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Looking for Whistlestop Express, the newsletter of San Rafael-based Whistlestop? Just another reason to pick up the Pacific Sun: The newsletter is planned to appear as an insert in our paper on the third week of every month.

I am very disappointed to read that you won’t be doing an endorsement issue. I feel like it is a real abdication of your journalistic responsibility. As citizens, we need journalists to help us gather information and weigh the issues. Journalists have the ability to do extensive research and have standards and a reputation in the community that provides a context that letters cannot match. I used to have four local papers to consult as I made my choices, now what is left? The Independent Journal alone is not enough.

—Anne McClain

Mixed message piñata Actually, you should be touting piñatas for Hillary and Bernie: They’re the ones giving away “candy and goodies”—billions and billions of taxpayer dollars for ever more entitlements, which will raise the cap on “our” debt by trillions [‘Trump up the volume,’ Oct. 14].

—Lily Zahrt [NOT a Republican]

Consultant love affair About our County Supervisors spending money on outside consultants to do the work that our in-house staffers should really be doing, Dick Spotswood is right that if our employees don’t have the competence to perform these basic tasks, then we need to get rid of them. Same goes for their managers who aren’t able to efficiently allocate work assignments. This isn’t a charity.

Parks chief Ron Miska is throwing out $60,000 in public funds, fully fungible with the Measure A money they begged for and the voters foolishly approved, for a consultant to review public parking and restroom capacity in West Marin.

This is something my collegelevel freshmen could have easily handled, although Miska says his staff does not possess the capacity or specialized experience to perform the work.

Instead of pushing for more tourism in West Marin which benefits only a few, we should be taking steps to reduce traffic throughout the county before we choke on it.

—Alex Easton-Brown

Political Forum Dear readers: This year, we are discontinuing our annual endorsement issue. However, leading up to local elections, we will dedicate this space to political letters, endorsements and commentary. Please send your contributions to letters@pacificsun. com. And enjoy the floor.

Sausalito’s Measure F is about more than our parks With a very limited ballot likely to affect turnout, the outcome of Sausalito’s current ballot measure remains in doubt. What is not in doubt is, once again, sharp lines of division have been set upon our small community. Sadly, the opposition has unnecessarily positioned many of Sausalito’s older residents against younger families and virtually every other civic leader, current and former elected official in town (yesonfsausalito.com).

Measure F never belonged on the Sausalito ballot in the first place. It was forced there by a threatened lawsuit by Patricia Zuch. The tactic was designed to obstruct these projects in the name of fiscal prudence. Her suit would have failed in the courts but the city was able to act quickly and get the Measure on the November ballot. Ms. Zuch is a longtime financial supporter of Councilwoman Linda Pfeifer.

Pfeifer likes to depict herself as an honest broker with a watchful eye on

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against every annual budget. She may believe that relieves her from taking responsibility for any fiscal decisions but it doesn’t relieve her of knowledge of those decisions. The city has allocated those funds to long deferred maintenance of our storm drains, sewers, streets and ADA compliance requirements. Work in these areas is ongoing and will consume these funds for many years to come. Councilwoman Pfeifer seems to be saying this money can be spent twice. Pfeifer has never voted in favor of funding a parks project. No on F is cynical politics, a self-serving political ploy masquerading as fiscal responsibility and an alternate plan.

Throughout her seven years she has been a divisive figure, she has demonstrated an inability to work with her colleagues on the council and with city staff. She hasn’t been able to get enough votes on the council to take her turn as mayor. Therefore a “yes” vote on Measure F is more than a vote for safe decent parks in Sausalito, it is a signal to Councilwoman Pfeifer and her patrons that we’ve had enough unnecessary division in our community. We deserve solutions, not just unbridled criticism.

We have more than enough cynical self-serving politics at the national level; we don’t need anymore of it in our local community.

—David Holub, Sausalito

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Sausalito’s fiscal issues. Unfortunately, her record proves otherwise.

Immediately after Zuch hired a law firm and threatened this lawsuit, Pfeifer sent out an email to the community indicating surprise. From her 8/4/15 newsletter, “As of today …

I’ve had no confirmation on date or time or topic … According to the other councilmember’s announcement, the Closed Session (referring to an emergency council meeting) topic concerns a citizen legal challenge to the City Council’s earlier vote to approve approximately $8.1 million in Certificates of Participation against the MLK site.”

Given that she was the only vote against the funding of the parks on the council, that she cited the spurious legal argument used by Zuch in spite of all qualified legal opinions to the contrary. (Pfeifer is not an attorney) The notion that she had no knowledge of this lawsuit stretches well past the limits of credulity. Furthermore, the idea that she has self-funded this campaign appears absurd on its face.

Only the most recent signage indicates that Ms. Zuch paid for them. When I challenged them on these points they have remained silent. When asked for her rationale for the anti-park efforts, Zuch has refused to comment.

We hear a lot from Linda Pfeifer about ‘transparency’ in Sausalito’s government processes. Apparently in her eyes she is exempt from that daylight.

There is an established pattern here in Sausalito. Councilwoman Pfeifer drives up the cost of projects and governance in general, with incessant demands on staff that cause Sausalito to use additional resources, including outside consultants, engineers and peer review that drive up costs and insert delay by design.

Then she’ll complain of excessive cost and inefficiency. She causes another study and staff report followed by yet another and then in the end without any professional credentials, data, or a plan of her own she objects to their conclusions. Measure F is no exception to that. In spite of their communications to the contrary, neither the city nor Pfeifer have an alternative plan to improve the parks.

The No on F campaign asserts, “Improve the Parks without the Debt.” They claim the recent half-cent increase in the sales tax (Proposition O that both Pfeiffer and Zuch opposed) will help pay for this. These claims fail the simple test of credibility and arithmetic. Pfeifer has been on the City Council for seven years. She has voted

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lished in 1850 in Monterey, 1854 in Benicia, 1889 in San Rafael and in 1965 at the end of Sleepy Hollow, on Butterfield Drive in San Anselmo.

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square miles, followed by Maui, 730 square miles.

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1 In 1850, Catholic Mother Mary Goemaere emigrated from Paris to open the first independent and first Catholic school in California, to serve students in the earlier grades. The school moved from Monterey to Benicia (and by 1889 to San Rafael), and today the school rests in the boondocks of Marin County, the latest link in the history of California’s oldest independent school. What is it?

By Howard Rachelson

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2 The name of what adult beverage means ‘little water’ in Russian?

3 Of Hawaii’s many islands, which two are the largest?

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four-letter names act on an airplane: One pushes it upward; the other slows it down.

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a. In tackle football it’s a touchdown, but in rugby it’s a what? b. It’s the most prestigious trophy in ice hockey. c. He’s a former presidential hopeful whose first name sounds like an object used in baseball.

6 What year marks the sesquicentennial of the end of the U.S. Civil War? 7 This 1934 film, with a number and a time in the title (and starring Claudette

Colbert and Clark Gable), was the first ever to sweep all five Oscar categories—Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Writer. What is the title of the film?

8 I’ll supply the country names, and you identify the capital cities, which have names that begin and end with ‘A.’ Example: Kazakhstan … (Astana), but you knew that! a. Turkey b. Ethiopia c. Ghana 9 What Bay Area sports venue is named after a brand of clothing?

10 What elite military team killed Osama Bin Laden?

BONUS QUESTION: If you want to get a job in London, England in this occupation, you must pass a stringent examination, considered the toughest test in the world, called “The Knowledge.” What occupation would you be looking for?

Howard Rachelson invites you to come join our upcoming team trivia contests, featuring great questions, music and visuals: Tuesday, October 27 and November 10 at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael; free, with prizes. Contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com, and visit triviacafe.com, the web’s No.1 trivia site! ▲ Mountain biking pioneer and inventor Charlie Cunningham, held as a hero in the hearts of many, needs a helping hand. Cunningham rode solo on Azalea Hill in Fairfax in early August and had an accident, which left him with serious injuries. The Fairfax resident suffered from head trauma and broken bones, but was soon back at home.

Six weeks later, the man who created the first aluminum mountain bike was back in the hospital with a subdural hematoma attributed to the accident and underwent emergency brain surgery. Today, Cunningham is mending slowly at a rehab hospital, working on his speech and ability to swallow. Let’s help Charlie Cunningham on his trail to recovery. A GoFundMe page is raising funds for expenses not covered by insurance.

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▼ You’re a zero if you drive under the influence, crash and completely shear off a power pole on Francisco Boulevard East, causing a power outage to the neighborhood, which is what occurred last Saturday at 2:40am. San Rafael police officers arrived on the scene and initiated a DUI investigation. It was determined that Lakiya Striplin, 36, was too intoxicated to operate a motor vehicle and he was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage.

Fortunately, Striplin, the only occupant of the car, wasn’t injured; however, PG&E shut off power to the San Rafael neighborhood to make repairs. Of course, the busy road was closed for many hours. Geez, call a cab or sleep it off in your car next time.—Nikki Silverstein

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Now we have received some very good news on the breast cancer front in Marin County. The Cancer Prevention Institute of California recently announced a 31 percent drop in new breast cancer cases in Marin County since 2001. Rates of breast cancer in Marin County have fallen to their lowest levels and are now about average for the state. Deaths from breast cancer here have decreased by 65 percents since 1988.

The study shows that a change in one factor – postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) – is likely a strong contributing cause for the drop.

When studies first showed a probable link between HRT and breast cancer, fewer than 10% of women in Marin County continued with HRT leading to a sharp decline in the number of breast cancer diagnoses.

These new findings will help reduce our anxiety, but they still cannot give us the one definitive answer we want.

What is the one thing we can do to prevent breast cancer in the first place, and if diagnosed, keep it away for good?

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Some of the highest risks, unfortunately, are out of our control: being female, over age 50, family history, breast density, and a history of breast cancer. Secondary factors include: age at which menses and menopause began; obesity; more than two alcoholic drinks per day; and history of other cancers. Factors that put us in the low risk category; having a first child before age 30, breastfeeding, use of medicines such as Tamoxifen, and exercise.

I urge women to focus on simple strategies for improved breast health.

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Get a screening mammogram each year. There has been some controversy about when screening mammograms should start, but every professional medical organization continues to recommend annual screening mammograms starting at age 40. Yes, the potential for false positive results and the need for further tests is present, but mammograms are safe and convenient and most importantly, they keep people from dying.

Studies show that finding cancers earlier has resulted in a 30-35% decline in breast cancer mortality rate with the use of mammograms.

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Be aware of your own breast tissue and changes in your breasts.

Do not hesitate to see your doctor if any changes occur.

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Take steps to modify risk factors you can control.

Obesity. Our risk for breast cancer increases if we continue to gain weight over the course of adult lives, especially after menopause. For every one point we go up in the body mass index scale (BMI), our breast cancer risk increases 5%.

Alcohol. Drinking wine and other alcoholic beverages is part of the social fabric, perhaps more so here in Marin County. Seventy-six percent of women in this county reported having more than two drinks a day compared to 50% in California overall. Drinking this amount puts you at higher risk, and even higher if you drink more – three drinks/day results in a 50% higher risk; each additional drink increases the risk by 6%.

Exercise. Studies have shown that the single most important action women can take to decrease their breast cancer risk is cardiovascular exercise. To get the most benefit, you should keep your heart rate at sustained level of 60% of your own maximum heart rate (220 minus your age) for 150 minutes per week or more.

Nutrition: Follow the nutritional guidelines we know are good for optimum health – incorporate lots of whole grains, fruits and vegetables into your diet, and keep your intake of fat, especially saturated fat low. Studies are mixed on whether Vitamin D levels can help manage your risk, but since it is important for bone health, I recommend supplements to my patients.

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Look in the owners’ manual or on the inside of the driver’s side door for the standard cold tire inflation pressure. Unscrew the valve stem cap from the valve stem on the tire. Press the air pressure gauge evenly onto the valve stem and record the reading given. If the tire needs air, add in small amounts until the reading is at the recommended inflation pressure. Re-install the valve stem cap. Repeat for all tires.

or almost 20 years, concern about elevated breast cancer rates in Marin County compared to California, the country, even the world, has been part of the fabric of our community. Breast cancer researchers and advocacy groups in both the local and wider community have looked at a combination of factors, including women’s ages, ethnicity, levels of income, family history, childbearing patterns, use of alcohol and the environment, to try to provide some answers.

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HERO

More and more Marin residents are beginning to adopt the HERO Program, which enables homeowners to install things like energysaving skylights, and pay for them over time.

