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Impeachment on the Table With every passing hour, more evidence comes to light that Donald Trump is abusing the power of his office. The latest development: Trump pressured the Ukrainian government to interfere in the 2020 election by digging up dirt on a potential opponent and then went to great lengths to cover up the
evidence that would expose his obvious wrongdoing. Trump’s phone call with Ukraine demonstrated that he’s willing to betray our country for his own personal and political gain. This isn’t just a clear and open threat to the integrity of our elections—it’s an impeachable offense. No one is above the law in this country, including and especially the President of the United States. That’s why we need the House
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Trailer Park Blues This whole process, as described in this article, stinks. It is more than plain that Santa Rosa City government is setting up the process to grant a special deal to politically influential, local housing giant, Burbank Housing. Burbank should have to go through the same closure process as any OTHER owner of a mobile home park, so that residents will have a bigger say in that process and the public will have longer to weigh in on the effects of closure. It is appalling that they are using the fire disaster as an excuse to get a special deal. IN ADDITION, it makes absolutely no sense to allow the loss of 100 TRULY affordable units of housing in Sonoma County, which are rare, in exchange for "possibly" 100 "affordable" replacement units. Those quotation marks on affordable for the replacement units are because it is VERY RARE in Sonoma County for housing units built in this way to ACTUALLY be affordable for folks in working-class jobs or the poor. MOREOVER, Burbank has a welldeserved reputation among its Sonoma County tenants of being indifferent to their needs and the habitability of their units, especially among their disabled tenants. If this deal moves forward it SHOULD BE PREMISED ON Burbank replacing the existing truly affordable units on a 1.5 to 1 basis, with those units being guaranteed affordable for the lifetime of the project. Burbank will have plenty of opportunity to make a profit by building more units on site that are not affordable.
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Rants Napa Student Inspires Governor to End ‘Lunch-Shaming’ BY DAEDALUS HOWELL
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After learning of a kindergartner in Indiana who was “lunchshamed” when she exceeded the balance of her school lunch account and had to return the contents of her tray, Kyote expressed concern that some of his own classmates could also be shamed due to inadequate funds in their own school lunch accounts. Apparently, students with unpaid tabs were given a “cheaper, ‘alternative’ lunch” that drew the attention of their peers, according to a statement released by the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom. To remedy the situation, Kyote took his accumulated allowance of $74.80 and, last May, paid off the lunch debt of his third-grade class. This act of awesomeness, in part, inspired SB 265, a bill authored by Sen. Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) that outlaws the “alternative lunch” practice, “ensuring all students receive a state-reimbursable meal of their choice, even if their parent or guardian has unpaid meal fees,” according to the statement. Gov. Gavin Newsom met with Kyote and expressed his support for the initiative, which culminated with his signature on the legislation last week. The new law, an amendment to the Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act of 2017, requires free and reduced-priced meals—not a conspicuous “alternative meal”—be made available to all students, regardless of any unpaid meal fee balances held by parents or guardians. The law builds on Newsom’s focus on creating a “California for All,” which aims to expand inclusivity and protections to students in the state’s K-12 public schools through a variety of new legislation. As the governor said in his statement, “I want to thank Ryan for his empathy and his courage in bringing awareness to this important issue.” We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 350 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.
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In a later statement, PG&E said they had planned the party for about a year and that, “Moving forward, we will no longer hold these types of events.” Even Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose 2018 gubernatorial campaign received $208,400 from PG&E and high-level PG&E employees, criticized the utility for its management of the outages and ongoing management practices. “They’re in bankruptcy due to their terrible management going back decades,” Newsom said. “They’ve created these conditions, it was unnecessary. This can’t be the new normal.” The power shutoffs were not only dangerous for drivers and residents with medical needs, they were also expensive. Michael Wara, director of Stanford University’s Climate and Energy Policy program, estimated the power outage cost customers and businesses $2.5 billion. Other experts put the cost lower. Santa Rosa Mayor Tom Schwedhelm estimates the power outage cost the city $250,000 due to additional staff time and emergency preparedness efforts, according to the Press Democrat.
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politicians called for increased oversight while activists push for a possible public takeover of the utility. As if things couldn’t get worse, news broke Thursday that a dozen or so PG&E gas executives attended a customer appreciation party for 50 to 60 of the utility’s largest gas customers at Silver Oak Winery in Sonoma County on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Not only did the utility shut off the power the next day; the party was held on the second anniversary of the 2017 North Bay fires. PG&E’s CEO Bill Johnson acknowledged the timing of the gathering was “insensitive, inappropriate [and] tone deaf,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
On Thursday, Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane and other county officials visited PG&E’s corporate headquarters in San Francisco. In an interview, Zane called the county’s relationship with the utility “rocky,” adding that, while she supports the need for limited power shutoffs as a tool to prevent possible wildfires, the recent outage was too broad and done without sufficient input from public agencies. Zane said that among other requests, the county asked to have a representative in the utility’s emergency situation room next time the utility considers a planned power outage. Another county supervisor, Lynda Hopkins, called for increased investments in infrastructure improvements, such as modern micro grids. “We have to do more than trim trees,” Hopkins told the Press
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Democrat over the weekend. “We need to be investing in long-term solutions.”
