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Concrete Park As I drove a friend of mine, who once lived here years ago with her parents, past Old Courthouse Square, she said all she sees is a desert with a small patch of green. There is no creativity to this park. There are no curves, no place to plant flowers to beautify it and no restrooms. Just a freaking square of cement with trees and some green lawn.

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The main cause of human violence is a lack of intellectual and moral integrity, not a physical object like a gun/knife/ club. When there is no intellectual integrity, only gross physicality rules. The solution is to recognize and promote intellectual and moral integrity, as

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Faux News Mainstream media has primarily reflected the reality of upper middle class life and served the propaganda needs of the dominant political parties for a long time. It has ignored the day-to-day reality of coal miners, steel workers, assembly line workers, waitresses and retail clerks. The disconnect has finally reached crisis proportions politically.

Government statistics claim a strong jobs recovery, a booming stock market, increasing productivity and record corporate profits, as if this reflected the experience of the working and lower middle classes, those who earn less than a living wage, those without affordable health insurance, those with food insecurity, those without access to higher education or affordable housing.

This “underclass” of voters resonates with a “populist” politician who asserts that the mainstream media is “fake news,” even if it seems apparent to others that this is for his own political self interest. Many of these voters will admit Mr. Trump’s shortcomings, but minimize them because their goal is to be included in the American dream.

Until the mainstream media and politicians do their job and start reflecting the frustration of those who are not benefiting from the current surging stock market, millions of disenfranchised voters will continue to regard mainstream corporate news as “fake news,” and the traditional leaders of both parties as advocating primarily for the economic elite, and they will be right.

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mid the mounting scandals and unraveling of the Trump administration—the most anti-labor presidency since Ronald Reagan—there was an important victory for the labor movement in Sonoma County.

On May 19, drivers, mechanics, recycling and clerical workers employed by North Bay Corporation (a subsidiary of the Ratto Group) voted to join Teamsters Local 665 by a 271–31 margin in a National Labor Relations Board election.

North Bay Corporation had won waste-management contracts for the county and most cities by delivering rock-bottom rates.

However, an auditor for the city of Santa Rosa in 2016 found that the company was out of compliance with terms of the franchise agreement, including failure to rebuild an aging fleet of polluting and unsafe garbage trucks, inability to meet minimal rates of recycling and diversion from landfills, poor customer service and operating a substandard recycling facility. The union victory will lead to a substantial wage boost to family-supporting levels, job security, retirement benefits and paid sick leave and vacation.

The recycling industry is one of the nation’s most dangerous, with the fifth highest fatality and injury rates. Experience in other jurisdictions suggests that unionization will result in a healthier and safer workplace.

North Bay Corporation recently entered into negotiations that will lead to the sale of the company to Recology, a San Francisco– based firm with a long history of maintaining the highest labor, environmental and customer-service standards. Recology has agreed to retain the workforce, recognize the union and begin contract bargaining after the sale is completed.

North Bay Jobs with Justice helped to build a community-labor support network for the organizing campaign. We look forward to partnering with the union and Recology to raise job quality and environmental standards in the county waste-management sector.

On June 29,, North Bay Jobs with Justice holds a public forum on these issues called “Good Jobs and Zero Waste,” 6:30–8:30pm, at Christ Church United Methodist, 1717 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa. For more information, contact 707.293.2863 or northbayjwj@gmail.com.

Martin J. Bennett is an instructor emeritus of American history at Santa Rosa Junior College and co-chair of North Bay Jobs with Justice.

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HOMEGROWN Oliver’s Market is now the largest employee-owned company in Sonoma County.

Localization

Steve Maass doubles down on local ownership at Oliver’s BY TOM GOGOLA AND KATE HOOVER

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hole Foods may soon be owned by independentretailer-gobbling behemoth Amazon, but Oliver’s Market is going in the opposite direction.

Oliver’s, Sonoma County’s

largest independent grocer, sold 43 percent of the company to its employees through an employee stock-ownership plan (ESOP), granting a majority of its 1,000plus employees to collectively purchase this portion of the company.

Founder and president Steve

Maass says he wanted to continue the legacy of the market and keep the stores independent.

“It’s a way of keeping a local business local,” Maass says. “It has created a lot of excitement with the employees and with the community.”

With the announcement of the

stock ownership plan earlier this month, Oliver’s is now the largest employee-owned company in Sonoma County. Over 600 of its employees qualify for the stock ownership plan.

The plan will provide employees with over 10 years of service full vesting of their allocated shares immediately. All eligible employees that began working at the start of the year will be fully vested for three years.

Maass explained that there are no federal or state taxes involved in the plan, making it affordable to any and all employees that want to call Oliver’s Market their own.

“The taxes are all deferred, much like the 401(k),” Maass says.

“It doesn’t cost the employees anything.”

The company also registered as a social purpose corporation (SPC), which means the employees’ welfare, the environment and the community are all considered in business decisions.

“We’ve been a part of the community for almost 30 years,” says Maass, “so we can look at that instead of just the money.”

Maass noted that becoming an SPC was mainly done to protect the business from selling to bigger companies. “Bigger chains certainly want to buy us,” Maass says. “We’re just trying to remain local and independent. I think there’s very, very few independent stores left in the area.”

Maass began his career in retail in 1972 when he founded Maass Produce, operating roadside produce stands all around the Bay Area. He has lived in Sonoma County for over 40 years, and currently serves as a director of the Redwood Empire Food Bank.

Maass founded the first Oliver’s Market in Cotati in 1988 with a vision to create a store where customers truly enjoyed shopping for groceries. Oliver’s is now the largest supporter of products made and grown in Sonoma County, carrying products from over 600 businesses, which

‘He could have sold it for a lot more, and instead he said, ‘I have enough money, and legacy matters to me.’’

Bohemian readers have named Oliver’s Market the Best Grocery Store for 15 consecutive years, from 2000 to 2015, in the Best Of issue. (The company also advertises in the Bohemian.)

Oliver’s has also been a leader in the Go Local movement in the Sonoma County region, playing an important role in creating the co-op marketing organization Go Local Sonoma County. Oliver’s received a Best Practice Award from the Business Environment Alliance in 2007 and a Green Business Certification from the Sonoma County Green Business Program in 2011.

Now, Maass says, “the

employees own the store. I think the plan is a great thing for me, and I think it’s a great thing for the employees. As long as we’re successful, the plan will be successful.”

Local business and labor leaders praised the move by Maass. Ben Stone, executive director of the Sonoma County Economic Development Board, described the Oliver’s move as “very progressive and definitely a way to reach out to the employees and let them be involved in new ways as owners of the company.”

North Bay labor activist Marty Bennett echoed Stone’s enthusiasm, but with a caveat.

“It can only be good news from labor’s perspective,” Bennett says.

Yet he has heard from younger employees at Oliver’s about some issues around uncertainty in scheduling, and that the starting pay is $13 an hour—Bennett is a huge champion of the Fight for $15. “They are better employers than many retailers,” he says, “but I do not want to say that they have the highest possible labor standards.”

Corey Rosen is an Oaklandbased expert on the ESOP phenomenon who founded the National Center for Employee Ownership, and he also gives Oliver’s high marks for its employee-focused move— especially in light of Amazon’s possible purchase of Whole Foods. John Mackey could have gone the ESOP route but chose not to. Companies that do make this choice are not always motivated by the bottom line, says Rosen, and usually are already highly invested in workplace development and other proworker programs. ”In companies where owners have a choice—and Oliver’s is a very good example of this— [Maass] could have sold it to all kinds of people. Most of the time the ESOP will pay a competitive price, but he could have sold it for a lot more, and instead he said, ‘I have enough money and legacy matters to me.’”

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account for 26 percent of the store’s annual sales.

