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I greatly appreciated Shepherd Bliss’ “Shut It Down” (Open Mic, Aug. 23). His and his neighbors’ actions inspire me to rouse from my “it’s inevitable” victim attitude toward possibly illegal cannabis operations.

Taking action against rule breakers has nothing to do with whether we ourselves are cannabis consumers, or how we feel about the burgeoning pot culture.

Regarding Knights Bridge Winery, Sonoma County has failed to look at the whole project, and in doing so has ignored the cumulative impacts, including negative effects to neighbors’ wells. Instead, the developer’s “fake” water-use numbers keep spiraling downward in an attempt to justify this project.

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county in 2013, it reflected one set of numbers, and now four years later, the water-usage data reflects something quite different, now magically reduced.

But the only thing that has changed is that the water usage has intensified, as the developer has replanted a significant number of acres of new vineyards and added a 10 bedroom/10 bathroom guest lodge complete with a large pool and new landscaping.

To add insult to injury, the county is accepting the developer’s overall wateruse calculations in part by accepting the

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claim that the guest lodge’s water usage will be equivalent to “an average household of four.”

How is that possible? As with fake news, so goes “fake” water to justify this winery project.

CRAIG M. ENYART Knights Valley

No Mystery Meat With the new school year upon us, parents are turning their attention to school clothes, school supplies and school food. Yes, school food! More than 31 million children rely on school meals for their daily nutrition, which too often consists of highly processed food laden with saturated fat. Not surprisingly, one-third of our children have become overweight or obese. Their early dietary flaws become lifelong addictions, raising their risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke. To compound the problem, the Trump administration has loosened Obama’s 2010 school-lunch rules calling for whole grains, fat-free milk and reduced salt content.

Fortunately, many U.S. school districts now offer vegetarian options. More than 120 schools, including the entire school districts of Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia and San Diego, have implemented Meatless Mondays.

As parents, we need to involve our own children and school-cafeteria managers in promoting healthful, plant-based foods in our schools.

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Deep Cuts Act now to save Sebastopol redwoods BY LORIEL GOLDEN

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e are experiencing the results of an unloving worldview that perceives nature as something that exists for human convenience, for the profit of an elite few, for entertainment or to destroy if part of it doesn’t suit our immediate needs and desires.

We rush about in carbon-emitting vehicles, even when we know that rushing impedes perceiving beautiful and important facets of life: plants, flowers, birds and the beauty in each set of eyes we meet while walking. We destroy forests, which drive the water/air cycle.

Only 3 percent remains of the pristine, ancient redwood forest that once grew across the Northern Hemisphere. As we kill trees, we fuel disastrous weather disruptions. Forests draw down water, preventing drought that feeds fire. Mother Earth’s weather patterns are now disastrously chaotic. We must give healing Mother Earth top priority, rather than something we consider when it is convenient.

A very unfortunate precedent was set two years ago when the Santa Rosa City Council approved the destruction of 25 redwood trees in Old Courthouse Square. Now, two baby redwoods growing in the Pacific Market parking lot facing Covert Lane in Sebastopol are slated to be destroyed early next month. Although the roots of these babies are growing in ways that disrupt the sidewalk on one side and the asphalt on the other, they can be trained to grow as the redwoods and cedars in the Sebastopol library parking lot do without disrupting any surface. Bulges can be smoothed for safe walking. The cost of fixing sidewalks is trivial compared to the cost of stripping our land from every tree appearing inconvenient to business concerns.

Redwoods are the most community-minded trees, and they love humans as much as we love them. Now is the time to take action to protect what remains of these trees. We are as good as the love in our hearts and the actions we take to preserve life. If enough folks appear at Sebastopol City Hall on Sept. 6 at 3pm, or write to the city’s tree board, we will be able to inspire the city planners to wait the required amount of time to train the trees to grow their roots.

Please attend this rally and/or write to the Sebastopol city planners at Sebastopol Tree Board, Sebastopol City Hall, 7125 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol, California 95472.

Loriel Golden runs Timeless Sound a music production company whose mission is to heal the world with inspiring music and to raise money for Save the Redwoods League, a group that purchases, protects and restores redwood forests. Contact her at heartfire11@sonic.net.

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OLD BIRD Henry-1, Sonoma County’s sole search-and-rescue helicopter, is nearing the end of its life.

Assets seized in drug busts are helping offset the $5 million for a replacement.

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Asset forfeiture funds new Sonoma County chopper, future funds in doubt BY TOM GOGOLA

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he Sonoma County Board of Supervisors signed off on a new sheriff’s office helicopter purchase last week to replace Henry-1, the searchand-rescue chopper in service for 20 years, 10 of them in Sonoma County.

The new $5 million Bell helicopter will be purchased, in

part, with $3 million amassed by former sheriff Steve Freitas through asset-forfeiture cases. Under the federal Equitable Sharing Program, those assets go directly back to the law-enforcement agency that seized them, and don’t wind up in the county coffers—which is how the sheriff was able to squirrel away the funds for the new helicopter. The county is borrowing $2.5 million from Chase to make up the difference.

The Equitable Sharing Program, whose legacy dates back to the heyday of the War on Drugs in the 1980s, allows local law-enforcement agencies to seize assets—including cash and vehicles—from citizens, even in the absence of a criminal charge or conviction. The locality then transfers those assets to federal control, and then the feds send a percentage of the seized assets back to the local agency.

Critics from California Republican Congressman Darrell Issa to the American Civil Liberties Union have argued the program runs roughshod over due process rights of individuals who might never be convicted or even charged with a crime, but who nevertheless find their property seized by local law enforcement under the federal program.

Yet owing to recent changes to state law governing asset forfeitures, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) might not be able to count on those monies in coming years, noted Supervisor David Rabbitt during the board’s Aug. 22 meeting, which also saw the supervisors sign off on the appointment of Rob Giordano as interim sheriff.

Supervisor Shirlee Zane said she hoped the county could continue to rely on asset forfeiture dollars to offset mandatory repairs that come with the new helicopter, or even to pay off the debt to Chase before the note is due. The Bell helicopter is under warranty for its first three years of service but will hit a mandatory repair milestone in 2021–22 with costs that could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Most of the asset forfeitures in the Sonoma County are undertaken by the sheriff’s narcotics unit, and most of what they seize is cash, according to the SCSO website.

Giordano agrees with Rabbitt that asset forfeiture “is a very unstable fund these days,” given changes in state law, as he gave credit to the recently retired Freitas for putting aside the $3 million previously seized.

Last year, California passed a tough asset forfeiture law.

The California reforms, in place since January, now require a “conviction in almost all cases prior to the permanent loss of property through civil asset forfeiture,” according to a release from the Drug Policy Alliance, which supported the California reforms. Now California law enforcement agencies can no longer grab their share of forfeited property or assets “unless there is a conviction in an underlying case involving seized

D EBRIEF ER Kick Off Napa High School’s 2017 football season almost didn’t happen this year.

A civil complaint filed on behalf of a student claiming sexual assault brought the football program unwanted controversy. The lawsuit says the Napa Valley Unified School District, principal and coaches put up with a hazing tradition described as “aggressive, violent and brutal.” The hazing allegedly involved older players on the team using their fingers to violate the rectums of numerous younger players— though thankfully, through their clothing.

But Jesus Martinez, the varsity team’s new coach, is hoping to move forward. He is one of the coaches named in the ongoing civil suit. The district as a whole is also part of that civil suit, as is the current high school principal, Annie Petrie.

“Things are looking great, [the] kids are hungry and motivated and have been working hard in the weight room and on the field,” Martinez says.

There’s reason to be upbeat, as the Napa High Indians racked up a 7–3 record last year, only to get stifled in a postseason playoff game (the team did lose its pre-seasoner opener on Aug. 25).

But the only reason Napa High has a new coach is because of the alleged hazing resulted in a civil lawsuit and criminal charges.

Head coach Troy Mott stepped down as the legal system plodded along. Several students were charged with sexual

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battery by county prosecutors.

But the football program didn’t succumb.

Martinez coached under Mott since 2006. He spent nine years as offensive coordinator under junior-varsity coach Nick Tedesco and was last year’s JV head coach. Martinez is a 2004 Napa High graduate and played four years of football, including starting quarterback on the 2003 team that made it to the section semi-finals. He’s also a police officer employed at Napa State Hospital and lives in Napa with his wife and young children. Most importantly for now, he’s eager to put the football program’s controversy in the past.

“The distractions were eliminated from day one,” Martinez says. “What happened, happened—we as a program addressed it, and we made sure that the kids understood that what happened could not and will not happen again. We needed to get the kids back on the football field and get their minds on something positive, and we did.

“It is not a rebuilding year,” he adds. “I feel when people use the phrase ‘rebuilding year,’ you are willing to fail.

We, as Napa High coaches and players, are not willing to fail.

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It's a different year with new beginnings [but] the same traditions and expectations.

Napa High has always taken pride in being a disciplined program, and that will not change.”—Chris Rooney

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The Drug Policy Alliance released a study in 2015 that found local law enforcement agencies had for decades exploited a federal equitable sharing loophole which allowed for assets to be seized and repurposed even in the absence of a criminal conviction—or even criminal charges. That study found that California agencies’ revenue from state forfeitures was stable over the course of a decadelong study—but that revenues from federal forfeitures almost tripled over that time.

