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As a music-festival veteran and Napa local, I’ve yet to miss a full day of great live music at my hometown’s biggest party since BottleRock’s inception. When they throw a party at your place, you gotta be there, yeah?

Too much to ask? I say no. And until this year’s grand finale by Bruno Mars, a show that a whole lot of cash-paying music lovers expected to blow us away, all performers have delivered.

Most important, though, is the excited and warm positivity attendees bring, from near and far, young and old. And all have at least some level of expectation that the performers, ostensibly doing

I’m just not sure how Bruno Mars justifies mailing it in on Sunday night.

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t was the first day of Ramadan, May 17. I started fasting at 4:30am. No water or food until sundown at 8:18pm. That morning, at 11:30am, almost lunch hour, my boss leaned against my desk chatting and eating Rainier cherries. He’s a delightful character. He meant no harm or insult, and I have no need for him to change just because I’m not eating for 16 hours.

I am an observant Muslim, a minority in a local culture of alcohol and pork. I’m the one who scours the menu to avoid ubiquitous bacon and queries the waiter, could the chef make that piccata without wine? There’s no hardship in it for me; it’s a choice I make because I feel so enriched by the practice of my faith. I’m a California girl who made a lifestyle change in her 50s, and found peace in prayer and moderation.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. One goal during the 30 days of fasting is to rekindle one’s relationship to God through service and remembrance of the needy. Acts of kindness are a great goal anytime. The Interfaith Council of Sonoma County Muslim support campaign, Of One Soul, invites all Sonoma County on Sunday, June 10, to join a day of fasting—a lot or not. Definitely join by doing good works. We call it Insist on Kindness. Meet up with us or do it on your own.

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ast week, the California Senate unanimously passed a bill introduced by Sen. Mike McGuire that would create the long-anticipated Great Redwood Trail, extending from San Francisco Bay to Humboldt Bay.

But don’t lace those hiking boots just yet.

McGuire’s proposal, SB 1029, calls for the eventual construction of a 319-mile trail from Napa and Marin counties up to Humboldt County, along railbed now maintained by the debt-wracked North Coast Railroad Authority. The NCRA was created by the California Legislature about 30 years ago.

The trail would offer hikers a path that would run through oldgrowth redwood forests, along the Russian and Eel rivers, and end at Humboldt Bay. “[Senate Bill] 1029 sets the stage to turn this 300-mile longsuffering train track into a worldrenowned trail system,” says McGuire in a statement, “that will benefit locals and visitors

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But there’s a big roadblock before any of that can occur. The cash-strapped NCRA is based in Ukiah, and as part of his bill, McGuire calls for the dissolution of the agency once it has paid off the estimated $9.1–$9.6 million in debt now on its books.

According to the California Transportation Commission (CTC), roughly half of the debt, $4.2 million, is owed to the Northwest Pacific Company (NWP Co.), which is co-owned by former North Coast Congressman Doug Bosco.

Bosco says the debt to NWP Co. is the result of the state creating the NCRA and not adequately funding it. “They never got any money from the state,” Bosco says. The NWP Co. stepped in to, among other things, pay off legal debts accrued by the NCRA over two lawsuits; one was brought by the city of Novato and cost the NCRA $750,000 in legal fees picked up by the NWP Co. The NCRA and NWP Co. are currently locked into a 99-year lease, Bosco says.

Under McGuire’s bill, the NCRA is obliged to pay off its debt to the NWP Co., even as the bill calls for the dissolution of the NCRA after it has paid off all its debts. So what about that lease?

“The debt would still be owed,” says Bosco, who is also an investor at Sonoma Media Investments, which owns the Press Democrat.

So why doesn’t the state just come in and pay off that portion of the debt, to clear the way for this much-anticipated public use trail? “It could pay the debt if it wanted to,” Bosco says.

And what’s the deal with a private company making loans to a public agency? “It’s unusual and it’s a bit concerning,” says McGuire. “It will take several years to unwind the mess that the NCRA is in,” he adds and notes that the authority will “hit a crisis point in their finances” this fall, which is why McGuire is pushing for his bill now.

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The NCRA has since backed the plan for its eventual dissolution under the McGuire bill.

Back in January, the CTC issued a report that drilled into the debt issue facing the NCRA and said the authority could pay off those debts through a combination of state bailouts and a renegotiated contract with the NWP Co., which was first signed in 2006 and enacted in 2011. Or it could just go the bailout route for the entire debt, the CTC wrote.

“Total debts are $9.1 million,” the CTC wrote in January, “and NCRA has no liquid assets or realistic prospects of future cash flow from operations to pay off this debt, he says. Many of the liabilities are delinquent and others are vulnerable to collection demands by the creditors.”

Enter McGuire, who says that the CTC estimates have spiked by upwards of another half-million dollars since January. The CTC will ultimately sign off on any deal reached to settle the NCRA debt. Under the Healdsburg senator’s bill, once its past debts are paid off, the NCRA would be dissolved, and the tracks it maintains would be split between two agencies, with a dividing line at the Mendocino County town of Willits.

The tracks north of Willits would be maintained by a new entity called the Great Redwood Trail Agency. The tracks south of Willits would be managed by the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), which currently uses about 45 miles of railbed for its passenger trains, and has plans to eventually expand to a 70-mile corridor spanning Sonoma and Marin counties. The NWP Co. now runs freight trains along 62 miles of track, from Lombard to

Windsor, and shares track with SMART. (Bosco says he’d like to extend the existing freight service north to Cloverdale, and the CTC notes that “it is likely that freight operations will be extended to Cloverdale in northern Sonoma when SMART eventually extends its services there.”)

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The SMART train was supposed to include a pedestrian and bike path along the whole route upon completion. According to SMART online maps, that’s a work in progress, and there are numerous stretches along the route where the promised bike and pedestrian pathway is either in progress or put off to a future date.

McGuire’s bill also expands the scope of the state-created SMART board of directors to “consider the need and financing for employee workforce housing,” as it adds another board member to the new rail agency drawn from Mendocino County. The SMART board is currently comprised of elected officials from Sonoma and Marin counties. Under McGuire’s bill, SMART would be responsible for passenger and freight service in the southern section of the

right-of-way, “and will build the southern section of the Great Redwood Trail.”

McGuire says his bill is supported by organizations ranging from the Sierra Club to Trout Unlimited, and that it was one of the Green California “Hot List” of must-pass bills this year.

He is pitching it as a boon to a local economy to the north of Sonoma County, which now overrelies on cannabis production.

And, he says, it’s supported by SMART, which pushed for the language in the bill that would create workforce housing for rail workers.

