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Worthy Metal My band, the Axiom Collapse, is on this compilation (“Gather the Horde,” Jan. 23).

Sonoma County Metal and Hardcore has done so much for the local metal scene.

It makes me have pride in our county to see how much the metal community has grown since Ernest Wuethrich started his promotion company. I hope to see a lot of new faces come to the local concerts to support all these bands and have a good time, like I always do.

I encourage anyone who hasn’t seen or heard any of the bands on the CD to come check them out. It’s worth the money, trust me. And if metal isn’t your scene or you haven’t been to a metal show, give our county a chance. Every metal band in Sonoma County has talent and something to offer.

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With the number of states that have already moved to legalize cannabis, and the number of those that already have (both medically and recreationally), Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move is extremely difficult to understand— and especially with the timing of his rescinding the Cole Memo (“Alabama Slammer,” Jan. 9). Why it’s difficult to

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understand is that it doesn’t seem to make sense and, in fact, defies making sense, since there’s nothing to be gained by it politically, legally or financially, and only much to be lost by it on all fronts. I may very well be completely lost and in the dark, but what am I missing here?

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The Golden Goose Is Dead Ignorance, incompetence and cupidity, and all those otherwise unfunded pensions, have led the state and county authorities to kill the golden goose— the cannabis community’s family cultivators and small makers. Their seven sets of arbitrary and capricious rule changes and secret deals to change public agreements have alienated everyone otherwise willing to participate in their game. No one can trust these people who are, for instance, trying to bluff us that Proposition 215 “sunsets.”

Their excesses have guaranteed a thriving black market. They will tell us we will no longer go to jail, but now they can take away our home with crushing civil infraction penalties, driving small players out of the county and underground.

There are thousands of people who would participate in a fair and just system but who can’t afford to play in a system designed to corporatize the whole grassroots economy. I call for our “leaders” to serve all their constituents instead of their corporate masters.

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RIP Dennis Peron Pioneering activist fought to give AIDS patients access to cannabis

BY TOM GOGOLA

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s the death of Bay Area medical cannabis legend Dennis Peron started circulating earlier this week, it was hard to not sit with the powerful irony of the moment.

Peron, who died of lung cancer last week at age 72, is universally credited for giving rise to Proposition 215, the landmark California initiative that started it all insofar as sane and humane cannabis policies are concerned.

Peron’s death on Jan. 27 earned him a position of high martyrdom in the annals of American cannabis policy and general decency.

And given the recent push by United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions to undo any and all progress that’s been made on the cannabis front, Peron’s death is all the more poignant for its timing.

Peron was a gay man from Long Island, N.Y., who served his country in Vietnam and who died last week at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. The rub on Peron, a former Yippie, is that while he opposed Proposition 64 in 2016, he did so out of a conviction that all marijuana use is ultimately medical.

Peron’s friendship with the late San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk—a fellow Long Islander—and his relentless and illegal cannabis advocacy on behalf of AIDS patients during the horrible height of the plague, only adds to the legend, the stature and the heft of his life’s work. According to the Wikipedia biography on him, Peron lost his partner to the disease.

Peron ran for California governor on the Republican ticket in 1998, against his nemesis, former Attorney General Dan Lungren, who as the wiki bio recounts, had moved to shut down cannabis storefronts Peron operated for AIDS patients in the Castro.

Democrat Gray Davis won that election and was followed in the office by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004. Sebastopol cannabis lawyer Omar Figueroa posted a letter on Facebook Tuesday that the former governor sent Peron in 2004, thanking him for sending postcards “commemorating the fight for the legalization of marijuana.”

The Ahhnold letter reminds us that there are a lot of compassionate conservatives out there, and we need to start smoking them out. And in a kinder, gentler America that embraces cannabis, Dennis Peron would, like the martyred Milk before him, find himself honored on a United States postage stamp. Maybe there’s still time for that.

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SECOND TIME AROUND After being disqualified over a technicality in 2016, the Watershed and Oak Woodland Protection

Initiative is back on the ballot in June.

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Napa ballot initiative to limit oak removal from hillsides sows discord in wine industry BY STETT HOLBROOK

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June ballot initiative that would limit removal of oak trees for new vineyards has exposed rifts within Napa County’s wine industry.

The Watershed and Oak Woodland Protection Initiative would cap oak removal from hillsides in an effort supporters say is designed to preserve

remaining hillside habitat and protect fragile watersheds.

Supporters submitted more than 7,000 signatures to the county elections office last month. Only 3,800 signatures were required to qualify it for the ballot. County election officials certified the signatures earlier this month.

Among other things, the measure would cap future oak-forest removal for new vineyards at 795 acres.

This is the legislation’s second

time around, albeit in a different form. It was on the ballot in June 2016, but the county invalidated it before election day because of a technicality. At that time, the county’s wine and agricultural industry organizations presented a united front against the initiative, a measure they claimed was unnecessary given the regulations winegrowers already face.

A number of those groups—the Napa County Farm Bureau, the

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Napa Valley Grapegrowers and the Winegrowers of Napa Valley— all oppose the proposed legislation this time around too. But in the case of the powerful Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) trade group, their opposition constitutes an aboutface that is rankling winemakers inside the member-based organization and out.

Last year, initiative organizer Mike Hackett got a cold call from NVV government relations director Rex Stults who said he wanted to discuss possible collaboration. Hackett says he was skeptical about the overture, but says Stults reached out to him because polls revealed the measure would likely pass.

“That really shook them up,” he says.

A small group from the NVV, which included former board chair Michael Honig, met over lunch with Hackett and his coorganizer Jim Wilson.

“It was cordial,” says Hackett.

The group continued to meet over the next seven months and agreed to compromise on the proposed streamside setbacks and settled on the 795-acre cap. This unlikely meeting between wine industry and environmental activists bore fruit.

In September, the NVV board voted unanimously to support the initiative. The Napa County Board of Supervisors praised the bipartisan compromise.

But the good feelings didn’t last long.

When the greater membership of the 500-member NVV and Napa’s other wine and agriculture industry groups learned of the proposed legislation the two sides hammered out, the pushback was loud and often vitriolic, says Honig.

“I was surprised how angry people got,” he says. “When the board saw what the pushback was, they got nervous.”

A few weeks later, the NVV board voted to suspend its support for the very legislation it helped write. On Jan. 11, the board voted unanimously to oppose the initiative. In a statement, the organization said its opposition is based on the sentiments of

The NVV supported the initiative until it didn’t.

As the compromise heads to the polls, a group of winemakers, some of whom are members of the NVV, are banding together in support of the initiative. Among them is famed vintner and NVV member Warren Winiarski.

In 1976, a bottle of Winiarski’s first vintage of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon placed first among French and California red wines at the legendary Judgment of Paris tasting. But in his support for the ballot initiative, Winiarski recalls another key date in the Napa Valley.

“This initiative will support the work I was involved in back in 1968,” he says, referring to the creation of the county’s historic agricultural preserve, an ordinance widely touted for keeping housing development pressure at bay and allowing the wine industry to thrive. “It’s strengthening something that needs strengthening.”

The agricultural preserve marks

it 50th anniversary this year, an event both sides of the debate are citing to make their case.

Winiarski and his winemaker allies say now Napa Valley needs protection from wineries and vineyards which they say are exploiting their status in the agricultural preserve at the expense of water quality, biodiversity and the carbon capturing potential of trees.

Were the initiative to fail, says Winiarski, “it would have quite a negative impact on the totality of what this valley is about.”

Winemaker Randy Dunn, who is not a NVV member, is also joining the effort in support of the initiative.

“We’ve got to save what we’ve got left,” he says, rejecting the charge that the initiative is antiagriculture.

“Some people are dumb enough to think if we don’t keep planting grapes we’ll end up like Santa Clara County. It’s not going to make any winemakers go bankrupt.”

Hackett says that while the wine industry is divided, he believes support for the measure is strong.

“We have wide community support, and we’re going to win this.”

In spite of his advisory status on the NVV board, which is now chaired by Opus One Winery CEO David Pearson, Honig says he’s going to vote for the initiative.

While he says many of his winemaker colleagues have legitimate concerns about it, he doesn’t think it will have the devastating impact some critics fear, and there are more pressing issues to be concerned with.

“This [issue] is just a blip,” he says.

He says his goal in reaching out to the authors of the initiative was to improve on the 2016 version and make it more palatable to the wine industry since it was headed for the ballot again.

“I believe we achieved that,” he says. “I’m not frustrated with the product, but I’m frustrated with all the angst within my industry.”

But now it’s up to voters.

“That’s what democracy is about,” says Honig.

