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Legacy of Abuse After two years of investigation, a Pennsylvania grand jury report has brought to light over a thousand cases of abuse of children by 300 Catholic priests over the last 70 years. In the words of the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, it is a moral catastrophe. This type of abuse never falls on just one state or one faith; much more remains undiscovered. The grand jury report covered six of Pennsylvania’s diocese.
There are 177 diocese and archdiocese in the United States. These acts and the failure of church authorities to respond betrayed our most sacred trust. When that happens, we must respond by supporting each other as a community. Our brothers and sisters, daughters and sons in Sonoma County have been victims too. Providing the compassion and services they need is an absolute necessity. Many of these crimes happened decades ago. They may be buried but their damage lingers, festering within.
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FAT OF THE LAND To meet demand for richer milk products, Straus Creamery founder Albert Straus
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Cream Dreams How Straus Creamery stays afloat in the rocky dairy industry BY JONAH RASKIN
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e’re not for sale,” says Albert Straus, as pints of soft, mushy coffee ice cream come down the conveyor belt at Petaluma’s Straus Family Creamery and are placed in a freezer at –20 degrees so they’ll harden almost instantly.
“When companies go public, they often care less about values and more about the return on the investment.” The creamery’s founder dips a spoon into one of the containers, before it’s sealed, and tastes it. In comparison to national brands that are available from coast to coast, Straus ice cream is sold largely in the Bay Area, and, as a privately held company, is not
traded on the New York Stock Exchange. “These are volatile times in the milk industry,” Straus says. “On the one hand, there’s overproduction of milk globally, which has decreased income for dairy farmers. On the other hand, consumers are demanding higher milk-fat products, which has created a shortage of cream and milk fat.”
Dairy farmers from Holland to Ireland and California are facing uncertain futures. Marin once boasted hundreds of dairies that stretched from Marshall to Novato and Petaluma. Today, there are less than 25 in the county. So what does Straus Family Creamery do? Make more ice cream, in more flavors than ever before, and hope to save rural communities in the process. Straus ice cream—which comes in 11 different flavors—is made in small batches and with minimal processing. The first flavors introduced were chocolate, vanilla and raspberry. Now they include raspberry chocolate chip, Dutch chocolate, strawberry and lemon gingersnap. Straus soft serve, which has seen a 20 percent growth in sales in the past year, is available at a half-dozen outlets in Marin County, like Pizzeria Picco in Larkspur and Cibo in Sausalito. The ingredients in Straus ice cream are milk, cream, sugar and eggs (as a stabilizer). No gums, thickeners, stabilizers, artificial ingredients or coloring agents are used. Straus cows graze on pesticide-free pastures in both Sonoma and Marin counties. In Marin, dairy provides more revenue than any other single aspect of agriculture. In 2016, dairies brought in $43 million. In Sonoma, the figure was $147 million. Neither grapes nor cannabis are big money makers for Marin farmers, though they are in Sonoma County. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Straus Family Creamery ice cream. Next year is the 25th anniversary of the creamery itself, which Straus founded in 1994. Today, he’s the CEO, and face and voice, of the company. His father, who was a refugee from Hitler’s Germany, started Straus Family Dairy Farm in 1941. Albert Straus transformed the farm into the first certified organic, non-GMO dairy west of the Mississippi River. “We’re about the triple bottom line,” Straus says. “If you’re not supporting working families and you’re not protecting the environment, you’re not a
with a 3.2 percent protein level. Protein content for Jerseys is 3.8 percent. Straus says that he came by his social conscience and his environmental awareness gradually. His mother, Ellen, along with Phyllis Faber, founded the Marin Agricultural Land Trust and later the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin that has inspired at least two generations of ecologically minded citizens. In high school, Albert started s recycling club. At Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, he majored in dairy science, took a class on ice cream making and served on a dairyjudging team. “I always had the intention of making ice cream,” he says. But other projects took precedence. Ice cream production started small. It took years to develop an organic strawberry ice cream that Straus liked well enough to put on the market. Indeed, not everything has gone smoothly. “In 1995, a Japanese company wanted us to export our ice cream,” Straus says, “but that fell through.” In the next two to three years, Straus plans to build a larger, more technologically advanced creamery closer to major markets—somewhere not yet determined along the 101 corridor. Relocating will mean more commuting time for Straus, but it will help many of the 85 employees at the creamery who drive long distances to get to Petaluma. Straus also dreams about revitalizing the kinds of rural communities that were once the lifeblood of the North Bay but which have slowly withered. “For us,” Straus says, “money is secondary to the quality of life for our family, for the surrounding community and for our employees.” Jonah Raskin is the author of ‘Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating and Drinking Wine in California’ and an occasional contributor to the ‘Bohemian.’
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sustainable business no matter how financially successful you are.” At a time when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is loosening labeling rules, Straus has stayed true to his original mission to keep GMOs out of the company’s ice cream, milk, yogurt and sour cream. More than a year ago, the food industry—hard on the heels of Trump’s antiregulation agenda—sought to end Obama-era rules governing the disclosure of calories, sugar, fiber and serving size. The pace of deregulation has accelerated, though all Straus ice cream containers continue to provide a list of nutritional facts, including calories, cholesterol, carbs, sugars and protein. Transparency has helped Straus sell its ice cream. So has hot weather. The company sells 50 percent more ice cream in the summer than during the rest of the year. Straus wouldn’t reveal annual sales figures, but the North Bay Business Journal last year estimated the figure between $30 million and $40 million. By riding the consumer desire for organic, non-GMO food, Straus has found a niche in the crowded, competitive market dominated by giant corporations like Breyers that make ice cream with corn syrup, powdered milk and whey. Straus has collaborative relationships with eight other family farms in the North Bay. All boast the red and white Straus sign, which features a happy cow with a large udder. By cooperating, they’re able to survive and thrive in the crazy milk market. Straus is phasing out Holsteins in favor of Jerseys, because Jerseys produce milk with a higher fat content. In his 2018 book, Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas, Mark Kurlansky explains that milk with a high percentage of fat has long been considered healthier than low-fat and skimmed milk. The fat content of Jersey milk is 4.9 percent. The milk fat content of the Holstein, the most common U.S. dairy cow, is 3.7 percent fat,
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Dining PEARLY PLATES Brian Leitner and Annette Yang’s Mediterranean menu draws on lesser known regions.
