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I greatly appreciate your insightful piece about law enforcement’s continuous efforts to withhold critically important video evidence from public scrutiny (“Eyes Wide Open,” Aug. 10).

However, I would like to address an oft-repeated misunderstanding that seriously muddies the question. You write: “The ongoing debate over public

access to police body- and dash-cam videos can be viewed through the lens that sees a national tug-of-war over whether black lives or blue lives matter more.”

I don’t qualify for membership in Black Lives Matter, but I do belong to a number of allied groups, and according to published BLM information that I have seen, that movement has never suggested “that your lives matter any less,” but rather “that Black lives matter just as much.” Another slogan

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that has recently taken traction among some allies is “How can All Lives Matter when Black and Brown lives don’t?” This essential point is frequently missed by those blinded by white privilege, but it’s easily understood when the will to do so is there.

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By Tom Tomorrow

Meat? Murder Today’s 10 highest-grossing box office releases are about animals: Finding Dory, The Jungle Book, Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets and Kung Fu Panda 3. Nearly half of our households include a dog and nearly 40 percent have a cat. Two-thirds of us view them as family members and cherish them accordingly. We love our animals to death. Literally.

For every cat, dog or other animal that we love and cherish, we put 500 through months of caging, crowding, deprivation, mutilation and starvation, before we take their very lives, cut their dead bodies into little pieces and shove those into our mouths. And that doesn’t even include Dory and billions of her little friends, because we haven’t figured out how to count individual aquatic animals that we grind up for human or animal feed.

The good news is that we have a choice every time we visit a restaurant or grocery store. We can choose live foods—yellow and green vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, grains, as well as a rich variety of grain and nut-based meats and dairy products. Or we can choose dead animals, their body parts and other products of their abuse. What will it be?

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Friendly Correction Sonoma County Public Defender Kathleen Pozzi was a supporter of District Attorney Jill Ravitch when she last ran for office in 2014. Pozzi called the Bohemian this week to clarify that while she may have supported Ravitch and considers her a colleague, she is not a friend of Ravitch, as last week’s news story, “Eyes Wide Open,” claimed. We regret the error.

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Bill and Me How William T. Vollmann came to write for the ‘Bohemian’ BY STETT HOLBROOK

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was at SFO about a year ago waiting for my flight to Salt Lake City to attend a journalism conference when a man shuffled into a seat across from me.

At first I thought he was homeless or maybe a bit crazy because of his disheveled, rather greasy hair and the bulky, tactical-looking vest he was wearing. But then I recognized him. Holy shit. That’s William T. Vollmann.

I quickly Googled him on my phone to confirm his identity. The wire-rim glasses and distinctive mole on his face matched the photos I was looking at.

“Are you William T. Vollmann?” I asked, stuttering a bit.

“Yes, I am.”

Vollmann is a literary hero of mine. It was his outrageously ambitious and honest works of nonfiction that fueled my interest in journalism back when I was in my 20s and living in San Francisco.

What a coincidence that, heading off to a journalism conference, I should meet one of my first literary inspirations.

Vollmann proceeded to ask me where I was going and about my work. A journalism conference? What is your favorite story you wrote, he asked.

That led to a discussion of mushrooms, Cambodia and radioactive contamination, at which point Vollmann pulled out a yellow Geiger counter he was carrying in his backpack. He was headed to West Virginia to research fracking for a book he’s working on about carbon and climate change. The device was part of his research. How’d you get the Geiger counter past security, I asked.

“They don’t even know what it is,” he smiled.

Before we parted, I asked if he’d be interested in writing for the Bohemian. He immediately said yes, provided the assignment was “fun.” Vollmann doesn’t use email or a cell phone, so we began corresponding and talking on the phone about possible stories. Is there some kind of lesbian commune or maybe a marijuana encampment in the North Bay, he asked. Probably, but I don’t think I could grant you access. After spending a night drinking beer and painting a nude model he had at his studio in a razor-wire-surrounded building in Sacramento, we settled on a story about Redding.

Vollmann is writing a novel about the black sheep of a famous political family who goes underground to escape his past. It was fascinating for me to see how he blends fact with fiction. I hope you like the story.

Stett Holbrook is the editor of the ‘Bohemian.’

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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HOME AGAIN ‘It felt like my life was blown to smithereens,’ says Vietnam War vet Rex Bishop.

Palms Not Bombs Converted motel provides long-term stability to homeless veterans BY TOM GOGOLA

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he early evening sun is sinking and rays of light cut through a line of swaying palm trees as residents amble down the outdoor hallways at the Palms Inn, a converted motel in unincorporated Santa Rosa.

The Palms Inn has become a major success story for formerly homeless veterans—and others—

in short order. You can hear the nearby rush-hour traffic zoom by on Highway 101 as visitors tour the residential center, which houses 60 veterans and another 44 residents who came here via Catholic Charities.

All around there are signs of stability and personal touches offered by the tenants. Residents are growing tomatoes near an outdoor gazebo—the smoking zone—and someone has hung a couple of small disco balls from a

balcony that fronts onto the parking lot. Under a stairway, a shopping cart rests with a couple of bicycle frames in it, and a man with long hair in a wheelchair zooms over to the gazebo for a smoke.

The story of how the Palms project came together is rare indeed, as numerous speakers tell an overflow crowd that’s gathered here on a Thursday evening for the Veterans Housing Crisis Summit, an event pulled together by volunteers with Organizing

for Action and spearheaded by OFA organizer Linda Hemenway, a former school teacher and enthusiastic booster for the Palms project.

Hemenway was joined by Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane and other speakers, and the theme of the gathering was quite simple: the Palms is a success; how can we replicate this model elsewhere, in a county and city that has an outsized homeless population relative to the rest of the country—about three times the national rate?

Rex Bishop was, until very recently, one of those homeless people. Bishop is 64 years old and from a well-to-do family in Oregon with a long tradition of serving in the military. He did his part in 1970 and joined the Navy, and served in Vietnam. He flew 13 bombing missions over North Vietnam in an A-7 Corsair II, and he talks about how he took “many chopper rides to pick up brutally wounded soldiers” during his deployment.

Bishop’s job was to collect information from mortally wounded men and their fellow soldiers on where to send the soldiers’ personal effects, who to contact, upon their death. Now he’s an advocate for veterans trying to get off the streets.

Bishop had a long career working for Robert Half International, the staffing agency, and lived with his partner, Rudy Pieraccini, until his death in 2015, at which point Bishop became homeless, lacking the resources to hold down their shared home in Forestville. “It felt like my life was blown to smithereens,” he says, recalling those first few months after his partner’s death, and his subsequent exodus to his car— where he lived for months before finding his way to the Palms.

“I was in a daze for months afterward,” Bishop says. Living in his car, he came down with pneumonia and his weight dropped to 121 pounds. He wasn’t taking his meds. “I was not doing any of the things you ordinarily do when you have a home.”

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access, a quickie tour. It’s your basic small hotel room, and residents are allowed to use a microwave and a crockpot in their rooms; the staff here even provide a cooking-education program to make the best use of those devices.

The Palms takes its cue from the Housing First model, which is self-explanatory (all good things lead from a roof over your head) and begins with the so-called harm-reduction model on how to properly oversee facilities such as the Palms. From concept to opening day, the project took a total of three months to complete earlier this year, an extraordinary effort in red-tape cutting but with an unfortunate undercurrent of a crisis situation in Sonoma County when it comes to housing.

In her presentation, an enthusiastic Zane, recounting the story of how her dad was a Marine pilot in the Solomon Islands during WWII, made the very basic point that “people who fight for freedom shouldn’t have to fight for housing.”

Jennielynn Holmes is a native Santa Rosan and shelter-andhousing specialist at Catholic Charities, which helped to place 44 of their clients here—many of whom, as Bishop observes, have pretty intense case-management needs, which are well met by a sturdy staff of social workers, inhouse support workers and other outreach efforts. Holmes took a moment to marvel at the overflow crowd as volunteers hurriedly brought more chairs into a conference room to accommodate the interest, remarking that, despite the successful placement of 60 veterans here, “do not let it be said that it is not a crisis here,” referring to Sonoma County in general. The project, she says, came together so quickly because at every step, up to the federal level, “nobody stood in the way.”

Bishop also addressed the crowd and emphasized the word “courage” in his moving presentation. After, organizers broke out into groups that delved into the different issues around homelessness among veterans, while enjoying some tasty chow

cooked up by residents.

There has been a big national push, starting with President Obama, to reduce homelessness among veterans. Cities around the country have taken up the call, and Obama recently spoke of how the attention had managed to cut the national homeless count in half, to below 40,000. And yet there’s still the awful reality of 22 veteran suicides a day on average, and many thousands still out on the streets.

Bishop says vets can be a tough nut to crack, especially among younger veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who might not be aware of the resources that are available to them—and who might even prefer to rough-it in the great outdoors over the long term, a not-uncommon phenomenon.

Bishop hopes to reach some of those men to let them know that they’ve got options that they may not even know they have, words of wisdom that anyone who’s been in an AA meeting has likely heard before.

The units at the Palms are offered as a long-term solution, though residents can also use it on a short-term basis as they work to find more traditional housing—they’re encouraged but not required to do so. This is a drug-free zone, but there aren’t any heavy-handed restrictions on residents; there are no room checks or staff barging into rooms if they suspect unsavory behavior.

They are tenants, and they have rights—and they can be evicted should any tenant be determined to be a menace to other residents.

“I’m sticking this out for a while,” says Bishop. The sharp and passionate veteran is fully settled and acts as the resources coordinator at the Palms; he’s a full-time volunteer, working 35 to 40 hours a week, and the first person potential tenants or visitors meet when they come through the doors.

“My life has taken an extraordinary turn of events,” Bishop says, then heads off to one of the breakout-workshop groups, where a speaker from Vet Connect is telling a small group that there are still about 275 homeless veterans out there in Sonoma County. Somewhere.

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S O N OMA CO U N TY Estero Cafe American.

$-$$. Mother-and-daughter team serve locally sourced comfort food. Burgers, corned beef hash, fish and chips– pretty much what you’re looking for. 14450 Hwy 1, Valley Ford. 707.876.3333.

Flavor Bistro California.

$-$$. Fresh and organic white-tablecloth food at paper-napkin prices. 96 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa. 707.573.9600.

Kirin Chinese. $$.

Francisco’s popular Bar Crudo has created a West County version of itself in Guerneville.

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

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

2478 W Third St, Santa Rosa.

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

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Specializing in Mandarin, Szechuan and Peking styles.

