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Act On It Hi, I’m Rochelle from Sonoma County Acts of Kindness (“Locals Support Homeless,” Dec. 4). I would like to add that the main focus of our group is to have a safe place with like-minded people to help the less fortunate.

We have been working on the trail doing cleanups and building relationships with the folks down

there. This isn’t something that can be ignored anymore. We have to pull together as a community to make change happen. The old ways aren’t working anymore. Regardless if people don’t support what we are doing or join us, the issue isn’t going away. The homeless can be pushed around all Sonoma County but unless bigger forces help these people, homelessness will continue to grow!

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have been helping to get a job. I have others who want to just be given a chance to step up. Maybe if we stand by our fellow man and show that we care, they can start to believe in themselves for the first time in their lives. Maybe if we look at the individual and how they came to their life now.

Ninety-eight percent of the people in our group who step up are women.

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All I have to say is, everyone can stand around and complain, but how about you come down and help clean up your community, go to our meetings to stay informed about what’s being done and share whatever gifts you have with others. If that fails then you can at least say you gave it your best shot, did something for your community and didn’t stand around doing nothing.

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FEMA Demo Now I understand why the board of supervisors pushed fire victims so hard to use the sometimes-destructive FEMA cleanup crews (“Charity Case,” Nov. 20). Some contractors should lose their license for the unnecessary destruction they caused. Being paid by the ton for debris removal was an incentive to over-excavate and rip out heavy foundations and driveways, damaging septic systems. Some may have needed to come out, but how many foundations were tested first?

Unwarranted foundation removal delays getting people back in their homes, sometimes by a year if new foundations need to wait for the rainy season to be over. There is also an environmental cost to taking out and replacing foundations. Not very green.

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Cyclists need safe car-free space BY ERIS WEAVER

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The city and county have set ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion. Both depend upon getting people out of their private automobiles and into other forms of transit. Currently, less than 2 percent of Santa Rosa residents commute to work or school by bicycle. Many express an interest in doing so but are stopped by the very real fear of injury or death on our streets. Struck by a motorist driving 20 mph, a cyclist has a 95 percent chance of surviving. Struck at 40 miles per hour, they have a 95 percent chance of DYING. Three bicyclists died on Sonoma County roads in the past month alone.

The JRT is one of a precious few separated Class I bicycle paths connecting our cities and towns. Sonoma County Regional Parks has posted signs at either end of the 1.5-milelong encampment, advising pedestrians and cyclists to take another route. The alternate routes— Sebastopol, Occidental and Stony Point roads—have some of the highest collision rates in the city.

Our public institutions don’t take the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians as seriously as those of motor vehicles. Bike lanes and sidewalks frequently suffer from poor design and disrepair while street crossings are often lacking or poorly timed. Tents erected in the middle of a street would be immediately removed but have been allowed to proliferate in the middle of a bikeway.

Shelter and mobility are basic human needs that do not easily co-exist in the same space. With adequate permanent housing unavailable, sanctioned camping areas need to be created elsewhere so that the JRT can be restored to its intended use as a safe, car-free transportation corridor.

Eris Weaver is the executive director of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition. bikesonoma.org. We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.

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ast week’s article discussing the homeless encampment (Dec. 4) on the Joe Rodota Trail (JRT) lacked depth on a key issue: the importance of the trail as a safe, car-free transportation corridor.

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Watchdog underfunded, sources say BY WILL CARRUTHERS ust as the Sheriff’s Office is facing renewed scrutiny over the Nov. 24 death of a Petaluma man, the community advisory arm of a county law enforcement watchdog held its last meeting with its founding members on Monday, Dec. 2.

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Over three and a half years after its formation, the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) remains underfunded, the office’s supporters argue. Additionally, the community advisory council has been hampered by a lack of cooperation from the Sheriff’s Office for the past year, according to former members council.

But, the public has renewed the conversation around the issue of law enforcement oversight in the wake of the death of David Ward.

Ward, 52, died at a local hospital on Wednesday, Nov. 24, about an hour after a Sheriff’s deputy attempted a controversial neck hold on him, according to an account released by the Santa Rosa Police Department.

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The case, which has made headlines nationwide, began when an off-duty Santa Rosa police detective informed the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office that he had spotted Ward’s car, which Ward had reported stolen several days earlier.

After leading law enforcement officials on a seven-minute car chase, Ward reportedly did not follow orders from law enforcement officials to exit his car.

Santa Rosa Police Lt. Dan Marincik told the Press Democrat last week that, after the chase but before the altercation began, Ward said to law enforcement officers through his car’s open window, “I can’t believe this. I’m the injured party in this. Why are you f—ing harassing me all the time.”

The situation soon escalated, according to the police department’s account. The officers hit and used a Taser on Ward. Then Blount attempted a neck restraint on Ward.

“Deputy Blount who was outside next to Ward’s driver’s door placed one of his arms around the neck of Ward and attempted to administer a carotid restraint,” the police department’s report states.

Because of its potential to injure or kill a subject if administered incorrectly, some law enforcement agencies ban the carotid hold.

And, among a long list of recommended changes to the Sheriff’s Office’s use of force policy released as a draft in November, the IOLERO community advisory council asked the sheriff’s office to prohibit all officers “from using restrictive choke holds and strangle holds including the carotid restraints.”

Karlene Navarro, who has led IOLERO since March, said on Tuesday, Dec. 10, that the Sheriff’s Office has told her they won’t implement the suggested ban of carotid restraints on a temporary or ongoing basis.

“I had a lengthy meeting with the Sheriff yesterday and we discussed a plan to research how other jurisdictions have dealt with this issue and what safer alternatives may exist,” Navarro

meet with them and discuss policy,” Cozine said.

Sgt. Juan Valencia, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, says that the office values the input from the IOLERO director and community advisory council, and noted that representatives of the Sheriff’s Office attended the CAC’s Dec. 2 meeting.

Navarro says that, while she wasn’t around for the entire process of creating the use of force policies, she recommended that the CAC include some of the research they had conducted about carotid restraints, instead of offering a one-line request, as they did in the case of the carotid restraint.

Navarro said she “never understood” the CAC’s previous approach to policy recommendations. ”My question to the CAC was why should the Sheriff's Office dictate what recommendation to me?” Navarro told the Bohemian.

Navarro added that an assistant sheriff had told the CAC at a meeting in July that “I’ve already talked to you about [use of force policies].” Still, Navarro acknowledged that there was “some disagreement” among the CAC about whether the Sheriff’s Office had addressed their concerns.

Jim Duffy, another former CAC member, says that policy recommendations are “where the rubber hits the road” for a law enforcement review office because of the possibility of bringing about change.

However, in Duffy’s view, the CAC’s role is to work “hand in glove with the Sheriff’s Office” in order to craft the best recommendations. Without the opportunity to speak to the Sheriff’s Office earlier in the process, that wasn’t possible.

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IOLERO came out of the community outrage and protest stemming from the 2013 death of Andy Lopez, a 13year old boy who a sheriff’s deputy killed on Moorland Avenue, a thenunincorporated area of )8 Santa Rosa.

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wrote to the Bohemian. “One of the concerns is that evidence shows that an outright ban on resistance tools such as the carotid hold sometimes lead to a rise in other instances of force and more injuries.”

However, two former members of the CAC who worked on the use of force policy recommendations say that the Sheriff’s Office did not participate in the development of the CAC’s recommendations as the office had done during similar previous processes.

If they had, the CAC would have been able to consider the Sheriff’s Office’s concerns well before they issued recommendations, the council members argue.

