Efren Carrillo Charges Postponed Again

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Efren Carrillo Charges Postponed Again

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Charges for Efren Carrillo were delayed for a third time this morning, with the Sonoma County supervisor’s next court date set for Nov. 1. The postponement was requested by prosecutor Cody Hunt, the lawyer with the Napa Valley District Attorney’s office assigned to the case, for more time to review unnamed documents that he said were recently received. Judge Gary Medvigy agreed to the postponement.

The attorney for the woman involved complained about the delays, suggesting the motivation might be political. Hunt denied the allegations. Carrillo’s attorney, Chris Andrian, denied political motivation and said that he’s “taking [prosecutors] at face value.”

This morning’s postponement marks the third time charges have been delayed for the supervisor. Medvigy originally heard the case on July 18, and agreed to an initial postponement to Aug. 30. On Aug. 30, Judge Julie Conger allowed a postponement to today’s date, Oct. 11, stating clearly, “I’m expecting a complaint to be filed at that time. No further delays, please.”

Carrillo was arrested on July 13 when a woman called 911 twice to report someone outside her home at 3:40am in Santa Rosa. Someone had tried to break into her bedroom window, and Carrillo was arrested in his underwear and socks on suspicion of burglary and prowling. Police at the time said they suspected Carrillo of attempted sexual assault. After posting bail, he reportedly checked himself into an alcohol treatment facility. Carrillo returned to the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 20 to harsh criticism from his fellow board members and the public.

Live Review: Reggae On The River 2013

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Live Review: Reggae On The River 2013

It is hard to put into words what a five day reggae festival in Humboldt County feels like. Senses are heightened and spirits are elevated. The whole experience feels like a time warp, traveling with fellow festivalites to a sacred place deep in the woods, away from the daily grind and the drama of the outside world. It feels like warm sunshine. It smells like homegrown herbs. It tastes a lot like lukewarm coconut water. But more than words can offer, it feels like what Sunday headliners, Morgan Heritage’s, soundtrack tune ‘Down By The River’ sounds like.
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Reggae On The River has been called ‘Reggae’ for as long as anyone can remember. It is considered, by and large, the first reggae festival in the United States, and a lion’s share of the genre’s most famous artists have graced its stage over the last 29 years. Tribulations aside (read up on the Mateel controversy here), ‘Reggae’ has always been at the heart of the international festival scene. The “one-blood” mantra of the event was undeniably reflected in this year’s 6,000 multicultural fans who traveled across the miles to celebrate the French’s Camp homecoming. With nearly 2,500 volunteers and staff on hand to ensure the event went off without a glitch, the party was a huge success and was entirely sold out by Saturday afternoon.

The smaller crowds made for a more chill experience – if you went to any of the Reggae’s between 2003 and 2006 you know what 25,000 people in the bowl feels like.  Although rumors are floating around that the Mateel Community Center will be offering 8,000 tickets next year as opposed to 6,000 this year, the intentionally scaled-down event has become safer and more conscientious. The artists were more militant than flashy, the crowds more hippie than street. A big factor in this year’s attitude was the multigenerational audience. There were a lot of older festival veterans and a lot of little kids, and inevitably, more people were smoking ganja in the sunshine than running around on Molly at 5am.
If you didn’t make the journey, or just want to reminisce, you can tune into the audio archives from Humboldt County’s KMUD radio here. (Scroll down to August 2-4 for the live broadcast) Chill to the tunes by the river and check out some of these amazing shots of the event by some very cool Bay Area photographers (many thanks to James LeDeau, Joe Wilson, and Anthony Postman).

