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Rhapsodies Trainwreck A recent post on our Facebook page about the removal of a group of mostly African-American women from the Napa Wine Trail elicited a lot of comments. Here is a sampling: Maybe they were acting loud and stupid bothering other passengers? Has anyone thought of that one? Does every incident have to be “racially motivated”?
It’s Napa Valley. Every weekend, hordes of bachelorette parties get drunk and loud.
KEN GALVIN Just because they happened to be African-American women has nothing to do with the fact they were ruining the experience for other riders. I’m sure they were loud and obnoxious. Who cares if they’re black!
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Why does the Bohemian think this is newsworthy? Are they trying to instigate racial conflict? I thought this was a respectable paper.
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Drive On Thomas Bonfigli does not like the drivethrough option (Open Mic, Aug. 19). So do not use them. But consider the individual with physical limitations, and also consider the adult traveling with
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several toddlers and infants. If Bonfigli’s nose were not pointed so high to the sky, he might see more.
KURT MITCHLER Windsor
No More Mystery Meat With the new school year, parents’ attention is turning to school clothes, supplies and lunches. Yes, school lunches. In past years, the USDA had used our nation’s schools as a dumping ground for surplus meat and dairy commodities. Not surprisingly, one-third of our children are overweight or obese. Their early dietary flaws become lifelong addictions, raising the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Gradually, the tide is turning. New guidelines mandated by President Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act require doubling the serving of fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat and no meat for breakfast. A survey released last week shows that the guidelines are supported by 86 percent of Americans. Sixty-four percent of U.S. school districts now offer vegetarian options. More than 120 schools, including the entire school districts of Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia and San Diego, have implemented Meatless Mondays. Some schools have dropped meat from their menu altogether. As parents, we need to work with school cafeteria managers and our own children to encourage the availability and consumption of healthy, plantbased school foods. Entering “vegetarian options in schools” provides lots of good resources.
LARRY ROGAWITZ Santa Rosa
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Burn Out Burning Man needs to get serious about ‘leaving no trace’ BY STEVE HEILIG
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t’s Burning Man time again. I’m not going, again. I’m not against Burning Man itself. There’s great art there, the torching of the temple is a wondrous ritual, and there’s nothing wrong with plain old fun. Some of my best friends are “burners”—seriously! In recent years, there has been much grumbling about the lost soul of Burning Man as Hollywood/techie/yuppie crowds make it their own version of a corporate retreat. That sounds like a bummer to me too, but that’s not my concern. My worry is about our planet and life on it. The future, climate-wise, is looking grim. We’re in deep doodoo already, and it’s going to get much worse without very serious curtailment of our emissions. Burning Man vows to “leave no trace,” but what does that really mean, besides some fastidious efforts to keep litter off the “playa”? Last year, the Los Angeles Weekly explored BM’s eco-impact, and the calculations and conclusion were not encouraging: “The average American is responsible for 17.6 tons of greenhouse gases each year, or 0.33 tons per week. The average Burner will produce 0.67 tons next week, or double the national average. . . . Eighty-seven percent of that was from travel to and from Black Rock City.” One can quibble about such calculations, but given the undeniably huge number of miles driven at a minimum, it’s hard to argue with the conclusion: “The environment gets worse every year because of Burning Man.” Burning Man officials have said they are trying to ameliorate such impacts, through carpooling and such, but those are just Band-Aids. So here’s my call for radical action: BM should go “carbon-neutral”— in total, not just at the event. But given that the biggest impact comes from travel to and from the event, there is really only one truly “green” option at this time: cancel next year’s event, in the name of a real commitment to true, radical, eco-consciousness. Enlist the many good burning minds to bring Burning Man into this century for real, at least as a non–negative impact event, but even more hopefully, as a force for ecological good. Instead of the giant party on the playa this time next year, how about a report back on ideas for moving in this green direction, with plans to fund action? Now that would be truly radical. Steve Heilig is an epidemiologist, editor and environmentalist in Marin County. Open Mic is a weekly feature in 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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Patience! Sebastopol’s Palm Drive Hospital reborn as Sonoma West Medical Center BY TOM GOGOLA
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he hospital PA crackles to life, and medical personnel in scrubs hurry from all directions to the emergency room, where a patient has just had a stroke.
It’s an exciting moment at the Sonoma West Medical Center (SWMC). But the only thing missing is an actual patient. This is a test, only a test—a training
exercise, but the hospital’s new executive expects it won’t be long now before actual patients start coming through the door. “We’re ready now,” says Raymond Hino, CEO of the Sebastopol facility formerly known as Palm Drive Hospital, during an on-site interview last week, just days before a hopeful reopening on Sept. 2 The hospital has undergone a $5 million upgrade along the
way to an reopening that was by no means a certainty after it was forced to close in April 2014 over chronic fiscal shortfalls. Earlier this year, a flurry of expectation attended a proposed April reopening that wasn’t in the cards, but this time they really mean it. “The only surprise has been how long it has taken,” says Hino. On Monday, SWMC cleared its penultimate hurdle: a pharmacy inspection by the federal Drug
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Enforcement Agency. The DEA check-off came after two rounds of approvals from state agencies that ensured the facility had undergone earthquake-proofing and that other tune-ups had been made. The state was scheduled to do a final run-through on the pharmacy on Tuesday. Once the hospital got the green light, Hino would then make a call to the area emergency services network to tell them, “We are available for 911 transports.” There’s no crinkly bunting to mark a grand opening along Petaluma Avenue, but there’s still an “Open Our Hospital” sign out front, on the lawn of an adjacent medical mini mall. The sign was itself a draw for Hino when local philanthropist Dan Smith, the major civic driver behind the hospital’s rebirth, called him last year to see if he’d be interested in running the new proposed hospital. “I was very impressed by the sea of red-and-white signs,” Hino says. He signed on in November. West County residents wanted an emergency room, and they got one. But the rest of the hospital’s operations have to help pay for the ER, an expensive unit in any hospital, with lots of overhead and unrecouped costs at play. “You need a hospital if you want to have an ER,” Hino says. The emphasis at SWMC will be on specialty surgery, telemedicine and marketing the hospital’s topof-the-line contributions to the regional medical scene, including its state-of-the-art mammography machine. Hino and the marketing team plan a full-on advertising campaign to let people around the region know about the new hospital. They’re not just bragging about the spacious rooms, the tablets in every room and the visitor chairs that can be reclined into beds for family members: they need the business. “We need to be a regional hospital,” Hino says. “We can’t be successful in just West County.’ The reopening was harshly criticized by some previous members of the Palm Drive
the floors were redone, the clinical lab was gutted and rebuilt, and the emergency room was upgraded. “It clearly cost more because the hospital had closed,” says Hino. “The money we spent was mostly on the physical plant side. Lots of stuff had gone to pot.” The physical plant upgrades alone cost about $2 million, he says.
‘You need a hospital if you want to have an ER.’ The hospital employs 180 people, and roughly half worked here when it was still Palm Drive, says hospital marketing director Jane Rogan. Lots of employees are already showing up for work in anticipation of opening day. The kitchen is up and running, and Hino says patients can expect “the best-tasting hospital food in the state,” but don’t expect a wine pairing. Maybe a glass of wheatgrass juice. Some other details: The hospital has a 37-bed capacity but will open with 25. There’s no hospital chapel, but Hino says he’s working on a visiting chaplaincy service. The pharmacy won’t dispense medical cannabis to patients since that’s still a no-no under federal law, despite Sebastopol’s pioneering dispensary operations. There’s no special area for patients who come in under police escort, though Hino says he expects to see patients in handcuffs “from time to time.” There’s a gift shop in the offing, says Rogan, and lots of new loaner paintings on the walls, courtesy of Sebastopol artists. Most important of all, says Hino, “We are open for everybody.”
D EBRIEFER The Blog Kept a-Rollin’ Hey, folks, this paper has a new blog up by news editor Tom Gogola, called “The Fishing Report.” Gogola plans to be posting a couple of times a week and hopes you’ll tune in, send tips to him at tgogola@ bohemian.com, engage, and, of course, push back against his wild-eyed tirades when necessary. Last week, the Fishing Report made its debut with an item about that incident on the Napa Valley Wine Train that’s been all over the news. The one where 10 black women, and one white woman, got thrown off the popular tourist train for the crime of laughing too loudly. As the story made its way to an inevitable national “Say whaaaa???” moment, the company that runs the train said it would apologize to the women, even though it had done nothing wrong. But by the time CNN was on the story a few days after the mass ejection, the company took a 180-degree turn: “We were 100 percent wrong.” Now there’s a civil rights lawsuit in the offing. Many people who commented on this story—and especially, it seems, in the Napa Valley Register—took the position that “obnoxious” behavior is a raceneutral deal, so why do you have to make everything about race? Picture this: A group of 10 white women, proud and nerdy members of a book club, are all smiles when they arrive for a long-planned journey on the tourist train. They’re even wearing matching book club T-shirts. It’s not a cheap ride,
and the women are excited for the luxe adventure that’s about to unfold. Almost immediately upon taking their seats, the women are confronted by other train riders for laughing too loudly and for other “disruptive” activities. One of them is 85 years old. Management is summoned, and so too are the police. After a couple of warnings, the women are thrown off the train. Now pause to reflect: Does anyone really think this sort of treatment would have been visited upon an 85-year-old white woman? Does anyone believe 10 white women from a book club would be frogmarched through the entire train on their way out the door? In the aftermath, the Napa Valley Wine Train pledged to do better next time. That’s commendable. The company says it will institute sensitivity training so that 85-year-old black women aren’t forced off of old Pullman railroad cars for the “crime” of laughing too loudly. Those Pullman cars are themselves a part of the racial backstory. As the Fishing Report noted, the Jim Crow “separate but equal” doctrine was enshrined following the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson case— itself a case about a man on a Pullman train. Homer Plessy was a mixed-race “octoroon” who in 1892 defied Louisiana’s separate-car law and defiantly sat in the white man’s car. Plessy was thrown off the train and arrested after he refused to move to the “colored” car. He wasn’t laughing. Check out the Fishing Report as part of your regular media diet at www.bohemian.com.
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Hospital District board of directors for being untenable and also for essentially transforming the hospital into a showroom for Smith’s tablet-based telemedicine company, which itself was developed by pioneering surgeon Jim Gude. Smith bought the company from Gude, who returns to the hospital as medical director after leaving in 2011. Telemedicine is best described as an elaborate Skype-like system to monitor and evaluate patients from afar. The controversy over Smith’s role—critics accused him of a conflict of interest—is academic for now. But concerns about the hospital’s viability are of course still open questions. The district board has a bankruptcy contingency plan in place, should the hospital find itself back where it was a year ago: in debt and without enough patients to keep it going. Hino is convinced that the new hospital can and will be a viable operation. As I toured the hospital, a group of visiting Nigerian physicians received training in the telemedicine technology. Hino says specialists will make use of the surgical facilities here, and the hospital anticipates buy-in from surrounding medical centers, too. “Surgery is typically profitable for hospitals,” Hino says. The new hospital has leveraged opportunities afforded under the Affordable Care Act to partner with area hospitals. “We can’t do this alone,” Hino says. St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa has pledged to send patients to SWMC, out of necessity. “There’s a bed shortage in Santa Rosa. They are transferring patients out of the county, to San Francisco and Sacramento,” says Hino, a career hospital administrator. “We are a lot shorter distance.” Hino says he’s been told by regional hospitals: “You’ll be very busy, very quickly.” He adds that there are benefits to working with a closed hospital, even if it was more expensive in the end. Among other upgrades,
Dining Photo courtesy Imperfect Foods
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IMPERFECTLY GOOD This cauliflower was headed to a dumpster because of wider-than-desired gaps between florets.