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a majority of its members and their belief that the initiative is “legally uncertain” and fear of “unintended consequences for agriculture if it becomes law.”

“The NVV believes the initiative is not the proper way to further the goal of protecting Napa County’s woodlands and watershed,” the statement said.

Napa Valley Vintners communications director Patsy McGaughy would not provide further explanation or say what is the proper way to protect woodland and watershed areas.

Stults would not comment. It’s not clear whether the NVV will actively campaign against the initiative.

Power Down “There are far more areas ready to burn in Sonoma County than that burned,” says Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore. “And there are far more communities that are more in harm’s way than Coffey Park ever was.”

That’s scary talk coming from the Fourth District supervisor and freshly minted board president. Gauging from Cal Fire fire-burn maps, it’s clear that Windsor, which Gore represents, may have dodged a flaming bullet in October.

In the “new normal,” what’s being done to prevent or mitigate against future North Bay fires?

Lots, says State Sen. Bill Dodd, who represents Napa County and parts of Sonoma that got scorched. Dodd was evacuated, and a number of his neighbors, he says, lost their homes to October’s firestorm.

The North Bay legislative team in Sacramento has been doing yeoman’s work since the fires, issuing bills that grapple with an “ember alert” early-warning system, fire-insurance and property tax revenue relief to municipalities dealing with a cratered tax base.

And last week Dodd was in Santa Rosa with others from the delegation—Rep. Jim Wood, Sen. Marc Levine—to talk up SB 894, the “downed power line bill,” says Dodd, which offers the most tangible antidote to any future wildfire that may burden the region.

The bill would require utilities such as PG&E to turn off the power when weather conditions reach a critical mass of high temperature, low humidity and high wind.

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Dining GRAND OPENINGS Perch and Plow restaurant is one of half a dozen new restaurants about to open their doors.

The menu will include ‘California comfort food’ dishes like this grilled octopus skewer.

Making a Scene Wave of new restaurants to open in downtown Santa Rosa BY STETT HOLBROOK

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owntown Santa Rosa’s ho-hum dining scene is about to get a jolt of new energy with the opening of not one but six new restaurants.

There are three eateries

opening on Fourth Street within shouting distance of each other.

Going into the space vacated by La Bufa Mexican Restaurant is the Parish Cafe, a southerly outpost of the Healdsburg-based, New Orleans–style restaurant. Look for po’ boys, gumbo, muffaletta sandwiches and beignets. Opening

is planned in the next six weeks.

Next door in the corner space occupied by the short-lived Persona pizzeria will be the home of Gerard’s Paella, a staple at the Occidental farmers market and street fairs all over the North Bay and beyond. Look for the classic Valencian rice dish, of course, but

also seasonally inspired tapas.

Gerard’s should open in March.

On the next block is the Jade Room, a wine bar and “oysterette” being created by the folks behind Sift Dessert Bar. Opening is set for March.

Andrea Ballus, CEO and founder of Sift and the woman behind Jade, says the restaurant will offer oysters, cheese and charcuterie plates, poke salad and other small-plate items. She hopes the coming restaurant boom will breathe life into downtown Santa Rosa’s dining landscape.

“It’s a little renaissance, and it’s exciting to watch,” says Ballus. “I feel a huge commitment to help downtown become the hub of the city.”

While there are lunch options downtown, Ballus says the dinner choices for a fun night out are few. “I feel like there’s been a hole in the market for date night. I’m tired of waiting for it to happen.”

Overlooking Old Courthouse Square, Vertice will offer Peruvian tapas and cocktails, and next door, Perch and Plow will serve “seasonal California fresh comfort food” cooked by executive chef Michael Mullins. Perch and Plow held a well-received sneak peek last week and plans to open Feb. 1.

“We’re so excited to be part of this restaurant boom and revival,” says Avery Patentreger, Perch and Plow’s general manager.

The nearby County Bench, which closed last year after failing to spark much interest, will be reborn as Indian Food and Social Club.

These openings come on the heels of the debut last year of Acre Coffee, Beer Baron and 2 Tread Brewery Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see who takes over the spot on Fifth Street recently vacated by Gary Chu’s, a downtown mainstay for 33 years until it closed last May.

The Good Chit Craft brewers go California-grown at Admiral Maltings

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The lineup of breweries listed on the board at the Rake, named for the implement used in Admiral’s floor-malting process, includes a few familiar North Bay names along with a small roster from California’s over 800 craft-brew outfits. Although they’ve already serviced unsolicited inquiries from Southern California brewers,

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Also key to the mission, says Silberstein, Admiral is certified to process organically grown barley, and sources the balance from sustainably farmed, no-till operations.

“We want to bring regionality back, terroir back, the farmers back to making the product for the local brewers. We want to do that in a sustainable way,” says Silberstein, “and we want to do it in a way that we think adds the most flavor components to the process, which is floor maltings.”

Very little malted barley, the main ingredient in beer, is made this way: on view through a massive window in the pub, the facility’s floor is covered ankle-deep in grain that is slowly “chitting,” or sprouting under innovative floorbased glycol temperature control.

Picture a warehouse-size cat litter box—albeit filled with one of those natural, wheat byproduct litters— and you’ve got it.

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e r u t a e r C Feature The monsters are back in Santa Rosa for the Silver Scream Festival, with a focus on the heroines of horror BY CHARLIE SWANSON

ack in February 2016, Hollywood stars and big-screen monsters descended upon Santa Rosa’s Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas for the inaugural Silver Scream Festival.

The brainchild of Famous Monsters of Filmland Famous Monsters of Filmland publisher Phil Kim and Santa Rosa Entertainment Group VP and CULT film series founder Neil Pearlmutter, that first incarnation of Silver Scream featured guests like director John Landis and actor Robert Englund, aka Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street, and welcomed close to a thousand attendees in its three-day run.

“We loved the fest,” says Kim, who purchased the genre-film magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland in 2007, revived it in print form and recently moved the company’s offices from Los Angeles to Sonoma County, where he lives with his family.

“The way everything went off, how receptive the attendees were and how pleasant all the guests were, I was very happy in that regard,” says Pearlmutter, whose CULT series regularly screens double features of classic horror and sci-fi films in Santa Rosa and occasionally features Q&As with guests like actor Robert Forster and director William Lustig.

After taking a hiatus in 2017 to retool the event, Kim and Pearlmutter will host another monstrously fun weekend of horror films and conventionstyle excitement when the Silver Scream Festival returns to the Roxy Stadium 14 in Santa Rosa on Feb. 16–18.

The three-day monster mash will gather several generations of scary movies, celebrity guests and the best in up-and-coming genre filmmakers, and will also include special VIP events to raise funds for North Bay wildfire victims.

Out of Chaos Twenty seventeen was a devastating year for the North Bay, and Phil Kim experienced the horror of last October’s wildfires at his doorstep.

Kim was working and staying in

San Francisco, finishing contracts for the massive Famous Monsters Halloween Convention that was set to take place in San Jose at the end of October, when he got a call from a Famous Monsters employee in the middle of the night on Oct. 8 that Santa Rosa was burning. “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” he says.

Driving back to the North Bay that night, Kim had just enough time to return to his home in the Bennett Valley neighborhood of Santa Rosa, gather his family and evacuate as the skies burned orange in the night sky, “It was like looking at Mordor,” says Kim, making a Lord of the Rings reference without batting an eye.

As the fires grew over the following week, Kim didn’t know if he would even have a home to come back to, and the Famous Monsters offices in Petaluma were covered in ash. He decided then to cancel the Halloween convention.

It was one of the toughest decisions of his life, he says The fires reached Kim’s subdivision in Bennett Valley, but firefighters were able to keep the flames at bay and his home was spared. Moving ahead, Kim and Pearlmutter were determined to keep the Silver Scream Festival on track, for themselves as much as the film fans in the North Bay. “This fire woke me up to the fact that everything needs to be done with purpose and quality, and we need to give back,” says Kim. “We’re very committed to Sonoma County.”

Heroines of Horror

Heroines of Horror Perhaps the biggest highlight of this year’s Silver Scream festival is the scheduled Heroines of Horror panel, which gathers beloved veteran horror and sci-fi actresses Dee Wallace, Barbara Crampton and Kelli Maroney for screenings of their best films and conversations about their eclectic

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careers. Just don’t call them scream queens.

“When I think of a scream queen, I think of a victim, the biggest victim out there,” says Kim. “But these ladies were not victims. For me these women represented a true feminism in film, they were beautiful and they could take care of business.”

“It was a brilliant idea of Neil’s to do a Heroines of Horror event,” Kim continues. “I would say it’s perfect timing, but he has been talking about doing it from year one. It’s just that now we are in an era of awareness.”