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Oct. 13: Paul Galbraith at the Occidental Center for the Arts

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Oct. 13: Paul Galbraith at the Occidental Center for the Arts

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An internationally renowned innovator, Paul Galbraith alters the physical form of the classical guitar and the way that it is played. Eschewing the traditional guitar for his eight-string Brahms Guitar, he plays a guitar supported by a metal endpin, similar to that of a cello, which rests on a wooden resonance box. On record, Galbraith’s back catalog includes critically acclaimed recordings of works by Bach, Haydn and Brahms, along with his own arrangements of folk tunes from various countries. In a concert presented by the Redwood Arts Council, Galbraith performs arrangements of Haydn, Ponce, Albéniz and Granados on Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Occidental Center for the Arts. 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental. 4pm. $30. 707.874.9392.

Oct. 13: Dave Chappelle at the Wells Fargo Center

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Oct. 13: Dave Chappelle at the Wells Fargo Center

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Best known for his eponymous TV show, Dave Chappelle’s stand-up comedy style is frequently raunchy, constantly hilarious, and oftentimes explores sophisticated issues surrounding race. At a recent performance in Hartford, Conn., Chappelle was drowned out by a predominantly white audience of crude hecklers that he later called an “arena full of suburban torturers and young, white alcoholics.” Chappelle had no problem plopping down onto a stool, lighting one up, and reading a few excerpts from a book tossed at him by an audience member to kill time, proving that an expensive ticket doesn’t give a crowd the right to be disruptive and rude. One of the most clever comedians of our time, Chappelle plays two sold-out shows on Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Wells Fargo Center. 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 7pm and 10pm. Sold out (at press time, tickets on StubHub start at $100). 707.546.3600.

Oct. 12: Biketoberfest at FairAnselm Plaza

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Oct. 12: Biketoberfest at FairAnselm Plaza

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Bikes, beer and music galore—it’s Biketoberfest! Offering 35 varieties of beer from 20 West Coast brewers and live performances by Moonalice, Tom Finch Group, Tiny Television, Dogtown Ramblers and the Cradle Duende duo, this annual festival is one-of-a-kind, serving our mass of bike-lovers right in the birthplace of the mountain bike. After a pre-festival group ride from San Francisco or Marin, there’ll be 70 bike exhibitors and a handmade bike show with an array of classic bikes from the good old U.S.A.—you might even catch a glimpse of some of the very first mountain bikes. The kiddos can decorate their bikes at the bike art table and join the parade around the festival grounds while adults wash one (or three) down; get your helmets on and gear up on Saturday, Oct. 12, at FairAnselm Plaza. 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 11am. Free; beer tasting $25—$30. 415.272.2756.

Oct. 11: A Tribute to Mike Bloomfield at Sweetwater Music Hall

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Oct. 11: A Tribute to Mike Bloomfield at Sweetwater Music Hall

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Bob Sarl has spent 20 years putting together a 60-minute documentary about in the life of guitarist Mike Bloomfield. In ‘Sweet Blues,’ Bloomfield attests to his obsessions in a long-ago tape recording that plays throughout the film, while his life story, milestone performances and commentary from associates paint a portrait of a tortured genius of rock. After playing with Paul Butterfield, Bob Dylan and Stephen Stills, among many others, Bloomfield’s hard-living, heroin-heavy lifestyle ultimately took his life in 1981. But his legend lives on in Carlos Santana, B.B. King and Charlie Musselwhite, all of whom recall Bloomfield’s influence in the film. Following this week’s screening is a tribute concert featuring Elvin Bishop, Harvey Mandel, Nick Gravenites, Maria Muldaur, Barry Goldberg and others on Friday, Oct. 11, at Sweetwater Music Hall. 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 7pm. $67. 415.388.3850.

Single-Origin Philosophy

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Single-Origin Philosophy

Philosophy degree? Yeah, that and two bucks will get you a cup of coffee. “What’s that saying, ‘Jack of all trades, master of none?'” says Steve Decosse, owner of Acre Coffee. Describing his Master’s degree in integral philosophy, the Midwest-raised deep thinker suggests with a smile, “It’s more like jack of all trades, master of the nothingness. The process is more important than the content.”

