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Say You’re Sorry What has happened to you, Eric Koenigshofer? I’ve known you for over 30 years and have considered you a friend. I respected your zeal and participation in the local political process, even though I haven’t always agreed with your positions. You have always seemed to care about Sonoma County and the process of good local governance and discourse in the community. However, your latest foray

into local politics with your support of Lynda Hopkins has gone beyond the pale.

We are currently experiencing a presidential election that has sunk to a depraved, loutish level, characterized by bluster and outright lies from a racist, misogynistic moron. It is sad and worrisome that our national discourse has sunk to this abject level. Money talks and democracy suffers when a billionaire bully can try to buy an election with bottomless funds.

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Your intentionally misleading and thoroughly dishonest newspaper ads attacking Noreen Evans are bringing the bile of the national election to our home community in Sonoma County. Your work raising money from self-interested outside sources in an effort to buy this election is all about greed. Those so-called supporters just want to have their way with the county as they seek to turn us into L.A. North.

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Dept. of Corrections Due to an editing error, last week’s Nugget column (“New Rules,” Oct. 12) incorrectly reported a proposed cannabis growing regulation. Multiple operators could jointly cultivate in a single indoor facility on agricultural or industrial zoned properties, but the total canopy could not exceed 5,000 square feet on agricultural parcels or 22,000 square feet on industrial properties.

Also, Tom Gogola’s story (“The Fifth Dimensions,” Oct. 12) misattributed the author of a campaign video to Noreen Evans. It was her opponent Lynda Hopkins who released the video.

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My inquiring mind had to know about Trump’s businesses, con artistry, showmanship and mental state. I peered into national obsessions with reality TV, winners and losers, lust for fame and fortune. I cringed at a normalizing of violence in media, at institutionalized racism and misogyny, and meditated: how do humans react to fear and loss, try to escape suffering or strive to achieve wisdom through it?

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I reread the groundbreaking book King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Doug Gillette and Dennis Moore. Aha! Trump strongly identifies with the “king” archetype, albeit in its “shadow, bipolar dysfunction.”

Think of a pyramid. At the top is a mature, ideally self-realized king.

He carries with him a divine sense of entitlement and connection to the powers that be, but his transpersonal sense of duty to the wellbeing of others bestows generosity, stewardship and fatherly blessing toward all. He brings order, fertility, security and opportunity. He’s a visionary leader and role model to whom love and fealty are pledged.

At the base of the pyramid sit two complementary opposite shadow kings astride a cosmic teeter-totter. On the active, aggressive seat is a seriously narcissistic tyrant king. Overidentified with superpowers and rights to dictate, he denies vulnerable feelings or “inferior” traits, projecting them onto hated others. But his loud, alpha male, chestpounding, sexist superiority belies a hidden inferiority complex.

Watch out: his royal inner child will throw a tantrum if immediate gratification is denied.

The tyrant has a passive, complementary opposite—a sniveling, cowardly, potentially paranoid weakling king. He’s the consummate victim of imagined conspiracies. If cornered or provoked, he may run.

Other times, the teeter totters, triggering the revengeful tyrant. No army or wall will be “yuge” enough to save him from himself. Only cracking open his heart can save him.

Let’s nourish and support a genuinely visionary, equitable leadership within and without. Long live Queen Hillary?

Marcia Singer is a healing artist from Santa Rosa.

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Bodega fisheries hearing highlights Dungeness recovery and aquaculture efforts in state BY TOM GOGOLA

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.S. Rep. Jared Huffman offered a moment of levity during a recent state fisheries hearing at the Bodega Marine Laboratory when he suggested that instead of aquaculture, maybe a robust new industry of California cricket farms could be a way to keep the people fed.

Huffman’s comment drew laughs from the crowd, but the twin subjects on the agenda were very serious business—crabs and aquaculture—and Huffman joined Healdsburg state senator Mike McGuire, who hosted the hearing, for a crowded afternoon summit at the marine lab that featured speakers from across the spectrum of California fishery industries and regulators.

The panel kicked off with

the good news that this year’s Dungeness and rock crab outlook won’t be anything like last year’s season, which was essentially canceled because of persistently high levels of domoic acid in the crabs. The last closures on the crab fishery, which was implemented in advance of the season opener last November, weren’t lifted until May, bringing real economic hurt to fishermen and nearly $50 million in losses

across the state.

Regulators are determined to learn from last year’s unprecedented event and respond to any domoic hot spots that might emerge. This year looks good, but 2017 is shaping up for a potential repeat of the 2015 closure.

Sonke Mastrup, environmental program manager for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, described last year’s statewide closure as a “chaotic scene,” owing to the unprecedented nature of the domoic-acid outbreak and how to respond to it. The crabbing industry supported a full statewide ban over spot closures last season in order to protect the reputation of the much-in-demand California Dungeness—even if there were areas where the crabs were clean or the levels acceptably low.

The problem, in hindsight, was that nobody knew how long the domoic-acid problem would persist when the season was shut down—and nobody anticipated that the season would effectively end before it even got started.

Chuck Cappotto is president of the Community Fishing Association of Bodega Bay and an out-front supporter of the full statewide closure last year. He stepped to the microphone during the hearing with the understated assessment that “we made the best of a bad situation” last year. Moving forward, Cappotto emphasized consumer confidence in the California Dungeness. “We have to ensure the consumer [that the product is safe], or we will lose that fresh market,” he warned.

Last year’s crab shutdown wasn’t just bad, it was unprecedented and devastating to fishermen already reeling from beleaguered salmon stocks, and while officials are optimistic about a rebounded 2016–17 crab season, they’re worried about a big blob of warm water lurking off the Pacific Northwest that could bring the pain again by this time next year.

For now, favorable ocean conditions arising from the El Niño-to-La Niña transition have pushed a dissipated local blob of warm water offshore.

to set a course for a California fishery that can adjust when necessary.

“To be adaptive and nimble requires cooperation and collaboration,” said Mastrup.

And research. As Huffman noted, there’s not a lot of data when it comes to domoic acid’s effects on human beings. Last year, state regulators and health officials relied on a single study from Prince Edward Island that found significant health risks associated with the toxin after an outbreak there in the late 1980s.

And given the lack of data— Kennelly described last year’s domoic-acid response in terms of “flying a little blind”—health officials built in a larger healthsafety barrier than perhaps was needed.

Mastrup called for better data but allowed that he’s optimistic about 2016 even as “2017 doesn’t look great.”

“If we’re going to rely on the ocean for food,” said Mastrup, “we need more research.”

Other speakers noted that California is going to have to ramp up its aquaculture efforts.

The Dungeness dilemma has unfolded as the state has struggled to promote a robust and profitable aquaculture economy.

The crab closure underscored a fragile crabbing economy wholly dependent on unpredictable environmental forces—i.e., global warming and its impact on the health of our oceans.

In the North Bay, most of the ongoing aquaculture action is in raising oysters. John Finger, CEO of Hog Island Oyster Company, quipped to the lawmakers that farming oysters in California is an enterprise that “will kill you with potential,” as he described the myriad hoops facing anyone who’d like to get into the business—starting with a balky permitting process that requires regulatory check-offs from more than a dozen agencies, ranging from the Army Corps of Engineers to the state water board. The process takes at least four years to complete, according to state timelines.

Finger noted that before the forced closure of Pt. Reyes

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YOUNG MAN AND THE SEA Sen. Mike McGuire convened the fishing summit in hopes of drawing out lessons learned from the crab fishery closure last year.

National Seashore’s Drakes Bay Oyster Company in 2014, the state was fish-farming some 25 million tons of oysters a year. PostDrakes, that number has dropped to 17 million tons a year, in a state that has an insatiable demand for the bivalves. “We’ve never met the demand,” Finger said, as he bemoaned the permitting process.

Finger was joined by fellow oyster-farmer Greg Dale, southwest operations manager for the Humboldt-based Coast Seafoods Company. Dale noted the rich ironies of trying to scratch out a living in Humboldt, which was music to McGuire’s ears. “It’s easier to get a permit to grow pot in this state than to get a permit to grow shellfish,” Dale said, and McGuire agreed (McGuire has been way out in front on illegal grows and their water-wasting, eco-damaging ways). Dale then played off of Huffman’s joke about eating crickets. “I support a Hog Island cricket farm!” he said.

Despite the moment of humor, aquaculture is a touchy subject, especially when it comes to salmon, a fish marketed as “wild-caught California salmon” in a world where most of the salmon consumed by humans is fish-farmed.

Huffman raised his salmon concern to Don Kent, who is spearheading a big aquaculture project in the San Diego bight,

growing yellowtail tuna through the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. A skeptical Huffman said he was “a little conflicted” about offshore aquaculture, even though he’s seen studies that highlight the protein value of farm-raised fish.

Huffman’s salmon concerns are a non-issue because salmon aquaculture is already banned in California. Kent’s pilot program in San Diego is designed to displace fish-farmed yellowtail imports with locally grown product.

The bottom line, says Kent: California and the nation as a whole lag far behind other nations that have embraced aquaculture in a world of plummeting oceanic fish stocks and uncertain climatechange effects.

Anthonie Schuur, president of the California Aquaculture Association, noted that the United States already imports most of its fish, and that a mere 2.5 percent of all fish consumed in the country is farm-raised here.

Another 6.5 percent is caught by commercial fishermen, and the rest, 91 percent, is imported— including farm-raised fish from far-off nations.

Kent says that’s crazy and unsustainable over the long haul, and put it to the lawmakers: “Why import tilapia from Nicaragua when we can grow striped bass here?”

