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Taxpayer Questions I totally agree with Peter Byrne’s legitimate questioning of the Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) as a complete waste of taxpayer money (Open Mic, March 1.)

If Jerry Threet needs nine paragraphs to justify and defend his newly formed organization (Letters, March 15), the questions are well-deserved.

To the common person, the fact that half of the total budget goes to one person is difficult to comprehend. His explanation for this is weak at best. In paragraph three, Threet wants us to know, and possibly feel sorry for him, that he “took a salary cut from $180,000” to his present $160,000 salary and $103,00 in benefits, totaling $263,000. His assistant receives $63,000 in salary and $59,000 in benefits for a total of $122,000. In the remaining paragraphs, Mr. Threet states what the agency has done to get set up, the “hundred” meetings held and, finally, what they can and cannot do, which

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included his reasons why the tragic Lopez murder cannot be examined by the IOLERO. I have never met Mr. Threet, nor do I know anything more about him except what has been written. I am sure he is a fine attorney, an honorable man and wants to do what is best for the community in which he resides by providing a link between the public and law enforcement. This interaction is desperately needed.

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response explaining and justifying the IOLERO’s existence has done more harm than good. My suggestion is to make the IOLERO website more user-friendly by breaking down the “investigations currently pending in our log” in an orderly manner so they can be clearly understood and followed from inception to completion. This will help taxpayers make up their own minds as to whether the IOLERO is worth the cost.

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Pave the Way After the rainiest winter in memory, many Marin and Sonoma county roads are in deplorable condition. The $65 million that the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has invested in pavement preservation during recent years has enabled 300 miles of welltraveled county roads to largely escape the storms’ ravages. We thank the supervisors for addressing the decades of neglect that transformed the county’s road system into one of the worst in California.

But we still desperately need funds to repair the 60 percent of the Sonoma County road system that remains in poor or failing condition. Marin County roads have similar problems.

Legislation designated as SB1 will eventually provide over $18 million and $7.8 million annually to fix Sonoma and Marin county roads, respectively. Our cities face similar challenges and will benefit greatly.

Of Marin and Sonoma county’s five legislators, only Assemblyman Marc Levine has not endorsed this proposed legislation. Save Our Sonoma Roads urges voters to contact Assemblyman Levine (Marc.Levine@asm.ca.gov) and insist that he support this vital legislation.

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nd so another rock ’n’ roll icon, Chuck Berry, has departed the stage. Along with Little Richard and James Brown, they seemed to individually integrate the music of the 1950s and ’60s that many young Americans were listening to. Race music, as it was called, lent itself to the blues and R&B, both rural and urban, but never quite crossed over to white audiences. When this triumvirate appeared, that glass ceiling of separation was shattered.

What made their music so appealing was not only the raw energy of the sound, but the visual theatricality onstage and on television. And although James Brown and Little Richard would be impossible to imitate because of their unique style, Chuck Berry was already garnering the attention of young musicians, both homegrown and across the pond in England, who listened, studied and stole his licks. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, one had to only look at the who’s who that imitated him.

The list is endless . . .

Not only was Chuck Berry an accomplished guitarist, he was also a fine lyricist and poet—he was a craftsman of tunes. He could tell a great story in three and a half minutes. With his steady voice and clear diction, his words simple and rhythmic, he painted the picture for you. Whether it was straight-ahead rockers (“Johnny B. Goode,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Sweet Little Sixteen”), odes to unfaithful women (“Maybelline,” “Nadine”), songs about the breakup and heartbreak of a family (“Memphis, Tennessee”) or the slow-tempo story of a young Cuban woman waiting on the docks for someone (“Havana Moon”), Chuck Berry easily guided you to the emotions he wanted you to feel, and you did! Before long you knew the melody and the words. What more can a songwriter ask for?

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DEBR IEFER FBI and SCSO Last week, the Bohemian reported on an intra-agency FBI electronic communication from Oct. 30, 2013 that showed the agency had quietly de-prioritized its involvement in the shooting of Andy Lopez by a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy. The FBI communiqué said that the agency had inadvertently opened a “full investigation” into the shooting on Oct. 25, and that an FBI higher-up had stepped in and reclassified their role as an “assessment”— the lowest tier of FBI priorities.

Lopez was killed on Oct. 23.

In response to a California Public Records Act request, the Sonoma County Counsel’s Office said on March 20 that there was no record of any communication between anyone in the county— including at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office or the District Attorney’s Office—and the FBI in the aftermath of the shooting.

ARRIVAL TIME SMART’s December debut has been pushed to ‘late spring’ due in part to defective crankshafts.

Waiting on a Train What are SMART delays costing taxpayers? BY CHRIS ROONEY

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ven the most ardent supporter of a commuter train linking Sonoma County to central Marin County has to be feeling a little skeptical these days.

The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) was supposed

to be shuttling passengers from Santa Rosa to San Rafael. But a December 2016 promise of service was postponed until “late spring.” There was also the promise that a voter-approved quarter-cent sales tax would cover all expenses. That’s not happening either.

Meanwhile, empty trains roll

up and down the North Bay, adding costs to an ambitious, $500 million build-out plan that’s growing more expensive by the day. How much is SMART laying out in payroll and other expenses since December? The agency won’t say. Public records requests from the Bohemian are pending.

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After our story came out last week, the county informed the Bohemian that the sheriff’s office had, in fact, found a record of communication between the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. The undated handwritten telephone-call note, reports Deputy County Counsel Petra Bruggisser, “may have occurred during the time frame specified in your request. The phone call pertained in part to another case, unrelated to the Lopez case, and general FBI contact information in officerinvolved shooting cases. …

The note simply reflects that the FBI informed the sheriff’s office about opening a case.

The sheriff’s office maintains that it had no involvement in the FBI’s investigation and no knowledge about the FBI’s internal administrative handling or classification of the case.”

The text of the note: “Associate [unclear] counselor. Open a case, civil rights case. Shooting.

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SMART ( 10 pages are meanwhile peppered with frustration from citizens weary of the delay: “Trains operating, yet still empty,” Jerry Gibson wrote on Facebook.

“Our tax dollars hard at work.”

Missy LePoint wrote: “SMART is dispensing advice on timemanagement? Hilarious. Just tell us the day that ‘late spring’ arrives, OK?” And a note from Michael Nelson spoke for longstanding opponents: “Stop, already, enough of this horse crap . . . hope the people that voted for this are happy.”

The train is still popular among the region’s political class, which has proposed it as a traffic-beating alternative along Highway 101. None of the elected officials who championed SMART have publicly wavered, despite delays and budget increases—not even Windsor mayor Deb Fudge. She’s been on the SMART district board since 2005, and in January was selected to head the board, notwithstanding the fact that the train is not scheduled to head her way for years—and nobody can say for sure how many.

Larkspur vice mayor Daniel Hillmer represents Marin County mayors and councilmembers on the SMART board. He’s pleased with the progress.

“SMART is performing according to the Measure Q requirements, has balanced budgets and is on schedule,” Hillmer says, referring to the Marin measure that partially funded the train in 2008. “SMART continues to make significant progress in preparation for passenger service to begin in the late spring.”

Hillmer’s on-time optimism doesn’t jibe with what voters were promised when Measure Q appeared on the ballot nine years ago—a fully operational train ferrying riders from Cloverdale to Larkspur by 2014, paid entirely by a quarter-cent sales tax.

SMART spokeswoman Jeanne Mariani-Belding notes that a late-game engine snafu caused the latest delay, as she concedes

that “federal and regional grants” had to be called upon to keep the project alive when it became clear that the voter-approved tax was not going to be enough to pay for the train.

Expenses keep mounting, a challenging situation which puts more pressure on SMART to deliver a service whose budget is contingent on ridership. Skeptics of SMART’s ticket-revenue note that maximum daily round-trip adult fare to ride the train’s entire route will be fixed at $23, and SMART is offering a slate of discount rates for regular commuters, seniors, youth and disabled passengers.

SMART’s funding has long been a challenge. Before Measure Q passed in 2008, Measure R in 2006 failed to earn the two-thirds majority of combined votes between Sonoma and Marin counties. With the most to gain from a train offsetting Highway 101 gridlock, about 70 percent of Sonoma County backed Measure R, but skeptical Marin County voters doomed the proposed quartercent tax to pay for SMART. SMART financing returned as Measure Q and incorporated bicycle paths into the mix. That helped nab it the endorsement of the Marin Bicycle Coalition, among the area’s more vocal activist groups. Marinites again failed to deliver two-thirds support, but overwhelming support in Sonoma County carried the day (the combined vote eclipsed the two-thirds threshold needed to pass it) and the $500 million SMART commuter train was born—with a then-projected completion date of late 2014 and a promise to link Cloverdale to Larkspur, eventually.

But 2008 was more than SMART’s birthday—it also marked the onset of the Great Recession. Citing the economy’s downturn, the SMART district’s revised plan delayed northern Sonoma County SMART service in Healdsburg and Windsor— even as residents there said they needed a commuter train. At the

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‘We will be working even harder, and target late spring 2017 as our beginning of passenger rail service.’

That fight was settled recently with the help of North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman and the Larkspur railroad extension was OK-ed with an expected opening in 2018. Down the road, SMART pledges it will stay true to the original plan. “Future expansion plans include Windsor, Healdsburg and Cloverdale, for a total of 70 miles,” said Mariani-Belding.

