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Postscript: Congressional attempts to limit 1033 [the federal program which allows the Secretary of Defense to transfer excess Department of Defense supplies and weapons to state and local law enforcement agencies] is closing the barn door too little, too late: The horses have already left the building. Homeland Security has placed $35 billion worth of war materials in the hands of local police since 2001 ... they gonna ask for them back?
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Thank you, Pacific Sun, for the story about Marin Museum of Bicycling [“A New Set of Wheels,” Aug. 21]. I was delighted to see Gary Fisher on your cover, not once but four times. Gary Fisher (and Charlie Kelly) deserve a ton of credit for popularizing mountain biking, having in 1979 started the first business to exclusively champion fat-tire bikes—MountainBikes. They sent their bikes all over the world, inspiring millions.
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‘Just remember, that death is not the end’—Bob Dylan
The torrent of responses to Robin Williams’ death has been enormous, but one-sided. We might consider that this man made the decision to end his life in a rational balance of choices. We find that instead people look for reasons for the “tragedy.” In Christian America today we have the bizarre situation that it is a crime to take your own life, as if it was such a wonderful place no one in their right mind would do so. As it is a crime, it implies that you do not have ultimate control over your own body and life, it seems to belong to friends and family, the church or government, or all together.
In many cultures people are expected to take their lives as part of different contexts, for example, when “called” to the other world by the ancestors or spirits, if they have committed some crime as among the Trobriand Islanders, or failed and shamed others as in traditional Japan and among the ancient Romans. In other societies, as in certain Inuit groups, the aged or infirm would sacrifice themselves for group survival. The fact that Mr. Williams committed suicide appears to disturb many people, perhaps giving them the feeling that life is not worth living and research in psychology, for example, by Durkheim, supports this idea and yet, it is not such a terrible thing for people to evaluate their position in life and it is not always a sign of depression to do so. The fact that some people express what seems almost anger at his decision, implies that they feel robbed by his act, as if he lived for their benefit and he has taken something from them. Like the barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, the motivations of people, friends, lovers and family of those who commit suicide from the span, seem obviously confused. In many cases clinical research shows they blame themselves, that they hold the self-centered idea that the suicide was somehow about them and not really the person who died, that they could have “saved” the person in some
way, and again places the interpretation of suicide as an act of irrationality and one that the person who commits it has no right to do. The fact that jumping from heights makes up less than 2 percent of the methods suicides use does not phase those who believe spending millions on a barrier is a useful idea. But it prevents the suicidal from doing what they want, giving those opposed to their act a sense of control over them or closure. Again, not about the person who wants to commit suicide. Even when people leave notes they seldom answer the questions people have about the suicide, mainly because it is not about them. One in six suicides leaves a note; the reasons for such notes vary according to research, to ease the pain of others, to increase it by blaming others, to admit to a crime, some perceived wrong or tell of how to dispose of possessions. I am not arguing that suicide is a good idea or a bad one, but only that there are many ways of looking at such an act. For Mr. Williams, it would seem the epitaph of the Roman writer Quintus Ennius (239 B.C.E to 169 B.C. E.) would be appropriate: “Honor me not with tears; inter me without weeping. Why? Alive I fly through the mouths of men.” We all still speak of Robin Williams’ great wit and so he too flies through our mouths.
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To do nothing is also a good remedy’—Hippocrates
Robin Williams died for our sins. He had it all: family, money, fame, supreme talent, borderless compassion, piercing insight. It wasn’t enough for him. He is the poster boy for the high life of Marin County and the Bay Area in the past 50 years, during which time we have all lost our minds and our ways.
Since the people of the Boomer generation, Robin’s and mine, have totally blown it, maybe we can get the younger people to practice the Remedy. Here are the components of the Remedy: Slow down. Get to know your spouse, your kids, your neighbors. They’re good people. Turn off media: Put down your phone. Turn off the radio and the TV and the laptop. Ten minutes a day.
Prepare actual meals in your home. Invite your spouse and children to participate. Eat real food, not corporate garbage or Whole Foods reheats. Take a walk. By yourself. Ten minutes a day. If one of your kids asks to come along, say no at first until you get the hang of it. When you are addicted, depressed, anxiety-ridden, etc., do not take what the shrink prescribes. It will kill you sooner than the illness being treated and/or it will prevent you from addressing the actual problem. Trust me on this. Instead, talk to people you know about how you feel. Listen to what they have to say. You might learn something. If you have to, move the hell out of Marin. While I don’t recommend Meth County, there are nice places where you can breathe and you don’t have to spend $25K for a private school. Robin pointed out years ago that God gave us cocaine to show us we had too much money. There is more in that statement than a wisecrack about a stupid drug.
up with the news. Jews have been speaking out for a long time against Israel’s brutal occupation and decrying its periodic assaults on Gaza and its population. Jewish Voice for Peace, a non-Zionist Jewish organization, has conducted sit-ins at Israeli consulates on both coasts to protest Israel’s policies. JVP also sponsors guest speakers on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and regularly sends out action alerts advising members to urge their Congressional representatives to vote against military aid to Israel. J Street, another Jewish organization, lobbies Congress on behalf of a two-state solution and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Americans for Peace Now speaks out against Israel’s continued building of illegal settlements. I’ll admit our voices tend to get buried by the clamor from Israel’s defenders, but listen harder, Charlie. We are very much there.
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‘No one is as deaf as the one who will not listen’—Yiddish proverb
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an Sethre and Jill Hoefgen, founders of From the Bay to the Balkans—a program that brings San Domenico School students to Bosnia-Herzegovina for two weeks of community engagement and postwar reconciliation—were honored last year with the Pacific Sun’s Heroes of Marin Rising Star award. Sethre and Hoefgen, who lead Marin youth in hosting one of the foreign country’s only multiethnic summer camps, recently returned from the program’s latest trip. We caught up with them to inquire about new perspectives and future plans. What has been your biggest moment since we last checked in with you? Probably hitting the ground with this year’s crew—nine San Domenico seniors, our two sons and a couple of alumnae—earlier this summer. It was an exciting time to be in Bosnia, in part because the Bosnian national soccer team played in the World Cup in Brazil—the only team this year that hadn’t been there before. Although they only played three games before first-round elimination, there was a genuine and positive enthusiasm in Sarajevo that I hadn’t seen in a long, long time. They needed it; it has been a difficult year, beginning with anticorruption protests that devolved into rioting in February, then heavy flooding later in the spring, and again in August. This was a compelling summer to visit from a historical perspective as well. June 28 was the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, at the hands of young Bosnian Serb nationalists. The country’s population was very much divided as to how to commemorate this, with Bosniaks, Croats and much of the international community holding a memorial to the royal couple with a performance by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the newly rebuilt national library—destroyed in the war—while Serbs in eastern Sarajevo erected a monument to the assassin, Gavrilo Princip. What are the most noticeable differences from the time you worked in the Bosnian refugee center in Chicago to your last visit to the Balkans? Postwar recovery has been uneven. In the case of those refugees—survivors—who ended up in Chicago or wherever, they have rebuilt their lives and, in their way, moved on. As for what is happening in Bosnia, it has been nearly 20 years since the war ended, but society is still fractured, and, in some ways, increasingly so—towns, cities and entire regions have become predominantly Bosniak Muslim, Croat or Serb as minorities have moved to “their” parts of the country. Several Serb nationalist officials in government want to formally divide the country, while others—mostly Bosniak nationalists—want to further centralize it. Meanwhile, the general perception of the population is that government is irreparably corrupt, indifferent and inept. 9>
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▼ We wish we knew more about this pair of zeros, but they fled quickly from the Overhill trail in Mill Valley and didn’t leave their names with the wounded woman. Dana’s arm was chomped by the mens’ large, off-leash dog as it attacked her leashed pooch. The Marin County Open Space District (MCOSD), which governs the area, permits off-leash dogs “when under the direct and immediate control of a responsible person.” What’s the definition of control? Dana assures us that two men screaming for a huge dog that ignores them doesn’t qualify. And, the definition of responsible? Definitely not those guys. Fortunately, Dana, a Mill Valley gal, will recover fully, though her puncture wounds required a doctor’s visit and antibiotics. Folks, please leash your unruly dogs.—Nikki Silverstein
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Alaskan Bush People Mar- If only Olaf had melted, maybe your children wouldn’t still be singing all of the ‘Frozen’ songs. No one sings any songs from ‘Bambi.’ athon A family of nine in the wilderness. Long, cold, dark TUESDAY, SEPT. 2 The Story of Frozen winters. With guns. What could go wrong? A look at how Disney’s latest animated epic Discovery Channel. 5pm. became an instant classic with lovable charBest of Pledge These are my favorite shows, acters, hilarious scenes and a song that your not the best pledge gifts. It’s not the quilted 9-year-old daughter has been annoying chai cozy or the Neil DeGrasse Tyson fleece you with from the back seat for the last nine throw or the Downton Abby talking toilet months. ABC. 8pm. paper roll. KQED. We Bought a Zoo 6pm. Hopefully they bought Return of the King a shovel and a bucket In the third and final too. FX. 8pm. installment of the trilThe Fidel Castro ogy, Frodo visits the Tapes Mostly it’s the dark land of Mordor, Cuban dictator prank a savage landscape calling J. Edgar Hoover. home to the ultimate KQED. 9pm. evil. But he can afford a home there and the WEDNESDAY, SEPT. new freeway will cut 3 South Beach Two the commute time Marathon Thirty epiby half! (2003) TNT. sodes in a row about 8pm. a Miami towing company. We truly live in a SUNDAY, AUG. 31 wondrous age! TruTV. Secrets of Her Maj6pm. esty’s Secret SerSo You Think You Can vice It turns out they Dance It’s the finale don’t have an ejecwhen we learn which tor seat in the Aston dancer is going to go Martin. They don’t even have an Aston Getting used to his new view might be a little, er, rocky. back to their day job knowing their lives Martin. They have a have peaked. Fox. 8pm. Ford Fiesta with bad Extant In this new series, Halle Berry plays shocks. KQED. 8pm. an astronaut who comes home from a Falling Skies In the season finale, the aliens 13-month solo mission pregnant. The mysget tired of the place and go home with “My tery isn’t how the child was conceived. The Dad Conquered the Human Race and All I mystery is what an Oscar-winning actress Got Was This Lousy Tentacle Warmer”T-shirt. had to do wrong to end up here. CBS. 10pm. TNT. 10pm. John Carter A Civil War veteran is magically transported to Mars where he discovers that all those hours in the gym make for some awesome flexing shots. (2012) Spike. 11:08pm.
