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he bad news is that the drought is back and that’s not good for spawning fish. The good news better habitat awaits coho salmon and steelhead in two North Bay creeks.

In Sonoma County, the Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District worked with the Thomas

Creek Ranch Homeowners Association to restore lower Green Valley and Thomas creeks in Forestville as a winter coho salmon wetland habitat several years ago. Only recently, in the aftermath of the last drought, have those efforts borne fruit.

In Marin County, meanwhile, officials are cheering the performance of newly restored floodplains on Lagunitas Creek,

one of the most productive salmon creeks in the state.

The Forestville project began in 2014 when the conservation district constructed a 220-foot side channel and wetland along Green Valley Creek, and realigned a section of Thomas Creek to create a deep backwater “alcove” for fish. The drought made it difficult to tell if the construction was making a difference in the

coho salmon population, due to the sluggish winter flow.

Called an “off-channel winter refuge habitat enhancement for salmonids,” the project is aimed at giving young salmon refuge from high flows in wintertime that otherwise could sweep them away. Green Valley Creek used to provide habitat, but residential developments along the creek along with a demand for the water by farmers have greatly reduced the coho salmon and that aquatic insects that lived and bred in the calm waters of the channels.

“Our whole community is thrilled with the project and glad that we were able to provide the space to make it happen,” says association member Alan Siegel.

Siegel, an environmentalist since his high school days, came up with the idea to help restore the creek’s natural habitat when he took his daughter, Katie, to a salmon fishery about 10 years ago. He convinced his fellow association members to dedicate land along the creek to the conservation district.

“It took many, many years to figure out what kind of project [they] wanted to do,” he says, “and then once that was nailed down, it took many more years to get all the funding. Grants and funding for the $550,000 projects came from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Coastal Conservancy and the Sonoma County Water Agency.

With salmon thriving in the creeks, Siegel says the district is now looking to collaborate with more landowners on similar projects. “One of the things they really want to show is that they can work together with private landowners in a cooperative way that benefits the fishery and the landowner,” he says.

Meanwhile in Marin County, coho salmon and steelhead trout, a federally threatened species, are returning to Lagunitas Creek thanks to a similar floodplain restoration project undertaken by the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD).

feet per second). Planners had hoped that those channels would become engaged by the flow when the water was flowing at between 100 and 300 cubic feet per second.

The fact that the channels were “engaged” at the low end of their expectation was an encouraging sign to Andrew. The Phase I part of the project at Platform Ridge Road and the Sir Francis Drake Highway, he says, “behaved beautifully and the flood-plain channel engaged at 100 cubic feet per second.”

This time of year, the typical flow in the Lagunitas runs up to 2,000 cubic feet per second, Andrew says. The droughtbusting winter of 2016-17 saw days where the creek was ripping along at 5,000 CFPS, which could have been perilous to the work undertaken this past summer.

“I’m glad that our structures weren’t newly constructed last fall,” Andrew says, invoking the year the drought broke.

The successful rollout of this $1.2 million, two-year project occurs in a year which sounds like a pretty good one for the state’s salmon fisheries. Andrew says the year has been “unusual for salmon,” given that, for example, a pink salmon showed up in the Lagunitas “and we have not seen them for many years.” He says there was a good run of Chinook and chum salmon on the creek, too. “Over the years we’ve seen chinook come and go and have seen a relatively small number of chum salmon. This year, we had them all in early. Then the coho came in, and they tend to do their thing in January and February.”

“Their thing,” is to spawn. The coho are all gone now, Andrew says, and now it’s the steelhead trout’s time to breed—“they’re the only species that’s in there now.”

The steelhead numbers too are “looking pretty good,” Andrew reports. Just that morning he’d gotten a report about a big school of the fish hanging out under a bridge in Pt. Reyes Station, near where the Lagunitas spills out into Tomales Bay, and ready to head upstream into their fancy new floodplain.

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Last fall, water district fisheries program manager Gregory Andrew was hoping for a season of average rainfall. Too much rain, he said, could scour away sediment and wash out newly created wooden structures designed to help re-animate legacy floodplains on Lagunitas Creek, one of the state’s most abundant when it comes to endangered coho salmon. Too little rain, on the other hand, wouldn’t see enough water in the creek to spill over into the newly created floodplains, which are designed to attract spawning salmon and steelhead.

With the key drought arbiter, the Sierra snowpack, coming in at a dismal 70 percent below normal this year, the drought is back.

But Andrew says the restoration project performed remarkably well this winter as he notes that a big rainstorm that blew through on Jan. 8-9 this year raised the flows in the Lagunitas Creek to levels sufficient to inundate the floodplain channel. The coho apparently took notice.

Fish are monitored at every lifestage by surveyors, says Andrew, who cautions that there is a lot of variability from year to year, “and also lots of variability from one life phase to another.” For example, he says, this year the adult coho spawning numbers are below average. Yet last year fish surveyors marveled at juvenile smolts headed to the sea for the first time, “in numbers we never saw before,” he says.

The good news is that the fish stocks are generally headed in the right direction after the low point of 2008-09. “With the smolt numbers,” he says, “there is some indication that there is increased winter survival and that may be related to the habitat enhancement work that we’ve already done.”

Project monitors have utilized time-lapse video of the creek this winter to monitor the restoration and the weather’s impact on the work done so far.

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Yet only one winery that I contacted returned my emails and calls, after I mentioned I found their wine at Grocery Outlet: Valley of the Moon Winery, source of that $6.99 Pinot. Valley of the Moon general manager David Macdonald is happy to explain how the wine wound up there. Macdonald says it’s a typical story: He was already well into selling the 2014 vintage, which meanwhile got an updated packaging design, as well, when a quantity that had been aside for a wholesale customer was declined for their own business reasons.

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ared Huffman wants to know if I’ve seen the latest from Jerry Seinfeld as he eases into the passenger seat and invokes the popular web series, “Comedians in the Car Getting Coffee.”

“You’re supposed to pick me up in some sort of interesting vintage sports car,” he says.

“Yes, I have seen it and I’m calling this story ‘Covfefe in the Car with my Congressman,” I tell Huffman, a riff off the Donald Trump neologism that emerged from the president’s Tweeting fingers last year.

