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Bravo, David As a produced, award-winning playwright, I have written to the Bohemian several times to three of its editors over the years with basically the same high praise for its theater reviewer David Templeton. How lucky we (and you) are to have him as our one and only theater critic of note in all of Sonoma County. There was a time when the Press Democrat’s Dan Taylor did yeoman service giving us his take on local theater, but then we found ourselves in the depths of the

long recession. Theater reviews hit the skids at the PD, and even though the economy has bounced back, Taylor’s reviews have not.

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The Real Deal Lynda Hopkins will bring a new perspective and energy to county government. She holds a college and master’s degree with studies in communications and land-use planning. Her experiences as a journalist, organization leader and small farmer have put her in touch with local issues.

And if you have a chance to meet her, you’ll be impressed with her sincere interest in bringing people together to address the issues that affect our community.

She is clear-thinking and understands the responsibilities of government. Most importantly, she really does care about the lives and aspirations of our fellow neighbors and about the protection of our natural resources.

While the baby boomer generation tends to get trapped in the ideological divide between “us and them,” Lynda speaks for a new generation of leadership that is willing to take on the tough decisions with open-minded practicality and a vision of working together. Lynda is the real deal.

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Big-Time Money Follow the money. Lynda Hopkins’ lackeys/handlers have been inundating my mailbox with hit piece after hit piece against Noreen Evans. We have Eric “Never met a trough I couldn’t insert my snout in” Koenigshofer, minion for big wine bucks and development, leading the effort for said big wine and development to insert their toady, Lynda Hopkins, as an advocate for their interests. Mr. Koenigshofer, as everyone recalls, left his job as a Sonoma County supervisor with impeccable environmental credentials. Since then, he has lobbied for Sonoma County Waste Management and was chief lobbyist for the Preservation Ranch debacle. So much for environmental cred.

We’ve got big time outside Sonoma County money pouring in to defeat Evans. Why? You might well ask.

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bout four years ago, I was working at Sonoma State University when a colleague invited me to come with her to be part of a class she was teaching at San Quentin State Prison.

After a lot of clanging doors and ID and body checks, we were led inside the upper yard, where there are chapels and classrooms.

I nervously went into one of the classrooms and set up chairs.

Soon, some of the inmates filed in dressed in blue denim with a large “D.O.C.” stenciled on their clothes. The men were very friendly and really seemed to be grateful we were there. These prisoners were interested, engaged and eager to learn. I was impressed. I could feel my stereotypes about prisoners vaporizing and another reality based on common humanity forming in their place. I wanted to come back.

I eventually chose to volunteer with the restorative justice program run through the prison’s Catholic chapel. The stories I have heard have given me the incredible opportunity to connect in a very human and personal way with people most would consider outcasts. These guys screwed up big-time, but have had 15, 20 or 30-plus years to consider what they have done and work out as best they can a path toward acceptance and redemption.

Given the circumstances that most have come from and the debt they have paid, I am not one to judge them. I have met some of the most spiritually advanced people I know in these groups, and I am constantly amazed how they can maintain their spirit and attitude after so many years behind bars. I have learned so much, and I’m humbled by their experiences.

Of this I am sure: many of the men I have met could be far more useful to their communities and society by doing their work and using their talents on the outside than on the inside. If Proposition 57 passes, perhaps some of them will get their chance and some juveniles will not have to be incarcerated in adult prisons.

Bruce Berkowitz is co-chair of the Congregation Shomrei Torah social action committee.

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PROPOSITION 54 Conditions under which legislative bills can be passed A yes vote on Proposition 54 is a yes for open government and transparency. The proposal would prohibit passage of any bill that hasn’t been in print or posted online for at least 72 hours. All legislative proceedings would also have to be recorded, posted online and available for free. Democracy thrives in the daylight and dies in the dark. Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 55 Extension of personal income tax for those making over $250,000 to fund education and healthcare

NO MORE DEATH The death chamber at San Quentin has not been used since 2006. Vote yes on

Proposition 62 and shut it down for good.

2016 Voter Guide Your clip-and-save guide to the Bohemian’s select election endorsements PROPOSITION 51 Funding for K-12 school bonds and community college facilities If passed, this law would create a $9 billion bond to improve and build public schools. Schools are still recovering from the budget crisis of 2008, and this measure will go a long way to addressing overdue facility needs.

Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 52 Voter approval of hospitalfee program

PROPOSITION 53 Voter approval of state projects that cost more than $2 billion

This reasonable proposition continues a fee program at hospitals to help ensure we get federal matching dollars for Medicaid funds. It would reform current practices by requiring voter approval of any use of these funds for other purposes.

Recommendation: Yes

Government waste and boondoggles are far too common, but hindering major infrastructure improvements through general-election approval is a recipe for delay and potentially greater costs for needed projects. A better idea is to elect politicians who

Proposition 30 of 2012 levied a sales and income tax to help California schools dig out from the effects of the great recession.

The tax is scheduled to end, but Proposition 55 would extend it for those making more than $250,000 (1.5 percent of the population) to continue to pay for schools and public health projects. That is reneging on the terms of Proposition 30, but California’s school and health system are still in need. California’s tax system is in need of an overhaul, but in the meantime, asking the 1.5 percent to help pay for these worthy causes is reasonable.

Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 56 Increase cigarette tax by $2 a pack Smoking exacts a huge cost on public health—$3.5 billion a year for Medi-Cal patients in California. This proposed tax on tobacco products and e-cigarettes would fund anti-tobacco education and healthcare. If you don’t like the tax, don’t smoke.

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Doctor’s Confession to Petaluma Dear Friend, I wanted to let everyone know what happened while I was in college. It was a moment that changed my life forever. But before I tell you about my experience, I wanted to tell you my story from the start.

Let me start by explaining the photo in this letter, I’m the guy in the middle, Dr. Taatjes.

You know when I meet people in town and they usually say, “Oh yeah, I know you, you’re Dr. Taatjes. You’ve been in Petaluma for years…” Well, that’s me.

Twenty-seven years ago something happened to me that changed my life forever. Let me tell you my story.

I was studying pre-Med in college, in hopes of becoming a medical doctor. Things were looking up, and life was good, until things took a turn for the worse.

I began to have terrible back and stomach problems. For a young guy, I felt pretty rotten. My back hurt so badly that I had a hard time even concentrating in class. I was miserable. The medical doctors tried different drugs, but they only made me feel like I was in a “cloud.” I was just not getting better.

A friend of mine convinced me to give a chiropractor a try. The adjustment didn’t hurt, it actually felt good. I got relief, and I soon was off all medication. It worked so well that I decided, then and there, to become a chiropractor myself.

Now for my kids, Hayden and Henry.

They have been under chiropractic care their entire lives. And, unlike most other kids in their class, they never get the “common” childhood illnesses like ear infections, asthma and allergies. In fact, they have never taken a drug in their lives. And they are now 19 and 21!

It’s strange how life is, because now people come to see me with their back problems and stomach problems. They come to me with their headaches, migraines, chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder/arm pain, whiplash from car accidents, asthma, allergies, numbness in limbs, athletic injuries, just to name a few.

If drugs make people well, then those who take the most should be the healthiest, but that simply isn’t the case. With chiropractic we don’t add anything to the body or take

Dr. Taajes with his sons anything from it. We find interference in the nervous system and remove it thus enhancing the healing capacities of the body. We get tremendous results…it really is as simple as that.

Here’s what some of my patients had to say:

“I have had a problem with migraines as well as low back pain. Even after seeing doctors and other health professionals, the pains remained. After coming to Dr. Joel, they have helped tremendously. They even take away my migraines. They’re great!”

(Judy E.) “I came in pending laser surgery for two herniated discs. Over a few months here the need for surgery subsided, and the pain has subsided to a mild discomfort with occasional morning stiffness. Over all, I feel better visit after visit. It’s a gradual process.” (Jaime O.) Several times a day patients thank me for helping them with their health problems. But I can’t really take the credit.

Find out for yourself and benefit from an AMAZING OFFER. Look, it shouldn’t cost you an arm and a leg to correct your health. You are going to write a check to someone for your health care expenses, you may as well write one for a lesser amount for chiropractic. When you bring in this article between November 2, 2016 through

January 4, 2017, you will receive my entire new patient exam for $27. That’s with x-rays, exam, report of findings…the whole ball of wax. This exam could cost you $ 350 elsewhere. Great care at a great fee…

Please, I hope that there’s no misunderstanding about quality of care just because I have a lower exam fee. You’ll get great care at a great fee. My qualifications…

I’m a graduate of Northwestern College of Chiropractic who regularly goes to monthly educational chiropractic seminars. I’ve been entrusted to take care of tiny babies to neighbors that you may know. I just have that low exam fee to help more people who need care.

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Bike Monkey California Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), North Coast Chapter California Native Plants Society, Milo Baker Chapter Center for Climate Protection The Farmers Guild Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Forestville Planning Association Greenbelt Alliance Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation LandPaths Madrone Audubon Society Neighbors to Preserve Rural Sonoma County North Bay Labor Council, AFL-CIO North Bay Organizing Project Operating Engineers Local Union No 3 Redwood Empire Mountain Bike Alliance (REMBA) Russian River Chamber of Commerce Sebastopol Tomorrow SEIU 1021, Sonoma County COPE Sierra Club Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition Sonoma County Conservation Action (SCCA) Sonoma County Democratic Party Sonoma County Gazette Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation Sonoma County Trails Council Sonoma Ecology Center Southeast Greenway Campaign Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods Surfrider Foundation, Sonoma Coast Chapter Valley of the Moon Alliance Valley of the Moon Riding Club

Elected Officials

Jared Huffman, U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson, U.S. Congressman Lynn Woolsey, Former U.S. Congresswoman Mike McGuire, State Senator, 2nd District Noreen Evans, Former State Senator Bill Dodd, State Assemblymember Jim Wood, State Assemblymember Susan Gorin, Sonoma County Supervisor, 1st District David Rabbitt, Sonoma County Supervisor, 2nd District

Shirlee Zane, Sonoma County Supervisor, 3rd District James Gore, Sonoma County Supervisor, 4th District Efren Carrillo, Sonoma County Supervisor, 5th District Ernie Carpenter, Former Sonoma County Supervisor Mike Reilly, Former Sonoma County Supervisor Tim Smith, Former Sonoma County Supervisor Sarah Glade Gurney, Mayor, City of Sebastopol Una Glass, Vice Mayor, City of Sebastopol John Eder, City Councilmember, City of Sebastopol Lynn Hamilton, Former Mayor, City of Sebastopol Linda Kelley, Former Mayor, City of Sebastopol Craig Litwin, Former Mayor, City of Sebastopol Jordan Burns, Trustee, Sonoma County Junior College Board Jeff Kunde, Trustee, Sonoma County Junior College Board Diane Landry, Trustee, West Sonoma County Union High School District Board Kellie Noe, President, West Sonoma County Union High School District Board Fawn Nekton, Former Board Member, Harmony Union School Board Jim Maresca, President, Palm Drive Hospital Board

Community Leaders

Marcelo Defreitas, President, La Luz Board of Directors Neal Fishman, President, SCCA Board Don Frank, Treasurer, Sonoma County Democratic Party Ken Freeman, Owner, Freeman Winery Kerry Fugett, Executive Director, SCCA Omar Gallardo, Outreach and Diversity Director, LandPaths Herman J. Hernandez, Founder, Los Cien Neysa Hinton, Candidate, Sebastopol City Council Lawrence Jaffe, Board Member, Center for Climate Protection Lucy Kortum, Environmental Leader Matt Martin, Executive Director, SAY Richard Nichols, Former Executive Director, Coastwalk California Jane Nielson, Co-Founder, Sonoma County Water Coalition Richard Retecki, Former Staff Member, California Coastal Conservancy Rocky Rohwedder, Professor Emeritus, Sonoma State University Carmen Snyder, Executive Director, Sonoma County Farm Trails Dee Swanhuyser, Board Member, Greenbelt Alliance Kenyon Webster, Planning Director, City of Sebastopol Ken Wells, Executive Director, Sonoma County Trails Council Michelle Whitman, District Director, Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane Caroline Banuelos Shepherd Bliss Dr. Frank Chong Cary Fargo Rue Furch Peter Haywood Hugh Helm Jeff Kunde Brenda Nichols Alicia Sanchez Padi Selwyn Rick Theis

Lynda Hopkins, Candidate, Sonoma County Supervisor, 5th District Alex Anderson, President, Sonoma County Public Library Foundation Board Craig Anderson, Executive Director, LandPaths Cal Ares, President, Jenner Community Club Jennifer Branham-Burns, Partial list.

