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been active in trying to make nursing homes and assisted-living communities responsive to residents and their families.

I enjoyed Tom Gogola’s recent interview with State Senate candidate Mariko Yamada (“Equal Time,” Feb. 24). I’ve known Mariko for over 15 years, and I know she would be a fantastic state senator. While my primary home is in Davis, where Mariko was my county supervisor and then assembly member, my wife and I spend a lot of time in Sonoma County.

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I worked with Mariko trying to bring public power to Yolo County and know she has

The Republican majority in Congress is always on the right but almost

We’ll have many choices in the June primary, and Mariko has my trust and vote for the 3rd State Senate District.

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always wrong. Ironically, in its vindictive obstructionism orchestrated to strike down the Obama administration, the Republicans have created their own Frankenstein monster in the form of Donald J. Trump. The Republican Congress has sipped its own hemlock, expecting the executive branch to die but not to issue executive orders.

If this presidential run has shown anything, it has demonstrated that the people are fed up with the partisan rancor and gridlock. Even now, the Party of No does not get the message, as

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evidenced by the hard stance taken by Mitch McConnell and the Republican candidates on Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Scalia.

George Washington issued a warning against bitter partisanship. When party trumps (pun intended) country, we lose both party and country. The victims are the citizens of this nation. At last, the voters in the primary appear to be saying, “I am mad as hell, and I am not going to take this anymore.”

DR. GENE COLOMBINI Santa Rosa

Downcycle This morning, I loaded the back of our car with recycling to take in to refund and to shop. I got to Safeway in Guerneville and found the recycle center was completely gone—lock, stock and barrel. Say what? When I got home, I went online to find another collection center, hopefully close by. What I found shocked me. Did you know that all of the neighborhood recycling centers next to stores and markets across Northern California that accepted California redemption value (CRV) items have closed as of Jan. 1? The company running the business claims it is not making enough money.

There are still half a dozen centers located along the 101 corridor that pay CRV refunds, and there are multiple sites for simple dumping that do not pay CRV refunds. All of the payout centers are located 20 to 50 miles from here, in the West County. What is the time, effort and gasoline cost to get there?

Does this encourage conservation? Of course you can still dump your CRVs in the recycling can next to your house, but you paid the CRV. Do you smell something fishy here?

DALE JACOBS Guerneville

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One Soul Learning to love our Muslim neighbors

BY LARRY CARLIN I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others —Thomas Jefferson

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e live in difficult times. Bigotry and discrimination have become part of our everyday language. Civil discourse would seem practically impossible. People are looking for someone they can blame for just about anything.

In recent months, we have all seen an upsurge in public hostility toward the Muslim community in America. Presidential candidates have gone as far as calling for the deportation of Muslim citizens from this free country, and too many Americans have cheered at those words.

As a Jew, I know that we have centuries of awareness of what it is like to be a vulnerable minority, whose safety and freedom have often been at risk, and often been violated.

For five years, Congregation Shomrei Torah’s Social Action Committee was part of a Muslim-Jewish dialogue group. We learned that people, regardless of ethnicity, national origin or religion, basically want the same things out of life: a loving family, a chance to raise their children in a decent neighborhood, a good job, a home and to live in peace.

Muslims and Jews have a very long history of friendship, creative collaboration and mutual respect. In our pain over the political situation in Israel and Palestine, we sometimes forget this fact. Now is the time for us to remember.

It has been disturbing and frightening to read how the Muslim community is being scapegoated. On Sunday, March 13, from 3pm to 5pm, at Congregation Ner Shalom in Cotati, the Interfaith Council of Sonoma County will provide the citizens of Sonoma County—those of all faiths, or no faith at all—an opportunity to gather in friendship and support of our Muslim neighbors. There will be education, music and food offered. People will have an opportunity to lend their distinctive voice to the harmony to what it is to be “Of One Soul.” We hope you can join us.

Larry Carlin serves on Congregation Shomrei Torah’s Social Action Committee, and is a member of the Interfaith Council of Sonoma County.

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DEBR IEFER The Sprawl There’s a big meeting this week in Santa Rosa to kickstart a review of the county’s urban-growth boundaries, a set of eight no-growth zones designed, among other things, to ensure that Santa Rosa and its surrounding towns don’t become one gigantic, sprawling, overpopulated mess.

These slivers and stretches of land are part of an urban greenbelt system in place since 1989 in Sonoma County. The national Greenbelt Alliance has helped spearhead a push to protect and expand on the community separator greenbelts, even as developers and builders have howled about a housing crunch in the county.

At the meeting, community planners will present details on the public process for renewing and adding to community separators. They say they want to hear from the public about other county lands that ought to wind up in a community separator and off-limits to development.

CLICK AND TOKE With the growing legalization trend, the merging of medical cannabis, technology and

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or years, David Hua encountered problems when he ordered medical marijuana deliveries. Online menus were often outdated.

Ordering over the phone took forever. Sending requests by email risked compromising private data.

And delivery dudes were notoriously unreliable.

“Sometimes it took an hour, sometimes longer, sometimes

shorter, but you never really know,” he says. “The larger windows made it difficult to schedule your day. But since you’re ordering medicine, you’d wait just like you’d wait for the Comcast guy.”

Hua, who has used cannabis for the past five years to relieve chronic neck and shoulder pain, knew there must be a way to improve service, especially in the Bay Area, where one can order everything from takeout to manicures on demand.

So in 2014 Hua launched Meadow, a one-hour delivery service for

more than 30 Bay Area pot clubs.

Customers order by smartphones and get estimated delivery times with real-time tracking updates.

Online menus update inventory.

Patient information is stored on servers compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Meadow also offers video chats with doctors who can prescribe cannabis, and software to assist collectives.

Known as the “Uber for medical marijuana,” Meadow became the first pot-related )8 startup to land funding

The upcoming meeting reminded Debriefer of that great old Sonic Youth song from Daydream Nation, titled “The Sprawl,” and sung by Kim Gordon (who was raised in California): “Steel and rusty now I guess / Outback was the river / And that big sign down the road / That’s where it all started.”

Indeed. That big sign down the road is signaling the arrival later this year of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, which has prompted discussion about the eventual location of a second Petaluma SMART train station near the edge of the PetalumaRohnert Park community separator.

There’s another big sign down the road, and it says: San Francisco is too darned expensive, and Petaluma is looking awful nice to Johnny Tech-Wiz and his )8 The Bohemian started as The Paper in 1978.

(who admits to curing no one)

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

Let me start by explaining the photo in this letter, I’m the guy in the middle, Dr. Taatjes.

You know when I meet people in town and they usually say, “Oh yeah, I know you, you’re Dr. Taatjes. You’ve been in Petaluma for years…” Well, that’s me.

Twenty-seven years ago something happened to me that changed my life forever. Let me tell you my story.

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

I began to have terrible back and stomach problems. For a young guy, I felt pretty rotten. My back hurt so badly that I had a hard time even concentrating in class. I was miserable. The medical doctors tried different drugs, but they only made me feel like I was in a “cloud.” I was just not getting better.

A friend of mine convinced me to give a chiropractor a try. The chiropractor did an my spine. The adjustment didn’t hurt, it actually felt good. I got relief, and I soon was off all medication. It worked so well that I decided, then and there, to become a chiropractor myself.

Now for my kids, Hayden and Henry.

They have been under chiropractic care their entire lives. And, unlike most other kids in their class, they never get the “common” childhood illnesses like ear infections, asthma and allergies. In fact, they have never taken a drug in their lives. And they are now 19 and 21!

It’s strange how life is, because now people come to see me with their back problems and stomach problems. They come to me with their headaches, migraines, chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder/arm pain, whiplash from car accidents, asthma, allergies, numbness in limbs, athletic injuries, just to name a few.

If drugs make people well, then those who take the most should be the healthiest, but that simply isn’t the case. With chiropractic

Dr. Taajes with his sons we don’t add anything to the body or take anything from it. We find interference in the nervous system and remove it thus enhancing the healing capacities of the body. We get tremendous results…it really is as simple as that.

Here’s what some of my patients had to say:

“I have had a problem with migraines as well as low back pain. Even after seeing doctors and other health professionals, the pains remained. After coming to Dr. Joel, they have helped tremendously. They even take away my migraines. They’re great!”

(Judy E.) “I came in pending laser surgery for two herniated discs. Over a few months here the need for surgery subsided, and the pain has subsided to a mild discomfort with occasional morning stiffness. Over all, I feel better visit after visit. It’s a gradual process.” (Jaime O.) Several times a day patients thank me for helping them with their health problems. But I can’t really take the credit.

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Meadow has joined a burgeoning medical marijuana industry, which has been dubbed the “green rush” but might as well be the modern-day gold rush, given its growth and profitability.

“Just as the gold rush once needed tools such as pick axes, shovels and jeans, now the tools are online ordering, compliance, streamlining their operations and making sure best practices are followed,” Hua says.

Legal cannabis sales topped $5 billion in 2015, according to industry research firm ArcView Group, and the cannabis sector is expected to reach $6.7 billion this year. By 2020, the legal cannabis market could reach nearly $22 billion in sales.

“In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs and investors are always looking for the next thing that technology can disrupt, the next marketplace where there’s an incredible growth curve that they can participate in,” ArcView CEO Troy Dayton says. “In that way, the cannabis industry is seen by many as the next great American industry.”

But unlike other industries, Dayton notes, cannabis will be driven less by technological innovation or customer taste than by changes in public policy. In 1996, California became the first state in the country to legalize medical marijuana.

Since then, 24 states, as well as Washington, D.C., have decriminalized the drug to varying extents. California has yet to legalize general adult use—a ballot initiative is in the works after a 2010 effort fell 7 percent short.

Meanwhile, 21-and-over adult use is now legal in Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia.

The nation’s shift toward legalization—58 percent of Americans now support it, according to Gallup—has opened the doors to a growing cannabis industry in California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed off on a slew of new regulations surrounding medical marijuana last fall, giving businesses and buyers more

clarity on how to operate above board.

“Because of this shift,” Dayton says, “the best minds of our generation are just finally starting to put their attention on this space.”

Hua agrees. “If we had tried to do this five years ago, I don’t think the market would have been there, because people’s risk appetite and exposure weren’t there.”

Cannabis-related startups now include a variety of consumer devices, delivery services, social media, software products and agricultural innovations. Loto Labs, based in Redwood City, developed Evoke, an inductionpowered vaporizer that allows users to customize heat and dosage settings on a built-in control panel or smartphone app.

“You’re able to see how much you’re puffing, just like your Fitbit tells you how many steps you’ve climbed,” says Loto Labs president Neeraj Bhardwaj. “If you have cancer and you’re trying to dose correctly, or if you’re trying to quit smoking, you can track your progress.”

San Francisco–based HelloMD offers telehealth services that connect patients to cannabisfriendly doctors. “Going to a regular healthcare provider for cannabis is problematic for most people,” says company founder Mark Hadfield. “Your traditional doctor is going to say, ‘I don’t feel comfortable, I haven’t seen enough studies, or I don’t know how to provide a recommendation.’”

