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››LETTERS ‘Sons of Abraham,’ a poem On this Gaza trip The knife of our Father Carves out This silent space Between us. This separation from God: Our original sin, Cast us out From Eden And we turn our backs On Paradise. Someone else Now lives our lives. Locked inside us, Mad men pace, Feet tick-tock In circles, Protecting... Nothing. On the long road back To segregated Bethlehem, Brother slays brother And we watch Our self-inflicted wound Bleed out into a gutter Along this common artery Reunited, At last.

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Rabbi Judah Magnes predicted that implanting an ethno-supremacist “Jewish-nationalist state” in Palestine would corrode Judaism’s ethics. Evidence of his correctness is everywhere, from free-speech college campuses—where administrators obeying wealthy donors cancel speakers critical of Israel, to propaganda in newsweekly letters. Michelle Moshelian’s anti-Arab racist rant [“So Much for Killing Them With Kindness,” Sept. 19] insulted Pac Sun readers. Moshelian falsely blamed Hamas for Israel’s three post-2008 military offensives—Israel killed 4,000plus Gazans (mostly civilians; over 600 children)—falsely labeling Hamas “the Islamic resistance army.” Editors might have disclosed Moshelian blogs for The Times of Israel. In a blog hostile to stateless peoples (“6 tips for getting your own state”), she reveals a key tactic of Israel’s founder Ben-Gurion: “Just because you signed something ... doesn’t mean you actually have to do it!” Israel doesn’t speak for all Jews, only for supremacists. As Kurt Vonnegut said: So it goes.

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Last Sunday, hundreds of thousands marched throughout the world demanding action on climate change. One hundred and twenty world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations Summit on Climate Change. What can we do? A 2006 U.N. report estimated that meat production accounts for 18 percent of man-made greenhouse gases. A 2009 article in the respected World Watch magazine suggested that the contribution may be closer to 50 percent. The meat industry generates carbon dioxide by burning forests to create animal pastures and by combustion of fossil fuels to confine, feed, transport and slaughter animals. The much more damaging methane and nitrous oxide are discharged from digestive tracts of

cattle and from animal waste cesspools, respectively. In an environmentally sustainable world, wind, solar and other pollutionfree energy sources must gradually replace polluting fossil fuels. Similarly, vegetables, fruits, nuts and grains must replace polluting meat and dairy products. The large variety of widely available plant-based entrees, lunch meats, veggie burgers, cheeses and ice creams can certainly help. Our next trip to the supermarket is a great opportunity to start the transition to a sustainable world. Our favorite Internet search engine offers ample product lists, recipes and dietary tips.

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Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide

Sun reader Jack Duane called me to task in his letter [“This Is What We Call ‘Playing the False Equivalency Card,’” Sept. 19] about my letter about the Ferguson, Missouri shooting and, of course, he’s right: There is nowhere in the world where we can truly hide from racial, ethnic and cultural hatred and violence, not even along the boulevards of Paris, in the English countryside, or at Via Veneto, let alone Richmond, Oakland and South Central Los Angeles. There never has been such a place, for in no part of the cosmos

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children to attend school? Now the assault is upon the homeless. The real motivation behind this is to drive out the homeless population and what business voluntarily cuts off part of its customer base and gives up the income from this customer base? This is really, really fishy and makes me wonder if there were any guarantees made to replace the lost revenue. Of course the mayor’s suggestions to pass a law designed to drive out the homeless was probably met with advice telling him such would probably bring the ACLU upon his doorstep. I was looking forward to that happening.

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sk Kenny Ausubel how anyone can between the mechanisms of plant leaves be optimistic about the and a solar array can show how nature’s environmental future of the planet, ability to harvest energy from sunlight can and he rejects the question. translate to a clean solar power source for “I challenge the word ‘optimistic.’ For human consumption. The architecture of me optimism and pessimism are basinatural systems is the basis for the biocally two sides of the same coin of futures mimicry theory. trading.” Instead of using the terms, which Bioneers has been involved in creathe says “are often tied to a person’s own ing education programs and action plans psychology,” he says he thinks there’s “as to spark innovative thinking since the much cause for hope as for horror.” organization formed in 1990. On Oct.17Ausubel is co-founder 19, Bioneers will hold of Bioneers, a nonprofit its 25th anniversary BiNOW CONVENING organization dedicated oneers Summit ConferFor more information about to finding innovative soence at the Marin Center the Bioneers conference, go lutions aimed at, in the in San Rafael. The theme to the Bioneers website at words of its mission statethis year is “Growing the www.bioneers.org. ment, “restoring people Movement: The World and planet.” We Want & How to Get Bioneers in some ways There.” (A pre-conferis a progression from the early environence workshop is scheduled on Thursday, mental movement of the 1960s. The realOct. 16.) ization that human impacts were degrad“During the 1970s and 1980s, many ing the environment led many people in of us were aware of the looming enviwhat was then called “the counterculture” ronmental crisis,” Ausubel says. “I was to embrace a new paradigm that held poking around to see what was out there.” environmental sensitivity as a worthy Ausubel started learning about what he goal. Despite sometimes blistering- and calls “system thinkers” who recognized sarcastic-attacks, the early environmental- that problems facing society, especially on ists continued espousing their theory that the environmental level, are complex and humans should have as light a footprint interconnected, not amenable to singleon the Earth as possible, protecting it for issue solutions. “They looked to nature as a future generations. teacher, as a mentor,” he says. At the time, As the early environmental movement most people and groups—at least those grew and became more sophisticated, vari- who were aware of the environmental ous theories circulated about the place hu- crisis on the horizon—still were focused mans hold on the Earth’s hierarchy and the on single issues, such as the environment responsibilities they should acknowledge. or social justice rather than a systems apThat construct led to what’s called the Gaia proach. Hypothesis or the Gaia Theory, which When Ausubel worked on a book posits that inorganic matter, like the Earth, (titled, When Healing Becomes a Crime) interacts with living organisms to form a and a documentary (titled, Hoxsey: When self-regulating system. Although initially Healing Becomes a Crime) about an almet with the same kind of skepticism and ternative cancer treatment, it focused his sarcasm as the early environmental theothinking. The work was about Harry ries, Gaia gained traction as a legitimate Hoxsey, a miner and insurance salesman way to look at life on Earth. In a simplistic who developed an herbal cancer treatexample, when populations grow too large, ment. The controversial Hoxsey cure natural catastrophe results in thinning the was—and still is—attacked as ineffective herd. Gaia still is a controversial theory, among practitioners of traditional Western but it has its adherents who consider it a medicine. But in the context of developing legitimate way to view the human-Earth the book and documentary, Ausubel says, system. he “had a huge epiphany: Nature has a Bioneers in an essential way is an profound capacity for healing.” extension of the Gaia theory. Bioneers is That’s an essential philosophy at the core based in part on a theory of biomimicry. of Bioneers. Promoting ways for humans According to the Biomimicry Institute, to to tread lightly will pave the way for nature understand how to form the most efficient to heal scars. It’s not so far-fetched. An and beneficial systems, humans should in- analogy is the way environmental scienvestigate how nature does it. The similarity tists work to restore wetlands. Eliminating 6 PACIFIC SUN SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2, 2014

››NEWSGRAMS Colonial Liquors in San Rafael to stop selling cheap alcohol San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips didn’t even have to twist Amman Damani’s arm. When he asked Damani, co-owner of Colonial Liquors at 1015 Tamalpais Ave., if he would consider discontinuing the sale of inexpensive vodkas and malt liquors at his store as a way of reducing problems with homeless intoxication downtown, Damani voluntarily complied. “We don’t want a lot of trouble,” said Damani, who agreed with the mayor that readily available vodkas like Taaka, Royal Gate and Potter’s, along with malt liquors, appeal to the city’s homeless population, and abuse of the beverages often lead to unsafe situations and unwelcoming environments. “We want the area clean.” A number of recent complaints about irresponsible public alcohol consumption in the area—which Phillips noted is not far from the future SMART station—prompted the mayor to reach out to Damani in hopes that they could work together to prevent future health and safety risks to the community. Phillips visited the store on Sept. 17 to recognize Damani and his business partner, Anwar Jaffer, for their commendable decision to remove three kinds of malt liquor and three kinds of vodka from their shelves. “We’re very appreciative as the city of the steps that they’ve taken to help their situation, our situation certainly, and many of those that find themselves in San Rafael,” Phillips said. Originally from Pakistan, Damani bought the store with Jaffer in 1996. Damani said that in the beginning, there were a lot of problems with the homeless drinking in the area, but that he and Jaffer worked hard to clean it up. “We always tell them, ‘If you drink around here, you are not a customer anymore.’” Once people know that the owners are strict, Damani said, they don’t make trouble. But still, around 6 percent of his clientele are homeless people looking for inexpensive, high-alcohol-content beverages. Damani said that he will lose approximately $300 to $400 a day in sales from the removal of malt liquors and inexpensive vodkas, but that doing so will “make a big difference.” “If you clean up the area, nice people come and they want to give you business,” he said. His hope is that by helping to remedy the public intoxication problem, he’ll attract more customers like the ones he’s gotten to know over the years. Choosing to work seven days a week so that he doesn’t miss anything, Damani said his favorite part of owning the store is the friendships that develop. When his nephew was once badly injured, Damani said that people worried, cried for his family and delivered flowers to the store. “Like a family member [of theirs] got hurt,” he said. “That’s how they treated us.” Phillips acknowledged that the step Colonial Liquors has taken is a significant one for San Rafael. “I’m hoping that this will set a precedent that others will follow,” he said. —Molly Oleson Drakes Bay Oyster Co.’s legal shuffle continues Businesses that use Drakes Bay oysters filed an appeal on Sept. 21 to a ruling that rejected their bid earlier this month. Businesses that support the operation—Tomales Bay Oyster Co., the Sir and Star, Osteria Stellina, Saltwater Oyster Depot, Cafe Reyes and the Hayes Street Grill—submitted a legal filing that claims to provide a new argument to keep the farm open. The coalition of restaurant owners, farmers and food producers assert that the closure of Drakes Bay could result in an economic downturn in West Marin. U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers rejected their injunction request to keep the operation open. The plaintiffs are now taking the case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Rogers rejected the argument, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to request the injunction “given the lack of merit.” The Tomales Bay Oyster Co., one of the plaintiffs, stated in the legal filing that its company could lose up to $400,000 a year if Drakes Bay shut down. Tomales Bay Oyster Co. relies on Drakes Bay when the customer demand at its retail locations outweighs what the number of oysters Tomales Bay’s shore can grow. “This isn’t over,” Charles “Tod” Friend, owner of Tomales Bay Oyster Co., said in a statement. “Drakes Bay is too important to this community and to the state’s aquaculture industry to let it go without a fight.” Drakes Bay Oyster Co. is located in the Point Reyes National Seashore, which was designated in 1976 as a marine wilderness, to be free of commercial activity. The U.S. Department of the Interior said in 2005 that it would not renew Drakes Bay Oyster Co.’s 40-year lease because it wants to include the property in the federally protected estuary. Kevin Lunny, Drakes Bay Oyster Co.’s current operator, took over the lease in 2004 and, according to then-interior secretary Salazar, was informed that no new permit would be issued after the lease was set to expire in November of 2012. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal from Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Although Drakes Bay can no longer harvest oysters to sell on site, it continues to provide oysters for commercial users while the litigation continues. The plaintiffs’ opening brief for the appeal is due Tuesday, Oct. 28.—Stephanie Powell

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But Ausubel sees a light out there on the horizon. “We’re in for something close to a revolution, some of which will come from the 1 percent,” he says. Just a few days after the conversation in which Ausubel made that observation, national media highlighted a story about some of the upper-echelon moneymen and women staking out a new path. The family that controls the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, an $860-million repository of philanthropy, announced that the fund is joining a divestment movement. The Rockefeller family, the same family whose progenitor created a fortune in oil, is giving up its petrochemical investment. Although the Brothers Fund, formed in 1940, is much smaller than the much larger Rockefeller Foundation, the divestment still made a statement full of impact. And it comes as part of a movement in which many institutions, including universities, religious organizations, pension funds and local governments have divested oil interests. Then, in an example of bottom-up meets financial top-down, a massive demonstration took place in New York as the United Nations was set to hold a climate meeting. The New York event was just one in a number of similar demonstrations in locations around the world. (The U.N. is set to take up a move for a binding climate treaty in 2015.) Estimates varied between about 300,000 and 400,000 people who took to New York streets in a call for action on climate change. The demonstration took place on Sept. 21. The following day, demonstrators showed up on Wall Street to protest the connection between big money and big oil. The march was the biggest event in the history of the climate change movement, a

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1. One of Marin County’s earliest school districts was established in 1862 by James Miller, who donated land for the 1864 construction of a schoolhouse that still stands today. What school (and district) was this? 2. What bowling game with shorter pins and smaller balls has an animal name?

