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Ready and willing Dear Pacific Sun, Thanks for the excellent article, ‘Rising to the Challenge,’ about how local nonprofits have helped out in the response to the Valley Fire, in the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 issue. Had we known about the editorial decision to run the story in advance, we would have informed you that our nonprofit, the Computer and Technology Resource Center, is ready and willing to offer free computers to those in need, such as those affected by the fires up north. We are also a responsible e-waste recycler. None of the e-waste we collect leaves the State of California. What we can refurbish goes back to the community with updated software and a new operating system. We serve other nonprofits, schools and low-income individuals and families. You can find out more about our 501(c)(3) environmental charity at ewastecollective.org, or by sending an email to info@ ewastecollective.org. Best wishes, Carl Macki, Computer & Technology Resource Center, Novato

Dear Letters to the Editor: Why give Whole Foods in San Rafael a Zero without even hearing their side of the story [Hero & Zero, Oct. 28]? Paying for food before you eat it is just plain common sense at a grocery store. If the security guard got bent out of shape over the lady who took her food out of the store without paying for it right away— well that makes sense. She may have intended to pay for it when she resumed grocery shopping, but that’s not the usual way things are done. If the security guard did anything wrong it was in escalating the situation. Still, I’d like to hear what the people at Whole Foods have to say. Whole Foods has been a leader in bringing organic food into the American diet, and also in GMO labeling. They may have overcharged customers in the past, but their produce is excellent, and the San Rafael store is nice and clean. Anyway, there are two sides to every story. Best regards, —Nadia Silvershine

That’s absurd I must take exception to your Zero for Whole Foods last week [Hero & Zero, Oct. 28]. Whole foods is not a restaurant. It is normal and usual to pay for your food before you eat it—even if you are going to eat in the area outside the store or at the counter inside. Granted that may be inconvenient if you are shopping for other things also, but come on, the absurdity here is really the shopper having a problem with this reality. —Jim Gormley

Double zero It is Sunday and we get an extra hour for “fall back” so I am going to take five minutes and respond to the recent Hero/Zero column by Nikki Silverstein [Hero & Zero, Oct. 28]. It seems a woman was caught taking a prepared food dish outside of Whole Foods to eat

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it without paying first and then was subsequently banned for life from re-entering the store. As a customer of Whole Foods I think theft prevention obviously helps keep prices from rising to cover losses. So I feel the Zero designation assigned solely to Whole Foods is unwarranted, for these reasons: 1. Whole Foods is a market, not a restaurant. In a restaurant you usually eat first and pay later, but in a market you pay for the food first before eating; 2. It was cited that the woman was the executive director of a local nonprofit. So what? The same rules apply to everyone—pay first then eat. It is discriminatory to insinuate a person of this occupation is more honest or credible than a person of a different occupation; 3. It was also cited that the situation escalated to absurdity.

This does not often happen without both sides becoming indignant, defensive, and unreasonable. If there is shame to spread around it likely applies equally to both sides of the dispute—making this situation a double Zero. —Gregg Carb

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▲ We try not to use the term “damsel in distress,” but can’t avoid it when describing Lily’s precarious position. She was traveling from her home in Novato to a doctor’s appointment in Mill Valley and made it to the Tiburon Boulevard exit. There, in the middle of the ramp, Lily’s car went kaput. Surrounded by vehicles to the left and right and a line of traffic behind, she panicked when she couldn’t locate the emergency blinkers. Though AAA was on the way, she got out of her car and stood behind it to wave traffic around. (Wince.) Luckily for Lily, a large truck pulled up, the driver pushed her car to safety and drove away. Thanks to an anonymous Hero, our damsel was out of danger.

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▼ A model rocket set ablaze at least five acres and endangered several homes in the quiet village of Lagunitas last Friday. The fire, which spread from west to east in a narrow path, stretched about a halfmile from the yard of Lagunitas School toward Nicasio Valley Road and the San Geronimo Golf Course. Joe Thibodeau, of Forest Knolls, is mortified that someone jeopardized the community by setting off a rocket over a grassy, drought-stricken area. Three fixed-wing aircraft, a helicopter and 70 personnel fought the flames, including 34 inmates overseen by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Whoever caused the devastation that put our fine firefighters in the path of danger should be held accountable for their irresponsibility and sheer stupidity.—Nikki Silverstein

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Marin coalition unites to solve climate change By Joseph Mayton

ime to Lead on Climate, an upcoming climate forum in San Rafael, aims to bring together dozens of organizations, NGOs and others to create a unified front in what organizers and partners describe as a monumental effort for the Bay Area—and Marin county, in

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for everyone to support global solutions and to make sure that climate is a deciding issue in all our political discussions,” Carney says. Cole says that 40 Marin County organizations—among them, the Marin Conservation League, Sustainable Marin, MCE Clean Energy and the Marin County Bicycle Coalition—have signed up to join the Time to Lead on Climate forum and that diversity is a reflection of the growing desire to make serious changes to the status quo in order to advance climate efforts on the grassroots level. She added that the large amount of support helps the “effectiveness in working as a team in making this event happen.” “We thought, let us take advantage of the convergence of the UN Summit on climate in Paris, elections on the horizon, Governor Brown’s climate leadership, the Pope’s moral imperative as well as Marin’s climate knowhow and receptiveness to climate and environmental reform to confer with climate leaders on how best to solve climate change,” continues Cole. While climate change issues have sparked much media attention over the past few years, a renewed effort from grassroots organizations and concerned citizens has been growing, from massive rallies to smaller conferences aimed at educating communities on the need to be aware of how humans are helping to change the Earth’s atmosphere and causing global warming. Cole and others in Marin believe that the time for action is now. NASA reports that “97 percent of climate scientists agree that climate warming trends over the past century are very likely due to human activities, and most of the leading scientific organizations worldwide have issued public statements endorsing this position.” The Time to Lead forum is a local effort to unite organizations for a

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common cause. Jody Timms, the chair of the Divest-Invest campaign at 350Marin, says that the event reflects the care for the planet that citizens of Marin have. “Climate change affects every single one of us the world over and we are doing our part to urge local, national and global leaders to step up and follow the will of the people.” For 350Marin, keeping fossil fuels in the ground is key to the success of stemming and reversing carbon emission trends. “We need a renewable revolution,” adds Timms. Carney agrees, saying that Marin has shown itself to be a leader in giving its residents the opportunity to live with clean energy. “The governor just signed a bill calling for half our energy to come from renewable sources in 15 years,” Carney says. “And Marin residents can already choose 100 percent clean energy. We’re building a whole new green economy based on that foundation of clean energy. We’re showing the way to a sane climate future.” Marin School of Environmental Leadership teacher Jesse Madsen believes that the present moment is arguably the most important in the global struggle for efforts to combat climate change. Madsen argues that with the Time to Lead on Climate forum, local communities can have a large part in the greater context of the global discussion on climate issues. The conference, Madsen says, “allows Marin leaders to unify in message and direction, setting the stage for Marin to be a climate leader on a global scale.” Being a part of the conference, which has presented an opportunity to learn from and collaborate with local environmental leaders, has been inspiring and rejuvenating for Madsen. “My hope is that

the event is not the end of this collaboration, but the beginning of a wider movement that is inclusive of all people, as all of us will feel the impacts of climate change and all of us have a responsibility to act.” SolEd Benefit Corp CEO David Kunhardt of the Citizens Climate Lobby understands the need for action. “2015 is on track to being the hottest year in recorded history, the oceans are absorbing even more heat and acidity,” Kunhardt says. “California has experienced the worst drought in 1,000 years, forest fires and now is expecting a record El Niño winter, all consequences of climate disruption by greenhouse gases.” For him, the Time to Lead on Climate forum is an important moment for Marin and local communities across the country aiming to band together in an effort to spur change. “It is the perfect time for citizen activists to step up and say, ‘It is time to lead on climate,’” Kunhardt says. The world is waiting to see what transpires in Paris, and the international community is again hopeful that a new climate agreement could help create even more efforts to understand the root causes of changing climates and carbon emissions in order to establish agreed-upon reductions by all countries across the planet. But in Marin, that effort is already underway, and sponsors, organizers and supporters alike believe that this county can be a leader on the local, state and national level in creating the belief that change can happen.Y Time to Lead on Climate; Monday, November 9, 7pm to 9pm; Angelico Hall, 20 Olive Ave., Dominican University, San Rafael; leadonclimate. org.

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The recent 38th annual Mill Valley Film Festival drew more than 68,000 people to films, panel discussions and musical performances.

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estival Mind.” It’s a phrase I first heard from actress-comedian Brooke Tansley, who describes it as the unique attitude people have at film festivals and theater festivals.

“Festival Mind is an attitude, I guess, of grateful expectation, of excitement and anticipation— where everyone knows that the more movies you see, or the more

plays you see, or the more comedy acts you see, the better your chances are of seeing something that’s really, really great,” explains Tansley, who’s performed on Broadway as Belle in Beauty and the Beast and on the Los Angeles comedy stage as a member of Amy Poehler’s Upright Citizen’s Brigade improvisation troupe. I was thinking about Tansley’s Festival Mind idea last month, over the course of the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF). Having just completed its 38th year, the MVFF has pretty much fine-tuned the art of creating Festival Mind,

effectively building—and keeping— an audience of filmgoers who are willing to set aside the usual moviegoing or theater-going mindset of cautious skepticism and prove-itto-me reluctance, entering instead into a kind of gleefully gluttonous, bring-it-on, all-you-can-eat, happyto-be-here, more-is-more optimism in which a disappointing show or two actually enhances the fun instead of killing it dead in its tracks. Which is what every live theater company I know of is deathly afraid of: Screwing up, killing their audience’s interest, accidentally

staging a show that, for one reason or another, underperforms, and as a result loses that company whatever momentum they might have started with their previous show, which was very possibly a hit. And you know what? Theaters should be afraid of that. Because—with one or two exceptions—most live theaters in the Bay Area (and other places, too), have been inadvertently cultivating an audience imbued with the exact opposite of Festival Mind. Call it Creeping Pyrophobia Mind »10 (CPM)—a crippling fear of

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getting burned. It’s CPM that makes theatergoers tread cautiously when choosing: A. Which season announcement brochures to get excited about; B. Which theater companies to become subscribers to; and C. Which never-heard-of-it-before shows to take a chance on. Creeping Pyrophobia Mind is arguably the cause of: 1. Slowly audiences; 2. A reduction in advance revenue that companies once depended on from subscriptions; 3. The erosion of private and foundational wallets that were once wide open to nonprofit arts organizations; 4. A palpable job security threat for various theatrical executive directors and artistic directors; and 5. A motivation for companies to raise their ticket prices, forcing them to take fewer chances, while lowering the overall quality of theater in the region, resulting in more A through C and 1 through 5. So what can theater companies do to reverse the trajectory of CPM, and replace it with a great big dose of Festival Mind? One way to start is to take a look at what lessons and tricks can be learned from the Mill Valley Film Festival, along with organizations such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the San Francisco Fringe Festival and the like.

