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Rhapsodies One Child Rule I was moved to tears by the article on the increased population growth in Petaluma (“The Road Ahead,” Nov. 11). I lived in Petaluma as a young woman in the 1970s, and it was too crowded back then! How about educating all races, socioeconomic groups and ages about the destruction of our planet on which we all depend? We have normalized overcrowding, pollution, noise, crime, animals going extinct and fighting over

resources. How about only allowing newcomers who have one child or none?

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Dying Tradition Some traditions are positive and make society stronger, but some have proven to weaken our character, damage our health and are cruel to others. The tradition that we must scrutinize today

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is the merciless killing of billions of farmed animals, and particularly poignant this month, the Thanksgiving turkey.

What was traditionally seen simply as “food” by older generations requires deeper reflection and examination with new eyes. Much like chickens bred for their meat, turkeys are overcrowded in windowless, filthy buildings and forced to live in their own waste. Suffering and misery is all they know.

As people become aware of the wretched conditions birds endure in the

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poultry industry, companies are attempting to appease customers by describing turkey meat as “humane” or “free-range.” Unfortunately, these labels are largely insubstantial and unregulated, and animals are still debeaked, de-toed, violently handled and sent to a frightening, painful slaughter under these “humane” labels.

Tradition should uplift and strengthen a community. As long as a tradition causes suffering, it is hindering our entire society’s ability to thrive. By practicing compassion, love and kindness, we can create a society where our holiday traditions facilitate a better world, for ourselves and all species on earth.

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18–0 I saw Oldtymer’s letter about my story (“Busted Again,” Nov. 4). I would like to respond. I have been through the courts many times about growing and supplying medical marijuana for lowincome patients. Every single time the cases have been dismissed. Oldtymer, you have characterized me as being a greedy person, and all about making money. Only one problem, oldster! There is no money. The district attorneys in all my cases would have pursued the charges if they had seen criminal activity. And they did not. The fact is, 18 felonies dismissed is overwhelming evidence of my compliance with the law in each and every case. That’s why the district attorneys dropped the charges: because I didn’t break any laws.

Oldtymer, if you are broke and can’t afford medical marijuana, I will provide it for you. You’ll have to get a recommendation from a doctor. My lawyer informed me that even after the new laws go into effect, I’ll still be able to give medical marijuana out to my collective members, farm-to-patient.

‘OAKY JOE’ MUNSON Forestville Write to us at letters@bohemian.com.

Lasting Legacy Two years later, Andy Lopez’s death spurs youth empowerment

BY CHRIS WROTH AND FRANCISCO SIAZ

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he death of Andy Lopez, on Oct. 22, 2013, brought national attention to Santa Rosa. Hundreds of people protested the shooting. Local political leaders called for calm and promised action. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors promised to build a long overdue park in the empty field where Lopez was killed.

They dedicated the park to him and created a 21-member task force to make recommendations for civilian oversight of the sheriff’s office.

These actions did not stop the outpouring of grief and anger. The protests intensified after Sheriff Steve Freitas announced that the shooting did not violate any of his policies or procedures and District Attorney Jill Ravitch declared the shooting lawful and did not indict the shooter.

It has been over two years since that tragic shooting. The healing community leaders talked about has not happened. The passage of time may have helped some, but it hasn’t helped the young people who knew Lopez.

Andy Lopez Cruz was a popular and outgoing kid with a big smile.

His friends came together immediately after he was shot. They organized marches and protests in Santa Rosa and demanded justice.

As the weeks and months passed, their protest energy dissipated and they never reached their goal. They disbanded.

But recently, neighborhood youth came together again. Community organizer Jess Perez, who last year received the Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center’s “Unsung Hero” award, asked local youth if they would be interested in helping design the new park. The youth stepped up. They formed a steering committee and recommended the park have a theme: youth and neighborhood empowerment.

Andy’s friends, more than most, realize that Lopez was a disempowered kid living in a disempowered neighborhood. They never found healing. But now, two years later, neighborhood youth are again active. They are calling for a park where they can go to do homework after school, receive tutoring if needed, practice music and form groups for empowerment and support. Hopefully, the Andy Lopez Park will come to represent youth and neighborhood empowerment.

Chris Wroth and Francisco Siaz live in Forestville.

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Paper EMPTY POTS, EMPTY POCKETS The delay of the commercial Dungeness crab season has put the pinch on fishermen and local nonprofits that depend on crab dinners for fundraising.

Wait and Sea Crab feeds in question throughout North Bay

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ll over the North Bay in recent days, crab committees have been meeting, boards of directors have been discussing, and nonprofit organizations have fretted over the question: What to do about our annual Dungeness crab feed?

The state delayed the opening of the Dungeness crab season indefinitely on Nov. 5 when a potentially fatal neurotoxin, domoic acid, was discovered in the Dungeness and in red crab,

a year-round fishery which was also shut down. This was very bad news for a $60 million California crabbing industry, and especially for the commercial crabbers who haul the pots, but the closure has also rippled to dozens of crab feeds planned in the North Bay in coming months.

Some organizations have come to rely on the fundraising power of the popular Dungeness crab—tickets in the $40–$60 range are often sold out months in advance—and there is real pain afoot if the crustaceans aren’t available in time for the events, many of which are held toward the end of the commercial crab

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season, in February.

“This is not chump change we’re talking about, but some serious bucks for some serious projects” says Petaluma Rotary Club president Gary Brodie. His organization hosts an annual February crab feed in conjunction with a big raffle that has raised up to $35,000 for a range of programs: an annual $8,000 set-aside for gifts for needy kids around the holidays; a $5,000– $8,000 check to support a local free-dictionary program for third graders.

Brodie is hopeful that scuttlebutt about a season opener by early in the new year will bail

out the crab season, even if the huge spike in demand could send the price through the roof. “At that point, we’ll find out if it’s going to reopen,” says Brodie, who owns an auto shop in Petaluma. “If it doesn’t, I’m sure we will replace the crab with some other food.

We’re in wait-and-see mode.”

The Sonoma County Farm Bureau says it has been assured by its Bodega Bay crab wholesaler, the Tides Wharf, that come hell or high levels of domoic acid, there will be crab a-plenty at the organization’s Feb. 6 event.

“People want the crab and want to know what we are doing,” says Marisa Ruffoni, a spokesperson at the Farm Bureau. “We’ve gotten a few calls to see if we’re going to stick to it.”

They are. The Great Sonoma Crab and Wine Fest is in its 27th year and draws 1,200 or more people a year, Ruffoni says. The feed is held to raise money for scholarship and agriculturaleducation programs, and features a gigantic inflatable Dungeness crab that hangs above crab-laden tables at Grace Pavilion at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.

Ruffoni says the worst-case scenario is that the Farm Bureau may need to purchase crabs from Washington state (where there is no domoic disaster), via their Bodega wholesaler.

“I have heard that some are trying to find crab from elsewhere, and I think that might be a wise backup plan,” says Jordan Traverso, a spokesperson at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which shut down the Dungeness and rockcrab fisheries. Traverso says the CDFW is itself in wait-and-see mode. “I really can’t say how long this closure will last,” she says via email. “The California Department of Public Health is doing testing, and once they see the levels go down to the point that it is not a significant human health risk, they could be compelled to lift the health advisory. Then the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment could be compelled to change their recommendation to us regarding the closures. I really have no way of knowing

a yearly deal, people call us and they expect us to do the crab. We’re kind of sitting here waiting and hoping for the best. It’s our first fundraiser of the year, and we usually make about $5,000 that we can put toward feed in our cattle program. We’re talking spaghetti, but we’re not going to make the money with that,” Colvin says.

As feed organizers fret, the state continues with its work as it emphasizes public safety.

“We certainly sympathize with organizations that have a cherished tradition of holiday crab feeds,” Delson says. “We know that it’s a big tradition, and we certainly hope that the acid levels will reach a level where we can make a recommendation. I can’t say when that will be, and public health and safety is the overriding priority.”

The Bolinas Community Center is a relative newcomer to the crabfeed scene, having hosted two in recent years, but development director Randi Arnold says that the feeds quickly became the center’s leading fundraiser after its annual Labor Day blowout, netting $4,000 in 2013 and then about $14,000 the following year.

The center has already shifted gears to a blues-and-barbecue theme for its late January event, which, like all these events, takes months to organize and begins with contacting fishermen or fish brokers, and getting enough crab commitments to feed the crowd.

The center sold 140 tickets to its last feed.

“We decided that it wasn’t worth the risk to put all that work into it if the crabs aren’t going to be edible,” Arnold says. “But we’re not set in stone. If by Dec. 31 it is lifted, crab would be our preference.”

Traverso stresses that the state is sympathetic to the crab-feed conundrum but isn’t lifting the ban until it’s safe to do so for everyone. “It would be awful if a number of people got sick at a fundraising event due to domoic acid,” she says.

State Sen. Mike McGuire has called a public meeting on Dec. 3 to address the ongoing crab crisis, from 3pm to 6pm at the Steele Lane Community Center in Santa Rosa.

D EBRIEFER Help Wanted: Pot Czar The state is getting serious about its freshly enacted medical marijuana policy—so serious that it now has a top pot job listed on the Department of Consumer Affairs that pays up to $125,000 a year for the right candidate.

The position would serve a bureaucracy to be in place by 2018 under a set of state laws passed this year, and would serve “at the pleasure of the Governor,” according to the job posting. Responsibilities are vast and include “oversight, policy, operations and management” of the soon-to-be created Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation.

“Applicants must demonstrate the ability to perform high level administrative and policy functions effectively.”

An emergent high-tech medicalcannabis industry cheered the move as a clear indication that the normalization of a cannabis culture in California is afoot.

“California’s medical-marijuana industry has gained itself a reputation as being loosely regulated, oftentimes at the detriment of patients and business owners,” says Seth Yakatan, CEO of Kalytera Therapeutics, a California company that’s developing synthetic cannabidiols (CBDs) to treat conditions ranging from osteoporosis to Prader-Willi syndrome. “If this budding industry is to be taken seriously, California’s Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation will need to be properly funded and managed, and this recent announcement by the California government indicates a desire to make sure that happens,” Yakatan says.

