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That Was Then In essence, I whole-heartedly agree with T. Freedman’s “Let’s Get Busy” (Letters, Dec. 14). However, what he advocates is no longer possible. I met Harry Belafonte briefly in the 1960s. I marched with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee led by Stokely Carmichael in downtown Jackson, Miss. I was beaten and incarcerated by the cops.

I registered 35 blacks to vote in KKKcontrolled Amite County, the first to ever register in that county. Yes, we won then.

And, no, contrary to Belafonte, it was the rednecks that did the kicking and killing.

Lots of it.

Nonviolence will be useless against the mad-dog generals Trump has brought out of retirement for his cabinet. When Trump, draft-deferred for a spur in his foot that magically disappeared, saw that those running the military were not in sympathy with him, he found those who were.

As a civilian with USAID Refugee Division in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, I did not recognized these generals’ names,

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but I did recognize their lunatic-fringed, murder-mad faces. They looked like the captains and majors I met working with the CIA’s Phoenix Program. They would tell me frequently, “If I were in charge, I’d nuke Hanoi. That would bring the war to a sudden halt.” Well, they’ll be in charge soon. China may feel that it’s wise to strike first?

Now with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of predator-drones armed with nuke missiles, they’ll put civil rights advocates like me to a sudden end. And they would not shed a single tear.

By Tom Tomorrow

Michael Moore said that there would no longer be any elections.

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SHERIDAN PETERSON Santa Rosa

Hip to Be Square Memo to Mr. Madgalene (Open Mic, Dec. 14): Sorry, pal, but the knee-jerk, liberal rhetoric you spout regarding hiphop and rap only lays bare the lameness contained within, thereby exposing what you so badly wish to be but ain’t: hip.

Sir, I dare you—make that double dare you—to go into the ’hood and repeat those comments, and I guarantee you will come out with, at the least, a good poke in the eye, if not tarred and feathered. Rap and hip-hop aren’t dead, but obviously you and those like you are.

Go back to watching television—your “little screen.” Apparently it’s what you do best.

Thank God for the Bohemian’s letters to the editor and Open Mic, otherwise I’m not sure I would know what to do with myself.

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My Land Dakota Access protests offer light amid the darkness BY E. G. SINGER

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ahe means “a place to stand on” in the Dakota language. Earlier this month, Sioux Indians Plenty Wolf and Laurie Running Hawk made statements about the Dakota Access Pipeline protests that echoed the emotion behind that word. “I ain’t going nowhere,” said Plenty Wolf. “I’m here,” said Running Hawk. “You’re not going to kick me out, this is my land.”

And so it shall hopefully be. Encouragingly, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers decided to halt construction on the pipeline and conduct further research into how to safely complete the project.

For too many years, our government, along with business interests, has placed an inordinate premium on land use. In terms of profits reaped, the cost to government and business is a small expenditure compared to the incalculable toll on poor white immigrants and people of color, who pay the real price for those shortsighted policies: lost lands, broken treaties, broken families, abuse by owners and bosses, inhumane living and working conditions, pollution.

“Character is destiny,” wrote the Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

A corollary to that phrase might be, geography forms character; that is, where individuals live and how they care for those spaces determines, informs and shapes their beliefs and practices here on earth. Indigenous peoples understand the interdependence between the land and the individual, and they have shared this wisdom for thousands of years, but our “advanced civilization” has decided not to listen.

The Army Corps of Engineers’ decision may only be a small victory, but nevertheless it’s a larger pronouncement of what grassroots organizations with common aims can accomplish when they unite in a worthy and just cause. It’s a small ray of light in an increasingly dark path in this day and time, but I will take it!

E. G. Singer lives in Santa Rosa.

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Dining EAT YOUR LOCAL VEGETABLES To hold on to gains made in sustainable agriculture will require more politically motivated eating under President Trump.

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Local farm advocates confront the KFC-fueled Trump era BY STETT HOLBROOK

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ating is a political act, so says Michael Pollan, in that it offers three opportunities a day to choose what kind of food system you want, even more if you’re really hungry. That sentiment takes on new significance as a KFC-loving proto-fascist is about to take office in Washington.

As of this writing, Donald Trump has yet to name his nominee for secretary of agriculture, which says something about how much importance he places on the position. There have been a few names bandied about, but I’ll go out on a limb and say whoever gets tapped for the job will be a staunch defender of oil-addicted Big Ag and factory farms and no friend of small, regional farms, the likes of which help define the North Bay and support its rural economy.

While current Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has helped increase funding for the organic industry and provided more support for vegetable growers of all types, America’s food industry and the farm bill that drives it is still dominated by fat-cat commodity farmers and the lobbyists and Farm Belt politicians who do their bidding.

That’s not about to change, and the gains made by sustainable agriculture in the North Bay and

beyond will need more politically motivated eaters than ever.

Michelle Obama’s organic garden on the White House south lawn will be hard to remove because it was recently fortified with cement, stone and steel, but don’t get too attached to it. As a fan of McDonald’s, and with the belly to prove it, Trump will probably not eat much produce from the garden. Replacing the garden (which reportedly produced 2,000 pounds of produce a year for the White House kitchen and local food banks) with an artificial grass putting green would be much more his style.

To be sure, shopping at the farmers market, buying organic lettuce and growing your own food is not going to starve the beast that is Trump. But it’s a good place to start and one of the better-tasting forms of protest available for those who want to defend a host of social, economic and environmental goods produced by an environmentally sound local agriculture.

“Everything starts with a seed,” says Tim Page, co-founder of FEED Sonoma, a microregional produce distributor in Sebastopol.

“Farming is an amazing metaphor for the one-step-at-a-time philosophy.”

Page, and the farmers he works with, plan to keep on keeping on.

“Our path has not changed,” he says. “We’re going to do it every day anyway, because we believe [ecological farming is] the path to healing our environment.”

But in spite of that, the North Bay only grows a small fraction of what its residents consume. What is needed are more consumers who vote with their forks, says Page. “The change needs to come from them.”

For Evan Wiig, executive director of the Farmers Guild,

‘We are going to do it every day because we believe [ecological farming is] the path to healing our environment.’

Central to success of North Bay farms and rural America in general, Wiig says, is a direct connection between farmers and their customers. When farmers become anonymous producers, they become “price takers instead of price makers” and suffer at the hands of top-down food conglomerates.

Wiig says the silver living of the election is that it has ignited a great deal of energy for civic action. Whether you care about local food or immigrant rights, there’s now an outlet for that energy. To that end, the Farmers Guild and various social and environmental justice groups are hosting the North Bay Community Engagement Fair.

The Jan. 29 event at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds will feature dozens of local nonprofits with volunteer opportunities for those who want to turn their complaints into action—if not lots of kale.

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While the state is funding innovative programs in carbon sequestration and healthy soils, gains made at the federal level could be undone by a Trump administration not expected to be down with things like regenerative farming and pastureraised beef.

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

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So Italian. Replica Italian villa with tour-bus parking offers rare Italian-varietal wines in well-staffed tasting room, all thanks to a therapeutic water pump that became a household name. Oily goods on offer in the adjacent Olive Press. 24724 Arnold Drive, Sonoma. Open daily 10am to 5:30pm. No fee for most tastings; $1 reserves.

707.931.7575.

Lake Sonoma Winery

Established in 1977, you can find their new tasting room right off the square. A modern, light-filled space that features varietals sourced from the most celebrated subappellations of Sonoma County.

A secluded deck with fire pit makes this feel like a hidden gem in the middle of town.

Entrance is on First West next to the Sign of the Bear kitchen store. 134 Church St, Sonoma.

Daily, 11am-6pm. Tasting fee, $15. 707.721.1979.

Portalupi Wine Husbandand-wife team went the distance, selecting Barbera cuttings from the Italian alps: their Barbera was named best in the world. You’ll also find Vermentino, Pinot, and rusticchic two-liter milk jugs of “vino di tavola” in comfortable downtown lounge; wine education classes for groups.

107 North St., Healdsburg.

Open daily, 10:30am–7pm.

Tasting fee, $5–$12.

707.395.0960.

Sheldon Wines Globe-

trotting harvest hoboes who caught wine fever like an express train and held on tight. Urban location; Rhône-style and off-beat varietals. 1301 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. Friday–Monday noonish to sixish; fees $5–15.

707.865.6755.

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There’s more to terroir than the dirt that grapevines grow

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23568 Arnold Drive, Sonoma.

In Cornerstone Sonoma. Open daily, 11am–5pm; weekends to 6pm. Tasting fee, $10.

707.255.4929.

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

MARIN COUNTY Bacchus & Venus A trendy place for beginners and tourists. Great place to learn the basics. 769 Bridgeway, Sausalito. Open daily, noon– 7pm. 415.331.2001.

Heidrun Meadery This

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

Point Reyes Vineyards

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

12700 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes.

415.663.1011.

NAPA COUNTY Castello di Amorosa

Not only an “authentic Medieval Italian castle,” but authentically far more defensible than any other winery in Napa from legions of footmen in chain mail. In wine, there’s something for every taste, but don’t skip the tour of great halls, courtyards, cellars, and–naturally–an authentic dungeon. . 4045 N. St. Helena Hwy., Calistoga. 9:30am–5pm.

Tasting fees, $10–$15; tours,

$25–$30. Napa Neighbor discounts. 707.967.6272.

Fantesca Estate & Winery (WC) Set on land

that was the dowry gift when Charles Krug married in 1860, this estate winery specializing in Cab features a wine-aging cave built right into the side of Spring Mountain. 2920 Spring Mountain Road, Napa. By appointment. 707.968.9229.

Frank Family Vineyards A media mogul

imagineered a Napa Valley winery that’s surprisingly no-frills, friendly and free of charge, from the flute of bubbly welcome to the last sip of award-winning Cab. Emphasis is on the historic Larkmead winery, the wine and, natch, the guest at this popular tasting room set in the winery’s remodeled craftsman farmhouse. Frank Family Vineyards, 1091 Larkmead Lane, Calistoga. Tasting daily, 10am–4pm, $10; reserve, $25.