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Is prison meant to be simply punitive or should it also offer chances for rehabilitation and parole? We believe in the latter.

Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing Proposition 57 as a way to alleviate prison overcrowding by incentivizing good behavior. The other part of the law makes juvenile offenders subject to state courts, not prosecutors. We believe judges, not overzealous prosecutors, should decide when a youth should be tried as an adult. Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 58 Bilingual education in public schools Proposition 58 would repeal 1998’s Proposition 227, a one-sizedoes-not-fit-all ban on bilingual education. Proposition 58 returns the decision on how to teach English-language learners to school districts, where it belongs.

Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 59 State Legislature opposition to Citizens United True, this proposition doesn’t have any real teeth. It’s merely an advisory measure that urges state legislators to use their power to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn the rotten Citizens United case of 2010 that allows unfettered corporate money in our elections. So it’s a symbolic gesture that costs nothing, but it sends a strong message.

Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 60 Require use of condoms in pornographic films This sounds like a great idea, right? But why do both the California Republican and Democratic parties, the San

‘Why should the public be involved in porn regulation anyway?’

PROPOSITION 63 Background checks for ammunition purchases.

If you’re going to do a background check for a gun purchase, it makes sense to do the same for buying bullets. And no one should be able to buy a gun if they’ve been convicted of stealing a gun.

That’s also part of Proposition 63.

Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 64 Legalization of marijuana Francisco Green Party, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Dan Savage oppose it? Because it’s poorly written and it’s not about public health, but costly, free-for-all litigation. As written, the law would allow anyone in the state to sue anyone connected with porno films. No other workers can be sued this way. And why should the public be involved in porn regulation anyway?

Recommendation: No

PROPOSITION 61 Prescription-drug price regulation The proposal seeks to rein in drug costs by prohibiting state agencies from buying prescription drugs at any price over the lowest price paid for the same drug by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Supporters have spent $14 million to the $108 million opponents have spent. It’s on track to be the most expensive ballot proposition in U.S. history.

Most of the opposing campaign contributions were made by pharmaceutical companies. If Big Pharma is against it, it means they’re out to protect their profits.

Recommendation: Yes

PROPOSITION 62 Repeal the death penalty The death penalty is a failure. It’s more costly than life in prison. It’s inhumane. It’s unjust. And it’s not a deterrent to crime. It’s time to kill it. Recommendation: Yes

A good idea, but there are too many details to work out and the timing is not right.

(See Endorsement, p18) Recommendation: No

PROPOSITION 65 Tax on plastic bags for environmental projects This ridiculous proposed law from the plastic-bag industry is like

putting a tax on bullets to help pay for injuries caused by bullet wounds. A better idea would be to ban the environmental scourge all together, as Proposition 67 seeks to do. Don’t be fooled.

Recommendation: No

PROPOSITION 66 Reform death penalty procedures Speeding up the appeals process is a costly band-aid for a broken system. Vote yes on Proposition 62 instead. Recommendation: No

PROPOSITION 67 Ban plastic bags Petroleum-based plastic bags contribute to climate change, clog landfills for eternity and choke our oceans and waterways, where marine creatures mistake them for food and die slow deaths. It’s time for them to go.

Recommendation: Yes

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BALLOT MEASURES MEASURE J Regional parks and waterquality improvement tax County parks and open space help define Sonoma County. While we wish this half-cent sales tax was spread out countywide instead of in the unincorporated areas, it’s a worthy request to help maintain our parks and protect water resources. Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE K Community separators Measure K keeps a good thing going for another 20 years: voter approval of any plans to change the community separators of farm land and open space that help keep the urban-rural nature of Sonoma County in balance.

Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE L Tourist tax Last year, county voters resoundingly defeated Measure A, a proposed sales tax put on the ballot by the board of supervisors aimed at funding sorely needed road repairs. They’re back with Measure L, a plan to make tourists pay for road repairs (and other things like park maintenance and promotion) in the form of a 3 percent increase in transit occupancy tax on county hotels.

Sounds reasonable, but the county should look for other funding sources to pay for our crumbling roads that won’t be subject to the ups and downs of the tourist economy. Recommendation: Yes

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MEASURE Q Cotati urban growth boundary

There are no genetically modified crops grown in Sonoma County, and Measure M will keep it that way. Because many farms here grow organically, the threat of GMO contamination is real.

Opponents of the ban say there is no evidence the GMOs cause any harm, but, similarly, there is no evidence they do any good for farmers who have to pay for the expensive, patented seed stock. We’re not willing to trust Monsanto (recently purchased by pharmaceutical giant Bayer) and other GMO seed companies to keep our food safe. Keep GMOs out of Sonoma County.

Recommendation: Yes

Like Measure K, which affects county lands, Measure Q would renew the urban growth boundary for Cotati for another 30 years, effectively putting an end to the threat of sprawl into agricultural and open space land around the city. This is a good thing.

Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE N Santa Rosa public safety spending Measure N provides needed clarity in how the city funds its police and fire service.

Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE O Extension of Santa Rosa sales tax for city services Measure O extends a 1/4 cent sales tax for another eight years to ensure that needed city services are funded.

Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE P Cloverdale cannabis tax Here we go. Expect to see more cities take a piece of the cannabis pie. Cloverdale is out front with a plan to fund key city services with sales of up to 10 percent on permitted marijuana businesses.

A lot of government agencies are going to have their hands in pot’s pockets, and care must be taken not to kill the goose that grows the golden buds, but this plan is a reasonable one.

Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE R Healdsburg growthmanagement ordinance Measure R would overturn voterapproved growth limits and return decisions on new housing development to the city council.

Yes, housing is very expensive in H’burg. No amount of new housing will solve the problem, though overzealous development could damage the city’s charm and environment. We recommend maintaining the growth limits while pursuing affordable housing development, which is exempt from the existing ordinance.

Recommendation: No

MEASURE S Healdsburg hotel tax While we don’t support Healdsburg’s Measure R, we like Measure S. The proposal would boost the city’s transit-occupancy tax charged at hotels from 10 to 12 percent and earmark the additional revenue (about a $500,000) for affordable-housing construction.

Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE T Fluoridation of Healdsburg water supply Should the city of Healdsburg stop fluoridating its water?

Choose a side of the debate and choose your data in support of your position. We think it’s up to residents to choose whether they want a chemical in their water. If you want fluoride, buy fluoridated toothpaste. Recommendation: Yes

‘We’re not willing to trust Monsanto and other GMO seed companies to keep our food safe.’

MEASURE U City of Sonoma sales tax extension

MEASURE W City of Sonoma smoking and tobacco regulations

Measure U extends Measure J for another five years. The half-cent sales tax was passed to cover falling revenue caused by the recession. Since then, revenue is back up and the tourist economy is brisk, but redevelopment fees are no longer available so the city says it still needs the sale tax. We’re inclined to agree, but the city needs to get more aggressive about finding new sources of funds other than taxes.

Recommendation: Yes

It’s tough to be a smoker these days, but the impact on public health and quality of life outweighs the dirty habit.

Measure W would ban smoking in city parks, sidewalks, multi-unit dwellings and dining areas. We’re all for it. Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE V City of Sonoma leaf blower ban They do make life easier for gardeners, but leaf blowers are awfully noisy and the gas ones nasty for the environment. Are brooms so bad? Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE Y Sonoma County library sales tax Last year, a funding measure for local libraries barely missed the 66 percent threshold needed for passage. We’re glad to see this back for another try with Measure Y. The measure would raise about $10 million a year for needy public libraries. That’s a small price to pay for a pillar of our democracy.

Recommendation: Yes

NAPA COUNTY BALLOT MEASURES MEASURE A Reform animal shelter procedures for surrendered animals This common-sense ballot measure seeks to reduce the number of animals destroyed at the county animal shelter.

Recommendation: Yes

MEASURE B Reform animal shelter procedures for surrendered animals with all available resources This measure calls for much of the same things as Measure A but adds

the language “using all resources available,” open-ended wording that could expose the county to lawsuits if all available funds weren’t used. Measure A is good enough. Recommendation: No

MEASURE Z Water, parks and open space, restoration and preservation This 14-year, 1/4 cent sales tax would continue to help fund the good work of the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District to protect watersheds, open space, wildlife habitat and maintain public access.

Recommendation: Yes

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

Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

SONOMA COUNTY Graton Ridge Cellars

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

Inspiration Vineyards

The colorful pastoral depicted on the label does exist, but this small, family-owned labor of love is sensibly located in the Pinecreek Business Park.

Stylish tasting room; Chard, Cab and Blanc. 3360 Coffey Lane, Ste. E, Santa Rosa. Daily 11am–4:30pm. $10 tasting fee.

707.237.4980.

Kendall-Jackson K-J

produces the popular wines gracing most American tables.

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

Meeker Vineyard You

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

But that’s clearly not the case. 21035 Geyserville Ave., Geyserville. Open Monday– Saturday, 10:30am–6pm; Sunday, noon–5pm.

707.431.2148.

Occidental Road Cellars High-end clients

like Schramsberg and RadioCoteau buy most of the Prathers’ grapes; just 5 percent are made into their own wine, and at a comparative “grower’s discount.” Chard, Pinot, and cool-climate Syrah at its very best. 2064 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Building 7, Sebastopol. By appointment, Saturday 1–4pm.

707.874.9470.

Red Car Wine Co. Lay

some track to the “Gateway to Graton” and take your

palate on a ride with Boxcar Syrah and Trolley Pinot from Sonoma Coast vineyards.

Next stop: Côte-Rôtie on the way to Beaune. 8400 Graton Road, Sebastopol. Open daily, 10am-5pm. Tasting fee $10.

707.829.8500.

Talisman Wine Husband-

and-wife industry veterans play out their passion for Pinot in unassuming warehouse space— now pouring earthy, spicy Pinot in rustic Glen Ellen. Brunch alert: steps away from Garden Court Cafe. 13651 Arnold Drive, Glen Ellen. Thursday–Monday, noon–5pm and by appt. Tasting fee, $25. 707.721.1628.

Topel Winery Hailing from Hopland, Topel offers estategrown Meritage and other wines in this well-appointed tasting room with casement windows open to the street, across from Oakville Grocery.

Cedar, chicory, chocolate and brown spice–makes one hungry for a portobellomushroom-on-focaccia sandwich. 125 Matheson St., Hopland. Open daily, 11am– 7pm. Tasting fees, $5–$12.

707.433.4116.

Westwood Winery

Tucked away in historic downtown Sonoma, the handsomely furnished tasting salon is a casual setting for a serious sit-down tasting of food-friendly Pinot Noir, and some of the most savory Rhône west of the Rhône, from the Annadel Estate vineyard.

11 E. Napa St., #3, Sonoma. By appointment; tasting fee $10.

707.935.3246.

NAPA COUNTY Acacia Vineyard

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

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

Bouchaine Vineyards

Venerable producer of estate-

grown Burgundian style wine in the rustic wind-scraped hills of Carneros. Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with a coolclimate, cherry-skin crispness that nearly crunches in the mouth, and Chardonnay with a “mouth of butter.” Patio service in fair weather, cozy hearthside tasting in cooler days; good-humored hospitality throughout. 1075 Buchli Station Road, Napa. Open daily, 10:30am–4:30pm; tasting fee $20–$30. 707.252.9065.

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Chateau Boswell Winery (WC) This small,

boutique winery is open by appointment only, selling most its wine directly via post to club members. 3468 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.963.5472.

Clos Pegase Winery

(WC) Practically an art museum. A 2,800-square-foot “cave theater” plays frequent host to parties and more.

