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Choked Valley Napa County (population 142,000) is a rural relief valve for the Bay Area’s 7.5 million urban residents, but its burgeoning wine and tourist industry is overwhelming the area’s limited natural resources. Residents increasingly object to the county’s seemingly endless commercialization. The plan to develop Walt Ranch in the hills above Napa is just one more proposal of dozens pending to denaturalize this irreplaceable North Bay landscape.

Previously mostly agricultural, and still harboring vineyards but star-struck by wine fame, increasingly urbanized and touristy Napa Valley now also features music festivals, bike races, cooking classes, art shows and auctions. Now 3.3 million tourists throng its 500 wineries annually. Urban traffic chokes semi-rural Napa Valley.

Astonishingly, the natives are not too restless—at least not enough to disturb county supervisors who, in a county enjoying a $13.3 billion boom from agribusiness, appear untroubled by excessive traffic, tourism or water depletion.

THIS MODERN WORLD

Hence, the Walt Ranch proposal: 209 more acres of vines replacing woodlands and chaparral. Though its environmental impact report was subject to scathing professional criticism, Walt Ranch promises “environmental responsibility,” “sustainable stewardship” and “commitment to the greater Napa Valley ecosystem.” But besides threatened trees and water, that ecosystem also includes, inconveniently, neighbors.

Insouciant remarks like “What else should be done with that land?” or “Well, that’s business,” disrespectfully dismiss the fertile idealism that may

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be the bane of business but the salvation of Napa County. If economic interests continue to trump aesthetic values, and the countryside vanishes, little time will pass before the great Bay Area awakening that wonders, belatedly, “How could they have let this happen to Napa County?”

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Illegitimate The Republicans don’t want to govern, they want to rule. Witness their willingness to shut down the government rather than negotiate. Their actions have the sour stink of fascism, and they play some of the darkest cards like racism and xenophobia to manipulate people. Their willingness to use strategies like voter suppression, intimidation and blatant lies make it clear that democracy is of no interest to them. They are drunk with power and not held accountable. It’s shameful and frightening.

I have been thinking about their refusal to hold hearings on President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland. That was an unprecedented violation of their responsibility and, I think, amounts to a coup of sorts. It makes the court a mockery and the process a sham. No appointee nominated

by Trump should be confirmed. They have no legitimacy. None.

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Standing Up Glad to see the activities of the Water Protectors at Standing Rock are still being covered (“Debriefer, Nov. 16).

Though Trump will put an end to it, the awakening and solidarity of all the tribes will live on. The first blizzard has hit the Great Plains, so watch for updates regarding the literal survival of those still encamped there.

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Standing Tall Local efforts to block Dakota Access Pipeline grow BY SHEPHERD BLISS

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hink globally and act locally. This is the intention behind the Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights’ Nov. 18 resolution in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

“We wanted to support the Standing Rock Sioux, but also the actions of our local tribal leadership from the Coyote Valley Band and Kashia Band of Pomo, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and YaKa-Ama,” says human rights commission vice-chair Dmitra Smith.

The commission joins 19 municipalities around the country and more than 300 tribes who have rallied in support of the Standing Rock Sioux’s stance against the routing of the Dakota Access oil pipeline under the Missouri River near their reservation. The $3.8 million, 1,172-mile pipeline would cross both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to carry fracked oil. The Army Corps of Engineers halted construction of the Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ pipeline on Nov. 14 and called for “additional discussion and analysis.”

Meanwhile, around 300 people gathered at the downtown Santa Rosa Citibank Nov. 15 to protest its funding the pipeline. It was one of hundreds of protests at Citibank around the country. Earlier this month, on Nov. 6, about 600 people attended an inspiring benefit at the Sebastopol Grange for the indigenous people and their allies, raising nearly $29,000.

“This is the rebirth of the native nation,” declared Adam (who declined to give his last name), an indigenous man who led drummers and chanters at both events. “This is a spiritual movement connected to our legal rights.”

Tribe elder Tom Goldtooth, interviewed Nov. 17 on KPFA’s Flashpoints, called the pipeline “blood oil. They are degrading our sacred space. They are commodifying nature. We’re fighting for everyone, not just native people. Seventeen million people live downstream from this Missouri River site, depending on it for their water, which an oil spill could pollute.”

Standing Rock may seem far away from San Francisco’s North Bay, but by joining in solidarity and educating each other about what’s at stake, we can make a difference.

For more information, go to standingrock.org and facebook.com/ SonomaNoDAPL. Dr. Shepherd Bliss has contributed to 24 books and farmed for the last two decades.

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OLDER THAN HE LOOKS Jack Tibbetts calls himself ‘the oldest 26-year-old’ you’ll ever meet.

Coffee with Jack Meet Jack Tibbetts, the new kid on the Santa Rosa City Council BY TOM GOGOLA

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ack Tibbetts was once an angsty teenager with blue hair. But earlier this month, he was the top vote getter for the Santa Rosa city council. A product of Catholic school, he embraces the church’s mantra “to serve the greater good.”

The Santa Rosa native joins the seven-member council with a head full of ideas, but says his top three priorities are housing, housing and housing. He’ll keep his job as executive director of St. Vincent de Paul, whose priorities, he says, will complement his work on the council.

Tibbetts went to St. Eugene’s Catholic school through seventh

grade and transferred to Montgomery High School, where he dyed his hair blue, listened to punk rock and became a worldclass skier. He is an only child who identified with the geeks and outsiders.

Over coffee at Peet’s on Fourth Street in Santa Rosa on a recent afternoon, he looks every bit the millennial American of the

Tom Gogola

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hipster-farmer, Sonoma County variety in semi-faded Wranglers, tan cowboy boots and a red flannel shirt, tucked in with a wide belt and the collar buttoned down.

Tibbetts recollects a Santa Rosa youth where he couldn’t play any of the traditional team sports, so fell into skiing and excelled at it to the point that he was considered an Olympic prospect. He trained at the Park City Olympic camp as a big-mountain skier, but an injury led him to reevaluate— “What do I want to do?”—and a roadside interaction in Taos while he recuperated, with a wise, lowincome man sealed the deal. The Taos encounter gave Tibbetts a direct awareness of poverty, and he went to bed that night thinking, “There’s so much more to do in life than ski.”

Tibbetts set out to dedicate his life to civil service and public engagement. He wound up working for a welder in Healdsburg. A valuable experience, but as Tibbetts describes the post-skiing immediacy of his young life, he says, “I floundered for a bit.”

In 2010, he enrolled at Santa Barbara City College, where big cuts and a doubling in tuition (from $100 to $200 per credit) triggered his inner political activist.

“This is no longer ‘college for all,’” Tibbetts recalls thinking as he details the urgency of the great recession and how it was destroying the dreams of his fellow students. Tibbetts won an office in the student senate and immersed himself in the details of the community college’s annual budget, seeking areas where “we could make cuts, identify cuts that would make things more efficient” without further harm to students.

Tibbetts transferred to UC Berkeley to complete a political science degree and to set out on a career path that highlighted his interest in the nonprofit world.

At Berkeley, he took a class with former United States labor secretary Robert Reich, interned for U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, worked for a high-powered consultant in Sacramento and interned at the United Nations.

Tibbetts learned that the “nonprofit sphere of influence

‘I carry the torch as the swing vote on controversial issues.’

“We were a bunch of kids,” Tibbetts says, but the organization behind the act had a very grownup name: Californians for Responsible Economic Development. Tibbetts, then a 21-year-old senior, says he was spending two-thirds of his time lobbying his bill and one-third in the classroom. “Nobody knew we were students.”

Tibbetts moved back to his hometown after college and got a job working for the Sonoma County Economic Development Board, which he describes as a “wonderful experience” that involved a lot of idea generation and finding creative solutions to chronic problems—housing being at the top of Tibbetts’ list.

He suggested that the county take unused county property and utilize it as a tiny-house program for the homeless. The pilot program got off the ground in May. Tibbetts supports current city efforts at developing mixedincome housing and rent control, but says that the broader problem is that people can’t save money and many city residents, despite a generally robust economy, are sadly accustomed to lowered expectations. ) 10

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Housing Help Napa County headed into the house-everyone breach this week when it announced receipt of a $11.3 million state grant to help the chronically homeless and those at-risk of losing their homes. The grant will be administered over five years and is the first time Napa has nailed down homeless funds other than rent vouchers or other forms of rental assistance.

“This brings a type of fund into the community that we didn’t have in the past—the supportive services money,” says Mitch Wippern, operations manager at the Napa County Health and Human Services Agency.

The Whole Person Care Pilot program will provide mobileoutreach services and efforts to find appropriate and affordable housing, and ease budget pressure on emergency services, hospitals and jails where the homeless “problem” often winds up.

Ongoing approval for the stateadministered program, says Wippern, is subject to the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), which approved and recently extended a California Medi-Cal 2020 waiver under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act. The waiver was extended by five years at the end of 2015 and, according to a December 2015 letter from CMS to Mari Cantwell, chief deputy director of the California Department of Health Care Services, “this extension allows California to extend its safety net care pool for five years in order to support . . . better integration of care.”

But all bets are off with Trump’s promise to end Obamacare. “We’re not sure what the future is going to hold around the ACA, Medicaid and Medi-Cal,” says Wippern.

“We’re hopeful that because programs like this are designed to have a real return on investment, that it will resonate regardless of who is making the decisions next year.”—Tom Gogola

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is smaller than in politics,” but no less important. In 2013, he leveraged his tuition-spike activism to take up the fight for the California Modernization and Economic Development Act, which would have enacted a well head oil tax to fund an endowment for student tuition.

