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Yes on Prop 12 Empathy for fellow creatures isn’t asking too much BY KATY BYRNE
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y mother fed the pigeons. It wasn’t popular. People would yell at her in the parking lot near Nordstrom in Seattle. She would speak loudly back. When she died, I found a big bag of bird seat in the back seat of her ’93 Toyota. But I learned very early how miraculous animals are. I am writing this because animals can’t speak for themselves. Have a little heart. Can we just take a second to vote so they get a little more room to move around? It only takes a second to vote yes on Proposition 12. Why would anyone want to hurt or cause more harm or discomfort to animals? And if that doesn’t bother you enough, realize that we get cancer from animals that are anxious or living in unclean conditions. And trust me, there is a correlation between animal and human abuse. In other words, if people mistreat animals, they are probably doing that to humans. Check out the National Link Coalition for more information on this. If these creatures are miserable, so will we be. As George Monbiot writes in the Oct. 4, 2017, edition of the Guardian, “What will future generations, looking back on our age, see as its monstrosities? We think of slavery, the subjugation of women, judicial torture, the murder of heretics, imperial conquest and genocide, the first world war and the rise of fascism, and ask ourselves how people could have failed to see the horror of what they did. . . . There are plenty to choose from. But one of them will be the mass incarceration of animals, to enable us to eat their flesh or eggs or drink their milk. While we call ourselves animal lovers and lavish kindness on our dogs and cats, we inflict brutal deprivations on billions of animals that are just as capable of suffering.” All you have to do is have empathy. Is that asking too much in a world that is spinning on its axis?
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FEATHER IN CAP? One person’s stolen chicken is another’s abused animal.
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Sonoma County Farm Bureau to host event targeted at animal-rights activists BY TOM GOGOLA
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n late September, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested 58 animal-rights protesters who were protesting—and allegedly trespassing and stealing chickens—at McCoy Poultry Services in Petaluma.
This was the third such protest this year of regional chicken-andegg processors by the animalrights activists at Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). Days before the animal-rights protest and alleged chicken theft at McCoy, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau announced an upcoming
forum called “Beyond the Fence Line,” promoted as an informational session for farmers and ranchers in the area as they grapple with an uptick in animal-rights activism. The announcement reads: “Are you prepared for an activist targeting your farm, ranch or business? Few are. Don’t wait until you are in an
unfortunate situation to realize you don’t have the tools you need to prepare for and manage activists.” Scheduled speakers at the Oct. 29 event include Hannah ThompsonWeeman of the national nonprofit Animal Agriculture Alliance; Mike Weber of Weber Family Farms in Petaluma; local environmental lawyer Tina Wallis; and Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Captain Jim Naugle. The event is being held at the Santa Rosa Junior College’s Shone Farm in Forestville; tickets are $20 for Farm Bureau members and $50 for non-members. Everyone’s invited to attend, according to the press release. The rise in animal-rights activism locally arrives as state voters are being asked to vote on Proposition 12 this November. The measure sets out to revise current state law when it comes to regulations around cage-free animals, including calves, breeding pigs and egg hens. Current state law under 2008’s animal-welfare-oriented Proposition 2 says that the animals “must be able to turn around freely, lie down, stand up and fully extend their limbs.” There’s no cage-free mandate in the state of California, even though Proposition 2 originally set out to make California a cage-free state by 2015. Critics of Proposition 12 have pounced on what they call an unseemly agreement between the Washington, D.C.–based Humane Society and hen-egg corporate interests such as the United Egg Producers—not to mention big egg buyers like McDonald’s, which has joined with the popular and politically correct “cage-free” movement in recent years. The state pushed out an anticruelty henhouse measure via Proposition 2 in 2008, and according to its intent, hens were supposed to have been cage-free for three years by now. That didn’t happen, say animal-rights activists from the Humane Farming Association, Friends of Animals, and Californians Against Cruelty, Cages and Fraud. In their rebuttal to Proposition 12, they argue that the “negligent drafting” of Proposition 2 means that “millions of egg-laying hens still suffer in egg-factory cages throughout California”—and will continue to do so at least through 2022, under Proposition 12.
