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Paper Chase When I first spotted your Dec. 19 issue, which claimed a 40-year history of activist coverage for our community, I could hardly wait to sit down and digest it. Good thing it wasn’t real food, as there wasn’t much nourishment inside. If my math is correct, 40 years would make it 1979 for the start of your coverage, which would certainly include the early anti-nuke movement across California and the role of Sonoma
County in the founding of the statewide Abalone Alliance. In 1979, about 50 local activists were dealing with their arrests from the year before at the proposed Diablo nuke plant in Central California. It was the start of more protests and arrests over the next decade at the Lawrence Livermore Labs, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and Rancho Seco nuclear power plant. Sonoma County was a big part of that history, and The Paper (that name predated your current one) chronicled it all. Tom Roth and Elizabeth Poole were in charge, and Tom had been a founding member of
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SONOMoreAtomics our local anti nuke group along with many of us who are still around. Starting in 1980, some of us who had been at the sit-in in Gov. Jerry Brown’s office against Rancho Seco finally came home after three months and began the protests at Bohemian Grove after researching the members of that local exclusive gathering who were profiting from the nuclear industry. Once again, The Paper chronicled the beginnings of that protest along with the reasons we spent the energy on doing it every July. In the decade of the 1980s,
By Tom Tomorrow
we in Sonoma County joined other groups across the state in protesting Central America politics, Native American issues, formed a variety of environmental groups and began the MLK birthday celebration in January which continues to today. Oh yes, we also founded the local Peace & Justice Center in the early 1980s. Once again, The Paper documented all of this, yet no mention of any of it in your 40-year wrap-up. The only reference you made to that important decade in the history of our local activist community was one short letter from my old friend Jack Levin. Your actual Flashbacks began in earnest in 1989. Why is that, when the beginnings of your paper did such a good job of documenting these important events? Folks new to Sonoma County still have no idea of the rich history residing in your files. Why? And finally, just for the record, the Stump was the only alternative paper around here in the early to mid-’70s, yet you referred to it as connected to what became the Bohemian. It wasn’t. The Paper (owned by Tom and Elizabeth and edited by Nick Valentine), and then the Independent, were the only precursors to your current paper. I love the idea of honoring 40 years of alternative reporting, so why did you leave out that important decade at the beginning?
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To Another Year Good overview of the Bohemian’s genealogy (“The Independent,” Dec. 19); I had looked you up on Wikipedia a while back but got lost in all the convolutions. Seeing you from John Boland’s POV really helps. An example of how mainstream newspapers are transitioning—and so far surviving—is also the Guardian (UK). Here’s to you and another year of excellent local investigative reporting!
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s I watch the driving rain and freezing wind from the warm comfort of my home, I can’t help but worry about our homeless neighbors outside who have no place to go. According to a new HUD report, among largely suburban communities of our size nationwide, the Santa Rosa/Petaluma Continuum of Care area has among the highest numbers of homelessness, chronically homeless and unaccompanied unsheltered homeless youth in the country. Sonoma County records for 2018 show that we have 2,996 homeless individuals, of whom around 1,929 are unsheltered. Shelters can accommodate only 1,067. The 6 percent rise in homelessness is indicative of failing policies. For example, Santa Rosa’s official homeless solution is its Homeless Encampment Assistance Pilot Program. Described as a “compassionate approach,” the program, in fact, is nothing more than brutal encampment sweeps that often leave tenters with nothing more than the clothes on their backs as all of their possessions are bulldozed into a dumpster. Last fall, the county’s Human Rights Commission found that both the city and county are systematically violating human rights of homeless individuals and called for the immediate establishment of safe havens with services for those living on the streets, as well as the creation of inexpensive, temporary tiny-house villages, with services, to provide shelter while permanent supportive housing becomes available. Authorities have completely neglected these urgent needs. U.N. Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha recently decried the denial of access to water, sanitation, health services and other basic necessities to Bay Area unsheltered homeless people as “a cruelty that is unsurpassed,” adding that “such punitive policies must be prohibited by law and immediately ceased.” The newly activated, countywide Home Sonoma Leadership Council has so far failed to take any action to resolve the homeless emergency crisis that city and county officials have themselves repeatedly declared. Meanwhile, unsheltered human beings on the streets are wet, freezing, sick and dying, with no respite in sight We treat dogs better than this! People of good conscience, do not avert your eyes. Rise up and demand justice for those who can’t demand it for themselves. Kathleen Finigan lives in Santa Rosa. 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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NO CHARGE Sonoma County district attorney declines to pursue criminal charges against officers involved in fatal 2018 Sonoma trailer-park arrest.
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Ravitch report clears seven SCSO officers in 2018 death of Roderic Bernard Cameron BY TOM GOGOLA
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onoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch has cleared seven county deputies from criminal charges in the March 28, 2018, death of Roderic Bernard Cameron. The Sonoma man died while
officers tried to restrain him after a violent and mentally distressed Cameron was found punching lighting fixtures while naked, sweaty and bloody at a Sonoma trailer park. Cameron was Tasered, handcuffed and ultimately subdued only after officers utilized the maximum restraint cord, aka the cord-cuff
method: a nylon cord with a loop at one end and snap hook at the other. “Deputies began applying the cord and only had it secured around Mr. Cameron’s waist,” reports Ravitch in a public copy of an officer-involved fatal incident report obtained by the Bohemian this week. “Shortly after
beginning to apply the maximum restraint cord, Mr. Cameron stopped moving.” One of the deputies on the scene “believed that Mr. Cameron’s movement indicated the cord was working.” The three deputies then realized Cameron was in medical distress, and the officers checked for vital signs and signs of breathing. The half-applied cord was removed and medical personnel were called in. The handcuffs were removed from Cameron once the medical personnel showed up, the report reads. He was pronounced dead a half hour later. Section 305 of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) guidelines says that the “maximum restraint position will be used to control violent, handcuffed individuals who continue to kick and resist. Good judgment and appropriate care must be used during and after application of the technique.” Ravitch in her report noted that “restraint by the use of handcuffs or a maximum restraint cord appeared reasonably necessary to restrain Mr. Cameron and ensure the safety of the deputies and the community at that time.” Per the standard protocol for officer-involved deaths, the incident was investigated by the Santa Rosa Police Department and the autopsy on Cameron was conducted by Dr. Joseph Cohen, chief forensic pathologist in Marin County. Cohen determined that the cause of Cameron’s death was cardiac arrest, and that “other significant conditions included: bipolar disorder with agitated state, physiological stress associated with physical confrontation with law enforcement, obesity and chronic asthmatic bronchitis.” Ravitch’s report arrives at an inflection moment in the SCSO’s ongoing efforts to serve the community while also dealing with seemingly endless fallout from the 2013 police shooting of Andy Lopez. It has also dealt with fallout from a lawsuit brought against the county and SCSO over the issue of “yard
town. At his swearing in this week, incoming SCSO sheriff Mark Essick, who contributed last week’s Open Mic to the Bohemian, pledged to ramp up community policing and to make sure the jail under his command is being run within constitutional guidelines. The SCSO was unable to respond to the Bohemian’s request for comment on this story in time for our deadline this week; check online for updates.
