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Unfinished Business I may be politically incorrect and very old-fashioned, but in the matter of the 5th District’s supervisor’s election, I feel there is an elephant in the room, or actually two little girls. Are we not allowed to discuss he fact that Lynda Hopkins has two little children under the age of three? Yes, I know, and do believe, we need more women in government and positions of power,

but the supervisor’s job is a serious responsibility, requiring almost full-time attention, just like the job of being a mother with a baby and a very young child. I feel Lynda Hopkins should finish the job she has already taken on before embarking on a new project.

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have found another charming young person with no track record to be their stealth candidate, although I don’t think the voters will be so easily fooled this time. All the giant posters for Lynda Hopkins are up on the big vineyard fences in the exact same place they were for Efren Carrillo.

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I may be politically incorrect and very Don Scott is absolutely correct about police officers routinely ignoring the illegal loud bikes (Open Mic, May 11). In fact, it’s abusive behavior to ride loud, and that fact alone should prompt the police to address this abuse.

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THIS MODERN WORLD

Too Loud

We Say No

By Tom Tomorrow

On May 28, 2015, two dozen inmates at the Sonoma County Male Correctional Facility were beaten repeatedly by deputies for over five hours. Their crime? Shouting from their cells to stop the beating of a sleeping and drugged inmate who hadn’t responded to orders quickly enough.

Sheriff Steve Freitas has said jail employees were stopping a riot. There can be no riot by individuals locked in their cells. Apparently, the deputies just enjoy beating people. One is said to have stated that it was fun and they could do it all day. The “yard counseling” techniques used are the same that resulted in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

Twenty-one inmates have written letters of complaint describing the beatings. Six have signed on to a lawsuit (inmates cannot sue until after they have served their sentence). The Sheriff’s Office is responsible for an average of $1 million a year in settlements. That’s out of our pockets. Insurance doesn’t kick in until settlements are over $1 million.

In the United States, punishment for serious crimes is imprisonment, not beating, not torture, but law enforcement has convinced many people otherwise. On this first anniversary of the beatings, it is time for people of good conscience to reject law enforcement explanations of their right to do anything to anybody whenever they choose. They won’t stop until we all say “No!”

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KOWS public radio needs your support BY ROBERT FEUER

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he communities of Sebastopol, Santa Rosa and surrounding areas need community radio.

Community radio means a wide range of creative shows, produced by local volunteers, in the areas of music, art, spoken word and open-minded discussions of aging, healing, gardening, astrology, fitness, feminism, LGBT concerns—all commercial-free.

KOWS radio has been providing this for nine years. Its doors are always open for people to drop in and air their views, or for musicians to play on-air. Stay awhile and produce your own show. You will be trained. It doesn’t take long. KOWS is free-speech radio, and other than FCC limitations on foul language, there’s no censorship.

The problem for these nine years is that few people can hear KOWS on the radio (107.3-FM). The antenna is in a tree in the Occidental hills, with many geographical impediments to transmission. KOWS streams from its website (www.kows.fm), where anyone can tune in, or view the station’s schedule and see what opportunities it offers.

You can sign up as a volunteer there. But streaming has limitations, due to slow or no connectivity. Many can’t afford it.

Currently, KOWS is seeking approval from the Sebastopol City Council for a new antenna on a hill above Sebastopol. It is small and not comparable to a cell phone tower. Emitted radiation, in the area, is about 1/2500th of FCC limitations, significantly less than the smartphone many people carry in their pockets. The antenna will be partially visible from fewer than 20 adjacent homes.

KOWS has won approval from the city planning commission for a use permit to build an antenna support structure at a utility facility owned by the city, but this decision has been appealed, and won’t be finalized until a May 31 city council meeting at 6pm at the Sebastopol Community Center. Public support is invaluable. Please attend and express your interest in radio that will belong to you.

Alternatively, you can send a message to mgourley@cityofsebastopol. org. Please stand up for the greater good, and the cultural needs of the community.

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CANINE CRUSADERS Dog owners say the National Park Service is planning to unfairly exclude their pets from regional park trails.

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Proposed dog rules at Golden Gate National Recreation Area spark howls of protest BY NIKKI SILVERSTEIN

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rancing poodles, sociable golden retrievers and pooches of indiscernible lineage were among the some 1,000 dogs

shepherded by their people across the promenade at San Francisco’s Crissy Field during the Mighty Mutt March on a sunny Saturday last month.

Though the canines acted carefree during the procession, their angry guardians had gathered to protest the Proposed Rule for Dog Management, aimed at keeping them on a tighter

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leash in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).

Marchers yelped that over the last 14 years, the National Park Service (NPS), which manages the GGNRA, has brandished a big stick and presented plan after plan to greatly decrease areas that allow recreational dog walking, both on- and off-leash.

According to officials, there are environmental concerns, as well as a rise in complaints about unruly canines. They also say that they need to balance the needs of multiple users that include tourists, hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers.

Though the NPS has walked away from previous negotiations and dropped other iterations of the plan, the agency may finally make good on its threats. It now appears poised to usher in the latest and most restrictive version of its dog-management plan, despite loud opposition.

The new plan restricts off-leash dog walking to seven areas and on-leash to 15 areas, distributed across the entire GGNRA—an 80,000-acre park that spans across Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco counties. Dogs are currently permitted on less than 1 percent of the land, and the proposed rules would slash offleash dog walking by 90 percent and on-leash dog areas by 50 percent.

In Marin County, that equates to about eight miles of land, with Rodeo Beach serving as the only location for off-leash dog walking. Dogs will be banned from areas that they currently frequent, including the South Rodeo Beach Trail, the Oakwood Valley Trail, the Miwok Trail and the Coastal Trail. The Muir Beach neighborhood, totally surrounded by the ocean and GGNRA, is especially hard hit, with dogs allowed on-leash on the beach, but banned on the surrounding trails.

“They made a unilateral decision that doesn’t answer to the will of the local people that use the Golden Gate National Recreation Area,” says Mill Valley’s Michael Barti, who attended both the meeting and

most tourists visiting the GGNRA take in the sights at Muir Woods, Alcatraz and other high-profile areas that the NPS advertises in travel magazines. These visitors are not typically found on the Alta Fire Road above Marin City or the Oakwood Valley Fire Road in Tam Valley—places where dogs currently play off-leash.

‘They made a unilateral decision that doesn’t answer to the people. They’re obviously not listening to anyone.’

“This is important to us, because there aren’t that many places where you can walk your dogs off-leash, and we hate to lose it,” says Corte Madera’s Candy Lee, who regularly walks her dog with a group of friends at Crissy Field. “What will we do? Stay at home with our dogs?”

With land in Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties affected, groups opposing the plan have emerged in all three counties and several forged an alliance under the nonprofit umbrella organization Save Our Recreation. Marin County DOG (Dog Owner’s Group) is a supporting member and touts its mission as promoting responsible dog walking and advocating for dog-friendly trails and beaches in the county.

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the Mighty Mutt March. “They’re obviously not listening to anyone.”

That cry of fait accompli has been bandied about by dog advocates since the plan was unveiled in late February.

Christine Lehnertz, superintendent of the GGNRA, disputed this claim at the public meeting. “A decision has not been made and our effort to hear from the public is genuine,” she said.

Listen she did. Among those who spoke at the meeting was a man living near the Alta Fire Road in north Sausalito. “Unfortunately, I’ve been attacked and bitten by an off-leash dog, and my wife is too scared to walk our kids on fire roads,” he said. “So I really to thank you for trying to protect us.”

Lehnertz and her staff will soon be inundated with opinions of opponents and proponents, as the public comment period—required by federal law—ended on May 25.

When this article went to print, nearly 2,800 comments had been received.

The GGNRA claims that it developed the new rules to meet the mandates of the NPS to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources for future generations and to better accommodate a variety of visitor experiences, among other reasons. That’s a tall order, considering that between 11 and 18 million people visited the GGNRA last year, depending on which official you ask.

Opponents of the plan poohpooh the reasons for it, claiming that the GGNRA is overreaching by throwing invalid issues into the mix—such as the potential decline of endangered and threatened plant and wildlife species, because the NPS has not conducted studies within the GGNRA to prove it. Instead, it has relied on peer-reviewed studies that critics say have nothing to do with the GGNRA. Opponents also maintain that with more than 99 percent of the GGNRA off-limits to dogs, the majority of space is left for a dogfree park experience. Additionally,

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Cassandra Fimrite of Mill Valley.

“That’s why I sought out other people that felt the same way.”

Fimrite joined forces with Laura Pandapas, an outspoken activist from Muir Beach, to found Marin County DOG. Pandapas said that the GGNRA general management plan, which was signed into effect in January 2015, is also at play. “That plan transforms our recreation area into a wilderness area with 90 percent of the GGNRA reclassified as a ‘natural zone,’” she says.

She believes that reduced visitation is an unspoken GGNRA goal that could be achieved by instituting policies that restrict access, made possible by the natural zone designation. In fact, she thinks that the tail may be wagging the dog in this case, because the NPS is broke and the vast majority of improvement projects in the GGNRA rely on donations from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, a private, nonprofit fundraising partner for the GGNRA with a board of trustees that reads like a who’s who in the Bay area.

Since the Conservancy’s inception in 1981, it has raised close to $400 million for the GGNRA. The improvements to Crissy Field were funded primarily by donations from the Haas family through the conservancy.

Much to the chagrin of dog advocates and those who loathe the idea of privatizing funding for the GGNRA, none of the conservancy’s money goes for maintenance. Yet with every improvement made, every visitor center built and every fancy plaque installed to honor a large contributor, maintenance costs increase significantly. The GGNRA is on the hook to pay for those expenses, because, as National Parks Conservancy spokesperson David Shaw admits, it’s not glamorous for donors to sponsor cleaning bathrooms or taking out the trash.