Killer Argument Two big recent developments in the land of the state-sanctioned killing of its citizens: As expected, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration offered capital punishment a lifeline

with the announcement last week that it had hashed out a so-called single-shot execution protocol to replace a three-drug cocktail that has yielded unpleasant results in several executions gone awry around the country. Now the state plans to flood the bloodstream of the condemned with barbiturates and be done with it.

Days after the state issued its updated execution protocol, the three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on the Jones v. Davis case, which had argued that delays and arbitrary application in the implementation of the death penalty in California was itself an act of cruel and unusual dimensions, and therefore unconstitutional. The appeals court kicked the case back to the singlejudge circuit court from whence it had emerged, without actually addressing the constitutional issue raised in the original suit.

The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), a national clearinghouse for all things capital punishment, reports that the appeals court couldn’t rule on the constitutionality of the death penalty because of procedural rules that prohibit it from considering what it called “a novel constitutional rule” built in to the lawsuit—that interminable delays can add up to a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

“The appeals court decision sends the case back to the district court,” reports the DPIC, “to address other challenges to the constitutionality” of the conviction and death sentence of Ernest Jones, who remains on death row in San Quentin—one of 749 condemned lives in limbo in California.

As the federal courts sort out constitutional issues, 2016 will likely see two competing state ballot initiatives pegged to capital punishment: one would replace the sentence with life without parole; the other seeks to limit appeals and other roadblocks to a speedy death.—Tom Gogola

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how long that could take.

We are operating from the recommendation of OEHHA.” Other organizations have looked past the crab in their worst-case planning. “We were just saying how we’re going to have to do something else,” says Kim Hanson, chair of the Penngrove Social Firemen, which raises money for the local fire department. Hanson, whose son is a San Francisco crabber, says the organization is talking about a steak dinner in Penngrove Park as an alternative to its February crab feed.

This isn’t the organization’s biggest fundraiser, says Hanson, but adds that the Rancho Adobe fire department in Penngrove hosts a crab feed and fundraiser that it has come to rely on for purchasing equipment. The crab shutdown, she says, “will impact them greatly. They make around $10,000 a year and use it to buy critical equipment they need.”

In order to reopen the fisheries, state health officials need to see a two-week trend that would show that levels of the acid had dropped below 30 ppm. The OEHHA says it has been encouraged by the most recent tests undertaken by state health officials. “Thus far they remain above [30 ppm], but there has been some sign of improvement,” says Sam Delson, deputy director at OEHHA. “These crabs do process [domoic acid] through their system, but they have a slow metabolism.”

Time’s running out for the Novato Horsemen, which hosts an annual Valentine’s Day crab feed in February. “We haven’t made a decision, but we’ll have to make it by [this] week,” says Scott Colvin, a board member and past chairman of the organization’s crab committee.

He’s not especially optimistic. “I don’t think we are doing it,” he says. Even if the season were to reopen, Colvin says, “the price of crab will be so astronomical—the numbers I’m hearing are up to $15 a pound.”

The Novato Horsemen event has been going on for at least 20 years, Colvin says, and worked with a broker in years past to supply the crab. “We’ve got to get on the phone with him,” he says. “This is

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Dining BOWL OF PLENTY Molly Myerson shows off some of the locally foraged ingredients that go into her West Marin

Thanksgiving feast.

Pilgrims’ Progress A locally sourced Thanksgiving takes some planning— give it a year, at least BY TOM GOGOLA

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ant to have a real locavore Thanksgiving?

Best set your sights on next year. At this point, the key is whether you’re really going to make those acorn crackers with chèvre and prickly pear chutney in time. You’ll probably want to start gathering the acorns on Black Friday—at the very latest.

The acorn appetizer recipe, largely sourced from foraged ingredients, is one of 11 from a West Marin Thanksgiving menu featured in the autumn issue of the Inverness Almanac. A minty yerba buena julep kicks off the celebration, chips and crackers precede the meaty mains (more on those in a minute) and panna cotta rendered from candy cap mushrooms closes out the feast with a dessert that’s definitely not grandma’s pumpkin pie.

“You are foraging year-round to

make this menu,” says farmer and menu co-author Molly Myerson, who created the menu with Leah Fritts. Fritts hails from the Sierra Foothills town of Paradise and has worked at and enjoyed restaurants up and down the coast, most recently as maitre’d at Sir and Star in Olema, a post she left to focus on events management and “helping to support and grow the amazing creative talents of West Marin, from chefs and farmers, to musicians, artists and naturalists.”

Fritts credits Myerson with most of the recipes. “She was able to paint the picture and with my experience in restaurants (mostly loving them and eating in them), I was able to offer suggestions, and a few personal touches I felt would be intriguing and delicious.”

Myerson grows vegetables and tends to a thriving quailegg enterprise at Little Wing Farm on an acre in Bloomfield, between Petaluma and Tomales.

The dinner, Myerson says, is grounded in a traditional Thanksgiving menu, with upgrades and substitutions plucked from the obscurity of the deep woods and meadows of the greater Point Reyes wilderness and beyond. You’ll pour a rich, spicy sage gravy over that wild turkey stuffed with porcini, fennel and apple, as you reach for the rosehip-cranberry sauce.

Myerson, 34, is a native of Washington Heights in upper Manhattan, and has been farming in the North Bay for eight years.

Her home neighborhood is definitely known more for its Cubano sandwiches and plantainbased platters of mofongo than prickly pear chutneys and mushroom tortes.

Myerson graduated from Bard College and headed west without any of the knowledge that would come to sustain her and her farm, she says. She supplies produce to the Point Reyes Station restaurant Osteria Stellina, and quail eggs to numerous Bay Area businesses.

Her knowledge was earned through accrued “dirt time”— walking, finding and digging in West Marin.

Though Myerson loves foraging, she knows it’s a touchy subject because its popularity can trample the land. Foraging should be slow food, with an emphasis on the sloooow.

“People come here and don’t respect that there are people who have been watching over and tending to forage spots for

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decades,â&#x20AC;? Myerson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pushback comes from a good place: the invasive species of outof-town foragers. The menu is not an invitation for everyone in San Francisco to come here to forage rosehips.â&#x20AC;? Instead, it honors the idea of intentionality around food, she says, with a menu that respects the land and those who live from it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about how you forage,â&#x20AC;?

Myerson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are on the land you love, and you protect [it], and you are getting food from that land as you harvest in a respectable way.â&#x20AC;?

Of course, there are shortcuts and supermarkets that will help you out, but if you want to get hardcore about it over the course of the year, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to shoot or otherwise acquire a deer; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to dive for an abaloneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for which a license is required, and a guide if you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done it before; and you may be driven to man-grab one of the numerously unhinged wild turkeys that seem to wander about everywhere.

The abalone will be crusted and feature a crab-butter dipping sauce (give it up for the currently toxic Dungeness and rock crab as you bow your head in prayer this year), while the venison will be matched with roasted salsify root and huckleberry.

Note that it can take hours to gather enough of the berries for one pie. But you will experience the taste of that pie differently, Myerson says, even if it actually tastes the same as what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d buy in four minutes at Whole Foods.

Try to wrap your head around that one as you start to gather the acorns. It will be worth it, Myerson insistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and may reveal your inner â&#x20AC;&#x153;balanoculturalist,â&#x20AC;? your archaic acorn eater, who appreciates the nutritional value of the nut of an oak and is willing to work for it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The process is part of the reward,â&#x20AC;? Myerson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are changed by the food.â&#x20AC;?

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Our selective list of North Bay restaurants is subject to menu, pricing and schedule changes. Call first for confirmation.

Restaurants in these listings appear on a rotating basis. For expanded listings, visit www.bohemian.com.

COST: $ = Under $12; $$ = $13-$20; $$$ = $21-$26; $$$$ = Over $27

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S O N O MA CO U N T Y Bistro Ralph Bistro. $$.

Classic and classy–bistro food at its best. Wine bar. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sun; brunch, Sun. 109 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

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Chloe’s French Cafe French. $. Hearty French fare, decadent desserts and excellent selection of French and California wines.

Breakfast and lunch, Mon-Fri. 3883 Airway Dr, Santa Rosa.

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Dierk’s Parkside Cafe American. $. Classic, fresh diner food in a comfortable diner setting. Ought to be in a movie.

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An oasis of cool tucked away in the atmosphereless Doubletree Hotel complex.

Reservations on the weekend a must. Lunch and dinner daily.

101 Golf Course Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.586.0270.

K&L Bistro French. $-$$$.

This comfortable restaurant serves fine food with a friendly Sebastopol flair. Zagat-rated, consistently excellent and surprisingly innovative. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat; dinner, Sun. 119 S Main St, Sebastopol.

707.823.6614.

Simply Vietnam

Simply Vietnam

Vietnamese. $. Friendly Vietnamese for all ethnic tastes. Savory, satisfying and filling. Pho can be hit or miss, depending on the meat quality.

Lunch and dinner daily.

966 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.566.8910.

Traditional Vietnamese Restaurant

Mon–Sat 10–9pm ~ Sun 11–8 966 North Dutton Ave. Santa Rosa 707.566.8910 www.simply-vietnam.com

Sushi Hana Japanese. $$. Popular sushi destination offers delightful treats. Dollar sushi night on Wed and Sat

really packs ’em in. Lunch and dinner daily. 6930 Burnett St, Sebastopol. 707.823.3778.

Thai Pot Thai. $$. A local favorite for authentic Thai recipes with pad Thai, curries, exotic appetizers and entrées. Lunch and dinner daily. 2478 W Third St, Santa Rosa. 707.575.9296.

6961 Sebastopol Ave (across from West America Bank), Sebastopol. 707.829.8889.

West Side Bar & Grill Sports Bar. $$. Home of the almost-famous bacon cheeseburger. Seventeen beers on tap (wine list available).

Fourteen flat screen televisions to watch all of the hottest sports events. Two great pool tables. Lunch and dinner daily.

