News Briefs

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

Open Mic

Insecure Voting

• by Stuart Kiehl

Iraq the Vote

Napa CountyMeasure I

Meet Mike

Introducing Sebastopol sculptor Michael Cooper by way of the Petaluma Art Center fundraiser

• by Gretchen Giles

Fiery Activism

Terror of terrorism captured in 'Catch a Fire'

Melodies of Jack

What could slake Jack's terrible thirst?

American Psychos

It isn't Halloween without the Misfits

• by Sara Bir

Guns and Arias

Puccini's entertaining Wild West opera comes to Cinnabar

• by David Templeton

Deep Roots

Markus James brings his transnational blues back home

• by Bruce Robinson
• Tags: Music, Nightlife

First Bite

Pazzo

• by Carey Sweet

From the Ground Up

How Dan Smith succeeded at failure, made a bushel of money, and is putting it back into the earth as fast as he can

• by Jonah Raskin

Morsels

Un-stuffy Noir

• by Brett Ascarelli

Wine Tasting Room of the Week

Buena Vista Carneros

• by Daedalus Howell

Zut, Abhors!

The Michelin Guide's Bay Area picks miss the mark

• by Clark Wolf