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Taking Aim at the NRA Hats off to the Florida high school students for taking the lead for a sane gun policy in America. To keep things moving forward, let me be the first to suggest the National Rifle Association be considered a domestic terrorist organization, and dealt with as such. The NRA has successfully defeated every attempt at banning the assault weapons that are now killing scores of innocent Americans on a regular basis. They

own the president and a majority of Congress. We’re learning the NRA is now international in scope, having moved money from Russia to our last election for the purpose of electing a man who is creating domestic havoc. They have no suggestions on ending the mass murders other than “more guns.” Really?

There is absolutely no reason for a sane, law-abiding member of our society to own what is essentially a machine gun.

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Yes, I know, the Constitution grants the right to “bear arms,” but we impose reasonable limits. Citizens are not free to own bombs or rocket launchers, so why automatic weapons? To our neighbors who may be NRA members, please take some time to consider what your gun club has become. It’s no longer about the best deer rifle or teaching junior how to plink cans with grandpa’s .22; it’s about enabling mass murderers.

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Special Treatment This is an open letter to the Santa Rosa City Council. Speaking in favor of including parts of downtown in multiple districts in its new plan, Mayor Chris Coursey said, “It’s not a gift to the business community. It’s a recognition that this is the most vital part of the city.”

It left me wondering if Mayor Coursey actually understands the concept of democracy. Democracy is one person, one vote, and everyone registered to vote in Santa Rosa is free to vote for the candidate most likely to represent their economic interests, if they so desire.

But businesses and their owners are no more important in a democracy than all those individuals who are not part of the downtown business community.

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Common Cause Adults must stand with youth on gun-law reform

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his past month has brought a new push toward gun control like none befo re. The Parkland shooting has brought forth a movement from a group previously dismissed: teenagers. I feel hopeful in watching these young people speaking out. They are inspiring to those of us in generations before them.

We adults must be moved to action, too. Our country is long overdue for a serious conversation on gun control. We must insist on it—from each other, from our local, state and federal officials. We owe it to our children and ourselves.

On Capitol Hill, we must insist on getting big money out of politics.

The NRA should not be able to buy votes and keep votes from coming to the floor. The NRA should only get a vote via its individual members and the ones they cast. Anything more is inappropriate and needs to be called out. These are our representatives, and they need to answer to us.

It stands to reason that the people worried about having their guns taken away are perhaps proving they aren’t fit to own them in the first place. I understand that might be an inflammatory statement, but it speaks to the truth I witness daily. People who speak in fear and paranoia, not rooted in any logic, are not the sort of people who should be allowed a weapon that can kill in a split second. Can we at least agree on that?

The DMV requires drivers to register car, pass a test showing competence and get a license proving their driving capabilities.

There is nothing wrong with us requiring the same for guns.

In supporting the younger set, and their national walkout, we must come alongside as allies and do our own due diligence. We owe it to them.

Alissa Hirshfeld-Flores, MFT, lives in Santa Rosa.

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Mel’s Magic Burger (a bacon cheddar cheeseburger) is the topselling item on the menu. Primus’ Les Claypool wrote an ode to D’s

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I like the burgers, too, but it’s a nontraditional diner item that stands out: the falafel sandwich.

Musa Awad has owned D’s for 10 years, but only put falafel on the menu five years ago. Awad, a Palestinian from Ramallah, understands that American diner fare is his bread and butter and he didn’t want to detract from that, but he also wanted to share his passion for falafel.

“We wanted to introduce people to our food,” Awad says. “It was

always my dream to sell falafels.

And they just flew. They sell quite a bit.”

In Palestine, and the Middle East in general, the falafel is the equivalent of the hamburger, everyday food available from street vendors and cafes. There’s a debate over who invented the dish. The Israelis and Palestinians both lay claim to it. Awad, as you might guess, credits the Palestinians.

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“What does this smell remind you of?” She takes a whiff of the heady aroma. “Ramallah,” she replies, joining him in smile and a faraway look.

To make falafel, he adds the spices to garbanzo beans that have soaked in water for 18 hours, then adds fresh parsley, cilantro, jalapeño, garlic and onions, grinds it all up and empties the mixture into a large bowl.

“You mix it like you’re making pizza dough,” says Awad. “You mix it by hand.” He says he doesn’t have a recipe. He goes by taste and feedback from his family.

From there, the batter is formed into balls and fried in oil. Each sandwich ($6.50) gets a generous four balls of falafel.

The falafel balls, tahini, hummus, diced tomatoes, cucumbers, thin pickles and lettuce, are stuffed into a commodious pita bread that somehow holds together in spite of the load it carries. The bread is delivered from Jerusalem Bakery, a specialty baker in Sacramento.

It’s a great sandwich. My only quibble would be the out-ofseason tomatoes. They don’t add much, and I picked them out.

A falafel sandwich should be verging on messy—dripping hummus, tahini and all the condiments. On its own, a falafel is flavorful but rather dry. It needs the creamy richness of hummus and the lemony bite of tahini sauce and pickles to complement it. And that it does.

Awad had fond memories of his father bringing falafel home when he was a child. “It was a treat.” He makes his falafels with the same affection.

“You have to put your heart and soul into it,” he says. “Otherwise, it won’t taste good.”

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But for breweries recently launched in the thick of craft-brew revolution 2.0, like Barrel Brothers Brewing in Windsor? Not really. It’s just about beer, beer, beer.

The Barrel Brothers have had no trouble tempting the thirsty to their out-of-the-way taproom, tucked in an industrial court behind a Home Depot and shared with discount flooring and auto shops. It’s actually a newer and somewhat snazzy industrial court. The

taproom opens via rollup door, displaying ping pong and foosball tables in an area that the brewery expanded into in the fall of 2017.

Originally, I’m told, brothers-in-law Wesley Deal and Daniel Weber planned a production-only facility, but opened a small tasting room to satiate thirsty and curious beer fans.

Don’t expect a brewpub—some of the only food on sale is jerky, but on the upside, your well-behaved pooch may crunch on similar treats while you sample the goldenhued Naughty Hops IPA, a lightly pine-scented IPA sweetened with a hint of caramel, or the floral March Fadness New England–style hazy IPA (a trend-chaser with a delightfully sardonic moniker).

The double IPAs here seem to mainly up the malt, not the hops, despite the roster on the helpfully info-heavy beer menu: at 9.5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), Hello Dankness, My Old Friend is a strong-tasting IPA more reminiscent of ye olde barley wine.

Before I drove away, I forgot to taste (perhaps fortuitously) a strong ale called Bamboozelry that claims to be 20 percent ABV! The brewery’s flagship porter, Dark Sarcasm, is sold in bottles and cans in the brewery and on the market. At 7 percent ABV, it’s a slightly sweet, chocolate and coffeeinflected “meal in a glass” porter that hits the right balance between creamy and bitter. An alluring, tangy, barrel-aged version of this beer is called Black Velvet.

