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he fog loomed over Marin a little longer on the morning of Aug. 11 with the news of Robin Williams’ death. Hollywood adored him for his kind-hearted spirit and eccentric, high energy. But, Marin remembers him as a neighbor. New reports of his suicide left fans and admirers alike wondering why and grieving the loss of a comedic legend.

With the grave reality of Williams’ death, the Pacific Sun would like to dedicate this week’s issue to Williams. While much will be, and has been, written about his life, career, battles with depression and addiction, and his highs and lows in the media this week, the Pacific Sun would simply like to acknowledge Williams’ contributions to the county he called home, the world beyond and respect his family’s privacy.

The Oscar-winning, Juilliard-trained comedian-turned-actor was known for his wide-ranging breadth of work from his zany stand-up routines to his dramatic performances in films such as Good Will Hunting, The Fisher King and Dead Poets Society. One word which has been repeatedly offered to reference Williams in the recent days since his passing is: generous. He actively championed a legion of charities and causes. From the Christopher & Dana Reeves Foundation to traveling overseas to perform for our servicemen

and servicewomen, his involvement with charities was unparalleled.

While his stardom and talent brought him all over the world, Williams managed to leave his mark on Marin’s charity scene.

In 2009, Williams gave a surprise performance at the Marin Humane Society’s Woofstock benefit concert. Last year, Williams partnered with Marinite Michael Pritchard to do voiceover work for The Walking Point Foundation, based in Mill Valley, and The Pathway Home documentary. As a tribute to Williams’ memory, supporting the organizations and charities through donation, large or small, that were closest to his heart offers a fitting way to honor his generous and compassionate spirit.

Williams relocated to Woodacre from Michigan and attended Redwood High School, where he graduated in 1969. Williams went on to the College of Marin where he studied drama under COM’s current Emeritus Professor Jim Dunn.

He went on to experience his first taste of fame with the television comedy Mork & Mindy and, in the coming years, was nominated for four Academy Awards.

We offer our deepest condolences to his family. And we thank you for sharing your spirit with Marin County.

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Hey Skip Corsini, would you have been equally outraged and righteous had it been a Hamas rocket that struck an Israeli playground [“But Teeter Totter Could Be Used to Launch Rockets Into Tel Aviv,” Aug. 8]?

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I love your letters section and am writing in response to Ed Dudkowski’s letter [“It Can Only Be Attributable to Human Error,” Aug. 1] regarding the new Sonnen Porsche building in Strawberry.

Design review for the Sonnen Porsche expansion was conducted by five volunteer members of the Strawberry Design Review Board—community residents authorized by the Marin County Board of Supervisors to hold public meetings and make recommendations on commercial and residential projects within portions of unincorporated Mill Valley, including Strawberry Village. Sonnen Porsche erected story poles and appeared before the board on three occasions between January and June of 2012, ultimately reducing the proposed height of the addition at the board’s request. The application received approval from a majority of board members. There was no public comment for the project at any of the meetings, though it is always welcome. In contrast, when West Elm proposed oversized signage prior to opening its highly visible location at Strawberry Village in 2013, the board and a few members of the public reacted strongly.

West Elm made significant changes to the signage and other aspects of its storefront design. It’s too late for Mr. Dudkowski’s opinion to have an effect on the Sonnen dealership, but next time you see story poles go up in Marin, get informed, go to the meetings and your opinion may help shape progress.

Richard Lee, Strawberry Design Review Board member, 2011-13

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Yikes!!! Haters are gonna hate and hating on Obama’s “M-13 invaders” is just another way of keeping the likes of Mr. Robinson from focusing on what they really hate ... themselves [“And the Letters Page Takes a Surprising Turn,” Aug. 1]. It’s obvious that the “poor white trash” syndrome is alive and well.

The newly freed slaves in the southeast coined this phrase to describe the class of people who persecuted them the most. This “poor white trash” class of people felt especially threatened by the slaves for several reasons. One reason was that they knew it was highly likely that the newly freed slaves would surpass them in a short period of time on the socioeconomic scale. The only thing keeping these “white trash” types from already being on the very bottom was because the slaves were forced to take and remain in that slot. The white trash knew themselves well enough to realize that they were lazy, poorly educated and that the plantation owners were far more likely to make sharecropping agreements with the newly freed slaves because of their work ethic and that they were much more capable business partners.

Basically that’s what we’re seeing in America today. There is a reason that the people who are out to persecute the Latino population are doing so and it’s very similar to why the same class of people did it to the black population years ago (some still do). These Latino populations want a better life and are willing to go after it. They aren’t going to sit and blame, fabricate conspiracy theories and racist propaganda in order to find a reason for not getting it. They will work hard, help their children get an education and within a generation or two they will surpass this “white trash” class of people. There is a reason these Tea Party whackos mostly hail from the southern regions because that’s where this DNA still thrives. Finding someone else to project ones shortcoming upon is the oldest trick the human ego has and though in the end it usually destroys the ones that use this trick, I guess the ones who use it aren’t bright enough to look at history and see that they are just writing their own fate.

Balthazar, Marin

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Well, Mr. Klose, you have asked for clarification and/or explanation to a number of my

assertions [We need more guns like we need a bullet in the head ...” Aug. 8]. Very well.

1. The expression “pick on somebody your own size” is rhetorical and is not meant to be taken literally. Subjective. I interpret “pick on someone your own age/size” as literal.

Granted, I seldom hear either term, if at all due to my level-headedness plus the fact that I am a somewhat diminutive middle-aged man at 5’6”. It almost seems a bit of reverse ageism that seniors get such preferential treatment, and it probably isn’t right.

2. Crime reductions due to increased gun ownership, or decline in hard drugs? In my judgment, the recent trend in the overall violent crime reduction in America is also a result of more states allowing responsible, lawabiding citizens to carry concealed handguns.

I also am somewhat confused by TIME’s assertion which you mentioned cites “declining usage of hard drugs.” Oddly, such sources as National Geographic, PBS and BBC (among many others) describe a recent “epidemic” of methamphetamine, heroin and other narcotic painkillers in the U.S. Really depends on how you spin it, eh? We can both probably cite corporate/liberal media bias here. Ultimately, it seems to basically boil down to this entire argument being academic.

3. Mr. Good writes that “... the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world,” and implies that strict gun control is a factor. Some clarification would be helpful here. Good catch, I don’t recall what I was going to say exactly, but looking back it seems a curious factoid to throw out there. I’ll try to be more careful in the future.

4. Roll back tape to the recent road rage

incident in Tiburon. Does Mr. Good believe that it would have been a less violent confrontation if both drivers had access to guns? I can only say here that I speculate both drivers may have utilized more caution. I have carried a gun in my vehicle when I lived in a state where doing so was legal and never had any problems. I certainly felt more individual peace of mind considering my job required extensive use of driving in a delivery/courier capacity and I had to walk away from verbal threats near my car on a few occasions while on the job. Who knows? Less strict gun control and concealed carry handgun laws were likely a good prophylactic insurance that these craven criminal culprits didn’t attack me for my cash or cargo.

Yet again, entirely speculative.

Hope that helps.

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Coastal plan update to allow new development in Marin’s coastal zone?

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t’s another West Marin contretemps.

An update of the Marin County Coastal Plan either extends protection of agricultural interests or threatens the environment and could trigger runaway development.

The Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit claiming the update of the Coastal Plan lays a foundation for an explosion of development on agricultural land. But county planners and the staff of the California Coastal Commission (CCC) say the assertion is all wet. The Sierra Club, which filed its suit in Marin County Superior Court, is echoing charges critics of the Coastal Plan raised during public hearings. The Marin County Board of Supervisors and the CCC rejected the charges and approved the plan.

A gaggle of environmental groups got together to oppose approval of the plan before it went to the CCC in May. The environmental groups represent a fairly complete roster of organizations: the Sierra Club California; the Surfrider Foundation; the West Marin Environmental Action Committee; the California Coastal Protection Network; the Natural Resources Defense Council; the League for Coastal Protection; the National Parks Conservation Association; the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network; Sonoma County Conservation Action; and Environment California.

The groups collectively sent a letter to

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Senator Noreen Evans, who now represents Marin. The update of the Coastal Plan would “allow over 1 million square feet of new residential and commercial development by right on agricultural production lands almost entirely without public hearings or the public right of appeal to the Coastal Commission.”

A particularly sensitive issue, and one about which the environmental community and the agricultural community are at odds, is to what extent a coastal plan should make allowances for what’s called “intergenerational housing.” The agricultural community has for years been pushing for ways to ensure that farms and ranches can stay in the family as the generations change. The challenge is that as sons and daughters become adults, they may want to continue the family agricultural endeavor. But currently only one house is allowed on farms and ranches in the coastal zone, which covers about 75 square miles. Within that area are nine coastal villages and about 30,000 acres of agriculturally zoned land.

If sons and daughters choose not to or can’t move into the family house, where do they live? Agricultural families say it’s difficult to commute to a family farm or ranch.

Living on the property is the best way to manage the agricultural business.

Virtually no one disagrees with that sentiment. Even the environmental groups

Cigarettes smoked out of County pharmacies Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, they say— which means they won’t be smoking ‘em as much in West Marin and other incorporated areas of the county, as the Marin County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 5 unanimously voted to halt tobacco sales in pharmacies.

County officials are framing the move as part of an “ongoing effort to limit the exposure and sale of tobacco products to children.”

In their vote on the ban, the Supes cited the hypocrisy of tobacco sales in pharmacies given the role the establishments play in health care.

According to a statement from the county, the ban affects four retail outlets, one of which is CVS Caremark, which had already announced in February that it would voluntarily end sales of tobacco products in all of its stores by October 2014.

Critics of the ban, however, point out that pharmacies such as CVS still make a profit from alcohol, salty and fatty snack foods, and other non-healthcare products.

Nonetheless, say county officials, the move has public support. According to the county, more than 72 percent of California residents support such a measure and 83 percent said they would shop at pharmacies just as often.

In applauding the ban, Larry Meredith, director of the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, called for Marin’s other 10 municipalities to “follow the lead” of the county.

“With just a few exceptions, pharmacies worldwide are tobacco-free, and it is time for the United States to have pharmacies focus on health and say no to tobacco,” said Meredith.

Marin County Sheriff’s Office held press conference on Robin Williams death Robin Williams, the former Redwood High School student, Juilliard-trained and Oscar-winning actor, was found dead Aug. 11 at his home in Tiburon.

At a press conference held Aug. 12 at the Marin County’s Sheriff’s Office, Lt. Keith Boyd, assistant chief deputy coroner, said that according to the Aug. 12 autopsy results, the preliminary cause of death suggests that Williams died of asphyxiation due to hanging. Williams was 63.

Authorities received a 911 call at around 11:55am on Aug. 11 from a “distraught” caller who reported a male adult unconscious and not breathing in Williams’ residence in Tiburon.

The Sheriff’s Office, Tiburon Fire Department and Southern Marin Fire Protection District responded to the incident and emergency personnel arrived on the scene at 12pm. Firefighters from the Tiburon Fire Department identified Williams and pronounced him dead at 12:02pm.

Preliminary information from the ongoing investigation revealed that Williams had been seeking treatment for depression.

According to Lt. Boyd’s statement, Williams was last seen alive at 10:30pm on Aug. 10 by his wife, Susan Schneider, when she retired for the evening. It is unknown at what time Williams retired to a separate room from Schneider. On Aug. 11 Schneider left the house around 10:30am, assuming Williams to still be asleep. Williams’ personal assistant became concerned at around 11:45am, when Williams failed to respond to knocks on his bedroom door.

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office released Lt. Boyd’s statement on their website. The statement revels graphic details of Williams’ death and discusses evidence at the residence that requires scientific testing to evaluate its “investigative value.” When asked by the media if Williams had left behind a suicide note, Lt. Boyd said that the Sheriff’s Office would not discuss a note.

The autopsy was conducted at the Napa County Sheriff’s Office Morgue by the Coroner Division. Marin County Sheriff’s Office has an independent contract with Monte’s Chapel of the Hills to conduct autopsies in the county, but due to government regulations and for security reasons, the autopsy was conducted in Napa. The forensic examination was performed

by Dr. Joseph Cohen, the Sheriff’s Office chief forensic pathologist. According to Dr. Cohen, there were no findings indicating that Williams had been in a struggle or a physical altercation prior to him being located and identified as deceased.

