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Doomed As long as corporations value profits over people and places, our forests, rivers and the natural world in general are doomed. I used to be an optimistic person, but sadly not any more. Reading this story (“Last Stands,” July 27) made me want to cry.

STEVIE JEAN LAZO Santa Rosa

Appalling Service The Forest Service are the pimps of the federal government (“Last Stands”).

They “service” industry. They not only sell logging rights, they sell mineral rights, grazing rights and more. Their job is not to protect the forests, but to use them and make money off them. Most of their “protection” involves keeping the public away with use fees and closed roads and overpriced campgrounds so you do

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not see the extent of their pandering.

Clear-cutting? No problem. If you don’t think so, go up to the Mount Shasta area and get off-road. You’ll be appalled.

And if you go off-road in Oregon or Washington, you’ll just throw up.

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Transphobia I was disappointed to read this comment

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on a story (Letters, July 27) published in your newspaper: “First, Melania, regarding Menswear: yes, men do swear, but so do women, so stop staring away and talking about a stairway to menswear. And, speaking of women, I thought Caitlyn Jenner was actually a man?”

Make no mistake, this kind of language is discriminatory in nature and makes a mockery of the transgender experience.

I don’t know if you are aware that there is a 41 percent attempted suicide rate in the transgender population. As a team lead and an operator for a transgender suicide hotline, I am all too familiar with this statistic. The sky-high rates are in largest part due to discrimination by family members and society in general.

Thank you for contributing to this and being part of the problem. I hope that you had a good laugh at the expense of the transgender community.

Please do the community a favor and educate yourself on social issues that the LGBT community faces and work toward being inclusive and tolerant in the future.

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Poetry in the Veins Regarding David Templeton’s “Power of Poetry” (July 13): Perhaps someone should remind Templeton that poetry is truth, not “beautiful words” as he describes. That a poet spends his or her entire lifetime, 365 days a year, 24/7, transforming their lives, their loves and their world, as Rainer Maria Rilke writes, into the very blood that flows through their bodies, from which they might distill its essence in a few good lines of “blood-remembering”—that is poetry.

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Clearing the Smoke California should create an Office of Marijuana Information

BY JONAH RASKIN

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rom Covelo to Sausalito and Sebastopol to Bodega Bay, pot farmers are talking about Proposition 64, which will be on the ballot in November and which would legalize recreational marijuana. They’re also talking about the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA), which became law on Jan. 1 but doesn’t go into effect until 2018. Both Proposition 64 and the MMRSA are reactions to 1996’s Proposition 215, which ushered in the current era of medical marijuana and led to an explosion of the marijuana industry: humongous plantations, greenhouses, dispensaries, pot docs and more.

The new regulations were inevitable. Things did get out of hand, folks. Outlaws multiplied and illegal activities proliferated. Growers did damage to the environment and sucked water from rivers and streams. Yes, there were and there still are plenty of law-abiding, ecologically aware people in the hills, but too many corners were cut and too much bad weed reached the market. Something had to be done. It was done. And what has been done seems to many to be going too far. The pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.

If lawmakers and law enforcers have their way, marijuana will be more intensely regulated than any other crop in California. Sad to say, every time the state or federal government has passed a law about marijuana, there have been unintended consequences. Given that sad history it seems likely to happen again. Indeed, the MMRSA might well give rise to a new generation of outlaws and criminals. Where there’s a chance to make big money, greed will kick in, growers will resort to guns and scoff at rules and regulations.

The state of California has made little if any provision to educate citizens about marijuana. Indeed, what’s needed more than new laws and new state agencies is sound education. Sacramento ought to create an Office of Marijuana Information that would dispel the lies that have circulated since the days of “reefer madness.”

Jonah Raskin is the author of ‘Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War.’ Open Mic is a weekly feature in the ‘Bohemian.’ We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.

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WAITING IT OUT The majority of the state’s 747 condemned men at San Quentin State Prison have been on death row for between 16 and 24 years.

Death Penalty Duel Voters to choose between eliminating and reforming capital punishment BY LINDSEY J. SMITH

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oments before Richard Allen Davis was sentenced to death in a San Jose courtroom for the kidnapping and murder of Polly Klaas, the young girl’s father addressed the court.

“He broke the contract; for that he must die,” Marc Klaas said on

Aug. 5, 1996. “Mr. Davis, when you get to where you’re going, say hello to Hitler, say hello to Dahmer and say hello to Bundy. Good riddance, and the sooner you get there, the better we all are.”

Davis entered the Klaas family’s life on Oct. 1, 1993, when he broke into Polly Klaas’ mother’s home in Petaluma and kidnapped the 12-year-old. The ensuing two-

month search engrossed the nation, and ended when Davis led investigators to the young girl’s body. But for Klaas, the torture was far from over, as the case evolved into an emotional threeyear trial.

Klaas has looked forward to the killer’s execution as the lifting of a burden. But at sentencing, he never imagined that 20 years later he’d still be awaiting that

day. Since 1996, Davis—who sits on death row in San Quentin State Prison, a scant 10 miles from Klaas’ Sausalito home— has had just one appeal heard.

His situation is not necessarily unique; the majority of the state’s 747 condemned have been on death row for between 16 and 24 years, with one awaiting execution for 38 years.

Klaas spends his days running the KlaasKids Foundation, one of several nonprofits started in Polly’s memory. But after receiving a call from the California District Attorneys Association, he’s turned his attention to endorsing Proposition 66, a proposal to reform the death penalty headed for the November ballot.

“It was never my intention to be an outspoken advocate of the death penalty,” Klass says, “but apparently it just sort of played out that way.”

Come election day, Proposition 66 will be up against another deathpenalty initiative, Proposition 62.

Each initiative addresses California’s broken death-penalty system, which leaves the condemned to languish for decades. But the two plans present diametrically opposed solutions.

Simply called the California Death Penalty Repeal, Proposition 62 would replace the death penalty with life in prison without parole. The legislation sprung from the seeds of 2012’s Proposition 34, which would have abolished the death penalty had it not lost by a narrow margin.

“What the polling shows is that there’s a big difference in the way voters react to the question ‘Do you want to end the death penalty, period?’ to ‘Do you think we should replace the death penalty with life without the possibility of parole?’” says Paula Mitchell, an author of Proposition 62 and professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

She and others behind the campaign found that voters are much more comfortable with the idea of substituting a life sentence rather than abolishing the death penalty altogether.

‘They voted not to eliminate the death penalty, which means they want the death penalty and they want it to work.’ The death-penalty-repeal campaign is driven by a belief that the state’s system is fundamentally broken. Since 1978, when capital punishment was reinstated by voters after a brief abolition, California has spent more than $5 billion to run the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere. In that time, 930 people have been sentenced to death but only 15 have actually been executed, according to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). No executions have been carried out in California in the last decade because of challenges to the state’s lethal-injection protocol.

For Mitchell, one of the most compelling reasons to abolish the death penalty is the risk of executing an innocent person.

Since 1973, she notes, 144 people on death row have been exonerated nationwide. “A lot of people around the world are coming to the same conclusion,� she says. “It’s a risky thing, it costs a lot of money; it’s just not worth it.�

On the other hand, Proposition 66, known as the Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016, contends that the death penalty is not beyond repair, and that it is our duty to fix it. “This arose out of a will to represent the obvious desires of the majority of the citizens of the state of California,� says Michele Hanisee, a key opponent of 2012’s Proposition 34. “They voted not to eliminate the death penalty, which means they want the death penalty and they want it to work.

It’s unfair to those citizens that it’s not working.�

Proposition 66, which is backed by a long roster of district attorneys, sheriffs and law enforcement, attempts to reform capital punishment on several levels. Appeals to the state supreme court based on the trial record would need to be completed in five years.

Furthermore, all appeals based on evidence or issues outside the record, known as habeas corpus appeals, would need to be presented in one case; currently the condemned can submit as many habeas corpus appeals as they can muster.

The proposition would assign inmates counsel on the day of their sentencing, and would allow the state supreme court to force qualified attorneys to take capital appeals cases as a condition for being assigned to other cases in the future. Proposition 66 also allows the condemned to be housed in appropriate facilities other than San Quentin, the state’s death row for male inmates. “When we talk about speeding up appeals, some of it sounds sort of unfair,� says Hanisee. But, she adds, slowing down the process can be equally unjust to inmates.

In the first capital verdict she oversaw as a Los Angeles deputy district attorney, the condemned

man waited four years to be assigned an appellate lawyer, and another year for the lawyer to get up to speed on the case.

Eight years later, his appeal has received 21 extensions, according to Hanisee, and no opening brief has been filed. “If [he] were innocent or had a legitimate cause, it’s not getting heard,� she argues. She estimates that Proposition 66 could shorten the appeals process by half.

Both campaigns claim they will save taxpayers millions of dollars annually. Proposition 62’s website says abolishing the death penalty will save the state $150 million per year, a figure that squares with a May 2016 report from the LAO. Regarding Proposition 66 savings, the LAO said it would come from the way inmates are housed and “could potentially reach the tens of millions of dollars annually,� not hundreds of millions. Overall, the report concludes that Proposition 66’s long-term fiscal impact is unclear because it would likely reduce caseloads but require state courts to be staffed at higher levels.

Fiscal arguments may sway some voters, but the death penalty at its core is an emotional issue.

The propositions require a simple majority to pass, and if both receive more than 50 percent of the vote, the one with the higher percentage will become law.

Decisions on propositions 62 and 66 could come down to choosing between seeing “the worst of the worst� punished or the fear an innocent person may be killed.

Twenty years have passed, but the death penalty remains an emotional issue for Klaas.

Davis no longer dominates his thoughts the way he once did, but his extended stay on death row prevents the closure Klaas seeks. “Oh, I’m gonna drink Champagne the night that he’s executed,� Klaas says, the white of sailboats in Richardson Bay glinting through his kitchen window. “The mere fact that he still exists on this earth influences my life and it influences my thoughts. So, eliminate him, and you eliminate that burden.�

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The legislation would also force death-row inmates to work in prison and pay restitutions to their victims’ families, a facet it shares with Proposition 66.

District attorneys and elected officials, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and former president Jimmy Carter, have endorsed Proposition 62. It has also drawn an eclectic list of celebrity endorsers, including former CIA operative Valerie Plame, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and entrepreneurs Richard Branson and Larry Flynt.

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$$-$$$$. Classic country French influences that incorporate Sonoma regional products and the best of Northern California’s seafood.

Excellent Napa and Sonoma wine list. In the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel, 170 Railroad St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.7388.

Corks American. $$. The

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

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

Dempsey’s Restaurant & Brewery California. $-$$.

Popular brewpub and bistro.

Award-winning handcrafted beers. Outdoor dining in summer. Pork chops to die for.

50 E Washington St, Petaluma.

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American. $$. Very casual comfort-food spot.

Sandwiches, pasta and the Cajun cornerstone, gumbo.

Breakfast is the show-stealer with gourmet omelets and a puffy Dutch pancake. 972 Gravenstein Hwy, Sebastopol.

707.861.3777.

Mac’s Delicatessen

Diner. $. Best diner in downtown Santa Rosa. Large selection of Jewish-style sandwiches; excellent cole slaw. 630 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.3785.

