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Veronica Ferguson, Sonoma County’s Chief Administrative Officer, is paid more than her counterpart in almost every other county in the state, including in San Francisco and Los Angeles County (which has a population 20 times larger than Sonoma County). Her take-home pay (including benefits) was $375,837 in 2014� —�many times more than average Sonoma County workers and residents make.

Julia Ortiz is a full-time Sonoma County employee who keeps things running in the accounting unit of her department. She is paid a small fraction�—�less than 20%�—�of what Veronica Ferguson makes, and takes home less now than she did in

2008 because her bosses, the Board of Supervisors, have increased her portion of medical costs and demanded take-backs.

Now County Supervisors and top managers are refusing to compensate county workers fairly. That’s not right�—�especially after Julia sacrificed part of her wages during the recession to keep the county afloat. Now that the county has financially recovered, those at the top are not budging for county workers like Julia who are struggling to live and work here. It’s time to fairly compensate Sonoma County’s frontline employees who work hard every day to keep our community moving.

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Chickens Are BadIt was interesting to read that there is a new “-atarian” in town, the climatarian! (“Climate Menu,” Jan. 13). The growing awareness of the impact of our food choices on the planet is encouraging, but this article only takes us halfway across the road of climate disaster.

While it’s true that beef and dairy contribute significantly to climate change, when compared to plant foods, pork and chicken are extremely harmful as well. If everyone in the United States

skipped one serving of chicken per week, the carbon dioxide savings would be the equivalent of taking more than half a million cars off our roads. From an ethical standpoint, because chickens’ bodies are so much smaller than cows’, they feed less people, so choosing chicken over beef can cause more animals to suffer and die. Don’t just switch from beef to pork or chicken; get the slaughterhouse out of your kitchen and choose a carbon-friendly, compassionate vegan diet.

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While it is true that a single bovine has a larger greenhouse-gas footprint than one of the smaller animals we breed for human consumption, switching to eating chicken is not the way to solve the climate problem. Over 8 billion of the 9 billion animals bred for human consumption every year in the United States are chickens. The sheer number of chickens being bred every year puts their environmental footprint on par with the larger animals. It may even be worse.

For example, billions of chicks are

hatched in incubators, which require vast amounts of energy to run, for the egg-laying industry. Half of those chicks will be male and therefore no use to the egg industry and will be killed within hours of their birth. The bottom line is that animal agriculture cannot be made sustainable in a world with a growing human population and demand for animal products, and a dwindling supply of resources to support it.

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Seeing RedwoodSanta Rosa, in a wiser era, provided spacious decks for cars in the heart of the city. This current council plans to pave Courthouse Square and create two new streets with bumper-to-bumper traffic encircling a small, unappealing plaza (Debriefer, Jan. 13). Idling vehicles will fumigate outdoor diners and kids nearby. Majestic, thriving redwood trees will be sacrificed to appease a few short-sighted business owners who want street parking for themselves.

No design offered for the new Courthouse Square invites pedestrians to shop downtown and enjoy events; there are no areas with seating for family or friends, no public restrooms, no bus stop in any proposal. If the people driving this multimillion dollar boondoggle did their research, they would know (maybe they do?) that prescient urban architects are advising cities to stop adding parking spaces.

Surely Santa Rosa residents do not support more traffic congestion. They would choose an attractive, pedestrian-friendly downtown that values the natural beauty and history of the plaza we know, moves people about in electric carts, and ensures pleasure, not pollution, by design.

APRIL HURLEYSanta Rosa

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RantsLearn and Lose the FearHow I learned to stop being afraid and love Islam BY DENISE DUBOIS

Islamophobia has many shades, from a little voice in our head to the full-fledged hate speech that we’re seeing so much of today. I get it, because

I used to have it—not the hate-speech stuff, but the general fear of Islam.

After college, I went to work on an economic report on Palestine to be distributed in the Washington Post. I was scared of being around “terrorists,” because that was really all I had heard about Muslim countries. But I went there, and I met kind, gentle and tolerant people.

In 2001, I developed a serious, undiagnosable illness. I was referred to a group that was helping chronic and terminally ill people through spiritual practices in Islam. My immediate response was, I am not a Muslim! But out of sheer desperation, I tried it, and it helped me.

It also led me to a shaykh of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He was teaching things that I already felt inside, such as the notion that if we all knew our religion, we would know they are the same: the religion of love, peace and mercy. He taught that it’s in God’s wisdom that He created different people and different faiths. He taught that God doesn’t love most those who say they are this religion or that religion, but those who help mankind the most.

I already felt these things inside, because they are universal truths. But I was scared of Islam because it was not what I had been told. For this young Texan, a former cheerleader and sorority a girl, raised in a Catholic family with a grandfather who was friends with George Bush Sr. and helped convince him to run for his first public office, I was the poster child of someone who did not know about Islam. I was afraid of it.

But I learned. Those who are afraid of Islam should learn about it too. Check out Hamza Yusuf, Safi Kaskas and Reza Aslan, American Muslims and scholars who beautifully articulate the real Islam. I hope to share through my memoir what I have learned: that Islam is a faith of peacefulness, tolerance, compassion and love.

Author Denise DuBois lives in Mountain View. Listen to a reading from her memoir, ‘Mercy Me,’ at Copperfield’s Books in Napa on Jan. 20. inkshares.com/projects/mercy-me. 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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BLACK AND BLUE A Santa Rosa police officer meets with residents at Sam’s For Play Cafe.

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Warmer-Upper‘Coffee with a Cop’ events aim to reform police culture in Santa Rosa BY TOM GOGOLA

Sgt. Jeneane Kucker greets a steady flow of police officers coming in

and out the door of Sam’s For Play Cafe on a cool and cloudy Thursday morning in unincorporated Roseland.

It’s the sixth “Coffee with a Cop” event hosted by the Santa Rosa Police Department, and the place is bustling with chatter: property owners are in discussion with an officer at the counter, a volunteer officer stands at the ready with pamphlets, and uniforms engage with citizens at

the tables over bottomless cups. There’s a lot to talk about.

Coffee with a Cop is a program started in 2011 by the Hawthorne, Calif., police force that has quickly grown into an informal best practice for law enforcement organizations that have been under especially intense scrutiny

recently through high-profile, viral-video encounters with the public. Close to home, there is the lingering shadow of the 2013 death of Andy Lopez in nearby Moorland, and the anticipated annexation of Roseland into the city limits by 2017—and what that means for the local police force.

Kucker runs the Coffee with a Cop program in Santa Rosa, and says it’s a multifunction opportunity for officers to field complaints and engage with the public engagement in a calm, if hypercaffeinated, environment. The program aims to build trust and community partnerships and fight a pernicious “They’re all bad apples” anti-police bias fueled in part by explosive viral videos.

These events “help with the perception of the police and break up the stereotype,” says Kucker. “This humanizes the badge,” lets the public know that cops are parents, regular people too—“Hey I have a life outside this uniform and badge.”

In five events, she says, the response to Coffee with a Cop is that “overwhelmingly . . . everybody has this craving for the communication, the relationship,” Kucker says. “The hard part is still the job. We drive around in cars that we consider to be our offices, responding to emotionally charged situations. Here, we’re not responding to an emergency; we’re here to lower the barriers. This program is becoming part of our culture—it has become part of our culture at this point.”

Santa Rosa Police Chief Robert Schreeder is at a table with Capt. Craig Schwartz, and says the coffees are a piece of community policing that addresses the difficulty in getting “officers to talk to people when they’re not in crisis, one on one.” The biggest challenge with a program like Coffee with a Cop, he says, is police culture itself, and changing it with the necessary buy-in from the officers.

It’s not uncommon for officers to resist change, Schreeder says, and what better way to reform the culture than in a “comfortable, positive environment,” such as a diner. His officers, he says, get “10 to 12 calls for service a day, a

Coffee with a Cop events help ‘with the perception of the police and break up the stereotype. This humanizes the badge.’

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DEBRIEFERcrisis, a problem, people always in need. You want to meet them in a low-stress way.”

He expects all police trainees to attend the coffees.

The program has special impact in Roseland, which Schreeder says “needs to be part of the city of Santa Rosa. This is a part of town where people often feel nobody is looking out for them.”

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office is the lead law enforcement agency in several pockets of unincorporated Roseland, including where we are sitting this morning along Sebastopol Road. Kucker, an 18-year veteran of the SRPD, says “the beats intertwine and overlap,” but the plan is to slowly incorporate the Sheriff’s Office sections into the Santa Rosa Police Department’s jurisdiction.

In anticipation of annexation, Schreeder has asked for 10 additional employees for the SRPD roster. There are now 65 beat officers on the force out of a total staff of 247, including civilians. “I tell people, every law enforcement organization has a culture,” Schreeder says. “We are trying to create that one here.”

The new hires would join a force that has put an emphasis on criminology concepts around “procedural justice” and “implicit bias” as it works to build trust. Part of that is explaining how policing works, or should work,

which is what procedural justice is all about, Schwartz says. “Give people their voice; be neutral in the conflict; make sure you are basing your actions on the Constitution and law, not on biases; get them to trust that you have their best interest at heart.”

Schwartz says the coffees can also help with misperceptions of policing that arise from unchecked bias and videos offered to the internet without context. He acknowledges that some are “spectacular” in the sense that the use of force is unjustified, but adds that in other instances, the “difficulty is reconciling the different viewpoints of the video.”

Officers can watch an incident and think, “That’s lawful use of force, even if it looks ugly on video,” says Schwartz. “A critic’s impression: That’s a bad apple.”

As police culture shifts, so too does the law, and Schwartz says Coffee with a Cop provides an opportunity for officers to explain those changes and defuse frustrations in situations where the police themselves can’t do anything. “We try to get people to recognize that the police are not always going to meet their needs. There are times we can’t, it’s not our role, and that’s frustrating to the citizen,” Schwartz says. “Laws change, societal expectations change over time, and while the laws may change, the expectations remain the same.”

Schwartz notes the “frequency of complaints about [medical] marijuana grows. People still call us all the time because someone is growing three plants in their backyard.”

Kucker says she plans on a Coffee with a Cop event every six to eight weeks and expects the next one will be in the Coddingtown mall area. “I am pretty sure officers are running into people they meet at these events,” she says. “There is a boomerang effect because of these conversations we are having.”

One of those boomerangs made it to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, which reached out to Kucker for advice and held its first Coffee with a Cop earlier this month.

Quizzical CoyotesA mystery of sorts has been solved that involved a coyote, a car and a problem. It seems one or two coyotes have been hanging by the side of Highway 1 down in West Marin, near the Slide Ranch. The coyotes have been staring down drivers and then attacking the cars. Nobody’s been hurt, but someone is going to get hurt if they don’t stop feeding the coyotes, which Lisa Bloch at the Marin Humane Society says is the likeliest culprit for the ongoing attacks on vehicles.

There’s a slogan, she says, that people in Sonoma and Marin counties need to abide: “A fed coyote is a dead coyote.” The idea is that the coyotes get comfortably aggressive around humans once they’ve been fed by the hand of one. “We want them to be afraid of us naturally,” Bloch says. “If they are not afraid of us, they come close to our cars, get hit, fight with domestic dogs and can possibly become aggressive.”