DEBRIEFER American Hazmat North Bay U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman says that by the time the federal government shutdown ends—and, three weeks in, who knows when that will be—they’ll need to deploy hazmat suits at Pt. Reyes National Seashore to clean up the despoiled bathrooms and other facilities. “It’s not an exaggeration,” says Huffman, who visited the park this week and spent last weekend picking up trash in his district, at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, with fellow congressperson Jackie Spiers. He says the shutdown’s ill impacts have hit the GGNRA, the Redwood National Park in Del Norte and Humboldt counties, and Muir Woods in Marin County. Huffman says he took some cookies to the skeleton crew of “essential” employees continuing to work through the shutdown. “It’s hurting the Parks Service in obvious and less obvious ways,” he says. Point Reyes is a porous park with no entrance fees, and the crowds are still showing up. The obvious impact has already been noted: Break out the hazmat suits, those bathrooms are a mess! The less obvious impact, he says, is how the shutdown is turning worker against worker, very Trumpian, as it creates internal friction. He explains that
staff at the park told him that workers who were deemed “non-essential” were sent home without pay and resent being called “non-essential.” Workers who were deemed essential are being forced to work without pay and resent that. The shutdown, too, has suspended an ongoing general management upgrade process at the park that’s trying to balance the demands of ranchers in the federal park against a more wilderness-only approach to park management. “There’s a ripple effect that will likely be an even greater delay in getting that done.” Huffman posted a photo on Facebook this week of a “Trump Trash Can” filled with garbage collected in the GGNRA, and says that he and Spiers plan to bring the bins back to Washington with them. “We’re going to take some of that trash to Donald Trump, because it’s his trash,” he says. Speaking of Mr. Trump, Huffman was an early proponent of impeachment proceedings against the president and says he’s never heard a peep from Nancy Pelosi about it. “I just didn’t use the m-f-word,” he says with a laugh, referencing freshman Detroit congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s pungent putdown of puny-fingers. “There’s been no pressure from Pelosi to back off from the impeachment stuff,” he says. “We’re all individual members of Congress.”—Tom Gogola
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Dining SIGN OF THE TIMES Need a rationale to eat the way you’ve always eaten? Just add an ‘arian.’
Wilde? Child! A flexitarian diet for the new year
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y favorite adage is one Julia Child borrowed from 19th-century poet and playwright Oscar Wilde: “Everything in moderation . . . including moderation.” Perhaps good intentions of New Year’s resolutions might endure if we were to abide by Wilde’s
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quote. In the spirit of resolving to relinquish a lifestyle of excess, I channeled my inner Julia Child to process her translation of Wilde’s quote into food terms. What I gained was insight into the impetus for “flexitarianism,” one of many labels meant to identify people who thrive to survive on controlled diets. Such labels are ever-evolving and serve to identify a particular
order of eating. Ever hear of a fruitarian? Taking restriction to the extreme, a fruitarian eats only what has naturally fallen from a plant or tree, or foods harvested from plants without having an impact on regeneration. Which brings us to the freegan—one who eats only what has been thrown away. Need I say more? The list continues: If you’re a true vegan, your diet consists only
of plant-based foods, but if you’re an ovo-vegetarian, you can eat eggs. If you’re a lacto-vegetarian, you can eat dairy products ’til the cows come home, and if you’re a lacto-ovo vegetarian, you enjoy all things dairy and eggs. And then there’s the pescetarian, who may eat fish in addition to plant-based foods. Hail to sashimi bars! The gastronomic term employed to accommodate someone who wants to eat healthy without giving up on, well, anything really, is “flexitarian.” Here, my friends, is where the world is your oyster. As a health-conscious individual, you’ll eat a mostly plant-based diet, but, following Child’s borrowed quote, you can eat meat, eggs, fish and dairy in moderation. The semivegetarian flexitarian status allows you to fit within the paradigm of a culture obsessed with labels. But you may, on occasion, eat meat, eggs and fish. Did I mention an occasional glass or two of wine? With the start of every new year, resolutions are made but hardly ever carried through to the end of the year. We seem to be missing a middle ground, without restriction, and this is exactly why living the life of a flexitarian works. The rules of flexitarianism, a close cousin to the Mediterranean diet, are simple: it’s OK to enjoy a good filet of beef now and again, as long as the cow was grass-fed in its lifetime. While everyone else is restricting their diets and behaviors in the name of New Year’s, my strategy is to embark on a dry January alcohol detox and incorporate the lifestyle of a flexitarian. One “dry” month won’t be difficult, and instead of a rigid diet plan that incorporates the all-or-nothing setup for failure, I choose to step up to the plate and listen to Julia Child. Here’s a sparkling water toast to 2019 and taking everything in moderation—including moderation as a flexitarian and keeper of a semi–New Year’s resolution. Charlene Peters is a former editor from the Boston area. Since 2015, she has lived in Napa Valley, where she loves to pen food stories. Charlene can be reached at siptripper@gmail.com.
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Parm Team What’s the best lunch deal in downtown Santa Rosa right now? The contenders are many, but Small Bites is partial to the chicken parmigiana at Mercato Pasta & Produce, the Chandi Hospitality Group resto on Third that was Bibi’s Burgers for about 10 minutes last year before transforming into a pasta joint and marketplace, seemingly overnight. The $8 menu item features a breast of chicken dolled up in marinara and mozzarella, and comes with pair of honkin’ slabs of coarse, oily bread and a side ramekin of marinara; you can also get the mind-melting Mercato meatballs with the same accompaniments. Listed on the “Snacks” portion of the menu created by 2018 James Beard finalist Niven Patel (pictured), the tidy chunk of chicken-parm is the perfect portion of poultry for the midday break—you won’t need a nap after the fact, and you’ll still be a little hungry for more. —Tom Gogola
Shed Shutters It wasn’t “the Shed,” just “Shed,” as if there could be only one. And indeed, right from the opening in 2013, Doug Lipton and Cindy Daniel’s business was idiosyncratic, a true destination. A unique combination of an event space, a fermentation bar, a deli, a gardening store and a restaurant,
spread over two floors and close to 10,00 square feet, Shed was an ambitious project, especially given the location in sleepy Healdsburg, where a new restaurant opens once a year, at best. A few weeks ago, however, owners Lipton and Daniel decided that the enterprise won’t continue into 2019. Shed closed at the end of December and will only continue its existence as an online store, which will continue to sell Shed’s pantry line. “After five and a half years of investing in the business, we have decided that our ambitious business model is not sustainable in a small city,” says Daniel. “We simply need more people coming through our doors to support the growth we need.”—Flora Tsapovsky
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Napa Valley’s Hall Wines announced this week that the popular Hall Cabernet Cookoff will celebrate its 10th year this April 27 at the St. Helena winery. The conceit: 15 chef teams must create a small dish that pairs with the 2015 Ellie Cabernet Sauvignon. Chef teams include One Market, Blossom Catering Company, Harvest Table and numerous others. Tickets are $125–$200, and all proceeds to go nonprofit organizations selected by the winning chef team. Last year the event raised $90,000 for local charities, and since 2010, has raised $800,000.—T.G.