3082 Marlow Rd # B8, Santa Rosa. 707.573.9453.

Willi’s Seafood & Raw Bar Seafood. $$. Delicious preparations of the freshest fish and shellfish. Lunch and dinner daily. 403 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.9191.

MARIN CO U N T Y Comforts Californian. $$.

The Chinese chicken salad is beyond rapturous. Excellent celebrity sightings. Eat in or takeout. Breakfast and lunch daily. 335 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.454.9840.

Joe’s Taco Lounge & Salsaria Mexican. $. Mostly authentic Mexican menu with American standbys. Lunch and dinner daily; takeout, too.

382 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.8164.

Left Bank French. $$-$$$.

Splendid, authentic French cuisine. Lunch and dinner daily.

507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.927.3331.

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

The ultimate in American cuisine.

Crispy fries, good burgers and friendly locals chowing down.

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

415.454.0655.

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

Lunch and dinner daily.

1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.4677.

Pizzeria Picco Pizza. $-$$.

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

Poggio Italian. $$-$$$.

Truly transportive food, gives authentic flavor of the Old World. The cheaper way to travel Europe. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

777 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.7771.

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

Sushi Ran Japanese. $$$$. This beautiful restaurant attracts locals and tourists with its fresh catches. A wide selection of nigiri, depending on what’s fresh. Lunch, Mon-Fri; dinner, Fri-Sun. 107 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.332.3620.

Yet Wah Chinese. $$.

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

Lunch and dinner daily.

1238 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.460.9883.

N A PA CO U N T Y Ad Hoc American. $$-$$$.

Thomas Keller’s quintessential neighborhood restaurant.

Prix fixe dinner changes daily.

Actually takes reservations.

6476 Washington St, Yountville.

707.944.2487.

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.

Compadres Rio Grille

Fazerrati’s Pizza. $-$$.

Great pie, cool brews, the game’s always on. Great place for post-Little League. Lunch and dinner daily. 1517 W Imola Ave, Napa. 707.255.1188.

Fumé Bistro & Bar California cuisine. $$$.

California bistro fare that nearly always hits the mark.

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

707.257.1999.

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

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

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

707.257.5157.

Pizza Azzurro Italian. $. Run by a former Tra Vigne and Lark Creek Inn alum, the pizza is simple and thin, some of the best in the North Bay. Lunch and dinner daily. 1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa.

707.255.5552.

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

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

707.251.1900.

Roadside Attraction Last January, Fork Roadhouse moved into a spot on Bodega Highway outside of Sebastopol that had been a revolving door of restaurants that couldn’t make the spot work.

Fork has made it work.

The homey restaurant’s hearty but refined breakfast and lunch make it a Sonoma County destination. Like nearby Peter Lowell’s, the restaurant exemplifies a West County culinary aesthetic: local farms and meat and border-crossing food that’s simple yet thoughtfully prepared.

This month, the restaurant opened for dinner Thursday through Saturday, and it’s an instant hit. While the roadhouse is as friendly and casual as ever, you’re advised to make a reservation, because the place books up quickly.

The dinner menu carries over some of the popular lunch items, like the burger with caramelized onions ($13) and the signature pork belly and fried-egg taco ($6 for one; $11 for two), but goes deeper with dishes like braised short ribs, grilled fish and rack of lamb.

Things get even more interesting on Saturday nights, when the restaurant focuses on a particular cuisine or region. This past Saturday, it was south of the border: Mexico, El Salvador and Peru. The food was great. I went for the pupusas, masa griddle cakes stuffed with chipotle-pomegranate pulled pork and beans ($13). It was not the traditional Salvadoran style, but plenty good.

The entrée-size Handlebar Farms lettuce salad with Baja prawns, avocado, corn, pinto beans and cilantro-lime dressing ($15) was also a winner. Also on the menu was leche de tigre, coconut-milk black-cod ceviche ($12), chile rellenos stuffed with Preston Farms kabocha and spaghetti squash ($17), and a trio of tacos—fried rockfish, Korean short ribs, and mushroom and caramelized onions ($12).

With its dinner menu, Fork Roadhouse is now a real roadside attraction.

9890 Bodega Hwy., Sebastopol. 707.634.7575.

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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 T Y Eric Kent Wine Cellars Nevermind the art of wine, there’s art on the wine.

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

707.527.9700.

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

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

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

Quiet spot in oak woodland.

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

707.332.0854.

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

707.431.9600.

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

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

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

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

Open daily, 11am–5:30pm.

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

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

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

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

4525 Slusser Road, Windsor.

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

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

613 Second St., Petaluma.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2800 Main St., St. Helena.

Tasting daily, 10:30am to 5pm.

Fees vary; complimentary for “Napa neighbors.”

707.967.2229.

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

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

800.963.9698.

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

707.968.3362.

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

Tasting fee, $15–$30.

707.944.2945.

Bet Noir Everything but Pinot Noir for the holiday feast—plus Pinot Noir BY JAMES KNIGHT

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here may be some overblown myths attached to the Thanksgiving holiday, but that bit about the Pinot Noir and the turkey dinner is not one of them. The Burgundy works with the bird and all the heart-burning miscellany that surrounds it on the table.

Still, those of us tasked only with choosing the right bottle of wine for the feast really owe it to those others, who are laboring over hot stoves and hand-stuffing the posterior cavities of large, dead birds, to put in a little extra effort and bring variety to the table.

You’re going to want a butterball on the table, and I’m not talking about the turkey. Unless you’re having an unconventional meal of white fish with a squeeze of lemon, that unoaked, lean style of Chard may not cut it. Go big. Go butterball, or go Chalk Hill 2013 Estate Chardonnay ($42). It’s got a good hit of quality oak and butterscotch, a sweet, round palate sensation, with juicy lemon and apple flavors that steer it well of cloying.

You want real apples, so try ACE Blackjack 21 ($15.99). This all-Gravenstein, limited edition is unlike other ACE ciders on the market; the color is deep gold, the aroma hints at cinnamon bark, and the flavors are deep with papaya and baked apple. Rich, fullbodied and fairly dry, this is aged in Chardonnay barrels. Aged in rye whiskey barrels, Tilted Shed’s new release of 2014 Barred Rock barrel-aged cider ($18) is a craft cider that promises a bit of that sweet whiskey flavor on the finish.

The best wine pairing for this holiday may be sparkling red wine—once you taste it, it’s not as oddball as it sounds. It’s festive, it’s red, it’s light on the palate, and it’s hard to find, but not if I tell you where to look: try Korbel Rouge ($14.99) or, if you’re up for a field trip, Mumm Sparkling Pinot Noir ($34.99) in Napa Valley or Harvest Moon 2013 Sparkling Pinot Noir ($42) and Zinfandel ($48) from Russian River Valley, available only at the winery.

As for the right Pinot Noir, it’s like picking a horse by her name alone, and I did OK with a bottle of Maggy Hawk 2012 Jolie Anderson Valley Pinot Noir ($65). From Jackson Family Wines, each wine in this series is named for a thoroughbred related to owner Barbara Banke’s favorite, Maggy Hawk. The medium-bodied Jolie shows muted aromas of mixed berry potpourri, rose hip tea and orange peel, and soft tannins texture the tang of cherrycranberry fruit wrap just so.

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Music on the Margins Inside the world of John Trubee, Sonoma County’s strangest songwriter

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I got high last night on LSD My mind was beautiful, and I was free —‘A Blind Man’s Penis’

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he mischievous musical creations of John Trubee are unlike anything else in the world of pop. Known by few

and understood by fewer, the longtime songwriter, bandleader and now recordlabel owner has called Sonoma County home for more than 20 years, yet his hermetic lifestyle and rejection of all things commercial have kept him out of the spotlight—and he

wouldn’t have it any other way.

“My basic impulse is to make and create things; I’m not naturally born to self-promote and be like a politician,” says Trubee from his modest home in Santa Rosa, sitting in front of a wall of 8-tracks, LPs and a non-functioning reel-to-reel machine. “And since I tend to

be introverted, it’s hard for me to go out and glad-hand or draw attention to myself.”

If Trubee had become a filmmaker, he might draw a comparison to horror director and American Movie documentary subject Mark Borchardt. Had he taken the author’s route, he might be another Charles Bukowski. As it is, Trubee is a music man, and his ) 16

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dark, profane and subversively hilarious songs have offended the conservative and mystified even the most progressive listeners for 30 years.

Born in Rapid City, S.D., and raised in Princeton, N.J., Trubee was a banker’s son who describes his father as neurotic and overbearing.

“It was a torturous relationship with my dad. He was John Sr. and I was John Jr., so I became the focus of whatever psychological problem he had,” recalls Trubee.

“And it affected me. I grew up looking askew at his values, the normal ‘all-American’ stuff.”

Trubee says his life was ruined at age 13 when he read The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies in the late 1960s.

“I heard a lot of pop music and it started to intrigue me,” Trubee says. “Pop music back then was really great rock and Motown and Phil Spector and all that.”

Grounded for an entire summer around the same time for starting a fire in a friend’s backyard, Trubee grew out his hair, learned to play guitar and joined his first band in high school, Gloop Nox & the Stik People. His fascination with music continued to grow.

At the same time, his interest in normalcy went out the window.

“I watched these suburbanites, like my dad, get up and take their briefcases and three-piece suits to their commuter jobs,” Trubee says gloomily. “It looked pretty miserable to me.”

Nothing interested Trubee except music, art and books. Yet, even as a teenager, he knew the chances of making a good living in the arts would be hard for a kid with his disposition.

“It’s almost like consigning oneself to poverty and misery,” admits Trubee. “It was a grim choice. I even knew that when I chose to go to Boston, to the Berklee College of Music, I did it in a state of dread and depression.”

The summer before attending music college, Trubee jokingly penned what would become his

most famous song, “A Blind Man’s Penis.” Trubee remembers that he was lying around one day, reading the Midnight Globe tabloid. On the back pages, Trubee saw an ad that read, “Send your lyrics to Nashville, make $20,000 in royalties.”

