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I recently called the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and asked why they hadn’t created Measure A specifically for repaving our awful roads, and was told because it would take a two-thirds majority to pass. When I brought up the notion that the public does not trust them with our money, it was as if I were speaking Greek. Sonoma

County needs supervisors who are in tune with the public, and from what we have seen of Supervisor David Rabbitt, he is definitely not.

Novato and Petaluma. I wrote to Rabbitt about this months ago and never heard back. Are these supervisors really working for us? I think not!

How about a new measure that will only go toward fixing our terrible roads?

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Dept. of Corrections Last week’s story “Home Grown” (June 24) listed the incorrect phone number for Soul Riders. The correct number is 707.978.3810. Also, mention of Go Local and North Bay Made may not have made it sufficiently clear that the two organizations are not related.

They are definitely not. Finally, Debriefer incorrectly said that Jared Huffman is a first-term congressman; he’s a secondtermer.

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Dignity for All Proud to be gay, and proud to be American BY CHUCK RAMSEY

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But after witnessing the extreme backlash to serving openly in the military (unit cohesiveness, sharing bunks, foxholes), the extreme backlash to marriage equality (much of it based on religion, which should have nothing to do with civil marriages or our laws), and after learning about a young LGBT man committing suicide in Sonoma recently, I have seen how monumental achieving marriage equality nationwide really is.

It means America is now on the right side of history. The American dream of equality for all is one step closer to reality.

America has grown up, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re catching up with our neighbors.

Our country is now more united. We are taking down Confederate ďŹ&#x201A;ags, we are moving forward toward understanding and compassion, rather than retreating into ignorance and hate.

On a personal level, it means my marriage will now be recognized everywhere in the country. Getting married at San Francisco City Hall in 2008 was of course a moment I will never forget. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so proud of where we live and what we stand for, and so proud, ďŹ nally, that we have brought these values to the rest of the country, our country, my country.

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Chuck Ramsey is the president of Sonoma County Pride.

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Paper LIFE IN THE BIKE LANE Plans for a Santa Rosa-to-Sonoma trail are further along that one for Sebastopol to Petaluma.

On the Right Trail Sonoma County bike boosters look to provide safe routes for cyclists BY TOM GOGOLA

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he Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) has put the pedal to the metal on a pile of bike-friendly projects around the county.

Check out the Santa Rosa–based nonprofit’s website (bikesonoma. org), and it’s obvious that trail advocacy is high on the priority list. The organization has seen through multiple projects to ease

the way for cyclists. The coalition successfully pushed to prioritize bike safety at Highway 116 and Occidental Road. Now there’s a new bike path being built there.

How do they do it?

“We’re successful because we look for a way that landowners get something and the people of Sonoma County get something out of it rather than pounding your fist on the table and screaming about bicycle rights,” says SCBC

executive director Gary Helfrich.

“That doesn’t work.”

There are now two big trail projects afoot kickstarted with grant money for feasibility studies.

One study is well along the way to completion; the other’s just getting going.

Santa Rosa– Sonoma Trail Local officials expressed audible delight when a $190,000 feasibility

study was unveiled in 2013 to suss out the long-held dream of a Santa Rosa–to-Sonoma trail.

The study is funded through a grant the California Department of Transportation awarded to Sonoma County Regional Parks.

Questa Engineering is the go-to consultant doing the study.

Proponents see Valley of the Moon pedal power as a great way to foment wine tourism, since the proposed trail atop an aqueduct backs up to several wineries along the way. As such, the coalition has seen “excellent results with landowners down in the valley,” says Helfrich. “This is seen as a tourism amenity, as economic development.”

Helfrich identified a couple tricky stops along the way to a green-lit construction of the 13-mile path, which would be undertaken by the county. The main thrust of the project would utilize a Sonoma County Water Agency easement parallel to Highway 12—and the imperative is to do whatever it takes to keep people off of that decidedly bikenasty road. That’s easier said than done.

Trail advocates are now deep in the weeds of one-on-one negotiations with homeowners whose property intersects with the proposed trail, and with sorting out access to utility easements along the way.

“An awful lot of work goes on that nobody gets to see because it involves negotiations with property owners,” Helfrich says.

One issue in need of resolution is how to structure the trail at the point it passes through Kenwood, where Highway 12 essentially becomes Main Street, and where “there’s a zillion driveways and lots of traffic,” says Helfrich.

The anticipated solution is to send cyclists through lesser-used neighborhood roads. “[Sonoma] Regional Parks recognized that the trail has to go through the backroads of the town,” says Helfrich.

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The bike coalition helped score funds for another feasibility study in April, also administered

by Caltrans. The organization was one of several groups and municipalities that kicked in matching funds to a $209,000 Caltrans grant, bringing it to $248,000.

The goal: a safe ride from Sebastopol to Petaluma. There’s only one problem: Where’s the trail going to be?

The study area includes a onemile stretch from Sebastopol city limits to Regional Parks’ Joe Rodota Trail and one mile into Petaluma city limits to connect with its existing bicycle network.

But whereas the Sonoma-to– Santa Rosa project features an identifiable trail, the SebastopolPetaluma route is unclear, at best.

“Look at the study area and it’s a huge blob instead of just a line,” says Helfrich. “There’s no obvious route.”

There was a railroad that rolled through here, he says, but it comes with a chain of title that needs to be unraveled. And part of that railroad line is already buried under Highway 116. Sonoma Regional Parks notes that much of the railroad right-of-way is privately owned and developed for other purposes.

“There’s a lot of misinformation out there,” says Tam. “People automatically assume where the trail alignment is going to be. We have a starting point, Sebastopol.

And we have an end point, Petaluma. But how we get from here to there, that’s what the study is going to do for us.”

The feasibility study is in its infancy, Tam says, and no

consultant has been selected yet.

“We will get the grant but we won’t get it until the state budget is approved,” Tam says. Once that happens, the job can go out for bid.

The Petaluma end of the project should see an uncomplicated negotiation with a small group of landowners, Helfrich notes. But at the Sebastopol end, “there are hundreds of people with property, and it just takes one” to put the brakes on the plan.

Some of the feasibility funds will be used to conduct what Helfrich says will be the “biggest title search ever.”

It could get complicated. “A lot of people probably assume that they own that little strip of land behind their fence,” says Helfrich. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don’t.”

“I love the idea,” says Sebastopol resident and avid recreational cyclist Peg Roth. “Although I understand that there may be hurdles, I’m all for applying time, money and energy to promoting cycling by expanding our trail system. I feel we’d really benefit from a cultural shift which prioritizes cycling beyond recreation.”

Roth relates some of the cycling wisdom she’s learned in trips to Holland. Sonoma County could take a lesson from the super-bikefriendly Dutch.

“I am amazed at how cycling is a part of their daily life,” says Roth.

“It’s seamless—grocery shopping, picking up children, going to a wedding are done on bicycles. My friends cycle to work, to the movies, to the bar, and they have their own lanes and traffic signals for this.

“It’s fairly simple,” adds Roth.

“We’ll never move in the right direction here if we don’t dedicate time and money to promoting safe access for bicycles.”

Peg Roth’s brother, Eric Roth, also lives in Sebastopol and falls on the serious end of the bikeculture spectrum. He’s a member of the Santa Rosa Cycling Club and says he’s ridden 7,000–8,000 miles a year each of the past two years, including five doublecenturies in 2014.

Eric notes that the SonomaPetaluma effort is “not very important to serious recreational

cyclists,” given the poor quality of Sonoma County roads and the chronic lack of sufficient funds to fix them.

Bike-friendly trails open to all are nice, but road maintenance “is much more important,” Eric says.

“We like to bike where there’s less traffic, but these roads are in such poor condition on average that it’s pathetic.”

‘I feel we’d really benefit from a cultural shift which prioritizes cycling beyond recreation.’

— Peg Roth

The Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition has also supported projects that push for improved roadways in Sonoma County.

But county voters took a pass on Measure A earlier this year, which would have put a tax on residents to fix Sonoma’s crumbling road infrastructure.

Improved roadways are not, however, in Tam’s bailiwick. He’s a parks guy, and these trails are for everyone: pedestrians, cyclists, whomever.

These projects “are geared more for people who don’t want to use the public roadways,” Tam says, while stressing that he’s not discouraging road cyclists from doing their thing.

“Some families don’t feel comfortable riding along the shoulder. This is an alternative to using the road, and our focus is on getting them off the road.”

Dear Friend, I wanted to let everyone know what happened while I was in college. It was a moment that changed my life forever. But before I tell you about my experience, I wanted to tell you my story from the start.

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I was studying pre-Med in college, in hopes of becoming a medical doctor. Things were looking up, and life was good, until things took a turn for the worse.

I began to have terrible back and stomach problems. For a young guy, I felt pretty rotten.

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A WAY WITH CURDS Bohemian Creamery now sells cheese and dairy treats like frozen goat yogurt to the public.

Cheese to Please Sebastopol’s Bohemian Creamery opens retail shop —tell the Obamas! BY STETT HOLBROOK

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he North Bay has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to local cheese. All that cow, goat, sheep and even water buffalo milk is great for cheese lovers, but it can be hard for cheese makers to stand out in an increasingly crowded field.

Lisa Gottreich, owner of Bohemian Creamery, doesn’t have

that problem. Not only does her business have a cool name (ahem), she makes some of the most distinctive cheese in the North Bay. And now its available right where it’s made.

Bohemian Creamery cheeses are served at top-drawer restaurants like the French Laundry, Chez Panisse and Dry Creek Kitchen.

The Obamas seek them out when they dine at Cotogna. That means you have to spend some serious money to try them. Gottreich had long wanted a retail outlet,

but farmers markets took too much time and made her too little money, and grocery stores marked up her cheeses too much. So four weeks ago she opened her own shop. And what a shop it is.

