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The savvy car-idler beats the heat by creating his own shade.

We usually just offer to fan them with peacock feathers

Regarding the letter “Idling Cars Do the Devil’s Work” [Sept. 19]—amen to that. I also see cars running their engines sitting in the car on days that are 70 and 80 degrees. It’s not that hot out. And even if it was hot outside, get out of your car and stand or sit under a tree or under the roof of a building. There is no excuse for this. It’s bad enough we drive cars to get to places, but to have the car engine running and you are parked is inexcusable. I might understand if there is someone in the car that is handicapped and it could be difficult getting them in and out of the car, or if you had a lot of animals in the car and couldn’t have them all outside at the same time. But otherwise open a window or get out of the car. I get so angry every time I see this and on a few occasions I have told the person their car is on, hoping they’ll shut it off. The lack of awareness is appalling. Our mother earth and all people and other living things are in dire straits. Please clean up your act. And I’m open to suggestions on what to do and say next time I see this.

Jennifer Wohl, Novato

The less things change, the more they stay the same ...

Let us consider a hypothetical situation. We are on the dais, about to address a joint session of Congress. There are about 535 people in their seats, not counting pages and cloakroom attendants. We look out upon our audience. We know a few things about them but perhaps those things haven’t occurred to us before. We observe four main characteristics of this group. One, they are almost all males. Two, they are almost all white males. Three, they are almost all native English-speaking white males. Four, they are almost all white males of wealth, because even poor white males do not get elected to Congress, let

alone poor people with non-white skin tones. It occurs to us that we are addressing a group of people who, by and large, do not represent a cross section of America in any manner worthy of note. They used to, yes, but they don’t any longer. Why so few women, we may ask ourselves? Women make up half or more of the population. There are women CEOs, women governors, women heads of state in other countries. I have a daughter, a young accomplished professional. She is one of the 50 percent or more. Were she to ask me where the women are in Congress, I would have to point over in the corner and say, “There they are. See?” In the Senate, out of 100 members, 20 are women. In the House, out of 435 members, 79 are women. It would appear that, in virtually every area of American life, a gender-neutral meritocracy is either in formation or in place. Except in Congress. A wise woman once said, many years ago, “I am a woman. I have no country.” Hard to argue, even many years later. You might say, “Heck, a man can represent women and a woman can represent men. It doesn’t matter.” Well, that’s true, except that it does matter. Anyone who tells you different is asleep at the wheel. If you’re looking for something fun to read on the topic, go find Rebecca Solnit’s essay, Men Explain Things to Me. Representative democracy is a really good idea. Whether it actually exists in the U.S. today is worth discussing at length. It may be the most important question and the most important time to ask the question in the history of the republic. People will come down on all sides of the issue, depending on who they are, where they live, and what they do for a living. There are people who will say that, despite all its flaws, the American experiment is a grand triumph in comparison to every other form of human self-government that has ever existed. They are right, of course. Others will say, “Oh, yeah? Show me.” They are right, too. The next time you have the opportunity to vote for an incumbent in an election to federal office, think about it long and hard. Does the candidate represent all of us, some of us, a few of us, or none of us but him or herself? This is a question worth asking. Keep in mind that voting for incumbents has gotten us to where we are today, in the clutches of a relentless status quo, in a largely change-resistant state of being. Keep in mind that, while the make-up of the rest of the country has changed dramatically over the past 50 years, the make-up of Congress has stayed about the same, with a bit of progress to be rightfully acknowledged and appreciated. Think about that.

add liability (he doesn’t state his source), nothing could be further from the truth [“Station to Station,” Sept. 19]. SMART’s own whitepaper on Quiet Zones states that “some cities have wondered if quiet zones will increase their liability. According to the FRA’s Staff Director of the Highway Rail Crossing and Trespasser Division, the failure of a train to sound its horn should not be a cause of action against a local jurisdiction that implemented the quiet zone.” Get your facts straight Peter or at least reveal your source. Regarding Sue Arnold’s silly comment that “resident’s find that they get used to the train horns and that they never become an issue,” has she visited even one Quiet Zone to talk to residents? Right across the Richmond Bridge is a 12-yearold Quiet Zone. Tom Butt, Richmond City Council member, instrumental in gaining their Quiet Zone, calls train horns a “modern public health plague.” Time for a field trip, Sue.

think not. There are things he was dealing with I’ll never know; I only wish his final choice has helped him to rest in peace.

Charles Feeney, San Anselmo

Ken Dickinson, San Rafael

‘For who would bear the whips and scorns of time ... when himself might his quietus make?’— Shakespeare

I find it offensive that some people think they’re entitled to judge Robin Williams’ final decision. Choosing is a very special human ability; the choice of whether to be or not is uniquely and individually ours. Robin lived a fairly long and productive life, contributed greatly to society, raised his children well, and when he decided he’d had enough—he, for his own reasons, took it upon himself to end it. Who are we to judge, to guess at whatever physical, social or emotional issues he faced? Did he need permission from a doctor, a synagogue or society? I

Here ya go, Stanton ... Utopia.

Sounds like someone’s been caught behind a ‘two-abreast’ convoy ...

There are two signs on a curvy road in Mill Valley which read, “Drive Like Your Kids Live Here.” I propose an alternate message: “Keep Your Kids Off the Street Like You Were Responsible Parents.” And about those yellow “Share the Road” signs with a pictogram of a bicycle. Seems like they should have a pictogram of a car, too. There are cyclists out there who don’t need more encouragement to consider themselves a superior species.

Stanton Klose, San Rafael

Skip Corsini, Shasta

Perhaps comparing Quiet Zones to HIV is a tad overstatement ...

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ecognized in 2012 as the Pacific Sun’s Hero of Marin in the category of Environmental Stewardship, Andree Jansheski has kept the ball rolling and the streets clean. As an owner of Bellam Self Storage & Boxes, Jansheski took a major first step toward environmental awareness in her business practices Andree Jansheski of Bellam Self Storage & Boxes. when Bellam became a Certified Green Business in 2006. From picking up litter in the streets to becoming a member of the San Rafael Clean Campaign, Jansheski continued to seek involvement in the fight to protect and preserve the environment through multiple avenues. We caught up with the environmental steward to find out what she’s been up to since her award in 2012. What has been your biggest moment since we last checked in with you? Once again—Bellam Self Storage & Boxes—a small business, has worked tirelessly to put San Rafael’s best business and environmental foot forward. Bellam Self Storage & Boxes has previously demonstrated its dedication to environmental issues, by being the first storage facility in the county to be a Certified Green Business and by its continuing support for San Rafael’s Clean Campaign. When I learned that cigarette butts were not just unsightly, but outright toxic, the company shifted into gear to raise awareness of this lethal litter problem. In 2013, Bellam took things a step further, working through the city with the San Rafael Clean Campaign, to support the educational and outreach efforts of the “Park Your Butt Here” program. What would you like the community to know about any of your environmentally friendly efforts to keep the county green? We concurrently sponsored the “Bounty for Butts” campaign—donating a penny for every cigarette butt collected. (260,000 butts plus 100,000 more with “Park your Butts Here,” and recently committed to the San Rafael Downtown Streets Team another one penny per butt for an additional 700,000 butts, which are sent to TerraCycle, thus not in the landfill.) The 700,000 butt goal was recently reached. The new goal, 1,000,000 butts, is still funded by Bellam Self Storage. In coordination with this effort, Bellam was a major sponsor for the “Park Your Butt Here” effort, an educational outreach program, combined with an educational environmental sculpture designed to demonstrate the serious contamination issue and wildlife impact caused by cigarette butt litter. The sculpture, and the campaign, made its debut placement in 2013 in San Rafael. It is now being considered for use throughout the city or for nonprofits as an educational tool in the battle against litter. What has been the most rewarding moment of your career? I hold a deep conviction that there is no conflict between business and environmental concerns. I volunteered in 2013 through the San Rafael Chamber to work on the San Rafael Business Showcase event. This business fair introduced San Rafael citizens to local businesses and opportunities. In keeping with its green convictions, Bellam Self Storage & Boxes sponsored a booth at the event for the San Rafael Clean Campaign. In addition to featuring the “Park Your Butt Here” educational program, we, with the Clean Campaign, were instrumental in developing a series of informational materials for local businesses—“Shades of Green” to guide them through simple steps to being more green. For showcase participants, we developed the “Green Leaf” designations complete with the “Green Leaf” emblems, that allowed local businesses to promote their commitment to the environment—earning the right to display that commitment through their earned “Happy Leaves” at the 2013 San Rafael Business Showcase event. When participants realized how “fun” and “rewarding” it was to be more green, they were eager to display their accumulated Happy Green Leaves, raising awareness for the whole business community and for the attendees of the event. How have you continued your efforts within the community? In addition to a volunteer focus on environmental issues, we support a number of community youth programs, particularly those that encourage creativity or engagement with the arts. This year we supported the Environmental Film Forum, through San Rafael’s California Film Institute (CFI). The forum provides educational and cultural opportunities for local youths with an interest in environmental films. We also support creative writing for young people, through Fast Forward, a newspaper for young writers in the schools in San Rafael, and throughout Marin. And the company sponsors the Marin Ballet in its program of bringing its seasonal Nutcracker performances to San Rafael’s schoolchildren. How do you continue to make an impact and leave your “green” footprint in Marin? While there are a number of dedicated environmental agencies and organizations, as a small business, Bellam walks its talk and contributes to the business community in doing so. Most important is my enthusiasm for making our business an agent for positive change. For more about Andree, her work at Bellam Boxes & Storage and beyond, visit www.bellamstorage.com.