they believe are being treated cruelly. Direct Action Everywhere member and attorney Jon Frohnmayer says that the substance of the meeting he attended with Sonoma County— which included the County Counsel’s office along with SCSO and the Department of Health—“was our presentation of our analysis [of 597e], that any sort of of animal cruelty, even to pigs, chickens and cows, is criminal under California law.” The law, Frohnmayer charges, allows anyone to give food and water to any animal that’s been denied food or water for up to 12 hours. As such, DxE believes that it is legally empowered, if not obligated, to take matters into its own hands when, for example, whistleblowers come forward with damning videos of allegedly suffering animals. No final charges have issued from the Sonoma County District Attorney stemming from the heated September confrontation at McCoy. “My understanding is that we are still reviewing the cases,” says Donna Edwards, media coordinator for Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch. She suggested the Bohemian check in again in a week. Activists arrived at McCoy wearing Tyvek suits, notes Naugle— indicating an intent to trespass onto the bio-secure property. He says eventual charges “may include trespassing, conspiracy to commit burglary [and] . . . conspiracy to steal the chickens.” Naugle says the SCSO’s input at the Oct. 28 Farm Bureau event will be to educate attendees on the balance between activists’ right to protest peacefully and lawfully, and a business’ right to remain free of trespassers—let alone chicken thieves. Direct Action Everywhere has no plans to disrupt the event, but the organization is none too happy about the lineup and what it sees as a consistent failure to appreciate the state’s animal-cruelty law as it intersects with the general public’s right to free allegedly abused animals from wherever they may be living. “They are literally having law enforcement going to the Beyond the Fence Line, but under the law, what we’re doing is justified,” says Johnson. “They are plainly taking sides.”
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Proposition 12, say critics, repeals Proposition 2 and only requires that hens, caged or otherwise, get one square foot of floor space by 2020. The new cage-free date with destiny is now set for 2022. Other notable opponents of Proposition 12 include People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Calves raised for veal would be required to have 43 square feet of floor space, and breeding pigs would have 24 square feet of floor space by 2022, under Proposition 12. Still, Proposition 12 is supported by Matt Johnson at DxE, even if the group hasn’t taken a position. He highlights that it’s an improvement over Proposition 2 in that it would increase enforcement activities that are now not being pursued by local agencies. “Sonoma authorities are supposed to be serving the public good,” he says, “but they are very close to the farmers. Prop. 12 gives us hope insofar as the California Department of Food and Agriculture is now the enforcement mechanism,” not local authorities. The same group of protesters has targeted Liberty Duck, Petaluma Farms and McCoy Poultry in recent months, says SCSO spokesman Sgt. Spencer Crum. “It seems to be a continuing problem with this group,” he says. Capt. Naugle says that the animalrights group that has protested the Petaluma business is indeed characterized by its persistence—but that the late September mass arrest followed an earlier protest where nobody had been arrested. There were several meetings between the SCSO, and other county officials, and the group, between the first and second protests this year, Naugle says. Thanks to those meetings, a recent protest at Poultry Farms was uneventful to the extent that nobody was accused of trespassing or stealing chickens. “They stayed with the agreement,” he says. The peaceful-protest agreement did not hold. The sheriff’s office got no heads-up from DxE in advance of the September protest at McCoy, Naugle says. As a result, “[t]hey broke they law and were arrested.” DxE has a different take and believes that it is legally obliged, under California’s animal-welfare statute (section 597e of the penal code), to step in and save animals that
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he first singlevineyard Syrah that I remember having was a Kendall-Jackson wine from the Durell Vineyard in Sonoma Valley. It was way back in the 1990s, but the silky, sinuous wine proved memorable.
