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“Go see The Biggest Little Farm film at Sebastopol’s Rialto, if you want a glimmer of hope for the future,” writes one person on a local website. “It’ll blow your heart and mind and make you feel in love with this intrepid couple.”

This organic farmer cannot remember the last time I went to a theater to see a film. It takes a lot to get me off the farm that has been my main work for the last 27 years, after leaving full-time college teaching. I enjoy films, but I usually wait until I can watch them on DVDs. Perhaps you have considered abandoning city-living, especially at our current perilous time, for a country life.

If so, this film could speak to you.

Having seen various Wild West films about farms over the years, this film is a relief. It reveals how a couple leaves the city to start a traditional food farm, Apricot Lane Farm, about 40 miles from Los Angeles. They adopt a dog, Todd, one of the film’s heroes.

Though the soil is barren and hard, the ground is like concrete, and they are plagued with a record drought and wildfire, they thrive.

The couple, John and Molly Chester, had considered starting a farm. Their goal was to manage the farm with nature in mind in the old-fashioned way. Farming in harmony with nature is the Chesters’ goal. They return to an old-fashioned way of farming.

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hen North Bay native John Walker Lindh entered a guilty plea for fighting with the Taliban against U.S. forces in 2002, he did so while saying that he went to Afghanistan to fight against the terror and oppression of the country’s Northern Alliance fighters who were then locked in civil war with the Taliban.

Joining the Taliban to fight terrorism and oppression would be like Ernest Hemingway joining with Franco to fight fascism in Spain. It doesn’t equate. Among their other less-savory attributes, the Taliban are known to murder teenagers for playing soccer, topple brick walls on the heads of gay men (Lindh’s own father has come out as gay) and beat women who show their ankles in public.

Lindh, who spent most of his youth in San Anselmo and attended high school in the Bay Area, was sentenced in 2002 to 20 years for crimes against the United States, which linked up with the Northern Alliance after 9/11 to remove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan.

His high-profile case prompted then-president George Bush to quip that Lindh was “some misguided Marin County hot-tubber.”

For pro-war Americans intoxicated by the hyper-patriotic haze that followed 9/11, Bush’s crack signaled that Lindh’s Talibaninfluenced values somehow equated with Marin County’s. By extension, Marin County equaled Taliban country, so that it made, and continues to make, perfect sense to claim that residents of Marin County hate America.

Public outrage ensued and Bush walked back his incendiary slur against Marin County—but the damage was done. And the publicrelations battle over just who could be accused of being an “American Taliban” was on. It’s still going on and Lindh’s release last week raises anew the question of the contours of whatever “American Taliban” equivalent exists in this country.

Take Alabama. As that state was recently enacting its barbaric new anti-abortion laws, the cries of “American Taliban” were heard from one liberal news outlet to another. Then the living embodiment of the “American Taliban” was released from prison. At press time it was unclear where Lindh would now live. Back to Marin? Unlikely. That Alabama governor seems more his kind of warlord.

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A HOUSE DIVIDED? The state party is rudderless, says one progressive critic—even as it is all-powerful in Sacramento

Blue in the Face

Stung by sexual misconduct charges, state Democrats meet this week to pick new leader BY WILL CARRUTHERS

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f the past several years are any indication, sparks will fly at the California Democratic Party convention this weekend in San Francisco.

Attendees of the gathering of Democrats—second in size only to the national convention—will bump shoulders with 14 announced presidential candidates, elect a new chair for the state party and vote on a variety of resolutions from

Democratic clubs around the state.

But, as 2020 approaches with 24 candidates vying for the party’s presidential nomination, the larger debate over the direction of the Democratic Party is pungently acute in the North Bay, where even a pro-impeachment liberal environmentalist like Jared Huffman is viewed by some progressive party activists as a corporate Democrat, Joe Biden is accused of being a Republican and Bernie bumper stickers are as

common on the road as traffic jams.

Conventions are always wide open and messy affairs, since the many factions of the party are all under one roof. But given the “Trumpian” fallout from the departure of accused serial groper and former Chair of the California Democratic Party Eric Bauman late last year—this year could be a doozy.

Recent state conventions have highlighted the moderateprogressive divide in the Democratic Party across the

country—even as the state is basically a one-party state with a supermajority in Sacramento that’s gaining steam under Gavin Newsom. Still, the party will now have to deal with an additional layer of divide as a handful of the candidates for party chair are explicitly running as a rebuke against Bauman.

At the 2017 state convention, Bauman narrowly won election as party chair over his AfricanAmerican opponent, Kimberly Ellis.

She’s running against six other candidates this year. Most of them highlight their activist-progressive bona fides in campaign literature and pledge to move the party beyond the Bauman stain. In November 2018, Bauman stepped down as chair after party employees and activists accused him of sexual harassment for inappropriate comments and physical contact with staffers.

If no candidate wins 50 percent of the vote on Saturday, a second vote will be held on Sunday morning to pick a party chair.

“The priority of this convention is the election of a state chair,” says Pat Sabo, the chair of the Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee. “That will give us a better idea of where the party is going into the [convention].”

Dividing Lines

In March, former vice president Joe Biden bragged that he had “the most progressive record of any candidate running” for president.

The line irked members of the “Sanders wing” of the party, who don’t consider Biden one of their own. Then again, Sanders isn’t even a Democrat. Marin County progressive activist and author Normon Solomon penned a column that month that said Biden “might as well be a Republican.”

While it’s true that all politics is local—locally, Democrats really don’t like President Trump and want their elected officials to do something about it. Sonoma County’s Alice Chan, an elected Democratic Party delegate from Assembly District 10, said whether or not to impeach the president has been an increasingly divisive issue in the party in recent months.

Climate change is another issue

was “woefully incomplete upon reaching the Assembly for a vote.

His decision sparked protests from the bill’s backers, which included the California Nurses Association.

Several months later, progressive Democrats in Humboldt County passed a motion by 16-11 that blasted Assemblyman Jim Wood for his role in the bill’s failure, and for “ignoring the clear will of the Democratic Party.”

Wood responded that he was not working in opposition to the bill, but that more groundwork needed to be done “to make the goals of this bill a reality.” Another attempt at universal healthcare was considered and shelved this year. Wood told reporters that it was still premature to push for a California single-payer universal healthcare system.

Party Mechanics

Attempts to guide the state Democratic party from the inside often come down to invoking over the party’s lesser-known rules and procedures. This fact came to a head in the North Bay at several public, but little-advertised elections, for state party delegates last year.