Going Public Some Democratic Party members and San Francisco officials are supportive of a bolder move, long advocated by activists: Purchasing, or seizing, PG&E property through eminent domain—the government’s right to take over private property in times of need. In April, the Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee, a group of representatives from all the county’s smaller Democratic clubs, passed a resolution asking the state party to push for a public takeover of PG&E. Citing fallout from PG&E’s ongoing scandals, the resolution proposes that California take over the investor-owned utility and run it as a “non-profit public utility owned by the people.” “California has numerous municipal public utilities including [the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District], and Nebraska has statewide public utilities, all of which can be used as models on how to run a nonprofit public utility owned by the people,” the resolution states. Lowell Young, a member of the Mariposa County Democratic Club and a co-author of the resolution, says he’s helped push the idea through the state party apparatus for the past year. “If we’re going to bail them out, let’s use that money to buy them out instead,” Young told the Bohemian. Other entities within the state party, including the Rural Caucus, the Progressive Caucus, two regional democratic clubs and a handful of county and city clubs around the state, also passed the resolution, according to Young. Stuck in limbo at the moment, the resolution awaits consideration at a party leadership meeting in March of 2020. Despite the delay on Young’s proposal, a trial run is playing out in San Francisco, while the
NOT SO FAST PG&E has agreed to a $1 billion settlementto compensate the fire-ravaged
North Bay, but the bankruptcy court has to first sign off on the deal.
city attempts to purchase PG&E’s infrastructure within city limits. Last week, the utility rejected San Francisco’s offer to purchase the utility’s infrastructure within the city for $2.5 billion as part of the utility’s bankruptcy deal. PG&E’s CEO Bill Johnson said, in a letter to city officials, that the deal would impact the utility’s ratepayers outside of San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “We disagree with the suggestion that PG&E’s San Francisco customers would be better served by another entity,” Johnson wrote. “Our San Francisco customers—and our customers in the rest of our service territory—rely upon us every day to deliver safe, reliable, affordable and clean power.” San Francisco Mayor London
Breed and City Attorney Dennis Herrera defended the city’s offer and indicated their continued efforts to buy the utility’s infrastructure. “We would not be leaving PG&E’s remaining customers in the lurch,” Breed and Herrera wrote in a Chronicle article. “San Francisco is only a small portion of PG&E’s service territory. Our city includes some of PG&E’s oldest equipment that will require substantial work to remain in service. If we take on that responsibility, PG&E can refocus on the balance of its system.” IBEW 1245, the largest electrical workers union chapter in Northern California, began a campaign opposing San Francisco’s proposal, arguing that a takeover could harm workers’ compensation and pensions.
Young’s proposal calls for “keeping the existing employees of PG&E and installing a new executive management team initially appointed by the governor and the leaders of the state Senate and Assembly.” While getting on the party platform is just a stepping stone for Young’s cause—most items added to the state party’s platform sit on the party’s website without ever becoming law—Young says he and his colleagues are speaking directly to lawmakers about a possible PG&E takeover due to the urgency of the situation. “The only way we’re going to stop [PG&E] is through public ownership,” Lowell says, regarding the utility’s “negligent” behavior.
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The “Spice Trail of Marco Polo” journey leads participants through the wonders of augmented reality via light projection tech dubbed TableMation, literally turning the pages of history and sharing a story about five indigenous courses of spice-infused specialties. All was dark when I entered the private dining area—except
for the table settings, which were lit circles of vignettes the size of dinner plates. The lights hovered over actual books titled Dinner Time Stories. I took my seat next to a woman who introduced herself as Syeda, originally from Pakistan. My dining companions consisted of a mix of local residents, as well as intrepid travelers. We opened our books to blank
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pages and the scene was set, thanks to Skullmapping, a visual-storytelling technique developed in Belgium. Zach, our human host for the evening, worked with Le Petit Chef to lead us through each course with a humorous, yet educational, tale to share the footsteps of “that crazy Italian Marco Polo” who discovered spices and exotic cuisine en route to the Silk Road. Background music and Le Petite Chef’s squeaky techno French accent narration conveyed the story, along with dimensionenhancing visuals. The animation on our pages jumped as he began in Marseilles, France—his birthplace. Once the pages turned and the introduction was made, waiters placed an actual, travelsized piece of hand luggage at each table setting. We opened the luggage to a taste of Piquillo Gougere Tart, a savory pâté a choux infused with red pepper. Our two-sip cups of tomato soup, paired with glasses of Brut Rosé from Domaine Carneros, were a nice touch. From Marseilles, we sailed through ocean waters as each plate, and then the table, projected the sea, with waves crashing against the wall for added effect. Amid the thrill of the light show on the wall and the lively conversation among this communal table of diners, the delectable food and wine competed for my attention. Onward to Arabia, where the table settings metamorphosed into a light show of scroll designs with a batik-blue background. Cartoon smoke from a cartoon hookah puffed over Le Petit Chef while the wall shifted into a desert scene with camels led by men wearing headscarves. Le Petit Chef humorously identified the camels as “big dogs” and then plucked a large red pepper that caused smoke to shoot from his ears. He ran across the book’s pages, madly plunging his face into a half-cut fig for relief. Then, each of us received a portable tray laid carefully over our individual books, ) 10
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CIA at Copia ( 9 while we passed a handful of cloth bags between us. We played a blind guessing-game on what spices were in each bag. Every diner participated. Some aromas, like cloves and cinnamon, were easy to identify; others, like bay leaf, cardamom and fenugreek— not so much.