The congressman lets out a short laugh and I ease my less than interesting Honda CRV out of a parking lot at Casa Grande High School campus, where the North Coast pol had just addressed a jam-packed auditorium filled with Petaluma upperclassmen.

The subject was seriously unfunny: gun control in the wake of the Parkland, Fla. school shooting last month, which left 17 dead and sparked anew the national convulsion over gun violence in schools and what to do about it.

After the shooting, local students and educators in Sonoma and Marin counties reached out to the popular two-term congressman and he obliged them with a visit.

He’s supporting a renewed ban on assault weapons, enhanced background checks, raising the age of purchase to 21, and banning large capacity magazines.

Earlier in the day, Huffman had spoken to an attentive group of students at Lagunitas Middle School, telling them he was in the San Geronimo Valley in West Marin after House Speaker Paul Ryan had sent congress home. Ryan couldn’t deal with the heat being generated by Parkland survivors.

Following the Parkland shooting, teenagers had come to the capital and crashed Congressional offices

to demand action on gun control.

Now we’re now headed back to Huffman’s district office in San Rafael and the afternoon 101 is smooth sailing as Huffman reflects on the gun control moment, the wild Trump ride so far and the dysfunctional congress he’s been a part of since first elected in 2012.

The Time is Ripe Just last week Huffman had signed on to articles of impeachment against the president which zeroed in on collusion, corruption and Trump’s general disdain for those parts of the constitution that don’t protect gun rights. Huffman’s support for impeachment comes with an acknowledgement that even if the merits for impeachment

are unimpeachable, the politics are a different story.

“I’ve been in favor of impeachment almost since the beginning of his presidency,” Huffman says. “I’ve been waiting for the most serious and viable articulation for the grounds for impeachment. It is sort of a ‘ripeness’ issue and honestly, the politics still aren’t right. I feel that I have to constantly manage expectations on this issue. It would be pretty reckless for me to lead people to think that we’re on the verge of actually impeaching Donald Trump, because we are not.”

For the time being at least, impeachment is a partisan pursuit. Guns are a different story altogether. There’s a chance (a very slight chance) that Trump could

these issues, our generation and the preceding generation has screwed a few things up.”

We talk a bit about the youth movement of the 1960s within the context of mocking comments being directed at the Parkland survivors. The venomous “crisis actor” nonsense around Parkland survivors David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez also reminds that the 1960s students who fought for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, were unpopular among much of the country. Huffman says that for every member of a youth movement, there’s a “grumpy old man in a lawn chair” who doesn’t want to hear it.

“The young people are coming from the perspective of wanting to accelerate changes to basically save their world, and the others are incapable of handling the speed of change that has been happening.”

During his school appearances, the congressman kept his critiques of Trump within the boundaries of the gun control debate and the reality-show president’s response to it. In his talk to the middleschoolers, he didn’t mince on his view of arming teachers, calling it both a dumb idea and a stupid one, as he keyed on the Trumpian politics of the distracting head-fake.

Youth Movement Later in Petaluma, Huffman asked for a show of hands among the assembled students to see if anyone supported arming teachers, and the response was overwhelmingly in the negative—three or four hands raised in support, while more than one hundred arms shot up in opposition to the proposal. Teeing off on another Trump comment, one student asked him why all school shootings happened in places marked as “Gun Free” zones, and Huffman gently rebuked the premise of the question, given that there was an armed guard at Margery Stoneman Douglas High School, who didn’t do anything.

The students’ questions spoke to their own media savvy and connection with other issues of the day. Syncing with the demanding and unapologetic tenor of our times, one Lagunitas student asked if Huffman had taken money from the

NRA. No, he said. “Generally I want you to get A’s,” he said to the kids gathered in the gym that morning.

“But I’m proud of my ‘F’ rating with the NRA.” A Petaluma student wondered about hiring military veterans to protect schools, instead of watching them sleep on the street.

Later in the car Huffman says the youth activism now afoot is telling for what it disproves: that kids today aren’t invested in changing the world they’re about to inherit.

“To their credit there is something about these kids right now that is making them inject their voice, and that hasn’t always been the case. I’ve been visiting schools for a long time and there is a level of engagement that is sort of stirring right now that’s great to see, and it’s also a real relief, because I worried that when Donald Trump was elected that young people would say ‘this is the new normal, maybe politics is just a reality show and a food fight and we don’t need to take them seriously,’ and that hasn’t been the response, at least what I’ve seen.”

The Trump overhang is everywhere, he says, and it’s a further toxification of a politics that was already pretty mean before the country elected Trump.

The adults are in the room acting like children and crying about “they are coming for your guns,” while the children are getting shot or watching their friends and teachers get shot. Nowadays Republicans are either kissing up to Trump because of the dirty-30 percent Trump base that must be tended to, while others are saying they’ve had enough and are retiring from congress altogether. Who is winning that fight over GOP hearts and minds?

“I think more and more are falling into the latter group,” he says. “It’s unfortunate that they have to do that as they announce their retirement, and it sort of speaks to the fact that when it comes to being in Republican politics today and actually holding office, Trumpism is the dominant force.”

Toxic Climate The toxicity brought on by Trump has trickled down into town halls and committee meetings, says

Huffman, who is the secondranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, a dream assignement for him.

He recounts a recent dust-up he had with Texas conservative Congressman Louie Gohmert over environmental issues connected with Trump’s proposed wall. When it comes to issues of national security, the Department of Homeland Security has lots of leeway when it comes to adhering to environmental law. For that reason, the border wall would have a zone around it where environmental law didn’t apply— but Gohmert wants to extend that zone to 100 miles out from the border. Huffman wasn’t having it and told the committee that the GOP was angling for a cruel twofer: “You get to bash Mexicans and scapegoat the environmental laws at the same time,” he recalls saying, at which point he started to argue with Gohmert. The constant stream of extremism has taken a toll.

“I don’t deal with it as well as I should,” he says. “I have found myself getting increasingly flippant and feisty and even taking the bait and getting into some rather unpleasant conversations with my colleagues lately that probably aren’t wildly productive. But it frustrates me…. My patience is wearing thin with some of that and I think the country’s patience is wearing thin. It’s just not sincere, some of this posturing and extremism, and to continue to try and be deferential and genteel about it, just doesn’t feel right in this moment.”

