concerned Petaluma residents lost a year-long battle against a proposed gasoline station at Maria Drive and South McDowell Boulevard when the city council narrowly voted to allow it to proceed.

The case is headed to the courts.

Now, two other proposals for new gasoline stations have come to the attention of Sonoma County residents. One is at 5300 Sebastopol Road (Highway 12 and Llano Road) and the other is a huge 16-pump mega-station with car wash and mini-mart at 7180 Highway 116 (116 and Stony Point Road) that would wipe the Pond & Garden Nursery and Cali-Kind Tie-Dye small businesses off the map.

A new gas station in any community might be problematic for any number of valid reasons, including impacts to water and air quality, traffic congestion, noise, wildlife habitat, aesthetics, quality of life for nearby residents, disruption of existing uses and more. The concern expressed here takes into account all of these issues, but focuses on one aspect: policy commitments to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) previously made by Sonoma County.

Sonoma County has a well-established record of response to the climate crisis beginning in 2002 with a resolution committing the county to reduce internal operations’ GHGs. Then in 2005 the county and all nine cities committed to ambitious goals by the year 2015. In 2006 the county approved a Climate Protection Action Plan as the roadmap to create certain specific GHG reductions.

In 2008/2009 the county and cities formed the Regional Climate Protection Authority to coordinate countywide climate protection efforts. In 2012 the county voted to create Sonoma Clean Power with reductions of GHGs as its primary goal. And most recently, in 2018, the county adopted the “Climate Change Action Resolution” to “encourage a shift toward low-carbon fuels in vehicles and equipment” and “switch equipment from fossil fuel to electricity.”

In order to be consistent with existing county and state policy, these proposals must be denied. In fact, the effective result of the policies that have been adopted by Sonoma County commencing in 2002 should result in a prohibition of the construction of any new fossil energy-based facilities or infrastructure in Sonoma County unless some kind of clear community need is demonstrated.

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GAY OLD PARTY Bay Area Log Cabin Republican chair Fred Schein says being a member of the GOP and gay are not oxymoronic.

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red Schein had seen this before.

The Navy veteran left a military career decades ago, after serving for six years and knowing he’d be outed as a gay man if he didn’t. That was during the Vietnam war era of the 1960s and ’70s. This era has its own wars and dividing lines, including the Trump Administration’s highly publicized ban on transgendered citizens from service in the military.

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personal moment for the lifetime conservative and chair of the regional Log Cabin Republicans, which covers Marin, Napa, Sonoma and other Northern California counties. But it’s also a moment of clarity and opportunity for the long-standing gay advocacy organization, whose statewide ranks (265 members across 10 chapters) belie its growing power and influence in the state Republican party.

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aftermath of an infamous push to ban gays from teaching in public schools in the late 1970s, the Log Cabin Republicans are the nation’s leading advocacy group for gay members of the GOP—and, as of last year, the only Republican gay-rights group in the country that’s been embraced (by and large) by a state party.

As of 2015, the California Log Cabin Republicans are listed as an official volunteer organization within the state party, says Schein, and the state GOP’s leadership has

seen its upper ranks swelled by gay Republicans since the 2015 move.

“The focus has been to integrate ourselves into the Republican Party,” says Schein, a Mill Valley resident and retired accountant who worked 40 years for the federal government. The object has been to provide effective leadership, he says, while battling homophobia.

“We’ve been successful in California but not successful elsewhere,” says the 79-year-old. “We are very active in the party, and have a number of members on the state Republican board. The vice-chairman of the state party is a member of the Silicon Valley Log Cabin Republicans; the state party’s treasurer is a member of the Ventura chapter.

“In the last few years it has become much of a bigger gay top leadership in Sacramento,” he says—all because the party agreed, in 2015, to allow for an LGBTQ volunteer committee to get voted into the party.

Schein says that 75 percent of state Republicans delegates voted that year to welcome the LCR volunteer committee into the party.

He highlights twin messages from the high level of support. “One, it wasn’t 100 percent,” he says with a laugh, “which we hoped for. It did tell us that somewhere above 20 percent of the party is not comfortable with us. On the other side of that, the vote was very telling. Members of our party have a stereotype as mean-spirited, hateful people—that’s one of the bad stereotypes that are given to Republicans, who are often regarded as racists and homophobes. There’s very little opportunity to prove that it’s not true,” he adds. The party’s vote addressed the homophobia question, he says. “It was really quite a moment. And then we moved on.”

The Log Cabin Republicans moved on, he says, to address two major civil rights issues facing gays around the country: Homophobia directed at transgendered citizens and service-members, and housing and insurance discrimination directed at gays.

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He says that between 3-5 percent of LCR members are transgendered— including the vice chairperson of Log Cabin Republicans.

The state party doesn’t currently have a formal position on transgender service in the military, or any language about tolerance toward the trans community in its platform. “However, from recent incidents and things that have been coming for some time,” he says, “we support complete acceptance of trans people in all activities, and certainly in the party.” None of that’s part of the Republican state party platform, Schein says.

The Log Cabin Republicans sprung out of Proposition 6, the so-called Briggs Initiative, a 1978 effort to ban gay people from teaching in California public schools. When it was defeated, he recalls, there was an effort to create a formal organization fighting for the rights of conservative gays in the state. Chapters sprung up in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and now the LCR is a well-funded organization with a lobbying office in Washington D.C., staff attorneys and about 30 chapters around the country. And yet with all their firepower, there is not a single openly gay Republican in the state assembly or senate. “We talk about it as Republicans,” Shein says, adding that the discussions center on overcoming stereotypes of the party as being gay-unfriendly.

Schein says that anyone who went to an LCR meeting might be surprised at what they saw and heard. “Most of the time you wouldn’t distinguish us from any other group of Republicans,” he says, except that some of the members are married to one another. They’re focused on high taxes and government pension problems in Marin County, just like the next conservative, not to mention gun rights in California.

“But there were issues, and are issues that we have focused on nationally and in California,” he adds. One of the biggest ones is housing and employment discrimination against gays that’s codified in state laws (though not in California). “In 25 or 26 states,” says Schein, “you can be evicted,

or fired from a job if you are gay.

It can’t happen here, but it can happen in Texas.”

He says he’s seen some GOP congressmen come around on the issue of housing and employment discrimination against gays, but doesn’t expect any national legislation to come out of it. There are currently a handful of housingand-employment discrimination cases working their way through federal courts and may wind up at the Supreme Court. “We feel strongly about this issue and have for a long time,” says Schein. “We’re waiting to see where the courts come down on it.”

Yes, there’s something a bit ironic about California gay conservatives fighting for housing and employment rights in a state where California GOP congressmen such as Dana Rohrabacher tells the Washington Post that it’s OK to not sell someone a house because they are gay (Rohrabacher said just that last May).

And even though Gov. Gavin Newsom was lead champion for marriage-equality rights as mayor of San Francisco, GOP challenger John Cox’s support for gay marriage and other issues supported by LCR was enough for Cox to get the organization’s endorsement for governor last year. “Unfortunately, he did not win,” says Schein.

