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Alas, you’ll never hear a live performance from Led Zeppelin again.

But keep you eyes peeled for Zepperella. p8

Shocking Conditions

Recently, I visited what some might call a “concentration camp.”

Conditions in the facility shocked me: residents were crowded in, and the smell of dirty diapers and soiled clothing/bedding and urine from shared restrooms permeated the air.

Language barriers between staff and residents created other issues. Many residents appeared listless, surrounded by institutional-beige walls, bedding and floors. Was I at a border facility housing illegal immigrants? No, I was at one of Marin’s skilled nursing facilities that’s home to hundreds of elderly and disabled poor.

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Now that we’ve elected our first openly fascist president, a socialist (Bernie), an upstart (Harris), a Stanford man (Booker), a gay mayor (Buttigieg) and an old-school hack (Biden) don’t look half bad. Heck, I’d even take a religious reprobate (Pence) over Donito Trumppolini.

I read that Pence might follow the rule of law on occasion. Give democracy a chance. Bring on 2020!

Craig Corsini San Rafael

We NeedTrees

Trees sequester carbon dioxide.

Trees release oxygen into the air.

Trees are a part of the solution to global warming. We must plant trees, prune trees and, of course, avoid killing trees. They are here to help us. Honor them. By doing so we avoid the intense fires that are part of global warming.

Theresa Roach Melia Graton

GoodTo See

The recent “Seeing Is Believing” article (July 3, 2019) is a timely counterpoint to the rah, rah, rah about the supposed widespread benefits that artificial intelligence will bring to us all.

For more on problematic aspects of artificial intelligence, I alert readers to an upcoming talk by Nicanor Perlas on Tuesday July 16, 7pm in Sophia Hall, at the Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm in Santa Rosa. Nicanor has recently published his views in Humanity’s Last Stand: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence: A Spiritual Scientific Response.

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So-called ‘doob tubes’ are a menace to the environment.

Pot Stickler Can Marin take advantage of popular new effort to stem the tide of consumer cannabis waste? By Tom Gogola and Mat Weir

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hen JJ Kaplan was a supervisor for the San Francisco– based cannabis collective SPARC, he saw a lot of trash headed for the garbage bin.

“I would see boxes of plastic and waste everywhere,” Kaplan recalls. He talked about it with his friend Sam Penny, a garbage-truck driver who had also noticed the weed-waste problem, and together they decided to launch a new business, Canna Cycle, to reduce waste in the world of weed.

“People forget our industry was built on old-school hippies and growers who were sustainable on all

aspects,” Kaplan says.

Based in Eureka, Canna Cycle launched at the beginning of the year and now has recycling bins in more than a dozen locations throughout the Bay Area.

Locally, their 23-gallon bins at the five Bay Area SPARC locations collect cannabis packaging—glass jars, socalled plastic “doob tubes” and all the other childproofing plastic that’s part of the California Bureau of Cannabis’ Control’s regulations.

How does it work? Pretty simple.

The bins are open to the public and easily identifiable via the Canna Cycle logo. Kaplan says the biggest waste

product they see are the “doob tubes,” and glass jars.

But they don’t—they can’t—accept everything, especially discarded cartridges from vape pens. That’s a recycling story for another day, or another legislative session.

Kaplan and Penny plan to repurpose much of the glass they collect back to the industry, and say that the plastic “doob tubes” can be turned into things like filament for 3-D printers. (A “doob tube” is cannabisindustry vernacular for a plastic tube which contains a marijuana cigarette.)

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By Nikki Silverstein

Thanks to the San Rafael Pacifics, more than 100 people were swabbed to save a life at a game last week. The local professional baseball club teamed up with community members to help a San Rafael teen, 15-year-old Daniel Rose, find the lifesaving bone marrow match he urgently needs to combat a rare form of leukemia.

The Pacifics hosted the Donor For Daniel bone marrow match registration booth at Albert Park stadium on July 6. Even members of the team, including owner Gabriel Suarez and pitcher Greg Barnette, lined up for the easy cheek swab to see if they might be a match.

The club’s generosity didn’t stop there. Daniel and his cousin threw out the first pitch and the entire team signed a baseball for their special guest. Also, they donated 25 percent of merchandise sales that day to the Rose family.

The Pacifics promoted the event because they understand that the more people who swab, the better chance of finding Daniel a match.

You, too, can help. If you’re 18 to 55 and in good health, order a swab kit via mail and submit a sample to the national donor registry. Visit https://tinyurl.com/DonorForDaniel for more information.

A cherished pet rabbit belonging to an 11-year-old girl was stolen out its cage at the Marin County Fair on the fourth of July. The child raised the bunny and is devastated by the loss.

A fair attendee witnessed the theft from the Fur & Feathers tent and reported it to security. Unfortunately, after a sweep of the grounds, they were unable to find the little girl’s rabbit.

County officials say it’s the first time an animal theft has occurred at the fair and they immediately took preventative measures to safeguard the other animals.

“We hope the community will rally together to help find the rabbit and return it home safe and sound,” says Gabriella Calicchio, county director of cultural services for Marin County.

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Since SPARC dispensaries instituted a recycling program, bins have been brimming.

is in crisis due to rising costs and shrinking returns on investment, with some cities across the nation cutting their programs.

And, it comes at a time when Sacramento is starting to tune in to environmental consequences brought on by legalization—if slowly.

The state Senate recently passed SB 424, which was targeted mainly at banning single-use e-cigarettes but also includes single-use cannabis vape pens in its scope.

That bill was supported by the California Product Stewardship Council, a Sacramento-based nonprofit that works with producers to limit their end-of-life waste-stream.

Turns out there’s a whole lot of it associated with the cannabis industry, and the CPSC says it’s on the lookout for future legislation that dives into the thorny issues of environmental sustainability as met with childproofing mandates. The advent of Proposition 64, she says, came with so many built-in ground rules and regulations that there “aren’t too many legislative aspects to change the waste aspect right now.”

Indeed, there are none this year, except for SB 424. But 424 would only be addressing the cannabis products

that enter the market as a single-use cannabis vape pen. “It doesn’t include single-use joints,” Brasch notes, only the “single-use vape pens that can’t be refilled or reused.”

Enter Kaplan and his new program to collect those tubes containing single joints.

Even as awareness of its eco-impact grows, so to does the cannabis industry itself: 10 states and Washington D.C. have already fully legalized recreational use for adults, with another 27 allowing either medicinal use or use of the non-psychoactive CBD. Only 10 states remain with laws completely criminalizing the plant.

And then there’s Marin County, which, despite all of its legend as a sort of Patient Zero for pot, has been pretty conservative in the legalization rollout.

Kaplan’s looking to expand his business to include recycling bins for delivery-only services but says that for the time being he’s “written off Marin County until we see more infrastructure”—meaning, brick-andmortar shops where he can park a few Canna Cycle bins.

“I love Marin, it’s a beautiful place,” he says. “It saddens me a little bit that the county is a little behind.”

He says “we can definitely work

with the delivery services,” and offers that drivers could pick up cannabis packing from consumers and bring it back to a companies’ headquarters.

Monica Gray, chief operating officer at the bustling Nice Guys Delivery service in San Rafael hopes Kaplan won’t give up on Marin County and says she can’t wait to contact him to see how his model might work for Marin County. “I think it would be great and our consumers would like that a lot.”

For one, Gray sees delivery as the next-generation cannabis movement and that concerns over Marin’s conservative posture when it comes to dispensaries (there’s one in the county) are overstated. It’s a great opportunity and she’d like to seize upon it.

“I really do believe that delivery is the new forefront in getting cannabis.

Prior to recreational, when we were medical only, many of the medical patients we delivered to couldn’t leave their homes. I don’t really find Marin to be so behind on this—it would be great if we could have a dispensary— but setting that aside, it’s the new forefront. Everything is delivered these days: groceries, laundry. The list goes on and on. Amazon, I think they have a recycling program where you can return the packaging,” she says, referencing a new pilot program sponsored by the company now underway in Marin.

