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Saturday, September 18

Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life in Power and Politics

History lecture with Alexandra M. Nicklis, who wrote the definitive biography on Hearst. A businesswoman and reformer, the Gilded Age doyenne was one of the wealthiest and most influential women of the era and a philanthropist, almost without rival, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Presented by The Sonoma Valley Historical Society. 2 p.m. Donations welcome. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St. 

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Saturday, September 24

Comedy with Pauline Yasuda

The first-ever Asian female to make the finals of the prestigious San Francisco Comedy Competition, the L.A.-based comic plays an outdoor show at Deerfield Ranch Winery in Kenwood. $32, 7 p.m. Crushersofcomedy.com 

Sunday, September 25

Community Day at Jack London State Park  

Free entertainment and activities: pottery and printmaking demos; Art Escape truck; live music; Sonoma Arts Live prop trunk; live birds; and more. Food and treat trucks on site. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  

Wednesday, September 28

Kevin Morby in concert 

With This Is A Photograph, written and recorded in Memphis, the songwriter scored major coverage and critical kudos from the likes of The New York Times and Rolling Stone. Here, he plays a Redwood Barn show at Gundlach Bundschu Winery. Cassandra Jenkins opens. 7 p.m. $52. Gunbun.com.