And no—sorry, you boards of directors, you actors, you directors, you hardcore fans of local theater— it’s not the audience’s responsibility to catch the Festival Mind fever. And it’s not the responsibility of the press to pump up expectations, especially if the quality isn’t there to match it. Nothing contributes to CPM more than overpraising a show (“It’s as good as anything you’ll see on Broadway!”), filling your seats with expectant people, happy to have paid premium dollar for something they have been told is awesome, only to realize that they were duped. Creating a culture of Festival Mind is the theater community’s job—and there’s no way around it. “In a region where demographics are changing,” says director Mary Ann Rodgers, vice president of the Ross Valley Players (RVP) Board of Directors, “at a time when the traditional theater audience is being replaced by younger folks who haven’t grown up going to the theater, what we have to do is to just find ways to make going to the theater a whole lot of fun.” Among the state of California’s oldest continuously running community theaters, Ross Valley Players has not always been seen as a source of fresh ideas and radical theatrical invention. But in recent months, there has been a notable shift in the energy around RVP’s beloved Old Barn Theatre at the

Marin Art & Garden Center. “We haven’t thought of it as ‘Festival Mind,’ exactly,” Rodgers says, “But we have been thinking of it more along the lines of ‘creating the sense of an event.’ With our recent production of Pirates of Penzance, we worked hard to turn it into more than just a play. We added a ‘Dress Like a Pirate’ day. There was a photo booth there where people could put on a pirate hat and have their picture taken. There were a lot of engaging addons to the show, creating a more immersive experience for the audience.” Rodgers says that more and more directors are pitching shows, not based on the script or vision of the production alone, but in terms of how it might be turned into something more, something unexpected, something worth spending their time and money on. Even for something as simple as a stage reading of a new show, a little extra thought can make the experience extra special—and make attendees feel more likely to attend another event in the future. Last weekend’s two-night-only staged reading of Gary Wright’s Nevermore—about the life of Edgar Allan Poe—included a snack bar selling Dark ‘n’ Stormy cocktails (rum and ginger beer) and cookies in the shape of Edgar Allan Poe’s head. Visitors to the company’s Facebook page could find all kinds

of entertaining Poe-related material in the days leading up to the reading. This month’s production of Ladies of the Camellias—about warring divas from the Golden Age of theater—will feature more audience costume nights with historical drinks and snacks. The goal isn’t to make money from selling cookies and beverages … but to have a bit of additional fun. Because in this climate, fun equals money. “For years,” Rodgers says, “the theater has been thought of as a place where you go to be exposed to something cultural and important and special, and it is, but now we want people to also think of the theater as a place where you get to go and play.” And in redefining what “theater” is, any successful theater today must look at how they define themselves in terms of their audience. “We’re a community theater,” Rodgers says. “We know that. And one thing we have started to reclaim is that we need to be more community minded, meaning we’re thinking of everyone who might benefit from seeing a show, and thinking of ways to reach out to them.” Later in the season, when Rodgers directs Anna in the Tropics, about cigar factory workers from Cuba during the 1920s, the company will be pulling out the stops to make the show available to the local Latino community, using a show that will appeal to Spanish-speaking audiences as an opportunity to demonstrate how much fun the theater can be. So, what else can theater companies do to create an attitude of Festival Mind? Lots of things. Price is a major factor. Sorry about that. It is. Would you go to Denny’s for a plate of macaroni and cheese and think it’s fair if they charged you what the Buckeye Roadhouse charges for their gourmet macaroni and cheese? Sorry Denny’s. Buckeye’s is better. Deal with it. Either make yours taste just as delicious or charge less for it. Same thing goes for theaters. By staging a play you know to be a solid community theater show, and charging the same thing that the superb, fully professional Marin Theater Company charges, you are inviting people to feel burned.

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On November 20, the Ross Valley Players will present ‘The Ladies of the Camellias.’

of time when theater Creeping Pyrophobia Mind finally takes its toll and we’ll have to shut some of our theaters down. But hey, even then, it won’t be all bad, right? We’ll finally be able to go see shows at those theaters that were actually willing to make a change.Y

Sir Ian McKellen entertains a large crowd at the 38th annual Mill Valley Film Festival.

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title along the lines of “Monsters! Aliens! Witches! Ghosts!” and some sort of “frequent fright” discount for seeing at least three of the shows? This may mean working together with companies that you are “competing” with. Is it way outside of your comfort zone? Is it a whole lot of trouble? Sure it is. “And everything we try might not work,” says Rodgers, of Ross Valley Players. “But some of it will work, and the important thing is that we start trying new things, because that’s what we do. We’re creative people. We’re theater people. We create something out of nothing. It’s time to remind ourselves of that.” And if done right, with an attitude of fun and excitement, it will, in time, create a sense of Festival Mind throughout the North Bay, a sense that something kind of special is going on—and everyone wants to be a part of something special. It’ll take some work. It might take some guts. It will take some time. And who has time these days? Of course, we’ll all have plenty

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and-work routine—I think about seeing shows very differently,” Martin continues. “I consider the rest of my schedule, how many weeks the show is running, how bad the traffic will be trying to get there, how late it will get out. Is it really a show I want to see?” Which brings us back to the central question. How do you create an environment in which more people want to see whatever it is that your theater is staging? At Lucky Penny—which recently transformed a small tile shop into a thriving little theatrical hotspot that is the talk of wine country— Martin and his rule-breaking associates have done many of the same things that Ross Valley Players is trying, from thinking up themed snacks and drinks, working clever contests and raffles into every performance, selling merchandise like T-shirts and posters and finding ways to break the fourth wall by turning the stage into a bar with the actors selling drinks for an hour or so before the show begins. “I agree,” Martin says, “that theaters need to think about every production and imagine how they can make it an ‘event,’ and not just another in a series of shows. I think we all need to give added value when we can. If a party atmosphere’s not right, maybe then it’s a talkback that adds the needed sense of something special happening, or maybe dinner-anda-show combinations, or crosspromotional projects with other theaters, maybe setting aside one or two low-cost or free shows in each run. What about free beer?” In other words, break the rules, and see what works. What else might the local theater community consider trying? Why not attempt to turn the whole North Bay theater scene into a year-long “festival vibe” event? How about working with the other theaters in your county, your town or your particular stretch of 101? You just found out that your production of Dracula is running at the same time that another company in the area is staging The Creature, and other companies are doing Rocky Horror Picture Show, The War of the Worlds, Blithe Spirit and Into the Woods. Why not work together? How about a single postcard going out to the entire combined mailing list of all theaters, with a

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And you will lose them as audience members. It’s not the average theatergoer’s cross to bear that you have a high mortgage. That’s what your donors and corporate sponsors are for. The average theatergoer doesn’t see going to a show as an act of charity. They see it as buying a product, and it’s not enough to tell them that you are a nonprofit. Tell that to someone with millions of dollars looking for a project to fund. Most regular people only see one or two entertainment events a month. If you make them pay premium prices, they will expect premium quality. The same way you would. Because of this, most festivals have creative pricing, where you get discounts for buying more tickets, and the more tickets you buy the more perks you get: VIP seating or early entrance so you get the best pick of seats; discounts on merchandise and invitations to special events; handwritten thankyou notes and early notification of upcoming seasons and events; automatic entry into raffles and giveaways; free peanuts. Whatever. Giving your audience a sense of value-for-their-dollar is huge, and that can be done by making the prices appropriate to what they are getting, or by adding extra stuff. One of the things that makes the San Francisco Fringe Festival work (from an audience point of view) is that the prices are low enough that people can afford to see two or three shows, and if some shows aren’t up to snuff, it’s no big deal. Their “Frequent Fringer” card is a great innovation. Buyers can purchase a card that gets them into any three shows, for a discount, or any six shows, for a larger discount. It’s not that different from a season subscription, but it sounds more fun. “There’s some basic human psychology at play here,” says Barry Martin, co-founder of Napa’s Lucky Penny Community Arts Center. “When I’ve gone to places like Ashland or Louisville or New York, I’m there for just a short time and want to see as much as I can, sort of like trying to ride all the rides at Disneyland. I’m usually on a special trip for this purpose, and certainly of the ‘Festival Mind,’ and I am omnivorous and will see things I might usually pass up. “But when I am in my ‘normal mind’—meaning my normal home-

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t first glance, the Victorian-themed Local Spicery on Tiburon’s treelined Ark Row appears to be much like the rest of the quaint neighboring boutique retailers who appeal to traveling tourists and wellheeled locals. However, dig a little deeper, and you will find that the 3-year-old spicery is much more than a well-appointed boutique in a toney neighborhood. Husband-and-wife team Nicholas Davoren and Evelyn Wood began sourcing and selling their specialty spices at northern California farmers’ markets, including the

one at San Rafael’s Marin Civic Center, in 2012. Over the last three years, the business has expanded to include a spice mill in Bel Marin Keys, an online mail-order business and a shiny new storefront in Tiburon. “Stinson Rub is our biggest seller and most popular,” says Wood of their ancho, cumin, coriander and thyme mixture that they recommend as a perfect complement on a top cut of beef. With more than 70 different blends that include chile combinations, spicy jerk rubs and traditional herb mixtures, along with a “brown bag” of necessities for brining birds, the

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company packs a lot of flavor into a small space. Chefs from Farmshop and San Francisco’s Namu Gaji have sought out Local Spicery for hand-selected spices that have not been irradiated or treated with ethylene oxide. By milling in small batches, the couple is able to maintain a high level of quality. They are also keen on educating folks on how to care for their spices to maintain freshness. “We recommend that customers not buy more than what they would use in a year,” Davoren says. “It’s really important to have airtight lids on our tins to ensure optimum freshness,” explains Wood,

who goes on to cite that along with oxygen, heat and light are major factors that contribute to spices losing their freshness and flavor. It’s a good bet that Local Spicery’s offerings—blends like apple pie, poultry seasoning and mulling spices, along with more than 200 individual herbs and single spices— will make it onto many a table this holiday season.Y

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oor Mother Earth. She must be so done with us humans. We use more than a billion pounds of pesticides in American agriculture annually; home gardeners, even here in Marin County, are ignorantly drenching their yards with chemical fertilizers, which travel into local waterways and create “dead zones.” And even with the latest drought, Californians are still growing LAWNS. Arrrgh! Just when I was about to lose hope, I received an invitation from the filmmakers at the Mill Valley Film Group to attend a screening of the latest episode of their Emmy-Awardwinning series entitled The New Environmentalists. The episode was so inspiring that the next morning I crawled out from under the covers, dashed outside to give my rusty ol’ compost spinner a few wild spins, and promised Mother Earth that I still had her back. There are now a total of 13 episodes of The New Environmentalists, and

starting this month you’ll be able to see them all on television. You won’t want to miss these. Each episode features six ordinary community members who blossom into dedicated activists and environmental heroes. Oftentimes these courageous champions place themselves squarely in harm’s way to battle intimidating and powerful adversaries who are unjustly threatening to pollute local land or endangered ecosystems. And to top it off, the series is narrated by Robert Redford. (Hear that sound? That’s the pitter-patter of the microbes in my compost spinner fighting for a selfie with their eco-heartthrob. Settle down now. ) In 2003, Mill Valley filmmaker Tom Dusenbery was asked to chronicle the work of recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award honoring grassroots environmental activists. Dusenbery reached out to his colleagues, John Antonelli and Will Parrinello at the Mill Valley Film Group, who he had worked with in the past on various

National broadcasts of The New Environmentalists series, beginning with The New Environmentalists—from Myanmar to Scotland, roll out the week of Nov. 8. Check local listings in Bay Area counties for cable channels, and learn more at mvfg.com.