Wroth SettlementLast week, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a settlement reached late last year in the U.S. District Court that will find the county paying $1.25 million to Esa Wroth, who sued the county after he said he was Tasered more than 20 times at the Main Adult Detention Center. In the settlement, the county agreed to pay $1.25 million while Wroth agreed to drop his lawsuit against individual sheriff’s department officials named in the suit. The county also admitted no liability in the agreement, says Deputy Sonoma County Counsel Josh Myers.

State of the HystericsA funny thing happened during last week’s presidential State of the Union address, Barack Obama’s final send-off to congress—unless Glenn Beck is right and Obama’s going to seize power for all eternity. You never know. Failing that, the SOTU speech was delivered while 10 American Navy sailors were being held by Iran after their boats had inadvertently entered Iranian waters the day before. Republican hysteric-candidates to a man, and woman, condemned the weak Obama for not immediately bombing Iran for taking “hostages” and making them sit there in their socks, on Persian rugs no less—yet they made no similar demand about other imprisoned Americans in Iran, even as the brother of Jason Rezaian was Rep. Jared Huffman’s guest at the SOTU. No calls for the bombing of Iran over an American journalist held in captivity for many months on bogus charges, but lots of calls for bombing the country even as Secretary of State John Kerry secured the release of the sailors within 24 hours?

That seemed a little weird, and showed the candidates for what they are: a bunch of opportunistic hotheads. Rezaian is (or was) the Washington Post reporter held on espionage charges in Tehran, and after Obama refused to bomb Iran and instead resorted to that pesky and un-American concept of diplomacy to free the 10 soldiers—there he was again a couple of days later, another moment of goddamned American weakness as he freed even more Americans from Iran, as the GOP sputter-monkeys kept up the call for bombs, bombs and more bombs. Welcome home, Jason Rezaian. —Tom Gogola

SONOMA COUN TYBistro 29 Fusion. $$-$$$. Get an honestly prepared plate of excellence, reasonably priced, at this veritable palace of crepes. 620 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.546.2929.

Bruno’s on Fourth American. $$-$$$. There’s real sophistication lurking in these upscale American comfort staples like flat-iron steak and fries, macaroni-ham casserole and stellar braised lamb shank. 1226 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.569.8222.

Ca’Bianca Ristorante Italiano Italian. $$-$$$. Romantic, delightful and authentic Italian dining in historic two-story house. 835 Second St, Santa Rosa. 707.542.5800.

Dierk’s Cafe Cafe. $.Classic, fresh diner food in a comfortable diner setting. Hearty and filling omelets, sandwiches galore and the famous Dierk’s pull-apart. Ought to be in a movie. Parkside Cafe: 404 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.573.5955. Midtown Cafe: 1422 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.2233

Gaia’s Garden Vegetarian. $. International vegetarian buffet featuring curries, soups, pasta or polenta and sauce, rice, steamed vegetables, salad bar, homemade bread and desserts. Vegan-friendly, beer and wine. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.544.2491.

Jackson’s Bar & Oven American. $$. A casual hotspot with a great comfort-food-inspired menu in a key Railroad Square location. Get “The Undecided” pizza, with surprise toppings that never disappoint. 135 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.6900.

La Gare French. $$$. Dine in an elegant atmosphere of Old

World charm. 208 Wilson St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.4355.

Mateo’s Cocina Latina Mexican. $$. Chef Mateo Granados served underground Yucatan dinners for months before opening this Healdsburg hotspot, and his craft is reflected in the menu, rife with innovation and local ingredients. 214 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. 707.433.1520.

The Naked Pig American. $-$$. Local, organic and sustainable vendors are proudly displayed on the door, and the rustic chalkboard menu announces items such as “waffles with Gravenstein apples compote and salted caramel.” 435 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.978.3231.

River’s End Eclectic. $$$-$$$$. An eclectic spread of gourmet dishes with international influences. Focusing on locally grown ingredients with a tremendous view of the ocean. 11048 Hwy 1, Jenner. 707.865.2484, ext 111.

Sweet T’s Restaurant & Bar Comfort. $$. Hush puppies, fried chicken, cornbread, ribs, burgers, mac ’n’ cheese, the works. 2009 Stagecoach Road, Ste 100, Santa Rosa. 707.595.3935.

Twist Eatery California. $$. Quaint little spot in a quaint little town that serves satisfying, homemade plates from fresh ingredients. The pulled pork sandwich and organic beet salad are standouts on this winning menu. 6536 Front St, Forestville. 707.820.8443.

Willi’s Wine Bar Bistro. $$$. Bistro dishes and extensive wine list. A terrific place to dine before a show at the Wells Fargo Center. 4404 Old Redwood Hwy, Santa Rosa. 707.526.3096.

Yao-Kiku Japanese. $$-$$$. Fresh sushi with ingredients flown in from Japan steals the show in

this popular neighborhood restaurant. 2700 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.578.8180.

MARIN COUNTYAvatar’s Indian. $. Fantastic East-meets-West fusion of Indian, Mexican, Italian and American, with dishes customized to your palate. 2656 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.8083.

Bay Thai Thai. $. Fresh Thai food with curries that combine the regions classic sweet and tart elements. Some of the best fried bananas to be found. 809 Fourth St, San Rafael. (Cash only). 415.458.8845.

Cafe Gratitude Vegetarian. $-$$. Mecca for vegans and raw foodists. Clean, light, refreshing food. 2200 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.824.4652.

Crepevine American. $. A casual spot with crepes both of the savory and sweet variety, sandwiches, scrambles, and salads, not to mention a few other categories. Delicious comfort food and a small price 908 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.257.8822.

Fish Seafood. $$-$$$. Incredibly fresh seafood in incredibly relaxed setting overlooking bay. (Cash only.) 350 Harbor Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.FISH.

Fradelizio’s Italian. $$. Locally sourced northern Italian dishes with a California-cuisine touch. The house red is a custom blend from owner Paul Fradelizio. 35 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1618.

The Garden Mediterranean. $$. Casual environment supplying dishes with Mediterranean and Italian flair. Pastas and salads seem to be a favorite among regulars. 333 Enfrente Road, Novato. 415.883.9277.

Left Bank French. $$-$$$. Brasserie Splendid, authentic French cuisine. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.

Marin Brewing Company Brewpub. $-$$. Excellent soups, salads, pub grub and award-winning pork-beer sausage 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.4677.

DiningOur selective list of North Bay restaurants is subject to menu, pricing and schedule changes. Call first for confirmation. Restaurants in these listings appear on a rotating basis. For expanded listings, visit www.bohemian.com.

COST: $ = Under $12; $$ = $13-$20; $$$ = $21-$26; $$$$ = Over $27Rating indicates the low to average cost of a full dinner for one person, exclusive of desserts, beverages and tip.

M&G’s Burgers & Beverages Hamburgers. $. The ultimate in American cuisine. Crispy fries, good burgers and friendly locals chowing down. 2017 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.454.0655.

Mountain Home Inn American. $$$-$$$$. Great summer sandwiches with a view atop Mt Tamalpais 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley. 415.381.9000.

Robata Grill & Sushi Japanese. $$. Mmm. With thick slices of fresh sashimi, Robata knows how to do it. The rolls are big winners. 591 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley. 415.381.8400.

Sol Food Puerto Rican. $. Flavorful, authentic and home-style at this Puerto Rican eatery, which is as hole-in-the-wall as they come. 401 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.380.1986. 811 Fourth St; 901 Lincoln Ave; 903 Lincoln Ave, San Rafael. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 415.451.4765.

Station House Cafe California. $$. Innovative menu, fresh local seafood and range-fed meats. Outdoor dining; full bar 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1515.

Sweetwater Cafe California. $$. A casual, musically influenced ambience with fresh and tasty food. A large menu includes favorites such as huevos rancheros, French toast, chicken and steak sliders and fried apple pie. 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 707.388.1700.

Tavola Italian Kitchen Italian. $$. Cozy-casual dining within a stucco-clad strip mall. Thin crust pizzas, homemade pasta and sausage, meat and fish entrees, and crisp greens. An authentic gem within the Hamilton Marketplace. 5800 Nave Drive, Novato. 415.883.6686.

NAPA COUNTYBounty Hunter Wine Bar. $$. Wine shop and bistro with maverick moxie for the wine cowboy. Premium bottles for sale too. 975 First St, Napa. 707.226.3976.

Cielito Lindo Mexican. $$. Two words: octopus tacos. If that doesn’t tell you what

you need to know about this bright spot on Napa’s dining scene, then try your luck with the bigger dishes like the chile relleno and the pan-roasted halibut—but know that the tacos are the stars here. 1142 Main St., Napa. 707.252.2300.

Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen Eclectic. $$-$$$. As comfortable as it sounds, with a rich and varied melting pot of a menu. 1327 Railroad Ave, St Helena. 707.963.1200.

Farmstead Restaurant American. $$$. Gourmet home-style cooking with an emphasis on local and organic ingredients. Fresh soups and salads to start. Chicken, fish, and “cut of the day” grass-fed beef are only some of the entrée options. 738 Main St., St Helena. 707.963.9181.

Fazerrati’s Pizza. $-$$. Great pie, cool brews, the game’s always on. Great place for post-Little League. 1517 W Imola Ave, Napa. 707.255.1188.

Fumé Bistro & Bar California cuisine. $$$. California bistro fare that nearly always hits the mark. 4050 Byway E, Napa. 707.257.1999.

Gillwoods Cafe Diner. $-$$. Classic hometown diner, specializes in the homemade. 1313 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.1788. 707.253.0409.

Goose & Gander American. $$. Cozy steakhouse vibes, but with a much more generous menu. Fish, pasta and steak are some of the standard dishes, but the G&G burger should not be overlooked. Interesting charcuterie and cheese lists. 1245 Spring St, St Helena. 707.967.8779.

Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet Diner. $-$$. Formerly Taylor’ Automatic Refresher. Famous! 933 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.3486. Also at Oxbow Public Market, 644 First St, Napa. 707.224.6900.

JoLe California. $$$. Casual familial vibes with adventurous interpretations of already loved dishes. Crab cocktail, pork shoulder, and a burger with truffle-flavored cheese. Maximize your experience by trying the tasting menu. 1457 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga. 707.942.5938.

Morimoto Japanese. $$$$. Upscale meets casual

with a wide range of Asian-inspired dishes from Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. Cold and hot appetizers, great seafood options, and newcomer dishes such as Tuna Pizza. Perfect for the adventurous eater. 610 Main St, Napa. 707.252.1600.

Mustard’s Grill American. $$$. “Deluxe truck stop classics” include Dungeness crab cakes with chipotle aioli, grilled Laotian quail with cucumber-scallion salad and a bacon-wrapped rabbit roulade. 7399 St. Helena Hwy, Napa. 707.944.2424.

Napa Valley Biscuits American. $$. A very casual diner serving up biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, and chicken and waffle sliders. And they aren’t kidding when they say “sweet tea.” 1502 Main St., Napa. 707.265.8209.

Pizza Azzurro Italian. $. Run by a former Tra Vigne and Lark Creek Inn alum, the pizza is simple and thin, and ranks as some of the best in the North Bay. 1260 Main St (at Clinton), Napa. 707.255.5552.