Madrona Manor

California. $$$$. Romantic fine dining in grand historic landmark mansion. Seasonal menu and superior wine list 1001 Westside Rd, Healdsburg.

800.258.4003.

Papas & Pollo Mexican. $.

Tasty burritos, West Countystyle. That means tofu is more prevalent than pork, and it’s all organic. Fresh fish, too. 915 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol.

707.829.9037.

Parish Cafe Cafe. $$.

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

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

Phyllis’ Giant Burgers

American. $. Come with a hearty appetite for an oldfashioned patty. 4910 Sonoma Hwy, Ste B, Santa Rosa.

707.538.4000.

Riviera Ristorante

Italian. $$. Family-owned and -operated, serving authentic Italian cuisine made using only the freshest ingredients. 75 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa.

707.579.2682.

Sazon Peruvian Cuisine Continental. $$.

Excellent, family-owned Peruvian restaurant with authentic recipes, innovative dishes and the to-diefor chicha morada. 1129 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa.

707.523.4346.

Stark’s Steak & Seafood Steakhouse. $$$$.

Could be the best steak you’ll ever have. “Other than steak” menu changes seasonally.

Happy hour Mon-Fri, 3 to 6.

521 Adams St, Santa Rosa.

707.546.5100.

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

Cheap, delicious and ready to go. Miracle Mile Plaza, 2046 Fourth St, San Rafael .

415.453.8990.

Cafe Arrivederci Italian. $$. Owners Pedro Ulloa and

Carlo Scatena promise food enthusiasts a truly enjoyable dining experience. The atmosphere is sophisticated but still comfortable, and the service staff is friendly yet efficient.

The dishes are infused with international flavors to create distinctive tastes. Extensive wine list. 11 G St, San Rafael.

415.453.6427.

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.

Il Piccolo Cafe Specialita Italian. $$. Big,

ample portions at this premier spot on Sausalito’s spirited waterfront. 660 Bridgeway, Ste 3, Sausalito. 415.289.1195.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Brewpub. $$.

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

415.459.4672.

Marin Joe’s Restaurant Italian-

American. $$-$$$. In business since 1954, Marin Joe’s is known for its timeless ambiance and great food— steaks, cheeseburgers, caesar salad and more. Good for late-night dining or a drink in the piano bar. 1585 Casa Buena Drive, Corte Madera.

415.924.2081.

The Pelican Inn English.

$$. The Pelican Inn captures the spirit of a 16th-century English country inn and offers a lodging refuge between the ocean and Muir Woods with a bar, country cooking and a comfortable night’s sleep. 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach. 415.383.6000.

Scoma’s Seafood. $$-$$$.

A Sausalito classic with a fantastic bay view, Scoma’s offers whole crab, hearty chowders and perfectly grilled fresh and seasonal fish. 588 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.9551.

Seafood Peddler Restaurant & Fish Market Seafood & Italian.

$$. The Peddler strives to use only the highest quality ingredients in the preparation of every dish. Only the best extra virgin olive oils, freshly grated Parmesano-Reggiano, De Cecco pasta from Italy, fresh farmers market vegetables or Marzano Italian tomatoes

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303 Johnson St, Sausalito.

415.332.1492.

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American. $$. Cozy steakhouse vibes, but with a much more generous menu. Fish, pasta and steak are some of the standard dishes, but the G&G burger should not be overlooked. Interesting charcuterie and cheese lists.

1245 Spring St, St Helena.

707.967.8779.

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

Formerly Taylor’ Automatic Refresher. Famous! 933 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.3486.

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La Toque Restaurant

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

1314 McKinstry St, Napa.

707.257.5157.

Healdsburg has been a cocktail hotspot ever since Scott Beattie started shaking things up at Cyrus in 2005. Cyrus closed in 2012, and Spoonbar has taken up the mantle of craft cocktails.

As things go in restaurants and bars, the employees of one place leave to open their own place. That’s what happened with Duke’s Spirited Cocktails. Spoonbar alumni Laura Sanfilippo, Tara Heffernon and Steven Maduro opened Duke’s in June to showcase what they call an “herb-centric cocktail menu.” In fact, Heffernon grows many of the herbs for the bar.

Looks for cocktails like Night Vision ($13), Spirit Works barrel-aged gin, carrot, caraway, lemon and Sutton Cellars vermouth; the Daily Tot ($12), made with Plantation rum, Delord Armagnac, brazil nut orgeat, Amaro di Angostura, orange, lime and allspice; and the Fine Line ($10), Sonoma Brothers vodka, Guayakí yerba mate, verbena and housemade nectarine-tarragon bitters.

All that booze requires a bit of ballast to keep you steady. Nearby Chalkboard restaurant makes bar snacks for $5–$6 like pickled vegetables, rosemary mixed nuts, marinated olives and chips and salsa verde.

Duke’s Spirited Cocktails 111 Plaza St., Healdsburg. 707.431.1060.—Stett Holbrook

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 crab cakes with chipotle aioli,

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7399 St. Helena Hwy, Napa.

707.944.2424.

Oenotri Italian. $$$. A

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

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.

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

707.944.2222.

The Restaurant at Meadowood Modern American. $$$$. Along with the French Laundry, Meadowood is the only other Michelin three-star restaurant in the Napa Valley, and it’s earned every one of its stars. Chef Christopher Kostow’s food is cerebral, inventive and utterly delicious. 900 Meadowwood Lane, St Helena.

707.967.1205.

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California. $$. A casual, musically influenced ambience with fresh and tasty food. A large menu includes favorites such as huevos rancheros, French toast, chicken and steak sliders and fried apple pie. 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley.

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Wineries

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

Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

SONOMA COUNTY Deerfield Ranch Winery (WC) The finest wine caves this side of the highway.

Twenty-thousand-square-foot underground lair is perfect for keeping wine and wine tasters cool on a summer’s day. Watch for giraffes. 10200 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood. Daily 10:30am–4:30pm. Tasting fee $10-$15. 707.833.2270.

Graton Ridge Cellars

Formerly an apple shed beloved by regular customers who drove up to get juice and apples, this tasting room is clean and contemporary, with a bit of wine country art on the walls, and an apple dessert wine. The apples are not gone after all. 3561 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Sebastopol. Daily, 10am– 4:30pm. $10. 707.823.3040.

Kenwood Vineyards

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

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

9592 Sonoma Hwy., Kenwood.

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

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

That’s the case at Longboard.

5 Fitch St., Healdsburg. Open Thursday–Saturday, 11am– 7pm; Sunday, 11am–5pm.

707.433.3473.

Meeker Vineyard You

might expect Meeker to be more slicked-out, what with its big-time Hollywood origins (co-owner Charlie Meeker is a former movie executive).

But that’s clearly not the case. 21035 Geyserville Ave., Geyserville. Open Monday–

Saturday, 10:30am–6pm; Sunday, noon–5pm.

707.431.2148.

Ehlers Estate Proceeds

Nicholson Ranch (WC) Best known for its Chardonnays and a winery tour from the depths of the caves to the height of the property’s grandmother oak. 4200 Napa Road, Sonoma. Open daily, 11am–6pm; tours by appointment. 707.938.8822.

from luxury Cabernet are a drop in the bucket for the Leducq Foundation, supporting cardiovascular research— but the tastiest drop.

Lounge comfortably in the historic stone cellar.

3222 Ehlers Lane, St. Helena.

Daily by appointment, 10am–4pm. Tasting fee $35.

707.963.5972.

Repris Wines A new

Frog’s Leap Winery

crew reignites a blast from the past at historic Moon Mountain Vineyard. A work in progress with fantastic views.

1700 Moon Mountain Road, Sonoma. By appointment only.

707.931.7701.

Rued Winery Folks been farming grapes here since 1880s; the best bottomland Sauvignon Blanc and benchland Zinfandel and Cabernet skimmed from the family’s 160 acres of grapes is offered at comparatively farmstand prices. 3850 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Open daily 11am–4:30pm. Tasting fee $5.

707.433.3261.

Sheldon Wines Globetrotting harvest hoboes who caught wine fever like an express train and held on tight. Urban location; Rhône-style and offbeat varietals. 1301 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. Friday– Monday noonish to sixish; fees $5–15. 707.865.6755.

NAPA COUNTY Chimney Rock Winery International beverage man Sheldon S. “Hack” Wilson built this winery in a Cape Dutch style. Now owned by the Terlato Group, produces distinctive Bordeaux-style wines. 5350 Silverado Trail, Napa. Daily 10am to 5pm. $20–$30. 707.257.2641.

Constant (WC) Boutique winery specializing in the kind of Cabernet that makes the Wine Spectator drool. 2121 Diamond Mountain Road, Napa. By appointment.

707.942.0707.

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

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

Monticello Vineyards

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

707.253.2802, ext. 18.

Prager Winery & Port Works Legend among the

underdog wineries of Napa features fortified wines in funky, fun tasting room. Check out the arachnid-developed “web site.” 1281 Lewelling Lane, St. Helena. Daily, 10:30am–4:30pm (from 11am Wednesday and Sunday).

Tasting fee, $20. 707.963.7678.

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

Tasting fee, $15–$30.

707.944.2945.

Dry Wave Author unpacks the myths and mysteries of Riesling BY JAMES KNIGHT

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or Riesling lovers, there is something disingenuous about the recent hue and cry for low alcohol wines, for wines of “balance,” for food-friendly wines made from obscure, heritage white grapes of California. Hello—there’s Riesling? They almost always fail to even mention the varietal.

“It tends to inhabit a world of its own,” author John Winthrop Haeger told a group at a book event in St. Helena this past May. “Riesling is the ‘something else’ variety.” Although it is the world’s seventh mostplanted grape variety, Riesling is one of the most misunderstood— at least in the American wine market, where the old stereotype that it’s always sweet is as sticky as a Trockenbeerenauslese. Oh, and there’s that little polysyllabic language problem it has, too.

To help untangle the myths of Riesling, Haeger wrote what is almost certainly the definitive book on the varietal currently in print in the English language. Riesling Rediscovered: Bold, Bright, and Dry ($39.95) was released this spring by University of California Press. Haeger, who lives in the Bay Area, is scheduled to appear at Cartograph Wines in Healdsburg on Wednesday, Aug. 10. A benefit for the Friends of the Sonoma County Wine Library, Haeger’s talk is titled “Riesling Myths and Mysteries.”

Unlike author Stuart Pigott’s also informative, if more boosterish Best White Wine on Earth, Haeger’s book focuses on the dry and nearly dry styles of Riesling, which he says now account for three-quarters of the varietal’s German production after a movement that began in the 1970s, dubbed the “Trockenwelle,” or “dry wave,” shifted the industry to the dry style.

The book itself may sound dry, as it is a work of actual scholarship some 360-plus pages long, but fans of both reading and wine will enjoy Haeger’s precise and fluid prose. The book explores the history of Riesling, from the dusty Medieval archives of German towns to the Sonoma Coast, and then profiles individual producers in Europe and North America.

The Aug. 10 event includes a tasting of locally produced dry Riesling. Although they may not be available at this particular tasting, several dry Rieslings that I recently enjoyed include Imagery Estate 2014 Upper Ridge Riesling ($26) and Horse & Plow’s the Gardener 2013 Carneros Riesling ($30). The most assertive example I’ve tasted yet from this Pine MountainCloverdale Peak vineyard, the Imagery boasts mineral oil and honeycomb over lime and lychee, South Australia–style. With an extra year to develop that enticingly floral bouquet I like to call “petrol blossom honey,” the Horse & Plow comes from an organically farmed Robert Sinskey vineyard.