Maass credits the success of Oliver’s Market to the longtime managers, staff and employees who have played key roles in the company’s growth over the years.

“I certainly didn’t build the place myself,” Maass says.

“Everybody here participated.”

Maass says his own future played a role in the decision to enact the stock ownership plan.

“I’m 71 years old,” he says. “I was trying to figure out how to retire— sort of.”

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Dining BAR-B-CUTE The Werles dip into the barbecue sauce business.

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att and Natalie Werle have their hands full with four young daughters—including triplets—but if the familybusiness T-shirts are any indication, the kids are totally on board with the mom-and-dad barbecuesauce operation that the family started in December.

Saucin is a tangy and healthful, locally produced barbecue sauce

that’s a labor of love for Matt Werle. He concocted the recipe while working up pork-shoulder tacos from the barbecue, his “dad place” in the Werle family home in Santa Rosa.

Werle’s barbecue sauce was popular among family and friends, and was featured in one of Natalie’s family member’s Redwood City restaurants, when Matt was still making the sauce himself.

He also won a first-responder’s barbecue contest several years ago in Marin County, he says with a laugh, “and my head got real

BY TOM GOGOLA

big.” In that competition he took first in the sauce category and second in the ribs.

In December the couple took Saucin to the streets and shops and the response has been enormously supportive, says Werle, a California highway patrolman when he’s not running the business with his wife.

Saucin is a thin sauce relative to many others on the market (some of which can be overly treacly), but it’s thick on flavor and richness and a great, allpurpose sauce perfect for dipping

or marinating.

In order to get a tangy crust that doesn’t burn, Werle recommends slathering meat with the sauce when you’ve got about 10 minutes left to go.

The sauce, he says, works well on pork, chicken and beef.

Sebastopol’s Pacific Market offered up a salmon and Saucin dish not long ago.

Werle says he didn’t set out to make healthful barbecue sauce that actually has some flavor and bite—but diabetics and personal trainers have responded positively to the low-sugar, low-sodium, nocorn-syrup recipe that gets its mellow creep-up zing from judiciously applied garlic and Sriracha. “We did not plan on the health aspect.”

It’s suddenly summer and barbecue season—and Saucin is also suddenly all over the place: at the Safeway, at Umpqua Bank, which has a local-purveyor program, and at Pacific Market and even Fogbelt Brewing Co. “We never thought we’d be in Safeway this quickly,” says Natalie, who handles the business, marketing and online sales.

Saucin is priced at $4.99 in Safeway, and you won’t find retailers clipping buyers for more than $6 a bottle.

Like many who have come before him in the world of local purveyor-ship of a beloved food, Werle started out by making a sauce that he would like—and one he could afford: “I wanted to make it something that I would buy.”

The sauce is made in Healdsburg by CMS Fine Foods, a company that also does product creation for Trader Joe’s. Two local distributors move the product around the North Bay, FEED Sonoma and Morris Distribution.

Keep an eye peeled for the Werles at the Wine Country Big Q Festival on July 8 at the SonomaMarin Fairgrounds in Petaluma.

The law enforcement veteran and Sonoma County native (Natalie Werle hails from Terra Linda in Marin County) says the number-one question he gets is, Do you have a spicy version?

It’s coming, Matt says.

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HATS

Milliners find a home in Santa Rosa

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et’s get the obvious cliché out of the way right at the top: Jennifer Webley wears a lot of hats.

As owner of Portobello Hats in Santa Rosa, Webley presides over the North Bay’s premier hat shop. She dove deeper into the hat business when she purchased a 6,300-square-foot industrial space in Santa Rosa’s South Park neighborhood last year. Once a motorsports shop, the space is now the Hattery, a small-scale hat-

production facility that also hosts millinery workshops, classes, Gould Hat Designs—a bespoke milliner—and a 25-member hat club called the Eccentric Ladies.

This past winter, Webley also purchased Ukiah’s Shady Brady hat company. She now owns the company’s inventory of straw hats and propane- powered hat presses, vintage sewing machines, leather cutters and other hulking early 20th-century hat-making machinery.

“There’s a lot of curiosity about how hats are made,” Webley says

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“and a great deal of ignorance how it’s done”—a reflection of rising interest in both hats and hands-on, artisanal products with a story behind them. “I think there is a something interesting about creating and making things.”

With the rise of Wal-Mart and Amazon, Webley sees growing disillusionment with anonymous online and retail sales.

“There is pushback, and this is the pushback,” she says.

While she’s still putting the final touches on the shop, it’s filled with her vast hat collection,

vintage hat blocks (wooden hat molds), ribbons and feathers for hat bands, old hat boxes (the Hattery will offer classes on hatbox-making, too) and work tables for the business of hat making.

There’s nothing quite like it.

Interest in hats for men and women is on the rise, a trend that reconnects with the America’s hat-wearing history, says Webley.

“There was a time when you wouldn’t leave the house without a hat,” she says.

She points to the hat-wearing style of the royal family as part

of the push behind the trend, particularly Kate Middleton’s penchant for “fascinator” hats, small, clip-on headpieces adorned with feathers, veils and bows.

Josephine Mayo manages Portobello Hats and the Hattery.

She’s also a member of the Eccentric Ladies hat club. What does a hat club do? “We all wear hats and we talk about hats,” she says.

They also make and repair hats.

The group used to meet at cafes, but now convenes at the Hattery.

“It’s wonderful to call this place home,” says Mayo.

In addition to classes, Webley says the Hattery will produce small numbers of hats for businesses looking for distinctive headwear or wedding party members interested in something they can wear on more than the day of the wedding.

While the shop is open by appointment only for now, Webley is eager to pull the veil back on hat making.

“I want the world to see what we’re doing.”

The Hattery is at 1420 Petaluma Hill Road, Santa Rosa. 707.757.9971.

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NOW & FOREVER Billboard-topping song man Richard Marx plays his greatest hits in an intimate solo setting on June 23 at the Uptown Theatre in Napa. See Concerts, p19.

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West Sonoma County songwriters and producers Jim and Kathy Ocean split their time between organizing various community concert events and creating their own genrebending musical experiences they call “thought rock.” The pair is best known for their popular Astronaut Lullabies show that took place at the SRJC planetarium and mixed cosmic images with original sonic compositions. This week, the Oceans offer a new multimedia experience, ‘The Poetic Science Revue,’ which explores the mysteries of the universe with folk-centered music and spacey visuals. See science and poetry intermingle on Friday.

June 23, at the Russian House, 9960 Hwy. 1, Jenner. 7pm. $15. 707.869.9403.

In 1947, at the age of nine, Ray Jacobsen moved to Sonoma from Colorado with his family, and he never left. He grew up to be an artist and made a living selling and showing vibrant landscape paintings until his death in 2007. Jacobsen’s career includes being one of the founding members of the Arts Guild of Sonoma in 1977, and his oil and watercolor paintings reflected the North Bay’s colorful natural features. This week, a retrospective show, ‘Forty Years of Ray Jacobsen,’ highlights paintings from throughout the artist’s career. The show opens with a reception on Saturday, June 24, at Calabi Gallery, 456 10th St., Santa Rosa. 4pm. Free. 707.781.7070.

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Even though film audio technology had entered Hollywood by the time Charlie Chaplin began writing ‘City Lights’ in the late 1920s, the legendary silent film star and director decided to keep his signature character, the Little Tramp, quiet for his romantic comedy.

Now considered one of Chaplin’s masterpieces, the heartwarming and hilarious City Lights gets a not-so-silent screening in the North Bay this weekend, when the Sonoma County Philharmonic provides an original orchestral score to accompany the film for an outdoor screening on Saturday, June 24, at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma. Doors open at 7pm; film screens at sundown. $75. 707.938.5277.

