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It’s About Time I enjoyed reading Tom Gogola’s article “Making Bank” (June 20, 2019) In my former life as a legislative staff person in Sacramento, I was the consultant for the Senate Select Committee on Investment Priorities and Objectives, chaired

by Senator John Dunlap, who represented parts of Sonoma County, including Santa Rosa, as well as Napa, Solano, Yolo and part of Sacramento County. I wrote a bill that would have created a California State

Bank after the committee held hearings throughout the state. The lobbyists for the California Bankers Association (CBA) told me “the CBA does not want to see a preprint bill hit the legislators’ desks.” Suffice it to say the CBA killed the bill and Sen. Dunlop was defeated in re-election in 1978.

fuel caused climate change, and along with PG&E’s negligence, are responsible for many of us who lost our homes, businesses and lives in the 2017 wildfires.

The 15 largest banks in the county hold a combined $13.7 trillion in assets, almost doubling since U.S. taxpayers bailed them out in 2009, after the banks nearly destroyed out national economy with their reckless financial behavior. These are the same banks that finance fossil-

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It is about time the citizens of this state created our own public banks as well as a state-owned utility.

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Spray Away I’ve been shocked by the amount of

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spraying I see around my home and around the Joe Rodata Trail.

On the way I pass by several vineyards and I’ll see a person in a hazmat suit and heavy respirator, spraying something from a tractor as they go up and down the rows. I did some research and most vineyards are sprayed several times a month with a cocktail of herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and fungicides.

Interestingly, “Sustainable Sonoma” signs are proudly staked next to these lands. Occasionally, a “preserved forever” sign. As someone with a background in ecology I find these signs very misleading and actually a bit insulting.

Grasses, weeds, insects, fungi are eradicated in these fields year round along with anything related to those in the food chain: birds, frogs, dragonflies, etc. These are essentially ecological dead zones, save for the vines themselves. They have not been “preserved” for anyone and these practices are not “sustainable." Child cancer rates in our county are high and rising and there is a link is to this spraying. A lot of these sprays are carcinogenic or have unknown long-term effects. They are designed to kill many forms of life on contact so the equation makes sense that we will be affected.

I’ve spoken to locals, neighbors, farmers, SRJC professors and viticulturists. This is a major concern with little education to the public and not much info from local publications, even you Bohemian! Why is that?

We are all passively breathing it in, drinking it, swimming in a toxic soup. Questioning our ignorance about the effects on humans and ecosystems is lost somewhere between sips of Zinfandel. I see the vineyards multiply and the spraying near our home, our schools, and recreational parks and trails. It is a toxic fog over this county starting in March that wafts across boundary lines and blows into the lungs of our residents (including children) through the summer and fall. We need to make a change and we must do it all together.

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n 1998 the San Francisco School Unified District (SFUSD) hosted a controversial exhibit titled No More Scapegoats! The exhibit was in direct response to the victory of the 1994 California antiimmigrant Proposition 187. The exhibit’s tagline was “An exhibition connecting the life and times of Anne Frank with the challenge to confront racism and intolerance today.” Over the year, thousands of students toured the exhibition as an extension of their education.

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Summer classes start June 17 The goal of the exhibit was to inoculate the next generation against Fall classes start August 19 the deadly social diseases of jingoism and xenophobia. Unfortunately Enroll today! our current political climate reveals lot more work needs to be done before reaching social immunity.

Fast forward to June 2019: The SFUSD Board unanimously votes to cover up the Life of George Washington murals at George santarosa.edu/choose-srjc Washington High School. The 1936 WPA mural by Victor Arnautoff portray the racist cruelty of colonial America by depicting a murdered native and toiling blacks, outing the founding father(s) for being complicit with genocide and slavery.

Some Washington High students of color have reported the depictions make them uncomfortable. In response, SFUSD created a group to study Bohemian- 4.3438”w x 3.125”h the issue and make recommendations. They concluded that Arnautoff’s mural, “glorifies slavery, genocide, colonization, manifest destiny, white supremacy, oppression, etc.” They also stated, “The impact of this mural is greater than its intent ever was. It’s not a counter-narrative if [the mural] traumatizes students and community members.”

SFUSD is engaging in Orwellian newspeak on the Arnautoff mural issue. Removing the images of the “threat” does not remove the reality of the dangers portrayed. Students of color are correct in Let us love your Drop by for feeling uneasy by the mural; its message is clear; a country founded on genocide, slavery and domination is still a dangerous and jewelry as much a FREE jewelry sometimes deadly place for people of color. as you do clean & check Don Carney is a volunteer coordinator at the Marin Youth Court and producer/director of “No More Scapegoats!” We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.

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hroughout the day the horrible news trickled in.

We had a retreat over the weekend at Westminster

Woods,” recalls Guadalupe Navarro, executive director of Windsor’s Latino Services Providers, “and the students had just completed their mental health first aid program.”

That’s when the news started to come in about the El Paso mass shooting that targeted Mexicans.

Dozens of Latino youth were working on a training and certification program at the

Occidental facility that would give them the skills to deal with trauma in the region’s immigrant community. Most of the students didn’t have the local Wifi password and couldn’t get online.

“Luckily, we didn’t provide the wifi passwords,” she says. But one student did get the news alert, says Navarro, and had an emotional breakdown.

Soon everyone at the retreat had heard the news. Now Navarro was faced with dealing with a traumatized student body that had just gotten training in working with immigrants who’ve been faced with deportations and a rising tide of rhetorical and actual violence against immigrants.

In the aftermath of the weekend shootings in El Paso and Dayton, and on the heels of the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival two weeks ago, local fears about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been enhanced by the fact that brown-skinned persons—or anyone, for that matter—is at risk from the growing scourge of white nationalism stoked by President Trump.

This week, there’s been a focus on the mental health of the shooters. But what about the mental health of communities targeted for hate-inspired violence?

“We’re already on a mission to reduce stigma around mental health,” says Navarro—but now her 39 paid interns face a trauma all their own.

They range in age from 16 to 26 and are mostly Spanish speaking youth who hail from all parts of the county, from Healdsburg to Petaluma (the program she runs is open to all students, regardless of their immigration status, she says). They were supposed to go out into the community to support their fellow immigrants and that’s still the plan. But first the organization had to tune in to the students’ mental health.

“Now we have to protect and support our students. The students had completed their training and their emotions were already mixed,” she says.