Later, I saw that a grapevine nursery was offering a Syrah clone called “Durell.” Must be some special vineyard, right? So I was delighted to accept an invitation to Destination Durell this month, a pilgrimage to the home of the mother vine of a great California Syrah. At the parking area, I hop on an electric cart that whirs toward a low hill topped with
vineyard rows. But the tour stops at an oak-shaded grove. This event, hosted by Three Sticks Wines, is more of a wine club party (signing up to the list will also net you an invitation) than the educational tour I’d hoped for. But onward: there’s an educational opportunity at the first winetasting station I visit after slurping a candied splash of Three Sticks 2016 Pinot Blanc ($50) offered at check-in. At the “Durell Zone,” there’s 2016 Durell Vineyard Chardonnay ($55), as crisp and rich as a toasty butter cookie, and 2016 Pinot Noir ($70), which in this vintage is a rich baritone to the tenor of the winery’s Gap’s Crown Pinot Noir ($70). But where’s the Syrah? I ask the guy pouring the wines if he can help. Yes he can, since Rob Harris is director of vineyard operations for the whole outfit owned by venturecapitalist-turned-vintner Bill Price. Harris gives me the bad news about the original Syrah: “It’s no longer with us.” But mourn it not: cuttings from the original vines live on in a block sold to Ram’s Gate Winery by Ellie Phipps Price, who bought it in 1998 with then-husband Bill. The other block of Syrah, sold to Chateau St. Jean for a single-vineyard bottling, is just some more common Syrah, like clone 1, says Harris. Ah, the plot thickens. Durell’s Syrah originated from a test vine from UC Davis’ Foundation Plant Services (FPS) planted in 1973, then called Shiraz 1 because it came from Australia. Later cuttings got the Durell designation after growers requested it by that name, and it came back to the wine world via FPS as Syrah clone 8. Durell is mainly a Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyard, after all, but Three Sticks pays homage to this complicated history with a red field blend of white and red Rhône varieties called Casteñada ($45). A mélange of Syrah, Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Viognier and Marsanne, it’s refreshingly uncomplicated. Find Durell Vineyard wines at Three Sticks Wines, Chateau St. Jean, Ram’s Gate Winery, Dunstan Wines and others.
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t was an otherwise quiet Saturday afternoon at the Toad in the Hole, the downtown Santa Rosa English pub off of Railroad Square. Couples hovered over pints of ale and plates of pasties, conversations steered toward “What the hell happened to you last night?” and there was subdued talk to my left that was centered around a wacko possum that had apparently gone nuts the night before near a fire pit.
Then the roller-derby women rolled in. And just like that, the Toad in the Hole was slammed, was rocking, was transformed, as about eight members of the Sonoma County Roller Derby, along with a couple of male hangers-on and a
junior roller, wheeled in decked out in phreaky-hip Halloween attire for a photo shoot. The solo bartender snapped into gear as Swole Deztroyer rolled past my table and dropped a postcard that announced the
Sonoma County Roller Derby’s next match on Nov. 17 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. It should be a good one. The theme of the latest SCRD match is “Harvest,” and when the NorCal Vigilantes square off against the Ol’ Derby Bastards—the North Bay Bruisers will also do battle with the Wine Country Wreckers—well, know that there’s also a food drive underway under the lights of Grace Pavilion, just in time for Thanksgiving. Donations will be accepted at the match (doors open at 4pm) for the
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Sonoma County musician, promoter and festival organizer Josh Windmiller has long sought out ways to help artists and musicians share their stories and their art. He founded the North Bay Hootenanny to connect North Bay acts and audiences through events and online media, and he founded and continues to run the annual Railroad Square Music Festival in Santa Rosa to showcase the region’s eclectic talent. Now Windmiller is working with San Francisco nonprofit organization the Lost Church to create a new live performance venue in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa. “The mission behind the Lost Church is to keep beautiful, intimate performance spaces alive,” Windmiller says. “That’s what this is.” The Lost Church began life in San Francisco’s Mission District, when musicians Brett and Elizabeth Cline moved into an irregularly shaped house built by Bay Area artist David Ireland and turned the living room into a live venue. Now a fully fledged nonprofit, the Lost Church is looking to expand its model of creating, sustaining and defending spaces like the San Francisco venue with a network of “Performance Parlors” that can host and nurture local and touring artists, and they’re starting with Santa Rosa. Located in the vacant ground floor of the building at 427 Mendocino Ave., just off Courthouse Square, the Lost Church Santa Rosa will be an intimate, all-ages venue, with a 100-person capacity, and will focus on live music, theater, comedy and other acts. Windmiller will act as director of the venue, and says both local and touring performers will be featured. “It’s not going to be a cafe or a bar that’s open all day,” Windmiller says. “We have some great spaces like that already. But one of the things that we could improve on in our community is a place specifically for experiencing performance together. It’s very difficult to start a venue, but this feels like a firm foundation to support the arts in the area and insert it more into daily life.” The Lost Church is opening the Santa Rosa space in early 2019, though locals can get a sneak peek with an open house fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 3, that will feature more than a dozen performers and bands, with presentations and discussions on the venue’s vision and future. “I think it will be an inspiring time to imagine what we can do with this space,” says Windmiller. “We want to celebrate the community we have here.” —Charlie Swanson The Lost Church Santa Rosa hosts an open house and fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 3, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. Free. RSVP welcomed, but not required. thelostchurch.com/santa-rosa.
