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Rhapsodies Up in Smoke The legalization issue is complex (“Legalization Realization,” Sept. 23).

There has not been enough research and regulation to put marijuana and all the related products, including edibles, on the market. The potential for harm on the developing brain is not talked about enough. Teens do not perceive there to be harm around using marijuana, and this is wrong. Let’s get the right messaging to parents about

the real impact of marijuana on the developing brain. Today’s marijuana is not the marijuana of our youth. The THC levels are 20 to 30 percent and higher in products like wax, butter and dabs.

The edibles are not regulated, and you do not know what you are consuming.

Let’s do more work on this issue before we rush into destroying our teens.

Twenty sixteen is too early to vote on this measure.

The issue of legal marijuana has very little to do with weed itself. It’s more of a government issue of how to tax it. Many years ago, tobacco companies designed packs for joints. How to get billions of dollars from citizens legally growing pot? Another case of the “almighty dollar” over common sense.

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I liked the style of this piece, giving direct voice to the interviewed. The North Bay Pothead was savvy. Chief David Bejarano was unfortunately disturbing.

If law enforcement leaders recognize that the public sentiment is in favor of legalization (or anything, for that matter) and law enforcement takes the stand that it is against this idea, sentiment, or trend, essentially this is a declaration that law enforcement does not identify with the people.

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The federal government should make it legal to grow up to 500 or 1,000 plants, so that it will be legal to farm on a commercial level without allowing mega-corporations to monopolize the market. I like that it’s grown by thousands of people in relatively small amounts with love and care about the product, and not for the love of money.

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Good Grief This is outrageous behavior (“Back Door Men,” Sept. 23) from a local police department supposedly pledged to “serve and protect” their community. “Surveil and harass” is more like it. With so many in every community being incarcerated for nonviolent crimes and first-time offenses, why have the police increased the sense of injustice with these tactics?

Good grief, three officers to conduct a parole search when no crime was suspected, no complaint made?

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Let the People Vote We have a chance to save our democracy BY BILL WADSWORTH

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re corporations people? Is money speech? The Supreme Court, in deciding Citizens United v.

Federal Election Commission in 2010, answered yes to these questions. The ruling maintained that, since corporations are people and money is speech, political spending is protected under the First Amendment.

This ruling has released a downpour of “dark money” through Super PACs that work to influence elections. As corporations are granted certain privacy and other legal protections, most of these contributions are never made public.

The court decided that corporations, PACs and unions are “natural” persons with constitutional rights. But in his dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens argued that corporations are not people, and are therefore not protected by the Constitution.

After the Citizens United ruling, President Obama said, “[L]ast week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests—including foreign corporations—to spend without limit in our elections.”

Obama was prophetic. The Brennan Center for Justice reports that super PACs spent $486 million in the 2014 Senate elections, more than twice what they spent in 2010. Just 195 donors gave nearly 60 percent of the $1 billion spent by super PACs on all federal elections since Citizens United was decided in 2010.

In 2014, the California Legislature passed SB 1272 to place Proposition 49 on the ballot. The non-binding legislation would have asked California’s congressional delegation to support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. But the California Supreme Court blocked the proposition because of lengthy legal review, and it was pulled from the ballot. However, if we act now, we may still have a chance to vote on Proposition 49, as the court concludes its review of the measure Oct. 6.

If you want to send a strong message to Congress, go to http://bit. ly/sign-prop49 to sign the petition and demand that the California Supreme Court let the people vote. You must sign the petition before Oct. 5. When corporations become people and money becomes speech it’s time to get involved.

Bill Wadsworth lives in Occidental.

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Paper ON SHAKY GROUND While it’s been in operation since 1891, the state may close Glen Ellen’s Sonoma Developmental Center, a state facility for behaviorally and developmentally disabled adults.

Closing Time Fate of hundreds in limbo as state moves to close Sonoma Developmental Center BY TOM GOGOLA

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f the state gets its way, Kathleen Miller’s disabled adult son and some 400 other patients will be forced to leave the care of Glen Ellen’s Sonoma Development Center for a destination unknown.

“[State officials] say they want to collaborate with us, but this is a fast-track for closure,” Miller says. “They want to close it very

quickly, and almost dangerously.”

Miller is the head of the Parent Hospital Association at the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC), which the state has scheduled to close in 2018. Last week she was one of several local advocates for the center who teed off on the proposed closure plan offered by the state Department of Developmental Services.

State Sens. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, and Bill Dodd, D-Napa, share her concerns

and took issue with a plan that they said doesn’t address the fate of the developmentally and behaviorally disabled people now living at the facility.

“We are incredibly disappointed with the draft plan that was put forward last week,” the lawmakers asserted in a Sept. 21 press release. “The report is inadequate and lacks the specific details that we as a community expected, and quite frankly, were led to believe would be delivered.”

The question hanging in the air is what happens if efforts at community placement of residents fail by the time the facility closes?

Closing the SDC means closing a facility of last resort for some residents who might otherwise find themselves getting their mental-health services in lockeddown hospital psychiatric wards or, worse, in jail.

“We already know that the Sonoma Developmental Center is home to the state’s most medically fragile residents,” the lawmakers wrote, “and we know that, in past transitions, some residents have struggled to succeed in community placement. It is unacceptable that this draft plan lacks any details about contingency planning for these residents, and others who may not thrive in the community.

This report essentially takes a wait and see position on care: Wait and see if residents struggle or fail in the community, and then act to make changes.”

The state has slated the facility for closure as a cost-cutting move. It’s been in operation at the Sonoma Valley location since 1891. The state push is part of a years-long effort to get out of the pricey mental-health-services business and privatize care in smaller, group-home settings.

But the SDC is a unique asset— “the largest and most significant unprotected land in the Sonoma Valley,” says the county website— and part of the treatment for residents has historically been open access to the natural wonders around it.

Miller says the lawmakers are spot-on in their critique of the closure plan, which, she says amounts to “close it first and then let’s see what happens.”

Miller has welcomed efforts from county officials and other agencies to create an alternative to the closure, an effort that is ongoing. Susan Gorin, president of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, is a supporter of the parents’ coalition.

Patient advocates have called on the state to continue using the SDC. McGuire and Dodd want to use the space for specialty services and propose

State disability advocates have noted that these “delayed egress/ secure perimeter” buildings are a good deal for people who would otherwise be forced into more secure facilities, such as jail. As such, the state launched a pilot program in 2014 to develop six of the facilities around the state, and loosened restrictions on existing group homes of less than 15 beds to allow for delayed egress/ secure perimeter upgrades. But what about residents at SDC who are used to living in a less secure facility, have lived there for practically their whole lives and now face the prospect of being locked behind a fence?

John McCaull, land acquisition property manager at the Sonoma Land Trust, echoes Miller’s concerns. McCaull’s organization is keenly interested in the fate of the SDC grounds, which provide critical habitat and act as a wildlife corridor straddling Sonoma Regional Parks land and Jack London State Park.

The grounds originally comprised some 1,600 acres, but about 15 years ago, 600 acres were cleaved into the adjacent Jack London State Park. Of the roughly 1,000 remaining acres, about 200 are dedicated to the SDC campus itself, which contains multiple buildings, some in better shape than others; the remaining land is undeveloped and open to the public. The main building is structurally unsound and not in use.

McCaull shares Miller’s concern about the advent of secured off-site facilities and what it might mean for residents. He notes that even as the SDC campus has been downsized, there remains “a huge environmental asset that the state has managed quite well.” His organization was relieved at the state pledge to keep the land out of the surplus pile.

“Of course we care about the land, but the wellbeing of the 400 people and the thousands of people that have lived there over the years is connected to the fact that they can get around, they can move freely,” McCaull says.

“It’s an open setting and being in nature has helped a lot of the people there.”

D EBRIEFER Coastal Lookout The California Coastal Conservancy meets Oct. 1 in Fort Bragg, and one agenda item caught our eye: The conservancy, a state agency that works to purchase and protect coastal resources, will consider a proposal to give $1 million to the nonprofit Wildlands Conservancy to help buy the Estero Ranch in southwestern Sonoma County, “for the purposes of habitat protection, public access and agricultural preservation.”

The property is stunning.

Century 21 listed it for sale last March for $6.9 million. Owned by the Bottarini family, the ranch features some 547 acres along the Sonoma-Marin county border, with three-fourths of a mile of Pacific Ocean coastline frontage.

The land borders the Estero Americano Preserve, previously scooped up for preservation by the Sonoma Land Trust.

Under the Coastal Conservancy plan, the property would be purchased for $4 million through an agreement that the Sonoma Land Trust struck last October. On top of the proposed $1 million from the Coastal Conservancy, a pending $2 million grant from the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District and another $1 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation would seal the deal.

The Century 21 listing is still up online and notes that the property remains cattle pasture for now—and perhaps for the future—but that any investor would have an “incredible opportunity to view whales during their twice yearly migration between warm Baja

California waters and the colder Arctic ocean.”

TCB at TBOC A few weeks ago, we wrote about the goings-on at the Tomales Bay Oyster Company (“Highway to Shell,” Aug. 19), the popular oyster outpost in West Marin County, where the traffic is a nightmare and the oysters dreamy. Based on what Marin County supervisor Steve Kinsey told us, the company was possibly looking at some pretty severe limitations on its use permit and—lo and behold—last week the Marin County planning commission told the business it had to abide its original 1987 permit and scale way, way back on its open-air retail operation.

So if you’re headed down Highway 1 looking for some oysters on the half shell, know that as of this week, gone are the picnic tables, barbecues and retail offerings. Gone are the weekday hours, too. The good news? Kevin Lunny, late of Drakes Bay Oyster Company fame, is poised to go into business (possibly) with TBOC in an effort to ramp up oyster sales from an across-the-street lot purchased

by TBOC last year.

That news popped up in a report last week in the Point Reyes Light and in a letter TBOC owner Tod Friend sent to Kinsey this month. The Lunny-TBOC plan is up in the air, given that the lot is situated in a restrictive agricultural zone, where such things are typically frowned upon. Following on the planning commission setback, TBOC says it will continue to work with all parties in order to survive, if not thrive, in the coming months.

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transitioning the facility to a health center for those with severe behavioral issues.

The state has said that while it won’t put the property into the “surplus” category—which might have meant its eventual sale to commercial interests, such as a vineyard operator—it has not shown interest in any continued use that provides services to those living there now.

Local advocates for SDC have called for a facility that provides, for example, specialized dental services for the developmentally disabled, as well as housing for the behaviorally challenged. The closure plan from Developmental Services generally rebuffs those plans while simultaneously claiming that the first priority of the state is to find adequate housing for the residents.

Many have lived there for decades, including Miller’s son.

Those patients may find a tough transition road ahead.

“It feels like we have this strong local voice with this strong local vision that has been ignored by Sacramento,” Miller says.

A key issue for Miller is that the SDC is a facility of last resort for residents like her son, who is in his late 40s and has a dual diagnosis of mental illness and autism. Over the years, Miller has tried to find housing for him in smaller group homes, but he always wound up back at SDC, where he lives now.

Miller is also concerned about a state effort to replace long-term, state-run centers such as the SDC with smaller facilities that would be built to “delayed egress/secure perimeter” standards. Those are facilities surrounded by a fence where residents can’t go outside unless they are let out.

The concern is that these would wind up being a “one size fits all” solution for developmentally challenged adults.

The state of California is mandated to provide safe housing for the developmentally disabled with a minimum of restrictions on their mobility, but Miller fears that the state may over-rely on these homes as a catch-all for whoever comes out of the SDC when it closes in 2018.