I wanted to like a sour, barrelaged beer called Leatherbound Books (available by the bottle for $18), and I did—made with dried cherries, figs, dates, prunes and blackcurrants, and a host of funky bacteria, then aged for months in Pinot Noir barrels, it’s still as fresh tasting as a cherry cider or a young Beaujolais. But if it’s not quite as beguiling as the Duchesse de Bourgogne that it aspires to, well, just add time, time, time.

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Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins represents the part of the county where Lopez was shot by a deputy who remains on the force as a lawsuit against the SCSO and Sonoma County drags on. She wonders if Cops is in the best interest of her constituents.

“Given the heightened anxiety in our community in the wake of the fires, going through a sheriff’s candidacy and election process,” she says, “I would question anything that could disrupt the fragile peace that we have right now in general.”

It’s unknown at press time whether the Santa Rosa police will sign a contract with Langley Productions, the Santa Monica– based production company that produces Cops.

Santa Rosa Police Chief Hank Schreeder is meeting with Santa Rosa City Council members this week and taking the pulse of the community before he makes a decision, say city council members, the city manager’s office and a spokesman for the city police force.

“They are still in the planning phase as far as the contract goes,” says Santa Rosa police Lt. Rick Kohut. He says Schreeder might decide to pull the plug on Santa Rosa’s participation in the program. “I would say that it is a possibility,” Kohut says.

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And, says Kohut, the chief is aware of the show’s controversial history of portraying policing in starkly “black-and-white” terms—often literally—and how such portrayals might be viewed as counterproductive to effective policing.

“We absolutely want to avoid that,” Kohut says.

Polarizing TV But can they? Even as Langley Productions was emailing the SRPD and SCSO to solicit their interest in participation in January, the Marshall Project criminal-justice organization produced an investigative feature on Cops that declared it the “most polarizing reality show in America.”

That’s a message city officials are hearing as they meet with Schreeder this week to figure out whether to sign on with Cops.

Cops follows a general formula that features an opening bit of action, some reflection in the police cruiser and more action to close out the episode.

The stock-in-trade of the longrunning show is the foot chase. It makes for great television—but does it provide a fair depiction of the communities where Cops has filmed?

“Our city image has already been negatively impacted by the fires,” says Santa Rosa council member Julie Combs. “Tourism is already down. We don’t need an unearned and exaggerated portrayal of violent crime too. I’m not sure what the city is getting out of having such a polarizing program filmed here, especially since I don’t think the show is compensating the department, even though they are making money off of it.”

Law enforcements agencies receive no financial benefit from the show’s producers.

Santa Rosa Assistant City Manager Gloria Hurtado says the city is waiting on the chief’s recommendation before deciding how to proceed. His

recommendation, she says, will “weigh heavily.”

“The chief is doing due diligence, asking for additional information and deciding whether this is the right thing to do at this time.”

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That’s not how the Cops producer envisioned the run-up to the show’s episodes set in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County. An email exchange between producer Zach Ragsdale and the show’s public relations firm the Lippin Group provides insight into what Cops’ producers had hoped would happen.

The original plan was for the SRPD and SCSO to roll with the cameras at the same time. It’s unclear what would become of the sheriff’s office’s participation if the SRPD decides to pull the plug on Cops.

Cops has come under fire for its portrayals of racial basis. In 2013, the civil rights group Color of Change successfully pushed Fox to drop the program based on its claim of persistent racial bias. It’s now on the Paramount Network.

The show has changed channels, but not its treatment of race, says Arisa Hatch, Color of Change’s managing director of campaigns.

She ran the Fox campaign for Color of Change in 2013.

“Our concerns about the show then are the same as our concerns about the show now.”

Hatch says that she wouldn’t expect any episode of Cops filmed in Sonoma County to be an accurate portrayal of the criminaljustice system there, “because it’s just not set up that way. . . . It has been kind of a [public relations] machine for police departments across the country for several decades now.”

The Bohemian emailed questions to Langley Productions about racial bias, the status of the contract with SRPD and what role, if any, last year’s fires played in the selection of Sonoma County.

An email exchange inadvertently sent to the Bohemian between Ragsdale, who signed the SCSO contract on behalf of Langley Productions and is the point

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NOT SO FAST Santa Rosa Chief of Police Hank Schreeder is meeting with city

council members to discuss possible participation in the ‘Cops’ program.

person on a presumptive SRPD contract, and the show’s PR firm revealed some of the producers’ thinking.

“This is the first time filming with this agency [SRPD],” Ragsdale wrote to the Lippin Group. “We were supposed to start filming with them last week when we started with Sonoma County but the city was slow to get the agreement complete, so I pushed the start date for Santa Rosa PD to May. The agreement still isn’t done. I prefer to give this guy as little as possible.”

The fires? The fires, Ragsdale wrote, had nothing to do with the show’s decision to come to Sonoma County.

The persistent charges of racism raised by Color of Change? “You already know how to answer this one,” Ragsdale wrote to the PR firm. The answer: don’t answer it.

After the back-and-forth between Ragdsale and the Lippin Group, Langley Productions provided the following statement to the Bohemian: “We are looking forward to featuring the exceptional work the men and women of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office do everyday in upcoming episodes of Cops.”

After learning about the mistakenly sent email, Cops’ executive producer Morgan Langley weighed in: “The intent of Cops is to document the reality of policing on the ground as it happens. There is no intended bias in the show.”

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Color of Change’s work on this issue hasn’t gone unnoticed by Santa Rosa officials. Less clear is whether anyone at SCSO is aware that Cops is considered by policeaccountability advocates to be a highly problematic program.

“Studies have shown that this TV program portrays a disproportionate number of people of color than the actual percentage involved in crimes,” Combs says. “And it shows violent crimes disproportionately—and also underrepresents women and minorities on the police force itself. It also misrepresents effective police work. I think our city is better than this.”

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law enforcement accountability following Lopez’s death and officer-involved shootings across the country.

Ernesto Olivares wears three hats in this debate as a member of the Santa Rosa City Council, a former city cop and a candidate for sheriff. He says that if it had been his decision to make, he would have said no to Cops.

“My historical perspective is that it hasn’t really provided any real public benefit,” he says as he emphasizes ongoing efforts at police accountability and transparency in the county.

Candidate John Mutz, a former Los Angeles police captain, says he could support Cops if it portrayed “honest transparency” in policing. At its best, he says the show portrays police officers on the beat doing a difficult job.

“People have to understand that it’s a show based on ratings and entertainment,” and that if it does reflect biases, “that is not acceptable. From my POV, as sheriff, I wouldn’t participate in that kind of viewpoint. In that case, this is more of the corporatemedia coverage of crime. It is not helpful and is strictly entertainment.”

Mark Essick, the other candidate for sheriff, is currently on the SCSO force and did not respond to a request for comment.

Chief Schreeder’s due diligence is not the typical response of local law enforcement when contacted

by Cops, says Hatch. In her study of the show, she has never seen a situation where “there is an effort to get community buy-in, and it’s part of the normal [public relations] machine that has been intentionally set up.”

