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On Nov. 19, the AJR is sponsoring a second forum to consider “State of Working America 2018,” a new North Bay Jobs with Justice report analyzing inequality, poverty and the working poor, and “Meeting Our Housing Needs and Protecting the Environment,” a Sierra Club report on the housing crisis. The forum will also focus on new proposed AJR policy initiatives to address the needs of low- and moderate-income families and root causes of the fire—including urban sprawl, the urban-wildlands interface and intensified climate change effects.

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or years now, the policy window for privatizing public schools has been wide open.

What was once considered an extreme or at least rare idea—such as outsourcing public schools to private contractors with few strings attached, or giving parents public tax money to subsidize their children’s private school tuitions— has become widespread, as charter

schools are now legal in all but a handful of states, and voucher programs have proliferated in many forms across the country.

Politicians of all stripes have been extremely reluctant, especially at the national level, to lean into a real discussion of the negative consequences of redirecting public education funds to private operators, with little to no regulation on how the money is being spent.

Candidates have instead stuck to a “safe boilerplate” of education

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But policy windows can be fleeting and multiple factors can rejigger the public’s views. Indeed, in campaigns that candidates waged in the midterm elections, one can see the policy window on school privatization gradually shifting back to support for public schools and increasing skepticism about doling out cash to privateeducation entrepreneurs.

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It is the wave of new progressive candidates who appear to be the ones who are shifting the policy window on school privatization.

Take the campaign of progressive superstar Randy Bryce, in his run for the congressional seat Paul Ryan held in Wisconsin. The Badger State recently expanded statewide a voucher program that was confined to Milwaukee and Racine, and charter schools have expanded significantly under the leadership of Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

On his website, Bryce provides the usual bromides about “every child deserves a quality education” and “charter, private and traditional public schools can all thrive,” but he then adds the curious statement that “no student should see money taken from their classroom in order to serve another.” What does that mean?

Click through the “Learn More” prompt, and you’ll watch a video in which he makes a much stronger statement about the problems of privatizing public schools. “We can’t afford two school systems, a public one and a private one,” he elaborates, and he blasts “vulture schools that don’t have the same accountability and don’t have the same rules.”

The example of the school he brings up that closed after head count day and whose owners “moved to Florida” is a real school run by a husband-and-wife team who abruptly closed their Milwaukee private school after taking more than $2.3 million of state voucher money, and moved to Florida to start another one.

These sorts of scandals have become nearly daily occurrences in the privately operated school industry.

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The latest scandal breaks from Arizona, where the state auditor found that parents who used the state’s voucher-like education savings program spent more than $700,000 on cosmetics, music, movies, clothing, sports apparel and other personal items. Some even tried to withdraw cash with the stateissued debit cards. The state has not recovered any of the money.

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audit of a charter school found the married couple who ran the school made almost $850,000 in less than two years and secretly hired people and created positions without approval from the school’s board. (There are some 1,200 charter schools in California, and Sonoma County dominates the North Bay with nearly 60 charters currently operational; Napa has three and Marin has four charter schools.)

A video from Florida that went viral shows an African-American boy being denied admission to a private school that his parents used public school voucher money to enroll him in. An enormous white cross adorns the school’s front lawn. This and other similar occurrences of discrimination by voucher-funded private schools in the Sunshine State has prompted the NAACP to call for an investigation into all private schools accepting vouchers.

Around the same time, an op-ed appeared in a Florida newspaper recounting the scandal of a voucher-funded private school that stiffed teachers and skipped rent payments. Teachers filed formal complaints about a “lack of basic school supplies,” academic “irregularities,” student safety concerns and inadequate staffing.

But when the school was evicted, it simply moved to a new location and started the whole flimflam all over again.

In Georgia, a police investigation of a charter school found that the governing board had terminated the school’s leader, made no public announcement of the firing and never told parents why. At another Georgia charter school, parents were told to “watch your bank accounts” after 6,000 school records were mysteriously transferred to a personal email account.

In Nevada, an analysis of the state’s charter-school industry found they increase racial and economic segregation by enrolling far fewer low-income kids and far more white and Asian students than public schools do. A state audit of a charter school in New Mexico found that tens of thousands of dollars had been stolen by the school’s employees.

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One doesn’t need to cherry-pick to find news stories about waste, fraud, abuse and downright theft in the school privatization sector. The above examples all happened within the last month.