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Robert Moss describes himself as a dream teacher. The Australian-born novelist, journalist and independent scholar has developed a practice he calls “active dreaming,” in which dreams can be used as guides toward spiritual healing and creativity. This week, Moss is in the North Bay to share his story and his latest book, Mysterious Realities: A Dream Traveler's Tales from the Imaginal Realm, with readings on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Readers Books (130 E. Napa St., Sonoma; 7pm; 707.939.1779) and Friday, Oct. 26, at Copperfield’s Books (138 N. Main St., Sebastopol; 7pm; 707.823.2618).
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North Bay improvisational comedy troupe the Gentlemen Bastards are ready to slay the audience at this year’s Night of the Laughing Dead comedy show. Veteran performers of off-kilter comedy events, the GBs have assembled a darkly funny lineup for this show, including local Goth standup star Oliver Graves, who wowed with his performances on the television show America’s Got Talent. Composer Win Meyerson, who provides the tunes to films and TV shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway? and several other funny feature performers also come out on Friday, Oct. 26, to 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $15. 707.523.4185.
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For over a decade, west Sonoma County’s biggest Halloween bash has been the annual Cirque du Sebastopol, and this year’s two-night spook fest once again jams together live bands, performance art, DJs and more. First up, Friday’s concert boasts Gypsy-rock favorites Diego’s Umbrella, folksy swing outfit Buck-Thrifty, shovel-playing songwriter Shovelman and burlesque troupe Cabaret de Caliente. Saturday is a mixed goodies bag of silent-disco dancing, hip-hop and electronic music that turns the frightful event into a raving party. The Cirque du Sebastopol runs Oct. 26–27 at HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
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You don’t have to dress like Harry Potter to attend the Wizards of Elixirs Cocktail Competition, but it can’t hurt. Sponsored by Charbay Distillery, Griffo Distillery, the Perfect Purée of Napa Valley and Burly Beverages, this friendly bartender face-off features the region’s top drink makers putting up their best libation creations in a walk-around tasting event. The event benefits nonprofit group Stand for Kindness, who help local families affected by last year’s wildfires. Dress up in costume, wizard-themed or not, and raise a glass for a good cause on Monday, Oct. 29, at Archer Hotel, 1230 First St., Napa. 6pm. $35–$40. Twenty-one and over only. 707.690.9800.
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STRING ALONG Nashville song man Billy Strings rolls into the North Bay and plays the Mystic Theatre & Music Hall in Petaluma on Sunday, Oct. 28. See Clubs & Venues, p19.
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alloween falls on Wednesday of all nights this year, so the North Bay has decided that Saturday night’s all right for frightening—at least when it comes to Halloween concerts. This Saturday, Oct. 27, dozens of parties take place in Sonoma and Napa counties, with costume contests, outrageous entertainment and hair-raising hijinks.
