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Rhapsodies A Musician and More John Trubee (“Music at the Margins,” Nov. 18) is a wonderful, crazy guy whom I met first in the mid-1970s when he was a teenager. He performed at the Avant Garde Festival in Trenton, N.J., and slowly grew into one of the most interesting and quirky musicians I’ve ever known. And he is more than “just” an unknown musician. He donated a kidney. He recorded and distributed

prank phone calls. He was the subject of a lecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by a guy who’d never met him.

A famous composer flew across the country just to meet him in person. He’s been the subject of a documentary. And he had (still has?) a mechanical monkey.

And much more. Too much more. This article is well deserved!

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It’s About Time I concur 100 percent with each and every one of the excellent points that you have expressed (Open Mic, Nov. 18).

And to this, I will add that we are now living in a post–Andy Lopez world where the marginalization of our disempowered youth, as well as the disparagement of the neighborhoods in which they just happen to reside, is no longer going to be tolerated. It is my sincere hope that those who have been so deeply affected by this horrific incident will continue to

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speak out about the injustices which still plague us, many of which were catapulted to the forefront of the public’s consciousness after Andy was gunned down. In the meantime, let us continue to do all that we can to ensure that a park in Andy’s neighborhood— which, as of Oct. 22, 2013, hadn’t even been conceptualized, 25 years past the original date that one was promised— will finally come to fruition and that it will, indeed, bear Andy’s name.

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Sea Sick I was very distressed by this article (“Wait and Sea,” Nov. 18). While I can commiserate with the crab fisherman and the good organizations affected, I was struck by the failure to see the big picture.

We all need to be extremely concerned about what’s going on with the health of our oceans. Toxic algae and the resulting domoic acid problems are getting increasingly worse. This latest event is unprecedented. Coral reefs are dying. Whales are dying. Entire ocean ecosystems are breaking down because of warming and acidification. If our oceans die, we all die.

The other thing that struck me when reading the article is the absurdity that fire departments, educational facilities and health facilities need to rely on such fundraising events for a major part of their budgets. We’re a rich country, and Sonoma County is one of the richest areas of a rich country. If corporations and the wealthy were paying their fair share, all these vital services would have adequate funding. It’s simply despicable that our economic system is so skewed and corrupted by the 1 percent that we can no longer provide basic services to American citizens. It’s time to say enough is enough. The working people of this country deserve much better.

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Paris in my Heart Let’s pay homage to the French

BY JONAH RASKIN

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ver since the abominable attacks on Paris, I’ve been emailing French friends for first-hand news. From what I understand, I believe that my friends have been carrying on as best they can, as though nothing has happened, all the while knowing that something terrible has happened.

I carry on, too, though I feel the weight of sadness and grief.

I can’t get Paris out of my head. I remember the city’s cafes, streets, bars, bakeries and the Parisians I have known since 1961 when I first went to Paris, when the French were at war with the Algerians. Bombs exploded. Bullets punctured the walls, and life went on then as now.

Yesterday, to make myself feel better, I took to wearing my French beret. I suppose I look a bit absurd, though no one has laughed or pointed a finger. I don’t know what else to do except go on wearing my silly hat, sending and receiving emails, reading the news, looking for rays of hope and talking to friends here in Sonoma County, which has long maintained cultural ties to France, through French wines, French food, French culture.

I would like to be in France now. I would like to see my friends, to share their sorrow with them, though I know that now isn’t a good time to go. I don’t want to be a voyeur or an emotional thief living off the tragedy of others. I will have to nurse my own wounds, remember my adventures in Paris, the French language and French words, the music and the movies, the City of Light tugging at my heart.

It feels strange to have this kind of connection to a place so far away, geographically speaking, yet so close to my innermost feelings. I wish that my friends here in Sonoma County might put away their bickering, their big and their little annoyances, and pay homage to the spirit of the French who have welcomed Americans to their shores and brought their ideals to America.

Jonah Raskin is the author of ‘A Few French Scenes.’ He lives in Santa Rosa.

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Paper ON TRACK? Plans for nine stations are rolling ahead, but additional funds will be needed for future enhancements.

Mind the Gap SMART needs another $600 million to fully realize its vision BY TOM GOGOLA

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he tracks are laid, the cars are here— but the train stations?

As the highly anticipated Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) service rolls down the line to a late 2016 opening, an October document released

by SMART indicates it will eventually need an additional $120 million to fully develop nine stations along a 43-mile “Phase I” route from San Rafael to Airport Road in Santa Rosa.

The station funds are a piece of the $600 million SMART needs

to raise to realize the vision of the rail as a sleek, green and efficient alternative to unrelenting congestion on Highway 101 for commuters in Marin and Sonoma counties.

The SMART project list includes another $124 million for a promised bike and pedestrian parkway along the tracks; $11 million for a presently unidentified second station in Petaluma; $42 million for a Larkspur track extension; and, eventually, $178 million for the Phase II SMART extension, about 25 miles of track north

to Windsor, Healdsburg and Cloverdale.

The station build-out has reached a new phase. On Nov. 17, contractors poured the top layer of concrete for a station in San Rafael and were headed north once they finished.

“This really marks the beginning of the station-finish process,” says Matt Stevens, community education and outreach manager at SMART. The head of the rail district says the $120 million represents station enhancements that would take place over the next

25 years, as he stresses that the document in question is a planning document requested by the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

“We are building the stations from downtown San Rafael to the airport,” says SMART general manager Farhad Mansourian. He insists that the money to build the stations in time for late 2016 is available now. “Absolutely. By the time we finish our project, we’ll have spent just under $500 million for the entire system of 43 to 45 miles.”

The station designs were approved by the SMART board of directors earlier this year.

According to a report from the May 6 board meeting, the approval came with a board request for a range of improvements that totaled $12 million across the system.

Those are listed as “unfunded requested improvements” in SMART documents.

Marin and Sonoma County residents voted to support Measure Q in 2008, which imposed a quarter-cent sales tax for 20 years to fund SMART’s construction, and which has sent over $200 million SMART’s way, according to revenue estimates.

SMART has pieced together multiple revenue sources to supplement Measure Q. Based on information contained in the Oct. 21 planning document, the total price tag will approach $1 billion by the time the 70-mile system is complete. The additional $120 million for station enhancements would go to pay for more furniture, better access for the disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], and landscaping, along with maps and “bicycle parking/ sharing, real-time transit signage, intermodal improvements, security enhancements and other capital improvements for programs such as car sharing,” according to the document.

At least one Marin County official was more than surprised by the late October news of a $120 million sticker price for enhanced SMART stations.

During an Oct. 22 board meeting of the Transportation Authority of Marin, executive director

Cornerstone owns and occupies office space in the building that houses the SMART headquarters at 5401 Old Redwood Hwy. in Petaluma.) The firm has been based in Petaluma since moving from San Mateo in 2013, and in just a few years it has made several headline-grabbing buys, including the 2014 purchase of the Press Democrat building on Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa.

Cornerstone’s proposal was the subject of much debate at the last SMART board of directors meeting, held Nov. 18 at SMART headquarters. The meeting served to highlight areas where the promised environmental benefits of the decades-in-coming train are meeting the realities of development and real-estate pressure along the SMART corridor. Nowhere is this more evident than at the edge of the Petaluma urban-growth boundary.

The SMART board is now considering two sites for a second Petaluma station. The first is a privately owned rail yard on Corona Road that was presumed for decades to be the site of any future-looking rail project in town. The other is the Cornerstone site, about a mile east at the former Adobe Lumber site on Old Redwood Highway in unincorporated Sonoma County.

Cornerstone has offered to build the eastside station at the shuttered Adobe Lumber space for “free”—free in the sense that in exchange for an $11 million investment at the Old Redwood Highway station, Cornerstone would get development rights to properties near the downtown Petaluma station.

A growing chorus of critics has highlighted the sensitivity of the Adobe Lumber property, which is outside the “urban growth boundary” established by city voters in 2008 to keep the sprawl at bay as development pressure intensifies in the historically agricultural town.

During last week’s SMART board meeting, the Greenbelt Alliance’s Teri Shore emphasized that the Cornerstone proposal needed to go through a full public process and environmental review before any local ) 10

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D EBRI EF ER Crab Comeback?

The latest information on Dungeness and rock crab fisheries, posted by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) last week, shows a continued decline in domoic acid levels where the state has tested them.

But there’s no signal from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that the declines are enough to trigger a reopening of the fisheries, which were shut down in early November due to high levels of the potentially fatal neurotoxin appearing in the otherwise delicious crustaceans.

The CDPH has updated its handy domoic-acid chart week by week as it monitors crab populations up and down the California coast, from Crescent City in Humboldt County to Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County.

In order to reopen the crab fisheries, state health officials need to see an average two-week statewide drop in domoic acid levels to below 30 parts per million (ppm).

To the south, domoic levels have dropped far below that mark, but the levels remain high in ports north of Bodega Bay, even as the general trend is looking good across the California coastline as a whole.

Crabs near the Russian River are coming in at an average of 25.8 ppm of domoic acid, but half the sample set collected on Nov. 16 had levels that remained above 30 ppm.

To the north, Eureka and Trinidad are both showing high levels of domoic acid in the Dungeness crabs, but the state hasn’t taken samples there since late October, when levels averaged 66.5 ppm in those Humboldt County port towns.

Eureka and Trinidad are due for a domoic checkup—keep your claws crossed in the meantime.—Tom Gogola

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Dianne Steinhauser told the Marin County supervisors that her office, which helps set funding priorities for local transportation projects, was “just receiving information this week about a very large unfunded need around our station sites in Marin, pretty astounding numbers, actually.”

Steinhauser suggested that the county wait and see if other “SMART partners” come forward before sending any money to the rail agency. She spoke of “$10 to $12 million in unfunded needs at each station in Marin.

This is a little astounding, this is an immediate need—but I think we’ve got to get our arms around what this is before we make a recommendation.”

Mansourian says that “there is a big confusion here,” as he reiterated that the document in question is actually a planning document requested by the MTC and represents more of a “wish list” of improvements that would be addressed as the rail doubles in ridership, which he anticipates it will, by 2040.

Mansourian insists that the trains and stations coming online next year would be ADA-compliant and said the $120 million would be for “more landscaping, more secure facilities and more ADA facilities,” at the stations. He wouldn’t address Steinhauser’s comments about the “immediate needs” of the items.