Headlines the last several months have been rightly dominated by the #MeToo and #TimesUp social media movements that began after sexual misconduct allegations were made against film producer Harvey Weinstein, and which are now shining a spotlight on women facing sexual assault and harassment in the workplace.

“It will be interesting to see how that awareness globally translates locally to the festival,” says Kim. All three actresses on the upcoming panel made their names in genre films of the 1980s, and through their work, they advanced the notion of what it means to be a woman in a horror film.

Dee Wallace is best known to general movie-going audiences as mom in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. “It’s going to follow me to the grave, babe,” laughs Wallace in an interview.

Also known to horror fans for her work in films like The Howling and The Hills Have Eyes, Wallace will be on hand for a screening of 1983’s Cujo, based on the Stephen King novel and filmed partially in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, in which she plays a mother determined to protect her young son from a rabid St. Bernard dog.

Wallace never planned on becoming a horror icon. “I knew from the get-go that I loved doing film and I loved doing emotional roller-coaster rides, and the horror genre lends itself to that,” she says.

In addition to acting in film and television, Wallace has also created a consciousness healing practice, authoring books and offering private sessions in which she directs clients to manifest positive emotions and mental focus. In that vein, she credits her mix of emotional vulnerability and strength with her success in Hollywood.

“I come by that, quite honestly, from my mom,” says Wallace.

“She was literally my first acting teacher, but my father was an alcoholic so she worked full-time, held down the house and was the pillar of the family. There was this beautiful embracement of the human condition, where you can be vulnerable, strong, frightening and emotionally available all at the same time.”

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Silver Scream ( 13 a story by horror author H. P. Lovecraft. “Work in horror movies was not something I was chasing, it sort of landed in my lap,” says Crampton. “I was the second person to get the part of Meg in Re-Animator because the first girl dropped out after her mother read the script.”

Indeed, the film’s story of a medical student and his girlfriend partaking in bizarre experiments involving reanimating the dead is filled with gore galore, though her follow-up film, 1986’s From Beyond, also based on a Lovecraft story and featureing shape-shifting interdimensional beings feeding off humans’ brains, takes the cake for sheer insanity. Crampton will offer colorful commentary on From Beyond when it screens at the Silver Scream Festival.

Despite those early films’ notoriety, Crampton never considered herself a horror-movie icon until the last decade. “I hadn’t worked in a while, and someone asked me to be in a movie [2011’s You’re Next] because of my supposed cult status—and I say ‘supposed’ very emphatically—and I realized I belonged to a club that I didn’t know I belonged to,” says Crampton.

After the success of You’re Next, Crampton re-dedicated herself to working in films, especially in the horror genre, and she has acted in nearly 10 films in the last five years. “I feel really lucky and fortunate that I’m working with a lot of young filmmakers today who grew up watching my movies,” says Crampton. “It's really nice to feel embraced by the new horror community.”

In 2016, Crampton made headlines in this community when she penned an editorial on the website Birth.Movies.Death titled “Don’t Call Me a Scream Queen,” that broke down why she felt that the label was a limiting and outdated term.

“Women are today given a lot more to do in movies,” says Crampton. “I think putting somebody in a category and reducing them to some sort of terminology is just not favorable

to the kind of work a lot of actresses are doing out there.

We’re doing a lot more interesting work now. I think it’s time to move on from that.”

Kelli Maroney echoes that sentiment. “Now what they call my characters is a ‘final girl,’” says Maroney, referring to her performances in films like 1986’s Chopping Mall, in which she not only survives but also defeats her pursuers while spouting awesome one-liners. “Well, in the olden days, we used to call that the ‘star of the movie,’” she laughs. “But, OK, we’ll go with ‘final girl.’”

Maroney will be on hand for a screening of the 1984 valley girlsversus-zombies cult classic Night of the Comet.

“I’m right there with Barbara regarding that article,” says Maroney. “She wrote it first, but we were all thinking the same thing and she just laid it out and did a brilliant job with it.”

“There are some wonderful actresses out there, and it’s not everybody that can pull this thing off.” The term “scream queen,” says Maroney, “is just dismissive of people’s craft and talent and ability to get where they are.”

Legacy Monsters & the New School The Silver Scream Festival’s other highlights include several legacy horror stars on hand to present special screenings of their most famous films.

First up, celebrated stuntman, actor and director Ricou Browning, best known for portraying the Gill-man in the Creature from the Black Lagoon movies of the 1950s, appears for a screening of the original film.

“If you want to live a long, healthy life, become a diver,” says Kim, referring to the 87-year-old Browning, who also created the 1960s television series Flipper and who worked as recently as 2010 on marine stunts for Boardwalk Empire.

Browning’s Gill-man is one of cinema’s most enduring monsters and served as a clear inspiration for the creature in director Guillermo del Toro’s recent Academy Award–nominated feature The

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Shape of Water. Del Toro’s love of Famous Monsters of Filmland is well documented in interviews.

Also slated to appear is screenwriter and director John Russo, who is on hand to present a screening of the iconic zombie feature Night of the Living Dead, which he co-wrote with director George Romero.

“Of course, Romero is one of the greatest horror directors of all time, but John really wrote about half of that script with Romero,” says Kim. “They wrote the script almost as they were filming, and John had to come up with what became the zombie movement, and he deserves a lot of credit for that.”

Recently restored by archivists at the Criterion Collection, Night of the Living Dead is marking its 50th anniversary this year, and the new Criterion print will be shown at the festival.

In addition to the hoary horror icons, Silver Scream is also hosting up-and-coming figures in the genre. The festival’s openingnight film, Living Among Us, is a new take on the vampire trope written and directed by fast-rising Asian-American auteur Brian Metcalf, who will present the film along with several members of the cast on Feb. 16.

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special-effects makeup artist Ellinor Rosander, who has amassed nearly a million followers on YouTube with her gory makeup tutorial videos produced with photographer Macs Moser under the moniker ElliMacs sfx.

“We’re hoping that Silver Scream is groundbreaking in the sense of showcasing the next generation of creative quality that bigger shows don’t usually touch,” says Kim. All of these guests will be on hand for Silver Scream’s VIP dinner at the Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa on Feb. 17. That event will feature gourmet food, live entertainment and a chance to mingle with the stars of the festival, and proceeds from that event will go to Sonoma County fire-relief efforts.

“People in the rest of the world may have moved on, but for us in this region, it’s several years before we go back to normal,” says Kim. “It’s important for us to give back.”

“Everything that I do, and Phil is likewise, is for the people of this area,” says Pearlmutter.

“With this festival, I want to keep giving something to this county and this city that is going to make people happy.”

The Silver Scream Festival takes place Friday–Sunday, Feb. 16–18, at the Roxy Stadium 14, Santa Rosa. For tickets and showtimes, visit silverscreamfest.com.

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Urban Wetlands The best way to celebrate World Wetlands Day on Feb. 2 is to experience the wetlands firsthand with the staff at Laguna de Santa Rosa, who lead a kayak adventure of the watershed, designated as a Wetland of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Aside from amazing views, the outing offers insight into how the laguna plays into the larger natural framework in Sonoma County.

Kayaks, life vests, hot drinks and snacks will be provided, though space is limited, so pre-registration is required to kayak on Friday, Feb. 2, at Heron Hall, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa. 9am. $50. 707.527.9277.

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It’s been a tradition 34 years in the making, though this year’s Art from the Heart fundraiser at Sonoma State University takes on a new meaning in recognition of last October’s wildfires.

The gallery benefit will act as a healing art gathering, offering free admission to the party and featuring modestly priced works from a hundred artists, food, drinks, live music and auctions. In addition, Creative Sonoma gives a presentation on their efforts to help artists recover from wildfire devastation. Support local art while you party on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Sonoma State University Gallery, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 6pm.

Free admission. 707.664.2295.

One of the oldest orchestras of its kind in California, the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra is made up of advanced musicians, ages 11 to 23, who perform classical orchestral repertoires around the globe. This summer, the orchestra is planning a trip to perform in Europe, and to raise funds for this prestigious tour, they are, of course, hosting a rock and roll concert. Rock the Future features Sebastopol-based funk and soul band Frobeck, Petaluma’s favorite indie-folk foursome Trebuchet and beer from Bear Republic on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma.

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DOORS OF PERCEPTION Michael Pollan says interest in LSD and psilocybin research and expanding his own consciousness led him to write a book on the therapeutic value of psychedelic drugs.

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riter Michael Pollan’s interests are getting smaller—but infinitely more expansive.

Best known for his writing on food and sustainable agriculture, Pollan began his career as a gardening writer with his acclaimed Botany of Desire in 2001. He struck literary gold again with The Omnivore’s Dilemma in 2006.