Zane was keen on figuring out if there were ways to pay down the debt to Chase on the helicopter and asked the helicopter purchase panel, which included Giordano and Sonoma County financial manager Christel Querijero, how much would remain in the SCSO asset-forfeiture account once the $3 million had gone to Bell for the new helicopter.

About $1.1 million Querijero said, adding that some is earmarked for other projects.

“Well, if we get a big bust,” Zane said to laughs, “yeah, if we get a big bust, paying down the debt— and that happens sometimes— all of a sudden your asset and forfeiture . . . balloons?”

A short silence ensued before Giordano responded.

“Yes, it does happen, but it takes years,” Giordano said. “So we may work a case today and three years later that million dollars comes.

But that’s been the beauty of the program—take your time, work your way through it.

“The world has changed around asset forfeiture, the world has changed around narcotics cases,” he added, “so I don’t know how much of that is available in the future, especially in the current political climate—but as long as it’s available, we’re going to use it to do the best we can with it.”

“Absolutely!” said Zane, who went on to note that when it comes to property and assets seized by the sheriff’s office, “we don’t want the state or federals taking it from us; we want to use it locally.”

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Dining WHEN ZUCCHINI ATTACKS Summer’s abundance of squash means an abundance of cooking options.

Zuke It Out

What to do with all that summer squash . . . BY ARI LEVAUX

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et’s cut straight to the point, because there isn’t much time. Nobody is even trying to sell them anymore at market. We are surrounded. They are swelling as we speak, and creeping steadily closer like zombies on steroids.

If you don’t typically lock your door, now would be a good

time to start. Behind the usual pleasantries, your neighbors are probing you for weakness, trying to decide who among you or your spouse would be most likely to break and accept a bagload. Gangs of farmhands will soon be roaming the streets, leaving zucchinis on porches and in unlocked vehicles. There is zucchini growing in your compost pile, maybe. One way or another, you will have zucchini on your

hands. And that’s why I’m here—if not for the ideas, then for the encouragement.

Any amount of zucchini can be handled, and probably with less effort than you fear. If you can adopt a can’t-stop, won’tstop approach, like the legs of a running back, you will eat a lot of zucchini, and you will like it. And it will be cheaper than what you would have made if you didn’t have zucchini.

You can make anything with zucchini: bread, soup, salad, pasta (as in, shredded into noodles) or steak (fried, grilled, broiled or breaded). And you can make it in different styles: Parmesan, ratatouille and other Italian ways; Thai-style (in curry), Vietnamesestyle (with cold noodles), Chinese-style (with oyster sauce and whatnot), Russian-style (fried) or Ari-style (chocolate zucchini mayo cake).

In summer, my quick and tasty go-to recipe is one that works with the honker monsters of summer, with no need to peel them. It works equally well in a pan, under the broiler or on the grill.

Slice a large zucchini thickly, up to an inch, and lay the slices on a tray. If there is room, add thick onion slices as well. Sprinkle zucchini lightly with salt on both sides, and then pour on some olive oil (about 1/4 cup for a decent sized one), white balsamic vinegar (1 tablespoon), red balsamic (1 teaspoon), and soy sauce (1 tablespoon) and several hard shakes of garlic powder.

Turn over to mix the marinade and coat the slices. Let them sit a moment while you heat up your grill/pan/broiler. Don’t mess with the onions. Just leave them alone on the tray while you flip around the zucchini, and transfer them gingerly to the heat when it’s ready.

Lay the zucchini and onions on or under the heat, and cook until soft. These lusty, juicy steaks are light and fun to consume. The slices go well atop a burger or in place of a burger on a bun.

At the other end of the size spectrum, if you are lucky to acquire some, are the finger-sized, baby zucchini, small enough that they still have beautiful, edible flowers attached. They would do fine in the above marinade, as would any size of summer squash, but because they are so delicate, they’re better enjoyed by a slow, gentle frying in butter, with the flowers on. Turn when brown, and add minced garlic before the final minutes of cooking.

And if you want to batter-coat and deep-fry them, I definitely won’t stop you.

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I’m not talking about the kind of dream with fairy-tale castles and sugar-plum Cabernets—you can find that upvalley. This is the kind of dream where a room filled with interesting things suddenly appears in an unlikely place—and those interesting things are beers!

Or like the wistful dream I once had in which I found a secret doorway in Sonoma County that led directly to Portland, Ore. If there’s nothing outlandishly dreamlike about this little suds shop in the repurposed Sawyer tannery by the Napa River, there is something of “Portlandia”

about it, if only because it does not scream “Napalandia.”

Inside, the space is light and bright, but not antiseptically so, and dominated by a concrete bar, a big chalkboard announcing current brews and board games available, and . . . big game. Vintage taxidermy animal heads collected by co-owner Tyler Rodde’s grandfather stare down from the rafters. Rodde and his wife, Lauren, also run Oenotri restaurant up the street, giving Tannery Bend an edge on the usual pretzels and popcorn tap room fare—their “bottomless popcorn” ($4) comes with a choice of bacon salt, housemade when the restaurant roasts a pig. Also on the menu: Italian pork sausage ($10), grilled cheese ($9) and Reuben ($12) sandwiches, green salad ($6), kimchi jerky ($6) and curry spiced nuts ($5).

It took a three-year odyssey just to open a small brewhouse on a quiet street in Napa, says brewer and co-owner Matt Cromwell. “If you see any gray here,” he says, rubbing his beard, “it wasn’t here in March.” Cromwell formerly brewed at the now-defunct and repurposed-for-winetasting Silverado Brewing Company, and later at Napa Smith. Since he’s only made some 30-plus batches here since opening in April, he says he’s still experimenting with house favorites.

I like what he’s brewed up so far, all of the beers named for Napa roads and landmarks: Brewed with redwood tips, Franklin pale ale has a woodsy aroma; Imola session IPA satisfies the bitter-lover at just 4.8 percent alcohol, while Salvador saphir IPA pulls fresh-peeled Valencia orange aromas out of an esoteric German hop; made with local cherries, Jack’s Bend Belgian dubbel is a cola-colored, leathery, tangy experiment gone right.

But as low-key and unaffected as this friendly brewhouse is, if the wine-industry talk overheard around the bar is any indication, alas, there can be no escape from wine-sodden Napa. Dream on!

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n case you haven’t heard, there are unicorns and rainbows on the southwest corner of Adobe and Washington in Petaluma.

Where residential morphs into rural sits a field covered in flashy polychromatic blooms, flanked on one side by a row of weathered barns. Welcome to Aztec Dahlias.

On this acre of neatly planted rows, 5,200 dahlias representing an impressive 400 varieties compose a living art gallery, an homage to the greatest artist of all time: Mother Nature. If you’ve never seen one, the dahlia is no ordinary flower. This extraordinary flower ranges from colossal, 10-inch-diameter “dinner plates” to dainty two-inch pompons.

With more tightly packed petals than the eye can comprehend and varietal names like Brittney Ray, Thomas Edison and Gay Princess, dahlias grow in the most fantastical colors from deep orange with a flash of fuchsia to highlighter yellow to the darkest red you’ve ever seen. ) 14 Photos by Becca Henry

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A NEW LEAF Kate Rowe and Omar Duran traded stressful careers for

the sweet life of flower growing.

Dahlias were originally grown for their edible tubers by the indigenous people of Mexico until they began to be cultivated for their flowers in the late 1700s.

In 1917, the first dahlia society in San Francisco was founded, and in 1926 the dahlia was chosen to be the official flower of the city of San Francisco. Thirty-seven years later, the stunning perennial was also selected as the national flower of Mexico.

But rather than a lengthy description of some incredible

flowers, this is the story of a wild and wonderful dream come true.

A few years back, Freestone resident Kate Rowe spotted a lone potted dahlia plant for sale at the Friday night Occidental Farmers Market. The plant had just one ball-shaped bloom, yellow in the center, with raspberry-colored petals. A stranger to dahlias, Rowe describes being “completely smitten” upon seeing it, and then laughs, recalling that she had also met her longtime partner, Omar Duran, at the same market.

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She didn’t buy the plant that week, but the next week, when she went back, it was there again, still for sale. Rowe bought and planted her first dahlia that year, multiplying to three the next year, then 11, then 22. “That’s when I knew I had a problem,” she says.

At the time, she was working nearly 100-hour weeks as an event producer and software product manager. The dahlias were her healer.

“The flowers made me present when I was completely and

utterly distracted, so caught up with things that were really not important to me in life, though I thought they should be. All of a sudden, I would be around one of these flowers, and, even just for a moment, I was completely taken and totally present.”

She was inspired to bring that same feeling to others. At the height of her home garden, she was growing 120 dahlias and had begun thinking about making it a business and dreaming about making it her life. And that’s when sweet serendipity began making appearances. In the midst of having these thoughts, Rowe received a phone call from a woman she had met at a party who was studying to be a life coach. She had finished her training and wanted to offer free coaching hours. Through these unexpected sessions, Rowe realized that following her dream was actually possible.

No sooner had she begun visualizing the possibility than she ended up having a fateful conversation that changed her life. While she was getting a haircut, engaging in some friendly salon banter, she mentioned her dream of one day becoming a dahlia farmer.

“No kidding?” her hairstylist replied. “You want to be a dahlia farmer? Well, I know someone who has a dahlia farm in Petaluma and is thinking of selling it.”