Navarro decided not to extend the terms of any of the current members of the advisory council.

As a result, the council’s Dec. 2 meeting was its last with its founding members. Navarro is currently searching for new members.

To two former CAC members who worked on the proposals, the use of force recommendation process was a frustrating communication breakdown between the Sheriff’s Office and IOLERO. “[In previous policy recommendation processes] there was really a lot of good back and forth so that we could end up hammering out a policy that already reflected something that had a good chance of being passed by the Sheriff, because we already kind of worked out the kinks,” Cozine told the Bohemian.

After hearing the Sheriff’s Office comments, the CAC could share the results of the conversations, and the Sheriff’s thinking about the suggestions, at public meetings before issuing final recommendations. However, the relationship started to break down when the CAC started to consider the use of force policies, Cozine said.

Representatives of the Sheriff’s Office stopped coming to as many meetings and “it became clear right away that the new director and the Sheriff were not interested in having the CAC

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After 16 months of meetings, the Community and Local Law Enforcement (CALLE) task force, a 21-member group with representatives from across the county and within the Sheriff’s Office, issued its recommendations, including forming a law enforcement review and public outreach office.

The CALLE task force recommended forming the auditor’s office based on “a desire to enhance community confidence in the delivery of law enforcement services and ultimately to bring law enforcement and the community closer together.”

Ultimately, the supervisors created the office with one fulltime auditor and a full-time assistant with a promise to revisit the level of funding for the office once the first auditor advised the board on further needs.

But pretty much everyone involved in the formation and operation of IOLERO says that the state has underfunded it throughout its short life.

Caroline Bañuelos, who served as chair of the CALLE task force, told the Bohemian that she’s had concerns about the level of funding the office has received since it’s approval in late 2015.

Jerry Threet, who served as auditor between April 2016 and March 2019, says he asked for additional staff several times during his time leading the office but never received any.

Navarro, the current director of IOLERO, told KSRO last week that the office is “really underfunded and over-tasked.”

The Board of Supervisors recently allowed Navarro to hire an additional full-time staffer to help her run the office and conduct community outreach.

But Navarro says the new employee won’t begin work until January at the earliest. And, despite the additional staffer, Navarro will still be the only employee who can conduct law enforcement audits, write annual reports or make policy recommendations, tasks considered central to the office’s role.

In the county’s current

recommended budget, IOLERO receives $549,793, approximately 0.3 percent the size of Sheriff’s current recommended budget, $180 million.

In a ballot measure proposal aimed at strengthening the office, Threet and other advocates propose increasing IOLERO’s funding to 1 percent of the Sheriff’s Office’s annual budget, approximately $1.8 million under the current budget.

Threet and other backers hope to get the measure, known as the Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance, on the county’s November 2020 ballot.

Outside Eyes Done well, the benefits of community involvement and review could make the Sheriff’s Office stronger and more popular with the community it serves, Cozine says.

One possible benefit could be saving the county money from lawsuit settlements.

“I really think that [increased spending on oversight] would be saved by the county in spending on lawsuits,” Cozine told the Bohemian. “If you have a strong and robust oversight office, you are going to have a wellfunctioning and best-practicing law enforcement organization.”

In 2018, the county agreed to pay a $3 million settlement to Andy Lopez’s family after years of fighting a case that ultimately went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Charlies Blount, the deputy who attempted a carotid hold on Ward in November, reportedly has a legal history of his own.

In 2015, the county settled a court case about a 2011 excessive force case involving Blount and other deputies for $375,000, according to KQED. Another attorney told KQED that her client settled a 2016 case involving Blount for a “low monetary amount.”

Of course, settlement amounts do not include the cost of county staff time and outside legal fees.

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mall, downtown novelty stores don’t usually last 20 years, but Heebe Jeebe General Store is not your usual small, downtown novelty store.

Engaging the community— particularly children—in creative, fun ways is a top priority for Drew Washer, owner of the Petaluma novelty and gift shop, known locally as Heebe Jeebe (pronounced HEE-bee JEE-bee).

Over the years the store has included an art gallery, a photo booth, a Day of the Dead town altar, pop-up Halloween stores, a shop dog named Rheya and the beloved Champion, a mechanical ride-on horse for kids.

“Those things have been the most rewarding parts of the store for me,” Washer says. “It’s kept it fresh and lively.”

Embracing entire families was important to Washer from the store’s inception.

“I wanted it to be active, fun and entertaining, not just shopping,” she says. “I wanted little kids to be able to buy things with their own money and have a place that kids, moms, grandmas and grandpas could all come— even a man could shop here and get a kick out of it so he didn’t have to wait outside.”

When Washer opened the store in 1999, she was a designer in San Francisco for fashion-juggernaut Esprit. She also had her own kids’ clothing line, Kid Poets. Washer later stopped commuting to the city because she wanted to be around for her school-age kids, Phoebe and Henry.

With no experience and a location that, at the time, wasn’t great, she opened Heebe Jeebe in a space half the size of the current store and stocked it with fun toys, gifts, and novelty items. In the past two decades, it’s become a beloved local establishment.

“It was the right time and the right vibe,” Washer says.

“I’ve always loved novelty stores—surprises and humor are uplifting.”

Originally called Boomerang and later named the Back House Gallery, the art gallery at the back of the store showcased local art.

“The art gallery was all about community-inspired art,” Washer says. “I knew lots of artists—and I knew lots of artists who were now professionals who didn’t get to do their art as much, so it was a chance for them to do one painting and have it be shown.”

Of course, children were always included, even in the art gallery.

alone; they are with others—that was comforting.”

The store has always been reciprocal in nature.

“It has really reached out to different aspects of the town that you don’t usually think about with a store,” Washer says. “When Phoebe died, I had customers come in and take over for a while, working for free. I’ve definitely been on the giving and receiving sides.”

‘To celebrate Heebe Jeebe’s big anniversary, every customer will receive a special gift with purchase until they run out.’

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After 20 years, Petaluma remains a family town, and her original family-oriented vision still applies, although the products which include humor cards, home decor, gifts, toys, novelty items and more, continue to shift with the current culture.

To celebrate Heebe Jeebe’s big anniversary, every customer will receive a special gift with purchase until they run out.

Washer explains her 20-year success as, “When you stay open to the community, your store becomes a reflection of them.”

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“A child’s art could be right alongside an adult’s art in the gallery,” she says.

At Halloween, for many years, Washer hosted pop-up Halloween stores. Often, she rented an extra location for the month and stocked a huge selection of costumes, wigs—anything you needed for Halloween.

With the advent of the bigbox Halloween stores, however, she scaled back to a smaller, dedicated section in Heebe Jeebe.

Her inspiration for the Halloween store? The store’s former tenant, The Pet Stop, in addition to selling pets, had a Halloween novelty section. A row of crazy rubber masks on the top shelf was a constant presence, and you could rent costumes or find colored hair spray—a rarity in the ’80s and ’90s.

“I wanted to carry on that lineage,” Washer says, looking up at her own top shelf of crazy rubber masks, carried year-round.

While Halloween is big for Washer, so is Day of the Dead.

“Day of the Dead changed my life,” she says. “I did it at first as an extension of the gallery, because I love the culture and art of Mexico and Central America.”

In 2001, Washer and her husband, artist Jack Haye, created an altar in the hallway next to the shop as part of the city’s annual Day of the Dead festivities. People brought photos of their deceased loved ones and wrote messages to them.

“It became an extension of the gallery,” she says. “It was a good place to have an altar because it was accessible to people without the store being open. Every year people would bring new people and bring back previous people and tell me stories about them. I got to know the community in a way that is very personal … and then when I had loss, they did the altar that year.”