Williams, a recovering alcoholic, had recently checked into rehab, according to news reports. He also had a heart valve operation in 2009. Information about his health and any chemical substances that may have been in his system prior to his death will be available after the toxicology report is completed within the next two to six weeks.

“Please note this is an active investigation into the cause, manner and circumstances of Mr. Williams’ death,” Lt. Boyd said. “The final cause and manner of death will not be certified until the conclusion of the investigation, which is several weeks away.” A second press conference will be held in the following weeks pending results of the toxicology testing.

Williams was born in Chicago and spent his formative years in Michigan until the family moved to Woodacre in Marin County. He graduated from Redwood High School in 1969 and attended College of Marin. He is survived by his wife Susan Schneider and his three children, Zachary Pym Williams, Zelda Rae Williams and Cody Allan Williams.

Mara Buxbaum, Williams’ publicist told the Hollywood Reporter in a statement on Aug. 11 that Williams had recently been battling depression. “This is a tragic and sudden loss. The family respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time.”

—Stephanie Powell

who oppose the amended Coastal Plan say in their letter that they “absolutely support family farming and ranching in West Marin and throughout the California coastal zone, as well as the ability of families to create housing for their new workers and processing facilities as needed for their farm products.” But the groups say the ways in which the amended Coastal Plan seeks to ensure the continued intergenerational nature of agricultural land along the coast is ill advised. “We know that we can meet the needs of local family farmers, protect irreplaceable resources and protect local economies, if we plan carefully and use land efficiently,” the letter to Senator Evans states. “Careful planning depends on an open, transparent and inclusive process that ensures all stakeholders and community members have the opportunity to share their perspective and aspirations.”

Elena Belsky, a member of the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Marin Group, says the way in which the Coastal Plan moved through the approval process “was flawed.” This is the first time the local Coastal Plan has been updated since its inception in 1981. Belsky says the Sierra Club believes there has been insufficient fact-finding to support the conclusion that the plan even needs an update. “It just didn’t happen,” she says.

Although a coastal plan doesn’t need a full California Environmental Quality Act review, a coastal plan does need some level of study before undergoing changes, according to the Sierra Club. In addition to a lack of determining a proper finding to justify proposed changes, says Belsky, the amended plan “is substantially less protective of the Marin coast than the original plan.”

At the heart of the debate is a balancing act with which West Marin has become familiar, and which has torn apart the community. The issues in the Coastal Plan are reminiscent to some extent of the debate over whether to allow continued oyster farming in Drakes Estero. Deciding to what extent the county and the state should make allowances for agricultural families along the coast versus maintaining tight development restrictions is not dissimilar to the oyster debate.

Possible statewide implications of the update to Marin’s Coastal Plan can help explain the vigorous nature of the pushback from the environmental groups. The Marin plan could “set a bad precedent statewide to allow substantial amounts of new development on needed agricultural productions lands,” the groups say in their letter to Evans. The concern is reflected in the lawsuit. They also say the amended plan could endanger “the integrity and spirit” of the state’s Coastal Act. “There are about 128 local coastal [plans] in 76 coastal towns and counties” in the state, Belsky says. If the Marin plan “is allowed to stand, the Sierra Club believes the Marin County amendment could be precedent setting for any of those towns

and counties that have yet to update their plans.”

In a press release announcing the lawsuit, the Sierra Club writes that the plan authorizes construction of houses “up to 5,000 square feet on each 60-acre lot, or larger residences in larger lots, whereas the prior [plan] allowed [only] one house on parcels of several hundred acres or more.”

The release also states that the amended plan would allow the CCC to issue permits for between 129 and 210 new homes in the next 10 years. (That would be on 30,000 acres, raising the question of whether that number of new homes for agricultural families might be appropriate. Opponents call it excessive.)

But, according to the actual wording of the Coastal Plan amendment, the number of homes on agricultural land in West Marin might not be as prolific as it seems at first blush.

According to the amended plan, “Agricultural dwelling units must be owned by a farmer or operator actively and directly engaged in agricultural use of the property.

No more than a combined total of 7,000 square feet may be used as an agricultural dwelling by the farm owner or operator, whether in a single farmhouse or in a combination of a farmhouse and intergenerational home(s).” In addition, “Only a single farmhouse or a combination of a farmhouse and intergenerational home(s) with the combined total of 7,000 square feet may be allowed for each farm owner or operator actively and directly engaged in agriculture, regardless of the number of legal lots each farm owner or operator owns.”

The amendment disallows subdividing an agricultural property to increase the number of homes a farmer or rancher can build. The amendment also stipulates specific acreages on which a specific number of homes are allowed: “An equivalent density of 60 acres per unit shall be required for each home farmhouse and intergenerational house (i.e. at least 60 acres for a farmhouse, 120 acres for a farmhouse and an intergenerational house and 180 acres required for a farmhouse and two intergenerational homes).”

Those stipulations and others in the amendment are designed to protect against rampant development and to ensure that agricultural families can supply housing for a new generation of farmers and ranchers, as well as farm and ranch workers. According to the amendment, “No more than 27 intergenerational homes may be allowed in the county’s coastal zone. Agricultural worker housing providing accommodations consisting of no more than 36 beds in group living quarters per legal parcel or 12 units or spaces per legal parcel for agricultural workers and their households ...”

The environmental groups are challenging the amended plan in part because the groups chafe at what they say is a lack of opportunity to challenge land-use 9>

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▲ Turtle Island Restoration Network, a conservation organization headquartered in Olema, plans to file a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act to reinstate rules to protect endangered sperm whales from mile-long drift gillnets in waters off California. The National Marine Fisheries Service allowed temporary regulations to expire on Aug. 6 that required a certified observer to be on board vessels fishing in deep waters likely to be inhabited by sperm whales. If one sperm whale was seriously injured or killed, the regulation required the closure of the fishery. “Endangered whales should not be dying cruel deaths in California driftnets to provide high-priced swordfish steaks for our dinner plates,” said Todd Steiner, executive director of Turtle Island Restoration Network. Support their efforts to save the gentle giants at www.seaturtles.org.

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▼ Get the new game, The Price Isn’t Right, at your nearest Marin grocery store. Shoppers already have sticker shock when they carry out one bag of food that costs $50. Prepare for another jolt when you check your receipt. Although Sausalito resident Lois hadn’t purchased milk, she paid a milk bottle deposit at Mollie Stone’s in Sausalito. The big Whole Foods in Mill Valley charged her full price for cheese that was on sale for 50 percent off, an $8 difference. We checked out the Strawberry Safeway, where an end aisle display of chips had a 79-cent tag, yet we forked over $4.29.

Fresh cherries, like other products, had no visible signage, but the whopping charge of $11.08 was 20 percent of our total tab.—Nikki Silverstein

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< 7 Coast is clear? decisions. The groups say that in many instances permits for new housing could be appealed to the Board of Supervisors, but not to the CCC because the housing would be categorized as a “principally permitted use.”

But the CCC staff disagrees. In a memo to the commission, staff writes, “Unless categorically excluded, all new agricultural dwellings will require a discretionary coastal permit. No agricultural dwellings are either allowed by right or constitute an entitlement ... If a use is principally permitted, no use permit will be required and the proposed use will be assessed based on applicable standards, such as maximum potentially allowable density requirements, buffer setback requirements and clustering requirements. However, the fact that no use permit is required by no means results in a building entitlement. Other applicable development standards must still be met whether or not a use permit is required.

For example, just because a farmhouse is a principally permitted use in an agricultural zone does not mean it can be built inconsistent with the requirements limiting permissible uses in a wetland. Nor can the farmhouse ignore the minimum density requirements applicable to the agricultural production zone.”

Staff further reiterated the intentions of the amendment by writing, “One of the primary goals for the county in terms of the [plan’s] agricultural protection policies is fostering multigenerational succession in family farming operations. This goal is specifically stated [in policies] which allow for the concept of intergenerational housing. The intent of these dwelling units is to allow for the preservation of family farms by facilitating multigenerational operation and succession by allowing family members to both live and work on the farm.”

Although the environmental groups say they also support the concept of intergen-

erational housing and protecting the future of family farming, they agree with little as expressed by the county and by the CCC staff memo. “We do not agree that the amendment would affect only a small portion of the coast,” Belsky says. “It depends on how you count things. There are so many pre-approved projects.”

Along with calling into question an alleged lack of sufficient study before approving an amended plan, and along with charging that the plan creates a lack of citizen oversight for development proposals on agricultural land along the coast, the Sierra Club press release announcing the lawsuit pays particular attention to Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey, who represents West Marin and who also heads the CCC. The release is not kind.

The release charges that Kinsey is too cozy with development interests and he “has made explicit statements ... regarding his desire to reduce the role of the California Coastal Commission in oversight of individual projects ...”

The release also excoriates Kinsey for wanting to streamline commission procedure and make it more user-friendly. But there’s a flip side that raises an essential question not dealt with in the release: Is it possible to streamline the commission procedure to make it more user-friendly and at the same time continue protection of the coast? Kinsey and his supporters would answer in the affirmative. They say it’s the correct strategy to find middle ground that protects the future of agriculture along the coast while at the same time recognizing the sanctity of the land. There’s room for agricultural families and for the environment.

Belsky might agree with the sentiment, but not as it’s expressed in the update to the Coastal Plan. Y Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.

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Fairfax welcomes the Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

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In 1998, San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, in collaboration with the SF Bicycle Coalition, sponsored a broad-scoped art show on bicycle cultures highlighting the history of mountain biking and displaying low rider bikes, art bikes and performance pieces. Many say the exhibit lit a slow fuse for bike culture that’s been sparkling ever since.

Momentum for fostering a biking culture grew from July of 2012 to February of 2013, when thousands of international travelers and bikers enjoyed the SFO Museum’s exhibit, “Repack to Rwanda: The Origins, Evolution and Global Reach of the Mountain Bike.” Often viewed as history in the making, the exhibit helped to unite the bicycle community—while setting a high standard for near-future scholarships and exhibitions.

In 2012, SFO Museum Curator Tim O’Brien realized that there had not yet been an exhibition that focused specifically on the role Marin County frame builders and

riders played in bicycle design evolution. Joe Breeze, best known as the designer-builder of the first successful modern mountain bikes, created the first all-new bikes made with rugged frames specifically for mountain biking in the late 1970s.

“We quickly recognized Joe’s critical role in this early history, his steady involvement in the industry, the greater issues surrounding bicycling and his personal connection to so many people whose cooperation we were seeking,” O’Brien says. Having already been invited to contribute to Santa Clara University’s De Saisset Museum, Breeze was ready to commit more time and energy to exhibiting bicycle history.

Determined to avoid succumbing to the pressures many museums face today, O’Brien sought alternatives. “These are unsettled times for museums. The DeYoung and the Asian Art Museum have to push turnstiles,” O’Brien says. “Free from that pressure, our mission is to tell the truth and inspire others to learn more.”

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Foods. A community of dedicated bicycle advocates has also been involved.

Larry Galetti, a former Food Villa greengrocer, came of age in San Anselmo —Margaret Mead during the uncrowded postwar era of the he Bay Area has long been a go-to ha1980s. Galetti recalls how his extremely hard ven for mountain biking enthusiasts. working (as in seven days a week) stock boy, And soon, biking aficionados—or Al Baylocq, spent a majority of his growthe speckled-faced constituency known as ing years at the Food Villa. When Galetti fatheads, klunker riders and bikies—will have was ready to retire, he promised the Villa to a formal way to pay tribute to the beloved Baylocq, who was seeking to partner with outdoor sport. Scheduled to open this fall others in the opening of Good Earth. When at an upcycled building at the foot of Mount the customer base outgrew the building in Tamalpais is the Marin Museum of Bicycling 2012, the store moved to the huge lot in the (MMB) and Mountain center of Fairfax. Chris Bike Hall of Fame, which Lang, Fairfax commisCOMING SOON is being relocated from its sioner and bike promoter, The two-wheeler’s cultural center, the longtime home in Crested connected the dots and got Marin Museum of Bicycling, Butte, Colo.

Mark Squire together with will open before the rainy season this year.

The MMB, a nonprofit the MMB team.