“Riesling Myths and Mysteries,” Aug. 10, 5:30–7pm. $30.

Cartograph Wines, 340 Center St., Healdsburg. 707.433.8270.

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RockyRoa Napa’s Syar quarry wins battle, but is expansion necessary?

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t’s a hot and dusty day in Skyline Wilderness Park in the southern stretches of the city of Napa. You can hear the not-too-distant sounds of heavy equipment at the adjacent Syar Industries quarry operation below as little lizards silently scamper along a winding trail. There are signs along a stone wall at the edge of the park that warn of dangerous and man-made cliffs, and in various places along the trail, there’s evidence of the quarry operation—an old pit is clearly visible with a big pool of bluish-tinged water at the bottom of it.

As one strolls along the park trails through the tall dry grasses and shade trees, numerous areas where Syar has mined stone deposits for use in road-building and other construction projects in Napa and around the Bay Area become visible. There’s a rise that eventually comes into view called the Pasini Knoll, which provides a visual buffer between much of the ongoing quarrying activities and the park.

That knoll is at the heart of the local battle over a controversial expansion of the Napa quarry. As things stand now, Pasini Knoll will be mined—eventually—as part of a long-in-the-making agreement struck by Syar and Napa County in July to expand the quarry operation, to the dismay of local anti-expansion activists who have argued that, at the very least, the Pasini Knoll must remain as a visual buffer between the park and the quarry.

Opponents have argued against the necessity of the expansion and its environmental impacts for years, and continue to say that Napa County does not need what they insist is an inferior product for road-building. “We need a local source of aggregate,” acknowledges Kathy Felch, a leading opponent of the expansion, referring to the road-building material that’s drawn from quarries. “But we don’t want or need Syar Napa aggregate for road building. It is crummy product.”

That’s not an opinion shared

by Syar, which has emphasized the abundance of the higherquality basalt at the Pasini Knoll in its public comments. At a late April hearing before the Napa County supervisors, Syar staff counsel Michael Corrigan acknowledged that the Pasini Knoll expansion “has become the most

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controversial part of our project . . . and we did not make this decision lightly. As you can see from this process, if we had stayed within our existing footprint, we would have been much better off. We would not have been here today, but we are running out of basalt. And we need to find a new source, and Pasini is the new source.”

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yar Industries and its well-organized opponents have squared off for years over the quarry expansion, with antiexpansion advocates hammering away at diminished air quality, childhood cancer rates, waterquality impacts and keeping Skyline Wilderness Park out of the sightlines—and dust clouds— of the long-standing quarry operation. For every piece of antiexpansion science opponents cited, Syar had a response—as a

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755-page environmental review demonstrates in exquisite, if numbing, detail.

In the end, the Napa supervisors voted 4–1 to grant a 35-year permit extension to Syar and green-lit a 106-acre expansion of the operation that will allow the company to extract over 1 million tons of the aggregate from the quarry over the duration of its lease. The entire expansion project, which was whittled down from 291 acres, came down to accessing the Pasini Knoll, which had previously been purchased from a private owner by the Syar family.

The company has been extracting rock with what’s known as an “indeterminate use” permit since 2008, and told locals that a new permit is critical if Syar is to stay in business in Napa, where the quarry has been in operation since 1926.

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he Napa site is one of nine quarries Syar operates throughout the state, and with an imminent new lease comes new promises for locals from the community-friendly, family-owned business: more recycling of old road bed materials into new roadbuilding product at the plant; 10 to 20 new middle-class jobs for locals at the quarry; an asphaltproduction plant on the grounds to help pave gnarly Napa roads; and assurances from the company that the overall footprint of the expansion will be limited, and the resultant air pollution from mining contained.

Another representative of Syar, Tom Adams, addressed antiexpansionists’ concerns at the April hearing, the second-to-last meeting before the supervisors agreed to a revised plan that’s focused on the Pasini Knoll. Adams checked off numerous boxes that he says showed Syar’s commitment to a clean and productive operation, “We are reducing [greenhouse gas] impacts,” he said at the hearing.

“We are reducing truck trips by 300 per day. We reduced the footprint.

We retained the Skyline Wilderness Park trails. We increased the setbacks from the park. We included tree planting. We improved the mitigation measures . . .”

Syar’s optimism about its operation and the urgency to expand is not shared by all in the community. Felch is a lawyer in Napa whose organization, Stop Syar Expansion, joined with the Skyline Park Citizens Association in a one-two punch against the expansion.

Stop Syar has put the emphasis on its opposition squarely with the locals who live around the quarry and their exposure to the silicate particulate matter that is part of any quarry operation. The environmental impact report goes into all the dusty details of the debate over diseases wrought by airborne particulates—but when the dust finally did settle, Syar got what it wanted: access to the Pasini Knoll.

Wagenknecht notes that the concerns over silicate exposure is not so much an issue for the surrounding community as it is for the Syar quarry workers who operate under guidelines set by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bigger concern for residents, he says, citing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, “is not so much the silicate. The air district said the issue for neighbors in the community, as they see it, is the diesel” from Syar trucks coming in and out of the facility.

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elch doesn’t want the additional diesel fumes, and she doesn’t want the silicate exposure, either, or the sound of beeping trucks backing up in the quarry. She and her husband live across from Skyline Wilderness Park on Imola Avenue, in a homestead replete with goats and dogs and fruit trees and a big honking pet goose. Her property is located just outside Napa’s urbanrural boundary, on the rural side.

Felch points up Imola Avenue to the boundary beyond a fence that’s penning in some other goats where there’s a mostly Latino neighborhood. There’s a nearby children’s center as well, and one of the issues raised by anti-Syar activists is the high rate of childhood cancer in the county—the highest in the state.

Yet the California Cancer Registry studied the spiking cancer rates

and determined its cause was unknown—good news for Syar.

Despite the favorable vote for Syar, Felch says that the supervisors’ recent approval is by no means the last chapter in the expansion fight. Similar fights over expansionist-minded quarry operations in the North Bay have ended up in state court, and every indication is that this one’s headed there too. “We have the resources to sue them and see the lawsuit through,” she says. “It’s unfortunate that we have to do that.”

Along the way to this final resolution—all that remains after the supervisors’ vote last month, says Felch, is a legal OK from the Napa County counsel’s office—the battle over Syar’s expansion has also highlighted a generalized concern over the fate of Skyline Wilderness Park. The park, which covers over 850 acres and features some 25 miles of winding trails, along with rattlesnakes and wild pigs, is owned by the state of California and leased

by Napa County.

The lease extends through 2030, and in 2009 county leaders voted to put a zoning overlay over the park that outlawed any local use other than recreational. But in a little-reported-on 2013 geological survey, the state highlighted 540 acres in and adjacent to the park as a prime location for high-quality aggregate for road-building and construction.

State officials have insisted that they have no particular design on Skyline Wilderness Park. Syar Industry lawyers and spokespersons have said the same thing: they support the county lease and zoning overlay, as it gives them a built-in buffer between the mining area and residential areas.

Yet the storyline over the fate of the park took a turn for the weirdly coincidental late last October. On Oct. 21, the Napa County Planning Commission gave its OK to the Syar expansion proposal, which kicked the battle over to the supervisors for a series of public hearings and the eventual vote in July. The very next day the state Department of General Services sent a letter to Napa County demanding that it remove the zoning overlay that banned commercial uses in the park. This raised big ) 16

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with a time frame attached to it is ultimately a victory for oversight efforts at the quarry, says supervisor Brad Wagenknecht.

His was the lone “no” vote on the proposed expansion, but he only wanted to see a smaller footprint for Syar, about 70 acres, with a dedicated buffer zone between the knoll and the park within Syar’s property. He delivered his vote with some reluctance. “I’ve been an appreciator of Syar as a corporate citizen,” he says, “so that always makes it more difficult.”

Syar has claimed that the Napa quarry would have run out of roadbuilding material within a year unless the new permit was secured.

Opponents decried that public posturing as a scare tactic designed to leverage a quick and favorable outcome for Syar. It wasn’t quick, but it was ultimately favorable.

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Syar ( 15 alarms with the Syar opponents who saw it as a possible deal in the making that could eventually green-light mining in the park, but Wagenknecht sees it differently.

In short, the state Legislature has voted three times in favor of selling the park to the county; it was vetoed twice, and the third time got hung up on a fight between the state and the county over the proper appraised value of the land, which has yet to be determined in an ongoing state-county squabble over its value.

“The real threat to Skyline Park is not Syar but the state not being willing to deal with the county,” he says.

The state told the Napa Valley Register that the timing of the demand was purely coincidental, and Syar officials, for their part, reiterated their support for the county plan to buy the park, given the built-in buffer zone. But under the new permit and expansion plan, the buffer is going to be eroded over time if Syar prevails and starts taking down the Pasini Knoll to feed local aggregate into road-building and other construction projects—which will include building materials for a new, just-approved $20 million jail in Napa County, just off the Syar land, that the state is paying for.

And there are other local projects on the horizon or in the works that are dependent on a supply of local aggregate, and by a continuing boomtown economy. “The city of Napa will be doing more roads, more streets, and all the other places around the county will be doing more—and you have a couple of hotels, a jail being built, the city of Napa looking at a new city hall,” says Wagenknecht. “Those are things that are going to be built, and if the economy stays hot for the next couple of years, that can happen over a few years.”

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he Napa quarry is located in what state geologists refer to as the North San Francisco Bay P-C Region—a zone that was expanded by the state. In 2013, the California Geological Survey, which operates under the aegis of the California Department of

Conservation, issued a little-noticed update to its previous study of aggregate resources in the North Bay, known as SR205. The survey was undertaken to ensure that the North Bay region has an identifiable 50-year supply of aggregate materials on hand—enough to build roads and infrastructure, and to have contingencies for natural disasters such as earthquakes, where the cleanup and rebuild is always dependent on lots of concrete and asphalt.

The North San Francisco Bay P-C Region has historically encompassed a smaller footprint within the North Bay as a whole, in deference to prized open space.

But in updating the report, state geologists cracked the entire North Bay open and added 2,660 square miles of potentially minable land, which included parts of the state that were previously off-limits to quarry mining, such as West Marin county. The report also identified new areas along the Russian River that could be mined for aggregate materials in the future; Syar already operates a gravel-mining operation on the Russian River.

All told, the updated geologists’ report represented a six-fold increase in the classification of lands identified in the previous report, and also identified land within Syar’s Napa quarry and the adjoining parkland as containing a mother lode of minable materials.

The geological survey has routinely been cited by Syar Industries in public hearings as they’ve fought activists’ attempts to scuttle their expansion plans on environmental, aesthetic and pragmatic grounds.

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he state geologists’ study wasn’t simply some geeky geologists identifying where the good lodes of aggregate material are located. In updating the report, the state reclassified several areas for potential mining under a process that’s known as “designation.”

Among other findings, the report notes that the amount of aggregate materials used in road-building and construction in the North Bay was 9 percent higher than the previous 50-year survey estimated it would be. It also noted that some areas that had been previously identified

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in southeastern Napa County.

as aggregate mining sites have been paved over and rendered unminable in recent years, as the North Bay has seen its population centers spill out into surrounding regions.

