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Face It Regarding the article “Triggered” (Feb. 7), I found the cover image inappropriate and negative. The graphic portrays a woman with her hands covering her face, perhaps crying, shamed and a victim— not a strong and healing survivor. Why that image?

The article inside describes how the media, including newspapers, TV, the unending “news” (clickbait) cycle and social/anti-social media have

focused on very harmful and painful images and issues (including the presidential election) that negatively affected women who had been sexually assaulted and/or harassed. The article also describes many supportive resources, such as groups, classes and actions, that women are using to heal and grow strong.

But the headline and cover image ignore all that. Based on the article and on events in the country, the subhead, “the #MeToo Movement Opens Old Wounds,” should have read, “Media Coverage

THIS MODERN WORLD

of the #MeToo Movement Opens Old Wounds,” and been accompanied by a positive image of a woman.

Let’s remember that no one has to watch or read the “news” or fall for computer clickbait. We can always know what’s going on. And let’s also see men start mobilizing to support women and prevent sexual harassment.

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The Time Has Come Thank you to all of the dedicated activists who were able to attend Sonoma County Board of Supervisors meetings last month to express their strong opinion that the county of Sonoma should settle the Andy Lopez lawsuit and stop its desperate attempt to secure a legal victory.

With the publication of the legal opinion by the 9th Circuit Court, which included numerous details that had heretofore not been made available to the public, it has become painfully clear that this case is a losing proposition for the county, and that with each bruising loss the county sustains as it attempts to navigate the tortuous path of the federal legal system, the amount it is going to take to settle this matter has grown exponentially. And I expect this amount to increase significantly if the county’s latest petition to the U.S. Supreme Court is ultimately denied.

And who will wind up footing the bill for this misguided legal lunacy? The taxpayers of Sonoma County, of course.

It’s strange that since this tornado of legal paperwork began to be filed in opposition to the Lopez’s wrongful-death claim, I have not heard a single fiscal conservative register even the slightest complaint about this extravagant, wasteful expenditure of public funds.

The time has come for our supes to face reality, stop protecting Erick Gelhaus, bring down the curtain on this atrociously expensive legal charade and pay the Lopez family the monetary compensatory settlement that they so rightfully deserve for the unjust killing of their beloved son Andy, so that this sad chapter in Sonoma County history can be closed. Place my name squarely in the column for advocating for settlement of this case.

THOMAS DAVID BONFIGLI

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eally, it’s happened again?

How many times do we have to see Families torn asunder Friends ripped away from friends Communities burying their young Places of business, schools, churches Turned into memorials for the fallen Like they were sites of war battles The new Gettysburgs are Sandy Hook, Columbine, Parkland.

How many lists of names Do we need to see scroll on the evening news?

How many more tears of those left behind Do we have to see before we fill a dam?

How many more times Must we listen to the inept Tell us it’s not time for the conversation That it’s too complicated to solve That it was a lone terrorist act That it would restrict our rights As if life, liberty and pursuit of happiness Weren’t really guaranteed for the dead Only for the gun lobby that puts Dirty dollars in their pockets So that they can pretend to care So that nothing really changes While their fat cat aristocrats Bathe in blood of the innocent All in the name of the Constitution As if it were never amended or changed How long will they make us all slaves to the almighty gun?

When will we rise up and break the chains?

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NOW HEAR THIS So-called small-cell technology is mounted on utility poles and street lights,

and is designed to enhance the capacity of 4G networks and pave the way for 5G.

The Hard Cell

Verizon defends its small-cell signal boosters in face of local hangups BY TOM GOGOLA

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chorus of concern is being raised over Verizon’s ongoing project to install some 72 “smallcell” units on streetlights and utility poles around Santa Rosa.

At issue for residents and skeptics of Verizon is the safety of placing the signal-boosting equipment in residential areas— and for those of an engineering

mindset, whether the tech upgrade is needed at all.

Tom Sawyer is a Santa Rosa resident with an engineering degree who says he has studied the Verizon plan to enhance cell service in the city. The city entered into a contract with Verizon to install the equipment last year after an independent review of regional service found the city among the worst municipalities in the country.

After a public outcry from

residents over installation of the first round of small-cell towers— some on wooden poles—Santa Rosa officials pledged to work with Verizon to try and find more visually acceptable ways to deploy the technology. There was a public meeting this week and another on March 3 with Verizon officials, says Santa Rosa chief information officer Eric McHenry (who is also the city’s infrastructure-technology chief).

The March 3 meeting is at the

Veteran’s Memorial Center at 10 a.m; two other March meetings are scheduled at the Memorial Center on March 8 and 10.

But the visuals are only part of the problem, according to Sawyer.

He says while he understands the risks of these small-cell towers, nobody in the city has adequately tuned into them, even as the equipment is already being deployed around town.

“At this point, no studies have been done on the effects of being around it 24/7,” he says, pointing to potential risks to pregnant women and their unborn children.

Further, Sawyer says he’s gone around the city with friends to check their service, and finds the city and Verizon’s justification to be wanting. It’s all about Verizon ramping its bandwidth, he says, to compete with other cable companies.

Verizon spokeswoman Heidi Flato notes that Verizon has installed small cells in 90 cities around the state. This is the telecom giant’s first small-cell foray into the North Bay, and she says the aim of the project is to increase capacity on the wireless 4G network for a citizenry that has wholly embraced digital communications.

The push in Santa Rosa is “based on more people using more devices to do more things in more places,” Flato says, adding that the small cells also pave the way for Verizon’s next-gen 5G rollout, scheduled for later in 2018.

“We hear this all the time: ‘My phone works fine, why are you doing this?’” Flato says.

But Verizon is not just focused on whether you can make the call, but whether you can sustain the call and maintain the data connection, she says.

“Small cells are really designed to add capacity, ‘densify’ the network where we are seeing the most usage,” she says. “It can be in commercial [areas], or neighborhoods as well,” she adds, stressing that Verizon’s only agenda is to “boost the network capacity where people are using it the most.”

She says the enhancements could be of great service to

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What’s Verizon’s position on the claim of health risks associated with the small cells being placed in residential areas? Flato noted that the company relies on safety guidelines developed by the Federal Communications Commission, which key in on energy consumption and radio-frequency emissions.

The FCC and the World Health Organization, she adds, have both studied the technology and deemed it safe.

“We always adhere to the guidelines set for us by the FCC,” Flato says. “We do operate within those guidelines and typically at much lower levels of energy consumption and radio frequency emissions” than the standard set by the feds. “I’m saying we comply with all the state and federal regulations,” she says, when asked about the potential health risks for residents raised by Sawyer.

