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What is this—Marie Antoinette at Petit Hameau pretending to be poor? As a person who has been living in poverty for 20 years, who does not meet the criteria to receive SNAP, and who relies on food pantries to subsist, I find this insulting. Being invisible economically in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation is not a picnic.

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Somewhere out there, there’s a guy who’s been hard-of-hearing since birth and it’s gotten much worse since then: 60 years later he’s got a 100 db loss and even he forgets how bad that actually is.

Somewhere out there, there’s a guy whose tinnitus is a constant high ringing in his ears, a high B note in the left and a really high C an octave higher in the right.

Somewhere out there, there’s a guy who has had Crohn’s Disease since his teen years, and the arthritis from that disease has riddled his body but good, to the point where just getting into good physical shape means periodical sciatica, tendinitis in his elbow, shoulders so achy he can’t throw a football anymore, and more scrips than an army.

Somewhere out there, there’s a guy who turned a $350,000 loss for a nonprofit into a $500,000 gain in one meeting.

Somewhere out there, there’s a guy who’s hands-on bodywork skills sometimes means sometimes he doesn’t need to put his hands on a body in order to do his work.

Somewhere out there, there’s a guy whose Crohn’s Disease is so bad he has constant anemia, leading to a fatigue he can feel all day.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who tried to mediate the lawsuit between neighbors and a city and a baseball team, but failed.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who raised a million and half dollars for Marin Energy Authority in one weekend out in the woods east of Portland, Oregon.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who tried to keep Target out of his hometown but failed.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who’s started nine nonprofits in 10 years and only one of them is still active today.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who watched one of the most wonderful nonprofit relationships fall apart in front of his very eyes, and he was helpless to do anything about it cuz he played nice guy.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who’s been fired from two nonprofit boards and asked to leave two others.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who owns at least seven acoustic guitars and a killer Strat, and he’s a great guitarist. He has a

hearing loss, too, a really bad one, like the guy mentioned before.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who writes music every day on his guitar. He doesn’t record it, cuz he figures something else just beautiful sounding will come through his body again tomorrow.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who’s just as weird and screwed up and as full of love as much as the next guy.

Somewhere there’s a guy out there who has more failures than an F student, but he gets a profile about him in the paper.

That’s the guy who should be a Marin Tenner.

Jonathan Frieman, San Rafael

It’s a deal... but only if you get outta the carpool lane!

For years I have been watching this multiuse trail debate and I think I have a solution...

As a West Marin resident and motorcyclist, I have seen the use and sometimes over use of our recreational two wheeled brethren on the already narrow Lucas Valley, Highway One, Point Reyes and surrounding areas. Many times I have been faced with a car well over the double yellow line doing their part—”sharing the road” with the often uniform clad peloton riders who appear completely oblivious that their more than two and three wide riding with impunity might impact others.

I have seen what I would call the “friendly pair” riding side by side firmly engrossed in conversation making all who are behind insignificant.

So how to resolve this multi-use of common road ways without having to rely on the District Attorney to prosecute a person I have a head on with—when I am in my lane, as they pass my apparently brain dead fellow riders?

Simple. Recreational Use Permits. Everyone knows that no matter how much conversation goes on about bicyclists “rights” to the roadway, no fiscal contribution goes to their continued enjoyment of these long strips of asphalt paid for by taxes to motorized users.

Unless of course counting all the cars used to get to Rancho Nicasio or any number of places used as a staging area to abandon four wheels and morph into the mindless user of two.

Use permits would entitle the user to ride on that road for that day, a bicycle type and description, color and user name would be required. Much like buying parking with a credit card; these could be printed at home.

Further, a safety test would be required every three months. Addressing stuff like: actually STOPPING at stop signs; slower traffic keeping to the right; not riding side by side.... simple California Vehicle Code stuff they should know already. Maybe something about helmets? Wide open.

So waddya think Marin? Ready to pay to enjoy the roads? You know we could use the money... Everyone else has to, pay, that is. So, somebody, please tell me why the hell not?

Joseph Brooke, West Marin

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Lipstick on a Pigouvian tax Climate Lobby’s answer to global warming? The free market...

by Pe te r S e id m an

arin residents are part of a contingent of activists seeking to combat climate change by using a market-based financial approach. In other words, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.

One of the prominent organizations involved in the market-based approach is called the Citizens Climate Lobby.

Marshall Saunders, a California resident who made his name in real estate specializing in shopping center development and leasing, founded the organization after becoming aware of climate change in 2006.

He began presenting talks about climate to a wide range of groups.

During the talks, discussion touched on what actions individuals can take to reduce climate change. According to Saunders’ Climate Lobby mission statement, “I realized that anything my listeners intended to do as individuals was totally swamped by public policy, by what the government did or didn’t do. While I suggested ways for people to reduce their use of carbon, Congress extended a law that gave $18 billion in tax credits to oil and coal companies.”

Saunders believed that congressional representatives were ineffectual, missing the mark on energy proposals and ways to reduce pollution. The reasons were obvious to him, as they are to virtually anyone who follows energy policy: The fossil fuel industry exerts inordinate power and has the power to bend potential legislation to its liking.

Saunders says he knew another dynamic was evident. According to his mission statement, “Ordinary people were not asking their members of Congress for anything regarding climate change, not in an organized and effective way. Furthermore, they didn’t know what to do or how to do it, nor did they have self-confidence and support they needed. Citizens Climate Lobby’s purpose is to change all that by empowering individuals to have breakthroughs in exercising their personal and political power and by gaining the tools to be effective with government.”

That may sound more a bit touchy-feely, bordering on a parody of the California stereotype for getting in touch with your inner self. But in the case of Saunders and the Citizens Climate Lobby, the evocation of something reminiscent of a ’70s selfhelp manual is producing a real-world, concrete climate-change model.

A focus of the Climate Lobby is support for various proposals that call for using market-based financial models to control emissions from fossil fuels rather than

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relying on specific regulations that limit emissions.

Marin resident Peter Joseph says he learned about the Climate Lobby in 2011.

As the name implies, the organization focuses on volunteers to lobby legislatures and convince them there’s a new way to combat climate change. “I was immediately intrigued,” he says,” by their approach to the climate crisis. Their approach struck me as the most likely to succeed because it harnesses the enormous throw weight of the financial system and the free market, which is the biggest show on the planet.”

Joseph studied the Climate Lobby proposal and its basis, Pigouvian taxation. “It just seemed to make total sense.”

A Pigouvian tax is levied on activities that generate a negative consequence. The aim of the tax seeks to increase efficiencies and reduce collateral damage. The negative consequences of burning fossil fuel now are irrefutable, despite a sprinkling of deniers who will have their heads in the sand long after the sea level rises and drowns them. A recently leaked United Nations report on global climate change documents the scientific affirmation. According to the report, scientists from around the world agree that there’s a 95-percent probability (science talk for “it’s real”) that human activity is responsible for the climate change the planet is undergoing—and its consequences. Another indication of the serious nature of the climate-change crisis came in May, when atmospheric readings at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii topped 400 parts per million for the first time in about 3 million years. Burning fossil fuel is the culprit. Scientists say the world needs to drop emissions below 350 parts per million—and fast—to positively affect climate-change consequences.

The Climate Lobby strategy rests on the assumptions that it’s unlikely the fossil fuel industry will pull back on their cash cow, and just as unlikely that Congress can pull itself off of the fossil-fuel industry teat. Expecting otherwise makes no sense in a capitalistic market-driven world. But using the dynamics of capitalism and a market-driven economy can bend fossilfuel reliance and create an innovative new economy and way of life that could be as big of a game changer as the industrial revolution.

The question is how.

Harold Hedelman is another Marin resident who’s involved in the Marin contingent of the Climate Lobby. He became involved while participating in the 8> Climate Reality Leadership Corps,

››NEWSGRAMS Stiller, McQueen, Costa-Gavras highlight 36th Mill Valley Film Fest The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) will be rolling out the red carpet next month for the likes of Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Geoffrey Rush, Andy Garcia, Bruce Dern and more, as Marin’s biggest film fangoria sets the stage for its 36th year.

The festival, which runs Oct. 3 to 13, will also feature a tribute on Oct. 4 to legendary French filmmaker Costa-Gavras, whose resume includes such films as Z, Missing and Music Box. Dern, no stranger to Mill Valley after starring in the Dipsea-inspired On the Edge (1986), stars in the opening night film Nebraska—director Alexander Payne guided Dern to a best actor award for his work in the film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Stiller will be on hand for a pair of screenings as director and star of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Rush returns to the festival (in 1994 the then-unknown actor debuted Shine at MVFF) for The Book Thief, making its world premiere on opening night; and former Marin resident Penn returns to his stomping grounds as narrator of chemical-industry expose The Human Experiment.

The festival’s annual spotlight presentations this year will include Jared Leto, whose new movie Dallas Buyers Club finds him playing a transsexual drug smuggler, and Dakota Fanning as the young bride of Victorian-era art snob John Ruskin in Effie Gray.

Also on the schedule is the much-talked about 12 Years a Slave, director Steve McQueen’s true story of a free black man abducted in New York and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South. The film is already being mentioned as an Oscar frontrunner.

For ticket information, visit www.mvff.com. —Jason Walsh Marinites protest in SF and Novato Candles lit the way Sept. 9 at a vigil outside of Representative Nancy Pelosi’s office in San Francisco, as Bay Area members of MoveOn.org protested the possibility of military action in Syria.

With a possible Congressional vote looming last week on whether the United States should bomb Syria in the wake of the purported chemical attack ordered by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Aug. 21; the sarin gas released allegedly killed more than 1,400 Syrians.

Prior to the gathering at Pelosi’s 90 Seventh St. office, San Anselmo MoveOn organizer Pat Johnstone, and representatives of other participating organizations, delivered petitions to Pelosi’s staff bearing signatures from supporters across the country. One petition, from the social change organizatoin CREDO Action, had more than 210,000 signatures as of press time.

Closer to home, a vigil of about 30 people led by Peace Novato took place that night at Novato’s old City Hall in the downtown.

Rep. Pelosi, who has said that she supports military action against Syria, was in D.C. at the time.

For her part, Rep. Pelosi said last week, “President Obama did not draw the red line, humanity drew it decades ago–170 some countries supporting the convention on not using chemicals, chemical warfare. So, it is really something that from a humanitarian standpoint cannot be ignored or else we cannot say ‘never again.’

The vigil was one of hundreds which took place across the country, according to Johnstone.—Mackenzie Mount ‘Cotton Ball’ dabs another bank?The Cotton Ball Bandit may have swabbed his seventh bank in Marin–as Redwood Credit Union at Montecito Plaza was the latest target in a recent cross-county bank-robbing spree.

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1. Start with some trashy trivia: California Coastal Cleanup Day takes place every September since 1989, and the next one will be on Sept. 21 at a beach near you. What three types of items have been most commonly collected along the California coast, from 1989-present?

2. How many arms and tentacles does a squid have?

3. What are the three most common 5-letter family names in the U.S.?

4. Name these “berries”:

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5. Breakfasts became much more exciting when this advancement was introduced in the 1920s, added to a common kitchen appliance. We still derive pleasure from its actions.

What was it?

6. Julia Roberts won her only Academy Award, as best actress, for her role in what 2000 film?

7. Rearrange the letters in each of these words to form the names of four countries: panel, enemy, reign, serial 8. It was in June of what year ending with “3” that the first drive-in movie theater began operating, in New Jersey?

9. The highest mountain (Pico Duarte) and the longest river (Yaque del Norte) in the Caribbean Sea are both located on what island?