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Marin, here’s $84,000—now go to the park! Getting people to visit the county parks is no day at the beach, apparently, as the Board of Supervisors is forking over $84,000 to encourage low-income residents to make better use of Marin’s pristine natural resources. Six programs will divvy up the park-encouragement funds, with a big chunk of it—$48,600— dedicated to the family fitness group, LIFT-Levantate, to act as “park ambassadors.” More than 20 groups applied for funds, made available through Measure A sales tax proceeds. Also among the recipients are $15,000 to the Marin Asian Advocacy Project/Marin City to lead outings to Marin parks; 10,000 to the Marin City Community Services District so that Manzanita Recreation Center summer camps can be held at the parks; $3,500 to Trips for Kids; and $3,500 to the San Geronimo Valley Community Center and Opening the Worlds. As part of its program, LIFT-Levantate officials will recruit four “ambassadors” at a stipend of $1,000 each, to serve as greeters at the 12 Healthy Parks Healthy People events put on by the parks department. —Jason Walsh 21st annual Spirit of Marin awards recognize 13 residents“Vision without action is a daydream, and action without vision is a nightmare.”Author and motivational speaker Mike Robbins used the saying—one of his favorites—in his closing remarks at Friday’s 21st annual Spirit of Marin Awards Luncheon, after asking the audience,“How many of you are inspired by hearing about all of these accomplishments?” The crowd clapped under sunny skies in the courtyard of St. Vincent’s School for Boys, where three men and 10 women from across the county were recognized with Spirit of Marin awards for their business and volunteer achievements and philanthropic leadership. One by one, the honorees—chosen by the 11 participating Marin County Chambers of Commerce in Bank of Marin’s signature event—were called up to the stage to accept their awards. This year’s winners are: Corte Madera Chamber of Commerce: Margaret Deedy, Coldwell Banker Fairfax Chamber of Commerce: David Smadbeck, The Sleeping Lady Restaurant Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Marin: Dr. Mary Marcy, Dominican University Larkspur Chamber of Commerce: Vicki Küng, Bon Air Center Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce: Lisa Walsmith, All Wrapped Up Novato Chamber of Commerce: Mendy Calegari, Marin Roto-Rooter Novato Chamber of Commerce: Garrett Grialou, Best Western PLUS Novato Oaks Inn San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce: Connie Rodgers, San Anselmo Chamber San Rafael Chamber of Commerce: Laura Bertolli, Bertolli’s Auto Body Shop San Rafael Chamber of Commerce: Sal Medina, Redwood Credit Union Sausalito Chamber of Commerce: Kim Huff, Kimber Communications Tiburon Peninsula Chamber of Commerce: Captain Maggie McDonogh, Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry West Marin Chamber of Commerce: Dorito Marringa After hearing about the visions, the community actions and the accomplishments of the 13 honorees, Bank of Marin President and CEO Russell A. Colombo encouraged the past, present and future Spirit of Marin award-winners to“keep doin’what you’re doin’.” “It’s because of you that Marin is the marvelous place that it is,”he said.—Molly Oleson

BEST BET Where today the image of a car might conjure up thoughts of traffic, congestion and global warming, it once was symbolic of more romantic things—like the allure of the open road, family pride and freedom. Local artist Gale S. Mckee makes us nostalgic for those simpler times with her latest collection of mixed-media work, titled,“The American Car: A Family Portrait.”On display at the Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery in Greenbrae from Oct. 10 to Jan. 2, the exhibit will feature large-scale“modern vintage photo-paintings”—created by xeroxing and enlarging Gale S. Mckee poses next to one of her works of art. vintage black and white photos, printing them on canvas and adding layers of acrylic paint for a modern and abstract feel. Two years ago at an antique show, McKee became fascinated by vintage photos of families and pets posing in front of their cars,“as if the car is a beloved part of the family.”In her work, she imagines who the people in the old photos might have been, and creates new, colorful lives for them on canvas.“I feel as if I have come to know them personally,”she says. Check out the curious transformations at the show’s opening reception on Friday, Oct. 10, from 5:30-7:30pm. The free and open-to-the-public gallery is open from 8am-7pm Monday through Friday (closed weekends and holidays). Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery, Center for Integrative Health & Wellness, 1350 South Eliseo Drive, Greenbrae. For more information, visit www.mesart.com/ gsmckee.—Molly Oleson

by Howard Rachelson

1. Robin Williams made his first comedy club performance in the early 1970s on San Francisco’s Clement Street at what wacky club with a three-word, animal-like name? 2. In which hand does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch? 3. What word, meaning important or regal, is also the name of a month?

4. How long is an Olympic-sized swimming pool? 5. In September of 1997, Vice President Al Gore met with Hollywood film and television executives, urging them to reduce the visibility, in movies and TV shows, of what? 6. What racetrack, in what city, is home to the Kentucky Derby? 7. In 2013, archeologists confirmed that they had discovered, under a parking lot in the English midlands, the 525-year-old remains of what English king?

8. Eager entrepreneurs pitch their products to a panel of five wealthy investors in what ABC reality show with an animal-like name? 9. This body part might be known as the funny bone because it is located where a nerve rests against what long bone? 10. Ancient Roman numerals comprised only seven symbols: Which two had the largest values, and what are they?

BONUS QUESTIONS: Beginning in 1973 and lasting one weekend every April, over 10,000 people playing on 450 teams show up in Stevens Point, Wis., for the world’s largest what? Howard Rachelson invites you to upcoming general-knowledge team trivia contests: Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael at 6:30pm, and Saturday, Oct. 18, at 1pm at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, for a Grateful Dead Trivia Contest. Have a great question? Send it in and if we use it, we’ll give you credit. Email Howard at Answers on page 20 howard1@triviacafe.com or visit www.triviacafe.com. ▲ Mary, a loyal Giants fan, recently parked her car at the Larkspur Ferry terminal and rode the ferry to AT&T Park to catch the game. After watching the Giants win a close one, the San Anselmo resident took the boat back to Marin. Unfortunately for her, the excitement didn’t end with the game. While she was away, an intoxicated man hit and damaged her vehicle and attempted to flee the scene. He might have succeeded, but a team of good Samaritans came to the rescue. One witness approached the driver and was eventually able to stop him. Others flagged down an off-duty security guard who called the police. By the time Mary returned to her car, her heroes had the situation under control.