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destructive scallop dredging in order to restore the marine ecosystem. Two things will happen when you watch this series. First, you will cheer the courageous eco-leaders on. Second, you will feel like a total eco-slacker. That’s OK. There’s still time for you to clean up your act. It can be small-scale. Simply getting off the gardening chemicals in your own backyard is a statement. (Compost, compost, compost is all you need.) Your stories won’t be as adrenaline-charged as those by these gutsy leaders and filmmakers, but you will automatically become my star students! “Yes, we have scary stories,” Dusenbery says. “Having our gear impounded by Russian Customs on an island off the coast of Siberia due to a paperwork misunderstanding (and probably corruption). But the adventures have been amazing with opportunities to see places and things I would never have been able to, in parts of the world I hardly knew existed—and meet these heroic and remarkable people.” And they’ll always have Honduras. “Shortly before we departed for Honduras our protagonist, Berta Caceres, told us she was receiving death threats and that we would have to hire Honduran “security consultants” (bodyguards) to work with us,” says Parrinello. “For the first five days of the shoot there were no threats, besides those that come with climate change and the intense unseasonal rains that turned a twohour drive on a dirt road to the town of San Francisco de Opalaca into a 10-hour ordeal, with our four-wheel drive vehicles getting stuck in the mud so many times that we lost count after 12 times. The sixth day there were actual death threats to Berta and a roadblock. Suffice it to say, we all got out of it unscathed through a combination of help from the U.S. State Department, Honduran National Police and our own security team’s cunning ways, which use their brains more than their brute force or weapons.”Y

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Canadian former tribal chief, Marilyn Baptiste, led her native community in defeating proposed gold and copper mines that would have destroyed Fish Lake—a source of spiritual identity and livelihood for her people.

film projects. Since then, the team has been traveling globally to feature new eco-heroes annually. “We delve into the personal side of the story and try to find the motivation for why an individual like Richard Blum would be driven to support healthcare and educational projects in the Himalayas or Richard Goldman would want to spend his resources to help honor and empower grassroots environmental activists around the world,” Antonelli says. “When we find the core value beneath that inspiration, we are able to tell stories that matter to those founding fathers and the remarkable family of leaders that they have gathered around them and to the audiences that we are able to reach through our work.” Since 2004, Robert Redford has narrated each episode of The New Environmentalists. The filmmakers have a one-day session with him yearly and often must travel out of state or even do “phone patch” sessions with him to record, when he is on location. This year it was New Zealand. They sometimes are able to “hang out” with him for a while after a session and listen to his travel stories. “A few years ago John, Tom and I were recording Redford’s narration at Disher Sound in San Francisco,” Parrinello says. “We sat around after the session, talking about the Beat Generation. [Redford] told us about coming up to S.F. from L.A. as a teenager and landing at City Lights where Ginsberg, McClure, Rexroth and Snyder were reading while Kerouac passed the hat. When we told him we made a film about Kerouac, which premiered at the first Sundance Film Festival in 1985, he smiled saying, “We really struggled back then.” The latest episode of the series is titled From Myanmar to Scotland and features local resident Jean Weiner restoring coral reefs and coastal degradation in Haiti; Myint Zaw, an accomplished photojournalist in Myanmar who launched a series of art exhibits to halt construction of a dam on the treasured Irrawaddy River; Berta Caceres in Honduras, who rallied the indigenous Lenca people to wage a grassroots protest against the Agua Zarca Dam; Phyllis Omido in Kenya, who stood up to her employer when she learned that factory lead emissions were lethally poisoning her community, former Canadian tribal chief Marilyn Baptiste, who led her native community in defeating proposed gold and copper mines that would have destroyed Fish Lake; and Howard Wood, an amateur diver in Scotland who put an end to

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2016 Readers’ Poll Vote online at pacificsun.com (mailed ballots will not be counted)

t’s that time of year again that we’ve all been waiting for: The Best of Marin! Our fun and popular annual readers’ poll includes categories that range from Arts & Culture to Fitness & Recreation to Food & Drink (and everything in between), because we want to make sure that we cover all of the bases when it comes to highlighting everything that’s important to those who live, work and play here. And what better way to celebrate all that makes Marin great than to ask you, our loyal readers, to vote for your favorite places? There are a few changes to the poll that you’ll notice this year: We’ve retired the Hall of Fame, where five-year-in-a-row winners would be honored, because we want everyone to have the opportunity each year to win. We’ve gotten rid of second and third place, because, after all, this is all about being “the best.” And last but not least, we’ve added some amusing new categories. We can’t wait to see your picks, and we’re excited to unveil the winners in our annual Best of Marin issue, publishing in April 2016.

A few online voting rules: » Complete at least 30 votes of the ballot or it won’t be counted » Include your name and a daytime phone number » Ballots are confidential, but you may be called to confirm your vote » Only one entry per person is permitted » Pacific Sun staff members, contributors, advertisers and their families may vote

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RVP’s new barn-themed logo.

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Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse recently staged a production of ‘The Wizard of Oz.’

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Changing faces

“Jared is awesome,” Miller says, “and with him taking on a lot of the development and financial matters, I’m going to be able to focus on building the artistic and aesthetic strengths of the organization.” In addition, 6th Street has recently hired Steven Piechocki as the company’s new technical director, a position that has gone empty for nearly a year. An alumnus of Texas Repertory Theatre, Piechocki served most recently as technical director of the Old Lyric Repertory Company in Logan, Utah. “Till now, without a technical director, we’ve been piecemealing our sets together using local contractors, often not achieving the full potential of the set designs we’ve envisioned,” Miller says. “With Steven, we’ve got a fully vested team player, and he’s already proven to be a huge asset.”

And finally, Marin County’s own Ross Valley Players has made a major change as well, introducing a fresh new barn-themed logo after more than three decades of being identified with the previous one. Both depict the legendary red barn at the Marin Art & Garden Center, where the company has had its home since 1939. The most recent logo, with a prominent “RVP” floating above a distinctly “wild west” drawing of the barn, has been retired in favor of something that reflects Ross Valley Players’ more modern approach to doing theater. The beloved company, founded in 1930, has been doing a lot of exciting artistic experimentation of late, and the new logo—bold, simple and fun—effectively reflects the changing face of one of California’s oldest continuously operating theater companies.Y

North Bay theaters unveil transformations By David Templeton

has also worked with Teatro ZinZanni and San Francisco Classical Voice. “Cinnabar,” Dragone says, “has an incredible diversity of artistic performances, and it will be my job to make the community more aware of that. Petaluma is experiencing a lot of growth, with new people coming in all the time, so there are new people to tell about Cinnabar. For years, it’s been the ‘best kept secret’ in the North Bay. I’m looking forward to being a part of making it a lot less of a secret.” Meanwhile, at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, Jared Sakren has been hired as the new executive director, a position that will work side-by-side with Artistic Director Craig Miller. Sakren—who’s been the artistic director of Arizona’s Southwest Shakespeare Company for more than a decade—comes to California with a stellar reputation as a theater professional and fundraiser.

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rom new faces on the management team to a new face on the company logo, a number of North Bay theaters have been introducing their “new kid in town”—and they aren’t just humming an old Eagles tune. As the seasons make their summer-to-fall change all around us, it seems like an appropriate time to introduce a few of those new faces to the theatergoing public. At Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma, Diane Dragone, formerly of San Leandro Performing Arts Center, has just been selected to replace Executive Director Terence Keane, who departed last June. Since then, Stephen Hamilton has filled in admirably, and was the one to officially introduce Dragone to Cinnabar sponsors and press at a pre-performance event in October. Originally from New York, Dragone

Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater recently announced the appointment of Diane Dragone to executive director.

MUSIC

Vienna Teng marks a new musical triumph By Charlie Swanson

ay Area native and indie folk singer/songwriter Vienna Teng has spent the last decade living in New York City, Detroit and most recently, Boulder, Colorado. And, that’s in between spending two-thirds of her life on the road pursuing her music, touring nationwide and amassing a fan base that adores her piano-led chamber pop. One such fan was Bay Area author and playwright Tanya Shaffer, who reached out to Teng with an offer to collaborate on a new work. “We had a friend in common,” Teng says by phone, on the road as usual. “She mentioned that she and her husband had actually gotten married to one of my songs, which was touching.” Shaffer also mentioned that she was working on a new play—a musical— and wanted Teng to compose the score. “It was a pretty irresistible challenge,” Teng says with a laugh. “One, because I’d never written for anything other than my own albums. And she also had this really compelling story she wanted to tell.” That story was “The Fourth Messenger,” a tale about the Buddha imagined as a woman in contemporary society. Possessing a fairy tale quality, Shaffer’s vision was both sweeping and epic while maintaining intimacy and emotion. “It really touched a chord for me,” Teng says.

The challenge for Teng was to get out of her songwriting comfort zone. As emotionally stirring as her songs are, pop music and theatrical tunes don’t always go hand in hand. “We got incredible support by various theater groups in the Bay Area,” Teng says. “I felt like I was surrounded by mentors who were able to point me to soundtracks and other reference points.” After a crash course in musical theater, Teng composed a slew of emotionally touching and ambitiously melodic songs that helped make “The Fourth Messenger” a success when it originally premiered in Berkeley two years ago. Now, “The Fourth Messenger” is an album, featuring Teng herself singing in some of the lead roles alongside an ensemble cast of recording artists. Many of those vocalists will be assembled on stage when Teng and Shaffer bring a selection of songs from the album to life with a record release concert this weekend in Mill Valley. The concert includes a meet-andgreet with the cast, and Teng is also performing an all-request after-party set, where fans can hear her personal piano-driven pop repertoire.Y Vienna Teng sings “Songs from the Fourth Messenger” on Sunday, Nov. 8 at Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley; 8pm; $38-$50; 415/383-9600.