Tasting flight, $20–$30. 1060 Dunaweal Lane, Calistoga.

Open daily, 10:30am–5pm.

800.366.8583.

Goosecross Cellars

Taste Sauvignon Blanc in friendly barrel room bar; your choice of goose or snow leopard on the label.

Goosecross partners with charities and nonprofits. 119 State Lane, Yountville. By appointment, 10am–4:30 pm. Tasting fee $20–$25.

707.944.1986.

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Nichelini Winery

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

See the only Roman wine press in the Western Hemisphere.

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

707.963.0717.

RustRidge Ranch Down

one of Napa’s less-traveled roads, the story began with thoroughbred horses. Bed and breakfast stays available in a rambling ranch house with wall-to-wall horse decor.

2910 Lower Chiles Valley Road, St. Helena. By appointment, 10am–4pm. Tasting fee, $20.

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What Measure M has to do with Merlot

BY JAMES KNIGHT

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onoma County voters have another chance to take a whack at genetic engineering on Nov. 8.

Back in 2005, the anti-GMO Measure M failed to sway a majority of voters. This year, proponents of a countywide ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) hope voters will pass the Transgenic Contamination Prevention Ordinance, also Measure M. In Sonoma County, the majority of family-farm acreage (excluding rangeland) is planted in vineyards. So what effect might the ban have on grapes?

Critics of GMOs say that wind-borne pollen from modified crops, such as Roundup-ready corn that is engineered to survive the widely used weedkiller, could mix with organically grown crops and put their certification in jeopardy, and pose unknown health risks. Opponents of the ban counter that no farm has lost its certification this way, there are no proven health risks, and, besides, Sonoma County farmers don’t grow a whole lot of corn. They grow a whole lot of grapes.

We’re unlikely to see Roundup-ready Merlot anytime soon.

Grapevines have woody trunks and a deep root system, affording them some protection when herbicides are used in vineyards. And while a variety of insects nibble on grape leaves, they don’t warrant a “nuclear option” like Bt corn, which is only allowed as animal feed in the United States.

But there is one insect that causes growers to lose sleep: the glassy-winged sharpshooter (pictured), which transmits a potentially lethal bacterium that causes Pierce’s disease (PD) in grapevines. It’s bad enough with the less energetic blue-green sharpshooter that’s already prevalent, so California growers voted to raise money to fight the bug and the disease it carries.

Research attacks the problem on many fronts, including the use of parasitoid wasps and biological agents. At UC Davis, Andy Walker has created promising hybrids of European vines with PDresistant wild vines by traditional plant breeding techniques. But they’ve already been tagged “Frankenvines,” and even 19th-century grape hybrids still struggle for respect.

Meanwhile, UC Davis plant pathologist David Gilchrist is exploring a transgenic route, introducing PD-suppressing genes into a winegrape or rootstock in the laboratory. That’s the kind of solution that some growers worry could be off the table: grapevines that have nothing different about them except for a gene two— perhaps only in the rootstock.

In Dry Creek Valley, Measure M supporter Lou Preston takes a philosophical stance. “Genetic engineering is a proprietary process endowing ownership and control over living organisms,” he says.

“I am opposed to that.” Besides, he says, there are always other crop options should the situation change: “Grow dates instead of Cabernet?”

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few weeks back, the notoriously Trumpian sheriff of Milwaukee County, David Clarke, rallied for a civil war against all things Clinton when he tweeted that it’s “pitchforks and torches time” in America. In the year of unhinged pitchfork politics, will North Bay residents take up the rakes instead?

Will they at long last vote out the leaf blowers?

The perennial fight in the city of Sonoma pits landscapers and maintenance workers against low-decibel residents loudly demanding peace and quiet, already. It’s been a too-long campaign season as it is. And while the stakes in Sonoma aren’t

as high as, say, a proposed no-fly zone over Aleppo, for the people there, and around the North Bay, key local measures and races this year hit at quality-of-life concerns, housing affordability, the encroaching sprawl, taxes and schools—with a sprinkle of law and order thrown in.

As for the leaf blowers, this paper stands with the rake-anda-broom crowd and against the contraptions. As we strive to respectfully ban the blowers, it is essential to contain the blowhards wherever possible, and create new economic opportunities of a Clinton-in-coal-country variety for the salt of the earth of Sonoma.

In the year of the pitchfork, the silent majority may after all turn out to be the quietly outraged moms of Montana who plan to vote for Hillary despite the odds in their state, and whatever their

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husband might think. With that spirit fully and sincerely in place, these endorsements are all offered through a metric that values and rewards a retrenchment to a core politics of kindness and decency, that amplifies against-the-odds strivers, and that seeks out bona fide freaks and/or Renaissance men (and women) wherever possible. In the year of the pitchfork, the North Bay will lead the way as uncertain winds of Trumpian fury loom.

Join me as we unleash the dogs of empathy for this curated set of choices. osaura Segura is one of two candidates running for Napa Valley College Area 6 trustee. She’s a grape grower and farmer, and partner in the groundbreaking Encanto Vineyards. Encanto opened in 2011 and is one of

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very few Mexican-Americanowned vineyards in California or the nation. Segura’s stature is commendable and especially so given the vulnerable immigrant population that does much of the heavy lifting in the fields. But Napa has enough representation from the grape sector, period; her competitor is a licensed social worker who has been in the local education trenches for years, so Debbie Alter-Starr gets the endorsement.

Ditto Mariko Yamada in her race for State Senate against Bill Dodd. I like Dodd, he’s a cheerful and hard-working Tim Kaine–ish sort of formerly Republican, prochoice, pro-biz dude. But Yamada is a former social worker and she’s tuned in to elder issues, and I like that her ads keep popping up on Politico even if you don’t ) 16 see much sign of her

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As this paper offers its inevitable if intensely wary endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president, let’s remember that it will take a village to find the teachable moment when the election passes and parents no longer fret about what the orange creep might say on TV. The big right-wingnut gamble on Trump appears not to have paid off, and my money’s on the multiple school ballots circulating around the North Bay, with a hearty-ho endorsement on all fronts from these quarters. And as we also offer the inevitable but cautiously enthusiastic endorsement of Jared Huffman for another term in Congress, here’s a hearty endorsement for the schools-andeducation tax in Marin’s Measure A, and here’s a shout-out to another Napa Valley College trustee candidate, in Area 5, Jennifer Baker, because she’s a librarian.

Huffman has nominal opposition from a perennial Republican-cashier candidate, but 10th District State Assemblyman Marc Levine is being challenged

by Roni Jacobi, a fellow Democrat who was the second-most vote getter in the June primary, and is on the ticket thanks to California’s non-party-humping “jungle” primary system. Levine has pushed out some good and popular policies in his three terms in the Assembly—ammocentric gun-control measures, a revolving-door ban for departing lawmakers to lobby their former colleagues, the renamed Robin Williams Tunnel—but Jacobi is more of our type of progressive, with a relentless focus on climatechange impacts.

Jacobi’s supporters often highlight that their candidate is the only one in the state who signed on with a pledge to ramp up the fight against the climate crisis to World War II levels of national action. The former Santa Rosa city councilwoman helped that town create its landmark Climate Action Plan, and she was raised by her grandparents, who were Republican Austrian

immigrants. That’s kind of temptingly exotic for these parts, and seals the deal. Jacobi for Assembly!

On the school front, of special note are school board races in Napa and the Sausalito-Marin City district. The upshot in Napa County this year is that there are not a lot of races and several are uncontested, but there’s an open seat on the Napa Valley Unified School District with four candidates vying for the position.

The Napa Valley Register reported over the summer that there was scant interest among Napans to run for the office, but four citizens stepped up and in doing so made this race a very tough call to endorse.

Here’s the breakdown: Icela Martin is a single mom who recently started a groundbreaking agricultural-safety business in the county. Jesse Allured is an emergency-services administrator with a daughter in the district and one of two whistleblowers who recently highlighted big deficiencies in the county’s EMS system. Jessica De Lasaux is a sustainability consultant who co-runs a local yoga bodywork program called YogaNV. She has a son who is going into kindergarten next year and brings a mindful millennial moment to the race. Susan Larson Bouwer lists her occupations as “mom” and “graduate student,” and she’ll complete an organizational-studies masters next spring, always good training for a public servant. Bouwer graduated from the district and raised three children locally.

Bottom line: These are all great choices. Wouldn’t it be great if we could create a super-candidate drawn from the best of the admirable qualities of all these candidates? A candidate of such expansive base of knowledge and wealth of kindness that they could fairly say, “I alone can fix it”?

OK, so maybe not. Gotta go with Icela Martin for NVUSD, the single-mom, small businesswoman whose professional and civic work is

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Recommendation: Noreen Evans The presidential election presents a choice between an ignorant demagogue with a penchant for sexual assault and a highly competent but ethically challenged policy wonk. If only the choices for the Sonoma County’s 5th supervisorial district race were that distinct.

The challenge for voters in the race between Lynda Hopkins and Noreen Evans is drawing distinctions between the two. We reject the cartoonist portrayals of political newcomer Hopkins as a stooge for the 1 percent and development interests and Evans as a lackey for the SEIU union and the status quo. We believe either candidate would serve the county well, but ultimately choose to endorse Evans because of the experience she brings to the position, in particular her track record on environmental protection.

The 5th is defined by its open space, family farms and beautiful coastline, and we believe Evans will be a champion for the region. If she isn’t, the scores of environmental groups that have endorsed her will hold her feet to the fire. As for Hopkins, her support from the real estate industry, business interests (the Sonoma County Alliance donated $11,576) and numerous wineries ($5,394 from Dutton Estates alone) give us pause. That money doesn’t come for free. While she says she won’t be beholden to any donor and will hold all meetings in the open, that strikes us as naïve and impractical.

Meanwhile, we hope Evans will maintain her independence from the service employees union which earned her endorsement and that she moves aggressively to confront needed pension reform for county workers.

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The Marin City-Sausalito school board charter fight may be the roughest and highest profile of any local race in the North Bay. There’s an ongoing court case that’s looking at how the budget is allocated in the district, which comprises two schools: the Willow Creek Academy, a charter school in Sausalito that has about 450 students; and the Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy in Marin City, with a little over a hundred students. Over the summer, reports surfaced that the Marin City school had been chronically shorted in the school board’s budgets, to much detrimental effect on the kids, many of whom hail from the poorer side of 101.

Now the Department of Justice is being called into the suit, and if you make an anagram of “Sausalito

Marin City,” you wind up with “A tony racialism suit.” Weird but true in this mixed-up campaign season.

The Sausalito-Marin City board now has a 3–2 majority of charter-school connected individuals, including the head of the charter that runs Willow Creek, William Ziegler. David Suto and Debra Turner are running to replace Ziegler and board member Caroline Van Alst. Given what’s already known about the misallocated budget, a housecleaning at the school board is in order, so we endorse Suto and Turner for the MarinSausalito School Board.

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We’re calling this one the Sean Penn Memorial El Chapo Neighborhood Watch Measure, just for kicks. You may recall that Penn wrote a long feature last year about his time hanging out with the teflon Mexican drug lord for Rolling Stone. I liked that story, but not so much that I’m going to support the monitoring of traffic in a rich town. So ix-nay on the urveillance-say measure, but go ahead and pay for your own cop, Kenwood-Ross: Yes on Measure M; No on Measure K. Back in Napa County, the Calistoga School Board has an open seat sought by a winemaker, a project manager, the incumbent and “community volunteer” Mark

Galindo. He was singled out in the Weekly Calistogan last December for the tireless volunteer work he and his family have put in—the concession stand during the Lake County fire, the relentless work on behalf of a local child with cancer—and now he’s getting into politics for the first time. Ruddy and red-bearded, with two kids of his own, there’s really nothing else to say but win with Galindo.

Speaking of newcomers, the race for mayor of American Canyon jumped out because Leon Garcia, the long-term incumbent, didn’t have any opposition until this summer. Along came Douglas Lloyd Lindsey, our kind of meatand-potatoes challenger, a political neophyte who says he is running to destroy the mediocrity of incumbency, and to shake off years of accumulated frustration from sitting in at too many city council meetings.