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As a result, says Raphael Kudela, professor of ocean science at UC Santa Cruz, “we might have seen the peak of toxicity just a few weeks ago” he told attendees at the Oct. 4 hearing. “We’re basically normal right now,” he said, adding that “we could see local accumulations of toxins, but not a statewide phenomenon.”

Patrick Kennelly, chief of the food-safety section at the California Department of Public Health, said that health officials this year aren’t seeing anywhere near the levels of domoic acid as last year, even though there are “some hot spots” that popped up in testing this year. He reports, for example, that a single “hot” crab was pulled from the Russian River in September—but two weeks later officials didn’t find any crabs with unsafe domoic acid levels (20 parts per million in the meat; 30 ppm in the viscera).

Over the summer, officials found that about half the crabs they tested in Monterey Bay were in the domoic-acid danger zone, but a month later they could only find one hot crab. Kennelly anticipates that there will “probably be . . . some areas that spike up,” even as he expressed cautious optimism for this season.

The fear is a return in 2017 of the conditions that gave rise to the 2015 closure, as the Pacific Northwest blob intrudes into southern waters. “I’m optimistic, but you scared me about 2017,” McGuire said to Mastrup as the state official described the looming blob.

McGuire said that any state response this year to hot spots would be to push for partial closures instead of a full-on shutdown. The plan for 2017 remains to be seen.

Because of the offshore warm-water blob, Oregon and Washington crabbers are again at risk for extensive crab closures this year. That puts more pressure on the California crab fishery— though one silver lining of the shutdown last year was to ease pressure on the fishery and give the stocks a chance to grow as the industry works with regulators, scientists and health officials

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Dining WHAT’S THAT SMELL? For a good crop of garlic, get yours in the ground now.

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never thought I’d have a strong opinion on garlic.

I’m not talking about choosing sides on the pungent bulb’s famous odor and taste—though it is one of the saviors of the piquancy-deficient standard American diet.

Nor do I wade in the controversy over whether garlic is a vegetable or a spice. This is more esoteric than all that: in the all-star allium contest of

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Sativum sativum vs. Sativum ophioscorodon, I’m all in for ophioscorodon.

Garlic is a smart little member of the allium family, which includes onions and leeks. The most common type of garlic that you see in stores is Sativum sativum, or softneck garlic, and this has nothing to do with flavor or ease of use. Softneck garlic keeps well and is easier to braid into garlic wreaths, if you’re into that sort of thing or fear vampires. But I haven’t bought that supermarket garlic in years.

These days, I walk right past

that bland, white-skinned stuff, whether conventionally farmed or organic, and I say, “Boo, boo on that softneck garlic.”

I don’t know when it started, but it might have been during one of those communal collegiate dinner parties, when I got the task of chopping up the garlic.

Also called artichoke garlic, the softneck variety contains seemingly endless cloves that get smaller and smaller as they spiral down to the nonexistent core—all of them quite a pain to peel. It’s a special kind of punishment, and now that packaged, peeled garlic

is so widely available in stores, why bother? Because there’s much more to garlic.

Hardneck garlic, Sativum ophioscorodon, is like the heirloom tomato of garlic, the free-range chicken of garlic (which might get your cooking juices going—just add Sonoma Coast Chardonnay). Hardneck garlic is the Mac, not the PC. Hardneck garlic has evocative names like Music, Asian Tempest, China Stripe, German Porcelain and Inchelium Red. Hardneck may be spicier, more aromatic, more buttery, or any combination thereof—and it’s easier to peel.

But like most things that I like, it’s in short supply.

During a dry spell when I ran out of homegrown garlic, I found great garlic at the Santa Rosa Farmers Market. I can’t recall, but it may well have been at the Bernier Farms stand—few farmstands have garlic that looks so good, and with such variety. At Catelli’s restaurant in Geyserville, chef and owner Domenica Catelli is also a fan of farmer Yael Bernier’s garlic.

“She’s known for growing so many types of garlic,” Catelli says.

“Some are easier to peel, or there’s a different type of sweetness or spiciness.” Catelli uses Bernier garlic for seasonal specials but relies on pre-peeled organic garlic grown in the Central Valley by Christopher Ranch for her base sauce, and because the restaurant runs on garlic.

“When somebody comes to the restaurant and wants something without garlic,” says Catelli, “it’s always a bit challenging—the menu shrinks dramatically.”

Based in Dry Creek and Alexander Valley, Bernier Farms also sells “seed garlic” on its website. Instead of planting a tiny seed, the usual way that you get more garlic the next season is to break up a bulb into cloves and, instead of shaving them with a razor to get those extra-thin slices that liquefy in the pan with just a little oil, à la Goodfellas, stick them butt-end-down in the soil, and water them or wait for rain.

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Although “fortune favors the bold,� Rich says of the unusually warm Decembers we’ve had lately, which allowed for successful late planting of garlic, it’s best done before the end of November.

Harmony offers both softneck and hardneck seed garlic, from $5.89 to $20.49 per pound, but it’s a “chicken and eggs� type of question as to why the more widely available—and thus cheaper—softneck garlic is the more popular buy. Just make sure to cure the garlic in a dark, dry location after digging it up in May or June—and don’t wash it.

Hardneck garlic is like the heirloom tomato of garlic, the free range chicken of garlic.

My philosophy is to garden for dollars in a different way. Pesto is one of the more expensive sauces at retail, so by planting garlic in the fall, and basil in the spring, if I’m lucky I’ve got most of the ingredients in abundance at exactly the right time. Luckier still when I’ve got a family member who diligently gathers and dries walnuts later in the fall—while most pesto calls for expensive pine nuts, remember, we’re both cheaping out and going local here, and walnuts do the fatty nut trick just fine. As for the olive oil to blend it all together, well, you can plant those, too, but you’ll have to wait a bit longer for trees to mature.

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Jackson’s Partake has plenty of room for lounging around. Don’t worry for lack of wine, though it’s strictly Siduri, all Pinot all the time (nothing from Novy, their sister label). I’m told that draft beer from Christopher Jackson’s new craftbrew project is on the way. The menu, from small plates to a box of chicken, is created by Forestville’s popular restaurant, Backyard.

241 Healdsburg Ave. Hartford Family Winery Tasting Room & Salon This was a wine shop for years, but you turn around for a moment, and it’s another Jackson Family Wines joint. Get out to the winery on Martinelli Lane for one of the North Bay’s great backroads wine drives, but if you’ve only a half hour to spare before dinner, this offers something special: Zinfandel—in Healdsburg! Hartford Court is mainly about the Pinot Noir and the Chardonnay, for sure, but its third varietal is toothsome Zinfandel from the highly praised but not too well known Wood Road area of Santa Rosa.

331 Healdsburg Ave. Cellars of Sonoma Taking over the former Murphy-Goode tasting room, this is the northern outpost of the popular wine lounge in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square.

Owner Scott Jordan says he hopes to better showcase the individual vintners here, where the key feature is variety and novelty—like Super Sonoman’s rosé wine fermented in all-new oak. 20 Matheson St. The Flight Deck Windsor Vineyards once upon a time, now a new, aviation-themed showcase for a bunch of Vintage Wine Estates acquisitions. Including Windsor Vineyards. Again, the draw here is variety: Napa Valley wines from Swanson and Clos Pegase, Chardonnay from Sonoma Coast Vineyards, and B.R. Cohn’s Sonoma Valley Cabernet. 308-B Center St. C Donatiello Back to Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, from a producer we last saw at the winery now known as VML, in a space we last found Boisset’s Taste of Terroir—but that was six strolls around the sun ago. 320 Center St.

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Into Darkness

North Bay witches reclaim pagan roots and dispel wicked stereotypes

By Dani Burlison

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rowing up in a religious family that viewed anything other than Protestant Christianity as satanic, Preston kept his interest in magic and witchcraft a secret at home. Often, he’d disguise his library books—Earth, Air, Fire & Water and To Ride a Silver Broomstick—with book covers, hiding them from his family and the church they belonged to.

Preston grew up in a community that was predominantly people of color, many of whom were first- or second-generation immigrants.

Religion, he says, was no passive activity, not something one attended only on holidays like Christmas; faith ran deep, and it

helped tie the community together.

“It’s a source of strength, it’s a source of community, it’s a source of resiliency,” says Preston, who, like many witches interviewed for this story, prefers to use only his first name. “Those ideas of a spiritual path being integral to

human well-being were instilled in me at a very young age. So it’s not that faith wasn’t important, because it was for me in my personal experience; I just had religious revelations and experiences that were outside of the confines of the type of Christianity that my parents were practicing.”

Preston’s divergent religious path led him to like-minded groups.

Around the age of 17, he found his way to the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, a charter sect under Unitarian Universalism, in his hometown of New Bedford, Mass.

Now some 20 years later, Preston lives in Vallejo and identifies as a witch and a priest-ess—he prefers “priest-ess” with a hyphen because it “allows me some gender fluidity but still calls back on those old and current days of being in witch priesthoods.”

Happy Samhain Many North Bay residents are carving pumpkins, scouring thrift stores in search of 1980s threads for Halloween costumes of their favorite Stranger Things characters, or building Dia de los Muertos altars to remember their

beloved dead. Meanwhile, Preston and thousands of other witches are preparing for the Oct. 31 pagan festival of Samhain.

And, no, the festivities do not include eating babies.

For many witches or pagans, Samhain—an ancient Celtic festival with roots primarily in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands—is recognized as one of the most magical times of the year, a time when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest. Some prefer the term “witchy as fuck.”

The number of people celebrating the season and adopting the idea of

witchcraft as a feminist alternative to mainstream spirituality is growing. So, too, is the number of ritual participants.

So what does a pagan ritual full of witches look like?