3. Which one of Shakespeare’s plays had nothing in the title? 4. Identify each of these two-word phrases, all with the initials“CC.” 4a. Pre-computer era back-up for printed items 4b. English dairy product 4c. Where space shuttles are launched

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BONUS QUESTION: In December of 1889, asking her to “keep this object carefully, ”Vincent Van Gogh handed what newspaper-wrapped item to a prostitute named Rachel, in Arles, France? Howard Rachelson invites you to upcoming team trivia contests: Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Broken Drum in San Rafael; Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael; and Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley—all at 6:30pm. Have a great question? Send it in and if we use it, we’ll give you credit. Email Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com or visit www.triviacafe.com. ▲ How do you solve the homeless problem in downtown San Rafael? San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips is taking the out of sight, out of mind approach by crusading to ban cheap booze from downtown liquor stores. It seems like yet another feeble attempt to move the homeless out of downtown. The Ritter Center, however, seeks to end the high correlation of homelessness with alcoholism by providing free counseling for homeless people with substance abuse issues. As Marin’s safety net for the homeless, the Ritter Center also assists with finding detox and treatment programs and supporting sober living. Let the fortunate among us raise our glasses to the Ritter Center and donate the cost of our next fancy bottle of wine to this vital nonprofit. www.rittercenter.org.

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▼ Last Sunday, during the People’s Climate March, folks around the globe demanded that world leaders tackle the climate crisis. While more than 2,800 events took place in 166 countries, Ms. S, in solidarity, played her drum and sang in the traffic island at the intersection of Sir Francis Drake and Greenfield Avenue in San Anselmo. Drivers acknowledged her mission by flashing the peace sign. As she chanted “the earth is our mother, we must take care of her,” a San Anselmo police officer approached. “He said that he was detaining me for disturbing the peace,” S said. She departed voluntarily. The world cried out for solutions to climate change, but one voice in San Anselmo was drowned out by a small-minded person’s complaint about noise.—Nikki Silverstein

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< 7 An ecological bio-graphy description now earned. It will, of course, take more than demonstrations and marches to halt the climate slide. Bioneers understands that. One of the tenets of the organization is the compounding benefit of small actions taken on the local level. Connecting local actions, local organizations and local movements to create an interconnected effect on the larger system is a Bioneers foundational belief. There’s no time to lose, Ausubel says. “I believe we have reached a crisis point. We are in the eye of a hurricane. In the next several years, we will see a massive collapse and breakdown and hundreds of millions of ecological refugees and systems coming apart at the seams.” The importance of maintaining local responsibility, down to the individual level, is one strategy to blunt the effect. Small actions multiplied by millions can have a mitigating measure on greenhouse gas emissions, for example. By taking action at the local level, leverage can be applied to the larger system. Four hundred thousand people in New York sent that message Sunday. One of the speakers at the conference in San Rafael is Naomi Klein. The author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism has written a new book titled, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate. In it she connects the problems inherent in capitalism with climate change. Society must grapple with the big problems and seek a big fix, Klein says. Ausubel subscribes to that theory to an extent. “There’s a direct line between the concentration of wealth and the distribution of poverty and the state of the environment,” he says. But he adds that he’s “in favor of capitalism.” But more of a Capitalism 2.0. Under the new version of the economic model, society would “democratize access to ownership and to capital.” The move already is happening, Ausubel says. “We see a lot more worker-owned busi-

nesses and cooperatives.” He sees a trend toward less disparity between the highly paid and the lesser paid. “That’s a cultural trend already underway.” But he also notes that in the current economic milieu, “We have moved to a kind of serfdom. I think this thing is going to blow up,” he says, recognizing that there could be reason for hope and reason for horror. Bioneers has several areas on which it’s focusing. They include understanding that indigenous cultures have much to teach modern Western society. The integral connection between food production and the environment and the culture is another area of concern. Bioneers calls it “restorative food production.” The importance of women leaders also is on the list of programs. As Bioneers celebrates its quarter-century of existence, it’s moving toward becoming more of a media enterprise, according to Ausubel. That falls in line with one of the organization’s main goals: education. The learning needs to lead somewhere: “Education by itself is not sufficient,” Ausubel says. “You need education combined with action and power. Nothing can change without education. Our function from the start at the basic level has been to illuminate alternatives. When people realize there are alternatives, it leverages pressure for change.” Ausubel says he sees signs of progress that signal the possibility that society can pull the brakes on climate degradation. “Compared to 25 years ago, when Bioneers started, a lot has changed,” he says. “I am seeing a real consciousness shift. A lot of what we focus on can sometimes seem like wild ideas, pretty arcane. But I am witnessing receptivity now such as I have never seen before. I think everybody feels it or at least intuitively senses it. “There’s no question that things are going to change,” he says, “the only question is how. That’s where we come in.” Y Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.

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iven our food-obsessed culture, it’s not surprising that the Bay Area has more than its fair share of chefs, wine/cheesemakers and restaurateurs. But there is one luminary who changed the way we cook and brought an aesthetic to our kitchens and cookware that did not exist in America before he opened his first store in Sonoma. In celebration of Chuck Williams’ 99th birthday, Williams-Sonoma will return to its roots by opening a store at the same Broadway location where the landmark retailer first opened in 1956 on the Sonoma Square. There will be a small cooking school and historic display, in addition to cookware and kitchen gadgets. Sonoma County hasn’t had a Williams-Sonoma store since Williams moved his operation to San Francisco in the late 1950s. Look for an opening in early October. TEA FOR ONE, TWO, THREE OR MORE! I doubt many of you have experienced a Pop Up Tea event—I’ve never

been so lucky! And with Downton Abbey out of our lives until January, perhaps it’s time to join Queenie Teas for its upcoming Fall High Tea Pop Up at Lincoln Park Wine Bar in San Anselmo on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 11:30am. Queenie Teas assures that “there will be towers of treats, fresh scones, homemade jams and bottomless pots of tea. Pinkies out!” Adults $30, kids 10 and under $20. To reserve your seat at the table, visit www.facebook.com/queenieteas. STROLL AROUND San Rafael is celebrating the end of summer on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 4-7pm (check-in at City Plaza) with an Indian Summer Stroll: A Sip and Savor Fundraiser. Participants are invited to visit downtown San Rafael businesses while sampling premium wines and tasty bites provided by local restaurants and caterers. The event will benefit the San Rafael Fire Foundation. Each attendee will receive a souvenir wine glass and map of participating merchants and restaurants

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with the listing of wine and food pairings at each location. There will be music and an after-party at City Plaza. Join the party! Tickets are available for purchase online for $20. For tickets and more info., visit downtownsanrafael.org. FIRST THINGS FIRST If you can’t make it on Saturday to San Rafael for the city’s stroll, not to worry—you get another chance to enjoy the very first Fairfax Wine

Stroll on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 2-5pm in downtown Fairfax. The event will offer unlimited wine tasting from over 20 organic, biodynamic small or local wineries and food will be provided by local restaurants. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 on the day of the event. To purchase tickets and learn more, visit www.fairfaxwinestroll.com. Y Share your hunger pains with Tanya at thenry@pacificsun.com.

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o you’ve been to these before and you think you know what’s coming? Hah! We thought so, too. And while we might have envisioned the planned celebration of Robin Williams’ life, the only thing predictable about the forthcoming 37th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) is that it’s unpredictable. So unpredictable, in fact, that the tab for events ranges from free (woo-hoo!!) to Sweetwater Music Hall’s $150 (gulp). There’s even a movie called F R E E, but it isn’t free. Another called Cowboys isn’t about cowboys. The centerpiece film Black and White is in color. Half a dozen films are grouped into a category labeled, “The Art of the Sciences” but one title, Natural Sciences, isn’t one of them. Likewise, Laggies screens on Opening Night, but isn’t an opening night film. And this 11-day circus of cinema—traditionally a non-competitive event—embraces a filmmaking contest with a Brinks truck worth of prizes, while initiating its first artists in residence program with a superstar band. So how to make sense of all this? Read on. We’ll try to do it for you. Tickets to Robin Williams: A Celebration (Oct. 5, 1pm) are free (get ’em at 12 PACIFIC SUN SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2, 2014

mvff.com) and will include footage of his than sex, better than fudge, better than connection to the festival—on stage with family.” From Steele on “Cinco de Mayo”: comedian Jonathan Winters, hanging out “Leave it to the Mexicans to have a holiday with actress Glenn Close, creating the 1988 celebrating mayonnaise.” From Brown: MVFF trailer, in which he portrays a film “Most of my humor is about me, so I have critic interviewing five directo find new ways to be a loser.” tors, all played by himself. More And from co-director LoCicero: than anyone who attained his “[Robin] showed up at one of by level of fame, he was among the our shoots and said, ‘I love these Mal most approachable, the least guys, let’s do an interview.’ And Karman pretentious and open to anyone. he was wonderful—insightful We ran into him one afternoon and funny.” Sit down for 3 Still jogging at Kezar Pavilion in the Standing Oct. 4 at 5pm, Oct. 8 at city. A scramble of at least 15 kids 1:30pm and Oct. 10 at 2:15pm. were on his heels on the track and, when Festival spotlights shine gently on the he finished his run, he joked with all of noggins of those whose film careers have them. begun to rocket into outer space but who We’ll find three of Williams’ peers, Will are still considered a bit shy of deserving Durst, Johnny Steele and Larry “Bubbles” papal reverence. That may not hold for Brown on stage and on screen in an long in the case of Eddie Redmayne—an evening that combines their in-person inspired choice for an in-person everoutines with San Francisco filmmakers ning—because our crystal ball envisions Donna LoCicero and Robert Campos’ him accepting the Oscar for best actor in documentary, 3 Still Standing. We’ll learn February (you read it here first). Perfect about the heyday of stand-up comedy in in My Week With Marilyn as a smitten the ’80s in the city and its sudden death in production assistant befriended by Marilyn the ’90s. Why? we wonder. Did we suddenly Monroe, and as Marius, the lover-boy overdose on laughter? revolutionary in the 2012 version of Les From Durst: “(Performing) is better Miserables, he is even more astonishing