His latest work, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, is due out May 15 and may seem like a departure for a man the New York Times’ called the “designated repository for the nation’s food conscience.” But Pollan says his latest inquiry follows a certain logic he’s traced over his career.

“There is an organic progression from one subject

to the other,” he says. “To me, it’s been about our engagement with other species and nature in general, but I tend to be more interested in how we interact with nature instead of simply observing it. Being in nature is a reciprocal activity.”

Pollan says food is an important part of that reciprocal relationship, but so is the universal quest for altered states of consciousness, something every culture except the Inuit

share. Powerful substances in the minds of people is one way cultures evolve, he says. “I don’t think we necessarily think about that as our relationship with nature, but I think it is.”

Pollan says immersion in his subjects and writing about them is another hallmark of his work.

That’s no exception in his latest book. That’s right. He dropped acid and writes about it.

Pollan says he missed out on LSD in college, but he has long had an interest in altered states of consciousness, and he became intrigued by medical research in the United States and elsewhere to study the effects of LSD and psilocybin on depression, addiction and other disorders.

Given the promising results, Pollan says that within the next five years these drugs “may enter the toolkit” of mental-health therapists. “Social change comes very quickly to this country sometimes,” he says, pointing to gay marriage and the legalization of cannabis.

On a personal level, Pollan says as he approached his 60th birthday he became open to the idea that psychedelics could expand his consciousness and free up ingrained patterns of thought and behavior.

“I started talking to people who had these experience in clinical trials and became very interested in how people’s worldviews actually shifted in the course of a single experience. I was at point in life where I was open to that.”

In the end, he says researching the book was the most interesting experience he’s had as a writer, and the most challenging.

Michael Pollan appears at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Feb. 8 for a talk about his career as a writer. Tickets are $39–$45. tickets. lutherburbankcenter.org

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listering drama takes the stage at Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre with the North Bay premiere of Ayad Akhtar’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced. Akhtar has taken the “friends drink to excess and soon truths are revealed” theatrical trope (see Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, etc.) and dragged it into the 21st century.

Amir Kapoor (Jared Wright) is a mergers and acquisitions attorney who’s changed his name and family history and abandoned his Muslim faith in an attempt to climb the corporate ladder. His wife, Emily (Ilana Niernberger), is an artist whose work is heavily influenced by Islamic culture. She’s eager to have her work displayed

by Isaac (Mike Schaeffer), a museum curator and the husband of Jory (Jazmine Pierce), a fellow attorney at Amir’s firm.

All seems to be on track until Amir appears at a court hearing after repeated entreaties from his nephew (Adrian Causor) and under pressure from Emily for an imam accused of raising money for a terrorist organization. A short blurb in the New York Times about Amir is the catalyst for the action that ensues at a dinner party where Isaac wishes to share some happy news.

Akhtar manages to address issues of assimilation, cultural appropriation, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, bigotry, racism, workplace inequity, misogyny and religious and political fundamentalism in 90 compact minutes. The action all takes place in Amir and Emily’s apartment with two short expositional scenes prefacing the play’s main moment—the dinner party. It’s a party that begins well enough, but after ugly truths are revealed, ends in a shocking act of brutality.

While the dinner-party setting may be stock, these characters are not. Director Phoebe Moyer and the cast take a no-holdsbarred approach to the material, and it pays off. Each character’s complexity is refreshing and provides a worthy challenge for the experienced cast. The company is excellent in its portrayals of individuals who struggle with their core beliefs and the realization that they may not be who they think they are or— more frighteningly—that they are who they think they are.

That struggle was mirrored by the audience in post-show conversations.

The best theater starts a dialogue, not just about the show, but of the issues raised. This production should lead to a lot of discussions and maybe some heated, but hopefully civil, arguments.

There’s no disgrace in that.

Rating (out of 5): ‘Disgraced’ runs through Feb. 18 at Left Edge Theatre. 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. Thursday– Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm. $25–$40.

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BELT IT OUT The Oakland Interfaith

Gospel Choir may not look traditional, but the music is the real thing.

Choir on Fire

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he Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir’s Terrance Kelly isn’t coming to Sonoma County this week to save souls per se—but the choir’s artistic director says he hopes to lift some local hearts in a region reeling from the October fires.

Formed in 2013, the OIGC is a multicultural choir that draws from persons of all races and faith—or of no faith—to deliver a one-love message that’s powered by slave songs and gospel music.

The choir performs at the Green Music Center on Feb. 1.

They’ve come off tour recently with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, one of whose members lost a home to the fires. Kelly vividly recalls the moment. “There were 287 gay men’s chorus members

The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir performs at the Green Music Center’s Weill Hall on Feb. 1 at 8pm. 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. Free (tickets required). greenmusiccenter.sonoma.edu.

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and around 47 of us. When this guy found out he lost his home, everyone was crying. We asked him, ‘Do you need an emergency flight home?’ He said, ‘No thanks.’

We stayed out and finished the tour.”

In a divided America oversensitized to questions around identity politics and cultural appropriation, the OIGC provides a bracing and uplifting rejoinder that’s set in the granite of authenticity. Kelly is not so nearly concerned with questions of appropriation, he says, as he is with his choir singing the black gospel the way it’s supposed to be sung. “We don’t take it and make it something else,” he says.

Kelly has heard from many older, black audience members who come to him after OIGC performances, amazed at the fidelity of the encounter with music forged in human suffering.

“When we get that response,” says Kelly, “we know we are singing authentically.”

We’re living in trying times, says OIGC executive director Mark DeSaulnier—all the more reason to get on the good foot with Jesus, or at least the music sung in his name and created in the crucible of slavery. The administration in Washington, he says, “has created divisions, so to speak, of inclusion—no matter your skin color, socioeconomic situation, no matter your sexual orientation, we can stand together and we can celebrate our differences.”

The beaming, belt-it-out authenticity on display at the OIGC springs in part from a sense of shared pain that’s not the provenance of one or another faith or group of people, says DeSaulnier.

“One of the core messages in black gospels and spirituals,” he says, “which is relatable at any given point, is that we all have adversity and hardship.

And people want to be reminded of that. They want to be in a community that lives it out.”

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Smith’s Feb 24 Lavay “Speakeasy Supper Club” Sat

Featuring the Music of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie 8:30

Jones Gang Feb 25 The High Octane Americana 4:00 Sun

Tommy Castro Weekend Fri Mar 2 & Sat Mar 3 Reservations Advised

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Music Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Louisiana Love Act

Ever evolving all-star band features Phil Colombatto, Melvin Seals, Jimmy Vivino, Pete Sears and others performing together onstage.

Feb 3, 9pm. $25. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Lyle Lovett & Robert Earl Keen

Spend an evening with the two Texas troubadours, performing alongside each other. Feb 6, 8pm. $49-$69. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir & Band

Emmy-winning music director Terrance Kelly leads over fifty singers and four instrumentalists who embody a community of diverse races, cultures and faiths. Feb 1, 8pm.

Free/ticket required. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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MARIN COUNTY Wed 1⁄31 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $15–$18 • All Ages Michael LaMacchia & Steve Gibson

Birthday Bash

Thu 2⁄1 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–$20 • All Ages

Phantom Power + An Intimate Evening with Michael Shaw Fri 2⁄2 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $20–$25 • All Ages

Fishbone

+ The Crooked Stuff Sun 2⁄4 • Doors 2pm ⁄ FREE • All Ages

Free Super Bowl Party

On the BIG screen ~ Pats vs Eagles with special menu feat Sliders, Nachos, Poutine, Chowda and more!

Thu 2⁄8 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–$20 • All Ages

IrieFuse & Sol Horizon

Bob Marley Birthday Celebration Sun 2⁄11 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $25–$30 • All Ages Junior Reid ( Black Uhuru) and the One Blood Band with Juju Reid and Yung JR + Lee Tafari - Acoustic To Vinyl Wed 2⁄14 • Doors 7:30pm ⁄ $22–$27 • All Ages Tony Lindsay (Santana)

& Jimmy

Dillon Love Songs (seated)

www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

‘The Colors of India’ with Dholrhythms Dance Company

Winter Nights series pays tribute to the rhythms of India with dance, music and song.

Feb 3, 8pm. $10-$35. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Ian Dogole’s Music Beyond Borders

Multi-percussionist and bandleader assembles a stellar cast of msicians for a concert that pushes the envelope of Jazz, world music and free improvisation. Feb 2, 8pm. $22$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

‘A Love Supreme’ Celebration

The music of John Coltrane’s album, “A Love Supreme,” comes to life with Steve Kimock, Henry Kaiser, Reed Mathis and others. Feb 3, 9pm. $30-$35. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

NAPA COUNTY The Hot Sardines

New York-based ensemble features lead singer Elizabeth Bougerol and lots of brassy musicians belting out classic jazz melodies. Feb 3, 7:30 and 9:45pm. $35-$55. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

It’s a Grand Night for Singers

Music director Richard Evans accompanies singers from all over the Bay Area for an engaging evening of classical and musical theater selections.