The time’s ripe for recycling consumer waste on the delivery routes, she says. “If Amazon can do it, so can the cannabis industry.” Her customers, too, have been griping about the excessive packaging wrought by legalization and says the Canna Cycle program would be a great fit for Marin.

“I think it’s great. Sign me up.

I’ve definitely had my ears open for something like that,” she says, “because one of our challenges as a company is to be as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible— and we get customers calling all the time complaining about the packaging. I love the idea and would get 100 percent the idea of our drivers picking up the packaging.”

To a large measure this story is not just about cannabis but about that facet of American consumerism which equates individual liberty with the pursuit of personalized products.

Meanwhile, safety regulations are forcing cannabis businesses to create a lot of waste via packaging that’s designed to dissuade children from using cannabis products. The culture clash has conspired to create a pretty

wasteful pot industry in the state.

More and more city and state governments are banning single-use plastic items, from grocery bags to straws, but California regulations require all cannabis products to be sold in child-resistant packaging—some of which has to be reusable for multiple doses—and all edible products must be in opaque packaging.

This includes everything from pre-rolled joints sold in “doob tubes” to plastic jars of cannabis flower.

All of these are contributing to a larger problem of plastic particles contaminating the ocean, and even our bodies. A study released in June in Environmental Science and Technology found that humans eat 39,000 to 52,000 tiny plastics per year.

The sticking point in sustainable cannabis is vaping. An August 2018 report in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that one in seven Americans had used cannabis in the previous year, with nearly 5 percent of those using an electronic cigarette, or vape pen, to do so.

The devices come with heavily toxic lithium batteries and vape cartridges made out of metal and glass, plus combustible heating filaments. While each of these things are theoretically recyclable on their own, when combined they are not. There’s also some leftover THC residue inside the cartridge, making it a hazardous material by law, and leaving individual e-cigarettes in a sort of after-life limbo. At present, the disposal of e-cigs and cannabis vape pens is left to the consumer, and by extension, the locality that picks up the trash.

Kaplan’s bins are clearly marked to let people know that they don’t accept vape cartridges. “That’s been a tough one,” he says. “We’ve been instructed by the state to stay away from it.

That’s the one gray area in all of the packaging issues.”

Canna Cycle recently teamed up with Humboldt County growers to launch a separate company, Sugar Hill, last month. Its first item, the Sugar Stick blunt, comes rolled in hemp wraps with a wooden, biodegradable tip to reduce heat on the user’s lips, and comes in a fully biodegradable, hemp-plastic tube.

“The cost of using biodegradable plastic can be two to three times more expensive,” says Kaplan. “But if these become popular, hopefully other brands will follow suit.”

He says he got in the business—it’s a de facto non-profit for the time being,

7 that “if you have cannabis, it shouldn’t be anywhere near your child in the first place. I, as a parent, shouldn’t have to worry about you and your kid.” A person visiting a SPARC location can now make their purchase and dispose of the packaging before they get back to their car. There are typically no children present in the parking lot at SPARC. Kaplan further envisions a future California pot culture where consumers would have a choice between “doob tubes” and so-called “loosies.” It’s kind of a when-cows-fly idea, but why not?

“The biggest change we could make is to give people the option,” he says.

“Do you want it in a ‘doob tube,’ or do you just want it in your hand? If I could go buy three pre-rolls like that, if I know that I’m saving the earth? That would be beautiful.”

A version of this story ran in the July 3 Good Times in Santa Cruz, a Metro publication.

Flashback 50 Years Ago THIS

The days of the Chosen Family at Rancho Olompali are numbered.

The landlord numbers the days at 20; Family members harbor a hope that their stay can somehow be extended. But it is certain that the WEEK once-proud hope of Don McCoy is in great difficulty, just as McCoy himself is weighted down by great personal difficulties these days.

The Chosen Family which [McCoy] drew to him was to create a lifestyle based on love. At first there were about two dozen members of the Family and at one point their numbers had increased to almost 100. In the early days a great many Family members were like McCoy: dropouts from the Establishment after successful careers in business or show business. The whole group ranged in age from late teens to late forties and there were always at least a dozen children around. —July 9, 1969

30 Years Ago THIS

I usually take movies for their entertainment value and forget about the social message. But it was hard to ignore what was being beamed out in Dolby stereo on the huge 70mm screen. We were treated to WEEK two hours of mass murder, justified violence, the torture and murder of a man's girlfriend by the man himself, vigilante justice, defacement of priceless art, child abuse, police corruption, mutilation of friends, brutal revenge because of childhood trauma, women attracted to violent men, and men learning to be violent because "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do," and the final insanity—now that the hero has destroyed his past and left his hometown littered with dead bodies, he settles down with his one true love to live happily ever after —until the next time.

I think there's a connection between what we get in the movies and what we get in our lives. It disturbs me to see that a reviewer in my local paper gives the movie a four star rating, that its PG-13 listing allows kids to see the movie alone, that it is so popular in can command three screens at the theater... Am I the only one that's bothered by Batman? —Letter to the Editor Jed Diamond, July 7, 1989

20 Years Ago THIS

Two heads-up dudes helped douse a potentially disastrous fire out near Lake Lagunitas last week. The first, a trail biker, noticed that a large tree limb had fallen over a high-tension line, causing to spark and WEEK smoke. He rushed over to the nearby MMWD water treatment plant, where an alert employee summoned help. Given the steepness of the hillside and the abundance of dry underbrush, things could have gotten ugly quickly. —July 7, 1999 Compiled by Alex T. Randolph

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he says with a laugh, to plug a gap in recycling efforts already underway by companies such as Galicia that focus on the producer-end. He’s not making any money from the service, which is free to both the dispensary and the consumer. “Our revenue is coming from our consumer brand,” he says, “and this is a cool thing we get to offer to dispensaries.”

Kaplan and Gray both highlight what some may view as a built-in absurdity when it comes to wellintentioned childproofing that comes with cannabis. Gray notes that some of her customers already return the packaging to the drivers upon delivery of the product. The company has previously offered to take back child-resistant bags upon delivery of the product, “or the consumer would just take the item out of the bag and give it back to us and we’d just reuse it. To gather other items, that would just be fantastic.”

Kaplan, who is a parent himself, appreciates the rationale behind childproof pot products but observes

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All-female tribute band Zepparella takes inspiration from Led Zeppelin's improvisational live concerts.

Playing Tribute Classic rock songs roll on with tribute bands By Charlie Swanson

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ince the earliest days of the Elvis Presley impersonator, tribute bands have found a place in the music scene as a way for audiences to hear their favorite songs from their favorite artists in more accessible settings.

Tribute bands also allow casual music fans to attend a concert and know exactly what they’re getting for their ticket.

“Sometimes we have conversations about tribute bands being sort of the dirty little secret of the music industry,” says Aaron Kayce, manager and talent booker for Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. “I don’t think it’s really that dirty, and I don’t think it’s that much of a secret.”

While tribute bands have long been seen as secondary in the industry, they’ve exploded in popularity in the last 20 years, as classic rock icons retire or pass on. Now, for many fans, venues and musicians, tribute bands are becoming the bread and butter of the live music business.

“Everybody likes to sing along, everybody likes to know the songs, and that’s what you get,” says Kayce.

“The bands that do it well are really good, take it really seriously and sell a lot of tickets.”

In the Bay Area, tribute bands run the gamut from recreating songs to recreating entire concert sets from decades past, and classic rock tribute acts such as Petty

Theft, Zeparella and the Sun Kings are some of the busiest bands working today.

Petty Theft Since 2003, Marin- and San Francisco-based tribute band Petty Theft has toured the Western United States, performing the songs of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in the spirit of the band’s live shows.

For the past two years, Petty Theft was voted ‘Best Cover Band’ in the Pacific Sun’s annual readers poll.

For Marin native and Petty Theft guitarist and vocalist Monroe Grisman, Petty Theft is more than a band; it’s a community.

“For the longest time I was only

in original music bands and even at a certain point kind of frowned on cover bands, because I was so into my own thing,” Grisman says.

