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1 week ago | pacificsun.com | Daedalus Howell

As Bob Dylan might’ve observed about Petaluma this past weekend, “The sun’s not yellow; it’s chicken,” when a poultry-hued sunbeam shone brightly on the quaint burg (once heralded as the “egg basket of the world”). For this, we can thank a potent admixture of arts, advertising and activism. Friday saw the premiere of Mercury Theater’s The Resurrection of Freddy Chickan, a wild retrospective of nine unforgettable works by performance legend Fred Curchack.

1 week ago | pacificsun.com | Daedalus Howell

It’s said that comedy is tragedy plus time. In Aaron Foster’s case, it’s also depression, anxiety, grief, two restaurants, a defunct sports nutrition brand and a stint as an HGTV host—all seasoned with gallows humor and served under the banner Mostly Jokes. The show, which lands at Sebastopol’s Main Street Theater on June 5, is a one-man dive into the deep end of mental health with nothing but a mic as a flotation device.

1 week ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

It’s not often a Monday feels like a Friday night, but such was the magic conjured when LA LOM lit up the Lagunitas Amphitheater on May 26. The Los Angeles League of Musicians—fresh from their BottleRock set—delivered a high-energy, genre-spanning performance that turned the sold-out Petaluma venue into a sun-dappled dancefloor beneath the redwoods.

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

Federal agents arrested Sonoma real estate developer Kenneth W. Mattson, 63, on Thursday following a sweeping indictment alleging a long-running Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors—many of them retirees—out of tens of millions of dollars. Mattson, former president of the now-defunct LeFever Mattson firm, is charged with seven counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.

2 weeks ago | metrosiliconvalley.com | Daedalus Howell

Sure, Inception, Dreamscape, The Lathe of Heaven or any of a number of sci-fi flicks that explore harnessing the dream state are entertaining—but are they healing? A recent study led by Dr. Garret Yount, a molecular neurobiologist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), which is perched over the border of Sonoma and Marin counties, points to the potential of healing minds while sleeping.