Acre Coffee’s shops in Petaluma (which opened in 2011), San Francisco (2012) and Santa Rosa (2013) all offer single-origin specialty coffees brewed by trained baristas, but they offer more than just what’s in the cup. The new shop in Santa Rosa, for instance, was designed to let in as much light as possible; with odd angles and high ceilings, it feels open and calming, a comfortable space to linger, talk, read a newspaper or get some work done on deadline. In Petaluma, the shop has a homey feel, with natural wood counters and windows that open to the street on a less-traversed area of Kentucky Street. The “neighborhood coffee shop,” in fact, is something that Decosse feels was missing from the city.

“People always say to us, ‘after Deaf Dog closed, we were lost,'” says Decosse. The independent coffee chain headquartered in Petaluma filed for bankruptcy in 2006; a Starbucks, which moved in across the street, still thrives. “[Starbucks] is a really aggressive company,” says Decosse. “I think I want to come across with a positive message. I think about it a lot, actually.”

Decosse’s background as a former yoga instructor shows in his business. “Slow and steady wins the race,” he likes to say, and to that effect, Decosse opened Slow Club, a restaurant in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill, over 20 years ago and was a business partner in Healdsburg’s Acre Cafe in the late ’90s. He also founded Acre Gourmet, a company dedicated to serving high-quality school lunches. The concept has taken off in private school settings, with Acre placing chefs at school sites to create custom meals; Decosse also offers consulting for public schools.

Education extends to Acre’s coffee shops as well. Once Acre begins roasting its own beans, offering them alongside roasts from Verve (Santa Cruz) and Sightglass (San Francisco), “then we’ll offer public tastings and classes on home brewing,” says Decosse, who moved to Portland, Ore. for three months to experience the concept first-hand from the experts at renowned roaster Stumptown Coffee.

In the coffee world, process is everything. Decosse knows his customers care about the beans’ origins, and will be among a rare but increasingly popular breed of cafes serving beans from different roasters, a formerly taboo trend that’s now catching on in big markets like New York City and San Francisco. “It’s like a wine tasting room,” says Decosse. “You want to bring the best of a region into one place.”

The Bohemian‘s Java Jive reading takes place Thursday, Oct. 17, at Acre Coffee. 2365 Midway Dr, Santa Rosa. 6pm. Free. 707.595.5984.

Genius at Work

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Genius at Work

Mention the name Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the runaway best-selling book Eat, Pray, Love, and you’ll get a host of opinions. As usually happens when women achieve fame, labels start flying; Gilbert’s been called narcissistic, privileged, out of touch and untalented by everyone from respected newspaper columnists to anonymous internet trolls.

This, frankly, is a bunch of baloney. Watch her 2009 TED talk on “Your Elusive Creative Genius” and witness an articulate, self-aware, funny and sharply philosophical mind at work. Steve Almond, a brilliant fiction writer and essayist in his own right, addresses misconceptions about Gilbert—including but not limited to her proven writing ability, her transformation into a cultural icon, her long, workhorse-style writing career before the freakish success of her Oprah-embraced memoir—in a fascinating New York Times profile, titled, appropriately, “Eat, Pray, Love, Get Rich, Write a Novel Nobody Expects,” on the occasion of the publication of her latest effort, The Signature of All Things.

Not a memoir at all, Gilbert’s newest is what Almond calls a “rip-roaring” adventure novel—way more George Eliot than Augusten Burroughs, and an unexpected move from a writer who could have rested on her intellectual laurels and cannibalized from Eat, Pray, Love for the rest of her days. Elizabeth Gilbert appears in conversation with Kelly Corrigan on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Dominican University. 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 7pm. $35, includes signed book. 415.485.3239.

Notes from Beyond

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Notes from Beyond

Chris Cornell was a ladies’ man. Over the years, a string of lovers had kept him occupied, but never very satisfied. Tonight he was with a tall blonde who’d been at every show on his last tour. Soundgarden groupies were a dime a dozen, though, even if he broke their hearts. As he closed his eyes with the girl asleep by his side, a lucid dream began to form in his psyche. . . .