Turns out that Jamie and Rosa O’Brien, who had owned Aztec Dahlias for more than 15 years, had just started thinking about moving to Texas to open a restaurant. They had only discussed it with their immediate family, not publicly, but the O’Briens’ daughter happened to go the same hairdresser as Rowe. Rowe’s hairstylist put her in touch with Jamie O’Brien, who welcomed the idea, saying that he and his wife were indeed considering selling, but didn’t know who they’d sell to. While they originally had decided to sell in two to three years, a month later, they shifted gears and now wanted to sell as ) 16 soon as possible.

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Rowe and Duran discussed the idea. He was equally unhappy with his job as a bike builder, so they decide to go for it. Rowe held on to her job temporarily, to keep some steady income, and Duran immediately began shadowing O’Brien full-time to learn the ropes. On Aug. 11, 2016, they were officially proud (and superfreaked-out) owners of a dahlia farm, a dream that was realized so quickly that it was almost hard for them to grasp.

But how does one go from tending a hobby garden to being responsible for thousands of flowers and an established business? On the business side, Rowe says every previous position she had held ended up somehow preparing her for this moment, from orchestrating events to being a master of spreadsheets (“The whole field is a spreadsheet!”) and numbercrunching. On the plant-care side, the answer is two-fold: listening to the plants and tapping the collective wisdom of the vibrant dahlia community.

Even though dahlias have a reputation for being difficult to grow, Rowe believes they’re not.

“We’re just present to the plants,” she says. “For example, when you’re cutting the flowers all day long, if the stem is dry and woody, they need water, and if the stem is soggy, it has too much water.

They start to talk to you after a while.”

She adds that it’s helpful that Duran is “the plant and animal whisperer,” with a natural knack for knowing what makes them happy.

Although Aztec Dahlias is the only dedicated dahlia farm in the area, Rowe gleaned invaluable insight from other California farmers, notably Kristine Albright of Santa Cruz’ Blackbird Farms and Kevin Larkin of Corralitos Gardens, who has 40 years of experience growing dahlias and generously spent hours on the phone sharing his wealth of knowledge.

The hardest part? Now a fulltime farmer, Rowe thinks for a

minute and says, “Waking up at 4:30am and working 18-hour days,” but she acknowledges that this is only their first full year and her process is becoming more streamlined and efficient all the time. Plus, the overwhelming joy and sense of presence they bring to people makes all the hard work worthwhile, she says. Luckily, only the summer high season is crazy.

The flowers have a hypnotic effect, drawing a steady stream of dahlia lovers.

Normally, tubers are planted in April; Aztec Dahlias’ flowers are planted in a greenhouse in February to ensure viable plants.

They then get transplanted to the field in May and bloom from June or July to mid-October, going dormant on the first full rain. The tubers are then dug up by hand and sold to clients across the country, usually selling out, especially because Aztec carries so many hard-to-find varieties.

Rowe and Duran sell their flowers at six farmers markets a week, plus at the Sonoma Flower Mart at Sebastopol’s Barlow on Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well as every day but Monday at their flower stand at the entrance to the farm, which is the best place to see them.

The flowers have a hypnotic effect, drawing a steady stream of dahlia lovers and enticing clientele to get to the markets a full hour before opening to

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Our customers “are just obsessed like we are,” says Rowe.

“I’m definitely obsessed. They’re so magical.”

Rowe and Duran have big plans.

Rowe would like to organize an event around the height of the bloom (which is starting now) called Bloombastic, as well as an event around the end of bloom called the Bloomdiggity, where everyone comes and cuts flowers before they dig up the tubers.

Aztec Dahlias has also started hosting design workshops and may add watercolor workshops and invite folks to use the space for photo shoots.

They have visions of making the farm into an even more inviting space by setting up tables and chairs where folks can bring their own libations and be surrounded by the field. They’ve intentionally planted their rows with wider aisles in between to encourage folks to walk around.

“That’s what people love,” says Rowe. “They just light up when they’re in the field. People come intending to stay 10 minutes and then end up staying hours. I want to create a space where people feel better just being here, to have this sense of awe and wonder.

Whatever else is going on in their world, whether an illness in the family or the stress of work, gets left behind. It’s all rainbows and unicorns out here.”

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Marine Impressions

“Tidal Response,” an undersea exploration of art and science currently exhibiting at the Petaluma Arts Center, is making waves with a stunning display of conceptual works and literal representations of the ocean’s fragile array of life, including the precious coral reefs. One of the world’s most endangered environments, coral reefs are largely hands-off even for scientists who want to study and save them, but this week, the arts center brings the coral to you in the 3D Modeling Demonstration of Undersea Coral Specimens. See highly detailed models and learn about coral restoration on Thursday, Aug. 31, at PAC, 230 Lakeville St., Petaluma. 7pm. $5. 707.762.5600.

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Musician and band leader Lucas Domingue’s natural rhythm and striking talent for Cajun and zydeco jams can be traced back to his great grandfather. Originally from Lafayette, Louisiana and now living in Sonoma County, Domingue’s sharp-dressed and exuberant musical outfit, T Luke & the Tight Suits, have steadily built a local reputation for fun, freewheeling music that’s perfect for parties and festivals. This month, the Suits unveil their debut album, Borderline, with a blowout release concert that will feature several special guests sitting in with the band as they play their latest rollicking tunes on Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Reel Fish Shop & Grill, 401 Grove St., Sonoma. 8:30pm. 707.343.0044.

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Autumn means falling fruit and sweet cider. This weekend, the Culinary Institute of America brings together the best in local and not-so-local ciders in the inaugural Ciderfest. Purveyors of cider from throughout Northern California, like Tilted Shed and Horse & Plow, pour alongside well-traveled tastings from Washington State, Vermont and New York. Live music from Le Hot Jazz sets the mood and delicious bites complement the cider on Sunday, Sept. 3, at CIA at Copia, 500 First St., Napa. Noon to 5pm. Free admission, tasting tickets available for ages 21 and over. 707.967.2530.

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While most craft brewers use dried and trucked-in hops for their beers, Sonoma County’s Fogbelt Brewing Company is turning their access to local hop yards into wet hop beers, adding those local hops to their beers hours after picking.

Several of these autumnal favorites are being tapped at Fogbelt’s second annual Wet Hop Festival. Five new beers make their debut alongside barbecue and street tacos at the event, with live music from local rockers like the Restless Sons and Down Dirty Shake, hop-picking demos and more on Sunday, Sept. 3, at Fogbelt Brewing Company, 1305 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. Noon to 8pm. Free admission. 707.978.3400.

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HOLY NERD NEST! And by nerd nest we mean a fine place for discriminating comic-book fans to gather and appreciate the finer examples of the genre.

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The Batcave is the vintage destination North Bay collectors deserve BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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very comic book and toy collector has a story about the one that got away.

Whether it’s a beloved book that was traded in haste, a prized action figure that disappeared on vacation or a video game that no kid’s allowance could afford, North Bay collectors looking to recapture their childhood riches can now rejoice. The Batcave is here to save the day.

Santa Rosa’s latest vintage

store, located appropriately in a basement of one of Railroad Square’s oldest buildings, the Batcave is a treasure trove of old-school comics and toys that instantly transports any child of the ’60s through the ’90s back to bygone days.

The Batcave is owned and operated by Michael Holbrook, founder of the Santa Rosa Toy Con, and his business partners Gabriel Vaughn and Andy Mayhew.

A lifelong collector, Holbrook is an ’80s kid, obsessed with Transformers, GI Joe and Star Wars.

“Ten years ago, when my grandma passed on, we found two boxes of all my original toys we thought had disappeared,” says Holbrook. “It just rekindled the fire and I started collecting more.”

Holbrook’s concept for the store preceded his Toy Con, which marks five years when it returns to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Sept. 23. He met Vaughn, a fellow collector, and Mayhew through the Toy Con, and they joined forces to form the business.

“As a comic collector, there was

really nowhere to go for old stuff, for anything classic,” says Vaughn.

To that point, the Batcave’s impressive inventory includes a wall of high-quality comic books from as far back as the 1950s. First or early appearances of characters like Iron Man and the Silver Surfer are on display, and boxes of back issues from dozens of popular titles help collectors fill in the gaps in their personal stashes.

Beyond the books, the store is packed with vintage figures and video games that unlock childhood nostalgia. “It’s a place where almost anybody could walk in and say, ‘I had that,’” says Vaughn.

“Like many, I came from a divorced family, and that stuff you had as a kid was very important.”

Holbrook adds that the store is also a place to share these remembered treasures with the next generation. “One of my favorite things is seeing a father come in with his kid and pass on a piece of their childhood,” he says.

To keep the store’s inventory fresh, Holbrook buys comics and toys, and sells items on consignment, updating the shelves on a daily basis. “We try to have a little of everything for all ages here,” Holbrook says.

Like the Santa Rosa Toy Con, which this year boasts special guests like Star Trek actors Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols as well as an expanded selection of vendors and hands-on activities, the Batcave is both affectionate and accessible in its operation.

“I want people leaving with a smile on their face,” Holbrook says. “It is a passion, I wouldn’t do it any other way.”

Batcave Comics & Toys, 100 Fourth St. (basement), Santa Rosa. Wednesday– Sunday, 11am–8pm. 707.755.3432. batcavecomicsandtoys.com; santarosatoycon.com.