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San Rafael has agreed to enter a $272,000 contract with the Downtown Streets Team—a Palo Alto-based organization that first came to Marin in June of 2013—for an additional year. The contract was unanimously approved 5-0 at a San Rafael City Council meeting on Aug. 19. It will allow the Downtown Streets Team to create a 12-person team—managed by two full-time staff members—a project manager and an employment specialist. The 12 team members will work 20 hours a week and, in exchange, will receive weekly food or housing vouchers for $100. San Rafael City Council Member Kate Colin shared that the city of San Rafael will receive help with the contract’s price tag. “This has been a successful program for the past year,” Colin said. “We are working with other organizations, such as the Marin Community Foundation to help support that funding.” In June, the Downtown Streets Team celebrated its one-year anniversary in Marin. The program logged 12,550 hours of time dedicated to cleaning up the streets, which by far exceeded the city’s goal of 8,700 hours. The Downtown Streets Team has also been able to match 25 people with employment opportunities within the past year. San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips shared his optimism about the program’s success and “sharing the funding load within the community” and the county. He added, “[The Downtown Streets Team] will continue for another year and I think quite successfully so.”—Stephanie Powell
Sheriff’s office identifies victims of alleged murder-suicide in Mill Valley The Marin
music scene just got a little quieter. Theodore “Ted” Charles Rodden, 61, the sound technician at Rancho Nicasio for the past 16 years, was confirmed on Aug. 22 to be the man shot to death in the backyard of his residence at 154 Carlotta Circle in Strawberry. Andreas Kreiden, 41, of Calistoga, was found dead with a rifle by his side in the backyard of his parents’ home at 152 Carlotta, in what detectives believe to be a murder-suicide. Kreiden’s body was discovered on the morning of Aug. 21, after county detectives found Rodden’s body in the adjacent yard on the evening of Aug. 20. Although initial reports stated that the two men were neighbors, it has become clear that Kreiden was visiting or staying at the home of his parents, who have owned the residence since 1968. Officials have not yet provided details on the relationship of the two men, and a criminal investigation is ongoing. The Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division stresses that the two deaths are interrelated, and that there is no threat or danger to the community. Rodden, a musician himself, was scheduled to perform with his wife Kaye at Rancho Nicasio on Oct. 19.—Molly Oleson
Pilot identified in Hicks Valley plane crash The pilot of a single-engine passenger plane that crashed west of Novato on Aug. 18 has been identified by the Coroner Division— through scientific identification procedures and dental analysis— as Robert John Madge, a 51-year-old resident of Redwood City. According to officials, the FAA advised the Marin County Sheriff’s Office of a “possible downed plane in western Marin County.” The search led to the discovery of a brush fire, located in the area where the plane was suspected to have gone down. A fire was called in at 3am on Aug. 19 at a rural ranch north of Hicks Valley near the Marin-Sonoma county line. Firefighters from the Hicks Valley station arrived to find nearly 40 acres of vegetation burning. Officials reported that Madge, found with thermal burn injuries, was the only individual discovered at the crash site. According to the Coroner Division, the cause, manner and circumstances that led to his death are currently being investigated. —SP
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What has been the most rewarding moment of your career? I enjoy seeing the place through the students’ eyes. We have time to reflect as a group when we are there, and often times, these moments reveal a newly discovered understanding of Bosnia, and, in a broader sense, themselves. Those moments are extraordinary. What can we expect from the program within the next few years? We have been particularly excited about the continued involvement of our alumnae, some of whom—Negeen Suri Nawim ’09, Sarah Adams ’09, Kristina Meyers ’12 (all from Marin)—have returned to Bosnia as many as three times to help coordinate the summer school program. Likewise, many of the local kids in Bosnia have continued to help us in their new roles as young adults. We would like to explore the possibilities for expanding this model of multiethnic summer school program to other communities elsewhere in Bosnia. What are some of the obstacles that From the Bay to the Balkans has encountered? Coordinating logistics from this side of the planet presents several unique challenges, but increased Internet connections on the Bosnian end has made that easier. We have so many supportive and engaged colleagues and organizations in Bosnia, and that’s what makes this program successful and even possible. At the same time, local politicians, administrators and teachers are not involved at all, and only a few local parents engage, which has been frustrating. At one point, about a decade ago, the school administration in the primary school shut off power to the school in the summer, so Jill and the volunteers had to make arrangements for an extension cord to snake down the hill from the church above the school. They ran that year’s session on only one outlet! How can the community get involved? Check out our student-written blogs, a day-by-day chronicle of the 2014 session (as well as others in the archive), which provide more insights into what it is like to be immersed in this intensive program from the student perspective: www.sandomenico. org/balkans2014. Stay tuned. We expect our students will be presenting on their experiences at all levels at San Domenico and they would be happy to share their experiences off-campus as well. Y
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mid the excitement of any new school year, this year’s back-toschool season also comes with discussions over a thornier issue: suspension. By the time Dennis Alvarez, 16, was a student at San Rafael High School, his brother, four years older, was in the system. He had already been to juvenile hall and, ultimately, prison. When Alvarez was caught with marijuana on campus two years ago, he believes his mother saw it as following in his brother’s footsteps. “I’m not really a troublemaker,” Alvarez said. He was held for three days of in-school suspension. He didn’t have any schoolwork to do, so he sat in the school office, staring at the clock for hours. “That’s where it was unhealthy for me. They just make you sit in an office, not doing anything. It gets to you,” Alvarez said with a chuckle. “It changes you. I know I’m sounding a little overdramatic, but that’s how I felt.” In the grand scope of school discipline, Alvarez’s punishment could’ve gone down a far darker path. 10 PACIFIC SUN AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
How is Marin dealing with high school suspension? * * * * * According to the Vera Institute of Justice— a nonprofit organization with offices in New York, Washington D.C., New Orleans and Los Angeles that helps schools ensure youths don’t become entangled in the justice system—first offenses like smoking tobacco had the same results as more immediately dangerous offenses like physical violence. More children had criminal records. Instead of teaching misbehaving students a lesson, many believe classroom removal— away from positive influences like school counselors, peers and adult mentors—is a short-term solution that puts many on the fast-track to the juvenile justice system and ultimately, a life of crime. Despite worldwide renown as an affluent county, Marin is a place in which public schools educate a wide variety of students from vastly different socioeconomic backgrounds—26 percent of children live below the poverty level. Disparity between races is at the forefront of many arguments against suspensions; Marin County is 80 percent white and, na-
tionally, racial gulfs are apparent. In March of 2012, the U.S. Department of Education released new information in the Civil Rights Data Collection’s 2009-10 statistics. It looked at American K-12 students in 7,000 districts (72,000 schools). The data showed that while black students comprised only about 18 percent of students, they made up around 33 percent of those suspended once. Among students who were suspended more than once, around 44 percent were also black. More than half of the total students expelled under zero-tolerance policies were Hispanic or black. The report sparked change. In January of this year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder released new federal obligations for schools to ensure minority students in particular don’t get caught in the “school-to-prison pipeline.” Holder underscored this as a civil rights issue. The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice came together to create a 32-page document for American teachers, administrators, students and parents that outlined several channels through which to determine
a more positive and restorative penance than out-of-school suspensions. It pressured districts to re-evaluate harsh policies. Duncan and Holder emphasized that removing students from a classroom or bringing in law enforcement should be a last resort—when a student is endangering him or herself or others. Some approaches outlined training for administrators in charge of discipline, counseling and meetings to develop social and emotional skills. Duncan said that in many cases, student misbehavior is a symptom of deeper underlying problems like substance abuse, trauma or mental health issues. Removing any student from a positive school environment compounds issues. In March, two months after the documents were released, a Marin County Civil Grand Jury issued a report titled, “School Suspension: Less is More.” The report investigated school suspension practices presiding over the approximately 32,000 students in Marin County schools. Specifically, the report aimed to see if high schools comply with new protocol. The Grand Jury Report mirrored the Obama Administration in
stressing that most school suspensions are more harmful than helpful. It found that among Marin’s seven largest high schools—Tamalpais, Drake, Redwood, San Rafael, Terra Linda, Novato and San Marin—there were 500 suspensions from 2012-13. It was a significant decline from 683 in 2011, but still too many, the Grand Jury said. Despite many of the county’s high schools having distinguished reputations, the overall high school suspension rate is similar to statewide levels. Misbehaviors that weren’t violent, but still interfered with learning in some way—like truancy, or public displays of affection—were the greatest cause for suspension. In January of 2013, there was a modification in a subsection of the California State Education code 48900.5 that required school administrators to waive suspensions for infractions that don’t cause harm to a student or other students. “Suspension,” the code now reads, “shall be imposed only when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct.” The Grand Jury report also found that there are inconsistencies in how different schools are disciplining different cases, and that the Marin County Office of Education is not effectively communicating new methods of alternative discipline—like peer mediation, peer courts and anger management training—to schools, parents and students. The Grand Jury specifically called on San Rafael city schools, Tamalpais Union High