Kirin’s pot stickers are the best in Sonoma County. 2700 Yulupa Ave #3, Santa Rosa.

707.525.1957.

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

Mateo’s Cocina Latina Mexican. $$. Chef

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

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

Mateo Granados served underground Yucatan dinners for months before opening this Healdsburg hotspot, and his craft is reflected in the menu, rife with innovation and local ingredients. 214 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 707.433.1520.

Pho Crazy Vietnamese.

$. Pho Crazy uses only grassfed beef, free-range chicken, and organic vegetables.

320 W Third St, Santa Rosa.

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

Saddles Steakhouse.

$$$-$$$$. A steakhouse in the best American tradition, with top-quality grass-fed beef. Pies are made from fruit trees on restaurant property.

29 E MacArthur St, Sonoma.

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Seaside Metal Oyster Bar Seafood. $$-$$$. San

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Washoe House Italian.

$$. Since 1859, serving straightforward roadhouse grub and Italian fare. Canned green beans, buffalo burgers, amazingly satisfying pies. The bar alone is worth a trip Stony Point and Roblar roads, Cotat.

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

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

Green Chile Kitchen

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

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

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authentic Mexican menu with American standbys 382 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.892.8838.

Pizzeria Picco Pizza. $-$$.

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

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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.

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Eclectic. $$. Homemade soups, salads, sandwiches and entrées 100 N Petaluma Blvd #106, Petaluma. 707.763.9563. $$-$$$. Fresh sushi with ingredients flown in from Japan steals the show in this popular neighborhood restaurant. 2700 Yulupa Ave #23, Santa Rosa. 707.578.8180.

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executed dishes that sing with flavor. Zagat-rated with much of the produce from its own gardens. 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol. 707.523.4814.

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from Italy, fresh farmers market vegetables or Marzano Italian tomatoes make it into the sauces. 303 Johnson St, Sausalito. 415.332.1492.

Tommy’s Wok Chinese Cuisine Chinese. $-$$. Tasty

and filling Chinese fare without the greasy weigh-down. Nice vegetarian selections, too.

3001 Bridgeway Ave, Sausalito.

415.332.5818.

N A PA CO U N T Y Brannan’s Grill California. $$-$$$. Creative cuisine in handsome Craftsman setting.

Unique dishes, such as rabbit ragu and grilled quail, join lamb shank and filet mignon, but don’t count out the great salads –or the call-aheadfor-it lava tort. 1374 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.2233.

Brix American. $$$.

Elegant but casual restaurant offers local, seasonal and sophisticated comfort foods.

The charcuterie platter is a hit. Don’t skip on dessert.

7377 St. Helena Hwy, Napa.

707.944.2749.

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Happy Hour

3:30-5:30 $ 3 yakitori & Izakaya Newly expanded patio and bar

Western/Mexican. $-$$.

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

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

707.253.1111.

Greens Is Good Vegetables are the stars at the Sonoma County Veg Fest on Aug. 20, the third annual event sponsored by the nonprofit Compassionate Living. The organization first hosted the popular nomeat event in 2014, in honor of Brad Larsen, a dedicated member of the nonprofit whose death inspired donations to Compassionate Living in his name. The Veg Fest features a series of speakers, cooking classes, vegan vendors and, a first for this year, a vegan film festival. A trio of movies will make their Northern California premiere this weekend—Food Choices, Unlocking the Cage and Vegan: Every Day Stories—each of which aims to shine the light on the animal-food industry and the vegan lifestyle.

Festival organizer Hope Bohanec anticipates an event that’s equal parts informative and entertaining, and says it’s “going to be a fun day and a festive day, but we want to educate, especially.” Compassionate Living got its nonprofit certification in 2013, but has been advocating for plant-based living since the 1990s. “What we mainly want,” says Bohanec, “is for people to be using less animal products and more plant-based products.”

Sonoma County Veg Fest, Aug. 20 at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa.

10am–5pm. $5 entry; film tickets, $10 each. socovegfest.org.—Casey Dobbert

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch

American. $$$. Gourmet home-style cooking with an emphasis on local and organic ingredients. Fresh soups and salads to start. Chicken, fish, and “cut of the day” grass-fed beef are only some of the entrée options. 738 Main St., St Helena. 707.963.4555.

Fazerrati’s Pizza Restaurant Pizza. $-$$.

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

Morimoto Japanese.

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options, and newcomer dishes such as Tuna Pizza. Perfect for the adventurous eater. 610 Main St, Napa. 707.252.1600.

nachos, wild boar burgers, osso bucco and crab-potato tots right. 1401 First St, Napa.

707.258.1516.

Mustard’s Grill American.

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.

Norman Rose Tavern

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.

$$$. “Deluxe truck stop classics” include Dungeness crab cakes with chipotle aioli, grilled Laotian quail with cucumber-scallion salad and a bacon-wrapped rabbit roulade.

7399 St. Helena Hwy, Napa.

707.944.2424.

American. $$. More than just suds ‘n’ grub–though that’s the name of the happy hour– this old-fashioned hangout with dark wood and rustic touches does pulled-pork

Wineries

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SONOMA COUNTY D’Argenzio Winery

Much like the family-run, backstreet bodegas of the old country that the decor invokes.

Sangiovese, Moscato di Fresco, and Randy Rhoads Cab. 1301 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. Daily 11am–5pm. $10 tasting fee. 707.280.4658.

Envolve Winery One

of these days, you’ll forget about the show that made a celebrity of out cofounder Ben Flajnik and just enjoy his broadly appealing Epilogue wines and zippy Envolve Sauvignon Blanc. Wait, who?

Girls scream over the rosé. 27 East Napa St., Ste. A, Sonoma.

Daily, 11am–6pm. Tasting fee, $5–$15. 707.939.5385.

Jordan Vineyard & Winery Fronted by poplars,

wreathed in ivy, robed in privets—à la chateau. Favored by restaurants nationwide, Cab and Chardonnay are served in a sumptuous sitdown tasting with cheese and hors d’oeuvres. How do they peel those little eggs?

1474 Alexander Valley Road, Healdsburg. Tour and tasting, Monday–Saturday, Sundays through October. $20–$30.

800.654.1213.

Martin Ray Focus is on

mountain Cab at unassuming, rambling old winery (formerly, Martini & Prati). Value brand Angeline, too. 2191 Laguna Road, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11am–5pm. 707.823.2404.

Robert Rue Vineyard

A new wave of Zin specialists helped keep small, old vineyards like this in production. Now, they’re making their own; refreshing Sauvignon Blanc, too.

1406 Wood Road, Fulton.

Friday to Sunday, 10am–5pm, or by appointment. Tastings $5.

707.578.1601.

Simi Winery Pioneered

female winemaking by hiring the first female winemaker in the industry. The tasting-

room experience is mediocre, but the wine is fantastic and worth the wait. Excellent Chard, Sauvignon Blanc and Cab. 16275 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. Open daily, 10am–5pm. 707.473.3213.

Stephen & Walker The

sign says, um, “cult wines,” but take another look: Local winemakers who have crawled up from the very trenches of the business are offering Howell Mountain Cab, a Pinot Noir triptych, Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel, and Muscat Canelli here. 243 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. Daily, 11am–7pm.

Tasting fee, $10. 707.431.8749.

Truett-Hurst Newly

planted biodynamic estate features patio seating, gardens, steelhead habitat, plus frisky goats and sheep. Taste brambly Zin and “Burning Man” Petite Sirah in airy, barnlike house, furnished with rough-hewn recycled materials. 5610 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg.

Tasting, 11am–5pm daily, no fee. 707.433.9545.

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

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

MARIN COUNTY Bacchus & Venus A trendy place for beginners and tourists. Great place to learn

the basics. 769 Bridgeway, Sausalito. Open daily, noon– 7pm. 415.331.2001.

Heidrun Meadery This

is not your fæder’s mead: flower varietal, regional, méthode champenoise sparkling mead on a farm made for the bees. 11925 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes Station. By appointment only, Monday– Friday. 415.663.9122.

Point Reyes Vineyards

The tasting room features many varietals but the main reason to go is for the sparkling wines. Open Saturday–Sunday, 11am–5pm.

12700 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes.

415.663.1011.

NAPA COUNTY Frog’s Leap Winery

A good story is nearly as important as good wine; Frog’s Leap does a neat job on both. As you wind through the vineyard, the frog pond and the rustic 1884 winery, your tour guide finds bottles along the way, like Easter eggs. 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.

Hagafen Cellars There

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

Round Pond Estate

Estate Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc served tableside on the terrace with scrumptious food pairings.

Who can’t imagine cozying up next to the big gas-burning hearth, watching the sun set and savoring that Rutherford dusk? 875 Rutherford Road, Rutherford. Tastings by appointment daily, 11am to 4pm. $25. 888.302.2575.

Grab Bag Blanc Hard to find, challenging to pronounce, easy to like BY JAMES KNIGHT

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oon after you begin a voyage of discovery beyond the familiar sea of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, you may find yourself marooned on the Aisle of Miscellany.

Besides a skimpy section that the old-school stores reserve for both Gewürztraminer and Riesling, it’s tough to find a sample from the world’s many great white wine varietals that are shoehorned into the “alternative whites” niche.

That’s what late-summer Sunday winetasting joyrides are for.

Priest Ranch 2015 Napa Valley Grenache Blanc ($22) This sounds like it might come from one of those nearly forgotten heritage vineyards that winemakers find on old vine safaris, but Priest Ranch winemaker Craig Becker planted the vines in 2008. Inspired by the white wines of the Rhône, which is lousy with the grape, Becker crushed a good portion of the mere 28.9 tons of Grenache Blanc that Napans crushed in 2015. In plain English, Grenache Blanc means “white Grenache,” but it’s nothing like white Zinfandel, although this fleshy wine does remind me of white wine made from Pinot Noir. A true white grape that’s related to red Grenache, it shares that grape’s tendency for a high alcohol expression, coming in at 14.8 percent. But it’s sweet-bodied, not hot, with a candied fruit aroma and flavor, as though the juice from a can of “fruit cocktail” had been made into a refined, pricey little pastille.

Imagery Estate 2015 Russian River Valley Viognier ($29) Pronounce “Sauvignon Blanc” and you’re a past master of French wine names already, so what’s the fuss about Viognier? Just say “vee-un-yay” and hold your glass out for a taste. Originating from the same northern Rhône neighborhood as the blackest, smokiest styles of Syrah, Viognier is light, floral and stone-fruit fruity. When overdone, the aromatics can be almost too much for me, but this wine has such a light, pretty apricot aroma it’s like a perfume of Viognier, and bright acidity adds sparkle to the finish.