opposite Felicity Jones as English physicistcosmologist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (Oct. 9, 7pm). After bestowing spotlight honors to Dakota Fanning last year, the MVFF could hardly ignore her kid sister, Elle. Can we say the festival is Fanning out? (OK, sorry, bad joke.) With the music scene in Los Angeles as framework, Fanning plays the idolizing daughter of Joe Albany, a man addicted to more than just jazz and one of the few white pianists to have played bebop with Charlie Parker. Low Down was cowritten by Amy Albany, the person Fanning portrays in the movie. John Hawkes is the dad, Glenn Close the grammy. Elle appears center stage Oct. 4 at 7pm, with a second screening Oct. 9 at 2:15pm. No secret that where there is film, there is music. And this season there is also Metallica—heavy metal superstars with headquarters a few blocks from the Smith Rafael Film Center—anointed as the festival’s first artists in residence. A (live) Musical Celebration of Jaco, the life and work of the late “Punk of Jazz” musician Jaco Pastorius hosted by the band’s Robert Trujillo, fetches that C-noteand-a-half ticket at Mill Valley’s Sweetwa-

ter (Oct. 6, 9pm)—and don’t be surprised if surprise guests appear for a set, along with “eight members of the Pastorius family and the amazing guitarists Rodrigo and Gabriela,” MVFF Executive Director Mark Fishkin says. Known for Latin-influenced, lyrical soloing on fretless bass and innovative use of harmonics, Jaco was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, the only electric bass guitarist so honored. A work-in-progress documentary, Jaco, co-produced by Trujillo and requiring separate admission, precedes the jam session at 6pm. For Those About to Rock: The Story of Rodrigo y Gabriela runs Oct. 5, 8pm and Oct. 7, 2:15pm. As a special kick-off to the festival last year, the band premiered its Metallica Through the Never and was invited back to host their favorite films. “It was a no-brainer,” says lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, who will jam at the Jaco event and will engage viewers at a late screening of Dracula vs. Frankenstein in what promises to be a night with some bite. “I just have a horror movie obsession, stuff like—this one, this super schlocky indie movie I saw as a child, later as a young adult, then a few years ago, and from scene to scene, it’s so entertaining,” Hammett said. “I’m one of 25 people in the world who adore it and that’s one of the reasons I’m showing it—I’m hoping to find some sympathizers out there!” Check out 1971’s Dracula vs. Frankenstein with Hammett on Oct. 3 at 10pm and view a crypt of monster-movie memorabilia in his book, Too Much Horror Business. (Still feeling bloodthirsty? The vampy-campy What We Do in the Shadows [Oct. 7, 7:45pm and Oct. 9, 4pm] might sate your appetite.) Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield chose to host Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Oct. 8, 7pm) with Clint Eastwood and with an unforgettable score by Ennio Morricone, known also for his tracks on Cinema Paridiso, Days of Heaven, The Untouchables, and The Mission, among others. And drummer Lars Ulrich, whom festival Program Director Zoe Elton describes as possessing “an intellect to be reckoned with,” anchors Whiplash (Oct. 7, 7pm), a multi-award-winner at Sundance about a teenager who idolizes

American jazz drummer Buddy Rich and dreams of following his career trajectory. In Finding the Gold Within, we follow six young African-American men who were enrolled in a multi-year mentoring program in Akron, Ohio, where they became part of a life-enhancing drum troupe. Berkeley director Karina Epperlein and San Francisco cinematographer Andy Black demonstrate how this program and this outlet of expression turned the young men away from rough-and-tumble lives and infused them with a newfound selfconfidence and the self-awareness necessary to move on to college educations. See it Oct. 3 at 8pm or Oct. 4 at 8pm. Now that banging in your head could be their early practice sessions or it could be a migraine from reading today’s headlines—a chronicle of horrors that seems to have been born out of the Dark Ages. Ebola, ISIL, barbarianism, slavery, drought (something we know a thing or two about), starvation, flooding. Do you sometimes get the feeling we’re reliving the plagues from The Ten Commandments? Are you a MoveOn.org progressive, or do you just want to move on? The festival gives you a choice. Soak up the Active Cinema Toolkit workshop (Oct. 11, 12:30pm), post reminders on the fridge that not everything in the world is as peachy as it is in Marin, and find out how to transform yourself into a raging, socially responsible activist. Or take the B-line to pure escapism with the likes of the animated Hoppity Goes to Town (Oct. 10, 7:45pm) or Soul of a Banquet (Oct. 5, 5pm) about culinary luminary Cecilia Chiang. Five Oakland teens find redemption in their yearlong dance with destiny at the Destiny Arts Center in F R E E, from co-directors David Collier and Suzanne LaFetra. “They spent months creating a performance based on their lives,” LaFetra says. “We fell in love immediately with all the subjects—[but] it was torture watching them go through the regular and not-atall-regular hell of adolescence. It really took them some time to trust us [and] who could blame them? A white Berkeley middle-aged couple? For a while, I relied on Facebook to get the scoop 14 >

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Grace Dammann—a highly respected physician of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Muir Beach, once honored by the Dalai Lama for her work with AIDS patients. Damman’s life was shattered in a horrific head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge, and the doc is sometimes difficult to watch, with X-rays and multiple surgeries in your face. But it’s a powerful statement about this woman’s astounding inner resourcefulness, her determination and will to overcome devastating personal tragedy after 48 days in a coma. “To everyone’s shock, Grace [came out of it] on the Fourth of July singing, “You Are My Sunshine” and asking philosophical questions, indicating that her mental faculties were miraculously intact,” Lipman says. “There were many miraculous, serendipitous moments that occurred during filming. When Grace had elbow surgery at UCSF, a year-and-a-half after the accident, one of the nurses on her post-op floor turned out to be the first responder on the Golden Gate Bridge when Grace was hit. He was in the car behind and got out to assist her while waiting for the EMTs. He had never known whether Grace had lived or died and was blown away to see her again. He subsequently became a supporter of the film.” Oct. 5, 5:15pm. Mark Fishkin, executive director of the MVFF, has always let it be known that the fest he founded fosters a non-competitive atmosphere in which filmmakers need not steal sideways glances at each other, or curl their lips when asked if they’ve seen another’s work. But this year Sharp Electronics permeates the wall with its The Art of Amazing contest (Oct. 9, 7pm), showcasing competing shorts shot in 4K as the resolution revolution gains steam and finalists look to snag prizes worth more than $50,000. “Competition lights fire under people,” Program Director Elton observes. “It encourages [filmmakers] to play with tools that are available now.” “We don’t look at this as a sea of change in terms of the festival,” Fishkin is quick to point out. “4K is state-of-the-art—that is, until they come up with 6K. It’s a great contest with a specific purpose.” The Art of Amazing is a free, ticketed event. Also yours for the asking are complimentary entrees to an outdoor showing at Old Mill Park in Mill Valley of the 1941 animated Hoppity Goes to Town (Oct. 10, 7:45pm), part of the annual Children’s FilmFest. This Dave and Max Fleischer classic about a grasshopper, bumble bees, beetles and big-shoed humans predates A Bug’s Life by 57 years. And if that isn’t enough to satisfy your entomological inclinations, dig into the 3-D Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (Oct. 4, 12pm and Oct. 11, 11am), another animated turn at unearthing what’s going on right under our feet. Created in Provence, France, where there are more than 15 species of infuriatingly noisy cicadas, and where peasants used to thread their bodies on a 16 >

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7pm) deconstructs our so-called contemporary, fragmentary way of communicating electronically and how it shakes up and, perhaps, wakes up a circle of teens and their families. Reitman and 6-foot4-inch 20-year-old actor Ansel Elgort are expected at the opening. Judy Greer, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner and Emma Thompson lead the cast. Next time the toilet backs up, before you curse the plumbing, consider that villagers in northern Mali struggle daily under the forced occupation by Islamist jihadists who impose strict Sharia law on them in Timbuktu (Oct. 5, 1:45pm and Oct. 6, 3pm), a French-Mauritanian drama reflecting current events in Africa. In Oscar-winning writer-director Volker Schlondorff ’s Diplomacy (Oct. 4, 8pm and Oct. 8, 3:30pm), the forced occupation of Paris by Nazis is coming to an end as the Allies advance and German general Dietrich von Choltitz is ordered to blow up the city. In this fictionalized film version of the stage play, Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling has one night to convince von Choltitz not to do it. You can make a whole day of World War

II dramas by checking out The Imitation Game (Oct. 4, 5:45pm) prior to Diplomacy. British math whiz Alan Turing, once a pariah among his peers, becomes a central figure in decoding German military communications in a race against the clock. The film screens again Oct. 6 at 4pm. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, who looks the part of a woman rooted in perpetual adolescence in Laggies (Oct. 2, 7:30pm and Oct. 3, 3pm). Maybe we’re nit-picking here, but if the festival runs 11 days, its centerpiece film ought to run smack in its center—n’est-ce pas?—meaning Oct. 7, five days after the carpets unfurl and five days before the curtain drops. But the centerpiece, Black and White, which Kevin Costner produced and stars in, screens Oct. 8 at 7:30pm (and again on Oct. 10 at 2:45pm). Like we said earlier, unpredictable. The actor plays a New Orleans lawyer, driven to drink by the loss of his family, before getting slammed with a custody lawsuit initiated by an African-American grandmother. The few things that do remain predictable year after year are the ongoing Hi De Ho Show, and annual entries from

Berkeley directors Rob Nilsson and John Sanborn. Both have been churning out world premieres here dating back to the Paleolithic era, or so it seems. As is the case with many of Nilsson’s films, A Bridge to a Border comes from an amalgam of cast members from his improvisational workshops and was “made for the price of a low-end used car,” he says. “[The story has] roots in the life of a border patrol officer, framed and accused of shooting two illegals crossing the Rio Grande. Railroaded off to prison. Radicalized there ... and now having escaped from a medical facility pending parole, he has five hours to commit an act of violence with a small group of radicals. The film is about those five hours ... about those trying to help him and those trying to stop him.” Bridge screens Oct. 10, 9pm and Oct. 11, 2:45pm. Sanborn’s memoir, ALLot (Oct. 3, 7:30pm and Oct. 5, 8:30pm), barrels down Memory Lane on a visual trip to his 40th high school reunion. “I was initially indifferent to attending—who wants to revisit the distant past?” he asked himself. “But when [I heard] that almost a third of our

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class was dead, I realized that this unique perspective—shared by a group of likeminded friends—would be an interesting way to express my own feelings about being closer to the end than the beginning. “I found myself flung backwards in time, and all those memories, emotions and dread suddenly felt very relevant. High school is where we all start to become the people we are today—and it’s the beginning of the performance of our lives ... I hope to help others to find their own answers to, ‘What happened?’ And how do you feel about that?” Mill Valley maestro, wizard, Grand Vizier John Goddard opts for the musical

fork down the much-traveled Memory Lane, again to the amazing ’60s and to the growing roots of rock, pop, soul and blues. From Goddard’s personal vault, you’ll be treated to outrageous, funny, weird and wonderful clips of performances you can only find in Cleveland’s Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame, or here at the Hi De Ho Show. (Oct. 4 at 8:45pm and Oct. 10 at 3pm.) Festival tributes this time through go to actress Laura Dern and to directoreditor Chuck Workman (You just asked, “Who?”). He isn’t a household name, but if you’ve ever sat down for an Oscar telecast, you have seen Workman’s work. He won an Academy Award for best live-action short