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Trauma can manifest in multiple ways—numbness, rage, terror, depression. And, at a certain point, it does feel like all that’s left is upper-case outrage to go along with a growing sense of outrage and fear at the apparent convergence of executive-level hate speech and right-wing violence in this country.

Over the weekend, and in response to deadly shootings in Texas and Ohio that came on the heels of last week’s Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, North Bay U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman could only point out, in all upper-case on his Facebook page, that “ASSAULT RIFLES AND HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES THAT CAN INFLICT INSTANT CARNAGE LIKE THIS MUST BE BANNED.” Huffman was referring to the Ohio gunman who opened fire and killed nine people and wounded 27 others in Dayton, in a span of 30 seconds. His motives remain unclear. The El Paso killer’s motives were spelled out in a manifesto that took Trump’s words about an “invasion” at the border to heart.

State officials had already been decrying Republican fealty to the National Rifle Association at the time of the weekend shootings that have shaken the country. Speaking to reporters at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center following the Gilroy massacre two weekends ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom highlighted how California’s strict gun laws— semi-automatic weapons and highcapacity rounds are banned in the state—can’t stop a terrorist from purchasing one of the weapons where they’re legal.

The Gilroy shooter purchased his deadly weapon, an AK-47-style assault weapon, in a Nevada gun store before killing three people at the popular Gilroy festival.

He committed suicide at the scene; reports that police shot and killed him within moments of the shooting were erroneous.

In response, the Sonoma County Fair officials announced security upgrades would be in place.

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the Gilroy shooting focused on the U.S. Senate’s unwillingness to take up meaningful gun control legislation when it comes to military-style assault weapons.

Much of that reluctance has historically been tied to the NRA’s power and influence in Washington and its lawmakers.

‘We need to protect all immigrants and their human rights. We are suffering the consequences of the continued dehumanization of Latinx, and specifically undocumented immigrants in the U.S.A.” Over the weekend just passed, Newsom could only amplify the growing sense of outrage after the El Paso shooting, which targeted Latino shoppers at a Walmart at the Texas border town: He said it was an epidemic. He said it was a crisis.

And, he repeated what others have repeated in other states when mass shootings come to town—he said that that the U.S. Senate had to act.

Instead: thoughts and prayers. The all-too-familiar ritual.

Newsom’s post garnered nearly 7,000 comments, many of which were in support of gun control and many of which were not. The comments provide a picture of the morass that this country finds itself in when it comes to gun violence and what, if anything,

can be done about it, when citizens are so widely split on root causes and solutions.

Texas is an open-carry state and Walmart is not a gun-free zone. Numerous reports about the incident noted that there were several armed people in the Walmart at the time of the shooting. At least one of those persons told reporters that he feared for his own safety at the hands of law enforcement if he took action against the shooter.

Other California posters noted on Newsom’s FB feed that the problem isn’t white nationalist violence unleashed

by Trump and his minions, it’s “a generation raised on Hollywood and videogame violence, poor parenting and schools, social media and yes, fake news.”

Social media posturing is one thing. Protecting the local community is entirely another.

Maria de Los Angeles is a Santa Rosa–raised artist brought to this country by her parents when she was a youth. The young MexicanAmerican woman has a show of her paintings coming up at the Museum of Sonoma County and has taken note of the unfolding horror as she’s preparing for her opening on Aug. 24. Through her art, she’s focused on immigrants’ contributions to the culture and she also highlights their contributions to the California economy.

The Public Policy Institute of California recently reported that the state will be short by some 1.6 million workers by 2025, a statistic that does not take into consideration the specter of mass deportations under Trump.

“Immigrants contribute so much to our countries’ economy,” says de Los Angeles. “We need to protect all immigrants and their human rights. We are suffering the consequences of the continued dehumanization of Latinx, and specifically undocumented immigrants in the U.S.A.” The recent shootings, she says, are a shared concern for all. “Acts of terrorism are a public safety concern for all people living in the

U.S.A. and our government needs to address it at all levels.”

She’s calling on the news media to condemn hate speech, and on elected leaders to establish a fair immigration system, “and immigration reform with a path to citizenship for people, regardless of their educational level, who contribute to the U.S. economy.”

And, she’s calling for stronger gun regulations in the wake of the devastating mass killings that have taken place over the past few weeks.

The good news, sort of, is that the Bay Area has adopted a moreor-less welcoming posture toward immigrants—while also enjoying a dramatic drop in gun violence.

Regional Second Amendment hard-liners who decry liberal attempts at gun control might take note of an investigation that appeared in the Guardian in June of this year which found that the Bay Area had experienced a surprising drop in deadly gun violence between 2007 and 2017.

That report, among other highlights, showed that it’s possible to talk about high rates of gun violence in minority communities without calling those communities rat- and crime-infested shitholes, which is the president’s preferred rhetoric when it comes to places like Baltimore and Chicago. Last week, Trump teed off on the homeless crisis in San Francisco by way of extending his rhetoric to a region that’s largely been in open defiance of his presidency.

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omesco sauce, one of Catalonia’s finest exports, is renowned as a dressing for seafood.

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of all persuasions. Invented by fishermen centuries ago, soon after the arrival of new world tomatoes and peppers, it also includes almonds, olive oil, garlic, wine vinegar and stale bread.

Every one of those ingredients have been in ready supply in California for years, as has been romesco sauce. The appearance of

BY ARI LEVAUX Mexican romesco was inevitable.

One celebrated formulation debuted soon after Napa Valley restaurateur Cindy Pawlcyn hired the Jacinto brothers, Ernest and Pablo, to run the kitchen of Mustard’s Grill, Their south-of-theborder version of the Catalonian sauce was on the menu for years, and was revered valley-wide.

The modification from Spanish to Mexican romesco is slight, but significant: dried red chile instead of fresh red bell pepper. This change thickens the romesco, adding pungency and spice. “Everything else in the sauce comes from Spain,” explained my friend Marianne Forest, who learned the recipe from Pawlcyn.

A restaurateur herself, I was thrilled when Forest agreed to come to my house and show me how to make Jacinto-style romesco. When the time came to cut a tomato, she reached smoothly into the jungle of utensils at the edge of my counter and extracted my only tomato knife, as if pulling a rabbit from a hat. She used the serrated blade to cut a cross on top of each tomato.