“The Great Redwood Trail will be a significant economic driver for the rural North Coast communities it would wind through,” he says as he highlights the potential benefit to tourism and local economies. “California outdoor recreation is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Golden State’s economy. It generates over $92 billion a year here in California, is responsible for nearly 700,000 jobs with over $30 billion in wages, and brings over $6 billion in tax revenues back to state and local communities. The trail will attract hundreds of thousands of locals and visitors alike to hike this spectacular landscape and inject needed funds into our small, rural economies.”

The newly established Great Redwood Trail Agency would have its own board of directors drawn from regional elected officials.

The bad news is that it will be a while before it’s all sorted out.

“We’ve always known that this will be a multi-year process,” McGuire says.

The good news is that the state is now fully tuned in to the NCRA fiscal debacle and its implications. This year’s senate budget would provide $4.1 million, split between a master plan for the trail ($1.5 million) and long-overdue repairs at NCRA rail crossings ($2.6 million), which, McGuire says, have been neglected for decades.

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WATER MUSIC This year, Johnson’s Beach marks 100 years of fun in the sun.

Russian Revels Johnson’s Beach gets ready to party

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ne of west Sonoma County’s most celebrated vacation destinations, Johnson’s Beach, located along the Russian River in Guerneville, turns 100 this summer.

Most famous as the spot of massive jazz and blues music festivals for over 40 years, the beach is also known by locals as the place to swim, sun, picnic and

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rent boats for a day of adventure on the river.

The beach’s biggest fans are owners Nick Moore and Dan Poirer, who purchased and took over operations of the property in 2015 from longtime owner Clare Harris.

“I have been going to Johnson’s and Guerneville for 35 years,” Moore says. “From my college days at UC Davis, all though my career in San Francisco, I would come up every other weekend and camp and get out on the river.”

“We recognized the history and

reputation that Johnson’s Beach had, and we didn’t want mess that up,” says Poirer. “We wanted to continue to keep it a family destination to spend the day or spend the weekend and have a fun, safe family time.”

Located within walking distance of downtown Guerneville, Johnson’s Beach is more than a stretch of sand and a boat-rental building, though even Moore and Poirer say it took them a few years of visiting to realize that the property features a hidden gem of a resort that

encompasses a historic lodge, vintage cabins from the 1920s and a campground surrounded by redwoods.

“It makes a wonderful experience to camp and be able to walk right to the beach and walk into town,” Moore says.

Given their deep bond with the beach, Moore and Poirier are also dedicated to continuing the music festivals that have taken place there each summer since 1976’s first Russian River Jazz Festival. The jazz festival quickly became a summer staple in Sonoma County, and a blues festival was added in 1996.

The blues event typically took place in June; the jazz festival happened in September.

In 2007, producers Omega Events took over operations and combined the separate shows into the single Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival that’s kept the tradition of welcoming headlining acts to the river for a communal weekend each September.

This year’s centennial celebration of the beach inspired Moore and Poirer to pitch Omega with an expanded summer schedule of festivities, starting with splitting the blues and jazz shows back to their separate weekends, with a two-day Russian River Jazz Festival happening Sept. 8–9, and the Russian River Blues Festival moving up to June 10 (See Music, p20.)

New this year, the beach gets its own day in the sun at the Johnson’s Beach Feel Good Beach Party on Saturday, June 9. Aside from featuring headliners Goo Goo Dolls and Shaggy, the beach party boasts a localized lineup showcasing Santa Rosa rockers Kingsborough and Forestville native David Luning and his band. Eclectic Bay Area bands Royal Jelly Jive and the California Honeydrops round out the upbeat lineup.

“We’re thrilled to be the custodians who can bring Johnson’s Beach into another hundred years,” says Poirer.

“We hope that this going to be a celebratory season.”

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Where is your favorite place to eat in Guerneville and why?

Anywhere from the Russian River Pub to the Tides in Bodega Bay, and everywhere in between, you will find delicious offerings for breakfast, lunch and dinner, whether you’re in Rio Nido, Guerneville, Monte Rio, Duncans Mills, Occidental, Jenner or Bodega Bay. Where do you take first-time visitors in Guerneville?

Armstrong Woods State Park, of course! It’s an easy stroll for those who are elderly and an adventurous place for the youth who want to run, climb or enjoy hiking to Bullfrog Pond. Another nice tour for first timers is the Garden-Winery Tour at Korbel.

What do you know about Guerneville that others don't?

I don’t think there is anything I know about Guerneville that others don’t, as there actually are some residents who are older than me!

If you could change one thing about Guerneville what would it be?

There isn’t just one thing I would like to change about Guerneville, as there are many issues that need to resolved: drug use, homelessness, robberies, lack of sheriff’s deputies, no parking, lack of affordable housing. I guess if I could change just one thing, it would be to go back to yesteryear when we went on evening hayrides, screamed down the Super Slide, rode go-carts and played miniature golf, all while drinking a Mountain Dew and chewing on a wax Coke penny candy and living to tell about it.

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Describe your perfect day in Guerneville?

Waking up to a beautiful sunrise and doing my morning gardening with my yellow Lab, Skye, who is trying to get me to throw the toy one more time. Then we load up the kayaks and the dog, and drive across the river to our family property, where we unload and play fetch in the water with Skye. We lazily trek up river, enjoying the water, wildlife and an occasional paddler who stops to say hello. Once we reach Monkey Island, we beach the kayaks and set up our afternoon picnic.

After a brief nap and more fetch, we get back in our kayaks and head home for dinner. After dinner, we watch the Giants win and prepare for sleeping under the stars where it’s nice and cool, and we fall asleep gazing up into the night sky—listening to the crickets, frogs and other creatures out there among the redwood trees.

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Nuts for Nut Milk Making your own nut-based ‘milk’ is easy— and it’s delicious BY ARI LEVAUX

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here’s currently heated debate over whether plantbased beverages like soy milk or almond milk can be advertised as “milk,” which is legally defined by the FDA as material from the glands of lactating mammals.

The dairy industry wants the FDA to enforce that definition,

hoping it will help its fortunes.

But whatever term is ultimately applied, these plant-based beverages do a lot of what milk does, and are growing in popularity.

The homemade versions, especially of nut milks, are spectacular and don’t take long to prepare. You’ll need a high-speed blender and a food-grade cloth strainer. And of course you need nuts, raw and unsalted. My four

favorites are almonds, hazelnuts, coconut and cashew, which isn’t technically a nut.

Each of these nut milks has its strengths. Cashew milk is the silkiest, with the creamiest feel, while coconut milk has actual fat that you can skim.