“Actual rituals look like a gathering,” says Gwion, a Sonoma County witch and priestess.

“There’s often a recognition or summoning of the various elements: water, air, fire, the earth.

There’s recognition of the ancestors that have either walked this land or have walked in our tradition before us. There might be an invocation of the various gods and goddesses

are a part of a large and growing community of North Bay witches and pagans. They’re primarily associated with the “reclaiming tradition,” which reaches back about 40 years, though it borrows from many pre-Christian traditions.

Many other witches in the region identify as Dianic witches, Gardnerian witches, Jewish witches, hedge witches, kitchen witches, druids, followers of the Feri tradition, heathens or Wiccans.

Each group has its own practices and perspectives, but the common core is a connection to the natural world and the cycles of the year. In addition to North Bay Reclaiming, other organizations like Sonoma County Pagan Network and Diana’s Grove host rituals and other events that are open to the public.

Reclaiming Social Justice

The greater reclaiming community, which has groups across the globe, differs from other religions in that it is rooted in magical activism.

The organization also uses a nonhierarchical, consensus-based structure. This means there is no high priest or priestess, and instead of focusing on personal enlightenment, like so many New Age spiritual practices, a strong emphasis is placed on engaging with communities to advocate for various social-justice issues, as well as working toward inclusivity within the organization itself.

“I will set an intention, something that I want to manifest in the world, something I want to change in the world, some way of collecting all of the pieces of the puzzle that might result in that change—that’s what I call spell work,” Gwion says. “That might mean, for me, being on the front line of a political action, that might mean educating people on what transphobia is or what homophobia is, or working with people to learn what witchcraft is or isn’t.”

A lot of discussion these days focuses on race, adds Phoenix, and how people of color are not well represented in the community.

“More folks of color are seeking entryways into reclaiming, and are asking, ‘Why is it

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North Bay witches await the Oct. 31 pagan festival of Samhain.

that may be associated with the time of year or with a specific witchcraft tradition, and often there is a piece of personal work. Joseph Campbell liked to say that dreams are individual mythologies and mythologies are collective dream work. And that’s something I very much believe ritual is.”

Sometimes these gatherings take place around a fire or seasonal altar and include symbolic offerings.

Sometimes participants dance or sing or are led through guided meditations.

Gwion grew up in England, attending “very buttoned-down Church of England schools” and came to witchcraft after dabbling in other religions through his 20s and early 30s. At one point, he focused on Buddhism, “literally sitting at the steps of a Tibetan Rinpoche for years.” It was later, after he married his wife, Phoenix, another witch and priestess, and traveled with her to his native England, that he felt a powerful connection to his ancestral pagan roots.

“She wanted to go to Glastonbury Tor and Stonehenge,” says Gwion, “and all of the places I had grown up going to, and it occurred to me, as I’m standing on Glastonbury Tor and being at the Chalice Well and the White Springs, that all of these stories I’d grown up with—all of these mythologies—were alive.”

Phoenix came to magic and witchcraft through a different route. Raised without religion, she had her heart broken for the first time at 15 and began searching for a religious belief system to comfort her. She first felt an affinity with a statue of St. Elizabeth but was turned off by the patriarchal elements of Catholicism. She made her way through various religious texts before she came across a book of spells.

“I thought, ‘Maybe I just need to do a spell [on my ex] and get him to come back to me. Maybe it’s not religion!’ So I did try that and it did work, but it was so bad,” she says with a laugh. “Then I found another book, [Buckland’s] Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland, and it talked about the goddess, and I thought, ‘Oh, that’s what I was missing.”

Preston, Gwion and Phoenix

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OPENING NIGHT POOL PARTY Hot pool, floaties, water dancers, libations, munchies, music and more.

LEXUS SHORT FILMS All four winning 2016 Lexus Short Films will screen for the first time together. Following the screening, the directors and filmmaker Lee Daniels will take to the NVFF stage for a lively discussion.

MR. CHURCH Special screening of this heartfelt drama starring Eddie Murphy, Britt Robertson and Natascha McElhone.

CELEBRITY TRIBUTES THE FORBIDDEN SHORE Documentary about Cuban musicians with a canonly-happen-here post screening discussion and musical performance by the film’s subjects.

This year, we honor Charles Krug Legendary Filmmaker Lee Daniels and Charles Krug Legendary Actor Kurt Russell; shine a Spotlight on Viggo Mortensen; tip our hats to Raymond Vineyards Trailblazers Chloë Grace Moretz and Dev Patel; and take notice of Chandon Rising Stars Glen Powell and Zoe Deutch.

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GILMORE GIRLS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE Join us for an exclusive conversation with series creator/executive producer Amy Sherman- Palladino and executive producer Dan Palladino as they discuss the four new chapters launching November 25 everywhere Netflix is available.

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21 dinners pairing world class wines with the talents of award-winning local chefs.

CLASSICAL MUSIC MOVIES STRIKE A POSE CAPTAIN FANTASTIC Screening of Captain Fantastic, starring Viggo Mortensen. Viggo and director Matt Ross will attend for Q&A. BLEED FOR THIS Screening of Bleed for This, starring Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart. Aaron and director Ben Younger will attend for Q&A.

Screening of Strike a Pose, a behind-the-scenes look at Madonna’s backup dancers.

Back-to-back screenings of Crossing Rachmaninoff and Gordon Getty: There Will Be Music with a special post screening conversation with the subjects of the films: pianist Flavio Villani and composer/philanthropist Gordon Getty.

AWARDS CEREMONY Join in the excitement as we reveal the winners of the JURIED and AUDIENCE AWARDS. Each winner is presented with a large format collectible bottle of fabulous wine from one of our generous VINTNER CIRCLE members.

FESTIVAL GALA Celebrate our winning films at the biggest, most glamorous night of the festival. Cult wines, craft cocktails, small bites from 30 chefs, music in every corner and more.

FRIDAY NIGHT BASH AT MARTIN Erin Martin hosts this decadent party that is always the buzz of the festival at her high-style eponymous showroom.

MISS SLOAN Award season screening starring Jessica Chastain and directed by John Madden.

PISCO PUNCH: A COCKTAIL COMEBACK STORY Pisco Punch tells the story of one of the world’s great forgotten spirits: Peruvian pisco. NVFF is proud to host the film’s world premiere.

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Witches ( 15 so Eurocentric?’ And it’s a good question,” Preston says. “Why is leadership so Eurocentric? Why are the myths we work with so Eurocentric? There are a lot of ways that reclaiming can grow to be radically inclusive. And if its not radically inclusive, is it really a socially just spiritual tradition?”

Some gatherings that appear to have “witchy” feminist leanings have recently come under scrutiny for their lack of racial diversity and economic barriers. An exposé on Spirit Weavers in the July Harper’s Bazaar criticized the gathering as one of blatant privilege, full of mostly straight white women with enough financial security to afford the $700 weekend event.

These are the very issues reclaiming continues to address, which can be complicated in a relatively new tradition with no ancient religious texts to refer back to.

“I see the larger pagan witch community as very culturally appropriative,” Preston says. “There are not many pagan traditions that I feel called to, because they seem void of political and social-justice interest.”

Out of the (Broom) Closet

Witchcraft is becoming more understood and less stigmatized as more witches step out of the “broom closet.” Recent articles about witchcraft in mainstream publications like Wired and the Huffington Post online journal have painted the tradition in a positive light and as one of feminist empowerment instead of evil sorcery. Yet some common stereotypes linger, thanks to shows like Supernatural (which many witches actually love) or films like 2015’s The Witch.

“The common myths and understanding of witches is that we sit around naked inside burning pentacles with a sacrificial animal or child, and we’re doing work for the devil and that everything we do is malevolent,” Gwion says.

But the devil, Phoenix points out, is a figure of the Christian faith,

and people who are not Christian are not likely to believe in him or his power. Satan has no place in the lives of most witches.

“The other side of it,” adds Gwion, “is that we’re charlatans and we’re selling snake oil and that nothing we do works.”

Witch hunts continue because of these misperceptions. Earlier this fall, a 73-year-old woman was convicted of witchcraft and burned alive in Peru, and another woman accused of witchcraft was beaten to death in central India. A 57-year-old man accused of witchcraft was burned alive in Uganda on Oct. 10.

Other attacks—including a beheading in Saudi Arabia and a group killing in India—have also occurred in recent years.

And although the United States protects freedom of religion, several states, including Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, still prohibit the practice of “fortune-telling” services, laws that some say restrict the right to practice witchcraft.

The aftertaste of the Dark Ages is even found in our liberal West Coast bubble. Community members blocked the opening

of an occult shop in Southern Oregon in September, with one local resident claiming that “if it brings in occult practices, it will develop into satanism, which practices the skinning of cats.”

And closer to home, a Fort Bragg man was arrested this summer for planning a “witch hunt” against a local pagan gathering. According to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, his public social media call for coconspirators drew on language and practices from the Europe of old: “Shall it be a burn day? Possible [sic] a river cleansing?”

The Witch Next Door The thing is, most witches are just like everyone else. Preston teaches environmental education at a zoo and works as a substanceabuse counselor for gay men in early stages of recovery while he completes a PhD program. Gwion works in marketing. And Phoenix is a small business owner; to date, no cats have been skinned at her shop, Milk & Honey, in Sebastopol.

“We’re normal people, we’re

abnormally normal,” Gwion says with a laugh. “I have a day job. I take out the garbage.”

Then what of the common perception that witchcraft and paganism dabble in darkness?

“There is darkness in all religions, there is darkness in all faiths—because there is darkness in the world,” Phoenix says. “And I think when we try to say ‘light is good and dark is bad,’ we’re creating a false paradox. Because it’s not true. Amazing things happen in the darkness, like gestation and growth.