707.942.0753.

Louis M. Martini Winery Before Mondavi,

Martini was the “King of Cab.” Famed Monte Rosso Cab is the key attraction at this traditional tasting room. 254 St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena. Daily, 10am–6pm. Tasting fee, $15– $20. 45-minute tour, $30.

707.968.3362.

Prager Winery & Port Works Legend among the

underdog wineries of Napa features fortified wines in funky, fun tasting room. Check out the arachnid-developed “web site.” 1281 Lewelling Lane, St. Helena. Daily, 10:30am–4:30pm (from 11am Wednesday and Sunday).

Tasting fee, $20. 707.963.7678.

Sequoia Grove A diamond in the rough that’s all polished and ready to kick some booty—not that they’re competitive. Once famed, now clawing back, Sequoia Grove offers shaded redwood picnicking—as you might expect—and wines to take notice of. 8338 St. Helena Hwy., Napa. Daily, 10:30am–5pm.

Tasting fee, $15–$30.

707.944.2945.

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Bubbles Up Every day but Wednesday is a celebration at Breathless Wines

BY JAMES KNIGHT

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t’s hard to pour just a little Champagne,” says Sharon Cohn with a smile, after I remark on the healthy pours of sparkling wine lined up on the bar at Breathless Wines. The little sparkling wine brand with a big heart has opened a new tasting room just in time for the holidays.

Breathless was founded in 2011 by Cohn and her sisters, Rebecca Faust and Cynthia Faust, in part as a tribute to their mother, who died of the rare lung disorder Alpha-1. But there’s more to the moniker than that: “We were always breathless behind her, because she was always charging up the hill!” Cohn explains of their mother’s enthusiasm for the outdoors. The brand, which donates to a list of charitable organizations, is really about joy and exhilaration, says Cohn.

The tasting room is plunked down—literally, the components were plunked down with a crane—in a relatively out-of-the-way industrial zone of Healdsburg that’s only a short walk west of the Plaza. Fittingly for the locale, it’s constructed from three shipping containers, which were purchased in new condition and expertly welded together over the summer by a metalworker who was just getting warmed up for Burning Man, according to Cohn.

The mix of art deco and industrial chic works in this freestanding building, conveniently nudged up to a warehouse winery chock-full of state-of-the-art sparkling wine equipment; it’s one of three facilities operated by custom crush outfit, Rack & Riddle, cofounded by Rebecca Faust.

While massive gyro pallets mechanically riddle cases of wine, outside, the tasting room opens into a bar with access to a pleasant, tree-shaded patio on warmer days. There are plans for a pizza oven.

Besides reasonably priced sparkling wine, sourced from Sonoma and Mendocino counties, Breathless offers fine poster prints of its label art imported from England, attractive Champagne tulip glasses, Good Works bracelets and props for impromptu 1920s-themed Polaroid fun.

We’ll take a closer look at the wines in our annual sparkling wine guide next week. The newest of the lineup, Breathless Blanc de Blancs ($29), is my current favorite: piquant like pineapple, creamy like lemony custard. The Blanc de Noirs ($30) adds toastiness to the raspberry soda flavors of the pinkish, rosé-like North Coast Brut ($25), while the Sparkling Rosé ($32) brings on more than just a little touch of raspberries and cream.

Breathless Wines, 499 Moore Lane, Healdsburg. Open Thursday–Tuesday, 11am–6pm. Tasting fee $14. 707.395.7300.

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The Redwood Empire Fights Back Looking for silver linings in the coming age of Trump

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s the clock winds down on 2016, it’s customary for us scribes to take a thoughtful look back at the year that was and assess the highs and lows and lessons learned. Well, screw that. Twenty sixteen was a Dumpster fire for the ages, and I will be glad to see it go.

Things got off to a bad start when David Bowie died in January, and it pretty much went downhill from there. Sure, there were some high points (give me a minute, um . . . in May, Portugal powered itself for four days in a row with renewable energy, and the Dungeness crab season opened after a bad 2015, and . . . lots of cute puppies were born), but the unfathomably awful presidential election and

obliteration of basic standards of decency that culminated in the election (thanks, Vladimir) of a spectacularly unqualified and despicable human being was the story of 2016.

So instead of looking back—in anger and regret and nausea—we look forward, and are cheered by the good work and everyday forms of resistance we see here in the North Bay and statewide.

If there’s a silver lining to the orange menace that looms over the land, it’s the determination to persevere and stand strong in the face of what may come. As we enter the Trump era, we have reason for cautious optimism. See you on the other side.—Stett Holbrook

The Fight for $15 Gov. Jerry Brown signed a phased-in increase to the

Legislative Pushback

Earlier this month, State Sen. President Pro Tempore Kevin de León introduced his California Values act, a throwdown at Trump grounded in empathy, decency, reason and facts. Naturally the altright enablers in California didn’t like it much, given de León’s emphasis on immigration and laying off the get-out cruelty at

around the state. They’ve started to call states and districts where there are vulnerable Republicans to push the point that repeal will have immediate negative impacts on vulnerable constituents who have come to rely on Obamacare’s many benefits to keep them from, you know, dying.

Organizing for America isn’t waiting for the body count to pile up or for the alt-right to show up en masse at the nearest emergency room with bloody Gadsden flag tourniquets wrapped around their self-inflicted wounds, flying triumphantly over their dumb and self-defeating obsession with destroying Obamacare.—T.G. the heart of the Trump regime. de León’s SB 54 sets out to “ice out ICE,” referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or the Trump Deportation Force, depending on your level of cynicism about such things.

Other local politicians have offered their own more direct push-back to Trump; U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman offered his colleagues a “Hey, There’s Only One Freaking President at a Time” bill to highlight that Trump, despite what those who elected him might want to believe, is not president until Jan. 20.

Huffman previously offered a bill that set tax-disclosure rules for any future presidential candidate who decides to lie about how he’ll he release those taxes but never does. Back in Sacramento, State Sen. Mike McGuire just this week offered a close-to-home tag-team to Huffman in a bill he co-sponsored that would compel federal tax disclosure on any presidential candidate who wants to be on the ballot in California.—T.G.

Affordable Care Act

The Republican Party’s zeal to abolish the Affordable Care Act is among the more gruesomely inhumane GOP gestures this side of eliminating Medicare and forcing Americans to recite Ayn Rand maxims under penalty of a death panel established by House Grim Reaper Paul Ryan. The old-

time expression for this sort of hyper-aggressive posturing in pursuit of the death of the meek (who shall not, under any circumstance, inherit the world if Donald Trump has anything to do with it) used to fall under the generalized rubric of “social Darwinism,” where might makes right and only the strong survive (it helps if they are billionaires).

The problem with the social Darwinist construct is that half of these would-be Obamacare killers don’t believe in evolution in the first place. Hell, the upcoming vice president doesn’t even believe in dinosaurs. What is to be done? Well, defend the flawed, but good-faith Obamacare, for one thing, despite the fact that it didn’t usher in the progressive dream of a single-payer system.

Organizing for America is a post-Obama progressive group with a sturdy, activist presence in the North Bay. The group had pledged to refrain from making any noise about the upcoming administration until after Jan. 20, but given Trump’s promises to “repeal and replace” Obamacare on day one, OFA has taken off the gloves for the fight in the hopes of sandbagging that pledge.

Congressional Republicans, led

by California’s Kevin McCarthy, have vowed to issue a repeal bill on Jan. 3 and put it on Trump’s desk immediately. So instead of waiting for Trump to take office, OFA announced this week that it had launched an aggressive pushback campaign, in conjunction with health-advocacy groups from

Affordable Housing

The North Bay is already home to the grand-pappy of the tiny-house movement, Lloyd Kahn, and this is a part of the world where significant legislative attention has been paid to the growing unaffordability of housing.

Whether that attention has yielded any tangible benefit to workers and middle-class strivers is subject to debate, but Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties have each in their own way tried to come up with humane and creative solutions to the chronic high cost of housing and the corollary of homelessness amid stunning wealth and beauty.

Organizations such as the Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California have already been doing the yeoman’s work on behalf of homeowners and tenants around the Bay Area, and now the organization has changed its name to reflect the reality of the work it has been doing all along in the North Bay (it was formerly Fair Housing of Marin).

The group has joined in two recent lawsuits and complaints that charge housing discrimination against big lenders like Fannie Mae and OneWest Bank. The organization’s executive director Caroline Peattie says the fight is on.

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California minimum wage that will be fully implemented by 2022 and ramp the state wage to $15 an hour. Marty Bennett of North Bay Jobs with Justice says it’s a good start, a big victory at the state level, and his organization is planning to keep the pressure on so that by the time 2022 rolls around the state will already have enacted a $15 wage floor through local efforts. The bottom-up push is exactly the model that’s led to numerous states and municipalities raising their minimum wages, even as the federal minimum wage stagnates at the sub-poverty rate of $7.25 an hour.

It’s not going to be an easy fight. The incoming president said throughout his campaign that wages are too high. He said a lot of things, so there’s that. But Bennett says the fight will stay local and that the localities will serve to push public policy in the right direction at higher levels of governance.

“We want to be moving local policy that will raise the wage floor here and that will continue to ripple up,” Bennett says.

His organization has been looking at the work done by a similar group to Jobs with Justice in Santa Clara County that led San Jose to update its own phased-in minimum wage to the $15 mark. Bennett says as San Jose goes, so goes other municipalities in that county— and a dozen already followed suit after San Jose’s announcement.

Bennett hopes to see that effort replicated at the city level in Santa Rosa, and notes the popularity of the Fight for $15 movement, even in the face of a fight against a bunch of kleptocrats taking over the country.—Tom Gogola

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The state has already stood up loud and proud against any threatened return to ICE raids and dehumanizing policies around undocumented immigrants in the state. Cities are declaring themselves sanctuaries, and human rights commissions at the local level in places like Marin County are pushing out defiant memos playing off of Kevin de León’s recent and well-received missive about California values and saying, in effect: Leave our workers alone.

