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Sep 17, 2024
Culture Keeper: Nicole Myers-Lim of CIMCC
In joyful anticipation of California Native American Heritage Day this Sept. 27, I had a conversation with Pomo and Miwok leader Nicole Myers-Lim.
Myers-Lim is...
Sep 10, 2024
Music Tracks: Railroad Square Music Fest Co-Founder Susy Dugan
This week, I met rock and roll logistician Susy Dugan, who is on hand to give us the specs for this year’s Railroad Square...
Sep 3, 2024
Block Party: Natasha Juliana & Cool Petaluma
Most news stories fit a pattern and can quickly be filed away—news and dispatches reinforcing the status quo or accelerating its doom like a...
Aug 27, 2024
Wonder Wall: Cloverdale Muralist Blanca Molina
This is a story about a mural and the community it embraces. To see a picture of the mural, scan that QR code, or...
Aug 20, 2024
Behind The Scene: Alex Shapiro
Let me start by naming a double handful of the best venues and show series on the scene—Railroad Square Music Fest, Jake Ward’s Sexy...
Aug 13, 2024
Colorist Non-Pareil, Bettina Bourdens
It was while body painting on a pair of XL boobies at the Playboy Mansion that Bettina Bourdens’ mind began to open to the...
Aug 6, 2024
Farmworker Rights: Marcy Flores of Corazón Healdsburg
This piece is more timely than I intended. Scheduled for a few days before Corazon Healdsburg’s Saturday, Aug. 10, fundraising gala at Bacchus Landing,...
Jul 30, 2024
Change Agent: GoLocal’s Future
This is an unusual entry. It is, more or less, a job listing for the directorship of one of our most important local service...