As a membership- and fund-driven entity, organization that aims to With the help of Lang, the MMB will be creating history for the educate the public about the MMB team found the foreseeable future. the history of bicycling and former Good Earth locaencourage biking culture, tion to be promising for will occupy the former the future museum. Morlocation of Good Earth gan Hall, a Fairfax-based architect, wanted Natural Foods at 1966 Sir Francis Drake to return the building to its midcentury Boulevard in Fairfax—widely regarded as the roots by creating a strong, horizontal elebirthplace of mountain biking. Plans for regment and exposing the beautiful bowstring ular happenings perfect for bicycling fans are truss construction. Hall partnered with Joe in the works and will include lectures, movBreeze, a Marin-based bicycling legend in ies and live TV coverage of cycling events his own right, to collaborate on the buildin a 12-person screening room. A main hall ing’s spatial elements. He attributes many of in the museum that will seat up to 90 peothe building’s intricacies to Breeze’s attention ple will serve as a meeting place for bicycle to detail. “Working with Joe has been a joy,” clubs and will feature a zone for skills- and Hall says. “He has such a good spatial eye, shrediquette-training, while long-term plans and his tolerances are ... well, he works with include a garden, shower and bike wash, metal so they’re in the thousandths of an among other amenities. inch. Me, I’m a broad brush-stroke kind of ✸✸✸✸✸ guy.”

The people behind the MMB range from To many, the museum’s opening is more Don and Kay Cook, who directed the origithan a new addition to what has long been nal Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in Crested an enthusiastic biking community—it’s a Butte, Colo., to Joe Breeze, bike builder and culmination of many events that highlight historian, to bike pioneers Otis Guy and the Bay Area’s connection between sport, art Marc Vendetti, to Mark Squire, building and the landscape. owner and partner at Good Earth Natural When you speak of “a culture,” it can be the behavior of a given society, or of a group of societies, or of a certain area, or of a certain period of time.

Joe Breeze posing with “Breezer #1,” the first modern mountain bike, just before the Smithsonian picked the relic up.

In the spirit of no-waste, O’Brien donated the exhibit’s specially built panels, photographs and other valuable materials to Breeze and the MMB. Breeze’s love of all-things-bicycling started early in his hometown of Mill Valley. As a child, he was sure that the mountain in his backyard was the “highest mountain in the world.” The magnificent presence of Mount Tamalpais—Marin’s original tourist attraction—and its green slopes has shaped his life indelibly. He roamed not just the county, but much of California by bike, at a time when few people rode bicycles at all.

Breeze was a road-racer on the weekend, but during the week he rode with a posse of free-spirits who sported no race numbers or uniforms. They roamed the yellow hills during long summers, astride clunky relics in search of fun and a little adventure away from the suburbs.

If you told Breeze or one of those denimand-flannel-clad bikies that someday mountain biking, or the “world’s smallest sport,” would be an Olympic sport, a high school team activity or the inspiration for national transit policies, they would have wondered what planet you came from. While mountain biking started to leave a trail in the sporting industry, the organic food movement was picking up momentum. Good Earth sprouted up in 1969 and set itself apart from regular grocery stores—it was where you shopped if you really cared about what went into your body. Serious coin was spent

on food and bicycles, being issues of the most pressing sort.

Always looking at the big picture, Breeze regarded bicycles as capable of influencing politics and, ultimately, saving the planet. In 1994 as the U.S. Army vacated San Francisco’s Presidio District, opening spaces for nonprofit organizations, Breeze and MMB partners envisioned and spearheaded a permanent exhibit to excite the kids of the future about bicycle culture. Breeze imagined a bicycle history corner at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability. He contacted Don and Kay Cook at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.

The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame arose from businesspeople brainstorming in the summer of 1988. The Hall of Fame, which inducted mostly California riders at

first, had as much to tributary to the created NOW READING do with tourism as cult of celebrity. n Recently released by two professors at MIT is it did with preservIn the early 90s, Bicycle Design An Illustrated History by ing the memory of around the country, Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing. It’s a dense, the sport’s earliest federal funding for nonrich and very readable text made up of 576 pages and days. In a town of motorized transporta300 accompanying illustrations. Needless to say, most roughly 800 fulltion—mainly identiof the Marin inventors like Charlie Cunningham, Joe time residents, fied as the Intermodal Breeze, etc. are cited. an influx of avid Surface Transportation n Due out in September of 2014 is the memoir Fat cyclists—especially Efficiency Act (ISTEA), Tire Flyer by Charlie Kelly. After a 30-year hiatus, in the slow season among other refreshing Kelly is back on the trail and ready to recharge his wild of autumn—means acronyms—swelled the biking roots as a much-overlooked biking pioneer. money. Induction coffers of many regional ceremonies moved bicycle coalitions. The from Colorado to the collective energies of annual bicycle dealer their members resulted trade show to accommodate even more atin greater numbers of riders on the road, intendees. Inevitably, the industry titans who cluding kids. Dan Freeman, a history teacher sponsored the Hall of Fame were enshrined; at Sir Francis Drake High School, coached thus the world’s smallest sport became a Marin’s first high school mountain 12>

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bike team, and 15 years later all of the high schools in the county have a mountain bike team.

And in 2012, with a space in mind, Breeze had his eye on moving the Hall of Fame and its historical memorabilia out to California.

Breeze summoned his old friends Marc Vendetti, a former racer, businessman and philanthropist; Otis Guy, a local fireman, and early mountain biker/builder; Julia Violich, businesswoman and masters category racer and lawyer Keith Hastings to the team.

The horde of bikies hammered out details for six months in the summer of 2013. Mark Squire shook hands last year to seal the lease—committing to a project that would house the famed Igler collection (30 bicycles from the beginning to the most recent of the bicycle era) as well as display cases, exhibit windows, bookshelves and, of course, docents and acolytes of the fundraising, culture maven ilk. Contributors to the two-wheeled world are named and honored, their feats described and their artifacts preserved. ✸✸✸✸✸

Marin County is both the spirit home of the human-powered bicycle and the place where its adherents, despite heroic efforts, had little to no political traction. It is no longer a hidden gem, but a global tourist destination conveniently close to San Francisco.

And decades later beyond our county lines, the world caught the fat tire bug.

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Global production soared through the 1980s and 1990s as the industry realized: People could have more than one bicycle. This “fad” rescued the flattish-bicycle industry after the 1970s sting-ray and 10-speed boom.

Trail prohibitions and inflammatory press coverage generated friction and a sensationalized trail war. A parade of journalists from The New York Times, the L.A. Times and countless European and Japanese bicycle magazines, rolled through impressed by the beautiful terrain and astonished by the grim faces of the bike-loathers. The journalists’ stories noted the incongruousness of “mellow” Marin’s cool regard of cyclists on the trail. But at the time, Marin wasn’t yet your typical tourist destination; and sharing was a new concept.

A new generation of bike-friendly policymakers, 30 years and a global climate shift have silenced the chorus of obstructive land managers and officials, who insisted that mountain bikes were ruining the tranquil outdoor experience. County residents continued to simply ride the bikes, and let the cares of a contentious, traffic-bound county slide off them with every revolution of the bear-trap pedal.

At times collaboration seemed unlikely until common goals, federal funding and expanding enfranchisement brought bicyclists into the negotiating rooms. Three decades later, Marin’s bicycle family has matured with the tincture of time. The Marin County Bicycle Coalition was founded precisely to

educate this very mercurial and “skiddish” constituency. Years of lobbying, advocating, showing up and never giving up the mission of safer two-wheel transit paid dividends.

The roads are still jammed with cars and irritable, distracted motorists, but the roads have lanes being shared by thousands upon thousands of both residents and visitors.

The stampede into the county’s greensward can only grow. Farsighted Marinites preserved an impressive amount of public land, and, where once the bicyclists were coolly received, a slight thaw is taking place.

Stafford Lake Bike Park—the proposed 17-acre bike park slated to include a singletrack loop trail, gravity-fed flow trails with jumps and beams, several pump tracks and north shore style elevated trails—would take pressure off southern Marin fire roads.

Future generations of Marinites will remain young in the saddle. Perhaps, if we are good, there will be some narrow trails opened on Mount Tamalpais. Or all the trails will be open on certain weekdays.

Anything is possible.

No car can touch what bicycles deliver on many different levels: the joy, the clean air, the clear head, the strong legs, the healthy lungs and the fascinating, translucent, black Lycra shorts—sorry.

Our love affair with the car is dying, and the romance of modernity’s first love, the bicycle, is gearing back up in its Golden Age. Y

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Lotus Chaat is introducing a Sunday Lunch Buffet with Champagne! The buffet-style brunch will be available between 11am-3pm. The brunch menu will have a rotating menu with fresh seasonal ingredients. The cost is $11.95. 1559 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415/454-6887.

TAKE IT OUT BACK In other Cafe Lotus news—my favorite Indian take-out spot in Fairfax is the tiny sister location of Lotus Chaat. Now that the cafe is finally getting a long-awaited outdoor back patio—I may stick around. A grand opening is planned for later this month to celebrate the new dining digs—stay tuned for more details.

TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE Here is a fun idea—Couples Night Cooking Class. In the Kitchen (ITK) offers a hands-on class on Thursday, Aug. 28, from 6:30-9:30pm where couples pair up and together create a decadent meal. The upcoming class menu includes: oysters on the half-shell, pear and cambozola salad, chicken roulade with pesto and prosciutto,

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VOLUNTEER FOR BEER Beer on Tap! Volunteers are needed for the first-ever Tiburon Taps Beer Festival sponsored

by The Ranch, aka the Belvedere Tiburon Recreation Department. The event takes place Saturday, Sept. 6, at Point Tiburon Plaza from 1-5pm in downtown Tiburon.

The following volunteer time slots need to be filled: morning crew from 8am-12pm, mid-day crew from 11am-2pm and 2-5pm, and closing crew 5-8pm. All proceeds go toward The Ranch Scholarship Fund for children and seniors. To learn more go to: tiburontaps.org. Each volunteer to complete a 3-hour shift gets a Tshirt and a wristband which allows you to “taste” beer and food. (Tickets are $50 for general public; designated drivers are $20.)

You must be 21 to attend. Any questions call 415/789-8945 or email Fran Wilson, volunteer coordinator, at fhwilfly@gmail. com.

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rock: covers of Little Richard’s “Rip It Up,” y dad always told me, ‘If Eddie Cochran’s “Nervous Breakdown” you’re going to do something be different at it.’ Stand and Elvis’ “Like a Baby.” But White also updated Jackson with renditions of Amy out in some way,” Wanda Jackson Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” says. “Do a little bit more.”

Jackson took her dad’s advice. In the and Bob Dylan’s “Thunder on the mid-1950s, at the dawn of the rock ’n’ Mountain.”

Throughout, Jackson showed off her roll era, she became one of the fledgling trademark-tough genre’s first female attitude and snarling, stars, an energetic NOW PLAYING gritty vocal chops.

18-year-old rockaWanda Jackson performs Sunday, Aug. In 2003, an all-star billy queen who tore 17, at 4pm, at the Rancho Nicasio’s as lineup that included through the music part of the venue’s popular BBQ on the Elvis Costello, Dave industry like a torLawn series. Red Meat opens the show.

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Alvin, Rosie Flores nado ripping through and the Cramps a trailer park. joined Jackson on the She dated Elvis, made stabs at the Top 40 with the rockabilly clas- critically acclaimed album Heart Trouble sics “Fujiyama Mama” (1958) and “Let’s (CMH). It followed on the boot heels of Have a Party” (1960) and influenced the the Jackson tribute album Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson current crop of roots-music acts.

(Bloodshot), which featured a motley These days, the 76-year-old Jackson— crew of insurgent country and renegade who performs Sunday, Aug. 17, at Rancho cowpunk artists (Neko Case, Wayne HanNicasio—is a bonafide rock legend. Her cock, Kelly Hogan and the Bottle Rockets, most recent recording, 2012’s Unfinished among others).