Feb 3, 7pm. $20. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Three Redneck Tenors

Musical comedy trio of classically trained vocalists is like “Duck Dynasty” goes to Carnegie Hall. Feb 3, 8pm. $30$50. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa.

707.259.0123.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annie O’s Music Hall

Feb 3, Northbass featuring Elz, Ananaki and Mhytee.

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

Thieves. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.7163.

The Block

Feb 3, 1pm, Mike Saliani and friends. 20 Grey St, Petaluma.

707.775.6003.

Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern

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

707.865.2261.

Brew

Jan 31, Selector Dub Narcotic with Hose Rips and Big Kitty.

555 Healdsburg Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.303.7372.

Cellars of Sonoma

Feb 4, 2pm, Falcon Christopher.

20 Matheson Ave, Healdsburg.

707.578.1826.

Crooked Goat Brewing Feb 3, 3pm, Viva La Rêve. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol.

707.827.3893.

Dry Creek Kitchen

Feb 5, 6pm, John Stowell and Randy Vincent Duo. Feb 6, 6pm, Steve Moon and Jeff Suburu. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.0330.

Elephant in the Room

Feb 2, Matt Silva and Nikki Otis. Feb 3, Jon Gonzales String Band. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Flamingo Lounge

Feb 2, Groovy Judy. Feb 3, Konsept Party Band. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.8530.

Forestville Club

Feb 2, Pepperland.

6250 Front St, Forestville.

707.887.2594.

Jan 31, Greg Chorebanian.

Feb 1, Aqus Celtic Music Session. Feb 2, Megan Bee. Feb 3, Greenhouse. Feb 4, La Guinguette. Feb 7, aqus blues jam. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Green Music Center Weill Hall

Arlene Francis Center

HopMonk Sebastopol

Feb 1, Midnight Sun Massive and Disclaimer. Tues, Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, open mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Feb 2, Mystic Roots Band with Dollar $hort. Feb 5, Monday Night Edutainment with Delly Ranx. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Barley & Hops Tavern

HopMonk Sonoma

Feb 2, 6pm, Viva La Rêve. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Jan 31, Zeena Quinn & the Swing Warriors. Feb 1, Hot Grubb. Feb 2, Dr Mojo. Feb 3, the Hots. Feb 4, Electric Avenue. Feb 7, the Peach

Feb 2, Nikolaj Znaider and Robert Kulek. Feb 3, soprano Renée Fleming. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Wed, open mic. Feb 2, Nate Lopez. Feb 3, Aki Kumar and Jon Lawton. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Feb 3, “Music of Brazil” with John Stowell Quartet. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Darren Carroll

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Sun Feb 18

Julian Lage Trio Grammy Nominated • JAZZ ALL AGES • DOORS 6:30PM $30 Raven (Healdsburg) Sat Feb 24

English Beat

TUE, FEBRUARY 6

An Evening with Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen

SKA • ALL AGES DOORS 7:30PM $35 ADV/$38 DOS Raven (Healdsburg)

Sat Feb 24

THU, FEBRUARY 8

Singer/Songwriter ALL AGES • Families Encouraged!

5:30–7:30pm FREE Admission Church of the Oaks (Cotati)

One Writer’s Trip: From the Garden to the Plate and the Beyond

Maury and Cheri + Friends

Michael Pollan

THU, FEBRUARY 15

Fri Mar 9

Afrolicious + Marshall House Project

Johnny Mathis

DOORS 7:30pm $15 ADV/$18 DOS Arlene Francis Center (Santa Rosa)

LONE STARS Texas songwriting veterans Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett team

up on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. See Concerts, adjacent page.

HeartSpacePresents.com 707-800-9485 Presenting music that gives hearts the space to heal, connect and be happy!

SAT, FEBRUARY 24

Jake Shimabukuro

WED, FEBRUARY 28

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Wed, open mic night. Feb 1, Austin Quattlebaum. Feb 3, Modern Monsters and Ghost of California. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Jan 31, the Muddy Roses. Feb 1, Nate Lopez. Feb 2, Le Hot Club Swing. Feb 3, Pacific Vibrations.

Feb 4, Blue Radio. Feb 7, Lisa-Marie Johnston. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

707.778.8776.

Lavish Hi-Fi

First Thursday of every month, 5:30pm, Music for Enjoyment and Pleasure.

402 Moore Lane, Healdsburg.

707.433.9199.

Local Barrel

Feb 3, Joe Clopton. 490 Mendocino Ave #104, Santa Rosa. 707.890.5433.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

Feb 1, John Hiatt & the Goners.

Feb 2, Yandel. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Main Street Bistro

Feb 1, Vernelle Anders. Feb 2, Wild Janie Roberts. Feb 3, Eric

Wiley. Feb 4, Willie Perez. Feb 6, Mac & Potter. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Justin Brown. 701 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma.

707.774.5226.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

Pub Republic

Feb 2, Dawn Angelosante and Tony Gibson. Feb 3, Timothy O’Neil. 464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Feb 1, New Kingston with the Late Ones. Feb 3, the Mother Hips. Sold-out. Feb 7, the Expendables with Through the Roots and Pacific Dub. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum

Feb 2, 6:30pm, the doRiaN Mode. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma.

707.778.4398.

Feb 3, Le Hot Club Swing.

3120 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma.

707.782.9090.

Ray’s Deli & Tavern

Feb 2, 6pm, Domestic Harmony.

Wed, 6pm, open mic session.

900 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.762.9492.

Red Brick

Feb 2, Steve Freund and Tracy Rose. Feb 3, Wendy DeWitt. Feb 4, 4pm, Jessica Malone Duo. Feb 6, Chuck Sher and friends.

101 Second St, Petaluma.

707.765.4567.

Redwood Cafe

Feb 2, Wormhead with SamVega and Death & Taxes.

Feb 3, Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra benefit with Frobeck and Trebuchet. 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Feb 1, Captain Paisley. Feb 2, Kevin Russell. Feb 3, 6pm, Play it Forward Music Foundation.

Feb 4, 5pm, Gypsy Kisses. Feb 5, West Coast Songwriters.

Feb 6, Rock Overtime student performance. Feb 7, singersongwriter competition. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Pongo’s Kitchen & Tap

The Reel Fish Shop & Grill

The Phoenix Theater

Feb 1, 6:30pm, Michelle Lambert. Feb 3, 6:30pm,

Feb 2, the Rivertown Trio.

David Rawlings

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Feb 3, Third Rail. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Registration is now open for the 2018 Freedom Jazz Choir!

The Choir will perform with the Marcus Shelby Orchestra on June 10 as part of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival.

We’re now taking sign-ups for the Freedom Jazz Choir!

Rehearsals start Feb. 17, one performance only on June 10 at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. Whether you’re an alto or a tenor, soprano or bass, “lift every voice in song” this year. Learn more and sign up online . . .

Feb 3, Dgiin. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.

Rock Star University House of Rock

Feb 3, Aerocksmith with Union Jack & the Rippers.

3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa.

707.791.3482.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Feb 3, Mark McDonald.

131 E First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.9610.

Sonoma Speakeasy

Wed, the Acrosonics. Feb 2, the New Hip Replacements.

Feb 3, the Side Men with Peter Welker. Feb 6, Tri Tip Trio. Feb 7, the Acrosonics. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.

Spancky’s Bar

Feb 3, the Austin Mo Xperience.

8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.664.0169.

The Star

Feb 3, Far Out with Sharkmouth and Lucky Ol’ Bones. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.634.6390.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

707.829.7300 230 PETALUMA AVE | SEBASTOPOL

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STEPPAS, WHITE GLOVE SERVICE FEB 15 THE REGGAE • DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

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THURSDAY

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Feb 2, DJ Marco MD. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY The Belrose

WITH CULANNʼS HOUNDS ROCK • DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

2/23 Lee Ann Womack, 2/24 Shooter Jennings, 2/25 Mickey Avalon & Dirt Nasty with DJ Aspect, 3/2 Tainted Love, 3/3 Greg Brown, 3/10 House of Floyd, 3/12 Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lives On, 3/13 The Psychedelic Furs, 3/16 Andre Nickatina, 3/17 Tazmanian Devils plus San Geronimo

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

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church Feb 7, A Mill Valley Philharmonic Valentine. 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley, millvalleyphilharmonic.org.

