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Powerage My argument: for those seniors on a fixed income, or those living in hospital beds or needing to refrigerate their meds, it’s tough to have a power outage for two days (“Paradise Glossed,” Nov. 21). PG&E said they wouldn’t reimburse groceries this year if they decided to turn off the power!

And for folks who are ill, who had money to go buy a generator or fuel to start it or the ability to turn it on? What about those with a well? Their power outage means they can’t hose down their roof or barn?

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Sordid Practice ‘Congressional leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are still in a mode loosely replicating Clinton’s sleight-of-tongue formulas that have proved so profitable for corporate America.’ —Norman Solomon Open Mic is a weekly feature in the ‘Bohemian.’ We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.

Newsom actually did visit California’s condemned row in the primary of his first run for governor of California (Open Mic, Nov. 28). I agree, Gavin Newsom has the ingenuity to lead California to the end of this sordid practice and waste of tax dollars that does zero for public safety.

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wenty-five years ago, when I wrote False Hope: The Politics of Illusion in the Clinton Era, I didn’t expect that the Democratic Party would still be mired in Clintonism two and a half decades later. Such approaches to politics continue to haunt the party and the country.

The last two Democratic presidencies largely involved talking progressive while serving Wall Street and the military-industrial complex. In office, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama rarely fought for progressive principles, and routinely undermined them.

Clinton brought the country NAFTA, welfare “reform” that was an assault on low-income women and families, telecommunications “reform” that turned far more airwaves over to media conglomerates, the repeal of Glass-Steagall regulation of banks that led to the 2007– 08 financial meltdown, and huge increases in mass incarceration.

Obama bailed out big banks while letting underwater homeowners sink, oversaw the launching of more missiles and bombs than his predecessor George W. Bush, ramped up a war on whistleblowers, turned mass surveillance and the shredding of the Fourth Amendment into bipartisan precedent and boosted corporate privatization of public education.

It wasn’t only a congressional majority that Democrats quickly lost and never regained under Obama. By the time he left the White House, nearly a thousand seats in state legislatures had been lost to Democrats.

Thanks to grassroots activism and revulsion toward President Trump, Democrats won back the House last month and recaptured one-third of the state legislative seats that had been lost while Obama led the party.

During the last two years, progressive momentum has exerted major pressure against the kind of corporatist policies that Clinton cemented atop the Democratic Party. But congressional leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are still loosely replicating Clinton’s sleight-of-tongue formulas that have proved so profitable for corporate America, while economic inequality has skyrocketed.

As 2018 nears its end, the top of the Democratic Party is looking to continue Clintonism without the Clintons. Or maybe Clintonism with the Clintons. A real possibility is now emerging that Hillary Clinton will run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination— but whether she runs or not, Clintonism is a political blight with huge staying power. It can be overcome only if and when people at the grassroots effectively insist on moving the Democratic Party in a genuinely progressive direction.

Norman Solomon is a journalist, progressive activist, media critic and author of numerous books.

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POT, PUMPKINS AND POLITICS Fight over fate of former pumpkin patch puts supervisor on the spot.

Grow-Site Pain Is Lynda Hopkins in a FOG over proposed pot-grow in Graton? BY TOM GOGOLA

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here’s a battle underway over the fate of a former pumpkin patch in Graton that a California cannabis entrepreneur and his company, Loud Enterprises, wants to use to grow medicinal pot rich in CBD content.

And 5th District Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins is at the center of the ongoing controversy over a proposed 13.3-acre grow venture

that’s opposed by the Friends of Graton (FOG).

That organization was formed to oppose a proposal made by Jack Buck, who purchased the land with his family for $1.7 million and would like to use it to grow CBDonly plants at a new business to be called Jackalope Gardens. The proposal comes to some sort of a head next week as the Sonoma County supervisors are set to take up a Hopkins-promoted plan to render Regional Trails into county parkland, which would, under

county cannabis ordinances, require a 1,000-foot setback for any pot grow. The West County Trail runs along part of the proposed pot farm, which will need another $1 million to get off the ground, if its conditional use permit is approved.

Supporters and lawyers associated with the proposed business are curious about Hopkins’ written comments sent to constituents, which appear to signal her opposition to the plan. She says they don’t.

Letters obtained by the Bohemian between Hopkins and a Graton

constituent bear out Hopkins’ list of concerns about the proposal—but she says she hasn’t taken a position on it in her capacity as county supervisor.

Hopkins frames her concerns about the proposal across a few fronts, and plans to enjoin the rest of the supervisors to consider upgrading the designation of local county trails into county parkland at the meeting next Tuesday. That effort, she says in one of her letters to a constituent, is not specific to the Graton proposal, but was prompted by it. She says that staff errors during the writing of the Sonoma County cannabis ordinances left the trail system out of what was considered “parkland” and thus subject to the set-back.

In her back-and-forth with the Graton resident, Hopkins pushes back on the constituent’s “personal opinion” about what is a park and what isn’t—by expressing her personal view that, as a parent who uses the county trails, they’re parkland.

Hopkins also charges in a letter to a Graton supporter of the business that the applicants improperly lobbied an elected official after submitting their application. She says the applicants approached Supervisor Shirlee Zane for her support in the lobby of the supervisor’s chambers.

In her letter to the Graton constituent, which was provided to the Bohemian by the applicant’s lawyer, Hadas Alterman, Hopkins suggests that the constituent Google the term “behested donations”— legal but ethically dodgy donations made to elected officials that are monitored by the California Fair Political Practices Commission.

The implication is that Hopkins has accused the applicants of trying to bribe an elected official, which, in a phone interview, Hopkins vigorously denies. “I’m doing no such thing.”

Hopkins says her concern is that the applicants offered Zane a gift of pumpkins. The supervisor says she questions the timing of anyone lobbying an elected official coupled “with some kind of an offer of some kind of gift, even if well-intentioned.”

Hopkins also says she’s heard from Graton residents who complain about the aroma from cannabis grows—that the pot smell has conspired ) 10

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to restrict the airwaves of some constituents. Hopkins acknowledges in her correspondence that these are “anecdotal” reports and that she has no studies to back up the claim.