10. Can you write a 5-letter anagram of the word “Trivias” for each of these descriptions?

10a. Indian musical instrument 10b. A way to elevate yourself 10c. What you pay your friends or relatives BONUS QUESTION: In 1839 Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented what form of transportation that he named the velocipede? if you have any great questions, send them along to howard1@ triviacafe.com, and if we use your question we’ll give you credit. www.triviacafe.com.

V When three Marin dog groom- ers aren’t shearing county pooches, they’re picking up dogs from Kern County Animal Control in Bakersfield, one of the highest kill shelters in the country. Melinda and Janine Schengel, owners of Doggie Styles in Mill Valley, and their friend Cookie Snyder, owner of Tamalpais Dog Grooming in Corte Madera, were distraught upon learning that more than half of the 17,000 dogs entering the Kern shelter annually will be euthanized.

They began the Kern Project under the auspices of the nonprofit Northern California Family Dog Rescue. Our heroes now save the lives of dogs and cats from the Kern shelter by transporting them to homes in Marin and the Bay Area. Join their mission at http://thekernproject.com.

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W Sometimes words are inadequate when describing a Marin affair. Tara Elfenbein, 44, of San Rafael, allegedly entered the nearby home of a married couple and used her phone to make a video of the couple engaged in sex. That caused a bit of a ruckus, not to mention coitus interruptus. Elfenbein, accused of biting both victims and pulling the woman’s hair, pleaded not guilty last week to battery causing serious bodily injury, vandalism and other charges. The man in this triangle admitted to police that Elfenbein and he are platonic friends and had a social meeting scheduled the day the melee occurred. As far as we know, no bunny was found boiling in a pot on the stove.—Nikki Silverstein

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Big Ang opening a bar in Miami with bikini TUESDAY, SEPT. 17 Dads Two guys in waitresses degrading themselves for tips. their 30s cope with having their dads move Of course, you’re degrading yourself just by in. So it’s like “Frasier Squared” the kind thinking of watching it. VH1. 11pm. of thing Fox’s “Random Sitcom Premise Generator” spits out from time to time. Fox. SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 Lifeboat Survivors 8pm. from a sunken freighter find themselves Night Shift If you are of a certain age, you adrift on the ocean, eyeing the waves will remember when this was on HBO anxiously, fearing their boat will go under every night, alternating every two hours any minute. We’ve had first dates like that. with Beastmaster. (1982) Sundance Chan(1944) Turner Classic Movies. 5pm. nel. 9:45pm.

Major League Baseball The Giants are in The New Atlanta This is another spinoff Los Angeles, playing the Dodgers. Don’t from The Housewives of Atlanta but with worry. They’ll bring bodyguards. And antiyounger people who are just learning to septic. NBC. 6pm. be crass and obnoxious. Bravo. 10pm.

Ragin’ Cajun Redneck Gators It’s a movie The Tonight Show Whenever Neil Patrick about mutant alligators. It’s not a country Harris appears, it’s typically to announce band on the Tea Party rally circuit. (2013) another modification in “the Gay Agenda.”

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< 6 Lipstick on a Pigouvian tax an organization sparked by former Vice President Al Gore. The impetus behind the Reality Leadership Corps is similar to the Climate Lobby. They both train citizen soldiers in the battle to combat climate change. The Reality Corps concentrates on influencing the media and using social networks to inspire communities and individuals to take action. The Citizens Climate Lobby taps volunteers to influence legislation. The Climate Lobby holds monthly conference-call meetings that have 500 to 700 people listening to expert speakers. The Climate Lobby also distributes calls for action each month.

After the conference call, small groups, like the one in Marin, break off and talk about action in their local areas.

Along with the conference call comes a packet of material related to the action issues. This month, the Climate Lobby is focusing on, among other issues, a hearing in the House of Representatives on climate change. That’s a big deal because, as the packet states, “climate change has been missing in action these past few years” in Congress. On Sept. 18, the House Energy and Power Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee will visit the climate-change issue. But climate-change activists are concerned the hearing will present more of an Obama-bashing set piece than a legitimate investigation of ways to meet the climate-change challenge. Still, the issue is on the table for the first time in a while.

The loose connection of having a national action issue teamed with local action, says Hedelman, highlights the modus of the Climate Lobby. The local groups take what the national organization has to offer and fashion their own plans. The Marin group set up a meeting with Democratic Congressman Mike Thompson, who represents Napa and the wine country. He’s co-chair of the Wine Caucus. The idea that Hedelman and

Joseph brought to the table is the consequence of climate change on the wine industry. Translating the climate-change issue into dollars and cents make sense when trying to move the needle in the business community.

The keystone (pun intended) idea behind using market forces to bend the climate-change curve involves reducing reliance on specific regulations to cut emissions and moving to what’s called a fee-and-dividend strategy. The idea is to put a Pigouvian charge on emissions at the source. The fee would be based on the amount of carbon in a fossil fuel.

The fee would increase progressively.

It would start low, say $15 per ton, and gradually increase by, say $10, each year. Congress would set the amount of increase. Producers of emissions could decide how to increase efficiencies and otherwise cut carbon emissions, rather than work to comply with increasingly stringent and complex government regulations. “Efficiency becomes a goal,” says Joseph.

The fee-and-dividend strategy would be simpler and more effective than the cap-and-trade strategy now employed in California. In that strategy, a set level of emissions is the cap. Producers who emit anything above the cap can trade on their emissions, essentially paying to produce more pollution. The money can go toward pollution reduction programs.

Other advocates of harsh measures to curb emissions call for public and private divestment of investments in the fossil-fuel industry. But, says Joseph, that strategy may succeed in tarnishing a company’s image but it fails in the long run. As divestment causes a company’s stock to decline, other investors will be glad to snap up bargains, and the company continues producing and using fossil fuels that generate emissions which enter the economy.

“The best way to achieve divestment,” says Joseph, is a carbon fee. The main advantage of a fee is the price signal it sends to the market, which instantly recognizes that renewable energy is more attractive than fossil fuels.” As the price of fossil fuel and production using fossil fuels increases, industry will search for cost-cutting alternatives. A utility company contemplating building a new generation plan, for instance, would be more inclined to invest in a solar production facility than a fossil-fuel facility if the company knew the price of fossil fuel was on an escalating curve as a result of a fee-and-dividend strategy.

It’s the dividend part of the equation that has many people, including industry representatives and legislators, perking their ears. Several permutations of the fee-and-dividend strategy are floating around in their formative stages. In the most progressive version, 100 percent of the fee assessed on carbon would be returned to every American as a regularly disbursed rebate. That’s a plan similar to the oil-income distribution that Alaska residents receive. The rebates would ensure that family budgets could absorb fossil-fuel increases.

It makes the proposal revenue neutral.

No big infusions of money into government coffers. And that could make the fee-and-dividend proposal attractive, or at least acceptable, to Republicans who disdain any increased taxation. Even fossil-fuel bigwigs like Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, say that a carbon fee is the way to go to enter an age of energy transformation, better than a volatile cap-and-trade strategy. The fee-and-dividend strategy also is attracting a gaggle of conservative economists who recognize the intense need to curb carbon emissions as good business. If there’s a strategy that also can stimulate a new green economy, which proponents of fee-and-dividend say can happen, so much the better.

The fee-and-dividend strategy doesn’t seem as kooky as it once did. That alteration is similar to the progression of thinking about environmental issues and organic foods. “What is starting to happen,” says Mark Reynolds, executive director of the Climate Lobby, “is enough political cover has emerged for Republicans” to get on the fee and dividend train.

But Reynolds and other advocates of the new paradigm are under no illusions. While what he calls “conservative thought leaders” are starting to listen to the fee-and-dividend message, legislators who embrace the strategy publicly are in danger of a primary attack from the far right. “It’s a tough political dynamic.”

The Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies set what’s called the social cost of carbon to estimate climate-change effects used in crafting legislation. In May, the Obama administration increased the social cost of carbon from $22 to $36 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted. That increase reflects an increase in estimated consequences. Republican legislators almost immediately pushed back on the increase.

It’s avoiding that kind of contretemps and using positive market forces to affect change that proponents think the feeand-dividend strategy can produce.

For a time, proponents shied away from even using the word “tax.” They called it a fee. But the nomenclature may have moved to the distinction without a difference territory. “People who are inclined to see it as a tax will see it as a tax,” says Daniel Richter, legislative director for the Climate Lobby. “We’ve given up trying to find a clever word to use instead of calling it a tax.”

But one thing remains no matter what anyone calls it, a tax or a fee, it’s still revenue neutral. “We’re seeing more interest in this type of proposal than ever before,” says Richter. ✹ Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.

< 6 Newsgrams According to the San Rafael Police Department, a white male in his early 40s made off with an undisclosed amount of cash at about 9:15am Sept. 4; no weapon was seen and no one was injured during the bank robbery.

Witnesses told police that the robber matched the description of the Cotton Ball Bandit, a serial bank robbery suspect who is believed to be behind six previous bank holdups in Corte Madera, Greenbrae and Mill Valley. The Central Marin Police Authority had made a press release about the suspect that included photographs and a video clip.

Witnesses at the scene who saw CMPA’s images, identified the suspect as one and the same.

CMPA officers are calling the serial bank robber the Cotton Ball Bandit because the suspect is known for his brown winter knit beanie, with earflaps, and a ‘cotton ball’ on the top.

San Rafael Police describe the suspect as “a white male adult, 40 to 45 years, about 5 feet 10 inches, slight to medium build, unshaven gray stubble, wearing a dark colored knit cap with tassels over the ears, pink T-shirt, black jacket, black jeans with holes in the knees.”

SRPD Investigations is working with the Central Marin Police Authority, Marin County Sheriff ’s Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations to identify the suspect.

The suspect should be considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, say SRPD officials. If seen, call 911, the San Rafael Police Department at 415-485-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477. —JW 8 PACIFIC SUN SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

››Heroes of Marin revisted

Fresh Starts Culinary Academy Homeward Bound’s restaurant program has Marin licking its lips...

by Stephanie Powell aunched in 2009 as a culinary training program for participants in Homeward Bound’s housing program, the Fresh Starts Culinary Academy was created to help homeless clients increase employability within Marin’s dynamic dining scene, while raising funds for its job-training program.

Fresh Starts was named in 2010 as one of the Pacific Sun’s inaugural Heroes of Marin. We caught up with Homeward Bound deputy director Paul Fordham to find out what’s new at the nonprofit culinary academy.

Homelessness in Marin is down from recent years—but people on the “brink” of homelessness is rising—have you seen any ripple effects from this at Fresh Starts?

The culinary training at Fresh Starts is open to students from the community as well as Homeward Bound residents through a partnership with Marin County Office of Education’s Regional Occupation Program. This fall, we had twice as many applicants as we could accommodate. So that is evidence that a fair number of people are still looking to build skills that will boost their job prospects.

Is there anything new enrollees to Fresh Starts find particularly challenging about the program?

Every student has their own set of challenges, as we all do in our personal circumstances. We emphasize attendance, punctuality and conflict resolution as elements future A recent Fresh Starts line crew... employers will be looking for.

With the program emphasizing job creation, where have you seen some of the participants get jobs?

The social enterprise program at Homeward Bound of Marin has created job opportunities for our students within the agency. Our partnership with Whistlestop, for example, allows for a full-time supervisor position at the cafè that is filled by one of our graduates.

Most of our graduates find employment outside Homeward Bound. Graduates are working at Sonoma Mission Inn, Pub Republic in Petaluma, El Paseo House of Chops in Mill Valley, Muscio’s in Novato, Safeway stores and Whole Foods Markets across the county, and in numerous other local businesses.