HelloMD also allows patients to order medical marijuana and have it delivered. “This experience means that patients who have never participated in cannabis are more willing to,” Hadfield says.

“We’re seeing the demographic shifting from young people, who are recreationally oriented, to an older demographic with more women, who are using cannabis for health and wellness. These people are coming into the market for the first time because of the ease and convenience of the service and lack of stigma. The technology means that they can now participate.”

Even PayPal co-founder Peter

Thiel has put his stamp on cannabis startups.

But not everyone is seeing green. David Welch, founding partner of DR Welch Attorneys at Law, which specializes in the business aspects of the medical marijuana industry, expresses skepticism toward the so-called modern-day gold rush. “There’s a lot of fool’s gold out there,” he says. “You’ll become a millionaire a lot faster on Wall Street than buying and selling marijuana.”

Silicon Valley has started to flex its power beyond investments, though; it’s also throwing weight behind policy reforms. In January, Sean Parker, of Napster and Facebook fame, announced that he was donating $250,000 to support a legalization initiative.

The Adult Use of Marijuana Act is slated to appear on California ballots this fall.

While the proposal has received support from groups such as the Drug Policy Alliance, the Marijuana Policy Project of California and the NAACP, groups such as the California Growers Association and ReformCA.org feel extensive regulations will hurt small growers.

“It’s disappointing to see Sean Parker attempting to restrict it to where, logistically, only people who have a great deal of money and influence can participate in the industry going forward,” says Mickey Martin, director of ReformCA.org. “It creates a lot of red tape and additional cost that keep the price of cannabis high and make it difficult for the normal mom-and-pop business to operate under that regime.”

Welch agrees, adding that the transformation of the marijuana industry has created tensions between new businesses and longtime players. “You see a lot of fear on behalf of the old guard, that they’re going to lose their livelihood to people who have less experience but a lot more money,” he says.

But ArcView’s Dayton argues this isn’t the case. “The best teams,” he says, “are always a mixture of longtime cannabis talent with longtime business talent.”

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goat-farm retirement fantasies.

The reality of population growth and a severe housing crunch has put the community separators in the spotlight. They are up for renewal (or removal) at the end of the year.

The March 2 meeting is the first chance for public input into a process that the Greenbelt Alliance hopes will protect and enhance the separators, developers be darned.

“I wanted to know the exact dimension of hell,” shrieks Gordon on “The Sprawl.” If that’s your angle, go to the meeting to speak up about the hellish prospect of a Rohnert ParkSebastopol-Petaluma-Santa Rosa-Windsor megalopolis. It’s on March 2 from 4pm to 6pm at 2550 Ventura Ave. in Santa Rosa.

Cop Watch Policing has been in the spotlight locally and nationally over the past year—exemplified locally by the 2013 shooting death of Andy Lopez—and to that end, the city of Santa Rosa in late February hired an independent police auditor. The city council website posted the news on Feb. 22 that they’d hired veteran police auditor and attorney Bob Aaronson, “drawing on the recommendation of the Santa Rosa City Council and Sonoma County’s Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force as a blueprint for a model of oversight that best serves the needs of the city.”

Aaronson has a big to-do list, according to the city website.

Among other responsibilities, he’ll conduct audits and evaluations of personnel; assist with complaints about the police department; work with the city and police to recommend changes to systems, procedures or policies; and accept and forward citizens’ complaints to the department for investigation.

—Tom Gogola

The true test of a burgerand-shake experience is, how do you feel in the morning?

MODERATION, WITH CHEESE You can have it all—just not all the time.

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How I learned to stop worrying and love the belly-bomb at Sequoia Burger BY TOM GOGOLA

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had a doctor friend years ago who hyped me to the secret portent of the expression “Everything in moderation.”

Most people, he would say, focus on the moderation part, as a warning about the dangers of excessive consumption—but almost nobody tunes into the positive, permissive message that’s also embedded in the maxim: If you can swing the

moderation part of the deal, then you can have everything.

I mentioned this to my doctor recently, and he thought it would make a great bumper sticker.

Our discussion centered on a glass of wine now and again, but the notion extends to everything and includes such things as the occasional bag of nasty corporate potato chips. Well, maybe not everything, since you don’t hear much talk about moderate heroin users. Just a taste for me, thanks. I don’t think so.

But when it comes to the simple pleasures of a roadside hamburger shack, exemplified by Sequoia Burgers on the outskirts of Sebastopol, it’s totally apt, and Sequoia gives you ample opportunity to explore your inner moderate.

I’m not saying you should vote for Hillary Clinton—only that a moderate hike in rich people’s taxes will deliver everything that Bernie Sanders promises, with fries. Sequoia is to Bernie Sanders what the French Laundry is to Hillary. Both have their place; the

The Sequoia burger ($6.99) gives an opportunity to roll with the moderation—or to be a disgusting pig at the trough of your own disordered devise.

Diners at the step-up-and-order window have a choice: single, double or triple hamburger patty.

The single appears to be a bit scant and could get lost amid a veritable pasture of shredded lettuce planted on the big, ensconcing bun. The triple, that’s totally immoderate and might be linked to the word “bypass” if you have too many of them. And so the double patty it is. The double’s perfect portion of beef syncs nicely with the slathery fixings— the mayo, mustard, ketchup, pickles, onions and tomatoes.

Here’s a thought: Sit outside with your plastic platter on a warm evening and watch the traffic zoom by on Highway 116.

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difference is whether you’re going to spend a few bucks or a few hundred bucks for dinner.

This old burger shack has been here for decades, and is what you’d expect of it, nothing more, nothing less. It is scrappy perfection: a menu heavy on the hamburger, the fries, the onion rings and top-notch milkshakes concocted from real ice cream.

For décor, a couple of tables out front under an umbrella, a bunch of semi-outdoor seating options in the back. A bench on which to wait for your order. Flames on the grill and a superhero mascot dressed in red and white with a hamburger head. It’s awesome.

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adjoining picnic table, stoned off their butts and contemplating a corn dog with a wide-eyed wonder usually reserved for the northern lights. Very entertaining. Look, there goes a Korbel Champagne pickup truck on 116, hinting at the totes luxury that lies beyond and around this most simple of burger joints, with all its prosaic pleasures.

Order a small portion of the onion rings ($3.99) and leave a few on your plate. Them things will kill you. Consider taking a pass on the Ranch dressing offered with rings; I found it to be weirdly tangy—I think it’s supposed to be garlicky.

As for the fries ($4.25), I’ve seen the pictures and I’ve read the Yelp reviews. At Sequoia Burger, to order the large fries is to order the invasion of Iran: an impossible and foolhardy task fraught with peril—of overextension, of the immoderate temptation to bellybomb yourself into oblivion in defense of Western gluttony.

There are also garlic fries.

The true test of a burger-andshake experience is, how do you feel in the morning? Or, 20 minutes after you get back in the car and hit the road? Do you hate yourself? At Sequoia, while the threat of a burger-and-shake belly-bomb is always at hand, if you order wisely, order moderately, you’ll have no regrets. I felt clean and energized after wolfing back the burger and a chocolate milkshake ($4.75), no greasyspoon hangover, no slobbering meat coma halfway out of Petaluma.

For those of a truly moderate, if not vegetarian persuasion, there’s a quartet of lighter-fare menu options that include a turkey burger ($6.50), a fishwich ($6.50), a garden burger ($6.50) and a bunless deal presented as the lowcarb burger ($6.99). Or try the Sequoia chicken sandwich ($7.50) and say hello to some avocado and bacon as you say goodbye to all that talk about moderation and commune with your inner fatso.

Sequoia Burger, 1382 Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol. 707.829.7543

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Poggio Italian. $$-$$$.

Truly transportive food, gives authentic flavor of the Old World. The cheaper way to travel Europe 777 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.7771.

Portelli Rossi Italian. $$.

S O N OMA CO U N TY Applewood Inn

California. $$$$. A casual eatery positioned among the redwoods, specializing in local ingredients with expert preparation. Various cuts of meat and fresh fish, accompanied by seasonal vegetables. 13555 Gravenstein Hwy, Guerneville. 707.869.9093.

Casino Bar & Grill

California. $. Chef Mark Malicki is a true Sonoma County star, serving up an always-changing menu of locally sourced, inspired creations at this decades-old rustic roadhouse.

Unpretentious, creative, and affordable, Casino is a whispered. 17000 Bodega Hwy, Bodega. 707.876.3185.

Formosa Bistro Asian.

Hikuni Japnese. $$$. Terrific teppanyaki plus a full sushi bar, tonkatsu, udon and bento.

4100 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.539.9188.

LoCoco’s Cucina Rustica Italian. $$$.

Authentic rustic-style Italian with a touch of Northern California, and a favorite with those in the know. Get the cannoli! 117 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.2227.

Tides Wharf Seafood. $$. This famous backdrop for Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ offers an ocean-view for every seat in the house.

Fresh seafood straight from the bay. Try the clam chowder.

835 Coast Hwy 1, Bodega Bay. 707.875.3652.

Trio Eclectic. $$. Home

cooking using sustainable, seasonal local ingredients. Live music nightly. 16225 Main St, Guerneville. 707.604.7461.

MARIN CO U N T Y Jennie Low’s Chinese.

$$. Light, healthy, and tasty Cantonese, Mandarin, Hunan, and Szechuan home-style cooking. Great selection, including vegetarian fare, seafood, and noodles.

Vintage Oaks Shopping Center, Rowland Ave, Novato.

415.892.8838.

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

authentic Mexican menu with American standbys 382 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.8164.

Paradise Bay American. $$. For tasty standards and vegetarian items. Also get a delicious curry here. 1200 Bridgeway Ave, Sausalito.

415.331.3226.

Tasty and affordable fare in a cozy setting. 868 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.892.6100.

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.

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.

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Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 415.451.4765.

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Sushiholic Japanese.

$$-$$$. A nice addition to the local lineup, with a lengthy and well-crafted repertoire including uncommon dishes like nabeyaki udon, zaru soba, yosenabe and sea bass teriyaki Rowland Plaza, 112-C Vintage Way, Novato. 415.898.8500.

Tavola Italian Kitchen

Italian. $$. Cozy-casual dining within a stucco-clad strip mall.

Thin crust pizzas, homemade pasta and sausage, meat and fish entrees, and crisp greens.

An authentic gem within the Hamilton Marketplace.

5800 Nave Drive, Novato.

415.883.6686.

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The William Tell House American. $$. Marin

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Yet Wah Chinese. $$.

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

1238 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.460.9883.

California. $$$. Mediterraneaninflected, Bay Area farm-totable cooking. Don’t be afraid

The Farm In The City!

$$. The embodiment of Fairfax casual, with delicious, high-quality food that lacks pretension. 107 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax. 415.258.4520.

Pizzeria Picco Pizza. $-$$.