Soon those cuts would help the skins slip off easily, after the tomatoes were broiled and then cooled. In the meantime, almonds would be roasted, a hunk of sourdough would be griddled, and heads of garlic baked in olive oil.

“Everything is roasted or toasted,” Marianne said.

Marianne put the ingredients in the blender in no particular order. Every few moments she would inspect the slurry with a spoon, gauging progress by the diminishing diameter of the largest pieces of almond. “You want rustic saucery. It should not be homogenous, or liquefied.”

Before I knew it, we were eating crunchy romesco sauce.

It was delicious and complete off the spoon, with a vibrant mix of full flavors.

Per Marianne’s advice, I smeared romesco on a piece of crusty toast soaked in olive oil. This simple combination could be a complete meal, but is also a starting point, and a crossroads. Atop that romescosmeared toast there remained room for additional morsels of food, like grilled asparagus, roasted cauliflower or a few leaves of spicy greens.

Since then I have noticed a pattern: when bread and romesco sauce are both within reach, I will keep eating until one of them runs out. The same is true when I’m dipping veggies in romesco. And when all available substrates are gone, there is still that spoon.

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“We’re in a transition in terms of how Americans view Australia,” says Blair Poynton, who hails from Western Australia and is marketing manager for Old Bridge Cellars, a wine importer located in downtown Napa. The rugged image of Paul Hogan taking time out from wrestling crocodiles to throw a shrimp on the barbie is a thing of the past—although his efforts on behalf of Australia’s tourism may have inspired many Americans to visit.

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away by,” Poynton says, “is the quality of life and quality of dining there. It’s incredibly sophisticated and modern. We whinge about the quality of coffee, and so on.” And they know Riesling. “Even people who aren't really big wine drinkers would know that a Riesling is dry— even what the difference is between a Great Southern and a South Australia Riesling.”

Recently, I was surprised at how closely two Australian Rieslings matched up, stylistically, with a pair of Napa Valley wines.

Leeuwin Estate 2018 Art Series Margaret River Riesling ($22) A bit like a green Sauvignon Blanc, but without the extra helping of pyrazine (which can smell a little like cat pee), this has shy, young Riesling aromas of Pixie Stix, lime, aloe vera and mandarin orange, and smacks tartly of white grapefruit.

Trefethen 2018 Oak Knoll District Riesling ($26) A juicy refresher for summer evenings now, with aromas of white rose, rosemary, lavender and melon, and flavors of kiwi and lime, this will surely gain complexity with age.

Reminiscent of the Leeuwin, it’s crisp and dry, and should satisfy anyone who likes “New Zealandstyle” Sauvignon Blanc. d’Arenberg 2018 The Dry Dam Adelaide Riesling ($17) This is made with a touch more residual sugar, but the searing acidity typical to South Australian Riesling is such that all you notice is chalky acidity, lime juice and aromas of honeysuckle and golden apricots on toasted baguette points.

Smith-Madrone 2016 Spring Mountain District Riesling ($34) Holy honeycomb-lanolin gelato!

This wine’s two of a kind with the d’Arenberg, but a few extra years bring aromas like toasted honeycomb to the fore. Sounds sweet? It’s not sweet. Riesling can develop scents that seem tantalizingly dulcet, yet the wine remains crisp, dry and refreshing.

The lanolin note is like a softer version of the “petrol,” or mineral oil, aroma that aged Rieslings (and some younger ones, like the d’Arenberg) may show, and there’s a tinge of herb, as well—though it’s not as “würzy” as Gewürztraminer.

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FURY ON THE ROAD

Rev’rend Lawless and Grub survey the wreckage from atop the Rev Rod.

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When the sky burned and the cities of the old world imploded, spilling their starving millions out into the wasteland, the bikers seized the moment. In the midst of the Great Die Out, they formed roving cannibal bands and grew strong on human flesh. One by one the gangs merged, consolidating their power, until they alone prevailed. Now the dread motorcycle gang Machine Army rules the wasteland. And I, it.

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t least that’s what I tell myself as I steer my stripped-down, 70 cc dirt bike through the orange sand of the Painted Desert. The sun blasts down, turning my leather battle jacket into a sweatdrenched inferno and my pupils into pinpoints. Thank God I’m wearing goggles, even if they’re caked with dirt and tropical on the inside. Wooden shacks pass by, doors creaking in the wind. Then the raw shriek of a muffler-free big block V8 splits the air, and an armored ‘77 Monte Carlo bounces into view, riding high on oversized, All Terrain tires and spitting black exhaust. A lone figure, swathed in rags and a leather cowboy hat, sits atop it. It’s the Rev’rend Lawless, on his infamous Rev Rod. Oh God, I think, skidding to a halt and raising my hand in cautious greeting: It has begun.

It isn’t every day I get to be General Car Killer, Maximum Leader of the cannibal biker gang known as Machine Army. Which is why once a year I drive the 15 hours from Santa Rosa, California to Uranium Springs, Arizona.

Each May several hundred postapocalyptic enthusiasts from across the United States gather there to indulge their end-of-theworld fantasies at a week-long festival known as Detonation.

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enough event that a person can meet most everyone there in the course of a week.

This is why Uranium Springs may be my favorite town in the entire world.

I use the word “town” lightly, because Uranium Springs doesn’t officially exist. It’s 100 percent off-grid, located on 40 acres of private land deep in the Painted Desert in the northeast corner of Arizona, off Interstate 40 out past Meteor Crater. It feels more like a movie set than an actual town—a smattering of pallet shacks, gutted travel trailers, tents, wooden towers and bombedout vehicles that arose out of the dust in the past eight years, hand-built by festival founders and attendees.

The origins of the post apocalyptic genre stretch back to the Mad Max movies of the late ‘70s–early ’80s. In 2010, a Mad Max-themed event called Wasteland Weekend began in the Mojave desert outside California City, Calif. September, 2019 will mark Wasteland Weekend’s 10th

year. In 2015, Fury Road, the fourth movie in the Mad Max series, reignited the franchise and introduced a new generation to the genre. Now, small PA events are popping up around the United States and the world. Detonation is my favorite.

The irony is that, in this age of real-life, slow-motion apocalypse—the plasticization of the oceans, increasingly destructive wildfires and the disintegration of political truth— pretend apocalypse in the form of good-old-fashioned, maraudersin-the-desert escapist fantasy spells good times for so many. It’s the 21st century-version of the Wild West, where motorcycles replace horses and gasoline replaces gold.

