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waves, and be shunned by the community. Worst of all, those working in the vineyards do not speak for fear of losing their livelihoods.

I would like to share my experience of Napa as a relative newcomer with fresh eyes. Placing my children into elementary school here, it was clear that there are families in the wine industry, and those who are not. Those not in the wine business are often invisible, and don’t speak out for fear of not being included.

People being afraid to speak is, sadly, the way Napa County likes it. I am voting yes on Measure C because citizens are being bullied so that unsustainable corporations can deforest the land and use up water for profit.

Many belonging in the wine industry blindly support what is happening, even when it is not in their best interests, for fear of ridicule. Often those who work for the industry are afraid to make

I oppose No on C because—what’s in it for me? I’m not voting for someone else to make billions of dollars while simultaneously stealing our future’s water and trees.

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wo-thirds of gun deaths are suicides, but that is not why we demand gun control. We want control because of the decades of mass murder-suicides, often carried out by and against young adults. Unlike disease or old age, death by gunshot is swift and robs us of our chance for goodbyes. For parents and siblings, losing a loved one that way is torture.

Guns have always been available in America, so what caused mass murders to skyrocket since the turn of the century?

For that answer we have to see what else changed this century: fame, easily obtained by likes and followers. Youth today believe that fame and attention is more important than achievement or character.

Look at who is popular on TV, internet channels and magazines.

We adults are guilty too. Mass shootings dominate the news and social media, the killer’s story read by millions. We click and share, teaching big media this is what we want.

Lately, I’ve stopped clicking, stopped reading about the latest tragedy. I want these shootings to stop. I want gun ownership to be considered reasonable and responsible again. For that point, I think the latest legislation proposed will be ineffective, if it even passes Congress.

As cleverly worded as any banning legislation is, greed will find ways past the definition of “bump stock,” “assault rifle” or “magazine.” Search online for “non-NFA firearm,” and you will find that manufacturers already market firearms that fall under no regulatory definition.

Our country already accepts that for safety, the FDA approves drugs before they are sold, and the FAA approves airplanes. So it makes sense that if anyone wants to sell a gun or gun accessory, a to-be-created federal agency with industry, police, gun rights and public safety oversight would determine whether the product’s primary purpose is hunting or home/self-defense. If it passes, that design is legal for sale.

Would this cultural and regulatory shift stop shootings immediately? I doubt it. But maybe in our lifetimes, we’ll reach Dec. 31 and cheer our first year this century without a mass murder carried out by gunfire.

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Our local congressional representatives, Mike Thompson and Jared Huffmann, were in Petaluma on Tuesday to drink wine and celebrate the creation of the newest American Viticultural Area—the Petaluma Gap. The AVA designation is sort of a big deal, in that the Petaluma Gap is now an official wine-growing region, joining some 240 others around the country, according to the U.S. government, whose Treasury Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are the agencies who delineate the bountiful boundaries on behalf of grape-growers. Other AVAs in the region include the Moon Mountain District, Napa Valley and numerous others. It is not known whether the congressmen departed the Tuesday ceremony with a tipsy swagger to their step.—Tom Gogola

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Brown’s Bag It’s time to raid the state’s rainy day fund

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“It’s because I’m cheap.”

With the reports of historic lows in unemployment and record highs in the stock market, it is unconscionable that the governor suggested stuffing even more into the already bloated rainy day fund.

In his budget, Brown called for the state’s rainy day fund to be fully funded with an injection of more than $4 billion, to bring it to $13.8 billion.

But many residents in firescorched Sonoma County don’t have the means to get out of the rain now. As the Mercury News noted in early May, when Brown released his revised budget, “Anyone hoping that $9 billion

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by Brown’s budget plan.”

The paper also noted that there’s time for lawmakers to insist that Brown’s $190 billion spending plan do a better job of tending ) 10

Late last week, Cal Fire announced that its investigation into four of the wildfires that hit California last year has ended, and that the fires were caused by downed PG&E wires coming into contact with trees. The state agency determined that fires in Butte and Nevada counties—the La Porte fire, the McCourtney Fire, the Lobo Fire and the Honey fire—were all caused by the power lines.

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Dodd has pending litigation that would compel utility companies to strengthen their infrastructure.

"We have an obligation to ensure the utility companies do what’s right to protect Californians.”

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The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 20.4 percent of Californians live in poverty. That’s higher than the national average (14.7 percent) and the highest poverty rate in the nation.

California also has the highest child-poverty rate in the nation.

The wealthiest state in the wealthiest country in the world is also home to 25 percent of the country’s homeless.

That’s a crisis which has come home to roost in Sonoma County. The county already had an affordable-housing crisis before the October wildfires, and the recent shuttering of several homeless encampments around the county served to highlight a systemic failure in the state and county to come up with longterm housing solutions. The crunch has been cruelly borne by veterans, and the governor is responding to this crisis by hoping the voters will approve a bond in November, the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018.

Brown is being true to his claim of being cheap when it comes to the poor. The 2017–18 Health and Human Services budget was $161 billion, and the governor is recommending it be cut to $158.7 billion.

It might serve the governor to remember what Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Whatever comes to you in a cheap way will vanish in a cheap way.”

Jeff Green is a research and policy analyst for the California Partnership, an economic justice coalition of lowincome residents and people of color.

Tom Gogola contributed reporting to this story, a version of which originally ran in the San Jose Metro.

DEBR IEFER In an extensive release, PG&E defended its vegetation-removal protocols as it highlighted the “new normal” of climate change and its impact on wildfires. The long and short of the PG&E public relations push: “Based on the information we have so far, we believe our overall programs met our state’s high standards.” In March, the investorowned utility hired Platinum Advisors to lobby on its behalf in Sacramento as bills targeted at PG&E were being introduced by lawmakers, including Dodd. Platinum Advisors was founded by Sonoma County developer and Democratic power broker Darius Anderson.

—Tom Gogola

Lethal Rejection Jarvis Jay Masters, the Buddhist author and death row inmate on San Quention, has linked up with the American Civil Liberties Union and the organization Witness to Innocence and is suing the state of California over its new lethal injection regulations. Master has maintained his innocence in a capital charge that stemmed from the murder of a corrections guard at San Quentin. In a statement, the Committee to Free Jarvis Masters says the inmate “would like everyone to look at this case in a way that makes it personal—he will be the human being that all these ‘protocols’ will be done to kill him. He want s to make it real and urgent.” Earlier this year, the state unveiled a new single-drug protocol that would use either pentobarbital or thiopental to execute the condemned. —Tom Gogola

Glass Half-Full “Good evening and welcome folks, I will be your waiter tonight,” I say to my guests as I greet them. “Can I get everyone started with some water?”

“Sure, I’m fine with regular ice water,” says the first patron. “Water is fine for me, too, but can I please have no ice?” another guest asks.

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lemon,” another chimes in. “And I’d like sparkling water,” requests the final person at the table.