Business, is her 31st studio album. It “Wanda helped stake out a direct route features singer-songwriter Justin Townes from the feral origins of rock to the punks, Earle and Amanda Shires. riot grrrls and psychobilly boundary-bustIn 2009, Jackson was inducted into the ers 50 years later,” the Bloodshot website Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That same extols. “She kicked down the door to the year, Jack White produced The Party good ol’ boys club that told us women Ain’t Over (he had produced a similar couldn’t (or shouldn’t) bring the ferocity 2004 comeback for country star Loretta Lynn). That high-profile recording was the and attitude necessary for a truly liberating brand of music.” follow-up to Jackson’s 2006 studio album I Jackson says, who also was country Remember Elvis, which featured White on music’s first teen star, “I remember thinkguitar and a band culled from the Raconing, ‘Man, this is great. This is a field that teurs, Dead Weather and My Morning nobody has even tapped, and I’m in on the Jacket. The music was mostly vintage ’50s

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Jackson was just 16 when country star Hank Thompson took her under his wing after hearing her on an Oklahoma radio station. Her single “You Can’t Have My Love,” a duet with bandleader Billy Gray, became a national hit while Jackson was still in high school. In 1955, Jackson, a then-drop-dead gorgeous brunette, hit the road as the opening act for Elvis Presley— just months before Elvis’ career exploded.

The two hit it off, dating for nearly a year. Elvis gave Jackson his ring. He also encouraged her to stretch out beyond country by singing rockabilly.

“We were both just kids doing what we knew we were born to do and having a great time,” Jackson recalls. “He thought that I should be doing the type of music he was doing—we didn’t really have a name for it then. My argument was that the audience was all girls and wouldn’t take to me. Ultimately he was right.”

Capitol Records, then the world’s largest record company, saw the potential in a female rock singer with the ability to cross over to country fans and signed Jackson to a contract that would last 18 years, until Jackson herself asked to be dropped from the label.

By then, 1971, she had found Jesus and wanted to record more gospel music than Capitol was comfortable with. She moved on. Her career went into low gear. But a 1985 tour of Scandinavia reignited Jackson’s career. Ten years later, Tex-Mex rocker Rosie Flores gave her a real kick-start in the states. “I have more celebrity now than I ever did,” Jackson says. “Strangely enough, it all just kind of happened without me pursuing it. It just came to me.

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Jaws: The Revenge After your family has been attacked by sharks three times, it might be time to move to the mountains. (1987) Spike.

4:30pm.

Secrets of Henry the VIII’s Palace The dungeon was really a man cave with darts and a grog-erator.

KQED. 8pm.

Swamp Volcano It’s not the heat. It’s the humidity. Oh yeah, it ’s the heat too.

(2011) SyFy. 5pm.

So You Think You’d Survive? It probably should have been called So You Think You Didn’t Need to In this week’s episode, Grylls won’t be carrying that log Listen to the Tornado on his shoulder, instead it will be Tom Arnold.

Warning. The Weather Channel. 6pm.

Sharkageddon Reload Every year, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 David Bowie: they cheapen the spirit of Shark Week Five Years A look at five key years in and turn it into something tawdry and Bowie’s career. Some of them were in their exploitive like this. We fear another holi‘70s. We’re surprised he remembers anyday has lost its cultural relevance. Discovthing. Showtime. 7pm. ery Channel. 8pm.

Virgin Territory MTV’s new series follows the lives of adult virgins contemplating SUNDAY, AUG. 17 American Ninja sex for the first time. In this episode, one Warrior They are showing this right of them is considering breast augmentabefore America’s Got Talent. They could tion. That’s like talking about the option combine the two and we’d get America’s package with the car salesman before you Got Talented Ninjas. That’s a show we’d even take a test drive. MTV. 7:55pm. watch. NBC. 7pm.

Wipeout This is the THURSDAY, AUG. 21 “Exes and OHHs” epiSpark: A Burning Man sode in which comStory A documentary petitors team with about the Nevada arttheir ex-spouses to and-culture gathering face the obstacle course. The winners poses such questions get their divorce as: “Is this just Spring attorneys paid off.

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The Extreme Guide to devastating for civiParenting This series lization but people can sleep on crossexamines sometimes unorthodox parcountry flights. Lifetime. 10pm. enting styles like “attachment parenting,” MONDAY, AUG. 18 Running Wild with “push parenting” and “trade your kid’s childhood for a few minutes of fame parBear Grylls We thought Tom Arnold had enting.” Bravo. 9:30pm. already disappeared into the wilderness.

NOVA Scientists discuss seemingly hosHe hasn’t been sighted since the late tile environments that may support life 1990s. And if he lived with Roseanne, in the solar system, like the moons of what is there in the forest that could Jupiter, the ice clouds of Saturn and Bakscare him? NBC. 8pm. ersfield. KQED. 10pm.

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My Weight Is Killing Me Fat people are now the “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” of the 21st century. TLC. 8pm.

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few weeks ago, as word of legendary filmmaker Paul Mazursky’s death was reported (he was 84 years old), I instantly recalled the phone conversation I was privileged to share with him a few years back. At the time, he’d just released a new documentary titled Yippee! A Journey to Jewish Joy, and as a long time fan of his work, I jumped at the chance to call him at his home in Los Angeles to talk about his films, and his legacy in a world where his brand of cinematic intellectual comedy has become an endangered species.

Mazursky starts the conversation with a question.

“What was that new documentary? It came out last year,” Mazursky asks. “It was the good one, the one about corporate greed and corruption.”

“Um,” I respond, less impressively than I would have hoped I’d appear in conversation with a certified-filmmaking icon. “Do you mean ... Capitalism: A Love Story?”

“No, that was the year before,” Mazursky says. “That was a good movie, though, that Capitalism one.”

Insert long pause here as I shuffle through the movie Rolodex of my mind.

“Oh! Um ... Inside Job!” I suddenly recall.

“Yeah, Inside Job!” Mazursky shouts.

“Inside Job. It’s a really good movie, and it’s a good example of why I like documentaries. They’ve become a good thing, documentaries. With documentaries, you really never know what’s going to happen.

Even for the filmmaker, you don’t know what you have until you stop shooting.

With my documentary, Yippee, I really didn’t know what I had until I got back from the Ukraine.”

Mazursky, during his most prolific years in the 60s and 70s—and even here and there in the 80s—wrote and directed a long string of groundbreaking cinematic gems, from Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and Harry and Tonto (1974) to Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) and one of my own personal favorites, 1989’s Enemies: A Love Story. Toward the end, Mazursky slowed down, releasing fewer and fewer films as a director, instead putting his energies into a series of notable acting performances, including appearances in The Sopranos and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Though he dabbled in documentaries, he was as surprised as everyone else when he decided to take a film crew to

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“I have a man who makes my eyeglasses, and he’s a Hasidic Jew,” Mazursky explains. “I’m Jewish, but I’m not Hasidic.

As a matter of fact, I’m not religious. At all! Anyway, for a couple of years, this guy, David, he’d been telling me I should go to Uman someday. ‘Uman? Where’s Uman?’ I asked. He said, ‘It’s a couple of hours from Kiev.’ Now, my grandfather PROOF O.K. BY: ____________________________ O.K. WITH CORRECTIONS BY: _________________________ was born in Kiev, so I said, ‘Tell me aboutPROOF O.K. BY: ____________________________ O.K. WITH CORRECTIONS BY: _________________________ PLEASE READ CAREFULLY • SUBMIT CORRECTIONS ONLINE PLEASE READ CAREFULLY • SUBMIT CORRECTIONS ONLINE it’—and he did.”

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to crazy stuff! So I went to see this for myself—and there were 25,000 of them!

Twenty-five thousand Hasidic men all singing, dancing, praying! It was amazing! In the film, I interact with these guys, constantly telling them that I’m not religious, and what happens after that is funny, and poetic, and serious and at times it can move you.”

A portion of the film shows what it was like for Mazursky, a renowned curmudgeon, to share a tiny rented room in Kiev with his camera crew and a couple of Russian guys. The building was old, the elevators didn’t work and the entire situation was less than comfortable.

“It was really pretty miserable, is what it was,” Mazursky says with a laugh.

“Miserable—and kind of amusing. It was the perfect place to wake up kvetching, actually, but I was excited to be making the film, so I didn’t kvetch that much.

“We had fun,” he confesses. “We drank a lot of vodka.”

His hope for the film, Mazursky explains, is that audiences will experience a little of the same inner journey he did while getting to know more about a community of people he’d always viewed with a certain sense of distanced bemusement.

“I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and I’d see Hasidic people,” Mazursky offers, “and I always thought they were nuts— walking around in outfits people might have worn in the 17th century—big black hats, with long beards and curly hair, their forelocks. They looked crazy to me.

But I found out, in making this film, that they are actually very interesting. Their

passion is so vivid, so strong. How do I describe it? They’re in another world.

They’re not in the same world we’re in.

They’re mystical.

“And I have to say,” he continues, “that you cannot believe what it looks like to see 25,000 of these men, all dressed in those same Hasidic outfits—all dancing together. It’ll surprise you. It’s amazing.

They’re pretty good dancers, too, I can tell you that.”

“So,” I wanted to know, “did you experience some sort of transformation through your experiences in Uman? Did you, as an atheist, discover anything that could be called ‘spiritual’? And did you, maybe, discover some new definition of the word ‘joy’?”

Mazursky waits a moment before answering.

“A good question. A hard question,” he says.

Finally, he tells me how his film came to be titled Yippee!

“It comes from something that Nachman of Breslov said. Nachman said, ‘Whenever you wake up in the morning, don’t complain, don’t kvetch. You should wake up in the morning saying, “Hey! I have another day! Yippee! I’m alive!”’

“I like that phrase—‘Yippee! I’m alive!’

And I try to use that in my own life now.

I suppose that’s what I got out of making this film. And it’s a good thing. It’s good advice for anybody.

“But honestly, that’s about it,” he says with a laugh. “I love my life, but I’m still an atheist, and I’ll die an atheist. I just can’t buy all the crazy stuff.” Y Yippee ki-yay with David at talkpix@earthlink.net.

MOViES

F R I D AY A U G U S T 1 5 — T H U R S D AY A U G U S T 2 1 Movie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d The Giver (1:40) Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medalwinning novel hits the big screen with Jeff Bridges as the mysterious keeper of a small town’s dark, dangerous secrets. l Guardians of the Galaxy (2:02) Yet another budding Marvel Comics franchise, this one involving an intergalactic swashbuckler, his foes and friends; Chris Pratt stars. l A Hard Day’s Night (1:30) 50th anniversary restoration of the footloose musical comedy stars John, Paul, George and Ringo as Liverpool rock stars heading to London for a TV gig; Wilfrid Brambell steals the show as Paul’s Machiavellian uncle. l The Hundred-Foot Journey (2:02) Culinary fireworks result when an Indian family opens a restaurant 33 yards from Helen Mirren’s Michelinstarred dining palace; Lasse Hallstrom directs. l Into the Storm (1:29) Postmodern disaster flick about a Midwestern town facing an unprecedented onslaught of killer tornadoes. l Jurassic Park (2:06) Spielberg megahit about a Costa Rica amusement park overrun by reborn dinosaurs; Richard Attenborough stars. l Kind Hearts and Coronets (1:44) Edgy comedy classic stars Dennis Price as a noble out to dispatch the eight relatives (all played by Ale Guinness) who stand between him and the family fortune. l Land Ho! (1:35) Two aging ex-in-laws embark on a road trip through Iceland’s spas, nightspots and outback in search of their lost youth. l Let’s Be Cops (1:44) Damon Wayans’ Halloween cop costume lands him in hilarious hijinks when actual fuzz mistake him for the real thing. l Lucy (1:40) La Femme Nikita’s Luc Besson directs Scarlett Johansson as an innocent kidnap victim turned merciless, totally cranial action figure. l Magic in the Moonlight (1:40) Curmudgeonly magician Colin Firth meets his match when he finds himself at a country estate with clairvoyant Emma Stone; Woody Allen writes and directs. l A Most Wanted Man (1:30) The late Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in John le Carre’s tale of a mystery man’s true identity: victim of circumstance or undercover terrorist? l Obvious Child (1:23) An aspiring twentysomething comedian faces unemployment, pregnancy and honest-to-God adulthood in Gillian Robespierre’s poignant comedy; Jenny Slate stars. l Planes: Fire & Rescue (1:15) Sequel finds down-and-outer Dusty regaining his altitude as a wildfire-fighting rescue copter. l Step Up: All In (1:52) The latest chapter in the street-dancing saga finds the torrid terpsichoreans converging on Vegas for an all-star smackdown. l Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1:40) Four reptilian outcast brothers emerge from their subterranean hideout to save Manhattan from power-mad supervillain Tony Shalhoub. l What If (1:38) Rom-com stars Daniel Radcliffe as a med school dropout who strikes sparks with another bloke’s girl.

k New Movies This Week k Alive Inside (Not Rated)

Rafael: Fri-Sat, Wed-Thu 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 Sun 2:30 Mon-Tue 4:30, 6:30, 8:30

Begin Again (R)

Lark: Sat 8:30 Wed 9

k The Birdcage (R)

Lark: Mon 8:30

Boyhood (R)

Marin: Fri, Mon-Thu 3:55, 7:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:55, 7:30 Rafael: Fri-Sun, Wed-Thu 12, 12:30, 3:30, 4, 7, 7:30 Mon-Tue 3:30, 4, 7, 7:30

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Not Rated)

Lark: Sun 3:30 Wed 1

Calvary (R)

Regency: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:15, 5, 7:50, 10:20

Chef (R)

Lark: Fri 6 Sat 2:15 Mon 5:45 Tue 1 Wed 3:45 Thu 5:45

Le Chef (PG-13)

Lark: Fri 1:15 Mon 3:30 Tue 6:15

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Alive Inside, Michael Rossato-Bennett’s tribute to the healing power of music, opens at the Rafael Friday.