Of course, financial scandals happen in public schools too. That’s why they’re heavily regulated. But the notion that “parent choice” can keep charter schools and private voucher schools clean and honest is disproven nearly every day.

In Washington, D.C., there now seems to be an inkling to address the mountain of fraud created by charter schools and voucher programs. Prompted by a massive scandal involving an online charter school in Ohio, Democratic senators want the top watchdog for the federal government to investigate the business practices of online charter schools.

Their investigations can’t stop there. A recent analysis of states with the most charter schools and the most charter closures finds the federal government dumps millions into these schools but provides little oversight and guidance for what to do when these schools close, leaving millions of dollars in taxpayer money at risk to scamming.

The endless revelations of corruptions in the charter school and school voucher racket are now what’s driving policy, more so than dry, empirical studies about whether privatizing public schools “works” academically.

Of course, some progressives stick to the old script of “investing in schools” with little regard to who runs them, and a few still cling to the school privatization cause. But the trend that made privatizing public schools an acceptable if not preferential policy has at least stalled, if not completely been thrown into reverse.

This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute. Jeff Bryant is director of the Education Opportunity Network, a partnership effort of the Institute for America’s Future and the Opportunity to Learn Campaign. He has written extensively about public education policy. Source: Alternet.

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New wine, fermenting wine, the unmistakable aromatic that announces that somewhere, nearby, a lot of yeast is gorging on a lot of grapes. Then, just as I roll into the parking lot at Kenwood Vineyards, I get the unreal impression that I’ve homed in on the very source, as a couple of cellar rats roll out bins of freshly pressed, doubly aromatic pomace. Looking a bit like a crumbly, slightly soggy helping of purple-dyed trail mix, pomace is the leftovers from the making of red wine. Good old Kenwood red?

Not that Kenwood red. Last time Swirl popped in at the old wine barn, which was founded in 1906 as the Pagani Brothers

Winery, we praised the stalwart producer’s $7 red table wine, a dependable everyday Zinfandel blend. “Now that red blends are popular, we’re no longer doing that,” Kenwood Vineyards winemaker Zeke Neeley tells me with a lighthearted laugh, as we ride in a luxury van on a press junket to one of the winery’s estate vineyards in the Sonoma Valley.

The aim of this adventure is to sell us on Kenwood’s new, upscale Six Ridges label, begun with the 2013 vintage and bottled after the winery’s sale to French beverage giant Pernod Ricard in 2014.

When some wine brands sell to the biggies, they wander, get watered down or worse. Seen any Glen Ellen lately? But Kenwood appears to be getting better organized than ever. The new boss has kept valuable favorites like the Jack London single-vineyard series, which is exclusive to the winery, and though Kenwood has discarded the inexpensive red blend, it maintains competitive pricing for what used to be called the “fighting varietal” wines—and these days, holding Sonoma County appellation wine at $15 for Sauvignon Blanc and $22 for Cabernet (later in the day I see the Chardonnay tagged at $12.99 in a local market) is fighting bloody tooth and nail.

The Six Ridges series includes an unmistakably “Savvy” Sonoma Coast Sauvignon Blanc; a 2017 Russian River Valley Chardonnay ($26) that tempers toasty notes with a hard-to-place herbal note (I’ll definitely be sniffing the tarragon next time I’m in the produce aisle, just to check); a woodsy, strawberry jammy, incense-and-green-pepper-jellyscented 2014 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel ($26); a waxy, cherry cola candle of a 2015 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir ($30); and a surprisingly supple, cigar-leafscented 2014 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($35), all priced quite reasonably—for those who can smell a bargain in today’s wine market.

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wo movements have dominated discussions in 2018: gender equality and action over outrage, topics that reign at this week’s Napa Valley Film Festival, running Nov. 7–11.

The fest, now in its eighth year, takes a stand with the #ArtInspiringAction initiative, where provocative, issue-based films amp up theatergoers to take action in support of themes explored in the films. One such documentary, This Changes Everything, features an army of A-list actresses who speak out on gender disparity in the entertainment industry. Actor,

activist and producer Geena Davis (the main subject of the film), will be presented with the Visionary Award on Friday, following the screening. Davis will be honored for her work to further women’s rights and gender equality; as special envoy for the U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union, and through her nonprofit, the Geena Davis Institute.

On Saturday, a panel, Women in Film: Shattering the Glass Lens, will further extend the conversation around equality with a lineup of female filmmakers who will discuss their careers and ways we can band together to effect change in the industry.