Folk songwriter Charles Ellsworth has been all over the map the past few years— literally. Born in Arizona, the musician was living in Brooklyn when he decided to return west to make his latest full-length solo album, Cesaréa, released last month. The album is a blend of Americana grit and post-punk haze that reflects his experiences with dryheat Arizona summers and frigid New York winters. Though he now calls Salt Lake City home, Ellsworth is touring in support of Cesaréa, and stops in the North Bay for a show on Tuesday, June 27, at the Big Easy, 128 American Alley, Petaluma. Doors at 6:30pm, Free admission. 707.776.7163.

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Arts Ideas WEIGHTY ISSUES Roxane Gay’s book is making waves for challenging fat-shaming culture.

Cage of Her Own Roxane Gay’s memoir of trauma is unflinching in self-reflection BY JULIA PARK TRACEY

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quick glance at Roxane Gay’s new book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, on Amazon yields this surprising fact: it’s No. 1 in three categories—cooking, LGBTQ parenting/families and abuse.

But this book is about none of those things. There are no recipes, nothing on how to parent,

not much about being queer and it’s not really about abuse, either. There should be a trigger warning, however—early on Gay reveals she was gang-raped at 12, and that subsequently her entire life became about wrapping herself in virtual bubble wrap to save the precious child destroyed in an hour.

“My body is a cage,” she writes over and over, sometimes meaning that she’s trapped within, other times meaning she’s

strong. Her powerful thighs can hold her in a fake sitting position for an evening when the chair is clearly too flimsy to hold her. Her weight, at whatever number, is too much for most people to handle, so she endures internet mockery and shame, celebrity comparisons and impossible standards.

“This book . . . is about living in the world when you are not a few, or even forty pounds overweight.

This book is about living in the world when you are three or four

hundred pounds overweight.”

She divides her life in two—the before and the after; the skinny, sheltered child and the heavy, wounded adult: “cleaved not so neatly. . . . Before I gained weight.

After I gained weight. Before I was raped. After I was raped.”

Gay writes about eating to become “solid, stronger, safer,” to become less desirable, and while often she’s the target of derision, she is also sexually invisible. From medical professionals giving her unsolicited advice about losing weight to strangers’ remarks or staring, to purported feminists figuratively stabbing her in the back, Gay has met them all. Her depictions of these encounters— and they are daily occurrences— come across not as complaints but as an epic endurance test.

“To tell you the story of my body is to tell you about shame,” she writes. Shame is a potent poison. “I understood I was a terrible, repulsive thing. Sweet words were not for girls like me. . . . I did not deserve . . . a gentle touch.”

Gay made waves with her Tumblr blog and books like Bad Feminist, and she continues to make news because of her audacity in calling out fat-shaming in this book.

“No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost,” she writes. This beautifully crafted, deeply considered and brutally true story should be required reading for anyone who considers herself—or himself—a feminist, or a decent human being.

Roxane Gay will speak at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts on June 29 at 7pm. $50, with book; $25, without book. 707.546.3600. lutherburbankcenter.org Julia Park Tracey is a West County writer and author. Read more at juliaparktracey.com or follow her @ juliaparktracey on Twitter/Facebook/ Instagram.

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Main Stage West in Sebastopol) is an intense, funny and fierce look at King Lear, presented by Sebastopol’s Independent Eye and featuring the two performerpuppeteers, Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller. Bishop is a firstrate Lear, tilting toward madness and despair as his faithful Fool (Fuller) remains by his side. All the other characters are puppets. It’s eerie and awesome.

Pegasus Theater, in Guerneville, presents Merlyn Sell’s original play Tempestuous (through June 25), taking The Tempest and replacing Prospero’s magical island with a magical riverside commune that is suddenly repopulated with clashing visitors and magicians.

In Cloverdale, Shakespeare’s original Tempest (through June 25 at the Cloverdale Community Arts Center) gets a more traditional run (the island, the spirits, the monsters, the storm), while in San Rafael, Much Ado About Nothing (June 30–July 23, courtesy of the Marin Shakespeare Company) maintains Shakespeare’s language but puts its mismatched lovers, fiendish plots and goofball sidekicks into cowboy hats and plaid garb for a Western feel.

In the Mood (July 13–Aug. 5, by Shakespeare in the Cannery) takes the same story, and much of the language, but sets it in 1940 Italy, just after WWII, and includes a number of popular big band tunes.

At the same location later in the summer, 6th Street Playhouse presents Fairy World (Aug. 10– Sept. 2), a stripped-down, reworked version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, conceived by Jared Sakren.

In Sonoma at Buena Vista Winery, Sonoma Shakespeare Avalon Players presents the twinsswitched-at-birth Comedy of Errors (Aug. 9–20), and in Petaluma, on the river, Petaluma Shakespeare brings us the bawdy history Henry IV, Part One (Aug. 25–Sept. 9).

Finally, back to San Rafael, Marin Shakespeare concludes its season with the bittersweet Love’s Labors Lost (Sept. 2–24), Shakespeare’s only romantic comedy that doesn’t end with a marriage.

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he band began as a standard jazz sextet, formed in 2015 to complete a recital requirement for Sonoma State University’s music program. It aged into a genre-bending collaboration that now garners labels like “spazz jazz” and “prog bop.”

The band is Cabbagehead, the North Bay’s most indefinable ensemble that’s quickly gaining renown for their technical skills and imaginative compositions.

“We kind of go everywhere [musically],” says drummer Ricky Lomeli, who formed the group with guitarist Ab Menon, bassist Kevin Hayes, keyboardist Nate Dittle and a pair of saxophone players, Jesse Shantor on alto sax and Chaco Amazé Lechón Peckham on tenor sax.

The band’s inspiration for their unpredictable and motley

sound can be traced back to musicians like Frank Zappa, and their technical chops allow the group to experiment wildly with arrangements and tempos.

“The driving force behind this band is that it’s a very open domain for us to get as weird as we want,” says Lomeli.

Though not everything makes it past rehearsals, Cabbagehead’s commitment to musical experimentation is brilliantly executed on the band’s debut fulllength album, Age, recorded over a single intense weekend last July and released in February.

“It was a very bonding experience to do that album,” says Lomeli, “I think that, in a way, making the record pushed us to realize we wanted to keep this project going.”

Bookended by three vignettes, “CABB,” “AGE” and “HEAD,” the record features extended jams of highly energized jazz fusion that aren’t afraid to dive into heavy metal breakdowns and swing with ska flourishes, and the dueling saxophones play like they’re possessed by the ghost of late freejazz pioneer Ornette Coleman.

“We very much embrace that we have two saxophonists,” says Lomeli. “They have such different personalities that when they play together they have a nice contrast.”

More puzzling than the music, though, is the name: Cabbagehead.

Even the band doesn’t exactly agree on what it means. Menon insists it began after he bought way too much cabbage at the grocery store. Peckham believes it to be a reference to his bushy hair style, while other members apparently have their own random theories.

In any case, the group is making the most of their musical brainstorms with some of the most uniquely mind-blowing bombardments of sound in the Bay Area. “We are after the freedom to do anything,” says Menon. “We’ll try anything once, musically.”

Cabbagehead play with Miss Moonshine on Friday, June 23, at Sonoma Cider, 44F Mill St., Healdsburg. 7:30pm. Free admission.

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Concerts SONOMA COUNTY The Poetic Science Revue

Jim and Kathy Ocean lead a folk-rocking romp through scientific wonders and mysteries. Jun 23, 7pm. $15.

The Russian House, 9960 Hwy 1, Jenner. 707.869.9403.