Something else to consider is waste. Both almonds and coconut milk involve the filtering out of a lot of material, while cashew and hazelnuts produce almost none

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1 c. raw cashews, soaked 1 cubic inch of turmeric, peeled and sliced 1 cubic inch of ginger, peeled and sliced 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/4 tsp. salt 9 small pitted dates To taste: cayenne powder or thin-skinned red chile

Add the dates, turmeric, ginger and spices to the blender, along with six ice cubes. Drain the cashews and pour on top with some fresh water. Grind, filter. Serve chilled.

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(but those small amounts are still worth filtering out).

To make a batch of nut milk, soak a cup of nuts in a quart of water. Almonds can soak for a few days to sprout them (changing the water every six hours), while other nuts can soak for about four hours to overnight. Put the soaked nuts in a high-speed blender with about six ice cubes and 3 to 6 cups of water, depending on how thick or thin you want it to be. Start on low speed, and raise the speed incrementally until it’s going full blast for about 30 seconds.

Pour it into your nut milk bag or whatever system you have, and filter out the solids.

That’s it. You can lightly season it with sweetener, a pinch of salt or a drop of vanilla.

My own explorations led me into the fragrant arms of golden milk, an Ayurvedic beverage that is having a moment right now. I’ve attempted to recreate the golden milk that I had at Kissed by the Sun, a juice bar in Hilo, Hawaii. It was cashew-based, served cold.

They wouldn’t tell me how they make it, and I don’t blame them.

But I think I’ve come pretty close.

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f you’re looking at a map right side up, the namesake river of the Russian River Valley viticultural area appears to hang a sharp left right in the middle of the region, and weaves toward Guerneville through the redwoodforested canyon like a tipsy but determined tippler through an increasingly dark and crowded bar.

You might guess that, as a wine region, this artistic enclave and vacation wonderland would harbor the kinds of wineries founded by real bohemians, and you’d be right about that in the case of Korbel Champagne Cellars, whose estate vineyards have hugged a bend in the river since the latter quarter of the 19th century. Korbel was founded by three bohemians from Bohemia, proper.

Confused? Long before the term “bohemian” was associated with impoverished artists drinking absinthe in louche company, it mainly applied to a region of hardworking German-speakers in the western part of what’s now the Czech Republic. Not that student Francis Korbel didn’t get himself into a spot of radical fallout in 1848, the tumultous granddaddy to 1968’s Prague Spring, with similar results.

For his part, Korbel was sent to the Daliborka Tower prison in Prague Castle, a fate that might only seem romantic if you’re drinking cheap Czech beer and scribbling in your notebook about it circa 1992. Still, long after Korbel got out, allegedly sauntering out the gates in civilian clothes, he memorialized his dreary imprisonment by building a brick tower reminiscent of Daliborka at his winery on the banks of the Russian River.

You’ll learn all this and more on the free tour at Korbel, which includes a smart, Ken Burns– esque documentary screened in a little theater with wooden pews for seats—sweater-vest-wearing historian narrator not optional! The tour starts in the railway station of the Korbel brothers’ own stop on the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad—something to think about on your drive west on River Road, which was originally built as a railroad, not an auto road.

Once was the time that bohemian folk loved the retro stuff, and you can hardly get more retro than the delightfully dated tasting room at Korbel (aside from the sadly shuttered but amazingly time-frozen Italian Swiss Colony tasting room in Asti), where cool, sparkling wine is called “California champagne” by decree of, well, the inheritors of that bohemian legacy.

Of course, Bohemia is better known for its beer, and the same might be said of the Russian River these days—Russian River Brewing Co. got its start at Korbel, and the deli here still has beers that are coveted elsewhere on sale for your picnic lunch: Pliny the Elder, Damnation and a few more.

Korbel Champagne Cellars, 13250 River Road, Guerneville. Tasting Room open daily, 10am–4:30pm; tours, 11am–3:45pm. 707.824.7000.

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Friday, 2pm; Saturday, 11am. $41 and up. sonoma.huichica.com.

With storefronts in San Francisco and Napa’s Oxbow market, the Fatted Calf is no ordinary butcher shop, but rather a community resource for charcuterie enthusiasts, selling everything from whole hog to pâté and meat-centric classes. Fatted Calf owners Taylor Boetticher and Toponia Miller are also publishing books on charcuterie, including the new ‘Jerky: The Fatted Calf’s Guide to Preserving and Cooking Dried Meaty Goods.’ This weekend, Boetticher and Miller bring Jerky to life with a culinary demonstration and book signing on Saturday, June 9, at CIA at Copia, 500 First St., Napa. 11:30am. $15.

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Studios are open 10am to 5pm. Get maps and tour info at artatthesource.org.

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Take the Train Now in its fourth year, the Railroad Square Music Festival has finally achieved the distinction as the first music fest accessible by train, as the SMART train will be dropping off and picking up music lovers from San Rafael, Novato, Petaluma and Rohnert Park directly into the festival grounds.

Santa Rosans are encouraged to bike to the fest, with secure valet bike parking.

Once you’re there, you’ll enjoy 20 rollicking performances from the likes of Frankie Boots, Manzanita Falls, Trebuchet and others, with local food, drinks and vendors on Sunday, June 10, Railroad Square, Fourth and Wilson streets, Santa Rosa. Noon. Free. railroadsquaremusicfestival.com.

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en down-on-theirluck Texans gather on a car lot to compete for a cherry red Nissan pickup. They must lay their gloved hands upon the truck and, except for scheduled breaks every six hours, never let go. The last person standing wins.

That’s the premise behind Hands on a Hardbody, a 2012 musical now in its Bay Area premiere run at Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions.

Based on a 1997 documentary that followed 24 contestants in an actual endurance competition, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Doug Wright trimmed the number

of contestants to 10, and Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Amanda Green composed a Tony-nominated score to tell their backstories.

For those who don’t think there’s enough here for a full-length musical, each contestant explains what they’d do “If I Had This Truck.” Benny (Brian Watson) won the contest before, but has since lost the truck and his wife. Ronald (Phillip Percy Williams) thinks his all-Snickers diet is the ticket to victory (he’s mistaken). J.D. (Barry Martin) sees the truck as a way to regain his virility. Greg (Ryan Hook) and Kelli (Kirstin Pieschke) meet and then make plans to drive away to Hollywood together.

Janis (Lucinda Hitchcock Cone) is doing it for her kids. Jesus (Alexander Gomez) could use some help putting himself through vet school. Chris (Michael Scott Wells) is a military vet who’s looking to make his son proud.

Heather (Jenny Angell) may have the inside track, but Norma (Daniela Innocenti Beem) has God on her side.

Benny is the ostensible lead, but it’s a true ensemble piece with each character, including the noncontestants involved (spouses, the car dealers, a radio DJ), having his or her moment. Credit to director Taylor Bartolucci for assembling a talented, diverse cast to explore the themes beneath the surface, and to choreographer Staci Arriaga for figuring out how to make the cast move with one hand attached to a truck at all times— well, mostly. Musical director Craig Burdette leads a four-piece band in the heavily country and western–influenced score whose musical highlight is the raucous gospel number “Joy of the Lord.”