The Machine Army camp is a 50x50 plot of weedy sand.

Plopped in the middle of it is a tire fort constructed of 105 discarded tires I purchased on-site for one dollar each from Richard Kozac—neighbor to, caretaker of, and quite possibly the very soul of, Uranium Springs. He hauled

15 Think: artists, cosplayers, preppers, Ren Faire-participants and machineheads. Put them all together and creative shenanigans abound.

The Texas arm of Machine Army filters in over the next few days, along with other intrepid festival-goers from across the United States. Torque Nut, a new recruit, shows up Tuesday afternoon, followed by old-timers Freight Train and Krash ‘n’ Burn and their first-timer friends Ruby Rock-it and Wonder Bread on Thursday. They bring with them three additional motorcycles.

T(h)readz and Bugtooth, the OG co-founders of Machine Army, can’t make it—they recently relocated from SoCal to Maryland and the drive is too far.

“We’re aiming for next year,” says T(h)readz, via a Machine Army group chat. In the meantime, I plant two rubber shrunken heads on posts in the center of camp in their stead and pour beer in front of them each day in their honor.

Fun things, called events, happen. Some of them, such as the Whiskey Tasting and the Explosive Bocce Ball tournament—in which designated team members move bocce balls around the court with, well, actual explosives—are hosted by tribes.

Others, such as the Apocalympics and my favorite, the Death Rally Apocalypse Racing (DRAR) event, a balls-out mini dune buggy track race with flames, water balloon grenades and frequent rollovers, are festival events. Screeching live bands and pulsing electronic dance tunes rock the desert til the wee hours each night.

Burning Man, this isn’t. Beyond the obvious similarities between the two events—the desert locale, the devoted fanbases, the rampant creativity and the partying— differences run deep.

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them in from the nearby town of Holbrook, 20 miles away, in order to make an extra buck, or rather a buck and change, which I gladly paid him.

Every year I spend an hour toiling in the hot desert sun upon my crack-of-noon Monday arrival, rearranging those tires into a new configuration for the coming week. This year the wind is blowing hard, so I take apart last year’s three-sided cabin and build a single, curved windbreak that works out very nicely for the length of my stay. Then I throw on my battle jacket and a pair of repurposed, plastic umpire leg guards, kick-start my little dirt bike—the Death Dart—and go find friends to hug.

Hugs are fierce in the wasteland. Friendships are heartfelt. Many of us see each other only once a year—at this event. It’s a place where we let our hair down and roll in the dirt while drinking whiskey with each other, so to speak. Beetle and Captain Walker from the Bay Area made it out, as well as Chopps from Los Angeles and Yard Hobo from Indiana. Plus the Tucson crowd is here—the event founders.

Their tribe is Turbulence and they live in a cluster of clapboard “hovels” at the western edge of town. They have a special place in my heart because when I first drove to this event six years ago, they welcomed me, the crazy Californian, with open arms.

Rev’rend Lawless is the de facto leader of Turbulence and the Detonation event as a whole.

In addition to reigning over Uranium Springs from the roof of the Rev Rod, he presides over his very own church, the Church of Fuel. This year he brought his new puppy, Grub, a handsome, brighteyed little fellow whose innocent antics charm all who meet him.

Together, they are the pride of Uranium Springs.

Dammit, I love these people! In no time at all I’m sweaty, dirty and drinking beer. From there on, the week blurs.

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DEMOLITION DERBY Mini dune buggies pound the track at the annual

Death Rally Apocalypse Racing (DRAR) event at Detonation 5.

In terms of aesthetic, think Grit vs Glam. Detonation is the punk/ heavy metal version of a party, with a distinct Halloween vibe, while Burning Man is known for its highend beauty. And while Burning Man, now decades old, has a rep for corporate glamping, eight-hour traffic jams and ticket lotteries, these things don’t exist at Detonation, which is still fundamentally a grassroots endeavor.

This is why it rocks.

In between the mayhem I take long rides up and down the nearby wash, exploring miles of remote desert country far from the tourist maps. Every evening before sundown I sneak down to my secret spot in the wash and, ever the introvert, luxuriate in the shadowy silence as the colors turn magnificently to dusk.

Back in town, vendors hawk everything from hides and pelts to beef jerky to burgers to replica weapons. Marauder vehicles roar around, belching flames, smoke and epic amounts of noise from their souped-up engines. Costumery ranges from Fury Road-inspired battle suits to mud-covered bare bodkins to straight-up S&M plastic and rubber.

My own battle jacket—encrusted with 20 pounds of metal weapons, armor and ornamentation—is so heavy I can only stand to wear it for

short periods of time. Its excessive weight compresses my spine, making my arms go numb. But you can’t put a price on happiness, my ex-boss once told me. So, numb arms be damned. And, it’s not only a piece of art—the wasteland ladies love it. When I wear my battle jacket, I get the nods.

But the best thing about Uranium Springs is the breezy, lounge chair-bedecked Wreck Room. It’s the de facto hangout spot, the coolest place in the wasteland. Hosted by the everbeautiful Auntie Virus and the enterprising McAwful, it’s an oasis where thirsty and overheated wastelanders grab cold beers, kick off their boots and relax in the shade, gratis.

Yes, the two angelic proprietors host the lounge for free, out of the kindness of their huge hearts.

And this year it features a new treat—music.

“Live music at the Wreck Room, who knew?” says McAwful.

Unscheduled musicians Pipes and Silence—a solo singer and a soulful, guitar-playing vocalist— both prove to be consummate musicians and their performances are such roaring successes that they, and other solo musicians, are scheduled for later time slots throughout the week.

To me, the Wreck Room is the

17 cash fee, no conveniences should be expected.

Detonation doesn’t have a strong sex-and-drugs culture. It is, however, a drinker’s paradise.

Beer and wine are consumed, but the whiskey bottle is the most prominent alcoholic conveyance.

That said, teetotalers successfully attend.

The event lasts seven days and tickets are sold online in tiered batches. My ticket cost me all of $65. Throw in the cost of my 4x4 rental truck, gas, food, beer and a hotel room, and I spent quite a few bucks-and-change, but like my boss once said, you can’t put a price on happiness.