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Kevin Carducci and guitarist Sage Fifield—bring a full band with them for this hometown appearance. For his part, Blau will mesmerize the crowd with a Waylon Jennings tribute set, while Seattle-based Gus Clark & the Least of His Problems play a crooning set of classics and originals, and Brothers Comatose frontman Ben Morrison performs solo. The family-friendly daylong event kicks off at 4pm at Rio Nido Roadhouse. In Petaluma, several local artists and bands are taking the opportunity to dress like their favorite bands for the Phoenix Theater’s annual Halloween Covers Show. Included in the lineup is local punk band the Happys performing as Sublime, San Francisco psychedelic outfit Down Dirty Shake taking on the Spice Girls, and other acts transforming into the likes of Third Eye Blind and Ace of Base for a blowout night of music that benefits the Phoenix. For those who want a mindaltering dance party, head over to the House of Rock in Santa Rosa and get ready for a night of underground art, live music, circus, drag, burlesque, comedy and more at the Quantum Cabaret. This adult-only party features swing-punk band Van Goat, 20-person marching band the Hubbub Club and others, who will be making noise while freaky fashion shows, robotic demos and more open the doors of perception, and it’s all hosted by Jake Ward, who recently took home the Bohemian’s Norbay Award for Best Promoter. In Napa, several shows are sure to be a scream this Saturday. At the Blue Note Jazz Club, Napa surf-rock revivalists the Deadlies, best known as the house band for longtime late-night horror-movie showcase Creepy KOFY Movie Time, play two sets of music as part of a Halloween bash. At Silo’s, seven-piece Napa party band N2L infuse equal doses of pop and rock covers featuring three-part female vocals for a concert that includes a costume contest, games and prizes. For more info on these and other shows, see the Concerts and Clubs & Venues listings, p19.
Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Halloween HonkyTonk Festival
The Easy Leaves headline with a full band, and songwriters like Gus Clark, Karl Blau, Ben Morrison and others raise musical spirits. Oct 27, 4pm. $20. Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.
Quantum Cabaret
North Bay Cabaret’s Halloween party includes circus, burlesque and variety performances, live bands, DJ dance party and more. Oct 27, 8pm. $20-$30, $200 VIP. Rock Star University House of Rock, 3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.791.3482.
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Costume party extravaganza features local stars like Mark Karan, David Nelson, Doobie Decibel System and others. Oct 27, 8pm. $30-$45. Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts, Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.
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Presented by Weirdo Workshop, the pop music creation of songwriter Claude Kelly and producer Chuck Harmony parties down. Oct 31, 7pm. $19-$39. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Arlene Francis Center Oct 27, Halloween metalcore show with Simple Revenge and 4199. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.
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Oct 25, Midnight Transit and Timothy O’Neil. Oct 26, Halloween costume party with the King Street Giants. Oct 27, Highway Poets and Deltaphonic. Oct 28, Elwood. Oct 30, Norman Baker. 128
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Congregation Ner Shalom’s New Cotati Cabaret Oct 27, 8pm, “The Monster Mash” with THUGZ. 85 La Plaza, Cotati. 707.664.8622.
Elephant in the Room Oct 26, John Courage Trio. Oct 27, 5pm, Anniversary party with Crowbot and Awesome Hotcakes. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.
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Oct 27, Venice Baroque Orchestra. Oct 28, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphony Family Concert. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
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Oct 24, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Oct 25, James Henry Hands on Fire. Oct 27, Halloween bash with the Deadlies. Oct 30, Full Chizel. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
Oct 26, Cirque du Sebastopol with Diego’s Umbrella and Buck-Thrifty. Oct 27, Cirque du Sebastopol with Freq Nasty and Lost Ones. Oct 29, Relic Secure. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
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Events Blind Scream Haunted House
Two terrifying haunted-house experiences under one roof get you in the mood for Halloween. Through Oct 31. $15-$35. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. blindscream.com.
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Judge a pumpkin carving contest between several wineries and carve your own jack-o-lantern, with wine and beer available and costumes encouraged. Oct 28, 3pm. Free admission. Calistoga Motor Lodge & Spa, 1880 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.0991.