Basically, it’s A Chorus Line with a truck. At two and a half hours, it runs a bit long, but by the end you’ll be giving a hand to this Hardbody.

Rating (out of 5): ‘Hands on a Hardbody’ plays Thursday–Sunday through June 17 at the Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

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or Taj Mahal, the blues is life.

“It’s a living music to me, and it will always live because people will always have this kind of distortion in their life where they need something to help them,” Mahal says. “Blues covers all facets of life, from the worst to the best.”

Musically, Mahal reflects that sentiment by covering all facets of the blues. Anyone who’s followed the guitarist for the last 50 years can attest to the way his innovative blend of AfroCaribbean jazz, reggae and world music has pushed and redefined the boundaries of blues.

“Music has been a part of my culture for centuries, and I’m joining in on the version of it that

happens here and making sure I stay connected to all the other relatives,” he says.

From the beginning, Mahal made it his mission to play with as many different people as he could, and growing up around jazz in Harlem, he notes that music transcended race and culture.

Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, he adopted the stage name Taj Mahal in 1959 after dreaming of Gandhi and learning of the socialtolerance movements in India.

Mahal’s philosophy continues to win him acclaim today, and he’s having one of his best years yet.

In January, he won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album for his 2017 collaborative LP with Keb’ Mo’, called TajMo. Mahal was also honored as the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Acoustic Artist of the Year at the 2018 Blues Music Awards in Nashville.

“The experience was great.

He’s a meticulous producer and an incredible guitar player, just amazing,” says Mahal of Keb’ Mo’. “I’m glad to work with him anytime.”

Currently based in Berkeley, Mahal makes his way back to Johnson’s Beach in Guerneville this weekend for another appearance at the Russian River Blues Festival, on June 10, in conjunction with the Johnson’s Beach Feel Good Party on June 9.

“It’s one the of big West Coast festivals that I like to get a call from,” says Mahal. “I run into people I don’t get to see, and it’s a great audience, a great venue and grounds.”

In addition to the Taj Mahal Trio, this year’s Russian River Blues Fest features the Robert Cray Band, Eric Burdon & the Animals and Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio.

“We’re coming to play and to see you dance,” Mahal says. “The more dancing, the happier we are.”

Johnson’s Beach Feel Good Party and Russian River Blues Festival happen Saturday and Sunday, June 9–10, at Johnson’s Beach, Guerneville. $60 and up. russianriverfestivals.com.

Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Healdsburg Jazz Festival

The 20th annual fest features headliners Ravi Coltrane, George Cables Trio, Marcus Shelby and others. Through Jun 10. at several venues, various locations, Healdsburg. healdsburgjazzfestival.org.

Huichica Music Festival

Wine, food, and music pair well with intimate indie-rock from Jonathan Richman, Wooden Shijps, Steve Gunn, Iceage and more. Jun 8-9. $46 and up.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma.

707.938.5277.

Railroad Square Music Festival

North Bay Hootenanny presents family-friendly day of music headlined by Frankie Boots, Sol Horizon and the Highway Poets. Jun 10, 12pm.

Free. Railroad Square, Fourth and Wilson streets, Santa Rosa.

Russian River Festivals Johnson’s Beach turns 100 and celebrates with Saturday’s Feel-Good Party featuring Goo Goo Dolls and Shaggy followed by Sunday’s Russian River Blues Festival featuring Robert Cray Band and Taj Mahal. Jun 9-10. $60 and up.

Johnson’s Beach, First and Church streets, Guerneville, russianriverfestivals.com.

MARIN COUNTY ANGELEX

Bay Area bassist Angeline Saris and drummer Lex Razon blend funk, jazz, heavy metal and more on their new album, “Tight Lips.” Jun 8, 9pm. $15. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

Dead Blues

Phil Lesh and friends bring about a weekend of bluesy feels akin to the Grateful Dead’s early days. Jun 8-9, 8pm. $69. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Green Leaf Rustlers

Former Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson’s countrified rock band also features Barry

Sless, Greg Loiacono, Pete Sears and John Molo. Jun 11-13, 8pm. $45-$50. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

NAPA COUNTY Napa Valley Jazz Getaway

Brian Culbertson’s annual all-star week of music includes appearances by the Commodores, Faith Evans, Avery*Sunshine, Sinbad and others. Jun 6-10, 7pm. Napa Valley, various locations, Napa, jazzgetaway.com.

Ziggy Marley

Reggae star performs off his latest album, “Rebellion Rises,” with a spirited show that preaches solidarity. Jun 8, 8pm. $41-$81. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Songs of Summer

Sing Napa Valley presents and medley of songs like “Summer Nights” from “Grerase,” songs by the Beach Boys and more.

Jun 10, 3pm. $30. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe

Jun 7, Aqus Celtic Music Session. Jun 9, the Farallons.

Jun 10, 2pm, Nate Bojanowski.

Jun 13, Gregg Chorebanian. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

The Barn at Tyge William Cellars

Jun 8, Rebuild North Bay benefit concert with the Surreal McCoys. 150 Wagner Rd, Sonoma. 707.721.8846.

The Big Easy

Jun 7, Ghost of California and Pretty in Between. Jun 8, the Zins. Jun 9, Fleetwood Macramé. Jun 10, Seventh Avenue. Jun 12, the Blind Barbers. Jun 13, Wednesday Night Big Band. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.7163.

Brewsters Beer Garden Jun 7, Kevin Russell & His So Called Friends. Jun 8, Trainwreck Junction. Jun 9, 2 and 6pm, Elvis Johnson Soul

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

Jun 9, DJ Cal. 400 First St E, Sonoma. 707.938.7110.

Cellars of Sonoma

Jun 10, 2pm, Greg Yoder. 20 Matheson Ave, Healdsburg.

707.578.1826.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center

WEDNESDAY AN EVENING WITH

JON ROTH JUN 13 ULI ROCK• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+ THURSDAY

JUN 14

Cloverdale Plaza

Jun 8, 6:30pm, Friday Night Live at the Plaza with Blue Water Highway. 122 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

707.894.4410.

Crooked Goat Brewing Jun 9, 1pm, parking lot party with Noma Rocksteady and Michael Gabriel. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol.

707.827.3893.

Elephant in the Room

Jun 9, Trace Repeat. Jun 10, 6pm, TV Mike & the Scarecrows.

Jun 12, Viva La Reve. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.

FOLK• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

SOUL SKA & HORIZON JUN 16 SOL REGGAE• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+ SATURDAY SUNDAY

Jun 10, 2pm, piano concert with Jeffrey LaDeur. 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

707.829.2214.