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film Precious Images (comprising clips of memorable scenes from classic films), and has created memoriams and openings for 20 Oscar shows. At a tribute on Oct.10 at 7pm, he’ll bring us more film magic with Magician, about the career, the life and the thinking of the legendary Orson Welles, a dynamic talent way ahead of his time in so many ways. The Laura Dern evening coincides with the closing night film Wild (Oct. 12, 5pm and 5:15pm), based on Cheryl Strayed’s book about her solo 1,100-mile trek on the Pacific Crest Trail, triggered by the unexpected loss of her mother. The film features Reese Witherspoon and Dern, who plays

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the mom, and who has had noteworthy roles in Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Jurassic Park, and October Sky. She’ll be on stage to interact with the audience after the screening. So if we have klieg lights and tributes to veterans of the industry, and spotlights for the up-and-comers, how about something called flashlights for first-timers? Neophyte filmmaker Barrett Edmonds induced Peter Coyote to narrate a 1958 Herb Caen newspaper column for his 12-minute Ahhh ... San Francisco (Oct. 3, 5pm and Oct. 6, 9:15pm), a love song to his favorite place on Earth. Edmonds says, “It’s for people to enjoy seeing the city ... through 18 >

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rican forest. Zmekhol tells us, “She is working directly with local villagers by giving them mobile devices to make observations on the ground and transmitting this data to the cloud ... I loved her vision, at age 80, on how this can help save the environment, (utilizing) mapping technology for forest monitoring and chimpanzee conservation.” With more than 125 films and 29 world premieres from 46 countries, how do you choose a screen for your retinal aerobics? Go by instinct. Go by visceral energy. Go by bus. You’ve probably gathered by now that the Mill Valley fest is a magnet for movies with a conscience. What about yours? San Francisco photographer-lecturer Lisa Kristine tells us that there are 27 million people enslaved in the world today. “It is illegal everywhere, but it exists everywhere,” she says. When filmmaker Erica Jordan of San Francisco learned that Kristine was traveling to India to photograph women in Sonagachi, one of the largest brothels in the world, she says, “I challenged my fear, gathered my camera and sound equipment, and boarded the plane. “[Sonagachi] is a very dangerous place for outsiders, especially for women. I had one chance to capture Lisa’s work in this enclosed neighborhood and my tool was a small button spy camera.” The results are In Plain Sight (Oct. 4, 4:45pm and Oct. 9, 1:45pm). Also in plain sight is garbage, and plenty

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Being a cello star is murder! Zuill Bailey breaks the bounds of tradition by G re g Cahill

uill Bailey never goes wanting for highly sought-after teacher who last year adventure. A few years ago, a day coached inmates at a women’s detention after speeding wildly through the center in Alaska. streets of Tel Aviv in an This week, Baiarmored limo under ley’s travels bring NOW PLAYING armed guard on the him back to San Zuill Bailey will teach a free cello master way to a command Rafael, where he class Thursday, Sept. 25, from 5-6pm (a performance for world will offer a Thurslight dinner follows, as does a cellodiplomats, the 42-yearday night master ensemble reading session). On Sunday, old cellist found himclass on the camSept. 28, at 3pm and Tuesday, Sept. 30, self in a tense situation pus of Dominican at 7:30pm, Bailey will perform the Saintwhile crossing the JorUniversity. On Saens Cello Concerto with the Marin Symphony. 473-6800. danian border to rejoin Sunday, Sept. 28 a group of friends. and Tuesday, Sept. “A soldier at the 30 he will be the checkpoint looked at soloist with the the box I was carrying and looked at me Marin Symphony performing the Saintand said, ‘I don’t believe that you play the Saens Cello Concerto. cello!’ I said, ‘I do.’ He said, ‘Prove it!’ He’s A graduate of the Peabody Institute got a gun. What am I going to do?” recalls of Music and the Juilliard School, Bailey Bailey, finally able to laugh at the experiwas well on his way to a successful, and ence. “So I pulled the cello out of the box ordinary, career as a concert cellist before and asked, ‘What do you want to hear?’ he finished his education. But he wasn’t Fortunately, that’s all I needed to say to particularly challenged. “When I first convince him that I was telling the truth, started performing, in my early 20s, I was since I was shaking so badly.” being asked nine times out of 10 to play Bailey—who probably once envisioned one of the same three concertos,” he says. an existence of serene concerts and quiet “But very early on, I decided not to follow dinner parties with no Uzi submachine what others were doing, but to follow my guns in sight—has crafted a career that is own path.” anything but ordinary. He travels the globe He didn’t have long to wait. In 1997, appearing with leading orchestras and TV producer Tom Fontana heard him top conductors, including Michael Tilson play at Peabody and asked him to score an Thomas and Itzhak Perlman—he has twice episode of the Emmy-winning show Hoperformed with the National Symphony micide: Life on the Streets. Fontana wanted Orchestra of Cuba in Havana. He enjoys a virtuoso piece. “That got the juices in a longstanding duo partnership with the my brain going,” Bailey says. “‘Now, what acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt and would I play for something like that?’ I performs in a trio with Perlman’s concert wondered. It really got me excited.” pianist daughter Navah and the in-demand The next year Fontana created Oz, violinist Philippe Quint. His recordings the hard-hitting HBO prison series, and routinely draw rave reviews. And he’s a gave Bailey, known for his matinee-idol

my first concert tonight.’” Those side projects, including frequent TV performances around the world, have given Bailey a greater appreciation for the standard concertos and reinvigorated him as a player. “I adore doing these unusual things and then going back out and having that in my psyche when playing a rococo variation again,” he says. “It puts things into perspective.” These days, Bailey—a professor of cello at the University of Texas at El Paso—is the director of chamber festivals in such off-the-beaten-track In ‘Oz’ Bailey played Eugene Dobbins, an inmate who was given permission to practice locales as El Paso his cello in the cafeteria each day for one hour. and Sitka, Alaska. “People are pleasantly shocked when good looks, an on-screen role. In the first season, Bailey’s character, Eugene Dobbins they get to El Paso,” he says of those who don’t expect a thriving classical-music (prisoner #97D403) performed a Bach scene in a remote border town. “This is cello piece, harpooned a violist with his end pin, ate a glass-tainted salad, and died the ultimate dream for a musician to give back to a community and feel like they’re horribly in a prison riot. making an impact.” Fans adored him. Does Bailey harbor any ambition to So much so that participants on the return to acting? HBO online forum persuaded produc“I don’t want to be an actor, I don’t ers to resurrect Bailey to guest-narrate a want to be a rock star,” he concludes, “I few episodes. That led to “Sonata de Oz,” want to be a classical cellist, but I had an episode in which Bailey used obscure cello parts to score six short segments. The to stop thinking like a classical cellist to response from viewers was overwhelming. accomplish that. And I take tremendous “It just goes to show that if you bring great responsibility for what I bring to that undertaking.” Y music to an unusual setting, but hold that music up as high as you can, then you can Serenade Greg at gcahill51@gmail.com. make a difference,” Bailey says. People started to approach Bailey after concerts to tell him, ‘I had no idea about Tune up to the Marin music scene at classical music and the cello before hear›› pacificsun.com/music ing you on HBO and decided to come to

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keeping them fed and clothed and arming and training them for the bloody sequel, Cheaper by the Dirty Dozen. (2003) Oxygen. 8pm. The Revenant A soldier dies and rises as a zombie and teams with his best friend to fight crime in their city. It’s basically a buddy flick like Lethal Weapon but with a zombie, like the screenwriters for the Lethal Weapon movies. (2014) SyFy. 9pm.

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The Amazing Race This is the season premiere with the challenge this time being how to avoid countries we are not currently bombing. CBS. 8pm. Hawaii Five-0 The team investigates terrorists using drones to kill. It’s really depressing that we have started an arms race that includes a stop at Radio Shack. CBS. 9pm.

SATURDAY, SEPT 27 Cheaper by the

Dozen A husband and wife raise 12 children in the suburbs, coping with such difficulties as getting the kids to school,

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 Fat Guys in the Woods The Weather Channel sends chunky guys into the woods with a survivalist to learn basic skills that would keep them alive. The first tip for wilderness preparation would be to check the weather forecast, which you can’t do because all they show is stuff like this now. The Weather Channel. 7pm. Battle Los Angeles Aliens have conquered the Earth’s major cities but have one metropolitan area to go: Los Angeles, where their quest for domination is thwarted by a traffic jam on the 405 and their inability to get an agent. (2011) TNT. 8pm. The Lottery The science fiction series about a global fertility crisis ends with the women chosen to bear the only fertilized embryos on the planet, setting things up for the biggest baby shower ever! Lifetime. 10pm.

MONDAY, SEPT. 29 Gone with the Wind A scheming, heartless woman betrays the love and loyalty of the men in her life. Frankly Scarlett, didn’t we see all this on Gossip Girl? (1939) Turner Classic Movies. 7pm. Gotham Set in the fictional city of Batman’s exploits, this series follows the early career of Police Commissioner Gordon when he was still a detective assigned to investigate the murders of Batman’s father. So Batman is still just a billionaire kid and has not developed his bat fetish yet. His only power is the ability to send Alfred to the store at midnight for ice cream. Fox. 8pm. The Tonight Show Speaking of Batman, Ben Affleck is on tonight. If you are one of the ones still angry about his casting in the next Batman movie, there are probably a few online petitions that you haven’t signed yet. Just Google “Batman” and “crime against humanity.” NBC. 11:35pm.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 Selfie As if the word “selfie” wasn’t annoying enough, now there is a sitcom. We encourage you to take a selfie of yourself watching something else. ABC. 8pm. The Singles Project The reality series comes to a close, setting things up for next season’s He Never Called. Bravo. 10pm. Z Nation It’s another zombie apocalypse series like The Walking Dead except it’s not set in Atlanta, so there are still zombies but the humidity is less oppressive. SyFy. 10pm.

WEDNESDAY, OCT 1 Penguins: Spy in the Huddle Filmmakers constructed robotic penguins with cameras to capture the lives of the

flightless Antarctic birds. We’ve long assumed an eventual robot takeover, but the words “Bow to your robot penguin overlord” are sure to make the enslaved masses smirk every time. KQED. 8pm. Stalker It’s a new series about a team of detectives that investigates stalking incidents. So basically, they Say goodbye to that Spicoli smile, folks ... have to go out and stalk the stalkers and send their reports to the department’s Irony Task Force. CBS. 10pm.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 Dante’s Peak A volcano rumbles, soon to erupt and destroy a small town and all the pointless subplots the townsfolk were caught up in. (1997) Showtime. 8pm. Fast Times at Ridgemont High The classic comedy might make you nostalgic for a time when the worst thing a kid might bring to school was a bong, unsafe sex meant somebody might get pregnant and Sean Penn actually smiled. (1982) Independent Film Channel. 8:15pm. Critique That TV Guy at letters@pacificsun.com.