What is the biggest misconception about Fresh Starts?

Some people wonder if homeless people want to work; this is such a huge misconception that we shatter on a daily basis. We see that all of our students want employment and that they are hungry for success. It’s good to work in the food industry when you are hungry!

Who are some of the guest chefs lined up in the next year?

Fresh Starts Chef Events likes to offer both demonstration classes and hands-on teaching classes. We have hands-on classes in the fall featuring appetizers with wine-tasting led

by Ziggy the Wine Gal of KRSH-FM Radio, and sausage making with Dave the Butcher.

In February, we’ll feature the state’s best firehouse chef, Marv Blandon of the Novato Fire Department, who won his title in an “iron chef” event at the California State Fair.

Has there been a student who stands out in your mind as a memorable or unique success story?

We had one student who came in wanting to be a celebrity chef, and we suggested that he set his sights a little lower, at least initially. He did fantastically in our training program and he secured employment at...wait for it...Tyler Florence’s El Paseo restaurant in Mill Valley! So perhaps he will become a celebrity chef after all. It’s amazing what you can do when you start to believe in your dreams. Y Get cooking with Stephanie at spowell@pacificsun.com.

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‘Tis the season when Marin paints its masterpieces...

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hen Ray Bradbury wrote of, “That country whose people are autumnpeople, thinking only autumn thoughts,” we like to believe he was writing about Marin.

While it’s true the three other seasons in these parts are nothing to sneeze at, few things can match a September sea breeze on the Sausalito Ferry ... the scent of damp evergreen on the Pinchot Grove boardwalk on a rainy October in Muir Woods ... or the sudden appearance of fake snow at the corner of Fourth and A every Thanksgiving weekend in San Rafael.

The official autumnal equinox doesn’t take place until Sept. 22, but for the county’s art-and-culture lovers, there’s no better time to kick things off than Sept. 21 at the Mill Valley Arts Festival, that venerable Saturday-Sunday gathering of fine art, live music and family shows under the shade of towering Redwoods at Old Mill Park. And, with that, here’s our 2013 review of the Marin arts scene, and a look ahead at what the fall has to offer on stage, screen and page.

It’s a wonderful start to the season for we autumn people, as we go thinking our autumn thoughts. —Jason Walsh, editor

On with the shows

Talent upstages funding on struggling local theater scene...

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n last year’s overview of Marin’s theater scene, I observed that while our small-population county hosts a level of live performances that rivals larger East Coast suburban areas with far more established cultural traditions, the appearance is healthier than the reality.

Unfortunately, this trend continues in 2013.

If you peruse the roster below, you won’t find any startups. In fact, the most recent addition to the local theater circuit, Marin Independent Cabaret Theatre, is no longer with us. Porchlight Theatre has had to cancel a scheduled production and faces an uncertain future. Itinerant San Rafael-based AlterTheatre is bravely forging ahead even though the path is anything but smooth. The founder of Sausalito’s Antenna Theatre, which was once boldly experimental, says financial constraints make it necessary to limit himself to projects that have a good chance of making their budget.

The problem isn’t a shortage of either talent or audience. Despite competition from other entertainments, both are plentiful. It’s money—or, rather, the lack thereof. As the fundraising people keep reminding us, even in a best-case scenario subscriptions and single-ticket sales seldom cover more than about 50 percent of a company’s expenses. That ratio can rise if you own the building in which you perform, or find a free venue. Alternatively, you may decline to pay people for their work, put strict limits on production costs (including costumes, sets, lighting and sound equipment) and engage in the minimum amount of promotion. The first option mentioned is improbable, the others are self-defeating.

So, it comes down to the need for a steady flow of contributed income, and that’s where Marin’s theatrical environment has not been particularly favorable.

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(administrator of the Buck Trust) have, for one reason or another, either kept their distance or directed funding to peripheral areas like outreach and audience building, rather than program or startup seed money. As for individuals, that much-prized species known as Big Donors is (except in Mill Valley, where Marin Theatre Company has been the main beneficiary) about as rare as grizzly bears.

Lest this gloomy assessment leads you to conclude that the county is about to turn into a theatrical desert, let me add that there are some significant glimmers of hope. As I just mentioned, due to the largesse of its benefactors and the skillful work of its artists and staff, Marin Theatre Company has strengthened its position as one of the Bay Area’s leading producers. The College of Marin seems to be recapturing some of its old elan, as evidenced by the recent large-scale production of Big River. The Ross Valley Players is steadily improving production quality, especially its ability to attract talented non-Equity actors. Novato Theater Company has finally found a home in the Hamilton area and is currently embarked on a vigorous campaign to make it livable. This year’s Mountain Play (The Sound of Music) was a huge success and Marin Shakespeare Company redeemed a relatively lackluster summer season with a raucously entertaining production of All’s Well That Ends Well.

These are but a few of the brighter spots as we head into the fall months. A brief rundown of what to expect follows.

Marin Theatre Company 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley 415/388-5208, marintheatre.org News: Beginning his seventh season as artistic director, Jasson Minadakis cites new play development and continued subscriber growth as areas of progress.

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Reports an anonymous donor has agreed to match all contributions dollar for dollar through the end of the year. Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol Is MTC’s new take on the Dickens classic.

Fall productions: Good People (ends Sept.

15); I & You (Oct. 10 to Nov. 3); Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Nov. 21 to Dec. 15) Marin Shakespeare Company Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University 415/499/4488, marinshakespeare.org News: As You Like It will be one of next summer’s play, other two not named. 2014 will be Lesley and Bob Currier’s 25th season as company directors.

Fall productions: All’s Well That Ends Well runs through Sept. 28.

Mountain Play Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, Mt. Tamalpais 415/383-1100, mountain play.org News: Eilene Grady is new associate producer; 2014’s South Pacific will be directed

by Linda Dunn, runs May 18 to June 15.

Fall productions: The annual fundraising Gala will be at JCC Osher Marin on Nov. 9.

Antenna Theatre P.O. Box 73, Sausalito 94966 415/332-8867, antennatheatre.org News: Summer of Love bus tour out of SF will be replaced next spring by something called Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan (guided visits to notorious SF crime scenes).

Company headquarters is moving to San Rafael.

Fall productions: None AlterTheatre 1333 Fourth St., San Rafael 94901 415/454-2787, altertheatre.org News: “The demise of Shakespeare Santa Cruz has all of us shaken. They were doing everything right,” says artistic director Jeanette Harrison. They will continue to produce in vacant storefronts on Fourth Street., with an emphasis on new plays.

Fall productions: The Fellowship (Nov. 16 to Dec. 15) Porchlight Theater (Currently in hiatus)

The Ross Valley Players hope everyone will be talking about 'Chapter Two' this theater season.

Ross Valley Players Marin Art and Garden center, Ross 415/456-9555, rossvalleyplayers.org News: The Dixie Swim Club brought in the second highest box office sales in RVP’s history. However, there is an urgency for much-needed upgrading of space and equipment Fall productions: Chapter Two (Sept. 13 to Oct. 13). Unintended Consequences (RAW Series, Oct. 18 to 27), Harvey (Nov. 15 to Dec. 15) Novato Theater Company P.O. Box 233, Novato 94948 415/883-4498, News: They have the theater shell, but need about $150,000 to finish the interior.

Housed on a 10-year lease of a strip mall property near Hamilton. Everybody’s excited by the newfound stability and opportunity.

Fall Productions: The Lion in Winter (Ends Sept. 22), Gypsy (Oct. 18 to Nov. 10), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Nov. 29 to Dec. 15) College of Marin Drama Department Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield 415/485-9385, marin.edu/departments/ theatre News: With new facilities and a new fulltime faculty member, COM aims to regain its position as one of the Bay Area’s leading theater training centers. The emphasis will be on coordination with dance and music, plus an aggressive outreach to county high schools.

Fall productions: A Streetcar Named Desire (Oct. 3 to 20), The Importance of Being Ernest (Dec. 5 to 15) Y Tell Charles to break a leg at cbrousse@juno.com.

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The fall performing arts lineup runs the gamut of quirky to refined and, happily, it begins with a laugh.

The northern leg of the juried San Francisco Comedy Competition takes place at 8:30pm Friday, Sept. 13, at the Marin Showcase Theater, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. $25. www.sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com. The show is the second of four in the competition’s first week, which features 15 comics performing five-to-seven minute sets and vying to become part of the five who move on to week two. The competition says Robin Williams was a runner-up back in the early ‘70s, with subsequent decades seeing performances by Louis C.K., Ellen DeGeneres, Patton Oswalt and Wanda Sykes.

Another night o’ jest follows with comic Geoff Hoyle’s show Geezer at 8pm Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. $35-$50. 415/383-9600. www.throckmortontheatre.org. Hoyle tackles aging, and muses on the meaning of life in his solo show.

Things kick up a twinkle-toed notch with a performance by the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble at 3pm Sunday, Sept. 15, at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. $20-$45. 415/473-6800. www. marincenter.org. The 50-member troupe of dancers and musicians presents a rainbow of traditional costumes and a range of age-old songs.

Next, the Marin Symphony kicks off its 61st season, for the first time, alfresco. Music buffs of all ages are welcomed onto the Marin Center’s Lagoon Park Grounds, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, at 6pm Sunday, Sept. 15, $10-$50, free for age 5 and younger. 415/4736800. www.marinsymphony.org.

MOMIX Botanica will get things twirling at Marin Center Pack a picnic, lawn chairs and an this October. ear for cinematic favorites from Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and E.T. The show ends with fireworks.

Catch the Marin Symphony’s air-conditioned concerts with the National Young Composers Challenge Composium at 2pm Sunday, Oct. 6, and the masterworks show From Russia With Love at 3pm Sunday, Oct. 27 and 7:30pm Tuesday, Oct. 29 at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium. $10 suggested donation for the Young Composers Challenge, $10-$70 for From Russia With Love. 415/473-6800. www. marinsymphony.org.

Get goofy again during Fun With Dick & Bob, a chatty, musical, guest-laden variety show from entertainment vets Dick Bright and Bob Sarlatte. 8pm Friday, Sept. 27, at 142 Throckmorton Theatre. 415/383-9600. www.throckmortontheatre. org. Special appearances include Deborah Winters, the California Cowboys, Jack Gallagher, Dan Spencer and Geoff Bolt.

This season’s quirk comes in a hybrid of music and comedy from Creed Bratton, who plays an eponymous whack-a-do on The Office. 9pm Friday, Sept. 27.

Sweetwater Music Hall, Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. $27. 415/388-3850. www. sweetwatermusichall.com. Rock aficionados might remember Bratton as a member of the Grass Roots in the mid ‘60s.

Back to the simply standing up and talking kind of comedy, comic Scott Capurro brings the straight-up, hardcore wit at 8pm Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Throckmorton Theatre. $20-$35. As an actor, Capurro’s credits include voicing the redheaded half of a two-headed, podrace commentor in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. San Francisco-based comedienne Caitlin Gill opens.

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The Bay Area traveling company New Century Chamber Orchestra keeps Marinite’s pinkies up and ears The Marin Symphony rolls out the red carpet this month for the works of film composer John Williams. piqued with two performances this of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Laurel fall at the Osher Avenue, Kentfield. $10-$15. 415/485-9385.

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Rafael. The string orchestra performs works Get the kiddos pumped for another by composer Michael Daugherty in Daughchance to catch family-friendly opera, with erty Perspectives at 5pm Sunday, Sept. 29, and the screening Carmen for Families at 1pm it plays two violin concertos in Legacies and Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Smith Rafael Film Concertos at 5pm Sunday, Nov. 24, $29-$59 Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. Free. for each show. 415/357-1111, ext. 4. www.