Our week of fun is intense, but so is the sun, the heat and the dust. By Sunday morning, we’re all cooked. Machine Army breaks down its army surplus camo netting and we take one last group photo, trade hugs and head home. I’ve much to contemplate as I bounce down the long dirt road towards Interstate 40 and my 15 hour-drive back to Santa Rosa.

So, I go for the cannibal thing. I didn’t know I was one til the first time I arrived at Uranium Springs and put on my battle jacket. I looked around, realized I was in a real wasteland, surrounded by actual marauders without any decent, civilized restraint, and instantly devolved into a cannibal warlord. It was the lowest I could go, and I found my footing there. I’ve never left that place of strength since.

But cannibalism goes both ways.

Every year I tell my friends in Uranium Springs, “If I die here, don’t send my corpse back to the real world. Make a jacket and some tacos out of it. Enjoy me, for God’s sake!”

And I mean the hell out of it.

Because being eaten by the ones we love is one way we can remain with them, even unto the end of the world. Plus, if my heart is already buried in Uranium Springs, the rest of me may as well stay there, too.

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epicenter of Uranium Springs— the heart of the wasteland. Every wastelander passes through it at some point. It’s a hub of constant activity. Nobody knows it, but late one night I symbolically buried my heart under its floor, so when I die my happy ghost will return to claim it … and continue partying with my friends.

Camaraderie seems to be the fundamental appeal of Detonation.

“Det is about hanging out with friends,” says Turbulence member Corporal Punishment. And most would concur.

“I keep coming back because there's time to sit around and actually socialize,” says Chopps, from Los Angeles. Other desert events are great, “but there's so much to see that it's hard to find a moment to just stop and sit down for an hour to really see how someone's doing.”

It’s a universal love—and I do mean love—of the Mad Max franchise and everything post apocalyptic that binds us all together. An end-of-the-world ambience permeates everything at Detonation. Borrowing from all historic eras and all cultures, the post-apocalyptic genre makes for extreme artistic freedom.

Humor abounds, too. My own, kid-sized Honda CRF 70 wheeling around my 6-foot-3-inch, 200- pound frame is, in itself, a nod to absurdity.

So is the motorized coffin I see putting around town all week. As is the Cundalini Handoff event at the Apocalympics, in which runners in a relay race pass rubber hands representing the paw the villainous Cundalini lost in Mad Max. Detonation is not for the snowflake crowd. At 6,000 feet, the sun is scorching.

Temperatures regularly rise into the 90s, sometimes exceeding 100 degrees. It also gets cold at night. The area is plagued by wind, dust devils and sand mites.

Attendees need to pack in all their own water, food and beer, and must wear themed costumery whenever they leave their camps.

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hough she’s an East Coast native, artist and educator Angela Zocco Sturr has called Sonoma County home for 22 years.

“I’ve been here longer than anywhere else,” she says.

She moved here when her husband took a position teaching at Santa Rosa Junior College.

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and ceramics artist, Sturr currently teaches art and garden classes at Apple Blossom Elementary School in Sebastopol, where her now-grown children attended. She’s also a longtime volunteer docent at the Laguna Foundation's Learning Laguna program, where she leads outdoor education programs and field trips through the Laguna de Santa Rosa, which borders Sebastopol and Santa Rosa, for elementary school students during the fall and spring seasons.

“I found out how amazing our habitat here is,” says Sturr. “With the wetlands—the Laguna—being a watershed for the area. It’s not something that’s apparent when we drive on Highway 12—we don’t think of it as an ecosystem.”

Sturr is currently displaying a new exhibit of acrylic paintings and multi-media works—inspired by the natural wonders of the Laguna de Santa Rosa—in the Laguna Environmental Center’s Heron Hall. The exhibit, titled “Into the Fold,” displays the landscapes and

wildlife of the Laguna, sometimes in abstract terms.

“The show is about the things we appreciate and about where we live,” says Sturr.

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Other works in the exhibit are entirely abstract, with imagined shapes assembled together to create fictional landscapes inspired by the shapes of the Laguna.

It’s that abstract technique Sturr shares with the public in an upcoming painting workshop, “Conjuring the Laguna through Abstraction,” taking place at Heron Hall on Aug. 17.

‘The technique that I’m teaching is a controlled abstraction,” she says. “Though Heron Hall has beautiful views outside, we’re going to be inside using shapes to invent a landscape. There’s a lot of freedom in that because you can make choices as it evolves.”

The workshop is open to all skill levels, and will emphasize creative expression, while offering strategies for mixing and creating colors, as well as other pointers.

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Let the Sun Shine

Shakespeare meets Woodstock in Healdsburg

BY HARRY DUKE

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ummer used to be the season for Shakespeare al fresco, but with the shuttering of the Shakespeare in the Cannery Program last year it seems to be in shorter supply these days. Still, interested patrons can find a couple of shows at opposite ends of the North Bay to satiate their seasonal appetite for the Bard.

Mill Valley’s Curtain Theatre will present The Merry Wives of Windsor in mid-August and the Marin Shakespeare Company will close their 30th season in September with A Midsummer

Night’s Dream. Healdsburg’s Raven Players are in the middle of their run of As You Like It. Probably best known for the monologue that begins with “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” there’s so much going on in As You Like It as to make it almost impossible to summarize. Suffice it to say it contains the usual Shakespeare plot devices of feuding dukes, sibling rivalries, disguises, cross-dressing, mistaken identity and young love.

Add wrestling, sheep herding and a melancholy malcontent to the mix and, hey—you’ve got a show.

Director Steven David Martin has set the production during the ’67 Summer of Love, which means its cast is attired in bell bottoms, beads and bandanas, and its scenes are bridged by some of the ‘60s bestknown musical hits. Healdsburg’s tiny West Plaza Park (really just a patch of grass between the Bear Republic Brewing Company and a municipal parking lot) fills in for the Forest of Arden, where much of the play’s action takes place.

There’s no set to speak of (just a single backdrop), and the large cast is often in a losing battle for vocal superiority with the nearby, raucous brewpub-patio crowd, but they’re an energetic group doing their best to bring a little theatre to their hometown audience. The play is actually a co-production with the city of Healdsburg and kudos to them for supporting the performing arts.

The cast is peppered with some North Bay stalwarts as well as some new faces. Azulito Bernal, as Orlando, and Grace Reid, as Rosalind, are charming leads.