McHenry says Santa Rosa has to defer to experts at the federal level when it comes to questions about public health. The aesthetic issue emerged, he says, when Verizon said it would work with PG&E and use some of their wooden utility poles to hang the gear, which came as a surprise to McHenry. Those concerns have mostly been resolved or are in the process of being resolved, he says.

One unknown factor, notes McHenry, is how the new technology will be deployed in fire damaged areas such as Coffey Park that will be rebuilt in coming months and years. “To some extent it is a fresh start,” he says.

In older city neighborhoods like Coffey Park, which have lots of wooden PG&E poles, McHenry says there’s discussion about how cell-phone service will be managed. In the midst of Verizon’s rollout of its small-cell tech, one tantalizing question McHenry raised is whether PG&E will bury its power lines in Coffey Park.

“There is time to make those decisions,” he says.

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Dining WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE? Once derided as something real men don’t eat, quiche has never stopped being delicious.

Nouveau Quiche Reclaiming meat-and-egg pie

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like quiche, I don’t care what they say— and what was it they said about quiche?

Much has changed since a snarky scribe wrote the bestselling Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche: A Guidebook to All That Is Truly Masculine in 1982. The dish became collateral damage against a backdrop of changing gender roles, the questioning of men’s privilege in the workplace and a political swing to the right

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after a disoriented American public elected a strongmantype television personality who promised to bring back the nation’s past glories. I know, it seems like a long time ago. But how’s the quiche doing today?

“I don’t think the millennials know about that,” the Girl & the Fig founder Sondra Bernstein says of the authenticity-driven male embargo. “We sell a ton of quiche—I don’t think it’s a gender thing anymore.” As of December, the restaurant had sold an

estimated 8,000 slices of their light and fluffy quiche in 2017.

These days, few people who have heard of the don’t-eat edict can identify its origin as the title of a satirical book that was, like much satire, mistaken for an instruction manual. Indeed, author Bruce Feirstein anticipated the objection that few men would refuse a helping of “cheese-andegg pie,” without the Gallic taint (quiche, née küche, actually comes from German cuisine, a sidekick to bratwurst and beer).

It sure was lost in translation for French-born Alain Pisan. “I remember when my wife first told me about this expression,” the chef recalls, “it made me laugh at the silliness of it. Fortunately, we haven’t seen many men rebelling against quiche for the past two decades.” Quiche made from a family recipe was a popular item at Chloe’s French Café, the Santa Rosa eatery that Pisan cofounded and closed due to the 2017 fires.

“Its popularity continues with our catering operation,” he says.

Cheese educator Lynne Devereux reminds me that quiche got a bad rap during a reputedly health-conscious decade, when many women traded the quiche and salad brunch for, well, salad.

“It’s part of that fat phobia that reigned in the ’80s,” says Devereux. “It’s glistening on the top because all the oils of the cheese have come to the top and made it all shiny. There’s fat in the crust—there’s fat in the filling!

So it kind of became one of those ‘bad’ foods.”

That’s all good for Jean-Charles Boisset, a red-blooded captain of industry. “I think quiche can be a textural, sensual, seductive experience,” Boisset days. “And I love the word ‘quiche,’” Boisset enthuses. “Your lips move forward—you could even kiss the wall, or your plate. I used to kiss my plate.”

OK—I should have said “redsock-wearing,” and clarified we’re talking about the wine industry here. But Boisset, who is perhaps California’s best-known Frenchman, knows of what he speaks, having fond memories of quiche and other season-totable foods made by his mother and grandmother in Vougeot, Burgundy.

Boisset recommends pairing quiche with a rich Chardonnay or Pinot Noir made with Gruyère or Emmental, then finished with French Comté cheese aged 18 months. “You do that, and you’re gonna have an orgasmic experience,” Boisset says.

Go to Bohemian.com for James’ recipe for winter mushroom-crust quiche.

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Better yet, just inside the door is a rare yet welcome sight for cyclists: a row of bike hooks installed on the wall. Riders can keep an eye on their gear when they’ve left the heavy bike lock at home to trim weight, which will come in handy considering the 32 ounces a couple of beers will add.

That house brew is only just now flowing from taps, says our server, who is friendly, prompt and helpful with the pub’s story so far. Seems that brewer Christian August, who formerly brewed at Firestone Walker and founded 2 Tread with locals Bill Drury and Tracy Heydorn, is particular about his tanks, and sent the first set back—to Europe—for an exchange.

Other pours come from a roster of mostly local, mostly newer-onthe-scene breweries like Seismic and Barrel Brothers, and, like it or not, there’s a full bar of cocktails and booze available.

2 Tread’s Experimental Hoppy Pale Ale #1 ($5) was the best I tried for its fruity hop aroma and juicy, stone fruit flavor. Once the food was served, the grainy, dry and bitter-hopped, but less aromatic, Experimental IPA #2 ($5) made a better match with a 2 Tread Angus beef burger ($14), which was pretty tasty and comes with a choice of sides. Fries are thick-cut style and crisp; other entrées include pizza ($15), street tacos ($9) and small bites ($6). Compiling a list of the best fried shishito peppers, that now-ubiquitous trendy side, in the area? Yes, add this one to your list.

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Life After Fire The post-fire landscape is blooming, but still needs our help BY STEPHANIE HILLER

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very weekend since December, the Sonoma Ecology Center has been leading hikes into local wildlands to see how they are faring after the Tubbs and Nuns fires whipped through Sonoma Valley.

The free hikes are popular, with 20 to 30 participants showing up every time for the two- to threemile venture around Suttonfield Lake at the Sonoma Developmental Center, or 3,200 feet up Bald Mountain at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and other properties.

“The bad news about the fires is very evident and reinforced through the media and personal experience,” says Caitlin Cornwall, a biologist and research program director at the Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC). “We’re doing the walks to give people a more nuanced experience of what fire means. You have to experience the rebound of the land before you can believe this is a true aspect of the fires.”

We are sitting outside the SEC offices on a prematurely warm day, accompanied by a woodpecker tapping overhead and the call of various birds.

“It’s difficult for people to hold in their heads and hearts that fires are frightening, and also beneficial and necessary.

We’re looking to a future where it’s normal to see regular active management of wildlands.

The idea that land should be left untouched shows a lack of understanding of what the land needs. The land needs us and we need the land. That is the message that has come from the Native American people.”

At Sugarloaf, the fire burned 80 percent of the 3,300-acre property. Since the fires, park staff have removed more than

60 downed trees and repaired burned-out steps, installed new retaining walls and creek bridges.

Now the risk of landslides, higher here than anywhere in the county, is the top concern, says park manager John Roney. But there has been very little rain since November.

As we clamber up a trail toward Bald Mountain, the highest point in the park, it does appear, despite the chill wind, that the land is breathing more freely.

