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Polio Grounds Abraham Entin expounds about the pernicious pharmaceutical industry, but his real goal is to defend the antivaxxers (Letters, Sept. 11). Big Pharma, which I despise, makes virtually nothing on vaccines. “Of course vaccines work in the short run.” Abe old chap, you know any polio victims? I did. My mother contracted polio in 1954 in a hospital giving birth to my little sis. She survived, wearing a leg brace and paralyzed on

one side, until she passed due to postpolio complications at age 65. Tell ME about side effects. You don’t want to vaccinate your kids? Fine—but keep them away from my kids.

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Russia Hoax The article by Chris Rooney (“Divisive Data,” Sept. 11) suggested that Russia,

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through “RT America,” was trying to sow division in the U.S. by casting doubts about the safety of 5G technology.

Besides getting several paragraphs in the text, you chose to add a subtitle that featured “reports of health risks associated with 5G linked to Russians.”

It may just be my aging memory, but in my five years or so of following RT on a more-than-daily basis I cannot recall ever reading a negative article about 5G. In fact, since the U.S. has been trying to ban sales of Huawei’s 5G technology

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internationally, and given Russia’s general support of all things Chinese, RT tends to have articles slanted in favor of 5G.

I use the RT android app on my cell phone and look at it several times a day, finding it a refreshing antidote to the spin of sites such as The Guardian, NPR and Democracy Now. As far as their coverage of the U.S. goes, they seem to favor Republicans more than Democrats, I think not because of a plan to sow dissent but because they tend to favor what they think of as “traditional Western values.” I sometimes find that annoying, but, since my news otherwise comes from Democracy Now and other KPFA programs, as well as NPR and Bill Maher, I like to hear the “other side” also, and I very much enjoy their great coverage of international news, which gets short shrift in most American news.

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I was amused by the Chris Rooney article on 5G. He correctly cites that the 10,000-plus studies, including the gold-standard, $30 million, taxdollar-funded NTP study done recently, apparently aren’t good enough in the eyes of the FDA, FCC or many courts, though it’s curious that the richest cities like Hillsborough, Belvedere, Los Altos, etc., seem to be able to sidestep Uncle Sham’s plans for more and more wireless coverage. Apparently, we’re in a race with the Chinese. . . .

There are over 100 cell-tower sites under contract for installation in Santa Rosa. Want to do something about having a cell phone tower planted in front of your house, or your child’s school? Contact your lawmakers before it’s too late. Sonoma County for Responsible Technology has a list of current and future cell tower installations. https://www.facebook. com/groups/431787887408649/

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Old Reliable Why Budweiser Rocks. BY PAUL LUKAS

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’ve never understood the concept of “guilty pleasure.” It’s a way of expressing one’s tastes while apologizing for them. Taste is subjective—so why let other people make you feel bad about yours? If your idea of Fine Art is a black-light poster, embrace it! If you like celebrity gossip, own it! If your favorite song is “Don’t Stop Believing,” don’t apologize for it!

There’s no guilt involved when I say I like Budweiser. No hipster irony, either—for me, Bud isn’t a fermented proxy for a vintage Gulf gas station jacket. When I say I like Bud, it’s because I like Bud. I know Budweiser is a factory product, and the choice of lunkheads everywhere. Is Bud as good as my favorite beer?

Of course not—it’s my everyday beer, one I vastly prefer over most craft beers. I tend to dislike bitter flavors, so most hoppy craft beers are off limits for me.

Moreover, I prefer to buy beer from grown-ups. When I see craft beers with cringeworthy names like Hoptical Illusion and with cartoon-like label designs, it feels like kids playing dress-up. Say what you want about Bud, its brand presentation remains classic, timeless and non-generational.

Beer should be for everyone. So many craft beers seem like they’re trying to weed out the squares and the olds. Imagine your father shopping for beer and seeing Hoptimus Prime or Citra Ass Down. Even if he got the joke, he might reasonably conclude they were intended for someone else.

Beer should unite, not divide. I like Bud the same way I like the Rolling Stones, or baseball, or a burger with fries—it makes me feel connected to the rest of America. In this era of fragmented subcultures, it’s nice to feel like I’m going wide instead of narrow.

Also: Most stores and bars carry it, it’s reasonably priced, it goes down easy and the 5.0 percent ABV gives just the right buzz. So yeah, I like Bud. I’m drinking one right now, in fact.

Unapologetically? Guilty as charged.

Paul Lukas is a staff writer at Sports Illustrated. He also runs the Uni Watch Blog, among lots of other projects. We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.

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North Bay Hemp Growsite Shines Light on Plant’s Potential for Regional Economy BY JONAH RASKIN

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ore marijuana is grown in California than anywhere else in the U.S., but 10 states, including Colorado, Kentucky and Oregon, leave California in the dust when it comes to the cultivation of hemp. Still, if Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) has a say in the matter, California will emerge as a leading producer, especially since the federal government legalized hemp in the 2018 Farm Bill.

This summer, the SRJC Agriculture Department announced the launch of a hemp program at Shone Farm on the outskirts of Forestville, where farmers still grow marijuana illegally in the woods.

The SRJC program is the only one in the North Bay and the state of California as a whole.

When Sonoma County placed a moratorium on hemp last year, supervisors gave SRJC

an exemption. Starting in 2020, students at the college will be able to major in hemp, though nearly an acre is already in the ground and growing quickly, outdoors in direct sunlight and in rich composted soil.

The plants are mostly from female clones, though some are from seeds.

Students are already tending the crop and learning about it. Local media have emphasized the cash value of the Shone Farm hemp, but Benjamin Goldstein, the dean of agriculture, says the real value is the information it will yield, not any

cash in hand. “The real payoff is student interest,” he says.

On a hot September morning, Goldstein led a tour of the experimental crop, which grows between tall rows of corn. The corn serves as a windbreak and a visual shield against thieves. A sign in the field reads, “SRJC Industrial Hemp Research Project: Not for human consumption. No THC. No street value.” Goldstein reminds those who don’t remember or who have never learned, that hemp and marijuana belong to the same genus and species: cannabis sativa.

The hemp plant—which scientists and horticulturists designate as “cannabis sativa (L)”—and the marijuana plant look, feel and smell the same. The only difference is the THC. To be considered hemp, the plant must contain less than 0.3 percent THC. Only a lab test can tell the difference between the two.

“We want to show that hemp can help diversify crops on a farm or dairy,” Goldstein says. “As Luther Burbank pointed out—we can grow everything and anything here, from citrus and apples to potatoes, olives and now hemp.”

Sonoma Agricultural Commissioner Tony Linegar is also pro-hemp and eager for it, and marijuana, to be grown legally. Still, Linegar sees potential problems. “Some farmers might use hemp as a cover to grow marijuana illegally,” he says. “Others, who are against marijuana, might weaponize male hemp plants so that they go to seed and pollinate female marijuana flowers and decrease their market value.”

Forestville grower Joe Munson, better known as “Oaky Joe,” takes a characteristically arch view of the nearby hemp farm. “I think the government is illegal,” he says. A medical marijuana provider for more than 20 years—with a history of compassionate care for HIV/ AIDS patients—Munson takes a critical view of all rules, regulations, taxes, government inspectors and anything that smacks of officialdom.

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“I think of the hemp project as my swan song,” he says. “I want to see it through.” For Goldstein, who became SRJC’s dean of agriculture in 2017, this year’s hemp crop marks the beginning of a beautiful relationship. “Our program has helped to bring hemp farmers out of the woods,” he says. “We have the potential to recruit research partners from all over California.”