The SMART plan calls for four Marin County stations. A fifth, the Larkspur extension, has a $20 million pledge from President Obama to pay for part of it, but that money is held up in a transportation bill presently stalled in Congress. SMART officials say stations may have multiple project sponsors as they are being contemplated or completed, and in Petaluma a sponsor has come forward to build a proposed second, eastside station just outside the city limits.

The first station in Petaluma will be on Lakeville Street, site of the Petaluma visitors center.

The would-be partner for one of the second stations is the Cornerstone Group, a Petalumabased commercial real estate company. (Coincidentally,

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decisions were made about it as a potential second station.

Mansourian says that it would, but no decisions have been made.

“Upon approval by the board, we’ll begin the public process, the environmental reviews. All we’re doing now is real estate negotiations.”

The property, Shore noted, is a “community separator” at the edge of the urban-growth boundary. She reminded the board that Petaluma’s urbangrowth-boundary is up for renewal in 2016.

SMART board member and Sonoma County supervisor David Rabbitt, whose district includes Petaluma, has long been a proponent of a second Petaluma station, and said last week that he didn’t have a preference where it was built—only that whatever gets built gets built soon.

Rabbitt said that the Corona Road site was only on the board’s agenda last week because of the emergence of the Old Redwood Highway plan.

“I don’t have a particular choice for either,” Rabbitt said. “I just want a second station.

“We have zero dollars, as does SMART,” Rabbitt added. He warned the board last week that if a second Petaluma station wasn’t built within the “Phase 1” SMART timetable, “it will take years.”

The railroad hopes to start the Phase I service by next December.

The emergence of the Cornerstone proposal put renewed focus on the Corona Road site, and in a letter to the board from Sonoma County Conservation Action (SCCA), director David Keller noted that “Corona Road has been examined and approved as the station location through a long, rich and engaged public process over the past two decades.”

The organization says the consensus in Petaluma is to utilize the Corona Road site, but that’s not how the local paper sees it.

Back in August, the Petaluma Argus-Courier, part of the Sonoma Media Group that owns the Press Democrat, editorialized in favor of the Adobe Lumber site, and noted

that it could include a freight train spur to the Lagunitas brewing facility. Fewer dog-faced trucks hauling kegs of beer on Highway 101 is good environmental news, the paper argued.

Absent in the editorial was any mention of the urban-growthboundary that could wind up an “urban growth exemption” zone in boomtown Petaluma.

The Cornerstone site would be closer to the new offices of the 500 or so former Fireman’s Fund employees who were absorbed into the German insurance giant Allianz this month, but SCCA says that while the site “is within the voter approved Urban Growth Boundary, it is nevertheless at the outer edge of the UGB and should therefore be used for lower density development in accordance with the UGB.” The relocation, Keller wrote, “would inevitably be a first step in pressures for development of new and intensified commercial retail, or residential construction” along and adjacent to the Adobe site.

Petaluma is not the only SMART town with a station in limbo. Also under discussion by the SMART board last week: a $43 million Larkspur extension and station in that that southeastern Marin County town and transit hub. The board signed off on a $1.4 million contract for the engineering firm RailPros to do the the preliminary design work for the Larkspur project, a 2.1-mile track from San Rafael.

The contract was approved even as money to seed construction of the extension remains in Congressional limbo, a point highlighted by board member and Sonoma County supervisor Shirlee Zane.

“This was for design,” Zane says. “The president’s budget is for actual construction.”

Mansourian says the funding picture for the Larkspur track extension “will be more clear on Dec. 11,” when the Senate and House pass a resolution on how they will proceed with the bill.

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BRINE TRUST The seasonal, ever-changing pickle plate is one of many great dishes at Matthew Lightner’s Ninebark.

Lighting Up Ninebark chef turns Napa on

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he buzz around Matthew Lightner’s Ninebark in downtown Napa preceded the restaurant’s opening last month.

The curly-haired, bespectacled chef came to Napa from New York, where his cooking at Atera earned him wide acclaim, including two Michelin stars.

The Tribeca restaurant offers an 18-course tasting menu that goes for $235, with an additional $195

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for wine pairings. That’s not what you’ll find at Ninebark.

Ninebark’s à la carte menu is much more casual and far less pricey than Atera, but Lightner’s approachable yet exciting and technically precise cooking is a wonder. The three-level restaurant and bar is a gem that somehow feels like New York to me with its tin-stamped ceiling, brick walls and tiny bathroom sinks made to fit in small spaces.

The handsome, first-floor bar offers a few well-chosen snacks—

and by all means, order the salt cod beignets ($10), a savory dish of two moist, honey-dabbed, doughnut-like buns piped full of a garlicky cod and potato purée.

The top floor is a swankier lounge with a more inventive cocktail menu (try the Old Ball Game, $12, a riff on an Old Fashioned made with popcorn and peanut–infused rye—think Cracker Jack) and a whiff of leather-steeped grain alcohol served with a single, hand-shaped ice globe. It’s supposed to taste

like a baseball game complete with essence of catcher’s mitt).

The top floor’s list of “provisions” is a more sophisticated menu of snacks. The beautifully composed pickle plate ($12) is a must. Seasonal vegetables, like turnips, cherry tomatoes, chile peppers and green beans, are each individually pickled and served with edible flowers on a bed of crushed ice, as is the bracingly fresh flavors of the smoked and cured fish (market price). In addition to the food and drink, the main attraction of the third floor is the rooftop terrace with its sweeping view of the Napa River and Third Street Bridge. The ideal plan is to grab a cocktail on the roof terrace before descending to the second floor to the dining room. That’s where the real action is.

An elevator takes you to each floor, and given the distinct personality of each, it feels like riding in a department-store elevator of old (“First floor, women’s lingerie; second floor, housewares . . .”). Stepping onto the second floor reveals an openair kitchen with a tabletop-size Big Green Egg smoker perched on the counter.

The poised kitchen staff is clothed not in the stiff kitchen whites you’d expect of a crew from a top New York restaurant, but in a combination of civvies and snap-button kitchen shirts, a casual style the befits the easygoing vibe of the restaurant.

Several of the staff followed their chef out West, a fact that speaks well of Lightner, who runs the kitchen with a cool but careful eye for detail as he sends plates out.

The professionalism extends to the dining room floor. Bartenders, servers and managers move with grace and ease, and know the menu cold. There’s a difference between rote memorization and true knowledge of the menu.

My one gripe is the overloud classic rock played in the restaurant. I know this is California and we’re cool and casual and all, but the Doobie Brothers and smoked foie gras are a poor match.

Lightner is known for his use of smoke in savory and sweet dishes alike. The Big Green Egg, a ceramic-lined smoker, is a key

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I also loved the smoke-perfumed roasted sturgeon belly paired with the piney sweetness of shaved raw matsutake mushrooms ($14). So good. The citrus-dressed, barely grilled avocado salad ($12) with kohlrabi was chilled and firm yet retained the flavor of its moments on the grill.

It’s not all smoke. The aged beef tartare ($25), coarsely diced ground beef, lobster tail, ahi, pickles and raw egg yolk gets my vote for best of class. I could go on. And I did.

From the list of entrée-sized plates, the charcoal-roasted duck ($38), fanned out like a winning hand of cards, was juicy, tender and meaty. My favorite was the roasted pork neck ($28). I expected pork pulled from the fatty and cartilaginous upper vertebrae, but instead got uncommonly moist slices of meat, like pork tenderloin but with no hint of dryness. Where have butchers been hiding this cut of meat?

The hits kept coming with dessert, also made by Lightner.

I’ve had several variations of s’mores, molar-aching sugar bombs of gummy marshmallow and chocolate, but here the campfire classic ($9) never tasted so good.

Best of all was the fig leaf softserve ice cream served with a dried fig wafer dotted with fig and red wine jus and nasturtium petals ($9).

Beautiful, light and delicious.

Napa’s once moribund dining scene continues to grow in depth and I predict Lightner’s elevated but approachable cooking will blow it wide open. Welcome to Napa, chef.

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duck with steamed lotus buns.

Hot and sour soup is stellar.

3100 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma.

707.782.1132.

Corks American. $$. The

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

restaurant at Russian River Vineyards sits in a 19thcentury farmhouse, with food equally down-to-earth.

Comfort-food favorites are taken up a notch with attention to detail. 5700 Hwy 116, Forestville. 707.887.3344.

De Schmire Continental. $$-$$$. Informal, with emphasis on seafood.

Generous portions, open kitchen, outside dining.

304 Bodega Ave, Petaluma.

707.762.1901.

Eight Asian. $$-$$$.

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Restaurant and wine bar specializing in Asian fusion, where Schezuan, Mongolian and Mu Shu come together with a modern twist. 7501 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol.

707.823.8189.

East West Cafe California cuisine. $$. All vegetarianfriendly. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 128 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.829.2822.

Hamburger Ranch & Pasta Farm American. $.

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Old-fashioned, informal mom’n’-pop roadhouse. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

31195 N Redwood Hwy, Cloverdale. 707.894.5616.

Kirin Chinese. $$.

Specializing in Mandarin, Szechuan and Peking styles.

Kirin’s pot stickers are the best in Sonoma County. Lunch and dinner, Tues-Sat; dinner, Sun. 2700 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.1957.

Le Bistro French. $$. A tiny

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312 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma.

707.762.8292.

Lily Kai Chinese. $$. An extensive array of bistro-chic dishes like mild curry lamb, spicy basil prawns and roast

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

Parish Cafe Cafe. $$.

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

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

Ravenous Cafe & Lounge American. $$$$.

Returning to its original small, five-table location next to the Raven Theater, this Healdsburg mainstay continues to have inventive menus in a cozy setting. Lunch and dinner; closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

117 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.1302.

Russian River Brewing Co Eclectic. $. Decent pizza

3082 Marlow Rd # B8, Santa Rosa. 707.573.9453.

MARIN CO U N T Y Avatar’s Indian. $. Fantastic East-meets-West fusion of Indian, Mexican, Italian and American, with dishes customized to your palate.

2656 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.8083.

Bay Thai Thai. $. Fresh Thai food with curries that combine the regions classic sweet and tart elements. Some of the best fried bananas to be found. 809 Fourth St, San Rafael. (Cash only). 415.458.8845.

Cafe Reyes Pizza. $$. At the end of the main drag in West Marin’s quintessential small town sits a wood-fired oven serving piping pizzas of perfection. Beer and oysters can be had as well. Lunch and dinner, Wed–Sun. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.9493.