Appropriations from Congress aren’t substantial enough to cover

those costs. In fact, the GGNRA currently has a maintenance backlog of more than $278 million, and conservationists fear that the conservancy contributions will dry up appropriations from Congress and leave the national park system vulnerable to the whims of donors, both private and corporate. Last month, Jon Jarvis, National Park Service director, disclosed a plan that allows NPS directors and deputy directors to solicit donations, a practice that had been banned.

Pandapas is concerned that the GGNRA can cut overhead with the new “natural zone” designation by excluding major user groups, starting with people walking their dogs. In that way, they could continue expanding and improving the park in areas chosen by the conservancy’s board of trustees.

“It’s farfetched,” said David Shaw, who points out that the GGNRA sets the priorities and the Conservancy follows.

Levitt concurs. “That idea is floated by the flat earth society.”

Regardless, Pandapas and the dog activists soldier on. They claim that they’re not a fringe group, and they may be right.

The Marin Humane Society estimates that 40 percent of the county’s households have at least one dog, and dog advocates have garnered support from boards of supervisors in Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties.

Dog-walking devotees trust that the GGNRA’s undoing will be its failure to provide scientific proof of the claim that dogs have negative effects within urban recreation areas, and they’re trying to obtain documents from the GGNRA to substantiate their assertion.

A lawsuit filed by Bay Area dog and recreation groups is pending against the National Park Service over its refusal to comply with document requests under the Freedom of Information Act. The NPS hopes to make a decision at the end of the year and implement its final plan in early 2017.

BURNT OFFERINGS Morel mushrooms often thrive on land burned by forest fire.

Morel Majority The forest also produces another kind of magic mushroom BY ARI LEVAUX

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orel mushrooms are the stuff of legend and fantasy. Scattered over the ground, they look like a little tribe of forest gnomes with magical powers, like beings from a game of Dungeons & Dragons.

Morels taste like an earthy distillation of fungal flavors and aroma, and command respect

from cooks and eaters alike, who speak of them with reverence. For pickers who hear the call, they are a beacon to adventure and profit.

This year’s flush of so-called natural morel mushrooms has begun to wane. Naturals come up year after year in the same spots, zealously guarded by those who know them (unless they are in Michigan, whose state government publishes online maps so locals can find them).

But the majority of gathered

morels, including virtually all of the ones available for purchase, were harvested in the fire-scarred mountains of the West. While a handful of naturals would be considered a decent harvest for a day’s foray, the fire-following varieties can be astoundingly prolific in spots that were burned the previous summer. Any reports from Lake County? Sometimes they grow in such density that it takes effort not to step on them.

With buyers paying as much as

1 c. morels, either whole or sliced 1/4 cup heavy cream 1 tbsp. butter zest and juice of one-quarter lime 1/2 medium yellow onion, minced pinch of nutmeg salt and pepper to taste 1/4 cup dry sherry Melt the butter in a heavy bottom pan. Add onion and morels. Cook together until onions are translucent and the morels give up their moisture— about 10 minutes. Add sherry, and let it cook off. Add nutmeg, lime zest and juice. Cook a moment and add the cream. Cook five more minutes, season with salt and pepper, and serve.

Whether you went to the trouble of picking them, or forked over your hard-earned cash, the effort and expense will melt away as your mouth heads west to a burnt forest, the exact location of which you will never know.

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$20 a pound (they can retail for more than $50 per pound), good pickers can easily earn more than a thousand bucks a day for their efforts.

Wait, did I say “easily”? Scratch that.

Even if you live in the mountains, you’ll probably have to drive a few hours and bump along dusty dirt roads to a spot that may or may not have had morels that may or may not have already been picked. Simply arriving at a burned forest is a good first step, but hardly a guarantee of success. Within burns, mushrooms are finicky as to where they will pop up. They prefer burnt fir stands to pine, but not too burnt—some blazes are so hot they sterilize the soil to the point where nothing will grow.

Sometimes you show up at the perfect place at the perfect time, only to see the roadside littered with parked rigs, perhaps with out-of-state plates. Virtually nobody you meet will be happy to see you.

Morels should be cooked; eaten raw, they can cause gastrointestinal distress. They’re great with butter and cream, as in the following recipe that is as good as it gets:

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Rating indicates the low to average cost of a full dinner for one person, exclusive of desserts, beverages and tip.

MA R I N CO U N T Y Boca American. $$-$$$.

Enjoy flavorful and rich regional fare in the rustic décor of an Argentinean ranch 340 Ignacio Blvd, Novato.

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S O N OM A CO U N T Y El Coqui Puerto Rican. $-$$.

Authentic and delicious Puerto Rican home cooking. Chuletas, Pollo al Horno, Jibarito–it’s all delicious. Plan on lunching early, because the place fills up fast. 400 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.542.8868.

Hallie’s Diner American.

$-$$. Classic food with a gourmet touch. There’s a good and delicious reason that there’s always a teeming breakfast crowd. 125 Keller St, Petaluma. 707.773.1143.

Larry Vito’s BBQ

Barbecue. $-$$. Southernstyle and slow-cooked from a chef who’s worked with Wolfgang Puck and Alice Waters. Zing! 6811 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol. 707.575.3277.

Mombo’s Pizza Pizza. $. The crust is thin and the toppings eclectic. Classic pizza joint. Delivery too. 1880 Mendocino Ave #B, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3278. 560 Hwy 116 N, Sebastopol. 707.823.7492.

Pho Vietnam Vietnamese. $. Lunchroom located in a strip mall dishes out authentic specialties at rock-bottom prices. 711 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.571.7687.

Shiso Sushi. $$-$$$. Chef Ed Metcalfe offers extensive modern Asian menu with emphasis on sushi–sashinmi, nigiri and specialty rolls–made from local ingredients. Ask for the omakase. 19161 Hwy 12, Sonoma. 707.933.9331.

Thai Pot Thai. $$. A local favorite for authentic Thai recipes with pad Thai, curries, exotic appetizers and entrées.

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707.575.9296. 6961 Sebastopol Ave (across from West America Bank), Sebastopol , CA. Lunch and dinner daily. 707.829.8889.

Tolay California. $$-$$$.

Sonoma County cuisine is the specialty, with entrees focusing on local wild and farmed foods. 745 Baywood Drive In the Sheraton Sonoma County, Petaluma. 707.283.2900.

Tonayan Mexican. $. Truly wonderful Sonoran-style classics at rock-bottom prices. The enormous El Jefe combination can’t be beat. 500 Raleys Towne Center, Rohnert Park . 707.588.0893.

Twist Eatery California. $$. Quaint little spot in a quaint little town that serves satisfying, homemade plates from fresh ingredients.

The pulled pork sandwich and organic beet salad are standouts on this winning menu. 6536 Front St, Forestville. 707.820.8443.

Underwood Bar & Bistro European. $$. The Underwood’s classy bistro menu and impressive bar belie its rural setting 9113 Graton Rd, Graton. 707.823.7023.

Volpi’s Restaurant & Bar Italian. $$-$$$. Festive atmosphere teams with great traditional Italian dishes at one of county’s oldest eateries.

Accordion in the speakeasy if you’re lucky. 124 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.565.0695.

Willi’s Seafood & Raw Bar Seafood. $$.

Delicious preparations of the freshest fish and shellfish. 403 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.9191.

Willi’s Wine Bar Bistro. $$$. Bistro dishes and extensive wine list. A terrific place to dine before a show at the Wells Fargo Center. 4404 Old Redwood Hwy, Santa Rosa.

707.526.3096.

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

American. $$-$$$. A Marin County institution. Delightful food, friendly and seamless service, and a convivial atmosphere. Try one of the many exotic cocktails. 15 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley.

415.331.2600.

Crepevine American. $. A casual spot with crepes both of the savory and sweet variety, sandwiches, scrambles, and salads, not to mention a few other categories. Delicious comfort food and a small price 908 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.257.8822.

The Garden Mediterranean. $$. Casual environment supplying dishes with Mediterranean and Italian flair. Pastas and salads seem to be a favorite among regulars.

333 Enfrente Road, Novato.

415.883.9277.

Hilltop 1892 American. $$.

Casual dinning with panoramic Marin views and a Californiacuisine take on classic fare such as steaks, fresh seafood, and seasonal greens. Complete with custom cocktails.

850 Lamont Ave., Novato.

415.893.1892.

HopMonk Tavern Pub fare. $$. More than serviceable tavern food with a menu that hops the globe.

Great beers from far and wide and their own brews, too. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Il Piccolo Caffe Italian. $$. Big, ample portions at this premier spot on Sausalito’s spirited waterfront. 660 Bridgeway, Ste 3, Sausalito.

415.289.1195.

Insalata’s Mediterranean. $$$. Simple, high-impact dishes of exotic flavors. 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo. 415.457.7700.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Brewpub. $$.

Pub grub gets a pub-cuisine facelift 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

415.485.1005.

Poggio Italian. $$-$$$.

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

Sol Food Puerto Rican. $.

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

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

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 415.451.4765.

Sushiholic Japanese.

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

415.898.8500.

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.

N A PA CO U N T Y Buster’s Barbecue

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

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga.

707.942.5606.

Fazerrati’s Pizza. $-$$.

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

French Laundry

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

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. Perfect for the adventurous eater. 610 Main St, Napa. 707.252.1600.

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

SMALL BITES

A Palooza, for Oysters Oyster-centered festivities will commence at Rocker Oysterfeller’s Kitchen and Saloon this Saturday, May 28.

Oysterpalooza has been held annually since 2008 at the Valley Ford restaurant. Offering both food and music, this one-day festival will feature five bluegrass bands performing on two stages: Mr. December, Highway Poets, Vintage Grass, Abalone Grey and the Bootleg Honeys. Festival-goers can watch the bands while choosing from a wide selection of food. There will be barbecue oysters, fried oyster po’ boys, smoked brisket tacos, tacos dorados, Lagunitas beers on tap, local wines, Hurricanes and more. $20 advance (25 bucks at the door); $10 for kids ages six to 12; free for kids under six. The doors open at 12:30pm, and the last act of the night ends at 8:15pm. 14415 Shoreline Hwy., Valley Ford. oysterpalooza.brownpapertickets.com.