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At a time when political and domestic tension was building to a breaking point, the world welcomed a sweet little musical about children trying to make sense of a world that is confusing, complex and unfair. The play, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the Peanuts comic strip

by Santa Rosa’s Charles Schulz, featured songs and story by

Andrew Lippa and Clark Gesner.

It was a huge hit.

Half a century later, 6th Street Playhouse presents a charming revival of the show, timely not only for its arrival in the play’s 50th anniversary, but also because the world feels depressingly similar to the one that first greeted the musical in 1967.

Directed by Marty Pistone, with sprightly musical direction by Ginger Beavers and a minimalist/ comic-strip set by James Anderson, the play features a marvelous cast of adults. Delivering grininducing and (mostly) well-sung performances, the cast effectively evokes the mannerisms of their famous cartoon inspirations, while putting a pleasingly personal spin on each character.

Dominic Williams, in the title role, nicely captures Charlie Brown’s patented blend of depression, optimism and human decency. As his little sister Sally, Katie Kelley is superb, especially in the sassy song “My New Philosophy.” Erik Weiss gives Charlie Brown’s dog Snoopy a slightly unhinged quality, and brings down the house with the exuberant anthem “Suppertime.”

As the blanket-clutching Linus, his gleefully crabby sister, Lucy, and the music-adoring Schroeder, Cooper Bennett, Amy Webber and Robert Finney all have moments to shine and delight. Siena Warnert—as the Little Red Haired Girl, a dancing blanket and a very smart rabbit—does some agile supporting work.

Fifty years after its debut, this plot-free but emotion-packed musical is once again a welcome reminder that in a world gone mad, some things never change. That innocence is good, if complicated, and images as simple as a kite in a tree, a dog rocking aviator goggles and a boy playing Beethoven on a toy piano still have the power to make us feel young, optimistic and safe—if only for a couple of hours.

Rating (out of 5): ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ runs Thursday–Saturday through Sept. 17 at 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. Sixth St. Thursday–Saturday,. 7:30pm; Sunday, 2pm. $15–$38. 707.523.4185.

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ME AND MY CREW Danielle Macdonald rises above her hardluck roots in this feelgood movie.

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he lovable Sundance hit comedy Patti Cake$ is a movie about unlikely stardom, sought by the obese 23-year-old Patti Dumbowski (Danielle Macdonald). She gets her multigenerational extended family together into the oddest group since the Bremen Town Musicians.

Patti lives with Grandma (the ever-ready Cathy Moriarity), a gravel-voiced wheelchair-rider, ready to join her late husband in the grave. The terrific Bridget Everett (Lady Dynamite) plays Patti’s partly estranged mother, Barb, and is tremendous in her role as a bitter dream-crusher.

The fairy tale has a rough background: suburban Jersey at its skeeviest. Maybe the authenticity cited in reviews is the texture director Geremy Jasper got from the belching steam-stacks, old taverns and the cemetery where a vandal beheaded a stone cherub.

Patti’s dreams are admirable, and we’re charmed by the fact that this would-be star, sweating it out as a waitress and a bartender, has given herself more AKAs (Patti Cake$, Killa P . . .) than a Filipino vampire movie. Finally, we get to see her chops when she does a rap battle outside a gas station.

At a talent show, Patti sees the guy who’ll catalyze her dreams, a young, melancholy transient who calls himself Basterd and whose real name is Bob (Mamoudou Athie). But Patti doesn’t listen when Bob warns her of the rap god she worships, a famous MC called “Oz” whose posters cover her walls. Since Patti is a Dorothy waiting for her tornado, it’s natural that Oz turns out to be a little jerk behind a curtain.

This is a sweet movie, but it’ll gall viewers who believe that fighting the viciousness of the world with troubling art is a duty—it’s not just a stage you get over, as if you were a rebellious kid who finally learned to clean up and be nice.

‘Patti Cake$’ opens Friday at Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. 707.522.0719.

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BLUES BOY ‘Music is universally something that helps people heal,’ says Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Laying It Down Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s new record rocks out

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elf-taught blues guitar prodigy and platinum-selling artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd began playing music in earnest after seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1984, when he was seven.

“It was a life-changing experience,” Shepherd says. “That was the day the fire was lit inside of me.”

Already steeped in his father’s massive music collection, Shepherd loved the blues right off and made it his mission at that young age to play and positively affect people through music, the way that Vaughan affected him.

Over the last 25 years, he’s done exactly that with signature songs like “Blue on Black” and acclaimed albums under his own name and

with the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, often collaborating with vocalist Noah Hunt, drummer Chris Layton and others.

Shepherd kicks his music into high gear with the band’s latest album, Lay It On Down, which debuted at the top spot on Nielsen SoundScan’s Top Blues chart earlier this month.

Lay It On Down reachers deeper into a rock and Americana sound than most of Shepherd’s previous work, infusing his effortless licks into a rollicking pastiche of roots music.

“All the different genres you hear throughout the record is all stuff I grew up listening to,” Shepherd says. “I chose to go down the path of the blues when I was learning how to play guitar as a kid. That’s my first love, but all of these genres are closely related.

It’s natural for that stuff to find its way into my music.”

While Shepherd has touched on rock and country music sporadically before, this new album, largely recorded live and straight to analog tape, is easily the most “classic rock”–sounding record of Shepherd’s career. It’s also widely regarded by critics and fans as one of his best yet.

Currently on a massive tour in support of the album, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band perform in the North Bay next month as part of the Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival.

Shepherd’s exceptional guitar work shines live, where he stretches out onstage with fiery solos and feel-good grooves.

“The mindset is bringing something positive to the people through music,” Shepherd says.

“Regardless of the political climate or whatever nonsense is going on in the world today, everybody has their own personal things that they’re dealing with, and music is universally something that helps people heal one way or another through difficult times.”

The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band play Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival, running Sept. 9–10 at Johnson’s Beach, Guerneville. $55–$110 single day; $90–$190 weekend pass. russianriverfestivals.com.

Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Akae Beka

Roots-reggae band from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands, is made of members of legendary outfit Midnite. Sep 1, 7:30pm. $25.

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

Golden StateLone Star Revue

Grammy-nominated harmonica master Mark Hummel teams with Texas guitarist Anson Funderburgh and drummer Wes Starr for a rockin’ revue. Sep 2, 8:30pm. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Sonoma County Cajun Zydeco & Delta Rhythm Festival

Geno Delafose & the French Rockin Boogie Band headline day one’s zydeco lineup, and the Blasters headline day two’s rockabilly lineup with Cajun food, art, beer and wine.

Sep 2-3, 11:30am. $25-$40.

Ives Park, Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol, winecountrycajun.com.

MARIN COUNTY Ramana Vieira

Portugal folk ensemble showcases traditional music from European and American composers. Sep 3, 6:30pm. $10-$15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Sammy Hagar & Friends

Prolific rock star and Marin figure plays an acoustic benefit concert for Kiddo Entertainment. Sep 4, 8pm. $100. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Sons of Champlin

Longtime Marin rock band spends Labor Day rocking out on the lawn with a BBQ to boot.

Sep 4, 3pm. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

NAPA COUNTY Montuno Swing

Christian Tumalan of Pacific Mambo Orchestra leads this

old-school salsa band. Sep 2, 7:30 and 9:30pm. $15-$35.

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

Sep 1, Stereo Bounce. Sep 2, UB707. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge Sep 2, Two Lions. 21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville.

707.814.0036.

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Live music crawl includes musicians performing in stores, parks, plazas, patios and throughout Napa’s many venues. Sep 3, 12pm. downtown, Main street and Town Center, Napa. donapa.com.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe Sep 1, Gary & Preston. Sep 2, Rusty Reds. Sep 3, 2pm, Riner Scivally. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Sep 1, the Peter Welker Sextet.

101 Second St, Petaluma.

707.765.4567.

Aug 31, 6:30pm, Jewish Music Series with Kugelplex. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Guerneville Plaza

Aug 31, 7pm, Rockin’ the River with Dgiin. 16201 First St, Guerneville, rockintheriver.org.

Hood Mansion Lawn

Sep 1, 7pm, Funky Fridays with a Case of the Willys. 389 Casa Manana Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.833.6288. funkyfridays. info.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Sep 1, DJ Prince Dylan & the Bergamot Bouncy Castle.

328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.8720.

Sep 1, Junk Parlor and the Critters. Sep 2, Gator Nation and the Pulsators. Sep 4, Monday Night Edutainment with Arkaingelle. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

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Bergamot Alley

Aug 30, Christy Hayes. Aug 31, Analog Us and Buck Thrifty. Sep 2, Cabbagehead with Hubble Trio and Oddjob Ensemble.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.7163.

Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern Sep 1, Ricky Ray. Sep 2, Willy and friends. Sep 3, 2:30pm, the Fargo Brothers. 25300 Steelhead Blvd, Duncans Mills.

707.865.2261.

BR Cohn Winery Sep 3, 2pm, Falcon Christopher Duo. 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen. 707.938.4064.

Brewsters Beer Garden Aug 31, Bluegrass & Bourbon with Kevin Russell & His So Called Friends. Sep 1, SoulShine Band. Sep 2, Mr Chuffey. Sep 3, Muncie. 229 Water St N, Petaluma. 707.981.8330.