Alive Inside (1:13) Inspiring documentary focuses on the power of music to combat dementia and memory loss; Oliver Sacks and Bobby McFerrin add insights. l Begin Again (1:44) Musical rom-com stars Keira Knightley as an up-and-coming East Village chanteuse and Mark Ruffalo as a down-and-out record exec; let the canoodling commence. l The Birdcage (1:57) Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as owner and star of a Miami drag club who subvert their flamboyant lifestyle when their upright future in-laws come a-calling. l Boyhood (2:44) Richard Linklater’s intimate epic, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, focuses on one boy’s evolving life from age 6 to 18; Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette star. l Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1:55) Social climbing free-spirit Audrey Hepburn bewitches, bothers and bewilders writer-gigolo George Peppard in Blake Edwards’ mood-swinging version of the Truman Capote novella. l Calvary (1:40) A parish priest faces the day-today challenges of a troubled daughter, a morally ambiguous flock and his own inner demons; Brendan Gleeson stars. l Chef (1:55) Superstar chef Jon Favreau gives up his luxe L.A. eatery to launch a Miami food truck with John Leguizamo and Sofia Vergara. l Le Chef (1:25) Jean Reno stars as a three-star master of haute cuisine who takes on the trendy excesses of molecular gastronomy. l Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2:10) A mob of genetically evolved apes takes on a mob of plague-depleted humans to see who will rule Planet Earth. l Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1:37) 1970 documentary follows The King backstage, on the road and in performance in Vegas (viva!). l The Expendables 3 (2:08) The testosterone is rampant as Stallone, Banderas, Snipes, Lundgren, Ford, Schwarzenegger and Li take on unscrupulous arms dealer and onetime Expendable Mel Gibson. l The Fisher King (2:17) Societal dropouts Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges seek redemption and the Holy Grail in midtown Manhattan; Terry Gilliam directs. l A Five Star Life (1:25) Italian romance about a luxury hotel critic whose jet-setting life doesn’t fulfill her deeper, sweeter desires. l Get On Up (1:34) Chadwick Boseman gives a charismatic performance as the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, in this Tate Taylor musical biopic; Viola Davis costars. l

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4:05, 7:10, 10:05 k Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (PG)

Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7

The Expendables 3 (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:45, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15

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Lark: Fri 8:45

A Five Star Life (Not Rated)

Lark: Sun 1:15 Thu 3:30

Get On Up (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10

The Giver (PG-13)

Fairfax: 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:10 Mon-Thu 4:30, 7:10 Regency: FriWed 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:35

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

Cinema: Fri-Wed 4, 10; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Fairfax: 12:45, 4, 7, 9:40 North gate: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 11, 2, 5, 8, 10:30 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 6:45 Thu 3:55, 6:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:30, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 4:25, 10:20

A Hard Day’s Night (Not Rated)

Lark: Sun 8:40 Thu 8:30

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

Fairfax: 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:20 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:45 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7 Thu 4:10, 7 Regency: Fri-Wed 10:35, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Sequoia: Fri 4, 7, 9:55 Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:55 Sun 1, 4, 7 Mon-Wed 4, 7

Into the Storm (PG-13)

Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:10, 9:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 12:10, 1:20, 2:25, 3:35, 4:40, 5:50, 6:55, 8:05, 9:10, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 10

k Jurassic Park (PG-13)

Lark: Sat 5

k Kind Hearts and Coronets (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 4:30, 7

Land Ho! (R)

Lark: Fri 3:30 Sat 11:45 Sun 6:15 Mon 1 Tue 3:45 Wed 6:30 Thu 1

k Let’s Be Cops (R)

Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:30, 910 Sat-Sun 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 910 Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 1:05, 2:30, 3:45, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30

Lucy (R)

Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 12:25, 2:50, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15 Sun 11:30, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15 Wed 12:25, 2:50, 10:15

Magic in the Moonlight (PG-13)

Fairfax: 12:15, 2:50, 5:15, 7:30, 9:55 Regency: Fri-Tue 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 11:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Sequoia: Fri 4:25, 7:25, 10 Sat 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10 Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:25 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:25

A Most Wanted Man (R)

Fairfax: 1, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35 Marin: Fri 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 Sat 1, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 Sun 1, 4:10, 6:55 Mon-Thu 4:10, 6:55 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 1, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sun-Wed 1, 4:20, 7:10 Thu 4:20, 7:10 Regency: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 10

Obvious Child (R)

Lark: Tue 8:30

Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40

Step Up: All In (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:20; 3D showtimes at 11:10, 4:30, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 2:20, 7:50; 3D showtimes at 11:35, 5, 10:25

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) Fairfax: 1:15, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15; 3D showtime at 9:45 Sat-Sun 2:15, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 4:45, 9:45 Mon-Wed 9:30; 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10; 3D showtimes at 11:25, 1:55, 4:25, 7, 9:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 2, 7; 3D show times at 11:30, 4:30, 9:30 k What If (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55

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Live music

08/15: Honey Dust on the Patio Ameri-

08/15: Bermudagrass With Dore Coller and friends. 8pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 215-7196. dorecoller.com.

08/15: Soul Satellites with Bonnie Hayes Blues, motown and rock. 9:30pm. $8.

Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

08/15: Bria Skonberg Quintet Jazz with award-winning trumpeter, vocalist/composer.

8pm. $25 -38. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600.

142throckmortontheatre.org.

08/15-16: Danny Click Rock, blues, Americana. 9:30pm. $10. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/15: Dore Coller and Bermuda Grass

Americana, bluegrass. 8pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio.

662-2219. ranchonicasio.com

08/15: Friday Night Jazz: Jake Botts Quartet 6-9pm. 6pm. Free. Marin Country

cana/rock and roll. 5pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

08/15: Lumanation Ska, dub, upbeat reggae rock. 9pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/15: The Mermen, The Aquavelvets Surf rock. 9pm. $15-20. 19 Broadway

Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com.

08/15: Rockit Science In the beer garden.

5-8pm. 5pm. No cover. Hopmonk Tavern, Novato. 497-2448.

08/15: Soul Power: Tower of Power Tribute With Tommy Banks, lead vocals; Ian

Wilson, tenor sax; Glenn Appell, trumpet; Robert Todd, baritone sax; Patrick Malabuyo, trombone; Rick Bailey, drums; Peter Fujii, guitar; Loren Linnard, keyboard; Scott Willson, bass; Don Beck, trumpet; Rich Martin, guitar.

8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com.

08/15: Unauthorized Rolling Stones

Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.

08/15: Groovin with the Phillip Percy Pack Jazz and R&B. With Phillip Percy Wil-

liams, vocals; Marco Casasola, piano 7pm. No cover. Rickey’s Restaurant , 250 Entrada Dr., Novato. 244-2665. Rickeysrestaurant.com.

08/15: Hadley Hill Pop, rock. 9pm. $8.

Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. hopmonk.com/novato.

9pm. $25-27. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

08/16: The 85s 9pm. $17-20. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

388-1100. swmh.com.

08/16: Audrey Moira Shimkas Trio Jazz pop. 6pm. No cover. Tiburon Tavern, 1651 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon. 847-8331.

08/16: Bettye Lavette 8pm. $30-40. City Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.

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Online Ordering @ vhhc420.org Store: 707.652.5018

1516 Napa St. Vallejo

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Drive my car Every minute of LOCKE takes place in the closed space of a man’s car over the course of a night trip down the M6 to London, but no mere gimmick here—you’ll be hardpressed to find a more suspenseful film in circulation. Credit the heartpounds to writer-director Steven Knight (Eastern For Tom Hardy’s role in ‘Locke,’ he filmed his part in six days.

Promises, Dirty Pretty Things), who wrings something close to dread from the seeming everyday of a scheduled concrete pour, and the amazing Tom Hardy as the job’s overseer, whose control and ice seem only to tighten with every bombshell phone call he makes. Calls to work, to family and to a mysterious “Other”—whose relation to Locke has the power to break apart his world piece by brittle piece—contribute to Locke’s oscillating reality. Those calls, and the disembodied voices that float back to him over the taillights (sterling support work here by Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott) make up the whole of the film, and the desolation of their threatened loss is read on Hardy’s face alone, but that’s plenty—the effect is devastating. A film that cuts to the heart of personal integrity where others wear it on-sleeve, Locke is truly a marvel. (The YouTube trailer contains no spoilers.)—Richard Gould 08/16: Jim Pasquel and Sheldon Lee Cowen

08/16: Tom Finch Group, Talley Up

Guitar duo. 5pm. No cover. Hopmonk Tavern, Novato. 497-2448. hopmonk.com/novato.

08/16: Lady D Jazz and soul vocalist. With Alex Markels, guitar; Jack Prendergast, bass; drums TBA. 6:30pm. no cover. Rickey’s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462. ladydandthetramps.com.

08/16: Lumanation Reggae, rock. 9:30pm. $8.00. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

World, funk, rock. 2pm. $10. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com.

08/16: elOso Solo flamenco guitar. 1pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/17: 17 Strings Jazz standards. Alex Markels and James Moseley, guitars; Jack Prendergast, bass. 5:30pm. No cover. Rickey’s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462.

13stringsjazz.com.

08/17: Darryl Rowe Jazz vocalist. 11:30am.

Free. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com.

08/17: Eric Lindell and Co. 8pm. $17-20.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

08/16: Miles Schon Band Birthday Show

Singer-songwriter, guitar. 8pm. $12 -15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

08/16: Red Skunk Band Jazz roots, indie Americana. 8pm. $20 -35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

08/16: Fito Reinoso y Su Ritmo y Armonia and DJ Jose Ruiz Salsa. 9pm. $10.

Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/16: Doc Kraft Dance Band 8:30pm. $8.

Fort Baker Presidio Yacht Club, Ft. Baker, Sommerville Road, Sausalito. 601-7858. dockraft.com.

08/16: Irie Fuse Pop, rock. 9pm. $8-10.

Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. hopmonk.com/novato.

08/16: The 7th Sons Rock and blues of the 60s-80s. 7pm. No cover. Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 847-2670. the7thsons.com.

08/17: Folkish Festival: Smooth Hound Smith 12:30-2:30pm. Free. Marin Country

Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.

08/17: George Cotsirilos Quartet Part of the Corte Madera Community Foundation Summer Concert Series. 5pm. Free. Menke Park, Redwood and Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera. 302-1160. cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org.

08/17: Lee Waterman And Jazz Caliente Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms. 6:30pm. $15-20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com/music/calendar.

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08/17: Lila Downs 5 and 8pm. $30-40. City Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.

08/17: Matt Jaffee and the Distractions

Concerts in the Mill Valley Plaza. Beatles flashback. Bring a low chair, picnic. 1pm. Free. Mill Valley Depot Plaza, Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 383-1370. cityofmillvalley.org.

08/17: Otis Scarecroe Folk/rock. 4pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

08/17: Salsa with Orq.Bembe Salsa dance class with Juan and Ruth 5pm. $10.

Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/18: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito . sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/20: Tango Workshop: With Mat MaMoody and Christine Chan 7:15pm.

$25. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/20: Voodoo Switch 9pm. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com..

08/21: Deborah Winters Contemporaries and soulful jazz. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

08/21: Jamie Clark Solo piano. 8pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

RED SKUNK BAND

SAT AUG 16 8PM

TIM HOCKENBERRY LIVE!

SAT AUG 23 8:30PM

MARIA MULDAUR’S “WAY PAST MIDNIGHT” A retrospective concert featuring Muldaur and her all-star band, celebrating the 50th anniversary of her journey through the world of music! She will perform fan favorites from the 3 phases of her career: folk, pop/rock and blues/soul.

THE ENGLISH BEAT

The original ska rock band, with founder & lead singer Dave Wakeling, hits The Throck for a wild night of all their hit songs from the last 3 decades! Plus opening act by DJ DUBMATRIX to get the dance floor going!

08/18: Peri’s Open Mic with Billy D

cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/20: Rusty Evans and Ring of Fire 8pm.

No cover. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com.

08/20: Steep Canyon Rangers 8pm. $2225. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

FRI AUG 15 8PM

The breathtaking vocalist and outstanding multiinstrumentalist brings his talented band to the stage for a blues/rock show you’ll never forget!

8:30pm. Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

08/18: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm.

Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/20: Rory McNamara, Stevie Coyle and Doug Adamz Acoustic set. 9pm. No

BRIA SKONBERG QUINTET

A swingin’, spunky, jazzy roots music experience that will blow your mind and move your feet!

08/18: Open Mic with Derek Smith

8pm. $15-25. City Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.

The Best in Stand Up Comedy

Voted “Up and Coming Jazz Artist of the Year” in 2013, Skonberg is an award-winning trumpeter/ vocalist/ composer who is “poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation.”

7:30pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

08/20: Mads Tolling with Wesla Whitfield

EVERY TUES 8PM

TUESDAY NIGHT COMEDY MARK PITTA & FRIENDS

10 years of giving you a weekly dose of hilarity!

08/18: Open Mic with Austin DeLone

Electric open mic. 9pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

08/19: Noel Jewkes and Friends Jazz.

7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/19: Jojo Diamond Band Blues. 9pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/19: Soul Discipilz Soul/funk. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

08/19: Swing Fever Songs From the Silver Screen; music of Kern, Gershwin, Warren.

7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com 08/20: Lorin Rowan Solo acoustic guitar and vocals. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

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JUNK PARLOR with BABY SEAL CLUB

Junk Parlor, with their foot-stompin’ Rock and cool, 1950s style Gypsy Jazz rhythms, joins forces with the hottest new Rock band in the Bay Area, the Baby Seal Club!

What’s not to love about an educated, well-dressed mouse?

08/21: Kim and the Generations Soul,

08/22: Mustache Harbor 9pm. $17-20.

funk. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

08/21: Kirtan with Mirabei Kirtan, a form of Bhakti Yoga, means to repeat in Sanskrit.

Call and response singing and meditation with live instruments. No experience is necessary.

Children welcome. 7:30pm. $10. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com.

08/21: Ottmar Liebert 8pm. $30-40. City Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707-260-1600. citywinery.com.

08/21: Samurai Wolf Acoustic singer/songwriter. 9pm. Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

08/22: The Purple Ones 10 piece Prince tribute. 8pm. $15-18. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

08/21: Stymie and the Pimp Jones Love

Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.

Comedy 08/19: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

Wendy Wasserstein. Kim Bromley directs.

7:30pm Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 456-9555. rossvalleyplayers.com

Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. hopmonk.com/novato.

Shakespeare. Lesley Schisgall Currier directs.

Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, 890 Belle Ave., San Rafael.

499-4488. marinshakespeare.org

08/22: Friday Night Jazz: Bayside Jazz with Dan Hicks 6-9pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.

08/22: The Marin Fidels Classic rock. 9pm. $12. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

SAT AUG 30 8PM FRI SEP 5 8PM

08/22: Sonny Landreth with Danny Clickand the Hell Yeahs 8pm. $22-35. City

Stymie & the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra. 9pm.

No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

08/22: Dgiin Flamenco/gypsy jazz. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

08/22: ELP, Restless in Veags 9pm. $12-15.

19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

08/22: Eric McFadden with Abby Travis and Kevin Carnes Pop, rock. 9pm. $15.

FRI AUG 29 8PM

Theater Through 08/17: ‘Old Money’ Written by

Through 09/28: ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Concerts 08/16: Lighthouse Singers Gospel Workshop Learn to Sing Gospel Music with director Rev. Ulis Redic, and guest vocal teacher Botiwa Jackson Sliding scale. 1pm.

Fri 8/15 • Doors 8pm • ADV $25 / DOS $27

The Unauthorized Rolling Stones

Sat 8/16 • Doors 8pm • ADV $17 / DOS $20

The 85's Sun 8/17 • Doors 7pm • ADV $17 / DOS $20

Eric Lindell & Co. Wed 8/20 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $25

Steep Canyon Rangers With Tell River

Fri 8/22 • Doors 8pm • ADV $17 / DOS $19

Mustache Harbor Sat 8/23 • Doors 8pm • ADV $22 / DOS $24

Vinyl

Sun 8/24 • Doors 7pm • ADV $80 / DOS $85

Dickey Betts & Great Southern Thu 8/28 • Doors 7pm • ADV $18 / DOS $20

Zigaboo Modeliste

Fri 8/29 • Doors 8pm • ADV $30 / DOS $32

Michael Rose

www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

AUGUST 15 - AUGUST 21, 2014 PACIFIC SUN 21

$10-35. No one turned away for lack of funds.

First Presbyterian Church, 1510 Fifth St., San Rafael. 456-1356. lighthousesingers.org.

Dance

taught artist and political prisoner Antonio Guerrero. Opening reception 5-8pm Aug. 8.

Free. Open 2-9pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11am-6pm Fri; Noon-6pm Sat. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A Street, San Rafael. 898-0131. mitfamericas.org.

Through 08/31: Gallery I Suki Hill, photographs. Free. Open 2-6pm Mon.-Sat. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

Through 09/14: The Box Show Group exhibition and fundraiser. Closing party and auciton 2-3pm Sept. 14. 11am. Free. Gallery Route One, 11101 Highway One, Point Reyes Station. 663-1347. galleryrouteone.org.

08/15: Let Me Tell You: Artship Ensemble Join OHCA and Artship Ensemble for an

Kids Events

evening performance of words, songs, gestures and minimalist dance. Directed by Slobodan Dan Paich in collaboration with the ensemble: Zia Burchert, Ali Tahbaz and Azadeh Ahadian.

7pm. $10-12. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. ohanloncenter.org.

08/15: Family Movie Night: ‘Despicable Me 2’ 8pm. $3-10. Strawberry Recreation,

08/17: Consort Chorale 21st Annual Summer Concert 21st Annual Summer 224 VINTAGE WAY NOVATO

EVERY WEDNESDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH DENNIS HANEDA FRI 8/15

$8

8PM DOORS

21+

HADLEY HILL INDIE | POP | ROCK

SAT 8/16

ADV $8 DOS $10

8PM DOORS

21+

IRIE FUSE

REGGAE | ROOTS | DANCEHALL

THU 8/21

$6

7PM DOORS

ALL AGES

I.O.M. + RIDGWAY SPACE STATION + MOBB INDIE |POP | ROCK

FRI 8/22 ADV $15 8PM DOORS 21+ ERIC MCFADDEN WITH ABBY TRAVIS (GO-GO’S, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL) & KEVIN CARNES (BROUN FELLINIS) ALT | INDIE | ROCK

SAT 8/23

$10

8PM DOORS

21+

HORSES HEAVEN INDIE | ALT | ROCK

SUN 8/24

$65

6PM DOORS

21+

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Email kim@hopmonk.com

HOPMONK.COM | 415 892 6200

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

Outdoor Dining 7 Days a Week

DIN N E R & A SHOW

DORE COLLER & BERMUDA GRASS Aug 15 Americana, Bluegrass, Reggae Fri

8:00 / No Cover

Aug 16 JEFFREY BROUSSARD Sat

& THE CREOLE COWBOYS

Rancho Debut!

Authentic Louisiana Zydeco 8:30 Fri

Aug 22

DON FORBES AND RECKLESS

Through 08/30: Political Prisoner Art Show Prints of watercolor paintings by self

Concert with featured works for chorus and string orchestra by Galuppi and Eriks Esenvalds as well as a cappella works by Britten, Hassler, Hogan, Mealor and Memley. Reception following concert. 7pm. First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo, 72 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. 568-0550. consortchorale.org.

08/20: Noontime Concerts: Eric Tran Piano.

Works by Mozart, Chopin. Noon. Free. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

08/22-23: College of Marin Fall Dance Concert Auditions College of Marin Fall

Dance Concert Auditions will be held Friday at 6pm and Saturday at noon. Rehearsals begin immediately. Performance dates: 10/31, 11/1, 11/7-8 at 8pm in the James Dunn Theatre. Free. College of Marin Kentfield Campus/ Dance Studio, PA92, 835 College Ave., Kentfield. 485-9555.

Art 08/15-17: Life on the Coast a Century Ago: Photographs from the Gertrude Southworth Archive Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

08/17: Art to Wear: Mixed Media Jewelry Techniques Join OHCA and Christine Francisco to make your own fun jewelry from various non-traditional elements including paints, papers, upcycled plastic, fabric, yarns, stamps, and other readily available “stuff!”

RSVP by Aug. 13. 1pm. $24-30. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388.4331. ohanloncenter.org.

118 E. Strawberry Dr., Mill Valley. 383-6494. strawberry.org.

08/15: Family Date Night with Enzo

Enzo sings and plays some interesting instuments such as a musical saw. 5-7:30pm. Bay Area Discovery Museum. 557 McReynolds, Sausalito. 339-3900. baykidsmuseum.org

08/15: Family Concert: With Music Together Recording Artist ‘Uncle Gerry’ Dignan Hello, he’s Uncle Gerry and he’s glad to see you. Benefit concert for Marin nonprofit Bread and Roses with the one and only Uncle Gerry. More information/RSVP at website. 4pm. $5-20 suggested donation. Knights of Columbus Hall, 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo.

456-6630. marinmusictogether.com.

08/16: Bat Night at Olompali Did you know that a little brown bat can eat up to 1000 bugs in an hour? Learn more about our flying friends at Olompali’s annual Bat Night. Meet live bats, view bat houses, create a bat mask and make s’mores. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on while we watch bats and a flashlight for walking after dark. Parking is $8; event is free. 6pm. Olompali State Historic Park, 8901 Redwood Hwy, Novato.

898-4362 x 204. parks.ca.gov/Olompali.

08/17: Tangled Web-Plankton, Plastics and Us Why is our Bay so deliciously green?

Red-Dirt Rock 8:00

Sat

From Texas to Nicasio Aug 23 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL 8:30 Fri

Aug 29

The Coolest Swing

STOMPY JONES

PLUS

DANCE LESSONS! 8:00

BBQs ON THE LAWN!

Sun

Bay Area Show

Legendary Queen of Rockabilly Aug 17 WANDA JACKSON PLUS RED MEAT Sun

Come discover all the microscopic life of the Bay and how they affect our dinner. Join an Aquarium of the Bay naturalist to help dissect the bolus of a juvenile black-footed albatross chick to see what these open ocean wanderers are confusing with food. 11:30am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

08/18: Free Pacifics Baseball Clinic at Pickleweed Join some of the San Rafael

Pacifics players and learn basic skills such as hitting, catching and throwing. Players available after the clinic to sign autographs and take photos. Bring lunch and water. 9am.

Free. Albert J. Boro Community Center (Pickleweed), 50 Canal St., San Rafael. 485-1563. pacificsbaseball.com.

08/19: Nature for Kids: Insects at Stafford Lake Start the day with a look at the insect life in and around the pond then down the trail to see the different types of insects that live in the marshes, forests and grasslands nearby. Bring lunch. No pets (except service animals) please.

High fire danger may cancel. 10am. Free. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

08/20: Movies on the Green: ‘Stuart Little’ 6-8pm Free. Marin Country Mart,

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.