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branches, not the usual way to sprout, Cornwall says. “Leaves normally sprout from the tips,” she says. “The tips release a hormone that inhibits growth in other parts of the tree, but since the tips burned, they no longer produce the hormone. The phenomenon is similar to what you see when you prune your fruit trees—leaves start to appear on the branches.”

Another shrub, the toyon, is sprouting new leaves from the burl at its base instead of from the burnt branch tips.

The most common chaparral plant is the chamise, whose seeds have adapted to sprout only after the higher temperatures of fire.

Feathery seedlings of chamise are already in view.

Some plants sprout from their roots. The fire’s heat penetrates only an inch of the soil, and the root system beneath may be intact beneath a blackened trunk that appears dead, but often the root system, which is wider than the canopy, has survived. Hence most trees should not be removed unless they are dangerous. Some oaks will take three to six years to reveal that they are alive.

Even dead trees are useful, providing habitat for creatures like the endangered spotted owl, a native of these forests, while fallen tree trunks, left to rot, produce insects, bacteria and fungi that other animals eat.

Chaparral has adapted to fire, which naturally occurs every 30 years or so. But if fires occur more often, as is happening due to human activity, the seeds will lose the ability to sprout, according to the California Chaparral Institute.

Wild grasses, which are much more flammable, will start to take over.

Because of the danger of accumulated undergrowth and cramped trees, Cornwall supports prescribed burns.

“The plant community produces more biomass and more biodiversity when there are fewer stunted, crowded plants,” she says. “Ash fertilizes soil. Fire stimulates the growth of bulbs and reduces the cover of nonnative grasses.” There are exceptions, though. “If their needles burn, Douglas firs won’t

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come back. Neither will bay trees.”

In a landscape where fires are a natural feature, prescribed burns would make us safer.

Insurance companies, however, don’t agree. Cornwall says that’s understandable, though she hopes the industry will flip from “not insuring properties that do burns to not insuring properties where burns are not done.”

A recent study by the Little Hoover Commission, an independent state oversight agency, supports Cornwall’s view.

Its report, “Fire on the Mountain: Rethinking Forest Management in the Sierra Nevada,” concludes that “California’s forests suffer from neglect and mismanagement, resulting in overcrowding that leaves them susceptible to disease, insects and wildfire.”

One hundred twenty-nine million trees have died in California forests during drought and bark beetle infestations since 2010, which represents a significant fire hazard. Instead of focusing almost solely on fire suppression, the report states, the state must institute widescale controlled burns and other strategic measures as a tool

to reinvigorate forests, inhibit firestorms and help protect air and water quality.

“Dead trees due to drought and a century of forest mismanagement have devastated scenic landscapes throughout the Sierra range,” says Little Hoover Commission chair Pedro Nava.

“Rural counties and homeowners alike are staggering under the financial impacts of removing them. We have catastrophescale fire danger throughout our unhealthy forests and a growing financial burden for all taxpayers and government like California has never seen.”

Plants grow back; houses don’t. A visit to Bald Mountain is a powerful experience, but it is also a reminder: like so much else going on in our world today, the threats appear to be moving toward us faster than our willingness to confront them.

Fire hikes will continue through June, when the wildflower display will be at its peak. Check the calendar at sonomaecologycenter.org for the schedule.

Stephanie Hiller is a freelance writer and Santa Rosa Junior College adjunct instructor. She lives in Sonoma.

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plants subject to frequent wildfire. For two months after the Tubbs fire, the land was completely black. Most of the chamise was seared to its bare trunk. The few trees, mostly manzanita and madrone, were black and bare too.

“It was a moonscape,” says Cornwall, who visited the area as soon as it was safe to do so. It wasn’t until early February that Sugarloaf could welcome visitors.

The first rain brought a smooth, green carpet of fresh grass, appearing all the more brilliant in the absence of the dead grasses destroyed by fire.

About halfway up the mountain, we find ourselves in a beautiful open meadow surrounded by hills.

“You can see the fire line here,” Cornwall says. On one side, a field of mixed grasses; adjacent to it, a brilliant green field where the fire had been.

I return the next day and catch a ride to the top with a park steward. As we drive through the cattle gate on the narrow fire road, the vista that spreads before me is unlike anything I have seen before.

Nearly five months since the firestorm, it’s an eerie sight.

Areas once dense with bushes and undergrowth are nothing but blackened hardpan with the charred remains of the plants.

The fire was so hot in some places trees vaporized, leaving a skeleton of white ashes on the ground. The stale smell of burnt vegetation still lingers in the air.

However, signs of life are visible. Little clusters of plants have emerged. The delicate white flowers of Fremont’s star lily, a bulb rarely seen here, are abundant. Little shoots of other plants are visible, among them the wavy leaf soap root, whispering bells and purple needle grass.

These bulbs and seeds have evolved to bloom in the higher temperatures.

Other plants find unusual ways to germinate. Madrones that looked completely burned are resprouting from the canopy, proof that trees that appear dead probably aren’t.

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Subversive Cinema

Strict morality codes forced “Comedies of Remarriage” in the 1930s and ’40s to hide their social commentary behind screwball laughs and ingeniously explored themes of gender, relationships and power. The film class Cinema & Psyche dives deep into six such comedies this spring, starting with 1934’s It Happened One Night, on Thursday, March 1, at Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 6:30pm. $135 for six classes. cinemaandpsyche.com.

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New Generation

Founded by the grandson of folk icon Pete Seeger, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, and based in the Hudson Valley of New York, the Mammals is a band that harks back to the best folk generations of the past while crafting a sound that’s fresh and lively. Later this year, the Mammals will release their new LP, Sunshiner, and before the record hits shelves, they’re touring internationally to support its production. The band stops in the North Bay on that tour and performs their high-octane brand of bluegrass on Friday, March 2, at Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. 8:30pm. $17–$22. 707.823.1511.

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Off to the Races

Hard to say, though easy to love, the second annual Cotatitarod promises to be a fun-filled day of racing, art, costumes and community support. Modeled after Alaska’s Iditarod sled race, teams of five compete in a 5K shopping cart race, stopping at checkpoints for trivia, tricks and other activities. In addition to acquiring, decorating and racing the carts, each team donates at least 60 pounds of food to Redwood Empire Food Bank, and while team registration ends Feb. 28, crowds can cheer on the fun on Saturday, March 3, La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati. Check-in at 10am; race at 1pm. cotatitarod.org.

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History of Wisdom

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum presents ‘Women & the Search for Wisdom,’ an exhibit that brings the history of women to life. Opening the show this weekend is a concert gala and reception featuring live music from the acclaimed Paris-based Braslavsky Ensemble, who will draw on rich and diverse traditions of music in a show that spans medieval French troubadour songs, ancient Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic chants and original compositions. The gala takes place Sunday, March 4, at Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St., Petaluma. 4pm. $25–$30.