Cellars of Sonoma Sep 2, 4pm, John Pita.

Sep 3, 2pm, Greg Yoder. 20 Matheson Ave, Healdsburg.

707.578.1826.

Cooperage Brewing Co Sep 1, eNegative with Osito and MSG. 981 Airway Ct, Santa Rosa. 707.293.9787.

Sep 1, 5pm, Solid Air. Sep 1, 8pm, Charley Paul. Sep 2, 1pm, Matt Bolton. Sep 2, 8pm, Jeff Campbell. Sep 3, 1pm, Vardo. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Sep 2, Robb Fischer Trio with Parker Grant and Ron Marabuto. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

Ives Park

Aug 30, 5pm, Gator Nation and Wild Catahoulas. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol, peacetown.org.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Wed, open mic night. Sep 1, Frankie Bourne. Sep 3, Haute Mess. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Aug 30, Jason Bodlovich Group.

Aug 31, Galen Ash. Sep 1, Blues Bottle Band. Sep 2, Third Rail Band. Sep 3, New Copasetics.

Sep 6, JimBo Trout. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

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Main Street Bistro

Aug 30, Willie Perez. Aug 31, Rhythm Drivers. Sep 1, Le Hot Club Swing. Sep 2, Bad Ass Boots. Sep 3, Frankye Kelly.

Sep 5, Mac & Potter. Sep 6, Susan Sutton. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Sep 2, 12pm, Nathan Owens & Legends of Motown. Sep 3, 12pm, Rick Lenzi & Roustabout.

911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

707.545.3844.

Mystic Theatre

Aug 31, Talking Dreads. Sep 2, Martin Barre. Sep 3, Amy Helm with Levi Parham. Sep 6, Ana Popovic with Dirty Cello and Mike Saliani Band. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Phoenix Theater

Sep 2, ManBearPig with HalphoriO and Over the Falls.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

31, Jim Caroompas and friends.

Sep 1, 6:30pm, Bruce Gordon.

Sep 5, American roots night with Lou Rodriguez and friends. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.

Spancky’s Bar

Sep 2, Pacific Soundrise. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.664.0169.

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Ray’s Deli & Tavern

Wed, 6pm, open mic session.

900 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.762.9492.

Redwood Cafe

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Aug 30, Pop-up jazz jam. Aug 31, Frobeck. Sep 1, 3pm, SSU LGBTQ Summit Fundraiser.

Sep 3, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses.

Sep 5, Rock Overtime student performance. Sep 6, Irish set dancing. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

The Reel Fish Shop & Grill

Sep 2, T Luke & the Tight Suits. 401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Marconi State Historic Park

Sep 3, 2pm, Marconi Summer Music Series. 18500 Hwy 1, Marshall, marconiconference. org.

Marin Country Mart

Sep 1, 6:30pm, Wildfire Weed.

18627 Sonoma Hwy, Boyes Hot Springs.

Sep 1, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Dave Getz Quartet. Sep 3, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Red Meat. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

415.461.5700.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

19 Broadway Club

Springs Community Hall

Sep 1, Void Where Prohibited.

Sep 2, Soul Grease. Sep 3, 3pm, Invitational Bluegrass Jam. Sep 5, open mic. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Sep 1, DJ MD and Willie G. Sep 2, “Soul of Labor Day” with DJ PaperBoy. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

Windsor Town Green

Aug 31, 6pm, Beatles Flashback. 701 McClelland Dr, Windsor, townofwindsor.com.

Pongo’s Kitchen & Tap Aug 31, 6:30pm, Craig Corona.

701 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. 707.774.5226.

Jazzitude. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

MARIN COUNTY The Belrose

Thurs, open mic night.

1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.454.6422.

Belvedere Community Park

Sep 3, 3:45pm, Flaming O’s with Caroline Sky. 450 San Rafael Ave, Belvedere, belvedereconcerts.org.

Fenix

Aug 30, the Fenix Band. Sep 2, Dyson Tate and Special Occasion. Sep 3, 11:30am, Sunday brunch with Rachel Efron. Sep 5, West Coast Songwriters Competition and open mic. Sep 6, pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

Aug 30, the Axidents. Aug 31, the Gladiators with Droop Lion.

Sep 1, 5:30pm, Danny Montana and friends. Sep 1, 9pm, First Fridays Reggae Night with Broken Silence Sound System.

Sep 2, 5:30pm, Michael Brown and friends. Sep 2, 9:30pm, TDK. Sep 3, 6pm, 19 Broadway Goodtime Band. Sep 3, 9pm, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam.

Sep 4, open mic. Sep 5, Blues Champions. Sep 6, the Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Aug 30, Barnyard Hammer and friends. Aug 31, Well Known Strangers. Sep 1, Michael Aragon Quartet. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino

Aug 30, Gaea Schell Trio.

Aug 31, Passion Habanera.

37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Aug 31, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Sep 5, Swing Fever. Sep 6, Arthur Javier. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Aug 30, Fitz & Pieces. Aug 31, Dr Mojo. Sep 1, Michael Skinner & the Final Touch. Sep 2, Go

by Ocean. Sep 3, Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Sep 4, open mic. Sep 5, the Bad Hombres. Sep 6, the Weissmen.

29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Sep 1, Elvis & the Memphis Kings reunion with Rick Lenzi. Sep 2, the Sun Kings.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

George’s Nightclub

River Theater

Sep 1, Safety Orange.

16135 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.8022.

Sep 1, Urban Outlaws. Sep 3, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe. Sold-out. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

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Insalata’s

Aug 31, 5:30pm, Parker Grant.

120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo. 415.457.7700.

Sep 1, SwingSet. Sep 2, Charles Wheal Blues. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Sausalito Seahorse

Sonoma Speakeasy

Sep 1, 7pm, Deepening Connection Drum Circle. $15-$20. 5277 Gilchrist Rd, Sebastopol. 707.228.0001.

Aug 30, the Acrosonics. Aug

Sat, DJ party. Sun, Banda Night.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato

Aug 30, Hopsauce. Sep 6,

Rancho Nicasio

Aug 31, singer-songwriter showcase with Mark Nichol.

1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar

Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Aug

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University’s Jewish Music Series on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Green Music Center’s Schroeder Hall. See Clubs & Venues, p23.

31, Freddy Clarke. Sep 1, Lucky Drive Band. Sep 2, 12:30pm, bossa nova on the patio with Lau and friends. Sep 2, 4pm, Love Jet. Sep 3, 5pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Sep 5, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Aug 31, Christy Hays. Sep 1, Marty O’Reilly. Sep 2, Beso Negro. Sep 3, Highway Poets. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge

Trio. Sep 6, 12pm, Jack Cimo and Robert Mcmanmon. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Jarvis Conservatory

Trek Winery

Napa Valley Roasting Company

Sep 2, Rick Kelly. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato. 415.899.9883.

NAPA COUNTY Beringer Vineyards Sep 2, 12:30pm, Taylor Brown.

2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

Blue Note Napa

Last Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night.

First Friday of every month, Truthlive. 848 B St, San Rafael.

415.454.5551.

Aug 31, Barrio Manouche. Sep 1, Tony Saunders Band with Gail Jhonson and Sapphron Obois. Sep 5, Amber Snider Band. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Aug 30, Cash’d Out. Aug 31, Poor Man’s Whiskey. Sep 1, Steep Ravine. Sep 2, Anthony B and Sol Horizon. Sep 3, Jennifer Hartswick Band. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads

Aug 30, the Casual Coalition.

Sep 1, the Infamous Stringdusters with Phil Lesh.

Sep 3, California Kind featuring Barry Sless. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Sep 3, 5:30pm, Nathan Bickart

Sep 1, Latin Nights with DJ Jose Miguel. Sep 2, Travis Hayes. 1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Sep 2, Tim McNary. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Sep 2, It’s a Grand Night for Singers. 1711 Main St, Napa.

707.255.5445.

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River Terrace Inn Aug 31, Jason Bodlovich. Sep 1, Dan Martin. Sep 2, Nate Lopez. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s

Aug 31, Johnny Smith. Sep 3, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Goose & Gander

Susie’s Bar

Sep 3, 1pm, the Diva Kings.

1245 Spring St, St Helena.

707.967.8779.

Wed, Open Mic Night with Randy Foisy. 1365 Lincoln St, Calistoga. 707.942.6710.

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Pacifico Restaurante Mexicano Fri, live mariachi music.

1237 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga.

707.942.4400.

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Aug 31, Don Bassey and friends. Sep 1, Taryn Cross Band.

Sep 2, the Boys of Summer. Sep 3, Tuck & Patti. Sep 6, Wesla Whitfield & Mike Greensill.

530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant

(1963) Monday, November 13 Doors 6:30pm | Movie 7:00pm

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

707.224.2233.

Sep 1, DJ Carl. Sep 2, DJ Aurelio.

Sep 3, 12pm, acoustic brunch with Doug Houser. Sep 5, 6pm, Gentlemen of Jazz.

1001 Second St, Napa.

707.927.5333.

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Atlas Coffee Company, “Quan in Color,” artist Gary Paintin releases new zines, prints, paintings and drawings. 6pm. 300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.526.1085.

My Daughter the Framer, “Art Trails Preview Show,” get an advanced look at works by participating artists of this year’s Sonoma County Art Trails event. 5pm. 637 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.542.3599.