“It might be rare, but it’s not rare in Santa Rosa,” says Olivares, who likens Schreeder’s effort to the city’s recent rollout of body-cameras. “When Schreeder introduced body cameras, he initiated input throughout the community to help shape the policy.”

Not so at SCSO, which did not reach out for community input before signing the contract

with Cops on Feb. 7. The show’s producer told the sheriff’s office that SRPD would be participating.

Sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Spencer Crum says SCSO had not consulted with SRPD “at all about their decision to be involved. Don’t know their decisions, other than a Cops producer told us they had agreed.”

Crum has praise for the show and did not address questions about bias.

“Cops provides a platform to provide information to the public on the good work being done by Sonoma County deputies and the challenges they face on the streets,” Crum said in response to a set of emailed questions. “It’s also a chance to showcase how far along policing, training and community relations have come since Cops started filming 31 years ago.”

The SCSO’s work with Cops had nothing to do with ongoing fallout from the Lopez incident, says Crum, who adds that the sheriff’s office based its decision on input from the Stockton Police Department, where Cops recently filmed.

“The filming of Cops was widely accepted by the community, the elected leaders and their individual officers.”

Crum believes policeaccountability groups would appreciate the sheriff’s office’s efforts to provide “better transparency on a local and a national level.”

Hatch, for one, does not.

“The show never tackles accountability,” says Hatch. “It paints a one-sided view of law enforcement. At its worst, Cops is very cheap to produce, and it’s a very dangerous television show,” she says, noting that police officers can and do perform for the cameras, as she highlights that there is no profit or benefit to the community. The profits go to the Paramount Network, “and those are the people who are profiteering off of the pain of the individuals and the community. There is nothing to gain for Sonoma in Cops coming to town.”

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For the past eight years, the region has welcomed spring with the month-long Arts in April showcase of exhibits and events that highlight local talent in world-class locations. In 2018, spring’s sense of renewal is juxtaposed to the region’s feelings of loss as the North Bay recovers from the destruction

of October’s wildfires. It’s a duality that longtime Calistoga resident, director of ArtQuest at Santa Rosa High School and the new gallery owner Jan Sofie understands.

“Arts in April is a fabulous spring event in Napa Valley,” says Sofie, who opened Sofie Contemporary Arts gallery in the heart of downtown Calistoga with her husband, Scott, in September 2017, one month before the Tubbs fire forced the evacuation of the

entire town. “However, under the circumstances we have this new reality to face [after] the fire,” she says. “What we really need to do is not to pretend it didn’t happen, but to say, ‘It’s spring, it’s beautiful, we can rise again.’”

When it opened, Sofie Contemporary Arts’ mission was to give a meaningful venue for new art that is diverse in media, styles and approaches.

Sofie adds that all the art shown in the gallery is in some way

connected to California, and often to Calistoga specifically, be it subject- or artist-related. “The tagline we use is ‘Contemporary, California, Calistoga,’” she says.

Part of that ideal includes involvement in Arts in April. For Calistoga’s celebratory weekend, known as “Sarafornia,” that kicks off Arts in April each year, Sofie Contemporary Arts hosts the annual “Flower Bomb” exhibit April 6–8, with an opening reception April 5, in which floral designers create arrangements paired with pieces of art.

Rather than pair the flowers with classic or well-known paintings as in years past, Sofie is inviting the florists to create arrangements that respond to a larger exhibit, “Artist Spring: The Fire & the Rose Are One,” that features works by 15 Northern California artists which both reflect on last year’s fires and offer a sense of resurgence and rebirth.

Artists featured in the show include Karen Lynn Ingalls, whose studio was lost in the Tubbs fire. Ingalls’ new paintings incorporate ashes from her studio in acrylic landscapes that appear to emerge from the ruins.

Calistoga’s “Sarafornia” weekend also commemorates the town’s grassroots artistic spirit with the interactive ENGAGE Art Fair at the Napa County Fairgrounds, April 6–8, and the Storytelling Speakeasy at Tank Garage Winery on April 7.

“I’ve always been enamored with the idea that when we create something, we can change things,” says Sofie. “Now we can make something and create change that is meaningful even if, and especially because, we recognize the intensity of what we’ve gone through as a community.”

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The show opens with Marty and Mary Murphy (Mike Pavone and Mary Gannon Graham) returning to what’s left of their stormravaged home to begin the process of rebuilding. Word comes that the government may be offering buyouts to the residents, as long as

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80 percent of the neighborhood is willing to sell. The Murphy’s son Sal (Mark Bradbury) and their best friends, Philip and Andrea Carter (Clark Miller and Madeleine Ashe), are all for getting out, but Marty is resistant.

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Rothstein’s script is Arthur Milleresque in its examination of a middle-class American family in economic crisis. The shadow of Death of a Salesman hangs over this production, with its floundering patriarch, longsuffering-but-loyal wife, sons whose lives took different paths, a financially supportive friend, family secrets, etc. But Rothstein has effectively updated the story and added a few layers, though some, like a subplot involving Brian’s rekindling of an old flame (Katie Kelley), feel superfluous.

Director Carl Jordan has an impressive cast with leads Graham and Pavone terrific as spouses whose relationship is put to the test, not by the disaster, but by what it reveals about the family.

Bradbury and Wright do well as the siblings who have their own issues but whose love for each other is clear. Madeleine Ashe delivers the most devastating line in the play—a single sentence that speaks of the desperation and frustration that many in this community now feel: “I’m 60, and I have nothing.”

The pain in that line was palpable, and yet it was also cathartic. By the Water is not a story of natural disaster, but of human resilience. It’s our story.

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Sam replies, philosophically, “Who can say?”

This New Yorker cartoon caption was a highlight of that movie— heartlessly debonair and tonic among the swoonier parts. But in Anderson’s crafty yet off-putting Isle of Dogs, this kind of coolness is a tonal mistake.

In the film, a dog flu plagues 2038 Japan. Kobayashi, the ominous mayor-for-life of Megashima, takes action before the disease jumps to humans. All dogs are sent to a quarantined island. Kobayashi’s ward and “distant nephew,” Atari (Koyu Rankin), flies in a makeshift airplane to rescue his exiled pet Spots, (voiced by Liev Schrieber). It crashes and Atari is marooned. Meanwhile, a pack of bad-off mutts surviving on garbage are catalyzed into action by Chief (Bryan Cranston), a stray dog for life, whose motto is “I bite.”

Anderson’s animators work small, trying to capture a nation where people tend to swallow their emotions. But in a culture where the minimal is so important, Anderson crowds in his usual bric-a-brac— whether it’s the step-by-step sushi preparation or the flashcard-like listing of story elements.

Anderson, trying to keep Isle of Dogs from getting mired in overdone emotions, errs too far in the opposite direction. The result is something that doesn’t really arouse feelings, no matter how many animated dogs stare us down, sometimes with tears in their eyes.

