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Area favorite DJ Lazyboy faces surgery BY EVAN ‘TRUTHLIVE’ PHILLIPS
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have a friend whose name is Greg, but most know him as DJ Lazyboy. Without a doubt, he is easily one of the most talented, hardworking and creative DJs I’ve ever met—and I am friends with some of the best and most skilled DJs in the world. But more importantly, he is one of the gentlest, kindest and most inspiring people I know. The thing is, Greg has some serious medical issues. To put it in simple terms, he survived a rare variation of an aggressive cancer (stage IV squamous cell carcinoma originating in his nasal pharynx) many years ago. However, as a result of the even more aggressive life-saving treatment, he now has a degenerative bone disease from the massive amounts of radiation to his neck and head, which causes him great pain and makes it almost impossible for him to eat. And it’s getting worse. He has only nine patrial teeth left (for now). Aside from the health aspects, which are life-threatening, Greg’s career suffers because of the way this makes him look. I know people pass on hiring him because they think he is a drug addict. This man, who is so often joyful, won’t even open his mouth to smile in public because of the judgment he is forced to endure. It’s heartbreaking. He deserves better. Furthermore, I have never heard him complain about this once. Never. It makes me tear up to think about it as I type this. He has only demonstrated a positive attitude any and every time we have discussed it, even when oral surgeon after oral surgeon said there was nothing that could be done. Fortunately, after so many closed doors, he has found an option, albeit a highly dangerous and expensive option. The procedure is very dangerous—life-threatening, to be more accurate—but Greg is willing to take the chance to live a higher quality life, and we too must be willing to take the chance with him. I trust once people are familiar with his story, they will do what they can. You can find more about Greg’s story and help contribute to a fundraiser for his medical costs at www.bohemian.com. Evan TRUTHLiVE Phillips is a hip-hop artist, nightclub owner and DJ from Santa Rosa. Open Mic is a weekly op/ed feature in the Bohemian. We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.
Tom Sawyer Days I read your article about the redwood tree removal on Airport Boulevard and the sale of taxpayers’ trees for the company’s profit (“Deadwood Hwy.,” Jan. 30). That money should be at work patching the potholes or employing someone. Instead, the owner of Ghilotti Bros. is already planning that vacation or new car. I grew up along Mark West Creek when they built the freeway. My brother and I used to fish that creek for trout, steelhead, blue gill, turtles, frogs, toads, salamanders, crawdads—it was all there, like Tom Sawyer. Then they built the freeway and Wikiup, and after a few years of construction the creek changed. Now water flow is blocked and swimming holes are dried up to be little more than moss-covered ponds. Vineyards stealing water resources, new construction and now the theft of the taxpayers’ trees—all thanks to officials who did not grow up in Sonoma County. Thanks for your armed robbery without a gun, only with profit in mind.
JERRY MYERS Santa Rosa
Cool Down, Man Reading your letters edition, I was blown away by the radical letters from J. B. Grant and Moss Henry. Obviously these people don’t like the government or President Obama. (I like the president, but I don’t like the war we’re in.) J. B. Grant takes the Ron Paul copout that violence overseas brings violence here—jive! Moss Henry: whistleblowers, torture—please! Are you guys men or are you babies? You remind me of a bunch of Republicans. Raids on pot clubs, the war in Afghanistan—those things I could complain about, but this other stuff is nonsense. I like Obama. He is cool. You other guys are crybabies, radicals and malcontents.
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Funny Valentine I told my girlfriend the other day, “Love is but lonely voids. Baby, I know it sounds weird and super emo, but I heard even Einstein believed love was empty space. To exist in space is to be lonely. To exist in space is to be in love. You wouldn’t be lonely if you didn’t need love. You wouldn’t be in love if you weren’t lonely. Lonely love = ‘lovely’ forever and everywhere always . . . even when we’re assholes about it.” Stars undulate, giving birth to each other, filling empty space for the loneliness of it all. But I feel bad sometimes, feverishly questioning everything worth believing in, out of fear for the loneliness of it all. Shit’s cold up there between warm bodies. She gets scared at things I say, and I can’t blame her. Things like, “Love may be an abstract neurosis beyond the necessity for survival” and “I wonder if the planets ever feel like they’re being held hostage.” Or even, “Love is but lonely voids.” I’m aware that sometimes I fill the aforementioned empty space with stonejaded plugs of an asshole. But please print this so she knows how much I love her, empty spaces and all.
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Historic Past I am not eager for the development of Sonoma into a resort destination and wine country theme park. (Even though many citizens might argue we are already beyond the tipping point.) The proposed luxury hotel brings us closer to the selling of the town, the plaza for profit, not for the people who live and work here. Perhaps a better vision for Sonoma is one that takes pride in our historic past, our beloved plaza and a community rooted in agriculture. An authentic place, not “branded” to enrich investors. Why would
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Residents of rent-controlled senior mobile home park wrestle with sudden monthly hike BY NICOLAS GRIZZLE
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ome residents of rent-controlled Santa Rosa mobile-home park Rancho San Miguel are crying foul over a $42 monthly increase levied on tenants by new owners Rutherford Investments. “[We] pleaded that the increase would cause significant financial hardship on our residents, and we
hoped Rutherford would make concessions accordingly,” says Don McLeod, president of the park’s homeowners association. Rutherford, which has offices in Mill Valley and Los Gatos, purchased Rancho San Miguel in April of 2012. The property’s value was reassessed when sold, and subsequently the property taxes for the park increased. That increased tax burden is being passed on to residents.
At a meeting with park owners, residents and city officials in December, it was determined that the owners are within their legal rights to pass the new cost on to residents. “Before we ever went in to pass this through, we made a point of meeting with [residents] and contacting them,” says Greg O’Hagan, one of the park’s managers. Under the rent-control ordinance, landowners are
allowed only a 2.8 percent annual increase in rent. But the ordinance also allows owners to pass along “any new or increase in government mandated capital expenditures and operating expenses, including taxes.” McLeod’s dispute lies in the hardship placed on park residents. Rancho San Miguel has the second highest maximum base rent of rent-controlled mobile home parks in Santa Rosa, at $655.60. The senior living community has many residents on fixed incomes for whom a $40 monthly increase can be hard to absorb, including several whose sole income is Social Security. “Park owners hate rent-control ordinances,” says McLeod. “Some park owners will take full advantage of any provision in a rent-control ordinance which allows them to pass through a cost of doing business to residents.” A similar scenario played out in San Jose in 1988, and the city denied the increase under wording in the ordinance which allowed the city to “take into consideration any increase in rent that results in financial tenant hardship.” That decision was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Santa Rosa’s rent-control ordinance has no such provision for hardship. “It is most frustrating to know that Rutherford could elect to just write off the property tax as a business expense,” says McLeod. Out of the 14 privately owned mobile home parks in the city, only three or four pass through property taxes to residents, he says. “What bothers us in principle is people say, ‘Why should we pay property tax on land we don’t actually own?’” says McLeod. The current annual property tax for Rancho San Miguel is $147,589, and with 141 spaces, that breaks down to $87.22 per month, per space. The new owners are seeking only $54.39 per month from each resident. The previous owners paid $79,709 annually in property taxes, which breaks down to $46.13 per month, per space, though residents were charged just $12.06 per month. There is no correlation between previous charges and any new
‘Why should we pay property tax on land we don’t actually own?’ But McLeod is still left with a sour feeling, and believes a 450 percent increase in property tax assessments to residents is too much to handle at once. Santa Rosa’s 14 privately owned mobile home parks have a total of 2,008 spaces. Of those 14, two have undergone “condo conversion,” meaning the residents own their individual spaces; Rancho San Miguel is not one of those. Out of Rancho San Miguel’s 141 spaces, 124 are regulated under Santa Rosa’s rent-control ordinance, which has been in effect since 1993. Residents are now concerned that the switch from ownership by a family business to an investment firm will mean more expenses for tenants. “They’re going through everything to maximize their profitability, and any little things they can pass through, they’re going to do it,” says McLeod. “It could all of a sudden not be an affordable place to live anymore.”
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ones, says O’Hagan. “We don’t know what the prior ownership passed through. I can’t comment on what they did.” Marjorie Jackson of the city’s housing development department met with park owners and residents in December after a petition circulated in the park attracted 111 signatures, and reports that both parties came to an agreement that an increase retroactive to April would be spread out over a longer period, which cut by about $7 per month the immediate increase to residents.
Skateboarders, gardeners, hikers and coffee lovers in Monte Rio just got great news. An abandoned school site has been approved for conversion into a park that will include a skatepark, community farm, hiking trail and cafe. The $1.4 million project is possible through a $329,000 grant from the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District and $995,000 of former redevelopment funds. The skatepark is assisted by $5,000 from the Tony Hawk Foundation. Construction of the 2.8-acre park will begin this week and should be finished this year. After a 20year vacancy, children’s laughter (and possibly some crying from the skatepark) will once again be heard at the former school site. Efforts are also planned to restore Schoolhouse and Dutch Bill creeks for salmon and steelhead. Another boon to outdoor recreation saw the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approve the transfer of 1,100 acres of open space overlooking Santa Rosa on Taylor Mountain to the Regional Parks Department last week. The public grand opening is scheduled for Feb. 23.