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

415.454.2384.

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

Fish Seafood. $$-$$$.

and excellent brews. Two words: beer bites! Lunch and dinner daily. 725 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.2337.

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

350 Harbor Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.FISH.

Sushi Hana Japanese.

Fradelizio’s Italian. $$.

$$. 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.

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

415.459.1618.

Trattoria Lupo Italian. $$.

Reliable home-style Italian cooking. Dinner, TuesSun. 4776 Sonoma Hwy, Santa Rosa. 707.539.0260.

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.

Frantoio Italian. $$-$$$.

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

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

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Brewpub. $$.

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

Joe’s Taco Lounge & Salsaria Mexican. $. Mostly

Left Bank French. $$-$$$.

Splendid, authentic French cuisine. Lunch and dinner daily.

507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.927.3331.

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

Angèle Restaurant & Bar French. $$$. Thoroughly French, but not aggressively so. Lunch and dinner daily. 540 Main St, Napa.

707.252.8115.

Azzuro Pizzeria E Enoteca Pizza. $$. The

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.

hippest little corner pizza joint in town, with an open kitchen and always-full dining room.

Salads and pastas are good here, but it’s the pizza that’s the star, boasting incredible crusts. 1260 Main St., Nap. 707.255.5552.

Nick’s Cove Seafood/

BarBersQ Barbecue/

contemporary American. $$$$.

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

23240 State Route 1, Marshall.

415.663.1033.

Pine Cone Diner Eclectic. $$. Funky diner meets upscale bistro. Ambitious dishes, like cherry-wood-smoked pork loin with lavender gastrique, and steak au poivre with peppercorn brandy sauce are served in homey atmosphere.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

Closed Mon. 60 Fourth St, Pt Reyes. 415.663.1536.

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

California. $-$$. An upscale ’cue joint with a high-end chef and high-end ingredients.

Gorgeous chipotle-braised short ribs and pulled pork.

3900-D Bel Aire Plaza, Napa.

707.224.6600.

Barolo Italian. $$. A wine bar and Italian kitchen in a sleek, modern space, Barolo’s menu is filled with all the luscious suffixes (-etta, -ini) that make a valley traveler come hither. Pizza, pasta and salads are done right; to take it to the next level, go for the swordfish filet or the pork milanese.

1457 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga.

707.942.9900.

Carpe Diem Wine Bar

daily. 1122 Main St, Napa.

707.224.6328.

Western/Mexican. $-$$.

Contemporary food and outdoor dining with a Mexican flavor. Located on the river and serving authentic cocktails.

Nightly specials and an abiding love of the San Francisco Giants. 505 Lincoln Ave, Napa.

707.253.1111.

Farmstead Restaurant American. $$$. Gourmet home-style cooking with an emphasis on local and organic ingredients. Fresh soups and salads to start. Chicken, fish, and “cut of the day” grass-fed beef are only some of the entrée options. 738 Main St., St Helena. 707.963.9181.

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.

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

Breakfast and lunch daily.

1313 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.1788.

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

Formerly Taylor’ Automatic Refresher. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 933 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.3486.

Also at Oxbow Public Market, 644 First St, Napa.

707.224,6900.

Flavorful, authentic and homestyle at this Puerto Rican eatery, which is as hole-in-thewall as they come. 401 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.380.1986.

811 Fourth St; 901 Lincoln Ave; 903 Lincoln Ave, San Rafael.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 415.451.4765.

Californian. $-$$. Right in the heart of downtown Napa, Carpe Diem’s contemporary and innovative menu includes a variety of seasonal flatbreads, an ostrich burger, the famed short-rib sliders and much more. Over 45 wines by the glass, six draft beers and an impressive reserve wine list round out this warm, inviting space. Dinner daily. 1001 Second St., Napa.

707.224.0800.

Sorella Caffe Italian.

CC Blue Japanese. $$-$$$.

Pizza Azzurro Italian. $.

Eat Godzilla maki and hamachi carpaccio in aquarium-chic environs. Hearty portions.

1148 Main St, St Helena.

707.967.9100.

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

1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa.

707.255.5552.

Sol Food Puerto Rican. $.

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

415.258.4520.

Station House Cafe American-California. $$.

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

Outdoor dining; full bar.

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

Cole’s Chop House American steakhouse. $$$$$. Handsome, upscale 1950s-era steakhouse serving chophouse classics like dryaged porterhouse steak and Black Angus filet mignon.

Wash down the red meat with a “nostalgia” cocktail. Dinner

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415.383.8164.

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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.

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deck, garden and vineyard.

3805 Lambert Bridge Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 10am–5pm. 707.433.5575.

Bella Vineyards (WC)

Sonoma Valley Portworks Although it’s

Specializing in Zinfandel, Bella Vineyards farms three vineyards in Sonoma County: Big River Ranch in Alexander Valley, and the Lily Hill Estate and Belle Canyon in Dry Creek Valley. 9711 W. Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 11am– 4:30pm. 866.572.3552.

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.

Everett Ridge Vineyards & Winery As

Thumbprint Cellars

is the custom at sister winery Esterlina, orange cheese puffs are served for palate cleansing between sips of exclusive Cole Ranch Riesling and big, soft and fruity reds. Plus, inexpensive, solid and sassy “Diablita” rocks screw-capped bottles of Sonoma County Red, White, Pink and Zin. 435 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg.

Open daily, 10am–5pm. Tasting fee, $15. 707.433.1637.

Kaz Vineyard & Winery Kaz’s motto is “No harm in experimenting.” Organic, low-sulfite winemaking results in fulsome liqueur aromas.

Also a trilogy of ports under a second label, the Bodega Bay Portworks. 233 Adobe Canyon Road, Kenwood. Open Friday–Monday, 11am–5pm.

877.833.2536.

Lasseter Family Winery Thrill to the adventures of Merlot and Alicante B. at the big table. 1 Vintage Lane, Glen Ellen. Daily by appointment only, $25 per person. 707.933.2800.

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

707.687.5089.

Passalacqua Winery Family-run, boasting good reds and Chardonnay as well as a fun wine-aroma kit to train your senses to identify common wine smells. Large

Vegan wines named Arousal, Threesome and Four Play; but it all started out innocently enough. Downtown lounge offers curvaceous bar, hookah-den-styled booth, and seasonal nosh.

102 Matheson St., Healdsburg.

Open 11am to 6pm Sunday– Thursday, to 7pm Saturday.

Tastings $5–$10; with food pairing, $10–$20. 707.433.2393.

Tricycle Wine Partners There’s more to terroir than the dirt that grapevines grow in—there’s the rock the oak for the barrels grows in.

23568 Arnold Drive, Sonoma.

In Cornerstone Sonoma. Open daily, 11am–5pm; weekends to 6pm. Tasting fee, $10.

707.255.4929.

Unti Vineyards Very friendly and casual with an emphasis on young Italianstyle wines. Yum. 4202 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. By appointment. 707.433.5590.

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.

Hagafen Cellars There shall be no wine before it’s certified kosher. Wide variety of varietal wines, the go-to choice for many a White House state dinner. 4160 Silverado Trail, Napa. Open daily, 10am to 5pm (yes, they’re open Christmas). $5–$15. 707.252.0781.

Madonna Estate Millennial contingent of multigenerational family winery, once known as Mount St. John, finds success running it old-school: touristy, oldfashioned, and wildly popular.

Refreshing Gewürztraminer for summer picnics. 5400 Old Sonoma Road, Napa. Daily 10am to 5pm; $5–$10.

707.255.8864.

Swanson Vineyards Not lotus-eating, per se, but caviar, Grana Padano, artisan chocolate bonbons–same idea. Whimsically elegant Salon or informal, candystriped Sip Shoppe. Known for Merlot. 1271 Manley Lane, Rutherford. Sip Shoppe Thursday–Sunday 11am–5pm; call or ring gate. Fee $15–$20.

Salon by appointment, $60.

707.754.4018.

Taste at Oxbow Stylish

Bennett Lane Winery

setting across from Oxbow Market offers a roster of popular flavors from Waterstone Wines. 708 First St., Napa. Generally, from noon to 6 or 7pm. Tasting fee $15.

707.265.9600.

The old trope “beer-drinking NASCAR fans vs. Chardonnaysipping highbrows” runs out of gas at a winery that sponsors an annual NASCAR race and has its own car, emblazoned with grapes. A Roman emperor who appreciated hearty vino as much as a good chariot race inspired Maximus White and Red “feasting wines.”

3340 Hwy. 128, Calistoga.

707.942.6684.

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

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

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Walk It Off Winery offers vineyard hikes for insight and exercise BY JAMES KNIGHT

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t some point over the course of the holiday weekend, a turkey will become perhaps the last thing you will want to look at. So why am I directing readers to a winery whose logo is principally that, a turkey? Because to remedy the turkey, one must become as the turkey, which roams around the woods and estate vineyards of Fritz Underground Winery.

Fritz is one of the few local wineries now offering vineyard hikes for active wine tasters. Too often, when wineries talk about a vineyard tour, they’re taking you just a few steps into the nearest vine row to the tasting room. Then they talk about how their vines “struggle,” a fashionable and dramatic way of saying that their terroir is enviously suited for growing fine wine, while pointing to grapevines that are growing something like two-stories tall and still screaming toward the sun.

The Fritz experience takes visitors through several blocks in the 110-plus-acre estate. You see some Zinfandel vines and learn about the St. Peter’s Church clone. Still holding a glass of Sauvignon Blanc, you shelter in the shade of some unruly vines, and find out how the shade affects the flavor. Even folks well versed in wine, my tour guide reports, are thrilled to learn something new while tramping among the vines.

Take the advisory about appropriate footwear seriously, because now the trail gets steep. Up past the culinary garden, the pumpkin patch and a head-trained block of older Zinfandel, the trail wends through a grove of second-growth redwoods. At the end is a spring: though it trickles slowly, it feeds two ponds that provide the vineyard’s water needs.

“Underground” was added to the name around 2000, to emphasize the energy-saving design of the winery, which was set into the hillside in 1979. But keeping wine cool and wine tasters comfortable are two different projects, so the tasting room was recently remodeled and updated with temperature control. Too bad they ditched the wood stove that was necessary to keep the formerly drafty place cozy in cool weather, but in fair weather, the tour ends with a seated, outdoor tasting on the terrace.