Waste Not Millennials take on ending food waste and feeding the hungry BY ARI LEVAUX
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on Clark is no stranger to food waste. After more than 20 years working to supply fresh produce to California’s food banks, he knows every point on the route from farm to table—and every point where produce leaves the human food chain, to be ploughed under, composted, fed to animals or buried in a landfill.
Most of this food is healthy and delicious, but discarded for cosmetic reasons. Clark was filling 60 to 80 truckloads a week with food he recovered from farmers and packers, bringing 125 million pounds of produce to hungry food bank clients, by the time he left the food bank system. Today, he looks on in awe at a new wave of innovators looking to tackle the problem of food waste. Most of them are twenty-somethings fresh out of college, he says. An estimated 40 percent of
all food grown never gets eaten by humans, and hunger isn’t the only consequence. Wasted food also represents wasted water and contributes to global warming, thanks to the methane produced when it rots in landfills. But the movement to stop food waste is booming. In 2014, one of France’s largest food retailers, Intermarché, began selling “inglorious,” or cosmetically challenged, produce at a discount. Store traffic increased 24 percent. In mid-July, a Change.org petition
called on Walmart and Whole Foods to follow Intermarché’s lead. Most of the newer efforts to end food waste are just as missiondriven as a food bank, but are sustained by sales of recovered produce and products made from it, rather than grants and donations. “It really is a millennial movement,” says Clark. “They aren’t interested in old organizations, which tend to be hierarchical and structured, like corporations. The energy in the new generation doesn’t mix with that culture. They’re going after the food-waste issue in different ways, and for slightly different reasons. The millennials certainly care deeply about hunger, but are primarily concerned with saving the planet.” Wasted food is responsible for about 45 trillion gallons of wasted water, according to 22-yearold Evan Lutz, CEO of Hungry Harvest in Baltimore. Hungry Harvest recovers surplus produce from farms and wholesalers, and sells it in subscription-style boxes at a steep discount. For each box sold, a healthful meal is donated to someone in need. An Oakland startup called Revive Foods began making jam out of recovered produce about a year ago. In its new model, recovered produce will be sorted, stabilized—by freezing, for example—and offered for sale to food businesses like caterers, juicers and restaurants. One asyet-unnamed “major baby food company,” says Revive co-founder Zoe Wong, is “super interested in the possibility of building out a dedicated product line made from our recovered produce.” Revive shares space with another startup called Imperfect, which aims to create the first national brand of cosmetically challenged produce. “We will only feel successful if ‘surplus food’ is no longer a term, because we’ve reached that level of efficiency. Given how much is being wasted out there, I don’t think we will hit that point any time soon.”
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Cafe. $-$$. Extensive local and artisan cheese selection and other gourmet delights in convivial market. Cheese classes taught, too! 122 West Napa St, Sonoma. 707.935.7960.
Shiso Asian $$ Extensive modern Asian menu with emphasis on sushi–sashimi, nigiri and specialty rolls– made from local ingredients. Ask for the omakase. Dinner daily. 19161 Hwy 12, Sonoma. 707.933.9331.
Gohan Japanese. $$-$$$.
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Superb Japanese favorites with modern twists like greentea cheesecake and wakame snow-crab caviar salad in a martini glass. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Fri; dinner only, Sat-Sun. 1367 McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.789.9296.
Healdsburg Bar & Grill American. $-$$ Gourmet burgers and potent cocktails from the owners of Cyrus. It ain’t fancy, but it’s awfully good, with topnotch ingredients and low prices. Lunch and dinner daily. 245 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.3333.
Johnny Garlic’s California. $$. At Johnny’s, garlic is God–all dishes are infused with the glorious stinking rose. Lunch and dinner daily. 8988 Brooks Rd, Windsor. 707.836.8300.
JoJo Sushi Japanese. $-$$. Hip downtown eatery features fresh sushi, sashimi, teriyaki, and innovative specials. Lunch and dinner daily. 645 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.569.8588.
Old Chicago Pizza Pizza. $$. Extraordinary deep-dishstyle pizza with tasteful wine list in historic stretch of Petaluma. Delivery, too! 41 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.3897. Pick-up and delivery: 203 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.766.8600.
Osake Sushi Bar & Grill Japanese. $$$. Gourmet sushi, exotic seasoned seaweed salad, robata grill
$-$$. Excellent, satisfying food served cafeteria-style. Breakfast and lunch daily. 421 First St, Sonoma. 707.996.6645.
Sushi Hana Japanese. $$. Popular sushi destination offers delightful treats. Dollar sushi night on Wed and Sat really packs ’em in. Lunch and dinner daily. 6930 Burnett St, Sebastopol. 707.823.3778.
Willow Wood Market Cafe Mediterranean. $$. Homey, eclectic foods. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat; brunch, Sun. 9020 Graton Rd, Graton. 707.823.0233.
MARIN CO U N T Y Casa Maùana Mexican. $. Big burritos a stone’s throw from the perfect picnic spot: Perri Park. The horchata is divine. Lunch and dinner daily. 85 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax. 415.454.2384.
Fradelizio’s Italian. $$. Locally sourced northern Italian dishes with a Californiacuisine touch. The house red is a custom blend from owner Paul Fradelizio. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch, Sat-Sun. 35 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1618.
Frantoio Italian. $$-$$$. Perennial winner of SF Chron’s “100 Best,� Frantoio also produces all of its own olive oil. Dinner daily. 152 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley. 415.289.5777.
Insalata’s Mediterranean. $$$. Simple, high-impact dishes of exotic flavors. Lunch and dinner daily. 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo. 415.457.7700. Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Brewpub. $$. Pub grub gets a pub-cuisine facelift. Lunch, Wed-Sun; dinner daily. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.
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Nick’s Cove Seafood/ contemporary American. $$$$. Fresh from the bay oysters, upscale seafood, some steaks and a great burger. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 23240 State Route 1, Marshall. 415.663.1033.
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Salito’s Crab House Seafood . $$$. Waterfront setting with extensive marine menu plus steak and other American staples. Lunch and dinner daily. 1200 Bridgeway Ave, Sausalito. 415.331.3226.
Sol Food Puerto Rican. $. Flavorful, authentic and homestyle at this Puerto Rican eatery, which is as hole-in-thewall as they come. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. San Rafael locations: 811 Fourth St; 901 & 903 Lincoln Ave. 415.451.4765. Mill Valley location: 401 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.380.1986. Tommy’s Wok Chinese. $-$$. Tasty and filling Chinese fare without the greasy weigh-down. Nice vegetarian selections, too. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat; dinner only, Sun; closed Tues. 3001 Bridgeway Ave, Sausalito. 415.332.5818.
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Carpe Diem Wine Bar Californian. $-$$. Right in the heart of downtown Napa, Carpe Diem’s contemporary and innovative menu includes a variety of seasonal flatbreads, an ostrich burger, the famed short-rib sliders and much more. Over 45 wines by the glass, six draft beers and an impressive reserve wine list round out this warm, inviting space. Dinner daily. 1001 Second St., Napa. 707.224.0800.
Checkers California. $$. Perfect casual spot for dinner before the movie. Try the panĂŠed chicken and butternut squash ravioli. Lunch and dinner daily. 1414 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.9300.
FumĂŠ Bistro & Bar California cuisine. $$$. California bistro fare that nearly always hits the mark. Lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sat-Sun. 4050 Byway E, Napa. 707.257.1999.
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Gillwoods Cafe Diner. $-$$. Classic hometown diner, specializes in the homemade. Breakfast and lunch daily. 1313 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.1788. Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet Diner. $-$$. Formerly Taylor’ Automatic Refresher. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 933 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.3486. Also at Oxbow Public Market, 644 First St, Napa. 707.224,6900.
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A Fete for Summer’s End It’s Labor Day weekend, so say goodbye to summer and get yourself ready for a rollicking El Niùo season. You’ll need sustenance and a bracingly fun endof-summer event to prepare you for those early-darkening skies and the cold whip of winter, which is where Saturday’s Taste of Sonoma at MacMurray Estate Vineyards comes into the picture, as part of the three-day Sonoma Wine Country Weekend. What can you expect after dropping $135 or $175 to attend? An afternoon of total wine and food hedonism in Healdsburg, that’s what. An anticipated 200-plus wineries will be in the hizzie, and over 60 chefs will be on hand to churn out choice pairings to go with the various vinos on offer. For starters, how about some oysters on the half shell paired with sparkling wine from the Ferrer house of fine fizz? Yes, please. Now wander the MacMurray grounds and you’ll encounter chef pop-ups posted throughout: Baja shrimp and smoked scallop cocktail over here; smoked pork chops glazed in a habanero-peach concoction over there. And it’s all for a cause. The many satisfied revelers who make this fundraising event a top annual draw have raised over $16 million for the underprivileged of Sonoma County. Last year, funds supported eight new literacy programs. Taste of Sonoma, Saturday, Sept. 5, at MacMurray Estate Vineyards, 9015 Westside Road, Healdsburg. 11:30am–4pm; $135–$175. Shuttle service is available throughout Sonoma and Marin counties; call 855.939.7666 for info.—Tom Gogola
La Toque Restaurant French-inspired. $$$$. Set in a comfortable elegantly rustic dining room reminiscent of a French lodge, with a stone fireplace centerpiece, La Toque makes for memorable special-occasion dining. The elaborate wine pairing menus are luxuriously inspired. Dinner daily. 1314 McKinstry St, Napa. 707.257.5157.
Pizza Azzurro Italian. $. Run by a former Tra Vigne and
Lark Creek Inn alum, the pizza is simple and thin, and ranks as some of the best in the North Bay. Lunch and dinner daily. 1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa. 707.255.5552.
Red Rock Cafe & Backdoor BBQ American. $-$$. Cafe specializing in barbecue and classic diner fare. Messy, delicious. Lunch and
dinner daily. 1010 Lincoln Ave, Napa. 707.252.9250.
Siena California-Tuscan. $$$$. Sophisticated, terroirinformed cooking celebrates the local and seasonal, with electric combinations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; brunch, Sun. 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa. 707.251.1900.
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Some of the best values from the Russian River Valley, in Chard and Pinots both Gris and noir. Being out of the touring loop, it’s generally a low-key place that picks up a bit on weekends. 5700 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa. Open daily, 10am–4pm. 707.568.2455.
and-wife team went the distance, selecting Barbera cuttings from the Italian alps: their Barbera was named best in the world. You’ll also find Vermentino, Pinot, and rusticchic two-liter milk jugs of “vino di tavola” in comfortable downtown lounge; wine education classes for groups. 107 North St., Healdsburg. Open daily, 10:30am–7pm. Tasting fee, $5–$12. 707.395.0960.