Sep 2

Arts Guild of Sonoma, “Celebrate!,” national juried show marks the arts guild’s 40th anniversary. 5:30pm.

140 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.996.3115.

MarinMOCA, “2017 Emerging Artists of Northern California,” exhibits diverse works from five talented artists.

Galleries SONOMA COUNTY 6th Street Playhouse Through Sep 24, “Laughing Matters,” juried show curated

by Christie Marks has a sense of humor, at the Studio Gallery.

52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.523.4185.

Aqus Cafe Through Aug 30, “The Bird Show,” high-flying art. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through Sep 3, “Dialogues with Nature,” paintings by Bob Nugent are inspired by the Amazon River Basin. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Tues-Sat, 11:30am to 2pm; Tues-Thurs & Sun, 5:30 to 9pm; Fri-Sat, 5:30 to 9:30pm. 707.795.9753.

Calabi Gallery Through Sep 24, “Gallery Group Show,” featuring Calabi

5pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato.

415.506.0137.

Sep 3

exhibit of sculptures by local artists includes self-guided audio tours. 101sculpturetrail. com. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. All day.

Upstairs Art Gallery, Reason to Rejoice,” exhibit features award-winning pastel paintings by Debbie Harding. 1:30pm. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. 707.431.4214.

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Gallery One

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “études & impromptus,” member artists Tom and Cayen Robertson display a multitude of mixed media works. 6pm. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.4331.

Throckmorton Theatre, “September Art Exhibit,” mixed media painter and printmaker Cathy Coe shows in the Theatre Gallery, while artists Ella Cleaveland and Mercer Jackson share the Crescendo Gallery. 5pm.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Gallery’s contemporary artists and selections from its vintage collection. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

Charles M Schulz Museum

Through Nov 6, “A Friendship Like Ours,” rediscover enduring duos, from Peppermint Patty and Marcie to Snoopy and Woodstock, featured in “Peanuts” in this exhibition of original comic strips. Through Sep 10, “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night,” explores the theme of writing in “Peanuts” through original cartoons and family-friendly activities. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

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

Chroma Gallery

Through Sep 27, “Sightings,” juried photography show aims the lens at life’s often overlooked textures, patterns and juxtapositions. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Downtown Cloverdale Through May 3, “Cloverdale Sculpture Trail,” year-round

Through Sep 16, “David Carlson Solo Show,” the artist exhibits large abstract paintings with floral themes. 324 Center St, Healdsburg. 707.433.9081.

Through Sep 3, “Summer Small Works Invitational,” Donna DeLaBriandais, Lynn Davis, Joyce Kelly, Judy Klausenstock and Joanne Tepper exhibit.

209 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.778.8277.

Graton Gallery

Through Sep 24, “Anything Goes,” juried exhibition runs concurrently with the annual Cigar Box show. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Through Sep 17, “Stories Through Photography,” Erik Castro shows portraits of immigrant labor and John F Martin captures regular folks in elaborate costumes as part of a juried show. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

Healdsburg Museum

Through Oct 1, “Destination Healdsburg,” see historical Healdsburg artifacts, stories and photos from before the era of the grape. 221 Matheson St, Healdsburg. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.431.3325.

Joseph Jewell Wines

Through Aug 31, “Asian Rhapsody,” photos and collages by Deborah and Gerald Huth are inspired by travels in Asia. 6542 Front St, Forestville. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 5.

707.975.4927.

Paul Mahder Gallery

Through Sep 17, “Words Matter,” the Bay Area premiere of new paintings by internationally acclaimed artist Wosene Kosrof. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.473.9150.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum

Through Sep 24, “Portraits of Petaluma Pioneers,” look back in time with visually rich portrait of Petaluma’s

residents circa 1850-60. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues.

707.778.4398.

in downtown Sonoma. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA.

Redwood Cafe

Through Oct 5, “Out of the Shadows,” Sonoma County Wellness Art Collaborative hosts a showing of transformative art from individuals on the fringes of our society. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282.

Through Aug 31, “August Art Show,” exhibit is curated

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

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Sep 3, “Showin’ on the River” juried show features work by member and invitational artists. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

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

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Sep 3, “International Fiber Arts,” national and international artists submit innovative and traditional fiber art work using either traditional or unusual materials. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Gallery

Through Aug 30, “Teri Sloat & Stacey Schuett Show,” the artists display in the gallery’s windows as part of the gallery’s 10-year anniversary. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6.

707.829.7200.

Sebastopol Library

Through Sep 6, “Pentimento,” exhibit features multimedia works by local artists Alan Azhderian, Phyllis Grannis and Greer Upton. 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. Mon-Tues, 1 to 5 and 6 to 9; Wed-Sat, 1 to 5.

707.823.7691.

Sebastopol Senior Center

Through Aug 30, “Senior Center Art Show,” local artists Virginia Fenley and Cheryl Traendly show their vibrant works. 167 High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.2440.

Senior Wing at Finley

Through Sep 21, “Fun Pun,” artist Sharona “ChaCha” Tracy presents an interactive show of sculptures made from found objects. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3737.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Through Oct 1, “Albert Paley: Thresholds,” solo show of the modernist metal sculptor features large-scale sculptures, drawings and maquettes. In addition, Paley’s works will be part of a public art installation

Steele Lane Community Center

West County Museum

Through Sep 3, “The Hippies,” memorabilia recreates the environment of rebellion against consumerism and conformity built in the forests of Graton and Occidental in the 1960s and ‘70s. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. Thurs-Sun, 1 to 4.

707.829.6711.

MARIN COUNTY Art Works Downtown

Through Sep 22, “Waking Dreams,” Angelique Benicio’s paintings, sculpture and video evoke the fantasies of Grimm’s fairy tales. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Bay Model Visitor Center

Through Sep 23, “Movement & Reflection,” Point Reyes Station artist Sue Gonzalez paints images of water inspired by Tomales Bay. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

BelvedereTiburon Library

Through Sep 22, “Fantasy & Reality,” oils and mixed media works by Anne-Marie de Rivera combine European influences and Latin American folklore.

1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon.

415.789.2665.

Book Passage

Sep 5-Oct 31, “Altered Book Sculptures,” Emily Marks’ contemporary art based on classic literature displays in the gallery. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. Daily, 9am to 9pm. 415.927.0960.

Gallery Route One

Through Sep 24, “Box Show 2017,” fantastical works of art that begin with a plain wooden box are on display in the 18th annual show. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Marin Community Foundation

Through Sep 22, “Rising Stars,” exhibit includes seven artists who have been awarded an

annual grant from the Pirkle Jones Fund. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.

Marin Society of Artists

Through Sep 9, “Down on the Corner & Monochrome,” a double dose of exhibits display. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, Noon to 4pm.

415.464.9561.

Town Books

Through Aug 30, “Painting Explorations,” group show of acrylic and oil paintings by local artists. 411 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Tues-Sat, 10am to 4pm 415.526.3791.

Villa Marin

Through Aug 30, “Waterworks,” Marin County Watercolor Society’s group show interprets water through visuals and textures. 100 Thorndale Dr, San Rafael.

415.492.2408.

NAPA COUNTY Napa Valley Museum

Sep 2-Nov 12, “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964,” bilingual history exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution examines the experiences of MexicanAmerican manual workers and their families, with a companion exhibit developed

by Napa Valley College. Sep 2-Oct 29, “The Migrant Series,” Colorado artist Don Coen’s stunning large-scale portraits of migrant workers makes its West Coast premiere in the Main Gallery. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.944.0500.

Comedy Comedy Night at Blue Note

Standup stars Larry Brown, Milt Abel and Brian Thomas share the stage. Sep 6, 8pm. $10 and up. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.603.1258.

Pablo Francisco

Standup veteran brings his arsenal of off-the-wall characters and spot-on impressions to town. Aug 30, 8pm. $20. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

Imparables

Mexico’s most popular comedians, Adrian Uribe and Omar Chaparro, perform in the

North Bay. Sep 1, 8pm. $51 and up. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

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Laugh Your Bingo Off! Standup and bingo combine with comedian Steve Ausburne. Sep 2, 7pm. The Laugh Cellar, 5755 Mountain Hawk Way, Santa Rosa, $28.

Wed 8/30 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17-$20 • All Ages Cash'd Out Tribute to Johnny Cash Fri 9/1 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $15-$17 • All Ages Steep Ravine + Pat Hull Sat 9/2 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $30-$34 • 21+ Jamaican Reggae Legend Anthony B + Sol Horizon Sun 9/3 • Doors 11am ⁄ FREE • All Ages Free Brunch Show with Window Trio Sun 9/3 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $12-$14 • All Ages

Punchline Palooza

Standup comedian Chris Storin headlines a nights of laughs.

Sep 1, 8pm. $20. Palooza Gastropub, 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.833.4000.

Jennifer Hartswick Band

(Trey Anastasio Band) + Magic In The Other Sun 9/10 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $100-$150 • All Ages

Events

Legacy of Speed

Artisan’s Day

Over 50 artists and crafters offer demonstrations and show their works during a gallery sale. Sep 2, 10am. Artisans’ Coop, 17175 Bodega Hwy, Bodega, 7078769830.