First, let’s consider the rules.

There are three ways one can serve as one of the roughly 3,000 delegates sent to the Democratic National Convention: serve as a member of a county central committee; be appointed by a state-level elected official; or win a seat in open, but little-advertised elections in each assembly district every other year.

The open elections, known as Assembly District Election Meetings (ADEM) have historically been viewed as one way for everyday Democrats to gain votes at the state convention without much investment beyond campaigning for the seat locally. That dynamic shifted somewhat this year when elected officials started to endorse slates of delegate candidates.

For example, in District 2, a sprawling district that stretches from Marin County to the Oregon border, Wood and Sen. Mike McGuire endorsed the California Rise Together slate. The slate included elected office holders and party members predominantly from Sonoma County. An )

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of great interest to local Democrats, who give no eco-quarter when it comes to Huffman. At the local level, Chan disagreed with Huffman’s decision to join House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, but likes that he’s gone after Trump via impeachment. “[Pelosi] hamstrung the committee by depriving it of the powers routinely given to congressional committees: the power to issue subpoenas and write legislation,” Chan wrote in an op-ed in the Bohemian earlier this year.

“If we are truly facing “the greatest moral, economic and environmental imperative of our time”—and we certainly are—why hasn’t Huffman spoken up about the powerlessness of this committee?”

Chan continued. For that matter, why hasn’t centrist Democrat Mike Thompson?

Chan says she’s proud that Huffman had recently publicly disagreed with Pelosi’s opposition to efforts to impeach Trump. Huffman is one of about a dozen congressmen supporting impeachment proceedings against the president.

Thompson is not one of them.

As the party’s been working to overcome the Bauman debacle, Sabo continues to believe that most disagreements within the party are over how to achieve goals shared among all Democrats.

“We have more in common than we think, but we might want to get there differently,” she says.

Recent skirmishes over universal healthcare, a policy included on the California Democratic Party platform, are an example of one divide within the party, with progressives criticizing elected officials over a lack of progress toward what’s presumed to be a shared goal on the state Democratic platform.

The Democrats currently hold all eight statewide executive offices along with a supermajority in the legislature. It’s not like they can blame Republicans for standing in their way.

In June 2017, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon pulled the Healthy California Act, a proposed universal healthcare bill, from consideration, arguing that it

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The decision by the elected officials to endorse candidates in the open election—a new practice, according to multiple local party members interviewed—struck some progressives as an effort by elected leaders to win sympathetic delegates in a category usually not controlled by them.

“If they wanted to serve as a delegate, they could have just asked their assemblymember for an appointment,” says Chan.

In February, Bill Wong, California’s Political Director of Assembly Democrats, told the Northern California online political hotsheet, Redheaded Blackbelt, that state legislators in the lower house are allowed to endorse candidate slates under the state party’s bylaws.

“Assembly members are members of the Democratic Party and they are allowed by the party bylaws to participate in the ADEM elections in the same manner as any other engaged and committed registered Democrat,” Wong wrote.

The state party’s bylaws don’t weigh in on the role of money in the ADEM elections. While candidates for public office are required to report financial contributions and expenses of their campaigns, the party isn’t beholden to those campaign-finance rules. The California Democratic Party didn’t respond to an inquiry about rules regarding financial disclosures in the district elections in time for the Bohemian’s deadline.

Sabo, the chair of the county central committee, called the practice of putting money behind slates “a slippery slope.”

“I think that money could have been better spent in [Sonoma County] rather than attacking each other,” Sabo said.

Despite the prominence of the electeds-endorsed slate members, the Progressive slate won 12 of 14 seats in the recent elections. How that translates this weekend remains to be seen, but local party officials are optimistic that, if nothing else, the party convention presents a chance for the state party to move beyond the Bauman debacle.

Convention Goals Mary Watts, a Rise Together candidate from Santa Rosa, was elected to serve on the state party’s executive board as representative for District 2. She ran for Santa Rosa City Council last year as a working parent and renter in one of the nation’s priciest markets—and lost.

Watts said she hopes that a new party chair can help mend some of the party’s culture revealed, in part, by the unhealthy culture under Bauman’s leadership.

“We need to acknowledge that we have had faults and that we want to make changes,” she says.

Rather than categorize party members as “progressive” or “moderate,” Watts says she tends to consider a party members’ stance on different issues.

“The bigger issue is that everyone can go into a room and focus on common goals,” says Watts. All eyes are on 2020 and she hopes the state party can help lead the national party to take back the White House and the U.S. Senate in 2020.

David Hildebrand, a candidate for northern chair of the Progressive Caucus, who got involved in electoral politics as a result of the Sanders campaign, believes the state party is not acting quickly enough on major issues such as climate change and universal healthcare. He decided that pushing the state party to the left from the inside would be quicker than building a viable third party in time for 2020. He’s hoping for a positive result this weekend.

“This election is going to be a bellwether for the direction the party is moving,” Hildebrand predicted.

“The person in charge of the party has to be that speaker pushing the issues and the platform In the past the [moderate] chairs have not done that because they don’t need to.”

Helen Sizemore, an elected delegate in Assembly District 2 hopes that a new chair will provide unifying leadership for a state party that Sizemore sees as adrift—yet seemingly all-powerful at once.

“I think the party is a ship without a rudder,” says Sizemore. The election, she hopes, will start to set state Democrats on a new course.

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Zoraida Juarez, left, and Jose Andrade who hail from different regions of Mexico.

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hat’s happening now, finally, is that people are beginning to realize that Mexican cuisine is one of the great cuisines anywhere in the world,” says Karen Waikiki on the patio of El Molino Central in Sonoma.

It’s noon on a Friday and the parking lot is full and all the tables are taken.

“I never thought we would be as busy as we are,” she says.

The tiny kitchen is tightly packed with a half dozen bodies performing a variety of demanding tasks: grinding blue corn, making tortillas, cooking fish tacos, refrying black beans, stuffing roasted poblano peppers and turning ripe avocados into creamy guacamole.

Zoraida Juarez, who comes from Oaxaca, prepares a red mole sauce, using a recipe she learned from

her mother. Zoraidas’s “Mother’s Oaxacan Red Mole Chicken Enchiladas” is a popular dish on the menu. Intense, alert Jose Andrade, who comes from Guanajuato, is cooking one of his signature dishes, “Jose’s Tacos De Birria Tatemada.”

It’s made from roasted goat, and is also quite popular.

Like Jose and Zoraida, the dishwashers and the servers come from Mexican regions far apart.