SMART critics said the new plan for a “future expansion” belied the original promise made to voters: a complete railway from Cloverdale to Larkspur by 2014. Those opponents complained that the faltering SMART project might have siphoned transportation funds needed for Sonoma and Marin county’s decimated rural roads since the agency tapped state and federal transportation grants. A Measure Q repeal push in 2011 failed and now the double-whammy of

disappointment: no train, and the roads are still terrible.

A faltering late-aughts economy also meant a decrease in tax revenues and pushed SMART’s opening to the end of 2016. But a July 2016 engine failure in a Toronto commutertrain system, which uses the same engine-car combination as SMART, pushed the opening into 2017, as all the SMART engines had to be replaced while SMART struggled to sort out problems with its warning systems.

“This new engine problem, and the need to complete our systemwide safety testing . . . has led me to the conclusion that beginning of passenger service by the end of 2016 is not advisable,” wrote SMART general manager Farhad Mansourian in an October 2016 memo to SMART’s board. “We will be working even harder, and target late spring 2017 as our beginning of passenger rail service.”

SMART worked with Cummins Inc., which supplied the train’s diesel engines, and Nippon Sharyo, which designed the trains, to fix a design flaw in the crankshaft, “and replace all 14 of our engines prior to service,” Mariani-Belding explained. The engines are under warranty, and the manufacturer is eating the cost. “Each engine weighs 2.7 tons, so this is no small feat.

The good news is that the work is right on schedule, and we now have 13 of the 14 engines replaced.”

She added that the system as a whole, which has also been beset with road-crossing issues up and down the current 43-mile line, is “in the home stretch of some important system-wide safety testing.” Those safety issues have also delayed a final signoff on the project by the Federal Railroad Administration.

The safety tests include the not-infrequent blaring of train horns, which have been met with complaints from residents near the tracks, an audible reminder that SMART is still not up and running.

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suppose you could say restaurants that offer veggie burgers as a meatless alternative to customers with beef cravings should be applauded for their efforts.

But most meatless burgers are awful. The frozen discs reheated on griddle tops generally taste of compressed wood pulp and aren’t worth the grease they were fried in.

But the times are changing, and so are the veggie burgers.

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of a vegetarian revolution with animal-free products like Hampton Creek’s Just Mayo (eggless mayonnaise made with vegetable proteins); Modern Meadow’s lab-grown meat (which poses an existential question for vegetarians: if no animals were killed to make it, is it OK to eat?); and now the Impossible Burger, a hugely popular product that looks and tastes a lot like ground beef because of the addition of an ingredient called heme.

Heme is an iron-rich molecule in blood that carries oxygen.

Turns out it’s also found in plants and yeast, which is where Impossible Foods gets its heme through a proprietary fermentation process. It’s the heme that makes Impossible Burgers “bleed” to the delight of former carnivores.

Superburger makes a fine burger from regular ground beef. Their burgers bleed the old fashioned way. Last week, they took yet another Best Of award for best burger in Sonoma County. Don’t look now, but the burger baron has gotten into the

fake-meat business, too, with the addition of the Imposter to its menu.

The vegan, non-GMO, glutenfree patty is produced by Missouri’s Hungry Planet, which calls it a Range-Free burger. It’s made with soy protein of the concentrated and isolated variety, some autolyzed yeast extract for a hit of umami savoriness, various vegetable gums for texture and a sprinkling of beet powder for color and a little red juice.

Would you mistake the Imposter for the real thing at Superburger? In appearance, yes.

The patty looks thoroughly meatlike, well browned and nubbly. It’s especially attractive, if no longer vegan, with a slice of cheddar cheese draped over it.

When eating an Imposter ($9, with cheese) side by side with one of Superburger’s burgers, however, as I did, the differences become apparent. The vegan patty is springy and moist, like a beef patty, but lacks the pleasantly fatty, uniquely beefy quality of, well, beef.

But it’s a far cry better than the first generation of Boca Burger– like fake meat-food pucks. Loaded up with pickles, red onion, lettuce and tomatoes and slathered with mustard, mayo and catsup, the Imposter will certainly satisfy most vegans, and even some carnivores observing Meatless Monday.

Are vegan burgers like the Imposter and Impossible Burger better for the planet?

Not necessarily. Both contain soy. Soybean agriculture can be destructive with its use of fertilizers and pesticides, and when forest is clear-cut for the crop as in places like Brazil.

On the other hand, properly managed, grass-fed cattle operations can improve soil and water quality while also pulling climate-warming carbon from the atmosphere back into the earth, (see this week’s cover story “Climate Solution,” p19).

But if you don’t like the idea of eating animals and prefer red beet powder to blood, the Imposter is the real thing.

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on German-Style beers (try the Uncle Jack’s kolsch or the Summer Altbier, when available) and California ales, Sonoma Springs Brewing Co. boasts a good-looking lineup of ales. 19449 Riverside Drive, Ste. 101, Sonoma. 707.938.7422. sonomaspringsbrewery.com.

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day on the river isn’t complete without a stop at Guerneville’s best (and only) brewery. Better yet, sip ale on the expansive patio overlooking the Russian River, and let those kayakers do all the work for you. 15045 River Road, Guerneville.

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Third Street Aleworks Third Street is sometimes overshadowed by a worldrenowned brewery just around the corner, but their Bombay rouge—a malty, drinkable IPA—can hold its own in a roomful of crowded beers. 610 Third St., Santa Rosa. 707.523.3060. thirdstreetaleworks.com.

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Mill Valley Beerworks If there is a beer heaven, it might look a little like this Mill Valley gem of a spot. An impressive draft list is well stocked with old and new favorites. 173 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415.888.8218. millvalleybeerworks.com.

Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant At Moylan’s, the

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Pizza Orgasmica & Brewing Company What goes together better than beer and pizza? Not much. Wash down a hefty slice of pepperoni with an Orgasmica kolsch, a cold-aged ale with a crisp, refreshing finish. 812 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.BEER. pizzaorrgasmica.com.

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Boasts a brewery built by Chuck Ankeny—the great-grandson of Adolf Hamms—this Napa mainstay has serious historical chops. Try the palate-altering Golden Thistle Very Bitter ale, and prepare to be amazed. 902 Main St., Napa. 707.258.2337. downtownjoes.com.

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Wedge Issue Bringing artisan cheese and beer together again BY JAMES KNIGHT

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small triangle of cheese lies on its mark on a tasting sheet. This is no ordinary, creamy yellowish wedge of cheese, nor does it merely sport a rustic rind or smell faintly of the farmyard.

This cheese looks like it was retrieved from the crypt.

Marbled gray-blue, it looks like it’s smoldering. This cheese needs a beer.

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It’s no everyday ale that stands up to Boonter’s Blue, which is actually a mild blue cheese in the Spanish Cabrales style, and is made from raw goat’s milk by Boonville’s Pennyroyal Farm. Still, this sample of dusty gray-blue, hazily marbled Boonter’s, gamy and earthy smelling, is about as far from the usual jack or cheddar served at beer joints as Miller Light is to Russian River Brewing’s Consecration ale.

Those two are a pretty good pairing, says certified cicerone Chris Munsey, who presented a seminar on cheese and beer pairing at the California Artisan Cheese Festival in Petaluma.

Indeed, the cheese brings out the wine and fruit notes in the sour dark ale, which is aged in Cabernet barrels with black currants, without losing its earthy appeal. So this is a good beer to pair with artisan cheese? Not with Fiscalini Farmstead’s bandaged-wrapped cheddar, which to my taste accentuates lactic off-flavors in the beer.

Munsey chose his pairings well, matching the cheddar with Calicraft Brewing’s the City IPA. That’s how a cicerone earns his keep—the designation basically means “beer somm.” Although he is employed by a Vermont creamery, Munsey lives in California, and promotes the idea that farmstead cheeses, which by definition are made with milk from the creamery’s own animals, ought to be enjoyed with “farmhouse” beer, which he more loosely defines as beer brewed “with a sense of place” or the inclusion of local ingredients.

There’s a place for lighter beer beside the cheese board, too.

A slice of Point Reyes Farmstead’s Toma, which is mild but more flavorful than standard jack, fills out a crisp, bright ale brewed with chamomile and orange peel instead of hops by Oakland’s Ale Industries.

If fancy beer and the lilting term “cicerone” cement your notion that craft brew has gone too far down the precious path toward the old Chardonnay and brie trope, relax—greasy nachos are not going out of style. You could also think about craft brew and artisan cheese as basically reinventions, with up-to-date equipment and fermentation science, of even older traditions—and flavors.

For beginners, regular old stouts are very versatile with cheese, says Munsey, particularly with cheddar, gouda and rich, creamy cheeses. Sometimes even Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt. Tam needs a beer.

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A Climate Solution

Local farmers sowing seeds of carbon farming BY STEPHANIE HILLER

HAPPY COW Stemple Creek Ranch

Paige Green

in Tomales showcases how ranching can be good for the climate.

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his year, the third warmest in recorded history, spring has come a month early, with regions all across the United States experiencing May temperatures in March. While warmer temperatures are welcome after a cold, wet winter, the cause is not.

Oceans are warming and rising, and last year was the fourth consecutive year of mass seal pup strandings along local beaches due to reduced populations of anchovies and sardines. Glaciers are melting and collapsing at record rates. Heat waves and fires are likely to threaten our placid summers. Worse disasters loom in our children’s future.

