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mystery there. A board majority of Rabbitt, Gore and Hopkins will continue to represent big corporate wine and the rest of the 1 percent.

Sonoma County has a golden opportunity to take back its board of supervisors from the political cronies who have been using their bought-and-paid-for supervisors to carve up the bounty of the county and serve it to their friends.

Enter Noreen. Noreen Evans, Shirlee Zane and Susan Goren could become a majority that tempers decisions with compassion and a greater care for our environment. At least there would be a chance to kick the cronies to the curb.

The good ol’ boys have hand-picked Lynda Hopkins to replace their fallen golden boy Efren Carrillo. There’s no

Lynda Hopkins has no experience. She is funded and manipulated by the 1 percent.

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medal athletes—white and privileged. Back in my youth, while living in the L.A area, three or four of my teen-aged punk friends would drive to Tijuana, Mexico, and we would all get drunk while visiting the wild and wicked bordellos. Back in my day, we would give money and pay off those we offended.

No one bothered us and we were invisible to the authorities, whom we also paid off. So here we are all these years later, and what is different? I think those boys should be dealt with so that other young vandals think twice before dissing Third World people who live in poverty. Haven’t we learned anything since the 1960s and the anti–Vietnam War days?

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Let It Burn Native Americans used to manage forest and grasslands by periodically burning them (“Last Stands,” July 27). The result of a hundred-plus years of putting out every fire and not cutting for fire control is catastrophic fires that are burning at this very moment in California.

Surely there should be ways of ending both distributive policies of clearcutting and/or letting the green hell we have created burn to the ground.

Many of our forests are just plain dying due to overgrowth, lack of water, beetle infestation and other blights like sudden oak death and root rot. Just like overcrowding in the human world.

I love a green forest as much as anyone. Please don’t be fooled by the environmentalist crowd—an unmanaged forest will sooner or later be lost to everyone.

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wo Sundays ago, on Aug. 14, the Bohemian and our sister paper, Marin’s Pacific Sun, hosted the 2016 NorBay Music Awards at Juilliard Park in Santa Rosa. It was one of our biggest and best events, drawing over 300 people to the park for two hours of music and dancing while we handed out awards to several bands and promoters onstage.

As the arts editor for the past 12 months, this was my first go at heading up the annual awards show, and I don’t think it could have gone any better. That’s in thanks to the many partners and the bands, the Crux and the Rhythm Rangers, who joined us to entertain our friends and fans.

I want to give a special thanks to Tara Thompson of Santa Rosa’s Recreation and Parks department, who enthusiastically worked with us to coordinate the event as part of the city’s annual “Live at Juilliard” concert series. Going back to January, Tara was instrumental in making things happen, and I can’t wait to work with her again next year.

I also want to thank the many people in our community who not only helped promote the NorBays but who dedicate themselves to making the North Bay a musical haven. The North Bay Hootenanny’s founding father Josh Windmiller ended up taking the award for Best Promoter, though folks like the North Bay Cabaret’s Jake Ward, Gather Booking & Management’s Ernest Wuethrich and groups like Notable Talent and Second Octave have propelled local music and musicians to new heights over the last few years.

I also want to thank you, the readers, who participated in voting online for bands, promoters and DJs. We had a huge turnout of voters for our survey this year and it’s a testament to how passionate the North Bay is about its music. Here’s to another year of packed concerts, local festivals and an ever-expanding variety of great music in our little corner of the world.

Charlie Swanson is the arts editor for the ‘Bohemian.’

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Is virtual reality the next big thing in the adult film industry? BY CARRIE WEISMAN

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ast week, it was announced that paraplegics are learning to walk again—with the help of virtual reality. Doctors have started incorporating the technology into the treatment of cancer patients.

Others insist it will soon revolutionize the way we perform surgery.

But perhaps the most profoundly affected arena lies elsewhere. Because when it comes to technology, there’s one industry that tends to get to the deep-dive first, and that’s porn.

The porn industry has had a few hard years. Thanks to the proliferation of free content on the web, studios are producing less content, and in order to stay afloat, many have taken to the niche scene. If you’re going to

fight the free stuff, you’re going to have to start shooting something tube sites can’t offer.

Trans-porn, for instance, has become a niche goldmine on paid platforms. Incest scenes are another flourishing fetish. BDSM and porn “for women” are also starting to pay off. Soon enough, there’ll be virtual reality porn for every fetish you can imagine and some you can’t.

“We’ve tried to figure out

how consumers are consuming content,” says Jeff Dillon, the director of business development for porn distributor GameLink.

“To me, this seems really similar to when we started with video on demand.”

According to Dillon, virtual reality has the potential to reach the same heights as other technological milestones like mobile browsers and streaming.

Though GameLink just started offering VR content in midJuly, the investment has already started to pay off.

“At first we started out with just 30 movies or so, but I was super-surprised with the results,” says Dillon. “Once I started to see how well they were doing, I kept thinking, how can we get more of this content?” Right now, VR videos produced by adult entertainment studio BaDoinkVR are among his top sellers.

Most consumers tend to be— wait for it—young and male.

GameLink’s VR enthusiasts are slightly younger than the company’s predominant customer base, most falling somewhere between the ages of 25 and 35. And many are located in tech-friendly hotspots like San Francisco. Though Dillon admits the majority of porn audiences haven’t yet made the leap, he says it’s time to start anticipating who will in the future. “When you hit an early market, it’s tough to really see these things,” he says.

Though VR carries its own futuristic flavor, there are still a few major hurdles ahead.

Streaming is slow. Almost all content is available exclusively on mobile devices (for which you need an additional app to access). Graphics can, at times, seem underwhelming. Viewing spectrums are often limited.

You also need the right gear, something that can turn into an impressively expensive endeavor.

While Google cardboard goggles are reasonably priced, ranging anywhere from $15 to $30, there are other options on the table, and they’re going to cost you. The Oculus Rift, which comes loaded with sensors, integrated headphones and a

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And price isn’t just a consumer concern. “VR material requires an expensive update. You need new camera equipment, there’s a learning curve in understanding how to edit it, which, from what I understand, is pretty technical,” says Dillon. Studios, it seems, are nervous about the shift. And while that industry anxiety will likely be remedied in the future, it has led to one particular issue at present, and it circles back to representation.

VR allows consumers the special ability to virtually sink into someone else’s skin.

But because so few studios are currently producing the content, that skin often looks very white, very young and very male—something not everyone is particularly pleased about.

Only a few “alternative” studios—that is, studios whose films include a greater cast of bodies, genders and sexualities— have fallen into the VR engine.

Ersties, a German studio backed by an exclusively female team, recently released the first in what it hopes will be a series of “authentic” VR eroticism. “If technology can help us create and deliver even better porn, then absolutely we are in,” the website promises. “Our commitment however remains the same, real girls, real porn, for you, except now we might just have you thinking you’ve reached the final frontier.”

Others have expressed interest in using VR content for reasons other than entertainment.

Recently, BaDoink launched Virtual Sexology, a self-help program that “dovetails adult entertainment and sex education.” While guided by a licensed sex therapist, the material relies on some of the industry’s most popular stars to help transform viewers into better, “more attentive” lovers.

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‘If technology can help us create and deliver even better porn, then absolutely we are in.’

Whether or not the series can successfully deliver on its promises remains to be seen.

What we do know, at least according to the GameLink team, is that it has a good shot at selling.

“There’s a good market for the educational stuff,” says Dillon.

For those armed with the money and the time, VR could be a welcome introduction to a newly pivoted porn scene. But embracing a new format means leaving some familiar features behind. Traditional porn tends to cater to our voyeuristic side. VR is different. VR is about immersion.

The things that are typically edited out of traditional shoots are exactly what need to be edited in to VR. The shuffling of feet on the floor. The sound of setting a cup on the table. Because to have truly great VR experience, you’ve got to believe in the subtleties of that reality to begin with.

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DEBR IEFER Betting on the Land No, the money you lost at the Graton Casino did not go down the drain. Some of it went to help pass an open space and water-quality ballot measure this November.

Earlier this month, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) pledged $200,000 to support the campaign to pass the Sonoma County Regional Parks and Water Quality measure. The ballot measure was approved by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors for the Nov. 8 ballot. The measure will provide locally controlled funding to improve access to parks, natural areas and trails; provide safe places for children to play in the outdoors; open existing parkland to the public; protect clean drinking water sources; and preserve parks and open space for future generations.

If approved, the measure will levy a half-cent sales tax in unincorporated Sonoma County and will generate an estimated $9.5 million to improve parks and open space.

The measure must be supported by two-thirds of those who vote in November to pass.

Tribal chairman Greg Sarris says one of the missions of the FIGR is the preservation, protection, access and expansion of open spaces, parks and sacred sites within its territory. The FIGR’s support dates back to 2005 when the tribe donated $500,000 to Sonoma County Regional Parks to help purchase 1,900 acres that included Tolay Lake Regional Park, a sacred site for the tribe.

The $200,000 donation will be used to educate Sonoma County residents about the benefits of greater access, availability and environmental protections to local parks, trails and beaches.

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NEW YORK STEAK VIA GUERNEVILLE ROAD Santa Rosa’s Willowside Meats is a haven for meat lovers,

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Broiled Again Contemplations on mortality by way of Willowside Meats BY TOM GOGOLA

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was preparing the steak, the broiler was heating up and I lavished the dry-aged New York sirloin with a wet smear of grated garlic.

I then turned to the sack of crimini mushrooms I’d grabbed at the co-op and fell into a spiritualized meatreverie. A moral moment had revealed itself. A beefy ethical question was raised.

The dogs had assumed their usual position on the big chair, and shook with bugeyed anticipation at what they knew was coming. My little duo of chop-licking freaks of the Mexican hairless-dog persuasion watched with growing eagerness as I hovered over the steak and offered the usual flow of predinner patter to them, “Ohhhh, it’s going to be good!” We’ve been through this before.

Of course you’ll get some steak,

little ones, yes, yes, of course you will, even at $18 a pound from Willowside Meats, the legendary butcher shop out past the Santa Rosa city limits on Guerneville Road. I had earlier made the pilgrimage to the shop’s dusty parking lot and beheld, with some certain glee, its humble, shacklike repose in the afternoon sun.

Big fans were whirring inside as the dust settled in the lot and I made my way inside . . .

I rinsed the mushrooms and

started to crumble them around the steak and, as I was doing so, recalled a story I once read about the breed of my dogs, known officially as the Xoloitzcuintli, the national dog of Mexico and roughly pronounced as “cholo-its-squintly.”

As I understand the story, these animals, an ancient, primitive breed, were held in high spiritual regard by the Aztecs, and especially among Aztec royalty, who believed that upon one’s death, your Xolos would be the spirit guide to the next place, over the well-marbled meat bridge, as it were. So when some Aztec bigwig died, his Xolos were killed and placed next to him in the burial crypt.

I shuddered at the thought and remembered I needed to make a vet’s appointment for my guys and tried to forget the part of the story where Xolos were also eaten in large numbers—as I arranged the mushrooms around the steak and then folded the meat packet into its aluminum-foil pouch and shoved it into the broiler, where it would remain for all eternity, or 20 minutes—whichever came first.

