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Poverty Stinks I was a maintenance supervisor as part of a low-income property management team, and I can tell you from experience that low income housing has become a de facto psychiatric ward, rehab center, retirement home and hospice all rolled into one. I was raised to judge a society based on how they treat the least among them, and Palm Inn (“Off the Streets,” Dec. 11) serves as further evidence of barbarism. It simply bridges the gap between official policy and grim

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Woman Up The recent marches, with thousands of women, men and children showing up in Santa Rosa and Sonoma, prompted me to do something I’ve been thinking about for months. And that is to write to the Bohemian about the lack of women in

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Vote with Your Feet Now that Donald Trump is president, it’s time for people trying to keep the government out of their minds by wearing tin or aluminum foil hats (TFHs) to remove their headgear and start wearing steel-tipped boots instead.

The TFHs never worked because the governmental access port into its citizens is not through their head but through their feet, and most aluminum foil is made by Reynolds or another corporate giant that is not going to sell a product that helps people maintain their independent thought, when independent thought is the only defense against being rounded up into a herd by a government controlled by those very corporations.

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MAKING NEWS A series of stories about campaign donations to Santa Rosa City Council candidates has drawn

legal fire from developer William Gallaher.

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Local developer files suit against ‘Press Democrat’ and SSU professor David McCuan BY TOM GOGOLA

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he Press Democrat is being sued for defamation by prominent Santa Rosa real estate developer William Gallaher and his son-in-law Scott Flater.

The Dec. 21 complaint, filed in Sonoma County Superior Court

by Santa Rosa attorney Michael Miller, stems from a series of

six articles that ran in the Press Democrat late last year which raised questions about donations made on behalf of a trio of Santa Rosa City Council candidates running for office in 2016. Two of the three candidates won their races.

The donations were independent expenditures, the paper reported, made possible through the Citizens United

Supreme Court ruling that allows for campaign spending beyond a Santa Rosa rule that limits individual contributions to candidates to $500.

The gist of the series of stories was that Gallaher is suspected to have funneled campaign cash—totaling about $195,000—to preferred candidates through his son-in-law, Flater, and an independent expenditure

campaign created by Flater.

The paper reported that Flater is married to Molly Flater, who is CEO of Oakmont Senior Living, which operates the sprawling Oakmont Village retirement community in Santa Rosa developed by her father.

The first in the series of stories

by Kevin McCallum ran on Oct. 20 during the height of a fevered campaign season that saw record amounts of cash flow into the Santa Rosa city council races.

McCallum reported that “Scott Flater, the son-in-law of politically active developer Bill Gallaher, recently reported spending nearly $40,000 to help support two other candidates—Jack Tibbetts and Ernesto Olivares. While he didn’t give the money directly to either candidate, the contributions raise questions about whether Flater or people close to him are exploiting gaps between state and city campaign finance laws that limit campaign contributions to $500 each but allow ‘major donors,’ such as Flater, to spend unlimited funds.”

The paper published another five stories about Flater and campaign contributions, capping off the series with a “what is to be done” story on Nov. 20 that surveyed local elected officials on their thoughts on the unlimited donations and how to address them in future elections—using the Flater-Gallaher storyline as the jump-off.

The defamation complaint names the Press Democrat, the corporate owners Sonoma Media Investments, reporter Kevin McCallum and Sonoma State University political scientist David McCuan as defendants (along with 20 unidentified John Does). The complaint seeks unspecified monetary damages and charges the paper with defamation, libel per se and portraying its clients in a false light.

The complaint followed a letter sent to McCallum and Press Democrat executive editor Catherine Barnett by Miller on Nov. 21 that demanded the paper retract six stories that he alleged contained defamatory comments against Gallaher and Flater.

same Oct. 28 report that the alleged bundling was part of “a pattern Gallaher has of ‘sprinkling money around’ to family members to maximize payments to—and potentially influence with— council candidates.”

McCuan went on to say that “Bill Gallaher uses his family as a shell game, and has for a long time in order to channel support to candidates of his liking. . . . It sounds to me what they have done is against the letter and intent of the law.”

‘The Press Democrat is being sued for fairly and accurately reporting on the source of 195K in political contributions.’

The defamation suit denies the premise of the Press Democrat series and McCuan’s assertion of illegality.

In his letter to the newspaper (a version was also sent to McCuan), Miller wrote, “The political contributions from Mr. Flater were made on his own and did not originate from Bill Gallaher.

Neither Mr. Flater nor Mr. Gallaher violated state campaign finance rules. Mr. Gallaher has never used anyone, including family members, to make political contributions on his behalf.” That language is more or less repeated in the defamation lawsuit that was filed after the paper declined to retract the articles and remove

them from the paper’s website.

The suit may have sprung from a potential journalistic danger zone that exists somewhere between two underlying conceits that appeared to drive the series of stories, beyond the basic follow-the-money backdrop: The first is, “That just doesn’t look right.” The second is, “Well, we wouldn’t put it past him.”

On the former point, the Press Democrat reported that the son-in-law of a successful local developer (who has ongoing business before the city council), after showing little apparent interest in local politics in previous elections, suddenly decided to start sending outsized sums of cash to three candidates’ campaigns—while identifying himself in disclosure reports only as a “homemaker.”

Meanwhile, Gallaher is looking for a green light on an everexpanding Elnoka project years in the making. No doubt, that just doesn’t look right.

But in raising the question about Gallaher’s “suspicious” role in the alleged laundering and bundling of independent expenditures, the paper never answered it. Neither Gallaher nor Flater responded to McCallum’s attempts to get them on the record about the contributions, a point highlighted in an email statement sent to the Bohemian

by San Francisco attorney Thomas Burke of the medialaw practice of Davis White Tremaine, which is representing the Press Democrat.

“The Press Democrat is being sued for fairly and accurately reporting on the source of 195K in political contributions to the City Council election,” Burke says. “As a part of its reporting, the newspaper made repeated efforts to interview Mr. Flater and Mr. Gallaher about the source of the contributions, but they repeatedly refused to comment.

The Press Democrat will vigorously defend its reporting on this matter of significant public interest.”

On Nov. 5, the paper reported that Chris Grabill, a local contractor, took matters in hand and reported Flater to the Fair

Political Practices Commission (FPPC), a state watchdog agency.

In its report on the filing of the Grabill complaint, the Press Democrat noted that Gallaher had been cleared of similar laundering-and-bundling charges in 2015 by the commission.

In that same story, McCuan also took a shot at the watchdog and said whatever they discovered wouldn’t come out until after the election, when it didn’t matter anymore, as he described the organization as “toothless and feckless.”

Spokesman for the FPPC Jay Wierenga cited the ongoing investigation and couldn’t answer any questions about it.

“Investigations, although not trying to sound trite, take the time they take,” he wrote in an email.

“It all depends on each case.

Generally speaking, about twothirds of all cases are concluded in 180 days and about 90 percent are concluded within a year.”

McCuan says via email that he can’t talk about the case on advice of counsel. The Sonoma State University public-affairs office was sent a set of questions, which included whether the university was paying for his lawyer.

“Dr. David McCuan is an esteemed member of our faculty and is valued for his breadth of contributions in the North Bay and beyond,” responded SSU spokesman Nicolas Grizzle in an email. “The University does not customarily comment on litigation. We can say on a broader level that Sonoma State safeguards the academic freedom of its faculty, including the extramural speech and opinions that our faculty members express as citizens.”

Miller says neither he nor his clients wished to comment. “[N]either my clients nor I wish to in any way litigate this matter through the press,” he wrote via email.

The parties will head to Superior Court April 25 for a case-management conference with Judge Nancy Case Shaffer in courtroom 16 at 3pm.

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When the paper didn’t retract the stories, they sued.

The complaint highlighted a Nov. 5 article that reported, “Mr. Flater’s spending spree . . . has telltale signs of someone who has agreed to act as a front man for other donors, allowing them to shield their political contributions and potential economic interests in the race from public view.”

McCuan was included in the complaint, and he was also sent a letter from Miller, partner at the Santa Rosa firm of Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz, for quotes he provided to the Press Democrat that furthered a running theme that Gallaher was likely the hidden hand behind the contributions. An Oct. 28 story highlighted ongoing donations from Flater, as it noted Gallaher’s work as a developer in Santa Rosa as “one of the city’s most successful developers.”

