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A Dubious Plan

To compare Allan Savory to Galileo and germ-theory pioneer Ignaz Semmelweis is ludicrous and dangerous (“The Heretic,” Feb. 18; web edition). The grass-fed beef communities certainly rejoice at Savory’s theory, as it plays right into their profits; the only thing missing is the science. It is scientifically proven that 10,000 years

of livestock grazing has transformed global grasslands into degraded deserts.

Savory’s proposal of intensive grazing of a significantly increased number of cattle worldwide is a risky proposal that could have devastating results.

Many issues arose during Savory’s charter grazing trials, including cattle losing so much weight they were practically unsellable for beef. But more significantly, the critics stated the trials “failed to produce the marked improvement in grass cover” and came to the same conclusion as the

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overwhelming majority of scientists studying this issue: “No grazing system has yet shown the capacity to overcome the long-term effects of overstocking and/or drought on vegetation productivity.” Savory admitted that attempts to reproduce his methods had led to “15 years of frustrating and erratic results.”

Just as the fossil-fuel industry loves it when a politician denies climate change, ranchers and meat lovers salivate at Savory’s indifference to the facts, but you cannot deny science, and Savory’s

By Tom Tomorrow

dubious plan would create a devastated and unlivable planet.

HOPE BOHANEC, Executive Director of Compassionate Living Penngrove

So Long, Ralph He doesn’t act like a lawyer and doesn’t talk like one either, but Ralph Benson’s skills as a lawyer enabled him to make the Sonoma Land Trust a force to be reckoned with in the local and national environmental movement. During his tenure as executive director, he helped preserve more than 30,000 acres in the North Bay. He’s moved on and left a big hole in an organization that once seemed sleepy and that’s now all fired up. Perhaps because he didn’t sound like a fiery eco-warrior and perhaps, too, because he could and did talk to just about everyone, no matter what their views, he managed to get a lot done.

Nobody really has a bad word to say about him, and that’s not just because they’re polite and he’s retiring. At Regional Parks, Caryl Hart loves him, and so does Sonoma County Supervisor Susan Gorin. For years he’s lived much of his time at Glen Oaks Ranch in Glen Ellen, where he’s entertained winemakers, grape growers, farmers, hikers, backpackers and flaming environmentalists too. He cooks, he keeps the conversation moving, and for the most part he stays in the background.

When he wasn’t hunkered down at his desk or at a meeting, he might be found walking alone or with friends in the Mayacamas. Mountain lions never did frighten him. So long, Ralph, we’ll miss you, whether or not we attended land trust events and even if we never wrote a check. May you wander in wetlands, parks, forests and wildlife preserves.

JONAH RASKIN Santa Rosa

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Enough Is Enough Sonoma and Napa question winery expansion BY SHEPHERD BLISS

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esidents throughout Sonoma County are strategizing on how to challenge proposals for new and expanded wineries as event centers in rural areas. Meanwhile, the Napa County Board of Supervisors has a March 10 meeting to hear critics of winery overdevelopment.

The huge Dairyman Winery and Distillery proposed for highspeed Highway 12 near Llano Road in the greenbelt between Sebastopol and Santa Rosa has been the main target of opponents.

Groups such as Sonoma County Conservation Action, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Sebastopol Water Information Group, Western Sonoma County Rural Alliance, the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition, and Apple Roots sent critical comments about the project to the Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department.

These groups oppose the Dairyman project on many grounds, believing it will draw too much from the water table; lead to congested traffic; block the popular Joe Rodota trail; damage the fragile Laguna de Santa Rosa; and pollute the water, air and land in the area through the use of chemicals.

Grape growers and the wine industry contribute valuable economic benefits to Sonoma County. Even most critics appreciate a good glass of local wine, but they advocate moderation when it comes to such proposals, contending that Dairyman is too big and in the wrong place. Imagine tipsy tasters crossing the trail, full of bikers and walkers, and into 60-mile-an-hour traffic. The application demands that trail users “yield” to winery traffic.

The largest development being challenged is the recent $41 million purchase of La Campagna’s 186 acres near Kenwood by a Chinese firm. It was previously stalled by a lawsuit filed by the Valley of the Moon Alliance. If such winery projects are approved, they could set a dangerous precedent.

A movement against the expansion of rural wineries is growing.

It could lead to calls for moratoriums on all new wineries, especially those wanting to be industrial, commercial event centers, located away from urban centers, spoiling pastoral splendor.

Shepherd Bliss 3sb@comcast.net farms, teaches writing at Dominican University, and has contributed to 24 books.

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HUNGRY EYES Weak and emaciated sea lion pups are turning up on local beaches in great numbers this year.

Blubber Trouble Warm water imperils young sea lions

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t’s a cool, foggy morning in the Marin Headlands as volunteers and staff start their morning routines at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.

This being the Bay Area, the cool and foggy part of this story isn’t newsworthy—but the scores of

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emaciated sea lion pups that have deluged the center in recent weeks?

They’re making the news all over.

The pups have been rescued from beaches all the way up to Bodega Bay, and the center expects the wash-ups to continue for months to come. For the third year running, the pups were driven out of the Channel Island rookery before being weaned.

The culprit? The ocean water is too warm, and the sea lions’ anchor foods—anchovies and sardines—have dispersed.

As a result, adult sea lions can’t keep up with feeding themselves, let alone their pups. Now the center is scrambling to handle an influx of pups during what’s usually a slow time of year at the world-class animal-rescue center.

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The animals being rescued are typically around eight months old, says Dr. Shawn Johnson, lead veterinarian at the center, “and half the weight they are supposed to be.” Sea lions, he says, will typically stick with mom until about their 11th month.

The Sausalito center houses a full-scale veterinarian hospital and necropsy lab on the site of an old Nike missile base.

It’s a popular destination for school groups, but the scene is kind of sad out back today. An outdoor pen finds about eight pups huddled on a heating pad. “We had to buy the heating pads,” says Johnson. “The little ones aren’t usually here this time of year.”

Where you’d expect blubbery beasts, you see instead the animals’ ribs. “They should still be in the Channel Islands nursing,” says Johnson.

Once the pups get their strength back, they are transferred to a saltwater pool to get them ready for the journey back to the sea.

Between 50 and 60 percent of the pups that come here are released back to sea in Pt. Reyes National Park. The rest wind up at zoos and aquariums, or they die.

“This is normally the slow season,” says Johnson. He says a more typical winter morning would find vets, researchers and other staff catching up on scientific papers and maintenance projects around the facility.

Johnson says there are usually 10 to 15 animals onsite in January and February—sea otters, sea lions, harbor seals. That’s about how many sea lion pups are now coming into the center every week.

In late February, there were about 150 in the facility—and more on the way. Almost 1,000 pups have been found stranded this year.

Earlier in the morning, Johnson had been on a conference call with a biologist at the Channel Islands. The news is not good from Southern California. “We are bracing to be at or near capacity in a few weeks, and it’s making us all very nervous,” says Johnson. “It’s bad timing.”

Volunteers have been called in, and the center issued an online “SOS” for new ones. The center was coming up short on medicine

‘If sea lions can’t find enough food for themselves, what does it mean for other sea creatures?’

The pup wash-ups are driven by rising ocean temperatures, says Johnson. Those have been running 2 to 5 degrees Celsius above average, from the Aleutian Islands all the way down to Baja California, despite the apparent absence of an El Niño trigger.

The warming trend has dispersed the anchovies and sardines that sea lions rely on, says Johnson.

“The sea lion moms are not eating too much themselves, but they are putting lots of effort into finding food. They can’t keep up.”

There’s a ripple effect up and down the chain when a “sentinel species” struggles.

“It’s very concerning to us,” Johnson says. The health of these apex predators “is a good indicator of the general health of the ocean. If sea lions can’t find enough food for themselves, what does it mean for other [sea creatures],” he says—let alone fishermen trying to make a living?

D EBRIEF ER Pulling the Plug on Cos You’ve heard by now, perhaps, that the scheduled June 6 appearance of Bill Cosby at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa has been “postponed indefinitely,” which is a polite way of saying that the show’s been canceled.

correspondence supportive of Cosby’s appearance, to Mr. Low, and left it up to him and Cosby to make the call.

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“We don’t know what went into the conversation or the discussion,” says Abrams. “I’m sure Mr. Low received everything we sent him, and I’m sure some of those things went into that decision.”

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As of two weeks ago, the show was on, despite persistent allegations about Cosby’s alleged habit of drugging starlets and then doing who knows what to them. At last count, more than 30 women had come forward with various tales of creepy toesucking activities by Cosby.

Yet according to the publicist for the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, the venue didn’t push promoter John Low to cancel the show.

“That’s really the case,” insists spokesperson Anne Abrams.

The center issued a press release on Feb. 20 to announce the cancellation, and to give the 500odd ticketholders information on how to get their money back. Cosby has been met with protests wherever the show has gone on.

“Mr. Low is presenting this show, and Mr. Low said he was postponing it,” says Abrams. “We’re not part of the decision.”

Maybe not directly . . .

Abrams says the center fielded positive and negative comments from “the community,” and forwarded the comments to Low. That was as far as any contact with the promoter went, she says.

The Wells Fargo Center for the Arts didn’t pressure Low to cancel the show.

Weird. Just a few weeks ago the center said it wouldn’t undermine a contract with Low by canceling the show out from under him.

Instead, it sent complaints it had been receiving, along with

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Mardi Blah And now, a rant. Debriefer came here from New Orleans a little over a year ago, and needs to make an observation about the lameness of not-in-Nola Mardi Gras celebrations. We’ll hold out the possibility that there was a Carnival celebration somewhere up here that was worthy of the spirit of the holiday, but we’re doubtful.

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Why? A Fat Tuesday sight of five skrunky Petalumans huddled downtown in purple-gold cliché costumes does not cut it, even at the most rudimentary, culturehumping, white-bread level.