There’s a basic agreed-upon principle at play here, which is that that it’s generally a good idea to have a locally based quarry. The idea is pretty simple: stone and gravel and sand are heavy, lowvalue materials whose per-ton price is driven up exponentially for every mile a truck has to drive with a load of the material (the stuff costs around $12 and $15 a ton, according to a scan of industry documents and reports).

But quarry operators are still subject to scrutiny and lawsuits.

Syar has faced criticism over the quality of the air in and around its operations, and was threatened with a lawsuit over groundwater contamination in 2013 by the San Francisco Baykeepers for violations of the Clean Water Act at its Lake Herman quarry in Vallejo. Syar agreed to self-monitor its runoff as a condition of not being sued in federal court.

In 2007, several of its facilities were raided by the FBI over charges that remain unclear but appear to be related to requirements that it provide the highest quality aggregate material for road-building projects done by the state and subsidized by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Court records pertaining to those raids have been sealed, and a regional FBI spokesman would not shed any light on those raids and the rationale for them.

The FBI raid coincided with the emergent Great Recession, and

Syar was seeing demand for its product dry up. There’s a reason the roads in the North Bay have been a mess for years. The stone, rock and gravel industry took a huge hit in the 2008 recession and is only now making a comeback as the economy recovers.

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he question raised by antiexpansionists is whether this particular quarry operation is necessary to Napa County. Syar says that indeed it is. In documents and in testimony before the Napa supervisors, Syar Industries notes that 78 percent of the product mined from the Napa quarry stays in the county. The rest is shipped out to Marin and Sonoma counties.

According to state geologists, about 10 percent of the aggregate used in the North Bay is imported from British Columbia. One undercurrent of the fight over the Napa quarry expansion has been the activists’ focus on the quality of the aggregate produced there.

The state geologist’s 2013 report says the grade of material found in Napa is a high-quality material acceptable to state road-building standards. But Steven Booth, a key local Napa figure in the antiexpansion efforts, says that while the Napa product is high-quality, the quality is higher from the nearby Lake Herman quarry because, as he puts it, the material in Napa is more of an “agglomerate” of material whereas Lake Herman provides a cleaner and less mixed product when it is extracted.

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Syar ( 17 numerous officials around the county. He says they all tell him the same thing: Lake Herman is the better source for material used in road projects in Napa cities like Calistoga and St. Helena.

“Very definitely at Napa quarry the basalt is in veins,” he says, “and it is interspersed with other material.”

Wagenknecht says the activists’ emphasis on the quality of the Napa product is news to him, even as he credits the “very active group looking at this very closely” for helping inform the overall expansion plan that was ultimately hammered out. “I hadn’t heard that,” he says of Booth’s findings and claims. “We did have one public works director from the city of Napa that said they needed the product, and that’s the sum total of public input that we had on that.”

Critics also point out that, even as Syar has said it’s going to run out of basalt within a year and must have access to the Pasini Knoll in order to keep the aggregate flowing, the company has also said it wouldn’t even be mining the knoll for several years, at a minimum. In the final hearing before the Napa supervisors, on July 11, Corrigan told the supervisors that the timetable for mining the knoll was contingent upon market demand— which appears to be gaining steam.

“I’m not anticipating getting close to the park for 10 or 15 years,” he said, “or even significantly into the Pasini Knoll for 10 or 15 years. Over the 35 years, we would be getting close to the edge of the mining area if the demand remains heavy. If not, we would be farther away.”

Syar Industries regularly wins good citizenship awards and other honorifics through the efforts of family scion Jim Syar and the Syar Foundation, which won the statewide 2015 award for good citizenship from the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership. True to the North Bay way of doing business, the family also grows grapes along the Russian River, and has made numerous campaign donations to local politicians over the years. The family also owned a golf course

in Vacaville that they abruptly shut down this February, citing a diminished interest in the sport while lamenting the layoff of dozens of workers.

Syar also has the friendly editorial ear of the local paper of record, the Napa Valley Register. Last year, the paper produced an op-ed in support of the Syar expansion, and the text of the op-ed—which, anti-expansion activists like to point out, ran the same day Syar took out a full-page advertisement in the paper— highlighted that it was unusual for them to weigh in on a local issue as they wholeheartedly endorsed the expansion while noting the activists’ “howls” of protest.

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nti-expansion activists can claim a limited victory over Syar’s original proposal. As the battle ground on for eight years, Syar’s proposal was whittled down several times, starting at a 291acre proposal before they finally agreed to the 106 acre deal—which is another way of saying that Syar kept its eye on the prize all along: Pasini Knoll. As Tom Adams noted in April before the supervisors, “Pasini—that’s the whole, the only reason Syar applied for the permit was to get access to Pasini. So without that, the project doesn’t work so well.”

Nor does Measure T, a local sales-tax referendum that voters agreed on in 2014 that will see a huge push in road-building projects in Napa County beginning in 2017—just in time for the new Syar permit. As anti-expansionists prepare to bring their fight to court, they face a massive, taxpayersupported plan dedicated to improving the local infrastructure.

“We know that Measure T is $30 million for road maintenance and resurfacing only throughout Napa County,” noted Corrigan at the April meeting before the supervisors, and Wagenknecht speaks of the “pent-up demand” for aggregate as Measure T money starts flowing.

With that kind of built-in demand on the immediate horizon, it seems that no matter how you crush the stones and crunch the numbers, Syar Industries will hit pay dirt on the Pasini Knoll.

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Hardcore Party

Comprising veteran metal heads who’ve played in Sonoma County bands since the ’80s, Hellbender brings an old-school vibe to their brand of hardcore thrash metal, tearing up stages throughout the North Bay since forming in Petaluma in 2011. This month, the band unleashes its sophomore release, Falling Down, with a concert hosted by the Sonoma County Metal and Hardcore group. Joining Hellbender is longtime Healdsburg metal outfit Skitzo, still fronted by local regurgitating legend Lance Ozanix. Also on the bill are speed metal band Trecelence, doom metal band Oden Sun and others. Hellbender get heavy on Friday, Aug. 5, at the Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7:30pm. $13. 707.528.3009.

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Take a Walk

This weekend, a leisurely stroll through downtown Napa will help save lives when Napa Humane hosts Walk for Animals, benefiting dogs and cats looking for permanent homes in Napa Valley, as well as the families who adopt them. Starting and ending at the Oxbow Commons, this walk along the riverfront is open to humans and canines alike with goodie bags and prizes on hand. You can walk solo or join a team to win bonus awards. Afterwards, live music, contests and family activities keep the fun moving forward. You can register onsite before the walk begins on Sunday, Aug. 7, at Oxbow Commons, McKinstry St., Napa. 7:30am. $35–$45 and up. 707.255.8118.

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John Doe Tells All

Formed in 1977 and still touring today, X is a band that encompasses everything good and weird about punk rock in Los Angeles. Now, cofounder and songwriter John Doe dishes on the scene in a new book, ‘Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk.’ Written with longtime friend and music aficionado Tom DeSavia, the book traces a punk movement born out of country music and Hollywood seediness, and features additional entries

by X band mate Exene Cervenka, Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins and others. John Doe discusses and signs copies of the book on Sunday, Aug. 7, at Diesel Bookstore, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 3pm.

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Out of the Closet

Since forming in late 2014, the Alexander Valley Film Society has been engaging audiences in northern Sonoma County with culturally rich film screenings and programs, including an ongoing commitment to content by and for the LGBT community. This month, the society launches its latest film series, ‘Out in Alexander Valley: Celebrating LGBT Stories,’ with a screening of the 2015 Canadian film Closet Monster. Bold and assured in its storytelling, Closet Monster follows a creative teenager as he attempts to break free of his traumatic past and constricting environment. The film screens on Monday, Aug. 8, at the Clover Theater, 121 E. First St., Cloverdale. 7pm. 707.894.6347.

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Arts Ideas FAT OF THE LAND Danika Lamb makes many of her skin-care products from local ingredients.

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L.A. transplant draws from Sonoma County bounty for new beauty line BY FLORA TSAPOVSKY

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t’s not like Sonoma County needs help branding itself, but Oak & Ashland’s Instagram account does it a great service. On it, hills and sunflower fields, lavender bouquets, cozy cafes and rose gardens make a strong case for the region’s appeal.

A smiling woman in braids also appears in the many of the shots.

That would be Danika Lamb, 37, founder of Oak & Ashland. She doesn’t just use Sonoma County’s natural resources as a photogenic backdrop; she also bottles and markets them for one of the area’s only homegrown beauty lines.

Lamb wasn’t always a Sonoma County girl. She grew up in Ashland, Ore., on Oak Street (Oak and Ashland, get it?), where she worked for more than a decade as an esthetician. Then came a sevenyear stretch in Los Angeles at the

celebrity favorite Kate Somerville clinic. Tending to famous and notso-famous L.A faces led Lamb to dream of starting her own line of beauty products.

“After visiting Sonoma several times, my husband and I fell in love with the open space, beautiful scenery and small-town charm,” she says. “So we decided to put our house up for sale in Southern California to relocate to our little dream town of Sonoma.”

Oak & Ashland’s production is

modest. Lamb makes everything herself in a small studio. She hand-mixes, hand-bottles and hand-packages everything. Her company has already gotten some big buzz. Since launching last November, her products have been featured in Sonoma Magazine, on Martha Stewart’s website and on several lifestyle blogs.

The product that caught Stewart’s eye is a packet filled with pretty pink dust—a rose and coconut exfoliating mask. Similar flower themes and attractive hues are found in facial oils, three varieties of body oils and two lip balms. The lavender flowers and the majority of the essential oils utilized in the products are from local sources. Other ingrendients come from Oregon and Washington. Everything is cruelty-free and vegan.

On her blog, Lamb shares info on new products, models designer finds and celebrates all Sonoma County has to offer.

“In Sonoma, you have wideopen space with fresh air and breathtaking scenery,” she says, “but there is also such a feel of community, and so much culture and things to do. From the local Tuesday night farmers market in the historic Sonoma square, to the [Sonoma] International Film Festival and wine happenings, there is always something fun and local to participate in.”

Wasn’t L.A just as happening?

“Los Angeles has some great things to offer, but it’s just too crowded, fast-paced and polluted for my taste,” says Lamb. “Los Angeles is just worlds apart from sweet Sonoma.”

Oak & Ashland products are available at the Loop in Sonoma (461 First St. W.; 707.939.8400), Hunter Gatherer in Napa (3350 California Blvd.; 707.266.2907) and online at oakandashland.com.

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t’s a joke that probably dates back to the time of the Aztecs. Attempting to prove mental superiority, a poor schlub reveals a hilarious series of intellectual failings. In the Aztec version, that was probably some guy about to be sacrificed to Quetzalcoatl.

Or did the Mayans do that?

Damn. I guess I’ll have to go see John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons again. Written and performed by the actor best known as the voice of Sid the sloth in the Ice Age movies, Latin History for Morons is alternately silly, sour, sweet, sick, offensive, insightful and dumb-as-a-post. The antic

solo show was directed by Tony Taccone with the kind of manic energy one expects from a Mel Brooks movie or an episode of The Simpsons. Arguably less artistically successful than those icons of smartly stupid comedy, this breathless, sloppy, bighearted and surprisingly joyous celebration of Latino culture nonetheless aims for brilliance, even if it never quite achieves it.