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There is evidence that different temperatures confer health benefits and drawbacks. Especially during exercise, cool water may be best. A 2013 study published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine found that cool tap water of about 61 degrees Fahrenheit led to less sweating and higher water consumption in the exercising and dehydrated subjects, leading the authors to conclude that this temperature was best at mitigating dehydration.

While drinking ice water may help with weight loss, because the body uses energy to heat this water up to the homeostatic 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, the effect is quite small. Studies have shown that the body will burn about eight more calories heating up a glass of ice water relative to a glass of room-temp water. Multiplied over, say 8 to 10 glasses a day, this adds up to about 70 calories a day.

Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners recommend drinking warm to hot water on a regular basis, based on the belief that warm water helps with digestion, whereas cold water leads to sluggish digestion.

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ycling is a great way to tour Napa Valley’s vineyards and woodlands, and it also facilitates a closer read of the many political signs that have sprouted along its highways and backroads, most of which are either for, or against, Measure C, the Watershed and Oak Woodland Protection Initiative that Napa voters will decide on June 5.

While riding in the CampoVelo Gran Fondo this April, I was treated to a variety of competing claims along the way: the few “Yes on C” signs candidly say what proponents claim the measure will accomplish.

“No on C” presents a more piquing suite of succinct warnings: C will hurt farmers, increase traffic, threaten hillsides, and also is bad.

I was content to stay out of the

fray until, rounding a corner on a remote slope south of Angwin, I saw a rarer anti-C sign that said something like, “Doesn’t Save Trees.”

Say what you will about the potential negative downstream effects of not cutting down trees in a watershed—stay with me, now—but can’t we just agree that C is about saving some trees? Yes, campaigns are arguments, but this one increasingly reminds me of the “argument sketch” from Monty Python: “Look, this isn’t an argument,” says Michael Palin.

“Yes it is,” counters John Cleese.

“No it isn’t,” Palin replies, “it’s just a contradiction, the automatic gainsaying of whatever the other person says.”

It does not surprise Angwin resident Mike Hackett, co-author of the initiative. “We’ve entered this era, starting with the national election, of these alternate truths.”

Hackett says it’s all about polling.

After the Napa Valley Vintners turned against the measure they’d initially helped craft—in part because polling results showed they’d almost certainly lose such a fight, according to Hackett—they turned to polls showing that traffic, hillsides and water were among Napa residents’ top concerns.

“They took them and flipped them 180 degrees,” Hackett says.

“It doesn’t matter that it isn’t real or true; they just say it to confuse voters.”

One contrary voice not just gainsaying is that of Stewart Smith, co-founder of Smith-Madrone Vineyards. For Smith—who says, “My dog isn’t in this hunt,” since C would not apply to his property— it’s a matter of principle. “What they’re taking is the right to plant a vineyard,” says Smith, who offers property-rights views on his website.

Hopefully, Napa voters will make an informed decision after reading up on both sides, never mind the signs. As for me, as Palin says at the end of the sketch, “I’ve had enough of this.”

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Napa Sunset

In book three of his trilogy, James Conaway writes of Napa’s decline BY JONAH RASKIN

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he traffic is horrendous, especially on weekends.

The noise can be deafening on country lanes where big machines rip up the earth. Vineyards have spread everywhere, Pinot and Cabernet have never been more plentiful, and pesticides and herbicides have shown up in creeks and streams.

In a nutshell, that’s the Napa County story, though the Mondavi clan and the folks at Yountville’s Domain Chandon—which is French- owned— along with David Abreu and the notorious John Bremer, insist that they bring culture and civilization to a backward land and hand out millions to community groups. To be sure, Napa makes great wine. But at what cost to the land and to the people? That’s the question. )

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EDEN’S FUTURE James Conaway is hopeful but wonders if it’s too late to save Napa County.

Napa Valley ( 13 James Conaway’s muckraking tour de force Napa at Last light: America’s Eden in an Age of Calamity recounts the secrets, the backroom deals and the hillside devastation that has shocked citizens and persuaded some winemakers and grape growers to call for reform. The book arrived in stores in March, three months before the June 5 ballot on Measure C. Widely read, it has strengthened the pro-C forces, though it has also helped fuel the anti-C folks. Where Conaway’s books are concerned, there’s no neutrality. Indeed, his words can be intoxicating, especially when he writes about wine as the beverage that “sustains kings, poets, politicians, priests, lovers, idealists, the sick, the stricken, and all manner of rascals.”

Measure C—known as the Napa County Watershed and Oak Woodland Protection Initiative of 2018—aims to limit hillside development for grape vines and “protect the water quality

of Napa County’s streams, watersheds, wetlands and forests, and safeguard the public health, safety and welfare of the County’s residents.”

Ironically, Conaway—arguably the author who has done more than any other single writer to raise awareness about the environment in Napa—can’t cast a ballot on June 5. Born and raised in Memphis, he divides his time between Virginia and Washington, D.C., though he often explores Napa County, where he has friends and some enemies too. He has been drawn to Napa because of its spectacular beauty, and also because he sees Napa as emblematic of California. In 2002’s The Far Side of Eden, the second in the trilogy, he writes that “Napa Valley was California in microcosm.”

In his latest book, he gives voice to the chorus of citizens who want to take back their county from what some see as the dominating influence of the wine industry.

“To some, I’m a local hero,” says Conaway. “To others, I’m an enemy of the people.”

he battle over Measure C, which could have implications for vineyard development in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, has been a hard-fought campaign with its share of mudslinging.

Misinformation, disinformation and outright lies have defined much of the campaign. So it’s not surprising that Conaway has been demonized in some, though not all, viticultural circles.

A dozen high-profile grape growers and winemakers support the initiative. They include Andy Beckstoffer, one of the largest landowners in the county, and Warren Winiarski at Stag’s Leap, which was one of the winners at the 1976 Paris tasting that put Napa Valley on the international wine map.

Opponents of Measure C have insisted that if it passes it will undermine private property rights and prevent future farming in agricultural watersheds.

Vintner Stuart Smith, who created a website called Stop Measure C, says, “The initiative was written

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by two people and lawyers in a backroom.” Smith adds that you have to have “economic wealth” in order to create “effective environmental protection.”

(See this week’s Swirl, p12, for more from Smith.) Conaway calls comments like Smith’s “environmental McCarthyism.”

Grassroots supporters of C have launched their own counteroffensive. In April, lawyer and Soda Creek Vineyards owner Yeoryios C. Apallas, filed a lawsuit that prompted the Napa County Superior Court to order the removal of false statements from the official voter information pamphlet. “I could not sit by while opponents deliberately misstated the facts to confuse voters into rejecting this important measure,” Apallas said.

Among the most blatant misrepresentations was one which claimed that “measure C will prevent homeowners from making even the smallest changes to their land.” That statement, and others like it, were removed from the pamphlet for Napa voters, though not all the misstatements were removed. Moreover, the campaign against the ballot measure agreed to pay $54,000 for the legal fees incurred by the “Yes on C” forces.