Reich and a handful of Nobel laureates endorsed his proposal, but the oil companies hated it.

They spent $1 million to kill it, Tibbetts says.

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Jack Tibbetts ( 9 “Everyone wants predictability,” he says, and for city renters that means a “pathway to homeownership.”

Tibbetts is exploring a revolving loan fund where the city would buy debt from a lender in order to keep a local home from being foreclosed. He says he is trying to work out the legalities of a plan that would make the city the mortgage-backer of last resort for families—especially in twoincome households where one person loses a job.

He laughs and folds his arms in the bustling noontime crowd at Peet’s. “That’s the utopian vision for how I think housing should be done.”

But it’s no laughing matter for Tibbetts, who embraces a role he sees for himself on the Santa Rosa Council, as its youngest member by a long shot.

“I want to be that person who might be out there,” he says. “‘That kid is at it again!’” As a younger politician, he sees great value in not being “beholden to traditional ways of thinking about what’s possible.”

Still, Tibbetts describes himself essentially as an introvert, as he folds his arms again and talks about how people come up to you on the streets of Santa Rosa: “Hey! I voted for you!”

And yet it wasn’t long ago that Tibbetts was a lonley kid standing on his skateboard on the dramawing steps at Montgomery High School.

“When I was in high school I was not popular,” Tibbetts says.

“I couldn’t play sports. I had no identity. I was truly the smallest kid in high school.” Tibbetts got into skiing and skateboarding, he says, “and the culture and music found me. There was a time in my life when there was anger, confusion—I was angsty.”

Now he’s an elected official, tall and poised and informed, and says “I’m the oldest 26-year-old” you’ll ever meet. “I go to bed early and I listen to NPR.” People may come up to him on the street, but he’s still the introvert in the room.

At political events, “I’m always

the guy at the back of the room.

Please come talk to me.”

Tibbetts also loves Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” digs Bach and Tchaikovsky, and says he also loved Operation Ivy back in the day, and when he worked for the welder, he got into old country music and Americana folk—the Highwaymen, George Strait.

Failing the arrival of the 82nd Airborne under a pot-unfriendly new president, Tibbetts will join a council that will take up Proposition 64 at the city level.

Tibbetts, perhaps surprisingly, takes a moderate and cautious view on the cannabis question and whether Santa Rosa now becomes the New Age Amsterdam.

Tibbetts does support medical and recreational cannabis, and highlights that there are economic opportunities for the city, especially in lab testing of various commercial strains—“But being young has nothing to do with it. I push back a lot on the concept of a ‘New Amsterdam,’” he says, noting constituent concerns and “serious water issues” because of pressures on groundwater resources already stressed by the beer and wine industries. Tibbetts highlights that he is a member of the Santa Rosa Board of Utilities and that his cannabis views are “not based on my image as a young person. . . . I am focused on the environment.”

Tibbetts will be joining a Santa Rosa council that will decide on who is going to be the next mayor of the city. John Sawyer’s term ends in 2017, and the council will chose a new mayor from its ranks.

It’s not lost on Tibbetts that he is the young man in the middle of a council that is split between moderate and progressive blocs—a split that has played out, for instance, in differences between council members over the city’s rent-control efforts.

“I carry the torch as the swing vote on controversial issues. And that is a very political question coming out of the gate: Who is the next mayor?”

He folds his arms again at Peet’s and laughs a little. “Right into the fire.”

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Back in the summer, when folks would practically pay you to take their excess zucchini, I would layer in some slices along with tomates and red peppers.

In winter, it’s simpler, like some onion slabs and mushroom slices layered in among the cheesy, sauce-drenched eggplant cutlets.

One definite no-no is meat.

Eggplant is a meaty vegetable, and when prepared right can be as lusty as a steak.

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He passed away a few weeks ago, just as I finally hit my eggplant stride, and had something worthy of his attention. Not only is it really good; it comes together in about as much time as it takes to call Armando’s and order an eggplant sub with everything on it.

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“I know the name and address of every one of these rocks,” says MacLeod, gesturing to a low stone wall that edges his patio.

After George and Greta MacLeod bought an uninhabited, overgrown ranch in Kenwood in 1974 as a retirement project, they spent several years picking rocks out of the ground and pestering

their neighbors about growing grapes. The late Mike Lee, cofounder of Kenwood Vineyards, told them he could use some Sauvignon Blanc, which was enough for MacLeod, who says he tackled the project with the same attitude he employed as a company man at Monsanto—in that corporation’s least controversial, and long-since-jettisoned electronics division: “Yes, sir, I’ll get it for you!”

It proved to be a good match.

“The Sauvignon Blanc fell in love with the terroir of this rocky soil,” says MacLeod.

Some 40 years later, after planting grapevines, then replanting after phylloxera, and finally launching an estate wine label, George MacLeod still speaks with enthusiasm and wonder about the history of this land, from the effects that prehistory had on the terroir, through Native American land management, and even the steady chip-chipping of basalt rock that was made into San Francisco pavers by Italian stonemasons over 120 years ago. MacLeod has published two books on the subject, and for years has contributed a column to the Kenwood Press in which he expounds upon a variety of topics and cites his Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel vines by name.

Tours of MacLeod Family Vineyards, often hosted by George’s daughter-in-law, Marjorie, include valley views and, usually, a visit with George. A reasonably priced visit, it’s also best suited to visitors who have some extra time in their schedule to explore and converse.

If MacLeod’s 2015 Sonoma Valley Sauvignon Blanc ($22) is a grassy Blanc, it’s a dry grass, with a sunlit streak of lychee fruit shining through. Toasty and red-fruited, the 2014 Sonoma Valley Zinfandel ($28) is spiced like Mexican chocolate, while the 2013 Sonoma Valley Merlot ($34) gets points for surviving the Sideways effect—the first vintage, according one of George’s colorful stories, had to be delivered sub rosa.

MacLeod Family Vineyards, Kenwood.

By appointment, Monday–Saturday; tours ($25) at 10:30am and tastings ($15) at 2pm. 707.833.4312.

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These are a few of our favorite things

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es, the holidays should be about spending time with friends and family, enjoying big meals together and expressing gratitude for our many blessings. But you still gotta buy stuff.

Fortunately, we in the North Bay are blessed with an abundance of creative folks who make and sell some great local things.

It’s become a cliché to bemoan the commercialization of the holidays, but you can fight back by avoiding the malls and supporting locally made goods and businesses. With that in mind, we present some of our favorite things to bring a little cheer into someone’s life—or maybe your own. You’ve been good, right?

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Don’t Tread on Me, Either I was headed up Highway 101 recently in the vicinity of Cotati, and the traffic was just starting to move again after an accident had been cleared. I rolled up on a hybrid SUV slow-jamming in the middle lane that was sporting all sorts of American flag and pro-veteran, pro-gun stickers and decals, including a custom “Gun Owner for Trump” decal. I suppose the driver was trying to intimidate or threaten North Bay snowflakes in their precious liberal Priuses with the Bernie stickers.

I’m not a big fan of bumper stickers as a general rule, though I do enjoy reading them on others’ cars. And I’m pretty good at resisting the urge to rear-end some mean-faced old white man on the highway for expressing his opinion, however odiously obnoxious it may be. I sat behind old cranky in traffic for a bit and thought about a bumper sticker that would reflect my view on politics, but that wasn’t posturing in opposition to anyone, or declaring an allegiance to Bernie or Hillary—but simply declaring my allegiance to an all-American ideal. Enter the Gadsden flag.

I believe the American left does itself a disservice when it allows a bilious right wing to claim ownership of the message of the famous yellow-and-snaky flag and its “Don’t Tread on Me” warning. I love the flag, I love the idea, and I live in a town filled with militanttrickster hippies who do not want to be treaded upon, either.

I say: seize the potent symbols of right-wing dissent and reclaim them as the prerogative of a cranky left with militia intentions of its own. And, hey, they make for great stocking-stuffers in the threatened jackboot moment of Bannonian horror. There are all sorts of patriotic online portals that will fit the bill for anti-government leftists eager to throw down, but it’d be better to

NOT JUST FOR RIGHT-WING NUTS ANYMORE It’s time for anti-Trumpers to

claim the Gadsden flag. Get yours at Cotati’s S.O.G. Military Surplus Collectibles.

hook yourself up with Gadsden swag locally at S.O.G. Military Surplus Collectibles in Cotati.

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Take Your Skull for a Ride

Lou Barlow was the bassist for Dinosaur Jr. before he went on to indie-rock fame of his own in Sebadoh, and I found myself humming one of his tunes recently while poring over the latest issue of the Sonoma Historian.

“There is history in this place,” Barlow sings in “Skull”—and indeed there is, Sonoma County.

Lots of history.

Barlow is singing his song to a woman he wants to get busy with, but he might have been singing it about a newcomer to Sonoma County, a tourist come to town for a night or two, stunned into a reverie by the beauty of the region and its many offerings of a historical, lovely and increasingly high-on-legal-weed bent: “And I don't know who you are / But I know what I would like you to be / A one-night stand under stoned persuasion . . .”

Well, hey, issue No. 4 of Sonoma History is out now and it costs three bucks. The society has a giftsubscription offer that comes with a membership and a year’s worth of the journal. This quarter’s issue offers commentary and essays on Jack London (natch), pics from local photographer John LeBaron

and reflections from locals on their participation in the Freedom Rides of the 1960s, when many a skull was cracked by Southern racists hell-bent on suppressing the rights and the votes of African-American citizens.

History—it has a way of repeating itself. Riffing again on the Barlow tune that has now morphed into an earworm for the ages, Sonoma History will gently take your skull for a ride through the people, places and events that have figured in the social and cultural development of Sonoma County—so sign right up and lavish the history buff in your life with a journal that highlights a county characterized, as if in song, by a “an easy flow and a strong, strong heart.”