Background music and Le Petite Chef’s squeaky techno French accent narration conveyed the story, along with dimensionenhancing visuals. We were then asked to identify how these spices factored into our meal and the answers flowed like the complimentary sparkling wine served before dinner. The majority of us correctly identified “cardamom” in the room-temperature lamb meatballs, and a sprinkling of cinnamon over the bed of apricot chutney they were served on. A few goat-cheese blinis and a sparse portion of lentil stew later, we finished the course with sips of a 2016 Joseph Burrier, Chateau de Beauregard, “Poncie” Fleurie AC paired with tiny bowls of candied hazelnuts and sumac-coated plums. As our culinary journey
continued into India, I devoured a decent portion of Halibut Masala served over a spread of curry with a golf ball–sized Indian eggplant, a few cashews and green peas. With this course, we sipped on a 2017 ZD Chardonnay from Napa Valley and sailed forward. A palate cleanser of yogurt and a scoop of CIA’s own garden-strawberry sorbet, served in a teacup, awaited each of us at the Himalayas. They told us to restrain from eating this until instructed. Waiters distributed tiny pitchers of hot water to our trays and we carefully poured the water around the small saucer—not in the teacup. This resulted in a “smoke effect,” thanks to the clever use of dry ice, adding drama to the sorbet course. Upon our arrival in China, dragons displayed on our plates, table and the wall chased Le Petit Chef. We also noticed our live staff of servers now wore red frocks. While in China, a glass of 2017 Abiouness Pinot Noir from Stanly Ranch in Carneros paired nicely with our next course: a few slices of duck breast and delicious, transparent sweet-potato noodles and a few soybeans, baby carrots and enoki mushrooms. Dessert was a mix of all the places and the spices we experienced throughout dinner—a cardamom cake, vanilla crème brûlée and a glass of Alvear, “Solera 1927” Pedro Ximenez Sherry, Montilla-Moriles DO, NV for those who purchased the wine pairings with the experience (an additional $50). We departed with much laughter, newfound friends, bellies filled with food and a better understanding of the spices found along the Silk Road. Le Petit Chef 3D Dining Experience is available on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Visit ciaatcopia.com for more information.
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very year, the North Bay Bohemian staff has the pleasure of reflecting on the accomplishments of those in our community who give of their time and talents to improve the community-at-large. There are many who make meaningful contributions daily and keep our community vital. This year, the honorees stood out for how they overcome divisions with dialogue, deliver aid to those in need, and foment belonging while shaping tomorrow’s leaders. Their collective desire to benefit all of us and to cohere a community that is often at odds with itself is exemplary and makes the North Bay truly greater than the sum of its parts. We salute you, our 2019 Boho Award Winners!
Zahyra Garcia By Karen Hess Community organizer Zahyra Garcia came to America at the age of 1 when her parents crossed the border. She lived in the U.S. as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient for 25 years and is now a permanent resident. “I'm also a queer woman of color, which makes me a triple threat.” she quips.
Her personal experiences pushed her to become an active community organizer. Since the 2016 election, Garcia has been a clear voice for the many unheard in our community. “Being silent just wasn't an option for me anymore.” Garcia is currently District 2 Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights, where one role is working with youth. ) 12 “Working with the
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GET ORGANIZED Community organizer Zahyra Garcia is currently District 2 Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights.
and identifies new leaders at the local and state levels that will represent all voices in the community. “Living in a blue state doesn't mean we are free of injustice. I want people to know that all the -isms happening at the national level, also occur at our doorstep,” says Garcia. Additionally, Garcia is a founding member for the LGBTQI+ Families of Sonoma County – a volunteer-led group made up of parents to advocate, build and protect queer families. “I took up being a community organizer to shine a light on the struggles of people like myself and break the status quo. It's a lifelong commitment. My work is my life on the line, every day. We are here to remind people that no matter what walk of life you are from, you deserve basic human rights,” she says. “My hope is to have accomplices fight with our marginalized communities. So many voices are often left out of our democracy and conversations. To exist is to resist.”
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Junior Commission gives me hope. They are amazing human beings, and they are leading the way,” she says. Most recently the Junior Commission’s Butterfly Project places painted butterflies that include immigrant stories in public spaces. As Garcia says, “Migration is beautiful and humanizing immigrants is what the youth wanted to do.” As co-chair of the North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) Garcia works with the Sonoma County Tenant Union to ensure renters’ have a voice. Currently, they identify and support local leaders and candidates who will act on climate change. She also co-founded the Climate Action Commission in Petaluma to work locally for environmental and equitable solutions. Her work as co-chair with Indivisible Petaluma includes taking the reins from the Petaluma Progressives to produce the 21-year-old Progressive Festival. With this organization, she addresses racism in schools
For the uninitiated, a term like “social capital” might sound like corporate jargon a la “human resources,” or worse— perhaps it has something to do with pre-IPO social media companies. Fortunately, it’s neither. Popularized in Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, social capital refers to the factors that contribute to functioning social groups like a shared sense of identity, understanding, or just trust. Suffice it to say, it seems we’re running low on the stuff at present, which is why Petaluma-based Aqus Community Foundation executive director John Crowley is leading a local charge to get people together to start talking. Petaluma Conversations is part of Crowley’s continuing mission is to bring people who often have disparate values together in real dialogue. Since its inception earlier this year, conversations have convened weekly and the event has blossomed into a wellattended and dynamic safe space for those on different parts of the ideological spectrum to discourse without rancor he had seen online. “We first started on a year ago when I saw a lot of my friends being not-their-best-selves online to other friends of mine who weren’t being their best selves back,” recalls Crowley, whose initial Petaluma Conversations were hosted at Aqus Cafe in the Foundry Wharf of which he’s a proprietor. The goal, Crowley emphasizes, is not to find solutions but simply understanding. He immediately noticed a change in the conversation’s tone after the first event. “There was more civility after that,” Crowley observes. “When you know somebody, you’re going to be more civil with that person.” The series has proved popular, so much so that Crowley recently
changed the venue from the west Petaluma cafe to the more central, if not perceptibly neutral, Petaluma Library. “Aqus Cafe has got, I guess, a certain reputation—a good reputation—but one that might not be terribly welcoming to everybody on the political spectrum,” he says with a laugh. The conversations have taken a variety of issues over the past few months and never shy away from the more challenging topics of the day. The suggested subjects for next week’s scheduled chat at the Petaluma Library, for example, are immigration and addiction, which can be difficult enough to discuss over a family dinner, let alone in public with one’s neighbors. “People have to trust each other but before that, they have to know each other. And before that, they have to meet each other,” says Crowley. “So, a lot of the work that I do is involved in getting people to meet each other and getting the conversation going. In order to get people to trust each other, those two things have to come first.”