At El Molino, they rub shoulders, share regional cooking secrets

and create new dishes with local ingredients.

“It’s crazy in the kitchen,” Andrade says. “People are talking, screaming and running, and we’re all learning from one another. I learn from Zoraida and she learns from me.”

Sometimes the Mexican cooks teach Waikiki and sometimes she teaches them, though she encourages them to do what they do best without her ideas, some of which are adapted from Diana Kennedy’s unparalleled cookbooks. Waikiki studied in Mexico with Kennedy, who has educated generations of cooks about Mexican cuisine.

Right now, from Mexico City to San Francisco, New York and beyond, Mexican cooking is going through a transformation.

Last year, three savvy New York restaurateurs opened Gran Electrica in downtown Napa and promised to serve “regional Mexican fare plus mezcal and tequila cocktails in a rustic-chic space with a patio.”

In January, the French Laundry’s Thomas Keller opened La Calenda in Yountville which features “classic Mexican” and “casual Oaxacan-style dishes.” Traci Des Jardins closed her flagship San Francisco restaurant, Jardinière, and announced she was going to open a Mexican place.

With so many Anglos throwing their hats into the huge cauldron of Mexican food and cooking, American chefs, foodies and critics are asking why. After all, as Waikiki points it, “great Mexican food has been around for ages.” It seems that Americans who have binged on French and Italian food want something new and different, casual and classy.

Mexican food fits the bill.

Waikiki worries not only about what’s really “authentic” and what’s genuinely “traditional,” but also about “appropriation,” which is as controversial a topic in the world of cuisine as it is in the world of art and music.

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“I’m part Swedish,“ she says.

“If I made Swedish food no one would make a fuss, but since I’m not Mexican some friends have suggested that I ought not to be making tortillas, tacos and tamales, and also that I’m taking away something that ought to go to an Hispanic person.”

If anyone has a righteous claim to traditional Mexican cooking it ought to be Waikiki.

“I have very distinct food memories of Mexico,” she says.

“I prefer not to use the word ‘authentic’ to describe the Mexican food we make at El Molino, but rather to use the word ‘traditional.’”

She studied at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and later began to spend time as an intrepid traveler in Mexico.

She’s gone back again and again to listen, eat and learn in nearly every region, each with its own traditions and culinary styles.

Forty years ago, Waikiki began to cook in local Mexican restaurants. Nine years ago, she opened El Molino Central, which took Mexican food beyond the conventional platters served with rice, beans and enchiladas smothered in a red or a green sauce.

Waikiki hasn’t visited Keller’s La Calenda, and isn’t planning to, but Jose ate there soon after it opened and came back shaking his head. He knows what he likes best and what he likes are his own dishes: potato tacos, an Asian-style chicken called “pollo oriental,” and a Yucatecan salsa called sikil pak that’s often made with roasted pumpkin seeds and that’s sometimes called Mayan hummus.

Waikiki thinks nearly all stories about food are also stories about culture, and that cultures that borrow from one another are among the most appealing the world over. More than 500 years after Columbus sailed across the Atlantic, it’s not easy to say with absolute certainty: “this is European” and “that’s Latin American or Mexican.”

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t’s click bait. I know it’s click bait. And yet, click on it I do. Wouldn’t you want to know what’s so “deadly” about organic wine?

I receive a daily email of “afternoon news briefs” from a wine industry services company that, in itself, is a reputable outfit.

Some of the stories they aggregate from other websites, however, trend to the controversial, and thus, clickable in a hot moment of astonishment: “Organic Wine’s Deadly Carbon Footprint,” reads one. Say it ain’t so! “Organic Grape Growing Harms Vineyard Soil, Says A Consumer Advocacy Group,” screams another. Lately, it seems there’s been a spate of such stories, with eye-catching headlines, taking jabs at the organic wine sector—an

outsized villain, for the relatively tiny market share it enjoys.

The case against organic usually goes like this: growers have no choice but to use a formulation containing a heavy metal, copper, on their vineyards to combat downy mildew. Too much copper is bad for the soil. Thus, non-organic growers who have the choice to use synthetic pesticides treat the environment with more friendly, loving kindness, and drive their tractors less, to boot, since these treatments have a more longlasting effect.

Sounds reasonable when the case is made by a “pro-science, consumer advocacy group,” like the one a writer for Forbes online guilelessly quoted. Sounds a little suspect when that group has been widely revealed, in Mother Jones and elsewhere, to be a mouthpiece for big businesses like Monsanto, which has an interest in promoting non-organic agriculture.

Might also be a problem that much of the winemaking world doesn’t worry about the particular kind of mildew that’s at its baddest in Bordeaux, where copper was applied without modern farming technology 150 years ago, or that copper isn’t actually the only material approved to combat various fungal infections for organic farming. As for conventional growers, do they indeed eschew its use, or is this a classic straw man—or red herring (I always get those mixed up)?

At least 18,000 pounds of compounds containing copper, including copper hydroxide, and copper sulfate, were used on Sonoma County vineyards in 2014, for example, on more than 41,000 vineyard acres. Sonoma County has less than 2,000 acres of certified organic vines, hardly 3 percent of the county’s 62,000-plus vineyard acres.

Boom. Hear that pop? Was it an argument, or was it Korbel’s 2016 Organic California Champagne ($15.99)? Made with organic grapes, this riots with bubbles, and after a slight nod to butter cookie richness, delivers a mouthful of lean, puckery white grapefruit flavor. Fine by its own as a brunch sparkling wine, but it makes a solid case for mimosas, too.

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Rocks & Rolling

Gravel bikes ride into the mainstream by attracting roadies and mountain bikers BY STETT HOLBROOK

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he bike industry had a down year in 2018. According to a January report in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, road bike sales fell 8 percent. Sales were also down in other categories. One of the few bright spots was gravel bikes, a newly popular category that is boosting the industry. Sales of gravel bikes reached $28.9 million in the first quarter of 2018, up from $10.1 million in the same period of 2017, according to Bicycle Retailer. ) 14

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The gravel bikes plying the roads and trails of the North Bay look a lot like first-generation mountain bikes.

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With their knobby tires, wide handle bars and utilitarian design, gravel bikes sit between road and cyclocross bikes.

All of which has San Rafael bike shop owner Lee Dumler scratching his head.

Dumler owns Full Metal Cycles. The four-month-old shop specializes in niche bikes—cargo bikes, cyclocross bikes, rigid mountain bikes, randonneuring bikes, commuters and gravel bikes.