The borrowings from The Lady and the Tramp work, as when the show dog Nutmeg (Scarlett Johansson) tells Chief she’s uncertain about finding a mate: “I wouldn’t want to bring puppies into this world.” Anderson channels the old classic cartoons, staging dogfights that are giant clouds of dust with limbs emerging from it. But he seems torn between honoring what the Japanese call “beauty in sadness”—mono no aware—and parodying it.

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Don’t call I’m With Her a girl band

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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olk trio I’m With Her, who make their Sonoma County debut with a show on April 4 at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, are something of a folk supergroup, featuring Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan.

Individually, these songwriters have formed seminal bands like Watkins’ Nickel Creek and O’Donovan’s Crooked Still, and their respective solo outputs have garnered international praise.

After crossing paths in the contemporary folk scene for many years, the three first shared a stage together at an impromptu performance in the summer of 2014.

“We’d all been friends and

colleagues—that’s sort of a funny word to describe folk musicians— but we’ve known each other for many years,” says O’Donovan, who explains that the trio discovered a spark in their vocal blend at a workshop during the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado. “Later that night, we put together a short opening set for the Punch Brothers, and the next day we all said, ‘Wow, that was really special, should we take this one step further?’”

They did. For the last several years, I’m With Her, named after an early tour of the same title, have collaboratively shared their sparkling harmonies and strippeddown acoustic styling with audiences throughout the United States and Europe.

The band’s recently released debut album, See You Around, is also a collaborative effort.

“It was so different from [my solo songwriting] and so rewarding,” says O’Donovan about making the new album. “With Sara and Sarah, when we decided we wanted to write the music all together, it was part of the idea that this was a band. We all have a joint ownership of the material.”

Co-produced by Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Paul McCartney) and recorded live at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, England, See You Around comprises 11 originals and a neverbefore-released Gillian Welch song, “Hundred Miles.”

Of course, the band pre-dates the #MeToo movement by several years, though O’Donovan says I’m With Her represents camaraderie in a folk scene that can feel like a boys club.

“We’re musicians first and foremost. We view ourselves as equals to one another and our male peers,” O’Donovan says. “My goal is that it becomes a non-issue, that we are just a band, the same way a band with three men is a band and nobody’s calling them a dude band.”

I’m With Her perform on Wednesday, April 4, at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 8pm. $29–$49.

707.546.3600.

Concerts Clubs & SONOMA COUNTY Venues ‘After the Fire: Vol. 1’ Record Release & Benefit Concert Songwriters Bobby Jo Valentine, M Lockwood Porter, Scott Mickelson, Kelly McFarling and many others are on hand to unveil new firerelief fundraising compilation album. Mar 29, 8pm. $15.

HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

I’m With Her All-star folk songwriter trio of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan share the stage and perform songs off their full-length debut album, “See You Around.” Apr 4, 8pm. $29-$49. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

MARIN COUNTY Edge of the West Honky-tonk jam band strikes a chord with lovers of altcountry, Americana and the Grateful Dead in an April Fools Ball. Apr 1, 6pm. $12-$15.

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

415.388.3850.

Terrapin Nation Seder Celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover with a unique night of dining and dancing in the Grate Room, featuring Phil Lesh, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Ross James, Scott Guberman and Ezra Lipp performing. Mar 31, 5:30pm. $35-$75 dinner and show/$30 show only. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

NAPA COUNTY Wé McDonald Festival Napa Valley’s springboard series kicks off with a concert by the 18-year old singing sensation who made her national television debut in 2016 on NBCs “The Voice.” Apr 4, 6pm. $10-$20.

JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

SONOMA COUNTY A’Roma Roasters

Mar 30, Organix. Mar 31, Callie Watts. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music Hall Mar 31, AP9 with Freddie Gibbs and Mitchy Slick.

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

Mar 28, bluegrass and oldtime music jam. Mar 29, Greg Chorebanian. Mar 30, the Larkdales. Mar 31, Kurt Huget and Chris Smith. Apr 1, 2pm, Kenneth Roy Berry. Apr 4, Aqus blues jam. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Crooked Goat Brewing Mar 31, 3pm, Craig Corona. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol.

707.827.3893.

Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge

Mar 31, the Gentlemen Soldiers. 21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville. 707.814.0036.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Mar 31, 3pm, Musicians from the Valley of the Moon Music Festival. Apr 1, 3pm, Dover Quartet. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol Mar 30, Cheryl Wheeler and Kenny White. Mar 31, “Best Of Open Mic” with Stav Redlich, Lee Vander Trio and the Musers. Apr 2, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Westafa. Apr 3, open mic. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Arlene Francis Center Tues, Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, open mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Wed, open mic. Mar 30, Wendy DeWitt. Mar 31, Timothy O’Neil. 691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Hotel Healdsburg

Mar 30, Earstu. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

707.874.9037.

Mar 31, Bennet Friedman Quartet. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

The Big Easy

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Mar 28, Wednesday Night Big Band. Mar 29, Trulio Disgracious and the Witness Protection Trio. Mar 30, Lost Dog Found with Harpdog Brown & the Travelin’ Blues Show. Mar 31, the Incubators and Colonel & the Mermaids.

Apr 1, Lavender Fields. Apr 3, Critical Shakes and friends.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.7163.

Brewsters Beer Garden

Mar 31, 2pm, the Rhythm Drivers. Mar 31, 6pm, Just Friends. Apr 1, 3pm, Fly by Train.

229 Water St N, Petaluma.

707.981.8330.

Church of the Incarnation

Mar 30, Good Friday Concert with St Cecilia Choir and Cantiamo Sonoma. 550 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, cantiamosonoma.org.

Coffee Catz

Mar 29, 3:30pm, PR Jazz Duo. Mar 30, 1pm, Jerry Green. Apr 1, 2pm, Blues & R&B Jam with Jack Grant. Apr 4, 3:30pm, Randall Collen and Hal

Wed, open mic night. Mar 31, Domenic Bianco & the SoulShake. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap Room Mar 28, the Gentlemen Soldiers. Mar 29, Katie Guillen & the Girls. Mar 30, Band of Friends. Mar 31, Danny Montana. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Local Barrel

Mar 29, Robert Herrera.

490 Mendocino Ave #104, Santa Rosa. 707.890.5433.

Main Street Bistro

Mar 29, Vernelle Anders. Mar 30, Geoff White Jazz Trio Combo. Mar 31, Levi Lloyd.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen

Mar 30, DJ MGB. Mar 31, George Heagerty.

16246 First St, Guerneville.

707.869.3377.

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Section with DJ Rise. Mar 31, Epic Beard Men. Apr 1, Trout Steak Revival. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

Starling Bar

The Phoenix Theater

Mar 30, Train Wreck Junction.

Mar 31, the String Rays. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Mar 30, Without Prejudice and Stryk9. Mar 31, Tribe Divine with One Armed Joey and Charley Peach. Apr 3, Riff Raff with DJ Afterthought.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Pongo’s Kitchen & Tap

Mar 29, 6:30pm, Hannah Miller.

701 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. 707.774.5226.

Ray’s Deli & Tavern

Wed, 6pm, open mic session.