Local Gem Petaluma’s Pearl gets creative
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The region offers everything from undiscovered Turkish delights to slowly trending Israeli dishes. Petaluma’s new restaurant Pearl is attempting to bring the lesser known stars of the cuisine to the table with a focus the on eastern Mediterranean—Turkey, Israel, Syria and beyond—with a
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sprinkle of Moroccan and French influences. Behind the menu are Brian Leitner and Annette Yang, who previously owned Nettie’s Crab Shack in San Francisco and, most recently, Le Vieux in Portland, Ore. The two began experimenting with Mediterranean cuisine one country at a time; France one month, Morocco another. Leitner, a Chez Panisse alum, unites them all. The menu changes occasionally, according to
seasonality and availability, and some ingredients stand out, not often seen on local menus around the Bay Area. Take the stuffed sardine ($10), for example. Expert home cooks across the Mediterranean have been stuffing the tiny fish for centuries, but rare is the Bay Area chef willing to take on the meticulous task. At Pearl, the single fish arrives topped with cherry tomatoes and cilantro, hiding a herbaceous tabbouleh salad inside. The fish has a bright
sea flavor and delicate texture, highlighted by the tabbouleh’s chunkiness. It’s a bold, fun appetizer that made me wish stuffed sardines would, one day, reach crudo-level popularity. The charred okra (another seldom-seen ingredient) with preserved lemon ($10) is spot-on. Okra is a tricky little vegetable, and one extra minute in the heat can turn it to mush. Pearl’s is crunchy and fresh. The woodroasted beets ($10) are the third appetizer we try. In this dish, too, the textures are remarkable, from the velvety-rich beet to the snappy beans and the light dressing. Even in a restaurant fielding a wild mix of influences and inspirations, some things are better left true to their origins. The shakshuka ($18), an Israeli staple, is one such dish. This vibrant, tomato-heavy stew is meant to simmer on the stove or in the oven until its raw eggs and sauce become one. In Pearl’s version, served with a side of pita ($2) and containing the addition of chickpeas and griddled halloumi cheese, the eggs are perched on top. Playful as the interpretation might be, it undermines the shakshuka’s messy, hearty appeal and denies it the collision of flavors it’s famous for. The dessert to right this wrong is the dreamy Moroccan rice pudding ($8). With a bite to its texture, the pudding is made from Madagascar pink rice and topped with rhubarb compote and almond flakes. It’s delicate and fragrant, refreshing and comforting. I’ve never seen this rice before, on a menu or at a supermarket. Leitner’s clearly showcasing another star ingredient. Is the pudding Mediterranean? Moroccan? Local? When something tastes this good, who cares. Pearl, 500 First St., Petaluma. 707.559.5187.
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wild grapevines in the corner of a vineyard he farms. “Back then,” Giovannoni says of the glory days of bland American beer, “hops were used more for bittering than aroma and flavor, like they are today. Brewing styles have changed, but I feel that Cluster has a bad reputation based on old brewing styles and descriptions based on those old beers.” One cool thing about Cluster, according to Mike Stevenson, who grows Cluster sourced from the Mt. Shasta area at his Warm Spring Wind Hop Farm, is that it’s got great genetics: having survived untended for 60 to 100 years, it may now be this region’s most robust hop variety. “The flavors and aromas are speaking to the adaptability of the plant in those different areas,” says Stevenson, who likes the tropical fruit, piña colada, passion fruit aromatics that his Shasta hops exhibit. “Totally different from the California Cluster that Paul has in his yard from Russian River.” That’s brewer Paul Hawley, who’s releasing a trio of freshly brewed beers, including a farmhouse saison-style brew wethopped with Cluster, at Fogbelt Brewing’s third annual Wet Hop Festival. Adding to the spiciness of the saison, says Hawley, “the heritage California Cluster shows aromas and flavors of honeydew melon, papaya and mango.” Hop season doesn’t get any fresher than at the Windsor Historical Society museum’s eighth annual Hop Harvest & Heritage Day, where president Steve Lehmann invites budding hop heads to pick their own from the 15 prickly plants he grows on the museum grounds from roots collected from three Russian River Valley ranches. Spectators, including folks who remember the hop harvests of days gone by, are welcome. “Some old timers come by to ridicule my hop-picking technique,” says Lehmann, “in the nicest way.” Fogbelt Brewing Company, 1305 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa. Wet Hop Festival, Sunday, Sept. 2, noon–8pm. 707.978.3400. Windsor Historical Society, 9225 Foxwood Drive, Windsor. Hop picking starts at noon, Saturday, Sept. 8. Lunch and beer, $15. 707.838.4563.
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I thought about Combellack over the course of the month that I roamed across Napa by car and on foot, met farmers and tasted local fruits and vegetables in fields and in restaurants. I ate at Farmstead, which is owned by Long Meadow Ranch, and at Clif Family Bruschetteria—the nifty food truck whose vegetables
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agricultural enterprise—I didn’t meet anyone like Green String Farm’s Bob Cannard, who has supplied Chez Panisse with produce since the 1970s. Nor did I meet anyone like Paul Wirtz at Paul’s Produce, who grows yearround a wide variety of vegetables that make their way, thanks to Tim Page and his distribution company, Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights, to restaurants across the Bay Area. Napa doesn’t have superstar farmers, but it has young, savvy, impassioned farmers like Rachel Kohn Obut, who recently moved from Glen Ellen, where she grew vegetables at Flatbed Farm, to Napa, where she currently grows vegetables on leased land and sells them directly to members of her CSA (community supported agriculture). The owners of the land where she has carved out a garden made money in grapes and got out. Now they can afford to float Obut’s enterprise. Like Obut, many of Napa’s young farmers have figured out how to grow lettuce, potatoes, corn, flowers and more in a place where investors insist that land is too expensive and wine way too lucrative to do anything except grow grapes and make wine. In 2001, the year Combellack died, grapes were the No. 1 crop. Napa Valley Cabernet sold for $100 a bottle and more, and very few residents remembered the prune orchards and the Sunsweet processing plant on the corner of Jackson and Yajome. In 2018, Napa has far less agricultural diversity than it had in the 1920s, or even in the 1980s, which troubles Napa beekeeper Rob Keller, who says that “vineyards are a desert for bees,” and tells vineyard managers, “Give us some land back.” Assistant Agricultural Commissioner Tracy Cleveland, who commutes to Napa from Vacaville, says she couldn’t imagine a day when grapes and wine would not dominate the valley. Still, the website for her agency insists that the “climate and the soils are