The little market was once Gottreich’s office, but it’s been dolled up with bright paint, a cool bench atop two milk pails, framed photos of goats and a beautiful display case of her many splendid cheeses. Directly behind the market is the creamery where Gottreich turns milk into cheese,

and behind that is a stunning, hilltop view of the Laguna de Santa Rosa and Mount St. Helena.

Below is the pasture where Gottreich raises her hundred or so Alpine goats. It doesn’t get more farm-to-market than that. She plans to offer patio seating where you can nibble on cheese and take in the view.

Gottreich, who lived for years in Italy and was raised by European parents, calls her cheese shop a “latteria,” or dairy bar, because it will offer more than cheese. “I want to introduce people to other things that can be made with milk,” Gottreich says.

How about soft serve goat milk frozen yogurt? On my visit she had a refreshing, delicious and not too sweet, ginger-agave flavor. She’s also perfecting a recipe for whey sodas, a lightly carbonated and flavored beverage made from what’s left over when the solids (curds) are separated from the milk. Soon there will be espresso drinks made with fresh, mascarpone-like ricotta and cow’s milk cheese filled with cajete (goat milk caramel) called Cowabunga.

Most artisanal cheese makers in the North Bay specialize in cheese from one kind of milk. Gottreich makes cheese from every kind available—cow, goat, sheep and buffalo. In addition to Cowabunga, the creamery’s non-traditional cheeses include a semi-soft, water buffalo cheese, called PocoLoco, infused with bits of Italian Lavazza coffee. It’s crazy good. There’s an intriguing organic cow’s milk cheese made with local dulse seaweed called Surf and Turf.

Gottreich also makes several traditional cheess. One of my favorites is the Caproncino, a semi-hard goat cheese aged up to eight months.

The cheeses are great, but traveling to the shop with its views of goats, mountains and verdant plains makes it really special. Get there before Sunset magazine writes it up and the crowds come.

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Classic and classyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;bistro food at its best. Wine bar. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sun; brunch, Sun. 109 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.433.1380.

Chicama Peruvian Grill Peruvian. $-$$.

Tantalizing menu of authentic cuisine. The cevicheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already a hit. 3345 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.570.2057.

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.

Forchetta / Bastoni Asian-Italian. $$. Southeast Asian street food served alongside rustic Italian in unique two-in-one restaurant.

Heart-warming Italian from Forchetta, while Bastoniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focuses on Vietnamese and Thai. Lunch and dinner daily. 6948 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.9500.

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.

La Gare French. $$$. Dine in an elegant atmosphere of Old World charm. Dinner, Wed-Sun 208 Wilson St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.4355.

Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the Crossroads Burgers. $. A top contender for best burger in the county. Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will even make you a triple, if you dare.

Great beer menu, too. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 7665 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.665.9999.

Pamposh Indian. $-$$.

Clean, fresh, exciting traditional Indian food. Chicken tikka masala is indescribably good.

Lunch and dinner, Tues-Sat; dinner, Sun. 52 Mission Circle, Ste 110, Santa Rosa.

707.538.3367.

The Red Grape Pizza. $-$$. 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.

SeaThai Bistro Thai. $$.

An oasis of exotic Bangkok with some truly soul-satisfying dishes. Lunch and dinner, TuesFri; dinner, Sat. 2323 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.528.8333.

Sunflower Caffe Cafe. $-$$. Excellent, satisfying food served cafeteria-style.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

421 First St, Sonoma.

707.996.6645.

Underwood Bar & Bistro European bistro. $$.

The Underwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classy bistro menu and impressive bar belie its rural setting. Lunch and dinner, Tues-Sat; dinner, Sun. 9113 Graton Rd, Graton.

707.823.7023.

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

MARIN CO U N T Y Cafe Reyes Pizza. $$. At the end of the main drag in West Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quintessential small town sits a wood-fired oven serving piping pizzas of perfection. Beer and oysters can be had as well. Lunch and dinner, Wedâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.9493.

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

350 Harbor Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.FISH.

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

415.459.1618.

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Breakfast and lunch daily.

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Insalataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mediterranean. $$$. Simple, high-impact dishes of exotic flavors. Lunch and dinner daily. 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo.

415.457.7700.

M&Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burgers & Beverages American. $.

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.

Marin Brewing Co Pub food. $-$$. Excellent soups, salads, pub grub and awardwinning pork-beer sausage.

Lunch and dinner daily.

1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.4677.

Pizzeria Picco Pizza. $-$$.

The wood-fired oven keeps things cozy, and the organic ingredients and produce make it all tasty. Lunch and dinner, Sat-Sun; dinner only, Mon-Fri. 316 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.945.8900.

Sorella Caffe Italian. $$. The embodiment of Fairfax casual, with delicious, high-quality food that lacks pretension. Dinner, TuesSun. 107 Bolinas Rd, Farifax.

415.258.4520.

Station House Cafe American-California. $$.

Innovative menu, fresh local seafood and range-fed meats.

Outdoor dining; full bar.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner, Thurs-Mon. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes. 415.663.1515.

Sushi Ran Japanese. $$$$. This beautiful restaurant attracts locals and ) tourists with its

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Dining ( 13 fresh catches. A wide selection of nigiri, depending on what’s fresh. Lunch, Mon-Fri; dinner, Fri-Sun. 107 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.332.3620.

Yet Wah Chinese. $$.

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

Lunch and dinner daily.

1238 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.460.9883.

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$$-$$$. A Calistoga institution specializing in fresh, seasonal wine country cuisine. 1400 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga.

707.942.9111.

Buster’s Barbecue NORTH INDIAN CUISINE

707.538.3367 52 Mission Circle, Santa Rosa (at Hwy 12 & Mission Blvd.) www.pamposhrestaurant.com

Barbecue. $. A very busy roadside destination–for a reason. It’s the hot sauce, available in two heats: regular and hot. And the hot, as the sign says, means “hot!”

Lunch and dinner daily.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga.

707.942.5606.

Carpe Diem Wine Bar

Refreshing, Flavorful, Live-Culture Fermented, Hand Made & Bottled Locally, Delicious, with 100% Organic Ingredients, Naturally Low in Sugar (3–6g per 12oz), and Millions of Kefir Biotics per oz.

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Californian. $-$$. Right in the heart of downtown Napa, Carpe Diem’s contemporary and innovative menu includes a variety of seasonal flatbreads, an ostrich burger, the famed short-rib sliders and much more. Over 45 wines by the glass, six draft beers and an impressive reserve wine list round out this warm, inviting space.

Dinner daily. 1001 Second St., Napa. 707.224.0800.

Gillwoods Cafe Diner. $-$$. Classic hometown diner, specializes in the homemade.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

1313 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.1788.

SMALL BITES

Coffee on Wheels Coffee and cigarettes.

Coffee and doughnuts.

Coffee and bikes?

That’s the deal at Santa Rosa’s new *RKTO Coffee, located inside the Trek Bicycle Store on Mendocino Avenue. Bikes are better for you than smoking and eating fried dough, and pairing bicycles with coffee is as much about community building as it is selling lattes, says Bret Gave (pictured), owner of the bike shop and cafe.

“Cycling is about community and coffee is about community,” says Gave, who hopes one community will feed off the other.

The cafe has been in the works for more than a year. Because *RKTO is a hybrid coffee cart and cafe (the bar is on wheels) obtaining the permit was a little complicated.

The five-week old cafe has a cool, industrialminimal look. The smell of roasted coffee mingles not unpleasantly with the aroma of knobby tires.

The organic coffee comes from Santa Rosa’s Bella Rosa. In addition to caffeinated beverages (including nitrous-gassed, coldbrewed iced coffee), there’s Revive kombucha on tap. Pastries come from Santa Rosa’s new Red Bird Bakery.

Phase two of the cafe will feature beer on tap, sandwiches and outdoor seating. When it’s all done, you’ll be able to start a bike ride with a cup of espresso and come back for a cold brew.

What’s up with the name? *RKTO is the proto Indo-European base word for “bear,” as in Bear Republic. Linguists use an asterisk to mark a hypothetical reconstruction. At least that’s what I read.

It’s a good subject for discussion over a cup of coffee.—Stett Holbrook

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

Dinner daily. 1314 McKinstry St, Napa. 707.257.5157.

Pizza Azzurro Italian. $.

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

1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa.

707.255.5552.

Siena California-Tuscan. $$$$. Sophisticated, terroir-

informed cooking celebrates the local and seasonal, with electric combinations like sorrel-wrapped ahi tuna puttanesca. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa.

707.251.1900.

Wineries

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SONOMA COUNTY Inspiration Vineyards The colorful pastoral depicted on the label does exist, but this small, family-owned labor of love is sensibly located in the Pinecreek Business Park.

Stylish tasting room; Chard, Cab and Blanc. 3360 Coffey Lane, Ste. E, Santa Rosa. Daily 11am–4:30pm. $10 tasting fee.

707.237.4980.

Mutt Lynch Lap up “Man’s Best Friend” Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel and other delish wines; sales benefit dog organizations. Bren. New, dogfriendly location. 9050 Windsor Road, Windsor. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.

707.687.5089.

Portalupi Wine Husbandand-wife team went the distance, selecting Barbera cuttings from the Italian alps: their Barbera was named best in the world. You’ll also find Vermentino, Pinot, and rusticchic two-liter milk jugs of “vino di tavola” in comfortable downtown lounge; wine education classes for groups.

107 North St., Healdsburg.

Open daily, 10:30am–7pm.

Tasting fee, $5–$12.

707.395.0960.

Robert Stemmler Winery Serious Pinot Noir buffs may want to inquire about little-hyped Stemmler wines and their highly allocated sister brand, Donum Estate. 24520 Ramal Road, Sonoma. Limited availability by appointment only.

707.939.2293.