“But there came a point in my life where I didn’t have as much time (for original music), and I got invited to join this band, and I thought out of all the bands I could think of playing their songbook, Tom Petty struck a chord with me. It’s great rock and roll music, great songs, something I could have fun with.”

With live sets that regularly include more than two dozen songs each show, Petty Theft pulls from over a hundred Petty songs and performs the late artist’s biggest hits as well as the deeper album cuts that true fans will recognize.

Zepparella Veteran hard-rock drummer Clementine first fell in love with Led Zeppelin as a youngster listening to KMET radio in Southern California, and when she began to hit the skins herself, she realized just how much influence Zeppelin drummer John Bonham had on her musical aspirations.

In 2004, looking to better-learn those Zeppelin songs and the drum

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Within the tribute band genre, there are different varieties of tributes. There are bands whose members dress up in costumes and try to look like the band, and there are bands whose members take performance to a high level, like that of a Broadway show.

“I just saw a Genesis tribute band with set designs and period-specific gear,” Grisman says. “And there's a certain value for that, like for me that was the closest thing I’ll ever get to seeing Peter Gabriel-era Genesis in 1973.”

Forgoing the costumes themselves, Petty Theft focuses on performing the music and honoring the sound, while also adding their own touches and taking liberties that keep the concerts fresh for fans.

“I think it’s why we’ve built up a pretty amazing following now; people like that we’re not trying to be Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, rather we always pay tribute and we always give it up to the real deal,” Grisman says.

And the real deal has given it up back to them, with Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone meeting the band through a mutual friend and sitting in with Petty Theft three times over the years. “It’s been an amazing honor,” says Grisman.

While Grisman says the band never imagined the project would gather such a following, they’re happy to share Petty’s music as long as people want to hear it.

“It’s the funny thing with the tribute band, I’ve always considered what we do more of a celebration rather than a tribute,” Grisman says. “Although with Tom’s passing in the last two years, the tribute thing takes on a new meaning.

It was definitely a heavy period after Tom’s passing—it was really emotional for fans and for us, and it still is. But, what we’ve found is that the heaviness has lightened and people are embracing that the music lives on, and to celebrate it is a great thing.”

Drew Harrison (center) and the Sun Kings have embodied the music of the Beatles for nearly two decades.

parts she loved, Clementine hooked up with guitarist Gretchen Menn— who admired Jimmy Page as much as she admired Bonham—and the two formed the Bay Area’s allfemale tribute band Zepparella.

“When we started it, we looked at it being a practice project,” Clementine says. “Shortly after, we started talking about, ‘Why not do it onstage?’”

For Clementine it was, and still is, all about the music.

“I wanted to get better as a drummer, and why not go to the source of how I got into playing drums,” Clementine says. “I feel like I came into this through the back way. It wasn’t that I set out to start a tribute band, it was that I wanted to learn this stuff and see what happens.”

Even 15 years into the band, Clementine notes she’s still learning from Bonham. “We just keep going forward because it’s so musically exciting,” she says. “Led Zeppelin is maybe the only band that I could continue to play for 15 years, and a lot of that is because we take parts of the songs and develop them through improvisation onstage, and

Led Zeppelin gives us that freedom because they were so improvisational in the way they presented the music.

It enables us to create new parts of songs, new ways to approach songs.

It’s always changing.”

In addition to the musical explorations afforded to her in Zepparella, Clementine appreciates how the band acts as a steady source of income and helps her develop an audience for her other singersongwriter projects.

“The creative process as far as being able to write something from scratch with other musicians is a beautiful thing, and I have that in the other projects I do,” she says. “I value it all. I feel like one feeds the other; what I learn from Zeppelin is what I take to my original writing, and parts of my original writing I put into the drumming with Zepparella.”

With the recent return of lead singer Anna Kristina, a vocal powerhouse who first showed her talents as a member of the Santa Rosa High School Chamber Singers back in the day, Zeparella is rocking stage on both the West and East

coasts this summer. In addition to their live shows, Zepparella is offering fans a way to learn the songs themselves, with the newly launched Zepparella Learning Channel on YouTube, a series of videos in which the members teach audiences their parts to a Led Zeppelin tune. So far, the series has featured “When the Levee Breaks” and “Immigrant Song.”

“It’s been a remarkable learning experience for us to teach these songs,” Clementine says. “For 15 years we’ve been learning all these little things that you learn playing this music onstage, and to be able to share that freely with people, it feels like we’re able to give a little back from what we’ve gained playing the music.”

Obviously, Led Zeppelin will never play together in concert again. And classic rock acts like the Rolling Stones or AC/DC that do still tour play in stadiums that don’t offer the intimacy clubs provide.

Clementine sees Zepparella as a way for audiences to experience the classic rock of yesterday in an intimate setting. “To be able

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Petty Theft has built a community around the music of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and always gives tribute to “the real deal.”

to get swallowed up by these songs in a smaller venue is where the power is,” she says.

Zepparella continues to thrive because of the power of those Led Zeppelin songs, and Clementine says the tribute band has lasted so long because of the musicians she’s been able to share that power with.

“I value the people I’ve played with in the past and now,” she says. “It’s a great experience. I wouldn’t trade it.”

The Sun Kings The Sun Kings have performed the music of The Beatles for over 18 years now. Forgoing mop top wigs and Sgt. Pepper’s clothes, the group instead pays tribute by delivering note-for-note recreations of the Fab Four’s entire catalogue.

“I might have to write to Guinness about this,” says guitarist and John Lennon-tribute-vocalist Drew Harrison. “By the end of this year, I will have played every Beatles song ever released, live. The Beatles never did that.”

The 58-year-old Harrison says he should’ve been a brain surgeon, but got bit by rock and roll, “much to me parents’ chagrin.” As a musician,

he’s spent more than three decades performing original music and covers, and like most other baby boomers, is a lifelong Beatles fan.

He’s even more of a John Lennon fan, though he stumbled into The Sun Kings accidentally.

“I didn’t set out to do Beatles’ tribute with the Sun Kings, but you know how life goes, you just end up in these places,” Harrison says.

In the 1990s, after the Berlin Wall came down, Harrison found himself living in Eastern Europe and he joined up with a band in the Czech Republic.

“I was the token English singer, and they said, ‘Play Beatles,’ because they couldn’t have the Beatles or the Stones or anybody out there during the communist era,” he says.

“I played this show for about 6,000 people in this town, Karlovy Vary, and the people went nuts for ‘Ticket to Ride,’ literally nuts, they screamed bloody murder. It was crazy.”

When he got back to the States six months later, Harrison recruited a band and joined the ranks of Beatles tribute bands with the Sun Kings.

“We’re not costumes and we’re not caricatures,” Harrison says. “Not

to take anything away from bands that do that, but we’ve found our niche in that we play the concert the Beatles never gave.”

The Sun Kings play both hits and deep album cuts from across the Beatles’ entire career, using Rickenbacker guitars, Ringo Starrappropriate drum kits and classic amps.

“There’s a pleasant obsession about trying to get it right,” Harrison says. “We’re all fans of the music, so when we get kind of close, we all get this feeling and people love it. That’s the nostalgia that everybody in the tribute world is pining for; a piece of our past.”

That nostalgia is driving the tribute market to new heights in the 21st century, as a generation looks to recapture the classic rock of their youth.

“It’s gotten much bigger in the 20 years since we started,” Harrison says. “And there’s tributes for everything. There’s a certain amount of competition for a Beatles band, for example. It becomes like any business—our product is this music and we are fulfilling the need.”

Part of that business means staying aware of rights issues,

though most tribute bands avoid major publishing problems by not selling albums and ensuring that the songwriters are given credit where it’s due.

“I know the new media licensing is such that ASCAP found us and other tribute bands and said, ‘You’re going to have to pay licensing just for having snippets of the songs on your website,’” says Harrison. “And that’s fair, that’s fair.”

While the Sun Kings take the business of tribute bands seriously, they don’t forget to enjoy the music.

“I’m the fan I have to impress,” Harrison says. “I love the music, and getting it right is like building a kitcar—it’s made me a better musician, certainly a better singer.”