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Noir and Chardonnay are “gateway drugs” to their lush Syrah. 3352 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa. By appointment only, Monday–Saturday. 707.591.0782.
Dudes abide at this casual, fun spot. Pinot, Zin, Grenache are hot. 240 Center St., Healdsburg. Daily 11am–7pm. 707.922.6362.
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Hop Kiln Winery Both pleasant and rural, Hop Kiln has an extremely popular crisp white wine (Thousand Flowers) which sells out every year. The grounds are gorgeous, right on the Russian River. 6050 Westside Road, Healdsburg. Open daily, 10am–5pm. 707.433.6491.
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.
Meadowcroft Wines The main event is the Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon; Riesling, too. Look for the sign of the bee. 23574 Hwy. 121, Sonoma. Daily, 11am–5pm. Tasting fee, $5–$10. 707.934.4090.
The Natural Process Alliance & Salinia Wine Co. A beige warehouse and a clean-cut, UC Davis–trained winemaker belie the wild-eyed truth: Unusual, fruity “natural wine” as fresh as next Friday, bottled in stainless steel Kleen Kanteens. Ask for Hardy. 3350 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa. Friday–Saturday, 10:30am– 6pm, or by appointment. 707.527.7063.
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.
Spann Vineyards Ninety percent of Spann wines are distributed out of state, leaving a little aside for this off-thePlaza tasting room. Malbec, Mourvedre and Mayacamas Cab; the take-home bargain is a $20 blend. Photography gallery adds visual interest. 111 E. Napa St., Sonoma. Open daily, noon–6pm. Tasting fee. 707.933.8343.
N A PA CO U N TY Castello di Amorosa Not only an “authentic Medieval Italian castle,” but authentically far more defensible than any other winery in Napa from legions of footmen in chain mail. In wine, there’s something for every taste, but don’t skip the tour of great halls, courtyards, cellars,
and–naturally–an authentic dungeon. . 4045 N. St. Helena Hwy., Calistoga. 9:30am–5pm. Tasting fees, $10–$15; tours, $25–$30. Napa Neighbor discounts. 707.967.6272.
Far Niente (WC) Far Niente was founded in 1885 by John Benson, a ’49er of the California Gold Rush and uncle of the famous American impressionist painter Winslow Homer. The estate boasts beautiful gardens as well as the first modern-built wine caves in North America. 1350 Acacia Drive, Napa. By appointment. 707.944.2861.
Frog’s Leap Winery A good story is nearly as important as good wine; Frog’s Leap does a neat job on both. As you wind through the vineyard, the frog pond and the rustic 1884 winery, your tour guide finds bottles along the way, like Easter eggs. Dry-farming, who knew, can produce a beverage more thirst-quenching than water. 8815 Conn Creek Road, Rutherford. Daily, 10am–4pm. Tastings, $20; tours Monday– Friday, $20. 707.963.4704.
Louis M. Martini Winery Before Mondavi, Martini was the “King of Cab.” Famed Monte Rosso Cab is the key attraction at this raditional tasting room. 254 St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena. Daily, 10am– 6pm. Tasting fee, $15–$20. 45-minute tour, $30. 707.968.3362.
Summers Estate Wines Excellent Merlot and that rarest of beasts, Charbono. Small tasting room and friendly staff. 1171 Tubbs Lane, Calistoga. Open daily, 10am– 4:30pm. 707.942.5508.
Vermeil Wines Pair the Chardonnay with baked brie en croute, if you’re having that kind of Super Bowl party. Also rare Charbono from OnThEdge 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.
Gran Wino A tour of wine country backroads, off the road BY JAMES KNIGHT
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inetasting by bicycle during the harvest may look idyllic in a travel brochure, but the reality can be harrowing, at least for new riders and sometimescyclists unaccustomed to having trucks, tractors and— yikes, wine tasters!—whizz by their elbow. While proposed bike paths through the Napa and Sonoma valleys are just getting started, we’ve already got an unofficial wine trail that runs, mostly off-street, through the Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA: the West County Regional Trail, where the cool, riparian smell of blackberry bushes along Atascadero Creek preps the nose for teasing out the aromatics of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. From Mill Station Road to Forestville, the trail runs just over five and a half miles; for shorter trips, there is trail access and parking at Graton Road and Ross Station Road. Even before the trail picks up again at Occidental Road, there’s a winetasting opportunity a brief jog down Barlow Lane, at Taft Street, an old favorite. In downtown Graton, Paul Mathew Vineyards hangs a sign a few spins of the wheel from the trail. Here, co-owner Barb Gustafson confirms that many of her visitors say they’d like to bike from winery to winery, but they’re not comfortable with the highway traffic. She’s thinking of putting together a map of wineries along the trail. Paul Mathew’s 2014 Russian River Valley Gewürztraminer ($20) is spicy and floral, but this Gewürz finishes dry and refreshing. Rest up for the next leg on cushioned benches in this spacious tasting room. Further on, a sign invites a detour to the new kid on the block, Ektimo Vineyards, at the former Cahill Winery. At Ross Station Road, don’t miss the turn where the trail picks up again—or go ahead and turn the other way: if you can climb a little hill, sparkling wine and a great view from Iron Horse Vineyards will be your reward. There’s more encouragement for the wine-seeking wayfarer at Russian River Vineyards and Corks Restaurant, where an unlocked gate and big, purple banner all but shout, “Secret entrance here!” A well-worn path leads through the vineyard to the iconic, hop kiln–style winery. In Forestville, lock up to a proper bike rack right in front of Wine Guerrilla, specialists in big, brambleberry-fruited Zinfandel. Up the street, there’s rustic-chic new Joseph Jewell. A well-timed afternoon round trip ends at Sebastopol’s Barlow, where tasting rooms are open past 5pm. Wind Gap is all the buzz with their obscure, concrete-fermented varietals like Trousseau Gris ($7 glass; $28 bottle), with a shy aroma, but a finish that can go for miles.
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Coho vs. Pinot On the Russian River, grape growing and fish don’t mix BY WILL PARRISH
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n July, roughly 1,000 rural Sonoma County residents overflowed classrooms and small meeting chambers at five informational sessions convened by the State Water Resources Control Board. It would be hard to exaggerate many attendees’ outrage. At one meeting, two men got in a fistfight over whether to be “respectful” to the state and federal officials on hand.
The immediate source of their frustration is a drought-related “emergency order” in portions of four Russian River tributaries: Mill Creek, Mark West Creek, Green Valley Creek and Dutch Bill Creek. Its stated aim is to protect endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout. Among other things, the 270-day regulation forbids the watering of lawns. It places limits on car washing and watering residential gardens. It does not, however, restrict water use of the main contemporary cause of
these watersheds’ decline: the wine industry. “The State Water Resources Control Board is regulating lawns? I challenge you to find ornamental lawns in the Dutch Bill, Green Valley and Atascadero Creek watersheds,” said Occidental resident Ann Maurice in a statement to the water board, summing up many residents’ sentiments. “It is not grass that is causing the problem. It is irrigated vineyards.” In what many see as a response to public pressure, the Sonoma County Winegrape Commission, an industry trade group, announced last week that 68 of the 130 vineyards in the four watersheds have committed to a voluntary 25 percent reduction in water use relative to 2013 levels. According to commission president Karissa Kruse, these 68 properties include about 2,000 acres of land. Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore, whose district encompasses more Russian River stream miles than that of any other county supervisor, has been strongly involved in developing
the county’s response to the water board regulations and was the only supervisor to attend any of the state’s so-called community meetings. “I applaud the winegrowers for stepping up,” Gore says in an interview. “I think they saw the writing on the wall. They knew they weren’t going to continue to be exempt from this sort of regulation for long, and there are also winegrowers already doing good things in those watersheds who wanted to tell their stories.” Initially, state and federal officials who crafted the regulation said they preferred cutting off “superfluous” uses as a first step. “Our target is not irrigation that provides an economic benefit,” says State Water Resources Control Board member Dorene D’Adamo of Stanislaus. D’Adamo has been the five-member board’s point person for developing the regulations and was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown as its “agricultural representative.” Many residents argue that there is no way of monitoring the vineyards’ compliance with the voluntary cutback because
their water use has never been metered. Moreover, these residents’ passionate response to the regulation did not emerge in a vacuum. Rather, it tapped a deep well of resentment regarding the long-standing preferential treatment they say state, county and even federal officials have accorded the powerful, multibillion dollar regional wine industry. As longtime Mark West Creek area resident Laura Waldbaum notes, her voice sharpening into an insistent tone, “The problem in Mark West Creek did not start with the drought.”
A River Ran Through It As California lurches through its fourth year of an unprecedented drought, it is no surprise that longsimmering Russian River water conflicts have come to the forefront. At the center of this struggle are salmon and trout, whose epic life journeys play out on a scale akin to Homer’s Odysseus.
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and drainage water that delivers sediment to streams,” he notes. The vast majority of regional vineyards are irrigated. Many use water from wells, an unknown proportion of which are hydrologically connected to the river. Others pump water directly from streams, creeks and the river itself. Most of the vineyards in the Russian River’s lowlands are prone to frost damage. In spring, grape vines emerge from their winter dormancy with new vegetative growth that sprouts from buds established in the previous growing season. Frost can damage this new tissue and significantly affect the subsequent grape yields—and wine sales. Growers have increasingly sprayed water, via overhead sprinklers, on the vines to form a protective layer of ice over the new growth. The amount of water that this practice requires, as Russian River grape-grower Rodney Strong noted in a 1993 interview with UC Berkeley’s Regional Oral History Office, is “horrendous”—typically, 50 to 55 gallons per minute, per acre. In 2005, University of California biologists documented up to 97 percent stream flow reductions overnight due to frost protection activities in Mayacama Creek, one of the Russian River’s five largest tributaries. Frost-protection pumping in April 2008 led to dewatering on a scale perhaps unprecedented in the Russian River’s history. On several frigid mornings, winegrape growers diverted more than 30 percent of the river’s flow in Mendocino County alone, as measured at the Hopland US Geological Service gauge. The National Marine Fisheries Service estimated that 25,872 steelhead trout died as a result of frost-protection pumping in the upper Russian on a single day: April 20, 2008. In response, the state water board moved to establish regulations on frost-protection pumping, albeit with the industry-friendly goal of “minimizing the impact of regulation on the use of water for purposes of frost protection,” according to a water board environmental impact report. The wine industry responded with
pumps are not metered and may draw as much water from the river as they like.
an intensive lobbying campaign, punctuated by efforts from U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson of Napa— co-founder of the Congressional Wine Caucus and a Lake County vineyard owner himself—to forestall the regulations and question their scientific basis. Close observers of county water politics say that such episodes have cowed regulators, since the wine industry wields considerable political muscle. Data I helped compile from California’s secretary of state showed that the California Association of Winegrape Growers and the San Francisco–based Wine Institute were two of the top five spenders among agribusiness organizations on lobbying California politicians in 2009 and 2010, when the frost-protection regulations were emerging. “Regulators are under a lot of pressure to treat the industry with kid gloves,” says former Petaluma city councilmember David Keller, who is now the Bay Area director for Friends of the Eel River. “In the arena where the State Water Resources Control Board has jurisdiction, they’ve failed to strongly protect the public trust, although they are getting more serious. But the county has been missing in action on a lot of important issues.”