Back in the day, the song-poem was a popular scam wherein publishing and recording companies with names like Hit Records International and Tin Pan Alley would entice the naïve to send in lyrics to be recorded by a band. The scam successfully convinced hundreds to part ways with up to $400 for the “opportunity” to have their poem turned into a bland, lifeless song.

Trubee saw the scam a mile away, but ever the prankster, decided to have a little fun with the Nashville folks. “I said, ‘Why don’t I type out the most ridiculous lyrics I can, offensive and idiotic and vulgar and silly, and send it in to get a rise out of these people?’”

All he wanted was a response that said, “Screw you.” What he got was a letter back with a contract reading, “Dear Mr. Trubee, we find your lyrics very worthy of the full Nashville production, please send $79.95 in remittance.” Startled by the absurdity of the situation, Trubee sent in the check and Nashville sent back an acetate, a one-sided record test pressing, and a reelto-reel tape with a cowboy named Ramsey Kearney singing and halfspeaking Trubee’s lyrics about electric marbles and fornicating with Martians.

His first test audience was his brother Jay, whose laughter triggered something in Trubee: a sense of power, a way to express his eccentric and alienated worldview. “I think that’s why I do music; it’s how I identify myself to the world,” Trubee says.

The Ugly Janitors of America You’re the liars and the cheaters, The dummies and the morons who run the world —‘Leper in the Shadows’ In 1980, after graduating from Berklee, Trubee grew a handlebar

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In 1984, Trubee released The Communists Are Coming to Kill Us by John Trubee & the Ugly Janitors of America. At the time, the band didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really exist, it was just a collection of tapes, a pastiche of recordings. Yet he loved the concept of a workingclass band, and the Ugly Janitors of America became Trubeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longstanding project.

Santa Rosa musician, radio host and archivist Don Campau ďŹ rst heard of Trubee in the underground scene and remembers thinking of him as an artist ahead of his time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been involved in underground music and cassette culture since the 1980s, so I knew Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status for years,â&#x20AC;? says Campau, who also acts as programming director at KOWS-FM, runs a recording studio and label, and hosts the long-running No Pigeonholes Radio Show, which is now a podcast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was always the kind of guy, like [cult musician] R. Stevie Moore, that I thought was always one step ahead of where I was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got in touch, became friends,â&#x20AC;? says Campau. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From the outside, he appears very garrulous, very sarcastic and cynical, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driven creatively; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just something he has to do. He sees this as a lifetime achievement.â&#x20AC;?

Showing sparks of performance art in his work, Trubee also frequently performed poetry rants where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get up onstage, scream and yell, wear a gorilla mask and â&#x20AC;&#x153;just act like an idiot, like a buffoon, because I could get away with it,â&#x20AC;? says Trubee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A musician friend of Zoogz Rift and mine privately mentioned to him that they thought I was mentally ill.â&#x20AC;?

After a decade in L.A., Trubee became fed up with the novelty and looked north to relocate. He landed in Santa Rosa, a perfect mix of city and country that meant he could keep a day job and continue to build his bizarre body of work.

These days, Trubee lives alone, travels by bike, obsessively reads a newspaper every morning and refuses to buy a cell phone or subscribe to cable TV. His signature mustache and long hair are now trimmed and turning a nice shade of silver, but his eyes still light up as he talks and his words are measured, though rapidly and candidly delivered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I live a simple hermetic life, and keep a lot of distractions and nonsense out,â&#x20AC;? he says, looking over his record collection. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I had too many things impinging on me or people making demands on me or what little disposable income I have going out to other things, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to do this music stuff. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a conscious attempt to keep my plate clear.â&#x20AC;?

Trubee Records People are idiots, people are idiots, O dear Lord, keep them away from me â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;People Are Idiotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get plenty of odd music,â&#x20AC;? says Nate Nauseda, the studio manager and an engineer at Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an iconoclastic history here, and John is something even beyond that. I do not know how to describe his music. It is supremely weird. And I love it.â&#x20AC;?

In the two decades that Trubee has lived in the North Bay, the state of the music industry has only continued to decline, forcing bands to self-promote and sell their records as well as make music. Knowing this, and ever the man of action, Trubee started his own label, Trubee Records, to allow him to record, distribute and promote his music.

Working with Trubee over the years, Nauseda compares him to Zappa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say enough good things about John,â&#x20AC;? says Nauseda. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an upstanding fellow, he always pays up front and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always looking toward the next session.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very proud of, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re certainly proud of him.â&#x20AC;?

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BLIND AMBITION Trubee sent ridiculous lyrics to a Nashville record-companyfor-hire on a lark. They recorded it for a fee, and it became his most famous song.

equipment and knowledgeable engineers. Not much of a fan of lo-fi home recordings, Trubee is willing and eager to use his little disposable income for recording sessions and studio time.

“I do things on a shoestring, but I don’t have to answer to anybody or jump through anyone’s hoops, which is why I can get away with putting all this profanity and ridiculous stuff on records,” says Trubee plainly. “I don’t have anybody telling me no, and I don’t have to fight with other band members. I’m the bandleader, I write the music, I call the musicians and say play this, and they do it.

Nobody’s obstructing me, and that’s extremely liberating.”

Regardless of all the anger and profanity and darkness of the lyrics, Trubee considers himself full of life and pretty happy. The irony, he says, is that he likes his day job, which keeps him away from a desk, and working with senior citizens. He says he feels very fortunate and blessed for everything, the good and the bad. He even reconciled with his estranged father last year, shortly

before he passed away.

“I don’t apologize for being playful and mischievous and irreverent,” says Trubee. “It’s just who I am, and I think the world would be a better place if more adults were like that. I’m aware that we have to buckle down and work. But that doesn’t mean our imaginations or curiosity have to dry up.”

Still, every time one of his records comes out, Trubee usually gets another friend or family member who inquires as to the state of his mental health.

“I write these dark, weird lyrics that nobody understands, so I must be mentally ill, must be depressed,” Trubee laughs. “At this point, it doesn’t bother me.

I think it’s funny. It’s like, who is this nut?”

See Music, p24, for more on John Trubee’s music. Trubee Records can be found at johntrubee.com To contact John Trubee about anything, email johntrb09@gmail.com or send snail mail to PO Box 4921, Santa Rosa, CA 95402. Trubee reliably answers all inquiries.

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The week’s events: a selective guide SEEING DOUBLE Brooklyn indie-pop band Lucius team up with Lagunitas and perform a benefit for the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma on Saturday, Nov. 21. See Concerts, p25.

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Photographer Jim Marshall first met Carlos Santana 50 years ago while shooting Santana’s band. The two became friends and have now spent half a century as close compadres.

This weekend, Marshall’s career as a photographer is chronicled in a new exhibit at Mumm Napa, curated by Santana himself. In partnership with San Francisco Art Exchange, ‘Jim Marshall Seen Through the Eyes of Carlos Santana’ features over 40 of Marshall’s photos of Santana and other musicians, and opens in concurrence with the release of the limited Santana Savor wine. The show welcomes the public to a reception on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Mumm Napa, 8445 Silverado Trail, Napa. 6:30pm. $60. 800.686.6272.

Birthdays and anniversaries make the best parties, and Marin’s got both this weekend.

First, Rancho Nicasio is celebrating 17 years of live music and great food with an anniversary weekend that also doubles as a birthday party for singer and longtime Rancho booker Angela Strehli, the “Queen of Texas Blues,” who’s called the North Bay home for 25 years. The stars will be out for this birthday bash, with Champagne, hors d’oeuvres and plenty of lively entertainment. The next night, Strehli takes the stage at Throckmorton Theatre to sing with the Blues Broads and keep the good times rolling. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio, 415.662.2219. 6pm. $25–$30.

Sunday, Nov. 22, Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 7:30pm. $25–$40. 415.383.9600.

Two months back, North Bay readers voted Misner & Smith as Best Folk Band in the Bohemian’s annual NorBay Music Awards. At the time, the duo of guitarist/vocalist Sam Misner and bassist/vocalist Megan Smith were out of the country, touring in Europe as part of a cultural exchange program that took them to Bulgaria. Now the pair is back in the states and ready to serenade the North Bay once again. They appear along with Sonoma County pedal steel guitarist Josh Yenne for a night of rich harmonies and heartfelt jams on Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Big Easy, 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 7pm. Free. 707.776.4631.

While vaudeville flourished in America in the 1920s and 1930s, Mexico had its own theatrical movement called the carpa, or tent show. This week, the always innovative Imaginists theater presents a new take on the old tradition with a one-time performance of their original work titled ‘La Carpa Americana.’ Employing all of the physical comedy, music, satire and politics of the classic shows, the group turns these staples into a surreal look at current social and cultural issues with five enlightening acts, performed in Spanish and English. Carpa Americana plays out on Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Green Music Center, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 7:30pm. Free (tickets required). 866.995.6040.

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DESIGNER ON A MISSION ‘I don’t want Littlefour to be just another boutique,’ says Danielle Rodrigues.

Stylish Kids Littlefour clothing banks on Sebastopol vibe to attract hip moms and dads BY FLORA TSAPOVSKY

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he eateries and wineries came first. Then came the women’s boutiques. Now there’s Littlefour, a new store in Sebastopol’s Barlow center that’s brimming with colorful children’s clothing and accessories.

Owner Danielle Rodrigues, 36, has been designing women’s and children’s clothing for most

of her life. She began her career in San Francisco, then relocated to Vallejo where cheaper rent allowed her to create a live-work studio and storefront called Littlefour. She recently moved to Sebastopol to open Littlefour’s flagship store and be part of the community. As newcomer, she exhibits wide-eyed infatuation with Sebastopol.

“I came for the day and immediately fell in love with the town and what the Barlow was doing,” she says. “After some

online sleuthing, I learned that a big chunk of the businesses in the Barlow are women-owned and operated, and that just made me want to be part of it even more.”

The Vallejo store still exists, but Sonoma County is now Rodrigues’ home. She got her start selling designs on Etsy and aims to dress children in her signature prints and styles.