School District and the Novato Unified School District to respond. Each response largely disagreed with the report’s findings, stating that communication and policies were clear; the only mutual agreement was that schools needed updated parent-student handbooks. The findings also suggested that there isn’t enough training to ensure that “high flyers,” or teachers who tend to suspend more than others, are managed. Mary Jane Burke, superintendent of schools for the Marin County Office of Education, noted that Marin’s educators are ever-aware of equity among students, and that seemingly inconsistent discipline methods are not necessarily negative. “Educators are encouraged to address the needs of the ‘whole child’ and to provide individualized supports and instructional settings that will address students’ unique needs,” Burke wrote. “This tenet applies to discipline as well.” The response from the Tamalpais Union High School District reads, “All that is fair is not always equitable and different situations with individual students should be addressed with the individual in mind.” Cynthia Nishinaga, a math teacher at Terra Linda High School, noted how complex it can be for teachers to continually keep individual needs in mind while teaching material to all. “We are expected to employ different ways of keeping order in our classroom, whether it’s a look, a tap, words or a phone call [to a
parent],” Nishinaga, who began teaching 14 years ago, said. “You do have a lesson to go through.” Nishinaga explained that teachers are trained to assess each situation: “Is a student simply having a bad day, or is this constant belligerence?” For repeatedly disruptive or disrespectful behavior, she requests a two-day suspension from her classroom. “Just my class, not the whole student day,” Nishinaga said, adding
that she prefers this method over any outof-school suspension because she says the student isn’t removed from any extracurricular activities; she gives them an assignment to do in the school office. “It gives the teacher order in the classroom and then the student some time to think. That separation does send a message to them, and then the teacher is not continually disrupted,” the teacher explained. 13> “We want students to move on,
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recently, from schools in which so we’re not heavy-handed,” she said. She a child commits a criminal act stressed how the school strives above all to The principal on campus. When the referral be nurturing to all students. “But there are comes from a school, the act suspended me—school is times when we need to separate the student isn’t put on a formal record. from the classroom when they’re being very the only place in the world Don Carney—the Pacific Sun’s disruptive.” where you can get time 2013 Hero of Marin in the catIn July of 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown signed egory of Innovation—has been off for bad behavior. into law the Local Control Funding Formula, at the Youth Court’s helm since which mandated that more money to school it began 10 years ago. Carney said districts should go to restorative justice prothat 99.99 percent of students choose grams and other alternatives to suspension. the Youth or Peer Court over suspenWithin the Novato Unified School District, six high schools and middle schools are sion; reasons include college applications or among the 11 in the county that have already disqualification for a federal Pell Grant. At Marin Youth Court, the goal isn’t to implemented alternatives to suspension. find aggravating evidence that proves the stu“We’re finding that students are more However, MYC has dent of guilt—it’s to drill down to the root of successful,” Lynn Erikson, coordinator of met skepticism from a student’s behavior and examine the deficits student services at the Novato Unified School others in the state. in his or her life, Carney said. District, said. In her 10 years working in “Some of them think And the success rate is extremely high. the district, Erikson noted that this process we’re an abominaAround 95 percent of the kids who undergo creates a cycle; when students frustrated with tion,” Carney said. He the program complete it. About 8 percent school are suspended and leave the classsuspects that critics feel get in trouble again within the second year. room, they’re even more discouraged later, “preached to” by who Considering that the national rate for kids because they don’t understand the material. they see as more adin juvenile hall is about 28 percent, Carney Administrators work with North Bay Sevantaged. The Superior thinks that’s pretty good. curity Group and use a matrix to determine Chief of Courts in Los “Our goal is to have the young person the course of action when a student misbeAngeles—where youth authentically, wholeheartedly accept their haves, Erikson said. courts treat children like accountability, ” Carney said. “Suspension is not a perfect solution to a adults, determining innoAfter the trial begins, the jury, comprised problem,” she said. “The more interventions cence, guilt and sentencof 12to 20-year-olds—some of whom are you have available, the more that hopefully, ing—told Carney, required to serve two to five jury duties after you can prevent that. If you’re providing “Oh, you can do their own trial—has one hour to ask what services to families, to students, they know that in Marin. Marin’s often amounts to over 50 personal questhey have options.” different.” tions, like, “Do you have an adult in your life She said the district brought in a drug and Dennis Alvarez, the San Rafael High you can trust?” and, “Do you have enough alcohol specialist last year. There are also student, was referred to MYC shortly after friends?” school safety specialists and mental health his in-school suspension. Carney said the younger jurors tend to counselors on most campuses. The district “At first it was kind of nerve-racking,” he have more “heart questions. ” has seen a big decline in suspensions,” Errecalled. “Eyes were on me, and this pressure “I had a gang-banger up on [the stand] ikson said. She also noted was on me.” one day and I had that the district impleHe took the minimum sentence of two this little 12-yearmented interventions jury duties and 15 community service hours, old girl say to NOW CELEBRATING in recent years, and ussplitting his time between a local chapter of him, ‘I bet your The Marin Youth Court is celebrating its ing these interventions the Alano Club and with a teacher. mother’s really 10th anniversary on Friday, Nov. 7, at the to their full potential is “It was actually good for me,” he said, calldisappointed with Meadow Club in Fairfax. For information, the focus. ing the experience a wake-up call. “I thought, you. ’ He burst into visit ymcasf.org/marin. Erikson pointed out ‘I shouldn’t be doing this,’ and, ‘This could tears,” Carney that making the school lead to serious offenses.’” said. “What a mocommunity aware of But, a deeper revelation concerned his ment that was. ” what resources are availbrother. “He got more of the punitive system. Substance use is able—and that the schools are available for always brought up, regardless of the charge— He went to juvie over and over again and support—is key. I think that there are times went through all of these programs. It didn’t it’s something that Carney said is a true issue some students will continue to be suspendhelp him,” Alvarez said. He believes the in Marin. Over the past 10 years, 90 percent ed,” Erikson said. “The goal would be that the punishments that tarnished his brother’s of nearly 900 cases have been substancesuspensions are for offenses that significantly record, and the feeling of being “ex-commudriven. impact a safe school environment and that nicated” actually made him go deeper into They also run a harm-reduction program alternatives to suspension such as Peer Court his troubles. that teaches children and their families speare used for lower-level offenses.” “On the other hand, I got one little slap cific strategies to “get through their risk-takThrough a grant from the organization on the wrist in a restorative system—in ing years alive, without a juvenile record and Healthy Novato, there is additional time Youth Court—and here I am.” He added that without an addiction,” according to Carney. for restorative justice programs like Peer throughout the process, he thinks his mom Still, he’s attended 15 funerals. Court—a school-run mock trial where a jury learned more about him, and sees him as What makes MYC unique from simiof peers questions and assigns restitution to different from his brother, even though some lar programs is that it doesn’t expect the a student “client” who has misbehaved. An of their actions were similar. student’s behavior to radically change. And, assistant principal typically supervises. Now, Alvarez has his eye on college, posMYC is the only agency to require parent The larger, county-run version is the sibly to become a nurse practitioner. “I still participation; Carney says that gives them a Marin Youth Court (MYC) at the Marin feel like I’m part of this community,” he said. YMCA, which is part of the California Youth “leg up” on the system. Carney encourages “I’m not pushed aside.” Y parents and children to spend more time Court Association. The MYC receives referSuspend Cristina at letters@pacificsun.com. together. rals from probation, police departments and,
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Does this sister location live up to its mouth-watering reputation? by Tanya H e nr y
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patio—and Boca Pizzeria was born. It had all the elements of its more upscale predecessor—professional service and topquality food—without the high price tag. When I learned that Bahreyni and his crew had opened up another Boca Pizzeria in The Village at Corte Madera shopping center, I had high hopes. The second outpost took over the space previously occupied by The Sharper Image, and Bahreyni had the large room outfitted with plenty of rough-hewn wood, a full bar and an exposed kitchen with room for as many as six cooks. My first surprise was a look at the menu—the only hint of summer I noted was the gathered greens that showcased TORREY FOX