It’s not just talk. North Bay Jobs with Justice’s Marty Bennett notes that his Sonoma County organization is one of many that has pledged to join a rapid-response effort being coordinated in San Francisco that would deploy mass protest in the direction of any promised ICE raid or beat-down of an immigrant at the hands of cruel policymakers or thuggish law enforcement officers.—T.G.

Sonoma County supervisor-elect Lynda Hopkins has come out swinging against Trump.

“I do think we need to pick a fight, because this isn’t about Democrats or Republicans,” she says. “He has essentially declared war on progressivism.

He has declared war on environmentalism. He has declared war on labor.”

During her hard-fought campaign against Noreen Evans, she jokingly wondered if she could move to Canada if she and Trump both won. But she’s staying put and says she wants to move aggressively against the next president.

“I don’t think we can reach our hands across the aisle and say, ‘Let’s be nice,’” she says. “Because that’s not the strategy he is using.

This is not an administration you can necessarily work with, in all the signals we have seen thus far.”

She was heartened by state Kevin de León’s “California values” legislation and says talk of secession and CalExit are misguided.

“We need to lead the country in the right direction. If we just secede, which is probably not even legally possible, then what happens to the rest of the country? I want to see us as the progressive beacon and a leader to a more progressive future. I don’t want to just abandon the

middle of the country.”

Hopkins says she is most troubled by Trump’s positions on immigration and climate change.

On the immigration front, she is working with outgoing Supervisor Efren Carrillo, immigration attorney and Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights member Christopher Kerosky, state Sen. Mike Thompson and the county counsel’s office to create a local effort to fight Trump-led deportation should it come to pass.

One idea she mentioned is creating a conduit of resources for those fighting deportation proceedings.

“I think this is something we need to look at sooner rather than later,” she says.

While Hopkins is not interested in breaking bread with Trump, she says she does want to reach out to his supporters, many of whom live in the 5th District, a region she says is a microcosm of America.—S.H.

Legal Cannabis While we thought Proposition of 64 was too much too soon, recreational cannabis is now legal in the Golden State. That’s good news. Possession of marijuana won’t land you in jail and clog up our courts and jails anymore. As the stigma of cannabis consumption ebbs and more research is done on medicinal uses, we hope more people look to the herb for its therapeutic properties as an alternative to Big Pharma.

Go Local’s Terry Garrett has put the value of Sonoma County’s cannabis crop at $3 billion. If he’s even half right, the economic impact of this homegrown industry will continue to provide a sturdy leg to the local economy and a bulwark against any (God forbid) collapse of grape monoculture and wineindustry economy.

One of the thorniest issues will be how small-scale growers survive the mainstreaming of the industry. Last week, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors took the misguided step of banning cultivation in rural areas and thereby perpetuating illegal cultivation and crime there.

Will that mean that only operators who can afford pricy industrial and agriculturally zoned land be able to compete? We hope not. The

good news here is that the industry is coming out of the shadows and demanding a place at the table to shape their future.

Of course, if the odious Jeff Sessions is confirmed as U.S. Attorney General, the legal cannabis industry could all come crashing down, but our guess is that he’ll leave it alone given the growing value of legal pot (both financial and medical) and the president-elect’s claims in support of state rights.—S.H.

Art Gets Real The future of our culture, locally and nationally, is not going to be determined by Beyoncé doing a stadium tour; it’s going to be found in the cafes, clubs, parks, libraries, galleries and town squares where we engage with friends and neighbors on a personal level.

North bay event promoters like Shock City, USA and Sonoma County Metal & Hardcore bring the best of anti-establishment music from around the country and the world to our doorstep, and local bands like post-punks Red Wood, whose latest EP Wildfire is out now, fearlessly rail against a society that embraces false positivity and stays silent in the face of fascism.

Painting Trump in a bad light is not enough. We’ll be looking for art that employs compassion in all forms of creativity.—Charlie Swanson

Climate Changers While Trump is busy stacking his administration with stalwart climate-change deniers in service of the petroleum industry, Sonoma County and California continue to be leaders in the fight against climate change.

At the state level, Gov. Brown threw down against Trump in recent comments to the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.

“We’ve got the scientists, we’ve got the lawyers and we’re ready to fight,” he said.

As the fifth largest economy in the world, what California does to combat climate change will have real impact, Trump or not. At the

income Medicaid patients, testing for sexually transmitted diseases and non-abortion-related birth control.

Closer to home, Elizabeth Brown, executive director of Community Foundation Sonoma County sees some encouraging trends. Her organization helps donors channel their resources into hundreds of local nonprofits.

While she’s aware of increased donations to national organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund and the ACLU, she says many local philanthropists are “doubling down” on local organizations they already supported in defense of immigrant rights, women and children in need, and LGBTQ issues.

“Some of them are saying, ‘This is a time maybe when we need to step up.’”

Since we don’t know what Trump will do, there’s an effort to be strategic rather than reactionary, she says. That’s heartening, because strategic philanthropy is likely to be more long-term than a one-time, for instance, to help victims of a natural disaster.

Brown also reports that donors are looking to do more than give money and are wanting to get personally involved, with efforts aimed at bridging the social and economic divisions laid bare by the election in the Sonoma County and nationwide. “We’re having a wake-up call about how well we know each other,” says Brown.

San Rafael’s 10,000 Degrees, a nonprofit that helps low-income students in the North Bay with funding and supportive services for college, is seeing a jump in both the number and size of donations, as well as open-ended offers to volunteer.

“People are really thinking about how they can have the greatest impact in the fastest way,” says Kim Mazzuca, the group’s president and executive director. “The spirit of philanthropy has become much more deeply personal.”—S.H.

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local level, Sonoma Clean Power reports that it has saved customers more than $62 million in electricity bills with energy that is 48 percent lower in greenhouse gas emissions than that offered by PG&E. “It’s such a huge achievement for this community,” says Ann Hancock, executive director of the Santa Rosa–based Center for Climate Protection.

Meanwhile, spurred in part

by Sonoma County’s example, more than 300 communities are considering the creation of local clean power utilities.

“It’s going gangbusters across the state,” she says. “Sonoma County’s impact extends far and wide.”

Even though Trump has threatened to pull out of the Paris climate accord, Hancock is cheered by the fact that 198 other signatories are going forward. “It’s going to be hard for [Trump] to mess with something that big.”—S.H.

‘[Trump] has essentially declared war on progressivism.’

Local Philanthropy Although the election was just a few painful weeks ago, donations to state and local nonprofits working to fight challenges to human rights, reproductive health, the environment and other causes at risk to the new administration are already pouring in. Fear, anger and defiance are apparently good motivators.

Three days after the election, the Sierra Club reported it had added more monthly donors than it had in all of 2015. The Oakland-based nonprofit also raised $110,000 in less than 24 hours after making an appeal to supporters. That was the most from a single email appeal in its history.

Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood said it had received an unprecedented 160,000 donations in the week after the election, a good thing since the federal government subsidizes the organization to the tune of $390 million for clinics across the country, mainly for services to low-

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Sebastopol-based songwriter and educator Buzzy Martin is staying busy this year. His book Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man, about his experiences teaching music to inmates at San Quentin prison, is being turned into a feature film that just wrapped shooting this month. Amid the excitement of that project, Martin continues to write inspiring songs dedicated to those in the prison system and their families, including the new holidaythemed tune, “I’ll Be Coming Home for Christmas, Mama.” This week, Martin performs a special holiday show on Thursday, Dec. 22, at the Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati. 8pm. Free. 707.795.7868.

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Holiday Jam

Narada Michael Walden’s Love, Gospel and Christmas Concert spreads joy and cheer for the 20th year this week with a great lineup of performers sharing the stage. Walden headlines the show with his Great Gospel Band, and special guests include Maria Muldaur, Dan Ashley, Jeanie Tracy and even Santa Claus. Proceeds from the concert will go to Walden’s nonprofit foundation, which encourages and inspires North Bay students through engaging music programs and productions. Christmas comes early on Friday, Dec. 23, at Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 8pm. $100 and up. 415.383.9600.

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With Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, it’s likely that-last minute shopping will run rampant over the weekend. In the heart of downtown Napa, the fine folks at Back Room Wines are offering a respite from the rush in the form of their Christmas Eve Afternoon Social. This casual gathering boasts spirited company and Back Room’s selection of hardto-get and limited-production wines for a mere $1 tasting fee. Everyone is invited to bring a seasonal finger-food appetizer to share. Catch your breath and meet some new wine-loving friends on Saturday, Dec. 24, at Back Room Wines, 1000 Main St., Napa. 2–5pm. 707.226.1378.

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After 14 years, Point Reyes Books owners Steve Costa and Kate Levinson are passing the torch of the town’s long-standing cultural institution to new owners on Jan. 1. Before they ride off into retirement, Costa and Levinson offer ‘The Last Words,’ an evening of conversation, music and more. The outgoing owners speak to Malcolm Margolin, founder of Berkeley-based independent publisher Heyday Books, and share their favorite memories and thoughts on the role of the bookstore in the community. Hear the last words on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the Dance Palace, 503 B St., Pt. Reyes Station, 7pm.

Free; reservations required. ptreyesbooks.com.

—Charlie Swanson

ON THE ROAD Austin indie-folk songwriter Cari Q traverses the North Bay this week, playing at Smiley’s in Bolinas on Dec. 24 and Blue Note Jazz Club and Silo’s in Napa on Dec. 27–28.

See Clubs & Venues, p23.

HOWLS OF PROTEST The Stones didn’t seek to make an anti-Trump record, but the band’s covers of Howlin’ Wolf and other

blues greats of the Civil Rights era is just the right music at just the (alt-) right time.

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Rolling Stones offer potent reminder of why black lives have always mattered BY TOM GOGOLA

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he electors have spoken, and it’s all over now, babyblue state.