Renewable revolution

Marin cities adopt water- and energy-saving program

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he addition of Belvedere and Mill Valley to the HERO (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity) Program earlier this month gives Marin County more than 126,000 homes under the program, which aims at giving access to financing for water and energy improvements. The goal of

the program across the county is to increase energy reliance on local and sustainable efforts.

“It was a really good thing for us to have solar put in because it really reduced our bill and I know the program can help so many people who might not have known where to go first,” says Fairfax resident Ryan Hensin. He believes that those who

join the program will see “some savings right away, and that is really nice.”

HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing enables homeowners to make energy- and water-efficiency improvements and pay for them over time through their property tax bill. Interest is tax-deductible, and homeowners see

immediate savings on utility bills.

Marin has quickly become a hub for PACE expansion and the county has approved the option for all residents of ‘unincorporated areas,” or roughly 50,000 homes. The cities of Belvedere, Fairfax, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael and Tiburon have also approved HERO. Corte Madera, Ross and Sausalito have not yet voted on the program, leaving 8 percent of homes in the county unable to access HERO financing.

Across California, HERO serves more than 10.5 million households.

The program has “helped fund more than 46,000 residential efficiency projects totaling more than $933 million in financing in California,” a statement issued by a public relations firm representing HERO read. “By stimulating home renovation activity, the HERO Program increases demand for local contractor services. HERO is estimated to have spurred the creation of more than 7,900 jobs in California since beginning in December 2011.”

With the state legislation recently passing new regulations that should see a reduction in urban water consumption by 25 percent, the new financing options should help residents meet and exceed the goals, says Vice President of Community Development for Renovate America Blair McNeill, the company in charge of the HERO Program’s administration.

“We are seeing the rising costs of energy and when I speak with homeowners, they really want to find ways to be environmentally friendly and cost effective,” McNeill says. “I think this program is the best solution right now to help people get their energy costs down, conserve water and at the same time not have it destroy the bank accounts.”

McNeill says that HERO finances the entirety of the improvement project and he believes that the length of time that HERO is involved helps residents understand the

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on water and/or energy bills,” the statement read.

Marin also hopes that the program will be a benefit through economic stimulus and local job growth, while helping their communities reach state-imposed water- and energysaving goals.

According to HERO, an estimated “6.2 billion KwHs of energy are already being saved by projects completed to date. This is equivalent to the CO2 emissions from 38,000 homes’ energy use for a year. Waterefficiency projects HERO has helped finance to date will save 1.7 billion gallons of water, or the equivalent of 55 million showers.”

The HERO program has now been adopted by 352 communities in California, in 34 counties.

HERO’s success in California is part of a national trend, with PACE programs now enabled in more than 30 states. The new financing model is quickly becoming a cornerstone of America’s push for cleaner power and energy independence.

Cities and counties need only pass a resolution in order to make PACE programs like HERO available to local property owners. The program has received numerous awards, including the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award, the Urban Land Institute Best of the Best and the Southern California Association of Governments President’s Award for Excellence. Taking part in the HERO program is 100 percent voluntary for both jurisdictions and property owners. The program is cost-neutral to participating local governments.

McNeill hopes that this is just the beginning of finding a way to get more California homes into the renewable sector without breaking the bank. “I think we are very aware of the high costs of living in the Bay Area and this translates beyond rents or mortgages, so anything we can do to help remedy these problems will be great for the people and our communities,” he says.

Hensin agrees with McNeill, but goes further in urging other Marin residents to follow up with HERO representatives in order to obtain the information needed to move forward on improvements.

“This is a great project, but I feel too many people still don’t know about it or are apprehensive because they think it is too expensive,” Hensin says. “We need to educate and get the word out to more and more people so this will be in all homes in Marin.”✹

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process and make it work. “It’s about bringing renewable and efficient technology within reach for a broad range of homeowners.”

Given the State of California’s recently adopted regulations aimed at reducing urban water consumption by 25 percent, PACE financing is a particularly appealing option for homeowners and for municipalities.

Through the HERO Program, residents are able to obtain access to high-efficiency toilets, faucets and showerheads, drip irrigation systems, rainwater catchment systems, artificial turf and drought-tolerant landscaping—all financed through the program and paid back through property taxes. McNeill believes that it is a win-win situation.

“This is just the beginning of the renewable revolution that is happening in California and we are seeing that Marin is very open and receptive to these ideas, so it is exciting to see how many homes will take advantage of this opportunity,” he says.

Some residents are using the HERO Program to install the most popular product, solar power panel installations and heating and cooling systems, as well as energy-saving windows and doors, roofing and insulation.

San Francisco-based contractor Marcus Samuelsen, who regularly works in Marin on housing projects, says that residents should understand that these products are better than the standard options available.

“What we are seeing right now is that people understand that by putting a few bucks forward now, they can save themselves in the long run and help to move California and the country in the direction off fossil fuels,” he says. “I think this project should be mandated for all new structures in order to really have an immediate impact. In today’s world, lagging behind is not good enough anymore.”

And the HERO Program’s success is a direct result of its extensive contractor network.

When a homeowner faces unexpected and inevitable repairs such as a broken water heater or leaking roof, HERO-qualified contractors can steer their customers toward more efficient upgrades.

“Homeowners can select a truly efficient product for their repair since they don’t have to put down large amounts of money upfront; they then enjoy immediate savings

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Grace Dammann ( far right) enjoys a moment in nature with her partner Nancy “Fu” Schroeder (center) and their adopted daughter, Sabrina (far left).

The power of Grace Grace Dammann: Recovery to reinvention

By Joanne Williams

It takes 40 minutes to travel from Mill Valley to Sausalito by battery-operated wheelchair. Last September, Grace Dammann piloted her power chair on the bike path and took the ferry to the city for lunch. It was her first such foray, but she’s planning more independent ventures. This is her story since an accident in 2008 confined her body but not her mind.

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r. Grace Dammann maneuvers her wheelchair next to the man seated across the room, takes both hands and gently massages his knuckles and joints. He

smiles; his shoulders retreat from his ears. “I think you should get more exercise,” she says. “Do you swim in the pool? I know I need more exercise. I got this shiner under my right eye when I tried a new exercise

and fell off the treadmill,” Dammann says. He chuckles at the attention as she continues to ask him how he’s doing.

Grace Dammann, MD, a 68-yearold, pixie-sized physician with short dark hair laced with silver,

is director, founder (in 2006) and a team member of the first San Francisco in-patient unit for patients with chronic pain, located in a skilled nursing facility at San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.

Dammann landed there after the near-death head-on collision on the

Nancy “Fu,” Schroeder and their adopted daughter Sabrina. She also maintained an AIDS and family practice in Mill Valley and was directing the first AIDS clinic for poor people at Laguna Honda Hospital.

Both Sabrina and their beloved dog, Mack, survived the accident (Fu was not in the car), but Dammann had so many internal injuries and broken bones she was not expected to survive. But after nearly two months in a coma she woke up. “I was glad to be alive,” she says, even with multiple injuries. Colleagues at Laguna Honda gave up a year of sick days to maintain her salary during rehab. Her arduous rehabilitation is captured in the 2014 documentary States of Grace by her longtime friends, filmmakers Helen S. Cohen and Mark Lipman.

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welfare movement. Grace received her B.A. from Smith College, went on to Yale Divinity School where she graduated as an agnostic but was impressed with the idea of belief.

From there Dammann moved to Wisconsin, where she received her MSW, gravitated further west and asked for guidance from her then deceased grandmother, who advised her in a dream to go to medical school. Dammann enrolled at Mills College for pre-med, and then “all the doors opened,” she says. At 35 she continued her studies, received her M.D. from UCSF in 1986 and in 1990 established the first AIDS inpatient unit in a skilled nursing facility at Laguna Honda.

Before the horrific head-on collision that put her in a wheelchair for life, Dammann had lived for 27 years at the Zen Center at Green Gulch Farm above Muir Beach in Marin with her partner,

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today?” Dan asks. “Where are you hurting?”

On the other side of the room, Alice Wong, an activity specialist, wields the acutonic tuning forks, different colors for various vibrations, smacking them against a small disc strapped to her thigh with the verve of a Taiko drummer, and as the wood and metal forks begin to vibrate she passes them over the painful areas on the patient. “It helps with diabetic pain, arthritis, AIDS inflammation and similar discomfort,” she says. (Alice and Dan met at the pain clinic and were married by Grace at the Zen Center at Green Gulch Farm in Marin.)

Pain is the fifth vital sign, after pulse-rate, respiration, body temperature and blood pressure, and physicians are beginning to pay more attention to it. The pain clinic at Laguna Honda has developed various alternative methods of treatment that have been noticed nationally. “They try to use alternative treatments long enough on a patient to see what works for each patient,” Dammann says. Among them: Mid-morning, the clinic lights are dimmed and the team and the entire group of patients close their eyes for a 10-minute meditation.

If these procedures seem too far out they appear to work. “My own experience after the near-fatal accident on the Golden Gate Bridge that resulted in 15 surgeries and 58 units of blood led me to research pain and palliative care. I was bored being a patient myself,” Dammann says. “When I was cleared to work again and I was offered the pain clinic at Laguna Honda I didn’t want to do it, but as I thought about it, physicians need pain education, and who better to teach it than a disabled physician. I believe in patient-centered care. Pain is undertreated and the medical community realized it needed to be addressed.

It is very complicated and has very little to do with physical symptoms but everything to do with how a person experiences it.”

Grace Meigs Dammann grew up in a small town near Winnetka, Illinois, from a long line of physicians—she’s seventh in the chronology, and the oldest of four siblings. Her grandmother was a pediatric physician, a contemporary of Jane Addams who started Hull House, the first Settlement House in Chicago that started the social

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Golden Gate Bridge in 2008 that put her in a wheelchair for life and resulted in a lawsuit against the Bridge District and the eventual installation of a moveable median barrier last year.

Every Thursday in a bright airy room in the new wing of the hospital at the foot of Twin Peaks, she and eight other professionals— acupuncturists, massage therapists, occupational therapists, advanced care nurses, substance abuse workers, pharmacists, physicians and a psychiatrist—attend to disabled residents, one at a time, to tame their pain.

The pain clinic’s mandate of compassionate care is clearing away the underbrush of confusion when it comes to pain management— trying alternative techniques besides medication. Clinic team member Dan Rybold, M.D., an acupuncturist and family practice physician, believes pain is blocked energy. “By releasing blockage the energy can flow again,” he says. The pain clinic uses various techniques, from foot and neck massage, talk therapy and meditation to yoga, Qigong, acupuncture and a vibration acupuncture called acutonics, a method using tuning forks that vibrate and are believed to release blocked energy.

Medication, including medical marijuana, can be part of the recommendation, particularly with AIDS patients.

The morning begins at 9am with a staff meeting to discuss patient progress and a new patient, who requires a translator. “There is a family member who wants to direct treatment,” Dr. Dan says. (It’s hard to use their formal title in this relaxed setting). “The patient has multiple system failure. How do we handle this?” The ensuing conversation is off-limits to this reporter. Before the team breaks— they will see 30 patients today— they take time for 10 minutes of meditation together.

At around 10 o’clock, patients arrive, some walking, some in wheelchairs, one lively woman in bed who likes to chat about anything. Dr. Rybold speaks in Spanish to a man from Vera Cruz with a colostomy bag hanging from his waist and places acupuncture needles in his ear and on the top of his head. He makes no sound and accepts the needles while he and Dan converse in Spanish like old friends. “How are you feeling

Grace Dammann worked through arduous rehabilitation after a 2008 head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge nearly took her life.

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had worked in the garden and in the kitchen while maintaining her public health jobs. It was not an easy adjustment. Fu made a fiveyear commitment to take care of her partner, yet they had always had differences. “I am an extrovert and Fu is an introvert,” Dammann says. “Being a 24/7 caregiver is an impossible job. Fu wanted a more monastic life, and I wanted to go back to work. I gotta get a job, I told Fu. It was a bad joke.

Also I wanted to be ordained as a Buddhist priest. I had missed a year and a half of Sabrina’s life as a teenager. I had arm and leg surgery, foot surgery. When I first woke up I was glad to be alive. Then I became frustrated by my limitations. I wanted to dance, to surf.”

The offer in 2011 to create a pain clinic turned out to be a gift. “I hired Dan Rybold and we quickly pulled a team together who wanted to work with us on this alternative approach to pain management,” she says.

Last month, Dammann was invited by Harvard University Medical School to teach compassionate care to thirdyear medical students. She also taught the medical staff at Brown University, in both instances using her case history in States of Grace, which has become a valuable teaching tool. The National Institutes of Health and other hospitals nationwide are now

studying pain management and compassionate care. Dammann herself is now off of pain medications because she believes in her case that they intensify pain if one becomes dependent on them and then tries to stop.