Schein’s tuned in to what some may seen as ironic: Being a gay Republican in the era of Trump, given the administration’s hostility toward trans service-members.

But he says he’s with Trump. “I don’t believe he is homophobic,” he says.

Even as the president has banned trans members from the military, Schein notes that Trump’s ambassador to Germany is a gay man. And, he says that when people ask him, “How can you possibly be gay and a conservative,” his standard response is, “Well, how can you not.” He points out that a lot of LGBT members of LCR are in small business and have to face the same taxes and regulations that other Californians deal with.

And then there’s Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley founder of PayPal who is also gay and an outfront Trump supporter. “We don’t know about Peter,” he says with

a laugh. “Peter’s a little quirky.

When you’re a multi-billionaire, you can be a little quirky,” he adds as he recounts Thiel (and Ann Coulter’s) short-lived political-action-committee called GOProud. “They’re gone,” he says.

“They did cause trouble because they would sometimes side with anti-gay people.”

That’s not the LCR’s game, he notes. By way of demonstration, Schein explains his organization’s posture toward a recent proposed reform of the 1964 federal Fair Housing Act to include sexual orientation as a class of banned discrimination.

The LCR opposed the Democratsponsored bill, he says. “There’s problems with it as written. Many members, myself included, feel it’s counterproductive to the LGBT community because of possible quotas. . . . It’s a flawed bill, but the idea of eliminating housing and employment restrictions is something that we support.”

Schein says the LCR doesn’t take a position on an issue unless it directly affects its members.

It didn’t, for example, support or oppose cannabis legalization in the state though Schein suspects it’s not an issue with much purchase among his members.

Guns, on the other hand, are another story. “That is a big issue for us,” he says. “Without hesitation, the Log Cabin Republicans are bigtime Second Amendment people.”

He says this is a big concern among college Republicans he talks to—that California is already too restrictive on gun control. “Several members are very active on this. I get invited by students to Santa Cruz shooting ranges. I can tell you that Young Republicans in college can shoot—at Berkeley, Davis, Sonoma State. We might even be tighter on gun control than the general party.”

Along with talks to college Republicans, Schein’s given presentations in high schools and at community groups. His organization has worked with P-Flag, he says, a liberal-leaning civil rights group that fights for the rights of gay and lesbian parents—but its efforts are generally mocked or discounted by traditional and left-leaning gay-rights groups, he says, especially in San Francisco. But he says the LCR has been vociferous

there, and anywhere there’s been bias crimes committed against gays and lesbians. Gay-friendly Guerneville’s been subjected to a rash of anti-gay crimes over the past year and Schein says he supports hate crime laws to address the crimes.

“We deplore it,” he says of bias crimes, “particularly if it was an LGBT population” such as exists in the Russian River population. “We would certainly focus on that—we’ve done that in San Francisco if we thought they weren’t prosecuted. We are ordinary Republicans and ordinary citizens, and no one would find that acceptable no matter what, whether it’s sexual or racial or whatever.”

Even though they’ve been welcome in the state Republican Party, Schein notes that the welcome mat hasn’t been extended from the traditional LGBT community. “There’s an ingrown understanding in the larger LGBT community is politically liberal.

And that’s just not true,” he notes, citing data that shows that 20 to 25 percent of gays vote conservative.

“A lot of our LGBT people are in small business and understand small business very well,” he says by way of explaining the support.

College Republicans, he says, have been dealing with their own hostility during the Trump era, at Berkeley and at other college campuses where the likes of Coulter have been met with vociferous if not violent counterprotest. He compares college Republicans at Berkeley to LCR members who deal with transintolerant elements of their own party. It’s a tough spot to be in. He’s seen how intolerance plays out in the military, first hand. “I thought of making the Navy a career and I think I might have, but I realized at some point I would have been outed,” he recalls. “I didn’t want to put in 12 years just to be thrown out—people were trying to out me.

And I did see young sailors have their lives disrupted or destroyed.

It really angered me a lot. I can still get angry at it.”

He’s angry about the Trumpdriven transgender ban, but Schein is sticking with the GOP. “I talk to the county committees, I travel around the state,” he says. “I like to support the party.”

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Luke’s parents came out west from upstate New York around 1980—a little late for the back to the land movement, but with a somewhat upgraded business model. They wanted to work on the land in two ways: his father established an architecture studio, and his mother, until five years ago, was the chief tractor driver for the vineyard, says Bass. They bought an old farm that looks carved right into the sylvan hills south of Guerneville, but it’s the other way around—first, the forest was carved out in the 1800s. Then, a family planted grapes just in time for Prohibition. Much of the topsoil washed away into the Russian River long ago, says Bass, so it’s a struggle to get a thousand dollars worth of grapes out of some parts of the vineyard, even after treating them to several thousand dollars more worth of compost.

“When I hand this over to my son, it will be more healthy and more vibrant,” Bass says. He takes the long view: “Maybe he’ll get rich!”

Tastings at Porter-Bass are by appointment only and are held in the shade of a walnut tree, with mismatched patio chairs and a wood slab over two barrels. So, what does a ramshackle setup in the woods, native yeast fermentation, and no new barrels buy you? Well.

Porter-Bass 2016 Chardonnay ($40) is the kind of Chardonnay that California Chardonnay detractors do somersaults for when they don’t know it’s California Chardonnay. It’s 100 percent malolactic fermented, but the lemon-lime acidity, tangy kiwi fruit and native microbial actors only shrug a bit toward caramel aromas, dominated by dried lemon blossom. Their 2016 Pinot Noir ($50) shows woodsy spice, with a barge of black cherry and plum paste fruit steered by a stony hand of minerals. The 2015 Zinfandel ($40) is a “take that, Zin haters” kind of Zin, enticing with lingonberry and olallieberry fruit, green peppercorn, and finishing fresh and firm— tangible evidence that this winery’s practices are yielding even more pleasant results.

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hen it pours it often floods. That’s part of the Guerneville story, but not all of it. Not by a long shot. The town along the Russian River that’s famous as a gay playground is much more, though long ago queers moved in and cozied up to the bars and restaurants on Main Street and in the surrounding resorts and breathed new life into a place that was down on its luck. If you’re not queer, don’t worry. The town with the frontier feel welcomes cowboys and cowgirls, geeks, freaks and members of the all-American family who can enjoy burgers, fries and pizza at Main Street Bistro and other eateries. But I prefer the trees.

Not long ago, when I lived in Occidental, I drove to Guerneville at least once a week to walk in Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve to commune with the ancient trees, an experience that ought to humble anyone with a computer chip on his or her shoulders.

In the old days, the theater on Main Street showed classic European films; the diner next door served the very best fried liver and onions platter this side of the

Mississippi. These days, I still go to “Armstrong Woods,” as locals call it, and have my mind blown by trees that were alive long before Columbus arrived in the New World. The Colonel Armstrong tree is more than 1,400 years old.

