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ast week the Bohemian reached a small milestone: Eight thousand likes on Facebook.

That’s not much compared to, say, the New York Times (7.3 million) or Mashable (2.5 million), but as a community-based newspaper it means a lot.

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These days every business is clamoring for social-media attention. “Like us on Facebook!” “Follow us on Twitter!” There’s often a whiff of desperation in these pleas. And let’s be frank.

These are desperate times for journalism.

As made clear in a fascinating document about social- and digital-media strategy recently leaked from the Times, even the mighty paper of record is struggling to incorporate social media and online coverage that resonates with readers and keeps up with technology in an era of declining print readership.

The Bohemian is trying to crack the code, too. With an increasingly fractured readership that consumes media in a variety of ways, creating content is only half the job. Packaging and disseminating that content is equally important. All media companies are making it up as we go along, until some new, disruptive technology renders our best efforts ineffectual. Then it’s back to the digital drawing board.

Liking us on Facebook takes just a click of a mouse. But to me, each little click is another vote of confidence or a commitment to stick with us on this digital ride. We all know that the Internet and social media are redefining journalism by the day. I have no idea where we’ll end up and, in fact, I don’t see a final destination, but only new iterations. It’s a wild journey that does not favor the flat-footed.

Growing and improving the Bohemian’s digital presence— while continuing to put out a great print product—is one of my primary goals. I hope you like what we do and if you feel so inclined, please like us on Facebook. If you don’t like us in either sense of the word, please let me know why at sholbrook [at] bohemian [dot] com.

See you at 10,000.

Stett Holbrook is the editor of the Bohemian. We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.

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Many thanks to Tom and Stett and the Boho staff who got behind and produced so well my book's debut coverage (“The Seeker,” May 14), a big break-out moment after years of writing. It is wonderful to see it hit the light of day. After absorbing the shock of seeing my face billboard-sized on the cover, I opened it and found the write-up. The piece is called Magical Mystery Tourist, which made me laugh out loud after spending those 10 years saying 'I am not a tourist!' – but of course I loved it when you said it – it's all in the presentation. The whole thing was done up with grand style with great graphics, swirling with psychedelia – and I want that vest! Again, thanks for a job extremely well done, and I wish for your publication a long and happy life.

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Tiny Tom I always love to read This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow. It is not only extremely witty and timely, but badly needed to draw attention to the unspoken and unidentified events that often go by without our attention on them. Subjects like drones, political hypocrisy, frauds and many more, that erode our liberties and our clarity. Tom doesn't let them go by easy.

Please continue to publish his works, and, if possible, enlarge the tiny print.

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Exemplars of Entitlement I moved to Sonoma County from the Midwest last year, and have been frequently astounded at the “entitlement” attitude of what seems to be a vast majority of residents in California. Your

cover “Morel of the Story” (“Morel Dilemma,” May 7) is another unfortunate exemplar of this mindset: individuals whining because their interests aren’t being immediately satisfied by the government, that they could be making a lot of (private) money off of public lands, but for the government not doing something fast enough for them (in this case, clearing the forest of hazardous conditions after a burn).

Nowhere in the article did anyone mention that they had volunteered to help the forest service clear the forest to expedite the process they have a vested interest in and lessen the burden on our already vastly-bankrupt state. Further, these individuals if they were hurt in said forests would be the first in line to sue because the government didn’t make it safe enough for them to enter.

We as a society and particularly citizens of California need to be taking more personal responsibility for our actions instead of relying on the government for everything. We should be charging fees for mushroom hunters and other folks who profit off of public lands, similar to fishing and other game-hunting licenses.

If they want something so much they should be willing to pay for it and sacrifice for their pet project, period. Our tax dollars need to be put to better use.

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Invasive Species Our magnificent Point Reyes National Seashore is facing an increasingly pressing issue. The beautiful landscape is being progressively invaded by non-native species. In the mid-1800s, overseas immigrants began bringing to our shores a number of exotic plant species for garden use. Since then many of them have thrived and taken over vast portions of the natural habitat, creating unfavorable environments for certain native species. For example, Cape ivy is poisonous to native fish. You know that “cool” dune-flower called ice plant? It just so happens to be destroying the natural dune growth which feeds our native Myrtle’s silver-spot butterfly. Over

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5 percent of the Point Reyes National Seashore is populated by invasive species.

The introduction and reproduction of exotic species is one of the most significant factors in the loss of our planet’s natural biodiversity. The extraction of invasive species is very expensive. Thus, the answer is approaching the issue as a responsible individual and a powerful community. The California Invasive Plant Council is an influential network of communities working to prevent the spread of invasive species that pose potential threat to natural ecosystems.

For information on how you can get involved, visit www.cal-ipc.org.

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Irrational and Inarticulate The letter "irrational responses" (May 14) is inarticulate to the point of being

By Tom Tomorrow

devoid of meaning. This dialog occurs within an environment of political theater which is promoted by reactions such as the letter to the editor. The right side of the theater portrays reactionary thought where "personally, I think he is a fascist" is considered to be an argument.

The left side of the theater holds: "They have a picture of a black man, so they are racist. And Obama is not a different person called Hitler." Thus supplying the setup for the right side to express itself further.

Communication is the product of those who participate. It is not the transfer of facts from one party to the other. It is always imperfect. To communicate effectively you must validate the participants. So, to make any meaning out of "Obama Hitler" the anti-fascists should help to elaborate on the analogy rather than promote it by adding inarticulate contradictions.

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“This measure could decimate California’s salmon industry and seriously harm Oregon’s ocean salmon fishery,” says a statement from a coalition of fishermen and others led by the Golden Gate Salmon Association.

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CLOSED PALM Big challenges confront a doctor-led plan to reopen Palm Drive Hospital.

Palm Drive 2.0?

Hospital board now working with doctor-led plan to reopen BY TOM GOGOLA

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ebastopol’s Palm Drive Hospital and emergency room have been closed for about a month and after much discussion, the elected board of directors has put the hospital’s future in the hands of a hotly debated, doctor-led plan.

“We selected the (Palm Drive) Foundation as the one to negotiate with,” says board

member James Maresca, referring to a proposal by members of the Palm Drive Foundation.

But there are still big challenges -- state and federal regulations at every turn, and broader questions of financial sustainability that are being faced by small hospitals around the country.

And, of course: Can the Palm Drive emergency room reopen or are West County residents looking at the prospect of an “urgent care center”?

Meanwhile, Dr. Jim Gude,

a driving force behind the doctor-driven plan now under consideration, is no longer the foundation’s top administrator.

“I’m stepping back,” says Gude, whose new role, he says, is to help Palm Drive staff-up on doctors and nurses in its new guise.

“I’m not going to be doing what I did earlier, which was doing everything I could to prevent the closing of this hospital,” says Gude.

Also out of the picture: Tom Harlan, the hospital’s ) 10

S. 2918 would allow more pumping from the San Joaquin River to farms and municipalities than government studies determined to be safe. The practice would continue until Gov. Jerry Brown lifts the state drought emergency. The fishermen’s concern is that the last drought emergency lasted three years, and that more pumping from spawning grounds could be catastrophic.. —Nicolas Grizzle

The Mailer Man A new voting-guide mailer from the organization Vote the Coast contains endorsements for Gov. Jerry Brown, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch, state Controller candidate Betty Yee, Sonoma County auditor candidate Gary Wysocky – and state Assembly candidate Erin Carlstrom.

Vote the Coast notes, in the small print, that everyone but Brown paid for and authorized the endorsement..

And Carlstrom is a registered agent of Vote the Coast’s parent company, Tidal Voice, Inc. Her husband, Nicholas Caston, is its president, according to filings with the California Secretary of State.

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West County residents are being offered the promise of a local hospital, streamlined of bureaucratic fat, that would point the way forward in the new, postAffordable Care Act world of health-care delivery.

The hospital is not alone in struggling to gain purchase in the new normal of Obamacare.

According to the industry journal Becker’s Hospital Review, seven small hospitals around the country either filed for bankruptcy or closed in the first quarter of 2014, “a tipping point for many financially beleaguered hospitals and health systems,” Becker’s noted.

The shuttered hospitals included community health centers in rural areas and localized health networks.

The challenges faced by smaller hospitals like Palm Drive are systemic. Much of the pressures facing all hospitals—but especially smaller ones—are tied up in cost-saving, healthy-living efforts to reduce in-patient care and rely on outpatient services and treatment.

Another hurdle: Medicare regulations designed to excise fraud have essentially outlawed doctor-run hospitals.

Board member James Maresca says federal Medicare officials have overreached in their antifraud efforts, which was the upshot of a recent U.S. House of Representatives hearing two weeks ago that criticized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service along those same lines.

“It is possible to have physician-run hospitals without having fraud,” says Maresca.

Even still, Palm Drive isn’t taking any chances: Exit Dr. Jim Gude, enter as-yet-unnamed hospital administrator.

“We will have a hospital

director who is not a physician,” Gude says.

Yet Medicare remains a linchpin for success at Palm Drive. And, ironically, the foundation plan basically flips the Obamacare model on its head and emphasizes elder care as a key component to financial viability for the hospital.

By contrast, the Affordable Care Act’s success hinges on buy-in from younger people to subsidize high-use consumers.

Over half the people who used Palm Drive were Medicare patients, says Maresca, and the foundation plan would enhance services of special benefit to seniors, ramping up Alzheimer’s treatments, for example.

“If we don’t have Medicare on board, nothing is viable,” says Maresca.

Board members also hope to engage in some sort of general services contract with the physician-led effort, which would keep Palm Drive operating within state law.

The elephant in the room is the fate of the emergency room, which reopens under the foundation’s proposal, even as the same proposal notes the facility needs an upgrade.