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crab cakes with chipotle aioli, grilled Laotian quail with cucumber-scallion salad 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

simplicity well. 1425 First St, Napa. 707.252.1022.

Pizza Azzurro Italian. $.

Run by a former Tra Vigne and Lark Creek Inn alum, the pizza is simple and thin, and ranks as some of the best in the North Bay. 1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa. 707.255.5552.

Red Rock Cafe & Backdoor BBQ American.

$-$$. Cafe specializing in barbecue and classic diner fare.

Messy, delicious. 1010 Lincoln Ave, Napa. 707.252.9250.

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.

Redd California cuisine. $$-$$$. Rich dishes balanced by subtle flavors and casual presentation. Brunch at Redd is exceptional. 6480 Washington St, Yountville. 707.944.2222.

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

$$. Casual and trendy with a variety of Turkish and Greek options for any meal of the day.

The lamb burger should not be missed. 1480 First St, Napa.

707.255.5599.

Tarla Mediterranean Grill Greek/Mediterranean.

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Most reviews by James Knight. Note: Those listings marked ‘WC’ denote wineries with caves. These wineries are usually only open to the public by appointment.

Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

SONOMA COUNTY Benziger Winery An

organic, biodynamically farmed wine wonderland tucked into a volcanic bowl. A Sonoma favorite. Don’t miss the daily 45-minute tram ride replete with a tour of the vineyard, wildlife sanctuaries and caves.

1883 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen. Open daily, 10am–5pm.

888.490.2739.

DaVero Sonoma Get

lubed with spicy extra virgin from California’s first Tuscan olive trees; rare Sagrantino wine is in a different league.

Jams, soaps and balm from the farm, too. 766 Westside Road, Healdsburg. 10am-5pm daily except Tuesday. Nominal fee $15. 707.431.8000.

Gourmet au Bay Seafood

takes to wine even better than water. Wine bar and retail shop offers flights served on custom wooden “surfboards,” artisan cheese and cracker plate, and liberal bring-your-own picnic policy. Cold crab cakes and sparkling wine at sunset on the bay? Sounds like a date.

913 Hwy. 1, Bodega. Wine surfing, $8. 707.875.9875.

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.

Kendall-Jackson K-J

produces the popular wines gracing most American tables.

Amazing gardens, and great place to explore food and wine pairings. 5007 Fulton Road, Fulton. Open daily, 10am– 5pm. 707.571.8100.

Meadowcroft Wines

The main event is the Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon; Riesling, too. Look for the sign of the bee. 23574 Hwy. 121, Sonoma. Daily, 11am–5pm.

Tasting fee, $5–$10.

707.934.4090.

Raymond Burr Vineyards Unpretentious, ’70s-den-style room with loads of memorabilia, Emmies and miscellany that the late television great picked up in his travels. Weekends at 11am, greenhouse tour showcases hybridized orchids in all the colors of the rainbow.

8339 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Daily 11am to 5pm. No fee. 707.433.4365.

Spann Vineyards Ninety percent of Spann wines are distributed out of state, leaving a little aside for this off-thePlaza tasting room. Malbec, Mourvedre and Mayacamas Cab; the take-home bargain is a $20 blend. Photography gallery adds visual interest.

111 E. Napa St., Sonoma. Open daily, noon–6pm. Tasting fee.

707.933.8343.

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

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

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

707.431.7568.

VJB Estate Buon giorno!

Aglianico, Nero d’Avola, Barbera! But first, for you, my friend, Prosecco! Espresso, gelato, pizzeria, deli sandwich!

If Il postino rides his bicycle straight through the courtyard, don’t be the least bit surprised.

60 Shaw Ave., Kenwood.

Marketplace open daily, 10am–5pm. Saturdays and Sundays through harvest, Sonoma Valley Tenors sing from the balcony at 2pm.

Tastings $5–$10.

707.833.2300.

NAPA COUNTY Acacia Vineyard

Acclaimed Pinot and Chardonnay; their biggest client is Costco, but Ducks Unlimited is also a fan. 2750 Las Amigas Road, Napa.

Monday through Saturday, 10am–4pm; Sunday, noon– 4pm. $15. 707.226.9991.

Beringer Vineyards (WC)

This historic winery offers 10 daily tours for nominal fees, most of which end gratefully with a glass and a spin through the underground wine-aging tunnels—or, rock it in the Rhine House. Open daily, 10am–6pm (summer hours). 2000 Main St., Napa. 707.963.7115.

Frog’s Leap Winery

A good story is nearly as important as good wine; Frog’s Leap does a neat job on both.

As you wind through the vineyard, the frog pond and the rustic 1884 winery, your tour guide finds bottles along the way, like Easter eggs. 8815 Conn Creek Road, Rutherford.

Daily, 10am–4pm. Tastings, $20; tours Monday–Friday, $20. 707.963.4704.

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Nichelini Winery

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

See the only Roman wine press in the Western Hemisphere.

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

707.963.0717.

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.

Summers Estate Wines Excellent Merlot and that rarest of beasts, Charbono.

Small tasting room and friendly staff. 1171 Tubbs Lane, Calistoga. Open daily, 10am– 4:30pm. 707.942.5508.

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hatever happened to Laurel Glen? There’s an older generation of wine lovers who still have Laurel Glen Cabernet from the 1980s stashed in their cellars, winery owner Bettina Sichel tells me, but the younger generation has never heard of the winery.

When I first looked up Laurel Glen, it sounded like an echo of past cult-Cab glory. But the winery—and, importantly, the Sonoma Mountain vineyard—never did drop off the map.

Today, Laurel Glen is easier to find than ever— even if the tasting room is tucked away on a quiet side street in Glen Ellen. Sichel explains that she took over from winery founder Patrick Campbell in 2011, with a group of family friends and investors.

The group brought in current winemaker Randall Watkins and David Ramey as consultant. Watkins grew up in nearby Bennett Valley, where his father made two barrels of wine a year, according to his friend Patrick Campbell’s detailed handwritten instructions for “white vino” and “red vino.” At 11, he first walked the 14-acre Laurel Glen vineyard, which is uniquely planted to its own “Laurel Glen” clone of Cabernet Sauvignon.

The 2015 Crazy Old Vine Rosé ($30) is the closest to a white wine currently on offer. Half of this dry rosé comes from one remaining row of the original mix of vines planted in the 1880s.

The winery’s least expensive, get-to-know-us Cab, the juicy, nicely integrated 2013 Counterpoint Cabernet Sauvignon ($40), includes fruit from neighboring properties.

While Laurel Glen is no hotbed of oak experimentation, Watkins laments, he’s not at all inclined to change the practice of barreling the wine down in mostly one brand of cooperage, Taransaud, and only about 50 percent new. The 2012 Laurel Glen Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ($75) is certainly not dominated by oak, showing a light toast of graham cracker at most, over a richly floral, chocolate cordial and plum aroma. Ready to drink, with classic cassis-flavored fruit, this silky yet textured Cabernet has no need of the chunky, awkward tannins that make many younger Cabs so quickly tiresome.

For perspective, Laurel Glen offers one library vintage with each regular tasting flight. Though the 2009 Laurel Glen Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ($85) was made in a different facility by a different winemaker, its kinship with the 2012 is readily apparent: a little more subdued, perhaps, with an impression of dusty gravel settling over a brooding plum aroma, this is just as juicy on the palate, and makes clear to me why people are getting reacquainted with this special old vineyard.

Laurel Glen Vineyard, 969 Carquinez Ave., Glen Ellen. Daily, 11am–5pm. Tasting fee, $20. 707.933.9877.

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Silent Treatment

New report from statewide disability group condemns Sonoma County jail practices as illegal BY TOM GOGOLA

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honda Jean Everson was a 50-year-old addict when she died in custody in October 2014 at the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility, the main county lockup that houses some 800 inmates on any given day. Everson died shortly after being arrested on drug charges and outstanding felony warrants for prior shoplifting offenses, according to police records. Her family claimed at the time, in social media posts, that Everson was refused medical attention over the course of her incarceration at the MADF—a stay that ended when she was found dead in a cell by a nurse and corrections guard who had arrived, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, to administer unspecified medications. And according to court records, Everson died just a couple of months after a civil rights lawsuit she filed against Sonoma County, Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Health Services director Rita Scardaci was dismissed in federal court.

How did Rhonda Everson die?

Was her death preventable?

These questions have hung in the air since 2014, as Everson’s death was one of three at the Sonoma County jail over a period of three short weeks that year; one of them was a suicide. The questions were raised all over again after a highly damning report about the jail was released last week.

Where was Everson located when she died? The county says she was not in what’s known as a “quiet cell” in the jail’s mental-health module utilized for disruptive inmates. The socalled quiet cells, it turns out, are a very rare occurrence among the half-dozen county lockups investigated by Disability Rights California (DRC) and the Prison Law Office, which last week

highlighted Sonoma County’s mental-health problems at its local lockup in their report.

The cells are so rare, in fact, that, of the six jails investigated

by DRC, which included facilities in Sacramento and Santa Barbara, Sonoma County is the only lockup that uses them. Among other findings, the DRC was heavily critical of those quiet cells in use at the jail. The county says that despite the report’s negative assessment of the facilities, it will continue to use them.

A little background. Mentalhealth services at the Sonoma County jail are provided by the Sonoma County Behavioral Health Division; medical treatment is provided by a private company called the California Forensic Medical Group.

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16 Jail ( 15 The DRC report homed in on the jail’s county-based mental-health providers. Among its numerous findings, the DRC highlighted what it called illegal practices around the involuntary injection of inmates with drugs when they are not on what are known as 72hour mental-health involuntary holds (aka “5150” holds). The county denies any illegality and has defended its jailhouse medical protocols, even as it says it has ended one of the practices highlighted by DRC. Inmates can only be injected against their will after a so-called court-sanctioned Riese hearing has been held, and the inmate is found, for example, to be at risk of harm to themselves or others.

