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Thanks for publishing with the correction from Tom Gogola (“Missing Tank,” Sept. 10). Most useful to those of us in the community would be to hear the official explanation of why this was acquired, how it is being maintained and how it would be used!

War on drugs? War on glassy-winged sharpshooters? War on phylloxera?

Seriously, even if the war on terror should have an active beachhead on the banks of the Napa River, this vehicle would not be very effective.

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n the hottest day of summer and just days after Judge Judy Gonzales slammed Drakes Bay Oyster Farm in court, I visited Drakes Estero for perhaps the last time. Maybe not forever. I might go back when it’s Wilderness with a capital W and no longer a working farm.

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Estero again and again over the past few years.

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Years after the oyster wars began, it’s hard to say what, if anything, the community has learned, except how to stand one’s ground and not budge an inch. If predictions are accurate and California coastlines face rising ocean levels and rising ocean temperatures, all sides will be in the same leaky boat. To survive global climate change, veterans of the oyster wars will have to figure out how to lick wounds and talk civilly. Or we’ll all go down together.

Jonah Raskin (that’s him, holding oysters) lives in Santa Rosa and writes about environmental issues.

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Vibrant & Beautiful Thanks for your recent piece (“Community in Transition,” Sept. 3) about improving the diet and health of the residents of my neighborhood, Roseland. It’s about time this vibrant, venerable and beautiful area is featured front and center without making it about crime.

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A Worrisome Trend The appointment of legislative aides to political office is a worrisome trend. Like the relatives of well-known politicians getting elected purely on the basis of name recognition, these aides comprise a kind of “legacy entitlement” similar to the preferment of alumni’s children over others in getting into prestigious colleges, thereby freezing out the general public.

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It’s an election year, and though there’s a newly minted, mediafriendly meme popping up on the TV talking-head shows and politics blogs—Obama’s war on ISIS will affect the midterm congressional races—that’s not an issue for North Bay Democratic congressmen Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman.

For all intents and purposes, both men are running unopposed, despite nominal opposition. The Center for Responsive Politics reports that both incumbents face opponents who have yet to raise a single dollar.

So while the North Bay lawmakers’ seats may be safe during the midterms this fall, the politics of ISIS-ISIL, and President Barack Obama’s speech last week, are very much in play this week as Congress starts to wade into the Obama strategy.

UPSTREAM BATTLE Sonoma Land Trust’s Tony Nelson, right, directs work on a Stuart Creek steelhead habitat project.

Debriefer shot a bunch of questions over to Huffman and Thompson’s press offices, asking for their view on Obama’s strategy—and whether it flew outside the bounds of his authority as commander in chief.

Creek Cracks Open

The two men represent putatively polar ends of the Democratic Party: Thompson is a member of the 15-strong Blue Dog Coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats, an organization that also emphasizes a robust national security posture.

Huffman is a member of the fiscally liberal Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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Asked for clarity on his view of Obama’s plans for ISIS, Huffman’s office directed Debriefer to an op-ed he published in Monday’s Press Democrat.

Earthquake throws a wrench into Stuart Creek restoration BY TOM GOGOLA

he workers had finished about half the restoration work in a section of dry Stuart Creek when all of a sudden—there’s water in them-thar creeks!

That was the recent cry in Glen Ellen, and all around Napa and Sonoma counties: droughtstricken creek beds throughout the area sprang to life with a fresh

flow of water, thanks to the South Napa Earthquake.

“It’s kind of a trip,” says Bob Neale, stewardship director at the Sonoma Land Trust, the organization at the helm of a project to restore habitat for threatened steelhead in Stuart Creek.

The organization is deconstructing a dam and adding chute-pools for migrating steelhead, among other

restoration efforts along a roughly two-mile stretch of the creek, but the sudden flow of water briefly threatened an Oct. 31 completion deadline set by state Fish and Wildlife officials.

That’s when the water is supposed to start flowing, and nobody’s allowed to be working in the creeks.

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“I was concerned that the flows would increase to the point it would affect our ability to finish this in time for the deadline,” he says.

Here’s what happened: The state requires that projects like Stuart Creek divert any water that’s flowing in the proposed work zone.

The water is pumped around the work area and then re-enters the flow.

“We had the plans, but with the drought and everything else, when we got to one of our sites, there was no surface water at all. We didn’t have to move the water— there wasn’t any.”

Hence, there was no pumping at this part of the job site when the water started flowing downstream.

Nelson says the diversion system was installed by the contractor, Hanford ARC, and work continued in that part of the project area. “Right now, we are on track,” he says.

As for the sudden flow of water, its source and timing, experts say it isn’t unusual after an earthquake, but it did bring with it a couple of surprises. Water is released as a result of the earthquake’s shaking and subsequent dislodging of the earth and rock that has it locked underground. Generally speaking, the bigger the earthquake, the more water seeps from the earth— and it’s almost definitely groundwater in this case, say experts.

“Some of the spring flow is pretty large in volume,” says Tom Holzer, a Menlo Park–based seismologist with the United States Geological Survey. “This is an earthquake on the smaller side, so I’m a little surprised at that, but I’m not stunned.”

The renewed creek flows— whose likeliest source is shallow groundwater reserve broken loose by the quake—are fleeting, says Holzer, and the unshackled water will likely recede before too long.

“We would expect this to decay fairly quickly in a few weeks to a trickle,” he says.

Once abundant in the stream, steelhead are now faced with the dam, a dilapidated bridge that blocks their passage and other impediments to a proper spawning run.

Not to mention the drought.

Neale says the steelhead population likely got an immediate benefit from the new flow.

‘It was probably a good deal for the fish. It’s always good to have a little more water in the creeks.’

“It was probably a good deal for the fish,” he says. “The creeks dry up and the fish have to find pools to overwinter. These flows are probably now helping deepen the pools that have fish in them,” he adds. “It’s always good to have a little more water in the creeks.”

A little is one thing. “We didn’t anticipate that it would turn into Niagara Falls kinds of flows,” says Nelson with a laugh. “It definitely made it more tricky and probably a little more expensive.

The Santa Rosa–based nonprofit purchased properties adjacent to the creek, including the Glen Oaks ranch in 2011, says Neale, and this spring it got a $700,000 grant from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program.

The creek is a critical “pinchpoint” between the Mayacamas and Sonoma mountains—a sensitive wildlife passageway for the steelhead, a federally designated threatened species in California.

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we are, the big difference between the Blue Dog Thompson and the progressive Huffman is over questions of “authorization” or a more loosely worded call on Obama to act with the “cooperation and involvement” of Congress.

Huffman demands authorization through a congressional vote. He agrees ISIS must be stopped, but opposed the strategy outlined by Obama.

“I share his desire to destroy this group,” Huffman writes. “However, I believe the strategy outlined by the president—bombing in Iraq and Syria, supporting Kurdish and Iraqi partners on the ground, and recruiting, vetting and arming moderate Syrian rebels—falls short in several key respects.”

“First, we must restore the constitutional safeguard of wars being authorized by Congress.

President Obama should obtain congressional authorization.”

For his part, Thompson’s statement was decidedly more full-throated in its endorsement of Obama’s underlying strategy for dealing with the ISIS-ISIL ghouls: “President Obama laid out a comprehensive, multilayered strategy to combat the ISIL terrorist group and diminish its capacity to operate,” he writes, adding that “with the cooperation and involvement of Congress and a broad, international coalition of Muslim and Western countries, the U.S. should move to diminish ISIL, degrade their organizational capabilities . . .”

“Consultation with Congress is definitely important to Mr. Thompson,” says spokesman Austin Vevurka via email, “and that’s why he stressed in his statement that action should be taken “with the cooperation and involvement of Congress.”

Obama did consult with Congress before he started dropping bombs in Iraq a few weeks ago.

He did not get their authorization, however, and said he didn’t need it.—Tom Gogola

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GRAINS TO GO Windor’s Rick Olufs loads 350-pound barrels of barley onto his truck. He’ll feed it to his cattle.

Tank to Trough The symbiotic relationship between brewer and farmer BY STETT HOLBROOK

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Spent grain from the beermaking process makes for great animal feed. Chances are if you’re drinking a North Bay beer, it’s helped to feed pigs, goats or cattle nearby. It’s also a reminder that beer is an agricultural product too.

At its most fundamental level, beer is made from water, grain

and yeast. Grain, usually barley, is boiled to extract sugars that feed the yeast, which in turn produces alcohol and carbonation. Every time a batch of beer is brewed, there’s a large quantity of grain left over. Brewers could dump the soggy barley into the trash, but that’s costly and wasteful.

Fortunately, most brewers don’t need to do that, because there is a waiting list of farmers and ranchers who want to get their hands on the beer byproduct.

Instead of paying the garbage man

to haul it away, local agriculturalist pick it up for free, a good deal for both parties.

Given the slim margins most dairies and farms operate on and the high price of hay and animal feed, the free grain helps keep many farms afloat.

“Spent grain is crucial to the ability to have dairy farms,” says Moonlight Brewing Co.’s Brian Hunt. “They can’t survive on buying all their animal feed.”

Plus, Hunt says, spent grain still has nutritional value. “It’s stupid

to use that [grain] for compost or landfill,” he says. “It’s really what we need to do to be a more sustainable planet.”

Windsor cattle rancher Rick Olufs has been getting grain from Russian River Brewing Co. since its days at the Korbell Winery.

Some of the grain also goes to the goats at Petaluma’s Achadinha Cheese Co. “It’s a super green way of disposing our spent grain,” says brewery co-owner Natalie Cilurzo.

It’s a deal that saves Olufs a lot of green, too.

“It’s really important to me,” says as he loads four 350-pound barrels of grain onto the back of his truck. “If I had to buy all my hay and feed, it wouldn’t be worth it. I probably wouldn’t be doing this.”

Given the number of farms and ranches in the North Bay, demand for the grain is high.

“It’s crazy,” says Seth Four, co-owner and brewmaster at Sebastopol’s Woodfour Brewing Co. “I’ve got a whole section in my Rolodex of people who want our spent grain.”

Adam Davidoff of nearby New Family Farm got to Woodfour first. He feeds the grain to his pigs. In exchange for the grain, the restaurant sometimes gets free produce and Davidoff gets a free beer when he stops in.

Davidoff also arranged pick-up with Warped Brewing Co. across the street before they opened earlier this year.

Four says he likes to know the half-ton of grain he’s left with each week isn’t going to waste. “We like the idea of the full-circle concept.”

But free grain isn’t a free lunch.