Eyrie Glow A walk in the clouds at Gustafson Family Vineyards BY JAMES KNIGHT
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however, with a low cloud deck and intermittent rain. I’d hoped for a reprieve from the rain clouds until ascending seven miles up Skaggs Springs Road and realizing: this is the clouds. But it’s no bust. Two friendly hosts are here to fill us in on everything we can’t see through the day’s thick mist, and we are interrupted by nothing other than Reyla the dog’s enthusiasm over a piece of grapevine wood, and no tasting fee is mentioned as we enjoy a slate of all estate-grown wines. The fellow bankrolling the operation is one Dan Gustafson, who’s apparently done well enough with some construction and landscaping gigs back in Minnesota. He developed an affinity for the Sea Ranch community back in the 1970s, and found this parcel, located on a long and winding road that leads there, around the turn of this century. “We’ve got the Minnesota prices here,” says assistant winemaker and all-around olive harvester, dog wrangler and erosion-control specialist Steve Spinella, of the reasonably priced offerings. The 2017 Rosé of Syrah ($24) is a basket-pressed beauty brimming with pink flowers and yeasty, red candy fruit. The 2017 Sauvignon Blanc ($26) is a lush and creamy palate teaser with green pear and melon fruit. The intriguing value is the 2017 Riesling ($20), a bright, apple- and honeysucklescented sipper that finishes up dry and crisp. “If you told me when I walked in here I was walking out with a Riesling, I would have said you’re insane,” Spinella recounts an anecdotal yet typical customer’s confession upon purchasing the Riesling. “But here I am!” As for the Petite Sirah ($30), it got this rave review from a white wine drinker: “Now this is a red I can drink!” Head in the clouds or nose in the glass, the view from this winery is just fine.
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Leviathan Josh Churchman gets in touch with his inner Ishmael
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osh Churchman is a West Marin resident who runs his small commercial fishing boats out of the Bolinas Lagoon and Bodega Bay in Sonoma County. He’s 67 and has been fishing his whole life. The Whale That Lit the World (Hidden City Press; $12) is his first book. Here are some excerpts.
The Fishing Disease . . . To this day, whenever I see a new body of water, I wonder what kind of fish might be living in it. I wonder what I could use to catch some of them. My mom taught me not to keep fish I wasn’t planning to eat, but she didn’t kill my love of fish or fishing. Fishermen are a strange breed
of people. It is almost like we have some kind of ancient disease. The disease is strikingly different for each individual it infects. For some it is a freshwater disease that takes a fisherman to rivers and lakes. For others, it involves an ocean. The disease may come on suddenly, later in life, or it may be present at birth and follow the fisherman to his grave. Some people
have it strong in their life, and then it just vanishes. Some people can be cured, but not very many. Of all the diseases mankind faces in this world, it is far from the worst affliction someone could encounter. Water is most of what we are, and what is a fish if it is not all about the water? Wondering what lives in that water, and how to catch it, defines a fisherman. Turning it all into a profession is just one of the more advanced symptoms of a deeply infected individual. People who love to fish dream of finding a really good spot and having it to themselves. Secrecy is just one of the many
idiosyncrasies that go along with living with the disease. A close friend will ask you where you caught those fish, and your gut instinct will be to evade without really lying, to minimize and deflect an open, honest answer. It has been said that ninety percent of the fish are caught by ten percent of the fishermen. I do believe that this is true. However, the ten percent is never the same ten percent year after year. Some guys get hot, and then they are not. Some people improve with age, and some do not. People will say fishing is all about luck, but luck is such an elusive creature. Bad luck is just
The Cordell Bank Cordell Bank, located fifty miles west of San Francisco, is part of an underwater mountain range that sits perched on the edge of the continental shelf. The top of the bank lies 120 feet from the surface. A mile west of that high spot, it drops off the continental shelf to six thousand feet deep. Eleven thousand years ago, the Cordell Bank was oceanfront property. Sea levels have risen 340 feet since then. The Golden Gate Bridge would have been built over an immense river rather than ocean. This ancient river system mave have helped carve the deep Bodega Canyon that bends around the western edge of the Cordell Bank. Mysterious things live around the Cordell. It is not only fish and birds and whales and dolphins that like this spot. Drifting in a boat, with the engines off, there are shadows under the surface that can’t be clearly seen. More creatures live here than any other place I have ever been. You can’t see what the shadows are, but they are certainly felt in your sensory soul. I often feel I am being watched when I fish the bank, watched by intelligent life forms that are
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curious about me and why I am there. I sense their demand for a certain amount of respect. I am a visitor, not a local boy. It would be ridiculous to try to pretend that these feelings do not exist. It is as though the spot is sacred and protected by the guardians of the deep. I have seen white sharks here that rival, in size, the model they used in the movie Jaws. I have seen several blue whales that might have set world records for size. Eighty or one hundred feet long and weighing two hundred tons each. I saw a white sperm whale at the bank that could have been related to Moby Dick. It is the creatures I haven’t seen that scare me the most. Part of me knows that there are not “mysterious creatures” that lurk in the deep waters, eluding human contact. Part of me hopes there are unseen and intelligent creatures that have avoided human contact. This is another example of a dialectic born at sea: It is a big ocean, and we haven’t seen all there is to see. One thing is for sure, there are creatures out there that can and will eat you. There are whales so big that a flick of their tail would sink my little boat. . . .
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as common as good luck. If you are lucky enough to find an exceptional spot, you would be a fool to show it to very many people. An older frustrated fisherman once told me, “What takes years to learn takes minutes to copy.” He was surrounded by other boats. For the past thirty years, I have been a very lucky fisherman. I didn’t feel particularly lucky at the time, but in hindsight, I was living the “good old days” and did not recognize it for what it truly was. I had a lot of fun making money catching fish. Having fun and making money do not combine very often. Fishing is a hard way to make a living, or it can be a way to not make a living. Fishing can put you in some of the most beautiful surroundings this world has to offer, or it can put you in places that are so dangerous that you have to be lucky to survive. . . .
