Sebastopol
Brazilian Wax
Laguna Lab turns up the heat with TABÚ 002: AfroBrasil, the second installment of The Human Frequency Project’s monthly pan-cultural dance gathering. The evening starts with a food pop-up from Ramen Gaijin and Khom Loi’s Moishe and Anne Hahn, followed by an AfroBrasil dance class led by Olissa Francisco with live percussion and an emphasis on samba reggae. Then the lesson gives way to the dance floor as DJ Timotéo Gigante and Nigerian-born, San Francisco-based guest AfroBisiac spin a globe-trotting mix of samba, batucada, baile funk, afro-house, soul, disco and global bass, accompanied by live Brazilian percussionists. 6pm–midnight, Friday, Oct. 2, at Laguna Lab, 117 Morris St., #300, Sebastopol. Dance class $15; dance party $25; combo $35, available via bit.ly/TABÚ002.
Petaluma
Cracked Linen
Petaluma artist Roberta Ahrens brings her work back into public view with a new gallery/studio at The Watershed in the city’s historic Warehouse District. The showroom features Ahrens’ Contemporary Botanicals and Water Series paintings, including large-scale works made with her signature cracked linen material—a richly textured surface that, she notes, loses something in photographs and rewards an up-close look. Much of Ahrens’ career has involved architectural-scale work installed in spaces inaccessible to the general public; the new studio gives her room to display paintings at their intended scale while welcoming longtime followers and newcomers alike. The opening coincides with receptions at several other studios and galleries throughout The Watershed complex and The Magic Shop. 4–7pm, Saturday, Sept. 26, at Roberta Ahrens Studio, The Watershed, 429 First St., Studio #111, Petaluma. Free. robertaahrens.com.
Tiburon
Oak and Awe
One may get acquainted with the mighty oak from root to table at Radical Hospitality: Under the Oaks, an immersive evening devoted to California’s native oaks and the thousands of creatures their ecosystems support. The gathering begins with cocktails and a walk through the Richardson Bay Audubon Center oak habitat, followed by a natural-dye workshop exploring the tree’s tannins and pigments. Naturalist and author Kate Marianchild and Fibershed founder Rebecca Burgess provide the ecological and cultural context before guests gather for Maria Finn’s oak-inspired apéro dînatoire—think acorn polenta with caramelized onions and chanterelles, wild boar meatballs and heirloom squash with acorn dukkah, paired with local wines. Proceeds benefit the Harmony Land Caretakers. 5–7:30pm, Thursday, Oct. 1, at Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd., Tiburon.Tickets and info at bit.ly/under-oaks.
Point Reyes Station
Spirit World
What do we see when seeing is no longer enough? West Marin artist Ernesto Sanchez takes up the question in Sacred Chambers, an exhibition exploring the presence of spirit through sculpture, masks, icons, paintings and prints. Legally blind, Sanchez doesn’t make blindness the subject of his work so much as a point of departure, creating pieces intended to be felt as well as viewed. Masks become faces, faces suggest spirits and images become portals into energies that resist easy description. Sanchez, who has lived and worked in West Marin for more than five decades, shares Toby’s Gallery during October with Michel Venhiattis’ Black Mountain Paintings and T.K. Porcelain’s Shizen Pottery. 2–4pm, Saturday, Oct. 3, at Toby’s Gallery, 11250 State Rte. One, Point Reyes Station. Exhibition runs Oct. 3–Nov. 1. More info via ernestosanchezart.com.