Headwaters During the dry months, the Sonoma County Water Agency releases water from the Lake Mendocino and Lake Sonoma reservoirs (with
much of the former consisting of water diverted from the Eel River) to ensure they meet the minimum stream flow in the river mandated by the state. In part, these minimum flows are designed to ensure fish survival. The water agency supplies this water to the cities within the Russian River watershed, such as Santa Rosa, but also shunts these liquid resources across the Petaluma Gap via pipes to Petaluma and the water-starved towns of northern Marin County, which lie outside the Russian River drainage. This year, the agency has been under a requirement to reduce its diversions from the river by 25 percent in keeping with Gov. Brown’s emergency drought order. This requirement does not extend to vineyards. Even if it did, there are few means to monitor the wine industry’s water use—unlike that of municipal residents—due to a lack of metering. “We don’t have a countywide breakdown of water use for residences and agriculture,” says water agency spokeswoman Ann Dubay. Having lived in the Russian River watershed for several years, I’ve been fascinated by the idea that Hopland and Ukiah grape growers had the capacity to reduce the Russian River’s flow by as much as 37 percent during an extraordinary 2008 frost-protection “event,” to borrow growers’ jargon. On July 15, two photographers and I set out on kayaks to document what these pumps actually look like ) 16
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Historically, the Russian River has been known for its runs of three different salmonids: coho salmon (which are federally listed as “endangered”), Chinook salmon and steelhead trout (which are “threatened”). All three fish are born in local creeks, or in the river itself, migrate to the ocean as they near adulthood and finally return to their natal streams to spawn and die. As a growing body of scientific evidence indicates, salmon are crucial to the health of aquatic ecosystems, and their carcasses provide an enormous quantity of marine nutrients that can fertilize vegetation throughout a watershed. Much of the abundance of Pacific Northwest forests is traceable to the region’s salmon runs. The mountains of Sonoma County are veined with streams that historically provided some of the Pacific Coast’s finest steelhead and coho spawning grounds and rearing nurseries. But the four horsemen of fisheries collapse—habitat degradation, dams, weakening of the genetic pool through the use of hatcheries, and overfishing— have taken an enormous toll. The destruction of ancient forests, instream gravel mining, the construction of the Warm Spring and Coyote Valley dams, and widespread agricultural development along waterways are among the main culprits. Overall, says National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) biologist David Hines, the river has devolved into “a basket case.” “Some of the coastal streams in Mendocino County and further north have stronger fish populations because, even with the history of overlogging, the land hasn’t sustained as much damage,” Hines says. “In the Russian and San Lorenzo rivers [in Santa Cruz County], especially, much more of the habitat is simply gone.” According to Fred Euphrat, a Santa Rosa Junior College forestry instructor who holds a doctorate in watershed management, the wine industry’s extraordinary expansion throughout the Russian River watershed in the last 40 years has been a major cause of the watershed’s enormous trouble. “There’s been massive habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, alteration of land
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Voluntary Measures For years, wine-industry leaders have opposed regulation on the grounds that it is burdensome and of questionable value. California agribusiness representatives have consistently maintained that they can manage their properties in an environmentally responsible manner without the need for government oversight. In the case of the wine industry, the leading edge of this effort is a marketing and certification initiative called “fish-friendly farming,” which has certified 100,000 acres of vineyards, including a majority of those that suckle at the banks of the Russian River. The initiative was developed by the California Land Stewardship Institute (CLSI), a nonprofit organization based in Guerneville. “I’m not a big fan of regulations,” says the group’s founder and executive director, Laurel Marcus. “I think they lead to a lot of conflict.” Marcus notes that grape growers are undertaking numerous efforts to increase water efficiency, such as construction of off-stream storage reservoirs in the upper Russian River, which they can fill during high-flows in the wintertime and thereby reduce demand during the frost-protection season and in the summertime, as well as soilmoisture meters to help minimize use of irrigation water. Industry giant Kendall-Jackson has donated money to the “Flow for Fish” rebate program to provide free water tanks to individuals in the four watersheds who agree to conserve water voluntarily. The program is overseen by Trout Unlimited, and several property owners have signed up so far. A review of the CLSI’s Form 900s filed with the IRS reveals that eight of the organization’s nine board members are grape growers. The lone exception is Marcus. The organization’s president is Keith Horn, the North Coast vineyard manager of the world’s largest wine corporation by revenue, Constellation Brands. Tito Sasaki, chairman of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s water committee, says his organization is “against meaningless regulations imposed
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teemed with salmon and steelhead trout, but irrigation has crippled the species.
upon us” and notes that some farmers have agreed to release water voluntarily. In a letter to the water board earlier this year, he wrote, “[R]egulations put a wedge between the regulator and the regulated” and “at times become a hindrance to practical solutions such as the aforementioned release of privately held irrigation water.” Kimberly Burr, an environmental attorney based in Forestville, takes the opposite view. “If the wine industry really wants to be sustainable, it needs to invite regulation,” she says. “And I believe there are some in the industry who truly want healthy, thriving rivers and will come out in favor of regulation.”
The No. 1 Threat The lynchpin of state and federal agencies’ effort to recover Russian River coho salmon populations is a hatchery breeding and monitoring program that began in 2001, after the river’s coho population had plummeted to fewer than 10 returning spawners. The program has cost taxpayers more than $10 million so far and has led to a slight rebound in the river’s overall population of fish, which UC Cooperative Extension coho monitoring coordinator Mariska Obedzinski says is in danger of unraveling in the drought. Fishery officials have been compelled to assess the wine industry’s impacts on occasion. At a November 2009 workshop, a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) biologist presented data showing that, of 60,640 acres of
vineyards in the Russian River watershed, an estimated 70 percent come within 300 feet of salmonbearing streams. In its 2013 Russian River coho salmon recovery plan, NMFS lists agriculture—meaning vineyards, mostly—as the fish’s No. 1 threat. As Alan Levine of the environmental advocacy organization Coast Action Group notes, California State Water Code 1243 orders that the Department of Fish and Wildlife “shall recommend the amounts of water, if any, required for the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources.” “Exercising regulatory authorities to protect fish is very unpopular with agriculture,” says Levine. Many observers of regional water politics lay much of the blame for a regional lack of watershed protection at the feet of Sonoma County. As a 2011 Bohemian story, “The Wrath of Grapes” noted, the county has elected not to conduct environmental reviews of vineyard well permits. And, as the article also noted, the county’s planning supervisor could not recall a single case where the county had rejected a winery application. When the state was preparing to institute its new emergency regulations on the river, county supervisors Gore, Efren Carrillo and Susan Gorin traveled to Sacramento and met with state officials, including California Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross (who was a chair of the California Association of Winegrape Growers for 13 years), Department of Fish and Wildlife chair ) 18
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Russian River ( 17 Charles Bonham and water board representatives. According to Gore, the emergency regulations offer a chance for rural residential property owners and the wine industry to work together toward a common goal over the long-term. “We need to do everything we can do to get water into those streams this year for coho, and then we can have a full-court press when it comes to increasing long-term storage and permanently reducing water use in those areas,” Gore says. “For that to happen, everybody— and this includes grape growers— needs to step up.” One thing the county is talking about, he says, is targeting marijuana eradication operations in the four watersheds. A common complaint among environmentalists and other residents is that the county has failed to safeguard limited water supplies by approving all new well construction and vineyards under its jurisdiction, including in the four critical areas for salmon, on a “ministerial” basis instead of requiring environmental review, such as a scientific assessment of the development’s impact on endangered species habitat. And, while there are an estimated 800 illegal diversions of waterways in the Russian River watershed, according to water board documents from 2010, the county does not require that developers demonstrate they have a legal water right. Gore says that the county’s “ministerial” well-permitting will remain in place and cited a new well ordinance requiring that wells be installed at least 30 feet from streams as an example of progress toward a stricter groundwater policy.
A High Priority Few California waterways are historically as important to coho and steelhead as Mark West Creek, one of the four creeks subject to the water board emergency regulation. Veteran fisheries ecologist Stacey Li, formerly with NMFS, says he had “never seen abundances of steelhead that high anywhere else
in California” when he worked there in the 1970s and 1980s. The Brown administration’s California Water Action Plan acknowledges the creek’s historical role, having named it one of California’s five highest priority waterways for restoration funding. Vineyard development in the headwaters started in the late 1990s when the owner of a multimilliondollar dentistry consulting business in Marin County, called Pride, bulldozed about 80 acres of ridgetop oak woodlands to plant grapes (some of which were not in the Mark West watershed). Next to plant a high-elevation vineyard was Fred Fisher, a General Motors scion. But the coup de grace occurred when Henry Cornell, a hedge fund manager whose investment portfolio includes the world’s largest corporate distributor of pipes and valves to the oil industry, purchased 120 acres and clear-cut much of its forestland to make way for a vineyard. The removal of anchoring vegetation activated a landslide on Cornell’s property, which caused 10,000 cubic yards of soil to wash into the creek during a 2006 winter storm. The stream’s staircasing pattern of slow deep pools, separated by abrupt but short waterfalls, had been ideal for fish. The landslide filled in many of the spawning pools and turned much of the staircase stream structure into a rapid water chute. The threat of hillside and mountaintop vineyards, which became an industry craze in the 1990s, was already well-known. The trend was driven by companies like Jackson Family Wines (owners of Kendall-Jackson), which touts the superior quality of mountaingrown grapes in its marketing. The resulting bulldozing of hillside oak groves and grasslands has caused enormous amounts of erosion to wash into streams. The vineyard operators have also dammed or diverted numerous streams and drilled deep wells, equivalent to placing plugs and straws in the very mountain veins that had served as the fish’s remaining refuges. In 1999, UC Cooperative Extension specialist Adina Merenlender undertook the only concerted effort to quantify hillside
A Public Trust For years, Laura Waldbaum and other Mark West Creek residents tried in vain to compel fisheries agencies to intervene in the creek’s plight. In Waldbaum’s words, they received the “same cut-and-paste answer every time”: the county, rather than the state, is the “lead agency” on land-use decisions. Therefore, the state is not in a position to intervene. Moreover, the Department of Fish and Wildlife claimed that the vineyards, because they rely on well water, are not subject to regulatory action. Mark West Creek residents eventually succeeded in convincing NMFS to do one thing: install several low flow gauges in the creek to help quantify the effects of various water uses. The meters provided data for a November 2014 study by the environmental consulting company Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration (CEMAR). It is one of two official studies on water use in the creeks subject to the water board regulation. It notes that approximately one in eight Mark West Creek residences “have a lawn, visible garden, or other irrigated landscaping.” Although the area CEMAR’s biologists selected for study only contains three vineyards, these properties’ annual water demand is more than two-thirds of the area’s 222 residential properties. As fisheries officials noted at each of the Russian River emergency
regulation meetings last month, however, young coho salmon and steelhead trout are most vulnerable in the summertime, when streams are not being replenished with rain. And that’s exactly when the grape growers now pumping at the banks of these fish’s rearing habitat need water for irrigation. The wine industry uses a similar share of the summertime water in Green Valley Creek, according to a separate CEMAR study. Now that so much damage has already taken place, Waldbaum and other residents view the state’s relatively sudden interest in Mark West Creek water use as part tragedy, part irony. “This is ground zero for the state,” Supervisor Gore says. “If the drought continues, everyone else in California will be looking at the same type of regulation. So the state is looking at this area to see if we can achieve success.” The measure of that success is not only whether coho salmon and steelhead trout survive, environmentalists and policy analysts note, but whether they start to recover. California’s Supreme Court has upheld the primacy of the “public trust doctrine,” which obligates state government to protect public-trust resources, our common heritage of water, rivers, animals and plants, and their interrelationships, whenever feasible. The doctrine is supposed to underlie all efforts undertaken by regulatory agencies to protect the state’s waters. It provides that no one has a right to appropriate water in a manner harmful to the interests protected by the public trust, including fish. “Salmon bring their biomass back to our rivers from the oceans every year, for free,” notes California water policy expert Tim Stroshane, a policy analyst for Restore the Delta in the Bay Area. “What a miracle. That’s what protecting the public trust is for. That amazing natural subsidy is why it’s the duty of the state to protect them.” An increasing number of Sonoma County residents are deciding that neither the state nor the county are upholding that duty.