According to media reports and documents on file with the city of Santa Rosa, Gallaher is involved in a years-long negotiation with the city to build the “Elnoka” project on land adjacent to Oakmont Village. As it laid out its reporting on the Flater contributions, the Press Democrat reported that a proposed project comprising 447 units had already been rejected by the city. The latest updated Elnoka proposal, as first reported in the Kenwood Press, was submitted to the city last October and nearly doubles the proposed units to a 778-unit retirement community.

The Press Democrat noted that Gallaher, his wife, daughter and son-in-law all contributed the Santa Rosa legal limit of $500 to Tibbetts.

Tibbetts told the Press Democrat on Oct. 28 that he had never met Flater and believed that the donations were “part of a bundle” of contributions to other city council candidates. He told the paper the $62,675 Flater had by then spent on mailers and canvassing for him was “a disgusting amount of money to come into a local race,” even as he accepted the support.

Teeing off on the Tibbetts “bundling” assertion, McCuan told the Press Democrat in that

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Dining BEYOND BEEF Americans love hamburgers, but the search for more ecologically sound alternatives to factory-farmed meat has given rise to the meatless Impossible burger and other vegan substitutes.

Omnivorous What’s for dinner this year?

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ne issue poised to dominate 2017 is the place of meat in the modern human diet. The issue strikes at the core of our omnivorous nature, while tugging at our heart strings and challenging our intellects.

The more I learn about the impact the meat industry has on world hunger, our changing

BY ARI LEVAUX

climate and other facets of our environment, the more foolhardy and selfish eating animal products appears to be—unless, perhaps, you’re raising or hunting your own, or purchasing from a livestock operation that’s sensitive to its environmental footprint.

By contrast, consumer interest in the quality of life experienced by the animals that provide us their meat, organs and secretions has spiked. The likes of Walmart and McDonald’s are happy to

oblige, having pledged to phase out their use of chicken eggs that were laid in a cage. Whether the chickens are truly any better off is an open question.

Not coincidentally, 2016 was the year that the veggie burger came into its own, largely on the back of the Impossible Foods burger. This plant-based, umamirich patty sizzles and browns in the pan, and sheds plant-based red “blood” with each bite you take. Even the least apologetic of meat eaters surveyed have

admitted to respecting the Impossible burger, fortified with wheat and potato protein and lubed with coconut oil.

The fake-animal-product space has also exploded with the likes of vegan cheese alternatives made from cultured nuts, pink-hued fake shrimp and crab meat, nutand grain-based “milk” products like almond milk and soy milk, egg-free “mayo” and every kind of vegan substitute for eggs, chicken and most every other piece of flesh or fluid you can imagine.

It’s not just vegans who are into this stuff. Locavores, climatarians, ovo-lacto-paleo-bacon-vores and good old-fashioned omnivores are finding their way to animalproduct-free alternatives for entirely different reasons.

Me, I eat meat. Mostly wild game, for which I feel zero guilt, assuming the hunt goes well.

While I don’t avoid animal products as a rule, I do limit my intake of milk products. I know it isn’t cool to admit it, but I like soy milk. I like milk, too. And heavy cream. And cheese, though I long ago settled on mayonnaise as my go-to cheese alternative.

The various animal-product industries have not been pleased with these developments, and pushed back big-time in 2016.

Unilever, owner of the Hellmanns and Best Foods brands of mayo, took vegan-food processor Hampton Creek to court for using the word “mayo” on the label of its egg-free mayonnaise substitute, Just Mayo. The National Dairy Council attempted, and failed, to make it illegal to use the word “milk” to describe nut- and grainbased milk substitutes like soy or almond milk.

In 2016, public understanding and perceptions of fat continued to be turned inside out, especially saturated fat, which has long been assumed to be the culprit behind obesity and related ailments, like heart disease. Once practically unassailable, this position is now being openly questioned, as expert opinion is shifting to the

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camp that regards sugar as the primary dietary culprit behind obesity.

“Saturated fat” is a fancy way of saying “animal fat,” but with one big exception: a pair of oils, coconut and palm, derived from closely related tree species.

Saturated fats are increasingly understood to benefit brain health, as well as other crucial body functions. The relative merits of unsaturated fats, meanwhile—especially those found in grain-based oils like canola, safflower, sunflower and soy—seem to worsen the more we learn about omega-6 fatty acids, in which the grain-based oils are high.

And it isn’t clear that all meat is bad for the environment, either.

A vocal minority of ranchers are making the ecology-based case that certain landscapes can benefit from properly managed herds of certain ungulates. In the absence of buffalo and other native grazers, many ecosystems could spin out of control without tasty creatures like cows to fill that vital niche.

Rotational grazing, if done correctly, can result in healthier ecosystems and carbon sequestration, proponents claim.

It’s a compelling vision, but even if it’s true, the cattle-carrying capacity of the landscape is much less under rotational grazing than under traditional feedlots.

If the world were to make a dramatic switch to rotational grazing, it would mean a lot less meat to go around.

This could be the year of the fight over the legal definition of the word “burger.” It will be a year of glory and evolution for imperfect produce, and in celebrating the innate beauty of plant parts. But amid the angst, celebration and exploration of a plant-based diet, don’t be surprised if meat makes a little comeback too. The relative places of meat and plants in an omnivorous animal in a modern context will continue to be a fluid, evolving situation in 2017.

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s it too much to say that I found the guys at Hobo Wine Company down by the railroad tracks? Not really, because that’s exactly where I found them, doing some of the daily tasks of making wine on a gray and rainy January day in Roseland.

The last time we caught up with them was back in 2008 when winemaker Kenny Likitprakong opened shop in Downtown Wines, a Healdsburg tasting room that offered his Hobo, Banyan and Folk Machine labels in a hip setting to the soundtrack of vinyl records.

Since then, they closed the tasting room, shut down the wine club and retreated to an unmarked warehouse down by the railroad tracks in south Santa Rosa.

What went wrong? Nothing at all—that’s the paradox of Hobo, which appears to be going gangbusters, adding tens of

thousands of cases of production, several new labels and garnering multiple plaudits from the New York Times in the same year—all while eschewing the direct-toconsumer, hyperactively socialmedia model that marketing sirens warn is the only way to go in today’s wine market.

“I’ve never had a Facebook account,” admits Likitprakong, who grew up in Healdsburg and Santa Rosa, and even today looks like he just hopped off a skateboard in the 1990s. The intense self-promotion just didn’t suit the easygoing vintner.

True, Likitprakong’s wife does run a winery Facebook account, and Kenny dabbles in Instagram.

But the business model is as decidedly traditional, selling via distributers to restaurants and retailers, as the style of the wines— not traditional to the 2000s, “but of the ’70s and ’80s,” Likitprakong says, humbly qualifying, “not that I’ve had a lot of wines from the ’70s and ’80s.”

The already reasonable price of Folk Machine 2015 Antle Vineyard Pinot Noir ($30) has to be put in perspective of provenance; it’s from a parceled-off piece of the original Chalone vineyard, all Pommard clone, a new and bright, vaguely hay bale–scented sipper that’s got glory days ahead of it.

The Folk Machine 2015 White Light ($15) is a creamy but dry, fruit cocktail–flavored blend of mostly out-of-favor white grape varieties, while the Camp 2015 Sonoma County Merlot ($18) is a fifty-fifty blend of organically and biodynamically farmed grapes that, because of the winery’s very minimal use of new cooperage, delivers the fruity, puckery charm of the grape without making a big show of toasted oak.

Hobo Wine Company is open for tastings by appointment. Find the wines at Peter Lowell’s and Handline restaurants, Big John’s Market, Bottle Barn and soon Oliver’s Market.

707.887.0833.

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Timber Cove Lodge closed for a seven-month, top-to-bottom remodel last year.

New wave of Sonoma County hotels opening to meet rising demand BY FLORA TSAPOVSKY

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onoma County is famous for its great wine, natural scenery and low-key vibe, a contrast to the denser, glitzier wine country tourist attractions in Napa Valley. One other contrast to Napa: there aren’t as many boutique hotels to match the region’s growing reputation as a wine country destination.

While Sonoma County has plush hotels, they are few and far between.

But that looks like it’s about to change.

Last year there were several hotel openings and more are coming this year in the boutique niche characterized by the hotel’s small size,

attention to detail, elevated approach to hospitality and, yes, high prices.