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sk anyone under 50 years of age who Rosemary Clooney is and they’re likely to respond “George Clooney’s wife?” They’d be in the ballpark (she was his aunt), but what they may not know is that she was an immensely popular musical performer who charted numerous hit songs in the 1950s and ’60s.

Changes in the musical landscape combined with a struggle with mental health issues led to Clooney’s star fading.

After an onstage breakdown and years of therapy, she was the rare performer who managed a “second act” in showbiz when she turned to

‘Tenderly, The Rosemary Clooney Musical’ plays Thursday–Sunday through March 11, at the Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. Thursday, 7pm; Friday–Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm. $28–$39. 707.266.6305.

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jazz. She continued to perform and record until her death in 2002.

Composers, lyricists and playwrights Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman use Clooney’s breakdown as the jumping off point for Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical. The show uses the framing device of Clooney’s therapy sessions to tell her tale.

After melting down during a performance in Reno, Clooney (Taylor Bartolucci) finds herself in the care of psychiatrist Dr. Victor Monke (Barry Martin). At first reluctant, she soon finds herself opening up about her struggles.

It’s a standard showbiz melodrama wrapped up in the songs for which Clooney’s known, like “Hey There,” “Botch-a Me,” “Come On-a My House,” “Mambo Italiano” and the title tune.

Bartolucci gives a restrained performance as Clooney, which is appropriate given the intimate performing space and subject matter.

Martin is challenged by not only playing her confessor, but every other person that Clooney encounters in her life, including her mother, her sister, her uncle, various radio station employees, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and the husband she was married to twice, José Ferrer.

Shifts in time and location are indicated by simple lighting changes, and character transformations for Martin are expressed with slight costume modifications. It’s their effect on Clooney that matters.

The enjoyment of jukebox musicals often depends on the type of music used and how well it’s represented on stage. Music director Craig Burdette, his three-piece combo and performer Bartolucci represent Clooney and her style well, and overall, Lucky Penny’s Tenderly brings a little luster back to Rosemary Clooney’s faded star.

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“There actually wasn’t a theater department at Newman; you had to do it at Ursuline, the girls’ school,” Cook says. “And even then I had to play five male parts because it wasn’t terribly popular.”

Also an athlete, Cook attended Occidental College in Southern California, majoring in film and playing football. In 2003, he started landing small roles in movies like Jeepers Creepers 2 and television shows like JAG. He also began writing, directing and producing his own films, eventually matching his love of film and football in the 2011 feature, Division III: Football's Finest, an ensemble comedy about a football team at a small liberal arts college.

That film was the first time Cook worked with Zack Wilcox, who set up lights as a gaffer. Last year, when Wilcox was casting his directorial debut, a survival drama titled Hunting Lands, he tapped Cook to star in the lead role. This week, Wilcox, Cook and other members of the film’s cast and crew premiere Hunting Lands with a special screening on March 4 at Santa Rosa’s Roxy Stadium 14.

“I think this is actually the first movie where I’m the lead actor and have zero to do with the writing or directing,” says Cook, whose production company, Convoy Entertainment, creates broadcast and digital content for several companies.

In Hunting Lands, Cook portrays an isolated war veteran whose attempt to escape society by living in the woods unravels when he finds a body on his property and becomes entangled in a game of catand-mouse with an unknown enemy.

For the March 4 screening, Cook will offers his insights with North Bay movie fans and filmmakers. “Hopefully, we can share our experience,” Cook says, “and pull back the curtain a bit on indie filmmaking.”

‘Hunting Lands’ screens on Sunday, March 4, at Roxy Stadium 14, 85 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $6. 707.525.8909.

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“It was the place where I was held by the community,” Rand says. “They supported me, they got me, and they understood what I wrote more than any place I ever lived. I still feel like that.”

Rand first moved to Sonoma County in 1990 after meeting guitarist Steve Kimock and

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By then, she was already an accomplished performer, whose brand of psychedelic folk is a mixture of childhood favorites like Joni Mitchell and Pink Floyd. “I quit piano lessons because my piano teacher wouldn’t teach me Dark Side of the Moon,” laughs Rand.

While living in Sonoma County in the ’90s, she formed Joanne Rand & the Little Big Band to wide acclaim. Today, Rand still works with North Bay producer Stephen Hart, with whom she’s released seven full-length albums in the last seven years.

“The songs just keep coming through,” Rand says. “I thought I was self-indulgent to keep making these albums, but I couldn’t stop myself. I got depressed if I couldn’t do it.”

For Rand, writing songs is her way of staying mentally and spiritually connected with the world around her. “I’m connected to whatever’s feeding me the songs, I’m connected to [the audience] who’s listening and giving back that energy,” Rand says. “It’s unifying.”

Rand’s latest album, Roses in the Snow & Drought, is filled with songs that reflect her diverse approach to songwriting. Some tracks are personal, written in response to current events or family matters; others are universally relatable stories of humanity and morality. Some are written in the style of long-held folk traditions, and others are extended dance jams that let the guitars wander.

This week, Rand makes her way back to Sonoma County for a show at the Redwood Cafe in Cotati that she’s dedicating to her longtime drummer Bradley D. Cox, who’s undergoing treatment for cancer.

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Music Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Joanne Rand Band

Veteran singer-songwriter plays an eclectic set of her songs with violinist Rob Diggins and guitarist Piet Dalmolen. Mar 3, 8pm. $12$15. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Olivia Newton-John

Award-winning vocal superstar performs the biggest hits from her celebrated career. Mar 1, 8pm. $59-$79. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Tremoloco

Houston-based roots band blends folk, country, Latin and honky-tonk for an eclectic experience. Mar 4, 6pm.

Elephant in the Room, 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

MARIN COUNTY Marin Symphony

Soloists and the Marin Symphony Chorus join the orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony as part of the “Masterworks” series. Mar 4, 3pm and Mar 6, 7:30pm. $20-$85. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800.

Gaby Moreno

Grammy Award-winning Guatemalan singer-songwriter returns to the North Bay for a spirited show. Mar 5, 8pm. $20-$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Spafford

Arizona jam band’s selfdescribed “electrofunk therapy” mixes rock, funk, electronic, bluegrass, gospel and more. Mar 3-4, 8pm. $17-$20. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

NAPA COUNTY The Everly Brothers Experience

The Zmed brothers, Zachary and Dylan, of the band the

Bird Dogs, play the greatest hits from the Everly Brothers’ catalogue of country and classic pop songs. Mar 3, 8pm. $25-$35. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

It’s a Grand Night for Singers

Music director Richard B Evans accompanies singers from all over the Bay Area for an engaging evening of classical and musical theater selections. Mar 3, 7pm. $20.

Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Earl Klugh

Groundbreaking fingerstyle guitarist performs four sets over two nights in Napa. Mar 2-3, 7:30 and 9:30pm. $45$85. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annie O’s Music Hall Mar 3, NorthBass presents Liquid Love Drops and Sam Swindle. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

Feb 28, bluegrass and old time music jam. Mar 1, Aqus Celtic Music Session. Mar 2, Blue Seven. Mar 3, Jesse Lee Kincaid Band. Mar 7, Aqus blues jam. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center

Mar 1, Baby’s Breath with Aly Rose Trio and Shanen Frost. Mar 4, 3pm, SoCo Music Coalition student performance.

Mar 4, 6pm, folk jam. Tues, Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, open mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

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The Big Easy

Feb 28, Wednesday Night Big Band. Mar 1, Onye & the Messengers. Mar 2, Highway Poets. Mar 3, Swamp Thang and Mike Saliani Band. Mar 4, Rainbow Girls and Sharkmouth.

Mar 6, Jean Ramirez Band.

Mar 7, Kelner and Kompany.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

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The Block

Mar 3, 1pm, Johnny Bones

Trio. 20 Grey St, Petaluma.

707.775.6003.

Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern

Feb 28, Mike & Patrick.

Mar 2, Ricky Ray. Mar 3, Willy and friends. Mar 6, Michael Hantman. 25300 Steelhead Blvd, Duncans Mills.

707.865.2261.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center Mar 1, Santa Rosa Symphony Young People’s Chamber Orchestra. 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.829.2214.

Crooked Goat Brewing Mar 3, 3pm, Frederick Nighthawk. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol. 707.827.3893.

Dry Creek Kitchen

Mar 5, Susan Sutton and Piro Patton. Mar 6, Jim Adams and John Porter. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.0330.

Elephant in the Room

Mar 2, Matt Silva and Nikki Otis. Mar 3, Derek Irving & His Combo. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Flamingo Lounge

Mar 2, the Hots. Mar 3, Stereo Bounce. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Mar 2, Sonoma Musica Viva: The Music of Charles Ives. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Weill Hall

Mar 2, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis. Mar 3, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphony youth Orchestra. Mar 4, 2pm, Symphony Orchestra family concert. Mar 7-9, SSU Wind Band & Orchestra Festival. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Mar 2, Dirty Red Barn. Mar 3, Yak Attack. Mar 5, Monday Night Edutainment with Mr Williamz and Green Lion Crew.

Mar 6, open mic. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Mar 2, Whitherward. Mar 3, Billy Manzik. Wed, open mic. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Mar 3, tribute to Carmen McRae with Tiffany Austin Quartet. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

Lagunitas Tap Room Feb 28, Whitherward. Mar

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Mar 2, Wavelength featuring Kevin Brennan.

282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

Sweet. Mar 2, Junk Parlor and Staggerwing. Mar 3, San Anselmo Co-Op Spring Fundraiser. Mar 4, Matt Bolton.

Mar 5, open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

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Rancho Nicasio

Feb 28, David Rawlings and friends. Mar 4, “Celebrating David Bowie” with Mike Garson, Earl Slick and others. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

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Main Street Bistro

Mar 2, Brulee. Mar 3, Vernelle Anders. Mar 4, Greg Hester.

Mar 6, Mac & Potter. 16280 Main St, Guerneville.

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Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Mar 2, Tainted Love. Mar 3, Greg Brown. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Mar 4, 3pm, Americana Masters featuring Dan Crary, Bill Evans and Wally Barnick. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

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Mar 4, 4pm, Women’s History Month Gala with the Braslavksy Ensemble. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

The Phoenix Theater

Mar 2, Kentucky Street Pioneers with Timothy O’Neil Band and JoJo on the Moon.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Pub Republic

Mar 2, Le Hot Club Swing.

3120 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma.

707.782.9090.

Ray’s Deli & Tavern

Wed, 6pm, open mic session.

900 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.762.9492.

Red Brick

Mar 2, the Rhythm Rangers.

Mar 3, Steve Freund Blues Band. Mar 4, 4pm, Honey B & the Pollinators. Mar 6, Michelle Lambert Duo. 101 Second St, Petaluma.

707.765.4567.

Redwood Cafe

Feb 28, singer-songwriter competition. Mar 1, IrieFuse.

Mar 2, Pepperland. Mar 4, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses. Mar 5, West Coast Songwriters. Mar 6, Rock Overtime student performance. Mar 7, singersongwriter competition. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Mar 4, Sunday Night Jam with Tucker & Fairel. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Mar 2, Honky Tonk Stumbleweeds. Mar 3, Steven Graves Band. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

MARIN COUNTY Fenix

Mar 1, the B Sharp Blues Band.

Mar 2, the Reed Fromer Band.

Mar 3, Carmen Jones’ tribute to Teena Marie. Mar 4, Marin School of the Arts Spring Showcase. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

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Mar 1, the Role Models with the New Hip Replacements and the Stick Shifts. Mar 2, Illeagles and Rock Candy. Mar 3, Jacob Aranda with Bourbon Therapy and the Tiny Flames. Wed, open mic. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

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Mar 2, Lyra Star album release show. 921 C St, San Rafael, 808.428.3233.

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Feb 28, Soulbillies. Mar 1, Small Change Romeos. Mar 2, 5:30pm, Danny Montana and friends. Mar 2, 9pm, First Fridays Reggae Night with Broken Silence Sound System.

Mar 3, 5pm, Michael Brown and friends. Mar 3, 9pm, the Boom Box. Mar 4, 6pm, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. Mar 4, 9pm, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam.

Mar 5, open mic. Mar 6, Blues Champions. Mar 7, Camp Zeroo.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Mar 2, Michael Aragon Quartet.

Mar 4, Bob & Brandon. Mar 5, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Mar 6, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.

Papermill Creek Saloon

Feb 28, OMEN. Mar 1, Matt Bradford. Mar 2, Koolerator.

Mar 4, Papermill Gang. Mar 7, Kevin Meade and Ethan Wiley. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls.

415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Mar 1, Bobby Love & Sugar

Mar 2-3, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers. Mar 4, Paul Olguin and Loralee Chistensen. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse

Mar 2, the 7th Sons. Mar 3, Sonamo. Mar 4, 4pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Mar 5, 4pm, DJ GEI. Mar 6, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Feb 28, La Leche and Honey.

Mar 1, Jerry Joseph & the Jack Mormons. Mar 2, Prezident Brown with the Reggae Angels.

