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Climate Concerns I am a concerned 6th-grade student at Live Oak Charter School in Petaluma, California, and I stand with the children and future generations of Earth. There is a problem that we need to fix and its name is climate change.

Climate change happens when we disturb the natural carbon cycle by

taking fossil fuels from the earth and burning them. By doing that we release greenhouse gases, including CO₂ into the air, causing more extreme temperatures, especially heat. This heat makes glaciers melt, causing flooding and water level changes. It also causes more ocean acidity, killing coral and fish. Climate change is disturbing many natural cycles and it could seriously damage the future. However, we can still fix this.

You can help us stop climate change

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by using compostable and reusable packaging and riding a bike or using public transport more than using a car.

You can help even more by voting for The Green New Deal. Thank you.

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Feel the Burns I am responding to E.G. Singer's piece about Ken Burns' documentary on

By Tom Tomorrow

Country Music (Open Mic, Oct. 2).

Mostly, I thought it was a fantastic retelling of American history through cultural and social contexts, but have two critiques of it.

The first is that in light of our current national discourse on race, I believe Burns should have devoted more time to the appropriation of black musical songs, style, and lyrics. He gave some credit to various early black musicians, including Louis Armstrong and Deford Baily. He also included the important efforts of Alan Lomax and A.P. Carter to catalog the rural traditional music originating with freed slaves. But he did not bring to consciousness how white musicians like Elvis Presley, the Carter Family, and others financially benefited from original black music without sharing a dime with the artists who provided the prototype and inspiration for their music.

The other critique is a matter of personal musical preference. Burns did an excellent job of detailing the origins of bluegrass and Bill Monroe's influence on it, but he failed to highlight the directions bluegrass has traveled with Bill’s “children,” such as “New Grass” musicians Johnnie Hartford, Sam Bush, Tony Rice, David Grisman, and Tim O’Brien. I wish he had added a contemporary component to the ark of the story.

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Dark Stars Long before Dan O’Bannon wrote Alien, (“Don’t Scream,” Oct. 9) he and I spent years in deep space aboard the scout ship Dark Star (John Carpenter’s 1974 debut feature film). When Dan watched a screening of a handful of movie goers staring blankly at the screen, he stormed out and said, “F’em! If I can’t make them laugh, I’ll scare the shit out of them.”

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nce again PG&E has crossed the line and exposed its customers to an awkward and dangerous situation. If this time had been an actual emergency, the community would have worked together and weathered it with our strong Sonoma spirit. Rather, we were driven to frantic gas lines and unnecessary grocery store hysteria and economic and personal disruption.

This latest utility debacle should have been handled with a little more thought, planning and grace. Even the utility linemen who came by to inspect our electric lines prior to reconnection were perplexed and scratching their heads as to why this event was handled the way it was.

Once again, the customers of the utility have been played for fools. Yes, emergencies do happen and we need to be prepared, but this was an inexcusable display of mismanagement. Maybe the time has come to relieve PG&E of some of its power. This lack of care is what we get when the only option we have is a for-profit privately owned monopoly.

How about a publicly owned utility, led and owned by the customers. It has worked in other locations, why not here. Has the time come? Let the public speak and come up with a positive alternative to this persisting power grab. We need to develop a fair solution that spreads the responsibility and yes burdens and the gains to Californians everywhere. We need to unite to resolve this ever-troubling dilemma for our county and the State.

In the October 2019 edition of Jim Hightower's “Lowdown” newsletter, he suggests that “CO-OP electricity has transformed rural America, but co-ops offer something even more electrifying: democratic power.” He goes on to offer that “by law, every household that uses the electricity as a member of the co-op has actual decision-making authority to control resources including cash flow, good jobs, a customer base, facilities and financial acumen. Moreover, unlike the corporate ethic of shareholder supremacy, these decentralized, grassroots utilities can be guided by an egalitarian ethic formulated in 1937, the Rochdale Principles of cooperative organization.”

PG&E doesn’t have to prove again and again that it shouldn’t be the only player in this game. Maybe it’s time to take our power back. What about the common good that has been overlooked again.

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PRO-EARTH Ben Wrightsman, a Live Oak Charter School sixth-grader and a member of his school’s Climate Club, raises a sign (and awareness) about climate change at a weekly downtown Petaluma student protest.

Planet Plan Local climate resolution

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fter several years of droughts, floods and fires, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors passed a nonbinding resolution in September acknowledging the role of climate change in the events and highlighting the need for increased local action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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However, local activists and a climate-science expert at Sonoma State University say the county’s emergency resolution, similar to resolutions passed by a handful of other local jurisdictions, does not sufficiently meet the challenge of climate change.

In the past several months, local groups joined an international movement pushing for governments at all levels to treat climate change as a current threat to society rather than as an

issue that can be ameliorated by reducing emissions over the next several decades.

On Sept. 17, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution “endorsing the declaration of a climate emergency and immediate emergency mobilization to restore a safe climate.” Petaluma and Windsor passed similar declarations. Sebastopol and Santa Rosa are expected to consider similar resolutions soon.

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While jurisdictions in Marin and Napa counties have been slower to pass similar resolutions, some residents are pushing them to do so.

But activists ask: Will the declarations change anything?

Not fast enough, according to Dr. José Hernández Ayala.

Hernández Ayala, a climate scientist at Sonoma State University, compared the county’s recent emergency declaration to a New Years Resolution and noted the goals set are not sufficiently urgent.

“We’re saying we’re not going to eat as much and we’re going to do a lot of exercise,” he says. “We make all of these promises that we really want to be reality but, at the end of the day, there’s nothing really forcing us to actually achieve those things.”

During their discussion of the resolution on Sept. 17, several supervisors seemed to agree the resolution is inadequate; however, they did not immediately amend it.

“The verbs are incredibly passive,” said District 3 Supervisor Shirlee Zane, of the resolution. “It needs to go well beyond ‘explore’ and ‘coordinate.’”

District 5 Supervisor Lynda Hopkins went somewhat further.

“This is scary stuff and we have to stop acting as if business as usual is cutting it, because it’s not,” Hopkins said. “We need a transformation … we really have 10 years to dramatically transform ourselves into a post-carbon economy.”

The current resolution won’t meet that high bar, according to Hernández Ayala and other local climate activists.

The supervisors also discussed creating a new, ad hoc committee to focus on possible actions to address climate change. It was not clear at the end of the meeting when they will form the committee or when they will amend the resolution.