LET’S TALK John Crowley organizes Petaluma Conversations to help un-divide the community.
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For 10 years, Steve Gatlin served in the Marine Corps, first as a military police officer, then as a combat correspondent. When his enlistment ended in 2002, Gatlin quickly made his way into making documentary films and television programs. “The documentary work got me into humanitarian causes, and I found my niche doing work around a lot of nonprofits,” says Gatlin. “I was covering everything from environmental to special needs causes and everything in between.” Through this work, the Novatobased Gatlin met Napa dentist Dr. Timothy Wahle eight years ago. “We both have children with Down syndrome and we met through that world,” Gatlin says. Last year, Wahle approached Gatlin with an idea. For 20 years, Wahle participated in a mobile dental project called Christina’s Smile, that worked in cooperation with the Professional Golfers’ Association to travel to and provide comprehensive charitable dental care to children in need in the communities that hosted a PGA and Champions Tour tournament.
“When the tour would come to Silverado or Sonoma or Pebble Beach, he would go and volunteer for a day or two and do free dental care,” says Gatlin. That organization, based in Austin, Texas, closed in 2016, shortly after co-founder Dr. Richard Garza passed away in 2013. Wahle wanted to buy one of the group’s three 50-foot, three-chair mobile dental units in storage and move it to the North Bay. “We started kicking the idea around and started talking about the military-veterans angle,” says Gatlin. “For military veterans, in order to get (free) dental care you have to be 100 percent disabled, have been a prisoner of war or have a serviceconnected dental issue. That equates to a very low percentage of veterans.” This year, Gatlin and Wahle combined their nonprofit and dental experience to form the V.E.T.S. (Veterans Excited To Smile) Mobile Dental Unit nonprofit organization. In March, they traveled to Austin to meet with Dr. Garza’s widow and Christina’s Smile co-founder, Diane Garza. After speaking to her about her work and their ideas, Garza donated one of the state-of-the-art trailers to them. Now, Gatlin and Wahle are finalizing their nonprofit status and preparing the unit for a rollout in early 2020. The V.E.T.S. Mobile Dental Unit’s first clinic will likely be held in association with the Novato Elks Lodge, where Gatlin is a member, and where the nonprofit recently held a massive fundraiser and golf tournament. “Veterans are everywhere, so the sky's the limit on where we can go; it’s just a matter of capitalizing on the resources we have,” says Gatlin. While it’s a brand-new nonprofit, Gatlin notes that Christina’s Smile lends V.E.T.S. Mobile Dental Unit 30 years of experience. Garza is even on the board of directors. “We’ve got a real powerhouse board of directors pulled together; a mixture of veterans, dentists and business people. I’m excited, as executive director, to have a rich pool to pull from just in our board alone,” says Gatlin. “There’s no end to the amount of veterans we can help with this.” (vetsmobiledentalunit.com)
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Timeless Theater Though written thousands of years ago, many ancient Greek plays still hold relevance for modern audiences. This week, an innovative project, End of Life, brings these ancient works—specifically Sophocles’ Philoctetes and Women of Trachis—to the stage with readings by acclaimed actors David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck) and Zach Grenier (Fight Club). These staged readings lead to discussions about death, illness and the challenges faced by patients, families and medical professionals today. Join the discussion on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Green Music Center’s Weill Hall, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 7pm, $10. 866.955.6040.
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Season of the Witch While he’s best known as the guitarshredding front man for seminal indierock act Dinosaur Jr, J Mascis shows off a different side of his talents in his stoner-metal band, WITCH, where he plays his first instrument—drums— alongside guitarist and vocalist Kyle Thomas from King Tuff, guitarist Graham Clise and bassist Dave Sweetapple. The band’s been around since 2005, though things have been quiet, until now, when WITCH returns to the stage and performs on Friday, Oct. 18, at Gun Bun Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma. 7pm. $35. Gunbun.com/events.
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troupe, Monty Python, with a daylong festival of laughs and music they call “Mostly Python.” This year’s fun features a slew of new performers and special guests, with local improv troupe the Natural Disasters and 6th Street Playhouse’s Python Players teaming up to bring Monty Python’s best and mostbeloved skits to life with live music, a silly-walk contest, food, drinks and more. The family-friendly event kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 19, 116 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. 1pm to 10pm. Free admission. 707.544.8623.