Gift-givers can opt for the $30 yearly membership or you can throw $150 to $300 the way of the society as a supporting or lifetime membership in your giftee’s name.

Sonoma County Historical Society, PO Box 1373, Santa Rosa CA 95402.—T.G.

Kitsbow Mountain Bike Apparel The North Bay is the birthplace of mountain biking, and Petaluma’s Kitsbow taps into the history and still vibrant energy of the sport with a line of high-end, madeto-last mountain biking ) 18 apparel that are to fat tire

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Petaluma native Scott Lowrie has always loved maps. He studied geography at Sonoma State University, and has been a geographic information systems (GIS) pro for 10 years.

Lowrie also studied art in school, an interest that turned into a creative outlet six years ago, when he began designing and creating artful and often vintage-inspired maps on the side. That project evolved into Griffin Map Design, Lowrie’s custom cartography and large-format printing shop located in the heart of downtown Petaluma’s Putnam Plaza.

Highly detailed and convincingly old-school, Lowrie’s maps are more than throwback drawings; they look and feel authentic. Lowrie’s portfolio includes maps that recreate Civil War battles, highlight railroad lines from 1895 and offer bird’s-eye illustrations of North Bay towns, as the maps would have accurately looked at the turn of the last century.

“They tell a story,” says Lowrie.

“People come in and look at, for instance, an old map of Petaluma, and they’ll tell you where their house is or the way things used to be. It creates, not an escape, but a way to look back.”

Lowrie makes original maps and repurposes historical (and public domain) maps. He takes inspiration from antiques of all kind and incorporates patterns and images that he finds in his frequent antiquing trips.

Feeling a connection to the local art scene, Lowrie opened Griffin Map Design as an art gallery and storefront two years ago. Monthly art shows hang on one wall of his shop, and many of Lowrie’s prints and works from visiting artists are available to purchase. In addition, the shop boasts a T-shirt printer and large-format printer, so he’s able to satisfy custom orders of all kinds.

December’s show will be Prohibition-themed, says Lowrie, keeping to the vintage aesthetic.

Lowrie will also be selling his work at Petaluma’s Holiday Crafterino on Sunday Nov. 27, at the Petaluma

Veteran’s Memorial Hall.

Griffin Map Design, 122 American Alley, Ste. A, Petaluma. Friday– Saturday, noon–5pm, and by appointment.—Charlie Swanson

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enthusiastics what Gulfstream jets are to aviators. Kitsbow’s stuff isn’t cheap, but it’s made to take abuse on the trail and last. A pair of their flagship men’s biking shorts go for $265.

“There’s an ingredient-based ethos behind everything we make,” say P. K. Hart, Kitsbow’s COO, in defense of the high price tags.

He points to premium materials, bullet-proof stitching and attention to detail. “We support that core mountain biking group.”

Right now, I’m coveting their Icon shirt, an item that wins for form and function. The wool flannel fabric is made by Pendleton from vintage patterns selected by Kitsbow. Kitsbow adds venting and abrasion-resistant patches to the shoulders and sleeves. Locally made clothes are a rarity, but this shirt is assembled in Oakland and the company’s Petaluma facility at the Foundry Wharf.

You can hammer the trails and look good hoisting a beer at the pub afterwards in this handsome number.

Look for Kitsbow stuff at the Peddler in Santa Rosa and Studio Velo in Mill Valley or online at kitsbow.com.—Stett Holbrook

Occidental Leather tool bags As a writer and editor, I don’t have much need for a tool belt. Too bad.

I’d love an excuse to wear one of Occidental Leather’s rugged but beautiful tool belts and caddies around the office.

I first spotted Occidental Leather products at Ace Hardware in Sebastopol. Turns out the company only sells its products to independent retailers, so you won’t find them at big-box stores like Home Depot. And they’re not based in Occidental, but, rather, Graton. They do all their design and production work in-house.

Everything is made in the U.S. Their carpenter bags are real beauties, but they also make a wide range of accessories for electricians, landscapers and weekend warriors like me. They now offer a line of good-looking iPad shoulder bags for you whitecollar workers, too. If only they made a leather pocket protector, I could sport their stuff at work. occidentalleather.com.—S.H.

J’Amy Tarr Jackets In other places, a jacket is a seasonal companion. You pull it out when skies turn gray and store it when it’s time to switch to tank tops. In the North Bay, a jacket is a permanent fixture, an eternal back seat passenger and a commuter’s best friend. With Karl the Fog, indian summer and other local weather phenomena, you

and cream. The fabrics range from lightweight cotton blends to rich wools, and can accommodate different microclimates and nuances in the Bay Area weather patterns.

For the upcoming winter, Tarr plans to introduce a few more hues to her palette: crimson, bronze and frost. Capes are a strong collection leader, and so is the brand-new embellished Take Flight Moto jacket.

“These jackets are embellished with hand-cut leather and suede bird shapes inspired by the birds of the Marin Headlands,” Tarr says.

“For me, the name represents the freedom that is associated with launching into new adventures in one’s life.” jamytarr.com.—Flora Tsapovsky

Tam Weavery For someone who creates such homey, cozy items, Whitney Lenox’s life has been very nomadic. She was born in Alabama and spent the majority of her adult life in the greater Nashville area.

“In my late 20s, I reconnected with an old friend from college,” she recalls, “and after dating for a few short weeks, he asked me to quit my job, sell all my stuff, and move to South Korea with him to teach English. And I did it! It was one of the best big decisions of my life.”

Upon returning to the States, after completing their teaching contracts and backpacking through Asia, the couple embarked on a 9,000-mile, cross-country road trip in an old pickup truck.

“We visited the Grand Canyon on this trip and decided then and there that it would be our next home” Lenox says. “We spent two great years living and working in the park, and then set our sights on California.

We’re attracted to beautifully unique places, so it comes as no surprise that the Bay Area has been such a great fit for us.”

Settling in Mill Valley, with an apartment reserved by the future landlord without actually meeting (“He loved our story,” Lenox comments), and a new job in hand, Lenox was suddenly laid off six weeks after the move. Shocked to have so much free time, she remembered the idea of ) 20

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never know when you might need an extra layer—hence, a designer focusing exclusively on outerwear makes a lot of sense.

Enter J’Amy Tarr, a Mill Valley native who has been doing just that for the last three years. Tarr was born and raised in Marin County and received an MFA in fashion design and applied textile design from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. She’s no stranger to the fog.

“During my high school days at Tamalpais High School, I remembered seeing the fog silently roll over the redwood trees,” she recalls. “With it came cold, crisp weather that always called for a jacket.”

Tarr discovered her passion for outerwear while designing her first independent collection in 2012. “Not only do jackets and coats anchor an outfit quite unlike any other, but they are absolutely necessary in the Bay Area year-round,” she says. “The microclimates in San Francisco and varying temperatures throughout the Bay Area are key elements in my design inspiration.”

Tarr designs in a small studio in Mill Valley, sharing a building with the Hivery, a female-only co-working space. Her biggest influence? A type of coat, naturally.

“Chiso, a traditional Japanese kimono company, is a huge inspiration of mine.” she says.

“The company is said to create the essence of Japanese beauty because of its highly intricate, even laborious, designs on their kimonos. Each detail is poured over with such care that there is an artistry to it all.”

Though not as elaborate as the Chiso, Tarr’s jackets are thoughtfully made and are big on small details. The majority of them come in four shapes, repeated each season in different colors and prints: the Bomber, a zipped, slightly sporty piece; the Moto, a classic tighter fitting jacket; the Funnel Neck, an elongated zipped coat; and the Tux, an open tailored jacket. There are also heavier coats and a newer edition of the season’s hot trend, the cape, all in deep blues, shades of black and gray, with a brief appearance of camel

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picking up fiber art skills she once had, and decided to give it a go.

“One week later, I found myself digging through boxes and boxes of beautiful vintage yarn at the Muir Beach community sale and it felt like a wink and a nod from the universe that I was on the right path.” she says. “I’m mostly selftaught and have been weaving since that day.”

For her brand, Tam Weavery, Lenox creates atmospheric, pretty and voluminous hangings incorporating wood, fiber and occasionally rocks. She uses jute, baby alpaca, wool blend, and cotton and favors earthy tones, deep blues and pastels.

Each creation has a name: Elma, Ralston, Carrera, giving them a personal, animated appeal. As of now, the hangings, which are also sold at Lenox’s Etsy store, can be purchased at Beach House Style boutique in Fairfax.

“I believe weaving is having a resurgence because of a deep need to connect.” Lenox says. “What surprised me most is the sense of community I’ve found since picking up the craft. It has given me a new reason to connect with people in person, whether it be with a local shop owner or with a group of women at a weaver’s gathering or class. I love that it encourages me to step away from my digital life to use my hands and connect with the community around me.” tamweavery.com.—F.T.

Dylan Flynn: Blacksmith Blacksmith-artist Dylan Flynn works out of an old horse paddock up on the Big Mesa in Bolinas that provides a view of the Bolinas Ridge that’s as spectacular as it gets. On a recent dew-drenched morning, the young artistblacksmith was hand-forging coat hooks and talking shop from an open-face horse stall he converted to his shop.

His anvil, the centerpiece of a small, open-face working space, is more than a hundred years old and was purchased at a Santa

Rosa barn sale some 10 years ago.

Flynn’s forge is an old electric transformer box that he rigged up to a propane gas tank. There’s no electricity, but Flynn installed a gas generator and built a box around it to keep the noise down.

He saves up his jobs that require electricity and does them all at once.