Despite what the Trump

administration says, climate change is here. As Naomi Klein pointed out in a 2011 article in The Nation, climate deniers know its consequences full well: addressing climate change means not only ending the flow of their black gold—it’s the end of their entire way of life.

“To lower global emissions,” she writes, “can only be done by radically reordering our

economic and political systems in many ways antithetical to their ‘free market belief system.”

Hence, oil companies have invested billions to convince much of the voting public that climate change is a hoax and accomplished the ultimate coup d’état with the installation of a like-minded government that will raise the temperature, and the consequences, even more.

But we still have a chance to pull back from our race to the edge. There is a climate-change solution that can take root at the local level which can actually reverse climate change by at least 40 percent. By changing the way

we grow food, we can actually draw down carbon from the atmosphere and put it to good use where it belongs: in the soil. Call it carbon farming.

Healthy Soils North Bay farmers have led the way with these techniques, and with the help of climate-advocacy groups, they won state support to promote a program that just might save the world.

The Healthy Soils Initiative, launched Jan. 11 in Sacramento by the National Resource Conservation Service and the California Department of ) 20 Agriculture, encourages

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farmers to adopt carbon-friendly farming methods by offering grants and training assistance. Grant applications will be accepted later this spring.

Judging from the number of people who turned out for the September Healthy Soils Summit— over 200 for the conference itself and many more via webcast— interest in this carbon-friendly “regenerative” soil-management program is growing. It can’t come too soon: the very existence of topsoil is at risk.

The World Wildlife Fund reports that over half the topsoil worldwide has been lost over the past 150 years, mostly due to industrial agriculture. Some sources say the loss is more like 70 percent. It’s possible that in 60 years, the topsoil on heavily grazed and monocropped farmlands will be gone, leaving nothing but an impervious layer of hardpan in its place, conditions that led to the Dust Bowl phenomenon in parts of the United States and Canada in the 1930s. Without its thin skin of topsoil, fertile land turns to desert, a process that has been accelerating all over the world in large part because of intensive industrial agriculture.

But David Runsten, policy director of the California Association of Family Farmers, says agriculture can be part of the solution. He began working with the California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN), a nonprofit that advocates for climate-friendly agricultural policy, in 2009 to get state officials to embrace carbon farming.

“Finally, the governor said he would support Healthy Soils,” says Runsten.

The legislation passed last summer and allocates $7.5 million for the program, $3 million for demonstration projects and up to $4 million in grants of up to $25,000.

Gov. Brown is sold on the program.

He originally asked for $20 million once he embraced the idea.

Funding for the program comes from the California Air Resources Board’s cap-and-trade program.

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FARMING CARBON In addition to growing a diverse crop of vegetables, Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser’s Singing Frogs Farm in Sebastopol helps pull carbon out of the atmosphere.

program generates money from big emitters who are required to buy permits to emit greenhouse gases, says Renata Brillinger, executive director of CalCAN. “The Legislature and the governor decide how much [of that] money to spend and on what. It’s billions of dollars that we can influence through a democratic process,” she says.

Healthy Soils projects must be directly linked to climate change, she says. “Farmers are getting money to do things on their farm that draws down carbon or reduces emissions. It is the only source of funding in the United States that will pay farmers to do that.”

One of the pioneers of carbon farming is the Marin Carbon Project (MCP). The nonprofit took it upon itself to provide scientific evidence to substantiate the benefits of carbon farming. Working in concert with Whendee Silver, professor of ecosystem ecology

at UC Berkeley, the MCP found that adding a half-inch of compost to the soil increased soil carbon by one ton, or 40 percent, per hectare.

Most dazzling was the discovery that the amount continued to increase by the same rate year after year without adding more compost. This research demonstrated that carbon farming “can improve onfarm productivity and viability, enhance ecosystem functions and stop and reverse climate change,” explains Torri Estrada, executive director of the Carbon Cycle Institute, a Petaluma-based organization partnered with the MCP.

The Carbon Cycle Plants sequester carbon from atmospheric CO2 by photosynthesis, using the airborne carbon to create carbohydrates and relaying the excess sugars to microbes in the soil. In turn, microbes

return carbon to the soil. The more microbes, the more carbon is taken up, the stronger the roots and the more productive and resilient the plant. Adding organic matter to the soil feeds the fungi and bacteria, and enhances the effect.

In addition to providing fertility to the plants, microbes release a protein called glomalin, which makes soil clump together. Healthy soil, which holds more microbes per teaspoon than there are people on the planet, is porous, so it holds water more efficiently.

It also keeps pests at bay, while nourishing earthworms, who enrich the soil with their castings. Keeping the land covered with some form of plant material, or even mulch, protects it from erosion and keeps the carbon from going back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

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the atmosphere and retained in the soil.

“Some scientists have projected that 75 to 100 parts per million of CO2 could be drawn out of the atmosphere over the next century if existing farms, pastures and forestry systems were managed to maximize carbon sequestration,” reports Michael Pollan in a 2015 story in the Washington Post.

“That’s significant, when you consider that CO2 levels passed 400 ppm this spring. Scientists agree that the safe level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 350 ppm.

At the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, the French government proposed that all nations sign on to its “4 Pour 1000 Initiative” (four per 1,000), based on the belief that if soil carbon were increased worldwide by .4 percent, climate change could be reversed.

“A small amount,” comments MCP founder Jeff Creque, “but if everyone did it, the greenhouse gas problem would be solved.”

How long the carbon remains in the soil depends mainly on what happens afterward, Creque explains. “If you go in and plow, the carbon will go back into the atmosphere,” because “tillage breaks up the root systems that disperse the carbon to the microbes in the soil.”

Reducing or eliminating tillage is one of the three basic carbon farming techniques, says Creque, one that’s emphasized in the Healthy Soils Initiative. Research has found that two-thirds of soil carbon is released into the atmosphere through poor soil management, mostly tillage.

Local Solutions Farmers Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser met in the Peace Corps in Africa where Paul taught farmers how to revitalize desertified ecosystems through agroforestry. The Kaisers are now in their 11th year at Singing Frogs Farm in Sebastopol. When they bought the property 10 years ago, it had been lightly farmed according to standard practice.

“There were no nutrients or

organic matter in the light, sandy soil,” says Paul Kaiser. “It didn’t hold water and turned to concrete in summer.”

They began with standard organic farming techniques, “which we understood to be the best method,” he says, but they quickly found that it wasn’t sufficient. Plowing and tilling produced only one crop per year.

“We couldn’t pay the mortgage.”

One day in 2004, Deborah Koons Garcia, who was making the film, Symphony of the Soil, visited the farm.

“She wanted shots of earthworms,” says Kaiser, “but there were none in the beds that we had rototilled. But the beds that hadn’t been tilled were chock-full.”

Not only were there earthworms, but, as they later learned, there were microbes that help plants consume carbon. The Kaisers began to read everything they could find on innovative farming methods. Seeking ways to improve the soil to produce more than one crop, they incorporated three key practices recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support healthy soils: disturb the soil as little as possible (no tillage); keep the ground covered at all times, with green growing plants whenever possible; and encourage species diversity on the farm.

Now, with no tillage, no amendments except compost, and with minimal irrigation, the three-acre farm grows more than a hundred varieties of produce for its CSA and farmers markets, and grosses $100,000 per acre per year.

It’s been a very wet winter, but due to the farm’s superior water retention, the land didn’t flood like some other farms in the neighborhood. Singing Frogs Farm has been growing a dozen different vegetables for its customers through the winter, says Kaiser, who plans on sharing his methods with the California Association of Family Farmers and its network of small farms.

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Getting the Word Out

The national network of Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs), governmental entities that provide technical assistance and tools to manage and protect land and water resources, came into being during the Dust Bowl era. There are more than 3,000 RCDs in the country.

“Soil health has been our focus for 75 years,” says Brittany Jensen, executive director of the Gold Ridge RCD in Sebastopol.

“After the Marin Carbon Project brought to light how you could increase soil carbon with the application of compost, we shifted our emphasis,” says Jensen, “developing carbon farm plans for farmers and ranches with the extra lens of how we increase carbon and more planned grazing.”

Jensen says one of the most powerful ways of drawing down carbon is planting trees in riparian corridors. The RCD also helps farmers plant windrows, trees to block the wind and increase forage productivity. The Gold Ridge RCD is working with other RCDs on the North Coast to develop practices for various crops, including grapes.

What about home gardeners?

The same principles apply, says Jensen. “It gets back to holistic landscaping. Plant more bushes and trees, don’t disturb the soil, perhaps take out that driveway and replace it with a more porous surface, make your own compost . . .”

According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “a large fraction of anthropogenic climate change resulting from CO2 emissions is irreversible . . . except in the case of a large net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere over a sustained period” (emphasis mine).

While the Trump administration denies climate change, California’s science- and marketbacked Healthy Soils Initiative offers a viable way forward.

While the state’s Healthy Soils Initiative will help recruit more carbon farmers, getting growers to see the financial and environmental benefits remains a challenge. But a nearly 90-yearold federal agency may help spread the word.

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greenhouse gas. But raising livestock can be beneficial to the climate. Rotational grazing allows animals to munch a variety of grasses; as they’re moved to other pastures, they deposit manure along the way that strengthens carbon sequestering plants.

Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales is one of three MCP demonstration farms. One day last spring, rancher Loren Poncia drove me out into the pasture to see his “happy cows,” who came bounding through the tall green grasses to greet us. They frolicked with one another, their fine black coats gleaming in the sun.

Stemple Creek had been using a number of best-practice techniques on the ranch before the MCP invited the ranch to be a test case for its compost study. Poncia’s father had begun the practice of planting dozens of trees, thereby creating windbreaks and inviting many new species of wildlife to take up residence, especially birds.

Poncia is particularly proud of his “duck tubes,” which are placed in the pond each spring. These sturdy nests, made from wire netting stuffed with natural forage, provide safe nesting habitat for the wild mallards that visit.

Stemple Creek’s cattle are all grass-fed. They consume no grain.

Grass is better for the animals because it is the natural diet of ruminants, whereas feeding cattle grain produced intestinal distress—and lots of climatewarming methane gas.

Poncia’s beef is sold at some local Whole Foods and at select markets throughout the state.

The ranch is doing so well that Poncia has been able to give up his “day job” selling animal pharmaceuticals to veterinarians.

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Beatles fans can get pretty obsessive, but few get as detailed and entertaining as composer and producer Scott Freiman, creator of the popular Deconstructing the Beatles series of multimedia talks.

This week, Frieman takes the audience on a trip through the Beatles’ acclaimed 1966 album Revolver. Learn the groundbreaking recording techniques used in the studio and explore the album’s cultural significance with Frieman on Thursday, March 30, at Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol. 1pm and 7pm. 707.525.4840.

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Pianist and composer Kari Ikonen is one of Finland’s top performers and has built an international following through his work with afropop jazz group Trio Toffa, electro-acoustic improv outfit Gnomus and in his own jazz trio. In 2013, he received Finland’s Yrjö Award for jazz musician of the year. Also a music professor, Ikonen is currently touring the West Coast, and he lands in Napa this week to lead a workshop at Napa Valley High School before taking the stage on Friday, March 31, at Silo’s, 530 Main St., Napa. 8pm. $20–$25. 707.251.5833.

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Outrageous Celebration

In the history of creative muses, few match the remarkable effect that Viennese-born Alma Mahler had on the world of art and music.

Mahler was no ordinary muse; she was an Outrageous Muse. This week, Mahler’s influence on her husbands—composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius and novelist Franz Werfel—and her exploits both in Europe and America, is recounted by Santa Rosa Symphony music historian Kayleen Asbo. In addition, classical works sung by celebrated contralto Karen Clark, paintings Mahler inspired and wine will all be part of the event on Friday, March 31, at Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St., Petaluma. 8pm. $30–$40.

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The Napa Valley Vine Trail is connecting the communities in the valley with a 47-mile walking and biking path set to run from Vallejo's Ferry Terminal to Mount St. Helena in Calistoga. Last October, the first 12-mile section opened between Yountville and Napa. To keep it up, the trail needs a little help. That’s the purpose behind the upcoming Pedal & Party fundraiser that includes a 30-mile bike ride led by RIDE Napa Valley. Breakfast and a tune-up from Calistoga Bikeshop gets you ready to roll, and a wine-and-dine afternoon rewards your workout on Sunday, April 2, at Clif Family Winery, 709 main St., St. Helena. 8am. $60. 707.968.0625.

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ENGAGE! Napa Valley Arts in April opens with a weekend of artists showing work at the ENGAGE Art Fair.

Art for All

Arts Council of Napa Valley goes grassroots in reinvention of annual art forum BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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ow in its seventh year, Napa Valley Arts in April is the county’s annual monthlong showcase of arts and events that highlights local talent amid world-class exhibitions.

Produced by the Arts Council Napa Valley, Arts in April is changing the script for this year’s offerings and collaborating

directly with community partners in each town in the valley—American Canyon, Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga—to bring art directly to the people with programming that’s largely free, family-friendly and accessible to all.

“We invited all of the arts and cultural stakeholders that we knew in each town,” says Arts in April producer Danielle Smith.

“And told them, ‘We think it's important to create programming

that reflects the unique culture of your town.’”

With that in mind, the upcoming schedule of events embraces each town’s cultural personality. For example, Arts in April kicks off the month with a four-day grassroots celebration, “Sarafornia: The Arts of Calistoga,” that honors the town’s bohemian spirit.

Throughout the weekend, the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga will house the ENGAGE Art Fair, an interactive way to

meet dozens of local artists and see them working in an eclectic environment of creativity. In addition, the exhibition “Flower Bomb” at T-Vine Winery features several local florists pairing their artistic bouquets with a variety of paintings. And on Saturday, April 1, Tank Garage Winery hosts a Storytelling Speakeasy.

“Speakeasies are those place where people go to feel safe,” Smith says, “where outsiders congregate to share their art in a place where they feel they can be vulnerable.”

The events were planned before the current administration announced its intention to dismantle the National Endowment for the Arts, which is a source of Arts Council Napa Valley’s funding. Smith recognizes that many of these events have now taken on a new meaning.

“I think there needs to be a cultural shift in this country,” Smith says. “Most Western civilizations treat the arts as something that’s essential.”

After Calistoga’s bohemian weekend, Arts in April celebrates Napa Valley’s diverse scene with events like Art, Sip & Stroll in Yountville on April 22 and FLOW: Arts at the River in Napa on April 30, where partner Festival Napa Valley presents performance art on stage while local students work on a public art piece.

Smith also says that anybody can basically join Arts in April by putting their event on the Arts in April’s online calendar.

“To see a community rally around the idea of doing something for the arts, to stand up and say this matters to them, is awesome,” Smith says.

For more info, visit artscouncilnapavalley.org/artsinapril.

BREAK OUT Dezi Soley, left, and Emily Serdahl shine in Star Finch’s ‘Bondage.’

Out of the Ordinary ‘Bondage’ breaks the mold

BY DAVID TEMPLETON

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old still and sip the pain.”

It’s a brief, swift line, uttered kindly but fiercely by the wise, wary slave Azucar (Cathleen Riddley), combing the hair of the impulsive, 13-year-old Zuri (Dezi Soley). Azucar’s simple sentence is a strong early example of how playwright Star Finch will be weaving words together in the stunning world premiere of Bondage, presented through April 16 by Marin County’s AlterTheater ensemble.

Blending blunt prose with lush, intricate poetry, Finch does more than put lyrical words in the mouths of her richly rendered characters; she uses that language to create an atmosphere of offkilter dreaminess, establishing

‘Bondage’ runs Friday–Sunday through April 16 at AlterTheater, 200 Tamal Plaza, Corte Madera.

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concrete details—an island, a slave plantation, a stifling house, a dining room—then coating them in a mood thick with metaphor, fantasy, riddles, danger and a strong undercurrent of supernatural alternate reality.

It’s a style the playwright calls Afro-surrealism. What Finch used then in the service of a ferocious futuristic fable, she now uses in a tale rooted in the harsh history of American slavery.

Zuri, property of wealthy white plantation owner Philip (Shane Fahy), lives on a small, secluded island, where she’s been raised alongside Philip’s daughter, Emily (Emily Serdahl).

Emily, whose mother died years ago under bloody, stigmatizing circumstances, has always thought of Zuri as a sister, the two of them inventing games ranging from the childlike and innocent to the stunningly bizarre.

You may never think of puppets in quite the same way again.

Despite Azucar’s warning that Philip is “circling” the lightskinned Zuri like a predator, the young woman tests her growing sexual powers in ways that give her a sense of control over her life and destiny, control Azucar knows Zuri doesn’t really have. Upon the arrival of Emily’s rigid aunt Ruby (Emilie Talbot), the tentative bond between Zuri and Emily is severely tested, as Ruby insists her niece step into the role of mistress, and that Zuri finally accept her place as Emily’s slave.

Director Elizabeth Carter, aided by a uniformly excellent cast and remarkable sound design by Gerry Grosz, skillfully matches Finch’s poetic language with choreography and eeriebeautiful mimicry. The ending, a breathtaking collision of gothic melodrama, Shakespearean climax and art-house cinema, is gorgeously staged and stunningly unexpected.

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Daniel Espinosa’s Life throws the sci-fi fanciers a few (human) bones. Xenobiologist Ariyon Bakare’s Hugh Derry croons over a little bugger brought to the International Space Station by the Pilgrim 7 Martian probe. Talking to it, petting it in its glove box and then goosing it with an electrical prod when the critter is trying to take a siesta, Derry is the most foolhardy scientist since doomed Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin. One gets a sense that Espinosa doesn’t have a real point of view about his lurking, pouncing Martian critter: a tapeworm-sized beast that ends up quite big after helping himself to the crew.

As for “Calvin,” as the ornery, tentacled beast is called, it honors that thing you always say at parties when you’ve run out of things to say about octopi: “If there were alien life, it might well look like this crafty cephalopod, so ingenious, so gifted at escape attempts.”

Unfortunately, “Calvin” isn’t as good at calligraphy as those alien squid in Arrival.

Life doubles down on the zero-gravity swimming scenes that were part of the appeal of Gravity, with the cast (Olga Dihovichnaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds and Hiroyuki Sanada) clawing their way through the corridors as the thing chases them. But there are many “Now, we wait!” scenes in between the science-fiction declaratives of “We’re looking at the first incontrovertible proof of extraterrestrial life!” before humanity makes its last desperate stand with duct tape and flashlights.