In addition to their own instrumentation, the five-man outfit also brings in horns and strings for full-album shows. The band also invites schools to bring in music students to play with them from time to time.

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Sundial THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A SELECTIVE GUIDE

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World Cinema

Filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi spent four years intimately following two unconventional Afghan women, Parliament Member Nilofar Ibrahaimi and television journalist Shakila Ebrhaimkhel, for the documentary Facing the Dragon. Telling the story of both women’s struggles in choosing between career ambitions and motherhood amidst life-threatening danger, the film won the 2018 Human Rights Watch Film Festival award for courage in filmmaking. Now, Marin audiences can see Facing the Dragon with a screening on Thursday, Jul 11, at Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. 6:30pm. Free. TiburonFilmFestival.com.

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Illuminating Reading Acclaimed poet-anthologist Elise Paschen is as fascinated with the making of poems as with poetry itself, and the new anthology book, The Eloquent Poem, is Paschen’s most ambitious accomplishment yet as an anthologist. Gathering over 120 neverreleased poems from the best contemporary poets, The Eloquent Poem features examples of over a dozen different approaches to writing poetry complete with micro-essays from the poets themselves. Paschen is joined by several of those poets for a reading of the anthology on Friday, Jul 12, at Point Reyes Books, 11315 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station. 7pm. Free; donations welcome. 415. 663.1542.

SAN RAFAEL

Stroll To It The Downtown San Rafael Business Improvement District and Steven Restivo Event Services are hosting a massive new tasting event this weekend with the inaugural San Rafael Hops & Vines Stroll. The easy-going affair takes up most of downtown along the Fourth Street corridor to the West End Village and features numerous new and established breweries, bars and restaurants and several merchants and businesses offering wine and beer tastings inside their stores. The stroll commences on Saturday, Jul 13, along Fourth St., San Rafael. 2pm. $25-$30. sresproductions.com.

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Made up of a number of former military buildings at historic Fort Barry in the Marin Headlands, the Headlands Center for the Arts is now home to artists working in the disciplines of painting, sculpture, dance, performance and more, and provides an inspiring environment for those artists to work in. This weekend, the public is invited to see the creative process in action at the Headlands Center for the Arts Summer Open House. Roam the campus, meet the artists and see their works-inprogress at this seasonal offering, and enjoy a housemade lunch in the Mess Hall on Sunday, July 14, at Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Simmonds Road, Sausalito.

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Veteran singersongwriter Joan Osborne takes on the music of icon Bob Dylan with two shows, Jul 12-13, at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. See concerts, pg 20.

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Arizona-based Jim Sobo (left) and friends make their way to the North Bay for the Howling Coyote Tour.

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Desert Foxes Howling Coyote Tour returns By Charlie Swanson

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ituated within the Bradshaw Mountains in central Arizona lies the small town of Prescott (Pronounced “press-kit"). Over the years, this mile-high hamlet has earned a reputation as a place for emerging artists to find an audience, and today it draws singers and songwriters of all kinds to its many clubs and venues.

Jim Sobo was drawn there in 2003. He performed and recorded music in the Bay Area and Los Angeles for years before relocating to Prescott with his family, where he soon discovered a vibrant music scene at a venue called Coyote Joe’s.

“I started seeing some exceptional talent there,” Sobo says. “I was so

taken with the talent that I decided to start this tour.”

For the past 14 years, Sobo has spent his summers curating and leading the Howling Coyote Tour, which appears at a half-dozen North Bay venues between July 16–21.

“I want to expose this talent to a larger fan base, a larger musical community,” Sobo says. “The San Francisco Bay Area is my favorite musical community. I’ve done a lot of traveling, and I think that San Francisco has a great ear for original singer-songwriters and acoustic showcases like mine.”

This year’s lineup of performers is one of the tour’s most widely varied yet, featuring instrumental guitarist Darin Mahoney, flutist Sherry

Finzer and folk/blues duo CrossEyed Possum.

Mahoney’s roots are in folk music, though he’s performed instrumental numbers on acoustic guitar much closer to the world music-style of Windham Hill Records ever since he discovered the New Age label while battling cancer.

An internationally known flutist, Finzer is also the founder of Heart Dance Recordings—to which Mahoney is signed—and the two have collaborated on records and onstage in the past.

Joining those two, Cross-Eyed Possum is twin brothers Jonah and Jason Howard, who mix jazz, blues and alternative rock, on guitar and bass. On Sobo’s podcast, The Howling

Coyote Radio Hour, Cross-Eyed Possum recently met and started jamming with, Mahoney and Finzer.

“The tour hasn’t even started yet, and they’re already starting to collaborate,” Sobo says. “I can only imagine what’s going to happen when we get out on the road and start to work on stuff with each other.”

Howling Coyote Tour performs on July 16 at Mantra Wines in Novato, July 17 at Barrel Brothers Brewing Co. in Windsor, July 18 at 256 North Restaurant in Petaluma, July 19 at Grav South Brewing in Cotati, and July 20 at Marin Country Mart in Larkspur.

Times vary. Free, donations welcome. howlingcoyotetour.com.

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Force of Nature ‘Be Natural’ delves into film’s first female powerhouse By Richard von Busack

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f there’s one sad thing historians know about official histories, it’s that success has a thousand fathers … but few mothers. From the days of glass box theaters and handcranked cameras comes Pamela B. Green’s fascinating, deeply researched documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache.

Guy-Blache has many firsts on her resume. She was very likely the first female film director. She was certainly the first woman to start a film studio. She also co-founded the Solax Studio in Fort Lee, New

Jersey—a town one historian here calls “Hollywood 1.0” because Goldwyn, Fox and Paramount all hatched there, on the palisades right across the river from New York City, before WWI. Guy-Blache was the first person to make a film with an entirely African American cast (in 1912). Director Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) comments here on the short’s historical importance, while distancing herself a bit from its attitudes. Guy-Blache made an early film about family planning; it would have screened at the Margaret Sanger Clinic if the cops

hadn’t shut the clinic down first.

Her short The High Cost of Living (1912) studies a crime committed by an ironworker who is forced to be a strikebreaker. In his Behind the Mask of Innocence, the imminent silent film historian Kevin Brownlow calls it “a fascinating glimpse into the conditions of the time.”

As well as being first, GuyBlache was also funny: her twominute-long, 1906 film La Femme Colante (“The Sticky Woman”) is as uproarious as a Kate McKinnon sketch. Early on, Guy-Blache discovered that deadpan humor

‘Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache’ is playing at the Lark Theater in Larkspur.

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Forgotten film pioneer Alice Guy-Blanche is rediscovered in ‘Be Natural.’

triumphs over gesticulation. At Solax Studio, above the boards where the actors hit their marks, was a large sign urging them to go smaller: “BE NATURAL.” Guy-Blache rose from the rank of stenographer at France’s Gaumont studios to become the person who hired Louis Feuillade to direct. In terms of importance as it relates to the creation of cinema, this is equivalent to being the boss who used to send D.W. Griffith out for cigarettes.

And, yet, this pioneer was written out of official histories and considered a secondary player to better-known names. I’m not saying it was gender … but it was gender.

The traditional source of information on Guy-Blache is a 1964 television interview featuring her as a proper, elderly Frenchwoman with pearls around her neck. At that point in time, perhaps two-and-ahalf of her movies had been retrieved from loss. Green delves from there, making the hunt for Guy-Blache visually thrilling.

Be Natural is a celebration of how the internet picks the locks of history. Case-in-point: the passage in which Green rescues a fouled tape of an interview with GuyBlache’s daughter by racing all over Los Angeles, from one engineer to another. In a technical institute in Paris, she visits the theater where Guy-Blanche screened her early films more than a century ago.

There, a facial recognition expert confirms that Guy-Blache is a figure in certain films and photographs.

Green researches family trees from the roots up, until she finds a trove of materials in a humble house in St. Louis. She also takes a look at GuyBlache’s Legion d’Honneur medal, which is being kept in storage by one of Guy-Blache’s descendents in a tiny town in Arizona.