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Sorella Caffe Italian.

American. $$. Distinctive gourmet eatery featuring locally sourced fish, dairy meats and fresh seasonal produce. Expert service. 205 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.4300.

The wood-fired oven keeps things cozy, and the organic ingredients and produce make it all tasty. 320 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.945.8900.

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Sol Food Puerto Rican. $.

County’s oldest saloon.

Casual and jovial atmosphere.

Steaks, pasta, chicken and fish all served with soup or salad. 26955 Hwy 1, Tomales.

707.878.2403.

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$$. Chinese, Japanese and sushi done tastily and affordably, with no MSG and an accompanying solid vegetarian menu. 799 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 707.823.6688.

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Urbane spot serves signature crudo (think globally inspired sashimi) as well as delicious hot and cold items like grilled sardines and superb smoked fish. 16222 Main St, Guernville.

707.604.7250.

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Ca’ Momi Enoteca Pizza. $$. Great Pizzas and pastas are the stock in trade for this Oxbow standout, but the secret weapon are its bignès. Traditional regional Italian with organic ingredients and a welcoming, casual atmosphere. 610 First St, Napa. 707.257.4992.

JoLe California. $$$. Casual familial vibes with adventurous interpretations of already loved dishes. Crab cocktail, pork shoulder, and a burger with truffle-flavored cheese.

Maximize your experience by trying the tasting menu.

1457 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga.

707.942.5938.

La Condesa Mexcian.

$$$. Part of a small explosion in upmarket Mexican dining in the region, this attractive location in the old Keller Bros.

Meats building on Main Street serves a creative yet accessible menu of regional delights and modern dishes. The zanahoria, the bife lento, the panza de puerco–it’s all very good.

1320 Main St., St. Helena .

707.967.8111.

La Toque Restaurant

707.824.0836

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

1314 McKinstry St, Napa.

707.257.5157.

Mini Mango Thai.

$$. Casual Thai, but with unexpected gems. The Thai iced tea–out of this world. The pad Thai–incredibly authentic and balanced. A must-try for all Thai lovers. 1408 West Clay St, Napa. 707.226.8884.

Morimoto Japanese.

$$$$. Upscale meets casual with a wide range of Asianinspired dishes from Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. Cold and hot appetizers, great seafood options, and newcomer dishes such as Tuna Pizza. 610 Main St, Napa. 707.252.1600.

Mustard’s Grill American. $$$. “Deluxe truck stop classics” include Dungeness

It’s still two weeks away, but the popular Flavor!

Napa Valley festival is so packed with wine and food events, it’s going to take some time to schedule everything you’ll want to taste and try.

Taking place March 16–20, this annual celebration of the farm-to-table fare and wine that only Napa Valley can deliver ranges from celebrity chef demonstrations to wine workshops and tours, all benefiting the Culinary Institute of America’s Greystone campus in St. Helena. Still, with dozens of restaurants participating and 40 separate events, where’s a foodie to start?

Well, your first taste happens March 16 with a downtown StrEats Market at the new Culinary Institute location in the former Copia building in downtown Napa. Flavormasters like Ca’Momi and Eiko’s showcase unique dishes, while wineries pour their pairings and live music from Royal Jelly Jive sets the groovy mood.

On Thursday, March 17, you can toast the 40th anniversary of the legendary 1976 Judgment of Paris that introduced California wines to the world with an all-star celebration at Silverado Resort.

Local rising-star chefs have their night on March 18 with the “Young Guns Pop-Up Dinner” at Inglenook Winery in Rutherford, and March 19 offers the Grand Tasting at the Culinary Institute at Greystone, featuring an adventurous showcase of Napa Valley’s most celebrated and innovative tastemakers.

For more info, visit flavornapavalley.com.

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crab cakes with chipotle aioli, grilled Laotian quail and a bacon-wrapped rabbit roulade.

7399 St. Helena Hwy, Napa.

707.944.2424.

Napa Valley Biscuits

American. $$. A very casual diner serving up biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, and chicken and waffle sliders. And they aren’t kidding when they say “sweet tea.” 1502 Main St., Napa. 707.265.8209.

Norman Rose Tavern American. $$. More than

just suds ‘n’ grub, this oldfashioned hangout with dark wood and rustic touches does pulled-pork nachos, wild boar burgers, osso bucco and crabpotato tots right. 1401 First St, Napa. 707.258.1516.

Oenotri Italian. $$$. A casual eatery with the three P’s of Italian: pizza, pasta, and panini. Delicate pizza and pasta dishes, and they butcher their own meat. These guys do simplicity well. 1425 First St, Napa. 707.252.1022.

Wineries

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SONOMA COUNTY Annadel Estate Winery Long before there

was an Annadel State Park, there was an Annadel Winery.

After 120 years, it’s open for business again. The winery ruins host weddings, while intimate tastings are on the porch of the 1886 ranch house. 6687 Sonoma Hwy., Santa Rosa. History tour and tasting by appointment. $25.

707.537.8007.

Cartograph Wines From a kayak in Minocqua Lake to the streets of Healdsburg, Alan Baker followed his muse. On-point Pinot Noir, Gewürztraminer with gravitas.

340 Center St., Healdsburg.

Open noon–6:30pm daily.

707.433.8270.

Inspiration Vineyards

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

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

707.237.4980.

Kenwood Vineyards

Icon of 1970s wine boom remains more or less the same, a tidy but rambling barn with a modest L-shaped bar serving up ever-popular Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel and exclusive Jack London Vineyard wines.

Prices also frozen in time: pick up a solid, Sonoma County wine without being left wearing nothing but a barrel.

9592 Sonoma Hwy., Kenwood.

10am–4:30pm daily; tasting fee, $5. 707.833.5891.

Longboard Vineyards If serious surfers are said to anticipate an approaching wave with focused contemplation, then it only follows that they’d pursue winemaking with corresponding studiousness.

That’s the case at Longboard.

5 Fitch St., Healdsburg. Open Thursday–Saturday, 11am–

7pm; Sunday, 11am–5pm.

707.433.3473.

Medlock Ames Tasting Room Low-key

urban aesthetic meets selfconscious sustainable land stewardship, with home-grown food pairings–plus a dark and stylish, full bar in the back. Make this your last stop of the day. 6487 Hwy. 128, Healdsburg. Daily 10am–5pm. $12.50 fee. Alexander Valley Bar opens at 5pm.

707.431.8845.

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 deck, garden and vineyard.

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

Quivira Winery Certified

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

River Road Vineyards

Russian River Pinot for $21 at no-nonsense, solid producer; sparkling, too. 5220 Ross Road, Sebastopol. By appointment only, Monday–Friday. 707.887.8130.

Russian River Vineyards Small winery

that may be the area’s most iconic: built in the style of Fort Ross and historic hop kilns in 1969. Try Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Chester’s Zinfandel in the remodeled tasting room; the on-premise restaurant—a wine country

rarity—offers patio seating in the redwoods, and a new menu. 5700 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Forestville. 11am to 5pm daily. $10 fee. 707.887.3344.

Thomas George Estates Pinot pioneer Davis

Bynum hung up the hose clamp and sold his estate, but the good wine still flows in remodeled tasting room featuring a long bar and vineyard videos. Russian River Chard, Pinot and Zin; sweet berry flavors and long-lasting finishes. Wine caves. 8075 Westside Road, Healdsburg. 11am–5pm, daily.

Tasting fee, $15. 707.431.8031.

NAPA COUNTY Beaulieu Vineyard

History in a glassful of dust– Rutherford dust. Somethingfor-everyone smorgasbord of solid varietal wines, plus library selections of flagship Georges de Latour Cab back to 1970. 1960 St. Helena Hwy., Rutherford. Daily, 10am–5pm.

Tastings $15–$20; Reserve Room, $35. 707.967.5233.

Hess Collection Winery An intellectual

outpost of art and wine housed in the century-old Christian Brother’s winery. Cab is the signature varietal. 4411 Redwood Road, Napa. Open daily, 10am–4pm. 707.255.1144.

Monticello Vineyards

Thomas Jefferson had no success growing wine grapes; happily, the Corley family has made a go of it. Although winetasting is not conducted in the handsome reproduction building itself, there’s a shaded picnic area adjacent. 4242 Big Ranch Rd., Napa. Open daily, 10am–4:30pm. $15.

707.253.2802, ext. 18.

Schramsberg (WC) Sparkling wine at its best. The “tasting room” is a branch of the cave illuminated with standing candelabras.

1400 Schramsberg Road, Calistoga. By appointment.

707.942.4558.

By the Glass Restaurants improve single-serving options, five ounces at a time BY JAMES KNIGHT

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he worst horrors of restaurant wine by the glass may be largely behind us—at least in Sonoma and Napa wine country—but here and there you can still order up bathwater-warm wine that smells like salad dressing, poured from a bottle that’s been stashed next to the refrigerator into a stubby little glass filled to the brim.

You can’t swirl it, but you may well want to spit.

Even where wine by the glass is not an insult, it may seem like an afterthought. Typically, a wine list fills a page to two, if not a tome, while by-the-glass options number a slim half-dozen. I don’t pretend to understand restaurant economics, but I do wonder why the most expensive items on the menu, and the least likely to be purchased (if also least perishable) on any given day, are offered in such variety when patrons could be much more easily tempted to order a glass or two on impulse.

Restaurants are improving their by-the-glass lists in two ways: wine keg systems, which take the risk of ordering oxidized wine from poorly stored, half-empty bottles off the table; and expanded menus that encourage customers to explore a range of wines, instead of punishing them for not shelling out for a bottle.

The wines flow freely at Spinster Sisters, thanks to Free Flow Wines. The Napa-based kegmeisters fill and distribute kegs of wine to restaurants so they can dispense a fresh glass every time. Spinster Sisters currently offers 10 wines on tap as part of its eclectic list of wines by the glass, with more offerings by the bottle that include Greek Moschofilero as well as locally produced Chardonnay.

At Bird & the Bottle, owners Terri and Mark Stark are sticking with the bottle but have relieved diners of the feeling that they’re missing out if they order by the glass: all sparkling wines are offered both by the pour and by the bottle. There’s a tariff for the single pour, of course; the 2012 Ramey Claret, for example, is yours to share for $33 by the bottle, or yours alone for $8 by the glass, $1.40 extra given a five-ounce pour.

While many restaurants get smarter and more adventurous with their wine list, offering wines for about twice the retail bottle cost, watch out for old-school zingers like this: big spenders at the Olive Garden chain pay $7.50 for a glass of Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling—a wine with a street value of $9 per bottle.

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Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

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RAVE WORTHY Dry

Creek Kitchen’s ravioli goes well beyond the token vegetarian pasta.

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Beet Surrender

In a world where meat rules , North Bay chefs showcase local vegetables at the center of the plate

By STETT HOLBROOK and TOM GOGOLA

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while it’s true that vegetarians are a minority—about 3 percent of the U.S. population—you need not be a vegetarian to appreciate wellprepared vegetables.