The Parson Jones is more than 310 feet tall. The woods provide a great setting for a picnic.

Most of the giant redwoods are long gone—hence Guerneville’s nickname, “Stumptown”—but Armstrong Woods provides a sense of what it was like in Sonoma County before the arrival of the pioneers with their saws and axes. It’s a trip back in time that restores one’s sanity and sense of balance in a world that often seems to have gone bonkers.

Korbel Champagne Cellars on River Road—five minutes by car from Main Street in Guerneville— uses the méthode champenoise to make very good sparkling wines that even French tourists appreciate.

The 25-minute drive from Main Street to the coast on Highway 116 is breathtakingly beautiful. The wind-swept beaches are perfect for watching the waves and enjoying the majesty of the Pacific Ocean. On the way back, stop at Duncans Mills and wander about.

Stumptown Brewery on River Road has a deck that overlooks the Russian River, which is well worth a long look. It also provides a time out for meditation and self-reflection.

Rat Bastard Pale Ale is a favorite with visitors, as is Dirty Rat IPA, for those who can’t live a day without an IPA. On Fridays and Saturdays, Stumptown Brewery is open until 2am. Hopefully, you’ve already booked a place to stay for the night.

There are cottages on River Road and there’s also AutoCamp Russian River that describes itself as “a luxury boutique Airstream Hotel.”

Bring a bottle or two of Korbel to celebrate. Each unit at the Airstream motel comes with a flat-screen TV, a refrigerator, a microwave, a sofa bed and a walk-in shower. With all those modern conveniences, you won’t feel that you’ve made a sacrifice by spending a day and a night, or even a weekend in the town along the Russian River that has survived floods and fires and droughts and that keeps on chugging.

RHYTHM IS THE HEART Drummer and educator Barbara Borden is on hand for a free screening of the documentary on her life, Keeper of the Beat, on Saturday, Jun 8, at Occidental Center for the Arts. See film, pg 24.

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Wednesday, Jun 5, at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 1030 Main St., Napa. 6pm. $10-$20. bluenotenapa.com.

Formed as a support group for LGBTQ youth at the VOICES Youth Center in Napa in 2010, LGBTQ Connection is now a multi-faceted organization, and they are hosting numerous events throughout Napa and Sonoma counties during the month of June. In downtown Napa, there’s no better place to start than the Napa Pride Kickoff at The Q. Taking over the patio, this soiree sets the mood for the rest of the month with high spirits and fun activities on Thursday, Jun 6, at the Q Restaurant & Bar, 3900 Bel Aire Plaza, Suite D, Napa. 5pm. Free. theqrandb.com.

Show your Pride over a pint this week at the Pride Is Love party. Dress up and boogie down to live music from Oinga Boinga and DJ Lady Char, and revel in entertaining acts from North Bay Cabaret, who assemble an array of drag queens, drag kings, circus acts and burlesque performers to accompany the dance party. The event also includes a silent auction with prizes from local artists and shops, and a portion of proceeds benefit Sonoma County Pride. Saturday, Jun 8, at Lagunitas Tap Room, 1280 N McDowell Blvd., Petaluma. 8pm. $20. 707.778.8776.

All the colors of the rainbow make their way to the big screen at the annual Outwatch Film Festival, offering a fabulous collection of short films. Presented in association with Sonoma County Pride, the festival, themed “Don’t Blink: It’s Love,” screens seven diverse works of cinema, with selections including Femme, a hilarious journey of self-discovery that features Drag Race star Aja as a Fairy Godmother, and Happy Birthday, Marsha!, a look at the hours before the riots at Stonewall. See for yourself on Sunday, Jun 9, at Third St Cinemas, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa. 2pm. $10. outwatchfilmfest.org.

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Queens and Kings of SF drag get royal reception in Napa BY DAVID TEMPLETON

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hat if you threw a one-of-akind, totally fabulous, over-the-top drag queen extravaganza and no one showed up?

That was the biggest fear

confronting Napa’s Robert Doughty last year when he and his friend Donna Vonick decided to produce a massive pride week drag show as a benefit for Napa LGBTQ Connections. It would be a royal and rowdy showcase of the very best drag performers from San Francisco, and would

end with a no-holds-barred dance party designed to shake the rafters and fill all attendees with love, joy, optimism and happiness.

And for good measure, the production—graced with the John Waters-esque title “Drag Queens of the Valley”—would be a fundraiser for LGBTQ

Connections, a nonprofit founded in 2011 to provide an array of resources for Napa and Sonoma County residents in search of a stronger, wider, safer and healthier sense of community.

Still, Doughty admits that at times it felt as if they were taking a tremendous risk.

Rarely had a drag show of that size—10, high-profile queens and kings from the San Francisco drag community, all taking the stage at JaM Cellars Ballroom— had been produced in Napa.

Sure, drag-themed events from bingo nights to church basement cabarets have been rapidly rising in popularity north of the Golden Gate Bridge, but producing a show of this size and caliber wouldn’t be cheap, or simple.

“It’s true. Last year, when we were putting it all together, we knew it would be a great show, and that it was for a good cause, and we promoted it all over the area, but we seriously didn’t know if anybody would come to the crazy thing,” says Doughty, best known by his stage name DJ Rotten Robbie. “We knew that with the popularity of ‘Ru Paul’s Drag Race,’ the visibility of drag performance as an art from has never been higher. But was there a big enough audience in Napa for something like this? We thought there might be, but we really didn’t know.

“And then,” he says, “we ended up selling, like, 400 tickets.

We had to turn away about 150 people, we raised over $6,000 for LGBTQ Connections, and we ended up winning an award for Best LGBTQ Event in this year’s Best of the North Bay contest.”

As a follow-up, not only are Doughty and Bonick producing round two of “Drag Queens of the Valley” this year, on Saturday, June 8, they’ll be doubling the fun with the addition of a Sunday afternoon Drag Brunch and

“If you have a problem with sequins and sparkles, you might want to avoid this one.”

“So, basically, we’re producing two shows for 2019, to try and see if we can double the proceeds for LGBTQ Connection,” laughs Doughty. “This time, we’re not worried about whether people will show up. The only question is how many people will we have to turn away this time. With two very different drag shows, though with the same talent at each, maybe we can spread it around.

That said, I know a lot of people who are planning on seeing both shows, so who knows?”

Initially founded as a youth support group, with meetings at Napa’s VOICES youth center, LGBTQ Connection has gown over the last nine years into a powerful nonprofit organization with a presence in Napa and Sonoma counties, and a wide scope of services and initiatives.

Partly functioning as a hub for information of value to the Napa and Sonoma County LGBTQ community, the organization has also developed programs to encourage young leaders to create better awareness of and advocate for the needs of the many young and not-so-young queer residents of the North Bay.

“People who’ve never been to a drag show have no idea what they’re missing,” insists Doughty.

“A modern day drag show is men and women of different gender identities dressing up as drag queens or drag kings.