Life is a movie you wish you could see for the second time first, so that everything that fails to make sense first time around, every amazingly stupid action the cast carries out, would be clarified. It’s unclear why this movie exists, beyond the reason of showing what a sucker’s game it is to try to top Alien.

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

MULTICULTURAL Though born in Guatemala, Gaby Moreno only started singing in Spanish in 2006.

Crossing Borders

Gaby Moreno’s talent is no illusion

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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inger, songwriter and guitarist Gaby Moreno’s earliest memories are of being on a stage. Growing up in Guatemala, she was encouraged by her parents at a young age to perform.

“That’s something that’s been natural to me,” she says. “I feel very comfortable there.”

Today, Moreno is considered one of the premier voices in Latin pop, singing with tremendous emotional power in both English and Spanish while mixing blues, jazz, indie folk and more for a dynamic sound that recently earned her a Grammy nomination.

Moreno will share her songs in an intimate setting when she performs with a trio on April 3 at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley.

Gaby Moreno performs on Monday, April 3, at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley.

8pm. $17–$22. 415.388.3850.

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Moreno is the kind of singer whose raw talent became apparent early. When she was 18, Warner Brothers Records discovered her and gave her a deal. That was also the year she moved to Los Angeles.

“What I wanted to do was surround myself with all kinds of producers and songwriters,” she says of her decision to attend music school in Hollywood. “I wanted to absorb everything around me. and I knew L.A. would be the perfect city for that.”

When she first came to Los Angeles, Moreno sang and wrote exclusively in English. While she was happily plugging away in the alternative pop scene, she started to think back on her roots.

“I started to embrace my Latin culture,” says Moreno. “I wanted to tell people where I come from.”

In 2006, Moreno started writing in Spanish for the first time. That year, she submitted her song “Escondidos” to the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, established

by Yoko Ono in 1997, and won in the Latin category and then the overall prize. “That was kind of a big deal,” Moreno says. “I think that motivated me to want to keep doing it.”

Last year, Moreno released her most acclaimed album yet, Ilusión.

Produced by Dap-Kings member and Daptone Records co-founder Gabriel Roth, the record is an analog assembly of live takes in studio. “We decided to just do a few takes, and take one without editing,” she says. “There’s a very raw sound to this album, but the emotion is there.”

Since becoming a bilingual songwriter, Moreno has seen her audiences grow. “People are affected by music no matter what language they’re being spoken to in,” she says.

“I love French music, I love Brazilian music. I don’t understand what the words are, but the music moves me,” she says. “That’s testimony that, indeed, music is a universal language.”

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Sonoma County Dance Beat’s April Foolery Live music by the Blues Defenders, Wendy DeWitt, Levi Lloyd, Brad Wilson, Ricky Ray and others. Apr 2, 2pm. $10.

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Ridgeway Arts presents the 2013 Finnish jazz musician of the year in concert, following a day of leading musical workshops with Napa Valley High School students.

Mar 31, 8pm. $20-$25.

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Laith Al-Saadi

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Rufus Wainwright

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Mar 30, Lane Tietgan Trio. Mar 31, Earstu. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Mar 29, Jenna & the Charmers.

Mar 30, Ted Bagget & the Hessel Road Project. Mar 31, Wolf Hamlin & the Front Porch Drifters. Apr 1, the Voice. Apr 2, 6:30pm, 4 Minus 1 Jazz Trio.

Apr 4, Manzanita Moon. 128 American Alley, Petaluma.

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Center for Spiritual Living

Mar 29, 7pm, sacred chant concert with Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda. 2075 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa.. 707.546.4543.

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Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Apr 2, 3pm, Brasil Guitar Duo. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Mar 31, Stylust Beats. Apr 1, Midtown Social. Apr 5, Science Buzz Cafe. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

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Mar 31, Peace of G. Apr 1, Chime Travelers. Apr 2, Greg Loiacono with Scott Law and Matt Jaffe. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

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Apr 1, Sylvia Cuenca Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

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Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Mar 29, the Highway Poets, Dixie Giants, Domenic Bianco and others. Mar 31, Manzanita Falls and Travis Hayes. Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

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Lagunitas Tap Room

Mar 29, Ragtag Sullivan. Mar 30, Band of Lovers. Mar 31, Hessel Road Project. Apr 1, Los High Tops. Apr 2, Blues Rocket.

Apr 5, Osito. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

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Apr 1, 2pm, Bearcoon. 1899-A Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Mar 29, Graham Nash. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

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Mar 30, Susan Sutton. Mar 31, Haute Flash Quartet. Apr 1, Yancie Taylor. Apr 2, Willie Perez. Apr 4, Mac & Potter.

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Mar 31, Stax City. Apr 1, Sweet Thangs. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

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Mar 31, DJ MGB. Apr 1, Levi Lloyd. Apr 2, George Heagerty.

Apr 3, DJ MGB. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

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Quincy’s

52 W. 6th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Mar 31, the Nugget King. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park.

707.585.1079.

Redwood Cafe

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123 North Main St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 www.milk-and-honey.com

Suzanne Wandrei

cell: 707.292.9414 www.suzannewandrei.com

The Reel Fish Shop & Grill

Mar 31, Second Line. Apr 1, Pato Banton. 401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Apr 1, Captain Paisley. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

MARIN COUNTY Corte Madera Library

Apr 1, 4pm, Slavyanka Chorus.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Fenix

Mar 29, the Fenix Band. Mar 30, King Cosby Band. Mar 31, Unauthorized Rolling Stones.

Apr 2, 11:30am, Sunday Brunch with Carlos Godinez. Apr 2, 6:30pm, Montclair Women’s Big Band. Apr 4, Plainsong.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub

Mar 31, R-Boy album release show. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato

Mar 31, the Hots. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Mar 29, Kate Gaffney Band. Apr 5, Rattlebox. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

Marin Country Mart

Mar 31, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Mason Razavi. Apr 2, 12:30pm, folkish festival with the Easy Leaves. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

19 Broadway Club

Sonoma Speakeasy

No Name Bar

Sebastopol Community Center

Apr 2, 5pm, blues room with Jim Caroompas.

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

St Andrew Presbyterian Church

707.287.3023

Apr 1, Pacific Soundrise and Ridgway. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

Mar 31, Beatles vs Stones: the Final Verdict. Apr 1, Eilen Jewell.

390 Morris St, Sebastopol.

707.823.1511.

Apr 1, Zepparella. 3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa.

Shucking & Barbecue Service Oyster Nursery Tours

Whiskey Tip

Mar 29, the Hubcap Stealers.

Mar 30, Small Change Romeos. Mar 31, Sol Horizon and Sessions. Apr 1, 5:30pm, Michael Brown and friends. Apr 1, 9pm, the Grateful Bluegrass Boys. Apr 2, 6pm, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. Apr 2, 9pm, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam.

Apr 3, open mic. Apr 4, Blues Champions. Apr 5, the Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

Rock Star University House of Rock

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Mar 29, singer-songwriter competition. Mar 30, Afrolicious. Mar 31, Timothy O’Neil Band. Apr 1, Great Burro Studios. Apr 2, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses. Apr 4, Rock Overtime student performance. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Mar 31, the Melt with Cabbagehead. Apr 1, the Flashbacks. Apr 3, the Blues Defenders pro jam. Apr 4, open mic. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Apr 2, 3pm, Valley of the Moon Chamber Ensemble spring

Mar 29, Marshall Rhodes and friends. Mar 30, Slim Jim. Mar 31, Michael Aragon Quartet.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino

Mar 29, Jonathan Poretz. Mar 30, Yacht Club of Paris. Mar 31,

Mar 29, Joan Getz Trio. Mar 30, C-JAM with Connie Ducey.

Apr 4, Swing Fever. Apr 5, Dale Polissar with Bart Hopkin.

4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Mar 29, Fitz & Pieces. Mar 30, Dr Mojo. Mar 31, Lumanation.

Apr 1, Tom Finch Trio. Apr 2, Matt Bolton. Apr 3, Billy D’s open mic. Apr 4, the Bad Hombres. Apr 5, the Weissmen.

29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Mar 31-Apr 1, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers. Apr 2, 7:30pm, Gospel dinner show with the Sons of the Soul Revivers. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s

Mar 31, Matt Kizer Band. Apr 1, Vince Charming. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center

Apr 1, Dirty Cello album release show. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

San Rafael Copperfield’s Books Mar 31, Laurie Antonioli.

850 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.524.2800.

Sausalito Seahorse

Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Mar 30, Countdown with Fred Ross.

Mar 31, the Flaming O’s. Apr 1, Rita Abram’s Showstoppers.

Apr 2, 5pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Apr 4, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Servino Ristorante

Apr 1, the 7th Sons. 9 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.2676.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Mar 31, Mendonesia, Briahanna. Apr 1, Steven Graves Band. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge

Last Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. 848 B St, San Rafael. 415.454.5551.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Mar 29, Crossroads Music School concert. Mar 30-Apr 1, Jackie Greene Band. Apr 3, Gaby Moreno. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

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CRITIC’S CHOICE

WEDNESDAY

Mar 29, Jon Stickley Trio. Mar 31, Black Market Trust. Apr 2, 5:30pm, Nathan Bickart Trio.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

FRIDAY

Blue Note Napa

Mar 29, Davy Knowles. Mar 30Apr 2, Diane Schuur. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Mar 31, Zak and Joel Fennie.