Call Me Fishmael The first sperm whale I ever saw was also my first white whale spotting. It was one of those “unforgettable” moments. Somehow or somewhere I had placed the existence of a white whale in the “mythical” category. Not true or impossible, just unlikely. It was in the late 1970s, when my boat was still fairly new. I had been venturing farther and farther out looking for new spots to fish. . . . It was one of those clear calm days that do not happen many times during a year of fishing. We had traveled far from shore, and we kept on going further out because the fish would not bite our hooks in all the usual spots. By early afternoon, we were so far out that the curve of the Earth masked the land thirty miles away. We had finally reached a place we
call the Buffalo Grounds. It was one of my secret spots located twelve miles west of the Farallon Islands and twenty miles short of the Cordell Bank, along the edge of the continental shelf, due west from San Francisco. This particular spot was once a well-kept secret and an oasis of life on most days. This was not one of those oasis days. The fish were not in the mood to bite our hooks, no matter where we went. There are very few places left in any of the great oceans that man has not plundered. The Buffalo Grounds are not “virgin” by any stretch of the imagination, but by virtue of its remote location and unique topography it remains one
of the “secret spots” to this day. It does not appear on any chart. If you are going to bump into something unusual in the ocean, it will probably be at a spot like the Buffalo Grounds. It may be a secret spot to mankind, but the creatures who live in the area know all about it. On this day, and on most of the days I spend at sea, I was with my friend Kenny. We have fished together for many years, and we have seen a wide variety of marine life in our travels together. Whales and dolphins had always been a highlight for us on any trip offshore. The whale first surfaced a mile or so to the west of ) 14
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14 The Leviathan ( 13 us, took a few breaths of air or “blows,” then disappeared. It was a white whale, and I remember feeling excited that there actually were white whales after all. We had no idea what kind of whale it was, but we agree it had been large and it was white. This was a lonely day for our little boat. We had not seen another vessel all day long. No other boats, no dolphins, not many fish, and no other whales; we were thirty miles from the nearest land in a homemade boat. Naturally we were elated to see the first whale, and it was a white one. Things were looking up. The most famous whale of all time was a white sperm whale like this one. The whale haunted the very soul of another fisherman named Captain Ahab. In the story of Moby Dick, Herman Melville had the whale eventually sinking Ahab’s ship, killing all but one, Ishmael, who lived to tell the tale. But that was just a story, and this was real. . . . We were drifting with the motors off, quiet and peaceful. The view from the deck of a boat that is out past the sight of land is a bit unnerving. All directions are as one, the rolling swells being the only constant reference. The swells passing under the boat are like waves of thought drifting through your mind. At first you see a pattern to both the thoughts and the swell, but patterns shift and uncertainty replaces certainty. Without a compass to guide us home, we would surely circle back upon ourselves, hopelessly lost. Watching for whales is a game of patience. Looking out, you see nothing but sky and water when the whale is down. When they do come up for a breath, it is not for long. They blow out, then take air in, and they are gone again. You can usually tell which direction they are traveling, but that is about all you get. A few minutes later, it resurfaced a half mile away. It was actually more tan than pure white upon closer inspection. When we first saw it, the whale
was heading west-south-west on its way to sunny Hawaii. Now it had changed course. Apparently, this whale had echo-located our little boat. We were the only boat in this vast expanse of the sea and somehow this whale figured out we were there. Instead of heading in the direction of Hawaii, it was now heading right for us. We were going to be checked out. . . . At a quarter mile, Kenny and I could both agree that this was our first sperm whale. The narrow head, the wrinkled skin, the forward slant to its blow, it had all the defining characteristics that distinguish this whale from the rest. It was quite a sight to see it glowing, tannish-white under the surface of the clear blue green of the Pacific. Kenny is a very patient man. He is tall, has dark hair and eyes, and he can fix anything anywhere at any time. We have fished together for over twenty years and in all that time I have only seen him truly alarmed once. This was not that one time, but it was close. At three hundred yards, it was clear that we were in this whale’s way. It became vividly clear that the size of the whale had increased as the distance between us decreased. We saw that our boat was less than half the size of the whale. Interest had turned to amazement, amazement had turned to alarm. Obviously one of us had to move out of the other’s way. Banging on the side of the boat with our wooden gaffs and yelling at the whale seem like dumb things in retrospect, but so many things we do in life seem dumb when we have had time to think them over. All of this is happening faster than I can tell the story, so
there was little time for reflective thinking. Both of us stood there banging on the boat and yelling at that big old white sperm whale as he advanced upon us. The whale was not impressed. At fifty yards, I had a wave of inspiration. Start my motors and prepare for evasive action. My homemade boat is equipped with two powerful outboard motors, and it can literally jump to twenty miles an hour when we are not loaded down with fish. The problem was the fact that our fishing lines were still down and they both had fish on them, and the water was six hundred feet deep. There was no time to reel in the lines. The thought of cutting off my rigs never even entered my mind. I don’t think either of us was concerned for our safety; we were just stunned and amazed. Of all the whales over all the years, not one had ever tried to ram the boat. At twenty yards, the size and majesty of our white whale was very impressive, and the memory has remained clear over the years. The glow of its huge near-white body a few feet under the surface of the sea, no more than twenty yards away, was beauty with a twist. This was a real sea monster. Everything about this whale exuded power. Fearless is an understatement. This whale had no rivals, and it knew it. One slap from this whale’s tail would crush my boat and kill us both. I put the boat in gear and moved out of its way. The whale never turned. It passed the spot where we had been just moments before and began a slow descent into the depths. The glow of its powerful body gradually
We saw that our boat was less than half the size of the whale. Interest had turned to amazement, amazement had turned to alarm. Obviously one of us had to move out of the other’s way.
diminished, and finally faded away. We never saw it again.
Squid Pro Quo I think I do need sea monsters to believe in. Somewhere in our psyche, there may be the hope, and the fear, that there is life on this planet that is smart and dangerous and elusive, and we haven’t seen it yet. The giant squid is the ultimate lurker. It will see you long before you will see it. I am so glad there is a creature like this, and at the same time, I hope I never see one from the deck of my little boat. It is a sign of intelligence for the squid to have avoided contact with humans? Or is it simply the fact that the squid live in an area that is difficult for humans to visit? Is it a conscious choice or pure luck that they have eluded mankind for hundreds of years? Does the whale eat the giant squid, or does the squid eat the whale? Most squid swim in packs. Do giant squid swim in packs, too? Could a whale defend itself against a group of thirty giant squid? One solitary giant squid is one thing; a school of them is an entirely different scenario. Would the mighty sperm whale stand a chance against [a] pack of two hundred hungry squid? The whale is on a time schedule, and the squid is not. At the end of a dive, the whale needs air, and this is when I would attack a whale if I were a squid. If we can just keep him from reaching the surface, he will weaken quickly. If squid only live four or five years, how do they get enough food to grow to be fifty feet long? Eating a whale would help. Squid have a system that literally grinds up the food they eat before it reaches their stomach. This makes it very hard to analyze the stomach contents. Nobody really knows what the squid are eating. No scientists have ever seen a squid capture a whale, and they probably never will. Does this mean it never happens? ‘The Whale That Lit the World’ is available online at lulu.com. You can also find it at Pt. Reyes Books, the Bolinas Market and elsewhere around the North Bay. Contact the author at josh.churchman@gmail.com.