Supervisor Hopkins did not immediately respond to a request for comment about what specific amendments she would like to see made to the resolution.

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The Regional Climate Protection Authority, a body that coordinates the actions of governments within

In an ideal world, declaring a state of emergency would open state and federal coffers for climate change measures, similar to the way FEMA money floods—albeit more slowly than disaster survivors would like—into regions affected by disasters.

Once completed, the “Strategy will identify key local actions, including a list of the most impactful local policies to drive system changes and identify key areas for state level advocacy,” according to a staff report.

Pete Gang, a member of Climate Emergency Resolution Santa Rosa, a group pushing Sonoma County governments to pass emergency resolutions, says the county’s current resolution isn’t sufficient.

“The current resolution before you is a good first step, but as it is understood this morning, it is timid and doesn’t go nearly far enough,” Gang said at the Sept. 17 Board of Supervisors meeting.

However, a truly comprehensive climate emergency resolution would set a goal of zero net emissions by 2030 or sooner, Gang said at the meeting.

The county’s resolution acknowledges that “an urgent global climate mobilization effort to reverse global warming is needed to achieve zero net emissions as quickly as possible,” but does not set a date for reaching the milestone.

Last September, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order calling on the state to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 at the latest. Brown’s order is nonbinding.

The goal local activists call for—zero net emissions—means eliminating all current and future emissions and removing manmade emissions already in the atmosphere, rather than just reducing future emissions to zero.

Put simply, it’s a higher bar than the state’s current goal.

The difference is crucial, says.

Hernández Ayala, because of the damage already done by man-made emissions already in the atmosphere, which fuel a dangerous feedback loop of damage.

“Even if we stopped all of this today, the sea levels will continue to increase. The planet will continue to warm up. Now we’re in damage control,” Hernández Ayala says.

If humans keep pumping gases into the atmosphere until 2045, even at a reduced rate, it will make the situation that much worse.

Bold Suggestion After passing the emergency declaration ordinance unanimously, the discussion amongst the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors turned to the potential cost of the actions and other competing county projects.

Board Chair David Rabbitt said the county laid off nine county staff members this year due to budget shortfalls.

“This is a tough budget year,” Rabbitt said.

Hernández Ayala suggests local governments take a

bolder approach to the problem of financing climate action, keeping in mind that large investments in resiliency and efficiency now could potentially reduce future expenses incurred from natural disasters.

He has pushed local politicians to declare a legally binding state of emergency around climate change similar to the declarations the supervisors passed after the October 2017 North Bay fires and March 2019 West County floods.

Although he admits local leaders met his proposal with some skepticism by, Hernández Ayala argues there is no downside to trying it.

In an ideal world, declaring a state of emergency would open state and federal coffers for climate change measures, similar to the way FEMA money floods— albeit more slowly than disaster survivors would like—into regions affected by disasters.

At the very least, such an action would start conversations, Hernández Ayala says. If state and federal officials decided not to release any money, they would have to defend their decision.

Napa and Marin County Proposals To date, Napa and Marin county governments have yet to pass any climate emergency resolutions.

However, there are early signs they may face pressure to do so.

The Napa Valley Unified School District Board of Education adopted a “Call to Climate Change Action” this May and the activist group Napa Climate NOW! prepared an emergency resolution for consideration by the county, according to the Napa Valley Register.

In Marin County, emergency declarations are slow to get off the ground, but there may be hope yet.

“So far, in Marin County the only city to pass a Climate Emergency Declaration is Fairfax; we want Mill Valley to be the next, with the goal of getting all other Marin County towns to follow suit,” the Mill Valley Community Action Network announced in a newsletter on Monday.

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This year, activism around climate action increased in urgency.

Around the world, groups like Extinction Rebellion and the Sunrise Movement took to the streets enmasse to push for immediate action on climate change.

On Sept. 20, hundreds of students and adults in Sonoma County participated in the Climate Strike, a worldwide movement that called on students to leave school that Friday to draw urgency to the issue.

The Sunrise Movement, a national organization with regional chapters which organized strikes nationwide, advances the idea of shaming politicians into taking immediate action on climate change.

Politicians, they argue, are negligent in sitting idly by while the earth continues to heat, setting off a chain of negative consequences.

Christine Byrne, organizer of the Sunrise Movement’s Sonoma County Hub, says the current crop of climate activists is more prone to anger than previous generations of activists.

Byrne says they should keep the focus on systemic change, with a focus on those profiting from carbon emissions.

In 2017, a report by the nonprofit CDP concluded that just 100 companies are accountable for 71 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988.

“It’s good for us in our individual lives to take some ownership [for our lifestyles.] … but more and more, especially young people, are recognizing that they as individuals did not create this problem,” Byrne says. Instead, a select group of businesses and the politicians who enable them are to blame.

That causes anger among young people who realize they will live with the cascading damage of climate change for the rest of their lives.

Sonoma County, developed the template behind recent emergency resolutions passed in Sonoma County. The resolutions differ slightly, but all commit the signatories to participate in “the development and implementation of the 2030 Climate Emergency Mobilization Strategy.”

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PIGGY PAIRING The 2016 “Vicarious” Modus Operandi, a red blend, pairs well with bacon.

Take the Bacon Bacon tasting at PRESS BY CHARLENE PETERS

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PRESS Restaurant in St. Helena serves bacon, a Ketodieter’s favorite food staple as a fun, four-course meal.

Ideally, this order is best served as an appetizer or shared during

happy hour as a bar snack—at least in my opinion.

But, yes, you can whet your palate with four strips of bacon— savory, lean, peppery and candied—served dangling from metal clips attached to a handcrafted, oak-and-metal structure akin to a Newton’s-cradle deskaccessory. The late PRESS owner, Leslie Rudd, had this construction

fashioned from a similar, more rudimentary clothesline-and-pins device he spotted in a countrywestern bar in Colorado.

Five years earlier, before Rudd hired a master carpenter (the same carpenter credited for the built-in cabinets behind the bar) to build the bacon-dangling structure, they served the tastings flat on a serving plate. First

things first, though. I wanted to be sure I paired the experience with the perfect glass of wine.

This evening’s sommelier, Taylor, suggested the wine should offer structure, and with that, he recommended a 2016 “Vicarious” Modus Operandi blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot and syrah.

The wine list at PRESS caters to this upscale restaurant’s worldclass steak reputation, but also serves its purpose with bacon, transforming the strips into an elegant, before-dinner option.