At the Oct. 12 annual Fall Festival in Forestville, Goldstein and others will talk to the public about the hemp project. Last July, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) issued guidelines for municipalities interested in pursuing industrial hemp and noted that municipalities around the state, including Sonoma, Napa and Marin, all have local laws of their own regulating industrial hemp production. Neither Marin nor Napa have embarked on industrial hemp projects of their own.

Jonah Raskin is the author of ‘Dark Day: Dark Night: A Marijuana Murder Mystery.’

IOLERO Review

The defanging of Sonoma County’s Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach continues apace. Last week the county police-accountability’s new director, Karlene Navarro, presented the Sonoma County Supervisors with a plan to gut her office and severely curtail its scope and mission. Navarro took over the post from Jerry Threet, who left at the end of last year.

As public documents from the county indicate, Threet was viewed by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office as being biased against police and policing in his role as the county’s first IOLERO director. Navarro, whose husband is a former prosecutor in District Attorney Jill Ravitch’s office, does not appear to have the same issue when it comes to her biases. She was supported by Sheriff Mark

Essick and approved unanimously by the supervisors. On Sept. 10 she presented a raft of proposals to the board that left police-accountability activists breathless. Navarro said the supervisors should move to cut the number of persons on the Community Advisory Committee by half and suggested that the CAC no longer have input on policy recommendations made to IOLERO. She also suggested a cut in the number of CAC meetings. Activists in attendance at the meeting last week noted that Navarro’s recommendations were made without any public meetings—and that the they were foisted on the community just a few days before the scheduled vote.

Thanks to the efforts of Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, the vote was postponed to another day. Hopkins’ 5th District includes the area where Andy Lopez was shot. The 2013 shooting of Lopez by an SCSO deputy gave rise to the creation of the CAC and the IOLERO. Its mission is to track law enforcement investigations and public complaints, and, according to the ordinance that created IOLERO, would “include community education and outreach,” and “conveying feedback from the community on law enforcement issues,” among other tasks.

How will the IOLERO mission continue under Navarro? It remains to be seen, says longtime police-accountability activist Susan Lamont. “We and the supervisors should be seeking the answers to those questions,” she says. The board will take up the Navarro recommendations at a future meeting.

Park-Land Protection Election Day is coming right up, with its usual array of off-year measures and local ballot initiatives.

At issue this year is a big vote in Rohnert Park to protect the town’s open space against the pernicious influence of suburban sprawl.

Rohnert Park voters will cast ballots on Measure B this Nov. 5, a measure that attempts to protect the town’s so-called urban-growth

boundary. The Greenbelt Alliance is holding a trio of teach-ins on the measure in advance of election day, on Sept. 25, Oct. 6 and Oct. 10 (see www.greenbelt/rohnert-park. org for more info).

Rohnert Park’s urban-growth boundary was created in 2000 when 71 percent of voters there voted to support limits on growth in the city’s perimeter areas. “The UGB is a line around the city that contains development,” says Greenbelt Alliance’s Teri Shore in a statement. “It has safeguarded Rohnert Park for 20 years and needs to be renewed by the voters to avoid a lapse in protection.”

Dodd on Fire As fire-safety inspections continue around the region, North Bay State Sen. Bill Dodd has punched out a trio of wildfire safety bills that are expected to get the signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“The height of fire season is approaching,” says Dodd, “which underscores the need for immediate action. We can’t sit back and watch our state burn.”

Indeed we can’t. Dodd’s three bills passed the legislature last week. His SB 190 is pegged at vegetation buffer zones and is particularly keyed in on “defensible space,” a newish buzz-phrase that basically means, keep your property free and clear of debris and stuff that can burn. Dodd notes that homes that maintain 100 feet of defensible space are eight times more likely to survive a fire “than homes without a properly maintained buffer.” SB 109’s goal is to enhance awareness and compliance with vegetation removal. Dodd’s SB 209 is a more “meta” sort of legislative initiative, seeking to create a Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to serve as the state’s “central hub for wildfire forecasting,” with capabilities that include weather forecasting and threat assessment abilities.

Finally, SB 247 obliquely targets PG&E in its crosshairs over the energy provider’s inadequate vegetation-removal policies, which were held to be the culprit

in numerous of the 2017–2018 California wildfires. That bill would create a Wildfire Safety Division to conduct audits of vegetationclearing around utility lines, and end the longstanding practice of self-auditing undertaken by utilities and their contractors.

Is Jared Huffman The Antichrist?

Possibly. But he’s definitely not running for President of the United States in 2020. The North Bay congressman was the recent subject of a feature in the Epoch Times that called Huffman out for his non-belief in God—Huffman’s a humanist and agnostic—and in doing so, ventured that he was one of the numerous Dems to throw his hat into the 2020 ring. Huffman took to Facebook to brush back the errant reporting (since corrected online) and to take a shot at the Trump-supporting Epoch Times for pandering in end-times prognostication and for being supported by a cult.

The sect indicated by Huffman is the Fulang Gong of China, a persecuted minority of antiCommunists, whose adherents often participate in Qi Gong healing practices and movement.

The Qi Gong practice is popular regionally and one of its teachers is a woman named Vivienne Verdon-Roe. Before she was a Qi Gong teacher, Verdon Roe was a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 1986 for a film called Women for America, for the World. Her short documentary took on the spectre of nuclear war, speaking of end-times fixations. Huffman, who founded the Congressional Freethought Caucus, has been in the news a few times recently over his agnosticism. Following his Epoch Times moment, he was subsequently interviewed by the Freethought Matters publication and was asked who his favorite historical “freethinkers” were.

According to a social media post from the congressman, he rattled off a few names: Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Paine—and, praise the Lord!—Jesus Christ himself.

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Bear Necessities Seismic Brewing’s Secret Ingredient Emerges from Hibernation BY JAMES KNIGHT

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n May, in a nondescript warehouse tucked away in Rohnert Park, James Mahon emerges from the back of the shop clutching two “silver bullets.”

Not the Coors Light kind.

They’re two shiny, unlabeled aluminum cans of pilsnerstyle beer, identically made to brewer Andy Hooper’s exacting specifications at Seismic Brewing Co. in Santa Rosa. The only difference, says Mahon, is the base malt Hooper used.

Mahon cracks the cans.

Can No. 1 is made with barley malted in a light-tasting, pilsner style, by a major supplier, thousands of miles away. It’s crisp, light and what else? Pilsner-y.

Can No. 2 is made with California-grown barley, which Mahon malted right here. It’s light and it’s crisp, but there’s more.

There’s a more rich, golden color— for a pils—and more flavor, too. It’s almost like the grain is showing off the warmth of the California sun under which it grew.

The base malt Grizzly provides won’t compete on price with a product that’s malted on a bigger

scale and shipped from thousands of miles away, Mahon allows. But he thinks it’s more than competitive on flavor, and local appeal. “I think there’s a great opportunity for breweries to differentiate themselves,” says Mahon.

The team at Seismic were convinced by the trial run they did with Grizzly Malt’s product. Today their Magnetic Midnight black lager is made with 100 percent Grizzly malt.

Mahon thinks that beer drinkers, too, will be as interested in tasting the difference as he is.

“For me, this is an extension of my

personality,” says Mahon. “I like to geek out on stuff.”

Now it’s September, and farmer Tristan Benson is on hand to demonstrate just how much grain can, or can’t, be grown in the North Coast.

Benson reaches into a bag of barley, one of a half-dozen or so similar bags containing freshly harvested barley and wheat grown in Petaluma, that he’s delivered to Grizzly for processing.