REIK

Mexico’s pop sensation group comes to Santa Rosa as part of a worldwide tour. Jun 23, 8pm. $70-$110. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

MARIN COUNTY The Rock Collection

Dynamic all-star band of Melvin Seals, Greg Anton, Stu Allen, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz and John-Paul McLean performs four different sets over two nights. Jun 23-24, 8pm. $20$25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

The Weight Band

Take a load off and enjoy members of the Band, Levon Helm Band and Rick Danko Group playing songs of the Band. Jun 25, 6pm. $35-$40.

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

415.388.3850.

NAPA COUNTY Galactic

Seminal New Orleans fusionfunk band plays the ballroom with support from Oakland’s high-powered group Con Brio. Jun 28, 8pm. $35. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

Richard Marx

Platinum-selling performer, songwriter and producer sits down for a special acoustic show. Jun 23, 8pm. $40-$60.

Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Mostly Mozart

Soprano Marnie Breckenridge returns to Symphony Napa Valley to close the season with a concert devoted to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Jun 25,

3pm. $30-$55. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville. 707.944.9900.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annie O’s Music Hall Jun 22, Year of the Fist with Fall Children and FRACK. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe Jun 21, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Jun 23, the Tonewoods. Jun 24, Dead Again. 89 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center un 24, eNegative with Of Ardent Resolve and Silas Fermoy. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Bergamot Alley Jun 27, Junk Parlor. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.8720.

The Big Easy Jun 21, Adam Miller Quintet.

Jun 22, Timeless Cabaret & Burlesque Revue. Jun 23, Jesse Lemme Adams & His Bad Hombres. Jun 24, High Card Drifters and Resonant Rogues.

Jun 25, Major Powers. Jun 27, Charles Ellsworth. Jun 28, Wednesday Night Big Band.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.7163.

Brewsters Beer Garden Jun 22, 5pm, Bluegrass & Bourbon with the Pine Needles.

Jun 23, 5pm, Matt Reischling.

Jun 24, 5pm, Big Blu Soul Revue. Jun 25, 3pm, Ain’t Misbehavin’. 229 Water St N, Petaluma. 707.981.8330.

Cellars of Sonoma Jun 25, 2pm, Dustin Saylor. 20 Matheson Ave, Healdsburg.

707.578.1826.

Dry Creek Vineyard Jun 24, 12pm, Summer of Zin concert with the Sun Kings.

3770 Lambert Bridge Rd, Healdsburg. 707.433.1000.

Flamingo Lounge Jun 23, SugarFoot. Jun 24, UB707. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Jun 21, Haute Flash Quartet.

Jun 22, Hot Club Swing. Jun 23, Gaian String Trio. Jun 28, Klezmer Creek. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Guerneville Community Church

Jun 28, 7pm, “Upon a Summer’s Day” with River Choir. 14520 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.0516.

Guerneville Plaza

Jun 22, 7pm, Rockin’ the River with Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings. 16201 First St, Guerneville, rockintheriver.org.

Healdsburg Plaza

Jun 27, 6pm, Kingsborough. 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

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Hood Mansion Lawn

Jun 23, 7pm, Funky Fridays with Hour of Tower. 389 Casa Manana Rd, Santa Rosa.

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HopMonk Sebastopol

Jun 21, Songwriters in the Round. Jun 22, Mystic Roots album release show. Jun 23, the Bloodstones. Jun 24, Andreilien and Mihkal. Jun 26, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Guacamole. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

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Jun 23, 5pm, Shelby, Texas.

Jun 23, 8pm, Matt Bolton. Jun 24, 1pm, Dan Martin. Jun 24, 8pm, Smorgy. Jun 25, 1pm, Dawn Angelosante and Tony Gibson. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Jun 24, Robb Fisher Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

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Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Jun 23, Grateful Bluegrass Boys. Jun 24, the Hots. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

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Jun 21, TV Mike & the Scarecrows. Jun 22, Compost Mountain Boys. Jun 23, Kelly Peterson Band. Jun 24, the Good Bad. Jun 25, MangoBus. Jun 26, 5:30pm, KWMR birthday bash with the Detroit Disciples and DJ Barbarella. $5.

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

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Main Street Bistro

Jun 21, Willie Perez. Jun 22, the Rhythm Drivers. Jun 23, Don Olivet Jazz Trio. Jun 24, Levi Lloyd & the 501 Blues Band.

Jun 25, Blue Alley Cats. Jun 27, Mac & Potter. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen

Jun 23, DJ MGB. Jun 24-25, George Heagerty. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Jun 22, 5:30pm, Bee Gees Gold. Jun 24, 12pm, Paperback Writer. Jun 25, 1pm, Denise Perrier and Yolanda Nickell.

911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

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Murphy’s Irish Pub

Jun 23, Jon Emery and Tatiana McPhee. Jun 24, Peace of G. 464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre

Jun 24, Igor & the Red Elvises.

23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

Paul Mahder Gallery

Jun 21, 7pm, BassDrumBone.

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un 23, 6:30pm, Marty O’Reilly solo. 900 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.762.9492.

Redwood Cafe

Jun 21, Irish set dancing. Jun 23, Mr Blackwell & the MBA’s.

Jun 24, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Jun 24, 8:30pm, Dgiin.

Jun 25, 3pm, Old Time Music Fiddle Jam. Jun 25, 6pm, Irish jam session. Jun 26, open mic with DJ Loisaida. Jun 28, Blue Seven. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Jun 24, the Pulsators. Jun 25, Dgiin. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Muir Beach Community Center

Sonoma Cider

19 Broadway Club

Jun 24, Wild Janie Roberts.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Jun 23, Miss Moonshine and Cabbagehead. 44F Mill St, Healdsburg. 707.723.7018.

Sonoma Speakeasy

Jun 22, Jim Caroompas. Jun 23, Sonoma Sound Syndicate.

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

Taft Street Winery

Jun 25, 2pm, Bohemian Highway. 2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol. 707.823.2049.

Trentadue Winery

Jun 22, 5pm, Rock & Roll Rhythm Review. 19170 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville.

707.433.2768.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Jun 23, Laurie Movan Band.

Jun 24, the Beautiful Questions.

Jun 25, 5pm, BBQ with One Grass Two Grass. Jun 26, the Blues Defenders pro jam.

Jun 27, open mic. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Windsor Town Green Jun 22, 6pm, 80s a GoGo. 701 McClelland Dr, Windsor, townofwindsor.com.

MARIN COUNTY Fenix

Jun 21, Pro Blues Jam with the Bobby Young Project. Jun 22, King James. Jun 23, Sargent Tucker salutes Motown. Jun 24, Craig Chaquico with John Barbata and Pete Sears. Jun 25, 6:30pm, Tribe of the Red Horse.

Jun 27, Hot Grubb. Jun 28, pro blues jam with the Fenix Band.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

Gabrielson Park

Jun 23, 6:30pm, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers.

Anchor St, Sausalito.

HopMonk Novato

Jun 23, Double Standyrd.

Jun 24, the Soul Section.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Jun 21, Parlor Parade. Jun 28, Shakey Zimmerman acoustic.

765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

415.485.1005.

Marinwood Community Park

Jun 23, 6pm, Barrio Manouche.

775 Miller Creek Rd, San Rafael.

415.479.0775.

Jun 22, 7pm, Music from Marin Summer Festival. 19 Seascape Dr, Muir Beach, pa.marin.edu.

Jun 21, songwriters in the round with Danny Uzi. Jun 23, Casa Manana presents Marinero. Jun 24, DJ Gavin Hardkiss and DJ ADM. Jun 25, 5:30pm, Connie Ducey with the Judy Hall Quartet. Jun 26, open mic. Jun 27, Big Water.

Jun 28, Eddie Neon blues jam.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Jun 22, Black Cat & the Ro’Dogs. Jun 23, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jun 24, Home.

Jun 25, 3pm, Flowtilla. Jun 25, 8:30pm, Hurricane Gulch. Jun 26, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs.