Huffman name-checks some prominent media figures of the right who have seen the light— Michael Gerson, Bill Kristol, former congressman Dave Jolly.

“I served with [Jolly] for a term, he’s a pretty conservative guy and he’s just going off on these guys,” Huffman says. “That tells me that something is going on here. Our job is to help the Republicans help save their party by just beating the shit out of them this fall. And a lot of Republicans are calling for that.”

Back in the San Rafael district office, Huffman has the iconic Truman sign on his desk: “The Buck Stops Here.” Huffman is 54 and has two teenage ) 14

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have a “Nixon in China” effect on the gun-control debate, given his simultaneous fealty to the National Rifle Association and the fact that he threw the organization under the bus in the presence of a visibly stunned Senator Dianne Feinstein.

“Trump has the unlikely credentials to actually move the politics on this issue,” says Huffman as we head south to San Rafael, or try to, anyway. “If he had the skills and the focus to do it,” says Huffman, “unlike you, who just took the wrong exit—but the problem with Trump is his ADD and the fact that if we get excited about what he says one day, he is likely to say the opposite the next day and you can’t count on him for anything.”

The kids, on the other hand—are they going to save the world where the adults have failed? Huffman’s talks to the teenagers last week were of a piece with a growing consensus around Parkland and its aftermath, which he reiterated to the middle schoolers.

“We may just have the opportunity to push through some changes that wasn’t possible a couple of weeks ago,” he told the teens in Lagunitas that morning.

“The difference is not what happened, but how young students responded.”

Huffman invoked gun control efforts by Newtown families in Connecticut, and by former congresswoman Gabby Gifford as he called them “great champions on this issue, but there is something about how your generation is carrying itself.”

The Parkland shooting is one of a few existential questions swirling around student life early in the divisive days of the 21st century.

Gun violence in schools presents an obvious and direct existential threat to them; global climate change is a less direct and visceral, but equally scary proposition for young people. Then there’s the old standby of global thermonuclear war, on top of an administration that’s creating quite a bit of chaos for LGBT and immigrant youth these days with its various crackdowns amid the generalized sense of a national crack-up.

“You’ve got to start with the acknowledgement that these kids are right, and when you look at

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children—and like his childhood political hero Harry Truman, hails originally from Independence, MO. Given the hyper-partisanship of our times, I ask Huffman if there’s anyone in the congress who he would identify as the conservative version of himself—anyone who he admires on the right. He immediately identifies Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.

“He is a quality human being,” Huffman says. “I would be proud to take Jeff Fortenberry around with me in the district to meet my neighbors and friends, they would love him, and he would love them.

I’m just as comfortable as can be around Jeff, we get along great, and he is a pretty conservative Catholic Republican. We talk a lot about religion too, which is always interesting because he is intellectually curious devout Catholic and I’m a humanist who doesn’t believe in God.” For his part, Fortenberry feels the same about Huffman and says he’s honored not only by his peer’s shout-out, but that a reporter at a left-leaning newspaper would call about it, given “the basic breakup of the media into segments that appeal to [a] base.”

“I have great respect for Jared,” he adds, describing Huffman as a very good friend who is both “intellectually honest and effective…. He has a noted character trait of being very respectful in dialogue, and I really admire that.”

Toning it Down Trump’s shadow follows Huffman wherever he goes in his North Coast district and I ask him if there are any constituencies he wants to crack in a third term.

“There are a number of constituencies where I want to build better relationships, and probably would be farther along today than I am but for Donald Trump and the difficult politics that we’re in right now,” he says.

“I’m in what feels sometimes like a political knife-fight that can be very charged and very partisan, and it’s not sustainable.”

He singles out Republican-

leaning organizations such as the Rotary Club and the Farm Bureau as places where he’d like to build bridges but can’t, “because we’re all kind of on edge, and if we might once have had some differences of opinion and perspective, but we wanted to work together, that’s harder to do now. The flip side of that is that politically, my base, and a whole bunch of people that used to be apolitical and moderate, are animated and would show up at a town hall and do a lot of the things I’m asking them to do.”

Given the tense, Trumpian climate, Huffman says he goes out of his way to not tick off any absent Republican parent. “Even now I try, when I’m talking to school groups, to have some balance, to show some respect and to validate other’s perspectives because I know that they’ve got parents and they’ve got their own sensibilities and I want it to be a civic exercise when I do this. Every now and then you’ll get a disgruntled parent.”

Or a disgruntled Republican who is also looking to build bridges.

Huffman recalls a recent town hall in Windsor where he was approached by a woman who gave Huffman her card and said, “‘If you ever want to talk to a Republican call me, but I feel like you were very disrespectful of the Republicans in the room tonight.’ And I told her right there, I said ‘I think you’re right, actually.’

The final existential issue of the day is Trumpism and whether the -ism will outlast the man—and Huffman thinks it will but with a catch: Future Trumpists won’t be saddled with the incoherence and the cult of personality that the party leader brings to the spectacle now unraveling. The ‘paranoid style’ in American politics is as old as dirt and Huffman says he “doesn’t know what Trumpism will mean 10 or 15 years from now, long after Trump is gone, but it might actually be more coherent than it is with this kind of crazy man driving it.”

All the more reason for the kids to seize these various existential crises from the clutched and angry fists of angry, armed white men.

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America’s Eden

Wine critic, historian and author James Conaway is most well known for his Napa Trilogy. Following 1990’s Napa: The Story of an American Eden and 2003’s The Far Side of Eden, Conaway’s trilogy finally concludes with the recent publication of “Napa at Last Light: America's Eden in an Age of Calamity,” in which he continues to explore the wine industry’s effect on the land and the community while offering ways to balance profit and stewardship. Conaway reads from his latest Saturday, March 10, at Napa Main Library, 580 Coombs St., Napa. 2pm. Free admission. 707.253.4070.