But the court ruling didn’t prevent the proliferation of “No on C” signs that dot the landscape and which insist that, if enacted, the law would lead to more traffic, higher taxes and negative impacts on farmers and agriculture.

The signs for and against the ballot measure haven’t surprised Conaway. Napa at Last Light completes the saga he began in 1990 with Napa: The Story of an American Eden and continued with The Far Side of Eden: New Money, Old Land, and the Battle for Napa Valley. In the second volume, Conaway notes that “tourists devour the thing they love.” Sixteen years later, he says Eden is now all but lost, though if Measure C passes, he believes it will help to restore some of the original paradise.

Reviewers of the book, such as San Francisco Chronicle’s wine, beer and spirits writer Esther Mobley, have insisted that

“We’re nearly at the point where advocating for clean water for everyone is beginning to look revolutionary,” Ellsworth says. “It looks like Napa is turning into the ‘valley of the oligarchs.’”

His friend and feisty ally, Kellie Anderson—who once worked for the wine industry as well as for the Napa County agricultural commissioner—describes some wineries as recreational playthings for wealthy owners and absentee landlords.

“Sometimes a vineyard comes with a Ferrari and a trophy wife,” Anderson says. “Meanwhile, watersheds are destroyed and citizens are screwed.”

Like Ellsworth and Anderson, Conaway wants to stop, or at least slow down, the runaway wine and tourism juggernaut before more of what makes Napa special is lost. “The time has come to say ‘No More,’” Conaway writes in his new book.

During a phone conversation in which his Memphis accent gives away his Southern roots, he says, “I like Pinot, though I can’t afford Napa Cab, which wine makers now call ‘rocket juice.’” (A bottle of premium Napa Cabernet can easily cost $100.)

Conaway is optimistic, but he can’t help but see doom and gloom. He wants things to be right, but he imagines they’ll go wrong. So he’s divided in his feelings about Napa, and both pleased and alarmed at what he sees in neighboring grapegrowing, winemaking counties.

“Sonoma County still feels rural, and that’s good,” Conaway says. “But Sonoma will probably go the way of Napa. It’s just too damned attractive for big money.”

Indeed, whether C wins or loses, pockets of Napa’s beauty will endure. Is that enough?

Napa at Last Light ends with the sound of a screaming hawk and a prophetic view of a time when “many are likely to pass though these lovely mountains and will pause as they do now, nature-struck, all momentarily struck by the beauty of this place.”

Jonah Raskin is the author of ‘Field Days: a Year of Farming, Eating and Drinking Wine in California’ and an occasional contributor to the ‘Bohemian.’

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In the third volume of the trilogy, Conaway uses his skills as a writer of fiction—he’s the author of three novels—to create memorable, reallife folk heroes, such as the aristocratic, French-born global wine baron Jean-Charles Boisset, who owns dozens of wineries, including the famed Buena Vista in Sonoma. His wife, Gina, belongs to the legendary Gallo clan.

Some of Conaway’s sources are on the record, though not all. He calls one man “Deep Roots” and intentionally conceals descriptions that would give away his identity.

He calls another source “the attorney.” Outing him would cost the lawyer his reputation.

Geoff Ellsworth was a willing and a candid source. A St. Helena council member, artist and supporter of Measure C, Ellsworth has lived in Napa County for 50 years. For decades, he watched the slow, steady chipping away of the forests, the privatization of watersheds and the spread of roads, vineyards, wineries, tasting rooms, event centers and estate homes. Like Conaway, Ellsworth decries what he calls the “erosion of democracy” in Napa. He worries that if the dominance of the industry goes unchecked in his hometown, it can happen anywhere in the United States.

On a hot afternoon, as I tour the valley with him, Ellsworth says that while he believes the ballot measure will pass, he also argues that “neither drought, nor flood, nor fire will keep corporations from gobbling up resources in Napa.”

As a kid and young man who grew up in St. Helena—his parents supplied equipment to the wine industry—Ellsworth assumed that Napa County would accept limits on tourism and stop the expansion of vineyards on steep slopes. He also assumed that citizens would decry the loss of habitat for endangered species like the spotted owl.

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Earlier this year, the Chroma Gallery began transitioning to the Santa Rosa Arts Center when it hosted its first show, “Healing by Art: After the Fires,” in which several artists reacted to the aftermath of last year’s wildfires (Arts Hub, April 3). This weekend, the gallery continues on the theme with a new show, ‘Healing by Art: Landscapes & Memories.’ This time, artists look back on the region’s past to help come to terms with today’s post-fire reality. The show opens during South of A arts district’s First Friday open studios event on Friday, June 1, 312 South A St., Santa Rosa. 5pm. Free.

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Punk Socialites

In the last four decades, Los Angeles punk godfathers Social Distortion have done it all. Among other things, the band is largely responsible for the Southern California punk sound that incorporates country, rockabilly and other bluesy elements—and the group has survived drug rehabs, achieved major record label success and experienced everything in between. Still fronted by founding member Mike Ness, Social D are as active as ever, reportedly recording a new album and touring the country, including a headlining spot on the outdoor stage at SOMO Village Event Center on Saturday, June 2, 1100 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park. Doors at 6:30pm. $40. somoconcerts.com.

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Founded in 2015, the Petaluma Shakespeare Company has quickly become a popular summer staple in the North Bay for its annual Shakespeare by the River Festival, featuring free theater done in a picturesque outdoor setting.

The company is able to do that thanks to the community support it receives at fundraisers like this weekend’s Shakespeare in the Vineyard. Along with wine and pizza made fresh in a wood-burning oven, the afternoon offers a fun mix of scenes, soliloquies and song from guests like Steven Harrison of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera. Sunday, June 3, Azari Vineyards, 1399 Spring Hill Road, Petaluma. 2pm. $40. petalumashakespeare.org.

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Ever since the Hall family bought and restored the Long Meadow Ranch property in the 1980s, the Napa Valley site has become a beacon of responsible farming, with vineyards, olive groves, a working ranch and more. These agricultural wonders are showcased in the ranch’s Farmstead Restaurant, which is also the scene of the annual Bluegrass-fed Live Music Series, kicking off this weekend with Wisconsin-based band Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, lovingly referred to as mavericks of the genre. Hear for yourself on Sunday, June 3, 738 Main St., St. Helena. 4pm; doors. $35–$45; kids 12 and under are free. 707.963.4555.

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Arts Ideas FIND ART ‘Navigator,’ by Peter Crompton, is one of nearly 20 sculptures on display in downtown Cloverdale.

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Cloverdale marks 15 years of art in public BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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or a decade and a half, the small northern Sonoma County town of Cloverdale has been a hidden gem of art, thanks to the Cloverdale Sculpture Trail.

This summer, the sculpture trail invites locals and tourists alike to stop in downtown Cloverdale and view nearly 20 large art installations that dot the town’s main boulevard.