As it found with the use of quiet cells, the Sonoma County lockup was the only one of the six investigated by DRC that injected inmates with long-term psychotropic drugs without a court order. The county says it stopped doing that before the DRC report was issued.

The DRC report also criticized the jail for overuse of solitary confinement for its mentally ill inmates.

Did the report do anything to shed light on Rhonda Everson’s death? In late October 2014, just days after Everson was found in her cell, the sheriff’s office posted a statement on Facebook which said that the “circumstances surrounding Everson’s death are unclear.” The statement goes on to say that Everson died “in a special housing unit with a focus on inmates going through withdrawal.”

What does that mean to be jailed in a cell that is focused on withdrawal? Unclear. But generally speaking, “special housing unit” is jailer longhand for “the SHU” which is itself jailer shorthand for “solitary confinement.” The DRC report has a main-through line critical of Sonoma County’s use of solitaryconfinement to deal with an everexpanding population of mentally ill prisoners. And addiction is considered to be a mental-health

issue as much as a physical-health one. Yet the county insists that Everson was not in a quiet cell at the time of her death.

The sheriff’s office description of Everson’s cell may have raised more questions than it answered.

What does a solitary confinement cell for an inmate going through withdrawal look like? Where is it located? Are there regular visits from medical staff?

The DRC report says the quiet cells are located in the jail’s Mental Health Module and that “staff appeared to be using these cells for people who were disruptive due to their mentalhealth symptoms.”

According to the DRC report, the cells are constructed so that staff have to unlock two doors to reach the inmate. The apparent purpose of the cells is to ensure that other inmates and staff don’t have to listen to the cries and screams, but the county highlights the cells’ “therapeutic” value for certain inmates with mental-health issues.

If the DRC characterization is accurate, this double-down lockdown of inmates engaging in disruptive behavior for “therapeutic” purposes is something you’d expect to see at, say, San Quentin’s death row Adjustment Center, the jailwithin-a-jail for the hardest of the hardcore killers and psychos in the state. It’s not the sort of thing you’d expect to find at a county lockup filled with comparatively low-level offenders such as Rhonda Everson.

As described by the DRC report, whatever their benign-sounding name, quiet cells are intensely isolating: “Unlike the other cells in this unit, individuals cannot view the dayroom through their cell window, and staff also cannot see them from the dayroom. They cannot hear other people inside the unit, and staff also cannot hear them.”

The DRC report is clear on the point that a jail that uses quiet cells is asking for trouble. “This practice creates isolation within isolation and may worsen their

BEHIND BARS County officials say they stopped injecting inmates with

psychotropic drugs without a court order before the DRC issued its report.

psychiatric conditions,” the report notes. “It also significantly increases the risk of suicide.”

Deputy county counsel Joshua A. Myers says the jail continues to use the quiet cells despite the DRC’s warnings about them. He adds that Everson was not housed in a quiet cell. In an email, Myers pushed back against the DRC’s characterization of the cells.

“They are not ‘isolation’ cells,” Myers writes. “Quiet cells serve a therapeutic purpose for certain inmates. Ms. Everson was not housed in a quiet cell at

the time of her death.”

Myers adds that an autopsy on Everson was done by the Marin County Coroner’s Office, “and the Sheriff’s Office conducted its own investigation.” He did not provide the results of either investigation.

An Everson family member emailed the Bohemian this week to say that they have an attorney who is looking into the circumstances around Rhonda’s death.

Sonoma County has meanwhile carved out an aggressively legalistic posture in relation

‘They are not “isolation cells,”’ says deputy county counsel Joshua Meyers. ‘Quiet cells serve a therapeutic purpose.’

Myers says the Behavioral Health Department “had already taken the initiative to revise its policies around the use of longacting psychotropic medications before the release of the DRC report,” and adds that, “the change identified in the DRC report was driven by an interest to continually assess and improve Behavioral Health’s clinical practices.”

The county’s positioning is unsurprising, given that the DRC report concludes that “there is probable cause to conclude that there is abuse and/or neglect of prisoners with disabilities at the jail.” That also means that there is probable cause that Sonoma County may be faced with a lawsuit over what DRC charges is its illegal injecting of inmates at the MADF. Sonoma County lawyers also attempted to undermine the DRC report by accusing inmates who spoke with the investigators of exaggerated claims of mistreatment. On that subject, Myers would only say that the county appreciated the

investigators’ efforts.

“The Sheriff’s Office and Behavioral Health welcome the opportunity to work with [DRC] and the Prison Law Office on these issues,” writes Myers. “The Sheriff’s Office and Behavioral Health have a longstanding commitment to providing the best possible mental-health treatment and care to its inmates. The Sheriff’s Office and Behavioral Health anticipate continuing to collaborate with the DRC in the future regarding the issues identified in the report.”

Anne Hadreas is a DRC attorney who was among the six lawyers and investigators who toured the jail last August; that tour coincided with the county signing off on a plan that same month that will see a new $48 million Behavioral Health Unit built on the jail campus by the end of 2020. The new facility is designed to ease the strain of mentally ill inmates that have flooded the jail.

But 2020 is a long ways off, and DRC says the county has to act now, especially given its findings: the terrible clinical conditions that don’t lend themselves to proper mental-health treatment; the illegal injecting of inmates; and the benign-sounding quiet rooms identified as anything but by the DRC report.

The report arrived amid persistent criticism of the Sonoma County jail for failing to keep up with the needs of a rapidly changing prisoner population, a sizable portion of whom arrive at the jail with already-prescribed psychiatric needs.

Against that backdrop, county leaders and lawyers wasted no time in telling the Press Democrat last week what they thought “the real problem” was at the jail, following the release of the DRC report. It’s not the illegal doping of prisoners or the inhumane solitary-confinement cells in regular use or the compromised therapy sessions conducted through a closed door.

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to the most damning of the DRC charges, and is denying any illegal activities around its inmate-injecting policies, even as it agreed to end the practice of injecting inmates with long-term psychotropic medications in the absence of an involuntary mentalhealth hold, which the DRC insisted it do.

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providing adequate backstop in the form of community or volunteer-based programs and settings. It’s a fair enough argument, as far as it goes, but DRC says it doesn’t get the county off the hook for the legal and ethical issues at MADF. And it’s notable that county leaders made that argument even as Sonoma County supervisors voted 5–0 against a proposed drugtreatment center near Bodega.

It is not news to report that Gov. Jerry Brown’s much-criticized realignment plan, which shoveled thousands of low-risk offenders from the state prison system into county lockups, coupled with a decades-long policy of deinstitutionalization that hasn’t been met with a buildup in community-based treatment facilities, has turned jails into de facto psychiatric hospitals.

Sonoma County is not alone in dealing with the ensuing crisis.

After two unsuccessful tries, it secured state funds last year to build the new Behavioral Health Unit, a move that also reflects a new normal where jails act as a catch-all for a failed socialservices net that has proved woefully inadequate to the needs of the mentally ill.

The DRC report urges that the MADF shortcomings need to be addressed now, with new solutions to deal with the crunch of mentally ill inmates. The jail can’t wait five years for the new unit. Jail staff, says Hadreas didn’t simply err in administering drugs to inmates without a proper court order—they did so without being able to rely on any of the necessary clinical features you might find in a proper mentalhealth unit located in a jail. Even when they did have the proper legal backing, she says, staff administered powerful drugs, including antipsychotics to troubled inmates, only to return inmates to solitary-confinement cells, where therapy sessions are conducted from chairs placed outside the cell. That’s not just less than ideal, DRC says; it’s completely counterproductive to

any beneficial therapeutic end the county hopes to achieve.

“They are in an environment that’s not even a jail mental-health environment,” Hadreas says, “and they were not getting the higher level of care that comes part and parcel with the involuntary medication.

“If you are going to take away rights,” she adds, “you have a duty to give them a complete and appropriate treatment.”

How did Rhonda Everson die?

Was her death preventable?

Sonoma jail officials did not respond to requests for additional comment in time for the Bohemian deadline.

Hadreas and the DRC report illuminate a real and potentially menacing Catch-22 for mentally ill inmates who wind up at the Sonoma County lockup: the jail is ill-equipped to work with those inmates in a proper clinical environment, so the inmates are warehoused in solitaryconfinement cells, which creates more (and immediate) mental duress for them. This in turn requires that more drugs to be injected in order to sedate inmates and compensate for the ongoing decompensation wrought by the jail’s overuse of solitary confinement. And around it goes.

Hadreas says that regardless of outside forces not in its control, Sonoma County is ultimately responsible for the mental-health failings at the jail.

“I agree that it is very difficult, in terms of prison realignment and other budgetary issues, but my response is that it doesn’t get the county away from their duty to provide appropriate care, and sometimes we need to create systems to do that. It is very upsetting to see this.”

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Family Films

Sweet Party

Trinchero Family Estates presents a G-rated weekend of film screenings, kids activities and all-ages entertainment in the 2016 Family Film Festival of Napa Valley. The four-day event features showings of film classics like The Black Stallion, inventive short films like the live-action and animated Mermaids on Mars and student films. Highlights also include paper plane workshops, Star Wars models and creatures FX workshops with creative legends Lorne Peterson and Mark Rappaport and a screening of Pixar’s recent hit Big Hero 6, followed by a tribute to the late screenwriter Dan Gerson. The family film fest takes place Friday through Monday, May 27–30, at Cameo Cinemas, 1340 Main St., St. Helena. Free admission; reservations recommended. www.familyfilmfestivalnv.com.

Taking place once again under the shade of the majestic redwoods, the 11th annual Strawberry Festival returns to raise funds for community radio station the Bridge, KGGV 95.1-FM. Aside from an assortment of sweet strawberry desserts, refreshing strawberry mimosas and premium strawberry beer paired with succulent barbecue, there’s a full afternoon of live music on deck, featuring tunes from the Detroit Disciples, the Pat Wilder Band, Rukus and others. The locally-sourced and family-friendly fest also boasts a silent, strawberry-focused auction, raffle and more, all going toward keeping the volunteer-run radio station serving west Sonoma County on the air. KGGV busts out the berries on Saturday, May 28, at 14520 Armstrong Woods Road, Guerneville. Noon to 5pm. Free. www.Kggv.fm.