Harlan summed up the ER dilemma facing the hospital: State regs require any hospital with an emergency room to also provide acute care beds—which Palm Drive had a hard time filling.

Given the proximity of three major hospitals to Palm Drive, Harlan notes, operating “a full service inpatient acute care hospital with less than nine occupied beds…is financially unsustainable without significantly augmented funding sources.”

The rub? “Without acute care beds, a ‘stand-alone’ emergency department may not be operated in the State of California,” Harlan said.

But Gude says not to get caught up in talk over a separate “urgent care center” to solve the acutebed dilemma: “Ambulances don’t go to urgent care centers,” he says. “Our goal is to provide a true emergency room. We think it’s economically viable.”

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Carlstrom’s campaign manager, Carrie McFadden, says the candidate used campaign funds to pay her husband for the endorsement, “just like every other candidate on the slate.”

—Nicolas Grizzle

Andy Lopez Update An attorney working with the Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez contacted Debriefer about last week’s item on the circumstances around Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch’s review of Sheriff’s Deputy Erick Gelhaus.

Jonathan Melrod had been the source of information reported in local news outlets that said Ravitch was poised to make a decision on charges against Gelhaus, who shot and killed Andy Lopez last year.

Melrod told Debriefer he thought a move from Ravitch could be forthcoming because of recent filings in federal district court over a separate lawsuit against the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department. That lawsuit was prompted by the Lopez shooting.

Melrod says that Ravitch had previously supported delays in proceedings on the suit, which rests on broad use-of-force issues at the sheriff’s office.

“In the past, the D.A. had sought a stay in the proceedings,” says Melrod. “A number of attorneys extrapolated that there was no declaration [by Ravitch] in support of continuing the stay to mean that a decision is imminent.”

Lopez activists launched a “Andy Lopez countdown clock” effort last weekend to highlight what they call Ravitch’s politically motivated foot-dragging on the case. Ravitch is up for re-election June 3.—Tom Gogola

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PLEASED TO MEAT YOU Thistle Meats’ Lisa Modica, left and Molly Best, were friends before opening their butcher shop.

Pleasures of the Flesh Thistle Meats proves doing it right tastes really good

BY STETT HOLBROOK

I

was going to start this by saying you should visit Petaluma’s Thistle Meats because the three-month-old butcher shop serves a lineup of beef, pork, goat, rabbit, and lamb sourced from a who’swho of local, sustainable, and humanely minded producers and that the shop makes the most of that meat with nose-to-tail, use-everypart-of-the-animal butchery right down to freshly made

stock from leftover bones.

And I was going to say that the meat cost more, yes, but compared to what—factoryfarmed, antibiotic-jabbed industrial meat wrapped in cellophane on a Styrofoam tray?

I was going to say all that because those things are true, and important. Even in a slowfood wonderland like the North Bay, Thistle is a rarity. But that all sounds too prescriptive, like you should recycle and call your mother more often.

Instead, I think Thistle Meats

is worth your time and money because it’s such a pleasurable experience. And pleasure is a great motivator.

Thistle Meats takes the old school ideal of the butcher shop— wisecracking men in white aprons cutting meat to order—and does it one better. Actually, two better. There are three talented male butchers on hand who each has his specialty (sausage, butchery, charcuterie), but the store is owned and operated by two smiling, exuberant women, friends-turned-business partners,

Lisa Modica and Molly Best. The shop is their vision come to life.

Best grew up in Petaluma and realized one day that her ag-friendly town was missing something.

“It’s Petaluma,” she says. “Why isn’t there a butcher shop?”

Modica came from Colorado to help her friend remedy that situation. Backed by a team of architects and builders, they gutted a North Petaluma Ave. storefront and turned it into a place of beauty. Exposed-brick walls, white subway tiles and a big butcher table give the light-filled shop a classic feel. The gleaming meat display showcases various cuts in an artful tableau that could serve as a subject for a latter-day Norman Rockwell. Bouquets of fresh flowers hang next to housemade sausages and local cheeses.

But this is a butcher shop, not a precious art gallery. The store breaks down whole animals from local producers like Stemple Creek Ranch, Green Star Farms and Monkey Ranch. The beef is dry-aged in-house. They make a variety of sausages. Salumi is coming. Look for the patties of harrisa-spiked goat sliders.

“That is the gateway to goat,” Best confides.

The small kitchen in back also turns out a head cheese to make you forget that speckled meat jelly from the supermarket.

There’s a “sandwich of the day” served on a crusty ciabatta from nearby Della Fattoria bakery. In short, the shop is loaded with good food that checks just about every box: sustainable, local, humane. But what makes the place such a winner is that it is a work of passion and a celebration of the pleasures of good food.

It’s a delicious truth that the most hedonistic pleasures, like a sun-warmed tomato plucked from your backyard garden or a grassfed ribeye raised by a conscientious local rancher, tend to be the best thing for the planet. We eat them not because we should—but because they taste so good.

Now go call your mother.

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COST: $ = Under $12; $$ = $13-$20; $$$ = $21-$26; $$$$ = Over $27

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S O N OMA CO U N TY Abyssinia Ethiopian/ Eritrean. $. Authentic and filling, and a welcome culinary addition. Lunch and dinner daily; breakfast, Sat-Sun. 913 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.568.6455.

Belly Californian. $$. When he’s not serving up crispy pork belly or healthy quinoa salads, owner/chef Gray Rollin tours with rock bands like Linkin Park as a personal chef. Lunch and dinner daily. 523 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.526.5787

Casino Bar & Grill California. $. Chef Mark Malicki is a true Sonoma County star, serving up a changing menu of locally sourced, inspired creations. Unpretentious, creative and affordable, Casino is a whispered-about landmark among locals in the know.

Dinner nightly. 17000 Bodega Hwy, Bodega. 707.876.3185.

Dempsey’s Alehouse Gourmet pub fare. $-$$.

Popular brewpub and bistro, award-winning handcrafted beers, outdoor dining in summer and pork chops to die for. Lunch and dinner daily.

50 E Washington St, Petaluma.

707.765.9694.

Epicurean Connection Cafe. $-$$. Extensive local and artisan cheese selection and other gourmet delights in convivial market. Cheese classes taught, too! 122 West Napa St, Sonoma. 707.935.7960.

La Fondita Mexican. $.

Hearty, filling, very tasty. No glop or goop here. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

816 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.526.0881.

Martha’s Old Mexico Mexican. $. Freshly prepared favorites, along with regional house specialties. Lunch and dinner, Wed-Mon; dinner

only, Sat-Sun. 305 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.4458.

McNear’s Alehouse. $.

Sports bar: barbecue, big appetizers, burgers. Lunch and dinner daily. 21 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Roberto’s Restaurant Italian. $$. Reliable home-style Italian cooking. Dinner, TuesSun. 4776 Sonoma Hwy, Santa Rosa. 707.539.0260.

Shige Sushi Japanese. $-$$. Small space in downtown Cotati has big dreams. Lunch specials in bento format, of course, but try the nigiri for dinner. Lunch, Tues-Fri; dinner, Tues-Sun. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.9753.

Simply Vietnam Vietnamese. $. Friendly Vietnamese for all ethnic tastes. Savory, satisfying and filling. Pho can be hit or miss, depending on the meat quality.

Lunch and dinner daily.

966 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.566.8910..

Washoe House Roadhouse. $$. Since 1859, serving straightforward roadhouse grub and Italian fare. Canned green beans, buffalo burgers, amazingly satisfying pies. The bar alone is worth a trip. Lunch and dinner daily. Stony Point and Roblar roads, Cotati. 707.795.4544.

Yao-Kiku Japanese. $$-$$$. Fresh sushi with ingredients flown in from Japan steals the show in this popular neighborhood restaurant. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 2700 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.578.8180.

Zazu Cal-Euro. $$$.

Perfectly executed dishes that sing with flavor. Zagat-rated with much of the produce from its own gardens. Dinner, Wed-Sun; brunch, Sun. 6770 McKinley St #150, Sebastopol.

707.523.4814.

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MA R I N CO U N T Y Californian. $$-$$$. More dinner party than restaurant, and the food is fresh and amazing. A meal to remember.

Lunch, Thurs-Mon. 1 Drake’s Beach Rd, Pt Reyes National Seashore. 415.669.1297.

Finnegan’s Marin Pub fare. $$. Irish bar with the traditional stuff. Lunch and dinner daily. 877 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.899.1516.

Fish Seafood. $$-$$$.

Incredibly fresh seafood in incredibly relaxed setting overlooking bay. Lunch and dinner daily. (Cash only.)

350 Harbor Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.FISH.

Fradelizio’s Italian. $$.

Locally sourced northern Italian dishes with a Californiacuisine touch. The house red is a custom blend from owner Paul Fradelizio. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch, Sat-Sun. 35 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1618.

Frantoio Italian. $$-$$$.

Perennial winner of SF Chron’s “100 Best,” Frantoio also produces all of its own olive oil.

Dinner daily. 152 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley. 415.289.5777.

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Hilltop 1892 American. $$-$$$$. Casual dining with panoramic Marin views and a California-cuisine take on such classic fare as steaks, fresh seafood and seasonal greens. Complete with custom cocktails. Lunch and dinner daily; Sunday brunch.

850 Lamont Ave, Novato.

415.893.1892.

Joe’s Taco Lounge & Salsaria Mexican. $. Mostly

Lunch specials start at $7.95 Includes soup or salad Mon-Fri only

Open 7 days a week Sun-Th 11:30-9:30 Fri-Sat 11:30-10:00 525 4th Street(Upstairs) 707.526.3939

authentic Mexican menu with American standbys. Lunch and dinner daily; takeout, too.

382 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.8164.

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3883 Airway Drive Ste 145, Santa Rosa 707.528.3095 www.chloesco.com M–F, 8am–5pm

M&G’s Burgers & Beverages American. $.