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ig news for San Anselmo— we are getting our own Off the Grid at Red Hill Shopping Center on Tuesday nights. A handful of trucks will make their debut on Tuesday, Sept. 30. A few of the vendors who will be pulling up to the curb include: Curry Up Now, Pacific Puffs, Bacon Bacon, El Porteño, The Crab Lab, Meathead, and the Kabob Job. I am told this will be a regular Tuesday night gig—and vendors will rotate. Check it out at 800 Sir Francis Drake Ave., San Anselmo, 5-9pm on Tuesdays. CHANGING HANDS More San Anselmo news ... Cucina has new owners. Buck Minitch, who seems to be taking San Anselmo by storm in the restaurant/bar department (he already owns True North and is working on a BBQ joint in downtown) has partnered with David Garrett to run the Italian restaurant. Garrett previously managed the beverage program at Cavallo Point before joining the Farmshop Suffering from a potential sugar high? Not after Strawberry Village’s team in Larkspur, where he built the Halloween Swap and Drop! bar program from the ground up. For now, the new owners have kept will be on the menu from our superstar on the same chef and staff and will only producers including Cowgirl Creamery, make minor tweaks to the menu. Garrett Hog Island Oyster Company, Star Route plans to stay open until midnight Tuesday Farms, Straus Family Creamery and through Saturday to offer bar bites and more. Luckily there are lots of tasting opwines. Cucina is located at 510 San Antions—so you don’t have to break the bank selmo Ave., San Anselmo. 415/454-2942. to still enjoy some of the best the county APPROVING APPETIZERS It is inevihas to offer. Tasting and dinner from table—the holidays will be here before we 5-9pm, $100; tasting only from 5-7pm, know it. Instead of hurrying out to buy $35; cheese workshop from 5:15-6pm, $25; frozen miniature quiches or spinach-filled crash course in oysters from 6:15-7pm, phyllo triangles at the last minute—why $25; dinner only from 7-9pm, $75. To purnot change it up this year and wow chase tickets and learn more, go to www. your guests with some fancy-pants hors brownpapertickets.com/event/823702. d’oeuvres. In The Kitchen (ITK) is offerA SWEETER OPTION Because we live ing a Decadent Appetizers class where in Marin, we now have a candy boutique you can learn to make seared scallops with that offers “lip-smacking treats, naturally.” vanilla bean champagne sauce, Asian crab Just in time for Halloween, SweetE Orcakes and porcini arancini with truffle ganic has opened its doors in Strawberry aioli. Cost: $65. Saturday, Oct. 4, 4-6pm. Village and touts its all-organic, natural Learn more here: www.itkculinary.com or and locally made sweets. It even plans on call 415/331-8766. offering a Halloween Candy Swap and PUT THE SPATULA DOWN If you Drop from Nov. 1-5 where those Kit Kats, would rather have someone else do the Skittles and Mars Bars can be traded in for cooking ... head over to Marin Country healthier options ... nice idea, but not sure Mart for the upcoming Bounty of Marin how many of the over 6-year-old set will event on Saturday, Oct. 11. Experience a go for that. Check them out at sweeteorwhole hog roast, wine and food tasting ganic.com. Y and more all under the big tent. Marin’s Share your hunger pains with Tanya at thenry@pacificsun.com. most celebrated and delicious offerings

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t the back of Blue Moon Comics, past the register and a roughly life-sized cutout of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on the last rack on the right, perhaps a dozen comics sit beneath a hand-written sign: “Totally organic and homegrown local comics. Try them. They are good for you!” These are the comics on the fringe: independent, sometimes handmade, often drawn and written by one person, maybe two. Because they’re independent, these comics allow their creators more freedom. Their protagonists can be a unicorn/doctor, or a mod spy—not just superheroes. Their stories can be about the poignant or irreverent, not just about saving the day. With the Alternative Press Expo (APE) in the Bay Area this weekend, Blue Moon co-owner Sam Shiffler, a gregarious, wiry guy whose 61 years are probably belied by hauling stacks of comics to and from the upstairs stockroom, suspects he’ll add a few more indie titles to the local shelf. APE is the indie arm of Comic-Con International’s roster of comic book conventions—the flagship, of course, being the annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego in July. Shiffler calls Comic-Con San Diego “a multimedia extravaganza. Hollywood is there in full force.” APE, meanwhile, is “totally the opposite. This is all about alternative comics and [people] making zines ... and their own little comics that they have self-published,” Shiffler says. The expo, which takes place Oct. 4-5 at the Fort Mason Pavilion in San Francisco, shines a light on a subculture that is brimming with creativity in an industry with few incentives for original storytelling. Two publishers control two-thirds of the market, and because most of their revenues come from licensing, they focus primarily on proven franchises.

And there’s only one distributor, with a noreturn policy for retailers that makes stocking a new title risky. “That comic could suck really bad, and you’re stuck with the first few issues on your rack,” Shiffler says. The two major mainstream companies, Marvel Comics and DC Entertainment, work on a kind of assembly line process, explains veteran comics writer, artist and comics “her”storian Trina Robbins. “They have a writer, they have a penciler, an inker, a colorer, a letterer,” Robbins says. “They need to get out an issue a month, so one human being really can’t churn out 20 pages a month, doing it all.” Much of the work showcased at APE is individual. “Graphic novels or small press books like the things you’ll see at APE are personal, you know, because they’re done by one person or maybe two,” Robbins says. She will be at APE on Saturday, Oct. 4, signing copies of her most recent book, Pretty in Ink, which follows the history of women in the North American comics industry from the 19th century through 2013. “We’ll always have those obnoxious articles that go, ‘Zap! Pow! Comics aren’t just for kids anymore,’” she says. “But there are more people making comics than ever before. I mean, ever.” Anti-establishment Indie comics have roots in the Bay Area, where the influential Zap Comix started in the late ’60s. Painter and sculptor Robert Williams, 71, one of the seven (in)famous artists who worked on Zap, will be a guest at APE on Oct. 4.

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Indie publisher Fantagraphics will issue a $500 compilation of Zap material in November. “It was an underground, outlaw comic book, and it was not meant for the general public,” Williams says. “It wasn’t placating people. It wasn’t trying to make people happy. It wasn’t looking for the biggest audience. It was looking for this very limited, investigative mind that liked lurid intrigue, that liked the truth about society. It liked to visually dare. It wasn’t trying to sell as many comics as it could.” Williams came to California in 1963 to study art. But he became disillusioned while getting his degree, when he felt shut out by an art world that favored abstract expressionism over craftsmanship and narrative. “The philosophy was that anyone that could draw or paint [and] had drafting skills was an illustrator. And that was a derogatory term,” Williams says. “Storytelling and representational art has always been kind of ignored or purposefully kicked out.” Williams’ style was influenced by comics he read growing up. He “worshipped” the “greatest, bloodiest, sexual detail” in releases from Entertaining Comics, a company that shuttered all but one of its titles in the wake of a ’50s Senate hearing linking comics to juvenile delinquency. “Comic book is art,” Williams says. “That is art. Whatever you want to say about it, that’s just as valid art as looking at a Picasso or anything else. Not only is it graphic art, but it’s literature.” After art school, Williams found like minds at Zap.