Debriefer also heard how an earlier Mardi Gras night at the [REDACTED] had been a total dud, despite some top-notch NOLA talent in the house. You can’t just throw some beads at suckers and call it Mardi Gras. And so a theme has emerged: North Bay Mardi Gras celebrations are lame.

But there’s such potential!

Here’s an idea: The North Bay should either (a) get a huge and wild, three-day parade going with cows and goats and tricked-out ag-wagons and yurts repurposed as floats, bring in the Gypsy marching bands and the high school marching bands, you’ve already got the tractors, everywhere, and lots of colorful people who like to organize and build beauty into their lives, or (b) stop it with these weak little gestures of joy and don’t do anything.—Tom Gogola

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and food, so there’s been a push in fundraising at the nonprofit, whose annual budget is around $6.5 million.

Temporary volunteers are put to work in the spacious “fish kitchen,” where they sanitize items used to feed the sea lions. Trained volunteers prepare the food and feed the animals. For healthier sea lions, there are buckets of fat Alaskan herring; sicker animals get a liquid mix of herring, fish oil and water.

The center goes through 400 pounds of $1-a-pound herring a day trying to save the stranded pups.

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Dining DOSE OF REALITY It takes three days to make a batch of Dosa Chips, but just minutes to eat a whole bag.

Snack Attack Larkspur’s Dosa Chips riff on a traditional South Indian recipe for fermented rice and lentils BY FLORA TSAPOVSKY

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was never much of a snacker. Since we often bond with favorite snacks during childhood, my childhood, in communist Russia, didn’t provide me with much variety. But I’ve developed a thing for Dosa Chips.

I rarely seek out snacks in the supermarket, but what initially attracted me to Dosa Chips was, ironically, the price-to-size ratio.

What could cost $6.79 in such a small bag, I wondered? Hand

reached for product and the price was paid. In that small, seemingly overpriced package awaited the most addictive snack I could possibly dream of. It was love at first crunch. Dosa Chips—golden, gluten-free crispy shreds of deepfried Indian dosa batter—turned out to be local. They’re made by self-proclaimed “one-woman show” Suzanne McGoldrick, owner of Table Cafe in Larkspur, who makes the chips at the restaurant.

“They basically sell themselves,”

says McGoldrick when I confessed my addiction.

The unique chip—Google it, and you won’t find anything like it—was born, like many good things, due to the hardships of the recession.

“My business started slumping, and I figured I had to do something,” said McGoldrick. “I serve dosas at the restaurant, and I experimented with them for a while until one day I had a flash of inspiration.”

According to McGoldrick, it takes three days to make the chips.

The batter—a traditional South Indian recipe made with lentils, salt, water and rice flour—ferments overnight in big tubs. McGoldrick then makes giant dosa crêpes and lets them sit overnight and set. On the third day, the dosas are hand-cut, fried in healthful rice bran oil, left for the rest of the day to drain and bagged by hand. Flavors currently include the original (slightly sour, salty and satisfying) and cinnamon. Curry and chocolate are in the works.

Her first retail customer was Paradise Foods in Corte Madera.

The store requested a sample and called back the same day, blissfully hooked. Since 2011, McGoldrick has gradually expanded her distribution to seven Marin County locations, 12 retailers in San Francisco and one in Berkeley.

Loyal Californians who move out request shipping to their new homes, from Denver to North Carolina, and they’re not alone; McGoldrick says Dean & DeLuca and Martha Stewart’s magazine Living have already shown interest.

“I dream big, but I’m careful about what I do; I want to make sure it’s good and right,” says McGoldrick.

When the gluten-free trend works itself into the conversation, she admits it’s a selling point, but customers mostly come back for the unique texture and flavor.

Before opening Table Cafe, McGoldrick worked as an art director, manager of a glassblowing and caterer. In every job, she’s stuck to the same principles: “Having standards, keeping your word, being true to who you are, and having your business as an extension of you.”

And when that extension just happens to be a most unusual, tasty, healthful snack, one that’s also “such a pain in the butt to make, I don’t know if anyone would want to copy it”? Well, then success is almost guaranteed.

Join the craze before Martha Stewart gets to it.

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S O N OMA CO U N TY De Schmire Hearty continental. $$-$$$. Informal, with emphasis on seafood.

Generous portions, open kitchen, outside dining. Dinner, Wed-Sun. 304 Bodega Ave, Petaluma. 70.762.1901.

Dempsey’s Alehouse Gourmet pub fare. $-$$.

Popular brewpub and bistro, award-winning handcrafted beers, outdoor dining in summer and pork chops to die for. Lunch and dinner daily.

50 E Washington St, Petaluma.

707.765.9694.

Flavor California cuisine. $-$$. Fresh and organic white-tablecloth food at paper-napkin prices. Lunch and dinner daily; breakfast, Wed-Sun. 96 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa.

707.573.9600.

Gohan Japanese. $$-$$$.

Superb Japanese favorites with modern twists like greentea cheesecake and wakame snow-crab caviar salad in a martini glass. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Fri; dinner only, Sat-Sun. 1367 McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.789.9296.

Johnny Garlic’s California. $$. At Johnny’s, garlic is God–all dishes are infused with the glorious stinking rose. Lunch and dinner daily. 8988 Brooks Rd, Windsor. 707.836.8300.

JoJo Sushi Japanese. $-$$. Hip downtown eatery features fresh sushi, sashimi, teriyaki, and innovative specials. Lunch and dinner daily. 645 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.569.8588.

Larry Vito’s BBQ Smokehouse Barbecue. $-$$. Southern-style and slow-cooked from a chef who’s worked with Wolfgang Puck and Alice Waters. Zing!

Il Piccolo Caffe Italian. $$. Big, ample portions at this premier spot on Sausalito’s spirited waterfront. Breakfast and lunch daily. 660 Bridgeway, Ste 3, Sausalito. 415.289.1195.

6811 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol. 707.575.3277.

Insalata’s Mediterranean. $$$. Simple, high-impact dishes of exotic flavors. Lunch and dinner daily. 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo.

415.457.7700.

Monti’s Rotisserie & Bar California cuisine. $-$$.

M&G’s Burgers & Beverages American. $.

Small plates and a few larger entrées with emphasis on house-roasted meats. Lunch and dinner daily. 714 Village Ct, Santa Rosa. 707.568.4404.

The Red Grape Pizza.

The ultimate in American cuisine.

Crispy fries, good burgers and friendly locals chowing down.

Lunch and dinner daily. 2017 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

415.454.0655.

$-$$. Delectable New Havenstyle thin-crust pizzas with fresh ingredients and a dazzling array of toppings.

Lunch and dinner daily.

529 First St W, Sonoma.

707.996.4103.

food. $-$$. Excellent soups, salads, pub grub and awardwinning pork-beer sausage.

Lunch and dinner daily.

1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.4677.

Sizzling Tandoor Indian.

Robata Grill & Sushi

$-$$. Coastal gem offers a great view of the Sonoma Coast. Come for happy hour and stay through dinner. 9960 Hwy 1, Jenner. 707.865.0625.

Japanese. $$. Mmm. With thick slices of fresh sashimi, Robata knows how to do it. The rolls are big winners. Lunch, MonFri; dinner daily. 591 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley. 415.381.8400.

Water Street Bistro Eclectic. $$. Homemade soups, salads, sandwiches and entrées. Breakfast and lunch daily. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.9563.

MARIN CO U N T Y Arigatou Japanese Food to Go Japanese. $.

Cheap, delicious and ready to go.

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

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Italian. $$. Hearty and flavorful food in authentic neighborhood-style Italian restaurant. Lunch and dinner daily. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera. 415.927.2316.

Casa Mañana Mexican. $. Big burritos a stone’s throw from the perfect picnic spot: Perri Park. The horchata is divine. Lunch and dinner daily. 85 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

415.454.2384.

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Salito’s Crab House Seafood . $$$. Waterfront setting with extensive marine menu plus steak and other American staples. Lunch and dinner daily. 1200 Bridgeway Ave, Sausalito. 415.331.3226.

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

N A PA CO U N T Y Boonfly Cafe California cuisine. $-$$. Extraordinary food in an extraordinary setting. Perfect pasta and mussels. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 4080 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. 707.299.4900.

Bouchon French. $$$. A Keller brother creation with a distinctly Parisian bistro ambiance, offering

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707.944.8037.

Celadon Global comfort food. $$. Relaxed sophistication in intimate neighborhood bistro setting by the creek. Superior wine list. Lunch, Mon-Fri; dinner daily. 500 Main St, Ste G, Napa.

707.254.9690.

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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.

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1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa.

707.255.5552.

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

Messy, delicious. Lunch and dinner daily. 1010 Lincoln Ave, Napa. 707.252.9250.

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FEED Me I’m a fan of food magazines and websites because I’m always looking for new sources of culinary inspiration to help get me out of my latest food rut. Lately, I’ve been enjoying the weekly newsletter from Sebastopol’s FEED Sonoma. FEED stands for “Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights.” And earthly delights are what the newsletter/produce list is filled with.

FEED Sonoma is a produce wholesaler and distributor that draws from small West County farms, many of which are too small to get picked up by other distributors.

The company supplies a who’s who of restaurants from Sonoma County to San Francisco. The newsletter is written for produce buyers in restaurants and markets, and reads like an intelligence report on what’s popping up in local fields and what’s soon to turn up on your plate.

This week’s newsletter carries proof of our early spring in the form of edible flowers from farmer Paul Wirtz—fava bean flowers and calendula blossoms. Also on this week’s list are fresh bay leaves (the clove-scented “Saratoga” cultivar to be exact), garlic chives and thyme.