Later, the maître d whispered, “Try it with Champagne—it cuts through the fattiness.” OK, so I’ll be back for seconds.

For now, the waiter served my bacon strips with a sprinkling of frisée on the floor of the contraption, if only to remind me to eat healthy greens the following day. A tong and a pair of silver kitchen shears were provided as aids to snip tastes to share, but I was hard-pressed not to use my fingers. I had to keep in mind that I was among elegant diners, albeit during a Thursday evening happy hour at the bar, with full seats.

From left to right, I began my tasting with a slab from Neuske’s of Wisconsin. This hearty, thick cut of apple-smoked, meaty goodness simply had to be cut with a knife and eaten with a fork.

If I hadn’t known the fat came from the bacon, I would have thought it was a well-prepared portion of pork belly.

Next, a lean, jerky-like slice of boar meat from Durham Ranch in Wyoming proved to be chewy, with a gamey essence. I was more than ready to move on to the third tasting of a peppercured, crispy strip from Hills Farm in Pendleton, Oregon.

If one could award a Michelin star to a cut and seasoning of bacon, this strip would earn a few stars. It was that delicious, with a peppery finish that paired perfectly with my second glass of Modus Operandi.

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With my tasting complete, the maître d asked which bacon strip was my favorite, to which I

admitted I was at a loss. Each one offered a unique, incomparable taste profile, but, if I had to pick one, it would be the first strip in all its thick, pure bacon-y goodness. No, wait. It would be the peppery, crisp strip. Well, I couldn’t decide on an absolute favorite, but I knew one fact for sure—the one member of my family who would love this bacon tasting more than I did would be my dog.

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Alms for Animals How local nonprofits champion the cause for paws BY DAVID TEMPLETON

TALKS TO THE ANIMALS “...There are plenty of organizations like ours and others that need your help,” says Christi Camblor.

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They have a way of provoking the most sensitive, sweet and openly emotional written and spoken sentiments from people, equaled only by certain amatory love poems and the occasional, glowinglyreverential funeral eulogy. Even then, one sometimes tends to doubt the full sincerity of the person delivering the remarks.

When people speak of animals, however, the love in their words is generally accepted without question.

Even the great French novelist and Nobel-winner Anatole France—a writer whose works were banned by the Catholic Church after his death in 1924, a man so reviled by certain segments of the population that none other than the Nazi party of Germany predicted that Mr.

France was certainly burning in Hell—once wrote, “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

The late humorist Josh Billings, who died in Monterey and whose entrails—after removal from his body in preparation for embalming—were narrowly saved from being used as fish bait by a local boy, is quoted as saying, “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more

than you love yourself.” He also said, “In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money can not buy ... to wit the wag of a dog's tail,” words that accompany the opening moments of Walt Disney’s classic “Lady & the Tramp.” Meanwhile, on the topic of cats, the celebrated Australian poet Pam Brown writes extensively about her feline friends, her most oft-quoted remark being, “One small cat

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The point of all this is, of course, that animals mean a lot to many humans, and we spend a lot of time thinking about them, writing about them and on occasion, even caring for them. Since there are far more critters in creation than the ones that live in our homes and eat from the cans and bags we buy at the local store, however, a number of nonprofits have

emerged over the decades to step in and assist when animals find themselves in need of a human helping hand. And sometimes, it’s the other way around.

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Compassion without Borders (cwob.org), based in Santa Rosa, was founded in 2001, by Christi and Moncho Camblor. Four programs— Mexico Dog Rescue and U.S. Dog Rescue, Veterinary Wellness Clinics and Spay-and-Neuter Services—carry out their original inspiration, to create a happier future for animals on both sides of the Mexican-American border. “We founded our organization 18 years ago, originally with the sole focus on Mexico and the dire conditions that exist there for many animals, who don’t have easy access to low-cost veterinary care,” explains Cambor, a veterinarian and Executive Director of Compassion Without Borders. “The situation is often pretty dire for animals south of the border. But as we’ve grown, we came to realize there was that same need, the need here in Sonoma County for many lowincome people who can’t afford the proper level of care for their

animals. So now our work straddles both sides of the border.”

In addition, Compassion Without Borders is engaged in efforts to provide alternatives to electrocution, a common form of animal euthanasia in parts of Mexico.

“We’ve been working hard to end the practice of electrocution, which is extremely painful for the animal, and to switch it over to humane euthanasia by injection, like its done here in the states,” Cambor says.

She emphasizes that there are many simple ways to enhance the care of animals and pets here in Sonoma County.

“It should go without saying, but anyone looking for a pet should always adopt and never buy one from the stores,” she says. “And there are plenty of organizations like ours and others that need your help. We need volunteers, and of course we need donations, which is often the only way most of us can do the work we do. We feel lucky to be supported by our community, to

For more information call 707.474.3345.

Inspired by a beloved golden retriever named Lily, Petaluma’s 10-year-old nonprofit Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary provides a safe haven and adoption services for largebreed (50 lbs. and up), aging dogs (7 years and older) who lost their homes for one reason or another. Such animals fare poorly in shelters, where adopters shy away from dogs with short lifespans and the likelihood of medical needs. Founded in 2009

by Alice Mayn, the volunteerrun organization (Lilyslegacy. org) follows the mission of ensuring that these dogs, either surrendered to or rescued from shelters, live out the rest of their lives as beloved family companions, either in permanent, adoptive households or foster homes, or at the sanctuary, which also provides hospice care for dogs in need.

Call 707.787.7010 for more information.

Napa County’s Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch (jamesonanimalrescueranch. org) is a no-kill, animal-rescue sanctuary for companion animals and farm animals in need. Founded in 2014 by David and Monica Stevens, the nonprofit provides permanent and transitional shelter, humane education and animal advocacy, while working to end animal hunger, animal cruelty and overpopulation of animals.

The Humane Society of Sonoma County (humanesocietysoco. org) has operated since 1931. A donor-supported nonprofit, the organization provides various types of medical treatment (including spaying and neutering) and adoption services.

The Humane Society also maintains a strict no-kill policy at both of its shelters, in Santa Rosa (5345 Hwy. 12 West) and a stateof-the-art, four-year-old facility in Healdsburg (555 Westside Road).

Looking forward to a similarly modern new facility is Sonoma’s Pets Lifeline (petslifeline. org), currently caring for the Sonoma Valley’s cats and dogs at a temporary shelter at 21045 Broadway. A major capital campaign is underway for a new shelter to continue the center’s mission of offering sheltering and adoption aid, education and other community services. The new facility will cost about $3.5 million, and if all goes well, should be open by the summer of 2020.