The truth is, it’s harder to cook creatively with vegetables and serve them at the center of the plate. Anyone can grill up a steak or burger, but it takes real skill and technique to elevate the veggie to the starring role.

Then there are those restaurants that serve highly processed, textured vegetable protein and tofu dishes that masquerade as meat—mock chicken, sawdustflavored veggie burgers, insipid tofu dogs and other desperate attempts to make meatless dishes taste like meat. In many cases, these meatless products are just as processed and factory-farmed as the meat they seek to replace.

Vegetables should be enjoyed on their own terms rather than as sad analogues to meat.

Given that just about every restaurant these days touts its seasonal, farm-to-table cuisine, one would think there would be more places that highlight vegetables as something other than a side dish or salad. And

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hen it comes to dining out, it can suck to be a vegetarian. While most restaurants offer a few token meatless dishes, they tend to hold the creativity as well as the meat. You know the stuff—pasta primavera, cheese pizza, salad.

n France, chef Alain Passard has built his reputation on his vegetable-based cooking. His restaurant, L’Arpège, is a destination that appeals to food lovers of all types, not just vegetarians.

Closer to home, chef Perry Hoffman at Healdsburg’s Shed does a great job of putting vegetables in the spotlight, and Santa Rosa’s new Seed to Leaf creates some delicious plantbased menu items with vegetables, seeds and nuts. But still, vegetables and the people who love them don’t get the respect they deserve.

“The worst is the ‘chef’s vegetarian plate of the day,’” laughs Carneros Bistro executive chef Andrew Wilson. The

restaurant is located in the Lodge at Sonoma Renaissance Resort & Spa. Pity the poor vegetarian who is forced to eat a plate of lettuce with carrot sticks, potato salad and maybe some cheese. Fortunately, there are chefs like Wilson who relish the challenge of featuring vegetables in a starring role.

Wilson admits Carneros Bistro is not a vegetarian restaurant by any means, but he says he strives to offer non–meat eaters solid choices. He recently had a truffled quinoa dish on the menu that featured wood-roasted baby beets and carrots, confit shallots, foraged mushrooms and twin sauces.

Wilson says he works to put interesting vegetarian dishes on the menu, but they require a concerted effort.

“It can be very challenging,” he says. He looks for dishes that can serve as “meat replacements” and hold their own as an entrée.

“There’s a lot of thought that goes into it.”

Vegetarians are a minority, but they aren’t shy about letting the kitchen know what they think, he says. “Here in Northern California, they are very vocal minority.”

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SPECIALITY OF THE HOUSE Spoonbar co-chef Casey Van Voorhis elevates the humble cabbage in one of her signature dishes.

azel restaurant in Occidental has an advantage that many restaurants do not: a wood-fired oven. Chef and co-owner Jim Wimborough makes some great pizzas that go well beyond pesto and cheese. Last summer, they served a great pie with corn, cherry tomatoes, jalapeños and Pugs Leap chèvre.

Wimborough says making the most of what local farms have to offer is the best way to showcase vegetables. “It’s simple when you start with good ingredients,” he says. “You want to fill people up and make them feel like they’ve had a meal without having to feed them a piece of chicken or meat.”

On the menu now is a late winter dish featuring red quinoa, butternut squash, maitake mushrooms, arugula and a dollop of crème fraîche. He’s looking forward to the

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wave of spring produce that will soon start to arrive. “That’s more exciting to me than a rib-eye,” he says.

Look for a bucatini with spring pea pesto during Sonoma County Restaurant Week, March 7–13. ill Govan has worked in the restaurant industry since 1978, at places ranging from the Madrona Manor in Healdsburg to the Sonoma Mission Inn. He’s currently the director of food and beverage at the Duck Club in Bodega Bay. One of his most popular items on the menu is a meatless dish that appeals to carnivores as well.

“One of our signature dishes,” Govan says, “is the whole milk ricotta gnocchi” from Bellwether Farms. “People gravitate to the gnocchi because it’s fabulous, and not just because they are

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RAW INGREDIENTS

These are some of the vegetables that show up on the back door at the Dry Creek Kitchen.

vegetarians, though some of them of course are. You try to just blow them away no matter who they are.”

Vegetarians can be hard to pigeonhole. Govan says it depends on how you determine what people mean when they say they’re vegetarian. A piscatarian, someone who eats fish, is not a vegetarian.

“We get vegetarians all the time who eat chicken. We don’t care about any of that. Give us some constraints, and let us delight you,” Govan says.

But he doesn’t hesitate when asked which meat dish he’d keep if the menu was flipped to a vegetarian-dominated array of entrées with only one meat option: he’d keep the duck, of course.

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asey Van Voorhis, the new co-chef at Spoonbar in Healdsburg, is effusive

about a current dish that’s finished off tableside. And no, it’s not steak tartare, but stuffed cabbage.

For the dish, savoy cabbage leaves are lightly blanched with purple cabbage, leeks, pickled mustard seeds, black trumpet mushrooms, marjoram, parsley and red runner beans from Rancho Gordo. The meaty beans add density to the dish, says Van Voorhis.

“We take the cabbage ball and wrap it tight, lightly roast it in the oven to dry if off and make it look really pretty,” says Van Voorhis. “The cool part is that it comes out tableside, and we make a vegetarian demi-glace with fennel, onions, some cabbage trim, carrots and turnips—nothing too overbearing on its own. It has a demi-glace consistency, but it’s 100 percent vegetarian. People will say, ‘That’s hoisin!’ No, it’s not.”

The demi-glace goes over the red cabbage and adds a bright visual that looks great when presented tableside. “Being where we are, and being spoiled with so many veggies,” says Van Voorhis, “we have lots of vegetarian and some vegan options without having to do special accommodations.” ver at the Dry Creek Kitchen, all the talk these days is of the Healdsburg restaurant’s annual upcoming Pigs & Pinot event March 18–19, says Christa Weaving, director of public relations and marketing with the Charlie Palmer Group. But vegetarians aren’t an afterthought at Dry Creek Kitchen—far from it.

“I get the idea that there is always the token vegetarian dish on the menu,” says Weaving, “but

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Sonoma County and wine country in general are very different than that.”

The restaurant offers a variety of vegetarian dishes, including a roasted beet Napoleon, a shiitake mushroom velouté and risotto with Parmesan, Weaving says.

How could they not?

“Not everyone can say that the farm truck pulls right up to the back door of their restaurant everyday with fresh picked produce,” says Dry Creek Kitchen chef Warren Bullock. “I’m pretty lucky and sometimes it’s easy to forget that a large part of this country doesn’t have the daily access to fresh produce and veggies that we do.” Adds Weaving, “We’re also very friendly toward pork and other meats, but anyone can walk in and have a plentiful and abundant meal.”

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CULTURE The week’s events: a selective guide

CROSSROADS Celtic performer Eileen Ivers performs at the Irish-American Crossroads Festival in San Rafael on Friday, March 4. See Concerts, p23.

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The hard-hitting ladies behind the popular Sonoma County Roller Derby are back for a 2016 season of fierce and fun competition. This week, the two homegrown teams that represent the North Bay are facing each other in a head-to-head battle for bragging rights.

Don’t miss the Wine Country Home Wreckers and the North Bay Bruisers taking each other on in a family-friendly event of fast-paced action. The derby gets rolling on Saturday, March 5, at Sonoma County Fairgrounds’ Grace Pavilion, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. 5:30pm. $5–$20.

707.328.2182.

The Irish-born Black Brothers Band has been hailed as one of Ireland’s best musical clans. These days, founding brothers Shay and Michael Black call the Bay Area home, though the harmonic siblings still play the Celtic classics you’d hear walking down a Dublin street or in a Scottish concert hall.

Joining the guitar and banjo-plucking brothers for two performance this weekend are pianist Eamonn Flynn, fiddler Bobbi Nikles and Irish dancer Ciara Duggan. The Black Brothers spring into action on Saturday, March 5, at 8pm at the Occidental Center for the Arts (3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental; $22; 707.874.9392) and then at 2pm on Sunday, March 6, at Studio 55 Marin (1455 E. Francisco Blvd., San Rafael; $17–$20; 415.453.3161).

Jennings and Nelson are two of the most famous names in country music. You know the fathers, Waylon and Willie, but you should also know the sons, Shooter Jennings and Lukas Nelson, who have carved out prolific musical careers of their own. They appear together this weekend.

Shooter recently expanded his musical palette, experimenting with psychedelic rock, and this year he offered up a tribute album to Italian producer and electronica pioneer Giorgio Moroder. Lukas still leads his popular band, Promise of the Real, and has a forthcoming album, Something Real. Check them out Sunday, March 6, at Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa.

8pm. $20–$40. 707.259.0123.

Have you heard of Serial? If not, you’re in the minority—the true-crime podcast produced by This American Life journalist Sarah Koenig and producer Julie Snyder has hit over 5 million downloads. Serial’s first season investigation into a disputed 1999 Baltimore murder inspired lawmakers to reopen the case; the second season looks into an international military mystery.

Koenig and Snyder are taking to the road and speaking about Serial’s success in a live presentation called ‘Binge-Worthy Journalism’ on Tuesday, March 8, at the Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park.

7:30pm. $35 and up. 866.955.6040.

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PREMIUM BLEND Mat Kearney has moved from musical hitmaker to Napa winemaker. He will perform at this year’s CabFest.

Red, Red Wine Third annual CabFest Napa Valley swirls into Yountville BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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apa Valley and Cabernet Sauvignon go together like Seattle and coffee, like Kentucky and bourbon.

With that in mind, the team behind the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater in Yountville is hosting its third annual CabFest Napa Valley to celebrate the rich flavor of Cabernet Sauvignon and the community that creates it. Live

music, educational seminars, chef demonstrations and more than a hundred wines and winemakers from Napa Valley will be on hand for the three-day event, kicking off Friday, March 4, with a concert

by Nashville songwriter Mat Kearney.

For the past decade, Kearney has been a constant fixture on Billboard Pop charts with critically acclaimed albums and gold-selling singles, like 2009’s “Closer to Love” and 2011’s “Ships in the Night,” heard on the radio

and in television shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Parenthood.

In 2012, Kearney stepped into winemaking when he partnered with Napa-based JW Thomas Wine Group to create his own label, Verse & Chorus, available online and at Whole Foods.

Known for his magnetic personality and lively stage show, Kearney is the perfect fit to set the scene for CabFest. VIP and Platinum tickets will get you into the show and then into the exclusive Cigars & Guitars

afterparty, where San Francisco band EagleWolfSnake, a popular act from last year’s BottleRock music festival, will perform an acoustic set while premium cigars and wines mix together late into the night.

Saturday starts with winemaker Tom Klassen, known for his work producing Bordeaux-style wines at Conn Creek Winery in St. Helena, leading a hands-on wine symposium where you’ll learn all about the distinct regions and practices within Napa Valley winemaking before trying your hand at blending several varietals.

