Soraya Murray, author and film scholar, photographed in front of books on shelves.

Technothriller: What a ‘Maligned Little Subgenre’ Tells Us About Our Tech Age

As Steven Spielberg once said, “All science fiction comes true. It just does.” That’s what the filmmaker had to say about the relationship between science fiction and reality in a recent interview he gave to promote his new...
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Marin author Nina Schuyler against a black background, with her blond hair pulled back and wearing a black sleeveless top.

The Rippling of Rivers: ‘Open the Floodgates’ Gives Voice to a Waterway

The River, in San Anselmo author Nina Schuyler’s new novel, Open the Floodgates, is on trial to determine if it actually qualifies for “personhood.” Existing uncomfortably in the dark confines of the courtroom, surrounded by “man-stink,” the River...
Colorful flowers and bubbles in Jake Messing’s acrylic painting “Bubbling Blooms”

Art, Poetry, Stone and Wine With Dogs

HealdsburgLet There Be Light Healdsburg artist Jake Messing turns his attention to the narrow sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum humans can actually see in “Visible Light,” a new exhibition of paintings exploring color, perception and the mysteries hiding...

Free Will Astrology, Aug. 19-25

Antique illustration of the Libra constellation showing golden scales and labeled stars.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consider this your official alert that you’re close to getting too much of a good thing. To safeguard the lovely...
Clay Mauritson in a vineyard

Zillions of Zins: Project Zin & Clay Mauritson

Clay Mauritson’s family has farmed here for six generations. But equally notable is Project Zin, the event he and his wife founded in 2011 with chef...
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Your Letters, Aug. 19

Strange Land People are lame, but tourists are lamer. This is what I sing to myself (sorry Mr. Morrison) when I’m stuck behind a giant Rivian doing...
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