08/22: End-of-Summer Party Celebrate the end of summer with your friends and library staff under the redwood trees. Crafts, bubbles, face painting, music, ice cream, and a smoothie bike will be available for your enjoyment. No sign-up needed. 2:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library Amphitheater, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 ext. 4741.

08/22: Family Date Night End of Summer Bash With Rhythm Child. 5-7:30pm.

Bay Area Discovery Museum. 557 McReynolds, Saulito. 339-3900. baykidsmuseum.org

08/22: The Basics of Ocean Acidification Dive into ocean chemistry and become

ocean scientists, doing experiments and meeting some key players in the ocean food web. Using multimedia, lab equipment, and ball-and-stick style molecular models, participants will explore changing ocean chemistry in action. 1:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/ BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

08/22: Water You Gonna Do? Interact with and learn about the three phases of water, explore how rising global temperatures change the water on our planet, and discuss the effects of rising sea level on wild habitats and people.

11:30am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871.

Aug 24

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

Film

Sun

CHUCK PROPHET & THE MISSION EXPRESS

08/17: Alec Guinness at 100: Kind Hearts and Coronets An Ealing Studios

Aug 31

PLUS

PLUS

Mon

Sept 1

TODOS SANTOS

TENDER MERCIES

SaCal Show

PABLO CRUISE

Gates at 3, Music at 4 Reservations Advised

415.662.2219

On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com 22 PACIFIC SUN AUGUST 15 - AUGUST 21, 2014 LISA RANCHO NICASIO NBB 1433 JAM/JAM/JAM

show@stringswest.com

918-288-2222

production considered one of the classics of British cinema, writer-director Robert Hamer.

With Joan Greenwood. (UK 1949) 106 min.

7pm. $11. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael . 454-1222. rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/alec-guiness-at-100/.

Robin Jackson

comfortable walking shoes, bring water, hat and sunscreen. Heavy rain cancels. 10am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

Readings 08/15: Deanne Fitzmaurice Introduced

by Robert Holmes. The Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers works have appeared in the S.F. Chronicle, National Geographic, TIME, Newsweek and numerous other publications. 8pm.

Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/16: Tim Cahill and Andrew McCarthy

Ross Valley Players’ ‘Old Money’ runs through this Sunday, Aug. 17.

08/18: Monday Night at the Movies: ‘A Star is Born’ 7:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

389-4292. millvalleylibrary.org.

Outdoors 08/16: Kent Island Restoration Team Be

injured and orphaned seals and sea lions. Walk or run as an individual, or get some of your friends together and form a team! There are two routes to choose from: a 4-mile fun run or a 2-mile hill walk. The event is open to all ages.

7am. $20-40. The Marine Mammal Center, 2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito.

289-7361. runfortheseals.org.

a part of the team working to restore the unique ecosystem on Kent Island in Bolinas Lagoon.

Learn how to identify and remove the invasive species that threaten it. Space is limited. Volunteer work involves bending and kneeling. Dress in layers you can get dirty. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a water bottle. Rubber boots come in handy but are not necessary. Lunch will be provided. 10am. Kent Island in Bolinas, Wharf Road, Bolinas. 473-3778. marincountyparks.org.

08/17: Black Point Boat Launch Spruceup Help clean up this popular boat launch

Water District remove Douglas-fir seedlings that are spreading into the meadow, small redwood groves and oak woodlands of Pine Point.

Support Project Restore Phase V by removing these small trees before they can get established. 9am-noon. 9am. Free. Redwood turn near bathrooms, Skyoaks Rd near Bon Tempe Lake, Fairfax. 945-1128. marinwater.org/192/ Volunteer-Opportunities.

08/16: Run for the Seals 2014 Enjoy views of the Marin Headlands and the California coastline with your family in the 30th Anniversary Run for the Seals. Run for the Seals is the Marine Mammal Center’s annual fun run/walk and fundraiser that supports the life-saving work of The Marine Mammal Center, a nonprofit organization. Help raise $130,000 to provide essential food and medical care for sick,

08/16: MMWD Habitat Restoration at Bon Tempe Lake Help the Marin Municipal

Travel writers and photographers conference event. Acclaimed travel writer Tim Cahill (“Jaguars Ripped My Flesh”) is joined inconversation by writer/actor Andrew McCarthy (“The LongestWay Home”). 8pm. $10. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/18: Dan Coshnear Reads “Occupy and Other Love Stories.” An evening of short fiction. Part of the Sausalito Library Speaker Series. 7pm. Free. The Sausalito Public Library, 420 Litho St., Sausalito. 212-564-4700. ci.sausalito.ca.us/index.aspx?page=992.

08/18: Kelli Stanley “City of Ghosts.” 7pm.

Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/19: Edan Lepucki “California.” 7pm.

Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/20: Richard Bausch “Before, During, After.”

7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/21: Michael Goldberg “True Love Scars.”

7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. showcasing new work from the students of the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto writing classes.

6pm. Free. Book Passage at the Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, S.F. 835-1020. bookpassage.com.

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08/17: Plant Galls at Mount Burdell

08/16: Friends of the Library Book Sale

There are many ingenious creatures that have devised ways to trick plants into growing structures, called galls, that shelter and feed them.

Examine an array of galls as we learn the life cycles of the gall makers. For ages 15 and up.

No animals (except service animals) please.

High fire danger may cancel. 10am. Free.

Mount Burdell Open Space, San Andreas Dr., Novato. 893-9520. marincountyparks.org.

Monthly book sale. 9am. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

389-4292. millvalleylibrary.org.

From 1942-45 Sausalito was home to a bustling wartime shipyard called Marinship. Innovations, ingenuity and inspiration all played a part in the day-to-day routine. Join Ranger Joanne on a 2-mile walking tour of the area surrounding the Bay Model to experience what life in the shipyards was like. Dress in layers, wear

9pm LUMANATION - $10 Caribbean sounds of ska, dub, and upbeat reggae rock 8/16 1pm elOso – solo flamenco guitar 9pm SALSA - FITO REINOSO Y SU RITMO Y ARMONIA & DJ JOSE RUIZ– $10 7-9pm diners get a complimentary glass of champagne 8/17 4pm Salsa Class w/Juan and Ruth 5pm SALSA with ORQ.BEMBE $10 8/18 7pm OPEN MIC – Hosted by Marty Atkinson (no cover) 8/19 7pm JAZZ W/ NOEL JEWKES & Friends (no cover) 8/20 7:15pm TANGO WORKSHOP w/Mat MaMoody & Christine Chan, DINNER & LIVE MUSIC - $20 8:30pm TANGO w/Marcelo Puig & Seth Asarnow & guestDJ ($10 min. food or beverage choice) 8/15

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08/22: Grotto Readings at the Ferry Building Fast-paced and irreverent evening,

in Novato. Improve central area of the park, remove invasive plants and pick up litter. Dress in layers, bring a hat and wear sturdy shoes.

Portions of the project will take place on steep and uneven terrain but volunteers of all ages are welcome. Snacks and water provided.

Contact volunteer coordinator Kirk Schroeder at 763-2977 or kschroeder@marincouny.org.

9am. Free. Black Point Boat Launch, Harbor Dr., Novato. 763-2977. marincountyparks.org.

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08/15: Lecture: Fine Art of Travel Photography With Mark Edward Harris who started his professional photography career doing the stills for the Merv Griffin Show and various television and movie companies. 7pm. $10. The Imagw Flow, 401 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-3569. theimageflow.com/events.

08/16: GardenSmart: Gardening All Yea: Prepping Your Garden for Fall One of the many benefits of our climate is being able to garden year-round. Fall/winter is still a great time to garden. This class will go over some great techniques on how to transition to your Fall garden: cool-weather edible crops, starting seeds, crop rotation, sheet mulching and planting natives. 1pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. millvalleylibrary.org.

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Multi-Age Program (MAP), an 18-year old district-wide alternative program of choice for students in grades K-5 based on inquiry, experiential learning and collaboration will submit a charter school petition to the Ross Valley School District for review in mid-September.

If approved, the new school would open for the 2015- 2016 school year. It would be a tuition-free public school option open to all K-5 students in Ross Valley School District. Free.

4pm. Aug. 16 at Isabel Cook Center, 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo. 5pm Aug.19 at Fairfax Library Meeting Room, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax;. 6:30pm Sept. 3 at the Fairfax Community Church, 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax; 4pm Sept. 6 at Isabel Cook Center, 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo. rossvalleycharterschool.org.

08/16: Racing for Research presented by Zero Breast Cancer A full day of racing on

Sonoma Raceway’s lightning quick karting track with professional driving instruction courtesy of Simraceway Performance Karting Center. In addition to instruction, you will have the use of a kart, a driving suit and helmet, lunch and the possibility of being one of 10 finalists who will compete in a timed lap at the end of the day. The Bay Area continues to have one of the highest breast cancer rates in the country. All proceeds from this event benefit Zero Breast Cancer to support its research, education and community outreach programs 9am. $300. Sonoma Raceway, 29305 Arnold Dr., Sonoma. 507-1949 ext 101. zerobreastcancer.org/get-involved/events.

08/16: Trekking the Model Join a rangerguided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5 acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942-2000. 1:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 3323871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

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08/20: Backpacking Basics REI will take the mystery out of backpacking with an overview of planning, preparation and gear.

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08/21: Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting

This community-based body advises National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sanctuary management and its members represent community groups. 9am. Point Reyes National Seashore, Red Barn Classroom, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station.

663-0314. cordellbank.noaa.gov 08/21: Local Women Writers Series In conjunction with OHCA Bay Area Women Artists gallery show. Featuring readings from writers based in Marin County. Q&A with the audience will follow. Readers include Laurel Hilton, Janine Kovac, Marianne Lonsdale and Samantha Parent Walravens. 7-9pm. $8-10. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. ohanloncenter.org.

08/21: Startup Grind North Bay Presents: Bryan Fikes (ZenergyWorks)

Zenergy Works, located in Santa Rosa, CA, has helped thousands of companies manage their online business. 6pm. $20. San Rafael Corporate Center, 750 Lindaro St., San Rafael, CA, San Rafael. 637-3783. meetup.com/Startup-GrindNorthbay/events/187284312/.

08/21: Volunteer Orientation Meeting

event is a Muttville tradition. Meet in front of the Chamber of Commerce in downtown Mill Valley. Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, 85 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 272-4172. muttville.org.

Learn how you can become part of Sausalito’s large working hydraulic model known around the world. Greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups. Information, contact Ranger Joanne Jarvis at 289-3027. 10am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

08/21: Writing to Discover Stuff With Nina Solomita. Through playful writing exercises designed to bypass the inner critic, frolic among hidden riches of your imagination.

Come with an open mind and writing materials. All levels of writing experience welcome.

7pm. Free. Dr.r’s Market, 200 Caledonia St., Sausalito. 710-5393. Dr.rsmarket.com.

Political Action Committee annual candidate training workshop. 5:30pm. $25. Redwoods Presbyterian Church, 110 Magnolia, Larkspur.

897-1224. mwpac.org.

Join Book Passage and toast the newest line of wines carried by their cafe. Tuscan Sun wines.

With writer, cook and designer Frances Mayes.

6pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

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08/18: MWPAC Annual Candidates Training Workshop Marin Women’s

08/22: Complimentary Wine Tasting

08/19: Explore the Yoga of Radiant Presence with Peter Brown 7:30pm. $10 donation.

08/22: The Path to Mindful Awareness #3 Being Present: Live the experience you’re

Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael.

457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com/events.

08/19: Marin Bonsai Club Annual Auction Free parking available. Bonsai trees, pots,

stands, books and other bonsai related material will be sold and auctioned. Auction preview at 7pm. Auction starts at 7:30 pm. Cash and checks only. 7pm. Free admission. Marin Art and Garden Center, Marin Society of Artists Bldg., 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 454-3077. marinbonsai.org.

08/19: Modernism from the National Gallery of Art Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection will be the subject of an illustrated lecture by Dr. Jim Kohn, a docent from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 7pm. Free.

Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr., Corte Madera. 924-6444. marinlibrary.org.

having now. Mindfulness meditation practice for a peaceful mind, an open heart and an integrated life. Learn basic instruction in mindful awareness meditation and guided experiences to help you use the faculties of breath, mind and heart to find and take refuge in your own inner calm and awareness.