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investigate a murder turns out to be the killer himself, having suffered guilt after walking away Scott-free from the crime. In the movie we’ve just seen, something similar happens. It’s not exactly the same, but it’s a case where someone who knows more about the crime than he’s admitting to, chooses the best detective he can find to look into it—in part out of a sense of remorse for his complicity. “Interesting. Well, there is a theme in this movie of ‘making amends,’” I point out, referencing a key part of Matthew Scudder’s sobriety. In the film—as in the books—the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are introduced in increasingly interesting ways, Scudder forced to make his own “searching and fearless moral inventory” as the 12 steps underscore the action of several important scenes. The character Black is referring to, the one who gets the ball rolling out of his own sense of guilt, happens to be a recovering addict himself. “That’s true! I actually really like the way Scudder’s alcoholism is explored in this movie,” Black says, scooting through a downtown coffee shop on our way to a table. “The steps are Matt Scudder’s code of honor now. That’s who he is.” “The book series actually wasn’t that unique until Scudder got sober,” I mention. “One thing I missed in the movie was his Sunday night dinners with Jim, his AA sponsor. And Elaine, his ex-prostitute girlfriend, she wasn’t in it either.” “That’s right. Still, I think the writer did a really good job of blending together several novels,” observes Black, glancing out

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MOViES

F R I D AY S E P T E M B E R 2 6 — T H U R S D AY O C T O B E R 2 Movie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d l The Boxtrolls (1:40) Stylish yet quirky stopmotion bonbon from LAIKA animation about a boy raised by trolls who tries to fit into human society. 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 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 The Congress (2:02) Fantastical sci-fi allegory about an aging actress who sells her digital image to be preserved and used at Hollywood’s whim; Robin Wright stars. l The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2:02) Ned Benson’s ambitious Cannes Film Fest favorite examines a spiraling relationship from two disparate points of view—his and hers. l Dolphin Tale 2 (1:07) Newly orphaned Winter the dolphin looks for a new caregiver with a little help from Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson. l The Dream Is Now (0:30) Davis Guggenheim’s moving documentary about four undocumented children of immigrants desperate to earn their U.S. citizenship. The Drop (1:47) Dennis Lehane’s hard-boiled tale of crime and punishment in blue-collar Brooklyn stars Tom Hardy as a bartender-turned-mob stooge in over his head; James Gandolfini co-stars. l The Equalizer (2:11) The 1980s TV series hits the big screen with Denzel Washington as a former commando who comes out of hiding to take on the Russian Mafia; Antoine Fuqua directs. l Every Little Step (1:36) Documentary traces the history of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line from hit show to international theatrical phenomenon. l Gone Girl (2:28) David Fincher filmization of Gillian Flynn’s best-seller stars Ben Affleck as a seemingly stable family man who becomes a murder suspect when his wife goes missing. l Gone With the Wind (3:42) Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) takes on Civil War, Reconstruction and a swashbuckling soldier of fortune (Clark Gable) in David O. Selznick’s ripe, epic magnum opus. 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 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 I Am Eleven (1:34) Documentary focuses on dozens of kids around the world as they contemplate the cusp of adulthood. l In the Cobbler’s Shoes (1:00) Documentary portrait of Misak Pirinjian, the beloved proprietor of Mill Valley’s tiny yet estimable Tony’s Shoe Repair shop for the past quarter century. l The Ladykillers (1:37) Noirish comedy classic stars Alec Guinness as a bucktoothed criminal mastermind laid low by his motherly landlady. l Last Days in Vietnam (1:38) Rory Kennedy’s gripping documentary looks at the final days of the Vietnam War and the desperate attempt to evacuate scores of civilians out of beleaguered Saigon. l The Last of Robin Hood (1:32) Biopic focuses on screen swashbuckler Errol Flynn’s final fling with an aspiring teenage starlet; Kevin Kline and Dakota Fanning star. 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 Love Is Strange (1:33) Newlyweds John Lithgow and Alfred Molina face cross-generational conflict

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and fouled-up family dynamics when economics force them to live apart. 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 Más Negro que la Noche (1:40) Mexican horror flick about a carefree heiress who enjoys her opulent new mansion ... until the cat drowns. l The Maze Runner (2:00) Sci-fi nightmare about a group of teenage boys trapped in a maze and the fragmented memories that sustain them. l Mill Valley Film Festival The 37th annual cinematic soiree features seminars, workshops, galas, in-person tributes and hundreds of movies from around the world. l A Most Wanted Man (1:30) The late Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in John le Carré’s tale of a mystery man’s true identity: victim of circumstance or undercover terrorist? l My Old Lady (1:47) Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas as expat Parisians who refuse to be ejected from their beloved apartment by ugly American Kevin Kline. l National Theatre London: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2:40) Direct from South Bank it’s Simon Stephens’ gripping drama about an autistic teenager’s methodical quest for a mysterious dog-slayer. l No Good Deed (1:24) Taraji Henson gets herself in a whole lot of trouble when she lets a charming stranger “with car trouble” into her home. l Royal Shakespeare Company: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (3:00) Direct from StratfordUpon-Avon it’s the Bard’s comic tale of love, jealousy and mistaken identity in Renaissance-era Milano. l The Skeleton Twins (1:31) Estranged twins Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader reconnect after both survive near-death experiences on the same day and try to come to terms with their out-of-control lives. l Take Me to the River (1:37) Documentary celebrates Memphis’s musical heritage with plenty of help from Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby “Blue” Bland and a host of others. l Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1:40) Four reptilian outcast brothers emerge from their subterranean hideout to save Manhattan from powermad supervillain Tony Shalhoub. l This Ain’t No Mouse Music (1:32) Documentary follows ardent folklorist and Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz on a tuneful odyssey from Texas to Louisiana to Appalachia in search of the rootsy music he loves. l This Is Where I Leave You (1:43) Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, Jane Fonda and a host of others star in an ensemble dramedy about a dysfunctional family that reunites for a week of communal living after their patriarch dies. l Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity (2:35) The composer of Evita and The Lion King musicalizes James Jones’ steamy tale of lust and violence at Pearl Harbor circa December 6, 1941. l To Kill a Mockingbird (2:09) Harper Lee’s timeless novel hits the big screen with Gregory Peck as small-town Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as his daughter Scout. l The Trip to Italy (1:47) Bantering restaurant critics Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are back and on the road to Tuscany, Rome, Capri and the Amalfi Coast in search of the perfect meal. l Tusk (1:42) Goofy Kevin Smith horror flick about a podcaster who’s kidnapped by a mysterious stranger who wants to turn him into a walrus. l A Walk Among the Tombstones (1:53) Disenchanted New York private eye Liam Neeson bends the rules and breaks some heads while tracking down the scum who kidnapped and murdered his drug-dealing client’s wife.

k New Movies This Week

The Boxtrolls (PG)

Boyhood (R) Calvary (R) The Congress (PG) The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Not Rated)

Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:25; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Playhouse: Fri 4, 6:45, 9:15 Sat 1, 4, 6:45, 9:15 Sun 1, 4, 6:45 Mon-Wed 4, 6:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:50, 4:40, 7:05; 3D showtimes at 2:15, 9:30 Marin: Fri, Mon-Thu 3:55, 7:20 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:55, 7:20 Lark: Fri 8:30 Wed 1:40 Thu 3:30 Lark: Tue 8:30

Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Sun-Tue, Thu 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:25 Wed 10:40am Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 12:30, 1:45, 3:10, 4:35, 5:55, 7:20, 8:35, 9:55 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 k The Dream Is Now (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 11 (invited guest: Arizona immigration activist Erika Andiola) The Drop (PG) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:05, 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Sun-Thu 11:05, 1:45, 4:20, 7:05 Sequoia: Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10 The Equalizer (R) Cinema: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 7, 10:05 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:35, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:55, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:25 Every Little Step (PG-13) Lark: Tue noon (lunch, film and lecture with performers Maureen McVerry, Allison Ewing and Chris Vettel) Gone Girl (R) Rowland: Thu 10pm k Gone With the Wind (PG) Regency: Sun 2, 7 Wed 2, 7 Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7, 10 The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) Lark: Fri 1 Sat 7:15 Sun 4 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:25, 7:45 k I Am Eleven (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:45 Sat 2:15, 4:30 (filmmaker Genevieve Bailey in person), 6:45 Sun 2:15, 4:30 (filmmaker Genevieve Bailey in person), 7:15 MonWed 6:45 k In the Cobbler’s Shoes (Not Rated) Rafael: Sat 7 (Misak Pirinjian and filmmaker David Mark in person) MonTue 7 (filmmaker David Marks in person) k The Ladykillers (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 5, 7 k Last Days in Vietnam (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 5:30 (filmmaker Rory Kennedy in person), 8:15 Sat-Sun 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 Mon-Wed 6:30, 8:45 The Last of Robin Hood (R) Lark: Tue 3:30 Let’s Be Cops (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:15 Love Is Strange (R) Lark: Fri 3:45 Sat 5 Magic in the Moonlight (PG-13) Lark: Thu 5:50 Marin: Fri 4:15, 6:50, 9:15 Sat 1, 4:15, 6:50, 9:15 Sun 1, 4:15, 6:50 Mon-Thu 4:15, 6:50 k Más Negro que la Noche (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:05, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 11:25, 4:40, 9:50 The Maze Runner (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 12:05, 1:05, 1:50, 2:50, 3:50, 4:45, 5:35, 6:30, 7:30, 8:20, 9:15, 10:10 Playhouse: Fri 4:15, 7, 9:35 Sat 1:10, 4:15, 7, 9:35 Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7 Rowland: FriWed 11:15, 12:40, 2, 3:25, 4:45, 6:10, 7:30, 8:55, 10:15 k Mill Valley Film Festival (Not Rated) Cinema: Thu Rafael: Thu Sequoia: Thu (visit mvff.com for schedule) A Most Wanted Man (R) Lark: Tue 5:45 Thu 8:10 My Old Lady (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:05 Mon-Thu 4:30, 7:05 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Sun-Thu 11:30, 2:15, 4:50, 7:35 National Theatre London: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 No Good Deed (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 k Royal Shakespeare Company: Two Gentlemen from Verona (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 1 Wed 7 The Skeleton Twins (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Sun-Thu 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50 Sequoia: Fri 4:45, 7:30, 9:55 Sat 2:10, 4:45, 7:30, 9:55 Sun 2:10, 4:45, 7:30 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:30 Take Me to the River (PG) Rafael: Fri-Wed 9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 5:15, 10:30 This Ain’t No Mouse Music (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:15, 8:30 Sat 1:45, 4, 9:15 Sun-Tue 9:15 This Is Where I Leave You (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 7, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10 Sat-Sun 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 6:30, 9 Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:30, 9 Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:30 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:40 Sun-Thu 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 k Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity (R) Regency: Thu 7 k To Kill a Mockingbird (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 1:10 Wed 4 The Trip to Italy (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 6 Sun 6:45 Thu 1 Tusk (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:25, 5, 7:45, 10:25 Sun 11:20 Mon-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5, 7:45 Thu 11:45, 2:25 A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:55 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11, 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 9:55 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 1, 2:20, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 7:40, 9, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:50, 10:30

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 | Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 | Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 | Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264

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ViDEO Nightmare on noir street

If child abuse is the worst horror that can be visited on a person, then a false accusation of child abuse must by definition run a close second. In the Danish film THE HUNT that nightmare charge and its consequences descend on kindergarten teacher Lucas (played to subtle perfection by former Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen—a father of one who’s getting his ‘The Hunt’ was nominated at the 86th annual Academy Awards as Denmark’s official submission to the foreign language film category. own life back on track after a rocky divorce. Encouraged by his best friends to walk their 5-year-old daughter to school and back, Lucas builds a trust with the girl that seems to be doing them both a world of good—and when word of an abuse charge begins to spread, he puts his faith in the system to sort things out. But terror lies in the good intentions of everyone involved: If at first parents and school admins, colleagues and storekeepers keep the greatest civility with the monster they believe is in front of them, it’s the nature of the crime—and a parent’s anxieties—for more violent instincts to take over, even after the facts are in. When not sidetracked by efforts at Christian allegory, The Hunt is the purest Nordic noir. (Watch the alternate-ending track to learn just how unsure filmmakers can sometimes be of their own intentions.)—Richard Gould

Live music 09/26: Beso Negro Gypsy swing. With Javier Jimenez, Adam Roach, Steve Gardner, Cheyenne and Ethan Turner. 8pm. $15-18. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 09/26: Friday Night Jazz: Trio Extraordinaire 6-9pm. 6pm. Free. Marin Country

Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com. 09/26: King and Ace Rock Originals and rock covers. 8pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. kingandacemusic.com. 09/26: The Rowan Brothers 6-9pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 331-3232. thetridentsausalito.com 09/26: The 7th Sons Rock, pop. 8:30pm. $8. Presidio Yacht Club, Travis Marina, Fort Baker, Sausalito. 847-2670. The7thSons.com.