Washer’s daughter Phoebe passed away in 2008 and she explains how the altar and the community helped comfort her during that time.

“The altar is for a community of people who have died,” she says. “It’s not just for the people visiting it, it’s also for the people who have passed on. They’re not

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f I’d been asked to find a winery called Occidental Wines without a Google Maps assist, I’d have been lost in the hills.

But if I’d been shown a picture of the property’s old ranch house, which has been a Bodega Highway landmark for countless trips to the coast, I’d have put my finger on a map with a slim margin of error. Somewhat southwest of the actual town of Occidental, the vineyards and winery perch on a hill, about five miles from the Pacific Ocean.

Unlike many touted Sonoma Coast vineyards, this site doesn’t escape above the fog.

“No, never,” confirms Catherine Kistler with a laugh, adding that some days, it’d be nice to see a little sun. This gray afternoon in

early December isn’t too different from what’s typical in August.

But the gloomy conditions suit Pinot Noir just fine, on this 250acre former sheep ranch that Catherine’s father purchased around 2008. Steve Kistler cofounded Kistler Vineyards, which gained cult status in the ’80s with wine critic Robert Parker’s high-score blessings. “Back in the day, that was all you needed,” Catherine says, “and you were off to the races.”

Sporting a minimalist “shed” aesthetic, in concrete, glass, and wood, Occidental has a pricey and exclusive look, but surprises with a down-to-earth vibe. Steve Kistler sold his stake in the Kistler brand, and in 2017 stepped away to focus on Occidental, with daughter Catherine as his apprentice.

The winemaking regime is meticulous, yet uncomplicated.

They add no yeast, punchdowns are usually few and far between and wines simply rest until bottling. “We’re very hands-on, to be hands-off,” Catherine explains in the bunker-like cellar. The winery hoes vineyards by hand or machine, and sprays no Roundup.

The 2017 Bodega Headlands Vineyard Cuvée Elizabeth is savory and spicy—think potpourri, dried berries, black tea and dried orange peel. The 2017 Running Fence Vineyard Cuvée Catherine has a smoky aroma, and a tinge of gravel to weight the plum fruitleather flavor. The 2017 Occidental Station Vineyard, hailing from the far east, at Occidental Road and Highway 116, is more floral, with whiffs of raspberry pastille and roasted green tea.

These wines, which aren’t yet for sale ($65–$100, by mailing list only), should interest anyone charmed by Pinot Noir’s darkfruited, savory side, expressed without undue tannins, or sweetness. And although the pH is quite low, instead of smacking merely of tangy acidity, a unique taste—which Catherine calls a briny salinity, “Like when the tide goes out”—propels them forward.

Occidental Wines, 14715 Bodega Hwy., Bodega. Tastings by request only. occidentalwines.com.

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ast November, the Google Calendar app greeted users with a new day of celebration: Black Friday.

The holiday in question appeared courtesy of the app’s setting for “Holidays in the United States” on Nov. 29. It hailed the annual retail bonanza sure to come as well as the implicit suggestion, that in this moment of late capitalism, Thanksgiving is pretty much “Black Friday Eve.”

The retail season is upon us, but that doesn’t mean you have to feed the gaping maw of big-box stores and monopolistic online retailers. When you think outside the big box and support local retailers—and better yet, purveyors

of locally-made products— you’re doing wonders for your community and its economy.

According to an infographic released by Sonoma County GO LOCAL Cooperative, which “works to grow the market share

of locally-owned businesses,” when you spend $100 at a locally owned business, $48 remains in the local economy. Compared to the $13 that stay from big box stores or the whopping zero for non-local online retailers, the advantage of keeping money in the neighborhood, so to speak, is what’s called the local economic multiplier effect. Dollars retained in a community and respent within the local economy result in income growth for local people, increased pay and

more tax revenues returned to local governments—ultimately providing for better standards of living for those in the community.

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Conner of Pennyroyal Design and Siri Hansdotter Jewelry, In the Making also serves a small curated goods retail shop featuring a variety of artisanal products made or designed by area artists.

Onsite, Handotter offers its jewelry in limited release, oneof-a-kind and made to order collections as well as custom designs—with each piece designed and crafted by hand in the studio.

Conner’s bespoke, handmade leather carryalls are expertly hewn from high-quality, American vegetable-tanned leathers and made to grow old with you.

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Made Local Marketplace Proudly celebrating their eighth year and now home to 800 local makers, the Made Local Marketplace in Santa Rosa is essentially an oldworld bazaar brought indoors.

Moreover, everything for sale is made in the North Bay. From homewares and functional pottery to jewelry, original artworks, greeting cards and essential oils.

Perennial gift-friendly items like locally-produced candles, jars of jam and honey and teas are also on

hand. There are even gifts for your pets. Madelocalmarketplace.com If you’re a regular Amazon shopper, here’s some, ahem, prime numbers for you: In 2016, Amazon and its third-party marketplace vendors sold $18.3 billion of retail goods in California. Good business, right? Civic Economics, an organization that provides a data-driven approach to business and community initiatives, tallied the numbers behind the numbers.

Apparently, Amazon’s transactions that year resulted in 6,030 displaced shops (or 52.2 million square feet of retail space), 87,338 displaced retail jobs, and up to $742 million in uncollected sales taxes.

Local economists might suggest you keep these stats in mind when you considering where to buy that book you plan to put under the tree.

Indigenous With a flagship store in Petaluma, Indigenous proffers organic, fair-trade fashion while wearing its ethics, literally, on its sleeve.

Placing a premium on transparent and sustainable practices, the 24-year-old fashion venture has remained committed to fair-trade partnerships with culturally diverse artisans since its inception.

Katja Designs Working in gold, silver, platinum, and precious and semi-precious stones, master goldsmith Katja Whitedeer studied with luminaries in her field throughout the lauded goldsmithing capitals of Germany before bringing her talents to the states.

“In the U.S., I was the first to execute a ring shank in platinum and high-karat gold that no other jeweler could produce,” she writes on her website. “It was painstaking, labor-intensive and audacious—and it created a sensation in the jewelry world.”

That renown, among other accolades, led to commissions from a bevy of movie stars, including Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diane Keaton and Thandie Newton.

Fortunately, locals need not travel to Regensburg, Munich, Nuremberg or Berlin to enjoy Whitedeer’s one-of-a-kind work—she currently creates her signature jewelry pieces in Healdsburg, near the square. katjadesigns.com

Books Copperfield’s Books There are many bookstores throughout Sonoma and Napa counties, but by far the most ubiquitous is Copperfield’s Books.

With 10 locations in the tri-county area (bonus one more for Petaluma Underground, its used and rare books unit, in Petaluma), the local

reading retailer has endured not only the onslaught of big-box book stores (it won!) and Amazon but some locations have had to deal with real estate issues, too.

Shelf Awareness, a bookindustry blog, reports that Copperfield's Books in Sebastopol has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help it purchase the building it has rented on Main Street for the past 37 years.

Co-owner and founder Paul Jaffe seeks to raise $200,000 for the down payment on the $1.75 million building. The lease expires on Dec. 31, and Jaffe and his team hope to finalize the purchase on Jan. 1, reports the blog. If you find yourself still in a giving mood after crossing all the books off your gift list, you can find the campaign online at GoFundMe.com.

“Millennials don’t find buying cars and homes anywhere near satisfying as experiences⁠—and bragging about them on social,” writes Esther Fuldauer on the Smart.City_Lab blog. Fuldauer’s observation echoes throughout the marketing blogosphere, and businesses offering social mediaworthy experiential packages have heeded it. Local businesses are paying attention.