But as the Mayans once said, “If you aim for the stars and miss, you could still end up on the moon.” Or was it the other way around? And was it the Incas who said that?

The basic story—and I beg your indulgence for using so grandiose a term for a show so lacking in actual plot or, you know, story— hangs on Leguizamo’s colorful description of his efforts to uncover useful facts about Latino culture, all to help his young son as he struggles with a daunting homework project at school.

That the “facts” this frantic father offers his son are so full of errors is a huge part of the fun of the show, in which the storyteller reluctantly has to face that he knows far less about his own history. From the Mayans, through the Incas, and on to the Aztecs, Leguizamo’s drive to identify a heroic example from Latino history continuously fails, giving the gifted actor plenty of chances to unleash outrageous gags, brilliant improvisations and frequently inappropriate analyses of history and Latin-American culture.

By the time Leguizamo drops the names of people like Carlos Santana and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, his proud Latin American son has acquired a far better understanding of who he is, and why that matters, and it’s this that transforms an otherwise uneven show from a wacky comedy into something profoundly and universally lovely.

Rating (out of 5): ‘Latin History for Morons’ runs Tuesday–Sunday through Aug. 14 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. Show times vary. $39–$103. 510.647.2949.

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ROCK Y ROLL Since meeting in

1989, Rodrigo Y Gabriela’s sound has continued to evolve, but it still rocks.

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hen I first met Rodrigo [Sánchez], we talked about guitar, and guitar and more guitar,” says Gabriela Quintero.

Since that first conversation at Mexico City’s Casa de Cultura art school in 1989, the two have built a 25-year musical partnership, performing an exciting array of rock originals and covers on nylon-stringed acoustic guitars that incorporate flamenco and rumba for high-powered live performances. Rodrigo y Gabriela perform Aug. 7 at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa.

Though the two had no formal training, they shared a passion for guitar and heavy metal music. “We were very obsessive with [guitar],” Quintero says.

Rodrigo y Gabriela play on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 8pm. $69–$89.

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In 1993, Quintero joined Sánchez’s metal band Tierra Acida (“Acid Land”). “We wanted to sound like Metallica or Pantera,” she says. After the band dissolved in 1997, the two moved from Mexico City to a beach town near Acapulco, where they expanded their musical boundaries, learning to play jazz and bossa nova, as well as covering a lot of metal ballads suitable for the the cafes and hotel lobbies where they played.

“For us it was like winning the lottery,” Quintero says. “It was rewarding to play different kinds of music.”

Wanting to tour the world, the two saved up money and traveled to Europe in 1999. They eventually settled and lived in Dublin for several years while busking street corners and playing in pubs. There, songwriter Damien Rice and his manager, Niall Muckian, founder of Irish record label Rubyworks, befriended the pair and offered them a record deal.

Rodrigo y Gabriela have released five studio albums and three live albums. Still managed by Muckian, they tour the world constantly, connecting with audiences from Japan to South America.

In the midst of their constant touring schedule, the duo are planning a new album for next spring, currently choosing from the massive number of original and cover compositions they’ve put together since their last record, 2014’s 9 Dead Alive.

For their date this month in HOR_Boh06_3rdpg.indd Santa Rosa, the pair are playing an acoustic show that promises an uplifting and energizing performance, with Sanchez rapidly picking strings and Quintero using the guitar body like a percussive instrument as much as a melodic one.

“We’re still a rock band in our head,” Quintero says. “And I know over the years people keep insisting we play flamenco or world music, but for us, as long as we don’t say that, we are happy.”

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Portland, Ore, rock band explores a broad stylistic territory, with support from Petaluma indie-Americana rockers the Highway Poets.

Aug 7, 8:30pm. $18. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Culture Club

First time in Sonoma County, Boy George and the boys!

Aug 9, 8pm. $79-$149. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Because you love rock ‘n’ roll.

Burbank Center for the Arts.

Aug 4, 8pm. $59-$75. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Petaluma Music Festival

Ninth annual benefit for music in the schools programs boasts performances from Jackie Greene, Steve Kimock, the Mother Hips, David Nelson Band and many others. Aug 6. $45 and up.

Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, 175 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, petalumamusicfestival.org.

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Acoustic rock-jazz-metalflamenco, etc. Aug 7, 8pm. $69$89. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Sonoma County Blues Festival

Features award-winning blues guitarist Sonny Landreth, blues vocalist Janiva Magness, Lightinin’ Malcolm and HowellDevine. Aug 7, 2pm. $35.

SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

MARIN COUNTY Jerry Day at Sweetwater

Sunshine Garcia Becker, Robin Sylvester, Danny Eisenberg, Matt Hartle, Ezra Lipp and others come together in celebration of Jerry Garcia. Aug 9, 8pm. $17-$20. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

George Winston

The masterful solo pianist performs a summer-inspired mix of folk and New Orleans R&B in a benefit for the Community Resource Center of West Marin. Aug 6, 8pm. $35$40. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

NAPA COUNTY Lisa-Marie Johnston

Oakland singer-songwriter creates her own brand of “stomp and groove” Americana music. Aug 4, 7pm. $10-$12.

Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe

Aug 5, Due Zighi Baci. Aug 6, Hot Grubb. Aug 7, 2pm, Tyler Allen. Aug 10, open jazz jam. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Aug 5, Hellbender with Skitzo and Trecelence. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Aug 4, Dave Hamilton. Aug 5, Rainbow Girls. Aug 6, Mark McDonald. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Aug 3, Rivertown Skifflers. Aug 4, Sonny Ozzell with Brooks Forsyth. Aug 5, Free Peoples with Brooks Forsyth. Aug 6, Jinx Jones & the Kingtones with Luke Erickson. Aug 7, Miano Jazz Trio. Aug 9, American Alley Cats. Aug 10, Wednesday Night Big Band.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Cellars of Sonoma

Aug 5, John Pita. Aug 6, Craig Corona. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1826.

Coffee Catz

Aug 5, 3:30pm, PR Jazz Duo. Aug 8, 5:30pm, open mic. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.6600.

Cornerstone Sonoma Aug 6, 1pm, Aldo Mosca Duo. Aug 7, 1pm, Tim Curley solo.

23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma.

707.933.3010.

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Aug 4, 6pm, Chris Ahlman. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.280.4658.

25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

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Aug 4, 6:30pm, Rockin’ the River with Moonalice. 16201 First St, Guerneville.

Aug 3, 5pm, Lost Dog Found and Kevin Russell. Aug 10, 5pm, Onye & the Messengers and the Harvest Band. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol.

Flamingo Lounge

Juilliard Park

Downtown Guerneville Plaza

Aug 5, Stax City. Aug 6, Midnight Band. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Graffiti

Aug 5, 6pm, the Peter Welker Sextet. 101 Second St, Petaluma. 707.765.4567.

Green Music Center

Aug 5, Los Tigres del Norte.

1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Through Aug 4, pianoSonoma Music Festival. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Guerneville Community Church

Aug 10, 7pm, “Sing Me a River” with the River Choir. Free.

14520 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.0516.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery

Aug 3, Margo Price. 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma.

707.938.5277.

Healdsburg Plaza

Aug 9, 6pm, Bey Paule Band. 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.3301.

History Museum of Sonoma County

Aug 6, 2pm, sonic stylings with Guy Slater. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.

Hood Mansion

Aug 5, Funky Fridays with Tommy Thomsen.

1450 Pythian Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.833.6288. www. funkyfridays.info.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Aug 7, 5pm, Live at Juilliard with the Bootleg Honeys.

227 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

Lagunitas Amphitheaterette

Aug 9, 4:20pm, Deer Tick and Marty O’Reilly. Sold-out. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Aug 3, Ain’t Misbehavin’.

Aug 4, the Hucklebucks. Aug 5, Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s. Aug 6, Van Goat. Aug 7, Jimbo Scott. Aug 10, Puff Puff Beer. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro

Aug 3, Rhonda Benin. Aug 4, Janie Roberts and John Simon.

Aug 5, Frankye Kelly. Aug 6, Yancie Taylor. Aug 7, Vernelle Anders. Aug 9, Mac & Potter.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen

Mon, Wed, Fri, DJ Miguel.

16246 First St, Guerneville.

707.869.3377.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Aug 6, 12pm, Sh-Boom. Aug 7, 1pm, Mixed Nuts. 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

Aug 5, Wild Iris. Aug 6, the Drifting Rich. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre

Aug 3, Protoje and Raging Fyah. Aug 4, David Nail. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

Aug 5, Sherrie Phillips and Megan Burtt. Aug 6, Blue Summit. Aug 8, Million Stylez.

230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

Occidental Center for the Arts

HopMonk Sonoma

Paul Mahder Gallery

Aug 5, 5pm, David Hamilton.

Aug 5, 8pm, Quiles & Cloud.

Aug 6, 1pm, Born Lucky. Aug 6, 8pm, Dawn Angelosante and Tony Gibson. Aug 7, 1pm, Craig Corona. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Aug 6, 6:30pm, Norbert Stachel & LehCats with Karen Stachel.

CRITIC’S CHOICE

Ives Park

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Aug 5, 8pm, French Oak Gypsy Band. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Aug 7, 7pm, the Alan Broadbent and Darek Oles Duo. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.473.9150.

Phoenix Theater

Aug 5, Nugget King with Lost Goons and LBZ. Aug 6, Sweet Addiction and Space Vacation.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Festival Season Two daylong concerts split upcoming weekend This weekend, Sonoma County basks in late summer glory with two outdoor festivals that celebrate music and community, and feature the best in folk, rock, blues and soul.

On Saturday, Aug. 6, the Petaluma Music Festival marks its ninth year with its biggest lineup to date. Headliners include multitalented roots-rock songwriter Jackie Greene, celebrated Sebastopol guitarist Steve Kimock and San Francisco soulrockers the Mother Hips (pictured), led by Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono since 1990.

Formed by Petaluma High School music director Cliff Eveland, the Petaluma Music Festival last year raised over $30,000 for music programs in the town’s public schools.

In addition to ticket sales, the festival boasts a silent auction and autographed guitar raffles to raise money for the kids.

The next day, Aug. 7, the 35th annual Sonoma County Blues Festival finds a new home at SOMO Events Center in Rohnert Park for an afternoon of masterful blues performers curated by longtime radio host Bill Bowker, who returns after a five-year hiatus.

Headlining the festival, Sonny Landreth learned blues slide guitar and incorporated improv jazz and classic rock riffs into it while growing up in Lafayette, La. Detroit veteran blues vocalist Janiva Magness, Mississippi multi-instrumentalist Lightnin Malcolm and North Bay favorites HowellDevine and Volker Strifler also grace the stage. For more info, see Concerts, this page.—Charlie Swanson

Redwood Cafe

Aug 4, Marshall House Project.

Aug 5, D’Bunchovous.

Aug 6, Dream Farmers. Aug 7, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses. Aug 8, open mic with DJ Loisaida.