capable of producing many types of exceptional agricultural products.” It’s just that the Napa Agricultural Commission and the Napa County Farm Bureau do little if anything to translate that capacity into a reality. They’re too busy helping the grape and wine industries, where money is to be made more reliably than on the volatile New York Stock Exchange. When I email the Napa Farm Bureau—the voice of the wine and grape industry—and ask for help with a story about vegetables in Napa, Debby Zygielbaum, who sits on the board of directors, replies, “Contact CAFF/The Farmers Guild. They might have information for you.” Cleveland took over the reins at the commission when the board of supervisors recently declined to renew the contract for Greg Clark, who had run the agency since 2014. Many citizens argued that the county needed a fresh outlook, given the loss of oak woodlands and watersheds and the growth of the monoculture. “My passion is to create a healthy farming community and to diversify ag,” says Seth Chapin, founder of the Napa branch of the Farmers Guild, a small farmer advocacy and education organization. “Diversity can be a hedge against catastrophic collapse.” Chapin thinks total collapse is unlikely, though Napa agriculture has collapsed and then rebirthed itself again and again over the past 100 years. Wheat gave way to walnuts and then to olives, oranges, apricots and, more recently, grapes as far as the eye can see, with little if any habitat for bees and birds. Chapin grows flowers and makes floral arrangements that he sells for weddings and “private parties in the hills.” His garden is located in the Coombsville neighborhood, a short drive from the Soscol Avenue office of the agricultural commissioner. Mary “T” Beller, a feisty Alabama-born woman and Stanford grad, owns the three-and-a-half acres where Chapin grows over a hundred different kinds of flowers. Beller is famous for her “curated wine
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country tours” that take visitors “behind the scenes in Napa Valley”—which means she doesn’t lead them to wineries. She also cultivates vegetables, fruits and berries, and makes jams, pickles and preserves, much of which she gives to friends. “Grapes are sexy, but vegetables are sexier,” says Beller one hot day during a walking tour of her gardens. She adds, “I will never put in grapes.” Under the shade of a luxurious Indian blood peach tree, Beller laments the dominance of grapes. “When I got here in the 1980s, there were orchards, dairies, pastures and oak trees. I thought they would stay.” Tourists who come for the wine and the food are hard-pressed to name the valley’s “exceptional agricultural products.” So are many Napa residents, though field workers like Jesus Pizano, who was born in Jalisco, Mexico, grow tomatoes, peppers, pears and nopal cactus in backyards and cook them in their own kitchens—a sort of farm-to-table movement for the rest of us. Vicky Bartelt of Rusty Rake Farming Co., located in a suburban Napa neighborhood, has grown vegetables for much of her adult life. Not long ago, she pulled out her “hobby vineyard”
and expanded the rows of garlic and potatoes, and the herbs that she uses to make teas. “I originally started to grow vegetables out of necessity,” she says. “We were poor and broke, and I had to find a way to feed my family.” Olamae Combellack would have understood. “Rusty Rake is my little piece of heaven,” Bartelt says. “It got me through cancer. Growing vegetables is therapeutic.” The produce department at the Napa Whole Foods Market in the Bel Aire Plaza boasts a large sign that reads, “We support local farmers,” but the store offers no fruits and vegetables from Napa Valley growers. Much of the produce, whether organic or not, comes from Mexico and California, though most of the signs don’t say where in the Golden State. On a recent summer morning, the table grapes were from Mexico and the strawberries from Washington. The label on the cauliflower read, “Distributed by Earth Bound,” and didn’t say where it was grown. The Napa Farmers Market doesn’t have much local produce either, which disappoints Seth Chapin and his friends, though growers arrive from Stanislaus, Sacramento and Santa
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Cruz counties. Rebecca lives in St. Helena and works 60 hours a week, some of the time in fields planting and harvesting. She sells produce at the Saturday morning market. “On the whole, people in Napa are growing fewer vegetables than they were in the past,” she says. “Land is so expensive; vineyards and wineries are pushing out farms.” In fact, according to the 2017 Napa County Agricultural Crop Report, only 25 acres were given over to vegetables, including artichokes, fennel, rhubarb, tomatillos and turnips. That was down an acre from 2016, while red wine grape acreage increased slightly from the previous year. From 2016 to 2017, the value of red grapes grown in Napa County rose from $624 million to $656 million. In 2017, the gross value of winegrape production was a record-setting $751 million up nearly 3 percent from 2016. Vegetable crops were valued at $249,000 in 2017, down from $294,900 the year before. It’s no wonder that farmers market maven Paula Downing, who has managed markets in Napa and Sonoma counties, and who helped to start markets in Cotati and Occidental, says, “If you make money in vegetables, you are a smart fucking cookie.” Robert and Carine Hines live in Yolo County and sell their vegetables at the Saturday market in the parking lot of the South Napa Century Center. “It’s hard to find land that’s more expensive than in Napa,” Robert Hines says. “We own our own place. For us, farming isn’t primarily about money; it’s a lifestyle we’ve chosen. You can be outside and your own boss, and you can do something good for the world.” Napa wines leave the county and travel around the world. The bulk of Napa fruits and vegetables stay in Napa where they’re consumed in restaurants like the French Laundry and Meadowwood, which have their own gardens. Napa vegetables are also devoured at by-invitationonly events where food and wine are paired. Then, too, they leave as pickled cucumbers, jams and
dried persimmons and pears. As in Tuscany, the best that Napa has to offer in the way of food stays in Napa and is consumed by locals and by tourists who want the farmto-table experience they’ve read about. Eighty-five percent of the vegetables grown at Long Meadow Ranch go to Farmstead, its American restaurant in St. Helena, where as many as 900 meals are served a day. Fifteen percent of Long Meadow vegetables go to farmers markets. Jeff Russell, the farmer at Long Meadow, works closely with Farmstead chef Stephen Barber, who walks the fields on Friday mornings. Together, they talk about the crops in the ground and the food prepared in the kitchen. “I wanted to be a farmer starting at the age of five,” Russell says. “I was in Luther Burbank’s greenhouse. He struck a chord with me.” Russell, who commutes from Santa Rosa to St. Helena, plants cover crops, makes compost, aims for zero waste, keeps the crew working year-round, planting, cultivating and harvesting, and aims to get produce from the farm to the restaurant in 24 hours or less after it’s picked. Degge Hays manages the gardens at Frog’s Leap, where the grapes are dry-farmed. Born in Illinois, and educated at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, he has a crew of able workers and help from Jeremy Benson, the winery’s products coordinator, who is also Napa’s poet laureate. Most of the vegetables that Hays grows year-round at Frog’s Leap, where he has worked for 17 years, go to the members of the wine club, the winery owners and to the workers themselves who take produce home at the end of the day. “I came to Frog’s Leap in part because there was already an orchard here,” Hays says. “When I arrived, I planted an acre of fruit trees. Every July there’s a peach festival attended by hundreds of visitors.” Tessa Henry worked at Frog’s Leap for 10 years and learned about farming from Hays. Now she grows vegetables and fruits in Napa’s Pope Valley at Clif Family Farm.