It’s bad news to end a bad year with very little in the way of good news—unless you’re an angry cracker bent on vengeance against Barack Obama and every last black thing that he stood for.

If you’re not, then the best news of 2016 is Blue and Lonesome, the stunning and stinging hark-back album from the Rolling Stones.

Blue and Lonesome is an important record, even if it’s

not popping up on many best albums of 2016 lists—or especially because it didn’t make anyone’s list. It’s a blues sleeper cell, and it has just been activated. It’s dangerous.

As the country faces a promised return to a kind of mythic, anhedonic America of the 1950s, complete with 21stcentury racial covenants and “Operation Wetback” redux, Blue and Lonesome emerges as a critical line of resistance at the American crossroads. The Stones offer a dozen blues covers so

full of biting licks and crunchy harmonica squawks that the album actually raises the souls of the African-American diaspora for any and all to appreciate. Blue and Lonesome is an ode to the Chicago swinging style and the great postwar African-American migration, offering implied atonements for Jim Crow in what amounts to a full reset and return to the Stones’ primal-ass blues beginnings, circa 1963.

If the Stones 30th studio album turns out to be their last, it will be a fittingly ferocious bookend for

a band that has redeemed itself in the ears and eyes of many fans who have long wondered when they were going to get back to basics, when they were going to put out a great record on the order of a Some Girls. It’s amazing that the band is still around at the crackling culture edge and with this thing in their dirty back pocket all along.

The Stones emerged in a highly tumultuous era characterized by presidential assassinations and lunch-counter sit-ins and racist cops of the KKK persuasion beating blacks half to death or lynching them outright for expressing their rights of free speech and assembly, and the basic freedom to express that, then as now, black lives matter.

Howlin’ Wolf’s life mattered.

Little Walter’s life mattered, and Willie Dixon’s—their lives all mattered, and how. Track by track, Blue and Lonesome features those titans and others and offers joyful solace and solidarity in a vernacular that, to say the least, has been appropriated by white culture all the way from Elvis Presley to Kanye West’s Prussiablue eyes, right down to Ted Nugent.

Ah, the Nuge. When Nugent offers his hateful words and music against Barack Obama, he is doing so from a blues tradition that gave rise to all rock music.

He is delivering the Obama hate on the backs of dead slaves and prisoners who worked the fields and the chain gangs and sang the songs as a matter of survival— literal and spiritual.

At press time, Nuge the Repulsive was the highest-profile performer persuaded to play the inauguration next month. Why is everyone else staying away?

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do with, which is partially true. It’s because the alt-right is soulless.

On his great latter-day track “Not Dark Yet,” Bob Dylan sings that “behind every beautiful thing, there’s been some kind of pain.” And there’s the problem with hate-right appropriations of black music: there is no beauty, but there is a lot of promised pain. What does it say about a movement when its cultural vanguard includes crank-haters like Nugent, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, and the laid-back stylings and stealings of Trump puppet Kid Rock?

They’ve all stood up for Trump in varying degrees of racist posturing—a classic 2011 tweet from Mustaine reads, “Trump’s my hero!

He’s investigating Barry Soetoro aka Obama’s suspicious birth & school records”—and they all have black culture to thank for ever being in a position in the first place where anyone would give a damn what they think about Obama.

And yet “appropriation” is another one of those words that the alt-right has, ironically enough, tried to re-appropriate as the latest expression of the white man’s burden. That burden lately includes a black Santa Claus being hired at the Mall of America, and met with outrage from the thin-skinned snowflakes of our time: Santa is white!

This debased discourse over “appropriation” is exactly why Blue and Lonesome is an important record and an album that doesn’t need an overt call to political action to make its point. The fact of the album is itself a political gesture and an announcement that the blues has arrived right on time.

Blue and Lonesome is ultimately a record about resiliency, a celebration of resiliency. It isn’t good news in a year of bad news— it’s excellent news, delivered tight and raw and with the Stones deep in the hoodoo-land of their youth, playing the working man’s music, where the boards are busting and the people are sweating and shaking and shouting and celebrating and suffering.

SWINGING IN THE RAIN The use

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escribing a new Cirque du Soleil show is always a challenge. The acclaimed company’s newest production, Luzia: A Waking Dream of Mexico, is no less difficult.

Presented through Jan. 29 under the company’s conspicuously festive big-top tent in the parking lot of San Francisco’s AT&T Park, Luzia, directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, is a rain-drenched love letter to the colorful culture of Mexico.

The acclaimed clown Eric Fool Koller is our guide, as he tries against odds to get . . . well, we’re never quite sure where he’s going till the end.

First seen falling from an airplane, dangling downward past birds and clouds as he descends from the towering heights of the tent, Koller is a marvel, his resourceful but none-too-lucky

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character finally improvising a safe landing (using an umbrella) after first losing his parachute.

Throughout the show, this plucky wanderer stumbles in and out of various mind-boggling landscapes and experiences. Early on he encounters a stunning monarch butterfly with enormous puppeteer-powered wings, running and flying alongside a remarkable mechanical horse that’s sprinting in slow motion on a series of treadmills.

Then come the acrobatic hummingbirds, impossibly bouncing their way through a series of ever rising hoops; a Tarzan-like acrobat dancing in and out of a pool of blue water, as a friendly jaguar prowls and frolics on the periphery; a Mexican wrestler achieving every child’s dream of defying gravity on a massive swing that, in one heartstopping moment, takes its rider all the way around.

As stunning as these visions are, nothing prepares us for the wall of rain that regularly falls on the stage, drenching its performers, yet somehow instantly disappearing beneath the marvelous, absorbent set. In one jaw-dropping moment, the sheet of rain becomes the show itself, at first dividing itself into two, then falling in patterns to the left and then the right, and finally transforming into a magical canvas, dropping the rain in patterns of fish and birds and butterflies.

Knowing it was done through a computer-timed release of water never detracts from the utter amazement of the effect. In sync to the beat of pulsing, soulreaching music, the magnificent rain sequence was easily one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen onstage.

As theater, Luzia sometimes strains for a dreamy linear arc, but ultimately this stunning show reaches past dreams and beyond logic to create a world you might not want to leave. And one you might just want to experience again.

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ide-eyed Emma Stone is the draw in La La Land, an emulation of 1950s widescreen-era musicals.

Stone plays Mia, a barista and aspiring actress from Boulder City riding the wheel of auditions in Hollywood. She’s starting to lose hope when she meets the similarly frustrated Sebastian (Ryan Gosling).

Sebastian, an aspiring jazz pianist, pays the rent wearing parachute pants in an ’80s cover band. (La La Land, which itself has the spirit of a cover band, shouldn’t have joked about this profession.) The two go to the movies at South Pasadena’s moribund Rialto Theatre to see Rebel Without a Cause. Then they head out to the art deco Griffith Observatory for a CG-augmented twirl in the artificial starlight, right in the very room where the apocalypse scene in Rebel took place. This is a movie that has references in its references.

The cityscapes are astoundingly pretty, and Santa Monica Bay looks as ravishing as a painted scrim. Then comes the classic secondact, boy-loses-girl complication after Sebastian hooks up with a sinister big-name star (John Legend) to prostitute his jazz.

Stone is quite sweet in electric purple and emerald dresses, and powerful in her big spotlight number, “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” when she sings “Here’s to the mess we make.” But director Damien Chazelle’s insistence on spotlighting her, so we’re forced to concentrate on Mia’s pain, makes the tune as bulldozing as the showstoppers in Les Misérables.

Jacques Demy’s 1964 pastiche The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a good example of La La Land’s mash-up style style done well, as a French reply to Hollywood. That old film’s keel about unjust colonial wars and unplanned pregnancy makes it all the more moving, especially when contrasted to the problem of how famous two would-be celebrities should be. Trying to court Mia, Sebastian sings, “What a waste of lovely light.” Unfortunately, that’s about the size of it.

‘La La Land’ is playing in wide release in the North Bay.

York Wilson

CALIFORNIA ROOTS Jackie Greene straddles the line between Tom Waits and the Dead.

Finding Bliss Jackie Greene follows his muse

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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mericana songwriter and Northern California native Jackie Greene has long been a North Bay favorite, not only as a solo performer, but as a one-time member of the Black Crowes, a touring partner with Bob Weir and a part of Phil Lesh & Friends.

Though he moved to Brooklyn a few years ago, Greene still makes his way west as often as he can.

He performs with his band at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma on Dec. 29 and 30.

So what took Greene to the East Coast? “It was a girl,” he says.

“What can you say?” Still, music remains Greene’s main muse, and he estimates that he and his band performed nearly 150 shows

Jackie Greene Band performs on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 29–30, at the Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 8:30pm. $37.

707.765.2121.

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across the country this year alone, including his annual birthday show in San Francisco last month.

“It was great. Bob Weir and Phil Lesh both came,” he says. “We ended up doing three sets. It was crazy and wild.”

Greene says he didn’t grow up a Grateful Dead fan, and only started diving deep into the music after meeting Lesh in 2006. “Those first few years playing with Phil was like a Grateful Dead master class,” says Greene. “As time went on, I fell more in love with those songs, and I’m a full-on Dead Head at this point.”

Greene credits Lesh and Weir with opening him up to the concept of playing his songs with improvisation. “Phil and Bob are both fearless in the way they view live performance,” Greene says.

“You know, Picasso said famously that a painting is never finished, and a song might be the same way.

Those damn hippies might have been on to something,” he laughs.

In addition to picking up a knack for experimentation from the Dead, Greene’s achingly personal, emotionally charged songwriting is inspired by one of his other musical heroes.

“The first thing that really got me into songwriting was Tom Waits. I fell in love with that gravelly voice,” he says. “I was immediately attracted to it because it was weird, it was different, and it sounded painful to me.”

Those influences and Greene’s love of traditional folk and rootsrock shine on his seven eclectic solo albums, including 2015’s Back to Birth.

Greene says he’s writing material constantly, and hopes to have a new release next year, but it’s hard to say where it’s going just yet. “I sort of follow whatever my muse is of the day or my bliss of the moment,” he says. “For better or worse, that’s just the way I do things.”