Simi Winery Pioneered female winemaking by hiring the first female winemaker in the industry. The tastingroom experience is mediocre, but the wine is fantastic and worth the wait. Excellent Chard, Sauvignon Blanc and Cab. 16275 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. Open daily, 10am–5pm. 707.473.3213.

Westwood Winery Tucked away in historic

downtown Sonoma, the handsomely furnished tasting salon is a casual setting for a serious sit-down tasting of food-friendly Pinot Noir, and some of the most savory Rhône west of the Rhône, from the Annadel Estate vineyard.

11 E. Napa St., #3, Sonoma. By appointment; tasting fee $10.

707.935.3246.

Wine Guerrilla Comrade, it brings glory to the revolution to inform you that this artistic, quixotic all-Zinfandel brand now has its own spacious tasting room in downtown Forestville. I’d say that these screw-capped but definitely serious Zins are worthy of cellaring, but that would be so bourgeois. 6671 Front St., Forestville. Daily, 11am–5pm.

Tasting fee, $10. 707.887.1996.

MARIN COUNTY Bacchus & Venus A trendy place for beginners and tourists. Great place to learn the basics. 769 Bridgeway, Sausalito. Open daily, noon– 7pm. 415.331.2001.

Heidrun Meadery This is not your fæder’s mead: flower varietal, regional, méthode champenoise sparkling mead on a farm made for the bees. 11925 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes Station. By appointment only, Monday– Friday. 415.663.9122.

Point Reyes Vineyards The tasting room features many varietals but the main reason to go is for the sparkling wines. Open Saturday–Sunday, 11am–5pm.

12700 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes.

415.663.1011.

NAPA COUNTY Corison Winery Winemaker Cathy Corison proudly describes herself as a “Cabernet chauvinist.”

987 St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena. By appointment.

707.963.0826.

Frank Family Vineyards A media mogul imagineered a Napa Valley winery that’s surprisingly no-frills, friendly and free of charge, from the flute of bubbly welcome to the last sip of award-winning Cab. Emphasis is on the historic Larkmead winery, the wine and, natch, the guest at this popular tasting room set in the winery’s remodeled craftsman farmhouse. Frank Family Vineyards, 1091 Larkmead Lane, Calistoga. Tasting daily, 10am–4pm, $10; reserve, $25.

707.942.0753.

Nichelini Winery Take a joyride in the Napa backcountry and discover this rustic little winery that’s been in the family for generations.

See the only Roman wine press in the Western Hemisphere.

2950 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena. Saturday and Sunday, 10am–5pm. No fee.

707.963.0717.

Truchard Vineyards (WC) No matter how attentive you are to the directions, no matter how much you study the quaint, hand-drawn map found online, no matter how vigilantly you watch the street addresses numerically climb along Old Sonoma Road, you will inevitably miss Truchard Vineyards. What follows is a three-point turn on a blind, two-lane road, with a single thought in your head: “This wine had better be worth the insurance deductible.” But with Cabernet this good, it is.

3234 Old Sonoma Road, Napa.

By appointment. 707.253.7153.

Vermeil Wines Pair the Chardonnay with baked brie en croute, if you’re having that kind of Super Bowl party.

Also rare Charbono from OnThEdge Winery, and late harvest Sémillon, perfect for potato chips. 1255 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. Sunday–Thursday, 10am–5:30pm; Friday– Saturday, 10am–8pm. Tasting fee, $12. 707.341.3054.

Oregon Calling Willamette Valley wineries come south BY JAMES KNIGHT

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o celebrate 20 years of crazy, Siduri Wines is hosting an all-Oregon winetasting at its Santa Rosa winery on July 8.

The crazy is making Oregon Pinot Noir in California, an affliction the folks at Siduri share with Lompoc’s Fiddlehead Cellars and Kathyrn Hall’s WALT Wines. Joining them will be some of Oregon’s best, including Argyle, Soter, Eyrie and Ponzi. For serious Pinot Noir fans with a limited travel budget, this isn’t just another “unique winetasting experience.” This is Christmas in July.

But why Oregon, when we’re lousy already with the Pinot down here? Siduri winemaker Adam Lee just stumbled into it when the general manager at Lambert Bridge (where Lee custom-crushed his first wines) offered some Pinot Noir he was growing in Oregon.

Since then, Lee has logged countless miles making the 700-mile commute to the Willamette Valley—10 to 12 trips each vintage.

Lee says that making Oregon Pinot Noir has paid off in more than case sales. For example, the notoriously cool, rainy 2011 vintage in California was fairly Oregonian in its rough outlines.

But lessons learned in the Willamette Valley helped Siduri ace the vintage. And as some California vintners move toward cooler growing areas to make lower alcohol, higher acid wines, our neighbors to the north have been doing this for more than 40 years.

“Maybe there’s something of a preview, or a hint, of what some of our wines will be like in tasting Oregon Pinots,” Lee says.

Siduri’s 2013 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir ($22) shows up a little spicy, or volatile, on the nose—due to a valley-wide fruit-fly problem in 2013—but it’s dry plum-cranberry paste, not jammy, all the way down the fine finish. Also a Jackson Family Wines property (Siduri was snapped up this year), Gran Moraine made a 2013 Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir ($45) that I pegged as Willamette blind against five California Pinots (two Anderson Valley, so hooray for me there) because of the wine’s sinewy smokiness— bacon on a fire-pit grill.

Nothing necessarily Oregon about that, it’s just that at an Oregon Pinot tasting in 2012, so much of the product shared a similar scent that I asked if they were using the same brand of barrel, or what was the story. An essence of grilled cranberry, the silky fruit grips lightly to the palate and fades slowly, like the ring of a bell—your Oregon “aha” moment.

Siduri Wines, 981 E. Airway Court, Santa Rosa. Oregon event: Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 5–7pm. Tickets $25 advance, $30 after July 5 and at the door. 707.578.3882.

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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.

Michael Amsler

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GARAGE DAYS

Custom frame builder John Fitzgerald relocated Fitz Cyclez from San Francisco to Santa Rosa one year ago.

Let the C Good Times Roll

ycling is a great way to stay physically active.

Biking is a carbon-free means of commuting and getting out of soul-sucking traffic. Slowing down and riding a bike lets you see things you would otherwise miss locked inside a speeding car. But the best reason to ride a bike is that it’s fun. And we need more fun.

Enjoying the North Bay’s two-wheeled wonderland

The North Bay’s scenic coastal and vineyard roads and rocky trails through redwood and oak forests make the area a cycling mecca. As summer shifts into high gear, we celebrate two-wheeled pleasures with our first annual cycling issue and survey of the North’s Bay’s cycling scene. Also, on page 14, see where to get an espresso and bike tune-up, and find our story about the new Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in Fairfax on page 21. Have a look, and then go for a ride.—Stett Holbrook

Jensie Gran Fondo of Marin Jens Voigt may have retired from pro cycling, but he’s still riding hard on the heels behind Levi Leipheimer. This year, the German cyclist lends his nickname to the inaugural Jensie Gran Fondo of Marin on Oct. 10 (thejensiegranfondo.com), trailing Sonoma County’s popular Levi’s Gran Fondo by just one week.

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The garage is fertile ground for creative minds, be they musicians, engineers or artists.

John Fitzgerald’s garage is no exception. In the back of his St. Rose neighborhood home in Santa Rosa, amid the washer and dryer and tidy storage boxes, Fitzgerald builds beautiful steel bicycle frames for a devoted clientele under the Fitz Cyclez (fitzcyclez.com) brand.

The dirt trails and winding roads of the North Bay have long been a draw for cyclists and frame builders. The list of North Bay bike builders is long and storied: Joe Breeze (Breezer), Scot Nicol (Ibis), Ross Shafer (Salsa), Josh Ray (Soulcraft). Great riding attracts great frame builders.

But it was affordable housing, not cycling, that drew Fitzgerald and his family to relocate to Santa Rosa from San Francisco one year ago. The cycling scene was a bonus.

“The roads here are perfect for it,” says Fitzgerald, who has been building bikes for 10 years.

Fitzgerald, 43, a lanky man with glasses and a long goatee, began working on bikes during his time with AmeriCorps in Austin, Texas, as part of the Yellow Bike Project, a nonprofit bicycle-advocacy group. He went on to apprentice in frame building for Rock Lobster in Santa Cruz and Banjo Cycles in Madison, Wis., before setting out on his own almost four years ago.

Fitzgerald specializes in road and randonneur bikes.

Randonneur bikes are built for all-weather, day-and-night, long distance rides. As such, the bikes have fenders, light systems and smalls racks for holding food and gear during self-supported rides.

“It’s a niche market that the big guys aren’t tapping into,” Fitzgerald says.

Randonneuring began in France as an alternative to competitive cycling. Randonneuring is not about racing, but getting from A to B and enjoying the ride and the company of fellow cyclists along the way. In events called brevets, riders must complete a course

with stops at checkpoints along the way in set times, no earlier and no later.

While carbon fiber and full suspension bikes are all the rage, steel is Fitzgerald’s material of choice. It’s the material he knows best, and it appeals to his oldschool aesthetic. He’s drawn to the lines and details of Frenchmade bikes from the 1950s and ’60s, and he works in some of the style and design elements from that era into his frames.

“I’ve always had an affinity for older things,” he says.

He built himself a sharplooking, single-speed mountain bike with a retro rigid fork, and delights in keeping up with riders on bikes tricked out with full suspension and other modern components.

Fitzgerald’s wife, Sandra, is a psychology professor at San Francisco State University. He’s a stay-at-home dad who builds bikes in between school drop-offs, pick-ups and baseball practice.

For his sons Mateo, seven, and Eisen, 10, he built a “side-hack,” basically a bike with a sidecar. He gets plenty of smiles when the three of them roll around town.

Custom bikes can cost as much or less than a store-bought bike. If you’re particularly tall or short, having a bike built to your measurements makes for a much more comfortable ride. And if you want something you don’t see on the market, like a rando bike, a custom build can be the way to go. His frame and fork sets start at $1,275.