Fritz Underground Winery, 24691 Dutcher Creek Road, Cloverdale. Daily, 10am–5pm. Tasting fee, $10–$15. Vineyard hike at 10:30am by reservation, $45. 707.894.3389.

Go to sonomavineyardadventures.com for more information on other vineyard walks.

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North Bay gems provide year-round fashion

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ashion lovers are divided into two groups: those who go for the secondhand stuff, and the ones who shy away from “someone else’s clothes.” The latter tend to prefer the well-known chains and predictable designer attire, but if you belong to the first group—well, things can get pretty confusing. Where do you shop in order to score?

First, there are endless Goodwills, the go-to spot for cheap, used clothes. These can be hit-or-miss, and the better Goodwill branches are usually kept secret by those in the know.

Then there are vintage stores— think records hanging on the wall, a corset-clad salesgirl, lots of tulle and polyester. Last but not least, there are consignment stores, ranging from “luxury

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consignment” to just your average consignment shop to established chains like Buffalo Exchange and Crossroads.

Pricier than Goodwill and on the contemporary side of things, consignment stores often look like unassuming boutiques and may cost you the embarrassment of accidentally mistaking the clothes for new. Unlike cash-andcarry Goodwill, consignment shops can be places where deals

are made; many offer store credit or cash for quality clothes you bring in.

The selection gets better as real estate prices in the neighborhood escalate, and given the price of real estate in certain Northern California counties, you can rest assured that the consignment market here is pretty much unbeatable.

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also for the added value—always expect the unexpected, and if you don’t dwell on the previous life of a skirt or a blouse, you can end up with an expensive brand bought at a modest price for yourself or other women—and men—on your gift list. Consignment stores, especially in wealthy towns, are delightful treasure chests, and can offer an excellent taste map to the area’s demographic, history and style sensibilities.

Equipped with this sentiment and a sharp eye, I set out to find the best stores in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties. It wasn’t easy, but I imagine that those awesome dresses and handbags that readers will score thanks to this quest will be totally worth it.

LARKSPUR: What Poppy Wants A true Marin County gem, this magical shop is a circus tent and a boudoir rolled into one.

Owner Laura McGibben gathered an enviable collection of ’50s and ’60s gowns, elegant hats, vintage jewelry and designer finds, including Yamamoto and Elie Tahari, for a fraction of the original price. On one random visit, a lady was spotted shopping for a dress appropriate for a beach wedding, and the options were plentiful. Alternatively, there’s a great selection of cowboy boots that McGibben brings from trips to her home state of Montana.

1106 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur.

415.925.1145. whatpoppywants.com.

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worn’ clothing, North Bay consignment stores have some real finds.

Clean Beats. Clean Energy.

Turn it up.

MILL VALLEY: Diamonds in the Rough “You know how, when you visit a business and the owner is there, you get better service?

Well, we’re here all the time,” says Sybil Mayfield, the owner of Diamonds. Mayfield and her husband, Zach, purchased the store and rebranded it in 2006.

The humble location, next to a thrift store, is a fashion magnet.

On a random visit, a Chanel suit and a McQueen dress were seen, as well as Sam Edelman shoes, designer bags and moderately priced, hand-picked basics and accessories that passed Mayfield’s careful selection. “Our style is very modern,” she says. “I call it contemporary classics.”

448 Miller Ave., Mill Valley.

415.388.7773.

POINT REYES: Bloom Boutique Point Reyes has cool atmosphere to spare, and Bloom, a two-yearold boutique, fits in perfectly.

What singles Bloom out is the crisp, modern feel and the vacation vibes, with Cuban music in the background and smiling owner Diane Phillips behind the counter. “The name of my store, Bloom, was inspired by this beautiful poem by Anais Nin: ‘And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to bloom,’” says Phillips, who collects clothes from women from Bolinas to Inverness, and often travels to Santa Barbara, where her son goes to school, to bring in chic finds. Due to its coastal location, Bloom has a good selection of coats and ) 20

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SAN ANSELMO: Georgi and Willow Truth be told, this is the smarter, more chic and upscale venture by the mighty Goodwillâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and an interesting social experiment in consumer behavior and branding. While holding on to its nonproďŹ t premise, the corner store is bigger, brighter and better looking than your average Goodwill. Accordingly, the selection is priced at a $20 average and carefully curated with everything from H&M to Trina Turk. Three racks of almostdesigner dresses, an excellent shoe selection, enough sweaters and coats to dress a stylish, allwomen book club andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;gasp!â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a well-stocked menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s section, make this inviting store a worthy destination for stylish couples and budding fashionistas on a budget. A side note: the styles tend to cater to the younger crowd, as in sheer paneling, bold prints and sky-high heels.

649 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo.

415.721.7917. georgiandwillow.org.

CORTE MADERA: Swan Dive A local institution of sorts, the cleverly named store promisesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and deliversâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;high-quality designer consignment with Givenchy bags and Burberry trenches on the regular. While owner Jeannie Perry is a wellloved community member, clients rave about store manager Gabrielle Manchester, who functions as a stylist and a friend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a neighborhood store and we have regulars,â&#x20AC;?

Manchester says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In consignment, you really do rely on the community for the merchandise, since you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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go and just buy a collection.â&#x20AC;? Unlike many consignment stores, Swan Dive maintains active Facebook and Instagram accounts, which inform eager customers about new arrivals.

1 First St., Corte Madera.

415.927.3033. swandivestyle.com.

SANTA ROSA: Paper Dolls Consignment Tucked away in a remote strip mall, Paper Dolls is a tasteful gem and the best consignment store in Santa Rosa by a long shot. The shop doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t settle for staples like Talbots and Target. Instead, you can ďŹ nd an occasional esoteric European label, cool shoes by small indie brands and smart jewelry guaranteed to attract compliments. The modern vibe is completed by a website, where the owners gush over new arrivals.

748 Montecito Center, Santa Rosa.

707.539.2727. paperdollsconsignment.com.

SEBASTOPOL: Mazzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet Mazzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just celebrated its ďŹ rst anniversary and expanded, becoming an ever better destination. Mazzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specialty is community oriented, friendly attitude, including raffles, special in-store events and gift certiďŹ cates you can purchase for a friend. Another plus is a wide range of styles and sizes, in which every woman can ďŹ nd a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gently usedâ&#x20AC;? item.

10 N. Main St., Sebastopol.

707.823.2300.

HEALDSBURG: Favorites Every store worth shopping at is hidden in a strip mall (see above, Paper Dolls Consignment).

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Banana Republic coexist with the occasional designer dress. The helpful staff are crazy about their work, and it shows.

Mitchell Center, 435 Center St., Healdsburg. 707.433.2660.

PETALUMA: Red Umbrella Consignment Arguably the best store in the area, Red Umbrella has a number of things going for it: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big, bright and spacious, and it always has a number of discounted racks.

And if you happen to bring an anti-consignment friend, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small yet tasteful selection of new clothes. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the awesome shoe selection!

120-A Kentucky St., Petaluma.

707.778.3499. redumbrellaconsignment.com.

CALISTOGA: Ella Blu Resale This four-year-old consignment boutique has an upscale, classy feel, and not by accident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tell my consignors to bring Banana Republic and up,â&#x20AC;? says owner Kate

Buck. The cozy, multi-room space is situated in an old building on a picturesque street, and indeed contains everything from J.Crew to Nordstrom. Wandering between the rooms is a pleasant treasure hunt. Buck, who calls the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style â&#x20AC;&#x153;Napa Valley casual,â&#x20AC;? wants her customers to feel comfortable, and testiďŹ es that customers and loyal consignors come from as far as Sacramento.

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SONOMA: SISTERS Consignment Couture Not too far from the bustling Sonoma Plaza, SISTERS always has your back, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a festive dress youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for or a casual striped shirt. Owner Chris Johnson named the store with affection for her own sisters, and the shopping experience isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t unlike browsing a sister or a best friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;exciting, but thanks to the friendly prices, guilt-free.

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Light It Up

While news of a possible reunification of downtown Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square heats up, a longtime tradition brings the masses to the Square this weekend for a chilly, though no-less cheerful, Winter Lights event.

Santa Claus will be in attendance, as will a welcome wagon of entertainment and the best local food trucks, hot chocolate for the kids, and beer and wine for the adults. Kids can also enjoy activities like ornament painting and an ugly sweater contest. A candle lighting to remember and honor those no longer with us will precede the grand Christmas tree lighting at dusk. Winter Lights celebrates the season on Friday, Nov. 27, at Old Courthouse Square, downtown Santa Rosa. 5pm. Free. 707.545.1414.

HEALDSBURG

Holiday Happenings

Downtown Healdsburg’s Plaza will be aglow this weekend, with several events and art openings. First, downtown merchants light up their shops on Friday, Nov. 27, at 4pm with a Downtown Holiday Party that features carolers, carriages and cheer. That’s also when the Healdsburg Museum opens its holiday exhibit, ‘A Small World,’ displaying tiny toys, miniature model trains, dollhouses and more. The next night, the Healdsburg Center for the Arts opens its ever popular ‘Holiday Gift Gallery,’ where you’ll find works from over 50 artists available for someone on your list, with mulled cider and free gift wrapping on hand. “A Small World” opens on Friday, Nov. 27, 221 Matheson St., Healdsburg. 4pm. 707.431.3325. The “Holiday Gift Gallery” FIDDLE FADDLE opens on Saturday, Nov. 28, 130 Plaza St., Healdsburg. 5pm. 707.431.1970.

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New Country

Longtime collaborators Jim Nunally and Nell Robinson debut their new, classic-style country band this weekend with an all-star show in an intimate setting. Guitarist Nunally, known for his work with the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, and vocalist Robinson, described as a modern-day Patsy Cline, are highly regarded in their own right, but together, with the backing band of pedal-steel guitarist Pete Grant (Grateful Dead), bassist Jim Kerwin (Grisman, Del McCoury) and drummer Jon Arkin (Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe), they’re off the charts. Catch the ensemble belting out lush country originals and spirited renditions of vintage hits on Saturday, Nov. 28, at Studio 55 Marin, 1455 E. Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 8pm. $15–$18. 415.453.3161

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Story Slam

Comic and Petaluminary Dave Pokorny is a storyteller, and he’s not the only one. For the last two years, he’s led the ongoing West Side Stories event, where ordinary folks tell their true and extraordinary stories live onstage, and now Pokorny’s assembled a baker’s dozen of the best North Bay storytellers together for the third annual West Side Stories GrandSlam. This popular event sold out last year, so if you want to catch the tantalizing true tales (this year theme is “Reflections”), plan ahead to get a spot for the slam, taking place on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Mystic Theater, 21 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 7:30pm. $13–$18.