Gravel bikes sit between road bikes and cyclocross bikes. They are made with wider tires and bars, more relaxed geometry, wider hub spacing for wheel strength and fixtures for adding packs and bags.

Dumler, whose shop sits in the shadow of Mt. Tamalpais, mountain biking’s birthplace, says gravel bikes look a lot like the old school mountain bikes that first descended Mt. Tam trails—hand brakes, no suspension and drop bars—bikes that he collects and still rides. If you look at those first mountain bikes and new-school gravel bikes, he says, they are both designed to do the same thing.

“It’s all been done before,” he says. “It’s all a bit perplexing to me.”

It’s a bit of a puzzle what took the industry to long to fill this

niche, he says, but gravel bikes constitute more than half of Dumler’s sales, most of the them custom-assembled rigs. He thinks many riders realize they don’t need high-priced, carbon fiber racing bikes for weekend rides. A gravel bike, while made to perform on its namesake terrain, works perfectly well on smooth roads as well. It’s the ultimate multi-tool. And with the North Bay’s mix of roads, fire trails and single track, the region has plenty to offer the gravel biker.

Dumler leads Wednesday evening rides from his shop. One of his favorites is up to Phoenix Lake and Eldridge Ridge. He also loves the mixed, bayside terrain that branches out from the old Hamilton Air Force base in Novato.

San Anselmo frame builder Matt Potts, owner of MVP Cycles, has been riding Mt. Tamalpais for 35 years and he’s noticed a change in the kind of bikes he sees.

“I probably see more gravel bikes than mountain bikes,” he says. “It’s a new phenomenon.”

He figures more road cyclists who are weary of traffic- clogged roads

are jumping on gravel bikes. As a Mt. Tamalpais veteran, he too sees the similarities between the mountain bikes of old and gravel bikes. “It’s pretty much going full circle.”

The bikes have their roots in the Midwest, where mile after mile of unpaved roads offer cyclists a virtually car-free haven. The Midwest is also home to what is arguably the most infamous gravel race—the Dirty Kanza.

Held in the Flint Hills of Kansas in June, it’s called “the world’s premier gravel grinder.”

Petaluma pro gravel rider Yuri Hauswald, 48, knows something about the race. After riding it for the first time in 2013, he won the 200-mile event in 2015. Last year he took second place in the grueling DKXL—a 350-mile version of the race which he completed in 25 hours and 51 minutes.

In addition to the challenging conditions of the rides, Hauswald was drawn to the welcoming “gravel family” of riders. “It brings together roadies and mountain bikers,” he says. “It’s a cool crossroads.”

In spite of the similarities between first-generation mountain bikes and gravel bikes, there’s nothing old school about Hauswald’s rig. One of his sponsors is Niner Bikes; he’ll be debuting their full-suspension gravel bike at this year’s Dirty Kanza. Front and rear suspension are the domain of mountain bikes but are creeping into the gravel scene. Bike component company Shimano is also launching its GRX groupo, a gravel-specific drivetrain that Hauswald will also be riding.

“It’s cool to see the sport evolve,” he says. “Gravel is the hot segment right now.”

The North Bay offers a rich variety of terrain and ride options.

Samuel Taylor Park and the Bolinas Trail are two gems in Marin County, he says. One of Hauswald’s favorites areas is out Chileno Valley Road toward Pt. Reyes and Tomales.

“That whole zone is magical. It’s world class.”

Like sandpaper, gravel comes in different grits that ranges from groomed to ribbed and rutted, Hauswald says. The North Bay’s rocky and storm-chewed roads fall

on the extreme of the spectrum.

And that’s how Miguel Crawford likes it.

Crawford has arguably done more for gravel adventure riding on the West Coast than anyone.

The Occidental resident is a Spanish teacher at Forestville’s El Molino High School and the founder of the infamous (and nolonger underground) Grasshopper Adventure Series, lung- busting rides that hop from road to gravel in western Sonoma County, Mendocino County and beyond.

Founded 21 years ago, the rides grew out of Crawford’s taste for adventure and resistance to driving out of town to compete in staid road rides.

“Those weren’t capturing the feel of the event I wanted.” He wanted something more selfsupported, more rugged.

“Why drive five hours to Fresno to do a road race when I live in Occidental?”

Why indeed.

That desire to find rides in his own backyard led Crawford to look “at maps and connecting roads,” he says—roads like King Ridge, Old Cazadero and Sweetwater that strike fear and excitement into the hearts of those who know. Earlier this month was the annual King Ridge Dirt Supreme, an 80-mile ride that climbs more than 8,000 feet. The last of the series is a 75miler on June 22 in Mendocino County’s Jackson State Forest.

The early Grasshopper rides attracted a who’s who of Northern California’s bike industry. Gravel bikes weren’t a thing back then, so the the riders tinkered on their own bikes. Now the word is out about the race series, and gravel bikes in general, and Crawford credits the Grasshopper Series for pushing the sport into the mainstream.

“I think we were formative.”

Pro and Olympic riders are regular competitors at Grasshopper events, but the emphasis is still on fun and achieving your personal best. “[Gravel bikes] can pretty much do anything,” Crawford says. “It’s kind of the one bike that can do it all. It’s all about the exploration and the adventure.”

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Experience Sonoma Mountain in several artistic expressions when Sonoma Valley Museum of Art hosts a panel discussion, Art & Soul of Sonoma Mountain, that looks at the region in various media.

On hand for the conversation is author and ecologist Arthur Dawson, whose book, Where the World Begins, is made up of stunning panorama images of the mountain. He is joined by Bernie Krause, who records natural soundscapes, and Dennis Calabi, conservator for artist Mary McChesney, who lived and worked on the mountain and is part of SVMA’s current exhibit, “Sonoma Modern | Contemporary.” Thursday, May 30, at SVMA, 551 Broadway, Sonoma. 6pm. $20.

707.939.7862.

Now in its 25th year, the annual Art at the Source open-studio tours, taking place this weekend and next, is still the best way to uncover local artists in their element, working in a variety of media and creating daring new works that you get first glance at.

These self-guided tours also include art demonstrations at several of the studios located throughout western Sonoma County. Follow the signs on Saturday and Sunday, June 1–2 and 8–9, 10am to 5pm each day. Maps available at Sebastopol Center for the Arts (282 S. High St., Sebastopol) or artatthesource.org.