They each put on some kind of an outrageous act, some of them lip-synching to music and some of them actually singing. You’ll see lots of incredible costumes, and some of the best drag performers you’ll ever find, with spectacular names. In drag, your name is almost as important as your outfit.

Seriously, our drag culture in San Francisco is some of the best in the world.”

Hosting this year’s show is the notorious Intensive Claire, known for her stunningly punk-gothic approach to drag performance.

Known to sometimes throw food items into the audience, or to employ healthy amounts of fake blood in her act (she’s very popular around Halloween), Intensive Claire will be introducing each of the shows’ acts.

They will include the awardwinning drag performer Vanilla Meringue (the alter-ego of professional make-up artist Joel King), plus the legendary Raya Light, along with the marvelous Coco Buttah, Vivvyanne Forevermore, Rock M. Sakura and more.

“If you have a problem with sequins and sparkles, you might want to avoid this one,” Doughty says, adding that he and Vonick are holding one spot open for an up-and-coming Napa drag queen or king, who will be selected from scores of videos submitted over the last several weeks. “The queen or king we pick will get a chance to perform along with the other royalty. I’m not sure what will happen, but let’s just say unpredictability is part of what a good drag show is all about.”

The Drag Queens of the Valley drag show and dance party is Saturday, June 8. Tickets $25-$75. The Drag Queen Brunch and Pajama Party is Sunday, June 9 at noon. $30-$95. Both events take place at JaM Cellars Ballroom, 1030 Main St., Napa. Tickets available at BlueNoteNapa.com.

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Kander and Ebb’s 1966 musical (with book by Joe Masteroff) won eight Tonys for its original run and four more for its 1998 revival. It’s become a staple of regional and community theatres, as evidenced by the umpteen productions throughout the Bay Area in recent memory. It’s the season-ending production at Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions and it runs through June 16.

Based on John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera, it’s the tale of two couples in pre-Nazi Germany: American ex-patriate “novelist” Cliff Bradshaw (Ryan Hook), British cabaret performer Sally Bowles (Ashley Garlick),

boarding house proprietor Fraulein Schneider (Karen Pinomaki) and grocer Herr Schultz (Tim Setzer).

Sally’s headlining days at Berlin’s Kit Kat Klub are over, as are the days of the Weimar Republic.

The rise of National Socialism is reflected in the performances at the club, which are overseen by an omnipresent emcee (Brian Watson), and in the dissolution of the two couple’s relationships.

Director Ken Sonkin and his team have opted for a monochromatic approach to this production, bathing almost everything from the set and costumes to prop apples and oranges in shades of black, white and gray. This led to a sense of flatness, leaving little for other technical elements (especially lighting) to explore. The “dulling” of the space does not serve the production well, which was further clouded by an ever-present quantity of stage fog.

Sound is also an issue with this production, with background effects often overwhelming key dialogue and inconsistent microphone levels a real problem.

Performance-wise, Garlick does well with an extremely unlikeable female lead. Shallow, self-centered and selfish, Sally Bowles is not a character for whom you’ll find yourself rooting. Hook, a talented performer, is about a decade too young for his part and simply doesn’t have the weight yet for the role. Pinomaki and Setzer bring heart and a real sense of sadness, regret and resignation to their characters. There’s good work by F. James Raasch as a Nazi party official who’s the catalyst for most of the action and Watson is excellent as the emcee.

And yet, while several other aspects of the production are also done well (music, choreography), the show never really gelled and this Cabaret simply failed to connect with me. It should have.

Rating (out of 5): HHH 'Cabaret' plays through June 16 at the Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. Thursday, 7pm; Friday & Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm. $30–$40. 707.266.6305. luckypennynapa.com

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Godzilla starts with running, ends with praying BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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he very title of Godzilla: King of the Monsters makes up for Michael Dougherty’s bewildering direction. The “who, what and why” isn’t just out the window, it’s over the hills and far away.

Sizable info dumps are required because of links to Godzilla (2014), and there’s more cast than anyone knows what to do with: Sally Hawkins and David Strathairn stand around like guests who don’t know anyone at the party. The suggestion of PTSD is back, with paleobiologist Dr. Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) waking up from the familiar nightmare of a giganotosaurus trampling San Francisco. Farmiga is a favorite tragedian, a woman of constant sorrow who never wears out that mood. Her Emma lives with her daughter Madison (Millie Bobby Brown) who takes the traditional kaiju role of the plucky schoolkid in short pants who understands things the adults fail to take into consideration.

Emma is working with Alan Jonah (Charles Dance), a wealthy ecoterrorist bent on freeing the world’s chimera. Dance is the one who, sighting Godzilla, says, “Long live

the king,” as if something were dying inside of him as an actor. It seems counterintuitive to free monsters after one stomps your son, but we get an explanation. Farmiga has one of those effective mad-scientists speeches that starts logical and ends up fanatic. Meanwhile she finds herself re-encountering her estranged ex husband Mark (Kyle Chandler), recruited by the world’s monster-monitoring organization MONARCH. All credit to Ken Watanabe reprising his role as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa from Godzilla (2014). He gives the beast all reverence: “We must keep our faith in Godzilla.”

Serizawa gives the grimmest warning a Japanese scientist can possibly give in a kaiju: “This is a dangerous path!” Insincerity does not dwell in Watanabe, and his final contact with Godzilla is quite touching, a tribute to the dramatic underpinnings of the better Toho studio movies. If it's sometimes hard to tell which MONARCH base we’re at, what city we’re in and which direction the monsters are coming from, at least we always know the proper attitude to approach Godzilla: on our knees.

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Light the Marquee River Theater resurfaces from floods after torrent of support

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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n Feb. 27, 2019, Russian River flood waters inundated Jerry Knight’s historic River Theater in downtown Guerneville. The water flowed over the dance floor, the stage, the sound booth and up into the lobby of the multi-floor venue.

“It’s been a tough one,” says Knight, who has owned and operated the 72-year-old venue since 2010. “We took a catastrophic loss. I could’ve swam on the dance floor, it was probably eight feet under water.”

After the devastating event,

Knight quickly found an outpouring of support from the musicians and community he’s been connected to for more than 40 years.

Stars like Elvin Bishop, Blues Hall of Famer Charlie Musselwhite and Tony Bennett drummer Harold Jones reached out to Knight shortly after the floods and offered time and money to help get the theater back on its feet.

“I love the musicians that I am connected with,” says Knight.

In addition, other friends like Redwood Café owners Michael Mccullaugh and Mustapha “Moose” Jamal, and Claire Mills with 19 Broadway Nightclub in Marin County, hosted benefit concerts to aid in the theater’s recovery.

“Top-shelf people, I’ve got to tell you,” says Knight. “It’s amazing how people came out, not even in the same county, to help out the theater.”

With damages estimated at $125,000, it’s been no easy task and it’s taken more than three months of cleanup and repair before the venue could come to life, which it does this week with a concert on June 7 featuring Jerry Garcia tribute act Jerry’s Middle Finger.