SEBASTOPOL

Hot Jazz Dixieland outfit Earles of Newtown is a nine-piece band whose members dress to the nines for their raucous, New Orleans–inspired performances that blend blazing horns, bluegrass banjos and dueling vocal melodies.

Hailing from the hills of Nevada City, the Earles have become staples at festivals and concert halls around the Bay Area and Northern California, opening for the likes of Dr. John and the March Fourth Marching Band and headlining shows in San Francisco on a regular basis. This week, the Earles bring their Southern style and distinct jazz sounds back to the North Bay, inviting the chain-stomping local folk rockers the Crux to join them on Friday, May 27, at HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol.

8pm. $12. 707.829.7300.

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Redwood Fiction Two Sonoma County Sheriff’s detectives travel to Mexico, fight against corruption, face natural disasters and race against time to save a kidnapped family member in local author Thonie Hevron’s latest thriller, Intent to Hold. This week, the Sonoma County-based and award-winning Hevron, who worked in law enforcement and public safety for over 30 years before retiring in 2011, reads from her new novel as part of the ongoing monthly Redwood Writers Spotlight on Fiction event series and engages audiences with insightful discussion on Tuesday, May 31, at Copperfield’s Books in Montgomery Village, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. 6pm. Free admission; $15.95 for a copy of the book. 707.578.8938.

—Charlie Swanson STILL SMOKIN’ Comedy duo Cheech & Chong play music and perform their classic routines in a special BottleRock preview on Thursday, May 26, at Uptown Theatre in Napa. See Clubs & Venues, p26.

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Arts Ideas STAR OF THE SHOW Jazz drummer Billy Hart has played with Miles Davis,

Herbie Hancock and John Coltrane.

Hart & Soul Healdsburg honors jazz legend during upcoming festival BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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staple of Healdsburg’s summer season since 1999, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival commences June 3–12 for 10 days of live music performed by local luminaries and living legends at various venues throughout the town and the greater Sonoma County area.

Aside from appearances by celebrated musicians like guitarists Julian Lage, whose trio opens the festival on June 3 at Healdsburg Shed, and Charlie Hunter, who brings his band to Spoonbar on June 8, the highlight of this year’s festival is a 40-year retrospective of famed jazz drummer and educator Billy Hart, who will perform on June 4 and 5 with a multitude of gifted

artists and share his insights into what he calls the American tradition of jazz.

“We’re dealing with music that mirrors a fairly new concept,” says Hart from his home in New Jersey. “America hasn’t been around that long compared to everybody else. The combination of cultures that produced this country also produced this music. It’s a tradition that now deserves to be studied.”

Hart began his studies in jazz and drumming as a child listening to Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. In the early 1960s, he started performing with and learning from jazz and soul masters like saxophonist Roger Buck Hill and pianist and vocalist Shirley Horn.

After moving from his hometown of Washington, D.C., to New York in 1968, Hart’s education in jazz developed further when he began playing with icons like Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

“It was illuminating, it was revelatory,” says Hart. “And on the other hand, it gave you a certain amount of pride to understand and know these traditions.”

Over four decades of jazz, Hart also recognizes that the traditions of jazz are as well defined by its continual evolution. He says today’s jazz culture is as fertile as ever with young and talented musical minds nourishing the scene.

During the upcoming retrospective, Hart will play with both longtime musical compatriots and some of these hot young musicians he now regularly teaches.

On Saturday, June 4, Hart is

joined by his 1980s co-op Quest, featuring saxophonist David Liebman, pianist and composer Richie Beirach and bassist Ron McClure.

Hart is also slated to perform on Saturday with a collective of artists connected to his landmark 1977 album, Enchance, welcoming veterans such as bassist Dave Holland and trumpeter Eddie Henderson, as well as contemporary stars like pianist Craig Taborn and saxophonist Joshua Redman.

Sunday, June 5, continues the celebration, as Hart brings his current touring quartet to town for a set of improvised music.

Hart will also revisit another of his most popular albums, 1996’s Oceans of Time, with an ensemble that features postbop bassist Cecil McBee, selfdescribed “jazz punk”guitarist David Fiuczynski, classically trained violinist Mark Feldman and others.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to play pretty adventuresome music,” Hart says.

“Some of these musicians are the greatest musicians in the world, they’re powerful and strong personalities and I’m lucky to get a chance to perform with them under any conditions, let alone something that’s supposed to be honoring me,” Hart says. “It will be a weekend of ambitious listening for the audiences.”

Healdsburg Jazz Festival honors Billy Hart June 4–5 at Jackson Theater, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa. 7pm. $25–$65. For tickets and info on other festival concerts, visit www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org.

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London Calling

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lavery was still legal in England in 1833, when American actor Ira Aldridge became the first black man to appear on stage in London. Following the death of famed actor Edmund Kean, Aldridge was called upon to play the lead in Shakespeare’s Othello, alongside white actors at Keane’s Theater Royal, in Covent Garden.

With Abolition just three months from becoming law, the city was in a state of turmoil, hardly the best time to challenge centuries of tradition and deep-seated prejudice. Aldridge did go on to critical acclaim and popularity in France, Germany, Russia and Budapest, but his London debut was as steeped in drama, scandal, deceit and betrayal as Othello itself.

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Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti has written a deftly entertaining examination of a little-known turning point in theater history, and the San Francisco Playhouse turns it into one of the best Bay Area productions of the year.

Directed by Margo Hall with marvelous command of the script’s complex blend of social comedy and raw drama, Red Velvet features a towering performance by Carl Lumbly as Aldridge, initially appearing in old age, then in flashback preparing to first take the London stage.

The superb supporting cast includes Sonoma County actor Tim Kniffin, excellent in a tricky role as the dying Keane’s affronted actor son Charles, whose rising indignation at watching a black actor play Othello—a role he’d expected to assail himself—is hilarious and chilling. Also strong are Richard Louis James in dual parts as Aldridge’s long-suffering dresser and a stodgy Shakespearean actor; Susi Damilano as Charles’ actress fiancée, Ellen Tree; and the effortlessly accent-shifting Elena Wright in a trio of key roles, including that of Aldridge’s white, English-born wife.

Chakrabarti’s robust script does stretch believability in an effort to have fun with Aldridge’s initial backstage arrival at Theater Royal.

That quibble aside, Red Velvet stands as a thing of graceful beauty, earning its way, line by line, to its heartbreaking climax. Along the way, Chakrabarti gleefully crams in dozens of historical tidbits illustrating 19th-century acting styles, pre-Victorian restroom customs and the acrobatic language of polite English racism.

Supremely satisfying on many levels, this is a must-see historical drama. In eschewing simple conclusions or one-dimensional characterizations, Red Velvet delivers a 180-year-old story that, sadly, feels vividly and unnervingly contemporary.

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he defining characteristic of The Lobster is its bizarre plot. In a near-future dystopia, the city sends single men and women to a remote hotel where they have 45 days to find a soul mate or be turned into an animal of their choice.

With that unusual device in place, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ first English-language film explores the nature of modern relationships with twisted and unsettling results.

The film introduces us to the recently divorced David, played with desperate restraint by Colin Farrell, who once again proves he’s best when he plays it quiet rather than heroic. A clinical narration by Rachel Weisz (who we will meet later) describes David’s situation as he attempts to find his mate.

In an early interview with the hotel manager, David is asked which animal he would like to be turned into should he not succeed in pairing up.

He chooses a lobster for its longevity and lifelong fertility, and the manager commends him on an excellent selection before having one of David’s arms handcuffed behind his back.

While everything at the hotel is meant to encourage coupling, it is all done in the most detached manner. Conversations are emotionless, smiles are nonexistent and residents of the hotel are all defined by their least attractive quality, such as “the man with a lisp” (John C. Reilly).

This stilted atmosphere permeates the entire film, at first nearly destroying any affection the audience might have for the characters. As the film progresses, however, and the strangeness intensifies, such as when the hotel residents are sent out to hunt the loners who live in the woods,The Lobster’s alienating nature starts to intrigue rather than repel.

By the time David makes it back to the city, the true stifling horror of the film reveals itself and the parallels to our own social obsession with beauty and romance become clear. In a world where a leading presidential candidate calls women “fat pigs” and “disgusting animals,”The Lobster begins to seem not so bizarre after all.

‘The Lobster’ opens Friday, May 27, at Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.

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Last year, Funky Fridays encountered a peculiar problem.

It became too popular, and the state cut the allowed capacity from the 300–400 average number of attendees to a conservative 125. For Myers, it was a huge setback.

“We were up to 500 people in the third season, that’s when the state came down hard,” he says.

“There was just no more room.”

Undaunted, Myers and Pavlak

Funky Fridays kicks off the season on May 27 at Hood Mansion, 1450 Pythian Road, Santa Rosa. Doors at 5:30pm; music at 7pm. $10; kids under 18 free ($10 parking per car). 707.833.6288. www.funkyfridays.info.

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began in earnest to find a new home for Funky Fridays after last summer’s season ended. In December, they happened upon a new spot, Hood Mansion on Pythian Road, between Santa Rosa and Kenwood.

Working alongside Melissa Kelley, executive director of the Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Myers and Pavlak are revamping the Funky Fridays event for a fourth season featuring all-star musicians and family-friendly outdoor fun.

This week, Funky Fridays returns on May 27 with beloved soul and funk band the Bruthas, led by Levi Lloyd.

“It’s a gorgeous venue, with a huge front lawn where the concerts will take place,” says Myers. “You’ve still got a view of the Myacamas Mountains in the background, especially Hood Mountain, the tallest point in Sonoma Valley.”