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“My grandfather ran tractors through grape vines,” Henry says one Friday morning, offering a tour of the farm and talking about her family history. “I grew up hearing about prunes and walnuts, before the valley was just grapes, but I didn’t think I’d become a farmer.” Now she cultivates cucumbers, zucchini, okra, Padrón peppers, melons, tomatoes, several kinds of basil and much more. Elementary school kids, students from the Culinary Institute of America and Clif Bar employees have visited and learned from Tessa about terroir, garden design and organic farming practices. Most Napa vegetable farmers know one another. Most of them share the values expressed by Laddie Hall, a baby boomer from Texas, who bought Long Meadow Ranch with her husband, Ted, in 1989 and then brought it back to health after years of disrepair.
Laddie doesn’t have to work at the St. Helena Farmers Market, but she does every Friday morning. “There’s a sense of community here,” she says. “It’s a social event. Customers become friends.” She lifts a box of freshly picked corn and stacks it in front of the stand. “There’s already too much of a monoculture in Napa. At Long Meadow, we’ve made a big commitment to diversify.” The economics of grapes and wine will keep all other crops on the fringe of Napa Valley. Here’s hoping Napa’s hearty farmers will continue to thrive—but the valley will never again resemble the world where Olamae Combellack, the girl from Texas, grew up, came of age and learned to love the prunes, the oaks, the meadows and the grapes that pushed almost everything else out of the ground. Jonah Raskin is the author of ‘Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating and Drinking Wine in California.’
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Pizza Life
A selection at last year’s Mill Valley Film Festival, North Bay writer-director Matteo Troncone’s irresistible documentary ‘Arrangiarsi (Pizza . . . and the Art of Living)’ takes audiences on an immersive trip to Naples, Italy, which Troncone visited nine times over five years to learn about the art of pizza making. There, he also discovered the artistic tradition of arrangiarsi, meaning to make something from nothing. Foodies, history buffs, art appreciators and everyone else can enjoy the documentary, screening with pizza from Ca’ Momi and winetasting on Thursday, Aug. 30, at Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St. E., Sonoma. 7pm. $20–$25. 707.996.9756.
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Belgian-French guitarist Django Reinhardt is one of the most influential players in Europe’s Gypsy jazz movement, and is still celebrated more than 60 years after his death. This month, the 14th annual DjangoFest Mill Valley features Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis and his trio, who open the festival, French guitar duo Antoine Boyer & Samuelito, Gypsy jazz prodigy Henry Acker and many others. Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 30– Sept. 2, at Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. $35–$65; $199 weekend pass. 415.383.9600.
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Celebrating the idyllic scenery of the Golden State, Napa Valley Museum’s new joint exhibition, ‘California Dreamin’,’ features paintings by Melissa Chandon and Matt Rogers and surfboard art from Timothy Bessell. Chandon’s pop-art inspired work is evocative of the carefree West Coast vibes of the 1960s, when woodie-style station wagons dotted the beaches. Rogers’ landscape paintings turn palm trees into cotton candy while thematically reflecting on the state’s history of natural disasters. Rounded out by Bessell’s handmade and hand painted boards, “California Dreamin’” opens with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 1, at Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. 5pm. $20. 707.944.0500.
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Growing up in Santa Rosa, hip-hop artist Tru Lyric began on his songwriting path with parodies in high school, though in the last decade his music has taken on a significantly more personal and emotionally impactful tone, and the MC now openly talks about struggles with depression and anxiety in his multifaceted music. Sometime labeled as Christian rap, Tru Lyric preaches positivity on his new album, Beautiful Imperfections, out last month, and he takes the stage with support from Run with Patience and DJ Sticky on Saturday, Sept. 1, at HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 9pm. $10. 707.829.7300.
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LONG LIVE THE QUEEN Aretha Franklin makes a star appearance in book on rock’s fierce women.
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here’s something really magic about the fact that the King and the Queen left the building on the same day,” says author and veteran radio personality Meredith Ochs. She’s talking about Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, both of whom died on Aug. 16 (though 41 years apart). Ochs is the author of the upcoming Rock-and-Roll Woman: The 50 Fiercest Female Rockers
(Sterling), which profiles and/ or interviews everyone from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes. Those fierce women are the bookends in Ochs’ labor of love, which she says was inspired, in part, by the scores of interviews and commentary pieces she’s done over the years for Sirius and National Public Radio. Tharpe is first on the list because, as Ochs says of the guitarist-singer from the 1930s–’40s, “You can make the argument that she invented rock. She sure did set the template for rock moves!”
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Ochs’ book is arranged chronologically, she says, and after Thorpe, she covers Big Mama Thornton, Wanda Jackson and then Aretha. The criteria for inclusion: they had to have some kind of impact or influence on rock and roll. Aretha? “Her influence is almost incalculable,” Ochs says. “She influenced everyone from Janis Joplin to Amy Winehouse” and beyond—Annie Lennox, Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt and countless others have all sipped from the slippers of the Queen of Soul. “Even someone
like Christina Aguilera—she’s not in the book and she’s not a rock and roll woman—but you can put Aretha’s influence through to pop, rock, R&B and the blues.” Ochs lives in Hoboken and has been interviewing musicians and celebrities for decades; she recently left Sirius after a 12-year run at the online radio giant. She had tons of interviews in the can already and did some new ones that are exclusive to the book. “It also seemed strange to me,” she says, “that a lot of stuff was happening in entertainment with women, the pay gap in Hollywood, and while there are more women musicians, there’s not a lot of women played on the radio.” Since her death earlier this month at age 76, Aretha’s been getting a lot of airplay on North Bay radio stations. Ochs didn’t interview Franklin expressly for the book, but recounts meeting and talking to her at a cancer benefit for a New Jersey healthcare provider in 2012 (Franklin died of pancreatic cancer). “She never talked about the fact that she had cancer,” says Ochs. “She never talked about her illness, but she did a lot of charitable work.” Ochs says she brought a friend to the benefit concert, whose mother had died from breast cancer. “It was a very small, private event,” she says, as she recalls her encounter with the Queen of Soul. “She talked about why she was there.” The event was one she’ll never forget, says Ochs: “Being in her presence . . . it was just awesome,” she recalls. “There was, like, this golden glow about her.” ‘Rock-and-Roll Woman: The 50 Fiercest Female Rockers,’ will be in bookstores Oct. 23. Pre-orders are now available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble online.