“I think the reality is that magic is gray; it comes to a question of ethics about what’s OK, and that is so personal.”

North Bay Reclaiming hosts its annual Samhain ritual on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Sebastopol Grange Hall. 6:30pm. $10–$30, sliding scale.

Bay Area Reclaiming hosts the 37th annual Samhain Spiral Dance with Starhawk on Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. 5pm. $18–$25, sliding scale.

SA N R A FA E L

Debut Dream

Best known as one of the Mother Hips, Greg Loiacono shows off his tight grooves and psychedelic songwriting in a new personal venture this week, when he performs off his first ever solo album, Songs from a Golden Dream. Described as a baroque sonic journey, the guitarist’s chops are on full display in the new record with help from longtime collaborators including Todd Roper (Cake, Chuck Prophet), Scott Thunes (Frank Zappa, the Mother Hips) and others. For the album release, Loiacono gathers an all-star ensemble and pals Scary Little Friends on Friday, Oct. 21, at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael. 8pm. $15. 415.524.2773.

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Halloween Medley

A silly and spooky family tradition for 37 years, the Witchie Poo Halloween Extravaganza returns for another fun live show that boasts more than 65 whacky characters and high adventure.

This year Witchie Poo and her sidekick, Lemmy, are aboard a luxury pirate cruise, discovering treasure chests and battling evil pirates with the help of Dorothy of Oz and the “Cruise” Brothers, Jake and Elwood. Dancing, magic, costume contests and prizes get audiences of all ages into the spirit with two weekends of performances, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 22–23 and 29–30, at Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St. E., Sonoma. 1:30pm. $8–$10. 707.996.9756.

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Revisit the Beat

By the 1970s, artist and poet Sutter Marin was wellknown in San Francisco’s Beat scene, cofounding the San Francisco Creative Art Center and collaborating with famed poet ruth weiss (who spells her name in lowercase). Before he died in 1985, Marin’s artistic output flourished with abstract paintings that were equally fantastical and exuberant. This week, Marin’s later works are collected for an exhibit, ‘The Beat Went On,’ shown alongside selections from other artists of his time. The show opens with a reception on Saturday, Oct. 22, and ruth weiss appears for a poetry reading accompanied by a jazz duo on Sunday, Oct. 23, at Calabi Gallery, 456 10th St., Santa Rosa. Reception, 4pm; reading, 2pm.

RSVP requested. 707.781.7070.

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Tropical Goth

From the sunny shores of Florida comes Jacuzzi Boys, an exciting psychedelic surf-rock band. Later this month, the lean and mean band release their latest album, Ping Pong, on Oct. 28. Before they do, the boys come to the North Bay, courtesy punk promoter Shock City, USA, to perform as part of a massive U.S. tour. Joining the Jacuzzi Boys is Oakland band Meat Market, who range from melodic rock instrumentals to hyperactive punk-pop. Also on the bill are local rockers Street Slime, featuring members of Sonoma County’s Creep Beat. The Jacuzzi Boys warm up the crowd on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Atlas Coffee Company, 300 South A St., Ste. 4, Santa Rosa. 7pm. $10. 707.526.1085.

—Charlie Swanson

ALL-STAR JAZZ Napa’s new Blue Note Jazz Club opens with a fournight residency with renowned trumpeter Chris Botti from Oct. 25–28. See Concerts, p24.

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The week’s events: a selective guide

Arts Ideas Ralph Tompson

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GET IT WHILE IT LASTS After four years, this Sebastopol art studio and pie shop is taking a break at the end of the year.

Pie in Your Eye

West Sonoma County’s Pie Eyed Studio makes art, pie and friends BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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ie Eyed Studio is not your typical art space. Run by artist Lauri Luck on Gravenstein Highway just south of Sebastopol, it has become a haven for both art and food lovers over the last four years with a monthly open studio event where visiting artists and complimentary homemade pies intermingle.

After 45 shows featuring 65 artists, Luck recently decided to take a sabbatical from hosting the Pie Eyed events to focus on her own work, though she’s hosting two more weekends in November before taking a break.

On Nov. 12–13, Pie Eyed has a special pop-up show for artists Mardi Storm and Kimberly McCartney. The exhibit is a fundraiser for Storm, who is going to grad school, and Luck will have 40 pies for sale in addition to her

usual free offerings. Then on Nov. 26–27 Pie Eyed presents a printmakers and jewelers weekend with artists Holly Jordan and Karen Kelly, jeweler Pattie Reilly and an array of cranberrypear, lemon chess and pecan pies.

Pie Eyed started when Luck was looking for a bigger working studio in 2012. She called friend and fellow West County artist Patrick Amiot, best known as a “junk artist” whose brightly colored, fantastically fun sculptures,

made from recycled materials, dot Sebastopol and the West County.

Amiot welcomed Luck to join him at his large workspace on Gravenstein Highway.

“He’s a pretty energetic figure,” says Luck. “It was nice to be tapped into that space and we agreed that was a go.”

Thing is, it was a pricey situation, so Luck opened her studio to the public on weekends to sell her work out of her space. “I tell you, nobody came,” she says, laughing.

After one or two lonely weekends, a light bulb went off while making a slew of Thanksgiving pies. “I had this idea that I could offer pie, which sounds kind of crazy, but I love pie and I love to make it, and I thought that would be quirky enough to get people’s interest,” says Luck.

She was right, and not long after she put out a roadside sign for “Art + Pie,” people started showing up. Luck quickly found that the surest way to an art lover’s heart is via the stomach.

Soon, artists started asking if they could show at Luck’s Pie Eyed events. “When an artist comes to me about doing a show, a lot of the times I’ve never met them or seen their work,” Luck says. “For me, it’s a thrill, because I’m discovering them too.”

Pie Eyed has welcomed a Wyoming cowboy artist, the dean of art, architecture and design from Cornell University, goat herders and even hitchhikers from Wilmington, N.C., where much of Luck’s family lives.

“It’s exciting for folks to see what’s being done in their community, this amazing range of creativity,” she says.

Pie Eyed Studio is located at 2371 Gravenstein Hwy. S., Sebastopol.

Saturday–Sunday, noon to 4pm. facebook.com/pieeyedstudio.

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TO LIFE! Jeannette (Elly Lichenstein,

left) and Neil (James Pelican) share a toast with Dinah (Susan Gundunas).

Until Death

New Cinnabar play celebrates life in the darkness

BY DAVID TEMPLETON

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ost stories that appear to be about death and dying prove to be all about life and living. They just use the inevitability of death to cast comparative light and shadow on the many joys and pitfalls of being alive.

In Jane Anderson’s deliciously rich drama The Quality of Life, playing at Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater, four superb performances anchor a beautifully crafted series of alternately heavy and lighthearted discussions about death and life, culminating in a two-part climax that is at once breathtaking in its poetic simplicity and stunning in its clear-eyed wisdom.

Dinah and Bill (Susan Gundunas

‘Quality of Life’ runs through Oct. 30 at Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. Friday–Saturday, 8pm; Sunday matinee, 2pm. $15–$30.

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What perhaps sounds depressing and heavy is anything but in Anderson’s humor-filled script. The level of intellectual debate among the characters is at times exhilarating, as this mismatched foursome power through a fiery list of hot-button topics, from medical marijuana and right-to-die issues to the question of whether God truly has a plan for our lives.

The unusual set, by Nina Ball, is truly impressive—all blackened timber at crazy angles on a patch of dirt complete with campfire. The lighting by Jon Tracy effectively gives a sense of time, from early morning to late evening.

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Once in gear, though, Korobow and her excellent cast deliver a gripping, moving, funny and lifeaffirming examination of the ways that death, ironically enough, has ways to remind us that life, for all its shocks and snares and unhappy twists, really is worth living, and savoring, right to the end.

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STAR POWER First-time actor Sasha Lane was discovered on a Florida beach,

and she anchors Andrea Arnold’s ‘American Honey.’

Door to Door

Oh, to be a young peddler on the road with Shia LeBeouf BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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ndrea Arnold’s celebrated, rhapsodic yet shapeless road-trip movie American Honey follows Star (Sasha Lane), who flees the squalor of her Texas home to join a crew of magazine sellers, helmed by Jake (Shia LaBeouf). Crammed into a van or into motel rooms, the rootless runaway kids hustle subscriptions all over the Midwest.

Arnold, the director of Fish Tank and Wuthering Heights, has sharp instincts. And Lane, discovered on a Florida beach, was a find: this petite dreaming girl, half-amused with her ability to charm men, gives this rambling movie a center.

Star is enraptured with the landscapes. The gargantuan, Trumpian mini-mansions of Kansas City’s suburbs, appearing as described in Thomas Frank’s What’s the Matter With Kansas?, give way to the bleak fracking grounds on the prairie. (Among the roughnecks, Star is tempted to sell herself instead of the subscriptions.)

Arnold loves the cloudscapes, the interstate-scapes and even the insects flittering in for their closeups. But the director always seems a stranger to the people of the area. She doesn’t understand how nervous America is. Second only to “In God We Trust” is the motto “No solicitors.” It may be true that America is hard on the edges and soft in the middle, but these Midwestern doors seem porous to Jake’s aimless franticness and transparent bullshit stories.

There’s a third American motto that eludes Arnold: “You’re under arrest.” All the cops and security guards we have here never interfere with the dance parties and the bonfires these rootless kids throw in every other scene. It’s one thing being a teen and just letting stuff happen; it’s another to stage their lives that way—to hope that wrapping it all up with a song (the Lady Antebellum hit that gives this movies its title) will make it look like a story that’s come to a full stop.