Built in 1858 by William Hood, the impressive Hood Mansion was constructed from bricks made onsite. In the last 160 years, it has gone through a series of owners, including Utah senator and mining and railroad magnate Thomas Kearns in the late 1800s, and the fraternal organization the Knights of Pythias in the early 20th century.

Now owned by Sonoma County, the building sits empty. Myers and Pavlak’s fundraising vision to benefit the county’s regional parks foundation includes improvements to the site and Hood Mountain regional park.

This year, Funky Fridays has upped the ante in its offerings: wine from local vineyards, beer from Henhouse Brewing and barbecue from Tri-Tips Trolley will be sold at the concerts.

Attendees may bring their own picnic options if they choose. The event will also offer a kids’ area with activities.

“Moving forward, we know we’ve got a winning combination here, supporting local musicians and local parks,” says Myers. “And it’s just going to keep growing.”

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Music Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Langhorne Slim & the Law

“Live at Lagunitas” summer concert series kicks off with a concert from the slim and spirited songwriter fresh off his BottleRock appearance.

Tickets available at band’s website, RSVP required. May 30, 4:20pm. Free. Lagunitas Amphitheaterette, 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

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MARIN COUNTY Alchemy Sound Project

415.662.2219

World premiere of “Viritidas” by bassist/composer David Arend features tenor saxophonist Erica Lindsay, for whom Arend wrote the piece, and violinist Jenny Bifano as soloists. May 27, 7pm.

San Domenico School, 1500 Butterfield Rd, San Anselmo.

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Mill Valley Philharmonic

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A showcase of the philharmonic’s 2016 Concerto Competition winning soloists and composer. Jun 1, 7:30pm.

Free. Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley, millvalleyphilharmonic.org.

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Massive music fest features headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder and Florence + the Machine with Napa Valley wine, food and fun. May 27-29.

Sold-out. Napa Valley Exposition, 575 Third St, Napa.

Michael Franti & Friends BottleRock Napa Valley presents a pre-festival dinner and concert with Franti, benefitting his Do It For the Love Foundation. May 26, 6pm. Auberge du Soleil, 180 Rutherford Hill Rd, Rutherford, bottlerocknapavalley.com.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY A’Roma Roasters

May 26, Santa Rosa All-Star

Trio. May 27, Disclaimer. May 28, Hank Levine. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music Hall

May 28, Rudy Colombini & the Unauthorized Rolling Stones.

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

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

May 27, Saffell. May 28, Tyler Allen. May 29, 2pm, Gary Vogensen’s Sunday Ramble. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Barley & Hops Tavern May 26, New Skye. May 27, Ricky Alan Ray. May 28, Eartsu. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

May 25, Certified Organic. May 26, the Lost Sailors. May 27, the Zins. May 28, Petaluma High School Jazz concert fundraiser.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Brixx Pizzeria

May 28, Jerry Hannan Band.

16 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.766.8162.

Cellars of Sonoma

May 26, Joe Valley Band. May 27, John Pita. May 28, Greg Yoder. Tues, Wavelength.

133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.578.1826.

Coffee Catz

May 26, 3:30pm, Randall Collen & Todd Smith jazz duo. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar

May 27, French Oak Gypsies.

May 28, Wisp & Willows.

May 31, Danny Montana. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

D’Argenzio Winery

May 26, 6pm, Bear’s Belly. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.280.4658.

First United Methodist Church

May 29, 3pm, My Three Tenors.

1551 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa.

Flamingo Lounge

May 27, Power House. May 28, UB707. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

FLO

May 28, the Beautiful

Questions. 177A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.473.8652.

French Garden

May 27, Un Deux Trois. May 28, Solid Air. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.

Hood Mansion

May 27, Funky Fridays with the Bruthas. 1450 Pythian Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.833.6288. www.funkyfridays.info.

HopMonk Sebastopol

May 26, Country Line Dancing.

May 27, Earles of Newtown with the Crux. May 28, Midnight Sun Massive with Dan Martin and the Noma Rocksteady. May 30, Monday Night Edutainment with Irie Dole. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

May 27, 5pm, Dan Goldfus. May 27, 8pm, Matt Bolton. May 28, 1pm, Al James. May 28, 8pm, Timothy O’Neil. May 29, 1pm, Nate Lopez. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

May 28, Stephanie Ozer Trio with Peter Barshay and Kendrick Freeman. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

May 27, Timothy O’Neil Band and the Highway Poets. Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap Room

May 25, Aqua Velvets. May 26, Solid Air. May 27, Ian Scherer.

May 28, Tally Up. May 29, Derek Irving Combo. Jun 1, Rhythm Drivers. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Last Record Store

May 28, 2pm, Old Century Blood. 1899-A Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.525.1963.

Main Street Bistro

May 25, Willie Perez. May 26, Susan Sutton jazz piano.

May 27, Tia Carrol. May 28, Pat Wilder. May 29, Frankye Kelly.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen

May 28, George Heagerty & Never the Same. May 29, 3pm, Jimi James. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

May 28, 12pm, David Martin’s House Party with Norman Greenbaum. 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

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Mystic Theatre

May 27, the James Hunter Six. May 29, Stephen “Ragga” Marley and Nattali Rize. May 31, Gondwana with Fayuca. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

Phoenix Theater

May 28, Apothesary with A Human Costume and Kinnefret.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Plaza Park

May 31, Tuesdays in the Plaza with Roy Rogers. 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Redwood Cafe

May 25, Irish set dancing. May 26, 4pm, Pants Da Buzzard.

May 26, 7pm, Second Street Band. May 27, Reggae at the Redwood with Midnight Sun Massive and Ian Franklin. May 28, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band.

May 28, 8:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo. May 29, 5pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. May 30, Open Mic with DJ Loisaida. May 31, Great Burrito Singers Showcase.

Jun 1, 12pm, KRSH noontime concert with Brett Dennen.

Jun 1, 7pm, Irish set dancing.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse May 28, Stax City. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Rossi’s 1906

May 27, ‘80s night with Duran Duran Duran. May 28, Edge of the West. May 29, 2pm, Sonoma Stompers season kickoff party. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

May 28, Thin Air String Band.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Sebastiani Theatre

May 29, Tommy Thompson, Wendy DeWitt and Billy Philadelphia. 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.

Sonoma Speakeasy

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

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

The Tradewinds Bar

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Let It Slide Roy Rogers kicks off popular Healdsburg event Slide-guitar blues player Roy Rogers and his Delta Rhythm Kings will grace the well-worn stage in Healdsburg’s Plaza Park to kick off the popular Tuesdays in the Plaza summer concert series on May 31.

Also included in this year’s fantastic series are Cajun crooners Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Brazilian band Grupo Falso Baiano, local rockers the Sorentinos and Hall of Fame bluesman Charlie Musselwhite, to name a few.

While his latest record is an 11-track barnburner appropriately titled Into the Wild Blue, Rogers doesn’t need to rely solely on current material to draw a sizable crowd, having been a fixture in West Coast rock and roll since the ’70s. For the uninitiated, the blues guitarist and Grammy-winning producer learned much of his slide technique after hearing records by Robert Johnson.

He toured with John Lee Hooker for years, featured the late pianist Allen Toussaint on his 1987 Sidewinder release, and even worked alongside Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne.

“I use open tuning in my music, and we do lots of improvisation,” Rogers said during a 2012 interview. “These open tunings take various forms and can move music in a lot of places.”

Check him out during this rare Sonoma County soiree, and expect to find Rogers doing some free-form solos. May 31, Healdsburg Plaza, 217 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 6pm. Free. All ages.

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May 27, Derek Irving & His Combo. May 29, Kevin Russell & His So Called Friends. May 31, Mark Larson Trio. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

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May 27, Champagne Groove.

May 28, DJ Crisp. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

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May 25, Throckmorton Chorus Annual Spring Concert. Wed, 12pm, noon concert series. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Dance Palace

May 29, classical guitar concert with Dalton O’Sullivan.

503 B St, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1075.

Downtown Tiburon

May 27, 6pm, Friday Nights on Main with Mustache Harbor.

Main St, Tiburon.

May 25, blues jam with Terry Hiatt. May 26, Feat Prints. May 27, Shana Morrison & Caledonia.

May 29, Second Line. May 31, Madera Marin. Jun 1, British Invasion jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

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Vintage Film Series: THE PINK PANTHER (1963)

Movies call 707.996.2020 Tickets call 707.996.9756 SONOMA sebastianitheatre.com

May 25, open mic night with Joel Schick. May 26, Emerging Artists Series with Shelby Lanterman. May 27, the Cheesballs. May 28, the Melt with James Harmon. Jun 1, open mic night with Robby Elfman. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

May 25, Jose Najera & the Bernal Beats. Jun 1, Mike Saliani and friends. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium

May 29, 4pm, Love2Dance Spring Performance. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

Marin Country Mart

May 27, 6pm, Falso Baiano and

friends. May 29, 12:30pm, the Dried Up Bones. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

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Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

May 25, Marcus Machado.

May 26, Bubba’s Taxi. May 27, 5:30pm, the Restless Sons. May 28, 5:30pm, Billy Dee & Fiddling Cal. May 28, 8pm, Dance/ House at Club 19. May 29, 5pm, Buddy Owen Band. Mon, open mic. May 31, Disrupted Continuum. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

May 25, Jimi James Band. May 26, Snake Plissken Band. May 27, Michael Aragon Quartet.

May 28, Fuzzy Slippers. May 29, Hurricane Gulch. May 30, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs.

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

Old Western Saloon

May 28, Void Where Prohibited.

11201 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1661.

Osteria Divino

May 25, Jonathan Poretz.

May 26, Passion Habanera.

May 27, Ken Cook Trio. May 28, Hippopotamus Trio. May 29, Ian McArdle Trio. May 31, Casey Cameron. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

May 25, Vardo. May 26, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. May 31, the Machiavelvets. Jun 1, Robin DuBois. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

May 25, the New Sneakers. May 26, Mark’s Jamm Sammich.

May 27, Beso and Junk Parlor.