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This marks the culmination of almost two decades of planning and purchasing land by the Open Space District, which spent about $21 million on the project. Much of the land had been open to the public since 2010 through a permit program run by Santa Rosa nonprofit LandPaths. Trails, including a staging area off Petaluma Hill Road, are planned in the future thanks to a $750,000 state grant. The main access point in the meantime is still off Kawana Terrace in south Santa Rosa. Now if only the proposed clearcutto-vineyard site of Preservation Ranch could be turned into protected open space, we’d be all set. Hmm . . . —Nicolas Grizzle
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Almost three decades later, the chef/cheesemaker/caterer/ educator is the proud owner of the Epicurean Connection, a specialty cheese shop and cafe in Sonoma. “As a kid, I used to beg to stay home from school,” Davis tells me on a recent afternoon, “so that I could help my grandfather forage and cook.” This hands-on approach to learning has underpinned Davis’ entire career. Determined to cook and not sit in a classroom, Davis graduated from high school a year early and enrolled in the SRJC culinary program after finding that her first choice, the dairy
program, had been canceled due to low enrollment. A couple of years later, inspired by the cookbook of legendary New Orleans restaurant Commander’s Palace, the 19-year-old SRJC graduate rang up the chef to ask for an internship. “He thought I was a nut!” she says, laughing. “I called every week for weeks and weeks and weeks.” Her determination eventually paid off, and the fourth-generation Sonoman headed to the Big Easy, where she forged a lifelong relationship that pulls her back to Louisiana a few times a year. And yet a review of her life
makes one thing clear: Davis was destined for dairy. For almost two decades, she’s run a culinary marketing business that has launched 17 cheese companies. She created (with the late Ig Vella of Vella Cheese) the annual Sonoma Valley Cheese Conference, which will bring together cheesemakers, retailers and aficionados for the 10th straight year later this month, running Feb. 23–27. Once she was ready to get her own hands curd-y, she apprenticed with cheesemakers in Vermont, Wisconsin and Texas. In 2010, her Delice de la Vallee cheese (a blend of triple-cream cow milk and fresh goat milk) won the American Cheese Society’s blue ribbon for Fresh Unripened Mixed Milk Cheese. Just last year, her popular monthly cheesemaking class was featured on the Food Channel. Housed in a high-ceilinged building with pale-green tin walls, tabletops made of reclaimed doors and flourishes of Mardi Gras beads, the “chef’s pantry” of the Epicurean Connection sells everything from Davis’ own homemade cheese to pickled cauliflower to maple candy and Louisiana hot sauce. For spreadable delights, there’s the flavored Butter Bar ($9.95 for a trio) and Jam Bar ($6.95 for a trio), which includes Davis’ acclaimed honey orange blossom and raspberry rose petal jam, recently featured in Sunset magazine. The cafe also serves a variety of tartines, grilled cheese sandwiches, crêpes and salads ($7.95–$9.95). “Building community is a huge part of our shop,” Davis tells me, ticking off the events—open mic nights, guest chef appearances, art shows—that crowd the cafe’s calendar. Teenage cooking nerds, take heart: if you dare to name your dreams, they just might come true. Epicurean Connection, 122 W. Napa St., Sonoma. 707.935.7960. The Sonoma Valley Cheese Conference runs Feb. 23–27; for a chance to win tickets, enter our cheese contest at www.bohemian.com.
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S O N OMA CO U N TY Carmen’s Burger Bar American. $. Excellent and innovative burgers with a Mexican flair. Beef comes fresh daily from Pacific Market next door. Lunch and dinner daily; breakfast, Sat-Sun. 1612 Terrace (in Town and Country center), Santa Rosa. 707.579.3663. 90 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.526.1575.
Dry Creek Kitchen American. $$$-$$$$. Refined and contemporary American menu with multicultural influence. Seafood and vegetables reign! Dinner daily; lunch, Fri-Sun. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.0330.
Gohan Japanese. $$-$$$. Superb Japanese favorites with modern twists like greentea cheesecake and wakame snow-crab caviar salad in a martini glass. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Fri; dinner only, Sat-Sun. 1367 McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.789.9296.
Graffiti Mediterranean. $$-$$$. Jazzed-up waterfront destination really is all that jazz. Big menu focuses on creative seafood dishes, also steak and lamb. Variety of indoor and outdoor seating; wide selection of appetizers– half vegetarian–can make the meal. Lunch and dinner daily. 101 Second St, Petaluma. 707.765.4567. Hang Ah Dim Sum Chinese-dim sum. $. Low prices and good variety make it pleasing. Buffet-style quality and greasiness can be a letdown. Lunch and dinner daily. 2130 Armory Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7873.
LoCoco’s Cucina Rustica Italian. $$-$$$. Authentic rustic-style Italian with a touch of Northern California, and a favorite with those in the know. Get the
cannoli! Lunch, Tues-Fri; dinner, Tues-Sun. 117 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.2227.
Mike’s at the Crossroads Burgers. $. A top contender for best burger in the county. Mike’s will even make you a triple, if you dare. Great beer menu, too. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 7665 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.665.9999.
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Finnegan’s Marin Pub fare. $$. Irish bar with the traditional stuff. Lunch and dinner daily. 877 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.899.1516.
Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Brewpub. $$. Pub grub gets a pub-cuisine facelift. Lunch, Wed-Sun; dinner daily. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.
Joe’s Taco Lounge & Salsaria Mexican. $. Mostly authentic Mexican menu with American standbys. Lunch and dinner daily; takeout, too. 382 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.8164.
California. $-$$. Casual, 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.
Left Bank French. $$-$$$.
Rosso Pizzeria & Wine Bar Pizza. $-$$. Friendly,
The ultimate in American cuisine. Crispy fries, good burgers and friendly locals chowing down. Lunch and dinner daily. 2017 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.454.0655.
plentiful staff at outstanding and creative pizzeria. Excellent and affordable wine list. Lunch and dinner daily. Creekside Center, 53 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.544.3221.
Shangri-La Nepalese. $-$$. Authentic and enriching Nepalese cuisine. As its name suggests, a culinary paradise. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 1708 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.793.0300. Simply Vietnam Vietnamese. $. Friendly Vietnamese for all ethnic tastes. Savory, satisfying and filling. Pho can be hit or miss, depending on the meat quality. Lunch and dinner daily. 966 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.566.8910.
MARIN CO U N T Y Boca South American. $$$$$$$. Enjoy flavorful and rich regional fare in the rustic décor of an Argentinean ranch. Lunch, Mon-Fri; dinner daily. 340 Ignacio Blvd, Novato. 415.833.0901.
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Californian. $$. Thai meets California, with fresh fruit accents, light herbs and spices, and a great mango-duck summer roll. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 1444 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.455.0444.
Splendid, authentic French cuisine. Lunch and dinner daily. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.
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Nick’s Cove Seafood/ contemporary American. $$$$. Fresh from the bay oysters, upscale seafood, some steaks and a great burger. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 23240 State Route 1, Marshall. 415.663.1033.
Poggio Italian. $$-$$$. Truly transportive food, gives authentic flavor of the Old World. The cheaper way to travel Europe. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 777 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.7771.
N A PA CO U N T Y Ad Hoc American. $$-$$$. Thomas Keller’s quintessential neighborhood restaurant. Prix fixe dinner changes daily. Actually takes reservations. 6476 Washington St, Yountville. 707.944.2487. Brannan’s Grill California cuisine. $$-$$$. Creative cuisine
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Buster’s Barbecue Barbecue. $. A very busy roadside destination–for a reason. It’s the hot sauce, available in two heats: regular and hot. And the hot, as the sign says, means “hot!” Lunch and dinner daily. 1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga. 707.942.5606.
Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen Eclectic. $$-$$$. As comfortable as it sounds, with a rich and varied melting pot of a menu. Lunch and dinner daily. 1327 Railroad Ave, St Helena. 707.963.1200.
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Cindy Pawlycyn’s Wood Grill & Wine Bar American. $$-$$$. Classic American fare that stays up on current mainstays like crispy pork belly, braised short ribs and crab roll but doesn’t skimp on the burger. Long wine list, kids menu, patio and more. Lunch and dinner, WedSun. 641 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.0700.
Cole’s Chop House American steakhouse. $$$$$. Handsome, upscale 1950s-era steakhouse serving chophouse classics like dryaged porterhouse steak and Black Angus filet mignon. Wash down the red meat with a “nostalgia” cocktail. Dinner daily. 1122 Main St, Napa. 707.224.6328.
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For many people, the word “spork” conjures a plasticwrapped utensil common to cafeterias, prisons and takeout containers. Leave it to chef Andrew Casey to place the fork/spoon hybrid atop the white tablecloths of his new fine dining establishment, Spork, which opens on Valentine’s Day. “The Italians have the fork, the French have the spoon and Americans have the spork,” says Casey, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. With its charcuterie and seasonal ingredients, Spork is further proof that quality cuisine can indeed be found north of Healdsburg. Sharing a space with Cloverdale’s beloved Eagle’s Nest Deli and Grill—which has been serving huge, satisfying sandwiches for 15 years—Spork will be open for dinner only on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings beginning at 6:30pm. The four-course Valentine’s menu offers diners a choice between surf (baked oysters and shrimp risotto) or turf (pork meatballs and hangar steak), with gluten-free and vegan “earth” options available as well. Friday and Saturday’s menu also includes lemon zest ravioli ($16), Prince Edward Island mussels ($18) and house-made Toulouse sausage ($16). And whether you order the dark chocolate mousse and blackberry ice cream or apple crisp and salted caramel ice cream, count on dessert being served with a 1950s vintage pastel Tupperware spork. Spork (inside Eagle’s Nest), 113 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale. 707.687.8795. —Jessica Dur Taylor
terroir-informed cooking celebrates the local and seasona. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa. 707.251.1900.
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California cuisine. $$$. California bistro fare that nearly always hits the mark. Lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sat-Sun. 4050 Byway E, Napa. 707.257.1999.
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.
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Siena California-Tuscan. $$$$. Sophisticated,
Zuzu Spanish tapas. $$. Graze your way through a selection of tasty tapas in a lively rustic chic setting with a popular wine bar. Bite-sized specialties include sizzling prawns and Brazilian style steamed mussels. Lunch, MonFri; dinner daily. 829 Main St, Napa. 707.224.8555.
Great pie, cool brews, the game’s always on. Great place for post-Little League. Lunch and dinner daily. 1517 W Imola Ave, Napa. 707.255.1188.
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S O N OM A CO U N T Y Copain Wine Cellars Barn-style tasting room provides panoramic view of the Russian River Valley and a peek into the cellar from whence emanate low-alcohol, food-friendly, continentalstyle Syrah and Pinot Noir crafted with subtle oak, forest-floor notes and cool dark fruit flavors on a smooth finish. 7800 Eastside Road, Healdsburg. Open Thursday– Sunday, 11am–5pm; Tuesday– Wednesday, by appointment. 707.836.8822.