This being the start of a new growing season, the newsletter announces the birth of a new crop of baby vegetables—baby fennel, baby radish and baby daikon. But winter vegetables are still in the mix. FEED is offering winter squash from Shone Farm with varieties like New England pie, Long Island cheese and sweet kabocha.

Each newsletters begin with a few words of inspiration written by co-owner Tim Page about what’s in season and how we go about building a thriving local food system that can be passed on to future generations.

“We are going to grow our food right next to the source,” he writes. “We are going to bring the water in, and we will let the water join the river once again, as it makes its way to the ocean. . . . The cycle is nurtured and honored. . . . People are fed.”

Here’s to spring and hopefully more rain.

Visit Feedsonoma.com for more information.—Stett Holbrook

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S O N OM A CO U N T Y Eric Kent Wine Cellars Nevermind the art of wine, there’s art on the wine.

Limited release Chard, Pinot, Syrah from ad man turned cellar geek. 1014 Hopper Ave., Santa Rosa. Barrel tasting, by appointment only.

707.527.9700.

Fritz Underground Winery Partly underground tasting room overlooks the hill country north of Dry Creek Valley at this familyowned estate. Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon plus Lost Canyon wines (formerly of Oakland).

24691 Dutcher Creek Road, Cloverdale. Tasting 10:30–4:30 daily; $5 fee. 707.894.3389.

Kachina Vineyards Rarer than a Spanish goat is the Savoie grape, Charbono.

Quiet spot in oak woodland.

4551 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. By appointment only, Thursday–Monday; $10.

707.332.0854.

Lambert Bridge Winery On gloomy afternoons, a string of lights and a curl of smoke from the stone chimney make this Dry Creek landmark all the more inviting. Chandelierilluminated redwood cellar is a warm setting to sample meticulously crafted Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Zin and claret paired with gourmet small plates. 4085 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Open 10:30am–4:30pm. Tasting fee $15; food pairing, $45.

707.431.9600.

Pangloss New name from Audelssa crew, same rugged mountain Cab, plus Zin and Anderson Valley Pinot.

13750 Arnold Drive, Glen Ellen. Tasting room open daily, 10:30am–5pm. 707.933.8565.

Paradise Ridge Winery A gorgeous, provocative sculpture garden with annually changing exhibits set amid a pygmy forest. Stay for

sunset Wednesday evenings April–October. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Drive, Santa Rosa.

Open daily, 11am–5:30pm.

707.528.9463. Paradise also offers its food-friendly wines at an accessible little shack in the heart of Sonoma Valley.

Try structured clarets from the estate’s high-elevation Rockpile vineyards; do some time with “the Convict” Zinfandel. Open daily, 10am– 5pm. 8860 Sonoma Hwy., Kenwood. 707.282.9020.

Quivira Winery Certified biodynamic producer that promotes creek stewardship and steelhead-salmon-habitat restoration. Dry Creek Zinfandel is a regular favorite; Mourvèdre and other Rhône varietals are outstanding. As the steelhead have lately rediscovered, Quivira is worth returning to year after year. 4900 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 11am–5pm. 800.292.8339.

Russian Hill Winery Simple tasting room, strong Pinots and Syrah, fantastic view.

4525 Slusser Road, Windsor.

Open Thursday–Monday, 10am–5pm. 707.575.9428.

Sonoma Valley Portworks Although it’s a small-time crime to call a wine “port” what wasn’t made in Portugal, it’s all on the level here at the home of DECO California Port. Everybody gets a button: “Lick my glass!”

613 Second St., Petaluma.

Thursday–Monday, noon to 5pm. No fee. 707.769.5203.

Taft Street Winery Award-winning Sauvignon Blancs are a great deal.

2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol. Monday–Friday, 11am–4pm; Saturday–Sunday, 11am–4:30pm. 707.823.2049.

Valdez Family Winery Ulises Valdez toiled in the vineyard of Zinfandel for over 20 years. Rare St. Peter’s Church Zin. 113 Mill St., Healdsburg. Thursday– Sunday, 11am–5pm. Tasting fee, $10. 707.433.3710.

Wilson Winery Scenic setting and rustic-modern tasting room makes for an

atmospheric, recommended visit. Single-vineyard Zinfandels, Cabernet Sauvignons, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Petite Sirah win awards for good reason— namely, even curmudgeons take one sip and turn into believers. 1960 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 11am to 5pm. Tastings are $5; $10 for reserves. 707.433.4355.

N A PA CO U N TY Charles Krug Winery Founded 1861, and owned by the Peter Mondavi family since only 1943, Krug is among Napa’s most historic wineries. Taste award-winning Sauvignon Blanc and reserve Cab in the newly restored Redwood Cellar in the original stone winery. Ask about the Johannisberg Riesling.

2800 Main St., St. Helena.

Tasting daily, 10:30am to 5pm.

Fees vary; complimentary for “Napa neighbors.”

707.967.2229.

Freemark Abbey In 1881, Josephine Tychson was the first woman to own and operate a winery in the valley.

Enjoy the Cabs. 3022 St. Helena Hwy. N. (at Lodi Lane), St. Helena. Open daily, 10am-5pm.

800.963.9698.

Louis M. Martini Winery Before Mondavi, Martini was the “King of Cab.” Famed Monte Rosso Cab is the key attraction at this traditional tasting room. 254 St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena. Daily, 10am–6pm. Tasting fee, $15– $20. 45-minute tour, $30.

707.968.3362.

Sequoia Grove A diamond in the rough that’s all polished and ready to kick some booty—not that they’re competitive. Once famed, now clawing back, Sequoia Grove offers shaded redwood picnicking—as you might expect—and wines to take notice of. 8338 St. Helena Hwy., Napa. Daily, 10:30am–5pm.

Tasting fee, $15–$30.

707.944.2945.

The .001 Percent Esterlina Vineyards celebrates Black History Month with art and wine

BY JAMES KNIGHT

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f you know all about the Cole Ranch AVA, count yourself among the elite few. The smallest viticultural area in the United States is also the only one owned by one family.

Stephen Sterling, co-owner of Esterlina Vineyards, says that he meets sommeliers around the world who know about Cole Ranch.

But not so many have heard of his winery. It’s only the largest African-American-owned family winery in the nation.

Out of some 8,000 American wineries, says Sterling, less than a couple dozen are owned by African-American families—about .001 percent. Sterling is a former president of the Association of African American Vintners, whose events at Napa’s Copia and elsewhere generated a lot of interest in the first decade of this century.

Sterling says he was inspired to help raise awareness of AfricanAmerican winemakers when he found that among thousands of people at big winetastings, they were a notably whispered-about anomaly: “See, I told you there were black people in the wine industry!” Sterling wanted to see that change.

“I think what most consumers are surprised to find out is that their backgrounds are really similar to a lot of the old Italian and French families who have been making wine for a few generations.”

He and his brothers, for example, first sampled wine made by their grandfather, who was from Baton Rouge, La., a former territory of France—where his grandfather was from.

High gas prices made the Sterling’s Anderson Valley tasting room unsustainable, so they merged Esterlina with their Dry Creek Valley property, Everett Ridge. Here, the Sterlings host their inaugural Black History Month celebration on Saturday, Feb. 28.

The event features displays on loan from the Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and College of Creative Studies in Detroit, with live music by a 1980s-style R&B “Norcal Motown” band. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefit the United Negro College Fund, MoAD and Redwood Empire Food Bank.

One Esterlina wine that I always look forward to is the bone-dry Cole Ranch Dry Riesling ($24). They also make an off-dry style, and both have been served at White House events during the Bush administration.

Everett Ridge Winery, 435 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg.

Black History Month celebration Saturday, Feb. 28, noon–4pm.

Tickets, $50. Phone 707.433.1637 or visit www.esterlinavineyards. com. Daily winetasting, 10am–5pm.

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Most reviews by James Knight. Note: Those listings marked ‘WC’ denote wineries with caves. These wineries are usually only open to the public by appointment.

Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

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ompost has been my deposit for the past 15 years,” he says.

Working with San Francisco’s Recology and soil scientist Bob Shaffer, Vella has maintained healthy vines resulting from regular application of compost and the planting of diverse cover crops. Compost and cover crops are nothing new. But the use of them in tandem is novel, and advocates say the technique points the way forward in a world plagued by declining soil fertility, drought and soil loss.

Today, Chateau Montelena’s estate vineyard, located in a small, keyhole-shaped valley of stunning beauty, is on the cutting edge of a type of soil management which has applications far beyond the exclusive world of premium-wine production.

“This is a global story,” says Shaffer. “This is a partial solution to a lot problems. We just wish everyone on the planet knew about it.”

Earlier this month, Vella, Shaffer and Robert Reed, public relations manager for Recology, held a tour to show off what they had accomplished in hopes of getting other growers to follow their example.

Reed is passionate about compost, but he sees a roadblock: there isn’t enough of it to meet demand. Recology collects food waste in San Francisco and more than a hundred cities on the West Coast and Nevada. Thanks to San Francisco’s mandatory recycling program, the company collects an average of 700 tons of food scraps and garden debris every day. The material is composted at the company’s state-of-the-art Vacaville facility.

According to a 2011 report from the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization, “roughly onethird of the edible parts of food produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted globally, which is about 1.3 billion tons per year.”

Winery photos courtesy Chateau Montelena.

Of course maintaining that quality is not so simple.

Farming grapes or any other crop is an act of creation—and destruction. Seeds are sown to create new life, but before any crops bear fruit, the land must be bent to the farmer’s will. Forests, grasslands, wetlands and other wild areas are leveled, drained and denuded. Fully functioning ecosystems above and below the ground are uprooted, displaced and destroyed in the wake of the plow and tiller.

Once crops are in the ground, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are pumped into the land in an effort to counter the extraction of soil nutrients and imbalances that come from replacing a wild polyculture with a manmade monoculture.

