North Bay Bohemian | September 21

09.21.11

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Handcar Regatta 2011
Santa Rosa's sprawling festival of rampant creativity returns for its fourth year, with theme of "Utopian Societies."

North Bay Utopian Communities
We revisit the many fascinating cults and communes that have flourished in the North Bay's illustrious utopian history.

Dr. Helen Caldicott at the Petaluma Progressive Festival
Nuclear activist says hell no to nuclear power, reminds of the lingering dangers of Fukushima and chops down Obama

News Blast: Letter Carriers' Rally to Save the USPS on Sept. 27
What's really bankrupting the Postal Service? It's not what you might think.

Green Zone: Art of Community at Westminster Woods
Three-day conference explores organizing principles behind sustainability

Media: Crash Landing
One traveler's sleepless experience with AirBnB.

Open Mic: Up in the Air
Despite tragedy in Reno, air races should be allowed to continue.

Preview: EarleFest 2011
The Flatlanders, Paul Thorn, Chuck Prophet and more play annual fundraiser in the field.

Interview: Shirley MacLaine at the Wells Fargo Center
Film actress talks broken legs, spirituality, and never watching her old films.

Profile: Cafe Reyes in Point Reyes Station
Perfectly made pizza dough highlights this end-of-the-street haven.

Swirl: Stagecoach Vineyard & Krupp Brothers Estates
A viticultural engineering feat atop Soda Canyon Road boasts 175 combinations of grapes and rootstock.

Preview: 100,000 Poets for Change
Michael Rothenberg started with an idea-and then it spread around the globe.

Stage: 'Broadway Under the Stars' at Jack London State Park
Transcendence Theatre hosts song-and-dance fundraiser to save beloved park from closure

Preview: Sonoma County Book Festival
Authors, panels and books galore at this stellar celebration of all things lit.

Letters to the Editor
September 21 - 27, 2011