It’s mighty quiet up here, other than the banging of Flynn’s hammer as he creates wroughtiron hooks in pastoral splendor.

To put the finest of points on this uniquely Bolinas mixed-used commercial zone, there’s a young calf in a neighboring stall.

Flynn is 30 years old and studied blacksmithing at Warren Wilson College, a small liberal arts school near Asheville, N.C., that has historically been for rural kids to get an education, tuitionfree, while also gaining real-life training in the school’s various work programs. The San Anselmo native heard about Warren Wilson U from a high school counselor at the Marin Academy after the young man expressed a certain disinterest in going to college at all.

Most of Flynn’s pay-the-bills work is done on commission, and his functional creations can cost thousands of dollars. A custom gate for a Berkeley homeowner falls into that category, but Flynn also creates custom pieces of hardware, giant hinges, door handles—and a four-piece fireplace set available at the Shop in Olema for $425.

The hooks retail for between $15 and $20 and the bottle openers go for $30, but it’s the last bottle opener you’ll ever need (makes a great, heavyweight stocking stuffer.) “Lifetime guarantee,” says Flynn as he gets back to the business of the day, hammering hooks and twisting them into fine filigree in preparation for upcoming holiday craft fairs in Point Reyes Station and Bolinas.

The only sound is the sound of his hammer and the wind. And the braying calf.

Check faultlineforge.comf or more info or contact Flynn directly at dylan@faultlineforge.com.—T.G.

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The week’s events: a selective guide

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HEALDSBURG

Skip the Stores

Thanksgiving is almost upon us and that means the dreaded Black Friday is right around the corner. If you would rather skip the mall crowds and indulge in wine country views instead, the family-owned winery collective Taste Destination 128 is hosting its Alexander Valley Black Friday Open House at eight participating wineries. Festive food and wine pairings, and lots of unique gifts and discounts await at Field Stone Winery & Vineyard, Hanna Winery & Vineyards, Medlock Ames and several other spots on Thursday, Nov. 25, at various locations in Healdsburg. 11am to 4pm. $35; $15 designated drivers. Tastedestination128.com.

POINT REYES

Oh, Mycology

Point Reyes National Seashore is teeming with fungi right now, a boon for local mushroom foragers. No one knows the fungal world better than author, instructor and explorer David Campbell, who leads his adventurous Mushroom Camp this weekend. Beginning and intermediate level foragers will learn about the diverse populations of local wild mushrooms and will foray into the woods to get their hands dirty. Accommodations at the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center make this a great getaway weekend, happening Friday–Sunday, Nov. 25–27, at Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station. $180–$200. ptreyes.org.

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Elegance on a Plate

Since 2008, Silver Oak Cellars chef Dominic Orsini has excelled in presenting cuisine that showcases Napa Valley bounty. He grows most of the herbs, vegetables and fruits used in his dishes and takes inspiration from his surroundings and the season. This week, Orsini presents his ‘Silver Oak Cookbook’ with a tasty reception at the new home of the Culinary Institute of America at Copia. Watch the chef prepare his mushroom and kale farrotto, taste samples of his Dungeness crab arancini and fried quail and get your hands on the new cookbook on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the CIA at Copia, 500 First St., Napa. 6pm. $50. 707.967.2530.

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He backed Bob Dylan and played one of the most famous concerts in history, the Last Waltz, which occurred 40 years ago this week in San Francisco. Guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson looks back on his storied musical career in his recent memoir, ‘Testimony,’ as he talks with writer, producer and digital magazine Radio Silence founder Dan Stone as part of the Institute for Leadership Studies’ Fall Leadership Lecture Series on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Dominican University of California’s Angelico Hall, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 7pm. $38. Tickets available at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

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—Charlie Swanson FACE THE MUSIC Danish singing sensation Sinne Eeg presents her Scandinavian-slanted contemporary jazz at Blue Note Jazz Club in Napa on Nov. 27. See Concerts, p27.

STANDING OUT ‘Being African American in Sonoma County was weird,’ says Malia Anderson. ‘There’re not a lot of us.’

Art of Style

Malia Anderson challenges notions of body image and identity, and looks good doing it BY FLORA TSAPOVSKY

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ot long after Malia Anderson moved to Santa Rosa almost 17 years ago, people started saying she looked familiar.

“You went to my high school, right?” they’d say, trying to guess where they recognized her from.

“I’m guessing that’s because I became such a big part of the community so fast,” says Anderson, 38, with a satisfied smile.

Last month, even more local

women got a taste of her vibrant energy and savvy style when Anderson hosted the first and only West Coast trunk show for Eloquii, a nationwide online plussize retailer. On a sunny Sunday, over 20 women poured into the headquarters of Style by Malia, on Second Street in Santa Rosa, tried on clothes, sipped sparkling wine and happily gave in to Anderson’s charms.

It wasn’t so easy at first. Anderson was born and raised in San Francisco, and studied fashion

merchandising at San Francisco City College. She later produced fashion shows for Macy’s and Sak’s Fifth Avenue. In 2001, she moved to Sonoma County to live in her husband’s hometown, where she immediately stood out.

“Being African American in Sonoma County was weird,” she admits. “There’re not a lot of us.

Sonoma County has a small-town community kind of feel, so when I moved in, I definitely felt like an outsider. It's not an easy place to break into.”

Anderson’s solution? Jumping head-first into local events, trying to get as involved as possible.

“I wanted to make sure people really see me,” she says.

Anderson is currently on the board of the North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce and is involved in the local young professionals network. She volunteers at the American Heart Association and gives style advice on the pages of North Bay Woman, a local magazine published by the Marin Independent Journal.

After first moving to the county, Anderson changed careers and worked in marketing and driving to modeling gigs in San Francisco. Soon, fashion called her back, and for the last eight years she has been working as a private wardrobe stylist and buyer. Her clientele includes more than 2,000 women ranging from bankers to artists, younger women to CEOs in their 60s.

As a plus-size model, Anderson often displays the body confidence her much skinnier clients lack.

“I often tell them, I don't have your insecurities in my head!” she laughs. “I know when something looks great on them, despite their doubts.”

This confidence doesn’t mean she hasn’t had her fair share of insults and body shaming, in Sonoma County and beyond. But it doesn’t hold her back.

With the Eloquii event, as with others in the works, Anderson wants to bring Sonoma County plus-size women more stylish advice and great clothes. An atmosphere of acceptance, diversity and pure and apologetic fun is just a bonus.

Check out Style by Malia at stylebymalia.com.

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MEAN GIRL The ferocious Daphna (Emily Kron) is hard to like given her condenscending manner.

Family Drama

Left Edge’s ‘Bad Jews’ mean but good

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oshua Harmon’s Bad Jews debuted off Broadway in 2012. The popular play, now running at Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre, potently throws together three very different Jewish family members, just after the burial of their grandfather.

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Charles Dickens Adapted for the stage by

Michael Wilson Directed by

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Starring

Charles Siebert* as Ebenezer Scrooge 52 W. 6th Street Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Daphna (Emily Kron) is intensely religious, but her two wealthy cousins, Jonah (Brady Morales-Woolery) and Liam (Dean Linnard), are less so. Liam considers himself an atheist, clearly despising Daphna’s “zealotry.” Having completely missed the funeral—he was in Aspen, skiing—Liam finally arrives with his gentile girlfriend, Melody (Katee Drysdale), and the scene is set for a sleepless night of

interfamily argument, derision, and some very loud screaming.

At the center of the conflict is the gold pendant their grandfather kept hidden from the Nazis during his two years in the concentration camps. Years later, he used it in lieu of an engagement ring to propose to the love of his life.

To Daphna, the story is a symbol of her grandfather’s enduring faith and the troubled history of the Jewish people. For Liam, it represents the power of love his grandfather felt for his grandmother. And for Jonah, well, Jonah doesn’t say much. Not until the play’s final moment do we finally understand exactly how Jonah feels about “Poppy,” as they call their beloved grandfather.

Briskly paced by director Phoebe Moyer, the 90-minute play clips along, and does bring its share of surprises. One of the most impressive things about Bad Jews is how the playwright manages to keep the emotional stakes so enormously high, while keeping the plot from suddenly pushing off into the preposterous.

Unfortunately, as written and performed by a first-rate cast, Bad Jews might push the patience of any audience member with a limited tolerance for verbal cruelty.

Daphna, played ferociously by Kron, is so condescending to her cousins, especially Liam, and so appallingly and monotonously ugly to Melody, it’s hard to care about what she wants or why. She’s a monster, and a very loud one.

Liam isn’t much better. Selfish and bitter despite his family’s money and privilege, his obvious hatred for his cousin’s faith finally erupts in ways that make it impossible to care much about him either.

Though impressed with the verbal wit and cleverness of Harmon’s writing, and the commitment of the cast, I could not keep from wondering when the neighbors would call the police on the spoiled people next door.

Rating (out of 5): ‘Bad Jews’ runs Friday–Sunday through Dec. 4 at Left Edge Theater. 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa.

Friday–Saturday, 8pm; 2pm matinee, Sunday. $15–$27. 707.546.3600.

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by Meredith Meredith Willson Willson and and Franklin Franklin Lacey Lacey

NOV 25 - DEC 11

WAR TORN An Iraq War hero becomes a reluctant celebrity in this adaption of Ben Fountain’s novel.