Other #ArtInspiringAction

programming includes Afghan Cycles, about a tribe of Afghan women who, despite cultural barriers, oppression and death threats, rally against the patriarchal hold of the Taliban for the freedom to ride a bicycle. Soufra follows the journey of Mariam al-Shaar, a generational refugee, who spent her whole life in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Over the course of the film, Shaar changes her fate when she builds a catering company and food truck with the help of fellow refugee women.

Ask for Jane tells the story of a group of college women who developed an underground abortion network to help over 11,000 women get illegal abortions in Chicago between 1969 and 1973. The film

is based on the real-life activist group, the Janes, who operated a spy network to assist with abortions before being arrested in 1972.

A bevy of Bay Area films hit the screen, including Uncrushable, directed by celebrity chef Tyler Florence. The film documents the last year’s wildfires through the eyes of some of those most affected, including victims who lost homes or businesses, first responders, chefs and winemakers. Empire on Mainstreet spotlights serial entrepreneur Crista Luedtke, who changed the face of Guerneville when she opened the Boon Hotel & Spa and El Barrio amid local opposition and a devastating flood.

Brewmaster tracks the rise of the craft-beer industry and offers a glimpse into Sonoma County beer brewing in the ’70s and features the New Albion Brewery.

And tails are sure to wag at the #ArtInspiringAction screening of Pick of the Litter, as theatergoers see a litter of puppies scrap it out on a quest to become guide dogs for the blind. The movie is directed by Bay Area filmmakers Don Hardy and Dana Nachman.

With all the drama on and off screen, festival-goers can laugh it off at a sneak peek of the National Geographic miniseries Valley of the Boom (premiering January 2019).

The two-episode screening explores the detonation and disruption of the tech boom and browser wars of the ’90s, weaving scripted dialogue and real-life segments. Bradley Whitford and Steve Zahn star.

Funny bones are sure to be flexed at Friday’s special tribute honoring the legendary Groundlings theater group, which launched comedic wunderkinds like Will Ferrell, Lisa Kudrow and Melissa McCarthy.

Ferrell said this about his experience at last year’s fest, “I was just happy to be a part of the festival and do a little Q&A but to be honored as well,” Ferrell said about last year’s festival.

“It’s great because in the comedy world, we don’t get a lot of awards. It’s nice to have your work recognized.”

One of Groundlings’ founding members, Laraine Newman, is expected to attend alongside alums Cheri Oteri, Taran Killam, Stephanie Courtney and Julia Sweeney.

At Thursday’s Celebrity Tribute,

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The new Feast It Forward studio in Napa will host the Wednesday-night kick-off party and serve as the down valley hub, with a diverse programing and party scene that includes culinary demos, film inspired wine and food pairings, a filmmaker lounge and live music, all set within a happening indoor-outdoor space.

Napa Valley Film Fest runs Wednesday, Nov. 7, through Sunday, Nov. 11, at several venues in Napa County. Visit nvff. org for the full lineup.

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he Stinson Beach Doc Fest, now in its fifth year, offers a truly filmic treat under one roof—and for a good cause. The festival showcases five great documentaries and is devoted to helping fund the Stinson Beach Community Center. This year’s films gained international attention and accolades, and also hit on an issue or ethic near and dear to many North Bay hearts.

Free Solo

Nov. 10, 7pm There’s a line from Freddie Nietzsche where the philosopher points out that if you stare at the abyss long enough, it will start to stare back.

With that in mind, there’s no sport like the free-climbing of rocks to make the point about the abyss that looms for one and all—despite the best efforts of the Buck Institute for Research and Aging. Free-climbing has got to be both the dumbest and bravest sport in the world, and every time Netflix puts one of these crazy-climber stories up— you know I’m sitting there, glued to the screen, anxiously puffing away. “Don’t fall, man!”

Free Solo tells the life story of Alex Honnold, who set out a few years ago to climb the 3,000-foot El Capitan massif in Yosemite National Park. He set out to do it without a rope. Dude, are you

crazy? Two climbers this year died while climbing El Capitan— with ropes. There’ve been more than two dozen deaths on the iconoclastic massif since 1968.

Every time I watch one of those angsty docs about extreme climbers, I die a little too.

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Why Old Possum?

Possums are mostly immune to rabies, because of their naturally low body temperature and have superpowers against snakes.