Santa Rosa’s Countryside Rescue (Countrysiderescue.com) saves and protects abandoned, shelterless local animals of all kinds (dogs, cats, rabbits and farm animals), finding them permanent, safe and loving homes.

The nonprofit’s goal is to decrease Sonoma County’s current number of homeless animals, while increasing the number of creatures placed in homes practicing responsible pet ownership.

Canine Companions for Independence (cci.org), originally founded in Santa Rosa in 1975, now has training centers and other facilities in several states across the U.S. Its National Headquarters and Northwest Training Center are currently located on the Jean and Charles Schulz Campus in Santa Rosa, which officially opened 23 years ago, in 1996. The organization trains puppies to become service dogs for visitors to healthcare facilities and for humans with disabilities, from hearing loss and physical limitations to cognitive and developmental disabilities.

Canine Companions, unofficially credited with having developed the idea of “service dogs,” is presently the largest provider of assistance dogs on the planet, and offers its services and trained dogs free of charge to qualified beneficiaries.

Finally, Marin County’s Guide Dogs for the Blind (guidedogs. com), operating in San Rafael since 1942, offers its services free of charge, including personalized training of guide dogs for the blind and sight-impaired, along with financial assistance ) 18 for veterinary care.

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What to do when a bird gets inside your house:

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3. If that doesn’t work, call BRC’s helpline at (707) 523-2473.

FIRE BIRD In 2018, the Bird Rescue Center spotted a Lazuli Bunting (like the one pictured), a species of bird that takes advantage of post-fire environments.

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Bird Rescue Center still soaring after 40 years BY KAREN HESS

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ave you ever come across an injured bird but weren’t sure what to do? Since 1976, the Bird Rescue Center (BRC) of Sonoma County has served as your go-to emergencysolution for these rare but surprising incidents.

“There are many reasons why a bird might be in trouble—but sometimes, what appears to be a problem is actually normal behavior,” says Sam Marsh, ViceChair of the Bird Rescue Center.

The BRC is more than just emergency help. It also operates a bird hospital and houses a group of Resident Raptors. Additionally, it offers educational programs for adults, kids and schools, including a Junior Program where teens volunteer.

The BRC was in the fire zone itself during the Sonoma County fires of 2017 and had to evacuate in the night. Many volunteers from the area chose to help with the evacuation, even as the fire destroyed their own homes.

“A Great Horned Owl from our hospital was scheduled for release the following day, so once it was

caught, it was thrown as high in the air as possible so it could fly to safety—it was going to fly faster than we could drive it,” Marsh says, about the dramatic rescue.

As they finished gathering the birds, food and medications into vehicles, ashes began blowing into the area—making for a narrow escape.

Humans weren’t the only ones impacted. The fire and post-fire cleanup efforts alike destroyed or contaminated nests and habitat, including water and food sources.

“We still see approximately the same number of injured, ill and orphaned birds—however, there

is an increase in the number and severity of respiratory issues,” Marsh explains. “There was also an increase in bone disease in waterbirds in 2018 as a result of fire-related contamination from runoff into waterways. Our work has taken on a new sense of urgency because birds are critical to a healthy environment.”

There are some signs of habitat recovery as birds return to the fire areas. But change comes, even with recovery.

“There has been a shift in the dispersal of birds,” Marsh says, referring to which birds live in a given habitat. “People report seeing birds they haven’t seen before as well as not seeing birds that were there prior to the fires.

At BRC, we saw our first-ever Lazuli Bunting in 2018—a species that takes advantage of post-fire environments.”

Volunteer opportunities with BRC include working with the raptors, the bird hospital, education, outreach programs or administrative support.

Financial support is also welcome, especially now.

“Because of the fires and the ensuing need for affordable housing, our property is being sold by the County of Sonoma. So donations to our building fund are critical to our continuing our life-saving work.”

BRC hosts an open house the first Saturday of every month from 10am–1pm at 3430 Chanate Rd., Santa Rosa. Visit birdrescuecenter.org.

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heep, pigs, chickens, ducks, horses, cows, goats; all are welcome at nonprofit animal rescue operation Flat Broke Farm. Since 2005, Novato native and longtime Sonoma County resident Erica Rushing has run the farm; first in Santa Rosa, then Penngrove and now on the operation’s largest property yet in West Cotati.

Sitting on four acres with six barns—including three renovated redwood barns dating back the ‘50s— Flat Broke Farm rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes farm animals of all sizes and from all situations.

“We have taken in and placed over 4,000 animals since we founded in 2005,” says Rushing.

The all-volunteer farm is completely funded by the community. On Oct. 30, Cotati institution Redwood Café hosts a benefit concert to raise funds for the farm with live music by Stax City, raffles and more. ) 20

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THE GOOD LIFE Erica Rushing feeds Freedom the pig her favorite treats, apples grown right on the farm.

Animals come to Flat Broke Farm in all manners, from stray chickens to neglected or injured farm animals to animals left homeless due to natural disasters.

Such is the case of a miniature pig on the farm named Stewart, who originally came to Flat Broke years ago after a fall paralyzed him. “All he could do was scream bloody murder,” remembers Rushing. “It was a scream, not out of pain, but out of fear.”

Rather than resorting to euthanasia, Rushing treated Stewart’s inflammation, restoring the pig’s mobility to the point where a family adopted him to live with them on their Mark West Springs Road property.

In October 2017, Sheriff’s deputies rescued Stewart’s family from the approaching Tubbs

Fire. Somehow Stewart (and his pigpen) survived the walls of flames, though the fire destroyed his family’s home. Rushing rescued Stewart and hundreds of other animals during that fire. In fact, Flat Broke Farm has worked animal rescue operations in 14 natural disasters since 2005, including the Camp Fire in Paradise and the Carr Fire in Redding.

Today, Stewart is the last of the Tubbs Fire animals still living on the farm, and his property on Mark West is almost rebuilt. He’s also going to go home with a new friend, Chloe the pig.

In fact, Rushing says it’s currently “pigdamonium” in Sonoma County. Credit that to Instagram influencers like Miley Cyrus, who give folks the idea that

pigs are trendy accessories and not complicated animals.

“It set off this whole fad, but pigs are not like dogs,” says Rushing. “They make fantastic pets, but you’ve got to have the time for them and you’ve got to apply yourself to care for them properly.”