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Consider one of the Wing & Barrel Ranch luxury packages, which feature lodging, meals, upland bird hunting and clay shooting with world-class vintners. Or put another way—drink wine and shoot guns? Not quite.

Wing & Barrel Ranch is an exclusive, members-only sporting club for the “discerning outdoor and wine enthusiast.” It offers “Ultimate Sporting Experiences” to non-members that grant them a full day of access to the ranch and include a choice of a guided upland bird hunting excursion or shooting on the acclaimed 25acre clays course with a Vintner Member. Moreover, ) 18

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Napa Truffle Festival If your experiential yearnings require less firepower but are no less fueled by an interest in the hunt, there’s always tracking and attacking truffles at the 10th anniversary of the Napa Truffle Festival. Give your giftee the experience of learning, firsthand, the gastronomy, history, mysteries and legendary flavors of the lauded mushroom in a series of scheduled events this January. In the seminar “All About Truffles,” Chef Ken Frank of Michelin-starred La Toque will lead your lucky recipient through a two-hour experiential program where they can touch, smell and evaluate various species of truffles. They will also learn from world-renowned truffle scientist Dr. Paul Thomas of American Truffle Company while enjoying

Haunted by the ghost of Christmas Past? What about Christmas Future? Help your loved ones get a sense of their past, present and future with a gift card for a tarot reading from SparkTarot. Karen Hess (the Bohemian’s community columnist) performs private Tarot readings in her office in Petaluma’s Historic McNear Building or for your guests at your holiday party.

Her original deck of modern, diverse tarot cards inspired by the divine feminine is available for preorder at sparktarot.com.

Movies For a more passive but equally exhilarating aesthetic experience, there’s always the movies. When one thinks of “giving the gift of movies,” however, this often amounts to telling your college student/best friend/ex your Netflix password. You can do better than that. Keep your movie money local by buying a gift card from one of our three local theatrical exhibitors. Cinema West (locally Boulevard Cinemas and Sonoma Cinemas in Petaluma and Sonoma respectively), Rialto Cinemas (Sebastopol) and Santa Rosa Cinemas (throughout Santa Rosa, including the Summerfield Cinemas and Roxy Stadium 14 as well as Healdsburg’s Raven Film Center) all offer premium theatrical experiences—many with wine, beer and gourmet goodies.

Get a gift card for the cineaste in your life and enjoy the show together (or savor a couple of hours of alone time). Cinemawest. com, santarosacinemas.com, rialtocinemas.com So, when you’re shopping for presents this gift-giving season, consider how the multiplier effect can help extend the reach of your giving—it will help the local economy, which just might help you. Or, as one retailer’s chalkboard sign succinctly put it: “For it is in giving that we receive.”

DICKENSIAN Jeffrey Weissman as Alfred Jingle, Esquire, in the Great Dickens Christmas Fair.

Great Dickens!

Jeffrey Weissman gets in the act BY DAVID TEMPLETON

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etaluma performer Jeffrey Weissman, in the guise of Alfred Jingle, Esquire, exclaims “Happy Christmas to you!”

Weissman/Jingle, in a stylish green waistcoat, top hat and yellow gloves, greets a pristinely tailored gentleman at the door of The Adventurer’s Club, one of dozens of “theatrical environments” at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, running through Dec. 22 at the Cow Palace in Daly City.

“Any scientists available today?” Weissman/Jingle asks.

“I could check in the back.

Please wait here,” replies the gentleman, who then departs.

“The Adventurer’s Club boasts members of the highest scientific, artistic and literary caliber,” Weissman/Jingle says. “This will be well worth the wait.”

An off-and-on participant at the Dickens Fair for decades, Weissman knows what he’s talking about. The new Tours of London program, expanded from a popular “mystery tour” attraction once offered at the Fair, is his current project.

“We’ve created about six or seven different tours,” Weissman explains, when no longer in character. “We

have children’s tours, a literary tour, our science tour, of course, and the ‘Scrubbing the Poor Tour,’ where our tour-guide, Mrs. Particle from Dickens’ Bleak House, takes people to visit the ‘poor,’ many from Oliver Twist, whom she talks into letting her scrub them with soap while interviewing them about their lives.

It’s hilarious.”

A staple of Bay Area immersive theater since the days of the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Marin County, Weissman is something of a cult legend among Back to the Future fans for having played George McFly in the second and third sequel. But the Dickens Fair

has a special place in his heart, in part because of his long friendship with the Fair’s co-founder, the late Phylis Patterson.

“It’s very interactive and wonderful,” Weissman says of the Fair, this year celebrating its 20th year at the Cow Palace. “And the tours are an effective and very entertaining way to immerse patrons into different worlds they might just walk by otherwise, or not even notice.”

Back at the Adventurer’s Club, the well-dressed gentleman returns with two scientists—a chemist and electrical physicist Mr. Michael Faraday (Santa Rosa’s Eric Skagerberg) and Sir Francis Galton, the controversial statistician-geographer who coined the word “eugenics.”

“I understand you require a scientist or two?” Skagerberg/ Faraday says, with a bow.

“Yes! Yes!” Weissman/Jingle says, returning the gesture.

“We are on a science tour of London, and hoped you might say something impressively scientific to these good people.”

“I shall endeavor to comply,” Skagerberg/Faraday says, launching into a short explanation about how the conduction of direct current generates a magnetic field.

And a few moments later, the Science Tour continues.

“Next stop, Prince Albert’s own Crystal Palace exhibition,” Weissman/Jingle says, with a conspiratorial gleam in his eye. “And then, off to meet a man who’s just returned from the moon.”

With a final “Tours of London!” shout, he leads his amused and highly entertained patrons back out into the teeming, colorful, ever-surprising streets of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair.

The Great Dickens Christmas Fair runs Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 22 at the Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City. 10am to 7pm. $14–$32. DickensFair.com.

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North Bay singer-songwriter David Luning moved his way up the ranks from open mics to headlining gigs and major festival appearances with a passionate streak of Americana music that both kicks out the lights and tugs at the heartstrings. This week, Luning displays his eclectic talents with a pair of juxtaposing concerts. On Friday, Dec. 13, Luning performs an acoustic show, and on Saturday, Dec. 14, Luning goes electric with a full band at HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 8pm both nights. $24–$29 and up. 707.829.7300.

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The century-old heritage homes in Napa’s downtown neighborhoods are best viewed on the upcoming Napa County Landmarks Holiday Candlelight Tour. The 30th-annual event checks in at the United Methodist Church and branches out to the surrounding area with candles lighting the way, musicians performing holiday music at select homes, vintage cars and a life-size nativity scene. The Church also holds a reception with refreshments and a silent auction on Saturday, Dec. 14, 625 Randolph St., Napa. 1–5pm. $35–$40. napacountylandmarks.org.

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Petaluma punk band One Armed Joey has been a staple of the scene for several years, earning consecutive NorBay Music Awards from Bohemian readers. Now, One Armed Joey takes the next step with a planned full-length LP in the works. The group is raising funds to record, mix and master the record with a concert extravaganza this weekend that features the band playing their new songs and support from Santa Rosa punk-outfit Real Bad and the Sonoma Brass Ensemble on Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma. 8pm. $10. 707.762.3565.

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Count Dracula, the vampire created by Bram Stoker in 1897, has affected the world’s collective consciousness like few other fictional characters.