THE KINGSTON TRIO

JUN 17 SATURDAY

BUCKETHEAD

ROCK• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

CHARLEY PEACH &

ARMED JOEY JUN 23 ONE ROCK• DOORS 7:30PM • 21+ FRIDAY

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JUL 8

MIDTOWN SOCIAL WITH

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WITH MH THE VERB

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7⁄12 Chris Blue, 7⁄13 Saved By The 90's, 7⁄14 Steelin' Dan – The Music of Steely Dan, 7⁄17 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, 7⁄27 Booker T. Jones, 8⁄2 Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, 8⁄3 Raging Fyah, 8⁄5 Ace Frehley, 8⁄10 Charley Crockett with The Highway Poets, 8⁄11 Freddie McGregor, 8⁄19 Amanda Shires

WWW.MYSTICTHEATRE.COM 23 PETALUMA BLVD N. PETALUMA, CA 94952

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Flamingo Lounge

Jun 8, Ricky Ray Band. Jun 9, Salsa night. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Forestville Club

707.829.7300 230 PETALUMA AVE | SEBASTOPOL

Jun 9, Pepperland Love Fest.

6250 Front St, Forestville.

707.887.2594.

Francis Ford Coppola Winery

Jun 10, 4pm, Saint Helena Community Band. 300 Via Archemides, Geyserville.

707.857.1400.

OPEN MIC NIGHT

GOOSE G GANDER

EVERY TUES AT 7PM WITH CENI WED JUN 6

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Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge Jun 9, Dustin Saylor. 21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville.

707.814.0036.

Hood Mansion Lawn

Jun 8, 5:30pm, Funky Fridays with Sidemen. 389 Casa Manana Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.833.6288. funkyfridays. info.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Jun 6, Slaid Cleaves. Jun 7, the Sam Chase & the Untraditional with One Grass Two Grass.

Jun 8, Erasure-Esque and Temptation. Jun 9, Free Peoples and Marshall House Project. Jun 11, )

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1245 Spring St, St. Helena 707.967.8779

SCIENCE BUZZ CAFE $5/SHOW 7/ALL AGES

WED JUN 6

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THU JUN 7

THE SAM CHASE & THE UNTRADITIONAL

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FRI JUN 8

ERASURE-ESQUE TRIBUTE TO ERASURE TEMPTATION

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$10–15/DOORS 8/SHOW 9/21+

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FREE PEOPLES, MARSHALL HOUSE PROJECT $10–$15/DOORS 8/SHOW 9/21+

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Revue and Firewheel.

Jun 10, 3pm, Matt Bolton.

229 Water St N, Petaluma.

707.981.8330.

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Unity Sound and DJ Crossfire.

230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

River Theater

HopMonk Sonoma

Jun 8, Jeff Campbell. Jun 9, Wendy DeWitt. Jun 10, 1pm, Anthony Presti. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

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Jun 12, Live at Lagunitas with Fantastic Negrito. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Subud Hall

Jun 6, JimBo Trout. Jun 7, Todos Santos. Jun 8, Hot Grubb. Jun 9, the Stu Tails. Jun 10, Swoop Unit. Jun 13, Critters. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

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Local Barrel

Jun 9, Robert Herrera and Ian Scherer. Jun 10, 6pm, Day Later.

490 Mendocino Ave #104, Santa Rosa. 707.890.5433.

PRESENTS

ROBERT CRAY BAND

ERIC BURDON ERIC

AND THE ANIMALS

CHRIS CAIN • KARA GRAINGER

TAJ MAHAL TRIO

ELVIN BISHOP’S BIG FUN TRIO

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Main Street Bistro

Jun 7, Willie Perez. Jun 8, Pat Wilder. Jun 9, Levi Lloyd Blues Band. Jun 10, the Fargo Brothers. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

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Sonoma Speakeasy

Jun 8, Scarlett Letters. Jun 9, New Hip Replacements. Jun 10, 5pm, T-Luke. Jun 10, 8:30pm, Sonoma blues jam. Jun 12, American roots night with Lou Rodriguez and friends.

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

Lagunitas Amphitheaterette Goo Goo Dolls

Jun 8, Mindy Canter’s Allstar Band. Jun 9, Jody Counter Local Legends Band. 16135 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.8022.

Jun 7, 5:30pm, Spencer Day. Jun 9, 12pm, Escape tribute to Journey. Jun 10, 1pm, Wendy DeWitt. 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa. 707.545.3844.

Murphy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Jun 9, Blithedale Canyon.

464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Jun 13, Uli Jon Roth. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Jun 9, Monica Pasqual & the Handsome Brunettes with Dear John Love Renee. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

The Phoenix Theater

Jun 8, Shoreline Mafia. Jun 11, the Nunns and Republicans on Welfare. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe

Jun 7, Lee Tafari & Tuff Lion.

Jun 8, Kevin Russell & His Dangerous Friends. Jun 9, Open Belly Night with Nathalie Tedrick. Jun 10, Irish Jam Session. Jun 12, French Oak with Stella Heath. Jun 13, Brian

Jun 9, Ecstatic Kirtan with Jai Uttal. 234 Hutchins Ave, Sebastopol. 707.823.1986.

Taft Street Winery

Jun 10, 2pm, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. 2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol. 707.823.2049.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Jun 6, honky-tonk night with the Twin Oaks Gear Jammers.

Jun 7, country line dance. Jun 8, Steven Graves Band. Jun 10, 5pm, Backyard BBQ with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

Viansa Winery

Jun 9, 11am, Rhyme & Reason. Jun 10, 11am, Bray.

25200 Arnold Dr, Sonoma.

707.935.4700.

Whiskey Tip

Jun 10, 3pm, June Birthdaze with Tre Jones. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

Windsor Town Green Jun 7, 6pm, Hip Service. 701 McClelland Dr, Windsor. townofwindsor.com.

MARIN COUNTY HopMonk Novato

Jun 7, Steven Gregory & West Coast Turnaround. Jun 9, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

19 Broadway Club

Jun 6, Damon LeGall Band.

Jun 7, Chris James & the Showdowns. Jun 9, the Soul Jah Family Band. Jun 10, Fog Holler. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

Sweetwater Music Hall Jun 7, Eric McFadden Band with Go by Ocean. Jun 8, Zach Deputy with Magic in the Other. Jun 9, El Cajon with Marble Party. Jun 10, the Heavy Pets with the Sextones. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads

Jun 7, Huichica kick-off jam with Eric D Johnson and friends. Jun 8, Top 40 Friday with the Rowan Brothers.