Everett Ridge Vineyards & Winery As is the custom at sister winery Esterlina, orange cheese puffs are served for palate cleansing between sips of exclusive Cole Ranch Riesling and big, soft and fruity reds. Plus, inexpensive, solid and sassy “Diablita” rocks screw-capped bottles of Sonoma County Red, White, Pink and Zin. Dandy view can be enjoyed from the tasting room or the patio. 435 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 10am–5pm. Tasting fee, $15. 707.433.1637.
Keller Estate Nestled in rolling hills above the Petaluma River, the winery, designed by a prestigious Mexican architecture firm, was built with stones from China’s Three Gorges dam project. No crowds, and excellent Pinot, Chard and Syrah. 5875 Lakeville Hwy., Petaluma. Thursday–Sunday 11am–4pm. $10 fee. Call ahead. 707.765.2117. Mercury Geyserville No fee, 20 percent discount for Sonoma County residents and 12-pack wooden crates of mini-jug wine; two turntables, an LP record player–put on your winged shoes, it’s time to party in sleepy Geyserville! Also pickled comestibles, jam, peppers–and pretty good Pinot, Cab, Cab Franc, and Merlot. 20120 Geyserville Ave., Geyserville. Open Thursday–
Monday, 11am–6pm. No fee. 707.857.9870.
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Darioush Exotic locale, with giant columns and a Persian theme, Darioush is justly famous for its Bordeaux. 4240 Silverado Trail, Napa. Open daily, 10:30am–5pm. 707.257.2345.
industry husband-and-wife team play out their passion for Pinot in unassuming warehouse space. Don’t miss the taste test between the Dijon and Pommard clones. 21684 Eighth St., Sonoma. Limited tasting availability, by appointment. 707.996.9050.
Westwood Winery Wonky wine scientist crafts soil-driven wines of beguiling complexity from the promising Annadel Estate vineyard, on the western frontier of Sonoma Valley. Tucked away in historic downtown Sonoma, the handsomely furnished tasting salon is a casual setting for a serious sit-down tasting of food-friendly Pinot Noir and some of the most savory Rhône west of the Rhône. 11 E. Napa St., #3, Sonoma. Hours by appointment; tasting fee $10. 707.935.3246.
N A PA CO U N TY Bennett Lane Winery The old trope “beer-drinking NASCAR fans vs. Chardonnaysipping highbrows” runs out of gas at a winery that sponsors an annual NASCAR race and has its own car, emblazoned with grapes. A Roman emperor who appreciated hearty vino as much as a good chariot race inspired Maximus White and Red “feasting wines.” 3340 Hwy. 128, Calistoga. 707.942.6684.
Castello di Amorosa Not only an “authentic Medieval Italian castle,” but authentically far more defensible than any other winery in Napa from legions of footmen in chain mail. In wine, there’s something for every taste, but don’t skip the tour of great halls, courtyards, cellars, and–naturally–an authentic dungeon. . 4045 N. St. Helena Hwy., Calistoga. 9:30am–5pm. Tasting fees, $10–$15; tours,
Fantesca Estate & Winery (WC) Set on land that was the dowry gift when Charles Krug married in 1860, this estate winery specializing in Cab features a wine-aging cave built right into the side of Spring Mountain. 2920 Spring Mountain Road, Napa. By appointment. 707.968.9229.
Madonna Estate Millennial contingent of multigenerational family winery, once known as Mount St. John, finds success running it old-school: touristy, oldfashioned, and wildly popular. Refreshing Gewürztraminer for summer picnics. 5400 Old Sonoma Road, Napa. Daily 10am to 5pm; $5–$10. 707.255.8864.
Raymond Vineyards Burgundy scion Jean-Charles Boisset has put his stamp on staid Napa producer. See the Theater of Nature, depicting biodynamics; feel the Corridor of the Senses; luxuriate in the members-only Red Room, party in the gold-plated JCB Room; or just taste good Cab in the club-like Crystal Cellar. 849 Zinfandel Lane, St. Helena. Daily, 10am– 4pm. Fees vary. 707.963.3141.
St. Supéry Expect to find the tasting room crowded with a harrassed staff, but St. Supéry features an interesting art gallery with changing exhibitions. 8440 St. Helena Hwy., Rutherford. Open daily, 10am– 5pm. 800.942.0809.
Saintsbury A contrarian enterprise in the 1970s, now a hallowed hall of Carneros Pinot Noir. Visitors may linger under shade trees in fair weather or sit down for a serious tasting adjacent the office. 1500 Los Carneros Ave., Napa. Monday– Saturday, by appointment. 707.252.0592.
Frenchie Winery The pooch’s own hooch BY JAMES KNIGHT
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very winery has a story, and is pleased to tell it. On the website, look for the tab labeled “Our Story.” You’ll find that the people who get into this business are most often accomplished, well traveled and passionate about wine. You’ll also find that, after while, all of these wonderfully unique stories begin to run together, sounding a bit like “blah blah blah.” So this week, we’re taking a look at a different sort of story. This one goes “bow wow wow.”
One warm afternoon, as Jean-Charles Boisset strolled through the parking lot of Raymond Vineyards, he found that a car had been left running, air conditioning on. The vehicle’s only occupants were two hapless pooches, left waiting while their masters lapped up Chardonnay. Being the owner of the winery, and possessing no deficit of people-whispering charm, Boisset took the liberty of shutting off the car and bringing the dogs into the tasting room and to their surprised owners. It was on that day that Boisset, native son of Burgundy who voyaged west in search of new opportunity, declared: There shall be a winery just for the dogs. Frenchie is named for a French bulldog, a gift from Boisset to his wife to keep her company while he’s away on business—leaving her, Gina Gallo, with naught to do but run her own international wine empire. The “winery” is really just a Frenchie-themed shed set amid Raymond’s biodynamic gardens, which are best appreciated in spring and summer. Winter highlights include newborn lambs, and clucking chickens and peafowl year-round. While dogs snooze inside their own private wine barrels furnished with pillows, or cavort with others in the gated kennel, their human guardians can keep an eye on them via live video link in the tasting room. In June, there’s a “Bark-b-que.” There’s only water on tap out here; Frenchie sports his own line of wines at the tasting bar inside, where one dollar from the sale of each bottle is donated to the SPCA. The spoof labels are solid cute; the wines, seriously appealing. A 60/40 Sonoma and Napa blend, the 2009 Napoleon Red ($30) starts with young aromas of plum, licorice and graphite, finishing all sweet plum jam and puckery tannins. In the way that a freshly washed dog smells like a dog, only less so, the 2009 Louis XIV Cabernet Sauvignon ($30) smells shyly of fresh brambleberries and cedar, but licks the tongue with assertive tannin, and plush, sweet, ripe blackberry fruit. So who’s drooling and yapping now? Frenchie Winery at Raymond Vineyards, 849 Zinfandel Lane, St. Helena. Daily, 10am–4pm. Tasting fees vary. 707.963.3141.
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Bottling the Tradition In which our reporter travels to Argentina and discovers that when it comes to mate, Americans are doing it all wrong BY JAY SCHERF
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I’m in Patagonian Argentina, and Vivi Pitrelli is reacting to Guayakí’s chocolate-raspberry yerba mate organic energy shot. Including some friends of the family, there are seven of us lounging around the table after dinner. Catalina Vicintini, a 20-year-old
dance student, swigs off the little brown bottle, covers her mouth and crinkles her face. “It’s the grossest thing! It’s disgusting! It’s disgusting! It’s disgusting!” she cries out in Castellano, Argentina’s dialect of Spanish. Everyone busts out laughing. “What the fuck’s in it?” asks Pitrelli. Though the bottle’s label identifies it as a yerba mate
energy shot, it is a yerba mate unrecognizable to Pitrelli, the 16 other Argentines I interview and the cultural historians I read during a recent month in Patagonia. As mate-based products have exploded in popularity in the United States, the infusion has been redefined to meet American tastes, with Sebastopol’s Guayakí leading the way. To American-born consumers, the well-respected
Guayakí is synonymous with mate: Guayakí sells around two-thirds of all mate consumed in the United States, the remainder consisting of South American brands popular with native mate-drinking immigrants. Adapting mate to American palates is central to Guayakí’s success. “We’re making it available to the gringo in the way the gringo wants to take it” remarked David Karr, cofounder of Guayakí, in
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irst of all, what is mate, and what does the act of consuming it mean? As Argentine geographer Felix Coluccio puts it, “Drinking mate is the most significant popular custom in Argentine life, from the deepest roots of the existence of people in South America.” Formally, mate is both the infusion and the receptacle, usually made of gourd, wood or metal. The infusion of water and loose yerba, the leaves and stems of a species of caffeinated holly, is drunk from the mate through a bombilla (straw filter). The indigenous Guaraní have consumed it for thousands of years in Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil, and parts of Bolivia and Uruguay. After colonization, mate and the rural gaucho became inseparable, and the infusion became deeply entrenched in social life in the rest of Argentina and parts of Chile. Unlike other infusions, mate doesn’t stand and steep; the mate is filled and refilled with water, but the yerba endures. As a result, drinkers have developed countless
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techniques to keep the infusion even and delicious. Additionally, because custom calls for multiple people sharing the same straw and gourd, the act of drinking mate connotes trust and hospitality. A complex culture and vocabulary has reflexively evolved around its ceremony. “To drink mate is to share,” Pitrelli explains. “It’s something intimate.” In the language of mate, quotidian objects take on new properties. Water can be tempered, burned or served raw. Kettles can spout wings and fly, or they can dance around the stovetop. Figuratively, mate can be saddled up or plugged, served tufted, in the formation of a star, or like a rancher. It can be hung up or drunk peeled, or it can be long or short. Layered into this vocabulary are jokes and insults and cultural nuances sometimes more powerful than the spoken word. At least one figure in gaucho folklore has been killed for serving mate lukewarm. Drinking bitter mate like the gauchos is masculine; tempering its strength with sugar or herbs is vaguely inauthentic, for those who can’t handle the “real deal.” To run out of yerba is a sexual reference; if there’s none left, a hypothetical couple deciding whether they want to drink mate or get it on now only have one option. The Argentine military dictatorship of the 1970s prohibited workers in some industries from drinking mate on the job, fearing that its power to bring people together would facilitate workers organizing. When a girl takes a new boyfriend to her parents’ house, suspicious parents serve him especially hot mate to try to keep his hands busy and away from their daughter. And because parents don’t offer it to children due to its bitter taste and stimulative properties, Argentines consider the first time a child drinks mate home alone as a noteworthy rite of passage. As their country has acquired a more cosmopolitan character, many Argentines attach less significance to the intricate rituals that characterize mate in
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IN THE TRADITION In Argentina, mate is steeped and shared, with each participant drinking from the same ‘bombilla.’
its former provincial context. For example, most Argentines today would not interpret receiving mate with lemon balm as a symbol of the server’s sadness or distress, as Coluccio writes it once meant. However, many widely observed customs and symbols concerning mate still exist, and mate’s definition is clear. None of the Argentines I interviewed abroad knew that mate is now sold in the United States, and none of them considered Guayakí’s bottles or cans to be authentic types of mate.