Mahon is working with several local farmers to grow barley and he’s dialing-in a malting process five years in the making. Mahon explored opening a craft brewery but now chuckles that he suspected, five years ago, that there were already too many craft breweries. Instead, he contacted agriculture specialists at UC Davis and began collaborating on test plots of new strains of barley. These were then bred for suitability to California and for flavor in brewing, instead of only for the old standards of yield and disease resistance.

Mahon ordered a malting vessel that would allow him to offer malts caramelized at higher temperatures. It took a while to get there. Meanwhile, he secured a pair of giant maple-syrup vats that a failed business had repurposed for malting. Lifting the hood of a vat, he explains that the process takes a week, and a lot can go wrong. When it goes right, heated air is sent through the bed of grains that rests on a screen inside.

A steady supply of Sonomagrown barley may be in the offing, though many farmers are set in their ways about grain. Mahon describes how one seventhgeneration rancher who’s tinkering with craft crops like hops and barley, explained his willingness to experiment because, “I’m the younger guy around here.”

Benson, another younger guy in the grain business, says the North Bay was a major grain producer a hundred years ago, one reason the region’s famed poultry and dairy operations set up here. California once grew two million acres of barley, according to Benson, much of it shipped to breweries in the Midwest.

“Now, we’re down to this,” says Benson, shrugging at the resistance among craft brewers to even believe it’s possible.

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funny thing happened on the way from the wine tasting.

After swirling and spitting some of Sonoma County’s finest wines at this year’s Taste of Sonoma event at the Green Music Center, the heat of the day set in and I stumbled into the expanded beer garden. Did I want a pale ale? The outgoing staff at the Seismic Brewing Company booth wanted to know. That hefty pour of a complex (but low-alcohol) and refreshing Namazu pale ale, which I hardly swirled and certainly did not spit, was among the few drinks that memorably brightened up the afternoon.

When the Seismic project was announced, the story was all about the novelty of Christopher Jackson, son of North Coast wine icon Jess

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When the operation got up and running, the story was about their sustainable practices—lowering water use and using geyser-based energy, for example. So what’s the story, now that beer is flowing in the taproom? Well, the beer.

But it isn’t just about Chris Jackson’s beer. “I’m not going to win any major competitions with my home brewing,” says Jackson, laughing off his attempts. Instead, he points to the contributions of his team, which includes brewer Andy Hooper, who came from Anderson Valley Brewing Co., and taproom manager Alfie Turnshek, formerly of Brewsters Beer Garden in Petaluma.

“I view myself as a facilitator,” Jackson explains. “With Alfie at the taproom and Andy in the brewery, what I did was set the standards, and got their buy-in. But when it comes to the creative execution of the brewery—that’s them.”

The taproom, anchoring a corner of the Barlow market district in Sebastopol, has style. It’s clean, contemporary and emphasizes natural wood tones. The few decor standouts include a glowing Seismic logo, an enigmatic sketch of Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry and a curvaceous nook.

The beer also has style, although what style is difficult to pin down.

Is it a Germanic take on West Coast craft-brew style? Their Shattercone IPA stands out partly for its restrained structure and use of Hallertau Blanc hops.

“There is merit to the German provincial styles of beer,” Jackson allows. “It’s fortunate that Andy and I had a similar view of what genre we wanted to be in, and that was about balance and execution, not extremes of style.”

Seismic’s core lineup includes Alluvium pilsner, Megathrust IPA and Liquifaction kölsch-style ale.

The Germanic theme continues with a Doppelbock and a refreshing gose on tap.

And when it’s time, yet again, for evening winter warmers, a bourbon barrel–aged porter awaits.

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Malcolm Gladwell talks with a stranger BY STEVE PALOPOLI DON’T BLINK Gladwell writes on the inscrutability of controversial subjects in latest book, ‘Talking to Strangers.’

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alcolm Gladwell is a complete stranger to me.

Sure, I’ve read a few of his past books—The Tipping Point, Outliers, Blink and his latest, Talking to Strangers—and listened to most of the four seasons of his podcast Revisionist History. We recently talked over the phone and had an enlightening conversation about his work. Most of the gatekeepers in the modern media world would now consider me qualified to write a profile of Malcolm Gladwell.

Gladwell himself, however, would not. Because the truth is, I don’t really know him at all.

“I’ve always had a baseline skepticism about journalistic profiles,” Gladwell says. “I always feel they’re overly ambitious. The idea that you can sit down with a stranger and come to a reckoning of who they are, and what

motivates them, in a short period of time is just nonsense. It’s just not true.”

Gladwell isn’t singling out journalists here. The conceptual through-line of his new Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About People We Don’t Know is that we’re all downright terrible at reading people we don’t know—

gleaning their true feelings, motives or intentions.

“Journalists are not immune from the mistakes that all of us make, and maybe we ought to be a lot more cautious,” Gladwell says. “I think the best journalists do that. The best work, the most successful profiles, are modest in their aspirations. They aim to focus on a very specific part of the person being profiled, as opposed to a global assessment.”

Misreading and Writing Throughout his new book, Gladwell lays out example after example of instances where the

misreading of strangers resulted in historically catastrophic consequences. The chapter on Jerry Sandusky and the sex-abuse scandal at Penn State includes a couple of examples of profiles that the writers would probably like to take back, including one from the Philadelphia Inquirer that lays it on thick about a pre-disgraced Sandusky’s “ennobling” qualities.

But even here, Gladwell’s point is not to shame the writers.

On the contrary, the Sandusky section of the book attempts to build a complex case for why the people around Sandusky didn’t understand what was going on at the time. He argues that the fallout from the case led

Campus Conundrum The Penn State case is far from the only controversial topic Gladwell takes on in Talking With Strangers. In a chapter called “Transparency Case Study: The Fraternity Party,” he uses the 2015 case in which Stanford University student Brock Turner was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault to examine the problem of alcohol abuse on college campuses.

This would be a dicey proposition

by any measure: Turner’s assault of Chanel Miller (who was known at the time as “Emily Doe”; she revealed her real name earlier this month) made national headlines when Santa Clara County judge Aaron Persky ignored prosecutors’ recommendation of a six-year sentence and gave Turner six months in county jail (he ended up serving three) plus three years probation.

Perksy’s assertion that Turner’s lack of a criminal record and his upstanding character warranted a reduced sentence led to the judge’s 2018 recall. The case led to changes in California state law about the definition of rape and the mandatory minimum-sentencing for sexual assault of an unconscious or intoxicated person.

“The People vs. Brock Turner is a case about alcohol,” Gladwell writes. He then proceeds to walk a very fine line in defining what his argument is about (a salient point about a lack of education for young people concerning the dangers of blackout drinking) and what it is not (a denial of the seriousness of Turner’s crime).

Gladwell knows that with both the Sandusky and Turner cases, he’s venturing into territory that’s difficult to write—but also difficult to read.

“I have, after 30 years, an enormous amount of faith in my readers. I know who my readers are, and I know my readers read things carefully. Those chapters both require careful reading,” he says. “I am not blaming the victim in the Brock Turner case. I am making an argument about how we prevent these kinds of things in the future.

That’s a subtle point, but I think people who listen to my podcast or read my books are totally fine with subtle points.”

Indeed, fans of Revisionist History will be familiar with other times Gladwell took on topics other writers might consider taboo; for instance, the Brown v. Board of Education episode “Miss Buchanan’s Period Of Adjustment” (possibly the best episode he’s produced), in which he attempted to lay out the problems black teachers faced in the wake of the landmark ) 14

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ROGER HERPST

BEAR REPUBLIC BREWING COMPANY

What motivated you to start your craft brew business?