Jun 9, Mattson 2. Jun 10, Grahame Lesh and friends. Jun 11, Grateful Monday. Jun 12, Kate Gaffney Band with Scott Law. Jun 13, One Big Guitar.

100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Jun 8, Tom Rigney and Flambeau. Jun 9, Richard Howell & Sudden Changes. Jun 13, noon concert with Charles Chandler and Amos Yang. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY Andaz Napa

Jun 9, Justin Diaz. Jun 13, Austin Hicks. 1450 First St, Napa. 707.687.1234.

Blue Note Napa

Jun 7, Prince birthday tribute with Jazz Mafia. Jun 8, Jonathan Fritzén. Jun 9, Curtis Brooks. Jun 12, Serf & James with the Fixins and Zak Fennie.

Jun 13, SIMO. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

Buster’s Southern Barbecue

Jun 10, 3pm, Rob Watson and Groovality with Paul Branin.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga.

707.942.5605.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards

Jun 9, California Zephyr. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Jun 9, Jinx Jones & the King Tones. Jun 10, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

Goose & Gander

Jun 10, 1pm, the Sextones.

1245 Spring St, St Helena.

707.967.8779.

Silo’s

Jun 7, Janice Maxie Reid and Mike Greensill. Jun 8, Midnight Wheels and friends. Jun 9, JOEL the Band. Jun 10, 4pm, Napa Valley Jazz Society presents Ali Ryerson Quartet. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Veterans Memorial Park Jun 8, 6:30pm, Napa City Nights with the Pat Jordan Band and Soul Kat. 850 Main St, Napa, napacitynights.com.

Yao Family Wines Jun 8, 6pm, Blue 7.

929 Main St, St Helena.

707.986.5874.

Gallery Openings SONOMA COUNTY Calabi Gallery

Jun 9-Jul 28, “Migrations” featuring the art of Czechborn and Sonoma Countybased artist Iva Hladis, with an eclectic selection of new gallery acquisitions and favorites. Reception, Jun 9 at 4pm. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa.

Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.781.7070.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Jun 9-Jul 15, “The Art of Wine & Vines,” group exhibit celebrates wine, winemaking and viticulture. Reception, Jun 9 at 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Jun 9-Jul 29, ”Call & Response,” paintings by Adam Wolpert and Dave Gordon, and sculptures

by Victoria Wagner show three unique responses to the natural world. Reception, Jun 9 at 4pm. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Santa Rosa City Council Chambers

Jun 7-Jul 19, “Signs of Life,” featuring new mixed-media works by Sonoma County artist Christie Marks. Reception, Jun 8 at 5pm. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. 707.543.3282.

Comedy Bollywood Night

Several South Asian stars of standup perform before the club transforms into a Bollywood dance party with DJ Brana. Jun 9, 7:30pm. $28. The Laugh Cellar, 5755 Mountain Hawk Way, Santa Rosa.

707.843.3824.

Brian Regan

Standup star offers familyfriendly laughs in Napa. Jun 9, 8pm. $45-$67. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Paula Poundstone

Veteran funny woman spends

an evening in Marin. Jun 9, 8pm. Sold-out. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Events Bear Flag Celebration Fifty-fifth annual flag-raising ceremony and celebration includes music, food, beverages, art showing and more. Jun 9, 11am. Sonoma Plaza, First St E, Sonoma.

707.996.1090.

The Big Give-Back

Monthly benefit program raises funds for Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation and Sebastopol Center for the Arts with live music and a pop-up shop. Jun 9, 1pm.

Hanna Winery, 9280 Hwy 128, Healdsburg. 800.854.3987.

Incarnation 100

Participate in a fundraising bike ride with several routes to raise money for services provided to the homeless community. Jun 9, 7am. $65$90. Church of the Incarnation, 550 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.292.9829.

Monte Rio Triathlon

Vineman hosts a Saturday expo and Sunday race in picturesque west Sonoma County. Jun 9-10. Monte Rio Community Center, 20488 Hwy 116, Monte Rio, vineman.com.

Peggy Sue’s AllAmerican Cruise

Dalong classic-car show features live music, pin-up contest and more, capped by an evening cruise around downtown Santa Rosa. Jun 9.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, cruiseforpeggysue.com.

Queer Rose Ball & Drag Show

Don floral attire and join an all-ages drag show and community dance. Jun 9, 7pm.

Sonoma Valley Woman’s Club, 574 First St East, Sonoma.

707.583.9169.

Roller Derby Boot Camp

Find out what roller derby is all about in a fun, supportive environment. Jun 11, 7:30pm. $50. Cal Skate, 6100 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park.

Santa Rosa Moose Lodge Classic Car Show

Show off your vintage vehicles, with hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages for sale. Jun 7, 4pm.

Free. Santa Rosa Moose Lodge, 3559 Airway Dr, Santa Rosa.

707.546.0637.

Sit, Stay, Sparkle

Benefit for Canine Companions includes food, wine and brews, live and silent auctions, assistance dogs, puppies and more. Jun 9, 6pm. $125. Canine Companions for Independence, 2965 Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.577.1700.

Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic

Watch a colorful collection of balloons launch into the air at dawn, and enjoy kids activities, local food, craft vendors and tethered balloon rides. Jun 9-10. $10-$20. Keiser Park, 700 Windsor River Rd, Windsor.

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 8, 5pm. Free admission. Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, 1490 Library Lane, St Helena.

707.963.3757.

Velo & Vines Century Ride

Participants can choose various routes through scenic wine country with a post-ride celebration featuring wine, food, music and awards at Arnot-Roberts Winery. Jun 9.

Arnot-Roberts, 33 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.2400.

Field Trips Bat Potluck & Hike

Drive-In at the Citrus Fair

Guided walk explores health benefits and history of forest bathing. Jun 10, 10am. $20.

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, stewardscr.org.

Alexander Valley Film Society turns back the clock with an outdoor big-screen showing of the beloved “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” with beer, wine and concessions on hand. Jun 9, 6pm. $12-$14 individual/$40-$45 per car.

Citrus Fairgrounds, 1 Citrus Dr, Cloverdale. 707.894.3992.

Hike Park to Park

The Karate Kid

Forest Bathing

Take a guided hike from Jack London Park, over Sonoma Mountain to the North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park.

Registration required. Jun 9-10.

Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen.

707.938.5216.

Writer and producer Robert Mark Kamen is on hand to screen and talk about the 1980s film, now the basis of a new YouTube series. Advance tickets required. Jun 8, 7pm. $40.

Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.

Solar Viewing & Public Star Party

Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing

View stars near and far with the observatory’s telescopes and experts on hand. Solar viewing is free and star party is $3, plus parking.

Sat, Jun 9, 11am and 8pm.

Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. 707.833.6979.