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Gershwin for Good

Pianist Richard Glazier had a childhood epiphany when he saw the film Girl Crazy, with a score by brothers George and Ira Gershwin, and dedicated his life to sharing the music of Gershwin. Now a nationally renowned raconteur, Glazier presents ‘Our Love Is Here to Stay: The Music of George and Ira Gershwin’ in a benefit for organizations helping youth in Sonoma Valley who’ve been affected by wildfires.

Glazier offers two shows on Saturday, March 10, at Hanna Boys Center, 1700 Arnold Drive, Sonoma. Shows at 4pm and 7pm, Champagne reception at 5:30pm. $75–$125. 707.996.6767.

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Run to Rebuild

Formed by wine industry professionals, Rebuild Wine Country is a fundraising endeavor committed to investing in long-term fire relief.

This weekend, the group presents the Run to Rebuild Wine Country 5K, a scenic race that’s open to all, with winetasting and familyfriendly festivities. If you can’t make it out, you can register as a virtual runner to help raise funds, which are going to Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County’s efforts to aid fire victims. Sunday, March 11, Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy., Napa. 10am. $35–$75. runtorebuildwinecountry.org.

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River’s Edge

Northern California’s Eel River is an most important resources for the region’s fishing, logging, wine and cannabis industries, which have all contributed to its diminishing power through overuse. This month, filmmaker Shane Anderson screens his award-winning new documentary ‘A River’s Last Chance,’ which chronicles the Eel’s challenges and explains its importance in the West Coast’s environmental and economic future. Presented by California Trout, Russian Riverkeeper and North Fork Studios, the screening features Anderson and CalTrout’s videographer and field reporter Mike Wier in a Q&A on Monday, March 12, at Healdsburg SHED, 25 North St., Healdsburg. 7pm. $15. 707.431.7433.

—Charlie Swanson

LIGHT IT UP San Francisco songwriter Paige Clem welcomes an all-star lineup of friends to help her unveil her debut album, Firefly, on Friday, March 9, at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael.

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‘The Realistic Joneses’ probes life’s questions with humor BY HARRY DUKE

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ill Eno’s The Realistic Joneses, isn’t particularly real in its examination of two suburban couples who share the same surname. It does, however, often ring true.

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Set in an unnamed town, Bob and Jennifer Jones (Chris Schloemp and Melissa Claire) are spending a quiet evening in their backyard talking about nothing (and talking about talking about nothing) when new neighbors come over to introduce themselves. John and Pony Jones (Chris Ginesi and Paige Picard) have rented a house down the street and bring a bottle of wine over to break the ice. The awkward conversation that comes with meeting new people becomes really awkward as it veers into the personal.

Bob and Jennifer live here because it’s the best place for Bob to receive treatment for a degenerative neurological disease characterized by pain, bouts of blindness and loss of memory. Bob deals with it by not dealing with it, Jennifer deals with it daily and is beginning to crack under the strain. John and Pony have just picked up and moved there on a whim, but it soon becomes clear the two couples have something in common.

The subject matter doesn’t seem ripe for humor, but it is. The script’s marvelously quirky dialogue is often absurd and yet it feels genuine. Delivery of dialogue in the hands of lesser talents can come off cheaply, but director Argo Thompson has a cast that can handle it. The Realistic Joneses is difficult to categorize. It’s tough to find meaning in a play about the meaningless of meaning, and for a play as funny as it is, an overwhelming sense of melancholy hangs over it.

Highly original, The Realistic Joneses makes for a wonderfully weird evening of theater.

‘The Realistic Joneses’ runs through March 25 at Left Edge Theatre. 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. Thursday–Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm. $25–$40. 707.546.3600.

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IN TUNE Anna Fritz has fused her love for classical music and the cello with her fondness for indie rock.

Folk Strings

Anna Fritz turns the cello on its head

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ongwriter Anna Fritz’s classical music training on the cello began at 6 and she continued that path academically through her college years at University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Yet from a young age, Fritz musically immersed herself in folk and rock ‘n’ roll in her free time.

“I didn’t know how to reconcile the music that I was playing, with the music that I was listening to,” says Fritz. “I love classical music, but I knew from a young age that I wanted to participate in the music of social movements.”

And so when Fritz moved from the Midwest to Portland, Ore.

just over a decade ago, she found herself quickly aligned with the city’s independent music scene.

Now Fritz is an accomplished ensemble player, sought-after studio musician and a celebrated solo performer. This month, she treks down the coast on a tour that lands in Santa Rosa for a show Tuesday, March 13, at the Arlene Francis Center.

Rather than rely on electronic backings or looped rhythms, Fritz has stripped her live show to one cello, one voice. She says she connects to her audiences with her eclectic style and songs that are intended for sing-alongs.

“I have learned over the years to use the cello in a lot of different ways,” says Fritz. “It’s kind of a duet between my voice and the cello’s voice.”

Fritz’s experiments with the cello began in earnest when she co-formed the Portland Cello Project in 2007, and her credits include playing on albums by the Decemberists, My Morning Jacket and others.

Fritz says solo songwriting is where her heart is, and her original tunes pack an emotional punch lyrically with themes of spirituality, racial justice, climate change, gender identity and more.

“I have the feeling like songwriting is about connecting to something much larger than myself,” she says.

Fritz also says her creative process as a songwriter is influenced by her spirituality and her activist streak.

“Having a social conscience and helping to make the world around me a better place has been a lifelong value,” she says. “A lot of the music that has moved me in my life has been music that lifts up social movements. I feel that’s an important part of my work as a songwriter; providing tools to people who are working for change.”

Anna Fritz performs on Tuesday, Mar 13, at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $8-$20 suggested donation. 707.528.3009.

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The music of Emerson, Lake & Palmer lives on as Palmer embarks on a tour honoring his ELP bandmates, Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, who both passed away in 2016. Mar 12, 8:30pm. $37-$43. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.

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Mystic & the Hard Roots.

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

Mar 7, Aqus blues jam. Mar 8, Tangled Up in Blue Band. Mar 9, Tito. Mar 10, the Buckeye Boys. Mar 11, 2pm, Kenneth Roy Berry. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center

Mar 9, Afrolicious with Marshall House Project. Wed, open mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Mar 10, Jon Gonzales and Carissa Green. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

Bergamot Alley

Mar 9, Midtown Social. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.433.8720.