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Music Concerts Clubs & SONOMA COUNTY Venues Frankie Boots & the County Line

It’s a bittersweet affair as Boots releases a new solo output of songs, “Pagan Ranch,” and performs one last time before moving to New Orleans. John Courage and his reunited band the Great Plains opens. Dec 23, 9pm. $15. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

Sweet Honey in the Rock

The beloved vocal group mixes blues, jazz and Gospel music in their “Holyday” program, a multicultural concert of good tidings. Dec 22, 7:30pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

MARIN COUNTY Narada Michael Walden

Walden’s 20th annual holiday concert is full of Christmas magic, Gospel music and community cheer. Dec 23, 8pm. $100 and up. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

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Loose Diamonds Custom Work Jewelry Watch Repair MontoyaJewelryDesigns.com 940 McClelland Drive, Windsor 707.837.9755

Dec 23, Chris Lods. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music Hall Dec 23, Brandon Hess album release show. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

Dec 21, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Dec 22, beer and carols. Dec 23, the Incubators.

Dec 28, bluegrass and old time music jam. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Dec 22, Dave Pascoe. Dec 23, Fly by Train. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Dec 21, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Dec 22, the Beat Meters. Dec 23, the Voice. Dec 27, American Alley Cats. Dec 28, Wednesday Night Big Band.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern Dec 27, 6pm, Michael Hantman.

25300 Steelhead Blvd, Duncans Mills. 707.865.2261.

Corkscrew Wine Bar

Soul 4 the Season

Dec 26, 6pm, Carlos Henrique Pereira and Fabiana Passoni.

Dec 27, 6pm, Walter Savage and James Hormon Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.431.0330.

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A’Roma Roasters

Rancho Nicasio hosts its 10th annual Christmas Eve Gospel show and dinner with the spirited contemporary quartet.

Dec 24, 7pm. $20. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Massive holiday party features Rick Stevens of Tower of Power, Lydia Pense of Cold Blood, Paula Harris and Dana Moret. Dec 22, 8pm. $28-$32.

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

415.388.3850.

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Carolizing Christmas

Versatile and compelling funk vocalist Faye Carol and pianist Joe Wagner team up for two nights of holiday standards and more. Dec 22-23, 6:30 and 9pm. $10-$20. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Dec 23, the Sticky Notes.

Dec 27, songwriter’s lounge with Lauralee Brown. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

Dry Creek Kitchen

Forestville Club

Dec 22, Horders with Big Kitty and Sharkmouth. 6250 Front St, Forestville. 707.887.2594.

HopMonk Sonoma

Dec 23, Clay Bell. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Dec 24, 6:30pm, Christmas Eve Jazz with Chris Amberger and Kai Devitt-Lee Duo. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Dec 21, Ragtag Sullivan. Dec 22, Parts & Labor. Dec 23, the Beer Scouts. Dec 24, 12pm, Muncie.

Dec 28, Danny Montana. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Mc T’s Bullpen

Dec 23, DJ MGB. Dec 24, Tommy Odetto. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

Quincy’s

Dec 23, Ugly Christmas Sweater Party with DJ Lue. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park. 707.585.1079.

Redwood Cafe

Dec 22, Buzzy Martin Holiday Concert. Dec 23, Jah Soul-Jaz. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Sonoma Speakeasy

Dec 23, Levi Lloyd and friends.

Dec 27, New Orleans R&B and American Roots Night. Dec 28, Toby Germano and friends.

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Dec 22, Puree college night.

Dec 23, Miss Moonshine. Dec 26, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Dec 23, Stone Cold Mollie. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY Fenix

Dec 27, James Harman Band.

Dec 28, Pro Blues Jam with Roharpo the Bluesman.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium

Dec 21, Windham Hill Winter Solstice 30th Anniversary Concert. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

19 Broadway Club

Dec 22, Heath De FountHaberlin. Dec 23, Sam Quinn.

Dec 25, 4pm, the Merry Christmas Band with the Substitutes. Dec 28, Overbite.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

Osteria Divino

Dec 21, Jonathan Poretz. Dec 22, Passion Habanera. Dec 23, Ian McArdle Trio. Dec 24, Ken Cook Trio. Dec 27, Rob Reich. Dec 28, Jay Sanders Trio. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

FREE LOCAL LIVE MUSIC GIGS LIVE MUSIC. NEW STAGE AND SOUND. NEW DANCE FLOOR. NEW AIR CONDITIONING. SUDS TAPS - 18 LOCAL & REGIONAL SELECT CRAFT BEERS & CIDERS. EATS NEW MENU, KITCHEN OPEN ALL DAY FROM 11AM ON. CHECK OUT OUR FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH W/CORN ON THE COB. DIGS DINING OUT-DOORS. KIDS ALWAYS WELCOME - NEW KID’S MENU. RESERVATIONS FOR 8 OR MORE. HAPPY HOUR M-F 3-6PM. $2 CHICKEN TACOS. $3 HOUSE CRAFT BEERS.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Dec 21, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Dec 22, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Dec 23, Attila Viola.

Dec 27, Sheet Metal. Dec 28, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Dec 23, the Ramble Band Christmas Party. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Dec 23, High Tide Collective.

Dec 24, Cari Q. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Dec 23, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions holiday celebration. Dec 24, 11am, XMas Eve brunch show with Acoustically Speaking. Dec 26, Youth in Arts ‘Til Dawn and Saint Adeline. Dec 27, Canopy holiday show. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads

Dec 21, the Terrapin Family Band with Phil Lesh. Dec 24, Christmas Eve with the Terrapin Allstars. Dec 27, LEBO Tuesdays.

Dec 28, the Incubators. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Dec 21, 12pm, Anayana White and Elisabeth Zosseder. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Unity in Marin

Dec 21, 7pm, Steven Halpern Solstice Sound Healing Concert. 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

415.475.5000.

NAPA COUNTY Blue Note Napa

Dec 21, 6:30 and 9pm, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Dec 27, 6:30 and 9pm, Cari Q. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

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Made for Walking So long, Frankie Boots Songwriter and Sebastopol native Frankie Boots has had a lot of great times with his alt-folk collective the County Line, making rustic and wild Western tunes like those found on his 2016 album, Leave the Light On. Now it’s time for Boots to get walking, and the band leader has decided to make his way to New Orleans for the next chapter of his career. But first Boots and company are going out in style with a farewell concert on Dec. 23 at HopMonk Tavern in Sebastopol.

The silver lining to this news is that Boots is not leaving local fans empty-handed. He’s releasing his new solo record, Pagan Ranch, which was recorded at Gremlintone Studios by songsmith and analog enthusiast John Courage. These new songs were made in a flurry of spontaneous energy that yielded vintage-inspired honky-tonk and soul, with special guests like Alison Harris and Katie Phillips of the Bootleg Honeys and Kevin Carducci of the Easy Leaves on backup vocals.

Copies of Pagan Ranch will be available at the show, and John Courage opens the night with a reunion of his own beloved four-piece rock band the Great Plains. Don’t miss this chance to bid Frankie Boots a fond farewell and maybe buy him a beer on Friday, Dec. 23, at HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 8pm. $15 (21 and over).

707.829.7300.—Charlie Swanson

Dec 26, Ari & Anthony.

3150 B Jefferson St, Napa.

707.666.9028.

Silo’s

Dec 21, John Brazell. . Dec 22, Cool Yule with Kellie Fuller, Sandy Riccardi and

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CRITIC’S CHOICE

Mike Greensill. Dec 23, a very Deadlies Christmas with the Deadlies. Dec 28, Cari Q. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uva Trattoria

Dec 22, Duo Gadjo. Dec 24, Darlyn Pearl Quartet. Dec 28, Tom Duarte. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.

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Sebastiani Theatre Thu 12/22 • Doors 7pm • $28 ADV / $32 DOS Seated Show

Soul 4 The Season

feat Fred Ross of Tower of Power, Lydia Pense of Cold Blood, Paula Harris & Dana Moret Fri 12/23 • Doors 7pm • FREE

Matt Jaffe & The Distractions

Free Holiday Celebration • w/ Caroline de Lone Sat 12/24 • Doors 11am • FREE

FREE Xmas Eve Brunch Show

with Acoustically Speaking Featuring Kat Walkerson and Mik Bondy from The Garcia Project Mon 12/26 • Doors 6pm • $22 Youth (under 18)/$32 Adult

JOHN McCUTCHEON IN CONCERT Mon, Jan 9, 2017 reserved seating tickets $25

Youth in Arts 'Til Dawn Accapella Sing Out! with Saint Adeline Tue 12/27 • Doors 6pm • $17 Student / $22 Adult Canopy (of Redwood High School)

Holiday Celebration

Wed 12/28 • Doors 6:30pm • FREE

Trivia Cafe New Years Celebration

hosted by Howard Rachelson (Marin's Master of Trivia) - Free with Prizes Wed 12/28 • Doors 9pm • FREE RIP 2016 - Free Show Honoring Legends Who Passed - with TROUBLEMAN Thu 1/5 • Doors 7pm • $12 ADV / $15 DOS Talking Dreads Reggae Tribute to Talking Heads! With The Killer Queens - All Female Tribute to Queen www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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Dec 21, Rivertown Trio. Dec 22, Ricki Rush. Dec 27, Lorin Rowan.

Dec 28, Martha Crawford and friends. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Arts Events

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Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe

Through Jan 4, “Small Works,” group show features diminutive art. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Art Museum of Sonoma County

Through Jan 29, “Faith Ringgold: An American Artist,” features storyquilts, works on paper, tankas, soft sculpture and original illustrations from the African-American artist.

425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi

Through Dec 31, “Colin Talcroft Solo Show,” the artist displays his abstract monoprint collage works. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary.

707.795.9753.

Arts Guild of Sonoma

Through Dec 31, “Holiday Art Exhibition,” one-of-a-kind works are on display and available to complete your gift giving. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma.

Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

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 Jan 16, “Peanuts & the Picture of Health,” showcase looks at the sporty and active pursuits playfully depicted in the panels of Peanuts. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

Heart-pounding, breathtaking thrills!

City Hall Council Chambers

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

Through Jan 12, “Increasingly Precious,” Catherine Richardson’s artwork is fueled by research, emotions, imagination and her observations from flying over Greenland during her annual journeys between UK and California. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3010. ©Peanuts

Cornerstone Sonoma

Through Dec 25, “Celebration

of Color & Light,” the Garden Barn hosts painter Nancy Granger, photographer Don Kellogg and textile artist Susan Stark. 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. Daily, 10 to 4.

707.933.3010.

Finley Community Center

Through Jan 26, “Alchemy + Stitches,” Kristin Meuser combines loves of chemistry and machinery in her fantastical art. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Fulton Crossing

Through Dec 31, “Holiday Lights,” Becoming Independent artists show their work, available for sale to complete your holiday shopping. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Graton Gallery

Through Jan 29, “New Paintings by Sandra Rubin & Thea Goldstine,” with several guest artists also displaying.

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

707.829.8912.

Guerneville Bank Club Through Apr 30, “Glory Days,” exhibit by Russian River Historical Society is a tribute to Clare Harris, who helped turn Rio Nido into the town it is today. 16290 Main Street, Guerneville. Daily, 11am to 9pm 707.666.9411.

Hammerfriar Gallery

Through Jan 28, “Small Works Show,” eight artists display a variety of small paintings, sculptures and multimedia works to deck your walls and tables. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. Tues-Fri, 10 to 6.

Sat, 10 to 5. 707.473.9600.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Through Dec 31, “Gift Gallery,” an opportunity for creators of high-quality, functional, wearable, decorative and gift-appropriate crafts to offer their works for the gift-giving season. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

History Museum of Sonoma County

Through Apr 2, “The Beat Goes On,” exhibit looks back on peace, love and rock ‘n’ roll in

the North Bay. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.579.1500.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Through Jan 3, “Photographs of the Laguna,” beautiful new photography exhibit in Heron Hall is a tribute to Joan Humberstone, in memoriam.

900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Through Jan 15, “Toute Petite,” a unique exhibit and affordable art sale for the holidays. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Geometric Reflections,” sculptures by 10 renowned artists celebrates 10 years of the Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11 to 5.

707.528.9463.

Paul Mahder Gallery

Through Jan 1, “Annual Holiday Group Exhibit,” over 40 local and international artists show in this show that also features a salon-style gift wall. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.473.9150.

Peace & Justice Center

Through Dec 31, “Still Standing: 20 Years of Paintings,” retrospective exhibit by artist Tina Azaria. 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. MondayFriday, 1 to 4pm. 707.575.8902.

Redwood Cafe

Through Jan 17, “The Odd Spirits Group Show,” a selection of mixed-media paintings and prints from artists Dan Howard, Rich Ressler, Michael Coy and others. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily.

707.795.7868.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Jan 8, “Scenes from Sonoma County,” features breathtaking oil paintings from Henry White and stunning photographs from Michael Riley. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.775.4ART.

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ranging from glass, bronze, steel, ceramic, stone, wood and mixed media are installed in a series of six large concrete winemaking vats. 14301 Arnold Dr, Ste 8, Glen Ellen. ThursMon, 10:30am to 5:30pm.

707.933.1300.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Dec 30, “Small Work, Big Deal,” find a delightful christmas present for your loved ones or just spoil yourself with an original work of art.

282 S High St, Sebastopol.

Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Gallery Through Jan 31, “An Invitation to Imagine,” new folkloric paintings from artist Teri Sloat. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6.

707.829.7200.

SoCo Coffee Through Dec 31, “Paintings by Kenneth Pelletier,” featuring still lifes from the local artist.

1015 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.433.1660.

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

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Through Dec 31, “A Portrait of Sonoma,” photographers Erik Castro, Jamie Thrower and students at Sonoma Valley High School display portraits from their recent pop-up shoots. Through Dec 31, “XXc Icons of Photography,” exhibit showcases the best of world photography and shows in conjunction with “Pairings: 16 Artists Creatively Combined,” which focuses on harmonious combinations of artworks. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA.

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 Art Works Downtown

Through Jan 7, “AWD Members Exhibition,” showcasing the many talented artists who are members of the Art Works Downtown community.

Through Dec 31, “Small Works Exhibition,” a wonderful opportunity to find affordable, quality artwork for the holiday gift-giving season. 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.

Bay Model Visitor Center

Through Jan 7, “A Touch of Blue,” a show of new, and some old, quilts using mainly blue or just a bit of blue.

2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

Bolinas Museum

Marin Society of Artists

Through Dec 23, “Small Works Bazaar,” 45 artists exhibit a unique and beautiful selection of paintings, ceramics, jewelry and more. Live music provided

by Jody Calcara. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Daily, noon to 6.

415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

Through Jan 8, “Sandi Miot: The Medium Is the Muse,” retrospective exhibit of the Marin-based artist is a visual look at her journey through wax and encaustic works.

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

415.506.0137.

Marty Knapp Photo Gallery

Through Jan 16, “The Night Sky,” Knapp shows new photographs of the starry skies above the Point Reyes coast and the deserts of Southern California. 11245 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station. Fri-Sun, 11am to 5pm. 415.663.8670.

Through Dec 31, “Bounty,” exhibit looks at fine food production in coastal Marin, from 1834 to today. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment.

415.868.0330.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Corte Madera Library

Robert Allen Fine Art

Through Jan 5, “Global Wand’ring…Bali and Back,” photos by Terry Peck brings the world to you. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery

Through Jan 15, “Reality, Memory & Fiction,” exhibit of paintings by Stephen Namara features people, objects and landscapes seen as snapshots of his life. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932.

Gallery Route One

Through Jan 22, “Tell Tales,” Madeline Nieto Hope’s repurposed art shows in the Center Gallery, while “The Inverness Almanac: Collective Retrospective” shows in the project space and Isis Hockenos’ “She Said She Said” shows in the annex. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Marin Community Foundation

Through Jan 13, “Om Prakash: Intuitive Nature,” renowned Indian artist’s abstract paintings display. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.

Through Dec 29, “Art of the Spirit,” 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment.

415.388.4331.

Through Jan 27, “Abstract Works on Canvas,” group exhibition features Beatrice Findlay, Jeffrey Long, Michael Moon, Richard Saba and Geoffrey Williams. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. MonFri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

Rustic Bakery

Through Jan 31, “California Colors,” plein air oil paintings

by Laura Culver boast vibrant colors and light. 2017 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larksput.

415.461.9900.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Dec 31, “Throckmorton’s December Art Show,” featuring works

by Stanley Goldstein and Liana Steinmetz. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY Amorim Cork America Through Jan 1, “Scott Gundersen Art Show,” the artist’s wine cork portraits are themed around recycling, his love for mosaics and his penchant for drinking red wine. 360 Devlin Rd, Napa.

707.224.6000.

di Rosa

Through May 28, “Based on a True Story,” exhibition illuminates the hidden stories and connections of Northern California art history spanning the last six decades. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10 to 6. 707.226.5991.

Napa Valley Museum

Through Jan 8, “Down the Rabbit Hole,” exhibit of innovative, independent video games includes 10 fully playable gaming stations featuring diverse indie games.

Through Jan 8, “Iconic Labels,” Anchor Brewing illustrator James Stitt displays drawings, prints and labels from his career in the Spotlight Gallery. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.944.0500.

Comedy Tuesday Night Live

Featuring comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

You’re Funny But You Don’t Look Jewish

Comedy show returns for an encore year with African American, Indian, Italian American and Vietnamese Jewish comedians Mike Capozzola, Gina Gold, Joe Nguyen and Samson Koletkar.

Dec 22, 8pm. $20-$35.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Events Chanukah Menorah Lighting

Grand celebration includes an eight-foot menorah, hot latkes, kosher hot dogs, crafts and activities, live music and community. Dec 26, 4pm. Free admission. Montgomery Village Shopping Center, 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

Chanukah on the River

Live music, traditional treats and special guest speakers come together with a grand menorah lighting on the river. Dec 27, 5pm. Petaluma Waterfront, Water St, Petaluma.

Christmas Eve Service Candlelight, stories, music and poetry. Dec 24, 7pm.

Community Congregational Church, 145 Rock Hill Dr, Tiburon.

Community Heals

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

800.796.6863.

Community Meditation Practice

Sitting and walking meditation with free instruction. Followed by tea and snacks. Sun, 9:30am. Free. Santa Rosa Shambhala Meditation Center, 855 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.4907.

CranioSacral System Screening

Explore whether you or your child could benefit from CranioSacral therapy to treat migraines, headaches, chronic neck and back pain and other body pain and tension. Wed, Dec 21, 10am. Free. Breathing Retraining Center, 12 Mitchell Blvd, San Rafael.

The Draped Figure

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

MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. 415.506.0137.

Fourth Night Hanukkah Celebration Connect with other families to nosh on latkes, listen to Hanukkah stories, enjoy crafts and play the dreidel game.

Dec 27, 4:30pm. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Holiday Horse & Carriage Rides

Bells will be ringing as you enjoy a ride in this favorite holiday tradition. Dec 24, 11am.

Railroad Square, Fourth and Wilson streets, Santa Rosa.

Holiday Wonderland Open House

Enjoy hot cider and cookies while taking in Sebastiani Theatre’s gorgeous decorations and listening to live music by Sean Carscadden.

Dec 26, 11am. Free admission.

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

Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour & Competition Stroll the shops around Sausalito and view elaborate, festively decorated gingerbread houses galore. Through Dec 30.

Downtown Sausalito, Caledonia Street, Sausalito.

Social Sunday

Ongoing community event

gives you something to interact with related to the gallery’s current artist, with demos and entertainment. 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.