Proposition 64 Recommendation: No “Legalize it” has long been a stoner dream. “Imagine all the money we could save by redirecting law enforcement resources away from pot busts and the money we could make by taxing the cannabis trade,” goes the thinking. At last, the day to vote on legalization and end costly prohibition has come with Proposition 64. But we’re not ready.

The support for Proposition 64 is telling. Most of the big money comes from, well, those with big money who see cannabis as a financial juggernaut. And it may well be. But in the North Bay and farther north, the many small growers working in the shadows fear the impact of legal pot. Without a well-crafted plan to bring these growers into the fold and keep corporate, vertically integrated corporations at bay, we could be looking at severe and painful socioeconomic disruption on the North Coast.

This isn’t about protectionism. Like it or not, cannabis is the economic mainstay of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties.

If falling prices and over-taxation drive these small growers out of business, we’ll be looking at a spike in poverty and other socials ills that will look like Appalachia west.

And meanwhile, efforts to regulate the medical cannabis industry are barely off the ground. Adding a legal recreational market on top is simply too much too soon. Let’s legalize, yes, but let’s do it right and we think that means letting the legislature craft a bill. That’s messy and slow, but it will come closer to serving the greater good thant the ballot measure does. And it may help keep the feds off our back, too.

A profile of Lindsey in the local paper asked—with a particularly odious sniff of snooty—whether Lindsey, a retired Teamsters trucker, was up to the task of being mayor, while not coming right out and asking if he thought of himself as stupid. Sympathy vote alert!

I believe Lindsey when he says he could handle complex issues and would, if elected, forswear watching PBS for analyzing planning commission reports.

Plus his wife is a local school trustee. He will need her, and those planning commission reports, as American Canyon continues to expand to accommodate Napa housing needs and faces the nexus of development fallout along the way: increased traffic and taxes, pressure on the infrastructure— they’ve got a big water-storage problem in American Canyon.

Lindsey is tuned in and ticked off.

So make American Canyon great again, or maybe for the first time.

Douglas Lindsey for mayor.

Napa is known as the reddest and most conservative of the North Bay counties, but I’m happy that they put a conservatively low three measures on the ballot this year, skipping all the letters in between and offering A, B and Z to citizens. And actually there really are only two measures, with an asterisk on A. But first, Z. The proposal would put a one-quarter percent sales tax toward preserving and adding to open space in the county— heck yes on Measure Z. Measure A and B are both directed at animal-control efforts, making sure they are humane and that all efforts are made to keep dogs, cats and rabbits from being euthanized. And “all efforts” was the problem, at first, as the supervisors said loose language in Measure B about using “all available resources” could break the county bank. The advocates who wrote the ballot said they were talking about animal-rescue resources, no-kill shelters and the like. The compromise is that both are on the ballot, but people are instructed to vote for A, where the

budget-bust language has been scrubbed. Whatever, just stop killing the bunnies. Yes on A. Death, and its avoidance, is on the statewide ticket, too, and bears mentioning: Proposition 62 would flat-out end the death penalty in California. The presently condemned would live out their days in prison and no new capital cases would be brought. Yes on Proposition 62.

Proposition 66 would expedite the appeals process in order to kickstart the executions of roughly 750 prisoners on death row. Proposition 66 is notable for containing perhaps the scariest line of any ballot measure in the state, or perhaps anywhere, this year: to get the executions flowing, the measure “Exempts prison officials from [the] existing regulation process for developing execution methods.” Gulp. Hell No on Proposition 66. So, what if both death-penalty measures should pass? Whichever proposition gets the most votes, prevails.

There are measures popping up all over the North Bay, some of which get our goat more than others. How about the call for fluoridation in Healdsburg? We say it should be a choice. How about an increased transientoccupancy tax in same said ’burg, to help pay for affordable housing? Yes, yes, go for it: Yes on Measure S. In Sonoma County it must be said that whenever the issue of community separators is raised, I burst into song and exclaim, of course we support Measure K, which further enshrines and expands on the county’s groundbreaking (to the ironic extent that no ground is broken in the undeveloped separator areas) efforts to keep sprawl at bay and maintain the rural character of the region.

In case you were wondering, the song is “Come out and Play (Keep ’Em Separated),” with its catchy, punk-lite chorus to do exactly that.

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Recommendation: Craig Litwin and Michael Carnacchi Like California, Sebastopol is often out in front of social and environmental issues that are later emulated by other cities, and the Sebastopol City Council is an R&D lab for progressive ideas. All four candidates for the two seats on the council bring solid résumés to the job, and they all agree on the issues facing the little city: environmental protection, supporting local business, improving traffic and walkability downtown, affordable housing and fiscal oversight.

Craig Litwin served on the city council from 2000 to 2008 and therefore brings on-the-job experience that will serve him well. He also has extensive support from county and state leaders that we hope he will draw on to serve the city. His environmentally minded priorities and practical experience make him a strong candidate.

Choosing a second candidate is tougher. None of the three other contenders have held political office before, but are all civicminded and committed volunteers. Michael Carnacchi is a fixture in downtown Sebastopol at his celebrated boot shop. As director of the Sebastopol Downtown Association he knows the needs and potential of downtown as well as anyone. He wants to take the dust off of a Caltrans plan to reroute Highway 116 through downtown to Llano Road to reduce the traffic and noise downtown. None of the other candidates have concrete plans for downtown.

Carnacchi gets our support because he has done his homework and has attended dozens of city council, planning commission and general plan update meetings. He can intelligently insert himself in the conversation about policy thanks to his active participation in city decisions. We also like that he hasn’t spent a dime on his campaign or put up a single sign.

Neysa Hinton is a lifelong West County and Sebastopol resident with deep connections to the city through her years as a Rotary Club member and a founder of the Sebastopol Farmers Market. She doesn’t claim to have all the answers, but her nononsense, hard-working approach is refreshing.

We appreciate candidate Jonathan Greenberg’s activism in support of the Sonoma West Medical Center and the watchdog role he plays before the city council, but we believe Litwin’s experience and connections and Carnacchi’s demonstrated interested and understanding of the issues that face the city will better set them up for success on the council.

Orange song “Bloodstains.”

Agent Orange was a great band, but it was a horrible herbicide, which brings us to Measure M. The county that has worked to rub out the Roundup from its fields is trying to ban, yet again, genetically modified organisms via Measure M. Despite my sincere appreciation for the magical powers of Bayer aspirin, the corporation’s arrival in town,

along with a slew of other GMOconnected heavies, ahead of the upcoming vote was an even bigger headache to handle. Yes on the GMO ban—yes on Measure M. There are a couple of other races which jumped out and that felt to be particularly keyed in to the endorsement metric of kindness met with competency.

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Recommendation: Ernesto Olivares, Julie Combs, Jack Tibbets and Chris Rogers

With four seats open on the Santa Rosa City Council, this election will usher in a new era. Rent control, affordable housing, cannabis and homelessness have emerged as key issues. We support the city’s council’s decision to implement rent control, even though we know it’s not a panacea.

Incumbent Julie Combs has been a champion of affordable housing and rent control, and gets our vote for her strong, progressive stance on housing. Combs has been been a friend to the medical-cannabis community, an out-front critic of overzealous raids on local grows and dispensaries. Even as Combs digs into policy issues inherent in a “New Age Amsterdam” vision—by no means shared among all Santa Rosans—she also gets high marks for pushing initiatives to get everyone indoors, through a comprehensive and richly detailed 24-point “Housing for All” program highlighted on her campaign page—along with a raft of endorsements that range from blue-dog Democrat and U.S. Representative Mike Thompson, to the Green Party, to Local 1021 of the Service Employees International Union.

We also endorse incumbent Ernesto Olivares, even though he voted against rent control. His experience as a police officer and his extensive community involvement make him an asset on the council and a conservative check on the council’s progressive wing.

We’re supporting newcomers Jack Tibbets and Chris Rogers because they bring a mix of strong experience in public policy and represent a new generation of progressive leadership in Santa Rosa. Tibbets has an impressive résumé of community and policy work, including serving as a board member for Santa Rosa Public Utilities and the Sonoma County Public Library Foundation. His day job as a community liaison for California Clean Power will also serve him well. Rogers served as a staffer for State Sen. Mike McGuire and works for a local green energy company, so his head is in the right place too.

Both candidates say they would have voted for rent control, but don’t see it as a cure-all.

Challengers Don Taylor and Brandi Asker bring their own experience to the table, particularly Taylor, a business owner and former planning commissioner, but we feel the other candidates are the right choices at this time.

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Famed author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson spent nine weeks in Napa Valley in the summer of 1880. Today, St. Helena’s Robert Louis Stevenson Museum is the world’s largest collection of his works and celebrates his ongoing literary legacy. This week, the museum presents an exhibition at the St. Helena’s local library, ‘The Story of Robert Louis Stevenson,’ that highlights the author’s life and works. The show opens with a reception and talk on Thursday, Nov. 3, at the St. Helena Public Library, 1492 Library Lane, St. Helena. 6pm. Free. 707.963.5244.

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One of wine country’s fastest-growing film festivals, OUTwatch, marks its third year with an offering of five feature films and three thought-provoking documentaries focused on LGBTQI issues revolving around the theme of “More Than Meets the Eye.” Screenings include Political Animals, a documentary about fighting for LGBT equality in the California State Assembly. Real Boy follows a young man finding his voice as a transgender singersongwriter. And Hunky Dory is a gritty and heart-warming film about a bisexual bohemian drag queen caring for his precocious pre-teen son. Special events include an opening-night party, live entertainment and more. OUTwatch runs Friday to Sunday, Nov. 4–6, at Third Street Cinemas, 620 Third St., Santa Rosa. $10–$75. outwatchfilmfest.org.

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A tradition more than 60 years strong, Warren Miller Entertainment is ready to unleash its annual adventure movie.

This year’s film, Here, There & Everywhere, once again spans the globe and captures amazing footage of skiing and snowboarding fanatics descending mountain slopes at breathtaking speed.

Before the film debuts in the North Bay on Nov. 12, the Bohemian is co-hosting a ‘Here, There & Everywhere’ Pre-Party with raffles, bar specials and fun. Enter to win a Squaw Valley ski trip, apparel, gear and other prizes, as well as tickets to the film’s premiere. The party gets started on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Twin Oaks Roadhouse, 5745 Old Redwood Hwy., Penngrove. 6–7pm. Free. 707.795.5118.

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The Standing Rock protests in North Dakota over the Dakota Access Pipeline have galvanized activists across the country and shined a light on the ongoing movement to support local indigenous rights and protect the environment. In Sonoma County, a benefit for the Standing Rock community takes place this weekend in an event titled For All Our Relations. The event will include several topical speakers, musical acts, indigenous dancing, live art, a silent auction, vending booths, food and drink for sale and a donation area drop-off for blankets and supplies. Get engaged on Sunday, Nov. 6, at Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Road, Sebastopol. 5pm. $20 suggested donation. standingrockbenefitsonomacounty. brownpapertickets.com.

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Arts Ideas GRAPES IN NAPA? Crazy I know, but this time it’s a film about Peru and its famed Pisco sour cocktail.

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n the razzed-about flick Cocktail, Tom Cruise preferred his drinks flipped and fruity, but for local filmmaker Alan Kropf, it’s all about the underdog/top-dog sip in Pisco Punch: A Cocktail Comeback Story, making its world premiere at this year’s Napa Valley Film Festival.

Pisco Punch tracks the rise, fall and resurrection of Peru’s famed libation with a clink of the glass to its splash on the Bay Area cocktail

scene. “I believe this isn’t just going to be a screening of a film, but about a moment in Peruvian culture,” said Kropf, who will attend alongside former president of Peru Alejandro Toledo.

Following the Sunday screening, attendees will spill onto the streets of downtown Napa for a Peruvian-style street festival.

The Napa Valley Film Festival, running Nov. 9–13, spotlights other Bay Area filmmakers including Finn Taylor, director of Unleashed, which tells the tale of two beloved pets who become people to save their dumped and

distraught app-developer owner.