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Magic, costumes, crafts, games and more make up this inaugural party. Oct 27, 12pm. Free admission. Rohnert Park Community Center, 5401 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3456.
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Resurrection Roller Girls go head-to-head with the Woodland Roller Girls in a rolling bout of action. Oct 27, 7pm. $5-$12. Cal Skate, 6100 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park.
Witchie Poo Halloween Extravaganza Annual variety show includes a costume parade at intermission and prizes. Oct 27-28, 2pm. $10-$12. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.
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The creepy and kooky family gets the song-and-dance treatment in this hilarious show. Through Oct 28. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400. Oct 26-Nov 4. $15-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
CULT Film Series Screening of ‘70s vampire classic “Salem’s Lot” features Halloween costume contest. Oct 25, 7pm. $10. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.8770.
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John Carpenter’s classic horror film “Halloween” screens with lecture and discussion. Oct 31, 6pm. $5$6. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma.
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Cult film gets a proper latenight screening with audience participation. Oct 26, 11pm. $10. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.
Food & Drink Eat, Drink & Be Scary Tour the winery after dark, taste wines, enjoy snacks and dance to the “Monster Mash.” Oct 27, 11am. $55. Trefethen Family Vineyards, 1160 Oak Knoll Ave, Napa. 866.895.7696.
Palooza Halloween Party Boos and booze come together for this dance party. Oct 27, 8pm. $10. Palooza Gastropub, 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood. 707.833.4000.
Pumpkins & Pints Carve pumpkins and enjoy special treats and drink specials. Oct 28, 1pm. Free. Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.
Readings Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books Oct 26, 7pm, “The Wonder Seekers of Fountaingrove” with Gaye LeBaron and Bart Casey. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.
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A hidden childhood trauma comes to light and throws a man’s life into a tailspin in this affecting drama. Through Oct 28. $15-$50. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.
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Oslo Catch the West Coast premiere of the smash-hit political thriller. Through Oct 28. $10-$25 and up. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.
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ARIES (March 21–April 19) In her poem “Shedding Skin,” Harryette Mullen compares her own transformation to the action a snake periodically carries out to renew itself. Since you now have an excellent opportunity to undertake your own molting process, you may find her thoughts helpful. (I’ve rendered them in prose for easier reading.) “Pulling out of the old scarred skin—old rough thing I don’t need now—I strip off, slip out of, leave behind. Shedding toughness, peeling layers down to vulnerable stuff. And I’m blinking off old eyelids for a new way of seeing. By the rock I rub against, I’m going to be tender again.” Halloween costume suggestion: snake sloughing its skin. TAURUS (April 20–May 20)
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“Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance,” says 49-year-old author Elizabeth Gilbert, who has written extensively about those subjects. I agree with her. I’ve devoted myself to studying the mysteries of love for many years, yet still feel like a rookie. Even if you are smarter about these matters than Gilbert and I, Taurus, I urge you to adopt a humble and curious attitude during the next few weeks. The cosmos has prepared some interesting lessons for you, and the best way to take advantage is to be eagerly receptive and open-minded. Halloween costume suggestion: sex researcher, love explorer, intimacy experimenter.