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mid a series of interviews I conducted with strangers in town, I spoke with Alejandro Benitez, a tourist in his 20s from Buenos Aires, who spit out the sample of the mate energy shot I offered him. He defined mate like my other sources. “Mate” he says, “has three basic elements: the mate [receptacle], yerba and bombilla.” To Benitez, Guayakí’s single-use bottles and cans are “very individualistic,” and he adds an important reminder: “Mate is shared.” On the porch one afternoon, I discuss American mate with Vivi’s visiting relatives. “Those have nothing to do with what mate is,” says Fernando Pitrelli, Vivi’s
brother, referring to some printout labels of Guayakí’s bottles and cans. “Mate isn’t drunk from a bottle; you don’t get it from a can.” “It’s all for business,” he says. “They’re losing out on what mate is, what mate means to us.” “What they’ve got wrong is the definition,” says Nahir Pitrelli, 21, Fernando’s daughter. She points to the printout labels of Guayakí’s cans, featuring Argentine-styled people drinking mate from gourds. “If you look closely in the drawing, that’s mate how we drink it here, but they sell it to you in a can—I mean, nada que ver.” Nahir continues, stopping short of vilifying the American palate. “If [Americans] like them, they should drink them,” she says. “It’s just mediocre.” However, my sources don’t see Americans’ interpretations of their infusion as necessarily sacrilegious. As Fernando puts it, “What people do with their culo is up to them.” “It’s all good,” says Sergio Rojel, an elderly campesino I spoke with in town, of mate in bottles and cans. Though wearing the loose bombacha pants and beret characteristic of gauchos, he adds that “we’re already losing traditional Argentine culture here.” ) 18
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a 2010 Bloomberg article titled “Guayakí Wants to Take Yerba Mate from Niche to 7-11 Staple.” And the gringo certainly wants to take it: around 60 percent of Guayakí’s approximately $15 million annual revenue comes from pre-made mate products sold in bottles and cans—products unheard of in mate’s native Southern Cone. However, globalizing and redefining mate has larger implications than most commodities. Americans aren’t surprised to know that cultural U.S. icons like Coca-Cola, for example, are consumed worldwide. Mate, on the other hand, represents and influences life in the Southern Cone much more than anything we eat or drink in America. While drinking a mate latte in the States isn’t sacrilegious, per se—like runway models flaunting mock American Indian headdresses—native mate drinkers aren’t happy with how their infusion is represented here, and they have some words for American consumers.
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Some were less enthusiastic. “I’m not offended, but they’re deceiving people,” says Iris Ramirez, Benitez’s partner. Indeed, most Argentines I interview don’t express grudges against Guayakí; in fact, in the progressive area where I stay, some appreciate the idea of organic yerba. (Others, in Ramirez’s words, regard Guayakí’s organic, fair-trade and shade-grown certifications as “marketing.”) They acknowledged that cultural objects take new forms when they cross borders, and that isn’t inherently negative. “We drink mate,” says Ricardo “El Colo” Romero. “But one of the most popular types of music here is rock.”
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t should be noted that Guayakí is well aware of mate’s significance in the Southern Cone; Alex Pryor, a founding member, is from Buenos Aires. (Karr, the other founding member, is from the South Bay; the two met at college in San Luis Obispo.) Pryor writes over email that he feels “honored by the American culture who embraces with respect and admiration the cultural and health attributes” of yerba mate. And though only 20 percent of Guayakí’s sales consist of loose-leaf, from which traditional forms of mate are made, the company does pay homage to mate’s history and
ceremony on its website. When I read Karr some quotes from my Argentine sources reacting to Guayakí’s bottles and cans, he pauses. “A-ha . . . Um, yeah, I could understand how they would say that,” he says. Karr has likely been faced with this question before. “We’re trying to bring yerba mate culture to the world. And so for us, that means you have to make it available to different lifestyles,” he says. “We’re doing everything as authentically as we possibly can,” he adds, mentioning Guayakí’s rainforest-protection efforts and relationships with indigenous mate farmers. “Just because we brew it and package it in the bottles and cans so that more people can have access to it—because that’s the way they drink things—fine,” Karr says. “Not everyone has to feel great about it.” Back in Argentina, I’d wanted to know on what terms drinking mate is OK; where do Argentines place the limits of its authenticity? At Vivi’s dinner table, I ask if it’s all right that gringos drink mate traditionally outside of the Southern Cone. “Si!” responds my host family in chorus. “It’s great!” Romero says. “Drinking mate isn’t anyone’s birthright; to drink mate is to share,” repeats Vivi. “It’s fine that gringos drink mate, but let’s make it mate, not those clown things.”
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Weeping Ukulele
You might remember Nicole Parker from her MADtv days of impersonating Britney Spears with hilarious lyrics like “Went to rehab, left too soon / made my hair look like the moon,” but Broadway-goers know her best as Elphaba, the evil melting green witch from Wicked. This week, the Santa Rosa Symphony teams up with Parker and fellow Wicked star Emily Rozek (Glinda) for Pop Wicked Divas, a concert of not only songs from Wicked but from Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady and others, on Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Wells Fargo Center. 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 3pm. $32–$75. 707.546.3600.
Shredding on the ukulele like a mad dog let loose on the new mailman, Jake Shimabukuro is often referred to as the “Jimi Hendrix of ukulele.” Shimabukuro produces sounds no one quite expects from a tiny four-stringed instrument; he has said that although he feels the ukulele is the underdog of all instruments, “if everyone played the ukulele, this world would be a much happier place.” He’s best known for his cover of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which boasts over 11 million views on YouTube. See him live on Friday, Feb. 15, at the Marin Center. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. $25–$45. 8pm. 415.499.6400.
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Hootin’ & Hollerin’ Started in 2010, the North Bay Hootenanny is a two-day local music fest of folk, bluegrass and Americana music that began as a forum for local artists to connect and spread their love of music. Featuring close to 30 bands, this year’s event offers warm food, drinks, free dance lessons for couples and a kid’s area for all tiny rockers. See T Luke and the Tight Suits, the Easy Leaves, Under the Radar, Les Bon Temps, the Leftovers, Little Lost Boys, Travis Hendrix and the Blessed Moonshiners and many others on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15–16, at the Arlene Francis Center. 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 3pm–midnight. $10–$15 each day. 707.528.3009.
Known for her powerful soprano voice, from The Music Man to Funny Girl, Barbara Cook has done it all and more than earned the title of “Broadway legend” along the way. Now 85, Cook recently returned to Carnegie Hall—the site of her most famous live recording—and proved that her strength is undiminished; as the New York Times put it the next day, “Ms. Cook has reached the point in her career where she has nothing left to prove.” Catch Cook in a special post–Valentine’s Day concert on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Green Music Center. 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. $35–$90. 8pm. 866.955.6040.
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A WILD & CRAZY GUY ‘Daily Show’ correspondent Wyatt Cenac plays the Green Music Center on Feb. 15. See Comedy, p28.
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ArtsIdeas DESTINATION: OUT Tony D’Anna, left, leaves behind a musical spirit carried on by Lee Charlton and Richard Waters.
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Experimental sounds, handmade instruments in once-ina-lifetime concert at Cinnabar BY NICOLAS GRIZZLE
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he ominous, unclassiďŹ able tones of the waterphone have been favorites of sci-ďŹ and thriller movie composers for 40 years, and experimental musicians love its nearlyimpossible-to-predict sound. Played underwater with a bow dragged across metal tines, it speaks the language of the whales for miles in every direction. The chance to hear its creator Richard Waters play it live is rare.
This week, Waters plays his most famous instrument and other handmade specialties in Petaluma with the Gravity Adjusters Expansion Band and Full Disclosure in a concert dubbed “When Worlds Collide.â€? “This kind of music is different,â€? says bassist Rob Wright, a member of freejazz group Full Disclosure. “We’re combining avant-garde and freeimprov. Our only rule is that there are no rules.â€? Gary Knowlton, who will play the aming hyena, a stringed instrument of his own creation, will add to the program of ephemeral music created entirely
in the moment. “I wanted to do something that includes elements of the soundscapes that Richard does with his special instruments with the traditional high-energy, jazz-driven stuff with Full Disclosure,� says Wright. This might sound beautiful, strange, soothing or scary, but the musicians are all formally trained, including Wright, a bassist and teacher. “For me, this kind of music is an expression of the moment,� he says. “No one who plays this music seriously comes out of a void—it comes out of technique and background.� The music will feature “lots of
invented instruments, and some invented-long-ago instruments,â€? says Cinnabar executive artistic director Elly Lichenstein, looking forward to the concoction of jazz, blues, classical, experimental music and poetry. The musical stylings are reminiscent of one-time Petaluma resident Harry Partch. The avant-garde American composer invented hundreds of instruments, and composed music based on speech patterns, fashioning melodies out of the timbre of sentences. One of his most popular works is the 1963 piece “And on the Seventh Day, Petals Fell in Petaluma.â€? Another source of inspiration is Tony D’Anna, a musician who passed away at the age of 71 in January of last year. D’Anna spent roughly 25 years as the accompanist of Cinnabar’s summer children’s music program. “He just had a gift working with kids,â€? says Lichenstein. Though more a jazz player than a musical theater fan, D’Anna ďŹ t right in with the program, and, Lichtenstein says, “the kids miss him terribly.â€? D’Anna himself played the waterphone, as well as piano and other instruments. Wright played with him for about 15 years, recalling D’Anna’s bebop piano gigs to which he would bring a baby grand piano using a truck and dolly. Between late-night gigs, he’d play Beethoven sonatas each morning. The concert is dedicated in part to his memory. Wright, whose ďŹ rst bass teacher played in Partch’s orchestra, says though the two never played together to his knowledge, D’Anna and Partch were on a similar path. “There’s some sort of spiritual connection,â€? he intones, “between Richard and Harry.â€? Worlds collide on Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Cinnabar Theater. 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 7pm. $15–$20. 707.763.8920.