May 28, Soul Ska. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. May 31, Waldo’s Special. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

May 27, Stompy Jones. May 28, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums with Miss Carmen Getit.

May 29, 4pm, Pablo Cruise.

May 30, 4pm, Wonderbread 5. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s

May 27, 6:30pm, Moonglow Trio. May 28, 6:30pm, Blue News. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato.

415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse

May 26, Parlor Tricks. May 27, Verismo Opera. May 28, Rolando Morales & Carlos Reyes Quintet. May 29, 5pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. May 30, M6 Band. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango

May 26, the Town Howlers.

May 27, the Haggards. May 28, This Old Earthquake. May 29, John Brothers Piano Company.

Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall May 25, Crossroads Music School concert. May 26, Tim O’Brien and Caleb Caudle. May 27, Sons of Champlin and Tal Morris Band. May 28, Sean Hayes and Adam Kirk. May 30, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions.

Mon, Open Mic. May 31, John Brothers Piano Company. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

Taste of Rome

May 27, the 7th Sons. 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.7660.

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May 28, the Joy Formidable.

1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards May 28, Jon Shannon Williams. 1245 First St, Napa.

707.254.1922.

Napa Valley Opera House

May 27, Atlas Genius with Nothing But Thieves. May 28, Grouplove with the Struts.

May 29, Chevy Metal featuring Taylor Hawkins. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.

River Terrace Inn

May 27, Craig Corona. May 28, Johnny Smith. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa. 707.320.9000.

Silo’s

May 25, Mike Greensill jazz.

May 26, Vintage High School Big Band fundraisr. May 27, Son Little. May 28, San Fermin. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uptown Theatre

May 26, Cheech & Chong.

May 27, the Pharcyde with K Flay. May 28, Gogol Bordello.

May 29, Robert DeLong with Waters. May 30, Rodrigo y Gabriela. 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Uva Trattoria

May 25, Tom Duarte. May 26, Gentlemen of Jazz. May 27, Party of Three. May 28, Juke Joint Band. May 29, Duo Gadjo. 1040 Clinton St, Napa.

707.255.6646.

Arts Events RECEPTIONS May 27

Falkirk Cultural Center, “3D/3Seasons,” presenting a dozen free standing sculptures Bay area artists. 5pm. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael.

415.485.3438.

SONOMA COUNTY Arts Guild of Sonoma

Through May 30, “Tracy Child & Nancy Martin,” dual show displays Child’s paintings and Martin’s jewelry. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Sumner’s whimsical cat paintings and prints and Kay Young’s glassware.

14301 Arnold Dr, #2A, Glen Ellen. Thurs-Mon. 10 to 6.

707.343.1931.

Kitty Hawk Gallery

Through May 29, “Unreliable Narrator,” solo exhibit by local artist Tony Speirs. 125 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.861.3904.

Through May 30, “The Peanuts Movie,” exhibit traces Peanuts from Schulz’s pen to the recent feature film. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5.

707.579.4452.

Paul Mahder Gallery

Chroma Gallery

Prince Gallery

Through May 29, “Simmon Factor: Live on the Walls,” a solo show of narrative and surreal artwork from the artist and former owner of Village Art Supply. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Through Jun 5, “Continuous Cycle,” a solo show by Justin Ringlein explores the interplay of familiarity, storytelling, allegory and invention. 122 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.889.0371.

Graton Gallery, “Angles & Curves,” architect Ken Berman’s angular art is contrasted with the mixed-media fluidity of painter Marylu Downing.

2pm. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. 707.829.8912.

Finley Community Center

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Healdsburg Center for the Arts, “Clay & Glass Exhibit,” fifth annual show features 13 artists working in the creative mediums with diverse techniques and styles. 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.431.1970.

Fulton Crossing

May 28

Corte Madera Library, “Found Sculpture,” photography exhibit by Joseph Bacon draws inspiration from the familiar and reveals the beauty in the everyday. 2:30pm. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

May 29

Marketplace on Fourth, “Seascapes of Sonoma,” local artist Tom Russacher displays his seascapes and landscapes, with prints available for sale. 1pm.

845 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.303.7530.

Two Bird Cafe, “Borrowed World,” vibrant celebration of the natural world by poet Barbara Swift Brauer and photographer Laurence Brauer. 3pm. Valley Inn, 625 San Geronimo Dr, San Geronimo.

415.488.0528.

Through Jun 16, “The Wonder of Shape & Color,” a wide range of media is presented by Santa Rosa Art Guild. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Through May 31, “May Art Showing,” displaying new works by studio artists and visiting artists including Christie Marks and Hillary Younglove. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Gallery One

Through Jun 12, “Art at the Source Preview Exhibition,” a community showcase of art in advance of the June open studios event. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277.

Guerneville Bank Club May 28-Apr 30, “Glory Days,” exhibit by Russian River Historical Society is a tribute to Clare Harris, who helped turn Rio Nido into the town it is today. 16290 Main St, Guerneville. Daily, 11 to 9.

707.666.9411.

Hopscotch Gifts & Gallery

Through Jun 20, “Lovin’ Life,” featuring Hilary Hecker’s soft sculpture, Julie Beardsley’s framed beaded art, John

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. Through Jun 4, “Ann Wolff & Gurpran Rau,” a double exhibit displays glass sculpture, pastel drawing and paintings by the two artists. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Through Jun 12, “Art at the Source Preview Exhibition” features work from artists participating in the upcoming Art at the Source open studios weekends. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Gallery

Through Jun 12, “Treen,” woodturner Kalia Kliban’s new show exhibits works made from walnut, alder, birch and other fine woods. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6. 707.829.7200.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Through Jun 12, “Modern Twist,” contemporary bamboo sculpture from 17 Japanese artists joins “Contemporary Calligraphy,” with writer Thomas Ingmire in collaboration with artist Manuel Neri. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.939.SVMA.

Marilyn Hulter M.D. Medical Cannabis Evaluation Clinic

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Steele Lane Community Center

New Patient

Through Jun 23, “Coastal West,” colorful plein air paintings by Vanessa Hadady celebrates the coastal waters from California to Oregon. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa. MonThurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282. )

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West County Museum

May 25-Oct 1, “Sebastopol Bottles,” milk, soda, seltzer, beer and water bottles throughout history are exhibited along with pharmacy and medicine bottles. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. Thurs-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.6711.

MARIN COUNTY 142 Throckmorton Theatre

Through May 29, “Moved by Faith,” paintings, ceramics and photography created by student artists from Marin Catholic High School. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Art Works Downtown

Through Jun 17, “Marin Contemporary,” Art Works main gallery showcases artists who live or have an art studio in Marin County and create work in contemporary themes or materials. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Jun 11, “Wall Sculptures,” mixed-media pieces include works created with wood, metal, wire and found objects. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Corte Madera Library

Through May 26, “Winsome Watercolors,” solo show from artist Jan White features landscapes and still-life studies in beautiful watercolors.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

First & Third Floor Galleries

Through May 31, “Celebrating Colors,” eight local longtime artists carry distinctly individual styles to explore the visual power of colors. Marin Civic Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

Headlands Center for the Arts

Through Jun 5, “Graduate Fellows Exhibition,” seven Bay Area-based artists engage the concept of time in various ways and explore connections among people, nature and truth. 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4.

415.331.2787.

Marin Society of Artists Through Jun 11, “Splish Splash,” members display their talents in this water themed

exhibition. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4 pm 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

Through Jun 4, “Altered Book & Book Arts Exhibition,” seventh annual show displays the work of 150 Bay Area artists who reconstruct and rework books into unique pieces of art. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. WedFri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5.

415.506.0137.

Mill Valley Library

Through May 31, “Tam High Photography Show,” a display of student work. 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.389.4292.

Osher Marin JCC

Through May 31, “Rescue, Relief & Renewal,” exhibit of rare archival photographs from Poland, originally presented at the Galicia Jewish Museum Krakow in 2014. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael.

415.444.8000.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through May 27, “Abstract Landscapes & Cityscapes,” group exhibit of works on canvas features art from Heather Capen, Nick Coley and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5.

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Sausalito Library

Through May 29, “Visit with Animals from WildCare,” photo exhibit of animal portraits and portraits of the animals from WildCare. 420 Litho St, Sausalito. 415.289.4121.

Seager Gray Gallery

Through Jun 5, “The Art of the Book,” 11th annual exhibition of book related material includes fine press, handmade and altered books featuring new works by gallery favorites as well as some exciting discoveries. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.384.8288.

NAPA COUNTY Caldwell Snyder Gallery

Through Jun 4, “Eyefull,” pop-culture painter Greg Miller infuses his works with intriguing visual language.

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Downtown Napa

Through May 31, “Napa ARTwalk,” rotating exhibition of original, high-quality sculpture is showcased in public areas around Downtown Napa and the Oxbow District. First Street and Town Center, Napa.

Comedy 3 For All

Hilarious improvisation group celebrates its 20th anniversary with this show. May 28, 8pm. $28-$43. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Events Driven to Perfection Classic Car Show & Cruise

Fourth annual car show includes food trucks, music, events and awards with cars, trucks and farm tractors from 1976 and earlier. Proceeds benefit the Sebastopol Area Senior Center. May 28, 10am. $7. O’Reilly & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol.

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KGGV Strawberry Festival

Glorious strawberry treats are paired with live music by Pat Wilder Band and others, silent auctions, raffle and more in KGGV community radio fundraiser. May 28, 12pm.

Free admission. Guerneville Community Church, 14520 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville.

Mill Valley’s Memorial Day Parade Includes a pre-parade ceremony in Lytton Square to honor local individuals and a post-parade party. May 30, 10:30am. Downtown, Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Field Trips Memorial Day Family Nature Hike

Explore and learn about the park’s plants and the creatures of our creek as well as other natural history. May 30, 10am.