Pigs possess enough intelligence that they are more akin to young children, able to manipulate and throw temper tantrums if they don’t get their way. “Just like kids, you’ve got to earn a pig’s trust, make a connection with them and have very distinct boundaries,” says Rushing.

But how do you discipline a pig?

Just ask Rushing.

In addition to rehoming animals, Flat Broke Farm educates

students and groups on farm animal care and general farm skills, as well as emergency preparedness.

Flat Broke Farm also offers short-term boarding or transportation for farm animals.

“We want to support and encourage a healthy agricultural community,” says Rushing.

“Because that is the foundation of Sonoma County, from grapes to chickens to everything in between. We want to keep it that way because this environment is perfect for all of these animals, and they provide so much for us.”

Flat Broke Farm benefit concert with Stax City takes place Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Redwood Café, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 8pm. $15.

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Going for Gold

Nonprofit North Bay institute Becoming Independent (BI) helps people with developmental disabilities live meaningful and productive lives in the community, with sites in Santa Rosa, Healdsburg and Sonoma Valley serving nearly 1,000 individuals.

A big part of the organization’s success is connecting with the community, which BI does at several special events throughout the year. This week, the nonprofit gets sporty with the annual BI Olympics, showcasing athletes of all abilities competing in games on Friday, Oct. 25, at Santa Rosa Junior College’s softball field, 1501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 10:30am. Free. 707.524.6600.

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This weekend, Napa Valley Museum shines a light on the often-overlooked importance and challenges of women in the arts with a two-day conference, Making HERstory: Today, Tomorrow & Yesterday. The event aims to start a dialogue about reclaiming women in the arts and includes curated tours of the museum’s womenfocused current exhibitions, plus documentary film screenings, early music concerts and panel discussions featuring top curators and respected scholars. Learn about HERstory on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26–27, at 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Free, concert tickets are $25. 707.944.0500.

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The Portuguese word Fado translated into English means fate, but in Portugal the word refers to a powerful music style akin to the blues. Fado is defined by expressive lyrics about love and loss sung over classical guitar. This week, California native and internationally-renowned vocalist Ramana Vieira presents “A Night in Portugal” concert that includes her original compositions and beloved Fado pieces

by Portuguese legend Amalia Rodrigues on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol. 7:30pm. $10–$20; kids 10 and under are free. 707.829.4797.

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LEGACY OF A LEGEND Grammywinner Gary Nicholson channels the founding fathers of blues when he performs as Whitey Johnson on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Big Easy in Petaluma. See clubs & venues, pg 25.

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By day, Napa Valley–native Sarita Lopez owns and operates her Green-Go organic cactus water company. By night, Lopez writes horror novels under the pen name S.L. Cunningham. Just in time for Halloween, Lopez—who also serves as vice president for Napa Valley Writers and is a Napa Valley Library Commissioner—presents her latest, darkly funny novel,The Last Pageant in Texas, in which a beauty pageant queen inspired by Scarlett O’Hara takes on flesh-eating ghouls. Lopez reads from The Last Pageant in Texas on Wednesday, Oct. 30, Napa Bookmine, 964 Pearl St., Napa. 7pm. Free. 707.733.3199.

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Good times abound for Halloween BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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olidays come and go, but Halloween takes its time building up to the big day with nearly a month of activities. As the spirited holiday falls on a Thursday this month, Halloweenthemed concerts and parties in the North Bay stretch out over two weekends with a full slate of spook-tacular goodness. Get your costumes ready; these shows and events are so fun, it’s scary!

Celebrating 10 years of fears, the ever-popular Blind Scream Haunted House fills its new, spacious location next to Santa Rosa Plaza with bone-chilling attractions. Three sinister sisters inhabit the all-new Witch’s House, while Lil Horrus’s Fun House features a big top of terror. Try to survive both and be sure to take “The Last Ride” for a true graveyard experience in a coffin.

Enter if you dare through Oct. 31. (blindscream.com) New to the North Bay, the California Living Arts Project debuts with a bold, terrifying

theatrical show, “The Black Dragon Experience.” The stage play tells the story of author Bram Stoker’s infamous vampire Count Dracula, with over-the-top special effects and sideshow performers. Come for clean-and-sober Fridays or fullbar Saturdays and enjoy a costume contest afterparty on Halloween night at Jerry Knight’s Historic River Theater in Guerneville. (livingartsproject.com/events) Now, Halloween is not complete without a little hedonism, and for those with a wilder side, the inaugural NorCal Exotic Erotic Ball is a two-day festival

of adult-only fun. Happening at the Flamingo Hotel & Resort in Santa Rosa, the action begins on Saturday, Oct. 26, with workshops and speakers providing those interested in BDSM and more with the tools, tactics and techniques to play safely. That night, ‘80s-inspired, original rock-and-roll band Falkönner take the stage for a raucous night of shredding cover songs with a lingerie runway show and costume contest. Sunday keeps the party going with a Champagne brunch, “Dirty Talk” game show and more. (norcalexoticerotic.com) Other concerts throughout the North Bay that celebrate the season include the two-day Cirque du Sebastopol at the HopMonk Tavern, where world-music group La Gente and retro-soul band Midtown Social perform with a burlesque show on Oct. 25, and world beat artist David Starfire and belly dancing take over on Oct. 26.

Another popular tradition is the Halloween Covers Show on Oct. 26 at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma. Local bands of all stripes dress up and play the songs of their favorite legendary acts. Now in its fourth year, this show is always a massive dance party, and the bands really get into the spirit, dressing to the nines and offering eccentric stage shows. This year finds performers and bands like Matt Jaffe playing Tom Petty, Moon Sick playing the Misfits, the Happys playing Nirvana and others. (thephoenixtheater.com) In Napa, major stars like the B-52s (see Music, pg TK) and comedian Lewis Black appear on Oct. 26 at the Oxbow RiverStage and Uptown Theatre, respectively.

The town’s Halloween activities include family-friendly events like the Hometown Halloween party in downtown Napa on Oct. 26, where kids can trick-or-treat at shops from 11am to 1pm. (donapa.com)

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GALE FORCE Liz Jahren (as Caroline) fights against tides of bureaucracy to save a child in Cinnabar’s latest.

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their custody while they receive treatment for their addiction. Faced with the choice of placing the infant in foster care or with Karlie’s mother Cindy (Gina Alvarado), Caroline recommends placement with the child’s grandmother—a decision she soon regrets.