I started dabbling in home brewing in college, and became really fanatical about brewing when I moved back to Healdsburg. I originally though that I’d pursue a graduate degree, but I realized quickly that brewing, designing equipment, mapping processes, and brewing was way more fun than the prospect of studying and more student debt. Through my home brewing I was able to make a connection with Bear Republic, was offered a job as a brewer, and never looked back.

Who do you admire most in the craft brew industry and why?

What I love most about craft brewing is innovation and dedication to quality, but the magic is when the beer is poured and shared with the beer drinker. It takes a skillful brewer and their team to craft exciting beers in new or traditional styles, but craft beer wouldn’t have taken off like it has without the amazing publicans and their beer bars that support fledgling and established craft brewers alike. It also helps to have amazing beertenders behind the bar at our own brewpubs.

What is your preferred brew and food pairing on date night or bachelor night or both?

I’m a man of simple tastes—give me a Racer 5 and some pizza and I’m set. On the other hand, Double Aught Pilsner and bahn mi is unbeatable. Or a Sonoma Tart with cheese and charcuterie… you see where I’m going with this.

What are you excited about most from Bear Republic?

I am super excited as we expand our can offerings—classics like Racer 5 IPA and experimental one-off IPAs like our Challenge series. We have an amazing group of brewers that I am really excited to collaborate with on new beers and to continuously improve everything we do to make great beer.

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to misinformed scapegoating, including of Joe Paterno.

“I think Joe Paterno was treated abominably. It was completely wrong to blame him,” Gladwell says. “Having read hundreds of pages of the court transcripts, I don’t think a plausible case could be made that Joe Paterno had any inkling whatsoever of Jerry Sandusky’s activities. He did exactly what he was supposed to do—he notified his superiors immediately and turned the matter over to them. That is what he was supposed to do. I’m quite sympathetic to some of the Penn State people who feel that case was mishandled.”

The Sandusky chapter is perhaps the toughest to analyze, and the easiest to criticize, partially because it’s a very limited discussion of a sprawling topic. Entire books could be written about who knew what, and when, in the Penn State story— and, of course, they have. The titles of these books alone make their vastly different conclusions apparent: Game Over: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State and the Culture of Silence will never be confused for The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment. The latter goes even further than Gladwell, arguing that Sandusky may very well be innocent, and that the same “repressed memory therapy” that spurred the fraudulent “Satanic Panic” in the 1980s played a huge role in the case—but he takes 400 pages to explore this argument, compared to Gladwell’s 35-page chapter.

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What motivated you to start your craft brew business?

I had been working for other brewery owners for twelve years, and wanted to do things my way. I’ve been know to be opinionated, and I figured I’d sink or swim on my own merits...even if it was dogpaddling.

Who do you admire most in the craft brew industry and why?

Hands down, Jack McAuliffe who started New Albion Brewing in Sonoma in 1976. Imagine starting up with no money, when nobody sold small equipment, or malt in less than rail cars, and government regulators who didn’t understand a small brewery.

What is your preferred brew and food pairing on date night or bachelor night or both?

Blah, blah, blah food pairings. Beer should just be delicious, regardless of food pairings. I just don’t do foofoo very well. I’ll admit I’m a fool for the gingerbread that Nightingale Bakery in Forestville makes with our Boney Fingers around Thanksgiving.

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desegregation ruling, without undermining the importance of the decision itself.

Gladwell says he’s not so much drawn to controversial topics as he feels he should be taking them on at this point in his career.

“I would say that I feel I have an obligation to write about those kinds of things because I can.

I’m now in a position—having been a journalist for a long time, and having established a

reputation for myself and having a readership—to have the freedom to write about those things. I can take the blow,” he says.

“Sure, people will get upset, but it’s fine. I mean, I can handle that. A 25-year-old journalist starting out would be taking a real risk for their career if they were to approach some of these topics. I think when you’re an established journalist, you have an obligation to go where others can’t or don’t want to.”

Talking To Strangers isn’t a drinking book but Malcolm Gladwell’s had some interactions with beer and beer-makers in his illustrious run as New Yorker staff-writer and guy with the bottle-cap glasses that might just be beer-bottle caps.

When Gladwell was promoting his 2013 book David and Goliath, he contacted the Sussex, England– based brewer Dark Star and asked them to come up with a couple of beers pegged to his book, as part of the marketing and promotion of his work.

The surprised and tickled brewmaster at Dark Star, writing on the British Guild of Beer Writers website, recalls the encounter with Gladwell.

Dark Star director James Cuthbertson was a fan of Gladwell’s books, having read Blink and The Tipping Point (The Tippling Point?)

‘History’ Lessons

The material Gladwell takes on in Talking to Strangers is not the only parallel to his podcast: The whole book is laid out like an episode of Revisionist History, or perhaps a whole season packed into one book.

It starts out with one character— Sandra Bland, an African-American woman from Chicago who was the victim of a bizarre and frankly terrifying traffic stop by a white cop in Houston in 2015—and then threads through other stories before returning to Bland’s story and a fierce indictment of the policing system responsible for it. This is a classic setup for a Revisionist History episode—the aforementioned Brown v. Board of Education episode employed the same structure. And Talking to Strangers is so thoroughly character-driven that it, too, seems the result of a lesson Gladwell learned doing the podcast. Though Revisionist History is perhaps most famous for episodes like 2016’s “Blame Game,” which smashed popular misconceptions about the “unintended acceleration” recalls of

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and thought the conceit behind David and Goliath sounded pretty cool—its subtitle brags of a a book about “underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants.”

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Gladwell on Beer

“I’m not sure what made [Gladwell] get in touch with us, though ‘misfits’ wouldn’t be a bad shout,” writes Cuthbertson. “I just didn’t know we were famous for being so.”

Gladwell, he writes, wanted the English craft brewer to come up with two beers—a David and a Goliath. The idea was that while the beers would look pretty much the same (one’s an Imperial Stout; the other’s an IPA), David would come with a special surprise—ie, a whopping 10.5 percent ABV content, compared to Goliath’s 5.7 percent ABV. The results were Gladwell-pleasing, though as Cuthbertson recounts, the author was taken aback and surprised by the ferocity of David’s surprise, which hit him in the head like a stone slung from a slingshot.

“Quite ironic, really.”

Toyota vehicles in 2009, 2010 and 2011, I’ve always found the best episodes to be the ones solidly built around characters first, and Gladwell’s trademark dataanalysis second.

The author says it’s no accident his latest book is so reminiscent of the podcast, and that Revisionist History has had a “profound impact” on the way he writes books.

“The podcast has been the dominant thing in my life now for four years,” Gladwell says, “and it’s the thing I’m most excited about. It’s been a way to kind of— not re-invent, that’s too strong a word, but learn a whole new skill, and think about storytelling in a whole new way. It absolutely influenced Talking to Strangers.”

The most definitive sign of that influence is the fact that instead of the traditional audiobook, in which he reads the text, he actually created—well, basically a podcast. It includes the audio from his interviews for the book, as well as archival tape that he discusses in the book, and ) 17

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Owner/Brewmaster VINNIE CILURZO Owner⁄President NATALIE CILURZO

RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING COMPANY

What motivated you to start your craft brew business?

Before I started in the micro-brewery business in 1994 I was a homebrewer which is when I fell in love with brewing.

As a homebrewer I knew immediately that this is what I wanted to do for a living. At the time there were few if any IPA’s on the market and that is almost all I brewed as a homebrewer so it was a natural progression to take my IPA recipe commercial. Although IPA’s are ubiquitous in present day, at the time I was an early adopter of the West Coast IPA and I was the first to brew Double IPA.