“When I met those guys, those six Zap artists, I discovered that they’d [gone] through the same thing that I did,” Williams says. “They all had art educations and were to a certain extent persecuted for their appreciation of draftsmanship. So they kind of got thrown off into comics; that was their form of expression, because fine arts would not let you have a functioning world telling stories.” The Zap Comix crew were “psychedelic cavaliers”—drinking and drugging and creating work about radical politics and sex. “It was closer to fine arts because you could do what you want,” Williams says. “It wasn’t pornography. It just had revealing stuff in it. Those comics were not designed to inspire masturbation or social crimes. They were just free thought.” The group bucked an “enormously oppressive” culture that censored dress, language and sexuality. Williams notes that social change has been enormous, since—just slow. “An entire American culture had to change over a 60- or 70-year period,” Williams says, adding that now is a good time to be an artist and young person. “When I was a kid, comic books were for either children or idiots. Superman and Bugs Bunny and things like that were just pastimes for people that didn’t have full mental development,” Williams says. “Now comic books are one of the greatest and most powerful

influences in our culture today. The movie industry almost totally depends on comic book stories.” “Comics are a hot medium for getting a movie deal or TV deal, or game deal,” Shiffler says. According to market research firm IBISWorld, the comics industry posted revenues of $769.5 million in 2013 on comic books alone, which doesn’t include licensing for movies and other ventures. The two big publishers bring in more money from licensing than by selling comic books. Marvel’s global licensed merchandise averages more than $6 billion per year, according to Business Insider, a business and technology news website. That’s nearly 25 times what the company brings in from selling comics (roughly $250 million per year). It’s because the TV and video game productions spawned from comics have gotten so big at conventions like San Diego’s ComicCon that APE even exists, offering a haven for independent artists. Indie comics have evolved along their own path, outside the

pressures that come with having shareholders. Creativity and the creators are the focus. In an industry where comic books themselves are often vehicles for billions of dollars of licensing deals, creativity and risk-taking are not necessarily good business practices. Indie artists are like the punk rockers of the ’70s or the craft-beer brewers of the ’90s. They may not sell a lot of product, but they’re doing daring work. Some work stimulates the imagination, Williams says, and some is “crap. But it’s free for your mind. [At APE] you can go in there and find stuff you won’t find anywhere else.” While the world of indie comics is welcoming, and creators can do whatever they want, the challenge is finding an audience. “I’m after a certain intelligent audience that has investigative skills that really enjoys what I do,” Williams says. “I’m not out there to sell everything to everybody. I’m just trying to make a good, comfortable living doing what I’m interested in.” Starting up Maia Kobabe, 25, attended APE for the first time in 2012, a year after graduating from Dominican University in San Rafael, where she currently works as a desk manager in the library. She left school with plans for a career in children’s book illustration. Within a year, Kobabe had published her first comic, sold it at a convention and enrolled in the California College of the Arts’ (CCA) program for a Master of 13>

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eady for some flower porn? Here ya go. Close your eyes and imagine a fragrant bouquet of jasmine, honeysuckle, gardenia or sweet peas intertwined with chocolate cosmos, lilies, tuberoses, or clover-scented stock. Or, a Mason jar loaded with Eglantyne, a David Austin English rose with its soft pink petals, sweet tight buds, majestic cupped blossoms and intoxicating Damask fragrance wrapped in strong, green, disease-resistant leaves. Imagine being able to choose a bouquet like that for your wedding party or for your sweetheart or holiday event; a vintage bouquet that was grown at a local flower farm down the road. But where do we find a locally grown retro-bouquet like this? Roughly 80 percent of flowers available at local florist shops are embalmed with pesticides and fungicides and shipped to the U.S. primarily from Latin America and Europe, averaging around 3,000 travel miles. Cut flowers are a $40 billion industry worldwide. We can grow

our own flowers right here in America on our family farms. Let’s get in on some of that green action. Enough with jetsetting flowers! Debra Prinzing, author of Slow Flowers: Four Seasons of Locally Grown Bouquets from the Garden, Meadow and Farm (St.Lynn’s Press, 2013) and The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Flowers (St. Lynn’s Press, 2012) is helping to keep American flower farms flourishing. Over the past several years, while doing media interviews and speaking to audiences about American-grown flowers, she continually heard the questions: “Where can I find American flowers?” and “How can I find a florist who I trust, who will sell me locally grown flowers?” It became apparent to her that people want locally grown, domestic flowers. But it wasn’t easy to find those blooms amid the sea of unlabeled, imported ones. “Foodies are familiar with the ‘farm-

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to-table’ movement that celebrates artisanal/heirloom ingredients or farms and dairies that use sustainable practices,” Prinzing says. “The term ‘field-to-vase’ takes a page from the culinary scene, emphasizing a small ‘flower mile,’ as well as the belief that flowers grown locally, in season, with organic methods are inherently more pleasurable and healthier to enjoy. Flowers are following food in many ways, decades behind, but happily catching up.” In May 2014, Prinzing launched the SLOW FLOWERS online directory as a one-stop resource for consumers in search of florists who guarantee the origin of the flowers they use. Her mission? To make it easy for flower consumers to connect with florists, shops, studios and farms who provide American-grown flowers, and to encourage truthful and transparent country-oforigin labeling in the floral industry. “It’s simply that consumers haven’t thought much about where their flowers come from up until the past five years or so, “Prinzing says. “And in terms of stats, last year the California Cut Flower Commission conducted a national survey that asked consumers: “Do you know where your flowers come from?” (78 percent did not). The follow-up question: “If you were given a choice to purchase American-grown flowers, would you?” yielded YES answers 58 percent of the time.” With the winter holiday gift-giving coming up, I am suggesting that readers go to SlowFlowers.com to find a local American flower farm or florist. (Do this and you will instantly become my Star Student!) If there isn’t a local one near you, you can always search the directory for a service that ships American-grown flowers nationally. When you contact a Slow Flowers member, Prinzing asks that you tell them you found them on this site, and that you plan on posting a review. “It’s simple. When you contact a florist, flower shop or designer on our site, they commit to you, the consumer, that their flowers are truly homegrown,” she says.

“You should be able to know the origins of the flowers you order to send to a loved one. You should be assured that the bouquet you carry down the aisle was grown by an American flower farmer. You should know that jobs are being created and nurtured in your community. It’s all about making a conscious choice.” So far, 380 floral businesses are listed on SlowFlowers.com, with the goal of building to 1,000 in the coming year or two; 130 members describe themselves as flower farmers, 60 members are retail florists, 91 are studio florists, 148 members design weddings and events, and 15 floral businesses offer national shipping of American-grown flowers. “America’s flower farmers adhere to U.S. labor and environmental regulations, so they are not able to compete on price alone in a marketplace where imported flowers are mostly grown in countries with cheaper labor and lower environmental standards,” Prinzing shares. “Where the American flower farm can compete is on freshness and quality. When you buy domestic, local and seasonal flowers, you’re helping support family farms, preserve farmland, stimulate economic development in rural areas and keep flowers safe for the humans who grow and design with them, not to mention your own family.” And now, back to flower porn ... Still having daydreams of English roses or thinking about quitting your job to work in a greenhouse or nursery? First read Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart. You’ll learn about countries like Holland, Ecuador and Columbia with loose or no child labor laws—where roses are dipped in vats of chemical fungicides by low-paid workers and then shipped around the world so we can have a vase of flowers on our tables. That just doesn’t make sense. American flower farmers are hurting and struggling to survive. Educate yourself and then tell your friends to support our local growers. USA! USA! Y Send American-grown bouquets to Annie at annie@dirtdiva.com.