Hopkins is adamant that she hasn’t rendered judgment on the proposal, even if the back-andforth correspondence with the constituent appears to indicate that she has. She has charged Jackalope with having “not acted in good faith in their relationship with my office and the county,” and says that the applicants should have spent more time working with the community before springing their plan on Graton residents.

The applicants, through Alterman, have in turn highlighted what they call an absence of good faith on the part of the Friends of Graton, who they say have spread misinformation about the proposal that’s been amplified by Hopkins.

Some claims made by opponents and passed along to the Bohemian are that the applicants will hire gun-toting guards to look after the property; that the applicants are in the tank with Big Pharma and secretly funded to the tune of $78 million; that they’ll ruin the trail; that they’ll destroy the environment with pesticides; and that Jack Buck is related to an investor with the same name in Chicago. Printed materials put out by FOG speak of a “huge industrial” cannabis operation springing up in residents’ midst.

Hopkins also rejected hosting a proposed meeting between the applicants and their detractors, citing her need to “remain neutral” in the process. “I have not taken any position on the specific proposal,” she says, adding that she has “concerns about how individuals have handled themselves” in the application process.

In her letter to the Graton constituent, Hopkins says she wouldn’t be able to host such a meeting without commenting on the project, which she says she couldn’t do, since that could lead to “eventual litigation or challenge in court.”

Hopkins says any misinformation that sprung up about the proposal could have been mitigated by the applicants. She says she’s received no disinformation in her inbox

about the proposal, even as she iterates the core of FOG’s concerns in her correspondence.

“There will always be rumours, misinformation, with any land-use proposal,” Hopkins says. “That can be eliminated if you reach out to the community before the proposal. I found out about it the same time that the community did.” She says that the applicants themselves canceled a meeting to discuss their proposal with residents, further lending a sense of mistrust about the plan.

“I am not taking any position on this proposal,” she repeats, and adds that she can “have opinions about the definition of a trail, and about how people in the community conduct themselves,” and express those to a constituent.

None of that signals support or opposition for the application, she says. All of her concerns, she says, are related to the proposal itself as she cites concerns raised by FOG about “wetlands, safety, the trail and the odors, all of which are related to the proposal.”

Alterman says she finds Hopkins’ position “really disappointing.

Regardless of what your opinions are via a personal matter or political matter, I think it’s important, especially when you are in a position of leadership and power, to act with transparency and to act with integrity,” she says. “By making these statements, it comes down to the totality of the circumstances. When we look at one of the statements that Supervisor Hopkins makes, it doesn’t necessarily reek of impropriety itself.

But if you take the totality—the public and private comments, something doesn’t add up.”

Alterman says that she contacted Hopkins around the time the applicants submitted their conditional-use permit, expressing an interest in being partners in the community. “I said, can we meet, we really wanted to be partners with the community. She never acknowledged the email,” Alterman says, “even as she’s blamed us and allowed people to say, ‘They never reached out.’

We did reach out. We reached out directly. We tried to be on the right foot with her. It’s disappointing that this is the elected official that we are stuck with.”

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by Jean-Charles Boisset at his new JCB Tasting Salon, and almost come away a little bit worried—what happens to the visitor experience when JCB has left the building?

The salon, reborn in the same corner of Healdsburg Plaza where Swirl visited it eight years back, should startle no one familiar with the French wine impresario’s style, and delight or perplex newbies with its recherché assemblage of crystalencrusted bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon, whimsical jewelry,

surreal art and general glitter-ago-go. A less familiar sight in the half-dozen salons that Boisset has opened in Napa, Sonoma and San Francisco is Boisset himself—as needs be for a transcontinental wine tycoon. Yet visitors should also know that, for a guy who’s often attired in a scarlet tuxedo—or today, to match the decor, peacock blue—and whose signature pattern is leopard print, Boisset can actually be, in his own, jet-setting way, kind of down-to-earth, or how do the French say—terroir?

It all started with a wine of no terroir, “a wine of no place,” as Boisset’s Sonoma County winemaker of 16 years, Brian Maloney, puts it.

The JCB 2012 No. 3 Pinot Noir ($125) is “the ultimate sacrilege,” a blend of Pinot Noir from Russian River Valley and Burgundy. Quelle horreur!

And a horror in express airmail shipping fees to finalize the blend, too, according to Maloney, shaking his head at the thought of it. But it’s the thought of that union, and the emotional aspect of the blend, says Boisset, that keeps him pursuing this Franco-American dream years after its wedding-day debut (Boisset is married to California wine scion Gina Gallo). The wine is stocked in the cellars of the American and French embassies in both nations.

It wasn’t an easy sell back home, says Boisset, where he caught the flak of his fellow Frenchmen. “What are you doing in Sonoma?” they asked. So he brought his Pinot Noir from Russian River Valley vineyards to blind tastings with his colleagues in Burgundy. They said, according to Boisset, “Wow, I realize why you are over there.”

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D.C. rail conference provides sobering perspective on SMART and affordable housing in North Bay BY THOMAS BRODERICK

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HE FUTURE IS RIDING ON METRO”

Never had I ever read such a prescient message as the one stamped at the bottom of my rail-ticket receipt. It was Oct. 27, and I had just bought a SmarTrip card at the Metrorail’s Reagan Airport station in Washington, D.C., and was on my way to a big conference about the benefits and problems that ensue when a new commuter train comes to town.

I was in D.C. to report how the conference’s findings might intersect with the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit system that’s been running up and down the North Bay for the past year, with lots of questions buzzing around about what it will mean for the region moving forward. In linking Santa Rosa with San Rafael, can

SMART be seen as an arbiter of what’s to come for a region crippled by an ongoing absence of affordable housing? Alas, yes.

I have a personal and professional affinity for train travel. I was, ten years ago, an intern at the Central Japan Railway Company (aka JR Central). One of JR Central’s subsidiaries, Nippon Sharyo, performed the final assembly of SMART’s rolling stock at its Illinois plant. JR Central was hosting a reunion event in the nation’s capital for all former interns, and I was invited to the all-expense-paid junket. The event included a conference at K&L Gates—the law firm that represents JR Central domestically—followed by a reception at the swank St. Regis hotel.