Cornell was awakened by a soft rap at the door. The room smelled of perfume, and the touch of red silk swathed his body. The room was dark, except for a sliver of light through the heavy drapes. A woman’s voice broke the silence. “Bittersweet memories, that is all I’m taking with me.” He could make out the silhouette of a woman. “Please don’t cry,” she said. “We both know I’m not what you need.” Just then a man came charging through the door. “Damn right, you’re not!” He was as big as a bodyguard. His stride was swift and powerful towards the bed, and at that moment Cornell knew something terrible was about to happen. As he threw the silks up to protect his face, he could hear Whitney cry out, “I will always love you!” Everything went dark.

When he opened his eyes, Cornell found himself on a crowded New York City street. He realized he was the only man in a sea of beautiful women. He thought to himself, “I am the one.” They gazed at him lovingly at first, but quickly turned on him, lunging for his arms and legs as he flailed and twisted away. He was being hunted like a fox. In the chaos Cornell fell to the ground, and the sea of bodies parted before him to reveal a man standing on a soapbox. Sprawled and bruised on the concrete, Cornell looked up to see the King of Pop twirl on his heels, a single white glove tipping his black fedora. “The smell of sweet perfume, can happen much too soon,” M. J. proclaimed. “Be careful what you do, because the lie becomes the truth.”

The sky began to darken and the earth began to shake. The women were closing in again. Cornell gripped the cement, hoping to wake up from this nightmare.

Suddenly he opened his eyes, drenched in a cold sweat. The blonde was shaking him with anguish in her eyes. “It must have been a nightmare,” Chris explained. But the blonde was not impressed.

“You were screaming, ‘She’s just a girl, who claims that I am the one,'” she said. “What the hell does that mean?!”

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Chris Cornell, who’s recently covered both Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, plays a solo acoustic show Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Uptown Theatre. 1350 Third St, Napa. 8pm. $65. 707.259.0123.

Come to Me

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Come to Me

In Lerner & Loewe’s 1947 musical fantasy Brigadoon, two traveling American hunters come upon a tiny Scottish village from the 1700s that, as it turns out, appears from the highland mists for a single day only once every 100 years. That’s about how often modern theater companies take on the tuneful yet dated musical, which is remembered primarily for a somewhat creaky 1954 film starring Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse.

So why did director Gene Abravaya elect to stage the show as part of the current season of the new Spreckels Theater Company?

The answer is simple: the play changed his life.

“There are two shows in my life that have made an incredible impact,” Abravaya reveals. “One was Camelot, the very first show I ever saw, and the other was Brigadoon, the very first show I ever acted in, in high school. That was a time in my life when I was having a lot of personal problems. My parents had just split up, my father left town—and I really needed something to cling to. Being part of the drama club, and being a part of the cast of Brigadoon, with its uplifting messages and magical vibe, it just helped keep me going at a time when things were pretty rough.”

Since, Abravaya has hoped to someday return to Brigadoon, and he’s finally doing it, presenting the beguiling but rare story of a lonely modern-day guy accidentally discovering love, safety and a sense of purpose when he wanders into little Brigadoon on the sole day it rematerializes.

“I’ve always carried an affection for this show, and wanted to someday direct it,” Abravaya says. His production opens this weekend, in a staging that combines authentic costumes, elements of which were acquired earlier this year in Scotland, with high-tech effects and projections that bring the hills and heather of the Scottish countryside onto the stage.

“Spreckels has a stage big enough for a show like this,” he explains, “and we do fill this stage—with actors, with dancers, with gorgeous set pieces and props and slide projections and video sequences. It’s going to be quite beautiful.”

Abravaya believes that the time is right for audiences to rediscover the show that has always meant so much to him.

“The message of the show is simple,” he says. “The message is that there are places, places we long for in our heart—and some of us are lucky enough to find that in our lives.