Aug 10, Sound Kitchen. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Remy’s Bar & Lounge First Friday of every month,

Jay Fresco. 130 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1963.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Rossi’s 1906

Aug 5, Second Line. Aug 6, the Tommy Odetto Band. Aug 7, 5pm, Brandon & the Bee’s Knees. Aug 7, 9pm, Sunday Night Blues Jam. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Spoonbar

Wed, 6pm, Michael Hantman.

219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Aug 5, Buck Nickels & Loose Change. Aug 6, the Sorentinos.

Aug 7, 4pm, Sunday Funday BBQ with Rainbow Girls. Aug 8, the Blues Defenders pro jam.

Aug 9, open mic night with Rojo. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Aug 5, Bradford Band. Aug 6, Big Blu Soul Revue. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY Angel Island State Park Aug 6, 2pm, Danny Montana.

Aug 7, 2pm, Vintage Grass. 1 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.3972.

Fenix

Aug 3, pro blues jam with Dallis Craft Band. Aug 4, Eric Wiley Band. Aug 5, San Francisco Airship. Aug 6, the Best Intentions. Aug 7, 6:30pm, LehCats with Norbert Stachel. Aug 10, pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Aug 7, Mexican Banda.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

Grazie Restaurant

Aug 6, Amy Wigton. 823 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.897.5181.

HopMonk Novato

Aug 4, Corporeal with Dagmar and Extravision. Aug 5, Pepperland. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Aug 3, Michael Lamacchia and friends. Aug 10, Bermuda Grass. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

415.485.1005.

19 Broadway Club

Aug 3, the Damon LeGall Band.

Osher Marin JCC

Aug 6, 7pm, La Misa Negra. $25/kids free. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael.

415.444.8000.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Aug 3, Rivertown Trio. Aug 4, John Hoy. Aug 9, Panama Jazz Trio. Aug 10, EMK. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Aug 3, the Weissmen. Aug 4, Chrissy Lynne Band. Aug 5, Swoop Unit.

Aug 6, Barnyard Hammer. Aug 7, the Milestone. Aug 9, Fresh Baked Blues. Aug 10, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Aug 5, Jerry Hannan. Aug 7, 4pm, the Subdudes. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s

Aug 5, SwingSet. Aug 6, Charles Wheal Band. Aug 7, Chime Travelers. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

San Anselmo Town Hall

Aug 5, 5pm, the Treble Makers.

525 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.258.4600.

Sausalito Seahorse

Aug 4, James Moseley and Indie B. Aug 5, Salsa with Jimmy Arhon. Aug 6, Los Clasicos de Cuba Quintet. Aug 7, 5pm, Orquesta la Moderna Tradicion. Aug 8, 6pm, open mic with Judy Hall. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Servino Ristorante

Aug 5, Lloyd Gregory. Aug 6, Geometry of Chance. 9 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.2676.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Aug 4, Digisaurus.

Aug 5, Voodoo Switch. Aug 6, the Illumignarly. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Aug 3, Cody Canada and the Departed. Aug 4, Matt Schofield with Lightnin Malcolm. Aug 5, Mustache Harbor. Aug 6, Natural Wonder. Aug 10, Rhett Miller and Jackie Bristow. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

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Throckmorton Theatre Aug 7, 5:30pm, the Nathan Bickart Trio. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Town Center Corte Madera

Aug 7, 12pm, CelloJoe. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.924.2961.

NAPA COUNTY

707.829.7300 230 PETALUMA AVE | SEBASTOPOL

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Thu aug 4

Beringer Vineyards

Aug 6, 12:30pm, Fu Man Chu. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards

Aug 6, Three on a Match. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Fri aug 5 SaT aug 6

MaRsHall HOuse PROjeCt 8pm/Dancing/$5

D’BunCHOvOus 7:30pm/Dancing/$10

DReaM FaRMeRs CD Release PaRty! 8:30pm/$5

Thu aug 11

HaRt n sOul BanD

Aug 5, Charles Wheal. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

Fri aug 12

stanD-uP COMeDy

Goose & Gander

SaT aug 13

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant

Aug 7, 1pm, PA Furnace.

1245 Spring St, St Helena.

707.967.8779.

Jarvis Conservatory

Aug 6, It’s a Grand Night for Singers. 1711 Main St, Napa.

707.255.5445.

Markham Vineyards

Aug 6, 1:30pm, Al James. Aug 10, 6:30pm, Jupiter Quartet.

2812 St Helena Hwy N, St Helena. 707.963.5292.

8pm/No Cover

8:30pm/$10/18+

RHytHM RangeRs 8:30pm/$10

Restaurant & Music Venue All Ages Family-Friendly Atmosphere ExtEnsivE MEnu • 22 BEErs on tap Happy Hour MEnu Check out the Art Exhibit Visit our website, redwoodCafe.com 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868

EVERY TUES AT 7PM WITH CENI FRI AUG 5

SHERRIE PHILLIPS + MEGAN BURTT

$15–$20/DOORS 8/SHOW 9/21+

SAT AUG 6

BLUE SUMMIT

+ MT & THE MOONLIGHTERS $8/DOORS 7/SHOW 7:45/ALL AGES

MON AUG 8

MNE SINGERS SERIES WITH

MILLION STYLEZ

$15/DOORS-SHOW 10/21+

THU AUG 11 AN EVENING WITH

THE IGUANAS

$20–$25/DOORS 7/SHOW 8/21+

SAT AUG 13

THE JOHN BROTHERS PIANO COMPANY + THE CREAK

$10/DOORS 9/SHOW 9/21+

MON AUG 15

MONDAY NIGHT EDUTAINMENT WITH

DJ GUACAMOLE & DJ KONNEX

$8/FREE B4 10:30/DOORS-SHOW 10/21+

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next event with us, up to 250, kim@hopmonk.com

Pioneer Park

Aug 4, 6:30pm, Poor Man’s Whiskey. Free. 1308 Cedar St, Calistoga. 707.942.2838.

RaeSet

Aug 5, Gretschkat Blues. Aug 6, Noema. 3150 B Jefferson St, Napa. 707.666.9028.

River Terrace Inn

Aug 4, Smorgy. Aug 5, Johnny Smith. Aug 6, Billy D. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s

Aug 3, Syria T Berry. Aug 5, Garage Band 101 for Adults.

Aug 6, When Doves Cry. Aug 7, Garage Band 101 for Kids. Aug 10, Jonie Marie. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uva Trattoria

Aug 3, Justin Diaz. Aug 4, Trio Solea. Aug 5, Party of Three.

Aug 6, Gentlemen of Jazz. Aug 7, 6pm, the Hillwilliams. Aug 10, Tom Duarte. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.

Veterans Memorial Park

Aug 5, 6:30pm, Napa City Nights with Sweet Hayah and others. Third and Main St, Napa. www.napacitynights.com.

FREE LOCAL LIVE MUSIC GIGS LIVE MUSIC. NEW STAGE AND SOUND. NEW DANCE FLOOR. NEW AIR CONDITIONING. SUDS TAPS - 18 LOCAL & REGIONAL SELECT CRAFT BEERS & CIDERS. EATS NEW MENU, KITCHEN OPEN ALL DAY FROM 11AM ON. CHECK OUT OUR FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH W/CORN ON THE COB. DIGS DINING OUT-DOORS. KIDS ALWAYS WELCOME - NEW KID’S MENU. RESERVATIONS FOR 8 OR MORE. HAPPY HOUR M-F 3-6PM. $2 CHICKEN TACOS. $3 HOUSE CRAFT BEERS. WEEKLY EVENTS MONDAYS • BLUES DEFENDERS PRO JAM TUESDAYS • OPEN MIC W/ROJO WEDNESDAYS • KARAOKE CALENDAR FRI AUG 5 • BUCK NICKELS AND LOOSE CHANGE 8PM / 21+ FREE SAT AUG 6 • THE SORENTINO'S HUGELARGE 8PM / 21+ FREE SUN AUG 7 • SUNDAY FUNDAY BBQ SHOW SERIES (EVERY SUNDAY) FEAT. RAINBOW GIRLS 5PM / ALL AGES $10–$20 SUN AUG 7 • LIGHTNIN' MALCOLM 8PM / 21+ / $10, FREE W/ VIP PASS FROM SONOMA COUNTY BLUES FEST CHECK OUT OUR FULL MUSIC CALENDAR www.TwinOaksRoadhouse.com Phone 707.795.5118 5745 Old Redwood Hwy Penngrove, CA 94951

Thur 8/04 • Doors 7pm • ADV $25 / DOS $27 British Blues Awards Guitarist of the Year 2010, 11, & 12

Matt Schofield

with Lightnin Malcolm

Fri 8/05 • Doors 8pm • ADV $20 / DOS $22

Mustache Harbor

Sat 8/06 • Doors 8pm • ADV $17 / DOS $20

Natural Wonder

A Stevie Wonder Tribute Band Sun 8/07 • Doors 3pm • FREE FREE Show with

Fistful of Scandal Tue 8/09 • Doors 8pm • ADV $17 / DOS $20

Jerry Day at Sweetwater

feat Sunshine Garcia Becker, Robin Sylvester, Danny Eisenberg, Matt Hartle & Ezra Lipp + special guests Wed 8/10 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $27

Rhett Miller

with Jackie Bristow Thur 8/11 • Doors 7pm • ADV $32 / DOS $37

Darrell Scott

with Mark Nelsen www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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Aug 5, 6pm, Jerry Garcia celebration with the Thugz.

Aug 6, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.

Aug 4, Book of Birds. Aug 5, 5:30pm, Danny Montana and friends. Aug 6, 5:30pm, Michael Brown Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

Arts Events

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AUG 3

RECEPTIONS

REGGAE •DOORS 7:30 • 21+

DAVID NAIL

THURSDAY

AUG 4 SUNDAY

AUG 7

COUNTRY •DOORS 7:30 • 21+

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

BLITZEN TRAPPER

Rodrigo y Gabriela

CONTEMPORARY ROCK•DOORS 7:30 • 21+

THURSDAY

AUG 11 FRIDAY

AUG 12 TUESDAY

AUG 16 FRIDAY

AUG 19 SUNDAY

PROTOJE

AUG 21

10,000 MANIACS

ALTERNATIVE ROCK • DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

RHETT MILLER

AMERICANA • DOORS 7:30 • 21+

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9

Culture Club

ALTERNATIVE ROCK • DOORS 7PM • 21+

JOSH HEINRICHS REGGAE • DOORS 8PM • 21+

ISRAEL VIBRATION AND ROOTS RADICS

TUE, AUGUST 23

Grammy Winner Peter Frampton

ROOTS REGGAE • DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

WED, SEPTEMBER 7 8/26 Led Zepagain, 8/27 Red Baraat, 8/29 X, 9/4 Abbey Road, 9/11 Work Drugs, 9/15 Wayne Hancock, 9/16 G Love & Special Sauce, 9/17 Mad Professor, 9/19 Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra

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Outdoor Dining 7 Days a Week

An Evening with Ray LaMontagne The Ouroboros Tour 2016

707.546.3600 lutherburbankcenter.org

Sebastiani Theatre

Din ner & A Show

Brewster Aug 12 Jesse Original Rock, Americana Fri

Bluesiana Dance Party!

