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May 14, 2025
Viva ‘Freddy Chickan,’ Acclaimed Performer Fred Curchack Performs Benefit for Mercury
For half a century, performer, playwright, and professor Fred Curchack has carved a unique and personal path through the world of theater.
He's created dozens...
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May 13, 2025
Murals Take Flight, ‘Slough Birds’ arrives at Lynch Creek Trail
A new flock has arrived in Petaluma, and while it doesn’t fly, it does catch the eye.
Artist Jonny Hirschmugl has completed three new murals...
May 7, 2025
Sweet Dreams: Lucid Dreaming Shows Promise as PTSD Therapy
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...
May 6, 2025
Animator Gene Hamm Dreams Big With Film: ‘The Dream Hat’ Screens in Petaluma
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...
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Apr 29, 2025
‘Permanence’: Pascal Faivre’s New Works at Alley Gallery
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...
Apr 22, 2025
Day at the Bay: Hitchcock, Hospitality & the Sonoma Coast
Thanks to wine industry conjunctive labeling laws, talking about the “Sonoma Coast” requires some semantic gymnastics—we’re not discussing the sprawling American Viticultural Area, but...
Apr 22, 2025
Open Mic: The North Bay Way, Putting Ourselves on the Map
The North Bay—we know where it is but not necessarily what it is.
Is it a particular vibe? A state of mind? A swelling real...
Apr 15, 2025
Stoned Zone. Can a Cannabis Lounge Quell Anxiety?
If one can remember anything about cannabis, it’s often the first time—and the last time—one imbibed it.
Everything else is a blur of puff-puff-pass, gurgling...