Throughout the weekend, winetastings and food pairings will open you up to some of the stunning Cabs offered by awardwinning wineries like Robert Mondavi and Antica Napa Valley.

There are also boutique tastings with micro-wineries pouring limited-release wines.

Saturday’s main event is an afternoon with author and aficionado Karen MacNeil, who literally wrote the book on wine, The Wine Bible.

Sunday opens with another VIP symposium, this time led by master sommelier Sur Lucero and Mariano Navarro, who runs the vineyards at La Jota and Mt. Brave wineries. This session focuses on the difference between a Cabernet produced with mountain-grown fruit, versus grapes grown on the valley floor.

Also on Sunday, Sequoia Grove Winery demystifies the rules behind wine and food pairing with a demonstration that illustrates which ingredients produce the maximum impact.

CabFest pours out the fun Friday, March 4, through Sunday, March 6, at the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Drive, Yountville. cabfestnapavalley.com.

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ve Ensler and William Shakespeare might not seem to have a lot in common as playwrights, but according to Leslie McCauley, chair of the theater department at Santa Rosa Junior College, the author of The Vagina Monologues and the creator of numerous cross-dressing Elizabethans are just two sides this year of a gender mirror that forces us all to question what we believe about the lives of men and women, boys and girls.

“It’s so perfect, the way it’s worked out with our spring season,” McCauley says.

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seven young women will perform Emotional Creature, Ensler’s powerful exploration of the lives of teenage girls around the world. The play, which resembles the structure of The Vagina Monologues, with the addition of singing, dancing and poetry, is based on actual interviews Ensler conducted with young women. Their stories, some funny and some devastating, run the spectrum from American girls struggling with bullying and “mean girl” clique warfare, to girls from Africa and Bulgaria caught up in actual warfare, kidnapping and sexual slavery.

The cast—Rachael Anderson, Shawna Jackson, Gloria Lo, Abby Volz, Skylaer Palacios, Brooke Maytorena and Siobhan O’Reilly—are called upon to play at least two different women apiece, adopting the accents and mannerisms of their characters.

Under the direction of Wendy Wisely, the production—which is not recommended for children under 14—is the first time the show is presented in the North Bay, following its world premiere in Berkeley in 2012.

In April, McCauley herself will direct an all-male cast in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the story of a castaway woman who disguises herself as a boy to remain safe in a strange country, and winds up in the middle of an uproarious love triangle between a rich man and a rich woman.

“In Shakespeare’s day,” McCauley says, “all of the roles were played by men. That was the law. So we’re presenting it as Shakespeare would have.” As 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, it’s a fine time to put a new spin on the playwright, by spinning Twelfth Night back to its roots.

“I think it’s safe to say this is going to be a very interesting and educational season,” McCauley says.

‘Emotional Creature’ runs Wednesday– Sunday, March 4–13. ‘Twelfth Night’ runs Wednesday–Sunday, April 22– May 7. Both shows performed in Burbank Auditorium on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus.

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on of Saul is one of the top 10 films of last year, and one of the finest films ever made about the Holocaust. First-time director László Nemes won the 2015 Grand Prize at Cannes for the film.

Son of Saul is impressive in many ways, but the film’s successful blend of close focus and a leafy, transcendental finish is perhaps its most startling accomplishment. Géza Röhrig plays Saul, a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz—a prisoner forced, on threat of death, to dispose of the dead. During the routine of scrubbing bodily fluids off the floor of the gas chamber, Saul discovers something doubly remarkable: a boy who is not only still alive, but who appears to be his own son.

Though the boy dies, something in this shut-down man comes alive. Using favors and pleading, he claims the body in hopes of burying it with the traditional Jewish prayer, the kaddish, to be performed by a rabbi, though there’s some doubt among Saul’s fellow inmates about the identity of the boy. And there’s also a counterpoint: the war is already lost, and the Nazis are accelerating the process of killing, intensifying the violence and fury of the camp.

Son of Saul’s model might be the Dardennes brothers’ 2002 film The Son, which followed a subject from a distance of about three feet, as he carries out a mysterious, perhaps lethal errand. The superb Röhrig may have the thousand-yard stare of a traumatized man, but what he sees is in very close focus—we’re in his own personal bubble, and the carnage around him is all out of focus. He’s beyond shock.

He’s slumped, trying not to look or listen—people not minding their own business get shot faster.

Seeing the Holocaust through his experience makes you feel you’ve seen more of the camp than you’d imagined possible. Saul’s seizure of his own humanity through this insistence of a proper burial is a grand act of defiance.

‘Son of Saul’ is playing at Rialto Cinemas (6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol; 707.525.4840) and Summerfield Cinemas (551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa; 707.525.8909).

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t started in a Mill Valley living room in 2009, when Ali Weiss gathered 12 babies and their moms in a circle for her first interactive music class. Six years on, Mini Music has grown into a tricounty experience for the littlest music lovers in the North Bay.

A Bay Area native, Weiss is a lifelong musician and singer. After pursuing the music industry in Los Angeles, she returned to the North Bay in 2005 and earned a teaching credential at Sonoma State University. “As much as I loved rockin’ and rollin’,” Weiss says, “I decided I needed to settle in somewhere.”

Weiss says that happening upon a music class for babies sparked the idea for her. “I knew it was something I could do and wanted to do,” she says. What she didn’t know then was how popular Mini Music would become.

Mini Music offers dozens of classes in Sonoma, Napa, Corte Madera, Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, taught by Weiss, her musician husband, Warren Mann, and a roster of three other instructors. Each 10-week class is open to a dozen infants and children up to five years old, and their parents.

At the start of the sessions, each family receives an original album of music written and performed

by Weiss and Mann, and each song is performed in different ways during the sessions. Kids are inspired to dance, move about, sing, use egg shakers and play instruments, but the class also aims to “inspire the parents to be making music with their children and to be passionate about music in general,” Weiss says.

“What we really strive to do as musicians ourselves is share the joy that music can bring out in people,” Mann adds. “Our thought is that this is music for people, not just kids. We want to create that experience that only musicmaking can create.”

This month, Mini Music is offering a series of free family concerts open to kids and families interested in joining the program.

Mann and all the instructors will be performing onstage with singalongs and dancing.

On Saturday, March 5, Mini Music will be at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa at 4pm.

The show then moves to the Tam Valley Community Center on Sunday March 6, at 10:30am. The following weekend, Mini Music will hold afternoon concerts in Napa on March 12 and Sebastopol on March 13.

Mini Music’s next 10-week session begins April 11, and enrollment is open now. For more information, visit minimusictime.com.

Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Shinedown

Platinum-selling hard rockers from Florida make their Santa Rosa debut. Mar 5, 8:30pm. $45-$50. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

MARIN COUNTY Irish-American Crossroads Festival

Grammy award-winning Celtic violinist Eileen Ivers and her band headline the annual event. Mar 4, 8pm. $25-$60. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800.

The Mother Truckers

High-octane country rock band from Austin, Texas, make their way to the North Bay with Kehoe. Mar 3, 8pm. $20-$22.

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

415.388.1100.

Wed, Open Mic. Mar 3, M Section and Bucc Nyfe. Mar 5, 4pm, Mini Music concert.

99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Atlas Coffee Company Mar 4, Box Office Poison.

300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.526.1085.

Barley & Hops Tavern Mar 4, New Skye. Mar 5, Mark McDonald. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Mar 2, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Mar 4, the Coffis Brothers. Mar 5, doRian Mode.

Mar 6, Miano Jazz Trio. Mar 8, American Alley Cats. Mar 9, Tracy Rose and friends. 128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Brixx Pizzeria

Mar 5, Johnny Tsunami & the Hurricanes. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.766.8162.

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

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

707.938.7110.

Cellars of Sonoma

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Prolific and eclectic songwriters with deep country roots join forces for a night in Napa. Mar 6, 8pm. $20-$40.

Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annex Wine Bar

Wed, Calvin Ross.

865 W Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.7779.

Annie O’s Music Hall

Sun, 5pm, Sunday Dance Party with the Blues Defenders.

Mar 4, Levi Lloyd and friends.

Mar 5, IrieFuse with Synergy.

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Arlene Francis Center

Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic.

Tues, Wavelength. Mar 3, John Pita. Mar 4, Greg Yoder. Mar 5, Craig Corona. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1826.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center

Mar 3, 7pm, Santa Rosa Symphony Young People’s Chamber Orchestra. 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

707.829.2214.

Coffee Catz

Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. Mar 5, 2:30pm, Alice Bradshaw.

Mar 6, 4pm, Blues and R&B jam. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Mar 8, Staggerwing. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

Dry Creek Kitchen

Mar 7, Susan Sutton and Piro Patton Duo. Mar 8, Jim Adams and Tom Shader Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.431.0330.

Ellington Hall

Mar 6, 1pm, the Fog City

Upcoming Concerts at Sebastopol Community Cultural Center

Finley Community Center

Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons.

First Friday of every month, Larry Broderick Trio. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3737.

Flamingo Lounge

Mar 4, the Igniters. Mar 5, UB707. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

French Garden

Mar 4, Tone Bent Duo. Mar 5, the Humdinger Band. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.824.2030.

Old Blind Dogs

First time in Sebastopol, for the former Celtic Festival favorite from Scotland, in 4-1/2 years!

Friday, March 4th at 8:00pm

Tickets: Premium (1st - 8 Rows Center) $25 • General Advance $20; Door $23

Kathy Kallick Band

Friar Tuck’s

Don’t miss this traditional West Coast Bluegrass Band led by Grammy Award Winner Kathy Kallick!

Fri, DJ Night. Wed, Sat, karaoke.

8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.792.9847.

Gaia’s Garden

Mar 2, Judith Lerner’s Hand Pans. Mar 4, Virgil Elliott.

Mar 5, the Keepers. Mar 9, Gaian String Trio. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.544.2491.

Saturday, March 5th at 8:00pm General Admission Advance: $20 • General Admission Door: $25

Also on Friday, March 4th—in the Annex

Teen Open MIC Night!

Graton Resort & Casino

Mar 4, Grupo Tierra Cali.

288 Golf Course Dr W, Rohnert Park. 707.588.7100.

Tickets and Information: seb.org or 707-823-1511

Green Music Center

Mar 5, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Mar 9, 2pm, Vocal Repertory Recital. Mar 9, 7:30pm, Jazz Orchestra with Michael Blake Quartet. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Mar 2, 2pm, Instrumental Repertory Recital. Mar 4, Latin Band & Alberto Faya Quintet. Mar 5, 3pm, Musicians from the Valley of the Moon Music Festival. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Dustin Saylor & The Growing Seeds FRIDAY MARCH 11 with

Mar 4, Dawn Angelosante and Tony Gibson. Mar 5, Aaron Ford. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night.

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Tues, open mic night.

Mar 2, KIMOCK. Mar 3, Jerry Joseph. Mar 4, New Monsoon.