Aug 13

Maria Muldaur

High Energy New Orleans Blues, R&B and Swamp Funk 8:30

Mighty Mike Schermer’s

Fri

Aug 19 50th Birthday Party with Sat

Aug 27

Arts Guild of Sonoma, “August Art Exhibition,” spotlighting all 30 guild artists, new works in all mediums offer something for everyone to enjoy. 5pm.

140 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.996.3115.

BackStreet Gallery, “Implied,” painter Suzanne Edminster and sculptor Chris Beards present a pop-up art installation.

5pm. Art Alley off South A St, Santa Rosa.

Christie Marks Fine Art Gallery, “Harvester,” photo series by Erik Castro documents migrant field workers after a day of work with stark black-and-white closeup portraits. 5pm. 312 South A St, Ste 7, Santa Rosa. 707.695.1011.

City Hall Council Chambers, “Citizenship Test,” artist Monica Bryant’s installation is a large-scale painting of the American Flag covered with answers to questions every potential

Alt. Country 8:00

Sat

Robert Allen Fine Art, “Abstract Works on Canvas,” group exhibit features Beatrice Findlay, Heather Gordon, Carol Lefkowitz and others. 5:30pm. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.2800.

Aug 5

SCOTT STAPP

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

Aug 4

immigrant is asked in their test. 5pm. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3010.

Toby’s Gallery, “Bay Area Painting 2016,” showing experimental media and nontraditional artists as well as traditional art forms.

2pm. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

Aug 6

Bay Model Visitor Center, “The Periphery Project: Walking the Bay,” photographer and artists Lisa Kairos’ encaustic paintings, drawings, water media and photo prints are inspired by her walks on shorelines of San Francisco Bay. 1pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Aug 7

Gallery Route One, “Box Show,” annual fundraising show is dedicated to the memory of GRO founding member and Box Show co-creator Betty Woolfolk.

3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1347.

Aug 8

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi, “Marsha Balian Solo Show,” the artist’s representational collages offer a sense of mystery, invention and narrative.

5:30pm. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.9753.

Danny Click, Austin Delone, and Angela Strehli 8:00

Galleries

featuring the music of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie 8:30

BBQs on the Lawn!

& introducing Soul Ska

Sun, Aug 21 • Petty Theft Sun, Aug 28 • Asleep at the Wheel Sun, Sep 4 • Chuck Prophet

plus San Geronimo

Mon, Sep 5 • The Sons of Champlin Sun, Sep 11 • “Uncle” Willie K Sun, Sep 18 • Buck Nickels &

Loose Change/The Jones Gang Gates open at 3pm / Music at 4pm Reservations Advised

415.662.2219

On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Aug 28, “Reflections | Shadows,” regional juried exhibit presents a diverse selection of works based on the theme. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

IceHouse Gallery Through Aug 22, “Past Tense, Present Tense,” a vibrant career-spanning exhibit of paintings by Jack Stuppin.

405 East D St, Petaluma.

707.778.2238.

Paul Mahder Gallery Through Aug 21, “A Fine Line,” a selection of over 35 works by living masters of the art of drawing. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.473.9150.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Through Aug 28, “Tribal Voices,” historical Native American artifacts and contemporary artwork from Becky Olvera Schultz and Christine Cobaugh. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues.

707.778.4398.

Sculpturesite Gallery Through Aug 20, “Frank Morbillo: New Works,” displays a selection of recently completed abstract sculptures ranging from pedestal size to garden scale. 23588 Arnold Dr, Sonoma.

Sebastopol Gallery

Lavay Smith’s “1940’s Supper Club”

Sun, Aug 7 • the subdudes Sun, Aug 14 • Zulu Spear

Cigar Box show. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

SNEAK PEEK:

Thurs, Aug 11, 7:00pm

Fri & Sat, Aug 12 & 13, 6:00 & 8:30pm

Sun, Aug 14, 3:30 & 6:00pm Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs, Aug 15-18, 7:00pm

Movies call 707.996.2020 Tickets call 707.996.9756 SONOMA sebastianitheatre.com

SONOMA COUNTY Alchemia Gallery Through Aug 28, “Earth, Wind & Fiber,” mixed-media collection featuring works of art from three distinct mediums: ceramics, glass mosaics and fiber arts. 111 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Mon-Tues, Fri, 10 to 5; Wed-Thurs, Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, 11 to 4. 707.775.3794.

Cutting Edge Salon Through Aug 31, “Sightings,” seven photographers reveal

gorgeous, though not often noticed, details of our world. 7773 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol. 707.823.3307.

Fulton Crossing Through Aug 31, “August Art Show” working artist studios are open for viewing.

Reception, Aug 19 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Graton Gallery Through Aug 14, “Don’t Make Me Laugh,” featuring works

by Mylette Welch and Maria Ester Sund with guest artists including Tim Dixon. Showing in conjunction with the juried

Through Aug 6, “Clay, Pigment & Precious Stones,” featured artists Chris Boyd, Paula Matzinger and Joann Lustig display works that range from ceramics to oil paintings to jewelry. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6.

707.829.7200.

Sebastopol Library Through Aug 30, “Don de Vivieros & the Art of North America,” featuring imaginative and skillful works from the late artists and professor. 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. Mon-Tues, 1 to 5 and 6 to 9; Wed-Sat, 1 to 5.

707.823.7691.

MARIN COUNTY Art Works Downtown

Commonweal Gallery

Through Aug 5, “Indications in the Field,” winemaker Sean Thackrey’s original photography is on display. 451 Mesa Rd, Bolinas. Mon-Fri, 10 to 4. 415.868.0970.

Corte Madera Library

Through Aug 18, “Commitment to Creativity,” group show by Golden Gate Marin Artists celebrates women in the visual arts. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Aug 15, “Shifting Tides,” encaustics painter Robin Denevan’s imagined landscapes and scultpor Phyllis Thelen’s telling forms display.

417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932.

Headlands Center for the Arts

Through Aug 26, “Summer Project Space Exhibitions,” witness and engage with the artist-in-residence space both as working studios and complete exhibitions.

Reception, Aug 14 at 3pm. 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4. 415.331.2787.

Marin Society of Artists

Through Aug 10, “Sparks,” juried photography exhibit features works from guest artists as well as MSA members. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

Through Aug 28, “Artists of MarinMOCA,” juried group show features a diverse selection of works by over 70 Bay Area artists. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; SatSun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Through Aug 25, “Bay Area Women Artists,” a collection of the latest from several talented artists. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment.

415.388.4331.

Osher Marin JCC Through Aug 21, “Not

music and family-friendly activities. Thurs, 5pm. through Sep 29. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

Room Art Gallery

An opportunity to play a game of golf and enjoy a delicious banquet in the evening.

Proceeds from the event help St Vincent de Paul’s free dining room. Aug 8, 11:30am. $75$175. Peacock Gap Country Club, 333 Biscayne Dr, San Rafael, 415.383.6114.

Through Aug 28, “Laurel Shear Solo Show,” the artist’s large, lush oil paintings of abstract expressionism are on display.

86 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Mon-Fri, 10 to 6; Sat, 10 to 4. 415.380.7940.

Toby’s Gallery

Through Aug 30, “Bay Area Painting 2016,” showing experimental media and nontraditional artists as well as traditional art forms. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

NAPA COUNTY Caldwell Snyder Gallery

Aug 6-31, “Joshua JensenNagle & Emily Filler: Recent Photographs & Paintings,” Toronto-based artists display aerial-view beach-scene photos and large abstract flower-arrangement paintings that walk the line of imagination and reality. 1328 Main St, St Helena. Open daily, 10 to 6. 415.531.6755.

Comedy Comedy Night

Queenie T T headlines a night of laughs. Every other Thurs, 7pm. Bui Bistro, 976 Pearl St, Napa, 707.225.5417.

Mort Sahl

Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Open Mic Comedy

Wed. Spancky’s Bar, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

Tuesday Night Live

Featuring comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Events The Barlow Street Fair

The Barlow takes over McKinley Street every Thursday this summer with local food, beer and wine, as well as live

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Through Aug 5, “Phases,” featuring recent work

by Raylene Gorum that contemplates the various passages of time. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Forgotten,” exhibition of collage and multimedia works from Israeli-based artist Erella Teitler. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Golf Fore Giving

MidSummer MusiCamp

Musical programs for kids are taught by top professionals and experienced teachers.

Through Aug 5. $450. First United Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St, Napa, napavalleymusicassociates.org.

Nuclear Remembrance Day

On the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, this event remembers victims of nuclear power everywhere.

Includes calligraphy, origami, music and more. Aug 6, 11am.

Free. Helen Putnam Plaza, 129 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Peace in Process

Relax deeply within a gentle immersion into ancient modalities to help realign with balance and strength. First Sun of every month, 10:30am. by donation. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

A Roof 4 Everyone Marin Organizing Meeting

Anyone interested in making housing security a priority by creating a renters association in Marin is welcomed to voice their opinions, ideas and concerns. Aug 6, 10:30am. First Congregational Church of San Rafael, 8 North San Pedro Dr, San Rafael.

We bring the props

You bring the fun!

Senior Access Caregiver Support Group

Caring for an adult can be challenging. This group is facilitated by a specially trained professional. First Thurs of every month, 11am.

Episcopal Church of the Nativity, 333 Ellen Dr, San Rafael.

Social Sunday

Ongoing community event gives you something to interact with related to the gallery’s current artist, with demos and entertainment ) accompanying the

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Sonoma County Fair

The Fair’s theme “Lights, Camera, Fair!” turns the hall of flowers in a Sonoma County cinema celebration, with carnival rides, exhibits, horse racing and more on hand. Through Aug 7. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4200.

Walk for Animals

Napa Humane’s fun-filled family event is short stroll through downtown Napa that goes miles to support animals throughout Napa Valley. Aug 7, 7:30am. $35-$45. Oxbow Commons, McKinstry St, Napa, 707.255.8118.

Field Trips Headlands Summer Yoga Hike

Hike with scenic ocean views includes stops along the way to stretch and do simple yoga poses, accessible to all ages and abilities. Aug 6, 11am. Point Bonita YMCA, 981 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415-331-9622.

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Monthly three-mile hike to experience sunset, moonrise, picnic and spectacular views.

Pack your own picnic. Second Tues monthly at 7:30. $15.

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Film Chocolate & Cinema

A ticket includes gourmet chocolate, popcorn and this month’s movie, the 1975 maneating blockbuster “Jaws.”

Aug 4, 7pm. $15-$20. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Closet Monster

Alexander Valley Film Society’s “Out in Alexander Valley: Celebrating LGBT Stories” series screens the awardwinning Canadian feature.

Aug 8, 7pm. Clover Theater, 121 East First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.6347.

CULT Film Series

Relive your high school days with a double bill of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” and “Dazed & Confused.” Aug 4, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.

Marin Country Mart Movie Night

Gather friends and family to enjoy a classic film on the green throughout the summer.

Wed, 6pm. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Southern hospitality. Aug 9, 7pm. $55. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Seven % Solutions Tasting Series

Compare California and Old World wines with educational tastings. Wed, 7pm. through Sep 14. $50. Bergamot Alley, 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.8720.

Summer Sausage Sizzle & Syrah

Annual barbecue and Syrah party comes with artisan grilled sausages in the sunshine. Aug 6, 11am. $25.

Dutton-Goldfield Winery, 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, 707.827.3600.