6:30pm. $20-25. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

388.4331. ohanloncenter.org.

08/22-23: Ultimate Church Rummage Sale First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael will hold a large rummage sale with a fabulous selection of merchandise at very reasonable prices. Clothes, shoes, jewelry, accessories, furniture, housewares, kitchen, dining, sporting goods, toys, baby gear. 10am. Free. First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, 1510 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. 456-6760. fpcsr.org. ✹

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It’s time to revamp your wardrobe on Aug. 15—Venus pops into Leo and cue the makeover frenzy. Clearly no one has told you that your pants inseam is too short or that turtlenecks are modes of the past. Bring your credit card with the largest limit and let’s get shopping!

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) It’s time to buy, sell or rent on Aug. 18, Taurus!

Venus and Jupiter team up to make a serious home-related decision. Did you want to decoupage the dining room table? Invest in a freestanding bath tub? Maybe you just wanted to relocate to an apartment with less daddy longlegs and ants—whatever your reason, it’s time to give some much needed TLC to your humble abode.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Remember that haiku competition you entered, Gemini? Well you’re about to win the grand prize on Aug. 17 in the form of dollar bills! You communication skills are at their peak and whether you decide to pen a letter, sing a song or give a motivational speech, you’re bound to be followed by financial success.

CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Who thought it’d be time to focus on love so soon, Cancer? It’s make it or break it come Aug. 15. Does your partner bring out a better you? Or drag you down and make you wish you could be left behind on your most recent Alcatraz tour together? It may feel like anything is a better option than spending one more minute with this potential flame, but you will be the ultimate judge. Is he or she worth fighting for?

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Look out for double trouble, Leo. On Aug. 17 Jupiter and Venus partner up with Leo to prepare you for a day of pure, unadulterated love. The wedding bells are ringing and you’re suffering from an acute case of tunnel vision. You’re ready to drop down on one knee and pop the question. While the overwhelming celestial support may make you feel the time is right, consider this: Do you really want to spend forever with someone who can’t load the dishwasher?

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) It’s time for you to back away from the work, Virgo.

There’s someone you’ve been neglecting. That voice waking you up on time for work and reminding you about your doctor’s appointments doesn’t belong to your personal secretary ... it’s your partner. Earth to Virgo, it’s time to get it on. Schedule a block of time to give up some devoted attention to your partner. Everyone needs a little love and spooning, after all.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Manifest now, Libra! It’s time you take matters into your own hands. Venus nuzzling up to Jupiter on Aug. 17 will give you the perfect window to confidently manifest your deepest desires. Is your doctor not listening to you? Are your kids wreaking havoc on your home? Have you adopted too many cats from the Humane Society? Solutions will appear after thoughtful consideration. Will the change; be the change.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Guess who made a guest appearance this month, Scorpio? Mars is in your sign all month and ready to mingle. Have you noticed you’ve been the center of attention at nearly every engagement recently? Remember that time you were in line at Starbucks and the entire line was charmed by your witty order and gab with the cashier? It should come as no surprise that the attention is on you—soak it up!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Hit the road, Sagittarius! It’s time to get a little traveling done. Whether domestic or international, you don’t really care about the destination as long as you’ve got a hotel booked and a suitcase of statement outfits. Your weekend plans on Aug. 19 are sure to impress all of your Instagram followers. Remember, every selfie you take detracts from your experience. Try to limit it to three, even though that new necklace is to die for.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Hit the town on Aug. 15, Capricorn! There’s a gaggle of people waiting for your undivided attention. Never underestimate what types of characters might show up at a “lame” work function. You might accidently spill a beer on the CEO you’ve been dreaming of talking to or, at the very least, have a night full of extraordinary people watching.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) The wedding bells won’t stop ringing for you, Aquarius! If you’ve put it off, now is the time to seriously pop the question, “Hey, do you want to be exclusive?” No need to stress out your free-spirit with marital bliss, but the time is right to decide if this is a relationship worth investing in. Your partner sure seems to think so. Commit or quit!

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Was that you on NPR, Pisces? You did great, nailed your points and your voice only mildly sounded like a prepubescent child.

Only kidding—you may have thought you sounded a little rough around the edges, but your producers were cooing over you. Whether you owned the airways or not, publishing or broadcasting endeavors are headed your way on Aug. 21!

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135247 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ALTERATIONS TO GO, 224 BON AIR CENTER, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: JOHN CHEW, 224 BON AIR CENTER, GREENBRAE, CA 94904 & SNOW CHEW, 224 BON AIR CENTER, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on July 16, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135078 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BUCKET LIST ADVENTURES, MEGLIN PROPERTIES, 11 ALBION STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALEXANDER CLARK-GRONKE, 40 MIRAFLORES, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on June 23, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135245 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BRIGHTSTAR OF MARIN, BRIGHTSTAR CARE OF SAN FRANCISCO & MARIN, BRIGHTSTAR CARE OF MARIN

& SAN FRANCISCO, 150 SHORELINE HIGHWAY, B28, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: THE TAM-PACIFIC GROUP, LLC, 101 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE #700, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89109. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is currently transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on July 15, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135033 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BUCKET LIST ADVENTURES, 11 ALBION STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALEXANDER CLARKGRONKE, 40 MIRAFLORES, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 & MARK GRONKE, 11 ALBION STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on June 16, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135200 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HEALY EATS REAL, 1441 CASA BUENA DRIVE #102 CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: HANNAH HEALY, 1441 CASA BUENA DRIVE #102 CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business

name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on July 9, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135229 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HOME HELPERS, 21 GOLDEN GATE DRIVE, STE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HOME BY DESIGN, 21 GOLDEN GATE DRIVE, STE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on July 14, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135088 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: IGT – FREEMARKET, 1169 LEA DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945: HAGAR SUSKIND, 1169 LEA DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945, JACOB ITZIKOWITZ, 1169 LEA DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945.

This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on June 24, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135260 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NAAN & CURRY SAN

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135196 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SC PRODUCTIONS I N T E R N AT I O N A L , F E S T I VA L INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA, FESTIVAL VIVA MEXICO, CARNAVAL DE SAN MIGUEL, 425 ARTHUR STREET, NOVATO, CA 94947: SILVIA CRUZ, 425 ARTHUR STREET, NOVATO, CA 94947.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is currently transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on July 8, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135250 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SANDWISHES, 1109 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: FOOD BIZ, LLC, 1109 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is currently transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on July 16, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 25; August 1, 8, & 15, 2014.)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135387 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TAMALPAIS PRESS, TAMALPAIS PUBLISHING, 1 RANCH LANE, LARKSPUR CA, 94939: DANIEL ROGER KUNSTLER, 1 RANCH LANE, LARKSPUR CA, 94939.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 1ST, 2014. (Publication Dates: August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135274 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ESSENTIAL ADVENTURES, 3001 BRIDGEWAY K, SUITE 294, SAUSALITO CA, 94965:

NEEDS OF MARIN, 3001 BRIDGEWAY, SUITE 294, SAUSALITO CA, 94965.

This business is being conducted by a CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 18TH, 2014. (Publication Dates: August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135233 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business NICHE TREATS, 11 THUNDERBIRD DRIVE, NOVATO CA, 94949: ROSE WOOD, 11 THUNDERBIRD DRIVE, NOVATO CA, 94949.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 14TH, 2014. (Publication Dates: August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135440 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DIZICK MARIE PUBLISHING, 9 WINTERGREEN COURT, NOVATO, CA 94945: PHILLIP DIZICK, 9 WINTERGREEN COURT, NOVATO, CA 94945, SUSAN MARIE, 9 WINTERGREEN COURT, NOVATO, CA 94945.This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 8, 2014. (Publication Dates: August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135448 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FUTURE BRIGHT ENTERPRISE, 401 PINE STREET, SUITE #C, MILL VALLEY CA, 94941: WENDY LOUISE NAG, 401 PINE STREET, SUITE #C, MILL VALLEY CA, 94941.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 11, 2014. (Publication Dates: August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 2014)

OTHER NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ERIC W. GILLESPIE. Case No. PR-1402916. To all heirs, beneficiaries,

creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ERIC W. GILLESPIE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JOSH B. GILLESPIE in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOSH B. GILLESPIE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. H. of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: JOSH B. GILLESPIE, 20885 REDWOOD ROAD, PMB 142, CASTRO VALLEY, CA 94546, TELEPHONE: 510-682-0395.

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A close friend has a drinking problem. His wife kicked him out, he lost his job and he’s been a lousy father to their 1-yearold son. He begged to stay with me (his only single friend) and has been sleeping on my couch for months. Despite my lecturing him a thousand times, he’s still going out and getting wasted—while trying to talk his wife into taking him back. She called to ask how he’s been. I said “pretty good,” though the truth is, I just want him out of my apartment.—Feeling Guilty

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No wife, no job, probably no car and no house—it’s like there’s a country song sleeping on your couch.

You have been helping him—helping him stay exactly where he is. Welcome to the dark side of empathy: empathy that backfires, ultimately causing harm. Dr. Barbara Oakley, who studies this “pathological altruism,” explains in a paper that empathy is a knee-jerk emotional response rooted in our fast-responding intuitive thinking system.

Empathy jumps right in, shoving us into action. Our slower rational thought system often isn’t consulted, isn’t given the chance to say, “Hey, wait a minute, Bub. Will you maybe be helping a drunk stay a drunk by turning your living room into the SchlitzCarlton?”

Perhaps contributing to your unhelpful empathy was the myth (not supported by science) that addiction is a “disease,” a condition that, like multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s, people are powerless to overcome. Sociologist Lee Robins first dispelled this disease myth with her 1974 research on heroin-addicted Vietnam vets. Robins found that one-fifth of the American soldiers in Vietnam had become addicted to the heroin or other narcotics they used to escape the horrors and lack of control they experienced while over there. Yet eight months to a year after returning home, about 10 percent had used opiates, and less than 1 percent were still addicted. What made the difference was no longer needing to escape.

Outside a war zone, addiction is adult baby behavior. As clinical psychologist Dr. Frederick Woolverton explains in Unhooked, addiction involves ducking into a substance or activity to avoid experiencing uncomfortable emotions that are a normal part of adult life. Take a new father’s feelings about the ginormous responsibility ahead of him. Understandably scary. But rather than try to figure things out, your friend resorts to child abandonment in liquid form—instead of running away, floating away: clinging to that worm in the tequila bottle like a rat on driftwood.

You can’t lecture a guy out of addiction. To overcome one, a person needs to realize that it “interferes with their deepest values or goals,” explains addiction expert Dr. Stanton Peele in Recover! Peele gives the example of Phil, a lifelong smoker who’d made numerous failed attempts to quit. After a heart attack, Phil woke up in the hospital longing for a smoke. His daughter said that if he had another cigarette, he’d never see her again. That moment was the end of Phil’s smoking. Peele notes that “Phil’s core life” was about being a father, not a smoker. When forced to choose, smoking got tossed fast.

Peele says that even someone who isn’t a therapist—you, for example—can remind an addict of what he values through “Motivational Interviewing,” a sympathetic, nonconfrontational questioning technique Peele details in 7 Tools to Beat Addiction. First, draw out what matters to the person—in your friend’s case, maybe how it felt to have a child born, what he wants for his son, etc. Then, gently inquire about how his goals and dreams square with his current life. Don’t push; if he’s resistant, pull back. Your job is simply asking questions, not judging or criticizing. By getting him to recognize the discrepancies between what he wants and what he’s doing, you’re getting him to do the math: that he needs to make some changes if he wants more out of life than cirrhosis.

It’s also time for some healthy kindness—the sort that feels bad in the moment but, in the long run, may get him on the road to contributing to a college fund (beyond the one for his bartender’s kids). Give him some deadlines. First, he has to tell his wife the truth, or you’ll at least tell her you weren’t completely honest. Next, inform him that your apartment is retiring from its stint as the Motel 6-Pack. Give him a move-out date, and be prepared to stick to it. Remember, your being cruelly kind is his best shot at getting a handle on more than the sides of your toilet bowl. It’s also your best shot at charming a woman into bed without the added challenge of explaining the guy in your living room who can’t figure out whether to hit on your plant or vomit into it. Y

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