Mar 4, Students for NorCal Fire Relief with Caroline Sky and Marin Academy Student Band. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads

Feb 28, Colonel & the Mermaids. Feb 28, Earthless and Jjuujjuu. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

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Arts Guild of Sonoma, “Dreams & Whimsy,” escape from the everyday and step into a world of weird, wonderful and surreal art. 5pm. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.996.3115.

Blasted Art Gallery “Arminée Chahbazian & Ben Lastufka,” two Sonoma County artists exhibit innovative sculpture and paintings respectively. 5pm.

Art Alley, South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.888.1026.

Marin Art & Garden Center, “Gathering Distance,” recent paintings by Christopher Evans capture the exquisite mystery and splendor of an untouched earthly paradise.

6pm. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.455.5260.

Petaluma Library, “Petaluma Arts Association Spring Show,” show honors, in memoriam, longtime PAA members Mary Bales and Darold Graves, whose work displays with other members’ paintings and sculpture. 6:30pm. 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma.

707.763.9801.

Mar 3

Gallery Route One, “Painting on Cardboard,” new series of mixedmedia paintings by artist Will Thoms displays, with “Speaking Out: Nine Myanmar Artists” in the project space and “The Atlas of Decivilization” installation in the annex.

3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1347.

Graton Gallery, “Graton Gallery’s Partners & Friends Show,” featuring works by 20 artists. 2pm.

9048 Graton Rd, Graton.

707.829.8912.

MarinMOCA, “Nathan Oliveira: The Figure Over Time,” Bay Area artist and Stanford professor explores the human experience through his art.

5pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato.

415.506.0137.

Mar 4

Finely Community Center, “National Arts Program Exhibit,” annual show provides local artists of all ages with a forum to showcase their artistic accomplishments. 3pm.

2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3737.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, “Women and the Search for Wisdom,” exhibit celebrates Women’s History Month. 4pm. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Mar 5

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi, “Katie McCann Solo Show,” featuring collage and mixedmedia works from the Berkeleybased artist. 5pm. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.9753.

Mar 6

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Music As Muse,” featuring works that involve music as subject matter, or that are inspired by a specific musical selection or artist. 4pm.

616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.4331.

Throckmorton Theatre, “March Art Show at Throckmorton Theatre,” featuring artists Sophy Bevan in the Main Gallery and Janey Fritsche in the Crescendo Gallery. 5pm.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600

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Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Calabi Gallery

Through Mar 3, “Gallery Group Show,” featuring Calabi

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

707.781.7070.

East West Cafe Through Feb 28, “Katie Kruzic

Solo Show,” local artist displays landscapes and scenes large and small. 128 N Main St, Sebastopol. Mon-Sat, 8am to 9pm; Sun, 8am to 8pm 707.829.2822.

Fulton Crossing

Through Feb 28, “February Art Show,” several artists open their studios to the public to show their artistic or creative work. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Through Mar 11, “Young Artists Show,” students from ten Sonoma County schools share their latest artworks. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum

Through Feb 28, “Reflections,” exhibit tells the story of Petaluma’s black population since the 1800s as part of Black History Month. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues.

707.778.4398.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Feb 28, “Heaven & Earth & the Space Between,” featuring paintings by Marilee Ford and Sharon Feissel. 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 Mar 4, “Wise & Sassy,” non-juried, salon-style exhibition features works by artists over 60. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

NAPA COUNTY Caldwell Snyder Gallery

Through Feb 28, “Luis Montoya & Leslie Ortiz,” the artists display their recent conceptual sculptures. 1328 Main St, St Helena. Open daily, 10 to 6.

415.531.6755.

Comedy Will Durst

Comedian returns for his oneman show, “BoomeRaging:

Ken Garr’s All-Star Comedy & Magic Show Several magicians perform mind-bending magic tricks with lots of laughs in this 20th annual event to raise funds for homeless outreach. Mar 3, 3 and 7:30pm. $7-$12. First United Methodist Church, 1551 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa.

707.545.3863.

Murray Valeriano & Tim X Lee

products and a race on Mar 4 that takes place along the Silverado Trail. Mar 2-4.

Napa Valley Marriott Hotel, 3425 Solano Ave, Napa, napavalleymarathon.org.

setting and enjoy Champagne, games, prizes and popcorn. Mar 4, 3pm. $25-$45. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Purim Under the Sea

Six-session film class focuses on early Hollywood “comedies of remarriage” that subverted censorship codes through satire disguised as screwball antics. Mar 1, 6:30pm. $135.

Emeritus Hall, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, cinemaandpsyche.com.

Jewish holiday gets an underwater theme, with Kosher seafood, costumes, readings, carnival games and more on hand. Mar 1, 5pm. $8-$15 and up. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

Sonoma Valley Rebuilding Community Meeting

The two headlining standups share the stage for a night of laughs. Mar 7, 8pm. $15$20. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

707.665.0260.

County of Sonoma encourages residents rebuilding from the October 2017 wildfires to bring their questions. Feb 28, 6pm.

Altimira Middle School, 17805 Arnold Dr, Sonoma.

So Your Friends Think You’re Funny

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Amatuer comedy competition features guest comics. Mar 2, 8pm. $5. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

707.665.0260.

Events African American Popup Museum

Exhibit concludes SRJC’s series of insightful discussions, film screenings and art in celebration of Black History Month. Feb 28, 11am. Free.

Bertolini Student Center, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4011.

Cotatitarod

Shopping cart race around Cotati includes 5k foot race, pub crawl, food drive, costume contest, and art cart parade to benefit Redwood Empire Food Bank. Mar 3, 1pm. La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati.

Luther Burbank’s Birthday & Arbor Day Celebration

Farm curator Alex Stanley will plant two Lovell Peach rootstocks to replace ailing rootstock, with cupcakes and apple cider on hand and a historical exhibit on view. Mar 7, 10am. Free. Gold Ridge Farm, 7777 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.6711.

Napa Valley Marathon & Expo

Fortieth annual running event includes an expo with more than two dozen booths offering fitness and health

Luxury Marketing Council welcomes marketing, sales and hospitality managers and operating staff for networking and a program of content to address today’s business environment.

Feb 28, 9am. $54-$60.

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

707.944.9900.

Film Academy Awards Night at Rialto

Food for Thought benefit features the Oscars on the big screen with prizes and plenty of local color on hand. Mar 4, 3:30pm. $30. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Academy Awards Party at the Cameo

Watch the Oscars, bring appetizers to share, enjoy selected wines and bubbly, and win prizes for your Awards IQ. Mar 4, 3pm. $25. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.9779.