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POWER TRIO John Courage marks
15 years of relentless rock ’n’ roll.
No Quarter
In which we learn John Courage’s ultimate goal BY CHARLIE SWANSON
S
anta Rosa songwriter and bandleader John Courage still remembers the Led Zeppelin cassette tapes his uncle gave him in 1992 that launched his love of guitar.
“It was the riffs,” he says while miming the opening guitar part to Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love.” “It was infectious, and that was it. It was like I got handed down rock ’n’ roll.” After forming his first band and naming it after the John Courage beer he stocked at Oliver’s Market (before he was old enough to drink), Courage’s long-running musical project has morphed over the last 15 years from a four-piece band to a solo act, to its current incarnation, a trio with bassist
Francesco Catania and drummer Jared Maddox. He’s kept the rock tradition alive through all of it. Courage’s musical landscape of classic rock grooves, bluesy breakdowns and effortless ebullience can be heard prominently on the band’s new single, “The Valley.” The song premieres this weekend when the John Courage Trio headline the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma on Courage’s 35th birthday, Sept. 1. Also on the bill are the Coffis Brothers & the Mountain Men and Brothers Comatose frontman Ben Morrison. “Every day is a new task,” says Courage, who has been reissuing his last three albums, Gems (2013), Don’t Fail Me Now (2012) and Lovers Without a Care (2010), on CD in preparation for the show. Courage recorded “The Valley” and several other tracks last summer for an album to be released next year. He says it’s still important to him to take time honing his craft, even after 15 years. “In the last few years, I’ve learned to stop rushing, because there’s no timetable,” he says. “There’s such a push for content now that you see bands figuring out how to play music right before your eyes, and that can be cool and endearing, but I’m from that last pre-internet time where you work on your craft in secret, and show up fully formed.” Courage also says the sound of his upcoming new record was crafted to maximize the talents of Catania and Maddox. “My rhythm section is insane,” he says. The frontman’s prodigious guitar chops provide “The Valley” with an infectious rock hook—and a searing guitar solo. Both are trademarks of his time-honored style of rock ’n’ roll. “My ultimate goal is if I can come up with a guitar part for a song that you would hear a kid playing in a guitar shop— some catchy little riff that ends up bugging every guitar-store employee.” John Courage rocks out on Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 8:30pm. $14. 707.775.6048.
Concerts SONOMA COUNTY Dandu
Inspired by jazz, hip-hop, funk and progressive rock, the Denver-based trio hits up the North Bay with support from Analog Us and others. Sep 1, 6pm. $5. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.
Mykal Rose
Grammy Award-winning reggae musician performs with local favorites IrieFuse. Aug 31, 9pm. $25-$45. The Reel Fish Shop & Grill, 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.
Smiley’s Schooner Saloon
Aug 30, Henry Chadwick. Aug 31, PSDSP. Sep 1, Highway Poets. Sep 2, Caravan 222. Sep 3, Epicenter Sound System. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.
Sonoma County Metal & Hardcore Battle of the Bands North Bay heavy metal bands Scythe, Incredulous, 4199, Sepulchre and A Hero to Fall compete in the local promoter’s massive show. Sep 1, 8pm. $10. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.
MARIN COUNTY DjangoFest Mill Valley
Fourteenth annual celebration of Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt features concerts with Tim Kliphuis Trio, Antoine Boyer & Samuelito and others. Aug 30-Sep 2. $35-$65; $199 weekend pass. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Rebirth Brass Band
New Orleans musical institution holds a North Bay summer residency featuring six concerts, including a Sunday afternoon kids show. Aug 30Sep 2. $32-$37; Sun, $22-$27. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
The Sons of Champlin
Marin’s favorite sons of rock and roll play their annual Labor Day BBQ on the lawn. Sep 3, 4pm. $30-$35. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.
NAPA COUNTY Blues Masters Showcase
Roots-reggae act Guidance Band switches it up and plays the music of BB King, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughn and others. Sep 5, 7 and 8:45pm. $15-$35. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
Edgardo Cambón y LaTiDo Terrapin Crossroads
Latin night at Silo’s features the conga drummer and singer long considered a pillar of Bay Area salsa and Latin jazz. Aug 30, 8pm. $13-$18. Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833. Aug 29, OMEN. Aug 30, Ross James’ Cosmic Thursday. Aug 31, Top 40 Friday with Jeff Miller and friends. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.
Trek Winery
Aug 31, Todos Santos. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato. 415.899.9883.
Clubs & Venues SONOMA COUNTY Andaz Napa
Aug 29, Michelle Lambert. Sep 1, Vince Constanza. Sep 5, Justin Diaz. 1450 First St, Napa. 707.687.1234.
Beringer Vineyards Sep 1, Rich and FMC Trio. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.
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Aug 31, Beer Scouts. Sep 1, eNegative. 1018 Santa Rosa Plaza, Santa Rosa. 707.327.2822.
A’Roma Roasters
Aug 31, Emily Lois Band. Sep 1, Jim Adams & John Potter Jazz Duo. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.
Blue Note Napa
Aug 29, David Correa Trio. Aug 30, Tom Braxton & His Band. Aug 31-Sep 1, Anuhea. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
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Aug 31, Roots Man Project. Sep 1, String Quake. 1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.
Aug 30, Gregg Chorebanian. Aug 31, Flytrap. Sep 1, Sugar Moon. Sep 2, 2pm, Memory Lane Combo. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.
Sep 1, Blithedale Canyon. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.
Barley & Hops Tavern Aug 30, JimBo Trout. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.
Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Sep 1, Road Eleven. Sep 2, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.
The Big Easy
Aug 30, Culann’s Hounds and Gentlemen Soldiers. Aug 31, the Blind Barbers and Lazyman. Sep 1, Electric Funeral and Skitzo. Sep 2, Western Centuries. Sep 4, Jason McCue. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.7163.
BR Cohn Winery
Sep 2, 2pm, Creatures of Habit. 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen. 707.938.4064.
Silo’s
Aug 31, Jackson Michelson and Mark MacKay. Sep 1, Haulin’ Oats and Stung. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.
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Brewsters Beer Garden Aug 30, Kevin Russell & His So Called Friends. Aug 31, California Sons. Sep 1, 2 and 6pm, Jami Jamison and Tom Finch. Sep 2, 3pm, Michelle Lambert. 229 Water St N, Petaluma. 707.981.8330.