CARBS One Stop Truck Event

Get information on diesel truck and bus requirements, opportunities and vendors. Aug 30. Friedman Event Center, 4676 Mayette Ave, Santa Rosa, 916.322.4742.

Committing to Community in Sonoma Valley

Peaceful, family-friendly gathering forges a path towards unity and community building. Sep 3, 1pm. Free.

Larson Park, 335 De Chene Ave, Sonoma, 415.860.3052.

Fishstock

Annual benefit features BBQ oysters, salmon, beer and wine, an ice cream parlor, live music and more in a “Summer of Love” themed event.

Sep 3, 11am. Free. Jenner Community Center, 10398 Hwy 1, Jenner.

Louie Vermeil Classic

Calistoga Speedway sees traditional sprint cars and vintage racers competing on the tracks, with wine and beer tastings, and a Friday night Hall of Fame dinner. Sep 1-3. $10-$35 and up. Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 N Oak St, Calistoga, calistogaspeedway. org.

National Heirloom Exposition

The “world’s fair” of pure and local food movements features guest speakers, chef demos, exhibitors and plenty of organic goods.

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Louie Vermeil Classic honors racing legend

It was exactly 80 years ago that Calistoga’s horseracing track became the Calistoga Speedway, a half-mile oval that’s seen thousands of races featuring open-wheel sprint cars zipping along at 100 miles per hour.

And if there’s one man the speedway owes its legacy to, it’s Louie Vermeil. Between the 1940s and 1980s, Vermeil was instrumental in building up the speedway and the sport in California, forming the Northern Auto Racing Club (now the Golden State Challenge Series) and making Calistoga the home base of sprint-car racing for over 25 years.

This weekend, the speedway hosts its 10th annual Louie Vermeil Classic, a celebration of the man and a showcase of some of the best sprint-car drivers of yesterday and today.

On Friday, Sept. 1, the Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame dinner will induct new members to the association for the sixth year. Inductees this year include sprintcar figures like 1975 NARC Rookie of Year Rendy Boldrini and 1987 NARC car owner champion Jack Gordon.

On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 2–3, today’s top talent takes to the track for the year’s only showcase of non-wing, traditional sprint cars, with wine and beer tasting, auctions, autograph signings, live music and more.

Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 N. Oak St., Calistoga. Friday, $55; Saturday–Sunday, $10–$35; kids five and under, free. calistogaspeedway.org.—Charlie Swanson

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Sat 9/16 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $32-$37 • 21+ Black Uhuru + IrieFuse Sun 9/17 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $18-$20 • All Ages

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Thu 9⁄21+Fri 9/22 • Doors 7-8pm ⁄ $27-$32 • 21+ Petty Theft Tom Petty Tribute Sun 9/24 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $20-$25 • All Ages Willie Watson + Bedouine Sun 9/25 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $10-$12 • All Ages

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Tue 9/26 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17-$19 • All Ages

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OAEC Nursery Tours Tour the gardens and check out the center’s variety of food crops, herbs and plants.

First Sun of every month, 1pm. through Oct 1. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

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A morning painting session in the gardens is followed by a delicious lunch with your fellow artists in the Restaurant at CIA Copia. Thurs, Aug 31, 9:30am. $125. The Culinary Institute of America at Copia, 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

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Art, music, food and wine come together with artists from around the world showing their works and headlining performances from Pablo Cruise, Dave Haskell Trio, War, Rusty Strings Express, Foghat, Charged Particles and others. Sep 2-4, 10am. $30 and up. Marinship Park, Marinship Way, Sausalito, sausalitoartfestival.org.

Tomales Founders Day Live music, BBQ, a parade and more benefit local nonprofits.

Sep 3, 12pm. Free. Downtown Tomales, Shoreline Hwy, Tomales.

Field Trips Alcatraz Island Tour

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Narrated tours by local experts crusie around Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Sat, 2:30pm. through Sep 30. Angel Island Tiburon Ferry, 21 Main St, Tiburon, 415.435.2131.

Park Rx Hiking for fitness series continues. Sep 2, 9am.

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.

Film CULT Film Series

Cult comedies “Office Space” and “Clerks” screen together.

Aug 31, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.

Menashe

Film about a contemporary Hasidic community in Brooklyn screens as a benefit for the Jewish Film Festival of Sonoma County. Sep 2, 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Movies in the Park

Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks hosts outdoor screening of “Moana.” Sep 1, 7:30pm.

Free. Howarth Park, 630 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3425.

Food & Drink Cheesemaker Gala

Cowgirl Creamery, Bleating Heart, Bellwether Farms and Point Reyes Farmstead come together for a night of cheese, chocolates, wines and more.

Sep 1, 6pm. $35. Barber Cellars Tasting Room, 112 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.981.7034.

Ciderfest

Enjoy seasonal libations, delicious food and live music in this inaugural event. Sep 3, 12pm. The Culinary Institute of America at Copia, 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

First Friday at Fog Crest Winery

Monthly food and wine pairing event wlecomes the Fig Rig. Sep 1, 5pm. Fog Crest Vineyard, 7602 Occidental Rd, Sebastopol, 707.829.2006.

First Fridays WoodFired Therapy Pizza

Enjoy wines and wood fired pizza, preceded by an optional yoga in the vineyards classes, for an uplifting vibe to start the weekend. Fri, Sep 1, 5:30pm. Martin Ray Winery, 2191 Laguna Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.823.2404.

Flavors of Menorca

Chef Camila Loew offers recipes from the heart of Mediterranean cuisine. Sep 2, 10am. $95. Ramekins Culinary School, 450 W Spain St, Sonoma, 707.933.0450.

Healdsburg Farmers’ Market Tour & Lunch

Let a guide lead you around the market and enjoy a private meal. Sep 2, 10am. $85.

Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Russian River Valley Paulée

Elegant multi-course meal prepared by acclaimed chefs pairs with wines from winemakers and guests’ personal cellars, including limited and rare vintages.

Sep 1, 5pm. $200. Landmark Vineyards, 101 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, rrvw.org.

Shed Supper Series

September’s supper is a zero-waste menu prepared

by Shed’s chef Perry Hoffman.

Sep 5, 6:30pm. $42. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Sonoma County Fermentation Festival

Cultured foodie event includes unlimited food and beverage tastings, demonstrations, seminars and more. Sep 2, 11am. $25-$45. Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, 175 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma. fermentfestival.com.

Taste of Sonoma

Renowned winemakers and chefs from across Sonoma County celebrate the region with incredible wine and food pairings, seminars, chef demos and more. Sep 2, 12pm. $180.

Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, sonomawinecountryweekend. com.

Wet Hop Festival

Harvest-time hops showcase features a lineup of Fogbelt’s beers, street tacos, live music, hop-picking demo and more.

Sep 3, 12pm. Free admission.

Fogbelt Brewing, 1305 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.978.3400.

Lectures 3D Modeling Demonstration of Undersea Coral Specimens

Evening of 3D printing and environmental philosophy.

Aug 31, 7pm. $5. Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma, 707.762.5600.

The Conservation, Preservation & Restoration of Photographic Materials

Dr. Cesar Lozano

Increase the harmony in your relationship with the expert lecturer. Sep 6, 8pm. $41-$81.

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

An Evening with Meg Elison

Join award-winning sci-fi and dystopian author for a discussion of post-apocalypse literature and what it means to us today. Sep 6, 7pm. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

Twelve-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Sat, 8am. All Saints Lutheran Church, 2 San Marin Dr, Novato, 781.932.6300.

Meet the Makers

Taste your way through an exclusive guided tour of the eateries, craft brewers, artisans and wineries of the Barlow.

Sat, 11:30am. $89. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 855.669.6257.

Open Space Preserves of Novato

Talk focuses on the animals, plants and gorgeous scenery of the region. Sep 6, 7pm. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.898.4623.

Southern Marin Toastmasters

Improve your public-speaking skills at the weekly meet-up.

Wed, 6:45pm. Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley, eloquent.toastmastersclubs. org.

Spiritual Healing

Weekly meeting covers various topics, with meditation and individual healing treatment.

Fri, 7pm. Spiritist Society Towards the Light, 1 Simms St, San Rafael, 707.225.5762.

Sunlight Chair Yoga

Learn yoga at all ages and levels of health and mobility.

Wed, 12:15pm. BodyVibe Studio, 999 Anderson Dr, Ste 170, San Rafael, 415.689.6428.

Readings Aqus Cafe

Sep 4, 6:15pm, Amuse-ing Monday with Rivertown Poets, Larry Robinson, Bill Vartnaw and Sandra Anfang read, followed by open mic. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

Book Passage

Green, 1st & H Street, Petaluma, petalumashakespeare.org.

Keith Moon: The Real Me Stage show captures the turmoil and excitement of the wildest drummer in rock and roll. Through Sep 10. $20$35. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, keithmoontherealme.com.

Sep 1, 2pm, “Glass Houses” with Louise Penny. Sep 2, 4pm, “The (Not So) Little Book of Surprises” with Deirdre Hade and William Arntz. Sep 5, 7pm, “Speak and Speak Again” with various authors. Sep 6, 7pm, “My Absolute Darling” with Gabriel Tallent. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Charles M Schulz Museum

Epic musical about Miguel de Cervantes, the playwright of Don Quixote, mixes romance, humor and tragedy. Sep 1-24. $25-$45. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

Sep 2, 2pm, Bookshelf Author Series with Jay Asher. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707.579.4452.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

Sep 1, 7pm, “Glass Houses” with Louise Penny. Sold-out. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600.