With a focus on making self-care a common practice, the debut Get Care Health Fair offers a variety of resources to those in need in the form of services and information from organizations like Social Advocates for Youth, pediatric dental providers, Redwood Empire Food Bank, The Living Room and many others, all of whom can help attendees better understand their available options for all manner of self-care. In addition, live music from bands like the Highway Poets and Hub Bub Club keep the atmosphere light and fun on Saturday, June 1, at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 1:30pm to 6pm. Free.

707.528.3009.

Made up of local river enthusiasts, the Petaluma Small Craft Center invites the public to join them for a boating bonanza at the 12th annual Day on the River. The popular event gets families out onto the Petaluma River with all sorts of human-powered watercraft, including paddleboards, pedal boats, kayaks, rowboats and canoes. All proceeds go toward building The Floathouse Small Craft Center, a dock-based boat and board rental center still under construction. Sunday, June 2, at Petaluma Turning Basin, 222 Weller St., Petaluma. 11am to 3pm. $15; kids ages 13 and under are free. petalumasmallcraftcenter.org

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DELIRIOUS FUN Sean Lennon (Left) and Les Claypool team up to perform as the Claypool Lennon Delirium alongside several other headliners at the High Times Cannabis Cup in Santa Rosa.

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DAWN VIEW The view from the summit of Sonoma Mountain takes in Mt. St. Helena to the east.

Don’t Fence Me In Sonoma Mountain celebrated in new book BY STEPHANIE HILLER

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elebrating its 25th anniversary, Sonoma Mountain Preservation released Where the World Begins, a book of photographs and stories centered around the namesake landmark.

Created by Art Dawson, the book rose to the top of Copperfield’s bestseller list in Petaluma shortly after it hit stores this spring.

“Our intention is to deepen people’s relationship with place, because when you’re aware of something you’re more likely to care about it,” said Meg Wheeler, president of Sonoma Mountain Preservation, a land preservation organization. “It helps people see themselves in their environment in a different way, how the mountain roots the landscape because it’s encircled by a quarter of a million people.”

Sonoma Mountain presides

over the west side of Sonoma Valley like a round and furry beast. At 2,464 feet high, its importance is easily taken for granted by the traffic rushing by on Highways 12 and 101. With Mt. Bennett and Mt. Taylor, it forms the smallest mountain range in the Sonoma Country. It can be seen from all over the county, but its exact peak has never been definitely identified.

“It’s a mountain without an ego,”chuckles Dawson.

Dawson is the son of a physics professor who began roaming the woodlands as a boy growing up in New Jersey. He is a storyteller, a poet and a teacher who has calls himself “historical ecologist.”

He’s also authored The Stories Behind Sonoma Valley Place Names and worked with the Sonoma Ecology Center to collect stories about Sonoma Creek as told by local elders. That became the book Creek Wisdom.

As much as Where the World Begins documents the history and science of the land, the book is about the relationships of local people for whom the mountain matters deeply. The late Pat Eliot, to whom the book is dedicated, was a longtime advocate for Sonoma Mountain. She passed away in 2016. She became friends with another would-be defender, Mickey Cooke, when they were young girls exploring the mountain on horseback. Eliot was working at the dude ranch that had been Jack London’s Beauty Ranch. Both returned in the 1970s to discover that Sonoma County had changed.

“Pat was the one who recognized what was going on,” said Cooke.“This place was just booming. You couldn’t ride anywhere because fences were going up. The new people liked their fortresses with eight-foot fences.”

Eliot and Cooke dedicated themselves to protecting the mountain.

“Of course we also wanted to create open access,” said Cooke, “so that people could enjoy the mountain, but we didn’t want to push that because we were afraid we would get pushback from neighbors.”

The duo worked with county agencies to create an ordinance to regulate the design of new housing. It was adopted in 1978.

At Bohemian.com, this article includes an interview with Graton Rancheria Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris about his collection of children’s stories How the Mountain Was Made.

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In 1994 Sonoma Mountain Preservation took form and battled the state over a vineyard proposed on the eastern slope above the Sonoma Developmental Center. “We saw the mountain as a whole piece being chopped up into little tiny bits.”

With support from local environmentalists, they blocked the vineyard. In 2009, the late Kirsten Lindquist, Cooke’s daughter, learned that the top of the mountain was for sale. She called Eliot’s daughter Wendy Eliot, conservation director at the Sonoma Land Trust, for help.

“We’ve got to get this for the moms,” the younger Eliot said.

They did. The Sonoma Land Trust, the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservationand Open Space District and the California Coastal Conservancy put up $9.95 million to buy the orchard property. The mountaintop later became part of Jack London State Historical Park.

In a recent victory, the land trust and other parties got the state to commit to protecting 700 acres on the eastern slope of the mountain around the Sonoma Developmental Center, which is an pinch-point in an important wildlife corridor that runs from Lake County to the sea.

The stories told in this new book are lyrically rendered.

Beautiful photographs of the mountain, its surroundings and the people who are part of its story enrich the tale.

“To visit the mountain is to exchange a human centered world for something akin to the old tales—a place where a more ancient order still holds sway,” writes Dawson.

Facing another era of booming development, inflated real estate, and growing numbers of people, the book reminds us of “the healing we receive by becoming connected with place,” says SMP’s Wheeler. “We all have indigenous souls.”

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ain, pulled pork sandwiches and the intersection of millenials and Wine Country natives all made an appearance this year at BottleRock Napa Valley.

Friday began with an hour of traffic and a blessed parking pass (definitely worth purchasing).

My first year at BottleRock, I was surprised by the aesthetic appeal of the festival. With string lights swinging from the lush trees and trendy signs decorating food stands, the event is picturesque, though a dry pulled pork sandwich for $16 and a Michelada for $13 was a harsh introduction to festival-priced food.

Among the daytime bands, Neon Trees kept the crowd dancing with catchy pop tunes, while Anderson East serenaded his audience with

his melodic voice, leaving the crowd enamored. The highlight of the day goes to Sylvan Esso, with band members Amelia Meath and Nick Sonborn delivering contagious enthusiasm. Meath performed a tireless stream of dance moves in silver, cut-out pants and Sonborn happily rocked out alongside her.

Friday headliner Imagine Dragons included strobe lights, confetti and smoke cannons in their show, with the audience singing along to the band’s multiple hits. Lead singer Dan Reynolds reiterated a message of inclusivity and positivity throughout the performance.

Saturday began with the punk rock Regrettes. Their songs moved lyrically between topics such as the social pressures women face, first dates and friendships, giving the group equal amounts of vulnerability and the take-it-orleave-it punk attitude.