Clif Family 2015 Anderson Valley Gewürztraminer ($30) Another varietal deserving of a second swirl, if past samples have put you off, Gewürztraminer is also fun to say. Germanic but not exclusively German, Gewürz is actually a bigger deal in France, where it’s made in the sweet and spicy style as well as bone-dry and spicy, like this fine example. While unmistakable, the “spicy” character is hard to describe: is it piney, floral or like white pepper?

No doubts about the crisp lychee flavor, this dry Gewürz is refreshing on its own, but might be paired with more than the oftadvocated spicy Asian cuisines. Clif Family says try the porchetta bruschetta from the food truck at their bicycle-friendly St. Helena tasting room.

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

Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

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Heading Toward Nowhere

BY WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN

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few years after deciding to write a novel about a young man named Matthew who sets out to see America, I met Mr. Stett Holbrook of the Bohemian, with whom I contracted to deliver what we officially agreed would be a short piece about something or other.

The only stipulation was that whatever I turned in show some relation to the Bohemian’s area of readership. Since I live in Sacramento, I settled on Redding, which was not only a fairly straight shot north, but also virtually unknown to me.

In Sacramento, which can get plenty hot, some people smugly console themselves that at least we often get the famous Delta breeze, while poor Redding, etcetera, etcetera. The only information I had on Redding was from my local newspaper, which, as newspapers will, retailed accounts of drug busts and violent crimes. Thinking to follow up along those lines, I telephoned a Redding private eye, who, unlike all the others of his kind whom I have hired over the years, was gruff, suspicious and sullenly unhelpful.

None of the other PIs returned my calls. I set out expecting to find a sweltering, downtrodden place.

In fact, Redding was cool and green just then, and its inhabitants turned out to be some of the nicest people I have ever met.

The following draft is one iteration away from my original notes. All the conversations in it come nearly or entirely verbatim from actual interviews.

The novel will be called A Table for Fortune. I hope to finish it in about 2018. I thank the Bohemian for the opportunity, and my friend Greg, who was my driver and companion on the trip; the avocado stories come from him. And I thank the people of Redding.—WTV

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his wheel. The complementary consideration was nobody would help him, but as long as the green sunshine kept on, what could he need from this world?

In his boyhood there must have seen something that made him want to go way out into America, to find out what our country was, but whether he had been enticed by the best golden loneliness or hounded by the loneliness that lives in our homes and gnaws misunderstood children, or perhaps heard something about faraway hills in a bedtime story, whatever had provoked the wish was lost. He himself was not lost, except to his parents, who troubled over him with loving bewilderment; nor did he feel in want of anything; thus as I begin writing this I myself cannot tell you what he was going to find on what Thomas Wolfe called the last voyage, the longest, the best— in other words, the only voyage, the one toward the grave. And so, hitching a ride, Matthew left behind all the other times of his life.

As they rolled north into Colusa, with the Sutter Buttes’ dusty blue knuckles over and behind the olive orchards, the driver was saying: You know, I grew up on a citrus farm in Southern California.

I picked avocados for another farmer all summer, but we used a manlift. I think avocado trees get forty to sixty feet at least. We’d have about four big bags in the cage. One flatbed truck with four bins of avocados in it, it took us all

day to pick that! That gave me a real sense of accomplishment . . .

Right away, Matthew, who believed that anything he did could be undone, or done better, because it lay in his power to live any number of lives, began contemplating hiring on in an avocado orchard. First he’d grow sunburned, and then confident.

Women might possibly love him.

The driver was saying: One year when prices spiked we were getting fifty cents an avocado wholesale. Wholesale! . . . —by which time Mount Shasta was glowing double-nippled against the milky clouds.

And the driver said: The boss was a real good Christian guy who’d been in the Marine Corps, and he had a mental breakdown, had to take some time off. We were unloading avocados from a manlift when the hydraulic brakes failed. The thing picked up speed, crashed into a tree. He was super-understanding when we visited him in the mental hospital— Just then they came into Red Bluff: red rock, long yellow grass, cool clouds. Green sunshine sped into their eyes, intoxicating their hearts. They were almost in Redding. Matthew kept grinning at the driver without knowing why.

Beaming back at him, the driver said: A big tree can make more than a hundred avocados but all at different times; it takes six years to grow an avocado; I’m ) 16

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t this time the young man named Matthew discovered a certain kind of sunshine unlike Sacramento’s, which is to say fiercer and more withering, one of time’s best weapons for degrading newsprint yellowish-orange and wrinkling people before their time; once upon a certain August which measured somewhere below far and gone in his ephemeral existence he had been hitchhiking south from Susanville and was set down in Redding where he waited five midday-girdling hours at an on-ramp whose dusty blackberry brambles were actually dripping with melted black sun-made jellies; but in the strange cool May of this current year as he hitchhiked north toward Redding the sunshine had shifted to an opposite otherness from Sacramento’s, being somehow greener in its goldenness and more wild, as if the mountains were tinting it.

The truth is that Matthew had sought sublethal sunshine in which to hide from his father, expecting most Reddingtonians to be lurking indoors in the fashion of Mohave, Calexico and Mexicali; he too would lurk, while perfecting his disappearance. On triple-digit days in Sacramento, the hardiest of the homeless trundle into thickets and culverts; those who remain sit stupefied, with heads hanging down, or else lie on the sidewalk, while flies crawl slowly over their faces. Richer souls shelter behind drawn curtains, listening to their air conditioners; and I for my part believe the city to be sustained by invisible armies of sweating, hollow-eyed air conditioner men.

The sun clangs in everyone’s ears; even police veterans can get deafened . . .

So it should have been in Redding, but this wild green sunshine changed everything.

And by “green” I do not mean what you might think this color should convey; it had nothing to do with the restful or menacing green glooms of Oregon. Venus flytraps and emeralds were as far away from it as palm fronds. Yes, it was green, but not exactly. It refreshed Matthew because there was nothing of him in it. No one in Redding would put a spoke in

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talking about the Hass kind, which is what I know . . .

Redding offered half a dozen exits. The driver let him off in the old downtown, not far from City Hall. —I sure appreciate it, said Matthew, and they shook hands. He lifted his backpack. Opening the passenger door, he still expected to be sunblasted in his forehead, wrists and ears, breasting an upsurge of reflected sidewalk heat which would come dryly into his lungs. But Redding was like that.

He looked back at the driver, who waved, then pulled away, bound for Eugene.

There stood Matthew in Redding, wondering what to do. First he felt anxious; then he began to get excited. His plan was to have no plan. He crossed the street and began walking in the most pleasing direction, saying to himself: I do not know where I am going. I do not know where I am going. —And he exulted in this. If not even he knew this, how could anyone ever find him?

Within 10 minutes he arrived at a bar whose midafternoon quietude compelled him through the window, so he walked straight in, and the tattooed barmaid raised her beautiful face like a sunflower following light. The counter shone clean and empty. He seated himself beside the only other customer, an old hospital engineer who had just seen a bald eagle carrying a trout in its mouth. The engineer smiled at him, then said: This area is loaded with historical stuff and beautiful visual stuff. All the clouds go up and the sun goes down and you get the best sunsets.

Accordingly, Matthew decided to watch the sunset. It is true that his impressionability sometimes made him foolish. But his foolishness might have been no worse than the way that old people so often visit a new place in order to project their brilliant pasts upon its mediocre indifference. He was drawn to the engineer because neither of them were afflicted with the chronic disease called irony.

The engineer told him: It’s been a hardscrabble life. See, my dad came up here; he was a Ford

mechanic; you had to love nature to come here. So this basically was the turnaround for the railroad. This was as far north as it went. You wanted to go north from here . . .

Before Shasta Dam was built, you used to have to come here by boat.

This is five hundred and twentyeight feet.

Wiry and aware, he exemplified strength in age. His name was Jacob. The tendons were corded on the backs of his workman’s hands. Matthew supposed that they were becoming friends. He asked: Where would you go if you wanted to see America?

The old man said: I’ve been to Montana; I’ve built factories in the Midwest, but I’ve never been to the Deep South . . .

And right away Matthew could imagine himself in the Deep South!

There he would discover what to live for. Jacob already knew how to live his life, but that knowledge must be good only for him. Matthew must find his own way; that was why he had come to Redding.

Matthew’s beer was cold and clean. When he finished it, Jacob set his down and said: I think that this election’ll be fought out on television. Here’s why there’s delegates: Here’s my good friend who has money. But I live way up in French Gulch and can’t afford to get down here. But then it gets corrupted. Like all this campaigning in this state, winner take all, and the popular vote gets set aside. But I still think we live in the greatest country on earth.

And Matthew believed. Looking right in front of him, he could see how wonderful America was! Why shouldn’t it be the greatest? And he was out in it now; he would go farther and farther . . .

Laying a cell phone on the bar, the old engineer activated its screen and showed off a photograph of his daughter, who was a smiling, freckled brunette of about twenty-five. —She’s hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, Jacob said.

She loves snow camping. She’s hardcore. She and her boyfriend, they’ll go out more than thirty miles in the hills by themselves.

Matthew imagined being with Jacob’s daughter, or with any woman who would lead him into the mountains. He could not

He thought about the homeless man whose television was the railroad tracks and everything beyond them.

He might be the most fulfilled person on earth.

And now the tattooed barmaid began to confide in him, saying: I told her, look, we need to get out of here. He shares custody with his ex . . . —Matthew felt lucky and grateful that she trusted him.

Tenderly she set another beer before him; he had told her to pick out her favorite kind. —Once you get through altitude sickness you’ll be fine, the engineer explained.

But you have to want to. You know what’s cool when you get up there?

You can see the curvature of the earth. That makes you feel you’ve done something.

Matthew made up his mind to go high enough in life that he could see the earth curving down before him. He wondered if it were too late for him to become an astronaut.

Jacob was saying: We went for eleven days through the mountains.

First we prepared. We buried whiskey caches, and we had fun, drinkin’ beer, cookin’ trout . . .

Matthew bought him another beer, and Jacob said: If I’d’ve known you’d be comin’, I’d’ve made a whole bunch of smoked albacore.

Will you be here tomorrow?

Sure.

I’ll come back then.

They fixed a time, and Matthew rushed out into the green sunlight to have more adventures. After the cool dimness of the bar, Redding enlarged itself all the more. He could see to the mountains. Here was Shasta County Superior Court on Yuba and West; and he stopped in the middle of the empty street, feeling as if he had found someplace where it would always be early on a summer morning.

There was Placer and then Tehama; and right here stood Matthew, looking around him in hopes of learning where in America he should go.