Cindy, an evangelical Christian, seeks to gain full custody of the child with the support of her influential pastor (James Pelican).

Caroline thinks the mother’s move will ruin her daughter’s recovery, but Cindy thinks Karlie’s a lost cause. She wants to save the child (in more ways than one).

Overworked and out of time as her tight-laced boss (John Browning) supports Cindy’s request, Caroline devises a plan to stall the custody hearing. Will this agnostic sell her soul to save three others?

Playwright Rebecca Gilman delivers a devastating portrayal of the underfunded and frequently unavailable social services world.

Our nation talks a good game when it comes to the treatment of damaged individuals, but often fails to deliver.

Director Jessica Litwak brings a stylish directorial approach to the material that, while visually interesting, detracts from the text. The show opens and closes with movement pieces, and cast members dressed in lab coats act as shelves, flag poles, etc. when not in a scene. Rather than absorb what’s being said, one ponders why there’s an arm sticking out of the refrigerator holding a banana.

When not scenery, the cast acts the hell out of the script. Jahren gives a towering performance as the social worker exhaustively swimming against the tide of an entrenched bureaucracy. Williams and Walters effectively portray the troubled parents. Pelican gives an interestingly restrained performance as the church leader.

Not as depressing as it sounds, Luna Gale pays tribute to all those fighting the good fight— professionally and personally.

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he B-52s have brought a new wave dance party to clubs, ballrooms, theaters, arenas and amphitheaters around the country for 40 years.

They’re also charter members of a late 1970s/early 1980s music scene in Athens, Ga., that spawned such alternative rock royalty as R.E.M., Pylon, Love Tractor, Matthew Sweet and more.

Front man Fred Schneider says when the B-52’s came together in 1976, the reality of the music scene in Athens didn’t match the mythology that now surrounds that time.

“I was visiting from Atlanta; I was really bored living in Atlanta,” Schneider says. “I decided, after we jammed and I saw all my friends, to move to Athens. Then we got together to jam (regularly). There was actually nothing to do in Athens— here was no scene whatsoever.”

Those days seem like a lifetime ago for Schneider, singers Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson and guitarist Keith Strickland, who mark the 40th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut album this year.

Taking the name from a ‘40s beehive hairdo that resembled the nose cone on the B-52 bomber, the group dressed thrift-store chic and delivered humorous, quirky music;

becoming the first Athens band to get national attention.

“When record labels started coming to Athens and Atlanta trying to get us to sign their crappy contracts, we knew something was going on here,” Schneider says.

“Once we signed with Warners (Warner Bros. Records), it was ‘Here we go.’ We’ve had a good run and we’re still going strong.”

In the middle of that run—1989 to be precise—came “Love Shack,” the band’s biggest hit; a song Schneider saved from being abandoned during the recording process.

“I wouldn’t let it go,” he says.

“They were sort of giving up on it; I thought ‘We’ve got to do something with this.’ Don Was (producer) came up with the idea of putting two parts together—it wasn’t anything brilliant, but it worked.”

Indeed it worked. But “Love Shack” was far from an instant hit.

“Radio wouldn’t take it at first, except for college and independent, which is why we always have time for college and independent now,” Schneider says. “I don’t think our record label knew what to do with it—we had to beg radio stations to play ‘Love Shack’. Now you can’t get away from it.”

The B-52s perform on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Oxbow RiverStage, 1268 McKinstry St., Napa. 7:30pm. $55 and up. Oxbowriverstage.com.

Concerts SONOMA Halloween Covers Show at the Phoenix

Local bands dress up and cover popular acts. Oct 26, 8pm. $10. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Fern Bar

Oct 25, Le Hot Swing Club. Oct 26, Yuka Yu. Oct 27, Pick Your Heart Out. 6780 Depot St, Suite 120, Sebastopol, 707.861.9603.

Flamingo Lounge

Oct 25, Halloween show with Destroyer and 2 Minutes to Midnight. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

HopMonk Tavern

Co-founder of ’70s band Modern Lovers performs with drummer Tommy Larkins.

Oct 24, 7pm. $35. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Oct 25, Cirque du Sebastopol with La Gente SF and Midtown Social. Oct 26, Cirque du Sebastopol with David Starfire and Soohan. Oct 28, Relic Secure birthday bash. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

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Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

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Celebrate the music of New Orleans with Dirty Dozen Brass Band and others. Oct 25, 7:30pm. $25 and up. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Party band plays with opening set by the English Beat. Oct 26, 7:30pm. $55 and up. Oxbow RiverStage, 1268 McKinstry St, Napa, oxbowriverstage.com.

Quaid & James

Actor and musician Dennis Quaid and guitarist Jamie James perform to mark Blue Note’s third anniversary. Oct 25-26, 6:30 and 9pm. $39 and up. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA The Big Easy

Oct 24, Alien Hit Radio and Surf Monster. Oct 25, Foxes in the Henhouse. Oct 26, Whitey Johnson. Oct 27, the Gene Immens Project. Oct 30, tribute to Eric Ehrenpfort. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.7163.

Elephant in the Room Oct 25, Flytrap. Oct 26, Bossa Funka Nova. Oct 27, 6pm, Awesome Hotcakes. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.

Oct 26, Intocable. Oct 27, Jason Mraz and Raining Jane. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

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Oct 24, Nellie McKay. Oct 30, the Deadlies. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Buster’s Southern Barbecue

Oct 27, 3pm, Rob Watson and friends featuring Vernon Black.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga, 707.942.5605.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant

Oct 24, Salty Dawgs. Oct 25, the Last Resort. Oct 26, Dr Mojo.

Oct 27, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

JaM Cellars

Oct 24, Sensi Trails. Oct 25, Whitherward. Oct 26, Wiley’s Coyotes. 1460 First St, Napa, 707.265.7577.

Art Opening Finley Community Center

Oct 25, Tainted Love. Oct 26, Royal Jelly Jive. Oct 30, the Polish Ambassador. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

Oct 23-Dec 4, “Our World Through Many Lenses,” Santa Rosa Photographic Society exhibits in the main lobby.

Reception, Oct 24 at 5pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Oct 25, Juanito Pascual Trio.

Oct 27, 4pm, the Quitters. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.

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Oct 24, A Case of the Willy’s.

Oct 25, Featprints. Oct 26, Instrument of Peace albumrelease show. Oct 30, Flat Broke Farm fundraiser with Stax City. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Oct 26, Halloween party with Lovin’ Dead and Brand New Still. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Oct 26, “A Night in Portugal” with Ramana Vieira. 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse

Oct 25, Identity Crisis. Oct 26, Dead Again. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Oct 25, X Confidence with Switchblade Jane. Oct 26, Halloween dance party. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.