Organic and biodynamic forms of agriculture are more benign than chemical-based farming, but they are still unnatural imitations of a closed-loop, wild ecosystem. Too often, the soil suffers.

For such a vital resource, soil often gets treated like dirt. But soil is right up there with oxygen.

Without it, we die. Soil feeds us, but the soil needs to eat too. What do we feed it? Typically, it’s a diet of chemical fertilizers, which yield ever-diminishing returns.

Soil isn’t just dirt. It’s alive with nematodes, bacteria, protozoa and fungi that contribute to soil health, which in turn contributes to plant health and human health.

“You have to look at soil like a big checking account,” says Vella.

“You make a deposit and you get a return, but you can’t keep withdrawing from the soil.”

But Vella has found a way to maintain a healthy account balance.

EMPIRE OF DIRT Chateau Montelena built its reputation with fine wine, and strives to continue its name with fine soil—with a little help from compost.

That’s a lot of waste, but also a lot of potential compost. Reed says the problem is that the landfill industry has a lucrative grip on the waste stream and doesn’t want to give it up. Nationally, there are 3,000 landfills and only 300 compost facilities.

“There are all these food scraps in the world, and there’s a fight over who is going to get them,” he says.

A 2012 report from the Environmental Protection Agency finds that, on average, Americans create 4.4 pounds of waste per day. That adds up to 251 million tons of garbage a year, of which about 87 million tons, or 34.5 percent, is recycled and composted. In 2011, Americans recovered more than 65 million tons of municipal waste through recycling and more than 21 million tons through composting, reports the EPA. Still, more than 40 percent of all food that’s grown and bought in this country goes

to waste, according to the folks at Lexicon of Sustainability.

That 4.4 pound national average is also the California average per-capita garbage creation.

But Sonoma County residents are already creating a pound less of garbage per day than the national average, according to county statistics. Much of this recent, sharp reduction in the local waste stream is attributed to the adoption of single-source recycling bins, but the county also has an aggressive composting program that’s been in place for decades.

Sonoma Compost Co. has been in business since 1985 and has a contract with the county to divert green waste and other renewable garbage sources.

The company reports that since 1993 it has diverted 1.6 million tons of green waste from the local landfill.

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ave Vella’s job sounds simple enough. He’s the vineyard manager at Calistoga’s 133-yearold Chateau Montelena Winery. The winery stunned the winemaking world at the famous “Judgment of Paris” in 1976 when it and a handful of upstart California wineries bested their French counterparts in a blind tasting. Vella’s job is to make sure the vineyards keep producing the great grapes that make such great wines.

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in food scraps—which is about Sauvignon and Zinfandel, he lays 35 percent of all residential waste down rich compost from Recology created in the county. County the color of ground coffee and documents note that this is “a then seeds that with various cover resource that could be used crops and insect-attracting plants instead of landfilled.” such as mustard, barley, Queen At the municipal level, the city Anne’s lace, strawberry clover and of Santa Rosa utilizes the Laguna brome. Many winegrowers make Composting Facility, where, the sure nothing grows between their city reports, about 12,000 cubic vines, a waste of valuable real yards of compost are generated estate that might otherwise help a year. Most of that is feed the grapes. sold to landscapers Compost by itself and vineyards. is good. The humus Napa County reports in the compost holds that in 2012 it recycled water and draws grapeor composted 113,000 feeding carbon into the tons of trash at the soil. It also feeds the Napa Recycling and rich biological life in Composting Facility. the soil: earthworms, The county reports fly larvae and other that it diverts about beneficial insects that 55 percent of the waste further nourish the that would otherwise soil and plants. But wind up at the Keller compost plus cover THE WINNER The 1973 Canyon Landfill crops is better, says Chardonnay was the one into compost or Shaffer, who consults that beat out the French. recyclables. with farmers around Napa County recently the world, most of whom complain completed a successful pilot of the same thing: hard, infertile program to divert food scraps soil. from the waste stream and “Compost is great, but it doesn’t into the compost economy; have roots,” he says. that service is now available at The addition of cover crops helps restaurants and other food service fix nitrogen in the soil, literally businesses throughout the county. pulling it out of the atmosphere In Marin County, the biggest (where we don’t want it) and composting player is Waste putting it in the ground (where we Management, the corporate do want it), reducing or garbage behemoth that runs a eliminating harmful fertilizers. recycling facility and landfill.

Blossoms attract helpful insects Through its WM Earthcare that eat pests, cutting down on program, the corporation the need for pesticides. produces and sells several grades “This is called synergism,” of compost at the Redwood Shaffer says. “The whole idea is to Landfill facility in Novato. The imitate nature.” company reports that food waste Fifteen years and counting, the accounts for about one-quarter of result is soil that’s teeming with Marin’s residential waste stream. life, vineyards that continue to According to its website, Waste produce premium grapes and— Management is expanding the nearly 40 years after the Paris composting facility in Novato tasting— vintage after vintage of to accommodate residential and great wine. commercial food waste. The “If you work with mother nature company offers its compost for sale instead of trying to fool mother through the North Bay and says its nature, it always works out,” says product is the “compost of choice Paul Giusti, community and for discriminating vineyards.” government affairs manager for Vella might take issue with that Recology. assertion.

What he does is straightforward.

Tom Gogola contributed additional reporting to this story.

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The week’s events: a selective guide

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Funktopus and DJ Malarke eyy. If that’s that’s not theree will be sides sideshow firee enough, ther enough, show and fir performances, dancing perf ormances,, belly dancin ng and burlesque, word, moree in a night spoken wor d,, comedy and mor extravagant of extr avagant fun.. Let it all a hang out North when you hit N orth Bay CCabaret’s a et’s Mardi abar Mardi Gr Gross oss on Friday Friday, y, Feb.. 27 27, 7, att Whiskey TTip, ip, 1910 Sebastopol Road,, San Santa nta Rosa.. 7pm. $10. 707 707.843.5535.

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7pm m.. $10), then she leads a day-long rretreat ettreat to put these lessons into pr practice acticee on Satur Saturday, dayy, Feb. 28, at Commonweal Commonwea al (451 Mesa Road,, Bolinas.

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Bay A Area rea art icon Lawrence Lawrence Ferlinghetti Ferlin nghetti rreportedly eportedly got into painting a bit by b accident while working on a docto doctorate orate Paris. however,, th thee in P aris. By the 1950s, however cofounder acclaimed poet, painter and cof ounder of San Francisco’s Francisco’s beloved City Lig Lights ghts bookstore creating surreal largebook store was cr eating sur real lar gescale canvases, as well as writing his politically char charged ged poetry poetry.. His workk has around been shown ar ound the world, andd at 95 years old, his list of distinguish distinguished hed achievements is a mile long. long TThis his week, week w his paintings and poetry come tog together gether in the new “Legends of the Bay Area” Area” exhibit running until April April 5, and opening o Saturday, with a rreception eception on Satur dayy, Feb. 28, Contemporary at the Marin Museum of Contempo orary Art, A rt, 500 P Palm alm Drive, Novato.

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Plant Li Life ife Sonoma County’s rich bounty of agricultural agricul tural wonders iss well-known, theree is a wealth but ther wealth of o native plants in the area area that largely largelyy goes unnoticed.

Herbalist and educator educator Tellur Tellur e Fenner hopes to change that. This This week, the Botanical owner of Blue Wind B otanical Medicine Clinic in Oakland Oakland cur curates attes a lectur lecturee titled ““Edible Edible and Medicinal Plants of Sonoma County”” and leads a walk w in the stunning surroundings sur roundings of Fort Ross.

R . Fenner identifies and explainss a plethor plethoraa of local flora, flor a, and off offers ers inf infoo on o historical and modern uses of these botanical wonders. ““Edible Edible and Medicinal Plants of Sonoma Sunday, March County”” comes alive oon n Sunday y, Mar ch 1, at Fort Ross Conser vancyy, 19005 Hwy Conservancy, Hwy.. 1, Jenner.. 10am.. $45.. 707 Jenner 707.847.3437.

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SPOOKY Stories about unexplained sights and sounds at the Phoenix Theater abound.

Ghost Stories Is Petaluma’s Phoenix Theater haunted?

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etaluma’s Phoenix Theater has been a favorite evenue to thousands of wayward kids and concert-goers for decades.

Apparently ghosts don’t mind all that noise.

After Tom Gaffney became general manager in 1983, he says he sensed a spirit lurking among its four walls. And while not every touring band or Rocky Horror Picture Show entourage has had a ghost sighting, the stories keep mounting.

“When I was a kid, there were stories about people seeing blue lights, and some had seen a little kid walking the building,” says Gaffney. Something used to walk across the stage, and the sounds of footsteps have been heard near and around the stage for quite some time, he says.

The stories have been investigated by psychics, paranormal investigators and various ghostbusters.

“There was a really clear one caught by some ghost hunters from Penngrove, and they got

BY EDDIE JORGENSEN multiple responses up in the projection booth caught on audio tape,” says Gaffney.

He adds that “when Amy Bruni from [the Syfy Channel’s] Ghost Hunters and her crew came, they got some responses down in the basement. They experienced a lot of EVP [electronic voice phenomenon] and received various sound hits from different places throughout the building.

“We’ve probably had five or six psychics in the building that all claimed they heard and felt some really strong energy,”

Gaffney says. “As far back as 1986, a psychic came here, and then wanted to come back again decades later to help cleanse the building of ghosts. Oddly enough, the emails I sent back in response to him were all stuck in the draft folder when I know they sent. That was weird.”

The Phoenix seems to be home to several different spirits. A little boy has been seen in random places. There is supposedly a larger character, dubbed Big Chris, who is believed to be a cousin of one of Gaffney’s friends, as well as an older man who apparently roams the attic. There have also been reports of a woman who haunted a bathroom, but she’s been quiet as of late.