In one of the bays behind the Greyhound station he met a bearded little man, almost elfin in profile, who had parted ways with several teeth. His face shone red and his pores were coarsened by hard living. The woman beside him looked tired and old. Their daughter was sixteen going on forty-six. They sat on the blacktop, waiting for something to happen.

How this world could contain both them and Jacob was a question for moralists, sociologists and theologians, but not for Matthew, who wanted to make friends, which was why he gave the man ten dollars, and asked about his life.

The man said: Originally I’m from Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. My wife, she wanted to come back home. Now she wants to get back out of here. We came from Spokane. Everybody knows everything about everybody.

Trying to rip everybody off . . . I got in trouble with the law. And then got out, found the manager of the money I had, and he never paid it, ripped me off . . .

His name was Roy. Matthew told his own name. They sat down on a bench away from the wife and daughter, and Roy began ) 18 again to speak, perhaps

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picture this angel very well; her hair altered from brown to blonde and back again. But she was holding his hand. And she knew the country—or, better yet, she didn’t, and they would explore it together. The more beer he drank, the more joyous he felt. One day he too might be happy and old, with his pockets full of eagle stories and a mountain or two in his backyard!

Or else he would die in some woman’s arms.

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because that strange May weather had opened the hearts of everyone, although the ten dollars could have had something to do with it. He lisped a little, on account of his missing teeth. He said: First time I been on the streets, I was seven years old. Got away from Washington, ran away to Fresno. You see, I decided to get in people’s cars and trucks and kept on goin’. Fresno was lot of killings.

I started doin’ dope and went to heroin. Started doin’ it all. You name it, I done it.

Now, my wife, her dad was the head of the Hell’s Angels and I been workin’ with him since I was about seven. I made him a hundred eighty grand in about six months.

And I’m one he’s afraid of. I have no problem pullin’ a gun, pullin’ the trigger and laughin’ about it. I don’t care. I got no heart.

Matthew did not care if this was true or not. He just felt happy that Roy was telling him things. And Roy said: Some guy swung on me. I walked up and popped him. When I hit him, my hands turned illegal; they’re registered. I have killed but not on purpose. I killed the head leader of the Fresno State Bulldogs.

They’re Bloods and that, or I call ’em, slobs. I been a Crip since I was seven. They’re makin’ us into so many new gangs. In Portland they got the Dragon Eyeballs.

A bunch of fuckin’ niggers. Oh, you’re prejudiced. No I’m not. I’m a cracker. I’m fuckin’ white trash!

And Matthew, being Matthew, could not help but wonder whether he himself might enter upon this sort of life, warring and begging and hiding, free and angry or free and scared—or had Roy paid for nothing this price of becoming bitter and maimed?

He disliked the mean things that Roy said. But since he never stopped hoping for answers and had just today in this marvelous green sunshine realized what he cared about most of all, he said: Tell me what you think about America.

Sucks, said Roy, staring into his face. —Because we keep givin’ Iraq weapons and then they’re tryin’ to bomb us. And all these people who got money and they think they been better than us.

Right away, Matthew decided that America sucked. How then could he make America better? He would start by going to the best place, and learning what made it good. So he said: I’m hiding out.

Where should I go?

Fresno. People are actually really, really nice. There’s this one lady who look works out there, a Mexican lady; we call her Mama; she makes us fresh watermelon juice and won’t take no money for it . . .

Matthew thought to himself: Fresno sounds just like Redding. I think I’ll stay in Redding.

So what I wanna do, said Roy, is to be gettin’ out of here and findin’ something somehow to help us get to Fresno. I can get a one-bedroom apartment for six hundred. I was on SSI but I have a misdemeanor warrant. I got caught with thirteen days in the county jail. I have a problem with authority; I’m unextraditable.

And then what?

I wanna own some more land and be happy.

Should I do that, too?

Why fuckin’ not?

Up until now Matthew had supposed that his life would somehow make something, not a child but something else. It might be that he would improve the world, or even save it—but never bit by bit, as if he were some nineto-fiver ageing for the sake of a paycheck from which he would save nothing but money. But maybe land, a woman and a child would be his destiny.

Trustingly he asked Ray: What’s the most beautiful kind of woman’ Smart. Looks, I don’t care about looks. I mean, I dated girls this big.

I dated girls that big. This one here, I did fifteen years in the slammer and she never left. She never wrote me but she was there when I got out. Plus, I got eight kids, and she don’t mind.

That’s good, said Matthew.

Where can I find a woman?

Roy called over to his wife: Baby, where’s a good place to buy a bitch?

Off of Cypress, by the park.

When does what’s-her-name the black bitch show up there?

About nine-thirty, ten o’clock.

Roy remarked evenly, with triumphant contempt: I know every

Spokane ho in there. In Pullman I know ’em all cause they’re all mine.

There was one nigger and I took every one of his prostitutes except one, and I didn’t take her because she’s fucking ugly.

Thanking him for his advice, Matthew walked on. Should he make a child, wander the Deep South or pick avocados? His eyes were on the bright green sunlight of Redding. Had he told anybody, your sunlight is green!, it might not have turned out especially well for Matthew, so he kept quiet as always, studying the people and trying to decide whether he should become one of them.

Against the outer wall of the Amtrak station lay a homeless man who explained: This place is my living room. —Gesturing at the tracks and the Greyhound station behind them, he said: There’s my TV. Matthew leaned up against the wall beside him. He asked: Do you have a good life?

The man said: I’m from Alturas.

That’s a really small town. If you’re on the main street after ten o’clock at night the police are gonna take you in. Here, nobody bothers me because I keep it clean. I pick up after myself and others. And I’ve learned how to be happy. I’m happier here every day. I want to stay right here, all my life.

Matthew thanked him. He

decided he believed him. Perhaps the man was Christ, or one of His relatives, in which case what Matthew should do was sit down right here and watch the tracks for half a century. But for some reason he found himself continuing on.

He walked up and down, then closed his eyes, pretending that something better or worse than Redding would appear when he opened them; that was a game he had often played, and until today the results had been consistently disappointing; just now he opened his eyes and was glad to still see Redding.

Now he had better find a room. Twenty minutes later he was watching the paling of the cloudy sky from the second floor deck of the Sunshine Motel where somebody in Room 29 was plinking on a ukulele and singing in imitation of Neil Young while a cool breeze came from the cottonwoods and the cars in the parking lot did nothing but sparkle.

It was all new to Matthew.

He looked around his room and loved it. No one would find him here. He had paid the Gujarati desk clerk thirty-two dollars cash, no identification required. He lay down on the big double bed and decided to get a girlfriend and bring her straight here. He still wanted to make a child.

Locking his door, he descended

the parking lot, while the smell of stale food rose up in the cool breeze, mosquitoes biting Matthew silently, and across the parking lot the jumbled white squares of the letters MOTEL supported a great yellow sun with orange neon rays shining out from it.

He realized that he had failed to watch the sunset. The old engineer in the bar had told him about Redding sunsets, and he had forgotten. Well, he would do that tomorrow night.

At ten o’clock, Virginia, who was sixty-three but looked a hard, sexy forty-three, came knocking at the door of the adjacent room because some girl had stolen the vacuum cleaner; he promised that it wasn’t him and that he lacked any connection to that unknown girl.

Virginia believed him. He asked her how the motel was, and she said: Oh, they’ve cleaned it up real good. We’re not even on the bad list no more.

She had been living in Room One for two years. Her son lived there also. He asked what she thought about America, and she said: What’s not to love? —Right away he realized that she was right; how could he not love his own country? He wanted everybody to be right. He would feel better believing in everything.

Virginia rushed off and he could see her sweeping the sidewalk down by the office. She wanted the place to look good for the Greyhound drivers who checked in at night and slept during the daytime.

Matthew wandered in and out of his room. It was ten-thirty; Virginia kept sweeping the sidewalk. Two doors down, the magnificent black woman who had been haunting the doorway upstairs now stood patiently facing the parking lot, half-smiling, with her arms folded across her big breasts.

Reminded by her of the prostitute who according to Roy’s wife would now be working “off of Cypress by the park,” he considered hunting for her, but decided that he liked Virginia better. Maybe when she had finished sweeping he would ask her if she wanted to travel the Deep South with him and buy land.

And Matthew stood listening to the world. To him it was all very wonderful.

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to the street, found a restaurant and ordered a hamburger. The waitress was sweet; he felt happy just gazing shyly at her hands; so he asked whether she would like a drink. He never expected her to say yes, but she did, because this was Redding, where everyone was friendly, at least while the green sunshine lasted. He was drinking beer; she poured herself a shot of vodka and thanked him. Then she went to attend to her other customers while he returned to his hamburger—the best ever, of course.

Ten minutes later she was back at his table, so he bought her another drink. She told him about her marriage, her child and her vacation; he bought her shots and she kept giggling and saying: What are you trying to do to me?

Make you happy, he said. —And in truth that was all he wanted.

Then she brought her friend the barmaid who she said was amazing, and the two women stood drinking together sweetly, flirting with him, after which they offered him a free dessert. Matthew thanked them and said he was too full.

The waitress leaned her hip against his table, smiling, and now he could see the bright green sunlight rising up from her; she might have been the one he was meant for.

When he went up to pay, the barmaid took his hand. This too was ever so sweet. He almost felt as if she would have gone with him, which unnerved as much as flattered him. Which one should he make a child with? Feeling happy and embarrassed, he quickly walked away. As soon as he had rounded the corner he began to feel ashamed; he had probably disappointed the barmaid. But what if she had only meant to be kind to him? He did not go back.

It was dark now. He returned to the motel, then went into his room feeling happy. He thought about the homeless man whose television was the railroad tracks and everything beyond them.

He might be the most fulfilled person on earth. Why shouldn’t Matthew do the same? Opening the door, he took out a chair and sat awhile looking out across the world. The lovely shadows of the railing kept curving around on the bright deck and a man ran across

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Dark Genius

In the world of filmmaking, no one can touch director David Lynch for sheer surreal insanity. This week, the CULT Film Series shows a double feature of Lynch’s two best films, screening 1986’s Blue Velvet and 1977’s Eraserhead in the series’ most daring offer to date. Blue Velvet was called the most controversial film of the ’80s, a noir thriller with Dennis Hopper in the scariest role of his lifetime. Eraserhead, Lynch’s debut, black-and-white art film, is a stark and unsettling exploration of fatherhood and isolation that was reportedly Stanley Kubrick’s favorite film at one time. CULT fans can see both films on Thursday, Aug. 18, at Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $10. 707.525.8909.