Mar 5, Kingsborough and Midnight North. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

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707.765.2121

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Stompers. 3535 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.545.6150.

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146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s

7, Open Belly Dance. Mar 9, KRSH noon concert with Kaleo.

Mar 9, 8pm, Sound Kitchen.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Tues, Sessions hip-hop and reggae night. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.2062.

Remy’s Bar & Lounge

Lagunitas Tap Room

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Mar 2, Rhythm Drivers. Mar 3, McHugh & Devine. Mar 4, Deluxe. Mar 5, Shake Baby Shake. Mar 6, the Budrows.

Mar 9, the Lower 48. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Lavish Hi-Fi

First Friday of every month, Jay Fresco. 130 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1963.

Mar 5, the Fargo Brothers.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Mar 5, Dream Farmers and Randall. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.

First Thursday of every month, 5:30pm, Music for Enjoyment and Pleasure.

402 Moore Ln, Healdsburg.

707.433.9199.

Sebastopol Community Center

Main Street Bistro

Sonoma Speakeasy

Mar 4, Old Blind Dogs. Mar 5, Kathy Kallick Band. 390 Morris St, Sebastopol. 707.874.3176.

Mar 4, Rob Wright Jazz Combo. Mar 5, Yancie Taylor.

Mar 6, Tia Carrol. Mar 8, Greg Hester. Mar 9, Willie Perez.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Thurs, R&B classics. Fri, Sat, R&B party. Sun, R&B diva night.

Tues, New Orleans R&B night.

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

Mc T’s Bullpen

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

707.664.0169.

Mon, Wed, Fri, DJ Miguel. Mar 5, Levi Lloyd. Mar 6, 3pm, Jimi James. Mar 6, 8pm, George Heagerty & Never the Same.

16246 First St, Guerneville.

707.869.3377.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

Mar 4, Kevin Russell & His So Called Friends. Mar 5, Sean Carscadden Trio. Mar 6, Ten Foot Tone. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre

Mar 3, Rivvrs and Distant Cousins. Mar 4, California Honeydrops with Royal Jelly Jive. Mar 5, House of Floyd. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Mar 5, the Black Brothers Band. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Phoenix Theater

Mar 4, Parcivillian with Mars Retrograde and Ositis. Mar 5, I the Breather and Forevermore.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Raven Theater

Mar 4, Freedom Jazz Choir.

115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

Redwood Cafe

Mar 2, Irish set dancing. Mar 3, Band Showcase. Mar 4, Hot Grubb. Mar 5, Moonlight Rodeo Band. Mar 6, Gypsy Kisses. Mar

Spancky’s Bar

Toad in the Hole Pub Sun, live music. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.

The Tradewinds Bar

Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. Mar 5, the Hot Zone. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Tavern

Mar 5, the Soul Section. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

MARIN COUNTY 142 Throckmorton Theatre

Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series. Mar 6, 5:30pm, Nathan Bickart Trio. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Belrose Theater

Thurs, open mic night.

Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam.

1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.454.6422.

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar

Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera.

415.927.2316.

Fenix

Wed, Pro blues jam. Mar 3, Eric

Wiley Band. Mar 4, Big Mountain. Mar 5, Reed Fromer Band. Mar 6, Marin School of the Arts showcase.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub

Mar 4, Bradford. Mar 5, DJ Jorge. Mar 6, Mexican Banda.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

Ghiringhelli Pizzeria Grill & Bar

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

415.878.4977.

HopMonk Novato

Mar 2, open mic with Disrupted Continuum. Mar 3, the Jungle Studs. Mar 4, Pop Fiction. Mar 5, Stone Cold Mollie with the Happys. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium Mar 5, Willie K. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church

Mar 6, 4pm, the Russian Chamber Orchestra.

410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

19 Broadway Club

Mon, open mic. Wed, Walt the Dog. Mar 3, Dance/ House at Club 19. Mar 4, 5:30pm, Danny Montana and friends. Mar 4, 9pm, First Friday reggae with Broken Silence Sound System. Mar 5, El Metate with Alligator West.

Mar 6, 6pm, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. Mar 6, 9pm, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam.

Mar 8, Jeb Brady’s Band.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Tues, open mic. Mar 4, Michael Aragon Quartet.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Mar 2, Kurt Huget and friends.

Mar 3, Dave Getz. Mar 8, Panama Jazz Trio. Mar 9, Schuster and Bay. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Mar 2, the Weissmen. Mar 3, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Mar 4, the Smokedaddies. Mar 5, San Anselmo Co-Op benefit with Puzzle Room. Mar 6, the Milestone. Mar 8, Waldo’s

IT MIGHT GET LOUD Florida hard rockers Shinedown put on their Sunday best

when they play the Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa on Saturday, March 5. See Concerts, p23.

Special. Mar 9, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rickey’s Mar 4, SwingSet. Mar 5, Charles Wheal Band. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

San Domenico School Mar 6, 3pm, “Hearts, Flowers & Postcards” with Orchestra da Camera. 1500 Butterfield Rd, San Anselmo.

Sausalito Seahorse Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Mar 3, Gini Wilson Trio. Mar 4, the 7th Sons. Mar 5, Marinfidels. Mar 6, 5pm, Orquesta la Moderna Tradicion.

305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Sun, open mic. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Mar 4, Insects vs Robots and Runson Willis III. Mar 5, Barrio Manouche. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge First Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night.

First Friday of every month, Truthlive. 848 B St, San Rafael.

415.454.5551.

St Vincent’s School Mar 4, Lighthouse Gospel Singers Choir and 4th Day Gospel Singers. 1 St Vincent Dr, San Rafael.

Studio 55 Marin

Mar 5, Rita Hosking Trio and Stadler Gibbons Band. Mar 6, 3pm, the Black Brothers Band.

1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael. 415.453.3161.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Mon, Open Mic. Mar 4, Meiko and Marie Digby. Mar 5, Petty Theft. Mar 6, Jerry Joseph.

Mar 7, Crossroads Music School vocalist workshop. Mar 8, HAPA. Mar 9, Crossroads Music School concert. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

Tam Valley Community Center

Mar 6, 10:30am, Mini Music concert. 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley.

Terrapin Crossroads

Mar 2, Communion with Phil Lesh. Mar 5, the California Honeydrops with Steep Ravine.

Sold-out. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

NAPA COUNTY Billco’s Billiards

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

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Sat, live music. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Mar 3, Ordinary Sons. Mar 4, Charles Wheal Band. Mar 5,

Midnight Harvest. Mar 6, DJ Aurelio. Mar 8, West Coast Blues Society Caravan of All-Stars. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Hydro Grill

First Saturday of every month, Always Elvis. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga.

707.942.9777.

Molinari Caffe

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

Napa Valley Roasting Company Fri, jammin’ and java with Jeffrey McFarland Johnson. 948 Main St, Napa.

707.224.2233.

RaeSet

Fri, 7:30pm, Friday Night Blues with Gretschkat. Sun, 12pm, Aloha Brunch with Jimmy Duhig. 3150 B Jefferson St, Napa. 707.666.9028.

River Terrace Inn Mar 4, Johnny Smith.

Mar 5, Timothy O’Neil.

1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s

Mar 2, Syria T Berry. Mar 3, Katie Garibaldi. Mar 4, DW Edwards & Lighting Up the Soul Band.

Mar 5, Mania (live Beatles experience). 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Uncorked at Oxbow

Thurs, open mic night. Fri, Sat, live music. 605 First St, Napa.

707.927.5864.

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Arts Events Petaluma. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 5.

707.762.5600.

Prince Gallery Mar 4

Christie Marks Fine Art Gallery, “Translations,” exhibition of stunning fine photography by Sonoma County artist Don Van Amerongen features digitally painted photos taken in Myanmar, India and Tibet. 5pm. 312 South A St, Ste 7, Santa Rosa.

707.695.1011.

Falkirk Cultural Center, “Two Views,” married artists Steve Emery and Kathleen Lipinski show their individual and collaborative works. Reception, Mar 4 at 5pm. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.

Mar 5

Calabi Gallery, “3/16th Off,” gallery artists group show includes discounted sale of select works from the vintage collection. 4pm.

456 10th St, Santa Rosa.

707.781.7070.

Graton Gallery, “Small Works Show,” fifth annual group show is juried by Sandra Speidel and Clark Mitchell. Mar 1-Apr 10, “Nine Artists - Nine Perspectives,” featuring works by Sally Baker, Susan R Ball, Marylu Downing, Tim Haworth and others. 2pm. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. 707.829.8912.

Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Chroma Gallery Through Mar 5, “Small Works Show,” ninth annual show features several galleries in the SOFA arts district displaying paintings, sculptures and ceramics no larger than a square foot. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

East West Cafe Through Mar 31, “Fish, Food & More,” eight local artists exhibit art quilts. 128 N Main St, Sebastopol. Mon-Sat, 8am to 9pm; Sun, 8am to 8pm 707.829.2822.

Mar 6

Osher Marin JCC, “Rescue, Relief & Renewal,” exhibit of rare archival photographs from Poland, originally presented at the Galicia Jewish Museum Krakow in 2014. 2pm. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael.

415.444.8000.

Through Mar 6, “Post Virtual,” group show of emerging artists includes works in wire, glass, iPhone, Polaroid film, wood, metal, musical instrument, television sets, 3-D technology and film photography.

Reception, Mar 5 at 6pm. 122 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.889.0371.

Mar 9

Quercia Gallery

Finley Community Center, “Debbie Van Dyke: The Fine Art of Fiber,” tactile works from the collage and fiber artist are thought-provoking and unexpected. 5pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3737.

Petaluma Library, “Spring Art Show,” works by artist members of the Petaluma Arts Association includes watercolors, oils, acrylics, photography, collage, sculpture and more.

5pm. 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma. 707.763.9801.

Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, “Annual Library Art Show,” featuring works by several Sonoma County artists including Tim Chadsey, Linda Schroeter and Judith A Eisen.

6pm. 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park.

707.584.9121.

Gaia’s Garden Through Mar 15, “The Art of Jonnie Chrystal,” Santa Rosa artists displays her wildlife and farm-life works. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Lunch and dinner, MonSat; lunch and brunch, Sun. 707.544.2491.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Mar 6, “Young Artists Show,” sixth annual exhibit features works by students from Sonoma County elementary schools. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

Petaluma Arts Center Through Mar 5, “Art Shapes the World,” fifth annual youth exhibition. 230 Lakeville St,

Through Mar 28, “New Paintings by Inna Talantova,” Soviet Union native now living in the Russian River valley shows her latest plein air paintings. 25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills. Fri-Mon, 11am to 5pm and by appointment 707.865.0243.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Mar 6, “Bicycles & Birds,” winter show highlights the work of Petaluma artist Karen Spratt. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.775.4ART.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Through Mar 20, “Abstract,” juried show with over 60 works joins sculpture exhibit “Biodiversity: A Closer Look,” and mixed-media show from Christie Marks titled “Spellbound: Morocco from Photos to Easel.” 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

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Through Mar 6, “Contemplative Elements,” Sonoma artists Danae Mattes and Frances McCormack split the museum with “Between Nature and Technology” exhibit from New Orleans artists Courtney Egan and David Sullivan. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA.

