🎸 Pat Benatar, Rick Steves and a very hot week

Happy Tuesday Sonoma County. It's going to be a hot week, so stay cool.

In this week's Signal:

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Ok, back to the business at hand...

Early in-person voting is open. Get out and vote early! Make your vote count. Sonoma County is one of the Voter's Choice Act counties, so vote centers replace neighborhood polling places and you can vote in person early. KSRO

Help plan the Southeast Greenway. Personally, I'd love more trails that connect biking and walking. Santa Rosa has opened community planning for the 49-acre strip that runs from Farmers Lane to Spring Lake Regional Park. KSRO

George Fiori Jr. has died at 80. This one is personal. George and my family go way back to the Flori & Grace Pub & Cafe (1977). I was pretty young, all I remember of the restaurant was getting maraschino cherries from the friendly staff. George helped build the food scene here in Sonoma County. The Santa Rosa restaurateur and bar owner died at home after a battle with ALS. Press Democrat

Now open: Leolo Pizza — New pizza place? Slow fermented sourdough. Love it already. Located at 203 N McDowell Blvd in Petaluma. Whole pies at dinner, pan pizza by the slice and panuozzo sandwiches at lunch, plus a special that rotates. Takeout and delivery only. I love that the pizza boxes carry work by local artists. (Leolo Pizza)

Now open: Liquified Juicery — I love that they're using Ayurvedic principles, and organic produce sourced directly from local farmers markets. This organic cold-pressed juice store is in the 2nd Street storefront in Petaluma's Warehouse District (used to be The Juice House). (KSRO)

Worth the drive: Redmetal Barn — Yes! We need more experiences like this in Sonoma County. Any artists or art supporters reading this? Reply and let me know. I'm interested in building a map of local art studios you can visit. If I see a strong desire, I'll look into building it. The Redmetal Barn is a century-old Cloverdale farmhouse and two horse barns restored as a home and art galleries. (Sonoma Magazine)

🎃 Halloween is coming, and so is our Halloween special edition. Watch your inbox. If you have a favorite Halloween event or location, share it and I'll add it.

To get you started... Here are some favorite pumpkin patches:

🎃 Pumpkins in the Parks: A Santa Rosa Scavenger Hunt
This is a great way to get the kids out to the parks. Pumpkin cutouts are hidden in 20 Santa Rosa city parks. Find one and bring it to the Finley Community Center front desk for a prize. Runs through October 30.
Thursday–Sunday, 8 am–6 pm
Santa Rosa city parks (20 parks)
Free · See more →

🍎 Full Tilt Mixology Contest
Monday, 5 pm
The Event, Graton Resort & Casino
Cost: $79.50 (plus applicable fees) · See more →

📚 SBC # 577 Dr. Richard Boyd – How Much Can We REALLY Know About the Afterlife?
A former science director at Lawrence Livermore's National Ignition Facility gives a physicist's take on the afterlife. Not sure what to expect here, but I love the discourse.
Monday, 6–7:30 pm
Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol, Sebastopol
Cost: $10 · See more →

🎶 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Tuesday, 7:30–9:30 pm
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa
Cost: $116.82 – $423.62 · See more →

🎶 Bill Frisell Harmony Five
Tuesday, 7:30–9:30 pm
The Raven Performing Arts Theater, Healdsburg
Cost: $2 – $89 · See more →

🥾 Luther Burbank Experiment Farm Work Day
Get your hands dirty at Burbank's Sebastopol farm. Go early, it's a hot one.
Wednesday, 9 am–12 pm
Luther Burbank Experiment Farm, Sebastopol
See more →

🎬 Petaluma Cinema Series: The Garden of Eden with live score
Wednesday, 6–9 pm
Carole L. Ellis Auditorium @ SRJC Petaluma
See more →

🎬 Movie Night in the Beer Garden: The Goonies
Wednesday, 7 pm
Russian River Brewing Company – Windsor, Windsor
Free · See more →

📚 Rick Steves: How to See the World
Shoutout to my wife. She's going to want to see this. We love to travel.
Wednesday, 7:30–9:30 pm
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa
Cost: $53.1 – $76.7 · See more →

🎭 Slave Play – A Left Edge Theatre Production at The California
Wednesday and Thursday, 7:30–9:30 pm
The California Theatre of Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa
Cost: $20 – $45 · See more →

🎨 Home Again, Home Again
The show opens Thursday at the Sonoma Community Center.
Thursday, 9 am–8 pm
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma
Free · See more →

🖼️ Hot Dog Thursday
Thursday, 11:30 am–1:30 pm
Pacific Coast Air Museum
See more →

🎨 The Arts Guild of Sonoma Presents: A Harvest of Art
Thursday, 5–7 pm
Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma
Free · See more →

🎶 Symphonic Wind Ensemble & USAF Band of the Golden West
Thursday, 7:30–9 pm
Green Music Center, Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
Cost: FREE · See more →

🎤 Don’t Tell Comedy Santa Rosa at Vintage Space
Thursday, 8 pm
Vintage Space at The Flamingo Resort, Santa Rosa
Cost: $27 · See more →

🎶 Perfume Genius at the Mystic Theatre
Thursday, 8:30 pm
Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, Petaluma
Cost: $50 · See more →

The full weekend rundown lands Thursday.

That is your week. Hit reply and let me know what you want more, or less of. I read everything.

— Ben, writing from Santa Rosa