North Bay Bohemian

The North Bay Bohemian is a complimentary weekly publication that serves the North Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Region in California. It is available in Sonoma and Napa counties. This newspaper started in 1979 as "The Paper," founded by Nick Valentine, a former artist who became a community journalist, and jazz pianist Bob Lucas in the Guerneville area of western Sonoma County. In 1993, it was renamed the Sonoma County Independent when John Boland and James Carroll took ownership. The following year, in 1994, Metro Newspapers, a group that operates three alternative weeklies in the Bay Area, acquired the Independent and transitioned it to a weekly publication.

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Mill Valley Music Fest Begins

6 days ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 is the 3rd Annual Mill Valley Music Festival at Friends Field in, you guessed it, Mill Valley. The festival has become a popular family event featuring an impressive music lineup, a marketplace featuring local handmade crafts, clothing, jewelry and more plus a killer lineup of all kinds of food and drink including wine and beer.
Animator Gene Hamm Dreams Big With Film: ‘The Dream Hat’ Screens in Petaluma

1 week ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

In a village where people have lost the ability to dream, one old man dons a magic hat to dream on their behalf. When the time comes to pass his mantle to a young successor, corporate forces, of course, want in. This is the premise of Petaluma animator Gene Hamm’s new hand-drawn feature, The Dream Hat, screening May 10 at the Petaluma Arts Center. If the plot sounds like an allegory—capitalism versus creativity—one is not wrong.
Sweet Dreams: Lucid Dreaming Shows Promise as PTSD Therapy

1 week ago | bohemian.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.
Vines & Vision, Dry Creek Vineyard's Kim Stare Wallace

1 week ago | bohemian.com | Amber Turpin

Kim Stare Wallace was born into the wine business, but when in college, first pursued fashion. Her design expertise led to creating Dry Creek Vineyard’s iconic nautical labels when she joined as marketing director. Now president and second-generation owner, she serves on multiple Sonoma County boards, including Sonoma County Vintners and Santa Rosa Junior College Shone Farm Foundation. Amber Turpin: How did you get into this work?
'Permanence': Pascal Faivre's New Works at Alley Gallery

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

Perhaps it’s glib to say that Pascal Faivre’s artistic destiny was written in stone, but it’s true. By trade, Faivre is the last of eight generations of stonemasons in his French-Armenian family’s history. And since 2001, he has created architectural finishes and old world French masonry installations throughout California.
Your Letters, 4/30

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

Clown TakedownOne of the fun aspects of being my age is that I was fully coherent when Richard Nixon met his karmic retribution for being a pathetic public liar before, during and after Watergate. Like Donald Trump today, he had his team of enablers, though unlike today, there was a free press for him to contend with. The same will happen to Trump. He will be taken down differently, but he will be taken down. The rise of Trump, the consummate con artist, is a complete breakdown of American society.
Dawn Ranch's Ignacio 'Nacho' Zuzulich

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Amber Turpin

Ignacio “Nacho” Zuzulich is the co-executive chef at The Lodge at Dawn Ranch in Guerneville. Born in Argentina, he has a culinary passion that stems from his family’s restaurant background. His impressive career spans prestigious kitchens including Lasai in Rio de Janeiro, Michel Bras in France, Mugaritz in Spain (where he advanced to head chef) and the three-Michelin starred Restaurant at Meadowood.
Culture Crush, 4/30

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

NicasioYou Had Me at ‘Dirty Cello’Marin’s own Rancho Nicasio is hosting the iconic local band, Dirty Cello, for a night designed to have the type of good-natured revelry even Bacchus would be proud to attend. So, those who love to listen and tap a foot along to the band’s unique spin on blues, rock and Americana music may want to take note.
Warren Haynes Comes to LBC

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Daedalus Howell

To say Warren Haynes wears a lot of creative hats is truly an understatement. Not only was he recruited to play guitar alongside co-founding member Dickey Betts when the Allman Brothers Band reformed in 1989, right up through the band’s 2014 farewell show. But Haynes found enough time to form jam-band Gov’t Mule as a side project in 1994—a group he continues to lead to this day. In addition, Haynes hit the road as a part of Phil Lesh and Friends, The Dead and The Last Waltz Tour.
Pricey Truths: ‘Other Desert Cities’ staged in Napa

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Beulah Vega

The plot of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities can be summed up in a single line from the play itself: “Telling the truth is a very expensive hobby.”Ironically, that line is delivered by Silda, the character furthest from the truth and with the least to lose. The entire show is a nesting doll of truths sealed with spite, fear and, ultimately, love. Napa’s Lucky Penny Community Arts Center hosts a Dana Nelson-Isaacs-directed production through May 4.