The trail also celebrates its 15th anniversary with a special artist reception that is open to the

public on June 2 at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center.

At the head of the sculpture trail is longtime Cloverdale resident Joyce Mann, who first conceived of the project in 2003 during a major construction project to redevelop Cloverdale Boulevard.

“The whole idea was to bring people downtown during construction,” says Mann, who coordinates the now-annual exhibit with a group of mostly volunteers working under the umbrella of the Cloverdale Historical Society.

After the first 10 years of exhibits, funding from the city dried up for the trail. “I did not want to see my baby disappear,” says Mann, who joined forces five years ago with representatives from the neighboring town of Geyserville to create the 101 Sculpture Trail, offering public art in both locales.

Last year, Mann says the philosophy of how the trail should be handled differed between Cloverdale and Geyserville.

“Our two communities are so diverse; it was not possible to

satisfy both with what we were doing,” Mann says.

Now Mann’s baby is back to being called the Cloverdale Sculpture Trail, and the 2018–19 lineup of sculptures on display is a compelling collection of engaging art.

“What we like to do is bring in a lot of new sculptures for our community and visitors,” Mann says. This year’s batch of 12 new sculptures, showing alongside seven permanent works, includes pieces that are whimsical, weighty and otherworldly, such as the tall, looming sculpture Alien by Laytonville artist David McChesney. The piece is an old double-trunked tree that was dug up and positioned upside-down, giving it the illusion of a being with tall legs and an odd rootlike head and appendages.

Other new works include Pigasus by Santa Rosa sculptor Michael Seymour, an intricately designed steel-rod work depicting a winged-pig, and reclaimed-metal work Chief Steel Feather, an homage to North America’s indigenous people built by Watsonville sculptor Pierre Riche.

“We want to have something on display for everybody,” says Mann, who is currently finishing work on a self-guided audio tour for this year’s exhibit that will soon be available on the Otocast mobile app.

“The community is really dedicated to continuing to have sculptures here,” Mann says.

“Hopefully, we’ll have sculptures in town for another 15 years or more.”

The Cloverdale Sculpture Trail Celebration happens Saturday, June 2, at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale. 5pm. Free admission. cloverdalesculpturetrail.org.

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igh atop Mt. Tamalpais sits the Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, where the Mountain Play has been produced for the past 105 years.

Your all-day adventure includes a slow, winding ride up the mountain, a hike to the 4,000-seat amphitheater and a trek down to your seat lugging coolers full of food and adult beverages (they’re allowed.)

You get your umbrella and seat cushions arranged, unpack your goodie basket and just as you start to enjoy a pleasant afternoon picnic, a show breaks out.

Ah, yes. There is a show. This year’s production is Mamma Mia!, the 1999 jukebox musical that uses

‘Mamma Mia!' runs Sundays through June 17 (and Saturday, June 9), at the Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre.

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The problem is, she doesn’t know who her father is!

A quick trip through her mother’s diary leads her to three possibilities: Harry (Sean O’Brien), an uptight British banker; Bill (David Schiller), T R A NS C E N DE N C E ’ S a travel writer and adventurer; or Sam (Tyler McKenna), an architect and, the other two notwithstanding, her mother’s true love. Sophie decides, in proper musical theater I N S ON OM A VA L L E Y tradition, to invite them all and sort everything out later. Chaos, BROADWAY PERFORMERS ON THE MOST JUN-SEP hilarity, singing and dancing ensue.

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HELLO, DARLING Sonoma County transplant Clementine Darling has a thing for the number 11. Or vice-versa.

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olk singer-songwriter Clementine Darling says she was chasing the sunshine when she busked her way from Seattle to the Bay Area in 2010, living in Santa Cruz and Berkeley briefly before moving to Sonoma County, where she’s lived the last seven years.

“The initial thing that brought me to Sonoma County was the connection to nature—it was such a beautiful place,” Darling says.

“And the people have been what kept me here.”

Last year, Darling stepped out of her busking shoes and took to a stage for the first time ever at the

2017 Next Level Music Industry Conference, hosted by Creative Sonoma. Darling’s onstage debut coincided with her participation in a songwriting workshop with nationally recognized producer Sam Hollander, in which she and Hollander shaped one of her original songs, “Choose Love,” into a strong acoustic number in the tradition of alt-folk heroines like Ani DiFranco and Cat Power. “Choose Love” wound up being the first track on Darling’s forthcoming debut EP, 11:11, available on June 1.

“It seems like I can’t get a plane ticket or look at the clock without seeing an 11,” says Darling of the EP’s title. “That number has always been important to me.”

Originally planned as a foursong EP, 11:11 was half recorded when the Tubbs fire forced Darling from her Mark West Springs area home in the late hours of Oct. 8.

Darling adds that after escaping the flames and reaching safety, she looked at the time; it was 11:11pm.

Coincidentally, one of Darling’s few remaining possessions was her guitar, as she had left it at a storage unit earlier that afternoon rather than leave it in her car.

After finding a new rental on the Russian River and picking the guitar back up, Darling composed a fifth track for the EP, “Fire Map,” that originally began life as a poem about last summer’s fires in the Pacific Northwest.

“For the most part, it’s a song of gratitude,” Darling says. “As much loss as I experienced, I didn’t lose any of the people I love.”

Many of those people will be on hand this week when Darling officially releases 11:11 at a concert event, dubbed Bohemian Groove, in Santa Rosa with support from Petaluma songwriter Ismay, oneman-band Banjo Boombox and anti-folk outfit Django Moves to Portland. “The dress code is denim and floral, or whatever makes you feel groovy,” Darling says. “It’s going to be a celebration of life.”

Bohemian Groove happens on Friday, June 1, at the Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $10.

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North Bay folk artist Clementine Darling releases her debut album alongside local folk fusion favorites Ismay, Banjo Boombox and Django Moves to Portland.

Jun 1, 7pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

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This year’s 20th annual fest features headliners like Julian Lage, Bill Frisell, Fred Hersch, Trio da Paz, Charles Lloyd and others in its first of two weekends.

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Hear works from Fanny Mendelssohn, Cécile Chaminade and Amy Beach, performed by soprano Amanda Morando and pianist Milton Wong. Jun 2, 4pm. $15$20. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael. 415.479.4131.

Eric Lindell

New Orleans-based songwriter fuses together blues, R&B, funk and outlaw country in his wide-ranging Americana sound. May 31, 8pm. $22-$27.

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

415.388.3850.

NAPA COUNTY Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot!

Former Stray Cats frontman and big band leader unleashes his lean and mean rockabilly outfit as part of a summer tour.

Jun 6, 8pm. $60-$90. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Napa Valley Jazz Getaway

Brian Culbertson’s annual week of all-star concerts kicks off with a welcome dinner and jam session. Jun 6, 7pm. Westin Verasa Hotel, 1314 McKinstry St, Napa, jazzgetaway.com.

SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe

May 31, Alan Early. Jun 2, Memory Lane Combo. Jun 3, 2pm, Vardo. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

The Big Easy

May 30, Obstinate Ostinato.

May 31, the Renovators. Jun 1, Awesome Hotcakes. Jun 2, Alabama Mike & the Revelators with Coyote Slim. Jun 3, Old Time Travelers featuring Clark “Big Kitty” Williams. 128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.7163.

BR Cohn Winery

Jun 3, 11am, “Battle of the Decades” with Wonder Bread 5 and Notorious. 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen. 707.938.4064.

Brewsters Beer Garden May 31, Brand New Still. Jun 1, Second Street Band. Jun 2, 2 and 6pm, David Correa Trio and the Grain. Jun 3, 3pm, Blue Radio. 229 Water St N, Petaluma. 707.981.8330.

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

Jun 1, Jason Huybers and friends. 400 First St E, Sonoma.

707.938.7110.

Cellars of Sonoma

Jun 3, 2pm, Dustin Saylor. 20 Matheson Ave, Healdsburg.

707.578.1826.

Cloverdale Plaza

Jun 1, 6:30pm, Friday Night Live at the Plaza with John “Papa” Gros. 122 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.894.4410.

Crooked Goat Brewing Jun 2, 3pm, Viva La Rêve. Jun 3, 3pm, Stav McAllister. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol.

707.827.3893.

Elephant in the Room Jun 2, Veers. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.

Forestville Club

Jun 4, 6pm, Blues for Jayson benefit celebration.

6250 Front St, Forestville.

707.887.2594.

Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge Jun 2, Rusty String Express.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

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21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville. 707.814.0036.

Jun 2, 8pm and Jun 3, 3pm, “A Tale of Two Cities” with Sonoma Bach. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Hood Mansion Lawn

Jun 1, 5:30pm, Funky Fridays with Levi Lloyd and friends.

389 Casa Manana Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.833.6288. funkyfridays.info.

HopMonk Sebastopol May 31, Dirtwire and Shovelman. Jun 1, Mouths of Babes. Jun 4, Jah Yzer. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Jun 1, Kyle Williams. Jun 2, Jon Gonzales Stringband. Jun 3, Matt Jaffe. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Jun 1, Kentucky Street Pioneers and West of Malbay.

146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.772.5478.

KRSH

May 31, 5:30pm, Rockabilly Roadhouse presents Jinx Jones with Derek Irving & His Combo and Hunka Hunka Hula Revue.

3565 Standish Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.588.0707.

Lagunitas Tap Room

May 30, Second Street Band.

May 31, Le Hot Club Swing. Jun 1, Soulshine Blues Band. Jun 2, Lost Dog Found. Jun 3, the Grain. Jun 6, JimBo Trout. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Wed 5⁄30 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $22–$27 • All Ages "A renegade songwriter with an ultraflexible Great American Songbook sensibility…" — Rolling Stone

Nellie McKay (seated) Thu 5⁄31 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $22–$27 • All Ages

Eric Lindell + Peter Joseph Burtt Fri 6⁄1 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $30–$32 • 21+

Local Barrel

Jun 3, 5pm, Joe Clopton. 490 Mendocino Ave #104, Santa Rosa. 707.890.5433.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Jun 1, Stephen Stills & Judy Collins. Jun 2, Justin Quiles.

Jun 3, 2pm, Karen Peterson: Connecting with the Afterlife.

50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Main Street Bistro

Jun 1, Tumbleweed Soul. Jun 2, Yancie Taylor. Jun 3, the Spyralites. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Jun 2, 12pm, Super Diamond.

Jun 3, 1pm, Beatles Flashback.

911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

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Super Diamond

The Neil Diamond Tribute Thu 6⁄7 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $14–$17 • All Ages

Eric McFadden Band with Dan Too Fri 6⁄8 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $15–$17 • All Ages

Zach Deputy

Sat 6⁄9 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–$20 • All Ages Marble Party with special guest

Mark Karan! + El Cajon

Sun 6⁄10 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $14–$17 • All Ages

The Heavy Pets + The Sextones Mon 6⁄11, Tue 6⁄12, Wed 6⁄13 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $ 4475–$4975 • 21+

Green Leaf Rustlers

feat Chris Robinson, Barry Sless, Greg Loiacono, Pete Sears & John Molo Fri 6⁄15 & Sat 6⁄16 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $35–$40 • 21+ KIMOCK & Friends feat Steve & John Kimock, Leslie Mendelson, Andy Hess + Special Guests www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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Murphy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

Jun 1, Ragtag Sullivan. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Jun 1, Wonder Bread 5. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

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ROYAL JELLY JIVE

Jun 3, 3pm, SRJC Summer Opera Festival Concert. SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4372.

The Old Cotati Cabaret

KINGSBOROUGH

Jun 2, Barbara Higbie with Nancy Vogl and Suzanne Shanbaum. 85 La Plaza, Cotati.

707.664.8622.

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The Phoenix Theater

May 30, Anvil. Jun 2, the Sonic Steps with Lender and John Thompson. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

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Welcome home.

May 30, Gailene Grillo’s students showcase. May 31, Mike Saliani Band. Jun 1, Laurie Morvan Band. Jun 2, the Hots. Jun 3, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses. Jun 4, West Coast songwriters competition. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

The Reel Fish Shop & Grill

Jun 1, Flow Tribe. Jun 2, McKenna Faith. Jun 3, Baraka Moon. 401 Grove St, Sonoma.

707.343.0044.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Jun 2, Weekend at Bernie’s.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

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Jun 2, 6:30pm, Social Distortion with Low Cut Connie and Aaron Lee Tasjan. 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, somoconcerts.com.

Green” with Jesse Brewster.

De Long Ave & Sherman Ave, Novato.

Stout Brothers Irish Pub

Papermill Creek Saloon

Jun 2, 9pm, Sonoma County Pride afterparty. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.

The Tradewinds Bar Jun 3, 4:30pm, ENegative and Dry Ice Queen. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Jun 1, Dead Guise. Jun 2, Luvplanet. Jun 3, 5pm, Backyard BBQ with Blue Summit. Jun 6, honky-tonk night with the Twin Oaks Gear Jammers. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Viansa Winery

Jun 2, 11am, Acoustic Soul. Jun 3, 11am, Kenya. 25200 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. 707.935.4700.

Whiskey Tip

Jun 1, Locksmith with J.Lately and Above Average. Jun 3, 4pm, Battle for the Bay with Tre Jones. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY Fenix

Jun 1, James Henry & Hands on Fire. Jun 2, Miles Schon Band.

Jun 3, Uncle Los. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Gabrielson Park

Jun 1, 6:30pm, US Navy 32nd Street Brass Band. Anchor St, Sausalito. 415.289.4152.

HopMonk Novato

Jun 1, Amy Unauthorized.

Jun 2, Glen Phillips. Sold-out.