I hopped on a plane to learn

more about how JR Central’s business might affect train travel moving forward for SMART—well, especially for millennial SMART riders of the scrappy freelancer variety, who can barely afford to live in the North Bay as it is, but who love to ride the train whenever possible.

There was the big takeaway from the Washington conference.

For all the talk of “transit-oriented development” in the North Bay, for all the civic concern about affordable housing, workforce housing, tiny homes, rent control and etc., the research points in one direction when it comes to commuter trains: they drive up real-estate prices in regions where they’ve been built.

It’s no fault of the train systems, of course, and SMART faces its own affordable-housing problem as a company in need of a reliable,

and preferably local, workforce that it can retain.

“There are many instances of transit-oriented [development] nationwide that include affordable housing,” says SMART spokeswoman Jeanne MarianiBelding via email. “Those landuse issues typically rest with local jurisdictions. Businesses throughout the North Bay, including SMART, are feeling the effects of the lack of affordable housing and the challenges that creates in terms of hiring and retaining people.”

SMART has been rolling along for just over a year, offering lots of discounts and fairly priced monthly passes for commuters, and when I took my parents on the green machines this August, plenty of riders were traveling north to and from San ) 14 Rafael, for work and fun.

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Despite a few notable collisions involving pedestrians and trucks, the much-delayed SMART rollout has been a success, and a net positive for the region. But the success may also herald a lessthan-desirable new challenge for North Bay residents. When the commuter rail comes to a region, the price of housing tends to go up, and then up some more. That’s a critical issue for a region that is struggling mightily to square up its housing scene to sync with the promise of a 21st-century SMART rail system that’s accessible and affordable to all.

It was a cold, blustery day in the nation’s capital that suggested a harsh winter was right around the corner. The White House was a sad sight with all the extra security and barricades that extended 70 feet from the main wrought-iron fence, to say nothing of its occupant.

Circling back around to K&L Gates, I stepped into a conference room full of JR Central employees, former interns and my Japanese-American relations professor from Vanderbilt, James Auer. He made it possible for students like me to participate in the internship. After a few minutes of greetings, we sat at our assigned seats to find materials detailing JR Central’s latest advancements in maglev technology, and the company’s impressive growth in the decade since I interned.

The first speaker was deputy general manager Rikuhei Daimon, who organized the reunion.

Telling us that we would always be members of the JR Central family, he introduced Masahiro Nakayama, JR Central’s general manager in the United States.

Nakayama filled our heads with visions of the N700S Shinkansen, the train model that in the near future will connect Dallas and Houston in 90 high-speed minutes. Neat.

The most eye-opening talk—and the one that’s very relevant to North Bay residents—was given by rail researcher Mike Schlicting, a former JR Central intern and a current doctoral student at the

University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Schlicting discussed his research into the economic impact of reliable passenger rail on economically depressed and underdeveloped areas. The findings are clear, he said: when a city has access to fast and dependable rail transportation, rents and real estate prices go through the roof. Poorer residents are pushed out, replaced by urban professionals. How far through the roof do prices skyrocket?

He exclaimed that the prices of commercial and residential real estate rose “from $5 a square foot to $20 or $30 dollars a square foot.”

As he spoke, any idea of owning a home in the North Bay devolved from dim hope to cruel joke. And he just kept talking.

Schlicting showed attendees before-and-after photos of western Washington, D.C., that illustrated the effects of what happened when the Metro line was extended. This was a part of town where you never wanted to get caught after dark, he reported, which now boasts high-density, high-rent apartment clusters over each station. The buildings are typically 15 to 20 stories, and the clusters looked like their own mini cities.

Schlicting’s presentation evoked the regional mantra about high-density development in urban areas: the model could support the continuance of the regionally accepted wisdom of urban-growth boundaries—if North Bay residents are willing to accept a SMART corridor that’s dotted with tall apartment buildings at every train stop and that abandons any pretext that those buildings will be set aside for work-force housing.

When it comes to passenger rail systems, Schlicting stressed that they are not built for the people who live in the region; they are built for people who are going to move their to pursue new economic opportunities.

Without attendant population growth, systems such as SMART can’t sustain themselves and risk becoming another Napa Wine Train.

Schlicting wasn’t alone with the words of warning. Every speaker’s

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message clashed with the current reality in Sonoma and Marin counties: new rail lines only make sense as long as local communities along the route invest heavily in affordable housing. Until that day happens, SMART will remain a niche product.

The Press Democrat has already been reporting that one of SMART’s most significant challenges is that it appeals mainly to the “white and well-off.”

Many of today’s riders choose to use SMART even though they could drive.

The conference broke up and we headed to the St. Regis’ James Monroe Room, where JR Central hosted the swankiest shindig I’ve ever attended. Downing some liquid courage, I approached general manager Nakayama, and we talked a bit about the company’s rolling stock, its cars.

How would the company deal with domestic orders for new cars now that Nippon Sharyo no longer operates a factory in the United States? He said the company would try to honor its previous price structure for open contracts.

His answer implied that prices had nowhere to go but up, but what else is new?

I told Nakayama that Sonoma and Marin county residents appreciated that they had an alternative to the jam-packed highway, high gas prices and road rage. We happily chatted

about the beautiful Northern California scenery and how he or another JR Central manager travels here once or twice a year to check up on SMART. Keep on checking. New SMART train cars might be added to accommodate demand, and train tickets may get pricier in coming years. And if the conference experts are right, the northern Sonoma County real estate market should boom when the train line is expanded north—for better and worse.

I asked SMART to weigh in on this irony: Even as the railroad struggles to retain its workforce— because of the high cost of living in the North Bay—rail experts maintain that the commuter system is itself driving up the cost of living here. The SMART response was to send links to its fare schedule and to note that the railroad does provide steep discounts to senior and student riders.

I’d suggest readers of lesser means start saving up for that $400,000 chicken-shack in affordable-for-now Cloverdale.