Ristorante Allegria Italian. $$. Inside a historic 1916 building lies this Italian restaurant with music, candlelight and a robust menu. Full bar, wine list and special dining in “the Vault”–more romantic than it sounds, believe us. 1026 First St, Napa. 707.254.8006.

Siena California-Tuscan. $$$$. Sophisticated, terroir-informed cooking celebrates the local and seasonal, with electric combinations like sorrel-wrapped ahi tuna puttanesca. 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa. 707.251.1900.

Tarla Mediterranean Grill Greek/Mediterranean. $$. Casual and trendy with a variety of Turkish and Greek options for any meal of the day. The lamb burger should not be missed. 1480 First St, Napa. 707.255.5599.

Zuzu Spanish tapas. $$. Graze your way through a selection of tasty tapas in a lively rustic chic setting with a popular wine bar. Bite-sized Spanish and Latin American specialties include sizzling prawns, Spanish tortilla, and Brazilian style steamed mussels. 829 Main St, Napa. 707.224.8555.

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SONOMA COUNTYChristopher Creek Under new ownership since 2012, this winery is known for its Russian River Valley Syrah. 641 Limerick Lane, Healdsburg. Open daily, 11am–5pm. 707.433.2001.

Donelan Family Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are “gateway drugs” to their lush Syrah. 3352 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa. By appointment only, Monday–Saturday. 707.591.0782.

La Follette Wines You’ve heard of the brands he’s helped to create or save—Flowers, La Crema—but do you know Greg La Follette? Find out how the man behind “big-hair Pinot” has reinvented himself. 180 Morris St., Suite 160, Sebastopol. Daily, 11am–6pm. Tasting fee, $10–$15. Saturday Terroir Tour, $30. 707.827.4933.

Martin Ray Focus is on mountain Cab at unassuming, rambling old winery (formerly, Martini & Prati). Value brand Angeline, too. 2191 Laguna Road, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11am–5pm. 707.823.2404.

Portalupi Wine Husband-and-wife team went the distance, selecting Barbera cuttings from the Italian alps: their Barbera was named best in the world. You’ll also find Vermentino, Pinot, and rustic-chic two-liter milk jugs of “vino di tavola” in comfortable downtown lounge; wine education classes for groups. 107 North St., Healdsburg. Open daily, 10:30am–7pm. Tasting fee, $5–$12. 707.395.0960.

Robert Stemmler Winery Serious Pinot Noir buffs may want to inquire about little-hyped Stemmler wines and their highly allocated sister brand, Donum Estate. 24520 Ramal Road, Sonoma. Limited availability by appointment only. 707.939.2293.

Westwood Winery Tucked away in historic downtown Sonoma, the handsomely furnished tasting salon is a casual setting for a serious sit-down tasting of food-friendly Pinot Noir, and some of the most savory Rhône west of the Rhône, from the Annadel Estate vineyard. 11 E. Napa St., #3, Sonoma. By appointment; tasting fee $10. 707.935.3246.

MARIN COUNTYBacchus & Venus A trendy place for beginners and tourists. Great place to learn the basics. 769 Bridgeway, Sausalito. Open daily, noon–7pm. 415.331.2001.

Heidrun Meadery This is not your fæder’s mead: flower varietal, regional, méthode champenoise sparkling mead on a farm made for the bees. 11925 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes Station. By appointment only, Monday–Friday. 415.663.9122.

Point Reyes Vineyards The tasting room features many varietals but the main reason to go is for the sparkling wines. Open Saturday–Sunday, 11am–5pm. 12700 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes. 415.663.1011.

NAPA COUNTYConstant (WC) Boutique winery specializing in the kind of Cabernet that makes the Wine Spectator drool. 2121 Diamond Mountain Road, Napa. By appointment. 707.942.0707.

Eagle & Rose Estate (WC) Tours of this small winery are led either by the winery owner or the winemaker himself. 3000 St. Helena Hwy. N., Napa. By appointment. 707.965.9463.

Grgich Hills Mike Grgich’s Chardonnays famously beat

the competition at the 1976 “Judgment of Paris” and the all-estate winery is solar-powered and practices organic and biodynamic. 1829 St. Helena Hwy., Rutherford. Open daily, 9:30am–4:30pm. 707.963.2784.

Monticello Vineyards Thomas Jefferson had no success growing wine grapes; happily, the Corley family has made a go of it. Although winetasting is not conducted in the handsome reproduction building itself, there’s a shaded picnic area adjacent. 4242 Big Ranch Rd., Napa. Open daily, 10am–4:30pm. $15. 707.253.2802, ext. 18.

Quixote There is a sense of dignity to the colorful little castle that grows out of the landscape beneath the Stag’s Leap palisades, commensurate with the architect’s humanistic aspirations. 6126 Silverado Trail, Napa. By appointment. 707.944.2659.

Robert Biale Vineyards Was it the high scores that attracted the horde, or the excellence of the wine? It’s a chicken-and-egg type of question, but “Black Chicken” is neither chicken nor egg; it’s a bottle of Zinfandel. 4038 Big Ranch Road, Napa. By appointment daily, 10am–4pm. Tasting fees $20–$35. 707.257.7555.

Shafer Vineyards Stags Leap District icon offers intimate group tastings. Psst, don’t ask how much Merlot is in the famed Hillside Select Cabernet. 6154 Silverado Trail, Napa. By appointment only, Monday–Friday, 10am and 2pm. $55 per person. 707.944.2877.

Tres Sabores At the end of a less-traveled lane, sheep bleat under picholine trees, and Julie Johnson is just as passionate about her pomegranate-infused balsamic as her estate Zinfandel. The setting and vibe is low-key, like a garden art studio. 1620 S. Whitehall Lane, St. Helena. Tours and tasting by appointment only, $25. 707.967.8027.

Most reviews by James Knight. Note: Those listings marked ‘WC’ denote wineries with caves. These wineries are usually only open to the public by appointment.

Wineries in these listings appear on a rotating basis.

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ShakenThe case of the missing martini at Martini Madness BY JAMES KNIGHT

The martini is no disguise for liquor. It only wears vermouth like one wears

cologne, and there’s no hiding under the fat olive foundered at the bottom of the glass and leaking just enough oil to produce a shimmer on the ice-cold, crystal-clear surface. So it’s the perfect frame for showing off the kind of sweet-smelling quality gin and vodka that local craft distillers are making from organic winter wheat and grapes.

That was the lure of Martini Madness, the 15th annual cocktail competition held as part of Sonoma Valley Olive Season, a month-long series of olive-centric events. On Jan. 8, a dozen bartenders from area restaurants and bars set up in Saddles Restaurant at MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa, and started shaking. The event was sponsored by local distillers Prohibition Spirits, Hanson Vodka and Spirit Works.

But the bartenders of Sonoma love their disguises—or costumes, anyway. With typical enthusiasm, HopMonk Tavern went with a Wizard of Oz theme—their “Flying Monkey,” a crazed concoction of Uncle Val’s Gin and FigCello with lemon juice, orange flavor, water and black pepper simple syrup, winning the hearts of attendees for the popular vote, and the palates of the judges, as well. The brewpub crew served their olive—beer-battered—on the side of the tiny martini cocktail cup.

Over at the Saddles Steakhouse booth, a Star Wars theme played in bright blue Curaçao, Hanson ginger vodka and multicolored Pop Rocks (pictured). Fun, but is it a martini? More gourmet but stranger still, 38° North Lounge (the bar at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn) interpreted the martini via the French baked dish Coquille St. Jacques with gruyere-infused gin and a smoked scallop-stuffed olive. Easier to try at home, the Girl & the Fig’s effort was infused with sake and kimchi, and spiced with a sesame-and-chile-flake rim.

The folks from Carneros Bistro just skipped the clear stuff altogether and offered a Manhattan with Hooker House bourbon and a compressed olive. What’s a compressed olive? I wanted to know too. “You know what,” the bartender said, throwing up her hands, “you just compress it, and you enjoy it!” Extra points to B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille for floating Haraszthy Zinfandel on their Manhattan-style Zinful Cowboy.

Finally, I ran into someone who had a big, traditional martini in her hand. She got it at the hotel bar.

Tickets may still be available for the main event, the Feast of the Olive Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 30, 6–10pm, at Ramekins, 450 W. Spain St., Sonoma. Dinner features wine pairings, three menus and five courses made by 19 chefs. 707.996.1090. www.olivefestival.com.

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APPLE OF HER EYE Zohn Mandel specializes in

portraits, especially of women like the one in this striking

photograph. (See ‘Behind the Lens,’ next page.)

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PicturesqueStudio Space Santa Rosa is a haven for North Bay photographers BY CHARLIE SWANSON

Studio Space Santa Rosa was born out of a need for more space.

“We were all working out of our garages and cramped bedrooms,” says Josh Katz, co-owner of Studio Space Santa Rosa, Sonoma County’s new and only full-service, professional photography studio for rent and hire.

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Katz, a long-time professional photographer, was fed up with shooting clients in his home, and two years ago started looking for a place where he could expand his work. When he couldn’t find a full-service workspace to shoot in, he decided to create one.

Katz joined forces with friend and fine artist Jeff D’Ottavio, and now the two co-own and operate Studio Space Santa Rosa in an industrial block on Piner Road where they offer photography and video studio rentals complete with seamless backdrops, photographic light packages and their expertise, available at reasonable rates.

The photography came first. The business was an afterthought.

“I’ve been taking pictures ever since I was a kid,” says Katz. “My grandfather was a journalist and shot also; that’s where I got my interest in photography originally.” Katz’s grandfather, David Zeitlin, worked for Life magazine, covering Hollywood in the ’50s and ’60s.

“I was really fortunate that my parents noticed early on that I had an interest and gave me a camera when I was four or five,” continues Katz. “And I’ve had a camera in my hand since.”

Both Katz and D’Ottavio grew up bouncing between family in the North Bay and Los Angeles. Katz went to film school “a couple

Behind the LensLocal photographers share their stories

of times,” he says, attending City College in San Francisco and Los Angeles. “I have six years’ worth of a two-year college under my belt,” Katz laughs, “so I feel pretty confident in my skills.”

Katz worked for years in Los Angeles in film and television production before moving to Sonoma County permanently a decade ago. He met D’Ottavio while working at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol, and the two quickly bonded over their artistic interests.

With a client list that ranges from Russian River Brewing Company to local bands, Katz knew he needed something more than a room in an apartment if he was going to take his photography to the next level.

In addition to his professional gigs, Katz’s ongoing personal photo project is an intimate and expressive portrait series, snapped on peel-apart instant film shot with a large-format camera.

D’Ottavio excels in several fine art media, recently working in “pyrography,” or wood-burning art. Like Katz, he was dissatisfied working from his home. “We talked about renting a space that we could share for our own work, but never very seriously. Then one day I got a bug up my butt and started looking,” says Katz.

He and D’Ottavio found the small Santa Rosa space in August 2014. “There are a lot of places for rent in Sonoma County, but nothing super-affordable,”

SARA SANGERWhat is your Hometown?I grew up in Forestville, but moved to Santa Rosa the minute I could.

How did you first get into photography?I was attending the Santa Rosa Junior College as a teen, and had done some modeling as well. I felt really uncomfortable in front of the camera. A lot of my early experience around photographers didn’t leave a great example for me. I really didn’t even see myself in that position, as I wasn’t really pushy or driven to manipulate people, which was my experience working with photographers as a young woman.