According to Sonoma County Tourism, the county’s hotel tax-funded tourist bureau, there are 34 new hospitality developments in the works. While some are big-name projects from the likes of Holiday Inn and Marriott, the majority, from Healdsburg to Sonoma, are smaller, independent projects with a hundred rooms or less.

According to Tim Zahner, Sonoma County Tourism’s chief marketing officer, the average hotel occupancy in the county was almost 78 percent in 2016, “meaning 8 out of 10 hotels rooms were occupied every month.”

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“I’ve been definitely getting more calls this year, from private entrepreneurs as well as ‘boutique’ arms of established hotel chains,” he says.

Last year, tourism spending reached $1.82 billion, a significant increase from 2015.

“As more and more people discover Sonoma County, the need for unique lodging has been on the rise,” says Liza Hinman, chef and co-owner of the popular Spinster Sisters restaurant in Santa Rosa.

Her solution? A plan to open the Spinster Inn above the restaurant later this year. The inn will include nine rooms, as well as a pantry selling foods prepared by the Spinster Sisters kitchen.

Hinman says it’s time to offer a

chic alternative to Santa Rosa’s booming Airbnb market.

“Our inn is looking to provide a new option for a traveler who wants to stay somewhere a little different,” she says. “We feel like an inn is a natural extension of the hospitality business and will bring another dynamic to our neighborhood.”

Combining a restaurant with a boutique hotel is a national trend and has already proven to be successful in the case of another Sonoma County newcomer, SingleThread Restaurant & Inn. Five rooms sit atop the Michelinstars-bound, Japanese-inspired restaurant. Rooms include rarefied snacks and sweets from the kitchen, premium beverages as well as a range of breakfasts: Japanese, Persian or a vegetable frittata made with produce grown at the restaurant’s nearby farm.

All that pampering doesn’t come cheap. Rooms start at $800 a night.

Other projects in the works will stand alone as hotels. Michael Marino, the owner of California Wine Tours, is opening the Hawker House on a historic site on West Napa Street in Sonoma.

In Healdsburg, the Piazza Group is in the pre-construction phase of it its H3 Guesthouse. The hospitality company, which owns the Hotel Healdsburg and H2, is also developing the Hotel Sebastopol on the site of what was a tractor-supply business on the town’s plaza, a sign of the times if there ever was one. The hotel received final design approval from the city this month.

“Following 2008, it was very difficult to get hospitality financing,” says Circe Sher, a partner at Piazza Hospitality.

“A lot of projects were stalled or never started due to lack of available financing. With the improvement of the economy, more financing has become available, and many projects have restarted or gotten underway.”

Sher hopes its Guesthouse project will appeal to “younger, tech-friendly, eco-conscious, do-it-yourselfer types,” while in Sebastopol the aim is to “attract visitors interested in eco-tourism and agri-tourism, who will be taking advantage of Sebastopol’s unique location nearby many natural attractions, the great food and wine and healing community here.”

Meanwhile, several hotels have attempted to redefine themselves with remodels to appeal to the growing tide of tourists. Up Highway 1 north of Jenner, the venerable Timber

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HIGH THREAD COUNT SingleThread Restaurant offers five premium rooms at its inn above the two-month-old Healdsburg establishment.

Cove Resort underwent a topto-bottom renovation last year in an effort to freshen up its look and appeal to a new generation with a minimalist, Scandinavian-inspired redesign.

From the portable turntables and vintage vinyl in each room to the hand-embroidered pillows with uplifting messages, the vibe is certainly more millennialfriendly.

Last spring, the Hotel Petaluma’s courtyard and lobby underwent a major overhaul.

The lobby is now connected to a winetasting room hosted

by Barber Cellars and will soon include a bar operated by the newly opened Shuckery restaurant nearby.

“With the new owners stepping in in 2016, we’re really aiming to bring the hotel up to the standard of what travelers expect,” says

Dustin Groff, the hotel’s general manager.

Those travelers—the “younger generation and the socialmedia-savvy”—says Groff, are “interested in a unique experience of a modern yet historic hotel.”

Of course, the growth of pricey new hotels raises the specter of rising housing prices, which are already out of reach for many residents.

“There’s definitely a community discussion now about the ways tourism affects people’s lives in the county,” says Zahner. “Personally, I believe that, aside from the financial benefits, tourism also brings cultural and other assets that might not be originally cultivated by the community, and enriches it. I’m sure the positives will outweigh the negatives.”

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SWEAT & SWAGGER American roots orchestra the Dustbowl Revival perform songs from new album ‘With a Lampshade On’ on Thursday, Jan. 26, at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. See Clubs & Venues, p21.

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Dark & Stormy Snoopy was a real renaissance dog.

Besides being a WWI flying ace and a “cool Joe” college student, the lovable beagle from Peanuts is also a world-famous author, borrowing English novelist Edward BulwerLytton’s infamous opening line, “It was a dark and stormy night.” Starting this weekend, the Charles M Schulz Museum celebrates Snoopy’s love of literature with an exhibit that displays rarely seen books from Schulz’s personal library and highlights Peanuts comic strips where books and writing appear.

There’s also an interactive element on hand when “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night” opens on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. $5–$12. 707.579.4452.

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The fifth annual Sebastopol Guitar Festival once again celebrates America’s favorite instrument with concerts, classes, panel discussions and more. Headlining this year’s fest is Gypsy-jazz band the Black Market Trust, who combine Django Reinhardt’s fingerpicking style and the Beach Boys’ vocal harmonies for a fresh mix of music. Also on the bill is veteran guitarist Mike Dowling, who will lead a workshop in which he shares fingerpicking tricks and slide-guitar techniques. Local performers include Kevin Russell, Teja Gerken and others, who all contribute for a full day of festive music on Saturday, Jan. 28, at Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. Noon to 10pm. $28–$35. 707.823.1511.

With educational programming and year-round music instruction, the Napa Valley Music Associates have spent over two decades enriching the culture in the valley while developing young local talents. One of the associates’ most popular annual events returns this week with the Mozart in the Valley benefit concert performance, which helps keep the nonprofit organization’s scholarship fund thriving. Celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 261st birthday, the concert features San Francisco soprano vocalist Emily Thebaut leading a program of Mozart’s most famous operatic compositions on Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center, 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy., Napa, 707.256.7500. 3pm. $10–$25. napavalleymusicassociates.org.

The Sausalito Community Boating Center’s long-running Herring Celebration is switching things up this year with a film-centric event for 2017, while still offering delicious herring dishes from local restaurants. The award-winning film Of the Sea gets two screenings and features a talk with the local filmmakers behind it. A look at seafood and ocean sustainability, Of the Sea dives into the challenging and complex life on the waters and features several California fishermen.

For the herring enthusiast, Osteria Divino, Restaurant Angelino and others present dishes and Fort Point Beer Company and Dry Creek Vineyards pour libations. Get your Herring on Sunday, Jan. 29, at Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 11am. $40. cassgidley.org.

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HOMING IN After a schedule of international touring, Zoë Keating looks forward to coming home to play in Sonoma County.

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hart-topping musician and longtime Sonoma County resident Zoë Keating combines classical cello training and the latest technology to make her enthralling musical compositions.

Known as a one-womanorchestra, Keating takes a DIY approach to music, recording and releasing her albums without a

record label, and amassing over a million followers on social media through word-of-mouth and her performances.

This weekend, Keating takes the stage at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in an event that pairs her with Jad Abumrad, creator and host of the popular Radiolab program, for a music and spoken-word affair.

For Keating, the road began when she was eight years old, when found herself assigned the

cello in class because she was the tallest student. After completing a liberal arts program at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, she moved to San Francisco in the late 1990s to work in the emerging tech field and live in an artist-run warehouse space.

“It was the turn of the millennium, and it was a really creative environment,” says Keating.

Being surrounded by other like-minded artists who were

combining computer tech and musical performance inspired Keating to take her cello in a new amplified direction. “It was very organic and gradual,” she says.

Keating created original pieces using pedal-looping technology, which allowed her to layer cello melodies into an expansive and atmospheric music unlike anything else being produced at the time.

“I was lucky, it was right-place, right-time for me,” says Keating.

When she decided to release her debut solo EP in 2006, Keating shopped it to record labels but got zero positive feedback, so she released it herself the year iTunes opened its platform to independent artists. With the help of a little NPR coverage, her debut went to No. 1 on iTunes.