Jun 3, 5pm, Cookout concert with Glen Phillips and Megan Slankard. Jun 4, Bandworks.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

19 Broadway Club

May 31, Peace of G. Jun 1, New Copasetics. Jun 2, the Sidemen.

Jun 3, 5pm, Kerry Daly Band.

Jun 3, 8:30pm, Sonoma blues jam. Jun 5, American roots night with Lou Rodriguez and friends. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.

May 30, Dirty Red Barn. May 31, Soulbillies. Jun 1, First Fridays reggae night with Broken Silence Sound System. Jun 3, 6pm, 19 Broadway Goodtime Band. Jun 3, 9pm, Elvis Johnson’s Blues Jam. Jun 5, Blues Champion. Jun 6, Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

Spancky’s Bar

No Name Bar

Sonoma Speakeasy

Jun 2, Revenant with Fantasia & Falkoner. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.664.0169.

The Star RabobankAmerica.com/Mortgage

the Aimless Never Miss and Hawai’fi. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.634.6390.

May 31, Northbass presents “Blueprints” with resident DJs. Jun 2, Self Care with

May 30, the Breedloves. May 31, No Room for Zeus. Jun 1, Michael Aragon Quartet.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Novato Civic Green

Jun 2, 5pm, “Concert on the

May 31, Tommy O’Mahoney.

Jun 1, Tom Finch Trio. Jun 2, Foxtrot with Chris Parreira.

Jun 3, 6pm, Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Jun 6, Judy Radiloff. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls.

415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

May 31, Dr Mojo. Jun 1, Swoop Unit. Jun 2, Swamp Thang. Jun 3, Matt Bolton. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Jun 1, Rivertown Trio album release show. Jun 3, 5pm, Junk Parlor. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Jun 1, Super Diamond. Jun 2, Crossroads Music School. Jun 4, Adrianne Serna student concert. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads

May 30, Colonel & the Mermaids. May 31, Ross James’ Cosmic Thursday. Jun 2, Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini.

100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

NAPA COUNTY Andaz Napa

May 30, David Ronconi. Jun 2, John Vicino. Jun 6, Austin Hicks. 1450 First St, Napa.

707.687.1234.

Blue Note Napa

May 30, MOBtet. May 31, Simon Lunche. Jun 1, the Baylor Project. Jun 2, Alvon Johnson: Ambassador of the Blues.

1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Jun 2, Three on a Match.

1141 First St, Napa.

707.224.6664.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant May 31, Johnny Smith. Jun 1, the Special Guests. Jun 2, the Humdinger Band. Jun 3, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch

Jun 3, 4pm, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. 738 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.4555.

The Runway

Jun 2, 9pm, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs! 2044 Airport Rd, Napa. 707.258.6115.

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Gallery Openings SONOMA COUNTY

Origins of an Original,” examine the life and work of Napa Valley’s iconic “Lavender Man” artist, as well as those who influenced him. Reception, Jun 2 at 5pm. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.944.0500.

Arts Guild of Sonoma

May 30-Jul 1, “The Next Generation,” exhibit celebrates Sonoma County’s up-andcoming artists. Reception, Jun 2 at 5pm. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and SunMon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.996.3115.

BackStreet Gallery

Jun 1-29, “Immediacy & Materiality,” solo exhibition of ink paintings on traditional rice paper by Corrine Haverinen focuses on trees as portraits rather than landscapes.

Reception, Jun 1 at 5pm. behind 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. Sun, 11am to 5pm. 707.568.4204.

Blasted Art Gallery

Jun 1-30, “Icarus Down,” installation by Judson King Smith is an ever-changing work.

Reception, Jun 1 at 5pm. Art Alley, South A St, Santa Rosa. SaturdaySunday, 11am to 2pm, and by appointment. 707.888.1026.

Chroma Gallery

Jun 1-Jul 28, “Healing by Art 2: Landscape & Memories,” artists offer interpretations of the past to inspire the community as it transitions to a post-fires Sonoma County. Reception, Jun 1 at 5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Sebastopol Gallery

Jun 1-30, “Quiet Strength,” pastel paintings by member artist Teri Sloat is featured, with ceramics by member artist Chris Boyd. Reception, Jun 16 at 4pm. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6.

707.829.7200.

The Spinster Sisters

Jun 5-Aug 11, “Sara Downing: JOY 2.0,” the photographer reveals unexpected artistry and grace of a world hidden in plain sight. Reception, Jun 5 at 5pm.

401 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7100.

NAPA COUNTY Napa Valley Museum

Jun 2-Aug 19, “Lowell Herrero:

Comedy Deja Re-Vue

Sonoma County improv troupe Evil Comedy returns with a new variety show that’s all too familiar. Jun 3, 6pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

MarINSANITY

Some of the Bay Area’s top standup comics will tape for a new TV show and are in need of a live studio audience.

Space is limited. Jun 4, 6:30pm.

Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, cmcm.tv/marinsanity.

Alec Mapa

Standup and television star headlines a night of laughs, with raffles and silent auction, to benefit Sonoma County PRIDE. Jun 1, 7:30pm. $40. The Laugh Cellar, 5755 Mountain Hawk, Santa Rosa.

707.843.3824.

Punchline Palooza

Summer standup series features monthly shows with headlining comedians.

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

3 for All

San Francisco’s hottest improv troupe comes to Marin. Jun 1-3. $28 and up.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Events Art at the Source

West Sonoma County fine artists open their studios and show their work and their process, with new tours offered this year. Maps and info available online. Jun 2-3, 10am-5pm. Art Studios, West Sonoma County, Sebastopol, artatthesource.oprg.

Auction Napa Valley

SAT, JUN 16

Four-day festival features rare Napa Valley wine, creative culinary experiences and highend auction lots. Proceeds go to Napa health and children’s nonprofits. May 31-Jun 3.

Meadowood Napa Valley, 900 Meadowood Ln, St Helena, auctionnapavalley.org.

EMPTY SPACES

Cloverdale Sculpture Trail Celebration

FRI, JUL 20

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, wines, sculpture themed cocktails, and more while meeting the trail’s current exhibiting sculptors and others from the past 15 years. Jun 2, 5pm. Free admission. Cloverdale History Museum, 215 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.894.2067.

First Fridays at Copia

Monthly pop-up art event features special guest artists and musicians alongside food and drinks. Jun 1, 6pm. Free admission. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa. 707.967.2530.

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ROSAPALOOZA! CORDUROY, ALICE IN THE GARDEN AND PLUSH

Cannabis competition includes vendors, exhibitors, seminars and live music from Phil Lesh, Blues Traveler and Arrested Development Jun 2-3. $50 and up. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, cannabiscup.com/sonoma.

Point Reyes Western Weekend

Annual community hoedown turns 70 and includes art, food, a performance by West Marin Choir, a barn dance with Ingrid Noyes and friends and more.

Jun 2, 1pm. Free admission.