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vineyard growth. She found that 1,631 acres of dense hardwood forest, 7,229 acres of oak grassland savanna, 278 acres of conifers and 367 acres of shrub land in Sonoma County succumbed to wine-grape plantings from 1990 to 1997 alone— 42 percent in elevations higher than 328 feet. While no similar studies have been conducted since, Sonoma County vineyard acreage grew from 40,001 acres in 1997 to 64,073.2 in 2013, according to the Sonoma County Agriculture Department, with most of that expansion occurring in the Russian River watershed. Kendall-Jackson’s Santa Rosa corporate office did not respond to requests for comment.
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The last time underground horror director William Lustig visited the North Bay he brought a double bill of his classic slasher and action films remastered for the big screen. Lustig is back, and this time he shows two of his most popular horror flicks ever when he screens Maniac Cop and its sequel. Starring a young and awesome Bruce Campbell, Maniac Cop is a thrilling ride through the streets of New York, as a deranged killer in a police uniform terrorizes the city. In between the two films, Lustig, one of the best storytellers in the business, offers a Q&A session, on Thursday, Sept. 3, at Roxy Stadium 14, 85 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $10. 707.525.8909.
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Before moving to Yountville, songwriter Michael Madden already had tremendous success in music, publishing and promotions, both in his hometown of Lanikai, Hawaii, and in Los Angeles, where he worked with heavy hitters like Sting and Jerry Garcia. After moving to the North Bay, Madden helped revitalize the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater and served as the executive director until last year. This week, Madden returns to the stage for an evening of music with some of his friends, including vocalist Tori Anna and ukulele prodigy Ari Eisenberg, on Friday, Sept. 4, at City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St., Napa. 8pm. $15–$19. 707.260.1600.
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Twenty fifteen marks the 100-year anniversary of Technicolor, the company and process that defined Hollywood films for decades. Inspired by this achievement, Santa Rosa artist Kristen Throop presents ‘The Lion-for-real,’ a new solo exhibit of paintings that incorporate layered colors designed to mimic Technicolor’s vivid look. Throop frequently employs animal imagery, though these scenes represent her past and childhood memories. The works will be mounted in light boxes, illuminating the gouache pieces from behind, for a bright and imaginative exhibit. “The Lion-for-real,” runs through Sept. 27 and opens with a reception that includes a screening of Technicolor films at sunset, on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Backstreet Gallery, on Art Alley off South A Street, Santa Rosa. 6pm. 707.478.4739.
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Standup star and actor Owen Benjamin is as adept at making jokes as he is playing the piano; onstage, he often sits at the piano mixing classical works with jokes about contemporary culture. He’s been seen in the films The House Bunny and Staten Island Summer and the TV show Sullivan & Sons, as well as his first Comedy Central special, High Five Til It Hurts. Currently touring the States in preparation for his upcoming special, Huge Pianist, Benjamin appears on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 8pm. $20–$35. 415.383.9600.
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STILL SMOKIN’ Motown maestro Smokey Robinson croons the crowds at the Green Music Center, Sept. 4. See Concerts, p26.
ART TRIP Bill Pullum, center, artist Marie Lorenz, right, and others prepare to head downriver for an artistic journey.
In the Flow Artists in Guerneville exhibit get inspiration from a float down the Russian River BY FLORA TSAPOVSKY
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roup art exhibits can be a tough deal for artists and art lovers.
The concept has to be strong enough to bind the art pieces together, and engaging enough that casual art fans won’t feel like they’re stuck in some kind of private joke. For the curator, compiling such an exhibition often means dealing with egos and inside politics, and balancing financial interest with personal
favors, conceptual needs and technical limitations. In the case of the show “Artists Are Like Water,” however, the curator and three out of the nine exhibiting artists bonded in an unusual way before the opening: they spent four days floating down the Russian River, camping and gathering raw materials for making art along the way. The exhibit opened Aug. 27 at Lookup Gallery, the semi-hidden art space in the back of the Guerneville Bank Club building.
Focusing on art that “sinks time into a dream,” according to the artists’ manifesto, the exhibit includes work by Los Angeles–based artists Alyse Emdur, Cammie Staros and Jeremy Everett; Constance Hockaday from Oakland; San Francisco’s Colter Jacobsen and May Wilson; Sausalito’s Will Rogan; and two artists from the East Coast, New York City’s Marie Lorenz and Sto Len. In different ways, each piece relates to flotation, liquidity and sailing,
directly and metaphorically. To underscore the concepts of escape and freedom, “Artists Are Like Water” was ushered into the world by a three-day, four-night “floating art studio” last month. Along with Lorenz, Wilson, Hockaday and curator Betty Nguyen, local artist Greg Stimac, cinematographer Yuko Inatsuki and Guerneville Bank Club owner Bob Pullum came along, too. “We’re looking to bring in nationally known, contemporary artists and expose them to the natural beauty of the area and let that influence new and interesting works whenever possible,” says Pullum. The floating exhibit started with a festive dinner at the Warnecke Ranch in Healdsburg and flowed from Healdsburg to Jenner with overnight stops at Mirabel Park in Forestville, Johnson’s Beach in Guerneville and Casini Ranch in Duncans Mills. “I was thinking about how close in proximity the Russian River is to the Lookup Gallery—300 feet, actually—and definitely wanted to curate at least one show approaching it,” says Nguyen, an independent curator and art director in the Bay Area. “The show is a response to time spent living and breathing in that moment of observing what surrounds us. Have you ever tried drawing while paddling downstream? It’s about being mindful, the art of living and finding our balance.” “Coming from New York, it’s interesting to see how people use the river, and at the same time it’s a pristine place,” says Lorenz, who built her own boat for the trip. “I love to see how the landscape evolves.” ‘Artists Are Like Water’ runs through Oct. 27 at Lookup Gallery, 16290 Main St., Guerneville.
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Untamed Shakespeare meets Thorogood in Curtain’s ‘Shrew’ BY DAVID TEMPLETON
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ou don’t need to have seen Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew to know what it’s about. More than 400 years after Shakespeare invented them, Kate and Petruchio, the feisty and ferocious fiancée and her would-be “tamer,” are among the most famous characters in dramatic literature. In Curtain Theatre’s rollicking new outdoor production—free to the public and running weekends in the Old Mill Park in Mill Valley—these characters leap to vivid life, reminding audiences exactly why this story continues to endure after four centuries. There are plenty of fresh ideas, uniformly strong performances, a boatload of surprises and a few moments of true genius. The fluid direction by Carl Jordan results
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in a buoyant, bouncy fluffball of a play and a thoroughly delightful staging of Shakespeare’s complex comedy about a battle of wits between a woman who will suffer no fools and the foolish man who finally wins her heart. The setting and costumes in Jordan’s version are fairly traditional, with a live band playing Renaissance tunes before the show, but the director lets us know early on that he will be taking a playful tone with the material, beginning with an original pop-rock tune that serves as a prologue. In this production, people tend to burst into song, tossing out snippets of popular rock songs, a few lovely originals by music director Don Clark and one hilariously heartbreaking rendition of “99 Bottles of Beer.” Kate (a splendidly threedimensional Melissa Claire) makes her initial appearance wielding a chainsaw (!), stalking across the stage while belting out the lyrics to George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone.” Petruchio (Alan Coyne, excellent) is played as a goofy sweetheart with a giddy knack for improvisation and questionable taste in codpieces. The marvelous ensemble is too large to give proper credit to all, but notable standouts include a brilliant Heather Cherry as Petruchio’s frazzled servant, Grumio; Tom Reilly as Kate’s gracefully befuddled father, Baptista; Juliana Lustenader as Kate’s shallow-but-winsome sister, Bianca; Steve Beecroft as the crafty servant Tranio; and an amiably silly Seth Dahlgren as Hortensio, a wildly persistent suitor to Bianca. And did I mention the show is free? After 16 years, Curtain Theatre is still managing to exist solely on the donations audiences happily drop in the basket at the end of the show. And trust me—this one is well worth paying to see.
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GENIUS OR JERK? Four years after the Apple co-founder’s death, ‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine’ makes the case for both.
Inside ‘Jobs’ New biopic punctures the myth of Steve Jobs BY RICHARD VON BUSACK
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teve Jobs: The Man in the Machine celebrates Jobs’ accomplishments while demagnetizing his cult of personality. The thought-provoking interviews flow down a stream of music from one of Jobs’ favorites, Bob Dylan—the evocative, sensitive music of a man also capable of being a nasty piece of work.
Chrisann Brennan, the mother of Jobs’ child, describes the man’s callousness here as she did in her memoir, where she wrote, “Steve’s lack of fair play seems shameless to me.” Bob Belleville, a weeping former Apple exec, quotes the eulogy he wrote, recalling that “Santa Claus” was one of the faces of Steve. There are still a lot of people who believe in Santa, remembering the advent of the iPod, the iMac, the iPad. Director Alex Gibney’s film will come across as blasphemy to the kind of people who put “#iSad” on their Facebook pages on that October day four years ago. Perhaps little crimes indicate indifference to bigger ones. Jobs was an able-bodied jerk who took handicapped parking spaces. But Gibney checks off a bigger roster: Apple’s tax sheltering $137 billion overseas; the company’s stinginess to charities under Jobs; the suicide-wracked subcontractor Foxconn; the downstreaming of pollution and unsafe working conditions; the gaming of stock options. One tidbit we see here: a vintage magazine advertisement showing an iteration of the Apple computer that sold for $666.66. It was sold with a logo that’s the symbol of temptation and the Fall of Man. The only way to fully appreciate these magic little machines is to understand that they’re the result of ceaseless health-ruining, family-fracturing labor by people whose names we will never know. Belleville describes Jobs’ career as “a life well and fully lived,” yet Jobs’ struggle never ended. His designs grew obsolete, like the commodities they are. Considering them is like considering Jobs’ life: you don’t know whether to marvel over the achievement or mourn over all the waste. ‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine’ opens Sept. 4 at the Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St., Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.