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Francisco Opera presents the gratis, one-hour A mash of culture and comfort comes in the joy of watching opera and eating popcorn show, which is a filming of the company’s performance in 2011. during The Met: Live in HD series at the Grab a lover, a neighbor, a friend and head Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. to Song For All Beings at 7:30pm Satur415/924-5111. www.larktheater.net. The fall day, Nov. 2 to harmonize for world peace performances of the cinematic opera season at the Marin Center Veterans’ Memorial include screenings of Eugene Onegin at 10am Auditorium. $48-$68. 415/473-6800. www.

Saturday, Oct. 5, and at 6:30pm Wednesday, marincenter.org. The feel-good singalong is a Oct. 9; The Nose at 10am Saturday, Oct. 26; show laden with big names, including actress and Tosca at 10am Saturday, Nov. 9 and at Marisa Tomei and Marin’s own mindfulness 11am Saturday, Nov. 16. master Jack Kornfield, of Spirit Rock MeditaThe fall comedy streak keeps streaking tion Center. with standup from Carlos Alazraqui, who The guys of the Marin Golden Gate Barplayed Deputy James Garcia on Comedy bershop Chorus get together for a grand old Central’s Reno 911! (He wasn’t the dude in time, and a little harmonizing, too, at 2pm the short shorts.) 8pm Friday, Oct. 11. Marin Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Marin Showcase TheShowcase Theater. $20-$30. 415/473-6800. ater. $15-$25. 415/473-6800. www.marincenwww.marincenter.org. ter.org. Special guests include Bay-area male To get that opera fix in person, check out vocal ensemble Musaic.

Golden Gate Opera’s kid-friendly presentaThe fall symphonic season isn’t over tion of Hansel and Gretel, 7pm Friday, Oct. yet—catch the Mill Valley Philharmonic 25, and 2pm Sunday, Oct. 27. Marin Showin concert at 2pm Sunday, Nov. 17, at the case Theater, $15-$45, 415/473-6800, www.

Osher Marin JCC. Free. 415/444-8000. www. marincenter.org. The performances include marinjcc.org. The performance features Bay Area dance students portraying candy AntonÌn Dvor·k’s Symphony No. 9., From the canes and other sweet things in the wicked New World. witch’s gingerbread house.

A performing arts season just wouldn’t feel MOMIX Botanica heats things up with right without a proper beatboxing concert. its athletic dance meets crazy costume meets So self-described “human beatbox and vocal music ranging from Vivaldi to birdsong at magician” Yuri Lane delivers with From Tel 8pm Friday, Oct. 25, at the Marin Veterans’ Aviv to Ramallah: A Beatbox Journey at 7pm Memorial Auditorium. $20-$60. 415/473Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Osher Marin JCC. 6800. www.marincenter.org. The traveling Free. 415/444-8000. www.marinjcc.org. dance company uses massive, colorful props Finally, Bale Folclorico da Bahia ends the created by a designer for the Broadway musiseason with a bang at 8pm Saturday, Nov. cal The Lion King.

23, at the Marin Center Veterans’ Memorial The dance scene remains hot with the Auditorium. $20-$60. 415/473-6800. www.

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There are three causes of apparent sea level rise: the melting of the world’s ice and snow, the expansion of the sea water itself due to increased heat, and the subsistence of the land itself (often due to depletion of the water table).

This sea level rise relative to the adjacent land, if it is not counterbalanced, dwarfs all other realistic worries about the world as we know it. It will cause not only the loss of the majority of the world’s coastal cities, but also large portions of the world’s low land masses, disruption of agriculture, salt intrusion into our rivers and aquifers, and the greatest migration of all life forms inland ever imagined.

For all the good deeds undertaken recently by world philanthropists, billionaires and ex-presidents fighting disease, hunger, fostering education and economic development, their large efforts are misplaced if the monumental problem of sea level rise is not addressed.

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Initially it will require the flooding of an area in and around the Qattari depression in Egypt. Next will be the expansion of the flooded area to a sea the size of the Mediterranean (requiring a treaty of Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Algeria and Libya with the funding nations). Last, the expansion to flood most of the lower Sahara desert using mountain borders, and the largest and most expensive dam project ever contemplated (with dam heights in places up to 50’.)

How much sea level rise will each step counterbalance? In the first Qattari part, infinitely little. But the beginning with the Qattari project (a project already studied for economic reasons including hydroelectric power, creating an inland salt sea fed by a canal, and giving some climate and rainfall advantages), will prove the concept to the skeptics, and be largely justifiable on its own economic and environmental merits. It will help prove the evaporation calculations and it will be a better object for Egyptian foreign aid. It is also in Egyptians’ interest as they will lose their largest cities of Cairo and Alexandria early to sea level rises.

The second part, creating a sea the size of the Mediterranean in low parts of the Sahara desert adjacent to the Qattara region in Egypt, Sudan and Libya will create approximately 1/8 inch of sea level lowering, which is the current amount of seal level rise measured last year. This rise is, of course, predicted to increase exponentially each year such that the lowest projections for sea level rise this century are about 4’ or more, with many predictions much, much greater. This newly flooded area will not require the overwhelming dams needed later as it will fill low areas. Evaporation levels are the key, and this area of the Sahara’s ability to evaporate water is probably in the range of 7-9 feet per year. Because a likely untenable amount of pumping would be required to fill and refill the new sea, a canal or canals will be required to feed the evaporating inland sea.

The third phase, requiring the treaty agreement of all the countries bordering the Sahara and the funding nations, will be a dam(s) encircling most of the Sahara in the areas that hills and mountains would not contain the sea (for example, the Atlas Mountains). Note there will be in-sea islands because of the varying topography. This sea could handle 1” approximately of sea level rise per year with the estimated evaporation levels. Additionally, the volume of water in the sea would be the equivalent of another 6” to 12” rise, depending on the dam’s height and the ability to keep it well filled.

Why does such a huge area have to be flooded and contained to deal with the sea level rise? The Sahara, though about the size of the United States, when compared to the world’s oceans, represents just 2% of its area. Thus for every cubic inch of sea level rise, 50 cubic inches of equivalent Saharan sea has to be either contained or alternatively, evaporated and absorbed in land areas.

Because evaporation levels of 7 to 9 feet per year can be expected in the very hot Sahara, if most of that falls on the adjoining land areas, we can compensate for an inch of sea level rise. As the prevailing winds across the Sahara head to the south, we can expect most of the derived rainfall to fall on subSahara Africa.

What are the other reasons that make the Sahara ideal?

First, its living population of humans and other species is low in numbers and varieties. Though only about 20% of the Sahara is sand dunes, it is an inhospitable environment for all types of life. Most would fare better elsewhere. It contains many depressions and low lying areas, and its low areas are close to a sea source, the Mediterranean. The sand areas are expanding every day and claiming more land, and this would stop. Though it does have some resources that people hope to exploit, these resources are a pittance compared to what will be saved elsewhere if sea level rise is kept in check. The species potentially lost or displaced by the flooding are mightily outnumbered by the species saved in the world’s coastal regions. Further, the peoples and nations of the Sahara region would likely support the project in the belief that a better environment and economic situation would be the result. The potential benefits include: less heat, more rainfall, better employment opportunities in construction, recreation, new transportation corridors, tourism, real estate, and a new, clean sea food source, at least for the time that increased salinity is not a limiting factor. Imagine a shallow sea teeming with seal life kept clean by limiting the use of oil dispersing motor equipment. Agriculture in surrounding areas should be improved because of new rainfall and cooler adjacent climate. Industrially there will be a boom for heavy equipment manufacturers and suppliers, concrete and rebar manufacturers, miners of needed resources like lime, gravel, sand, and fisheries. At least on the Egyptian east side there can be initially a real estate boom along the needed canal where a fixed border would be in place. Later, when fixed third phase dam and mountain borders are established, planned sensible development could make much of the adjacent land appealing places to live.

Imagine an infrastructure around the perimeter of the dams with intermediate concrete buttresses that could accommodate sand and land buildup between the buttresses. Thus, there would be routes to the new sea’s edges, places for houses, businesses, recreation and the needed transportation corridors. Importantly, these buttresses, together with the land buildup behind the dams, would provide additional perimeter wall support diminishing any possible chance and size of leak, or loss because of a terrorist act. And, if the initial walls are built for higher loads with protected expansion rebar, the dams could be expanded for greater height in the future.

Among the drawbacks are: Unless a means is found to deal with the effects of increased salinity due to the rapid evaporation, the sea will become increasingly saline over time to the point where it will not support most sea life.

There will be salt intrusion into the Sahara’s aquifers and a salt crust will form on the bottom of the new sea.

Concrete production is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas, and its manufacture must be cleaner not to exacerbate the existing problem.

The project must be started soon to keep up with sea level rises. This includes canal building, pumping stations, train routes for equipment and resources to the Egyptian area first. The equipment must be designed for high heat and sand intrusion.

The sea water sent to this area must not have its life decimated in pumps and pipes, if and when a canal(s) cannot move all the sea water needed.

Even with economies of scale, the third stage of extensive dams will cost trillions of dollars, plus the money to provide economic aid to the region and to deal with some private land rights.

But remember, there are no other workable plans to contain sea level rise. This plan, as enormously expensive as it will eventually become in its third and last stage, is nothing compared to the cost of having to builds seawalls around most of the coasts of the world. Remember too, even the perimeter of North Africa would need such a wall to protect its coastal cities and areas, giving those nations another reason to favor the project.

With the collective will of the concerned and non-fatalistic people of the world, we can save the cities and civilization we know. We have formed saveourcities.org to spread the word. Consider helping us help ourselves and our children by supporting doing something now! There is no reason to be frustrated, depressed and be paralyzed believing there is nothing to be done. Please, engineers and planners and contributors, contact us, help us build a Saharan sea model (akin to the Bay Model) with airborne lidar, and lets solve this dilemna. saveourcities.org John Pollak, 215 Golden Gate Ave, Belvedere, CA 94920 September 13 - September 19, 2013 Pacific Sun 13

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t was a great summer of art in Marin. In August, the Tiburon Art Festival treated art lovers to a stunning outdoor installation with 128 enormous brightly rendered abstract paintings by Bulgarian native Kiril Jeliazkov, installed at Blackie’s Pasture and along the edge of the nearby soccer field, while along the town’s waterfront were bold, elegant sculptures by Jean Pierre Rives.

One essential free exhibit is SFMOMA’s installation of huge industrial sculptures by Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field. From a distance, they look as if aliens have landed; up close they overwhelm with size, mass, and a surprising sense of delicacy. Some even respond oh-so-gingerly to the slightest breeze, like gigantic weathervanes. Don’t miss the view from ground level at the east end of the field, looking back toward the Golden Gate Bridge. This brilliant installation will be in place through May 2014.

Now that autumn is upon us, here are some of the season’s most interesting exhibits: * * * * * Southern Marin Mill Valley Arts Festival: The annual Fall Arts Festival happens the weekend of Sept. 21-22 in Old Mill Park behind the Mill Valley Library, 10am to 5pm both days. General admission is $10; students/ seniors, $5; and children under 12, free. See the special MFFAF section in this week’s Sun. www.mvfaf.org Seager Gray Gallery: Through Sept.

29, Seager Gray hosts “awake and away,” an intense, elegantly installed exhibit of paintings, drawings and collages by Jane Hambleton, whose work riffs on the intersection of the objective and the imaginary, encompassing genres as diverse as figurative realism and color-field abstraction.

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Jane Hambleton’s eight-piece installation, ‘Fragment,’ can be seen as part of the artist’s ‘Awake and Away,’ exhibit on display this month at the Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley.