Mar 30, 6pm, Rainbow Girls.

900 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.762.9492.

Redwood Cafe

Mar 29, Midnight Sun. Mar 30, Dylan Black Project. Mar 31, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band.

Mar 31, 8:30pm, Soul Fuse.

Apr 1, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses. Apr 2, West Coast Songwriters.

Apr 3, 12pm, Marlon Williams.

Apr 3, 6pm, Rock Overtime student performance. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

The Reel Fish Shop & Grill

Mar 30, Pato Banton.

401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

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Mar 31, Ricky Ray Band.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

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Mar 31, the Atomic Punks.

3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa.

707.791.3482.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Mar 31, Last of a Dyin’ Breed.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Sonoma Speakeasy

Mar 29, Nazar & Aidan Ejumally. Mar 30, Roy Blumenfeld, David Aguilar, Kevin Zuffi & Tim Eschliman.

Mar 31, Mark Larson Band.

Apr 1, 8:30pm, Sonoma blues jam. Apr 3, American roots night with Lou Rodriguez and friends. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.

Spancky’s Bar

Mar 31, Tempest with E Negative and MSG. 8201

Mar 31, True Loves.

19380 Hwy 12, Sonoma.

707.938.7442.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Whiskey Tip

Mar 30, Marshall House Project. Mar 31, 12pm, SaturDaze afternoon party.

1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY The Belrose

Thurs, open mic night.

1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.454.6422.

College of Marin Kentfield Campus

Mar 30, Contemporary Opera Marin benefit piano recital with Paul Smith. 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.457.8811.

Fenix

Mar 30, Darby Slick’s Marshall Plan. Mar 31, Wall Street.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub

Mar 30, Kaila Love birthday bash. Mar 31, DJ Party.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato

Wed, open mic. Mar 29, Funkschway. Mar 30, Wonder Bread 5. Mar 31, Marshall House Project and Brooker D & the Mellow Fellows.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Apr 4, Chris and Lorin Rowan with Ken Emerson. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

Lighthouse Bar & Grill

Mar 31, the 7th Sons. 475 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley.

415.381.4400.

19 Broadway Club

Mar 28, the Well Known Strangers. Mar 29, Sunata.

Mar 30, fundraiser for Uncle Willy with Ancient Baby. Mar 31, Crossroads Music School concert. Apr 1, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam. Apr 2, open mic.

Apr 3, Blues Champions.

Apr 4, Damon LeGall Band.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Mar 28, Fly by Train. Mar 29, Parts & Labor. Mar 30, Michael Aragon Quartet. Mar 31, Darryl Rowe. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino

Mar 28, Jonathan Poretz.

Mar 29, Noah Frank Trio. Mar 30, Walter Earl Trio. Mar 31, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet.

37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Mar 28, Lorin Rowan. Mar 29, Katy and Mike Duo. Apr 3, Swing Fever. Apr 4, Ricky Ray. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon

Mar 30, the Sky Blue Band. Mar 31, the Mutineers.

1 Castro, Forest Knolls.

415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Mar 29, Dr Mojo. Mar 30, Tom Finch Trio. Mar 31, the Cleanup.

Apr 1, Matt Bolton. Apr 2, open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Mar 30, LoWatters. Mar 31, Tom Rigney & Flambeau. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar

Mar 28, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse

Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Mar 29, KiANA and friends. Mar 30, Ciara Rooke Band. Mar 31, Carlos Reyes and Rolando Morales. Apr 1, 4pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Apr 2, DJ GEI. Apr 3, Noel Jewkes and friends.

305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Mar 29, Ayden Graham. Mar 30, Het Hat Club. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Through Mar 29, Green Leaf Rustlers. Mar 30-31, Petty Theft. Apr 2, 5pm, MY AMP student showcase. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads

Mar 28, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. Mar 29, Ross James & the Broken Kittens. Mar 30, Top 40 Friday dance party. Mar 31,

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Throckmorton Theatre Mar 28, 12pm, Bradetich-Grove Duo. Mar 28, 7pm, Brad Walker accompanied by Maureen Zoltek. Apr 1, Nathan Bickart Trio and Lilan Kane. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

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Trek Winery Mar 31, Chime Travelers.

1026 Machin Ave, Novato.

415.899.9883.

NAPA COUNTY Andaz Napa Mar 31, John Vicino. Apr 1, David Ronconi. 1450 First St, Napa. 707.687.1234.

Blue Note Napa Mar 28, the King Street Giants.

Mar 29, tribute to Bob Marley with Sol Horizon. Mar 30-31, Freddy Cole. Apr 3, Serf & James with Fellow Vessel and the HA. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Buster’s Southern Barbecue Apr 1, 2pm, Rob Watson and Groovality with Paul Branin.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga.

707.942.5605.

Ca’ Momi Osteria Mar 30, Pat Hull. Mar 31, IndiviDúo. 1141 First St, Napa.

707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Mar 31, Jon Shannon Williams. 1245 First St, Napa.

707.254.1922.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Mar 31, Midnight Harvest live album recording. Apr 1, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

JaM Cellars Mar 30, the Groovy Judy Band. 1460 First St, Napa.

707.265.7577.

River Terrace Inn Mar 30, 5:30pm, Mark Harold.

Mar 31, 5:30pm, Syria T Berry.

1600 Soscol Ave, Napa.

707.320.9000.

Silo’s Mar 29, 5pm, Mike Greensill evening jazz. Mar 30, Second Street Band. Mar 31, Notorious. 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

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When songwriter, producer and longtime Bay Area music industry figure Scott Mickelson was growing up, there was no such thing as DIY in the recording industry. “You either had a record deal, or you didn’t,” says Mickelson, who formed San Francisco alt-rock outfit Fat Opie more than 20 years ago. “I went through all those paces, and I’m at a place in my life where I can pay forward a lot of that experience.”

For the last seven years, Mickelson has done just that while producing albums for younger artists in his Mill Valley home recording studio. “I like to work with artists who are interested in pushing the boundaries of what they can do,” he says.

Last October, Mickelson watched in horror as wildfires ravaged the North Bay. “My wife and I have been enjoying Napa and Sonoma since 1987,” Mickelson says. “It hit me hard, the thought that it won’t ever be the same in our lifetime.”

Mickelson pushed his own musical limits when he called up 15 artists like David Luning and the Crux to record brand-new songs for a benefit compilation album, After the Fire: Vol. 1. All proceeds from album sales go to fire-relief efforts.

The album gets a record-release show featuring Mickelson, the Crux, M. Lockwood Porter, Travis Hayes, Bobby Jo Valentine and others on Thursday, March 29, at HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 8pm (21 and over). $15. 707.829.7300.—Charlie Swanson

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Rattlebox. Apr 1, 12:30pm, Scott Law Bluegrass Dimension.