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Aug 31, 4pm, Ricky Alan Ray. Sep 2, 2pm, Emily Hamilton. 20 Matheson Ave, Healdsburg. 707.578.1826.
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911 Village Court, Santa Rosa. 707.545.3844.
4 Band. Sep 1, Aqua Nett. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.
Mystic Theatre & Music Hall
Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge Sep 1, Derek Irving. 21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville. 707.814.0036.
Guerneville Plaza
Aug 30, Rockin’ the River with Coco Montoya. 16201 First St, Guerneville, rockintheriver.org.
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Sep 1, Nicki Bluhm with Scott Law and Ross James. 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma. 707.938.5277.
Hood Mansion Lawn
Aug 31, 5:30pm, Funky Fridays with Rock & Roll Rhythm Revue. 389 Casa Manana Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.833.6288. funkyfridays.info.
HopMonk Sebastopol
Aug 31, Tazmanian Devils and Pat Jordan Band. Sep 1, Tru Lyric album release show. Sep 3, DJ Doogie. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
HopMonk Sonoma
Aug 31, Jeff Campbell. Sep 1, Billy Manzik. Sep 2, 1pm, Shelby, Texas. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.
Hudson Street Wineries
Aug 31, 5pm, Old Roma Stations presents wine & song with Youngblood & Co. 428 Hudson St, Healdsburg. 707.433.2364.
Ives Park
Sep 5, 5pm, “Peacetown” with David Luning and Nick Gravenites. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol, peacetown.org.
Lagunitas Tap Room
Aug 29, Jason Bodlovich. Aug 30, T-Luke & the Tight Suits. Aug 31, Foxes in the Henhouse. Sep 1, Kentucky Street Pioneers. Sep 2, Carolyn Sills. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.
Main Street Bistro
Aug 30, Dynamites Blues Band. Aug 31, Wiley’s Coyotes. Sep 1, Yancie Taylor. Sep 2, the Rhythm Drivers. Sep 5, Dean Grech. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.
Montgomery Village Shopping Center
Sep 1, 12pm, Nathan Owens & Legends of Motown. Sep 2, 12pm, Rick Lenzi & Roustabout.
Aug 30, Igor & Red Elvises. Aug 31, Blind Melon with Joshua James. Sep 1, John Courage Tro with the Coffis Brothers and Ben Morrison. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.
The Phoenix Theater
Aug 31, Hellheart and Falkönner. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.
Red Brick
Aug 30, John Kalleen Group. Aug 31, Sweet City Blues Band. Sep 1, Steve Freund Blues Band. Sep 2, 5pm, Levi Lloyd and friends. 101 Second St, Petaluma. 707.765.4567.
Redwood Cafe
Aug 29, Jamie & Mel. Aug 30, Soul Grease. Aug 31, Bloodstones. Sep 1, the Incubators. Sep 2, 5pm, Kyle Craft. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.
Rio Nido Roadhouse Sep 1, Petty Theft. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.
Rock Star University House of Rock
Aug 31, Geoff Thorpe and Vicious Rumors. 3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.791.3482.
Sally Tomatoes
Sep 1, 6:30pm, “Three Decades of Elvis” with Rick Lenzi. 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Sep 1, Onye & the Messengers. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.
Sonoma Speakeasy
Wed, Acrosonics. Aug 30, Jack Swanson. Aug 31, Three on a Match. Sep 2, Sonoma blues jam. Sep 4, R&B and Zydeco with Bruce Gordon, Tim Eschliman and Lou A Rodriguez. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.
The Star
Aug 30, “Blueprints” featuring DJ Blaow! with Yama and Jon Boy. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.634.6390.
Twin Oaks Roadhouse Aug 31, Weekend at Bernie’s. Sep 1, Relatively Dead. Sep 2, backyard BBQ with Free Peoples. Sep 3, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.
Whiskey Tip
Aug 31, Green Light Silhouette. Sep 1, Northbass. Sep 2, Aly Rose Trio. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.
Windsor Town Green Aug 30, 6pm, David Luning. 701 McClelland Dr, Windsor, townofwindsor.com.
MARIN COUNTY HopMonk Novato
Aug 30, Cascade Canyon Band and Bon Tempe. Aug 31, Electric Funeral. Sep 2, 6pm, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe. Sep 5, Willy Porter and Maurice Tani. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.
19 Broadway Nightclub
Aug 29, the Well Known Strangers. Aug 30, Lender with Red Eye Gypsy. Aug 31, the Weissmen. Sep 1, Achilles Wheel. Sep 2, Elvis Johnson’s Blues Jam. Sep 4, Blues Champions. Sep 5, Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.
Sweetwater Music Hall Aug 29, Gene Evaro Jr. Sep 3, Robert Ellis and Steven Denmark. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
NAPA COUNTY Andaz Napa
Aug 29, Michelle Lambert. Sep 1, Vince Constanza. Sep 5, Justin Diaz. 1450 First St, Napa. 707.687.1234.
Blue Note Napa
Aug 29, David Correa Trio. Aug 30, Tom Braxton & His Band. Aug 31-Sep 1, Anuhea. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards
Sep 1, Blithedale Canyon. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.
Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Sep 1, Road Eleven. Sep 2, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.
Goose & Gander
Sep 2, 5pm, Ordinary Sons. 1245 Spring St, St Helena. 707.967.8779.
JaM Cellars
Aug 30, Zack Freitas. Aug 31, Serf & James. 1460 First St, Napa. 707.265.7577.
Silo’s
Aug 31, Jackson Michelson and Mark MacKay. Sep 1, Haulin’ Oats and Stung. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.
Arts Events SONOMA COUNTY Steele Lane Community Center
Aug 29-Oct 11, “A View From the Underground,” Sonoma County street artist Vader66 and friends display their innovative underground art. Reception, Aug 29 at 4pm. 415 Steele Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282.
NAPA COUNTY Jessel Gallery
Sep 1-29, “Open Studios Napa Valley Preview Exhibit,” view an original piece of art created by each participating artist in the upcoming open studios tour. Reception, Sept 7 at 5pm. 1019 Atlas Peak Rd, Napa. Daily, 10 to 5. 707.257.2350.
Napa Valley Museum
Aug 30-Oct 28, “California Dreamin’,” painters Melissa Chandon and Matt Rogers and surfboard artist Tim Bessell create works that embody the freedom and vitality of the golden state. Reception, Sept 1 at 5pm. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.944.0500.