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PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER (from left to right) Brian Henderson, Jef Overn and
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ifelong horror film fanatics and Sonoma County natives Josh Staples, Jef Overn and Brian Henderson scare up a lot of fun as the trio behind the podcast Forever Midnight, a horror-centric audio series where the friends review classic and contemporary flicks and offer their wicked perspective on all things scary.
“Brian, Jef and I have a forum where we get to talk about our lives,
and pass stories back and forth, and every time we say, ‘that would be such a cool movie,’” says Staples. Three years ago, the Forever Midnight trio got their foot firmly in the door of horror film-producing by releasing the official soundtrack of the short underground cult film Coven, nearly 20 years after the film’s release. Now, the aficionados take another huge leap into the genre, with their new short film, Night Drive, co-produced with Dogfilm Studios, and screening at a special Witches & the Occult
Movie Night event on Thursday, Oct. 24, in Santa Rosa. All three members of Forever Midnight are multi-talented creative producers in their own right, and each contributed to the production of Night Drive. Henderson takes credit for creating the story, based on a real-life event, and oversaw the film’s special effects. Staples wrote the screenplay and the original score, which includes three original songs. Overn co-directed and co-edited the film alongside Sonoma County
filmmaker Timmy Lodhi, the man behind DogFilm Studios. The six-minute film concerns a group of friends on a late-night drive and a stranger on the side of the road who propels the group into a weird odyssey of terror. Staples credits ‘80s horror films like The Twilight Zone and Creepshow 2 as inspirations for the film. Night Drive’s debut on Oct. 24 at the Roxy Stadium 14 in Santa Rosa also marks the release of a new collaboration beer between Forever Midnight and HenHouse Brewing, where Staples is the art director. The collab is a black saison aged in burgundy wine barrels that they call Batch 666: Witchcraft & the Occult. After a beer reception and the debut Night Drive, the Forever Midnight crew is screening Coven with director Mark Borchardt in attendance for a Q&A and signing. Borchardt and Coven caught the nation’s attention when his attempt to complete the film became the subject of the 1999 documentary American Movie. “Mark is a great personality, he’s a film historian, writer, actor and director,” says Staples. Coven is also an occult-centric horror film in which Borchardt plays an alcoholic writer who joins a recovery group that turns out to be more than it seems. Capping off the night is a screening of the film Haxan, originally produced in 1922 in Sweden as a long-form silent film on witchcraft and re-cut as a psychedelic trip with narration by William S. Burroughs. “This is a great opportunity to do a real witchy showcase,” says Staples. “It’s a perfect series of movies to drink to.” Witches & the Occult Movie Night happens on Thursday, Oct. 24, at Roxy Stadium 14, 85 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa. Beer reception at 6pm; movies start at 7pm. $8.50–$11.50. santarosacinemas.com.
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EN GARDE Tim Setzer plays one of his nine characters in ‘Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.’
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You won’t find any of these in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, running through Oct. 27 at Rohnert Park’s Spreckels Performing Arts Center. What you will find is a very entertaining, macabre musical that’s a perfect theatrical compliment to the Halloween season. Upon his mother’s passing, Monty Navarro (Andrew Smith) finds out he’s actually a member of the distinguished D’Ysquith family. The family disowned his mother after she ran off with a (shudder) musician and Monty is actually ninth in line for the Earldom of Highhurst. After being tossed aside by his shallow, materialistic girlfriend Sibella (Madison Genovese) for
a wealthier man, Monty seeks to improve his lot in life and win her back. He contacts the D’Ysquith family in hopes of gaining a position with their firm, but they reject him. While seeking the support of a member of the family who’s a clergyman, circumstances arise that make it clear to Monty that the only way he’ll ascend to his rightful position in the family is to knock off those who precede him. And so it goes for Reverend Lord Ezekial D’Ysquith, Asquith D’Ysquith Jr., Henry D’Ysquith, Lady Hyacinth D’Ysquith, Major Lord Bartholomew D’Ysquith, Lady Salome D’Ysquith Pumphrey, Lord Asquith D’Ysquith Sr. and Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith—all played by the delightful Tim Setzer, and most dispatched in clever, amusing ways. Will Monty—now Lord Montague—get away with it? The plot may sound familiar, as the novel upon which it’s based was also the source material for the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets starring Alec Guinness in his pre–Obi Wan days. Turned into a Broadway musical by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, it won four Tonys in 2014, including Best Musical. Director Michael Ross chose the relatively small cast judiciously. He assembled a crackerjack ensemble composed of North Bay regulars (Shawna Eiermann, Eileen Morris, Amy Webber, Erik Weiss), local young, emerging talent (Michael Arbitter, Emily Thomason) and some new faces (David Casper, Maeve Smith). All perform excellently. Inventive stagecraft (Chris Schloemp’s projection design, in particular), nice period costuming by Skipper Skeoch, clever bits of choreography by Michella Snider and solid musical direction by Jim Coleman make for a terrific show. The few glitches that occurred on opening night will, hopefully, vanish quickly in the run. Simply put, this show kills. Rating (out of 5): ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ runs through Oct. 27 at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. Friday–Saturday, 7:30pm; Sunday, 2pm; Thursday, Oct. 24, 7:30pm. $12– $36. 707.588.3400. spreckelsonline.com
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FUNKY BUT CHIC Eddie Murphy returns to the realm of likable in ‘Dolemite.’