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DON’T ADD WATER Farmer Kevin McEnnis’ dry-farmed tomato operation began as an effort to find a niche and pursue

sustainable agriculture. Taste was an unexpected benefit, he says.

High on Dry Quetzal Farm’s tomatoes are light on water and big in taste BY STETT HOLBROOK

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evin McEnnis planted droughttolerant crops before it became popular.

In 1999, McEnnis founded Quetzal Farm on 10 acres off Llano Road, on the fertile plain of the Laguna de Santa Rosa.

As a young farmer who saw the effects of poor land stewardship and unsustainable agriculture in Guatemala (the quetzal is the country’s national bird and

monetary unit), he settled on dry-farmed tomatoes because he wanted to grow crops that treaded lightly on the earth and weren’t overrepresented in the market.

The fact that they are so delicious was a bonus, he says.

Fifteen years later, he’s one of the few dry-farmed tomato growers in the North Bay. The Early Girl tomatoes he grows seem to thrive in western Sonoma County’s cool, coastal-influenced environment. He and partner Keith Ableman also grow dozens

of varieties of chile peppers, herbs, onion, squash and lemon cucumbers—but those crops are irrigated.

While Quetzal is increasingly known for chiles, it’s the tomatoes that stand out for me. Dry-farmed tomatoes are small and thickskinned; they grow to little bigger than a golf ball and need little or no water. Just as grape vines that struggle for nutrients produce superior quality grapes, tomatoes that must dig deep for water yield uncommonly delicious fruit.

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The roots travel deep to look for groundwater and do a good job of taking advantage of rain or moisture from fog. But McEnnis, whose day job is at Flowers Vineyard and Winery, admits that he’s unclear on how tomatoes thrive without irrigation. “It’s a little bit of a mystery,” he says.

A dry-farmed tomato’s flavors are concentrated and more sweet than acidic. The juice has a thicker, syrupy quality than irrigated tomatoes. I know this because after I bit into one off the vine and it squirted all over my hand, the juice became very sticky. I haven’t read a lab analysis, but I’d bet the glutamate levels are concentrated as well.

Glutamate produces the meaty, salty flavor known as umami, or “deliciousness.” It’s highest in the gel-like substance around the seeds, so don’t discard that stuff as some recipes say to do.

The downside of dry-farmed tomatoes is the yield. An irrigated field of tomatoes can produce as much as 40 tons per acre. With dry-farming, that figure is about one ton. And because Quetzal Farm is organic, it loses a lot of its crop to pests and diseases, such as the spotted-root virus that has blemished some of this year’s tomatoes. That’s why they sell for about $5 a pound. But they’re worth it.

Ableman, who joined McEnnis as a partner in 2005, says farmmarket customers have become experts in selecting dry-farmed tomatoes; the best are smaller in size and a duller red.

“I call those customers squirrels because they dig like this,” he says as he pantomimes a bushy-tailed rodent digging through a pile of acorns with its front paws to get at the best ones. “The uglier the plant gets, the better they become.”

If you want some tomatoes, you’d better act fast. The season could be over before Halloween.

Quetzal Farms sells at Whole Food Markets in Sebastopol and Mill Valley, and the Berkeley Saturday farmers market. The intensely flavored, air-dried tomatoes are also available at Healdsburg Shed.

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

Heart-warming Italian from Forchetta, while Bastoni’s focuses on Vietnamese and Thai. Lunch and dinner daily. 6948 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.9500.

Graffiti Mediterranean. $$-$$$. Jazzed-up waterfront destination really is all that jazz.

Big menu focuses on creative seafood dishes, also steak and lamb. Variety of indoor and outdoor seating; wide selection of appetizers–half vegetarian– can make the meal. Lunch and dinner daily. 101 Second St, Petaluma. 707.765.4567.

House of Curry & Grill Indian. $-$$. A Sonoma County institution, and for good reason. Of the more than 100 menu choices, all are worthwhile. Lunch, Mon-Sat; dinner daily. 409 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.579.5999.

Jennie Low’s Chinese. $-$$. Light, healthy, and tasty Cantonese, Mandarin, Hunan, and Szechuan home-style cooking. Great selection, including vegetarian fare, seafood, and noodles. Lunch, Mon-Sat; dinner daily. Two locations: 140 Second St, Ste 120, Petaluma. 707.762.6888.

Vintage Oaks Shopping Center, Rowland Ave, Novato.

415.892.8838.

La Hacienda Mexican. $$. A family-style Mexican eatery with a Michoacan touch.

Lunch and dinner daily. 134 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

707.894.9365.

vegetarian selection and an Asian fusion-leaning menu.

And they’re open until 2am!

Dinner daily. 139 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.776.4631.

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

Cheap, delicious and ready to go.

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

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

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

Larry Vito’s BBQ Smokehouse Barbecue.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Brewpub. $$.

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

6811 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol. 707.575.3277.

Pub grub gets a pub-cuisine facelift. Lunch, Wed-Sun; dinner daily. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

Parish Cafe Cafe. $$.

Authentic po’ boy sandwiches elicit the sound of a big brass marching band with every bite.

Breakfast favorites include shrimp and grits, but don’t forget the beignets. Breakfast and lunch, Wed-Sun. 60-A Mill St, Healdsburg. 707.431.8474

Peter Lowell’s California. $-$$. Casual, organic cuisine with a healthy twist. Italian-inspired cafe, deli, wine bar. All food offered as takeout. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 7385 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.1077.

Phyllis’ Giant Burgers American. $. Come with a hearty appetite for an oldfashioned patty. Lunch and dinner daily. Two Sonoma County locations: 4910 Sonoma Hwy, Ste B, Santa Rosa.

707.538.4000. 1774 Piner Road #B, Santa Rosa. 707.521.0890.

Two Marin County locations: 924 Diablo Ave, Novato.

415.898.8294. 2202 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.456.0866.

Speakeasy Tapas-Asian. $-$$. Small plates with a large

Mountain Home Inn American. $$-$$$$. Great summer sandwiches with a view atop Mt Tamalpais.

Breakfast, Sat-Sun; lunch and dinner, Wed-Sun. 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley.

415.381.9000.

Nick’s Cove Seafood/ contemporary American. $$$$.

Fresh from the bay oysters, upscale seafood, some steaks and a great burger. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

23240 State Route 1, Marshall.

415.663.1033.

Piatti Italian. $$-$$$.Rustic, seasonal, Italian food. Kidfriendly. Lunch and dinner daily.

625 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley.

415.380.2525.

Pier 15 American. $$. Fun, tucked-away old-fashioned spot overlooking hidden harbor.

Great place for breakfast at a bar, too. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; brunch, SatSun. 15 Harbor St, San Rafael.

415.256.9121.

Pine Cone Diner Eclectic. $$. Funky diner meets upscale bistro. Ambitious dishes, like cherry-wood-smoked pork

N A PA CO U N TY BarBersQ Barbecue/ California. $-$$. An upscale ’cue joint with a high-end chef and high-end ingredients.

Gorgeous chipotle-braised short ribs and pulled pork.

Lunch and dinner daily.

3900-D Bel Aire Plaza, Napa.

707.224.6600.

Bistro Jeanty French. $$$.

Rich, homey cuisine. A perfect choice when you can’t get a chance to do your Laundry.

Lunch and dinner daily.

6510 Washington St, Yountville.

707.944.4870.

Carpe Diem Wine Bar 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. Dinner daily. 1001 Second St., Napa. 707.224.0800.

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

707.254.9690.

Checkers California. $$.

Perfect casual spot for dinner before the movie. Try the panéed chicken and butternut squash ravioli. Lunch and dinner daily. 1414 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.9300.

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SMALL BITES

New Shed Chef There’s a new chef at Healdsburg’s Shed.

Perry Hoffman replaces Miles Thompson, who was top toque at the restaurant for a little over a year.

Hoffman is a Napa Valley native with a long culinary background. His grandparents, Sally and Don Schmitt, were the original owners of the French Laundry, where he helped out in the kitchen at a young age. At 18 he was hired as sous chef at the Boonville Hotel.

He went on to cook at Santé Restaurant at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn before moving to Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford in 2005. During his two years at Auberge, Hoffman, 31, helped the restaurant earn its first Michelin star. His last post was at étoile Restaurant at Domaine Chandon, where he was appointed head chef. While at the now closed restaurant, he earned a Michelin star three years in a row.

As culinary director of Shed, Hoffman will work with the restaurant’s farm and nearby growers to showcase a seasonal, farm-driven menu. Hoffman will oversee the entire culinary program—breakfast, lunch, dinner and special events.

“I am eager to be a part of the Shed community—to get to know the farmers—and to learn and collaborate,” says Hoffman.

“I’m especially looking forward to exploring seasonality and terroir in Sonoma County, and being part of creating and completing the cycle from seed to plate.”

Healdsburg Shed 25 North St., Healdsburg. 707.431.7433. healdsburgshed. com.—Stett Holbrook

French Laundry Definitive California Cuisine. $$$$. What else is there to say? Chef Thomas Keller’s institution is among the very best restuarants in the country. 6640 Washington St., Yountville. 707.944.2380.

Fumé Bistro & Bar California cuisine. $$$.

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Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen Eclectic. $$-$$$. As comfortable as it sounds, with a rich and varied melting pot of a menu. Lunch and dinner daily.

1327 Railroad Ave, St Helena.

707.963.1200.

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California bistro fare that nearly always hits the mark.

Lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sat-Sun. 4050 Byway E, Napa.

707.257.1999.

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

are luxuriously inspired. Dinner daily. 1314 McKinstry St, Napa.

707.257.5157.

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

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Breakfast and lunch daily.

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Wineries

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.

SONOMA CO U N TY De La Montanya Vineyards & Winery Family winery turns out diverse small lots culled from the best of a large vineyard operation, just for kicks and giggles.

Tucked under Westside Road in a casual barn setting, fun tasting room offers good wines and cheeky diversions: De La Montanya wine club members get both case discounts and the opportunity to pose in fishnets on “PinUp” series labels. 999 Foreman Lane, Healdsburg. Monday–Friday, 11am–5pm. Tasting fee $5.

707.433.3711.

Forchini Winery Handsome Italianate tasting room, proudly stocked with gold medal-bearing bottles and tributes to winery dogs past and present, a cozy space where conversation strikes up easily among visitors. Papa Nonno TuscanStyle Red. 5141 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Friday–Sunday, 11am–4:30pm. Tasting fee, $10.

707.431.8886.

J Vineyards & Winery Save the sit-down, threecourse food and wine pairing in the Bubble Room for a special occasion, like, “Hey, it’s Sunday.” Weekend program offers deceptively wee courses that change every six weeks to feature seasonal produce.

Diverse and intense flavors, matched with sparkling wine, Pinot and Chardonnay, sure to amuse anyone’s bouche. New: Legacy Lounge and Terrace Tasting.11447 Old Redwood Hwy., Healdsburg. Open daily 11am–5pm, regular tasting $20. Bubble Room, Friday– Sunday, 11am–3pm, $75.

888.594.6326.

Robert Hunter Winery Surprise–fine méthode champenoise sparkling wine hails from the warm “banana belt” of Sonoma Valley. Colorful history of estate once owned by a sugar heiress, and tour of gardens leads to sit-down

tasting in far-from-the-crowds setting where visitors with a yen for the intimate rather than glitz find a hidden gem on the wine road less traveled.

15655 Arnold Drive, Sonoma.

Tours by appointment only, $25. 707.996.3056.