“You want something funky that’s within reason,” says Fitzgerald. “I’ll build it.”—Stett Holbrook

Michael Woolsey

Fitz Cyclez

MILES OF TRAILS Mountain biking began in Marin County, and the sport

thrives on the North Bay’s network of trails.

“It’s going to be a great event,” says Jim Elias, executive director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC). “It brings in one of the most iconic cycling personalities of our era.”

Voigt, a resident of Germany who announced his retirement in 2014, loves to ride in Marin, according to Elias. “He’s also quite a personality and a lot of fun,” Elias adds.

Voigt will ride the entire route with participants, and not just at the head of the pack.

“He’s not here to race; he’s here to be an ambassador, to share his wisdom and experience with all the riders,” says Scott Penzarella, a cofounder of the event and owner of Studio Velo in Mill Valley.

A portion of the funds raised by entry fees will benefit the MCBC for its bicycle education and advocacy programs, such as Safe Routes to Schools.

Part of the appeal for cycling

fans is the opportunity to ride with the famously gregarious Voigt, who’s been called “the most fun guy in pro cycling.” Also known for his “attack” style of riding, Voigt placed second after Leipheimer in the 2007 Amgen Tour of California and triumphed in several stages of the Tour de France. Retiring in his “young 40s,” he stuck with it longer than most, says Elias.

Entry fees for the Jensie Gran Fondo, priced from $95 to $749, correspond to routes of increasing length, elevation, service and swag.

The 100-mile “Shut Up Legs” route ($195) gets its name from a signature Jensism, and takes riders up to Alpine Dam and around Mount Tamalpais.

The first such event for Marin County, the Jensie Gran Fondo kicks off at Stafford Lake Park in Novato and threads through the hills of West Marin. It’s not a race and it’s not only for ) 19

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RECYCLED CYCLES Sonoma County’s used bike stores mean you can get up and ride for a lot less than buying a new bike.

hardcore competitors, although riders who finish before 5pm will be timed by electronic chip.

“Some people ride ambitiously,” Elias says, “but for most people, it’s a big cycling celebration.”

While CHP will offer support at major intersections, the mainly rural ride will not close down roads, and participants are encouraged to ride single file.

All routes lead to a gourmet service stop in Point Reyes Station with local food purveyors, and end at Stafford Lake Park for a festival with music and, of course, a local microbrew to shut up that thirst.—James Knight

Used Bikes, Fresh Fun Bikes are expensive. Some can cost as much as a used car. But

it doesn’t have to be that way.

Everyone can own a bicycle. Used bike shops sell bicycles than can range from 50 days old to five decades old and cost a couple hundred dollars instead of a few thousand. The shops also offer repair services to restore old bikes, and some will teach you how to fix them yourself.

Santa Rosa’s Bicycle Czar (201 Santa Rosa Ave., 707.528.8676) opened in 2007 and is the original used bike shop in Sonoma County, says owner Brooks Van Holt. His mission, he says, is “to bring order to the used bicycle world.” His business offers services and vintage parts rarely found anywhere else. The business is a resource for used parts and information on bikes of days gone by.

“It’s fun not knowing what is

going to come through the door,” says Van Holt. “That’s the exciting part. It could be something that was bought this year or last year, or something that has been hanging in a garage for 50 years that needs to be refurbished.

We’ve got our technique down, and we know how to bring bikes back to life.”

Bird House Bicycles (birdhousecycles.com) owner Drew Merritt started his repair business after finding a used bike himself and discovering the market for them. His business is run on his parent’s west Sonoma County property in a red barn.

He crams in as many bikes as he can and gets them roadworthy.

He also offers classes on bike repair.

“I try to think of the average working man or woman who

doesn’t need an $8,000 bike, who just needs a point-A-to-B bike,” says Merritt.

Frank Hinds, owner of Uncle’s Crusty’s Bike Shop (2076 Armory Drive, Santa Rosa; 707.292.4644), was originally a buyer or “picker” for Bicycle Czar and started his business after learning the trade.

He’s interested in promoting cycling and helping customers who don’t want to spend $4,000 to get started.

“We provide a cost of bike and a cost of service that’s lower than other bike shops in town, so we have a different client base,” Hinds says.

All these businesses focus on recycling and returning bikes to the community, and each shop has bicycle gems awaiting discovery— and a ride.—Haley Bollinger

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CITY SLICKER Detroit soul singer Jessica Hernandez and her band the Deltas hit the Lagunitas Amphitheaterette on Tuesday, June 7, in Petaluma. See Clubs & Venues, p26.

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With its “On With the Show” theme, the Marin County Fair has a fully packed week of attractions, and the concert lineup is jammed with great performers. Kicking off the five-day affair is classic-rock-radio mainstay Kansas, who found themselves back on the charts this year thanks to a documentary on the band, Miracles Out of Nowhere. Other highlights include Oakland big band La Misa Negra, Southern rockers the Marshall Tucker Band and Bay Area favorite Pablo Cruise. Capping off the fair on July 5 are two iconic singers, Judy Collins and Aaron Neville. The Marin County Fair runs Wednesday, July 1, to Sunday, July 5, at 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. Concert admission is $50. 415.473.6800.

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Have Mercy The waves of synths and modulated keys that mark the musical wanderings of L.A. electro-pop songwriter Pat Grossi, working under the name Active Child, have been steadily growing in depth since the project’s debut in 2011. On his latest release, Mercy, Grossi’s Active Child matures into a project that deftly combines groovy, danceable beats and emotionally edgy lyrics.

Currently touring the country, Active Child comes to the North Bay for an intimate evening that includes an opening set from chill Icelandic trio Low Roar on Thursday, July 2, at City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St., Napa.

8pm. $15–$22. 707.260.1600.

Usually, the Rivertown Poets offer an open mic along with their monthly “A-Muse-ing Mondays” reading event, but this week the bill is just too packed. That’s because this installment includes the release party of ‘POETRY+JAZZ: A Magical Marriage,’ the new audio book by local publisher Sher Music Co. that matches world-class poems with jazz compositions. Publisher and Petaluma local Chuck Sher will host the evening’s events, with Bay Area poets Gary Turchin and Dave Holt delivering readings. The Aqus Cafe gets musically amusing on Monday, July 6, at 189 H St., Petaluma. 6:30pm.

Free. 707.778.6060.

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Farm Fresh Art Artist and author Heather Hardison recently combined her passion for art, gardening and cooking in a new book, Homegrown: Illustrated Bites from Your Garden to Your Table. Hardison’s vivid and colorful book guides the reader through the process of planting, harvesting, preparing and biting into easy-to-grow vegetables and fruits. This week, she leads the Dine & Draw workshop starting at the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market, where participants pick out their own picturesque subject matter before learning how to sketch and draw still lifes. Dine & Draw happens on Wednesday, July 8, at SHED, 25 North St., Healdsburg. 5pm. $95 (includes materials). 707.431.7433.

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WHEELS OF HISTORY The Marin Museum of Bicycling features exhibits of vintage mountain bikes and bikes in general.

Fat Tire Temple Curating mountain biking’s roots in the place where it all began BY NATE J. VOGE

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icycles predate paved roads, so in a way, mountain biking has always existed.

Yet Marin County is considered the birthplace of the sport, because in the 1970s local riders organized the first mountain bike

race on Mt. Tamalpais, the Repack, and designed bikes that would set the path for modern bike design.

The four-week-old Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame offers tribute to that history, and to bicycles in general.

“There was only one place where that activity reached a critical mass,” says Connie Breeze,

curator of the museum along with her husband, Joe, a Hall of Fame inductee and mountain biking pioneer. Joe Breeze also serves on the museum’s board.

Joe Breeze and fellow pillar of the sport Charlie Kelly helped organize the first Repack race in 1976, a downhill trail on Pine Mountain that Breeze went on to

win 10 times. He also welded the first ever mountain bike from new parts, dubbed it the “Breezer,” and won Repack on it the next year.

“This was our off-season fun, exploring the territory we grew up hiking around,” says Joe Breeze, at the time a road racer.

Breezer No. 1, the first bike he made, is in the Smithsonian museum; Breezer No. 2 is on display at the Marin museum. The museum plans on more exhibits, but if Joe Breeze is around, be sure to listen to his stories and check out the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame to read about his achievements in the sport, because he will humbly downplay them on his walk around the museum.

From retrofitted 1940s Schwinn clunkers to sleek, $10,000 carbon fiber bikes with finely tuned suspension, the history of cycling is told through the bikes themselves. To complete the story, a separate exhibit features a rare collection of 19th-century bikes, including the Victorian classic with the giant front tire and another model, with a chainless, shaft-drive design.

All of the bikes in this exhibit are on long-term loan from David Igler, son of prolific bike collector Ralph Igler, whom Joe Breeze met in 1975.

“We were able to cherry-pick to show the stepping stones in the evolution,” says Joe Breeze. “These are really hard to come by.”

The first bike in the exhibit is a French model from 1868 made of forged iron. It’s also the first bicycle with pedals and the first to be commercially produced. The tires look like wagon wheels, yet the design is modern compared to some of the comical and creative design that followed in the next 10 years.

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ushering in a decade known as cyclingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golden age. In the 1890s, there were two patent offices in the United States, one for bicycle inventions, one for all other inventions.

Many companies that made bikes in the late 1800s went on to make cars and car parts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cycling paved the way for the automobileâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; literally paved the way,â&#x20AC;? says Joe Breeze, explaining how roads were initially paved for cyclists, not cars.

(The museum recently hosted a lecture by Carlton Reid, author of Roads Were Not Built for Cars.)

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;There was only one place where that activity reached a critical mass.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Connie Breeze The Marin Museum of Bicycling has been in the works for years. Though organizers are still seeking a major donor, the museum opened thanks to volunteer and community support.