Apr 1, NOEMA. 1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Apr 1, Matt Bednarsky. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Apr 1, the Last Resort. Apr 3, 6pm, Harlan and Zippy’s Sixth Annual Looney Toons Reunion. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Hydro Grill

Apr 1, the AllwaysElvis Outta Rehab Show. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.9777.

Jarvis Conservatory Apr 1, It’s a Grand Night for Singers. 1711 Main St, Napa.

707.255.5445.

Napa Valley Roasting Company

Fri, jammin’ and java with Jeff Johnson. 948 Main St, Napa.

707.224.2233.

Pacifico Restaurante Mexicano Fri, live mariachi music.

1237 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga.

707.942.4400.

Silo’s

Mar 29, Audrey Moira Shimkas.

Mar 30, Jeff Oster. Apr 1, the Fabulous Screwtops. Apr 5, Syria T Berry. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Susie’s Bar

Apr 1, Soulshine Blues Band.

1365 Lincoln St, Calistoga.

707.942.6710.

ROGER CREAGER

MONDAY

RED

APR 3 WEDNESDAY

Party with Power

On April 4, Dallas thrash-metal band Power Trip (pictured) headline Shock City’s anniversary show. Power Trip’s new album, Nightmare Logic, is being called the best thrash-metal record in years. Featuring punishing intensity and staggering energy throughout its eight tracks, the band’s sophomore effort offers an unrelenting, noholds-barred rampage of sonic aggression.

If that wasn’t enough, Arizona’s foremost freak rockers Destruction Unit are also on the bill, back in Santa Rosa for another round of acid-washed punk and psychedelic rock.

Up-and-coming San Diego punks Mizery and Santa Rosa’s own experimental punk collective Rut kick the show into gear. In addition to the bands, Shock City is also hosting an eclectic art show featuring 20 local painters, photographers, tattoo artists and more.

Power Trip roar into the North Bay on Tuesday, April 4, at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $12. For more info, visitfacebook.com/shockcityusa.

—Charlie Swanson

THE WIND + THE WAVE

FRIDAY

THE LONDON SOULS

BLUES OF RICHMOND APR 7 PEOPLE'S ROCK• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

SATURDAY

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THURSDAY

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APR 8

Shock City, USA marks a year of rock Has it already been one year since punk promoter and organizer Ian O’Connor launched Shock City, USA? Seems like only yesterday that the young and outgoing rock and roll purveyor set his sights on bringing the best in underground noise to the North Bay. Twelve months and 16 shows later, Shock City, USA celebrates its one-year anniversary with its heaviest concert yet.

CHRISTIAN ROCK• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

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4 ⁄15 Spawnbreezie, Gonzo, 4 ⁄17 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, 4 ⁄19 KATCHAFIRE, Inna Vision, MYSTIC ROOTS BAND, 4 ⁄22 Petty Theft, Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, 4 ⁄24 Joseph, 4 ⁄28 Gregory Alan Isakov, 5 ⁄4 Keith Greeninger with ACHILLES WHEEL, Joe Craven, 5 ⁄5 Mustache Harbor, 5 ⁄7 Devin The Dude

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Mar 31, Hot Rod Jukebox. 679 Sommerville Rd, Sausalito.

415.332.2319.

Mar 29, drumming circle. 600 Palm Dr, Novato. 415.475.5000.

THE ENGLISH BEAT

DR. WOOD MAR 31 DJ ROCK• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

Travis Marina

Unity in Marin

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Mar 29, Neil Young night with the Casual Coalition. Mar 30, Ross James’ Cosmic Thursday.

Mar 31, Top 40 Friday with Stu Allen. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

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Arts Events RECEPTIONS Mar 30

T-Vine Winery, “Flower Bomb,” exhibition features floral touch-ups of iconic masterworks and local original art. Reception, Mar 30 at 6pm. 810 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga. 707.942.1543.

University Art Gallery, “Juried Student Exhibition,” artist Randy Colosky and SRJC art instructor Claudia Morales McCain juror the group show featuring over 40 works in all mediums.

4pm. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2295.

Mar 31

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Exhibition 60+,” celebrate artists over 60 and see their perspective on life and the world. 5pm.

282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

Apr 1

Alchemia Gallery, “Habitat,” collaboration between the Alchemia visual arts studio and guest installation artist Emile Rosewater transforms the gallery into a lush alternative dimension. 4pm.

111 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.775.3794.

Petaluma Arts Center, “theNeuwPolitic,” over 50 artists representing Northern and Central California explore the current political climate as each individual artist

Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Art Museum of Sonoma County

Through Apr 30, “Outside Voice,” painter Marc Katano debuts his recent series of abstract works, done on massive canvas tarps. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. TuesSun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through Apr 30,

envisions it. 5pm. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma.

707.762.5600.

Ren Brown Collection, “Robert DeVee Memorial Exhibit,” the late artist and gallery owner’s paintings, silkscreens, monoprints and 3-D photographs are on display in a celebration of his life in art. 11am.

1781 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay. 707.875.2922.

Apr 4

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Landscapes: Real or Imagined,” the creatively interpreted group show is juried by Marin landscape artist Kathleen Lipinski.

6pm. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.4331.

The Spinster Sisters Restaurant, “s+oryprobl=m :: alternate route,” installation from mixedmedia artist CK Itamura turns fragile objects into emboldened beacons of encouragement. 5pm. 401 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7100.

Throckmorton Theatre, “Gardens Markets Landscapes,” Muriel Schmalberg Ullman’s garden paintings show with Laurie Curtis’ watercolors and Kathryn Strietmann’s silkscreens. 5pm. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

“Contemporary Bay Area Photography,” features works

by Bob Cornelis, Janis Crystal Lipzin, Michael Maggid, Colin Talcroft and others. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary. 707.795.9753.

Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Apr 3, “Guild Founders Exhibition,” a celebration of the guild’s 40th anniversary of art and community. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Calabi Gallery Through Apr 1, “We Shall

Overcome,” showing art of defiance and resistance to power. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa.

Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.781.7070.

Chroma Gallery

Through Apr 2, “Jacques Bartels: Paintings & Drawings,” solo show from the New Yorkborn, European-traveled and now Santa Rosa-based artist.

312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.293.6051.

East West Cafe

Through Apr 2, “Rick Herbert Photography Exhibit,” showing 40-plus years of work in a relaxed setting. 128 N Main St, Sebastopol. Mon-Sat, 8am to 9pm; Sun, 8am to 8pm 707.829.2822.

Finley Community Center

Through Mar 31, “National Arts Program Exhibition,” 14th annual show and competition features local artists of all ages. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Fulton Crossing

Through Mar 31, “March Art Show,” features several artists in their studios. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Gaia’s Garden

turn Rio Nido into the town it is today. 16290 Main Street, Guerneville. Daily, 11am to 9pm 707.666.9411.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Through May 14, “Art of Gastronomy II,” exhibit celebrates the bounty of Sonoma County food and its wine industry in the context of art. 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.

IceHouse Gallery

Through Apr 22, “Body Language,” five artists offer diverse interpretations on the figure. 405 East D St, Petaluma.

707.778.2238.

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Geometric Reflections,” sculpture 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.

The Reel Fish Shop & Grill

Through Apr 30, “Fine Art Collage,” longtime Sonoma artist Augustus Manly shows many of his works. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Through Apr 30, “Food, Flowers and Beyond,” featuring paintings by Riley Street Art students and instructor Donna DeLaBriandais. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Lunch and dinner, MonSat; lunch and brunch, Sun. 707.544.2491.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Gallery One

Through Apr 2, “Eye of the Beholder & Graphic Knowledge,” dual exhibits feature the sculpture and early prints of post-war artist Nathan Oliveira and the prints of Karl Kasten. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.939.SVMA.

Through Apr 2, “Spring Invitational,” featured artists include Diana Bradley, Bernard Healey, Isis Hockenos, Donna McGinnis and Alan Plisskin.

209 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.778.8277.

Graton Gallery

Through Apr 16, “Spaces Retraced,” featuring works by Susan Ball, Tim Haworth and several guest artists. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 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

Through Apr 2, “Showin’ on the River,” juried photography show. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.775.4ART.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

The Spinster Sisters Restaurant

Through Apr 3, “Clark Swarthout Drawings,” Santa Rosa artist presents an exhibit of intricate and imaginative pen and ink drawings. 401 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.7100.

MARIN COUNTY Art Works Downtown Through Apr 8, “Asleep in

the Tanning Bed,” Nathan Lynch and Em Meine display abstract 2D and 3D works in 1337 gallery, visual art students tackle identity and ideals in the underground gallery and Jonathan Eden shows enchanted landscapes in the founders’ gallery. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Fairfax Library Gallery Through Mar 30, “For the Love of Art,” annual group show features oil and acrylic paintings by local artists. 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

Mon-Thurs, 10 to 9; Fri, 12-5; Sat, 10 to 6 415.453.8151.

Gallery Route One

Through Apr 2, “Through Stone,” artist Afton Love’s large-scale drawings of rocky landscapes explores geographic time and our place within it. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5.

415.663.1347.

Marin Art & Garden Center

Through Apr 16, “Between Nature & Technology,” multimedia artworks by New Orleans-based Courtney Egan and David Sullivan criss-cross the two realms. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.455.5260.