Athena Gundlach’s “Jaques” gets most of the good lines, while Hande Gokbas steals every scene she’s in as the put-upon and infatuated Phoebe.

Ask audience members at the conclusion of the show what it was about and they might shrug their shoulders. Ask if they had a good time and I suspect they will enthusiastically nod their heads in the affirmative.

Rating (out of 5): 'As You Like It' runs through Aug 10 at West Plaza Park, 10 North St., Healdsburg. Thursday–Saturday, 7:30 pm. Admission is free.

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Acoustics on the Lawn

Aug 23 Drew Harrison of the

Sun Kings Acoustic Beatles & more

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Livin’ Like Kings 8:00 BBQs on the LAWN 2019 Sun U T! the Wheel LD O Aug 11 Asleep atSO Sun Aug 18 “Uncle” Willie K Sun Dave Alvin & Jimmy Dale Aug 25 Gilmore with The Guilty Ones Sun Sun

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio “Celebrate”

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Take a Bow

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Southern Avenue with Todd Morgan 8/9 MIDNIGHT TRANSIT, KITCHEN

KNIGHTS Original Rock 8/10 KALIMBA Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute

Fri 8⁄9 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $12–15 • All Ages

Jerry's Middle Finger

Celebrates "Jerry Day" at Sweetwater Sat 8⁄10 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $27–32 • 21+

Fleetwood Mask

STUNG Police Tribute 8/23 CHOPPIN BROCCOLI

The Ultimate Tribute to Fleetwood Mac Sun 8⁄11 • Doors 3pm ⁄ $22–27 • All Ages George! The Concert starring Nick Bold as George Harrison Tue 8⁄13 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $16–19 • All Ages

8/24 REWIND Dance Covers

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8/16 AQUA NETT 80’s Hair Metal & Beyond 80s Hits

8/30 PURPLE HAZE Jimi Hendrix Tribute

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Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra with Emily Afton

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ur annual NorBay Music Awards online readers' ballot received its biggest turnout ever, and this year's winners include a lot of new faces among the North Bay's favorite bands, venues and more. The 2019 NorBay Music Award winners are…

ACOUSTIC: : Dave Hamilton

Americana-singer has entertained the North Bay for 40 years.

AMERICANA: : Sean

Carscadden Songwriter makes effortless, eclectic music.

BLUES: : Dylan Black Project

Group possesses the right touch of funk, soul and rock ‘n’ roll.

COUNTRY: Train Wreck

Junction Outfit appeals to country fans of all ages.

INDIE: Trebuchet Petaluma band known for emotionally stirring indie-rock.

JAZZ: Nate Lopez Eight-string guitar master is a one-man jazz band.

METAL: Immortallica North Bay tribute to Metallica is as fast and loud as a bolt of lightning.

MUSIC FESTIVAL: Railroad

Music Festival Free fest is set in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa.

OPEN MIC: Tuesday Open Mic

Night at Brew Coffee & Beer Weekly showcase is all inclusive.

PUNK: One Armed Joey Melodic punk trio is on the rise.

PROMOTER: Jake Ward North Bay Cabaret co-founder produces public and private events.

R&B: The Big Fit Funk-soul ensemble was formerly known as Frobeck.

REGGAE: Sol Horizon Reggae

champions are shining as bright as ever.

ROCK: Two Lions Band Geyserville guitarist Mitchel Slade leads the rock-fusion four-piece.

SINGER/SONGWRITER:

David Luning North Bay troubadour plays with a keen ear and a huge heart.

VENUE: Redwood Café Cotati institution offers live music practically every night of the year.

Concerts SONOMA Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters

The actor and longtime musician fronts his 1960s-inspired rock band for a lively night featuring Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs opening. Aug 8, 8:30pm. $30$40. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

Buddy Guy with Charlie Musselwhite and Jimmie Vaughan

The Blues are alive and well as the three legendary performers join forces onstage. Aug 10, 4pm. $50-$100. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, somoconcerts.com.

‘Double Vision’ Revisited

Jazz veterans Bob James, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller reunite to perform off their Grammywinning ’80s album. Aug 8, 7:30pm. $25 and up. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

NAPA The Bacon Brothers

Sibling rock band made of actor Kevin Bacon and composer Michael Bacon play as part of their “Shaky Ground Tour.” Aug 9-10, 6:30 and 9:30pm. $55$100. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

King Dream

New indie-rock project of acclaimed Tumbleweed Wanders co-founder Jeremy Lyon rocks in the winery garden. Aug 10, 8pm. Free. St. Clair Brown Winery, 816 Vallejo St, Napa, 707.255.5591.

Music in the Vineyards

Month-long, nationally acclaimed chamber music festival showcases classical musicians in Napa wineries and venues. Through Aug 25.

Napa Valley, various locations, Napa, musicinthevineyards.org.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA

3 Disciples Brewing Taproom

Aug 10, One Horse Town with Flyover and Leaves, Wind & States. 501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.978.2459.

Aqus Cafe

Aug 8, Dr B and the Biscuit.

Aug 9, Willow & Hound. Aug 10, Blue Seven. Aug 11, 2pm, Kurt Huget. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Barley & Hops Tavern Aug 8, Kyland & the Stage Robber Gang. Aug 9, Tumbleweed Soul. Aug 10, Washington Hill. Aug 11, 5pm, Zander Valley Jazz Trio. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Aug 8, the Jody Counter Band with the Hell and Highwater.

Aug 9, Don Forbes & the Reckless with Mike Saliani.

Aug 10, Rock and Roll Rhythm Revue. Aug 11, Brooks Forsyth.

Aug 14, Wednesday Night Big Band. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.7163.

Brewsters Beer Garden

Aug 10, John Courage Trio.

21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville, 707.814.0036.

Healdsburg Plaza

Aug 11, 1pm, Jazz Caliente. 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.431.3301.

Hood Mansion Lawn

Aug 9, 5:30pm, Funky Fridays with Jami Jamison Band. 389 Casa Manana Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.833.6288. funkyfridays. info.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Aug 9, King Street Giants. Aug 11, 5pm, One Grass Two Grass.

230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Hotel Healdsburg

Aug 10, 6:30pm, Miles Wick Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Ives Park

Aug 14, 5pm, Peacetown with Volker Strifler and Levi Lloyd & Friends. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol, peacetown.org.