Toby’s Feed Barn, 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

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The Always Funky Jun 16 Frobeck 8:30 Sat 23 Reefer Madness Meets Rhythm and Booze!

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Phoenix Pro Wrestling

A champion will be crowned in this family-friendly pro wrestling event that features a steel cage match. Jun 1, 8pm. $2-$10. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

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Din n er & A Show

High Times Cannabis Cup

OPEN MIC NIGHT

EVERY TUES AT 7PM WITH CENI THU MAY 31

Healdsburg Antiques & Arts Fair Over 60 vendors, artists and craftsmen display their treasures and artistry in a picturesque setting. Jun 3, 9am. Free. Healdsburg Plaza, 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.3301.

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Jun 17 Father’s Day

Elvin Bishop

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Stoned Soul Picnic

Blues Broads / Sons of the Soul Revivers Wed Jul 4 The Zydeco Flames HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Sun Peter Rowan’s Annual

Jul 8 Sun

Jul 15

Birthday Bash Tommy Castro & The Painkillers /The Illeagles Reservations Advised

415.662.2219

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Sonoma County Pride Parade & Celebration

Sonoma County Pride heads to downtown Santa Rosa for the 31st annual event, themed “Together We Rise,” and featuring a parade down fourth street. Jun 2, 12pm. Courthouse Square, Third Street and Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, sonomacountypride.org.

Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival

Celebration of motorsport history features noteworthy champion cars from past eras all weekend, with a Saturday night lap around Sonoma’s town square. Jun 1-3. $15$60. Sonoma Raceway, 29355 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. 800.870.

RACE.

Sonoma Wine Country Games

Sonoma County Council on Aging presents archery, basketball, bocce ball and other competitions for seniors.

Jun 1-3. various locations, around Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, winecountrygames.com.

Summer Nights at RLSM

Museum dedicated to writer Robert Louis Stevenson stays open late and serves up refreshments to give the community a chance to experience its offerings. Fri, Jun 1, 5pm. Free admission. Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, 1490 Library Lane, St Helena.

707.963.3757.

Field Trips Bioluminesence Tours

Tour Tomales Bay after sunset to see a light show put on by tiny organisms. Jun 2-5. $89$98. Miller Park, Hwy 1, Tomales Bay, pointreyesoutdoors.com.

Butterflies for Beginners

Look for and learn all about butterflies in this outing. Jun 2, 10am. $40-$50. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1200.

Healthy Parks, Healthy People

Join Sugarloaf hike leaders and meet others committed to improving their health and well-being through

exercise and spending time in nature. Sat, Jun 2, 10am.

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

films, as part of the weekend Pride festival. Jun 3, 2pm. $10. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa, sonomacountypride.org.

Saturday Morning Fitness Hike

Sing-a-Long Sound of Music

Start the weekend off with like minded hikers in an easy or moderate hiking route. Jun 2, 9am. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen. 707.938.5216.

Sunday Garden Tours

Screening of the classic Julie Andrews film musical comes complete with subtitles so the whole audience can sing along.

Jun 2-3, 2pm. $15-$20. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Get a looks at OAEC’s gardens and learn about the center’s permaculture features, programs and onsite community. First Sun of every month, 1pm. through Oct 7.

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental. 707.874.1557.

Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing

Tracking Animal Signs & Bird Language

Food & Drink

Certified tracker Marley Peifer leads a intro-level workshop and field trip. Preregistration required. Jun 3, 8am. $25. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Women’s Wellness Forest Therapy Walks Join integrative health and wellness coach and forest therapy guide Jenny Harrow.

Jun 2, 9:30am. $30. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood.

707.833.5712.

Film CULT Film Series

Film series looks back 30 years to 1988, with screenings of “Akira” and “Cherry 2000.” May 31, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.525.8909.

Award-winning documentary screens as part of the Exhibition on Screen series.

Jun 6, 1pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Petaluma Drinks!

Weekend tasting experience includes several artisan beer, wine, spirits, and cider producers in and around the historic town. Jun 2-3. $65.

Petaluma Visitor’s Center, 210 Lakeville St, Petaluma, petalumadrinks.com.

Santa Rosa Junior College 100th Anniversary Dinner

Semi-formal dinner event includes Champagne reception, dinner and a “Raise the Rosco” fundraiser to support students.

May 31, 5:30pm. $100. Haehl Pavilion, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, santarosa.edu.

Season of Wine & Lavender

Film & Fork

The Sonoma Valley estate becomes an ocean of lavender and offers a variety of experiences including winetastings, harvest lunches, celebration dinners and open houses. Book events online now. Jun 1-Jul 31. $5-$10 and up. Matanzas Creek Winery, 6097 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa. matanzascreek.com.

Leaning into the Wind

For Kids

Catch a screening of the new Diane Keaton-starring comedy “Book Club” and enjoy a meal at Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen.

Jun 4, 5pm. $50. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.9779.

New film by Andy Goldsworthy screens. Jun 2, 8pm. $8. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

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Special guest Mary Poppins offers tea and traditional English fare for all ages.

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New World Ballet Summer Arts Camp

World-class guest artists offer courses in various dance styles, percussion and more to kids ages 3 and up. Scholarship programs available. Jun 4-28. New World Ballet, 905 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Lectures Community Health Protection Program

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Jun 4, 6:15pm, Amuse-ing Monday with Rivertown Poets, series celebrates fifth anniversary with poets Alison Luterman and David Beckman followed by open mic. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

Book Passage

May 30, 7pm, “The Summer I Met Jack” with Michelle Gable.

May 31, 7pm, “Chosen Country” with James Pogue. Jun 2, 1pm, “Energy: A Human History” with Richard Rhodes. Jun 2, 4pm, “Out of Left Field” with Ellen Klages. Jun 3, 1pm, “Courage in the Face of Evil” with Mark Shaw. Jun 4, 7pm, Left Coast Writers Salon. Jun 5, 7pm, “There Are No Grown-Ups” with Pamela Druckerman. Jun 6, 7pm, “Pops” with Michael Chabon. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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May 31, 6pm, “Emily Dickinson: A Medicine Woman for Our Times” with Steve Herrmann.

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Last Thursday of every month, 12:30pm, Hello Sunshine Book Club Lunch Hour, discuss the monthly selection of Reese Witherspoon’s club. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

Napa Main Library May 31, 7pm, “Noir” with Christopher Moore. 580 Coombs St, Napa 707.253.4070.

River Otter Ecology Project presents a video and talk on the beloved North Bay inhabitants. Jun 2, 11am.

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Jun 1, 7pm, “Chosen Country” with James Pogue. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

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May 31, 6:30pm, “The Summer I Met Jack” with Michelle Gable, includes wine reception. 102 Matheson St, Healdsburg 707.433.2393.

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Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s reimagining of the classic myth of Orpheus features contemporary characters taking a fresh look at a timeless love story. Through Jun 2. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

Hamlet

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alifornia is on track to generate $1.9 billion in legal marijuana sales this year, according to New Frontier Data, a financial analysis firm tracking the market.