Digging in the style of an investigative reporter, Green creates a portrait of this pioneer in both her highly-paid success and later unhappiness: Guy-Blache’s husband left her for the better-known early female film director Lois Weber. She was robbed of credit in the official histories again and again, and in later life was unable to get work at Gaumont, the studio she helped thrive. Happily, Green’s intrepid research restores Guy-Blache to her rightful place in cinema history.

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Movies

• New Movies This Week Aladdin (PG)

By Matthew Stafford

Friday July 12-Thursday July 18 Annabelle Comes Home (1:46) Yet another creepy doll wreaks havoc on yet another suburban family despite the best efforts of a demonologist, a priest and something called “sacred glass.”

Between Me and My Mind (1:40) Documentary portrait of high-spirited songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and longtime Phish frontman Trey Anastasio.

Booksmart (1:45) Coming-of-age comedy about two high school brainiacs who make up for lost time (not to mention drinking, drug use and strong sexual content) the night before graduation.

Crawl (1:207) Horror thriller about a father and daughter trapped in a Florida crawlspace as floodwaters rise and gators come a-chomping.

The Cure Live in Hyde Park (2:20) Catch the British post-punk new wave alternarock band in 4K Cinemascope 7.1 sound as they celebrate their 40th year in the business with 65,000 fans.

Danseur (1:10) Documentary examines the sexism and homophobia faced by male ballet dancers while celebrating the artistry and talent of the form’s practitioners.

Deconstructing The Beatles: Abbey Road (1:35) Filmed multimedia presentation by musicologist Scott Freiman focuses on the Fab Four’s final (and perhaps finest) album.

Easy Rider (1:35) Groundbreaking existential end-of-the-sixties biker flick stars Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as a couple of hippies making their way from Hollywood to New Orleans.

Exhibition Onscreen: Rembrandt (1:30) Visit London’s National Gallery and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum for an unprecedented look at the great painter’s defining works.

Exhibition Onscreen: Van Gogh & Japan (1:30) Explore Vincent’s deep affinity for Japanese art and its profound influence on his work on a cinematic tour of France, Japan and Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum.

The Fall of the American Empire (2:08) Highfalutin comedy thriller about a French philosophy major/deliveryman caught up in a vexing yet potentially lucrative moral dilemma.

Halston (1:45) Documentary focuses on the mysterious Midwestern fashionisto; Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson and other playmates share insights.

Impact (1:23) 1949 noir (filmed in Larkspur!) about a love triangle gone blood-red; Brian Donlevy and Anna May Wong star.

In Search of Chopin (1:50) Documentary examines the life and career of the great Polish composer highlighted by performances of his music on vintage instruments.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2:01) Wistful, poetic drama about a Fillmore native struggling to remain in his rapidly gentrifying home town.

Late Night (1:42) TV talk show superstar Emma Thompson gets a dynamic dose of sisterhood when she hires Mindy Kaling as her first female staff writer.

The LEGO Movie (1:41) A LEGO figurine

and his peg-block posse take on an evil power-mad tyrant; Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Alison Brie and Liam Neeson supply the vocals.

The Lion King (1:58) “Live-action” CGI reimagination of Disney’s cartoon classic about an African lion cub’s journey of selfdiscovery; Donald Glover, Alfre Woodard and James Earl Jones vocalize.

Maiden (1:33) Eye-opening documentary looks back at the 1989 Whitbread yacht race, the all-woman crew of the Maiden and their grueling 32,000-mile ’round-theworld triumph.

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (1:37) Documentary lingers on the Greek isle of Hydra circa 1960, where Marianne Ihlen, Leonard Cohen and other artists, writers and musicians created an idyllic expat bohemia.

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida (2:30) Ancient Egypt comes alive in Verdi’s epic tale of love and loss, presented direct from New York in all its high-def big-screen glory.

Midsommar (2:20) Two unwary Americans find themselves in a rural Scandinavian summer-fest where the spookiness is as unrelenting as the sunshine.

Nureyev (1:48) Documentary tribute to the ballet icon features seldom-seen footage and newly choreographed Terpsichore by Russell Maliphant.

Pavarotti (1:55) Ron Howard’s tribute to the opera superstar features insightful interviews, seldom-seen footage and dazzling performances newly restored in Dolby Atmos.

Romeo and Juliet (2:04) William Shakespeare’s tragedy of star-crossed love gets the ballet treatment from Sergei Prokofiev and a couple of superstars: Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn.

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2:09) Spidey brings his arachnid act to Europe, weaving his web in search of Continental bad guys; Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton star.

The Spy Behind Home Plate (1:38) Documentary portrait of Moe Berg, the brainy multilingual major league catcher who spent WWII as an OSS agent undermining the Nazis’ A-bomb project.

Stuber (1:45) Uber dork Kumail Nanjiani finds himself in the middle of an escalating laff-filled nightmare when his passenger turns out to be an undercover cop on a case.

Super 30 (2:35) Indian drama about a poor yet gifted young man who uses his mathematical skills to make something of himself; Hrithik Roshan stars.

The Taming of the Shrew (2:50) The Royal Shakespeare Company gives the Bard’s raucous comedy of gender politics a fresh new sex change; Justin Audibert directs.

The Tomorrow Man (1:34) Quirky romance with Blythe Danner and John Lithgow scaling the obstacles wrought by their distinct personalities in search of love.

Walking on Water (1:40) Documentary chronicles the creation of the latest extravaganza from environmental artist Christo: an eerie floating golden walkway into Italy’s Lake Iseo.

Northgate: Fri-Wed 9:50, 1, 4:05, 7:05, 10:10 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:15; Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:15, 6:30 Annabelle Comes Home (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 4:55, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 7:45, 10:25 Avengers: Endgame (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 3, 7:10 Rafael: Wed 7 • Between Me and My Mind (NR) The Biggest Little Farm (NR) Rafael: Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Mon 6:15; Tue 6:15, 8:15; Wed 4:15, 6:15; Thu 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 Booksmart (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20; Sun 11:15, 1:50, 4:20, 9:15; Mon-Tue 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45; Wed 10:30, 5:10, 7:45; Thu 1:45, 4:20, 6:55 Crawl (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10, 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:30, 12:50, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:30 The Cure Live in Hyde Park (NR) Lark: Fri 8; Sat 10:15 Rafael: Sun 1:45 (danseur Ben Needham-Wood in person) • Danseur (NR) Deconstructing The Beatles: Abbey Road (NR) Rafael: Sun 4:15 (side 2) Regency: Sun 7 • Easy Rider (R) Echo in the Canyon (NR) Rafael: Fri-Sat 12, 2, 8:45; Sun 8:45; Tue 8; Wed 4; Thu 3:45, 8 • Exhibition Onscreen: Rembrandt (NR) Lark: Sat 1 • Exhibition Onscreen: Van Gogh and Japan (NR) Lark: Tue 6:30 The Fall of the American Empire (R) Lark: Mon 8:30; Tue 2:30; Thu 10 Lark: Fri 12:15; Sun 8:10; Mon 10; Wed 2:05; Thu 8:50 • Halston (NR) Lark: Sat 5:30 • Impact (NR) Lark: Thu 6:30 • In Search of Chopin (NR) John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:35; Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:20, 6:30, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 9:50pm The Last Black Man in San Francisco (R) Regency: Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25; Mon-Thu 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:30 Late Night (R) Lark: Fri 4:45; Sat 8; Sun 10; Mon 12:10; Tue 10, 8:30; Wed 4:10; Thu 2:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 7, 10:25; Sun-Tue 7; Wed 1:55 (Friday and Monday-Thursday showtimes may change) Northgate: Wed 9am • The LEGO Movie (PG) Cinema: Thu 6, 9:10 Fairfax: Thu 6, 6:15, 8:45, 9; 3D showtimes • The Lion King (PG) at 6:30, 9:15 Northgate: Thu 6, 7, 9:15, 10; 3D showtimes at 8:30, 11:20 Playhouse: Thu 6, 6:15 Rowland: Thu 6, 7:30, 8:15, 9, 9:45, 11:15, midnight; 3D showtime at 10:30pm Rafael: Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Mon-Tue 6:30, • Maiden (NR) 8:30; Wed-Thu 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 • Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (R) Regency: Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25; Mon-Thu 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:30 Men in Black: International (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:10, 7:35 Lark: Wed 6:30 Regency: Wed 1 Sequoia: Wed 7 • The Metropolitan Opera: Aida (NR) Midsommar (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:05, 3:30, 6:55, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:50, 2:20, 6, 9:30 Lark: Sun 1 • Nureyev (NR) Pavarotti (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sun 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05; Mon-Thu 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20 Sequoia: Fri-Tue, Thu 1:15, 4:10; Wed 4:20 (Friday and Monday-Thursday showtimes may change) Rocketman (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:20, 6:35, 9:35 Larkspur Landing: Fri, MonWed 6:45, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 Regency: Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:30; Mon-Thu 10:50, 1:45, 4:45, 7:35 Lark: Sun 3:15 • Romeo and Juliet (NR)