The Big Easy

Mar 7, Kelner and Kompany.

Mar 8, Ian Moore & the Lossy Coils. Mar 9, the Pulsators.

Mar 10, Rock and Roll Rhythm Review. Mar 11, Lucky Ol’ Bones.

Mar 13, the Beguilers. Mar 14, Wednesday Night Big Band.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.7163.

Acclaimed jazz trumpeter has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist.

Mar 10, 8pm. $65-$85. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery

Eric Darius

Mar 10, 3pm, Dan Martin. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol.

707.827.3893.

Saxophonist, composer, producer and vocalist is heralded as one of the most exciting figures in contemporary jazz. Mar 9-10, 7:30 and 9:30pm. $25-$55. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

The Sorry Lot

Get a jump on St Patrick’s Day with a concert from Napa’s nine-piece Irish folk band. Mar 10, 8pm. $30. The White Barn, 2727 Sulphur Springs Ave, St Helena. 707.987.8225.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annie O’s Music Hall

Mar 8, Hype It Up with Mighty

Mar 10, Blues Night on Second Saturdays. 204 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.894.4410.

Crooked Goat Brewing

Dry Creek Kitchen

Green Music Center Weill Hall

Mar 7-9, SSU Wind Band & Orchestra Festival. Mar 10, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Ensemble showcase concert. Mar 13, Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District’s Elementary Honor Band. Mar 14, Jazz Orchestra. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Hanna Boys Center

Mar 10, 4 and 7pm, “Our Love is Here to Stay: The Music of George & Ira Gershwin” with Richard Glazier and friends.

17000 Arnold Dr, Sonoma.

707.996.6767.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Mar 8, Jerry Joseph & the Jack Mormons. Mar 9, the Coffis Brothers & the Mountain Men with the Carolyn Sills Combo.

Mar 10, the Bloodstones and Pigwar. Mar 13, open mic. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Wed, open mic. Mar 9, Peace of G. Mar 10, Matt Santry. Mar 11, T Sisters with Madeline Tasquin Trio. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Mar 10, Duo Violão Brazil plus One. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Mar 10, DJ Ricki. Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Mar 7, JimBo Trout. Mar 8, the Royal Deuces. Mar 9, the Rhythm Drivers. Mar 10, the Nickel Slots. Mar 11, Todos Santos. Mar 14, Nathan Hinojosa. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Mar 12, Chris Amberger and Randy Vincent. Mar 13, Greg Hester and Jim Passarell. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.431.0330.g.

Local Barrel

Flamingo Lounge

Main Street Bistro

Mar 9, Tiger Lyn. Mar 10, Santa Rosa Salsa night. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge

Mar 10, Blue Radio. 21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville.

707.814.0036.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Mar 13, SSU Jazz Combo.

Mar 14, 2pm, Vocal Repertory Recital. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Mar 10, 9pm, Electric Funeral.

Mar 11, 5pm, Joe Clopton. 490 Mendocino Ave #104, Santa Rosa. 707.890.5433.

Mar 8, Susan Sutton. Mar 9, Greg Hester. Mar 10, Lloyd and Brooks. Mar 11, Vernelle Anders. Mar 13, Mac & Potter.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Mar 10, House of Floyd. Mar 13, the Psychedelic Furs. Sold-out.

23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Mar 10, 7pm, Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

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Mar 14, Telegraph Quartet. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

707.473.9150.

Pongo’s Kitchen & Tap

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Mar 8, 6:30pm, Craig Corona.

701 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. 707.774.5226.

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Redwood Cafe

Mar 7, singer-songwriter competition. Mar 8, Common Knowledge. Mar 9, AMP. Mar 10, It’s a Beautiful Day. Mar 11, 3pm, Celtic fiddle & Irish jam. Mar 12, Open Mic with DJ Loisaida. Mar 13, Gailene’s student showcase. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

The Reel Fish Shop & Grill

Mar 11, Buck Nickels & Loose Change. 401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

Rio Nido Roadhouse Mar 10, Sharkmouth. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Sonoma Speakeasy

Mar 9, Acoustic Soul. Mar 11, Sonoma blues jam. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.

The Star

Mar 11, Big Kitty. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.634.6390.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Mar 8, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Mar 9, the Four Inch Studs. Mar 10, Manzanita Moon. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Mar 8, Rastapalooza reggae night. Mar 9, Pacific Soundrise with Jake Roots Project. Mar 10, DJ Crisp. Mar 11, 3pm, Sanity Sundays. Mar 12, 6pm, Matt Bradford. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

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fri mar 16 the healeRs 8:30pm/Irish Music/$15 Adv⁄$20 DOS

Local Folk Circle the wagons, string up the guitars and head to Sebastopol this weekend for the 18th annual Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival.

This year, festival director Kevin Russell (the Rhythm Rangers, Laughing Gravy) presents a wide-open range of music beyond bluegrass with western swing, modern folk and other worldly acoustic styles on hand.

The festival kicks off with Wake the Dead, who seamlessly blend Grateful Dead material with strains of a deep Celtic influence. The afternoon’s lineup also features the swinging sounds of the Carolyn Sills Combo (pictured), Missy Raines & the New Hip and Joe Craven & the Sometimers closing out the daytime offerings.

Throughout the festival, attendees can partake in music workshops, classes and community jams. After a dinner break, the festival moves into phase two and embraces the bluegrass as the acclaimed John & the Jaybirds and Blue Summit headline the evening performance.

Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival takes place on Saturday, March 10, at Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. Noon to 10pm. $35-$40 full festival pass; $20-$25 evening only pass.

Children 11 and under are free with adult admission. 707.824.1858. -Charlie Swanson

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Wendy DeWitt with Guest Lady Bianca 5:00 / No Cover Fri Lowatters 30 Mar High Lonesome Twang to Lowdown

Mar 7, Ian Moore. Mar 8, Dmitri Matheny Quartet. Mar 13, the Gentlemen Soldiers. Mar 14, One Eye’d Reilly. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

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Mar 7, Jeff Campbell. Mar 10, John Vicino. 1450 First St, Napa.

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Blue Note Napa

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Mar 9, Self Proclaimed Heroes.