In the documentary Sea Gypsies, Sonoma director Nico Edwards tracks a 120-foot sailing ketch on an 8,000-mile tour de force from New Zealand to Patagonia.

The festival kicks things off on Wednesday, Nov. 9, with Lion, starring Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) and Nicole Kidman, about a boy who gets lost on a train in India and sets out 25 years later to find his family. Bleed for This follows the real-life story of Providence boxer Vinny “the Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza, who bounces back after a car accident

leaves him with a broken neck.

Aaron Eckhart (expected to attend) stars as trainer Kevin Rooney.

Beyond the mainstream beat, festival-goers will find eclectic films like the documentary Ear Buds that dives deep into the world of podcasting and its rabid fans. Gordon Getty: There Will Be Music spotlights the famed composer in his quest to outshine his family name. The Rebound tracks the plight of a band of disabled Florida men who bounce their way through life’s hurdles as part of the Miami Heat Wheels wheelchair basketball team.

With 120 films, 150 wineries and 50 chefs, the festival has more than enough mojo to reel in Hollywood heavyweights like Matthew McConaughey, who will be honored at a special tribute on Thursday following a solo screening of his upcoming film Gold, coming out in wide release on Christmas. Later that evening red-carpet struts continue at the Celebrity Tribute at Lincoln Theater, where Viggo Mortensen, Kurt Russell, Lee Daniels, Dev Patel, Zoey Deutch, Chloë Grace Moretz and Glen Powell will be honored. The star power doesn’t stop there—Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gordon Getty, Katie Holmes, Vera Farmiga, Alex Karpovsky, Rose Leslie, Matt Ross, Wyatt Russell and Madeline Zima, are also expected to attend.

On Saturday, Gilmore Girls groupies can rally around series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer Daniel Palladino, who will serve up sneak peeks and insider intel on the upcoming series reboot that releases on Netflix on Nov. 25.

Later that evening, attendees will raise a glass at the awards ceremony and gala at Lincoln Theater.

For more info, visit napavalleyfilmfest.org.

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YE OLDE CLASSICS Audiences say they want new stuff, but it’s the oldies that fill the seats.

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t’s a strange conundrum.

Theater audiences, when polled, frequently say they’ve grown weary of seeing the same shows trotted out every few years.

What they want, they say firmly with convincing resolve, is something new.

And yet time and time again, when companies do bring something fresh and original to the stage, audiences stay home.

Just last month, the theater community of Sonoma and Napa counties saw one of its strongest months in years in terms of the quality of shows that were playing all over the region: Cinnabar’s deeply moving Quality of Life, 6th Street’s Threepenny Opera (its best musical of the year), Main Stage West’s brilliantly acted Dancing at Lughnasa, Spreckels’

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dazzling Titanic: The Musical, Left Edge’s hilarious Zombie Town and Lucky Penny’s delightfully naughty Jazz Age revue I Wanna Be Bad. All but two of these shows, Threepenny Opera and Dancing at Lughnasa, were brand-spanking new. All had great word-of-mouth.

So where were the audiences?

Watching the World Series?

Maybe. At the movies watching the latest Tom Hanks flick? Not according to box office reports.

Keeping to themselves and worrying about the future of the country, as the most unsettling presidential election in modern history continues its train-wreck trajectory? Highly possible.

Whatever the reason, many local theaters presenting new material, and presenting it well, just had one of their toughest months of the year. It’s a problem worth exploring. In the meantime, perhaps it’s a good thing that in the coming months, the theater scene will be seeing a whole lot of old favorites returning to the stage.

Opening this weekend at the Graton Community Club, Pegasus Theater presents Steve Martin’s ever-popular farce Picasso at the Lapin Agile, running through Nov. 27. After sold-out houses last year, 6th Street Playhouse— currently experiencing a welcome bump with its fourth consecutive run of The Rocky Horror Show, running through Nov. 13—will bring the excellent Charles Siebert (pictured) back as Ebenezer Scrooge in this winter’s steampunk adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol (Nov. 25–Dec. 23).

In the Studio, they’ll be bringing back David Yen for the local actor’s ninth annual production of David Sedaris’s snarky gem The Santaland Diaries (Dec. 2–18).

Though new-ish—everyone seems to be doing it these days— Spreckels Theater Company’s upcoming production of Peter and the Starcatcher (Nov. 25–Dec. 18), based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s Peter Pan prequel, brings enough pre-awareness to count as an old favorite.

And these days, apparently, counting as an old favorite is what really counts.

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t’s weird seeing Tom Hanks trying to emote so seriously in Inferno after witnessing one of his finest performances ever, as David S. Pumpkins on the SNL sketch “The Haunted Elevator.” No dancing, unfortunately, in Hanks and Ron Howard’s follow-up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.

Inferno is more interesting than its predecessors, though it’s just as preposterous. Our two-fisted symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) is struck with amnesia after taking a bullet to the head. He wakes up in Florence, tended by British physician Sienna Brooks—a prodigy of art history and medicine—played by Felicity Jones with the antiseptic, no-nonsense quality that Julie Andrews brought to the spy movies she occasionally made.

The trickery begins early, with an opening grabber: a man named Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) is cornered atop a Florentine tower, and he leaps for it. Zobrist, we learn, was a zillionaire with an agenda. The dead plutocrat wasn’t just a wealthy TED lecturer talking about overpopulation; he was taking action, through creation of a bioplague that would make some much-needed elbow room on the planet.

The plot thickens with the introduction of a SPECTRE-like “security group” headed by Harry Sims (Irrfan Khan), as well as investigators from the World Health Organization. All seem in pursuit of the same deadly vial, and Langdon has to parse clues concealed in objets d’art to find the virus, where it waits in its UNESCO world-heritage hiding place.

Unlike the first two Dan Brown adaptations, Inferno doesn’t confront religious belief—except maybe to please the kind of audience so opposed to population control that they think condoms equal genocide. The conspiracy is as essentially secular as an evil scheme in a Bond movie, though the 007-style components and scenery changes here don’t really fit together. Inferno may be twistier, faster and less smothered with details than the first two Brown adaptations, but it’s always on the edge of real fun, and it never crosses over.

‘Inferno’ is playing in wide release in the North Bay.

CUT TO THE CHASE In a divided

nation, Sam Chase tries to see the person, not the politics.

Learning Lessons Sam Chase cuts through the noise

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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an Francisco songwriter Sam Chase and his band the Untraditional are three weeks deep into a national tour, promoting their latest album, Great White Noise.

Chase has been meeting people of all backgrounds and talking about—what else—politics.

“I’ve always been somewhat socially-politically minded.

Whether or not the politics are blatantly in your face, there’s a part of our everyday lives that are politically charged,” says Chase from the road. He returns to the North Bay with the band for a show on Nov. 4 in Petaluma.

“I feel like Great White Noise came from that,” says Chase. “I

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didn’t have any intentions to make it political, but with the climate at the moment, it’s hard to avoid.

Even in the liberal bubble of San Francisco, you can’t hide from it as much as you want to.”

Chase’s music is rollicking indieAmericana threaded with traces of his punk-rock background, a genre that’s been politically minded from its origins. Yet Chase’s biggest revelation these days is that amid the din of media and punditry, people can still be civil.

“I had a lovely conversation last night with a bar owner [in Savannah, Ga.] who had a Trump pin. We talked about where we’re at as a country and how we vote based on where we’re from and who’s around us,” he says.

“When you start to meet people before you meet their politics, you get to recognize that this is just a regular human being. We might disagree or we both might feel that the other is a bit naïve, but at the end of the day, you can still be a lovely person.”

The problem, says Chase, is that we often only see the extremes coming from those we disagree with.

“With social media the way it is, every single person has a soap box to get up and spout whatever they want, and a lot of times it’s used to spout anger or hatred toward the other,” he says. “I see it just as much on my side. The best way to get your voice heard is to yell the HOR_Boh12_3rdpg.indd 1 loudest at this point. That’s the www.ganjaglobe.org whole reason why Trump got to where he is.”

Still, Chase is an eternal optimist.

“We’re going to move as a culture, we’re always going to keep changing and turning into something that maybe the old timers don’t agree with as much, but someday we’ll be those old timers. I have no idea where we’re going to go, but I hope we learn the right lesson.”

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707.546.3600.

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Noah Griffin and the Cole Porter Society’s annual fundraiser features the concert version of Cole Porter’s joyful and highspirited musical. Nov 6, 2pm. $30 and up. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

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Third annual art, music and wellness festival includes multiple events and venues with live art and music by the Incubators, Mike Saliani Band, Saffell, Jinx Jones and others. Nov 4-5. by donation.

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Afternoon filled with BBQ, refreshments and friendship raises funds for Warwick “Commodore” Tompkins. Music provided by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, the Waterfront Pickers, Billy D and others. Nov 5, 2pm. $50. Spaulding Marine Center, Foot of Gate 5 Road, Sausalito.

415.332.3179.

Moving Kids Forward

Benefit concert includes music by Tommy Odetto and

Bred2Shred and supports Trips for Kids and local Boys & Girls Clubs. Nov 4, 6pm. $45. Elk’s Lodge, 1312 Mission Ave, San Rafael, movingkidsforward. com.

NAPA COUNTY Autumn Winds

Napa Valley Music Associates hosts a benefit concert featuring woodwind quintet Coastal Winds in a program fit for music lovers of all ages.

Nov 6, 2:30pm. $15-$25.

First Presbyterian Church of Napa, 1333 Third St, Napa.

707.322.8402.

The Struts

Britain’s newest alternative rock and roll superstars make their way to Napa and rock the Opera House with help from Toronto’s Black Pistol Fire and Napa’s Iron Heart. Nov 4, 8pm.

Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.226.7372.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe

Nov 3, Celtic music. Nov 4, Sugar Moon. Nov 5, the Farallons. Nov 6, 2pm, Gypsy jazz guitars. Nov 9, open jazz jam. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center

16 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.766.8162.

Coffee Catz

Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.6600.

Finley Community Center

First Friday of every month, Larry Broderick Trio.

2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3737.

Flamingo Lounge

Nov 4, the Igniters.

Nov 5, Stereo Bounce.

2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.8530.

Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge Nov 5, the JAAK Band.

21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville. 707.814.0036.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Nov 3, Jeanette Lewicki & the Gonifs. Nov 3, 6:30pm, Jewish music series with Jeanette Lewicki and the Gonifs. Free.

1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Tues, open mic night.

Nov 4, One Grass Two Grass.

Nov 5, Danny Click. Nov 7, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. Nov 9, Box Set. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Nov 4, Matthew Gabriel.

Nov 5, Hilary Scott.

691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Nov 4, 6:30pm, Michael Hantman.

25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. Nov 4, Eight Belles with Gwyneth Moreland and Will Stenberg.

99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

The Big Easy

Nov 2, Ridgway. Nov 3, Free Peoples. Nov 4, Rhythm Drivers. Nov 5, David Correa Trio. Nov 6, Matt Bolton. Nov 9, Solid Air. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Nov 4, Laughing Gravy with Solid Air. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.4631.

Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern Nov 8, 6pm, Michael Hantman. 25300 Steelhead Blvd, Duncans Mills.

707.865.2261.

Brixx Pizzeria

Nov 5, Mark Benanti.

Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Lavish Hi-Fi

First Thursday of every month, 5:30pm, Music for Enjoyment and Pleasure.

402 Moore Ln, Healdsburg.

707.433.9199.

Din n er & A Show

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Moonalice Prop 64 Awareness Get Out the Vote Concert

Co-Sponsored by Harborside Fri 11/04 • Doors 8pm • $22 ADV / $27 DOS House Of Floyd Tribute to Pink Floyd Sat 11/05 • Doors 1pm • $6 Kids / $12 Adult

The Bug Family Band

Thur 11/10 • Doors 7pm • $14 ADV / $17 DOS

Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons

Main Street Bistro

Nov 3, Susan Sutton. Nov 4, Levi Lloyd & the 501 Blues Band. Nov 5, Yancie Taylor.