TRAGEDY TOMORROW Tim Setzer leads the ‘Forum’ cast as Pseudolus.
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omething appealing! Something appalling!â€? Those succinctly apt words from the classic song “Comedy Tonight,â€? which opens the musical comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, pretty much sum up the entire enterprise. The amiably lewd 1962 musical delivers its ďŹ rst big laugh just seconds into the show, and it features a hilarious act of ragdoll infanticide. Set in the golden age of Rome, the show fuses the clever tunefulness of Stephen Sondheim’s music with the bawdy naughtiness of the Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove’s frequently funny script. Presented by the New Spreckels Theatre Company, Forum has become a community theater staple over the last 50 years. Its medium-sized cast and entertainingly angst-free storyline have made it a popular choice for theater companies whose audiences like a dash of oldfashioned farce, PG-rated one-liners
‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ runs Thursday– Sunday through Feb. 17 at Spreckels Performing Arts Center. 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. Thursdays 7:30pm; Friday–Saturday at 8pm; 2pm matinees on Sundays. $20–$26. 707.588.3400.
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and wholesomely sexy coarseness with their Broadway-born shows. This one requires an especially strong cast of comic actors to pull off, however, and an orchestra skilled enough to nail the challenges of Sondheim’s music. Fortunately, director Gene Abravaya has assembled a coterie of local performers, veterans and newcomers alike, with enough chops and charm to elevate the show above its 10-piece orchestra’s persistent problems with pitch and musical cohesion. Musical directors Richard and Sandy Riccardi, known for their work with college and community theater troupes (and their own musical-comedy cabaret act), do keep the energy high, but if Spreckels Performing Arts Center is going to achieve its goal of becoming the go-to destination for North Bay musical theater, it’s going to need a tighter orchestra. The chief delight in the Spreckels production is the cast, lead by local funnyman Tim Setzer as Pseudolus, a Roman slave eager to be free yet bound to serve the horny property owner Senex (a gleefully randy Elliot Simon) and his Gorgon of a wife, Domina (Tina Lloyd Meals, chewing up the scenery with irresistible fervor). When their lovestruck son Hero (Matthew Lindberg, appropriately wide-eyed) promises Pseudolus his freedom if he can score a hookup with the lovely but unavailable Philia (Dene Harvey, wonderfully irty), the scene is set for an evening of mistaken identities, misunderstandings, near misses and, of course, the deliriously contrived happy ending promised in the opening number. Though hardly “importantâ€? theater, Forum reminds us that it is important to laugh now and then, and this one serves the laughs with fast and furious, sweetly infectious charm.
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In the ďŹ lm, a serious crime is committed by a deeply depressed Manhattanite named Emily. She’s played by Rooney Mara, who is a revelation. Emily’s defense is that she cannot recall the crime because her meds have turned her into a sleepwalker. This leaves her psychiatrist (Jude Law) legally vulnerable, caught between his own corporate dealings and the reporters from the New York Post. Some clues come via Emily’s former psychiatrist (Catherine Zeta-Jones). While Soderbergh’s beautifully turned series of ashbacks made Out of Sight a classic, the jumping around here keeps Side Effects remote. Law’s skeeviness (this shrink forgets to shave) is well worked; as always with Law, you can never tell if he’s crooked, right up until the end. But the casting of an actress with a Viking warrior vibe (Vinessa Shaw) as the shrink’s wife can’t counterbalance the ambient evil with tenderness—and increases the script’s lean toward misogyny. Among his many gifts, Soderbergh has a sense of the erotic, for making you feel you’ve seen far more than you have. His soundscapes intensify the paranoia: the prattling of a child during an important TV broadcast, the soughing of a skyscraper, the cutting out of sound entirely. The cleverly matched beginning and ending say “You don’t have to be a homicidal maniac to live in New York, but it helps.â€? Soderbergh is claiming this is his last ďŹ lm, and that he now wants to paint. Without sarcasm, I note that his studies of blood splotches on a hardwood oor are very painterly. Hope, then, that he has a nice long vacation, and that one morning, the Eon studio execs try to tempt him out of retirement with a meeting about Bond 24.
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Grateful Dead out there want to open a club, they’d be keen to follow Murphy’s good eye. Not that Murphy, a Marin native since the age of three, wants to relinquish another site. “I’ve been feeling so lost for a year,â€? she says. “It’s nice to be back in.â€? “Back inâ€? refers to Murphy’s two shows this weekend: David Lindley at the Kanbar Center on Feb. 16, and the David Nelson Band at the Mill Valley Community Center on Feb. 15 and 16. The Kanbar has its own in-house programming, but the MVCC has asked Murphy to help expand its offerings—and Murphy Productions is rolling again. Murphy’s love of music goes back to childhood, listening to the Beatles and Stones, reaching an obsessive zenith in college. REM, Talking Heads and others were standbys on her radio show on KDVS-FM at UC Davis, but she called the show Schizophrenic Pitch for a reason: her tastes were all over the map. “In college,â€? she says, “everyone was so snobby, you had to be really avant-garde. But I played Stevie Ray Vaughan.â€? Not a musician herself (“I took piano lessons for 10 years and I cried the entire time,â€? she jokes), Murphy nonetheless liked bringing musicians together, especially if it meant she could dance. Hence, for ďŹ ve years, she hosted house parties with up to 125 people—inside, outside—at her Mill Valley home, with extended jam sessions by amateur musicians and professionals such as the Rowan Brothers alike. Soon after, Murphy and Patrick started booking the Larkspur Cafe Theater, a “listening roomâ€? environment, and in the years since, with the help of comrade Larry the Hat, have brought in the likes of Jackie Greene, ALO, Dan Hicks and many other local favorites. “People are just so nice,â€? Murphy says, grateful for the community fostered around her show. “And they love to dance. It feels like family.â€?
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band Straight from Naw’lins, members come and go but the vibe is always the same. It’s big, brassy and gets those feet off the floor. Feb 17, 8pm. $30. Hopmonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
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Vocalist’s ability to weld sound with sense remains astounding. Feb 16, 8pm. $35$90. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.
Acoustic guitar legend who’s played with just about everyone, with new album featuring collaborations with Vince Gill, Los Lobos and others. Feb 17, 8pm. $31. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.
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Fargo Center, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.
Harmonica master continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. Feb 14, 8pm. $50. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.
North Bay Hootenany Over 20 bands, including David Luning Band, John Courage & the Great Plains, the Easy Leaves, Mr December, Frankie Boots and many others. Feb 15, 3pm and Feb 16, 3pm. $15-$25. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.
Davey Pattison Former lead singer of Robin Trower, Gamma and Montrose. Luvplanet and the Blues Defenders open. Feb 16, 8pm. $18-$22. Last Day Saloon, 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.2343.
Pops Wicked Divas Star vocalists from the longrunning hit musical “Wicked� sing Broadway’s smash hits. Feb 17, 3pm. $32-$75. Wells Fargo Center, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.
Wynonna & the Big Noise Country star pushes the boundaries of her repertoire. Feb 20, 8pm. $45-$85. Wells
These guys were indie before it was cool. Feb 17, 8pm. $17-$20. Hopmonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415-892-6200. Accompanist with Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon goes solo in this acoustic performance. Feb 16, 8pm. $25-$30. Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts, Osher Marin JCC, 200 No San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.
Jake Shimabukuro Being able to play a fullyorchestrated version of “Bohemian Rhapsody� on ukulele has earned him the moniker “Jimi Hendrix of ukulele.� Feb 15, 8pm. $25$45. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.
NAPA COUNTY Juan de Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars Juan de Marcos is on a mission to show the diversity and vitality of Cuban music, having worked with the Buena Vista Social Club and other groups. Feb 20, 8pm. $30-$35. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.
Los Lobos After almost four decades playing together, “Latin rock� doesn’t even begin to cover this band’s versatility. Dani Paige Band opens. Feb 16, 8pm. $35-$45. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.
Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe Feb 14, Un Deux Trois. Feb 15, Greenhouse. Feb 16, the Tonewoods. Feb 17, Ken Roy Barry. Feb 19, Health & Wellness Mixer. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.
Arlene Francis Center Feb 15 and 16, North Bay Hootenany. 99 Sixth St, santa rosa. 707.528.3009.
Aubergine Feb 14, Whole Lotta Love Burlesque Cabaret. Feb 15, Walking Spanish, Naked Fiction, Hannah Jern-Miller. Feb 16, Trebuchet, City Tribe, Manzanita Falls, Girls in Suede. Feb 17, Leftovers. 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2722.
Bergamot Alley Feb 15, Beso Negro. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.8720.
Christy’s on the Square Feb 14, Tiny Pyramids, Teenage Sweater. 96 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa. 707.528.8565.
Dry Creek Kitchen Feb 18, Chris Amberger & Randy Vincent. Feb 19, Greg Hester Jim Passarell. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.0330.
Flamingo Lounge Feb 15, Koncept Party Band. Feb 16, B4 Dawn Band. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.
French Garden Feb 14, Susan Comstock Swingtet. Feb 15, Un Deux Trois. Feb 16, Maria Bija. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.
Glaser Center Feb 15, Parker Quartet. 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.568.5381.
Green Music Center Feb 16, Barbara Cook. Feb 17, Wind Power Faculty Recital. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.
Hopmonk Sebastopol Feb 14, Ott & the Seeing Eye Band. Feb 15, Martin O’Reilly Band. Feb 16, Sol Horizon. Feb 17, Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Feb 20, Toubab Krewe. Mon, Monday Night Edutainment. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
Hopmonk Sonoma Feb 15, Dave Hamilton. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.
Hotel Healdsburg Feb 15, Stephanie Ozer & Peter Barshay. Feb 16, Mark Levine Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.