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About 7 years ago I was hired by a restaurant group to design a brewery, so I hired Dan Shulte with Stainless Assets to manufacture the equipment and Paul Fritz to design the space. They both materialized what I had envisioned, yet, at the very end the project never materialized. It was carried through by the Norgrove family, owners of Bear Republic who purchased the equipment

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When did you start brewing?

Besides the hundreds of homebrew batched conducted in my 20s, inspired by the consumption of thousands of Gallons of Fat Tire, I started brewing at UC Davis on their supreme 2.5 Bbl system. I spent a year studying malting and brewing under Prof, Charlie Bamforth. But commercial brewing took place for the first time, four years ago, when a possibility to transport Wort around the North Bay area for nano-breweries fell in my lap. At first my goal was to transport wort to other breweries without any defects. I took the liberty to develop different styles of wort for production of different

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actor, producer and director Laurence Fishburne will receive the Legendary Actor award, alongside Maverick Award recipient Billy Bob Thornton. Saturday’s Rising Star Showcase will honor up-and-coming talents, including Camila Mendes (Riverdale), Billy Magnussen (Game Night), Rosa Salazar (American Horror Story), Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse), Tye Sheridan (Tree of Life) and Taissa Farmiga (The Nun; What They Had).

Two new venues make their debut at this year’s fest. In Calistoga, theatergoers can get rolling at the drive-in theater at the Calistoga Fairgrounds, which will screen a daily

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RGB delves into the mystique that attends the elevation of a Supreme Court judge to a position of popculture legend. Much as I totally dig her gestalt, it’s unclear how or why Ruth Bader Ginsburg earned this stature—it’s not just because of her opinions and dissents—but I guess the film will explain everything. It premiered at Sundance this year and has done well at the box office. Here’s to RBG’s continued good health, and to a future filled with films that also celebrate the likes of Snoop Dogg Sotomayor.

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Nov. 10, 5pm Hey, it was just a couple of weeks ago that we were highlighting San Rafael’s Guide Dogs for the Blind in our Pacific Sun nonprofit issue, and—boom!—just like that, here’s a documentary screening of Pick of the Litter at the Stinson fest that’s all about guide dogs and how their lives unfold.

Dana Nachman and Don Hardy have produced a poignant film about would-be guide dogs, and how not every animal makes the cut. The film focuses on the San Rafael training center, where some 800 dogs are born each year—but only a few hundred make the final cut through a rigorous training regimen. The trailer alone to the film is so loaded with puppy love and sloppy beasts by the name of Primrose, Patriot, Potomac, Phil and Poppet—well, it almost makes me want to gouge out my eyeballs, grab a stick and be led around the North Bay by a highly trained Labrador. There are worse things.

Dark Money

Nov. 11, 7pm When most people think about outrageous political conduct in Montana, well, it’s hard to not focus on the Sen. Greg Gianforte beating up a Guardian reporter for daring to ask him a question.

Dark Money takes place in Montana and sets out to explain how a thug like Gianforte could be considered for higher office, and the answer is the 2010 disastrous Citizens United ruling from the Supreme Court, which turned corporations into people, then turned electoral politics into a rolling scandal where Gianforte would be celebrated by the likes of Donald Trump for body-slamming the First Amendment—which is pretty much what the Citizens United ruling did.

Evolution of Organic

Nov. 11, 5pm Well, this one looks fun and totally local, keying in as it does on the birth of the organicproduce movement in America— which is to say, at ground zero for organic agriculture in these here United States, Star Route Farms in West Marin.

Why, there’s even a local actress of some renown doing the voiceover for Evolution of Organic, and who once starred as a public defender in the hit cop show Hill Street Blues, in the 1980s. Weird, we haven’t heard much from her since she starred in the Steven Bochco drama. But the growth of the organic foods movement since the 1960s is a different story—it has been an accessible and delicious movement for all who dare take a bite. The film features interviews with the likes of Warren Weber (founder of Star Route Farms) and Paul Muller of Full Belly Farm, among others.

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Open House Just as Napa Valley loves Robert Louis Stevenson, Sonoma Valley loves Jack London, the famed author whose former home in Glen Ellen is now the Jack London State Park.

This week, the park’s House of Happy Walls, built by London’s widow, Charmian, after his death, reopens after extensive renovation with several interactive exhibits that highlight London’s career and life in the North Bay. A weekend of events marks the museum’s reopening, with a ribbon cutting, tours, readings and more happening Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11, 2400 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen.

10am both days. $10 per car. jacklondonpark.com.