Then I broke out the head of purple-red cabbage and ran it through the grater until I had a nice pile. That was for the dogs. Dog-loving readers out there might think they take the cake when it comes to spoiling their animals, and who am I to argue, but can anyone say that they prepare shredded cabbage mixed with chopped-up bits of $18-a-pound steak for their beasties? Does anyone make sure their dogs enjoy an appetizer slice of fresh pear smeared with a chunk of ferociously stinky bleu cheese? Am I alone in the regular Sunday ritual of boiling up a couple of Mary’s chicken legs and dropping them into the bowls for a supervised frenzy of dog-joy chomping at the chicken? ) 12

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Well fine. I am ridiculous, foolish, over-indulgent with my little guys, who I think are grateful for the attention, but you never really know. I do know that they also love their vegetables, and especially cabbage, as do I—just not as much as we all love meat.

I stood over that steak and faced facts. We’re all just a bunch of meat in the end, a slab in a casket or a pile of dusty cornmeal scattered to the wind. I stood there and thought of how I really do believe that people who refrain from eating meat operate on a higher ethical plane than the rest of us loathsome, bloodthirsty carnivores. Always have. Yet getting there is the hard part, the temptations of the flesh are all-abounding, and when you step into Willowside Meats, all bets are off. All is lost. Bring the meat coma, fire up the red-meat rationales, and tell yourself that if the tables were turned—well, that chicken would eat your liver like nobody’s business.

I hate the expression “old school” almost as much as I hate the tailgater in that jumbo black SUV who almost rear-ended me on the Guerneville Road when I slowed down to turn into the Willowside lot. And that’s saying something. But if the marinated beef-flaps fit, I guess you’ve got to wear them, and “old school” is kind of apt when it comes to describing this place. Willowside smells like meat, it oozes meat particles through every offal pore of its being, it offers numerous meat-map diagrams on the walls, and there’s a fleshy meat man out back with a white shock of hair and beard, who is wearing a Motörhead T-shirt beneath his bloodied apron. Born to lose, live to broil.

And behold the meat, for it is legion: There’s a freezer-full of house-made sausage of every persuasion to check out, from your brats to your Italian spiced deals, and for certain there is grass-fed beef galore and the sign out front says as much.

Another freezer houses all sorts

of chopped meat and various animal parts, and the guy ahead of me in line just ordered over $300 of product and seems to be enjoying every last minute of the transaction as he chews on some jerky.

Willowside smells like meat, it oozes meat particles through every offal pore of its being.

I just want a pound of the dryaged New York sirloin. Nothing too fancy or extravagant. The meat-clerk takes the big beef slab out of the glass case and carves off the requisite portion, wraps it in butcher paper and I’m off.

Later I stood over the steak as it rested in the broiling pan, a firm and sturdy chunk of beef, and felt that teenie pang of guilt for the cow that had been slaughtered so that I might indulge the beast within.

I imagined myself as the steak itself, a slab of dead flesh faced with an uncertain and perhaps broiling-hot afterlife. As I surrounded the steak with them, I came to see those mushrooms, those lusciously earthy crushed criminis, playing the role of spirit guide to the aftertaste.

I lowered the steak into the broiler, that holy sarcophagus of arteriosclerosis, and said some little bullshit prayer for the cow, who probably had it coming anyway. Then I popped a couple of fish-oil pills and poured another glass of sake, then sat with the dogs on the big chair where we slobbered together as one.

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S O N OMA CO U N TY Brody’s Burgers & Brew American. $. This family restaurant serving (cheap!) beer is not to be confused with a bar. Big burgers made with quality ingredients and a kidfriendly casual dining room.

3135 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.526.4878.

Earth’s Bounty Kitchen & Wine Bar

California. $-$$. Look for locally sourced dishes like the County Line Farm baby kale salad, bacon-wrapped local black cod and a Stemple Creek burger. Lots of pastries and deli items for take-out too.

5755 Mountain Hawk Way, Santa Rosa.

707.827.9700.

Fork Roadhouse

American. $-$$. Hearty but refined dining in a classic West County setting. Great burgers, local seafood, tacos, pork chops and braised short ribs. Don’t miss the excellent breakfasts.

9890 Bodega Hwy, Sebastopol, 707.634.7575.

Hikuni Sushi & Steakhouse Japnese. $$$.

Terrific teppanyaki plus a full sushi bar, tonkatsu, udon and bento. 4100 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.539.9188.

Kirin Chinese. $$.

hangout, where you can enjoy delicious American comfort food. 2700 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.545.7696.

Risibisi Pizza. $-$$. An oasis of urbanity that will transport you to New York, Paris even. The menu keeps freshly seasonal and changes weekly. 154 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.766.7600.

Simply Vietnam

Vietnamese. $. Friendly Vietnamese for all ethnic tastes. Savory, satisfying and filling. Pho can be hit or miss, depending on the meat quality.

966 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.566.8910.

Willow Wood Market Cafe Mediterranean. $$.

Homey, eclectic food. Come for breakfast! 9020 Graton Rd, Graton. 707.823.0233.

Zazu Kitchen & Farm

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

MARIN CO U N T Y Finnegan’s Marin Restaurant & Bar

Brewpub. $$. Irish bar with the traditional stuff. 877 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.899.1516.

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.

Fish Seafood. $$-$$$.

Incredibly fresh seafood in incredibly relaxed setting overlooking bay. (Cash only.)

350 Harbor Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.FISH.

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

707.528.3278. 560 Hwy 116 N, Sebastopol. 707.823.7492.

M&G’s Burgers & Beverages Hamburgers.

Ricardo’s Bar & Grill

American. $$-$$$. A local Bennett Valley neighborhood

$. The ultimate in American cuisine. Crispy fries, good burgers and friendly locals chowing down. 2017 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

415.454.0655.

Mountain Home Inn

American. $$$-$$$$. Great

Eyce Pipe Kits & Silicone Utility Trays

123 Bolinas California.

$$. Urban-moderne decor pairs with a locally sourced menu for a must-try highlight on the Fairfax dining scene.

Pizza, soups, local cheese and charcuterie, greens and a wine bar, all done well. 123 Bolinas St., Fairfax. 415.488.5123.

Osteria Stellina Italian.

$$-$$$. Billed as “Point Reyes Italian with an unwavering commitment to local organic products,” and that’s pretty much what you get. The food is dependably inventive and delicious. Highly recommended.

11285 Hwy 1, Pt. Reyes Station.

415.663.9988.

The Pelican Inn English.

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

Pig in a Pickle Barbecue. $$. Corte Madera’s barbecue hot spot, Pig in a Pickle specializes in fresh, local ingredients cooked long and slow. Everything is made from scratch, including buns, rubs, pickles and sauces. 341 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.717.7093.

San Rafael Joe’s Italian.

$$. San Rafael Joe’s is a Marin County institution open since 1947 and known for its ItalianAmerican food, modest prices and friendly atmosphere.

931 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.456.2425.

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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The William Tell House Restaurant

American. $$. Marin County’s oldest saloon. Casual and jovial atmosphere. Steaks, pasta, chicken and fish all served with soup or salad. 26955 Hwy 1, Tomales. 707.878.2403.

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Chinese. $$. Can’t go wrong here. Special Dungeness crab dishes for dinner; dim sum for lunch. 1238 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.460.9883.

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Ciccio Italian. $$-$$$.

A wood-fired oven churns out simple pizzas and seasonal entrées often made with ingredients from the restaurant’s own gardens. 6770 Washington St, Yountville. 707.945.1000.

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

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

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

707.224.6900.

Mango on Main Thai.

$$. Casual Thai, but with unexpected gems. The Thai iced tea–out of this world. The pad Thai–incredibly authentic and balanced. A must-try for all Thai lovers. 1142 Main St, Napa. 707.253.8880.

SMALL BITES

Mall Rat Reverie I went to the doctor, and I went to the mountain.

I looked to the children, and I drank from the fountain. I did all of that crap. But there’s only one thing that brings me closer to fine, as the Indigo Girls sang in their 1989 hit, and that’s going to the food court at the Santa Rosa Plaza mall for lunch.

From Sbarro’s to Subway, the choices are not vast but they are familiar, and it swells my suburban mall-rat heart to wander the fringe of the court and watch the parade of plastic trays, piled with lowbrow chow as their purchasers waddle and whisk by to find a seat. There are many moms on hand, hollering at the children and blowing big coin for back-to-school necessities, and taking a break over a foot-long because, hey, we’re already at the mall.

Watch! As a lonely old white man stares at a half-heap of General Tso’s from the Panda and wonders if he’ll make it to the can in time. Behold! A bucket-slop maintenance man scowls over a pile of non-union fries and contemplates a Trump America. Avast! I bet you’ll regret that neck tattoo in a few years.

Stop! I tuned out the people and tuned in the options, and was drawn to Charleys Philly Steaks. The namesake spoke to me from the menu board like it already knew me.

And it’s true that I, too, am nothing if not a slice of cheap, rueful white American cheese, melted among the red-meat people. The sandwich was innocuous and nondescript and totally in sync with the food court itself, a perfect hideaway for anonymous people watching. That’s added value to what is otherwise an $11 lunch rip-off. But, hey, there’s a sale on at Sears.—Tom Gogola

Norman Rose Tavern

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

707.258.1516.

Pizza Azzurro Italian. $.

Run by a former Tra Vigne and Lark Creek Inn alum, the pizza

is simple and thin, and ranks as some of the best in the North Bay. 1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa. 707.255.5552.

Ristorante Allegria

Italian. $$. Inside a historic 1916 building lies this Italian restaurant with music, candlelight and a robust menu.

Full bar, wine list and special dining in “the Vault”–more

romantic than it sounds, believe us. 1026 First St, Napa.

707.254.8006.

Tarla Mediterranean Bar & Restaurant Greek/ Mediterranean. $$. Casual and trendy with a variety of Turkish and Greek options for any meal of the day. The lamb burger should not be missed. 1480 First St, Napa. 707.255.5599.

Wineries

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SONOMA COUNTY Balletto Vineyards

Some of the best values from the Russian River Valley, in Chard and Pinots both Gris and noir. Being out of the touring loop, it’s generally a low-key place that picks up a bit on weekends. 5700 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa. Open daily, 10am–4pm. 707.568.2455.

Cline Cellars Great variety, easy on the wallet, and fun for the whole family: Pick out a gorgeous fruit bomb Zinfandel, have a picnic, feed the ravenous fish, and get historical at the California Missions Museum. Or just wrap your palate in Cashmere.

24737 Hwy. 121, Sonoma. Daily, 10am–6pm. 707.940.4000.

Clos du Bois With

picnicking area, friendly staff and knickknacks galore, Clos Du Bois is a reliable outfit. 19410 Geyserville Ave., Geyserville. Open daily, 10am– 4:30pm. 800.222.3189.

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

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

Inman Family Wines

Single-vineyard Russian River Pinot Noir is a good reason to visit; you’ll crush on the “Endless Crush” sparkling Brut, too! 3900 Piner Road, Santa Rosa. Open 11am–4pm, Thursday through Monday.

707.293.9576.

Karah Estate Vineyards Like a riddle

bottled up in a mystery, it’s all but hidden in plain sight above the 101 freeway’s Cotati Grade.

Impressive view; mixed bag of low-alcohol, low-priced Pinots from quirky winery. 1010 W. Railroad Ave., Cotati. Friday–

Sunday 11am–5pm. $5 fee.

707.795-3030.