Recipients of the grain must be at the beck and call of local breweries, because it spoils in just a few days. Plus, it takes up a lot of space, and breweries want it gone.

And barrels of water-logged grain are very heavy. Picking it up and feeding it to hungry animals takes a lot of work and time.

“For me, the important thing is the ethic,” says Davidoff. To be truly sustainable farmers, he adds, “we’ve got to close these loops.”

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East West Restaurant California cuisine. $$.

Comfortable and casual, Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 557 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.6142.

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

816 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.526.0881.

Lynn’s Thai Thai. $$.

A taste of real Thailand in convivial atmosphere.

Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 8492 Gravenstein Hwy, Ste M (in the Apple Valley Plaza), Cotati.

707.793.9300.

Mike’s at the Crossroads Burgers. $. A

345 Healdsburg Ave. Downtown Healdsburg

707-433-2337 bearrepublic.com

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.

French. $$. Homey Provencal food prepared to near perfection. Desserts are house-made and stellar.

Dinner, Wed-Sun. 3782 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.2436.

La Fondita Mexican. $.

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seaweed salad, robata grill specialties and premium sakes.

Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 2446 Patio Ct, Santa Rosa.

707.542.8282.

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.

Osake Sushi Bar & Grill Japanese. $$$. Gourmet sushi, exotic seasoned

$-$$. Excellent, satisfying food served cafeteria-style.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

421 First St, Sonoma.

707.996.6645.

Tonayan Mexican. $ Truly

Washoe House Roadhouse. $$. Since 1859, serving straightforward roadhouse grub and Italian fare. Canned green beans, buffalo burgers, amazingly satisfying pies. The bar alone is worth a trip. Lunch and dinner daily. Stony Point and Roblar roads, Cotati. 707.795.4544.

Cheap, delicious and ready to go.

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

Avatar’s Indian-plus. $.

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

415.332.8083.

Buckeye Roadhouse American. $$-$$$. A Marin County institution. Delightful food, friendly and seamless service, and a convivial atmosphere. Try one of the many exotic cocktails. Lunch and dinner daily; brunch, SatSun. 15 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley. 415.331.2600.

Finnegan’s Marin Pub fare. $$. Irish bar with the traditional stuff. Lunch and dinner daily. 877 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.899.1516.

Fish Seafood. $$-$$$.

Incredibly fresh seafood in incredibly relaxed setting overlooking bay. Lunch and dinner daily. (Cash only.)

350 Harbor Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.FISH.

Fradelizio’s Italian. $$.

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

415.459.1618.

Wolf House Californian. $$.

Stick with the simple, classics dishes, as they always shine.

Lunch, Mon-Fri; dinner daily; brunch, Sat-Sun. 13740 Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen. 707.996.4401.

Frantoio Italian. $$-$$$.

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

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Brewpub. $$.

Zazu Cal-Euro. $$$. Perfectly executed dishes that sing with flavor. Zagat-rated with much of the produce from its own gardens. Dinner, Wed-Sun; brunch, Sun. 6770 McKinley St #150, Sebastopol. 707.523.4814.

Perennial winner of SF Chron’s “100 Best,” Frantoio also produces all of its own olive oil.

Dinner daily. 152 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley. 415.289.5777.

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.

Piatti Italian. $$-$$$.Rustic, seasonal, Italian food. Kid-

friendly. Lunch and dinner daily.

625 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley.

415.380.2525.

The William Tell House American & Italian. $$. Marin County’s oldest saloon. Casual and jovial atmosphere. Steaks, pasta, chicken and fish all served with soup or salad. Lunch and dinner daily. 26955 Hwy 1, Tomales. 707.878.2403

Yet Wah Chinese. $$.

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

Lunch and dinner daily.

1238 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.460.9883.

N A PA CO U N TY Gillwoods Cafe Diner. $-$$. Classic hometown diner, specializes in the homemade.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

1313 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.1788.

Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet Diner. $-$$.

Formerly Taylor’ Automatic Refresher. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 933 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.3486. Also at Oxbow Public Market, 644 First St, Napa. 707.224,6900.

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

707.257.5157.

Pizza Azzurro Italian. $.

Run by a former Tra Vigne and Lark Creek Inn alum, the pizza is simple and thin, and ranks as some of the best in the North Bay. Lunch and dinner daily.

1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa.

707.255.5552.

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

Fork in the Road It’s hard to keep track of how many restaurants have opened and closed at 9890 Bodega Highway just west of Sebastopol. Five? Six? You know the spot. It’s on the north side of the road and painted a brick-red now. The last business to make a go of it was the short-lived Stillwater Cafe, a restaurant that barely lasted four weeks before it went dark. Chef Sarah Piccolo is hoping the fifth (sixth?) time will be the charm.

Piccolo runs Sebastopol’s Fork Catering and Fork Cafe, and she plans to open Fork Roadhouse at the Bodega Highway location sometime next month. She’ll be open for breakfast and lunch, and dinner for special community events.

“It won’t be anything formal or fancy, just good food,” she says. “Even the farmers will be able to afford it.”

Look for dishes like paella, pork belly fried egg tacos, paninis and burgers. The company’s food truck will be parked out front to offer quick to-go meals.

While some people say the location is cursed, Piccolo disagrees and thinks the right concept just hasn’t come along yet.

“I think it’s a great spot. We really want to make it a community-minded place,” she says.

Meanwhile, the building at her current location at 330 South Main St. has been sold and will become a vegan bakery.

Fork Catering, 707.494.0960.—Stett Holbrook

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Redd California cuisine. $$$$$. Rich dishes balanced by subtle flavors and careful yet casual presentation. Brunch at Redd is exceptional. Lunch, Mon-Sat; dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 6480 Washington St, Yountville. 707.944.2222.

Siena California-Tuscan. $$$$. Sophisticated, terroirinformed cooking celebrates the local and seasonal, with electric combinations like

sorrel-wrapped ahi tuna puttanesca. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa.

707.251.1900.

SERVING DINNER Wednesday–Sundays (Saturday Piano Bar)

Zuzu Spanish tapas. $$.

~ Spectacular Sunset Views

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

~ Full Bar, Fireside Lounge, Outdoor Patio ~ Featuring Sonoma County Wines

~ Winemaker Dinner Series featured Monthly ~ Groups and Receptions Welcome

Inn at the Tides 800 Hwy One, Bodega Bay 707.875.2751 www.InnattheTides.com

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Tommy’s Wok Chinese. $-$$. Tasty and filling Chinese fare without the greasy weigh-down. Nice vegetarian selections, too. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat; dinner only, Sun; closed Tues.

3001 Bridgeway Ave, Sausalito.

415.332.5818.

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One of the originals on the North Bay craft-beer scene, this family-owned brewery only gets better with age.

Most famous for Racer 5, the Healdsburg location offers a surprisingly diverse selection of beers beyond the better-known names. 345 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 707.433.2337. www. bearrepublic.com.

Dempsey’s Restaurant & Brewery Give your palate

Pick up lunch or dinner & leave the preparation to us.

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a rest from the hopped-up West Coast ales and try the maltier Irish ales at one of Sonoma County’s oldest breweries. Or just go for it and get a Boneshaker, a big IPA at 8.7 percent ABV—but you may need to take a dunk in the nearby Petaluma River to recover. 50 E. Washington St., Petaluma. 707.765.9694. www. dempseys.com.

Fogbelt Brewing Company Born from winemaking families, brewers Paul and Remy mix rich flavors and hop-driven beers to form complex and tasty brews. Each release from Fogbelt is named for North Coast Redwood trees, from the Armstrong Stoutchocolaty and balanced- to the Hyperion Red Ale-with roasted malty flavor highlighted by crisp citrus undertones.

1305 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.978.3400. www.fogbeltbrewing.com.

Lagunitas Brewing If you haven’t hit up the beer garden at the North Bay’s most laid-back brewery, waste no time and get down there, preferably on one of the many nights of live music. Sip on a Little Sumpin,’ Hop Stoopid, Hairy Eyeball, Pils . . . you are getting verrrrrryyy thirsty . . . 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma. 707.778.8776. www. lagunitas.com.

Russian River Brewing Co Tasty pizza and excellent—and worldfamous— brews. Two words: beer bites! 725 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. 707.545.2337. www. russianriverbrewing.com.

St. Florian’s Brewery Started by local firefighter Aron Levin and his wife, Amy, St. Florian’s Brewery has exploded of late. The company has plans to expand its space, staff and line of beers. St. Florian’s also gives back, donating 5 percent of all profits to community and fire-related organizations.

7704-A Bell Road, Windsor. www.stfloriansbrewery.com.

Stumptown Brewery A day on the river isn’t complete without a stop at Guerneville’s best (and only) brewery. Better yet, sip ale on the expansive patio overlooking the Russian River, and let those kayakers do all the work for you. 15045 River Road, Guerneville.

707.869.0705. www. stumptown.com.

Third Street Aleworks Third Street is sometimes overshadowed by a worldrenowned brewery just around the corner, but their Bombay rouge—a malty, drinkable IPA—can hold its own in a roomful of crowded beers. 610 Third St., Santa Rosa. 707.523.3060. www. thirdstreetaleworks.com.

Woodfour Brewing An artisan brewery located in the Barlow in Sebastopol, Woodfour is one of the only completely solar-powered breweries in the country. 6780 Depot St., Sebastopol. 630.854.1721. www. woodfourbrewing.com.

MA R I N CO U N TY Baeltane Brewing & Tasting Room Marin brewery proudly produces artisanal ales specializing in Belgian, French and West Coast Ale styles. Enjoy a pint in the inviting tasting room featuring live music and absolutely zero TVs. 401-B Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato. 415.883.2040. www.baeltanebrewing.com.

Broken Drum Brewery & Wood Grill Voted Best North Bay brewpub by Bohemian readers in 2011, the time is right to stop in for a handcrafted German lager, bock or summer golden ale at San Rafael’s friendliest beer

establishment. 1132 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.HOPS. www. brokendrum.com.

Marin Brewing Co. Excellent soups, salads, pub grub and award-winning porkbeer sausage. 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

415.461.4677.

Mill Valley Beerworks If there is a beer heaven, it might look a little like this Mill Valley gem of a spot. An impressive draft list is well stocked with old and new favorites. 173 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415.888.8218. www.millvalleybeerworks.com.

Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant At Moylan’s, the M stands for malty. Hit up this Novato landmark for traditional ales that won’t fail the taste test.

15 Rowland Way, Novato. 415.898.

HOPS. www.moylans.com.