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Beyond Barbie

Don’t be fooled by the subject matter, the dolls on display in the art exhibition ‘Journeys Through Light & Dark’ aren’t mere playthings; they’re storytellers. The group show, co-curated by sculptor Sherri Morgan and Sonoma State University psychology professor Geri Olson, features over a hundred dolls, sacred or fanciful, from ancient and modern times. Running through Sept. 25, the show offers a curator tour with Morgan and Olson talking about various pieces, the artists behind them and techniques used to create them on Friday, Aug. 19, at the Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville St., Petaluma. 7pm. $10. Advance tickets required. 707.762.5600. petalumaartscenter.org.

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Squeezebox Summer

You don’t have to be a polka fanatic to love the Cotati Accordion Festival. The musical extravaganza turns 26 this year and presents a weekend’s worth of musicians from all walks of life sharing in the joy of the accordion. This year’s honorary director is Lou Jacklich, who's spent a lifetime squeezing and strutting around the Bay Area. Artists lined up for the fest include Chinese sensation Jianan Tian, Finnish wonder Viivi Maria Saarenkylä and local favorites like the Vivants, Haute Flash Quartet and many others.

Last year, the festival raised over $23,000 for local nonprofit groups, and this year they’re aiming even higher. Get your polka on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20–21, at La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati. 9:30am–8pm both days. $19–$29. 707.664.0444.

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Tribute to Lady Ella

Known as the “First Lady of Song,” jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald took the world by storm in the 1930s with an impeccably pure voice that earned her several charttopping hits, more than a dozen Grammy awards and countless lifetime achievement recognitions. This weekend, Napa Valley performers Kellie Fuller and the Mike Greensill Quartet pay tribute to the queen of jazz with two performances titled ‘Ella I Sing’ that delve deep into Fitzgerald’s timeless songbook. Fuller’s engaging alto voice and Greensill’s masterful piano playfully celebrate Ella, with dinner and cocktails available at both shows, happening on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Silo’s Club, 530 Main St., Napa.

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—Charlie Swanson

SERIOUS LAUGHS South African–born Trevor Noah takes a break from his gig hosting ‘The Daily Show’ to perform standup at the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park on Saturday, Aug. 20. See Comedy, p28.

A recently married reporter named Will Bloom (Mark Bradbury, his face an open book of emotion), upon learning of his father’s terminal illness, sets out to

‘Big Fish’ runs through Aug. 28 at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

Friday–Saturday, 8pm; Sunday matinee, 2pm. $16–$26. 707.588.3400.

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fter making a huge splash in May with The Little Mermaid, director Gene Abravaya is back in the water with Big Fish, a musical about tall tales—not, you know, tails.

Big Fish, adapted from the 2003 Tim Burton movie and the 1998 Daniel Wallace novel that inspired it, is the kind of musical that evaporates in your mind almost as soon as it’s over. But it’s so sweetnatured and crammed with positivity, one can’t help but walk away feeling good.

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discover the real Edward Bloom. A travelling salesman with a knack for telling tall tales (in which he’s always the hero), the elder Bloom (Darryl Strohl-DeHerrera, joyously playing a variety of ages from teenage to old age), has spent his life gleefully fabricating encounters with mermaids and giants, werewolves and witches.

But why?

Will’s mother Sandra (Heather Buck, also playing numerous ages) is clearly the love of Edward Bloom’s life and the “plot motivation” for most of his outlandish stories. She encourages her son to get to know his father before it’s too late. But that’s hard to do when your dad can’t answer a question without adding a detail about once seeing his own death in the crystal ball of a witch (Serena Elize Flores) or becoming an indentured servant to a lycanthropic circus ringmaster (Larry Williams). That Edward is hiding something is clear. But is his secret really what Will assumes it is?

The script by John August keeps things mostly grounded and focused, and the songs by Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family) feature genuinely clever lyrics, though somewhat hampered by repetitive, oddly unmelodic music. Abravaya’s staging makes ingenious use of Spreckels’ acclaimed projection system, which provides much of the ever-shifting scenery, along with a number of nifty visual effects, including a man being shot from a cannon.

Told in a combination of flashback and present tense, Big Fish avoids some of the more outlandish elements from the film.

Don’t expect Siamese twins or the mysterious town of Specter.

Of course, the best part of a story is the ending, and ultimately, this ambitious and satisfying production delivers a surprising climax. It might even inspire you to call up your own parents or children, to tell them you love them—and perhaps to share a story or two.

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ud, fire, ice, electric wires— these aren’t the latest torture techniques devised by shady CIA agents; they’re components in the fastest growing sport in America.

Obstacle-course racing is a rising phenomenon. This year, millions of participants will voluntarily suffer through extreme elements and endure physical stress for the glory of the sport.

And the ongoing question is why?

Geyserville-based writer and filmmaker Scott Keneally sets out to find the answer in the feature-length documentary Rise of the Sufferfests, chronicling society’s—and his own—obsession with obstacle courses like Tough

Mudder. Keneally premieres the film with an outdoor screening at Roth Estate Winery in Healdsburg on Aug. 20.

“It started as a one-off,” Keneally says. An essayist first, Keneally discovered the Tough Mudder series four years ago and wrote a feature for the Bohemian (“Stud in the Mud,” Oct. 24, 2012) about his experience participating in the Russian River Mud Run. That article led to an essay in the New York Times, a cover feature for Outside magazine and segments on 60 Minutes and The Today Show.

“I wanted to write a book, but since it’s so visual, I figured making a movie about this world would be more appealing,” Keneally says. “It was an unlikely journey into filmmaking.”

Keneally spent the last three years documenting obstaclecourse racing and the adventurous personalities attracted to it. The film explores the social implications of the sport’s popularity, and follows Keneally’s quest to conquer various mud runs, finance and complete the film and come to terms with his new role as a father.

Rise of the Sufferfests posits that runs like Tough Mudder are the result of both a modern masculinity crisis and an increasing sense of isolation, even in an age of social media.

“There aren’t many opportunities today for men to feel like men,” Keneally says. “There’s also a loneliness in modern life. The city can be the most isolating place in the world—living in boxes with no connections to our neighbors.”

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“We’re not living our biological destiny,” Keneally says. “We’re not moving our bodies enough. When people feel themselves running or climbing or crawling, it taps into something that is very gratifying on a deep level of our psyche.”

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n the beginning, there was a big bang and things started to develop rapidly after that,” says Moonalice guitarist and vocalist Roger McNamee.

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Moonalice formed in San Francisco in 2007 with guidance from producer T Bone Burnett, part of Burnett’s series of new bands playing in classic Americana styles. The other projects included the duo of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant.

“We had an amazing experience making a record with T Bone and having a band because of him,” McNamee says.

Moonalice also features drummer John Molo (Bruce Hornsby & the Range), keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna) and guitarist Barry Sless

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(the David Nelson Band). Jason Crosby, who also plays with McNamee in the Doobie Decibel System, has joined the band frequently onstage over the past year.

McNamee sums up Moonalice as “San Francisco psychedelic”— original songs written in a classicrock style. “We’re effectively a tribute to a vibe rather than a specific band or kind of music,” he says. “We were striving for this vibe of a time long gone.”

Inspired by T Bone’s advice to build a legend around the band, Moonalice created a backstory that the members were a tribe of “ne’erdo-well men and really smart women” (McNamee’s wife Ann was an original member), which they built up through concert posters drawn by renowned local artists and offered at every show they play.

Offstage, the band is anything but stuck in a bygone era, and was one of the first in the region to take up social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to connect with fans. Their 2009 hit single, “It’s 4:20 Somewhere,” was downloaded more than 4.6 million times from their website, a first for any band without a label.

Moonalice also broadcast every show live in HD and make them available to watch on their website.

“This kind of homegrown thing is very San Francisco psychedelic, but updated to the 21st century,” McNamee says.

HOR_Boh07_3rdpg.indd Next month, Moonalice release their first full-length album since 2009, High 5, built around a thematic idea of “the tribe as a community in hard times.”

“This is a time when music can be very helpful; it can be a way to express sentiments that are hard to bring up in conversation,” McNamee says.

“The part I’m most proud of is that we really do have a tribe,” he adds. “We’ve found a beautiful home and people who make the whole experience really special.”

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Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Hot August Knights

A medieval-themed variety show from North Bay Cabaret includes homemade castles, live sword fighting, comedy, acrobatics, costume contest and more. Aug 19, 7pm. $10-$15. Annie O’s Music Hall, 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

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A North Bay favorite hits the stage as part of their Soulrocker tour, with support from southwestern songstress Zella Day. Aug 23, 7:30pm. $49 and up. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

Sonoma Mountain Variety Show

Petaluma performer Ismay hosts a day of Americanacentric music with songwriters like Stevie Coyle, Laurel Hellman, Austin Solis and others. Aug 21, 4:30pm. $10$20. Five Springs Farm, 4497 Old Adobe Rd, Petaluma.

MARIN COUNTY Jason Crosby & Friends Joining Crosby is an all star cast featuring Scott Law, Ross James, Chris Crosby and John Molo. Mother Hips frontman Tim Bluhm opens the show with an acoustic set. Aug 19, 8pm. $20. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Noctambule & Kyle Alden

For this musical event, the

Bay Area duo play from their album “The Waking,” with Alden playing from “Songs from Yeats.” Both will also perform poetry set to music.

Aug 21, 7pm. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

415.927.0960.

Singers Marin This year’s Joyful Sound summer concert and picnic is themed “Here Comes the Sun” and features your favorite Beatles tunes sung by the family chorus. Aug 21, 4pm. $10-$20. Community Congregational Church, 145 Rock Hill Dr, Tiburon.

415.383.3712.

Hiroya Tsukamoto Japanese composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter blends folk, jazz and world music with hypnotic mastery. Aug 21, 4pm. $15-$20. Old St Hilary’s Landmark, 201 Esperanza, Tiburon, landmarkssociety.com.

NAPA COUNTY Band of Horses Melodic indie-rock band plays off their latest album, “Why Are You OK.” Nashville rockers the Wild Feathers open.

Aug 23, 8pm. $38. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

The Brothers Comatose Beloved Bay Area folk string band plays off their new album, “City Painted Gold.” Aug 21, 5pm. $35-$45. Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.4555.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY

Barley & Hops Tavern

Aug 18, the Oopsie Daisies. Aug 19, Tami Gosnell. Aug 20, Hilary Marckx. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

Bergamot Alley

Aug 23, Mr December. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.8720.

The Big Easy

Aug 17, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Aug 18, Broke in Stereo. Aug 19, the Melt with Dirty Rice. Aug 20, Tommy Odetto and friends.