“The future looks real good,” says Knight of the theater.

Even with new walls, fresh paint and state-of-the-art equipment, Knight also promises the theater’s classic spirit is still strong. “The spirits are never lost,” he says.

“The spirits are encapsulated in the stone.”

In addition to welcoming back live music this summer, Knight is also in the process of making space in the theater to be the new home of community radio station KGGV the Bridge, 95.1 FM, and he continues to give back to the community through practices like employing and offering internships to veterans at the theater.

“We’re moving forward with a lot of support,” says Knight. “Every day is a gift, and I treat it as such.”

Jerry’s Middle Finger plays on Friday, Jun 7, at Jerry Knight’s historic River Theater, 16135 Main St., Guerneville.

8pm. $20. jerryknightsrivertheater.com.

Concerts SONOMA Healdsburg Jazz Festival

Twenty-first annual fest features performances

by Harold Lopez-Nussa Quartet, Joey DeFrancesco Trio and Dhafer Youssef Quartet. Through Jun 9. at several venues, Healdsburg, healdsburgjazzfestival.org.

Huichica Music Festival

Wine and food pair well with intimate indie-rock from Lee Fields & the Expressions, Real Estate, Dean Wareham, Fruit Bats and many others. Jun 7-8. $55 and up. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma, 707.938.5277.

Railroad Square Music Festival

Festival features music from Royal Jelly Jine, John Courage and others, with shop party, food and drinks and kids’ activities. Jun 9, 12pm. Free.

Railroad Square, Fourth and Wilson streets, Santa Rosa. railroadsquaremusicfestival.com.

NAPA Napa Valley Jazz Getaway

Brian Culbertson’s annual allstar week of music includes appearances by Sheila E, Eric Darius, Michael Lington and plenty of wine. Jun 5-8. Napa Valley, various locations, Napa, jazzgetaway.com.

Sheena Easton

Scottish singer-songwriter has been at the top of the R&B and pop charts since the early ’80s.

Jun 7-8, 6:30 and 8:30pm. $55-$79. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA Aqus Cafe

Jun 7, Rivertown Voices. Jun 8, Dave Hamilton Trio. Jun 9, 2pm, Alan Early. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center

Jun 7, Sakoyana and friends.

Jun 8, Trecelence with Arm the Valkyrie and Water Into Blood. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Jun 7, Tumbleweed Soul. Jun 8, Rob Thomas and Tami. Jun 9, 5pm, Zander Valley Jazz. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Jun 6, the Nitecaps Blues Band. Jun 7, Lovin’ Dead. Jun 8, French Oak. Jun 12, Wednesday Night Big Band. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.7163.

Bluewater Bistro

Jun 6, Ricky Ray. 21301 Heron Dr, Bodega Bay, 707.875.3513.

Brewsters Beer Garden

Lagunitas Tap Room

Jun 6, the Hucklebucks. Jun 7, the Beer Scouts. Jun 8, Pride Is Love with North Bay Cabaret.

Jun 9, Parts & Labor. Jun 12, Freewheelers Cello Duo. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Jun 12, Rain: a tribute to the Beatles. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Jun 6, Eric Wiley. Jun 7, Wild Jane Jazz Combo. Jun 8, Bad Ass Boots. Jun 9, Mac & Potter.

16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Jun 8, 12pm, Mustache Harbor.

Jun 9, 1pm, Jami Jamison Band.

911 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 707.545.3844.

Murphy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

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Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Crooked Goat Brewing Jun 8, 3pm, Ricky Ray. Jun 9, 3pm, Hannah Jern Miller. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol, 707.827.3893.

Flamingo Lounge

Jun 7, Cruella with Sweet Leaf and Falkonner. Jun 8, Danilo y Orquesta Universal.

2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

Hood Mansion Lawn

Jun 7, 5:30pm, Funky Fridays with Levi Lloyd and friends.

389 Casa Manana Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.833.6288. funkyfridays.info.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Jun 9, 4pm, beer garden music series with Pepperland. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Jun 7, Timothy O’Neil. Jun 8, Sean Carscadden. Jun 9, 1pm, Hooper & Sloss. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Ives Park

Jun 12, 5pm, Peacetown concert series with Poyntlyss Sistars and Blues Burners.

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Dancin’ in the Street Parties Selected Thurs, 7pm to 8:30pm

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Main Street Bistro

Jun 6, the Rusty String Express.

Jun 7, the Gravel Spreaders.

Jun 8, Fly by Train. Jun 9, 1pm, Festival Speed. 229 Water St N, Petaluma, 707.981.8330.

Jun 7, Fargo Brothers. Jun 8, 1pm, Summer of Love adoption event with the Tiny Pitbull. 44F Mill St, Healdsburg, 707.385.9133.

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Jun 7, John Rybak and friends.

Jun 8, Martin Lacey. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

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Jun 6, Electric Funeral with Hellbender and the King Must Die. Jun 8, Brotha Lynch Hung.

23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

The Phoenix Theater Jun 7, Abscission with Stryk9 and Phaneron. Jun 8, Manzanita Falls and Silas Fermoy. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe

Jun 6, Baraka Moon. Jun 7, Uncle Wiggly. Jun 8, Illeagles.

Jun 9, Irish jam session. Jun 10, the Blues Defenders pro jam. Jun 11, 6pm, French Oak. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

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Jun 7, Jerry's Middle Finger.

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Jun 10, Vox Populi rock ‘n’ roll choir. 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

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La Psicotropical

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Little Folkies Family Band Summer Concert Sun 6⁄9 • Doors 5pm ⁄ $17–20 • All Ages

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Jun 8, Timothy O’Neil Band with Jon Emery & the Unconventional. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044.

Tim Flannery

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Thu 6⁄13 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $14–17 • All Ages

Marcus Rezak Ft

Members of The Disco Biscuits Fri 6⁄14 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $19–22 • All Ages

Neon Velvet

Sat 6⁄15 • Doors 11am ⁄ $17 • All Ages

The Music of Grateful Dead

Special Bluegrass Father's Day Celebration Sat 6⁄15 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $25–30 • All Ages The Garcia Project with

Maria Muldaur & Buzz Buchanan

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Taft Street Winery

Jun 9, 2pm, Volker Strifler Band.

2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol, 707.823.2049.

The Ranch at Lake Sonoma

Jun 9, 4pm, Johnny Sansone & the Remedies. 100 Marina Rd, Lot A, Geyserville, 707.494.4449.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Jun 7, Bloomfield Bluegrass Boys. Jun 8, Stephanie Hatfield.

Jun 9, 5pm, backyard BBQ with Electric Tumbleweed. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Jun 7, Velvet Chamber and X Confidence. Jun 8, Brother’s Aesop. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.