Juilliard Park

Aug 11, 5pm, Free Peoples. 227 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, srcity.org.

Aug 8, Lucky Drive Bluegrass Band. Aug 9, Aly Rose Trio. Aug 10, Fly by Train. Aug 11, 1pm, the Grain. 229 Water St N, Petaluma, 707.981.8330.

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Lagunitas Tap Room

Aug 9, Joose. 44F Mill St, Healdsburg, 707.385.9133.

Crooked Goat Brewing Aug 10, 3pm, Stav McAllister.

Aug 11, 3pm, Sean Carscadden.

120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol, 707.827.3893.

Elephant in the Room Aug 8, Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters. Aug 9, Dash with the John Courage Trio.

Aug 10, Parlor Tricks. Aug 11, Bear Axe. Aug 13, Derek Irving & His Combo. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.

Fern Bar

Aug 8, Michael Price & Co. Aug 9, Shapeshifters. Aug 10, DJ Timoteo Gigante. Aug 11, the Del Novas. Aug 12, Woodlander and friends. Aug 13, Coyote Slim. 6780 Depot St, Suite 120, Sebastopol, 707.861.9603.

Flamingo Lounge

Aug 9, Midnight Transit and Kitchen Knights. Aug 10, Kalimba. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

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JOOSE 90s Hard Rock Cover | 8PM | $5

Roundabout 8/10 Comedy Comedy Night | 8PM | $15 8/16

Spike & his Awesome Hotcakes Brass, Soul & More | 8PM | $5

Chance Truckin’ Band 8/17 Fat 60s, 70s & 80s Rock ‘n Blues 8PM | $5 & The Soul Shake 8/23 Domenic Reggae-Funk 8PM | $5

Peaches 8/24 Freestone Allman Brothers Band Tribute 8PM | $5

Coolers 8/30 The Classic Rock 8PM | $5

Ray Band 8/31 Ricky Pop and Southern Soul 8PM | $5 Pulsators 10/19 The Danceable Rock & Roll 8PM | $5 Plus! Karaoke Every Thursday Night 8-12

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Aug 8, 5:30pm, the Kevin Gordon Trio and the Musers.

3565 Standish Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.588.0707.

Aug 8, Michelle Lambert. Aug 9, Dirty Red Barn. Aug 10, the Shots. Aug 11, One Sharp Mind.

Aug 14, Misner & Smith. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro

Aug 8, Susan Sutton Jazz Trio.

Aug 9, Jon Gonzales Trio. Aug 10, Allways Elvis. Aug 11, Mac & Potter. Aug 13, Eric Wiley. Aug 14, Willie Perez. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

Aug 8, 5:30pm, Foreverland.

Aug 10, 12pm, Stealin’ Chicago with Aja Vu and Petty Theft.

Aug 11, 1pm, Urban Outlaws.

911 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 707.545.3844.

Murphy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

Aug 8, John Beland. Aug 9, Jeff Falconer’s Short Term Prophets. Aug 10, Dennis, Willson and Ramirez. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

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The Ranch at Lake Sonoma

Aug 11, 4pm, Awesome Hotcakes. 100 Marina Rd, Lot A, Geyserville, 707.494.4449.

Redwood Cafe

Aug 8, Lee Tafari with David R Polo. Aug 9, Sean Parnell & South County. Aug 10, Howard Wales. Aug 11, Irish jam session.

Aug 12, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Reel & Brand

Aug 9, the Bumblin’ Bones album-release show. Aug 10, Backtrax. Aug 11, 2pm, Bierfest with Gruber Family Band. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Aug 10, “Memories That Linger” with MacPack and Stompy Jones. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.

Starling Bar

Aug 8, Sean Carscadden Trio.

Aug 10, Brother Spellbinder album-release show. 19380 Hwy 12, Sonoma, 707.938.7442.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Aug 9, Bloomfield Bluegrass Band. Aug 11, 4pm, Culann’s Hounds. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

NAPA Andaz Napa

Aug 10, Kyle Turner. Aug 14, Zak Fennie. 1450 First St, Napa, 707.687.1234.

Beringer Vineyards

Aug 10, 11am, Carlos Herrera.

2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

Blue Note Napa

Aug 7, Jealous Zelig. Aug 8, the Billie Holiday Project featuring Stella Heath. Aug 11, 6pm, Napa School of Music Kids Garage Band 101. Aug 13, Sean Carscadden Quartet. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Buster’s Southern Barbecue

Aug 11, 3pm, Rob Watson and friends featuring Vernon Black.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga, 707.942.5605.

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Goose & Gander

Aug 11, 5pm, One Grass Two Grass. 1245 Spring St, St Helena, 707.967.8779.

JaM Cellars

Aug 8, Alice Wallace. Aug 9, the Turbos. 1460 First St, Napa, 707.265.7577.

Lyman Park

Aug 8, 6pm, Un Amour Band.

1498 Main St, St Helena, sthelena.com.

Pioneer Park

Aug 8, 6:30pm, Derek Irving & His Combo. 1308 Cedar St, Calistoga, 707.942.2838.

River Terrace Inn

Aug 9, 5:30pm, Kyle Turner.

Aug 10, 5:30pm, Douglas Houser. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa, 707.320.9000.

Roadhouse 29

Aug 9, Two Lions Band. 3020 St Helena Hwy N, St Helena, 707.302.3777.

The Saint

Aug 9, JourneyDay Rhorer. Aug 10, Shelby Ann. 1351 Main St, St Helena, 707.302.5130.

Veterans Memorial Park Amphitheater

Aug 9, 6:30pm, Napa City Nights with the Billy Martini Show and Trace Repeat. 850 Main St, Napa, napacitynights.com.

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Aug 10-31, “Alchemical Art,” artist and educator Felicia Matto-Shepard and adult students from her Alchemical Art classes display works.

Reception, Aug 10 at 3pm. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

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Aug 10-31, "It's All Good," gallery group show with work in a variety of styles and media. Reception, Aug 10 at 4pm. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa.

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Aug 9, “Summer Vibes” with DJ Vierra Vibe. Aug 10, Noema. 1141 First St, Napa, 707.224.6664.

Aug 8-Jan 19, “Abracadabra: Magic in ‘Peanuts,’” includes original comic strip art, animation cels and a selection of the magic items that belonged to Charles Schulz.

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Aug 9, 6pm, Yacht Club of Paris.