In an interview, the band revealed a level of clarity with insightful perspectives that belied their youth, discussing the importance of writing lyrics about societal pressures women, particularly young women, face.

“I think it is important to use whatever kind of platform you are given to unapologetically speak about things that matter,” says lead band member Lydia Night.

Other notable performances included hip-hop group Cypress Hill, drawing a crowd who grew up in the early ‘90s and sang along to all the cannabis-laced lyrics. The standout performance of the day was Latin pop star Juanes, who had the whole audience busting out enviable salsa moves and singing along to every word (in Spanish of course). The headliners, Pharrell Williams and Neil Young, had predictably different audiences.

Young sang his hits in a beanie and raised a mason jar filled with “water” to his older fans, while Pharrell Williams moved across his stage with seven dancers by his side to a younger audience.

Sunday rain deterred me from making the trek to Napa, but two days of wine, overpriced food and good music were enough for me.

BottleRock Napa Valley will return May 22–24, 2020.

Concerts SONOMA Healdsburg Jazz Festival

Twenty-first annual fest features performances by Ravi Coltrane with Matt Garrison and Jack DeJohnette, and Carla Bley Trio and IversonTurner Duo. May 31-Jun 9.

Several venues, Healdsburg, healdsburgjazzfestival.org.

Wynonna & The Big Noise

Country Roots presents the five-time Grammy winner. Jun 5, 7:30pm. Sold-out; waitlist open. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

NAPA Napa Valley Jazz Getaway

Brian Culbertson’s annual allstar week of music includes appearances by Sheila E, Eric Darius, Michael Lington and plenty of wine. Jun 5-8.

Several venues, Napa Valley. jazzgetaway.com.

New Songs of World War II

The musical flair of Opus Dance Band is coupled with narration of seasoned showman Dan Goodman for an engaging performance. Jun 1, 3pm. $22-$30. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA Aqus Cafe

May 30, Down the Road Ramblers. May 31, Bob & Brandon. Jun 1, the Rains. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Barley & Hops Tavern

May 30, Michael Sallstrom. Jun 1, Angelina Gargano. Jun 2, 5pm, Timothy O’Neil. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

May 30, Harmonic Law. May 31, Swamp Thang. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.7163.

Bluewater Bistro

May 30, Hannah Jern-Miller.

21301 Heron Dr, Bodega Bay, 707.875.3513.

BR Cohn Winery

Jun 1, 12pm, Bruno Grossi. Jun 2, 12pm, Ricky Montijo. 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen, 707.938.4064.

Brewsters Beer Garden May 30, the JugSluggers. May 31, Michelle Lambert. Jun 1, Heartwood Crossing. Jun 2, 1pm, Radiokeys. 229 Water St N, Petaluma, 707.981.8330.

Casa del Mar

May 31, Neon Love Pride kickoff dance party. 3660 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.541.6140.

Coyote Sonoma

May 31, Lee Vandeveer Band.

Jun 1, Citizen Flannel. 44F Mill St, Healdsburg, 707.385.9133.

Elephant in the Room May 31, Nate Lopez. Jun 1, Derek Irving & His Combo.

Jun 2, Steve Pile Trio. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.

Flamingo Lounge

May 31, Immortallica. Jun 1, the Igniters. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Jun 1, 8pm and , Jun 2, 3pm, “The Brahms Requiem” with Sonoma Bach. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol

May 31, Kevin Russell & Some Dangerous Friends. Jun 3, Mykal Rose with Sly & Robbie.

230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

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May 31, Timothy O’Neil. Jun 1, Kyle Williams. Jun 2, 1pm, Vardo. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Hudson Street Wineries

May 31, 5pm, Ricky Ray. 428 Hudson St, Healdsburg, 707.433.2364.

Lagunitas Tap Room

May 30, Charles Wheal Band.

May 31, New Skye Band.

Jun 1, Sara Petite. Jun 2, Dr Mojo. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro

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Many Rivers Books & Tea

May 30, “Music From California to Japan” with Masayuki Koga.

130 S Main St, Sebastopol, 707.829.8871.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center

May 30, 5:30pm, Pride & Joy. Jun 1, 12pm, Unauthorized Rolling Stones. Jun 2, 1pm, Denise Perrier. 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 707.545.3844.

Murphy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant May 31, Dylan Chambers & Midnight Transit. Jun 1, 5pm, John Burdick. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

May 31, the Brothers Comatose with Caitlin Jemma. Jun 1, Soul Ska with Iriefuse. Jun 4, Demun Jones & Adam Calhoun with Long Cut. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

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May 30, Fula Muse (MaMuse and the Fula Brothers). 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

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May 31, Petty Rocks. Jun 1, Foxes in the Henhouse. Jun 2, 4pm, Gypsy Kisses. Jun 3, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Jun 1, Gary Weiner 70th birthday concert. 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797.

Spancky’s Bar

Jun 1, Tommy Odetto. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

Starling Bar

May 30, Lee Vandeveer Band.

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May 30, Chris Pierce. May 31, Toree McGee. 1460 First St, Napa, 707.265.7577.

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Magic 8 Comedy Mic Night

Standup open mic event features all manner of funny.

Jun 2, 8pm. Free. Whiskey Tip, 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.

Dance Lounge at La Rosa

Jun 1, 9pm, Love Shack Official Pride After-Party, dance the night away to cap a day of celebrating. $10. 500 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.523.3663.

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Jun 2, 7pm, open belly night with Nathalie Tedrick, features open floor for student and professional dancers. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868.

Events Art at the Source

West Sonoma County fine artists open their studios and show their work and their process, with new tours offered this year. Maps and info available online. Jun 1-2, 10am. art studios, West Sonoma County, artatthesource.org.

Auction Napa Valley

Festival features rare Napa Valley wine, creative culinary experiences and high-end auction lots. Proceeds go to Napa health and children’s nonprofits. May 29-Jun 3.

Meadowood Napa Valley, 900 Meadowood Ln, St Helena, auctionnapavalley.org.

Get Care Health Fair

Event features services and information for those in need, with live music and more. Jun 1, 1:30pm. Free. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

High Times Cannabis Cup

Jun 1-30, “Sonoma Collage Studio,” celebrate 25 years of the experimental studio with several artists on hand.

Reception, Jun 1 at 6pm and Jun 2 at 2pm. 521 Broadway, Ste A, Sonoma. 707.228.9214.

Massive marijuana convention includes exbitibits, vendors and live music from Capital Cities, the Claypool Lennon Delirium and others. Jun 1-2. $50 and up. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, cannabiscup.com.