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at an unnamed multi-national management t’s a rare event when a Bay Area nonprofit consultant company. Just back from a worktheater, large or small, offers the public a related visit to Greece, the five-member team production that is so finely crafted that it (one woman, four men) is in high spirits as can hold its own beside the best that can be they settle in around a conference table to found in places like New York and London. It’s rarer still when the production in question “ideate” the next project. The ebullient mood abruptly shifts, however, when the members is the world premiere of a play written by a realize that they have less than two hours local dramatist that worked its way through (which conveniently puts it within the interthe company’s script development program mission-less play’s remaining running time) and is now making an official public debut to deal with with a local director, cast and a mysterious design team. NOW PLAYING request from Aaron Loeb’s Ideation, a Ideation runs through Saturday, Nov. 8, at an unknown sharp-edged satire of trendy the San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St., client—the logic-based communal San Francisco. Information: 415/677-9596, or www.sfplayhouse.org. “visionproblem-solving techniques maker” in currently used by governorganizationment, corporations, think al jargon—whose motives are equally opaque. tanks, universities, scientific labs and many The assignment: Find a way to liquidate others is on stage daily (Mondays excepted) at the San Francisco Playhouse, tucked inside several million people and dispose of their the Kensington Park Hotel on Post Street, just off of Union Square. If you want to enjoy live theater at its best, you’ll hasten to get there before the run closes Saturday, Nov. 8. The play’s eponymous title refers to a more structured variant of the casual “brainstorming” that almost everyone is familiar with. Group members are directed by a facilitator to break a problem down into its components and then evaluate (using metrics wherever possible, coupled with the rules of formal logic) competing strategies to see which expected outcome best serves the interests of the sponsoring entity. Admittedly, that description doesn’t seem like prime comic material, but in Loeb’s expert hands it is as hilarious in its exposure of human failings as it is disturbing in its implied warning about our future as a civilization. The setting is designer Bill English’s elegantly rendered Art Deco-inspired meeting room

bodies without the rest of the world knowing what has happened. Obviously, this has ominous implications, but business is business and the increasingly stressed team doggedly follows the ideation model, breaking the “Liquidate and Dispose” sequence into hypothetical scenarios whose plusses, minuses and expected outcomes are duly noted on a giant whiteboard that forms the meeting room’s rear wall. Satire turns into thigh-slapping farce as the proposals become ever more ridiculous, generating internal disputes over the morality of helping to plan what may be the killing of innocents, or even a genocide, and the alarming realization that at the end of the process team members may themselves be sacrificed to maintain secrecy about who originated the policy. More than this I won’t reveal, except to say that it is satiric writing of a very high order. That standard is matched by a brilliant cast that includes Carrie Paff as the management company’s tough unit chief, Mark Anderson Phillips as its self-confident team leader, and Michael Ray Wisely, Jason Kapoor and Ben Euphrat as boisterous contributors to the ideation circus. Director Josh Costello skillfully molds what could have been simply a chaotic farce into a bold statement about the danger of leaving life-and-death decisions to the professionals, whoever they may be. Like Heller’s book Catch-22 and Kubrick’s movie Dr. Strangelove, Aaron Loeb’s Ideation is a wake-up call for all of us. As I left the theater, I imagined a gathering of generals in a Pentagon war room soberly considering absurd alternatives for liquidating and disposing of some phantom foreign enemy. The image wasn’t funny. Y Charles can be reached at cbrousse@att.net.

The five-member team, pictured holding a video conference with their boss.

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IT’S LITERARY

San Francisco Playhouse’s ‘Ideation’ tackles heavy themes on a whiteboard

MOViES

F R I D AY O C T O B E R 3 — T H U R S D AY O C T O B E R 9 Movie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1:21) Disney version of Judith Viorst’s classic children’s tale about a singularly crappy day in the life of an 11-year-old boy stars Dick Van Dyke, Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell and young Ed Oxenbould. l Annabelle (1:30) Yet another home-invasionby-satanic-cultists tale, this one involving a spooky-looking doll; don’t these suburbanites ever watch The Twilight Zone? l Battle of the Strands Live (1:50) Beauticians, stylists and fashionistas from across the country compete in an over-the-top hair/nail/ makeup smackdown for the title of World Salon Champion. 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 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 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 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 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 Guest (1:39) Ripe-to-bursting horror thriller stars Dan Stevens as a spooky stranger who worms his way into a family’s good graces. l Hector and the Search for Happiness (1:54) Simon Pegg as a dissatisfied shrink who tries to escape his humdrum life with a ’roundthe-world quest for joy and fulfillment. 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 Jimi: All Is by My Side (1:56) Biopic focuses on Hendrix’s early years as a budding guitar god; John Ridley directs Outkast’s André 3000 in the title role. 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 Left Behind (1:50) Another Rapture story, this one starring Nicolas Cage as a guy named Rayford Steele. l

l The Liberator (1:59) Epic biopic stars Edgar Ramirez as Simón Bolivar, the Venezuelan visionary who liberated much of South America from the Spanish Empire. l Love Is Strange (1:33) Newlyweds John Lithgow and Alfred Molina face cross-generational conflict and fouled-up family dynamics when economics force them to live apart. l M*A*S*H (1:56) Groundbreaking improv mishmash vaudeville of a black comedy stars Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland as anarchic Army surgeons ambling through the Korean War; Robert Altman 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 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 Pride (1:59) Feel-good true story about a group of gay and lesbian London activists who supported a tiny Welsh chapter of the National Union of Mineworkers during a nationwide strike. 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 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 Tim’s Vermeer (1:20) Documentary follows inventor Tim Jenison on his 10-year search for the secret of Johannes Vermeer’s photo-realistic artistry; R.J. Teller (of Penn & Teller) directs. l Tracks (1:42) Inspiring true tale of a city girl who trekked 2,000 miles across the Australian Outback with a dog and four temperamental camels; Mia Wasikowska stars. 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 Vikings from the British Museum (1:30) Tour the British Museum’s dazzling exhibition of Norse weaponry, jewelry, objets d’art and other awesome artifacts. 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 k Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,

No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

k Annabelle (R) k Battle of the Strands Live (PG-13) The Boxtrolls (PG)

Boyhood (R) Calvary (R) Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) The Equalizer (R)

Gone Girl (R)

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) k The Guest (R) k Hector and the Search for Happiness (R)

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) k Jimi: All Is by My Side (R)

Last Days in Vietnam (Not Rated) k Left Behind (PG-13) k The Liberator (R)

Love Is Strange (R) k M*A*S*H (PG)

Más Negro que la Noche (R) The Maze Runner (PG-13)

Mill Valley Film Festival (Not Rated) My Old Lady (PG-13) k Pride (R)

The Skeleton Twins (R) This Is Where I Leave You (R)

Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity (R) Tim’s Vermeer (PG-13) k Tracks (PG-13) The Trip to Italy (Not Rated) k Vikings from the British Museum (Not Rated)

A Walk Among the Tombstones (R)

Northgate: Thu 7, 9:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Regency: Mon 8 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:45,6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:25, 4, 6:30, 9; 3D showtimes at 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 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 2:10, 7:05; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 4:40, 9:30 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:30, 4, 7:30 Marin: Fri, Mon-Thu 4, 7:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 4, 7:30 Lark: Mon 8:30 Thu 1 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 9:50 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:30, 6:35, 9:35 Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:35 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:45, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Cinema: Fri-Sun 12, 3:30, 7, 10:20 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1, 4:30, 7:45 Larkspur Landing: Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:45 Marin: Fri 3:45, 7, 10:15 Sat 12:20, 3:45, 7, 10:15 Sun 12:20, 3:45, 7 Mon-Thu 3:45, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 12:30, 1:35, 2:40, 3:45, 4:50, 5:55, 7, 8:05, 9:10, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:10, 12:45, 2:25, 4, 5:40, 7:15, 8:55, 10:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 4:40, 10:20 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sun-Thu 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:20 Lark: Mon 3:15 Wed 3:30 Thu 5:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Sun-Thu 11, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40 Playhouse: Fri 4:15, 7, 9:30 Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7, 9:30 Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5, 7:35, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Lark: Mon 1 Thu 8:30 Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:20; 3D showtime at 10:30pm Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 MonWed 6:55, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 Cinema: Mon-Thu Lark: Fri-Sun, Wed Rafael: daily Sequoia: daily (visit mvff.com for schedule) Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:35, 4:25, 7:30, 10:20 Sun-Thu 10:40, 1:35, 4:25, 7:30 Marin: Fri 4:15, 7:15, 9:30 Sat 12:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30 Sun 12:45, 4:15, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 5:10, 7:50 Mon, Thu 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50 Tue 12, 2:35 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:45, 7, 9:40 Sun-Thu 12:45, 3:45, 7 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 7, 9:30 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, 4:05, 7, 9:40 Sun 10:35, 7 Mon 10:35, 1:20, 4:05 Tue-Wed 10:35, 1:20, 4:05, 7 Thu 10:35, 1:20, 4:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Regency: Sun 12:55 Thu 7 Lark: Tue noon (lunch, film and lecture) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 1:40, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 Sun-Thu 11:10, 1:40, 4:15, 7:10 Lark: Mon 6 Tue 3:30 Wed 1 Thu 3:15 Regency: Tue 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 5:05, 7:50