Nov 8, Mac & Potter. 16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Monroe Dance Hall

Nov 4, West Coast Swing Party. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.529.5450.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

Nov 4, Derek Irving & His Combo. Nov 5, Sean Carscadden Trio. Nov 6-7, 6pm, Silver Moon Theatre presents One Enchanted Evening.

464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre

Nov 2, Southern Culture on the Skids with Frankie & the Pool Boys. Nov 4, the Sam Chase & the Untraditional with the Crux and Ismay. Nov 5, Fishbone. Nov 6, Agent Orange.

23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

Newman Auditorium Nov 4, Bennett Friedman Quartet. SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4372.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Nov 5, “Celtic Harp & Story” with Patrick Ball. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

Paul Mahder Gallery

Nov 4, Helen Sung Quartet.

222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.473.9150.

Phoenix Theater Nov 6, the Ocean with North and the Gorge. 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe Nov 2, Irish set dancing. Nov 3, French Oak. Nov 4, Luv Planet.

Nov 5, Messenger Spirit. Nov 6, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Remy’s Bar & Lounge First Friday of every month, Jay Fresco. 130 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.578.1963.

Rio Nido Roadhouse Nov 5, Captain Paisley.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Nov 5, Manzanita Moon.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Sebastopol Community Center Nov 5, Gram Parsons birthday tribute with Laughing Gravy.

390 Morris St, Sebastopol.

707.823.1511.

Spancky’s Bar Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Nov 5, Cruella and Aqua Nett. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.664.0169.

Toad in the Hole Pub Sun, live music.

116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.544.8623.

The Tradewinds Bar Nov 5, Rewind. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7878.

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with The Missing Pieces Fri 11/11 • Doors 7pm • $30 ADV / $35 DOS

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with Marit Larsen, Rob Fidel Fri 11/18 • Doors 8pm • $17 ADV / $20 DOS

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Nov 7, the Blues Defenders pro jam. Nov 8, open mic night with RoJo. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

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Nov 6, 3pm, guest concert series at Dominican with pianist Gustavo Romero.

Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael.

415.457.4440.

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1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.454.6422.

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415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub

Nov 5, DJ Tony Play. Nov 6, Mexican Banda. Nov 8, hip-hop open mic.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

Ghiringhelli Pizzeria Grill & Bar

First Sunday of every month, 5pm, Erika Alstrom with Dale Alstrom’s Jazz Society. 1535 South Novato Blvd, Novato.

415.878.4977.

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Nov 5, Phil Lewis and Paul Smith. 823 Grant Ave, Novato.

415.897.5181.

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Nov 4, Lef Deppard with Back ‘n’ Black. Nov 5, San Geronimo and David Luning.

Nov 6, Glen Phillips with Jonathan Kingham. Nov 7, Bandworks. Nov 9, open mic night with Anna Mar. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Marin Country Mart

Nov 4, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Lorca Hart Trio. Nov 6, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Domestic Harmony.

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church

Nov 4, 8pm and , Nov 5, 4pm, Mill Valley Philharmonic with Throckmorton Chorus. 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

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Nov 4, Harvest Ball with Broken Silence Sound System. Mon, open mic.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Tues, open mic. Nov 4, Michael Aragon Quartet. Nov 7, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

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Nov 2, the Jazz Roots Band.

Nov 3, Todos Santos. Nov 8, Amanda Denny. Nov 9, Panama Jazz Trio. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon

Nov 4, Bruce Brymer’s Rockit Science. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls.

415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Lickers. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

BurgerFi Nov 5, 3pm, Zak Fennie.

967 First St, Napa.

707.927.5373.

Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Nov 2, the Weissmen. Nov 3, Talley Up. Nov 4, Afroholix. Nov 5, Sucker MCs. Nov 8, Fresh Baked Blues. Nov 9, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

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Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards

Nov 4, Jerry Hannan. Nov 5, Foxes in the Henhouse.

Nov 6, 4pm, Johnny Allair. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse

Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow.

Nov 3, Marin Jazz Trio. Nov 4, DJ Jose Ruiz. Nov 5, Rolando Morales and Carlos Reyes. Nov 6, 5pm, ORQ.BEME featuring Christian Pepin. Nov 8, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Nov 3, March to May. Nov 4, Kelp Giant. Nov 5, James Taugher. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge

First Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night.

First Friday of every month, Truthlive. 848 B St, San Rafael.

415.454.5551.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Nov 3, Moonalice. Nov 4, House of Floyd. Nov 5, the Bug Family Band. Nov 6, MY AMP student showcase. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Throckmorton Theatre

Nov 5, Tom Rigney & Flambeau with Michael Doucet. Nov 6, 5:30pm, the Nathan Bickart Trio. Nov 9, 12pm, Ian Scarfe and James Jaffe. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY Billco’s Billiards Thurs, live music.

1234 Third St, Napa.

707.226.7506.

Blue Note Napa

Nov 2, 6:30 and 9pm, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet

Nov 4, Latin Nights with DJ Jose Miguel. Nov 5, Scott Cooper & the Barrelmakers.

1141 First St, Napa.

707.224.6664.

Nov 5, the Mikel Paul Trio.

1245 First St, Napa.

707.254.1922.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Nov 4, Charles Wheal Band.

Nov 5, Route 111. Nov 6, DJ Aurelio. Nov 8, Blues Caravan of Allstars. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Hydro Grill First Saturday of every month, Always Elvis. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga.

707.942.9777.

Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa.

707.927.3623.

Napa Valley Roasting Company Fri, jammin’ and java with Jeffrey McFarland Johnson. 948 Main St, Napa.

707.224.2233.

RaeSet Wed, jazz night. Nov 4, Friday Night Blues with GretschKat. 3150 B Jefferson St, Napa.

707.666.9028.

River Terrace Inn Nov 4, Dan Martin.

Nov 5, Timothy O’Neil.

1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s Nov 2, Syria T Berry. Nov 3, Second Street Band. Nov 4, Rhythm Method. Nov 5, Steelin’ Dan. 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Uncorked at Oxbow Thurs-Sat, live music.

605 First St, Napa.

707.927.5864.

Uva Trattoria Nov 2, Justin Diaz. Nov 3, Trio Solea. Nov 4, Gentlemen of Jazz. Nov 5, Jack Pollard & Dan Daniels’ Party of 3.

Nov 6, 6pm, Nate Lopez.

1040 Clinton St, Napa.

707.255.6646.

RECEPTIONS Nov 3

St Helena Library “The Story of Robert Louis Stevenson,” exhibit highlights the author’s life and simultaneous works. Reception, Nov 3 at 6pm. 1492 Library Lane, St Helena. 707.963.5244.

University Art Gallery, “Cries & Whispers,” Northern California artists John Yoyogi Fortes and Cate White create distinctly complex, colorful and personal paintings. 4pm.

Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2295.

Nov 4

Alemany Library Gallery, “A Purposeful Life,” San Rafael artist Davis Perkins’ paintings depict the grandeur of the American landscape. 5:30pm.

Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael.

415.485.3251.

Arts Guild of Sonoma, “Northlands” a display of works by Mark Zukowski, a gifted photographer of nature in all its forms. 5pm.

140 E Napa St, Sonoma. .

707.996.3115.

Chroma Gallery, “Visible Dreams,” multimedia group show features imaginative art inspired by dreams, magic, eroticism and the subconscious mind. 5pm.

312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.293.6051.

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Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Adastra Wine & Art Through Nov 26, “Dennis Ziemienski Solo Show,” the Sonoma artist, known for his images of California and the West, displays. 5 E Napa St, Sonoma.

Calabi Gallery Through Nov 26, “The Beat

Unseen,” artists Helena Leifer and Max DuBois show artwork created in collaboration to produce a rich, diverse convergence of their once solitary efforts.

5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.573.9511.

Nov 5

The Black House Gallery at Heebe Jeebe, “Le Drama Clüb,” conceptual art installation tells a fictional story of love, loss and mystery circa 1988 with music listening stations, posters, album covers, costumes and more. 6pm.

46 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.773.3222.

Nov 6

Gallery Route One, “An Inner Cosmos,” artist Johanna Baruch paints works inspired by Hubble telescope photos, showing alongside works by Will Thoms, Joanne Easton and Lorna Stevens. 2:30pm.

11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1347.

Marin Society of Artists, “89th Annual Members’ Show,” featuring a diverse selection of works. 2pm.

1515 Third St, San Rafael.

415.464.9561.

Nov 7

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi, “Colin Talcroft Solo Show,” the artist displays his abstract monoprint collage works. 5:30pm.

8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary.

707.795.9753.

Went On,” paintings by Beatera artist and poet Sutter Marin are accompanied by works from other artists of his milieu, including Paul Beattie, Dorr Bothwell, Roy DeForest and others. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Through Nov 27, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” exhibit celebrates 50 years since the animated Peanuts

Halloween special. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

Healdsburg Museum

Through Nov 30, “Rascals, Retreats & Re-Purpose,” local assemblage artist Monty Monty and others unveil their newest works. 326 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707-3954646.

Through Nov 13, “School Days Then & Now,” exhibition features area’s first schools from 1858 to the present through artifacts, photographs and scale models of buildings.

Compare classrooms in 1916 and 2016. 221 Matheson St, Healdsburg. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.431.3325.

City Hall Council Chambers

History Museum of Sonoma County

Christopher Hill Gallery

Through Nov 17, “Thought Patterns,” Sarah Ammons’ paintings and drawings express the daily psychological reality that is the human struggle. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3010.

Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery

Through Nov 17, “Fiction,” group show includes featured artist Hanya Popova Parker.

204 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707-894-4410.

Cornerstone Sonoma

Through Nov 20, “Abstracted Strokes,” Wallace harper’s works are each created with a large Sharpie on paper, showing at Eurasian Interiors.

23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. Daily, 10 to 4. 707.933.3010.

Dutton-Goldfield Winery

Through Nov 15, “Nancy Ray Ricciardi Solo Show,” breathtaking landscapes from the artist and teacher. 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol.

Daily, 10am to 4:30pm.

707.827.3600.

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.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Through Nov 20, “Emerging Artist Exhibit,” collection

Through Nov 27, “Day of the Dead Altars,” exhibition brings together altars created by community members, festive artwork and three-dimensional sculpture associated with the Day of the Dead celebration.

425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

Hopscotch Gifts & Gallery

Through Nov 16, “Wings,” bird-themed art show includes works by local artists ranging from watercolors to metal sculpture. 14301 Arnold Dr, #2A, Glen Ellen. Thurs-Mon. 10 to 6.

707.343.1931.

Journey Center

Through Nov 13, “Hearts of the World,” the artist Potenza displays art, images and stories from her recently completed World Peace Project after 24 years. 1601 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 9 to 5; weekend hours by appointment.

707.578.2121.

Moshin Vineyards

Through Nov 19, “Gerald Huth Solo Show,” the forestville artist displays recent mixedmedia collages. 10295 Westside Rd, Healdsburg. Daily, 11am to 4:30pm 707.433.5499.

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.

Sculpturesite Gallery Through Nov 19, “Jeff Metz: New Works,” the sculptor’s latest abstract pieces come from a single block of limestone with a mix of premeditated and spontaneous actions. 14301 Arnold Dr, Ste 8, Glen Ellen.

Thurs-Mon, 10:30am to 5:30pm. 707.933.1300.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Through Nov 27, “Your Landscape,” several artists present their unique takes on the theme with traditional, contemporary, ecological or controversial offerings. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. TuesFri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Gallery

Through Nov 20, “New Works

by Robert Breyer,” an exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings by the Sebastopol Gallery founding member. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6. 707.829.7200.

Upstairs Art Gallery

Through Nov 27, “Love of Life & Land,” featuring impressionistic oil paintings by Cynthia Jackson-Hein. Reception, Nov 12 at 2pm. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 11 to 6; Fri-Sat, 11 to 9. 707.431.4214.

MARIN COUNTY Aroma Cafe

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 11, “20/20 Vision,” exhibition celebrating 20 years of Art Works Downtown looks at the past, present and future. 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 watermedia paintings by nationally acclaimed artist Rita Sklar is featured at the Donor’s Gallery.