Kastania Vineyards

Who knew that here on the border of Marin we’d find one of the most hospitable, no-nonsense, family-winery experiences in the county!

4415 Kastania Road, Petaluma.

By appointment. 707.763.6348.

La Follette Wines You’ve heard of the brands he’s helped to create or save— Flowers, La Crema—but do you know Greg La Follette?

Find out how the man behind “big-hair Pinot” has reinvented himself. 180 Morris St., Suite 160, Sebastopol. Daily, 11am– 6pm. Tasting fee, $10–$15.

Saturday Terroir Tour, $30.

707.827.4933.

The Natural Process Alliance & Salinia Wine Co. A beige

warehouse and a clean-cut, UC Davis–trained winemaker belie the wild-eyed truth: Unusual, fruity “natural wine” as fresh as next Friday, bottled in stainless steel Kleen Kanteens. Ask for Hardy.

3350 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa.

Friday–Saturday, 10:30am– 6pm, or by appointment.

707.527.7063.

Novy Family Winery

Daily tastings by appointment in a no-nonsense warehouse, and is better known as a celebrated member of the “Pinot posse” by its other moniker, Siduri. 980 Airway Court, Ste. C, Santa Rosa.

707.578.3882.

Raymond Burr Vineyards Unpretentious,

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

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

Twomey Cellars Framed by the spacious environs, through a massive glass wall, a panoramic $10 million view of the Russian River Valley

awaits tasters. 3000 Westside Road, Healdsburg. Mon–Sat, 10am–5pm; Sun, 11am–5pm.

800.505.4850.

Ty Caton Vineyards

Mountain-grown Cabernet, “Tytanium” red blend, and Syrah are highlights.

8910 Sonoma Hwy. (in the Kenwood Village Plaza), Kenwood. Daily, 11am–6pm.

707.938.3224.

NAPA COUNTY Beringer Vineyards

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

2000 Main St., Napa.

707.963.7115.

Ehlers Estate Proceeds

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

Lounge comfortably in the historic stone cellar.

3222 Ehlers Lane, St. Helena.

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

707.963.5972.

Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards Napa

Valley’s latest geotectonic eruption on Highway 29 is a stylish place to explore famous Chardonnay, Meritage blend and winery-exclusive Italian varietals. Hip but not too cool, the 30-year-old family winery surely has a sense of humor as well as sense of place. 677 S. St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena. Open daily, 10am–5pm. Tasting fees, $15–$25. 707.967.8032.

Freemark Abbey In

1881, Josephine Tychson was the first woman to own and operate a winery in the valley.

Enjoy the Cabs. 3022 St. Helena Hwy. N. (at Lodi Lane), St. Helena. Open daily, 10am-5pm.

800.963.9698.

Swirl Quiz Beauty school dropouts, go back to wine school BY JAMES KNIGHT

P

ut your North Bay wine knowledge to the test with Swirl’s back to school wine quiz—we told you this was going to be for the test, didn’t we?

1. Where is Zinfandel native to?

A) California, where early Spanish makers of sacramental wine called it “Mission”; B) Italy, where it’s called Primitivo; C) Austria, where it’s called Zierfandler; D) Croatia, where it’s called Crljenak Kaštelanski 2. The slang term “Waukesha jockeys,” found only in “Swirl,” refers to winery workers and: A) A cooperage that makes American oak wine barrels; B) A manufacturer of wine presses; C) A widely used wine pump; D) A brand of ATV commonly used to ride around vineyards 3. Which of these is not a wine made by Bolinas winemaker Sean Thackrey?

A) Pleiades; B) Sirius; C) Perseus; D) Fifi 4. Which of these North Coast sparkling wines featured in President Nixon’s 1972 trip to China?

A) Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs; B) Iron Horse Chinese Cuvée C) Korbel California Champagne; D) Hanns Kornell Rouge 5. St. George is which of these: A) Another name for Zinfandel; B) A phylloxera-resistant root stock native to France; C) Rupestris; D) The patron saint of Waukesha jockeys 6. Charbono is also known as: A) Bonarda; B) Barolo; C) Berlandieri; D) Boffo 7. When you find yourself amid Baccarat crystal skulls and mannequins dressed in club/bondage attire, you are in a tasting room decorated by: A) Francis Ford Coppola; B) Jean-Charles Boisset; C) Treasury Wine Estates; D) Jean-Charles Shaw 8. Who is the real Charles Shaw?

A) The founder of the second-oldest winery in Napa, he was Charles Krug’s brother-in-law; B) An English nobleman who went bust prospecting for gold in the Napa River in the 1850s; C) A businessman who dreamed of making Beaujolais-style wine in Napa; D) Nobody, just a name made up by Fred Franzia to sell $2 wine at Trader Joe’s Answers 1: D (Primitivo came from there, also) 2: C 3: C 4: A 5: C 6: A 7: B 8: C 7–8 points, Bohemian Rhapsody; 5–6 points, La Bohéme; 3–4 points, jaunty beret; 2 points or less, Pinot Grigio

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Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

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FOLK ’N’ ROLL The Avett Brothers loose their lively

Americana at the Green Music Center Sept. 15.

2016 Fall Arts Guide

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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e’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: fall is our favorite season. It’s not only because temperatures cool and leaves crunch underfoot; it also has to with the fact that the North Bay annually offers up a bounty of entertainment over the next three months. From Labor Day through Thanksgiving, there are huge music festivals, live theater productions, extravagant wine country weekends, festive art fairs and so much more happening in Sonoma and Napa counties. You can’t do it all, but our annual Fall Arts Guide lays it all out.

SEPTEMBER 6th Street Playhouse Housed in the heart of Railroad Square, the popular playhouse continues to engage the community with plays and musicals designed to delight and entertain. Currently, the playhouse revives a classic Marx Brothers’ comedy in Animal Crackers through Sept. 18. Up next, actor Charlie Bethel offers a premiere one-man-show performance of Call of the Wild, Sept. 10–25, in the Playhouse’s

studio theater as part of a Jack London festival. Satirically brilliant, The Threepenny Opera musically muses onstage Sept. 30– Oct. 23, and TV actor Charles Siebert portrays Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Nov. 25– Dec. 23. 52 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa.

707.523.4185.

SOMO Concerts The solar-

powered outdoor venue hosts several shows throughout September to close out its sunny season of fun. On Sept. 2, a flock of ’80s bands like Cutting Crew,

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Berlin, Dramarama and others pack the stage for the Lost ’80s Live showcase. On Sept. 17, the popular EarleFest benefit concert moves to SOMO for a day of Americana music featuring Lucinda Williams and the Mavericks. Sept. 18, the California Conscious Music Fest welcomes Kool & the Gang, Sol Horizon and others for a day of thoughtful jams. Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park. somoconcerts.com.

Wine Country Weekend Get

up close and personal with Sonoma County winegrowers, winemakers and chefs in one of America’s top wine-focused fundraisers, Sept. 2–4. Friday includes Sonoma Starlight, an evening of wine, dinner and live music under the stars at Francis Ford Coppola Winery.

Saturday’s Taste of Sonoma event at MacMurray Estate Vineyards immerses you in over 200 wineries pouring thousands of glasses. Sunday’s Sonoma Harvest Wine Auction at Chateau St. John lets you take it home. sonomawinecountryweekend.com.

Main Stage West Sebastopol’s

intimate theater space presents another fall schedule of impressive works. First up, a world-premiere performance of playwright Rebecca Louise Miller’s Capacity shines light on the often-overlooked brilliance of Mileva Marić, wife of Albert Einstein, Sept. 2–18. Next, modern-theater classic Dancing at Lughnasa runs Oct. 14–30, and the poignant musical Hope runs Nov. 25–Dec. 18. 104 N. Main St., Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

Cinnabar Theater The revered

Petaluma theater presents its 44th season of musicals and dramatic works. The heart-warming musical The Most Happy Fella starts the season with smiles, running Sept. 2–25. Then the dramatic and life-affirming Quality of Life makes its North Bay premiere Oct. 14–30.

3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

707.763.8929.

SEE THE MUSIC The Blind Boys of Alabama are one of the standout acts at the Sausalito Art Festival Sept. 3–5.

Green Music Center There are almost too many events coming to Sonoma State University’s world-class venue to name, but we’ll try to list them anyway. On Sept. 3, iconic songwriter Melissa Etheridge plays her empowering music. On Sept. 11, multi-platinumselling songwriter Gavin DeGraw performs solo. Other acts include indie-folk rockers the Avett Brothers on Sept. 15, husband-andwife comedy team Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally on Sept. 18, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis on Oct. 1, and OG rapper Ice-T in a special spoken-word appearance on Oct. 28. 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.

Sonoma County Cajun Zydeco & Delta Rhythm Festival This

popular New Orleans–inspired festival turns 21 this year and expands into a full weekend of fun, with nationally known acts like Louisiana’s Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, Henry Butler

and Zigaboo Modeliste & the New Aahkesstra, along with local favorites such as Frobeck and Zydeco Flames. Also on hand: art, wine, beer, Cajun cuisine and more. Sept. 3–4, Ives Park, 400 Willow St., Sebastopol.

11:30am–7pm. $25–$50; kids under 12, free. winecountrycajun.com.

Fishstock There will be fun

and food at Fishstock, the annual fundraiser for the Jenner Community Club. Enjoy chowder tasting, barbecued salmon, offerings from local wineries and breweries, live music, an ice cream parlor, a raffle and more. Sept. 4.

10398 Hwy. 1, Jenner. 11am–5pm. $5; kids, free. visitjenner.com.

National Heirloom Exposition

Dubbed the “World’s Pure Food Fair,” this massive expo of food providers and enthusiasts brings together chef demos, displays, live music, a giant-pumpkin contest, antique tractors and plenty of good food benefiting school gardening

education programs. Sept. 6–8.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. $15–$30. theheirloomexpo.com.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts The newly rebranded

nonprofit venue hosts a wide swath of talent, including Grammy-winning songwriter Ray LaMontagne on Sept. 7, funnywoman Wanda Sykes on Sept. 10, eloquent songwriter Emmylou Harris on Sept. 30, flute-stomping Jethro Tull on Oct. 25 and Monty Python founders John Cleese and Eric Idle together in an uproarious live show on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1.

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

Lucky Penny Productions Napa’s nonprofit theater company opens its 2016–17 season with a splash, presenting Big River, the musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Sept. 9–25. Next on the list is an ) 18

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original speakeasy-set musical, I Wanna Be Bad, written by locals Shannon Rider and Barry Martin, running Oct. 14–23. After that, another classic takes the stage, when The Miracle Worker relates the story of Helen Keller and her relationship with teacher Annie Sullivan, running Nov. 4–20.

1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

707.266.6305.

author hilariously defends his home state and finds the funny in Florida stereotypes in his newest book, Best. State. Ever., on Sept. 12.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. Noon. $55, includes book. 415.927.0960. Montgomery Village Copperfield’s Books, 750 Village Court, Santa Rosa. 7pm.

Free. 707.578.8938.

Left Edge Theatre Continuing

back for its 14th year. New twists with musicians, dancers, storytellers, performers and clowns keep audiences on their toes while honoring the traditions of the original Chautauqua events from a century ago. Sept. 15–17.