The ultimate in American cuisine.

Crispy fries, good burgers and friendly locals chowing down.

Lunch and dinner daily. 2017 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

415.454.0655.

Marin Brewing Co Pub food. $-$$. Excellent soups, salads, pub grub and awardwinning pork-beer ) sausage. Lunch

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House of Curry & Grill Indian & Nepalese Cuisine

707.579.5999 409 Mendocino Ave Downtown Santa Rosa cross street 5th www.houseofcurryandgrill.com

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415.461.4677.

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$$. Marin County’s oldest saloon. Casual and jovial atmosphere. Steaks, pasta, chicken and fish all served with soup or salad. Lunch and dinner daily. 26955 Hwy 1, Tomales. 707.878.2403

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Buster’s Barbecue Barbecue. $. A very busy roadside destination–for a reason. It’s the hot sauce, available in two heats: regular and hot. And the hot, as the sign says, means “hot!�

Lunch and dinner daily.

1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga.

707.942.5606.

Great pie, cool brews, the game’s always on. Great place for post-Little League. Lunch and dinner daily. 1517 W Imola Ave, Napa. 707.255.1188.

French Laundry Definitive California Cuisine. $$$$. What else is there to say? Chef Thomas Keller’s institution is among the very best restuarants in the country. 6640 Washington St., Yountville. 707.944.2380.

Gillwoods Cafe Diner. $-$$. Classic hometown diner, specializes in the homemade.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

1313 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.1788.

Red Rock Cafe & Backdoor BBQ American. $-$$. Cafe specializing in barbecue and classic diner fare.

Messy, delicious. Lunch and dinner daily. 1010 Lincoln Ave, Napa. 707.252.9250.

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707.942.9111.

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Redd California cuisine. $$$$$. Rich dishes balanced by subtle flavors and careful yet casual presentation. Brunch at Redd is exceptional. Lunch, Mon-Sat; dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 6480 Washington St, Yountville. 707.944.2222.

Butchery is an art, but in an ironic twist, two former processing facilities, in Fulton and Healdsburg, have been turned into art galleries, leaving meat cutters with nary a space to show off their work. “There’s a demand again for locally raised meat,� says Jenine Alexander, co-owner of Sonoma County Meat Company. “We are providing the infrastructure for processing meat. It’s pretty simple, but it didn’t exist.�

The custom butcher shop holds its grand opening Saturday, celebrating with a whole smoked pig party open to the public. The event marks the first day their meat cases will hold retail cuts available to the public, from both local, highest-quality, pasture-raised animals and “economy priced� options from other parts of the country, says Alexander.

The rub here is that this is the only facility in the area that’s USDA and state/custom exempt. “We’re able to take in meat from hunters, FFA, ranch kills and all that, and we’re able to process it,� explains Alexander. “We’re also USDA-inspected, meaning we can also take meat coming from any USDAinspected slaughterhouse like Marin Sun Farms, etc., and cut and wrap for resale at places like farmers markets.� There are only two other facilities in the state like this that she knows of, and it’s no riddle as to why: the permitting process is onerous.

The grand opening party takes place Saturday, May 31 at Sonoma County Meat Company. 35 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa.

2-5pm. Free. 707.521.0121. —Nicolas Grizzle

Siena California-Tuscan. $$$$. Sophisticated, terroirinformed cooking celebrates the local and seasonal, with electric combinations like sorrel-wrapped ahi tuna puttanesca. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa.

707.251.1900.

Zuzu Spanish tapas. $$.

Graze your way through a selection of tasty tapas in a lively rustic chic setting with a popular wine bar. Bite-sized Spanish and Latin American specialties include sizzling prawns, Spanish tortilla, and Brazilian style steamed mussels. Lunch, Mon-Fri; dinner daily. 829 Main St, Napa.

707.224.8555.

Wineries

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S O N OM A CO U N T Y Imagery Estate Winery Results from a 20-year collaboration between winemaker Joe Benziger and artist Bob Nugent. The concept: Commission unique artwork from contemporary artists for each release of often uncommon varietal wines.

The wine gets drunk. The art goes on the gallery wall. Not so complicated. Count on the reds and plan to take a stroll down the informative “varietal walk” on the grounds. 14335 Hwy. 12, Glen Ellen. Summer hours, Sunday–Thursday, 10am– 4:30pm; Friday–Saturday, 10am–5pm. 707.935.4515.

Kaz Vineyard & Winery Kaz’s motto is “No harm in experimenting.” Organic, low-sulfite winemaking results in fulsome liqueur aromas.

Also a trilogy of ports under a second label, the Bodega Bay Portworks. 233 Adobe Canyon Road, Kenwood. Open Friday–Monday, 11am–5pm.

877.833.2536.

Locals Tasting Room Locals is a high-concept tasting room offering over 60 wines from nine wineries in varietal flights. Corner of Geyserville Avenue and Highway 128, Geyserville.

Open daily, 11am–6pm.

707.857.4900.

Mercury Geyserville

vegetables and homemade bread for sale. On Sundays, the bread is fresh and the Italianstyle jug wine, Guadagni, flows. 9282 W. Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 11am– 4:30pm. 707.433.3372.

Russian River Vineyards Small winery that may be the area’s most iconic: built in the style of Fort Ross and historic hop kilns in 1969. Try Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Chester’s Zinfandel in the remodeled tasting room; the on-premise restaurant—a wine country rarity—offers patio seating in the redwoods, and a new menu. 5700 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Forestville. 11am to 5pm daily. $10 fee. 707.887.3344.

SL Cellars & Muscardini Cellars Cal-Ital wines at the old red schoolhouse—yes, this is for the test. Framboise Sparkling Wine for the bubbly set, Monte Rosso Zinfandel for the rest.

9380 Sonoma Hwy., Kenwood.

Daily, 11am–6pm. Tasting fee, $10. 707.833.5070.

N A PA CO U N T Y Casa Nuestra Winery Endearingly offbeat, with a dedicated staff and a collection of goats and dogs roaming freely. 3451 Silverado Trail N., St. Helena. Open daily, 10am– 5pm. 707.963.5783.

No fee, 20 percent discount for Sonoma County residents and 12-pack wooden crates of mini-jug wine; two turntables, an LP record player–put on your winged shoes, it’s time to party in sleepy Geyserville!

Also pickled comestibles, jam, peppers–and pretty good Pinot, Cab, Cab Franc, and Merlot. 20120 Geyserville Ave., Geyserville. Open daily, 11am– 6pm. No fee. 707.857.9870.

winery triumphed at the 1976 “Judgment of Paris” tasting where French judges, quelle horreur, found that they had awarded top honors to a California contender.

1429 Tubbs Lane, Calistoga.

Open daily, 9:30am–4pm.

707.942.5105.

Preston Vineyards Ask many locals which is their favorite winery, more than a few will tell you they’re huge fans of quirky Preston. Limited picnicking facilities, organic

imagineered a Napa Valley winery that’s surprisingly no-frills, friendly and free of charge, from the flute of bubbly welcome to the last sip of award-winning Cab.

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Emphasis is on the historic Larkmead winery, the wine and, natch, the guest at this popular tasting room set in the winery’s remodeled craftsman farmhouse. Frank Family Vineyards, 1091 Larkmead Lane, Calistoga. Tasting daily, 10am–4pm, $10; reserve, $25.

707.942.0753.

Monticello Vineyards Thomas Jefferson had no success growing wine grapes; happily, the Corley family has made a go of it. Although winetasting is not conducted in the handsome reproduction building itself, there’s a shaded picnic area adjacent. 4242 Big Ranch Rd., Napa. Open daily, 10am–4:30pm. $15.

707.253.2802, ext. 18.

Raymond Vineyards Burgundy scion Jean-Charles Boisset has put his stamp on staid Napa producer. See the Theater of Nature, depicting biodynamics; feel the Corridor of the Senses; luxuriate in the members-only Red Room, party in the gold-plated JCB Room; or just taste good Cab in the club-like Crystal Cellar.

849 Zinfandel Lane, St. Helena.

Daily, 10am– 4pm. Fees vary.

707.963.3141.

Trahan Winery In the fancy heart of downtown Napa, a low-budget “cellar” where wines are shelved, with clever economy, in stacks of wood pallets; vibes are laid-back and real. Carneros Chardonnay and fruity but firm and focused Cab and Merlot from Suisin Valley, Napa’s much less popular stepsister to the east. 974 Franklin St., Napa. Open daily, noon–5:30pm. Tasting fee, $15.

707.257.7477.

Vermeil Wines Pair the Chardonnay with baked brie en croute, if you’re having that kind of Super Bowl party.

Also rare Charbono from OnThEdgle Winery, and late harvest Sémillon, perfect for potato chips. 1255 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. Sunday–Thursday, 10am–5:30pm; Friday– Saturday, 10am–8pm. Tasting fee, $12. 707.341.3054.

Let It Bleed 2013 Pinot Noir rosé wines, fresh and ready for summer BY JAMES KNIGHT

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like dry, pink wine because it’s cool, crisp, and mostly honest. Ready within months of the vintage, it delivers the fresh flavor of the grape with little wait and no fuss.

There are those who would make a fuss over whether whole-cluster pressed rosé is more authentic, or more French than that made from the saignée method, which sounds a lot more honest when translated from the, er, French—it means the juice has been “bled” from a tank of crushed grapes. That’s why a lot of rosé is available in limited quantities— it’s basically a byproduct, but one with a respectable tradition.

For me, Rhône grapes like Syrah and Grenache are particularly well suited to the task. But when life, or current trends in the wine market give you Pinot Noir, make rosé of Pinot Noir.