And I’ll join with fellow millennials as we keep our fingers crossed for some SMARTadjacent affordable housing to emerge, somewhere along the gentrified line. Who knows, maybe it will. Petaluma? Novato?

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Two monumentally heavy bands combine into one monstrous set of music when the Body (Portland, Ore.– based experimental metal heads) and Uniform (abrasive industrial three piece from N.Y.C.) join forces for a collaborative headlining spot at the latest, and possibly last, concert hosted by local promoter Shock City, USA. Also on the bill is former local heavyweights Litany for the Whale, Texas post-punk act Street Sects and L.A.-based darkwave duo All Your Sisters, with an eclectic art showcase also on hand Thursday, Dec. 6, at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $10. 707.528.3009.

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Step back in time this season in the family-friendly Holidays on the Northern Frontier, an event that features special performances and activities happening throughout Sonoma’s historic downtown.

The Mission Chapel is holding several sing-along programs of music. The Sonoma Barracks presents a living history exhibit, “A Soldier’s Christmas,” with crafts and refreshments. Pickle Creek String Band plays in the Toscano Hotel and the Blue Wing Inn hosts a Yuletide shindig on Saturday, Dec. 8. East Spain Street, Sonoma. 4pm to 8pm. Mission Chapel sing-along is ticketed; all other events are free and open to public. 707.938.9560.

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In the musical landscape of Mariachi, where songs are traditionally written and performed by men, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles has blazed a trail as America’s first all-female mariachi ensemble, playing fresh arrangements of classic compositions and opening musical doors for female mariachi musicians everywhere. This week, the internationally renowned and Grammy-nominated group presents a special holiday-themed show, “Navidad Mexicana,” that celebrates the season through the magic of mariachi on Saturday, Dec. 8, at Weill Hall, Green Music Center, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park.

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Before Gordon Ramsay and Bobby Flay turned cooking into a competition, America got sound and proven recipes on actual cooking shows like America’s Test Kitchen, running on PBS since 2001. This week, host Julia Collin Davison and Suzannah McFerran, food editor for America’s Test Kitchen Kids magazine, lead a special Baking with America’s Test Kitchen Kids class for ages 8 to 12 to empower the next generation of chefs in a fun-filled, hands-on afternoon on Sunday, Dec. 9, at CIA at Copia, 500 First St. 1pm. $75. All children must be accompanied by an adult. 707.967.2500.

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THE CARBONARO EFFECT Magician and TruTV star Michael Carbonaro takes the stage for a dazzling live show on Sunday, Dec. 9, at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. See Comedy, p23.

STILL STANDING Fire survivors Johann and Gloria Heinzl pose in front of the remains of their home in a photo from the ‘Ashes Fell Like Snow’ exhibit, opening this week in Santa Rosa.

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os Angeles photographer Roman Cho keeps a part of his heart in the North Bay.

Cho often visits the friends in Healdsburg and Santa Rosa he’s made in the course of his business, and enjoys cycling and other outdoor activities on his frequent trips. In September 2017, he even participated in the Levi’s GranFondo competitive cycling event. “A week later,” says Cho, “the city’s up in fire.”

Staying connected with the region through social media, Cho witnessed an outpouring of help and relief efforts in the aftermath of the Tubbs, Nuns and Atlas fires, and was struck with how tight-knit the community grew at the time. “I felt compelled to contribute,” he says.

At the end of October 2017, Cho traveled to the North Bay for the first time after the fires and helped by doing what he does best—he took photos.

Now Cho’s collections of vivid large-format portraits and

interviews with fire survivors will be shown together in the new outdoor public art show, “Ashes Fell Like Snow,” that opens in Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square on Dec. 6.

“I knew once the fire goes out, the media will move on to the next tragedy,” says Cho. “At the same time, I knew that the people who were affected couldn’t just move on.

What they needed was continued attention. And the best way I could contribute was to photograph these people and help tell their stories.”

With that in mind, Cho reached

out to Santa Rosa resident and cycling journalist Jordan Brady, who gave Cho four contacts to start the project. Those contacts turned into more than 30 individuals and families whom Cho photographed for the project. Subjects include Jean Schulz, who lost her Foothills home, and Johann and Gloria Heinzl, who had to evacuate twice the night of Oct. 9, first from their Santa Rosa home, then from the Sandman Hotel on Cleveland Avenue.

Cho also shot portraits of those involved in relief and rebuilding efforts, including interim Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano, Berkeley firefighters Clifford Broome and Michael Shuken, and outgoing Santa Rosa Mayor Chris Coursey.

“I’m trying to get an encyclopedic overview of people affected,” says Cho. “And everyone has been affected, whether you lost a house or not.”

For the past year, Cho has continued to collect stories and organize the new exhibit. The “Ashes Fell Like Snow” opening reception will feature guest speakers like Coursey, historian Gaye LeBaron and others sharing their experiences, as well as counselors from California Hope on hand to talk one-on-one with attendees.

“The project was started to spread the word about what this community is going through,” says Cho. “At the same time, I wanted to give the community a chance to pause and reflect on what happened, and to think about this past year so that they could not only remember the people and things they have lost, but also to celebrate the renewal and regrowth.”

‘Ashes Fell Like Snow’ runs through Dec. 29 and opens on Thursday, Dec. 6, at Courthouse Square, Third Street and Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa. 6pm to 9pm. Free. ashesfelllikesnow.com.

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Live theater? Not so much.

Which is why it’s interesting that North Bay venues have programmed three such shows this holiday season.

Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions has the most traditional of the lot with its presentation of Scrooge in Love!, a terrifically entertaining musical continuation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas Carol. Directed

by Dyan McBride, the story begins exactly one year after Ebenezer Scrooge’s Christmas Eve redemption.

To his dismay, Scrooge (a perfectly cast Brian Herndon) finds himself once more in the company of expartner Jacob Marley (Brian Watson).

It seems that Marley and his associated Christmas ghosts (Andrea Dennison-Laufer, Scottie Woodard, F. James Raasch) aren’t satisfied with Scrooge finding the Christmas spirit—he has to find love. And so the tale of Scrooge and Belle (a charming and steadfast Jenny Veilleux) is told via trips back to the past and into the future with a very amusing stop in the present. We see Young Scrooge (Ryan Hook) blunder his way through a failed courtship and we see

old Scrooge continue that blundering in the present. Be assured, however, that the show won’t end without another Christmas miracle.