“I solely made women’s clothing for years and found myself with tons of scrap fabric that I loved too much to get rid of.

Children’s clothing seemed like a no-brainer for these scraps. I listed a few things on Etsy and it just took off.”

The store’s current children’s clothing selection includes colorful headbands, tiny harem pants and bloomers, and dresses and beanies that all feature original graphic prints, some of them drawing on ikat and Navajo designs.

“Kids are way more fun to dress,” she says. “They are more open to taking chances than adults.”

In addition to her own line, Rodrigues carries clothing and accessories with a playful, tongue-in-cheek vibe for the sophisticated mom and dad.

Located in one of the Barlow’s most remote corners, Littlefour feels spacious and a little empty.

That might be intentional.

“I don’t want Littlefour to be just another boutique,” says Rodrigues. “I want to eventually host classes and workshops by local artist, host pop-ups featuring our designers and have monthly movie nights. I want it to be a fun place to hang out in, learn some things, and hopefully you’ll leave feeling inspired.”

With the recent influx of San Francisco transplants into Sebastopol’s already bohemian scene, a crowd of stylish parents and their offspring is almost guaranteed.

“There is a definite need for something a little more young, hip and fresh,” she says of Sebastopol’s emerging fashion scene. “Sebastopol has great vintage stores, a couple of very stylish boutiques and options for the older population, but not for the younger crowd.”

Littlefour, 120 Morris St., Sebastopol, Ste. 100. 707.861.9886.

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Based on the acclaimed 1964 Disney movie, with a pleasantly dark-tinged new script by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, this Mary Poppins contains many of the same moments that charmed audiences in the Julie Andrewsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ďŹ lm. But it removes some of the elements that horriďŹ ed the author of the books (dancing penguins, upside-down tea parties!), while

layering in a number of bits that those whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually read the books might rememberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;slightly frightening dancing toys, talking statues, an adversarial nanny full of brimstone and treacle.

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The actress almost got to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;spinâ&#x20AC;? literal the ďŹ rst time she strapped on the harness and was pulled into the air by wire to practice the indelible moment when Mary ďŹ&#x201A;ies into view. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do get to ďŹ&#x201A;y!â&#x20AC;? Weatherby laughs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was so nervous at ďŹ rst, but when I ďŹ nally got there and I lifted up into the air, it was very exciting. I really wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that frightened. After a few moments dangling above the stage, I actually wanted to try doing a ďŹ&#x201A;ip in the air.â&#x20AC;?

Alas, this Mary Poppins merely ďŹ&#x201A;oats above the stage, ladylike and proper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bert gets to do a ďŹ&#x201A;ip, though,â&#x20AC;?

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Weatherby says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary Poppins has that effect on people. Well, my Mary Poppins does.â&#x20AC;?

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IRISH EYES Saoirse Ronan, left, plays an Irish immigrant in New York who makes waves on both sides of the Atlantic.

Period drama ‘Brooklyn’ looks back without nostalgia BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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ne reason Brooklyn is among the best films of the year is that it makes an eloquent argument in favor of the classic movie-studio style without being a slavish pastiche of the way movies were once made.

Saoirse Ronan plays Eilis Lacey, key to the beauty of Brooklyn, director John Crowley’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel of the same name. Eilis is a determined, intelligent Irish girl who immigrates to New York in 1951 with the help of a priest named Father Flood (Jim Broadbent). Fresh off the boat, she finds work at a fancy department store and learns bookkeeping at night.

Eventually, Eilis meets Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen), an ItalianAmerican who she falls in love with. After a year acclimating to Brooklyn, Eilis has to return to County Wexford because of a family crisis. Back home, she’s a new and confident woman, and gains the attention of a propertied young man James (Domhnall Gleeson).

Crowley’s use of unbraced camera in scenes of emotional conflict— the slight shake to give immediacy—refreshes the classic-era movie studio compositions and gives them a feel of reality. The harmonious palette of creamy, balanced colors keep you rapt. Crowley seems to believe that a movie about Ireland and the Irish should have the color green in abundance, and not just to complement the colors of his redheaded, pale-skinned star.

Brooklyn isn’t about nostalgia; it’s a lived-in past, and you can observe things we’re better off without, such as a week in steerage class on an ocean liner with rotten food and shared bathrooms. The film honors its namesake borough’s past, but there’s a lesson for the present: a gentle reminder that many of us are descended from the kind of immigrants who are feared and denounced by politicians in America today. Our good luck is the fruit of their sorrow and homesickness.

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or an artist whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insisted on going it alone for most of his career, John Trubee took his time creating his own record label. Founded in 2013, Trubee Records is the horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth for the songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyrical lunacy and musical madness, and these three releases are the perfect starting point for the curious listener. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A Blind Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Penis and Other Smash Hits,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; John Trubee & the Ugly Janitors of America This album is the perfect starter kit for anyone interested in Trubeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music. Spanning decades and collecting songs that have long since gone out of print, the record opens with the infamously offensive â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blind Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Penis,â&#x20AC;? done up in its original, classic Nashville recording. Other tracks feature longstanding Trubee collaborators like vocalist Mark Langton and pedal steel guitarist Chas Smith,

and the songs range from the silly to the serious. Trubee rails against normal ninnies on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Boy Melvin Rides Againâ&#x20AC;? and posturing mallrat teens on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Stupid Friends.â&#x20AC;? In between these tirades, Trubeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyrics reďŹ&#x201A;ect deeper longings and emotions on tracks like â&#x20AC;&#x153;High Tideâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Song of the Tiger.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true beauty in these tunes, and Trubeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolution is on full display here. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nude Woman Exdocrius,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; John Trubee and the Ugly Janitors of America This record represents Trubeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest output, recorded in Los Angeles and Cotati in 2013, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably his heaviest effort to date. Sprawling guitars, eightminute jams and passionate lyrics all come together for a supremely satisfying album. Stunning San Francisco vocalist Laurie Amat lends her operatic voice to songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;People Are Idiots,â&#x20AC;? a gem that will get stuck in your head for weeks. Inspired by the idea of Mary Poppins singing about morons instead of spoonfuls of sugar, Amatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s twirling, twinkling pipes are a blessing for Trubee, and expands his vision with comedic prowess on other tracks like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hag Marcella,â&#x20AC;? a lighthearted romp about doing in a former co-worker thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not unlike the Beatlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maxwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Hammer.â&#x20AC;? If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wondering what â&#x20AC;&#x153;exdocriusâ&#x20AC;? means, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a made-up word, a piece of Trubeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imagination that illustrates his cracked sense of humor. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Continuing Where the Beatles Left Off . . . ,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gloop Nox and the Stik People This album goes all the way back to Trubeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earliest days in his ďŹ rst high school band. Described as progressive rock with a juvenile sense of humor, the band was short-lived. In 2011, Trubee reunited with fellow founding member Jim Nevius and a host of seasoned New York musicians to record the old tunes anew. Steeped in the classic sounds that Trubee grew up on in the 1960s, the record also hints at the weird musical world that Trubee would go on to cultivate, with songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ex-Lax Superstars from Hell Vomiting in Ecstasy.â&#x20AC;?

Concerts SONOMA COUNTY The Joy Formidable London alt-rockers get loud in the historic Redwood Barn, with a wine bar and food trucks on hand. Nov 21, 8pm. $37. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma. 707.938.5277.

Lucius Brooklyn indie pop stars play a benefit for the Phoenix in partnership with Lagunitas Brewing Company. 21 and over only. Nov 21, 8pm. $18. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Y&T The Bay Areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own innovators of hard rock bring their shredding sounds to the North Bay for two shows. Nov 20-21, 8pm. $36-$41. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

MARIN COUNTY Marty Balin Founding member and lead vocalist of Jefferson Airplane is now a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member. Nov 21, 8pm.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

David Nelson Band The legendary musician and his band of psychedelic rock veterans call the Grate Room home for a three-night extravaganza. Nov 20-22, 8pm. $40. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

M Lockwood Porter Straddling the line between Americana and rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll, this Bay Area transplant plays with a dusty Midwestern heart. Folk duo New American Farmers open. Nov 24, 8pm. $10. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

NAPA COUNTY Shawn Colvin Popular songwriter delivers her heartrending folk music, with New York songstress Sara Rachele opening. Nov 20, 8pm. $40-$50. City Winery

Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.260.1600.

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Nov 18, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Nov 20, P Butta Quartet. Nov 22, Misner & Smith. Nov 25, Highway Poets.

Tues, the American Alley Cats.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

British new wave duo of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook return to the US for the first time in nearly two decades with an acoustic set of new material and old favorites.

Nov 18-19, 8pm. $45-$55. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.

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Nov 19, Craig Corona. Nov 20, John Pita. Nov 21, Ricky Alan Ray. Tues, Wavelength.

133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.578.1826.

Tenth anniversary concert is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grand Overtureâ&#x20AC;? gala celebration. Nov 21, 3pm. $30 and up. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Roma Roasters Nov 20, Hank Levine. Nov 21, the Bee Rays. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Annex Wine Bar Nov 19, Judy Williams. Nov 20, Stacey Tuel and Mia Edsall. Nov 21, Sonoma Sound Syndicate.

Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.7779.

Annie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Hall Nov 21, reggae night with DJ Casa Rasta. Nov 25, Country Night with Dr Doug. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.484.1331.

Aqus Cafe Nov 18, Them Travelinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Birds.

Nov 20, the Harmonic Three.

Nov 21, Bug Jug Band. Nov 22, 2pm, Blue Seven. Nov 25, bluegrass old time jam. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Nov 21, Bucc Nyfe with Great Apes and the Illumignarly. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern Nov 19, Ricky Alan Ray. Nov 20, Dave Hamilton. Nov 21, Stephanie Salva. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

707.874.9037.

Bergamot Alley Nov 18, John Craigie. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.8720.

Nov 21, valley fire benefit with Crystal Vision, Half People, Tilted Halos and others.

Tues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reggae Marketâ&#x20AC;? DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma.

707.938.7110.