Oct 26-Nov 17, “Emerging Artist Exhibition,” annual juried show showcases the talented young artists in Northern California. Reception, Oct 26 at 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

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Oct 25-Dec 1, “Abstract,” juried show features work submitted by artists from around the world.

Reception, Oct 25 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.

Halloween-themed show. Oct 25, 7pm. $15-$20. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Events AEEP Halloween Costume Party Fundraiser

Family-friendly festivities include costumes, live music, prizes and more. Oct 26, 12pm.

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

BI Olympics

Becoming Independent showcases inspiring abilities of athletes across the North Bay. Oct 25, 10:30am. Free.

Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, becomingindependent.org.

Chalk Hill Residency Solstice Season Open Studio

Check out several artists-inresidence with entertainment and refreshments. Oct 26, 1pm.

Chalk Hill Residency, 13427 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg, chalkhillresidency.com.

Copia Community Trick-or-Treat

Enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities for both kids and adults. Registration required. Oct 29, 5:30pm. Free. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

Hometown Halloween Party A fun and safe afternoon of trick-or-treats and a costume party for kids of all ages. Oct 26, 11am. Free. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa, donapa.com.

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Dress up your dogs and partake in a day of activities and contests. Oct 26, 9am. $25 first dog; $10 each additional dog. Shollenberger Park, 1400 Cader Ln, Petaluma, 530.906.8415.

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Evil Comedy and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence team up. Oct 26, 7pm. $15. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Two-day event includes speakers, films, music and exhibits. Oct 26-27. Free. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, 707.944.0500.

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Outspoken comedian performs with his trademark style of ranting and raving. Oct 26, 8pm. $55-$75. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

The Natural Disasters Improv troupe offers a

Activities for the family include costume and pumpkin-carving contests, workshops, music, food, drinks and more. Oct 25, 5pm. Free. 180 Studios, 150 Todd Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.4363.

NorCal Exotic Erotic Ball Variety show performances, dance party, escape room, guest speakers, vendors, workshops and more. Oct 26-27. $50 and up. Flamingo Resort Hotel, 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

North Bay Science Discovery Day

Family-friendly event lets kids unleash their inner scientist.

Oct 26, 10am. Free. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, northbayscience.org.

Food & Drink Bee, Wine & Honey Fest

Explore bee hives, taste honey, sip wine and get in on auctions, presentations, kids games and more. Oct 26, 12pm. $15-$65. Keller Estate Winery, 5875 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma, 707.765.2117.

Shady Oak Shindig

Pop-up beer event features games, live music, local art and brews. Oct 26, 1pm. Shady Oak Barrel House, 420 First St, Santa Rosa, 707.575.7687.

Wizards of Elixirs Cocktail Competition

Walk-around tasting event supports those affected by recent Northern California disasters.

Oct 28, 5:30pm. $50-$60. Sky & Vine Rooftop Bar, Archer Hotel, 1260 First St, Napa, 707.819.2490.

Readings Calistoga Copperfield’s Books

Oct 24, 6:30pm, “Wordstruck!” with Susanna Janssen. Oct 27, 12:30pm, “The Forest Feast Mediterranean” with Erin Gleeson. 1330 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga 707.942.1616.

Center for Spiritual Living

Oct 25, 7pm, “Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World” with Anna Gatmon. 2075 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.4543.

Compline Wine Bar, Restaurant & Merchant

Oct 28, 6pm, “Infused” with Henrietta Lovell. 1300 First St, #312, Napa 707.492.8150.

Favia Wines

Oct 26, 5pm, “The Forest Feast Mediterranean” with Erin Gleeson. 2031 Coombsville Rd, Napa 707.256.0875.

Mad Fritz Tap Room

Oct 24, 6pm, “Feel the Wild” with Daniel Fox. 1282B Vidovich Lane, St. Helena 707.968.5097.

Napa Bookmine

Oct 30, 7pm, “The Last Pageant in Texas” with Sarita Lopez. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books

Oct 27, 1:30pm, “Living Waters” with Alissa Flores. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books

Oct 25, 7pm, “How Your Story Sets You Free” with Heather Box and Julian MocineMcQueen. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

Theater Between Riverside & Crazy

Left Edge Theatre brings the Pulitzer Prize-winning play to their stage. Through Nov 10. $28-$42. Left Edge Studio Theatre, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Boom

Two students trapped in a subterranean research lab are all that’s left of humanity in this comedy. Through Nov 9. $15-$30.

Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

The Laramie Project

The Raven Players present the devastating drama about hate in America. Through Nov 3. $5$28. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707.433.3145.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Popular play is based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Through Nov 3. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707.266.6305.

Wait Until Dark

Classic edge-of-your-seat thriller plays out on the Monroe Stage. Through Nov 10. $25$29; $18 for all under 30. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

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ash, the smoke, isn’t for the timid. Soldiers in Napoleon’s army brought it from Egypt to Europe, where it caught on fast. In 19th-century France, every self-respecting writer used the concentrated extract and belonged to “The Hashish Club.” That history was a big selling point for hippies and still is for hash aficionados.

The No. 1 reason folks ought to take care with hashish is that it contains as much as 45–60 percent THC. One small hit that has flower and hash together will likely make you “zonked,” as one user put it.

SPARC in Santa Rosa carries a wide variety of hash from different companies, and has very knowledgeable “member consultants.” Santa Rosa–native Josh, 22, smokes hash and marijuana together in a bong. “It’s very costefficient,” he says. “It makes an eighth of a gram of weed last a lot longer.”

He ignites the marijuana, which in turn ignites the hash. That method makes for a process that’s smoother than lighting the hash directly.

At SPARC, Eric McNiel is the guy to go to if you want to sell hash, or learn how it’s made. There are many different methods, McNiel explains, including the oldschool method where ice and water are added to marijuana and then agitated in a washing machine or cement mixer. The trichomes— which produce the cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids—fall through a series of screens. Once the substance dries and gets firm, it’s ready to smoke. Recently, this reporter watched the making of hash at a marijuana farm in Santa Rosa. Two pounds of marijuana yielded only two ounces of hash, but that hash went a very long way.

McNiel says most of the marijuana in the dispensary on North Dutton is cultivated in Northern California.

Some of the product arrives at SPARC through distributors and some comes directly from farmers.