Awards Night at Sebastiani Theatre

Dress in style and stroll the red carpet before enjoying wine, Champagne and hors d’oeuvres, with the Oscars on the big screen. Mar 4, 3:30pm. $25. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma.

707.996.9756.

Awards Night at Smith Rafael Film Center

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CULT Film Series

Get a double dose of devilish 1970s fun when “The Sentinel” and “The Exorcist” screen back-to-back. Mar 1, 7pm. $10.

Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.8909.

Evolution of Organic

Frances McDormand narrates the film about transformations in the way we grow and eat food. Mar 3, 7pm. $10. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery in Plain Sight

The film “Not My Life,” narrated

by Glenn Close, screens with a panel discussion on led by clinical psychologist and co-founder of the Sonoma County Task Force on Human Trafficking Katherine Hargitt.

Mar 7, 7pm. Free. Raven Film Center. 415 Center St, Healdsburg. 707.525.8909.

Hunting Lands

New indie drama starring Santa Rosa native Marshall Cook screens with cast and writer/director Zack Wilcox on hand for Q&A. Mar 4, 7pm. $6.

Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.8909.

Israeli Film Festival

Four-week screening series opens with 2016 drama “In Between,” about three Palestinian women doing a balancing act between tradition and modernity. Mar 6, 1 and 7:30pm. $11-$14. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.

Oscar Party at Harmonia

Watch the Academy Awards with drinks and appetizers.

Mar 4, 4pm. $25. Harmonia, 2200 Marinship Way, Sausalito.

415.332.1432.

Oscar Party in Monte Rio

Dress up and enjoy the

Academy Awards in a festive atmosphere. Mar 4, 4pm. Free.

Rio Theater, 20396 Bohemian Hwy, Monte Rio. 707.865.0913.

Oscar Sunday at Westin Verasa Play some Oscar bingo and board games during the Academy Award ceremony, and get in on a special hotel package. Mar 4. Westin Verasa Napa, 1314 McKinstry St, Napa.

707.257.1800.

Red Carpet Evening Gala Alexander Valley Film Society brings Hollywood glamour to Sonoma County an evening of film, fashion, food and fun, featuring a red carpet entrance, silent auction lounge and the Oscars on the big screen. Mar 4, 4pm. $200. Trione Winery, 19550 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville.

707.814.8100.

Tucker: The Man & His Dream Watch director Francis Ford Coppola’s story of a man revolutionizing the auto industry. Mar 2, 7pm. $5.

Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

707.579.4452.

Food & Drink La Viña Wine Auction Silent and live auction event boasts local wines, entertainment and more to benefit Napa Valley Language Academy. Mar 2, 5:30pm. $75 and up. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

A Night with Merry Edwards Inspiring winemaker, educator and avid gardener joins sommelier Alexis Iaconis and chef Ryan Fancher for a memorable evening of food, wine and conversation. Mar 2, 6pm. $175. Barndiva, 231 Center St, Healdsburg, 707.431.0100.

Sonoma County Restaurant Week Annual celebration of dining features many restaurants offering fantastic food at reasonable prices. Mar 2-11.

Participating Restaurants, various locations, Sonoma County, sonomacountyrestaurantweek.org.

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Elle Luna and Susie Herrick. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Good Fungi, Healthy Roots, Happy Plants

Book Passage By-the-Bay

Presentation reveals how beneficial fungi promote the health of roots of native and ornamental plants. Preregistration required. Mar 3, 3pm. $12. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine

Mar 3, 5pm, “Ready, Set, Sail!” with Meg Fleming. Mar 6, 6pm, “She Caused a Riot” with Hannah Jewell. 100 Bay St, Sausalito 415.339.1300.

Napa Main Library

Feb 28, 7pm, “A Wilder Time” with William E Glassley.

580 Coombs St, Napa 707.253.4070.

Unity of Marin

Professor Douglas Wile presents this talk, with a sampling of traditional Chinese snacks provided. Mar 1, 1pm. $15. Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.2440.

Mar 3, 6pm, “Mind Over Medicine” and “The Fourth Trimester” with Dr Lissa Rankin and Kimberly Johnson. 600 Palm Dr, Novato 415.475.5000.

National Women’s History Project

Theater

Molly Murphy MacGregor, former SRJC instructor and co-founder of National Women’s History Month, speaks about creating the project that became a nationwide movement. Mar 5, 10am.

SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mtn Pkwy, Petaluma.

707.778.3974.

The Politics of Divinely Erotic Love

The lives of three extraordinary female saints are explored in this talk and live music performance. Mar 5, 7pm. $30.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Ralph Nader

Forward-thinking politician presents a talk about how one person can make a difference in social justice and world affairs. Mar 5, 7:30pm. $10 and up. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.

Readings

I Only Have Ives for You

Raven Players go on the road to present six short plays of inspired comedy that mixes wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun. Mar 1-11. $10-$25.

Costeaux French Bakery, 417 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.6335.

It’s All Relative

Conceived by Sonoma County producer and director Beulah Vega, the show features four different one-act plays that revolve around themes of family. Mar 2-10. $18-$25.

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

Talking With . . .

Award-winning play by Jane Martin highlights various experiences of women through 10-minute monologues.

Performance benefits the Susan G Komen breast cancer foundation. Mar 2-3, 7:30pm. $5-$20. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma.

415.392.5225.

Book Passage

Feb 28, 7pm, “The Heart Is a Shifting Sea” with Elizabeth Flock. Mar 1, 7pm, “Modern Loss” with Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner. Mar 3, 4pm, “Here Is Real Magic” with Nate Staniforth. Mar 4, 1pm, “CBD: A Patient’s Guide to Medicinal Cannabis” with Leonard Leinow and Juliana Birnbaum.

Mar 6, 7pm, “Political Tribes” with Amy Chua. Mar 7, 7pm, “Your Story Is Your Power” with

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he vast majority of California’s marijuana growers have yet to move into the state’s new legal regulatory framework, leaving big questions looming around whether they can survive in the brave new world of legal weed, whether a substantial illicit market will remain and whether that anticipated tax revenue windfall will actually materialize.

According to a report released Feb. 19 by the California Growers Association, representing mainly small-scale growers across the state, fewer than 1 percent of growers have been licensed so far. That’s a measly 534 licensed growers out of an estimated 68,000 in the state.

The report, “An Emerging Crisis: Barriers to Entry in California Cannabis,” identifies a number of obstacles for small producers, and warns that those issues must be addressed if participation is to increase and a post-legalization police crackdown avoided.

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legalization will look a lot like prohibition” with many illicit growers, the report concludes.

“The current system will not achieve its goals without fundamental and structural changes that allow small and independent businesses to enter into compliance.”