Film 5th Passenger

New independent sci-fi film makes its northern California premier in a double feature with fellow indie project “Superhero.” Cast and crew from both films will be on hand for joint Q&A. Jun 8, 7pm. $10.

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

707.525.8909.

AIM Film Festival

See students’ documentary and avant-garde films from the Academy of Integrated Humanities & New Media. Jun 7, 7pm. $10-$25. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Late afternoon and evening walk explores bats and other nighttime critters, with a potluck dinner and optional campout. Registration required.

Jun 9, 4:30pm. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, landpaths.org.

The Big Event

Family Day in Your State Park

CULT Film Series

Annual outreach event

“Street Trash,” screen back to back. Jun 7, 7pm. $10. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.8770.

The Tom Hanks-starring comedy gets a 30th anniversary weekend of screenings with fortunes told

by Zoltar and a big piano to dance on. Jun 8-10. Airport Stadium 12, 409 Aviation Blvd, Santa Rosa. 707.571.1412.

Two supremely gross 1980s horror flicks, “Society” and

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

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

707.525.4840.

Food & Drink All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp Feed

Proceeds go to the Santa Rosa Ritecare Children’s Language Center, which provides speech therapy at no cost. Steak option also available. Jun 9, 5:30pm. $18-$38. Scottish Rite Center, 600 Acacia Ln, Santa Rosa. 707.782.0592.

Beerfest: The Good One

Dozens of microbreweries and food purveyors are on hand for a fun-filled day of tastings that benefits Sonoma County nonprofit Face to Face. Jun 9, 1pm. $50-$60. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Building Community Breakfast & Fundraiser More than 250 business, education, nonprofit and community leaders will be on hand. Jun 7, 7:30am. $50.

SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. 707.778.3974.

Guac Off!

Bay Area chefs are pitted against each other in

a delicious guacamole competition that you get to sample from. Jun 10, 12pm. $25. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa. 707.967.2530.

The Queen’s Birthday Tea

Enjoy a one-of-a-kind tour of the beautiful gardens and a high tea fit for a queen. Jun 10, 10am. $65. Tudor Rose English Tea Room, 733 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.535.2045.

Route 66 Dinner

Get your kicks and licks in this themed dinner. Jun 8, 5:30pm. $38. Suite D, 21800 Schellville Rd, Sonoma. 707.933.3667.

Season of Wine & Lavender

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.

Through Jul 31. $5-$10 and up.

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Taste & Evaluate Wine Like a Pro

Find the wine that suits your taste and learn the importance of color, aromas and flavors.

Pre-registration required. Jun 13, 5pm. $100. Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus Library, 1088 College Ave, St Helena. 707.967.2900.

Taste the Place

A dozen West County wineries their wines with a local artisan maker in this event hosted by Taste West Sonoma. Jun 9, 11am. $25.

West Sonoma County Wineries, various locations, Sebastopol, tastewestsonoma.com.

For Kids Asheba

Caribbean music for children.

Jun 11, 6pm. Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.9004.

Jewelry Art Camp for Kids

Students learn about designing and making bracelets, necklaces, pendants and more. Through Jun 7, 9am. $225. Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma.

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Summer Wonder Camp Camps for children ages five to eight are designed to be hands-on and full of art, science, exploration and imaginative play. Jun 11-Aug 10. $330 per week. Children’s Museum of Sonoma County, 1835 W Steele Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.546.4069.

Lectures Second Saturday Cartoonist

Meet, watch, and talk to Angelo Lopez, currently creating regular weekly political cartoons for “The Philippines Today” newspaper. Jun 9, 1pm.

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

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Hear from four artists featured in the Art Museum of Sonoma County’s current exhibit. Jun 9, 3pm. Art Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.

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Jun 11, 7pm, “The Optimistic Decade” with Heather Abel.

Jun 13, 7pm, “The Boatbuilder” with Daniel Gumbiner. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Jun 9, 1pm, “The California Field Atlas” with Obi Kaufmann.

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Jun 9, 10am, “Jerky: The Fatted Calf’s Guide to Preserving & Cooking Dried Meaty Goods” with Taylor Boetticher and Toponia Miller, includes culinary demo and book signing. $15. 500 First St, Napa 707.967.2530.

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Jun 11, 7pm, Script Tease, live reading of new play “Nothing But the Truth” by Eve Lederman. Free. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg 707.431.1970.

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Jun 8, 6pm, “New Minimalism” with Kyle Quilici. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

Napa County Historical Society

Jun 10, 4pm, “A Rumbling of Women: Napa Feminists 19701990” with various authors.

Free. Goodman Library, 1219 First St, Napa 707.224.1739.

Petaluma Veterans Memorial Hall

Jun 10, 4pm, “The Doomsday Machine” with Daniel Ellsberg, in conversation with Peter Coyote. 1094 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma 707.762.8928.

amidst lots of coffee. Through Jun 10. $15-$27. Novato Theater Playhouse, 5420 Nave Dr, Novato. 415.883.4498.

Hamlet

Marin Shakespeare Company presents the epic drama in a contemporary setting in this production directed by Robert Currier. Through Jul 8. $12-$38.

Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael, marinshakespeare.org.

Hands on a Hardbody

Ten contestants try to outlast each other to win a new truck by keeping at least one hand on it as long as they can in this play based on true events.

Through Jun 17. $28-$39. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

707.266.6305.

Honky

Left Edge Theater presents the dark comedy about race, rhetoric and basketball shoes.

Jun 8-Jul 1. $25-$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

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Mountain Play presents the ABBA-fueled musical in a unique outdoor setting. Sun, 2pm and Sat, Jun 9, 2pm. through Jun 17. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, 3801 Panoramic Hwy, Mill Valley.

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Sculptural costume artist Sha Sha Higby performs a poetic solo performance. Jun 10, 7:30pm. $20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

The Ever After: A Musical

Ross Valley Players presents the true-life heart transplant comedy that uses humor and pathos to explore loss, family bonds and what it means to be given new life. Through Jun 10. $12-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, rossvalleyplayers.com.

Fractured fairy tale spoof stars Cinderella, Snow White and others who supposedly lived happily ever after. Jun 8, 6pm. $10. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.880.2300.

The Tin Woman

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Timeless musical is lovingly produced in memory of late Cinnabar performer Stephen Walsh. Jun 8-24. $25-$45.

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Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain

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The crowds were thinner and the demographics have shifted dramatically toward more seniors and middle-aged folks, often attending as couples. This was especially noticeable without the twitchy throngs of the younger post-millennial generations.

That the attendance was sparse both days also reminds us that the market for cannabis fairs is pretty much saturated, just as the California market for cannabis itself is flooded, given that, unlike in states newly “legalizing,” Californians have long had essentially unfettered access through black and gray markets.

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Pot and its government minions.