Red Car 2013 Sonoma Coast Rosé of Pinot Noir ($25) Pressed whole cluster, aged in both stainless steel and neutral oak, it’s the palest blush of salmon pink. Lush nose of strawberry, pink rose, orange sherbet; maybe fresh sourdough. Dry and searingly acidic, it’s a tough customer on its own—maybe better with brunch fare— and I can’t help but wonder if it would be happier if it was sparkling and aged in the company of its dead yeast for several years. Still, quality stuff, and my top pick. 12.7 percent abv.

J Vineyards 2013 Russian River Valley Vin Gris ($20) Mostly saignée, pale hue, with strawberry candy and pink bubble gum aromas; ditto on the palate. Crisp, dry, with weight—maybe from the higher alcohol. Just imagine a cold slice of strawberry-flavored honeydew melon, there’s the gist. 14.3 percent abv.

Balletto 2013 Russian River Valley Rosé of Pinot Noir ($18) A blend of whole-cluster pressed and free run juice. Reticent aroma, like a strawberry daiquiri on the other side of the ice bar at an ice hotel. Some clean, fresh, vinous flavor, but a little watery. 13.9 percent abv.

Fort Ross 2013 Fort Ross-Seaview Rosé of Pinot Noir ($24) Saignée. The deepest hue of the lot, rhubarb red, with Red Vines and raspberry candy, plus a hint of smoke and earth reminsicent of a light, “red wine” Pinot Noir. Still, the chewy, cherry skin flavor remains fresh. Good for rich cheeses and salumi. 13.5 percent abv.

Toad Hollow 2013 Eye of the Toad, Sonoma County Dry Rosé of Pinot Noir ($11.99) “Third pressing.” Good pink color. Bubblegum snaps the nose; the ice melted in your crantini. Refreshing, dry, if a bit watery, but at 11.5 percent abv it won’t hurt much to knock back a few cold glasses at the end of a hot afternoon.

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Having a Ball North Bay independent league baseball offers major league fun BY NICOLAS GRIZZLE

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he history of baseball in the Bay Area goes beyond “Say Hey Kid” Willie Mays, the Oakland A’s World Series “three-peat” in 1972–74 and controversial home-run king Barry Bonds. It extends beyond the broadcasts, bobbleheads and billionaire owners—and it started long before the Major Leagues even came to town. North Bay fans fondly remember the Sonoma County Crushers, the independent Rohnert Park team that ran from the ’90s to the early 2000s and featured an ATV-driving Bigfoot lookalike as its mascot and a Major League MVP as its manager. But independent teams were playing here as far back as the 1930s, when the Sonoma Merchants entertained baseball fans around the Bay Area. They played games at Sonoma’s Arnold Field and San Rafael’s Albert Park. This summer, those parks will play host to a new era of North Bay baseball.

The Sonoma Stompers, an expansion team in the independent Pacific Association, are fixing up historic Arnold Field and will share it with high school baseball and football teams.

The league has no connections to Major League Baseball and spun off from the larger North American Baseball League last year after beginning in 2012 with six teams. This year it includes four Bay Area teams: The Sonoma Stompers, San Rafael Pacifics, Pittsburg Mettle and Vallejo Admirals.

Fan Experience In the 1950s, “all the towns would play against each other,” says San Rafael Pacifics general manager and co-owner Mike Shapiro. “Community-based teams would play on the weekends, and they would also play barnstorming teams.” Those visiting teams included major leaguers like Frank Robinson, Billy Martin and Satchel Paige.

“This is the real heart and soul of baseball,” he says.

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otherwise,” says Stompers general manager Theo Fightmaster.

It’s also a way to get around the San Francisco Giants’ territorial rights granted by Major League Baseball, which dictates that MLB teams, including A, AA or AAA minor league teams, can’t call the area home without the Giants’ approval. The MLB recently quashed the Oakland Athletics’ decade-long attempt to move to San Jose, a city even farther away from San Francisco than Sonoma, citing the Giants’ territorial rights.

Between the drive, the

parking, the ticket prices and the inevitable concessions, attending a major league game for anyone who lives north of the Golden Gate is an all-day affair that starts at around $100.

Independent teams, based in smaller markets, set their prices lower and plan fun and off-thewall promotional events. At these games, rooting for the team is almost secondary to having a good time.

“I remember going to Crushers games, sitting right at the field, and when the game was over, 15 minutes later I’d be home and

“These guys are committed and devoted and understand that this is professional, this isn’t a recreation league.”

Joel Carranza, the Sonoma Stompers’ power hitting first baseman, has been playing professional baseball for four years. Like all other players, he says, he has a job in the off-season.

Carranza is an administrative assistant as an elementary school, a job he loves. But his first love is baseball. “We’re out here, all trying to live the dream,” he says after the Stompers’ first-ever scrimmage against the Pacifics in Sonoma Sunday afternoon.

Not just anyone can walk on the field and play “We’re a little bit more scrupulous than people expect,” says Fightmaster. “If you couldn’t play in college, you probably couldn’t play for us.

“Players in this league are really playing for the love of the game,” he adds. “They understand that a big part of this level of baseball is community baseball.”

In Sonoma, that means accepting that fans can walk up to a waist-high fence and ask pitchers warming up in the bullpen what they had for lunch.

And it means being OK with wearing a dress for “A League of Their Own” night, in reference to the movie about a women’s professional baseball league. And sometimes that means playing against guys who made it and made it big like Byrnes, who earned $10 million per year.

As for Carranza, he understands the nature of the league, and he’s OK with the promotional nights. “It goes hand in hand with baseball,” he says. “You’ve got to keep people into the game.”

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It’s not all about gimmicks and former stars on one-day contracts.

The players aren’t millionaires complaining on Twitter about instant replay— they’re mostly minor leaguers proving they’ve still got something left or former college stars looking for an opportunity to get signed by a pro team. The team finds them host families or shared rental spaces, and they make about $800 a month, says Fightmaster.

A pennant hangs in the Sonoma Stompers unassuming office in the city’s town square. It’s a pennant from the Sonoma County Crushers 1995 inaugural season, and it’s in mint condition—as if the season started last week.

“I put it up as a reminder of the legacy the Crushers left in Sonoma County,” says Fightmaster, “and to try motivate us to try our best to

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GAME FACES The Sonoma Stompers are gearing up for the 2014 season.

have no idea who won any of those games,” says Fightmaster.

“If you can be competitive and create a great fan experience, you’re doing your job.”

Tickets for Sonoma Stompers games at the 1,300-seat Arnold Field start at $3, and the most expensive seat is literally on the field, includes food and drink service, and costs $20. At 1,200seat Albert Park in San Rafael, tickets range from $10 to $25, and should the nuances of a pitcher’s dual in a scoreless game prove to be less than enthralling for younger fans, there are plenty of activities for kids like a separate Whiffle Ball park and betweeninning challenges on the field.

As for promotions, creativity is the key. Pacifics media relations manager Vincent Espinosa says the team toyed with having a monkey throw out the first pitch this year, but the logistics might be too much to overcome. Last year, the Pacifics gave one lucky fan a casket, sponsored by a local funeral home, and during one game, umpires wore eye charts on the back of their jerseys, promoting a local optometrist.

This year, giveaways include shirts, beach balls and rally thongs, and there will be special appearances by Jose Canseco, Eric Byrnes, Jerry “the Beav” Mathers and, for the third consecutive year, “Spaceman” Bill Lee. Byrnes, 38, and Lee, 67, are former major leaguers who will play on the Pacifics on oneday contracts. Byrnes is donating between $500 and $100,000—that high figure is for a grand slam—to the Pat Tillman Foundation for each play he makes.

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recreate the great atmosphere they created.”

The Crushers, who existed for eight years as part of the Western Baseball League, still evoke fond memories. Fightmaster says the comment he hears most when he talks about Sonoma’s new team is, “You’re bringing back the Crushers?” Well, not exactly.

Instead of the Abominable Sonoman teasing the opposing team between innings, it will be Stomper the Bull, a mascot rescued from the former San Francisco Bulls minor league hockey team.

The Rohnert Park team had its share of fun promotions and former Major Leaguers, too.

Former San Francisco Giant Kevin Mitchell, the National League MVP in 1989, signed on as a player-coach for the Crushers final two seasons, giving fans a chance to snag autographs and watch him hit the daylights out of the ball—and sometimes opposing players (he was suspended twice for the latter as Crushers manager).

The Crushers were always competitive. They won a league championship in 1998, and pitcher Chad Zerbe, who later went on to record a win in the 2002 World Series with the Giants, started out as a Crusher.

Games were consistently well attended throughout the team’s history, but the Crushers never played after the 2002 season when the WBL folded. Crushers Stadium, built in Rohnert Park in 1981 for the California League’s Redwood Pioneers, was razed in 2005 for a shopping center that was never built, and attempts since then to bring baseball back to the North Bay have failed.

The Business of Baseball Shapiro, who also co-owns the Stompers, knows the Crushers’ saga well; as a lawyer, one of his clients was looking into buying the team, and Shapiro did a lot of research into the league.

“Bob Fletcher, who owned the

Crushers, did a terrific job of entertaining the fans and making it a great experience,” he says.

“But a league is only as strong as its weakest owner. If you have one weak owner in the league, it jeopardizes the entire league.

“What happens to a lot of these independent leagues is you get these owners who become absolutely enamored with the idea that they are going to be a baseball team owner, and they have no business being a baseball team owner,” says Shapiro. “They get swallowed up by the whole sizzle of it and lose all their business sense.”

Shapiro has been involved with MLB teams for decades, including a stint as counsel for the San Francisco Giants. “We’ve done a lot of thinking and a lot of smart things to ensure that the mistakes of the past aren’t repeated.”

‘We’re out here, all trying to live the dream.’

“There’s no ‘business of baseball,’” Fightmaster says.