Robert Green Fine Arts: Home to an eclectic group of abstract artists, RGFA hosts a special exhibition during the Mill Valley Fine Arts Festival: a collection of paintings, drawings, and collages by Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, mentored by Shay. “The Pathway Home”—name of both the arts program at Yountville Veterans Center and this exhibit, runs from 11am to 6pm; Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21-22.

Veterans will read their prose compositions at 2pm and 4pm on Sunday. This event is a tremendous opportunity for art fans to show support for our veterans.

Robert Green Fine Arts, 154 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 11am to 5pm or by appointment, 415/381-8776, www. rgfinearts.com Robert Allen Fine Arts: Through Sept. 27, Robert Allen features “Water Abstracted,” a group show of works on canvas, panel and paper by Shelly Hall, John Maxon, Carol Lefkowitz and Geoffrey Williams.

Robert Allen Fine Arts, 301 Caledonia St., Sausalito, Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am to 5pm, 415/331-2800, www. robertallenfineart.com Studio 333: Homage to bohemian Sausalito of old, Studio 333 is the county’s most idiosyncratic gallery. The big rambling building is also home to great parties, poetry readings and Thursday night “Why There Are Words” literary events.

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West Marin Bolinas Museum: Through Oct. 5, the Bolinas Museum features its annual art auction preview exhibit, with works by dozens of acclaimed artists, including Phil Frank, David Goines, Nina Katchadourian, Deborah Oropallo, Barry McGee and Richard Shaw.

Bolinas Museum, 48 Wharf Road, Bolinas, Hours: Wednesday, 4pm to 7pm, Friday, 1pm to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5pm; 415/868-0330, www.bolinasmuseum.org Claudia Chapline Contemporary Art: Showing the works of Fred Blackman, Claudia Chapline, Italo Scanga, Harold Schwarm and selections from Chapline’s collection, the gallery also hosts special events such as poetry readings and art tours.

Claudia Chapline Contemporary Art, 3445 Shoreline Hwy., Stinson Beach, Hours: by appointment,

Central Marin Art Works Downtown: San Rafael’s art co-op encompasses several galleries and a warren of underground studios. The main gallery hosts “Memento Mori,” an exhibit of mixed-media and found-object pieces by artists Eddie Colla and D Young V, depicting an apocalyptic end of the world and a new one rising from the ashes. Every object or image resonates with meaning. Ominous and overwhelming, it’s an astounding departure from the typical lightweight feel-good stuff shown in Marin galleries, and is easily the most important local exhibit this year. Through Oct. 11.

Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael, Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, 415/451-8119, www.artworksdowntown.org.

Falkirk House: Through Oct. 26, Falkirk Cultural Center hosts its annual Fall Juried Exhibition. This wideranging event features drawing, photography, printmaking and sculpture

by Bay Area artists. Opening reception is Sept. 12 from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave., at E Street, San Rafael, Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 1pm to 5pm; Saturday, 10am to 1pm; and by appointment; 415/485-3328, www.

North Marin falkirkculturalcenter.org Marin Museum of Gallery Bergelli: The Contemporary Art: PhoLarkspur gallery’s sumtography is the focus of mer group show—with Marin MOCA’s Fall Naworks by Bryn Craig, tional Juried Show. Some This untitled acrylic by veteran Jacob StamPhoebe Brunner, Jeff Faust, pieces are conceptual and/ baugh can be seen as part of ‘The Pathway exhibit, Sept. 21 to 22 at Robert Green Jennifer Li Ivy Jacobsen, or design exercises, but sev- Home’ Gonzalo Ilabaca, Maria Fine Arts in Mill Valley. eral succeed at being comFernanda Sierralta, Marco positionally compelling Farias, Daniel Tousignant, while evoking a sense of mystery: Vicki Pro- Sanjay Vora, Deva Graf and Allen Wynn— vost’s “Rosary,” Robyn Germany’s “Playa Lake: closes Sunday, Sept. 15.

Bound Can,” Mitch Cowardin’s “Taped Bullet Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Avenue, Holes,” and “Matches” by Allyson Klutenkam- Larkspur, Hours: Thursday to Sunday, 11am per. The museum’s Ron Collins Gallery fea- to 4pm, or by appointment; 415/945-9454, tures “Bird & Flower: Poetic Paintings by Wu www.bergelli.com.

Tianyu”—gorgeous, modern and very ChiCollege of Marin Fine Arts Gallery: One nese. Through Oct. 6. of the most famous and prolific artists ever to MarinMOCA, Novato Arts Center at emerge from the Bay Area, Richard DiebenHamilton Field, 500 Palm Drive, Novato, korn is the subject of the de Young museum’s Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 11am to 4pm; “Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years.” In a well415/506-0137, www.marinmoca.org timed follow-up, College of Marin hosts “The ArtRageous Gallery: Novato’s only Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper 1949downtown gallery features affordably priced 1992,” including pencil and ink drawings on painting, photography and mixed-media in a paper, collages, watercolors and many lesserstylish environment. Recurring events include known works. Curated by Chester Arnold, the “Art Happens’ on Friday evenings—meet show runs Sept. 30 to Nov. 14. and mingle with fellow art lovers and learn College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, 835 techniques from experts.

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415/868-2308, www.cchapline.com Toby’s Feedbarn: Throughout September, Toby’s gallery features paintings by West Marin native and longtime New York City resident Susan Hall.

Toby’s Feedbarn Gallery, 11250 Highway One, Point Reyes Station, Hours: MondaySaturday, 9am to 5pm; Sunday, 10am to 5pm; 414/663-1223, www.tobysfeedbarn.com/ gallery.

Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery: The only gallery in Marin’s northernmost town features art on the theme of wind-and-water by more than a dozen artists, through September.

Art by the Bay Gallery, 18856 Highway One, Marshall, Hours: Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5pm; 415/663-8246, artbythebayweekendgallery.com Gallery Route One: Having just closed its the famous annual “Box Show,” GRO’s main gallery hosts works

by Madeline Nieto Hope, with the “Latino Photography Project” in the gallery’s project space and works by Andrew Romanoff in the annex, through Oct. 20.

Gallery Route One, 11101 Highway One, Point Reyes Station, Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm, 415/663-1347, www.galleryrouteone.org

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and marks our calendars for literary happenings around every corner. With speakers, workshops, readings and performances brimming throughout Marin, there is no better way to pay tribute to the backbone of multiple mediums of art: the written word.

Jane Ganahl, co-founder of the LitQuake Literary Festival, gears up to take on a two-forone interview with author Daniel Handler in Daniel Handler: An Unfortunate A-List Conversation with Lemony Snicket’s Alter Ego. Handler, a San Francisco native, is better known under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket and has sold more than 60 million copies from his Series of Unfortunate Events book series. Ganahl and Handler’s conversation should run the gamut from his latest endeavors to accordion playing. Thursday, Sept. 12, 7:30pm.

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Finish off the weekend right with a benefit for the West Marin Review. A Pair of Poets in Point Reyes: Kay Ryan & Jane Hirshfield is presented by Point Reyes Books and kicks the afternoon off with a conversation and reading by the Marin’s dynamic duo of poetry. Kay Ryan won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, is a MacArthur fellow, a former teacher at College of Marin and claims Fairfax as her hometown. Jane Hirshfield’s critically acclaimed credentials landed her as a teacher at UC Berkeley, Duke University and Bennington College. Bring an appetite and stay for dinner after the reading. The pair invites you to keep the poetry going and dine intimately at a private residence for Sunday Supper after the event. Sunday, Sept. 15, 3pm. The Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B St., Point Reyes Station.

Tickets for the afternoon gathering are $20. Tickets for the Sunday Supper are $75 and include admission to the afternoon gathering. For tickets, visit www.ptreyesbooks.com.

Help get this show on the road! The Marin Poetry Center’s Traveling Show is set to take off every third Thursday of the month. The reading series is looking for volunteers; whether you decide to help out or listen in—this is a series you won’t want to miss. The 2013 Annual Anthology Launch Party and Read-Around kicks off the season Thursday, Sept. 19, 7pm. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave and E streets, San Rafael. Free. Friends, family and fans will be celebrating the release of the Marin Poetry Center’s latest Anthology, Volume XVI Trees. For full lineup details visit, www.marinpoetrycenter. org.

This year’s fourth annual Beyond the Book Bash is certainly not suffering from lackluster.

The benefit for Mill Valley’s public library brings big names featuring Josh Healey as its master of ceremonies along with other literary-star guests: New York Times best-selling author Mac Barnett, Sundance Fellow playwright and slam poet Chinaka Hodge, author Glen David Gold and music LitQuake co-founder Jane Ganahl will

by James Nash. Drink and dine for a good cause, bring such seismic writing talent to this this is a benefit that will show you how entertain- year’s program as Daniel Handler, aka ing libraries can really be. Saturday, Sept. 21, 7pm. Lemony Snicket.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. $150. For tickets, visit www.mvlf.org.

Get the most out of your morning farmers market outing and multitask with author Tara Duggan’s Using the Whole Vegetable Cooking Demonstration & Book Signing. Duggan will visit the Marin Country Mart Farmers Market and walk the walk as she takes us through how to avoid food waste and how to utilize each part from the plant. The demonstration will take place under the farmers market tent and will be followed by a book signing at Diesel, A Bookstore at 11:30am.

Saturday, Sept. 21, demonstration starts at 10:30am. Marin Country Mart Farmers Market, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. Free.

San Rafael’s own Dominican University kicks off its Fall 2013 Lecture Series with Bill McKibben, author of Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist.

The series is complete with literary star-powered gusto and is put on by the Institute for Leadership Studies in partnership with Book Passage. Other featured guests include New York Times best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri; Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert; well-versed poet Billy Collins; and Food Network’s star Giada de Laurentils. Series starts Wednesday, Sept.

25, 7pm. Angelico Concert Hall, Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael.

Bill McKibben’s presentation is first come, first serve with priority seating available with a purchase of his book from Book Passage. Tickets for other speakers range from $30-$40. For information about the speakers or for tickets, visit www.bookpassage. com.

You can count on Fairfax to cultivate the creative spirit and keep it going. 100 Thousand Poets For Change is a global event in more than 100 countries and was founded in the Bay Area’s backyard. The Fairfax gathering is set to feature poets and musicians Margaret Stawowy, Prartho Sereno, Andrea Freeman, Martin Hickel, Don Alberts, Dana Alberts and many more. In its third year as one of the largest poetry events globally, social change through literacy and lyrics remains the focus of the readings and performances. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2-5pm. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. Free. http://carlmacki.com/100tpcfairfaxartist.html.

Gather around for the grand opening of Diesel, A Bookstore in Larkspur Landing. One-time Mill Valley resident Gary Snyder returns to celebrate and christen the official launch of the store. Renowned as a Bay Area beatnik and one of the era’s finest poets, travel through time with Snyder during an intimate reading. Copies of his books and lectures will be available for purchase. Sunday, Sept. 29, 3pm.

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Enough Said Should single mom Julia Louis-Dreyfus relax and enjoy her new romance with single dad James Gandolfini or let his ex-wife Catherine Keener bring her down to earth?

Metallica: Through the Never IMAX concert film-cum-postapocalyptic thriller in which the rock band’s top roadie faces masked horsemen, angry rioters and baton-wielding fuzz.

Runner, Runner Princeton preppie Justin Timberlake gets in way over his head when he’s caught between the FBI and Costa Rica online gambling kingpin Ben Affleck.

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SEPT. 13 Blue Caprice Harrowing look at the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks told from the point of view of the father-and-son shooters themselves; Isaiah Washington stars.