Many Rivers Books & Tea

Aug 31, 7:30pm, “SOUND! Body & Mind at 82” with Nina Tepedino. $5. 130 S Main St, Sebastopol 707.829.8871.

Napa Bookmine at Oxbow

Sep 3, 2pm, “Reinventing the Wheel” with Bronwen and Francis Percival, includes cheese tasting. 610 First St, Shop 4, Napa. 707.726.6575.

Theater The Elephant Man

Curtain Call Theatre presents the dramatic story of a severely deformed man who lived in victorian-era England.

Sep 1-23. Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio, 707.849.4873.

Fairy Worlds

A new adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Through Sep 2. Shakespeare in the Cannery, 3 West Third St, Santa Rosa, shakespeareinthecannery.com.

Henry IV

Petaluma Shakespeare Company presents the kingly drama on the green. Through Sep 9. Free. Foundry Wharf

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Marin Shakespeare Company’s 28th annual summer festival offers a masterpiece of wordplay set at Oxford at the turn of the century. Sep 1-24. $10-$37. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael, marinshakespeare.org.

Man of La Mancha

The Miser The Curtain Theatre presents the classic satire that still resonates today. Through Sep 10, 2pm. Free. Old Mill Park, Throckmorton and Cascade, Mill Valley, curtaintheatre.org.

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, Sep 1, 7pm. $68.

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

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Sixth Street Playhouse opens the 2017-18 season and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Broadway musical based on the “Peanuts” comic strip.

Through Sep 17. $15-$38.

6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

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hile football is one of the world’s greatest sports, the game has a dark side.

For players, the potential for concussions and traumatic brain injury, and, if left untreated, the prospect of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) are becoming more well known.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is “a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma”—often athletes.

Its symptoms, according to the Boston University’s CTE Center, include “memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, suicidality, parkinsonism, and eventually progressive dementia.”

Being the full contact sport that football is, injury is part of the

game. While many injuries are orthopedic—such as broken legs— and are immediately apparent and treatable, head trauma is another story all together.

In an open letter to the National Football League, Lester Grinspoon, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, writes that he “is becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the growing specter that many of these athletes will pay the price of developing [CTE].”

This sentiment is echoed in a recent study conducted at Boston University’s CTE Center.

In postmortem brains of former football players, 99 percent of NFL players and 91 percent of college athletes were found to have suffered from CTE. For many players, current and prospective, it is 4th and 20 with 55 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Cannabis may be the call.

When our brains are subjected to trauma, endocannabinoids (our internally produced cannabinoids) significantly increase and help “lessen the inflammatory process and enhance brain cell survival after injury,” according to Bonni Goldstein, author of Cannabis Revealed.

Cannabidiol (CBD), a phytocannabinoid found in cannabis, could reinforce and enhance this process. Cannabidiol is a proven and potent antiinflammatory, neuroprotective and neurogenerative, all properties that could be utilized therapeutically in acute instances, as well as a long-term preventative medicine. Additionally, this would reduce reliance on prescription opiates and addiction rates.

Let’s use our heads. Therapeutic CBD products should be made available for players of this magnificent sport.

Patrick Anderson is a lead educator at Project CBD, patient consultant at Emerald Pharms and will be waxing poetic about cannabis therapeutics at the Norte Dame football home opener Saturday. Go Irish!

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For the week of August 30

ARIES (March 21–April 19) “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems,” said businessman Lee Iacocca.

You are currently wrestling with an example of this phenomenon, Aries. The camouflage is well-rendered.

To expose the opportunity hidden beneath the apparent dilemma, you may have to be more strategic and less straightforward than you usually are—cagier and not as blunt. Can you manage that? I think so. Once you crack the riddle, taking advantage of the opportunity should be interesting.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

Close your eyes and imagine this: You and a beloved ally get lost in an enchanted forest, discover a mysterious treasure, and find your way back to civilization just before dark. Now visualize this: You give a dear companion a photo of your face taken on every one of your birthdays, and the two of you spend hours talking about your evolution.

Picture this: You and an exciting accomplice luxuriate in a sun-lit sanctuary surrounded by gourmet snacks as you listen to ecstatic music and bestow compliments on each other. These are examples of the kinds of experiments I invite you to try in the coming weeks.

Dream up some more! Here’s a keynote to inspire you: sacred fun.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

On its album Jefferson’s Tree of Liberty, Jefferson Starship plays a song I co-wrote, “In a Crisis.” On its album Deeper Space/Virgin Sky, the band covers another tune I co-wrote, “Dark Ages.” Have I received a share of the record sales? Not a penny. Am I upset? Not at all. I’m glad the songs are being heard and enjoyed.

I’m gratified that a world-famous, multiplatinum band chose to record them. I’m pleased my musical creations are appreciated. Now here’s my question for you, Gemini: Has some good thing of yours been “borrowed”? Have you wielded a benevolent influence that hasn’t been fully acknowledged? I suggest you consider adopting an approach like mine. It’s prime time to adjust your thinking about how your gifts and talents have been used, applied, or translated.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Author Roger von Oech tells us that creativity often involves “the ability to take something out of one context and put it into another so that it takes on new meanings.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this strategy could and should be your specialty in the coming weeks. “The first person to look at an oyster and think food had this ability,” says von Oech. “So did the first person to look at sheep intestines and think guitar strings. And so did the first person to look at a perfume vaporizer and think gasoline carburetor.” Be on the lookout, Cancerian, for inventive substitutions and ingenious replacements.

LEO (July 23–August 22) When famous socialite Nan Kempner was young, her mother took her shopping at Yves Saint Laurent’s salon. Nan got fixated on a certain white satin suit, but her mean old mother refused to buy it for her. “You’ve already spent too much of your monthly allowance,” mom said. But the resourceful girl came up with a successful gambit. She broke into sobs, and continued to cry nonstop until the store’s clerks lowered the price to an amount she could afford. You know me, Leo: I don’t usually recommend resorting to such extreme measures to get what you want. But now is one time when I am giving you a goahead to do just that.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) The computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the miraculous communication system that we know as the World Wide Web. When asked if he had any regrets about his pioneering work, he named just one. There was no need for him to have inserted the double slash -- “//” -- after the “http:” in web addresses. He’s sorry that internet users have had to type those irrelevant extra characters so many billions of times. Let this serve as a teaching story for you, Virgo. As you create innovations in the coming weeks, be mindful of how you shape the basic features. The details you include in the beginning may endure.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) The sadness you feel might be the most fertile sadness you have felt

BY ROB BREZSNY

in a long time. At least potentially, it has tremendous motivating power. You could respond to it by mobilizing changes that would dramatically diminish the sadness you feel in the coming years, and also make it less likely that sadness-provoking events will come your way. So I invite you to express gratitude for your current sadness. That’s the crucial first step if you want to harness it to work wonders.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

“Don’t hoot with the owls at night if you want to crow with the rooster in the morning,” advised Miss Georgia during the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Although that’s usually good counsel, it may not apply to you in the coming weeks. Why? Because your capacity for revelry will be at an all-time high, as will your ability to be energized rather than drained by your revelry. It seems you have a special temporary superpower that enables you both to have maximum fun and get a lot of work done.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) During this phase of your astrological cycle, it makes sense to express more leadership. If you’re already a pretty good guide or role model, you will have the power to boost your benevolent influence to an even higher level. For inspiration, listen to educator Peter Drucker: “Leadership is not magnetic personality. That can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people.’ That is flattery.

Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, raising a person’s performance to a higher standard, building a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) “One should always be a little improbable,” said Oscar Wilde.

That’s advice I wouldn’t normally give a Capricorn. You thrive on being grounded and straightforward. But I’m making an exception now. The astrological omens compel me. So what does it mean, exactly? How might you be “improbable”? Here are suggestions to get you started. 1. Be on the lookout for inspiring ways to surprise yourself. 2. Elude any warped expectations that people have of you. 3. Be willing to change your mind. Open yourself up to evidence that contradicts your theories and beliefs. 4. Use telepathy to contact Oscar Wilde in your dreams, and ask him to help you stir up some benevolent mischief or compassionate trouble.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) A modern Israeli woman named Shoshana Hadad got into trouble because of an event that occurred long before she was born. In 580 B.C., one of her male ancestors married a divorced woman, which at that time was regarded as a sin. Religious authorities decreed that as punishment, none of his descendants could ever wed a member of the Cohen tribe. But Hadad did just that, which prompted rabbis to declare her union with Masoud Cohen illegal. I bring this tale to your attention as a way to illustrate the possibility that you, too, may soon have to deal with the consequences of past events. But now that I have forewarned you, I expect you will act wisely, not rashly. You will pass a tricky test and resolve the old matter for good.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Want to live to be 100? Then be as boring as possible. That’s the conclusion of longevity researchers, as reported by the Weekly World News. To ensure a maximum life span, you should do nothing that excites you. You should cultivate a neutral, blah personality, and never travel far from home. JUST KIDDING! I lied. The Weekly World News is in fact a famous purveyor of fake news. The truth, according to my analysis of the astrological omens, is that you should be less boring in the next seven weeks than you have ever been in your life. To do so will be superb for your health, your wealth and your future.

Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888 or 1.900.950.7700.

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