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The Rebirth Brass Band headline the inaugural North Bay New Orleans Festival Sept. 6, at SOMO Village Events Center, 1100 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park. El Radio Fantastique and Dixie Giants open. 2pm. $33. www.somoconcerts.com.
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Music Concerts SONOMA COUNTY George Benson Guitar icon and 10-time Grammy Award winner is known for his engaging blend of pop, R&B and jazz. Sep 5, 5pm. $75-$110. Rodney Strong Vineyards, 11455 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg. 707.431.1533.
Homestead Valley Community Center, 315 Montford Ave, Mill Valley.
George Winston Solo piano concert spanning Winston’s career is also a benefit for the Dance Palace. Sep 5, 8pm. $33-$35. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.
NAPA COUNTY
The Church
Michael Madden & Friends
The 1980s Australian alternative rockers play an intimate show with the option for a meet-and-greet package. Sep 5, 8:30pm. $31-$130. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.
Yountville-based singer and songwriter invites talented local performers like Tori Anna, Cedric Curtis and others to join him onstage. Sep 4, 8pm. $15$19. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.
Rebirth Brass Band Long-time musical institution headlines the inaugural North Bay New Orleans Music Festival with a spirited set of traditional brass jazz. El Radio Fantastique and Dixie Giants also appear. Sep 6, 2pm. $33. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.
Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Annex Wine Bar Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.7779.
Smokey Robinson
Annie O’s Music Hall
The “King of Motown” performs a program of music from his 50 years of top-charting hits. Sep 4, 7:30pm. $25 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
Sep 5, French Girls with Girls & Boys. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.484.1331.
MARIN COUNTY
Arlene Francis Center Sep 3, Destruction Unit with Gag and White Wards. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.
Ellington Hall Sep 6, 1pm, Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz Jam with TRADJASS. 3535 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.545.6150.
Epicurean Connection Sep 2, Joshua James Jackson. Sep 3, Kyle Martin. Sep 4, Kevin Russell and His So-Called Friends. Sep 5, BottleShock. Sep 6, 1pm, Loralee Christensen Trio. Sep 9, John Underwood. 122 West Napa St, Sonoma. 707.935.7960.
Finley Community Center Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. First Friday of every month, Larry Broderick Trio. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3737.
French Garden Sep 4, Bear’s Belly. Sep 5, Susan Comstock Swingtet. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. 707.824.2030.
Friar Tuck’s 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.
Green Music Center Sep 6, Tiempo Libre with the Santa Rosa Symphony. Free. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
Gundlach Bundschu Winery Sep 2, 7pm, Cat Power. 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma. 707.938.5277.
HopMonk Sebastopol
Goodnight, Texas
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San Francisco’s Avi Vinocur and North Carolina’s Patrick Dyer Wolf front the crosscontinental folk roots band. Sep 5, 8:30pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.
Sep 5, the Honeydippers. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.766.8162.
Sep 5, Spiritual Rez. Sep 7, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Crown. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
BV Whiskey Bar & Grille
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Sep 6, 3pm, 3 on a Match. Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma. 707.938.7110.
Sep 4, 5pm, Dave Hamilton. Sep 4, 8pm, Nate Lopez. Sep 5, 1pm, Vincent Costanza. Sep 5, 8pm, Wendy DeWitt. Sep 6, 1pm, Kurt Huget. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.
The Grandmothers of Invention The only Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention alumni who have been consistently performing the music of the maestro since 2003. Sep 5, 9pm. $25-$30. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.
Homestead Valley Music Festival Zigaboo Modeliste, Steep Ravine, Setchko Meese and others play, with the best BBQ and beers on hand. Sep 6, 11am-6pm. Free admission.
Chateau St Jean Sep 5, 12pm, Smokin Js. Sep 6, 12pm, Nate Lopez. 8555 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood. 707.833.4134.
Coffee Catz Sep 3, 4:30pm, DJ Kudjo. Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.6600.
D’Argenzio Winery Sep 3, Bear’s Belly. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.280.4658.
Hotel Healdsburg Sep 5, Kevin Fitzsimmons Quartet with Francis Vanek. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.
Ives Park Sep 2, 5pm, Gator Nation. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol.
Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Sep 4, John Courage with Girls & Boys. Wed, open mic night.
146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.
Jasper O’Farrell’s Sep 3, Crosby Tyler. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2062.
Lagunitas Amphitheaterette Sep 7, Jamestown Revival with Brothers Comatose. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.
Lagunitas Tap Room Sep 2, the Rhythm Drivers. Sep 3, Jason Bodlovich. Sep 4, Soulshine Band. Sep 5, Tony Magee with the Lint Catchers. Sep 6, the Disorderly House Band. Sep 9, Jon Gonzales and family. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.
Main Street Bistro Sep 2, Greg Hester. Sep 3, Susan Sutton. Sep 4, Bruce Halbohm. Sep 5, Yancie Taylor. Sep 6, Tia Carroll. Sep 9, Greg Hester. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.
SMALL TOWN STARS Country-rock duo Jamestown Revival play with Brothers Comatose at Lagunitas in Petaluma Sept. 7. See Clubs & Venues, left.
Mc T’s Bullpen Sep 4, DJ Miguel. Sep 5, Levi Lloyd. Sep 6, 3pm, Jimi James. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.
Kings. Sep 6, the Acrosonics. 401 Grove St, El Verano. 707.343.0044.
116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.
Mystic Theatre
Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub
Sep 4, DJ Ron Sicat and the Cowtown Girls. Sep 5, Ricky Alan Ray Band. Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. Thurs, DJ Dave. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7878.
Sep 4, Devon Allman. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.
Phoenix Theater
Sep 5, JP Soden. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.
Sep 4, Heap of Stone with Scrape the Earth. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.
755 After Dark
Quincy’s
Sonoma Valley Moose Lodge
Wed, open mic. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park. 707.585.1079.
Redwood Cafe Sep 2, Irish set dancing. Sep 4, Nick Otis and Matt Silva. Sep 5, Dgiin. Sep 6, 11am, Elizabeth Boaz. Sep 9, Sound Kitchen. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.
Remy’s Bar & Lounge
Sep 5, Fistifuks with Argentavis and Slandyr. 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.2722.
Sep 5, 6pm, MusicWorks! Sonoma presents the John Simon Trio with David Shrader. 20580 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.290.9175.
Spancky’s Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.664.0169.
First Friday of every month, Jay Fresco. 130 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1963.
Stout Brothers
Rio Nido Roadhouse
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Sep 4, the Pulsators. Sep 5, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.
Fri, Sat, DJ Rule 62. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.
Sep 4, A Case of the Willys. 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. 707.833.5712.
Rocker Oysterfeller’s
Taft Street Winery
Sep 6, Mr December. 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford. 707.876.1983.
Sep 6, 3pm, Annie Sampson & Her Band. 2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol. 707.823.2049.
Rossi’s 1906 Sep 3, Nova Zone. Fri, Fresh Fridays with Dj Isaak. Sep 5, 22
Toad in the Hole Pub Sep 6, Marshall House Project.
Tradewinds
Twin Oaks Tavern Sep 2, Paulie’s Garage with Kickin’ Country Girls. Sep 3, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Sep 4, Doc Kraft. Sep 5, 5pm, Lavay Smith and her Skillet Licken Soultet. Sep 5, 8pm. 707 Band. Sep 6, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with Ricky Alan Ray. Sep 9, Old School Country Band. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.
Whiskey Tip Sep 4, the Honeydippers. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.
West End Farmers Market Sep 6, 10am, Frances Wolfe. 817 Donahue St, Santa Rosa.
Wild Flowers Saloon Sep 5, the Hot Zone. 9 Mitchell Lane, Healdsburg. 707.433.4500.
Zodiacs Sep 9, Dirty Red Barn. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.773.7751.
MARIN COUNTY Belrose Theater
Belvedere Community Park Sep 6, 4pm, Fundamentals. 450 San Rafael Ave, Belvedere.
Rancho Nicasio Sep 4, Jerry Hannan. Sep 7, 4pm, BBQ on the Lawn with Sons of Champlin. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.
Sausalito Seahorse
Wed, Rock and R&B Jam. Sat, DJ night. Sun, Mexican Banda. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.
Sep 3, Judy Hall. Sep 4, La Mixta Criolla with Hector Lugo. Sep 5, Havanna Nights with Fito Reinoso Cuban Trio. Sep 6, Orquesta la Moderna Tradicion. Mon, Marco Sainz Trio. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.
Ghiringhelli Pizzeria Grill & Bar
Smileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Schooner Saloon
Fenix Sep 5, Zebop. Sep 6, Next Phase. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.
Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nightclub
First Sunday of every month, 5pm, Erika Alstrom with Dale Alstromâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Society. 1535 South Novato Blvd, Novato. 415.878.4977.
HopMonk Novato Sep 2, open mic night with Karen Behaving Bradley. Sep 3, Sonic Steps and Bleached Signals. Sep 4, the McCoy Tyler Band. Sep 9, open mic night with Wild Mint. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.
Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Sep 2, Todos Santos. Sep 9, Matt Eakle Band. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.
Marin Country Mart Sep 4, Dan Hicks & Bayside Jazz. Sep 6, 12:30pm, Fergheart. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.
19 Broadway Club Sep 4, First Friday reggae night with Broken Silence Sound System. Sep 5, Rick Lenzi & Roustabout. Sep 9, Manor School Disco Dance Party with DJ Adam S. Mon, open mic. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.
No Name Bar Sep 4, Michael Aragon Quartet. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.
Panama Hotel Restaurant Sep 2, John Hoy. Sep 3, Vardo. Sep 8, Lorin Rowan. Sep 9, the Machiavelvets. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.
Periâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Dollar Sep 2, the Weissmen. Sep 3, Burnsyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sugar Shack. Sep 4, Culannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hounds. Sep 5, the Substitutes. Sep 6, Whiskey Pills Fiasco. Sep
Sun, open mic. Sep 3, the Emma Lee Project. Sep 4, Miles Ahead Group. Sep 5-6, Hibbity Dibbity. Mon, Monday Night Live with Epicenter Sound DJs. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.
Spitfire Lounge First Friday of every month, Truthlive. First Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. 848 B St, San Rafael. 415.454.5551.
Sweetwater Music Hall Sep 2, Eric McFadden Band. Sep 4, the Tubes. Sep 6, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock the Ages,â&#x20AC;? rock & roll senior chorus. Sep 8, Band of Gypsys Revisited. Sep 9, Soul Ska with special guests. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.
Terrapin Crossroads Sep 2, Ezra Lipp and friends with Garrin Benfield. Sep 3, Go by Ocean. Sep 4, Eric Diberardino and friends play the Beatles. Sep 7, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. Sep 8, Stu Allen and friends. Sep 9, Terrapin All-Stars with Grahame Lesh. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.
Town Center Corte Madera Sep 6, 2pm, Soulshine Band. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.924.2961.
True North Pub & Grill Tues-Sun, live music. 638 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.453.1238.