Obstacles to participation include lack of access to the financial sector, the high costs of complying with regulatory and tax burdens, state regulations that seem perversely designed to weed out small competitors, slow-moving or sometimes hostile local governments and a saturated market.

As one Sonoma County cultivator put it in the report: “The unintended consequence of making it so difficult at the local and state level to enter the regulated market is that 80–90 percent of those who were working with dispensaries prior to Jan.1, 2018, are being pushed to the black market. This is not only bad for the regulated market, because so much highquality product is now flooding into the black market, but crime is increasing as a result as well.

State and local governments need to make course corrections, “or else a staggering number of businesses will fail, while staggeringly few [will] enjoy significant growth,” the report warned. “Many of the best growers—the most dedicated and passionate artisans who can add tremendous value to the state marketplace—are the ones being left behind.”

Quick action to make California’s legal markets more friendly to small producers may eventually entice more to fight their way into the regulated pot economy, but it’s going to take the end of pot prohibition in the rest of the country to end California’s black market pot exports.

Phillip Smith is editor of the ‘Drug War Chronicle.’

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) On Sept. 1, 1666, a London baker named Thomas Farriner didn’t take proper precautions to douse the fire in his oven before he went to sleep. Consequences were serious. The conflagration that ignited in his little shop burned down large parts of the city. Three hundred twenty years later, a group of bakers gathered at the original site to offer a ritual atonement. “It’s never too late to apologize,” said one official, acknowledging the tardiness of the gesture. In that spirit, Aries, I invite you to finally dissolve a clump of guilt you’ve been carrying . . . or express gratitude that you should have delivered long ago . . . or resolve a messy ending that still bothers you . . . or transform your relationship with an old wound . . . or all of the above.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) The Committee to

Fanatically Promote Taurus’ Success is pleased to see that you’re not waiting politely for your next turn. You have come to the brilliant realization that what used to be your fair share is no longer sufficient. You intuitively sense that you have a cosmic mandate to skip a few steps—to ask for more and better and faster results.

As a reward for this outbreak of shrewd and welldeserved self-love, and in recognition of the blessings that are currently showering down on your astrological House of Noble Greed, you are hereby granted three weeks’ worth of extra service, free bonuses, special treatment and abundant slack.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) No one can be somewhat pregnant. You either are or you’re not. But from a metaphorical perspective, your current state is a close approximation to that impossible condition. Are you or are you not going to commit yourself to birthing a new creation? Decide soon, please. Opt for one or the other resolution; don’t remain in the gray area. And there’s more to consider. You are indulging in excessive in-betweenness in other areas of your life, as well.

You’re almost brave and sort of free and semi-faithful.

My advice about these halfway states is the same: either go all the way or else stop pretending you might.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) The Appalachian Trail is a 2,200-mile path that runs through the eastern United States. Hikers can wind their way through forests and wilderness areas from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia. Along the way they may encounter black bears, bobcats, porcupines and wild boars. These natural wonders may seem to be at a remote distance from civilization, but they are in fact conveniently accessible from America’s biggest metropolis. For $8.75, you can take a train from Grand Central Station in New York City to an entry point of the Appalachian Trail. This scenario is an apt metaphor for you right now, Cancerian. With relative ease, you can escape from your routines and habits. I hope you take advantage!

LEO (July 23–August 22) Is 2018 turning out to be as I expected it would be for you? Have you become more accepting of yourself and further at peace with your mysterious destiny? Are you benefiting from greater stability and security? Do you feel more at home in the world and better nurtured by your close allies? If for some reason these developments are not yet in bloom, withdraw from every lesser concern and turn your focus to them. Make sure you make full use of the gifts that life is conspiring to provide for you.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) “You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks,” says Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Junot Díaz. “Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else.

You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood.” I can’t imagine any better advice to offer you as you navigate your way through the next seven weeks, Virgo. You will have a wildly fertile opportunity to find and create more intimacy. But in order to take full advantage, you’ll have to be brave and candid and unshielded.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) In the coming weeks, you could reach several odd personal bests.

BY ROB BREZSNY

For instance, your ability to distinguish between flowery bullshit and inventive truth-telling will be at a peak. Your “imperfections” will be more interesting and forgivable than usual, and might even work to your advantage, as well. I suspect you’ll also have an adorable inclination to accomplish the half-right thing when it’s impossible to do the perfectly right thing.

Finally, all the astrological omens suggest that you will have a tricky power to capitalize on lucky lapses.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

French philosopher Blaise Pascal said, “If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.” American author Henry David Thoreau declared, “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” I would hesitate to offer these two formulations in the horoscope of any other sign but yours, Scorpio. And I would even hesitate to offer them to you at any other time besides right now. But I feel that you currently have the strength of character and fertile willpower necessary to make righteous use of such stringently medicinal magic. So please proceed with my agenda for you, which is to become the Smartest, Feistiest, Most Resourceful Lover Who Has Ever Lived.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December

21) The state of Kansas has over 6,000 ghost towns—places where people once lived, but then abandoned. Daniel C. Fitzgerald has written six books documenting these places. He’s an expert on researching what remains of the past and drawing conclusions based on the old evidence. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you consider doing comparable research into your own lost and half-forgotten history. You can generate vigorous psychic energy by communing with origins and memories. Remembering who you used to be will clarify your future.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) It’s not quite a revolution that’s in the works. But it is a sprightly evolution. Accelerating developments may test your ability to adjust gracefully. Quickly shifting story lines will ask you to be resilient and flexible. But the unruly flow won’t throw you into a stressful tizzy as long as you treat it as an interesting challenge instead of an inconvenient imposition. My advice is not to stiffen your mood or narrow your range of expression, but rather to be like an actor in an improvisation class. Fluidity is your word of power.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) It’s the Productive Paradox Phase of your cycle. You can generate good luck and unexpected help by romancing the contradictions. For example: 1. You’ll enhance your freedom by risking deeper commitment. 2. You’ll gain greater control over wild influences by loosening your grip and providing more spaciousness. 3. If you are willing to appear naive, empty or foolish, you’ll set the stage for getting smarter. 4. A blessing you didn’t realize you needed will come your way after you relinquish a burdensome “asset.” 5. Greater power will flow your way if you expand your capacity for receptivity.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

As you make appointments in the coming months, you could re-use calendars from 2007 and 2001. During those years, all the dates fell on the same days of the week as they do in 2018. On the other hand, Pisces, please don’t try to learn the same lessons you learned in 2007 and 2001.

Don’t get snagged in identical traps or sucked into similar riddles or obsessed with comparable illusions.

On the other other hand, it might help for you to recall the detours you had to take back then, since you may thereby figure out how to avoid having to repeat boring old experiences that you don’t need to repeat.

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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