Over a century after his creation, mysteries concerning the blood-sucking villain still abound, and Bram Stoker’s great grandnephew Dacre Stoker reveals all in Discovering Dracula, a special presentation that goes behind the scenes to discover hidden meanings and untold tales culled from Stoker’s letters, family stories, photos and other sources. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Napa Valley Distillery, 2485 Stockton St., Napa. 6pm. $75 and up. Napaghosts.com.

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Paige Picard is one of the good ol’ girls starring in Left Edge Theatre’s ‘Escanaba in da Moonlight.’

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wo shows currently running in the North Bay fit the bill for theater patrons seeking something outside the realm of a traditional holiday play. Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre would like you to spend some time in Escanaba in da Moonlight while Sebastopol’s Main Stage West invites you to hang out with The Seafarer.

Actor Jeff Daniels wrote Escanaba in da Moonlight a year after he starred in Dumb and Dumber and the movie’s influence is clearly felt. His comedy about a group of Michigan sportsmen on the

‘Escanaba in da Moonlight’ runs through Dec. 15 at Left Edge Theatre. 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. Thu–Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. $15–$42. 707.536.1620.

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first day of hunting season is crass, inane, crude, vulgar, gross and—like the aforementioned film—funny.

Director Argo Thompson genderswapped the roles by replacing Daniels’ good ol’ boys with good ol’ girls, and stuck them in a cabin in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Alberta (Sandra Ish) and her daughters Remy (Chandler ParrottThomas) and Ruby (Paige Picard) have gathered for their annual hunting trip. They’re joined by a family friend they call “The Jimmer” (Kimberly Kalember) who, after being abducted by aliens a while back, now sports something of a speech impediment.

While the opening of hunting season excites them all, Ruby is a bit worried. If she doesn’t bag a buck this trip, she’ll inherit the ignominious position of being the oldest family member to continuously come home emptyhanded. The lengths she’s willing to go to to ensure that doesn’t happen involve things such as moose testicles and porcupine piss.

Yeah, Noël Coward it ain’t; but the ladies have fun with it.

Rating (out of 5): Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer, while set on Christmas Eve, has little to do with the holiday.

It involves two brothers (John Craven, Edward McCloud), a couple of friends (Kevin Bordi, Anthony Abaté) and a stranger (Keith Baker) who end up in a poker game with very high stakes. There’s also a lot of drinking, cursing and fighting.

Well, it is an Irish play.

McCloud and Baker played the same roles 10 years ago in a well-received production by the late, lamented Narrow Way Stage Company. Director David Lear reunites them and surrounds them with a group of actors who do well with characters who lead lives of not-so-quiet desperation.

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lagiarists deserve no quarter, particularly plagiarists who plagiarize their apology for plagiarism. But if we can trust Shia LaBeouf— and experience shows we cannot—his childhood was unusually rough.

The actor wrote the Honey Boy script while in recovery. Buff, sullen LaBeouf-surrogate Otis (Lucas Hedges) languishes poolside, after a spree of drunken violence that flashes before our eyes. Under the unflinching eye of Dr. Moreno (Laura San Giacomo), Otis has to deal with the PTSD he acquired growing up as a child actor.

Once, he was a 12-year-old in an L.A. motel beside the railroad tracks.

He shared a room with his hectoring father James (played by LaBeouf himself) who young Otis paid to be something between a PA and a manager. James was a motorcycleriding combat vet and ex-con who did time for a sex offense he was too drunk to recall. Now he’s posing as a laid-back hippie in friendly looking oversized eyeglasses. Four years in AA have done nothing for James’ King Kong–sized temper.

He’s particularly pissed off at his son’s success. Otis gets movie-of-

the week roles; James never made it bigger than being an Oklahoma rodeo clown with a live-chicken novelty act. He never misses a chance to humiliate his son.

At 33, LaBeouf’s come a long way.

His mature performance in Fury was a far cry from the annoying, pluckykid acting he did in what seemed like three dozen Transformer movies.

This year, he brought credible heft and humor to Peanut Butter Falcon, his best performance yet.

But as a writer, he wallows.

There’s the question of authenticity: is this memoir or fiction? Was his career as an actor just a blurry arc from being hit by a pie on a kid’s show to doing a ratchet-pull stunt during the filming of some alienattack blockbuster? Didn’t he get something out of his career?

In the film, chickens are symbolic— Otis, like a hen, must cross the road if he plans to get to the other side; ultimately he follows a symbolic yardbird into his father’s dwelling, to finally confront him.

It’s the performance-artist in LaBeouf that makes him take this all too far. His characterization of James is reminiscent of the punishing old man in Harmony Korine’s julien donkey-boy, which made an actor as interesting as Werner Herzog boring.

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“When we first started doing it, we marketed it as Christmas music for people who hate Christmas music,” Eschliman says. “It’s not Perry Como.”

Of course, the band wasn’t called the Christmas Jug Band back then; they were simply a group of friendly musicians who gathered on Mondays to drink Wild Turkey and play jug band music.

Yet, the project snowballed from that first holiday performance, and more than 40 years later, the band is still an annual tradition that features Eschliman (Commander Cody, Rhythmtown-Jive), Gregory Leroy “Duke” Dewey (Country Joe & the Fish), Austin deLone (Elvis Costello, Boz Scaggs), Ken “Turtle” Vandermarr (Dan Hicks), Paul Rogers (Those Darn Accordions), Blake Richardson, Ken “Snakebite”

Jacobs (Kinky Friedman) and special guests performing original holiday-themed tunes, parodies and classic songs that all get the raucous, acoustic jug band treatment.

“One of the jokes about the band is, ‘How do you guys stay together so long?’ Well, we have 50 weeks off a year,” Eschliman laughs. “It’s really a band full of band leaders, but for a week or two we can just have fun as a group and drop the need to be the dictator and just enjoy the crowd.”

The Christmas Jug Band’s annual slate of shows this year also acts as an album-release tour for the group’s new album, Live From the West Pole; their first collection of new material released in a decade. The group recorded the entire album last year at Sweetwater Music Hall, their homebase that Eschliman dubbed the West Pole some years back.

“I just decided we’re going to name Mill Valley ‘The West Pole,’ because it’s the birthplace of this silly thing,” says Eschliman. “No one else has claimed that the West Pole is anywhere, so we’re claiming it .”

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Dec 13, Late for the Train. Dec 14, Brand New Still. Dec 15, 6pm, Tyler Allen. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

Irish ensemble celebrates the holidays with “An Emerald Isle Christmas” Celtic music concert. Dec 13, 7:30pm. $25 and up. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Dec 14, Healdsburg Community Band Christmas Concert.

205 W First St, Cloverdale, healdsburgcommunityband.org.

Brooklyn rock band plays off their recent post-punk album, “Deceiver.” Dec 13, 7pm. $35.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma, 707.938.5277.

NAPA Kiefer Sutherland

Acclaimed actor shows off his musical side and plays off his recent country-rock record, “Reckless & Me.” Dec 15, 8pm. $39-$79. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

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Barley & Hops Tavern

Award-winning creators of “Broadway Under the Stars” presents a reimagined holiday celebration for all ages. Dec 1415. $39 and up. Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA 3 Disciples Brewing Taproom

Dec 14, Mournful Cries with Halfslug and Water Into Blood.

501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.978.2459.

Aqus Cafe

Dec 12, Morton Davis. Dec 13, Preston and Gary. Dec 14, the Farallons. Dec 15, 2pm, Gary Vogensen & the Ramble Band. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Dec 12, Maya Leon and Diego Hall. Dec 14, X Confidence and Dirty Red Barn. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Dec 13, Christmas Jug Band.