Jun 27, open mic. Jun 28, Caleb Tesnow and friends.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino

Jun 21, Jonathan Poretz. Jun 22, Jeff Denson’s Open Sky Trio. Jun 23, Smith Dobson Trio. Jun 24, Ken Cook Trio. Jun 25, Marcos Sainz Trio. Jun 27, Suzanna Smith. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Jun 21, Bryan Gould Trio. Jun 22, Lady D & the Tramps. Jun 27, Schuster and Bay. Jun 28, Lorin Rowan. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Jun 21, Elvis Johnson’s soul review. Jun 22, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Jun 23, Tom Finch Band. Jun 24, Swamp Thang.

Jun 26, open mic. Jun 27, Fresh Baked Blues. Jun 28, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Piccolo Pavilio at Menke Park

Jun 25, 5pm, Evie Ladin Band.

Redwood and Corte Madera avenues, Corte Madera.

415.302.1160.

Rancho Nicasio

Jun 24, Fleetwood Mask. Jun 25, 4pm, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers with Ron Thompson.

1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar

Jun 23, Vince Charming. Jun 24, Andoni. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse

Jun 22, Kitt Weagant album release party. Jun 23, the 7th

FREE LOCAL LIVE MUSIC

Thu 6/22 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $25–$30 ⁄All Ages/Seated Matt Schofield with Lender Fri 6/23 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $22 Adv/$27 DOS

Jun 22, Matt Schofield. Jun 23, Mustache Harbor. Jun 24, Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico. Jun 27, Gappy Ranks & 7th Street Band with Rocker-T. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Mustache Harbor

Sat 6/24 • Doors 1:30pm ⁄ FREE

Hootenanny in Hicksville Free Dan Hicks Celebration!

Sat 6/24 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $60 Adv–$65 DOS Calexico Duo: An Evening with

Terrapin Crossroads

Throckmorton Theatre Jun 21, 12pm, noon concert with pianist Allegra Chapman.

Jun 23, Showstoppers! with Rita Abrams. Jun 25, 5pm, Kimrea’s pro showcase with the Doorslammers. Jun 28, 12pm, noon concert with Julie McKenzie and Marc Shapiro.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Town Center Corte Madera

Jun 25, 2pm, Solid Air. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera.

415.924.2961.

Unity in Marin

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

415.475.5000.

NAPA COUNTY Blue Note Napa

Jun 21, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Jun 22-24, Tribute to Larry Coryell featuring Julian Coryell & the New 11th House Band. Jun 27, Slackers in Paradise with Jim “Kimo” West and Ken Emerson. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Goose & Gander

Jun 25, 1pm, San Geronimo.

1245 Spring St, St Helena.

707.967.8779.

Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico with Marty O'Reilly (of Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra) Sun 6/25 • Doors 6pm ⁄ 35– 40 $

Collection Connection All-Star chemistry fuels the Rock Collection Bay Area all-star band the Rock Collection is full of familiar faces and is known for its classic jam-band sound, but that doesn’t mean the group is living in the past. In fact, the Rock Collection is one of the most inthe-moment bands on the scene, able to improvise and harmonize with an instinctual collaborative spirit.

“I really think it’s special. It’s one of the best bands I’ve ever played in,” says drummer and songwriter Greg Anton, whose musical résumé includes Marin rock band Zero.

The Rock Collection includes Anton, organ player Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band), guitarist Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz (ALO), guitarist Stu Allen (Phil Lesh and Friends) and bassist John-Paul McLean (JGB).

Beyond their individual accomplishments, the Rock Collection excels because of a special musical chemistry. “The band just gels,” Anton says. “What’s going on onstage is a conversation at the speed of sound. We are able to bring our differences, and then we resolve them at the moment, moment by moment.”

This week, the group performs its only Bay Area dates this summer, offering four unique sets over two nights, June 23–24, at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael. 8pm. $20–$25. 415.524.2773.

—Charlie Swanson

THE WEIGHT BAND

feat members of The Band, Levon Helm Band & Rick Danko Group performing songs of THE BAND with Moonalice

Tue 6/27 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $19–$22

Gappy Ranks & 7th Street Band with Rocker-T Thu 6/29 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $25–$27 Aoife O'Donovan (SOLO) with Victoria George Wed 6/30 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $25

The Purple Ones

Insatiable Tribute to Prince Sat 7/1 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $17–19

Fan Halen

The #1 Tribute to Van Halen www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

HAPPY HOUR: MON–WED 5–7PM Baan Thai Restaurant 424 Larkfield Center, Santa Rosa 707.576.8621 • baanthailarkfield.com

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Jun 22, RoAnn Gibson. Jun 23, Serf & James. 1460 First St, Napa. 707.265.7577.

1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

River Terrace Inn

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Jun 22, Smorgy. Jun 23, Craig Corona. Jun 24, Johnny Smith.

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Greensill. Jun 22, High Noon with Britton Miller. Jun 23, Second Street Band. Jun 24, Stu Hamm. 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

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Sweetwater Music Hall

Jun 21, Scott Law and friends perform New Riders of the Purple Sage. Jun 22, Rattlebox with Lorin Rowan. Jun 23, Top 40 Friday dance party. Jun 24, the Casual Coalition with Scott Law. Jun 25, Scott Law and friends. Jun 26, Grateful Monday. Jun 27, Stuesday with Stu Allen and friends. Jun 28, Lazyman. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

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Jun 25, 5pm, Candela. Jun 27, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

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Jun 21

We Opened Our Eyes And Kept On Dreaming

Marin Community Foundation, “Rising Stars,” exhibit includes seven artists who have been awarded an annual grant from the Pirkle Jones Fund. 5pm.

5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato.

the artwork of JAMES FLAMES

Jun 23

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AEGIS CORTE MADERA AEGIS OF NAPA AEGIS OF SAN RAFAEL and are seeking information regarding possible misrepresentations about staffing and the use of a resident evaluation system at the above facilities.

If you are a current or former resident, or a loved-one of a current or former resident of any of the above facilities and you have any information, please contact

Attorney W. Timothy Needham or Paralegal Karen Ellis, at Janssen Malloy LLP 888.526.7736 (toll free) 707.445.2071 Or email: kellis@janssenlaw.com

Escalle Winery, “MarinScapes Fine Art Exhibit,” annual celebration of Marin County landscape art features dozens of artists and photographers, and benefits Buckelew Programs’ mental health and addiction services.

5:30pm. buckelew.org.

771 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

Town Books, “Painting Explorations,” group show of acrylic and oil paintings by local artists.

7pm. 411 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.526.3791.

Jun 24

Agent Ink Gallery, “We Opened Our Eyes & Kept On Dreaming,” screenprints and other artwork from James Flames. 6pm. 531 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.595.1372.

Calabi Gallery, “Forty Years of Ray Jacobsen,” a retrospective of the Sonoma Valley artist.

4pm. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. 707.781.7070.

Hammerfriar Gallery, “Beneath the Sea Ice,” exhibit features paintings from Lily Simonson’s threemonth trip to Antarctica.

6pm. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg.

707.473.9600.

Jun 25

Marin Society of Artists, “Images 2017,” juried photography exhibition features varied works by artists throughout the West Coast. 4pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael.

415.464.9561.

Galleries

Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Graton Gallery

SONOMA COUNTY The Art Wall at Shige Sushi

Through Jul 2, “Recent Paintings by Suzanne Jacquot,” artist and MarinMOCA workshop instructor is known for her dynamic gestural paintings. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary.

707.795.9753.

ArtFlare Gallery

Saturdays-Sundays. through Jun 25, “Message in the Medium,” group show features multimedia works from emerging artists Jean Marquardt, Dale Jenkins, Claire Etienne and Leah Ocean. 3840 Finley Ave, Bldg 33, Santa Rosa.