Apr 1, 7:30pm, Midnight North and Scott Law. Apr 3, Kitchen Dwellers and Rumpke Mountain Boys. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

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Throckmorton Theatre, “The Transcendental Power of Nature,” photographs by Mike Noir that transcend reality display in Throckmorton’s theatre gallery, with paintings by Mehri Dadgar showing in the crescendo gallery. 5pm.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

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Two Birds/One Stone, “Tim Howe Showcase,” contemporary landscape paintings by the internationally recognized artist display throughout the restaurant during the month of April. 5:30pm.

3020 St Helena Hwy N, St Helena. 707.302.3777.

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Through Apr 15, “3 Friends,” North Coast contemporary artists Robert Hudson, Jack Stuppin and Richard Shaw display their steel, canvas and clay works together for the first time ever. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

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Through Apr 29, “Katie McCann Solo Show,” featuring collage and mixed-media works from the Berkeley-based artist.

8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

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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.

Calabi Gallery

Through Apr 28, “March Mélange,” exhibit features a retrospective of multimedia artist Beatrice Benjamin and works by Adela Akers, Alan Azhderian and Joyce Artel Hulbert. Reception, Mar 24 at 4pm. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

Charles M Schulz Museum

Through May 21, “AAUGH! The Language of Peanuts,” explore the familiar expressions and catchphrases found throughout “Peanuts.”. Through Sep 16, “My Favorite Peanuts: Reflections of Family & Friends,” learn how those close to Charles Schulz relate to their favorite “Peanuts” stories, and how the stories are reflections of their own lives. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5.

707.579.4452.

Downtown Cloverdale Through May 3, “Cloverdale Sculpture Trail,” year-round exhibit of sculptures by local artists includes self-guided audio tours. 101sculpturetrail. com. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. All day.

Fulton Crossing

Through Mar 31, March Show at Fulton Crossing,” this month’s featured artist is Jeff Sidlow, who creates stunning mandalas through digital art. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Graton Gallery

Through Apr 1, “Graton Gallery’s Partners & Friends Show,” featuring works by 20 artists. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton.

Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

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 Apr 22, “Sculpture: Refuge + Precipice,” works of sculpture explore these ideas in a juried exhibit. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

Healdsburg Museum

Through Apr 15, “She Persisted,” exhibition highlights notable women in Sonoma County’s local history.

221 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.431.3325.

History Museum of Sonoma County

Through May 31, “Santa Rosa,” exhibition presents a look at the people, places and events that formed Santa Rosa 150 years ago and more. Reception, Mar 24 at 1pm. Through Apr 1, “Bear in Mind,” traveling exhibition examines the history of the grizzly bear in California and how it came to represent the state. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.579.1500.

Jesse Peter Multicultural Museum Through Apr 12, “Cultural Alchemy: From Minerals to Masterpieces,” explore the history of SRJC’s museum as part of the junior college’s 100-year anniversary. SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Weekdays, noon to 4 707.527.4479.

La Crema Tasting Room Through Mar 31, “The Flowing World,” exhibit features wine country-inspired landscape paintings in oil by Sonoma County artist Clay Vajgrt. 235 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Daily, 10:30am–5:30pm 707.431.9400.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center

Through May 1, “Naturally,” prints and paintings by west Sonoma County artist Rik Olson are inspired by the North Bay’s natural environment.

900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum

Through Mar 31, “Women and the Search for Wisdom,” exhibit celebrates Women’s History Month. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma.

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Petaluma Library

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.

Sebastopol Library

Through Apr 2, “Ryan Douglas & Sara Pringle,” the two young painters share very different interpretations with dynamic and unique perspectives. 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. MonTues, 1 to 5 and 6 to 9; WedSat, 1 to 5. 707.823.7691.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Through Apr 15, “An Eye for Adventure,” photographs by author and world traveler Jack London are displayed alongside “Libros de Artista,” featuring books created by Latin American artists. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA.

West County Museum

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Through Apr 1, “Sebastopol Depot Centennial,” Western Sonoma County Historical Society celebrate 100 years since the construction of the depot that served the P&SR Railroad and is now the society’s headquarters. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. Thurs-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.6711.

NAPA COUNTY Caldwell Snyder Gallery

Through Apr 12, “Joshua Jensen Nagle Solo Show,” contemporary photographer captures scenes of leisure from a distance, often from high above, in large-scale works.

1328 Main St, St Helena. Open daily, 10 to 6. 415.531.6755.

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Through Apr 1, “The Art of Chocolate,” Napa Valley’s finest chocolatiers take inspiration from Julia Child to create delicious works of art. Through May 20, “France Is a Feast,” world-premiere exhibit is a photographic journey of Paul and Julia Child with rarely seen images from Paris in the mid20th century. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.944.0500.

Sharpsteen Museum

Through Apr 30, “Out of the Attic,” see privately collected antiques, dolls and figurines, vintage photographs and other memorabilia ranging from 1937 to present. 1311 Washington St, Calistoga. Daily, 11 to 4.

707.942.5911.

Comedy Comedy at the Fenix Mean Dave hosts a night of standup stars. Mar 29, 8pm. $10-$15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

Fundamentals of Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Learn how to write and tell jokes in both beginner and advanced classes. WedThurs, 7pm. through Apr 5. $75/$300 full series. Cross & Crown Lutheran Church, 5475 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park, jimrichardson.com.

Julie Goldman

Delightfully in-your-face and aggressively funny standup comedian headlines a night of laughs, with special guest Belinda Carroll. Mar 30, 7pm. $28. The Laugh Cellar, 5755 Mountain Hawk Way, Santa Rosa. 707.843.3824.

Not the April Fool’s Day Show

Inaugural event features the best of the San Francisco television, radio and comedy scene. Mar 31, 8pm. $17-$27.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Dance Alma del Tango Studio Tuesdays, Lindy Hop & East Coast Swing Dance.

Wednesdays, Tango 1 & 2. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966.

Monroe Dance Hall

Mar 30, 7pm, West Coast Swing Party. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.529.5450.

San Anselmo Playhouse

Mar 30-Apr 1, Stapleton Ballet, performing arts school presents “Coppelia,” a ballet that appeals to all ages, followed by repertory works. $16-$22. 72 Kensington Ave, San Anselmo.

Events Bill Perry’s Nuclear Nightmare

Former US Secretary of Defense and author of “My Journey at the Nuclear Brink” discusses strategies for avoiding nuclear war, followed

by Q&A. Mar 29, 12:15pm.

Free. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. 415.392.5225.

City of Sonoma 2018 Alcalde Award Reception

The public is invited to attend and participate in the recognition of Sonoma citizen Marcelo Defreitas’ community contributions. Mar 29, 6pm. $10 donation. Vintage House, 264 First St E, Sonoma.

Community Media Center of Marin Orientation

Get answers to all your media questions, including how you can produce content and get it on the air in Marin. Apr 3, 7pm.

Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael.

415.721.0636.

Easter Celebration & Easter Egg Hunt Day filled with Easter fun includes activities for adults and children alike. Mar 31.

Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700.

Easter Celebration at Bon Air Center

Families can get photos with the Easter bunny and hunt for colorful Easter eggs filled with special offers, discounts and promotions from Bon Air’s merchants and restaurants.