With a history that spans four decades and over 200 exhibitions, Sonoma State University’s Art Gallery observes a legacy of sharing significant works by regional, national and internationally recognized artists at the upcoming ‘40 by 40: The 40th Anniversary Exhibition,’ which showcases one work each by 40 artists whose art has been exhibited in the gallery since its founding in 1978. Celebrate the University Art Gallery’s ongoing contribution to the North Bay art scene when “40 by 40” opens with a reception on Thursday, Nov. 8, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 4pm. Free.

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Literary Treasures Napa Valley loves Robert Louis Stevenson, the popular 19th-century author who spent a formative summer in the region, and whose life is celebrated at the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in St. Helena. This month, the museum hosts the third annual Stevenson Week and packs in several special community events around town. At the St. Helena Library, “Stevenson On Screen” exhibits the author’s impact on filmmakers, musicians and other artists, opening Thursday, Nov 8. Other events include the townwide Treasure Hunt on Nov. 10 and RLS’ 168th birthday party on Nov. 13. Times and locations vary. Free. For more info, visit stevensonmuseum.org.

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MOMS KNOW BEST Moms and funny friends Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley bring their viral webseries #IMOMSOHARD to the stage on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. See Events, p28.

San Francisco band Vice Reine lists influences like cyberpunk and ’80s anime alongside new wave music and disco, and the group sonically melts synth-pop and electro-funk into a vibe they describe as somewhere “between outer space and in your face.”

This week, the group gets freaky and funky in the North Bay, and headlines an eclectic night of music hosted by local radio station KPCA that also features Americana singer-songwriter Ismay, psychedelic outfit Agouti and dark-wave band the Drought Cult on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma. 8pm. $10.

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HANDYMAN Things get weird between Dean Linnard and his puppet, Tyrone.

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fter 22 seasons of TV’s South Park and 15 years of Broadway’s Avenue Q, audiences may be somewhat desensitized to youngsters dropping F-bombs or puppets vigorously engaged in coitus.

Prepare to be re-sensitized.

Robert Askins’ Hand to God, running at Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre through Nov. 11, adds blasphemy to the mix, and the end result is one helluva dark, mean and funny play.

The play opens in the basement of a rural Texas church. It’s the meeting place of the Christketeers, a Christian puppet club that Pastor Greg (Carl Kraines) thinks is a good vehicle to help recently widowed Margery (Melissa Claire) out of her funk. The club has three members: Margery’s introverted son, Jason (Dean Linnard); the ne’er do well Timmy (Neil Thollander), who’s basically been sentenced to the club; and Jessica (Chandler Parrott-Thomas), the only member who actually has an interest in puppetry, albeit Balinese shadow puppetry.

Jason introduces his puppet, Tyrone, to Jessica with a painfully unfunny, half-finished version of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s

on First?” routine, and the seeds of affection grow between them.

Pastor Greg hopes similar seeds will grow between him and Margery, while it’s Timmy’s anatomy that grows when Margery enters his mind. Something else that’s growing through all of this is Tyrone’s “personality,” to the point that his mother thinks the puppet might be demonically possessed.

Linnard, a trained puppeteer, really puts his skills to work here, and his ability to play two distinct characters simultaneously is a joy to watch. Parrott-Thomas matches him in puppetry skill in one particularly physical scene. Claire is good as a woman on the verge of collapse who makes some really bad choices, while Thollander (the object of one of those choices) is effectively loutish. Kraines does nice work as the put-upon pastor.

Askins’ deeper-than-it-lets-on script, crisp direction by Chris Ginesi, a clever set design by Argo Thompson (leading to some really funny sight gags) and outstanding character work by all lead to a devilishly entertaining show.

Rating (out of 5): HHHH ‘Hand to God’ runs through Nov. 11 at Left Edge Theatre. 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. Friday–Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm. $25–$40. 707.546.3600. leftedgetheatre.com.

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HOLLYWOOD GODS John Huston, Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich

pal around on the set of ‘The Other Side of the Wind.’

Old School

Sex, sarcasm and terminal moviemaking

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

O

rson Welles’ Other Side of the Wind is likely the most famous unfinished film ever, blighted with feuding producers and heirs, and shoots that continued over the course of some seven years.

After paying off the participants (including the Shah of Iran’s brother) and satisfying all the parties who had a piece of it, and with money raised from everyone from producer Frank Marshall to a $1 million crowdfunding campaign, The Other Side of the Wind is now available from Netflix, in what the streaming service deems “an attempt to honor and complete [Welles’] vision.”