Who do you admire most in the craft brew industry and why?

Ken Grossman from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company for sure. He has been an inspiration to Natalie and I not just for his extremely high beer quality standards but also for the way he runs his company both from a sustainability standpoint and the way he treats his team. There are very few if any craft breweries in the United States that would be where they are out without Ken’s knowledge and insight.

What is your preferred brew and food pairing on date night or bachelor night or both?

That is a hard one because different foods go with different beers. But one that I’ll go with right now is salmon with spicy pan roasted Brussel sprouts with Blind Pig, Happy Hops, or Pliny the Elder. The bitterness from the hoppy IPA cuts through the fattiness in the salmon and pairs well with the spicy sauce on the Brussel sprouts.

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‘Blink’ Again

Gladwell cites a number of examples in his new book about how misplaced confidence in our ability to read other people resulted in disastrous consequences. He discusses Neville Chamberlain’s famous failure to judge Adolf Hitler’s intentions, leading him to foolishly return from Munich waving a piece of paper Hitler had signed, and promising “peace in our time.” He examines how the CIA went for years believing they had faithful spies throughout Cuba, only to discover that every single one of them was a double agent working for Fidel Castro. He explains how truly astonishing the con job Bernie Madoff pulled on his victims really was—all because he managed to create a false aura of sincerity and good intentions.

On the flipside, in one of the best chapters for explaining our inability to read the people around us, Gladwell deconstructs how Amanda Knox was convicted of murder not because she was guilty, but because she unintentionally acted guilty.

If all of this talk about perception and the length of time it takes to accurately parse information sounds a lot like Gladwell’s 2005 book Blink, that’s because it is. In

fact, Talking to Strangers came out of Gladwell’s belief that Blink, a book about snap judgement, had been widely misunderstood and misinterpreted in the media.

“Blink was a fascinating and frustrating experience for me,” he says. “Because Blink was really a cautionary tale about our first impressions. It was a story that began with all the ways they work, and then the latter half of the book was about all the ways that we’re misled by our intuition. That didn’t quite come across.

“So this book first of all zeroes in on a particular kind of first impression, which is the relationship with a stranger. But I really wanted to squarely address what can go wrong, and the consequences of that—just as David and Goliath grew out of Outliers, this book grows out of Blink. With a lot of my books, I write it once, then I sit with it, then I come back and tackle the issue again.”

Ultimately, Talking to Strangers looks at the problem of how we misunderstand strangers from both a macro and micro perspective. It suggests the need for reform in our institutions— policing, the justice system and military-intelligence interrogation policies (the section on the biological reasons for the ineffectiveness of torture is a stunner)—and argues that action is needed to bring the systems of society in line with how our brains really work. But on another, individual level, it also suggests that the “default to truth” principle most of us use in everyday dealings with each other isn’t such a bad thing—even if it can be wrong. The alternative, he suggests, can be much worse.

“Let’s make sure that our institutions and practices conform to who we are,” says Gladwell. “But let’s accept ourselves for who we are, and stop pretending otherwise.

We should stop beating ourselves up over our fundamental tendency to trust each other, and instead intelligently adapt to it.”

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JONNIE WILLIAMSON CO-FOUNDER

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When does your proprietary brew release for public tasting? (Jonnie answers)

We’re brewing it up now! The first batch is in the tanks. Our brewery came in for a landing just this last week, so our Head Brewer Justin Green is looking ahead to house beer flowing by the end of the month.

What motivated you to start your craft brew business? (Jonnie answers)

Loving beer got us started as a tap house. But house made is a thread that runs through our whole program. Our food is made from scratch down to the stocks. We have an onsite garden, honey from our own apriary; Brewing our own completes our vision for being the “made for you, right here” place to go in Santa Rosa.

Who in the brewing community do you admire? (Justin answers)

John and Reid Martin started Drakes on a wish and a prayer and now they have set the bar as owners in the brewing industry. They are the classic story that tells new brewers: you can do it.

What is your go-to food and beer pairing for a date night? (Justin answers)

That’s an easy one for me and my wife: It’s lagers and tacos. A nice crisp clean lager to get the heat off the food, some al pastor. Doesn’t get any better!

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music. And he’s more excited about it than the print version.

“It’s like a six-hour episode of Revisionist History,” he says.

“This is an emotional book, and I feel like in some ways the audio book is better than the print book, because you get more. You hear Sandra Bland at the beginning talking about ‘my beautiful kings and queens,’ and she stays with you.

And at the end, the whole thing, about the cop and the deposition, [State Trooper Brian] Encinia explaining himself, I have that tape.

So you hear him, and it becomes really, really visceral and real.

“And then you’re hearing this Janelle Monae song; she wrote a song about all the police shootings where she names all the victims.

So it’s a whole overwhelming experience when you listen to it. I really encourage people to experience the book that way.”

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There’s a good reason Bob Weir & Wolf Bros sold out most of their first U.S. tour earlier this year. The trio is comprised of Grateful Dead founding member and rock-and-roll legend Weir on guitar, ‘80s funk-rock musician and Grammy Award–winning producer Don Was on bass and former RatDog and Primus drummer Jay Lane on the skins.

Now, the electrified trio is back from their exhaustive tour and taking over the newly christened Oxbow RiverStage for a concert on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Oxbow Commons, 1268 McKinstry St., Napa. 6pm. $55 and up. oxbowriverstage.com.

Country music legend Hank Williams would be 96 years old this month, and while he’s been gone for over a halfcentury, his music remains a timeless and essential piece of American music history. This month, KRCB-FM, Sonoma County's NPR affiliate, benefits from a new celebration of Williams, the two-CD compilation album The Songs of Hank Williams, featuring a slew of Northern California artists. The album gets a release party with many of those performers on hand to play from compilation on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 8pm. $10. norcalpublicmedia.org/radio.

September may be the most artistic month in the Napa Valley. That is because, each year, dozens of residentartists in the area unlock their doors for Open Studios Napa Valley, happening this weekend and next. The self-guided tours offer art lovers a close-up look at drawings, paintings, sculpture and multimedia works at dozens of locations, and many stops on the tour include artist talks and demonstrations.

Open Studios Napa Valley runs Saturday–Sunday, Sept. 21–22 and Sept. 28–29, at various Napa artist’s studios. 10am to 5pm each day. Free.

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Known to her friends as “Bingo,” San Francisco artist Bernice Bing arrived on the scene in the 1950s when the Beat generation was gearing up in the Bay Area. As a person, she overcame discrimination as both an AsianAmerican woman and a lesbian. As an artist and activist, she became a powerhouse personality in the avantgarde scene. Now, Bing’s work and story are shared in the new exhibit, “BINGO: The Art & Life of Bernice Bing,” opening with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma. 6pm. $10.

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en Weaver knows a thing or two about craft beer in the North Bay, as well he should; he wrote the book on it in 2012.

Weaver’s The Northern California Craft Beer Guide featured his exhaustive reporting paired with his wife-and-photographer Anneliese Schmidt’s images.

Since writing the definitive who’s who of the region’s breweries and crafters putting beer on the map in wine country, Weaver keeps up with the craft beer scene these days in a new way, producing a webcomic, Massive Potions, each week for over a year, in which Weaver’s fictional postapocalyptic brewery features a cartoon cat and other denizens who satirize craft beer clichés and poke fun at industry trends, like this summer’s hard seltzer craze.