Chomphard guitarist Lance Brown relates a story of his band practicing at the theater one night and noticing that “the light down in the boiler room kept flickering on and off. We could see it because there was a hole between the stage and boiler room, which is below downstairs. We went down and turned the light off, and then when we got back upstairs it was on.”

On another occasion, Brown and his band were practicing late at night and saw someone watching from the projection booth. He thought it was a friend of his. “We took a break and went up to say hello,” Brown says. “There was no one there.”

Former Conspiracy drummer Dimitri Katzoff has a ghost story too.

“I remember at one of our rehearsals there was a blue figure glowing behind our bass player.

Also, I remember when I went upstairs to use the restroom while I was the only one in there, one of the stall doors slammed shut—I ran the hell out of there so fast!”

Of course, it’s possible that some of these shenanigans can

be attributed to folks who’ve wandered into the building.

However, the constant moving of pieces of furniture can’t be accounted for, says Gaffney.

“It’s when you are in quiet moments when you notice things are moved out of place,” he says.

“The basement is the place where so many things have been shuffled around that now we have a lock on the door, and stuff is still out of place when we open it.”

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‘When I was a kid, there were stories about people seeing blue lights.’

Things even got physical once, he says.

“We had [local ska band the Conspiracy] practicing late at the venue one night. One of their members used the bathroom and got visible scratches on himself.

That was rather freaky,” Gaffney says.

“He went into the little WC that used to be on stage right and came out with a giant unexplained abrasion on one whole size of his ribcage,” confirms band mate Josh Staples. “None of us went in there after that.”

Makes sense.

Like the music fans who pass through the Phoenix Theater’s doors, ghosts are treated just the same, says Gaffney.

“It’s kind of a check-in and check-out spot. The ghosts simply go there to hang out until they figure out their next move.”

He takes a hands-off approach to the apparitions.

“If there are really ghosts, it’s not my job to tell them they can or can’t stay. As long as they don’t hurt anyone, they are free to roam.”

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Saturday, March 14 • 7–10 pm Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa IGNITE TALKS are like mini-TED talks: five minutes long, accompanied by 20 images, and presented by passionate people!

Tickets $18 at jccsoco.org / $20 at the door Price includes a glass of wine/beer and delicious nibbles Plus: Yiddish • Kabbalah Novels • The Blessing Way • Have Art Will Travel • Seized By the Gods • Sar El • Mussar • Birdie Paradise • Nina’s Joyous Judaica • Trees, Twigs & Tales: Jewish Family Histories • Hidden Women in the Bible • Wild Birds • Hebrew

LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG Taylor Bartolucci is Bonnie and James Bock is Clyde in, yes, ‘Bonnie & Clyde.’

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Final Curtains Death stalks two stellar new plays

BY DAVID TEMPLETON

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eath is not negotiable. Sooner or later, we all face it. In a pair of just-opened plays, the specter of death hangs over the action like an axe dangling above a doorway.

In Conor McPherson’s evocative drama Shining City (Main Stage West), an anxious insomniac named John (John Craven) seeks help from a troubled Dublin therapist, Ian (Nick Sholley).

John keeps seeing the ghost of his recently deceased wife. Unable to sleep, afraid to enter his own home, John believes he’s being haunted for unspoken sins.

Ian, certain his client is simply struggling with feelings of guilt, gently coaxes the old man toward facing his fear, all the while carrying his own soul-crushing battle with guilt and despair. With

carefully crafted delicacy, Ian’s increasingly powerful sessions with John alternate with a pair of close encounters he has with Neasa (Ilana Niernberger), the fierce but frail mother of his child, and Laurence (John Browning), a sensitive street hustler.

Elegantly staged by director Elizabeth Craven and beautifully acted by the entire ensemble, this rich tale is more than just a chilling ghost story. A lush and lyrical look at the choices we all make to feel alive in a world haunted by the ghosts of our past decisions, Shining City glows with intelligence, humor and humanity.

Rating (out of five): It’s widely known that the notorious Depression-era outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died violently in a hail of gunfire.

In composer Frank Wildhorn’s musical reworking of the bank robbers’ lives, Bonnie & Clyde, the tale begins at the end, with the famous fugitives’ bloody demise in their car. Ivan Menchell’s clever script then jumps back in time to Bonnie and Clyde’s childhoods, gradually working its way to where the story began.

As the title characters, Taylor Bartolucci and James Bock have killer chemistry, matched in poise and presence by Scottie Woodard and Heather Buck as Clyde’s brother Buck and sisterin-law Blanche. Barry Martin, as a local preacher, brings impressive Southern gospel charm.

The somewhat uneven musical score has a few strong moments, emphasizing the tragic love story at the heart of the play. On Jesse Dreikosen’s first-rate set of jagged wooden slats, director Craig Miller keeps the tension building nicely.

And that’s no small feat, since, hey, everyone knows the ending.

Rating (out of five): ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ runs Thursday–Sunday through March 15 at 6th Street Playhouse.

52 W. Sixty St., Santa Rosa. Thursday– Saturday at 8pm; 2pm matinees Saturday–Sunday. $15–$37. 707.523.4185.

‘Shining City’ runs Thursday–Sunday through March 15 at Main Stage West.

104 N. Main St., Sebastopol.

Thursday–Saturday, 8pm; 5pm matinee, Sunday. $15–$27. 707.823.0177.

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COUNTRY TIME North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rangers have a new bluegrass album coming out this summer.

On the Range Steep Canyon Rangersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; road to success

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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f the harmonious bluegrass thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming from the Steep Canyon Rangers sounds like a band lost in time and Appalachia, it is because they practically are. Nestled in the foothills of North Carolina, the Steep Canyon Rangers have perfected a true and traditional country folk thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s propelled them to the national spotlight.

The Steep Canyon Rangers play the City Winery on Feb. 28. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing lots of different kinds of shows lately, from clubs to performance halls,â&#x20AC;? says founding member and banjo player Graham Sharp (pictured, far right). â&#x20AC;&#x153;In both cases, it translates so well with the directness of the

acoustic instruments and voices, the live shows are where we are at our best.â&#x20AC;?

The Steep Canyon Rangers also include guitarist Woody Platt, mandolin player Mike Guggino, bassist Charles Humphrey III, ďŹ ddler Nicky Sanders and drummer Mike Ashworth, with Sharp and Humphrey sharing the majority of songwriting duties.

These days, though, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to talk about the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup without mentioning their frequent collaborator, Steve Martin.

Yes, that Steve Martin.

The actor and accomplished banjo player ďŹ rst joined the Rangers onstage in 2009 for a broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. Since then, the group and Martin have toured extensively together, and they collaborated on the 2011 album, Rare Bird Alert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an insanely creative guy,â&#x20AC;? says Sharp of Steve Martin, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and as hard a worker as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen in the business. Its inspiring.â&#x20AC;?

Rare Bird Alert was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album at the 2012 Grammys, and though it lost that year, the Steep Canyon Rangers took the award home the next year with their own album, Nobody Knows You. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty amazing feeling,â&#x20AC;? admits Sharp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been a band thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based our music on all the old bluegrass we love, but we try to forge our own path as much as we can,â&#x20AC;? he continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having that be validated felt pretty good, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given us a lot of conďŹ dence to follow that path.â&#x20AC;?

That path so far includes 2013â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widely respected release Tell the Ones I Love, and a live concert album, featuring Martin and singer-songwriter Edie Brickell.

Just a few months ago, the Steep Canyon Rangers wrapped recording on their newest effort, a still-untitled album due out this summer. Sharp is looking forward to visiting the North Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a great place for music, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a great place to play.â&#x20AC;?

The Steep Canyon Rangers play Saturday, Feb. 28, at City Winery, 1030 Main St., Napa. 8pm. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$30.

707.260.1600.

Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Busted Banjo Art Show The Bad Apple String Band, the Corner Store Kids and others perform with art from Mae Blackmore, Merisha Lemmer, Jessica Rasmussen and others on display. Feb 27, 6pm. $8.

Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Feb 27, 8pm. $20. Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

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Clubs & Venues

HopMonk Sebastopol

SONOMA COUNTY 755 After Dark

These two talented artists perform in the new and intimate “listening room” at HopMonk. Mar 1, 8pm. $35-$45. HopMonk Sonoma, 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Feb 26, shut up and jam 2 with MC Radio Active. Feb 28, Harrington Saints with the Roadside Bombs. Mar 1, 12pm, Sunday Fun-k-day with SugarBeatsMusic and LabRat. Mar 3, Marshall House Project with Harmonic Resonance.

Wed, open mic night. 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.2722.

Slaid Cleaves

A’Roma Roasters

Twenty years into his celebrated career, Cleaves’ recent release, “Still Fighting the War,” spotlights the artist in peak form. Feb 25, 8pm. $25-$27. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. www.northbaylive. com.

Feb 27, Disclaimer. Feb 28, Jazzmania. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Chuck Prophet & Stephanie Finch

March Winds Benefit show features many popular North Bay instrumentalists in two wind groups, with the flute-led Coastal Winds joining the Fifth Avenue Brass Band. Mar 1, 3pm. $20. Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.542.7143.

MARIN COUNTY Del McCoury Band The authentic bluegrass band that has been at it for half a century performs two shows.

Feb 28, 7 and 9:30pm. $37-$47.

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

415.388.3850.

NAPA COUNTY David Cook “American Idol” winner brings his lyrical, passionate rock and roll to Napa. Feb 28, 8pm. $20$35. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Feb 27, La Guinguette Trio.

Feb 28, Alchymera Ensemble.

8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.824.2030.

Aqus Cafe Feb 25, open bluegrass jam. Feb 26, Daniel Isle Sky. Feb 27, Rusty Strings and Mr Caterpillar. Feb 28, the Farallons. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Feb 28, Yolandra Rhodes & the Rhodes Scholars with the Ollie Dudek Quartet. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Atlas Coffee Company Feb 27, Milk Music, Tony Molina, OVVN and the Down House.