Aug 21, Miano Jazz Trio. Aug 23, the Tickled Pinks. Aug 24, Wednesday Night Big Band.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Brew

Aug 19, Francesco Echo. Aug 20, the Drifting Rich. 555 Healdsburg Ave, Santa Rosa.

707-303-7372.

Cellars of Sonoma

Aug 18, Craig Corona. Aug 19, John Pita. Aug 20, Ricky Alan Ray. Aug 21, 1pm, Simply Lyrical.

133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.578.1826.

Chroma Gallery

Aug 20, 4pm, Dixie Giants.

312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.293.6051.

Cloverdale Plaza

Aug 19, 7pm, BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet. Cloverdale Blvd between First and Second St, Cloverdale.

Coffee Catz

Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. Aug 19, 3:30pm, PR Jazz Duo. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar

Aug 19, Brooke & the Caterpillar. Aug 20, French Oak Gypsies. Aug 23, songwriter’s lounge with Lauralee Brown.

100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.789.0505.

D’Argenzio Winery

Aug 18, 6pm, Twin Soles. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.280.4658.

A’Roma Roasters

Downtown Guerneville Plaza

Aug 19, Jessica Malone. Aug 20, Levi Lloyd. Aug 21, Riner Scivally. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.576.7765.

Aug 18, 6:30pm, Rockin’ the River with Carvanserai. 16201 First St, Guerneville.

Flamingo Lounge

Aqus Cafe

Aug 19, Hot Zone. Aug 20, Aqua Nett. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Aug 19, Rich Russell with Longriver and Travis Champ.

Aug 20, Dictator Tots. Aug 21, 2pm, Gary Vogensen’s Sunday Ramble. Aug 24, bluegrass and old-time music jam. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Francis Ford Coppola Winery

Aug 20, 6:30pm, the Denalis.

300 Via Archemides, Geyserville. 707.857.1400.

Green Music Center

Healdsburg Plaza

21, 2pm, Sean Carscadden Trio. Aug 23, Timothy O’Neil.

464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Muscardini Cellars Tasting Room

Aug 23, 6pm, Luce. 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.431.3301.

Aug 20, 6pm, the Jami Jamison Band. 9380 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood. 707.933.9305.

Hood Mansion

Mystic Theatre

Aug 19, Funky Fridays with Volker Strifler. 1450 Pythian Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.833.6288. www.funkyfridays.info.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Aug 19, Josh Heinrichs with Skillinjah and Animo Cruz. Aug 21, Israel Vibration and Roots Radics. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Thierry. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Aug 20, Kurt Huget and Peter Penhallow. 823 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.897.5181.

Aug 21, 5pm, Midnight North.

Redwood and Corte Madera avenues, Corte Madera.

415.302.1160.

Osmosis Day Spa

19 Broadway Club

HopMonk Sonoma

Aug 24, 6pm, Rupa & the April Fishes. 209 Bohemian Hwy, Freestone. 707.823.8231.

Aug 20, 6:30pm, Carlos Henrique Pereira Trio with Tyler Harlow and Zack Mondlick.

25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Ives Park

Aug 17, 5pm, Pulsators and the Bruthas. Aug 24, 5pm, Circle of Friends. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol.

Rodney Strong Vineyards

Aug 21, 5pm, Huey Lewis & the News. Sold-out. 11455 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg.

707.431.1533.

Rossi’s 1906

Aug 23, 4:20pm, Parquet Courts. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Aug 19, the Tri Tip Trio. Aug 20, the Lonestar Retrobates. Aug 21, 5pm, Brandon & the Bee’s Knees. Aug 21, 9pm, Sunday Night Blues Jam. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Sonoma Speakeasy

Lagunitas Amphitheaterette

Aug 17, the Sextones. Aug 18, the Machiavelvets. Aug 19, the Mad Maggies. Aug 20, Chantilly Lace Vincent with Los High Tops. Aug 21, the Salty Suites.

Aug 24, Ian Scherer. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Aug 18, musicians pro jam with Dallis Craft. Aug 19, Junk Parlor.

Aug 20, T-Luke & the Tight Suits. Aug 23, R&B and Zydeco night. Aug 24, David Bingham.

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

Main Street Bistro

Aug 19, the Hots. Aug 20, the Renovators. Aug 21, 4pm, Sunday Funday BBQ with Ridgway. Aug 22, the Blues Defenders pro jam. Aug 23, open mic night with Rojo. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Aug 17, Willie Perez. Aug 18, Susan Sutton jazz piano.

Aug 19, Elena Welch. Aug 20, Pat Wilder. Aug 21, Haute Flash Quartet. Aug 23, Mac & Potter. Aug 24, Susan Sutton jazz piano. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Aug 20, 12pm, Pop Rocks. Aug 21, 1pm, Dean Grech. 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

Aug 20, the Cork Pullers. Aug

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

MARIN COUNTY Fenix

Aug 18, the Bloodstones.

Aug 20, Next Phase. Aug 21, 6:30pm, Farzad Arjmand.

Aug 23, Lisa Lindsley & Her Tiny Little Trio. Aug 24, Andre

Lyrics Born

with Katdelic (Parliament Funkadelic) Sun 8/21 • Doors 4pm • ADV $10 / DOS $15

Aug 21, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Misner & Smith.

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Aug 20, 8pm, Hiroya Tsukamoto solo guitar concert. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

Hotel Healdsburg

with Matt Jaffe Fri 8/19 • Doors 8pm • ADV $20 / DOS $25

Marin Country Mart

Menke Park

Aug 19, 4pm, Gypsy Kisses.

Aug 19, 8pm, Onye & the Messengers. Aug 20, Foxes in the Henhouse. Aug 21, 5pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

The Waybacks

Aug 18, B Sharp Band. Aug 19, Notorious. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Redwood Cafe

Thu 8/18 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $24

HopMonk Novato

Aug 17, David Shaw. Aug 18, Songwriters in the Round.

Aug 19, Cryptical with Dave Hebert and Sunshine Becker.

Aug 20, Kingsborough and Lee Gallagher. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Aug 19, 5pm, Pat Hull. Aug 19, 8pm, Jimbo Scott. Aug 20, 1pm, Sara Nelms and Justin Layman.

Aug 20, 8pm, Aki Kumar and Little Jonny. Aug 21, 1pm, Nate Lopez. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

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Grazie Restaurant

Moonalice

Wed 8/24 • Doors 7:30pm • $10

The Beatles Project Thu 8/25 • Doors 7pm • ADV $12 / DOS $14 Essence, Marty O'Reilly (Old Soul Orchestra) & Monica Pasqual (Blame Sally) and her Handsome Brunettes + Special Guest Danny Click Fri 8/26 • Doors 8pm • ADV $17 / DOS $19

Fan Halen

The Ultimate Van Halen Tribute

Aug 17, the Hubcap Stealers.

Aug 18, Diamond Life. Aug 19, 5:30pm, Todos Santos. Aug 19, 9pm, Ned Endless & the Allnighters with Rewind. Aug 20, 5:30pm, Shaana Marie.

Aug 20, 9pm, Lucky Drive with Kool Whip. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

Sun 8/28 • Doors 4pm • ADV $12 / DOS $22

Little Folkies Family Band Fri 9/02 • Doors 8pm • ADV $28 / DOS $32

Dumpstaphunk

with AgapeSoul Sat 9/03 • Doors 8pm • ADV $32 / DOS $35

Black Uhuru with ONESTY

No Name Bar

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

Aug 17, Robert Elmond Stone and friends. Aug 18, Michael L. Aug 19, Michael Aragon Quartet. Aug 20, Chris Saunders Band. Aug 21, Migrant Pickers and friends. Aug 22, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. Aug 24, Jimi James Band. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Sebastiani Theatre

Osteria Divino

Aug 17, Jonathan Poretz. Aug 18, Pedro Rosales Con Quimba.

Aug 19, Hippopotamus Trio. Aug 20, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet.

Aug 21, Joe Warner Trio. Aug 23, Suzanna Smith with Lee Bloom. Aug 24, Deborah Winters with Ken Cook. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

August 21

THE GOOD BAD August 28

Aug 17, Martha Crawford and friends. Aug 18, Deborah Winters. Aug 23, Lorin Rowan.

Aug 24, Haute Flash Quartet.

4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Aug 17, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Aug 18, Barnyard Hammer. Aug 19, PSDSP. Aug 20, Michael Brown Band. Aug 21, Grateful Sundays. Aug 23, Sheet Metal. Aug 24, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Aug 19, Mighty

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Aug 19, the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Aug 26 Swing Dance Lessons 7:45

WORLD • DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

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50th Birthday Party with Danny Click, Austin Delone, and Angela Strehli 8:00

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Miracle Mule Sep 3 Dance to Swampy Tonk 8:30

Volker Strifler Sep 10 Classy, Original Blues Grooves 8:30

BBQs on the Lawn!

Sun, Aug 21 • Petty Theft OU T !

SOLD 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

HANDY JIM 707.829.7300 230 PETALUMA AVE | SEBASTOPOL

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Aug 19, Lady D. Aug 20, Kimrea & Dreamdogs. Aug 21, Andoni.

250 Entrada Dr, Novato.

415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse

Aug 18, flamenco show with Bianca Rodriguez and Damien Álvarez. Aug 19, salsa with DJ Jose Ruiz. Aug 20, James Moseley Band. Aug 21, 5pm, Mazacote. Aug 22, 6pm, Judy Hall and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Sweetwater Music Hall Aug 18, the Waybacks with Matt Jaffe. Aug 19, Lyrics Born.

Aug 20, Jamestown Revival.

Sold-out. Aug 21, Moonalice.

Aug 24, the Beatles project. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

Town Center Corte Madera

Aug 21, 12pm, the GroWiser Band. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera.

415.924.2961.

NAPA COUNTY Ca’ Momi Osteria

Aug 19, Minus Mary. 1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.

Aug 18, James Patrick Regan.

Aug 18, the Mystics. Aug 19, the Blue Hand Band. Aug 20, Midnight Harvest. Aug 21, DJ Aurelio. Aug 23, Blues Caravan of AllStars. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Goose & Gander

RaeSet

3205 Dutton Ave Santa Rosa

www.StorageMasterSR.com

CRITIC’S CHOICE

Rickey’s

Aug 21, 1pm, Brad Parsons Band. 1245 Spring St, St Helena.

707.967.8779.

FRI AUG 19 AN EVENING WITH

$20/DOORS 8/SHOW 9/21+

Mike Schermer with Danny Click, Austin Delone and Angela Strehli. Aug 21, 4pm, Petty Theft. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant

$8/DOORS 7:30/SHOW 8/ALL AGES

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Aug 18, Eric Rinehart. Aug 19, Friday Night Blues with Gretschkat. Aug 20, Darleen Gardner. 3150 B Jefferson St, Napa. 707.666.9028.