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Sep 2, Buck Nickels and Loose Change with Rubicon. Sep 3, the Rat Pack Summit. Sep 5, Super Diamond. Sep 6, Gretchen Peters with Anthony Presti. Sold-out. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.260.1600.
Cornerstone Cellars NEW SHOW: ON SALE NOW!
Sep 6, 3pm, Falcon Christopher. 6505 Washington St, Yountville. 707.945.0388.
12/20 So You Think You Can Dance
Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Sep 5, Lowell Levinger. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.
Downtown Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery & Restaurant Sep 3, Ralph Woodson. Sep 4, the Charles Wheal Band. Sep 5, Marshall Law. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.
SEPTEMBER
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FARM at Carneros Inn
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Sep 2, David Ronconi Duo. Sep 3, Dan Daniels Trio. Sep 9, Whiskey & Honey Trio. 4048 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. 888.400.9000.
9/11 LIVE NATION PRESENTS Lewis Black The Rant Is Due: Part Deux
Hydro Grill
9/24 Chris Cornell
First Saturday of every month, Always Elvis. Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.9777.
9/25 George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Methode Bubble Bar & Restaurant
9/26 40th Annual San Francisco Comedy Competition Semi-Finals
Fri, Sat, David Ruane. 1400 First St, Napa. 707.254.8888.
Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa. 707.927.3623.
Priest Ranch Tasting Room Sep 3, 6pm, Sean Carscadden Trio. 6490 Washington St, Yountville. 707.944.8200.
Siloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sep 2, Syria T Berry. Sep 3, David Correa with Tommy Hill. Sep 4, Jack Pollardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Party of Three. Sep 5, Aqua Nett. Sep 6, Steve Sage and friends. Sep 9, Mike Greensill jazz. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.
Uncorked at Oxbow Thurs, open mic night. Fri, live music. 605 First St, Napa. 707.927.5864.
Uva Trattoria Sep 2, Tom Duarte. Sep 3, Trio Solea. Sep 4, Tony Macaroni Trio. Sep 5, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Sep 6, Nate Lopez. Sep 9, Bob Castell Blanch. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.
Beringer Vineyards
Veterans Memorial Park
Sep 6, Steel Jam. Sep 7, Jazz Unlimited. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.
Sep 4, 6:30pm, Brad Wilson with Funk Pickles. Third and Main St, Napa.
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Arts Events
5:30pm. Sun, Noon to 5pm. 707.242.6669.
MARIN COUNTY Bolinas Museum
RECEPTIONS Sep 3
Sep 5
University Art Gallery, “Focus on Photography,” selections from the Gallus Sweet Collection include thought-provoking works by famous photographers such as Ansel Adams. 4pm. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2295.
BackStreet Gallery, “The Lion-for-real,” Inspired by a love for old Technicolor films, artist Kristen Throops features a series of gouache paintings layered to mimic the look. 6pm. Art Alley off South A St, Santa Rosa.
Sep 4 Desta Art & Tea Gallery, “Illusion of Depth,” artwork by renowned painter Fritz Rauh and sculptor Gary Marsh is kinetic and curious. 6pm. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.524.8932. Sonoma Community Center, “Printmaking Invitational,” group show exhibits a wide array of prints from several fine artists. 5pm. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.4626.
Marin Society of Artists Gallery, “Members Pop-Up Show,” a brief exhibit featuring works from several member artists. 1pm. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.454.9561. Upstairs Art Gallery, “Sonoma County Colors,” showing the vivid and varied landscape paintings from artist Dee Andreini. 4pm. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 11am to 6pm; Fri-Sat, 11am to 9pm. 707.431.4214.
Mahoney Library Gallery Through Sep 20, “Amazonia: The History of Nature,” collaborative works from Bob and Lynada Nugent takes inspriation from the Amazon Basin of Brazil and Peru. SRJC, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 9; Fri, 9 to 1; Sat, 10 to 3. 707.778.3974.
Occidental Center for the Arts Sep 4-Nov 1, “New Paintings,” well-known local artists Adam Wolpert, Tony King and Bill Wheeler display their latest landscapes. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.
Petaluma Arts Center Through Sep 27, “All That Glitters,” a look at modern glass art and jewelry is presented in this collaborative exhibit with IceHouse Gallery. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. Thurs-Mon, 11am to 5pm 707.762.5600.
Prince Gallery
Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Aqus Cafe Through Sep 27, “Birds Show,” several artists interpret feathered creatures. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.
Art Museum of Sonoma County Through Sep 20, “SLANG Aesthetics: The Art of Robert Williams,” brings together a collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture from the godfather of surreal pop art. 505 B St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.
Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery Through Sep 27, “I Dreamt I Was Painting” landscapes by pioneering animator and Disney director Joshua Meador are imaginative and distinguished. 1785 Coast Hwy 1, Bodega Bay. Wed-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.875.2911.
Chroma Gallery Through Sep 13, “Like Nothing Seen Before,” group show displays collage and
assemblage works. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.
Gaia’s Garden Through Sep 15, “Paintings by Suzy O’Donald” 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Lunch and dinner, MonSat; lunch and brunch, Sun. 707.544.2491.
Galletta Gallery Through Sep 13, “Chairs,” an artistic presentation of a household object. 282 South High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10am to 4pm; Sat-Sun, 1pm to 4pm 707.829.4797.
Graton Gallery Through Sep 20, “Souvenirs,” solo show from artist Mylette Welch is presented alongside the gallery’s juried cigar box show. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sun, 10:30 to 6. 707.829.8912.
Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Sep 4-Jan 4, “A Photographic Journey through the Laguna de Santa Rosa,” the Laguna’s myriad natural wonders, captured in colorful photos, are on display. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.
Through Sep 7, “Forming Figments,” solos show from emerging local artist Justin Ringlein is a testament to imagination. 122 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.889.0371.
Quercia Gallery Through Sep 28, “The River Runs Through It,” artist Chris Grassano’s paintings capture the wildlife of west Sonoma County. 25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills. 707.865.0243.
Redwood Cafe Through Sep 15, “Three New Artists,” Henry White, Christine DeMao and Sarah Maxon vary from paintings to photography. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.
Riverfront Art Gallery Through Sep 6, “Showin’ on the River,” eclectic exhibit features works from over 40 artists in all media. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.
Stones Throw Through Sep 15, “Art of the Mystical Divine,” artist Suzanne de Veuve displays striking paintings of worldly images and influence. 15 Charles St, Cotati. Tues-Sat, 11am to
Through Sep 12, “Getting Here from There,” Elia Haworth and Dewey Livingston curate a show tracing the fascination history of traveling to Bolinas from the days of the Coast Miwok to today. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment. 415.868.0330.
and multimedia installations by six emerging artists explores being human in a technological age. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10am to 6pm. 707.226.5991.
Napa Valley Museum Through Sep 28, “Reilluminate,” Allison Watkins’ visual art explores our perceptions of materiality through photography and textile based works. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Tues-Sun, 10am to 4pm. 707.944.0500.
Falkirk Cultural Center Through Sep 30, “The Creative Spirit,” 2D and 3D works by the 18 members of the Golden Gate Marin Artists group. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.
Comedy Owen Benjamin
Through Sep 12, “Box Show,” annual exhibit offers several artists redefining the box. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. WedMon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.
Comedian and actor, seen on Comedy Central and “The Tonight Show,” is known for his blend of standup and musical theater. Sep 5, 8pm. $20-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
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Through Sep 11, “Doug Ethridge & Ann Pallesen,” the photographer shows his recent work from Cuba and the artist displays her California landscapes. 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569.
Two dads armed only with their wit and their whiskey deliver the funny dad-style. Sep 3, 8pm. $10. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
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Through Sep 23, “Life in Full Bloom,” a celebration of flowers in watercolor. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.
Marin Community Foundation Through Sep 25, “Black Artists on Art,” legacy exhibition features over 40 African American fine artists, spanning three generations. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.
Novato City Offices Through Sep 27, “MarinMOCA Artists Show,” member artists Judy Arnold and Bernard Healey are on exhibit. 922 Machin Ave, Novato.
Robert Allen Fine Art Through Sep 30, “Abstract Works on Canvas & Paper,” group exhibit featuring Suzie Buchholz, Jeffrey Long and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.2800.
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‘The Birds’ Schoolhouse Tours Get a peak inside the famous schoolhouse, used in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film. Sep 6. $25. Potter Schoolhouse, 17110 Bodega Ln, Bodega. 707.823.1511.
Fishstock Annual benefit features live music from Whitebear & Bear Bones, Jane & the Jennerators and more, with BBQ salmon, beer and wine, an ice cream parlor and more. Sep 6, 11am5pm. Free. Jenner Community Center, 10398 Hwy 1, Jenner.
Labor Day Street Party & BBQ Bolinas parties with two stages of live music, dancing, delicious food and drinks and a kid’s corner. Sep 7, 12pm. Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.
National Heirloom Exposition The “world’s fair” of pure and local food movements features guest speakers, chef demos, exhibitors and plenty of organic goods.
Sep 8-10. $15-$30. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.545.4200.
Film CULT Film Series Underground director and producer William Lustig returns to Santa Rosa to screen a double feature of his beloved horror film, “Maniac Cop,” and its sequel. Sep 3, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.525.8909.
Life on the Water Film series looks at Ron MacAnnan, Sausalito sailor and local legend. Sep 3, 7pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
On Her Own Documentary follows Sonoma County farmer Nancy Prebilich and family as they keep their 5th generation farm afloat during the recent recession. With Prebilich in attendance. Fri, Sep 4, 7pm and Sun, Sep 6, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2606.
Food & Drink First Friday at Fog Crest Wine, cuisine and community come together for this monthly showcase of Fog Crest wines and a guest gourmet food truck. RSVP requested. Fri, Sep 4, 5pm. Fog Crest Vineyard, 7602 Occidental Rd, Sebastopol. 707.829.2006.
King of the Que Prix fixe dinner celebrating chef Glenn “Gator” Thompson’s victory at the fifth annual Great American Blues & BBQ Festival. Sep 8, 7pm. $55. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.
Labor Day Weekend Tastings With live music and perfectly paired wines. Sep 5-6, noon. $25-$35. Beringer Vineyards, 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.
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Spoonful of Honey Rosh Hashanah gourmet honey tasting includes honeyfeatured recipes, raffles and more. Tues, Sep 8, 4pm. Free. Sonoma Market, 500 W Napa St, Sonoma.
Lectures The Distinctiveness of Shinn Buddhism Distinguished teacher and author Dr Kenneth Kenshin Tanaka speaks on the distinct qualities of the Shinn discipline. Sep 3, 7pm. Buddhist Temple of Marin, 390 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.
Establishing Patterns: The Earthy Geometry of Writing Writing workshop from a season writer. Pre-registration required. Sep 8, 6pm. $25. Napa Bookmine, 964 Pearl St, Napa, 206.529.7517.
Fukushima Contamination in the Ocean & Biosphere with researchers Tim Mousseau and Ken Buessler in conversation with Mary Beth Brangan. Sep 2, 7:30pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.