Sat-Sun, 11am to 6pm. artflare. net.

Arts Guild of Sonoma

Through Jul 3, “The Next Generation,” a celebration of Sonoma County’s up-andcoming artists. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Charles M Schulz Museum

Through Jul 16, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” on the 50th anniversary of the stage show, retrospective exhibit features rare memorabilia from the production’s worldwide history. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

City Hall Council Chambers

Through Jun 29, “Art at the Edge,” works by artists from ArtFlare Gallery. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3010.

Finley Community Center

Through Jul 13, “An Exploration in Cloth,” several art quilts from Pointless Sisters display. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

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

707.543.3737.

Fulton Crossing

Through Jun 27, “June Art Show,” several working artists open their studios and show off works and worksin-progress. 1200 River Rd,

Through Jul 9, “Line & Color,” featuring works by Bruce K Hopkins, RB Ward and others.

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

707.829.8912.

Healdsburg Shed

Through Jun 30, “Culinaria,” photographer Roman Cho’s series focuses a lens on chefs, farmers, activists and others changing the food landscape.

25 North St, Healdsburg. 7 to 7, event times vary. 707.431.7433.

History Museum of Sonoma County

Through Jul 9, “Home & Abroad: Sonoma County & World War I,” marking the 100th anniversary of US entry into the Great War, the exhibition explores how the war touched so many lives locally and internationally. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. TuesSun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

Journey Center

Through Jun 30, “Root2Bloom,” local artist Alana Ciena Tillman displays vibrant botanical and wildlife art. 1601 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 9 to 5; weekend hours by appointment. 707.578.2121.

Jupiter Moon Art & Gifts

Through Jun 24, “It’s All Good,” artist Deni Marrone presents mixed-media paintings in a retrospective art show that draws from a lifetime of inspiration. 507 S Main St, Sebastopol. hours vary 707.634.6304.

Paul Mahder Gallery

Through Jul 15, “And After,” new works by award-winning Sonoma County mixed-media artist Chris Beards displays in the north gallery. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.473.9150.

Redwood Cafe

Through Jun 30, “June Art Exhibition,” show is curated

by Eolah Bates. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily. 707.795.7868.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Jul 2, “The Road Home & Beauties of Spring,” dual show by featured artists Janet Doto and Philip Wilkinson. 132

Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.

Art Works Downtown

Through Jul 8, “The Art of Abstraction,” juried group show displays in the 1337 gallery, with Paleoindian-era art showing in the Underground gallery and William Ericson’s “Seed Shadow” solo show in the Founders’ gallery. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Belvedere-Tiburon Library

Through Jun 29, “The Mooring Series,” artist Nelson W Hee shows the latest in an ongoing collection of watercolors.

1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon.

415.789.2665.

Claudia Chapline Gallery

Through Jun 30, “RISE,” benefit for Mainstreet Moms, ALSU and the Ocean Conservancy features participating artists Flicka McGurrin, Eileen Noonan, Albert Holmes and others. 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach.

Sat-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 415.868.2308.

Corte Madera Library

Through Jul 13, “Mountain Inspiration,” group show from the Artists of Mount Tamalpais, a group of experienced visual artists who work in a variety of media and methods. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery

Through Jun 22, “Horizon Lines,” featuring contemporary artist Alan Mazzetti, who specializes in abstracted landscapes and cityscapes.

417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932.

Gallery Route One

Through Jun 25, “Real / Abstract,” Geraldine LiaBraaten’s photos challenge their subject’s context in the center gallery, with a memorial retrospective of Betty Woolfolk and Andrew Romanoff’s paintings also showing. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. WedMon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Marin Art & Garden Center

Through Jun 25, “The Way Home,” tapestries by Sue Weil colorfully conjure places and people. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.455.5260.

Through Jul 2, “Renegade Fiber,” 50 contemporary fiber artists explore a variety of themes in the main gallery, with artist members Johanna Baruch and Zen Du’s “The Sympathy of All Things” showing in the Ron Collins gallery. 500 Palm Dr, Novato.

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

San Geronimo Valley Community Center

Through Jun 30, “The Works of Gaetano DeFelice,” longtime Marin-based photographer employs digital and Polaroid manipulation and his own hand-drawn sketches in his images. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Jun 30, “Throckmorton’s June Art Show,” artist Tebby George shows in the main gallery and artist Deepa Jayanth displays in the crescendo gallery. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Toby’s Gallery

Through Jun 30, “Finding Meaning,” annual installation from Gallery Route One’s Artists in the Schools program encourages young people to specify and amplify what is meaningful in their lives. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

NAPA COUNTY Napa Valley Museum Through Jul 16, “iNSiGHT,” see the eye behind the lens in the photography exhibit

by MJ Schaer. Reception, Jun 24 at 4pm. Through Aug 11, “Sound Maze,” interactive installation created by composer and inventor Paul Dresher includes a dozen original musical instruments to experience. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.944.0500.

Comedy Andy Bumatai

Standup star and television host is one of Hawaii’s most hilarious exports. Jun 25, 7pm. $20-$30. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Monkey Monkey & the Five Deadly Improvisers Improv Marin presents a night that splits between short form scenes and a fully improvised

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kung fu film brought to life. Jun 23, 8pm. $15. West End Studio Theatre, 1554 Fourth St, San Rafael, improvmarin.com.

Greg Proops

Standup and improvisation star performs a live version of his podcast “The Smartest Man in the World.” Jun 22, 8pm. $17$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Skits Under the Stars

Bring a song, a poem, a few good jokes or any work of art you’d like to share in this open mic hosted by Transcendence Theatre Company. Jun 22, 6pm.

Paradise Ridge Winery, 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.528.9463.

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Rotary Club of Santa Rosa hosts three routes of picturesque bike riding and an expo featuring live bands and food. Jun 24. $60$95. O’Reilly & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, girobello.com.

Italian Street Painting Marin

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love with a captivating day of art featuring over 100 renowned street painters and music from the era. Jun 24-25, 10am. $10$15/kids 12 and under free.

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

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One HeartOne Community

Annual celebration for locals and visitors includes live music, BBQ and other goodies, west Marin arts and crafts and more.

Jun 25, 12pm. $10. Sacred Heart Church, 10189 Hwy 1, Olema.

415.760.1490.

Phoenix Pro Wrestling

Professional wrestling returns to Petaluma, as colorful characters compete for the championship belt with familyfriendly excitement Jun 23, 8pm. $2-$10. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

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Russian River Rodeo

Enjoy a weekend of roping, riding and other traditional cowboy activities. Jun 24-25. $4-$12. Bill Parmeter Field, 23450 Moscow Rd, Duncans Mills, russianriverrodeo.org.

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Margery Smith

“Great Eggspectations” and features livestock, food, wine, exhibits, carnival rides, the world’s ugliest dog contest and concerts from Tower of Power, Loverboy and others.

Jun 21-25. $10-$15 admission.

Petaluma Fairgrounds, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, sonoma-marinfair.org.

Toyota/Save Mart 350

NASCAR drivers take on the road course, with lots of family entertainment and fun to be found.. Jun 23-25. $25 and up.

Sonoma Raceway, 29355 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. 800.870.RACE.

Film City Lights

Charlie Chaplin’s silent movie classic screens with the Sonoma County Philharmonic performing original music in an outdoor amphitheater, and wine bar and food vendors on-site. Jun 24, 7pm. $75.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma.

707.938.5277.

Lights, Camera, Movie Music!

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Lunch in the vineyard features mouthwatering fried chicken and sparkling wines. Fri, Jun 23, noon. $75. Kokomo Winery, 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg.

707.433.0200.