Timber Crest Farms Animal labels abound at Peterson Winery’s expanded tasting room adjacent the cellar. Is that a Jackalope, or is that just the Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel? Also on hand is Papapietro-Perry and the six Family Wineries of Dry Creek.

Dashe Cellars crafts mainly powerful Zinfandels and other reds. At Kokomo Winery, it’s about the reds. Also look for Mietz Cellars, Lago di Merlo and Collier Falls. 4791 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg.

Tasting rooms generally open daily from around 11am to 4:30pm. 707.433.0100.

707.431.7568.

N A PA CO U N TY Bouchaine Vineyards Venerable producer of estategrown Burgundian style wine in the rustic wind-scraped hills of Carneros. Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with a coolclimate, cherry-skin crispness that nearly crunches in the mouth, and Chardonnay with a “mouth of butter.” Patio service in fair weather, cozy hearthside tasting in cooler days; good-humored hospitality throughout. 1075 Buchli Station Road, Napa. Open daily, 10:30am–4:30pm; tasting fee $20–$30. 707.252.9065.

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

2800 Main St., St. Helena.

Tasting daily, 10:30am to 5pm.

Fees vary; complimentary

Kelly’s Cave

for “Napa neighbors.”

707.967.2229.

A Big Pour at Kelly Fleming Wines

Domaine Carneros

BY JAMES KNIGHT

Inspired by Taittinger’s Château de la Marquetterie of Champagne, this house of premium sparkling wine is a hard-to-miss landmark on the Carneros Highway. Enjoy a private Balcony Package for special occasions or taste sparkling and still wines paired with artisan cheese and caviar with the masses. Luxury bubbly Le Rêve offers a bouquet of hoary yeast and crème brûlée that just slips away like a dream. 1240 Duhig Road (at Highway 12/121), Napa. Wine flights $15; also available by the glass or bottle. Open 10am–5:45pm. 800.716.2788.

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.

Frog’s Leap Winery A good story is nearly as important as good wine; Frog’s Leap does a neat job on both. As you wind through the vineyard, the frog pond and the rustic 1884 winery, your tour guide finds bottles along the way, like Easter eggs. Dry-farming, who knew, can produce a beverage more thirst-quenching than water. 8815 Conn Creek Road, Rutherford. Daily, 10am–4pm.

Tastings, $20; tours Monday– Friday, $20. 707.963.4704.

Hall Winery (WC) Craig and Kathryn Hall specialize in “beefy” wines favored

by Robert Parker. Intensely modern art and all things Austrian. 401 St. Helena Hwy. S., St. Helena. Open daily, 10am– 5:30pm. 866.667.HALL..

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top me if you’ve heard this one before, because all of the wine writers recently invited to a tour of Kelly Fleming Wines reached for their pens when the proprietress told the story of how Big Pour got its name.

Kelly Fleming’s 2012 Big Pour Napa Valley Red Blend ($90) is the 3,000-case winery’s entry-level red, a juicy Bordeaux-style blend with plum fruit and a note of tobacco on the nose. Each vintage features new label artwork: the 2012 label sports Ms. Fleming, with one of her dogs (not the all-black, Slovakian, police-trained German shepherd that barked at me from the second story of this Provence-inspired, stone winery as I walked up), and a vintage shotgun. Among other animals in Fleming’s care are four rescued donkeys—the gray one is named Clooney.

But back to the story. It’s so easy to lose the thread here, especially in the mist-shrouded wine caves, where rows of stage-lit wine barrels on either side lead to a central chamber of exposed rock walls. The cave took two years to dig, out of solidified volcanic ash. It’s crumbly, that’s for sure, and required buffering with sprayed-on concrete.

And here, also, there’s a table of charcuterie and olives, perfect with a sip of 2014 Kelly Fleming Rosé ($36). Fleming has a bright young team working with her, including winemaker Becky George and winery manager Bryan Timonere, who explains that the rosé is made mainly from a saignée of Cabernet Sauvignon (a reduction of the juice before fermentation, which helps concentrate the Cabernet), with a soupçon of Syrah. For my taste, I’d reverse that formula—but one can’t help but admire the confidence that setting this price point for rosé of Cabernet Sauvignon demands.

The 2012 Kelly Fleming Cabernet Sauvignon ($110) is as well priced as any of its near neighbors. A young Cab that keeps you guessing, it finishes on a juicy, cola-and-black-cherry note after sidetracking the nose through dusty, desiccated fruit, cranberry and cassis, and a chocolatey nutmeg aroma that evokes something fanciful: an oak cookie.

I’m not sure if I prefer it over Big Pour—ah, yes, the wine inspired

by Kelly Fleming’s tour of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in Burgundy, the legendary house of Pinot Noir that she only need refer to—in present company—as “DRC.” Because of her poor command of French, Fleming says, the host, thinking that she wanted more wine, reluctantly poured more in her glass. Another visitor melted the frost by announcing, “I want to stand next to ‘Big Pour’!”

Kelly Fleming Wines, 2339 Pickett Road, Calistoga. Tours and tastings by appointment only, limited to eight persons per day.

Tasting fee, $60. 707.942.6849.

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BY ERIK JORGENSEN

P

hilip K. Dick is the van Gogh of science fiction writers, striding the hazy line between genius and insanity. PKD, as his fans call him, never lived to see his writing transformed into such blockbuster films as Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, The Adjustment Bureau and A Scanner Darkly. North Bay fans of his stories should know that he lived in the area, and his time here shows up in his work.

When Dick died in 1982 at age 53, his New York Times obituary described him as a “prolific, sometimes visionary sciencefiction writer, whose multilayered stories probed the discrepancies

between illusion and reality.”

While bureaucratic absurdities are Kafkaesque and governmental overreach is Orwellian, in the world Dick created, reality itself conspires against you.

Dick never lived to see the amazing and lasting legacy his labors gave birth to, but it’s intriguing to follow his path through the North Bay to see how it influenced his skewed literary visions. Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago and grew up in Berkeley.

He began visiting Sonoma County as a child and lived in Sonoma at 550 Chase St. with Joan Simpson in the summer of 1977.

A character with Simpson’s name appears in Dick’s short story “The Day Mr. Computer Fell Out of Its Tree.” The two were

introduced by Dick’s childhood friend Ray Nelson, who coauthored The Ganymede Takeover with him. Nelson also wrote the short story “Eight O’clock in the Morning,” which was the basis for the cult sci-fi film They Live.

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PKD SLEPT HERE Philip K. Dick lived in this Sonoma home for a few months in the summer of 1977.

Philip K. Dick ( 15 and early 1960s, Dick lived in Point Reyes Station with his third wife, Anne. It was there that he wrote The Man in the High Castle, his Hugo Award–winning masterpiece recently adapted into a TV series by Amazon Studios.

In a 2010 New York Times article on Dick’s time in West Marin, the writer Jonathan Lethem said in an interview it was Dick’s most productive time.

Lethem included five novels

from Dick’s time in Point Reyes Station in the Library of America anthologies that he edited.

“The river of his literary ambitions—his interest in ‘respectable’ literature—joins the river of his guilty, disreputable, explosively imaginative pulp writing,” Lethem told the Times.

“It’s the most important passage of his career—more masterpieces in a shorter period of time.”

Anne Dick says in an email that Dick was a fan of Jack London. He visited Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, and had read his

works. London’s 1908 dystopian novel, The Iron Heel, inspired 1984, according to Orwell biographer Michael Shelden, and probably struck a chord with Dick.

Sonoma County features in several of his short stories.

“Exhibit Piece” mentions a camping trip to the Russian River, and a character in The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike lived in Fountain Grove, now part of Santa Rosa. In “What’ll We Do with Ragland Park?” a character owns Sonoma Valley vineyards.

Dick even mentions Luther Burbank, the plant (and marketing) wizard of Santa Rosa, in the short story “A Terran Odyssey”: Scratching his nose, Hardy murmured, “What did you have in mind?”

“Maybe I could find a mutant potato that would feed everybody in the world.”

“Just one potato?”

“I mean a type of potato.

Maybe I could become a plant breeder, like Luther Burbank.

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Hardy said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe you could locate an intelligent bean.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not joking about this,â&#x20AC;?

Stuart said quietly.

The story later became the 1965 book Dr. Bloodmoney, a postapocalyptic novel that features a self-governing community in West Marin menaced by Hoppy Harrington, a Thalidomide baby missing all of his limbs who gets around with servo-powered prosthetics and aggressive

powers of psychokinesis.

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VALIS is based on a series of mystical visions that Dick had between February and March 1974 while living in Santa Ana, which he called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;2-3-74â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pink Lightâ&#x20AC;? experience. Robert Crumb, of Zap Comix fame, illustrated a version of the event that he titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dickâ&#x20AC;? in Weirdo issue 17.

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MASTER WORK Philip K. Dick

wrote his Hugo Award-winning novel ‘The Man in the High Castle’ while living in Point Reyes Station.

home in Glen Ellen and published posthumously as his 944-page Exegesis.

The Pink Light experience begins with Dick in great pain after having his wisdom teeth removed. When the pharmacy delivered his medication, he opened the door and light reflected off the young delivery woman’s fish medallion.

Mesmerized, he asked what it was, and she explained it was a symbol of the early Christians.

Dick said he then entered a time-slip and felt himself coexisting in ancient Rome just after the crucifixion. Another personality from that era took him over for about a year. In his shorthand notes, he called our world the Black Iron Prison and wrote repeatedly, “The [Roman] Empire never ended.”

Later, he said a pink light flashed in his eyes and beamed information into his brain, telling him his son had a congenital hernia and needed immediate surgery. Dick was right. After taking his son to the hospital, he was told by a doctor that his child could have died at any time.

Information kept flooding into Dick’s brain, which he thought came from an ancient alien satellite orbiting our planet. The

Pink Light experience formed the basis of VALIS and The Divine Invasion, and the film Radio Free Albemuth directed by John Alan Simon.

In 1978, Dick attended the Octocon II convention in Santa Rosa. The guest of honor was Dune author Frank Herbert, who wrote and took photos for the Press Democrat from 1949 to 1953.

While it is unclear whether Dick connected with Herbert at that convention, he definitely met Robert Anton Wilson, author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy.

Wilson had had his own mystical experience, which he thought came from the star Sirius, around the same time as Dick had his visions. The two discussed their common experiences at the Octocon convention.

In his foreword to the first book in the Cosmic Trigger trilogy, Wilson describes their conversation: “My impression was that he was worried his experience was a temporary insanity, and was trying to figure out if I was nutty, too. . . . The parallels to my own experience are numerous, but so are the differences. If the same source was beaming ideas to both Phil and me, the messages got our individual flavors mixed into them as we decoded the signals.”

One of Dick’s characters in VALIS even mentions having read Cosmic Trigger.

The world that Dick knew has slowly transformed into a Phildickian story. Paranoid PKD never imagined the voluntary popularity of data mines like Facebook. Smartphones spying on their owners is predictably Orwellian; the twist is now they are must-have status symbols.

Dick would probably be pleasantly surprised to see solarpowered homes sprouting like mushrooms across the county, but the near-monopolistic Pacific Gas & Electric’s effort to cut compensation for residential solar power generators and increase fees for solar customers has a faintly Phildickian feel.

Maybe he wasn’t so paranoid after all.

