Linda Jay Welcome to our new column, Luminary, in which the Bohemian asks questions of local luminaries who kindly answer them. We begin with Petaluma’s Linda Jay, a writer and copy editor who helps authors get “publisher-ready.” Daedalus Howell: When an author comes to you with a book project, how do...

Sausalito, Marin County restrict businesses while Santa Rosa aspires to ‘mecca’ status In 2016, California voters legalized recreational cannabis for adults, setting off a rush of entrepreneurs who wanted to enter the newly legal market. Legalization was intended to uplift people impacted by decades of cannabis criminalization, but the rollout has...

We need to start talking about the effects the pandemic is having on our mental health before we have a collective nervous breakdown. As the pandemic drags on, what I’m most worried about is how we all seem to be putting on the same smiling social media airs, acting as...

On April 13, 2021, the Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Board of Trustees unanimously voted to remove the name of Jesse Peter, Jr. from its on-campus museum six months after receiving a letter from local Native American tribal officials urging them to make the change.  Peter was an amateur anthropologist...

‘Little Mermaid’ makes splash What’s a community theater to do when it wants to put on a large-scale family musical in the age of Covid? Well, if you’re Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions, you hire Scottie Woodard to direct the show and follow his lead in assembling a really creative design...

What were we thinking? Who were we kidding? Did we really think that the segment of the theatre audience made up of entitled assholes would adhere to a mask mandate? You know to whom I‘m referring. They are the folks who text throughout a performance, or bring food or drink...

I love Sebastopol. How could I not? I live a couple of miles from downtown, in a glass house in an apple orchard. With my personal garden just off the deck, and my own treehouse a stone’s throw from my front door, I have access to all the beauty...

SEBARTS The Center offers a full local arts schedule, all year long. I love Sebastopol. How could I not? I live a couple of miles from downtown, in a glass house in an apple orchard. With my personal garden just off the deck, and my own treehouse a stone’s...