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The Laugh Cellar presents the standup comedian and a special guest. Jun 1, 7pm. $20.

Flamingo Lounge, 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

Showcase of creative works, games, DJs, beverages and more are on hand. May 30, 5pm.

Free. 180 Studios, 150 Todd Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.4363.

Pride in the Park

Sonoma County Pride hosts

a family-friendly outing with beverages and barbecue supplies and a raffle. Jun 2, 11am. Juilliard Park, 227 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, srcity.org.

Sonoma County Pride Parade & Festival

Sonoma County Pride heads to downtown Santa Rosa for the 32nd annual event, themed “Year of Love 2019,” with live entertainment, activities and more. Jun 1. Courthouse Square, Third Street and Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, sonomacountypride.org.

Sonoma Speed Festival

Inaugural fest gathers an extraordinary group of vintage racing vehicles for a celebration of wheel-to-wheel competition. May 30-Jun 2. $75-$150. Sonoma Raceway, 29355 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, sonomaspeedfestival.com.

South of the Plaza Open Street Fair

The City of Healdsburg and partnering business open the streets for live music, entertainment, classic cars and activities for all ages. Jun 1, 11am. Healdsburg Plaza, 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.431.3301.

Wine & Sunset

Fundraiser for the Museum of Sonoma County is filled with music, wine, art and stunning views. Jun 2, 5:30pm. $20. Love Court at Paradise Ridge Winery, 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa, museumsc.org.

Wine Country Quilt Show

Moonlight Quilters of Sonoma County exhibit hundreds of quilts on display, with craft boutique and more. Jun 1-2, 10am. $5-$12. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.4338.

Field Trips Petaluma Day on the River

Twelfth annual river party is hosted by the Petaluma Small Craft Center. Jun 2, 11am. $15; kids 13 and under are free. Petaluma River Turning Basin, 222 Weller St, Petaluma.

Sonoma Coast Wildflower Walk

Join naturalist Laura Morgan for a family-friendly outing.

Jun 1, 9am. $20. Shell Beach Parking Area, Hwy 1, Jenner.

Practice yoga and a guided meditation in a beautiful setting. Jun 1, 9:30am. $20.

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.

Film CULT Film Series

Series pays tribute to late horror director Larry Cohen with screening of his films “It’s Alive” and “The Stuff.” May 30, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.

Food & Drink Bocce & Wine with Clif Family Winery Play and sip with lots of prizes.

RSVP required. May 30, 3pm.

Free. Calistoga Motor Lodge & Spa, 1880 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.942.0991.

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Panel discussion on the region includes art conservator Dennis Calalbi, author Arthur Dawson and natural soundscape recording expert Bernie Krause.

May 30, 6pm. $20. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.939.SVMA.

Fireside Chat with Jim Obergefell

Equality Vines presents this event with the marriage equality figure, as part of Sonoma County Pride weekend. May 31, 5pm. $25. The Astro Motel, 323 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.200.4655.

Radical Generosity

Hear how generosity leads to better living. May 31, 7pm. Free.

Center for Spiritual Living, 2075 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.4543.

The Write Spot

Bring a notebook and a pen to travel on a journey of exploration and deep writing through inspirational prompts.

Jun 3, 6:30pm. $15. Petaluma Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.762.0563.

Enjoy a scenic view and taste wines while you play lawn games and more. Jun 1, 11am. $30. Chenoweth Wines Treehouse Vineyard, 5125 Stoetz Lane, Sebastopol, 707.829.3367.

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Spend the afternoon enjoying wines, spirits, and bites from more than 30 vendors. Jun 2, 12pm. $80. Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club, 333 Country Club Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3485.

Peace, Love & Wine

Afternoon winetasting and food sampling event is hosted

by Sonoma County Pride. Jun 2, 12pm. $30. The Astro Motel, 323 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.200.4655.

Pearl of a Party

Moshin Vineyards turns 30 and parties with oysters and bubbly. Jun 2, 4pm. $45. Moshin Vineyards, 10295 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, 707.433.5499.

Wine & Chocolate Pairing

Baldassari Wine Maker Matt Michael teams up with Fleur Sauvage Chocolatier Robert Nieto for an evening of flavor.

Jun 1, 6pm. $40. Baldassari Tasting Lounge, 9058 Windsor Rd, Windsor, 707.604.6938.

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Jun 3, 6:15pm, Rivertown Poets Amuse-ing Mondays. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

Jun 1, 1pm, “Sparky & Spike” with Barbara Lowell. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707.579.4452.

Flamingo Resort Hotel

Jun 5, 7pm, “Truth Worth Telling” with Scott Pelley. $20$37. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530.

Napa Bookmine

Jun 1, 4pm, “How to Write a Page Turner” with Jordan Rosenfeld. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

Napa Copperfield’s Books

Jun 4, 6pm, “Grace Under Pressure”with Lisa Wentz. 3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa 707.252.8002.

Napa Main Library

Jun 5, 7pm, “Lies That Bind” with Craig Smith. 580 Coombs St, Napa 707.253.4070.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

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May 30, 7pm, “Where I Walk” with Leslie Carol Roberts. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books Jun 5, 7pm, “Murder in BelAir” with Cara Black. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books May 31, 7pm, “Liminal Dreaming” with Jennifer Dumpert. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

Theater The Belle of Amherst

Jennifer King stars as poet Emily Dickinson in this onewoman-show, presented by Sonoma Arts Live. Through Jun 2. $25-$40. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

Billy Nobody

Pegasus Theater Company presents the comedy written

by Sonoma County playwright Stanley Rutherford. Through Jun 16. $15-$18. Mt Jackson Masonic Hall, 14040 Church St, Guerneville, pegasustheater. com.

Cabaret

Broadway musical takes place at the Kit Kat Club in 1931 Berlin. May 31-Jun 16. $30-$40.

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

Faceless

The tightly-wound courtroom drama is injected with a healthy dose of wit. Through Jun 2. $18$28. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Macbeth: The Witches’ Cut

Curtain Call Theatre presents a new cut of Shakespeare’s tragedy. May 31-Jun 22. $15-$20.

Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio, 707.524.8739.