Dec 15, Aly Rose Trio. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.7163.

Cloverdale Veterans Memorial Hall

Congregation Ner Shalom New Cotati Cabaret

Dec 14, SonoMusette: Music of 20th-Century Paris. 85 La Plaza, Cotati, 707.664.8622.

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Dec 13, Greenwaldo. Dec 14, Mr December. 44F Mill St, Healdsburg, 707.385.9133.

Crooked Goat Brewing Dec 14, 3pm, Ellie James. Dec 15, 3pm, Timothy O’Neil. 120 Morris St, Ste 120, Sebastopol, 707.827.3893.

Elephant in the Room Dec 12, the Beer Scouts.

Dec 13, Sakoyana. Dec 14, Travis Hayes. Dec 15, 6pm, Band of Camerados. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.

Elim Lutheran Church

Dec 15, 3pm, Cinnabar Singers Winter Concert. 504 Baker St, Petaluma. cinnabartheater.com

Fern Bar

Dec 12, Michael Price & Co. Dec 13, Shapeshifters. Dec 14, DJ Bankshot. Dec 15, Mr December.

Dec 16, Woodlander and friends.

Dec 17, Bohoss Boogie Boys. Dec 18, Organix. 6780 Depot St, Suite 120, Sebastopol, 707.861.9603.

Glaser Center

Dec 15, 3pm, Occidental Community Choir Winter Concert. 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.5381.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Dec 14-15, Sonoma Bach: Early Music Christmas. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Weill Hall Dec 15, 5pm, “HoliGays Are

Here” with San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Dec 16, Noma Winds. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Dec 12, Golden Gate Wingmen.

Dec 13, David Luning (acoustic).

Dec 14, David Luning (electric).

Dec 15, Rainbow Girls. Dec 16, Rocker-T and DJ Jacques. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Dec 13, Deep Basement Shakers. Dec 14, Wendy DeWitt.

691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Dec 14, 6:30pm, Bennett Friedman Quartet. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Dec 12, Charles Wheal Band.

Dec 13, Smokehouse Gamblers.

Dec 15, Virgil Shaw & the Killer Views. Dec 18, Noelle Glory & the Guarantees. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Dec 15, 3pm, Carlton Senior Living Symphony Pops: Holly Jolly Pops. Dec 16, Mark O'Connor presents An Appalachian Christmas. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Main Street Bistro

Dec 12, Susan Sutton. Dec 13, Haute Flash Quartet. Dec 14, Fargo Brothers. Dec 18, Tumbleweed Soul. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Dec 13, Jonny Lang with Zane Carney. Dec 14, Poor Man’s Whiskey with the Easy Leaves.

23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Dec 14, Occidental Community Choir Winter Concert. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.

The Phoenix Theater

Dec 14, One Armed Joey with Real Bad and the Sonoma Brass Ensemble. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Raven Theater

Dec 16, 4pm, Speed of Sound recitals and concert. 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707.433.3145.

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Dec 13, “Holiday Lights Art Show,” explore wearable art, useable art, home decor and paintings by Becoming Independent artists. Reception, Dec 13 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. 707.536.3305.

Dec 14, Benefit for Blane Lyon with Tina Malia and Freedom Tribe. 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.573.6049.

Spancky’s Bar

Dec 14, Uncle Mercy. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

Spicy Vines Tasting Room

Dec 14, Adam Lieb & the Disorderly House Band. 441 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.927.1065.

St Vincent’s Church Dec 15, 5 and 7:30pm, A Chanticleer Christmas.

35 Liberty St, Petaluma, chanticleer.org

Steele Lane Community Center

Dec 12, 11am, Silver Singers holiday choral concert. 415 Steele Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3282.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Dec 13, Partial Cell. Dec 14, Weekend at Bernie’s. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

NAPA Blue Note Napa

Dec 12, the Billie Holiday Project featuring Stella Heath. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Buster’s Southern Barbecue

Dec 15, 2pm, Rob Watson and friends featuring Vernon Black.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga, 707.942.5605.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Dec 13, Levi Lloyd & the 501 Band. Dec 14, Jinx Jones & the KingTones. Dec 15, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

First United Methodist Church Dec 15, 3pm, Sing Napa Valley Holiday Concert. 625 Randolph St, Napa, singnapavalley.org.

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Dec 13, Rags & Bones. 3020 St Helena Hwy N, St Helena, 707.302.3777.

The Saint

Dec 13, Monica da Silva. Dec 14, David Ronconi. 1351 Main St, St Helena, 707.302.5130.

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Dec 14, “Subject-Object,” Roving Venue presents a showing of sculpture and 2D works from several artists.

Reception, Dec 13 at 5pm.

428 Moore Ln, Healdsburg.

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Comedy Alley Cat Comedy Show Standup comes to downtown Petaluma. Dec 12, 8pm. The Big Easy, 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.7163.

Dave Nihil

Winning comedian from the 2018 SF Comedy Competition appears. Dec 13, 8:30pm. $20.

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Headlining standup hits up the North Bay. Dec 13, 8pm. $15. 3 Disciples Brewing Taproom, 501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.978.2459.

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Events 33 Arts Holiday Bazaar & Open Studios Meet artists in the community and enjoy live music, refreshments, art for sale and more. Dec 14, 12pm. Free. 33 Arts, 3840 Finley Ave, Bldg 33, Santa Rosa, 415.601.5323.

AEEP Costume Carnival Party Fundraiser

American End of Endo Project hosts family-friendly fest, with costumes, live music and prizes. Dec 15, 12pm.

Bear Republic Brew Company Lakeside, 5000 Roberts Lake Rd, Rohnert Park, 707.585.2722.

Caldwell Snyder Holiday Party

See a new collection of small-scale art with artists on hand, live music, wine and cheer. RSVP requested. Dec 14, 4pm. Caldwell Snyder Gallery, 1328 Main St, St Helena, 707.200.5050.

Chimera Holiday Market

Discover art, jewelry, crafts and handmade goods by local artists and makers. Dec 14, 2pm. Chimera Arts & Maker Space, 6791 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, chimeraarts.org.

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Dec 13, 7pm, Posada Navidena, holiday celebration includes folk dance, music and culture of Mexico. $5-$10. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600.

Raven Theater

Dec 14, 7pm, and Dec 15, 2pm, Healdsburg Ballet presents The Night Before Christmas. $15$22. 115 North St, Healdsburg 707.433.3145.

Put something jolly in your shopping bag this season, get photos with Santa and enjoy caroling and decorative lights.

Sun, Dec 15, noon. Free. First Street Napa, 1300 First St, Napa, 707.257.6800.

Freya Lodge Holiday Arts & Craft Fair

Santa Rosa Junior College

Shop for high-quality items made by Sonoma County artists, with Scandinavian baked goods, Norwegian waffles and lunch available for purchase. Dec 14, 9am.

Free. Sons of Norway Hall, 617 W Ninth St, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1080.

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Dec 13-14, 7pm, SRJC Winter Spotlight Dance Gala. $6-$12.

1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 1.800.564.SRJC. Dec 14-15, 1pm, Sonoma Conservatory of Dance presents The Magic Toy Shop. $12-$22. 476 First St E, Sonoma 707.996.9756.

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Spear. Dec 14, Johnny Burgin album-release show. Dec 15, 5pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Dec 16, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

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1782 Pleasant Hill Rd, Sebastopol, sebastopolholidayhometour.com.

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Napa County Landmarks Holiday Candlelight Tour

Starhawk Winter Solstice Ritual

Holidays Along the Farm Trails

Thirtieth annual tour features many heritage homes in the Old Town Napa, Franklin and Randolph Streets area.