Galleries SONOMA COUNTY Blasted Art Gallery
Through Aug 31, “Chris Beards & Bill Shelley Exhibit,” cofounders of Blasted Art Gallery show their latest mixed-media sculptures and works on paper respectively. Reception, Aug 3 at 5pm. Art Alley, South A St, Santa Rosa. SaturdaySunday, 11am to 2pm, and by appointment. 707.888.1026.
Fulton Crossing
Through Aug 31, “Eclectic Visions in Color,” artist Taunee Callahan works are as diverse as her inspirations. Reception, Aug 17 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.
Healdsburg Center for the Arts
Through Sep 3, “Intertwined (Fiber from One Extreme to the Other),” national exhibit celebrates fiber works from woven baskets to abstract sculptures. Reception, Jul 21 at 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.
Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center
Through Aug 29, “Microcosms,” Lucy Martin’s botanical paintings zoom in on the mysterious beauty of mushrooms and lichens found in forests. Reception, May 12 at 3pm. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.
Paul Mahder Gallery
Through Aug 31, “Of Water & Sand,” new charcoal and oil paintings by Carlos Gomez Mojica imagines what would happen if all humans essentially looked the same. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.473.9150.
Redwood Cafe
Through Sep 11, “Adventures in Art,” see acrylics and watercolors from featured artists Deb Breton, Sarah Hessinger and Chelsea Weisel. Reception, Aug 14 at 6pm. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily. 707.795.7868.
Riverfront Art Gallery Through Sep 3, “Anything Goes!,” featuring Marilyn Dizikes, Janet McBeen and Brian Cluer. Reception, Jul 14 at 5pm. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Through Sep 9, “Green,” exhibition filled with different interpretations of the word green shows in the main gallery, with “Nature’s Will” by Robin Dintiman in gallery II and “Color Beyond Profusion” by Jill Keller-Peters and Nishi Marcus in gallery III. Reception, Aug 3 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.
Sebastopol Gallery
Through Sep 29, “New Landscape Paintings,” featured artist James Reynolds paints in pastels, acrylics and oils. Reception, Aug
18 at 4pm. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6. 707.829.7200.
Upstairs Art Gallery
Through Sep 2, “Vistas & Vines,” Sonoma County artist Laura Roney returns from the ashes with new paintings after losing all in October fires. Reception, Aug 4 at 2pm. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. SunThurs, 11 to 6; Fri-Sat, 11 to 9. 707.431.4214.
NAPA COUNTY Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Through Aug 31, “Paul Balmer Solo Show,” artist continues his deep exploration of cityscapes and trains his eye on San Francisco and New York. Reception, Aug 4 at 4pm. 1328 Main St, St Helena. Open daily, 10 to 6. 415.531.6755.
Sofie Contemporary Arts
Through Sep 9, “New Naturals,” Bay Area artists Jann Nunn, Bill Russell and Jonah Ward create images that simultaneously evoke a sense of the known and unknown. Reception, Aug 10 at 5:30pm. 1407 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.341.3326.
Stonehedge Winery
Through Aug 31, “Geoff Hansen Photography Exhibit,” Hansen’s shots of the Napa Valley and surrounding area include looks at several harvest seasons. Reception, Aug 17 at 5:30pm. 1004 Clinton St, Napa. 707.257.1068.
Events Artisan’s Day
Over 50 artists and crafters offer demonstrations and show their works during the annual gallery sale and celebration. Sep 1, 12pm. Free. Artisans’ Coop, 17175 Bodega Hwy, Bodega, 707.876.9830.
As You Are
Brooks Palmer hosts a local talk show that focuses on the lives of the folks in the audience through interviews, music, humor and imagination. Sep 5, 7pm. Free. Sebastopol Library, 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, ) 707.823.7691.
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Chandi Hospitality Group and Mountain Mike’s Pizza host the family-friendly competition, with food, cold drinks and live music on hand. Sat, Sep 1, 6pm. $20 per team. Mountain Mike’s Pizza, 4501 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.890.5033.
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Annual benefit for Jenner Community Center features live music from North Bay favorites Dgiin and others, with BBQ salmon and oysters, beer and wine, an ice cream parlor and more. Sep 2, 11am. $5. Jenner Community Center, 10398 Hwy 1, Jenner, 707.865.1767.
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Delightful film screens with Ca’ Momi pizza and wine tasting followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Aug 30, 7pm. $20-$25. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.
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The late John Belushi stars in classic comedies “The Blues Brothers” and “Animal House” in this week’s double feature. Aug 30, 7pm. $10. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.8770.
Movies in the Park
Bring the family, a picnic and blanket for an evening under the stars with a screening of “Paddington 2.” Aug 31, 7:30pm. Free. Howarth Park, 630 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3425.
Food & Drink Bottle Barn End of Summer Pinot Noir Tasting
Second annual tasting gathers over 40 Pinot Noir producers for a casual walk-around style tasting. Space is limited. Aug 30, 5pm. $49. Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country, 170 Railroad St, Santa Rosa.
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Ciderfest at CIA Copia
Aug 29, 5pm, “Japan: The Cookbook” with Nancy Singleton Hachisu. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.
Enjoy seasonal libations, delicious food and live music in this second annual fall festival. Sep 2, 12pm. Free admission, registration recommended. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.
Grape Stomp Competition
Enjoy a delicious lunch overlooking the vineyards, then get your stomp on. Preregistration recommended. Sep 2, 12pm. $30-$45. Viszlay Vineyards, 851 Limerick Lane, Healdsburg, 7074811514.
Russian River Valley Paulée
The ultimate winemaker dinner features Russian River Valley wineries pouring world class Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah, Zinfandel and Sauvignon Blanc. Aug 31, 5pm. $200-$225. Sonoma-Cutrer, 4401 Slusser Rd, Windsor, 707.237.3489.
Taste of Sonoma
Renowned winemakers and chefs from across Sonoma County celebrate the region with incredible wine and food pairings, seminars, chef demos and more. Sep 1, 12pm. $180. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. sonomawinecountryweekend.com.
Wet Hop Festival
Harvest-time hops showcase features a lineup of Fogbelt’s beers, BBQ, live music, hoppicking demo and more. Sep 2, 12pm. Free admission. Fogbelt Brewing, 1305 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.978.3400.
Lectures Hidden Past of Santa Rosa
Sonoma State Anthropology Professor Margaret Purser explores bits of local history taken from oral traditions, archaeological digs and records. Aug 30, 6:30pm. $10-$15. History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1500.
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Sep 1, 11am, “Down by the River” with Andrew Weiner and April Chu. McKinstry St, Napa 707.257.9529.