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Alternative Reality Game Designer Jane McGonigal, PhD is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games — games designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. Her #1 goal in life is to see a game developer win a Nobel Peace Prize. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Penguin Press, 2011) — and inventor of SuperBetter, a game that has helped nearly half a million players tackle real-life health challenges such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain and traumatic brain injury. She has created and deployed award-winning games, sports and secret missions in more than 30 countries on six continents, for partners such as the American Heart Association, the International Olympics Committee, the World Bank Institute and the New York Public Library. She specializes in games that challenge players to tackle real-world problems, such as poverty, hunger and climate change through planetary-scale collaboration. Jane is also a future forecaster. She is the Director of Games Research & Development at the Institute for the -\[\YL H UVU WYVÄ[ YLZLHYJO NYV\W PU 7HSV (S[V /LY M\[\YL »

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PHILIPPE KAHN

CEO, Fullpower Technologies, Inc. A pioneer in software and wearables who founded four successful technology companies, including software powerhouse Borland in the 1980s, Philippe Kahn is now recognized as the inventor of the cameraphone. Philippeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo from the birth of his daughter, taken and instantly shared on 1\UL PZ [OL Ă&#x201E;YZ[ RUV^U W\ISPJS` [YHUZTP[[LK HUK shared camera-phone picture. His company Fullpower created the MotionX 24/7 wearable technology platform that powers solutions by Nike, Jawbone and others. He is also the inventor of 100 technology patents covering wearables & IoT, eyewear, smartphones, mobile, imaging, wireless, synchronization and TLKPJHS [LJOUVSVNPLZ /L PZ Ă&#x2026;\LU[ PU SHUN\HNLZ HUK ILZPKLZ working passionately at Fullpower, spends time with his family, plays classical music and improvisational jazz, sails, surfs and skis in the backcountry.

JEREMIAH OWYANG Founder, Crowd Companies

Jeremiah Owyang is the Founder of Crowd Companies, which focuses on how large companies tap the collaborative economy, maker movement and customer collaboration.

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ROBERT SCOBLE

Startup Liason OfďŹ cer, Rackspace As Futurist for Rackspace, the leading Managed Cloud Computing Company, Scoble travels the world looking for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening on the bleeding edge of technology for Rackspace.

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BRIAN KRAMER CEO, PureMatter

Social Business Strategist and CEO of the Silicon Valley agency PureMatter, Bryan was recently listed as one of The Top 50 Social *OPLM ,_LJ\[P]L 6É&#x2030;JLYZ *,6Z VU ;^P[[LY PU [OL ^VYSK I` [OL /\É&#x2030;UN[VU 7VZ[ ( SLHKPUN authority on social strategy, Bryan is an active blogger and a featured contributor on SocialMediaToday.com, Business2Community and the IBM Smarter Commerce blog. He is the author of two books: There is no B2B or B2C: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Human to Human #H2H and Shareology: How Sharing is Powering the Human Economy.

C2SV.com/tickets MICHAEL BRITO Group Director, WCG

At WCG, a W2O Group company, Michael Brito helps clients transform brands into media companies through social business content strategy. Michael worked as Senior Vice President for Edelman Digital and for large Silicon Valley brands like Hewlett Packard, Yahoo and Intel, where he was responsible for consumer social media marketing and community management. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences as well as a guest lecturer at various universities, including Cal Berkeley and Stanford. He is also an Adjunct Professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley teaching social business and strategic social media. He served eight years in the United States Marine Corps.

BRIAN FANZO

Founder, iSocialFanz LLC Brian is a leading voice of the millennial generation in digital media. He has 10+ years experience managing, deploying and training enterprises and small businesses on cyber security, community management, collaboration, digital marketing, video conferencing and social business. As a technology and social media strategist, Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presented at numerous technology conferences, as well as quarterly presentations for the Federal Government Joint *OPLMZ VM :[HÉ&#x2C6; HUK VU ZP[L PU 0YHX HUK (MNOHUPZ[HU MVY [OL <UP[LK States Army. His passion for change and people is evident as he delivers keynotes on topics ranging from employee advocacy and social selling to personal branding. He was recently awarded the Top 25 Social Business Leaders of 2014 by IBM & The Economist Intelligence Unit.

TECHNOLOGISTS, ENTREPRENEURS BRIENNE GHAFOURIFAR Co-founder, Entefy

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TODD WEAVER Founder, Purism

Todd Weaver has been a free/libre software advocate since 1994, formerly the CTO of Impart Media Group and CEO of ivi, Inc. Todd has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, using, installing and promoting free/libre and open source software. He enjoy building products and companies around free

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JAN JANNINK Startup Hacker

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SCOTT SCHREIMANN CEO, Samepage

Scott Schreimann leads the downtown San Jose-based Kerio Technologies, which helps small and mid-sized businesses connect, communicate and collaborate securely, and is operating CEO of its Samepage division.

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FLAMMY MARCIANO

This San Jose rapper brings the ruckus.

Stomping on propulsive beats, his tweaked bars shine with gleeful punchlines followed by loony ad-libs. Flammy shines when he gets metaphorical, like when he compares his smoothness to lotion. (JF)

GRACE LOVE & THE TRUE LOVES

Grace Love and the True Loves is an original 9-piece soul sensation from Seattle, Wash.

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Park and his brother are currently in the process of recording their third LP, a follow-up to last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soon Away on Carpark Records. (SL)

JEAN BAUDIN

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Julius Pappâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dance music roots lie in the disco of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s and the new wave of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s. Now based in San Francisco, he was born and raised in Montreal, and got tuned into dance music through his home townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ă&#x2026;V\YPZOPUN JS\I ZJLUL HUK KP]LYZL YHKPV broadcasts. He started collecting vinyl records in the mid â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s and has been spinning since 1985. (NV)

LORD SUPERIOR

One of the three greatest calypsonians out of Trinidad and Tobago still performing, Lord Superior is considered by many to be an international treasure. His breezy, lilting island grooves are beloved in Trinidad and throughout the Caribbean, New York City, Canada and London. (NV)

LUCID OPTICS

Lucid Optics is a San Jose-based rapper, singer and producer. With roots in live music, he lays out his psychedelic worldview in a Z[PS[LK Ă&#x2026;V^ V]LY ZHTWSL SLZZ ILH[Z /L ^YV[L lyrics instead of doing homework in high ZJOVVS HUK ^LU[ VU OPZ Ă&#x201E;YZ[ [V\Y PU H [^V KVVY sedan. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your quintessential DIY rap story. (JF)

MITCHELL LUJAN

Born and raised in San Jose, singerZVUN^YP[LY 4P[JOLSS 3\QHU KYH^Z PUĂ&#x2026;\LUJL from old souls and modern R&B artists, but his musical dynamism lands him in the alternative spectrum. Mitchell has performed at numerous local venues, including Slimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in San Francisco and the SLG Art Boutiki in San Jose. His upcoming EP Subject to Change, is slated for late 2015. (NV)

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PAT HULL

Connecticut-born Patt Hull is currently based out of Chico. His lyrically and vocally charged songwriting is â&#x20AC;&#x153;gently reinventing the genre, rather than obeying its exhausted axioms,â&#x20AC;? according to Deli Magazine /PZ SH[LZ[ LÉ&#x2C6;VY[ In the Yellow Room, was recorded live and engineered by Peter Rodocker at Yellow Room Recording, in Portland. (NV)

SHERIFF RAMB

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Compared to his previous work, Ramb says his new work focuses â&#x20AC;&#x153;more on layers, textures of sound and leaving certain aspects of the music completely up to chance.â&#x20AC;? (NV)

STEELY NASH

Texas-born Steely Nash puts her powerful voice to use on electro-tinged soul jams, where â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s girl group harmonies abound.

She is currently working on her Paper Doll EP and can be found playing shows in SoFA and around the Bay. (SL)

SUENATRON

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Survival Guide is Emily Whitehurstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indieelectro pop project. She got her start playing in the well-known Petaluma punk band, Tsunami Bomb. Those early punk days can still be heard in her strong vocals. However, these days now sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more about fuzzy synths and grinding guitars. Her latest LP, Way to Go was released in May. (SL)

SWEET HAYAH

Emerging from the multicultural and diverse heart of the Silicon Valley, Sweet HayaH is truly a product of its environment. The band originally emerged 2011 and has quickly become as a regular on in the Bay Area scene. (NV)

The roots of this Los Angeles-based trio burrow in post-millennial punk, but their growth incorporates supersonic â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s rock [OH[ Ă&#x201E;YZ[ PUZWPYLK [OLT ;OL IHUK PU[LNYH[LZ nuance and dynamic momentum while V^UPUN [OLPY ]VSJHUPJ YPÉ&#x2C6;Z THZZP]L TLSVKPLZ and provocative lyrical stances. (JF)

WESTACY

An eight member collective out of San Jose, Westacy consists of Ziggy, RJxV, Thatfool AL, Yates, M.Lawley, C-Note, Mac Bastard and Keylow B. Characterizing the memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ]HYPV\Z V\[W\[ PZ KPÉ&#x2030;J\S[ I\[ [OL JYL^ TVZ[S` [YHÉ&#x2030;JZ PU JOPSSLK V\[ IV[[VT OLH]` ILH[Z though the rhymes come thick and fast. Two members, Yates and Ziggy, recently dropped new LPs. (SL)

WOOSHAY

Starting in 2013 with no experience in music at all, this DJ duo started composing EDM and have been making the rounds on the Bay Area club circuit with their bouncy, undulating bass, skittering hi hats, and disembodied wailing vocals. Their skipping synthy sounds opened for Nelly when he came to town. (JF)

X RATED FUNK SQUAD

This quartet unleashes rambling, interstellar jams that meld face-melting solos, shimmying drum Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bass grooves, and the ambient electric oddness emanating from their â&#x20AC;&#x153;space IV_ š :VHYPUN MYVT VUL PTTLYZP]L YPÉ&#x2C6; [V [OL next, their compositions tower and sway, bulging with force that rattles your jawbone. May the funk be with you. (JF)

YOUNG GULLY

Young Gully is wide awake. A eyewitness to gang/police violence, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not content to rap aimlessly, plumbing deep into his past and innermost emotions to unearth undeniable truths that are as potent as they are seamlessly strung together. Laced with NY\É&#x2C6; JYLKPIPSP[` OPZ Ă&#x2026;V^Z YVSSPJR HUK I\JR IL[^LLU L_WHUZP]L breath-catching hooks. (JF)

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Valley Hope

In the weeks following the Valley Fire, the North Bay community has come together to support those displaced in many ways. The latest fundraiser comes from Sebastopol-based crowdfunding website Plumfund, founded

by Sara and Josh Margulis. The couple was featured on the television show Shark Tank last year, where entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary invested in the site.

Now Plumfund is paying it forward with an online Valley Fire relief fund and the upcoming Valley Hope Benefit. Lost Dog Found will be playing live, with local food, drinks and a supportive, comforting environment on Friday, Oct. 2, at Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy., Sebastopol. 6pm. $40 and up. bit.ly/valleyhope.

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New Space

Last April, the full-service professional photography studio collective Studio Space Santa Rosa was forced to temporarily shutter its doors due to a fire in an adjacent unit. It’s been a long summer of rebuilding, but the new and improved studio is ready to start booking again, and Studio Space is celebrating by throwing a grand reopening party and an “End of Summer” art show featuring several Sonoma County artists. Works by photographers Sara Sanger, Josh A. Katz, Zohn Mandel and others are on display for the reopening show on Friday, Oct. 2, at Studio Space Santa Rosa, 840 Piner Road, Ste. 14, Santa Rosa. 6pm. studiospacesantarosa.com

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Dream Weekend

The successor to Bruce Cohn’s popular fall festival at BR Cohn Winery, the inaugural Sonoma Music Festival takes Cohn’s charitable efforts to the fabled Field of Dreams near downtown Sonoma for three days of classic rock bands and local favorites rocking out for various North Bay charities.