The score, with music by Larry Grossman and lyrics by Kellen Blair, runs from the giddy and boisterously delivered (“I Love Love”) to the contemplative and melancholy (“A Kitchen Built for Twenty (With a Table Set for One)”) with a heaping helping of the festive delivered by the entire cast.

Herndon gives a stellar performance as Scrooge, and his performance is complemented well by the supporting players.

The ghosts, in particular, are great fun, with Watson an imposing but humorous Marley, Dennison-Laufer an operatic hoot as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and Woodard’s Christmas Present looking and acting like he’s popping by after a long night at a SoHo club.

No Bah, humbugs from me, as Lucky Penny’s Scrooge in Love! is the most “Christmas-y” show I’ve seen this year.

Rating (out of 5): 'Scrooge in Love!' plays through Dec. 16 at the Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. Thursday–Saturday, 7pm; Sunday, 2pm. $20–$40. 707.266.6305. luckypennynapa.com.

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upposedly there are 35 films about Vincent van Gogh.

It’s a tribute to the depth and clearness of Willem Dafoe’s acting that the latest, At Eternity’s Gate, is as affecting as it is.

At Eternity’s Gate is director Julian Schnabel’s best film, giving a small-camera approach to the drama, shot amid the medieval ruins and hills of the South of France.

These landscapes are given a little digital toasting to make this fairest place on earth (except for Northern California, of course) look like van Gogh’s paintings, gilding the weeds, purpling the shadows and bringing out the bright orange stripes in the painter’s straw hat to match the accents in his self-portrait.

Dafoe is very pure here. The rawboned face hides nothing, showing lucidity even in the torment of his madness. This film doesn’t poeticize the artist’s insanity, as per the complaints comedian Hannah Gadsby made about the received idea that van Gogh painted because he was mad, instead of despite it.

Schnabel even airs a conspiracy theory of how the artist died. True, he was persecuted. The great-

grandparents of the people who charge you to see van Gogh’s house signed a petition to get him out of Arles. But the vortex of the sadness is the abandonment by his friend Paul Gauguin (a calm, unflamboyant Oscar Isaac). Such an unfortunate friendship, between a man who needed love so desperately and a man who never really cared much about that kind of thing.

Schnabel has the good taste to black out the self-mutilation, but in the end, he corners his subject clinically with a pair of interrogations, one by the doctor Felix Rey (Vladimir Consigny), the other by a priest (Mads Mikkelsen).

As a longtime fan of Emmanuelle Seigner ever since Bitter Moon, I enjoyed watching her measured friendliness as Mme. Ginoux as she chats with van Gogh about books, before he scares her off with his intensity.

The film could have used a bit less of Tatiana Lisovskaya’s soundtrack—a lot of piano with the hard-pedal leaned on; it clashes with At Eternity’s Gate’s successful attempt to give van Gogh an aura of silence and space.

‘At Eternity’s Gate’ opens Friday, Dec. 7, at the Smith Rafael Film Center.

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Dec 9, 7pm. $28-$35. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

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KITKA Vocal group’s “Wintersongs” holiday program includes sacred and secular pieces inspired by cosmic wonders and earthly rituals of the winter season. Dec 9, 5pm. $25-$35; kids $10. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Rainbow Girls Harmonic folk trio perform over four nights as part of Project Amplifi’s Artist Residency series. Dec 6-9. $5-$10. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

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Dweezil Zappa

Ever-evolving guitarist and son of Frank Zappa plays choice cuts from his dad’s catalogue as part of a world tour. Dec 9, 8pm. $40-$70.

Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Arlene Francis Center Dec 6, the Body & Uniform with Litany for the Whale.

99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Cloverdale Veterans Memorial Hall

Dec 7, Healdsburg Community Band’s Christmas Concert.

205 W First St, Cloverdale. healdsburgcommunityband.org.

Elephant in the Room Dec 8, Dusty Green Bones Band. Dec 9, 6pm, Paul Riley & His Rusty Parts. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. elephantintheroompub.com.

Glaser Center

Dec 9, 3pm, Occidental Community Choir Holiday Concert. 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.568.5381.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Through Dec 5, Opera and Music Theatre Scenes: The Mariachi Story. Dec 7, 8pm and , Dec 8, 3pm, “Early Music Christmas: Let There Be Light” with Sonoma Bach. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Weill Hall

Dec 8, Navidad Mexicana with Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery

Dec 5, Chris Robinson Brotherhood. 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma. 707.938.5277.

Dec 9, 2pm, Healdsburg Community Band’s Christmas Concert. 1100 University Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.8886.

HopMonk Sebastopol Dec 7-8, David Luning.

Dec 9, Charlie Hunter. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

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Dec 5, JimBo Trout. Dec 6, Dave Hamilton Trio. Dec 7, Boot Juice. Dec 9, Solid Air. Dec 12, Michelle Lambert.

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Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Dec 7, Andre Nickatina with D-Lo and J.Lately. Dec 8, the Grain with the King Street Giants and the Big Fit. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

Raven Theater Dec 8-9, 3pm, “Festive, Family, Fun” with Healdsburg Chorus.

115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

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Redwood Cafe Dec 6, Awesome Hotcakes.

Dec 7, Greenhouse. Dec 8, Uncle Wiggly. Dec 9, Irish jam session. Dec 11, French Oak. Dec 12, Buzzy Martin Holiday Show. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

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Dec 11, American Roots Night.

452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

707.996.1364.

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Dec 8, Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Dec 10, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

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Dec 8, Illeagles. Dec 12, the Black Lillies. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre Dec 7-8, “Sounds of the Season” with Mayflower Chorus. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

Marin Center Veterans Memorial Auditorium Dec 11, 7pm, Marin Symphony Holiday Pops Concert. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800.