Mar 10, Ryan McCaffrey. 1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.

River Terrace Inn

Mar 8, the Dawdlers. Mar 9, the Bell Brothers. Mar 10, San Geronimo and friends.

Mar 11, 4pm, Tribute to Barbra Streisand with Kelly Brandeburg. 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

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Arts Events Galleries RECEPTIONS Mar 9

Art Works Downtown, “What It Feels Like for a Girl,” Bay Area artist Serena Cole presents work based on the appropriation and reconstruction of found imagery from fashion, art history, and current events. 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.451.8119.

Marin Society of Artists, “Fresh Art 2018,” exhibit features artwork that is bold, expressive, engaging, stimulating, creative and infused with imagination. 5pm.

1515 Third St, San Rafael.

415.464.9561.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Imagine This,” includes close to 1000 drawings, paintings and sculptures by young artists from local elementary schools, with a theme of “creatures.” 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

Mar 10

Riverfront Art Gallery, “Early Spring Show,” juried photography exhibit. 5pm. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.4ART.

The Back House Gallery at Heebe Jeebe Through Mar 12, “Foiled!,” St Valentine’s-themed group art show utilizes the versatile and ubiquitous material. 46 Kentucky St, Petaluma. MonSat: 10 to 6; Sun 10:30 to 5.

707.773.3222.

Calabi Gallery

Through Mar 17, “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.

Charles M Schulz Museum

Through Mar 11, “Mud Pies & Jelly Beans: The Flavor of Peanuts,” new exhibit covers the culinary side of the famous comic strip. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

Chroma Gallery

Through Mar 25, “Healing

By Art: After the Fires,” exhibition of art, sculpture and photography reflects the aftermath of October’s wildfires and features many works created from salvaged materials. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Finley Community Center

Through Mar 23, “National Arts Program Exhibit,” annual show provides local artists of all ages with a forum to showcase their artistic accomplishments.

2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Fulton Crossing

SONOMA COUNTY Agrella Art Gallery

Through Mar 15, “The Farthest Shore,” six prominent women printmaking artists are featured in an immersive installation. SRJC, Doyle Library, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.527.4298.

Arts Guild of Sonoma

Through Mar 31, “Dreams & Whimsy,” escape from the everyday and step into a world of weird, wonderful and surreal art. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma.

Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Through Mar 31, March Show at Fulton Crossing,” this month’s featured artist is Jeff Sidlow, who creates stunning mandalas through digital art.

Reception, Mar 16 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Hammerfriar Gallery

Through Mar 31, “Art Moura,” Sebastopol artist shows works from his massive assemblage works inspired by African Masks. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. Tues-Fri, 10 to 6.

Sat, 10 to 5. 707.473.9600.

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 Arts Center

Through Mar 24, “Power of Ten: Scaling Up,” Petaluma Arts Center celebrates a decade of art with 10 artists exploring scale and interconnectedness in paintings, sculpture, and other media. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. Tues-Sat, 11 to 5.

707.762.5600.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum

ILLUSTRATED BACKROADS Artist and author Obi Kaufmann reads from his epic “California Field Atlas” Friday, Mar 9, at Copperfield’s Books in Sebastopol.

Through Mar 31, “Women and the Search for Wisdom,” exhibit celebrates Women’s History Month. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues.

707.778.4398.

Eliot Chang

Petaluma Library

Murray Valeriano & Tim X Lee

Through Mar 30, “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. 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma. 707.763.9801.

Redwood Cafe

Through Mar 13, “Redwood Cafe Art Show,” exhibit includes multimedia works from Sonoma County artists Kari Manwiller, Barbara Jacobs, Becki Willman and Pamela Heck. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily.

707.795.7868.

Sebastopol Gallery

Through Mar 25, “The Essence of Spirit,” jeweler Michelle Hoting and artist Susan St Thomas are featured for the months of February and March. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6.

707.829.7200.

Los Angeles standup star has been seen on his own Comedy Central specials, E!’s “Chelsea Lately,” and Showtime. Mar 10, 7pm. $28. The Laugh Cellar, 5755 Mountain Hawk Way, Santa Rosa. 707.843.3824.

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.

Stand Up for Youth

Sonoma County YMCA youth scholarship fundraiser is headlined by Steve Bruner with Priyanka Wali, John Lehre, KC Chandara and Uncle Charlie Adams. Mar 10, 7pm. $20-$30.

Odd Fellows Hall, 545 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.545.9622.

Events Art Museum of Sonoma County Gallery Tour

Comedy

Enjoy a personal tour of current exhibition, “3 Friends,” by the artists themselves, Robert Hudson, Jack Stuppin and Richard Shaw. Mar 8, 6:30pm. $10-$15. Art Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.

As You Are

The Big Give-Back

Improvisational sketch show celebrates the wonder of people in our community, hosted by the charming Brooks Palmer. Wed, Mar 14, 7pm. Free. Sebastopol Library, 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.823.7691.

Monthly benefit program raises funds for the Healdsburg Education Foundation with live music by Alison Harris and a pop-up sample shop with Wine Country Botanicals. Mar 10, 1pm. Hanna Winery, 9280 Hwy 128, Healdsburg. 800.854.3987.

Deed Day

Gun Bun marks 160 years since Jacob Gundlach signed the deed to Rhinefarm with a day of live music from Timothy O’Neil Band, performance by the Traveling Spectacular, food trucks and more. Mar 10, 11am.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma.

707.938.5277.

Family Fun Day at Napa Valley Museum Decorate clay pots and plant seeds for the Spring bloom.

RSVP required. Mar 10, 11am.

Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville.

707.944.0500.

Fire Victims Insurance & Construction Seminar

The Fire Victims Coalition presents topics on insurance navigation and construction information for homeowner protection. Mar 10, 2pm. Free/ ticket required. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Laguna Inspirations

Find out what’s new at the watershed in a presentation with Laguna Foundation staff.

Pre-registration required. Mar 9, 6:30pm. Free. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.

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.

Run to Rebuild Wine Country

Raise funds for local Habitat for Humanity efforts in a fun 5K run and winetasting event. Mar 11, 10am. $35-$75.

Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Napa, runtorebuildwinecountry.org.

Santa Rosa Fishing Tackle & Duck Decoy Show

Buy, sell, trade and get appraisals on new and used fishing and hunting accessories (no guns or ammo), prints, books, art and more in this massive sporting collectibles show. Mar 9-10. $5.

Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa. www. redsshow.com.

Share the Blooms

King’s Nursery hands out a rose bush to the first thousand people who visit the nursery and encourages them to plant the bush where others may enjoy the blooms. Mar 10, 9am.

Free. King’s Nursery, 1212 13th St, Santa Rosa. 707.542.4782..

Film The Big Fix

One Book One Marin presents the documentary about corporate apathy and lax political enforcement of environmental regulations.

Mar 9, 1pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael. 415.473.6058.

Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery in Plain Sight

The film “Not My Life,” narrated

by Glenn Close, screens with a panel discussion 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.

you to sample wines from the barrel, talk to winemakers and explore the beautiful Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys. Mar 9-11. Wine Road wineries, various locations, Healdsburg, wineroad.com.

Don’t Step on It, It’s Alive

Israeli Film Festival

Fermentation Series: Kimchi

Join a dinner and conversation with Robin Joy Wellman, who recently retired at Fort Ross State Historic Park where she worked with natural and cultural history interpretation.

Mar 10, 6pm. presentation is free/dinner has a cost. The Russian House, 9960 Hwy 1, Jenner. 707.869.9403.

Final Passages’ ongoing film series screens indie drama “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” followed by a lively and educational discussion. Mar 14, 6:30pm. $5-$15. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Petaluma Cinema Series

Petaluma Film Alliance presents significant classic and modern films with guests, lectures and discussions. This week, Brazilian crime epic “City of God” screens. Mar 14, 6pm. $6/$45 season pass. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma, petalumafilmalliance.org.

A River’s Last Chance

Screening of the film about the Eel River’s recovering fish populations is followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

Mar 12, 7pm. $15. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Time to Choose

Award-winning producer and environmental activist Jeff Horowitz screens his film about the need to urgently combat climate change. Mar 7, 7pm. Free. Congregation Kol Shofar, 215 Blackfield Dr, Tiburon. 415.388.1818.

Mushroom Day

Learn about foraging, different varieties of fungi, and how mushrooms are helping to protect the water and heal our area following the wine country fires. Mar 10, 10:30am. $30. Dutton-Goldfield Winery, 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. 707.827.3600.

Spring Shrub Workshop

Learn to make variety of shrubs and explore the flavor components in each one with sample tastings. Mar 10, 1pm. $65. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Around the World Series

Partake in an Italy-inspired three-course pop-up dinner.

Mar 9, 5:30pm. $38. Suite D, 21800 Schellville Rd, Sonoma.

707.933.3667.

Barrel Tasting Weekends

Several wineries welcome

History of Women at Santa Rosa Junior College

SRJC director of institutional research KC Greaney presents the college’s 100-year history of women as students, instructors, administrators, trustees and more. Mar 14, 12:30pm. Frank P Doyle Library, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4614.

Theater Brick by Brick

They Make Wine There?

Discover great wines from unexpected regions in the US with a tasting and discussion. Mar 9, 5pm. $35.

CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa.

707.967.2530.

Bay Area theater-makers unite to tell transformative stories about rape culture and its impact on community.

Contains mature themes. Mar 9-10, 8pm. $21-$27. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato. 415.883.4498.

Tides Wharf Crab Feed

David Copperfield

Series features chilled Dungeness crab and all the fixings. Reservations are recommended. Fri, Mar 9, 5pm. $60 and up. Tides Wharf Restaurant, 835 Hwy One, Bodega Bay. 707.875.3652.

College of Marin Drama Program presents a staged version of the Charles Dickens’ novel. Through Mar 18. $15$20. College of Marin James Dunn Theatre, 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.485.9385.

Dead Man’s Cell Phone

Lectures Bear Aware

Food & Drink

The Historic California Collection from Russia

Presentation on black bears by ecologist Meghan WallaMurphy covers the bear necessities. Pre-registration required. Mar 8, 7pm. $12.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Beginning Felting with Heidi Harris

Class covers felting from wool shearing to finished design.

Mar 10, 10am. $125. West County Fiber Arts, 3787 Ross Rd, Sebastopol. 707.827.3315.

Ross Valley Players present a new comedy about how we memorialize the dead and our need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. Through Mar 25. $15$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, rossvalleyplayers.com.

The Government Inspector

Conservatory Theatre Ensemble presents the timely government satire about mistaken identities and set in a small corrupt Russian town.

Mar 13-17. $5-$12. Caldwell Theatre, Tamalpais High School, 700 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, ctetam.org.

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But pot is not alcohol, and the peninsula pol’s SB 1273 has been denounced by Cal NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) for its overreach in the name of public safety. In a statement, NORML’s director Dale Gieringer says the bill won’t do anything to make the roads safer or reduce drug abuse among kids. “What it will do,” he says, “is encourage police to indiscriminately drug-test young people for no good reason

and take their licenses without any evidence of impairment or dangerous driving.”

NORML cites a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to back up its claim as it notes that “the presence of THC isn’t a useful indicator of driving safety or fitness.” Right around New Year’s Day, NORML sent out a press release warning all drivers against ingesting cannabis and getting behind the wheel.

Its critique of the Hill bill also zeroed in on the testing-forTHC protocol under SB 1273, which, according to the NORML statement, authorizes “the use of unproven new chemical testing technologies for marijuana, including oral swab, saliva and skin patch tests, whose accuracy and reliability have never been established in controlled scientific studies.” Gieringer says that bodyfluid marijuana tests are obsolete and flawed, and suggests that “California should be looking at new, behavior-based tests that measure actual performance.”

The organization has previously suggested that cannabis imbibers who plan on driving do a self-test of standing on one foot for 30 seconds. If you can’t keep your balance, chances are good that you’re too high to drive under state law. California does not have a THC threshold to trigger an automatic DUID charge (that’s driving under the influence of drugs).