1337 Fourth St, San Rafael.

Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Bay Model Visitor Center

Through Nov 12, “Natural Mystic,” Marin photographer Shayne Skower harnesses the power of Mother Nature through the lens of his camera.

2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

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.

Headlands Center for the Arts

Through Nov 17, “Fall Project Space Exhibitions,” Oaklandbased artist Chris Duncan and New York-based artist Alejandro Guzmán display their works as seasonal artistsin-residence. 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4.

415.331.2787.

The Image Flow

Through Nov 23, “Alternative Process Photography,” group exhibition features 35 California artists working with a wide variety of historical and analog photographic printing processes. 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Through Nov 17, “Black & White and Shades of Gray,” juried by Linda Connor. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through Nov 25, “Local Landscapes in Abstraction,” group exhibition features Nicholas Coley, John Maxon, Victoria Ryan and Victoria Veedell. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5.

415.331.2800.

Room Art Gallery

Through Nov 30, “MOCÓ,” the Brazilian artist blurs the boundaries between high and low art. 86 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Mon-Fri, 10 to 6; Sat, 10 to 4. 415.380.7940.

NAPA COUNTY Mumm Napa

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.

Napa Valley Museum

Through Nov 6, “Mother Nature, Eccentric Architect,” Julia Crane’s immersive installation reflects her fascination with the shapes and forms found across myriad ecosystems. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.944.0500.

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Improvised comedy from the masters who made “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” returns to the North Bay. Nov 5, 8pm. $39-$59. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

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Heart & Soul

Sonoma State University fall dance concert features original student choreography. Nov 3-6. $5-$17. Evert B. Person Theater, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.4246.

Mosaic America

Uniquely American event of multicultural dance, music, and rhythms in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nov 4, 7:30pm. $25 and up. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.499.6800.

Events Bark After Dark

Enjoy a pasta dinner, fine wine and beer, then bid on over 100 auction items to raise funds for the Animal Shelter League. Nov 5, 6:30pm. $20-$35. Rohnert Park Community Center, 5401 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park.

707.584.7357.

Bolinas Day of the Dead Event

Heart-pounding, breathtaking thrills!

Celebration of Latin American holiday combines indigenous traditions with European rituals for honoring the dead with alters, treats and more. Through Nov 2. Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.2128.

Denim, Diamonds & Dancing

1667 W Steele Lane, Santa Rosa 707.546.7147 • snoopyshomeice.com

Mayflower Choral Society’s country-themed fundraising gala includes chili with cornbread, an extensive silent auction, dance music, spirited live auction and line-dancing lesson. Nov 5, 5:30pm. $45.

Corte Madera Community Center, 498 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, mayflowerchorus.org. ©Peanuts

End of Harvest Fiesta

Music, dancing, food, meetings

with the Mexican Consulate and free health services celebrate farmworkers and honor those who harvest Sonoma County’s bounty. Nov 5, 10am. Free. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

For All Our Relations

Standing Rock benefit event includes speakers, music, indigenous dancing, live art, silent auction, vending booths and a drop-off area for blankets and supplies Nov 6, 5pm. $20. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Harvest of Hope

Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants is on hand for an intimate gathering to benefit and celebrate Sunrise Horse Rescue. Nov 5, 6pm. $100$225. Tamber Bey Vineyards, 1251 Tubbs Ln, Calistoga.

707.942.2100.

Jennings Court Craft Fair

Senior residents, caregivers and friends gather to offer their craftiest items for your holiday gifting and collecting.

Nov 5, 10am. Free admission.

Jennings Court, 1080 Jennings Ave, Santa Rosa. 415.844.0949.

Santa Rosa Doll & Toy Show

Browse vintage toys and modern dolls with the family and get up to 2 free doll appraisals. Nov 6, 10am. $6.

Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

Sausalito Ferry Tales

Fundraiser for the Sausalito Historical Society features a reading by author Annie Sutter and local ferryman Chris Tellis with cocktails, three-course dinner, auctions and more. Nov 6, 5:30pm. $125. Lighthouse Bar & Grill, 475 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley. 415.289.4117.

TEDxSonomaCounty

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, several speakers explore perspectives on a theme. Nov 5, 1pm. $25-$45.

Jackson Theater, Sonoma Country Day School, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa.

707.284.3200.

Visionary Marin Gala

Fundraiser presented by the Marin Interfaith Council honors pioneers who demonstrate exceptional vision and a commitment to create a better world. Nov 3, 6pm. $90 and up.

Mill Valley Community Center,

180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, marinifc.org.

Windsor Dia de los Muertos

Fun, family-centered celebration honors ancestors with authentic music, costumed dancers and food.

Nov 5, 5:30pm. Free. Windsor Town Green, Market Street and McClelland Drive, Windsor.

Wood, Fiber, Clay Pop-Up Shop

The shop offers unique holidays gifts and handcrafted items by independent makers, vintage finds, and sustainable, fair-trade goods made of natural materials.

Through Dec 23. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.

Field Trips Community Oak Planting

Enhance our oak woodlands and your oak IQ in this planting day. Sat, Nov 5, 9:30am. Free.

Alston Park, 2099 Dry Creek Rd, Napa. 707.257.9529.

Family Camp

Weekend is focused on getting outdoors and playing, learning, serving and working in our National Park. Nov 4-5. $275 per family. Point Bonita YMCA, 981 Fort Barry, Sausalito. 415331-9622.

Fern Creek Flowing

Join a trail crew to perform brushing, tread maintenance, erosion control and stair repair on Mt Tam. Nov 5, 9am.

East Peak parking lot, East Ridgecrest Blvd, Mill Valley, marinwater.org.

French Garden Farm Tour

Join Dan Smith for practical tips on growing your own garden. First Sat of every month. Free. French Garden Farm, 11031 Cherry Ridge Rd, Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.

Glen Ellen Green Tour In cooperation with Quarryhill Botanical Gardens and Benziger Winery, the park offers a daylong tour of all three properties with food and wine tastings included.

Reservations required two weeks in advance. Ongoing. $59. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen. 707.938.5216.

Marin Moonshiners Hike

Monthly three-mile hike to

Movement & Mindfulness

Take the time to unwind with a naturalist-led, soothing stroll to Rodeo Beach. Nov 5, 11am.

Point Bonita YMCA, 981 Fort Barry, Sausalito. 415-331-9622.

Nature’s Fall Harvest Hike

Naturalist extraordinaire and hike leader Autumn Summers shares her wealth of knowledge about the variety of oak species growing at Healdsburg Ridge. Nov 6, 10am.

Healdsburg Ridge, Arabian Way, Healdsburg, landpaths.org.

Petaluma River Paddle Join LandPaths, Friends of the Petaluma River and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District for a paddle. Nov 5, 8am. Steamer Landing Park, 6 Copeland Ave, Petaluma, landpaths.org.

Working with the Wild Spend time on a working farm, meet a variety of farm animals, see fall foliage and relax beneath the oaks on this beautiful property for a bring-your-own-lunch picnic.

Nov 5, 11am. Duckworth Ranch, Canfield Rd, Sebastopol, landpaths.org.

Film As She Is

Local filmmaker Megan McFeely screens and discusses her film about inequity that women and other groups face. Nov 9, 3pm. Free. Marin Commons, 1600 Los Gamos Drive, Ste 200, San Rafael.

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.

Nov 7, 2pm. $126. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St, San Rafael, 510.496.6060.

CULT Film Series

The classic film series gets political and screens Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr Strangelove” and Mike Judge’s “Idiocracy” in a

double feature. Nov 3, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.8909.

Francis Ford Coppola & Ralph Macchio in Conversation

The director and actor revisit the 1980s classic film “The Outsiders” in an enlightening evening. Nov 4, 7pm. $15/ students are free. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

Here, There, Everywhere Pre-Party

Celebrate Warren Miller Entertainment’s latest ski and adventure film with raffles for ski trips, gear, film tickets and more. Includes bar specials.

Nov 5, 6pm. Free. Twin Oaks Roadhouse, 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Italian Film Festival

The fest turns 40 and once again offers eight great films, both comedy and drama, from Italy in Saturday presentations, plus the addition of two Sunday matinees. Sat, Nov 5. $15/$112 full series. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. www.italianfilm.com.

Jack London Classic Film Fest

Jack London Park and Sonoma Community Center mark respective centennials with screenings of “Call of the Wild,” “Sea Wolf” and “White Fang” with footage of Hollywood celebrities attending the 1941 opening of “Sea Wolf” at Sebastiani Theatre. Nov 3-5. $25 and up. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. www.svbo.org.

LifeWorks Takes You to the Movies

Enjoy wine, specialty small plates and desserts while watching the new Tom Hanks film, “Inferno.” Proceeds go to programs for underprivileged families in the community. Nov 3, 6pm. $50. Airport Cinemas, 409 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa. www.lifeworkssc.org.

Marin Country Mart Movie Night

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

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

Mind Reels

Weekly series presents notable documentary films as well as

guest speakers and performers bringing the film’s ideas to life. Tues-noon. $25-$30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

Napa Valley Film Festival

Celebration of film, food and wine features 120 new films and special events with several celebrity guests. Nov 9-13. $85 and up. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

A New Color

This joy-filled portrait of Edythe Boone captures the Berkeley-based muralist as she celebrates her 75th birthday.

Nov 3, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

OUTwatch

Wine country’s LGBTQI film festival revolves around the theme of “More Than Meets the Eye,” with five feature-length films and three documentaries. Nov 4-6. $10-$75. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa, outwatchfilmfest.org.

Stinson Beach Doc Festival

Third annual festival screens five acclaimed documentaries, with gala dinners and other special events. Nov 4-6. $8 and up. Stinson Beach Community Center, 32 Belvedere Ave, Stinson Beach, stinsondocfest. org.

Three to Infinity: Beyond Two Genders

Director Lonny Shavelson screens his documentary and participate in an audience discussion. Nov 6, 4pm. by donation. Mill Valley Community Church, 8 Olive St, Mill Valley.

Wandering Reel Film Festival Traveling short film festival showcases compassionate films in Sausalito, Pt Reyes and Bolinas, followed by Q&A discussion with festival director, Michael Harrington.

Nov 4-12. by donation. Marin County, various locations, Marin, wanderingreel.org.

Food & Drink Bourbon, Bacon & Beer Speakeasy Party Enjoy a roaring ‘20s themed

party with bites, tastings and live music benefitting Meals on Wheels. Nov 5, 7pm. $125.

Cloverleaf Ranch, 3892 Old Redwood Hwy, Santa Rosa. www.bourbonbaconandbeer.com.

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

Pelican Inn, 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, RSVP. 415.331.0100.

Gap Winetasting Event More than a hundred Petaluma Gap wines will be available in one place for tasting, featuring Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Rose and Syrah cool climate wines. Nov 6, 11am. $85$150. Petaluma Sheraton, 745 Baywood Dr, Petaluma, petalumagap.com.

Halloween Candy Swap & Drop

Drop off commodity candy in exchange for some of delicious, natural treats. Through Nov 5.

SweetE Organic, Strawberry Village. 800 Redwood Hwy, Ste 612, Mill Valley. 415.380.5000.

Howell Mountain Harvest Celebration

World-class wines and food pairings from Napa Valley chefs, with silent auction and casual fun. Nov 5, 1pm. $50$100. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

Sonoma Extra Virgin Festival

Olive master Don Landis leads a workshop, olive oil and olive food producers share their wares, foodtrucks serve and live bands perform all weekend.

Nov 5-6. $15. BR Cohn Winery, 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen.

707.938.4064.

Wine & Food Affair

The Wine Road’s premier event takes you to several northern Sonoma County wineries for select tastings and food pairings. Nov 5-6, 11am-4pm. Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River valleys, various locations, Healdsburg, wineroad.com.

Lectures Are We Having Fungi Yet?

A master gardener series. Nov 5, 10:30am. Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.9004.

Cannabis Cash & Public Banking

WIne and hors d’oeuvres reception is followed presentation by attorney Omar Figueroa and others. Nov 9, 5:30pm. Odd Fellows Hall, 545 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa.