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n unusually off-beat movie, Dolemite Is My Name is a dirty, funny ensemble comedy about psychotronic film. Under the direction of Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow) Eddie Murphy plays a warm and likable Rudy Ray Moore, an inept comedian of the Funk Era who dreams of being a bad-ass kung fu star. One more unhappy, 1970s, L.A. guy, Moore tries unsuccessfully to find stardom as an MC. He taperecords winos rhyming their tall and ancient tales of mightiness. He records “party records” (XXX comedy material) in plain brown wrappers to look like contraband. With hard work, he turns a derelict hotel into a studio. He recruits a group of would-be moviemakers to make cinema out of the tale of Dolemite and his army of kung fu babes, sent out on a secret mission to wipe out evil drug dealers. Murphy’s bankability got this oddball movie made, even though he’s totally miscast for the part. This is like watching Will Smith play Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. Even though the 1970s proved (see The Deuce) to be one of the few eras where people could have sex in movies, it’s weird to see the
tiptoeing around that part of the hero’s, er, journey. Fancy that—a biopic of Rudy Ray Moore where the great man never gets laid. Where Dolemite is My Name really sings, is as an ensemble. Two women stand out:, Luenell, as the aunt from whom Moore mooches the production money, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as the fantastically foul-mouthed Georgia gal whom Moore finds bereft at a nightclub and renames Lady Reed. Keegan-Michael Key is beautifully earnest as an overly sincere playwright recruited to script this insane opus. And Wesley Snipes is an absolute howl as the piss-elegant and jittery D’urville Martin. Chris Rock, an Indianapolis radio DJ, inserts the plug that lights up the marquee, boosting the show on the air: “Come on down! It’ll be like Christmas, except your daddy’s not drunk and your mama’s not cryin’!” If it’s predictable, Dolemite is My Name is also a pleasure. Every now and then, you get the sense that Murphy is making sure that the real Dolemite isn’t upstaging him from beyond the grave. ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ is playing in limited release and on Netflix.
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spread their wings musically,” says Mick Hellman. The Well Known Strangers started as a barroom-ready country-rock band. “Our favorite thing was playing these kind of rowdy songs,” says Hellman, who plays drums in the group. “We had a term for this, which was ‘brutal country.’” After releasing a self-titled EP of mostly covers, the Strangers broadened their scope, both musically and thematically, for their new LP, TMI, which the band plays on Sunday, Oct. 20, at Twin Oaks Roadhouse in Penngrove. The album’s array of Americana tunes, largely written by Olivia and the band, get personal quickly. The title track, a stomping, blues-tinged number, is Olivia’s response to all the things men tell her when they’re drunk. The song “Look Me in the Eye” is a Generation X–inspired dirge about political disenfranchisement and frustration, and the album’s final track, “A Song For My Daughter,” is a letter Mick penned to Olivia in the wake of a family tragedy. Despite the heavy theme, TMI is a raucous, exuberant album that maintains a rough-aroundthe-edges vibe while also offering robust harmonies and a newly developed musical tenderness. Shortly after recording the album, Olivia moved to Nashville to further pursue her career, and Amber Morris, who appears on TMI as a guest vocalist, now fronts the band when they play live. Hellman says the group stays together, in spite of his daughter’s absence, because of strong chemistry and camaraderie. “What we are talking about doing (at the show in Penngrove) is honoring the discontinuity that happened between losing Olivia and gaining Amber, to put the album in the context of the changes that are being made,” says Hellman. “And to celebrate the new material we are working on with Amber, where the focus— instead of [on] the brutal country vibe—is more country soul.” Well Known Strangers perform on Sunday, Oct. 20, at Twin Oaks Roadhouse (5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 3pm. $10–$25. 707.795.5118).
Concerts SONOMA North Bay Uke Fest Fourth annual fest features all things ukulele with local performers, workshops, open mic, exhibitors and more. Oct 19, 12pm. Free admission. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.
WITCH Indie-rock supergroup features Kyle Thomas (King Tuff), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Dave Sweetapple and Graham Clise. Oct 18, 7pm. $35. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma, 707.938.5277.
NAPA Leo Dan One of the most important singer-songwriters in Latin America has an artistic career spanning more than 50 years and 55 million records sold. Oct 20, 7pm. $69-$99. Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.
The Look of Love Evening to benefit the American Brain Foundation features comedy by Johnny Steele and music from the ’60s by Kellie Fuller and the Mike Greensill Trio. Oct 23, 7pm. $25-$35. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.
Clubs & Venues SONOMA The Big Easy Oct 17, the Awesome Hotcakes. Oct 18, Highway Poets and Flytrap. Oct 19, the Grain and Dictator Tots. Oct 20, Dodgy Mountain Men. Oct 23, Wednesday Night Big Band. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.7163.
Elephant in the Room Oct 17, David Dondero. Oct 18, Marshall House Project. Oct 19, the Lovin’ Dead and the Budrows. Oct 20, 6pm, Bodega Red. 177-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, elephantintheroompub.com.
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Oct 17, Michael Price & Co. Oct 18, Sakoyana. Oct 19, Yuka Yu. Oct 20, Mr December. Oct 21, Woodlander and friends. 6780 Depot St, Suite 120, Sebastopol, 707.861.9603.
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Oct 17, 6:30pm, “Gorani: Love Songs to Lost Homelands” with Kitka & Hasmik Harutyunyan. Oct 20, 3pm, Christopher Houlihan organ recital. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
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Oct 18, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra. Oct 19, Diggin Dirt. Oct 20, 4pm, Whiskey Family Band. Oct 21, Half Pint with the Yellow Wall Dub Squad. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.