Global Poverty Lecture The Center for Ethics, Law, and Society hosts influential philosopher professor Peter Singer for its annual “Big Ethics and Law Lecture.” Sep 9, 6:30pm. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
Royal Hawaiian Featherwork Explore the distinctive art, culture and history of Hawaii in this illustrated lecture from Gretchen Turner. Sep 8, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.
Sierra Quest Tour Carl Sanders presents a stunning, musically scored multimedia slide show of his recent mountain bike tour of the Sierra Nevada. Sep 3, 7pm. $5-$10. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966
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Readings Aqus Cafe Sep 7, 6:30pm, A-Muse-ing Mondays with Rivertown Poets, Robbi Nester and Richard Nester read, followed by open mic. 189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.
Book Passage Sep 2, 7pm, “The Oyster War” with Summer Brennan. Sep 3, 7pm, “Fling!” with Lily Iona MacKenzie. Sep 9, 7pm, “Fat City” with Leonard Gardner. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.
Dance Palace Sep 3, 7pm, “The Oyster War” with Summer Brennan. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.
Napa Bookmine Sep 3, 6pm, “ A Visual Approach to Scales and Chords on Guitar” with Jeffrey McFarlandJohnson. Sep 6, 3pm, Napa Valley Writers Club open mic. Wednesdays, 11am, Read Aloud for the Young’uns. First Friday of every month, 6pm, First Friday Night Write. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.
Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Sep 9, 7pm, “Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My… “ with Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.
Redwood Cafe Sep 6, 5pm, Cotati Poetry Series, with Gwynn O’Gara, Mike Tuggle and others. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868.
Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books Sep 4, 7pm, “The Paris Key” with Juliet Blackwell. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.
SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium Sep 2, 7pm, “Purity” with Jonathan Franzen, the author appears in conversation with literary critic Jane Ciabatarri, presented by Copperfield’s Books. $10 plus purchase of book. 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.
of Amy Herzog’s funny and heartwarming play follows a 21-year-old sharing an apartment with his 91-year-old grandmother and how they find their way together. Sep 3-27. $15-$27. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.
The Breakfast Club Don Gibble Productions presents a new live adaptation of the classic John Hughes film about five misfits stuck in detention, benefiting Analy High School theater department. Through Sep 6. $10-$20. Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Ave, Sebastopol. 707.584.4001.
City of Angels Cinnabar presents the masterful musical comedy that is both side-splitting funny and rich with memorable melodies. Sep 4-20. $25-$35. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.
Good People Left Edge Theater produces the poignant drama that asks whether your character or coincidence determines your fate. Sep 9-19. $30-$40. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.
Imagine
presents a harrowing portrait of the cunning, ruthless king driven by ambition. Sep 4-27. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael.
The Spy Who Killed Me Get a Clue Productions returns with an interactive murder mystery dinner theater experience. Select Friday and Saturday nights. getaclueproductions.com. Fri, Sep 4, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor.
The Taming of the Shrew The Curtain Theatre, now in its 16th year, returns to the redwoods with Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. Sat-Sun, 2pm. through Sep 13. Free. Old Mill Park, Throckmorton and Cascade, Mill Valley.
The Wizard of Oz Adapted from the book by L. Frank Baum and the classic MGM film, this imaginative musical features an all-female cast portraying Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion. Through Sep 20. $15-$37. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.
Transcendence Theatre presents a behind the scenes glimpse into musical theater that offers exciting insights into the inspiration, passion and imagination that goes into bringing a song from concept to creation. Sep 2-3. $35-$75. Paradise Ridge Winery, 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa, 877.424.1414.
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New Wrinkles: The Middle-Age (and beyond!) Musical
Wretch Like Me
This hilarious and heartfelt musical revue serves up the pains, perils and poignancy of aging in comedic sketches and songs. Sep 6, 7:30pm. $30. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Proof
Theater
The dramatic play about a woman coming to terms with her brilliant, but troubled, father is presented by Sonoma Arts Live. Through Sep 6. $12-$26. Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.974.1932.
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CRITIC’S CHOICE
Novato Theater Company stages playwright Christopher Durang’s comic take on Chekov, an unforgettable family reunion filled with rivalry, regret, and racket. Through Sep 20. $12-$27. Novato Theater Playhouse, 5420 Nave Dr, Novato. 415.883.4498. David Templeton’s awardwinning solo show about his teenage years as a fundamentalist puppeteer comes to Napa for two shows only. Sep 5-6. $15-$25. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. 707.266.6305.
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Showtime SFI screens doc that hits close to home Coinciding with Sonoma State University’s fall schedule, the Sonoma Film Institute returns to the campus this weekend with a full slate of classic and contemporary films, several with special guests in attendance. Screening twice over the weekend, On Her Own documents the struggles and successes of Sonoma County farmer Nancy Prebilich (pictured) as she attempts to keep her fifthgeneration farm, Gleason Ranch in Bodega, afloat during trying economic times. Author Michael Pollan calls the film “unflinching and beautiful,” and director Morgan Schmidt-Feng has been recognized for not only his intimate look into the lives of these farmers, but for representing the struggle of family farms to preserve their heritage and land in the face of Big Ag. Prebilich will introduce the film and answer questions after the screenings. Other films include the landmark 1976 film by John Korty, Farewell to Manzanar, with Korty in attendance, and last year’s Still Dreaming, which finds a group of aging Broadway stars embarking on a magical journey. There are plenty of foreign gems as well, such as the offbeat Mexican slacker film Güeros, which looks like Mexico’s answer to a Jim Jarmusch movie. On Her Own screens Friday, Sept. 4, at 7pm, and Sunday, Sept. 6, at 4pm at Sonoma Film Institute, SSU’s Warren Auditorium, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. Info and schedule at www.sonoma.edu/sfi. —Charlie Swanson
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For a pregnant woman, the fetus often begins to move for the first time during the fifth month of gestation. The sensation may resemble popcorn popping or a butterfly fluttering. It’s small but dramatic: the distinct evidence that a live creature is growing inside her. Even if you are not literally expecting a baby, and even if you are male, I suspect you will soon feel the metaphorical equivalent of a fetus’ first kicks. You’re not ready to give birth yet, of course, but you are well on your way to generating a new creation.
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) “Since U Been Gone” is a pop song recorded by vocalist Kelly Clarkson. She won a Grammy for it, and made a lot of money from its sales. But two other singers turned down the chance to make it their own before Clarkson got her shot. The people who wrote the tune offered it first to Pink and then to Hillary Duff, but neither accepted. Don’t be like those two singers, Gemini. Be like Clarkson. Recognize opportunities when they are presented to you, even if they are in disguise or partially cloaked. CANCER (June 21–July 22) “Going with the flow” sounds easy and relaxing, but here’s another side of the truth: sometimes it can kick your ass. The rippling current you’re floating on may swell up into a boisterous wave. The surge of the stream might get so hard and fast that your ride becomes more spirited than you anticipated. And yet I still think that going with the flow is your best strategy in the coming weeks. It will eventually deliver you to where you need to go, even if there are bouncy surprises along the way. LEO (July 23–August 22) “Money doesn’t make you happy,” said movie star and ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. “I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.” Despite his avowal, I’m guessing that extra money would indeed make you at least somewhat happier. And the good news is that the coming months will be prime time for you to boost your economic fortunes. Your ability to attract good financial luck will be greater than usual, and it will zoom even higher if you focus on getting better educated and organized about how to bring more wealth your way.
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VIRGO (August 23–September 22) “I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand.” So sang Jimi Hendrix in his raucous psychedelic tune “Voodoo Child (Slight Return).” We could view his statement as an example of delusional grandiosity, and dismiss it as meaningless. Or we could say it’s a funny and brash boast that Hendrix made as he imagined himself to be a mythic hero capable of unlikely feats. For the purposes of this horoscope, let’s go with the latter interpretation. I encourage you to dream up a slew of extravagant brags about the outlandish magic powers you have at your disposal. I bet it will rouse hidden reserves of energy that will enhance your more practical powers. LIBRA (September 23–October 22) It’s the phase of your cycle when you have maximum power to transform yourself. If you work hard to rectify and purify your inner life, you will be able to generate a transcendent release. Moreover, you may tap into previously dormant or inaccessible aspects of your soul’s code. Here are some tips on how to fully activate this magic. 1. Without any ambivalence, banish ghosts that are more trouble than they are worth. 2. Identify the one bad habit you most want to dissolve and replace it with a good habit. 3. Forgive everyone, including yourself. 4. Play a joke on your fear. 5. Discard
or give away material objects that no longer have any meaning or use.
SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)
I hope you’re not getting bored with all of the good news I have been delivering in recent weeks. I’m sorry if I sound like I’m sugarcoating or whitewashing, but I swear I’m simply reporting the truth about the cosmic omens. Your karma is extra sweet these days. You do have a few obstacles, but they are weaker than usual. So I’m afraid you will have to tolerate my rosy prophecies for a while longer. Stop reading now if you can’t bear to receive a few more buoyant beams. This is your last warning! Your web of allies is getting more resilient and interesting. You’re expressing just the right mix of wise selfishness and enlightened helpfulness. As your influence increases, you are becoming even more responsible about wielding it.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) When 16th-century Spanish invaders arrived in the land of the Mayans, they found a civilization that was in many ways highly advanced. The native people had a superior medical system and calendar. They built impressive cities with sophisticated architecture and paved roads. They were prolific artists, and had a profound understanding of mathematics and astronomy. And yet they did not make or use wheeled vehicles, which had been common in much of the rest of the world for over 2,000 years. I see a certain similarity between this odd disjunction and your life. Although you’re mostly competent and authoritative, you are neglecting to employ a certain resource that would enhance your competence and authority even further. Fix this oversight! CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) If you have ever fantasized about taking a pilgrimage to a wild frontier or sacred sanctuary or your ancestral homeland, the next 10 months will be an excellent time to do it. And the best time to plan such an adventure will be the coming two weeks. Keep the following questions in mind as you brainstorm. 1. What are your life’s greatest mysteries, and what sort of journey might bring an awakening that clarifies them? 2. Where could you go in order to clarify the curious yearnings that you have never fully understood? 3. What power spot on planet Earth might activate the changes you most want to make in your life? AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) When he died at the age of 77 in 1905, Aquarian author Jules Verne had published 54 books. You’ve probably heard of his science-fiction novels Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. He was a major influence on numerous writers, including Jean-Paul Sartre, J. R. R. Tolkien and Arthur Rimbaud. But one of his manuscripts never made it into book form. When he finished it in 1863, his publisher refused to publish it, so Verne stashed it in a safe. It remained there until his great-grandson discovered it in 1989. Five years later, Verne’s “lost novel,” Paris in the Twentieth Century, went on sale for the first time. I suspect that in the coming months, you may have a comparable experience, Aquarius. An old dream that was lost or never fulfilled may be available for recovery and resuscitation. PISCES (February 19–March 20)
“I enjoy using the comedy technique of self-deprecation,” says standup comic Arnold Brown, “but I’m not very good at it.” Your task in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to undermine your own skills at self-deprecation. You may think they are too strong and entrenched to undo and unlearn, but I don’t—especially now, when the cosmic forces are conspiring to prove to you how beautiful you are. Cooperate with those cosmic forces! Exploit the advantages they are providing. Inundate yourself with approval, praise and naked flattery.
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