‘Brigadoon’ runs Oct.11–27, at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center. 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. Showtimes vary. $22-$26. 707.588.3400.

Efren Carrillo Charges Postponed Again

Charges for Efren Carrillo were delayed for a third time this morning, with the Sonoma County supervisor's next court date set for Nov. 1. The postponement was requested by prosecutor Cody Hunt, the lawyer with the Napa Valley District Attorney's office assigned to the case, for more time to review unnamed documents that he said were recently received. Judge...
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Live Review: Reggae On The River 2013

It is hard to put into words what a five day reggae festival in Humboldt County feels like. Senses are heightened and spirits are elevated. The whole experience feels like a time warp, traveling with fellow festivalites to a sacred place deep in the woods, away from the daily grind and the drama of the outside world. It feels...
Read more

Oct. 13: Paul Galbraith at the Occidental Center for the Arts

An internationally renowned innovator, Paul Galbraith alters the physical form of the classical guitar and the way that it is played. Eschewing the traditional guitar for his eight-string Brahms Guitar, he plays a guitar supported by a metal endpin, similar to that of a cello, which rests on a wooden resonance box. On record, Galbraith’s back catalog includes critically...
Read more

Oct. 13: Dave Chappelle at the Wells Fargo Center

Best known for his eponymous TV show, Dave Chappelle’s stand-up comedy style is frequently raunchy, constantly hilarious, and oftentimes explores sophisticated issues surrounding race. At a recent performance in Hartford, Conn., Chappelle was drowned out by a predominantly white audience of crude hecklers that he later called an “arena full of suburban torturers and young, white alcoholics.” Chappelle had...
Read more

Oct. 12: Biketoberfest at FairAnselm Plaza

Bikes, beer and music galore—it’s Biketoberfest! Offering 35 varieties of beer from 20 West Coast brewers and live performances by Moonalice, Tom Finch Group, Tiny Television, Dogtown Ramblers and the Cradle Duende duo, this annual festival is one-of-a-kind, serving our mass of bike-lovers right in the birthplace of the mountain bike. After a pre-festival group ride from San Francisco...
Read more

Oct. 11: A Tribute to Mike Bloomfield at Sweetwater Music Hall

Bob Sarl has spent 20 years putting together a 60-minute documentary about in the life of guitarist Mike Bloomfield. In ‘Sweet Blues,’ Bloomfield attests to his obsessions in a long-ago tape recording that plays throughout the film, while his life story, milestone performances and commentary from associates paint a portrait of a tortured genius of rock. After playing with...
Read more

Single-Origin Philosophy

Philosophy degree? Yeah, that and two bucks will get you a cup of coffee. "What's that saying, 'Jack of all trades, master of none?'" says Steve Decosse, owner of Acre Coffee. Describing his Master's degree in integral philosophy, the Midwest-raised deep thinker suggests with a smile, "It's more like jack of all trades, master of the nothingness. The process...
Read more

Genius at Work

Mention the name Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the runaway best-selling book Eat, Pray, Love, and you'll get a host of opinions. As usually happens when women achieve fame, labels start flying; Gilbert's been called narcissistic, privileged, out of touch and untalented by everyone from respected newspaper columnists to anonymous internet trolls. This, frankly, is a bunch of baloney. Watch her...
Read more

Notes from Beyond

Chris Cornell was a ladies' man. Over the years, a string of lovers had kept him occupied, but never very satisfied. Tonight he was with a tall blonde who'd been at every show on his last tour. Soundgarden groupies were a dime a dozen, though, even if he broke their hearts. As he closed his eyes with the girl...
Read more

Come to Me

In Lerner & Loewe's 1947 musical fantasy Brigadoon, two traveling American hunters come upon a tiny Scottish village from the 1700s that, as it turns out, appears from the highland mists for a single day only once every 100 years. That's about how often modern theater companies take on the tuneful yet dated musical, which is remembered primarily for...
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