Lectures

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Ed Ruscha & the Great American West

The first and largest Jewish film festival in the world returns to the Rafael for three days of screenings. Aug 5-7.

Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Discover the west through the eyes of artist Ed Ruscha in this special docent-led presentation from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Aug 9, 12pm. Free. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo, 415.258.4656.

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The Art & Architecture film series shows the documentary about the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, a home to great artists and composers for over 200 years. Aug 3, 1 and 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Food & Drink Adventures in Onigiri

Japanese cooking instructor Sonoko Sakai leads a workshop in making the bite-size balls of rice often shaped and decorated to make animals, flowers and more. Aug 7, 10am. $65-$85. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Leaves & Flowers Tea Workshop

Join Anna Morton and Emily Erb for a workshop on how to properly gather, dry and blend herbs for teas. Aug 6, 3pm. $50.

Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Little Italy in the South Chef Gator’s monthly prix fixe dinner blends Italian food and

Master mapmaker Tom Harrison talks about the different kinds of maps that have been used to describe the trails, facilities and boundaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore. Aug 6, 9am. $40$60. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

Shop Talk

Los Angeles-based visual artists Jedediah Caesar and Kate Costello speak with San Francisco novelist, essayist and editor Dodie Bellamy.

Aug 9, 7pm. $12-$15.

Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.2787.

Women Grow Sonoma County

Cannabis networking event features a talk by cannabis analytic expert Samantha Miller. Aug 4, 6pm. $35-$40.

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Aug 3, 7pm, “A Way to God” with Matthew Fox. Aug 4, 7pm, “Crowned and Dangerous” with Rhys Bowen. Aug 6, 1pm, “The Squandered” with David Putnam. Aug 6, 4pm, “The Shaking Reeds” with John Pedersen. Aug 6, 7pm, “Sugarland” with Martha Conway. Aug 7, 1pm, “The Rail” with Tommy Donovan.

Aug 7, 4pm, “Into the Valley” with Ruth Galm. Aug 8, 7pm, “Enchanted Islands” with Allison Amend. Aug 9, 1pm, “You Will Know Me” with Megan Abbott. Aug 9, 7pm, “Harmony” with Carolyn Parkhurst. Aug 10, 7pm, “On the Nose” with Jayme Moye and Hans Florine. Aug 10, 7pm, “The River in Mt Backyard” with Mikkel Aaland. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Aug 6, 2pm, “Kid Beowulf: The Blood-Bound Oath” with Alexis Fajardo. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707.579.4452.

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Aug 7, 3pm, “Under the Big Black Sun” with John Doe. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

Healdsburg Shed

Aug 10, 5:30pm, Food Lover’s Book Group, read and be ready to discuss “The World on a Plate” by Mina Holland.

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Aug 7, 3pm, Napa Valley Writer’s Club open mic. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

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Aug 3, 4pm, “Lion Lessons” with Jon Agee. Aug 6, 1pm, “The Best Little Grammar Book Ever!” with Arlene Miller, includes grammar workshop.

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Aug 5, 7pm, “The Activist’s Tao Te Ching” with William Martin. by donation. 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station 415.663.1349.

Readers’ Books

Aug 4, 7pm, “Zen City” with Eliot Fintushel. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

San Rafael Copperfield’s Books

Aug 7, 1pm, “The Mastery of Self” with Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

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Aug 5, 7pm, “Valley of the Moon” with Melanie Gideon.

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Aug 6, 7pm, “A Way to God” with Matthew Fox. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

Sonoma Community Center

Sundays, 10:30am. through Aug 28, Pema Chodron’s “How to Meditate” book study group, with Irv Kirschbaum and Susie Cook 276 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.938.4626.

Theater Broadway Under the Stars

Transcendence Theatre Company’s award-winning series invites you to “Dance the Night Away” as a star-studded cast performs show-stopping numbers from Broadway and beyond. Includes pre-show music and food and wine vendors. Aug 5-21. $42 and up.

Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 877.424.1414.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid

In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Aug 5-21.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dream On

Spreckels Youth in Arts Summer workshop presents the play about two siblings on the first day of summer whose lives are about to change. Aug 5-7. $15. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

The Jungle Book KIDS Sixth Street Playhouse’s school of drama presents its youth production. Aug 5-7. $10-$15. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

The Mikado

North Bay Stage Company presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera. Through Aug 7. $32. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

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, Aug 5, 7pm. $68. Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor, 707.837.0019.

Puss in Boots

This re-telling of the classic tale will delight audiences of all ages. Through Aug 7. $12-$22.

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Robin Hood

Ross Valley Players presents the family favorite tale of the merry band who rob from the rich and give to the poor.

Through Aug 14. $25-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555.

Suspicious Suppers

A murder-mystery dinner features four-course meal and audience participation.

Aug 6, 7pm. $85. Tudor Rose Tea, 733 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.535.2045.

Tapas

Pegasus Theater Company celebrates the 10th anniversary of Sonoma County’s pioneering festival of 10-minute plays written by Northern California playwrights. Aug 5-28. $18.

Mt Jackson Masonic Hall, 14040 Church St, Guerneville, 800.838.3006.

Twelfth Night

Shakespeare’s gender-bending comedy explores the desires of love among moonstruck eccentrics. Through Aug 21. $10-$35. Marin Shakespeare Company, 890 Bella Ave, San Rafael, 415.499.4488.

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Astrology For the week of August 3

ARIES (March 21–April 19) I apologize in advance for the seemingly excessive abundance of good news I’m about to report. If you find it hard to believe, I won’t hold your skepticism against you. But I do want you to know that every prediction is warranted by the astrological omens. Ready for the onslaught?

1. In the coming weeks, you could fall forever out of love with a wasteful obsession. 2. You might also start falling in love with a healthy obsession. 3. You can half accidentally snag a blessing you have been half afraid to want. 4. You could recall a catalytic truth whose absence has been causing you a problem ever since you forgot it. 5. You could reclaim the mojo that you squandered when you pushed yourself too hard a few months ago.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

August is Adopta-Taurus month. It’s for all of your tribe, not just the orphans and exiles and disowned rebels. Even if you have exemplary parents, the current astrological omens suggest that you require additional support and guidance from wise elders. So I urge you to be audacious in rounding up trustworthy guardians and benefactors. Go in search of mentors and fairy godmothers. Ask for advice from heroes who are further along the path that you’d like to follow. You are ready to receive teachings and direction you weren’t receptive to before.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) When a parasite or other irritant slips inside an oyster’s shell, the mollusk’s immune system besieges the intruder with successive layers of calcium carbonate. Eventually, a pearl may form. I suspect that this is a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming days as you deal with the salt in your wound or the splinter in your skin. Before you jump to any conclusions, though, let me clarify. This is not a case of the platitude “Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” Keep in mind that the pearl is a symbol of beauty and value, not strength.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) It’s your lucky day!

Spiritual counsel comparable to what you’re reading here usually sells for $99.95. But because you’re showing signs that you’re primed to outwit bad habits, I’m offering it at no cost. I want to encourage you!

Below are my ideas for what you should focus on.

(But keep in mind that I don’t expect you to achieve absolute perfection.) 1. Wean yourself from indulging in self-pity and romanticized pessimism. 2. Withdraw from connections with people who harbor negative images of you. 3. Transcend low expectations wherever you see them in play. 4. Don’t give your precious life energy to demoralizing ideas and sour opinions.

LEO (July 23–August 22) You’re not doing a baby chick a favor by helping it hatch. For the sake of its well-being, the bird needs to peck its way out of the egg. It’s got to exert all of its vigor and willpower in starting its new life. That’s a good metaphor for you to meditate on. As you escape from your comfortable womb-jail and launch yourself toward inspiration, it’s best to rely as much as possible on your own instincts.

Friendly people who would like to provide assistance may inadvertently cloud your access to your primal wisdom. Trust yourself deeply and wildly.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22)

I hear you’re growing weary of wrestling with ghosts. Is that true? I hope so. The moment you give up the fruitless struggle, you’ll become eligible for a unique kind of freedom that you have not previously imagined. Here’s another rumor I’ve caught wind of: You’re getting bored with an old source of sadness that you’ve used to motivate yourself for a long time. I hope that’s true, too. As soon as you shed your allegiance to the sadness, you will awaken to a sparkling font of comfort you’ve been blind to. Here’s one more story I’ve picked up through the grapevine: You’re close to realizing that your attention to a mediocre treasure has diverted you from a more pleasurable treasure. Hallelujah!

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Could it be true that the way out is the same as the way in? And that the so-called wrong answer is almost indistinguishable from the right answer? And that success, at least the kind of success that really matters,

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can only happen if you adopt an upside-down, insideout perspective? In my opinion, the righteous answer to all these questions is “YESSS???!!!”—at least for now. I suspect that the most helpful approach will never be as simple or as hard as you might be inclined to believe.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) Your

strength seems to make some people uncomfortable.

I don’t want that to become a problem for you. Maybe you could get away with toning down your potency at other times, but not now. It would be sinful to act as if you’re not as competent and committed to excellence as you are. But having said that, I also urge you to monitor your behavior for excess pride. Some of the resistance you face when you express your true glory may be due to the shadows cast by your true glory. You could be tempted to believe that your honorable intentions excuse secretive manipulations.

So please work on wielding your clout with maximum compassion and responsibility.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) Did you honestly imagine that there would eventually come a future when you’d have your loved ones fully “trained”? Did you fantasize that sooner or later you could get them under control, purged of their imperfections and telepathically responsive to your every mood? If so, now is a good time to face the fact that those longings will never be fulfilled. You finally have the equanimity to accept your loved ones exactly as they are. Uncoincidentally, this adjustment will make you smarter about how to stir up soulful joy in your intimate relationships.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) You may experience a divine visitation as you clean a toilet in the coming weeks. You might get a glimpse of a solution to a nagging problem while you’re petting a donkey or paying your bills or waiting in a long line at the bank. Catch my drift, Capricorn? I may or may not be speaking metaphorically here. You could meditate up a perfect storm as you devour a doughnut. While flying high over the earth in a dream, you might spy a treasure hidden in a pile of trash down below. If I were going to give your immediate future a mythic title, it might be “Finding the Sacred in the Midst of the Profane.”

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) I’ve worked hard for many years to dismantle my prejudices. To my credit, I have even managed to cultivate compassion for people I previously demonized, like evangelical Christians, drunken jocks, arrogant gurus and career politicians. But I must confess that there’s still one group toward which I’m bigoted: super-rich bankers. I wish I could extend to them at least a modicum of amiable impartiality. How about you, Aquarius? Do you harbor any hidebound biases that shrink your ability to see life as it truly is?

Have you so thoroughly rationalized certain narrowminded perspectives and judgmental preconceptions that your mind is permanently closed? If so, now is a favorable time to dissolve the barriers and stretch your imagination way beyond its previous limits.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Are you lingering at the crux of the crossroads, restless to move on but unsure of which direction will lead you to your sweet destiny? Are there too many theories swimming around in your brain, clogging up your intuition? Have you absorbed the opinions of so many “experts” that you’ve lost contact with your own core values? It’s time to change all that. You’re ready to quietly explode in a calm burst of practical lucidity. First steps: Tune out all the noise. Shed all the rationalizations. Purge all the worries. Ask yourself, “What is the path with heart?”

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

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