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110 Feature_RoseB IC.indd 97 4/24/15 2:15 PM VALLEY HIGHS recently filmed together, including the There’s an authentic “who me?” qual- CONTINUED FROM P.76 Jamie Foxx-starring reboot of Annie ity about her: a self-deprecating humility and the just-released indie comedy paired with an openness and general cu- Modesto squab with poached plums, Adult Beginners. “Not everybody is up riosity about the world that means she paired with what’s rumored to be Napa to work with [their] other half,” she ad- “still pinches herself” every time she goes Valley’s largest offering of sparkling mits. “But making a movie is such a home to her Downtown apartment; wants wines. 1 Main St., St. Helena, 707-967- consuming experience; to share that is to know what you’re doing this weekend; 4695; harvesttablenapa.com. • When it really great.” and is forever exploring new terrain: comes to drinking like a local, look no Byrne recently took five months off, “Australians are adaptable and curious further than the lively Cadet Wine and following the closing of the Broadway people—I think because we live so far Beer Bar, frequented by area winemakers show You Can’t Take It With You, in away,” she says. “But you know, actors for its well-edited menu that showcases which she co-starred with James Earl also have the pioneer spirit: We go out everything from natural wines to Jones, last fall. “By the end of a play, you seeking new land.” • sour beers. Don’t miss Winemaker feel it. You’re crashing from the adrena- Wednesdays featuring a guest bartender line—it takes a minute,” she says. She series helmed by area producers who traveled to Australia, Miami and upstate serve their own tipples, as well as a New York to decompress. (Cannavale’s few of their personal favorites. 930 Instagram documents the pair’s Down Franklin St., Napa, 707-224-4400; cadet Under adventures with outdoorsy snaps beerandwinebar.com. • California meets from Tasmania’s Port Arthur and Cradle STUDY IN CONTRAST CONTINUED FROM P.124 the Creole at Evangeline, a New Orleans- Mountain National Park.) inspired casual French bistro in the The break was a rare move for her: heart of Calistoga, which opened She has a habit of bookending projects, and a conference room. its doors this spring. Crowd-pleasers and speaks admiringly of colleagues The main space functions as a salon. include gumbo ya-ya and the Croque who have the confidence to hold out for It’s here that Yashar’s latest enterprise Marin (chef Brandon Sharp’s bacon- the right thing. “I think it’s really clever AUX (pronounced “auxiliary”), an packed take on a traditional Croque and patient and smart to not just launch in-house think tank for projects in Madame), not to mention a NorCal- yourself into something,” she says. “In experimental design, art and craft, has driven beer program and a curated list of the Runoverend it’s what you say no to. I’ve been its spiritual headquarters. A preview New Orleans liquors. 1226 Washington more impulsive in my decision-making; of AUX’s latest quarterly installment St., Calistoga, 707-341-3131; evangeline hungry to learn and work and do as is on view: a series of limited-edition napa.com. • One of the most buzzed- much as I can.” smartphone-sized “devices” by L.A. about new restaurants in recent The upshot of this is a resume that artist Sean Brian McDonald that are memory, downtown Napa’s Atlas Social testifies to her range, which spans due to launch this summer, and arrayed has garnered a sizable following with breastfeeding jokes with Seth Rogen in on a bronze Dan Johnson Gazelle table. its shareable small plates and rustic- last year’s comedy Neighbors to a sub- Comprising upcycled fabric textiles, meets-modern vibe. 1124 First St., Napa, tle, emotionally weighted performance dark blue enamel paint, paper and 707-258-2583; atlassocialnapa.com. • opposite Bradley Cooper in the ac- Styrofoam, the pocket-sized sculptures claimed 2012 drama The Place Beyond are intended as a commentary on art the Pines. “You have to keep reinvent- for personal experience as opposed ing things and showing different sides to display, as well as an invitation to of yourself,” she says. “It’s not a fore- resist the addiction to documentation: gone conclusion: like, you’ve arrived “People are not engaging with art when LA VIE EN ROSE and you’re established!” they’re looking at it because they’re too CONTINUED FROM P.94 When she finishes shootingThe busy shooting it with their phones,” Meddler, she will return to New York explains Yashar. “It’s about replacing Ghostbusters: “Talk about someone (on her list of anticipated homecoming your phone with this thing that will who’s done a lot for women,” she com- events: reuniting with Cannavale) be- curb your need to hold something while ments. She reunites with the director fore shipping off to Montreal to reprise looking—like a patch.” on next month’s counterintelligence the character of CIA agent Moira Mac- Furth is equally committed to comedy Spy, also starring Bridesmaids Taggert in X-Men: Apocalypse. “I feel fostering new ideas and talent: In alum Melissa McCarthy and Byrne’s lucky they’ve asked me back,” she says. addition to his practice, which he real-life paramour Bobby Cannavale “They do a really sophisticated job launched in 2005, he consults for (“Boardwalk Empire,” Blue Jasmine). with an extremely popular genre. And the Los Angeles County Museum It’s one in a trio of features the cou- I’m excited—I didn’t expect it. of Art (where he’s chair emeritus of ple, who live in the West Village, Because, you know, I’m not a mutant.” the museum’s Decorative Arts and

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