Marin Society of Artists

Through Apr 1, “Atmospheric Wonders,” juried members’ show interprets interactions between earth and sky. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, Noon to 4pm. 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA

Through Apr 2, “This Is for You,” exhibit by established Bay Area artist Raymond Saunders includes over 50 selected works spanning the past two decades. 500 Palm Dr, Novato.

Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

Robert Allen Fine Art

Through Mar 31, “Works on Paper,” group exhibit features prints, drawings and mixedmedia pieces from several artists. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5.

415.331.2800.

Throckmorton Theatre

Through Apr 1, “The Sustainability of Beauty,” Marlene Sinicki’s art centers on ideals of sustainability and the course of the environmental crisis. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Tiburon Town Hall

Through Apr 30, “The Creative

Spark,” the Golden Gate/ Marin Artists group shows with unique art, gifts and cards on hand. Reception, Apr 9 at 4pm.

1505 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon.

NAPA COUNTY Caldwell Snyder Gallery

Through Apr 30, “Kenton Nelson Solo Show,” the artist idolizes the ordinary in his illuminating paintings of figures and landscapes. 1328 Main St, St Helena. Open daily, 10 to 6. 415.531.6755.

Napa Valley Museum

Through Apr 30, “Ebb & Flow,” artist Ryan Reynolds visualizes the concept of historical ecology, the interactions between man and nature over time. Through Apr 30, “Embracing Imperfection: Contemporary Expressions of Wabi Sabi,” exhibition explores contemporary artists Adam Chapman, Jim Melchert and Leah Rosenberg through the lens of traditional Japanese aesthetic and philosophy of Wabi Sabi. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.944.0500.

Comedy April’s Fools

Celebrate the fool with standup and improv comedy, sketches, readings and music from a cast of familiar funny faces. Apr 1, 8pm. $15-$25. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Scott Capurro

Popular standup performs in a benefit for Face to Face that features libations from Alley 6 Craft Distillery, Barrel Brothers Brewing and Thumbprint Cellars. Apr 1, 8pm. $20.

Provisions, 2402 Magowan Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.890.5509.

The Naked Magicians Direct from Australia, the show features magic, mirth and mayhem as the hot and hilarious magicians say abracadabra and take magic to a whole new level. Apr 4, 7pm. $20-$40. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville. 707.944.9900.

A Night of Laughs, a Lifetime of Smiles

Standup comedy show with Bay Area favorites, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres benefits YMCA youth scholarship fund.

Apr 1, 7pm. $15-$20. Odd Fellows Hall, 545 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.545.9622.

The hilarious Priyanka Wali and Natasha Muse headline a night of laughs, food trucks and wine, hosted by Crushers of Comedy. Apr 1, 7pm. $20$30. Landmark Vineyards, 101 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, crushersofcomedy.com.

Events Carrillo Redline CarFest Full day of food, music and cars supports the school’s auto program. Apr 1. Free admission/$20 car entry. Maria Carrillo High School, 6975 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa.

Cesar Chavez Day of Service

spend the day caring for the land and growing food to honor the farm workers advocate legacy of community enrichment. Apr 1, 10am.

Bounty Farm, 55 Shasta Ave, Petaluma. 707.775.3663.

di Rosa Exhibition Tour

Guided tour offers a deeper exploration of the many layers of storytelling within the gallery’s current exhibition.

Sat, Apr 1, 10:30am. $5. di Rosa, 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa..

707.226.5991.

Distemperance

Friends of the Petaluma River celebrate a decade of stewardship with live music

by Bootleg Honey, artisan craft drinks and mingling in a Prohibition-style night of revelry. Mar 31, 6:30pm. $40. Hotel Petaluma, 205 Kentucky St, Petaluma, friendsofthepetalumariver.org.

ENGAGE Art Fair

Art in April’s signature event gathers some of the Bay Area’s best artists, craftspeople and performers to meet, create and engage with the public.

Mar 31-Apr 2. Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 N Oak St, Calistoga, engageartfair.org.

Fool for Art

Wear your most foolish attire and funny hats to this annual spring open studios event, with refreshments, entertainment and family-friendly fun. Apr 1, 4pm.

Free admission. SOFA Arts District, 312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

Marin Women’s Hall of Fame Anniversary The hall of fame celebrates

MI CASA Grand Opening The SRJC opens its new Multicultural Innovation Center for Academic Success and Achievement with a ceremony.

Apr 3, 2pm. Free. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 1.800.564.

SRJC.

Orchids in Wonderland

Film Cinema & Psyche

Watch and discuss six masterful movies with folklore and fairy-tale motifs. Thurs through Apr 13. $125. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, cinemaandpsyche.com. Watch and discuss eight masterful movies with folklore and fairy-tale motifs. Mon, 2pm. through Apr 24. $165. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, cinemaandpsyche.com.

Admire and purchase orchids in this fundraising event to benefit the Sonoma County Orchid Society and Canine Companions for Independence.

Apr 1-2. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa, sonomaorchids.com.

Deconstructing the Beatles: Revolver

The Outrageous Muse

Sonoma International Film Festival

An evening of song and stories celebrates the life of Alma Mahler, who was a muse to composers, artists, novelists and architects. Mar 31, 8pm. $30-$40. Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Sustainable Fairfax Benefit

Night of music, dancing, celebration and April Fools shenanigans features Robert M Powell & the Fairfax Funksters of Funtime performing, an electric bicycle raffle and more. Registration required.

Apr 1, 6:30pm. $15-$40. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, sustainablefairfax.org.

Wine Country Carnival Night of fun, music, games, great food and excellent wine supports UCP of the North Bay’s mission to enhance the quality of life of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Apr 1, 6pm. $250.

Jacuzzi Family Vineyards, 24724 Arnold Dr, Sonoma.

707.931.7575.

Field Trips Pedal & Party

Thirty-mile morning bike ride led by RIDE Napa Valley is followed by a wine and dine afternoon. Apr 2, 9am. $60. Clif Family Winery, 709 Main St, St. Helena. 707.968.0625.

Composer and producer Scott Freiman takes a close look at hte Beatles’ 1966 album. Mar 30, 1 and 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Celebrating its 20th year, the festival features a slew of upcoming A-list, independent and documentary films from around the globe, all screening at various venues within walking distance. Mar 29-Apr 2. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, sonomafilmfest.org.

Food & Drink Backyard Beer Workshop

Learn the basics of large batch brewing. Mar 31, 7pm.

The Fairfax Backyard Farmer, 135 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

415.342.5092.

illy Caffe Origins

Master barista Giorgio Milos talks about single origin coffee characteristics from around the world as you sip coffee and sample bites. Apr 1, 11am. $35. The Culinary Institute of America at Copia, 500 First St, Napa. 707.967.2530.

New California LowIntervention Wine

with Peju winemaker Sara Fowler. Apr 1, 6pm. $165-$185.

Peju Winery, 8466 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford. 707.963.3600.

Ricotta by You

Take a course in ricotta cheese with Janet Fletcher. Apr 2, 1pm. $65. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Shed Supper Series

Enjoy spring chicken in this culinary series. Apr 4, 6:30pm. $42. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

For Kids Peppa Pig Live!

Action-packed live show featuring your favorite characters as life-size puppets.

Mar 30, 6:30pm. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Lectures Fukushima: Updates & Culture as Cause?

International physics researcher Dr Ohska speaks on the current situation at Fukushima. Apr 1, 11am. Free.

Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park. 707.584.9121.

Inclusion, Community & Equity

Keynote speakers address pressing fair housing issues affecting Marin and the Bay Area. Apr 5, 9:30am. $35. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

The Journal as Source of Prose, Poetry & Performance

Free write using prompts and sensory details to capture a moment, then expand those passages to publicationworthy works. Wed, 6:30pm. through May 17. $95. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, marincommunityed.com.

Panel of local winemakers, sommeliers and restaurateurs meet to explore the topic of so-called “natural wine” and present a tasting of six different wines. Apr 2, 4pm. $40. h2hotel, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.

Ocean Acidification

Peju Winemaker Dinner

Jeffrey Brown discuss his latest

Intimate spring-inspired meal

CRITIC’S CHOICE

Talk looks at the impact on the California Coast. Apr 5, 6:30pm.

Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, 3150 Paradise Dr, Tiburon.

415.338.3757.

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Local filmmakers featured at Sonoma Film Fest Celebrating its 20th year, the Sonoma International Film Festival takes over Sonoma’s historic plaza for five days. The 90 handpicked films in this year’s festival, running March 29–April 2, include independent features, shorts and documentaries from around the world—with two of the most intriguing coming from local filmmakers.

William Papadin, whose short film sans réponse (pictured) screens on March 31 and April 2, is from Sonoma and now lives in San Francisco. sans réponse, listed in SIFF’s guide as a foreign short, features a French narrator and black-and-white photography that evokes 1950s and ’60s French New Wave films. Gracefully heartbreaking and featuring a few recognizable locales, sans réponse follows a young man (played by Papadin) who returns home to Sonoma after failing to make it in Hollywood. The film has also been selected to screen at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival.

For a lighter dose of local cinema, check out Birdnan, Sonoma County filmmaker Tim Wetzel’s endearing examination of local tattoo artist Shotsie Gorman. The title is inspired by a misspelled ink job, but Birdnan, screening March 31 and April 1, is more than a one-note joke; it’s a reflection on Gorman’s lifetime body of work.