N A PA CO U N TY Downtown Joe’s Restaurant & Brewery Boasts a brewery built by Chuck Ankeny—the great-grandson of Adolf Hamms—this Napa mainstay has serious historical chops. Try the palate-altering Golden Thistle Very Bitter ale, and prepare to be amazed. 902 Main St., Napa. 707.258.2337. www.downtownjoes.com.

Napa Smith Brewery Brewer Don Barkley was part of the revered New Albion Brewery, America’s first craft brewery since Prohibition, back in 1978. He’s now part of the team creating goldmedal winning IPAs, wheat beers, pilsners and more at Napa Valley’s only production brewery. 1 Executive Way, Napa. 707.254.7167. www. napasmithbrewery.com.

Napa Valley Brewing Company Located within the Calistoga Inn, this brewery produces an admirable Dugan oatmeal stout that just might replace your next egg-andbacon breakfast. What’s for dinner? Why, a Calistoga porter, of course! 1250 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.4101. www. calistogainn.com.

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Free Beer Blind-tasting domestic gluten-free beers against two ringers

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ew Planet Pale Ale The best that can be said is that it generates the foamiest head. Bretty, sour aromas—tequila, maybe—tangy acidity and an unflattering finish undermine this product.

If they’d gone all-out Belgiansour style, it might have worked.

From Boulder, Colo. 6.7 percent ABV.

Red Bridge Anheuser-Busch’s bid for the gluten-free tailgater contains sorghum, corn syrup, hops and yeast. I’ll say one thing for it: With its aroma of skunky hops and grapefruit, crisp, watery mouthfeel and metallic aftertaste, it beats Bud Light. The real punch line is that major market beers like Bud and Corona are made with corn and rice additions and are low in gluten anyway.

But this is absolutely celiac-friendly and would be refreshing enough with a wedge of orange on a hot day. 4 percent ABV. Omission IPA Widmer’s savvy but slightly controversial entry.

The label does not say gluten-free because the beer is made with malted barley. How so? Before brewing, the company explains, they add “a brewing enzyme called Brewers Clarex, which breaks apart and detoxifies the gluten protein chains.” The Omission website is supplied with lab results attesting to the gluten levels at less than 10 ppm. The Omission IPA is not supplied with the expected IPA profile. Floral, fruity and innocuous; slightly bitter finish. 6.7 percent ABV. Bard’s Sorghum Malt Beer Bard’s smells sweet and malty, like beer made from a kit. Slightly fruity and nutty, with grassy, alfalfa notes, it’s lightly effervescent and makes an acceptable light beer substitute. From Utica, N.Y. 4.6 percent ABV. Omission Pale Ale Light amber color, grain and malt syrup aroma. Smooth, with an agreeable ESB profile. Our favorite of the alternative beers. 5.8 percent ABV. Bear Republic Grand-Am American Pale Ale It’s not the aggressive, fresh hop aroma that made this easy to guess—glutenfree producers are free to stuff as many oily green cones into their brew as they wish (I have a friend who “wet-hops” Omission beers, in fact, with fresh hops just to get an acceptable flavor).

Ridiculously hoppy, full, rich and balanced. 6 percent ABV. St. Florian’s Flashover IPA It shouldn’t be the deep hue that identifies this as a regular, barley ale—what with their caramel colorings, producers of sorghum and syrup beverages have a rich palette to play with. And it doesn’t stand out as an IPA—more like an amber ale, hops bringing up the finish after sweet, smoky aromas of toasted grain. But it’s obvious that sorghum brewers are not stepping it up to this level. 7.3 percent ABV.

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like a cold, bitter IPA as much as the next guy, but the ascendancy of aggressively hopped beers has shoved many other respectable styles to the side. In this year’s annual beer issue, we take a look at a few alternatives to the hoppy hegemony of IPA. In the pages below, our writers look at unhopped brews, the boozy, malty power of barleywine and even—gasp!—non-alcoholic beer. Elsewhere in this beery issue, we look at gluten-free beers, Lagunitas’ live music offerings and what brewers do with all that grain when they’re done brewing. That’s a six-pack of crisp and refreshing content. Cheers! —Stett Holbrook

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Alt.beer ( 19 Breaking the Hopopoly What’s the wildest, craziest kind of beer out there? Here’s one hint, because you won’t guess by scoping a shelf of today’s hopped-up ales with amped-up labels glorying in ruination, damnation and evil: it’s not IPA. Want a wild and crazy party?

Stock the ice chest with gruit.

“Hops weren’t always the darling we think of them as today,” says Moonlight Brewing’s Brian Hunt. “There are a bazillion alternatives.”

Hunt, whose 1,000-barrel microbrewery has an avid following in the North Bay, is himself an avid follower of brewing history. Beer was once used the way herbal tea is today, he says. Dozens of herbs were brewed in beer, or a fermented grain beverage made without hops called “gruit,” for medicinal purposes, as well as to enhance storage life—a property that hops hold no monopoly on.

Hops are light-green, papery little pillows packed with resin that the vine Humulus lupulus sprouts with abandon.

When added to beer (often processed into pelletized form that resembles animal feed or fertilizer) during its boiling, fermentation or aging step, hops contribute floral, fruity aromas and a dry, bittering quality that counterbalances beer’s malty sweetness on the palate.

But through the Middle Ages, it was one of dozens of popular additives—some of which are mildly psychoactive—and was perhaps better known as a mild sedative. Hops became the fashion around the time of Martin Luther, says Hunt. It was “especially in fashion because a lot of the herbs used in brewing tended to make wilder and crazier inebriated people.”

Martin Luther had no gripe with beer, Hunt says, but had a notable beef with the Catholic Church, whose monastic orders had a lock on the production of herb-brewed gruit. Reformation-era German

beer laws favoring hops were, the argument goes, partly a bid to curtail the Church’s power, with the benefit of promoting a more sedated, “civilized” populace less likely to seek its services. “Maybe uncivil behavior led to more repentance and more babies?

Who knows,” Hunt speculates.

In 16th-century England, hops were denounced as “immoral and unpatriotic,” although a distinction was made between English ale and beer for some time. Industrialization following the world wars finally swept away the holdouts, as manufacturers sought to appeal to the broadest possible segment of the population—resulting in the blandest possible beers.

Enter the craft-beer scene, in most respects wild, free and full of creativity. Except for a onedimensional emphasis on hops— double hops, triple hops and more hops—that Hunt is emphatic about calling out.

“It’s not that I have some horrible aversion to hops; it’s just that they are being horribly overused,” Hunt says, admitting he’s getting a little burned out on the trend. “Imagine: there are 50 herbs that have historically been used in beers—and commonly!

There’s such diversity of beers right now, instead of using one species of hops, what if we delved into the other 50 choices? We haven’t scratched the surface of what our options are. Isn’t that crazy?”

Most Moonlight beers are made in the traditional style with hops—but maybe that’s a problematic term, in context. “It’s very traditional in Norway to use juniper,” Hunt discovered. “A lot of my heritage is Scandinavian, and it’s very traditional in all of Scandinavia to use spruce tips.”

Inspired, Hunt looked around for a locally sourced equivalent, and found redwood trees growing right outside the brewery. He can’t brew enough of Working for Tips to meet demand, but only releases it once a year when the tips of the redwood branches grow just right.

Anderson Valley Brewing also brews its Boont Oude Bruijn with redwood tips—but that’s

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“Brown Shugga—yeah, I’d consider it a barleywine,” says brewer Mike Hewitt of the seasonal Lagunitas beer that has a similar ABV, depth of flavor and tendency to mellow out with aging. “The sugar kind of throws off the barley part, though.”

A vertical tasting of 2008 and 2010 GnarlyWines showed the difference aging can make.

The 2010 has a higher ABV, 10.9 percent, and is lighter than the 2008, which is 9.7 percent and

has a good amount of sediment in the pour. The older beer is more malty and visually darker, with a pronounced syrupy mouthfeel.

Both have subtle hop notes, are not as bitter as expected, and the characteristic sweetness of the style has mellowed. There were no changes in the recipe, Hughes says. A slight variance in ingredients from year to year and the aging process is what changes the flavor.

Barleywine is usually aged in bottles, but what happens when it’s aged in barrels? And, because this is beer, we aren’t talking about Pinot—try bourbon barrels.

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Marin Brewing is releasing its barrel-aged barleywine in about a month.

“It’s a pretty stellar version,” says Johnson, who says the brewery will sell wax-dipped bottles for aging at the release party in Novato. The Old Dipsea Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine is ranked in the top 20 (out of hundreds) on RateBeer.com, with reviews describing it having flavors like bourbon, vanilla, toffee, oak, stone fruits and even Nilla Wafers.

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But there’s one glaring absence on the brewpub scene, and that’s the lack of a brewer who kicks out a homegrown non-alcoholic beer.

Help may be on the way for nondrinkers who like the taste of beer and don’t want to order a Coke with dinner. Brendan Moylan, owner of the Novato pub and restaurant Moylan’s, says he’s hard on the case trying to concoct a palatable non-alcoholic beer.

It’s a challenge, he says, but a fun one to tackle. Moylan’s a veteran craft-beer maker; he founded Larkspur’s Marin Brewing Company in 1989.

“I am working on a little bit of a project right now,” says Moylan, who notes that he doesn’t have a name yet for his possible nonalcoholic product.

How does it work? The process, he says, starts with one of his more ferocious ales, the Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale. The ale is run through a still, the still vaporizes the alcohol, the remaining “stillage” is carbonated, and—voilà!—a nonalcoholic beer is born. But is it drinkable?

Moylan may offer the workin-progress to consumers, and plans a taste test soon to see if there’s interest. But he notes that there’s just not a whole lot of demand for the non-alcoholic stuff. The central coast brewer Firestone tried to market a line of non-alcoholic beers years ago, he recalls, and went nowhere with it.

Now the brewer is only producing brews with the booze in them—a cautionary tale for any North Bay brewer who may think there’s a market to exploit.

Moylan cites two big impediments to making nonalcoholic beers: That extra, laborintensive step of distilling the liquor out of the beer, and the fact that “people don’t necessarily have a still” (Moylan makes beer schnapps in Novato using the still).

The distillation process is the key step in rendering a boozy beer into a non-alcoholic version—and one of the reasons why nobody else is doing this in the North Bay. But for Moylan, there’s a sort of built-in business sense to

repurposing old beers or surplus suds that aren’t moving in the brewpub—if only there was a market for it.

“If you have too much of a certain beer, or if it’s past its shelf life, you can re-distill it into [nonalcoholic] beer.”