The Back House Gallery at Heebe Jeebe Through Mar 5, “Glittersweet,” a show dedicated to the late David Bowie features works with glitter. 46 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Mon-Sat: 10 to 6; Sun 10:30 to 5. 707.773.3222.

University Art Gallery Through Mar 13, “Yes! Glue,”

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3/21 Masters of Illusion—

Believe The Impossible

As seen on TV!

3/23 Vince Gill

Mar 7: INNOCENT VOICES Screen Writer OSCAR TORRES will be present for Q&A Tickets: $15 in adv, Call for tickets Mar 15: QUIET Apr 18: HELLO

3/29 Elvis Costello: Detour

707.546.3600

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May 16: THE

DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1956) Jun 13: THE PINK PANTHER (1963) Tickets: $9 at door / Showtime: 7pm

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exhibiting a half-century of collage art by Bruce and Jean Conner. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. Tues-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4.

707.664.2295.

MARIN COUNTY Art Works Downtown

Through Mar 5, “It’s a Beautiful Day for a Watercolor,” special exhibit and art sale features watercolors by Ronald and Suzanne Bean. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Mar 5, “Traces,” San Francisco photographer Elena Sheehan shows her abstract images of rocks and water, shot in Greece and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mar 8-Apr 23, “The Mooring Series,” collection of watercolors by Nelson W Hee is full of meditative detail.

2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

Community Media Center of Marin

Through Mar 31, “Wear & Tear: Living Woman,” artist Sheri Park’s exhibit features poetry, biology, fact, fantasy, dance and drama. 819 A St, San Rafael.

415.721.0636.

Gallery Route One

Through Mar 27, “In Formation,” installation artist Dennis Peterson’s work conveys confusion and humor, showing along with “The Pacific Gyre Series,” with works addressing plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5.

415.663.1347.

Marin Society of Artists

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Through Mar 6, “1515,” celebrating their new location, the society shows works from its talented artist members in a wide range of media. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4 pm 415.464.9561.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Through Mar 24, “New Territories,” artist Patricia K Kelly shows several of her works on paper and large panels, painted with egg tempera. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment.

415.388.4331.

Robert Allen Fine Art

Through Mar 31, “Works on Paper,” group exhibit features prints, drawings and mixed media from Susan Adame, Tracey Adams, Aleah Koury and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5.

415.331.2800.

Sausalito Library

Through Mar 27, “Living on the Anchor,” an exhibit of photographs of Sausalito’s anchor-out community by Bente Marei Stachowske.

420 Litho St, Sausalito.

415.289.4121.

Zener Schon Contemporary Art

Through Mar 19, “Reconstructed Abstractions of the Urban Experience,” charged exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Bay Area expressionists Carly Ivan Garcia and Benito Rangel de Maria. 23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley. 415.738.8505.

NAPA COUNTY Napa Valley Museum

Through Mar 30, “Recognition,” Chris Thorson’s sculpture deceives the eye by mimicking everyday objects, from keys to fruit, that often evade everyday regard. Through Mar 27, “Trashed and Treasured,” features work from Recology’s significant collection of alumni artists. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.944.0500.

Comedy Dana Carvey

The SNL alumni and standup favorite is back in the North Bay with his classic impressions and incisive humor. Mar 4, 8pm. $50-$95.

Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Laugh Sabbath

San Francisco-based standup comedian, actor and writer Kate Willett headlines monthly comedy event. Mar 6, 8pm. $10. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Events Alternative Medicine Demonstration Come see how auricular medicine works before

becoming a patient. Mar 5, 2pm. Free. Transcendental Acupuncture, 820 Fifth St, San Rafael, 415.686.1193.

Astronaut Lullabies

Immersive live concert experience with Jim and Kathy Ocean, exploring inner and outer space, returns by popular demand. Sun, Mar 6, 3pm. $10-$15. SRJC Planetarium, Lark Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4465.

Center Literary Cafe

Meeting of poets, writers and artists with rotating speakers and readings. Second Wed of every month, 7pm. Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

CERT Graduation Ceremony

The Community Emergency Response Team holds a mock emergency and swears in the newest graduating CERT volunteers. Mar 5, 1pm.

Russian River Fire Station, 14100 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville.

Colonial Park Art Show & Sale

It’s a feast for the eyes, as fabulous senior citizens showcase their works and talents. Featuring photography, painting, quilting, woodworking, quilt tablecloths, fabric purses, needlepoint paintings and an art raffle. Mar 6, 10am. Free. Colonial Park, 5645 Old Redwood Hwy, Santa Rosa, 707.280.5449.

Community Meditation Practice

Sitting and walking meditation with free instruction. Followed by tea and snacks. Sun, 9:30am. Free. Santa Rosa Shambhala Meditation Center, 709 Davis St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4907.

Cosmic Q&A Channeling Salon

Marguerite Rigoglioso, PhD, brings her 17 years of work exploring expanded states of consciousness and psychic development to channel her priestess self, Dove. Mar 6, 10am. $20-$30. Sausalito Healing Arts, 85 Liberty Ship Way, Ste 103, Sausalito.

Engage Creative

Performance showcase features local artists of various mediums, with paintings, photography, belly dancing, a poetry jam and more on hand.

Mar 5, 7pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

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FOOD AND FAMILY ‘National Geographic’ writer Sasha Martin reads from her new memoir, ‘Life from Scratch,’ on Tuesday, March 8, at Book Passage in Corte Madera. See Readings, p29.

First Friday Art Walk

Downtown Guerneville event includes artist receptions and food pairings. First Fri of every month. Free. Sonoma Nesting Company, 16151 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.3434.

Guide Dogs for the Blind Graduation Ceremony

Family fun abounds when guide dogs and those who raise them celebrate graduation. Every other Sat, 1:30pm. Guide Dogs for the Blind, 350 Los Ranchitos Rd, San Rafael, 415.499.4000.

Low-Cost Physicals

Family physicals for adults and children by appointment.

Ongoing. $20-$65. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2880.

Make-a-thon

Bring in your raw ideas and materials and get mentorship support from technical experts to help you co-design and develop your ideas to ultimately demo them in November. Mar 5. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

Napa Valley Marathon & Expo

Expo features more than two dozen booths offering fitness and health products.

Race happens on Mar 6

and takes place along the Silverado Trail. Register at napavalleymarathon.org. Mar 4-6. Napa Valley Marriott Hotel, 3425 Solano Ave, Napa.

Network Entrepreneurial Women of Marin

NW of Marin hosts an evening where you can network with other entrepreneurial women, hear from guest speaker and celtic songwriter Shannon Warto and enjoy delicious dining. RSVP required. Mar 8, 6pm. Piatti’s Ristorante & Bar, 625 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley, 415.380.2525.

Sonoma County Roller Derby

Action-packed roller derby returns with a season opener that sees the two home teams, the Wine Country Homewreckers and the Northbay Bruisers, taking each other on for bragging rights.

Mar 5, 6pm. $5-$15. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Grace Pavilion, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa.

Film Aloha Wanderwell Baker: Silent Film Advenutress Through rare film and photographs, learn about

this pioneering and unique filmmaker and her adventures traveling and working in 40 countries across the globe. Mar 6, 4pm. $8-$12. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Best of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Selections from the most recent SFJFF screens in a fourpart series. Tues, Mar 8, 7pm. $36. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

TICKETS: $12 - $18 BOX OFFICE: 707.527.4307 ONLINE: theatrearts.santarosa.edu EMOTIONAL CREATURE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Recommended for ages 14 and above. Contains strong language and intense content. Youth tickets are NOT available.

INCREDIBLE CANINE

Film recounts the experiences of children and young adults SRJC THEATRE ARTS AD FOR THE BOHEMIAN with dyslexia, and features 4.3438x6.5625” PUB DATES March 2 and 9 interviews with highly successful individuals with dyslexia, such as Sir Richard Branson and Charles Schwab.

Mar 5, 10:30am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

The difference between the backyard and the world

Hollywood Home Movies

Culled from the Academy’s extensive collection of home movies by Hollywood stars and directors, this installment looks at early vacations to Disneyland with vintage film and photos. Mar 5, 7pm. $8$12. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

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Israeli Film Festival

Three-week series of Israelimade films, including a Spaghetti Western, a comicdrama and a documentary is presented by the Jewish Community Center Sonoma County Tues, 7:30pm. through Mar 22. $12. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Keeper of the Beat

Keep me healthy and safe—I want to live a long life with you!

Sonoma County Animal Services provides low-cost spay and neuter surgeries for dogs and cats of income-qualified Sonoma County residents.

Vaccinations, microchip, and license (if applicable) are included at no additional cost.

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Filmmaker David L Brown and pioneering drummer Barbara Borden appear to screen the documentary on her journey and perform. Thurs, Mar 3, 7pm. $8-$12. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

The Rock & Roll Trailer Show

Vintage film collection offers a virtual history of rock ‘n’ roll using some of the wildest and most artful pre-show entertainment from the last several decades. Mar 6, 7pm. $7-$11. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Silver Scream Film & Comic Festival

Inaugural event seeks out the next great genre filmmakers and shares their creations with the world. Special guests include horror film legends Rick Baker, John Landis, Heather Langenkamp, Darick Robertson and more. Mar 4-6.

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Corte Madera Farmers Market

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Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846.

Demystifying Wine & Food

Interactive discussions on pairings with delectable demonstrations. Sat-noon. $75.

Hall Winery, 401 St Helena Hwy S, St Helena, 707.967.2620.

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

Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.

Girl’s Night Out

Happy hour lasts all night long, even for the guys.

Thurs. Bootlegger’s Lodge, 367 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.450.7186.

Harvest Market

Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma, 707.996.0712.

Indian Valley Farm Stand

Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Wed, 10am.

College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554.

Ingredients Series III: Fat

The third of a series presented by culinary scientist Ali Bouzari.

Mar 5, 3pm. $60. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Food & Drink

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An introduction to the basics of brewing-by-recipe for new brewers or those with some experience seeking further knowledge. Sat, Mar 5, 1pm. $60. The Beverage People, 1845 Piner Rd, Ste D, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2520.

CabFest Napa Valley

Event pairs extensive tastings of first class Cabernet with fine food, engaging symposiums and a main stage kick-off concert with Nashville songwriter Mat Kearney. Mar 4-6. $35 and up. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at

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Tues, 5pm. Free. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.

Sat, 9am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5715.

Marinwood Farmers Market

Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Avenue and Miller Creek Road, San Rafael, 415.999.5635.