Mia Wasikowska and friend in ‘Tracks,’ opening at the Regency Friday. 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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Live music

10/04: Fantuzzi and the Mystery Flexibles

10/03: The Cheeseballs 9pm. $15. 19 Broad-

way Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 10/03: Danny Click and the Hell Yeahs Americana/blues. 9:30pm. $10. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 10/03: Danny Montana Americana. 5pm. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com. 10/03-04: Dark Star Orchestra 8pm. $49. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 10/03: Forro Star Band Brazilian music, samba. 9pm. $10. Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr, Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.

10/03: Friday Night Jazz: Mads Tolling Quartet Jazz. 6-9pm. Free. Marin Country

Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com. 10/03: Soul Mechanix Soul/rock. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. perisbar.com. 10/04: Down With May Rock. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

“Autumn Activation.” Celebrate the changing of seasons and the sound of spirit songs uplift your soul. 8pm. $15-20. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com. 10/04: Havana Night with Los Boleros With DJ Ruiz. 9pm. $12. Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com. 10/04: Revolver Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young tribute. 8pm. $15-20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415-813-5600. fenixlive.com. 10/04: Riffat Sultana Band Sufi/Middle Eastern. 9:30pm. $7. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 10/05: Bustle in Your Hedgerow Instrumental renditions of Led Zeppelin. With Marco Benevento, Scott Metzger, Dave Dreiwitz and Joe Russo. 9pm. $25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 10/05: Fistful of Scandal Pop/rock. 9pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com. 10/05: Jazz Roots Duo Jazz, blues and Latin standards. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

Unidentified fighting objects I came to EDGE OF TOMORROW with lowered Groundhog Day expectations, thinking Tom Cruise would act his little heart out at the shock of being returned to the same moment in time over and over again in the scifi future—and while those are the facts, I couldn’t have been more wrong on the movie. This entirely original take on a familiar device features the scariest of alien invaders, and the film, with its quadcopter-filled skies and battlefield echoes of Normandy, WWI Verdun and even Joan of Arc, seems intent on creating the same cosmic uncertainty in us as that was felt by its antihero. Rebranded for home media shelves to use the film’s original (and We guess that’s reason enough for better) tout line— “Live. Die. Repeat.”— Edge deposits someone to feel like they are living us on the front lines of the Mimics’ war of exterminaon the ‘edge’ ... tion with the humans—the former a lethal brand of calamari whose many advantages over bipeds include underground travel, whip-fast strike times and (mid-movie spoiler alert:) the ability to wrinkle time to re-engage the enemy, whose movements they’ll know down to the last eye-twitch. When the telegenic but non-combative Major William Cage (Cruise) pisses off the wrong general, he’s demoted to the tip of the spear—forward operations on a suicidal beach invasion—and there gets doused with the blood of an Alpha, gaining its ability to travel back in time when he’s killed. But only if it’s a clean kill—no wingshots or, worse, blood transfusions. Emily Blunt co-stars.—Richard Gould

10/05: Julie Courtney Folk vocals, jazz, blues. 11:30am. No cover. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 10/05: Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion Salsa. 4pm dance class; 5pm live music. 5pm. $10. Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr, Sausalito. 331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com. 10/05: Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Airforce The Rowan Brothers open. 8pm. $22-27.

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Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 10/05: Sitar Power Worldbeat, North Indian flavored rock, pop. With Ashwin Batish. 6:30pm. $2025. Fenix, 919 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

10/06: Musical Celebration Honoring Jaco Pastorius: With Robert Trujillo, Mary Pastorius, David Pastorius and Eric Young, Kirk Hammett, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Stephen Perkins, L. Shankar 9pm. $150. Sweetwater Music

Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 10/06: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com. 10/06: Open Mic with Austin DeLone 7:30pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 10/06: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm. Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 10/06: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm. Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

10/06: Phil Lesh and the East Coast All Stars

With Scott Metzger, Tom Hamilton, Jason Crosby and Joe Russo. 8pm. $35. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 10/07: Rockit Science Original R&B by Bruce Brymer and covers. 8pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Nightclub, 17 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 497-2448.

10/07: Sonny Walker’s Youth Rock Showcase

Youth bands, songwriters and musicians. 8pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 10/07-08: Trigger Hippy With Steve Gorman, Joan Osborne, Jackie Green, Tom Bukovac and Nick Govrik. 8pm. $35. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 10/08: Acoustic Guitar Showcase 9pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

10/08: Belle Monroe and her Brewglass Boys

Bluegrass. 8pm. No cover. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com. 10/08: The Three H Club Steve Heckman, Judy Hall and John Hoy. Jazz. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 10/08: Justin Currie. 8pm. $25-30. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 10/09: Bill Hansell’s Guitar Pull Acoustic guitar showcase. 9pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

10/09: Drew Harrison In The Spirit Of Lennon Celebrate the life and music of John Lennon

on his birthday with a special tribute show. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 10/09: San Geronimo 9pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 10/09: Wanda Stafford Jazz vocalist. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

10/10: Jesse Brewster and Darren Nelson

Singer-songwriter, guitarist. Folk, country, southern rock. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 10/10: Kelly Peterson Band Folk/rock on the patio. 5pm. Free. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

10/10-11: Melvin Seals and JGB 8pm. $25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 10/10: An Evening with Poor Man’s Whiskey

9pm. $20-22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 10/10: The 7th Sons at Taste of Rome 60s-70s rock. Free. A Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 847-2670. the7thsons.com.

Comedy 10/07: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and

up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org. 10/09: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater 10/06: Auditions:‘The American Dream’/’The Zoo Story’Auditions will be held 7-10pm Oct. 6.

Prepare 1-2 minute monologue not from show; nonAEA. Callbacks 11am-2pm Oct.11. Directed by W. Allen Taylor. Free. College of Marin Performing Arts Bldg, Studio Theatre PA32 , Corner of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Laurel Ave., Kentfield. 485-9555.

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. Through 10/26:‘The Whale’ By Samuel D. Hunter. 8pm Thurs.-Sat.; 2and 7pm Sun. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5200. marintheater.org.

Concerts 10/05: Sarah Cahill, Stuart Canin and Gianna Abondolo Piano, violin, cello. Chamber works.

Dance Palace, 503 B St., Pt. Reyes Station. 663-1075. dancepalace.org.

10/08: Noontime Concerts: Aleron Trio

Solenn Seguillon, violin; Anne Scida, cello; Sophie Xuefei Zhang, piano. Works by Ravel and Debussy. Noon. Free. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

Dance 10/10: Benefit Concert: Ethnic Music and Dance All proceeds will go to the Middle East

Children’s Alliance to provide emergency relief to the children of Gaza. Live music will be provided by Helm, with guest musicians Paul Anderson, oud; Lani Rhoades, qanum. Dancers include Venus Serpentina, Shekina Sehar, Sparrow & Bee and the Damkianna Dance Company. 4pm. $10-$25, suggested donation. First Presbyterian Church, 72 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. 14fp.org.

Art 10/07: Mill Valley First Tuesday Art Walk Mill

Valley’s art galleries, stores, city hall, and the community center will all have exhibitions on the first Tuesday. 6pm. Free. Depot Plaza, Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415-383-1370. 10/07: My Traveling Soul Reading performance with author Lisa Alpine and artist Delisa Sage. 6pm. Free. Mill Valley Community Center, Camino Alto, Mill Valley. lisaalpine.com.