Moylan carries the popular non-alcoholic Clausthaler in the Novato brewpub, but only because there’s a regular customer who likes it: Moylan keeps it on hand for that one guy.

Meanwhile, over at the Lagunitas empire of ales, the word on non-alcoholic beers is: blech.

Lagunitas doesn’t make one, they’re not going to be making one, and there’s none of the bigbrewer commercial versions available in the bottle at their TapRoom, either.

“Non-alcoholic beers are expensive to make because you need to first brew the beer then de-alcoholize it,” says Lagunitas marketing director Ron Lindenbusch, echoing Moylan.

“On top of that, I have yet to taste one that I would prefer to other [non-alcoholic] options,” says Lindenbusch, more popularly known as the “beer weasel” at the company. “I don’t get it.”

The Lagunitas TapRoom in Petaluma pushes out some nonalcoholic, non-beer product, including Revive Kombucha, characterized as “delicious and practically non-alcoholic” by Lindenbusch.

The folks at Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa are similarly hardcore when it comes to the hops: they don’t make a non-alcoholic beer, and they don’t sell any of the commercial non-alcoholic beers by the bottle. “We just make beer,” says Jasper, the friendly host.

There are a few options at the Third Street Aleworks, just around the block from Russian River in Santa Rosa. Manager Megan Chaney says the brewer has a root beer on tap with the beers, and bottles of non-alcoholic St. Pauli Girl.

“We do not brew a nonalcoholic beer, kind of out of tradition,” says Chaney.

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Films in the Field The highly acclaimed Wine Country Film Festival returns for its 28th year with an electric lineup of world cinema and local gems. The festival opens with the highly anticipated comedy drama This Is Where I leave You, starring Jason Bateman and Tina Fey in a family of estranged siblings. On the local scale, Bobby Jo, which follows popular North Bay singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine, premieres on Sept. 22 with a live performance from Valentine and a Q&A session. The Wine Country Film Festival runs Wednesday, Sept. 17, to Tuesday, Sept. 22, throughout Kenwood, including Deerfield Ranch Winery, 10200 Sonoma Hwy., Kenwood. $25 and up. wcff.us/2014.

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Stars in the Vineyard Highlighted by two days of music from the biggest names of the last 40 years, the Fall Music Festival is the premier music event of the season in Sonoma County, and features alternative crooners the Wallflowers and headliner Melissa Etheridge in a special solo performance. Sunday sees North Bay favorites Huey Lewis & the News and guitar master Peter Frampton headlining.

The weekend is bookended with a charity auction dinner and a celebrity golf classic at Sonoma Golf Club, and the whole shebang benefits local charities. The Fall Music Fest starts Friday, Sept. 19, and continues Monday, Sept. 22, at B.R. Cohn Winery, 15000 Sonoma Hwy., Glen Ellen. $85 and up. 707.938.4064.

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Art in the Plaza Visual arts in the North Bay are as varied as they are inventive. This weekend, the biggest art event of the year in Healdsburg brings together diverse talents for a celebration of visual wonders at the Healdsburg Arts Festival. The free event features groundbreaking artists working in experimental media and with signature styles, and more than 70 artists and vendors will be there to sell and talk about their craft. Wine and food from local artisans, a special kids’ art zone and live music will all be on hand. The Healdsburg Arts Festival occurs Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20–21, in downtown Healdsburg, Plaza Street between Center and East. 10am to 5pm. Free. 707.431.1970

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Pythons in the Streets It’s time to show off those silly walks and enjoy the sunny side of life, as the Mostly Python event returns to downtown Santa Rosa in front of Toad in the Hole Pub. Dress as your favorite character from the beloved British sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and revel in the nonsensical troupe’s best moments. Actors from Sixth Street Playhouse will recreate classic sketches live. This family-friendly event also features a crop of live music from North Bay Hootenanny staples the Crux, the Kyle Martin Band and others. It all happens Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Toad in the Hole Pub, 116 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. Free. Noon to 6pm. 707.544.8623.

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riter Thomas Wolfe once said you can’t go home again, but you won’t convince blues guitarist and vocalist Ana Popović of that.

Popović, a headliner at this year’s Russian River Blues Festival on Sept. 21, left her native Serbia for Holland in 1998, just before war and terror became the norm.

Though she managed to avoid the fighting, she wasn’t allowed

to come back during that period, even to see her family. In 2010, she performed for 75,000 people, the largest turnout ever in Belgrade.

Popović, who has garnered five Blues Music Award nominations, returns to the Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival after a smashing 2011 performance, with a whole new show, backed by her band, that includes Hammond organ, bass and drums. The new set will focus on her latest release, Can You Stand the Heat? which she describes by phone from her

Memphis home as a tribute to deceased blues masters Albert King and Albert Collins.

“I thought they were missing on the blues scene nowadays,” she says. “The album is old-school blues and funk, something different for me, and a challenge in terms of writing for a modern audience, without having the personal experiences those artists had. It’s much easier to write a pop song than to write a good blues song.”

The 38-year-old says she grew up listening to American blues.

She formed her first band, Hush, as a teenager in Belgrade, playing the music of B. B. King, Roy Rogers, Sonny Landreth and Jimi Hendrix.

She’s been part of the Experience Hendrix tour for 12 years.

“I thought I was born to do that tour,” she says. “It’s real to be there, and a huge honor. For me, it’s only Jimi and Dylan as far as that kind of songwriting goes.”

When she came to America 10 years ago, Popović found it challenging being a female guitarist from Serbia, playing the blues. “I didn’t want to give up what’s special and different about me,” she says.

“It’s very important for women to stand up for what they do.”

The other side of her life is her two children, a son born in 2008 and a daughter in 2012. She brought them on tours shortly after they were born, breastfeeding them backstage between sets.

“They absolutely were rock ’n’ roll babies,” she says. “Here’s thumbs up for all the mothers with careers.”

Now, with the invaluable help of her husband, she confines her music to weekends, avoiding traveling with the kids. “It’s a lot of juggling. During the week, I’m a mommy, leading a kind of doublelife, which I love as much as being on the road. I’ve become more serious, and a better musician, after the kids were born.”

While living in Holland, the war in her homeland was very hard to watch, Popović says. “What kept me going was my passion and love for music. When I’m onstage, I’m very concentrated on the band and the groove. I’m searching for that specific moment when nothing comes between me and my instrument.”

Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival runs Saturday–Sunday, Sept. 20–21, at Johnson’s Beach, Guerneville. www.russianriverfestivals.com.

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Craig Miller reimagines ‘The Glass Menagerie’

BY DAVID TEMPLETON

‘T

he future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don’t plan for it.”

This warning, declared in Tennessee Williams’ Glass Menagerie, has been interpreted many ways since the 1944 premiere of this gorgeous, fiercely loved play. Now 6th Street Playhouse is putting its own interpretation on that famous line, caustically uttered by the resentful, aging Southern belle Amanda (Jacquelyn Wells) to her would-be-poet son, Tom (Dallas Munger).

Director Craig Miller, inspired by the quote’s examination of past and future, has elevated the play from a memory into a vivid full-on

alcoholic hallucination. What normally plays out on a living room set, now plays in the homeless Tom’s demented head, as he mutters and barks beneath a fire escape in a New Orleans alley. Trapped in an inescapable loop of regret— predicted by his mother—Tom rages to the air. The characters of his past materialize in the alley as he replays the memories, using trashcans and wooden pallets in place of the usual faded furniture.

In particular, Tom replays the night he finally abandoned his mother and mentally frail sister, Laura (Katie Kelley Stowe), following a “dinner party” in which a gentleman caller (an excellent Ben Stowe, alternating with Rusty Thompson) almost pulls Laura from the dreamy fantasy world she hides in. Fueled by sorrow, Tom is now trapped in a world of his own.

It’s a bold idea, born out of Miller’s obvious love of the play, and whether it works or not will depend on how theatergoers feel about this kind of reinvention.

I’ve always believed that theater is elastic. Plays can be twisted, pulled, bent and stretched, and then the script snaps back into place after the run is over, returning to its original form, ready for others to tackle it again.

In the case of 6th Street’s version, the concept works surprisingly well, bolstered by clever sound design that gives us noisy street traffic in the background, disappearing when Tom enters his memories and returning with a jarring rush whenever he’s pulled back to the present.

The cast is deeply committed but wildly uneven, keeping some scenes from achieving the depth they deserve, while others leap up raw, fully alive and unforgettable.

Still, the show’s built-in power is unstoppable, and Miller’s gutsy vision makes for an evening of challenging and thoughtprovoking theater.

Rating (out of 5): ‘The Glass Menagerie’ runs Thursday– Sunday through Sept. 28 in the Studio at 6th Street Playhouse. 52 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa. Thursday–Saturday at 8pm; 2pm matinees, Saturday–Sunday. $10–$25. 707.523.4185.

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NOW HEAR THIS Bluesman Mance Lipscomb tells Chris Strachwitz a story.

Songcatcher New doc celebrates Chris Strachwitz’s ear for music BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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oots music titans Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder and Richard Thompson weigh in on the importance of Chris Strachwitz in the thoroughly beguiling This Ain’t No Mouse Music: The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records.

Strachwitz deserves to be ranked with field collectors and ethnomusicologists John and Alan Lomax and the Anthology of American Folk Music’s Harry Smith.

In an era of banal, pasteurized sounds—earwash Strachwitz refers to as “mouse music”—Strachwitz’s various labels recorded or reissued countless artists from all over the jazz, ethnic, blues and gospel spectrum.

Strachwitz was born a landowner’s son in Silesia (now Poland). After he and his family were chased out by the communists, Strachwitz came to America. He became fascinated with the folkblues revival of the early 1960s. He tracked down Mance Lipscomb, and thus also got to know Lightnin’ Hopkins and Big Mama Thornton.

The Texas/Louisiana border

area and the swamp lands south of New Orleans produced numerous finds. Clifton Chenier, the “King of Zydeco,” with the crown to prove it, emulated Hammond B3 licks and Junior Walker–like mouth-harp on his piano accordion. Down south, Strachwitz met the Savoys and the Doucets—trad-Cajun musicians of sterling dexterity and spirit.

That’s just a few of the musicians seen and heard here. Directors Maureen Gosling and Chris Simon show us Strachwitz’s facets. He was a shrewd businessman who got the publishing rights to the anti–Vietnam War song “I-FeelLike-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” from Country Joe McDonald, and who earned enough money with them to open his still-surviving El Cerrito store Down Home Records.