For more information about these and other Sonoma International Film Festival screenings, visit sonomafilmfest.org.

—Charlie Swanson

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See and learn how the tide currents move on San Francisco Bay. Mar 29, 7pm. $15. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

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Where Do We Go from Here?

Civic-minded event features a mix and mingle with several local progressive groups and music from members of French Oak Gypsy Band and Dgiin.

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Apr 3, 6:15pm, Rivertown Poets, with Bay Area poets Susan Cohen and Raphael Block and an open mic. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

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Mar 30, 6pm, “Collecting Evolution” with Matthew J James. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa 707.579.1500.

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Apr 2, 9am, The Writer’s Life Conference with California Writers Club. Apr 2, 4pm, “Return to Glow” with Chandi Wyant. Apr 3, 7pm, “Fertile Soil” with Mary Smathers. Apr 4, 1pm, “Phenomena” with Annie Jacobsen. Apr 4, 7pm, “Just Fly Away” with Andrew McCarthy.

Apr 5, 12pm, “The Nest” with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, a literary luncheon. $55. Apr 5, 7pm, “The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley “ with Hannah Tinti. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Mar 31, 8pm, Neil Gaiman. Soldout. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600.

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Mar 30, 7:30pm, “Flower Spirit Medicine” with Yerevan Yacoubian. $5. 130 S Main St, Sebastopol 707.829.8871.

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Theater Anatomy of Happiness Quirky show features local filmmakers, artists and others adding colorful visuals to choreography presented by UPside Dance Company. Mar 31-Apr 2. $18-$25. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Exile: Kisses on Both Cheeks

Jewish Women’s Theater presents the immigrant story that is rarely told onstage. Apr 2, 5pm. $18-$25. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Peerless

Dark comedy twist on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is directed by New York-based theater veteran Margot Bordelon. Through Apr 2. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

Sister Act

Justin-Siena Theatre presents the feel-good musical comedy.

Through Apr 2. $20-$25.

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

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The Sugar Bean Sisters The quirky comedy involves romance, murder and alien abduction. Through Apr 9. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.

A View from the Bridge North Bay Stage Company presents Arthur Miller’s Tony Award-winning play about the middle class, immigrants and family secrets. Through Apr 2. $28. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Visiting Mr Green

Moving from comedy to drama, this intimate play centers on two men forced into each other’s company. Through Apr 2. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

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ow that Measure A passed, some in the cannabis industry are wondering how the permitting process will work.

Sonoma County businesses (except dispensaries) can start applying for business permits July 1. I expect the county is using the next few months to come up with the systems needed to process applications. How are you getting ready?

Proof that you are following the best management practices and operating standards will be necessary to get your permit. If you don’t understand those, you need to learn them immediately.

The county has given growers until Jan. 1, 2018, to either come into compliance with local regulations or cease growing.

As for permitting itself, I again urge everyone to read the county’s ordinance. No longer can you form a collective and grow cannabis without government oversight.

Assuming your business is properly zoned and complies

with the appropriate setbacks and land-use issues, you’ll also have to confront things like air quality and odor, energy use and water supply. This is on top of issues like grading, building, plumbing, septic, electrical, fire, and public health and safety.

Some of these areas will require both professional assistance (such as an engineer) and oversight or approval from other government agencies (such as the North Coast Water Quality Control Board).

Successful permitting will require properly completing county applications forms, providing supporting documentation, paying fees and meeting the various requirements and regulations.

It’s that last item that I expect will cause a lot of hair pulling.

Going from unregulated to highly regulated will not be easy. I won’t be surprised if many farmers spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a local permit, as most properties will need significant expenditures to bring them up to code, especially as they relate to the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.

One other area to be especially aware of is that many permits are conditional. If I were thinking of getting such a permit, I would want to get a good grasp on how my neighbors feel about a commercial cannabis business before I started the process. Some cannabis businesses that would otherwise qualify will be denied a permit based on neighborhood objections.

You have three months to get your act together. The decision to go forward must be based not only on the economics of your business, but also on the likelihood of getting a permit. Be conservative in your estimated returns, and plan for delays and greater expenses.

Success isn’t impossible, but we’re entering an unpredictable new era.

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

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) The dragon that stole your treasure will return it. Tulips and snapdragons will blossom in a field you thought was a wasteland.

Gargoyles from the abyss will crawl into view, but then meekly lick your hand and reveal secrets you can really use. The dour troll that guards the bridge to the Next Big Thing will let you pass even though you don’t have the password. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just described is only metaphorically true, not literally.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

According to legend, Buddha had to face daunting tests to achieve enlightenment. A diabolical adversary tempted him with sensual excesses and assailed him with vortexes of blistering mud, flaming ice and howling rocks. Happily, Buddha glided into a state of wise calm and triumphed over the mayhem. He converted his nemesis’ vortexes into bouquets of flowers and celestial ointments. What does this have to do with you? In accordance with current astrological omens, I hope you will emulate Buddha as you deal with your own initiatory tests. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t completely honest. It’s true you’ll face initiatory tests that could prod you to a higher level of wisdom. But they’ll most likely come from allies and inner prompts rather than a diabolical adversary.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Since I expect you’ll soon be tempted to indulge in too much debauched fun and riotous release, I’ll offer you a good hangover remedy. Throw these ingredients into a blender, then drink up: a thousand-year-old quail egg from China, seaweed from Antarctica, milk from an Iraqi donkey, lemon juice imported from Kazakhstan and a dab of Argentinian toothpaste on which the moon has shone for an hour. APRIL FOOL! I deceived you. You won’t have to get crazy drunk or stoned to enjoy extreme pleasure and cathartic abandon. It will come to you quite naturally—especially if you expand your mind through travel, big ideas or healthy experiments.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Hire a promoter to create gold plaques listing your accomplishments and hang them up in public places. Or pay someone to make a thousand bobble-head dolls in your likeness, each wearing a royal crown and give them away to everyone you know. Or enlist a pilot to fly a small plane over a sporting event while trailing a banner that reads, “[Your name] is a gorgeous genius worthy of worshipful reverence.” APRIL FOOL! What I just advised was a distorted interpretation of the cosmic omens.

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VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Race through your yoga routine so you have more time to surf the internet. Inhale doughnuts and vodka in the car as you race to the health food store. Get into a screaming fight with a loved one about how you desperately need more peace and tenderness. APRIL FOOL! A little bit of selfcontradiction would be cute, but not that much. And yet I do worry that you are close to expressing that much.

The problem may be that you haven’t been giving your inner rebel any high-quality mischief to attend to. As a result, it’s bogged down in trivial insurrections. So please give your inner rebel more important work to do.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22)

Research shows that a typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day in meaningful conversations. I suggest you boost that output by at least 10 percent.

Try to engage your best companion in four minutes and 24 seconds of intimate talk per day. APRIL FOOL! I

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lied. A 10 percent increase isn’t nearly enough. Given the current astrological indicators, you must seek out longer and deeper exchanges with the people you love.

Can you manage 20 minutes per day?

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) In a way, it’s too bad you’re about to lose your mind. The chaos that ensues will be a big chore to clean up. But in another sense, losing your mind may be a lucky development.

The process of reassembling it will be entertaining and informative. And as a result, your problems will become more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. You won’t really lose your mind. But this much is true: Your problems will be more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. That’s a good thing! It may even help you recover a rogue part of your mind that you lost a while back.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

You say that some of the healthiest foods don’t taste good? And that some of your pleasurable diversions seem to bother people you care about? You say it’s too much hassle to arrange for a certain adventure that you know would be exciting and meaningful? Here’s what I have to say about all that: Stop whining. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, there will soon be far fewer reasons for you to whine. The discrepancies between what you have to do and what you want to do will at least partially dissolve. So will the gaps between what’s good for you and what feels good, and between what pleases others and what pleases you.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) You should begin work on a book with one of the following titles, and you should finish writing it no later than April 28: The Totally Intense Four Weeks of My Life When I Came All the Way Home . . . The Wildly Productive Four Weeks of My Life When I Discovered the Ultimate Secrets of Domestic Bliss . . . The Crazily Meaningful Four Weeks When I Permanently Anchored Myself in the Nourishing Depths. APRIL FOOL! I lied.

There’s no need to actually write a book like that. But I do hope you seek out and generate experiences that would enable you to write books with those titles.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) If you were a passenger on a plane full of your favorite celebrities, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing on a remote snowbound mountain, and you had to eat one of the celebrities in order to stay alive until rescuers found you, which celebrity would you want to eat first? APRIL FOOL! That was a really stupid and pointless question. I can’t believe I asked it. I hope you didn’t waste a nanosecond thinking about what your reply might be. Here’s the truth, Aquarius: You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when the single most important thing you can do is ask and answer really good questions.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) You now have

an elevated chance of finding a crumpled one-dollar bill on a sidewalk. There’s also an increased likelihood you’ll get a coupon for a 5 percent discount from a carpet shampoo company or win enough money in the lottery to buy a new sweatshirt. To enhance these possibilities, all you have to do is sit on your ass and wish really hard that good economic luck will come your way. APRIL FOOL! What I just said was kind of true, but also useless. Here’s more interesting news: The odds are better than average that you’ll score tips on how to improve your finances. You may also be invited to collaborate on a potentially lucrative project, or receive an offer of practical help for a bread-andbutter dilemma. To encourage these outcomes, all you have to do is develop a long-term plan for improved money management.

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