“There’s marketing, public relations, hot dog and beer businesses, and bringing those elements together creates the element of a baseball game.” The actual sport is secondary. “We’re not competing with the A’s and the Giants in terms of product on the field,” says the Stompers’ general manager. “The product you see on the field is ancillary to the operation. You’re creating an atmosphere.”

The Pacifics play a free exhibition game Friday, May 30 at Albert Park.

Lindaro Drive at Anderson Drive, San Rafael. 7pm. www.Pacificsbaseball. com. The Stompers play their first home game Tuesday, July 1 at Arnold Field. First St. W. and W. Spain St., Sonoma. 7:05pm. www.Stompersbaseball.com.

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Oakland alternative rock group MoeTar thrives on contradiction. Vocalist Moorea Dickason and songwriter Tarik Ragab founded the group in 2008 intent on mashing up paradoxical elements with experimental flair. Their debut album, From These Small Seeds, proved that disparate sounding music could also be cohesive, even catchy. MoeTar’s eclectic sound, which mixes progressive rock with electronica and pop, is at once complex and subtle, a unique combination in a world of easily-classifiable sound. MoeTar plays Thursday, May 29, at Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 8pm. $10. 415.813.5600.

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The Rev Returns In the country-fed world of rockabilly, there’s no one more enduring than Reverend Horton Heat. Hailing from Dallas, Texas, the Reverend, aka singer and guitarist Jim Heath, is known as the godfather of psychobilly, a genre that’s as loud as it is energetic. Since the mid-eighties, Revered Horton Heat, the man and the trio, has found wide success with a mixture of country, surf, punk and rock and roll. This week, the Rev appears again in the North Bay when they roll in on Friday, May 30, at Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

8pm. $26-$29. 707.765.2121.

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Free to Be Sonoma County Pride returns to the Russian River this year for a weekend-long celebration of the LGBTIQ community, friends and families (“IQ” stand for intersexed, questioning). The event boasts dozens of local merchants and businesses offering special events and extended hours for the “Free to Be” themed festival. Highlights include dance parties and appearances by Pandora Boxx of “Ru Paul’s Drag Race.” Family activities abound, and Sunday offers the ultimate Pride Parade down Main St. Sonoma Pride takes place from Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1, around downtown, with a parade on June 1 Main St, Guerneville. 11am. Free. 415.218.9835.

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Beyond Bottlerock All of Napa is getting into the swing of the area’s biggest music festival of the year. Bottlerock is going to dominate the Napa Valley for the weekend, and local venues and restaurants know that if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

Oxbow Public Market (610 First St) offers Bottlerock breakfast specials all three days with live music from festival acts. After-parties can be found all over town, with music and food trucks at City Winery (1030 Main St), local bands live at Silo’s (530 Main St), and late night lounge fun at Uva Trattoria (1040 Clinton St). If you’ve had all the music you can handle, there’s always Giggle Rock, a standup show with local stand-out comedians on Saturday, May 31 at Slack Collective Studios and Gallery, 964 Pearl St, Napa. 10pm. $5.

—Charlie Swanson

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Arts Ideas BIG CITY BRIGHT LIGHTS First-time documentarian Jeremy Ambers says he has a deep affection for the Bay Bridge.

Let There Be Light “Impossible Light” chronicles the Bay Lights project

BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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The Bay Bridge is often overshadowed by its cross-bay counterpart. When conceptual visionary Ben Davis, founder of Illuminate the Arts in Larkspur, first posed this question, it seemed an ambitious project at best and an impossible dream at worst. Not to be deterred, Davis

enlisted Leo Villareal, a New Yorkbased sculptor and interactive artist, and dozens of technical and creative partners who spent two years conceiving and installing the Bay Lights, the largest LED light sculpture in the world.

Filmmaker Jeremy Ambers was there every step of the way.

Now, a year after the Bay Lights opened in stunning fashion, Ambers’ new documentary, Impossible Light, captures the dreamers from far out idea to reality with breathtaking footage

and inspiring interviews. In an interview, Ambers talks about the exhilaration and challenges that came with making his debut independent documentary.

“I’ve always felt a personal affinity to the bridge. It represents home to me,” he says. The Bay Bridge was the first sight of San Francisco that Ambers ever saw, coming down Route 80 in a U-Haul van, moving to the Bay Area from New York. “It’s an engineering marvel, and it deserves more attention.”

Living near the bridge in the South of Market neighborhood, Ambers was introduced to Ben Davis at a party in 2010, and that’s when Davis posed the impossible question to him.

“He started telling me about this crazy idea,” recalls Ambers.

“His vision was to make the Bay Bridge into an abstract light sculpture.”

Ambers immediately knew he wanted to document the experience on camera.

In the film, Ambers follows Davis, artist Villareal, and the host of dedicated people who designed and constructed the 1.8-mile long light sculpture.

The 25,000 LED lights that adorn the towers and suspension cables across the west side of the Bay Bridge are all individually programmed, creating sparkling displays that never repeat.

The suspense in Impossible Light comes mainly from the arduous task of installing the light sculpture on a bridge that constantly shakes from traffic and 40-50 mph winds. “There is no book on how to do this, they pretty much made it up as they went along,” explains Ambers.

Completing such a daunting project mirrors Ambers’ own struggle to fund and complete the film. A self-described “one-man crew,” Ambers scaled the bridge himself several times to capture the vast scale of the work.

Ambers moves the film at a brisk and suspenseful pace, while composer Kevin T Doyle creates a stirring, emotionally resonant score. The result is a captivating document of a once in a lifetime art project.

Impossible Light opens Friday, May 30, at Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley Ave, Sebastopol. Ambers appears May 31 for a Q&A after the 4:15pm and 6:30pm shows. 707.525.4840.

WELL AGED Will Durst says his new

one-man play features some of his best material to date..

Baby Boom Bits Will Durst is talking about his generation

BY DAVID TEMPLETON

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ay Area comic Will Durst was born in 1952, making him a card-carrying member of the baby boom generation. And yes, he really does carry a card.

“I do,” he says with a wry laugh.

“I’m now officially old enough to have had my AARP card for 12 years.”

Durst has a new one-manshow, BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG, that’s coming to Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater next week. “A few years ago, I was doing this really funny one-man-show about the upcoming 2012 election,” says Durst, one of the Bay Area’s best-known comics and political satirists. “It was called ‘Elect to

‘Boomer-aging’ runs Thursday, June 5 and Sunday, June 8 at Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. Both shows 8:00 p.m. $20.

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Laugh.’ It was a hit. And then the election happened, and it all evaporated.”

Durst wanted to create a show that wasn’t dependent on the instantaneous twists and turns of politics or the 24-hour news cycle.

After some personal reflection, the 62-year-old veteran of comedy clubs and theaters decided to write a show about being a baby boomer.

“I am a baby boomer,” he says.

“I will always be a baby boomer.

That’s not going to change every four years. I decided to call it ‘BoomeRaging’—and it’s very, very funny—and I also keep writing new political stuff, some of which works its way into the show, so I’m able to keep my hand in that, too.”

Durst says that, unlike the one-man-shows of fellow Bay Area comic Brian Copeland, BoomeRaging isn’t autobiographical.

“Everybody loves the autobiographical thing, but I don’t want to do that,” he says. “I really don’t care about me. I’m not that interesting. What BoomeRaging is, is my observations about being a boomer. I like to call it a celebration of the maturation of the boomer nation, a theatrical experience with stand-up timing, and not less than a modicum of poetry.”

Durst believes BoomeRaging contains some of the best material he’s written.

The show includes an inspired section where he finds himself waxing nostalgic. “I talk about the poor kids who will never be able to experience the taste of Green Stamps, or the joys of slamming down a phone in frustration,” he says. “There’s another section where I talk about how I no longer know where the nearest 24-hourrestaurant to my house is, but I have memorized the precise location of every public restroom within a two-mile radius.”

There’s even a happy ending.

“I explain the meaning of life,” he says. “It’s uplifting—and pretty hilarious.”

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Richard, who has a picture-framing shop, is still in shock. He can’t handle the high-fiving: “I heard you got one!”

Guilty and obsessed, Richard watches the funeral of the man he killed from his car. Suddenly, Ben Russell (Sam Shepard) pops up in his window: the nearly silent, crop-haired, just-out-of-Huntsville father of the dead man. He comments menacingly that Richard has a very nice looking young son whose picture he saw in the newspapers…

The cops reveal themselves as not inept, but devious, and Richard starts playing offense. We noticed he drove a milquetoast Country Squire early on, now we see the lid rise over the recessed headlight of the station wagon, and it looks like the Batmobile waking up. About a third of the way in, a confident Don Johnson turns up as a smooth detective piloting a big red convertible.

Cold in July is not deep, but it’s built, and all around it looks like it was made by artisans who knew what they were doing.

Cold in July opens Friday at Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. 707.522.0719.

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Run Boy Run perform on Saturday, May 31, at Studio 55 Marin, 1455 East Francisco Blvd, San Rafael. 8pm. $15$18. 415.453.3161.

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their busking bassist friend Jesse to play a treasured old time sound with a vibrant modernism. The result is Run Boy Run. The accessible dynamic that Run Boy Run brings to their folk music stems from their combination of old standards and original music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of us are songwriters and we have been inďŹ&#x201A;uenced behind various traditions,â&#x20AC;? says Rolland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we write original music it comes from our very present selves.â&#x20AC;? While the group excels at embodying the old time feeling, Rolland explains the music comes from â&#x20AC;&#x153;who we are as people today.â&#x20AC;?

In early 2013, Run Boy Run broke through to national attention when Garrison Keillor was looking for a local band to perform on â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Prairie Home Companionâ&#x20AC;? when it broadcast from Phoenix, Ariz.

Keillor was so taken by Run Boy Run that he asked that they play again, and even contributed liner notes to the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut album, So Sang the Wippoorwill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Prairie Homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was like a giant wave,â&#x20AC;? says Rolland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were very much a regionally known band.