Lagunitas Tap Room Feb 13, Cascada. Feb 14, Slowpoke. Feb 15, Jimbo Trout.
16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.
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Feb 15, Just Cream. 397 Aviation Blvd, Santa Rosa. 707.765.2515.
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Monroe Dance Hall Feb 15, Bonfire. Feb 16, Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.529.5450.
Sat February 23 An Evening with Pride & Joy
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Feb 15, Perfect Crime. Feb 16, Tony Gibson & friends. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660. Feb 17, David Bromberg Quartet. Feb 19, Hot Buttered Rum. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.
If you’re looking for a way to spend your Valentine’s Day other than at home watching The Notebook and eating Ben & Jerry’s, look no further than the Whole Lotta Love Valentine’s Day Celebration at Aubergine. Cabaret de Caliente promoter and performer Eva D’Lucious (above) wanted to introduce a new audience to burlesque by providing something for both men and women to enjoy. “A few ladies have emailed me that Whole Lotta Love will be their first Burlesque show,” she notes, “and a big part of the reason their partners want to attend is because we’re featuring Led Zeppelin.” Raven-haired, tattooed lady Siren Sapphire will strut the stage to “Black Dog,” while the Scarlet Harlot plans a dance to the one and only “Immigrant Song.” Other performances include pole dancer Carrie Bare, Pearl E. Gates, the iCandy Dancers, Boylesque group Bohemian Brethren and more. Zeppelin mashups and live recordings play during intermission, while a raffle for those who bring a new book or children’s pajamas for charity offers choice prizes. Whole Lotta Love, featuring Eva herself dancing to “Dazed and Confused,” gets steamy on Thursday, Feb. 14, at Aubergine. 755 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. $15–$35. 8pm. 707.861.9190.—Estefany Gonzalez
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Feb 15, Natural Vibrations.
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Feb 15, the Prodkt. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park. 707.585.1079.
Raven Theater Feb 13, Lawrence HolmefjordSarabi. Feb 14, Charlie Musselwhite. Feb 16-17, Philharmonia Healdsburg plays Hadyn & Mozart. 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.
Sat April 20 An evening with Helen Reddy
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Feb 20, Grace the Woods with Lauren Brown. Third Friday of every month, Redwood Combo. Third Sunday of every month, Gold Coast Jazz Band. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.
River Theatre Thurs, Thugz. 16135 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.3194.
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Feb 16, Pine Box Boys. Feb 17, Noah & the Megafauna. 725 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.BEER.
Feb 13, Jessi Rose. Feb 16, Stylites. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.
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Feb 16, Davey Pattison. Tues, karaoke. Wed, Caribbean Wednesday. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.2343.
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Andre & Friends. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.
Vintage House
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Feb 16, Italian Saxophone Quartet. 264 First St E, Sonoma.
Wells Fargo Center Feb 17, Pops Wicked Divas. Feb 20, Wynonna & the Big Noise. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.
MARIN COUNTY 142 Throckmorton Theatre Feb 14, Bud E Luv. Feb 20, Mill Valley Middle School Chamber Music. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Dance Palace Feb 16, Led Kaapana. Fifth and B streets, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.
Fenix Feb 14, Paula West. Wed, Blues Night. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.
George’s Nightclub Feb 14, Keystone Revisited. Feb 15, Pride & Joy. Feb 16, Tony Lindsay. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.
Hopmonk Novato Feb 16, Lost Dog Found. Feb 17, Camper Van Beethoven. Wed, Open Mic. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.
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Terrapin Crossroads Tues, American Jubilee. Wed, Terrapin Family Band Bar Show. Sun, Terrapin Family Band. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.
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Sleeping Lady Feb 13, Finger-Style Guitar Showcase. Feb 14, Appleberry Jam’s Guitar Pull. Feb 15, Fenton Coolfoot & the Right Time. Feb 16, Playground. Feb 17, Dave Getz Straight Up Jazz. Feb 19, the Parmesans. Feb 20, Kelly Peterson. 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.485.1182.
Feb 15, Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s. 1340 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.3946.
Napa Valley Opera House Feb 15, Tuck & Patti. Feb 20, Juan de Marcos & the AfroCuban All Stars. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.
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Feb 14, Madrone Brothers. Feb 15, Mad Hannans. Feb 16, Just Friends. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.
Feb 14, Billy Martini Dance Band. Feb 15, Cosmos Percussion Orchestra. Feb 16, Unauthorized Rolling Stones. Feb 20, Michael Gold. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.
Studio 55 Marin Feb 15, Grandpa Banana’s Band. Feb 16, Bill Evans. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael. 415.453.3161.
Uptown Theatre Feb 16, Los Lobos. 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.
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Marin Center Feb 15, Jake Shimabukuro. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.
19 Broadway Club Feb 13, Cha-Ching & Ray Martinez. Feb 14, Magnolia Keys. Feb 15, Queen Ifrica. Feb 16, Chrome Johnson. Feb 17, Erika Alstrom. Feb 20, Bobby Gelardi. 19 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.
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Feb 14, Carlos Reyes & Rolando Morales. Feb 15, Sugarfoot. Feb 16, San Francisco Music Club. Feb 17, Mazacote. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.
Feb 16, David Lindley. Osher Marin JCC, 200 No San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.
Feb 15-16, David Nelson Band. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.
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Feb 13, Lukas Nelson. Feb 15, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands. Feb 17, Steep Ravine. Feb 20, Moksha. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
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Feb 14, the Baguette Quartet. Feb 15, JL Stiles. Feb 16, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. Feb 17, Wendy Dewitt’s Piano Party. Town Square, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.
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Osteria Divino Feb 14, Ken Cook Trio. Feb 15, Open Sky. Feb 16, Joan Getz Quartet . Feb 17, Eric Markowitz Trio. Feb 19, Tom Duarte. Feb 20, Jill Cohn. Feb 13, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.
Peri’s Silver Dollar Feb 15, Droptones. Feb 16, Tommy Odetto & Friends. Feb 17, Now & Zen. Feb 19,
Tomahawk Among Mike Patton’s more explorative bands, and that’s saying something. Feb 15-16 at Great American Music Hall.
The Wedding Present Over two nights, band plays “George Best” and “The Hit Parade” in their entireties. Feb 16-17 at Bottom of the Hill.
Cam’ron Yoooooooooouuuuuu maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! Yooooooouu maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! Feb 16 at the Mezzanine.
Icona Pop If you’re a newly single girl and haven’t heard “I Love It,” you are only punishing yourself. Feb 14 at Rickshaw Stop.
Marilyn Manson Complete with inability to create anything on the Warfield stage more freaky than Market Street itself. Feb 19 at the Warfield.
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Galleries RECEPTIONS Feb 14 At 3pm. Marin Society of Artists, “Rising Stars,” high school artists. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.454.9561.
Feb 16 At 5pm. Gallery of Sea & Heaven, “Alkonost,” two- and threedimensional art from Becoming Independent and community artists. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.578.9123. From 6 to 8pm. Hammerfriar Gallery, “Eight-Year Anniversary,” works by various artists celebrating the gallery’s birthday. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. 707.473.9600.
SONOMA COUNTY Agrella Art Gallery Through Mar 7, “The Still Point: Abstract Constructions,” drawings, paintings and collages by Judith Foosaner, Connie Goldman and Emily Lazarre. 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 10 to 4; Sat 12 to 4. 707.527.4298.
Artlife Gallery Through Mar 10, “Storied Lives: The Art of Narrative,” mixed media from 14 artists. 958 Gravenstein Highway S, Sebastopol. 707.824.8881.
Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Feb 25, “New Work by Guild Artists,” variety of media. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. WedThurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.
Charles M Schulz Museum “Art of the Line,” describing Schulz’s process, from the tools he used to the research he undertook. Through Apr 1, “Peanuts Celebrations” highlights 70 original strips which celebrate the major holidays throughout the year and features the history of
the Peanuts-themed balloons in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Through Apr 28, “Usable, Loveable Peanuts,” highlights from 33 years of Peanuts products plus the licensing and manufacturing stories behind them. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.
Gallery of Sea & Heaven Feb 16-Apr 6, “Alkonost,” twoand three-dimensional art from Becoming Independent and community artists. Reception, Feb 16, 5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. Thurs-Sat, noon to 5 and by appointment. 707.578.9123.
Gallery One Through Feb 21, “White Plus One,” open-juried multimedia exhibit. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277.
Graton Gallery Through Feb 24, “Invitational Exhibition,” fine art by wellknown Northern California artists. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sun, 10:30 to 6. 707.829.8912.
Hammerfriar Gallery Feb 16-Mar 30, “Eight-Year Anniversary,” works by various artists celebrating the gallery’s birthday. Reception, Feb 16, 6-8pm. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. Tues-Fri, 10 to 6. Sat, 10 to 5. 707.473.9600.
Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Mar 3, “Seeing Red,” multimedia exhibit featuring local member artists exploring and depicting the emotions of the color red. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.
Healdsburg Museum Through Apr 20, “Healdsburg: 100 Years Past and Present,” Historical artifacts, ephemera and more from life 100 years ago. 221 Matheson St, Healdsburg. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.431.3325.
Weavers,” contemporary expressions of an ancient craft. Workshops, Feb 9, 1pm and Feb 23, 9am. Demonstration, Feb 16, 2pm. 230 Lakeville St at East Washington, Petaluma. 707.762.5600.
Quercia Gallery Through Mar 30, “Free Flight,” paintings and sculptures with no restricted theme or size. 25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills. 707.865.0243.
RiskPress Gallery Through Feb 28, “Abstraction,” art by David Kingwill & Carol Herzog. 7345 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol. No phone.
Riverfront Art Gallery Through Mar 3, “Winter,” photography by Lance Kuehne. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.
Sonoma Academy Through Feb 27, art exhibit by painter Maja Ruznic. 2500 Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.545.1770.
‘LAMBENT SERIES NO. 1’ Work by Justine Frischmann—singer and guitarist for Elastica, now living in Marin—is part of the expansive show ‘Millennial Abstractions’ at the Marin Community Foundation, opening Feb. 15. See Galleries, below.