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Celebration of a maverick Orson Welles tribute continues By Mal Karman

f you like your films as rare as your steak, the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center this month is serving up a healthy dose of out-of-the-mainstream Orson Welles, who, despite his wars with the major studios, was twice voted the greatest director of all time by his peers. “After Welles left Hollywood in the late ’40s, most of his films got very little exposure here,” says Richard Peterson, director of programming at the Rafael. “These are rare items, most of them made in Europe.” Among the unheralded gems are F for Fake, which Peterson calls “a very special documentary.” “It’s an essay film, a portrait of a [Hungarian] art forger [and an American literary fraud],” he says. “Welles was able to utilize his personality in creating the film by talking directly to the camera. And he manages to bring the quality of a puzzle to it.” Perhaps the most unique program in the retrospective is a presentation of Welles’ more obscure works by Joseph McBride, a professor at San Francisco State University and author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career. No doubt paying a price for being a

perfectionist, Welles was painted by critics as a lazy, overweight has-been who had pissed away the remarkable talent he demonstrated in Citizen Kane and the Mercury Theatre production of War of the Worlds. McBride takes issue with the filmmaker’s detractors. “His life was a saga of untiring work, dedication … replete with evidence of his dogged tenacity,” he writes in his book, adding, “ … overwhelming obstacles (were) placed before him by a society that tragically undervalues its great artists.” Also in the retrospective are Confidential Report, presumably the director’s intended version of Mr. Arkadin, about a man trying to track down his own past; The Immortal Story, Welles’ first film in color from an Isak Dinesen novel about a scheming wealthy 19th century merchant and Touch of Evil, which was re-edited not long ago according to Welles’ intentions by a team including Academy Award-winning Walter Murch of Bolinas.✹ ‘Welles 100: The Maverick’ plays on Sundays and Thursdays through November 22; Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center; 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael; rafaelfilm.cafilm.org.

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This month, The Rafael continues a retrospective on the work of Orson Welles.

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For a collaboration with playwright Tanya Shaffer, singer/songwriter Vienna Teng had to step outside of her comfort zone.

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Friday, November 6 - Thursday, November 12 The Amazing Nina Simone (1:50) Documentary looks at the life and tumultuous times of the proud, angry, controversial jazzblues icon. The Animation Show of Shows (1:37) Cool compendium of international animation features eye-filling short subjects from France, Switzerland, Russia, Australia, Ireland, Iran and the U.S. Ballet Hispanico (1:55) The acclaimed dance troupe presents Ruiz’s mambo-riffic Club Havana and Sansano’s darky sensual Carmen. maquia, performed live at Lincoln Center. 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 & Joel Coen. Burnt (1:40) Comedy stars Bradley Cooper as a superstar Paris chef who will do anything to land that third Michelin star. 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. Fantasia (1:56) Disney extravaganza sets classical works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and others to stunning, abstract and/or classical animation; Leopold Stokowski conducts. Goosebumps (1:43) Brechtian yet familyfriendly horror comedy in which real-life author R.L. Stine (Jack Black) accidentally unleashes the creatures from his Goosebumps stories. Grandma (1:20) Sundance fave follows a cash-strapped poet and her equally bereft granddaughter as they spend a day raising funds from friends and former lovers; Lily Tomlin stars. He Named Me Malala (1:28) Documentary tribute to Pakistani teen/children’s rights advocate Malala Yousafzai, the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Home Alone (1:55) Resourceful 8-year-old Macauley Culkin singlehandedly takes on two bumbling burglars when he finds himself home alone on Christmas Eve. Hotel Transylvania 2 (1:29) The horrific hoteliers are back and opening their doors to human guests as well as a cranky old vampire named Vlad (Mel Brooks). The Immortal Story (1:30) Orson Welles directs Isak Dinesen’s story of a wealthy merchant who hires a sailor to reenact an erotic legend with his wife (Jeanne Moreau). Screens with Hearts of Age, Welles’ surreal eight-minute student film. The Intern (2:01) Retired business tycoon Robert De Niro lands an internship at a fashion startup run by perky Anne Hathaway. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi (1:22) The rogue filmmaker outfits a cab with cameras and chats with his passengers about censorship, morality and other not-so-serious subjects. The Kindergarten Teacher (1:59) Israeli drama about the increasingly obsessive relationship between a schoolteacher and her prize student, a 5-year-old poetry prodigy. 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. The Martian (2:16) Ridley Scott sci-fi adventure about a daring NASA attempt to rescue an astronaut marooned on Mars; Matt Damon stars. Meet the Patels (1:28) Reality rom-com about 30-year-old Ravi Patel, the apex of a triangle

between himself, his parents and the woman of his dreams. Meru (1:27) Acclaimed documentary follows three determined climbers up treacherous, “unclimbable” Mount Meru in the Himalayas. Miss You Already (1:52) The abiding relationship of two BFFs is rocked to its foundations when one is diagnosed with breast cancer; Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette star. National Theatre London: Coriolanus (3:00) Direct from the Olivier Theatre it’s the Bard’s timeless tale of battlefield politics, foreign and domestic; Tom Hiddleston stars. 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. Our Brand Is Crisis (1:47) Political fixer Sandra Bullock heads to South America to jigger an election and runs into trouble; Billy Bob Thornton co-stars. Pan (1:51) Prequel looks at the early life of the abducted orphan who becomes Peter Pan; Rooney Mara is Tiger Lily, of course. Pawn Sacrifice (1:56) True story of loco chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and his Cold War showdown with Soviet gambit master Boris Spassky; Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber star. The Peanuts Movie (1:26) Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the gang return to the big screen in 3D animation; the Red Baron co-stars. Room (1:58) A 5-year-old boy who’s spent his life trapped in a tiny room with his loving mother gets to savor the outside world for the first time. Royal Ballet (2:15) London’s top terpsichoreans take on Acosta’s Carmen, Scarlett’s Viscera, Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun and Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux. Sicario (2:01) Crimebusters Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro head into the borderlands to take on a Mexican drug cartel. Spectre (2:30) Daniel Craig’s farewell to James Bond finds 007 on the trail of his favorite crime/ terrorism/revenge/extortion outfit; Christoph Waltz and Monica Bellucci co-star. Steve Jobs (2:02) Aaron Sorkin-Danny Boyle biopic of the tech industry’s top nerd; Michael Fassbender stars. Suffragette (1:46) Carey Mulligan stars as a turn-of-the-century activist who uses civil disobedience to fight for women’s suffrage; Meryl Streep cameos as Emmeline Pankhurst. This Changes Everything (1:29) Provocative documentary looks at fossil fuel extraction, global warming and the sensible notion that tackling climate change can save the world’s precarious economy. The Trial (1:58) Orson Welles’ spooky, absurdist version of the Kafka novel stars Anthony Perkins as a man accused of an unspecified crime; Jeanne Moreau co-stars. Truth (2:01) True tale about the firestorm following a 2004 CBS News exposé of George W. Bush’s military service stars Robert Redford as Dan Rather. Urbanized (1:22) Documentary focuses on the uncertain science of urban design and how a handful of planners, builders and architects shape the lives of millions.

The Amazing Nina Simone (Not Rated) Lark: Mon 2:45; Thu noon The Animation Show of Shows (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 8:10; Mon 5:15; Wed 1:30 Regency: Thu 7 •Ballet Hispanico (PG) Bridge of Spies (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 3:30, 6:45, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 10; Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:15; Sun-Thu 10:25, 12:20, 3:40, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:45, 4:05, 7:25, 10:40 Burnt (Not Rated) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 7:05, 9:50; Sun-Wed 7:05 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:15, 9:40; Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40; Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15; Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50 Rowland: FriWed 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Crimson Peak (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 Lark: Sun 11; Mon 7:30 •Fantasia (G) Goosebumps (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 4:40, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 2:10, 7:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:40 Grandma (R) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Tue 6; Sat-Sun 2, 6 He Named Me Malala (PG-13) Lark: Fri 3:50; Sat 10:45am; Wed 6 Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 •Home Alone (PG) Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 1:45, 4:10, 6:25, 8:40 Rafael: Thu 7 •The Immortal Story (Not Rated) The Intern (PG-13) Lark: Fri 8:30; Sat 5:15; Mon 12:10; Tue 7:50; Thu 2:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:55, 7:30 Sequoia: Fri 4:10, 7, 10:30 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7, 10:30; Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7; Mon-Wed 4:10, 7; Thu 4:10 Jafar Panahi’s Taxi (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Sat 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Sun 2:30; Mon-Tue 6:30, 8:30; Wed-Thu 6:30 •The Kindergarten Teacher (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Mon-Thu 6:15, 8:45 The Last Witch Hunter (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 The Martian (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 3D showtime at 9:40; Sat-Sun 12, 6:30, 3D showtimes at 3:15, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:30, 5:40, 8:50; 3D showtimes at 12:55, 4:05, 7:15, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:40, 7:05, 10:15 Meet the Patels (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4, 8; Mon-Tue 8; Wed-Thu 8:30 Meru (R) Lark: Sat 8; Tue 3:15; Thu 5 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10 •Miss You Already (PG-13) National Theatre London: Coriolanus (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 7:30 National Theatre London: Hamlet (PG-13) Lark: Sat 1; Sun 2 Regency: Tue 7 99 Homes (R) Lark: Fri 1:20; Tue 5:20 Our Brand Is Crisis (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:35, 10:15; Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 2, 4:35, 7:05, 9:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Pan (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 4:45, 10:20 Pawn Sacrifice (PG-13) Lark: Fri 6; Wed 8:10 The Peanuts Movie (G) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:20, 1, 1:40, 2:40, 3:20, 4:10, 5:10, 6:45, 7:45, 9:15; Sun-Wed 12:20, 1, 1:40, 2:40, 3:20, 4:10, 5:10, 6:45, 7:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 9:50, 3D showtime at 7:15; Sat-Sun 11, 4:30, 9:50, 3D showtimes at 1:45, 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10; 3D showtimes at 11, 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 Playhouse: Fri 4, 6:40, 9; Sat 12, 1:15, 2:30, 4, 6:40, 9; Sun 12, 1:15, 2:30, 4, 6:40; Mon-Wed 4, 6:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2, 7; 3D showtimes at 4:30, 9:30 Room (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:20, 4:05, 7:10, 10:05; Sun-Thu 10:35, 1:20, 4:05, 7:10 Regency: Thu 7 •Royal Ballet (PG) Sicario (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:30, 7:35, 10:25; Sun 4:30, 7:35; Mon 1:35, 4:30, 7:35; Tue, Thu 1:35 Spectre (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1:15, 3:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12, 1:15, 3:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 12:30, 1:35, 2:40, 3:45, 4:50, 5:55, 7, 8:05, 9:10, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 4:50, 7, 8, 9:55; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 4:50, 7, 8, 9:55; Sun 12:30, 3:45, 4:50, 7, 8; Mon-Wed 3:45, 4:50, 7, 8 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:55, 12:35, 2:15, 3:55, 5:35, 7:15, 8:55, 10:35 Sequoia: Fri 4, 7:20, 9:55; Sat 12:45, 4, 7:20, 9:55; Sun 12:45, 4, 7:20; Mon-Thu 4, 7:20 Steve Jobs (R) Marin: Fri 4:15, 7, 9:45; Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45; Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7; Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 1, 4:10, 7:30, 10:25; SunWed 1, 4:10, 7:30; Thu 1, 4:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10; Sun-Thu 11:35, •Suffragette (PG-13) 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 This Changes Everything (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 6; Wed 3:45 Rafael: Sun 4:30, 7 •The Trial (Not Rated) Truth (R) Marin: Fri 4, 6:45, 9:30; Sat 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:30; Sun 1:15, 4, 6:45; Mon-Wed 4:15, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:25, 4:20, 7:20 Lark: Tue noon (includes lunch and guest lecturer TBA) •Urbanized (Not Rated) 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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Muzijevic. Nov 7-9. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Belrose Theater Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam. Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

Rancho Nicasio Nov 6, Jerry Hannan. Nov 7, Buck Nickels & Loose Change with Miracle Mule. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

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Jorma Kaukonen Americana master and founding member of both Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna performs a special solo acoustic set. Nov 6, 8pm. $40. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Collective Soul Alternative band is back on the road in support of “See What You Started by Continuing,” their first album in six years. Nov 8, 8pm. $35-$55. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

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

Rickey’s Nov 6, SwingSet. Nov 7, Tracy Rose Trio. Nov 8, Chime Travelers. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato, 415.883.9477.