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) “My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey wrench into the machinery,” wrote Gemini author Dashiell Hammett. But I recommend that you use his approach very rarely, and only when other learning methods aren’t working. Most of the time, your best strategy for getting the lessons you need is to put lubricating oil into the machinery, not a monkey wrench. That’ll be especially true in the coming weeks. I suggest that you turn the machinery off for a while as you add the oil and do some maintenance. Halloween costume suggestion: repair person; computer techie; machine whisperer. CANCER (June 21–July 22) The great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman was a Cancerian, like you and me. One of the factors contributing to his success was that he put his demons to good use “by harnessing them to his chariot.” He also testified that he gained control over his demons by taking long walks after breakfast. “Demons don’t like fresh air,” he said. “They prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet.” I suspect that now would be an excellent time to adopt his advice. Halloween costume suggestion: walk your demon on a leash, or make it into a puppet, or harness it to your chariot. LEO (July 23–August 22) Throughout the Halloween season, I encourage you to fantasize extensively about what your dream home would look like and feel like if you had all the money necessary to create it. What colors would you paint the walls? Would you have carpets or hardwood floors? What would be your perfect lighting, furniture and décor? As you gazed out your windows, what views would you see? Would there be nature nearby or urban hotspots? Would you have an office or music room or art studio? Have fun imagining the sanctuary that would bring out the best in you. Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate homebody. VIRGO (August 23–September 22) “Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look,” writes novelist Jodi Picoult. That’s crucial for you to meditate on during the coming weeks. Why? Because your superpower is going to be the ability to find extraordinary things that are hiding in places where people have almost never thought to look. You can do both yourself and those you care for a big favor by focusing your intensity on this task. Halloween costume suggestions: sleuth, treasure hunter, private eye, Sherlock Holmes. LIBRA (September 23–October 22) “There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming.” Author Shauna Niequist wrote that. In accordance with the astrological omens, I endorse her perspective as true and useful for you. You’ve zipped through your time of fertile chaos, conjuring up fresh possibilities. When January arrives, you’ll be ready to work on stability and
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security. But for now, your assignment is to blossom. Halloween costume suggestions: beautiful creature hatching from an egg; strong sprout cracking out of a seed.
SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)
“He believed in magic,” writes author Michael Chabon about a character in his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. “Not in the so-called magic of candles, pentagrams, and bat wings,” nor “dowsing rods, séances, weeping statues, werewolves, wonders, or miracles.” Then what kind? Chabon says it’s the “impersonal magic of life,” like coincidences and portents that reveal their meanings in retrospect. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because now is a favorable time to call on the specific kind of magic that you regard as real and helpful. What kind of magic is that? Halloween costume suggestion: magician, witch, wizard.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” Sagittarian author Jane Austen wrote that in her novel Northanger Abbey, and now I’m passing her message on to you, slightly altered. My version is, “If adventures will not befall Sagittarian people of any age or gender in their own neighborhood, they must seek them abroad.” And where exactly is “abroad”? The dictionary says it might mean a foreign country, or it could simply mean outside or in another place. I’d like to extend the meaning further to include anywhere outside your known and familiar world. Halloween costume suggestion: traveler on a pilgrimage or explorer on a holy quest.
CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19)
PR executives at a beer company offered to pay me a lot of money if I would sneak a product placement ad into your horoscope. They asked me to pretend there was a viable astrological reason to recommend that you imbibe their product in abundance. But the truth is, the actual planetary omens suggest the opposite. You should not in fact be lounging around in a haze of intoxication. You should instead be working hard to drum up support for your labor of love or your favorite cause. Very Important People will be more available to you than usual, and you’ll be wise to seek their input. Halloween costume suggestion: the Ultimate Fundraiser; Networker of the Year; Chief Hobnobber.
AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) “What kind of idea are you?” asks author Salmon Rushdie. “Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself, aims to find a niche, to survive; or are you the cussed, bloody-minded, ramrod-backed type of damnfool notion that would rather break than sway with the breeze?” I pose this question to you, Aquarius, because I think you could be an effective version of either idea in the coming weeks. If you’re the latter—the cussed, damnfool notion—you may change your world in dramatic ways. Halloween costume suggestions: revolutionary; crusader; agitator; rabble-rouser. PISCES (February 19–March 20)
“There is no beauty without some strangeness,” wrote Edgar Allen Poe. Fashion designer Rei Kawakubo ventured further, declaring, “Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.” She also added another nuance to her definition: “For something to be beautiful, it doesn’t have to be pretty.” I’ll offer you one more seed for thought: wabi-sabi. It’s a Japanese term that refers to a kind of beauty that’s imperfect, transitory and incomplete. I bring these clues to your attention, Pisces, because now is an excellent time to refine and clarify your own notion of beauty—and re-commit yourself to embodying it. Halloween costume suggestion: the embodiment of your definition of beauty.
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