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Reflections on Resilience
Sponsored by the city of Santa Rosa, the upcoming panel discussion ‘Sonoma County, One Year Later’ features local leaders evaluating 2018’s rebuilding and recovery following the wildfires. KSRO host Pat Kerrigan moderates the conversation between retired Sheriff Rob Giordano, fire chief Tony Gossner, assistant city manager and director of planning and economic development David Guhin, County of Sonoma Emergency Services Management’s Christopher Godley and Supervisor James Gore, who all offer perspectives on the last year and visions for the next. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Finley Center Auditorium, 2060 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa. 6pm. Free; pre-registration recommended. 707.579.1500.
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Fast Moves Longtime home for local punks and metalheads, the Phoenix Theater hosts a new heavy metal tradition and classic North Bay punk royalty over two nights of rock this week. First, on Jan. 11, the second annual Death Metal Dodgeball blisters with several metal bands onstage and teams dodging balls on the floor for one of the weirdest concert experiences of the year. Then, on Jan. 12, punk originals Victims Family return to the venue to play their innovative music that’s made them a legend on the scene since 1984. 201 Washington St., Petaluma. Friday, 7:30pm ($10–$13), and Saturday, 8pm ($12). 707.762. 2019.
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Moving Fiction FOLK SOJOURN Famed folk musician John McCutcheon is back in the North Bay for his annual performance at Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma on Monday, Jan 14. See Clubs & Venues, p19.
Sonoma County author Barbara Baer’s new novel, ‘The Last Devadasi,’ tells a story of passion, love and artistic expression in 1970s India, where Baer studied and taught dance for several years after graduating from Stanford University. Drawing on her own experiences, as well as the Indian traditions of devadasi-trained dancers, the book follows a young dancer who becomes entangled in a forbidden affair. Baer launches the new book with a reading, dance performance, exotic refreshments and more on Sunday, Jan. 13, at the Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental. 3pm. Donations welcome. 707.874.9392.
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of David Harrower’s script that raised a lot of really uncomfortable questions and provided no answers. ‘Buried Child’ (Main Stage West) Elizabeth Craven’s direction of Sam Shepard’s nightmarish look at the crumbling American dream found the right balance between the real and the surreal in this dark, funny, disturbing and heartbreaking show. ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ (Spreckels Theatre Company) Elijah Pinkham’s revelatory performance as a 15-year-old with an Asperger’s/autism-like condition on a journey of self-discovery was the centerpiece of this Elizabeth Craven-directed production. ‘Death of a Salesman’ (Novato Theatre Company; 6th Street Playhouse) It’s a critic’s burden to have to see multiple productions of the same piece within weeks or months of each other, and it’s rare when both productions are superb. Each production had its own strengths and weaknesses, but both had towering lead performances. Joe Winkler (NTC) and Charles Siebert’s takes on Willy Loman were utterly different and totally devastating. ‘Equus’ (6th Street Playhouse) Peter Shaffer’s 1973 play about a boy and his horse was such a left-field choice for 6th Street to produce that I really didn’t know what to expect. That this very difficult play turned out to be one of the North Bay’s best 2018 productions is a credit to director Lennie Dean and an outstanding ensemble. ‘The Great God Pan’ (Cinnabar Theater) A terrific combination of script, performance and technical and design craft under the direction of Taylor Korobow made this rumination on recovered memory unforgettable. ‘Oslo’ (Marin Theatre Company) While the Oslo Accords have been deemed a failure, MTC’s excellent production of the J. T. Rogers drama about the negotiations that led to them reminded us that humanity is too often the missing element in politics today. Next week: Top Torn Tickets, the Musicals!
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Napa musician Nedy moves to a new beat BY CHARLIE SWANSON
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In the new year, Nedy is looking to expand her reach and share her slick and sophisticated beats with a larger audience. She performs her first gig of 2019 at the Blue Note Jazz Club in downtown Napa on Jan. 15 as part of the venue’s Locals Night showcase series. Growing up in a musical family in Los Angeles, Nedy played piano, guitar and drums in her teens. After several unsuccessful attempts to begin a band, Nedy decided to take voice lessons. “I wasn’t able to find a committed band at the time,” she says. “I was wanting to not depend on other people for my dreams and goals of doing music professionally.” Training her voice over the course of a year, Nedy struck out on her own in 2012 with her debut EP, Got Music, which largely featured her solo on guitar in a singer-songwriter fashion. Shortly after that debut EP, Nedy moved to Napa with her fiancée, and though that relationship ended a few years back, she says the North Bay’s tight-knit music community made her decision to stay an easy one. “I developed a lot of close friendships and working relationships [in Napa],” she says. “I have more of a foundation here than going back to L.A.” In 2017, Nedy made her official return to music with the single “All Coming Down,” which heralded a new pop-oriented sound—a sound solidified on Through the Fire, which combines heavy pop, alternative rock and hip-hop influences. “Like a lot of artists, I think I’m sensitive,” she laughs. “I just try to be honest about who I am and where I’m at.” Nedy developed the sound while recording the EP, and hit upon an aesthetic akin to groups like EDMpop duo Chainsmokers and synthpop vocalist Halsey. Performing live, Nedy often combines her vocals with graceful, largely improvised dance moves. “I’m just being myself,” she says. “It was scary at first, but I needed to have that courage to do what I desire to do, which is perform.” Nedy performs with Miracle Me on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 1030 Main St., Napa. 7pm. $10–$15. 707.880.2300.
Concerts SONOMA Johnny Downer Celebration Tenth annual tribute to the late musician includes sets from Free Peoples, Marshall House Project and Bohemian Highway, Jan 13, 7:30pm. $15. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
Los Lobos Grammy Award-winning rock band makes its way back to the North Bay. Jan 11-12, 7pm. $55-$99. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.
Santa Rosa Symphony Francesco Lecce-Chong conducts soprano Marie Plette and the orchestra in a program, “Tiers of Heaven,” featuring Mozart, Mahler and more. Jan 12-14. $24 and up. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
MARIN Ramblin’ Jack Elliott American folk legend plays an intimate set of music with opener Victoria George. Jan 13, 7pm. $27-$32. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
Lucy Kaplansky KC Turner presents the veteran folk singer-songwriter performing solo for an intimate seated show. Jan 12, 8pm. $25. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.