The upcoming performance is titled “Gut Churn,” in which Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad presents a narrative accompanied by Keating’s live, mostly improvised score that touches on “the idea of the feeling of fear leading to art,” Keating says.

Keating says she and host Jad Abumrad, with whom she’s collaborated since 2008, share so many similar sensibilities that for the upcoming performance they probably won’t even discuss the show until sound check. “We really trust each other.”

The Santa Rosa show is a welcome addition to Keating’s schedule of international touring that included a trip to the White House last October. “I like that I can go around the world and come back here,” she says of her home near Occidental. “This is my refuge.”

Zoë Keating and Jad Abumrad appear on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 8pm. $30–$40. 707.546.3600.

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ove, sex, acting and mathematics. It’s all a messy business.

Two new plays explore the sloppy intersection of sexual attraction and artistic (and/or scientific) pursuits. In Lauren Gunderson’s surreal 2010 drama Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight (Marin County’s Ross Valley Players), the real-life du Châtelet, an 18thcentury physicist and sometime lover of French playwright Voltaire, finally gets a chance to tell her little-known story.

Unfortunately, she’s just died.

“I’m not done!” cries the desperate Emilie (Robyn Grahn, charming yet strangely distant).

Offered a chance to relive her life, possibly getting to finish her book describing the life force as a mathematical equation, she finds that actually touching these memory-people leads to electric shock, so whenever her story gets

“physical,” she calls in a younger version of herself (Neiry Rojo) to handle all the kissing and groping.

Director Patricia Miller takes a bold (but unsuccessful) risk in casting Catherine Luedtke as Voltaire. Luedkte, first-rate, does everything she can, but the choice doesn’t work, taking an already over-analytical, convoluted story and pushing it further from the grasp of the audience’s emotions. Though the scientific stuff is frequently thrilling, the sexy parts—mainly men chasing women while shouting “Hoo-hoo-hoo”—is about as unsexy as a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Rating (out of 5): onsiderably sexier and more convincing—though so oddly structured as to require constant audience effort to absorb—is 6th Street Playhouse’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s Stage Kiss, directed with welcome farcical fury by Marty Pistone. Structured as a play-within-a-play (followed by another play-within-a-play), Strange Kiss introduces us to two ex-lovers, He and She (Edward McCloud and Jenifer Coté). The characters are thrown together in a very bad play, saddled with a cast of delightfully underachieving actors (Rusty Thompson, Lydia Revelos, Abbey Lee, all funny, plus an excellent Tim Kniffin), guided by their woefully unprepared director (Mollie Boice).

Stage Kiss contains a whole lot of kissing—some serious; some very, very funny—and it’s fun to watch the fake kissing lead to real kissing, then back again. Though ultimately somewhat pointless, vague and overly mean-spirited, Stage Kiss is an entertaining romp and an often clever comparison between the easy promises of love-struck fantasy and the hard but worthy work of achieving real love.

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‘Emilie’ runs Thursday–Sunday through Feb. 5 at Ross Valley Players.

30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross.

Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday–Saturday, 8pm; 2pm matinee, Sunday. $13–$26.

415.456.9555. ‘Stage Kiss’ runs Thursday–Sunday through Feb. 5 at 6th Street Playhouse. 52 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa. Friday–Saturday, 8pm; 2pm matinee, Sunday. $15–$38.

707.523.4185.

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irector John Lee Hancock has gone from Davy Crockett (The Alamo) to a greasier kind of pioneer with The Founder, the off-again, offagain-again story of Ray Kroc, the burger baron who franchised McDonald’s from the original owners, a pair of idealistic restaurateurs from San Bernardino.

Making the Golden Arches an interstate phenomenon, Kroc created the fast-food nation we live in today. Exuding gall and desperation, Michael Keaton plays Kroc with a Midwestern honk to his voice and a never-ending line of patter. Watching him get a series of doors slammed in his face and seeing him taking solace with a hip flask, it’s like Beetlejuice died and went to hell.

Keaton’s helmet-like forehead and barely repressed snarl suggest a deeper conception of Kroc’s climb. We’re supposed to grudgingly admire the nerve of the blinkered man, with his devotion to homilies, as when we see him alone in his motel room, listening to an LP of the “Press On” speech by Calvin Coolidge.

A squandered Laura Dern plays Kroc’s first wife, left alone all night while her husband works his territory. Dern’s effort only serves to reveal the thinness of the script.

The movie is a symphony of false notes, with very little atmosphere of the times. The Founder sells itself on Kroc’s patter about how America needed his Golden Arches—a wishywashy conception of this business giant that makes it look as if McDonald’s corporate headquarters had approved every scene.

Given the tepid material, it’s odd how choice the soundtrack is. Carter Burwell overlays solo piano for the small-town scenery.

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415.662.2219

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SONOMA COUNTY Black Violin

The duo who mix hip-hop and classical music are back by popular demand. Includes a pre-show discussion. Jan 26, 8pm. $25-$35. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Let’s Rock for the Kids

Benefit concert features local rockers Stone Cold Mollie, Spyralites and Rotten Tomatoes and raises funds for Social Advocates for Youth. Jan 28, 6pm. $10. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.

The Sebastopol Guitar Festival

Day of music includes Mike Dowling, the Black Market Trust, Doug Adamz, Teja Gerken, the Spin Cats, Solid Air and others. Jan 28, 12pm. $28-$35.

Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol.

707.823.1511.

Sonoma County Philharmonic

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Conductor Norman Gamboa and the philharmonic invite clarinetist Roy Zajac for a program titled “Pictures & Fairy Tales” that features Mozart and more. Jan 28, 7:30pm and Jan 29, 2pm. $10-$15. SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

MARIN COUNTY Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe

The electric jazz ensemble welcomes Phil Lesh to sit in with them for an intimate set in the Grate Room. Jan 27, 8pm. $35. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Lumanation

Marin’s rocking reggae outfit releases their debut album, “Place to Be,” with a show featuring two sets and special guests. Jan 29, 6pm. Free.

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

415.388.3850.

Marin Symphony

Conductor Alasdair Neale and the symphony

welcomes international violin phenomenon Midori for two concerts. Jan 27-28, 8pm. $15-$80. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800.

NAPA COUNTY Rick Astley

Famed ‘80s soul pop singer never lets you down live in concert. Jan 27, 8pm. $35-$55.

Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Eric Johnson

The celebrated Austin-based musician performs three nights of solo shows that highlight his work with acoustic guitar and piano. Jan 26-28, 6:30 and 9pm. $45-$55. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Mozart in Napa Valley

Napa Valley Music Associates presents the 22nd annual concert benefit in celebration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 261st birthday. Jan 29, 3pm. $10-$25. Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Napa.

707.256.7500.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe

Jan 26, Morton Davis. Jan 27, the Rains. Jan 28, Dave Hamilton and Michael Linder.

Jan 29, 2pm, Kenneth Roy Berry. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

The Big Easy

Jan 25, Wednesday Night Big Band. Jan 26, Rockin Johnny Burgin. Jan 27, Second Line and Traveling Soul. Jan 28, the Pulsators. Jan 31, Jaydub & Dino. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.4631.

Corkscrew Wine Bar

Jan 27, the Restless Sons. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

Dry Creek Kitchen

Jan 30, 6pm, Christian FoleyBeining and Tom Shader Duo. Jan 31, 6pm, Carlos Henrique Pereira and Tyler Harlow Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.0330.

Flamingo Lounge

Jan 27, Sugarfoot. Jan 28, Matt Aplin & the Midnight Band.

2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.8530.

Forestville Club

Jan 25, PWRHAUS with Horders and Marienro. 6250 Front St, Forestville. 707.887.2594.

Green Music Center

Jan 29, 3pm, the KalichsteinLaredo-Robinson Trio. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol Jan 27, Lantz Lazwell & the Vibe Tribe. Jan 28, Royal Jelly Jive and Marty O’Reilly. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Jan 27, Het Hat Club. Jan 28, Jeff Campbell. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Jasper O’Farrell’s

Jan 28, For My People and Kng Sprngs. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Jan 25, Erica Sunshine Lee. Jan 26, Travis Hayes. Jan 27, Sin Silver & the Avenue. Jan 28, Blue Lotus Band. Jan 29, Free Peoples. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro

Jan 26, Susan Sutton. Jan 27, Bruce Halbohm’s Blue Jazz Combo. Jan 28, Brulee. Jan 29, Karen Gallinger. Jan 31, Mac & Potter. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen

Jan 28, George Heagerty.