With national exposure we were able to do a national tour. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an instant magical blessing, but it opened a lot of doors.â&#x20AC;?

Now, Run Boy Run has a new album, Something to Someone, coming out this summer; and the support from the community has already been overwhelming. It was recorded on the rustic, secluded grounds of Bear Creek Studios in the Washington State woods over an intensive three-week, live-in session. Run Boy Run launched a Kickstarter to help fund the album and they received almost double the amount they asked for. Rolland describes fundraising success as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;big vote of conďŹ dence.â&#x20AC;?

With a release date scheduled for September, Run Boy will have special pre-release copies of Something to Someone available when they appear in the North Bay this week.

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Concerts Clubs & SONOMA COUNTY Venues Mamajowali Joe Craven, Mamadou Sidibe, Walter Strauss blend African music, old timey American tunes, and original grooves. May 30, 8pm. $20.

Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Philharmonia Healdsburg The final performances of their season focus on great classics by Mozart and others.

May 31, 8pm and Jun 1, 2pm. $10-$25. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

Reverend Horton Heat The popular psychobilly band plays with manic showmanship and twisted humor. May 30, 8pm. $26$29. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.765.2121.

MARIN COUNTY Johnny Mathis The vocalist performs his classic hits backed by a 28-piece orchestra. May 28, 8pm. $75-$150. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

Mambo Caribe The finest Jazz musicians from the Bay Area come together to play a traditional West Coast Latin Jazz. May 30, 8pm. $20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

NAPA COUNTY Bottlerock Napa Valley The three-day fest is headlined by Outkast, LL Col J and the Cure. Gourmet food and wine highlight the Napa Valley’s biggest musical event of the year. May 30Jun 1. $149-$279 and up.

Napa Valley Exposition, 575 Third St, Napa.

SONOMA COUNTY A’Roma Roasters May 30, Disclaimer. May 31, Stolen Strings. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Chrome Lotus Fri, Sat, Live DJs. 501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5643.

Cloverdale Plaza May 30, Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys. Cloverdale Blvd between First and Second St, Cloverdale.

Coffee Catz Mon, 6pm, open mic. First Tuesday of every month, Ukelele Jam. Sat, 2pm, bluegrass jam. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.

D’Argenzio Winery May 29, Amaya & Jaclyn. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.280.4658.

Epicurean Connection May 29, Zachary Carroll.

May 30, Keady Phelan. 122 West Napa St, Sonoma.

707.935.7960.

May 31, David Udolf Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Last Saturday of every month, Good Hip-Hop. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Amphitheaterette Jun 2, the Pimps of Joytime.

1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Lagunitas Tap Room May 28, David T Carter. May 29, Nate Lopez. May 30, the Mad Maggies. May 31, Jinx Jones.

Jun 1, Dynamo Jones. Jun 4, the Tonewoods. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Main Street Station May 28, Greg Hester. Sun, Kit Mariah’s Open Mic Night.

Mon, Gypsy Cafe. Thurs, Susan Sutton Jazz Piano. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen May 30, DJ Prodkt. May 31, George Heagerty & Never the Same. Sun, DJ Prodkt. Tues, Thurs, 9pm, karaoke with Country Dan. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

Montgomery Village Shopping Center May 31, 12pm, Pop Fiction.

Village Court, Santa Rosa.

Murphy’s Irish Pub

May 30, Midnight Sun Massive.

May 31, California Groove.

2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.8530.

May 29, Mike Z. May 31, Blue House. Jun 1, David Thom Band. Jun 3, the Cork Pullers.

Wed, trivia night. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

French Garden

Mystic Theatre

May 30, Un Deux Trois. May 31, the Smilin’ Iguanas Trio.

8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol.

707.824.2030.

May 29, the Brothers Comatose. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Friar Tuck’s

May 31, French Girls. Sun, 5pm, rock and blues jam. Mon, 7pm, young people’s AA. Tues, 7pm, Acoustic Americana jam. Wed, 6pm, Jazz jam. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Flamingo Lounge

Fri, DJ Night. Wed, Sat, karaoke.

8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.792.9847.

Gaia’s Garden First Sunday of every month, jazz jam. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.544.2491.

Hopmonk Sebastopol May 30, the Sam Chase. May 31, Saritah. Mon, Monday Night Edutainment with Jacques & Guac. Tues, 7:30pm, open mic night. Wed, Brainstorm EDM show. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Hopmonk Sonoma May 30, Jonah Smith. May 31, Jeff Campbell. Wed, Open

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Redwood Cafe May 28, Jose Arnulfo. May 30, Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic. May 31, Bonnie Brooks.

First Tuesday of every month, Rock Overtime. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse May 31, the Thugz. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

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Fri, Flaunt Fridays with DJ Stevie B. Sat, This Is the Remix with Will Styles. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.782.0592.

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Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub May 30, Dark For Night. May 31, Acoustamatics. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.

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707.665.0260.

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282 S High St, Sebastopol.

707.829.4797.

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Society: Culture House Sun, Church on Sundays. Thurs, Casa Rasta. 528 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

Spancky’s Thurs, Dj Tazzy Taz. Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Sat, live music. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.664.0169.

Stout Brothers May 28, Momentus. May 29, Jason Bodlovich. Jun 4, Lucas Ohio. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.

The Sunflower Center May 30, Bollywood Gharana.

1435 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.792.5300.

The Blue Heron Restaurant & Bar Jun 1, Rhythm Drivers. 25300 Steelhead Blvd, Duncans Mills.

707.865.2261.

Toad in the Hole Pub First Sunday of every month, Marshall House Project.

116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.544.8623.

Tradewinds Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. Tues, Jeremy’s Open Mic. Thurs, DJ Dave. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7878.

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May 30, Soul Section. May 31, Trailgatorz. Jun 1, Blues and BBQ with Sky O’Banion Band.

Jun 4, Biscuits and Gravy.

Every other Tuesday, Country Night with the Kick’n Country Girls. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Vino di Amore May 29, Oscar Calderon. May 30, Wine Country Swing. May

Come Together Mamajowali masterfully combines West Africa and Americana Mamadou Sidibe hails from the Wassoulou region of Mali, West Africa, and is an influential force in the region’s musical transformation that began 25 years ago. The master musician turned the tribal origins of his nation’s music into a modern, relatable sound with the help of a stringed instrument called a kamala ngoni, known in Africa as a “young man’s harp.”

Joe Craven is multi-instrumental and multi-disciplinary musician and educator who has performed alongside artists from Jerry Garcia to Yo-Yo Ma. The master mandolin player has traveled the world over, sharing his music in intimate venues and esteemed concert halls both as a solo artist and as a collaborator with bands like the Alison Brown Quartet and the Horseflies.

Walter Stauss is an ace finger-plucking guitarist with roots in Americana and jazz, influences that have evolved into an innovative collage of West African music with a Californian slant. The composer and lyricist is a master collaborator, transposing traditional rhythms and grooves on guitar.

Together, these three musicians have formed Mamajowali, a globe-spanning exploration of African dance and traditional American folk music that’s richly textured and brightly interwoven. Largely improvisational, Mamajowali is a spirited journey done in the universal language of music.

Mamjowali performs on Friday May 30, at the Occidental Center of the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 8pm. $20.

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31, Sonoma Goods Band. 105 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

707.894.6166.

Whiskey Tip May 30, Johnny Tsunami &

the Hurricanes. May 31, Dave Gonzalez. Jun 1, Backyard Boogie. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

Wells Fargo Center

May 30, Marisela. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

May 30, the Pulsators. 1960 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg.

707.433.4355.

Zodiacs May 29, Glen David Andrews.

May 31, Chum!. 256 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma.

707.773.7751.

MARIN COUNTY 142 Throckmorton Theatre May 29, Peppino D’Agostino and Jeff Campitelli. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Dance Palace May 30, Danny Vitali and Brian Laidlaw. Jun 1, Albany Jazz Big Band Tea Dance. Fifth and B streets, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1075.

Fenix May 29, Moetar. May 31, the Pulsators. Jun 1, Amber Morris Student Showcase. Jun 3, Kurt Huget. Wed, Blues Night.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub May 29, Somos El Son. Wed, Rock and R&B Jam. Sat, DJ Night. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.

100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

May 30, Ford Blues Band.

May 31, Frobeck. Jun 1, Terry Haggerty and Jerry Miller. Town Square, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Town Center Corte Madera

Sausalito Seahorse Sun, live salsa music. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends.

Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

Smiley’s May 29, Teresa Topaz. May 30, Beso Negro. May 31, High Tide Blues Band. Sun, open mic. Mon, reggae. Wed, Larry’s karaoke. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Studio 55 Marin May 31, Run Boy Run. Jun 1, Todd Denman with Trinity and friends. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael. 415.453.3161.

Sweetwater Music Hall May 29, Marble Party. May 30, Wild Child. Jun 2, Jason Crosby 40th Birthday Celebration. Jun 4, Young Dubliners. Mon, Open Mic. Every other Wednesday, Wednesday Night Live. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads May 28, Terrapin All-Stars. May 29, San Geronimo. May 30, Hot Buttered Rum. May 31, Go by Ocean. Sun, Midnight North. Fri, 4:20 Happy Hour with live music.

Jun 1, 2pm, Pickled Beats. 100 Corte Madera Town Center,, Corte Madera. 415.924.2961.

NAPA COUNTY City Winery Napa May 31-Jun 1, Bottlerock After Party. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.226.7372.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant May 28, Bern Man. May 29, Purple Haze. May 30, Mutha Cover Band. May 31, Crosstown 5.

Sun, DJ Aurelio. Wed, Jumpstart.

902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.