Today, Dammann has a unique vision of her task. “The role of the healer is to help make patients happier,” she says. “I tell my staff if you are depressed don’t come to the office. I learned from being a patient the importance of relationship-centered care, of compassionate care. To me this is not work.”

During the six-year period that marked the AIDS disease’s deadliest era, Dammann signed more than 1,000 death certificates. The Dalai Lama honored her work with an Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award in 2005.

Perhaps Dammann’s capacity for pain is due to her Buddhist philosophy and her ambition to become ordained. Her left hand is still crippled from the accident, and she struggles to use it, but she managed to finish 15,000 tiny stitches on the garment that she will wear if ordained.

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In 1990, the same company that installed a median barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, installed a moveable barrier on the Auckland Bridge in New Zealand that resulted in a dramatic overall reduction of accidents, and totally eliminated dangerous ‘cross over’ collisions.

Caltrans had studied this engineering breakthrough, and in 1998 a moveable median barrier was installed on the Coronado Bridge in Southern California that again resulted in a total elimination of head-on crossover accidents and a 20 percent reduction in overall accidents. The Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge District, Merv Giacomini, recommended installing the median barrier in 1998 but the report was buried for eight years.

The lawsuit drew the attention of California legislators. Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer earmarked $10 million for the construction of the median barrier. The Metropolitan Transport Commission contributed another $5 million from one of its funds, which finally resulted in the installation of the movable median barrier ( January 11, 2015). There hasn’t been a head-on collision since.

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greet the breezes. Mack’s water dish sits near a smiling Buddha statue. Dammann tried the treadmill again and with a physical therapist makes a strenuous effort to walk. After her trip to Boston she officiated at a wedding in Santa Barbara, then went to Bellingham, Washington to do more professional consultation.

Dammann has learned to accept change. Her Buddhist philosophy helps.

“You can’t argue with what is, that can create more suffering,” she says. “I remember after my accident what pleasure I experienced for my first shower. It was better than sex.

You can’t control what happens but you can control how you behave in response. Now I have learned to say yes to everything, to travel, to everything that presents itself.”

Dammann won’t run the Bay to Breakers again, but she anticipates more journeys on her power chair, like her trip to the Ferry Building.

She has occasional twinges when crossing the Golden Gate Bridge because of the memory, but for her weekly commute she takes the Whistlestop bus or has a driver with her personal wheelchairaccessible van. To stay engaged at Green Gulch, she spends two days a week in the office, answering the phone and taking reservations for visitors. She’s also a fan of the Golden State Warriors.

As Dammann writes in Lessons from an Accident, published online at Awakin.org, “I realize now that my greatest happiness in life has been in my service to people, particularly the joy that comes from being totally present with my own and their suffering.

When I woke up from my coma I had new insight, I understood that I hadn’t completely shown up in life. My new emphasis in service is to remind myself of this motto, ‘Do it now, just do it now.’ Whatever life offers, take it.”✹

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Carey Mulligan speaks in front of a large audience about her acting career and her role in ‘Suffragette,’ MVFF’s closing night film.

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elieve it or not, the 38th Mill Valley Film Festival, which wrapped on Sunday with a closing night bash at Terrapin Crossroads, is now older than the median age in this country. While we predicted that Eddie Redmayne would win the Academy Award for Best Actor and told him so at last year’s festival, we won’t stick our necks out quite that far this time. But do look for Brie Larson to at least get trumpeted for a nomination for her role in Room.

Not unprecedented, but still a bit of a longshot because of his age, 9-year-old Jacob Tremblay deserves a nom for supporting.

To prep for the part as a young woman imprisoned for years with her little boy in a backyard shed, the disarmingly articulate Larson, whose agent told her that she would never get the role, says, “[I] trapped myself in my house for a month, with no TV, no junk food, no Internet, out of the sun, meditating a lot. I worked with trauma specialists, about what would happen to her mind, where survival is the main focus of the brain. I talked with doctors and a

nutritionist about the effects of this imprisonment …

“It was complicated,” she continues. “It did seem insurmountable at first. I had to find her, look at who she was up to 17 when she was abducted. I wrote three diaries, for when she was 10, 14, and 15 or 16—my way of delving into an adolescent mind worrying about her body, wishing mom would let her get highlights. I tried to understand the frustration of what this woman would have to go through day after day.” Room won the MVFF Audience Favorite, Gold Award for 2015 U.S. Cinema. Look for it on Oscar night.

You can call us crazy (and you’d probably be right) but on the ninth day of the festival, we walked into Marcel Ophuls’ four-hour and 20-minute The Sorrow and the Pity, then dragged ourselves directly to the wacky Icelandic comedy Rams and, finally, practically crawled into a screening of Truth, a mere eightplus hours of nonstop viewing.

And, yes, we have an eye exam next week. The soon-to-be (on November 1) 88-year-old Ophuls appeared on stage for a tribute and

an exchange with the audience, and spontaneously broke into song with “San Francisco, open your Golden Gate.” That was a bit of a curiosity for a man who candidly admitted to us that, on three occasions, he tried to kill himself. “It’s the only way you can escape from life,” he said. “But as I didn’t succeed, I am here. You learn, as you get older, to become more interested in yourself. And that animals are preferable to people.”

When Carey Mulligan met us on the red carpet she had tears in her eyes. We were about to ask if we were that frightening, but she explained that the California air had sent up alarm bells for her allergies. The British-born actress, who has the lead in Suffragette, about women’s fight for the right to vote in England, surprised us with the news that her career got off to a bumpy start. First, her parents “were not wild about my going to drama school. I applied secretly to three and snuck away to audition, but I got rejected at all three. My mum and dad busted me and it was awful!” Then, after landing her first role (in Pride and Prejudice), she says, “I didn’t know what I was doing and I was freaked out acting in scenes with [legendary] Judi Dench.

[Director] Joe Wright came up to me and said, ‘Carey, you actually need to do something.’ But I had nothing to do except giggle and run around and call room service. I thought all roles would be like this.”

The hand-me-down clothes and toe-crunching shoes she wore in Suffragette could have easily dispelled that fantasy. Director Sarah Gavron says, “Carey prepped for this by going to work in a laundry and didn’t wash her hair for three weeks. And those clothes are made to be uncomfortable.

I’d been trying to get this film done for 10 years and had Carey in mind right from the start.” (Really?

Mulligan would have been but 20 a decade ago.) “We were told it would take almost a month to hear whether she would take on the part, so I went off on holiday. Two days later, I got a call she wanted to see us, so I flew back, talking to her for 15 minutes feverishly and without taking a breath until she stopped me and said, ‘I’ll do it.’ We built the cast (including Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep) around her. There has never been a screen version of this issue. It is still relevant, there are still gender gap

issues today.” (Suffragette was the first film to ever receive an OK to film in the UK’s House of Parliament.)

Gandalf the Grey, otherwise known in real life as Sir Ian McKellen, jumped into the vat of estrogen by suggesting that he engage with audiences on the topic of women with whom he has worked, among others Ava Gardner, Judi Dench, Jane Seymour, Bridget Fonda, Greta Scacchi and Annette Bening.

The last-minute McKellen Harem program, as we like to call it, proved a risqué success.

There was so much estrogen surging through this 11-day showcase with more than 40 films, exhibits and panels referencing the gender gap, salary gap, power gap and recognition gap that women face in the workplace today, we just have to wonder why Gap (clothing store) did not tear off its underwear to become a sponsor. Had any of us been in doubt about the fest’s focus on the female, we had only to look at a few of the film titles: The Girl in the Book, the Girl King, the Danish Girl, Black Girl, Bunny New Girl and The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow. Tiburon’s Robin Hauser Reynolds took home a MVFF Audience Favorite Gold Award in Active Cinema for her Code: Debugging the Gender Gap while San Anselmo’s Eli Adler and San Rafael’s Blair Gershkow captured an Audience Favorite, Gold Award for documentary filmmaking with their Surviving Skokie. Berkeley director Rob Nilsson, who has been landing films in the Mill Valley Film Festival since the festival was in its toddler years and this season premiered his Permission to Touch, jokes that sometimes he feels he is running a pyramid scheme, getting the funding for his next film just in time to use the money to complete his last one. Swiss German director Barbet Schroeder asked his mother to get out of her house in Ibiza for a month so he could shoot Amnesia there. Since the film screened here, she apparently agreed to go.

The 38th edition of the annual autumn event drew more than 68,000 to the festival’s venues in Mill Valley, Larkspur, Corte Madera and San Rafael. That’s a lot of movie-loving people moving through Marin.✹

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director of programming, McKellen discussed his thespian origins. “I was brought up in the north of England, in a town where there were three live theaters, and my parents used to take me to them,” he said. “I was so enchanted by what I saw. How do they do it, is what I wanted to find out. What happens behind that curtain? How do they learn their lines? How is it all done? It was because of that, I decided to act.”

At the start of his career, McKellen often performed in very large theaters, with 1,500 people in attendance. “So I was a big actor—at times perhaps thought to be a bit overblown,” he said. Then he did Macbeth in 1976 with Judi Dench at a Stratford-upon-Avon theater of just 100 people.

“You didn’t have to project your performance, you didn’t have to tell the audience what to look at—they were close enough to touch you,” McKellen said. “And I loved it. It was that production that was the preparation that got me ready for the closest audience of all, which is the camera.

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ir Ian McKellen arrived to a legion of fans who’d gathered on the sidewalk alongside a red carpet leading into the Smith Rafael Film Center on Sunday, October 11. Accompanied by an entourage, McKellen walked, beaming, towards the photographers’ pen, stopping short to ensure that a young girl got “a good shot.”

Inside the theater a few minutes later, Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) Director Mark Fishkin ran through McKellen’s illustrious career and awards, then showed a montage of such crowd-pleasers as Gods and Monsters, Lord of the Rings and X-Men. Before presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of MVFF, surprise guest Armistead Maupin, famed author of Tales of the City, regaled attendees with stories about his friend of 35 years, including the time McKellen stayed at his house and left a note on the pillowcase that read, “Gandalf and Magneto slept here— with each other.”

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Lifetimes of achievement

Peter Stein: [The Memory of Justice (1976)] is a brave film because once again, you turn your attention toward the crimes under Nazism, but through the lens of the Vietnam War. And Algeria.

Marcel Ophuls: That’s the Nuremberg principle. It was supposed to bring justice to the world, and of course, it didn’t.

Because there is no justice in the world. There can’t ever be. For a while, we felt it could be possible.

No, these things are still with us, and the danger is still here.

Stein: Your films set a certain moral bar for what film can do in the way of exposing some deep national truths, starting with The Sorrow and the Pity. You’re revealing something about French activity during the occupation that was kind of an overturning of “an official version,” as Stanley Kauffmann used to call it. Was that intentional or did you discover that in the making of the film?

Ophuls: Both. The time had come for somebody to—in films, in books—put an end to the godless, Communist mythology about a country having all resist the invader.

No country ever does that. In no crisis in life is that ever possible.

Stein: One of your great contributions to cinema is allowing a big story to fill a big space of time.

Ophuls: Actors can give you on the screen their personality in three minutes—great actors, even less. But for real people to stop being just talking heads, you have to give them time so that people can judge for themselves. I’m not the one who invented that. To me, documentaries are all about spontaneity.✹

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Marcel Ophuls, considered to be one of the world’s most important filmmakers, was honored at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival.

“Acting is the same whether you’re in front of a camera or in front of a live, large audience. It’s the degree of presentation which makes the difference.”

Clips were shown of McKellen’s cinematic roles in Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Richard III (1995), Lord of the Rings (2001-2), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Mr. Holmes (2015), and in between, he charmed the crowd with reenacted lines, behind-thescenes stories, impressions of other actors and tales of working with Ava Gardner. Then he graciously answered audience questions about his status as an openly gay actor.

“When I came out, some longtime gay activists assumed that I would now turn myself into a ‘queer artist,’” he said, “that I would stop playing the sort of parts I play and just concentrate on gay-related plays and films. And I said, ‘No, I can’t!’ I find that heterosexuality is far too interesting a phenomenon to be ignored.”

McKellen expressed his joy for “telling stories to real people,” whatever the medium. “Sometimes we get it wrong,” he said. “Perhaps the script’s not quite good enough.

