A Sense of Place

Our biannual look at local North Bay authors' work

• by Leilani Clark, Nicolas Grizzle, Gabe Meline, Stett Holbrook, Jacquelynne Ocaña, Michael Shufro, Rachel Dovey and Suzanne Daly
• Tags: Features, North Bay Authors, Local Lit

Binding for Buddha

A Buddhist center's publishing operation causes friction with neighbors in rural Sonoma County

• by Leilani Clark
• Tags: News, Ratna Ling, Dharma Publishing, Odiyan Retreat Center

Poetry & Murder

An excerpt from 'Nameless Dame: Murder on the Russian River'

• by Bart Schneider
• Tags: Arts, Nameless Dame, Soft Skull

To the Gills

'Jiro Dreams of Sushi' rapturous, meditative food porn

• by Richard von Busack
• Tags: Movies, Sukiyabashi Jiro, Jiro Ono

Energy Vessels

The Entrance Band's spiritual communion

• by Leilani Clark
• Tags: Music, Entrance Band, Guy Blakeslee

Chicana Punk

Alice Bag's 'Violence Girl' a story of survival

• by Leilani Clark
• Tags: Music, Alice Bag, Vioence Girl

Mighty Moor

Aldo Billingslea reprises 'Othello' at Marin Theatre Co.

• by David Templeton
• Tags: Theater, Aldo Billingslea, Jasson Minadakis

Food Forward

New PBS documentary explores America's pockets of urban agriculture

• by Gabe Meline
• Tags: Dining, Food Forward, KQED, Urban Agriculture

Vintner's Brew

Divine Brewing and the lessons of grape and grain

• by Ken Weaver
• Tags: Dining, Kevin Robinson, Divine Brewing, Sonoma Springs Brewing Co.

Hagafen Cellars

• by James Knight
• Tags: Swirl, Hagafen Cellars, Ernie Weir, Kosher Wine

For the Birds

Creating a backyard habitat for winged ones

• by Juliane Poirier
• Tags: Green Zone, John Ruch, Audubon Society, Bird Feeders

Letters to the Editor: April 4, 2012

Write!

The small, cathartic lesson of putting pen to paper

• by J. B. Grant