300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.526.1085.

Mar 4, Four Shillings Short: Around the World in 30 Instruments. 139 Piper St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3772.

Feb 25, G Jones and Bleep Bloop. Feb 26, Songwriterin-the-Round. Feb 27, La Mandanga. Feb 28, Hot Buttered Rum. Mar 2, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole.

230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Feb 27, Tom Rhodes. Feb 28, Ten Foot Tone. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Feb 28, Jimmy Gallagher Trio with Ben Stolorow and Adam Gay. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

Lagunitas Tap Room Feb 25, Hot Grubb. Feb 26, the Fire Department. Feb 27, Tony Benedetti. Feb 28, Jinx Jones.

Mar 1, Steve Taylor-Ramírez.

Mar 4, JimBo Trout. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Muscardini Cellars Tasting Room

Feb 27, Big Mountain. Mar 3, Galactic. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Redwood Cafe

Rocker Oysterfeller’s Mar 1, Mr December. 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford. 707.876.1983.

Epicurean Connection

Nationally touring folk/pop group from Reno excels with emotional lyrics and multiple lead singers. Trebuchet opens.

Feb 25, Rooster Still. Feb 26, Old Earth. Feb 27, Minus Mary.

122 West Napa St, Sonoma.

707.935.7960.

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Mar 2, Dick Conte and Steve Webber Duo. Mar 3, Carlos Henrique Pereira and Randy Vincent Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.0330.

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1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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707.664.0169.

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Banjos & Brushes Art and music come together with old-fashioned flair Occidental artist Amanda Mae Blackmore rustles up spirited illustrations and paintings that evoke an Old West sensibility and incorporate both the natural world and imaginative surrealism.

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Fenix Feb 26, Lost Dog Found. Feb 27, Rue â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;66. Feb 28, Forejour.

Mar 1, 11:30am, Christie Winn and the Lowdowns. Mar 1, 6:30pm, Monica Pasqual & the Handsome Brunettes with Amie Penwell. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marin Feb 26, Ian Kelley. Feb 27, Craig Corona. Feb 28, Country Music Night with DJ Jeff. 877 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.899.1516.

Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nightclub Feb 27, Razor Blade and the Blade Band. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.

Ghiringhelli Pizzeria Grill & Bar First Sunday of every month, 5pm, Erika Alstrom with Dale Alstromâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Society. 1535 South Novato Blvd, Novato.

415.878.4977.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Feb 28, the Convergents featuring Julie Egger. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888.

Terrapin Crossroads Feb 25, Sensations. Feb 26, Jason Crosby and friends. Feb 27-28, Melvin Seals and JGB Band. Mar 1, Phil Lesh and friends celebrate the Grateful Dead 1971. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

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Feb 26, World music night with Los Troubadoux. Feb 27, Generation Esmeralda. Feb 28, the Overcommitments. Mar 1, Orquesta la Moderna Tradicion.

305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Feb 27, Wonderbread 5. Feb 28, Steep Canyon Rangers. Mar 1, Conspiracy of Beards. Mar 2, Alan Doyle. Mar 4, Tierney Sutton with Mads Tolling Quartet. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.260.1600.

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Feb 26, Molly Maguireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pop, Rock and Soul Shop. Feb 27, the California Honeydrops. Feb 28, Saffell. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall Feb 25, Soul Ska with Jon Korty and friends. Feb 26, Peter Bradley Adams. Feb 27, Tainted

Feb 26, singer-songwriter circle with Shelby Lanterman.

Feb 28, GuitarZilla. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uva Trattoria Feb 25, Tom Duarte. Feb 26, Duo Gadjo. Feb 27, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Feb 28, Juke Joint Band. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.

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415.383.9600.

Feb 27, Jeremy Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Antonio and Darren Nelson. Feb 28, Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express. Mar 1, Terry Haggerty.

1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Love. Mar 1, the Lauren Murphy Band & Achilles Wheel. Mar 4, Heartless Bastards.

19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Feb 25, the Burning Cantaloupes. Feb 26, Miles Ahead. Feb 27, RonKat & Katdelic. Feb 28, the Mermen.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Feb 25, Kats & Mano Meets the Dragon. Feb 26, Tree of Frogs. Feb 28, Charity Goodin.

Mon, Kimrea and Dreamdogs.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

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Jessica Pratt Young S.F. singer-songwriter is an old soul when it comes to crafting intimate folk songs. Feb 25 at the Chapel.

Six Organs of Admittance Guitarist and prolific music-maker Ben Chasny returns to solo outfit. Feb 26 at Bottom of the Hill.

Feb 25, Jonathan Poretz.

Feb 26, Passion Habanera.

Feb 27, David Jeffreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Fourtet. Feb 28, Ken Cook Trio.

37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

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Feb 25, Judy Hall. Feb 26, C-JAM. Mar 1, Rusty String Express. Mar 3, Swing Fever.

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Periâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Dollar Feb 26, Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jam Sammich.

Feb 27, Swoop Unit. Feb 28, Soul Mechanix. Mar 1, Kindred. Mar 4, the Weissmen.

Spacey rockers from SoCal have propelled reverb-drenched noise to national stages. Feb 27 at Brick & Mortar Music Hall.

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RECEPTIONS Feb 26 Agrella Art Gallery, “30 Years of SRJC Printmaking,” prints by art faculty and staff are on display. Noon.

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

707.527.4298.

Feb 27 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Peoples,” juried, multi-media exhibit focuses on representation of the body and the essence of human experience. 6pm.

282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

Feb 28 Corte Madera Library, “North Bay Views,” watercolors by Robert Carleton display. 10am. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Marin MOCA, “Legends of the Bay Area: Lawrence Ferlinghetti,” the artist, poet and activist is celebrated in

this extensive exhibit.

5pm. Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. 415.506.0137.

Mar 1 Finley Community Center, “National Arts Program,” exhibit features the artwork of 200 local artists of all ages and backgrounds. 3pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3737.

Marin Society of Artists Gallery, “Medium,” juried exhibit will be displayed by medium–oil, sculpture, printmaking, etc. 2pm. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

415.454.9561.

Mar 3 O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Black & White and Shades of Gray,” multi artist show highlights only these colors in a fascinating look at neutral tones. 6pm. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.4331.

SRJC, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 9; Fri, 9 to 1; Sat, 10 to 3.

707.778.3974.

Kitty Hawk Through Mar 30, “Scantily Clad,” the revealing letterpress art of Lyn Dillin displays. 7203 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

Wed-Sun, 11am to 5pm.

847.226.3280.

Petaluma Arts Center Through Mar 8, “Work and Play: The Eames Approach,” three generations of creativity and wide-ranging invention, featuring the works of legendary design duo Charles and “Ray” Eames, their daughter Lucia and granddaughter Llisa.

230 Lakeville St, Petaluma.

707.762.5600.

Repose Gallery Through Feb 28, “Les Machineries Modernes,” artist Ken Berman creates imaginative alien designs and Steampunk worlds. 130 S Main St, Sebastopol. Mon-Fri, 7am to 6pm; Sat, 8am to 6pm; Sun, 8am to 4pm 707.861.9050.

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5:30pm and by appointment.

707.695.1011.

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SONOMA COUNTY Akoia Day Spa Through Mar 31, “NatureMonks,” original paintings by Sonoma county artist Clay Vajgrt explore the meditative movements of the natural world. 105-A Plaza St, Healdsburg. 707.433.1270.

Calabi Gallery Through Mar 28, “Art Inspired by the Natural World,” gallery artists get outside and get inspired with works ranging from the traditional to the abstract. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

Christie Marks Fine Art Gallery Through Feb 28, “Close to Home,” collaborative exhibition from artists Christie Marks and Max DuBois explores the psychic and concrete aspects of everyday life. 322 Healdsburg Ave, 2nd Floor, Healdsburg. Thurs-Sun, 1pm to

Through Mar 1, “Small Works Show,” from iconic to comic, abstract to realistic, find artwork affordable and small enough to hang almost anywhere. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Gallery One Through Feb 26, “New Beginnings,” open juried exhibit rings in the new year.

209 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.778.8277.

Hammerfriar Gallery Through Feb 28, “who we are,” artist Bill Shelley presents portraits that reflect social values. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. Tues-Fri, 10 to 6.

Sat, 10 to 5. 707.473.9600.

Herold Mahoney Library Gallery Through Mar 26, “Pepperwood Preserve: Paintings by Marsha Connell” explores the synergy of art and science, as paintings and drawings of the Preserve’s landscape highlight the biodiversity of the park.

Through Mar 8, “Winter Invitational,” showcases a variety of metal, wood, ceramic and other art. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.775.4ART.

Russian River Art Gallery Through Mar 1, “Red,” exhibit revolves around the titular color. 16357 Main St, Guerneville. Daily, 10 to 6.

707.869.9099.

Sebastopol Library Through Feb 28, “Side by Side,” the art of Sally Briggs and her students ranges from paintings to photography. 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. Mon-Tues, 1 to 5 and 6 to 9; Wed-Sat, 1 to 5.

707.823.7691.

Sonoma County Museum Through Apr 20, “Thistle and Twitch,” Alison Sarr’s art is informed by artistic traditions from the Americas to Africa and beyond. Through Apr 5, “IndiVisible,” exhibit explores the experience of Native Americans and AfricanAmericans. 425 Seventh St,

ONLY JOKING Funnyman Keith Lowell Jensen performs two shows at Murphy’s

Back Alley Comedy showcase on Feb. 28. See Comedy, below.

Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11am to 4pm. 707.579.1500.

Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. WedMon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

The Sonoma House at Patz & Hall

Osher Marin JCC

Through Apr 5, “Art Harvest,” the gallery’s ongoing series of quarterly shows continues with the art of Erin Parish.