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—Charlie Swanson

of friends, including Paul Knight, for a free afternoon show on Nov. 29 at Jamison’s Roaring Donkey in Petaluma.

See Clubs & Venues, p28.

SHARE THE MUSIC Michelle Schmitt’s Holiday Concert has become a North Bay tradition.

Season of Giving Michelle Schmitt on parental influence, the holiday spirit and Detroit rock and roll BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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inger, songwriter and Marin County resident Michelle Schmitt is a believer in giving back.

Schmitt’s annual holiday concert on the first Thursday of December is a staple of the season, and with the release of her newest holiday album, Another Christmas Story, she’s expanding her charitable efforts and donating 100 percent of album

sales and concert tickets to Marin-based nonprofit ExtraFood.

She performs Dec. 3 at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley.

Schmitt credits her father for introducing her to holiday music.

“He was a huge inspiration for me,” she says. “He was kind and patient, and he loved holiday music. We learned every song.”

Born and raised in Detroit, Schmitt also grew up on the rock and roll of bands like MC5, as well

as folk rock like Crosby, Stills & Nash and Joni Mitchell. She has been playing music since she was 12 years old.

“I think it just became part of my cellular makeup,” she says.

Schmitt moved to California in 1977 and briefly sung alongside Norton Buffalo and others. She stopped performing to raise two sons.

Fast forward 20 years, and Schmitt once again found herself drawn into music in the early 2000s.

“I decided to make a small holiday album as a way to raise funds for St. Vincent’s School for Boys in Marinwood,” she says.

The album eventually found its way to music manager Robert Hayes, owner of San Jose’s Sound Management Inc., who offered her a recording contract.

In 2005, Schmitt appeared on a benefit album alongside heavyweight artists like Bonnie Raitt, who would become a friend.

Raitt encouraged Schmitt to step out of the studio and perform in front of audiences again.

Schmitt was soon fronting a band that included Raitt’s longtime drummer Ricky Fataar and guitarist George Marinelli.

“This whole weird thing happened,” says Schmitt, “where this is the only part of my life that I let go of, that I didn’t try to control, and everything’s working.

And I’m happy to pass it along.”

In 2008, friend and restaurateur Heidi Krahling approached Schmitt to help raise funds for ExtraFood, of which Krahling is a board member. Schmitt came up with the idea of a concert, and every year she plays that show with her ultra-talented band.

As part of this year’s concert, everyone will receive a copy of Another Christmas Story, which infuses much of Schmitt’s personal and Detroit influence into rocking, upbeat renditions of classics and eclectic originals.

“At the end of the day, I want to show my gratitude to the community,” says Schmitt. “This is what the holidays are about for me.”

Michelle Schmitt’s Holiday Concert happens on Thursday, Dec. 3, at Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

8pm. $25–$100. 415.383.9600.

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ebekah Pearson has never seen Little Women in any of its acclaimed screen adaptations, including the renowned 1994 Winona Ryder version. In preparing to play the role of Jo March in Spreckels upcoming production of Little Women: The Musical, Pearson has only allowed herself to read the original novel, by Louisa May Alcott.

by any of the wonderful ladies who’ve played Jo.” In a season bursting with stage adaptations of classic stories Little Women is one of the few holiday musicals. Directed by Thomas Chapman (who directed last year’s giddy Bell, Book and Candle), this 2005 adaptation by Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein and Allan Knee was a hit on Broadway, where it helped make stage-and-screen songstress Sutton Foster a star.

Though the musical strays a bit from the detail of the book, it’s a mostly faithful rendering of the indelible tale of the March family, which endures a series of hardships and Civil War–era setbacks with courage, humor and a strong sense of family loyalty.

“It’s just such a wonderful story,” says Pearson, “and Jo March is an incredible role, especially in the musical version. Sutton Foster’s performance makes for some big shoes to fill, but it’s been so wonderful finding ways to make the character my own.”

Asked what she’s learned about Jo that helped her bring life to the character, Pearson doesn’t hesitate.

“Jo is a very passionate person, I think that’s the biggest thing,” Pearson says. “She’s very excited about her life and her own future, beyond the boundaries of what society, at that time, had set for women. She wants to go beyond that, and she does.”

Pearson adds that the musical version, with the added emotional oomph that comes with a great score, helps illustrate Jo’s inner life.

“Jo can be very emotional,” Pearson laughs. “She gets upset easily. She’s rather dramatic. In the musical version, we see that especially well.”

“It was a very deliberate choice I made not to watch any of the films,” explains Pearson. “I really didn’t want them to influence my own take on the character. I wouldn’t want to accidentally copy anything that’s been done before

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ongwriters Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan were both at a musical crossroads when they met in 2011. Each was going nowhere fast in their hometown of Los Angeles, so they joined ďŹ&#x201A;at-picking forces and their harmonizing voices to form the Milk Carton Kids.

Four years later, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a Grammy nomination under their belts, and their fourth LP, Monterey, is wowing Americana audiences across the country. The Milk Carton Kids play the Uptown Theater in Napa on Wednesday, Dec. 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did not want to make [Monterey] in the studio,â&#x20AC;? says Ryan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel a little stiďŹ&#x201A;ed in

the studioâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a heightened sense of pressure where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always critiquing and making judgments about your performance.â&#x20AC;?

For Ryan and Pattengale, the last ďŹ ve years of constant touring meant that their most natural state of creativity was on the stage, and they used that as inspiration for the new record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to make the album in the natural course of the day while we were on tour,â&#x20AC;? says Ryan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tried to have it feel more akin to our performances every night.â&#x20AC;?

The album was recorded during the Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2014 tour, on the very stages of the venues where they were performing, rolling tape during the day before the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show.

Live, the pair perform an intense, but approachable set of songs, playing mere inches from each other with their acoustic guitars and often singing into a single mic.

Monterey impeccably embodies this aesthetic with up-close-andpersonal tales of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asheville Skiesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;High Hopesâ&#x20AC;? delivered seemingly right to your ear.

No backing bands, no fancy productions, just two talented songsmiths picking strings and singing from their hearts.

Recording at venues that included a church in Edmonton, Alberta, a condemned theater in Birmingham, Ala., and the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Ariz., Ryan says the experience was liberating. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knowing that there was always tomorrow, that each take didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be the one, we never put pressure on ourselves,â&#x20AC;? he says.

They also didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listen to a single recording for the entire length of the tour, which meant that returning to the sessions three months later allowed them to hear and appreciate the songs more objectively. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to be yourself when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re constantly evaluating,â&#x20AC;? says Ryan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This album is a little looser that way. There are imperfections, but it sounds right.â&#x20AC;?

The Milk Carton Kids perform on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Uptown Theater, 1350 Third St., Napa.

Julian Lage opens. 8pm. $30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$50.

707.259.0123.

$18. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

NAPA COUNTY SONOMA COUNTY Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Led by songwriter and founder Chip Davis, the longtime classical/rock holiday celebration returns to Santa Rosa. Nov 30, 7:30pm. $45$75. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Red & Blues Music Fest Benefit for AimWest on Native American Day features music from Twice as Good, the Bobby Young Project and Dr Loco & the Jalapeno Blues Band; with food, refreshments and a raffle. Nov 27, 6pm. $10.

Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

T Sisters The North Bay Hootenanny presents the harmonizing Oakland sister folk trio in a post-Thanksgiving concert along with the David Luning Band and Arann Harris. Nov 27, 8pm. $16. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

MARIN COUNTY

Milk Carton Kids Grammy-nominated folk duo play off their new album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monterey.â&#x20AC;? New York composer Julian Lage opens.

Dec 2, 8pm. $30-$50. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Ricky Nelson Remembered A multimedia event featuring the live music of Ricky Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hit songs performed by his own twin sons Matthew and Gunnnar Nelson, with James Patrick Regan of the Deadlies. Nov 30, 8pm. $25-$35. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.260.1600.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Andrews Hall Nov 28, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Christmas Roseâ&#x20AC;? with Patrick Ball. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626, ext.1.

Love to Give Concert

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Tracy Blackman and her friends welcome special guests Carlos Santana, Cindy Blackman Santana and Michael Pritchard for an unforgettable night of music. Nov 28, 8pm. $85.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Nov 27, Full Circle. Nov 28, the Drifting Rich. Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.7779.

Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally

Aqus Cafe

Their new country band performs high-energy originals and vintage country covers and features Pete Grant on pedal steel, Jim Kerwin on string bass and Jon Arkin on percussion. Nov 28, 8pm. $15$18. Studio 55 Marin, 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael. 415.453.3161.

The Reed Fromer Band Popular Bay Area R&B band throws a party to celebrate 20 years together. Nov 27, 8pm.

Annie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Hall Nov 25, Country Night with Dr Doug. Nov 27, Steep Ravine.

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.484.1331.

Nov 25, bluegrass old time jam. Nov 27, Luke Erickson. Nov 28, Ring of Truth Trio. Nov 29, 2pm, Gary Vogensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunday Ramble. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

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The Big Easy Nov 25, Highway Poets. Nov 27, Kelner & Co. Nov 28, Allair and Harrell. Nov 29, MianoJazz Trio.

Dec 2, Tracy Rose and friends.

Tues, the American Alley Cats.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Brixx Pizzeria Nov 28, the Honeydippers.

16 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.766.8162.

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille Nov 25, Pre-Thanksgiving Bash wih DJ Cal and DJ HI-C. Tues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reggae Marketâ&#x20AC;? DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma.

707.938.7110.

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Nov 27, John Pita. Nov 28, Falcon Christopher. Tues, Wavelength. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1826.

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

Corkscrew Wine Bar Nov 27, Mike Saliani. Nov 28, French Oak Gypsies.

Dec 1, the Rivertown Trio. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

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Dry Creek Kitchen Nov 30, Christian FoleyBeining and Tom Shader Duo. Dec 1, Dick Conte and Steve Webber Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.431.0330.

Finley Community Center Fourth Friday of every month, Manny Gutierrez.

Mon, 11am, Proud Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ukulele jam and lessons.