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Bring blankets and picnics to enjoy Shakespeare by the Petaluma River, presented by Petaluma Shakespeare Company. Through Sep 2. petalumashakespeare. org. Foundry Wharf, 625 Second St, Petaluma, petalumashakespeare.org.
Cabaret
Cinnabar Theater opens their 2018-19 season with the infamous musical set in a preWWII Germany nighhtclub. Aug 31-Sep 23. $25-$40. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.
The Comedy of Errors
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Savage Wealth
Two brothers seeking to sell their inherited lake-view Tahoe home run into several hilarious obstacles in this world premiere comedy. Aug 31-Sep 16. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.
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ARIES (March 21–April 19) In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, our heroine encounters a talking caterpillar as he smokes a hookah on top of a tall mushroom. “Who are you?” he asks her. Alice is honest: “I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.” She says this with uneasiness. In the last few hours, she has twice been shrunken down to a tiny size and twice grown as big as a giant. All these transformations have unnerved her. In contrast to Alice, I’m hoping you’ll have a positive attitude about your upcoming shifts and mutations, Aries. From what I can tell, your journey through the Season of Metamorphosis should be mostly fun and educational. TAURUS (April 20–May 20) Juan Villarino has
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hitchhiked over 2,350 times in 90 countries. His free rides have carried him over 100,000 miles. He has kept detailed records, so he’s able to say with confidence that Iraq is the best place to catch a lift. Average wait time there is seven minutes. Jordan and Romania are good, too, with 9- and 12-minute waits, respectively. In telling you about his success, I don’t mean to suggest that now is a favorable time to hitchhike. But I do want you to know that the coming weeks will be prime time to solicit favors, garner gifts and make yourself available for metaphorical equivalents of free rides. You’re extra magnetic and attractive. How could anyone could resist providing you with the blessings you need and deserve?
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) One of the big stories of 2018 concerns your effort to escape from a starcrossed trick of fate—to fix a long-running tweak that has subtly undermined your lust for life. How successful will you be in this heroic quest? That will hinge in part on your faith in the new power you’ve been developing. Another factor that will determine the outcome is your ability to identify and gain access to a resource that is virtually magical even though it appears nondescript. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that a key plot twist in this story will soon unfold. CANCER (June 21–July 22)
Potential new allies are seeking entrance to your domain. Existing allies aspire to be closer to you. I’m worried you may be a bit overwhelmed; that you might not exercise sufficient discrimination. I therefore urge you to ask yourself these questions about each candidate. 1. Does this person understand what it means to respect your boundaries? 2. What are his or her motivations for wanting contact with you? 3. Do you truly value and need the gifts each person has to give you? 4. Everyone in the world has a dark side. Can you intuit the nature of each person’s dark side? Is it tolerable? Is it interesting?
LEO (July 23–August 22) While a young man, the future Roman leader Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Sicilian pirates. They proposed a ransom of 620 kilograms of silver. Caesar was incensed at the small size of the ransom—he believed he was worth more— and demanded that his captors raise the sum to 1,550 kilograms. I’d love to see you unleash that kind of bravado in the coming weeks, Leo—preferably without getting yourself kidnapped. In my opinion, it’s crucial that you know how valuable you are, and make sure everyone else knows, as well. VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran loved the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. “Without Bach, God would be a complete second-rate figure,” he testified, adding, “Bach’s music is the only argument proving the creation of the universe cannot be regarded as a complete failure.” I invite you to emulate Cioran’s passionate clarity, Virgo. From an astrological perspective, now is an excellent time to identify people and things that consistently invigorate your excitement about your destiny. Maybe you have just one shining exemplar, like Cioran, or maybe you have more. Home in on the phenomena that in your mind embody the glory of creation. LIBRA (September 23–October 22) I foresee the withering of a hope or the disappearance of a prop or the loss of leverage. This ending may initially make
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you feel melancholy, but I bet it will ultimately prove beneficent—and maybe lead you to resources that were previously unavailable. Here are rituals you could perform that may help you catalyze the specific kind of relief and release you need: 1. Wander around a graveyard and sing songs you love. 2. Tie one end of a string around your ankle and the other end around an object that symbolizes an influence you want to banish from your life. Then cut the string and bury the object. 3. Say this 10 times: “The end makes the beginning possible.”
SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)
“If a man treats a life artistically, his brain is his heart,” wrote Oscar Wilde. I’ll translate that into a more complete version: “If a person of any gender treats life artistically, their brain is their heart.” This truth will be especially applicable for you in the coming weeks. You’ll be wise to treat your life artistically. You’ll thrive by using your heart as your brain. So I advise you to wield your intelligence with love. Understand that your most incisive insights will come when you’re feeling empathy and seeking intimacy. As you crystallize clear visions about the future, make sure they are generously suffused with ideas about how you and your people can enhance your joie de vivre.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) “My tastes are simple,” testified Sagittarian politician Winston Churchill. “I am easily satisfied with the best.” I propose that we make that your motto for now. While it may not be a sound idea to demand only the finest of everything all the time, I think it will be wise for you to do so during the next three weeks. You will have a mandate to resist trifles and insist on excellence. Luckily, this should motivate you to raise your own standards and expect the very best from yourself.
CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Russian playwright Anton Chekhov articulated a principle he felt was essential to telling a good story: If you say early in your tale that there’s a rifle hanging on the wall, that rifle must eventually be used. “If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there,” declared Chekhov. We might wish that real life unfolded with such clear dramatic purpose. To have our future so well-foreshadowed would make it easier to plan our actions. But that’s not often the case. Many elements pop up in our personal stories that ultimately serve no purpose. Except now, that is, for you Capricorns. I suspect that in the next six weeks, plot twists will be telegraphed in advance. AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Would it be fun to roast marshmallows on long sticks over scorching volcanic vents? I suppose. Would it be safe? No! Aside from the possibility that you could get burned, the sulfuric acid in the vapors would make the cooked marshmallows taste terrible and might cause them to explode. So I advise you to refrain from adventures like that. On the other hand, I will love it if you cultivate a playful spirit as you contemplate serious decisions. I’m in favor of you keeping a blithe attitude as you navigate your way through tricky maneuvers. I hope you’ll be jaunty in the midst of rumbling commotions. PISCES (February 19–March 20)
People will be thinking about you more than usual, and with greater intensity. Allies and acquaintances will be revising their opinions and understandings about you, mostly in favorable ways, although not always. Loved ones and not-so-loved ones will also be reworking their images of you, coming to altered conclusions about what you mean to them and what your purpose is. Given these developments, I suggest that you be proactive about expressing your best intentions and displaying your finest attributes.
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