09/26: The MachiaVelvets Happy hour on the patio. Guitar jazz. 3pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. machiavelvets.com. 09/26: Tom Finch Band 9pm. $8. Smiley’s Schooner, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. smileyssaloon.com.

09/26: Wobbly World with Freddy Clarke Jazz, funk, world. 9pm. $10. Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr, Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.

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9pm WOBBLY WORLD with FREDDY CLARKE - Jazz, funk, world music band - $10 9/27 9pm SALSA with ‘N RUMBA AND DJ IAN $10 7-9 diners get a complimentary glass of champagne 9/28 4pm Salsa Class with Steve Friedman 5pm CANDELA with EDGARDO CAMBON - $10 9/29 6:30pm OPEN MIC - hosted by Marty Atkinson and April May and guests (no cover) 9/30 1pm JAZZ W/ NOEL JEWKES & Friends (no cover) 10/1 7:15pm TANGO WORKSHOP w/Mat MaMoody , DINNER & LIVE MUSIC - $20 8:30pm TANGO - Marcelo Puig & Seth Asarnow & guest DJ ($10 min. food or bev. choice) 10/2 8pm CONNIE DUCEY AND JUDY HALL QUARTET- Jazz

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09/27: Jenny Kerr Band With Marisa Martinez, fiddle. 9pm. $10. Smiley’s Schooner, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. smileyssaloon.com. 09/27: Lady D Sings Jazz. With Alex Markels, guitar; Carla Kaufman, bass. 8pm. No Cover. Servino’s, 9 Main St., Tiburon. 497-2462. ladydandthetramps.com.

10/02: The Gaters with Maggie Catfish Jazz,

Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 09/27: Salsa with N Rumba and DJ Ian 9pm. $10. Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr, Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.

10/02: Phil Lesh Recreates an Old Grateful Dead Set 8pm. Terrapin Cross-

09/27: Lyrics Born, Sol Doc and the Optimystics 9pm. $17-20. 19 Broadway

blues. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 10/02: Leo Kotke 8pm. $30-40. Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com. 10/02: Miles Ahead Music of Miles Davis. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

09/28: 16th Annual Mill Valley Community Block Party Join with the community for a fash-

roads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 10/03: The Cheeseballs 9pm. $15. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

ion show, live music, food, beer garden, kids games from Steve and Kate’s Camp and more. Live music includes Big Bang Beat and Lumanation. Bring the kids. This party is family-friendly. Beer Garden brews will include Lagunitas, Headlands and Mill Valley Beerworks. A Famous4 production. 1pm. Free. Throckmorton Ave. btwn Corte Madera Ave. and Bernard. St., Throckmorton Ave. btwn Corte Madera Ave. and Bernard. St. , Mill Valley. 388-2550. 09/28: Candela with Edgardo Cambon 4pm. dance class; 5pm live music. 5pm. $10. Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr, Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.

09/28: Folkish Festival: Jimmy Dillon and Generation Next Free live music. 12:30 2:30pm.

Free. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com. 09/28: Namely Us Jazz, pop, bossa. Connie Ducey, voice; Kurt Huget, guitar/vocals; Dick Bay, keys/ vocals; Levi Hooks, drums; Brian Jones, bass. 6:30pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. cducey.com.

09/28: Town Center Summer Music Series: Bodhi Acoustic folk, rock. 2pm. Free. Town Center

Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 924-2961. shoptowncenter.com. 09/29: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

09/29: Open Mic with Austin DeLone

7:30pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 09/29: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm. Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 09/29: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm. Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

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09/30: Mark Karan, Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Doobie Decibel Benefit Concert 8pm.

$25-47. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 10/01: Blithedale Canyon Bluegrass. With Larry Carlin, bass; Claudia Hampe, guitar, vocals; Gary Kaye, pedal steel guitar; Gary Bauman, guitar, vocals. 8pm. No cover. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com. 10/01: Buckwheat Zydeco 8pm. $22-25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 10/01: John Hoy Fun and jazzy. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

10/01: Robert Earl Keen with Doug Seegers

8pm. $30-40. Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com. 10/01: The Weissmen Rock. 9:30pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. perisbar.com.

10/02: Connie Ducey and the Judy Hall Quartet Jazz. Judy Hall, piano; Joe McKinley, bass;

Spike Klein, drums; Rick Brown, brass. 7:30pm. No cover. The Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr, Sausalito. 331-2899. cducey.com. 26 PACIFIC SUN SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2, 2014

10/03: Friday Night Jazz: Mads Tolling Quartet Jazz. 6pm. Free. Marin Country

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

10/03: Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys 8pm. $35-45. Napa Valley Opera House,

130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.

Comedy 09/30: 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. 3839600. throckmortontheatre.org. 10/02: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater 10/02-26: ‘The Whale’ By Samuel D. Hunter. 8pm Thurs.-Sat.; 2and 7pm Sun. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5200. marintheater.org. Through 09/27: ‘An Ideal Husband’ Oscar Wilde’s story about scandal, seduction and insider trading. Directed by Robert Currier. Performances are presented in repertory Fridays-Sundays. Check website for schedule details. Amphitheatre opens one hour prior to show time for picnicking. Audiences encouraged to bring picnics or purchase snacks at the cafe. Warm clothing, jackets and blankets are recommended for evening performances. Parking is free. $12-35. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave., Dominican University of California, San Rafael. 499-4488. marinshakespeare.org Through 09/28: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Marin Shakespeare continues its 25th Silver Season. Lesley Schisgall Currier directs. Performances Fri.- Sun. Check online for performance details. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, 890 Belle Ave., San Rafael. 499-4488. marinshakespeare.org Through 10/12: ‘The Fox on the Fairway’

By Ken Ludwig. A tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s-40s. $14-29. The Barn Theater, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 456-9555. rossvalleyplayers.com.

Concerts 09/28-30: Marin Symphony “French Rev-

erie.” Alasdair Neale conducts works by Berlioz, Saint-Saens, others. Zuill Bailey, cello. 3pm Sept. 28; 7:30pm Sept. 30. $ Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Marin Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marinsymphony.org.

09/27: Alam Khan and Swapan Chaudhuri Fall Concert Classical Indian music for sarode and tabla. $20-35. 454-6372. 7:30am. Reserved Seating

$35 General $25 AACM Members. aacm.org, Ali Akbar College of Music. United States of America. Students. 09/28: Chanticleer “The Gypsy in My Soul.” William Fred Scott, music director. Osher Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 392-4400. 4:30 pm. $10-50. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8000. chanticleer.org. 09/29: Verdi’s Masked Ball Preview Marin Chapter of the S.F. Opera Guild preview. With speaker Jonathan Khuner, assistant conductor of the S.F. Opera. Complimentary refreshments. $10. 7:30pm. $10. Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Dr., San Rafael. 457-1118. sfopera.com.

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Loheed, paintings. “pH 8.1: Denatured Conditions.” Annalisa Vobis, multimedia installation. “This Is Just To Say Exhibition .” Will Thoms, paintings. Opening reception: 3-5pm Sept. 28. Salon 4-5pm Nov. 2. 11 to 5 everyday except Tuesday 11am. Free. Gallery Route One, 11101 Highway One, Point Reyes Station. galleryrouteone.org.

09/29: Lecture from the De Young Museum Modernism from the National Gallery of Art. 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292. millvalleylibrary.org.

Through 09/30: Before the Present: Photographs of Burma and Oman (1984 - 1987) Photographs by Cynthia AbbottThrough September Artist Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St., San Rafael. 721-0636. marin.tv.

Through 09/30: Frances Whitnall and Victoria Mimiaga Throckmorton Theatre

September Art. “As We Like it.” Frances Whitnall and Victoria Mimiaga, paintings. Gallery hours: 2-6pm, Mon-Sat. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org. 10/01: Media Mixer in San Rafael Mixing and refreshments from 6:30-7pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St., San Rafael. 246-0012. cmcm.tv.

Through 10/05: Marin MOCA Fall National Exhibition Group exhibition. Marin Museum of

Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Dr., Novato. 506-0137. marinmoca.org. Through11/10: Mi Polin: From Poland Art from Warsaw-based art duo of Helena Czernek and Aleksander Prugar. Free. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8000. oshermarinjcc.org.

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$10 6PM DOORS ALL AGES FOXES IN THE HENHOUSE Find out the real definition of “Beso Negro” when the band rocks the Fenix on Friday, Sept. 26.

09/27: Creekside Restoration with Save The Bay Join Marin County Parks and Save The Bay staff

Outdoors

to learn about the history of S.F. Bay and Creekside Marsh and be a part of a community-based effort to enrich important habitat areas of Hal Brown Park. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are encouraged. Pre-registration is required. To register, or for additional information visit savesfbay.org. 9am. Free. Hal Brown Park at Creekside, Bon Air Road, Greenbrae. 473-3778. marincountyparks.org.

09/27: Ring Mountain Grassland Restoration Monthly drop-in volunteer workday focuses

09/27: Silent Movies: The Art of Classic Comedy The Novato Theater Kids’ film club

presents a workshop with guest John Morrison from the California Film Institute. Through film, art and conversation learn the impact of silent movies. In addition to an educational workshop and film, there will be a crafts project, prizes and healthy snacks. 3-6 pm. $5-15. Community Room, Redwood Credit Union, 1010 Grant Ave., Novato. 539-7155. novatotheater.net 09/28: Hike the Headlands Spend a day in the Marin Headlands with family and friends .With live music, beer tastings, Three Twins ice cream, hikes, learning labs. Become a student for the day by engaging in hands-on scientific inquiries with NatureBridge’s field science educators. 10am. $12-15, 4 and under free. NatureBridge, 1033 Ft. Cronkhite, Sausalito. naturebridge.org/hike-headlands. 09/28: Make Your Own Moss Garden Bring your junior green thumb and join rangers at Stafford Lake Park in building and decorating your very own moss garden. Learn about the roles mosses and lichens play in our environment, while we enjoy a fun family project. Watch your kit grow from scratch into a lush, green landscape. This event is geared towards ages 5 and up, all skill levels are welcome, and no experience is necessary. Supplies and healthy snacks will be provided. No pets (except service animals) are allowed at this park. Space is limited so please reserve your spot (and a kit) in advance. 11:30am. Free. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. 897-0618. marincountyparks.org.