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Oct 18, Beebout and Clementine Darling. Oct 19, 2pm, Drop it Low Day Tour with DLO. Oct 19, 8pm, Silent Boom (silent disco). 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.
Oct 16, fire relief fundraiser with the Terry Family Band. Oct 18, the John Brothers Piano Company. Oct 19-20, Greg Adams & East Bay Soul. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.
Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Oct 17, Ralph Woodson. Oct 18, the Humdingers. Oct 19, Tilted Halos. Oct 20, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337. Oct 17, the Deadlies. Oct 18, David Ronconi. Oct 19, Groovy Judy. 1460 First St, Napa, 707.265.7577.
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Oct 17, Marshall House Project. Oct 18, the THUGZ and the Alligators. Oct 19, Jeffrey Halford & the Healers album-release show. Oct 20, 5pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Oct 21, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.
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Oct 18, Satchmo’s Ghost. Oct 19, Rubber Soul. Oct 20, 4pm, O & the Riots. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044.
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Oct 19, Motley Inc with Immortallica. 3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.791.3482.
Twin Oaks Roadhouse Oct 18, Dodgy Mountain Men. Oct 19, Crying Time. Oct 20, 3pm, Well Known Strangers.
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Benefit for KOWS Community Radio features big laughs from local comedians. Oct 18, 7pm. $10. Occidental Community Center, 3920 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.
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Dance Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Oct 17, 7:30pm, MOMIX, company of dancers and illusionists performs as part of Rodney Strong Vineyards Dance Series. $20-$49. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600.
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Graton Community Club Fall Flower Show & Plant Sale Weekend show features talks, crafts, live music and more. Oct 18-19. Free admission. Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Rd, Graton, 707.829.5314.
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An open house and community education fair extends throughout the SRJC Petaluma campus. Oct 19, 10am. Free. SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma, 707.778.3974.
Mostly Python Street Theater
Family friendly event is packed with live skits and live music. Come dressed in your best Python attire and win prizes. Oct 19-20, 1pm. Free. Toad in the Hole Pub, 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.8623.
Petal It Forward
Two free bouquets will be given away to each customer, one to keep and one to gift, as part of the Society of American Florists’ celebration. Oct 23. Free. Sequoia Floral International, 3245 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.0780.
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Fifth annual festival features films that showcase new and emerging talents from all over the world. Oct 17-20. $12 and up. Clover Theater, 121 E First St, Cloverdale, avfilmsociety.org.
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Two horror films from the ’80s, “The Evil Dead” and “The Beyond,” screen together. Oct 17, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Cult film gets a proper latenight screening with audience participation. Oct 19, 11pm. $10. The Phoenix Theater, 201
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Food & Drink Dutton-Goldfield Harvest Party
Test your skills in a grape stomp, enjoy local food, hear live music and learn about viticulture. Oct 19, 11am. $20. Dutton-Goldfield Winery, 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, 707.827.3600.
Healdsburg Crush
Afternoon of wine tasting also features local food vendors and silent auction. Oct 20, 11am. $90. Healdsburg Plaza, 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.431.3301.
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with Carla Marie Manly. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.
Theater Between Riverside & Crazy
Left Edge Theatre brings the Pulitzer Prize-winning play to their stage. Oct 18-Nov 10. $28-$42. Left Edge Studio Theatre, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.
Boom
Two students trapped in a subterranean research lab are all that’s left of humanity in this comedy. Oct 18-Nov 9. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.
Instructions for Underground Movements
All-new production brings the culinary hit TV show to the stage. Oct 19, 7:30pm. $30$85. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.
The Imaginists present an art and performance installation with artists working in various mediums. Sat, Oct 19, 7:30pm. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7554.
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Afternoon features a barbecue throwdown with competing chefs, a beer competition from local breweries, wine and live music. Oct 20, 3pm. $75. Vista Collina Resort, 850 Bordeaux Way, Napa, 888.965.7090.
Pumpkins & Pints
Pumpkin carving and painting goes well with craft beers for adults and cookie decorating for kids. Oct 19, 1pm. Free. Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.
Readings Green Music Center Weill Hall
Oct 17, 7pm, End of Life with Theater of War Productions. $10. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park 866.955.6040.
Napa Main Library
Oct 19, 2pm, “Undead Girl Gang” with Lily Anderson. 580 Coombs St, Napa 707.253.4070.
Petaluma Copperfield’s Books
Oct 18, 7pm, “The Overstory” with Richard Powers. Oct 22, 7pm, “Wings of Fire” with Tui T Sutherland. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.
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Oct 18, 7pm, “Aging Joyfully”
Raucous drag group presents in a new show called “Naked Drag Queens Singing.” Oct 21, 7:30pm. $35-$48. Congregation Ner Shalom, 85 La Plaza, Cotati, 707.664.8622.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Popular play is based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Oct 18-Nov 3. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707.266.6305.