There are no paid employees.

Joe Breeze estimates heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put in around 2,000 hours of unpaid work on the museum.

To raise money, the museum sells bricks that range from $250 for a 4-by-8-inch brick to $1,000 for a 1-foot-square brick. The bricks form part of a wall in the shape of Mount Tamalpais in front of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the mountain where it all began.

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Characters, brought to life through song, are portrayed by Broadway professionals performing from their souls. And this time there are blasts of colored smoke and a welltimed release of doves to add an extra bit of theatricality.

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omething innocent and sweet survives in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl to balance out a manipulative, conniving streak so effective that Fox Searchlight paid $12 million for the film at the Sundance Film Festival—the biggest buy in the fest’s history.

Me and Earl is never straight up Fault in Our Stars / Love Story backwash, despite the redemption of the troubled hero, the self-loathing, self-described “pasty-faced” protagonist Greg (Thomas Mann). Greg’s mom forces him to hang out with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a neighbor fighting a losing battle with leukemia. Greg is distracted from his visits of mercy by an annoying crush on the prettiest girl in school (Katherine C. Hughes).

Meanwhile, African-American sidekick Earl (RJ Cyler) follows the sidekick’s ancient path. He coolly endorses the hero’s decisions, right up until the key moment when he, the Sidekick, can reveal the simple, honest emotions that our hero is too complex to understand.

The plot has the traditional youngadult-lit problem of badly delineated actual adults. Greg’s dad (Nick Offerman) and Mr. McCarthy, Greg’s favorite teacher seem to be the same character. (The latter has tattoos— that’s how you can tell the difference.)

It’s a tribute to Molly Shannon’s wry subtleties that she can wring so much emotion out of the one-note role of Rachel’s drunken mom.

The young actors, especially the sweet, sad Cooke don’t overdo it. Mann brings in a tough, selfish streak that took Michael Cera many movies to discover.

Cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung, of the original Oldboy, films the Pittsburgh locations so well that you think you’ve been some place exotic when you leave. The Vertigo references don’t seem in vain when you see the precipitous streets, the noble old Victorian houses and a three-story bookshop with steep, bell-tower-like steps.

‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ is playing at Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. 707.525.8909.

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Del McCoury and his band are one of the standouts at Dawg Day Afternoon.

Green Summer Weill Hall opens the wall for the season

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ince opening three years ago, the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University has hosted many compelling concerts in its acoustically immaculate Weill Hall. This weekend, the center kicks of its ambitious Summer Performance Series, with international headliners and legendary performers.

The centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new director of programming is Peter Williams.

The former artistic director at Yoshiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jazz clubs in San Francisco and Oakland, Williams joined the Green Music Center last February.

He likens Weill Hall, with its retractable back wall that opens out onto a massive lawn, to the famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the set-up for the summer

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shows,â&#x20AC;? says Williams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sitting outside seeing a show, I think, is a great way to spend a summer evening.â&#x20AC;?

Weill Hall opens July 4 for the ďŹ rst concert in the series, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a doozy. Broadway star Megan Hilty, best known for her work in the hit musical Wicked and for roles on television shows like Smash, is backed by the Santa Rosa Symphony for an all-American program followed by ďŹ reworks, to end the night with a bang.

Other highlights of the season include country star Martina McBride, actor-turned-crooner Kevin Spacey, Natalie Cole, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Chris Isaak, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Dwight Yoakam, Kristin Chenoweth and Smokey Robinson.

The show that Williams is most looking forward to is the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural Dawg Day Afternoon Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, July 12, featuring the David Grisman Sextet, the Del McCoury Band and Jerry Douglas presenting the Earls of Leicester.

Named after Grismanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nickname â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dawg,â&#x20AC;? the festival is soon to become a staple of the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert series, and Del McCoury couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be more pleased. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like it there, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a unique part of the country, a lot of great musicians there,â&#x20AC;? says McCoury in an interview from his home in Nashville. McCouryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s connection to the Bay Area goes back to his earliest days, when he played in Berkeley with Bill Monroe and brieďŹ&#x201A;y appeared in the Golden State Boys in the 1960s.

A veteran of festivals like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco, McCoury is enthusiastic to share the stage with old friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jerry [Douglas] produced several albums for me,â&#x20AC;? says McCoury, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I got to know David Grisman when he was just a teenager. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known those guys forever. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to coming.â&#x20AC;?

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Jul 7, Dirty Cello. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.8720.

Simon Hopper London-based singer and songwriter appears for an evening alongside Bay Area bassist Donny Mederos. Jul 3, 7pm. Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Megan Hilty & the Santa Rosa Symphony Broadway and television star joins symphony for Fourth of July Spectacular, including fireworks display on the lawn.

Jul 4, 7:30pm. $20 and up.

Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

MARIN COUNTY Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well Live Stream Watch the live stream of the Dead’s “Fare Thee Well” shows from Chicago, with live music from a different popular local band each night. Jul 3-5, 4pm. $20-$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100. Jul 3-5, 4pm. $18. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

NAPA COUNTY Active Child Singer and multiinstrumentalist Pat Grossi’s electronic project mixes ambient soundscapes and dream-pop beats. Jul 2, 8pm. $15-$22. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.260.1600.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annex Wine Bar

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Didgeridoo Clinic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Thurs-Sat, live music.

865 W Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.7779.

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Bergamot Alley

8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.792.9847.

Gaia’s Garden Jul 1, Judith Lerner. Jul 8, French Session. First Sunday of every month, jazz jam.

1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.544.2491.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Jul 3, Barrio Manouche. Jul 5, MianoJazz Trio. Jul 7, the American Alley Cats. Jul 8, Tracy Rose and friends. 128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Jul 3, Junk Parlor with Gold Star Dance Company. Jul 4, Rootz Underground. Jul 6, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole.

Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

BR Cohn Winery

HopMonk Sonoma

Jul 5, 2pm, Cork Pullers.

15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen.

707.938.4064.

Jul 3, Laura Zucker. Jul 4, 1pm, Billy Manzik. Jul 4, 8pm, Hand Me Down. Jul 5, 1pm, Kurt Huget. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

The Big Easy

BV Whiskey Bar & Grille Jul 3, 1955 with the Gentlemen Soldiers. Jul 4, DJ Lionize.

Jul 5, 3pm, 3 On a Match.

Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma.

707.938.7110.

Christy’s on the Square Wed, Casa Rasta. Thurs, Throwback Thursdays with DJ Stevie B. 96 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa.

707.528.8565.

Coffee Catz Jul 2, 4:30pm, DJ Kudjo.

Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

Hotel Healdsburg Jul 4, Stephanie Ozer Trio with Kendrick Freeman and Randy Vincent.

25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Ives Park Jul 1, 5pm, Joe Craven & the Sometimers. Jul 8, 5pm, the Pulsators. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.772.5478.

Juilliard Park

D’Argenzio Winery

Jul 5, 5pm, Buck Nickels and Loose Change. 227 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

Jul 2, Jeff Walters. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.280.4658.

Lagunitas Amphitheaterette

Downtown Guerneville Plaza Jul 2, the Thugz. 16201 First St, Guerneville.

Finley Community Center

Jul 6, Shovels & Rope.

Jul 7, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Lagunitas Tap Room

First Friday of every month, Larry Broderick Trio. Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons.

2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3737.

Jul 1, Joe and Vicki Price.

Jul 2, David Grier. Jul 3, Galen Ash. Jul 4, Blue Diamond Fillups. Jul 5, David Correa.

Jul 8, Barefoot Band.

1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Flamingo Lounge

Main Street Bistro

Jul 3, DJ JMAG. Jul 4, DJ Don Dada. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

French Garden

Jul 2, Celtic music.

189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Jul 3, Twin Soles. Jul 4, the Christian Foley-Beining Trio.

8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.824.2030.

Arlene Francis Center

Friar Tuck’s

Wed, Open Mic. Tues, Open

Fri, DJ Night. Wed, Sat, karaoke.

Jul 1, Greg Hester. Jul 2, Susan Sutton Jazz Trio. Jul 3, Frankye Kelly. Jul 4, Yancie Taylor. Jul 5, Eddie Neon Blues Band. Jul 7, Willie Perez. Jul 8, Greg Hester.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen Jul 3, DJ Miguel. Jul 4, Levi Lloyd. Jul 5, DJ Prodkt. Jul 6,

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for an immersive Gypsy-rock experience July 3 at HopMonk Sebastopol. See Clubs & Venues, adjacent.

DJ Miguel. Tues, Thurs, karaoke with Country Dan. 16246 First St, Guerneville.

707.869.3377.

Medlock Ames’ Alexander Valley Bar Jul 5, 5pm, Reclamation Road with Ultra Crepes.

6487 Alexander Valley Rd, Healdsburg. 707.431.8845.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Jul 2, Dan & the Old Man. Jul 3, Andrew Freeman. Jul 4, 11:30am, All American Music Festival with Tsunami and Timothy O’Neil Band. Jul 5, 1pm, Million Dollar Giveaway.

Jul 7, Full Circle. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Paradise Ridge Winery

Jay Fresco. 130 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1963.

Rio Nido Roadhouse Jul 5, Gator Nation. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Rocker Oysterfeller’s Jul 5, Mr December.

14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford.

707.876.1983.

Rossi’s 1906 Thurs, RT and the Slownoma Rythm Review. Jul 3, Sean Carscadden Quintet. Jul 4, 4th of July party with DJ Isak. Jul 5, the Tri Tip Trio. 401 Grove St, El Verano. 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Jul 7-8, “Superheroes in Love” with Desiree Davar and Nicolas Dromard. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa.

707.528.9463.

Jul 4, JP Soden. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

R3 Hotel Piano Bar

Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.664.0169.

Jul 3-4, Joe Wicht. 16390 Fourth St, Guerneville.