Aug 10, 6pm, Upwell. 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

Aug 7-Sep 1, “Anything Goes,” the annual show that’s open to interpretation runs concurrently with the unjuried

”Cigar Box Show.” Reception, Aug 10 at 2pm. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. 707.829.8912.

Redwood Cafe

Aug 13-31, “August Art Show,” exhibit features local artists on the cafe’s walls. Reception, Aug 13 at 6pm. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Comedy Coyote Sonoma Comedy Roundabout

Steve Ausburne and James Rowan present another round of top shelf comedy. Aug 10, 8pm. $15. Coyote Sonoma, 44F Mill St, Healdsburg, 707.385.9133.

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The Laugh Cellar presents the world-touring standup and television star. Aug 9, 7:30pm. $20-$28. Charles Krug Winery, 2800 Main St, St Helena. Aug 10, 7pm. $20-$28.

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The Natural Disasters: Get Lost!

Improv comedy group takes audience suggestions to guide them through a night full of music and laughter.

Aug 9, 7pm. $20. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Events Crush Cancer Napa Valley

Ninth annual fundraiser features Saturday night auction at Vintner’s Golf Club and Sunday 5K walk/ run. Aug 10-11. Yountville Community Center, 6516 Washington St, Yountville, crushcancernapavalley.org.

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Fourth annual event is full of food, fun and a Resource Fair with services from over 40 organizations. Aug 10, 10am.

Free. Bayer Neighborhood Park & Gardens, 1550 West Ave, Santa Rosa, srcity.org.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There's an old

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Below are unheralded gifts possessed by many Geminis but not commonly identified by traditional astrologers: 1. a skill for deprogramming yourself: for unlearning defunct teachings that might otherwise interfere with your ability to develop your highest potentials; 2. a sixth sense about recognizing artificial motivations, then shedding them; 3. a tendency to attract epiphanies that show you why and how to break taboos that may once have been necessary but aren't any longer; 4. an ability to avoid becoming overwhelmed and controlled by situations you manage or supervise.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1993, I began writing a book titled The Televisionary Oracle. By 1995, I had generated over 2,000 pages of material that I didn't like. Although I was driven by a yearning to express insights that had been welling up in me for a long time, nothing about the work felt right. I was stuck.

But finally I discovered an approach that broke me free: I started to articulate difficult truths about aspects of my life about which I was embarrassed, puzzled, and ashamed. Then everything fell into place. The process that had been agonizing and fruitless became fluidic and joyful. I recommend that you try this strategy to dissolve any mental blocks you may be suffering from: dive into and explore what makes you feel ashamed, puzzling, or embarrassed. I bet it will lead to triumph and fulfillment, as happened for me.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I am overjoyed that you're not competing for easy rewards or comparing yourself to the mediocre crowd. Some people in your sphere may not be overjoyed, though. To those whose sense of self isn't strong, you may be like an itchy allergen; they may accuse you of showing off or acting puffed up. But freaks like me appreciate creative egotists like you when you treat your personality as a work of art.

In my view, you're a stirring example of how to be true to one's smartest passions. Keep up the good work!

Continue to have too much fun! I'm guessing that for now you can get away with doing just about anything you want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Let’s enjoy a moment of poignant silence in honor of your expired illusions.

They were soulful mirages: full of misplaced idealism and sweet ignorance and innocent misunderstandings.

Generous in ways you may not yet realize, they exuded an agitated beauty that aroused both courage and resourcefulness. Now, as those illusions dissolve, they will begin to serve you anew, turning into fertile compost for your next big production.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Old rules and traditions about how best to conduct intimate relationship are breaking down. New rules are still incubating.

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riddles for which there are no correct answers. So what do you do? How do you proceed with the necessary blend of confidence and receptivity? Can you figure out flexible strategies for being true both to your need for independence and your need for interdependence? I bring these ruminations to your attention, Libra, just in time for the "Transforming Togetherness" phase of your cycle.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It's time for your

once-a-year shout-out to your most audacious possibilities. Ready? Go ahead and say, "Hallelujah!

Hosanna! Happiness! Hooray for my brilliant future!" Next, go ahead and say, "I have more than enough power to create my world in the image of my wisest dreams." Now do a dance of triumph and whisper to yourself, "I'm going to make very sure I always know exactly what my wisest dreams are."

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): During

the next three weeks, I advise you to load up on copious amounts of caffeine from Monday at 8 a.m. until Friday at 6 p.m. Then drastically cut back on the coffee and consume large amounts of alcohol and/or marijuana from 6:01 p.m. on Friday through 6 p.m. on Sunday. This is the ideal recipe for success.

JUST KIDDING! I lied. Here's the truth, Sagittarius: Astrological indicators suggest you would benefit from making the coming weeks be the most undrugged, alcohol-free time ever. Your potential for achieving natural highs will be extraordinary, as will your potential to generate crucial breakthroughs while enjoying those natural highs. Take advantage!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I don't presume you should or will gleefully embrace the assignment I'll propose. The task may indeed be too daunting for you to manage right now. If that's the case, don't worry. You'll get another chance in a few months. But if you are indeed ready for a breathtaking challenge, here it is: Be a benevolent force of wild nature; be a tender dispenser of creative destruction; be a bold servant of your soulful dreams—as you demolish outmoded beliefs and structures that have been keeping a crucial part of your vitality shackled and latent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I have cast a feisty love spell that will be triggered in anyone who reads the first line of this horoscope. And since you have done that, you are now becoming even smarter than you already were about getting the most out of your intimate alliances. You're primed to experiment with the delights of feeling with your head and thinking with your heart. Soon you'll be visited by revelations about any unconscious glitches that might be subtly undermining your togetherness, and you'll get good ideas about how to correct those glitches. Astrological rhythms will be flowing in your relationships' favor for the next seven weeks!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I estimate that about 25 percent of your fear results from your hesitation to love as deeply and openly and bravely as you could. Another 13 percent originates in an inclination to mistake some of your teachers for adversaries, and 21 percent from your reluctance to negotiate with the misunderstood monsters in your closet. But I suspect that fully 37 percent of your fear comes from the free-floating angst that you telepathically absorb from the other 7.69 billion humans on our planet. So what about the remaining four percent? Is that based on real risks and worth paying attention to? Yes! And the coming weeks will be an excellent time to make progress in diminishing its hold on you.

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