‘American Honey’ is playing at Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. 707.522.0719.

THE SOUND OF CHAOS Acrylics’

Ben Wright will melt your face.

Abstract Punk Acrylics paint outside the lines

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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he average age of five-piece punk band Acrylics is 22. Seems young, yet their stunning, sophisticated sound belies their youth. Armed with technically challenging and unpredictable music, the Santa Rosa outfit is changing the game of hardcore in the North Bay.

On Oct. 26, Acrylics help host a concert and art showcase at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa with fellow Sonoma County experimental rockers OVVN, touring bands Iron Lung (Seattle) and Gas Chamber (Buffalo) and over 20 local artists.

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summers back. “We stayed in this garage, day in and day out,” Jones says. “We started out just experimenting, not knowing what we were doing. We dug deeper into ’80s and ’90s punk and psychedelic music. So all that twisted into one form.”

That form, described as “freak punk,” is also inspired by generations of North Bay acts, going back to Victims Family.

A recent addition to Acrylics, guitarist Ben Wright, first saw the band play at a local tap house two years back and knew he had to get in on the action. “I thought, this band is so bizarre,” Wright says.

“I would love to be in this band.”

Wright pursued the players and his persistence was rewarded.

In fact, persistence has been a big theme for Acrylics. They are gradually building a fan base through extensive U.S. tours, and they say they badgered Iron Lung Records (run by the aforementioned band) until the label agreed to release a 7-inch record, due out later this year.

The band’s tenacity and dedication also manifest in the studio, where they spend months tinkering with their songs until all the pieces fit. “We’re really meticulous about things,” says Wright, who adds that the band’s writing style is flipped from the normal process. “It can be scatterbrained,” he says. “A lot of bands start stripped-down and build up, we start with things being hectic and chaotic and strip away parts. It’s not ideal, but it’s the only HOR_Boh11_3rdpg.r2.indd way we know how to do it.”

Either way, the process is working.

“We’re definitely a newer generation,” Nystrom says. “But we’re a hard-working band, and we’re serious about what we do.”

Acrylics also want to expand the local art and music scene as one. “We want to bring in new and young people to do this with,” Wright says. “Please, come and join us.”

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Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Banshee Fest

Banshee Wines hosts outdoor concert with Los Angeles indie folk favorites Lord Huron, Black Sheep Brass Band and Brix, with food, wine and fun. Oct 22, 11am. $50 and up. Foss Creek Parkway, North St, Healdsburg.

Funkendank Oktoberfest

A full day of sour and hoppy beers served alongside New Orleans-style funk and jazz music features performances

by Galactic, Pimps of Joytime, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Royal Jelly Jive and Dixie Giants. Oct 22. $49-$140. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

Spark the Vote

Politically inspiring and fun day features performances by Prezident Brown, Katdelic, MC Radio Active, Afrofunk Experience, Highway Poets and others. Oct 23, 3pm. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

MARIN COUNTY Everyday Miracle

Benefit for John Perry Barlow features Bob Weir, Jerry Harrison, Lukas Nelson, Sean Lennon, Les Claypool, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and many others. Oct 24, 8pm. $500 and up. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

MaMuse

Popular duo of Sarah Nutting and Karisha Longaker weaves voices and merry instrumentals. Oct 22, 8pm. $25. TMS Performing Arts Center, 150 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.924.4848.

Plutocracy

New musical show by composer Dale Polissar, debuting in concert form, imagines what transpires when the head of a corporation dies and leaves the company to his idealistic hippy son. Oct 21, 8pm. $15. Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.2128.

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Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY 6th Street Playhouse

Oct 26, 6:30pm, Iron Lung with Gas Chamber, Acrylics and OVVN. $7. 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Aqus Cafe

Oct 19, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Oct 21, Sergio Rangel. Oct 22, the Tonewoods.

Oct 23, 2pm, Gary Vogensen’s Sunday Ramble. Oct 26, bluegrass and old-time music jam. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Atlas Coffee Company Oct 25, Jacuzzi Boys with Meat Market and Street Slime.

300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.526.1085.

Bergamot Alley

Oct 22, 10pm, Banshee Fest After-Party with Lost Dog Found. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.8720.

The Big Easy

Oct 19, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Oct 20, Barnyard Hammer and Mike Saliani.

Oct 21, Rockin Johnny Burg. Oct 22, the Grain and Highway Poets. Oct 25, American Alley Cats. Oct 26, Wednesday Night Big Band.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern

Oct 25, 6pm, Michael Hantman.

25300 Steelhead Blvd, Duncans Mills. 707.865.2261.

Cellars of Sonoma

Oct 20, John Pita. Oct 21, Ricky Alan Ray. Oct 22, Greg Yoder.

133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.578.1826.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Oct 22, Ain’t Misbehavin’.

Oct 25, songwriter’s lounge with Lauralee Brown. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

Green Music Center

Oct 20, Itzhak Perlman and Rohan De Silva. Oct 22, Denis Matsuev. Oct 23, Tomatito. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Gypsy Cafe

Oct 22, 7pm, John Denver tribute with Craig Corona.

162 N Main St, Sebastopol.

707.861.3825.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Oct 20, Songwriters in the Round. Oct 21, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown. Oct 22, “Songbook: a Night of Stories and Songs” with Blitzen Trapper and Sera Cahoone. Oct 24, Monday Night Edutainment with Ras Attitude. Oct 26, Kimock with Jeff Chimenti and Mickey Hart. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Oct 21, 5pm, Clay Bell. Oct 21, 8pm, the Mosey Boys. Oct 22, 1pm, Billy D. Oct 22, 8pm, Ten Foot Tone. Oct 23, 1pm, Anthony Presti. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Oct 22, 9pm, rent control awareness showcase with JonEmery and Rancho Deluxe.

146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s

Oct 20, 5pm, Big Kitty. Oct 21, Gabriel Francisco. Oct 22, Pancho. Oct 26, 6pm, jazz jam. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Oct 19, the Heaters. Oct 20, Barrio Manouche. Oct 21, McHugh & Devine. Oct 22, the Pulsators. Oct 23, Todos Santos.

Oct 26, Jason Bodlovich. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Oct 23, 3pm, Symphony Pops: Maestro’s Greatest Hits. Oct 25, Jethro Tull performed

by Ian Anderson. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Main Street Bistro

Oct 21, Levi Lloyd & the 501 Blues Band. Oct 22, Wendy DeWitt. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Monroe Dance Hall

Oct 22, 7pm, Wild Catahoulas with Andrew Carriere. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.529.5450.

Mystic Theatre

Oct 20, Reverend Peyton’s

Festival with the Easy Leaves.

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Bulgarika. 118 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley. 415.485.5500.

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Phoenix Theater

Oct 19, the Matt Kizer Band.

Oct 20, Koolwhip. Oct 21, Room of Voices with Mingo Lewis.

Oct 22, Fairfax Irish Festival.

Oct 23, 5:30pm, Connie Ducey with Namely Us. Oct 23, 8:30pm, Waldo’s Special and Urban Grass. Oct 26, Lender.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

Oct 20, Tasty Face featuring Eric McFadden, Angelo Moore and Queen delph. Oct 23, Lilan Kane and Erin Honeywell. Oct 25, Yellowman with Soul Ska. Oct 26, Celebration of Billy Lee Lewis feat Mark Karan and Glenn Walters. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1100.

Oct 21, Parcivillian with Secure the Sun and the Levines. 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Oct 22, the Fargo Brothers.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Rossi’s 1906

Oct 21, Brandon & the Bee’s Knees. Oct 22, Rubber Soul.

Oct 23, Oktoberfest! with the Gruber Family Polka Band. Oct 26, Keith Greeninger. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Oct 22, Joe Valley Band.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Seasons of the Vineyard

Oct 22, 4pm, Gary Johnson Quartet with Greg Hester.

113 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2222.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Oct 21, House of Mary. Oct 22, One Armed Joey. Oct 24, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Oct 21, Shocktober with Wonder Dave and Jet Noir. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY Dance Palace

Oct 23, Plutocracy with Dale Polissar. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Fenix

Oct 19, the Bobby Young Project. Oct 21, the Jean Genies. Oct 22, Aja Vu & Stealin Chicago. Oct 23, 6:30pm, Liz Stires Fall Showcase. Oct 25, Hot Club of San Francisco. Oct 26, pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Grazie Restaurant

Oct 22, Acoustic Soul. 823 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.897.5181.

HopMonk Novato

Oct 20, the Levines. Oct 21, Sugar Rush. Oct 22, Sol Seed. Oct 23, 5pm, John Doe. Sold-out. Oct 26, open mic night with Salty Barnacle.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Marin Country Mart Oct 23, 12:30pm, Folkish

No Name Bar

Oct 19, Nothin’ But Fun. Oct 20, Michael LaMacchia Band. Oct 21, Michael Aragon Quartet.

Oct 22, Joe Tate & the Hippie Voices. Oct 23, Timothy O & Co. Oct 24, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Oct 26, the Whole Catastrophe. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino

Oct 19, Jay Sanders Trio. Oct 20, Passion Habanera. Oct 21, Eric Markowitz Trio. Oct 22, Hippopotamus Trio. Oct 23, Ian McArdle Trio. Oct 25, Brian Moran. Oct 26, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Oct 19, Panama Jazz Trio. Oct 20, Deborah Winters. Oct 25, Lorin Rowan. Oct 26, Brian Byrnes. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Oct 19, Elvis Johnson’s soul review. Oct 20, Shortwave. Oct 21, Culann’s Hounds. Oct 22, Flanelhed. Oct 23, Liquid Green.