NORML, which is based in San Francisco and is the nation’s oldest cannabis-rights organization, isn’t totally opposed to the youthunfriendly SB 1273. There’s a provision that would create separate categories for various drugs that aren’t alcohol, i.e., heroin, cocaine, PCP. As NORML notes in its statement this week, since all those drugs are lumped in with pot when it comes to DUID cases, “it’s impossible to tell how many DUID arrests in California specifically involve marijuana, opiates or other drugs.”

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) The British sciencefiction TV show Dr. Who has appeared on BBC in 40 of the last 54 years. Over that span, the titular character has been played by 13 different actors. From 2005 until 2010, Aries actor David Tennant was the magic, immortal, time-traveling Dr. Who. His ascendance to the role fulfilled a hopeful prophecy he had made about himself when he was 13 years old. Now is an excellent time for you, too, to predict a glorious, satisfying or successful occurrence in your own future. Think big and beautiful!

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

New York City is the most densely populated city in North America. Its land is among the most expensive on earth; one estimate says the average price per acre is $16 million. Yet there are two uninhabited islands less than a mile off shore in the East River: North Brother Island and South Brother Island. Their combined 16 acres are theoretically worth $256 million. But no one goes there or enjoys it—it’s not even parkland. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I suspect it’s an apt metaphor for a certain situation in your life: a potentially rich resource or influence that you’re not using. Now is a good time to update your relationship with it.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) The iconic 1942 movie Casablanca won three Academy Awards and often appears on critics’ lists of the greatest films ever made.

That’s amazing considering the fact that the production was so hectic. When shooting started, the script was incomplete. The writing team frequently presented the finished version of each new scene on the day it was to be filmed. Neither the director nor the actors knew how the plot would resolve until the end of the process. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because it reminds me of a project you have been working on. I suggest you start improvising less and planning more. How do you want this phase of your life to climax?

CANCER (June 21–July 22) If all goes well in the coming weeks, you will hone your wisdom about how and when and why to give your abundant gifts to deserving recipients—as well as how and when and why to not give your abundant gifts to deserving recipients. If my hopes come to pass, you will refine your ability to share your tender depths with worthy allies -- and you will refine your understanding of when to not share your tender depths with worthy allies.

Finally, Cancerian, if you are as smart as I think you are, you will have a sixth sense about how to receive as many blessings as you disseminate.

LEO (July 23–August 22) How adept are you at playing along the boundaries between the dark and the light, between agitated dreams and liberated joy, between never and forever? You now have an excellent opportunity to find out more about your capacity to perform this underappreciated life skill. But I should warn you. People who are less daring and interesting than you may try to influence you to abandon the educational balancing act. There may also be cautious pressure coming from the self-sabotaging voices in your head that don’t want you to grow into your best and biggest self. But here’s what I predict: You will harvest abundant fun while exploring the intriguing challenges that are available outside the predictable niches.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Cultivating a robust sense of humor makes you more attractive to people you want to be attractive to. An inclination to be fun-loving is another endearing quality that’s worthy of being part of your intimate repertoire. There’s a third virtue related to these two: playfulness. Many humans of all genders are drawn to those who display joking, lighthearted behavior. I hope you will make maximum use of these qualities during the coming weeks, Virgo.

You have a cosmic mandate to be as alluring and inviting as you dare.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22)

I suggest you gaze at exquisitely wrought Japanese woodcuts . . . and listen to jazz trumpeter Miles Davis collaborating with saxophonist John Coltrane . . . and stroll through groves of very old trees and inhale the aroma of the earth. Catch my drift, Libra? Surround yourself with

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soulful beauty—or else! Or else what? Or else I’ll be sad. Or else you might be susceptible to buying into the demoralizing thoughts that people around you are propagating. Or else you may become blind to the subtle miracles that are unfolding, and fail to love them well enough to coax them into their fullest ripening. Now get out there and hunt for soulful beauty that awakens your deepest reverence for life.

Feeling awe is a necessity, not a luxury.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

In the Sikh religion, devotees are urged to attack weakness and sin with five “spiritual weapons”: contentment, charity, kindness, positive energy and humility. Even if you’re not a Sikh, I think you’ll be wise to employ this strategy in the next two weeks. Why? Because your instinctual nature will be overflowing with martial force, and you’ll have to work hard to channel it constructively rather than destructively. The best way to do that is to be a fierce perpetrator of benevolence and healing.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) In 1970, a biologist was hiking through a Brazilian forest when a small monkey landed on his head, having jumped from a tree branch. Adelmar CoimbraFilho was ecstatic. He realized that his visitor was a member of the species known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, which had been regarded as extinct for 65 years. His lucky accident led to a renewed search for the elusive creatures, and soon more were discovered. I foresee a metaphorically comparable experience coming your way, Sagittarius. A resource or influence or marvel you assumed was gone will reappear. How will you respond? With alacrity, I hope!

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) The Velcro fastener is a handy invention that came into the world thanks to a Swiss engineer named George de Mestral. While wandering around the Alps with his dog, he got curious about the bristly seeds of the burdock plants that adhered to his pants and his dog. After examining them under a microscope, he got the idea to create a clothing fastener that imitated their sticking mechanism. In accordance with the astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to be alert for comparable breakthroughs. Be receptive to help that comes in unexpected ways. Study your environment for potentially useful clues and tips. Turn the whole world into your classroom and laboratory.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed to the top of Mount Everest. They were celebrated as brave heroes. But they couldn’t have done it without massive support. Their expedition was powered by 20 Sherpa guides, 13 other mountaineers and 362 porters who lugged 10,000 pounds of baggage. I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, in the hope that it will inspire you. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to gather more of the human resources and raw materials you will need for your rousing expedition later this year.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Although her work is among the best Russian literature of the 20th century, poet Marina Tsvetayeva lived in poverty. When fellow poet Rainer Maria Rilke asked her to describe the kingdom of heaven, she said, “Never again to sweep floors.” I can relate. To earn a living in my early adulthood, I washed tens of thousands of dishes in restaurant kitchens. Now that I’m grown up, one of my great joys is to avoid washing dishes. I invite you to think along these lines, Pisces. What seemingly minor improvements in your life are actually huge triumphs that evoke profound satisfaction? Take inventory of small pleasures that are really quite miraculous.

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