Silo’s

Aug 17, David Kelleher. Aug 18, Katy, Dell & John. Aug 19, Who’s Your Daddy acapella.

Aug 20, Kellie Fuller & the Mike Greensill Quartet sing Ella Fitzgerald. Aug 24, Sean McConnell with Andy Davis. 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Gold Record New Brothers Comatose LP makes joyful noise City Painted Gold, the third album by Bay Area folk string-band the Brothers Comatose, is both a love letter and a cautionary tale about their longtime home of San Francisco.

Written in the band’s HaightAshbury neighborhood apartment and released last March as rising rents threatened them the same way it has forced out so many other artistically minded residents, City Painted Gold is also the band’s most relaxed and joyful record to date.

Brothers Alex and Ben Morrison, who share vocal duties and play banjo and guitar respectively, formed the group with bassist Gio Benedetti and violinist Philip Brezina seven years ago. The brotherly band plays acoustic folk ditties with classic-rock energy.

Their live shows are known as rowdy parties and the band’s two previous albums, Songs from the Stoop (2010) and Respect the Van (2012), are acclaimed for their tight rhythms, vocal melodies and infectious jams. With City Painted Gold, the band has evolved into a seasoned outfit whose confident musical offerings are infused with a never-ending supply of enthusiasm.

Earlier this month, the band held their second annual Comatopia festival in the Sierra Valley town of Calpine. This weekend, the Brothers Comatose keeps the good times rolling with a bluegrass-infused concert on Sunday, Aug. 21, at Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St., St. Helena.

5pm doors; 7pm show. $35–$45.

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Galleries RECEPTIONS Aug 17

Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, “Highlight of Photography,” displaying the work of 10 outstanding Sonoma County photographers.

6pm. 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park.

707.584.9121.

Aug 19

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

5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. 707.536.3305.

Aug 20

Graton Gallery, “Anything Goes,” juried art show is up for anything. 2pm. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton.

707.829.8912.

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.

Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Aug 29, “August Art Exhibition,” spotlighting all 30 guild artists, new works in all mediums offer something for everyone to enjoy. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

BackStreet Gallery Through Sep 2, “Implied,” painter Suzanne Edminster and sculptor Chris Beards present a pop-up art installation. Art Alley off South A St, Santa Rosa. SatSun, 11 to 5.

Calabi Gallery Through Sep 10, “Summer Show,” featuring works by three Sonoma County artists,

Terry Holleman, Bernadette Howard and Bambi Waterman, who share a sensibility of revering and preserving the natural world. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

IceHouse Gallery

Cutting Edge Salon

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center

Through Aug 31, “Sightings,” seven photographers reveal gorgeous, though not often noticed, details of our world. 7773 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol. 707.823.3307.

Dutton-Goldfield Winery

Through Sep 13, “James Reynolds Solo Show,” local artist works with pastels and focuses on landscapes, wildlife and portraits. 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. Daily, 10am to 4:30pm. 707.827.3600.

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.

Gallery One

Through Sep 4, “New Work,” invited artists Isis Hockenos, Joyce Kelly, Judy Klausenstock, Sandra Speidel and Joanne Tepper show their latest multimedia works. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.778.8277.

Hammerfriar Gallery

Through Sep 3, “Joey Enos: Sculpture,” Oakland-based sculptor uses simple materials to create overexaggerated pieces of planks and cartoonish columns. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg.

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

707.473.9600.

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.

History Museum of Sonoma County

Through Sep 4, “Medieval to Metal,” traveling exhibit on the art and evolution of the guitar comes to Santa Rosa. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. TuesSun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

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.

Through Sep 13, “Natural Inspirations,” art exhibit represents the Russian River in fabrics and fibers and consists of new quilts representing the diversity of the watershed.

900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Through Sep 10, “Leaf & Petal, Root & Seed,” juried show with each artist displaying four pieces that explore ways that plants nourish and sustain human life. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

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.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Sep 4, “Showin’ on the River,” juried fine art show features over 40 artists showing works in all medium.

132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.

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 Center for the Arts

Through Sep 4, “Boundaries,” juried show features engaging art related to geographical, emotional or physical

NATURAL ART The Redwood Empire Bonsai Society hosts its 33rd annual Bonsai

Show in Santa Rosa with exhibits, demonstrations, raffles, vendors and more on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20–21. See Events, p28. boundaries. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

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

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 27, “The Abstract Eye,” featuring abstract or semi-abstract artwork by MSA artists with paintings, photography and 3D work and jewelry. Reception, Aug 14 at 2pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561.

Through Sep 16, “Musical,” a showcase of artwork relating to the art of music through subject matter, medium or composition. Reception, Aug 12 at 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

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Through Aug 17, “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. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

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.

Headlands Center for the Arts Through Aug 26, “Summer Project Space Exhibitions,” witness and engage with the

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.

Through Sep 11, “Slugs, Bugs, Wings, Fins,” solo exhibit

by Marin artist Lucy Arnold shos watercolors featuring butterflies, birds and other colorful creatures. 775 Miller Creek Rd, San Rafael.

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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.

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Osher Marin JCC

Through Aug 21, “Not Forgotten,” exhibition of collage and multimedia works

from Israeli-based artist Erella Teitler. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Room Art Gallery

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.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center

Through Aug 29, “Brian McLachlan (1944-2015),” a retrospective sampling of artist and woodworker’s fiftyyear career. Reception, Aug 14 at 4pm. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

Throckmorton Theatre

Through Aug 31, “Oceans Art Exhibit,” group show is inspired by our magnificent oceans and sea creatures and our desire to understand and protect them.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

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.

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Through Aug 31, “Joshua Jensen-Nagle & Emily Filler: Recent Photographs & Paintings,” Toronto-based artists display aerial-view beach-scene photos and large abstract flower-

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Celebrating Jewish holiday Tu B’Av, known as the day of love, this event features live music and local storytellers. Aug 21, 5pm. Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

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Enjoy an entertaining evening of Hawaiian hula dancing and food. Aug 20, 6pm. $20-$40.

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The new host of “The Daily Show” appears for a stand-up night of laughs. Aug 20, 7:30pm. $25-$75. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Acrobats, aerialists and daredevils perform in the classic big top tradition. Aug 18-21. $17-$25. Keiser Park, 700 Windsor River Rd, Windsor, flynncreekcircus.com.

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Standup comedy and improvisation from Evil Comedy skewers the season.

Aug 21, 7pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Headlining comedian, seen on “The Tonight Show” and Comedy Central, takes the stage, presented by MarinComedyShow. Aug 17, 8pm. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, $20-$25.

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Fundraiser for Community Action Partnership features delicious paella dinner, live music, silent auction and more, all supporting Sloan House women’s shelter. Aug 22, 5:30pm. $30. Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. www.capsonoma.org.

All are invited to help Marin Theatre Company celebrate 50 seasons of groundbreaking work, with food trucks, refreshments, live music, theater games and more. Aug 20, 2pm. Free admission. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

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Redwood Empire Bonsai Society hosts their 33rd annual show with demonstrations, sales, vendors and more. Aug 20-21, 10am. Free admission.

Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa. www.rebsbonsai.org.

A performance and discussion for anyone interested in exploring love, relationships and sexuality through art, poetry and song. Special 3-course tasting will be held at Spoonbar before show for additional cost. Aug 21, 7pm. $20. h2hotel, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.

Rusted to Refined

Vintage pop up shop takes place in the parking lot. Third Sun of every month, 9am. through Oct 16. Tews Treasures, 1774 Industrial Way, Ste D, Napa. 707.226.8397.

Sonoma County VegFest

Third annual eco-friendly eating and living expo expands its offerings with a vegan film fest, dozens of vendors, nationally recognized speakers, veggie cooking demos, food samples, live music, kids corner and more. Aug 20, 10am. $5/ kids under 13 are free. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

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and home assistance to help adults 50 and over stay active.

Thurs, Aug 18, 11am. Free.

Village Network of Petaluma, 402 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.776.6055.

Field Trips Estero Americano Paddle

Meet at the schoolhouse in Bodega and carpool to the Estero preserve for an adventure. Waivers required.

Aug 20, 9am. Downtown Bodega, Bodega Hwy, Bodega, landpaths.org.

Farm Tour

A walking tour of the beautiful Open Field Farm features animals, pastures and pond, followed by a picnic dinner.

Aug 22, 6pm. Open Field Farm, 2245 Spring Hill Rd, Petaluma, landpaths.org.

Irwin Creek & Lower Stone Farm Exploration

Laguna Foundation staff leads a natural history walk of an area not usually open to the public. Pre-registration required. Aug 20, 8:30am. $10. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

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Shorebird Hike

Hike and observe migrant shorebirds. Aug 20, 8:30am. $40-$60. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

Film Best of the Fest

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival hosts a double screening of works from the latest fest’s offerings. Aug 19, 7pm. $12. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.

CULT Film Series

It’s a David Lynch double features as “Blue Velvet” and “Eraserhead” screen back to back. Aug 18, 7pm. $10.

Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

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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.

Pelican Dreams

Watch the intimate documentary on pelicans and meet the filmmaker, Judy Irving.

Aug 20, 7pm. $10. Red Barn Gallery, 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station. 415.464.5125.

Rise of the Sufferfests

Local filmmaker Scott Keneally presents his documentary about the popular Tough Mudder obstacle course movement with a screening under the stars. Aug 20, 7pm. $15. Roth Estate Winery, 10309 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg.

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Taste of Petaluma

Eleventh annual culinary walking tour of Petaluma’s finest restaurants, galleries, shops, wineries, breweries and food purveyors. Aug 20, 11:30am. $40 for 10 tastings.

Downtown Petaluma, Petaluma Blvd, Petaluma, tasteofpetaluma.com.

Taste of Place with Hirsch Vineyards

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines are paired with a menu inspired by the remote vineyard.

Aug 18, 7pm. $115. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

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Lectures Geology of Point Reyes

View fault-related landforms and discuss plate tectonics. Aug 20, 9am. $60-$80. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

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A history talk and performance by musicologist and composer Dominic Schaner. Aug 18, 6:30pm. History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

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Celebrate the wines of Sonoma County’s newest AVA with tastings from 12 wineries, a paella lunch, presentations, live music and more. Aug 20, 11am. $50. Kick Ranch, 4903 Harville Rd, Santa Rosa. www. fountaingroveava.com.