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG-13) Spider-Man: Far from Home (PG-13)

The Spy Behind Home Plate (NR) Stuber (R)

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Super 30 (NR)

The Taming of the Shrew (NR) The Tomorrow Man (PG-13) • Walking on Water (NR)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 9:55, 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12, 12:45, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9:30, 9:55 Northgate: Fri-Wed 9:45, 10:20, 12, 12:45, 1:35, 3:15, 4, 4:50, 5:40, 6:30, 7:15, 8, 9:45, 10:25; 3D showtimes at 11:10, 2:25, 8:55 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10, 1, 2:20, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10; 3D showtime at 11:20am Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 9:25; Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:30; Thu 1:40, 4:35 (Friday and Monday-Thursday showtimes may change) Lark: Fri 2:30; Sat 10; Sun 6; Mon 4:15; Tue 12:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:20, 4:45, 7:25, 9:55 Rowland: Fri-Wed 9:45, 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:05 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:50, 6:25, 10 (in Hindi with English subtitles) Rafael: Mon 7:15 Lark: Mon 2:15; Wed 10; Thu 12:30 Lark: Fri 10; Mon 6:20; Wed noon

We have omitted some of the movie summaries and times for those that have been playing for multiple weeks.

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

CinéArts Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-1190 Century Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6506 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 491-1314 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1251 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-6496 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 898-3385

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Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ gets a 21st century adaptation in San Rafael.

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Modern Measures Marin Shakespeare Company takes on a little-known work from the playwright By Harry Duke

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he Marin Shakespeare Company opens its 30th season with Measure for Measure. Shakespeare on justice and mercy would seem to be a perfect fit for a company that brings their Shakespeare for Social Justice program to eight California state prisons.

Officially labeled a comedy, Measure for Measure is considered by some to be one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays,” in which the situation a main character gets into is reflective of a greater societal problem. Here, the issue is the enforcement of law with little mercy.

Judge Vincentio (Patrick Russell) cedes his authority to Judge Angelo (Joseph Patrick O’Malley) in an attempt to avoid responsibility for the

strict enforcement of the law. Vincentio disguises himself as a friar so he can stick around and see what happens.

Angelo begins immediate enforcement of the laws, closing all the brothels (except those that cater to the upper crust) and imposing the death penalty on those found guilty of fornication. Claudio (Brennan Pickman-Thoon), who has impregnated his girlfriend, soon finds himself on death row. He begs his friend Lucio (Ariel Zuckerman) to get his sister Isabella (Luisa Frasconi) to leave her convent and intercede with the judge.

Isabella meets with the judge to plead for her brother’s life. After a day’s consideration, Angelo offers to release Claudio if Isabella gives herself

to him. Isabella threatens to expose him, but the smug Angelo knows she will not be believed: “Say what you can, my false o'erweighs your true.”

Working behind the scenes to right the many wrongs in play, Vincentio puts a plan in motion to save the day.

One of Shakespeare’s less frequently produced works, director Robert Currier has added elements to make this play more contemporary. The set, by Jackson Currier, is modeled after San Quentin. The costumes, by Tammy Berlin, are modern. Spoken word sound bites by LeMar “Maverick” Harrison and picket signs with social justice messages bridge the scenes.

Such devices are often used to make

plays more accessible, but in this case some of them weakened the show and made it longer than necessary.

Performances ranged from professional to amateurish, with the best work done by Russell, O’Malley (when you could hear him), Frasconi, Steve Price as advisor Escalus, and Ed Berkeley as Pompey.

Get past the directorial excesses, and you’ll find a darkly comic tale of morality, hypocrisy and law. “After all, the play’s the thing.”

‘Measure for Measure’ runs through July 21 at the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, 890 Belle Ave., San Rafael. Thursday – Saturday, 8 pm; Sunday, 4 pm. $10 - $38.

415.499.4488. marinshakespeare.org.

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fully expect new folks to show up in North Bay wine country next week and announce their plan to make wine as good as, or better than, the best wines of France.

The plan is nothing new. James Concannon did just that in 1883 when he planted vine cuttings from Château Margaux—famed for its wines then as now—in his Livermore Valley vineyard.

Margaux, located in the Bordeaux region on the southwestern coast of France, happens to be big on Cabernet Sauvignon—now the most widely

planted grape in California by far— and some 80 percent of its acreage is now planted with clones of Cabernet that originated in the Concannon Vineyard, according to the winery. With its toasty Cabernet s’more aroma of graham cracker and jelly, Concannon’s classic 2016 CV Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon ($20) has plenty of varietal character for the price, with room left over in the middle palate for sensibly paired cuisine.

Despite our reputation as revolutionaries, Americans are restorationists par excellence when it comes to the king of grapes—you see the Bastille Day tie-in? Take Jordan Vineyard & Winery, which recently dumped its American oak barrels in favor of French oak barrels for its latest vintage, 2015 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($57). Just as foodfriendly as the last vintage, this mélange of dried mixed berries, walnut, and raspberry herbal tea isn’t necessarily my cup of tea for a second glass, but as a Bordeauxstyled accompaniment to food, it’s hard to beat.

Choose Frank Family Vineyards’ 2016 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($58) for a broadly warm, strawberry and plum jam-flavored sipper. Sweet and soft, it also shows enough black olive and pencil box Cabernet character to stay in its price lane.

Now, name the reigning monarch of California white wine. Sauvignon Blanc? Good guess, because that’s the blanc heavy of southwestern France. Yet, despite the popularity of “Sauternes” among California wine drinkers of the 1880s, their successors of the 1980s weren’t as savvy. That’s just as well, because Gamble Family Vineyards’ 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Yountville ($28) offers plenty of pretty citrus blossom, honey, and tropical fruit cocktail aromas for the price. With Asian pear flavor and a green, fruit cocktail grape note, the finish has a balancing touch of bitter melon rind.

I also like the simpler Pixy Stix, grapefruit zest and smoky flint-scented Benziger North Coast Sauvignon Blanc ($15).

When it’s time to let them have Chardonnay, try the Benziger 2017 Sonoma County Chardonnay ($16) or Imagery 2018 California Chardonnay ($20), whose on-type, if muted, apple pie and caramel flavors should cause no revolt among loyalists to the queen of California white wine. Y

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Calendar Concerts Bob Schneider One of Austin’s most celebrated musicians plays off his new album, “Blood and Bones,” with two shows, including a cookout concert on Sunday. Jul 13-14. $25-$30. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Joan Osborne Platinum-selling artist sings the songs of Bob Dylan. Jul 12-13, 8pm. $49. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Midtown Social San Francisco’s favorite soul party band opens the Osher Marin JCC’s Summer Nights concert series. Jul 13, 7pm. $23-$32.

Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

Clubs & Venues

5800 Northgate Mall, San Rafael, 415.479.5955.

Old St Hilary’s Landmark Jul 13, 4pm, Andrew York. 201 Esperanza, Tiburon, 415.435.1853.