Santa Rosa Junior College Burbank Auditorium

Soldier On

1501 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa CA ONLINE: theatrearts.santarosa.edu

Ang Lee’s ‘Billy Lynn’ is no flag waver

Joe Alwyn plays Pvt. Billy Lynn, whose attempt to rescue a man in his platoon from Iraqi rebels is caught on camera and goes big on CNN. After he’s awarded a Silver Star, he and about a half-dozen of his fellow soldiers are escorted by the sardonic Sgt. Dime (Garrett Hedlund, never better). They’re making a dog-and-pony tour to rally people around the war during the election year 2004. One last stop, before they return to Iraq, is an appearance with Destiny’s Child at the half-time show at a Thanksgiving Dallas Cowboys game.

Waiting for their chance to be bombarded by PTSD-aggravating fireworks, Lynn and his soldiers drink and meet with the fans. Alone for a second, the boyish, goodhearted Lynn falls for a Cowboys cheerleader (Mackenzie Leigh), blushing like the good Christian she is over her sudden desire for this stranger.

Lee shoots Billy Lynn very conservatively, with slow pans and direct-to-the-camera dialogue. (Press in the Bay Area didn’t see Billy Lynn in the 120 frames per second version of Lee’s film; the high frame rate may have given more surreal depth of field to the war scenes, maybe more power to startle.)

Some war memoirs record the feelings of soldiers coming back— describing the smugness of soft civilians, leering as they beg for bloody details. Billy Lynn captures these harassing, smarmy faces in a montage. It’s inarguably an anti-war movie. But Lynn’s character sometimes comes across as the author’s glove puppet in the book.

The British actor Alwyn is very appealing, and he’ll go places. But Lynn is an all-things-to-all-people conception of a soldier—he can’t quite give this movie a center.

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t’s just gone ballistic, worldwide,” says Mike Upton.

Don’t worry, he’s not talking politics, he’s talking ukuleles.

Upton is the founder and owner of Petaluma-based Kala Brand Music Company, which sells and distributes handmade ukuleles in over 50 countries today. “It’s really a global thing,” he says. “Which is crazy—nobody saw it coming.”

Nobody, except for Upton, apparently, who founded Kala Brand in 2005 to specialize in introducing high-quality ukulele instruments to music lovers from Iceland to Israel.

Upton grew up in Sunnyvale, when “there wasn’t much there except apricot and cherry trees,” he says. He played music from a young age, and in 1989 moved to Hawaii to play professionally there.

During his five years in Hawaii,

he saw the roots of ukulele’s popularity growing. He also met and married his wife, and when the couple moved back to the mainland in 1995, they relocated to her hometown of Petaluma.

Upton started selling instruments through Hohner and spent a decade watching ukulele sales steadily climb. By the time he founded Kala, ukulele’s revival was just getting started.

He estimates ukulele sales will surpass $20 million this year alone.

For Upton, the miniature, nylonstringed instrument’s success is no mystery. “It’s fun to play, it’s a happy sounding instrument and it’s easy to learn,” he says.

Learning a new instrument can be daunting at any age. But there’s no break-in period for a ukulele, making it an unintimidating introduction for many budding musicians.

“It’s also a real community instrument,” says Upton. “People love to get together and learn songs from one another and sing.

There’s no big pressure to be a professional musician to hop in.

That attracts a lot of people.”

While a large part of Kala’s business involves working with state-of-the-art factories in Asia, Kala also employs a division of crafters in Petaluma who handbuild custom-order ukuleles that often incorporate exotic woods.

In addition to their North Bay headquarters and a warehouse in Hawaii, Kala recently opened a location in Ashland, Va. As sales begin to spike for the holiday season, Kala’s extensive catalogue—which also includes bass ukuleles and acoustic guitars—can be seen online or at any independent music store in the North Bay. Tall Toad Music in downtown Petaluma carries a wide selection of Kala’s ukes. Prices start at under a hundred dollars for some models.

Kala has also developed an online program that quickly teaches new uke owners proper technique and popular songs.

“Everybody can be a musician,” he says. “And we’re into making more musicians.”

For more info, visit kalabrand.com.

Concerts SONOMA COUNTY MontroseWabos Band One-time-only concert features Keith St John, former lead singer of Montrose, along with members of Sammy Hagar’s Wabos including Mona Gnader, Vic Johnson and Dave Lauser. Nov 26, 6:30pm. $28-$64. Annie O’s Music Hall, 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Rising Appalachia The folk roots melting pot of music, fronted by sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, performs with support from songwriters Arouna Diarra and Dustin Thomas. Nov 28, 8:30pm. $24.

Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus The chorus’ annual “Home for the Holidays” concert features traditional favorites and new works. Nov 27, 3pm. $19-$50.

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

MARIN COUNTY Bobby Vega’s 60th Birthday Bash Acclaimed bassist from Sly and the Family Stone welcomes friends to join him for a funky party. Nov 30, 8pm. $17-$20.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Kristin Hoffmann & Shambhu Ethereal vocalist shares the stage with San Diego jazz-folk songwriter, who is releasing his new album “Soothe,” and an array of other talented musicians. Nov 26, 8pm. $24. TMS Performing Arts Center, 150 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.924.4848.

Jesse DeNatale The acclaimed songwriter performs a post-Thanksgiving benefit concert to raise funds for the Tomales Bay Youth Center. Nov 27, 4pm. $20. Toby’s Feed Barn, 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1223.

NAPA COUNTY Sinne Eeg

The award-winning Danish vocalist is known worldwide as a preeminent jazz sensation.

Nov 27, 6:30 and 9pm. $15-$25.

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

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY A’Roma Roasters

Nov 25, Collaboration with David Scott. Nov 26, Hank Levine. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music Hall Nov 23, Free Mannequin and Daniel Burdick. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

Nov 23, bluegrass and old time music jam. Nov 25, Narwhal Family Experience. Nov 26, Marc Maynon. Nov 27, 2pm, Tyler Allen. Nov 30, Morton Davis. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic.

Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Nov 25, Brothers Gadjo. Nov 26, Dave Hamilton. Nov 27, Burnside. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Nov 23, Wednesday Night Big Band. Nov 25, Arizona & the Volunteers. Nov 26, Dictator Tots and the Sofa Kings. Nov 27, Tito & the Harmonic Three.

Nov 29, Mad Men B3 Organ with Justus Dorbin. Nov 30, Rivertown Trio. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.4631.

Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern

Nov 29, 6pm, Michael Hantman.

25300 Steelhead Blvd, Duncans Mills. 707.865.2261.

Brixx Pizzeria

Nov 26, Mike Saliani. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.766.8162.

Cellars of Sonoma

Nov 25, John Pita. Nov 26, 5pm, Craig Corona. Nov 26, 7:30pm, Ricky Alan Ray. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1826.

Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. Nov 26, 2pm, Irish music. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

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Flamingo Lounge

Nov 25, SugarFoot. Nov 26, Stax City. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Green Music Center

Nov 27, 3pm, Vienna Boys Choir Christmas Program. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Nov 30, Marcin Dylla. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Nov 23, Groove Gravy with DJ Beset and others. Nov 25, Diego’s Umbrella and Oddjob Ensemble. Nov 26, Petty Theft. Nov 28, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Nov 25, Nate Lopez. Nov 26, Shelby Lanterman.

691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Nov 25, 6:30pm, Michael Hantman. Nov 26, 6:30pm, Gypsy Jazz Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

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Nov 23, Marshall House Project. Nov 25, Hype It Up with DJ Konnex and DJ Jaclyn JacaLioness. Nov 26, For My People and Tropic Tiger. Nov 29, Hart n Soul. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Nov 23, Rosetown Ramblers.

Nov 25, 3pm, O Happy Dagger.

Nov 26, Second Street Band.

Nov 27, Sara Petite. Nov 30, Nate Lopez. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

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Murphy’s Irish Pub

Nov 26, T Sisters and Marty O’Reilly. Nov 27, Kyle Gass Band with Scary Little Friends. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

Redwood Cafe

Nov 26, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Nov 26, 8:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo. Nov 27, 3pm, Old Time Music Fiddle Jam. Nov 27, 6pm, Irish jam session. Nov 28, Open Mic with DJ Loisaida.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

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Nov 26, Levi Lloyd. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Nov 26, Wild Janie Roberts.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Sonoma Community Center Nov 27, kitchen concert.

276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

Spancky’s Bar

Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.664.0169.

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219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.

Toad in the Hole Pub Sun, live music. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Nov 25, Yo! Pizzaface. Nov 26, the Rhythm Rangers. Nov 28, the Blues Defenders pro jam.

Nov 29, open mic night with RoJo. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Nov 23, Casa Rasta Toy Drive.

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Sister Sounds T Sisters expand their range on new album The self-described “sassy sister folk” trio of Erika, Rachel and Chloe Tietjen has been entertaining fans in the Bay Area and beyond since debuting as the T Sisters at an open mic event in 2008. Gifted with soaring vocals, the sisters have found acclaim in Americana and folk circles for their multipart harmonies and arresting arrangements.

Their 2014 debut album, Kindred Lines, was produced by bluegrass legend Laurie Lewis and told a folksy coming-of-age story steeply rooted in themes of family.

After two years of constant touring, the T Sisters released their long-awaited selftitled sophomore album last month. The album is made up of nine original songs and a cover of Irish songwriter Foy Vance’s “Make It Rain.”

Sonically, the new record still harks back to the traditions of folk music while also offering contemporary flourishes.

The sisters sprinkle in elements of soul and doo-wop throughout, and the album’s roster of guest performers include violinist and composer Anton Patzner, best known for his work with Oakland “string metal” band Judgment Day, and jazz keyboardist Gianni Staiano.

The T Sisters perform an album release concert, with support from Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra on Saturday, Nov. 26, the Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma. 8:30pm. $16. 707.765.2121.

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Thurs, open mic night.

1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.454.6422.

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Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera.

415.927.2316.