19 Broadway Club

Jan 31, Lolita with Burn River Burn. Feb 1, Small Change Romeos. Feb 2, 5:30pm, Danny Montana and friends. Feb 2, 9pm, First Fridays Reggae Night with Broken Silence Sound System. Feb 3, 5:30pm, Michael Brown and friends.

Feb 3, 9:30pm, Afrofunk Experience with Camino. Feb 4, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam.

Feb 5, open mic. Feb 6, Blues Champions. Feb 7, Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Jan 31, Jimi James Band. Feb 2, Michael Aragon Quartet.

Feb 5, Kimrea & Dreamdogs.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Jan 31, Relatively Dead. Feb 1, EMK. Feb 6, Swing Fever. Feb 7, Donna D’Acuti. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Feb 1, Sticky’s Backyard. Feb 2, Swoop Unit. Feb 3, Ann Halen.

Feb 4, Matt Bolton. Feb 5, open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Fenix

Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar

George’s Nightclub

ROCK • DOORS 7:30PM • 21+

Feb 3, “From Broadway to Hollywood” with Richard Glazier and Noah Griffin.

549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

415.924.5111.

Feb 2, Stompy Jones. Feb 3, King James. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

YOUNG DUBLINERS

IGOR AND THE RED ELVISES

Lark Theater

Thurs, open mic night.

1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.454.6422.

WITH DOWN DIRTY SHAKE

SATURDAY AN EVENING WITH

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Whiskey Tip

Feb 1, Rhythm Drivers. Feb 2, Chicago: the Tribute. Feb 3, Street Corner Renaissance.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

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Feb 1, Country Line Dancing.

Feb 2, Mike Saliani and Brooker D & the Mellow Fellows. Feb 3, Hot Start. Feb 6, open mic. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

707.795.5118.

D’lilah Monroe & the Tom Cats. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

415.485.1005.

Jan 31, Lady D. Feb 6, Erin Honeywell. Feb 7, Andoni.

250 Entrada Dr, Novato.

415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse

Wed, open mic. Feb 3, D2C benefit concert with Royal Jelly Jive. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Feb 2, the 7th Sons. Feb 3, Andre Thierry. Feb 4, 4pm, Julio Bravo & Orquestra Salsabor. Feb 6, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Feb 3, DJ party. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato

Jan 31, Rattlebox. Feb 7,

Feb 1, Joseph Hein. Feb 2,

Thunderdog and Smokin’ Ziggurats. Feb 3, the New Up. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Jan 31, Michael LaMacchia & Steve Gibson Birthday Bash. Feb 1, Phantom Power and Michael Shaw. Feb 2, Fishbone with the Crooked Stuff. Feb 4, 11am, the Plage Boys. Feb 5, open mic with Austin DeLone. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads

Jan 31, Deep Dark Woods. Jan 31, Phil Lesh and friends in the Grate Room. Feb 2, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Jan 31, 12pm, Alphabet Baroque Club. Feb 1, Waipuna.

Feb 4, Lumama and Nathan Bickart Trio. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY Andaz Napa

Feb 3, David Ronconi. Feb 7, Justin Diaz. 1450 First St, Napa.

707.687.1234.

Blue Note Napa

Jan 31, the Lowest Pair.

Feb 1, the Sam Chase & the Untraditional. Feb 2, Waipuna.

Feb 6, Jules Leyhe. Feb 7, Alvon Johnson: Ambassador of the Blues. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Feb 2, Latin Nights with DJ Jose Miguel. Feb 3, the Hellflowers. 1141 First St, Napa.

707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Feb 3, Jealous Zelig.

1245 First St, Napa.

707.254.1922.

Napa Valley Roasting Company

Fri, jammin’ and java with Jeff Johnson. 948 Main St, Napa.

707.224.2233.

River Terrace Inn

Feb 2, Johnny Smith. Feb 3, Craig Corona. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa. 707.320.9000.

Silo’s

Feb 2, San Francisco Airship.

Feb 3, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. Feb 4, This One’s for You: the songs of Barry Manilow. 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Feb 2

Arts Guild of Sonoma “Julia Pozsgai,” the Sonoma County artist shows her acrylic, clay, fiber and metal works of art. 5pm. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.996.3115.

Blasted Art Gallery, “Arminée Chahbazian & Ben Lastufka,” two Sonoma County artists exhibit innovative sculpture and paintings respectively. 5pm. Art Alley, South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.888.1026.

Corte Madera Library, “Pauline Ivancovich Teller: An Artist’s Journey,” works from 1934 to 2008 represent the career of the noted Marin artist. 5pm. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, “Reflections,” exhibit tells the story of Petaluma’s black population since the 1800s as part of Black History month.

6:30pm. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Feb 3

Gallery Route One, “Road Maps,” Gallery Route One’s 33rd annual group show is juried by San Francisco art writer and curator DeWitt Cheng. 3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1347.

Toby’s Feed Barn, “Unseen Point Reyes,” Richard Blair and Kathleen Goodwin exhibit photographs and paintings of West Marin’s most picturesque places off the beaten trails. 1pm.

11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1223.

Feb 6

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Flowers”, conceptual artist Eun Lee takes on the floral subject. 5:30pm. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.4331.

Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Calabi Gallery

Through Feb 10, “Gallery Group Show,” featuring Calabi Gallery’s contemporary artists and selections from its vintage collection. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

Chroma Gallery

Through Feb 4, “Art of the Figure,” fourth annual group show features works by members of Sonoma County and Bay Area figure drawing group. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Erickson Fine Art Gallery

Through Feb 13, “Bob Nugent: Brazil,” artist’s recent paintings are inspired by the power and delicacy of the Amazon rainforests and rivers. 324 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. Thurs-Tues, 11 to 6.

707.431.7073.

Finley Community Center

Feb 5-Mar 23, “National Arts Program Exhibit,” annual show provides local artists of all ages with a forum to showcase their artistic accomplishments.

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

Gallery One

Through Feb 19, “Emerging Artists,” get a look at seven diverse artists who are on the rise in the North Bay. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.778.8277.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Through Feb 4, “Expressions,” HCA’s annual members’ group show includes creative paintings, photographs, printmaking and more. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Through Feb 11, “Year of the Dog,” it’s the Chinese Year of the Dog, and several artists present their distinctive look at man’s best friend. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Library

Through Feb 7, “Parched, Drenched & Scorched,” exhibit on northern California’s drought, floods and the fires of last October includes photos

by Karen Preuss and text by Jonah Raskin. 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. Mon-Tues, 1 to 5 and 6 to 9; Wed-Sat, 1 to 5.

707.823.7691.

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Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) 12 Angry Men (1957) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

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Through Feb 18, “Venetian Bella Notte & Irish Sea Dancers,” Marissa Carlisle’s collection of images printed on metal and drawn patterns is on display. 950 Randolph St, Napa.

Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm; 7am to 5 for members; Twilight hours, 5 to 7pm. 707.603.3986.

Comedy

Watch some of Charles Schulz’s favorite films on the Museum’s big screen with complimentary popcorn and candy!

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2301 Hardies Lane

Improv Comedy Workshop

Learn the tricks to developing improvised sketches and skits.

Wed, 7pm. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Laugh Your Bingo Off! Play bingo to a standup comedy show. Feb 3, 7pm. $28. The Laugh Cellar, 5755 Mountain Hawk Way, Santa Rosa. 707.843.3824.

Team Trivia Contest

Jeopardy style questions, songs and visuals hosted by comedian Clark Peterson. Fri, Feb 2, 7pm. $3. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael. 415.492.1800.

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See standup comedians Steve Mittleman, Nathan Habib, Kabir Singh, Nick Aragon and others. Feb 6, 8pm. $17-$27.

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University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

707.664.2295.

Doctors with a Heart

New chiropractic patients can receive certain services free of charge for the month of February as part of the national movement. Feb 1-28.

Maher Chiropractic, 101 Golf Course Dr, C5, Rohnert Park.

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Fire Safe Landscape

Valley of the Moon Garden Club hosts a program to help homeowners take steps to make their homes fire resistant. Feb 1, 7pm. $5.

Sonoma Veterans Memorial Hall, 126 First St W, Sonoma.

707.938.4105.

Healing from the October Fires

Multifaceted program offers scientific perspectives on fire ecology through poetry and a film, presented by biologist and filmmaker Maya Khosla and community members.

Pre-registration required. Feb 1, 6:30pm. $6-$20. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.

Locals’ Day at the Barlow

Jam-packed with discounts, two-for-one-tastings, freebies and other offerings from nearly 30 makers and merchants.

Thurs. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.824.5600.