Friday features Chicago and America. Saturday includes Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band and Pablo Cruise. Sunday goes all out with the Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald, Gregg Allman and the Edgar Winter Band. The Sonoma Music Festival also has the best in Sonoma Valley food and wine when it takes place Friday to Sunday, Oct. 2–4, 151 First St. W., Sonoma. $89 and up. sonomamusicfestival.com.

SEBASTOPOL

Political Puppets

German-born sculptor and artistic director Peter Schumann first conceived of the Bread & Puppet Theater when he moved to New York City in the early ‘60s. Schumann first came to national attention in 1965 with Fire, an original production depicting the aftermath of a bombing raid on a Vietnamese village and performed with life-sized puppets. Schumann now calls Vermont home and doesn’t tour as often these days. In fact, the Bread & Puppet Theater is making its first trip to the West Coast in 14 years when it performs Fire and serves fresh-baked bread on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol. 7pm. $20.

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‘LITTLE DEAD RIDING HOOD’ Marc Schmid’s ‘Dreams of the Dead’ exhibit at the Back House Gallery opens Petaluma’s

Dia de los Muertos festivities.

Season of Spirits Petaluma’s month-long Day of the Dead celebration opens with dreamy art exhibit BY CHARLIE SWANSON

T

he sugar skulls and festive altars popping up around Petaluma are designed to honor rather than scare, as the Mexican tradition of El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, once again envelopes the town.

Now in its 15th year, the annual celebration takes the traditional Mexican holiday of remembrance and turns it into a month of

special events and art shows. And this weekend, several Petaluma galleries and museums open their shows to get the celebration started.

For artist Marc Schmid, a longtime North Bay resident who has lived in Mexico and Spain, the Day of the Dead is as artistic as holidays get. “If you’ve ever been to Mexico, and you’re driving along, you’ll see little art pieces on the side of the road,” he says. “There’s a Christian symbol in there or a tequila bottle or a

photograph. And as it grows, it becomes a beautiful work of art.”

Working as a cartoonist and caricature artist for 40 years, Schmid was invited by the owners of Heebe Jeebe in downtown Petaluma to create a new show for their Back House Gallery inspired by the Day of the Dead.

Schmid not only conceived of the new show, “Dreams of the Dead,” (opening Saturday, Oct. 3, with a reception at 7pm), but he worked for the first time in scratchboard.

“It was a very experimental

process,” he says. Scratchboard involves scratching away at a black painted canvas with a knife to reveal lines of white underneath.

“It’s like buttering bread, like X-ray art in a way.”

Once Schmid found the flow, he began expanding his small traditional pieces into elaborate scenes of fairy-tale figures depicted in the skull-and-bones style of the Day of the Dead. The artist also experimented with dyes to incorporate the vivid colors the holiday is known for.

“There’s a certain humor and whimsy in Mexico, too,” says Schmid. “I know it’s still there. A lot of it has been lost lately, but the spirit is still there.”

Schmid’s show is one of several exhibits showing around town.

The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum’s features a community altar and art from Bay Area–based Latino artists. It also opens Oct. 3.

Aqus Cafe and other downtown spots also get in on the festivities, which continue through October with various community events.

Mezcal tastings, cemetery tours and poetry readings are all on the calendar, and the monthlong celebration culminates on Sunday, Nov. 1, in a procession that runs from Water Street Bistro to the Petaluma Historical Museum.

Last year’s parade drew thousands of spectators and participants who joined together in honoring those who’ve passed on with song and dance, food and drinks, giant life-sized puppets and family-friendly activities.

‘Dreams of the Dead’ opens on Saturday, Oct. 3, and runs through Nov. 7 at Heebe Jeebe’s Back House Gallery, 46 Kentucky St., Petaluma.

7pm. Free. 707.773.3222.

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story is an illusion, a series of events that are not really taking place, presented in a way that fool an audience into believing theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really happening. Telling that story in a book or movie is a certain kind of trick, with its own rules and traditions, and telling it on the stage is quite another. And transferring that story from one medium to another may be the hardest trick of all.

Two stories, one a classic book and the other a beloved modern masterpiece of cinema, have both landed on stage in the Bay Area, and each carries its own unique kind of cross-media magic.

At Spreckels Performing Arts

Center in Rohnert Park, Robert Louis Stevensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Treasure Island hits the stage in a compact, robust adaptation by Ken Ludwig.

Directed with humor and charm

by David Yen and staged in the intimate studio theater with exhilarating, in-your-face invention and swashbuckling energy, the crafty condensation of Stevensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adventure story works surprisingly well.

The strong, versatile castâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;led by a grounded and non-cartoonish John Rathjen as Long John Silverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;slip gracefully in and out of dozens of characters. Animated projections combine with adaptable set pieces to turn the stage, in one section, into the deck of a ship, with waves rolling over the stern, and in another section, into an island jungle ďŹ lled with waving foliage. The trick works well, and if some of the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s detail and character depth are swept overboard in the process of translation, the loss is more than made up for in the rollicking fun the able-bodied cast and crew bring to the stage.

Rating (out of 5): Translating the 2001 French comedy AmĂŠlie to the stage is a different kind of trick altogether, and turning it into a musical, as Berkeley Rep does, only makes the challenge harder. But with a book by Craig Lucas (Prelude to a Kiss) and lovely, ethereal tunes by Daniel MessĂŠ and Nathan Tysen, this supremely satisfying adaptationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;directed with immense creativity by Tonywinner Pam MacKinnonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is a sweet, sneaky surprise of a show.

As AmĂŠlie, the cafe worker who sets out to make the world a happier place, Samantha Barks is everything an AmĂŠlie should beâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; beautiful, sweet, a little wacky and thoroughly beguiling.

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ASTRO NOT Matt Damon has plenty of time to think after being left for dead on Mars.

Space Oddity Ridley Scott’s adaptation of ‘Martian’ is epic and funny BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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pic and oddly playful, Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Mountain View author Andy Weir’s bestseller The Martian combines the vastness of space with the intimacy of a podcast.

Speared by flotsam during a Martian windstorm, astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead by his fellow crew members and left behind. This Robinson Crusoe on Mars is left to ingeniously kluge together a farm with duct tape and tarps, literally dig up energy sources and cook up a communication system to get in touch with home.

Back on earth, Watney’s marooning is a public-relations mess. The cantankerous NASA chief (Jeff Daniels) seeks spin-control. His head of PR is a worried Kristen Wiig. Meanwhile, a group of rebels within the organization, led by the mission controller (Chiwetel Ejiofor), concoct a plan to extract the astronaut. Their number includes a geeky punkette (Mackenzie Davis), a half-cracked student (Donald Glover) and an indomitable scientist (Sean Bean).

You don’t expect an adventure like this to be funny. Scott is usually a brooder, and when he goes comedic, as in A Good Year, he can be leaden. Yet screenwriter Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) keeps the tone light and free of the philosophical blather that bloated Scott’s Prometheus. The music of David Bowie, from his spaceman period, also helps lighten the tone, and is a good complement to the retroelectronic score by Harry Gregson-Williams.

The role of Watney brings out all of Damon’s best features: his solitude, strength and hard-bitten humor. His how-to videos and addresses to the camera have the fun of a good reality show. The endgame gets a little predictable, despite Jessica Chastain’s grace as the commander of the spaceship that left Watney behind.

The Martian is a real pleasure and quite unique—a spirited, sweettempered movie about survival.

‘The Martian’ is now playing in wide release in the North Bay.

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Country/Americana: McKenna Faith Technically, McKenna Faith is not from the North Bay, but we’re going to let it slide on account of her stunning songwriting ability and sublime voice. At 20 years old, Faith is a newcomer to the countrymusic scene, but she’s already making a lot of noise in Nashville recording studios and touring nonstop all over the country. Her next show is on Oct. 10 at Wild Flowers Saloon in Healdsburg.

OCTOBER

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10/10 The Tenors Under One Sky Tour 10/16 Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal

NOVEMBER

11/3 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 11/5 Rick Steves Lessons from a Lifetime of Travel 11/7 Whose Live Anyway?

11/30 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas

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12/4 & 12/5 TRANSCENDENCE’S “BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS”

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12/8 LeAnn Rimes: Today is Christmas Tour

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Hats Off 2015 NorBay Music Award winners

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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ur annual appreciation of North Bay bands, the NorBays Music Awards, is taking a break from hosting a live concert and ceremony this year. We’re retooling the show to make it bigger and better, but in the meantime, we’ve still got awards to hand out to nine of the best bands and musicians in the North Bay, in categories that range from jazz to folk to hip-hop. Without further ado, the winners of the 2015 NorBays, as voted on by readers (that means you): Blues/R&B: Volker Strifler

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Santa Rosa guitarist and North Bay fixture Volker Strifler dazzles as a bandleader and solo act with superb blues licks and funky, breezy arrangements. His talent

The Petaluma-based DJ Beset makes the rounds between Sonoma and Marin County parties and clubs, spinning an eclectic array of reggae, dancehall, hiphop, soul and mainstream hits.

He’s been heard on Wild 94.9 and he’s been getting shout-outs most recently for his sizzling remix of Janet Jackson’s “No Sleeep.”

A resident DJ at Flatiron in San Rafael, DJ Beset will be spinning there next on Friday, Oct. 2.

Folk/Acoustic: Misner & Smith There’s something exceedingly timeless about folk-revival duo Misner & Smith, as if they stepped out of another era. In fact, Megan Smith and Sam Misner—who are also thespians, it turns out—met at a Shakespeare festival where they continue to perform, a testament to their old-timey enthusiasm and theatrical presentation. This fall, Misner & Smith are journeying through Europe on a cultural exchange trip. Their next North Bay show is on Nov. 22 at the Big Easy in Petaluma.

Hip-Hop/Electronica: Broiler Santa Rosa underground rapper Broiler just dropped his ultra-dope LP Someone’s Thunder last June, and it’s packed with guest stars and sick beats. Look no further than the chill opening track, “Minivan Cruisin’,” a song about rolling down Mendocino Avenue in a Ford Aerostar.

Jazz: Hot Club Beelzebub Hot Club Beelzebub is an infernally entertaining five-piece formed in Santa Rosa in 2010. The longtime friends who make up the band have their hands in several North Bay music projects, yet when it comes to cabaret-style jazz, there’s nothing like the bawdy and brash sound they make as the Hot Club.

Indie/Punk : The Velvet Teen This has been a landmark year for Sonoma County indie rock trio the Velvet Teen. We here at the Bohemian have already fawned over their new record, All Is Illusory, released this summer; and we rocked at their blowout Phoenix Theater show in Petaluma last month. If you’ve not heard the new tunes from these North Bay favorites, now is the time.

Rock: Frobeck There’s nothing low-key about the funk rock of Frobeck. Led by keyboardist and vocalist Spencer Burrows, the band, which includes a full horn section and a tight rhythm foundation, have been cranking out feel-good grooves since 2005. Frobeck has amassed a dedicated North Bay fan base that enjoys the band’s highenergy live shows and top-notch musicianship. Frobeck’s next show is an album-release concert, where the band will unveil their new record, Sea of Truth, on Oct. 24 at HopMonk Novato.

World/Reggae: Arcane Dimension Most of us live in a world of three dimensions. And then there’s Arcane Dimension, the avantgarde, world-music collective.