Jan 29, 4pm, Barbara Olney and friends. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

Jan 27, Ragtag Sullivan. Jan 28, Amy Wigton Trio. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre

Feb 1, Prof with Finding Novyon, Metasota and Willie Wonka. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Jan 28, SonoMusette. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

Phoenix Theater

Jan 28, Streetbreaker with Steel Trap and Strangeways.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Pongo’s Kitchen & Tap Jan 26, 6:30pm, Hannah Miller.

701 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. 707.774.5226.

Redwood Cafe

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Jan 28, Court ‘N Disaster.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Jan 28, Hot Club Swing.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Jan 26, Puree college night.

Jan 27, the Beautiful Questions.

Jan 28, Hot Grubb. Jan 30, the Blues Defenders pro jam.

Jan 31, open mic night with RoJo. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Jan 27, Blues Rocket. Jan 28, EveryDayFreak and the Publiquors. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY Fenix

Jan 25, pro blues jam. Jan 27, Sara Laine. Jan 28, Silver Moon Band. Jan 28, 6:30pm, the Novelists. Jan 31, Peter Anastos and Iter. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

HopMonk Novato

Jan 26, Metalachi. Jan 27, Pop Rocks. Jan 28, Osito.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Jan 25, Funkschway. Feb 1, Todos Santos. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

Muir Beach Community Center

Jan 27, Rockabilly night with Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces.

19 Seascape Dr, Muir Beach.

19 Broadway Club

and friends. Jan 26, Hope. Jan 27, Michael Aragon Quartet.

Jan 28, Fuzzy Slippers. Jan 29, Parts & Labor. Jan 30, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Jan 31, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Osher Marin JCC

Jan 28, Winter Nights Festival with Baba Ken Okulolo & the West African Highlights Band.

200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Osteria Divino

Jan 25, Jay Sanders Trio. Jan 26, Passion Habanera. Jan 27, Joe Warner Trio. Jan 28, Ian McArdle Trio. Jan 29, Barrio Manouche. Jan 31, Adam Shulman. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Jan 25, Charlie Docherty. Jan 26, C-JAM with Connie Ducey.

Jan 31, Rusty String Express.

4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Jan 25, the New Sneakers.

Jan 26, Mark’s Jam Sammich.

Jan 27, La Manadanga. Jan 28, Sucker MCs. Jan 30, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Jan 27, the LoWatters. Jan 28, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums with Miss Carmen Getit.

Jan 29, 4pm, Todos Santos.

1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s

Jan 27, Kimrea & Dreamdogs.

Jan 28, Tracy Rose Trio. Jan 29, Lilan Kane and James Harman.

250 Entrada Dr, Novato.

415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse

Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Jan 26, Countdown with Fred Ross.

Jan 27, the 7th Sons. Jan 29, 5pm, Orquesta Borinquen. Jan 31, Noel Jewkes and friends.

305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Jan 25, Blonde Sided. Jan 26, Eddie Neon Band. Jan 27, Mystic Roots. Jan 28, 5:30pm, Robby-Neal Gordon. Jan 28, 9pm, Verst & Bender. Jan 29, 4pm, Bayou Noir. Jan 29, 8pm, Blues Champions. Jan 30, open mic. Feb 1, 5pm, Buddy Owen Band. Feb 1, 8:30pm, the Damon LeGall Band.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

Servino Ristorante

No Name Bar

Spitfire Lounge

Jan 25, Robert Elmond Stone

Jan 27, Liza Silva & Voz do Brasil. 9 Main St, Tiburon.

415.435.2676.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Jan 26, Erica Sunshine Lee. Jan 27, Hunter & the Dirty Jacks.

Jan 28, Big Blu Soul Revue.

Jan 29, Naked Walrus. Jan 30, Epicenter Soundsystem reggae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Last Thursday of every month,

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

415.454.5551.

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Sweetwater Music Hall Jan 25, Barry Zito. Jan 26, the Dustbowl Revival with Quiles & Cloud. Jan 27, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe. Jan 28, Robert Earl Keen with David Luning. Sold-out. Jan 30, open mic with Austin DeLone. Jan 31, Adrianne Serna student concert. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

And Coming SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Terrapin Crossroads

Jan 25, Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family play 1977. Jan 26, San Geronimo with Scott Law. Jan 27, Top 40 Friday dance party.

Jan 29, 3pm, “Stories & Songs” with Phil Lesh & the Camp Terrapin Band. Jan 29, 7:30pm, Midnight North. Jan 30, Grateful Monday with Stu Allen and friends. Jan 31, Colonel & the Mermaids with Alex Koford.

100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

BRET MICHAELS

THE PARTY STARTS NOW TOUR

NAPA COUNTY Blue Note Napa

Jan 25, 7 and 9:30pm, tribute to Michael Brecker with Charged Particles. Jan 31, 6:30 and 9pm, locals night with Roem Baur. Feb 1-3, 7 and 9:30pm, Donald Harrison Quartet. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Napa Valley Opera House

Jan 25, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.226.7372.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1

ZEPPARELLA All Female Led Zep Powerhouse

ORIGINAL LINEUP

LA GUNS

APRIL 15

Feat: Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis Special Guests KINGSBOROUGH

Sat Feb 25 THE MOTHER HIPS | Sat Mar 4 THE SUN KINGS

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center Jan 28, A Cappella Extravaganza with Vocal Music Workshop. 100 California Dr, Yountville. 707.944.9900.

RaeSet

Jan 25, Howell Mountain Boys. Jan 27, Delta Blues with GretschKat. Jan 28, an evening with N2L. Jan 30, jazz lab.

3150 B Jefferson St, Napa.

707.666.9028.

Silo’s

Jan 25, Scott Pullman. Wed, 5pm, Mike Greensill’s evening jazz. Jan 26, King Washington with Matt Jaffe. Jan 27, SONA. Jan 28, the Killer Queens. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

ANIMAL HEALING ARTS Holistic Veterinary Medicine Integrative Wellness Care Over 18 years experience

Uva Trattoria

Jan 25, Tom Duarte. Jan 26, Le Hot Jazz. Jan 27, Gentlemen of Jazz. Jan 28, Party of Three. Jan 29, Duo Gadjo. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.

Dr. Lisa Pesch • Dr. Ilsi Medearis 5430 Commerce Blvd., Suite 1K, Rohnert Park AnimalHealingArts.net • 707.584.PETS (7387)

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Jan 26, Marshall House Project.

Jan 27, Guitar Festival PreShow. Jan 28, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Jan 28, 8:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo. Jan 30, Open Mic with DJ Loisaida.

8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

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Upcoming Concerts at Sebastopol Community Cultural Center

MaMuse

Arts Events Galleries

& The Bootleg Honeys Friday, January 27

RECEPTIONS Fifth Annual

Sebastopol Headliners

Guitar Festival

Mike Dowling and the Black Market Trust plus workshops & master guitar makers

Saturday, January 28

Songs of Audrey Auld performed by Nina Gerber, Pam Delgado and Jeri Jones Also Coming Soon

Sebastopol Talent Show — Feb 11

Tickets and Information: seb.org or 707-823-1511

FREE LOCAL LIVE MUSIC

OPEN MIC NIGHT

EVERY TUES AT 7PM WITH CENI THU JAN 26

MYSTIC ROOTS BAND + DOLLAR SHORT

$10/DOORS 8/SHOW 9/21+

FRI JAN 27

LANCE LAZWELL & THE VIBE TRIBE

$10/DOORS 8/SHOW 9/21+

SAT JAN 28

ROYAL JELLY JIVE MARTY O'REILLY

$12–$15/DOORS 8/SHOW 9/21+

MON JAN 30

MONDAY NIGHT EDUTAINMENT FEAT. ROCKER-T (JAH WARRIOR SHELTER HIFI)

$10/DOORS-SHOW 10/21+

FRI FEB 3

ANTHONY PRESTI AND THE TUSSLERS + JOHN COURAGE TRIO

$10–$15/DOORS 8/SHOW 8:45/21+

SAT FEB 4

SOL HORIZON

+ THE BLOODSTONES, BOB MARLEY DAY CELEBRATION $20/DOORS 8/SHOW 8:45/21+

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Osher Marin JCC, “Traces of Sepharad,” etchings by New York-based artist Marc Shanker are based on Judeo-Spanish proverbs and densely layered with meaning and cultural connections.