Vetiver San Francisco indie folk band fronted by Andy Cabic makes an evening of it. Nov 5, 10pm. $20-$22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Dave Simonett Singer and songwriter from Trampled by Turtles appears solo, with local folk duo the Easy Leaves opening. Nov 9, 8pm. $15-$20. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Vienna Teng Indie singer and songwriter celebrates new album, “Songs fromtThe Fourth Messenger,” with a concert followed by a meet-and-greet and all-request after-party. Nov 8, 8pm. $38-$50. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

SONOMA Rising Appalachia Asheville, NC, troubadours mix funk and world music with vocal harmonies courtesy lead sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith. Nov 11, 8:30pm. $19-$23. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Santa Rosa Symphony The symphony presents a program titled “Surround Sound,” featuring multidimensional, Bosnian-born pianist Pedja

Dance Palace Nov 6, Milly Wandering. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Fenix Nov 5, Brian Travis Band. Nov 6, Will Russ Jr. Nov 8, Amy Wigton. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael Nov 7, North Star Vocal Artists. 1510 Fifth St, San Rafael.

Live in the Vineyard Series of private and exclusive “winneronly” acoustic concerts from some of today’s hottest pop superstars and emerging artists, taking place at Uptown and local wineries. Nov 5-8. Enter to win. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, liveinthevineyard.com.

George’s Nightclub Sun, Mexican Banda. Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam. Thurs, California Flight Project. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262. HopMonk Novato Nov 4, open mic night with Matt Moller and friends. Nov 5, Bedrock Radio and Bleeding Fingers. Nov 6, the Killer Queens and Ann Halen. Nov 7, IrieFuse and the Dubbadubs. Nov 11, open mic night with Mending Fences. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

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Lighthouse Bar & Grill Nov 7, Dore Coller Dance Party. 475 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley, 415.381.4400.

Ali Akbar College of Music Nov 7, Indian slide guitar with Debashish Bhattacharya & Subhankar Banerjee. 215 West End Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6372.

Mill Valley Library Nov 8, 11am, Charged Particles. 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292. 19 Broadway Club Nov 6, Rayner Brock. Nov 7, Vaughn Benjamin. Nov 8, Irish jam session. Mon, open mic. Wed, the Hump. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Nov 6, Michael Aragon Quartet. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392. Panama Hotel Restaurant Nov 4, John Hoy. Nov 5, Amanda Denny. Nov 10, James Moseley. Nov 11, Marianna August. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. jormakaukonen.com

Legendary guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, will play a special evening of solo acoustic music at Terrapin Crossroads on Friday, Nov. 6.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Nov 4, the Weissmen. Nov 5, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Nov 6, Lumanation. Nov 7, the Receders. Nov 10, Waldo’s Special. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Presidio Yacht Club Nov 6, Before the Bang. Nov 7, Koala Tea. Fort Baker, Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319.

Sausalito Seahorse Nov 5, Los Flamencos. Nov 6, Marinfidels. Nov 7, Havana Nights with Los Clasicos de Cuba. Nov 8, Avance. 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 Nov 6, Everyone is Dirty. Nov 7, Kendra McKinley. Sun, open mic. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Spitfire Lounge First Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. First Friday of every month, Truthlive. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Studio 55 Marin Nov 6, Elise Witt, Becky Reardon and Terry Garthwaite. Nov. 7, West Coast Live with Sedge Thompson featuring Tom Killion, the T Sisters and more. Nov 8, Darol Anger & the Furies. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, 415.453.3161. Sweetwater Music Hall Nov 6, Flamin’ Groovies with Rue 66. Nov 8, the Nightowls. Nov 9, Crossroads vocalist performance. Nov 10, Crossroads Music School concert. Nov 11, the Grateful Bluegrass Boys. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Terrapin Crossroads Nov 4, Reed Mathis and friends. Nov 5, Tall Tales & Silver Linings. Nov 6, Free Peoples. Nov 7, “Beatles Night” with Eric DiBerardino and friends. Nov 8, Cochrane McMillan and friends. Nov 9, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. Nov 10, Stu Allen and friends. Nov 11, Terrapin Family Band. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. The Marin School Nov 7, Bolo with Ariana Saraha. 150 N San Pedro Road, San Rafael, 415.924.4848. Throckmorton Theatre Nov 5, Victoria George & Her Band with Maurice Tani. Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Travis Marina Second Sunday of every month, the Lonestar Retrobates. Fort Baker, Sausalito. True North Pub & Grill Tues-Sun, live music. 638 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, 415.453.1238.

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Arlene Francis Center Nov 5, Northbay Performance Espresso with the Ooopsie Daisies. Nov 7, 12pm, Love Lake County benefit fundraiser. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009. Atlas Coffee Company Nov 7, Nail Polish with Steal Shit Do Drugs and Acrylics. 300 South A St, Santa Rosa, 707.526.1085. Barley & Hops Tavern Nov 6, New Skye. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037. The Big Easy Nov 4, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Nov 5, Chris Amberger & His Dogs. Nov 6, Shake Baby Shake. Nov 7, the Beerays with Amy Hogan. Nov 10, Nessie Expedition. Tues, the American Alley Cats. Nov 11, Tracy Rose and friends. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631. Coffee Catz Nov 7, 2:30pm, Vince Grant. Nov 8, 2:30pm, Blues and R&B jam. Nov 5, 4:30pm, DJ Kudjo. Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600. Corkscrew Wine Bar Nov 6, Archer Monk. Nov 7, Lisa Stano Trio. Nov 10, Staggerwing. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505. Finley Community Center First Friday of every month, Larry Broderick Trio. Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737. Flamingo Lounge Nov 6, the Igniters. Nov 7, Power House. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530. French Garden Nov 6, Bear’s Belly. Nov 7, Tone Bent. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030.

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Spend Saturday with West Coast Live, a fully live national two-hour radio variety show, this week featuring artist Tom Killion, sister singing group the T Sisters and more, at Studio 55 in San Rafael on Nov. 7 at 10am. Main Street Bistro Nov 5, Wiley’s Coyotes. Nov 6, Jess Petty. Nov 7, Yancie Taylor. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Nov 6, Haute Flash Quartet. Nov 7, the Rains. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.9610.

Mc T’s Bullpen Nov 7, Levi Lloyd. Nov 8, 4pm, the River City Band. Nov 8, 9pm, DJ Miguel. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel. 16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377.

Sebastiani Theatre Nov 9, 6pm, Judy Martinez benefit with Sean Carscadden Trio and Wingo Moon. 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Nov 6, Yours Truly, Michele. Nov 7, Andrew Freeman. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660. Mystic Theatre Nov 7, Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Occidental Center for the Arts Nov 7, 5pm, Jacob Green’s Harvest Celebration Show. Nov 8, 3pm, the Threshold Choir. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392. Phoenix Theater Nov 6, Too Short with J Stalin. Nov 7, the Sxunxs with One Less Zero and Girls with Guns. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565. Quincy’s Nov 6, Michelle Lambert. Wed, open mic. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park, 707.585.1079. Redwood Cafe Nov 6, Ring of Truth Trio. Nov 7, 3pm, Shawna Miller student recital. Nov 8, 11am, Richard Torres. Nov 8, 6pm, Irish jam session. Nov 11, Sound Kitchen. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868. Remy’s Bar & Lounge First Friday of every month, Jay Fresco. 130 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1963. Rio Nido Roadhouse Nov 7, Naive Melodies. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821. Rossi’s 1906 Nov 4, Ricky Ray Band (with dance lessons). Nov 6, Louie & Patti’s Showcase Band. Nov 7, the Remones. Nov 11, Soulshine Blues Band (with dance lessons). 401 Grove St, El Verano, 707.343.0044. Roth Estate Winery Nov 6, 4pm, the Beautiful Questions with Adam Lieb. 10309 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg, 707-836-7030.

Sebastopol Community Center Nov 7, the Sylvia Herold Ensemble. 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.874.3176. SOMO Village Event Center Nov 7, 6pm, valley fire fundraiser with the Pat Jordan Band. 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. Sonoma Community Center Nov 7, Black & White Jazz. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626. Spancky’s Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169. Tradewinds Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878. Twin Oaks Tavern Nov 4, Roadhouse Ramblers. Nov 5, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Nov 6, Stax City. Nov 7, 5pm, the Mighty Groove. Nov 8, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with Champagne Groove. Nov 11, Old School Country Band. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118. Whiskey Tip Nov 6, Charley Peach and Become the Villain. Nov 7, Pacific Soundrise. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535. Zodiacs Nov 11-12, David Nelson Band. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.7751.

NAPA Billco’s Billiards Thurs, live music. 1234 Third St, Napa, 707.226.7506. City Winery Napa Nov 6, Ruthie Foster. Nov 7, Paul Brady. Nov 8, George Porter Jr & his Runnin’ Pardners. Nov 10, “Ring in the Season” with Taylor Bartolucci and Barry Martin. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

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Laugh for a cause with political satirist Will Durst, who performs at Rancho Nicasio on Sunday, Nov. 7 in a benefit for the Nicasio Historical Society. Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Nov 5, EZ Street. Nov 6, the Charles Wheal Band. Nov 7, Marshall Law. Sun, DJ Aurelio. Tues, the Used Blues Band. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

Jarvis Conservatory Nov 7, It’s a Grand Night for Singers. 1711 Main St, Napa, 707.255.5445. Methode Bubble Bar & Restaurant Fri, Sat, David Ruane. 1400 First St, Napa, 707.254.8888.

Opera House Collective Nov 6-22, “Group Show,” featuring Hilary Williams, Kevin Clark and Sharon Eisley. 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Daily, 11 to 5 707.774.6576. Petaluma Historical Museum Nov 5-Dec 27, “Artists & Artisans of Petaluma,” photographer Gary Kaplan exhibits stunning portraits of twenty four Petaluma artists in their studios, accompanied by a piece from each artist. Reception, Nov 14 at 5pm. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues. 707.778.4398. Sonoma Community Center Nov 5-25, “Dick Cole Solo Show,” watercolors from the local artist display in Gallery 212. Reception, Nov 6 at 5pm. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm. 707.938.4626.

River Terrace Inn Nov 5, Johnny Smith. Nov 6, Salet. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa, 707.320.9000.