Food Lover’s Book Group

Eating and reading come together in a lively discussion of Masanobu Fukuoka’s “The One Straw Revolution.” Jun 28, 5:30pm. Free. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Fresh Starts Chef Event Award-winning chef and restaurateur Gordon Drysdale shares a fresh and local menu.

Jun 22, 6:30pm. $60. The Key Room, 1385 N Hamilton Pkwy, Novato. 415.382.3363, ext 215.

Thirteen wineries come together for a day of winetasting and a friendly grilling competition. Jun 24, 11am. $20-$50. Harvest Moon Winery, 2192 Olivet Road, Santa Rosa, tasteroute116.com.

Shrimp Feed

Summer movie and discussion series opens with a documentary on the American icon. Jun 21, 6:30pm.

Free. Diesel Bookstore, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.785.8177.

Michael Moore’s 2016 documentary, released before the U.S. presidential election, focuses on America’s crumbling institutions.

Jun 22, 7pm. by donation.

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

707.575.8902.

For Kids Henna Art with Rachel-Anne Palacios Workshop for teens in grades 6-12. Jun 24, 3:30pm. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.453.8092.

Jewelry Art Camp for Kids with Denise Ward Work with tools to make original pieces. Through Jun 22. $195. Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma.

707.762.5600.

Kid’s Night at the Museum

Drop your kids off for afterhours fun, including pizza, games, art and crafts. Advance reservations required. Jun 24, 5pm. $32. Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.579.4452.

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Birds & Bubbles

RoséFest

Exhibition Screen series covers the Renaissance artist’s life of work. Wed, Jun 21, 6:15pm. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

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Acclaimed pianist Richard Glazier performs classic movie music, tells stories about the films and stars, shows rare film clips and offers exclusive interview footage. Jun 24, 8pm. $24. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.924.5111.

Michelangelo: Love & Death

Ayurvedic Indian Head Massage • relief from tension headaches, & sinusitis • improves mobility in neck & shoulders

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Inaugural celebration of Rosé wines features sips from 30 Napa Valley wineries and bites from local restaurants.

Jun 24, 12pm. $65-$85.

Sterling Vineyards, 1111 Dunaweal Ln, Calistoga, naparosefest.com.

Featuring shrimp salad, shrimp jambalaya, peel and eat shrimp, French bread and dessert. Jun 24, 5:30pm. $35. Scottish Rite Center, 600 Acacia Ln, Santa Rosa.

707.539.6355.

Taste of Place

Chef Perry pairs a fourcourse dinner with Alexander Valley’s Hawkes wines. Jun 22, 6:30pm. $115. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

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Tastings, Tacos & Tunes

Try newly released wines, sample hometown tacos from El Coyote food truck and enjoy singer-songwriter Adam Traum. Jun 24, 1pm. $28.

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Adair Lara

Author and columnist tells the improbable story of how she came to write the history of Petaluma. Jun 25, 2pm.

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The Courage to See

Susan Schneider Williams, artist and wife of the late Robin Williams, gives a presentation on the importance of “negative space” in art and life. Advance tickets recommended. Jun 24, 11am. $15. Escalle Winery, 771 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, buckelew.org.

Daily Life of the Civil War Soldier

Using artifacts and stories, Civil War re-enactor Galen Durham tells all. Jun 26, 10:30am. Corte Madera Library.

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Readings Book Passage

Jun 21, 7pm, “The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness” with Paula Poundstone. Jun 22, 7pm, “Open Line” with leaders of the Prison University Project. Jun 23, 7pm, “Inspiring Courage” with Barbara Bonner.

Jun 24, 1pm, “Even Vegans Die” with Patti Breitman. Jun 24, 4pm, “Sea Power” with

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Jun 23, 7pm, “The Spy Across the Table” with Barry Lancet.

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Charles M Schulz Museum

Jun 24, 2pm, Bookshelf Author Series with Peter Coyote. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707.579.4452.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center Jun 21, 7pm, Books on Stage with Janelle Hanchett. 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale 707.829.2214.

Corte Madera Library

Jun 22, 7pm, Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show.

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Fairfax Library

Jun 27, 7pm, Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show.

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Healdsburg Copperfield’s Books

Jun 22, 6pm, “The Lost History of Stars” with Dave Boling, followed by wine reception at Thumbprint Cellars. 106 Matheson St, Healdsburg 707.433.9270.

Point Reyes Books

Jun 26, 7pm, “The Answers” with Catherine Lacey. Jun 28, 7pm, “Stephen Florida” and “Marlena” with Gabe Habash and Julie Buntin. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

Point Reyes Presbyterian Church

Jun 25, 3pm, “Buddhist Economics” with Clair Brown. by donation. 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station 415.663.1349.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books

Jun 24, 7pm, “Don’t Feed the Monkey Mind” with Jennifer Shannon. Jun 27, 6pm, “The Flight of the Pickerings” with John Grayson Heide. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

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Jun 23, 7pm, “Kiss Me Again, Paris” with Renate Stendhal.

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Theater Alice in Wonderland

Local community kids participate in Missoula Children’s Theatre performance of the classic fairy tale. Jun 24, 2 and 4:30pm. $9-$13. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Becky’s New Car

Melissa Claire stars as a woman working through a midlife crisis in playwright Steven Dietz’s funny and thought-provoking play, presented by Sonoma Arts Live Through Jun 25. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, sonomaartslive.org.

Broadway Under the Stars

“Another Openin’ Another Show!” With pre-show picnicking, wine, food trucks and sprawling views.

Through Jul 2. $45 and up.

Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, transcendencetheatre.org.

Doors Open

Musical performance explores the lives of people both LGBTQ and straight, who struggle with being involved in their church while loving all people in their lives. Jun 24, 7pm. Free. First United Methodist Church, 1551 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa.

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Lear

The Independent Eye theatre ensemble presents a twoperson version of William Shakespeare’s kingly drama that also features dozens of life-sized and hand puppets.

Through Jul 2. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

The Legend of Georgia McBride

Campy comedy follows an Elvis impersonator who trades in his jumpsuit for a dress and achieves stardom. Through Jul 2. $10. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

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Much Ado About Nothing

Marin Shakespeare Company’s 28th annual summer festival series opens with

Shakespeare’s all-ages appropriate romantic comedy.

Jun 23-Jul 23. $10-$37. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael. marinshakespeare.org.

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Noises Off

Hilarity and chaos ensue in Curtain Call Theatre’s production of Michael Frayn’s play-within-a-play. Through Jun 24. $15-$20. Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio. 707.524.8739.

Pagliacci

Opera about a heartbroken clown is paired with the comedic short Rhapsody of Fools. Through Jun 25.

Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

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Sing Me a Murder

See and sing in the newest dinner show from Get a Clue Productions, a fully functioning karaoke bar with deadly competition. Reservations required. Fri, Jun 23, 7pm. $68.

Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor.

The Tempest

Shakespeare’s magical fantasy includes wit and romance galore. Through Jun 25. $12$22. Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.894.3222.

Tempestuous

Pegasus Theater Company presents a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” written by local playwright Merlyn Q Sell and directed by Beulah Vega.

Through Jun 25. $18-$25.

Riverkeeper Park, 16153 Main St, Guerneville, pegasustheater. com.

West Side Story

The iconic musical from Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim opens SRJC’s Summer Rep Theatre Festival. Through Jun 29. $15$25. Burbank Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, summerrep.com.

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W

hen I worked in New Orleans as an online reporter, most of my work was in the criminal justice arena—police, the courts, the notorious Orleans Parish Prison. It was intense and difficult work at times, but never intimidating.

That was not the case when I did freelance work down in New Orleans and got assigned to cover the annual Satchmo Festival, the celebration of Louis Armstrong.