Kids Events

Film

09/26: Tiburon’s Friday Nights on Main: Oktoberfest Don your lederhosen and dirndls

09/26: ‘The Overnighters’ Presented by the Black Mountain Circle Film Series and Point Reyes Books. Area filmmaker, Jesse Moss, will be at the screening for a Q&A session after the film. 7:30pm. $10. Point Reyes Presbyterian Church, 11445 Shoreline Highway, Point Reyes Station. 663-1542. pointreyesbooks.com.

and head to dowmtown Tiburon. Karl Lebherz Band will perform traditional German music and polkas. Family-friendly event. 6pm. Free. Main St., Tiburon. 435 5633. tiburonchamber.org.

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10/01: Noontime Concerts: Musicians of the S.F. Opera Orchestra with Patricia Heller Viola. Noon. Free. 142 Throckmorton Theatre,

“Films and Interludes.” Program features silent films with live accompaniment. With works by Debussy, Dutilleux, Nadia Boulanger, Bodin and John Cage. 8pm. $15-30. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

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on restoring grasslands of Ring Mountain. Home to numerous rare and endangered plants, this habitat is being threatened by invasive species. Volunteer work may include invasives removal, seed collecting, tarping, installing native plants. Educational components are included as the plants and animals that inhabit this place and how volunteer activities are having a positive impact are discussed. Work is mildly strenuous and may require a short hike to the site. Drop-in days are held on the last Saturday of every month Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes and bring water. High fire danger may cancel: If a “red flag” warning is in effect, all walks and events on Open Space District preserves are cancelled. 10am. Free. Ring Mountain Open Space, Taylor Road, Tiburon. 473-5058. marincountyparks.org. 09/27: Volunteer Day at China Camp Join volunteers to help with a major trail renovation project at China Camp. Collect grass and leaves to mulch and re-seed the sides of the newly rebuilt trails. Learn about how good trail building techniques help protect the park’s valuable plant and animal habitat, and enjoy a morning in the park. A light lunch and all tools will be provided. Kids over 12 welcome with a legal guardian. Preregistration required. 9am. Free. China Camp State Park, 100 China Camp Village, San Rafael. 213-542-2450. calparks.org. 09/28: Deer Island Walk through oak forests, open meadows and along the edge of a marsh. Walk is for ages 15 and up. No pets (except service animals) please. High fire danger may cancel. 10am. Free. Deer Island Preserve, Gate on Deer Island, Novato. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org. 09/30: San Geronimo Ridge Climb from the valley floor to San Geronimo Ridge and check out the pygmy Sargent cypress forest that makes this preserve unique. Hike down to a shaded clearing among Redwoods and Douglas-firs for lunch. (8-mile round trip.) Walk is for ages 15 and up. No pets (except service animals) please. High fire danger may cancel. 9am. Free. San Geronimo Ridge, Redwood Canyon Dr., San Geronimo. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

Readings 09/26: Gail Sheehy “Daring: My Passages.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

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Dan Hicks, Mark Karan, Lebo & Members of Hot Buttered Rum Haiti Benefit Wed 10/01 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $25

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Jaco Pastorius Celebration Hosted by Robert Trujillo feat Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo of Metallica, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Stephen Perkins & Many More www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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09/26: Mathew Burrows “The Future,

Declassified: Megatrends That Will Undo the World Unless We Take Action.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 09/27: Jesmyn Ward “Men We Reaped.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 09/27: Mark Schapiro “Carbon Shock: A Tale of Risk and Calculus on the Front Lines of the Disrupted Global Economy.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 09/27: Open Mic on Social Change Open public reading of poetry and spoken word following theme of social change through arts. Newcomers and budding performers are most encouraged to present. 2:30pm. Free. Dr. Insomniacs Cafe, 800 Grant Ave., Novato. 302-9756. 09/27: Ru Freeman “On Sal Mal Lane.” 1pm. Free. Copperfield’s Books, 850 Fourth St., San Rafael. copperfieldsbooks.com. 09/28: David Bezmozgis “The Betrayers.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 09/28: Jeff Greenwald “Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/28: Laurie Marker and Suzi Eszterhas “A Future for Cheetahs.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

‘The Overnighters’ premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—it was awarded the special jury prize for intuitive filmmaking.

“The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

Join Lifehouse as we honor the contributions of their dedicated staff and community supporters who have contributed and celebrate the personal achievements of people we serve. Evening will include dinner, awards ceremony and dancing with DJ Terri deLangis. Reservations are required. 6pm. $50. Embassy Suites Hotel, McInnis Parkway, San Rafael. 526-5300. lifehouseagency.org.

09/29: Kim Bancroft and Malcolm Margolin

09/30: Paul Williams and Tracey Jackson “Gratitude and Trust.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 10/01: John Branch “Boy on Ice.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 10/03: Rod Stryker “The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity and Freedom.” 7:30pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

Community Events (Misc.) 09/26: 21st Annual Spirit of Marin Awards Luncheon With speaker Mike Robbins and a performance by the Marin Symphony. Hosted each year by Bank of Marin, these awards recognize and celebrates the achievements of local businesses and individuals as chosen by the Marin County Chambers of Commerce. Since its inception twenty-one years ago, the Spirit of Marin Award has been presented to nearly 200 leading citizens and businesses. Each honoree’s outstanding achievements exemplify a professional and civic commitment that significantly benefits our community. 884-5360. 11:30am. $60. St. Vincent’s School for Boys, 1 St Vincents Drive, San Rafael. 884-5360. spiritofmarin.com. 09/26: Bill Palmini Co-authored by Tanya Chalupa, Bill’s new book, “A Rookie Cop vs. the West Coast Mafia,”immerses readers in the subculture of free love, drugs, robbery and murder orchestrated by organized crime in locations like Sausalito. 7pm. Free. Sausalito Public Library, 420 Litho St., Sausalito. 289-4121. ci.sausalito.ca.us/index.aspx?page=992.

09/26: Cooks with Books with Bryant Terry Menu is inspired by the author/chefs who discuss their cookbooks with guests throughout the meal. In “Afro-Vegan: Farm Fresh African, Caribbean and Southern Flavors Remixed,”the chef-activist draws from culinary traditions to create vegan dishes. Noon. $115-175, includes book and lunch. Greens Restaurant, , San Francisco. 835-1020. bookpassage.com/food-wine-events.

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09/26: Lifehouse Annual Awards Banquet

09/26: Your Online Library-Finding Reliable Health Information Class on how to find

reliable health information using the library’s online databases. Bring your laptop or tablet with you and follow along as we demonstrate accurate and free health information resources, or just watch and listen. 2-3pm. Free. San Rafael Public Library, 1100 E St., San Rafael. 485-3321. 2pm. Free. San Rafael Public Library, 1100 E St., San Rafael. 485-3321. srpubliclibrary.org.

09/26-27: End of Summer Bash with Wonder Bread 5 to Benefit the Journey Home Foundation 100 percent of the proceeds from

this show will benefit the Journey Home Foundation. 8pm. $39. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St. , San Rafael. 456-4444. ticketfly.com/purchase/ event/628991?utm_medium=bks. 09/27: Heart of the Valley Gala Honor Chuck and Grace Tolson for their commitment to children and families in the Valley Community. Every year, their organization Toys and Joys, fulfills the holiday wish lists of almost 200 children in the San Geronimo and Nicasio valleys. Local fare, live music and dancing with Howie’s Persuasion. Proceeds will benefit programs and services of the Community Center, including an emergency food pantry, youth center. Adults only. 5pm. $95-135. San Geronimo Golf Course Club House, 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 488-8888. sgvcc.org. 09/27: Practice SAT Tests San Rafael Public Library is offering free SAT practice tests from 10am2pm. Free. Space is limited. Terra Linda Community Center, 670 Del Ganado Road., San Rafael. 485-3321. srpubliclibrary.org. 09/27: Rummage Sale Find bargains, furniture, clothing, electronics,musical instruments, home goods, decor. Bakesale, too. Proceeds benefit the UUCM High School Youth Group. 6:30am. Free. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael. 479-4131. uumarin.org.

09/27: Starry Night Party at Art Works Downtown Now in its 18th year of operation in

downtown San Rafael, Art Works Downtown will host a party to raise funds for their arts programming. With appetizers, wine, silent art auction and live music. Have a yen to pay homage to Vincent? Creative attire is highly encouraged. 7:30-10pm. $65. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. 451-8119. biddingforgood.com/artworksdowntown.

09/28: Talons: A Festival Celebrating Birds of Prey The Hungry Owl Project presents a festival

celebrating birds of prey. Enjoy an outdoor educational event for the family. With presentations on raptors by guest speakers, demonstrations with many species of live owls and hawks, kids corner with a full program throughout the event tailored just for kids, artists, photographers, other wildlife organizations, food and wine for sale by local vendors. Noon-3pm. $10-$40, under 5 free. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. pm. $45. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake, Ross. 454-4587. hungryowl.org/news/talons.html.

09/28: etcTea Ceremony with Douglas Alan Struble A warm cup of tea is an opportunity to

slow down, take a moment to reflect and connect with your community. Participants gather to share creative ideas and inspiration; interacting through art, music, poetry, performance and presentation. 2:30-5:30pm. 12:30pm. $5, free for OHCA members. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388.4331. ohanloncenter.org.

09/30: Introduction to Ayurveda: Ancient Medicine for Modern Man Ayurveda is the

oldest form of natural medicine in the world. It uses diet, lifestyle and herbal therapies to reduce the damaging effects of stress and provide a non-drug approach to stress-related health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, insomnia, ulcers, depression, hyperactivity and chronic fatigue, while increasing energy, focus and emotional wellbeing. 6:30pm. Free. Sausalito Meditation Center, 3 Harbor Dr., Suite 106, Sausalito. 385-3180. tm.org/transcendental-meditation-sausalito.

09/30: Please Join SF Bay ACS for: Take the Plunge into the Gulf of the Farallones Join

sanctuary spokesperson Mary Jane Schramm for a virtual excursion into the briny deep. Co-author of

West Coast Whale Watching (Harper Collins), MJ has led whale watching cruises in Baja California and locally. Her field experience includes cetacean and pinniped rescue, and assisting with research on humpbacks, elephant seals and other marine mammals. 7pm. $5 donation goes toward student research grants. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 937-0641. acs-sfbay.org.

09/30: Reduce Test Stress: A Free Program for Parents and Students With psychologist, performance coach and author of “Test Success! How To Be Calm, Confident, and Focused on Any Test” Dr. Ben Bernstein. 7pm. Free. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 453-7154. marinlibrary.org.

10/01: Matisse: Four Decades of the Artists Career Art talk/slide lecture by S.F. MOMA docent Ellen Harden. 1pm. Free. San Rafael City Hall Council Chambers, 1400 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. 485-3321. srpubliclibrary.org.

10/01: Planning for Health Care in Retirement Learn about health care costs during retire-

ment with certified financial planner Kathleen Nemetz and medical insurance expert Suzanne Schneider. Snacks at 5:30pm; presentation 6-7pm. 5:30pm. Free. Chalet Basque, 405 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael. 472-1445. life-as-planned.com.