707.869.8399.

Redwood Cafe Jul 3, Saffell. Jul 4, Mood Swing. Jul 5, 11am, Robby-Neal Gordon. Jul 7, Rock Overtime student performance. Jul 8, Sound Kitchen. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Remy’s Bar & Lounge First Friday of every month,

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Spoonbar Jul 4, 5pm, the Bootleg Honeys. 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Jul 3, Funky Dozen. 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood.

707.833.5712.

Taps Jul 5, 3pm. 707 band. 54 E Washington St, Petaluma.

707.763.6700.

Tradewinds Fri, Country music night. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society.

Thurs, DJ Dave. Tues, Open Mic. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Tavern Jul 1, Dallis Craft Band. Jul 2, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Jul 3, the Mighty Groove.

Jul 4, 5pm, Buck Nickels and Loose Change. Jul 5, 3pm, Train Wreck Junction. Jul 8, Old School Country Band. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

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Jul 3-5, 4pm, Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well live stream.

Jul 7, the Highlife Band. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.773.7751.

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Jul 2, the Lucky Losers with Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz. Jul 3, RhythmtownJive. Jul 5, 11:30am, Jazzi Jan. Jul 5, 6:30pm, Leave It to Diva.

Jul 7, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

Jul 3, 5pm, Frankie Bourne. Jul 3, 8pm, Stompy Jones. Jul 4, the Zydeco Flames. Jul 5, Peter Rowan’s bluegrass birthday.

1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

George’s Nightclub Jul 3, 4th of July pre-party with DJ Phil. Wed, Rock and R&B Jam. Sat, DJ night. Sun, Mexican Banda. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.

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

415.878.4977.

HopMonk Novato Jul 2, Revenant with John Courage. Jul 5, Rootz Underground. Jul 8, open mic with West Of Saratoga.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Marin Art & Garden Center Jul 2, 5pm, Lorin Rowan Band.

30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

19 Broadway Club Jul 1, the Continentals. Jul 2, Riddim Mystics. Jul 3, First Friday reggae night with Broken Silence Sound System.

Jul 4, Jamie Clark Band. Jul 5, 6pm, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. Jul 5, 9pm, Fairfax blues jam. Jul 7, Jeb Brady Band. Jul 8, Tam Valley All Stars. Mon, open mic. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Fri, Michael Aragon Quartet.

Mon, Kimrea and Dreamdogs.

Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.

Open Secret Jul 2, Kirtan with Uma Reed and friends. 923 C St, San Rafael. 415.457.4191.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Jul 1, EMK solo acoustic. Jul 2, Martha Crawford and friends.

Jul 7, Swing Fever. Jul 8, Joan Getz Quartet. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Jul 1, the Weissmen. Jul 2, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Jul 3, Afroholix. Jul 4, Slim Jenkins.

Jul 5, Amy Katchur. Jul 7,

Sausalito Seahorse Jul 2, Los Flamencos del Pueblo. Jul 3, Jimmy Presta and friends. Jul 4, Marinfidels.

Jul 5, Orquesta la Moderna Tradicion. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends.

305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Wed, Larry’s karaoke. Jul 3, El Radio Fantastique. Jul 4, the Right Time and Epicenter Sound. Sun, open mic. Mon, reggae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge First Friday of every month, Truthlive. First Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. 848 B St, San Rafael.

415.454.5551.

Station House Cafe Jul 5, Jon Otis. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1515.

Sweetwater Music Hall Jul 1, Jinx Jones and the King Tones with Mad Mama and the Bona Fide Few. Jul 6, Morgan Heritage. Jul 8, Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

Terrapin Crossroads Jul 1, Rattlebox featuring Barry Sless. Jul 2, San Geronimo.

Jul 3, Gubes and friends. Jul 4, Cochrane and friends. Jul 5, Michael LaMacchia and friends. Jul 6, Grateful Mondays with Eric DiBerardino. Jul 7, Colonel and the Mermaids.

Jul 8, Terrapin All-Stars with Grahame Lesh. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

Town Center Corte Madera Jul 5, 2pm, Z and the Benders. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera.

415.924.2961.

True North Pizza Tues-Sun, live music. 638 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo.

415.453.1238.

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Beringer Vineyards Jul 4, Steel Jam. Jul 5, Blues Box Bayou. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

City Winery Napa Jul 1, Emerging Artist Showcase with Shelby Lanterman. Jul 3, Jeff Austin Band. Jul 5, Shuggie Otis. Jul 6, 40oz to Freedom.

Jul 7, JD Souther. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Sun, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch Jul 4, Cabinet. includes fireworks. 738 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.4555.

Hydro Grill First Saturday of every month, Always Elvis. Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues.

1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga.

707.942.9777.

The Chainstore Alternative

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Sofa beds. Pull out beds. Folding foam beds. Latex beds.

Chest beds.

Bedroom suites.

Small space solutions.

Jul 4, 1pm, Grass Child. 1 Kirkland Ranch Rd, Napa.

707.927.4606.

Jarvis Conservatory Jul 4, It’s a Grand Night for Singers. 1711 Main St, Napa.

707.255.5445.

Methode Bubble Bar and Restaurant Fri, Sat, David Ruane.

1400 First St, Napa.

707.254.8888.

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River Terrace Inn Jul 2, Craig Corona. Jul 3, Lorn Leber. Jul 4, Smorgy.

1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s Jul 1, Craig Corona. Jul 2, Anitra Carr. Jul 3, Suspects of Soul with Herman Wilson. Jul 4, Beer Drinkerz & Hell Raiserz.

Jul 8, Cosmic Spin. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

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707.927.5864.

Uva Trattoria Jul 1, Trio Solea. Jul 2, the Gentlemen of Jazz. Jul 3, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Jul 4, Jackie and friends. Jul 5, Justin & David. 1040 Clinton St, Napa.

707.255.6646.

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415.454.6422.

Waldo’s Special. Jul 8, Tom Finch Trio. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

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Arts Events Galleries RECEPTIONS Jul 3 Calabi Gallery, “Summer Selection,” featuring works by Douglas Ballou, Eva Belishova and Bob Dreier, as well as other gallery artists.

5pm. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. 707.781.7070.

SONOMA COUNTY BV Whiskey Bar & Grille Through Aug 31, “Gil Kofman: Surfers,” famed photographer displays. 400 First St E, Sonoma. We are currently open for lunch from 12 Noon to 3pm, with dinner service starting at 5pm until 9pm. Our bar is open from 12 noon to 12 midnight.

707.938.7110.

Chroma Gallery Through Jul 10, “METAMORPHOSiS: The Art of Change and Rebirth,” group show explores transformative changes in appearance, character or substance, such as the profound changes in our lives. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Finley Community Center

and others. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sun, 10:30 to 6.

707.829.8912.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Aug 16, “Clay & Glass,” sculpture works by more than a dozen artists display. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

History Museum of Sonoma County Through Aug 30, “I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story” traveling Smithsonian exhibit comes to Santa Rosa.

Through Aug 30, “LIFE, Labor, and Purpose,” the renowned photography of of Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel displays.

425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

Tues-Sun, 11am to 4pm.

707.579.1500.

Occidental Center for the Arts Through Jul 5, “Summer Solstice,” the OCA’s gallery shows this juried group exhibit. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Conversations in Sculpture,” eleven artists provide an artistic statement that introduces a conversational topic. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11am–5pm 707.528.9463.

Petaluma Arts Center

Through Jul 16, “A Course Neither Bitter Nor False,” Kristen Throop’s paintings use cows, bears and repetitive song lyrics to find the humor of life in suburbia. Through Sep 3, “Mariko Irie,” a solo exhibit of watercolor and oil paintings from the artist, Mariko Irie.

2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 7; Sat, 9 to 11am 707.543.3737.

Through Jul 26, “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” works on paper by the artist and his circle. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. 707.762.5600.

Gaia’s Garden

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Jul 31, “Force of Life,” mixed-media artist Kimberly McCartney utilizes discarded and found objects in her expressive works. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 707.544.2491.

Through Jul 5, “Wine Country Retrospective,” photographs by Lance Kuehne and Jeff G. Allen.

132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.

Graton Gallery

Through Jul 31, “Mainly Black and White,” showing varied, multimedia artwork, in mainly black and white or

Through Aug 9, “Chiaroscuro,” works by Marylu Downing with guests Patrick Fanning

Redwood Cafe Through Jul 14, “Tatiana Castillo & Edo Pradini,” the local artists display their original paintings, sketches and watercolors. Free.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

with tolerance for a minimal sidestep of color. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Shige Sushi Through Aug 2, “Seiko Tachibana: Elements,” the artists work distinctively balances Asian tradition with minimalist modernity. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary 707.795.9753.

Slaughterhouse Space Through Aug 15, “The Battle of Mara,” new paintings from artist Laine Justice. 280 Chiquita Rd, Healdsburg. Sat, noon to 5, and by appointment.

707.431.1514.

Rock Legends,” works by Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick, Carlos Santana and others display.

1337 Fourth St, San Rafael.

Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Corte Madera Library Through Jul 9, “Marin Meanderings,” an exhibit of watercolors by members of Marin County Watercolor Society, celebrating 45 years.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Aug 9, “Line, Form and Texture,” summer exhibit features paintings and ceramic sculptures from local Bay Area artists. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo.

Gallery Route One Through Jul 19, “Art Works!” art by the gallery’s artist members.

11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Marin Society of Artists Gallery

Through Aug 23, “The Intimate Diebenkorn,” presents works from artist Richard Diebenkorn’s career, from abstractions to landscapes. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA.

Through Jul 3, “Artist’s View of the News,” art inspired by articles in the Marin Independant Journal, an open juried show. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11am to 4pm; Sat-Sun, noon to 4pm. 415.454.9561.