Strachwitz can be prickly, however, and sometimes demonstrates Werner Herzog– levels of hedgehog-like irritation.

But this film shows that his career has been like a paraphrase of Will Rogers: Chris Strachwitz never recorded an album he didn’t like.

‘This Ain’t No Mouse Music: The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records’ opens Friday, Sept. 19, at Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.

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That feeling you get when you find a great booth at your favorite summer festival, is the best way to describe a visit to Native Riders. From custom made leather clothing dripping in fringe to colorful feather accessories, the store feels like a rare journey back to a time when quality and originality matters. The experience continues with every new treasure you discover. There’s leather hides, turquoise and silver jewelry, Tandy products, craft findings, bohemian clothing, sage, sweetgrass, incense, Panama hats, hand-crafted knives, Mountain T-shirts, custom leather belts and Native American art.

The list could go on and on but suffice to say, this is definitely the most enjoyable place to shop for yourself or buy that unique gift for that special person. They’re enviro-conscious too! Between the nostalgic tunes playing and the friendly faces, it just doesn’t get better than Native Riders. They making going local so easy. Enjoy!

2836 Hwy 116 S Sebstopol • 707.829.8544 Tue–Fri 10–6, Sat 9–6 Sun 10–6

SHAKE IT Shakey Graves recently performed at Lagunitas.

On Tap

The beer isn’t free, but the music is

BY JESSIE JANSSEN

Live Music & Dancing every Fri & Sat night!

SEP 19 > $10 adv / $12 door

Rebel Yell

greatest 80s hits

SEP 20 > 10 adv / $12 door $

The Purple Ones Prince tribute band SEP 26 > $10 adv / $12 door

Journey’s Edge Journey tribute band

SEP 27 > $10 adv / $12 door

Lumberyard

classic rock, funk, & soul

2777 4th Street | Santa Rosa flamingoresort.inticketing.com

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agunitas Brewery has distinguished itself through more than great beer. The Petaluma beer maker has become an acclaimed live music venue.

Lagunitas has always exuded a feeling that they’re doing what they love. That’s on display with their free outdoor concert series featuring well-known and up-andcoming bands that have graced the stage at such music festivals as Coachella, Sasquatch and SXSW. The bands are showcased during Live at Lagunitas, a summer concert series that runs from May to September. Musicians have included Shakey Graves (pictured), Foxygen, Emmylou Harris and Allen Stone.

According to marketing manager Laura Muckenhoupt, who has been with the project since its start, the story behind Live at Lagunitas began with owner Tony Magee’s love of live music.

Magee’s desire to combine two of his passions, music and beer, came together in the summer of 2012. His vision was to showcase high-caliber bands in a laidback, accessible way reminiscent of a friend’s backyard party, with Magee even opening for a few of the headliners.

“It was Tony’s idea to keep these shows free,” says Muckenhoupt.

“It’s a combination of giving back to the community, but then also supporting artists.”

The concerts are popular enough that ticketing is done by waitlist, to ensure that shows don’t get overcrowded and compromise safety. A select few can also get tickets by signing up through band or musician’s websites.

The concerts take place in the outdoor “Laguminiamphitheaterette.”

Guests are welcome to sit on the lawn and recline on a blanket, or get up close to the stage and dance. The Lagunitas taproom is fully functioning during these events, which take place after all tours have ended for the day. The pub is also open with more limited offerings than usual, but with a faster and more convenient to-gostyle ordering process, so attendees won’t have to choose between eating and not missing too much of the set.

While there are still a few shows left for 2014, such as James McMurtry and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Muckenhoupt is already working on the 2015 lineup.

Lagunitas’ website includes details on how to obtain a converted pair of tickets to one of their larger shows and, similarly, their traveling music-and-beer-themed parties known as Couchtrippin’, named after the bright orange couches from the brewery’s own Loft.

Though the outdoor concert series is coming to an end, the brewery features smaller-name bands year-round almost every night of the week with no cover charge or special ticketing process so that everyone can get a chance to visit and experience the fun.

Lagunitas Brewery, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma. 707.769.4495.

Concerts Clubs & SONOMA COUNTY Venues Fall Music Festival Peter Frampton, Melissa Etheridge, the Wallflowers, Huey Lewis & the News, Los Lonely Boys and others play on Saturday and Sunday, as part of the four-day extravaganza that opens with an auction dinner and concludes with a celebrity golf classic. Sep 19-22. $80-$130. BR Cohn Winery, 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen.

707.938.4064.

Diana Ross One of the most iconic voices in music, Ms. Ross returns to the North Bay. Sep 23, 7:30pm. $25-$65. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival Thirty eighth annual event is headlined by Boney James, Gary Clark Jr and others.

Sep 20-21. $50-$80. Johnson’s Beach, First and Church streets, Guerneville.

MARIN COUNTY Brindl West Marin singer-songwriter unveils her new album, “Love it Up,” with a full band performance and musical guests JL Stiles Band. Sep 18, 8pm. $10. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Blake Mills The guitarist returns with eclectic new rock tunes off his sophomore album, “Heigh Ho.” Sep 20, 9pm. $23-$25.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

NAPA COUNTY Macy Gray The award-winning, platinumselling singer and songwriter performs. Sep 18, 8pm. $38$50. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.

Steve Nieve Elvis Costello’s keyboardist performs. Sep 24, 8pm. $20$25. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.226.7372.

SONOMA COUNTY

Sep 19, Sean Carscadden.

Sep 20, Aqua Velvets. Sep 21, 1pm, Craig Corona. Wed, Open Mic. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Sep 17, Jazz Roots. Sep 19, Billy Love Express. Sep 20, Stefanie Keys Band. Sep 21, 2pm, Gary Vogensen Sunday Ramble.

Sep 24, bluegrass jam. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Sep 20, Lee Charlton Trio with Norris Clement and Richard Saunders. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

Sep 18, Meme-catcher with the Corner Store Kids. Sep 21, the Story Orchestra. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Aubergine Sep 18, Free Peoples with Stages of Sleep. Sep 19, Samvega with Electro-Kraken.

Sep 20, 3pm, Burning Man Decompression Party. Wed, open mic night. 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2722.

Brixx Pizzeria Sep 20, Ian Franklin and Infinite Frequency. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.766.8162.

Burgers & Vine Sep 19, Lara Johnston. Sep 20, the Curly Wolf. 400 First St E, Sonoma. 707.938.7110.

Chrome Lotus Fri, Sat, Live DJs. 501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5643.

Coffee Catz Sat, 2pm, bluegrass jam. Mon, open mic. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

D’Argenzio Winery Sep 18, Iriefuse. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.280.4658.

Flamingo Lounge Sep 19, Rebel Yell. Sep 20, the Purple Ones. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

French Garden Sep 19, Haute Flash Quartet.

Sep 20, New Skye Band.

8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.824.2030.

Green Music Center Sep 19, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer. Sep 20, Ramsey Lewis with Cécile McLorin Salvant.

1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol Sep 19, Mystic Roots. Sep 20,

Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s

HopMonk Sonoma

Aqus Cafe

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Jack London State Park Sep 18, Tudo Bem. 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen. 707.938.5216.

Lagunitas Amphitheaterette Sep 23, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Lagunitas Tap Room Sep 17, Carl & Paul Green.

Sep 18, the Restless Sons.

Sep 19, New Skye Band. Sep 20, Rhythm Drivers. Sep 21, Matthew Bolton. Sep 24, JimBo Trout. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Saturday, Sept 20

Wed, Sep 17 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE with PATTI JOHNSON 10:15am– SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE 12:40pm Youth and Family 5:45-6:45pm REGULAR JAZZERCISE 7-10pm SINGLES & PAIRS Square Dance Club Thur, Sep 18 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE with PATTI JOHNSON 5:45-6:45pm REGULAR JAZZERCISE 7:15-10pm CIRCLES N’ SQUARES Square Dance Club Fri, Sep 19 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE with PATTI JOHNSON 7:30-10:30pm North Bay Country Dance Society/ Contra Dance with WHIMSICAL Sat, Sep 20 8:30–9:30am JAZZERCISE 7-11pm DJ Steve Luther hosts MITCH WOODS & HIS ROCKET 88S Sun, Sep 21 8:30–9:30am JAZZERCISE 5–9:30pm Steve Luther DJ COUNTRY WESTERN LESSONS AND DANCING Mon, Sep 22 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE with PATTI JOHNSON 5:45-6:45pm REGULAR JAZZERCISE 7–9:30pm SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Tue, Sep 23 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE with PATTI JOHNSON 5:45-6:45pm REGULAR JAZZERCISE 7:30–9pm AFRICAN AND WORLD MUSIC & DANCE

Santa Rosa’s Social Hall since 1922

1400 W. College Avenue • Santa Rosa, CA 707.539.5507 • www.monroe-hall.com

Little Vineyards Family Winery Sep 18, 5pm, Misner & Smith with Josh Yenne.

15188 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen.

707.996.2750.

Main Street Station Sep 18, Susan Sutton Jazz Piano. Sep 20, Frankye Kelly.

Mon, Gypsy Cafe. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Sep 23, Mark Larson Trio. Wed, trivia night. Sun, Vanguard Jazz Ensemble. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Occidental Center for the Arts Sep 20, Swensen LaDeur Duo. Sep 21, the Leftovers.

3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.542.7143.

Penngrove Pub Sep 20, Tao Jones & the Drones.

10005 Main St, Penngrove.

707.664.8018.

Phoenix Theater Sep 19, Toast Machine. Sep 20, Hoodwink with Anaura.

Wed, 6pm, Jazz jam. Sun, 5pm, rock and blues jam. Tues, 7pm, Acoustic Americana jam.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

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R&B, Blues, Rock ‘n Roll

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Sept 27 THE LEGENDARY RON THOMPSON AND THE

Oct 11

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Swampy Tonk 8:30 Sun

Oct 12

SAN GERONIMO

Hard Charging Americana 5:00 / No Cover

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Oct 17 Soulful Rock, Funk & Blues Fri

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Oct 25 THE OVERCOMMITMENTS

Rock and Funk Dance Party 8:30 Reservations Advised

415.662.2219

Redwood Cafe Sep 17, Prairie Sun.

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com

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Sep 19, Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic. Sep 20, the Rhythm Rangers. Sep 21, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Sep 24, Mexican Connection with Jose Arnulfo.

Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Rossiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sep 19, Zydeco Flames. 401 Grove St, El Verano. 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewpub Sep 19, Larry K Potts.