Like Welles’ Mr. Arkadin (1962), The Other Side of the Wind begins with the question of whether a death might or might not be a suicide.

The director Jake Hannaford (John Huston as Welles’ alter ego) is found dead in a car crash the night after his wild birthday party in a desert mansion. In mockumentary style, we see the party, crowded with old-time filmmakers, film-school poindexters and young flat-voiced groupies.

Hannaford was making a film within a film, which the studio was ready to pull the plug on. When

we visit the set, it is crassness incarnate, with a bevy of topless hippie chicks. But in the screenings, velvety images form, suffused with L.A. beachfront smog. Welles’ mistress (and co-writer), the dark, impassive Oja Kodar, reflects zero emotion as she strides around nude in this blue gloaming.

Welles being Welles, he gets into the spirit of the then-modish stuff he was satirizing in a bravura psychedelic orgy scene, all wet silk and ice cubes and violent carnival lights. Here’s what an Orson Welles soft-core porn film would have looked like—better than Radley Metzger and Russ Meyer.

Welles’ terminal vision of the studio era was contemporary with titles like The Last Picture Show and The Last Movie, whose directors, Peter Bogdanovich and Dennis Hopper, show up here for Hannaford’s last party.

The twilight of the Hollywood gods is embodied by Kodar, solitary, striped with shadows from the laths of ruined, wobbling backlot movie sets. In this evocative satirical drama, Welles demonstrates a last magic act.

He was still ahead of his time even at the end of his career.

‘The Other Side of the Wind’ is now streaming on Netflix.

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Staying Power Blitzen Trapper mark a decade of ‘Furr’

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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he year 2008 feels like a long time ago to songwriter Eric Earley, frontman of Portland, Ore., folk-rock group Blitzen Trapper—though it was a monumental one for the band. It was the year they released their acclaimed breakout fourth LP, Furr, via Sub Pop and gained an international fan base.

“I remember being pretty consumed by music at that time, writing and recording it. There wasn’t a whole lot else,” says Earley. Having fronted Blitzen Trapper for nearly a decade already at that time, Earley was living in inner city Portland, and capturing slices of life in the city, both the good and the bad, through narrative songs that resonated with audiences then and now.

This year, Furr gets the deluxe treatment in an expanded 10-yearanniversary reissue that contains all 13 original tracks as well as 10 bonus songs recorded around the same time, and two live tracks.

To celebrate the reissue, Blitzen Trapper are on a major U.S. and Canadian tour performing the album in its entirety. The band storms into the North Bay to play the HopMonk Taverns in Novato

and Sebastopol on Nov. 10 and 11, respectively.

While Furr depicted a Portland that has certainly changed in the last decade, Earley’s songwriting has remained true. “I’ve cycled through different ways of writing, but ultimately I’m still writing a lot of story-songs, folk songs,” he says.

“I still like to dabble in other genres here and there, and that’s the cool thing about playing Furr live—the record touches on a lot of different things, different genres. It remains interesting for us to play every night.”

In the last decade, Blitzen Trapper have released eclectic records and experimented with the art form on such records as 2017’s stage-playturned album Wild & Reckless, which Earley describes as a companion piece to Furr.

Currently deep on the tour, Earley has heard from longtime fans how Furr touched their lives. “Some of those songs seemed to have helped people through difficult times,” he says. “To hear people’s stories on [the album] and about their lives which is pretty amazing.”

Blitzen Trapper play at 9pm on Saturday, Nov. 10, at HopMonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato (415.892.6200) and at 8pm on Sunday, Nov. 11, at HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol (707.829.7300). $15–$18.

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St Helena Library Nov 7-30, “Stevenson On Screen,” exhibit features works of Robert Louis Stevenson that inspired modern movies, television, theater and music. Reception, Nov 8 at 6:30pm. 1492 Library Lane, St Helena. 707.963.5244.

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Nov 7-Jan 6, “Late Fall Show,” featured artists Dan Kabanuck and Billy Korbus show stunningly vibrant and unique “acrylic pours.” Reception, Nov 10 at 5pm. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

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Santa Rosa Symphony Administrative Offices Nov 13, “Santa Rosa Symphony Art Exhibit,” local artists Lilly Collis and Donna S Schaffer display their paintings. Reception, Nov 13 at 4pm. 50 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 410, Santa Rosa.