“I got into beer more as a consumer at least a dozen years ago,” says Weaver, who earned a master’s degree in physics at Cornell University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland. “I had gotten involved in RateBeer.com back in DC, and that gave me the lay of the land. I got involved in the craft beer scene for fun, then I was writing on the side and it all came together.”

Weaver moved out to the

North Bay with his wife, who had family in Marin, and the couple settled in Petaluma. In hindsight, Weaver says his Northern California Craft Beer Guide came about randomly after years of beer blogging and a timely conversation with publisher Chris Gruener of Petaluma-based Cameron + Company.

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new to Northern California, it was a great way to explore and become immersed in what was going on out here.”

In the intervening years, the craft beer scene in Sonoma, Napa and Marin County continued to expand.

There is increasing competition to have the latest and greatest available on tap and to go, and long-running craft brewery staples like Lagunitas Brewing Company and HopMonk Tavern are now in company and competing with new breweries, taprooms and locations such as 3 Disciples Brewing, who host their Oktoberfest on Saturday, Sept.

21, in downtown Santa Rosa, and HenHouse Brewing, who’s inaugural Freshtival Beer Festival commences on Oct. 12 in Rohnert Park.

“The thought of re-doing the Beer Guide at this point feels overwhelming,” says Weaver.

“There’s breweries everywhere, it’s a much more matured and developed scene; and this was a relatively mature and developed scene seven years ago. It’s gotten even more so.”

Weaver also says that the continued development of the local scene means that breweries are becoming more localized and

specialized to their neighborhood.

“They’re serving their local geographic area, their footprint is modest and they are working on close relationships that are much more sustainable long-term,” he says. “The growth is stable, but there’s more competition and people are having to settle for smaller niches than they originally expected.”

While another Beer Guide isn’t in the works, Weaver has been plenty busy keeping his eye on the scene and offering his takes via Massive Potions.

“I’d been kicking this concept around for a while,” says Weaver of the webcomic. “I had been trying to find my feet going down the path of writing fiction.”

The concept of and characters in Massive Potions went through several literary forms, from novel to graphic novel to four-panel webcomic once Weaver started drawing the characters on his digital device. “It felt like the right gear for what I was doing,” he says. “Adding the graphic component, a light switch flicked on, it made sense. I could get a feel for this world.”

The two focal figures of Massive Potions, the big-haired Zo and the glasses-wearing cat Whalefeather, are the heart of the brewing operation. They hang out with characters like the brewery’s easygoing and only customer Pete, the bartending cow Dennis and other interlopers like the recently arrived White Claw, who expels the virtues of hard seltzer upon the IPA enthusiasts to little avail.

Though there are blueprints for a book coming in the next year, the best way to read Massive Potions is to find the series online.

“It’s fun making fun of these things, but the nice thing about the comic is that it’s not just one voice,” he says. “Having these characters gives me the opportunity to have different opinions, different angles and concepts; it’s more fun to explore how different people are thinking about this stuff.” massivepotions.com.

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Self Aware

Main Stage West packs depth in family comedy

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ain Stage West kicks off a new season with big laughs in Annie Baker’s candid snapshot of a dysfunctional, modern family.

Body Awareness follows five days in the lives of lesbian couple Joyce and Phyllis, Joyce’s live-in son from a previous marriage and a controversial houseguest who could sink or save the trio’s tense relationship.

Joyce (Nancy Prebilich) is struggling with 21-year-old Jared (Elijah Pinkham), who likely has Asperger’s Syndrome—a suggestion he vehemently resents—and whose social skills are sorely lacking. His violent outbursts and arrogant retorts, obsession with etymology

and bizarre bond with an electric toothbrush are equal parts shocking, hilarious and moving. Pinkham’s performance is simply stellar.

Meanwhile Phyllis (Lydia Revelos) is organizing Body Awareness Week at the Vermont college where she teaches psychology. It’s her attempt at a more global, “positive” spin on what was formerly Eating Disorder Awareness Week, featuring a diverse and exhaustive line-up of guest lecturers and artists. (Baker hits on all the hallmarks of liberal academia, poking tasteful fun at its obsession with political correctness.)

But hosting visiting photographer Frank (Zachary Tendick) is not what Phyllis bargained for. A high-strung feminist who abhors the “white male gaze,” she finds his pictures of naked women objectifying and exploitative.

Joyce, on the other hand, thinks they’re beautiful and empowering.

Are Frank’s intentions pure, or is he just a big phony? If his art speaks to someone, should that matter?

The drama ramps up when Joyce decides she wants to pose for Frank, who’s been counseling Jared on matters of self-confidence and the opposite sex. Exposing ourselves to others may be liberating, but how and when is it appropriate? Jared tests the limits with devastating results while Joyce and Phyllis find themselves at perilous odds.

Tendick does well in his first acting role, keeping pace with a group of talented veterans. Revelos and Prebilich make convincing lovers, breathing life into all the tender and tense moments that comprise a long-term relationship.

Directors John Shillington and Janine Sternlieb nail the pacing.

Baker packs subtle depth and room for meaningful reflection into an unassuming and seriously funny package. It stands in stark contrast against the much bleaker family portrait being drawn in Novato Theater Company’s coinciding production of The Humans. Body Awareness succeeds where the competition falls short, serving up a satisfying mix of humor, humility and hope. Go see it.

Rating (out of 5): HHHH “Body Awareness” runs through Sunday, Sept. 22, at Main Stage West, 104 N Main St., Sebastopol. Days and times vary. $15–$30. 707.823.0177.

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orth Bay native and vocalist Stella Heath specializes in evoking bygone eras of music, both as titular singer of the Billie Holiday Project and as bandleader for longrunning Gypsy-jazz group French Oak, who are about to formally change their name to Bandjango Collectif upon the release of their new album by the same name.

French Oak got its start in 2014, when Heath moved back to her hometown of Petaluma after residing in New York for a decade.

“I contacted (guitarist) Gabriel Pirard to start a jazz band,” says Heath. “I actually had the idea to name the band Bandjango in the beginning, but we wanted to target wineries and venues like that so we thought of French Oak. Now we’ve grown out of that and want to go back to the original I liked.”

After releasing a debut album in 2016 as a trio, French Oak also grew in size, to include Heath, Pirard and James Inciardi on tenor, baritone and soprano saxophone; Skyler Stover on standup bass; and Jamie Foster on drums and percussion. After recording their sophomore album— Bandjango Collectif—over the course

of the last year, the group decided the album’s release would be the best time to transition to the new band name.

This month, the group plays their final shows as French Oak on Sept. 20 at Redwood Café in Cotati and on Sept.

27 at Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco, before Bandjango Collectif makes its official debut on Oct. 2 at Blue Note Jazz Club in Napa.

While the name is changing, the music remains the same, French chanteuse–inspired sound.

“I’ve loved Edith Piaf ever since I was a kid,” Heath says. “I also loved Louis Armstrong, and as I started to discover jazz I was introduced to this whole genre of Gypsy-jazz made famous by Django Reinhardt.”

While Reinhardt’s French-jazz guitar inspired the band’s sound, Heath notes they’ve added more styles to incorporate Spanish and American jazz. International pop tunes are also mixed into the group’s repertoire, offering classic and contemporary styles of music in their live shows. “I want everybody to be welcome at our shows,” says Heath. “It’s a very comfortable vibe and a celebratory atmosphere.”

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Sonoma Harvest Music Festival

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Grateful Dead founding member teams up with bassist Don Was and drummer Jay Lane for a concert on the new Oxbow River Stage. Sep 21, 6pm. $55 and up.