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Osteria Divino

Nov 26, the 7th Sons. 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.7660.

Nov 23, Jonathan Poretz. Nov 25, Nicholas Culp Trio. Nov 26, Ken Cook Trio. Nov 27, Gabrielle Cavassa. Nov 29, Ken Cook.

Nov 30, Jay Sanders Trio.

37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Nov 23, Dale Polissar Trio. Nov 29, Moonglow Trio. Nov 30, C-JAM with Connie Ducey.

4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon

George’s Nightclub

Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Nov 23, the New Sneakers. Nov 24, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Nov 25, Crooked. Nov 26, Michael Brown Band. Nov 29, the Good Guys. Nov 30, Fitz & Pieces. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Nov 25, Sauceboys. Nov 26, DJ Marroquin. Nov 27, Mexican Banda. Nov 29, hip-hop open mic. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

Grazie Restaurant

Nov 26, Gail Muldrow. 823 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.897.5181.

HopMonk Novato

Nov 23, open mic night with the Night Crew. Nov 25, the Soul Section. Nov 30, open mic with Mark Nichol. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

INCAVO Wine Tasting & Collective Tues, 7pm, Open Mic Night with Simon Costa. 1099 Fourth St, Suite F, San Rafael.

415.259.4939.

Nov 25, 5:30pm, Friday Night Jazz with Piro Patton Trio.

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

19 Broadway Club

1149 First St., Napa 707.252.3060

28, open mic night with Austin DeLone. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Nov 23, Dallis Craft Band. Nov 26, Greg Ballad presents a tribute to Luther Vandross. Nov 27, JetBlacq. Nov 30, Roharpo the Bluesman. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Marin Country Mart

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29, open mic. Nov 30, Robert Elmond Stone and friends.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Mon, open mic. Nov 23, Black Wednesday Party with Iriefuse.

Nov 24, 4pm, Lonely Hearts Thanksgiving Feast with the Substitutes and friends. Nov 25, Tomas D and the Sundown Gang. Nov 26, the Buddy Owen Band with Danny Uzi. Nov 27, 5:30pm, Judy Hall Trio. Nov 27, 8:30pm, Sweetie Pie and Doughboy. Nov 30, Stefanie Keys Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Nov 23, Rick Hardin and friends. Nov 25, Michael Aragon Quartet. Nov 26, Fuzzy Slippers.

Nov 27, Timothy O & Co. Nov 28, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Nov

Nov 26, Ned Endless & the Allniters. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls.

415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Rancho Nicasio

Nov 25, the Jerry Hannan Band.

Nov 26, Bud E Luv. Nov 27, 4pm, Jeffrey Halford & the Healers.

1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse

Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Nov 25, DJ Jose Ruiz. Nov 26, Wobbly World with Freddy Clarke.

Nov 27, 5pm, Candela. Nov 29, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Servino Ristorante

Nov 23, James Henry. 9 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.2676.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Nov 24, Dan Martin Band. Nov 25, Just Friends. Nov 26, Black Water Gold. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge

Last Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael.

415.454.5551.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Nov 23, Black Wednesday Party with Vinyl. Nov 25, Kenneth Brian Band featuring Steve Ferrone. Nov 26, the Purple Ones. Nov 27, Tinsley Ellis. Nov

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Terrapin Crossroads

Nov 23, Cosmic Twang. Nov 24, special Thanksgiving show with Cold & In the Bay. Nov 25, Top 40 Friday dance party. Nov 26, Chum: a tribute to Phish.

Nov 27, 4:30pm, “Stories & Songs” with Phil Lesh & the Camp Terrapin Family Band.

Nov 27, 7:30pm, Lazyman. Nov 28, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. Nov 29, CMac & the Casual Coalition. Nov 30, the Terrapin Family Band with Phil Lesh. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Nov 23, 12pm, Jose Lopez and Heidi Wilcox. Nov 27, 5pm, Kimrea and friends.

Nov 30, 12pm, GGR Trio. 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 23, 6:30 and 9pm, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Nov 25, 6:30 and 9pm, Nicolas Bearde. Nov 26, 6:30 and 9pm, Jacam Manricks.

Nov 29, 6:30 and 9pm, Polyrhythmics. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Nov 25, Full Chizel. Nov 26, the Pacific with Ari Eisenberg.

1141 First St, Napa.

707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards

Nov 26, Jealous Zelig. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant

Nov 25, Walter Hand & the Blue Hand Band. Nov 26, Four on the Floor. Nov 27, DJ Aurelio.

Nov 29, Blues Caravan of Allstars. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

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.

Nov 26

Healdsburg Center for the Arts, “Gift Gallery,” an opportunity for creators of highquality, functional, wearable, decorative and gift-appropriate crafts to offer their works for the gift giving season. 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.431.1970.

Marty Knapp Photo Gallery, “The Night Sky,” Knapp shows new photographs of the starry skies above the Point Reyes coast and the deserts of southern California. 3pm.

11245 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station.

415.663.8670.

Pie Eyed Open Studio, “Annual Printmakers Weekend,” featuring the work of monotype printmakers Holly Jordan and Karen Kelly along with contemporary art jeweler Pattie Reilly.

Noon. 2371 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol.

707.477.9442.

Nov 27

Paul Mahder Gallery “Annual Holiday Group Exhibit,” over 40 local and international artists show in this show that also features a salon-style gift wall.

5pm. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.473.9150.

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.

Agrella Art Gallery

Through Dec 15, “From the

Aqus Cafe

Through Nov 27, “Mentor Me,” group art show. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Arts Guild of Sonoma

Through Nov 29, “Northlands” a display of works by Mark Zukowski, a gifted photographer of nature in all its forms. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and SunMon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.996.3115.

Calabi Gallery

magic, eroticism and the subconscious mind. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Finley Community Center

Through Dec 8, “Three Artists/ Three Styles,” collage artist Thea Evensen, landscape painter Lynnie Rabinowitsh and abstract mosaic artist Kathy Farrell display. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am.

707.543.3737.

Fulton Crossing

Through Nov 27, “November Art Show,” featuring several artists opening their working studios to the public. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

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.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Through Dec 11, “Floribunda,” Hunt Institute’s international exhibition of botanical art and illustration includes local and regional botanical artists. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. ThursMon, 11 to 5. 707.762.5600.

Christopher Hill Gallery

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

Chroma Gallery

Through Dec 3, “Visible Dreams,” multimedia group show features imaginative art inspired by dreams,

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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.

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Through Nov 27, “Humata,” Sonoma Ceramics artistin-residence Austyn Taylor exhibits. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm.

707.938.4626.

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Petaluma Arts Center

Through Dec 15, “Outer Glow,” Northern California artist Jenny Harp utilizes a variety of media in her work including printmaking,

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Through Nov 26, “The Beat 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.

Through Nov 27, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” exhibit celebrates 50 years since the animated Peanuts Halloween special. Through Feb 19, “Lucky Dogs & Presidential Pets,” learn more about the lives of presidential pets, and how Snoopy himself handles being elected to high office.

Through Dec 4, “Mr. Schulz Goes to Washington,” exhibit offers a look at a lighter side of politics and its intersection with the life of Charles Schulz.

2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

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

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Forest Floor,” watercolors from a recent sabbatical project of SRJC instructor Deborah Kirklin shows alongside still-life show, “Zeuxis: Flowers as Metaphor.”

SRJC, Doyle Library, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Thurs, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4.

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digital media, sculpture and installation. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282.

University Art Gallery

Through Dec 11, “Cries & Whispers,” Northern California artists John Yoyogi Fortes and Cate White create distinctly complex, colorful and personal paintings. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. Tues-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4.

707.664.2295.

Upstairs Art Gallery

Through Nov 27, “Love of Life & Land,” featuring impressionistic oil paintings

by Cynthia Jackson-Hein. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. SunThurs, 11 to 6; Fri-Sat, 11 to 9.

707.431.4214.

West County Museum

Through Mar 5, “The Hippies,” memorabilia recreates the environment of rebellion against consumerism and conformity built in the forests of Graton and Occidental in the 1960s and ‘70s. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. Thurs-Sun, 1 to 4.

707.829.6711.

MARIN COUNTY Alemany Library Gallery

Through Dec 16, “A Purposeful Life,” San Rafael artist Davis Perkins’ paintings depict the grandeur of the American landscape. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3251.

Art Works Downtown

Through Dec 3, “Cynthia Pepper Solo Exhibit,” showing encaustics (beeswax paintings), monoprints, monotypes and all sizes of cards. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

The Artist’s Collective Through Jan 1, “Dreamers,” opening show at a new art gallery in San Rafael’s West End Village. 1560 Fourth St, San Rafael.

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.

Marin Society of Artists

Through Dec 1, “89th Annual Members’ Show,” featuring a diverse selection of works.

1515 Third St, San Rafael.

Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

Through Dec 4, “Fall National Juried Exhibition,” annual show presents a thoughtprovoking survey of figurative and representational imagery, expressed through a variety mediums. Through Dec 4, “Waste Not: The Art of Recology,” group exhibit features artists who participated in San Francisco’s Recology Artist in Residence Program, including Marin residents Karrie Hovey, Bill Russell and James Sansing.

500 Palm Dr, Novato. WedFri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5.

415.506.0137.

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.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center

Through Nov 30, “Pressing Matters,” group show highlights local print artists with lithographs, screenprints, monoprints and monotypes. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

Gallery Route One

Through Dec 11, “An Inner Cosmos,” artist Johanna Baruch paints works inspired

by Hubble telescope photos, showing alongside works by Will Thoms, Joanne Easton and Lorna Stevens. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

NAPA COUNTY St Helena Library

Through Nov 30, “The Story of Robert Louis Stevenson,” exhibit highlights the author’s life and simultaneous works.