2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3737.

Flamingo Lounge Nov 27, SugarFoot. Nov 28, Groove Foundation. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.8530.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Nov 29, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with ) Augustin Hadelich.

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Nov 27, French Oak Quartet.

Nov 28, Un Deux Trois. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.824.2030.

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Nov 28, Raggedy Is with Hizi and Decent Criminal. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Nov 27, the Sticky Notes.

Nov 28, Now & Zen. 3688

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8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.792.9847.

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Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.2062.

1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Gypsy Cafe Nov 27, 5:30pm, Karen Joy Brown with Dave Silva.

162 N Main St, Sebastopol.

707.861.3825.

Hey Misstir Bar & Grill Nov 25, Carl and Paul Green. 52 Mission Cir, Ste 111, Santa Rosa.

707.978.2395.

HopMonk Sebastopol Nov 25, Brainstorm night with Kym. Nov 27, the Galactic Band.

Nov 28, Diego’s Umbrella with El Radio Fantastique. Nov 30, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Nov 27, Chris Laterzo. Nov 28, Ten Foot Tone. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg Nov 28, Bennett Friedman with Randy Vincent and Cliff Hugo.

25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Nov 29, 3pm, Laurie Lewis and friends. Wed, open mic night.

146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Nov 25, Dgiin. Nov 27, Black Friday party with DJ Gabriel Francisco. Nov 29, Improv Band Jam. Tues, Sessions hiphop and reggae night. 6957

Nov 25, Jason Bodlovich.

Nov 27, Danny Morris & the California Stars. Nov 28, Misner & Smith. Nov 29, Moonlight Rodeo. Dec 2, the Royal Deuces. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro Nov 27, Susan Sutton Jazz Trio.

Nov 28, Blyth Klein StreetWise.

Nov 29, the Honeydippers.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen Nov 27, the River City Band. Nov 28-29, George Heagerty & Never the Same. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel.

16246 First St, Guerneville.

707.869.3377.

Nov 29, 11am, Elizabeth Boaz.

Dec 1, Rock Overtime student performance. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Rossi’s 1906 Nov 25, Trainwreck Junction.

Nov 28, “Pulp Friction” with Buck Fuddy and DJ Fig. Nov 29, Sweet Potato 5. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Nov 27, Out of the Blue. Nov 28, David Hamilton. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

755 After Dark Nov 27, Mean Girls with Lungs and Limbs and Rags (solo).

755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.2722.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

Sonoma Community Center

Nov 27, Angelica Rockne Duo. 464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Nov 29, kitchen concert with Jennie Nourse. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.4626.

Newman Auditorium

Spancky’s

Dec 2, Santa Rosa Junior College Jazz Combos. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.527.4249.

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

707.664.0169.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum

Stout Brothers

Nov 29, 3pm, Navarro Trio with pianist Marilyn Thompson.

20 Fourth St, Petaluma.

707.778.4398.

Toad in the Hole Pub

Redwood Cafe Nov 27, After-Thanksgiving reggae party. Nov 28, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Nov 28, 8:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo.

Fri, Sat, DJ night. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.

Sun, live music.

116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.544.8623.

The Tradewinds Bar Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210

RELAXED ROCK Angelica Rockne brings her folk vibe (and maybe those fun pants)

to Murphy’s Pub in Sonoma for a gig on Friday, Nov. 27. See Clubs & Venues, above.

Twin Oaks Tavern

Whiskey Tip Nov 27, the Honeydippers. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night.

1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.454.6422.

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera.

415.927.2316.

Fenix Nov 28, James Henry & Hands on Fire. Nov 29, Nzuri Soul Band. Wed, Pro blues jam.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Nov 27, reggae Friday.

Nov 28, DJ Marlo. Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam.

Thurs, California Flight Project. Sun, Mexican Banda.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato

Marin Center Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Nov 27, “Home for the Holidays” with TEN Tenors. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

19 Broadway Club Nov 25, Black Wed with the Hump. Nov 26, Happy Thanksgiving! with Chris Brown and friends. Nov 27, Breakin’ Bread. Nov 28, the Bayonics and Diamond Ortiz.

Mon, open mic. Wed, the Hump.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Nov 25, Tin Whiskers. Nov 27, Michael Aragon Quartet. Nov 28, Fuzzy Slippers. Nov 29,

Nov 25, Noel Jewkes Duo. Nov 27, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. Nov 28, Ken Cook Trio. Nov 29, Joan Getz.

37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Nov 25, River Town Trio.

Dec 1, Swing Fever. Dec 2, Martha Crawford and friends.

4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Nov 27, Talley Up. Nov 28, La Mandanga. Nov 29, Jitterbug Riot. Dec 1, Waldo’s Special. Dec 2, the Weissmen. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Nov 27, the Jerry Hannan Band. Nov 28, Bud E Luv’s “Vegas in Marin” holiday party.

Nov 29, Blithedale Canyon.

1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s Nov 27, Phillip Percy Pack.

Nov 28, Lilan Kane and James Harman. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse Nov 28, Marin Zodiac Party with DJ Richard Habib. Nov 29, Manny Martinez y la Rebeldia. 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 25, Midnight on the Water. Nov 27, Killer Whale.

Nov 28, the Naked Bootleggers.

Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Sun, open mic.

41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge Last Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael.

415.454.5551.

Sweetwater Music Hall Nov 25, Vinyl Black Party.

Nov 28-29, Melvin Seals & JGB. Nov 30, Yellowman and AfroFunk Experience. Dec 2, Cy Curnin. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

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Nov 25, Scott Law and friends.

Nov 26, 3pm, Thanksgiving show with Cold & In the Bay. Nov 27, Colonel & the Mermaids. Nov 28, Alex Nelson and friends. Nov 29, Midnight North. Nov 30, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen and Jason Crosby. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

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New Owner ~ New Vibe

Thurs, live music. 1234 Third St, Napa. 707.226.7506.

228 S. Main St. Sebastopol / 11am to 7pm Daily 707.829.1142 / funkandflash.com

City Winery Napa Nov 27, Al Stewart with Solid Air. Nov 28, Karla Bonoff and Nina Gerber. Nov 29, Allen Stone with Bernhoft. Dec 1, ALO with Brad Parsons. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.

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Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Nov 27, Hard Traveling.

Nov 28, Bern Man. Tues, the Used Blues Band. Sun, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Hydro Grill Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.9777.

Methode Bubble Bar & Restaurant

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707-322-3272

Fri, Sat, David Ruane.

1400 First St, Napa.

707.254.8888.

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Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa. 707.927.3623.

River Terrace Inn Nov 27, Smorgy. Nov 28, Johnny Smith. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s Nov 25, Mike Greensill jazz.

Nov 27, Jackson Stone Band.

Nov 28, Uncorked Allstars.

530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Uncorked at Oxbow Thurs, open mic night. Fri, live music. 605 First St, Napa.

707.927.5864.

Uva Trattoria Nov 25, Trio Solea. Nov 27, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Nov 28, Jackie and friends. Nov 29, Bob Castell Blanch.

1040 Clinton St, Napa.

707.255.6646.

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Nov 25, Jimi Hendrix Birthday open mic with Garrick Davis.

Nov 27, Lovefool. Dec 2, open mic night with Jungle Studs.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

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Nov 25, Dylan Black Band.

Nov 27, 8pm, Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Nov 28, the Bruthas. Nov 29, 1pm, El Dorado Syncopators. Nov 29, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with 62 Blues Band. Dec 2, Old School Country Band. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Barnyard Hammer & Ancient Baby. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

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Arts Events Arts Guild of Sonoma

RECEPTIONS Nov 27 Headlsburg Museum, “A Small World,” celebration of tiny toys and all things miniature includes model trains, trucks and cars, vintage tea sets, dollhouses and more.

4pm. 221 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.3325.

Nov 28 Healdsburg Center for the Arts, “Holiday Gift Gallery,” a winter wonderland of art from over 50 regional artists is on display through the holiday season. 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.431.1970.

Thomas Wood Fine Art, “Thomas Wood Solo Show,” Wood’s new oil landscapes of Marin County express the beauty of nature and experience of time and place. 1pm. town square, Nicasio.

415.662.2006.

Dec 1 O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Art of the Spirit: Epiphany,” eclectic exhibit is juried

by Rosemary Ishii MacConnell. 6pm. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.4331.

Throckmorton Theatre, “Sherry Williamson Solo Show,” the artist and architect’s work includes ceramics, sculpture and mono type prints. 5pm.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

SONOMA COUNTY 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.

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.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Gregory Roberts StudioC2 Through Dec 5, “GOBLET,” Wyatt Amend exhibits a series of ritualized ceramic drinking vessels base on goblets, chalices and Champagne flutes. 620 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Thurs-Wed, 11 to 5.

415.533.0009.

Through Dec 13, “Celebrating 65 Years of Peanuts,” see how your favorite characters developed and changed in this installation celebrating 65 years of Peanuts comics.

2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

Hammerfriar Gallery

Chroma Gallery

History Museum of Sonoma County

Through Dec 27, “Four Seasons: Sonoma County Landscapes,” paintings by Brooks Anderson, Thomas Creed and Donna DeLaBriandais capture nature’s beauty in their own unique styles. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

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.

Finley Community Center Through Jan 28, “The Dynamic Duo,” Judith A Eisen’s lifetime of watercolors and oils are on display. Through Dec 10, “Light’s Canvas,” photographic landscapes in color and blackand-white by Richard Fung shows in the Person Wing at the Center. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am.

707.543.3737.

Gallery One Through Dec 30, “Deck the Walls with Red,” juried multimedia group show revolves around the color red.

209 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.778.8277.

Through Jan 14, “Paintings by Laura Hoffman & Mike Tinney,” the two Sonoma County artists illustrate dreamlike worlds of the human subconscious. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg.

Tues-Fri, 10 to 6. Sat, 10 to 5.

707.473.9600.

Through Jan 10, “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation,” exhibition moves past pop-culture stereotypes of Indian Americans to explore the diverse contributions of Indian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Through Feb 7, “Journey to Fountaingrove,” exhibit chronicles the life of Japanese national Nagasawa Kanaye, who took over the Fountaingrove estate and made renowned wines in Sonoma County. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Through Jan 4, “A Photographic Journey Through the Laguna de Santa Rosa,” the Laguna’s myriad natural wonders, captured in colorful photos, are on display. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.