Mar 31, 11am. Bon Air Center, 302 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, bonair.com.

Easter Sunday at Uptown Theatre

Hillside Christian Church hosts an evening of music, community and holiday love.

Apr 1, 6pm. Free. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Exploring the Depths of our Summer Sky

Planetarium show looks at celestial bodies and stars that come out in the summer nights. Fri-Sat through Apr 28. $5-$8. SRJC Planetarium, Lark Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4465.

Festival of Carousel Animals

Tour gardens populated with

fantastical creatures crafted for carousels around the world.

Sat-Sun through Apr 8. Garden Valley Ranch, 498 Pepper Rd, Petaluma, gardenvalley.com.

alter-ego. Mar 31, 4 and 7pm. $10. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.927.3331.

Petaluma Cinema Series

For the Love of ITP Benefit Gala

Petaluma Film Alliance presents significant classic and modern films with guests, lectures and discussions.

This week, 1973 supernatural thriller “Don’t Look Now” screens with film scholar Dr Alessandro Pirolini in attendance. Apr 4, 6pm. $6/$45 season pass. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma, petalumafilmalliance.org.

Special menus highlight oysters in all their glory.

Through Mar 31. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.

Huge stage phenomenon born from the television series features cutting-edge illusionists performing sleightof-hand, interactive mind magic, comedy, dangerous escapes and large-scale illusions. Mar 31, 8pm. $50$70. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Pop-Up Art Show at St Florian’s Brewery

Two local artists, James Long and Justin Hollingsworth, present their works in a familyfriendly event. Mar 31, 5pm. St. Florian’s Brewery, 7704A Bell Rd, Windsor. 707.838.BREW.

Film Artists Beyond Boundaries Film Screening

Screening and discussion of “Sittwe” by filmmaker Jeanne Hallacy is part of the “Speaking Out” exhibition at Gallery Route One. Mar 31, 6:30pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

CULT Film Series

Two reality-twisting horror films, John Carpenter’s “In the Mouth of Madness” and Clive Barker’s “Master of Illusion,” share a frightful double-bill. Mar 29, 7pm. $10.

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

707.525.8909.

Left Behind, Not Forgotten

Film festival to benefit Sonoma County’s FACE to FACE foundation screens five curated short films, postscreening discussion, raffle and more. Mar 31, 1pm. $10-$20.

Miracle Plum, 208 Davis St, Santa Rosa. 707.235.2169.

Oh Lucy!

A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class where she discovers her

The Rape of Recy Taylor

Documentary screens as a benefit for Verity. Mar 29, 7pm.

Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.

Rock Concerts on Screen

Canadian rock group Metric is captured in “Dreams So Real,” a feature-length 4k concert documentary. Mar 29, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.924.5111.

Wandering Reel Film Festival

The Spinster Sisters Spotlight Series

Meet, chat and sip with a local winemaker. Reservations recommended. Fri, Mar 30, 5pm. The Spinster Sisters, 401 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7100.

For Kids Home School Day

Spend the day making art, learning and ice skating. Mar 28, 10am. $6-$8. Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

707.579.4452.

Spring Break Classes for Kids

Learn cartooning, animation and art. Apr 2-6. $25 and up.

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

707.579.4452.

Traveling short film festival focuses on bringing meaningful films to the community. Mar 30, 7pm. $10. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. wanderingreel.org.

Spring Wonder Camp

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Indulge in five tantalizing courses, each created to compliment five unique whiskeys. Proceeds benefit Petaluma Museum Association.

Mar 29, 6pm. $70. Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma.

707.778.4398.

Easter Brunch at Rocker Oysterfeller’s

Patio brunch is rich with local produce, meats and fish. Apr 1, 10am. $32.

Rocker Oysterfeller’s, 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford.

707.876.1983.

Easter Sunday Dining

Serving seasonal brunch items until 3pm, plus reduced regular lunch and dinner menu items.

Apr 1. Left Bank Brasserie,

Kids can spend their spring break enjoying daily hands-on activities and experiments. Apr 2-6. $80 per day. Children’s Museum of Sonoma County, 1835 W Steele Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.546.4069.

Mark Day School puts on the musical based on Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Mar 2831. $13-$30. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

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Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael.

415.485.3438.

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Lectures Inside the Earth

Presentation with geologist Dr Jane Nielson. Preregistration required. Mar 29, 7pm. $12. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

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Napa Bookmine Mar 31, 6pm, “Lacking Character” with Curtis White. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

Outdoor Art Club Mar 29, 1pm, “Designing with Palms” with Jason Dewees. 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley 415.383.2582.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Mar 31, 7pm, “Resilient” with Dr Rick Hanson. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Learn how easy it is easy to turn your garden into a pollinators’ paradise. Mar 31, 10:30am. Free. Point Reyes Station Library, 11435 CA Route 1, Point Reyes Station.

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Acclaimed local historian and journalist Gaye LeBaron gives a historical view of Sonoma County and on the role and legacy of Santa Rosa Junior College. Mar 29, 12pm. Bertolini Student Center, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Mar 31, 11am, “Timeless” with Armand Baltazar. 100 4th St (basement), Santa Rosa 707.755.3432.

Book Passage

Mar 28, 7pm, “To Die But Once” with Jacqueline Winspear. Mar 29, 7pm, “The Gospel of Trees” with Apricot Irving. Mar 31, 4pm, “Max & Marla Are Having a Picnic” with Alexandra Boiger. Apr 2, 7pm, “Through the Bookstore Window” with Bill Petrocelli. Apr 3, 7pm, “Dear Madam President “ with Jennifer Palmieri. Apr 4, 7pm, “The Punishment She Deserves” with Elizabeth George. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Charles M Schulz Museum

Mar 31, 11am, “Dork Diaries” with Rachel Renée Russell.

2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707.579.4452.

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Mar 30, 1pm, “At Home in the World” with Joyce Maynard.

Mar 28, 7pm, “How a Mountain Was Made” with Greg Sarris. $5 donation. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma 707.778.4398.

Mar 28, 6:30pm, “My Sonoma: Valley of the Moon” with Bill Lynch. Mar 29, 7pm, poetry reading with Kathleen Winter and Dean Rader. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Rebound Bookstore Mar 28, 7pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, featuring Gail Strickland and Peter S Beagle, plus an open mic. donations welcome.

1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Theater Amadeus Dramatic biographical look at musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is as provocative today as when it premiered nearly 40 years ago. Mar 30-Apr 15. $15$55. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

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Blackbird David Lear directs the timely contemporary drama about sexual abuse and intensely conflicting emotions.

Through Apr 1. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

By the Water Hurricane Sandy has just ravaged the lifelong Staten Island home of a family with a dark past in this poignant production. Through Apr 8. $28. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

707.588.3400.