Dec 14, 1pm. $35. First United Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St, Napa, napacountylandmarks.org.

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The Wine Train turns into an enchanting holiday experience with hot cocoa, freshly baked cookies, games and singalongs. Through Dec 23. $39 and up. Napa Valley Wine Train, 1275 McKinstry St, Napa, 800.427.4124.

Sebastopol Holiday Home Tour & Artisan Boutique

Enjoy the holiday lights and decor of several stylish homes. Then, browse a variety of holiday crafts and decorations for sale. Dec 1315. Pleasant Hill Christian School,

Celebrate the longest night of the year with community gathering Dec 15, 6:30pm. $10$50. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.823.1511.

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LGBTQ community gathering includes food, open mic and youth-experience panel.

Dec 13, 6pm. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Field Trips Hiking for Fitness

Moderate-to-strenuous group hikes are geared to keep you motivated through the cold season. Dec 14, 9am.

Free. Sugarloaf Ridge State

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, 2020. Free.

Sonoma County farms, various locations, Sonoma, 707.837.8896.

Film Cinema Under the Stars The outdoor series moves indoors for the winter with a screening of ”National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” Dec 17, 7pm. Free admission. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

White Christmas

Classic musical screens as part of the Holidays in Yountville schedule of events. Dec 18, 5:30pm. Free. Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

Atlas Peak Vintners Dinner

learn to use the fast-drying inks on any hard surface including glass and metal. Dec 14, 10am and 1pm. $65. Healdsburg Community Center, 1557 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, healdsburgcenterforthearts.org.

Treat yourself to world-class wines from regional wineries and food from Chef Kellan Sanderlin. Dec 14, 6pm. $135.

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Celebration features ribboncutting ceremony, music, hors d’oeuvres and wines poured by local Napa Valley vintners. RSVP requested. Dec 12, 1pm. Gary’s Napa Valley, 607 St Helena Hwy, St. Helena, 707.531.7660.

Gingerbread Doghouse Workshops Assemble and decorate Snoopy’s doghouse out of gingerbread, complete with a marshmallow Snoopy on top.

Dec 14-15. Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.579.4452.

Wild Mushroom Foray & Demonstration Lunch

Join foraging expert David Campbell as he leads a foray in the hills above Healdsburg. Sun, Dec 15, 9:30am. $154. Relish Culinary Center, 14 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.9999.

For Kids Christmas Bird Count for Kids

Outing is for kids ages 8 to 17.

Dec 15, 9:30am. Free. Fairfield Osborn Preserve, 6543 Lichau Rd, Penngrove, 707.795.5069.

Disney Junior Holiday Party

Children and their families can sing and dance along to their favorite Disney Junior songs and holiday classics. Dec 18, 6:30pm. $49-$59. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Mary Poppins Etiquette Tea

Dacre Stoker discusses the work of his great granduncle, Bram Stoker.

Dec 18, 6pm. $80 and up. Napa Valley Distillery, 2485 Stockton St, Napa, napaghosts.com.

Bestselling author Ibram X Kendi speaks on the reality of racism in America. Dec 13, 8pm. Free. Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park, 707.584.9121.

Finding Inspiration: Celebrating the Spirit of the Mountain

Local author Arthur Dawson speaks about Sonoma Mountain’s role in his creative life and that of many artists and visionaries. Dec 14, 3pm. $10. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 707.938.5216.

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Visual and literary artist discussion is in conjunction with “Discovered” exhibit. Dec 12, 7pm. $10-$15. Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1500.

Holiday Jewelry Making Workshop with Metal Clay

Metalsmith Mary Neuer Lee leads a day-long class. Dec 15, 10am. $205. Chimera Arts & Maker Space, 6791 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, chimeraarts.org.

Readings Charles M Schulz Museum

Dec 15, 2pm, “Snoopy: A Beagle of Mars” with Schulz Creative Associates. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707.579.4452.

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Enjoy tea and traditional English fare. Dec 15, 12pm. $50.

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Dec 14, 6:30pm, Speakeasy: Poetry & Music, featuring poet Margo Perin and classical guitarist Mathew Foley, followed by open mic. Free.

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Dec 16, 7pm, “The Women’s Suffrage Movement” with editor Dr Sally Roesch Wagner. 211 E St, Santa Rosa 707.545.0831.

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Theater A Christmas Story: The Musical Sonoma Arts Live presents the Tony Award-nominated adaptation of the movie.

Through Dec 22. $28-$42.

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Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical Heartwarming adaptation of the beloved film features music by the creator of “The Music Man.” Through Dec 22. $25$40. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707.266.6305.

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Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley Holiday play inspired by “Pride & Prejudice” makes it’s Sonoma County premiere. Through Dec 15. $10-$24. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

Polar Bears Left Edge Theatre presents David Templeton’s one-manshow about a single father trying to keep the holidays alive. Through Dec 15. $28-$42.

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

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The Seafarer Christmas Eve-set story is about family, Ireland and the power of myth. Through Dec 21. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

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hen my son was younger, he loved Charlie Brown and the woebegone world he inhabits. He liked jazz (courtesy of Vince Guaraldi) and he liked the fact the characters play baseball.

The only cultural connective tissue I can draw between jazz and baseball is Ken Burns and his documentaries, Jazz and Baseball.

If the Peanuts characters became Civil War reenactors, the kid would probably grow to believe Ken Burns and Charles Schultz were his real parents. That’s fine—they can pay for his college.

There there’s the A Charlie Brown Christmas app. It’s a quaint repurposing the source material that features some modest interactivity while flawlessly capturing the signature melancholic vibe. My kid loved the iOS version until Charlie and Linus’ arms came off.

It was a glitch but imagine trying to explain that to a horrified child.

Good grief, indeed. Later, we pored through a “Look and Find” book entitled Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown that takes scenes from A Charlie Brown Christmas with random objects thrown in (a stuffed camel, a maraca, a pipe—basically the decor of the average freshman dorm), intended for young readers to find.

Seeing the kaleidoscopic holiday landscapes of the Peanuts characters’ otherwise humdrum world in static, printed form makes apparent just how psychedelic they were. In fact, the expressions of Linus and Charlie Brown look like the precise moment they realized, “Maybe we shouldn’t have dropped that acid, Charlie Brown.” This also accounts for how Charlie ended up with such a famously crap tree. He was trippin’ balls. In fact, LSD explains a lot of the Peanuts world—from hallucinatory flashbacks of World War II (featuring trippy rotoscoped footage of D-Day reminiscent of Yellow Submarine) to kite-eating trees and Linus’ Syd Barrett-style burnout fixation on a mythical pumpkin.

Rumor is if you turn down the sound on A Charlie Brown Christmas and play the second side of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon simultaneously, the Brain Damage track comes on just when Charlie Brown takes his totally f’d-up Christmas tree out into the winter night.

“The lunatic is on the grass” syncs wonderfully with the image of a dazed-and-confused Chuck carrying around his ailing green plant. Naturally, his eyes are big, black pupils when he stops to watch the surreal light display on Snoopy’s doghouse, then bails, disconsolate over his comparatively shabby tree. That’s when his hippy-ass pals show up, wave their arms around (“You rearrange me ’til I’m sane”) and suddenly the twig Charlie Brown ditched becomes a proper Christmas tree. Evidently, everyone is high. The kids start caroling in time with the backing vocals on the chorus. All true. Ken Burns is doing a documentary on it. It’s a holiday treat one can cherish every year (for about 8 hours at 500 micrograms).