NAPA Blue Note Napa

Jun 5, “The Look of Love” with Kellie Fuller. Jun 11, French Oak. Jun 12, Lowdown Brass Band. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Buster’s Southern Barbecue

Jun 9, 3pm, Rob Watson and friends featuring Vernon Black.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga, 707.942.5605.

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Jun 7, La Noche Latina dance party. Jun 8, Nate Lopez. 1141 First St, Napa, 707.224.6664.

CIA at Copia

Jun 7, Mike Greensill. Jun 8, Adrian Areas Latin Jazz Ensemble. 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Jun 8, Jinx Jones & the KingTones. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

Goose & Gander

Jun 9, 5pm, Pa Furnace.

1245 Spring St, St Helena, 707.967.8779.

Roadhouse 29

Jun 7, Gentlemen Soldiers.

3020 St Helena Hwy N, St Helena, 707.302.3777.

Art Opening SONOMA Arts Guild of Sonoma

Jun 5-Jul 1, “Next Generation,” features art by up-and-coming Sonoma County artists.

Reception, Jun 8 at 5pm. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.996.3115.

BackStreet Gallery

Jun 8-30, “Kristen Throop: Graphic Works,” see works that combine the Santa Rosa artist’s identity as a designer and as a painter. Reception, Jun 8 at 4pm. behind 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. Sun, 707.568.4204.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center Jun 8-Apr 30, “Cloverdale Sculpture Trail,” one-of-a-kind exhibit features art on the streets. Reception, Jun 8 at 5pm. 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.829.2214.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Jun 8-Jul 14, “Art of Wine with a Vintage Palette,” get a visual taste of art centered around wine, winemaking and viticulture of the North Bay. Reception, Jun 8 at 5pm.

130 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.431.1970.

Hopscotch Gifts & Gallery

Jun 8-Jul 21, “Bounty,” exhibit celebrates the abundance and beautiful vibe of Northern California. Reception, Jun 8 at 4pm. 126 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.8861.

Redwood Cafe

Jun 11-30, “June Art Show,” local art hangs on the cafe’s walls. Reception, Jun 11 at 6pm.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Santa Rosa Arts Center

Jun 7-Jul 26, “A Day in the Life,” group photography exhibit focuses on the everydayness of life. Reception, Jun 7 at 5pm.

312 South A St, Santa Rosa. santarosaartscenter.org.

The Saint

Jun 7, Toree McGee. Jun 8, Kyle Turner. 1351 Main St, St Helena, 707.302.5130.

Veterans Memorial Park

Jun 7, 6:30pm, Napa City Nights with Purple Haze and the Deadlies. 850 Main St, Napa, napacitynights.com.

NAPA Caldwell Snyder Gallery

Jun 6-30, “Maximalist Minimalist,” Bobbie Burgers’ large-scale paintings and drawings expand the tradition of floral still-life with vivid, gestural blooms. Reception,

Jun 8 at 4pm. 1328 Main St, St Helena. 707.200.5050.

Comedy Marc “Skippy” Price

Known from the hugely popular ’80s sitcom “Family Ties,” the comedian performs a dinner show. Jun 6, 6:30pm. $15-$30. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

Punchline Palooza

Host Dan Mires brings touring comedians to Kenwood. Jun 7, 8pm. $20. Palooza Gastropub, 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.833.4000.

Roy Zimmerman: RiZe Up Renowned musical satirist brings laughter and hope to progressive-minded people everywhere. Jun 7, 7pm. $20$25. Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.

Type Caste

South Asian standup comedy group makes fun of cultural stereotypes. Jun 7, 6:30pm. $20-$28. Charles Krug Winery, 2800 Main St, St Helena, 707.967.3993. Jun 8, 6pm. $20-$28. St. Anne’s Crossing Winery, 8450 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.598.5200.

Events Art at the Source

West Sonoma County fine artists open their studios and show their work and their process, with new tours offered this year. Maps and info available online. Jun 8-9, 10am.

Art Studios, West Sonoma County, artatthesource.org.

Drag Queens of the Valley

Saturday night benefit show and Sunday brunch benefits Napa LGBTQ Connection. Jun 8-9. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Monte Rio Triathlon

Vineman hosts a race in picturesque west Sonoma County. Jun 9, 7am. Monte Rio Community Center, 20488 Hwy 116, Monte Rio, vineman.com.

Napa Pride Kickoff Party

Start Pride month with a celebration on the patio with friends and the community. Jun 6, 5pm. The Q Restaurant & Bar,

3900 Bel Aire Plaza, Suite D, Napa, 707.224.6600.

Peggy Sue’s AllAmerican Cruise

Dalong classic-car show features live music, pin-up contest and more, capped by an evening cruise around downtown Santa Rosa. Jun 8.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, cruiseforpeggysue.com.

Quake ‘n’ Make

Meet with local artisans, shop for handmade goods and enjoy curated food and wine while helping to complete the Napa Quake Mosaic. Jun 8, 10am.

Oxbow School, 530 Third St, Napa, napamakes.org.

West County Pet Adoption Fair

Find your new forever friend at this community event. Jun 8, 10am. Free; parking fees apply.

Ragle Ranch Park, 500 Ragle Rd, Sebastopol, 707.823.7262.

Wings, Wines & Wetlands

Feast of local foods, wine and brews is a fundraiser that supports Laguna de Santa Rosa’s sustainable ecosystem.

Pre-registration required. Jun 9, 2pm. $125. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.

Field Trips Beginners Birding Walk

Bring binoculars and traverse the preserve to look for local and migrating birds. Preregistration required. Jun 9, 8:30am. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. landpaths.org.

Birds, Bees, Flowers & Trees

Family-friendly nature walk explores the seasonal sights.

Jun 9, 10am. Free; parking fees apply. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 707.938.5216.

Butterflies, Dragonflies & Summer Wildflowers Naturalist John Lynch leads a 5-mile guided nature hike. Jun 8, 9am. $10. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.

Qigong Spa Meditation Retreat Explore the subtle field of chi around and within us

through qigong movements, massage, enzyme footbath and organic lunch. Jun 12, 9am. $249. Osmosis Day Spa, 209 Bohemian Hwy, Freestone, 707.823.8231.

you can invest in literacy in our community. Jun 8, 7pm.

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, 707.545.0831.

Film

Eighth annual event includes talks by business and community leaders as well as SRJC students and staff. Jun 6, 7:30am. $50. SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma, 707.778.3927.

Best of the Fest

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival presents an evening of short films. Jun 6, 7pm.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797.

High Sensitive Youth in the Horse-HeartSpace

Award-winning documentary on the horse and human relationship makes its debut in Sonoma County. Jun 6, 6pm. $20. Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.528.4222.

Keeper of the Beat

Award-winning documentary about the drumming, life and times of Barbara Borden screens with Borden leading a drumming session. Jun 8, 4pm.

Free. Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.

OUTwatch

Wine country LGBTQI film festival presents “Don’t Blink,” featuring several short films.

Jun 9, 2pm. $10. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa, sonomacountypride.org.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Recent animated feature screens outdoors courtesy of Alexander Valley Film Society. Jun 11, 8:30pm.