FARM at Carneros Inn May 28, Swell Surf Trio. May 29, Carlos Herrera Trio. Jun 4, Saddlecats Trio. 4048 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. 888.400.9000.

Goose & Gander Jun 1, Lonesome Locomotive.

1245 Spring St, St. Helena.

707.967.8779.

Hydro Grill Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.9777.

Rainbow Room Sun, salsa Sundays. Fri, Sat, 10pm, DJ dancing. 806 Fourth St, Napa. 707.252.4471.

Hopmonk Novato May 30, Jesse Brewster. May 31, Bottlefolk. Wed, Open Mic. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

19 Broadway Club May 28, LaTiDo with Edgardo Cambon. May 29, Stephanie Keys Band. May 30, Zigaboo Modeliste & the New Aahkesstra. May 31, Chrome Johnson. Jun 1, the Groovemeisters. Jun 3, Charlie Hickox & Cleveland Soul. Jun 4, Tommy Odetto Group. Mon, 9pm, open mic. Tues, Bluesday Piano Night. First Sunday of every month, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. 19 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

San Francisco’s City Guide

Goapele Sophisticated Bay Area soulstress returns with new album and several nights of shows. May 28-31 at Yoshi’s S.F.

Phenomenauts Theatrical group performs a science-fiction inspired mix of punk, rock and new wave. May 31 at Slim’s.

Papercuts San Francisco songwriter Jason Robert Quever writes thoughtful, quietly evocative music. May 31 at the Chapel.

Osteria Divino

Tech N9ne

May 28, Jake Leckie Trio.

May 29, Lilan Kane. May 30, Ken Cook Trio. May 31, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

Trans Am

Panama Hotel Restaurant May 28, DownLow. May 29, Deborah Winters. Jun 3, Swing Fever. Jun 4, Joan Getz Quartet.

4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Underground hip-hop sensation from Kansas City brings a crew of talented Midwest rappers to the Bay Area. June 2 at the Regency Ballroom.

Post-rock trio celebrates their 10th studio album with a volume-cranking performance. June 4 at the Independent.

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Joan Baez ᭌ Los Lobos ᭌ Indigo Girls

Jackie Greene ᭌ Darlene Love ᭌ Playing For Change Garth Hudson (The Band/The Last Waltz) featuring Sister Maud HUDSON Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott ᭌ Rodney Crowell

Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet ᭍ The Wood Brothers ᭍ Amy Helm Tom Paxton ᭍ Paper Bird ᭍ The Blues Broads ᭍ Joe Pug ᭍ The Duhks Eliza Gilkyson ᭍ Mary Gauthier ᭍ Poor Man’s Whiskey ᭍ Wavy Gravy David Luning ᭌ Patchy Sanders ᭌ Spark & Whisper ᭌ Perfect Crime Bootleg Honeys ᭌ Rhythm Rangers ᭌ Highway Poets ᭌ MORE

AT BEAUTIFUL BLACK OAK RANCH • LAYTONVILLE Tickets & Info. 415-256-8499 (Inticketing) katewolfmusicfestival.com

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

Outdoor Dining 7 Days a Week

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FORD BLUES BAND May 30 WITH PATRICK FORD AND Fri

VOLKER STRIFLER 8:00

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FROBECK May 31 Original Funk, R&B and Rock 8:30 Sat

TERRY HAGGERTY AND Jun 1 M OBY GRAPE’S JERRY MILLER Sun

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415.662.2219

On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com

Tibetan Gallery & Studio, “The Sacred Earth & Healing Arts of Tibet,” handcrafted art by the monks of Gaden Shartse Monastery is exhibited with events occurring throughout the week. 4pm. 6770 McKinley #130 (in the Barlow), Sebastopol.

707.509.3777.

SONOMA COUNTY Arts Guild of Sonoma Through May 31, “Cheap but Grand,” affordable works by guild artists, and featuring the surreal art of Christine MacDonald and the multimedia pieces of Pat Biggs. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Atascadero Creek Winery Through Jun 20, “Buon Fresco and Inks,” Solo show of fresco fragments made in the true ancient technique of roman frescos with a contemporary twist by French - American artist isabelle Proust. 6542 Front st, Forestville. Thurs to Mon, 12pm to 5pm.

707.812.7101.

BackStreet Gallery Through May 31, “Winter Fruit,” Michele Bottaro’s art celebrates our winter crops and the hope that comes with spring. Reception, May 23 at 5pm. Art Alley off South A St, Santa Rosa. Sat, 11am to 5pm.

Calabi Gallery Through May 31, “Inaugural Group Exhibition,” celebrates Calabi Gallery’s reopening after relocating from Petaluma to Santa Rosa. 456 Tenth St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sat, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

Charles M Schulz Museum Through Jul 6, “From the Pen to the Comic Pages,” exhibits the evolution of the comic strip. Through Aug 11,

“Heartbreak in Peanuts,” over 70 comic strips focusing on lost love. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

Chroma Gallery Through Jun 11, “Follow the Money,” artist and instructor Nick Mancillas’ presidential portraits comment on the power of currency. Reception, May 23 at 5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Gallery One Through Jun 30, “A Gem-Small Works,” features the work of Else Gonella, Lori Mole, Helen Moreda, Alan Plisskin and Joanne Tepper. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277.

Graton Gallery Through Jun 22, “In Water,” presents mixed media by Marylu Downing and Barbara Hoffman. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sun, 10:30 to 6.

707.829.8912.

Hammerfriar Gallery Through Jul 6, “1000 Tiny Cuts,” Graton artist Claude Smith’s installation highlights the gallery wide exhibit featuring 17 bay Area artists.

132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg.

Tues-Fri, 10 to 6. Sat, 10 to 5.

707.473.9600.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Jun 22, “Metal Arts Exhibit,” shows functional and decorative art with metal. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center

RiskPress Gallery Through May 30, “Who Cares,” exhibits new works

by Mike Koftinow and Chris Collette. 7345 Healdsburg Ave, Sebastopol. No phone.

Riverfront Art Gallery Through Jul 6, “Abundance: The Promise of Spring,” featuring Robert Benson, Karen Spratt and other fine artists. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Jun 8, “Art at the Source Preview Exhibition” features work from artists participating in the upcoming Art at the Source open studios weekends. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Seishin Studio & Gallery Through Jun 22, “Hitsohii (Similar),” features two artists, Shoji Uemura and Ken Matsumoto, working under the influences of East and West.

Reception, May 31 at 6pm. 360 A St, Santa Rosa..

Towers Gallery Through Jun 26, “California on My Mind,” featuring painter Henry White. 240 North Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

Thurs-Mon, 10am to 7pm.

707.894.4229.

MARIN COUNTY Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery

Through Jun 29, “Treescapes,” exhibits the paintings and prints of artist Green Greenwald. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.

Through Jun 1, “Inspired

by Books,” presents works

by Pamela Paulsrud, Tim Graveson, Zea Morvitz and Camille Esposito–all inspired by books. 18856 Hwy 1, Marshall. 415.663.1006..

New Leaf Gallery

Gallery Bergelli

Through Jun 29, “Surfaces,” exhibits three sculptors Michael Hannon, Kari Minnick and Pam Morris. Cornerstone Place, 23588 Hwy 121, Sonoma.

Daily, 10 to 5. 707.933.1300.

Through Jun 26, “Memories of Dreams” exhibits new paintings by Bay Area artist Sanjay Vora. Reception, May 24 at 4pm. 483 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.945.9454.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Gallery Route One

Through Jul 6, “Images of Sonoma County,”juried photography exhibit.

Reception, May 23 at 6pm.

3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Through Jun 15, “Visual Poetry/Disappearing Act,” Geraldine LiaBraaten’s photography explores words becoming images, while two artists highlight our role in species extinction. 11101 Hwy 1,

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Headlands Center for the Arts Through Jun 8, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Graduate Fellows Exhibition,â&#x20AC;? shows works from the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resident artists with guest curator Xiaoyu Weng. Bldg 944, Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4. 415.331.2787.

Marin Society of Artists Gallery Through Jun 7, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Visions,â&#x20AC;? juried exhibit displays work in all media by MSA members. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. MonThurs, 11am to 4pm; Sat-Sun, noon to 4pm. 415.454.9561.

MINE Art Gallery Through Jun 1, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Core Elements,â&#x20AC;? exhibits sculptures

by Richard Dieterich and Jennie Strobel. 1820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Jun 19, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Beauty of Imperfection,â&#x20AC;? OHCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11th annual Wabi-Sabi show, is a group exhibit inspired

by Japanese aesthetics.

Reception, Jun 3 at 6pm. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Tobyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery Through May 31, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In My Varied Career,â&#x20AC;? exhibits the works of Richard Blair. Through May 31, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painting West Marin,â&#x20AC;? exhibits the work of Kathleen Goodwin.

11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

NAPA COUNTY Dennis Rae Fine Art Through Jun 30, â&#x20AC;&#x153;ELEMENTAL,â&#x20AC;? new works by Bernard Weston and Ronald Jermyn are drawn from their inspiration of nature and a place of inner peace and strength. 1359 Main St, St Helena. Daily, 10am-6pm 707.963.3350.

Grand Hand Gallery Through Jun 30, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Window Weaving: Phase IIâ&#x20AC;? continues artist Mikey Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progressive installation. The artist works on the second phase of his window weaving May 26-30. 1136 Main St, Napa.

707.253.2551.

Jessup Cellars Through Jun 25, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neil Young Series,â&#x20AC;? Grammy-award winning art director Jenice Heoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit of original rock-and-roll paintings. 6740 Washington St, Yountville. Daily, 10am-6pm 707.944.5620.

Comedy Carlos Alazraqui Star of Reno 911 headlines with guests Brendan Lynch and Tom Carvey. May 31, 7pm. $20-$25.

Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

Dana Carvey The SNL star returns for a special night of comedy. May 31, 8pm. $55-$65. Wells Fargo Center, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

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Giggle Rock A night of comedy and karaoke featuring Bay Area comedians James Fluty and Caitlin Gill.

May 31, 10pm. $5. Slack Collective Art Studios and Gallery, 964 Pearl Street, Ste B, Napa.

Laughing Tomato Comedy Showcase Local and Bay Area comics, hosted by Tony Sparks. First Tues of every month, 8:30pm.

Free. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

Sonoma County Pride with Pandora Boxx From â&#x20AC;&#x153;RuPaulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drag Race,â&#x20AC;?

Boxx performs along with Tora Hymen and the Backwoods Barbies. May 31, 8pm. $20$40. Buckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rivermill Dinner Theatre, 16440 Fourth St, Guerneville, 707.869.3600.

Dance Decades RoCo Dance OnStage perform dance styles and music spanning the last 100 years.

May 31-Jun 1. $20. Marin Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Veterans Memorial Auditorium. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.499.6800.

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Wed, May 28 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE W/PATTI JOHNSON 10:15am– SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE 12:40pm Youth and Family 5:45-6:45pm REGULAR JAZZERCISE 7-10:00pm SINGLES & PAIRS Square Dance Club Thur, May 29 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE W/PATTI JOHNSON 5:45–6:45pm REGULAR JAZZERCISE 7:15–10pm CIRCLES N’ SQUARES Square Dance Club Fri, May 30 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE W/PATTI JOHNSON 7–11pm Steve Luther DJ hosts WALTZAPALOOZA Sat, May 31 8:30–9:30am Jazzercise 7:00–11pm CHALLENGE CONTRA DANCE Sun, June 1 8:30–9:30am Jazzercise 5–9:30pm Steve Luther DJ COUNTRY WESTERN LESSONS AND DANCING Mon, June 2 8:45–9:45am JAZZERCISE W/PATTI JOHNSON 5:45-6:45pm REGULAR JAZZERCISE 7–9:30pm SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING

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Events Art at the Source Open Studios self-guided tours of hundreds of professional artists’ studios in west Sonoma County. SatSun through Jun 8. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797.

Awake Relating With Nicola Amadora. Last Fri of every month, 7pm. through Jun 27. $15. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Bamboo Wellness Lounge Fri-noon. The Sunflower Center, 1435 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.792.5300.

Family Bicycling Workshop Safety and skill building for kids and adults, register to get locations at www.bikesonoma. org. Sat, May 31, 10am. Free.

Sonoma County, multiple locations, Sonoma.

Fiber Arts Forum Informal gathering of fiber artists for idea sharing. All disciplines and experience levels, ages 15 and up. Last Fri each month, 1 to 3. $5 donation. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797.

Heirloom Craft Hub Each evening includes instruction for a specific craft.

Last Thurs of every month. $5.

Marin History Museum, Boyd Gate House, 1125 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.8538.

Intermediate Ukulele Lessons

Izzy Water on Tour

4 week class is taught

by Marilyn Read. Mon, 7pm. through Jun 23. $25 per seesion. Sebastopol Community Center Youth Annex, 425 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.477.1356.

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Discussion on the psychedelic experience and drug policy reform, followed by dance party with Frederick of the Playa. May 31, 7pm. $8. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Fun and safe workouts in the park. Mon through Jul 7. Spring Lake Park, 391 Violetti Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.545.9622 ext. 3138.

Rock & Rollin’ Car Show and Parade The longest running car show and parade in Northern California will showcase hundreds of cool vehicles at the 27th annual event. May 31, 12pm. Free. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St bewteen Lincoln and C St, San Rafael.

Sonoma County Pride Celebration Highlights of the weekend include welcoming specials at local merchants and restaurants, dance parties, and a full day of celebration on Sunday with a parade down Main Street. May 30-Jun 1.

Downtown Guerneville, Main Street, Guerneville.

Western Sonoma County Open Art Studios See and purchase fine art from hundreds of experienced and emerging artists, while traveling the scenic byways of western Sonoma County. Info and maps at www.artatthesource.org.

May 31-Jun 1. Sonoma County, multiple locations, Sonoma.

Woodshop for Women A three-day course that will help you conceptualize and carry out basic carpentry projects. May 30-Jun 1. $450-$500. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

Field Trips Dragonflies: Messengers of Summer Author and expert Kathy Biggs presents a talk followed by an afternoon in the field. May 31, 9am. $45-$55. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.

Harbor Seal Viewing

by Kayak Docent-led viewing by kayak, with consideration for safety and mindfulness of the seals and conditions. Registration is required. May 31, 9am. $10-$20.

Jenner Visitor Center, 10439 Hwy 1, Jenner, 707.865.9757.

Smell of the Wild Docent led hike explores the biology, ecology, and aesthetics of scents in nature. Registration is required. May 29, 10am.

Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

Film Impossible Light Filmmaker Jeremy Ambers appears for a Q&A. May 31.

Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Safety Last!

The classic silent comedy is accompaied by live music from Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Jun 2, 7:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

School of Rock Part of the Rock Cinema series. Jun 4, 7pm. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.226.7372.

Touching Home Filmmakers Logan and Noah Miller appear in person at the premier of their debut film, shot largely in Marin. Jun 1, 7:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Food & Drink Bottlerock Breakfast Live music and breakfast to start the Bottlerock days. May 30-Jun 1. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.

Sunday Supper Series With special guest social etiquette and protocol expert Syndi Seid, the founder of Advanced Etiquette. Jun 1, 5:30pm. $45. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

Lectures Citizen Science: Monitoring Fukishima Radiation Leading radiation experts Ken Buesseler and Dan Sythe speak on the continued efforts to curb the disastrous effects of the Japanese nuclear disaster.

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Wellness Speaker Series moderated by life coach Sue Hirsch. Kickoff gala includes Mayor David Glass. May 31, 7pm. $10. The Sunflower Center, 1435 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.792.5300.

May 31, 1:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meditations of a Modern Mysticâ&#x20AC;? with Maurine Doerken. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Learning to Live with North Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Native Song Dog

Jun 3, 6pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Year She Left Usâ&#x20AC;? with Kathryn Ma, Part of the Debut Brews series.

138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

Discover coyote behavior and the role coyotes play in our urban ecosystems from Camilla H. Fox, executive director of Project Coyote. May 29, 7pm. $8. Sonoma Valley Veterans Memorial Building, 126 First St W, Sonoma.

Master Gardener Workshop â&#x20AC;&#x153;Planning & Designing a Low Water Use Gardenâ&#x20AC;? presented by master gardener Linda King.

May 31, 10:30am. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801.

The Traveling Gardener Exploring the world one garden at a time with travel writer and gardener Yvonne Horn. May 31, 2pm. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801.

Readings Aqus Cafe Jun 2, 6:30pm, Rivertown Poets Reading, Sonoma County poets Janet Baer and Noris Binet read, followed by an open mic.

Mondays, 9:30am, Storytelling with Phaedra. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

Book Passage May 28, 7pm, San Geronimo Valley School Poetry Reading.

May 29, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Keeperâ&#x20AC;? with John Lescroart. May 30, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kismetâ&#x20AC;? with Elizabeth Van Ingen. May 31, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almondsâ&#x20AC;? with Lynda Balslev & Robert Holmes. Jun 1, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ADHD Explosionâ&#x20AC;? with Stephen P. Hinshaw & Richard M. Scheffler. Jun 2, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Secretâ&#x20AC;? with Liane Moriarty. Jun 3, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somehowâ&#x20AC;? with Douglas Cruickshank. Jun 4, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Threeâ&#x20AC;? with Sarah Lotz. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Santa Rosa Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books May 31, 5pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suspicionâ&#x20AC;? with

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Old Downtown Windsor Jun 1, 11am, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Culinary Birdsâ&#x20AC;? with John Ash, The chef shares stories from his recent culinary adventure in Japan. Market St, Windsor.

Point Reyes Books May 28, 7:30pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next Life Might be Kinderâ&#x20AC;? with Norman Howard. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

San Rafael Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books May 29, 7pm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stay Up with Meâ&#x20AC;? with Tom Barbash.

850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

Tobyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feed Barn Jun 1, 3pm, West Marin Review Reading, Presentations of prose, poetry and art from the newly published Review. Free.

11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1223.

Theater The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) The madcap comedy condenses all 37 Shakespeare plays into an irreverent 90 minutes. Through Jun 8. $15.

Pegasus Theater Company, Rio Nido Lodge, Canyon Two Rd, Rio Nido.

Experiment #514 Guesthouse Walk-through performance that includes puppetry, soundstories, animations and oracles.

A small group of guests takes a journey into and through a secret handmade world of oracular visions. Through Jun 14. $15-$20. the Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7554.

Harvey Longtime Bay Area director Jennifer Ruygt takes on

this popular play about an eccentric and his friend, Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit.

Through Jun 9. Napa Valley Playhouse, 1637 Imola Ave, Napa, 707-255-5483.

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Jesus Christ Superstar Throckmorton Youth Production brings back the classic rock opera. Through Jun 1. $14-$18. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy: The Musical World premiere, adapted from the books by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Presented by Bay Area Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre.

Through Jun 8. $15-$20. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

The Marriage of Figaro The music of Mozart comes alive in this playful production of the classic opera. May 30-Jun 15. $9-$40. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

Other Desert Cities The Ross Valley Players present this 2012 Pulitzer Prize nominee for Best Drama that sees generations clash over politically explosive secrets.

Through Jun 15. $15. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555.

We are Our Life Story Playwright and poet Oceana Taicherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one women performance art show benefits the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School. May 29, 7:30pm. $25. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Wretch Like Me The Bohemianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own David Templeton presents his new one-man show, as he prepares to take the show to the worldfamous Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. May 30, 7:30pm. $15-$18. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.5381.

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