Thumbprint Cellars Through Aug 18, “Northern California Landscapes,” photography exhibit by Sonoma County artist Alexis Greenberg.

102 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 11 to 6, daily 707.433.2393.

Upstairs Art Gallery Through Jul 26, “Vines & Vistas,” paintings by Laura Roney display the vivid wine country landscapes she knows so well. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 10 to 6; Fri-Sat, 10 to 9. 707.431.4214.

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Through Aug 30, “Root 101,” new outdoor Sculpture Garden and Art Walk opens with a show featuring redwood sculptures by highly acclaimed local artist Bruce Johnson.

50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. Daily, noon-6pm 707.546.3600.

MarinMOCA Through Jul 5, “Summer National Juried Exhibition,” artist from around the country display. Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4.

415.506.0137.

Osher Marin JCC Through Jul 26, “China Camp: A Photographic Journey,” solo exhibit by artist, musician and Marin County resident Osher Levi. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jul 30, “Realism: Architecture and Landscape,” group show features Everett Jensen, Davis Perkins, Victoria Ryan and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.2800.

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MARIN COUNTY Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery Fridays-Sundays. through Aug 9, “Ever Changing Earth,” artworks inspired by the beauty of West Marin. 18856 Hwy 1, Marshall. 415.663.1006.

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Through Jul 19, “Tongue-inCheek,” group show employ humor as a critical tool to explore complex social themes and illuminate the follies of daily life. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10am to 6pm.

707.226.5991.

Napa Valley Museum Through Aug 30, “do it” Traveling exhibit is a

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Where to see fireworks this Fourth On Friday, July 3, Analy High School’s football field opens up for Sebastopol’s Fireworks & Music Festival. Local favorites Frobeck and Sol Horizon bring the noise before the fireworks blast off in this fundraising event hosted by Sebastopol Kiwanis. The festival benefits community clubs and organizations.

On Saturday, July 4, Santa Rosa’s annual Red, White & Boom! event comes back to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds for an afternoon and evening of live music hosted by radio personality Brent Farris and local food vendors, with plenty of things for the kids to do and the county’s biggest fireworks show.

Sonoma goes traditional on Saturday with its Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade and Celebration. Commemorating a century of community, the parade invites participants to dress in their favorite era from the last hundred years, with plenty of food, drinks and game booths for the whole family.

In Napa, everyone gets into the patriotic spirit on July 4 when the Napa Lights the Valley event honors first responders and members of the armed forces who helped rebuild the region after last year’s earthquake. Taking place around Veterans Memorial Park on the Napa River, the all-day event boasts a parade, live music, a sparkling wine toast and fireworks designed by PyroSpectaculars. For a full list of Fourth of July celebrations, see Events Listings, p30.

—Charlie Swanson

enjoy a day of family fun with food and drinks, live music, art exhibits, rides and fireworks in the evening. Jul 4, 12pm. $10$25. Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 N Oak St, Calistoga.

707.942.5111.

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Baby Boomer Comedy Show A clean night of comedy for those who remember life before Facebook. Jul 8, 8pm. $15. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.

Scott Capurro Popular standup comedian comes to Novato. Jul 3, 8:30pm. $15. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Events The Barlow Street Fair The Barlow takes over McKinley Street every Thursday this summer with local food, beer and wine, as well as live music and family-friendly activities. Thurs, 5pm. through Sep 24. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley Ave, Sebastopol.

Fireworks Over Bodega Bay The pyrotechnics are viewable from all over the Bay, with Handicap parking at the park.

Jul 3, 9pm. Westside Park, Westshore Road, Bodega Bay.

Homestead Valley Fourth of July Family-oriented event makes its way from Volunteer Park to Stolte Grove, where an All-American picnic and kids activities awaits. Jul 4. Homestead Valley Community Center, 315 Montford Ave, Mill Valley.

The skies over Napa River and Veterans Memorial Park will burst with color in one of North Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest Independence Day celebrations, with a daylong riverfront music and food festival. Jul 4, 12pm. Free.

Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park, Third and Main streets, Napa.

Novato Fourth of July Parade the colorful parade starts in Old Town with festive floats, classic cars and live music. Jul 4, 10am. Downtown Novato, Grant Ave, Novato.

Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade Sonomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famed, traditional parade is followed by an oldfashioned carnival with food, drink and game booths. Jul 4, 10am. Sonoma Plaza, First St E, Sonoma.

Penngrove Parade & BBQ Annual parade on Main St is followed by music by Charley Baker and delicious food for sale in the park, with kids activities and raffle. Jul 5, 11am. Free. Penngrove Community Park, 11800 Main St, Penngrove.

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Day-long event is full of food, live music, kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, and family fun capped off with spectacular fireworks. Jul 4, 3:30pm. $5-$10. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.545.4200.

Kenwood Fourth of July Parade

San Geronimo Valley Independence Day Parade

Parade is followed by community BBQ in the park.

Jul 4, 10:30am. Kenwood Depot, 314 Warm Springs Rd, Kenwood.

Small town country parade goes to Dickson Ranch and is fun for the whole family. Jul 4, 12pm. Woodacre Improvement Club, 1 Garden Way, Woodacre.

Marin County Fair

Sausalito Parade, Picnic & Fireworks

Reflecting Marin County in all of its colorful traditions and innovations, the fair features family activities, popular concerts, thrilling rides, exhibits and fireworks displays each night. Jul 1-5. $15-$20.

Marin Fairgrounds, Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

Napa County Fair & Fireworks Parade through Calistoga and

Popular tradition includes a parade down Main St, picnic at Dunphy Park with live music and family games and a stellar light show. Jul 4, 10am. Downtown Sausalito, Caledonia Street, Sausalito.

Sebastopol Fireworks & Music Festival Live music with Frobeck and Sol Horizon goes well with dancing, games and relays,

food and more. Jul 3, 5:30pm. $5-$10. Analy High School, 6950 Analy Ave, Sebastopol.

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The two West Marin towns engage in friendly competition over the lagoon that separates them. Jul 4. Bolinas Lagoon Preserve, mile marker 15.45, Hwy 1, Bolinas.

Field Trips Dog Hike Hike through the beautiful estates with your furry best friend. Benefits Canine Companions and Sonoma County Humane Society. RSVP Required. Sat, Jul 4, 9am. $60. Kunde Family Estate, 9825 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood.

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Film CULT Film Series Revisiting the best flicks of 1985 all month, the series presents a double bill of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gooniesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Explorers.â&#x20AC;? Jul 2, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

The Grateful Dead Movie Special screening of the 1977 concert film, directed by Jerry Garcia, benefits the youth programs of DrawBridge and CFI Education. Jul 7, 7pm.

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

415.454.1222.

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Napa Valley Film Festival Town Hall Engage in a dialogue with the NVFF, get a glimpse into planning and footprint for the upcoming event and ask questions. Jul 8, 6pm. Free.

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.4555.

Food & Drink Bodega Bay Community Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. through Oct 25.

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Calistoga Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Sharpsteen Museum Plaza, 1235 Washington St, Calistoga.

Cloverdale Certified Farmers Market Fri, 5:30pm. through Aug 28.

Cloverdale Plaza, Cloverdale Blvd between First and Second St, Cloverdale. 707.893.7211.

Corte Madera Farmers Market Year-round. Wed-noon. Town Center, Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera. 415.382.7846. Wednoon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera.

415.382.7846.

Cotati Community Farmers Market Thurs, 4:30pm. through Aug 27. La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati. 415.999.5635.

Dine & Draw Support our local farmer’s market and express your inner artist with a farm-fresh art class led by Heather Hardison.

Jul 8, 5pm. $95. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Downtown Napa Farmers Market Tues-Sat, 8am. through Oct 31.

Oxbow parking lot, 500 First St, Napa. 707.501.3087.

Downtown Novato Community Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Sep 29.

Downtown Novato, Grant Ave, Novato. 415.999.5635.

Downtown San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 5:30pm. through Oct 1.

Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.492.8007.

Fairfax Community Farmers Market Wed, 4pm. through Sep 30. Peri Park, 124 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

415.999.5635.

Farmers Market at Long Meadow Ranch Fri, 9am and Sat-Sun, 11am.

Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.4555.

Farmers’ Market Tour & Lunch Take an insider’s tour of SHED on the most exciting day of the week: Farmers’ Market Day. Jul 4, 10am. $85. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Forestville Certified Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Oct 27.

Corks Restaurant, 5700 Gravenstein Hwy N, Forestville.

707.887.3344.

Harvest Market Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma.

707.996.0712.

Healdsburg Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 3:30pm. through Oct 7. Healdsburg Farmers Market, North & Vine St, Healdsburg. 707.431.1956.

July 4th Fundraiser & Ice Cream Social Watch the fireworks over Sausalito and enjoy a familyfriendly evening. Jul 4, 6pm.

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

July 4 Weekend BBQ All-American favorites are getting grilled up all weekend long, paired up with over 60 wines. Jul 3-5. $5-$20. V Sattui Winery, 1111 White Ln, St Helena. 707.963.7774.

Kenwood Community Certified Farmers Market Sun-noon through Sep 13.

Kenwood Plaza Park, 200 Warm Springs Rd, Kenwood.

415.999.5635.

Marinwood Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Ave & Miller Creek Rd, San Rafael. 415.999.5635.

Mill Valley Farmers Market Fri, 9:30am. CVS parking lot, 759 E Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley. 415.382.7846.

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Petaluma Evening Certified Farmers Market Wed, 4:30pm. through Aug 12. farmers market, Second Street between B and D streets, Petaluma. 707.762.0344.

Pt Reyes Farmers Market Sat, 9am. through Nov 21.

Toby’s Feed Barn, 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.456.0147.

Redwood Empire Farmers Market Sat, 8:30am and Wed, 8:30am.

Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

Rohnert Park Certified Farmers Market Fri, 5pm. through Aug 28. City Center Plaza, 500 City Center Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.581.8282.