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See standups Oliver Graves (“America’s Got Talent”), Mario Dion Hodge (“Kevin Hart Show”) and others. Nov 11, 6:30pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Tommy Lama Comedy Experience Enjoy a self-help comedy satire from the veteran performer. Nov 9, 8pm. $20$30. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Events The Big Give-Back Monthly benefit program raises funds for local nonprofits with live music and pop-up sample shop. Sat, Nov 10, 1pm. Free admission.

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Brick Palooza Huge exhibition of LEGO art, play areas, hands-on activity booths and more for the whole family. Nov 11, 9am. $15, kids 4 and under Free.

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Facing Down the Giants Event calls for mutual aid in the face of the global elites, with networking, music, refreshments and more.

Nov 13, 6:30pm. Free. Christ Church United Methodist, 1717 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa.

House of Happy Walls Grand Re-Opening Weekend of events welcomes new exhibits at the museum that celebrates the adventurous and inspiring

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Mom bloggers Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley bring their uniquely hilarious outlook to the North Bay. For mature audiences only. Nov 14, 8pm. $45 and up. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

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Centuries-old German tradition of songs and brightly colored lanterns includes parade and hot chocolate. Nov 10, 5:30pm. $5. Santa Rosa Christian Church, 1315 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa.

Native American Art Auction Dinner

Handcrafted works, food and local wines, drumming and more raise funds for Native land project Suscol House.

Nov 10, 5pm. $75. Yountville Community Center, 6516 Washington St, Yountville.

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Robert Louis Stevenson’s Birthday

Museum dedicated to the author stays open late with cake and light refreshments.

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Film The Bourne Identity

Spy thriller is the subject of a film class by Ian McIver. Nov 13, 1pm. $10. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena.

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Documentary on beermaking is followed by Q&A with filmmakers and beer makers. Nov 12, 7:30pm. $15.

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The Reluctant Radical Occupy Sonoma County hosts showing of film about climate change activist Ken Ward. Nov 8, 7pm. donations welcome.

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Rockin at the Lark See the concert film “Soft Cell: One Final Time.” Nov 8, 7:30pm. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

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Stinson Beach Documentary Film Festival Three days of docs includes popular films, live music and more. Nov 9-11. Stinson Beach Community Center, 32 Belvedere Ave, Stinson Beach. stinsondocfest.org.

Thank You for Your Service Mental health and military doc screens for Veterans Day. Nov 10, 4:30pm. Free.

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Tombstone Rashomon Filmmaker Alex Cox presents and discusses his retelling of the fabled Gunfight at the OK Corral. Nov 14, 7pm.

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Wild Strawberries Swedish film icon Katinka Faragó presents and discusses this early masterpiece by Ingmar Bergman. Nov 8, 7pm.

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Wilder Than Wild Award-winning documentary on fire suppression and climate change screens with discussion. Nov 8, 7pm. $5.

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Lectures Rising Up: Art & Resilience

Roundtable discussion features artists Brian Fies and Alan Crisp and poets Ed Coletti and Maurine Killough, all of whom lost homes in the 2017 fires. Nov 10, 3pm. Free with admission. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.939.SVMA.

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Santa Rosa Mayor Chris Coursey, Sheriff Rob Giordano and Supervisor Shirlee Zane reflect on efforts to rebuild after last year’s wildfires. Nov 8, 6:30pm.

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) In 1994, Aries pop diva Mariah Carey collaborated with an associate to write the song “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” It took them 15 minutes to finish it. Since then it has generated $60 million in royalties. I wish I could unconditionally predict that you, too, will efficiently spawn a valuable creation sometime soon. Current planetary alignments do indeed suggest that such a development is more possible than usual. But because I tend to be conservative in my prophecies, I won’t guarantee anything close to the $60 million figure. In fact, your reward may be more spiritual in nature than financial.

his friends and associates. “People tell me they open my e-mails first,” he says, “because they aren’t demands and you don’t need to reply. They’re simply for pleasure.” He also enjoys giving regular small gifts.