Sep 20, Jewels & Johnny Nation. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.

Sally Tomatoes Sep 19, Rose Town Soul.

1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Sep 19, Clarinet Fourtet.

282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

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Sep 19, Wonder Bread 5.

Sep 20, Chum. Sep 21, 5pm, Glen Phillips. Wed, Open Mic. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

19 Broadway Club Sep 17, Chrissy Lynne Band. Sep 18, Fenton Coolfoot & the Right Time. Sep 19, Chris Cain Band.

Sep 20, RonKat & Katdelic.

Sep 21, the Continentals. Sep 23, Migrant Pickers. Sep 24, the KRUW. Mon, 9pm, open mic. 19 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

142 Throckmorton Theatre

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Sep 19, Ricky Alan Ray Band.

Sep 20, DJ Drummie T & DJ Earthquake. Thurs, DJ Dave.

Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. Tues, Jeremyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open Mic. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7878.

Sep 17, J Kevin Durkin. Sep 18,

Twin Oaks Tavern Sep 17, Biscuits and Gravy.

Sep 19, the Mighty Groove.

Sep 20, Fundraiser for Petaluma Leghorns with the Pulsators. Sep 21, Blues and BBQ with the Blues Defenders.

Sep 24, Country Jam with Kevin Russell. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip Sep 19, Laura Benitez & the Heartache. Sep 20, the Blues Defenders. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

Wells Fargo Center

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Sep 19, Bradford. Wed, Rock and R&B Jam. Sat, DJ night. Sun, Mexican Banda.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

Sep 23, Norbay Pyrate Punx. 446 B St, Santa Rosa.

707.544.8277.

Sep 20, Colbie Caillat. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

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Sep 17, For Whom the Bridge Tolls. Sep 19, Craig Jessup.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

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Dennis Johnson & the Mississippi Ramblers. Sep 20, the Overcommitments. Sep 21, Shahyar Ghanbari. Wed, Blues Night. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Sep 17, Rattlebox. Sep 19, San Geronimo with Saffell.

Sep 24, W Dire Wolff Band.

256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.773.7751.

MARIN COUNTY Fenix Sep 18, Moonalice. Sep 19,

Open Sky. Sep 19, Rob Reich Trio. Sep 20, David Jeffreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Fourtet. Sep 21, Brett Heenan Trio. Sep 23, James Moseley. Sep 24, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Sep 17, Marianna August. Sep 18, Deborah Winters. Sep 23, Lorin Rowan. Sep 24, Joan Getz Quartet. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Periâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Dollar Sep 17, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Sep 18, Burnsyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sugar Shack. Sep 19, the Highway Poets. Sep 20, Honeydust.

Sep 21, La Mandanga. Sep 23, Tommy Odetto and Tim Baker. Sep 24, the Substitutes.

Mon, Billy Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open mic.

29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Sep 19, Stompy Jones. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Sep 18, Los Flamencos del Pueblo. Sep 19, Groovtown.

Sep 20, Avance and DJ Jose Ruiz. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

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The Airborne Toxic Event Celebrated indie rock outfit from L.A. kicks off a national tour with three nights in S.F. Sept. 18-20 at the Fillmore.

Son Lux Producer Ryan Lott specializes in electronic post-rock beats and collaborates with everyone from Lorde to Sufjan Stevens. Sept. 20 at the Independent.

Zammuto Member of the Books, Nick Zammuto crafts haunting electronica on his solo effort. Sept. 20 at Brick & Mortar.

The Y Axes DIY band from San Francisco draws from myriad influences for eclectic approach to pop. Sept. 21 at Hotel Utah.

Karen O Singer from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs debuts her solo album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crush Songs.â&#x20AC;? Sept. 22 at Great American Music Hall.

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Terrapin Crossroads Sep 17, Terrapin Family Band with James Nash and Lara Johnston. Sep 18, San Geronimo. Sep 19, Walking Spanish. Sep 20, Go by Ocean.

Sep 21, 5pm, Sean Nelson Jazz Trio. Sep 22, Ross Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Radio Galaxy. Sep 23, Stu Allen and friends. Sep 24, Terrapin Family Band. Fri, 4:20 Happy Hour with live music. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

Town Center Corte Madera Sep 21, Bodhi. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.924.2961.

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City Winery Napa Sep 19, Glen Phillips.

Sep 20, Chuck Ragan. Sep 23, Beoga. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.226.7372.

Downtown Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery & Restaurant Sep 17, the Sorry Lot. Sep 18, David Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ore. Sep 19, Later Dayz Band. Sep 20, Lucky Dog. Wed, open mic. Sun, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

Siloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sep 18, Syria T Berry. Sep 19, Ruckatan Latin Tribe. Sep 20, Fleetwood Mask. Sep 21, Darrell Edwards Heavy Weather Band. 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Uva Trattoria Sep 17, James & Ted. Sep 18, Collaboration. Sep 19, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Sep 20, Bernard & the Old School Band. Sep 21, Trio Solea. Sep 24, Bob Castell Blanch. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.

Fresh Toast Drum and bass duo Toast Machine bring back the noise It started as a funky, face-melting experiment that grew into one of the most popular indie bands of the North Bay, but ďŹ ve years ago the Petaluma duo that forms Toast Machine called it quits.

In the time since, life has taken the members, drummer Paige Warner and bassist Gio Bennedetti, in very different directions. Yet the two reformed back in March, and this weekend play a reunion show at their favorite North Bay venue, the Phoenix Theater, with support from Arrythmia, the Honey Toads and Finit.

In an interview, Bennedetti describes the impulse to reunite as musical withdrawals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are both eager to play loud, fun music again. That catharsis we get when we playâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing else that feels that way.â&#x20AC;?

Paige Warner (formerly known as Brandon) came out as transgender in 2012, and transitioned with full support of family and friends. She currently works at Industrial Light and Magic and creates apps in her spare time. Meanwhile, Bennedetti and his wife have become the parents of two girls. He played and toured with the Brothers Comatose, though he retired from the road in January of this year to focus on family. Since reforming, the duo have crafted a slew of new songs and will be performing these as well as old favorites when they play on Friday, Sept.

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Sep 18, Ring of Truth. Sep 22, Tracy Blackman and friends.

Sat, Ukulele Jam Session. Sun, 2pm, Irish music. Mon, open mic with Simon Costa. 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.485.1182.

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Galleries RECEPTIONS Sep 18 Agrella Art Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sym.bi.osis,â&#x20AC;? shows the work of seven artists whose work is based on scientific inquiry. 4pm.

SRJC, Doyle Library, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4298.

Sep 20 Carport Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazzed,â&#x20AC;? celebrating the vibrant and lively art inspired by jazz. 6:30pm.

15098 Old River Rd, Guerneville.

Graton Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Double Feature,â&#x20AC;? works by Bruce K Hopkins and Susan Shore with guest artists Florence Bass and Larry Stefl. 2pm.

9048 Graton Rd, Graton.

707.829.8912.

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Hammerfriar Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Britta Kathmeyer: Drawings,â&#x20AC;? the Germanborn artist offers a showing of her ink drawings. 6pm. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg.

707.473.9600.

Sep 21 Two Bird Cafe, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Visions,â&#x20AC;? selected photography from students. 3pm. Valley Inn, 625 San Geronimo Dr, San Geronimo.

415.488.0528.

SONOMA COUNTY ARThouse Gallery Through Sep 30, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harvest Heaven,â&#x20AC;? Sonoma County artists celebrate the grape harvest. 13758 Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen. 707.935.3513.

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Christie Marks Fine Art Gallery Through Sep 29, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Incessant Beauty,â&#x20AC;? Artist Ben Lastufkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s haunting paintings and mixed media works explore the themes of generation, erosion and regeneration. 322 Healdsburg Ave, Second Floor, Healdsburg. Thurs-Sun, 1pm to

5:30pm and by appointment.

707.695.1011.

900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

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Through Sep 23, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raptors Live,â&#x20AC;? features the art of bird activist/artist Jonqui Albin, with weekly classes, demonstrations and performance art. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Claudia Chapline Gallery

Through Oct 2, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Connections and Collaborations,â&#x20AC;? hand made art books. Reception, Sep 18 at 5pm. SRJC, 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Petaluma.

Mon-Thurs, 8 to 9; Fri, 9 to 1; Sat, 10 to 3. 707.778.3974.

Sebastopol Gallery

Sep 19-28, Opens with a cocktail party, concludes with a live auction party. 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach.

Sat-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 415.868.2308.

Through Sep 27, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Form and Color,â&#x20AC;? explorations by ceramicist Chris Boyd and painter Paula Matzinger. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6. 707.829.7200.

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Through Sep 21, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aqua Areas,â&#x20AC;? the largest all watercolor and water media show in the North Bay. Cleveland Avenue and Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa.

707.527.5377.

Sep 17-Nov 13, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Extracted Abstraction,â&#x20AC;? Sonoma county artist Clay Vajgrtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil paintings explore natures natural fluid movements. 102 Matheson St, Headlsburg. 11 to 6, daily 707.433.2393.

Fulton X Gallery Through Sep 28, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Human/ Nature,â&#x20AC;? artist Michael Francis Ramos explores our relationship to nature in this solo show, along with a juried exhibition. 1200 River Rd, Fulton.

Upstairs Art Gallery Through Sep 25, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Textures in Landscape,â&#x20AC;? Daniele Todaroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prints capture Sonoma Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beauty and grandeur.

306 Center Ave, Healdsburg.

Sun-Thurs, 10 to 6; Fri-Sat, 10 to 9. 707.431.4214.

Gallery 300 Through Sep 30, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw,â&#x20AC;? latest works by Jennifer Hirshfield, CK Itamura and Alejandro Salazar in their raw studio form. 300 South A St, Santa Rosa. Open Sat, 12 to 5, and by appointment. 707.332.1212.

Graton Gallery Through Sep 21, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teachers and Influences,â&#x20AC;? featuring paintings

by Sandra Rubin alongside works by artists who have influenced and inspired her.

9048 Graton Rd, Graton. TuesSun, 10:30 to 6. 707.829.8912.

Guerneville Library Through Sep 20, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Library Art Show,â&#x20AC;? 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.9004.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Sep 17-Nov 9, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eight X Eight,â&#x20AC;? exhibits works that are no larger than 8-by-8 inches.

Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Through Sep 28, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Countryside,â&#x20AC;? watercolor exhibit shows in Heron Hall.

MARIN COUNTY Gallery Bergelli Through Oct 16, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Endless Summer,â&#x20AC;? four artists convey the summer heat, expressed through hot hues and fluorescent palettes.