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Boz Scaggs

Bay Area musical icon performs off his new album, “Out of the Blues.” Sep 22, 8pm. $65 and up. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

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Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Sep 19, Tsvey Brider (Two Brothers). Sep 20, Instrumental Repertoire. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Sep 19, Matt Jaffe. Sep 20, Foxes in the Henhouse. Sep 21, Heather Normandale. Sep 22, Dave Hamilton Trio. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

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Sep 20, Wildflower Weed. Sep 21, Jon Williams. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

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Sep 20, Blanco White with Dan Owen. Sep 25, Durand Jones & the Indications with Rudy De Anda. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

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Redwood Cafe

Sep 19, Aly Rose Trio. Sep 20, French Oak album-release show. Sep 21, Richard Bean & Sapo. Sep 22, Irish jam session.

Sep 23, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Sebastopol Community Center

Sep 20, the Tannahill Weavers.

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Sep 19, Billy Currington. Sep 24, Josh Turner with Leaving Austin. 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, somoconcerts. com.

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Sep 21, Le Hot Club Swing. 441 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.927.1065.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Sep 19, Country Line Dancing.

Sep 20, West Grand Brass Band. Sep 21, Piper Hays. Sep 22, 4pm, the Coffis Brothers and the Mountain Men. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

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Sep 19, Open Turntables with Cera Sera. Sep 20, Home Bass with CAPS. Sep 21, Silent Disco.

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Sep 21, 11am, Michelle Lambert.

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Sep 19, Marcus Johnson. Sep 20-21, Leela James. Sep 22, 4pm, Napa Valley Jazz Society Concert. Sep 25, Weekend

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Goose & Gander Sep 22, 5pm, Far Out West.

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San Francisco Comedy Competition SemiFinals Rising Bay Area comedians compete. Sep 21, 8pm. $46.

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Browse a variety of local vintage memorabilia. Sep 21-22. $5; $10 early bird.

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Help end HIV in Sonoma County with this benefit auction and party that features fine art, food and wine. Sep 21, 2pm. $50 and up. Sebastopol

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Several artists sell off their surplus art materials, tools and supplies at bargain-basement prices. Sep 22, 12pm. 33 Arts & Studio Santa Rosa, 3840 Finley Ave Bldg 32-33, Santa Rosa, 707.695.1929.

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The Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation hosts live music and dance, authentic foods and arts and crafts. Sep 2122, 10am. Free. Napa Valley Exposition, 575 Third St, Napa, 707.418.8588.

Oktoberfest for Seniors

Enjoy a BBQ lunch with a biergarten before heading to the ballroom dance. For ages 50 and over. Sep 20, 11:30am. $10. Finley Community Center, 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

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Artists open their doors for this annual event, where selfguided tours around Napa Valley let you discover new and exciting art. Maps and info online. Sep 21-22, 10am-5pm.

Free. Various artists’ studios, Napa, artnv.org.

Phoenix Pro Wrestling Pro wrestling takes the stage for a family friendly night of action. Sep 20, 8pm. $2-$10.

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Guided bike ride includes a safety demonstration and talk highlighting different bike-lane markings. Sep 21, 9am. Free. Sebastopol Police Department, 6850 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol, bikesonoma.org.

Sebastopol Youth Climate Strike

Sebastopol students gather to make their voices heard about climate change. Sep 20, 12pm. Free. Sebastopol Plaza, Weeks Way, Sebastopol, actionnetwork.org.

Smithsonian Museum Day

Museum of Sonoma County celebrates 10 years as a Smithsonian affiliate and participates in a national celebration of museums. Sep 21. Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1500.

The Wedding Expo

Northern California’s biggest bridal show is back. Sep 22, 12pm. $15-$20. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Field Trips Brunch on Bald Mountain

Enjoy incredible views and a tasty meal as you take either the strenuous or easy trail up the mountain. Reservations required. Sep 21, 9am. $45; kids are $10. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.

California Coastal Cleanup Day

Share in the celebration of our state’s shores and lend a hand to keep them pristine; check website for locations. Sep 21, 9am.

Free. Sonoma Coast State Beaches, Highway 1, Bodega, coastwalk.org.

Pond Farm Tour

Docent-led talk and tour gives visitors an inside look at the pottery studio and historical site. Reservations required. Sep 21, 9:30am. $20.

Armstrong Volunteer Center, 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, stewardscr.org.

Walk Honoring Loss & Resilience

Immersive walk is for anyone who still feels they are suffering negative effects from the recent fires or floods.

Sep 19, 10am. Free. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.

Walk ’n’ Wag

Bring your dog for a petfriendly walk around the park.

Space is limited, sign-ups required. Sep 22, 9am. $5 per dog. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 707.938.5216.

Water Bark

The swimming lagoon at Spring Lake once again opens for dogs to swim and play off-leash. Through Sep 22. $7 per dog plus parking.

Spring Lake Park, 5585 Newanga Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.565.1355.

Film Cinema Under the Stars

Enjoy an outdoor screening of the teen musical “Roll Bounce.” Sep 24, 7:30pm. Free admission. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

CULT Film Series

The series pays tribute to late actor Rutger Hauer with a double-bill of “Ladyhawke” and “Blind Fury.” Sep 19, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.

Motherload

Film about a Marin mother who discovers cargo bikes screens to benefit Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition. Sep 25, 7pm. $15. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Movies on the Green

Screening series presents both “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” on the lawn. Sep 21, 4pm. Free. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Screening benefits Veterans Resource Center of Santa Rosa. Sep 19, 7pm. $10. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

A Raisin In the Sun

Compelling 1961 drama follows a black Chicago family aspiring to achieve the American Dream. Fri, Sep 20, 7pm and Sun, Sep 22, 4pm. $5 donation.

Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2606.

Sunrise

Silent film classic screens with live musical accompaniment, pre-film lecture and post-film discussion. Sep 25, 6pm. $6.

Petaluma Film Alliance, Carole L Ellis Auditorium, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma, petalumafilmalliance.org.

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Harvest Tour & Lunch

Get a behind-the-scenes peak at a wine cellar during the height of the harvest season and enjoy a familystyle meal and tasting. Sep 21, 12pm. Comstock Wines, 1290 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg, 707.723.4229.

Off-the-Wall Tasting

Explore varieties and styles at the edge of California wine production with Madeline Puckette and pick up a signed copy of her “Wine Folly” book.

Sep 23, 6pm. $75. Compline Wine Bar, Restaurant & Merchant, 1300 First St, #312, Napa, 707.492.8150.

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Whiskey Wednesdays

Sample a different flight of whiskey every week. Wed. Goose & Gander, 1245 Spring St, St Helena, 707.967.8779.

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Lectures Genetic Genealogy 101 Sonoma County Genealogical Society presents a talk on the basics of genealogy. Sep 21, 12pm. Free. Finley Community Center, 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

Legacies of Long Ago Napans

Discover the significance of Napa’s historic properties and sites during a five-week course.

Sep 23, 6:30pm. $50. Native Sons Hall, 937 Coombs St, Napa, napacountylandmarks.org.

Natural Remedies Workshop

Learn how to use botanicals to create medicinal syrups, tinctures and teas. Preregistration required. Sep 22, 10am. $65. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.

The Political Mind in 2020

Cognitive scientist and author George Lakoff talks about the frames that are defining the 2020 campaigns and our roles

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Sep 22, 3pm. $20. Vintage House, 264 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.0311.