Sweetwater Music Hall Dec 5, Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis. Dec 6 and Dec 8-9, Golden Gate Wingmen featuring John Kadlecik, Jeff Chimenti, Reed Mathis and Jay Lane. Dec 8, 10:30am, Mick Berry drum recital. Dec 9, 10:30am, Blue Bear Youth All Star Band Showcase.

Dec 11, Crossroads Music School Holiday Concert. Dec 12, A Rat Pack Christmas. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Throckmorton Theatre Dec 7, Holiday Concert with Deborah Winters and the Peter Welker All-Star Band.

Dec 12, 12pm, Phillip Brezina and Ian Scarfe. Dec 12, 8pm, Throckmorton Chorus’ Winter Concert. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY Blue Note Napa

Dec 5, Eki Shola and Michael Fortunato. Dec 6, Sal’s Greenhouse. Dec 12, Holiday Swing Party with Svetlana & the Delancey Five. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

Uptown Theatre

Dec 6, Jake Shimabukuro. Dec 8, Aaron Lewis. 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Gallery Openings Courthouse Square

Dec 6-29, “Ashes Fell Like

Depot Park Museum Dec 7-23, “Holiday Model Train Show,” annual show is hosted by Sonoma Historical Society. 270 First St W, Sonoma. Fri-Sun, noon to 4pm 707.938.1762.

Fulton Crossing Dec 7-30, “Becoming Independent’s Holiday Lights,” deck your halls with paintings, home decor and more from BI artists. Reception, Dec 7 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

The Gallery at Corrick’s Dec 7-29, “Glass & Fiber Arts Show,” artists include weaver Abby Bard, fused glass artist Valerie Adams and mixedmedia visionary Luann Udell.

Reception, Dec 7 at 5pm.

637 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.546.2424.

Graton Gallery Dec 5-Jan 6, “Abstract,” see new works from Susan Proehl and other guest artists.

Reception, Dec 8 at 2pm.

9048 Graton Rd, Graton. TuesSat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

Petaluma Arts Center Dec 8-Jan 12, “Petaluma Arts Center Member’s Exhibition,” see many local favorites and new artist members. Reception, Dec 8 at 5:30pm. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. Tues-Sat, 11 to 5.

707.762.5600.

Redwood Cafe Dec 11-30, “December Art Show at Redwood Cafe,” see several works from local talents. Reception, Dec 11 at 6pm. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily.

707.795.7868.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Dec 7-Jan 4, “Sebastopol Center for the Arts Members’ Show,” annual non-juried show features a breadth of talent and creativity.

Reception, Dec 7 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. TuesFri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

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Dec 8, “Bonne Soirée,” an evening with internationally acclaimed wildlife artist Leo E Osborne. Reception, Dec 8 at 5pm. 119 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

415.385.1048.

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HopMonk Novato

Snow,” photo exhibit includes portraits and interviews of those affected by the Tubbs and Nun fires, and those involved in recovery efforts.

Reception, Dec 6 at 7pm. Third Street and Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa. 707.701.3620.

Comedy Michael Carbonaro

TV magician blends bizarre antics and mind-blowing magic. Dec 9, 8pm. $39 and up. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

En Pareja Dos

Consuelo Duval and Adrián Uribe find humor in the clichés and absurdities between men and women.

Dec 8, 8pm. $51-$111. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Dance ArtQuest Winter Performance

Experience the spirit of the holidays through movement.

Dec 7-8, 7pm. $5-$15. SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

An Irish Christmas

Award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Riverdance) present a festive show. Dec 7, 8pm. $35-$55.

Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa 707.259.0123.

The Nutcracker

Christmas classic is performed by the Napa Valley Ballet. Dec 9, 4pm. $18-$28.

NVUSD District Auditorium, 2425 Jefferson St, Napa 707.294.8820.

Posada Novideña

Ballet Folklórico de Sacramento take you on a whirlwind journey through the regions of Mexico. Dec 7, 7pm. $5-$10. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600.

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Monthly benefit program raises funds for local nonprofits with live music and pop-up sample shop. Sat, Dec 8, 1pm. Free admission.

Hanna Winery, 9280 Hwy 128, Healdsburg. 800.854.3987.

Freya Lodge Holiday Arts & Craft Fair

Shop for high-quality items made by Sonoma County artists, with Scandinavian baked goods, Norwegian waffles and lunch available for purchase. Dec 8, 9am.

Sons of Norway Hall, 617 W Ninth St, Santa Rosa.

707.579.1080.

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Thank you for partnering with us for all these years!

Anniversary Issue: December 19

Browse children’s books, holiday books, recent and classic literature and other giftables. Proceeds benefit Santa Rosa libraries. Times vary. Dec 6-9. Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.0831.

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Happy Holigays

Dinner and resource fair for LGBTQ community in the SRJC cafeteria features free food and holiday cheer. RSVP requested. Dec 7, 4pm. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.579.4327.

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Shop for one-of-a-kind handmade pottery from local artists while supporting this exceptional community pottery studio. Dec 7, 5pm and Dec 8, 10am. Free admission. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.

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Get exclusive shopping and dining deals with live music and raffle. Dec 6, 4pm.

Free admission. First Street Napa, 1300 First St, Napa.

707.257.6800.

Holidays in Yountville The town transforms into a winter wonderland with sparkling lights, live entertainment, art shows, shopping, food and wine tours, carriage rides and more. Through Jan 1, 2019.

Downtown Yountville, Washington St, Yountville, yountville.com.

Holidays on the Northern Frontier

Several Christmas singalongs, crafts, tours and events abound throughout downtown Sonoma. Dec 8, 4pm. Sonoma State Historic Park, 20 East Spain St, Sonoma. 707.938.9560.

Light Up a Life

Heartland Hospice honors lives lost with annual candleand tree-lighting ceremonies.

Dec 6, 5pm. Free. Montgomery Village Shopping Center, 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa.

707.545.3844.

Ner Shalom Chanukah Party

Massive holiday fest that is open to all and welcomes a potluck from all who attend.

RSVP requested. Dec 8, 5:30pm. Free. Congregation Ner Shalom, 85 La Plaza, Cotati. 707.664.8622.