I never felt anything approaching the angst I did when I sat down to write the fateful words “Louis Armstrong” for publication for the first time, in a town where every other person is an armchair Armstrong scholar ready to pounce on any misreported fact about the jazz great.

I confess I feel the same way any time I sit down to write a story in the Bohemian about cannabis (despite the related fact that Satchmo was a total pothead): I feel totally intimidated. I am

going to screw this up.

There are people in the state, many in the North Bay, with lots of deep history and knowledge in this area—given the complicated and intersecting medical and recreational use laws now on the books, it’s hard to keep up!

Not anymore! Enter Omar Figueroa, Sebastopol cannabis lawyer and the author of the new hardcover instant classic, Cannabis Codes of California.

With this handy, exhaustive and essential guide to cannabis-related law in the state, I’m no longer intimidated at the thought of reporting on the latest update on cannabis taxation, or distribution, or the black market, or the medical-community’s concerns, the mom-and-pop growers, the Big Cannabis operators, etc. I’ve got Figueroa’s comprehensive Codes to see me through.

Cannabis Codes isn’t a novel, but it does have a built-in plot-line that lays out the law at various junctures in California’s social and political history. Figueroa gives a brief upfront history of cannabis in the state and the various moments where legislators weighed in on some aspect or another of the industry. For example, the 1996 landmark medical-use act is reprinted in its entirety, along with relevant penal codes, fish and wildlife code, health and safety, taxation—et al; and when Gov. Schwarzenegger decriminalized possession of small quantities in 2010, while adding some tough-oncrime language to the state penal code on the back-end.

Who’ll find this book of use?

Anyone who wants to get into the cannabis business, or anyone who’s gotten into the business and gotten in trouble for it— and anyone in between whose profession intersects with this rolling and fascinating experiment in cannabis freedom, California style. Cannabis Codes of California is available on Amazon.com.

Tom Gogola is the news editor for the ‘Bohemian.’

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) There are places in the oceans where the sea floor cracks open and spreads apart from volcanic activity. This allows geothermally heated water to vent out from deep inside the earth.

Scientists explored such a place in the otherwise frigid waters around Antarctica. They were elated to find a “riot of life” living there, including previously unknown species of crabs, starfish, sea anemones and barnacles.

Judging from the astrological omens, Aries, I suspect that you will soon enjoy a metaphorically comparable eruption of warm vitality from the unfathomable depths. Will you welcome and make use of these raw blessings even if they are unfamiliar and odd?

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I’m reporting from the first annual Psychic Olympics in Los Angeles. For the past five days, I’ve competed against the world’s top mind readers, dice controllers, spirit whisperers, spoon benders, angel wrestlers and stock-market prognosticators. Thus far I have earned a silver medal in the category of channeling the spirits of dead celebrities. (Thanks, Frida Kahlo and Gertrude Stein!) I psychically foresee that I will also win a gold medal for most accurate fortunetelling. Here’s the prophecy that I predict will cinch my victory: “People born in the sign of Taurus will soon be at the pinnacle of their ability to get telepathically aligned with people who have things they want and need.”

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) While reading Virginia Woolf, I found the perfect maxim for you to write on a slip of paper and carry around in your pocket or wallet or underwear: “Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small.” In the coming weeks, dear Gemini, I hope you keep this counsel simmering constantly in the back of your mind. It will protect you from the dreaminess and superstition of people around you. It will guarantee that you’ll never overlook potent little breakthroughs as you scan the horizon for phantom miracles. And it will help you change what needs to be changed slowly and surely, with minimum disruption.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Now that you’ve mostly paid off one of your debts to the past, you can go window-shopping for the future’s best offers.

You’re finally ready to leave behind a power spot you’ve outgrown and launch your quest to discover fresh power spots. So bid farewell to lost causes and ghostly temptations, Cancerian. Slip away from attachments to traditions that longer move you and the deadweight of your original family’s expectations. Soon you’ll be empty and light and free—and ready to make a vigorous first impression when you encounter potential allies in the frontier.

LEO (July 23–August 22) I suspect you will soon have an up-close and personal encounter with some form of lightning. To ensure it’s not a literal bolt shooting down out of a thundercloud, please refrain from taking long romantic strolls with yourself during a storm. Also, forgo any temptation you may have to stick your finger in electrical sockets. What I’m envisioning is a type of lightning that will give you a healthy metaphorical jolt. If any of your creative circuits are sluggish, it will jumpstart them. If you need to wake up from a dreamy delusion, the lovable lightning will give you just the right salutary shock.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Signing up to read at the open mic segment of a poetry slam?

Buying an outfit that’s a departure from the style you’ve cultivated for years? Getting dance lessons or a past-life reading or instructions on how to hang-glide?

Hopping on a jet for a spontaneous getaway to an exotic hotspot? I approve of actions like those, Virgo. In fact, I won’t mind if you at least temporarily abandon at least 30 percent of your inhibitions.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) I don’t know what marketing specialists are predicting about color trends for the general population, but my astrological analysis has discerned the most evocative colors for you Libras. Electric mud is one. It’s a scintillating mocha hue. Visualize silver-blue sparkles emerging from moist dirt tones. Earthy and dynamic! Cybernatural is

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another special color for you. Picture sheaves of ripe wheat blended with the hue you see when you close your eyes after staring into a computer monitor for hours. Organic and glimmering! Your third pigment of power is pastel adrenaline: a mix of dried apricot and the shadowy brightness that flows across your nerve synapses when you’re taking aggressive practical measures to convert your dreams into realities.

Delicious and dazzling!

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Do you ever hide behind a wall of detached cynicism?

Do you protect yourself with the armor of jaded coolness? If so, here’s my proposal: In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to escape those perverse forms of comfort and safety. Be brave enough to risk feeling the vulnerability of hopeful enthusiasm. Be sufficiently curious to handle the fluttery uncertainty that comes from exploring places you’re not familiar with and trying adventures you’re not totally skilled at.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) “We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars,” writes Jack Gilbert in his poem “Tear It Down.” He adds that “We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows.” I invite you to meditate on these ideas. By my calculations, it’s time to peel away the obvious secrets so you can penetrate to the richer secrets buried beneath. It’s time to dare a worldchanging risk that is currently obscured by easy risks.

It’s time to find your real life hidden inside the pretend one, to expedite the evolution of the authentic self that’s germinating in the darkness.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) When I was four years old, I loved to use crayons to draw diagrams of the solar system. It seems I was already laying a foundation for my interest in astrology.

How about you, Capricorn? I invite you to explore your early formative memories. To aid the process, look at old photos and ask relatives what they remember. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your past can show you new clues about what you might ultimately become. Potentials that were revealed when you were a wee tyke may be primed to develop more fully.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) I often ride my bike into the hills. The transition from the residential district to open spaces is a narrow dirt path surrounded by thick woods on one side and a steep descent on the other. Today, as I approached this place, there was a new sign on a post. It read “Do not enter: Active beehive forming in the middle of the path.” Indeed, I could see a swarm hovering around a tree branch that juts down low over the path. How to proceed? I might get stung if I did what I usually do. Instead, I dismounted from my bike and dragged it through the woods so I could join the path on the other side of the bees. Judging from the astrological omens, Aquarius, I suspect you may encounter a comparable interruption along a route that you regularly take. Find a detour, even if it’s inconvenient.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

I bet you’ll be extra creative in the coming weeks. Cosmic rhythms are nudging you toward fresh thinking and imaginative innovation, whether they’re applied to your job, your relationships, your daily rhythm or your chosen art form. To take maximum advantage of this provocative luck, seek out stimuli that will activate high-quality brainstorms. I understand that the composer André Grétry got inspired when he put his feet in ice water.

Author Ben Johnson felt energized in the presence of a purring cat and by the aroma of orange peels. I like to hang out with people who are smarter than me. What works for you?

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