Death of a Salesman

Veteran character actor Charles Siebert stars in a new intimate production of the classic drama from playwright Arthur Miller. Mar 30-Apr 22. $18-$28. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Lost in Yonkers

Raven Players presents Neil Simon’s Pulitzer-winning family drama. Mar 30-Apr 15. $15-$25. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

Noises Off

Ensemble farce about a second-rate theatre company features missed cues, forgotten lines, slamming doors and sardines flying everywhere. Through Mar 31. $20-$33.

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

707.523.4185.

Screams Queens: The Musical Musical revue sets six voluptuous B-movie “Scream Queens” at a science fiction and horror film convention full of mayhem. Mar 29-Apr 14. $28-$39. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

707.266.6305.

Twelfth Night

Sonoma State University’s department of theatre arts presents Shakespeare’s gender-tangled tale of love, mischief and mistaken identity Through Mar 31. $5-$17. Evert B. Person Theater, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

707.664.4246.

The Wolves

Powerful play that uses a girls soccer team as a portrait of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness makes its West Coast premiere. Through Apr 8. $10-$37. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) A few years ago, a New Zealander named Bruce Simpson announced plans to build a cruise missile at his home using parts he bought legally from eBay and other online stores. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you initiate a comparable project. For example, you could arrange a do-it-yourself space flight by tying a thousand helium balloons to your lawn chair. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Please don’t try lunatic schemes like the helium balloon space flight. Here’s the truth: Now is a favorable time to initiate big, bold projects, but not foolish, big, bold projects. The point is to be both visionary and practical.

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APRIL FOOL! I told a half-truth. In fact, now is a perfect time to excuse yourself from trying too hard and doing too much. You can accomplish wonders and marvels by staying home and bingeing on guilty pleasures in your underwear. But there’s no need to get drunk.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

Actor Gary Busey is very sure there are no mirrors in heaven. He has other specific ideas about the place, as well. This became a problem when he was filming the movie Quigley, in which his character, Archie, visits heaven. Busey was so enraged at the director’s mistaken rendering of paradise that he got into a fistfight with another actor.

I hope you will show an equally feisty fussiness in the coming weeks, Gemini. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. On the one hand, I do hope you’ll be forceful as you insist on expressing your high standards. Don’t back down!

But on the other hand, refrain from pummeling anyone who asks you to compromise.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) In the Scots language still spoken in parts of Scotland, eedledoddles are people who can’t summon initiative when it’s crunch time. They are so consumed in trivial or irrelevant concerns that they lose all instinct for being in the right place at the right time. I regret to inform you that you are now at risk of being an eedle-doddle.

APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, the truth is just the opposite.

I have rarely seen you so well primed to respond vigorously and bravely to Big Magic Moments. For the foreseeable future, you are King or Queen of Carpe Diem.

LEO (July 23–August 22)

Paul McCartney likes to periodically act like a regular person who’s not a famous musician. He goes grocery shopping without bodyguards. He rides on public transportation and strikes up conversations with random strangers. I think you may need to engage in similar behavior yourself, Leo. You’ve become a bit too enamored with your own beauty and magnificence. You really do need to come down to earth and hang out more with us little people.

APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is prime time to hone your power and glory; to indulge your urge to shine and dazzle; to be as conspicuously marvelous as you dare to be.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) The coming days will be an excellent time to concoct an alchemical potion that will heal your oldest wounds. For best results, mix and sip a gallon of potion using the following magic ingredients: absinthe, chocolate syrup, cough medicine, dandelion tea, cobra venom and worm’s blood. APRIL FOOL! I mixed a lie in with a truth.

It is a fact that now is a fine time to seek remedies for your ancient wounds. But the potion I recommended is bogus. Go on a quest for the real cure.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) I expect you will soon receive a wealth of exotic and expensive gifts.

For example, a benefactor may finance your vacation to a gorgeous sacred site or give you the deed to an enchanted waterfall. I won’t be surprised if you’re blessed with a solid gold bathtub or a year’s supply of luxury cupcakes. It’s even possible that a sugar daddy or sugar momma will fork over $500,000 to rent an auditorium for a party in your honor. APRIL FOOL! I distorted the truth. I do suspect you’ll get more goodies

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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) There’s

a narrow waterway between Asia and Europe. In the fifth century B.C., Persian King Xerxes had two bridges built across it so he could invade Greece with his army. But a great storm swept through and smashed his handiwork. Xerxes was royally peeved. He ordered his men to whip the uncooperative sea and brand it with hot irons, all the while shouting curses at it, like “You are a turbid and briny river.” I recommend that you do something similar, Scorpio. Has Nature done anything to inconvenience you? Show it who’s the Supreme Boss! APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is an excellent time for you to become more attuned and in love with a Higher Power, however you define that.

What’s greater than you and bigger than your life and wilder than you can imagine? Refine your practice of the art of surrender.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

Fifteenth-century Italian painter Filippo Lippi was such a lustful womanizer that he sometimes found it tough to focus on making art. At one point, his wealthy and politically powerful patron Cosimo de’ Medici, frustrated by his extracurricular activities, imprisoned him in his studio to ensure he wouldn’t get diverted.

Judging from your current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suspect you need similar constraints.

APRIL FOOL! I fibbed a little. I am indeed worried you’ll get so caught up in the pursuit of pleasure that you’ll neglect your duties. But I won’t go so far as to suggest you should be locked up for your own good.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Now is a favorable time to slap a lawsuit on your mom in an effort to make her pay for the mistakes she made while raising you. You could also post an exposé on social media in which you reveal her shortcomings, or organize a protest rally outside her house with your friends holding signs demanding she apologize for how she messed you up. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just said was ridiculous and false. The truth is, now is a perfect moment to meditate on the gifts and blessings your mother gave you. If she is still alive, express your gratitude to her. If she has passed on, do a ritual to honor and celebrate her.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Aquarian author Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Color Purple. She has also published 33 other books and built a large audience. But some of her ideas are not exactly mainstream. For example, she says that one of her favorite authors is David Icke, who asserts that intelligent extraterrestrial reptiles have disguised themselves as humans and taken control of our planet’s governments. I bring this to your attention, because I think it’s time that you, too, reveal the full extent of how crazy you really are. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. While it’s true that now is a favorable time to show more of your unconventional and eccentric sides, I don’t advise you to go full-on wacko.

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Oliver’s Complete

Easter Dinner

Oliver’s is proud to offer you our Complete Easter Dinner. So easy.

So very delicious. Just heat and serve. Our meal includes an Oliver’s Half Ham plus all the trimmings.

Serves 4-6 people.

Unfortunately, due to the high volume of these dinners, substitutions are not possible. Additions are welcomed.

Please order early to ensure availability.

Dinner Includes: •OLIVER’S HALF HAM (APPROX. 5 LBS.) •1 Pint Ham Glaze •3 Lbs. Scalloped Potatoes •2 Lbs. Herbed Green Beans

•2 Lbs. Roasted Spring Veggie Salad •6 Count Asparagus Risotto Cakes •1 Doz. Pull-A-Part Rolls

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EASTER SUNDAY

| 7AM TO 9PM

for your shopping convenience.

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