Free. Healdsburg Plaza, 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.431.3301.

Food & Drink Beerfest: The Good One Over 50 microbreweries and food purveyors are on hand for a fun-filled day of tastings that benefits Sonoma County nonprofit Face to Face. Jun 8, 1pm. $50-$60. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Books & Brews

Sip craft beer from local breweries and munch delicious appetizers and hear about library innovations and how

Building Community Breakfast

Crayfish Boil

Indulge in a delicious feast, craft beers, live music, Mardi Gras costume raffle and more.

Jun 8, 1pm. $30. Old Possum Brewing Company, 357 Sutton Place, Santa Rosa, 707.303.7177.

Lobster Feast at Martorana Winery

Second annual dinner features fresh Maine lobster plus all the sides. Jun 8, 5pm. $145.

Martorana Family Winery, 5956 West Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg, 707.433.1909.

Rosé & Reggae

Enjoy live music from NOEMA and Roem Baur, estate-grown wines, delicious food pairings and gorgeous vineyard views.

Jun 9, 11am. $80. Cuvasion, 1221 Duhig Rd, Napa, 707.942.2455.

Rosé Day at Suite D

Afternoon is filled with wine and nibbles from the Girl & the Fig. Jun 8, 1pm. $30. Suite D, 21800 Schellville Rd, Sonoma, 707.933.3667.

RoséFest Napa Valley Features selections from more than 30 wineries while taking in sweeping views from the hilltop winery. Jun 8, 12pm. $75. Sterling Vineyards, 1111 Dunaweal Ln, Calistoga, 800.726.6136.

Summer Dinner Under the Redwoods

Forest Unlimited fundraiser includes ecologist talk on forest fires, wild salmon or veggie barbecue and music by All Swing Considered. Jun 8, 3pm. $45-$65. Anderson Hall, 101 Lakeside Ave, Camp Meeker, forestunlimited.org.

Tank Garage Birthday Party

Tank Garage Winery turns five and parties with new wine releases, vintage arcade games, photo booth, small bites, discounts and more. Jun 9, 11am. $30. Tank Garage Winery, 1020 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga, 707.942.8265.

17000 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.996.6767.

Child in the Wild

Succulent Terrarium Workshop

Afternoon of family fun features nature activities, live animals and more. Jun 9, 1pm. Free. Howarth Park, 630 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3425.

Poppy Hop

Music and drumming, art activities, face painting and more mark the museum’s fifth anniversary. Jun 8, 10am. $12. Children’s Museum of Sonoma County, 1835 W Steele Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.546.4069.

Pride Book Club for Teens

Students in grades 9-12 are invited to discuss the new queer YA novel, “Queer, There & Everywhere” by Sarah Prager.

Jun 7, 4pm. Free. Rohnert ParkCotati Library, 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park, 707.584.9121.

The Yoga House

Join author and kids yoga instructor Jesse Bennett for some afternoon fun. Jun 8, 2pm. Napa Bookmine, 964 Pearl St, Napa, 707.733.3199.

Lectures Promotional Tips for Authors

Local author Erina Bridget Ring shares advice on how to market and promote your book. Jun 12, 6pm. Free. Napa Copperfield’s Books, 3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa, 707.252.8002.

Sebastopol Arts & Lectures

Attend a series of roundtable discussions with community members. Jun 12, 6:30pm.

Free. Sebastopol Library, 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.823.7691.

Second Saturday Cartoonist

Meet, watch, and talk to San Francisco-based and internationally exhibited illustrator Ana Aranda. Jun 8, 1pm. Free with admission.

Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.579.4452.

Sonoma Speaker Series

Shannon Watts, a mother of five and founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, appears in conversation. Jun 11, 7pm. $35-$85. Hanna Boys Center,

Get your hands dirty while learning all about how to care for succulents while enjoying a glass of red or white wine. Jun 9, 11am. $60.

Landmark Vineyards, 101 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.0216.

Torch-Fired Enamel Workshop

Learn how to torch-fire enamel flowers using pre-made shapes and stampings. Jun 8, 10am. $75 plus materials. Chimera Arts & Maker Space, 6791 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, chimeraarts.org.

Readings Calistoga Copperfield’s Books Jun 12, 6pm, “The Truffle Underground” with Ryan Jacobs. 1330 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga 707.942.1616.

Flamingo Resort Hotel

Jun 5, 7pm, “Truth Worth Telling” with Scott Pelley. $20$37. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530.

Forestville Wellness Center

Jun 9, 3pm, “Writing for Our Lives” with several authors.

6550 Front St, Forestville 7078770290.

Napa Bookmine at Oxbow

Jun 9, 11am, “Alphabet Trains” with Samantha Vamos.

610 First St, Shop 4, Napa.

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Napa Main Library

Jun 5, 7pm, “Lies That Bind” with Craig Smith. 580 Coombs St, Napa 707.253.4070.

Readers’ Books

Jun 6, 6:30pm, “Gold Digger” with Rebecca Rosenburg.

Jun 12, 6:30pm, ”Ashes In a Coconut” with Bo Kearns.

130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books Jun 5, 7pm, “Murder in BelAir” with Cara Black. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Sebastopol Community Center Jun 11, 7:30pm, “City of Girls” with Elizabeth Gilbert. $35$45. 390 Morris St, Sebastopol 707.823.1511.

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Jun 7, 7pm, “From Suffering to Peace” with Mark Coleman.

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Theater The Barber of Seville

The laugh-out-loud romantic comedy has been entertaining audiences for more than 200 years. Jun 7-23. $37$40. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

Billy Nobody

Pegasus Theater Company presents the comedy written

by Sonoma County playwright Stanley Rutherford. Through Jun 16. $15-$18. Mt Jackson Masonic Hall, 14040 Church St, Guerneville, pegasustheater. com.

Cabaret

Broadway musical takes place at the Kit Kat Club in 1931 Berlin. Through Jun 16. $30$40. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707.266.6305.

Drumming with Anubis

Left Edge Theatre presents the new play by David Templeton about a drunken Egyptian lord of the dead who crashes a campfire party. Jun 7-30. $25$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Macbeth: The Witches’ Cut Curtain Call Theatre presents a new cut of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Through Jun 22. $15-$20. Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio, 707.524.8739.

West Side Story

The tale of “Romeo & Juliet” is set loose on the streets of 1950s New York City in this Broadway classic. Jun 7-Jul 7. $22-$35. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

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n her hit single, “White Rabbit,” Grace Slick told stoned audiences, “Feed Your Head,” though they needed little encouragement.

Fans of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship expanded their minds with various narcotics, too. Now, Grateful Dead drummer extraordinaire and long-time Sonoma County resident Mickey Hart has created his own cannabis brand called “Mind Your Head.” It sounds like a spinoff of “Feed Your Head,” though with a bit more emphasis on mindfulness and consciousness, not on the idea of following a White Rabbit into a drug-induced Wonderland.