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental. Thursday– Saturday, 7:30pm; children’s matinee, Saturday, 2pm. $6–$44; kids under five are free. 707.874.1557.

in the tradition of longtime Santa Rosa company Actors’ Theatre, Left Edge presents another season of imaginative productions that push the envelope. The Big Meal, running Sept. 9–25, sets the season’s table with an expansive and expressive family drama piled high with humor and heart.

The satirical gem Zombie Town, running Oct. 14–30, finds a San Francisco theater troupe in the heart of Texas and talking with survivors of a recent outbreak of the undead. The celebrated comedy Bad Jews rounds out the fall, Nov. 18–Dec. 4. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. leftedgetheatre.com.

American Roots Music Festival

This is third annual event to benefit Lifeschool wilderness adventures and features Free Peoples, Frankie Boots, Next of Kin, Sonoma Aroma and Dixie Giants with vendors, great food, live auctions and more.

Sept. 10. 16951 Bodega Hwy., Bodega. 2–9pm. $25; kids under 10 are free. goadventure.org.

Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival A rich tradition of blues

CHAKA JONNY SHEILA KEB’ KHAN LANG MO’ E.

and many more!

SEPTEMBER 10 +11

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and jazz marks 40 years of fun on the river with headliners Chaka Khan, Jonny Lang, Keb’ Mo’, Sheila E., Bobby Rush and others performing at the best little beach on the Russian River. A wine garden, international food court and kayaking and canoeing also await you. Sept. 10–11. Johnson’s Beach, 16241 First St., Guerneville.

10am–6pm. $55 and up. 707.869.1595. russianriverfestivals.com.

Dave Barry Pulitzer Prize winner

and New York Times bestselling

Chautauqua Revue The revue is

Spreckels Theatre Company

The semi-professional resident theater company presents another season of critically acclaimed productions and show-stopping musicals. The world’s greatest detective—this side of Batman— is on the case in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, in which five actors portray over 40 characters, Sept. 16–Oct. 9. Then the dramatic Titanic: The Musical runs Oct. 14-30 and Peter and the Starcatcher tells another side of Neverland from Nov. 25 to Dec. 18.

5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

707.588.3400.

Music Festival for Brain Health

Musician and humanitarian Michael Franti, with his band Spearhead, headlines this fundraising affair, which also includes science symposiums and winetastings. Sept. 17. Staglin Family Vineyard, 1570 Bella Oaks Lane, Rutherford. music-festival.org.

Petaluma River Craft Beer Festival This event is all about the

beer. A short list of participating breweries includes Henhouse, Petaluma Hills, Lagunitas, 101 North, Moylan’s, Woodfour, Fogbelt and St. Florian’s Brewery. There are also food tastings, live music and more

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Art for Life 2016 Support Faceto-Face/Sonoma County AIDS Network in its mission to end HIV in the North Bay, and get some fine art from hundreds of generous donators at this 29th annual auction and party. Sept. 17.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol. 2–6pm. $50 and up. 707.544.1581.

Old Grove Festival It’s hard to

find better acoustics in the heart of the Armstrong Woods than the 1930s-era, open-air Redwood Forest Theater, home of the annual Old Grove Festival. Headlining the festival this year is Poor Man’s Whiskey and songwriter David Luning. Bring flashlights, seat cushions and warm clothes.

Sept. 17. Redwood Forest Theater, 17000 Armstrong Woods Road, Guerneville. 4:30pm. $30–$75; one child free with each paying adult.

707.869.9177.

‘Artistry in Wood’ Sonoma County Woodworkers Association presents its 28th annual exhibit, regarded as one of the best woodwork shows in the country.

Only the finest examples of artistic works and beautiful pieces of furniture will be on display.

Sept. 17–Oct 9. History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St., Santa Rosa. Tuesday–Sunday, 11am to 5pm. $7–$10; 12 and under free.

707.579.1500.

Napa Valley Aloha Festival

The Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation hosts this ninth annual event covering two days and including live music and dance from the Hawaiian and Polynesian communities, Hawaiian food, and arts and crafts. Sept. 17–18. Napa Valley Expo, 575 Third St., Napa.

Saturday,10am–6pm; Sunday, 10am–4pm. Free (bring a canned food for donation). 707.418.8588.

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Self-guided tours feature dozens of diverse artists working in several media. The event is juried, and unlike other open studio tours in the North Bay, the artists run the entire affair. Many of the artists also show their work at Art Gallery Napa Valley, 1307 First St., Napa.

Sept. 17–18 and 24–25. 10am to 5pm.

Maps and info at www.artnv.org.

Petaluma Poetry Walk Bipedalpowered literary event is back for its 21st year. Readings are scattered throughout downtown Petaluma locales that are within walking distance of each other and feature celebrated poets and music. Sept. 18.

11am–8pm. Free. Check website for schedule. petalumapoetrywalk.org.

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Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark Springs Road, Santa Rosa.

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Wine Country Film Festival

Cinematic magic takes over the Valley of the Moon for the 30th annual festival. Featurelength and short films of every genre are presented throughout Kenwood and Glen Ellen, as well as live appearances by industry specialists and workshops.

Sept. 22–26. wcff.us/2016.

Sonoma Arts Live The nonprofit theater company rounds out their 2016 season with two side-splitting comedies. Coming up Sept. 22– Oct. 9, I Hate Hamlet tells the tale of a dashing television star playing Shakespeare’s title character in New York City. The only problem is that he hates Hamlet, and his dilemna increases when his NYC apartment is visited by a thespian ghost with a drinking problem.

Then, actress Jennifer King reprises the role she played last year at Cinnabar in Theresa Rebeck’s one-woman-play Bad Dates, running Oct. 26–30. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma. sonomaartslive.org.

Raven Players The players present another year of lively plays that run the gamut from farcical to frightful. The world’s most dangerous barber, Sweeney Todd, offers a bloody good time from Sept. 23–Oct. 9. Then, Victorian frights come alive when The Woman in Black runs Oct. 20–29. For the holidays, the players present It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Dec. 8–18. 115 North St., Healdsburg. 707.433.6335.

Sonoma Bach Local countertenor

Christopher Fritzsche joins Sonoma Bach resident vocal ensembles the Green Mountain Consort and Live Oak Baroque Orchestra in songs and instrumental pieces from England, Italy, Germany and Spain in the season opener, titled “Garden of Delights,” on Sept. 23. Then, “Songs of Praise & Thanksgiving” features Live Oak Baroque and Circa 1600

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Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 707.303.4604.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center The nonprofit center

continues its 2016 theater season with the farce Run for Your Wife, about a London cabbie juggling two wives and two lives with hilarious results, Sept. 23-Oct. 9.

Then, the classic children’s book, The Adventures of Mr. Toad, gets a musical adaptation that runs Dec. 2–18. 209 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale. $12–$18. 707.894.2214.

Santa Rosa Toy Con Nerd-tastic convention offers three buildings of comics, toys, games and collectibles from over 200 vendors.

Special guests include actors Vincent M. Ward (The Walking Dead), Catherine Sutherland (Power Rangers) and Phil LaMarr (Futurama). There’s also the annual cosplay competition, Lego exhibition and more. Sept. 24.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. Early-bird opening at 9am, $25; regular opening at 10am. $15. santarosatoycon.com.

Much Ado About Sebastopol

The seventh annual fair again partners with the many Renaissance guilds in the area to reproduce a merry autumn day in an imaginary English Tudor town circa 1578, replete with fencing workshops, local food and drink, vendors, artisans, family-friendly fun and— oh, the costumes! Sept. 24–25.

St. Ives Park, 7400 Willow Ave., Sebastopol. Saturday, 10am– 6pm; Sunday, 10am–5pm. $10–$16; kids under 10, free. muchadoaboutsebastopol.com.

Measure + Dido NapaShakes and

the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., present the world premiere event that combines dramatic readings of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure with excerpts from Henry Purcell’s chamber opera Dido and Aeneas. Starring renowned actor Derek Jacobi and actor-director

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MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE The great Lucinda Williams plays the EarleFest benefit concert Sept. 18 at the SOMO Village Event Center in Rohnert Park.

Richard Clifford—and featuring the acclaimed musicians of D.C.’s Folger Consort—this event appears twice in the North Bay before moving to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Sept. 24, at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Drive, Yountville. 7pm. $35–$125.

Sept. 25, Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park.

7pm. $35–$75. napashakes.org.

Sonoma County Philharmonic

Community-based nonprofit organization revels in a new season of orchestral performances. First, conductor Norman Gamboa leads the symphony for a playful program titled “Prankster & Heroes,” featuring works by Richard Strauss, Stravinsky and Beethoven, Sept. 24–25. Next, a quartet of classically trained vocalists lead a program titled “Overtures & Arias,” Nov. 19–20. Santa Rosa High School Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. Saturday, 7:30pm; Sunday, 2pm. $10–$15; students, free. socophil.org.

Unity Festival The party comes

back for another year on the Russian River, celebrating unity through diversity, and mashing up bluegrass, reggae and electronic dance music. Focus the energies of the human spirit through music, dance, art and education in a joyful community atmosphere. Sept. 23–25.

15905 River Road, Guerneville. $35 and up. unityfestival.com.

The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band The drummer and founding

member of Fleetwood Mac revisits his blues heritage with a new ensemble of old friends and veteran bluesmen in a concert event sure to leave audiences dancing in the aisles. VIP meetand-greet packages available.

Sept. 25. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa. 707.259.0123.

Sonoma County Harvest Fair

Hit up the World Championship Grape Stomp competition, enjoy some wine in the Grand Tasting Pavilion, go local and peruse the Wine Country Marketplace, or simply get down to some swingin’ music at this 42nd annual tradition.

Sept. 30–Oct 2. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. Friday, 4–9pm; Saturday–Sunday, 10:30am–5pm. $5; kids 12 and under, free. Tasting Pavilion tickets, $55. harvestfair.org.

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Napa chefs and winemakers, silent and live auctions, and dancing under the stars to the sounds of WonderBread 5. Oct. 1. Charles Krug Winery, 2800 Main St., St. Helena. 4pm. $125 and up. handsacrossthevalley.com.

Miller Band, Toby Keith, Andy Velo and others performing in a picturesque setting. Exclusive VIP and onstage packages are available. Oct. 7–9. Field of Dreams, 151 First St. W., Sonoma. $89 and up. sonomamusicfestival.com.

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SRJC Theatre Arts An exciting and varied assortment of plays and musicals highlights the Santa Rosa Junior College’s performance season, and the opener is a homegrown production. Created

by SRJC students and instructor Laura Downing-Lee and based on interviews with fellow students and alumni, Leaving Home is a compelling collection of stories about entering the world as an adult for the first time. Oct. 7–16.

Next, The Music Man pleases crowds with a classic presentation of the beloved musical. Nov. 25– Dec. 11. 1501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.527.4307.

classic rock, jazz, film and wine events, there’s something for everyone at Lincoln Theater. On Oct. 1, Rock Stars & Stripes will honor local military veterans with an immersive concert experience featuring former Boston guitarist David Victor. On Oct. 8, rising jazz star Tony DeSare leads a trio of accomplished musicians for an intimate concert. On Nov. 4, director Francis Ford Coppola and actor Ralph Macchio discuss the making of The Outsiders live onstage. On Nov. 5, 25 wineries participate in the Howell Mountain Harvest Celebration. 100 California Drive, Yountville. 707.944.9900.