Perhaps we didn’t work quite hard enough. But when we do and it all comes together, then the magic of the movies is that it’s there for all time, for others to see.” ✹✹✹ On Thursday, October 15, MVFF paid tribute to documentarian Marcel Ophuls. Born in Germany in 1927, Ophuls is considered one of the most important filmmakers of the world, garnering critical acclaim for his work including, The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), an Oscar-nominated examination of France under Nazi occupation, which was later featured in the story arc of Woody Allen’s Annie Hall; and Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988), which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Before screening ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Un Voyageur), Ophuls explained how he made the 2013 autobiographical film as a precursor to his memoirs, and quipped that it’s “short” at 106 minutes (The Sorrow and the Pity runs 251 minutes; Hotel Terminus is 267 minutes).

Afterwards, Ophuls conversed on stage with Peter Stein, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and former executive director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.

Ophuls discussed how most of his films were journalistic assignments, and that his best movie was The Memory of Justice.

At the 38th annual Mill Valley Film Festival, Sir Ian McKellen was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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ased on author Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food, a new documentary (with the same title) offers up plenty of bite-sized nuggets about what we should be doing to improve our health as a nation. The Berkeley-based journalist’s sevenword mantra sums up his philosophy around helping Americans improve their eating habits: “Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

The two-hour film, produced for public television, covers quite a bit of territory and includes everything from Pollan lecturing in a packedto-capacity lecture hall, to historical examinations of how the media has covered food over the last 50 years, to the most current research and interviews with scientific experts studying the American diet.

Along with the vilification of the usual suspects—sugar, fat and salt, the film offers fascinating insight about the way in which microbes play crucial roles in our guts. Interestingly, a study of breast milk reveals how this “perfect food” offers newborns certain bacteria that fill up a portion of their intestines, disallowing harmful bacteria to invade. Likewise, there is ongoing research that explores ways in which we can learn to cultivate healthy microbiomes through diet to improve our health.

“It isn’t often that we find a simple answer for a very complicated problem,” says Pollan, who returns again and again throughout the film to the simple notion that eating real food that isn’t processed, that can be found in the outer aisles of our supermarkets and that our grandmothers would have eaten— is the right way to consume food.

Pollan, for those familiar with his work, is known for popularizing and blaming the notion of “nutritionism” on many of the health problems associated with our diets. He delves deep into this ideology that contends that the key to understanding food begins with the nutrient. He argues that since nutrients are invisible, it is necessary to rely on nutrition experts to make our food choices.

He believes that this is where the problems began as certain nutrients became viewed as “good” and others as “evil.” He compares nutritionism to a religion, and blames many fads and misguided information on this religion-like concept that has us “looking for dietary salvation.”

Whether food is of great interest to viewers or not, this film is important for anyone who eats. In Defense of Food is a smorgasbord of fascinating historical perspective, important cultural findings and cutting-edge scientific research, all served up in accessible, right-sized, colorful bites.✹

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Like Victor Frankenstein’s infamous original science project, it’s a bold idea that almost works, but ultimately goes more than a little bit wrong.

Tiny fragments ‘The Creature’ destroys ‘Frankenstein’

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poetically minimalist take on the 1818 novel uses little more than three chairs, a snowy slab of white, a journal—and a trio of actors.

Eschewing special effects, action scenes and monster makeup, the three barefooted narrators of Shelley’s 1818 novel—Victor Frankenstein (Tim Kniffin), Captain Walton (Richard Pallaziol), and the Creature (Robert Parsons)—all take turns telling their side of the story, rarely moving or even interacting, NOW PLAYING: The Creature runs through Nov. 1 at Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma; Fri.-Sat.; 8pm; Sunday matinees at 2pm; $15-$25; 707/763-8920.

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n Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, as everyone knows, a creature is assembled from dead body parts and granted the spark of life. In Trevor Allen’s The Creature—a daring, artful, but ultimately problematic adaptation, the playwright puts Victor Frankenstein’s creation process in reverse, taking the original story apart and reassembling it into something similar, but entirely different.

Like Victor Frankenstein’s infamous original science project, it’s a bold idea that almost works, but ultimately goes more than a little bit wrong. As directed

by Jon Tracy, at the Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma, mixing up a meta-theatrical cocktail of misty atmosphere and sheer guts—Allen’s

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altering the details of the Creature’s various murders. In a deliberate deviation from Shelley’s text, Allen turns each murder—including the calculated act of framing an innocent woman for one of the deaths—into a regrettable but mostly unintentional accident.

“I only wanted to speak to him!” is a recurring line.

While such story and plot changes might go unnoticed by those unfamiliar with the novel, they do matter. By turning the Creature into a hapless victim who never turns monstrous, it throws off the balance of the drama, and robs the story of much of its complexity.

Imagine if Dracula never wanted to bite his victims, but somehow kept accidentally tripping and falling on their necks.

On the plus side, Jon Tracy’s set—a sloping swath of snow that runs across the stage and curves up the wall and out of sight—is beautifully done, and the lovely light design (also Tracy) and sound design (Jared Emerson Johnson) set the mood beautifully.

Though fascinating at times and visually haunting, this Creature— despite the best intentions of its talented creators—turns out to be less than the sum of its parts.✹

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Robert Parsons (left) stars as the Creature and Tim Kniffin as Victor Frankenstein in Trevor Allen’s ‘The Creature’ at Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater.

as they spin together a long string of beautiful but oft-tangled words.

Unlike the novel—a tale within a tale within a tale—Allen places the narratives side by side, and they bounce back and forth like a ping-pong ball, every sentence or two. Confusion and exhaustion are just some of the by-products of the playwright’s fiendish experiment.

Even worse, by breaking each man’s tale into such tiny fragments, the power of Shelley’s original story is almost entirely diminished, literally smashed to pieces.

As Walton, the ship’s captain who discovers Frankenstein near the North Pole and takes his deathbed confession, Richard Pallaziol is quite good, and Tim Kniffin, as the dying mad scientist, nicely captures the last-gasp desperation of the character. But in delivering his entire story in a steady, near-lifeless monotone, the emotional arc of Frankenstein’s horrific personal journey becomes one-note, sadly hammered flat and cold.

As the Creature, Robert Parsons is served the best, and he brings an impressive sense of wounded dignity to the role of an abandoned child. But in the script, Allen goes too far in trying to make the character sympathetic, even

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Richard Pallaziol (left) and Robert Parsons perform in Cinnabar Theater’s ‘The Creature.’

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On Sunday, October 25 at the Throckmorton, a concert will combine Peter Coyote’s poetry with music from the Melanthium Ensemble.

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In Spielberg’s ‘Bridge of Spies,’ Tom Hanks stars as a New York insurance lawyer who is drafted into the world of intelligencers.

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Spy for a spy Spielberg channels le Carré for ‘Bridge of Spies’ By Richard von Busack

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ridge of Spies may be one of director Steven Spielberg’s best movies, but it still suffers from some of his usual problems. What would be a quick word to the wise, for instance, in a more subtle scene gets repeated, pronounced through close-up, heightened with the strains of Thomas Newman’s score.

Lines that justify the Coen brothers credit on the script are here, particularly some comedic, hair-splitting about the meaning of buying insurance. But there is also typical Spielberg sentimentalism: Tom Hanks explaining to a government functionary that “all lives matter,” as if educated people talked in bumper stickers 55 years ago.

Hanks, continuing to excel as a mature, tricky and tough actor, plays New York insurance lawyer James B. Donovan, who is drafted into the world of intelligencers in the days before the mortar on the Berlin Wall was wet. Donovan is asked by the New York State Bar Association to take up the defense of a widely loathed figure, the frail spy Rudolf Abel (fascinatingly

played by Mark Rylance). Abel barely escapes the electric chair, kept alive as a bargaining chip for a prisoner (and spy) we want back from the Russians: Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell).

Closer to John le Carré than standard Spielberg, the film mirrors the two different spies’ worlds—the courtrooms and prisons versus the setup of the U-2 reconnaissance program out of Pakistan. Spielberg shuttles deftly between the two sides of the stories, and there are some unadorned words to the wise, passing yet stinging references to how the Bill of Rights has been mangled during our own war on terror.

Facility with the camera and classic flow of images aside, Spielberg is American cinema’s reigning history geek. The scenery of Berlin, with the raw cut border through it, is as richly observed as the ghetto in Schindler’s List, and the thrilling dialogue-free scenes of Abel’s capture at the beginning are replete with those seemingly trivial details that make the past the past.✹

Melding art Peter Coyote lends poetry to music

By Steve Heilig

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oetry married with jazz enjoyed a brief heyday in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere during the fabled Beatnik era, although legendary poet Kenneth Rexroth reportedly called the melange “a shotgun wedding.” Still, some musicians and poets have soldiered on, melding carefully chosen poetic forms and adventurous music into something, well, cool indeed.

Longtime Marin cohorts Peter Coyote and Lewis Richmond, decadeslong colleagues in Zen Buddhism, have now forged an artistic collaboration in a one-time performance of poetry and music on Sunday, October 25 at 2pm at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley. Richmond’s contemporary classical music group, The Melanthium Ensemble, will perform his original compositions, and together they will present premieres of poems by Coyote, for which Lewis composed original music.

Besides Coyote’s renown as an actor, author and narrator—who recently received an Emmy for his work on Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts—he has for decades quietly cultivated the craft of poetry, which he will be reading in public for the first time. Richmond, a Zen teacher and author (most recently of Aging as a Spiritual Practice), brings a lifetime of musical studies in piano and composition to the stage with his “chamber fusion” blend of classical, jazz and blues influences.

Coyote has been Richmond’s Buddhist student for many years, and now they teach together. Of their Zen

relationship, Richmond says, “Peter and I are a natural fit. I have always felt that the true role of Buddhist practice is to develop the clarity and courage to actually be truly of help to people wherever you might find them.”

“My work with Lew has been an inspiration,” notes Coyote, who is now an ordained Zen priest. “He has inspired me to dedicate myself to ‘Suzuki-Roshi’s way’—the path clarified for him by his teacher, the founder of San Francisco Zen Center.

The other members of the Melanthium Ensemble are all highly regarded veterans of the Bay Area music scene. Craig Fry, violin, is a veteran of many styles, including tango, klezmer and vintage jazz. He was the longtime violinist for The Paul Dresher Ensemble, a featured performer with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, and has performed at Lincoln Center, and in Japan, Europe and Indonesia. Fred Randolph, bassist, is widely known as a master jazz performer. He leads his own jazz group, and his latest CD is Song Without Singing. Jay Rizzetto, trumpet, is a master teacher and performer whose career as a soloist and symphony musician spans many decades.

Thus, this musical and poetic wedding, “shotgun” or not, promises to be a happy and fruitful celebration.✹ The Melanthium Ensemble with Peter Coyote; Sunday, October 25; 2pm; 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; $21$36; throckmortontheatre.org/event/ melanthium/; 415/383-9600.

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Black Mass (R) • Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle (Not Rated) Bridge of Spies (PG-13)

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 of war during Oregon’s matsutake mushroom harvest.

The Last Witch Hunter (1:46) The world’s last remaining supernatural bounty hunter takes on a newly resurrected Queen Witch; terror, bloodshed and CGI result.

Learning to Drive (1:30) Romantic dramedy about the burgeoning relationship between a newly divorced literary critic and her IndianAmerican driving teacher; Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley star.

The Martian (2:16) Ridley Scott sci-fi adventure about a daring NASA attempt to rescue an astronaut marooned on Mars; Matt Damon stars.

Meru (1:27) Acclaimed documentary follows three determined climbers up treacherous, “un-climbable” Mount Meru in the Himalayas.

Mistress America (1:28) A college freshman in New York is disappointed by her unglamorous lifestyle until her future stepsister invites her to share her life of adventure and excitement.

My Fair Lady (2:50) Lerner and Loewe’s musical version of Shaw’s Pygmalion stars Audrey Hepburn as a cockney guttersnipe transformed into a lady by elocutionist Rex Harrison.

National Theatre London: Hamlet (4:00) Catch Benedict Cumberbatch as the Bard’s conflicted, vengeful prince of Denmark, direct from London in big-screen high definition.

99 Homes (1:52) A modern-day Faust is offered the chance to reoccupy his home—if he helps the realtor who kicked him out repossess the homes of others.

Pan (1:51) Prequel looks at the early life of the abducted orphan who becomes Peter Pan; Rooney Mara is Tiger Lily, of course.

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (1:24) A family protects their daughter from evil spirits with a cool camera that can see spooks!

Rock the Kasbah (1:46) A down-andout rock music mogul stranded in Kabul manages a young Afghan girl to stardom; Barry Levinson directs Bill Murray.

Rosenwald (1:36) Bio-documentary of Julius Rosenwald, the Sears magnate who built thousands of schools for black children in the Jim Crow South of the early 20th century.

Sicario (2:01) Crimebusters Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro head into the borderlands to take on a Mexican drug cartel.