1492 Library Lane, St Helena.

707.963.5244.

Comedy Jay Alexander

The master magician and comedian performs amazing feats of funny. Nov 25, 8pm. $25-$45. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Events Community Heals

Share wisdom and gifts of healing. Last Sun of every month. dhyana Center, 186 N Main St, Sebastopol.

800.796.6863.

Divorce Options Workshop

Volunteer group of attorneys, financial specialists and mental-health professionals offer four-hour workshops on divorce. Last Sat of every month, 9am. $45. Family Service Agency, 555 Northgate Dr, San Rafael. 415.492.9444.

Fiber Arts Forum

Informal gathering of fiber artists for idea sharing. All disciplines and experience levels, ages 15 and up. Last Fri each month, 1 to 3. $5 donation. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.

Healdsburg Downtown Holiday Party

Downtown merchants light up their stores for this annual holiday tradition, with refreshments and entertainment. Nov 25, 4pm.

Free. Healdsburg Plaza, 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.431.3301.

Heirloom Craft Hub

Each evening includes instruction for a specific craft.

Last Thurs of every month. $5.

Marin History Museum, Boyd Gate House, 1125 B St, San Rafael. 415.454.8538.

Holiday Crafterino

Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart hosts 70 of the best crafters selling holiday gifts, with food trucks and raffles.

Nov 27, 11am. Petaluma Veterans Memorial Hall, 1094 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma.

Monday Painting Group

An open space to paint with fellow artists. Space is limited.

Mon-noon. $10. MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato.

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Napa’s Christmas Parade

Family-friendly outing includes a parade of holiday-inspired floats created by locals.. Nov 26, 5pm. Free. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa.

Parade of Lights & Winter Wonderland

The family tradition returns for its 37th year with live entertainment, holiday marketplace, parade and tree lighting in City Plaza. Nov 25, 12pm. $5. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St, San Rafael.

800.310.6563. Forty tons of snow make up a sledding hill and a holiday marketplace provides opportunities for shopping. Friday night parade features lit-up attractions and live entertainment. Nov 25-26.

Free. Downtown San Rafael, Fifth and A streets, San Rafael.

Point Reyes Open Studios

Many of West Marin’s finest sculptors, photographers, potters, painters, printmakers and woodworkers open their doors to the public. Nov 2527, 11am-5pm. Free. Pt Reyes Artist Studios, State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, pointreyesart. com.

Rohnert Park Holiday Arts & Craft Faire

Live music, festive decorations and handmade goods from several vendors make for fun holiday shopping. Nov 25-26.

Rohnert Park Community Center, 5401 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3456.

San Anselmo Holiday Open House

Beat the rush and find holiday gift ideas and artwork from several local artists. Nov 26, 10am. San Anselmo Artist Studios, 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo.

415.298.0815.

Santa’s Riverboat Arrival

Welcome Santa and Mrs Claus to Petaluma with live music and family fun. Nov 26, 11am.

Free. River Plaza, E Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.9348.

Social Sunday

Ongoing community event gives you something to interact with related to the gallery’s current artist, with demos and entertainment accompanying the art project activity. Sun, 11am. Free. Hopscotch Gifts &

Gallery, 14301 Arnold Dr, #2A, Glen Ellen. 707.343.1931.

Sunday Cruise-In

Fire up your hot rod and bring the kids for live music, food, prizes and more. Last Sun of every month, 11am. Free.

Fourth and Sea Restaurant, 101 Fourth St, Petaluma. www. sundaycruisein.com.

Teen Health Clinic

Thurs, 3:30pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Toastmaster’s Open House

Group invites the public to join them in unlocking communication skills. Express yourself, find your voice and shape your words. Thursnoon. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael.

415.485.3438.

Winter Lights

Santa Rosa’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony includes holiday activities for all ages and remembrance candle lighting. Nov 25, 4:30pm.

Downtown Santa Rosa, Fourth and B streets, Santa Rosa.

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.

Yountville Festival of Lights

The town turns into a winter wonderland with a food and wine festival that includes carriage rides, live entertainment and thousands of lights. Nov 25, 3pm. Free.

Yountville Community Center, 6516 Washington St, Yountville.

Field Trips Mushroom Camp

Spend a wild weekend in the forests of Point Reyes with instructor David Campbell at the height of mushroom season. Nov 25-27. $180-$200.

Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

Trail Building with Tuleyome

The nonprofit conservation organization’s Eric Barnett

leads volunteer program that helps build and maintain Napa county trails. For location and info, contact Barneett at bambam@tuleyome.org. Nov 26, 8am. Napa County, Various locations, Napa.

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Extend the spirit of the holiday with a refreshing and inspiring post-Thanksgiving day hike.

RSVP recommended. Nov 25, 9:30am. $10. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen. 707.938.5216.

Film 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.

Mon, 2pm. through Dec 12. $126. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael. 510.496.6060.

The Uncondemnd

SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE Cirque de Bohème draws from vintage French

circus traditions for holiday-themed show ‘Somewhere.’ See Theater, pg 36.

Nov 24. $48/$24 for kids under 10. Silverado Resort, 1600 Atlas Peak Rd, Napa. 707.257.5495.

The film tells the gripping story of a group of young international lawyers and activists who fought to make rape a crime of war. Nov 29, 3, 5 and 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Thanksgiving Day Celebration

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Four-course dinner balances tradition with innovation.

Nov 24, 2pm. $35-$65.

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Alexander Valley Black Friday Open House Join eight Alexander Valley wineries for wine tasting, delicious bites and holiday wine specials. Nov 25, 11am. $35. Alexander Valley, various locations, Healdsburg. www. tastedestination128.com.

Cacao Gratitude Gathering

A day of reclaiming chocolate as medicine includes ceremonial activities. Nov 26, 12pm. $20-$40. dhyana Center, 186 N Main St, Sebastopol.

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Community Thanksgiving

Give thanks and enjoy a delicious meal. Nov 24, 1:30pm.

Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Thanksgiving at Silverado

Enjoy a traditional threecourse Thanksgiving meal at the resort’s Grill restaurant.

Enjoy a four-course holiday prix fixe dinner. Nov 24, 12pm. $54. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

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Lectures Adults Abused as Children Anonymous

A safe and confidential place for healing in a nonsectarian setting. Thurs, 6:15pm. Free.

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Anxiety Workshop

A night of clearing anxiety and resetting chakras. Nov 30, 7pm. $30. Crystal-Rose, 210 Vallejo St, Suite C, Petaluma. 707-2602310.

Fully in Each Moment.” Fourth Thurs at 7. Church of the Oaks, 160 W Sierra Ave, Cotati.

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BEMER Technology Presentation

Learn about the importance of a healthy blood flow and how this European medical device can increase flow in your tiniest blood vessels. Tues, Nov 29, 6:30pm. Free. Breathing Retraining Center, 12 Mitchell Blvd, San Rafael. 415.454.3400.

Bike Skills Class & Beginner’s Ride

Workshops for beginning cyclists and those who want to hone their skills is followed by ride on trails around town.

Registration required. Fri-noon.

Sebastopol Bike Center, 6731 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.2688.

Citizenship Class

Class provides English language skills and history, politics and civics knowledge needed to pass the US Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization interview. Wed, 3:30pm. through Dec 7. $35.

Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael. 415.454.0998.

CityZen

Local artists Gayle Madison and Lorrie Ragozzino lead.

Thurs, 4pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

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Evening of sitting meditation, tea and dharma talk. All are welcome. Mon, 7pm.

Free. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Babaji of Sonoma Yoga Ashram offers monthly satsang, “Living

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explores changing and seasonal topics. Wed. Free.

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How Do We Adapt to Sea-Level Rise on Our Coast?

Community members are invited to participate in the workshop and share their input on ways to adapt to sea-level rise and protect the Sonoma County Coast.

Nov 29, 4pm. UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, 2099 Westshore Rd, Bodega Bay. 707.875.2211.

Jumpstart Writing Workshop

Marlene Cullen leads a series of writing workshops using inspirational prompts to develop deep writing. Mon, 6:30pm. through Nov 28. $15.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

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The Marin Referral Network

Join other professionals and entrepreneurs to share success stories and challenges, and brainstorm how to grow our businesses through referrals and leads.

Thurs, 8am. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, 949.680.6153.

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Nov 28, 7pm, “Make Peace with Your Mind” with Mark Coleman. Nov 29, 7pm, “Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III” with Robert Greenfield. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Nov 29, 6pm, “Silver Oak Cookbook” with Dominic Orsini, includes cooking demo. $50.

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Gaia’s Garden

Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm, Redwood Writers open mic. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 707.544.2491.

Marin Art & Garden Center

Nov 30, 6pm, “The Bold Dry Garden : Lessons from The Ruth Bancroft Garden” with Johanna Silver. $25. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross 415.455.5260.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre

Nov 30, 7pm, “Frank Lloyd Wright & San Francisco” with Paul V Turner. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.499.6800.

Oxbow Public Market Nov 27, 12pm, “Foraged Flora” with Sarah Lonsdale. 610 First St, Napa.

Point Reyes Books

Fourth Monday of every month, Spanish book group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

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College of Marin drama department presents a stage version of CS Lewis’ classic story. Nov 25-Dec 11. Studio Theatre, College of Marin, 835 College Ave, Kentfield.

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Nov 30, 7pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, with Angelika Quirk and Melanie Maier. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Nov 29, 7pm, “Freeman’s: Family” with John Freeman.