With a melding of bowed guitar melodies, belly dancing, performance art and tribal drums, the edgy and envelope-pushing Arcane Dimension are highly influenced by main man Jarek Tatarek’s metal and industrial background. This month, as the votes came in for the NorBays, Arcane Dimension announced they were going on hiatus for the fall. But when they decide to return to the tribe, the band will have plenty of fans ready to welcome them back.

Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Cassie & Maggie MacDonald Sister fiddle and piano duo takes from their Celtic roots for an intimate performance, and offer a workshop beforehand.

Oct 1, 8pm. $15-$30. Private House, address provided with RSVP, Santa Rosa.

707.569.0565.

Shawn Colvin Sonoma County Farm Trails presents the singer and songwriter in concert Oct 6, 7:30pm. $45-$50.

Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.

Marin Symphony Waterfront Pops Concert Annual pops concert this year presents the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Classical Mystery Tour,â&#x20AC;? featuring the symphony performing dozens of the best Beatles songs, with fireworks.

Oct 3, 3pm. $20 and up. Lagoon Park, Marin Civic Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.479.8100.

The New Mastersounds

Popular indie songwriter, who first gained attention as Bright Eyes, performs with fellow â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monster of Folkâ&#x20AC;? songwriter M Ward and the Felice Brothers.

Oct 1, 8pm. $30. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Sonoma Music Festival Headliners Chicago, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, the Doobie Brothers and others play this inaugural fest benefiting several local charities. Oct 2-4. $89 and up. Field of Dreams, 151 First St W, Sonoma, ww.sonomamusicfestival.com.

MARIN COUNTY Anders Osborne Almost Acoustic Band Celebrated guitarist plays all weekend at Terrapin, with electric and almost acoustic shows in store. Oct 3-4, 8pm. $25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Oct 2, the Bad Jones. Oct 3, 1955. Tues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reggae Marketâ&#x20AC;? DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma.

707.938.7110.

NAPA COUNTY With a marvelous career, many classic albums and extraordinary live shows, Scaggs is always a sure-fire hit in the North Bay. Oct 1-2, 8pm. $65-$115. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Conor Oberst

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Oct 1, Dan Wilensky Group. 204 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

Popular world-music rockers from Vancouver, BC, make their way back to the North Bay. Oct 4, 9pm. $10. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Renowned pianist performs as part of the Green Music Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2015-2016 Performance Series opening gala. Oct 3, 7pm. $65 and up.

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

Sep 30, Dan Wilensky Group.

Oct 2, Barrio Manouche. Oct 3, John Kalleen Group. Oct 4, MianoJazz Trio. Oct 6, Nessie Expedition. Oct 7, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.4631.

Oct 1, Craig Corona. Oct 2, John Pita. Oct 3, Greg Yoder. Tues, Wavelength. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1826.

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Lang Lang

The Big Easy

Funk jazz group originally out of Leeds tours in support of their new album, â&#x20AC;&#x153; Made for Pleasure.â&#x20AC;? Oct 4, 8pm. $22-$24.

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

415.388.1100.

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Delbert McClinton Multi-Grammy Award winner has lived the blues for more than six decades and amassed a dedicated following in the process. Oct 3, 8pm. $45-$55.

City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.

Symphony Napa Valley Maestro Gutmann and violinist Artur Kaganovskiy open the season with â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Icons,â&#x20AC;? a program of iconic composers and their most popular works. Oct 4, 3pm. $30-$55.

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annex Wine Bar Oct 1, the Trees. Oct 2, Dawn Angelosante and Tony Gibson.

Oct 3, Carter and Frobeck. Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.7779.

Annie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Hall Oct 3, Soulshine Blues Band and Mark McDonald. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.484.1331.

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Oct 1, Jacob Green. Oct 3, Gypsy Cafe. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

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Coffee Catz Oct 1, 4:30pm, DJ Kudjo.

Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Oct 2, Karen Behaving Bradley.

Oct 3, French Oak Gypsies.

Oct 6, the Rivertown Trio. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

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Green Music Center Oct 4, 2pm, 101 Pianists. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery Oct 4, 6pm, Rufus Wainwright.

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707.938.5277.

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Oct 2, the Igniters. Oct 3, SugarFoot. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

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707.887.2594.

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Oct 4, 1pm, the Cell Block Seven Jazz Band. 3535 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.545.6150.

Sep 30, Sista Otis. 122 West Napa St, Sonoma.

707.935.7960.

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EDM night. Oct 3, Ben Miller Band. Oct 7, Youngblood Brass Band. Tues, open mic night.

230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Oct 3, Roem Baur. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Jamisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roaring Donkey Oct 3, Urban Grass. Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap Room Sep 30, Moonshine Mountain.

Oct 1, Matt Lax. Oct 2, La Mandanga. Oct 3, Deluxe.

Oct 4, Todos Santos. Oct 7, Staggerwing. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro Sep 30, Greg Hester. Oct 1, Wileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coyotes. Oct 2, Susan Sutton Jazz Trio. Oct 3, Yancie Taylor. Oct 4, the Honeydippers.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

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Oct 1, the Joey Alexander Trio.

1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Spanckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oct 3, Jackson Stone Band.

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

707.664.0169.

Tradewinds Oct 2, DJ Ron Sicat and the Cowtown Girls. Oct 3, Johnny Tsunami and the Hurricanes.

Thurs, DJ Dave. Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Tavern

Oct 3, Andrew Freeman. Oct 6, Sweetwater String Band.

464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

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Wreck Junction

Oct 2, Charged Particles. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Oct 1, Phony Abalone. Oct 2, Groovesession and the Tony Glaser Band. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.773.7751.

Sep 30, Titus Andronicus. Oct 2, Thought Vomit with Trecelence and Hereticide. Oct 3, French Girls with the Iron Heart and Hungry Skinny. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

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Oct 2, Joey Alexander. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

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Oct 2, MIMOSA with Ana Sia. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

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Oct 2, Solid Air. Oct 3, the Sticky Notes. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.

Oct 2, Wileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coyotes. Oct 3, Levi Lloyd. Oct 4, 3pm, Jimi James. Oct 4, 8pm, George Heagerty & Never the Same. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel.

16246 First St, Guerneville.

707.869.3377.

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Sep 30, Paulieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garage with Kickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Country Girls. Oct 1, Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Oct 2, the Hots. Oct 3, 5pm, Ricky Alan Ray. Oct 3, 8pm, the Sorentinos. Oct 4, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with the Flash Backs. Oct 4, 7pm, Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Child. Oct 7, the Honeydippers. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

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Oct 2, Tito with the Harmonic Three. Oct 3, 11am, Keith Lovett.

Oct 3, 7:30pm, Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bunchovus.

Oct 6, Rock Overtime student performance. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Rossiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1906 Oct 2, Dave Gonzalez with the Branded Men. Oct 3, Lake County fundraiser with Bumblinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bones and others. Oct 4, the Tri Tip Trio. 401 Grove St, El Verano. 707.343.0044.

MARIN COUNTY Fenix Oct 1, Stax City. Oct 2, Drew Harrison. Oct 3, IrieFuse. Oct 4, 11:30am, JetBlacq. Oct 4, 6:30pm, Daria & Her Trio. Oct 6, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

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19 Broadway Club Sep 30, Sanford Barnett Trio.

Oct 1, Maka Roots. Oct 2, First Friday reggae night with Broken Silence Sound System.

Oct 4, 6pm, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. Oct 4, 9pm, Fairfax blues jam. Oct 6, Book of Birds.

Wed, the Hump. Mon, open mic. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Sep 30, Black Cat & the Roâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Doggs. Oct 2, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 4, the Hipnik Experience. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Sep 30, Jonathan Poretz.

37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Sep 30, Rusty String Express.

Oct 1, Dave Getz. Oct 6, Swing Fever. Oct 7, Dale Polissar Trio. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Periâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Dollar Sep 30, Fitz & Pieces. Oct 1, Burnsyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sugar Shack.

Oct 2, the Haggards. Oct 3, Chrissy Lynne Band. Oct 4, Whiskey Pills Fiasco. Oct 6, Fresh Baked Blues. Oct 7, the Weissmen. Mon, Billy Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Oct 2, Jerry Hannan. Oct 3, Detroit Disciples. Oct 4, Terry Haggerty. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse

Oct 2, First Firday Night with DJ Beset and others. 724 B St, San Rafael. 415.453.4318.

Oct 1, Judy Hall and Claudia Newberry. Oct 2, Doc Kraft & Company. Oct 3, Havana Nights with Tito y Su Son de Cuba.

Oct 4, Orquesta la Moderna Tradicion. Mon, Marco Sainz Trio. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

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Sep 30, open mic night. Oct 2, Ricky Ray. Oct 4, Sacred Sundayz. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Sep 30, Verst. Oct 2, Leftover Salmon with Bill Payne. Oct 3, Foreverland. Oct 5, Steve Kimockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 60th Birthday

First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo Oct 3, ECHO Chamber Orchestra. 72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo. 415.456.3713.

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NAPA COUNTY Beringer Vineyards Oct 3, Trio Solea. Oct 4, Steel Jam. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

City Winery Napa Oct 1, Beth Hart. Sold-out.

Oct 2, Rudy Colombini and the Unauthorized Rolling Stones. Oct 4, Golden State Lone Star Revue. Oct 5, Walter Trout. Oct 6, David Cook with Andrew Ripp. Oct 7, Alejandro Escovedo. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.260.1600.

Cornerstone Cellars Oct 4, 3pm, Sunday Funday.

6505 Washington St, Yountville.

707.945.0388.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Oct 3, Justin Brown. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Downtown Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery & Restaurant Oct 1, the Humdingers. Oct 2, the Charles Wheal Band. Oct 3, David Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ore. Sun, DJ Aurelio.

Tues, the Used Blues Band. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

Durham Ranch Oct 3, 4pm, Girls Guns & Glory.

4553 Chiles Pope Valley Rd, St Helena.

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch Oct 4, 2pm, LMR All-Star Big Band. 738 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.4555.

Jarvis Conservatory Oct 3, Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Grand Night for Singers. 1711 Main St, Napa.

707.255.5445.

Siloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oct 1, Shelby Lanterman with Kristen VanDyke and Zak Fennie. Oct 2, the Boys of Summer. Oct 3, SuperHuey. Oct 4, Steve Sage and friends. Oct 7, James Patrick Regan. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uptown Theatre Oct 3, Get the LED Out. 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Uva Trattoria Sep 30, Le Jazz Hot. Oct 1, Nate Lopez. Oct 2, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Oct 3, Jackie and friends. Oct 4, Justin Diaz. Oct 7, Tom Duarte. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.

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On Oct. 2, the New Mastersounds release their 10th album, Made for Pleasure, on the Royal Potato Family label. The band plays from the record when they hit the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley on Sunday, Oct. 4, a day after they play San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.

The upbeat, dance-inducing Pleasure was recorded in New Orleans, a city that has long influenced the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s larger-than-life funk sound. Frontman Eddie Roberts spent a few years living in the city, after a stint living in San Francisco and before moving to Denver, where he resides now.

The lively sounds of the French Quarter are prominent throughout the new record, which also includes several guest appearances by the likes of multiinstrumentalist Mike Dillon (Les Claypoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fancy Band) and soul singer Charly Lowry (Dark Water Rising), as well as a full horn section courtesy of band mates from Robertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; former San Francisco jazz combo, West Coast Sounds.

