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Sep 2, 2025

Petaluma’s Art Haven, Ani and Bonnie Bonani of Slough City

Klaxons whirled and fizzed in my brain as I read a twice forwarded message (off the grapevine): “Slough City might not make rent this month.”  “Ugggh,” I sputtered, “not another one…” If this cool summer season has been bad for venues generally, it has been terrible for queer-led art spaces,...
Hall of Flowers show at Sonoma County Fair
Jul 22, 2025

The Hall of Flowers, Show Designer Greg Duncan

For those who haven’t been to the Sonoma County Fair, The Hall is in fact a hanger, measuring a...
Dani DiAngelo and Lee Johnson
Jul 15, 2025

The Stars Depart with Closing of Strange Constellation Art Space

Although the queer and BIPOC led art space was open for “just” a year and nine months, Strange Constellation...
“Twerk queen of the North Bay"
Jul 8, 2025

Twerk Plus, ‘House of Flow’

So it is that one doesn’t choose their fame … their fame chooses them.  And so it was that when...
Jun 24, 2025

Insider Art: Nicole Frazer of Artist Within Gallery and Studio

In 1919, The Cedars of Marin was established as a supported, community-centered residence for adults with “developmental disabilities.” It...
Jun 17, 2025

Fast and Slow, Jennifer York and Joe Ruffatto of Bamboo Sourcery

For sheer speed of growth, bamboo, that terrestrial family of jointed and woody grasses, takes the silver, seconded in...
Jun 10, 2025

Princess for a Day, Queen for a Lifetime

Esperanza Rico and Estrellita Rico of The Princess Boutique in Santa Rosa offer their clients cradle to grave service—or...
Jun 3, 2025

Chenoa the Spectacular, Wardrobe Stylist and Costume Designer

Thirty minutes into our interview, I had scrawled three pages of notes but still no story through-line. If you try...
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