Pioneer Christmas

Historic flour mill hosts a 19th-century holiday party with crafts, cider, milling demos, cookies and more.

Dec 8, 10am. $5; kids 6 and under are free. Bale Grist Mill Historic Park, 3801 Hwy 29, Calistoga. 707.942.4575.

Santa Train

The Wine Train turns into an enchanting holiday experience with hot cocoa, freshly baked cookies, games and sing-alongs. Through Dec 26. $39 and up. Napa Valley Wine Train, 1275 McKinstry St, Napa. 800.427.4124.

Season Celebration at Long Meadow Ranch

Celebrate the holiday season with caroling, live music and complimentary hot chocolate, hot cider and cookies. Dec 7, 4:30pm. Free. Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.4555.

Sebastopol Holiday Home Tour & Artisan Boutique Enjoy holiday lights and décor of several different stylish homes, with cheerful music and festive bites on hand.

Then, browse a variety of holiday crafts and decorations for sale. Dec 7-9. Pleasant Hill Christian School, 1782 Pleasant Hill Rd, Sebastopol, sebastopolholidayhometour. com.

Sonoma Plaza Chanukah Celebration Light the menorah with

festive foods and live music. Dec 5, 5pm. Sonoma Plaza, First St E, Sonoma.

707.996.1090.

Windsor Holiday Celebration

Family event lets the kids write and send letters to Santa, make crafts and more, with tree-lighting ceremony and dance party. Dec 6, 5pm.

Free admission. Windsor Town Green, 701 McClelland Dr, Windsor, townofwindsor.com.

Field Trips Holidays Along the Farm Trails

Sonoma County farmers and producers open their barn doors to offer a taste of life on the farm. Maps and info at farmtrails.org. Through Jan 1, 2019. Free. Sonoma County farms, various locations, Sonoma. 707.837.8896.

Film Art Responds: Films on Fire

The mesmerizing art film “California on Fire” and the documentary “Wilder Than Wild” screen with panel discussion. Dec 9, 6pm. $15 and up. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.880.2300.

History & Healing After the Fires

Listening for a Change screen a compilation of video stories from diverse households across Sonoma County’s burned areas. Dec 7, 2:30pm.

Free with admission. History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

707.579.1500.

The New Normal

KRCB film that looks at our community one year after the October fires screens with two other fire-related films. Dec 6, 2pm. Free with admission.

History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.

Return of the Hero

French film about 19thcentury love and war screens in partnership with Alliance Francaise Napa Valley. Dec 8, 4 and 7pm. $10. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Yountville Holiday Movie Series

Food & Drink Cinnabar Crab Feed Lagunitas and Cinnabar team up for delicious crab and beer feast. Dec 11, 5:30pm. $55-$65. Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707-769-4495.

Holiday Dinner in the Cask Room

Holiday on the Hill Event features selections paired with festive bites and seasonal sounds. RSVP required. Dec 9, 11am. $40.

Rutherford Hill Winery, 200 Rutherford Hill Rd, Rutherford.

707.963.1871.

Holiday Open House at CIA Greystone Participate in a gingerbread house contest and cookie decorating, with seasonal drinks, festive treats and an appearance by Santa. Dec 12, 5pm. CIA at Greystone, 2555 Main St, St Helena.

707.967.2320.

Holiday Wine Cocktails Get into the holiday spirit(s) with fresh and festive drinks.

Sat, Dec 8. Meadowcroft Wines, 23574 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. 707.934.4090.

Prohibition Gala Come in your best 1920s attire for a speakeasy soiree. Dec 8, 7pm. $40; $60 per couple.

Siren’s Studio, 234 Hutchins Ave, Sebastopol. 707.239.7914.

Spanish Cheese & Jamón Pairing Travel through Spain via five limited-production wines and artisanal cheeses from Freestone Cheese Company.

Sat, Dec 8, 11am. $35. Marimar Estate, 11400 Graton Rd, Sebastopol. 707.823.4365.

Tea Here Now

Full service Gong Fu Cha Tea Lounge and Herbal Elixir Bar includes live music and poetry from local artists. Dec 7, 7:30pm. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

Ugly Sweater Holiday Party

Dress appropriately for afternoon celebration with holiday music and selection of holiday bites and treats to pair with wine. Dec 8, 1pm. $20.

Provenance Vineyard, 1695 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford.

707.968.3633.

Lectures Holiday with ‘Walt Disney’s Trains’

Exhibit curator, hostiran and train expert Michael Campbell conducts a fun and informative tour through the exhibit, including a demonstration of a working steam train. Dec 8, 11am. Free with admission. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. 707.944.0500.

Readings Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

Dec 8, 7pm, Krampusnacht, weird-fiction experts Raymond Lawrason and Ross Lockhart read spooky Christmas stories with crafts and treats.

140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Theater Anne of Green Gables

Family musical is based on the classic novel. Through Dec 9.

Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

David Templeton’s Twisted Christmas Live!

Former North Bay holiday tradition returns from hiatus and features local celebs sharing off-the-wall holiday tales. Dec 9, 7pm. $30-$35.

Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane,

Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.

Every Brilliant Thing Left Edge Theatre presents the poignant and humorous story of a young boy who lists everything worth living for. Through Dec 9. $25-$40.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

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The House of Yes Skeletons come out of the closet for a family full of secrets during an eventful Thanksgiving dinner. Through Dec 16. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

Le Cirque de Bohème Old-style circus troupe presents a new show, “Yesterday,” with an amazing cast of characters.

Through Dec 16. $27-$55.

Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. cirquedeboheme.com.

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Mrs. Warren’s Profession Humor and irony disguise this typical situation comedy of many a parent-child relationship. Through Dec 9. $15-$20. Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio. 707.524.8739.

Scrooge in Love After “A Christmas Carol,” Scrooge’s life takes a turn for the romantic in a new musical.

Through Dec 16. $20-$40.

Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. 707.266.6305.

Transcendence’s Broadway Holiday Spectacular New holiday celebration for all ages features performers from Broadway. Pre-show VIP experience available.

Dec 6-7, 7:30pm. $39 and up.

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

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Dec 8, 6:30pm. Merryvale Vineyards, 1000 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.7777.