Calabash The annual benefit supporting Food for Thought, the Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank, features a selection of fine food and wine, a silent auction of gourd art, tours of Food for Thought’s organic gardens and live music played on handmade gourd instruments. Oct. 2.

6550 Railroad Ave., Forestville.

1–5pm. $45–$50. 707.887.1647.

ArtQuest The long-running program at Santa Rosa High School nurtures talented youngsters from Sonoma County in seven different artistic disciplines and offers an aboveand-beyond experience for students. Each fall, the students of ArtQuest present a showcase of their studies and work, including music, live theater, digital arts, dance and more. Oct. 6. SRHS Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. friendsofartquest.com.

Sonoma Music Festival BR Cohn Charity Events presents its 30th annual festival featuring a stellar lineup of music icons in the heart of wine country. Headliners include John Fogerty, the Steve

Conscious Family Festival Multigenerational event features fun, inspirational activities providing tools for enhancing family living today and in the future. Oct. 8.

Finley Community Center, 2060 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa.

10am–5pm. Free. 707.836.3270.

‘XXc Icons of Photography’ An

exhibit that spans a century of photos, this show focuses on the most famous images of the 20th century, and highlights lesserknown masterworks from dozens of iconic photographers. Oct. 8– Dec. 31. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma.

Wednesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm.

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Petaluma Whiskerino “Whether

pencil thin or full Ozark-ian, any mannered whisker makes you brothers kin.” The annual Whiskerino embraces that ideal set forth by the Petaluma Brothers of the Brush with facial-hair competitions ranging from peach fuzz to sideburns to full growth, with live music and family-friendly fun. Oct. 8. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma.

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BY THE BOOK NapaShakes and the Folger Shakespeare Library perform ‘Measure for Measure’ and ‘Dido and Aeneas’ Sept. 24 at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville.

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The Magic of the Flute

Conductor Bruno Ferrandis’ brother, flutist Jean Ferrandis, joins the Santa Rosa Symphony for a performance of Bernstein’s Halil, a nocturne for flute and orchestra.

Mozart’s Flute Concerto no. 1 and Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony also appear in this magical concert, Oct. 8–10. Green Music Center’s Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. Saturday and Monday, 8pm; Sunday, 3pm. 707.546.8742. santarosasymphony.com.

Sonoma County Art Trails With more than 170 participating artists, this annual tradition offers a selfguided opportunity to enjoy the abundance of creative local talents and to buy directly from artists while peeking into their workspaces. Oct. 8–9 and 15–16.

10am–5pm. Free. Preview exhibit, Sept. 19–Oct. 16 at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol. Tuesday–Friday, 10am– 4pm; Saturday, 1–4pm. 707.829.4797. sonomacountyarttrails.org.

Sonoma State University Theatre Arts & Dance A new

semester of arts brings about dramatic stage works and dance programs open to the public.

Running Oct. 13–23, the World War II–era theatrical drama

Waiting for the Parade follows a family entrenched in a war effort.

On Nov. 3–6, the SSU dance department presents its fall dance performance, “Heart & Soul,” with student-choreographed works that are fearless and energetic. In December, the fantastical stage production The Bluebird rings in the holidays. 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 707.664.4246.

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Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation’s 14th annual international exhibition also features local and regional artists displaying their flora-focused art works. Oct. 16–Dec. 11. Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville St., Petaluma. Thursday–Monday, 11am–5pm. 707.762.5600.

Sonoma Laughfest Comedy festival features sketch shows, improv acts and standup comedians aplenty with 12 shows over four nights that offer stars of stage and screen in an intimate, hilarious setting. Oct. 20–23.

Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma. $14 and up. sonomalaughfest.com. di Party di Rosa The unique

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by Leonard Bernstein and Henry Mancini and the Buddy Rich jazz classic West Side Story Suite, featuring Berkowitz on drums.

Oct. 23. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 3pm. $37 and up.

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Based on a True Story Highlights

from the di Rosa collection revisit the gallery’s history and relationships with artists and art lovers of all tastes. Private letters and other never-before-seen insights complement the works on display. Oct. 26 through spring 2017. di Rosa, 5200 Sonoma Hwy., Napa. Wednesday–Sunday, 10am– 4pm. 707.226.5991.

‘Big American Cookbook’ with Mario Batali The famous

Italian celebrity chef takes to the highways and byways of America for his newest literary endeavor, collecting his 250 favorite recipes from coast to coast. Batali talks and signs books in a special appearance hosted by Copperfield’s Books on Oct. 27.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road. 7pm. $66–$92. 707.546.3600.

NOVEMBER Whose Live Anyway? Four funny guys, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Joel Murray and Jeff B. Davis, improvise comedy scenes with suggestions from the audience, just like their popular TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?—but without the FCC to worry about.

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River’s Wine Road gathers over a hundred local wineries for another delicious extravaganza of the two best things in the world. Nab early tickets starting on Sept. 1—they sell out, and quickly. Nov. 5–6. Various locations in Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River Valley. 11am– 4pm. $30–$80. wineroad.com.

Keyboard Brilliance The young

virtuoso pianist Orion Weiss performs with the symphony in a program that includes Piano Concerto no. 2 by Béla Bartók, Les Préludes by Liszt and Robert Schumann’s Symphony no. 2, a Romantic masterpiece. Nov. 5–7.

Green Music Center’s Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. Saturday and Monday, 8pm; Sunday, 3pm. 707.546.8742.

Napa Valley Film Festival The North Bay’s top film, food and wine extravaganza returns to Napa Valley with 120 films playing in four towns over the course of five days. Red-carpet screenings, sneak previews, industry panels, gala parties and appearances by many A-list Hollywood actors and filmmakers are only the beginning, as the fest also boasts several culinary and winery events to satisfy any taste. Nov. 9–13. nvff.org.

Neko Case Over the past 20 years, Neko Case has become known as a fearless and versatile artist as a member of indie-pop supergroup the New Pornographers, as well as a diverse solo artist. Nov. 12. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 8pm. $30–$40.

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member Mike Love and longtime member Bruce Johnston, the band celebrates 50 years of good vibrations and performs their greatest hits in a joyous concert experience. Nov. 17. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 7pm. $65–$85. 707.546.3600.

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Songwriter, playwright and activist Si Kahn is making a special trip out to Sebastopol to support Main Stage West—where he’s been the official artist-in-residence for the last five years—with a solo benefit concert of bluegrass hits and theatrical works. Kahn has long been a strong proponent of Main Stage West, contributing to their musical performances. His next play there, the upcoming musical Hope, premieres in November and Kahn is dedicated to seeing that the theater has a permanent place in Sebastopol’s arts scene. For Kahn’s performance, the recently closed French Garden reopens for one night only on Saturday, Aug. 27, 8050 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol. $30 and up. 707.823.0177.

There’s a lot you can do with a zucchini besides eat it and this weekend, the 15th annual Zucchini Festival shows off some fun and creative ways to celebrate summer’s favorite veggie. The famous zuke car races has contestants retooling squash into a custom-made derby cars.

The veggie art contest lets you dig through baskets of the ubiquitous and abundant crop to assemble a unique piece of art. All the while, the Kidz Dig It Club and the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition will be cranking out pedal-powered veggie smoothies; live music comes courtesy of the New Skye Band—and there’s lots more, on Sunday, Aug. 28, at Windsor Town Green, Market Street and McClelland Drive, Windsor.

10am. Free. windsorfarmersmarket.com.

Formed by Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody in 1995, Southern rockers Gov’t Mule are celebrating 20 years of jamming out with a special summer tour that draws from their extensive catalogue of music for oneof-a-kind shows. While prepping for a new album, the band recently released The TelStar Sessions, archival recordings from their first years in the studio, and fans of the Mule will be able to hear songs from their entire repertoire when they perform with special guests Blackberry Smoke on Wednesday Aug. 31, at SOMO Village, 1100 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park.

6:30pm. $45–$50. somoconcerts.com.

With a career spanning 50-plus years and 70 acting credits, Charlotte Stewart may best be known to television audiences as Miss Beadle, the schoolteacher on Little House on the Prairie. Still working today, Stewart has shared credits with everyone from Jimmy Stewart to Elvis Presley, and she recounts her many adventures in her new memoir, Little House in the Hollywood Hills. Not shying away from the dark periods in her career, including bouts with drugs and cancer, Stewart’s story is one of strength and resolve, and the actress shares her humor and humanity when she reads from the memoir on Friday, Aug. 26, at Napa Bookmine, 964 Pearl St., Napa. 6pm.

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ndeed, War Dogs is a dog. Here we have kind of a pinhead’s version of The Third Man, with Jonah Hill as a bulky, douche-y Harry Lime.

Traditionally, you team up a fatty and a skinny as a way of wreaking comedy out of the body-soul divide—the body being lustful, greedy and wrathful; the soul having second thoughts about all of that. This is ancient comedy stuff that goes back as far as Don Quixote. Among the myriad problems with this unconvincing, unfunny and often sleazy comedy from Todd Phillips (Hangover) is that co-star Miles Teller’s David doesn’t get much of a conscience until he’s held at gunpoint.

Playing the soul to David’s soul, as it were, is his wife Iz (Ana de Armas)—the least flattering female role in a major movie studio film this year—phoning in or Skyping her worries about David’s dodgy career while brandishing a baby. We know where the real romance is: between the pair of former Hebrew school pals David and Efraim (Jonah Hill), both stoners, who get into the arms racket during the Iraq War. Diving among the small parts of defense contracts, they did minor hustles until one big and rotten score got them found out.

Phillips calls out a lot of distancing devices to try to perfume a pair of genuine weasels: black-on-white intertitles (“God Bless Dick Cheney’s America,” says one), Scorsesean slow motion and endless ’60s needle drops. Is Hill, massive chops covered with fuzz, spray-on orange as the Great Trump himself, worthy of the Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes” as theme music?

Phillips can’t seem to get Brian De Palma’s Scarface out of his mind (extreme close-up of a mound of coke) or Rain Man (two characters slowly descending an escalator). Despite a moderately entertaining passage about a night’s smuggling on the road between Jordan and Baghdad, Phillips keeps bending the film to give Hill’s Efraim one more pissing scene, one more scene of bullying. It’s a strange movie when Bradley Cooper, playing a larger and more dangerous rat, ends up as the moist-eyed voice of conscience.

‘War Dogs’ is in wide release, unfortunately.

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The three-day event highlighted dozens of Sonoma County bands in all genres and offered a daylong workshop to learn about entrepreneurial aspects of the music industry from experts.

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$2,500 to go toward their choice of projects. Creative Sonoma last week announced that Avery Hellman (Ismay), the Bootleg Honeys, Black Sheep Brass Band, Shaun Hunter Wagner and the Easy Leaves are the five recipients of the grant program.

Avery Hellman is already having a breakout year. She toured old ghost towns this past spring by horseback and hosted concerts at Sonoma Mountain in her hometown of Petaluma. Next month, Hellman’s musical project Ismay performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, an event her grandfather founded.

Harmonizing honky-tonk outfit the Bootleg Honeys have quickly won hearts around Sonoma County since forming in 2012. Featuring vocalists Katie Phillips, Alison Harris and Karen Joy Brown, with Mark Tarlton on drums, the band can deftly play venues large and small. Last year, the Bootleg Honeys released Paint It Red, featuring original Americana tunes that ring out with authentic melodies and bootstomping fun. This weekend, the band plays at the Bodega Seafood Art & Wine Festival, Aug. 27–28.