21200 Eighth St E, Sonoma.

Thurs-Mon; 10am to 4pm 707.265.7700.

MARIN COUNTY 142 Throckmorton Theatre Through Mar 2, “Vickisa: Pure, Natural, Unfiltered” mixedmedia paintings and artistic fold out books are on display from the artist Vickisa. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Desta Art & Tea Galley Through Mar 26, “Dwelling in Art,” featuring artwork from several renowned Bay Area artists working in different media. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo.

Through Mar 26, “Giving as a Work of Art,” artist Chris Hellman presents a botanical series of watercolor paintings.

200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Mar 1, “Material Matters,” spotlights the interaction of artists with their materials, from glass and wood to clay and canvas. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

NAPA COUNTY Napa Valley Museum Through Mar 15, “Big Shot,” the photography of Guy Webster, an innovative rock ‘n roll photographer, spans music, films and politics. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville.

Tues-Sun, 10am to 4pm.

707.944.0500.

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Napa Valley Roasting Company

Through Mar 15, “Looking Back, Going Forward” displays the mixed media of Andrew Romanoff along with work by Reenie Charriere, George-Ann Bowers and Sheri Park. 11101

Through Mar 29, “Eileen Reis Photography Exhibit,” the Napa Valley photographer displays a selection of glowing landscapes and mysterious skyscapes. 948 Main St, Napa.

Comedy Back Alley Comedy Keith Lowell Jensen headlines two shows. Feb 28, 7 and 9:30pm. Murphy’s Irish Pub, 464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Comedy Throwdown with Ben Hague, DJ AdamBomb and a special guest. Mar 1, 8pm. $15.

Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Celebrating Marty Allen The legendary comic, famous for his “Hello Dere” greeting, is honored; with Allen and his wife, Karon Kate Blackwell, in person.

Feb 27, 8pm. $24-$29.

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

Mortified North Bay Teen angst in the form of old diaries comes alive as comics revisit their awkward years with laughs. Feb 27, 7:30pm. $10-$15. Christy’s on the Square, 96 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa. ) 707.528.8565.

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Events Art Show & Anthology Release with Porous Walker Napa artist, known for his comedic single panel comics, shows his drawings and debuts his Anthology. Feb 28, 12pm. free. Asia Cafe Chinese Restaurant, 825 Main Street, Napa. 7072255173.

Bhutan Project Wine & Music Festival Gold medal wines and food from Duske Estes of ZaZu joins the music of Ivory Arrows and Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra. Includes silent auction that benefits medical mission work in Bhutan. Feb 28, 3pm. $30. Davis Family Winery, 52 Front St, Healdsburg.

415.640.7797.

A Case for Giving Bring in a gently used rolling bag and trade it in for a new rolling bag from Briggs & Riley, as part of a charity campaign benefiting Center for Domestic Peace. Through Mar 1. San Rafael Luggage Center, 871 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.459.0181.

Daylong Retreat with Christian McEwen The author leads a workshop on slowing down and embracing your inner creative self. Feb 28, 10am. $75. Commonweal, 451 Mesa Rd, Bolinas.

Mr. Healdsburg Pageant This annual event turns the beauty pageant on its head and celebrates local community. Feb 28, 7:30pm. $40. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.

health products. Napa Valley Marathon participants can pick up their bib and gear at the expo. Feb 27-28. Napa Valley Marriott Hotel, 3425 Solano Ave, Napa.

Field Trips Edible & Medicinal Plants of Sonoma County Explore the trails with herbalist Tellur Fenner of Blue Wind Botanical Medicine Clinic and learn of the uses of common native plants found in the region. Mar 1, 10am. $45. Fort Ross State Historic Park, 19005 Hwy 1, Jenner. 707.847.3437.

Film Exhibition on Screen: Vermeer Explores the artist behind “The Girl with the Pearl Earring” and other masterworks from the Mauritshuis Museum Netherlands. Feb 25, 1 and 7pm. $15. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Celebrating women in film, Ana Lily Amirpour directs this Iranian spellbinder that takes place in a small town inhabited by a lonesome vampire. Fri, Feb 27, 7pm and Sun, Mar 1, 4pm. $7. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

707.664.2606.

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Run along the Silverado Trail from Calistoga to Napa, and meet members of the 1976 USA Olympic marathon team.

Mar 1, 7am. Vintage High School, 1375 Trower Ave, Napa.

707.255.2609.

Jeremy Jones’ documentary chronicles the thrilling journey of one of the world’s greatest big-mountain snowboarders.

Third St Aleworks hosts an after-party following the screening. Feb 26, 6:30pm. $15.

Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa.

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Bring the kids for a family friendly carnival with swimming, arts and crafts, carnival games, delicious food and live music. Mar 1, 11:30am.

Free. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael.

415.444.8000.

This family feature from Japan concerns an advanced remotecontrolled robot named Hinokio that helps 11-year-old Satoru cope with his mother’s passing. Feb 28-Mar 1, 1pm.

Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.454.1222.

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Sports & Fitness Expo Features more than two dozen booths offering fitness and

In the Image First of two films about

Palestine from women filmmakers depicts what happened when the Israeli human rights workers gave cameras to residents of Palestine’s West Bank. Feb 28, 2pm. By donation. First Methodist Church, 2150 Giffen Ave, Santa Rosa. Mar 1, 2pm. by donation. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

Tosca Opera film about Napoleon Bonaparte is from the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.

Feb 28, 7pm. $20. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Food & Drink Fresh Starts Chef Event Cheryl Forberg, nutritionist for NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” creates a three-course menu from her new book and shares stories from helping people remake their bodies and their lives. Feb 26, 6:30pm. $55. Next Key Center, 1385 N Hamilton Pkwy, Novato. 415.382.3363, ext 211.

Sonoma Valley Cheese Conference Yearly gathering of artisans, retailers, distributors and food writers celebrate a new generation of cheesemakers, current trends and the farmstead cheese movement.

Through Feb 26. Epicurean Connection, 122 West Napa St, Sonoma. 707.935.7960.

Wing of Spring Benefit dinner is presented by UPside Dance Company and local chefs Jake Martin and Kolin Vazzoler. Feb 25, 6:30pm. $60. Russian River Rose Company, 1685 Magnolia Dr, Healdsburg. 707.575.6744.

For Kids American Canyon Library Preschool storytime.

Tues, 10:30am. Free.

American Canyon Library, 3421 Broadway (Highway 29), American Canyon, 707.644.1136.

Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.”

Hands-on art, science and

Belvedere-Tiburon Library Mon at 10:30 and 11, songs and fingerplays for kids under two. Wed at 11, toddler storytime; at 4, read-along program for ages seven and up. Mon. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon. 415.789.2665.

Breakfast with Enzo Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10 and 11. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley.

415.652.2474.

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.

707.255.6465.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden Whimsical environments for kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exploration. Hours: Mon, noon to 4; Tues-Sun, 9 to 5.

Ongoing. Free. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. 707.933.3010.

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.

707.284.2467.

Cloverdale Library Tues at 10:30, preschool storytime. Ongoing. Cloverdale Library, 401 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.894.5271.

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

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Fairfax Library Tues at Sat at 11, storytime for ages three and up. Tues-Sat, 11am. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

415.453.8092.

Family Story Time Thurs. Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Guerneville Library Wed at 11, Preschool storytime.

Wed, 11am. Free. Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville.

707.869.9004.

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.

707.965.5278.

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.

707.763.9801.

Readers of the Pack A chance for new readers to get together. Tues-Sat. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma.

707.763.9801.

Rincon Valley Library Wed at 10:30, storytime for toddlers; at 11:30, for preschoolers. Wed, 10:30am.

Free. Rincon Valley Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa. 707.537.0162.

Rohnert ParkCotati Library Toddler storytime, Tues at 10 and 11; preschool storytime, Wed at 10:30.

Tues-Wed. Free. Rohnert ParkCotati Library, 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park.

707.584.9121.

Saddle Club Children six and up are welcome for horse- and stable-related games and a casual dinner. Fri, 5:30pm. $20. Sunrise Stables, 1098 Lodi Lane, St Helena.

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Collectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe with Hall Winery View stunning art from the Hall Winery collection and join Jeff Dreyfus for an insiders look at what went into acquiring it.

Feb 26, 6:30pm. $25. Nimbus Arts, St Helena Marketplace, Ste 1-B, 3111 St Helena Hwy, St Helena.

Early California African-Latino Presence Carlos Salomon speaks about the impact of African and Latino cultures in Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Feb 26, 6pm. $10-$15.

USF Santa Rosa Campus, 416 B St, Santa Rosa.

Healing at the Edge Draw upon the wisdom of Buddhism to achieve physical and emotional healing. Mar 1, 1pm. $20. Unity of Santa Rosa, 4857 Old Redwood Hwy, Santa Rosa. 707-542-7729.

Healing Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wounds of Witnessing Domestic Violence Intervention expert Lundy Bancroft appears as part of a day-long workshop put on by the Center for Domestic Peace.

Feb 27, 8am. $40. Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael.

Healing Foods Class Instructor Thais Harris helps make the connection between your health and the food and lifestyle factors that influence it. Feb 26, 6pm. $10-$35.

Ceres Community Project, 7351 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.5833.

History of Women at SRJC: By the Numbers KC Greaney, SRJC Director of Institutional Research, presents the interesting and sometimes unexpected history of women at SRJC, going back 96 years. Mar 2, 1pm. Herold Mahoney Library, SRJC, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. 707.778.3974.

Iranian-American Women Writers SJSU professor Persis Karim speaks about the literature of the Iranian diaspora, and how literature can humanize a place and a people. Mar 2, 12pm. Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma.

707.778.4398.

The Power of Landscape to Inspire & Heal Marin History Museum film and lecture series shows the short doc, “Marin Mind/Scapes,” and discusses the influence of art and nature on health and wellbeing. Feb 26, 7pm. $10. Elk’s Lodge, 1312 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.454.8538.