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 Solstice Labyrinth Walk

Night of reflection and contemplation includes an indoor walking path, music and more. Dec 21, 6pm. Community Congregational Church, 145 Rock Hill Dr, Tiburon.

Wood, Fiber, Clay Pop-Up Shop

The shop offers unique holidays gifts and handcrafted items by independent makers, vintage finds, and sustainable, fair-trade goods made of natural materials. Through Dec 23. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.

Field Trips Bird Walk in Bodega Bay

Search the harbor, adjacent seas and woodlands for birds, including Doran County Park.

Led by Madrone Audubon Society. Wed, Dec 21, 8:30am.

Bodega Bay Harbor, East Shore Rd, Bodega Bay, madroneaudubon.org.

Birding Walk

Enjoy an easy stroll along the newly restored Hamilton wetland area and look for waterfowl, shorebirds and other wildlife. For ages 15 and up. Dec 22, 10am. Hamilton Wetlands Path, south end of Hanger Ave, Novato, marincountyparks.org.

Coho Salmon Creek Walk Tour

Explore the Lagunitas Creek

Family Nature Hike

Learn about Sugarloaf’s natural wonders and history during a peaceful walk in the park. Dec 26, 10am. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood.

707.833.5712.

Garden Volunteer Day

Sink your hands into the beautiful, rich soil at the OAEC’s garden and learn from the diversity of plant life.

Wed. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental.

707.874.1557.

Glen Ellen Green Tour

tea sandwiches, cookies and scones. Reservations are required. Through Dec 24. $25.

The Belrose, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. 415.902.5188.

Calistoga’s Winter in the Wineries

Purchase a passport to tour, taste wine and meet winemakers at several heralded wineries, both large and small, in and around the town at the top of Napa Valley. Through Feb 5, 2017. $50. Calistoga wineries, various locations, Calistoga, visitcalistoga.com.

Christmas Dinner at Spoonbar

Enjoy an amazing four-course holiday dinner. Dec 25, 3pm. $35-$75. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.7222.

Christmas Eve Afternoon Social

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

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

Sip on wine and enjoy bites in a relaxing afternoon gathering.

Dec 24, 2pm. Back Room Wines, 1000 Main St, Napa.

707.226.1378.

Winter Day Camp

Christmas Eve Dinner at Dry Creek Kitchen

Get the kids out of the house for a day of fun, learning and outdoor activity. Dec 28, 9am. $35. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. 707.833.5712.

Film Tampopo

Juzo Itami’s rapturous cult foodie-comedy returns to American screens for the first time in decades, in a new digital restoration. Dec 23. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.454.1222.

Food & Drink Aqus Veg Group

Monthly social mixer and meeting for vegetarians.

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

Belrose Holiday Tea Annual tradition includes a pot of fine tea, petit fours,

Christmas Eve Dining at Left Bank Brasserie

Holiday specials abound on the à la carte menu. Dec 24. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.

An exceptional four-course menu from recently-appointed Chef Scott Romano and his team Dec 24, 5:30pm. $74 and up. Dry Creek Kitchen, 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.431.0330.

Demystifying Wine & Food

Interactive discussions on pairings with delectable demonstrations. Sat-noon. $75.

Hall Winery, 401 St Helena Hwy S, St Helena. 707.967.2620.

Farmers Market at Long Meadow Ranch Fri, 9am and Sat-Sun, 11am.

Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.4555.

Friday Night Live

Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma.

707.996.0712.

Holiday Dinner

Enjoy sumptuous three course meal from a special seasonal menu of delights. Sat, Dec 24. $60-$65. The Spinster Sisters Restaurant, 401 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.7100.

Holiday Tea Service

A relaxing atmosphere for friends and family to enjoy festive bites and beverages.

Through Dec 23, 2pm.

Hotel Healdsburg, 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Holy Cannoli

The Italian delicacy–a rich combination of mascarpone and ricotta cheese, candied fruits and chocolate chips inside a crisp pastry shell– makes its annual debut at Costeaux. Advance orders recommended. Dec 24. 6 for $25. Costeaux French Bakery, 417 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Indian Valley Farm Stand

Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Sat, 10am.

College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato. 415.454.4554.

Lunch & Learn

Monthly resource for Napa Valley seniors includes lively educational activity and healthy lunch. Reservations required. Third Wed of every month, 11am. Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington St, Calistoga.

707.341.3185.

Sunday Supper

New weekly dinner series and etiquette class celebrates classic French cuisine that reflects the season. Sun, 4pm. $30-$45. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.927.3331.

Enjoy delicious themed buffet dinners with live music on hand. Fri. $7-$14. San Geronimo Golf Course, 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.4030.

Vintner Vinyl

Girl’s Night Out

West End Wednesdays

Happy hour lasts all night long, even for the guys.

Thurs. Bootlegger’s Lodge, 367 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

415.450.7186.

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Harvest Market

Tastings and tunes come together in the tap bar and restaurant. Mon, 6:30pm. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.

West End merchants offer wine, coffee and food tastings.

Wed, 5pm. Free. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa.

OF LOVE AND RAMEN Japanese comedy ‘Tampopo,’ one of the best foodie films ever made, returns in a magnificant restoration to the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael. See Film, below.

Wine Down Wednesday

Enjoy panoramic views while sipping wine and noshing on bites from popular food trucks.

Third Wed of every month, 5pm.

Provenance Vineyard, 1695 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford.

707.968.3633.

Wine Down Fridays & Wine Up Saturdays

Award-winning wines and delicious artisanal food are a perfect combination for relaxing after the work week.

Fri-Sat. Stephen & Walker Trust Winery Tasting Room, 243 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Wine Wednesdays

Wines by local vineyards, brews on tap, delicious bites and sweet treats. Wed, 4:30pm. $15.

Molinari Caffe, 828 Brown St, Napa. 707.927.3623.

For Kids American Canyon Library

Preschool storytime. Tues, 10:30am. Free. American Canyon Library, 3421 Broadway (Highway 29), American Canyon. 707.644.1136.

Bay Area Discovery Museum

Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.”

Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. Wed-Thurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing. Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery

Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd., Sausalito..

415.339.3900.

Belvedere-Tiburon Library

Mon at 10:30 and 11, songs and fingerplays for kids under two.

Wed at 11, toddler storytime; at 4, read-along program for ages seven and up. Mon. BelvedereTiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon. 415.789.2665.

Breakfast with Enzo

Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10 and 11. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley.

415.652.2474.

Carolyn Parr Nature Center

Learn about Napa County habitats and birds of prey through tours, dioramas, games, hands-on activities and books. Ongoing. Free.

Carolyn Parr Nature Center Museum, Westwood Hills Park, 3107 Browns Valley Rd, Napa.

707.255.6465.

Children’s Garden

Whimsical environments for kids’ exploration. Hours: Mon, noon to 4; Tues-Sun, 9 to 5.

Ongoing. Free. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. 707.933.3010.

Chops Teen Club

Hang-out spot for Santa Rosa teens ages 12 to 20 offers art studio and class, open gym, tech lounge, cafe, recording studio and film club. Hours for high schoolers: Mon-Thurs, 3 to 9; Fri, 3 to 11; Sat and school

holidays, noon to 11. For middle school kids: Mon-Fri, 3 to 7; Sat and school holidays, noon to 7. Film club meets Tues at 4. Ongoing. Membership, $5$10 per year. Chops Teen Club, 509 Adams St, Santa Rosa.

707.284.2467.

Holiday Show with Magician Mike Della Penna For ages four and up, enjoy holiday magic. Dec 28, 11am. Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.9004.

Messy Mucking About Every Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30, toddlers and their parents are invited to a drop-in, free-form art studio to create with paint, ceramics, collage, construction, found objects and feathers.

Sat. $15. Nimbus Arts, St Helena Marketplace, Ste 1-B, 3111 St Helena Hwy, St Helena.

707.965.5278.

Museum Mondays for Little Ones

Children ages one to five and their families are invited to enjoy storytime, arts, crafts and museum activities. Mon, 10am. through Feb 27. $5. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.579.4452.

Petaluma Library

Tues at 10, storytime for ages three to five; at 3, read to a specially trained dog from PAWS for Healing. Wed at 10, babytime; at 7, evening pajama storytime in Spanish and English. Fri at 10, storytime for toddlers. Sat at 4, parent-child reading group ) for second- and

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Samuel P Taylor State Park, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas, catie@tirn.net.

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707.763.9801.

Readers of the Pack A chance for new readers to get together. Tues-Sat. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma.

707.763.9801.

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Children six and up are welcome for horse- and stablerelated games and a casual dinner. Fri, 5:30pm. $20. Sunrise Stables, 1098 Lodi Lane, St Helena. 707.333.1509.

Self-Directed Teen Crafting Party Kids between 6th grade and 12th grade can hand sew a Pokeball, make duct tape wallets or do a bottle cap craft.

Sign up required. Dec 23, 10am.

Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd, Novato. 415.898.4623.

Lectures Adults Abused as Children Anonymous A safe and confidential place for healing in a nonsectarian setting. Thurs, 6:15pm. Free.

First United Methodist Church, 1551 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa.

Art Rising Workshop Local artists Gayle Madison and Lorrie Ragozzino lead.

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

707.762.3565.

Baba Harihar Ramji

The Pulsators New Year’s Eve

Redwood Cafe, Cotati Saturday December 31 Complimentary Champagne toast at Midnight

Doors 8:30PM / Show 9:15PM / 21+ Tickets: start at $25 / Prices will go up BrownPaperTickets.com

Babaji of Sonoma Yoga Ashram offers monthly satsang, “Living Fully in Each Moment.” Fourth Thurs at 7. Church of the Oaks, 160 W Sierra Ave, Cotati.

707.996.8915.

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.

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

Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.568.5381.

Disability Law Clinics CRI staff attorneys answer disability-related legal questions. First come, first served. Last Tues of every month, 10am-2pm. Free.

Community Resources for Independence, 1040 Main St, Ste 208, Napa. 707.258.0270.

eBook Help Get one-on-one help in downloading library eBooks to the Kindle, iPad and other devices. Call ahead to reserve a session. Thurs, 10am. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael. 415.473.6058.