The New Mastersounds play from Made for Pleasure on Sunday, Oct. 4, at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 8pm. $22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$24. 415.388.1100. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Charlie Swanson

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Oct 2 Chroma Gallery, “Corners of the Mouth: The Art of Nourishment,” Bay Area artists exhibit works surrounding themes of food, drink and nourishment. 5pm.

312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.293.6051.

Guerneville Library, “Collaboration,” new works from local artists. 6pm.

14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.9004.

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Sonoma Community Center, “Spotlight on Faculty,” the center shows watercolors and ceramics by faculty members Dick Cole and Chic Lotz respectively.

5pm. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.4626.

Studio Space Santa Rosa, “End of Summer Art Show,” new works by Sara Sanger, Jared Powell, Josh A Katz and others display. 6pm. 840 Piner Rd, Ste 14, Santa Rosa.

Oct 3 Art Escape, “Books & Words,” exhibit includes over 40 entries featuring books, collage, photography, drawing, painting and more.

6pm. 17474 Sonoma Hwy, Ste A, Sonoma. 707.938.5551.

Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Agrella Art Gallery Through Oct 8, “2015 Art Faculty Show,” showcases recent work

by SRJC studio faculty and offers insight to the art department’s creative output. SRJC, Doyle Library, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 10 to 4; Sat 12 to 4. 707.527.4298.

Gallery 300 Through Oct 9, “Otras Figuras / Other Figures,” figurative artwork of Jennifer Hirshfield, Francisco Alonzo, Alejandro Salazar and Piper Snow is curated by Susan Alexander.

300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

Open Sat, 12 to 5, and by appointment. 707.332.1212.

Back House Gallery at Heebe Jeebe, “Dreams de los Muertos,” artist Marc Schmid shows off his scratch board works and captures a connection to those who have passed, in the spirit of Dia de los Muertos. 7pm. 46 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.773.3222.

Petaluma Historical Museum, “El Dia del los Muertos,” exhibit is inspired by the Mexican holiday tradition, the Day of the Dead. 6pm. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Oct 6 O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Four Elements,” photography show is juried

by Stuart Schwartz. 6pm.

616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.4331.

Oct 1-31, “Kenneth Pelletier Paintings,” fine oil paintings by the Sonoma County artist display. 1015 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.433.1660.

The Spinster Sisters Restaurant Through Oct 4, “Abstract Photography and Monoprint Collage,” artist Colin Talcroft’s recent works display a modern, sophisticated sense of color and composition. 401 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.7100.

The Sonoma House at Patz & Hall Through Oct 5, “Art Harvest No. 5,” artists Yvette Gellis and Jeff Long display in the final installment in a series of quarterly art exhibitions at Patz & Hall. 21200 Eighth St E, Sonoma. Thurs-Mon; 10 to 4 707.265.7700.

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Bay Model Visitor Center

Redwood Cafe, “Art Matters,” Linda Donahue and Patricia Marina’s collages, Ray Fries’ paintings, Amber Funk’s upcycled fashion and student artists all display with help from the National Endowment for the Arts.

6pm. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Through Oct 3, “On the Horizon,” artist Janis Selby Jones creates art out of found objects collected from the coastline. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Corte Madera Library Through Oct 8, “Mostly Marin Landscapes,” oil paintings by artist Donna Solin features the natural beauty of the North Bay. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Depot Bookstore & Cafe

Through Oct 4, “Pairings,” exhibit displays collaborative works by two or more artists.

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

Oct 1-30, “Mt. Tamalpais,” oil paintings by Northern California artists working in the colorist tradition. 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.2665.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Desta Art & Tea Gallery

Through Oct 18, “Sonoma County Art Trails Preview Exhibition,” featuring the work of all 164 participating artists.

282 S High St, Sebastopol.

Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

Shige Sushi Through Oct 4, “On the Edge of the Animate,” photography by Barbara Elliott is contemporary yet nostalgic, with a macabre sense of humor. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary 707.795.9753.

Through Oct 1, “Illusion of Depth,” artwork by renowned painter Fritz Rauh and sculptor Gary Marsh is kinetic and curious. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932.

MarinMOCA Through Oct 4, “Emerging Artists of the Bay Area,” sixth annual juried exhibit showcases five exciting talents in the world of art. Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 415.506.0137.

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MIGHT AS WELL JUMP New York’s Parsons Dance Company celebrates three

decades of innovative and expressive movement with a performance on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. See Dance, below.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Oct 4, “Andrew Hayes: Passages,” the artist’s detailed steel sculptures display. Oct 6-Nov 4, “Memories from the Backlot,” exhibition from artist Inez Storer tells vivd life stories through painting and collage.

108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Comedy Three Blonde Moms Humor and high energy abound when Stephanie Blum, Joanie Fagan and Beaumont Bacon offer their comedic takes on motherhood. Oct 1, 8pm. $20-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Dance Cloud Formations Weather-inspired performance is put on by San Franciscobased Dance Company, the Anata Project. Free w/ admission. Oct 3, 10:30am. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito 415.339.3900.

Soul Street Dance: Breakin’ Backwards Dynamic dance company moves from classical to hip hop. Oct 4. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 3pm. $20-$45.

415.473.6800.

Fandango Day of music and dance welcomes autumn’s arrival like they did in 1840s. Oct 3.

Petaluma Adobe State Historic

Park. 3325 Adobe Rd, Petaluma.

Noon. $3. 707.762.4871.

Parsons Dance Company Contemporary dance company embodies the choreographic expression and enormous talent of David Parsons. Oct 6.

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 8pm. $15-$45.

707.546.3600.

Events Astronaut Lullabies Immersive live concert experience with Jim and Kathy Ocean, exploring inner and outer space, returns this fall by popular demand. Sun, Oct 4, 3pm. $10$20. SRJC Planetarium, Lark Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.527.4465.

Cinderella Royal Princess Ball Highlights include cast appearances by members of the award winning Amazing Fairytale Parties as well as TutuA-Gogo. Royal appetizers, music and fairy-tale-related activities will also be available. Oct 4, 2pm. $128. Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club, 333 Country Club Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.620.0663.

River Awards Gala The River Awards will honor and highlight the people, businesses and farms that are leading the Russian River to a more climate resilient future.

Oct 3, 4pm. $50-$60. Shone Farm, 7450 Steve Olson Ln, Forestville. 707.433.1958.

Roseland Village Grand Opening A ribbon cutting of the new

community center also includes a public meeting to discuss the updated proposals for the future development of the property. Oct 7, 5pm.

Roseland Village Community Center, 777 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

Sonoma County Harvest Fair Home to the World Championship Grape Stomp, this annual fair showcases and promotes locally grown agricultural products and celebrates the region’s culinary arts and world class wines and microbrews. Oct 2-4.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.545.4203.

Super Fresh Gallery Opening New gallery showcasing contemporary food art from award-winning artists gets a grand opening with wines and bubbly. Oct 4, 1pm. Free. VML Winery, 4035 Westside Rd, Healdsburg. 707.431.4404.

Valley Hope Benefit for victims of the Valley Fire features live music from Lost Dog Found and more. Oct 2, 6pm. Sebastopol Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. plumfund.com/ valleyhope.

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Ranger-Led Dog Walk Join Ranger Christin Lopez and her dog Merle on this fun and informative walk. Oct 3, 10am. Baltimore Canyon, Blithedale Ridge Rd, Kentfield.

415.473.2816.

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Bull Durham Baseball movie starring Kevin Costner screens, with retied SF Giant Noah Lowry in discussion. Part of the fundraising Goodwill series.

Oct 1, 6:30pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

CULT Film Series CULT honors the late Wes Craven all month, this week showing the popular “Scream” and the little-seen “Deadly Friend” in a double bill. Oct 1, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.525.8909.

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Epic underwater adaptation of Homer’s “Odyssey” is presented by Tiburon International Film Festival.

Oct 6, 6pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Italian Film Festival

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Annual fest screens critically acclaimed Italian films over the course of the fall with special guests and more. Sat-Sun through Nov 7. $15-$112 full pass. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

Life on the Water Films Two local sailing and boating legends, Ron Macannan and Hank Easom, are celebrated in two films presented over two nights. Oct 7-8. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. www.lifeonthewater.us.

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Join over 250 cities around the world simultaneously watching and voting on the best of 10 short films submitted to the fest. Oct 1, 7pm. Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.528.4222.

Project Censored: The Movie Sonoma residents and filmmakers Doug Hecker

and Christopher Oscar will be joined by Mickey Huff, Project Censored director, for a discussion after the film.

Fri, Oct 2, 7pm and Sun, Oct 4, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

707.664.2606.

Steve Jobs Sneak-peek screening is presented by Sonoma International Film Society.

Oct 1, 8pm. $29. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma.

707.933.2600.

Food & Drink Bachtoberfest 2015 German-style food and Lagunitas beers join the sounds of the Hooneydippers in a benefit event for Sonoma Bach. Oct 6, 5:30pm. $15-$20.

Lagunitas Tap Room, 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, sonomabach.org.

Dining with Writers Celebrated chef Cat Cora cooks and chats about her new book, “I’m Cooking as Fast as I Can.” Presented by Book Passage.

Oct 3, 6:30pm. $95. The Spinster Sisters Restaurant, 401 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7100.

Marinwood Brewfest Afternoon of local brews, food and live music. Oct 3, 12pm. $12-$15. Marinwood Community Center, 775 Miller Creek Rd, San Rafael, marinwood.org.

Oktoberfest Napa Festive event includes a car show and traditional German food and beer. Oct 3, 10am-3pm. $30. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. 707.944.0500.

Oktoberfest Sonoma Pinto, pretzels pumpkins, live music and more are on hand.

Oct 3, 11am. $35-$45. Schug Winery, 602 Bonneau Rd, Sonoma. 707.939.9363.

For Kids The Keenan School of Dance Now accepting fall enrollments in classes for all skill levels and ages four to teenagers.

Wed through Oct 28. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.542.1367.

Lectures A Creative Experiment: The Harrania Tapestries Collector David B Williams reveals the fascinating story behind this art form that is at once traditional and uniquely innovative. Oct 7, 6pm. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.939.SVMA.

Dixie Voices: The World of the Antebellum South Six-week course taught through Dominican University, explores a key Southern thinker from the era of the Civil War. Oct 2, 1:30pm. $125. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Jack London Book Discussion Group The autumn meeting of the group looks at “Star Rover,” London’s novel told from the viewpoint of a San Quentin inmate. Oct 2, 2pm. $10 plus parking. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen. 707.938.5216.

The Language of Light Nine-session photography workshop with Leanne Hansen looks at light with opportunities for location shooting at different times of the day. Wed, 7pm. through Nov 18. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley.

415.388.3569.

Miwok Music Workshop Sound Orchard presents an exploration of music from indigenous populations. Oct 1, 7pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, soundorchard. org.

Nerd Nite Three fun and nerdy talks are paired with beers and tasty bites. Oct 6, 7pm. $5. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Where’s the Beef?

Commonwealth Club hosts a panel talk concerning our changing ideas about meat.

Oct 1, 7pm. Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.2582.