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Jul 17, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Jul 11, Rusty String Express. Jul 16, Wanda Stafford. Jul 17, Robert M Powell. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon Jul 11, Tony Hannah. Jul 12, Kelly Peterson Band. Jul 13, Isaiah Mitchell and Mark Boylan. Jul 14, 6pm, Jeremy D’Antonio. Jul 17, Kevin Meade with Ethan Wiley. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls, 415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Jul 10, Forty Feet North. Jul 11, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Jul 12, Go by Ocean. Jul 13, the Happys. Jul 14, Blonde Toledo. Jul 16, Sour Widows. Jul 17, Idle Joy. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Presidio Yacht Club Jul 12, the 7th Sons. 600 Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319.

Ali Akbar College of Music Jul 13, an evening of singing and sarode with Ranjana Ghatak and Ranajit Sengupta. 215 West End Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6372.

Rancho Nicasio Jul 12, Drew Harrison. Jul 14, 4pm, Tainted Love. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Belvedere Community Park Jul 14, 4pm, Vintage Jukebox Orchestra. 450 San Rafael Ave, Belvedere, belvedereconcerts. org.

Sausalito Cruising Club Jul 15, Blue Monday Band jam session. 300 Napa St, Sausalito, 415.332.9922.

Fenix Jul 11, Blue Boys. Jul 13, Next Phase. Jul 14, Shelby Lanterman and Caroline DeLone. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Jul 17, Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax, 415.485.1005.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Jul 13, Tally Up with Aaron Saul. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Station House Cafe Jul 14, 5pm, Charlie Hickox. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

Mantra Wines Jul 13, Mama’s Boy. Jul 16, 5pm, Howling Coyote Tour. 881 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.892.5151.

Sweetwater Music Hall Jul 10, Kanekoa. Jul 11, Royal Jelly Jive and the Turbans. Jul 12, the Killer Queens. Jul 13, the Purple Ones. Jul 14, the Beatles & Stones Experience. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

Margaret Todd Senior Center Jul 10, 5pm, July Jazz Night. 1560 Hill Rd, Novato, novato.org.

The Tavern on Fourth Jul 12, Blue Radio. 711 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.4044.

Menke Park Jul 14, 5pm, the Jones Gang. Redwood and Corte Madera avenues, Corte Madera, 415.302.1160.

Tennessee Valley Cabin Jul 12, Creekside Fridays with Cole Tate.

60 Tennessee Valley Rd, Mill Valley, 415.388.6393.

19 Broadway Nightclub Jul 11, Rhythms & Rhymes. Jul 12, Pardon the Interruption. Jul 13, 5pm, Spirits of Turpentine. Jul 14, 4pm, Westside Jazz Club.

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Terrapin Crossroads Jul 11, Amendola vs Blades. Jul 12, Top 40 Friday with the Pranksters. Jul 13, Steve Pile Band. Jul 14, 12:30pm, electric brunch with Paige & the Clementines. Jul 15, Grateful Monday with Stu Allen and friends. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

No Name Bar Jul 11, Parts & Labor. Jul 12, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jul 13, Blue Monday Blues Band. Jul 14, Doug Nichols and friends. Jul 15, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Throckmorton Theatre Jul 11, 6:30pm, Twilight Concert featuring the EMA Ensemble. Jul 13, Ian Dogole & Music Beyond Borders. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Oak Plaza at Northgate Jul 12, 6pm, Pride & Joy.

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Corte Madera Library Jul 13-Sep 15, “Impressions of Summer,” exhibit includes work by artists who live and work on Mount Tam. Reception, Jul 13 at 2pm. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera.

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Field to Glass Wine Dinner Series showcases winemakers and other wine professionals. Jul 11, 6pm. $85. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

Marin Society of Artists Jul 11-Aug 3, “California Mind,” MSA members show features art that looks at the world through the eyes of a Californian.

Reception, Jul 12 at 5pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. 415.464.9561.

Events Big Time Festival Activities for kids and adults includes lectures, readings and songs that evoke the past and explore the present and future of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and Native California. Jul 13, 10am. Free. Bear Valley Visitor Center, Bear Valley Rd, Olema, marincountyparks.org.

Headlands Center for the Arts Summer Open House Meet the Center’s artists in residence, view works in progress and soak up the awesomeness that permeates the artistrenovated military campus. Jul 14, 12pm.

Free. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.2787.

Summer Family Mountain Bike Festival Trips for Kids Marin offers bike-themed games, skills course, gear raffle, snacks, refreshments and fun for all ages. Jul 13, 10am. Donations welcome. China Camp State Park, 100 China Camp Village Rd, San Rafael, 415.456.0766.

Field Trips Full Moon Fire Circle Meditative outing is co-presented by Black Mountain Circle and Natura Institute for Ecology & Medicine. Tues, Jul 16, 6:45pm.

Free. Commonweal, 451 Mesa Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.0970.

Inverness Morning Paddle Gentle naturalist-led tour is perfect for first-time as well as experienced paddlers.

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Ridge Hike Slow ascent from the valley floor to the top of the ridge offers rich views of the preserve.

Jul 14, 9am. San Geronimo Ridge, Redwood Canyon Dr, San Geronimo, 415.893.9527.

Trekking the Model Join a ranger-guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Jul 13, 1pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Food & Drink Bastille Day Celebration at Left Bank It’s Bastille Day all week, with menu specials, traditional French garb, festive decorations

Gluten-Free Sourdough Bread Workshop Learn about sourdough fermentation and gluten-free baking. Jul 17, 6pm. $70. Fairfax Backyard Farmer, 135 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.342.5092.

Off the Grid Food Trucks Eat your way through the largest gathering of mobile food trucks in Marin, listen to live music and take in great views. Sun, 11am.

Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5700.

San Rafael Hops & Vines Stroll Festive tasting event celebrates the craft beer and wine in Marin, with several local vendors, live music and more. Jul 13, 2pm. $25-$30. San Rafael City Plaza, 1000 Fourth St, San Rafael, sresproductions.com.

Lectures Block Printing with Mordants & Natural Dyes Two-day workshop explores the possibilities and practice of block printing on textiles. Jul 13-14. $250. Black Rock Ranch, Panoramic Highway, Stinson Beach, blackrockranch.com.

On the Moon with Apollo Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing with STEM activities for all ages and a talk by NASA Solar System Ambassador Ron Rosano. Jul 11, 7pm. Free.

Central Marin Community Room, 250 Doherty Dr, Larkspur.

Theater Crimes of the Heart Ross Valley Players present the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three sisters trying to escape the past and seize the future. Jul 12Aug 11. $15-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, rossvalleyplayers.com.

Measure for Measure Marin Shakespeare Company takes on one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies for their 30th season. Through Jul 21. $12-$38 and up. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael, marinshakespeare.org.

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By Q. Roary, Deputy (June 19, 26, JULY 3, 10)

By Amy Alkon

Q:

I’m a 36-year-old single man. I see buying a woman dinner as a nice part of courting. Lately, however, women keep pretending to be interested in me only to vanish after I’ve taken them out for an expensive dinner. How can I avoid women who just want to use me as a meal ticket?—Duped

A:

A first date should be an opportunity to get acquainted—with you, that is, not wine from Napoleon’s private stock and steak from a cow that attended French boarding school.

Welcome to the “foodie call”—a woman dating a man she isn’t attracted to in order to get a free meal. Social psychologist Brian Collisson and his colleagues surveyed heterosexual women to see whether they’d deceived men to get free eats.

Though the women “generally” rated foodie calls as unacceptable, about a quarter to a third of the women they polled reported engaging in a foodie call.

Helpfully, Collison and his team found that there’s a particular type that tends to milk men out of meals, and it’s women who scored high in the “dark triad.” This is a three-pack of antisocial personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.

Machiavellianism involves a tendency to manipulate and deceive others for personal gain. Psychopathy is marked by a lack of empathy and remorse. The researchers note that people who score high in it are unlikely to consider their date’s perspective and “the intense negative emotions” that come from being led on. And finally, there’s narcissism. Narcissists are self-adoring, self-focused, entitled creeps who tend to be “socially adept.” (“All the better to separate a man and his disposable income, my dear!”)