We profiled Black Sheep Brass Band in our July 13 issue, chronicling the group’s eight-year evolution from buskers to touring band. Their new self-released album, Woods, is available now.

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Concerts Clubs & SONOMA COUNTY Venues

Aug 25, 6pm, Mimi & Gabe.

1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.280.4658.

The Black & Blue Ball Second annual fundraising concert features the Shakedown Choir and others. Aug 27, 8pm. Rossi’s 1906, 401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

Si Khan Recently closed French Garden restaurant re-opens for one night only to welcome the legendary songwriter, playwright, and activist for a performance to benefit Sebastopol’s Main Stage West.

Aug 27. $30 and up. French Garden, 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

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The Rhythm Rangers

Legendary Los Angeles punk rockers get loud with support of former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt and his band the Secondmen. Aug 29, 8:30pm. $39. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

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Aug 25, Santa Rosa All-Star Trio. Aug 26, Hank Levine. Aug 27, Chris Lods. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Aqus Cafe

Aug 24, bluegrass and old-time music jam. Aug 25, flamenco gathering with Mark Berry.

Aug 26, the Tonewoods. Aug 27, Anita Bear Sandwina and Dale Henry Geist. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Atlas Coffee Company

Aug 26, Stereo Bounce. Aug 27, Double Standyrd. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Francis Ford Coppola Winery

Aug 27, 6:30pm, Orquesta Bembe. 300 Via Archemides, Geyserville. 707.857.1400.

Graffiti

Aug 26, 6pm, the Peter Welker Sextet. 101 Second St, Petaluma. 707.765.4567.

Green Music Center

Aug 28, 7pm, Hunter Hayes.

1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Hood Mansion

Aug 25, Loyal Rose. Aug 26, Earstu. Aug 27, Jen Tucker. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

707.874.9037.

Bergamot Alley

Aug 30, Black Sheep Brass Band. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.8720.

The Big Easy

Aug 27, Sebastian Saint James.

555 Healdsburg Ave, Santa Rosa. 707-303-7372.

Colorado bluegrass band is steeped in Americana tradition while pushing the genre’s envelope. Aug 26, 7pm. $25-$35. Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.4555.

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San Francisco String Trio Violinist Mads Tolling, guitarist Mimi Fox, and bassist and composer Jeff Denson forge their musical talents together in a new group. Aug 26, 8pm. $21-$36. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

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Aug 25, Tenement with Black Thumb and Redwood. 300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.526.1085.

Aug 24, Wednesday Night Big Band. Aug 25, Alexis Cole. Aug 26, Otis. Aug 27, Roem Baur.

Aug 28, Awesome Hotcakes.

Aug 30, American Alley Cats.

Aug 31, the Dee Dee’s. 128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Trout Steak Revival

Occidental Center for the Arts

A’Roma Roasters

Local songstress and leader of several community-based sound circles performs an album release show for her debut record. Aug 28, 6:30pm. $15-$20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

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Aug 26, Eric Ethan. Aug 30, Junk Parlor. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.789.0505.

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Aug 25, Ricky Alan Ray. Aug 26, Craig Corona. Aug 27, John Pita. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.578.1826.

Cloverdale Plaza

Aug 26, 7pm, La Misa Negra.

Cloverdale Blvd between First and Second St, Cloverdale.

Coffee Catz

Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. Aug 25, 3:30pm, Randall Collen & Todd Smith Jazz Duet. Aug 26, 3:30pm, PR Jazz Duo. Aug 27, 2pm, Irish Music with Mitch Gordon. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

Aug 30, 6pm, Charlie Musselwhite. 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.3301.

Aug 26, Funky Fridays with the Jami Jamison Band.

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

HopMonk Sebastopol

Tues, open mic night. Aug 26, the Waybacks. Aug 27, Sean Hayes and Tim Carr. Aug 29, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

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Aug 26, 5pm, Solid Air. Aug 26, 8pm, Sean Carscadden. Aug 27, 1pm, Daisy O’Connor. Aug 27, 8pm, Jeff Campbell. Aug 28, 1pm, Rob Larkin. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Aug 26, 6pm, Michael Hantman and Carol Shumate. Aug 27, 6:30pm, Robb Fisher Trio with Peter Zak and Vince Lateano.

25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Ives Park

Aug 24, 5pm, Peacetown concert series with Circle of Friends. Aug 31, 5pm, Peacetown concert series with Tom Rigney & Flambeau and Mr Music. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol.

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Aug 25, 6pm, Sonoma County Super Jam. 3565 Standish Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.588.0707.

PARTY STARTERS Red Baraat get the crowd moving with eclectic funk on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma. See Clubs & Venues, below.

Lagunitas Amphitheaterette

Aug 29, 4:20pm, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires.

Aug 30, 4:20pm, Unknown Mortal Orchestra with tUnE-yArDs (DJ set). 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Aug 24, Ian Scherer. Aug 25, the Royal Deuces. Aug 26, the Charles Wheal Band. Aug 27, Hop Sauce. Aug 28, Old Century Blood. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro

Aug 25, Eric Wiley. Aug 26, Susan Sutton jazz trio. Aug 27, Bad Ass Boots. Aug 30, Mac & Potter. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Rangers. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Osmosis Day Spa

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

Phoenix Theater

Aug 30, Problem. 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe

Aug 24, Relatively Dead. Aug 25, Zachary Seifert-Ponce. Aug 26, Greenhouse. Aug 27, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Aug 27, 8:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo. 240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Aug 26, Dylan Black Project.

Aug 27, Garageland Rodeo.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Aug 25, 5:30pm, Slim Man. Aug 27, 12pm, Big Bad Boogie Rock.

Aug 28, 1pm, Paulie’s Garage.

911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

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Rossi’s 1906

Aug 26, David Thom. Aug 27, Michael Mullen. Aug 28, 2pm, Kristen Pearce Band. Aug 30, Cynthia Carr & the Carrtunes.

464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre

Aug 26, Led Zepagain. Aug 27, Red Baraat. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Occidental Center for the Arts Aug 27, 8pm, the Rhythm

Aug 26, Dokken and LA Guns.

3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa.

Wed, Paint Nite at Rossi’s.

Thurs, open mic night. Aug 26, Oddjob Ensemble and friends. Aug 28, 5pm, Brandon & the Bee’s Knees. Aug 28, 9pm, Sunday Night Blues Jam. 401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

Seasons of t he Vineyard

Aug 27, 4pm, Ratatet 4 Quartet.

113 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2222.

SOMO Village Event Center

Aug 31, Gov’t Mule and Blackberry Smoke. 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

Sonoma Speakeasy

Aug 30, R&B and Zydeco night.

Aug 24, David Bingham. Aug 25, musicians pro jam with Dallis Craft. Aug 26, Three on a Match.

Aug 27, Tri Tip Trio. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.

Spoonbar

Wed, 6pm, Michael Hantman.

219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.

Taft Street Winery

Aug 28, 3pm, One Grass, Two Grass. 2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol. 707.823.2049.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Aug 25, Restless Sons and Manzanita Falls. Aug 26, SugarFoot. Aug 27, 5pm, the Soul Section. Aug 27, 8pm, the Grain.

Aug 28, 4pm, Sunday Funday BBQ with D’Bunchovous. Aug 29, the Blues Defenders pro jam.

Aug 30, open mic night with Rojo. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

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Aug 27, 2pm, the Machiavelvets.

Aug 28, 2pm, Misner & Smith. 1 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.3972.

Belrose Theater

Thurs, open mic night. 415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. ) 415.454.6422.

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Aug 26, 6pm, Friday Nights on Main with Neon Velvet. Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.5633.

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Aug 24, Andre Thierry. Aug 25, Michael Manring and Todd Mosby. Aug 26, Tribute to the Ladies of Soul. Aug 27, Will Russ Jr sings Sam Cooke. Aug 30, Greg Johnson’s Jazzy Jam. Aug 31, pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Grazie Restaurant

Aug 27, the Ray Bans. 823 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.897.5181.

HopMonk Novato

Aug 28, 5pm, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe with Dawn and Hawkes. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Aug 24, Gary Gates Band.

Aug 31, Shakey Zimmerman.

765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

415.485.1005.

Marin Country Mart

Aug 26, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Bill Belasco & Aguabella. Aug 28, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Foxes in the Henhouse. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Menke Park

Aug 28, 5pm, Mighty Mike Schermer Band. Redwood and Corte Madera avenues, Corte Madera. 415.302.1160.

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Aug 24, Novazone. Aug 25, Sticky’s Backyard. Aug 26, Bobby Tenna & the Mi Gaan Band. Aug 27, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. Aug 28, 5:30pm, C-JAM jazz quartet. Aug 28, 8pm, Mike Saliani Band. Aug 30, Lender. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

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Aug 24, Jimi James Band. Aug 25, Snake Plissken Band. Aug 26, Michael Aragon Quartet.

Aug 27, Joe Tate & the Hippie Voices. Aug 28, Hurricane Gulch. Aug 29, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Aug 31, Marshall Rhodes and friends.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

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Aug 24, Deborah Winters with Ken Cook. Aug 25, Jeff Denson’s Open Sky. Aug 26, Ken Cook Trio. Aug 27, Giulio Cetto Trio. Aug 28, Lilan Kane.

Aug 30, Rob Reich. Aug 31, J Kevin Durkin. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Pacheco Plaza

Aug 26, 6pm, LaTiDo Salsa Band. 366 Ignacio Blvd, Novato.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Aug 24, Haute Flash Quartet.

Aug 25, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Aug 30, Joan Getz Trio.

Aug 31, Barbwyre. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon Aug 27, Bruce Brymer’s Rockit Science. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls.

415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Aug 24, the New Sneakers. Aug 25, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Aug 26, Stymie & the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra. Aug 27, Soul Ska. Aug 30, Waldo’s Special. Aug 31, Fitz & Pieces. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Aug 26, Stompy Jones. Aug 27, Lavay Smith. Aug 28, 4pm, Asleep at the Wheel with Doug Adamz. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Rickey’s

Aug 26, Phillip Percy Pack. Aug 27, Wall of Rhythm. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

San Anselmo Town Hall Aug 26, 5pm, the Real Deal.

525 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.258.4600.

Sausalito Seahorse

Aug 25, Rivertown Trio. Aug 26, salsa with DJ Jose Ruiz. Aug 27, Wobbly World with Freddy Clarke. Aug 28, 5pm, Candela.

Aug 29, 6pm, Judy Hall and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Servino Ristorante

Aug 27, Dominic Quin-Harkin. 9 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.2676.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Aug 25, Who Can Sleep. Aug 26, Cahoots. Aug 27, Bullets & Belles. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall Aug 24, the Beatles project.

Aug 25, Essence with Marty O’Reilly, Monica Pasqual and Danny Click. Aug 26, Fan Halen.

Aug 28, 4pm, Little Folkies Family Band. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

Terrapin Crossroads

Aug 24, Deep Blue Jam with Lorin Rowan. Aug 25, San Geronimo. Aug 26, Top 40 dance party with the Terrapin All-Stars. Aug 27, Terrapin AllStars with Grahame Lesh and friends. Aug 28, 4pm, “Stories & Songs” with Phil Lesh & the Camp Terrapin Family Band.