Sonoma County Museum
and Jennifer Nuss. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. Tues-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4. 707.664.2295.
Through Feb 24, “In My Back Yard,” photography group exhibition taking the Sonoma County Museum as subject. Through Apr 21, “Harry Dixon: The Metalsmith’s Workshop,” well-known metalsmith was the brother of painter Maynard Dixon. Through Apr 21, “Mail Call,” story of military mail and communication from the American Revolution to current wars. Family Day, Feb 16, noon. Storytelling with Kenneth Foster, Mar 21, 7pm. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.
Steele Lane Community Center Through Feb 28, “Our Home: Sonoma County,” Sonoma County Photography Group exhibition. 415 Steele Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282.
Local Color Gallery
Towers Gallery
Through Mar 11, “MultiMedea,” featuring engravings and paintings by Rik Olson. 1580 Eastshore Rd, Bodega Bay. Daily, 10 to 5. Closed Wednesdays. 707.875.2744.
Through Mar 11, “Bright Beginnings,” 40 local artists with a variety of mediums. 240 N Cloverdale Blvd, Ste 2, Cloverdale. 707.894.4331.
Petaluma Arts Center
Through Feb 24, “New York Paper,” art by Brian Novatny
Through Mar 10, “Four
University Art Gallery
Upstairs Art Gallery Through Feb 24, Lenona Winter, plein air paintings. 306 Center Ave (above Levin & Co bookstore), Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 10 to 6; Fri-Sat, 10 to 9. 707.431.4214.
Worthy of Love Through Mar 2, “We Are Rising,” positive expression of women, their resiliency and their sensuality. 226 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.
MARIN COUNTY Art Works Downtown Through Mar 22, “Shadows,” three prominent, women artists from Marin whose work explores the past, memories and emotions. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.
Book Passage Through Feb 28, “Tom Killion Woodcut Prints,” Marin County artist and owned of Quail Press. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.
Elsewhere Gallery Through Apr 10, “Thresholds,” a mother-son collaboration between Nadine Gay and Adrian Curtet. 1828 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. Daily, 11 to 6. 415.526.2855.
Falkirk Cultural Center Through Mar 9, “BayWood Artists,” dedicated to painting and preserving Marin’s natural landscape. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.
Gallery Bergelli Through Mar 5, “Larkspur Through the Eyes of an Artist,” paintings by Bryn Craig. 483 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.945.9454.
Gallery Route One Through Mar 17, Igor Sazevich, paintings of landscapes of the mind, mirages shaped by colors and forms. Through Mar 17, “Ineffable-Canto XXIV,” Diana Marto works and dances, creating site-specific performances along with art installations of related works on paper. Through Mar 17, “An Inventory of AlMutanbbi Street,” artist books and broadsides witnessing the bombing of the street of booksellers in Baghdad.
11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.
Marin Community Foundation Feb 15-May 31, “Millennial Abstractions,” choice of color, form, shapes and mark making are transformational and inspiring in the deepest sense. Reception, Mar 14, 4:30pm. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.
Marin History Museum History Center Gallery Through Apr 6, “Dorothea Lange at Steep Ravine,” photos of Marin coast in 1950s. 1026 Court St, San Rafael.
Marin MOCA Through Feb 24, “State of Mind,” member art exploring the concept. Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 415.506.0137.
Marin Society of Artists Feb 14-Mar 2, “Rising Stars,” high school artists. Reception, Feb 14, 3pm. 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 Feb 28,
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“Bold,” mixed-media artworks that explore bold use of color. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.
Seager Gray Gallery Through Mar 3, “Arbors of Imagination,” paintings by Helen Stanley. 23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat; 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 7; Sun, 12 to 5. 415.384.8288.
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Tuesday Evening Comedy Mark Pitta hosts ongoing evenings with established comics and up-andcomers Tues at 8. $15-$20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Wyatt Cenac
West Side Stories Storytelling forum an offshoot of popular “Moth” series and gives 10 storytellers five minutes to weave a tale. Second Wed monthly at 7:30. Second Wed of every month. $5. Pelican Art, 143 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.773.3393.
Standup and ‘Daily Show’ funnyman with a recent Comedy Central special plays the big hall. Feb 15 at 8. $10$20. Green Music Center, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
Whole Lotta Love Burlesque Cabaret
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Sexy dancing without a whole lotta clothes! Feb 14. $15-$20. Aubergine, 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2722.
di Rosa Through Mar 31, “MFA Selections: A Salute to Bay Area Emerging Artists,” artists who recently completed MFA degrees explore sculpture with light, sound, textiles and other unusual materials. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10am to 6pm 707.226.5991.
Downtown Napa Ongoing, “Art on First,” the third annual exhibition bringing art to empty storefronts in downtown Napa. Includes work by 13 Bay Area artists on display through 2013. Main and Third streets, Napa.
ECHO Gallery Through Mar 31, “Proof of Some Existence,” works by Maki Aizawa, Peter Hassen, Angela Willetts and Michelle Wilson. 1348 A Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.812.2201.
Hess Collection Winery Ongoing, outstanding private collection featuring work by Franz Gertsch, Robert Motherwell and other modern masters. 4411 Redwood Rd., Napa. Daily, 10am–5:30pm 707.255.1144.
Comedy
Cinderella Russian National Ballet dances to Tchaikovsky’s magical score. Feb 17, 3pm. $20-$65. Marin Center, 10 Ave of the Flags, San Rafael 415.499.6800.
Russian National Ballet Selection of favorites from the Stars of the ballet. Feb 16, 8pm. $45-$50. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa 707.226.7372.
Events Cabaret d’Amour Enjoy a European menu of caviar, croquettes and champagne while watching the lovely stylings of Mademoiselle Kiki. Feb 14, 8pm. $27-$62. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
Low Cost Physicals Family physicals for adults and children by appointment. Ongoing. $20-$65. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2880.
Puppet Show Below the Belt Brandon Revels hosts this evening of standup comedy featuring local talent. Third Fri of every month, 9pm. $10. Jasper O’Farrell’s, 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.
Socofu Standup series brings the comedy underground to Sonoma County. Third Sun of every month, 7pm. $10. Hopmonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
Original and traditional tales told by puppeteer Rebecah Freeling. Feb 16, 11am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.
Red-Haired Girls Get in Free Celebrating Charlie Brown and his affection for a certain girl, little red-haired girls get in free to the museum on Valentine’s Day. Feb 14. Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.579.4452.
Junior Audubon Look for birds in the wetlands. Feb 16, 10am. Free. Sonoma Baylands Trail, Lakeville Hwy and Hwy 37, Sonoma.
Mayacamas Hike Beautiful views on two-mile hike. Heavy rain cancels. Feb 16, 9:30am. Free. Mayacamas Sanctuary, Pine Flat Road, off Highway 128, Healdsburg.
Film Awakening Healing Voices of Our Ancestors Benefit for Suscol Intertribal Council. Also showing “The Sky is the Roof.” Feb 19, 7pm. $10. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s The story of a young New York socialite who becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building. Gotta love the tackedon happy ending. Mon, Feb 18, 7:30pm and Wed, Feb 20, 1pm. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.
Casablanca Of all the gin joints in all the world... Feb 14, 7pm. $10. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.
Marley The definitive life story of the Bob Marley the musician, revolutionary and legend, from his early days to his rise to
international super-stardom. Feb 13, 8:15pm. Free. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2880.
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A Nation of Laws The systematic targeting of political dissenters, relationship between racism and criminal justice and the CIA’s Counter Intelligence Program(COINTELPRO). Feb 15, 7pm. Free. Community Baptist Church, 1620 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa.
Remorques French masterpiece with Jean Gabin. Fri, Feb 15, 7pm and Sun, Feb 17, 4pm. $7. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2606.
Food & Drink 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.
Pliny the Younger Annual release of triple IPA some call “the best beer in the world.” Through Feb 14. Russian River Brewing Co, 725 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.BEER.
Redwood Empire Farmers Market Sat, 9am-noon and Wed, 9am-noon. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am-1pm and Wed, 9am1pm. Wells Fargo Center, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.522.8629.
Sweet 116 Enjoy decadent treats at seven wineries along Highway 116. Feb 16, 11am-4pm. $30. Taste Route 116, Wineries along Hwy 116, Sebastopol.
Wine & Chocolate Pairings Four wines paired with sinful chocolate. Feb 16, 10am. $20. Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, 8761 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg. 800.831.0381.
Oceanic Opera Haydn and Vaughan Williams at SSU New experiences are a major part of why students go off to school. The same, one could argue, is true of the theatergoing public. This year, SSU’s theater arts department has been producing a string of performances all based on the subject of water, from environmental issues to this month’s production: two little-known one-act operas, both set on inhospitable islands. Titled Island Passions, the operatic two-pack runs daily through Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Evert B. Person Theatre. Joseph Haydn’s tuneful morsel The Forgotten Island is so thin, plotwise, it could be summed up in a haiku: two sisters marooned / on a deserted island / find rescue and love. Vaughan Williams’ weightier Riders to the Sea takes place off the coast of Ireland, where a grieving widow waits to learn the fate of her last two sons, her other four having already been drowned at sea. Gracefully directed by Danielle Cain, featuring a first-rate orchestra under the direction by Lynn Morrow, each miniopera features students from SSU’s music department, many taking a first stab at acting onstage. For some, audience and students alike, Island Passions provides a tantalizing first taste of opera, as new and exciting as a spontaneous island holiday. Island Passions runs through Feb. 17 at the Evert B. Person Theatre at SSU. See www. sonoma.edu for details.—David Templeton
Lectures Affordable Senior Housing Options in Marin Leslie Klor, formerly a Housing
Advocate with Marin Housing Authority, presents options and answers questions about housing choices in Marin. Feb 16, 3pm. Free. Fairfax Library,
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Crisis in North Korea Basic overview with focus on refugee rescue and resettlement support work. Feb 19, 1pm. $5. Sonoma County Museum, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.
Cycling the Camino Frances in Spain Bruce Akers and Kate Botas give a digital presentation of their two-week adventure. Feb 20, 7pm. Free. REI Corte Madera, 213 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.927.1938.
