Monte Rio
Keep on Truckin’
The spirit of Terrapin Crossroads rolls back into Sonoma County when the Terrapin Roadshow returns for a two-night stand at the Monte Rio Amphitheater. Led in part by Grahame Lesh, the traveling series revives the communal, improvisational ethos long associated with the extended Grateful Dead universe, gathering an expansive roster of musicians for marathon evenings of jam-band exploration beneath the redwoods. The lineup shifts throughout the run but includes familiar names from the broader Dead-adjacent orbit, with equal emphasis placed on musicianship and the loose-knit fellowship that tends to form around this music. In Monte Rio, that combination of river-town atmosphere, outdoor amphitheater and persistent countercultural glow is especially well matched. 5pm, Saturday, May 30, and 2pm, Sunday, May 31, at Monte Rio Amphitheater, 9925 Main St. $81 general admission; $151 VIP. More information at terrapincrossroads.net.
Petaluma
ART/WORK
Labor gets the gallery treatment in ART/WORK, a group exhibition at IceHouse Gallery featuring artists Cat Alden, Ryan Carrington and Emma Logan, curated by Carin Jacobs. The show examines work wear, labor tools and the broader social meanings attached to work itself, using unexpected materials and interdisciplinary ideas pulled from sociology, politics, economics and gender studies. Set inside the industrial bones of the Burdell Building—once tied to Petaluma’s poultry and dairy economy—the exhibition gains an added layer of resonance, turning the gallery into a meditation on what societies value, produce and wear down in the process. Thoughtful, tactile and occasionally sly, it’s an art show with dirt under its fingernails. Exhibition continues through June 5 at IceHouse Gallery, 405 East D St., Petaluma. Gallery hours 11am–5pm Monday–Friday, 11am–4pm Saturday. Free admission. More information at digitalgrange.com/icehouse-gallery.
Novato
Saxsquatch
Somewhere between cryptid folklore, EDM spectacle and late-night jam-band fever dream lurks Saxsquatch, the seven-foot-tall saxophone-wielding creature bringing his “Bigfoot Rave” energy to the HopMonk Novato Cookout Concert Series. Equal parts electronic producer, philosopher and genuinely skilled multi-instrumentalist, Saxsquatch has built a massive online following through absurdist charm, laser-heavy live shows and collaborations that veer from John Oates to Billy Ray Cyrus. DJ Zack Darling opens. 6pm, Friday, May 22, at HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way. Tickets required. More information at hopmonk.com.
Sausalito
Authors Among Us
Sausalito’s long-running reputation as a haven for bohemians, poets and colorful literary types gets a proper airing when the Sausalito Historical Society hosts an evening devoted to the town’s writerly past. Part of the society’s new Authors exhibit, the program features readings from the works of late Sausalito authors including Shel Silverstein, Maya Angelou and others whose lives and careers intersected with the famously eccentric waterfront community. The broader exhibit highlights the published works of 40 writers connected to Sausalito, spanning poets, playwrights, screenwriters, adventurers and assorted intellectual mischief-makers. Literary history, in other words, with a sea breeze attached. 6–7:30pm, Friday, May 22, at Sausalito Library, 420 Litho St. Free admission. More information at sausalitohistoricalsociety.com.