Once I started taking classes at the JC, I realized that I could put my own vision into what I wanted to photograph. By the end of the semester, I was building my own darkroom and scraping all the camera stores for affordable options. I went fast from 35mm to medium format to large format.

Within a year, I was hanging out at the local photo stores all day, eventually getting a job at a photo store with some great folks.

Do you have any other formal training?I have a BA in fine art with an emphasis in photography from Sonoma State University. I’m glad to have gotten a broad degree that included general education, sculpture and drawing; the skills learned in other classes are the ones that I come back to really often. Even math class has proved itself useful to me!

After college, I transitioned to assisting other photographers in Sonoma County and the Bay Area, and the humbling nature of finding out that college didn’t really prepare me for much in the professional photography world was pretty jarring. I learned fast, and at the time, film was being replaced by digital in the pro world, so I got to learn Photoshop and some amazing technology on the job.

Who are your favorite photographers? Are you inspired by any particular photographer’s work, either growing up or currently?Much like the local music scene, my inspiration is my peers, for sure. Brian Gaberman has always been a great photographer, and extraordinarily technical but with so much soul in his photos. He photographs a lot of skateboarding images, which is something I don’t even know much about, but his composition and use of blacks is great.

It’s always inspiring to see photographers who can work in the commercial world and still have their own voice. As far as “famous” photographers, I’ve always loved Wolfgang Tillmans, who I will never photograph like at all, but his sense of humor and use of a flat natural light is something I am pretty in love with. Anton Corbijn has taken some of the most iconic music portraits of my generation.

What cameras do you use the most and why?I use Canon cameras. I shoot with a Canon 5DSr and a Canon 5D Mark III. I’ve invested in some great lenses, like tilt shift and wide aperture lenses, which have

helped me transition my look in digital photography from the one I developed using a Mamiya 645 film camera and 4-by-5 field camera.

And lights! Everyone always wants to know about the camera, but it’s equally about controlling light. I use a lot of strobes in my work, but am trying to get back to more natural-light shoots.

What kind of photography do you do professionally?I currently work as a full-time commercial advertising photographer specializing in wine, food and cool people.

What kind of photography do you do for fun or art?I still have some fun projects with musicians, which is what I originally wanted to do. I occasionally even shoot a music video. I shoot a lot of stuff for my own band, the New Trust, which feels really good to represent our music and us in a visual way we can control. I’m so lucky to get to work with great friends and artists locally like the Velvet Teen, Emily Whitehurst, Ashley Allred, and will forever keep doing it.

Do you have any dream photo projects?My goal this last year was to work

make the space work for them.“Someone said to me, if you turn

this into a studio that people can rent, there’s nothing else like that around here,” says Katz. “There wasn’t a place around here that did what we were talking about doing. I think the closest is San Rafael.”

Together, Katz and D’Ottavio built the warehouse space into a professional studio boasting, among other things, a large cyclorama wall that curves from wall to floor seamlessly. Cyc walls are often used in the background of photo and video shoots to suggest an unlimited space behind the subject.

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SHUTTER BROTHERS Jeff D’Ottavio, left, and Josh Katz founded Studio Space Santa Rosa after meeting at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol.

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“We did all the work to get it up and running, get it clean and usable, and all of a sudden it was just us paying the rent,” explains D’Ottavio. “It’s not really easy to survive off of selling art work. It took about five years for me to get to that point where regular checks were coming in, and it’s the same with photography; you can’t just snap a bunch of pictures and sell them off and pay your rent.”

The two had to find a way to

with a larger team, using stylists and professional models more for projects, and it’s made a huge difference in my work. I got to shoot an amazing campaign for Sonoma County Tourism, and I feel weirdly emotional about getting to have a small part in representing this place and helping to make our imagery for tourism inclusive, diverse and fun.sarasanger.com.

ZOHN MANDELWhat is your Hometown?I’ve never really known how to answer that question, since I grew up in so many different places in California and other states. My mom currently lives in Napa, so that’s usually my go-to answer. I’ve lived in Santa Rosa for eight years.

How did you first get into photography?I always had disposable cameras as a kid. I grew up enjoying observing people and life around me and capturing things that seemed really special.

Do you have any other formal training?My mother showed me the ropes of a 35mm film camera before high school. Since then, I have

taken photography classes as high school electives, college courses and some alternative courses at the RayKo Photo Center in S.F. But honestly, most of those classes felt really restraining to me, although fundamentally important. I tend to learn more by messing around and experimenting on my own.

Who are your favorite photographers? Are are you inspired by any particular photographer’s work?I’m really inspired by Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Diane Arbus and Francesca Woodman. All of these women capture a darkness in humanity that I really admire and appreciate. I have always been intrigued by the concept of Cindy Sherman’s work, although I have never been comfortable with her actual images. I love the amount of vulnerability she encompasses, and that her work reflects self-exploration.

What cameras do you use the most and why?For 35mm film, I use an old Minolta that I scored from Sacks thrift store years ago. That thing is my baby. I have an ongoing love affair with my old Polaroid land camera, although I haven’t been

using it much lately. Digitally, I just upgraded from a Nikon D80 to a Nikon D750, and I often use that for paid work. I’ve noticed that Santa Rosa isn’t a big Nikon community, so I hope there won’t be a mob standing outside of my house with pitchforks now that I outed my love for the Nikon digital platform.

What kind of photography do you do professionally?Portraiture is my niche. Portraits of women are my strong suit, although I have been trying to break out of shooting primarily females. I have done a lot of fashion work as well, and I also love working with musicians. Some years, I run a special on awkward/weird holiday family portraits, which is always a blast.

What kind of photography do you do for fun or art?I enjoy quirky stuff and getting creative with people in collaboration. I have a habit of doing very impromptu shoots when they’re for fun. Creatively, I work best on the fly. Spontaneity has always added something magical to my work, and I cherish the creative energy that comes with it. I haven’t ever really been one for planning, but I love

grabbing a friend and going out to the coast or setting up my lighting in my studio and just having fun together.

Do you have any dream photo projects?I have always secretly wanted to be a photojournalist and travel the world capturing moments of the human experience. I think imagery is such a strong way of communicating, maybe more so now than ever, with how the internet and social media supplement our daily lives. Our culture is so tapped-in right now in such a fast-paced way that I would want to capture some real grit and glow of the world, and share it in hopes it can reach people in some way and connect people’s hearts to the bigger picture for a moment.zohnmandel.com; zohnmandel@gmail.com.

COLLIN MORROWWhat is your Hometown?I was born in Healdsburg. I have continued to live in Sonoma County for the last 25 years. Right now, I live in Roseland with two roommates in a wonderful restored 1930s turquoise home with a colorful garden and a wood stove.

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16massive crane for positioning. “A lot of photographers around here don’t own lights. They’re an expensive investment,” says Katz. “Oftentimes, someone will come in to use the space and go, ‘Wow, what the hell are those? Can you show me how to use that?’”

“Pretty early on, we realized that it could cater to a lot of different people,” says D’Ottavio. “One of our first clients came in and she only shot in natural light, and we have plenty of good natural lights from skylights. And we can mimic any kind of lighting with our equipment.”

The space has been used for product work, fashion work, music video shoots, “and some work I don’t know what they’re doing in there,” adds Katz. “It’s pretty open to whatever someone can think of.”

Still, even with everything coming together, Katz and D’Ottavio could never have imagined what happened last April.

“We ended up moving due to circumstances that were out of our control,” says Katz.

“The neighbor burned the place down,” interjects D’Ottavio.

Just as the business was starting to gain traction, an accidental fire in the unit adjacent

to them damaged the facility and all the equipment and work they had put into it. “I got a call from the landlord in the middle of the month, which I let go to voicemail, and then we came in that morning and the place was boarded up,” remembers Katz.

Luckily, their landlord and insurance helped them out of a potentially business-ruining mess. They moved to another, larger space in the same block and set about building Studio Space Santa Rosa from the ground up—again.

“It is what it is,” says Katz. “We were out of business for a couple of months, but in the end, it all

worked out. It’s weird to say that a fire shutting down your business is a pretty painless experience, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, but it worked out.”

It took another three months to get back up and running, including buying all the lighting again and building a new, 18-foot cyclorama wall. Still, they both see the move as a blessing in disguise.

“We have a huge amount of space now, and people seem to enjoy having that large space to work in,” says Katz.

Since reopening last September, Studio Space Santa Rosa has continued to grow its client list and has been busier than ever.

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How did you first get into photography?Since about the age of 13 I remember playing with cameras. It wasn’t until I purchased my first camera [Olympus Stylus] at the local Goodwill when I was 17 that I began photographing more purposefully and intentionally. My grandfather always had a camera on hand. He didn’t treat photography like a fine art per se, but was a big believer in preserving memories, especially of his family. My grandmother, on the other hand, explored photography for the fine art that it

is. She shot film, both 35mm and 120. She even built a darkroom attached to her house and began printing.

Do you have any other formal training?I’ve played with cameras for many years, but it wasn’t until about four years ago that a friend named Zachary Sumner took me under his wing and showed me the ropes. I started taking classes at the Santa Rosa Junior College, where I have been a student off and on again for the last five years. I also work at Jeremiah’s

Photo Corner in Santa Rosa. Working there is helping me stay consistent in my desire to experiment more in photography.

Who are your favorite photographers?Alec Soth is someone who I recently discovered. He is a Minneapolis-based photographer, who works primarily with an 8-by-10 land camera. His work entitled Sleeping by the Mississippi was what got me hooked. Ren Hang is a phenomenal photographer, I am deeply inspired by his portraiture. He is a master at flash photography.

What kind of photography do you do for fun or art?I’ve currently been focusing on portraiture, combined with some landscape. I spent the fall working with my roommates, creating a portfolio of masked portraiture. This coming year, I am taking time off from school so I can start working on personal projects and client-based work. I also plan on scanning and compiling a body of work of my grandmother’s negatives and photographs, and sharing them.

Do you have any dream photo projects?I would love to photograph the drag community. I am deeply drawn to drag culture, and I would love to document the process,

the motivation, the creative energy, the love, the struggle, the fight they endure while crafting female/male illusion. I am obsessed with queer culture.

callin2morrow@gmail.com; cmorrowphotography.tumblr.com.

NEIGHT ELDERWhat is your Hometown?I was born in Santa Rosa in 1975, raised in Sebastopol.

How did you first get into photography?I’ve always loved music, photos and videos. In 2004, I had a bicycle accident that caused a spinal-cord injury and landed me in a wheelchair. At the time I owned a pizza shop, Borolo’s Pizza. In 2009, I sold the pizza shop and started a record label with my good friend Jeff Mahoney called Burning Token Records. We bought a professional video camera and began making as much content as possible for our website. We grew Burning Token into a multimedia company, making commercials, wedding videos, sport videos and music videos.

Do you have any other formal training?In 2010, I bought my first DSLR camera as a second video camera, and I started shooting photos

TAKE THE SHOT Collin Morrow has been taking photos since he was 13. This photo features Calistoga native and artist Daniel Crook in his L.A. apartment.