Mill Valley Farmers Market

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

Oakmont Certified Farmers Market

Sat, 9am. Berger Center, 6575

World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani teams up with Lagunitas Brewing Company for an afternoon of food and brews. First Sun of every month, 1pm. through May 1. $25 and up. Tony’s of North Beach at The Graton Casino, 630 Park Court, Rohnert Park, 586-0777.

Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market

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

Sonoma Mountain Marketplace Certified Farmers Market Sat-Sun, 10am. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.588.9388.

Sunday San Rafael Farmers Market

Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

Sunday Supper

New weekly dinner series celebrates classic French cuisine that reflect the season.

Sun, 4pm. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

Surf & Turf

Special monthly prix fixe dinner is prepared by chef Gator. Mar 8, 7pm. $55. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Taste of San Rafael

Featuring a State of the City speech from San Rafael mayor Gary Phillips and more with major networking opportunities and sumptuous dinner. Mar 3, 5:30pm. $85.

Peacock Gap Country Club, 333 Biscayne Dr, San Rafael.

Thursday San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

Vintner Vinyl

Tastings and tunes come together in the tap bar and restaurant. Mon, 6:30pm. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Wine Road Barrel Tasting

Sample wines from the barrel, talk to winemakers and explore the beautiful Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys. Mar 4-6. $35-$60.

various wineries, throughout north Sonoma County, Healdsburg, www.wineroad. com.

Wines by local vineyards, delicious bites and sweet treats. Wed, 4:30pm. $15.

Molinari Caffe, 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623.

Morgan, California’s first woman licensed architect.

Through Mar 6. $10-$20. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555.

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Learn ways to market and sell your product at trade shows, as well as get an ROI on the whole experience. Mar 9, 6pm. $139. Doing Business Today, 576 B St, Ste 2G, Santa Rosa, 707.595.0363.

Binge-Worthy Journalism

Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, co-creators of massively popular podcast “Serial,” give the audience a backstage look at the cultural phenomenon.

Mar 8, 7:30pm. $35 and up.

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

The Future of Israeli Democracy

Acclaimed author, journalist and thought leader Yossi Klein Halevi addresses the topic, with audience Q&A and book signing. RSVP required. Mar 3, 7pm. Free. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

The Soul & the Star

Dr Martin Shaw brings nourishing mythical stories and poems and talks about opening a door to myth as living currency. Mar 4, 7:30pm. by donation. Point Reyes Presbyterian Church, 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station, 415.663.1349. Mar 5, 10am. Free/$5 parking. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

Space Trivia

Bring a team or join one and test your knowledge of space and space exploration at this fast-paced, fun event for adults and students in sixth grade or up. Mar 5, 2pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.499.6058.

Women’s Wisdom with Patricia Holt Internationally known book critic, editor and author speaks at a breakfast event, as part of the “Women in Action” series

Mar 2, 5:30pm, “Oysters” with Cynthia Nims. Mar 3, 7pm, “Pieces of My Mother” with Melissa Cistaro. Mar 4, 7pm, Dr Matthew Fox & Sister Abegail Ntleto in conversation. Mar 5, 1pm, “Lucifer’s Game” with Will Schneider. Mar 6, 1pm, “Mindfulness & Madness” with Ira Rechtshaffer. Mar 8, 7pm, “Life from Scratch” with Sasha Martin. Mar 9, 7pm, “The First Congress” with Fergus Bordewich. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Mar 9, 6pm, “Cooking” with Laurie Figone. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.766.8162.

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Mar 3, 7pm, “This Afternoon” with Morrie Warshawski. First Friday of every month, 6pm, First Friday Night Write.

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Newman Auditorium

Mar 7, 12pm, “La Palabra Musical” with Avotcja Jiltonilro.

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Readers’ Books

Mar 2, 7pm, “Saving El Chico” with Meta Strauss. Mar 9, 6:30pm, “Enlightenment Everyone” with Rob Bundschu.

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Mar 4, 7pm, “Flavors of Home” with Margit Roos-Collins. Mar 7, 7pm, “The Snowy Tower” with Martin Shaw. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

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Mar 9, 5:30pm, “Bread, Wine, Chocolate” with Simran Sethi, includes tasting. $20-$44.

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Theater Arches, Balance & Light

Ross Valley Players present the world premiere production of Bay Area playwright Mary Spletter, inspired by Julia

SRJC arts department presents the ensemble play made up of original monologues and songs about the lives, voices and innermost thoughts of girls the world over. Mature content. Mar 4-13. Burbank Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4307.

The Good Body

Pegasus Theater Company presents the first of four staged readings taking place at intimate venues with a reading of the eye-opening exploration from Eve Ensler, author of the Vagina Monologues.

Mar 6, 6pm. donations welcome. Blue Door Gallery, 16359 Main St, Guerveville, www.pegasustheater.com.

Jack & the Beanstalk

Children and families will be delighted by this contemporary, fractured adaptation of the timeless tale. Mar 5, 10am, 1 and 3pm. $10-$12. Marin Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

The Little Mermaid

Marin Theatre Company rounds out its first Family Series season of plays with an imaginative adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale. Recommended for ages 5-8. Through Mar 6. $18$22. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Masque Unit Junior Theatre

Fun one-hour interactive musical offering is the perfect introduction to theater for ages three and up. Mar 5, 10am, 1 and 3pm. $10-$12. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.

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Astrology For the week of March 2

ARIES (March 21–April 19) Actress Blythe Baird writes about the problem that arises when her dog sees her eating a peanut butter and chocolate chip bagel. Her beloved pet begs for a piece and becomes miserable when it’s not forthcoming. Baird is merely demonstrating her love, of course, because she knows that eating chocolate can make canines ill. I suspect that life is bestowing a comparable blessing on you.

You may feel mad and sad about being deprived of something you want. But the likely truth is that you will be lucky not to get it.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) “I do not literally

paint that table, but rather the emotion it produces upon me,” French artist Henri Matisse told an interviewer. “But what if you don’t always have emotion?” she asked him. This is how Matisse replied: “Then I do not paint. This morning, when I came to work, I had no emotion. So I took a horseback ride.

When I returned, I felt like painting, and had all the emotion I wanted.” This is excellent advice for you to keep in mind, Taurus. Even more than usual, it’s crucial that you imbue every important thing you do with pure, strong emotions. If they’re not immediately available, go in quest of them.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Some night soon, I predict you’ll dream of being an enlightened sovereign who presides over an ecologically sustainable paradise.

You’re a visionary leader who is committed to peace and high culture, so you’ve never gone to war. You share your wealth with the people in your kingdom. You revere scientists and shamans alike, providing them with what they need to do their good work for the enhancement of the realm. Have fun imagining further details of this dream, Gemini, or else make up your own.

Now is an excellent time to visualize a fairy tale version of yourself at the height of your powers, living your dreams and sharing your gifts.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) It’s not always necessary to have an expansive view of where you have been and where you are going, but it’s crucial right now. So I suggest that you take an inventory of the big picture. For guidance, study this advice from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “What have you truly loved? What has uplifted your soul, what has dominated and delighted it at the same time?

Assemble these revered objects in a row before you and they may reveal a law by their nature and their order: the fundamental law of your very self.”

LEO (July 23–August 22) Sportswear manufacturer Adidas is looking for ways to repurpose trash that humans dump in the oceans. One of its creations is a type of shoe made from illegal deep-sea nets that have been confiscated from poachers. I invite you to get inspired by Adidas’ work. From an astrological perspective, now is a good time to expand and refine your personal approach to recycling. Brainstorm about how you could convert waste and refuse into useful, beautiful resources—not just literally, but also metaphorically. For example, is there a ruined or used-up dream that could be transformed into raw material for a shiny new dream?

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) “There isn’t enough of anything as long as we live,” wrote Raymond Carver. “But at intervals, a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Virgo, you’ll soon be gliding through one of these intervals. Now and then you may even experience the strange sensation of being completely satisfied with the quality and amount of sweetness that arrives. To ensure optimal results, be as free from greed as you can possibly be.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) “For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out,” says author Yasmin Mogahed. “Again and again and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts.

Yes. Healing takes so much work. So much persistence.

And so much patience.” According to my analysis, Libra, you should be attending to this tough but glorious task.

Although the work might be hard, it won’t be anywhere near as hard as it usually is. And you are likely to make more progress than you would be able to at other times.

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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) “The other day, lying in bed,” writes poet Rodger Kamenetz, “I felt my heart beating for the first time in a long while. I realized how little I live in my body, how much in my mind.” He speaks for the majority of us. We spend much of our lives entranced by the relentless jabber that unfolds between our ears. But I want to let you know, Scorpio, that the moment is ripe to rebel against this tendency in yourself. In the coming weeks, you will have a natural talent for celebrating your body.

You’ll be able to commune deeply with its sensations, to learn more abut how it works and to exult in the pleasure it gives you and the wisdom it provides.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

In his “Dream Song 67,” poet John Berryman confesses, “I am obliged to perform in complete darkness operations of great delicacy on my self.” I hope you will consider embarking on similar heroics, Sagittarius. It’s not an especially favorable time to overhaul your environment or try to get people to change in accordance with your wishes. But it’s a perfect moment to spruce up your inner world—to tinker with and refine it so that everything in there works with more grace. And unlike Berryman, you won’t have to proceed in darkness. The light might not be bright, but there’ll be enough of a glow to see what you’re doing.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Here’s the dictionary’s definition of the word “indelible”: “having the quality of being difficult to remove, wash away, blot out or efface; incapable of being canceled, lost or forgotten.” The word is often used in reference to unpleasant matters: stains on clothes, biases that distort the truth, superstitions held with unshakable conviction or painful memories of romantic break-ups. I am happy to let you know that you now have more power than usual to dissolve seemingly indelible stuff like that. Here’s a trick that might help you: find a new teacher or teaching that uplifts you with indelible epiphanies.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) According to poet Tony Hoagland, most of us rarely “manage to finish a thought or a feeling; we usually get lazy or distracted and quit halfway through.” Why? Hoagland theorizes that we “don’t have the time to complete the process, and we dislike the difficulty and discomfort of the task.” There’s a cost for this negligence: “We walk around full of half-finished experiences.” That’s why Hoagland became a poet. He says that “poems model the possibility of feeling all the way through an emotional process” and “thinking all the way through a thought.” The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get more in the habit of finishing your own feelings and thoughts, Aquarius. It will also be more important than usual that you do so!

(Hoagland’s comments appeared in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts.)

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Unless you work at night and sleep by day, you experience the morning on a regular basis. You may have a love-hate relationship with it, because on the one hand you don’t like to leave your comfortable bed so early, and on the other hand you enjoy anticipating the interesting events ahead of you. But aside from your personal associations with the morning, this time of day has always been a potent symbol of awakenings and beginnings. Throughout history, poets have invoked it to signify purity and promise. In myth and legend, it often represents the chance to see things afresh, to be free of the past’s burdens, to love life unconditionally.

Dream interpreters might suggest that a dream of morning indicates a renewed capacity to trust oneself.

All of these meanings are especially apropos for you right now, Pisces.

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