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Corkscrew Wine Bar Nov 20, the Incubators. Nov 21, Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Misbehavinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Nov 24, songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lounge with Lauralee Brown. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

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NOVEMBER

Nov 20, Hot Zone. Nov 21, UB707. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

11/20 - 11/28 Left Edge Theatre Seminar

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Nov 20, New Skye. Nov 21, LaFlamme-Lawrence Ensemble. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.

Green Music Center Nov 20, Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers. Nov 21, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Youth Orchestra. Nov 22, 7pm, CompaĂąia Flamenca with JosĂŠ Porcel. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Nov 19, Safra with John Erlich.

Nov 21, 3pm, Musicians from the Valley of the Moon Music Festival. Nov 22, 2pm, Brass Ensemble. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Healdsburg Library Nov 21, 11am, Santa Rosa Symphony Percussion Trio.

139 Piper St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3772.

HopMonk Sebastopol Nov 18, Shook Twins with Tall Heights. Nov 19, Songwriters in the Round. Nov 20, Russ Liquid.

Nov 21, the Pachyderm PreTurkey Bonanza.

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Night Edutainment with DJ Daneekah. Nov 25, Brainstorm EDM night. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Nov 20, Nate Lopez. Nov 21, Tom Rhodes. Nov 22, John Craigie. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg Nov 21, the Carlitos Medrano Trio with Antonio Cortada and Julio Cesar. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Tues, Sessions hip-hop and reggae night. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room Nov 18, JimBo Trout. Nov 19, the Machiavelvets. Nov 20, Deluxe.

Nov 21, Blithedale Canyon. Nov 22, Los High Tops with Chantilly Lace Vincent. Nov 25, Jason Bodlovich. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro Nov 19, George Heagerty.

Nov 20, Twin Soles. Nov 21, Wendy DeWitt. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen Nov 20, Strange Cabbage.

Nov 21, Walt the Dog. Nov 22, 9pm, DJ Miguel. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Nov 19, David Thom. Nov 20, Sean Carscadden Trio. Nov 21, the Perfect Crime. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Phoenix Theater Nov 20, the Misfits. Nov 22, the Story So Far. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe Nov 20, Adam Traum Trio. Nov 21, 11am, Elizabeth Boaz. Nov 21, 8pm, the Sorentinos. Nov 22, 11am, Douglas Cross. Nov 22, 6pm, Irish jam session. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Rossi’s 1906 Nov 18, Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene. Nov 20, 7pm, Kevin Russell & the Rhythm Rangers dinner show. Nov 21, Midnight Sun Massive. Nov 22, Sweet Potato 5. Nov 25, Trainwreck Junction. 401 Grove St, El Verano. 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Nov 20, Manzanita Moon.

Nov 21, Wine Country Swing.

Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Nov 22, Coastal Winds & the Brass Quintet. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Community Center Nov 22, Chris Smither.

390 Morris St, Sebastopol.

707.874.3176.

755 After Dark Nov 24, One Armed Joey with Legal Disaster and Kid Dreamer. 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2722.

Sonoma Valley Women’s Club Nov 21, Samantics sings Hitchcock. 574 First St E, Sonoma. 707.301.7708.

St Andrew Presbyterian Church Nov 20, Sonoma Bach performs Mozart’s Requiem.

16290 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. sonomabach.org.

St Vincent de Paul Church Nov 22, Sonoma Bach performs Mozart’s Requiem. 35 Liberty St, Petaluma. sonomabach.org.

Stout Brothers Nov 19, Landbirds. Fri, Sat, DJ night. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.

Twin Oaks Tavern Nov 19, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Nov 20, the Hots.

Nov 21, SugarFoot. Nov 22, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with the Soulshine Band. Nov 25, Dylan Black Band. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip Nov 19, singles night with DJ MD. Nov 20, Northbay Cabaret.

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Bloody Mary Brunch WED • NOV 25 • 18+

Dr Doug & Country Party FRI • NOV 20 • 1/2 PRICE HAPPY HOUR 5-7PM WITH Live

Music, Comedy “Dads on the Rocks”

EVERY SUN • BEGINNING NOV 28 • 5–8:30 “DANCE PARTY” BBQ BLUES WITH

Donny Medeors, Levi Lloyd & Special Guests FRI • DEC 4 • COUNTRY/AMERICANA

John Courage Band Fly by Train Band

Indian Head Massage for the workplace

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Emerald Cup After Party 120 Fifth St • Santa Rosa 707.542.1455

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AT ODDS COUPLE Squeeze’s Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook play two acoustic

shows at City Winery Napa, Nov. 18–19. See Concerts, p25.

Nov 21, Silent Disco. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5535.

Nov 20, Achilles Wheel and Grateful Bluegrass Boys. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.773.7751.

MARIN COUNTY Bay Area Discovery Museum Nov 21, 11am, Alison Faith Levy. Free with admission. Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito. 415.339.3900.

Corte Madera Library Nov 19, 7pm, “Over the Sea to Skye” Celtic music with Margaret Miles. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Dance Palace Nov 22, 4pm, Common Voice Fall Concert, Talent Show & Sing-a-long. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Fenix Nov 19, Eric Wiley. Nov 20, Shana Morrison & Caledonia.

Nov 21, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones. Nov 22, the Carter Family Review. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo Nov 21, Marin Baroque presents “And All in Friendly Consort Meet” with Dan Cromeenes. 72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo.

415.497.6634.

George’s Nightclub Nov 20, Pride & Joy. Nov 21, DJ Maroquien. Nov 24, Planet Barz free-style rap battles. Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam. Thurs, California Flight Project. Sun, Mexican Banda. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato Nov 19, Benefit for Haitian children with Elvin Bisop and the Sam Chase. Nov 20, Absynth Quintet. Nov 21, Points North. Nov 25, Jimi Hendrix Birthday open mic with Garrick Davis. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre Nov 22, 2pm, Marin Golden Gate Barbershop Chorus.

10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

19 Broadway Club Nov 18, Black Wed with the Hump. Nov 19, Fistful of Scandal. Nov 20, 5:30pm, Darren Nelson. Nov 20, 9pm, Cha Ching. Nov 21, the Sam

No Name Bar Nov 18, Scott Wilcox and friends. Nov 19, Michael LaMacchia Band. Nov 20, Michael Aragon Quartet.

Nov 21, Chris Saunders Band. Nov 22, Devin Patrick & the Vigilante. Nov 25, Tin Whiskers. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Old St Hilary’s Landmark Nov 22, 4pm, the Divisa Ensemble. 201 Esperanza, Tiburon.

Osteria Divino Nov 18, Jonathan Poretz. Nov 19, Passion Habanera. Nov 20, Parker Grant Trio. Nov 21, Mark Meadows Trio. Nov 22, Gabrielle Cavassa. Nov 24, Parker Grant.

Nov 25, Noel Jewkes Duo. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Nov 18, Deborah Winters. Nov 19, C-JAM with Connie Ducey.

Nov 24, Lorin Rowan. Nov 25, River Town Trio. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Nov 18, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Nov 19, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Nov 20, Soul Mechanix. Nov 24, Waldo’s Special. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Nov 22, Ron Thompson. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s Nov 20, Andoni. Nov 21, Charles Wheal Band. Nov 22, Karen Sudjian. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse Nov 19, Marin Jazz Trio. Nov 20, Michael LaMacchia. Nov 21, Ruckatan. Nov 22, Candela with Edgardo Cambon. 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.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Nov 19, Festival Speed. Nov 20,

the Rusty String Express. Nov 21, Cazadero. Nov 25, Midnight on the Water. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Sun, open mic. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

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Chase and Timothy O’Neil Band. Nov 22, 5pm, Jazz Roots Band. Nov 22, 9pm, Walt the Dog. Nov 24, Song Book Night with Matt Herrero. Nov 25, Black Wed with the Hump.

Mon, open mic. Wed, the Hump.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

Sweetwater Music Hall Nov 18, Gaelic Storm. Nov 20, Duran Duran Duran. Nov 22, the Sticky Fingers Project perform “Let It Bleed” with the Marinfidels. Nov 25, Vinyl Black Party. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

Terrapin Crossroads Nov 18, Chrissy Lynne Band.

Nov 19, San Geronimo. Nov 20, Knights of Saturn with Jeff Miller. Nov 21, Scott Law and friends. Nov 22, Midnight North with Scott Law. Nov 23, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen and Scott Law. Nov 24, Stu Allen and friends. Nov 25, Scott Law and friends. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

The Marin School Nov 21, Adey Bell and Mikey Pauker. 150 N San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 415.924.4848.

Throckmorton Theatre Nov 22, the Blues Broads. Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY City Winery Napa Nov 22, SuperHuey. Nov 23, Eric Burdon & the Animals.

1030 Main St, Napa.

707.260.1600.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Nov 19, the Humdingers.

Nov 20, Cross Town 5. Nov 21, the Voltones. Tues, the Used Blues Band. Sun, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

River Terrace Inn Nov 20, Randy Foisy. Nov 21, Nate Lopez. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa. 707.320.9000.

Silo’s Nov 18, Tom Duarte. Nov 20, the Incidentals. Nov 21, the Used Blues Band. Nov 22, 4pm, NVJS presents Gail Pettis with the Larry Dunlap Trio. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Featuring local artists: Jared Wetmore, Ryan Teurfs and John Burbank

Uva Trattoria Nov 18, Bob Castell Blanch.

Nov 19, 3 on a Match. Nov 20, Tony Macaroni Trio. Nov 21, Nicky DePaola. Nov 22, Tom Duarte. Nov 25, Trio Solea.

1040 Clinton St, Napa.

707.255.6646.

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Arts Events RECEPTIONS Nov 19

Nov 21

Finley Community Center, “The Dynamic Duo,” Judith A Eisen’s lifetime of watercolors and oils are on display. 5pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3737.

Calabi Gallery, “Woodblock Prints by Michael McMillan,” the artist’s fine woodwork centers an show that also features works by Douglas Ballou, Mary Jarvis, Sherrie Lovler and others. 4pm.

707.781.7070.