Mid-East Tapestry: A Musical Magic Carpet Ride Turkish, Egyptian, Lebanese, Armenian, Persian and Arabic music, including classical, pop and folk music, will be performed and discussed. Feb 20, 6pm. Free. Sonoma Valley Regional Library, 755 W Napa St, Sonoma. 707.939.0379.
Parenting the Spirit Approach to parenting sourced from deep spiritual truths and the concept of sourcing life from the inside out. Feb 15, 2pm. $20. Wildflowers Nature School, 10570 Mill Station Rd, Sebastopol.
Science Buzz Cafe “The Ancient Temples of Turkey” with Richard Ely, geology dude. Wed, Feb 13, 6:30pm. Institute of Noetic Sciences, 101 San Antonio Rd, Petaluma.
Tomatoes for Beginners Master gardener Rob Fowler shows the basics of tomato growing. Feb 16, 10:30am. Free. Healdsburg Library, 139 Piper St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3772.
Readings Book Passage Feb 14, 7pm, “The Yoga of Relationships” with Gurudev Yogi Amrit Desai. Feb 16, 4pm, “Mindfulness in the Garden: Zen Tools for Digging in the Dirt” with Zachiah Laurann Murray. Feb 19, 7pm, “1000 Places to See Before You Die in the USA & Canada” with Patricia Schultz. Feb 20, 7pm, “Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy” with
John Wood. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.
Main Street Station Feb 16, 11am, Black Bart Poetry Society Open Mic. 16280 Main St, Guerneville 707.869.0501.
featuring a live performance of Lucille Ball’s first sitcom. Feb 17, 5:30pm. $15. Murphy’s Irish Pub, 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.
A Pack of Lies
Feb 16, 1pm, “Breakfast for Dinner” with Lindsay Landis & Taylor Hackbarth. 3900-A Bel Aire Plaza, Highway 29 and Trancas Street, Napa 707.252.8002.
Cold War psychological thriller begins when Scotland Yard uses an English couple’s home to observe a Soviet spy ring. Times vary. Thurs-Sun through Feb 17. $20-$26. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555.
Napa Valley Playhouse
The Real Americans
Napa Copperfield’s Books
Feb 13, 6:30pm, Poetry Out Loud. 1637 W Imola Ave, Napa 707.255.5483.
Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Feb 13, 7pm, “Carrie’s Story” with Molly Weatherfield. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.
Theater A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus, a slave, attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master court the girl next door. Fri, 7:30pm, Sat, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. through Feb 17. $20-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.
God of Carnage A playground altercation between 11-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. through Feb 24. $18-$20. Napa Valley Playhouse, 1637 W Imola Ave, Napa. 707.255.5483.
Island Passions: Two One-Act Operas “The Deserted Island (L’ Isola Disabitata)” by Joseph Haydn and “Riders to the Sea” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Times vary. Thurs-Sun through Feb 17. $10-$17. Person Theater, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.
Moonlight & Magnolias Drama about the adaptation of “Gone with the Wind” into one of the most beloved and successful films of all time. Times vary. Thurs-Sun through Feb 17. $15-$25. Sixth Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.
My Favorite Husband Old-time radio theater
Dan Hoyle’s one-man show about small-town America returns. Feb 15, 8pm. $21-$35. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Shirley Valentine A bored and disillusioned housewife finds herself talking to the walls. But on a trip to Greece she finds the adventure, hope, laughs and love she had been missing. Thurs-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 5pm. through Feb 17. $15-$25. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol.
Steel Magnolias Drama about friendship and trust presented by Novato Theater Company. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 3pm, through Mar 10. $12-$22. St Vincent’s School, 1 St Vincent Dr, San Rafael.
Waiting for Godot Though they admit that they do not know him well and won’t even recognize him when they see him, they wait. They wait for Godot. Directed by Jasson Minadakis. Tues-Thurs-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2 and 7pm and Wed, 7:30pm. through Feb 24. $36$57. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.
What If? Writers With Attitude festival of staged readings of new plays. Feb 16, 7:30pm and Feb 17, 5pm. $20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
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For the week of February 13
ARIES (March 21–April 19) Afrikaner author Laurens van der Post told a story about a conversation between psychologist Carl Jung and Ochwiay Biano, a Pueblo Indian chief. Jung asked Biano to offer his views about white people. “White people must be crazy, because they think with their heads,” said the chief, “and it is well-known that only crazy people do that.” Jung asked him what the alternative was. Biano said that his people think with their hearts. That’s your assignment for the week ahead, Aries: to think with your heart—especially when it comes to love. For extra credit, you should feel with your head—especially when it comes to love. Happy Valentine Daze, Aries! TAURUS (April 20–May 20)
Have you ever sent a torrent of smart and elegant love messages to a person you wanted to get closer to? Now would be an excellent time to try a stunt like that. Have you ever scoured the depths of your own psyche in search of any unconscious attitudes or bad habits that might be obstructing your ability to enjoy the kind of intimacy you long for? I highly recommend such a project right now. Have you ever embarked on a crusade to make yourself even more interesting and exciting than you already are? Do it now. Raise your irresistibility! Happy Valentine Daze, Taurus!
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Happy Valentine Daze, Gemini! After careful meditation about what messages might purify and supercharge your love life, I decided to offer suggestions about what not to do. To that end, I’ll quote some lines from Kim Addonizio’s poem “Forms of Love.” Please don’t speak any of them out loud, or even get yourself into a position where it makes sense to say them. 1. “I love how emotionally unavailable you are.” 2. “I love you and feel a powerful spiritual connection to you, even though we’ve never met.” 3. “I love your pain, it’s so competitive.” 4. “I love you as long as you love me back.” 5. “I love you when you’re not getting drunk and stupid.” 6. “I love you but I’m married.” 7. “I love it when you tie me up with ropes using the knots you learned in Boy Scouts, and when you do the stoned Dennis Hopper rap from Apocalypse Now!” CANCER (June 21–July 22) This Valentine season, I suggest you consider trying an experiment like this: Go to the soulful ally you want to be closer to and take off at least some of your masks. Drop your pretenses, too. Shed your emotional armor and do without your psychological crutches. Take a chance on getting as psychologically and spiritually naked as you have ever dared. Are you brave enough to reveal the core truths about yourself that lie beneath the convenient truths and the expired truths and the pretend truths?
LEO (July 23–August 22) “Sex is a substitute for God,” says writer Cathryn Michon. “When we desire another human being sexually, we are really only trying to fill our longing for ecstasy and union with the infinite.” I agree with her, and I think you might, too, after this week. Erotic encounters will have an even better chance than usual of connecting you to the Sublime Cosmic YumYum. If you can’t find a worthy collaborator to help you accomplish this miraculous feat, just fantasize about one. You need and deserve spiritual rapture. Happy Valentine Daze, Leo! VIRGO (August 23–September 22)
Lately you’ve been doing exemplary work on your relationship with yourself, Virgo. You have half-convinced your inner critic to shut the frack up unless it has a truly important piece of wisdom to impart. Meanwhile, you’ve managed to provide a small but inspired dose of healing for the wounded part of your psyche, and you have gently exposed a self-deception that had been wreaking quiet havoc. Congratulations! I’ve got a hunch that all these fine efforts will render you extra sexy and charismatic in the coming week. But it will probably be a subtle kind of sexiness and charisma that only the most emotionally intelligent people will recognize. So don’t expect to attract the attention of superficial jerks who happen to have beautiful exteriors. Happy Valentine Daze!
LIBRA (September 23–October 22) The coming days could be an animalistic time for you, and I mean that in the best sense. I suspect you will generate
lots of favorable responses from the universe if you honor the part of you that can best be described as a beautiful beast. Learn fun new truths about your instinctual nature. Explore the mysteries of your primal urges. See what you can decipher about your body’s secret language. May I also suggest that you be alert for and receptive to the beautiful beast in other people? Happy Valentine Daze, Libra!
SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)
For the French Scorpio poet Paul Valéry, swimming had an erotic quality. He described it as fornication avec l’onde, which can be translated as “fornicating with the waves.” Your assignment this Valentine season, Scorpio, is to identify at least three activities that are like sex but not exactly sex—and then do them with glee and abandon. The purpose of this exercise is to educate and cultivate your libido, to encourage your kundalini to branch out as it intensifies and expands your lust for life.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) This Valentine season, meditate on the relentlessness of your yearning for love. Recognize the fact that your eternal longing will never leave you in peace. Accept that it will forever delight you, torment you, inspire you and bewilder you—whether you are alone or in the throes of a complicated relationship. Understand that your desire for love will just keep coming and coming and coming, keeping you slightly off-balance and pushing you to constantly revise your ideas about who you are. Now read this declaration from the poet Rilke and claim it as your own: “My blood is alive with many voices that tell me I am made of longing.”
CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) According to physicists Yong Mao and Thomas Fink, you can tie a necktie in 85 different kinds of knots, but only 13 of those actually look good. I encourage you to apply that way of thinking to pretty much everything you do in the coming week. Total success will elude you if you settle on functional solutions that aren’t aesthetically pleasing. You should make sure that beauty and usefulness are thoroughly interwoven. This is especially true in matters regarding your love life and close relationships. Togetherness needs a strong dose of lyrical pragmatism. Happy Valentine Daze, Capricorn! AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) “All these years, I’ve been searching for an impossible love,” said French writer Marguerite Duras late in her life. The novels and films she created reflect that feeling. Her fictional characters are often engaged in obsessive quests for an ideal romance that would allow them to express their passion perfectly and fulfill their longing completely. In the meantime, their actual relationships in the real world suffer, even as their starry-eyed aspirations remain forever frustrated. I invite you, Aquarius, to celebrate this Valentine season by taking a vow of renunciation. Summon the courage to forswear Duras’ doomed approach to love. PISCES (February 19–March 20) To avoid getting hacked, computer tech experts advise you to choose strong, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts. Among the worst choices to protect your security are “123456,” “iloveyou,” “qwerty,” and, of course, “password.” Judging by the current astrological omens, Pisces, I’m guessing that you should have a similar approach to your whole life in the coming days. It’s important that you be picky about who you allow into your heart, mind, and soul. Make sure that only the most trustworthy and sensitive people can gain access. Your metaphorical password might be something like this: m*y#s@t&e?r%y.
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