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Silo’s Nov 4, Syria T Berry. Nov 6, the Fabulous Screwtops. Nov 7, Trevor Lyon. Nov 8, Steve Sage and friends. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

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.

Uva Trattoria Nov 4, Tom Duarte. Nov 5, Justin Diaz. Nov 6, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Nov 7, Jackie and friends. Nov 8, Bob Castell Blanch. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Nov 14, “Mosaics & Madrones,” watercolor exhibit by Muriel Schmalberg Ullman ranges in inspiration from Spain to Mendocino County. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

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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.

OPENING MARIN Falkirk Cultural Center Nov 6-Dec 20, “Fall Juried Exhibit,” annual show displays works by many local artists. Reception, Nov 6 at 5pm. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438. Seager Gray Gallery Nov 10-Dec 6, “James Shay: Grove Studies,” the Lucas Valley artist depicts the dramatic rolling hills of west Marin’s landscape. Reception, Nov 14 at 5:30pm. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

SONOMA Arts Guild of Sonoma Nov 7-29, “Helen Mehl Solo Show,” the Sonoma-based watercolor artists and arts guild member displays. Reception, Nov 7 at 4pm. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. WedThurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Gallery Route One Through Dec 6, “The Museum of Curious Thought,” a retrospective exhibit of contemporary artist Betty Woolfolk is matched with video installation by Minoosh Zomorodinia and abstract work from Johanna Baruch. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. Marin Society of Artists Gallery Through Nov 21, “88th Annual Member Show,” juried show is the last exhibit held in the Ross Art and Garden Center Gallery before the MSA moves next year. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4. 415.454.9561. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Nov 19, “reimagining minimalism,” several local artist pare down their style to affect new minimalist art in a show juried by Don Soker. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10

Robert Allen Fine Art Through Nov 30, “Nature Abstracted,” group exhibition features works on canvas and paper by Nick Coley, Beatrice Findlay and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

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Seager Gray Gallery Through Nov 4, “Memories from the Backlot,” exhibition from artist Inez Storer tells vivd life stories through painting and collage. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Throckmorton Theatre Through Nov 30, “Twilight Communion,” new oil paintings by Mill Valley artist Peter Jablonski exist somewhere between dreams and reality. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

SONOMA Art Escape Through Nov 19, “Books & Words,” exhibit includes over 40 entries featuring books, collage, photography, drawing, painting and more. 17474 Sonoma Hwy, Ste A, Sonoma. 707.938.5551. Calabi Gallery Through Nov 14, “Other Worlds,” features recent paintings by Michael Ramos and Tim Haworth as well as a selection of 20thcentury works from the gallery’s collection. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.781.7070. Charles M. Schulz Museum Through Dec 13, “Celebrating 65 Years of Peanuts,” see how your favorite characters developed and changed in this installation celebrating 65 years of Peanuts comics. Through May 30, “The Peanuts Movie,” exhibit traces Peanuts from Schulz’s pen to the new big-screen feature. Through Apr 24, “Snoopy and the Red Baron,” learn about the real Red Baron and Schulz’s attention to historical detail through rare artifacts, original artworks, and an expansive selection of cartoons showcasing Snoopy’s famous alter-ego. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452. Christopher Hill Gallery Through Nov 6, “Precious Metals,” new paintings by James Armstrong is a sign of things to come. 326 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707-395-4646. Opera House Collective Through Nov 4, “Dia de Los Muertos Show,” works from Meg Regelous, Stephanie Jucker, Jason Sheldrick and others gets into the spirit of the Day of the Dead. 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Daily, 11 to 5 707.774.6576.

Comedy Dinner & A Show Comedy Night Special menu and wine pairings precede standup laughs. Nov 4, 6:30pm. $50. Vin Antico Wine Bar, 881 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.721.0600. Dinner & Comedy Show Benefit for the Nicasio Historical Society features popular political satirist Will Durst, cocktails and a three-course meal. Nov 8, 5:30pm. $25-$50. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219. Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20.

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Hydro Grill First Saturday of every month, Always Elvis. Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.942.9777.

Occidental Center for the Arts Nov 6-Jan 4, “Energy Materialized,” featuring two nationally and internationally known sculptors, Bruce Johnson and Riis Burwell. Reception, Nov 6 at 5pm. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

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Events

Whose Live Anyway? Improvisation from the best comedic minds takes audience suggestions and turns them into hilarious skits. Nov 6, 8pm. $40$60. Marin Center Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800. Improvisation from the best comedic minds takes audience suggestions and turns them into hilarious skits. Nov 7, 8pm. $39-$59. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

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. College of Marin Kentfield Campus Through Nov 7, 7:30pm, Rise, College of Marin Dance Faculty presents a fall dance concert that’s both jazzy and poetic. $10$20. 835 College Ave, Kentfield. Dance Palace First Wednesday of every month, 6pm, First Wednesday Line Dancing, with Carol Friedman. Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary. Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5$15 per month. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075. Finnish American Home Association Wednesdays, 5:30pm, African dance and drum workshop, all ages and skill levels are welcome to move and groove with Sandor Diabankouezi, world-class Congolese master drummer. $15. 191 W Verano Ave, Sonoma. Flamingo Lounge Sundays, 7pm, salsa with lessons. Tuesdays, swing dancing with lessons. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530. Lomitas School House First Thursday of every month, 7pm, Argentine Tango Lessons & Dance, with SoCo Tango. $5-$10. 2421 Lomitas Ave, Santa Rosa 707.523.4336. Monroe Dance Hall Nov 6, West Coast Swing Party. Nov 7, Iko Yaya zydeco party band. Sundays, CountryWestern dancing and lessons. Mondays, Scottish Country Dancing. Tuesdays, Razzmataz folk dance club. Wednesdays, Singles and Pairs Square Dance Club. Thursdays, Circles ‘n Squares Dance Club. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.529.5450. Redwood Cafe Nov 4, 7pm, Irish set dancing. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868. YogaWorks Larkspur First Saturday of every month, 7:30pm, DanceMarin!, where yoga and and dance

ACE Open House Explore ACE Sonoma’s new Santa Rosa campus and therapy space with staff and teachers on hand. Nov 4, 3pm. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600. Anniversary Party & Open Studios Studio Santa Rosa and 33 Arts celebrate their 30th and first year anniversaries, respectively, with live music, open studios, arts installations and interactive art projects for all ages. Reception, Nov 7 at 4pm. Nov 7-8, 11am. Free. 33 Arts & Studio Santa Rosa, 3840 Finley Ave Bldg 32-33, Santa Rosa, 415.601.5323. Astronaut Lullabies Immersive live concert experience with Jim and Kathy Ocean, exploring inner and outer space, returns this fall by popular demand. Sun, Nov 8, 3pm. $10-$20. SRJC Planetarium, Lark Hall, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4465. Calistoga Art Walk Follow the signs and view art with strolling tour of shops and galleries. First Wed-Thurs of every month, 5pm. Free. Downtown Calistoga, Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.225.1003. Estero Americano Trail Community Workshop Sonoma County Regional Parks wants to hear from you on enhancing public access to the Estero Americano trail. Nov 4, 6pm. Bodega Bay Fire Station, 510 Hwy 1, Bodega.

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‘Visions,’ College of Marin’s Fall Dance Concert, will feature pieces created by faculty to take the audience on a journey, on Nov. 7 and 8. area galleries and businesses showcase local artists. First Thurs of every month. Sebastopol Plaza, Weeks Way, Sebastopol, 707.874.9462. Solar Viewing Solar telescopes are set up to safely look at and listen to our favorite star, the Sun. Nov 7, 11am. Free. Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.6979.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects. First Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

Trivia Café First Friday Art Show Reception and party with the newest art exhibit on display. First Fri of every month, 6pm. Epicurean Connection, 122 West Napa St, Sonoma, 707.935.7960.

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with a force 1,000 times that of gravity. So why Geronimo. Native Garden Work Days don’t they get concussions? Give a simple, short Help improve our native habitats and Santa Rosa Doll & Toy Show biological explanation. create gardens. First Thurs of every month, Browse vintage toys and modern dolls 10am. Bay Audubon Center, with themost familycelebrated and get up to 2 free dollin the world 7 The illusionist diedRichardson on Halloween, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, appraisals. Nov 8, 10am. $6. Veterans

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Bringing It Home Documentary looks at how hemp and kelp can replace many plastics for greener products and cleaner environments. Nov 4, 7pm. $5-$10. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2324. CULT Film Series Enjoy a gangster double feature from the master, Martin Scorsese, as “Goodfellas” and “Casino” screen. Nov 5, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.

Exhibition on Screen: Manet Portraying Life Get behind-the-scenes at one of the most extensive exhibit of Manet’s portraits. Nov 5, 6pm. $15-$18. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111. Fantasia Walt Disney’s masterpiece on animation and classical music screens for its 75th anniversary. Nov 8-9. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840. Food & Farm Film Fest Series of short films from around the world that speak on the topics of food and farming, with wine, beer and fermented beverages available. Nov 8, 7pm. $10. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433. 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. Mimi & Dona Poignant documentary looks at issues surrounding family relations and care giving between a woman and her intellectually disabled daughter. Nov 9, 1 and 7pm. Free. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840. Napa Valley Film Festival The ultimate film, food and wine experience features 125 new films, filmmakers and film industry guests, culinary demonstrations, wine tasting pavilions and special events. Nov 11-15. Napa Valley, various locations, Napa, napavalleyfilmfest.org. Occupation 101 Thought-provoking documentary on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict screens. Nov 8, 2pm. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626. The Raising of America Adults-only event will feature a screening PBS documentary series that explores

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. Stinson Beach Documentary Film Festival Three days of docs includes popular films like “Meru,” “Batkid Begins” and “Best of Enemies.” Benefiting the community center. Nov 6-8. $8 and up. Stinson Beach Community Center, 32 Belvedere Ave, Stinson Beach, stinsondocfest.org. Symphony of the Soil Film explores the many ways we can improve soil and thereby improve the climate and our own health. Nov 11, 7pm. $5-$10. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2324. Warren Miller’s ‘Chasing Shadows’ The latest ski and winter adventure film from the long-running series premieres, and don’t miss the pre-party at La Rosa that features live music and drink specials. Nov 4, 7pm. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909. Welles 100: The Maverick Part two of Smith Rafael’s Orson Welles retrospective looks at the director’s postHollywood films such as “The Trial” and “F Is for Fake.” Times and days vary. Thurs-Sun through Nov 22. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Food&Drink Ballroom & Dining Room One-hour dance lessons followed by a special three-course menu created by chef Aaron Wright. Second Mon of every month. $40. Lark Creek Inn, 234 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. Benefit for Mark West Union School Music Foundation Culinary fest of gourmet vegetarian and vegan fare prepared by Sonoma County chef Sandy Poze goes to the music foundation. Nov 8, 5pm. $30. Gaia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491. Dining with Writers Book Passage presents a delicious evening with Good Cook’s author Michele Anna Jordan. Ticket includes meal and choice of book. Nov 10, 6:30pm. $95. The Spinster Sisters Restaurant, 401 South A St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7100. Dinner & Conversation with Alison Marks Bring a dessert and enjoy a meal with the new executive director of the Dance Palace. Nov 8, 5pm. Free. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Fresh Starts Chef Event Chef Tracey Shepos Cenami, chef and