Roseland Lions Certified Farmers Market Sat-Sun, 10am. through Nov 1. Roseland Plaza, 665 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

415.215.5599.

Ross Valley Farmers Market Thurs, 3pm. through Oct 1.

Downtown Ross Post Office, Ross Commons & Lagunitas, Ross. 415.382.7846.

Russian River Certified Farmers Market Thurs, 3pm. through Sep 24.

Sonoma Nesting Company, 16151 Main St, Guerneville.

707.953.1104.

Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 9am. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.522.8629.

Sat, 9am. Berger Center, 6575 Oakmont Dr, Santa Rosa.

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Santa Rosa West End Certified Farmers Market

Occidental Bohemian Certified Farmers Market

Sun, 9am. through Dec 13.

West End Farmers Market, 817 Donahue St, Santa Rosa.

707.477.8422.

Fri, 4pm. through Oct 30. Occidental Farmer’s Market, 3611 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.8478.

Petaluma Certified Farmers Market Sat, 2pm. through Nov 21.

Walnut Park, Petaluma Blvd and D St, Petaluma.

707.762.0344.

Petaluma East Side Certified Farmers Market Tues, 10am. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

415.999.5635.

Sebastopol Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. Sebastopol Plaza, Weeks Way, Sebastopol.

707.522.9305.

lot, 241 First St W, Sonoma.

707.538.7023.

St. Helena Farmers Market Fri, 7:30am. through Oct 30.

Crane Park, Crane Ave and Grayson Ave, St Helena.

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Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.472.6100.

Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Market Tues, 5:30pm. through Oct 27. Sonoma Plaza, First St E, Sonoma. 707.694.3611.

Wednesday Night Market Vendors, wine garden, live music and family activities happen every week through the summer. Wed, 5pm. through Aug 19. Downtown Santa Rosa, Fourth and B streets, Santa Rosa.

Windsor Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am and Thurs, 5pm. through Aug 27. Windsor Town Green, Market St and McClelland Dr, Windsor.

707.838.5947.

For Kids MidSummer Broadway MusiCamp Registration For boys and girls K-college with interest in singing, dancing, acting. Led by Anna Combs Johnson, top professional performing artist and voice teacher for Napa Valley Music Associates.

Registration ends July 3. Through Jul 31. $450.

Napa Christian Campus of Education, 2201 Pine St, Napa.

707.322.8402.

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Sat-Sun, 10am. Sonoma Mountain Village, 1400 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

707.588.9388.

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Marin Shakespeare Company co-founder discusses the Bard’s mysterious and intricate play, currently in production in San Rafael. Jul 6, 6pm. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.

Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael.

415.472.6100.

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Robert Currier Discusses Cymbeline

The Petaluma artist demonstrates pouring techniques using watercolor on paper and the technique of negative painting. Jul 7, 7:30pm.

United Church of Christ, 825 Middlefield Dr, Petaluma.

Jul 6, 6:30pm, “Poetry+Jazz: A Magical Marriage” with Chuck Sher and others, presented by Rivertown Poets Free. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

Book Passage Jul 1, 7pm, She Writes for Press, evening of readings moderated by publisher Brooke Warner.

Jul 2, 7pm, “Orchard House” with Tara Austen Weaver. Jul 7, 5:30pm, Bay Area Writing Project’s Young Writers Camp.

Jul 8, 7pm, “A Paris Apartment” with Michelle Gable. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books Jul 8, 7pm, “Epitaph: A Novel of the OK Corral” with Mary Doria Russell. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

HopMonk Sebastopol First Sunday of every month, 8:30pm, North Bay Poetry Slam. Free. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.7300.

Redwood Cafe Jul 5, 5pm, “First Sunday” Poetry & Music Series, with Ed Coletti, Kirk Lumpkin, David Madgalene and others. Free.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868.

Theater The Butterfly’s Evil Spell Bilingual, bicycle-powered theater returns to Sonoma County with this classic Federico Garcia Lorca play, kicking off at the Imaginsists before pedaling around town to perform at local parks.

Info at www.theimaginists. org/2015tour. Through Jul 26. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7554.

Cymbeline Marin Shakespeare Company’s awarding-winning outdoor summer festival begins with

this magical, romantic comedy which follows a pair of lovers on a Medieval adventure.

Through Jul 26. $10-$35. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael. 415.499.4488.

Hello Dolly!

The blockbuster musical classic comes to life courtesy of the Raven Players. Through Jul 12. $30-$35. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

Jane Austen’s Emma SRJC Summer Rep takes on the classic play, which continues to delight audiences both as a coming-of-age tale and a lively satire. Through Jul 29. $15-$25. Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.527.4372.

Oh What a Night!

Transcendence Theatre’s “Broadway Under the Stars” kicks off summer season with a journey of music and dance through the ages. Through Jul 3. $29 and up. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 877.424.1414.

Peter & the Starcatcher The hilarious swashbuckling grownup prequel to Peter Pan is presented by SRJC Summer Rep. Through Jul 29. $15-$25.

Burbank Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

South Pacific Set in a tropical island paradise, this beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is presented by SRJC Summer Rep. Through Aug 8. $15-$25.

Burbank Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Tartuffe SRJC Summer Rep presents the devilish comedy about the art of deception and the price of misplaced faith. Jul 7-Aug 2. $15-$25. Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.527.4372.

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Smith won four Grammys this year, largely on the strength of his hit single “Stay with Me.” The song has a lush gospel choir backing up his lead vocals, or so it seems. But in fact, every voice in that choir is his own.

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Born under the sign of Gemini, Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) was a French painter who upset traditionalists. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he wasn’t interested in creating idealistic art based on historical and religious themes. He focused on earthy subjects about which he had direct experience, like the day-to-day lives of peasants and laborers. So even though he became a highly praised celebrity by his mid-30s, the arbiters of the art world tried to exclude him. For example, they denied him a place in “Exposition Universelle,” a major international exhibition in Paris. In response, Courbet built a temporary gallery next door to the main hall, where he displayed his own work. As you strive to get your voice heard, Gemini, I urge you to be equally cheeky and innovative. Buy yourself a megaphone or erect your own clubhouse or launch a new enterprise.

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CANCER (June 21–July 22) “I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing,” said composer John Cage in describing his creative process. That’s excellent counsel for you to meditate on, Cancerian. The less expertise and certainty you have about the rough magic you’re experimenting with, the more likely it is that this magic will lead you to useful breakthroughs. To bolster Cage’s advice and help you get the most from your period of self-reinvention, I offer you this quote from Picasso: “I imitate everyone except myself.”

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VIRGO (August0 23–September 22) In her late 20s, J. K. Rowling was a single mother living on welfare.

That’s when she began work on her Harry Potter books.

Craig Newmark had turned 42 by the time he founded Craigslist. One of the world’s most oft-visited websites is HuffingtonPost.com, which Arianna Huffington established when she was 54. As for Harland Sanders, creator of KFC—he didn’t begin building the global empire of fried-chicken restaurants until the age of 65. I hope the preceding serves as a pep talk, Virgo, reminding you that it’s never to late to instigate the project of a lifetime. The time between now and your birthday in 2016 will be an especially favorable phase to do so. Start ruminating on what it might be.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) It’s the power-building phase of your astrological cycle. To take maximum advantage, convey the following message to

your subconscious mind: “I know you will provide me with an abundance of insight, inspiration and energy for whatever intention I choose to focus on. And during the next four weeks, my intention will be to cultivate, expand and refine my personal power. I will especially focus on what author Stephen R. Covey called ‘the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.’”

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

I’m a big fan of science and logic and objective thinking.

Most of us need more of that good stuff. The world would be a saner, safer place if we all got regular lessons on how to be more reasonable and rational.

But in the immediate future, Scorpio, I’ll steer you in a different direction. I believe you will benefit from injecting your imagination with primal raw crazy wild mojo. For example, you might read utopian science fiction and fairy tales about talking animals and poetry that scrambles your intellectual constructs. You could remember your dreams and ruminate about them as if they were revelations from the Great Beyond. You may also find it healthy to fantasize profusely about forbidden and impossible and hilarious adventures.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) There are lots of inquiries and invitations coming your way—perhaps too many. I don’t think you should pursue all of them. In fact, I suspect that only one would ultimately make you a better human being and a braver explorer and a wiser lover. And that one, at first glance, may have not as much initial appeal as some of the others. So your first task is to dig deep to identify the propositions that are attractive on the surface but not very substantial. Then you’re more likely to recognize the offer that will have lasting value even if it doesn’t make a spectacular first impression.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) “I find a lot of people physically attractive, but finding people mentally and spiritually attractive is different and much harder for me.” So says 40ozshawty on her Tumblr page. If you share that frustration, I have good news. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due to encounter a higher-than-usual percentage of mentally and spiritually attractive people in the next six weeks. But I wonder how you’ll deal with this abundance. Will you run away from it, feeling overwhelmed by the prospect that your life could get more interesting and complicated? Or will you embrace it, daringly welcoming the interesting complications?

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) I think you will generate good fortune for yourself by choosing between two equally invigorating but challenging tasks: losing your illusion or using your illusion. Both are quite worthy of your attention and intelligence. To succeed at either would fuel your emotional growth for months to come. You probably can’t do them both, however. So which will it be: Will you purge the illusion, or put it to work for you?

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Do you sometimes imagine yourself to be an underachieving underdog? If so, I suggest you start weaning yourself from that fantasy. Do you on occasion allow people to take advantage of you? It’s time to outgrow that role. Do you ever flirt with being a self-pitying martyr?

Say bye-bye to that temptation. Cosmic forces are conspiring to relieve you of tendencies to act in any or all of those ways. I’m not saying you will instantly transform into a swashbuckling hero who knocks people over with your radiant self-assurance. But you will, at the very least, be ready to learn much, much more about how to wield your vulnerability as a superpower.

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