10/03: A Tour of Sausalito’s Wooden Boats with Victoria Colella Local author, art-

ist, sign maker, and tour guide Victoria Colella presents a multimedia tour of the wooden boats of Sausalito, based on the new edition of her book, “Sausalito Wooden Boat Tour: A Three Mile Stroll with Historic Footnotes”. 7pm. Free. Sausalito Public Library, 420 Litho St., Sausalito. 289-4121. ci.sausalito.ca.us/index.aspx?page=992. 10/03: Harvesting Your Garden Not sure when to harvest your garden? Or how to store all the beautiful fruits and vegetables you grew? Marin Masters Gardeners Anne-Marie Walker and Keri Pon will help you. Learn about when and how to harvest your garden; how best to store your home grown fruits and vegetables. Then, review the best ways to prepare your garden for fall and winter. Noon. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 427, San Rafael. 473-6058. marinlibrary.org ✹

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GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Is that a text from your latest Tinder date, Gemini? Nope! It’s just Expedia.com. You’re getting out of town on Sept. 27 thanks to Jupiter and Uranus orbiting through feisty fire signs. Since your charm is at an all-time high, it’s the perfect time to travel to a new place, pop into a dive bar and approach a potential partner. CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Call your cousin for grandma’s quiche recipe, Cancer—party at your house on Sept. 28! You’ll be hosting a family function, so make time to organize and notify all attending parties. An intimate meal at home with loved ones might just be the trick to getting you out of your recent celestial funk.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) It’s time to mingle, Virgo! Bid adieu to Sun in Virgo and welcome flirty Libra. If you’re single it’s time to reactivate your Plenty of Fish account. A little carefree love never hurt anyone. (Just promise to meet in a public place that is well-lit.) If you’re shacked up with the old ball and chain, now’s the time to try something new—a new dinner date destination perhaps?

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Got a meeting planned with a few intimidating CEOs, Aquarius? Good news: Jupiter is on your side on Sept. 29. Your meetand-greet will be blessed with Jupiter’s good luck and all is to go as planned. No trick questions or ice-breakers will be required. Be yourself! PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Creative ventures are headed your way, Pisces! Keep an eye out for freelance opportunities—each and every prospect is bound to come complete with a trip to the bank. You’re finally able to invest in a passion project and that project will finally invest in your credit card debt!

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Did you get approved to buy that house you’ve been dreaming about, Capricorn? Or maybe that builder’s permit to transform your garage into a bar? Whatever news is headed your way is rooted in real estate. No news isn’t good news in this case—expect a call on Oct. 2 with a big breakthrough.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Well hello, Libra! It’s your birthday month—no need to be shy about it. If you want to buy a set of silk monogrammed pillows, no one is going to stop you. Ask and you shall receive with the Sun in your sign. Prepare for a shower of extra goodies and gifts on Sept. 29. Apparently, that girl in your office who you find annoying has found a friend in you!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) The judge sided with you, Sagittarius! Probation is not in your future! Legal matters are expected to go in your favor. Prepare for the unexpected and hold on—what may start out as a rocky rollercoaster will coast into legal bliss! Maybe you won’t have to pay all of the parking tickets you amounted or take a driver’s training class. Consider yourself the Ally McBeal of Marin!

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TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Mom and Dad ran away from the nursing home again, Taurus? It happens. A long awaited answer to a domestic matter will manifest on Oct. 1. Aging parents aren’t easy to deal with, but neither were you when you decided to use your poopy diaper as face paint. Enjoy the time you have left while they still remember your name!

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Remember that letter to the editor you submitted to The New York Times, Leo? It got printed! Co-workers, friends, even your boss will be hanging onto all of your words on Oct. 1. The stars are in perfect alignment for you to hit some home runs in the communication department. If you’ve ever wanted to pitch an article or become a YouTube sensation, this is your week!

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135480 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GRF CONSTRUCTION, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; RAMIREZ FELIX, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA, 94901, MARIA DEL CARMEN CALIXTRO, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is renewing filing with changes and is being conducted by co-partners under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 15, 2014. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 5, 12, 19 & 26th OF 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135464 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN AUTO GROUP, 750 GRAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MAG AUTO GROUP INC, 750 GRAND AVE, SAN

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135601 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OSCAR TACO, 40 LISBON ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARTHA GARCIA, 193 NOVATO ST., 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 SEPTEMBER 3, 2014. (Publication Dates: September 12, 19, 26 & October 3rd of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135664 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BRICSYS US, 265 SUMMIT AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TECHEVATE SOFTWARE LLC, 265 SUMMIT AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. 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 September 16, 2014. (Publication Dates: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10th & 17th of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135624 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SMITH SERVICES, 25 SAN PABLO AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SOLOMON SMITH, 25 SAN PABLO AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 SEPTEMBER 9, 2014. (Publication Dates: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10th & 17th of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135679 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SWEETNIMO USA INC, 154 A MILLER AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: SWEETNIMO USA, INC, 154 A MILLER AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by 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 SEPTEMBER 18, 2014. (Publication Dates: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10th & 17th of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135643 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AUTHENTIC COLLABORATION CONSULTING, 14 TAMALPAIS AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: JEAN-PIERRE GUILHAUME, 14 TAMALPAIS AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939, CAROL LEVY, 14 TAMALPAIS AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 12, 2014. (Publication Dates: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10th & 17th of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135592 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AVERY QUINN VINEYARDS, OUR CELLARS, 1682 NOVATO BLVD, SUITE 151, NOVATO, CA 94947: AWDIRECT, INC, 1682 NOVATO BLVD, SUITE 151, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by CORPORATION. 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 SEPTEMBER 3, 2014. (Publication Dates: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10th & 17th of 2014.)

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No. CIV 1403173. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MARIANELA DEEM GARCIA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: VICTOR ALEXANDER DEEM GARCIA to VICTOR ALEXANDER GARCIA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: OCTOBER 20, 2014 AT 8:30AM, Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: AUGUST 19, 2014/s/ Roy. O. Chernus, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 5, 12, 19 & 26th OF 2014.) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1403226. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner(s) JAIME ARTURO SOTO, AMY RUTH SOTO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: (A.) JAIME ARTURO SOTO to BUDDY ARTURO JAMES; (B.) AMY RUTH SOTO to AMY RUTH JAMES. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: OCTOBER 15, 2014 AT 9:00AM, Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: AUGUST 19, 2014/s/ Roy. O. Chernus, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 5, 12, 19 & 26th OF 2014.) Notice of Publication for Summons: File # 1403086 IT HAS BEEN ORDERED that the summons (Uniform Parentage— Petition for Custody and Support) filed by PETITIONER: WENDY GRAMAJO to RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT: ISAIAS DE LEON by publication in the PACIFIC SUN, a weekly newspaper of general circulation

published in MARIN COUNTY, California, be designated as the newspaper most likely to give defendant actual notice of the action, and that the publication be made once a week for four successive weeks. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of the summons, a copy of the complaint, and a copy of this order be forthwith mailed to defendant if his/ her address is ascertained before expiration of the time herein prescribed for publication of summons. Order for Publication was filed in Marin County Superior Court on August 20, 2014. (Publication Dates: September 5, 12, 19 & 26th of 2014.) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1403359. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner REGINA MAGER, JUSTIN MAGER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ZENON MOSES MAGER TO ZENEN MOSES MAGER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 10/17/2014 8:30 AM, Dept. B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: SEPT. 4, 2014, (Publication Dates: September 12, 19, 26 & October 3rd of 2014.) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN FRANCIS GEORGE III, AKA: FRANK GEORGE, JOHN FRANCIS GEORGE, J. FRANK GEORGE. Case No. PR-1403357. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN FRANCIS GEORGE III, AKA: FRANK GEORGE, JOHN FRANCIS GEORGE, J. FRANK GEORGE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: LINDA MCKENZIE in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LINDA MCKENZIE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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: OCTOBER 14, 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. Attorney for Petitioner: JULIA P. WALD, 1108 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 202, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, TELEPHONE: 415-482-7555. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 19, 26 AND OCTOBER 3RD, 2014.) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 14403395. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ANGELO ALLEN WEST filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ANGELO ALLEN WEST to TYLER WESLEY NEWMAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: OCTOBER 20, 2014 AT 8:30AM, Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: SEPTEMBER 8, 2014/s/ Roy. O. Chernus, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10th & 17th of 2014

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My roommate’s girlfriend is unemployed and just hangs around our place all week, even when he’s at work. (She has her own place but is never there.) She’s very wasteful with our utilities. Yesterday, after work, I found her in the living room watching TV with the air conditioning on full blast—even though she also had all the windows open and, for some reason, had turned on our gas fireplace! When I muttered something to my roommate about her kicking in for utilities, he retorted that my girlfriend isn’t paying any extra. Well, she is here a night or two a week, has a job, and doesn’t run up our electric bill. —Feeling Scammed

You need to establish a new house rule: “Residents and their guests can experience only one climate at a time.” Your problem started with going into a roommate situation without rules—without a written document spelling out how things would work between you and how they’d work if something weren’t working. Signing a roommate contract (like this example from Nolo’s “Every Tenant’s Legal Guide”: bit.ly/roommatecontract) might sound unnecessarily formal. However, it’s wise to do whenever you’re rooming with anything more animated than a cactus. Remember, to be human is to be annoying—like, for example, by letting another human move in and cause climate change in your living room. The fair thing is to get Jackie Brownout to start forking over for the utilities—before it occurs to her to run the dryer all night because the white noise helps her sleep. But the fair thing isn’t always the smartest thing. Consider what this is costing you—and what it could cost you. Compare bills from the previous year to get an idea of how much she’s actually sending the bill up. No, putting every power source in the house on full blast isn’t free, but her usage probably doesn’t add more than $10 or $20 to your monthly bill. And no, it isn’t fair that you’re paying half of that. However, getting into this with your roommate might lead to your putting the $10 or so you’d be saving on moocher energy charges toward doughnuts for the movers you’d be paying hundreds of dollars to haul your stuff to storage until you could find your next apartment. If you decide it would eat away at you too much to be paying for her, say something to your roommate, but in a mellow way, over a beer. Tell him you really like his girlfriend (because diplomacy, not truth, is life’s little lubricant). As far as you’re concerned, she’s welcome to stay over as much as she wants, but you’d like a new house policy: Girlfriends who stay over four or more days a week need to kick in for utilities. Stress that this applies to your girlfriend, as well, and add that the particular roommate, not the girlfriend, should be responsible for the payment. The last thing you need is to be going all collection agent on this woman—preferable as it might be to asking her to cut to the chase and heat the house by burning stacks of your money on the coffee table.

This girl I’m dating is truly great—except for how she is into astrology, buys me crystals to improve my “energy,” and keeps sitting me down for tarot card readings. As we get more serious, I feel like telling her I don’t believe in any of this. But I think she actually believes in this stuff and would be hurt if I came clean.—Rationally Based

Somehow, people who find it perfectly reasonable to ask a deck of cards whether they should invest in a 401(k) will sneer at you for asking a mailbox for directions to the movie theater. The question is, as a guy who tries to live rationally, can you respect a woman who probably reads books like The Healing Power of Pebbles and How to Ask the Universe for a Pony? (Without respect, you have contempt, which researcher John Gottman finds is the number one killer of relationships.) Figure out whether you can compartmentalize—focus on what you love and shrug off her planning her day based around whether she sees a sign in her toast. If you stay together, gently explain that you appreciate how sweet she is in wanting to help you but that you really don’t believe in all this stuff. Over time, if you let her see your thought process but don’t hammer her with it, she may come around to the merits of evidencebased beliefs. In the meantime, do your best to be polite when she introduces you to her relatives—all her relatives, ever. (Are you free for a seance Friday night?) Y ©Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@ aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com). Amy Alkon’s Advice Goddess Radio—listen live every Sunday—http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ amyalkon/—7-8pm, or listen or download at the link at iTunes or on Stitcher. And watch for her new book: “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck.”

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