Elliott Peck Singer-songwriter from Midnight North celebrates the release of her debut solo album, “Further from the Storm,” with several special guests. Jan 11, 8pm. $22-$25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.
NAPA Eric Darius Saxophonist, vocalist and composer pushes the boundaries of contemporary
jazz during four sets over two nights. Jan 11-12, 7 and 9pm. $29-$59. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
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Michael Jackson tribute group presents the king of pop’s biggest hits with his signature moves. Jan 11, 8pm. $20-$35. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.
Clubs & Venues SONOMA 2 Tread Brewing Company
Jan 11, Fabulous BioTones. 1018 Santa Rosa Plaza, Santa Rosa. 707.327.2822.
Aqus Cafe
Jan 9, Cory Norris. Jan 10, Late for the Train. Jan 11, Dictator Tots. Jan 12, Willow & Hound. Jan 13, 2pm, Alan Early. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.
Barley & Hops Tavern Jan 11, Awesome Hotcakes. Jan 13, 5pm, Tyler Allen and Steve Sutherby. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.
Flamingo Lounge
Jan 11, Stereo Bounce. Jan 12, Orchesta Taino. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.
Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge Jan 12, Mr December. 21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville. 707.814.0036.
Green Music Center Schroeder Hall
Jan 11, Sonoma Bach Organ Recital with Anne Lavar. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
HopMonk Sebastopol
Jan 10, Nappy Roots. Jan 11, ill.Gates. Jan 12, SambaDa. Jan 14, Green Shade Sound and DJ Jacques. Jan 16, Cham & Mad People Gang. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.
HopMonk Sonoma
Jan 11, Solid Air. Jan 12, Nate Lopez. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.
Jan 12, David Correa Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.
Lagunitas Tap Room Jan 9, Dustin Saylor. Jan 10, Rockin’ Round Robin Winner Show. Jan 11, Michael Brown Band. Jan 12, Jinx Jones. Jan 13, Heather Normandale. Jan 16, Mangobus. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.
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Main Street Bistro Jan 10, Gilda Solve and Dean Grech. Jan 11, Haute Flash Quartet. Jan 12, Bad Ass Boots. Jan 13, Mac & Potter. 16280 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.0501.
Sing with the Freedom Jazz Choir for three rehearsals and a concert at the Raven Theater on March 1. Choir directors are Marcus Shelby and Tiffany Austin. Participation in the choir is FREE!
Murphy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Jan 11, Doc Tari. Jan 12, Peace of G. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.
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Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Jan 10, Man Man with Locus Pocus. Jan 11, Shwayze. Jan 12, Foreverland. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.
Occidental Center for the Arts Jan 12, 3pm, Winterlude benefit concert with Coastal Winds and Coastal Brass. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.
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The Phoenix Theater Jan 12, Victims Family with Nasalrod and Hellbender. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.
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Jan 10, Samba Nova. Jan 11, Sonoma Sound Syndicate. Jan 12, the Acrosonics. Jan 13, 12pm, Kevin Durkin Jazz Quartet. 101 Second St, Petaluma. 707.765.4567.
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Thomsen birthday bash. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.
Sebastiani Theatre Jan 14, John McCutcheon. 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.
Sonoma Speakeasy Wed, Acrosonics. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma. 707.996.1364.
The Star
Jan 12, Thought Vomit with the Business End and Bucc Nyfe. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol. 707.634.6390.
Stout Brothers Irish Pub
Jan 9, Ricky Ray Band. Jan 16, Buck Nickels & Loose Change. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.
Twin Oaks Roadhouse Jan 10, Levi’s Workshop. Jan 11, Tsonoma. Jan 12, Silas Fermoy. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.
MARIN Sweetwater Music Hall Fireside Dining Sat & Sun Brunch 11–3
Lunch & Dinner 7 Days a Week
Terrapin Crossroads
Din n er & A Show
Rivertown Trio Jan 11 with Julie Bernard Fri
Fabulous Harmonies 7:00 ⁄ No Cover
Tom Rigney & Flambeau Jan 12 Cajun Orkestra 8:00 Sat
Dance Party!
GV and the Ramble Band Jan 18 Favorite Songs, Fine Musicians Fri
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Doug Adamz & Bravo! Jan 19 A Rancho Reunion Hoppin’ John’s Birthday Party 8:00 Sat
Singer/ Songwriter Jan 20 Frank Barter Sun
Rancho Debut!
“Doesn’t hold back for anyone or anything” 4:00 ⁄ No Cover
Tom Finch Trio Jan 25 Great Songs, Great Grooves Fri
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Jan 10, Moonalice. Jan 11, Jimmy Dillon farewell party. Jan 12, Stealin’ Dan. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. Jan 10, Ross James’ Cosmic Thursday. Jan 12-13, Yonder Mountain String Band. Jan 15, Stu Allen and friends. Jan 16, Colonel & the Mermaids. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.
NAPA Blue Note Napa
Jan 10, the Black Market Trust. Jan 13, 11:30am, Sunday brunch with Janice Maxie Reid. Jan 15, Nedy with Miracle Me. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
Ca’ Momi Osteria
Jan 11, Miss Moonshine. Jan 12, the 4 Low Trio. 1141 First St, Napa. 707.224.6664.
Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Jan 12, Jinx Jones & the KingTones. Jan 13, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.
JaM Cellars
Jan 11, Frank Barter Band. Jan
12, the Hot Dark. 1460 First St, Napa. 707.265.7577.
River Terrace Inn
Jan 11, 5:30pm, Douglas Houser. Jan 12, 5:30pm, Brian Coutch. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa. 707.320.9000.
Art Openings Graton Gallery
Jan 9-Feb 10, “Small Works Show,” tenth annual group show proves great works of art can come in small packages. Reception, Jan 12 2pm. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.
Riverfront Art Gallery Jan 9-Mar 3, “Winter Show,” three accomplished artists–photographers Brian Cluer and Alexis Greenberg and acrylic painter Michele Rosett– show their latest work. Reception, Jan 12 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
Jan 11-Feb 17, “Go Figure,” group exhibit celebrates interpretations of the human figure. Reception, Jan 11 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.
Napa Lighted Art Festival
Iconic Napa architecture becomes the canvas for paintings of light in this unique art walk covering over a dozen locations. Jan 12-20, 6pm. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa, donapa.com/lights.
Sonoma County, One Year Later
Panel discussion looks back on the past year’s efforts to rebuild and rethink priorities after the 2017 firestorms. Preregistration recommended. Jan 10, 6:30pm. Free. Finley Community Center, 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500.