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17The new, bigger space also allowed Katz and D’Ottavio to begin hosting monthly pop-up gallery art shows, an idea they talked about but never realized in the original space.

Each month, Studio Space opens its doors for a one-night showing of photography and art from local talents like Sara Sanger and Zohn Mandel (see “Behind the Lens,” p14), as well as Katz and D’Ottavio’s works and those from emerging artists who wouldn’t have the chance to display their art publicly anywhere else.

“We know how hard it is to get your work seen. So we decided once we got this space and

could do the gallery shows, we wanted to give people a place to show their work where they haven’t been able to before,” says D’Ottavio. “And if that can encourage more people to do this stuff, get people painting and taking pictures and learning their craft, that’s perfect. That’s what we’re here for.”

For photographers interested in utilizing Studio Space Santa Rosa, the time is now, as Katz and D’Ottavio are also offering a New Year’s special with 20 percent off the usual rates. For more information, visit www.studiospacesantarosa.com.

with it, mainly of bands at live shows. Through the process of filming and taking photos of hundreds of bands, wedding and sporting events, I learned how to work my cameras and compose a decent shot.

Who are your favorite photographers?I watched documentary’s on the legends of landscape photography like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, as well as modern photographers like Trey Ratcliff , Aaron Nace and John Paul Caponigro. The photography community in Sonoma County is full of so much talent. Bob Bowman, Mike Shoys and Diane Hill have all been such a huge influence on my work.

What cameras do you use the most and why?Nowadays, I’m using the Sony a7r II for my landscape photography, and I use the Canon 5D Mark III for portrait and product shots. The Sony makes beautiful large prints.

What kind of photography do you do professionally?I still film and take photos of bands or business products through Burning Token. I also have prints of my work available at my website.

What kind of photography do you do for fun or art?Once I discovered night photography, it became a full-blown addiction. I started to photograph around sunset and into the night. Sonoma County is an amazing place for night photography. We have the Milky Way visible at our coast and the brilliant lights of San Francisco one hour to the south. There’s something so peaceful about being out at night and capturing it with photography. In 2015, I started making prints and showing at galleries and coffee shops. And for 2016, I made my first Sonoma County calendar.

Do you have any dream photo projects?I plan on doing a calendar every year and maybe even a Sonoma County coffee-table book by the end of 2016. Also this year, I plan to venture out into California. Places like Yosemite and Death Valley are at the top of my list.

neightelderphotography.com; burningtoken.com. For more work by profiled photographers, read this story at bohemian.com.

WORKING GIRL Former waitress-turned-standup-star Sarah Tiana hits the stage on

Thursday, Jan. 21, at Sally Tomatoes in Rohnert Park. See Comedy, p24.

The week’s events: a selective

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Tangled KnotsJohnna Adams’ ‘Gideon’s Knot’ is not an easy play to sit through. The tense, 90-minute one-act is gut-wrenching, but also eloquent and profound. The drama focuses on a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed schoolteacher who meet to talk about Gideon, the mother’s son, who may have been bullied or may have been the bully. Acted by Bay Area talents Taylor Bartolucci and Dyan McBride, the play comes to Napa for a five-performance run Jan. 20–24 at Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. $21–$31. 707.266.6305.

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Pirate PartyIn retrospect, losing on the television show America’s Got Talent in 2010 was the best thing to happen to musician Lindsey Stirling. The electronic violinist has since gone on to worldwide acclaim with a fan base in the millions, thanks to YouTube. Last year she sold out the Uptown Theatre in Napa, and this year she returns to the North Bay with a book chronicling her unlikely rise to stardom, The Only Pirate at the Party. Stirling reads from Pirate and gives a talk on Thursday, Jan. 21, at Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 7pm. Two tickets included with every book purchase. 707.762.0563.

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Teen TalentTeen Town Talent, Sebastopol

Community Center’s newest outreach program, aims to provide performance opportunities to at-risk youth. This week, in association with Sebastopol music school Great Burro Studios, the program presents the Youth in Music Benefit Concert that features several ridiculously talented young local musicians and a bevy of bands. All proceeds go to the outreach program, which is looking to host an open mic night every month beginning in February. The Youth in Music concert kicks out a new generation of jams on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. 3pm. $7–$10. 707.874.3176.

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Humane Film FestFirst formed in Grass Valley, the Animal Film Festival is now a traveling show, screening films about critters and helping animal-centric programs in Santa Cruz, Cupertino and Novato, where it takes residence this weekend. Benefiting the Marin Humane Society and the Center for Animal Protection & Education, the Animal Film Fest presents shorts and feature-length documentaries like Cowspiracy, and narrative films that focus on relationships between animals and humans. Saturday night’s special guest Camilla Fox will speak on her founding role in Marin’s Project Coyote and the group’s mission of coexistence. The film fest takes place on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 23–24, at the Marin Humane Society, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato. Saturday, 7pm; Sunday, 1pm. $15–$20. 415.883.4621.

—Charlie Swanson

OLD TIMEY Jeremiah Flynn runs his tintype photography studio out of a repurposed Mercedez-Benz fire truck.

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Vintage ImagesMobile tintype studio recreates classic Civil War look with modern optics BY CHARLIE SWANSON

It’s hard to believe, in the era of Instagram and iPhones, but photographs actually

used to be made of film. Even crazier, way back in the

early days of photography, in the 1850s, the images were made on metal, created through a technique known as “collodion wet-plate process” or, more simply, tintype.

One hundred and fifty years later, not many people have ever heard of tintype, yet in Santa

Rosa, the process lives on in a modern way. And this year, it’s gone mobile.

Sonoma County photographer Jeremiah Flynn has owned and operated Jeremiah’s Photo Corner in Santa Rosa’s South A Street Arts District for six years, offering services and products to professionals and aspiring shooters alike. He’s also dedicated to mentoring photography students.

“I’ve realized that you get the fundamentals from school, but

you also learn a lot going into a shop,” says Flynn.

Flynn has long had a particular fascination with the old tintype photos, allured by the complicated chemical process and striking image. “I always like the look of the final product. Tintypes record UV light, so there’s something slightly surreal, slightly radiant to them. They have a kind of luminescence.”

Tintype, in fact, never utilized tin. Back in the 1800s, when the process was used to capture

images of Civil War soldiers and portraits of Abraham Lincoln, it was done on iron. Nowadays, it’s aluminum, backed with black velvet. Emulsifying chemicals are applied wet on a rigid metal plate that’s then loaded into a large-format camera and exposed. The positive image appears directly on the aluminum.

About two years ago, Flynn perfected the process and started taking tintypes at events around the North Bay. “It’s definitely reignited my interest and passion in photography across the board,” he says.

Last year, Flynn was at the former Maker Media location in Sebastopol when he saw the company’s old-school fire truck.

“It was obvious that it was something weird,” says Flynn. The vehicle, really more of a van, was a mobile workshop for Maker Media. The boxy, red, German fire truck, made by Mercedes-Benz in the 1970s, had seating for nine and a large cab in the back, where Flynn envisioned a mobile tintype studio.

Flynn talked with Maker Media, and procured the vehicle. After six weeks of late-night modifications, he had created a photography studio where he can shoot and process his tintypes.

Since going mobile, Flynn has been a crowd-pleasing figure at South A Street arts events and elsewhere.

“We have our pictures taken so much, but how many of us get formal portraits unless it’s our wedding day or something like that?” asks Flynn. “Nobody ever sits down deliberately to take our picture, or I should say we don’t seek out somebody to take our picture.”

Jeremiah’s Photo Corner is located at 441 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa. 707.544.4800. See more of Jeremiah Flynn’s tintypes at jeremiahflynn.com.

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SHOOT TO KILL Nice guy John Krasinski trades his stapler for a gun in typically nonsubtle Michael Bay political thriller.

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Benghazi BlitzLeave your brain at home for heavy-handed ‘Thirteen Hours’ BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

In 2012, four American personnel were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi, the first two at a gated compound where the U.S. ambassador Christopher

Stevens (Matt Letscher) was temporarily staying. Two others died later that night in defense of a secret CIA base nearby.

The firefight has been interpreted by conservatives as evidence of a massive policy failure by the Obama administration. It’s also been seen as an opportunity for issues-bereft Republicans seeking to make some hay out of a disaster that you are guaranteed to know less about after seeing Thirteen Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Director Michael Bay, it seems, aims to drive the thought out of your head though massive firepower and chest-bumping.

The group of soldiers, Navy SEALs and contractual hires by the CIA are masked with beards and mirrored sunglasses; the one gentle face we can read belongs to a buffed-up John Krasinski (The Office) as Jack Da Silva, a SEAL whose thoughts are of home.

Bay is the opposite of someone like director Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), who can see through the chaos and give you an idea of targets and trajectories. Bay likes stuff up front, and the visuals are, thus, shallow—we only get an idea of the lay of the land when we see it through drone shots and sniper scopes, and then only as backdrop to the greasing of several hundred opponents.

The love of impact is so strong in Bay’s films that it is demonstrated in the smallest moments: a boot thumping into the asphalt, a metal lighter tossed slo-mo into a pool of gasoline. Studly dialogue includes lines like “I hate to piss on your party, ladies” and “They’re all bad guys until they’re not.” This is the kind of film in which a solemn memorial service in Langley shares space with video footage of a dog eating Doritos.

‘Thirteen Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’ is playing in wide release in the North Bay.

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HEADBANGER Ernest Wuethrich is an architect by day and punk and metal promoter by night.

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Metal HeadLocal promoter goes to the extremes BY EDDIE JORGENSEN

North Bay fans of metal and hardcore may have noticed

a resurgence in the genres since 2011. That’s the year Ernest Wuethrich took the reigns of the local metal scene as a music booker and promoter.

Wuethrich’s next major show is on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Annie O’s Music Hall in Santa Rosa, and features Mississippi rock and rollers Saving Abel sharing the bill with Petaluma’s Motogruv, who are celebrating a reunion after spending the last few years on hiatus.

The next week, Wuethrich hosts an album-release show on Jan. 29 at the Arlene Francis Center for Sonoma County doom-metal lords Oden Sun, lead by infamous North

Bay metal icon, regurgitator and Skitzo frontman Lance Ozanix.

Wuethrich, a 36-year-old San Jose native, moved to Santa Rosa after getting a degree in landscape architecture from UC Davis. A passion for hardcore metal led him to booking live shows, though, with no previous experience in organizing concerts, he had to learn by trial and error.

“There was definitely some problems I had to overcome at first,” says Wuethrich. “I talked with [Phoenix Theater manager] Tom Gaffey at length about this. It seemed like the scene was very organic during the early and late ’90s, and everyone came out to concerts.”

Wuethrich wanted to recapture that spirit. Sonoma County didn’t have much of a local metal scene when he started in 2011, and aside from the occasional national act coming through, booking agents were largely passing on the market for shows in San Francisco and Sacramento.

By soliciting local bands and scouring the internet for national acts, Wuethrich soon started booking shows at underground Sonoma County venues like the Transient Lounge in Santa Rosa, a short-lived punk warehouse, under the name Gather Booking and Management, the moniker he still uses for his business.

In the last couple of years, Wuethrich has booked large-scale national, regional and local hardcore bands including Sacramento’s Conducting from the Grave, Santa Cruz’s Arsonists Get All the Girls, Los Angeles outfit Otep, Houston thrashers DRI, Baltimore’s Misery Index and many others.