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ike Christmas, the Emerald Cup—the biggest and best cannabis event in the world— takes place once a year during the holiday season. And like Christmas, the Cup started out as a celebration of life.

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But the Cup’s also always been a celebration of the underground and countercultural communities that call the Emerald Triangle— still the premiere cannabisgrowing region in North America—home. For the past 16 years, it’s given weedsters the opportunity to acquire all kinds of cannabis goods and accessories 10 days before Christmas.

The first Cup took place in Tim Blake’s living room in Laytonville. For the past six years, the Sonoma County Fairgrounds has provided a home for the permitted and above-ground extravaganza that connects hundreds of farmers

and manufacturers to thousands of cannabis aficionados and medical patients.

As Santa Rosa Mayor and ex-cop, Tom Schwedhelm understands, the city of roses provides the perfect location for a cannabis extravaganza: South of the Emerald Triangle and North of the humongous cannabis market in the Bay Area.

Hazel Bagwell, the event’s “sponsor director,” says the success of the endeavor is due to the combined participation of many people. Exactly how many people does it take to grow a marijuana crop? A day at the Cup makes it clear: it takes a village.

Bagwell, the “Sponsor Director,” lives in Humboldt and has been with the Cup for five years. She’s candid about her personal history, but not at liberty to say how much a company, such as Flow Kana, pays to become a sponsor. She does confess that no two sponsors pay the same fee and that each one is custom fit.

“I’m a second-generation grower, a graduate of Humboldt State and I’ve been selling weed since I was 15,” she says. “I was arrested, along with my family, when I was 5 years old and went to jail with my father, my mother and my brother. My picture was on the front page of the L.A. Times.”

Bagwell calls the Cup a “dope opera,” and adds that it drives her “crazy.” It’s a madhouse that, as Tim Blake says, includes the whole cannabis family: “Mountain folk, city people, indoor and outdoor growers, medical marijuana patients, stoners, heads, doctors, lawyers, dispensary owners, seed bank botanists and horticulturists, glass blowers, musicians, cooks, chefs and the men and women who deliver the goods.”

Bagwell takes a deep breath and adds, “Yeah, we’re not totally outlaws and we’re not totally entrepreneurs.”

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Roger von Oech tells us, “Everyone has a ‘risk muscle.’ You keep it in shape by trying new things.

If you don’t, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.” Here’s what I’ll add to his advice: If your risk muscle is flabby right now, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to whip it into better shape. Start with small, modest risks and gradually work your way up to bigger and braver ones. And what should you do if your risk muscle is already well-toned? Dream and scheme about embarking on a major, long-term venture that is the robust embodiment of a smart gamble.

in laughably feeble attempts to appear witty by being cynical—as if by exuding sardonic irony and sneering pessimism they could prove their mettle as brilliant observers of modern culture. An example is this lame wisecrack from humorist David Sedaris: “If you’re looking for sympathy you’ll find it between s--- and syphilis in the dictionary.” I bring this to your attention in the hope of coaxing you to avoid indulging in gratuitous pessimism during the coming weeks. For the sake of your good health, it’s important for you to be as open-minded and generous-spirited as possible. And besides that, pessimism will be unwarranted.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for,” writes pundit Paul Krugman, “but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for.” That’s a good principle to apply in every area of your life. It’s always smart to know exactly what you need and want, but sometimes—like now—it’s important to put yourself in a position to encounter what you need and want but don’t realize that you need and want.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Bachianas Brasileiras is a nine-part piece of music that blends Brazilian folk music with the compositional style of Johann Sebastian Bach. The poet Anne Sexton relied on it, letting it re-play ceaselessly during her long writing sessions. My painter-friend Robin sometimes follows a similar method with Leonard Cohen’s album Ten New Songs, allowing it to cycle for hours as she works on her latest masterpiece. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to select a new theme song or collection of theme songs to inspire your intense efforts in behalf of your labors of love in the coming weeks. It’s a favorable time to explore the generative power of joyous, lyrical obsession.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination,” mourned Virgo musician Nick Cave, who’s renowned for his original approach to his craft.

I’m bringing this to your attention because I suspect you will be endowed with an extra-fertile imagination in the coming weeks. And I would hate for you to waste time and energy trying to make full use of it in the presence of influences that would resist and discourage you. Therefore, I’ll cheer you on as you seek out people and situations that enhance your freedom to express your imagination in its expansive glory.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A scholar counted up how often the Bible delivers the command “Fear not!” and “Don’t be afraid!” and similar advice. The number was 145. I don’t think that approach to regulating behavior works very well. To be constantly thinking about what you’re not supposed to do and say and think about tends to strengthen and reinforce what you’re not supposed to do and say and think about. I prefer author Elizabeth Gilbert’s strategy. She writes, “I don’t try to kill off my fear. I make all that space for

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it. Heaps of space. I allow my fear to live and breathe and stretch out its legs comfortably. It seems to me the less I fight my fear, the less it fights back.” That’s the method I recommend for you, Libra—especially in the coming weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Isaac Newton

(1642–1727) was one of history’s most influential scientists and a key contributor to physics, astronomy, mathematics and optics. His mastery of the nuances of human relationships was less developed, however. He had one close friendship with a Swiss mathematician, though he broke it off abruptly after four years. And his biographers agree that he never had sex with another person.

What I find most curious, however, is the fact that he refused to even meet the brilliant French philosopher Voltaire, who reached out to him and asked to get together. I trust you won’t do anything like that in the coming weeks, Scorpio. In fact, I urge you to be extra receptive to making new acquaintances, accepting invitations and expanding your circle of influence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): How did

humans figure out that a luxurious fabric could be made from the cocoons of insect larvae? Ancient Chinese sage Confucius told the following story: One day in 2460 B.C., 14-year-old Chinese princess Xi Ling Shi was sitting under a mulberry tree sipping tea. A silk worm’s cocoon fell off a branch and landed in her drink. She was curious, not bothered.

She unrolled the delicate structure and got the idea of using the threads to weave a fabric. The rest is history. I foresee a silk-worm’s-cocoon-fallingin-your-cup-of-tea type of event in your future, Sagittarius. Be alert for it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It is the soul’s duty to be loyal to its own desires,” wrote Capricorn author Rebecca West. “It must abandon itself to its master passion.” That’s a high standard to live up to! But then you Capricorns have substantial potential to do just that: become the champions of devoting practical commitment to righteous causes.

With that in mind, I’ll ask you: How are you doing in your work to embody the ideal that Rebecca West articulated? Is your soul loyal to its deepest desires?

Has it abandoned itself to its master passion? Take inventory—and make any corrections, if necessary.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I would never try to talk you into downplaying or denying your suffering. I would never try to convince you that the pain you have experienced is mild or tolerable or eminently manageable. Who among us has the wisdom to judge the severity or intractability of anyone else’s afflictions? Not I. But in the coming months, I will ask you to consider the possibility that you have the power—perhaps more than you realize—to diminish your primal aches and angst.

I will encourage you to dream of healing yourself in ways that you have previously imagined to be impossible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “You owe it to

us all to get on with what you're good at,” wrote Piscean-poet W. H. Auden. In other words, you have a responsibility to develop your potential and figure out how to offer your best gifts. It’s not just a selfish act for you to fulfill your promise; it’s a generous act of service to your fellow humans. So how are you doing with that assignment, Pisces? According to my analysis, you should be right in the middle of raising your efforts to a higher octave; you should be discovering the key to activating the next phase of your success—which also happens to be the next phase of your ability to bestow blessings on others.

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