Steve Jobs (2:02) Aaron Sorkin-Danny Boyle biopic of the tech industry’s top nerd; Michael Fassbender stars.

Victoria (2:18) Real-time single-take noCGI tour de force follows five Euro joyriders whose bank-robbery scheme spirals out of control.

The Walk (2:03) Robert Zemeckis biopic of Philippe Pettit, the rogue aerialist who wirewalked between the towers of the World Trade Center.

A Walk in the Woods (1:44) Robert Redford stars in a loose adaptation of Bill Bryson’s modern classic about two wildly disparate buddies who try to hike the Appalachian Trail; Nick Nolte co-stars.

Woodlawn (2:05) A Birmingham high school football team takes on racism and segregation in its unexpected run to the playoffs.

• A Brilliant Young Mind (Not Rated) • Burnt (Not Rated) • Chimes at Midnight (Not Rated) Crimson Peak (R)

• Dracula Double Bill (Not Rated) Everest (PG-13)

• Experimenter (PG-13) Goosebumps (PG)

Grandma (R) He Named Me Malala (PG-13) Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) The Intern (PG-13)

• Jack Pierce: The Maker of Monsters (Not Rated) • Jem and the Holograms (PG) • Journey in Sensuality:

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25

Anna Halprin and Rodin (Not Rated)

Rafael: Fri-Sat 6 (Anna Halprin in person); Sun 2:30; Mon-Thu 6 Rafael: Thu 7 (filmmakers John Turner and Eric Christensen in person) Ladrones (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:55 • The Last Season (Not Rated) Rafael: Mon 7 (filmmaker Sara Dosa in person) • The Last Witch Hunter (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Rowland: FriWed 11:10, 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Learning to Drive (R) Lark: Sat 8:30; Sun 2:45; Tue 1; Thu 5 The Martian (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 2:20, 5:30, 8:40; 3D showtimes at 12:40, 3:50, 7, 10:10 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 6:40, 9:40; Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40; Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:40; Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:30, 7; 3D showtimes at 3:45, 10:10 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:25, 5:25, 8:25 Meru (R) Lark: Fri 3:50; Sat 10:45; Wed 3:15 Mistress America (R) Lark: Fri 8:30; Tue 8:10; Thu 12:30 • My Fair Lady (G) Lark: Sun 11; Mon 7:30 Nat. Theatre London: Hamlet (PG-13) Lark: Sat 1 99 Homes (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10; Sun-Wed 10:40, 1:20, 4:20, 7:10 Pan (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:05, 7:40; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 4:45, 10:20 • Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30; Sun-Wed 12, 2:10, 4:30, 7:10 • Rock the Kasbah (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:15; Sun-Wed 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 Rosenwald (Not Rated) Lark: Mon 5:10 Sicario (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:25; Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:20 • Steve Jobs (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 1:50, 3:45, 4:45, 7, 8, 9:45; Sun-Wed 12:45, 1:50, 3:45, 4:45, 7, 8 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1, 4:10, 7:30, 10:25; Sun-Wed 10:30, 1, 4:10, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 • Victoria (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 7:30; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30; Mon-Thu 7:30 The Walk (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 5:10; 3D showtimes at 2, 8 A Walk in the Woods (R) Lark: Sat 6; Mon 2:45; Tue 5:40; Thu 2:30 Woodlawn (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 5:20

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Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

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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The Amazing Nina Simone (1:50) Documentary looks at the life and tumultuous times of the proud, angry, controversial jazz-blues icon.

Black Mass (2:02) Johnny Depp stars as a Boston Irish mobster who hooks up with the FBI to take on the Italian mob; Benedict Cumberbatch is the good brother.

Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle (2:20) The renowned Moscow ballet troupe presents Adolphe Adam’s timeless terpsichorean tale of love and betrayal.

Bridge of Spies (1:35) Real-life Spielberg thriller stars Tom Hanks as a Brooklyn lawyer recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot from the Soviet Union; screenplay by Ethan and Joel Coen.

A Brilliant Young Mind (1:51) A geeky young math prodigy finds love and friendship when he enters the International Mathematics Olympiad.

Burnt (1:40) Comedy stars Bradley Cooper as a superstar Paris chef who will do anything to land that third Michelin star.

Chimes at Midnight (1:55) Orson Welles’ dazzling, triumphant Shakespearean saga stars himself as Falstaff and co-stars Jeanne Moreau, John Gielgud and Margaret Rutherford.

Crimson Peak (1:59) Guillermo del Toro horror fantasy stars Jessica Chastain as a young innocent swept off to a crumbling mansion haunted by sex, violence and other diversions.

Dracula Double Bill (3:10) Catch the classic 1931 Bela Lugosi vampire flick plus the rarely seen, cinematically superior Spanish-language version filmed with a different cast!

Everest (2:01) Docudrama follows several danger-filled expeditions up towering Mt. Everest; Jake Gyllenhaal stars.

Experimenter (1:38) Docudrama about psychologist Stanley Milligram’s controversial obedience experiments of 1961 and how easily ordinary people submit to authority.

He Named Me Malala (1:28) Documentary tribute to Pakistani teen/children’s rights advocate Malala Yousafzai, the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Jack Pierce: The Maker of Monsters (1:22) Documentary focuses on the groundbreaking Hollywood makeup artist who created such classic creatures as Frankenstein, The Mummy and The Wolf Man. Jem and the Holograms (1:58) The 1980s cartoon TV series is reincarnated as a liveaction movie musical; Aubrey Peeples plays the titular rock star.

Journey in Sensuality: Anna Halprin and Rodin (1:02) The modern dance pioneer stages Rodin-inspired poses on the beach, in the redwoods and in other natural settings.

Korla (1:18) Documentary portrait of John Roland Redd, an African-American musician who, as mysterious 1950s daytime TV host Korla Pandit, helped pioneer the exotica music craze; Carlos Santana and Booker T. Jones share insights.

Ladrones (1:38) Caper comedy about a thief who comes out of retirement to protect his community from a ruthless tycoon.

The Last Season (1:18) Documentary about two Vietnam vets (one American, one Cambodian) who heal the wounds

Lark: Fri 6; Sun 5; Mon 12:15; Wed 5:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:30, 8:20 Lark: Thu 7:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 3:30, 6:45, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 6:45 Playhouse: Fri, Mon-Wed 4, 7; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20; Sun-Wed 12:20, 3:40, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:55, 7:05, 10:20 Lark: Fri 1:20; Tue 3:10; Wed 12:45 Marin: Thu 7 Rafael: Sun 4:30, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:15, 5:05, 8 Regency: Sun, Wed 2, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:20, 7:20; 3D showtimes at 4:20, 10:15 Rafael: Fri, Sun 4:15, 6:45, 9; Sat 2, 7:15; Mon 9:15; Tue-Wed 6:45, 9; Thu 8 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:15, 6:40, 9:10; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:15, 6:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 3:10, 5:50, 8:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 7:15, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 7:15, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 7:15; Mon-Wed 3:30, 7:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:15, 4:15, 6:50; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 9:30 Rafael: Fri 4, 8; Sat 1:45, 4, 8; Sun 1:45; Mon-Wed 8 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:10; Sun, Wed 10:40, 11:40; Mon-Tue 10:40, 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:30, 3:45, 6, 8:15, 10:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:10, 5, 7:50 Rafael: Sat 4:15 (filmmaker Strephon Taylor in person)

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This Masquerade Songs from stage, screen and pop radio are performed by Terry Bradford and his class, with creative costumes and prizes. Oct 25, 2pm. $20. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

MARIN Fairfax Irish Festival Fifth annual weekend of Irish music and dance around the town of Fairfax includes Culann’s Hounds, the Shots, the Mild Colonial Boys and many others. Oct 23-25.

Free. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.902.2947.

Clubs&Venues MARIN

The Melanthium Ensemble with Peter Coyote Afternoon concert features new works by the chamber fusion ensemble accompanied

by Coyote’s poetry. Oct 25, 2pm. $21-$36.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Angelico Hall Oct 25, 3pm, Dominican Chamber Connection. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, 415.457.4440.

Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

SONOMA

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316.

Las Cafeteras Los Angeles alt-Latin bring pounding AfroMexican rhythms and stomping Zapateado dancing to Sonoma County. Oct 27, 7:30pm.

Free. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Dance Palace Oct 25, 10 X 10 Performance Lab. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Fairfax Library Oct 27, Celtic music with Margaret Miles.

2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8151.

Symphony Pops: Great Ladies of Swing With her distinctive jazz voice, Dee Daniels joins the Santa Rosa Symphony for an afternoon of songs by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. Oct 25, 3pm. $37-$80. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Fenix Oct 22, Miracle Mule. Oct 23, Bobby Jo Valentine and Dirty Cello. Oct 24, Rue ‘66. Oct 25, 11:30am, Nancy Northrup and friends. Oct 25, 6:30pm, Domestic Harmony. Oct 27, Foxes in the Henhouse.

Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam. Thurs, California Flight Project. Oct 23, reggae night. Oct 24, DJ Marlo. Sun, Mexican Banda. Tues, Planet Barz free-style rap battles. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

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The Gas Men will play jigs, reels and hornpipes at the Fairfax Irish Festival, featuring a wide variety of bands at various venues; Oct. 23-25.

HopMonk Novato Oct 22, Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers.

Oct 23, Chicago Afrobeat Project. Oct 24, Frobeck. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Lighthouse Bar & Grill Oct 24, Key Lime Pie. 475 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley, 415.381.4400.

Marin Country Mart Oct 23, Tammy Hall Trio. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Mill Valley Community Center Oct 23, 4 and 6:30pm, Halloween Music & Magic Show. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

CALENDAR

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church Oct 25, 4pm, the Russian Chamber Orchestra. 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

Station House Cafe Oct 25, Foxes in the Henhouse. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

19 Broadway Club Oct 22, Fog Dub. Oct 27, Crosby Tyler & One Man Band. Mon, open mic. Wed, the Hump. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Studio 55 Marin Oct 23, the Kathy Kallick Band. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, 415.453.3161.

No Name Bar Oct 21, Timothy O & Company. Oct 22, Snake Plissken Band. Oct 23, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 24, Fuzzy Slippers.

Oct 25, 3pm, Flowtilla. Oct 25, 8:30pm, the Humdingers. Oct 28, Justin Cohen. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Oct 21, Jonathan Poretz. Oct 22, J Kevin Durkin. Oct 23, Nicholas Culp Trio. Oct 24, Hippopotamus Trio. Oct 25, Gabrielle Cavassa and friends. Oct 27, Parker Grant.

Oct 28, Noel Jewkes Duo. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Oct 21, the Jazz Roots Band. Oct 22, EMK solo acoustic. Oct 27, James Moseley. Oct 28, Todos Santos. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Oct 21, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Oct 22, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Oct 23, Sherrie Phillips. Oct 24, Sucker MCs. Oct 25, Jitterbug Riot. Oct 28, Matt Bolton. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Presidio Yacht Club Oct 23, the 7th Sons. Fort Baker, Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319.

Rancho Nicasio Oct 23, Gary Vogensen & the Ramble.

Oct 25, Todos Santos. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

San Domenico School Oct 25, 3pm, Vivaldi at San Domenico. 1500 Butterfield Rd, San Anselmo.

Sausalito Seahorse Oct 22, Marin Jazz Trio. Oct 23, Swing Fever.

Oct 24, Marinfidels. Oct 25, Candela with Edgardo Cambon. Mon, Marco Sainz Trio.

Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends.

Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Oct 22, Joe & Vicki Price. Oct 23, Archer Monk. Oct 24, Sweet Plot, Great Spirit. Sun, open mic. Mon, Monday Night Live with Epicenter Sound DJs. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551.

Sweetwater Music Hall Oct 21, Dick Dale. Oct 22, Iris Dement. Oct 24, Super Diamond. Oct 25, Moonalice. Oct 27, Steep Ravine. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Terrapin Crossroads Oct 21, Lazyman. Oct 22, Terrapin Family Band. Oct 23, Electric Sherpa. Oct 24, Eric Diberardino and friends. Oct 25, Midnight North with Scott Law. Oct 26, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen and Scott Law. Oct 27, Stu Allen and friends with Scott Law. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series. Oct 23, Michael Doucet & Tom Rigney with Flambeau. Oct 25, 7pm, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

SONOMA 755 After Dark (Aubergine) Oct 27, Sally Haggard with the Corner Store Kids. 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2722.

Aqus Cafe Oct 21, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Oct 23, Kayla Gold. Oct 24, Rod Stewart sing-along. Oct 25, 2pm, Gary Vogensen’s Ramble. Oct 28, open bluegrass jam. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

The Big Easy Oct 21, Sista Otis. Oct 22, Truck Heavy. Oct 23, the Pulsators. Oct 24, Phony Abalone.