Good Ol’ Freda Affectionate biodoc of Freda Kelly, the shy Liverpudlian who was the Beatles’ devoted girl Friday from before Beatlemania till breakup and beyond.

Populaire French romantic comedy about a young provincial girl whose extraordinary talents as a speed typist lead her to the brink of fame and fortune.

Film Night in the Park marks the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller, The Birds, with a special large-screen presentation Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Chinese Fishing Village, located at China Camp in San Rafael.

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SEPT. 20 David Sedaris’ story about a cocky college grad grappling with his future, the world and its unusual array of people on an Oregon apple farm.

Parkland Real-time account of the aftermath of the JFK assassination from the perspective of the secret service, the FBI, Abraham Zapruder and the staff of Dallas’ Parkland Hospital.

Prisoners Hugh Jackman goes vigilante after his daughter is kidnapped by mysterious villains; cop Jake Gyllenhaal lends quasi-support.

Rush The rivalry between Formula One racing rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda is the jumping-off point for Ron Howard’s octane-powered thrill ride.

Thanks for Sharing Stuart Blumberg comedy about a troupe of dysfunctional recovering sex addicts stars Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Carol Kane and Pink.

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Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass docudrama about the 2009 hijacking of a U.S. cargo ship and the relationship between its captain (Tom Hanks) and the leader of the Somali pirates (Barkhad Abdi).

Escape From Tomorrow Covertly filmed paranoid fantasy about a family man’s nightmarish day at Disney World complete with murderous Disney characters, French vixens, brainwashing security guards and a fatal cat epidemic.

Kill Your Darlings Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs kick off the Beat Era when a Columbia University murder brings them together in 1944; Daniel Radcliffe stars as Ginsberg.

Machete Kills President Charlie Sheen recruits a fabled Mexican cop to stop two super-villains from conquering the world; Robert Rodriguez directs Lady Gaga, Jessica Alba, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr. and many others.

Romeo and Juliet Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth play the Bard’s star-crossed lovers in Julian Fellowes’ new teen-friendly adaptation; Paul Giamatti turns up as Friar Laurence.

OCT. 18 All is Lost Robert Redford in a one-man tour de force about a mariner guiding his damaged yacht though the stormy, sharkinfested Indian Ocean with only a map and a sextant.

Escape Plan Security expert Sly Stallone, wrongly imprisoned in the world’s bestfortified lockup, plans a daring, impossible exit strategy with none other than fellow con Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Fifth Estate True-life thriller about WikiLeaks, national security and the information age stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange; Bill Condon directs.

12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen directs the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black New Yorker who was abducted and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South; Chiwetel Ejiofor stars.

OCT. 25 The Counselor Ridley Scott-Cormac McCarthy crime thriller stars Michael Fassbender as a freewheeling lawyer whose casual drug dealing lands him in very big trouble; Brad Pitt, Penèlope Cruz and Javier Bardem costar.

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erb Caen—the late San Francisco Chronicle newspaper columnist and social gadfly—used to say that the Bianco Cadillac dealership in Corte Madera marked the northern border of Marin County. Everything north of that, in his view, was populated by riff-raff and country bumpkins.

Caen catered to the well-heeled denizens of Tiburon, Belvedere, Mill Valley and Sausalito, especially those that could bankroll the San Francisco arts scene, so he’d be rolling over in his grave to discover that, far from that tired image of an affluent county bathing in hot tubs and peacock-feather decadence, Marin and its North Bay neighbors are cultivating a generation of young musicians making a big splash on the country-music site CMT.com.

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San Rafael power-blues-rock guitarist and Texas transplant Danny Click—one of the Marinites ranked among the Pacific Sun’s recent cover story about 10 people to watch in 2014—was the first to test the waters when the Nashville media juggernaut featured a music video from his 201l album Life Is a Good Place. CMT followed up this year by programming the self-directed music video to Click’s latest single, “Baptize Me Over Elvis Presley’s Grave,” with its steely edge of Southern-rock attitude.

Now, CMT has harvested another pair of music videos from two other local acts with roots in the North Bay. Currently in rotation—alongside music videos by country-music superstars Tim McGraw and Kelley Clarkson—are “Fool on a String,” by the Sonoma acoustic-folk and altcountry duo the Easy Leaves, and “Get in the Groove,” by Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, a San Francisco-based outfit headed by singer Nicki Bluhm’s husband, Tim Bluhm, of the popular Bay Area band the Mother Hips.

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After a show this past Sunday in Point Reyes Station, they embarked on an extensive West Coast tour. The Easy Leaves return to the Bay Area for an Oct. 5 date at the Independent nightclub in San Francisco.

Bluhm is blessed with a model’s good looks and a set of pipes often compared to Janis Joplin (though Bluhm’s tone is much sweeter, closer to a young Linda Ronstadt). She and her band rose to national prominence last year when one of the homemade videos from the band’s Van Sessions went viral on the Internet. Those lo-fi sessions, filmed with an iPhone mounted on the windshield, captured band members stuffed into a tour van, tooling down a blacktop highway and performing their favorite pop songs. Their endearing cover of Hall and Oates’ 1981 pop song “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” is played on travel guitars and an iPad keyboard while Nicki Bluhm—dressed in her trademark baseball shirt, her reflective aviator shades framed by distinctive brunette bangs—steers the van while singing and playing a kazoo solo.

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MOMIX combines athletic dance, riveting music, outrageous costumes and pure talent to create an unforgettable experience. Botanica transports you to a fantasy world of surreal images using large-scale puppets, projected imagery and larger-than-life props created by Michael Curry, designer for Disney’s Broadway musical The Lion King.

Set to an eclectic score that ranges from birdsong to Vivaldi, Botanica reveals nature’s changing imagery in MOMIX’s signature illusionary style.

Friday, October 25, 8 p.m.

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Austenland (PG-13) Blue Jasmine (PG-13)

The Butler (PG-13)

* Clean Guys of Comedy (PG-13) * The Cliff House and Sutro Heights /Remembering Playland-at-the-Beach (Not Rated) Closed Circuit (R) Despicable Me 2 (PG) Elysium (R) The Family (R)

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* Rising from Ashes (Not Rated) * Short Term 12 (R) The Spectacular Now (R)

To Kill a Mockingbird (Not Rated) Twenty Feet from Stardom (Not Rated) The Way Way Back (R) Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the Millers (R)

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Rafael: 2 (filmmaker Tom Wyrsch and local historian John Martini in person) Northgate: Fri-Tue 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Lark: Sat 3:30 Sun 2 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 6:35, 9:10 Sun-Thu 6:35 Northgate: 11:35, 2:20, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 Cinema: Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4:15, 7:10, 9:50 SunThu 1, 4:15, 7:10 Northgate: 11:20, 12:40, 2, 3:20, 4:40, 6, 7:20, 8:40, 10 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:45 Sat 1:20, 4, 7, 9:45 Sun 1:20, 4, 7 Mon-Thu 4, 7 Rowland: 11:20, 2, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Rafael: Fri 4:45, 7, 9 Sat-Sun 2:45, 4:45, 7, 9 Mon, Wed-Thu 7, 9 Tue 6:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 1:55, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Sun-Tue, Thu 11:10, 1:55, 4:50, 7:35 Wed 11:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Sun-Thu 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15 Sequoia: Fri 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 Sat 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 Sun 2:10, 4:55, 7:15 Mon-Tue, Thu 4:45, 7:15 Wed 2:15, 7:15 Northgate: 12, 2:40, 5:20, 8, 10:30 Rowland: 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Northgate: 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Northgate: 10:55, 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 Northgate: 11:15, 4:20, 7, 9:35; 3D showtime at 1:50 Rowland: 11:55; 3D showtimes at 2:30, 5, 7:35, 10:15 Northgate: Fri-Tue 1:45, 7:10; 3D showtimes at 11:05, 4:30, 9:50 Northgate: 10:50, 3:30, 8:10; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 5:50 Rowland: 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 Rafael: Fri 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Mon, Wed-Thu 6:45, 9:15 Tue 6:15 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 MonTue 7, 9:45 Northgate: 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Rowland: 11:25, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Lark: Fri-Sat 8:30 Sun, Tue-Thu 7 Mon 5:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sun-Wed 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 Thu 11:20, 1:50, 4:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Sun-Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:20 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Mon-Thu 4:30, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 Sun-Thu 11:40, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 Sat 2:15, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 Sun-Mon, Wed-Thu 6:30, 8:30 Lark: Fri-Sat 6 Sun, Tue, Thu 4:30 Wed 9 Marin: Fri 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:15 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 8, 10:35 Sat-Sun 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 8, 10:35 MonTue 7:15, 9:50 Northgate: Fri-Tue 11:10, 1:55, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 Fairfax: 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 Northgate: 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 Thu 7:45, 10:30

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Live music 09/13: Doc Kraft Dance Band Swing, country, jazz, reggae, rock. 8:30pm. $8. Ft. Baker Presidio Yacht Club, Fort Baker, Sommerville Road, Sausalito. 601-7858. dockraft.com.

09/13: Gift of Gab, Misolanius Rap. 9pm. $10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com 09/13: Gonzalo Bergara Quartet Buenos Aires jazz. 8pm. $25 -40. 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

09/13: Ian Ethan, Motoshi Kosako, Michael Manring and Paul McCandless With Ian

Ethan, double neck and fretless guitars; Kalimba Motoshi Kosako, harp; Paul McCandless, oboe, english horn, soprano sax, bass clarinet; Michael Manring, fretless bass. 8pm. $17-20. Studio 55 Marin, 1455-A E. Francisco Blvd., San Rafael.

453-3161. studio55marin.com.

09/13: James Moseley Band High energy blues rock, funk and reggae. 8pm. $10-15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com 09/13: Kevin Russell Band Indie rock, blues.

9pm. $10. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

09/13: Lady D sings Jazz & Soul Jazz standards With Alex Markels, guitar; Blake Richardson, bass.

6:30pm. No cover. Rickeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462. ladyandthetramps.com.

09/13: Petty Theft Rock. 9pm. Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. georgesnightclub.com 09/13: Swoop Unit 9:30pm. $8. Periâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com

09/14: Chrome Johnson, Honeydust and the Blackout Cowboys Rock. 9pm.

$10. 19 Broadway 17 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax .

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09/14: Gentry Bronson and Miles Schon

Indie rock. 8pm. $10-12. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

09/14: Greg Johnson and Glass Brick Boulevard 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

09/14: Janam Balkan, Near Eastern and American roots and original music. Led by Kitka Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vocal Ensemble veteran Juliana Graffagna. With Graffagna, vocals, daire; Lila Sklar: violin, vocals; Tom Farris, laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus: oud, mandocello, saz, violin; Dan Auvil: percussion 8pm. $13-15. Studio 55 Marin, 1455-A E. Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 453-3161. studio55marin.com.

09/14: Miles Schon and Gentry Bronson

Original rock. Double CD release party with special guests. 7pm. $10-12. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 707-775-3364. hopmonk.com.

09/14: Prendergast-Campbell- Markels Trio Jack Prendergast, bass; Brian Campbell, saxophone and clarinet; Alex Markels, guitar. Jazz. 4pm. No

cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr. Sausalito.

497-2462. campbellsjazz.com/jazz.html.

09/15: Carl Verheyen with Stuart Hamm Guitar, bass improvisation. 7pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

09/15: Garrick Davis Singer-songwriter, folk rooted rock, funk and blues. 11:30am. No cover.

Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

09/15: Pablo Cruise Rock. 4pm. $30-35. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 457-9778.

662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

09/15: Rockit Science R&B, soul and originals.

With Bruce Brymer, Jim Pasqual and Kim Cataluna.