Wait Until Dark
Classic edge-of-your-seat thriller plays out on the Monroe Stage. Oct 18-Nov 10. $25-$29; $18 for all under 30. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently,” wrote Aries psychologist James Hillman. I agree. And that’s very good news for you Aries people. In my view, you are more attracted to and excited by fresh ideas than any other sign of the zodiac. That’s why you have the potential to become master initiators of transformation. One of my favorite types of plot twists in your life story occurs when you seek out fresh ideas and initiate transformations not only in your own behalf, but also for those you care about. I bet the coming weeks will bring at least one of those plot twists. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Metaphorically
speaking, Taurus, you are now crossing a bridge. Behind you is the intriguing past; in front of you, the even more-intriguing future. You can still decide to return to where you came from. Or else you can pick up your pace, and race ahead at twice the speed. You might even make the choice to linger on the bridge for a while; to survey the vast vistas that are visible and contemplate more leisurely the transition you’re making. Only you know what’s best for you, of course. But if you asked me, I’d be in favor of lingering on the bridge for a while.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As I write this, I’m sitting in a café near two women at another table. One sports a gold, cashmere headscarf and pentagram necklace. The other wears a dark blue pantsuit and a silver broach that’s the glyph for Gemini the Twins. HeadScarf shuffles a deck of Tarot cards and asks PantSuit what she’d like to find out during the divination she is about to receive. “I would very much like you to tell me what I really, really want,” PantSuit says with a chuckle. “I’m sure that once I find out that big secret, I’ll be able to accomplish wonders.” I hope the rest of you Geminis will be on a similar mission in the coming weeks. Do whatever it takes to get very clear about what you want most. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was meandering through an Athenian marketplace, gazing at the appealing and expensive items for sale. “How many things there are in this world that I do not want,” he exclaimed with satisfaction. I recommend you cultivate that liberated attitude. Now is a perfect time to celebrate the fact that there are countless treasures and pleasures you don’t need in order to be charmed and cheerful about your life. For extra credit, add this nuance from Henry David Thoreau: People are rich in proportion to the number of things they can afford to let alone. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I invite you to try this exercise. Imagine that one springtime you grow a garden filled with flowers that rabbits like to nibble: petunias, marigolds, gazanias and pansies. This place has the sole purpose of giving gifts to a wild, sweet part of nature. It’s blithely impractical. You do it for your own senseless, secret joy. It appeals to the dreamy lover of life in you. Got all that, Leo? Now, in accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you actually try to fulfill a fantasy comparable to that one in the coming weeks.
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what’s locked and uncover hidden treasures. It’s not a four-leaf clover, but resembles it. I invite you Libras to fantasize about using these three marvels. To do so will potentize your imagination, thereby boosting the cosmic forces that will be working in your favor to enhance your awareness, confer inspiration, solve riddles, unlock what's locked and find hidden treasures.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Inventor
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was a visionary genius in numerous fields, including architecture, design, engineering and futurism. In the course of earning 40 honorary doctorates, he traveled widely. It was his custom to wear three watches, each set to a different time: one to the zone where he currently was, another to where he had recently departed and a third to where he would journey next. “I know that I am not a category,” he wrote. “I am not a thing—a noun. I seem to be a verb.” I recommend his approach to you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Be a verb! Allow your identity to be fluid, your plans adjustable, your ideas subject to constant revision.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Art is
good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place,” said actress Tilda Swinton. How about you, Sagittarius? What reminds you that you have a soul in the first place? Beloved animals? Favorite music? A stroll amidst natural wonders? Unpredictable, fascinating sexual experiences? The vivid and mysterious dreams you have at night? Whatever stimuli bring you into visceral communion with your soul, I urge you to seek them out in abundance. It’s Soul-Cherishing and Soul-Enhancing Time for you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to arrange a series of high-level meetings between your body, mind and soul. You might even consider staging an extravagant conference-like festival and festival-like conference. The astrological omens suggest that your body, mind and soul are now primed to reveal choice secrets and tips to each other. They are all more willing and eager than usual to come up with productive new synergies that will enable each to function with more panache and effectiveness. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I believe in inhabiting contradictions,” writes Aquarian author and activist Angela Davis. “I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or choosing both.” I think Davis’s approach will work well for you in the coming weeks. It’s not just that the contradictions will be tolerable; they will be downright fertile, generous and beneficent. So welcome them; honor them; allow them to bless you with their tricky opportunities and unexpected solutions. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean pianist
got a text message from her Scorpio buddy Tanya. “Why don’t you come over and chill with me and my demons? It’ll be entertaining, I promise! My inner jerks are howlingly funny tonight.” Here’s what Lola texted back: “Thanks but no thanks, sweetie. I’ve been making big breakthroughs with my own demons—giving them the attention they crave without caving in to their outrageous demands— and for now I need to work on stabilizing our new relationship. I can’t risk bringing extra demons into the mix.” I suspect this is an accurate description of what could be happening for you, Virgo.
Frédéric Chopin (1801–1849) was a poetic genius whose music was full of sweetness and grace. “Without equal in his generation,” said more than one critic. Today, more than 170 years after his death, his work remains popular. Recently an Italian sound designer named Remo de Vico created an original new Chopin piece that featured all 21 of the master’s piano nocturnes being played simultaneously. (You can hear it here: tinyurl.com/NewChopin.) As you might imagine, it’s a gorgeous mess, too crammed with notes to truly be enjoyable, but interesting nevertheless. I’ll counsel you to avoid a similar fate in the coming weeks, Pisces. It’s fine to be extravagant and expansive and mulitfaceted; just don’t overdo it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In ancient holy texts from India, soma was said to be a drink that enhanced awareness and alertness. According to modern scholars, it may have been a blend of poppy, ephedra and cannabis. In Norse mythology, the beverage called the Mead of Suttungr conferred poetic inspiration and the ability to solve any riddle. One of its ingredients was honey. In Slavic folklore, raskovnik is an herb with the magic power to unlock
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