Aug 28, 7:30pm, Midnight North. Aug 29, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen and friends. Aug 30, Greg Loiacono and the Terrapin All-Stars. Aug 31, CMac & the Casual Coalition.

100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Town Center Corte Madera

Aug 28, 12pm, Peter Best. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.924.2961.

NAPA COUNTY Beringer Vineyards Aug 27, Fu Man Chu. Aug 28, 12:30pm, Twang Ditty.

2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Aug 26, the LoWatters. Aug 27, the Novelists. 1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Aug 25, Rhythm Drivers and the Blue Hand Band. Aug 26, Xstatic Band. Aug 27, the Dave Mathews Blues Band. Aug 28, DJ Aurelio. Aug 30, Blues Caravan of AllStars. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

Goose & Gander

Aug 28, 1pm, Big Sticky Mess.

1245 Spring St, St Helena.

707.967.8779.

Pioneer Park

Aug 25, 6:30pm, Boys of Summer. 1308 Cedar St, Calistoga. 707.942.2838.

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Aug 25, Zak Fennie. Aug 26, Gretschkat. Aug 27, Nate Kanae.

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Aug 25, Craig Corona. Aug 26, Johnny Smith. Aug 27, Nate Lopez. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

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Aug 24, Sean McConnell with Andy Davis. Aug 25, JourneyDay and Belle. Aug 27, Lyndsey Elm. Aug 31, Mike Annuzzi. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

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Aug 24, Tom Duarte. Aug 25, Duo Gadjo. Aug 26, Tony Macaroni Trio. Aug 27, Juke Joint Band. Aug 28, Three on a Match. 1040 Clinton St, Napa.

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Veterans Memorial Park Aug 26, 6:30pm, Napa City Nights with the Pat Jordan Band and others. Third and Main St, Napa. www. napacitynights.com.

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Arts Events Galleries RECEPTIONS Aug 24

Finley Community Center, “Cliff Strother: My Year with the Jari Tribesmen of South Viet Nam,” the former Army medic shares his story through paintings and photographs. 5pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3737.

Aug 26

Desta Art & Tea Gallery, “Wandering Remembrance,” featuring works by photographer Brendan T Kelly and painter Emily Lazarra. 6pm. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.524.8932.

Aug 27

Corte Madera Library, “Kathleen Piscioneri Solo Show,” local landscape artist displays her recent works. 2pm.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera.

707.924.6444.

The Image Flow, “Alternative Process Photography,” group exhibition features 35 California artists working with a wide variety of historical and analog photographic printing processes. 7pm.

401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569.

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Aug 31

Ethnic Arts Jewelry Clothes Beads 1149 First St, Napa 707.252.3060 designer: Annie Aukeman

Steele Lane Community Center, “Shadow of the Past,” four artists manipulate physical pieces from the past through assemblage and mixed media art forms. 4pm.

415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3282.

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.

Cutting Edge Salon

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

East West Cafe

Aug 24-Sep 30, “ShoreLines & ShoreBirds,” exhibit by Bodega Bay photographer John Herhey features new works including his recent ‘Beaches of Sonoma Coast’ series. 128 N Main St, Sebastopol. Mon-Sat, 8am to 9pm; Sun, 8am to 8pm 707.829.2822.

Fulton Crossing

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

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center

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.

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.

Rohnert ParkCotati Library

Through Aug 27, “Highlight of Photography,” displaying

the work of 10 outstanding Sonoma County photographers.

6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park. 707.584.9121.

Through Sep 4, “Boundaries,” juried show features engaging art related to geographical, emotional or physical 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 Headlands Center for the Arts

Through Aug 26, “Summer Project Space Exhibitions,” witness and engage with the artist-in-residence space both as working studios and complete exhibitions. 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. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

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

Marinwood Community Center

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.

415.479.0775.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

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

415.388.4331.

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. 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.

NAPA COUNTY Caldwell Snyder Gallery

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

Open daily, 10 to 6. 415.531.6755.

Comedy Don McEnery

Clever comedian shares sad songs and witty banter. Aug 24, 8pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Events Bodega Seafood Art & Wine Festival Twenty-second annual event features three stages of entertainment, wine and microbrew tasting and a wide array of top quality seafood. Aug 27-28. $12$15. Watts Ranch, 16855 Bodega Hwy, Bodega. www. bodegaseafoodfestival.com.

Harvest Hoedown

Annual fundraiser for LifeWorks features a footloose

day of old fashioned fiddles, line dancing, and country activities. Aug 27, 4:30pm. $85. Trappe Ranch, 12620 Bodega Hwy, Sebastopol.

707.568.2300.

#Let’sSave

Learn about nonprofit Cool Effect’s carbon-cutting mission, then support a climate-change-fighting projects to receive 10% off all Proof Lab surf shop purchases.

Aug 27, 10am. Free admission.

Proof Lab, 244 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley. 415.380.8900.

Little Black Dress Event

First annual event is hosted by Sonoma County Professional Women group includes live music, h’orderves and wine, raffles and a chance to mix and mingle with other professionals. Aug 26, 5pm. $40-$50. Lynmar Winery, 3909 Frei Rd, Sebastopol.

707.829.3374.

Loving the Living Room

Grand opening fundraiser includes hors d’oeuvres, local wines, silent auction, raffle and live music by the Santa Rosa Children’s Choir and Carol Menke. Aug 28, 2pm. $100. The Living Room, 1207 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.579.0138.

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Fan Halen

The Ultimate Van Halen Tribute Sun 8/28 • Doors 4pm • KIDS $12 ADV/ADULT $17 ADV

Little Folkies Family Band Thu 9/01 • Doors 7pm • ADV $15 / DOS $17

Dr. Flotsam’s Hell Brew Revue with Beso & Special Guests 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 Sun 9/04 • Doors 7pm • ADV $17 / DOS $20

Shiny Ribs

with The Bones of J.R. Jones Mon 9/05 • Doors 7pm • ADV $15 / DOS $18

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featuring members of Leftover Salmon Wed 9/07 • Doors 9:30pm • ADV $28 / DOS $30 Luciano with Reggae Angels www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

Phoenix Pro Wrestling A champion will be crowned in this family-friendly pro wrestling event. Aug 26, 8pm. $2-$10. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

SheCan End of Summer Fundraiser

A night of BBQ, beer, wine and dancing to the music of Blue RockCountry Club benefits the Santa Rosa nonprofit dedicated to empowering young mothers to achieve their dreams. Aug 27, 5pm. $50. Hood Mansion, 1450 Pythian Rd, Santa Rosa. www.shecansantarosa.org.

Streets for People

Downtown Fairfax transforms into a car-free space. Enjoy live music, arts and crafts, games, local food, clothing swap and the uniqueness of Fairfax. Aug 28, 10am. Downtown Fairfax, Bolinas Road, Fairfax.

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Christopher Fritzsche, countertenor, Green Mountain Consort, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra • Sept 23, 2016

Songs of Praise and Thanksgiving Circa 1600, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, Young People’s Chamber Orchestra • Nov 18 & 19, 2016

An English Celebration

Jenni Samuelson, soprano; Steve Escher, cornetto; David Parsons, organ; Sonoma Bach Choir • Dec 16 & 17, 2016

Electric Baroque

Live Oak Baroque Orchestra • Jan 21, 2017

Bach and the North Germans Rodney Gehrke, guest recitalist • Feb 25, 2017

With Ah! Bright Wings

Green Mountain Consort • Mar 25 & 26, 2017

On the Power of Music Circa 1600 • May 19 & 21, 2017

Bach in Church and Chamber

Sonoma Bach Choir & Live Oak Baroque Orchestra June 2 & 3, 2017

Schroeder Hall at the Green Music Center

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Film Film/Notfilm

Lost 1964 avant-garde short film written by author Samuel Beckett and starring Buster Keaton screens with the new documentary about it. Fri, Aug 26, 7pm and Sun, Aug 28, 4pm. $5. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

707.664.2606.

Granito de Arena

The center’s Film Night presents the 2005 film about the 25-year struggle by the teachers of southern Mexico to defend public education amidst brutal repression, with post-screening discussion.

Aug 25, 7pm. Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.575.8902.

The Imaginative Power of Rural Places

Local filmmaker Flora Skivington presents several documentary short films exploring farming, field workers, and wildlife experiences of rural Sonoma and Mendocino County.

Aug 24, 7pm. Free. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Marvel Movie Marathon Weekend

Five recent Marvel Studios blockbusters, including Iron Man, the Avengers and Captain America: Civil War, screen over two days. Aug 26, 6pm and Aug 27, 3pm. Free. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads concert doc plays in the Redwood Cafe’s movie night. Aug 30, 7pm. $5. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Food & Drink Farm-to-Table Dinner Series Featuring Madera Enjoy a dinner prepared by chefs from Madera, the Michelin Star restaurant in

Menlo Park that pays homage to the Bay Area’s unique culinary traditions. Aug 27, 6pm. $145. Quivira Vineyards, 4900 W Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg. 707.431.8333.

Fresh Starts Chef Event Chef Daniel Kedan, part of the husband-and-wife team behind Backyard in Forestville, presents a menu drawn from the restaurant’s beloved Thursday night tradition.

Aug 30, 6:30pm. $60.

Next Key Center, 1385 N Hamilton Pkwy, Novato.

415.382.3363, ext 213.

Healing Foods Essentials Class

Delve deeper into antiinflammatory foods, managing blood sugar and more. Aug 31, 6pm. $10-$35. Sonoma Valley Hospital, 347 Andrieux St, Sonoma.

Japanese Barbecue with Kyle Connaughton

Explore Japanese summer cooking in a hands-on workshop and lunch, led by the co-founder of Pilot R+D and Single Thread Farms. Aug 27, 10am. $125. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Journey Through Mexico

Pop-Up bar features south of the border dishes and drinks.

Aug 28, 5pm. Mill Creek Plaza, 38 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

with Josh King. Aug 28, 1pm, “In the Mouth of the Wolf” with Bill McCausland. Aug 29, 7pm, “Heroes of the Frontier” with Dave Eggers. Aug 30, 7pm, “I Will Send Rain” with Rae Meadows. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Jack London State Park

Aug 27, 2pm, “Ina Coolbrith” with Aleta George, a reading and talk about California’s first poet laureate. $10 plus parking.

2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen 707.938.5216.

Napa Bookmine

Aug 26, 6pm, “Little House in the Hollywood Hills” with Charlotte Stewart. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

Aug 26, 7pm, “Altamont” with Joel Selvin. Aug 30, 4pm, “Ghostly Echoes: A Jackaby Novel” with William Ritter.

140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books

Aug 27, 7pm, “Our Pristine Mind” with Orgyen Chowang.

138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

The Western Gate Teahouse

Fridays, 6pm, Candlelight poetry and tea session with Scott Traffas. 7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas 4157858309.

Lacto-Fermented Pickling

Learn about the microbial process that transforms raw vegetables into shelfstable and delicious pickled versions of themselves. Aug 28, 1pm. $100. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Zucchini Festival

Includes games, contests and activities for the whole family.

Aug 28, 10am. Windsor Town Green, Market Street and McClelland Drive, Windsor.