There will be a cake cutting ceremony for Louise Boyd at 3pm. Final concert in the San Rafael Elks Club Summer Music Series. Open to all ages. Bring picnic. There is a no host bar for adult beverages. $10 corkage fee. 1-5pm. $8, kids free. Elks Club San Rafael, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 497-2448. reverbnation.com/rockitsciences.

09/15: The 7th Sons 3rd Sunday Rock & Roll Dance Party 60s-70s rock. 7:30pm. No

cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

847-2670. 19broadway.com.

09/17: Swing Fever With vocalist Denise Perrier.

7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

09/17: Roberta Donnayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prohibition Mob, Jana Herzen and Charnett Moffett â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

Motma@10: A Celebration of All Things Jazz.â&#x20AC;? With label founder Jana Herzen, singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; Roberta Donnay, who along with her Prohibition Mob, brings 1920s jazz to life; and bass legend Charnett Moffet, who has a nonstop career playing with legends such as Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillepsie. 8pm. $15-20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

09/18: John Hoy Trio Jazz. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

09/18: Michael Grimm Fairytale Tour

Season five Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got Talent winner. With Kenny Aronoff, drums; Waddy Wachtel, guitar.

8pm. $25. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

09/19: Deborah Winters and Friends Contemporary jazz. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

09/19: Hot Rod Jukebox 50s rock. 7pm. $5.

Presidio Yacht Club, Travis Marina, Sommerville Road, Fort Baker, Sausalito, Sausalito. 601-3333. hotrodjukebox.com.

09/19: Kirtan with Miriabai Monthly now on the third Thursday of each month. Call and response singing and meditation with live instrumentation

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09/19: Rolando Sanchez and the Alta All-Stars Latin jazz, rock, and salsa music. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

09/20: Friday Nights on Main: The Fundamentals 3rd Annual Firemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance on Main.

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09/20: Terrie Odabi Jazz, gospel, blues, and soul vocalist. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

09/20: The Phillip Percy Pack Contemporary jazz. 7pm. No cover. Rickeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant, 250 Entrada drive, Novato. 244-2665. rickeysrestaurant.com.

Comedy 09/13: S.F. Stand Up Comedy Competition 8:30pm. $25. Showcase Theater, Marin Civic Center, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marincenter.org.

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09/14: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sunseedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Swami Chaitanya will host a showing of a rarely seen classic documentary featuring spiritual teachers of the early 1970s.

Among the individuals featured are Swami Muktananda, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Pir Vilayat Khan, Baba Ram Dass, Yogi Bhajan. 8pm. $10 donation. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com.

09/16: Monday Night at the Movies: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Treasure of Sierra Madreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (1948). Stars Humphrey

Bogart, Tim Holt and Walter Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven. 7:30pm. Free. 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292. millvalleylibrary.org.

Outdoors 09/19: Botany at Stafford Lake Dust off your

Centuries of Hungarian culture come to life when this renowned company from Budapest performs Hungarian folk dance and music traditions. The members of the Folk Orchestra play authentic, traditional instruments and perform Hungarian folk music at its highest artistic level.

3pm. $20-45. Marin Veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Memorial Auditorium, 10 Ave. of the Flags , San Rafael. 473-6800. marincenter.org.

hand lenses, dig out copies of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marin Floraâ&#x20AC;? and enjoy a variety of plants in bloom. As the water in our reservoirs recedes, the exposed shorelines give rise to some obscure and unusual species that are seldom found elsewhere. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll search the shore from the dry upper banks to the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge and try to identify. Bring lunch. For ages 15 and up. No animals (except service animals) please. High fire danger may cancel.10am. Free. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd, Novato. 893-9520. marincountyparks.org.

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09/13-15: Summer Group Show Featuring works by gallery artists Bryn Craig, Phoebe Brunner, Jeff Faust, Jennifer Li Ivy Jacobsen, Gonzalo Ilabaca, Maria Fernanda Sierralta, Marco Farias, Daniel Tousignant, Sanjay Vora, Deva Graf and Allen Wynn. 11am. Free. Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 945-9454. bergelli.com.

09/14: Literary Luncheon with Kim Barnouin â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skinny Bitch in Love.â&#x20AC;? Lunch catered by the

09/15: Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

Kids Events 09/14: Fish Feeding Frenzy Help Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of the fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of rock cod, sea stars, and steelhead trout. 2pm.

Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

09/14: Greenbrae Mini Maker Faire Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest Do-It-Yourself festival, showcasing local makers with activities, show and tell and exhibits on arts, crafts, science, robotics, music, technology, sustainability, education, food and creativity.

With hands on learning and creative activities.

10am. Bon Air Center, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Greenbrae. 461-0200. makerfairegreenbrae.com.

09/16: Mac Barnett Kids will giggle as they count all the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Count the Monkeys.â&#x20AC;?

10am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/16: Middle Grade Mania With bestselling authors Jasper Fforde, Catherine Jinks and Catherine Murdoch. Readings, discussion and signings. 5:30pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/20: Junior Rangers: Full Moon Hike

Program for 7-12 year olds, though explorers of all ages are welcome to attend. Join rangers for a full moon adventure on the Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve. The easy, 1 mile hike will visit some of the preserveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique landmarks.

Dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes, bring water and snacks. No animals (except service animals).

High fire danger may cause cancellation. 6pm.

Free. Ring Mountain Preserve, Taylor Road, Tiburon. 473-2816. marincountyparks.org.

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Noon. $55, includes lunch and an autographed book.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/14: Toni Piccinini â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Goodbye Year.â&#x20AC;? 7pm.

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

09/15: Junot Diaz From Junot Diaz, the National Book Critics Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize winning author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is How You Lose Her.â&#x20AC;? 4pm. $17.50, book included. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/15: Norris Burroughs Burroughs had the distinct pleasure of dating Madonna just before her dizzying rise to fame. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Madonna.â&#x20AC;? 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/15: Patricia Engel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Not Love, Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Just Paris .â&#x20AC;? 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/16: Thomas Keneally â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Daughters of Mars.â&#x20AC;? 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960.

09/17: Linda Peterson â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Interval.â&#x20AC;?

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

09/18: Amanda Lindhout â&#x20AC;&#x153;AHouse in the Sky.â&#x20AC;?

1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/18: Jason Mott â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Returned.â&#x20AC;? 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/19: Assorted Beat Poets The Mystic Boxing Commission presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, Round 52. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the spoken word talent of Joanna McClure, Latif Harris, Michelle Tea and Ali Liebegott. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/19: Marin Poetry Reading Book Launch of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marin Poetry Center Anthology Volume XVI: Trees.â&#x20AC;? 7:30pm. $3-5 . Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission and E St., San Rafael. 889-5295. marinpoetrycenter.org.

09/19: Tom Kizzia “Pilgrim’s Wilderness.” 7pm.

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

09/20: Linda Lambert at Book Passage “The Cairo Codex.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage,

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

09/20: Sudhir Venkatesh “Floating City: A RogueSociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy .” 1pm. Free.

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

Community Events (Misc.)

09/13: Oktoberfest on Tiburon Main Street Bavarian style biergarten in Tiburon with live music from the Karl Lebherz Band, performing traditional German music and polkas. Oktoberfest beers and bratwursts will be available for purchase.

6pm. Free. Main Street, Downtown Tiburon.

435-5633. tiburonchamber.org.

09/13: The Meaning of Om and the Power of Mantra Swami Chaitanya, an American

Jnana Yogi who specializes in teaching the wisdom of Sri Vidya, will give a Dharma Talk on The Meaning of Om and the Power of Mantra. The talk will include some chanting and meditation, followed by group discussion. 8pm. donation.

Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C Street, San Rafael.

457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com.

09/14: Open House and Free Boat rides

Visit the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center and tour the oldest traditional boatyard on the West Coast!

Our Open Houses run from 11am-3pm. Sausalito Historical Society’s docents offer free guided boat tours along the Sausalito waterfront. Tour the Center, enjoy barbecue on the dock, learn about our Youth Boatbuilding Program, see the Freda Restoration and visit the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding (Arques only open from Noon to 1pm). 11am.

Free. Spaulding Wooden Boat Center, Foot of Gate 5 Road, Sausalito. 332-3179. spauldingcenter.org.

09/14: Petaluma River Craft Beer Festival Craft beer tasting, live music, food and

wine on the historic riverfront in downtown Petaluma. More than 14 regional craft breweries (6 from Petaluma). Limited tickets. Advance and designated driver discounts. Sponsored by Rotary Club of Petaluma Valley and Petaluma Chamber of Commerce to benefit Petaluma River and community projects. Must be 21.

1pm. $30. Historic Downtown Petaluma Riverfront, East Washington and Water St., Petaluma.

707-763-8259. petalumarivercraftbeerfest.org.

09/14: The Magic of Awareness Awareness is peaceful, insightful and sees through all illusions. We’ll explore the magic of awareness and how to access it in meditation and outside formal meditation practice. With James Baraz and Anam Thubten. 9:30am. $50-108 sliding scale plus a donation for the teachers. Spirit Rock Meditation Center, 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Woodacre. 488-0164. spiritrock.org.

09/15: Aldersly’s 67th Annual Tivoli Fesitval Featuring the Mads Tolling Band and The Vikings of Bjornstad. Music and folk dancing, Danish bakery and foods, marketplace and raffle. Parking and shuttle service available at San Rafael High School.

Free. 326 Mission Ave, , San Rafael. 453-7425ext:118. aldersly.com.

09/15: Louise Arner Boyd Birthday Party

San Rafael Elks Club in collaboration with the Marin History Museum celebrates the 126th Anniversary Birthday of Louise Arner Boyd and embrace the legacy of the Maple Lawn Estate. Beginning at 10am and 11:30 am in the Elks Lodge Author Durlynn Anema presents her new biography on Louise Arner Boyd.

Marin History Museum Historian, Marcie Miller,

will conduct a walking tour of the Maple Lawn Estate. 10am. $5 suggested donation. San Rafael Elks Lodge, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 454-8538. marinhistory.org.

09/15: San Rafael Camera Show The new San Rafael Camera Show is Marin’s premier “photo swap”. Digital & Film, New & Used, come buy, sell and trade gear with top Bay Area vendors. 9:30am. $3. Carpenters Local 35, 647 Lindaro Street, San Rafael. 460.6466.

09/16: Chronic Low Back Pain Syndrome: Lecture and Workshop Do something about

that bad back! Rich Aubrey from Body Factor will cover the evolution of the spine, its anatomy and physiology, and how to determine whether your feet are the cause of back pain. He’ll also review the muscles that make up your core and teach exercises and stretches to decrease pain and increase the stability of your lower back. 7pm. Free. Sausalito City Hall Council Chambers, 420 Litho Street, Sausalito.

289-4121. ci.sausalito.ca.us/Index.aspx?page=992.

09/17: Is Today’s Food Damaging Our Kids’ Mental and Physical Health? Pediatrician

Michelle Perro, MD is sounding the alarm: serious conditions are on the rise among Marin County children--from neurological and autoimmune disease to asthma, diabetes and digestive issues --and she believes the food we feed our children is causing many of these disorders. 7pm. $10. Corte Madera Town Center Community Room, 770 Tamalpais Dr. Suite 201, Corte Madera. 974-1700. brownpapertickets.com/event/430205.

09/17: The Gershwin Brothers and The Broadway Musical After seeing the musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” author and musician Tim Holt was inspired to explore the lives and songs of the Gershwin brothers. Tim will presents a revealing look at how the Gershwin brothers created so many unforgettable musicals and will perform selections from their Broadway shows at a free program. 7pm.