Raw Files, Lightroom & You Photographer and animator Greg Gorsiski examines digital photo processing options.

Feb 26, 6:30pm. Free. Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.838.3659.

Theta Wave Float The proprietors of new spa explain the benefits of the “theta wave float” experience, including stress relief, pain relief, treatment of swellings, focus for athletic competition and meditation. Feb 26, 7:30pm. $5. Many Rivers Books & Tea, 130 S Main St, Sebastopol.

707.829.8871.

Threatened Oceans Environmental talk looks at the plastic pollution that is damaging ocean habitats. Feb 28, 9am. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Readings Arlene Francis Center Mar 1, Roots of Expression, spoken word and music.

99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa 707.528.3009.

Book Passage Feb 26, 7pm, “In Manchuria” with Michael Meyer. Feb 28, 1pm, “The Power of Grace” with David Richo. Feb 28, 7pm, “Irritable Hearts” with Mac McClelland. Mar 3, 7pm, “A Sudden Light” with Garth Stein. Mar 4, 7pm, “Dreaming Spies” with Laurie R King. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

College of Marin Kentfield Campus Feb 27, 1pm, “An Innocent Abroad” with Don George. 835 College Ave, Kentfield.

Feb 26, 7pm, “The Andes: An Illustrated Travelogue” with Nadia Le Bon. Feb 28, 11am, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Read-Aloud Marathon.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera 707.924.6444.

Dominican University, Guzman Hall Feb 25, 7pm, “The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work” with Dr Christine Carter. $30. 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael.

Insalata’s Feb 28, 12pm, “Insalata’s and Marinitas: The Story of Two Restaurants” with Heidi Insalata Krahling, special luncheon event. $115-$180 per couple.

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Open Secret Feb 27, 7:30pm, reading & discussion with Paul Selig. $10. 923 C St, San Rafael 415.457.4191.

Point Reyes Presbyterian Church Feb 27, 7pm, “World Enough and Time” with Christian McEwen. $10. 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station 415.663.1349.

Rebound Bookstore Feb 25, 6:30pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, Julia Levine and Robert Thomas read. 1641 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Theater Bonnie & Clyde A musical adaptation of the electrifying true story that captured the excited attention of an entire country. Through Mar 15. $25-$37. Sixth Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Carousel Spreckels brings the spirited Rodgers and Hammerstein musical back to Sonoma County for the first time in a quarter of a century. Through Mar 1. $22-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.

Carrie: The Musical Modern and musical update of the Stephen King classic is a raw and hip adaptation. Feb 25-Mar 1. $16-$20. Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

CAVE A morality play in the form

of a puppet show by Emile Rosewater. Feb 27-28, 8pm. $10-$20. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7554.

The Convert The Bay Area premiere of this heartfelt story of a young girl torn between between colonial and ancestral ways of life.

Through Mar 15. $35-$51. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

Junie B Jones TheatreWorksUSA adapts the popular children’s book into a musical performance. Feb 27, 6:30pm. $12-$17. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning The Raven Players present this comical farce about three women explores traveling through space and time, encountering eccentric characters along the way.

Feb 27-Mar 15. $10-$25.

Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.

Reader’s Theatre The River Friends presents the 11th annual series of one-act plays. Mature themes. Feb 25-28. Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.9004.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead The inventive and witty comedy from playwright Tom Stoppard follows two minor characters from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” hilariously out of their depth.

Through Mar 1. $12-$18.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.829.2214.

Shining City Set in Dublin, Ireland, Conor McPherson’s newest play is a ghost story based around the visits of a widower to a therapist, claiming he has seen his dead wife in his house.

Through Mar 15. $15-$27. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

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For the week of February 25

ARIES (March 21–April 19) Lately your life reminds me of the action film Speed, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. In that story, a criminal has rigged a passenger bus to explode if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour. In your story, you seem to be acting as if you, too, will self-destruct if you stop moving at a frantic pace. I’m here to tell you that nothing bad will happen if you slow down. Just the opposite, in fact. As you clear your schedule of its excessive things-to-do, as you leisurely explore the wonders of doing nothing in particular, I bet you will experience a soothing flood of healing pleasure.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

One of the most dazzling moves a ballet dancer can do is the fouetté en tournant. The term is French for “whipped turning.”

As she executes a 360-degree turn, the dancer spins around on the tip of one foot. Meanwhile, her other foot thrusts outward and then bends in, bringing her toes to touch the knee of her supporting leg. Can you imagine a dancer doing this 32 consecutive times?

That’s what the best do. It takes extensive practice and requires a high degree of concentration and discipline.

Paradoxically, it expresses breathtaking freedom and exuberance. You may not be a prima ballerina, Taurus, but in your own field there must be an equivalent to the fouetté en tournant. Now is an excellent time for you to take a vow and make plans to master that skill.

What will you need to do?

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

If you’re a martial artist and you want to inject extra energy into an aggressive move, you might utter a percussive shout that sounds like “eee-yah!” or “hyaah!” or “aiyah!” The Japanese term for this sound is kiai. The sonic boost is most effective if it originates deep in your diaphragm rather than from your throat. Even if you’re not a martial artist, Gemini, I suggest that in the coming weeks you have fun trying out this boisterous style of yelling. It may help you summon the extra power and confidence you’ll need to successfully wrestle with all the interesting challenges ahead of you.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) The prolific and popular French novelist Aurore Dupin was better known by her pseudonym George Sand. Few 19thcentury women matched her rowdy behavior. She wore men’s clothes, smoked cigars, was a staunch feminist and frequented social venues where only men were normally allowed. Yet she was also a doting mother to her two children, and loved to garden, make jam and do needlework. Among her numerous lovers were the writers Alfred de Musset, Jules Sandeau and Prosper Mérimée, as well as composer Frederic Chopin and actress Marie Dorval. Her preferred work schedule was midnight to 6am, and she often slept until 3pm.

“What a brave man she was,” said Russian author Ivan Turgenev, “and what a good woman.” Her astrological sign? The same as you and me. She’s feisty proof that not all of us Crabs are conventional fuddy-duddies. In the coming weeks, she’s our inspirational role model.

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LEO (July 23–August 22) It seems you’ve slipped into a time warp. Is that bad? I don’t think so. Your adventures there may twist and tweak a warped part of your psyche in such a way that it gets healed. At the very least, I bet your visit to the time warp will reverse the effects of an old folly and correct a problem caused by your past sins. (By the way, when I use the word “sin,” I mean “being lax about following your dreams.”)

There’s only one potential problem that could come out of all this: Some people in your life could misinterpret what’s happening. To prevent that, communicate crisply every step of the way.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) In English and French versions of the word game Scrabble, the letter z is worth 10 points. In Italian, it’s eight points.

But in the Polish variant of Scrabble, you score just one point by using z. That letter is rarely used in the other three languages, but is common in Polish. Keep this general principle in mind as you assess the value of the things you have to offer. You will be able to make more headway and have greater impact in situations where your particular beauty and power and skills are in short supply.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) “Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have to make them all your yourself.” So said Alfred Sheinwold in his book about the card game known as bridge. I think this is excellent advice for the game of life, as well. And it should be extra pertinent for you in the coming weeks, because people in your vicinity will be making gaffes and wrong turns that are useful for you to study. In the future, you’ll be wise to avoid perpetrating similar messes yourself.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

“Love her but leave her wild,” advised a graffiti artist who published his thoughts on a wall next to the mirror in a public restroom I visited. Another guerrilla philosopher had added a comment below: “That’s a nice sentiment, but how can anyone retain wildness in a society that puts so many demands on us in exchange for money to live?” Since I happened to have a felt-tip pen with me, I scrawled a response to the question posed in the second comment: “Be in nature every day. Move your body a lot. Remember and work with your dreams.

Be playful. Have good sex. Infuse any little thing you do with a creative twist. Hang out with animals. Eat with your fingers. Sing regularly.” And that’s also my message for you, Scorpio, during this phase when it’s so crucial for you to nurture your wildness.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) “Don’t worry, even if things get heavy, we’ll all float on.”

So sings Modest Mouse’s vocalist Isaac Brock on the band’s song “Float On.” I recommend you try that approach yourself, Sagittarius. Things will no doubt get heavy in the coming days. But if you float on, the heaviness will be a good, rich, soulful heaviness. It’ll be a purifying heaviness that purges any glib or shallow influences that are in your vicinity. It’ll be a healing heaviness that gives you just the kind of graceful gravitas you will need.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) “What I look for in a friend is someone who’s different from me,” says science fiction novelist Samuel Delany.

“The more different the person is, the more I’ll learn from him. The more he’ll come up with surprising takes on ideas and things and situations.” What about you, Capricorn? What are the qualities in a friend that help you thrive? Now is a perfect time to take an inventory.

I sense that although there are potential new allies wandering in your vicinity, they will actually become part of your life only if you adjust and update your attitudes about the influences you value most.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18)

At the turn of the 19th century, Russian laborers constructed thousands of miles of railroad tracks from the western part of the country eastward to Siberia. The hardest part of the job was blasting tunnels through the mountains that were in the way. I reckon you’re at a comparable point in your work, Aquarius. It’s time to smash gaping holes through obstacles. Don’t scrimp or apologize. Clear the way for the future.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) The British rock band the Animals released their gritty, growly song “The House of the Rising Sun” in 1964. It reached the top of the pop music charts in the U.S., Canada, Britain and Australia, and was a hit with critics. Rolling Stone magazine ultimately ranked it as the 122nd greatest song of all time. And yet it took the Animals just 15 minutes to record. They did it in one take. That’s the kind of beginner’s luck and spontaneous flow I foresee you having in the coming weeks, Pisces. What’s the best way for you to channel all that soulful mojo?

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