Join the Clüb

Art installation imagines a 1980s drama In 1988, four misfit drama geeks started a band, only to have their bassist mysteriously disappear on the eve of their big gig.

That’s the premise of “Le Drama Clüb,” an inventive multimedia art show opening at the Back House Gallery in Petaluma this week. Imagined by conceptual artists Daedalus Howell and Karen Hell, the show tells a fantastical tale of love and loss and rock ’n’ roll in the era of Reaganomics.

“The exhibit is not intended to fool anyone,” writes Howell on the exhibit’s website, “but rather invites attendees to participate by sharing their own ‘memories’ of the band that never was—because at some point, usually as misfit teens, we’re all rock stars in our hearts.”

Hell and Howell (an occasional Bohemian contributor) guitarist Shannon Ferguson of N.Y.C. indie rockers Longwave; Ryan Lely, former visual director for Francis Ford Coppola Presents; singer-songwriter Orion Letizi of Berkeley’s indie-pop ensemble Animal Hours; and Abe Levy of Torontobased Baldwin Street Sound.

The exhibit includes music listening stations, posters, album covers, costumes, commemorative Le Drama Clüb T-shirts, buttons, stickers and a bevy of cultural arcana. “Le Drama Clüb” runs for two weeks, beginning with a reception on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Back House Gallery in Heebe Jeebe, 41 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 6pm.

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The Muslim Next Door A conversation with Sumbul Ali-Karamali, respected

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Dinner conversation between Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg and architecture and design writer Allison Arieff. Nov 6, 4:30pm. $30-$40. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito.

415.331.2787.

Reclaiming the Wild Soul

Award-winning writer Mary Reynolds Thompson guides attendees through five Earth archetypes that hold the key to living our “wild soul stories.”

Nov 3, 7pm. $12-$40. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael.

Matthew Stephens

Director of the Conservatory of Flowers and the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park shares his vision and how he is working to further elevate these living museums into international destinations.

Nov 3, 1pm. Free. Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.2582.

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Bodega Head, East Shore Road, Bodega Bay, stewardscr.org.

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Readings Aqus Cafe

Nov 7, 6:15pm, Rivertown Poets, featuring Lucille Lang Day and Casey FitzSimons followed by open mic. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

Trail” with Inga Aksamit. Nov 5, 5pm, “The Wrong Side of Goodbye” with Michael Connelly. Nov 6, 4pm, “My Culinary Journey” with Georgeanne Brennan. Nov 7, 7pm, “Sing for Your Life” with Dan Bergner and Ryan Speedo Green. Nov 9, 7pm, “The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar” with Matt Simon. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Diesel Bookstore

Nov 6, 3pm, “Mount Tamalpais Trails” with Barry Spitz. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

Healdsburg Copperfield’s Books

Nov 4, 6pm, “ The Muralist” with Barbara A Shapiro, followed by reception at Thumbprint Cellars.

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Nov 6, 3pm, “Foraged Floral” with Sarah Lonsdale, includes floral workshop. $85. 25 North St, Healdsburg 707.431.7433.

HopMonk Sebastopol Nov 9, 6pm, “The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko” with Scott Stambach, co-hosted with Copperfield’s Books. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.7300.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

Nov 3, 7pm, “What Light” with Jay Asher. Nov 9, 4pm, “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” with Dana Simpson. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Readers’ Books

Nov 3, 7pm, “Alive with the Dead” with Susana Millman.

Nov 5, 2pm, “Jack London: A Writer’s Fight for a Better Nation” with Cecelia Tichi. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

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Nov 2, 7pm, “Let There Be Laughter” with Michael Krasny.

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Nov 6, 3pm, “New Confessions of an Economic Hitman” with John Perkins, hosted by Praxis Peace Institute. $20.

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Nov 2, 7pm, “Let the Good Prevail” with Noah and Logan Miller. Nov 3, 7pm, “Showstoppers!” with Gerald Nachman. Nov 5, 11am, “Highs and Lows on the John Muir

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production from the North Bay Stage Company. Through Nov 6. $28. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

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Disney’s High School Musical

Throckmorton Youth Performers present a sensational production the whole family will enjoy. Nov 4-13. $15-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

The Jungle Book

Marin Theatre Company’s family series presents a retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story. Through Nov 6. $18-$22. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

The Miracle Worker

This American classic dramatizes the relationship between teacher Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. Nov 4-20. $21-$31.

Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. 707-266-6305.

Peter & the Starcatcher Marin Onstage presents the story how Peter Pan becomes the magical, eternal boy of legend. Through Nov 12. $12$25. Belrose Theater, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, marinonstage. org.

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Pegasus Theater presents the play about Einstein and Picasso debating the meaning of art, the power of thought and the essence of everything. Nov 4-27. $18. Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Rd, Graton, pegasustheater.com.

The Rocky Horror Show

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

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Prior to that, I was part of the Beavis and Butthead electoral demographic—blithely ignorant, oversimplifying the issue. Pot good. Vote for pot. Huh henk.

Subsequently I’ve done a little research.

Without being overly cynical, the problem with Proposition 64 is that it’s eerily similar to many past propositions where moneyed interests create legislation designed to enhance their already substantial wealth in the name of public interest. The rich get richer and the rest of us are marginalized.

From the SCGA website: “The proponents openly state that small farmers will not survive the impacts of Proposition 64.” The Press Democrat has also shared that concern.

The arguments against

Proposition 64 put forth by the SCGA (www.scgalliance.com/ news/scga-no-on-64/) are wellreasoned. I would suspect that after reading those comments most thinking Californians would vote against it. However, to paraphrase Adlai Stevenson, “That’s not enough, we need a majority.” If only Adlai were running for president. Sigh.

I do see one compelling reason to vote for Proposition 64, which is the possible reversal of thousands of felony convictions through retroactive application of the law.

This means that if you are in jail now or were in jail and whatever you did would have been legal (or, at worst, a misdemeanor) under Proposition 64, you can petition for release or expungement of your felony conviction. Thousands of Californians are going to have their lives and voting rights restored.

Note: This does not mean violent offenders will be released from jail.

It only means that nonviolent industry pioneers are exonerated.

It is this last issue that has become my personal tipping point.

The idea that friends of mine can get their lives restored has turned me from one of the thinking Californians that should be voting against Proposition 64 to someone who most likely will vote for it.

My vote will be an emotional one rather than a rational one.

Proposition 64 is imperfect.

Some of the provisions make about as much sense as my mother arguing with my GPS guidance system. “She’s a snotty bitch. I don’t like her attitude.” “Good to know, Mom.” (Note to self: Check on mom’s medications.) That said, I believe it’s time to look to the future. Proposition 64 is going to pass. Public opinion is too strong to stop it. It’s time to begin the process of adaptation. “Hey Google, what does it mean now that Proposition 64 has passed?”

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I am pleased to inform you that at least 30 percent of what you think you know about love and lust is too prosaic. Probably too narrow and constrained, as well. But here’s the good news: As soon as you agree to relinquish the dull certainty of that 30-plus percent, you will open yourself to a surge of fresh teachings. And soon, I expect, dewy throbs and hot flows will awaken in all the erotic parts of your body, including your heart and brain and soul.

If you’re brave enough to respond, generous lessons in intimacy will keep you entertained for weeks.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Over the last two decades, well-meaning Westerners have donated a profusion of clothes to low-income folks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Kind and magnanimous, right? Yes, but their largesse has had an unintended consequence: the demise of the textile industry in those African countries. With this as a cautionary tale, I’m asking you to take inventory of your own acts of benevolence and charity. Are they having effects that you approve of? If not completely, how could you adjust the way you give your gifts and bestow your blessings?

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Is it possible that you might flourish as a top dog after all the work you’ve put in as an underdog? Can you wean yourself from the worried fantasy that you’ve got endless dues to pay, and then harness your imagination to expand your confidence and build your clout? I believe you can. And in the coming weeks I will unleash a flood of prayers to the Goddess of Holy Reversals, asking her to assist you. Now please repeat after me: “I am a creative force of nature. I am a strong song of liberation. I am a wise animal with direct access to my primal intelligence.”

LEO (July 23–August 22) The next two weeks could be smooth, peaceful, and bland. Is that the experience you want? Mild satisfactions, sweet boredom and slow progress? There’s nothing wrong with any of that. Please feel free to loll and loaf as you explore the healing charms of laziness. Grant yourself permission to avoid conflict and cultivate sunny self-protectiveness.

This is one of those times when silence and stasis are among the best gifts you can give yourself. Welcome the rejuvenating power of emptiness!

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) It’s time to replace banged-up, dried-out old obsessions with ripe, juicy fascinations. It’s your duty to phase out numbing traditions and deadening habits so as to make room for exciting new rituals, customs and sacraments. Can you summon the electric willpower to shed influences that are technically “correct” but lacking in soulfulness? I think you can. Do you love yourself enough to forswear pretty but meaningless titillations? I think you do. Now get out there and do the hard work necessary to bring more serious fun into your life. Homework: Write an essay titled “What I Can Do to Be More Playful.”

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Over the course of his or her life, the average British person says “Sorry” on over 90,000 occasions. The typical Libran Brit probably utters routine apologies upwards of 120,000 times. Libras from other countries may not reach that heady level, but many do specialize in excessive politeness. (I should know, as I have three planets in Libra in my natal chart.) But in accordance with the astrological indicators, I am authorizing you to be a bit less courteous and solicitous than usual in the next two weeks. Don’t go overboard, of course. But

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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Until 2007, Scotland’s official slogan was “Scotland, the Best Small Country in the World.” Deciding that wasn’t sufficiently upbeat, the government spent $187,000 on a campaign to come up with something better. “Home of Golf” and “Home of Europe’s Fastest Growing Life Sciences Community” were among the proposed phrases that were rejected. The ultimate choice: “Welcome to Scotland.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because you’re in a favorable phase to rebrand yourself. But I hope you will be more daring and imaginative than Scotland. How about “Smolderingly Alarmingly Brilliant”? Or maybe “Safely Risky and Unpredictably Wise” or “Home of the Best Secrets Ever”?

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

I cheer you on as you attend to your difficult but holy duties. I send you my love as you summon the wisdom and resourcefulness you need to weather the gorgeous storm. Here are clues that might be useful: Whether you are partially or totally victorious will depend as much on the attitude you hold in your heart as on your outward behavior. Be grateful, never resentful, for the interesting challenges. Love your struggles for the new capacities they are building in you.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) The coming weeks constitute the harvest phase of your personal cycle. That means you have the pleasure of gathering in the ripe rewards that you have been cultivating since your last birthday. But you also have the responsibility to answer and correct for any carelessness you have allowed to affect your efforts during the previous 11 months. Don’t worry, dear. My sense is that the goodies and successes far outnumber and overshadow the questionable decisions and failures. You have ample reasons to celebrate. But I hope you won’t get so caught up in your rightful exaltation that you’ll neglect the therapeutic atonements.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Like England and Spain, the Netherlands has a royal family, including a king, queen, prince and princesses.

They’re an egalitarian bunch. The young ones attend public schools, and the previous queen’s birthday is celebrated with a nation-wide flea market. The king’s crown is attractive but quite economical. Its pearls are fake, and other “jewels” are made of glass, colored foil and fish scales. In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that you create a regal but earthy headpiece for yourself. It’s high time for you to elevate your self-worth in an amusing and artful way. What fun and funky materials will you use in your homemade crown?

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

In her book, A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman reports on the eccentric methods that professional writers have used to galvanize their creative process.

Poet Amy Lowell relaxed into her work day by puffing on Manila cigars. Novelist Colette plucked fleas from her cat. T. S. Eliot’s poetry thrived when he had a head cold. Novelist George Sand liked to jump out of bed after making love and immediately begin writing.

Novelist William Gass, who is still among the living, wanders around outside taking photos of “rusty, derelict, overlooked, downtrodden” places. As for D. H. Lawrence: climbing mulberry trees naked energized his genius. What about you, Pisces? Now is an excellent time to draw intensely on your reliable sources of inspiration—as well as to seek new ones.

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