“I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms.” Hockney seems to share the perspective expressed by author Gail Godwin, who writes, “How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn’t want or need anything from them.” In accordance with astrological omens, Libra, I suggest you have fun employing these approaches in the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

An interactive post at Reddit.com asked readers to write about “the most underrated feeling of all time.” One person said, “When you change the sheets on your bed.” Another extolled “the feeling that comes when you pay all your bills and you’ve still got money in the bank.” Others said, “dancing under the rain,” “physical contact like a pat on the back when you’re really touch-starved” and “listening to a song for the first time and it’s so good you just can’t stop smiling.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I suspect that the next two weeks will bring you a flood of these pleasurable underrated feelings.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) “Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer,” wrote Gemini author Henry Lawson. Do you have any methods for making yourself feel like you’ve drunk a few beers that don’t involve drinking a few beers?

If not, I highly recommend that you find at least one.

It will be especially important in the coming weeks for you to have a way to alter, expand or purify your consciousness without relying on literal intoxicants or drugs. The goal: to leave your groove before it devolves into a rut.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Study the following five failed predictions. 1. “There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.”—Robert Miliham, Nobel laureate in physics, 1923. 2. “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”—Western Union internal memo, 1876. 3. “Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.”—Dionysius Lardner, scientist, 1830. 4. “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”—Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977. 5. “Most Cancerians will never overcome their tendencies toward hypersensitivity, procrastination and fear of success.”—Lanira Kentsler, astrologer, 2018. (P.S.: What you do in the next 12 months could go a long way toward permanently refuting the last prediction.)

LEO (July 23–August 22) German scientists have created cochlear implants for gerbils that have been genetically modified, enabling the creatures to “listen” to light. The researchers’ work is ultimately dedicated to finding ways to improve the lives of people with hearing impairments. What might be the equivalent of you gaining the power to “hear light”? I understand that you might resist thinking this way. “That makes no sense,” you may protest, or “There’s no practical value in fantasizing about such an impossibility.” But I hope you’ll make the effort anyway. In my view, stretching your imagination past its limits is the healing you need most right now. I also think that doing so will turn out to be unexpectedly practical.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Here’s useful wisdom from the poet Rumi. “Our defects are the ways that glory gets manifested,” he said. “Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.”

Playwright Harrison David Rivers interprets Rumi’s words to mean, “Don’t look away from your pain, don’t disengage from it, because that pain is the source of your power.” I think these perspectives are just what you need to meditate on, Virgo. To promote even more healing in you, I’ll add a further clue from poet Anna Kamienska: “Where your pain is, there your heart lies also.” (Rumi is translated by Coleman Barks; Kamienska

by Clare Cavanagh.)

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Artist David Hockney is proud of how undemanding he is toward

I am not currently a wanderer or voyager or entrepreneur or swashbuckler. But at other times in my life, I have had extensive experience with those roles. So I know secrets about how and why to be a wanderer and voyager and entrepreneur and swashbuckler. And it’s clear to me that in the coming weeks you could benefit in unforeseen ways from researching and embodying the roles of curious wanderer and brave voyager and savvy entrepreneur and prudent swashbuckler.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

“The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.” That brilliant formulation came from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Does it seem so obvious as to not need mentioning? Bear with me while I draw further meaning from it, and suggest you use it as an inspiring metaphor in the coming weeks. When it rains, Sagittarius, let it rain; don’t waste time and emotional energy complaining about the rain. Don’t indulge in fruitless fantasizing about how you might stop the rain and how you’d love to stop the rain. In fact, please refrain from defining the rain as a negative event, because after all, it is perfectly natural, and is in fact crucial for making the crops grow and replenishing our water supply. (P.S.: Your metaphorical “rain” will be equally useful.)

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) “Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation,” writes activist and author Elif Shafak.

“If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.” I bring this to your attention because you’re in a phase when your close alliances should be activating healing changes in your life. If for some reason your alliances are not yet awash in the exciting emotions of redemption and reinvention, get started on instigating experimental acts of intimacy.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) I suspect you will be an especially arousing influence in the coming weeks. You may also be inspiring and disorienting, with unpredictable results. How many transformations will you unleash? How many expectations will you dismantle? How many creative disruptions will you induce in the midst of the daily grind? I hesitate to underestimate the messy beauty you’ll stir up or the rambunctious gossip you’ll provoke.

In any case, I plan to be richly amused by your exploits, and I hope everyone else will be, as well. For best results, I will pray to the Goddess of Productive Fun, begging Her to ensure that the commotions and uproars you catalyze will be in service to love and kindness.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson wasn’t always a wild and crazy writer. Early in his career he made an effort to compose respectable, measured prose. When he finally gave up on that project and decided he could “get away with” a more uninhibited style, he described it as being “like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.” I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your future, Pisces.

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