Readings Book Passage

Aug 25, 7pm, “Audubon: America’s Greatest Naturalist” with Peter B Logan. Aug 26, 7pm, “Finding Love After 50” with Cassie Zampa-Keim. Aug 27, 1pm, “Under the Stars” with Dan White. Aug 27, 4pm, “The Branson Beauty” with Claire Booth. Aug 27, 7pm, “Off Script”

Theater Big Fish

Larger-than-life Broadway musical version of the film about a father’s tall tales told to a skeptical son is directed by Gene Abravaya. Through Aug 28. $26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

707.588.3400.

The Fantasticks

The long-running Broadway smash comes to Sonoma for a fun-filled affair courtesy Sonoma Arts Live. Aug 25Sep 11. $15-$22. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. www. sonomaartslive.org.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

See Shakespere’s favorite comedy in the magical woods of Inverness. Presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Members’

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Project Code. Aug 27-Sep 5, 4pm. $20/kids are free. St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 12835 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Inverness. 415.272.6756.

Othello Powerful tale of jealousy and manipulation follows the tragic transformation of a brave general driven to rage and regret when betrayed by his opportunistic and vengeful friend. Aug 26-Sep 25. $10$35. Marin Shakespeare Company, 890 Bella Ave, San Rafael. 415.499.4488.

The Plot Against Shakespeare Debut production of the play

by Sonoma County playwright David Beckman that finds the Bard suffering from writer’s block when his characters come to life to help him, or kill him trying. Through Sep 3. $5-$28. Shakespeare in the Cannery, 3 West Third St, Santa Rosa.

Shakespeare in the Vineyard Petaluma Shakespeare Company’s fundraising afternoon of readings and wine supports the free ‘Shakespeare by the River’ series. Aug 28, 2pm. $35-$40. Azari Vineyards, 1399 Springhill Rd, Petaluma.

707.287.1766.

The Taming of the Shrew Raven Players present Shakespeare’s comical battle of the sexes at Bear Republic’s outdoor courtyard. Through Aug 27. $10-$25. Bear Republic Brewing Company, 345 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.2337.

Tapas Pegasus Theater Company celebrates the 10th anniversary of Sonoma County’s pioneering festival of 10-minute plays written by Northern California playwrights. Through Aug 28. $18. Mt Jackson Masonic Hall, 14040 Church St, Guerneville.

800.838.3006.

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Finding ‘Film’ Sonoma Film Institute gets all avant-garde

Audiences the world over know Buster Keaton as the poker-faced silent film star from movies like The General, and Samuel Beckett as the Nobel Prize–winning playwright behind Waiting for Godot. But few know that the two worked together once on an experimental cinema project in 1964 known simply as Film.

Written off as an “interesting failure” by Beckett himself, the 22-minute, dialogue-free work was almost lost to time, until filmmaker and film restoration expert Ross Lipman found and examined the film with his own feature-length documentary, Notfilm.

Completed last year, Notfilm acts as a making-of retrospective that uses archival footage and recordings to uncover the production of Film, from its unusual origins to its disappearance. At the same time, the documentary’s subject acts as a metaphor for a more complete visualization of cinema as an art form and its impact on the public’s understanding of reality and perception.

This weekend, Film and Notfilm screen together in the Sonoma Film Institute’s opening selection of their 2016 Fall schedule.

The oldest film repertory organization in the North Bay, SFI screens many lesserknown masterpieces from the silent era to today, often highlighting foreign works and experimental fare that helps broaden cultural tastes and film appreciation.

Film and Notfilm screen Friday and Sunday, Aug. 26 and 28, at Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. Friday, 7pm; Sunday, 4pm. $5.

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Amsterdam, eh? Sounds good to McPuffups. The PD did not quite endorse the idea, but clearly had a contact high in considering the dank Dutch city’s long and beloved status as a cannabis-friendly outpost—a big tourist draw over the years for its boutique-bud cafes.

A week later, on Aug. 24, the Press Democrat (can Tokey call you the Pot Democrat in future columns?) was at it again, as Santa Rosa city officials called for local pot growers to come out of the shadows to take full

advantage of new opportunities under the state’s current medicalcannabis law, and to look ahead to a possible, if not likely, future of legalized weed. The local paper of record blew out a big and really interesting news feature on that call, which has been spearheaded

by Councilwoman Julie Coombs, and the story came complete with pictures and everything.

And yet it seems to McPuffups that while Santa Rosa’s political class recognizes the inevitable greening of the grass, and the PD offers thoughtful if noncommittal analysis, Sonoma County is itself engaged in a weird and counterproductive game of whacka-grow. When city officials say “Bring it,” the county tends to respond with “You’re busted.”

McMuffups can’t help but notice that every time a public contemplation of the inevitably positive financial effects of legalization in Santa Rosa takes place (and those contemplations are growing in scale and degrees of enthusiasm), then—boom!—the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office is ready to embark on yet another wild-ass, guns-drawn, plant-killing, citizen-handcuffing tirade of law enforcement overkill, under the continuing but diminishing pretext of an outright federal ban on cannabis.

The latest local victim was Jonathan Elfand and the Sonoma County Collective. The same day the PD offered its Amsterdam musings, Elfand wrote the Bohemian to say, “We had a raid on our collective farm by the Sonoma sheriff. They had seen us cultivating by air for many years as stated by them.

They were alerted to our registered nonprofit and recommendations but proceeded to keep me handcuffed for hours and then chop[ped] down all our plants.”

As Tokey sees it, one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing in Sonoma County. It’s time for the sheriff’s office to read the the writing on the wall and end its pointless and costly raids and become part of the solution.

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For the week of August 24

ARIES (March 21–April 19) In the coming weeks, I hope you won’t scream curses at the rain, demanding that it stop falling on you. Similarly, I suggest you refrain from punching walls that seem to be hemming you in, and I beg you not to spit into the wind when it’s blowing in your face. Here’s an oracle about how to avoid counterproductive behavior like that: The near future will bring you useful challenges and uncanny blessings if you’re willing to consider the possibility that everything coming your way will in some sense be an opportunity.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

Oh how I wish you might receive the grace of being pampered and nurtured and entertained and prayed for. I’d love for you to assemble a throng of no-strings-attached caretakers who would devote themselves to stoking your healing and delight. Maybe they’d sing to you as they gave you a manicure and massaged your feet and paid your bills.

Or perhaps they would cook you a gourmet meal and clean your house as they told you stories about how beautiful you are and all the great things you’re going to do in the future. Is it possible to arrange something like that even on a modest scale, Taurus? You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you most need this kind of doting attention—and when you have the greatest power to make it happen.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) I invite you to dream about your true home . . . your sweet, energizing, lovestrong home . . . the home where you can be high and deep, robust and tender, flexible and rigorous . . . the home where you are the person that you promised yourself you could be. To stimulate and enhance your brainstorms about your true home, experiment with the following activities: Feed your roots . . . do maintenance work on your power spot . . . cherish and foster your sources . . . and refine the magic that makes you feel free. Can you handle one more set of tasks designed to enhance your domestic bliss? Tend to your web of close allies . . . take care of what takes care of you . . . and adore the intimate connections that serve as your foundation.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) It’ll be one of those rapid-fire, adjust-on-the-fly, think-on-your-feet, go-with-your-gut times for you—a head-spinning, endorphin-generating, eye-pleasing, intelligenceboosting phase when you will have opportunities to relinquish your attachments to status quos that don’t serve you. Got all that, Cancerian? There’ll be a lot of stimuli to absorb and integrate—and luckily for you, absorbing and integrating a lot of stimuli will be your specialty. I’m confident of your ability to get the most of upcoming encounters with cute provocations, pleasant agitation and useful unpredictability. One more tip: Be vigilant and amused as you follow the ever-shifting sweet spot.

LEO (July 23–August 22) At the risk of asking too much and pushing too hard, my Guerrilla Prayer Warriors have been begging God to send you some major financial mojo. These fierce supplicants have even gone so far as to suggest to the Supreme Being that maybe She could help you win the lottery or find a roll of big bills lying in the gutter or be granted a magic wish by an unexpected benefactor. “Whatever works!” is their mantra. Looking at the astrological omens, I’m not sure that the Prayer Warriors’ extreme attempts will be effective. But the possibility that they will be is definitely greater than usual. To boost your odds, I suggest you get more organized and better educated about your money matters. Set a clear intention about the changes you’d like to put in motion during the next 10 months.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Suggested experiments: 1. Take a vow that from now on you won’t hide your beauty. 2. Strike a deal with your inner king or inner queen, guaranteeing that this regal part of gets regular free expression. 3. Converse with your Future Self about how the two of you might collaborate to fully unleash the refined potency of your emotional intelligence. 4. In meditations and dreams, ask your ancestors how you can more completely access and activate your dormant potentials.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22)

I hope you

are not forlorn, shivery, puzzled or obsessive right now—unless being in such a state will mobilize you to instigate the overdue transformations you have been evading. If that’s the case, I hope you are forlorn, shivery, puzzled and obsessive. Feelings like those may be the perfect fuel—the high-octane motivation that will launch your personal renaissance. I don’t often offer this counsel, Libra, so I advise you to take full advantage: Now is one of the rare times when your socalled negative emotions can catalyze redemption.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

From what I can tell, your vigor is peaking. In recent weeks, you have been sturdy, hearty, stout and substantial. I expect this surge of strength to intensify in the near future—even as it becomes more fluid and supple.

In fact, I expect that your waxing power will teach you new secrets about how to wield your power intelligently. You may break your previous records for compassionate courage and sensitive toughness.

Here’s the best news of all: You’re likely to be dynamic about bestowing practical love on the people and animal and things that are important to you.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

The odds are higher than usual that you will be offered a boost or promotion in the coming weeks. This development is especially likely to occur in the job you’re doing or the career plans you’ve been pursuing.

It could also be a factor at work in your spiritual life.

You may discover a new teacher or teaching that could lift you to the next phase of your inner quest. There’s even a chance that you’ll get an upgrade on both fronts. So it’s probably a good time to check on whether you’re harboring any obstacles to success. If you find that you are, destroy those rancid old mental blocks with a bolt of psychic lightning.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) The cosmos seems to be warming up to your charms. The stinginess it displayed toward you for a while is giving way to a more generous approach. To take advantage of this welcome development, you should shed any fear-based beliefs you may have adopted during the recent shrinkage. For instance, it’s possible you’ve begun to entertain the theory that the game of life is rigged against you or that it is inherently hard to play.

Get rid of those ideas. They’re not true, and clinging to them would limit the game of life’s power to bring you new invitations. Open yourself up wherever you have closed down.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Are any of your allies acting like they’ve forgotten their true purpose? If so, you have the power to gently awaken them from their trances and help them refocus. Is it possible you have become a bit too susceptible to the influences of people whose opinions shouldn’t really matter that much to you? If so, now is a good time to correct that aberration. Are you aware of having fallen under the sway of trendy ideas or faddish emotions that are distorting your relationship with your primal sources? If so, you are hereby authorized to free yourself from their hold on you.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Now would be a favorable time to reveal that you are in fact a gay socialist witch who believes good poetry provides a more reliable way to understand reality than the opinions of media pundits—unless, of course, you are not a gay socialist witch, etc., in which case you shouldn’t say you are. But I do advise you to consider disclosing as much as possible of your true nature to anyone with whom you plan to be intimately linked in the future and who is missing important information about you. It’s high time to experiment with being more completely yourself.

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