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Jan 6, 2026
Rogue Matinee: Renegade Orchestra at the Fairfax Pavilion
There’s something quietly radical about a Sunday afternoon rock show. Especially one that summons the greatest, locally-produced hits of Bay Area rock and puts...
Jan 6, 2026
Musical Restoration Journey, Luddite to AI Artist and More
Mill Valley
Art of Healing
Music takes on a deeper purpose at The Art of Healing, a benefit concert dedicated to supporting the recovery of Oshalla...
Jan 6, 2026
Your Letters, 1/7/2026
Rome Burns
To add to Craig Corsini’s observation (‘Party Foul,’ Dec. 31): Finally, someone who gets it.
I am neither a liberal nor a conservative and...
Dec 30, 2025
‘Words and Letters,’ Shifting Cloudscapes and More
Santa Rosa
The Written Image
The relationship between language and visual art has shifted from ancient hieroglyphics to the bold commercialism of Pop Art, yet the...
Dec 30, 2025
Your Letters, Dec. 31
Party Foul
I grew up in a conservative Republican Catholic family in the 1950s. The GOP at that time still had some integrity, moderation and...
Dec 22, 2025
Highs & Lows: A Look Back on a Year of Stories Reveals a County...
That was the year that was,” sang Tom Lehrer—a line that reads now as less a lyric than a bleak assessment of the times.
Lehrer,...
Dec 22, 2025
Your Letters, Dec. 24
Overdue Book
Nina Schmidt’s piece on Norm Solomon’s book, The Blue Road to Trump Hell, underscores a lesson in being 10 or 15 years too...
Dec 22, 2025
Elegance Over Excess, Grateful Voodoo, Wild Worlds and More
Petaluma
NYE Gala Concert
SkyHill Cultural Alliance rings in the new year with its 17th Annual New Year’s Eve Gala Concert, a Petaluma tradition that favors...