Nov 20 Chroma Gallery, “Four Seasons: Sonoma County Landscapes,” paintings

by Brooks Anderson, Thomas Creed and Donna DeLaBriandais capture nature’s beauty in their own unique styles. 5pm.

312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.293.6051.

Studio 35 “Art of Gratitude,” a wide range of artists was asked to paint, draw and sculpt their gratitude about something in their life and complement the visual with a poem, prose or writing.

6pm. 35 Patten St, Sonoma.

707.934.8145.

Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Art Escape Through Nov 19, “Books & Words,” exhibit includes over 40 entries featuring books, collage, photography, drawing, painting and more. 17474 Sonoma Hwy, Ste A, Sonoma.

707.938.5551.

Art Museum of Sonoma County Through Nov 29, “The Sculpted Fiber,” selection of two- and three-dimensional contemporary fiber works by several renowned artists. 505 B St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Nov 29, “Helen Mehl Solo Show,” the Sonoma-based watercolor artists and arts guild member displays. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Mumm Napa, “Jim Marshall Seen Through the Eyes of Carlos Santana,” an exhibit of photographs by Marshall, curated by Santana, show Marshall’s genius as a photographer, a chronicler of history and portraitist of no equal. 6:30pm. 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford.

707.967.7740.

Nov 25 Steele Lane Community Center, “Documenting Sonoma County,” photographer Sara Silver explores Sonoma County and the surrounding area in all its glory. 4pm. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3282.

DG Sculpture Studio Gallery Through Nov 27, “Daniel Graham & T Alma,” the two artists pair up for an exihibition of modern sculptures and paintings. 25-A Maxwell Ct, Santa Rosa. Wed-Sun, 12 to 5.

707.477.2655.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Nov 22, “Emerging Artists Exhibition,” second annual juried exhibit presents exciting new works by young artists and art students. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Opera House Collective Through Nov 22, “Group Show,” featuring Hilary Williams, Kevin Clark and Sharon Eisley. 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Daily, 11 to 5 707.774.6576.

Petaluma Arts Center Through Nov 22, “Black Artists on Art: The Legacy Exhibit,” features over 50 contemporary and legendary black fine artists spanning three generations. 230 Lakeville St,

Petaluma. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 5.

707.762.5600.

Petaluma Historical Museum Through Dec 27, “Artists & Artisans of Petaluma,” photographer Gary Kaplan exhibits stunning portraits of twenty four Petaluma artists in their studios, accompanied by a piece from each artist. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues.

707.778.4398.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Nov 28, “Fiber Arts VII,” international exhibition features over 60 pieces of fiber art that ranges from traditional to innovative. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Shige Sushi Through Nov 29, “Mark Eanes Solo Show,” the Bay Area painter, printmaker, photographer and educator presents a mixed-media exhibit. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary 707.795.9753.

Sonoma Community Center Through Nov 25, “Dick Cole Solo Show,” watercolors from the local artist display in Gallery 212. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm.

707.938.4626.

Steele Lane Community Center Through Nov 19, “Plein Air Artists of Sonoma County,” group show features scenes painted outdoors by members of local plein air group.

415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5.

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Studio Space Santa Rosa Through Nov 30, “Monthly Group Art Show,” featuring works by Brian Henderson, Anna-Jaël Hotzel, Collin Morrow and others. 840 Piner Rd, Suite 14, Santa Rosa.

Art and Garden Center Gallery before the MSA moves next year. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4.

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Robert Allen Fine Art Through Nov 30, “Nature Abstracted,” group exhibition features works on canvas and paper by Nick Coley, Beatrice Findlay and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. MonFri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Through Nov 30, “Pressing Matters,” sisxth annual printmakers group show highlights local print artist’s etchings, woodcuts, linocuts, lithographs, screen prints and monotypes. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Nov 30, “Twilight Communion,” new oil paintings

by Mill Valley artist Peter Jablonski exist somewhere between dreams and reality.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY Napa Valley Museum Through Nov 29, “Nourish,” ambitious exhibition spans 25 artists, thinkers and makers who address food, dining and service in their works. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Tues-Sun, 10 to 4.

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Sharpsteen Museum Through Nov 29, “Growing Up in San Francisco,” remnants, heirlooms, artifacts and pieces of San Francisco history are collected. 1311 Washington St, Calistoga. Daily, 11 to 4.

707.942.5911.

Comedy Will Durst The Northbay’s favorite political satirist headlines this standup show. Nov 19, 8pm. $20-$25. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato.

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MARIN COUNTY Marin Society of Artists Gallery Through Nov 21, “88th Annual Member Show,” juried show is the last exhibit held in the Ross

Standup veteran and comedy star delivers two shows of her razor-sharp and unflinching honesty. Nov 21, 7 and 9:30pm. $28-$35. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

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Gilbert Gottfried Standup legend, TV and film actor brings a fearless wit and distinct personality to the stage. Nov 19, 8pm. $28. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.

Dance Just Dance Academy Winter Performance Nov 22, 2pm. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium. $20-$22. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.473.6800.

An Irish Christmas Holiday-themed performance is presented by Kerry Irish productions. Nov 25, 8pm.

Uptown Theatre. $35$55. 1350 Third St, Napa 707.259.0123.

Events Rancho Nicasio’s Anniversary & Birthday Party The stars will be out as the popular spot celebrates 17 years of business and the 70th birthday of owner Angela Strehli with cocktails and live music. Nov 21, 6pm. $25-$30. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

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$5-$8. SRJC Planetarium, Lark Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4465.

NorCal Climate Mobilization Get a seat on the bus to travel down to Oakland for a massive demonstration in advance of the United Nations Climate Summit. Nov 21, 9am. $20/$5 students. Santa Rosa Federal Building, 777 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa.

The Puppet Festival Annual event includes special performances from Greater Arizona Puppet Theater and Parasol Puppets with a Afternoon workshop on Saturday. Nov 20-21. $10-$15.

Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Tam Valley Craft Fair Friday evening and all-day Saturday fair features Bay Area artists and craftspeople with a wide range of beautiful, hand-crafted items perfect for everyone on your holiday list. Nov 20-21. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley.

Tellabration Storytelling Performance Evening of tales told by four professional storytellers is fun for ages 8 to 98. Nov 21, 7pm. Free. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.545.5977.

Art Contemporary Marin Auction Fundraiser features original art by 50 local artists, silent and live auction bidding, live music, wine and refreshments.

Nov 22, 3pm. Free admssion.

Claudia Chapline Gallery, 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach.

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Gifts ‘n Tyme Holiday Faire Over 85 local and regional artists of fine crafts, artwork, holiday music and gourmet foods to sample. Nov 20-22.

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

Holiday Craft Fair Unique crafts for sale, with entertainment, food, prizes and holiday photos with Santa. Nov 21-22. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

The Milky Way Planetarium show looks at what makes up our spiral galaxy, where we live in this city of stars and why it looks the way it does on dark and clear nights. Through Nov 22.

Film The Bicycle Thief The classic Italian drama is presented as part of the Vintage Films series. Nov 23, 7pm. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma.

707.996.9756.

CULT Film Series Two of Brad Pitt’s best films, “Fight Club and “Se7en,” get a double billing. With a showcase of local shorts included. Nov 19, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.525.8909.

Journey to Italy Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders star in Rossellini’s 1953 masterpiece. Fri, Nov 20, 7pm and Sun, Nov 22, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

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My Neighbourhood Film tells the story of a Palestinian boy who loses half

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Arnie Gundersen and Majia Nadesan, experts on nuclear power, answer questions on long-term threats that Fukushima represents for Japan and who share the Pacific Ocean and a global jet stream. Nov 18, 7pm. $10.

Student Union, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

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Traveling short film festival showcasing compassionate films and followed by live music strives to engage the community with sociallyconscious cinema. Nov 20, 6:30pm. $10. Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

Food & Drink Beaujolais Nouveau Celebrating the first wine of the harvest all day with special menu items and pairings.

Nov 19. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

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The Culinary Dude’s Thanksgiving Break Kids Cooking Camp Caterer and educator Scott Davis keeps the kids busy with a series of cooking classes, from cakes to casseroles, cookies to vegetables and breads to meats, taking place during the holiday break. Nov 23-25, 10am. St. Hilary School, 765 Hilary Dr, Tiburon. www. theculinarydude.com.

Holiday in Carneros Open house event with several Carneros wineries. Enjoy wine, food samplings, music, meet the winemakers and more.

Nov 21-22. $50. Carneros region, several locations, Napa.

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NorCal Beer Geeks Festival Over 20 craft breweries and cider companies pour unlimited tasting samples, with souvenir tasting glass, two bite size food samples and live music is included. Nov 21, 1:30pm. $45-$55. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

Speakeasy Night Featuring vintage bubbly cocktails with bitters, food pairings led by awardwinning winemaker Penny Gadd-Coster and more. Dress in dapper attire. Nov 21, 5pm. $39. Breathless Wines Tasting Room, 4001 Hwy 128, Geyserville. 707.433.8400.

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Root Causes of Migration Rev Deborah Lee of the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights and her colleagues present stories and findings from their recent trip to Honduras and Guatemala. Nov 18, 7pm. $5$10. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 240 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon.

Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement Workshop Join ranger staff in making your own mini pumpkin floral centerpiece for the Thanksgiving Day table.

RSVP required. Nov 22, 11am.

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Readings Angelico Hall Nov 18, 7pm, “M Train” with Patti Smith, in conversation with Dave Eggers, presented by Book Passage. $35. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

Arlene Francis Center Nov 20, Underground Railroad Poetry with Jaqueline Lawrence. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa 707.528.3009.

Book Passage Nov 18, 7pm, “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” with Mitch Albom. $30. Nov 19, 7pm, “Super Genes” with Deepak Chopra. $30. Nov 20, 6pm, “Chasing Secrets” with Gennifer Choldenko. Nov 20, 7pm, “The Annotated Alice” with Mark Burstein. Nov 21, 2pm, “Kitchen Creamery” with Louella Hill. Nov 21, 4pm, “Dream House” with Catherine Armsden. Nov 24, 7pm, “City of Clowns” with Daniel Alarcon. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Commonweal Nov 23, 7pm, “Text, Jews and Rock ‘n’ Roll” with Lily Brett, registration required Free. 451 Mesa Rd, Bolinas.