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Astrology For the week of May 29

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks it will make good sense for you to travel down winding paths replete with interesting twists and provocative turns. The zigzags you’ll be inspired to pursue won’t be inconvenient or inefficient, but rather will be instrumental in obtaining the healing you need. To honor and celebrate this oddly lucky phase, I’ll quote parts of “Flying Crooked,” a poem by Robert Graves. “The butterfly will never master the art of flying straight, yet has a just sense of how not to fly: He lurches here and here by guess and God and hope and hopelessness. Even the acrobatic swift has not his flying-crooked gift.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Has a part of you

become too timid, docile, or prosaic? Is there an aspect of your beautiful soul that is partially muzzled, submissive, or housebroken? If so, now is a favorable time to seek an antidote. But listen closely: the cure isn’t to become chaotic, turbulent, and out of control.

It would be counterproductive to resort to berserk mayhem. Here’s a better way: be primal, lush, and exciting. Be wildly playful and unpredictably humorous and alluringly intriguing. Try experiments that rouse your rowdy sweetness, your unkempt elegance, your brazen joy, and your sensual intelligence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I prefer live theater over movies. The glossy flawlessness of films, accomplished by machines that assemble and polish, is less emotionally rich than the direct impact of live performers’ unmediated voices and bodies and emotions. Their evocative imperfections move me in ways that glossy flawlessness can’t. Even if you’re not like me, Gemini, I invite you to experiment with my approach for a while—not just in the entertainment you choose, but in all areas of your life. As much as possible, get your experience raw and unfiltered.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve got a message for you from Cancerian poet Tyler Knott Gregson.

Please read it every day for the next 15 days, including when you first wake up and right before sleep. Here it is: “Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim.”

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 2003, a group of thieves in Antwerp, Belgium pulled off the biggest jewelry heist in history. To steal the diamonds, gold, and other gems, together worth more than $100 million, they had to outsmart security guards, a seismic sensor, a protective magnetic field, Doppler radar, infrared detectors, and a lock. I mention this, Leo, because I suspect that in the coming weeks you will have a comparable ability to insinuate yourself into the presence of previously inaccessible treasures and secrets and codes. You’ll be able to penetrate barriers that have kept you shut off from valuable things. (P.S. But I hope that unlike the Antwerp thieves, you’ll use your superpowers in an ethical manner.)

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the northeast corner of Spain, bordering France, is an area known as Catalonia. With its own culture and language, it has a long history of seeking complete autonomy. On four occasions it has declared itself to be independent from Spain. The most recent time was in 2017, when 92 percent of the Catalans who voted expressed the desire to be free of Spain’s rule. Alas, none of the rebellions have succeeded. In the latest instance, no other nation on Earth recognized Catalonia’s claim to be an independent republic. In contrast to its frustrated attempts, your own personal quest to seek greater independence could make real progress in the coming months. For best results, formulate a clear intention and define the precise nature of the sovereignty you seek. Write it down!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A Libran blogger named OceanAlgorithms wrote, “I’m simultaneously wishing I were a naturalist whose specialty is finding undiscovered species in well-explored places; and a skateboarding mathematician meditating on an almost-impossible-to-solve equation as I practice my skateboard tricks; and a fierce forest witch who casts spells on nature-despoilers; and a gothic heroine with twelve suitors; and the sexiest cat that ever lived.” I love how freewheeling and wide-ranging OceanAlgorithms is with her imaginative fantasies. In

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light of current astrological omens, I encourage you to do the same. Give yourself permission to dream and scheme extravagantly.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Geologists aren’t

exactly sure why, but almost six million years ago, the Strait of Gibraltar closed up. As a result, the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean, and within a thousand years, it had mostly disappeared. Fast forward 600,000 years. Again, geologists don’t understand how it happened, but a flood broke through the barrier, allowing the ocean to flow back into the Mediterranean basin and restore it to its previous status as a sea. I propose that we invoke that replenishment as a holy symbol for the process you’re engaged in: a replenishment of your dried-out waters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I invite

you to meditate on this proposal from freelance writer Radha Marcum: “The spiritual definition of love is that when you look at the person you love, it makes you love yourself more.” I hope there’s a lot of that kind of action going on for you in the next four weeks. According to my assessment of life’s secret currents, all of creation will be conspiring to intensify and deepen your love for yourself by intensifying and deepening your love for other people. Cooperate with that conspiracy, please!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Is there a creature on earth that’s more annoying than the mosquito? I’ve never heard anyone gaze upon one of the pesky monsters sucking blood out of her arm and say, “Aw, what a cute little bug.” And yet every year there is a town in Russia that holds a jokey three-day celebration in honor of the mosquito. The people who live in Berezniki even stage a “most delicious” competition, in which people allow themselves to be pricked by mosquitoes for twenty minutes, with an award going to whomever accumulates the most bites.

I highly approve of the spirit of this approach for your own use in the coming weeks, Capricorn. If you have fun with the things that bother you, I bet they won’t bother you as much.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s the Forever Season, Aquarius. You have a poetic license to act as if your body will live for a hundred years and your soul will live for all eternity. You are authorized to believe that in the coming decades you will grow steadily wiser, kinder, happier, and wilder. During the Forever Season, you may have dreams like flying over a waterfall at sunset, or finding the lost magic you were promised before you were born, or discovering the key to a healing you feared would always elude you. As you careen through this unpredictable grace period, your understanding of reality may expand dramatically. I bet you’ll get practical epiphanies about how to express yourself with greater effectiveness.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A musical historian

from Cambridge University decided it would be amusing to perform forgotten songs that were written in the Rhineland a thousand years ago. His research wasn’t easy, because musical notation was different back then. But he ultimately reconstructed the tunes in ways that he felt were 80 percent faithful to the originals. He and other musicians subsequently performed and recorded them. I propose a somewhat comparable assignment for you in the coming weeks, Pisces. You will benefit, I believe, from trying to recover the truth about events that occurred a long time ago and/or by trying to revivify old beauty that has new relevance.

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Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.

Ingredients: •1 1/2 cups Flour •3/4 cup White Sugar •1/2 teaspoon Salt •2 teaspoons Baking Powder •1/3 cup Vegetable Oil •1 Egg •1/3 cup Milk •1 cup fresh Blueberries

Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder in a bowl. In a 1-cup measuring cup, place vegetable oil, the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with the flour mixture. Fold this with the flour mixture.

Fold in the blueberries, being careful to not over-mix. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with the crumb topping mixture.

To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with a fork and sprinkle over the muffins before baking.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated oven, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Blueberry Muffins

At Oliver’s, we like to say that our roots are in fresh produce. This week, we’re excited to offer these deliciously sweet California-grown Organic Blueberries! Excellent eaten out of hand, or baked into delectable muffins!

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