Tues, the American Alley Cats. Oct 28, Tracy Rose and friends. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Cellars of Sonoma Oct 22, Ricky Alan Ray. Oct 23, John Pita.

Oct 24, Craig Corona. Tues, Wavelength. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1826.

Coffee Catz Oct 22, 3:30pm, Randall Collen and Todd Smith. Oct 24, 2:30pm, Twin Soles.

Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Oct 23, Brooke & the Caterpillar. Oct 24, the Rains. Oct 27, Songwriter’s Lounge with Lauralee Brown. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505.

D’Argenzio Winery Oct 22, Susan Comstock Swingtet. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.280.4658.

Flamingo Lounge Oct 23, BackTracks. Oct 24, Elecric Avenue.

2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

Green Music Center Oct 21, Vocal Repertory Recital. Oct 23, Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Oct 24, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Oct 25, Pedrito Martinez Group.

Oct 28, Lake Street Dive. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Oct 22, 6:30pm, Jewish Music Series with the Bridge Players. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Rossi’s 1906 Oct 23, Kevin Russell with the Rhythm Rangers. Oct 24, Royal Jelly Jive with T Luke & the Tight Suits. through Oct 28, the Honeydippers (with dance lessons). 401 Grove St, El Verano, 707.343.0044.

Spancky’s Oct 23, the Hots. Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

Tradewinds Oct 22, DJ Dave. Oct 23, DJ Ron Sicat and the Cowtown Girls. Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878.

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Oct 23, Gloria Trevi. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Hotel Healdsburg Oct 24, Miles Wick Trio with Keith Sauders and Bryan Bowman. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Wild Flowers Saloon Fri, DJ night. 9 Mitchell Lane, Healdsburg, 707.433.4500.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Oct 23, the Sam Chase with Frankie Boots & the County Line and Sharkmouth. Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Konnex and DJ Jaclyn JacaLioness. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room Oct 21, Quiet Life and Cotton Jones. Oct 22, the Harvest Band. Oct 23, the Gravel Spreaders. Oct 24, Danny Montana & the Bar Association with Red Meat. Oct 25, Jinx Jones. Oct 28, Joe and Vicki Price. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro Oct 22, George Heagerty. Oct 23, Blyth Klein StreetWise. Oct 24, Wendy DeWitt. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen Oct 23, Wiley’s Coyotes. Oct 24, Always Elvis. Oct 25, 4pm, the River City Band. Oct 25, 9pm, DJ Miguel. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel.

16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Oct 23, Tommy Thomsen Band. Oct 24, Tony Gibson & Dawn Angelosante. Oct 25, the Good Bad. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre Oct 24, Lee Roy Parnell. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

Phoenix Theater Oct 24, Roach Gigz with Ezale. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Zodiacs Oct 22, McTuff. Oct 24, HerShe Bar dance party with DJ temaDancer. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.7751.

NAPA City Winery Napa Oct 21, Robbie Fulks with T Sisters. Oct 22, the Young Dubliners. Oct 23, HoneyHoney.

Oct 24, the Heartless Bastards with Slothrust. Oct 26, Rachel Yamagata with My Name Is You. Oct 28, valley fire fundraiser with James Patrick Regan and others. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Silo’s Oct 21, Mike Greensill jazz. Oct 23, Eric Jerardi. Oct 24, the Moves. Oct 25, the Frenchmen. Oct 28, Mike Greensill jazz. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Uncorked at Oxbow Thurs, open mic night. Fri, live music. 605 First St, Napa, 707.927.5864.

Uva Trattoria Oct 21, Tom Duarte. Oct 22, Nate Lopez. Oct 23, Deluxe. Oct 24, Jackie and friends. Oct 25, Tom Duarte. Oct 28, Bob Castell Blanch.

1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.

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The renowned Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, founded by Sir Neville Mariner in 1958, performs on Oct. 24 at the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park.

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HopMonk Sebastopol Oct 22, Songwriters in the Round. Oct 23, SambaDá. Oct 24, Stimuli. Oct 26, winter coat drive with DJ Dinga and Casa Rasta.

Oct 28, BrainStorm’s “Smash-O-Ween” with Smasheltooth. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Twin Oaks Tavern Oct 21, Roadhouse Ramblers. Oct 22, Loopers Delight with Noah Peterson. Oct 23, Peanut Butter and Jelly Jam. Oct 24, Funky Dozen.

Oct 25, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with Detroit Disciples. Oct 28, Paulie’s Garage plus Kickin Country Girls. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

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Gaia’s Garden Oct 21, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Oct 22, Le Hot Club Swing. Oct 24, Casi Pajaros. Oct 28, Klezmer Creek. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491.

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French Garden Oct 23, Jane Roberts Trio. Oct 24, Un Deux Trois. Oct 25, Kathy Kallick Band dinner concert. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030.

Redwood Cafe Oct 23, Wendy DeWitt. Oct 24, 11am, Elizabeth Boaz. Oct 24, 8pm, the Pulsators.

Oct 25, 11am, Richard Torres. Oct 25, 6pm, Irish jam session. Oct 27, Petaluma Pet Pals Benefit. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

The funk-rock band Frobeck won this year’s NorBay Music Award in the “Rock” category.

For Spencer Burrows and Kris Dilbeck, Frobeck are family. The longtime friends and principle songwriters of the Sonoma County band are celebrating a decade of making larger-than-life music in the vein of funk and R&B bands like Tower of Power and Sly and the Family Stone.

In August, Frobeck won the Pacific Sun’s annual NorBay Music Award in the “Rock” category, and this weekend, the band unveils their new album, Sea of Truth, with a blowout record-release show on October 24 at HopMonk Tavern in Novato.

The band began as a quartet, with keyboardist and vocalist Burrows co-writing original songs with guitarist Dilbeck. Over time, the group’s sound expanded, and five years ago Frobeck added horns, courtesy of Alex Scammon, Alex Garcia and Cayce Carnahan, as well as the powerful pipes of vocalist Callie Watts. All was looking up until the band lost founding drummer Jonathan Lazarus to suicide in 2013.

Frobeck’s Sea of Truth, their first album since the drummer’s death, is dedicated to the memory of Lazarus, who the band calls their fallen brother. The band’s new drummer is Paul Spina.

Despite its heavy undertones, the album is anything but somber, as Frobeck bursts out of their past for a robust, upbeat and vivacious collection of songs.

Now eight members strong, the band is moving forward and stronger than ever, musically and emotionally. For this weekend’s record-release show, Frobeck are playing Sea of Truth in its entirety (copies of the album will be available to buy) with the full lineup packing the stage. ✹ —Charlie Swanson Frobeck get their groove going on Saturday, Oct. 24, at HopMonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. Singer-songwriter Erin Honeywell opens. 8pm; $10; 415/892-6200.

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DG Sculpture Studio Gallery Oct 24-Nov 27, “Daniel Graham & T Alma,” the two artists pair up for an exihibition of modern sculptures and paintings.

Reception, Oct 23 at 5pm. 25-A Maxwell Ct, Santa Rosa. Wed-Sun, 12 to 5. 707.546.1541.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Oct 23-Nov 28, “Fiber Arts VII,” international exhibition features over 60 pieces of fiber art that ranges from traditional to innovative. Reception, Oct 23 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK. MARIN Art Works Downtown Through Nov 13, “Fire and Water,” 1337 Gallery shows art inspired by the elemental powers of fire, water or both. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Bolinas Museum Through Nov 14, “Tom Killion: California’s Wild Edge,” the artist’s original woodcuts of the coast, Mt. Tamalpais, trees and mountains are on display. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment. 415.868.0330.

Gallery Route One Through Oct 25, “Graveson & Morvitz: Alchemy/Memory,” Tim Graveson shows his large-scale images while Morvitz displays drawings and poems based on 16thcentury European alchemy books. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5.

415.663.1347.

Lucas Valley Community Center Through Oct 24, “Images from the Inside,” artwork created by incarcerated artists who want to give back is organized by Prison Arts Touching Hearts and benefits underserved children in Marin. “Last Chance Closing Celebration” 5:30pm-7pm, 1201 Idylberry Road, San Rafael. 1201 Idylberry Rd, San Rafael.

Marin Society of Artists Gallery Through Oct 24, “The Left Coast,” artists from the West Coast show some love for their home states, with multimedia works addressing varied local topics. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11 to 4; SatSun, noon to 4. 415.454.9561.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Oct 22, “Four Elements,” photography show is juried by Stuart Schwartz. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Ruth Livingston Studio Through Oct 31, “Through My Prism,” Jennifer White Kuri’s solo exhibit features mixed media and paintings, ranging from late 1970s to the present. 74 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.5264.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Through Oct 29, “Elan Kamesar Solo Exhibit,” printmaker is inspired by traditional and folkloric art forms. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

SONOMA Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Oct 25, “What’s Your Bag?” member show transforms tote bags into works of art. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. WedThurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.996.3115.

History Museum of Sonoma County Through Oct 25, “Artistry in Wood,” annual exhibit brings together the best works of the Sonoma County Woodworkers Association.

425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

Look Up Gallery Through Oct 27, “Artists Are Like Water,” several artists display works inspired by a float down the Russian River. 16290 Main St, Guerneville. daily, 11 to 9. 415.640.8882.

Comedy Adult Comedy & Hynosis Show Halloween pre-party includes mature laughs and audience participation. Oct 24, 9pm. $49. Shuffle’s Magical Ice Cream Shoppe, 528 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.3535.

Comedy Showcase Last Sun of every month. Spancky’s, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

Crushers of Comedy A Halloween-themed show features national headlining comics like Helen Hong and Emily Epstein White. Oct 24, 6pm. $20.

Deerfield Ranch Winery, 10200 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.833.2270.

Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Maureen Langan Host on KGO Radio’s “Hangin’ with Langan” headlines a show presented by Marincomedyshow. Oct 24, 8pm. $20-$25.

Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

Michael Kosta Rising standup star has been seen on Comedy Central. Oct 21, 8pm. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

Sonoma Laughfest Four days of sketch, improv and standup shows feature talent from television and nationally touring theater troupes like Upright Citizens Brigade. Oct 22-25.

Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, sonomalaughfest.com.

Tuesday Night Live Comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide, are featured in another special lineup of laughs. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dance Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422.

Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101.

Strawberry Recreation Center Oct 23, 8pm, Kopachka Folk Dance Party, with Da! Mozhem Balkan Band. 118 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley 415.485.5500.

Events Catapalooza Jackson Galaxy, host of Animal Planet’s “My Cat from Hell,” will be the keynote speaker, helping to raise funds for the shelter animals. With vendors, food and more. Oct 25. $100. Marin Humane Society, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato, 415.506.6208.

Fall Open House Explore and engage with artists at the Headlands Center, view works and works in progress, and attend readings and performances. Oct 25, 12pm. Free.

Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.2787.

Full Moon Sail The captain and crew of the FREDA B takes you on the waters to experience the full moon and views of the bay. Tues, Oct 27, 6pm. $59. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, 100 Bay St, Sausalito, 415.331.0444.

The Great Petaluma Quilt Show Beautiful handmade quilts are on display and for sale with hand made holiday gifts, quilting demonstrations and raffle items.

Oct 24, 10am. $5. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

Harvest Hoedown Barn dance and BBQ features Far & Away, Miranda and friends and Jerry Allen performing, with silent and live auctions, games and more. Oct 25, 12pm. $8-$15.

Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Marin Professionals Program Orientation A comprehensive orientation for upcoming free 5-day job search workshop.

Oct 21, 1:30pm. Marin Employment Connection, 120 N Redwood Dr, San Rafael, 415.473.3300.

The Milky Way Planetarium show looks at what makes up our spiral galaxy, where we live in this city of stars and why it looks the way it does on a dark clear night. Oct 23-Nov 22. $5-$8. SRJC Planetarium, Lark Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4465.

North Bay Science Discovery Day Family-friendly event lets kids unleash their inner scientist and spend the day exploring an incredible array of fun, interactive exhibits with hands-on games and experiments. Oct 24, 10:30am. Free.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, NorthBayScience.org.

Papermill Creek Halloween Carnival Games, pony rides and children’s activities along with the Chef-Off tastings from local restaurants all support Papermill children’s programs. Oct 25, 10am. Free. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Petaluma River Cruise Cruise the Petaluma River with Dolphin Charters on this very popular fundraiser.

Space is limited, RSVP required. Oct 23. $50.

Petaluma River Turning Basin, 222 Weller St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398.