Depot Bookstore & Cafe Nov 19, 7pm, “Wasted, Murder in the Recycle Berkeley Yard” with John Byrne Barry. Nov 21, 12pm, “A Grateful Nation” with Ivan Weinberg, with a meet and greet. 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley 415.383.2665.

Left Bank Brasserie Nov 18, 6:30pm, “Simply Nigella” with Nigella Lawson, a ‘Cooks with Books’ event, presented by Book Passage. $125. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur 415.927.3331.

Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books Nov 24, 7pm, “The Beauty of What Remains: A Memoir” with Sarah Johnson Hadler.

138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium Nov 19, 7pm, “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” with Mitch Albom, presented by Copperfield’s Books. $37-$47.

1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Theater Annie Marilyn Izdebski Productions presents the beloved musical, performed by young people from throughout Marin County. Through Nov 22. $15.

Playhouse, 27 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo. 800.838.3006.

Beyond Therapy Delightful comedy from playwright Christopher Durang embraces the quirky personalities and emotions we all are familiar with. Through Nov 22. $21-$31. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. 707-2666305.

carpa or tent show. Nov 19, 7:30pm. Free. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Mary Poppins The magical musical is the first production of the season for Throckmorton Theatre’s Youth Performers. Through Nov 22. $15-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

The magical musical based on the classic story and Disney film. Nov 20-Dec 6. Burbank Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Mega Molten Hot Lava New Play Festival Annual play festival showcases aspiring playwrights with readings of new short plays from SSU’s department of theatre arts and dance playwriting program. Nov 19-21.

Ives Hall Studio 76, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

My Mañana Comes Marin Theatre Company presents the Bay Area premiere of this thoughtful character study, as four busboys in a Manhattan restaurant fight for their self-worth. Through Nov 22. $10 and up. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

Spoon River Anthology Curtain Call Theatre presents the poignant and humorous series of Americana monologues delivered by ghosts of a Midwestern cemetery who represent our collective hopes and fears.

Closing night is a fundraising gala. Through Nov 21. $15-$20.

Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio. 707.524.8739.

Tasty Bites Latest vaudeville work from the Bay Area’s Clowns on a Stick is full of unhinged goofiness. Nov 22, 2pm. $12-$20. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.

Into the Woods Novato Theater Company gives the Tony Award-winning musical a magical staging.

Through Nov 22. $12-$27.

Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato.

415.883.4498.

La Carpa Americana The Imaginists present a satirical look at the politics of cultural identity and immigration, staged in the style of the traditional Mexican

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Cutting Class ‘Seminar’ exposes artistic egos “Don’t defend yourself,” intones Leonard (Ron Severdia), an esteemed author-turned-teacher-forhire. “If you’re defending yourself,” he tells a group of young writers he is in the middle of eviscerating, “you’re not listening.”

In Theresa Rebeck’s wickedly witty but occasionally infuriating comedy-drama, presented by Left Edge Theatre, Severdia plays Leonard with a mix of resignation, antagonism and bloodlust in a story of four would-be writers who pay a local legend $5,000 to give a private class “critiquing” their writing—and everything else about them—over the course of 10 soul-shattering weeks. Rose Roberts, as the Jane Austen– loving Kate (who rents the New York apartment where the classes take place), is at the top of her game, and her variously talented classmates (Jacob de Heer, Devin McConnell and Veronica Valencia) give strong, appealing performances in a play in which every character is required to be torn apart, before learning the fine art of tearing apart others.

As Leonard gleefully pronounces early in the show, “Writers, in their natural state, are as civilized as feral cats.” This entertaining exploration of artistic egos under pressure is a bit overcooked at times, but on the whole is deliciously fierce, ferocious and funny. Seminar runs Friday–Sunday through Nov. 28 at the Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. $30–$40. 707.546.3600.

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Astrology

BY ROB BREZSNY

For the week of November 18

ARIES (March 21–April 19) Urbandictionary.com defines the English word “balter” as follows: “to dance without particular skill or grace, but with extreme joy.”

It’s related to the Danish term baltre, which means “to romp, tumble, roll, cavort.” I nominate this activity to be one of your ruling metaphors in the coming weeks. You have a mandate to explore the frontiers of amusement and bliss, but you have no mandate to be polite and polished as you do it. To generate optimal levels of righteous fun, your experiments may have to be more than a bit rowdy.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) You’ve arrived at a crossroads. From here, you could travel in one of four directions, including back toward where you came from.

You shouldn’t stay here indefinitely, but on the other hand, you’ll be wise to pause and linger for a while.

Steep yourself in the mystery of the transition that looms. Pay special attention to the feelings that rise up as you visualize the experiences that may await you along each path. Are there any holy memories you can call on for guidance? Are you receptive to the tricky inspiration of the fertility spirits that are gathered here? Here’s your motto: Trust, but verify.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) English model and TV personality Katie Price has been on the planet for just 37 years, but has already written four autobiographies.

You Only Live Once, for instance, covers the actionpacked time between 2008 and 2010, when she got divorced and then remarried in a romantic Las Vegas ceremony. I propose that we choose this talkative, self-revealing Gemini to be your spirit animal and role model. In the coming weeks, you should go almost to extremes as you express the truth about who you have been, who you are and who you will become.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) A flyer on a telephone pole caught my eye. It showed a photo of a nine-year-old male cat named Bubby, whose face was contorted in pain. A message from Bubby’s owner revealed that her beloved pet desperately needed expensive dental work. She had launched a campaign at gofundme.com to raise the cash. Of course I broke into tears, as I often do when confronted so viscerally with the suffering of sentient creatures. I longed to donate to Bubby’s well-being. But I thought, “Shouldn’t I funnel my limited funds to a bigger cause, like the World Wildlife Fund?” Back home an hour later, I sent $25 to Bubby. After analyzing the astrological omens for my own sign, Cancer the Crab, I realized that now is a time to adhere to the principle “Think globally, act locally” in every way imaginable.

LEO (July 23–August 22) How well do you treat yourself? What do you do to ensure that you receive a steady flow of the nurturing you need? According to my reading of the astrological omens, you are now primed to expand and intensify your approach to selfcare. If you’re alert to the possibilities, you will learn an array of new life-enhancing strategies. Here are two ideas to get you started: 1. Imagine at least three acts of practical love you can bestow on yourself. 2. Give yourself three gifts that will promote your healing and stimulate your pleasure.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) To activate your full potential in the coming weeks, you don’t need to scuba-dive into an underwater canyon or spelunk into the pitch blackness of a remote cave or head out on an archaeological dig to uncover the lost artifacts of an ancient civilization. But I recommend that you consider trying the metaphorical equivalent of those activities. Explore the recesses of your own psyche, as well as those of the people you love. Ponder the riddles of the past and rummage around for lost treasure and hidden truths. Penetrate to the core, the gist, the roots.

The abyss is much friendlier than usual! You have a talent for delving deep into any mystery that will be important for your future.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22)

Normally, I charge $270 an hour for the kind of advice I’m about to offer, but I’m giving it to you at no cost. For now, at least, I think you should refrain from relying on experts.

Be skeptical of professional opinions and highly paid authorities. The useful information you need will come

your way via chance encounters, playful explorations and gossipy spies. Folk wisdom and street smarts will provide better guidance than elite consultants. Trust curious amateurs; avoid somber careerists.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Some athletes think it's unwise to have sex before a big game. They believe it diminishes the raw physical power they need to excel. For them, abstinence is crucial for victory. But scientific studies contradict this theory. There's evidence that boinking increases testosterone levels for both men and women. Martial artist Ronda Rousey subscribes to this view. She says she has “as much sex as possible” before a match. Her approach must be working. She has won all but one of her professional fights, and Sports Illustrated calls her "the world's most dominant athlete.” As you approach your equivalent of the “big game,” Scorpio, I suggest you consider Rousey's strategy.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) If you were embarking on a 100-mile hike, would you wear new boots that you purchased the day before your trip? Of course not. They wouldn’t be broken in.

They’d be so stiff and unyielding that your feet would soon be in agony. Instead, you would anchor your trek with supple footwear that had already adjusted to the idiosyncrasies of your gait and anatomy. Apply a similar principle as you prepare to launch a different long-term exploit. Make yourself as comfortable as possible CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Here’s how Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins: “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.”

The preface I’d write for your upcoming adventures would be less extreme, but might have a similar tone.

That’s because I expect you to do a lot of meandering.

At times your life may seem like a shaggy dog story with no punch line in sight. Your best strategy will be to cultivate an amused patience, to stay relaxed and unflappable as you navigate your way through the enigmas, and not demand easy answers or simple lessons. If you take that approach, intricate answers and many-faceted lessons will eventually arrive.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) The Confederation of African Football prohibits the use of magic by professional soccer teams. Witch doctors are forbidden to be on the field during a match, and they are not supposed to spray elixirs on the goals or bury consecrated talismans beneath the turf. But most teams work around the ban. Magic is viewed as an essential ingredient in developing a winning tradition.

Given the current astrological omens, I invite you to experiment with your own personal equivalent of this approach. Don’t scrimp on logical analysis, of course.

Don’t stint on your preparation and discipline. But also be mischievously wise enough to call on the help of some crafty mojo.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Slavery is illegal everywhere in the world. And yet there are more slaves now than at any other time in history: at least 29 million. A disproportionate percentage of them are women and children. After studying your astrological omens, I feel you are in a phase when you can bestow blessings on yourself by responding to this predicament. How? First, express gratitude for all the freedoms you have. Second, vow to take full advantage of those freedoms. Third, brainstorm about how to liberate any part of you that acts or thinks or feels like a slave. Fourth, lend your energy to an organization that helps free slaves. Start here: http://bit.ly/liberateslaves.

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