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ANGULARITY Work by Ken Berman shows at Graton Gallery’s new exhibit,

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Documentary on the famous Marin run gets a screening to benefit Mill Valley Village. May 29, 2pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

Family Film Festival of the Napa Valley Presented by Trinchro Family

Estates, this weekend-long event showcases films, discussions with filmmakers, kids activities and special guests. May 27-30. Free.

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Juvies Riveting documentary about the juvenile prison system is narrated by Mark Wahlberg and directed by award-winning filmmaker Leslie Neale. May 25, 7pm. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

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Moms & Meds Marin Health and Human Services presents this documentary that navigates pregnancy and psychiatric medication, with Skype Q&A with director Dina Fiasconaro.

May 26, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

War Made Easy Norman Solomon’s film

screens as part of the Peace & Justice Center’s Documentary Series. May 26, 7pm. Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.575.8902.

Food & Drink Marin Greek Festival

Eat, drink and enjoy all things Greek with dancing, ethnic vendors, cooking demos, children’s activities and more.

May 27-29. $5. Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church, 1110 Highland Rd, Novato.

Muir Beach Volunteer Firemen’s Barbecue

A fun event for the whole family with delicious food, activities for the kids, live music and dancing.

May 29, 12pm. $20 per vehicle.

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Taste of Place Winemaker Dinner

Featuring famous winemaker Sean Thackrey and Shed chef Perry Hoffman. May 26, 6:30pm. $115. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

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Taste of the Bay Sail

Sail on the bay and enjoy a menu of local, sustainable seafood provided by Real Good Fish and prepared by Sausalito’s well-traveled Chef Dr. Jones. May 29, 3:30pm. $95.

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West of Temperance Winetasting

New Napa/Marin based boutique winery offers tastings, with food from Brickmaiden Breads and live music from Danny Vitali in the garden. May 26, 5:30pm. $65.

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Lectures Carbon Farming Workshop

Darren Doherty shares carbon farming success stories from around the planet. May 27, 6pm. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Finding God, Finding Health

A Christian Science healing talk by practitioner Michelle Nanouche. May 31, 7:30pm.

Free. Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon.

Readings Book Passage

May 25, 7pm, “Imagine Me Gone” with Adam Haslett.

May 26, 7pm, “Youngblood” with Matthew Gallagher. May 28, 4pm, “War Is a Lie” with David Swanson. May 31, 7pm, “The Mastery of Self” with Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. Jun 1, 7pm, “Marlene” with CW Gortner. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Witch” discussion, with the Larkspur Book Club. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

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May 28, 3pm, “Home Cooked” with Anya Fernald, includes cooking demo and tasting. $35-$50. 25 North St, Healdsburg 707.431.7433.

HopMonk Sebastopol May 31, 6pm, “Sweetbitter” with Stephanie Danler, a Debut Brews event, hosted

by Copperfield’s Books. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.7300.

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May 25, 7:30pm, “A Deadly Wandering” with Matt Richtel, includes panel discussion on distracted driving. Free. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael 415.444.8000.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

May 27, 7pm, “The Fireman” with Joe Hill. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Readers’ Books

May 28, 2pm, “Whoops, I Forgot to Achieve My Potential” with Maggie Huffman. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Rebound Bookstore

May 25, 7pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, with authors Christina Hutchins and Gregory W Randall. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books

May 31, 6pm, “Intent to Hold” with Thonie Hevron, a Redwood Writers Spotlight event 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Sausalito Women’s Club May 25, 7pm, “The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty” with Vendela Vida, hosted by Copperfield’s Books. 120 Central Ave, Sausalito.

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Jun 1, 6:30pm, “The New Mediterranean Jewish Table” with Joyce Goldstein, hosted

by Book Passage. $100-$160.

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Theater Calendar Girls

Sonoma Arts Live opens their 2016 season with the smashhit comedy based on the true story of six women who stepped out of their comfort

zone to help those in need.

Through May 29. $15-$22.

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Lucky Penny presents the musical comedy about love and relationships. Through May 29. $27-$38. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

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Immaterial Matters

Raven Players present the world premiere production of a new play about a 19th-century photographer touched by the spirits of his recently deceased subjects. Through May 29. $10$25. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.

Murder at Sea

Get a Clue Productions’ new mystery dinner theater show is a Caribbean cruise who-dunnit, with audience participation and island-themed attire encouraged. Fri, May 27, 7pm. $68. Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor. 707.837.0019.

My Fair Lady

One of the most beloved musicals of all time comes alive with elegant visuals and sweeping music. Through Jun 5. $15-$37. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Sweet Charity

Neil Simon’s bright musical production is performed by the talented Throckmorton Youth Performers. Through May 29. $15-$35. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

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Local cannabis operators across Sonoma County wince as the press digs into the private lives of the few brave first applicants, exposing every intimate detail— from Google searches to property sales—broadcasting their locations, their history and their business plans.

This may not seem like an issue to other small businesses, many of whom wish they could get this type of front-page attention for their organic cafe or public service project. But for new cannabisbusiness operators, this type of exposure can be an issue of

security and safety. Not only are the applicants put at risk, so too are the employees and families who now have to answer for their association in a time when the prohibition stigma is still heavy.

While hundreds of operators would like to apply for a business permit this fall in Santa Rosa, many of them are not only too scared to be dragged through the press, but also fear vandalism and theft, as future permits require publicly posting intent.

“The process is already public enough,” says Aaron, a local cultivator waiting to apply for a cannabis business permit in the fall. “I can understand informing the immediate neighbors of your business application, but blasting pictures of the address and the building across the news is just excessive, let alone unsafe.”

In Oakland, operators applying for permits receive certain protections: the locations of the businesses are kept private, which can prevent the violent crimes and vandalism that have plagued the cannabis industry for decades.

With no privacy standards in place yet, and the media featuring the nitty gritty details of every applicant, who will step up to apply for Santa Rosa’s conditional use permit?

If the goal is to encourage the local cannabis industry to follow the new regulations, get permits and pay taxes, then the program has to change, and so do actions by lawmakers, law enforcement, regulatory agencies and even reporters.

In order for this newly emerging industry to work, it will be a team effort as we share the heavy lifting of prohibition and herald in a new, more sophisticated generation concerned with public safety, environmental responsibility and strengthening our local economy.

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Astrology For the week of May 25

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21–April 19) To convey the best strategy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn inspiration from a set of instructions composed by aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase.

Scribble, erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. Erase, erase, erase. Scribble, erase. Keep what’s left. In other words, Aries, you have a mandate to be innocently empirical, robustly experimental and cheerfully improvisational—with the understanding that you must also balance your fun with ruthless editing.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) “One must think like

Norway is mountainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat. A group of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially remedy the imbalance. They propose that to mark the hundredth anniversary of Finland’s independence, their country will offer a unique birthday gift: the top of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border between countries will be shifted so that the peak will be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contemplate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s a highly favorable time for you to bestow extra imaginative blessings. (P.S.: The consequences will be invigorating to your own dreams.)

a hero to behave like a merely decent human being,” wrote Taurus memoirist May Sarton. That’s a dauntingly high standard to live up to, but for the foreseeable future it’s important that you try. In the coming weeks, you will need to maintain a heroic level of potency and excellence if you hope to keep your dreams on track and your integrity intact. Luckily, you will have an extraordinary potential to do just that. But you’ll have to work hard to fulfill the potential—as hard as a hero on a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all the fake Holy Grails.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) “Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now,” said novelist Doris Lessing.

“The conditions are always impossible.” I hope you take her advice to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big dream. It’s senseless to tell yourself that you will finally get serious as soon as all the circumstances are perfect. Perfection does not and will never exist. The future is now. You’re as ready as you will ever be.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) French painter Henri Matisse didn’t mind being unmoored, befuddled or in-between. In fact, he regarded these states as being potentially valuable to his creative process. Here’s his testimony: “In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows.” I’m recommending that you try out his attitude, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has come for you to drum up the inspirations and revelations that become available when you don’t know where the hell you are and what the hell you’re doing.

LEO (July 23–August 22) Proposed experiment: Imagine that all the lovers and would-be lovers you have ever adored are in your presence. Review in detail your memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude for their mysteries. Sing the love songs you love best. Look into a mirror and rehearse your “I only have eyes for you” gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering. Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urging you to engage in these practices is that it’s the High Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others,” wrote editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I am predicting that the first half of it won’t fully apply to you. Why? Because you are entering a phase that I regard as unusually favorable for the project of transforming yourself. It may not be easy to do so, but it’ll be easier than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the challenge to reimagine, reinvent and reshape yourself at least as much fun as it is hard work.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) “Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason,” says author Rebecca Solnit in her book The Far Away Nearby. That’s a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Here’s how I suspect this meditation applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and there will be other times when you will have good reasons for not embarking on an available adventure. But now is not one of those moments.

Russian poet Vera Pavlova tells about how once when she was using a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the contrary. She loved the fact that the new mark substantially extended her life line. The palmistrylover in her celebrated. I’m seeing a comparable twist in your near future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhancement is nigh.

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CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) I believe that every one of us should set aside a few days every year when we celebrate our gaffes, our flaws and our bloopers. During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed about the false moves we have made. We don’t decry our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior. Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved us from some painful experience or helped us avoid getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for you to observe this crooked holiday.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Sometimes the love you experience for those you care about makes you feel vulnerable. You may worry about being out of control or swooping so deeply into your tenderness that you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, love will be a source of potency and magnificence for you. It will make you smarter, braver and cooler. Your words of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani: “When I love / I feel that I am the king of time / I possess the earth and everything on it / and ride into the sun upon my horse.” (Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.)

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

In November 1916, at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner Jönköping set sail for Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles of Champagne intended for officers of the occupying Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A hostile German submarine sunk the boat, and the precious cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The story didn’t end there, however.

More than eight decades later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of the lost treasure, which had been well-preserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed that the bubbly alcoholic beverage was “remarkably light-bodied, extraordinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet, slow-building toasty aromas of great finesse.” (Source: tinyurl.com/toastyaromas.) I foresee the potential of a similar resurrection in your future, Pisces. How deep are you willing to dive?

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