Hash isn’t the only marijuanaderived product on sale at SPARC. The dispensary also offers tinctures, topicals, edibles and smokeables.

SPARC has hash experts, but the expert of all experts is “Frenchy” Cannoli who occasionally shows up at meetings of the Sonoma County Cultivation Group (SCCG) in Sebastopol with his hookah. Cannoli is a master hash maker. If you catch him in person, do smoke with him on his hookah. Otherwise, find him on YouTube. He’s the star of the documentary “Frenchy Dreams of Hashish.” Strike that. It’s the hashish that’s the star of the video.

Jonah Raskin is the author of “Dark Day, Dark Night: A Marijuana Murder Mystery.”

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the circle of allies that supports and stimulates you, whom would you seek out? 4. If you wanted to add new foods and herbs that would nurture your physical health and new experiences that would nurture your mental health, what would they be?

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Singapore has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. A few years ago, this state of affairs prompted the government to urge Singaporeans to have sex on an annual holiday known as National Day. A new rap song was released in the hope of pumping up everyone’s libidos and instigating a baby boom. It included the lyrics, “Let’s make fireworks ignite / Let’s make Singapore’s birthrate spike.” I have a different reason for encouraging you to seek abundant, highquality sex, Aries. According to my analysis, tender orgasmic experiences will profoundly enhance your emotional intelligence in the coming weeks—and make you an excellent decision-maker just in time for your big decisions. (P.S. You don’t necessarily need a partner.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mushrooms have spores, not seeds. They’re tiny. If you could stack 2,500 of them, they’d be an inch high. On the other hand, they are numerous. A ripe mushroom may release up to 16 million spores. And each spore is so light-weight, the wind can pick it up and fling it long distances. I’ll encourage you to express your power and influence like a mushroom in the coming days: subtle and airy but abundant; light and fine, but relentless and bountiful.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the 1530s,

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Sometimes

explorer Jacques Cartier led expeditions from France to the New World. As Europeans often did back then, he and his team were rude and brutish to the indigenous folks who lived there, stealing their land, kidnapping some of them and slaughtering herds of great auks in a bird sanctuary. Yet there was one winter when Cartier’s marauders got crucial help from their victims, who gave them vitamin C-rich pine needle tea that cured their scurvy. I suspect you Tauruses will embark on quests and journeys in the coming months, and I’m hoping your behavior will be different from Cartier’s. When you arrive in unfamiliar places, be humble, curious and respectful. Be hesitant to impose your concepts of what’s true and be eager to learn from the locals.

If you do, you’re likely to get rich teachings and benefits equivalent to the pine needle tea.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many software engineers have enjoyed The Pragmatic Programmer, a book that helps them develop and refine their code. One popular technique the book offers is “rubber duck deprogramming.” Programmers place a toy rubber duck in front of them, and describe to it the problems they’re having. As they explain each line of code to their very good listener, they may discover what’s amiss. I recommend a similar approach to you as you embark on metaphorically debugging your own program, Gemini. If a rubber duck isn’t available, call on your favorite statue or stuffed animal, or even a photo of a catalytic teacher or relative or spirit.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Read the following passage from Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. “Gaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets.” I admire the romantic artistry of Gaston’s dramatic gesture. I applaud his imaginative desire to express his love in a carefully chosen sanctuary filled with beauty. I praise his intense devotion to playful extravagance. But I don’t recommend you do anything quite so extreme in behalf of love during the coming weeks. Being 20 percent as extreme might be just right, though.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his song “Diplomatic Immunity,” rapper Drake disparages tranquility and harmony. “I listen to heavy metal for meditation, no silence,” he brags. “My body isn’t much of a sacred temple, with vodka and wine, and sleep at the opposite times,” he declares. Is there a method in his madness? It’s revealed in these lyrics: “All that peace and that unity: all that weak sh-- will ruin me.” In the coming weeks, Leo, I urge you to practice the exact opposite of Drake’s approach. It’s time to treat yourself to an intense and extended phase of self-care.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s a favorable time to refresh your relationships with your basic sources and to make connections with new basic sources.

To spur your creative thought on these matters, I offer the following questions to meditate on. 1. If you weren’t living where you do now, what other place might you like to call home? 2. If you didn’t have the name you actually go by, what other name would you choose? 3. If you had an urge to expand

the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it,” writes computer engineer Bill Joy. I invite you to consider the value of that perspective, Scorpio—even though you’re the least likely sign in all the zodiac to do so. Being naive just doesn’t come naturally to you; you often know more than everyone else around you. Maybe you’ll be more receptive to my suggestion if I reframe the task. Are you familiar with the Zen Buddhist concept of “beginner's mind”? You wipe away your assumptions and see everything as if it were the first time you were in its presence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Is it

always a bad thing to be lost? To wander in the unknown without a map? I’d like to propose a good version of being lost. It requires you to be willing to give up your certainties, to relinquish your grip on the comforting dogmas that have structured your world—but to do so gladly, with a spirit of cheerful expectancy and curiosity. It doesn’t require you to be a macho hero who feels no fear or confusion.

Rather, you have faith that life will provide blessings that weren’t possible until you got lost.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions,” wrote science educator Lewis Thomas.

“Let’s acknowledge this, perhaps even learn to do it better.” I agree with him! And I think it’s an ideal time for you to learn how to worry more effectively, more potently, and with greater artistry. What might that look like? First, you wouldn’t feel shame or guilt about worrying. You wouldn’t regard it as a failing. Rather, you would raise your worrying to a higher power. You’d wield it as a savvy tool to discern which situations truly need your concerned energy and which don’t.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Some wounds go so deep that you don’t even feel them until months, maybe years, later,” wrote Aquarian author Julius Lester. Pay attention to that thought, Aquarius. The bad news is that you are just now beginning to feel a wound that was inflicted some time ago. But that’s also the good news, because it means the wound will no longer be hidden and unknowable. And because you’ll be fully aware of it, you’ll be empowered to launch the healing process.

I suggest you follow your early intuitions about how best to proceed with the cure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you’ve been

having dreams or fantasies that the roof is sinking or the walls are closing in, you should interpret it as a sign that you should consider moving into a more spacious situation. If you have been trapped within the narrow confines of limited possibilities, it’s time to break free and flee to a wide open frontier.

In general, Pisces, I urge you to insist on more expansiveness in everything you do, even if that requires you to demolish cute little mental blocks that have tricked you into thinking small.

Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888.

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