10/09: Collage Playshop with Elaine Larson 1pm. $24-30, $5 materials fee. O’Hanlon

Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave.,

Mill Valley. 388-4331. ohanloncenter.org. 10/10: Vita Brevis: Roberta Weir Artworks Downtown will host the artist’s first solo show since 1995. The exhibition will feature paintings, drawings and prints from 1977-2014, focusing on the theme of impermanence. 5pm. Free. Artworks Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. 451-8119. artworksdowntown.org.

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

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Dr., Novato. 506-0137. marinmoca.org.

Kids Events 10/04: Ian Lendler “The Stratford Zoo Mid-

night Revue Presents Macbeth.” 2:30pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 10/04: Molly Idle “Flora and the Penguin.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 10/04: Nature for Kids: Deer Island 2.3mile loop trail through oak forests and open meadows. Ridge above surrounding marshland is a great place to enjoy an autumn day with the family. Bring your lunch. No pets (except service animals) please. High fire danger may cancel. 10am. Free Deer Island Preserve, Deer Island Lane, meet at the gate, Novato. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org. 10/04: Shirin Bridges and Friends Authors Shirin Yim Bridges, Janie Havemeyer and Gretchen Maurer discuss “A Treasury of Glorious Goddesses” series. 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 10/08: Science Month Storytime “Amazing Animals” with children’s librarian Marilyn Wronsky. 11am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera. 924-6382. marinlibrary.org.

Film 10/03:‘No’: Film Screening and Discussion

(2012). Pablo Larraín’s sly, fictionalized tale about the art of sales during a fraught period in Chilean history, advertising isn’t only an art; it’s also a way of life. 6pm. Free. College of Marin, Fine Arts Building, Room 201 Second Floor, 835 College Ave., Kentfield. marin.edu

10/04: Outdoor Drive-In Movie Night:‘Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’ (2002). PG-13.

179min. Free popcorn if you arrive in costume. 8pm. Free. Old Hamilton Theater Building Parking Lot, 500 Palm Dr., Novato.

10/09: San Agustin: California Shipwreck Film and Chat Join Marin Historian and Producer

George Thelen for a screening of his award-winning film San Agustin: California Shipwreck, a documentary about the November 1595 Spanish Galleon shipwreck off of Point Reyes. 7pm. $10. San Rafael Elks Lodge, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 454-8538. Through 10/12: Mill Valley FIlm Festival At various locations in Mill Valley, San Rafael and Corte Madera. $8-$14. See website for schedule. 383-5256. mvff.com.

Outdoors 10/04: Broom Buster Work Day Learn about

the importance of invasive species removal and lend a hand with the work. Volunteer work involves bending, pulling and kneeling. Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes and bring water. High fire danger may cancel. Red Flag warning equals cancellation of walks and events on Open Space District preserves. 9am. Free. Tiburon Peninsula Club parking lot, 1600 Mark West St., Tiburon. 473-3778. marincountyparks.org.

10/04: Waves: Connect with the Ocean Hike to the beach to experience movement, breath and meditation. Relax and be invigorated by the beauty and the motion of the ocean. Feel the wind and free your mind with naturalist Lindsay Reich for a movement workshop oceanside. 11am. Free. Point Bonita YMCA, 981 Fort Barry, Sausalito. 331-9622. ymcasf.org/ptbonita. 10/06: Focus on Raptors at Hawk Hill Every year thousands of raptors move down the Pacific Coast as they head to wintering sites as far away as South America. A large percentage of these birds pass through the Marin Headlands where they are annually documented by the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO). Start the day with a walk in Rodeo Valley learning to identify these birds and discussing their life histories, then head up to Hawk Hill for more raptor viewing and to meet GGRO Director Allen Fish who will discuss the work of this volunteer-based organization. For ages 15 and up. No pets (except service animals) please. 10am. Free. Rodeo Lagoon, Bunker Rd., Sausalito. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org. 10/08: Best Local Fall Hikes Join our experts as they reveal their favorite fall hikes and help you plan an escape to cooler temperatures and fall colors on a day-hike. You will learn about trip planning, essential items, safety precautions, local resources and places to go. Register at rei.com/cortemadera. 7pm. Free. REI Corte Madera, Corte Madera Town Center Community Room, 770 Tamalpais Dr., Suite 201, Corte Madera. 927-1938. rei.com/ event/59909/session/98567/11012014.

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Readings 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. 10/05: Lucinda Franks “Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

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Catered by Insalata’s San Anselmo. “Someone Else’s Love Story.” Noon. $55, includes lunch and an autographed book. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Ave., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 10/08: Seth Casteel “Underwater Puppies.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Ave., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

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Lisa Alpine hosts an ensemble of writers for this series of literary travel tales from around the globe. With Laurie McAndish King who is a Lowell Thomas award-winning travel writer/photographer. 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. millvalleylibrary.org.

10/09: Jake Kaida and Matthew Tavis Johnson In “Blue Collar Nomad,” Kaida shares stories

of his timetraversing across America as a farmhand, cook, organic gardener, landscape artist and writing instructor. “Wandering: The Blue Collar Nomad Soundtrack” is a companion piece composed by Johnson. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Ave., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 10/09: Kirsten Gillibrand “Off the Sidelines” is an inspirational memoir and call to action for all women to get involved politically. 7pm. $30 ticket includes a signed book. Dominican University, San Rafael. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

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Community Events (Misc.) 10/03: A Tour of Sausalito’s Wooden Boats with Victoria Colella Local author, artist, 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

10/03: Ancient Crystal Skull, Benefit for Q’ero People An evening with an ancient crystal

skull. The crystal skull Sha Na Ra, named for a Shaman Guide, is made of clear quartz. It has the unusual distinction of having been discovered in an actual archeological dig in Mexico. 7:30pm. $20-25. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 “C” Street, San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com.

10/03: Marin Conservation League: Prop1 Water Bond: Yes or No? 7:30-9:30am. $15,

includes breakfast. 350 Smith Ranch Road, , San Rafael. 485-6257. marinconservationleague.org. 10/04: First Annual Fairfax Wine Stroll Stroll around downtown Fairfax and taste wine from local and international wineries, nibble on snacks and hang around with neighbors. 2pm. $35-45. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 637-1978. fairfaxwinestroll.com.

10/04: Marin Master Gardeners Fall Gardening 10:30-11:30am. “Preparing Your Garden For Winter.” With Marin Master Gardener Joe Jennings. 10:30am. $5. Tamalpais Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley. 388-6393. tcsd.us.

10/04: Marin Master Gardeners Fall Seminar

9-10am Terumi Leinow MMG, “The Feng Shui Dynamics of Integrated Pest Management.” 9am. $5. Tamalpais Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley. 388-6393. tcsd.us. 10/04: Marinwood Oktoberfest Live music, food and local beers in Marinwood Park. Sample beers from California breweries. Admission includes eight tastings and a commemorative glass. Childcare available for 2-10 year old kids.t $5 per child. pm. $12. Marinwood Community Center, 775 Miller Creek Road, San Rafael. eventbrite.com/e/marinwood-oktoberfest-tickets12654639367?aff=es2&rank=0. 10/04: Scams and Other Scary Things How to recognize them, stop them and report them. David Ball from the Marin County District Attorney’s office will tell you all this and a more at the next “What’s Next?” session for seniors. 11am Free. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd., Novato. 473-2050.

10/04: SeedSmart: Tomato Tasting & Seed Harvesting Calling all avid tomato gardeners.