Radiant Presence With Peter Brown. Every other Tues. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Scream on the Green Faire Celebrate Halloween in downtown Novato at the second annual Scream On The Green Faire on Grant Ave. and Sherman Ave. The event runs in conjunction with the Downtown Novato Business Association’s Safe Trick or Treat event, and will feature a Chamber of Horrors Haunted House, a costume contest, live music and entertainment, artisan booths, a children’s play area and food and drinks. Saturday, Oct. 24, 10am to 5pm and Sunday, Oct. 25, 10am to 4pm. Free.

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Sunday Cruise-In Last Sun monthly at noon, fire up your hot rod and bring the kids for day of live music, food, prizes and more. Last Sun of every month. Free. Fourth and Sea Restaurant, 101 Fourth St, Petaluma, www. sundaycruisein.com.

Trick or Treat Day Kids can dress in costume and trick or treat with local merchants in this family-friendly event. Oct 25, 12pm. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.924.2961.

Witchie Poo Halloween Extravaganza Annual variety show includes a costume parade at intermission and prizes. Through Oct 25, 2pm. $9-$11. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

Third Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

Birds at Bothin Marsh Look and listen to migrating and local birds in the wetlands. Oct 27, 10am.

Bothin Marsh, Bayfront Park, Mill Valley, marincounty.org.

Focus on Raptors at Hawk Hill Bring binoculars and enjoy a premiere bird watching experience. Rain cancels. Oct 22, 10am. 415.893.9527. Hawk Hill, Alexander Ave and Bunker Rd, Sausalito.

Graveyard Stroll Get into the Halloween spirit with oneof-a kind program that uncovers one of Marin’s most interesting but little-known cemeteries. Oct 24, 7pm. Marin County Parks Field Office, 18 Jeannette Prandi Way, San Rafael, 415.473.2816.

Headlands Nightlife Family-night hike lets you explore the lifestyle of nocturnal animals and have some fun around a campfire. Sat, Oct 24, 5:30pm. NatureBridge, 1033 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito.

Jeepers Jack-O-Lanterns Join ranger staff in carving out your Halloween essentials, with supplies and some pumpkins available. Oct 25, 11am.

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Eat, drink and be scary at Scream on the Green Faire in downtown Novato on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24-25.

Paradise Beach Park, 3450 Paradise Dr, Tiburon.

Labyrinth Full Moon Walk The last walk of the year is a chance to gather your thoughts with relaxing music and refreshments. Oct 27, 7:30pm. Free.

San Francisco Theological Seminary, 105 Seminary Rd, San Anselmo.

Trekking the Model Join a ranger-guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Wed, Oct 21, 1pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Film Alexander Valley Film Festival Inaugural event welcomes independent filmmakers, domestic and international, and area students for a celebration of film and the best local food, wine and hospitality.

Oct 22-25. $12 and up. Alexander Valley, various locations, Healdsburg, 707.893.7150.

Italian Film Festival Annual fest screens critically acclaimed Italian films over the course of the fall with special guests and more. Sat-Sun through Nov 7. $15-$112 full pass. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival Eight selected films exhibit a glimpse of Jewish life with universal human themes from countries around the world. Through Nov 17. $10 and up. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.528.4244.

William Castle Double Feature Author Joe Jordon presents a day of stories and screenings surrounding the classic spine-tingling director. Oct 24, 1pm. Free.

Rio Theater, 20396 Bohemian Hwy, Monte Rio, 707.865.0913.

Food&Drink ABC South American Wine Dinner Sommelier master Evan Goldstein leads a talk and tasting to highlight South American wines. Oct 23, 6pm. $60. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Bewitched Wine Party A fun and spooky affair to celebrate the new Bewitched Pinot Noir. Oct 24, 1pm. VML Winery, 4035 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, 707.431.4404.

Fall Dinner at Stuhlmuller The first in a new series of dinners on the winery’s patio is catered by local chefs.

Seating is limited, RSVP recommended. Oct 24, 6:30pm. $175. Stuhlmuller Vineyards, 4951 West Soda Rock Ln, Healdsburg, 707.433.8980.

Farmers’ Market Fall Jamboree Made-to-order food and drinks, a giant pumpkin show and games and more make for a perfect fall picnic. Oct 25, 10am. Free.

Windsor Town Green, Market Street and McClelland Drive, Windsor.

Fresh Starts Chef Event Classic pairing of dim sum and tea with recipes from Joyce Jue, a doyenne of Asian cuisine. Oct 22, 6:30pm. $60. Next Key Center, 1385 N Hamilton Pkwy, Novato, 415.382.3363, ext 213.

Friday Night Live Enjoy delicious themed buffet dinners with live music on hand. Fri. $7-$14. San Geronimo Golf Course, 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.4030.

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Harvest Dinner & Auction Annual event is presented by Seeds of Learning. Oct 24, 5pm. Hanna Boys Center, 17000 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.996.6767.

Sunday Soup The museum hosts a chef-prepared soup dinner as local artists present proposals for a micro-grant and you vote on the winner.

Oct 25, 5pm. $10. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, 707.944.0500.

Workshop & Dinner with Kyle Connaughton The chef, opening the new Single Thread restaurant in Healdsburg next year, prepares dinner with your help. Oct 25, 4pm. $175. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

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Through the Hallowed Veil A night of local art, poetry readings, live music and performances gets into the spooky spirit of Halloween. Oct 24, 7pm. $7. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

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Tam Valley Haunted House Scary tours abound as the annual Haunted House brings your nightmares to life. Oct 23-25. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.6393.

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Museum Mondays Children ages one to five and their families are invited to enjoy storytime, arts, crafts and museum activities. Fourth Mon of every month, 10am. Free-$5. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.579.4452.

Send Your Kid to the Rock Five-session intermediate photography workshop for youth includes an expedition to Alcatraz Island. Wed, 3pm. through Nov 11. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

VeggieTales Live!

Through hilarious storytelling, silly songs and lovable characters, VeggieTales will delight children ages 3 to 7. Oct 21, 6:30pm.

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Lectures Armchair Safari to Tanzania Travelogue by Wendy Dreskin brings the excitement of a safari to the North Bay, with photographs by William Dreskin.

Oct 22, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

Baba Harihar Ramji Back in Time A geological look at California and the current human impact on the land aims to inform on how we can preserve our natural history. Oct 24, 1:30pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Bring Your Own DSLR The workshop shows off the basics of using your DSLR camera to get the best out of your photos. Oct 22, 6pm. $35-$50.

Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636.

Changing the Future for Children Center for Domestic Peace offers a breakfast talk about how you can make a difference in the lives of children affected by domestic violence. Oct 23, 8am. Free. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Creating Fictional Narratives Photographer Lucy Gray guides an exploration of photos as fictional landscapes. Small groups, RSVP required.

Sat, Oct 24, 10am. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Encaustics Workshop Arts seminar is led by Margot Hartford. Sat, Oct 24, 11am. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Gifts from the Garden Learn how to grow, harvest and dry your herbs for peak flavor and make an herbal blend gift that’s perfect for friends and family. Oct 24, 11am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

A History of 20th-Century Photography Join photographer and art historian Jeffrey Martz to examine the technologies, practitioners, and key works that made photography integral to the last 100-plus years. Thurs, Oct 22, 7pm. Free. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

The Language of Light Nine-session photography workshop with Leanne Hansen looks at light with opportunities for location shooting at different times of the day. Wed, 7pm. through Nov 18. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

National Be Kind Online Event As part of a nationwide event, author and tech analyst Larry Magid talks about ways to keep teens safe online and experience healthy, positive relationships with their peers. Oct 22, 6:30pm. Free. Marin Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, (415) 473-6800.

Support Group for Women in Transition Encouragement during life transitions such as relationship changes, career changes and difficult life events. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40.

Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999.

View Into Vocalizations Maren Anderson talks about current research on Hawaiian humpback whales that lets us understand them on a new level. Oct 27, 7pm. Saylor’s Restaurant, 2009 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

Readings Book Passage Oct 21, 7pm, “Fortune Smiles” with Adam Johnson. Oct 22, 5:30pm, “The Wine Bible” with Karen MacNeil. Oct 22, 7pm, “What a Trip” with Jim Wood. Oct 23, 7pm, “Find Me Unafriad” with Jessica Posner and Kennedy Odede. Oct 24, 1pm, “The Only Woman in the Room” with Rita Lakin. Oct 24, 4pm, “Food Gift Love” with Maggie Batista. Oct 24, 7pm, “The Spy on the Tennessee Walker” with Linda Lee Peterson. Oct 25, 4pm, “Tangled Vines” with Frances Dinkelspiel. Oct 25, 7pm, “Lafayette in the Somewhat United States” with Sarah Vowell. Oct 26, 7pm, “Witches of America” with Alex Mar. Oct 27, 7pm, “America’s Bank” with Roger Lowenstein. Oct 28, 12pm, “A Banquet of Consequences” with Elizabeth George. Oct 28, 7pm, “A Long High Whistle” with David Biespiel. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Equator Coffees Oct 24, 6:30pm, These Kind Words, poetry readings with Dale Biron. Free. 244 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley 415.209.3733.

Insalata’s Oct 28, 12pm, “NOPI: The Cookbook” with Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully, presented by Book Passage. $115.

120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo 415.457.7700.

24. $5-$17. Evert B. Person Theater, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

Armistead Maupin’s ‘Logical Family’ Performance from Maupin turns a keen eye on his own youthful (and stumbling) search for family, love and authenticity. Oct 25, 7pm. $50-$65. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged) Three actors irreverently zip through the sex, violence, murder and miracles of the Old and New testaments Through Oct 25. $10-$25. Raven Theater Windsor, 195 Windsor River Rd, Windsor.

Dracula Richard Sharp’s interpretation of Bram Stoker’s iconic piece restores the power of the original story with heightened action, suspense and surprises galore. Through Nov 1. $10-$25. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707.433.6335.

Gruesome Playground Injuries This off-Broadway sensation about love and scars features two of the North Bay’s best known actors, Katie Kelley and Ben Stowe.

Through Oct 25. $21-$31. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707-266-6305.

The Light in the Piazza The sophisticated musical transports audiences to Italy’s Tuscan countryside circa 1950. Through Oct 25. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

The Mysterious Stranger Bay Area actor Robert Sicular performs the eerie works of Edgar Allan Poe, including theatrical renditions of “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Oct 23, 7pm. Free. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo, 415.258.4656.

The Other Place Intriguing drama sees a brilliant research scientist confounded by fragmented memories of a cottage on the windswept shores of Cape Cod. Oct 22-Nov 15. $15$27. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

The Rocky Horror Show That sweet transvestite, Frankenfurter, and his motley crew return in the original stage musical that inspired the 1975 cult classic film. Oct 23-Nov 8. $10-$25. Studio Theatre, 6th St Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Spoon River Anthology Curtain call Theatre presents Edgar Lee Masters’ collection of free-form poems. Oct 23. $15-$40. Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio, 707.849.4873.

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater Oct 23, 8pm, “Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink” with Elvis Costello, appearing in conversation with Michael Krasny. Presented by Copperfield’s Books. $45 and up. 100 California Dr, Yountville 707.944.9900.

The Spy Who Killed Me Get a Clue Productions returns with an interactive murder-mystery dinner theater experience. Select Friday and Saturday nights. getaclueproductions.com. Fri, Oct 23, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor.

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

“One quick drink” becomes an emotional roller coaster of hilarity and despair in Marin Actor’s Workshop’s new production of the classic drama. Through Oct 24. $22$25. Belrose Theater, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.279.2287. ✹

Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party Modern play of politicians and media descending on a small-town controversy is full of campy burlesque with LBGT themes and audience participation. Through Oct

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LEARN TO MEDITATE Tamalpais Shambhala Meditation Center cordially invites you to its weekly Open House, held each Tuesday at 7:00 PM at 734 A Street, San Rafael. Meditation instruction, guest speakers, videos and audio recordings of talks by Pema Chodron and other teachers are offered, followed by light refreshments and discussion.

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With awareness of the approaching holidays and challenges they may bring, an on-going Group for Women will begin every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 - 8:00 PM in a comfortable, spacious office in San Anselmo. This enriching exploratory/support group provides opportunities for healing and personal growth in a mutually supportive, respectful, and safe environment. Motivated women address important issues in their lives, current and past, such as those related to changes of life phases and difficult transitions; feeling stuck; loss and trauma; relationship challenges (personal, business, school, family); family of origin and parenting; personal rights; anxiety; depression; self-esteem; self-confidence. Women can learn coping skills others have found helpful and take steps in their individual goals. An individual consultation is requested prior to joining. Facilitated by Colleen Russell, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Group Psychotherapist, with over 22 years of experience working successfully with individuals, couples, families and groups. Phone: 415-785-3513; email: crussellmft@earthlink. net. Website: www.colleenrussellmft.com

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(Publication Dates: Sep 30, Oct 7, 14, 21 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138080 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION, 8 LILLIAN LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JAKE S. THOMPSON, 8 LILLIAN LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 04, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Sep 30, Oct 7, 14, 21 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138234 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TWO CAVALIERS, 100 LOWER VIA CASITAS #3, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: STEPHEN CAVALIERE, 100 LOWER VIA CASITAS #3, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 28, 2015.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138257 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JACOBI, 1 DEER PARK LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: JACOBI INC, 1 DEER PARK AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.