Readings Angelico Hall

Sep 20, 7pm, “The Nickel Boys” with Colson Whitehead. Sep 22, 1pm, “Talking to Strangers” with Malcolm Gladwell. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

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Sep 22, 4pm, “Refugees in America” with Rabbi Lee Bycel. 1455 Elm St, Napa 707.253.7305.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Sep 20, 7pm, “A Beginner’s Guide to the End” with BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger.

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Sep 22, 1:30pm, “Henry Tuttle: The Boy Who Ran to Glory” with Waights Taylor Jr and “The Path Word by Love” with Timothy Nonn. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Theater 9 to 5: The Musical

Three working girls plot revenge on their boss in this comedy based on the 1980 movie. Through Sep 22. $30$40. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707.266.6305.

Arsenic & Old Lace

Raven Players present the classic killer comedy. Through Sep 29. $5-$28. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707.433.3145.

Body Awareness

A couple and their adult son, who may have Asperger’s Syndrome, are the subjects of this drama. Through Sep 22. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

Eureka Day

New comedy about a progressive charter school makes its North Bay premiere.

Through Sep 22. $12-$36.

Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

Gypsy

Production of the classic

musical stars Broadway’s Kathy Fitzgerald as the iconic Mama Rose. Sep 20-Oct 20. $38-$48. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

The Humans

A family copes with aging, illness and a changing economy in this Tony Award-winning play. Through Sep 29. $15-$27.

Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498.

Little Shop of Horrors

Beloved Broadway musical about a meek floral assistant and his killer plant is out of this world. Through Sep 22. $30$45. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

Murder at Sea

Get a Clue Productions’ new mystery dinner theater show is a Caribbean cruise who-dunnit, with audience participation and island-themed attire encouraged. Fri, Sep 20, 7pm. $68. Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor, 707.837.0019.

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Left Edge Theater opens their season with the courtroom drama that became a Broadway hit. Through Sep 29. $28-$42; $15 Thursdays. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Tapas Short Play Festival

Pegasus Theater Company performs a collection of six short plays written by Northern California playwrights. Through Sep 28. $15-$18. Mt Jackson Masonic Hall, 14040 Church St, Guerneville, 800.838.3006.

Under Milk Wood

Petaluma Readers Theatre presents the Dylan Thomas play. Through Sep 21. $10-$12.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): We’re in the equinoctial season. During this pregnant pause, the sun seems to hover directly over the equator; the lengths of night and day are equal. For all of us, but especially for you, it’s a favorable phase to conjure and cultivate more sweet symmetry, calming balance and healing harmony. In that spirit, I encourage you to temporarily suspend any rough, tough approaches you might have in regard to those themes. Resist the temptation to slam two opposites together simply to see what happens. Avoid engaging in the pseudo-fun of purging by day and bingeing by night. And don’t you dare get swept up in hating what you love or loving what you hate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I tell you what

freedom is to me: no fear.” So said singer and activist Nina Simone. But it’s doubtful there ever came a time when she reached the perfect embodiment of that idyllic state. How can any of us empty out our anxiety so completely as to be utterly emancipated? It’s not possible. That’s the bad news, Taurus. The good news is that in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be as unafraid as you have ever been. For best results, try to ensure that love is your primary motivation in everything you do and say and think.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some things don’t change much. The beautiful marine animal species known as the pearly nautilus, which lives in the South Pacific, is mostly the same as it was 150 million years ago. Then there’s Fuggerei, a walled enclave within the German city of Augsburg. The rent is cheap, about one U.S. dollar per year, and that fee hasn’t increased in almost 500 years. While I am in awe of these bastions of stability, and wish we had more such symbolic anchors, I advise you to head in a different direction. During the coming weeks, you’ll be wise to be a maestro of mutability, a connoisseur of transformation, an adept of novelty.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Granny Smith apples are widely available. But before 1868, the tart, crispy, juicy fruit never existed on planet Earth. Around that time, an Australian mother of eight named Maria Ann Smith threw the cores of French crab apples out her window while she was cooking. The seeds were fertilized by the pollen from a different, unknown variety of apple, and a new type was born: Granny Smith. I foresee the possibility of a metaphorically comparable event in your future: a lucky accident that enables you to weave together two interesting threads into a fascinating third thread.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way,” writes storyteller Chuck Palahniuk, who has completed several novelistic masterpieces. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Leos have assembled much of the dirt and ash necessary to create your next masterpiece, and are now ready to move on to the next phase. And what is that phase?

Identifying the help and support you’ll need for the rest of the process.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1959, scandal erupted among Americans who loved to eat peanut butter. Studies revealed that manufacturers had added so much hydrogenated vegetable oil and glycerin to their product that only 75 percent of it could truly be called peanut butter. So began a long legal process to restore high standards. Finally, there was a new law specifying that no company could sell a product called “peanut butter” unless it contained at least 90 percent peanuts. I hope this fight for purity inspires you to conduct a metaphorically comparable campaign. It’s time to ensure that all the important resources and influences in your life are at peak intensity and efficiency. Say NO to dilution and adulteration.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1936, the City of Cleveland, Ohio staged the Great Lakes Exposition, a 135-acre fair with thrill rides, art galleries, gardens and sideshows. One of its fun features was *The Golden Book of Cleveland*, a 2.5-ton, 6,000-page text the size of a mattress. After the expo closed down, the “biggest book in the world” went missing.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1990, the

New Zealand government appointed educator, magician, and comedian Ian Brackenbury Channell to be the official Wizard of New Zealand. His jobs include protecting the government, blessing new enterprises, casting out evil spirits, upsetting fanatics and cheering people up. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find your personal equivalents of an inspirational force like that. There’s really no need to scrimp. According to my reading of the cosmic energies, you have license to be extravagant in getting what you need to thrive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Do

silly things,” advised playwright Anton Chekhov.

“Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.” I think that’s a perspective worth adopting now and then. Most of us go through phases when we take things too seriously and too personally and too literally. Bouts of fun absurdity can be healing agents for that affliction. But now is NOT one of those times for you, in my opinion. Just the reverse is true, in fact. I encourage you to cultivate majestic moods and seek out awe-inspiring experiences and induce sublime perspectives. Your serious and noble quest for a meaningful life can be especially rewarding in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Before comedian Jack Benny died in 1974, he arranged to have a florist deliver a single red rose to his wife every day for the rest of her life. She lived another nine years, and received more than 3,000 of these gifts. Even though you’ll be around on this earth for a long time, I think the coming weeks would be an excellent time to establish a comparable custom: a commitment to providing regular blessings to a person or persons for whom you care deeply.

This bold decision would be in alignment with astrological omens, which suggest that you can generate substantial benefits for yourself by being creative with your generosity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Actress and author Ruby Dee formulated an unusual prayer.

“God,” she wrote, “make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.” As you might imagine, she was a brave activist who risked her reputation and career working for the Civil Rights Movement and other idealistic causes. I think her exceptional request to a Higher Power makes good sense for you right now. You’re in a phase when you can generate practical blessings by doing the very things that intimidate you or make you nervous. And maybe the best way to motivate and mobilize yourself is by getting at least a bit flustered or unsettled.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Syndicated cartoon

strip Calvin and Hobbes appeared for ten years in 2,400 newspapers in 50 countries. It wielded a sizable cultural influence. For example, in 1992, six-year-old Calvin decided “The Big Bang” was a boring term for how the universe began, and instead proposed we call it the “Horrendous Space Kablooie.” A number of real scientists subsequently adopted Calvin’s innovation, and it has been invoked playfully but seriously in university courses and textbooks. In that spirit, I encourage you to give fun new names to anything and everything you feel like spicing up. You now have substantial power to reshape and revamp the components of your world.

It's Identify-Shifting Time.

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