850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

San Rafael Library

Mon, Nov 28, 6:30pm, Great Books Reading/Discussion Group, selections are available to check out at the library. 1100 E St, San Rafael 415.485.3323.

SoCo Coffee

Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm, Redwood Writers Open Mic. 1015 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.433.1660.

The Western Gate Teahouse

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

Theater Bad Jews

Left Edge Theatre presents the vicious comedy by Joshua Harmon. Through Dec 4. $25$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Christmas Carol

Veteran actor Charlie Siebert once again bring the famous tale of Ebenezer Scrooge to life on the stage for the whole family. Nov 25-Dec 23. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

H.M.S. Pinafore

The Ross Valley Players delight with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s romantic romp set aboard a British Navy ship.

Through Dec 18. $15-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, rossvalleyplayers. com.

It’s A Wonderful Life: Live Radio Show

Get into the holiday spirit with the return of last year’s hit, based on the classic Christmas film and presented by Sonoma Arts Live. Nov 29-30. $25 and up. Sonoma Community

This light-hearted continuance of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” focuses this time on middle sister Mary Bennet visiting the Darcy household at Pemberley for the winter holiday. Nov 25-Dec 18. $22$60. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.5208.

The Music Man

The award-winning musical for all ages is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International. Nov 25Dec 11. Burbank Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4307.

Peter & the Starcatcher Spreckels Theater Company presents the story how Peter Pan becomes the magical, eternal boy of legend. Nov 25Dec 18. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.

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. Through Nov 27. $18. Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Rd, Graton, pegasustheater.com.

Somewhere

An old style circus based on the French tradition of the 1920’s, Le Cirque de Bohème presents a magical world filled with enchantment, adventure and wonder. Nov 25-Dec 18. $22-$30. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma.

707.933.3010.

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ovember has been a busy month in the cannabis world.

CBD Guild, the company that was the target of a high-profile raid on June 15 (and my employer), received new permits from Santa Rosa for virtually all facets of production. This means that the company is back to nearly full operation. That’s good news for the 100-pus employees that work there.

Still unresolved is the legal case against CBD Guild co-founder Dennis Hunter and the fate of the seized cash, equipment, computers and finished goods. The fact that the company was able to sustain itself over the last five months stripped of all means of production is a testament to the support of the cannabis community. This is very good news for the future of the cannabis industry in Santa Rosa.

In local cannabis circles, the day after Proposition 64 passed was like any other day, except for that presidential election thing.

Whether for or against the law, everyone went back to work on Wednesday, neither chagrined nor emboldened. Quizzing those around me on the implications of the successful ballot measure was met with some blank stares.

Other than immediate changes to possession laws (it’s now legal for anyone 21 or older to possess one ounce of marijuana or eight grams of concentrated marijuana), the full impact of the law remains to be seen. Complete implementation of the recreational provisions of Proposition 64 may not take place until 2018.

The Emerald Cup is coming to the Sonoma County fairgrounds Dec. 10–11. This will be the fourth year at the fairgrounds. The Emerald Cup is the preeminent cannabis event in Northern California, and as such draws world-wide attention. The event has grown significantly since it started in 2013. With attendance estimated at 5,000 the first year, the event is permitted for 25,000 people now.

There is a consciousness there that can’t be found anywhere else. At Hempcon you might find strippers handing out free dabs, but at the Emerald Cup, you’re more likely to find medical researchers talking about the role of ion channels and CB1, CB2 receptors. You’ll see farmers from Comptche showing off prize-winning lemon skunk, lab scientists talking about terpene isolation and oncologists discussing cannabis and treatment of cancer. You’ll find breeders with unusual cannabinoid profiles and world-class chocolatiers showing off their edibles.

Whether you’re interested in cannabis as a consumer, a retailer, a manufacturer or a social or political observer, the Emerald Cup is the only place to be.

One piece of advice: Make sure you have your Proposition 215 recommendation with you.

Michael Hayes works for CBD-Guild.

Contact him at mhayes339@comcast.net.

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Astrology For the week of November 23

ARIES (March 21–April 19) “Creative people are at greater risk,” said psychiatrist R. D. Laing, “just as one who climbs a mountain is more at risk than one who walks along a village lane.” I bring this to your attention, Aries, because in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be abundantly creative, as well as extra imaginative, ingenious and innovative. But I should also let you know that if you want to fulfill this potential, you must be willing to work with the extra tests and challenges that life throws your way. For example, you could be asked to drop a pose, renounce lame excuses or reclaim powers that you gave away once upon a time.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) Taurus musician

Brian Eno has been successful as a composer, producer, singer and visual artist. Among his many collaborators have been David Byrne, David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones and James Blake. Eno’s biographer David Sheppard testified that capturing his essence in a book was “like packing a skyscraper into a suitcase.” I suspect that description may fit you during the next four weeks, Taurus. You’re gearing up for some high-intensity living. But please don’t be nervous about it. Although you may be led into intimate contact with unfamiliar themes and mysterious passions, the story you actualize should feel quite natural.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) You are free! Or almost free! Or let me put it this way: you could become significantly freer if you choose to be—if you exert your willpower to snatch the liberating experiences that are available. For example, you could be free from a slippery obligation that has driven you to say things you don’t mean. You could be free from the temptation to distort your soul in service to your ego. You might even be free to go after what you really want rather than indulging in lazy lust for a gaggle of mediocre thrills. Be brave, Gemini. Define your top three emancipating possibilities, and pursue them with vigor and rigor.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Have you been feeling twinges of perplexity? Do you find yourself immersed in meandering meditations that make you doubt your commitments? Are you entertaining weird fantasies that give you odd little shivers and quivers?

I hope so! As an analyzer of cycles, I suspect that now is an excellent time to question everything. You could have a lot of fun playing with riddles and wrestling with enigmas. Please note, however, that I’m not advising you to abandon what you’ve been working on and run away. Now is a time for fertile inquiry, not for rash actions. It’s healthy to contemplate adjustments, but not to initiate massive overhauls.

LEO (July 23–August 22) “Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves,” writes psychoanalytic writer Adam Phillips. Where do you fit on this scale, Leo? Whatever your usual place might be, I’m guessing that in the coming weeks you will approach record-breaking levels in your ability to handle your own aliveness. You may even summon and celebrate massive amounts of aliveness that you had previously suppressed. In fact, I’ll recklessly speculate that your need to numb yourself will be closer to zero than it has been since you were five years old. (I could be exaggerating a bit, but maybe not!)

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Do you periodically turn the volume down on your mind’s endless chatter and tune into the still, small voice within you? Have you developed reliable techniques for escaping the daily frenzy so as to make yourself available for the Wild Silence that restores and revitalizes? If so, now would be a good time to make aggressive use of those capacities. And if you haven’t attended well to these rituals of self-care, please remedy the situation. Claim more power to commune with your depths. In the coming weeks, most of your best information will flow from the sweet darkness.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) One of your vices could at least temporarily act as a virtue. In an odd twist, one of your virtues may also briefly function

BY ROB BREZSNY

like a vice. And there’s more to this mysterious turn of events. A so-called liability could be useful in your efforts to solve a dilemma, while a reliable asset might cloud your discernment or cause a miscalculation.

I’m riffing here, Libra, in the hopes of stimulating your imagination as you work your way through the paradoxical days ahead. Consider this intriguing possibility: an influence that you like and value may hold you back, even as something or someone you’ve previously been almost allergic to could be quite helpful.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Between now and the solstice on Dec. 21, you will have extraordinary power to transform into a more practical, well-grounded version of yourself. You may surprise yourself with how naturally you can shed beliefs and habits that no longer serve you. Now try saying the following affirmations and see how they feel coming out of your mouth: “I am an earthy realist. I am a factlover and an illusion-buster. I love actions that actually work more than I like theories that I wish would work. I’d rather create constructive change than be renowned for my clever dreams.”

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) Despite your sign’s reputation, you Sagittarians don’t always require vast expanses to roam in. You aren’t ceaselessly restless, on an inexhaustible quest for unexpected experiences and fresh teachings. And, no, you are not forever consumed with the primal roar of raw life, obsessed with the naked truth and fiercely devoted to exploration for its own sake. But having said that, I suspect that you may at least be flirting with these extreme states in the coming weeks. Your keynote, lifted from Virginia Woolf’s diary: “I need space. I need air. I need the empty fields round me; and my legs pounding along roads; and sleep; and animal existence.”

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) “If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet,” said George Bernard Shaw, “you had best teach it to dance.”

This advice is worthy of your consideration, Capricorn.

You may still be unable to expunge a certain karmic debt, and it may be harder than ever to hide, so I suggest you dream up a way to play with it—maybe even have some dark fun with it. And who knows? Your willingness to loosen up might at least alleviate the angst your skeleton causes you—and may ultimately transform it in some unpredictably helpful way.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) “No pain, no gain” is a modern expression of an old idea.

In a second-century Jewish book of ethics, Rabbi Ben Hei Hei wrote, “According to the pain is the gain.”

Eighteenth-century English poet Robert Herrick said, “If little labor, little are our gains: Man’s fate is according to his pains.” But I’m here to tell you, Aquarius, that I don’t think this prescription will apply to you in the coming weeks. From what I can surmise, your greatest gains will emerge from the absence of pain. You will learn and improve through release, relaxation, generosity, expansiveness and pleasure.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) The less

egotistical you are, the more likely it is that you will attract what you really need. If you do nice things for people without expecting favors in return, your mental and physical health will improve. As you increase your mastery of the art of empathy, your creativity will also thrive. Everything I just said is always true, of course, but it will be intensely, emphatically true for you during the next four weeks. So I suggest you make it a top priority to explore the following cosmic riddle: Practicing unselfishness will serve your selfish goals.

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