t was a big deal when Boca Steakhouse came to Marin. Well-known San Francisco restaurateur George Morrone was involved in the Novato venture and quite a bit of buzz surrounded the opening. During the recession the high-end restaurant morphed into Boca Tavern in an effort to become less of a destination restaurant and appeal to more everyday dining. A little over four years ago, Shah Bahreyni and his team opened a casual place that focused on pizza, just blocks away from the original steakhouse. Designer Michael Brennan transformed a nondescript retail space that was once a shoe store, into an inviting high-ceilinged, window-filled room with a lovely outdoor
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tomatoes; everything else felt deep into fall—roasted Brussels sprouts, Tuscan white bean and kale soup, pomegranate reductions and roasted butternut squash. With over 10 starter offerings including a bruschetta, a flatbread and a handful of salads, there were plenty of opportunities to include the luscious end-of-summer peaches and nectarines, melons and corn. Cans of imported San Marzano tomatoes stacked on the cooks’ stations are put to good use on most of the wood-fired pies. I recalled the Farmers pizza (from the Novato locale—the menus are the same) prepared with decadent burrata cheese, Yukon Gold potatoes, pancetta and fried egg, and gave it a try. Even though the crust was undercooked and I wished the fried egg was cooked over-easy instead of fried hard, the bits of pancetta and tangy sauce made up for the lack of a crispy, blistered dough. The Mediterranean is a better choice, with a base of creamy pesto, grilled eggplant and zucchini, and topped with chevre and mozzarella. Be ready to enjoy the cheese at Boca Pizzeria—they aren’t afraid to feature the delectable burrata cheese in numerous preparations. And a pecorino flan would have been flawless if the choice of crostini for sopping up the leek, cheese and pine nut mixture had been chewier and less crumbly and dry. Gnocchi is a litmus test for any establishment that has an Italian focus, and theirs doesn’t measure up. That same delicious garlicky, cream-based pesto served over small, dense potato gnocchi upstaged the classic dumplings. We couldn’t resist using our pizza crusts to wipe the plate clean. With few dining options to choose from on the west side of the Village, Boca Pizzeria has a captive audience of shoppers. While the warm weather lasts, families, solo diners and couples flock to the outdoor patio where around 20 tables are carefully arranged on the sidewalk among hanging lights and potted plants. Along with its lunch and dinner offerings, Boca has a happy hour (Monday through Friday from 3-6pm)—and it appears to be a hit. Handcrafted cocktails—including their signature Boca Cosmo prepared with citrus vodka, Grand Marnier, pomegranate and lime juices—along with a Cucumber Lemondrop and Watermelon Margarita, are all offered at $9 each. In addition, a handful of bottled beers, a few draft options including Lagunitas IPA and Anchor Steam are also on hand, but the exclusively California wine list, is the most extensive piece of their beverage program. Wines from Amador County, the Russian River and Lake County are offered alongside Napa and Sonoma stalwarts. More than 20 wines are served by the glass, and a handful are rotated through Boca’s keg or Tap System, notated on their menu with “TS.” This is a great way to try wines that may be unfamiliar and are often only sold in restaurants by the bottle. It’s also
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.” So why not opt for one of Boca’s fresh cocktails (for health purposes, of course)?
an environmentally friendly way to go, as the wines from kegs to glass, and bottles are saved. It wouldn’t be the first time that a restaurant group expanded its business so much that subsequent outposts didn’t measure up to their predecessors. Perhaps this sister property is suffering from being too far away from the watchful eye of the expert management team in Novato. Because I have enjoyed the two earlier restaurants on multiple occasions and know what these pros are capable of—I know they can do better. Y Share your hunger pains with Tanya at thenry@pacificsun.com. TORREY FOX
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Growing pains ‘Boyhood’ begs the question: Does turning 18 mean you’re a grown up? by David Te mp l e ton
A symbolic representation of boyhood—being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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op! Sitting in this dim movie theater, waiting for Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age drama Boyhood to begin, something small and light has just bounced off of my face. Bop! It happens again. I turn to look at my movie guest, who is grinning mischievously at me from the seat on my right. “That was me throwing popcorn at you,” says my son, Andy, a recent Southern Oregon University senior. “Here,” he says, reaching over with a handful of popcorn, which he now slips into my shirt pocket. “Since you clearly don’t like me throwing stuff at you, you can officially consider yourself fully popcorned.” There goes the grin again, the same one that serves him well in his new career as a teacher. Currently teaching video, crafts and puppetry to adults with developmental disabilities, Andy majored in education and theater, with an emphasis on stage directing—and has a strong additional affinity for Shakespeare. In Linklater’s Oscar-buzzed Boyhood, the acclaimed director (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise) charts the life of a Texas kid named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows from age 5 to 18. What makes the film extraordinary is that Linklater actually filmed the movie over 12 years, capturing the literal aging of his actor, along with that of his sister, mother and father, played by Lorelei Linklater, Patricia Arquette and Ethan
Hawke. The story, told in a series of vignettes and vibrant slices of life, shows clearly how the circumstances of a young person’s life may affect their trajectory, but how the person we are at our core still remains reasonably constant. Mason, played with watchful charm and artist’s aloofness, emerges as a truly remarkable cinematic creation. “This is all off-record. You can’t use anything I say,” Andy tells me, immediately after the movie, as we settle down in a nearby coffee shop with a chocolate croissant to share, and prepare to discuss Boyhood. “Only kidding,” Andy adds. “It’s all on-the-record. Don’t be so serious, Dad.” And there’s that grin again. “Did you keep thinking the movie was about to end?” I eventually ask, referring to the way the 165-minute film kept feeling like it was wrapping up—when Mason graduates from high school, then when he says goodbye to his dad, then when he says goodbye to his mom, when he drives his car down the freeway into the horizon, when he arrives at college— but kept giving us more and more of Mason’s life. “I think that’s part of the art of the film,” Andy replies. “We know it’s building toward some resolution, right? And we think it’s going to happen when he graduates, because that’s where stories about growing up always end. There he is. He’s 18. He’s graduating. It’s the end. But honestly—is turning 18 really that big of a deal? Why? “When a kid turns 18, the parents get
all excited, like it’s some actual threshold “But this movie does have the answers, you’re crossing, but all it really is—is a in a way. It’s not that we have to seize date on a piece of paper, and all it means the moments of our lives. We can’t. We is you have the legal right to take care of can’t control the moments of our lives. yourself now. There’s nothing real that The adults in this movie—everyone over happens to your brain, or your maturity. 18—all of them having mid-life crises, Boom, you’re 18—suddenly you’re a they’re all still trying to control the modifferent person. It’s just this thing that ments. Trading a sports car for a minivan, adults focus on. It’s the moment adults whatever. They’ve stopped living in the think they’re going to get their life back, moment, and now they aren’t really living because they don’t legally have to take anymore.” care of their kid anymore. But it doesn’t “So, ultimately, you liked the way the mean we’ve stopped growing up, or that movie ended?” I ask. “Ending without we are ready to stop being a part of our really ending?” family.” “Yeah,” Andy nods. “I like that. I’m “Coffee on the counter!!” glad it didn’t end with Mason driving off I excuse myself to go pick up our to college as ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Big drinks from the barista, leaving the tape Man’ plays on the soundtrack. Because recording running in front of Andy. leaving home and going to college is not “I am eating all the chocolate out of where growing up stops and adulthood the middle of the croissant,” Andy tells begins. Growing up never actually ends. the recorder, a little message for me to Does it? discover later. “And I bet you will not “It’s like ... something big and chaleven notice.” lenging happens in your life and you go, “So,” I begin again when I return to the ‘Woah! I’m in a different place now. I’m table, “What do you think of the characa teenager! I’m a high school graduate! I ter of Mason? Did he seem relatable and have this figured out! Wow!’ And then, believable to you?” boom! A year or so later you find yourself “Totally. On my way to the bathroom in an even more challenging place and after the movie, I was walking behind this you go, ‘I was such an idiot a year ago. really old couple, and the first thing the I am so mature now.’ And then another woman said was, ‘I didn’t find myself beyear goes by, and you’re in your 20s and ing sympathetic with Mason.’ Like it was you go, ‘Boom! Wow! I was such an idiot, the movie’s fault that she didn’t relate to like, two months ago!’ But you know him. Really? You just saw this boy grow what? We’re not an idiot—and we never up before your eyes, and about a dozen stop growing up. other people all growing up around him, “Growing up is just ... life. I don’t think each in their own way, and all you can say growing up ever really stops.” is, you weren’t sympathetic to Mason as Yes. Growing up never really stops. he went on that journey. And I’ve got the popcorn in my pocket “She watched that whole to prove it. Y movie and she didn’t learn a Tell David to grow up at talkpix@earthlink.net. thing.” “So ... what did you learn?” Andy gives me a patient look, as if to say, “That was such a ‘Dad’ question.” But then he answers it. “I really like the scene where the girl is sitting there with Mason, near the end, and she says, ‘Everyone tells us to seize the moment. But the moments actually seize us.’ “That’s what I learned. No one teaches us how to deal with the moments of our lives. What do you do with the friends you used to have, and now they’re gone? The things you used to feel, and now they’ve changed? What are we supposed to do with all those moments, all those memories? “Grownups act like they have the answers, and that someday, when we grow up, they’ll give us those answers, or we’ll suddenly just have them, because we’re grown up. The filming began in the summer of 2002 and ended in the fall of 2013. Then we find out, they don’t Actor Ellar Coltrane was 7 years old when the shooting began and 18 when have those answers. it finished.