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. Healdsburg Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am. through Nov 7. Healdsburg Farmers Market, North and Vine St, Healdsburg, 707.431.1956. Home Cheesemaking Class Award-winning cheese maker Sheana Davis leads a monthly class that features new cheeses each session. Second Sun of every month, 1pm. $55. Epicurean Connection, 122 West Napa St, Sonoma, 707.935.7960. Oyster Night First Fri of every month, 4pm. Gourmet au Bay, 913 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay, 707.875.9875. Pop-Up Dinner Features a family-style, southern-inspired menu created by Chef Glenn “Gator” Thompson of Fenix in San Rafael. Nov 6, 5:30 and 8pm. $75. Taste Kitchen & Table, 71 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.455.9040. Preston Harvest Dinner Join chef Louis Maldonado and winemaker Matt Norelli of Preston Farm & Vineyard for a festive family-style feast. Nov 8, 6pm. $60. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.7222. Southern Thanksgiving Chef Gator’s prix fixe dinner pays homage to the indulgent holiday. Nov 10, 7pm. $55. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. Wine & Food Affair The Wine Road’s premier event takes you to several northern Sonoma County wineries for select tastings and food pairings. Nov 7-8, 11am. $30-$70. Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River valleys, various locations, Santa Rosa, wineroad.com. Wine 101 First Fri at 5:30 monthly, local food and wine experts lead wine education and food pairing. RSVP. First Fri of every month, 5:30pm. $25-$35. SL Cellars, 9380 Sonoma Hwy, Sonoma, 707.833.5070.

For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.” Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. WedThurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing. Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900. 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.

Lectures AgeSong Talk Presentation on “How Did I Get to Be This Old?” by Barbara Bruhn and Lindsay Martin. Nov 4, 12pm. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665. The Art of the Film Score Take a musical journey from the film score’s inception to the first cinematic blockbusters to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the present day. Nov 7, 1pm. $140-$200. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636. Art Talk Tuesday Docent lecture from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco explores the history of the watch and the clock maker Abraham-Louis Breguet. Nov 10, 12pm. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo, 415.258.4656. Beaver Stewardship in California Presentation with Kate Lundquist of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center focuses on the Beaver’s vital role in our ecosystem. Nov 5, 7pm. $10. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277. Beginning/Intermediate Animal Communication Renee Gallegos leads an experiential class where you learn how to intuitively connect and communicate with animals. Nov 7, 9:30am. $55-$65. Sunrise Center, 645 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.924.7824. The Birds of Pandemonium Author Michele Raffin talks about the bird sanctuary she shares and lets us in on the world of her birds. Nov 7, 9:30am. $25-$30. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, 415.382.7834. CBT/DBT Group for Depression Skills-based education and training group is designed to help you cope with facing basic everyday problems including distressing emotions like depression and anxiety. Tues, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999. Color Is Not a Four Letter Word Mt Tam Quilt Guild presents Linda Wagner, who shares her wisdom on how to manage color choices in quilts with ease and confidence. Nov 10, 7pm. Aldersgate Methodist Church, #1 Wellbrock Heights, San Rafael. Energy Upgrade California A presentation by Kellen Dammann, Marin County Sustainability Outreach Specialist. Nov 5, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444. Fall Color Photography Join ranger and photographer Craig Solin in exploring fall colors at Willis Evans Canyon in San Geronimo. Nov 8, 9am. San Geronimo Ridge, Redwood Canyon Dr, San Geronimo, 415.473.2816. Free Legal Consultation Half-hour consultations with elder law attorney Janice Sternfeld. First Thurs of every month, 10am-noon. Jewish Family and Children’s Services, 600 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

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The Cut Historical epic follows one man’s journey through the Ottoman Empire after surviving the 1915 Armenian genocide. Fri, Nov 6, 7pm and Sun, Nov 8, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2606.

Roadmap to Apartheid Award-winning documentary is presented by North Coast Coalition for Palestine. Nov 7, 3pm. Free. First Methodist Church, 2150 Giffen Ave, Santa Rosa.

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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. Marin Green Drinks Monthly lecture series looks at GMO labeling. Nov 10, 5:30pm. Lotus Cuisine of India, 704 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.456.5808. Pleasures of the Heart First Monday, women’s salon. Second Monday, coed discussion group. Second Mon of every month, 7pm. Pleasures of the Heart, 1310 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.482.9899. Draw Fast & Loose Develop skill in sketching what you see as simply and boldly as possible using basic art materials. First Sat of every month, 10:30am. $40. Napa Valley Art Supplies, 3250 California Blvd, Napa, 707.224.2775. SAT vs ACT Workshop Instructors Maggy Hughes and Dale Steinmann will explain major upcoming changes to the SAT and recent changes to the ACT essay. Nov 4, 7pm. Free. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.898.4623. 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. Trout Unlimited General Meeting The Redwood Emire Chapter of the organization welcomes Seattle-based speaker Rob Masonis to talk on wild steelhead issues in California and the importance of achieving both conservation and sustainable fishing. Nov 6, 7pm. Odd Fellows Hall, 545 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa, redwoodempiretu.org. Twenty-Something Support Group Explore adulthood with emphasis on life skills such as mindfulness, interpersonal skills and healthy coping skills. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999. UFO Lecture Series Conspiracy and the unexplained abound with a new out-there topic each week. Wed, 7pm. $10. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

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Passage. $40. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440. Book Passage Nov 5, 12pm, “The Witches: Salem, 1692” with Stacy Schiff, a literary luncheon $60. Nov 5, 7pm, “Soda Politics” with Marion Nestle. Nov 6, 7pm, “City on Fire” with Garth Risk Hallberg. Nov 7, 1pm, Liz Cunningham and Arlene Blum in conversation. Nov 7, 4pm, “From Sun to Sun” with Nina Angela McKissock. Nov 7, 6pm, “Poet Anderson...of Nightmares” with Tom Delonge & Suzanne Young. Nov 8, 1pm, “Tile Makes the Room” with Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic. Nov 8, 4pm, “A Brief Stop on the Road From Auschwitz” with Goran Rosenberg. Nov 8, 7pm, “How to Watch a Movie” with David Thompson. Nov 9, 1pm, “The Three-Year Swim Club” with Julie Checkoway. Nov 9, 7pm, “Confessions of a Headmaster” with Paul Cummins. Nov 10, 7pm, “The Devil’s Chessboard” with David Talbot. Nov 11, 6pm, An Evening with McSweeney’s, Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols appear. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Dr Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas Second Monday of every month, 7pm, “Poetry Farm” with local writers. 800 Grant Ave, Novato 415.897.9500. Napa Bookmine Nov 4, 10:30am, Wednesday Wordsmiths, Writing workshop is limited. Registration required. $40. First Friday of every month, 6pm, First Friday Night Write. Wednesdays, 11am, Read Aloud for the Young’uns. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199. Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Nov 6, 7pm, “Wheel of Time” and “Mystic” with several authors. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Blithe Spirit The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages follows cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, remarried but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife. Through Nov 8. $15-$32. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185. Brian Copeland’s Scion Copeland blends humor and pathos in this one man show exploring the dangers of social privilege. Nov 6, 8pm. $45. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800. The Hummingbird Wars Play about an Afghan war hero and PTSDsuffering dad raising kids in a hyper-digital world is quirky and funny while tackling serious themes. Nov 5-15. $5-$17. Ives Hall Studio 76, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.4246. My Mañana Comes Marin Theatre Company presents the Bay Area premiere of this thoughtful character study, as four busboys in a Manhattan restaurant fight for their selfworth. Through Nov 22. $10 and up. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208. The New Normal Students from WHS Nueva School for the Performing Arts collaborated with industry pros to bring this ambitious multimedia project, exploring the impacts of climate change on a global and personal scale, to the stage. Nov 5-7, 7pm. $8. Windsor High School, 8695 Windsor Rd, Windsor, 707.360.8615.

Point Reyes Books Second Monday of every month, 7pm, Knit Lit group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

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

Readers’ Books Nov 5, 7pm, “How to Watch a Movie” with David Thompson. Nov 10, 7pm, “Spangling Darkness” with Rafael Block, includes a musical performance by David Field. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

Peter Pan The adventures of the boy who never grew up is presented by Cafeteria Kids Theater. Nov 5-8. $20. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

San Rafael Library Nov 10, 6:30pm, Virtual author talk with Andy Weir, live streamed event with the author of “The Martian.” 1100 E St, San Rafael 415.485.3323.

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. Through Nov 8. $10-$25. Studio Theatre, 6th St Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

West End Cafe First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, First Wed at 7, open mic poetry evening. 1131 Fourth St, San Rafael. West Marin School Nov 7, 7pm, “Saving Capitalism for the Many, Not the Few” with Robert Reich, talk and signing benefits west Marin community services. $10-$100. 11550 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

Theater Beyond Therapy Delightful comedy from playwright Christopher Durang embraces the quirky personalities and emotions we all are familiar with. Nov 6-22. $21-$31. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707-266-6305.

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. Sat, Nov 7, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor. The War of the Worlds: The Radio Script Pegasus Theater Company takes Orson Wells’ infamous 1938 radio play that caused mass panic and interprets what the scene must have been like for the listeners. Through Nov 15. $15. Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Rd, Graton, 707.583.2343. ✹