Today, the bands are starting to come back to the North Bay because of Wuethrich’s efforts. Currently, he is booking events as Sonoma County Metal and Hardcore in an effort to bring some cohesion into a widely diverse music scene.

“There are kids who are starting to identify with a positive metal community,” Wuethrich says, “and that’s what I want to develop.”

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Concerts SONOMA COUNTY

Charles Lloyd & Bill Frisell DuoHealdsburg Jazz presents the world premiere of the duo that pairs two of the most acclaimed jazz musicians working today. Jan 24, 6:30pm. $75. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Sonoma County PhilharmonicThe orchestra presents “German Idylls,” featuring a program that includes Johannes Brahms’ Symphony no 4 in E minor. Jan 23, 7:30pm and Jan 24, 2pm. $10-$15. SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, socophil.org.

Ty Segall & the MuggersSonoma County’s Pizza Punx presents the red-hot indie rock star with his latest band and openers Useless Eaters and CFM. Jan 24, 8pm. $12. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Youth in Music Benefit ConcertGreat Burro Studios and Teen Town Talent hosts a day of music from young performers and local bands Radar, Far & Away, Ink Blot Ave and many others. Jan 23, 3pm. $7-$10. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol. 707.874.3176.

MARIN COUNTY

‘Fiesta Total’ Flamenco ShowGuitarist David McLean and dancer Clare Rodriguez are joined by Melissa Cruz and Damien Alvarez for a spicy performance. Jan 21, 7:30pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

IndiviDúoDynamic Latin pop duo is made of Californian singer and songwriter Tiffany Joy and Colombian musician and songwriter Maqui Reyes. Jan 24, 7pm. $17-$20. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

Los LobosLegendary Los Angeles rock

band takes the stage in San Rafael. Jan 21, 8pm. $49. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

NAPA COUNTY

The Beach BoysLed by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, the iconic pop band are still surfing with classic hits and good times. Jan 27, 7:30pm. $75-$115. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Mozart in Napa ValleyNapa Valley Music Associates presents their 21st annual concert benefit that this year also celebrates the composer’s 260th birthday. Jan 24, 2:30pm. $15-$20. Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center, 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Napa. 707.322.8402.

Clubs & Venues

SONOMA COUNTY

A’Roma RoastersJan 22, Collaboration with David Scott. Jan 23, Levi Lloyd. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music HallJan 23, Saving Abel and Motogruv. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.542.1455.

Aqus CafeJan 20, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Jan 22, Dictator Tots. Jan 23, Nassab and the Sheep. Jan 24, 2pm, Allen Early. Jan 27, bluegrass and old time music jam. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis CenterJan 21, Elicious with Antiphony and Yurameshi. Jan 22, 6pm, Francisco Herrera with Miguel Govea, Chad Bola and Urban Natives. Jan 23, “The Edge of Winter” with Model Behavior, the Vespertine Orchestra and the Dollhouses. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops TavernJan 21, Ricky Alan Ray. Jan 22, Hilary Marckx. Jan 23, the Sticky Notes. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

The Big EasyJan 20, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Jan 21, Kelly & Elfman Quartet. Jan 22, celebration of Django Reinhardt. Jan 23, Foxes in the Henhouse. Jan 24, Hot Grubb. Jan 26, the American Alley Cats. Jan 27, Certified Organic. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.776.4631.

Brixx PizzeriaJan 23, Blue Diamond Fillups. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.766.8162.

B&V Whiskey Bar & GrilleJan 22, DJ Isak. Jan 23, DJ Cal. 400 First St E, Sonoma. 707.938.7110.

Cellars of SonomaJan 21, John Pita. Jan 22, Craig Corona. Jan 23, Sean Megoran. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.578.1826.

Center for Spiritual LivingJan 22, an evening with Karen Drucker. 2075 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.4543.

Corkscrew Wine BarJan 22, Home Brew. Jan 23, Neck and Neck. Jan 26, songwriter’s lounge with Lauralee Brown. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.789.0505.

Dry Creek KitchenJan 25, Carlos Henrique Pereira and Christian Foley-Beining Duo. Jan 26, Jim Adams and Tom Shader Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.0330.

Flamingo LoungeJan 22, the Midnight Band. Jan 23, Funky Dozen. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Gaia’s GardenJan 20, El Tocte. Jan 22, Activists Lounge. Jan 27, Klezmer Creek. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.544.2491.

Green Music CenterJan 22, Marc-André Hamelin. Jan 23, Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band and the Pete Escovedo Latin Jazz Orchestra. Jan 24, 3pm, “Peter and the Wolf” with Santa Rosa Symphony. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Guerneville LibraryJan 23, 2pm, Carl and Eddie’s American Roots Musical Evolution. 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville. 707.869.9004.

MusicHopMonk SebastopolJan 21, Songwriters in the Round. Jan 22, Yugi Boi with Charles the First and Gabriel Francisco. Jan 23, Lungs and Limbs with Become the Villain. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

HopMonk SonomaJan 22, Billy Manzik. Jan 23, Whitherward. 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 707.935.9100.

Hotel HealdsburgJan 23, Smith Dobson V Quartet. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring DonkeyJan 22, Urban Grass. Jan 23, New Belgium Citradelic IPA Launch Party with Dictator Tots. Jan 24, 5:30pm, John Underwood with Oddjob Ensemble and Chris Fox. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.772.5478.

Lagunitas Tap RoomJan 20, Eyes on the Shore. Jan 21, Aqua Velvet. Jan 22, Free Peoples. Jan 23, Intuitive Compass. Jan 24, the GroWiser Band. Jan 25, Casa Grande Music Program benefit concert. Jan 27, Jason Bodlovich. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Mc T’s BullpenJan 22, DJ Miguel. Jan 23, Wiley’s Coyotes. Jan 24, George Heagerty & Never the Same. 16246 First St, Guerneville. 707.869.3377.

Monroe Dance HallJan 23, Mark St. Mary Zydeco Band. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.529.5450.

Murphy’s Irish PubJan 23, Doug Adamz. Jan 24, Hooper and Sloss Trio. 464 First St E, Sonoma. 707.935.0660.

Mystic TheatreJan 20, the Paul Thorn Band. Jan 24, the Wood Brothers and Liz Vice. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Phoenix TheaterJan 22, Ridgway with One Armed Joey and Legal Disaster. Jan 23, Phoenix Pro Wrestling. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Redwood CafeThurs, Open Mic. Jan 20, Irish set dancing. Jan 22, reggae at the Redwood. Jan 23, the Thugz. Jan 24, 6pm, Irish jam session. Jan 27, Irish set dancing. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Resurrection ParishJan 24, 3:30pm, Albatross

Clarinet Quartet. 303 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa.

Rio Nido RoadhouseJan 23, Hot Zone. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.

Rossi’s 1906Jan 21, 6:30pm, Paint Night at Rossi’s. Jan 21, vaudeville night with the Crux, Intuitive Compass and Oddjob Ensemble. Jan 22, Don Trotta. Jan 24, 5pm, Sweet Potato 5. 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s BrewpubJan 23, Greg Hester Trio. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.

Stout Brothers Irish PubJan 22-23, DJ Rule 62. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.

Twin Oaks TavernMon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. Jan 20, Attila Viola and the Bakersfield Boys. Jan 21, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Jan 22, the Bruthas. Jan 23, Paulie’s Garage. Jan 24, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with Weekend at Bernie’s. Jan 27, the Bootleg Honeys. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Wells Fargo Center for the ArtsJan 27, the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

MARIN COUNTY

Carolina BoutiqueJan 22, 6pm, Greg Loiacono and Grahame Lesh acoustic duo. 444 Ignacio Blvd, Novato. 415.883.4883.

Dance PalaceJan 24, 10X10 Performance Lab. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

FenixJan 21, Soul Mechanix. Jan 22, Journey Revisited. Jan 23, Fenix Anniversary with the Purple Ones. Jan 24, 6:30pm, Ancient Future dinner concert. Jan 26, Alex de Grassi with Keith Greeninger and Quiles & Cloud.. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

HopMonk NovatoJan 20, open mic night with Jeff Belbey. Jan 21, Key Lime Pie and Firewheel. Jan 22, Notorious. Jan 27, ope mic night with Angel & the Little Devils. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist ChurchJan 24, 4pm, the Russian Chamber Orchestra. 415.664.1760. 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

19 Broadway ClubMon, open mic. Jan 20, Tomas D. Jan 21, Fistful of Scandal. Jan 22, Stymie and the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra. Jan 23, Vir McCoy and Inkx Herman duo with Sirens of Soul. Jan 24, 5pm, Namely Us featuring Connie Ducey. Jan 26, “Bluesdays” with Walt the Dog. Jan 27, Sanford Barnett Trio. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name BarTues, open mic. Jan 20, Stepheni Elli & No Name Specials. Jan 21, Michael LaMacchia Band. Jan 22, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jan 23, Fuzzy Slippers. Jan 24, Remedy with Clem & Them. Jan 25, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Jan 27, Billy Dee & Fiddling Cal. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.

Old St Hilary’s LandmarkJan 24, 4pm, Berkeley Choro Ensemble. 201 Esperanza, Tiburon.

Osteria DivinoJan 20, Noel Jewkes Duo. Jan 21, Chris Amberger Duo. Jan 22, Ken Cook Trio. Jan 23, Jay Sanders Trio. Jan 24, Parker Grant Trio. Jan 26, Lucia Iman. Jan 27, Deborah Winters with Ken Cook. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel RestaurantJan 20, the Machiavelvets. Jan 21, Deborah Winters. Jan 26, Lorin Rowan. Jan 27, Bob Gordon & the UFOs. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver DollarMon, Billy D’s open mic. Jan 20, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Jan 21, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Jan 22, Ancient Baby. Jan 23, Ann Halen. Jan 26, Fresh Baked Blues and Waldo’s Special. Jan 27, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho NicasioJan 22, Gary Vogensen & the Ramble. Jan 23, the Overcommitments. Jan 24, 4pm, Todos Santos. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Rickey’sJan 22, Phillip Percy Pack. Jan 23, Karen Sudjian and

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Sausalito SeahorseMon, Marco Sainz Trio. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. Jan 22, Doc Kraft & Company. Jan 23, Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band. Jan 24, Candela with Edgardo Cambon. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner SaloonJan 21, the Babushka Brothers. Jan 22, Whitherward. Jan 23, Urban Grass. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Studio 55 MarinJan 24, Cape Breton Trio. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael. 415.453.3161.

Sweetwater Music HallJan 20, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra. Jan 22, Reckless in Vegas with SuperHuey. Jan 26, Kung Fu with Lee Gallagher & the Hallelujah. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

Terrapin CrossroadsJan 20, the Terrapin All-Stars’ Beatles night. Jan 22, Stu Allen & the Terrapin All-Stars. Jan 23, Scott Law and friends. Jan 24, Midnight North with Scott Law. Jan 25, “Grateful Monday” with Stu Allen and Scott Law. Jan 26, Stu Allen and friends. Jan 27, “New Nashville Night” with the Terrapin All-Stars. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

NAPA COUNTY

Jarvis ConservatoryJan 23, Cypress String Quartet. 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Silo’sJan 21, Mike Greensill jazz. Jan 22, Ray Obiedo & Mistura Fina. Jan 23, Forejour. Jan 27, Mike Greensill jazz. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uptown TheatreJan 23, Jake Shimabukuro. 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Uva TrattoriaJan 20, Tom Duarte. Jan 21, Three on a Match. Jan 22, Party of Three. Jan 23, Kickin the Mule. Jan 24, Justin Diaz. Jan 27, Nate Lopez. 1040 Clinton St, Napa. 707.255.6646.