Field Trips What Was That Bird We Heard?
Bring binoculars to identify local birds on a moderate hike. Jan 12, 9am. $10. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. 707.833.5712.
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Uplifting documentary “Soufra,” which demonstrates how food can be a conduit for community engagement, screens with Middle eastern cuisine and Napa Valley wines. Jan 14, 5pm. $45. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.9779.
Celebrity Bingo
Women’s March
Enjoy a game of bingo hosted by former professional cyclist Levi Leipheimer. Jan 11, 7pm. $20-$25. Epicenter, 3215 Coffey Ln, Santa Rosa. 707.708.3742.
Evolve with John Edward
Sought-after psychic medium and author hosts an intimate afternoon event. Jan 13, 12pm. $60 and up. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.
Harlem Globetrotters
Basketball acrobatics, dazzling flair and showmanship return to Santa Rosa. Jan 16, 7pm. Haehl Pavilion, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. santarosa.edu.
Documentary about Democracy and human rights includes footage from Santa Rosa’s 2017 women’s march. Jan 10, 6pm. Free. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.8770.
Food & Drink Become a Master Mixologist
Explore the art of cocktail creation with Solbar bartender, Kelly Dallas, then take a walk through the edible flower garden and enjoy tastings. Wed, Jan 9, 3pm. $35. Solage Calistoga, 755 Silverado Trail N, Calistoga. 707.266.7534.
Cabernet Season Food & Wine Pairing
Cabernet Season Wine Tastings
Complimentary winetasting featuring select wineries and winemakers from the Napa Valley. Fri, 11am. through Mar 15. Free. Napa Valley Welcome Center, 600 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5895.
Coq au Vin & Cabernet Pairing
Food and wine pairing is hosted by expert Marc Golick. Jan 12, 11am. $60. V Sattui Winery, 1111 White Lane, St Helena. 707.963.7774.
The Flavor Connection Learn to build a personal food flavor library for wine pairing purposes. Jan 14, 6pm. $90. Napa Valley College Upper Campus, 1088 College Ave, St Helena. 707.967.2900.
Galette des Rois
Alliance Française de Napa hosts the French tradition of pastries, bubbly and live music to welcome the Epiphany. Jan 13, 2pm. $30. Napa Valley Yacht Club, 100 Riverside Dr, Napa. 707.252.2673.
Hands-On Cheese Class
Make fresh Mozzarella and Buratta cheeses and taste freshly pressed olive oils with chef Sheana Davis. Jan 13, 1pm. $75. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.4626.
Taste Geyserville
Close-knit community of creative chefs, artisans and winemakers showcase special pairings. Jan 11-20. Downtown Geyserville, Geyserville Avenue, Geyserville, visitgeyserville. com/taste.
A Tour of Italy
Wine seminar focuses on one of three Italian winemaking regions and includes tastings of wines from that region. Sat, Jan 12, 2pm. $35. Francis Ford Coppola Winery, 300 Via Archemides, Geyserville. 707.857.1400.
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For Kids ‘Frozen’ Sing Along The whole family is invited to dress up and sing along with the Disney hit. Times vary. Jan 12-13. $15-$25. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.
Lectures Happy Birthday Jack Mark Jack London’s 143rd birthday with a fireside chat about the author with “Bay Area Backroads” host Doug McConnell and Jack London Park executive director Tjiska Van Wyk. Jan 12, 11am. $10. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen. 707.938.5216.
Mile Marker Series Workshop dives into a specific wine region’s history and what characteristics to look for in the wines from the appellation. Jan 12, 10am. $50. WALT Wines, 380 First St West, Sonoma. 707.933.4440.
Second Saturday Cartoonist
Meet watch and talk to local artist Hillary Rose Miller, known for her “We Stand Taller Together” print featuring Snoopy that benefited Sonoma County fire relief. Jan 12, 1pm. Free with admission. Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.579.4452.
Readings Occidental Center for the Arts
Jan 13, 3pm, “The Last Devadasi” with Barbara Baer. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental 707.874.9392.
Petaluma Veterans Memorial Hall
Jan 13, 3pm, “The Monk of Mohka” with Dave Eggers, in conversation with Mokhtar Alkhanshali, presented by Copperfield’s Books and LiteracyWorks. copperfieldsbooks.com. 1094 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma.
Readers’ Books Jan 10, 7pm, “Sugar Factory”
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Indulge in critically acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon wines paired with bites from Chef Alex Lovick in intimate setting. Space is limited, reservations recommended, Wed, 1:30pm. $165. Inglenook Winery, 1991 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford. 707.968.1161.
Creamery owner Karen Bianchi-Moreda returns for a cheesey afternoon. Jan 12, 11am. Dutton-Goldfield Winery, 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. 707.827.3600.
Theater Annie Katia & Company presents the classic rags-to-riches musical featurinf young actors from all over Marin. Jan 10-12. $16-$18. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.
How I Learned What I Learned August Wilson’s autobiographical one-man show charts what it means to be a black artist in America. Jan 10-Feb 3. $25-$52. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.
Love, Linda The songs of Cole Porter are interwoven with storytelling by his wife, Linda Lee. Through Jan 13. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.
Moon Over Buffalo Classic lighthearted farce concerns a struggling acting ensemble desperate to be seen by a famed director. Jan 11-Feb 3. $20-$30. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.
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Spin Off Imaginists’ alternate universe finds the average American family navigating new episodes of wackiness, weekly. Through Jan 26. $5-$20. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.528.7554.
Swallow Three women deal with psychological trauma in this recent Edinburgh Festival Fringe favorite. Jan 11-27. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.
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ook, it’s not like you have to use HerbaBuena’s Quiver Sensual Pleasure Cannabis Oil as suggested on the bottle. You don’t have to, as the label says, “massage daily in and around your most private parts to enhance arousal, intercourse and orgasm.”