483 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.945.9454.

Marin Civic Center Through Jan 8, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The View from Marin,â&#x20AC;? artwork by members of MarinMOCA is on display.

Reception, Sep, 16 at 4pm. 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael.

415.499.6400.

Marin MOCA Through Oct 5, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fall National Juried Exhibition,â&#x20AC;? features established and emerging artists from all over the country working in steel, plastic, acrylic and fabric.

Through Oct 5, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rising Tides: Shifting Boundaries,â&#x20AC;? an artistic response to global warming and climate changes.

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

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Family friendly event is packed with live skits and live music.

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Sep 21, 12pm. Free. Toad in the Hole Pub, 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.

Through Oct 19, “Early Fall 2014: New Works Worth Seeing,” presenting the latest from a bevy of local talent.

1820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

Hosted by Samantha Gilwiet and featuring Lila Cugini, Joe Gorman and many others.

Sep 19. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

The Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation hosts live music and dance, authentic foods and arts and crafts. Sep 20, 10am.

Free. Napa Valley Exposition, 575 Third St, Napa.

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Red Barn Gallery Through Sep 28, “West Marin Views,” the photos of Art Rogers. Through Sep 30, “Point Reyes Wild,” an exhibition and sale of landscape paintings of Point Reyes National Seashore

by Marin County’s BayWood artists. 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station. 415.464.5125.

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Family-friendly standup from Juan Carlos, Chey Bell and others. Sep 19, 7pm. Lydia’s Sunflower Center, 1435 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.792.5300.

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Through Sep 25, “Capturing Light,” juried photography show features dramatic images showcasing the power of illumination. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment.

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707.829.2062.

Through Sep 30, “Time is...” displays the art of Chris Gwaltney at the new gallery location. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

NAPA COUNTY di Rosa Through Sep 28, “Ones and Zeros,” group exhibition explores the digital age and the impact of new media on present-day culture. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10am to 6pm. 707.226.5991.

Napa Valley Museum Through Sep 28, “By Nature,” photographer Michael Schaer displays black-and-white shots of vistas and landscapes from the Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe regions. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Tues-Sun, 10am to 4pm. 707.944.0500.

Comedy Below the Belt Brandon Revels hosts this evening of standup comedy

Sep 18, 8pm. $20-$25.

142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Events Autumn Equinox Celebration Kirtan and Healing Mantra with Jaya Lakshmi and Ananada and the Bhakti Bliss Band. Sep 21, 7pm. $20-$25. Dhyana Center Lofts, 186 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.8818.

Barks for Bucks Benefit event will feature costumes, live entertainment and plenty of pooches. Sep 21, 1pm. Free. Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 415.488.4984.

Gem Faire Over 70 importers, exporters and manufacturers will be on hand to exhibit and sell a vast variety of gems. Sep 19-21.

Free. Marin Center Exhibit Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

Healdsburg Arts Festival Healdsburg’s art event of the year features over 80 arts and crafts, vendors, wine, food, music, kid’s art zone and more.

Sep 20-21, 10am. Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg.

KBBF Fiesta de Independencia Enjoy dinner and dancing in this fundraising event. Sep 20, 6pm. $5-$15. KBBF 89.1 FM, 1700 Corby Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.545.8833.

Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Fine artists from across the country come together, with live music and family activities and entertainment. Sep

Weekend event welcomes open-hearted gay, bisexual, and questioning men and benefits the sanctuary. Sep 18-21. $495. Wildwood Retreat Center, 20111 Old Cazadero Rd, Guerneville.

People’s Climate March March from the Hall to the Plaza is part of a global movement to raise awareness of climate change. Sep 21, 12pm. Burlingame Hall, 252 W Spain St, Sonoma.

Sculpture Jam Talented sculptors bring form to ideas over two days. Sep 2021. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

So Far: New Works by Nate Reifke An artist-led discussion, with tastings and tours of the winery. Sep 20, 11am.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma.

707.938.5277.

The Wedding Expo Northern California’s premier bridal show. Sep 21, 12pm.

Wells Fargo Center, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Woofstock Music from Wonder Bread 5, food and family fun all benefit the Humane Society. Sep 21, 12pm. $40-$45. Marin Humane Society, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato. 415.506.6208.

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415.388.2524.

Alman Marsh walk A look at how the Petaluma River daily affects the life in the marsh with two high and two low tides everyday. Sep 20, 9am. Petaluma Marina, 781 Baywood Dr, Petaluma.

Beekeeping Workshop Learn to keep bees with natural methods and harvest the honey they provide. Sep 20, 10am. $35. Permaculture Skills Center, 2185 Hwy 116 S, Sebastopol. 707.328.7615.

Bird Walk Search for migrating birds at the park. Sep 17, 8:30am.

Shollenberger Park, 1400 Cader Ln, Petaluma.

Bohemia Hiker Series Bohemia docents share the beauty of this property through the changing seasons.

Registration is required.

Third Sat of every month, 10:30am. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

Crepuscular Critters Hike & Potluck Twilight hike gives a chance to meet some of the nightlife in the Preserve. Registration is required. Sep 20, 5:30pm.

Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

Garden Tour Sep 21. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental.

707.874.1557.

Open House & Plant Sale The experimental farm is open for tours and art and food is on hand. Sep 20-21. Gold Ridge Farm, 7777 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

Public Star Party Telescopes are open for viewing with astronomical presentations. Sep 20, 8pm.

Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. 707.833.6979.

Pawker Walk A walk around the park and a game of poker, with all proceeds going to the dogs. Sep 20, 11am. $15-$25.

Riverfront Regional Park, 7821 Eastside Rd, Healdsburg.

707.433.4377.

Stewardship Day Fri, Sep 19, 9am. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

Solar Viewing Solar telescopes are set up so you can safely look at and

listen to the Sun. Sep 20, 11am.

Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. 707.833.6979.

Work Days on the Bay Restoration and clean-up projects help care for the sanctuary. Sat, Sep 20, 9am.

Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon. 415.388.2524.

Film Alec Guinness at 100 Weekly screenings of classic Alec Guiness films. Sun through Sep 28. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Dog Day Double Feature The Dog, a documentary about ‘70s bank robber John Wojtowicz, is followed by the Pacino-starring film he inspired, Dog Day Afternoon.

Sep 18, 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Film & Fork Dinner at Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen is followed by the film Cantinflas, the untold story of Mexico’s most beloved comedy film star of all time. ) Sep 17, 5:30pm.

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Movie & a Meal Community event for all to share in. Third Fri of every month. $5-$10. Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center, 255 W Napa St, Sonoma.

415.412.8570.

Peacemakers Short documentary presents a riveting conversation between peace advocates Jeremy Gilley and Prem Rawat. Sep 21, 12pm. Free. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Wine Country Film Festival Feature-length and short films of every genre are presented throughout Kenwood and Glen Ellen, as well as live appearances by industry specialists and workshops. Sep 17-22. $25-$100.

Deerfield Ranch Winery, 10200 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood.

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Sep 20, 6pm. $5-$20. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Native Kitchen & Kombucha Bar’s Grand Opening Opening ceremonies will begin at noon with a mediation ceremony to commemorate World Peace Day. Sep 21, 12pm. Free. Native Kitchen & Kombucha Bar, 110 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma.

Petaluma Winegrowers Gala A celebration of local wines and cuisine. Benefits the Petaluma Museum. Sep 20, 4:30pm. 707.778.4398. Keller Estate Winery, 5875 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma. 707.765.2117.

Renaissance Tea Third Sun monthly at 3pm, treat the belly with specialty teas, sandwiches, scones and sweets. RSVP; ages 12 and up.

Third Sun of every month, 3pm.

$35. Cedar Gables Inn, 486 Coombs St, Napa. 707.224.7969.

Spaghetti Cook-off 4-C benefit with music from the Wrecking Bells. Sep 20. Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.

Sunday Supper with Syndi Seid The social etiquette expert is on hand for this pix fixe threecourse dinner. Sep 21, 5:30pm. $30-$45. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.927.3331.

Totally Truckin’ Thursdays Four food trucks park in the O’Reilly parking lot, provide you with local goodness and donate 10 percent of sales to a monthly selected nonprofit.

Thurs. O’Reilly & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. 707.827.7190.

Vintner Vinyl Tastings and tunes come together in the tap bar and restaurant. Mon, 6:30pm. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.

For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.”

Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. Wed-Thurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing. Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito.

415.339.3900.

Carolyn Parr Nature Center Learn about Napa County habitats and birds of prey through tours, dioramas, games, hands-on activities and books. Ongoing. Free.

Carolyn Parr Nature Center Museum, Westwood Hills Park, 3107 Browns Valley Rd, Napa.

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Chops Teen Club Hang-out spot for Santa Rosa teens ages 12 to 20 offers art studio and class, open gym, tech lounge, cafe, recording studio and film club. Hours for high schoolers: Mon-Thurs, 3 to 9; Fri, 3 to 11; Sat and school holidays, noon to 11. For middle school kids: Mon-Fri, 3 to 7; Sat and school holidays, noon to 7. Film club meets Tues at

4. Ongoing. Membership, $5$10 per year. Chops Teen Club, 509 Adams St, Santa Rosa.

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Corte Madera Library Preschool storytime. Wed, 11am. Corte Madera Library.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Messy Mucking About Every Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30, toddlers and their parents are invited to a drop-in, free-form art studio to create with paint, ceramics, collage, construction, found objects and feathers.

Sat. $15. Nimbus Arts, St Helena Marketplace, Ste 1-B, 3111 St Helena Hwy, St Helena.

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Museum Mondays Children ages one to five and their families are invited to enjoy storytime, arts, crafts and museum activities. Fourth Mon of every month, 10am. Free-$5.

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Petaluma Library Tues at 10, storytime for ages three to five; at 3, read to a specially trained dog from PAWS for Healing. Wed at 10, babytime; at 7, evening pajama storytime in Spanish and English. Fri at 10, storytime for toddlers. Sat at 4, parent-child reading group for second- and third-graders. Tues-WedFri. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma.

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Lectures CityZen Evening of sitting meditation, tea and dharma talk. All are welcome. Mon, 7pm. Free.

Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.568.5381.

Dr Robert Eyler Global issues with a regional focus are discussed as part of this MCBA luncheon. Sep 23, 12pm. $40-$45. San Rafael Joe’s Restaurant, 931 Fourth St, San Rafael.

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Without Getting Burned Workshop shows how to deal with stressful talks and arguments. Sep 24, 6pm. $69.

Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 1.800.564.SRJC.

Imagining a Healthy Local Food System Several speakers explore the current state of our foodshed

and what we need to do for better local self-reliance. Sep 17, 5:30pm. Free. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Jill Le Crone, docent at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, offers insights into the Native American art of the Southwest.

Sep 17, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Science Buzz Cafe Science of Thinking: Deep Human Potential with John Furey. Sep 18, 7pm. $5. French Garden, 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.

Soil Biology Santa Rosa Garden Club presents guest speaker David Perkins. Sep 22, 1pm. Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa.

Through the Ear to the Heart Instructor Devi Mathieu leads the exploration of the beatufil music of 12th-century Abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Thurs, Sep 18, 7pm. $20. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station.

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Readings Bean Affair Sep 21, 1:30pm, Third Sunday Salon, Healdsburg Literary Guild presents Jabez Churchill and Susanna Solomon. 1270 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg 707.395.0177.

Book Passage Sep 17, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dogâ&#x20AC;? with Jack Livings. Sep 18, 12pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Human Ageâ&#x20AC;? with Diane Ackerman, part of the literary lunch series $55. Sep 18, 6:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Infinite Seaâ&#x20AC;? with Rick Yancey. Sep 19, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artemisâ&#x20AC;? with Jean Shinoda Bolen. Sep 20, 4pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deeper Learningâ&#x20AC;? with Monica R. Martinez. Sep 21, 4pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Paying Guestsâ&#x20AC;? with Sarah Waters. Sep 22, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not Fade Awayâ&#x20AC;? with Rebecca Alexander.

Sep 23, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gutenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apprenticeâ&#x20AC;? with Alix Christie.

Sep 24, 12pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bone Clocksâ&#x20AC;? with David Mitchell, part of the literary lunch series $55. Sep 24, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Tallâ&#x20AC;? with Tony Earley. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Santa Rosa Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books Sep 19, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackboardâ&#x20AC;? with Lewis Buzbee. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Sep 21, 3pm, Molly Fisk & Maria Mazziotti Gillan, part of the Poetry Walk. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Healdsburg Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books Sep 18, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mincing Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to Troubled Birdsâ&#x20AC;? with Matt Adrian. 104 Matheson St, Healdsburg 707.433.9270.

Sebastopol Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books Sep 23, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting for the Electricityâ&#x20AC;? with Christina Nichol. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

HopMonk Sebastopol Sep 17, 6pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Are Not Ourselvesâ&#x20AC;? with Matthew Thomas, part of the Debut Brews series. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.7300.

Jack London State Park Sep 19, 2pm, Jack London Book Discussion Group. 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen 707.938.5216.

Many Rivers Books & Tea Sep 18, 7:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creating Unionâ&#x20AC;? with Marielle Taylor.

130 S Main St, Sebastopol 707.829.8871.

Napa Valley Museum Sep 20, 1pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;By Natureâ&#x20AC;? with Michael Schaer. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville 707.944.0500.

Readersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Books Sep 18, 6:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Holy Relationshipâ&#x20AC;? with Jimmie Lewis. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

San Rafael Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books Sep 19, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Cyclesâ&#x20AC;? with Linda Carroll. Sep 23, 1pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Days Betweenâ&#x20AC;? with Marcia Falk. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

Theater A Modern Encounter An original play, presented in a unique multimedia format, focusing on the world of relationships in the internet era. Written by James Wood.

Presented by eTc. Through Sep 21. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.579.2787.

Bell, Book and Candle The beguiling comedy concerned with toil and trouble is directed by Tom Chapman.

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The Fox on the Fairway Ross Valley Players present this madcap comedy of classic farcical fun. Through Oct 12. $25-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

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Hedda Gabler Master playwright Brian Friel reinvents Ibsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale of a bored housewife manipulating those around her to devastating effect. Sep 18-Oct 5. $15-$25.

Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol.

An Ideal Husband Oscar Wildeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s witty play is performed by the Marin Shakespeare Company.

Through Sep 27. $12-$35. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael.

Oleanna This play is a searing examination of sexual politics and political correctness written by David Mamet. Sep 19-Oct 5. $10-$25. Raven Theater Windsor, 195 Windsor River Rd, Windsor.

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ARIES (March 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 19) These horoscopes I write for you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t primarily meant to predict the future. They are more about uncovering hidden potentials and desirable possibilities that are stirring below the surface right now. When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing my job well, I help you identify those seeds so you can cultivate them proactively. Bearing that in mind, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pose three pertinent questions: (1) What experiments might stir up more intimacy in the relationships you want to deepen? (2) What could you change about yourself to attract more of the love and care you want? (3) Is there anything you can do to diminish the sting of bad memories about past romantic encounters, thereby freeing you to love with more abandon?

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Gradu diverso, via una can be translated as either â&#x20AC;&#x153;Continuing on the same road, but with a different strideâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going the same way, but changing your pace.â&#x20AC;? I think this is excellent advice for you, Taurus.

By my reckoning, you are on the correct path. You are headed in the right direction. But you need to shift your approach a bitâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not a lot, just a little. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to make some minor adjustments in the way you ďŹ&#x201A;ow.

GEMINI (May 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 20) For years, Donna and George Lewis used a 33-pound, oval-shaped rock as a doorstop in their Tennessee home. Later they moved it to their garden. Then one day George analyzed it with his metal detector and realized it had unusual properties. He took it to scientists who informed him it was a rare and valuable four-and-a-half-billionyear-old meteorite. With this as our subtext, Gemini, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m asking you if there might be some aspect of your life that is more precious than you imagine. Now is a favorable time to ďŹ nd out, and make appropriate adjustments in your behavior.

CANCER (June 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 22)

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a radical proposal, Cancerian. It might offend you. You may think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so far off the mark that you will stop reading my horoscopes. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m willing to take that risk, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m prepared to admit that I could be wrong. But I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I am wrong. So hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I have to say: There is a sense in which the source of your wound is potentially also the source of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;medicineâ&#x20AC;? that will heal the wound. What hurt you could ďŹ x you. But you must be careful not to interpret this masochistically.

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to be too literal. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying that the source of your pain is trustworthy or has good intentions. Be cagey as you learn how to get the cure you need.

LEO (July 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;August 22) The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study with a conclusion we might expect to see in a tabloid newspaper or satirical website. It reported that there is a correlation between chocolate consumption and Nobel prizes. Those countries whose citizens eat more chocolate have also produced an inordinate number of Nobel laureates. So does this mean that chocolate makes you smarter, as some other studies have also suggested? Maybe, the report concluded. Since it is especially important for you to be at the height of your mental powers in the coming weeks, Leo, why not experiment with this possibility?

VIRGO (August 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;September 22) I rarely waste my time trying to convert the â&#x20AC;&#x153;skepticsâ&#x20AC;? who attack astrology with a hostile zeal that belies their supposed scientiďŹ c objectivity. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re often as dogmatic and closed-minded as any fundamentalist religious nut.

When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in a tricky mood, though, I might tell them about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crawford Perspectives,â&#x20AC;? a highly-rated Wall Street investment publication that relies extensively on astrological analysis. Or I might quote the wealthy ďŹ nancier J. P. Morgan, who testiďŹ ed that â&#x20AC;&#x153;millionaires donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use astrology; billionaires do.â&#x20AC;? That brings us to my main point, Virgo: The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to put in motion plans to get richer quicker. Take advantage!

LIBRA (September 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;October 22) When Libraborn Mohandas Gandhi was 19, he moved to London from his native India to study law. Soon he got caught up in the effort to become an English gentleman. He took elocution lessons and learned to dance. He bought

ďŹ ne clothes and a gold watch-chain. Each morning he stood before a giant mirror and fussed with his hair and necktie until they were perfect. In retrospect, this phase of his life seems irrelevant. Years later he was a barefoot rebel leader using nonviolent civil disobedience to help end the British rule of India, often wearing a loincloth and shawl made of fabric he wove himself. With this as your inspiration, Libra, identify aspects of your current life that contribute little to the soul you must eventually become.

SCORPIO (October 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;November 21) This might be controversial, but I suspect that for now your emphasis shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be on sex, drugs and rock and roll. Instead, your specialties should be hard-earned intimacy, altered states that are solely the result of deep introspection, and music that arouses reverence and other sacred emotions. You are entering a phase when crafty power is less important than vigorous receptivity; when success is not nearly as interesting as meaningfulness; when what you already understand is less valuable than what you can imagine and create.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;December 21) You are entering a phase when you will reap rich rewards by nurturing the health of your favorite posse, ensemble, or organization. How is the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collective mental health? Are there any festering rifts?

Any apathetic attitudes or weakening resolves? I choose you to be the leader who builds solidarity and cultivates consensus. I ask you to think creatively about how to make sure everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual goals synergize with the greater good. Are you familiar with the Arabic word taarradhin? It means a compromise that allows everyone to winâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a reconciliation in which no one loses face.

CAPRICORN (December 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;January 19) The good news is that America has more trees than it did a hundred years ago. Aggressive efforts to replace the decimated old-growth forests have paid off. The bad news is that the new forests have a far less diverse selection of tree species than the originals. The fresh batches are often crowded into smaller spaces, so wildďŹ res are more massive and devastating. And because so many of the forests are young, they host a reduced diversity of plant and animal life. All in all, the increased quantity is wonderful; the lower quality not so wonderful. Is there a lesson here for you? I think so.

In your upcoming decisions, favor established quality over novel quantity.

AQUARIUS (January 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;February 18)

If Pope Francis isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t traveling, he comes out to meet the public in St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Square every Wednesday. During one such event last January, he took a few moments to bestow tender attention on a talking parrot that belonged to a male stripper. I foresee a comparable anomaly happening for you in the coming days. A part of you that is wild or outrĂŠ will be blessed by contact with whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holy or sublime. Or maybe a beastly aspect of your nature that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normally get much respect will receive a divine favor.

PISCES (February 19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 20)

â&#x20AC;&#x153;My deďŹ nition of a devil is a god who has not been recognized,â&#x20AC;? said mythologist Joseph Campbell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a power in you to which you have not given expression, and you push it back. And then, like all repressed energy, it builds up and becomes dangerous to the position youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to hold.â&#x20AC;? Do you agree, Pisces? I hope so, because you will soon be entering the Get Better Acquainted with Your Devil Phase of your astrological cycle, to be immediately followed by the Transform Your Devil into a God Phase. To get the party started, ask yourself this question: What is the power in you to which you have not given expression?

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