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ike its title, Fetch Clay, Make her husband, for that matter. Finally, as Man, Will Power’s play (currently if that isn’t enough. Power introduces at Mill Valley’s Marin Theatre ongoing conflict with the white-domCompany) may be a little too clever inated business community in scenes for its own good. Yes, the main focus that depict Fetchit’s rebuffed attempts is on the unusual relationship between to resurrect his movie stardom with the heavyweight boxing legend Muhamhelp of William Fox (a perfectly cast mad Ali (nee Cassius Clay) and fading Robert Sicular), head of the Hollywood black actor Stepin Fetchit (nee Lincoln studio that still bears his name. Perry) and their respective transitions After enduring what amounts to a from white-determined roles to more two-hour barrage of cant and rant— authentic identities durplus a ing the boxer’s preparadisplay ON STAGE Fetch Clay, Make Man runs through Sunday, tion for his 1965 second of fitness Sept. 7, at the Marin Theatre Company, championship bout with exercises 397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley. Information: Sonny Liston. But it’s and shadow 415/388-5200, or boxoffice@marintheatre.org also about important isboxing— sues like integration vs. it might separation, nonviolence vs. reasonably be radical resistance, the role of women, assumed that both Ali and the audience etc. that still divide America’s Africanwould be too exhausted to care much American community. Power connects about the upcoming bout. each of these issues to one or another of the play’s other characters, creating a kind of human solar system in which Ali, the self-proclaimed “Greatest,” is the unchallenged sun. Intermixed with the physical workouts, actor Eddie Ray Jackson as Ali not only spars verbally with Fetchit, but with Brother Rashid, his Nation of Islam bodyguard and minder (played with barely submerged menace by Jefferson A. Russell), whose job is to make sure he follows the separatist agenda preached by their authoritarian leader, Elijah Muhammad. Then, there’s his uppity wife Sonji (luscious Katherine Renee Turner), who isn’t about to surrender her feminist sense of independence to some far-off black pope—or
Not at all. Marin Theatre Company’s just-opened production is of such high artistic quality in every dimension that it overcomes the script’s defects as decisively as the dazzling footwork and series of lightening-like blows that send “ugly bear” Liston crashing to the canvas midway through the first round. Director Derrick Sanders (who also guided the company’s memorable production of August Wilson’s Fences) has fashioned a cleanly articulated, no-nonsense rendition of Power’s play that reminds me of the best New York off-Broadway stages. Courtney O’Neill’s locker room set further establishes a sense of elegant simplicity, and video designer Caite Hevner Kemp contributes a fascinating progression of nostalgia-evoking projections. The whole package has an appealing period sound-wrap by Christopher Baine. In the end, though, it’s MTC’s excellent acting ensemble that carries the day. Jackson’s challenge is to make us believe that despite the physical disparity between him and the real Ali, despite the plethora of non-boxing demands that confront him just before the biggest fight of his life, he has what it takes to stand head-to-head with Sonny Liston. It’s a case of sheer charisma— “float like a butterfly” when a soft touch is called for, “sting like a bee” when it’s time to get serious (to use his own description). From the evidence, it’s a winning strategy on both the stage and in the ring. All in all, a fine sendoff for MTC’s new season. Y Charles can be reached at cbrousse@att.net.
Eddie Ray Jackson as Muhammad Ali and Roscoe Orman as Stepin Fetchit in ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man.’
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F R I D AY A U G U S T 2 9 — T H U R S D AY S E P T E M B E R 4 Movie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d Alive Inside (1:13) Inspiring documentary focuses on the power of music to combat dementia and memory loss; Oliver Sacks and Bobby McFerrin add insights. l An American in Paris (1:53) Gene Kelly stars as a singing, dancing expat artist in the City of Light who falls for gamine Leslie Caron; music by the Gershwin boys, natch. l As Above/So Below (1:33) Archaeological horror results when explorers venture into the bone-ridden catacombs beneath the streets of Gay Paree. l Babe (1:29) Touching, whimsical tale of a piglet who tries to escape the butcher block by becoming a porcine sheepherder. l Begin Again (1:44) Musical rom-com stars Keira Knightley as an up-and-coming East Village chanteuse and Mark Ruffalo as a down-and-out record exec; let the canoodling commence. l Boyhood (2:44) Richard Linklater’s intimate epic, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, focuses on one boy’s evolving life from age 6 to 18; Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette star. l Calvary (1:40) A parish priest faces the day-today challenges of a troubled daughter, a morally ambiguous flock and his own inner demons; Brendan Gleeson stars. l Cantinflas (1:43) Affectionate biopic of Mexico’s greatest movie star features Oscar Jaenada as the beloved comic icon. l Chef (1:55) Superstar chef Jon Favreau gives up his luxe L.A. eatery to launch a Miami food truck with John Leguizamo and Sofia Vergara. l Le Chef (1:25) Jean Reno stars as a three-star master of haute cuisine who takes on the trendy excesses of molecular gastronomy. l The Expendables 3 (2:08) The testosterone is rampant as Stallone, Banderas, Snipes, Lundgren, Ford, Schwarzenegger and Li take on unscrupulous arms dealer and onetime Expendable Mel Gibson. l Get On Up (1:34) Chadwick Boseman gives a charismatic performance as the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, in this Tate Taylor musical biopic; Viola Davis costars. l Ghostbusters (1:47) Freelance parapsychologists Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd take down New York’s spookiest spooks including one possessing the body of Sigourney Weaver. l The Giver (1:40) Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medalwinning novel hits the big screen with Jeff Bridges as the mysterious keeper of a small town’s dark, dangerous secrets. l Guardians of the Galaxy (2:02) Yet another budding Marvel Comics franchise, this one involving an intergalactic swashbuckler, his foes and friends; Chris Pratt stars. l How to Train Your Dragon 2 (1:45) Wannabe Viking Hiccup and his pet dragon Toothless are back and busily protecting their village from uncouth invaders. l The Hundred-Foot Journey (2:02) Culinary fireworks result when an Indian family opens a restaurant 33 yards from Helen Mirren’s Michelinstarred dining palace; Lasse Hallstrom directs. l If I Stay (1:30) Gayle Forman’s best-seller hits the big screen with Chloe Grace Moretz as an acl
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cident victim who glimpses an unexpected future for herself during an out-of-body experience. l Jersey Boys (2:14) Director Clint Eastwood brings the Tony-winning musical bio of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to the silver screen. l Lawrence of Arabia (3:36) Dazzling David Lean epic chronicles the exploits of the mercurial British desert warrior with wit and substance; Peter O’Toole is remarkable in the title role. l Let’s Be Cops (1:44) Damon Wayans’ Halloween cop costume lands him in hilarious hijinks when actual fuzz mistake him for the real thing. l Love Is Strange (1:33) Newlyweds John Lithgow and Alfred Molina face cross-generational conflict and fouled-up family dynamics when economics force them to live apart. l Lucy (1:40) La Femme Nikita’s Luc Besson directs Scarlett Johansson as an innocent kidnap victim turned merciless, totally cranial action figure. l Magic in the Moonlight (1:40) Curmudgeonly magician Colin Firth meets his match when he finds himself at a country estate with clairvoyant Emma Stone; Woody Allen writes and directs. l A Most Wanted Man (1:30) The late Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in John le Carre’s tale of a mystery man’s true identity: victim of circumstance or undercover terrorist? l National Theatre London: Medea (1:40) Direct from the banks of the Thames it’s Euripides’ tragic tale of love, loss, anger and revenge; Helen McCrory stars. l The November Man (1:48) Pierce Brosnan as a 007-ish secret agent whose Swiss Alps retirement plan is disrupted by deadly enemies, dazzling damsels and (of course) one last mission. l The One I Love (1:31) Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss try to save their crumbling marriage at a weekend retreat that turns very weird; Ted Danson costars. l Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (1:42) Frank Miller’s comic book toughies are back and badder than ever; Jessica Alba, Eva Green and Rosario Dawson star. l A Summer’s Tale (1:54) Eric Rohmer’s latest romance al fresco follows the summertime tribulations of a vacationing student with three inconvenient sweeties. l Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1:40) Four reptilian outcast brothers emerge from their subterranean hideout to save Manhattan from power-mad supervillain Tony Shalhoub. l The Trip to Italy (1:47) Bantering restaurant critics Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are back and on the road to Tuscany, Rome, Capri and the Amalfi Coast in search of the perfect meal. l When the Game Stands Tall (1:55) Feelgood sports flick about a real-life high school football coach who led his team to 151 consecutive wins. l X-Men: Days of Future Past (2:10) The original X-Men join forces with their younger selves in a time-altering mission to save Earth; Halle Berry, Peter Dinklage and Michael Fassbender star. l Yves Saint-Laurent (1:46) French biopic stars Pierre Niney as the groundbreaking young couturier and Guillaume Gallienne as his lifelong lover and partner.