Frankly, I don’t know what would happen if you did that on a daily basis, but the company’s website swears by the product’s sex majick qualities, and who am I to judge? All I can say is that this Ovidian oil is loaded down with pot juice—120mg of THC in a 30ml bottle? That’s the exact opposite of . . . impotent. And, hey, it’s not like I went out and bought this stuff—so don’t get any funny ideas. The affable and engaging Michael Straus—of the Straus family of fine dairy products (and self-described black sheep of the family, he says with a laugh)—
came by the office with some sample bottles not long ago, and also gifted the Nugget with a couple of Herba Buena joints: the CBD-rich Harmonize and the whole-flower sativa Rock On. Those go for $65– $80 for a pack of five. A full bottle of the Quiver will set you back $50. And it’s totes worth it if the critics are right. The oil’s been highlighted as the “Best Intimacy Product” by the San Francisco Chronicle, while The Cannafornian gives Quiver high marks for sustainability— though they’re not referring to sustaining your slim jim, but rather the eco-friendly manner in which Quiver is conjured. Top Chef Casey Thompson declared it simply “the best lube, ever.” Well, OK then. The company’s based in Napa and specializes in biodynamic, sundrenched cannabis that’s as close to an orgasmic certification as you get in the cannabis business. Dangit, organic certification. Where is my mind today? The joints? They were reportedly quite tasty, and effective, when consumed by our staff of seasoned cannabis-tasters, in a controlled setting and without any snacks. We’re professionals around here, ’kay? The smokeables were sublime, but the oil was on a different order of special and featured ingredients that were nothing if not Christmasevoking. Strong hints of clove, cinnamon and vanilla lent a sense that you could get a similarly erotic effect by taking a bath in a vat of eggnog, as from this product. Perhaps I am exaggerating. And what “effect” would that be? As noted, there’s no law that says you have to nurture the nether regions with Quiver. I got some great effects by rubbing some of the oil behind my ears and into my scalp. Let’s just say that I rubbed it in, and that I rubbed it in really, really hard. I waited the requisite 20 minutes for the THC to kick in. When it did, I found myself [CENSORING] a [CENSORED] in the [CENSORED] as she [CENSORED] my [CENSORED]— all under the mistletoe, of course.
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I’m a big proponent of authenticity. I almost always advise you to be yourself with bold candor and unapologetic panache. Speak the truth about your deepest values and clearest perceptions. Be an expert about what really moves you, and devote yourself passionately to your relationships with what really moves you. But there is one exception to this approach. Sometimes it’s wise to employ the “fake it until you make it” strategy: to pretend you are what you want to be with such conviction that you ultimately become what you want to be. I suspect now is one of those times for you.
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) The students’ dining hall at Michigan State University serves gobs of mayonnaise. But in late 2016, a problem arose when 1,250 gallons of the stuff became rancid. Rather than simply throw it away, the school’s Sustainability Officer came up with a brilliant solution: load it into a machine called an anaerobic digester, which turns biodegradable waste into energy. Problem solved! The transformed rot provided electricity for parts of the campus. I recommend you regard this story as a metaphor for your own use. Is there anything in your life that has begun to decay or lose its usefulness? If so, can you convert it into a source of power? CANCER (June 21–July 22) If you grow vegetables, fruits and grains on an acre of land, you can feed 12 people. If you use that acre to raise meatproducing animals, you’ll feed at most four people. But to produce the meat, you’ll need at least four times more water and 20 times more electric power than you would if you grew the plants. I offer this as a useful metaphor for you to consider in the coming months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you should prioritize efficiency and value. What will provide you with the most bang for your bucks? What’s the wisest use of your resources? LEO (July 23–August 22) Modern kids don’t spend much time playing outside. They have fun in natural environments only half as often as their parents did while growing up. In fact, the average child spends less time in the open air than prison inmates. And today’s unjailed adults get even less exposure to the elements. But I hope you will avoid that fate in 2019. According to my astrological estimates, you need to allocate more than the usual amount of time to feeling the sun and wind and sky. Not just because it’s key to your physical health, but also because many of your best ideas and decisions are likely to emerge while you’re outdoors. VIRGO (August 23–September 22) NASA landed its robotic explorer Opportunity on Mars in January of 2004. The craft’s mission, which was supposed to last for 92 days, began by taking photos and collecting soil samples. More than 14 years later, the hardy machine was still in operation, continuing to send data back to Earth. It far outlived its designed lifespan. I foresee you being able to generate a comparable marvel in 2019, Virgo: a stalwart resource or influence or situation that will have more staying power than you could imagine. What could it be? LIBRA (September 23–October 22) In 1557, Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde invented the equals sign—“=”. Historical records don’t tell us when he was born, so we don’t know his astrological sign. But I’m guessing he was a Libra. Is there any tribe more skillful at finding correlations, establishing equivalencies, and creating reciprocity? In all the zodiac, who is best at
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crafting righteous proportions and uniting apparent opposites? Who is the genius of balance? In the coming months, my friend, I suspect you will be even more adept at these fine arts than you usually are.
SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) There’s
a modest, one-story office building at 1209 N. Orange St. in Wilmington, Del. More than 285,000 businesses from all over the U.S. claim it as their address. Why? Because the state of Delaware has advantageous tax laws that enable those businesses to save massive amounts of money. Other buildings in Delaware house thousands of additional corporations. It’s all legal. No one gets in trouble for it. I bring this to your attention in the hope of inspiring you to hunt for comparable situations: ethical loopholes and workarounds that will provide you with extra benefits and advantages.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) People in the Solomon Islands buy many goods and services with regular currency, but also use other symbols of worth to pay for important cultural events like staging weddings and settling disputes and expressing apologies. These alternate forms of currency include the teeth of flying foxes, which are the local species of bat. In that spirit, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I’d love to see you expand your sense of what constitutes your wealth. In addition to material possessions and funds in the bank, what else makes you valuable? In what other ways do you measure your potency, your vitality, your merit? It’s a favorable time to take inventory.
CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) In 1984, singer-songwriter John Fogerty released a new album whose lead single was “The Old Man Down the Road.” It sold well. But trouble arose soon afterward when Fogerty’s former record company sued him in court, claiming he stole the idea for “The Old Man Down the Road” from “Run Through the Jungle.” That was a tune Fogerty himself had written and recorded in 1970 while playing with the band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The legal process took a while, but he was ultimately vindicated. No, the courts declared, he didn’t plagiarize himself, even though there were some similarities between the two songs. In this spirit, I authorize you to borrow from a good thing you did in the past as you create a new good thing in the future. There’ll be no hell to pay if you engage in a bit of selfplagiarism. AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book is a collection of fables that take place in India. Three movies have been made based on it. All of them portray the giant talking snake named Kaa as an adversary to the hero Mowgli. But in Kipling’s original stories, Kaa is a benevolent ally and teacher. I bring this to your attention to provide context for a certain situation in your life. Is there an influence with a metaphorical resemblance to Kaa: misinterpreted by some people, but actually quite supportive and nourishing to you? If so, I suggest you intensify your appreciation for it. PISCES (February 19–March 20)
Virginia Woolf thought that her Piscean lover Vita Sackville-West was a decent writer, but a bit too fluid and effortless. Self-expression was so natural to Sackville-West that she didn’t work hard enough to hone her craft and discipline her flow. In a letter, Woolf wrote, “I think there are odder, deeper, more angular thoughts in your mind than you have yet let come out.” I invite you to meditate on the possibility that Woolf’s advice might be useful in 2019. Is there anything in your skill set that comes so easily that you haven’t fully ripened it? If so, develop it with more focused intention.
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