Grow Clinic Weekly medicinal gardening clinic with master cultivators explores changing and seasonal topics. Wed. Free. Peace in Medicine, 6771 Sebastopol Ave, Hwy 12, Sebastopol.

707.823.4206.

The Last Words Steve Costa and Kate Levinson talk about their 14 years as the owners of Point Reyes Books in their last event before the store’s new owners take over Jan 1. Reservations required.

Dec 28, 7pm. Free. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

LGBT Senior Discussion Group Fourth Tues of every month, 1pm. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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.

Marin Speaker Series The best of today’s thought leaders appear in this annual subscription-based series running through April. Fourth Mon of every month. through Apr 3. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

Spanish Conversation Club Spanish language facilitators Carol Costa and Joe Cillo host a mix of beginning and intermediate conversational Spanish. Mon, 1pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael.

415.485.3323.

Readings Healdsburg Shed

Dec 21, 5:30pm, Shed’s Book Group, Drew Smith’s “Oyster: A Gastronomic History” is this month’s selection. 25 North St, Healdsburg 707.431.7433.

Point Reyes Books

Dec 21, 7pm, Annual Candlelight Winter Solstice, poets are invited to read their own poems or other poets’ work by candlelight on the theme of Wendell Berry’s “To Know the Dark.” Reservations required.

Free. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

Redwood Cafe

Dec 28, 6pm, Hanukkah Jewish Story Slam, share your Hanukkah stories and enjoy latkes. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868.

The Western Gate Teahouse

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

Theater Christmas Carol

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

Cirque de Noël

A festive holiday show from Le Cirque de Bohème presents joy and mystery of a Parisian-style circus of the 1920s with a mix of theater, music and circus sets.

Dec 23, 5 and 7:30pm. $25. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

The Magic Circle Cycle The newest piece in development by the Imaginists is in collaboration with musician and composer Kalei Yamanoha. Through Jan 1, 2017.

The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.528.7554.

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Bad Move

The ban on rural grows will backfire

BY BEN ADAMS

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he Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has essentially banned commercial growing in rural and agricultural residential zoned property. It is my belief that this includes the majority of Sonoma County cannabis farmers.

When I saw what the supervisors did, I couldn’t help but feel like Chevy Chase in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, when he learns that his Christmas bonus was a membership in the Jelly of the Month club. It’s not that I expected more, but it’s still a kick in the teeth. My complaint is that the county is killing a oncein-a-lifetime chance before it even gets started.

The made charge made by those who oppose modest gardens in these zones is that growing marijuana attracts crime. There are two flaws with this reasoning. First, the county and state requirements for grower security have yet to be determined, let alone tested. It’s

unknown how much these requirements could alleviate concerns over crime. Just as we didn’t see gangsters with tommy guns shooting up saloons after Prohibition ended, I expect that reasonable regulation of cannabis would reduce the crime associated with cannabis.

Second, this will backfire. People won’t stop growing. Most can’t.

This is unfortunate for many reasons. For both the growers and the community, the black market is not healthy. But, as I have written before, most people cannot go and buy five (or more) acres of prime agricultural land.

So what do people growing in these areas do now? First, they should carefully consider voting no on any tax measures the county wants to impose. A yes vote is probably a vote for one’s growing (and financial) extinction. Second, they should consider whether a rezoning or variance could be filed.

I’d contact a land-use attorney or permit company. Third, it is unclear at the time of this writing how long the county will give growers to come into compliance.

I expect most growers to continue into 2017. Many have signed leases and made commitments. Will that draw enforcement from the county or will it give a reasonable period of time for people to wrap up?

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not encouraging people to disregard any law. I’m merely expressing frustration that the county is still acting like it’s 1954 instead of 2016.

Cannabis is the fastest growing industry in the country and worth a fortune to Sonoma County.

If the county had banned growing in these areas because cannabis remains a federal crime or some other legitimate reason, it would at least have been honest.

As it is, its decision will not stop crime, increase tax revenue or stop growing.

Ben Adams is a local attorney who concentrates his practice on cannabis compliance and defense.

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Astrology For the week of December 21

ARIES (March 21–April 19) NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed jazz pianist and songwriter Robert Glasper, who has recorded nine albums, won a Grammy and collaborated with a range of great musicians.

Simon asked him if he had any frustrations—“grand ambitions” that people discouraged him from pursuing.

Glasper said yes. He’d really like to compose and sing hip-hop rhymes. But his band mates just won’t go along with him when he tries that stuff. I hope that Glasper, who’s an Aries, will read this horoscope and take heart from what I’m about to predict: In 2017, you may finally get a “Yes!” from people who have previously said “No!” to your grand ambitions.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

Humans have drunk hot tea for over two millennia. Chinese emperors were enjoying it as far back as the second century B.C. And yet it wasn’t until the 20th century that anyone dreamed up the idea of enclosing tea leaves in convenient one-serving bags to be efficiently brewed. I foresee you either generating or stumbling upon comparable breakthroughs in 2017, Taurus. Longrunning traditions or customs will undergo simple but dramatic transformations that streamline your life.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) “What you do is what counts and not what you had the intention of doing,” said Pablo Picasso. If I had to choose a single piece of advice to serve as your steady flame in 2017, it might be that quote. If you agree, I invite you to conduct this experiment: On the first day of each month, take a piece of paper and write down three key promises you’re making to yourself. Add a brief analysis of how well you have lived up to those promises in the previous four weeks. Then describe in strong language how you plan to better fulfill those promises in the coming four weeks.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) During the campaign for U.S. President in 1896, Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan traveled 18,000 miles as he made speeches all over the country. But the Republican candidate, William McKinley, never left his hometown of Canton, Ohio. He urged people to visit him if they wanted to hear what he had to say. The strategy worked. The speeches he delivered from the front porch of his house drew 750,000 attendees and played an important role in his election. I recommend a comparable approach for you in the coming months, Cancerian. Invoke all your attractive power as you invite interested parties to come see you and deal with you on your home turf.

LEO (July 23–August 22) “Poetry is a way of knowledge, but most poetry tells us what we already know,” writes Charles Simic. I would say the same thing about a lot of art, theater, film, music and fiction: too often it presents well-crafted repetitions of ideas we have heard before. In my astrological opinion, Leo, 2017 will be a time when you’ll need to rebel against that limitation. You will thrive by searching for sources that provide you with novel information and unique understandings. Simic says: “The poem I want to write is impossible: a stone that floats.” I say: Be on the lookout for stones that float.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) The Economist magazine reports that if someone wanted to transport $10 million in bills, he or she would have to use eight briefcases. Sadly, after evaluating your astrological omens for 2017, I’ve determined that you won’t ever have a need for that many. If you find yourself in a situation where you must carry bundles of money from one place to another, one suitcase will always be sufficient. But I also want to note that a sizable stash of cash can fit into a single suitcase. And it’s not out of the question that such a scenario could transpire for you in the coming months. In fact, I foresee a better chance for you to get richer quicker than I’ve seen in years.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22)

For a bald eagle in flight, feathers are crucial in maintaining balance. If it inadvertently loses a feather on one wing, it will purposely shed a comparable feather on the other wing. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this strategy has metaphorical meaning for

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your life in 2017. Do you want to soar with maximum grace and power? Would you like to ascend and dive, explore and scout, with ease and exuberance? Learn from the eagle’s instinctual wisdom.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

In August 2012, a group of tourists visited the Eldgja volcanic region in Iceland. After a while, they noticed that a fellow traveler was missing. Guides organized a search party, which worked well into the night trying to track down the lost woman. At 3am, one of the searchers suddenly realized that she herself was the missing person everyone was looking for. The misunderstanding had occurred many hours earlier because she had slipped away to change her clothes, and no one recognized her in her new garb. This is a good teaching story for you to meditate on in 2017, Scorpio. I’d love to see you change so much that you’re almost unrecognizable. And I’d love to see you help people go searching for the new you.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) In 2017, you will be at the peak of your ability to forge new alliances and deepen existing alliances. You’ll have a sixth sense for cultivating professional connections that can serve your noble ambitions for years to come. I encourage you to be alert for new possibilities that might be both useful for your career and invigorating for your social life. The words “work” and “fun” will belong together! To achieve the best results, formulate a clear vision of the community and support system you want.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Capricorn writer Edgar Allan Poe has been an important cultural influence. His work appears on many “must-read” lists of 19th-century American literature. But during the time he was alive, his bestselling book was not his famous poem “The Raven” or his short story “The Gold-Bug” or his novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.

Rather, it was The Conchologist’s First Book, a textbook about mollusk shells, which he didn’t actually write, but merely translated and edited. If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, 2017 will bring events to help ensure that your fate is different from Poe’s. I see the coming months as a time when your best talents will be seen and appreciated better than ever before.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) “My goal is to create a life that I don’t need a vacation from,” says motivational author Rob Hill Sr. That’s an implausible dream for most people. But in 2017, it will be less implausible than it has ever been for you Aquarians. I don’t guarantee that it will happen.

But there is a decent chance you’ll build a robust foundation for it, and thereby give yourself a head start that enables you to accomplish it by 2019. Here’s a tip on how to arouse and cultivate your motivation: Set an intention to drum up and seek out benevolent “shocks” that expand your concepts of who you are and what your life is about.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) The birds

known as winter wrens live in the Puget Sound area of Washington. They weigh barely half an ounce, and their plain brown coloring makes their appearance unremarkable. Yet they are the avian equivalents of the opera star Pavarotti. If they weighed as much as roosters, their call would be 10 times as strong as the rooster’s cock-a-doodle-doo. Their melodies are rich and complex; one song may have more than 300 notes. When in peak form, the birds can unleash cascades at the rate of 36 notes per second. I propose that we make the winter wren your spirit animal in 2017, Pisces. To a casual observer, you may not look like you can generate so much virtuosity and lyrical power.

But according to my analysis, you can.

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