The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 29, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015138272 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: M3 CONSULTING, 5 WALTERS RD, ROSS, CA 94957: ATHANASIA J FINEMAN, 5 WALTERS RD, ROSS, CA 94957-1858. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 1, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138281 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE MARIN GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION COALITION (M.G.C.L.C) 265 DONAHUE ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: MARK JUDSON MILLARD, 265 DONAHUE ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 2, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015-138300 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE YOGA GARDEN, 412 RED HILL AVE STE

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(Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138321 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN MARIN, 9 ELAINE WAY , APT 1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: OSCAR A TORRES ROBLES, 9 ELAINE WAY, APT 1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

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(Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138335 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FIRAMENTA , 936 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD # 403, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: CHIARA PAOLETTI, 936 SIR FRANCIS

DRAKE BLVD # 403, KENTFIELD, CA 94904. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 8, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015-138291 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LIVINGCAPITALMETRICS. COM, 504 RICHARDSON ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: WILLIAM P. FISHER JR, 504 RICHARDSON ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 6, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304648 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 ClerkRecorder’s Office on April 24, 2014 Under File No: 134629. Fictitious Business name(s) GLAMOROUS NAILS AND SPA, 631 SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: GLAMOROUS NAILS AND SPA INC, 1127 REDWOOD BLVD, NOVATO, CA 94947.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Oct 1, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138346 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MJN MECHANICAL, 11 JESSUP ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MATTHEW

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(Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015138246 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MUSE, 160 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: SOPHIA WOOD, 42 BAYWOOD CANYON RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 29, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138233 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ANIMAL KINGDOM REIKI, 15 MELVILLE AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ALEXANDRIA LALLY, 15 MELVILLE AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 25, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2015138224 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN COLLECTIVE, 2500 DEER VALLEY RD # 712, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: JOHN J O’CONNOR, 2500 DEER VALLEY RD # 712, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting

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business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 24, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 11 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 138384 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PALEX EXPRESS, 60 BELVEDERE ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DIONICIO CAPRIEL, 6 MUROC LAKE DR # 624, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 15, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 11 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 138393 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) TWO DIVINE 2) SWEET GEMINI, 245 GREENE ST, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RUBIN TWINS LLC, 245 GREENE ST, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Oct 16, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 11 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 138415 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) MORNING SUN LITTLE SCHOOL 2) MORNING SUN CHILD CARE 3) MORNING SUN DAY CARE, 4) MORNING SUN PRESCHOOL 5) MORNING SUN SCHOOL 6) MORNING SUN KINDERGARTEN, 240 WATERSIDE CIRCLE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: XI JUAN GUO, 240 WATERSIDE CIRCLE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 20, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 11 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2015138418 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN TEST PREP, 201 LAS GALLINAS, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: ELEGUS CORP, 201 LAS GALLINAS AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 20, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 11 of 2015)

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I’m in my early 40s and newly divorced. I fooled around with this guy—my first time with somebody besides my husband in 12 years. We had weekend plans, but two days passed with no texts from him. I texted him angrily, repeatedly telling him he’d hurt my feelings, and he cut off contact. Now, months later, he has resurfaced, saying I’ve been in his thoughts. What could he want?—Puzzled

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Men you’ve dated briefly will sometimes resurface—much like bloated dead bodies in New York’s East River.

As for why this one’s coming around again, chances are, the paint on “she’s crazy” dried and he remembered that you are also pretty and do that crazy thing with your tongue. OK, so you were short on nonchalance in your first post-divorce dating situation. After a long sex-and-affection famine, a newly divorced woman, like any starving refugee, is unlikely to simply nudge a hot piece of meat around on her plate like one of those skeletal “ladies who lunch” (but do not eat).

The truth is you probably weren’t going off on him merely because he failed to meet your text-pectations. Your behavior most likely stemmed from what psychologists call a “priming effect,” describing how exposure to one situation colors how you react to another. Being mindful of this can help you tell a guy what you need and give him a chance to come through—instead of immediately texting him with all the casual cool of a kidnapper demanding a bag of unmarked small bills.

Should you give this guy another chance, see that you’re only asking questions he’s prepared to answer, like where he went to elementary school and why his previous relationship ended—not, “Will I be alone forever?” and, “Wanna come over and try to fill the vast void I have inside?”✹ Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com

ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to the online etymological dictionary, the verb “fascinate” entered the English language in the 16th century.

It was derived from the Middle French fasciner and the Latin fascinatus, which are translated as “bewitch, enchant, put under a spell.” In the 19th century, “fascinate” expanded in meaning to include “delight, attract, hold the attention of.” I suspect you will soon have experiences that could activate both senses of “fascinate.” My advice is to get the most out of your delightful attractions without slipping into bewitchment. Is that even possible? It will require you to exercise fine discernment, but yes, it is.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): One of the largest machines in the world is a “bucket wheel excavator” in Kazakhstan. It’s a saw that weighs 45,000 tons and has a blade the size of a four-story building. If you want to slice through a mountain, it’s perfect for the job. Indeed, that’s what it’s used for over in Kazakhstan. Right now, Taurus, I picture you as having a metaphorical version of this equipment. That’s because I think you have the power to rip open a clearing through a massive obstruction that has been in your way.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Filmmaker

Alfred Hitchcock did a daily ritual to remind him of life’s impermanence. After drinking his tea each morning, he flung both cup and saucer over his shoulder, allowing them to smash on the floor. I don’t recommend that you adopt a comparable custom for long-term use, but it might be healthy and interesting to do so for now. Are you willing to outgrow and escape your old containers? Would you consider diverging from formulas that have always worked for you? Are there any unnecessary taboos that need to be broken? Experiment with the possible blessings that might come by not clinging to the illusion of “permanence.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Terence was a

comic playwright in ancient Rome. He spoke of love in ways that sound modern. It can be capricious and weird, he said. It may provoke indignities and rouse difficult emotions. Are you skilled at debate? Love requires you to engage in strenuous discussions.

Peace may break out in the midst of war, and vice versa. Terence’s conclusion: If you seek counsel regarding the art of love, you may as well be asking for advice on how to go mad. I won’t argue with him. He makes good points. But I suspect that in the coming weeks you will be excused from most of those crazy-making aspects. The sweet and smooth sides of love will predominate. Uplift and inspiration are more likely than angst and bewilderment. Take advantage of the grace period! Put chaos control measures in place for the next time Terence’s version of love returns.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming weeks, you will have a special relationship with the night.

When the sun goes down, your intelligence will intensify, as will your knack for knowing what’s really important and what’s not. In the darkness, you will have an enhanced capacity to make sense of murky matters lurking in the shadows. You will be able to penetrate deeper than usual, and get to the bottom of secrets and mysteries that have kept you off balance. Even your grimy fears may be transformable if you approach them with a passion for redemption.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): New friends and

unexpected teachers are in your vicinity, with more candidates on the way. There may even be potential comrades who could eventually become flexible collaborators and catalytic guides. Will you be available for the openings they offer? Will you receive them with fire in your heart and mirth in your eyes? I worry that you may not be ready if you are too preoccupied with old friends and familiar teachers. So please make room for surprises.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): More than any

other sign, you have an ability to detach yourself from life’s flow and analyze its complexities with cool objectivity. This is mostly a good thing. It

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enhances your power to make rational decisions. On the other hand, it sometimes devolves into a liability.

You may become so invested in your role as observer that you refrain from diving into life’s flow. You hold yourself apart from it, avoiding both its messiness and vitality. But I don’t foresee this being a problem in the coming weeks. In fact, I bet you will be a savvy watcher even as you’re almost fully immersed in the dynamic flux.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you an

inventor? Is it your specialty to create novel gadgets and machines? Probably not. But in the coming weeks you may have metaphorical resemblances to an inventor. I suspect that you will have an enhanced ability to dream up original approaches and find alternatives to conventional wisdom. You may surprise yourself with your knack for finding ingenious solutions to longstanding dilemmas. To prime your instincts, I’ll provide three thoughts from inventor Thomas Edison. 1. “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” 2. “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” 3. “Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some

unraveling is inevitable. What has been woven together must now be partially unwoven. But please refrain from thinking of this mysterious development as a setback. Instead, consider it an opportunity to reexamine and redo any work that was a bit hasty or sloppy. Be glad you will get a second chance to fix and refine what wasn’t done quite right the first time.

In fact, I suggest you preside over the unraveling yourself. Don’t wait for random fate to accomplish it.

And for best results, formulate an intention to regard everything that transpires as a blessing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “A

waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish author Oscar Wilde. I appreciate the wit, but don’t agree with him. A plain old ordinary waterfall, with foamy surges continually plummeting over a precipice and crashing below, is sufficiently impressive for me. What about you, Capricorn? In the coming days, will you be impatient and frustrated with plain old ordinary marvels and wonders? Or will you be able to enjoy them just as they are?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Years ago, I

moved into a rental house with my new girlfriend, whom I had known for six weeks. As we fell asleep the first night, a song played in my head: “Nature's Way,” by the band Spirit. I barely knew it and had rarely thought of it before. And yet there it was, repeating its first line over and over: “It’s nature’s way of telling you something’s wrong.” Being a magical thinker, I wondered if my unconscious mind was telling me a secret about my love. But I rejected that possibility; it was too painful to contemplate. When we broke up a few months later, however, I wished I had paid attention to that early alert. I mention this, Aquarius, because I suspect your unconscious mind will soon provide you with a wealth of useful information, not just through song lyrics but other subtle signals, as well. Listen up! At least some of it will be good news, not cautionary like mine.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When I advise you to GET NAKED, I don’t mean it in a literal sense. Yes, I will applaud if you’re willing to experiment with brave acts of self-revelation. I will approve of you taking risks for the sake of the raw truth. But getting arrested for indecent exposure might compromise your ability to carry out those noble acts. So, no, don’t actually take off all your clothes and wander through the streets. Instead, surprise everyone with brilliant acts of surrender and vulnerability. Gently and sweetly and poetically tell the Purveyors of Unholy Repression to take their boredom machine and shove it up their humdrum.✹ Homework: Go to realastrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 877/873-4888.

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Getting the chills the moment you set eyes on a person may be a sign that you have love at first sight—or an incipient case of malaria. (In time, you’ll find out whether you have lasting love or lasting liver damage, seizures and death.)

Love at first sight is made out to be the rare, limited-edition Prada purse of relationships—that extra-special luvvier kind of love that we romantic commoners don’t get access to. However, what the “first-sighters” actually have is not the enduring love that poets write about, but the kind animal behaviorists do—when the boy baboon spots the girl baboon’s big red booty. People in this fleeting first phase of love are basically on a biochemical bender, high off their asses from raging hormones and neurotransmitters, and shouldn’t be operating heavy machinery or making plans any heavier than where to show up for dinner on Tuesday.

Those who end up staying together will often say with a sniff, “We just knew!”— which sounds better than, “We are idiots who got hitched 20 minutes after meeting and got lucky we turned out to be well-matched.” Their initial belief that they’re perfect for each other is probably driven by a cognitive bias—an error in reasoning—that psychologists call “the halo effect.” Like the glow cast by a halo, the glow from, “Wow, she’s hot!” spills over, leading to an unsupported positive view of a person’s as-yet-unseen qualities. But, early in a relationship, you can only guess how someone will behave—say, at 3am, when you’re awakened by period cramps that feel as if some big Vegas boxing match accidentally got scheduled in your uterus.

Will he mumble, “Feel better” and roll over, or go to the drugstore and roll you home a barrel of hippo-strength Midol?

Maybe real romance is finding out all the ways somebody’s disturbingly human and loving them anyway. This happens about a year in, after the party manners have fallen off and after you see—for example—whether your partner fights ugly or like someone who loves you but thinks you’ve temporarily fallen into the idiot bin. In other words, you’re wise to get to know this guy instead of immediately drawing little sparkly hearts in your head about your magical future together. Keep unpacking who you both are and see whether you keep wanting more—or whether one of you goes out for a smoke and, a month later, sends a postcard from the Netherlands.

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