Marin Rowing Ergathon

Twenty four-hour marathon of rowing raises funds to benefit Marin Rowing’s Youth Programs. Feb 3, 12pm. Mollie Stone’s Markets, 270 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae. 415.461.1164.

Peace in Process

Relax deeply with a morning spiritual event. Sun, 9:30am. by donation. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Sanskriti

Annual festival explores Indian cultural heritage with music and dance performances by world-renowned artists and emerging talent. Feb 3, 5pm. $45. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

Wine Country Affordable Housing Raffle

Hawks Wine holds several online raffles for vacation and travel experiences, private dinners and more to support victims of October’s wildfires. Through Mar 10.

Hawkes Tasting Room, 6738 Hwy 128, Healdsburg, winecountryhousing.org.

Field Trips World Wetlands Day Kayaking Adventure Experience the Laguna de Santa Rosa up close in a kayaking experience led by seasoned guides. Preregistration required. Feb 2, 9am. $50. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

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and teen advocates in a screening of her film and community discussion of teen suicide prevention. Jan 31, 7pm. $25. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 415.491.5705.

Now Is the Time: Healthcare for Everyone

Documentary screens as part of “West Marin Standing Together,” with healthcare presentation and discussion.

Feb 2, 7pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1075.

Tribute to Liv Ullmann Actress who lived and worked with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman is on hand for a weekend-long tribute that screens several of Bergman’s films as part of a centennial celebration of the filmmaker.

Feb 2-4. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

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Horror masterpiece “John Carpenter’s The Thing” screens with special guest, cinematographer Dean Cundey appearing in a Q&A. Feb 1, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.8909.

First Friday Film Series

Series returns with 1955 classic “Rebel Without a Cause,” starring James Dean and Natalie Wood. Feb 2, 7pm. $5.

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

707.579.4452.

Groundhog Day

Bill Murray relives the titular holiday over and over again in this heartfelt comedy, screening all day as part of the “Cinema at Copia” series. Feb 2, 12pm. Free. The Culinary Institute of America at Copia, 500 First St, Napa.

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Kangaroo: A LoveHate Story

Directors Kate McIntyre Clere and Mick McIntyre appear for a screening and discussion of the new film about Australia’s iconic animal. Feb 5, 7pm.

Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.

Not Alone

Buckelew Programs partners with filmmaker Kiki Goshay

Cheesemaker Sheana Davis hosts an evening of artisan foods inspired by culinary figure M.F.K. Fisher. Feb 1, 6pm. $35. The General’s Daughter, 400 W Spain St, Sonoma.

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Give Me Shelter

Fundraiser for Healdsburg animal shelter features local wine, seated dinner, lively auctions and shelter pets mixing and mingling. Feb 3, 6pm. $125. Villa Chanticleer, 900 Chanticleer Way, Healdsburg. 707.577.1911.

Great Sonoma Crab & Wine Fest

Annual fundraiser features local cuisine, award-winning wines, and silent and live auctions. Feb 3, 4pm. Sold-out.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.545.4200.

Master Winemaker Series

Charles Krug Winery brings its renowned portfolio to pair with the cuisine of executive chef Ryan Rupp in a delicious evening. Feb 3, 6pm. $155.

Meritage Resort, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, 855.318.1768.

Moroccan Dinner

Aziz Zhari, a native Moroccan and long-time Healdsburgian, will share his favorite family

BLAST OF ART ‘Icarus,’ by Sonoma County artist Ben Lastufka, is one of several

works he and artist Arminée Chahbazian are exhibiting at the new Blasted Art Gallery in Santa Rosa’s SOFA Arts District on Friday, Feb. 2. See Receptions, p23.

recipes with diners. Feb 2, 5pm. $55. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.

Pliny the Younger Release

Get in line for the annual limited release of triple IPA some call “the best beer in the world.” Feb 2-15. Russian River Brewing Company, 725 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.2337.

State Bird Provisions Cocktail Party

State Bird Provisions chefs and proprietors Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski host a party featuring bites from their new book paired with drinks from SHED’s fermentation bar and music from the Dry Creek Duo. Feb 3, 5:30pm. Sold-out.

Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Traditional Mole Class

Hands-on class from chef Lui focuses on the famous Mole paste of Oaxaca, Mexico. Feb 6, 6pm. $85. Napa Valley Cooking School, 1088 College Ave, St Helena. 707.967.2901.

Wine & Dine Wednesdays

Weekly three-course offering showcases local wines and music by Michael Hantman.

Wed. $36. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

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For Kids A Celebration of American Music & Family Dance Party Fun, positive party is an

homage to American music traditions in honor of Black History Month. Feb 1, 3:30pm.

Rincon Valley Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa.

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Feb 3, 3pm. Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E St, Santa Rosa.

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Lectures American Garden School

Learn about managing successful soil and irrigation in your gardening from talented teachers. Feb 4, 9:30am. $130.

Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

Twelve-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Sat, 8am. All Saints Lutheran Church, 2 San Marin Dr, Novato, 781.932.6300.

From Gutters to Gardens

Maximize your rainwater to use in your home garden.

Feb 7, 6pm. Free. Cotati Community Center, 216 E School St, Cotati.

Gulf of the Farallones

Learn about the whale and marine life hotspot just off our coast. Jan 31, 6pm. $15.

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Refuge Recovery Join a Buddhist based recovery group. Sat, 9:30am.

Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

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Southern Marin Toastmasters Improve your public speaking skills at the weekly meeting.

Wed, 6:45pm. Free. Larkspur Recreation, 240 Doherty Dr, Larkspur, eloquent. toastmastersclubs.org.

Twined Basket Workshop Hands-on class with basket weaver Charlie Kennard uses peeled willow sticks to make miniature baskets. Preregistration required. Feb 3, 9:30am. $95. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

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Readings Angelico Hall Feb 5, 7pm, “Lincoln in the Bardo” with George Saunders. $40. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

Aqus Cafe Feb 5, 6:15pm, A Muse-ing Mondays with Rivertown Poets, featuring poets Robert Aquinas McNally and Gayle Eleano, with open mic. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

Book Passage

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Feb 3, 2pm, Readers Theatre.

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Napa Bookmine at Oxbow

Feb 4, 12pm, “The Discovery of Ramen” with Oliver Chin.

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Outdoor Art Club

Feb 1, 7:30pm, “The Beauty” and “Nine Gates” with Jane Hirshfield, local poet reads from various works. 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley 415.383.2582.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

Jan 31, 4pm, “Lola Dutch” with Sarah Jane and Kenneth Wright. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Readers’ Books

Feb 1, 7pm, “California Field Atlas” with Obi Kaufmann.

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Feb 4, 2pm, “Transformational NLP: A New Psychology” with Carl Buchheit. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

Theater Buried Child

Pulitzer Prize-winning drama written by Sam Shepard is a gothic tale of family secrets and lost inheritance in the tradition of epic Greek drama and Shakespeare tragedies.

Feb 2-25. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

The Children’s Hour Ross Valley Players present

the vital contemporary play, banned from stages in London and Boston when it first debuted in 1934. Through Feb 11. $12-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

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about a 1940s detective caught in a web of deception.

Reservations required. Fri, Feb 2, 7pm. $68. Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor, getaclueproductions.com.

Cow Pie Bingo

Three gutsy gals sing their way to stardom in this Nashvillebased revue featuring country music classics. Through Feb 4. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.523.4185.

Award-winning playwright Larissa FastHorse’s drama, about four socially awkward humans and a cow navigating an increasingly immoral world while staying true to a moral compass, makes its world premiere. Through Feb 18. AlterTheater Storefront, 1344 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.454.2787.

Death of a Salesman Playwright Arthur Miller’s drama about an aging salesman and his family is a tense examination of the American Dream. Feb 1-18. $12-$27. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato. 415.883.4498.

The Dining Room

Six actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill to create a mosaic of interrelated scenes in this Sonoma Arts Live production. Through Feb 4. $22-$37. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

Disgraced

Left Edge Theatre presents the social drama about a Pakistani-American lawyer and his wife caught in an escalating dinner party argument. Through Feb 18. $25-$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

8x10 Play Festival

Lucky Penny’s annual showcase of short plays packs eight original 10-minute works into one eclectic program.

Through Feb 4. $22-$32. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa.

707.266.6305.

Honky Tonk Angels

The Music Man Jr

Spreckels Youth in Arts presents the iconic show with wit, warmth and good oldfashioned romance. Through Feb 3. $10-$15. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

707.588.3400.

Rapture, Blister, Burn Raven Players present the thoughtful and funny look at 21st-century gender politics.

Through Feb 11. $10-$25.

Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.