In a way, this regulatory regime guarantees a thriving black market for cannabis in California, at least until cannabis becomes “legal” throughout the country. And it provides yet another reality check for the wildly inflated anticipated tax revenues that state bean counters have used to justify their industrial action—as they try to fund their shriveling pensions.

Vendors presented the full gamut of commercial attitudes: some wanted to share their bounty without cost but were constrained by regulation against giving it away, so they attached a token $1 charge. Others offered prices that seemed to be unencumbered by the excessive tax burden found outside the event. And some simply expressed the celebratory mood by sharing with all.

Nonetheless, these folks represented a microcosm of the remaining cannabis culture and industry, celebrating its substantial accomplishments and its survival (so far) of regulatory suppression and extortion.

The mood was relaxed and happy, with only an undercurrent of resentment at the regulatory overburden. The only openly fractiousness was an intrusive battle-of-the-bands, as booths cranked up their tunes to compete with their neighbors’ music, seemingly oblivious that they were interfering with conversations and annoying their own customers.

Clearly, cannabis is not an antidote for narcissism.

There was accomplishment for all to see and taste: outstanding biodynamically grown flowers; exotic cocktails of pure extracts; exquisite flavor blends in edibles; advances in cultivation, curing, extraction and technology; and a strong sense of community from the sharing of a benign wellness therapy and a relaxed and creative experience.

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Promise me that you won’t disrespect, demean or neglect your precious body in the coming weeks. Promise me that you will treat it with tender compassion and thoughtful nurturing. Give it deep breaths, pure water, healthy and delicious food, sweet sleep, enjoyable exercise and reverential sex. Such veneration is always recommended, of course—but it’s especially crucial for you to attend to this noble work during the next four weeks. It’s time to renew and revitalize your commitment to your soft warm animal self.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Between 1967 and 1973, NASA used a series of Saturn V rockets to deliver six groups of American astronauts to the moon. Each massive vehicle weighed about 6.5 million pounds. The initial thrust required to launch it was tremendous. Gas mileage was seven inches per gallon. Only later, after the rocket flew farther from the grip of Earth’s gravity, did the fuel economy improve. I’m guessing that in your own life, you may be experiencing something like that seven-inches-per-gallon feeling right now. But I guarantee you won’t have to push this hard for long.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Mars, the planet that rules animal vitality and instinctual enthusiasm, will cruise through your astrological House of Synergy for much of the next five months. That’s why I’ve concluded that between now and mid-November, your experience of togetherness can and should reach peak expression.

Do you want intimacy to be robust and intense, sometimes bordering on rambunctious? It will be if you want it to be. Adventures in collaboration will invite you to wander out to the frontiers of your understanding about how relationships work best.

LEO (July 23–August 22) Which astrological sign laughs hardest and longest and most frequently? I’m inclined to speculate that Sagittarius deserves the crown, with Leo and Gemini fighting it out for second place. But having said that, I suspect that in the coming weeks you Leos could rocket to the top of the chart, vaulting past Sagittarians. Not only are you likely to find everything funnier than usual; I bet you will also encounter more than the usual number of authentically humorous and amusing experiences. (P.S.: I hope you won’t cling too fiercely to your dignity, because that would interfere with your full enjoyment of the cathartic cosmic gift.)

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) According to my analysis of the astrological omens, a little extra egotism might be healthy for you right now. A surge of super-confidence would boost your competence; it would also fine-tune your physical well-being and attract an opportunity that might not otherwise find its way to you. So, for example, consider the possibility of renting a billboard on which you put a giant photo of yourself with a tally of your accomplishments and a list of your demands. The cosmos and I won’t have any problem with you bragging more than usual or asking for more goodies than you’re usually content with.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) The coming weeks will be a favorable time for happy endings to sad stories, and for the emergence of efficient solutions to convoluted riddles. I bet it will also be a phase when you can perform some seemingly clumsy magic that dispatches a batch of awkward karma.

Hooray! Hallelujah! Praise Goo! But now listen to my admonition, Libra: the coming weeks won’t be a

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good time to toss and turn in your bed all night long thinking about what you might have done differently in the month of May. Honor the past by letting it go.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

“Dear Dr. Astrology: In the past four weeks, I have washed all 18 of my underpants four times. Without exception, every single time, each item has been inside-out at the end of the wash cycle. This is despite the fact that most of them were not inside-out when I threw them in the machine. Does this weird anomaly have some astrological explanation?—Upside-Down Scorpio.”

Dear Scorpio: Yes. Lately your planetary omens have been rife with reversals, inversions, flip-flops and switchovers. Your underpants situation is a symptom of the bigger forces at work. Don’t worry about those bigger forces, though. Ultimately, I think you’ll be glad for the renewal that will emerge from the various turnabouts.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

As I sat down to meditate on your horoscope, a hummingbird flew in my open window. Scrambling to herd it safely back outside, I knocked my iPad on the floor, which somehow caused it to open a link to a YouTube video of an episode of the TV game show Wheel of Fortune, where the hostess, Vanna White, garbed in a long red gown, revealed that the word puzzle solution was “USE IT OR LOSE IT.” So what does this omen mean? Maybe this: you’ll be surprised by a more-or-less delightful interruption that compels you to realize that you had better start taking greater advantage of a gift or blessing that you’ve been lazy or slow to capitalize on.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) You’re in a phase when you’ll be smart to bring more light and liveliness into the work you do. To spur your efforts, I offer the following provocations. 1. “When I work, I relax. Doing nothing makes me tired.”—Pablo Picasso. 2. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”—Ann Landers. 3. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”—Aristotle. 4. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

—Scott Adams. 5. “Working hard and working smart can sometimes be two different things.”—Byron Dorgan. 6. “Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.”—George Burns. 7. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”—Mark Twain.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) “There isn’t enough of anything as long as we live,” said poet and short-story writer Raymond Carver. “But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails.” My reading of the astrological omens suggests that the current phase of your cycle is one of those intervals, Aquarius. In light of this grace period, I have some advice for you, courtesy of author Anne Lamott: “You weren’t born a person of cringe and contraction. You were born as energy, as life, made of the same stuff as stars, blossoms, breezes. You learned contraction to survive, but that was then.” Surrender to the sweetness, dear Aquarius.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Between you and your potential new power spot is an imaginary 10-foot-high, electrified fence. It’s composed of your least charitable thoughts about yourself and your rigid beliefs about what’s impossible for you to accomplish.

Is there anything you can do to deal with this inconvenient illusion? I recommend that you call on Mickey Rat, the cartoon superhero in your dreams who knows the difference between destructive destruction and creative destruction. Maybe as he demonstrates how enjoyable it could be to tear down the fence, you’ll be inspired to join in the fun.

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