Share your heirloom tomato seeds with fellow gardening enthusiasts and taste varieties that your neighbors have produced this season. Bring your open pollinated heirloom tomatoes, each variety in a separate brown paper bag with the following information written on the outside: variety, use, bush or vining, and with varied climates, the area where it was grown. Bring a few tomatoes of each variety since one or two will be left intact on display so that people can see the size and shape. Paper plates will be provided; you are encouraged to bring a pencil and something hard to write on for notes and rating. After the seed harvest, swap for your favorites and don’t forget to donate some to the Mill Valley Seed Library. 3pm. Free. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. millvalleylibrary.org.

10/04: Sphagetti Bingo Friday! Includes nine bingo cards, spaghetti dinner and dessert. Prizes for all winners. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Limited seating. This event usually sells out so arrive early. 6pm. $8 per person. Tamalpais Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley. 388-6393. tcsd.us.

10/05: Real Estate: Creating Land Value and Dispossession As California property values

continue to skyrocket, and tensions rise over how to cope with the resulting displacement and dispossession of different communities, Headlands offers an alternative and creative approach to the crisis. Join a round table discussion and dinner with Amy Balkin, Adriana Camarena and Kirk Crippens. During an optional outdoor stroll prior to the talk, urban geographer Richard A. Walker shares the history of development and parklands in the Bay Area, including the story of the Marincello residential project that almost overtook the Marin Headlands. Presented by Headlands Center for the Arts 4:30pm. $25. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry. Sausalito. headlands.org

10/06: Handel’s Partenope Opera Preview

The Marin Chapter of the S.F. Opera Guild presents Baroque period expert Dr. Bruce Lamott, illustrated talk with musical excerpts. Complimentary refreshments at 7:30, program at 8pm. $10. Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Dr., San Rafael. 457-1118. sfopera.com.

10/07: Explore The Yoga of Radiant Presence with Peter Brown Your experience, your

reality, may not be what you may think it is. Explore the idea of a divine actuality. 7:30pm. $10 donation. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 415457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com/events.

10/07: Nerd Nite North Bay: Sustainable Brewing, Andean Culture and the Dead

Drink beer and learn about ancient Andean culture, sustainable beermaking and Deadheads. Hang out with smart people and learn some stuff while drinking beer. Guest nerds present “From Suds to Buds and The Power of Poo: Imaginative Reuse of Water, Energy and Human Biomass in the Brewing Cycle” with Jonathan Robertson and Nico Chiarito. “Not Yo’ (Pacha)Mama’s Agriculture: Low Water Innovation in Ancient Andean South America” with Vanessa Christman.”Deadheads: A Business Model for Nerd-dom” with David Dodd. 7pm. $5. Hopmonk Tavern Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. north.bay. nerdnite.com.

10/08: Business Edge Briefing Series: Mary O’Neill “Why Emotional Intelligence Rules in Business: An EQ Coach Shows You How.” With Mary O’Neill, MA, MFT and panelists Joanne Peterson and Andy Ramos. 7am. $25, includes breakfast. Creekside Room, Dominican University of California, 100 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael. 485-3202. dominican.edu.

10/08: Four Steps to Conflict Resolution: HR Business Leader Series Learn valuable strate-

gies and practice the four step CALM technique for adapting and communicating more effectively with your team members in times of conflict and change. You’ll identify methods to keep your workforce cohesive and moving forward with new important initiatives. Presented by Northern California Human Resources Association. 5:30pm. $35. Guide Dogs for the Blind, 350 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael. 2911992. nchra.org. 10/04-08: Marin Yoga Hikes Join a community of outdoor yogis. Schedule of meet up locations is online. 9am. $10-20. Various locations. 328-6098. marinyogahikes.com.

10/09: Health Insurance: How to Choose It, How to Use It Covered California open enrollment

begins Nov. 14 and ends Feb.15. Margaret Ballou, enrollment specialist with Marin County’s Health and Human Services, will discuss how to determine your eligibility, how to choose a plan and how health insurance helps mitigate the healthcare risk. 7:30pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 427, San Rafael. 473-6058. marinlibrary.org. ✹

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135588 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: “PUBLICPERSONNEL_COM”, 12 UPPER FREMONT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA: PETER ROGOSIN, 12 UPPER FREMONT DRIVE, 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 3, 2014. (Publication Dates: September 12, 19, 26 & October 3rd of 2014.) 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.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135757 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ECOTERRA, 525 JACOBY ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA, 94901: Ghilotti Bros. Inc., 525 JACOBY ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on September 29, 2014. (Publication Dates: Oct. 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th of 2014.)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135752 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HONEY HUGGERS, 23 BRIARWOOD DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KIRSTEN M. DUGAN, 23 BRIARWOOD DRIVE, 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 26, 2014. (Publication Dates: Oct. 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135645 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NU-DIGITALMARKETING ADVERTISING AGENCY, 810 COLLEGE AVE, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: MICHAEL PETERSON, 810 COLLEGE AVE #8, KENTFIELD, CA 94904. 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 12, 2014. (Publication Dates: Oct. 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135734 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RMS FINAL TOUCH, 159 DU BOIS ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ROBERT M. SPIESS, 159 DUBOIS 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 25, 2014. (Publication Dates: Oct. 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th of 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135690 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TWO CHICKS BEEF JERKY; TWO CHICKS SPECIALTY GOODS, 41 CLARK ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SHANNON LEA RONAN, 41 CLARK 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 19, 2014. (Publication Dates: Oct. 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th of 2014.)

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OTHER NOTICES 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 dece-

dent. 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 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1403677. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner IRWAN TANADI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: IRWAN TANADI to IRWIN TANADI. 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: NOVEMBER 10, 2014 AT 9:00AM, Dept. L, Room L, 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 26, 2014/s/ MARK A. TALAMANTES, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: Oct 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th of 2014

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Is it OK to keep your income a secret from someone you’re dating? I recently started seeing a girl I work with (at an advertising company). She believes women at our company get paid less on average, and I suspect she’s right. Yesterday she came right out and asked me how much I make. I’m pretty sure I’m the highest-paid person on our team, but her question made me really uncomfortable, and I told her I make a lot less than I actually do. I felt bad lying to a woman I could get serious with, but I don’t want her or other co-workers knowing my salary.—Johnny Paycheck Privacy

It’s normal to keep some personal information secret from the person you’re dating—like your exact income or the fact that you belt out Lynyrd Skynyrd in the car every day on your way to work. Unfortunately, your girlfriend decided it was time to bridge the gap between conversation and colonoscopy. She snookered you into going along by asking you point-blank how much you make. This is really rude—on the level of yelling across the office, “Hey, Steve, ya still got that weird rash on your balls?” Because of that, it catches a person off guard, leading to a reaction like yours—stammering out an answer, but not the one the prying person actually deserves: some version of “Up your butt with a coconut.” Maybe she doesn’t believe you’re entitled to boundaries in a relationship, or maybe she decided she could erase yours for a good cause. And sure, you, like most people, probably want the person you’re with to really know you. But really knowing the person you’re dating means understanding their hopes and dreams, not having the same information you’d get if you duct-taped yourself to the awning of the ATM just before they deposited their paycheck. Beyond one of the biggest problems with lying—the tendency to get caught—by not standing up for your right to keep select areas of your life private, you’re paving the way for future info-hooverings. To dial back your privacy settings, tell her you only revealed your salary because you were so unprepared for her to ask about it. Request that she keep a lid on it, and let her know the boundaries that work for you—like that the woman in your life has a right to know how much you make when you’re sharing a checking account, not a cubicle. You don’t have to turn your pay stub drawer into a petting zoo to show her you care about her concerns. You could offer to help her come up with tactics for negotiating a raise. Keep in mind that research shows that women tend to take the salary, raises and opportunities they’re offered instead of trying to negotiate for more. A book you might get her is Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever. Finally, prepare yourself for being put on the spot by her or anyone with what I call “The Power of Not Right Now”— recognizing that you can decline to answer a person’s question right then and there (perhaps with the exception of inquiries like “You gonna give me your wallet, or do I have to gut you with this rusty screwdriver?”).

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