Oct 25, Sheet Metal. Oct 26, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Oct 21, the LoWatters. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse

Oct 20, Countdown with Lloyd Williams. Oct 21, DJ Jose Ruiz.

Oct 22, Fog Swamp. Oct 23, 5pm, Candela with Edgardo Cambon. Oct 25, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Oct 20, Gramps the Vamp. Oct 21, Norton Money and Junk Parlor. Oct 22, the Missing Pieces. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae.

41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Strawberry Recreation Center

Oct 21, Folk Dance Party with

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Throckmorton Theatre Oct 21, Craig Jessup. Oct 23, 5pm, Kimrea with Grant Ewald and Elvis Johnson. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Tomales Town Hall

Oct 22, 7:30pm, Chris Webster & Nina Gerber. 27150 Hwy 1, Tomales. 707.878.2006.

The Trident

Oct 22, 6pm, Audrey Moira Shimkas Jazz Trio. 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.331.3232.

NAPA COUNTY BurgerFi

Oct 22, 3pm, Box Car Figaro. 967 First St, Napa.

707.927.5373.

River Theatre

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Oct 24, Michael Belair.

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River Terrace Inn

Oct 20, Sean Carscadden. Oct 21, Dan Martin. Oct 22, Nate Lopez. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s

Oct 20, C4 Inc. Oct 21, Midnight Harvest. Oct 22, Fleetwood Mask. Oct 23, 4pm, VOENA. Oct 26, Scott Pullman.

530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Uva Trattoria

Oct 19, Trio Solea. Oct 20, Le Jazz Hot. Oct 21, Fundz Jazz.

Oct 22, Party of Three. Oct 23, Three on a Match. Oct 26, Tom Duarte. 1040 Clinton St, Napa.

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Oct 22, Travis Hayes.

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707.224.6664.

Oct 20, the Last Resort. Oct 21, Rhythm Drivers. Oct 22, Bobby Love and Sweet Sugar.

Oct 23, DJ Aurelio. Oct 25, Bay Area Blues Society Caravan of Allstars. 902 Main St, Napa.

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Hopscotch Gifts & Gallery, “Wings,” bird-themed art show includes works by local artists ranging from watercolors to metal sculpture. 5pm. 14301 Arnold Dr, #2A, Glen Ellen.

707.343.1931.

SweetE Organic, “Kiddo Art & Artists,” art show includes Mill Valley students’ paintings and drawings.

5pm. Strawberry Village.

800 Redwood Hwy, Ste 612, Mill Valley. 415.380.5000.

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Corte Madera Library, “Extra-Ordinary Shapes,” group show of paintings from the Marin County Watercolor Society. 10am.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

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Calabi Gallery, “The Beat Went On,” paintings

by Beat-era artist and poet Sutter Marin are accompanied by works from other artists of his milieu, including Paul Beattie, Dorr Bothwell, Roy DeForest and others. 4pm. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. 707.781.7070.

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Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Alchemia Gallery

Through Oct 30, “A Face in the Crowd,” 10 artists are represented in this collection of acrylic and oil portraits inspired by the works of iconic artists. 111 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Mon-Tues, Fri, 10 to 5; Wed-Thurs, Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, 11 to 4. 707.775.3794.

Aqus Cafe

Through Nov 1, “Day of the

Artist Exhibit,” collection ranges from functional pottery to paintings to contemporary sculpture and more, showcasing Sonoma County’s art community. 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

Petaluma Arts Center, “Floribunda,” Hunt Institute’s international exhibition of botanical art and illustration includes local and regional botanical artists. 5pm. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. 707.762.5600.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Your Landscape,” several artists present their unique takes on the theme with traditional, contemporary, ecological or controversial offerings. 6pm.

282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Gallery, “New Works by Robert Breyer,” an exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings by the Sebastopol Gallery founding member. 4pm.

150 N Main St, Sebastopol.

707.829.7200.

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Steele Lane Community Center, “Outer Glow,” Northern California artist Jenny Harp utilizes a variety of media in her work including printmaking, digital media, sculpture and installation. 4pm. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3282.

Dead,” seasonal show from local artists offers several takes on Dia de los Muertos. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi

Through Oct 31, “Marsha Balian Solo Show,” the artist’s representational collages offer a sense of mystery, invention and narrative. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary. 707.795.9753.

Finley Community Center

Through Oct 20, “Sonoma County Senior Art Show,” fine

art from local seniors is on display. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Graton Gallery

Through Nov 6, “What You See,” featuring new works by Bruce K Hopkins and others.

9048 Graton Rd, Graton. TuesSat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4.

707.829.8912.

Hammerfriar Gallery

Through Nov 5, “Ancestor Worship,” artist and architect Tramaine de Senna presents a contemplative show of architecture as art. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg.

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

707.473.9600.

Redwood Cafe

Through Oct 31, “October Art Show at Redwood Cafe,” featuring works by artists Cathleen Francisco, Zack Rhodes, Lauren Marks and Caitlin Sorrells. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily. 707.795.7868.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Nov 6, “Early Fall Show,” featuring the unique painting of Georgianne Fastaia and the vibrant photography of Gus Feissel. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.775.4ART.

Sonoma State University Library Art Gallery

Through Dec 23, “Creativity Unconfined,” life in a World War II Japanese-American internment camp is explored in silk-screen posters, woodcuts, paper flowers and more. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

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Through Nov 5, “Abstracts, Fantasies & Digital Manipulations,” the eclectic photography of Michel Kotski is on display. 1122 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.459.4340.

Art Works Downtown Through Nov 5, “Circling,” Cayen Robertson’s solo exhibit features selections from the last 15 years of her artistic career, as well as her most recent pieces. . Through Nov 7, “Wild Things,” recent water-media paintings by

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Toby’s Gallery

Through Oct 27, “In Earthed,” recent paintings by Toni Littlejohn. 905 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.453.0700.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery

Through Oct 30, “Visual Poetry,” artists Bryn Craig, Robin Brandes and Leisha Douglas display works that find poetry in ordinary subject.

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

Falkirk Cultural Center Through Nov 4, “Falkirk’s Juried Exhibit,” featuring hundreds of Bay Area artists working in a wide range of media.

1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael.

415.485.3438.

Gallery Route One

Through Oct 30, “Canto XXV,” immersive art and sculpture exhibit from Diana Marto is inspired by Chinese spirit paper. Shows in conjunction with Cynthia Tom’s “Stories to Tell” and tc moore’s “Reflections.” 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Marin Society of Artists

Through Oct 29, “In Your Dreams,” juried fine art exhibit is juried by Michael Azgour.

1515 Third St, San Rafael.

Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

Through Oct 23, “Emerging Artists of Northern California,” five diverse artists display their mutlimedia works. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

Osher Marin JCC

Through Oct 30, “We Are the Bridge,” exhibit showcases over 30 artists from multiple faith traditions, the majority of whom live and work in the Bay Area. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Stinson Beach Library

Through Oct 31, “Stinson Beach Ranches Past & Present,” hosted by the Stinson Beach Historical Society. 3521 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach.

415.868.0252.

Through Oct 31, “Michael Cutlip Solo Show,” influenced by graffiti and street art, the Bay Area native’s works showcase metropolitan life as seen through an abstract lens. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Through Oct 30, “Positive Choices,” retrospective of Bob Kubik’s drawings, etchings, paintings and sculptures made from recycled materials. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

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Through Nov 1, “Ashley Dawn Solo Show,” modern impressionistic painter seeks to create beauty that invites the beholder to find rest and feel joy. 881 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.721.0600.

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Through Nov 6, “Through a Liquid Mirror,” exhibit features a collection of 38 underwater photographs by Wayne Levin.

8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford.

Daily, 10am to 4:45pm.

707.967.7700.

Sharpsteen Museum

Through Oct 30, “Treasures from the Button Box,” clothing buttons from the late 1700s to the 1960s capture a longago world while evoking the pride and quality of small manufacturers. 1311 Washington St, Calistoga. Daily, 11 to 4. 707.942.5911.

Comedy Will Durst

“Elect to Laugh” tour. Oct 19, 8pm. $25-$30. Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Latin Comedy Jam

Standup comedians Rudy O, Anthony Medina, Juan Carlos and others share the stage. Oct 21, 8pm. $20. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.

The Laugh Room

Crushers of Comedy presents standup stars and dinner events celebrating the fall season. Sat, Oct 22, 8pm. $20.

Union Hotel, 280 Mission Blvd, Santa Rosa. 707.538.6000.

Paula Poundstone

Veteran humorist appears for a night of standup. Oct 21, 8pm. $29-$39. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark

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707.546.3600.

Skippy & High

A perfect pair of standup comics turned crime fighters make for a fun night onstage.

Oct 20, 7pm. $10. Rossi’s 1906, 401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

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nationally acclaimed artist Rita Sklar is featured at the Donor’s Gallery. Through Nov 11, “20/20 Vision,” exhibition celebrating 20 years of Art Works Downtown looks at the past, present and future. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Sonoma Laughfest

Second annual festival of standup, improv and sketch comedy features performers seen on popular TV shows, movies and more. Oct 20-23. $14 and up. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, SonomaLaughfest.com.

Events After Hours Beauty Night

Join a fun night with makeup lessons to achieve a different hollywood looks tailored to your skin tone. A weekendlong sale follows. Oct 21, 6pm. $25. Mad Mod Shop, 6780 McKinley St #140, Sebastopol.

707.329.6113.

Blind Scream Haunted House Three terrifying hauntedhouse experiences under one roof get you in the mood for Halloween. Through Oct 31.