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Alive Inside (Not Rated) k An American in Paris (PG) k As Above/So Below (R)
Lark: Fri 1 Wed 4:15 Thu 5:15 Lark: Fri 5:50 Sun 3:45 Wed 1:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 k Babe (G) Lark: Sat 3:30 Sun 1:30 Begin Again (R) Lark: Sat, Sun, Tue 8:30 Boyhood (R) Marin: Fri, Tue-Thu 4, 7:30 Sat-Mon 12:30, 4, 7:30 Playhouse: Fri, Mon-Thu 3:30, 7 Sat-Sun 12, 3:30, 7 Rafael: Fri-Mon 12:30, 4, 7:30 Tue-Thu 7:30 Calvary (R) Regency: Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:25, 5, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Thu 11:45, 2:25, 5, 7:45 k Cantinflas (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 7, 9:30 Chef (R) Lark: Fri, Wed 8:30 Sat, Mon 5:50 Tue 1:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 5:40 Le Chef (PG-13) Lark: Sun 6:25 Mon 1:10 Tue 3:50 Wed 6:20 The Expendables 3 (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:25, 5:25, 8:25 Get On Up (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:45, 7:25 k Ghostbusters (PG) Cinema: Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Regency: Fri-Sun 11:05, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 Mon-Thu 11:05, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05 The Giver (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 Sun-Thu 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 Sat 1, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 Sun-Mon 1, 4:30, 7:15 Tue-Thu 4:30, 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 4, 7, 9:40 Sun-Thu 12:45, 4, 7 Larkspur Landing: Fri, MonWed 6:45, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55; 3D showtimes at 2:50, 8:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7, 9:55 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:35 The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Sun-Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:10 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Playhouse: Fri 4:10, 7, 9:45 Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7 Mon-Thu 4:10, 7 Regency: FriSun 10:40, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Mon-Thu 10:40, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Sequoia: Fri 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sun-Mon 1:20, 4:10, 7 Tue-Wed 4:10, 7 If I Stay (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 Sun-Thu 1:15, 4:05, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:35 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:25 Sequoia: Fri 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Sun-Mon 1:45, 4:30, 7:20 Tue-Wed 4:30, 7:20 Jersey Boys (R) Lark: Thu 2:15 k Lawrence of Arabia (PG) Rafael: Sun 2, 7 Let’s Be Cops (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:20, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 k Love Is Strange (R) Regency: Fri-Sun 11:35, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 10 Mon-Thu 11:35, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 Lucy (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 Magic in the Moonlight (PG-13) Marin: Fri 4:15, 7, 9:25 Sat 1, 4:15, 7, 9:25 Sun-Mon 1, 4:15, 7 Tue-Thu 4:15, 7 Regency: Fri-Sun 11:55, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:20 Mon-Thu 11:55, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55 A Most Wanted Man (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:30, 5:20, 8:10 Playhouse: Fri 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 1, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sun 1, 4:20, 7:10 Mon-Thu 4:20, 7:10 k National Theatre London: Medea (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 7:30 k The November Man (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:30 Sun-Thu 1:30, 4:10, 6:55 Northgate: FriWed 11:25, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:25, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10 The One I Love (R) Rafael: Fri-Sat, Mon 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9 Sun 2:15 Tue-Thu 6:45, 9 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15; 3D showtime at 9:45 Sat-Sun 2:15, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 4:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 6:15; 3D showtimes at 11:15, 3:30, 4:55, 8:45, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 7:50; 3D showtimes at 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 10:30 A Summer’s Tale (G) Lark: Fri 3 Mon 3:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 k The Trip to Italy (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Sat, Mon 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 Sun 12, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 Tue-Thu 6:30, 8:45 When the Game Stands Tall (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35 Sun-Thu 1, 3:50, 6:50 Regency: Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 10:05 Mon-Thu 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:10, 10:10 Yves Saint-Laurent (R) Lark: Sat 1 Mon 8:30 Tue 6
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon chew the scenery in ‘The Trip to Italy,’ opening at the Rafael Friday. Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 | Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 | Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 | Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264
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Highlights from our online community calendar— great things to do this week in Marin.
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Live music 08/29: Friday Night Jazz: Susan Sutton Trio Jazz. 6pm. No cover. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.
08/29: Jim Pasquel and Sheldon Lee Cowen Guitar duet. 8pm. No cover. True North, 638 San Anselmo Ave.
08/29: Honeydust With the Haggards. 9pm. $10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/29: James Moseley Band Motown, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, reggae. 9pm. $12. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com. 08/29: Kelly Peterson Band Folk rock. On the patio. 4pm. Free. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com. 08/29: Maria Muldaur Maria and her band will perform hits and fan faves, as well as tunes from her from her 40 years of recording experience. 8pm. $23-36. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org. 08/29: Michael Rose Reggae. 9pm. $30-32. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.
08/29: Miracle Mule, Buck Nicels and Loose Change Rock. 9pm. $12. Hopmonk
Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. hopmonk.com/novato.
08/29: Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88s Piano rock-a-boogie. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.
08/29: Phil and the Terrapin Family Band
8pm. $25-40. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net 08/29: Songwriters Night Folk rock. 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 08/29: Soul Mechanix Soul, jazz. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com. 08/30: The Bad Jones Rock. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.
08/30: Boca do Rio with Sarah Cabral Trio
08/30: Salsa with Vibrason and DJ Carlitos 7-9pm diners gets a complimentary glass of
champagne. $10. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Drive, Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com. 08/30: Tainted Love Pop, rock. 9pm. $27-32. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 08/30 Telstar with Phil Lesh 8pm. $15. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net 08/30: Zydeco Flames Cajun rock and blues, zydeco. 8pm. $12-15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.
08/31: Astrid Arceleo and the Silver Doves Jazz. 7pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.
08/31: Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express Tender Mercies opens. 4pm $17-20.
Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 08/31: Dirty Cello Corte Madera community foundation summer concert series. 5pm. Free. Menke Park, Redwood and Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera. 302-1160. cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org.
08/31: Folkish Festival: Misner and Smith
Acoustic Americana, folk. 12:30-2:30pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 461-5700. marincountrymart.com. 08/31: Glass House and Mads Tolling With David Worm; Mark Vickness; Mads Tolling, violin; Dan Feiszli, bass. 6:30pm. $12-15. Fenix, 919 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 08/31: Grateful Bluegrass Boys With Aaron Redner, Eric Yates, Bryan Horne, Ben Jacobs, David Thom. 7:30pm. $25-40. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net 08/31: High Tide Collective Blues, jazz, funk. With Dylan Squires, guitar; Danny Vitali, bass; Michael Pinkham, drums; Ethan Okamura, guitar; Phil Ferlino, organ. 11:30am. No cover. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.