Emotional FinalePizza Punx go out big with Ty SegallNo one does it like Ty Segall. The Bay Area rock and roll multi-instrumentalist, who has played in San Francisco rock bands like Sic Alps and his own power trio Fuzz, announced his latest solo album, Emotional Mugger, by mailing the album on old VHS tapes to media outlets last November.

This Friday, Jan. 22, Emotional Mugger comes out in non-VHS formats via Drag City, and Segall, who just played two consecutive nights at the Fillmore, comes to Santa Rosa on Jan. 24 for a concert at the Arlene Francis Center hosted by the Pizza Punx.

Emotional Mugger is a big, burly, fuzzed-out beast of a record, containing 11 thumping tracks of garage-rock weirdness. To celebrate the new album, Segall has assembled a new backing band, the Muggers, to join him on tour.

Segall’s show in Santa Rosa will be the last concert put on by the industrious Pizza Punx, who are disbanding after three years of putting on some of the best underground rock shows in the North Bay. The group is reportedly transitioning into a few different projects, including a new concert booking collective called Shock City. For this final send-off, the punx are paying it forward and donating a portion of the proceeds to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, the largest anti–sexual violence group in America.

Ty Segall & the Muggers play on Sunday, Jan. 24, at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $12. facebook.com/pizzapunx666.—Charlie Swanson

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Galleries

SONOMA COUNTY

Art Museum of Sonoma CountyThrough Feb 7, “Inside Magnolia Editions: Collaboration & Innovation,”

an experimental collection of renowned works from the top-notch Oakland printmaking company. 505 B St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

The Art Wall at Shige SushiThrough Jan 31, “Jenny Honnert Abell Solo Show,” showing intimate mixed-media works characterized by subtly exotic imagery and fine handwork. ctalcroft.wix.com/artwallatshige/. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary.

City Hall Council ChambersThrough Feb 12, “Clark Swarthout Solo Show,” Santa Rosa artist presents an exhibit of intricate and imaginative pen and ink drawings. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3010.

Finley Community CenterThrough Jan 28, “The Dynamic Duo,” Judith A Eisen’s lifetime of watercolors and oils are on display. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Gaia’s GardenThrough Jan 31, “Santa Rosa Art Guild Group Show,” 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat; lunch and brunch, Sun. 707.544.2491.

Gallery OneThrough Feb 22, “White Plus One,” juried exhibit. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277.

Graton GalleryThrough Jan 24, “Under the Influence,” group show features Sally Baker with Taylor Gutermute, Susan Ryan and other guest artists. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

Healdsburg Center for the ArtsThrough Feb 7, “Annual Members Exhibition,” show provides a unique opportunity for HCA artist members to exhibit their work free from the restrictions of traditional shows. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

History Museum of Sonoma CountyThrough Feb 7, “Journey to Fountaingrove,” exhibit chronicles the life of Japanese national Nagasawa Kanaye, who took over the Fountaingrove estate and made renowned wines in Sonoma County. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

Petaluma Arts CenterThrough Jan 24, “Petaluma Arts Center Members’ Exhibition,” Hella Merrill is the featured artist. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 5. 707.762.5600.

Petaluma Historical Library & MuseumThrough Jan 24, “Third Annual Children’s Art Show,” showing the best art by children from Petaluma and Sonoma County. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues. 707.778.4398.

Quercia GalleryThrough Jan 31, “Le Source,” Bobbi Jean Quercia’s installation of colorful ethnic figures moving toward a water fountain signifies a common goal of finding one’s connection to humanity. 25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills. Fri-Mon, 11am to 5pm and by appointment 707.865.0243.

Sebastopol Center for the ArtsThrough Feb 7, “Water Media Exhibit,” paintings from the International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society are on display as part of a traveling show along with a SCA water media show with local talent. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Sonoma Community CenterThrough Feb 26, “Andrews Hall Renovation 2013,” Owen Orser presents a photographic tribute to the center’s recent renovations. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm. 707.938.4626.

Upstairs Art GalleryThrough Jan 24, “Earth’s Bounty,” showing the mixed media and contemporary paintings of Carolyn Wilson. 306 Center St, Healdsburg.

Sun-Thurs, 11 to 6; Fri-Sat, 11 to 9. 707.431.4214.

MARIN COUNTY

Desta Art & Tea GalleryThrough Jan 30, “The Way of Art,” featuring paintings, bronze sculptures and jewelries from local Bay Area artists. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932.

The Image FlowThrough Jan 23, “Holiday Art Show,” featuring diverse original artwork by Stephen Bruce, J Scott Cilmi and Donna D’Acuti. 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569.

Marin Society of ArtistsThrough Jan 30, “New Beginnings” and “In the Deep Sea,” dual exhibits open the society’s new location in downtown San Rafael. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4 pm 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCAThrough Feb 21, “Layers,” group show features MarinMOCA members interpreting the theme in materials or meaning. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

O’Hanlon Center for the ArtsThrough Jan 21, “O’Hanlon Member Show,” see 95 works from members of O’Hanlon in both the Loft and the Gallery. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Robert Allen Fine ArtThrough Jan 29, “Lands End Allegory,” solo show of new works from San Francisco artist Jay Mercado. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

Throckmorton TheatreThrough Jan 31, “Question of Identity,” sculpture by Mark Jaeger pursues insight into personal and social projections and purposes. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

NAPA COUNTY

di RosaThrough Jan 24, “Robert Kinmont: Trying to Understand Where I Grew Up,” the first Bay Area solo presentation by the Sonoma-based artist in over 45 years shows works from his

entire career. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10 to 6. 707.226.5991.

ComedySarah TianaHeadlining comedian, seen on Comedy Central and “Chelsea Lately,” gets the big laughs with her hilarious standup. Jan 21, 8pm. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.

DanceCollege of Marin AuditionsJan 22-23, College of Marin Spring 2016 Dance Concert Auditions, the college is looking for dancers experienced in modern, ballet, jazz, hip-hop and musical theater. 415.663.9512. College of Marin, 835 College Ave, Kentfield.

Bollywood Dance PartyDholrhythms inaugural Winter Nights dance party brings the multicultural flavors, movement, live music and fun of Summer Nights event indoors. Jan 23, 8pm. Osher Marin JCC. $20-$25. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael 415.444.8000.

EventsHarlem GlobetrottersThe world-famous basketball ambassadors of good will play two exhibition games in Santa Rosa as part of their 90th anniversary world tour. Wed, Jan 20, 7pm. $31 and up. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 866.777.8932.

OctopaloozaCelebrate cephalopods of the world through fun activities, crafts and presentations. Jan 23, 11:30am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

San Rafael Gem FaireOver 70 vendors offer fine jewelry, precious gemstones, millions of beads, crystals, minerals and much more at manufacturer’s prices. Jan 22-24. 503.252.8300. Marin Center Exhibit Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

FilmAnimal Film FestivalCombine your love of animals and movies in this weekend event, benefiting the Humane Society. Jan 23-24. $15-$20. Marin Humane Society, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato. 415.883.4621.

Arrows into InfinityBiopic of influential jazz musician Charles Lloyd, created and directed by Lloyd’s wife Dorothy Darr and Jeffrey Morse, plays with Darr and Lloyd in attendance. Jan 23, 8pm. $12. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Being MortalFilm exploring the practice of caring for the dying is presented by West Marin Senior Services and the Marin County Commission on Aging and includes a post-screening panel discussion. Jan 21, 1pm. Free. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Benefit for #BeRobinTheMovieUpcoming documentary on philanthropic efforts inspired by the late Robin Williams needs a little help. A night of film, music and fun features director Kurt Weitzmann in Q&A and a virtual appearance by Margaret Cho. Jan 21, 8pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

KwaidanA screening of the first widescreen color “J-horror” film and the winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. Jan 27, 5pm. Free. Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.0831x539.

Pelican DreamsFrom the director of “Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,” this new doc follows a wayward California brown pelican from its Golden Gate Bridge-blocking escapades to its rehabilitation. Jan 24, 1pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1100.

This Changes EverythingClimate change film is hosted by Marin Women’s Political Action Committee and includes dinner. RSVP to Barbaramatas272@gmail.com. Jan 20, 6pm. $20. Redwoods Presbyterian Church, 110 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

Jan 20Osher Marin JCC, “Birds of Longing: Exile & Memory,” new exhibit by New York-based fiber artist Laurie Wohl explores and connects several different religious parallels. 5pm. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Jan 23Bay Model Visitor Center, “Traces,” San Francisco photographer Elena Sheehan shows her abstract images of rocks and water, shot in Greece and in the San Francisco Bay Area. 1pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Erickson Fine Art Gallery, “Carlos Perez: Recent Work,” features the Healdsburg artist’s paintings in oil and mixed media exploring portraits and abstraction. 5pm. 324 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.7073.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, “California Flora,” northern California artist Nina Antze shows botanical paintings done in colored pencils. 3pm. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.

Jan 24Gallery Route One, “Aqua,” group show interprets the word “aqua” in a variety of ways as selected by Susan Snyder, of the Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco. 2:30pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1347.

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Food & DrinkBeginning Home BrewingAn introduction to the basics of brewing-by-recipe for new brewers or those with some experience seeking further knowledge. Sat, Jan 23, 1pm. $60. The Beverage People, 1845 Piner Rd, Ste D, Santa Rosa. 707.544.2520.

The Day of EncouragementWhoever walks into the tasting room at Toad Hollow will be greeted with encouraging messages to motivate and improve your outlook in 2016. Jan 26. Toad Hollow Tasting Room, 409 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.431.8667.

Tam Valley Crab FeedIncludes all-you-can-eat crab, salads, bread, beer, coffee and dessert with raffles, games and fun for all ages. Jan 23, 6:30pm. $55. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley.

Taste of Place with Ceritas WinesA lively conversation between

sommelier Paul Einbund and Sonoma County winemakers Phoebe Bass and John Raytek is followed by a four-course dinner prepared by chef Perry Hoffman. Jan 21, 6:30pm. $115. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

For KidsAuditions for Young PeopleThe studio is looking for talented youngsters, age 8 to 18 years, to bring sheet music and try out for an upcoming performance of The Music Man, taking place in April. Jan 23. Marilyn Izdebski Studio, 100 Shaw Dr, San Anselmo. 415.453.0199.

LecturesCourtroom Drama in Movies & TheaterSix-week series looks at how real-world court cases intertwine with Hollywood’s version of courtroom dramas. Jan 22, 1:30pm. $130. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Jewish Life in an Era of ExtremismSymposium of special guests confront vexing issues with candid, far ranging discussion from a variety of viewpoints. Jan 24, 1pm. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Master Class with Charles Lloyd & Bill FrisellThe day after their musical world premiere, the musical geniuses sit down to discuss music, creativity and life. If you play an instrument, feel free to bring it. Jan 25, 1pm. $40. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg. 707.431.7433.