Occidental Center for the Arts Through Jan 4, “Energy Materialized,” featuring two nationally and internationally known sculptors, Bruce Johnson and Riis Burwell. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

Graton Gallery

Orpheus Wines Tasting Room

Through Dec 13, “Double Vision,” paintings and more

by Bruce K Hopkins and Susan Shore, with guest artists. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4.

707.829.8912.

Through Dec 20, “clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose,” Marin artist Jamie Weinstein creates visual commentary on the everyday world. 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood.

707.282.9231.

GOOD BOOK ‘Wine Bible’ author Karen MacNeil reads from the updated version of her extensive guide at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville on Tuesday, Dec. 1. See Readings, p33.

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

707.528.9463.

Petaluma Historical Library & 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.

Prince Gallery Through Dec 6, “Hidebound,” a solo show from emerging artist Tyler Steele instills real-world dimensions within fantasy-like paintings. 122 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.889.0371.

Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club Through Dec 4, “Mario Uribe Solo Show,” known locally as an arts activist and highly influenced by Asian brushwork and philosophy, Uribe’s Zen art displays through autumn. 333 Country Club Dr, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3485.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Studio 428

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.

Through Dec 5, “Dart Project,” a multimedia group show of art projects made about a particular local site, chosen by throwing a dart at a map of Sonoma County. 428 Moore Ln, Healdsburg. by appointment 707.433.6842.

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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.

Through Nov 30, “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. 35 Patten St, Sonoma.

Thurs-Mon, 11am to 5pm.

707.934.8145.

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.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Through Dec 6, “An Accomplishment in Creativity,” world-famous Egyptian tapestries made by imaginative youth are on display. Through Dec 6, “Jane Baldwin: Kara Women Speak,” Sonoma Valley photographer gives voice to the women of the Omo River Valley of Southwestern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya.

551 Broadway, Sonoma. WedSun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA.

Sculpturesite Gallery

Steele Lane Community Center

Through Dec 5, “Twenty-Five Year Anniversary,” the gallery celebrates a quarter century with a collection of fine sculpture works from more than 30 artists. 14301 Arnold Dr, Ste 8, Glen Ellen. Daily, 10 to 5. 707.933.1300.

Through Jan 14, “Documenting Sonoma County,” photographer Sara Silver explores Sonoma County and the surrounding area in all its glory. Reception, Nov 25 at 4pm. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282.

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, Ste 14, Santa Rosa.

University Art Gallery Through Dec 13, “Linear Equations,” artists Mari Andrews, Marc Katano and Sabine Reckewell offer up works revolving around the line as an artistic element. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. Tues-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4.

707.664.2295.

MARIN COUNTY Gallery Route One Through Dec 6, “The Museum of Curious Thought,” a retrospective exhibit of contemporary artist Betty Woolfolk is matched with video installation by Minoosh Zomorodinia and abstract work

from Johanna Baruch. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. WedMon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Through Nov 30, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature Abstracted,â&#x20AC;? 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, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pressing Matters,â&#x20AC;? sisxth annual printmakers group show highlights local print artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s etchings, woodcuts, linocuts, lithographs, screen prints and monotypes. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Dec 6, â&#x20AC;&#x153;James Shay: Grove Studies,â&#x20AC;? the Lucas Valley artist depicts the dramatic rolling hills of west Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landscape. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Nov 30, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight Communion,â&#x20AC;? 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, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nourish,â&#x20AC;? 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.

707.944.0500.

Sharpsteen Museum Through Nov 29, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growing Up in San Francisco,â&#x20AC;? remnants, heirlooms, artifacts and pieces of San Francisco history are collected. 1311 Washington St, Calistoga. Daily, 11 to 4.

707.942.5911.

Comedy Crushers of Comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give Thanks for Standup Comedyâ&#x20AC;? show features worldclass comics Kevin Camia, Yayne Abeba and Priya Prasad and benefits the Napa Valley Museum. Nov 28, 7:30pm. $25. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

Master magician presents a hilarious holiday show of illusions and comedy. Nov 27, 8pm. $23-$38. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Dance 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 Artisan Marketplace Monthly marketplace where local homegrown artisans show off their wares and crafts. Last Sat of every month, 10am. Warehouse Healdsburg, 1464B Grove St, Healdsburg.

707.431.1022.

Botanical Holiday Pop-Up A selection of unique botanical gifts and holiday decor crafted with funky tillandsias, succulents, mosses, cacti and more. Wed, Nov 25, 10am and Sat, Nov 28, 10am. The Spinster Sisters Restaurant, 401 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.7100.

Festival of Lights Yountville turns into a winter wonderland with a food and wine festival that includes carriage rides, live entertainment and thousands of lights. Nov 27, 2pm. Free.

Yountville Community Center, 6516 Washington St, Yountville.

Holiday Crafterino Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart hosts the best crafters selling holiday gifts. Nov 28.

Petaluma Veterans Memorial Hall, 1094 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma.

Holiday Open House at the Barlow Special discounts and shop events come together and cap with a tree-lighting and party.

Nov 28, 11am. Free. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley Ave, Sebastopol.

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Smartly curated shop featuring hand made goods from local artisans and designer/shop owner Danielle Rodrigues opens with food, drinks and discounts to celebrate. Nov 28. littlefour Handmade Goods & Studio, 120 Morris St, Ste 100, Sebastopol. 707.861.9886.

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Media Mixer & Holiday Party Holiday food and drinks, a comedy show and â&#x20AC;&#x153;MarInsanityâ&#x20AC;? video produced by the Center. RSVP required, marinartists@hotmail.com. Dec 2, 7pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael. 415.721.0636.

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Napaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 53rd Annual Christmas Parade Family-friendly outing includes a parade of holiday-inspired floats created by locals for holly, jolly fun. Nov 28, 5pm.

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Downtown merchants light up their stores for this annual holiday tradition, with refreshments and entertainment. Nov 27, 4pm.

Free. Downtown Plaza, Downtown Healdsburg, Healdsburg.

Welcome Santa and Mrs Claus to Petaluma with live music and family fun. Nov 28, 11am.

Free. River Plaza, E Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.9348.

A tradition for over 25 years, the boutique offers a delectable assortment of wonderful homemade jams, baked goods and unique holiday items including wrapping paper, handmade holiday cards, wreaths and more. Nov 27-28. Free. St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church, 14 Lagunitas Rd, Ross.

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Nov 27-Dec 9. Opera House Collective, 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.774.6576.

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Vintage Film Series individual movie admission $9

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West Side Stories Petaluma GrandSlam Former comic turned storyteller Dave Pokorny hosts over a dozen local storytellers in competition. Dec 2, 7pm. $13-$18. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

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Free. Windrush Farm, 2263 Chileno Valley Rd, Petaluma.

707.775.3390.

Winter Lights Downtown Santa Rosa’s annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony includes Taste of Santa Rosa beer and winetasting, family activities, live entertainment and more. Nov 27, 5pm. Free. Old Courthouse Square, Mendocino Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets, Santa Rosa.

707.545.1414.

Field Trips Farallon Islands Sail Sail aboard the coastal schooner Freda B for an all-day adventure and see amazing marine mammals and other wildlife up close. Nov 28, 7am. $195. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, 100 Bay St, Sausalito.

415.331.0444.

Thanksgiving Sunset Sail Stunning sunset views from around the bay will delight in this holiday sail. Nov 27, 3pm. $69. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, 100 Bay St, Sausalito.

415.331.0444.

Turkey Waddle Extend the spirit of the holiday by gathering family and friends and enjoying a refreshing and inspiring post-Thanksgiving day hike. Nov 27, 9:30am. $10.

Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen.

707.938.5216.

Whale Watching Set sail from Sausalito and watch migrating whales swim through the Bay. Nov 28, 6:30am. $195. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, 100 Bay St, Sausalito.

415.533.0444.

Film Bond Vesper Martini Night To celebrate the release of “Spectre,” the 24th Bond film, several mixologists create a great martini menu to go with

a screening. Nov 28, 8:30pm. $25. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.3946.

various wineries, throughout Sonoma Valley, Kenwood, heartofsonomavalley.com.

The Empty Chair

How to Make a Holiday Cheese Plate

Documentary on the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII is presented by Tiburon Film Society. Dec 1, 6pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Mind Reels Weekly series presents notable documentary films as well as guest speakers and performers bringing the film’s ideas to life. Tues-noon. $25-$30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

Sensory Sensitive Film Program Family film screenings intended for children with sensory impairments turn the lights up, the sound down and allows those who need to move around and express themselves. Last Sat of every month, 10am. through Dec 26.

Airport Cinemas, 409 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa.

Food & Drink Compassionate Living Vegan Thanksgiving Potluck Nov 26, 2pm. Monroe Dance Hall, 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.529.5450.

The Culinary Dude’s Thanksgiving Break Kids Cooking Camp Caterer and educator Scott Davis keeps the kids busy with cooking classes that range from cakes and cookies to vegetables, taking place during the holiday break. Through Nov 25, 10am. St. Hilary School, 765 Hilary Dr, Tiburon, theculinarydude.com.

Eight Days of Oil Gourmet olive oil tasting for Hanukkah includes latkes and raffle. Dec 1, 4pm. Free.

Williams Sonoma Store, 605 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.684.6692.

Heart of Sonoma Valley Holiday Open House Over 20 wineries invite you to enjoy tastings, meet winemakers, stock up on your favorite wines for the holidays, pick up holiday gifts and relish in wine country holiday cheer. Nov 27-28, 11am. $45.

Author and educator Kirstin Jackson presents a tastecentered talk and shows how to prepare and serve the perfect cheese plate. Nov 29, 3pm. $60. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Point Reyes Community Thanksgiving Dinner Annual family-friendly feast for all. Nov 26, 1:30pm. Free; donations accepted. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Sonoma’s Thanksgiving Dinner Annual feast is prepared by a volunteer group and open to the public. Nov 26, 3pm. by donation. Sonoma Veterans Memorial Hall, 126 First St W, Sonoma. 707.938.4105.

Thanksgiving at John Ash & Co Three-course dinner is created by executive chef Tom Schmidt. Nov 26, 1pm. $65.

John Ash & Co, Vintners Inn, 4350 Barnes Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.7687.

Thanksgiving Day Celebration Enjoy a four-course holiday prix fixe dinner. Nov 26, 12pm. $54. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.927.3331.