08/31: Homestead Valley Music Festival with Jon Korty and Friends, Marble Party, Golden Gate Brass Band and the Simple Cure Barbecue and beer and other refresh-
08/30: Jim Pasquel and Sheldon Lee Cowen Guitar duo. 4pm. No cover. Peri’s
ments to buy. Kids area and other diversions to be found. 11am. Free. Homestead Valley Community Center, 315 Montford Ave., Mill Valley. homesteadfest.org. 08/31: Lumanation Reggae. 6pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 08/31: Rumbache Cuban salsa. Salsa dance class with at 4pm. Free. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com. 08/31: Zella Bash 5 9pm. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.
Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 497-2448. perisbar.com. 08/30: Over Time Originals and rock covers. 1pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.
Isadora Belle and the ZFB open. 11am-2pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.
9pm. $10-12. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.
08/30: The English Beat with DJ Dubmatrix 8pm. $28-65. Throckmorton Theatre,
142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org. 08/30: Hot Blood Quartet Jazz. 9:30pm. $5-10. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.
09/01: Labor Day Live Music Brunch with Dore Coller and Bermudagrass Inimitable
The bare necessities Disneynature’s critically acclaimed BEARS brings four seasons of Alaskan wilderness to life as only glistening Blu-ray can, but the film is also a showcase of how far technology has come on the other side of the lens. There are moments Although population numbers in the lower 48 states report only 1,800 grizzly bears left in the wild, in Alaska there are still around 30,000 of such close-quarter roaming free. intimacy and danger that you’re left wondering how on earth directors Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey got their shots—Snorkel-cam? Waterfall crane? DenScope? With noses seven times more powerful than a bloodhound’s (we learn), grizzly bear Sky and her cubs, Amber and Scout, seem fine with getting their close-ups, no matter the threat. Just off of a hibernation in the Coastal Range’s snowy peaks, the trio makes a shaky descent to the estuary of a river valley, Sky always watchful that her cubs don’t become lunch for turf-marking rivals such as Magnus and the scruffy Chinook. Romps in the waves and rooting for shellfish are great fun for the cubs, who are just getting steady on their feet. But the ocean-flat pickings are few and mother decides to take them north, brushing with avian friends and lupine fiends along the way. They’re desperate to reach Golden Pond, the fabled top of the salmon run and last hope of food for the starving three. John C. Reilly narrates with bluff perfection.—Richard Gould
09/01: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.
09/01: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm. Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.
7:30pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.
8:30pm. Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.
09/01: Open Mic with Austin DeLone
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Presented by the Rotary Club of Marin. After the performance the Rotary Club will have its weekly meeting and buffet dinner. Dinner is $22. Please RSVP for dinner. No RSVP needed for performance. 6pm. Free. McInnis Golf Park Patio, 350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 246-7195. marineveningrotary.org. 09/02: Swing Fever With Ray Loeckle. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 09/03: Patrick Sweany 8pm. $15. City Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com. 09/03: Robin DuBois Jazz vocals. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 09/03: Sandy Thom Francesca Lee opens. 8pm. $42. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 09/03: Tom Finch Trio Feel good folk, acoustic rock. 8pm. No cover. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com. 09/04: Bob Gordon and the UFOs Classic pop, Hawaiian, country, rock. 7pm. Free. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.
09/04: Kirtan with Gangadar and Friends
7:30pm. $10. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com/ events.
09/04: Poppin Productions Presents Napa Nights with D-Lo 9:30pm. $15. City
Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com. 09/05: Craig Caffall Band Acoustic rock. 9pm. $10. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. hopmonk.com/novato.
09/05: Friday Night Jazz: Erik Jekabson Quartet 6-9pm. Free. Marin Country
Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com. 09/05: Henry Salvia Come say happy birthday and check out some great music. 8pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com
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09/02: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and
up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 3839600. throckmortontheatre.org. 09/04: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.
Theater Through 09/07: ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’
West Coast premiere. By Will Power. Directed by Derrick Sanders. 8pm Tues., Thurs., Fri.Sat.; 7:30 pm Wed.; 7pm Sun. Matinees: 2pm Sun., Sept.6. $20-58. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5208. marintheatre.org. Through 09/27: ‘An Ideal Husband’ Oscar Wilde’s story about scandal, seduction and insider trading. Directed by Robert Currier. Performances are presented in repertory FridaysSundays. Check online for schedule details. The amphitheater opens one hour prior to show time for picnicking. Audiences are encouraged to bring picnics or purchase snacks at the Theatre Cafe. Warm clothing, jackets and blankets are recommended for evening performances. Parking is free. $12-35. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave., Dominican University of California, San Rafael. 499-4488. marinshakespeare.org Through 09/28: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Marin Shakespeare continues its 25th Silver Season. Lesley Schisgall Currier directs. Performances Fri.-Sun. Check online for performance details. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, 890 Belle Ave., San Rafael. 499-4488. marinshakespeare.org
Concerts 08/31: Zachary Siefert-Ponce Guitar.
3pm. Free. Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery, 18856 Highway One, Marshall. 663-1006. artbythebayweekendgallery.com.
08/27: Noontime Concerts: Rick Shinozaki, and Anne Rainwater Violin; piano. Noon. Free. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.
Art 08/30-09/01: Labor Day Weekend 2014: Meet Sausalito Artists at Work Visit more
than 20 artists at work in their studios. You will have the opportunity to observe each artist’s approach to the creative process and purchase works from local artists. 11am-6pm. Free. ICB Art Studios, 480 Gate Five Road, Sausalito. 7065051. sausalitoartists.com.
08/30-10/05: MarinMOCA Fall National Exhibition Marin Museum of Contemporary
Art presents the Fall National Show. This show includes artwork from around the nation. Opening reception 5-7pm Aug. 30. Free. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Dr., Novato. 506-0137. marinmoca.org. 08/31: Watercolor Workshop With Elizabeth Flanagan. All skill levels welcome. Work mainly from photographs of your choice. 1pm. $28-34 plus $10 materials fee. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. ohanloncenter.org.
08/30-09/01: Fourth Annual Sausalito Seahorse Artists Laor Day Art Show Works
by local painters, photographers, jewelers, textile artists and sculptors at affordable prices. Opening reception, dinner and dancing. 7pm. Aug. 30. Volunteers are still needed and receive a free meal. Noon-8pm. Sauslito Seahorse Restaurant, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899.
09/02: Mill Valley First Tuesday Art Walk
Art exhibitions at downtown galleries, stores, city hall and community center. View art, meet artists and enjoy a glass of wine. 6pm. Free. Depot Plaza, Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 383-1370.
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09/04: Embellished Origami Boxes Learn to make an origami or bento box with Emily Wong. Then have fun embellishing it with stickers, washi tape, drawing, painting. 2pm. $8-10. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. ohanloncenter.org. 09/05: Watercolor and Wine Party Learn the basics of making luminous watercolor paintings while enjoying tastings from a Mill Valley-based boutique wine maker and socializing with your friends. Melissa Parhm will guide you through the process and flow of using this versatile medium. All levels welcome. Please RSVP. 7pm. $20-25. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388.4331. ohanloncenter.org.
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FRI A retrospective concert featuring Muldaur and her all-star band, AUG 29 celebrating the 50th anniversary of her journey through the world of music! She will perform fan favorites from the 3 phases 8PM of her career: folk, pop/rock and blues soul.
Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. ohanloncenter.org.
09/03: Free Bike Repair Day for Families
1-4pm. Free. San Anselmo Library Lawn, San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. townofsananselmo.org
Film 08/31: Alec Guinness at 100: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ David Lean’s masterpiece, the winner of seven Academy Awards (including best picture), is still one of the most intelligent epics ever made and a must-see on the big screen. Peter O’Toole stars as the British officer who assisted the Arab revolt against the Turks during World War I. With Alec Guinness is Prince Feisal and Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins. (UK/US 1962) 227 min. 7pm. $11. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Center, 1118 4th Street, San Rafael. 454-1222. rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/alec-guiness-at-100/.
Outdoors 08/30 and 09/14: Wilderness Act Anniversary Hikes Join the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin for a series of free
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SUN FREDERICA VON STADE & JOE BLOOM SEPT 7 WITH THE YOUTH FROM YMCO Described by The New York Times as “one of 4PM America’s finest artists and singers,” Frederica von Stade continues to be extolled as one of the music world’s most beloved figures.
SONG OF THE NEW EARTH
A lyrical documentary about one man’s quest to integrate modern science and ancient mysticism through the transformative power of music and sound.
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W. KAMAU BELL: “OH EVERYTHING!” THUR SEPT 11 COMEDY TOUR 8PM Hot off the success of his FX comedy series produced by Chris Rock, Kamau is hitting the Throck as part of his national tour. The New York Times raves he is “the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.”