Virtual Author TalkA live online talk with Tess Gerritsen, author of the “Rizzoli & Isles” book series. Jan 20, 6:30pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael. 415.485.3323.

The Way We WereIllustrated lecture explores Corte Madera’s history, celebrating the centennial of the town. Jan 23, 2pm. Free. Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

When Two Worlds CollideNapa’s first people and the

California Gold Rush of 1850s are examined in this historical talk. Jan 20, 7pm. Free. Napa Main Library, 580 Coombs St, Napa. 707.253.4070.

ReadingsBay Model Visitor CenterJan 26, 7pm, “Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us” with David Neiwert. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito 415.332.3871.

Book PassageJan 20, 7pm, “The Expatriates” with Janice YK Lee. Jan 21, 7pm, “A Manual for Cleaning Women” with various writers, a Lucia Berlin tribute reading. Jan 22, 7pm, “Geography of Genius” with Eric Weiner. Jan 23, 4pm, “Bubbles to Boardrooms” with Michaela Rodeno. Jan 23-24, Children’s Picture Book Writers & Illustrators Conference. Jan 25, 7pm, “Of Orcas and Men” with David Neiwert. Jan 26, 7pm, “Jew” with John Bartel. Jan 27, 7pm, “Rain” with Cynthia Barnett. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Church of the OaksSat, Jan 23, 7:30pm, “Turning Points” with Off the Page Readers Theater. $10. 160 W Sierra Ave, Cotati.

Levin & CompanyJan 21, 4pm, “Blackadore” with John van der Zee. Free. 306 Center St, Healdsburg.

Mockingbird BooksFri, Jan 22, 7:30pm, “Turning Points” with Off the Page Readers Theater. $10. 6932 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.824.0389.

Napa Copperfield’s BooksJan 20, 7pm, “Mercy Me” with Denise Guillot DuBois. 3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa 707.252.8002.

Petaluma Copperfield’s BooksJan 21, 7pm, “The Only Pirate at the Party” with Lindsey Stirling. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

San Rafael LibraryJan 25, 6:30pm, Great Books Reading Group, read a selection from Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics” on the libraries website and come ready to talk about it. 1100 E St, San Rafael 415.485.3323.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s BooksJan 22, 7pm, “The Man on the

Washing Machine” with Susan Cox. Jan 26, 6pm, Redwood Writer’s spotlight on fiction with Marian Lindner. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Sebastopol Copperfield’s BooksJan 23, 7pm, “Spiritual Telepathy: Ancient Techniques to Access the Wisdom of Your Soul” with Colleen Mauro. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

TheaterBoom!Combining six masks, two performers and jaw-dropping acrobatic feats, this theatrical experience is exhilarating entertainment for the entire family. Jan 22, 8pm. $23-$38. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Deep ImprovBay Area Playback performs improvised theater from audience stories and suggestions. Jan 22, 8pm. $12. Move Me Studio, 1320 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.289.0799.

The Diary of Anne FrankThe Ross Valley Players and director James Dunn present this powerful adaptation of the dramatic true life ordeal captured in a young girl’s famous diary. Through Feb 7. $14-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555.

Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the HatThe childhood favorite comes to life with the help of Childsplay for an evening of family fun. Jan 20, 6:30pm. $5-$17. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Fuddy MeersUnforgettable comedy about memory includes hilarious mayhem and exciting action. Jan 22-31. $12-$22. Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.829.2214.

Gem of the OceanPlaywright August Wilson’s first of a 10 play century cycle dramatizing the African-American experience in the 20th century is directed by New York City-based performer Daniel Alexander Jones. Through Feb 14. $10-$58. Marin Theatre Company,

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Gidion’s KnotCompelling drama focuses on a parent/teacher conference that begins as a mystery and ends as a gripping drama that explores bullying, expression and the failure of the American school system. Jan 20-24. $21-$31. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. 707-266-6305.

Hick in the HoodBay Area TV, film and stage actor Michael Sommers writes and performs this funny true story of a Vermont native moving to west Oakland. Jan 24, 3pm. $15. Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

One Man, Two GuvnorsContemporary English comedy based on a classic story sees a recently unemployed straight man in over his head and working for two crime bosses. Through Feb 7. $15-$32. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Other People’s MoneyNorth Bay Stage Company puts on this compelling serio-comic play about capitalism and greed. Through Jan 31. $26. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

A Steady RainLeft Edge Theatre presents this urban noir play that pits two childhood friends and policemen against each other in a morally gray thriller. Jan 22-Feb 6. $30-$40. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

WarCircusThe Trojan time-traveling extravaganza returns for two performances. Jan 22-23, 8pm. $5-$25. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.528.7554.

The BOHEMIAN’s calendar is produced as a service to the community. If you have an item for the calendar, send it to calendar@bohemian.com, or mail it to: NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN, 847 Fifth St, Santa Rosa CA 95404. Events costing more than $65 may be withheld. Deadline is two weeks prior to desired publication date.

WATER WORLD Thomas Bullard’s oil paintings are part of Gallery Route One’s ‘Aqua’ exhibit, opening Jan. 24 in Point Reyes Station. See Receptions, adjacent page.

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AstrologyARIES (March 21–April 19) The next four weeks could potentially be a Golden Age of Friendship . . . a State of Grace for Your Web of Connections . . . a Lucky Streak for Collaborative Efforts. What can you do to ensure that these cosmic tendencies will actually be fulfilled? Try this: Deepen and refine your approach to schmoozing. Figure out what favors would be most fun for you to bestow, and bestow them. Don’t socialize aimlessly with random gadabouts, but rather gravitate toward people with whom you share high ideals and strong intentions.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) On a clear day, if you stand at the summit of Costa Rica’s Mount Irazú, you can see both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It’s not hard to get there. You can hop a tourist bus in the nearby city of San José, and be 11,200 feet high two hours later. This is a good model for your next assignment: Head off on a stress-free jaunt to a place that affords you a vast vista. If you can’t literally do that, at least slip away to a fun sanctuary where you’ll be inspired to think big thoughts about your long-range prospects. You need a break from everything that shrinks or numbs you.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) A filmmaker working on a major movie typically shoots no more than four pages of the script per day. A director for a TV show may shoot eight pages. But I suspect that the story of your life in the near future may barrel through the equivalent of 20 pages of script every 24 hours. The next chapter is especially action-packed. The plot twists and mood swings will be coming at a rapid clip. This doesn’t have to be a problem as long as you are primed for high adventure. How? Take good care of your basic physical and emotional needs so you’ll be in top shape to enjoy the boisterous ride.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) The city of Paris offers formal tours of its vast sewer system. Commenting at an online travel site, one tourist gave the experience five stars. “It’s a great change of pace from museums full of art,” she wrote. Another visitor said, “It’s an interesting detour from the cultural overload that Paris can present.” According to a third, “There is a slight smell, but it isn’t overpowering. It’s a fascinating look at how Paris handles wastewater treatment and clean water supply.” I bring this up, Cancerian, because now is a favorable time for you to take a break from bright, shiny pleasures and embark on a tour of your psyche’s subterranean maze. Regard it not as a scary challenge, but as a fact-finding exploration. What strategies do you have in place to deal with the messy, broken, secret stuff in your life? Take an inventory.

LEO (July 23–August 22) “When I look at a sunset, I don’t say, ‘Soften the orange a little on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple in the cloud color.’” Pioneering psychologist Carl Rogers was describing the way he observed the world. “I don’t try to control a sunset,” he continued. “I watch it with awe.” He had a similar view about people. “One of the most satisfying experiences,” he said, “is just fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset.” Your assignment, Leo, is to try out Rogers’ approach. Your emotional well-being will thrive as you refrain from trying to “improve” people—as you see and enjoy them for who they are.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) The future is headed your way in a big hurry. It may not be completely here for a few weeks, but even then it will have arrived ahead of schedule. Should you be alarmed? Should you work yourself into an agitated state and draw premature conclusions? Hell, no! Treat this sudden onrush of tomorrow as a bracing opportunity to be as creative as you dare. Cultivate a beginner’s mind. Be alert for unexpected openings that you assumed would take longer to appear.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) More than one-third of all pregnancies are unintended. The two people involved aren’t actually trying to make a baby, but their contraceptive measure fails or isn’t used at all. According to my analysis, you heterosexual Libras are now more prone to this accidental experience than usual. And in general, Libras of every sexual preference

must be careful and precise about what seeds they plant in the coming weeks. The new growth you instigate is likely to have far-reaching consequences. So don’t let your choice be reckless or unconscious. Formulate clear intentions. What do you want to give your love to for a long time?

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) I was a rock musician for years, which meant that I rarely went to bed before dawn. I used to brag that my work schedule was from 9 to 5—9pm to 5am, that is. Even after I stopped performing regularly, I loved keeping those hours. It was exhilarating to be abuzz when everyone else was asleep. But two months ago, I began an experiment to transform my routine. Now I awake with the dawn. I spend the entire day consorting with the source of all life on earth, the sun. If you have been contemplating a comparable shift in your instinctual life, Scorpio—any fundamental alteration in your relationship to food, drink, exercise, sleep, perception, laughter, love-making—the next few weeks will be a favorable time to do it.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) You Sagittarians are often praised but also sometimes criticized for being such connoisseurs of spontaneity. Many of us admire your flair for unplanned adventure, even though we may flinch when you unleash it. You inspire us and also make us nervous as you respond to changing circumstances with unpremeditated creativity. I expect all these issues to be hot topics in the coming weeks. You are in a phase of your cycle when your improvisational flourishes will be in the spotlight. I, for one, promise to learn all I can from the interesting detours that result from your delight in experimentation.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) Capricorn world-changer Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and sent to jail on 29 different occasions. His crimes? Drawing inspiration from his Christian faith, he employed nonviolent civil disobedience to secure basic civil rights for African Americans. He believed so fiercely in his righteous cause that he was willing to sacrifice his personal comfort again and again. The coming months will be a favorable time to devote yourself to a comparable goal, Capricorn. And now is a good time to intensify your commitment. I dare you to take a vow.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) The birds known as mound-builders are born more mature than other species. As soon as they peck themselves out of their eggs, they are well-coordinated, vigorous enough to hunt and capable of flight. Right now I see a resemblance between them and many of you Aquarians. As soon as you hatch your new plans or projects—which won’t be long now—you will be ready to operate at almost full strength. I bet there won’t be false starts or rookie mistakes, nor will you need extensive rehearsal. Like the mound-builders, you’ll be primed for an early launch.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) You are not purely and simply a Pisces, because although the sun was in that astrological sign when you were born, at least some of the other planets were in different signs. This fact is a good reminder that everything everywhere is a complex web of subtlety and nuance. It’s delusional to think that anyone or anything can be neatly definable. Of course it’s always important to keep this in mind, but it’s even more crucial than usual for you to do so in the coming weeks. You are entering a phase when the best way to thrive is to know in your gut that life is always vaster, wilder and more mysterious than it appears to be on the surface. If you revere the riddles, the riddles will be your sweet, strong allies.

BY ROB BREZSNY

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