The first product from Mind Your Head is a tin with 10 onethird gram pre-rolls called “Magic Minis.” Naturally, there’s a drawing of a skeleton on the cover created

by Hart. This one is running—he’s not a couch potato—and he carries two drumsticks, one in each hand.

The press release from Mind Your Head doesn’t actually say that Hart

has smoked pot. What it does say is that the pre-rolled joints (is there another form than pre-rolled? Why not just call them joints?) seek “to share an essential part of the inspiration behind his [Hart’s] work as a musician and artist.”

The enterprise is a partnership with Left Coast Ventures and features the Chemdog strain, named after the man who reportedly discovered the strain outside a Indiana Dead show in 1991.

In spite of Hart’s corporate backing, Magic Minis could be a case of too little too late. Willie Nelson has his line of pot products and so does Francis Ford Coppola. Indeed, pre-rolled, dispensary-sold cannabis cigarettes have been around for years. Sonoma County’s Garden Society has been making theirs and distributing them all over California.

The company has built up a loyal following, though there’s no famous name behind it, and has succeeded in attracting middle-aged, professional women to their products.

Still, the product launch is further evidence of the mainstreaming of the once-black market industry.

Jonah Raskin is the author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War.

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Astrology For the week of June 5

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "I don't think we were ever meant to hear the same song sung exactly the same way more than once in a lifetime," says poet Linh Dinh. That's an extreme statement that I can't agree with. But I understand what he's driving at. Repeating yourself can be debilitating, even deadening. That includes trying to draw inspiration from the same old sources that have worked for you in the past. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you try to minimize exact repetition in the next two weeks: both in what you express and what you absorb. For further motivation, here's William S. Burroughs: "Truth may appear only once; it may not be repeatable."

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Peter Benchley

wrote the bestselling book Jaws, which was later turned into a popular movie. It's the story of a great white shark that stalks and kills people in a small beach town. Later in his life, the Taurus author was sorry for its influence, which helped legitimize human predation on sharks and led to steep drops in shark populations. To atone, Benchley became an aggressive advocate for shark conservation. If there's any behavior in your own past that you regret, Taurus, the coming weeks will be a good time to follow Benchley's lead: correct for your mistakes; make up for your ignorance; do good deeds to balance a time when you acted unconsciously.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some birds can fly for days without coming down to earth. Alpine swifts are the current record-holders, staying aloft for 200 consecutive days as they chase and feed on insects over West Africa. I propose we make the swift your soul ally for the next three weeks. May it help inspire you to take maximum advantage of the opportunities life will be offering you. You will have extraordinary power to soar over the maddening crowd, gaze at the big picture of your life, and enjoy exceptional amounts of freedom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): "I think gentleness is one of the most disarmingly and captivatingly attractive qualities there are," writes poet Nayyirah Waheed. That will be emphatically true about you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Your poised, deeply felt gentleness will accord you as much power as other people might draw from ferocity and grandeur. Your gentleness will enable you to crumble obstacles and slip past barriers. It will energize you to capitalize on and dissipate chaos. It will win you leverage that you'll be able to use for months.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is the Loch Ness monster real?

Is there a giant sea serpent that inhabits the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland? Tantalizing hints arise now and then, but no definitive evidence has ever emerged. In 1975, enterprising investigators got the idea to build a realistic-looking papier-mâché companion for Nessie and place it in Loch Ness. They hoped that this "honey trap" would draw the reclusive monster into more public view. Alas, the scheme went awry. (Lady Nessie got damaged when she ran into a jetty.) But it did have some merit. Is there an equivalent approach you might employ to generate more evidence and insight about one of your big mysteries, Leo? What strategies might you experiment with? The time is right to hatch a plan.

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your mastery of a second or third language. If none of that's feasible for you, I urge you to at least formulate an intention to speak your main language with greater candor and precision—and find other ways to expand your ability to express yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Here's Uruguayan

writer Eduardo Galeano from The Book of Embraces: "In the River Plate basin we call the heart a 'bobo,' a fool. And not because it falls in love. We call it a fool because it works so hard." I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I hope that in the coming weeks, your heart will indeed be a hard-working, wisely foolish bobo. The astrological omens suggest that you will learn what you need to learn and attract the experiences you need to attract if you do just that.

Life is giving you a mandate to express daring and diligent actions in behalf of love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When

he was twenty years old, a German student named Max Planck decided he wanted to study physics.

His professor at the University of Munich dissuaded him, telling Planck, "In this field, almost everything is already discovered, and all that remains is to fill a few unimportant holes." Planck ignored the bad advice and ultimately went on to win a Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in formulating quantum theory.

Most of us have had a similar experience: people who've tried to convince us to reject our highest calling and strongest dreams. In my view, the coming weeks will be a potent time for you to recover and heal from those deterrents and discouragements in your own past.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Not all, but many horoscope columns address your ego rather than your soul. They provide useful information for your surface self, but little help for your deep self. If you've read my oracles for a while, you know that I aspire to be in the latter category. In that light, you won't be surprised when I say that the most important thing you can do in the coming weeks is to seek closer communion with your soul; to explore your core truths; to focus on delight, fulfillment, and spiritual meaning far more than on status, power, and wealth. As you attend to your playful work, meditate on this counsel from Capricorn author John O'Donohue: "The geography of your destiny is always clearer to the eye of your soul than to the intentions and needs of your surface mind."

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian biochemist Gertrude Belle Elion shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988. She was instrumental in devising new drugs to treat AIDS and herpes, as well as a medication to facilitate organ transplants. And yet she accomplished all this without ever earning a PhD or MD, a highly unusual feat. I suspect you may pull off a similar, if slightly less spectacular feat in the coming weeks: getting a reward or blessing despite a lack of formal credentials or official credibility.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today Mumbai is

a megacity with 12.5 million people on 233 square miles. But as late as the 18th century, it consisted of seven sparsely populated islands. Over many decades, reclamation projects turned them into a single land mass. I foresee you undertaking a metaphorically comparable project during the coming months. You could knit fragments together into a whole. You have the power to transform separate and dispersed influences into a single, coordinated influence. You could inspire unconnected things to unite in common cause.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Earlier in your life, you sometimes wrestled with dilemmas that didn't deserve so much of your time and energy. They weren't sufficiently essential to invoke the best use of your intelligence. But over the years, you have ripened in your ability to attract more useful and interesting problems. Almost imperceptibly, you have been growing smarter about recognizing which riddles are worth exploring and which are better left alone. Here's the really good news: The questions and challenges you face now are among the finest you've ever had. You are being afforded prime opportunities to grow in wisdom and effectiveness.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): How many languages are you fluent it? One? Two? More? I'm sure you already know that gaining the ability to speak more than one tongue makes you smarter and more empathetic. It expands your capacity to express yourself vividly and gives you access to many interesting people who think differently from you. I mention this, Libra, because you're in a phase of your cycle when learning a new language might be easier than usual, as is improving

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