That’s a lot of weed, but it’s only half the amount the firm earlier estimated the state would rake in.

New Frontier Data bases its estimates on tax revenue from pot sales, which so far have fallen dramatically short of projections.

According to the firm, the state collected $33.6 million in pot taxes between Jan. 1 and March 31, which makes it extremely unlikely tax revenues will meet original expectations of hitting $175 million in the first half of the year.

New Frontier had earlier estimated that the state would see $3.8 billion in marijuana sales this year, and this latest estimate slashes that number by a whopping 50 percent.

The company also slashed its projections for the size of the legal industry by 2025. Instead of the $6.7 billion in sales it earlier estimated, it now says it thinks sales will only hit $4.7 billion, a hefty one-third reduction.

What happened? New Frontier has an idea.

“It is quite clear that the new adult-use regulations have made it more difficult than anticipated for the legal market to get established and for consumers to transition from the illicit market,” says New Frontier founder and CEO Giadha Aguirre De Carcer.

State and local licensing fees for marijuana businesses can range from $5,000 to $120,000 per year, depending on the type and scope of the business. There’s also a serious lack of buy-in by a good portion of the state’s cities and counties, which means that a big chunk of the state has no access to local legal marijuana.

If there’s no governmental support locally, “then there’s no option for a state license, and that’s why most people are being shut out at this point in time,” California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA) executive director Lindsay Robinson told the Marijuana Business Daily.

According to CCIA spokeswoman Amy Jenkins, only about one-third of the state’s 540 local governmental entities have approved commercial marijuana activity. Lack of legal access is “forcing consumers to turn to the illicit market,” she told the Los Angeles Times.

Or return to it. Or stay in it, if they never left it.

Ultimately, the only way to end the black market is to legalize marijuana nationwide, but we’re not quite there yet. In the meantime, California’s transition to a legal marijuana regime is facing some unhappy realities.

Phillip Smith has been a drug policy journalist for two decades. He is currently a senior writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute.

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GEMINI (May 21–June 20) On Feb. 17, 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev had an appointment with a local cheese-making company to provide his expert consultation. But he never made it. A blast of inspiration overtook him soon after he awoke, and he stayed home to tend to the blessed intrusion. He spent that day as well as the next two perfecting his vision of the periodic table of the elements, which he had researched and thought about for a long time.

Science was forever transformed by Mendeleyev’s breakthrough. I doubt your epiphanies in the coming weeks will have a similar power to remake the whole world, Gemini. But they could very well remake your world. When they arrive, honor them. Feed them. Give them enough room to show you everything they’ve got.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Ninety-five percent of your fears have little or no objective validity. Some are delusions generated by the neurotic parts of your imagination. Others are delusions you’ve absorbed from the neurotic spew of other people’s imaginations. What I’ve just told you is both bad news and good news. On the one hand, it’s a damn shame you feel so much irrational and unfounded anxiety. On the other hand, hearing my assertion that so much of it is irrational and unfounded might mobilize you to free yourself from its grip. I’m pleased to inform you that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to wage a campaign to do just that. June can and should be Fighting for Your Freedom from Fear Month.

LEO (July 23–August 22) During the next four weeks, I’ll celebrate if you search for and locate experiences that will heal the part of your heart that’s still a bit broken. My sleep at night will be extra deep and my dreams extra sweet if I know you’re drumming up practical support for your feisty ideals. I’ll literally jump for joy if you hunt down new teachings that will ultimately ensure you start making a daring dream come true in 2019. And my soul will soar if you gravitate toward the mind-expanding kind of hedonism rather than the mind-shrinking variety.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Everyone has a unique fate that’s interesting enough to write a book about. Each of us has at least one epic story to tell that would make people cry and laugh and adjust their thoughts about the meaning of life. What would your saga be like? Think about what’s unfolding right now, because I bet that would be a ripe place to start your meditations. The core themes of your destiny are currently on vivid display, with new plot twists taking your drama in novel directions. Want to get started?

Compose the first two sentences of your memoir.

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thing. If I opt to emphasize sympathy and kindness, I may look like an eager-to-please wimp with shaky principles. But if I push hard for justice and truth, I may seem rude and insensitive. Why is it so challenging to have integrity?—Vexed Libra.” Dear Libra: My advice is to avoid the all-or-nothing approach. Be willing to be half-good and half-right. Sometimes the highest forms of integrity require you to accept imperfect solutions.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) You

have waited long enough to retaliate against your adversaries. It’s high time to stop simmering with frustration and resentment. Take direct action! I suggest you arrange to have a box of elephant poop shipped to their addresses. You can order it here: tinyurl.com/ElephantManure. JUST KIDDING! I misled you with the preceding statements. It would in fact be a mistake for you to express such vulgar revenge.

Here’s the truth: Now is an excellent time to seek retribution against those who have opposed you, but the best ways to do that would be by proving them wrong, surpassing their accomplishments, and totally forgiving them.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

Marketing experts say that motivating a person to say yes to a big question is more likely if you first build momentum by asking them smaller questions to which it’s easy to say yes. I encourage you to adopt this slant for your own purposes in the coming weeks. It’s prime time to extend invitations and make requests that you’ve been waiting for the right moment to risk.

People whom you need on your side will, I suspect, be more receptive than usual—and with good reasons— but you may still have to be smoothly strategic in your approach.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) I bet you’ll be offered at least one valuable gift, and possibly more. But I’m concerned that you may not recognize them for their true nature. So I’ve created an exercise to enhance your ability to identify and claim these gifts-in-disguise. Please ruminate on the following concepts: (1) a pain that can heal; (2) a shadow that illuminates; (3) an unknown or anonymous ally; (4) a secret that nurtures intimacy; (5) a power akin to underground lightning; (6) an invigorating boost disguised as tough love.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) When I was a kid attending elementary schools in the American Midwest, recess was a core part of my educational experience. For 45 minutes each day, we were excused from our studies so we could indulge in free-form play—outdoors, if the weather was nice, or else in the gymnasium. But in recent years, schools in the United States have shrunk the time allotted for recess. Many schools have eliminated it altogether.

Don’t they understand this is harmful to the social, emotional and physical health of their students? In any case, Aquarius, I hope you move in the opposite direction during the coming weeks. You need more than your usual quota of time away from the grind.

More fun and games, please! More messing around and merriment! More recess!

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

For many years, actor Mel Blanc provided the voice for Bugs Bunny, a cartoon character who regularly chowed down on raw carrots. But Blanc himself did not like raw carrots. In a related matter, actor John Wayne, who pretended to be a cowboy and horseman in many movies, did not like horses. And according to his leading ladies, charismatic macho film hunk Harrison Ford is not even close to being an expert kisser. What about you, Pisces? Is your public image in alignment with your true self? If there are discrepancies, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to make corrections.

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