Readings Angelico Hall Oct 4, 4pm, “Brief Candle in the Dark” with Richard Dawkins.

and Ella Eytan. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Book Passage

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Sep 30, 12:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waitingâ&#x20AC;? with Kevin Henkes. Sep 30, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skinny, Fat, Perfectâ&#x20AC;? with Lena Fenamore. Oct 1, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girl Waits With Gunâ&#x20AC;? with Amy Stewart. Oct 3, 4pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cannabis Manifestoâ&#x20AC;? with Steve DeAngelo. Oct 4, 4pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh La La!â&#x20AC;? with Lisa Alpine. Oct 6, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfinished Businessâ&#x20AC;? with Anne-Marie Slaughter. $32. Oct 7, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Conquering Tideâ&#x20AC;? with Ian Toll. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Insalataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oct 7, 6pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Kitchen Yearâ&#x20AC;? with Ruth Reichl, presented

by Book Passage. $125. 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo 415.457.7700.

Jack London State Park Oct 4, 1pm, Fall Poetry Reading with Ada Limon and Iris Jamahl Dunkle. Free / $10 per car parking. 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen 707.938.5216.

Napa Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books Oct 2, 4pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Curiosity House: The Shrunken Headâ&#x20AC;? with Lauren Oliver and HC Chester.

3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa 707.252.8002.

Petaluma Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books Oct 1, 4pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hiloâ&#x20AC;? with Judd Winick. Oct 2, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cinder Spires: The Aeronautâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Windlassâ&#x20AC;? with Jim Butcher.

Oct 3, 2pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secondhand Soulsâ&#x20AC;? with Christopher Moore.

Oct 6, 4pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderenâ&#x20AC;? with Katherine Howe. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Petaluma Seed Bank Oct 6, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preserving the Japanese Wayâ&#x20AC;? with Nancy Singleton Hachisu. 199 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma 707.773.1336.

Point Reyes Presbyterian Church Oct 2, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wabi-Sabi: Further Thoughtsâ&#x20AC;? with Leonard Koren. Free. 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station 415.663.1349.

Readersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Books Oct 7, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preserving the Japanese Wayâ&#x20AC;? with Nancy Singleton Hachisu. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Rebound Bookstore Sep 30, 6:30pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, with authors Angelika Quirk

Sep 30, 12:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Patriarch: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel â&#x20AC;&#x153; with Martin Walker. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

Santa Rosa Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books Oct 7, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to Entertain, Distract, and Unplug Your Kidsâ&#x20AC;? with Matthew Jervis.

775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Oct 6, 7:30pm, Writers at Sonoma, with poets Lisa Fishman and Richard Meier.

Free. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park 866.955.6040.

Theater Almost, Maine SRJC theater arts department opens their fall season with this heartwarming play about love lost, found and confounded. Through Oct 4.

Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.527.4307.

Assassins Sonoma Arts Live takes on Stephen Sondheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daring and hilarious musical about a fraternity of political assassins. Through Oct 4. $12$26. Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.974.1932.

Betrayal Roustabout Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new professional division, Roustabout Theater Ensemble, begins life with a production of Harold Pinterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drama. Through Oct 4. $17-$20. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Glorious!

Ross Valley Players kick off their theatrical season with the delightful true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer in the world.

Through Oct 18. $14-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555.

Leading Ladies North Bay Stage Company presents the hilarious cross dressing comedy by Ken Ludwig. Oct 2-18. $26. Wells

Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

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Misalliance George Bernard Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic satire is presented by the College of Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drama Department. Through Oct 11. $10-$20. College of Marin Kentfield Campus, 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.485.9555.

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The Oldest Boy The West Coast premiere of the bold drama by Sarah Ruhl looks upon a family whose son may be the reincarnated Buddhist lama and the upheaval it causes. Through Oct 11. $25$55. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.5208.

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Family-friendly musical adaptation of the beloved childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is performed by an all-star cast of local professional actors. Through Oct 4. $27-$38. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

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Puppets, animated landscapes, and live actors bring three original and adult-oriented short works to life. Through Oct 11. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7554.

Treasure Island David Yen directs this swashbuckling adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Through Oct 4. $12-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

707.588.3400.

Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? â&#x20AC;&#x153;One quick drinkâ&#x20AC;? becomes an emotional roller coaster of hilarity and despair in Marin Actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Workshopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new production of the classic drama. Oct 2-24. $22-$25.

Belrose Theater, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. 415.279.2287.

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ĊĆǡ Ćđę Ćēĉ ĔėĊ ĎēĊǣ ėĔĆęĎĆ Ćēĉ đĔěĊēĎĆ /Ŷ ĂĚĂƌ͕ ƌŽĂƟ Ă / ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^Ăůƚ WĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ^Ăůƚ DƵƐĞƵŵ ŝŶ EŝŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŝĚ Ă ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŽƵƌ ŽĨ ĂĚĂƌ͙ Later, we went on a panoramic tour of Koper, Slovenia. It was incredible. Slovenia was a surprise as ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŶLJ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ŝƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ ƚŽƵƌŝƐŵ ďLJ ƐŚĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ŐŽŽĚƐ ŽĨ ǁŝŶĞ͕ ŽůŝǀĞƐ͕ ƚƌƵŋ ĞƐ͕ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŝƌͲĐƵƌĞĚ ƉƌŽƐĐŝƵƩ Ž͙

ĔĚėēĊĞǯĘ ēĉ tŚĞŶ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŬ ŝŶƚĞƌĐŽŵ Ăƚ ϲ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ sĞŶĞƟ ĂŶ ƐŬLJůŝŶĞ͕ / ũƵŵƉĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ďĞĚ ƚŚƌĞǁ ŽŶ Ă ƌŽďĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂƌĚůLJ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵů ƐĐĞŶĞƌLJ͘ / ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ŐůĂŶĐĞĚ down the deck side of the ship to see who else was up to see this spectacular sight and I saw a sea ŽĨ ǁŚŝƚĞ ƚĞƌƌLJ ƌŽďĞƐ Ň ĂƉƉŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŬ ďĂƌƐ͙

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) The next seven weeks will not be a favorable time to fool around with psychic vampires and charismatic jerks. I recommend you avoid the following mistakes, as well: failing to protect the wounded areas of your psyche; demanding perfection from those you care about; and trying to fulfill questionable desires that have led you astray in the past. Now I’ll name some positive actions you’d be wise to consider: hunting for skillful healers who can relieve your angst and aches, favoring the companionship of people who are empathetic and emotionally intelligent, and getting educated about how to build the kind of intimacy you can thrive on.

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websites that offer practical tips on how to improve your mastery of life’s little details. They tell you how to de-clutter your home, or how to keep baked goods from going stale, or why you should shop for shoes at night to get the best fit. I recently come across a humorous site that provides the opposite: bad life tips.

For instance, it suggests that you make job interviews less stressful by only applying for jobs you don’t want.

Put your laptop in cold water to prevent overheating.

To save time, brush your teeth while you eat. In the two sets of examples I’ve just given, it’s easy to tell the difference between which tips are trustworthy and which aren’t. But in the coming days, you might find it more challenging to distinguish between the good advice and bad advice you’ll receive. Be very discerning.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) On a windy afternoon last spring I was walking through a quiet neighborhood in Berkeley. In one yard there was a garden plot filled with the young green stems of as-yet unidentifiable plants. Anchored in their midst was a small handwritten sign. Its message seemed to be directed not at passers-by like me but at the sprouts themselves.

“Grow faster, you little bastards!” the sign said—as if the blooming things might be bullied into ripening.

I hope you’re smart enough not to make similar demands on yourself and those you care about, Gemini.

It’s not even necessary. I suspect that everything in your life will just naturally grow with vigor in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) “I am rooted, but I flow,” wrote Virginia Woolf in her novel The Waves. That paradoxical image reminds me of you right now. You are as grounded as a tree and as fluid as a river. Your foundation is deep and strong, even as you are resilient in your ability to adapt to changing circumstances. This is your birthright as a Cancerian! Enjoy and use the blessings it confers. (P.S.: If for some strange reason you’re not experiencing an exquisite version of what I’ve described, there must be some obstacle you are mistakenly tolerating. Get rid of it.)

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LEO (July 23–August 22) Should I offer my congratulations? You have corralled a gorgeous mess of problems that are more interesting and provocative than everyone else’s. It’s unclear how long this odd good fortune will last, however. So I suggest you act decisively to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that your dilemmas have cracked open.

If anyone can turn the heartache of misplaced energy into practical wisdom, you can. If anyone can harness chaos to drum up new assets, it’s you. Is it possible to be both cunning and conscientious, both strategic and ethical? For you right now, I think it is.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Let’s say you have walked along the same path or driven down the same road a thousand times. Then, one day, as you repeat your familiar route, a certain object or scene snags your attention for the first time. Maybe it’s a small fountain or a statue of the Buddhist goddess Guanyin or a wall with graffiti that says, “Crap happens, but so does magic.” It has always been there. You’ve been subconsciously aware of it. But at this moment, for unknown reasons, it finally arrives in your conscious mind. I believe this is an apt metaphor for your life in the next week. More than once, you will suddenly tune in to facts, situations, or influences that had previously been invisible to you. That’s a good thing! But it might initially bring a jolt.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) The 20th

century’s most influential artist may have been Pablo Picasso. He created thousands of paintings, and was still churning them out when he was 91 years old.

A journalist asked him which one was his favorite.

“The next one,” he said. I suggest you adopt a similar attitude in the coming weeks, Libra. What you did in the past is irrelevant. You should neither depend on nor be weighed down by anything that has come before.

For now, all that matters are the accomplishments and adventures that lie ahead of you.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

A windbreak is a line of stout trees or thick bushes that provides shelter from the wind. I think you need a metaphorical version: someone or something to shield you from a relentless force that has been putting pressure on you; a buffer zone or protected haven where you can take refuge from a stressful barrage that has been hampering your ability to act with clarity and grace. Do you know what you will have to do to get it? Here’s your battle cry: “I need sanctuary! I deserve sanctuary!”

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) Your fellow Sagittarian Walt Disney accomplished a lot.

He was a pioneer in the art of animation and made movies that won numerous Academy Awards. He built theme parks, created an entertainment empire and amassed fantastic wealth. Why was he so successful?

In part because he had high standards, worked hard and harbored an obsessive devotion to his quirky vision. If you aspire to cultivate any of those qualities, now is a favorable time to raise your mastery to the next level. Disney had one other trait you might consider working on: He liked to play the game of life by his own rules. For example, his Favorite breakfast was doughnuts dipped in Scotch whisky. What would be your equivalent?

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) October is Fix the Fundamentals Month. It will be a favorable time to substitute good habits for bad habits.

You will attract lucky breaks and practical blessings as you work to transform overwrought compulsions into rigorous passions. You will thrive as you seek to discover the holy yearning that’s hidden at the root of devitalizing addictions. To get started, instigate freewheeling experiments that will propel you out of your sticky rut and in the direction of a percolating groove.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Have you made your travel plans yet? Have you plotted your escape? I hope you will hightail it to a festive playground where some of your inhibitions will shrink, or else journey to a holy spot where your spiritual yearnings will ripen. What would be even better is if you made a pilgrimage to a place that satisfied both of those agendas—filled up your senses with novel enticements and fed your hunger for transcendent insights. Off you go, Aquarius! Why aren’t you already on your way? If you can’t manage a real getaway in the near future, please at least stage a jailbreak for your imagination.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions consists entirely of 316 questions.

It’s one of those rare texts that makes no assertions and draws no conclusions. In this spirit, and in honor of the sphinx-like phase you’re now passing through, I offer you six pertinent riddles: 1. What is the most important thing you have never done? 2. How could you play a joke on your fears? 3. Identify the people in your life who have made you real to yourself. 4. Name a good old thing you would have to give up in order to get a great new thing. 5. What’s the one feeling you want to feel more than any other in the next three years?. 6. What inspires you to love?

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