Thanksgiving Dinner at Bardessono’s Chef Victor Scargle creates traditional holiday dishes that incorporate a flavorful twist made with sustainable, locally sourced ingredients. Nov 26. $40-$90. Lucy Restaurant & Bar, 6528 Yount St, Yountville.

707.204.6030.

Thanksgiving Dinner at Rancho Nicasio Traditional three-course menu and turkey for the kids. Nov 26. $20-$40. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Thanksgiving Feast at Spoonbar Four-course dinner balances tradition with innovation. Nov 26, 3:30pm. $68. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.7222.

Thanksgiving on the Wine Train Traditional gourmet feast in a nontraditional setting. Nov 26. $134 and up. Napa Valley Wine

Train, 1275 McKinstry St, Napa, winetrain.com.

Photos with Santa Claus Town Center Corte Madera will find itself once again on Santa Claus’s annual route from the North Pole during this holiday season to help spread holiday joy for families and children of all ages. Nov 27-Dec 24. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.924.2961.

Lectures America at War & Peace Oral history performance consists of monologues and skits based on SSU student interviews with American military veterans. Nov 30, 7pm. Free. Green Music Center Schroeder Hall, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Camera Basics Workshop

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater Dec 1, 7pm, “The Wine Bible” with Karen MacNeil, renowned author reads from the updated and revised bible. $35. 100 California Dr, Yountville 707.944.9900.

Readers’ Books Nov 28, 10:30am, Reader’s Books Birthday Party, Celebrate 24 years of Readers’ Books with cake, live music, discounts and more. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Russian River Brewing Co Dec 2, 4pm, “The Comic Book Story of Beer” with Mike Smith and Jonathan Hennessey, happy hour sale and signing.

Free. 725 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.2337.

SHED Nov 28, 1pm, “The New Christmas Tree” with Carrie Brown, ticket includes a signed copy of the book. $30. 25 North St, Healdsburg 707.431.7433.

Get comfortable with the core features of your camera. Learn how to take your camera off automatic mode and make the most of manual adjustments including aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Dec 2, 11:30am. $80. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley.

415.388.3569.

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Presented by genealogist and president of the Sonoma County Genealogy Society Jeffery Vaillant. Dec 2, 6pm.

Free. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael. 415.485.3323.

Readings

Nov 27, 7pm and Nov 28, 2pm, “A Christmas Memory” candelit reading, Truman Capote’s humorous holiday memoir comes to life with professional actors $20. 14 Lagunitas Rd, Ross.

A Christmas Carol New stage version of the famous Dickens story of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to life for the whole family this holiday season. Through Dec 20. $15-$37. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.523.4185.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery Nov 29, 2pm, Poetry reading with JP Weingarten and Brian Kirven. 18856 Hwy 1, Marshall 415.663.1006.

Book Passage Nov 28, Small Business Saturday with authors from Path to Publishing Program.

Nov 29, 7pm, “The Lake House” with Kate Morton. Nov 30, 7pm, “Finding Yourself in the Kitchen” with Dana Velden. Dec 1, 7pm, “Local Color: Seeing Place Through Watercolor” with

The family-friendly musical about everyone’s favorite flying car is presented by Cinnabar’s Young Rep. Through Dec 6. $10$15. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.763.8920.

Dead Accounts The College of Marin Drama Department presents the roller coaster comedy about greed, morality and family values.

Through Dec 6. $10-$20.

College of Marin Kentfield Campus, 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.485.9385.

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Ross Valley Players perform this funny farce about two famous theater divas embroiled in competitive productions and the Russian anarchist who threatens to blow it all up.

Through Dec 20. $14-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555.

Little Women: The Musical Thomas Chapman directs award-winning actress Rebekah Pearson of Santa Rosa in the Broadway musical based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott. Nov 27-Dec 20. $12-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.

Mary Poppins The magical musical based on the classic story and Disney film. Through Dec 6. Burbank Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Richard III Shakespeare’s masterpiece about politics and power stars Aidan O’Reilly as the villain we all love to hate. Through Nov 27. $12-$35. Marin Shakespeare Company, 890 Bella Avenue, San Rafael. 415.499.4485.

Seminar Left Edge Theatre performs this biting Broadway comedy about four aspiring writers engaged in a tense writing seminar.

Through Nov 28. $30. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

A Very Electric Christmas From Livewire Theater, the creators of last year’s DiNO Light, this magical tale of adventure, friendship and love is an opportunity to bring families together and start a new holiday tradition. Dec 1, 6:30pm. $5-$21. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

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Astrology

BY ROB BREZSNY

For the week of November 25

ARIES (March 21–April 19) “We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange,” wrote novelist Carson McCullers. “As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” I’m guessing that these days you’re feeling that kind of homesickness, Aries. The people and places that usually comfort you don’t have their customary power. The experiences you typically seek out to strengthen your stability just aren’t having that effect. The proper response, in my opinion, is to go in quest of exotic and experimental stimuli. In ways you may not yet be able to imagine, they can provide the grounding you need. They will steady your nerves and bolster your courage.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) The Pekingese is a breed of dog that has been around for over 2,000 years.

In ancient China, it was beloved by Buddhist monks and emperors’ families. Here’s the legend of its origin: A tiny marmoset and huge lion fell in love with each other, but the contrast in their sizes made union impossible. Then the gods intervened, using magic to make them the same size. Out of the creatures’ consummated passion, the first Pekingese was born. I think this myth can serve as inspiration for you, Taurus. Amazingly, you may soon find a way to blend and even synergize two elements that are ostensibly quite different. Who knows? You may even get some divine help.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Author Virginia Woolf wrote this message to a dear ally: “I sincerely hope I’ll never fathom you. You’re mystical, serene, intriguing; you enclose such charm within you. The luster of your presence bewitches me . . . the whole thing is splendid and voluptuous and absurd.” I hope you will have good reason to whisper sweet things like that in the coming weeks, Gemini. You’re in the Season of Togetherness, which is a favorable time to seek and cultivate interesting kinds of intimacy. If there is no one to whom you can sincerely deliver a memo like Woolf’s, search for such a person.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Some people are so attached to wearing a favorite ring on one of their fingers that they never take it off. They love the beauty and endearment it evokes. In rare cases, years go by and their ring finger grows thicker. Blood flow is constricted. Discomfort sets in. And they can’t remove their precious jewelry with the lubrication provided by a little olive oil or soap and water. They need the assistance of a jeweler who uses a small saw and a protective sheath to cut away the ring. I suspect this may be an apt metaphor for a certain situation in your life, Cancerian. Is it? Do you wonder if you should free yourself from a pretty or sentimental constriction that you have outgrown? If so, get help.

LEO (July 23–August 22) “Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted,” wrote Leo author Aldous Huxley. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the coming weeks you are less likely to take things for granted than you have been in a long time. Happily, it’s not because your familiar pleasures and sources of stability are in jeopardy. Rather, it’s because you have become more deeply connected to the core of your life energy. You have a vivid appreciation of what sustains you. Your assignment: Be alert for the eternal as it wells up out of the mundane.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) In their quest to collect nectar, honeybees are attuned to the importance of proper timing. Even if flowering plants are abundant, the quality and quantity of the nectar that’s available vary with the weather, season and hour of the day. For example, dandelions may offer their peak blessings at 9am, cornflowers in late morning and clover in mid-afternoon. I urge you to be equally sensitive to the sources where you can obtain nourishment, Virgo. Arrange your schedule so you consistently seek to gather what you need at the right time and place.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Are you willing to dedicate yourself fully to a game whose rules are constantly mutating? Are you resourceful enough to keep playing at a high level, even if some of the other

players don’t have as much integrity and commitment as you? Do you have confidence in your ability to detect and adjust to ever-shifting alliances? Will the game still engage your interest if you discover that the rewards are different from what you thought they were? If you can answer yes to these questions, by all means jump all the way into the complicated fun!

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

I suspect your body has been unusually healthy and vigorous lately. Is that true? If so, figure out why. Have you been taking better care of yourself? Have there been lucky accidents or serendipitous innovations on which you’ve been capitalizing? Make these new trends a permanent part of your routine. Now I’ll make a similar observation about your psychological well-being.

It also seems to have been extra strong recently.

Why? Has your attitude improved in such a way as to generate more positive emotions? Have there been fluky breakthroughs that unleashed unexpected surges of hope and good cheer? Make these new trends a permanent part of your routine.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) From the dawn of civilization until 1995, humans catalogued about 900 comets in our solar system. But since then, we have expanded that tally by over 3,000.

Most of the recent discoveries have been made not by professional astronomers, but by laypersons, including two 13-year-olds. They have used the internet to access images from the SOHO satellite placed in orbit

by NASA and the European Space Agency. After analyzing the astrological omens, I expect you Sagittarians to enjoy a similar run of amateur success.

So trust your rookie instincts. Feed your innocent curiosity. Ride your raw enthusiasm.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Whether or not you are actually a student enrolled in school, I suspect you will soon be given a final exam.

It may not happen in a classroom or require you to write responses to questions. The exam will more likely be administered by life in the course of your daily challenges. The material you’ll be tested on will mostly include the lessons you have been studying since your last birthday. But there will also be at least one section that deals with a subject you’ve been wrestling with since early in your life—and maybe even a riddle from before you were born. Since you have free will, Capricorn, you can refuse to take the exam. But I hope you won’t. The more enthusiastic you are about accepting its challenge, the more likely it is that you’ll do well.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) For $70,000 per night, you can rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for your big party. The price includes the right to rename the streets while you’re there. You can also create a temporary currency with a likeness of you on the bills, have a giant rendition of your favorite image carved into the snow on a mountainside and preside over a festive Medieval-style parade. Given your current astrological omens, I suggest you consider the possibility. If that’s too extravagant, I hope you will at least gather your legion of best friends for the Blowout Bash of the Decade. It’s time, in my opinion, to explore the mysteries of vivid and vigorous conviviality.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Are you available to benefit from a thunderbolt healing? Would you consider wading into a maelstrom if you knew it was a breakthrough in disguise? Do you have enough faith to harvest an epiphany that begins as an uproar?

Weirdly lucky phenomena like these are on tap if you have the courage to ask for overdue transformations.

Your blind spots and sore places are being targeted by life’s fierce tenderness. All you have to do is say, “Yes, I’m ready.”

Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888 or 1.900.950.7700.

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