Skeleton Crew

The third of Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit cycle trilogy is a tense drama about an auto plant at the start of the Great Recession. Through Feb 18. $10-$37. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Valley Players present the Tony Award-winning drama about middle-aged siblings. Feb 1-3, 7:30pm. $20. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville. 707.944.9900.

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang are featured in this charming revue of vignettes and songs. Feb 1-11. $10-$17. Evert B. Person Theater, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

Good People

Set in south Boston, this humorous work explores everyday struggles and unshakable hopes of living down and out in America.

Feb 2-18. $15-$35. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.

The Gumshoe Murders Get a Clue Productions presents a new murdermystery dinner theater show

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n November, the state moved to lift acreage limits in place to protect small-time, legacy pot growers as part of the Proposition 64 rollout. The late-game maneuver at the California Department of Food and Agriculture prompted a lawsuit last week by the California Growers Association.

The suit, filed in state Superior Court, charges that the CDFA’s lifting of one-acre grow limits that were to be in place through 2023 is contrary to what voters agreed to when they passed Proposition 64 in 2016.

Attorney Patrick Soluri represents the California Growers Association (CGA) in the suit.

In an email, he laid out his legal argument, noting that the goals of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, and the pot omnibus law MAUCRSA (the Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act), “was to bring existing small operations out of the shadows so that they could contribute tax revenue and comply with environmental laws.”

The rescission hinges on an argument offered by large-scale growers that smaller operators

weren’t going to survive new regulatory costs associated with MAUCSRA. Steve D’Angelo of Oakland’s Harborside dispensary made that argument to the Sacramento Bee when the lawsuit was filed. “[T]here is no reasonable debate,” says Soluri, “that larger cultivation operations can easier absorb increased regulatory cost of compliance than smaller operations.”

Soluri cites the CDFA’s economic impact analysis of the five-year carve-out. Without the protection, Soluri notes, “as California voters intended, these existing small operations will simply not even attempt to become legal.”

This was the concern expressed

by North Bay lawmakers who represent legacy growers, such as Healdsburg State Sen. Mike McGuire. Now, as Soluri notes, California risks having two cannabis markets, “a legal market comprised of large, corporate agribusiness and an illegal market of small operators.”

McGuire did not reply to requests for comment.

The CGA’s executive director, Hezekiah Allen said every iteration of the legalization push and every regulatory analysis of its impacts, included the 2023 rule. He suspects pressure from state growers angling for a bigger piece of the cannabis pie drove the CFDA’s reversal.

CDFA spokesman Steve Lyle declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office says he has “not yet reviewed [the] lawsuit.”

Newsom headed up a blueribbon cannabis commission whose “Pathways Report: Policy Options for Regulating Marijuana in California,” released in July 2015, said the California legalization regime should “ensure that small and mid-size entities, especially responsible actors in the current market, have access to the new licensed market, and that the industry and regulatory system are not dominated by large, corporate interests.”

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Stories have the power to either dampen or mobilize your life energy. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will make heroic efforts to seek out the latter and avoid the former.

Now is a crucial time to treat yourself to stories that will jolt you out of your habitual responses and inspire you to take long-postponed actions and awaken the sleeping parts of your soul. And that’s just half of your assignment, dear Taurus. Here’s the rest: tell stories that help you remember the totality of who you are, and that inspire your listeners to remember the totality of who they are.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Author Anaïs Nin said, “There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don’t work.” For two reasons, Nin’s formulation is especially apropos for you right now.

First, you should not allow yourself to be seduced, tempted or won over by sweet gestures alone. You must insist on sweet gestures that are synergized by a sense of wonder and an appreciation of your unique beauty. Second, you should adopt the same approach for those you want to seduce, tempt or win over: sweet gestures seasoned with wonder and an appreciation of their unique beauty.

LEO (July 23–August 22) In March 1996, a man burst into the studio of radio station Star FM in Wanganui, New Zealand. He took the manager hostage and issued a single demand: that the DJ play a recording of the Muppet song “The Rainbow Connection,” as sung by the puppet Kermit the Frog.

Fortunately, police intervened quickly, no one was hurt, and the kidnapper was jailed. In bringing this to your attention, Leo, I am certainly not suggesting that you imitate the kidnapper. Please don’t break the law or threaten anyone with harm. On the other hand, I do urge you to take dramatic, innovative action to fulfill one of your very specific desires.

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) In all of history, humans have mined about 182,000 tons of gold. Best estimates suggest there are still 35 billion tons of gold buried in the earth, but the remaining riches will be more difficult to find and collect than what we’ve already gotten. We need better technology. If I had to say who would be the entrepreneurs and inventors best qualified to lead the quest, my choice would be members of the Aries tribe. For the foreseeable future, you people will have extra skill at excavating hidden treasure and gathering resources that are hard to access.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Are you more inclined right now to favor temporary involvements and short-term promises? Or would you consider making brave commitments that lead you deeper into the Great Mystery? Given the upcoming astrological omens, I vote for the latter. Here’s another pair of questions for you, Cancerian. Are you inclined to meander from commotion to commotion without any game plan? Or might you invoke the magic necessary to get involved with high-quality collaborations? I’m hoping you’ll opt for the latter. (P.S.: The near future will be prime time for you to swear a sacred oath or two.)

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VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Many varieties of the nettle plant will sting you if you touch the leaves and stems. Their hairs are like hypodermic needles that inject your skin with a blend of irritant chemicals. And yet nettle is also an herb with numerous medicinal properties. It can provide relief for allergies, arthritis, joint pain and urinary problems. That’s why Shakespeare invoked the nettle as a metaphor in his play Henry IV, Part 1: “Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety,” says the character named Hotspur. In accordance with the astrological omens, Virgo, I choose the nettle as your power metaphor for the first three weeks of February.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22)

Knullrufs is a Swedish word that refers to what your hair looks like after sex: tousled, rumpled, disordered. If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, you should experience more knullrufs than usual in the coming weeks. You’re in a phase when you need and deserve extra pleasure and delight, especially the kind that rearranges your

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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

In his “Crazy Lake Experiment” documented on Youtube, Harvard physicist Greg Kestin takes a raft out on a lake.

He drops a tablespoon of olive oil into the water, and a few minutes later, the half-acre around his boat is still and smooth. All the small waves have disappeared. He proceeds to explain the science behind the calming effect produced by a tiny amount of oil. I suspect that you will have a metaphorically comparable power in the next two weeks, Scorpio. What’s your version of the olive oil? Your poise? Your graciousness? Your tolerance? Your insight into human nature?

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

In 1989, a man spent $4 on a painting at a flea market in Adamstown, Penn. He didn’t care much for the actual image, which was a boring country scene, but he thought he could use the frame. Upon returning home, he found a document concealed behind the painting. It turned out to be a rare old copy of America’s Declaration of Independence, originally created in 1776. He eventually sold it for $2.42 million. I doubt that you will experience anything quite as spectacular in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. But I do suspect you will find something valuable where you don’t expect it, or develop a connection with something that’s better than you imagined it would be.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) In the 1740s, a teenage Capricorn girl named Eliza Lucas almost single-handedly introduced a new crop into American agriculture: indigo, a plant used as a dye for textiles. In South Carolina, where she managed her father’s farm, indigo ultimately became the secondmost-important cash crop over the next 30 years. I have astrological reasons to believe that you are now in a phase when you could likewise make innovations that will have long-range economic repercussions. Be alert for good intuitions and promising opportunities to increase your wealth.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) When I was in my early 20s, I smoked marijuana now and then. I liked it. It made me feel good and inspired my creativity and roused spiritual visions.

But I reconsidered my use after encountering pagan magician Isaac Bonewits. He didn’t have a moral objection to cannabis use, but believed it withered one’s willpower and diminished one’s determination to transform one’s life for the better. For a year, I meditated on and experimented with his hypothesis.

I found it to be true, at least for me. I haven’t smoked since. My purpose in bringing this up is not to advise you about your relationship to drugs, but rather to urge you to question whether there are influences in your life that wither your willpower and diminish your determination to transform your life for the better.

Now is an excellent time to examine this issue.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Would you like to shed unwieldy baggage before moving on to your next big challenge? I hope so. It will purge your soul of karmic sludge. It will prime you for a fresh start. One way to accomplish this bravery is to confess your sins and ask for forgiveness in front of a mirror.

Here are data to consider. Is there anyone you know who would not give you a good character reference?

Have you ever committed a seriously unethical act?

Have you revealed information that was told to you in confidence? While under the influence of intoxicants or bad ideas, have you done things you’re ashamed of?

I’m not saying you’re more guilty of these things than the rest of us; it’s just that now is your special time to seek redemption.

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