As for how to filter out the gourmet grifters, I always advise that first dates (and maybe even second dates) should be three things: cheap, short and local. I write in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck” that you should meet for happy hour drinks or coffee for an hour or two—at most. It’s pretty hard to feel taken for a ride on a coffee date: “Man, did she ever play me for that double decaf latte!”

Q: A:

I’m on Twitter, and occasionally I’ll tweet something seemingly innocuous and then have dozens or even hundreds of enraged strangers attack me with ugly tweets. What’s the best response when this happens?—Besieged

You can take the careful approach on social media, staying away from hot-button topics like politics and animal rights—only to get a beatdown from a Twitter mob for your #totalitarian!!! #whitenationalist!!! aversion to aftermarket eyelashes on car headlights.

It turns out that pile-ons by Twitter mobs are often less about content (differences of opinion) than about coalition-building—though the haters brandishing the virtual flaming pitchforks probably aren’t conscious of this.

A growing body of evidence supports evolutionary psychologists John Tooby and Leda Cosmides’ theory that humans have a “coalitional psychology.” They explain that “because everything can be taken from a powerless individual or group,” we seem to have evolved a motivation to band together and work as a unit to “enhance, defend or repair” our group’s status. Basically, it’s in-group versus out-group, us versus them.

Not surprisingly, the common-enemy thing turns out to be big for group bonding (social glue through collective hating). Outrage functions as a “groupmobilizing resource,” notes Tooby, triggering the mob to go off on the poor outgroup person who dared express an idea the group is opposed to.

Because outrage is emotionally-driven, and because it’s so often coalitionenergizing, there’s no reasoning with the members of the mob coming after you: “But...you’re misunderstanding what I meant!” In fact, defending yourself in any way usually fuels the fire. Every tweet you put out there can be turned into something foul and horrible that you supposedly believe.

Often, the best approach is to go into your settings and “lock” your Twitter profile for a while so only followers you’ve approved can communicate with you. You can turn off notifications and block everyone who’s awful to you.

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email adviceamy@aol.com. @amyalkon on Twitter. Weekly radio show, blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon

Astrology

For the week of July 10

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re in the Land

of Green Magic. That’s potentially very good news, but you must also be cautious. Why? Because in the Land of Green Magic, the seeds of extraneous follies and the seeds of important necessities both grow extra fast. Unless you are a careful weeder, useless stuff will spring up and occupy too much space. So be firm in rooting out the blooms that won’t do you any good. Be aggressive in nurturing only the very best and brightest.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Eight years

ago, researchers in Kerala, India went to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple and climbed down into centuries-old vaults deep beneath the main floor. They found a disorganized mess of treasure in the form of gold and precious gems. There were hundreds of chairs made from gold, baskets full of gold coins from the ancient Roman Empire, and a four-foot-high solid statue of a god, among multitudinous other valuables. I like bringing these images to your attention, Taurus, because I have a theory that if you keep them in your awareness, you’ll be more alert than usual to undiscovered riches in your own life and in your own psyche. I suspect you are closer than ever before to unearthing those riches.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Children need to learn certain aptitudes at certain times. If they don’t, they may not be able to master those aptitudes later in life. For example, if infants don’t get the experience of being protected and cared for by adults, it will be hard for them, as toddlers, to develop that capacity.

This is a good metaphor for a developmental phase that you Geminis are going through. In my astrological opinion, 2019 and 2020 are critical years for you to become more skilled at the arts of togetherness and collaboration; to upgrade your abilities so as to get the most out of your intimate relationships. How are you doing with this work so far?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Vantablack is a material made of carbon nanotubes. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the darkest stuff on the planet. No black is blacker than Vantablack. It reflects a mere 0.036% of the light that shines upon it. Because of its unusual quality, it’s ideal for use in the manufacture of certain sensors, cameras and scientific instruments. Unfortunately, an artist named Anish Kapoor owns exclusive rights to use it in the art world. No other artists are allowed to incorporate Vantablack into their creations. I trust you will NOT follow Kapoor’s selfish example in the coming weeks.

In my astrological opinion, it’s crucial that you share your prime gifts, your special skills, and your unique blessings with the whole world. Do not hoard!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Hi, my name is Rob Brezsny, and I confess that I am addicted to breathing air, eating food, drinking water, indulging in sleep and getting high on organic, free-trade, slavery-free dark chocolate. I also confess that I am powerless over these addictions. Now I invite you to be inspired by my silly example and undertake a playful, but serious effort to face up to your own fixations. The astrological omens suggest it’s a perfect moment to do so. What are you addicted to? What habits are you entranced by? What conditioned responses are you enslaved to? What traps have you agreed to be snared by? The time is right to identify these compulsions, then make an audacious break for freedom.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When cherries near

the end of their ripening process, they are especially vulnerable. If rain falls on them during those last few weeks, they can rot or split, rendering them unmarketable. So cherry-growers hire helicopter pilots to hover over their trees right after it rains, using the downdraft from the blades to dry the valuable little fruits. It may seem like overkill, but it’s the method that works best. I advise you to be on the lookout for similar protective measures during the climactic phase of your personal ripening process. Your motto should be to take care of your valuables by any means necessary.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Please don’t try to relax. Don’t shy away from challenges. Don’t

By Rob Brezsny

apologize for your holy quest or tone down your ambition or stop pushing to get better. Not now, anyway, Libra. Just the opposite, in fact. I urge you to pump up the volume on your desires. Be even bigger and bolder and braver. Take maximum advantage of the opportunities that are arising, and cash in on the benevolent conspiracies that are swirling in your vicinity. Now is one of those exceptional moments when tough competition is actually healthy for you, when the pressure to outdo your previous efforts can be restorative and inspiring.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I can’t decide whether to compare your imminent future to a platypus, kaleidoscope, patchwork quilt or Swiss army knife. From what I can tell, your adventures could bring you random jumbles or melodic mélanges— or a blend of both. So I’m expecting provocative teases, pure flukes and multiple options. There’ll be crazy wisdom, alluring messes and unclassifiable opportunities. To ensure your life is more of an intriguing riddle than a confusing maze, I suggest you stay closely attuned to what you’re really feeling and thinking, and communicate that information with tactful precision.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Every year, thousands of people all over the world go to hospital emergency rooms seeking relief from kidney stones. Many of the treatments are invasive and painful. But in recent years, a benign alternative has emerged. A peer-reviewed article in a scientific journal presented evidence that many patients spontaneously pass their kidney stones simply by riding on roller coasters. I doubt that you’ll have a literal problem like kidney stones in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. But I do suspect that any psychological difficulties you encounter can be solved by embarking on thrilling adventures akin to riding on roller coasters.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his book The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus told the story of a six-year war between the armies of the Medes and the Lydians in an area that today corresponds to Turkey. The conflict ended suddenly on a day when a solar eclipse occurred.

Everyone on the battlefield got spooked as the light unexpectedly dimmed, and commanders sought an immediate cessation of the hostilities. In the spirit of cosmic portents precipitating practical truces, I suggest you respond to the upcoming lunar eclipse on July 16-17 with overtures of peace and healing and amnesty. It’ll be a good time to reach out to any worthwhile person or group from whom you’ve been alienated.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): My astrological colleague Guru Gwen believes that right now Aquarians should get scolded and penalized unless they agree to add more rigor and discipline to their rhythms. On the other hand, my astrological colleague Maestro Madelyn feels that Aquarians need to have their backs massaged, their hands held and their problems listened to with grace and empathy. I suppose that both Gwen and Madelyn want to accomplish the same thing, which is to get you back on track. But personally, I’m more in favor of Madelyn’s approach than Gwen’s.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As a self-taught

rebel poet with few formal credentials, I may not have much credibility when I urge you to get yourself better licensed and certified and sanctioned. But according to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming months will be a favorable time for you to make plans to get the education or training you’re lacking; to find out what it would mean to become more professional, and then become more professional; and to begin pursuing the credentials that will earn you more power to fulfill your dreams.

Go to realastrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888.

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