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No. 2015-138299 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST, 236 W.BALTIMORE AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ALANNA SCHROEDER, 236 W. BALTIMORE AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. 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 6, 2015. (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. 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 7, 2015. (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 Clerk-Recorder’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 JACOB NICKS, 11 JESSUP ST, 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 Oct 9, 2015. (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 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 Clerk-Recorder 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) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138423 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BAYSIDE MASSAGE THERAPY, 22 SKYLARK DR #119, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: SHIRLEY MARIA HEIDELBERGER, 22 SKYLARK DR #119, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. 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 21, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 28, Nov 4, 11, 18 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138437 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GLAMOROUS NAILS AND SPA, 631 SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: GLAMOROUS NAILS AND SPA INC, 1127 REDWOOD BLVD, NOVATO, CA 94947. 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 23, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 28, Nov 4, 11, 18 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138457 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WINE, WOMEN & SONG, 16 G STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SUSAN ZELINSKY, 16 G STREET, CA 94901. 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 27, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 28, Nov 4, 11, 18 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138469 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FOGLE’S TAPE PRO, 16 COAST OAK WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: BRUCE FOGLE, 16 COAST OAK WAY, 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 28, 2015. (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138424 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WARDROBE EXCHANGE, 621 SAN ANSELMO AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: VERLENE MORGAN, 110 GARDEN AVENUE, 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 21, 2015. (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138450 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BLOOM WELLNESS, 16 MILLER AVE, SUITE 204, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: JIN CHOE, 2 YUKON PLACE, NOVATO, CA 94947.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 26, 2015. (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138474 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MILL VALLEY FRENCH LAUNDRY AND CLEANERS, 228 E BLITHDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: 1) MARTHA AVILES, 612, 33 rd ST, RICHMOND, CA 94804 2) NORMA AVILES, 1530 ARMSTRONG AV # 12, NOVATO, CA 94945. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. 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 29, 2015. (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304652 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 November 4, 2013, Under File No: 2013133428. Fictitious Business name(s) MILL VALLEY FRENCH LAUNDRY AND CLEANERS, 228 E BLITHEDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: SHAHIN AVASH, 228 E BLITHDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on October 29, 2015. (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138484 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 210 MISSION AVE APARTMENTS, 210 MISSION AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIA PINEDA, 21 BIRCHWOOD DR, NOVATO, CA 94947. 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 29, 2015. (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No. 138335 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FIRMAMENTA , 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: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138442 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DECAY MUSIC, 901 A STREET, SUITE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) RAYMOND J PEPPERELL, 901 A STREET, SUITE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 2) GEOFFREY VINTON LYALL, 901 A STREET, SUITE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. 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 23, 2015. (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1503874. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GRACE ANNABELLE FADER DOUGHERTY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GRACE ANNABELLE FADER DOUGHERTY to GRACE ALOYSIUS DOUGHERTY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 12/21/2015 AT 09:00 AM, Dept E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date Of Filing: Oct 23, 2015 (Publication Dates: Oct 28, Nov 4, 11, 18 of 2015)

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I was dating a sociopathic compulsive liar for three months. I had a gut feeling that he was lying about his work, education and finances, but I had no real proof. This allowed him to manipulate me and convince me that I was crazy, insecure and paranoid. Finally, through Internet searches and contact with his exwife, I got proof together and confronted him. Though I dumped him, I’ve become super edgy and suspicious that everyone’s lying to me. I even accused a co-worker of stealing my phone. I think the stress this guy put me through probably caused PTSD. How does one move on after dating a sociopath?—Burned

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1978, Ben

Cohen and Jerry Greenfield began selling their new ice cream out of a refurbished gas station in Burlington, Vermont. Thirty-seven years later, Ben & Jerry’s is among the world’s best-selling ice cream brands. Its success stems in part from its willingness to keep transforming the way it does business. “My mantra is ‘Change is a wonderful thing,’” says the current CEO. As evidence of the company’s intention to keep re-evaluating its approach, there’s a “Flavor Graveyard” on its website, where it lists flavors it has tried to sell but ultimately abandoned. “Wavy Gravy,” “Tennessee Mud” and “Turtle Soup” are among the departed. Now is a favorable time for you to engage in a purge of your own, Aries. What parts of your life don’t work anymore? What personal changes would be wonderful things?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Before he

helped launch Apple Computer in the 1970s, tech pioneer Steve Wozniak ran a dial-a-joke service. Most of the time, people who called got an automated recording, but now and then Wozniak answered himself. That’s how he met Alice Robertson, the woman who later became his wife. I’m guessing that you will have comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Taurus. Future allies may come into your life in unexpected ways. It’s as if mysterious forces will be conspiring to connect you with people you need to know.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Small, non-

destructive earthquakes are common. Our planet has an average of 1,400 of them every day. This subtle underground mayhem has been going on steadily for millions of years. According to recent research, it has been responsible for creating 80 percent of the world’s gold. I suspect that the next six or seven months will feature a metaphorically analogous process in your life. You will experience deep-seated quivering and grinding that won’t bring major disruptions even as it generates the equivalent of gold deposits. Make it your goal to welcome and even thrive on the subterranean friction!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here’s the

process I went through to create your horoscope. First I drew up a chart of your astrological aspects. Using my analytical skills, I pondered their meaning. Next, I called on my intuitive powers, asking my unconscious mind to provide symbols that would be useful to you. The response I got from my deeper mind was surprising: It informed me that I should go to a new cafe that had just opened downtown. Ten minutes later, I was there, gazing at a menu packed with exotic treats: Banana Flirty Milk … Champagne Coconut Mango Slushy … Honey Dew Jelly Juice … Creamy Wild Berry Blitz … Sweet Dreamy Ginger Snow. I suspect that these are metaphors for experiences that are coming your way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Beatles’ song “You

Never Give Me Your Money” has this poignant lyric: “Oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go.” I suggest you make it your motto for now. And if you have not yet begun to feel the allure of that sentiment, initiate the necessary shifts to get yourself in the mood. Why? Because it’s time to recharge your spiritual battery, and the best way to do that is to immerse yourself in the mystery of having nothing to do and nowhere to go. Put your faith in the pregnant silence, Leo. Let emptiness teach you what you need to know next.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Should a

professional singer be criticized for her lack of skill in laying bricks? Is it reasonable to chide a kindergarten teacher for his ineptitude as an airplane pilot? Does it make sense to complain about a cat’s inability to bark? Of course not. There are many other unwarranted comparisons that are almost as irrational but not as obviously unfair. Is it right for you to wish your current lover or best friend could have the same je ne sais quoi as a previous lover or best friend? Should you try to manipulate the future so that it’s more like the past? Are you justified in demanding that your

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head and your heart come to identical conclusions? No, no and no. Allow the differences to be differences. And more than that: Celebrate them!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the mid-19th century, an American named Cyrus McCormick patented a breakthrough that had the potential to revolutionize agriculture. It was a mechanical reaper that harvested crops with far more ease and efficiency than hand-held sickles and scythes. But his innovation didn’t enter into mainstream use for 20 years. In part that was because many farmers were skeptical of trying a new technology, and feared it would eliminate jobs. I don’t foresee you having to wait nearly as long for acceptance of your new wrinkles, Libra. But you may have to be patient. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Is it possible

to express a benevolent form of vanity? I say yes. In the coming weeks, your boasts may be quite lyrical and therapeutic. They may even uplift and motivate those who hear them. Acts of selfaggrandizement that would normally cast long shadows might instead produce generous results. That’s why I’m giving you a go-ahead to embody the following attitude from Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why):” “I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal/I cannot be comprehended except by my permission.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Regard the current tensions and detours as camouflaged gifts from the gods of growth. You’re being offered a potent opportunity to counteract the effects of a self-sabotage you committed once upon a time. You’re getting an excellent chance to develop the strength of character that can blossom from dealing with soul-bending riddles. In fact, I think you’d be wise to feel a surge of gratitude right now. To do so will empower you to take maximum advantage of the disguised blessings. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are slipping into a phase when new teachers are likely to appear. That’s excellent news, because the coming weeks will also be a time when you especially need new teachings. Your good fortune doesn’t end there. I suspect that you will have an enhanced capacity to learn quickly and deeply. With all these factors conspiring in your favor, Capricorn, I predict that by January 1, you will be smarter, humbler, more flexible and better prepared to get what you want in 2016. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): American author Mark Twain seemed to enjoy his disgust with the novels of Jane Austen, who died 18 years before he was born. “Her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy,” he said, even as he confessed that he had perused some of her work multiple times. “Every time I read Pride and Prejudice,” he wrote to a friend about Austen’s most famous story, “I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” We might ask why he repetitively sought an experience that bothered him. I am posing a similar question to you, Aquarius. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to renounce, once and for all, your association with anything or anyone you are addicted to disliking. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Sahara in

Northern Africa is the largest hot desert on the planet. It’s almost the size of the United States. Cloud cover is rare, the humidity is low and the temperature of the sand can easily exceed 170º F (80º C). That’s why it was so surprising when snow fell there in February of 1979 for the first time in memory. This once-in-a-lifetime visitation happened again 33 years later. I’m expecting a similar anomaly in your world, Pisces. Like the desert snow, your version should be mostly interesting and only slightly inconvenient. It may even have an upside. Saharan locals testified that the storm helped the palm trees because it killed off the parasites feeding on them.Y

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Tales from your PTSD support group: THEM: “I was held captive with a burlap bag over my head and beaten with electrical cords.” YOU: “I’m right there with you, bro. This dude I was dating told me his Ferrari was paid for, and it turned out to be leased!” YOU: “My boyfriend pretended he was buying a mansion, but he really lives with his parents.” THEM: “That’s terrible. Can you help me put on my prosthetic leg?” Sure, according to Pat Benatar, “love is a battlefield.” But spending three months fighting with a sociopathic boyfriend doesn’t leave you ducking for cover whenever a car backfires like a guy who did three tours of I.E.D. disposal in Iraq and came home with most of the parts he went in with. Ofer Zur, a psychologist who specializes in treating post-traumatic stress disorder, explains, “To meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD, the stressor experienced must involve actual or threatened death or serious injury.” What you did experience is called “gaslighting,” a covert form of psychological bullying that leaves you doubting your perception of reality and, eventually, accepting the bully’s distorted, self-serving version. So, for example, when you question your partner on something—like their work, education or finances— instead of doing the civilized, healthy-person thing and giving you an answer, they blast you for daring to insult them by asking. (People who are cheating will often do this.) Day after day, as they treat you like you’re nuts, blind or dumb, your self-worth erodes and you feel less and less able to trust your judgment—to the point where you start using all the red flags as carwash towels. The thing is, gaslighting isn’t like an alien spaceship with a giant vacuum hose, sucking in any person in its path. It’s the need for outside validation that makes a person susceptible, explains psychologist Robin Stern in The Gaslight Effect. Another risk factor is an overvaluing of romantic love—seeing it as a magical eraser for life’s problems and a way to duck out of the grubby work of developing a self. Believing the unbelievable is the price of maintaining a relationship that seems “more intense, more glamorous and more special.” This is basically selling yourself out for love— though all you really have is a snake charmer and a snake, all in one basket, with a boyfriend face-taped across the front. To your credit, you had a strong enough self that you eventually crawled up through the romantic cloud cover and did some late-night Internet snake-hunting. Though you’ve given your reptile the boot (or perhaps upcycled him into a handbag), your fear of being scammed again has you going all Inspector Javert on every slightly shifty-eyed co-worker. Consider that you’re reacting to the romantic con job as if it happened randomly, like a roast chicken falling out of a private jet and cracking you on the head. To stop wildly flinging suspicion around, accept responsibility: Admit that you got duped because you wanted to believe more than you wanted to see. Granted, it isn’t always easy to identify the liars. (You can’t just keep an eye out for those telltale pants on fire.) Stern, however, offers good advice to avoid getting taken in by gaslighters and other pathologically inventive hustlers. Instead of debating them on whether a particular piece of information is right or wrong, focus on your feelings. Ask yourself: “Do I like being treated this way … talked to this way?” And though you don’t have PTSD, you might take a page out of Zur’s playbook— his notion that we heal from bad experiences by creating a narrative that gives them meaning for the future. You, for example, could use this experience as a giant Post-it note reminding you to take a relationship slowly, meet a person’s circle of friends and see who they are over time—instead of immediately declaring that you’ve found the love of the century. If you’re going to have a fairy tale relationship, it shouldn’t be because little or nothing in it exists in real life.Y

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