6:30pm. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael.

415.444.8000.

Jan 28

Friday, February 3

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Gallery Route One, “Beginnings,” juried group show features Northern California artists working in all media. 3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1347.

Feb 3

Chroma Gallery, “Art of the Figure,” art celebrates the timeless tradition of drawing the human figure. 5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.293.6051.

SONOMA COUNTY

Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.996.3115.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Jan 28-Sep 10, “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night,” explore the theme of writing in Peanuts through original cartoons and family-friendly activities.

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. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5.

707.579.4452.

Finley Community Center

Through Jan 26, “Alchemy + Stitches,” Kristin Meuser combines loves of chemistry and machinery in her fantastical art. Through Mar 2, “Ed Dechant: Art Through 70 Years,” the Bay Area artist shows off a lifetime of passion and pleasure. Reception, Jan 25 at 5pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Fulton Crossing

Through Jan 31, “January Art Show,” several artists open their working studios for a showing of their latest art.

Reception, Jan 20 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Through Feb 12, “Marvelous!” an international exhibit of collage, assemblage and other constructed works. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Gallery

Through Jan 29, “An Invitation to Imagine,” new folkloric paintings from artist Teri Sloat. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6.

707.829.7200.

Steele Lane Community Center

Through Feb 2, “Santa Rosa Photographic Society Members’ Show,” featuring photographs in a wide variety of styles and subjects.

Reception, Jan 18 at 4pm.

415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5.

707.543.3282.

Upstairs Art Gallery

Through Jan 29, “Sunrise in Sonoma County,” artist Laura Roney’s landscape paintings capture the first light of the day. Reception, Jan 14 at 2pm.

306 Center St, Healdsburg.

Sun-Thurs, 11 to 6; Fri-Sat, 11 to 9. 707.431.4214.

MARIN COUNTY Bay Model Visitor Center

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.

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.

Through Feb 25, “Fixed Landscapes,” sculptor Brian Andrews works with wood, employing traditional techniques to explore contemporary cultural issues.

Reception, Jan 21 at 1pm.

2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

Hammerfriar Gallery

Corte Madera Library

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi

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.

Art Museum of Sonoma County

Through Feb 26, “Sami Lange: Paintings & Drawings,” Lange’s works on paper, created by stitching together detailed drawings, give the appearance of intricate paper quilts. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

Hours vary. 707.795.9753.

Arts Guild of Sonoma

Through Jan 31, “Annual Invitational Exhibition,” Arts Guild of Sonoma kicks off its 40th anniversary year with this popular show. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-

Graton Gallery

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Through Feb 5, “Members’ Exhibition,” see an extraordinary array of art in several mediums shown without constraints of a theme.

130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Through Feb 10, “Corte Madera The Way it Was,” an exhibit of historical images shows Corte Madera from 1887 to 1960.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Marin Society of Artists

Through Feb 4, “Roadside Attractions,” a showing of unique 2D and 3D works.

Reception, Jan 22 at 2pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, Noon to 4pm. 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

Through Feb 19, “Hidden,” juried exhibition featuring the

Through Jan 26, “Annual Members’ Show,” O’Hanlon Gallery presents their members’ show with a special auxiliary show at the Mill Valley Community Center. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

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

Robert Allen Fine Art 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 Jan 31, Mary Black & Millicent Tomkins,” the two artists share wall pace and present their latest abstract encaustics and magical realism works of art. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Comedy 95476 Laughs

Crushers of Comedy host several standup comedians for a show benefitting Teen Services Sonoma. Jan 28, 7:30pm. $20-$30. Krug Event Center, 560 Second St West, Sonoma, crushersofcomedy. com.

Mort Sahl

Sahl takes the stage every week to deliver his legendary, take-no-prisoners wit. Thurs, 7pm. $20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

So Your Friends Think You’re Funny Amatuer comedy competition features 6 comedians going head to head. Jan 27, 8pm. $5. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

707.665.0260.

Sonoma Laughnights A comedy show from the people behind Sonoma

Tom Papa

The veteran standup star takes the stage to riff on family life and more. Jan 28, 8pm. $25$45. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

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.

Dance Alma del Tango Studio Ongoing, Swing Dance Classes, Learn East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop with instructor Jasmine Worrell.

Four-week sessions begin the first of every month. First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, Introduction to Argentine Tango, learn to dance like they do in Buenos Aires, no experience necessary. $18. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966.

Dance Palace

Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary.

503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.

Sol Studios Fairfax

Thursdays, 10:45am, Flamenco Dance Class, bring a shawl and join in the barefoot class. $9. 12 School St #12e, Fairfax 415.785.4861.

Events California Rare Fruit Growers Scion & Plant Exchange

Grafting and planting demonstration classes for beginners, plant cuttings available, custom trees created on the spot and more. Jan 28, 10am. $5. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

Caulbridge School Open House

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are welcomed to explore the school and meet with educators. RSVP to admin@ caulbridgeschool.org. Jan 28, 10am. Caulbridge School, 3025 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

415.481.1243.

Community Engagement Fair

A day-long exhibition of organizations and community groups from across the North Bay looking for volunteers and activists just like you. Jan 29, 12pm. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.545.4200.

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, Feb 1, 10am. Free. Breathing Retraining Center, 12 Mitchell Blvd, San Rafael.

Domestic Violence Advocate Training

Become an advocate over five day-long sessions, and make a difference in your community.

Jan 25-Feb 4. $300. Center for Domestic Peace, 734 A St, San Rafael.

Moon by Robyn Beattie, Ceramic

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Laughfest. Jan 28, 9pm. $16.

Pat’s Restaurant & Bar, 16236 Main St, Guerneville. A comedy show from the people behind Sonoma Laughfest. Jan 29, 8pm. $16. The Big Easy, 128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

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artists of MarinMOCA explores the concept of concealed or disguised imagery. Reception, Jan 14 at 5pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; SatSun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

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.

Heirloom Craft Hub

456 Tenth St, Santa Rosa • Tue–Sat 11–5 707.781.7070 • calabigallery.com

The co-host of RadioLab, Abumrad leads a fascinating discussion complimented

by Sonoma County musician Keating’s layer of sound.

Jan 28, 8pm. $30-$40.

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

707.546.3600.

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Johnny Mathis – The Voice of Romance Tour 2017 WED, FEBRUARY 15

RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles

Each evening includes instruction for a specific craft.

Last Thurs of every month. $5.

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

Jad Abumrad & Zoe Keating

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Mill Valley Wedding Fair

Dozens of exhibitors display their ideas for a perfect event.

Jan 28, 10am. Free. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

Monday Painting Group

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

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

415.506.0137.

Rare & Special Book Sale

Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael and San Anselmo libraries, with a member preview sale Friday evening and public sale through the weekend.

Jan 27-29. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael.

415.485.3323.

Sausalito Herring Celebration

Fundraiser for Sausalito Community Boating Center features local, awardwinning film “Of The Sea,” filmmaker Mischa Hedges in conversation about the film and local fisheries, and Sausalito restaurants providing tasty fresh herring dishes and beverages. Jan 29. $40.

Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, cassgidley.org.

Treasure Artist of the Year

Public is invited to Sonoma Cultural & Fine Arts Commission’s honoring of teacher and filmmaker Peter Hansen. RSVP required. Jan 25, 5:30pm. $20. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.933.2218.

Where Do We Go from Here?

Field Trips

history, things spiral out of control. Jan 28, 4 and 7pm. $10.

Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Afternoon Community Service

Screening of the film “Mortal is followed by a discussion that helps us live in the moment.

Benefits local nonprofit Final Passages. Jan 25, 6:30pm. $10.

Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Participate in center restoration projects. First Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon.

415.388.2524.

Alchemy of Tranquility Weekend Retreat

Open to anyone interested in self-exploration as well as psychotherapists interested in learning methods for exploring the multiple dimensions of the self. Jan 27-29. $375$425. Santa Sabina Center, 25 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael. www.ias.org.

Sunset Hike & Dine

Meet at parking area across from inn for two-hour hike on moderate-to-steep trails with midhike wine and cheese overlooking Pacific Ocean.

Last Sat of every month. $15.

Mountain Home Inn, 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley, RSVP. 415.331.0100.

Trekking the Model

Join a ranger-guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Jan 28, 1:30pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Wild About Mushrooms

Join George Riner for an exploration of the magnificent, moldy world of fungi. Jan 29, 10am. $20-$25. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, landpaths.org.