Toast the opening of Dungeness crab season and support victims of the Camp fire in Butte County. Dec 5, 6:30pm. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

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Oh yes, they did. “On Monday’s edition of Fox & Friends,” Edward reports, “host Brian Kilmeade spoke to a sheriff in Florida about a 12-year-old boy who was charged with felonies for sharing marijuana candy with his classmates. “‘No one talks about this,’ Kilmeade complained. ‘THC is addicting. I know so many people— they say they were told one thing and they get addicted to it and that’s an addicting substance. There is a price to pay for pot.’ “‘It’s not a minor nonviolent felony,’ Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd

opined. ‘It’s ruining families and killing people every day across the United States. And we stand here in denial thinking that it’s not a gateway drug to drugs that’s killing people.’ “‘Yeah,’ co-host Ainsley Earhardt agreed. ‘You don’t start on cocaine, you probably start with marijuana and it leads to other things.’” Wow. Hopefully, Ains, it leads to the upcoming Emerald Cup at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, scheduled for the weekend of Dec. 15–16. The Nugget heard from our friend Oaky Joe Munson this week, and he’s planning to attend the annual pot-judging competition—but he won’t be alone. He’s bringing the troops.

He’s bringing, he says, 5,000 pot seeds of various strains to give away.

Joey’s also bringing a couple of gay friends of his who’ve benefited from his cannabis the many years he spent as a grower. Joey reports that he’s also bringing along a couple of fans of his, too, who are also stars from the, ahem, adult-entertainment industry.

And a couple of scientists! Whatever you do, do not tell Brian Kilmeade that science-minded gay porn stars are attending the Emerald Cup—or, for that matter, that the cannabis confection industry is totes exploding.

We can’t think of a better time than the present to celebrate some of the tasty gummy pot products on the market, and which Nugget readers should keep an eye peeled for at the Emerald Cup (don’t worry about it, Ains, it’s an adults-only affair, no kids allowed). Thanks to our pals at the online Leafly, the Nugget’s patriotic duty is to report that there are tons of pot-candy products out there nowadays. For starters: Made by Hemp CBD gummies, a Kushy Punch Sativa strain of gummy, Baked Brothers Sour Gummie Bears, Mr. Moxey’s Ginger CBD Mints for a change of pace, Chronic Boom Delights’ Just CBD Gummy Bears, EdiPure Watermelon Tarts, CannaChews, Gorilla Pharm Gummy Bears.

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GEMINI (May 21–June 20) In my continuing efforts to help you want what you need and need what you want, I’ve collected four wise quotes that address your looming opportunities. (1) “What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?”—author Elizabeth Gilbert (2) “Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from.”

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VIRGO (August 23–September 22) You know

the expiration dates that appear on the labels of the prescription drugs you buy? They don’t mean that the drugs lose their potency after that date. In fact, most drugs are still quite effective for at least another 10 years. Let’s use this fact as a metaphor for a certain resource or influence in your life that you fear is used up or defunct. I’m guessing it still has a lot to offer you, although you will have to shift your thinking in order to make its reserves fully available.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Libran rapper Eminem is renowned for his verbal skill. It may be best exemplified in his song “Rap God,” in which he delivers 1,560 words in six minutes and four seconds, or 4.28 words per second. In one stretch, he crams in 97 words in 15 seconds, achieving a pace of 6.5 words per second. I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will also be unusually adept at using words, although your forte will be potent profundity rather than sheer speed.

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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

In May of 1883, the newly built Brooklyn Bridge opened for traffic. Spanning the East River to link Manhattan and Brooklyn, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. But almost immediately people spread rumors that it was unstable. There was a growing fear that it might even crumble and fall. That’s when charismatic showman P. T. Barnum stepped in. He arranged to march 21 elephants across the bridge. There was no collapse, and so the rumors quickly died. I regard the coming weeks as a time when you should take inspiration from Barnum. Provide proof that will dispel gossipy doubt. Drive away superstitious fear with dramatic gestures. Demonstrate how strong and viable your improvements really are.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

Robert Louis Stevenson published his gothic novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1886. It was a bestseller, and quickly got turned into a theatrical production. In the ensuing 132 years, there have been well over a hundred further adaptations of the story into film and stage productions. Here’s the funny thing about this influential work: Stevenson wrote it fast. It took him three feverish days to get the gist of it, and just another six weeks to revise. Some biographers say he was high on drugs during the initial burst, perhaps cocaine. I suspect you could also produce some robust and interesting creation in the coming weeks, Sagittarius—and you won’t even need cocaine to fuel you.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) A blogger on Tumblr named Ffsshh composed a set of guidelines that I think will be apt and useful for you to draw on in the coming weeks. Please study these suggestions and adapt them for your healing process.

“Draw stick figures. Sing off-key. Write bad poems.

Sew ugly clothes. Run slowly. Flirt clumsily. Play video games on ‘easy.’ OK? You do not need to be good at something to enjoy it. Sometimes talent is overrated.

Do things you like doing just because you like doing them. It’s OK to suck.”

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Aquarian athlete Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player who ever lived. He was also the first to become a billionaire. But when he was growing up, he didn’t foresee the glory that awaited him. For example, in high school he took a home economics class so as to acquire cooking abilities. Why? He imagined that as an adult he might have to prepare all of his own meals.

His ears were so huge and ungainly, he reasoned, that no woman would want to be his wife. So the bad news was that he suffered from a delusion. The good news was that because of his delusion, he learned a useful skill. I foresee a similar progression for you, Aquarius.

Something you did that was motivated by misguided or irrelevant ideas may yield positive results.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) The Bible

does not say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute or even a “sinner.” There’s no mention of her sexual proclivities at all. Delusional ideas about her arose in the Middle Ages, instigated by priests who confused her with other women in the Bible. The truth is that the Bible names her as a key ally to Christ, and the crucial witness to his resurrection. Fortunately, a number of scholars and church leaders have in recent years been working to correct her reputation. I invite you to be motivated and inspired by this transformation as you take steps to adjust and polish your own image during the coming weeks. It’s time to get your public and private selves into closer alignment.

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