French Champagne Tasting

Learn the language of tasting and experience organic, dynamic Champagnes. Aug 21, 2pm. $25 and up. Mario & John’s Tavern, 428 East D St, Petaluma. 707.543.8151.

Luau Celebration

Sbragia’s 10-year anniversary fest includes all-you-can-eat hawaiian BBQ, as well as wine and entertainment. Aug 20, 5:30pm. $50. Sbragia Family Vineyards, 9990 Dry Creek Rd, Geyserville. 707.473.2992.

Summer Craft Beer Festival

Several courses of delicious food are paired with summer beers, followed by standup comedy. Aug 20, 5:30pm. $55-$60. Sally Tomatoes, 1100

Aquarium of the Bay collaborates with the Bay Model to show the science behind the climate change headlines. Aug 20, 11:30am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Readings Beringer Vineyards

Aug 20, 11am, “Cheese & Wine” with Janet Fletcher, includes tasting. $50. 2000 Main St, St Helena 866.708.9463.

Book Passage

Aug 17, 7pm, “Girl in the Afternoon” with Serena Burdick.

Aug 18, 7pm, “Altamont” with Joel Selvin. Aug 19, 7pm, “Vignettes & Postcards from Paris” with Erin Byrne. Aug 20, 1pm, “Carry On: Travels Around the Globe” with Elisabeth Levy.

Aug 20, 4pm, “Moments: Magic, Miracles & Martinis” with Amy Van Atta Slater. Aug 20, 7pm, “More Point Reyes Station” with Susanna Solomon. Aug 22, 7pm,

“War By Other Means” with Jennifer Harris. Aug 23, 7pm, “After the Parade” with Lori Ostlund. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Aug 21, 12pm, Poetry Open Mic with Sher and Jon Christianson.

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Commonweal

Aug 17, 3pm, “The Biology of Wonder” with Andreas Weber, registration requested. Free.

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Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

Aug 19, 7pm, “Sacred America, Sacred World” with Stephen Dinan. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

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. Through Aug 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. Through Aug 21.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Wine Country Speakeasy

Transcendence Theatre Company hosts an immersive 1920s-inspired dining and performance experience.

Aug 17-18, 6pm. $225. secret location, provided to ticketholders, Sonoma, transcendencetheatre.org.

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Dream On

Reading the signals in the smoke

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ere’s a cannabisrelated observation that I feel compelled to share. I know I’m not alone in this phenomenon, but maybe I am—“I don’t know, you tell me,” as Trump would say. But anytime I go a few days without consuming marijuana, I start to remember my dreams. Not the dreams I have for my life, but the actual sleepy-time purges of the unconscious.

That’s kind of an ironic statement given that cannabis does have the power to ramp up one’s visions for a life well-lived, to follow one’s true path, to provide a kind of smokeeye clarity to what must be done.

Except I don’t want to do that now.

It’s 3pm on a Saturday, and where has the day gone? Where have the dreams gone? Right here—fire up the Youtube for a mid-afternoon sing-along to Afroman’s “Because I Got High.” These are the waking dreams of a pothead, ones that die a hard death, subsumed into the hapless monomania of ambition paralysis.

The rule for telling stories about your actual dreams is the

same as the one for telling stories about your genealogical history: It better be a goddamned interesting dream, or your genealogy better include a story of how one of your forefathers was a marauding Teuton on the high steppes of Mongolia, otherwise these things— your dreams, your family history— tend to be boring.

Let me tell you about a recent dream I had. I only remember it because I ran out of pot, payday was a ways off, and I was already into my guy for an ounce, which had gone up in smoke over a weekend of Netflix bingeing. So I had this crazy dream the other night, one of those “I’m on a journey” deals that took place in what felt like San Francisco but that involved a long-shuttered restaurant in New York City called Florent, where I used to spend a lot of time as a young McPuffups, staring off into space in a dreamlike state of worry.

In the dream, I wore a knapsack and walked a while in the urban swirl, on a mission to find Florent, which was no longer a tight, tiny bistro but had morphed into this giant expanse of noise and slobbering customers. I grabbed a four-top, but the table was wobbly so a staffer came and fixed it, then crushed his thumb under one of the legs in the process. I felt his pain, in the dream.

I scanned the menu and did the ritualistic maneuver of ordering the thing I’d ordered dozens of times at Florent, the burger served on an English muffin and dripping with melted cheddar.

The last thing I remember before waking up, and I remember it vividly, was taking a bite of that burger, seared on the outside and with a pillowy pink interior of medium-rare juiciness within. I could literally taste the charbroil of that burger in the dream, which is more than I can say for the steak I just burned in the broiler after I rolled another joint and obsessed for an hour over Nate Silver’s latest poll findings, if only to keep the nightmares at bay.

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Astrology For the week of August 17

ARIES (March 21–April 19) Can you imagine feeling at home in the world no matter where you are?

If you eventually master this art, outer circumstances won’t distort your relationship with yourself. No matter how crazy or chaotic the people around you might be, you will remain rooted in your unshakable sense of purpose; you will respond to any given situation in ways that make you both calm and alert, amused and curious, compassionate for the suffering of others and determined to do what’s best for you. If you think these are goals worth seeking, you can make dramatic progress toward them in the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

As I tried to meditate on your horoscope, my next-door neighbor was wielding a weed-whacker to trim her lawn, and the voices in my head were shouting extra loud. So I decided to drive down to the marsh to get some highquality silence. When I arrived at the trail head, I found an older man in ragged clothes leaning against the fence. Nearby was a grocery cart full of what I assumed were all his earthly belongings. “Doing nothing is a very difficult art,” he croaked as I slipped by him, “because you’re never really sure when you are done.”

I immediately recognized that his wisdom might be useful to you. You are, after all, in the last few days of your recharging process. It’s still a good idea for you to lay low and be extra calm and vegetate luxuriously. But when should you rise up and leap into action again?

Here’s my guess: Get one more dose of intense stillness and silence.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) My readers have a range of approaches for working with the counsel I offer. Some study the horoscopes for both their sun signs and rising signs, then create do-it-yourself blends of the two. Others prefer to wait until the week is over before consulting what I’ve written. They don’t want my oracles to influence their future behavior, but enjoy evaluating their recent past in light of my analysis. Then there are the folks who read all 12 of my horoscopes.

They refuse to be hemmed in by just one forecast, and want to be free to explore multiple options. I encourage you to try experiments like these in the coming days. The moment is ripe to cultivate more of your own unique strategies for using and interpreting the information you absorb—both from me and from everyone else you listen to.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Have you been drinking a lot of liquids? Are you spending extra time soaking in hot baths and swimming in bodies of water that rejuvenate you? Have you been opening your soul to raw truths that dissolve your fixations and to beauty that makes you cry and to love that moves you to sing? I hope you’re reverently attending to these fluidic needs. I hope you’re giving your deepest yearnings free play and your freshest emotions lots of room to unfold.

Smart, well-lubricated intimacy is a luxurious necessity, my dear. Stay very, very wet.

LEO (July 23–August 22) In my opinion, you need to bask in the glorious fury of at least one brainstorm— preferably multiple brainstorms over the course of the next two weeks. What can you do to ensure that happens? How might you generate a flood of new ideas about how to live your life and understand the nature of reality? Here are some suggestions: Read books about creativity. Hang around with original thinkers and sly provocateurs. Insert yourself into situations that will strip you of your boring certainties. And take this vow: “I hereby unleash the primal power of my liberated imagination.”

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) When you were a child, did you play with imaginary friends?

During your adolescence, did you nurture a fantasy relationship with a pretend boyfriend or girlfriend?

Since you reached adulthood, have you ever enjoyed consorting with muses or guardian angels or ancestral spirits? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you are in a good position to take full advantage of the subtle opportunities and cryptic invitations that are coming your way. Unexpected sources are poised to provide unlikely inspirations in unprecedented ways.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) When you were born, you already carried the seeds of gifts

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you would someday be able to provide—specific influences or teachings or blessings that only you, of all the people who have ever lived, could offer the world. How are you doing in your quest to fulfill this potential? Here’s what I suspect: Your seeds have been ripening slowly and surely. But in the coming months, they could ripen at a more rapid pace. Whether they actually do or not may depend on your willingness to take on more responsibilities—interesting responsibilities, to be sure—but bigger than you’re used to.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

I suspect that you will soon be culminating a labor of love you’ve been nurturing and refining for many moons. How should you celebrate? Maybe with some Champagne and caviar? If you’d like to include bubbly in your revels, a good choice might be 2004 Belle Epoque rosé.

Its floral aroma and crispy mouth-feel rouse a sense of jubilation as they synergize the flavors of blood orange, pomegranate, and strawberry. As for caviar, consider the smooth, aromatic and elegant roe of the albino beluga sturgeon from the unpolluted areas of the Caspian Sea near Iran. But before I finish this oracle, let me also add that a better way to honor your accomplishment might be to take the money you’d spend on Champagne and caviar, and instead use it as seed money for your next big project.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) Some species of weeds become even more robust and entrenched as they develop resistances to the pesticides that are designed to eradicate them. This is one example of how fighting a problem can make the problem worse—especially if you attack too furiously or use the wrong weapons. I invite you to consider the possibility that this might be a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Your desire to solve a knotty dilemma or shed a bad influence is admirable. Just make sure you choose a strategy that actually works.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to compose an essay on at least one of the following themes: 1. “How I Fed and Fed My Demons Until They Gorged Themselves to Death.” 2. “How I Exploited My Nightmares in Ways That Made Me Smarter and Cuter.”

3. “How I Quietly and Heroically Transformed a Sticky Problem into a Sleek Opportunity.” 4. “How I Helped Myself by Helping Other People.” For extra credit, Capricorn—and to earn the right to trade an unholy duty for a holy one—write about all four subjects.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) I suspect that in the coming months you will be drawn to wandering through the frontiers and exploring the unknown. Experimentation will come naturally. Places and situations you have previously considered to be off-limits may be downright comfortable. In fact, it’s possible that you will have to escape your safety zones in order to fully be yourself. Got all that? Now here’s the kicker. In the coming weeks, everything I just described will be especially apropos for your closest relationships. Are you interested in redefining and reconfiguring the ways that togetherness works for you?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you’re playing the

card game known as bridge, you’re lucky if you are dealt a hand that has no cards of a particular suit.

This enables you, right from the beginning, to capture tricks using the trump suit. In other words, the lack of a certain resource gives you a distinct advantage. Let’s apply this metaphor to your immediate future, Pisces.

I’m guessing that you will benefit from what may seem to be an inadequacy or deficit. An absence will be a useful asset.

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