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

Champagne Promenade & Celebration

Singers Marin commemorates 30 years of performances with appreciations, music and surprises. Oct 23, 5pm. $45.

Servino Ristorante, 9 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.2676.

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Fabulous fall finds including ceramics, photography, needlepoint, blankets, bird baths, mirrors, purses and more, with a bake sale, art demonstrations and raffle. Oct 22, 10am. Free admission. Colonial Park, 5645 Old Redwood Hwy, Santa Rosa. ) 707.280.5449.

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The Draped Figure

Draw or paint from live models in a variety of costumes and settings. Tues, 10am. $15.

MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. 415.506.0137.

The House of the Gathering

An afternoon of creative expression allows you to reflect on that part of yourself that feels most in need of recognition, and personify it as a mask. Oct 23, 2:30pm. $60$90. Sebastopol Community Center Youth Annex, 425 Morris St, Sebastopol. 707.823.6925.

Media Freedom Summit

Project Censored, founded at Sonoma State University

by Professor Carl Jensen, celebrates forty years of documenting significant news stories with presentations, discussions and networking.

Oct 21-22. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2880.

National Bioneers Conference

Notable speakers and interactive workshops connect people with visionary solutions for our most pressing environmental and social challenges. Oct 21-23. $75 and up. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, conference.bioneers.org.

Point Reyes Books Farewell Event

Event also honors centennial of the National Park Service and features Terry Tempest Williams reading from her new book, “The Hour of Land.” With pre-event reception at Toby’s Feed Barn Gallery. Oct 22. $25 and up. West Marin School, 11550 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station, ptreyesbooks.com.

Santa Rosa Gem Faire

Find fine jewelry, precious and semi-precious gemstones, millions of beads, crystals, minerals and much more at manufacturer’s prices. Oct 21-23. $7. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, gemfaire.com.

Senior Access Caregiver Support

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

Lucas Valley Community

Church, 2000 Las Gallinas Ave, San Rafael.

Sisters’ Grand Opening Party

The consignment store celebrates a new location with a weekend-long storewide sale with refreshments. Oct 21-23.

Sisters, 2700 Yulupa Ave #6, Santa Rosa. 707.543.8422.

Spoon Bending Party

Discover how powerful you are and leave with a physical representation of the power of your chi. Oct 22, 10am. $20.

Songbird Community Healing Center, 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.2398.

SSU Sustainability Days Climate change journalist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben gives a keynote address on Oct. 18 in Weill Hall, and a day of presentations, panels and activities around sustainability follows on Oct 19 in the Student Center.

Through Oct 19. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2880.

Witchie Poo Halloween Extravaganza Annual variety show includes a costume parade at intermission and prizes. Oct 22-23. $9-$11.

Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.

Film Alexander Valley Film Festival

Unique mix of local and independent cinema features cutting-edge films and showcases new and emerging talents from all over the world.

Oct 20-23. $12 and up. Clover Theater, 121 East First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.6347.

Audrie & Daisy

Film about teenagers and families affected by a social media storm screens, hosted

by YWCA Sonoma County and Kaiser Permanente. Oct 20, 7pm. by donation. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.8909.

Babette’s Feast

Acclaimed 1987 film about family and food screens as part of the CinemaBites, with local chefs offering culinary treats and Napa Valley wines and beer. Oct 24, 5pm. $45.

Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.9779.

Cinema & Psyche

Study, watch, and discuss

five pre-Code treasures from 1933 with a focus on cultural dissolution, moral revolution and film innovation of the era.

Thurs, 6:30pm. through Nov 17. $110. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 510.496.6060.

Florence & the Uffizi Gallery

Documentary is a journey of the city that was once the cradle of the Italian Renaissance that features the most beautiful and representative works of art of the period. Oct 22, 7pm. $10.

Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Life Animated

Inspiring film, based on a bestselling book, screens as part of the Science on Screen series. Oct 21, 5:45pm. $8-$15.

Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.9779.

Lorna’s Silence

Belgian filmmakers JeanPierre and Luc Dardenne make heart-rending movies about young people left behind by the postwar European boom.

Fri, Oct 21, 7pm and Sun, Oct 23, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

707.664.2606.

The Other Side of Cannabis

Documentary on negative effects of marijuana on youth is screened with discussion to follow. Oct 22, 6:30pm. by donation. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.568.5381.

meeting for vegetarians.

Fourth Tues of every month, 5pm. Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Bodega Land Trust Dinner

Fall harvest dinner prepared by local chef and silent auction benefits the land trust in this 24th annual event. Oct 22, 5:30pm. $20. McCaughey Hall, 17184 Bodega Hwy, Bodega, bodegalandtrust.org.

Harvest Celebration

In honor of Arrowood’s 30th harvest, celebrate on the crush pad with the release of their 2012 Réserve Spéciale Cabernet Sauvignon. Oct 22, 2pm. $45. Arrowood Winery, 14347 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen.

707.935.2600.

Herbs for a Healthy Gut

Learn to use herbs to create effective and delicious herbal self care remedies to improve the health of your whole family.

Oct 23, 3pm. $65. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Spirit of the Harvest

Celebrate local faith communities who support family farms, increase access to local food and advocate for sustainable food policy.

Oct 20, 5:30pm. $50. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol, interfaithfood.org.

Lectures

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Dolphin Legacy

Women’s PAC Movie Night

Dr Cesar Lozano

Food & Drink

UFO Lecture Series

The cult classic science-fiction musical gets a late-night screening. Oct 22, 11pm. $10. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Political action committee screens “Where to Invade Next” by Michael Moore. RSVP required. Oct 19, 6pm. by donation. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, bmatas8139@aol.com.

Aqus Veg Group

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CRITIC’S CHOICE

Dean Bernal shares his amazing and heartwarming journeys with JoJo, a small sociable dolphin he met first in 1981. Oct 25, 7pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

A high-energy and humorous talk that illustrates the differences between men and women to help improve relationships. Oct 26, 8pm. $35-$75. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Noted UFOlogist UFOJim returns to talk about the most infamous UFO case ever, Roswell. Oct 24, 7pm. $5-$10. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

World of Cinema Alexander Valley Film Fest embraces diversity

Last year, when the Alexander Valley Film Society hosted its first annual film festival, the theme was “Daring and Courage,” to reflect the budding society’s ambitious goals of enriching the creative community.

The film society expands its vision for this year’s festival, and this year highlights both Spanish-language and LGBT programming.

Friday’s opening-night film is The Saver, a nuanced Canadian drama about a grieving teen’s quest for wealth. Actress Imajyn Cardinal will be in attendance for that screening. In fact, many filmmakers will be in town, such as Cameraperson director Kirsten Johnson (pictured) and For What It’s Worth director James Simmons, who shot the film in Geyserville and employed Alexander Valley students as interns.

Other special events include Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, screening under the stars at Coppola Winery, and John Carpenter’s Halloween, showing at the Clover Theater. There are also international shorts and local student shorts playing, a filmmaker panel and other events.

The Alexander Valley Film Festival runs Oct. 20–23 a various locations in Healdsburg, Geyserville and Cloverdale. For more info and tickets, visit avfilmsociety.org.

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Readings Book Passage Oct 19, 1pm, “Breaking Through

Power” with Ralph Nader.

Oct 19, 7pm, “Mercury” with Margot Livesey. Oct 20, 7pm, “The Wonder” with Emma Donoghue. Oct 21, 7pm, “French

Oct 23, 2pm, “The Beat Went On,” special ruth weiss poetry reading with live jazz accompaniment. Reservations recommended. $20 donation.

456 10th St, Santa Rosa 707.781.7070.

Calistoga Copperfield’s Books

Oct 20, 7pm, “The Other Einstein” with Marie Benedict.

1330 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga 707.942.1616.

Diesel Bookstore

Oct 19, 6:30pm, “Altamont” with Joel Selvin, includes a screening of “Gimme Shelter”. Oct 26, 7pm, Larkspur Book Club Pioneers, meet to discuss “The Tsar of Love and Techno” by Anthony Marra. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Oct 19, 6pm, “The Clay Girl” with Heather Tucker, a Debut Brews event hosted by Copperfield’s Books. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.7300.

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Napa Bookmine

Oct 22, 12pm, Local Authors Celebration, published authors read and sign their books, sales benefit the Napa Valley Writer’s Conference. Oct 23, 4pm, “Aurora” and “The Brains of Rats” with Kim Stanley Robinson and Michael Blumlein. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

Novato Copperfield’s Books

Oct 21, 7pm, “House of Blazes” and “City of Ghosts” with Dietrich Kalteis and Kelli Stanley. 999 Grant Ave, Novato 415.763.3052.

San Anselmo Library

Oct 21, 7:30pm, “Tangled Vines” with Frances Dinkelspiel. 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.258.4656.

San Rafael Library

Oct 24, 6:30pm, “Immigrant Soldier” with Kathryn LangSlattery. 1100 E St, San Rafael 415.485.3323.

Santa Rosa Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Oct 22, 4pm, “The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens” with Jennifer Shannon. 613 College Avenue, Santa Rosa.

707.545.4600.

Toby’s Gallery

Oct 22, 5pm, “The Hour of Land” with Terry Tempest Williams, event both bids farewell to the outgoing owners of Pt Reyes Books and benefits Pt Reyes National Seashore Association. $25-$125. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

Theater Bad Dates

Jennifer King stars in this charming and sweet onewoman play about a hilarious journey of self-discovery, presented by Sonoma Arts Live.

Oct 26-30. sonomaartslive. org. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

Murder at Joe’s Speakeasy Get a Clue Productions presents a new murder-mystery dinner theater show set in the roaring ‘20s. Fri, Oct 21, 7pm. $68.

Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor, getaclueproductions. com.

Peter & the Starcatcher Marin Onstage presents the story how Peter Pan becomes the magical, eternal boy of legend. Oct 21-Nov 12. $12-$25.

Belrose Theater, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, marinonstage.org.

The Rocky Horror Show That sweet transvestite, Dr. Frank-N-furter, and his motley crew return in the original stage musical. Oct 21-Nov 13. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Titanic: The Musical Award-winning Spreckels Theatre Company presents the North Bay premiere of the Tony award-winning show. Through Oct 30. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

707.588.3400.

The Woman in Black The Raven Players go on the road and present the theatrical adaptation of Susan Hill’s ghostly tale creates an intimate play-within-a-play experience for the audience. Oct 20-30. $10-$25. Costeaux French Bakery, 417 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Zombie Town Left Edge Theatre presents a comedic mockumentary about an undead outbreak in Texas.

Through Oct 30. $25-$40.

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

707.546.3600.

Dancing at Lughnasa

Widely regarded as a modern theater classic, the play looks at a nostalgic summer of 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg, just before the dawn of the Second World War. Through Oct 30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol.

707.823.0177.

Dial M for Murder

The classic thriller gets a new production from the North Bay

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Oct 22, 12:30pm, “The Red Rooster Cookbook” with Marcus Samuelsson, celebrity chef appears, co-hosted by Book Passage. $115. 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo 415.457.7700.

Oct 19, 4pm, “Isabella: Girl in Charge” with Jennifer Fosberry. Oct 19, 5pm, “Starr Creek” with Nathan Carson.

Oct 20, 4pm, “Sherlock Sam” with AJ Low. Oct 20, 7pm, “Wild Things, Wild Places” with Jane Alexander. Oct 21, 7pm, “Cooking with Laurie” with Laurie Figone. Oct 24, 7pm, “Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy” with Mike Love, in conversation with Joel Selvin. Ticket required.

140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Stage Company. Oct 21-Nov 6. $28. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

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Oct 23, 1pm, “Dogs & Their People” with Barkpost. Oct 23, 4pm, “The Gardener and the Carpenter” with Alison Gopnik.

Oct 25, 7pm, “The Road to Sparta” with Dean Karnazes. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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annabis harvest in Sonoma County lags a little behind grape harvest. Some outdoor grows have been harvested, dried and trimmed, and have already hit the market.

The impact of the outdoor harvest on the market is already apparent, too, as prices for greenhouse cannabis (the stuff grown year-round) have dropped $400 per pound over the last two months.

Last week’s rain caused a bit of a panic among local cultivators waiting as long as possible to harvest. Heavy rain followed by the cool weather invites mold and makes drying more difficult and compromises quality. So almost all remaining outdoor cannabis grows were being hastily harvested last Thursday and Friday. If a few more people were missing from work late last week, you know why.

Meanwhile, in random

conversations with three local cannabis-focused cultivation suppliers, all said 2016 sales were up 40 percent over last year.

Why? There were more firsttime growers, more established growers planting bigger gardens and an increasing awareness that nutrients can significantly increase per-plant yields. If a grower has a limit on the number, but not the size, of plants, then perplant yields are a big deal.

Here are some field reports from local growers: “A lot less law enforcement activity this year, very few big busts.”

Any issues with a possible 30–40 percent increase in production? “It all seems to be going somewhere; not too many big stockpiles out there. Most everybody is still making money.”

“The heavy marine layers this summer were obvious. Our grows near the coast were small and had more mold problems. Sebastopol grows were OK, Santa Rosa was a little better than average, and the grows in Kenwood, Glen Ellen and up on the Sonoma Ridge were excellent. We also were much better fighting white powder [mildew] this year.”

“Everything was huge. It’s going to be a bumper crop for sure.”

“Jack is back. Everyone is growing Jack Frost or Jack [Herrer] crosses. . . . Jack is the new Blue Dream.”

“A lot of growers switched to strains [that flower earlier] this year. They want to harvest earlier.

Also there was a lot more use of organic solutions to deal with the traditional problems of mold, mildew and spider mites.”

Tawnie Logan, director of the Sonoma County Growers Alliance, said many environmentally conscious growers experimented with dry-farming techniques.

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) In the 1980s, two performance artists did a project entitled A Year Tied Together at the Waist. For 12 months, Linda Montano and Tehching Hsieh were never farther than eight feet away from each other, bound by a rope. Hsieh said he tried this experiment because he felt very comfortable doing solo work, but wanted to upgrade his abilities as a collaborator. Montano testified that the piece “dislodged a deep hiddenness” in her. It sharpened her intuition and gave her a “heightened passion for living and relating.” If you were ever going to engage in a comparable effort to deepen your intimacy skills, Aries, the coming weeks would be a favorable time to attempt it.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

In the coming weeks would you prefer that we refer to you as “voracious”? Or do you like the word “ravenous” better?

I have a feeling, based on the astrological omens, that you will be extra-super-eager to consume vast quantities of just about everything: food, information, beauty, sensory stimulation, novelty, pleasure, and who knows what else. But please keep this in mind: Your hunger could be a torment or it could be a gift.

Which way it goes may depend on your determination to actually enjoy what you devour. In other words, don’t get so enchanted by the hypnotic power of your longing that you neglect to exult in the gratification when your longing is satisfied.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) When the wind blows at 10 miles per hour, a windmill generates eight times more power than when the breeze is five miles per hour. Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect there will be a similar principle at work in your life during the coming weeks. A modest increase in effort and intensity will make a huge difference in the results you produce. Are you willing to push yourself a bit beyond your comfort level in order to harvest a wave of abundance?

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LEO (July 23–August 22) Eighteenth-century musician Giuseppe Tartini has been called “the godfather of modern violin playing.” He was also an innovative composer who specialized in poignant and poetic melodies. One of his most famous works is the Sonata in G Minor, also known as “The Devil’s Trill.” Tartini said it was inspired by a dream in which he made a pact with the Devil to provide him with new material. The Infernal One picked up a violin and played the amazing piece that Tartini transcribed when he woke up. Here’s the lesson for you: He didn’t actually sell his soul to the Devil. Simply engaging in this rebellious, taboo act in the realm of fantasy had the alchemical effect of unleashing a burst of creative energy. Try it!

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) The planets have aligned in a curious pattern. I interpret it as meaning that you have cosmic permission to indulge in more self-interest and self-seeking than usual. So it won’t be taboo for you to unabashedly say, “What exactly is in it for me?” or “Prove your love, my dear” or “Gimmeee gimmeee gimmee what I want.” If someone makes a big promise, you shouldn’t be shy about saying, “Will you put that in writing?” If you get a sudden urge to snag the biggest piece of the pie, obey that urge.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22)

In the course of her long career, Libran actress Helen Hayes won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. Years before all that glory poured down on her, she met playwright Charles MacArthur at a party in a posh Manhattan salon. Hayes was sitting shyly in a dark corner.

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MacArthur glided over to her and slipped a few salted peanuts into her hand. “I wish they were emeralds,” he told her. It was love at first sight. A few years after they got married, MacArthur bought Hayes an emerald necklace. I foresee a metaphorically comparable event in your near future, Libra: peanuts serving as a promise of emeralds.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Welcome to the Painkiller Phase of your cycle. It’s time to relieve your twinges, dissolve your troubles and banish your torments. You can’t sweep away the whole mess in one quick heroic purge, of course. But I bet you can pare it down by at least 33 percent. (More is quite possible.)

To get started, make the following declaration five times a day for the next three days: “I am grateful for all the fascinating revelations and indispensable lessons that my pain has taught me.” On each of the three days after that, affirm this truth five times: “I have learned all I can from my pain, and therefore no longer need its reminders. Goodbye, pain.” On the three days after that, say these words, even if you can’t bring yourself to mean them with complete sincerity: “I forgive everybody of everything.”

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

For the foreseeable future, you possess the following powers: to make sensible that which has been unintelligible . . . to find amusement in situations that had been tedious . . . to create fertile meaning where before there had been sterile chaos. Congratulations, Sagittarius! You are a first-class transformer. But that’s not all. I suspect you will also have the ability to distract people from concerns that aren’t important . . . to deepen any quest that has been too superficial or careless to succeed . . . and to ask the good questions that will render the bad questions irrelevant.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) In the past 11 months, did you ever withhold your love on purpose? Have there been times when you “punished” those you cared about by acting cold and aloof? Can you remember a few occasions when you could have been more generous or compassionate, but chose not to be? If you answered yes to any of those questions, the next three weeks will be an excellent time to atone. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you can reap maximum benefit from correcting stingy mistakes. I suggest that you make gleeful efforts to express your most charitable impulses. Be a tower of bountiful power.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) In 1415, a smaller English army defeated French forces at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France. Essential to England’s victory were its 7,000 longbowmen— archers who shot big arrows using bows that were six feet long. So fast and skilled were these warriors that they typically had three arrows flying through the air at any one time. That’s the kind of high-powered proficiency I recommend that you summon during your upcoming campaign. If you need more training to reach that level of effectiveness, get it immediately.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Let’s imagine your life as a novel. The most recent chapter, which you’ll soon be drawing to a close, might be called “The Redemption of Loneliness.” Other apt titles: “Intimacy with the Holy Darkness” or “The Superpower of Surrender” or “The End Is Secretly the Beginning.” Soon you will start a new chapter, which I’ve tentatively dubbed “Escape from Escapism,” or perhaps “Liberation from False Concepts of Freedom” or “Where the Wild Things Are.” And the expansive adventures of this next phase will have been made possible by the sweet-and-sour enigmas of the past four weeks.

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