08/29: Family Movie Night Popcorn provid-
09/03: Art of World Cultures with Zoe Harris For ages 6-12. 3:30pm. $16-20. O’Hanlon
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Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Marty Balin, founding member and lead vocalist of JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, hit song-maker of JEFFERSON STARSHIP, returns to The Throck by popular demand!
Kids Events
down the middle of Main St., USA, as Friday Nights on Main celebrates Disney. With the Kyle Martin Band performing rock favorites and Once Upon a Song princesses circulating. 6pm. Free. Main St., Downtown Tiburon. 435-5633. tiburonchamber.org.
THE ENGLISH BEAT: DANCE!
The original ska rock band, with founder & lead singer Dave Wakeling, hits The Throck for a wild night of all their hit songs from the last 3 decades! Plus opening act by DJ DUBMATRIX to get the dance floor going!
taught artist and political prisoner Antonio Guerrero. Free. Open 2-9pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11am-6pm Fri; Noon-6pm Sat. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A Street, San Rafael. 898-0131. mitfamericas.org. Through 08/31: Gallery I Suki Hill, photographs. Free. Open 2-6pm Mon.-Sat. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org. Through 09/14: The Box Show Group exhibition and fundraiser. Closing party and auciton 2pm Sept. 14. 11am. Free. Gallery Route One, 11101 Highway One, Point Reyes Station. 663-1347. galleryrouteone.org.
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Through 08/30: Political Prisoner Art Show Prints of watercolor paintings by self
ed. Bring family, a blanket, low chairs and a picnic dinner or snacks (no barbecues). Movie will begin 15 minutes after sunset. No pets (except service animals) please. Park entrance is free. 7:30pm. Free. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. 897-0618. marincountyparks.org.
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Nick Sholley as Sir Robert Chiltern and Darren Bridgett as Lord Goring in MSC’s production of ‘An Ideal Husband.’ wilderness hikes led by trained naturalists and birders in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Bring snacks, water, warm layers, sunscreen and binoculars (a scope will be supplied). Email admin@eacmarin.org to reserve a spot and get detailed meet up information. Estero Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore. 663-9312. eacmarin.org. 08/30: Mount Burdell Night Hike Join Ranger Mike Warner for a sunset/night hike on Mt. Burdell. Discover nocturnal wildlife and the unique views of this preserve. Hike is approximately 5.5 miles roundtrip. Dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes, bring water and flashlight/headlamp. Friendly, leashed dogs welcome. High fire danger may cancel. 7pm. Mount Burdell Open Space, San Andreas Drive, Novato. 473-2816. marincountyparks.org.
08/30: Ring Mountain Grassland Restoration Monthly drop-in volunteer workday focused
on restoring the grasslands of Ring Mountain. Volunteer work may include weeding, seed collecting, tarping, fence construction and/or installing native plants. Educational components are included as we discuss the plants and animals that inhabit this unique place and explain how volunteer activities are having a positive impact. 10am-1pm. Free. Ring Mountain Open Space, Taylor Road, Tiburon. 473-5058. marincountyparks.org. 09/04: Spiders at Lake Lagunitas See many species of spiders and explore the biology of spiders in general. Learn how to identify common species. Bring lunch. This walk is for
ages 15 and up. No pets (except service animals) please. High fire danger may cancel. 10am. $8. Parking fee. Lake Lagunitas parking area, Sky Oaks Road off Bolinas Rd, Bolinas. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org. 09/05: Kent Island Restoration Team Be a part of the team working to restore the unique ecosystem on Kent Island in Bolinas Lagoon. Learn the value of protection and how to identify and remove invasive species that threaten it. Space is limited. Please RSVP. Participation requires a short rowboat ride to the island. Volunteer work involves bending, pulling and kneeling. Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes and bring water. Rubber boots come in handy, but are not necessary. Snacks and water will be provided. Bring lunch. 10am. Free. Kent Island, Wharf Road, Bolinas. 473-3778. marincountyparks.org.
Readings 08/30: John Hope Bryant “How the Poor Can Save Capitalism.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 09/02: Matthew Stewart “Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 09/04: Michael Pitre “Fives and Twenty-Fives.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.
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and wine. Live music includes Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Jackie Green, Sonny Holland, Taj Mahal, Danny Click and the Hell Yeahs, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tommy Castro Band, Pete Escovedo, Pride and Joy, Tower of Power, others. 10am-7pm Sat.-Sun.; 10am-5pm Mon. $5-25. Marinship Park, Sausalito. 332-3555. sausalitoartfestival.org
08/30: Baby Food Cooking and Nutrition Demonstration II The Marin Country
Mart Farmers’ Market has partnered with Fresh Baby Bites and NewboRN Solutions to teach you about preparing first foods. The class will focus on purees for babies’ ages 6 months and up using local, organic and seasonal ingredients. Join registered nutritionist/dietitian Heather Schwartz and baby foodie chef Marjan Esser from Fresh Baby Bites. 10:30am-noon. Free. 10:30am. Free. Marin Country Mart Farmers’ Market, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.
08/31: Third Annual Fairfax Streets for People The blocks on Bolinas Road between
Broadway and Elsie Lane will be open for activities, games, dancing, yoga, live music, tea, shopping, food and fun all in a car-free environment. Fairfax’s Streets for People is a collaboration between Sustainable Fairfax, the Chamber of Commerce and the town of Fairfax. 11am. Free. Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 3052307. sustainablefairfax.org.
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I’ve been dating a girl for two months, and I go back and forth from thinking the relationship has legs to wanting to end it. I just had a birthday, and she got me a new iPod Touch with my name engraved on the back. I told her it was too extravagant, but she insisted I keep it. For some reason, I now want to break up with her even more, but I feel guilty about ending it after she got me this pricey gift.—iClod
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Desperation is always so sexy—like Abraham Lincoln in a lime-green mankini. There is a natural order to things. The tennis ball does not chase the dog. (Imagine how freaked your dog would be if it did.) It also tends to go over poorly when women overtly pursue men. Males evolved to be the chasers of our species (and most other species)—to do the wooing and gift-giving. Females evolved to be the choosier sex, to give men the squint-eye and wait for them to prove they are “providers.” When a woman turns the tables and does the wooing, like by giving a man an expensive present right out of the gate, the man tends to suspect there’s something wrong with her. If he wasn’t already ambivalent, he’ll likely get ambivalent. (Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Give a man you just started dating an iPod and you’ll be fishing for a new boyfriend.) What you need to figure out is whether your “lemme outta here” feelings are about her or the fact that she got you what may seem like an iShackle. (“Hey, honey ... here’s the present you’d get if we had a serious relationship—so now give me the serious relationship.”) Give this a week or two and consider whether her gift was desperation-driven or whether she maybe just got into shopping mode and, oops, went a little wild at the mall. If you decide that your initial reaction—wanting out—is where you really stand, don’t be delayed by the price of the gift. The right time to break up is as soon as you know it’s over. If you stay with her, you might gently confide that what works best for you in a relationship is taking things slowly. We long for what’s slightly out of reach, not what’s hanging all over us raining small appliances: “I know you like music, so I’m giving you an iPod.” Your impulse: “And I know you like shoes, so I’m giving you the boot.”
Q:
I’m a 30-year-old single guy. Two friends from college got divorced six months ago after being married to each other for less than a year (no kids or anything). The truth is, I had a crush on the woman before they even met, and I’m fairly sure the feeling was mutual. I’d like to ask her out, but I’m certain this will bring condemnation from all our mutual “bros,” though I was never close with her husband. Does that trump the rule that you shouldn’t date a guy friend’s ex? Or is she off-limits forever?—Wary
A:
It’s natural to want to express your sympathy to a guy whose marriage just broke up: “Hey, man, so sorry to hear you two didn’t make it. By the way, did she happen to mention me?” Asking out a buddy’s ex can seem like the dating version of poking your head over the booth divider at the diner and asking, “You gonna eat that?” It’s especially unseemly to forage in the remains of a guy’s relationship if he isn’t exactly skipping away from it. But assuming the Jaws of Life aren’t required to pry the guy out of the fetal position, a divorce is a breakup, not a “bent but still usable,” meaning postdivorce, it’s time for the ex-husband to release his ex-wife back into the wild. People typically advise choosing the friend over the girl (sometimes because they think they’ll sound like bad people for advising otherwise), but you should consider what matters more to you—possibly having a crack at her or maintaining your social cred. If you do go out with her, do it discreetly at first: Go places where people won’t know you, and avoid the temptation to Facebook or live-blog your entire evening. If, after a few dates, you’re hitting it off, it’s a good idea to give the guy a heads-up via email. He might still be mad. But at least you’d just be a jerk, not a sneaky jerk. If it turns out you and she have something lasting, in time, people should begin to think of your relationship as something “meant to be”—while perhaps hiding the silver and the women when you come around. Y
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