Free. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax . 457-5629. marinlibrary.org.

09/18: History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Join Ranger Bill to learn about the

diverse missions, goals and objectives of the USACE. 2pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

09/18: Pet First Aid/CPR Fun and informative class will ensure you are ready to act with confidence when your friend needs you most. 6pm. $50. Elks Lodge - registration required, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 884-2720. cpr-etc.com.

09/18: Rea Franjetic - Balkans Get historical background about the popular Adriatic coast and other historical gems of this region. President of Cosmopolitan Adventure Tours, Rea Franjetic is a member of the International Ecotourism Society and president of San Francisco Travel Professionals. 6pm. $25. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

09/19: Full Moon Drumming and Labyrinth Walk Celebrate the Full Moon at EarthRise at IONS

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seminars AND workshops RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES? Tired of endless relationship or marital challenges? Or single and sick of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join coed Intimacy Group, Single's Group or Women's Group to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships and life. Weekly, ongoing groups or 9-week groups starting the week of September 24, 2013.

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Safe, successful MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS SUPPORT GROUPS meet every other week for women who have lost their mothers in childhood, adolescence or adulthood through death, separation, illness, or estrangement. In a supportive environment, women address and explore relevant issues in their lives, current and past, including the many consequence of mother loss with opportunities for healing and integrating the loss, self-empowerment, and successful coping strategies. Facilitated for 14 years by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249), CGP (41715), whose mother’s death in adolescence was a pivotal event in her life. Individual, Couple, and Family Sessions also available. Contact Colleen at crussellmft@ earthlink.net or 415/785-3513.

with a drumming circle facilitated by Jason K. Norris, founder of Lucid Drum. Bring your own drum and intentions for the full moon. Instruments will also be provided. After the drum circle walk the labyrinth.

5:30pm. $15-20. EarthRise Retreat Center, 101 San Antonio Rd, Petaluma. 707-779-8202. bit.ly/13JlPZB.

WOMEN'S LIFE COACHING Find an honest life of freedom. Where do you want to be one year from now? Create your own vision and support it with accountability. 2 new small groups forming: Wed. 9: 30-11 or 1:30 to 3pm. Also 1 space left in the Sundays eve group from 5-8pm. Let's change your life, together. Facilitated by Gwendolyn Grace CPCC. 415-686-6197. www.gwengrace.com. Womens' Wellness Coach. She tells the truth...because you are worthy of wellness and joy.

Family Services in collaboration with Round Table Children’s Fund is hosting their annual fundraising Golf Tournament. Proceeds support local schools, youth athletics, purchase of holiday gifts & fund requests for foster children and foster/adoption families. Sponsor packages available from $300 to $5,000 $195 per golfer $930 per foursome. StoneTree Golf Club, 9 Stone Tree Lane, Novato. 707-823-7300 ext.

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October 13 - One Day Workshop - Harnessing the Healing Power of the Horse for anyone interested in Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy, offered at Willow Tree Stable, Novato.

This hands-on workshop is a wonderful introduction to the profound healing nature of horses and the varied ways they communicate. Each participant will be offered the experience of connecting with our horses for their own personal healing process. 6 CEU's provided for licensed professionals.

This workshop is presented by Equine Insight and Judy Weston-Thompson, MFT, CEIP-MH (license #MFC23268, provider #PCE4871). Judy has been using Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy in her psychotherapy practice since 2006. For more information see our website - www.equineinsight.net or email us at equineinsight@aol.com To include your seminar or workshop, call 415/485-6700 x 303.

09/20: Community ‘Fore’ Kids Golf Tournament Caring for our Community ~ TLC Child &

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132729 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MILI: 77 THROCKMORTON AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MADJISTAR, INC., 748 EUCALYPTUS AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on APRIL 1, 2005. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JULY 29, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 16, 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132835 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MICRO MANAGEMENT, 590 REDWOOD HIGHWAY FRONTAGE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ARONNA REED XODA STUDIOS LLC, 175 MARGUERITE AVE., Mill Valley, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 13, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013)

on AUGUST 12, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013)

Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132792 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SAN FRANCISCO SWING COAT, 55 ISSAQUAH DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: JARL FORSMAN, 55 ISSAQUAH DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 23, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 1327884 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as EMPTY MOUNTAIN, 12 SKYLARK DR. #33, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: GREEN FUTURE TECHNOLOGY INC., 12 SKYLARK DR. #33, LARKSPUR, CA 94939.

This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 22, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132791 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as REGIS SALON #588, 5800 NORTHGATE MALL STE 142, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MINNESOTA REGIS CORP, 7201 METRO BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55439. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on APRIL 10, 2009. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132813 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BAY AREA YOUTH CENTERS, 22245 MAIN ST., SUITE 200, HAYWARD, CA 94541: SUNNY HILLS SERVICES, 300 SUNNY HILLS DR., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted

by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132815 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as IGEA SOFTWARE, 950 NORTHGATE DRIVE, SUITE 303, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: INDURA SYSTEMS, INC., 950 NORTHGATE DRIVE, SUITE 303, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132826 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as COMPLETE HOMECARE, 46 CORTE ENCANTO, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: AMERICA NOEMI FERREIRA, 46 CORTE ENCANTO, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. This business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132751 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MK SERVICE, 35 CANAL ST #34, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MADIS KARU, 35 CANAL ST #34, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 31, 2013. (Publication

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132901 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as B NELLE, 70 BROOKMEAD PLACE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: BARBARA NELLE, LLC, 70 BROOKMEAD PLACE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 26, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013-132831 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ZOMBIES PIZZERIA, 211 COBBLESTONE DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: DAVID TRESHNELL, 211 COBBLESTONE DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 13, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132890 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WISTERIA SALON, 747 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: TUYET VAN JACKSON, 14 VALENCIA AVE APT #2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 & MY NHIEN THI DOAN, 10 SKYLARK DR APT #16, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted

by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under

the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 23, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132914 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MOUNTAIN TREE STUDIOS, 54 ELIZABETH WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RACHEL L SHULER, 54 ELIZABETH WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on AUGUST 22, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 27, 2013. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132933 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BUDDY'S DOG WALKING, 146 EDISON AVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: NIYA DODD-WADDINGTON, 146 EDISON AVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 28, 2013. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132917 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PACIFIC PEARLS, 1005 A ST. #202, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: FUJI MANHATTAN VOLL, 232 PICNIC AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 27, 2013. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132899 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as APPLEBERRY JAM & APPLEBERRY PICTURES, 451 CEDAR HILL DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: DANIEL L FRIEDMAN, 451 CEDAR HILL DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 26, 2013.

(Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132942 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MASTERFUL CATERING, 1241 ANDERSON DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ROBERT SIMONTACCHI, 1934 FALCON RIDGE DRIVE, PETALUMA, CA 94954. This business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on AUGUST 29, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 29, 2013.

(Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132956 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BITCOINTERS, 400 CANAL ST #329, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SLAVA MIKERIN, 400 CANAL ST #329, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 30, 2013.

(Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132922 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TEDDY & FRIENDS, 708 BRADLEY AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947: DIANE F MATCHECK, 708 BRADLEY AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.

Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 27, 2013.

(Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132990 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as INTEGRATE AND AUTOMATE & SARIT NEUNDORF, 181 FLORIBEL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: DEEP LIFE DESIGN, INC, 181 FLORIBEL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on SEPTEMBER 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 5, 2013. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 13, 20, 27; OCTOBER 4, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132969 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CLEM TOM MUSIC & CLEMENT THOMAS GREY, 141 SANTA ROSA AVENUE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: THOMAS SKUNDA, 141 SANTA ROSA AVENUE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 4, 2013. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 13, 20, 27; OCTOBER 4, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132950 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TUB TIM THAI RESTAURANT, 510 TAMALPAIS DRIVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: SAYA SIDNEY SOUTHICHACK & MAI THI SOUTHICHACK, 3955 SELMI GROVE, RICHMOND, CA 94806. This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on SEPTEMBER 29, 1998. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 29, 2013. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 13, 20, 27; OCTOBER 4, 2013)

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303444. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AMAYEA RAE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: AMAYEA RAE to AMAEYA RAE. 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: SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 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: AUGUST 19 2013 /s/ ROY CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 2013) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304500 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office.

Fictitious Business name(s): WISTERIA SALON, 747 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. Filed in Marin County on: JUNE 28, 2012. Under File No: 129819. Registrant’s Name(s): PHUONGLIEN NGUYEN, 2583 20th AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123 & TUYET VAN JACKSON, 14 VALENCIA AVE APT #2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 23, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20; 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303413. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner STARLA SOUSA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: VALENTINA AVELI TIJERINO to VALENTINA AVELI VALERIO. 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 10, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. E, Room E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: AUGUST 15 2013 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303491. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AMY

NYCOLE SIGALA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: AMY NYCOLE SIGALA to AMY NYCOLE PETUYA. 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 1, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. E, Room E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: AUGUST 21 2013 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303670. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MEGHAN MARIE GRUDZIEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MEGHAN MARIE GRUDZIEN to MEGHAN MARIE HARLOW. 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 24, 2013 8:30 AM 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 5, 2013 /s/ ROY O. CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 13, 20, 27; OCTOBER 4, 2013)

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Q:

My previous relationship was passionate but was with an emotionally abusive man. I’ve been dating a new man for five months. I wasn’t initially attracted to him, but he ended up sweeping me off my feet because he’s the most generous man I’ve ever met. He’s all about me. He goes out of his way to do so many nice things for me—even buying me things I can’t afford. We’ve had fun, but I’ve had doubts creeping in, like about how he’s still not my physical type. Also, I’m not sure we share enough interests or, quite frankly, are on the same level intellectually. Then again, I know he’d go along with anything I wanted to do, because he just wants to make me happy. I’m just not sure that’s enough. Because of all the pros about him and my previous bad choices, I made myself give him a chance. Perhaps I’m just sabotaging things because subconsciously I don’t feel I deserve all this kindness. —Hesitant

A:

Wanting to want someone isn’t enough. Eventually, when he starts getting all smoochy-feely, your head will lecture your retreating funparts, “Come on...he’s so nice. You should want to get it on,” and your body will counter with, “Unfortunately, you’d rather have your face eaten off by a raccoon.”

If only one of the “many nice things” this guy does for you could be transforming himself into somebody you’re actually attracted to. You, like many well-meaning but misguided idealists, want to believe you can become attracted to somebody the way you can learn to fly-fish or bartend. Sure, great people sometimes get more attractive as you get to know them. But for them to get attractive enough for you to want to get naked with them, they have to have enough of the stuff you need in a person to go “hubba-hubba” instead of “yawna-yawna” or worse: “Get away from me, or I’ll scream.”

You say you’ve had doubts creeping in, and around the top of the list should be, “Is he a man or a purse dog?” It’s a bad sign if he really would “go along with anything (you) wanted to do.” His unflagging eagerness to please suggests he’s one of those guys who think they have to buy a woman’s company with their cash and compliance. On a more positive note, this pleaserhood does resolve the matching interests issue, since one big thing you have in common is that he likes whatever you like. (Have you nicknamed him “Xerox”?)

If you don’t feel you deserve a nice guy, that’s something to address, but not by bolting yourself to some all-weather Santa you find borderline dumb and about as sexy as grout. You need to hold out for physical, emotional, intellectual and best friend-ly chemistry. A guy should also be enough of a person to sometimes find what you want to do hellishly boring or excruciatingly girly and suggest you do it alone or with a friend. If he’s right for you, at times when he isn’t right there with you, you’ll probably find yourself wandering off into fantasies about him—and not the sort in which the guy gets kidnapped immediately after paying for dinner < © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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