WWII in the Shadow of Mt Tam

Discussion on the election and its aftermath features representatives of local and county-wide groups who are organizing events and ongoing projects. Jan 31, 6:30pm. Free.

Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

A walking tour of the area surrounding the Bay Model lets you experience what life in the shipyards of WWII was like.

Jan 28, 10am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Works of Heart

Film

Enjoy bottomless mimosas, a delicious family-style brunch catered by the Sonoma Wine Shop/La Bodega Kitchen and exceptional artwork for sale.

Jan 29, 12pm. $75. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

The Brand New Testament

God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present-day Brussels, Belgium.

When she decides to re-write

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Let’s Talk About Death

Roadmap to Apartheid Documentary takes a close look at the apartheid comparison often used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jan 26, 7pm. Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.575.8902.

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Cameo’s film class series goes deep into the documentary about the life and legend of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Jan 31, 1pm. $10.

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

Food & Drink Advanced Mushroom Seminar

Join local mushroom expert George Riner for a day full of learning about the fascinating world of our fungi friends. Jan 28, 9am. $40. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. 707.833.5712.

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. $50. Calistoga wineries, various locations, Calistoga, visitcalistoga.com.

Roots of Change

The food and farming advocacy group hosts a dinner and conversation with Michael Ableman, founder of the largest urban farm in North America, and Naomi Starkman of Civil Eats. Jan 28, 6pm. $150.

Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Sonoma County Mega Challah Bake Over 100 cooks bakers come together for a celebration of the traditional Jewish bread.

Jan 26, 6:30pm. $18. Flamingo

WHO’S YOUR PAPA? Observational humor gets a touch of the weird from Tom

Papa at Napa’s Uptown Theatre on Jan. 28. See Comedy, p23.

Resort Hotel, 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Lectures 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.

eBook Help

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

The FHA’s New Reverse Mortgage & Planning for Quality Care

Learn the top things to consider when choosing how to maximize retirement income, pay for quality inhome or out-of-home care and more. Thurs, Jan 26, 11am. $35.

Redwood High School, 395 Doherty Dr, Larkspur.

George Lakoff

The cognitive scientist speaks about the election and what happened with the Democratic Party and its messaging.

Followed by a workshop. Jan 29, 2pm. $20-$55. Vintage House, 264 First St E, Sonoma.

707.939.2973.

Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art An illustrated lecture by museum docent LauraBeth

Nelson. Jan 31, 7pm. Free.

Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

The Marin Referral Network

landscapes of our lives and our communities. Jan 28, 1pm. $20-$40. Songbird Community Healing Center, 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.2398.

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.

Spanish Conversation Club

Myths & Facts About Hospice Care

Understanding the Conflict in Palestine & Israel

Hospice by the Bay presents an informal and informative discussion of what hospice care really is and how it works.

Jan 27, 12pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael. 415.473.6058.

Pet Portrait Workshop

Barbara Lawrence leads a painting workshop. Sat, 2pm. through Jan 28. $60/$190 all classes. Riley Street Art Supply, 1138 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.457.2787.

Photography at the Laguna

Two-part workshop with professional photographers Susan and Neil Silverman. Preregistration required. Sat, Jan 28, 8am. $95. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Remaining Empowered in a Changing World

Six speakers discuss how to navigate the ever-changing

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.

Teach-in with North Coast Coalition for Palestine presents a personal narrative of loss of human rights in Palestine and Israel and uncovers what the US media won’t tell you about the ongoing conflict.

Jan 30, 7pm. by donation.

Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.575.8902.

Unlocking the Mysteries of the Deep

Dirk Rosen highlights the remarkable success of California’s network of marine reserves in the Santa Barbara Channel Islands. Jan 31, 7pm. $5. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

Visions & Dreams

Conceptual photography workshop with renowned photographer and instructor Jeff Zaruba will dive deeper into dreams to create meaningful images. Jan 28,

9am. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley.

415.388.3569.

Mel Beach teaches a workshop on quilting with the sewing machine’s walking foot, hosted

by Mt Tam Quilt Guild. Jan 28, 10am. Aldersgate Methodist Church, #1 Wellbrock Heights, San Rafael.

Readings Belvedere-Tiburon Library

Jan 31, 7:30pm, “The Journey To Wealth” with James Demmert.

1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon 415.789.2665.

Book Passage

Jan 25, 7pm, “If Our Bodies Could Talk” with James Hamblin.

Jan 26, 7pm, “Whole30 Cookbook” with Melissa Hartwig & Danielle Walker. Jan 27, 7pm, “True South” with Jon Else. Jan 28, 11am, “Bodywise” with Dr Rachel Abrams. Jan 28, 1pm, “Unbound” with Steph Jagger. Jan 28, 4pm, “Santorini Caesars” with Jeffrey Siger. Jan 29, 4pm, “News of the World” with Paulette Jiles. Jan 30, 7pm, “If You Are There” with Susan Sherman. Jan 31, 7pm, “The Fifth Petal” with Brunonia Barry. Feb 1, 7pm, “The Tsar of Love and Techno” with Anthony Marra, launch event for One Book One Marin 2017. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Center for Spiritual Living

Jan 27, 7pm, “Ordinary Goodness” with Edward Viljoen.

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Healdsburg Copperfield’s Books

Jan 27, 6pm, “I Love You: Subject to the Following Terms and Conditions” with Erin Lyon, followed by wine reception at Thumbprint Cellars. 104 Matheson St, Healdsburg 707.433.9270.

Jan 26, 7pm, “Road to Sparta” with Dean Karnazes.

130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books

Jan 27, 7pm, “Lucky Boy” with Shanthi Sekaran. Jan 29, 2pm, “Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness & Humanity” with Dr Ronald Epstein. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

The Western Gate Teahouse

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

Theater The Clean House

Play about a housekeeper with aspirations towards comedy mixes humor and heartbreak in a whimsical look at class, comedy and the nature of love. Jan 27-Feb 12. $10-$25.

Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.

Emilie

Ross Valley Players welcomes Lauren Gunderson, a playwright in residence at Marin Theatre Company, to bring 18th century noblewoman Emilie du Châtelet to life in a night of theater you won’t soon forget. Through Feb 5. $10 and up. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

415.456.9555.

Evita

Sonoma Arts Live opens a season dedicated to “Women Who Dare” with a performance of the Broadway sensation about Eva Peron. Through Feb 5. $22-$32. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, sonomaartslive.org.

Family Matters

Healdsburg Shed

Jan 25, 5:30pm, Shed Book Group, Meet with other readers and discuss “The Third Plate”

by Dan Barber. 25 North St, Healdsburg 707.431.7433.

Off the Page Readers Theater presents its winter show all about families. Fri, Jan 27, 7pm. $10-$15. Mockingbird Books, 6932 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.824.0389. Off the Page Readers Theater presents its winter show all about families.

Jan 29, 7pm. $10-$15. Chroma Gallery, 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Many Rivers Books & Tea

In the Shadow of the Mountain

Jan 26, 7:30pm, “A Daoist Practice Journal” with Shifu Michael Rinaldini. 130 S Main St, Sebastopol 707.829.8871.

An original student musical about living in a county not unlike Marin. Jan 25-28. $5$10. Sir Francis Drake High

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School, 1327 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo.

A Little Night Music

Lucky Penny presents Stephen Sondheim’s stunning tour de force musical work that has forever entranced the world of theatre. Jan 27-Feb 12. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

707.266.6305.

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Readers’ Books

Murder at Joe’s Speakeasy

Get a Clue Productions presents an interactive murder-mystery dinner theater show set in the Roaring Twenties. Sat, Jan 28, 7pm. $68. Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor, getaclueproductions.com.

Native Son

Stage adaptation of Richard Wright’s famous protest novel gets a West Coast premiere.

Through Feb 12. $22-$60.

Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.5208.

Red Hot Mama

The acclaimed one-woman musical biography of entertainment legend Sophie Tucker comes alive with the sights and sounds of Broadway, vaudeville and Las Vegas nightclubs. Through Jan 29. $25-$40. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.

Stage Kiss

The charming and funny play about two actors with an amorous history cast as romantic leads in a 1930s melodrama makes its North Bay premiere. Through Feb 5. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.523.4185.

The Telltale Harp

Pegasus Theater Company’s first staged reading of the year is the backstage comedy exploring the competitive world of wedding harpists. Jan 29, 2pm. by donation. Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Rd, Graton.

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W

ith the passage of Proposition 64, Californians took a major step toward ending the war on drugs and repairing some of the damage inflicted on people’s lives by marijuana prohibition.

Although the most serious marijuana-related crimes, such as providing it to minors or attempting to smuggle pot across state lines, remain felonies under Proposition 64, most marijuanarelated misdemeanors and felonies have been reduced or altogether eliminated. These sweeping reductions in criminal penalties are retroactive, meaning past convictions for marijuana offenses reduced or eliminated under Proposition 64 can be reclassified on criminal records through the courts for free.

The Drug Policy Alliance is working at all levels to ensure that as many people as possible obtain relief under Proposition 64. To that

end, we have developed a new website, Myprop64.org, to serve as the hub for information on implementation of the law. Visitors can find specific steps to reclassify marijuana-related convictions, as well as links to the appropriate reclassification forms, free legal clinics and contact information for local courts and public defenders’ offices.

Individuals with prior marijuana convictions on their record, who are no longer in the criminal justice system, can apply to the court where they were convicted to have an offense reclassified as a misdemeanor, infraction or have it dismissed, no matter how old the conviction.

In general, the process for reclassification will not involve a hearing, but you should work with a legal clinic, lawyer or public defender to assist with the process.

After submitting your forms, the court may proceed without a hearing. In most counties, you will be notified by mail once the superior court has ordered and then recorded the reclassification.

Some counties may require that you return to court to learn the status of your application.

However, if there is a dispute and your application is denied, you will be entitled to a hearing.

Proposition 64 is a step toward undoing damage caused by the draconian and punitive policies born out of the war on drugs. By reducing and removing the criminal penalties for marijuana offenses, we are simultaneously reducing the barriers to employment and housing.

Moreover, we are creating opportunities for second chances by investing hundreds of millions of dollars of marijuana tax and licensing revenue into low-income communities that have been most negatively affected by the war on drugs.

Eunisses Hernandez is a policy associate at the Drug Policy Alliance.

Cat Packer is a policy coordinator at the Drug Policy Alliance.

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Critics Circle named Casey Affleck the Best Actor of the year for his role in the film Manchester by the Sea. In his acceptance speech at the award ceremony, Affleck gave a dramatic reading of quotes by David Edelstein, a prominent critic who has criticized his work. “Mumbly and mulish,” was one of Edelstein’s jabs about Affleck.

“Doesn’t have a lot of variety,” was another. A third: “Whenever I see Affleck’s name in a movie’s credits, you can expect a standard, genre B picture—slowed down and tarted up.” I suspect that in the coming weeks, Taurus, you may get a vindication comparable to Affleck’s. I suggest you have wicked fun with it, as he did.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) The roulette wheels at casinos in Monaco have 37 pockets. Eighteen are black, 18 are red, and one is green. On any particular spin, the ball has just less than half a chance of landing in a red or black pocket. But there was one night back in August of 1913, at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, when probability seemed inoperative. The little white ball kept landing on the black over and over again. Gamblers responded by increasingly placing heavy bets on red numbers.

They assumed the weird luck would soon change. But it didn’t until the 27th spin. (The odds of that happening were 136,823,184 to 1.) What does this have to do with you? I suspect you’re in a comparable situation—the equivalent of about 20 spins into an improbable streak.

My advice: Don’t bet on the red yet.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Born to a religious mother on July 8, 1839, John D. Rockefeller amassed a fortune in the oil industry. Even in comparison to modern billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, he’s the richest American who ever lived. “God gave me the money,” he said on numerous occasions. Now I’m going to borrow the spirit of Rockefeller’s motto for your use, Cancerian. Why? Because it’s likely you will be the recipient of blessings that prompt you to wonder if the Divine Wow is involved. One of these may indeed be financial in nature. (P.S.: Such boons are even more likely to transpire if you’re anchored in your sweet, dark wisdom and your holy, playful creativity.)

LEO (July 23–August 22) What influence do you need most in your life right now? Are you suffering because you lack a particular kind of help or teaching?

Would you benefit from having a certain connection that you have not yet figured out how to make? Is there a person or event that could heal you if you had a better understanding about how you need to be healed? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get useful answers to these questions—and then take action based on what you discover.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) The next two weeks will be a favorable time to kiss the feet of helpful allies, but not to kiss the butts of clever manipulators.

I also advise you to perform acts of generosity for those who will use your gifts intelligently, but not for those who will waste your blessings or treat you like a doormat. Here’s my third point: Consider returning to an old fork in the road where you made a wrong turn, and then making the correct turn this time. But if you do, be motivated by bright hope for a different future rather than by sludgy remorse for your error.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) In the beginning was the wild cabbage. Our ancestors found that it had great potential as food, and proceeded to domesticate it. Over the centuries, they used selective breeding to develop many further variations on the

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original. Kale and kohlrabi were the first to appear.

By the 15th century, cauliflower had been created.

Broccoli came along a hundred years later, followed

by Brussels sprouts. Today, there are at least 20 cultivars whose lineage can be traced back to the wild cabbage. In my astrological opinion, you Libras are in a wild cabbage phase of your long-term cycle. In the coming months you can and should do seminal work that will ultimately generate an abundance of useful derivatives.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

In 1733, workers finished building the New Cathedral in Salamanca, Spain. But if you go there today, you will see two seemingly modern elements on one facade: carvings of a helmeted astronaut and of a gargoyle licking an ice cream cone. These two characters were added by craftsmen who did renovations on the cathedral in 1992. I offer this vignette as metaphor for your life, Scorpio. It’s a favorable time to upgrade and refine an old structure in your life. And if you do take advantage of this opening, I suggest you add modern touches.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will be afforded opportunities to bend the rules in ways that could make life simpler, more pleasurable and more successful—or all of the above. To help you deal with the issue of whether these deviations would have integrity, I offer you these questions: Would bending the rules serve a higher good, not just your selfish desires? Is there an approach to bending the rules that may ultimately produce more compassionate results than not bending the rules? Could you actually get away with bending the rules, both in the sense of escaping punishment and also in the sense of being loyal to your own conscience?

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) I don’t necessarily guarantee that you will acquire paranormal powers in the coming weeks. I’m not saying that you will be able to foretell the future or eavesdrop on conversations from a half-mile away or transform water into whiskey-flavored coffee. But I do suspect that you will at least tap further into a unique personal ability that has been mostly just potential up until now. Or you may finally start using a resource that has been available for a long time. For best results, open your imagination to the possibility that you possess dormant magic.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) A London-based think tank does an annual study to determine which of the world’s countries offers the most freedom. The Legatum Institute measures indicators like civil liberties, social tolerance and the power to choose one’s destiny. The current champion is Luxembourg. Canada is in second place. France is 22nd, the U.S. is 26th, and Italy 27th. Since I’m hoping you will markedly enhance your own personal freedom in the coming months, you might want to consider moving to Luxembourg. If that’s not an option, what else could you do? The time is ripe to hatch your liberation plans.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

I love to see dumpsters that have been decorated by graffiti artists.

Right now there’s one by the side of a busy road that I often drive down. Its drab gray exterior has been transformed into a splash of cartoon images and scripts. Amid signatures that look like “Riot Goof” and “Breakfast Toys” and “Sky Blooms,” I can discern a ninja rhinoceros and a gold-crowned jaguar and an army of flying monkeys using squirt guns to douse a forest fire. I suspect it’s a perfect time for you to be inspired by this spectacle, Pisces. What dumpster-like situation could you beautify?

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Pioneer (pi•o•neer)

Noun: a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.

Synonyms: colonist, colonizer, explorer, trailblazer.

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l a c o L of As people have come to embrace the value of locally grown & made food and the value of shopping locally, we realize we’re part of the movement.

Studies have shown that a dollar spent at an independent retailer like Oliver’s can impact the local economy more than twice as many times as a dollar spent at one of the national supermarket chains. You can make a difference for our community every time you shop, because more of your dollar stays here, improving roads, parks, and creating more jobs.

PROUD TO BE LOCALLY Owned, Operated,

& Independent

SINCE 1988

9230 Old Redwood Highway • Windsor • 687-2050 | 546 E. Cotati Avenue • Cotati • 795-9501 | 560 Montecito Center • Santa Rosa • 537-7123 | 461 Stony Point Road • Santa Rosa • 284-3530