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It had been another long day. He leaned back too far in the chair, daring Destiny to take him over backward. She didn't, and he smiled having cheated her one last time. He didn't know it, but it wouldn't be his last opportunity to do so before the sun returned from the other side of the world to char him all over again. He stood up and went to the book closet at the opposite end of the room. He opened the stainless steel door and entered the access code. Once inside he closed the door behind him and made his way to the rear compartment. He lifted his hand, palm out and chest high, to feel for the Bio-I.D. pad that would allow him, and only him, to enter the inner chamber where the article of his attention tonight lay on a luminous blue pad. Standing in front of the article a person is quickly taken by the sense of mass it conveys despite its modest size. It is inside of a rectangular box of about 14 inches across and 8 inches deep. The box is made of a metallic material but a closer look reveals it to be made of an almost fleshy metalized film with a fine pore-like texture to it. He has never opened it and most others who know of its existence hope that he never will. It is said to contain the Law, or something like the Law. At first thought, knowing the actual text of the Law would seem to make the meaning of life here on Earth clearer and possibly even purposeful. However, after a long argu-ment, some of the world's greatest thinkers concluded years ago that given human nature, knowledge of the true nature of the Law, no matter what it was, would quickly render life as we have known it, meaningless. Only chaos and suffering could result. Now, after decades of stew-ardship of the Law, he had determined his course of action and tonight and no man or petty tyrant would keep him from his rondesvous with destiny. He closed his eyes and removed the lid, setting it aside. He opened his eyes and squinted at the glare from the article. He reached in with both hands, cradled it in his palms, and lifted it out of the box. Holding it in one hand, he brushed it up and down against his shirt to shine it up a bit before raising it to his face. Opening his mouth slightly and wetting his lips, he placed it between his front teeth and, with a wet crunching sound, bit a noisy tangent through the article and chewed. Sensing a familiar flavor spreading across his tongue he decided that; Yes, sometimes an apple is just an apple..."I have come to this edge tonight for a reason". She thought as she stepped over the scupper and onto the brick knee wall. Twelve stories up and there would be no mistake about it. As if in a dream, her center of gravity moved out and over the edge of the building. The lights of the taxis and busses below swirled together with the reflections in the wet pavement and the figures of New Years Eve revelers party-bound for champagne. Above this noisy street scene, the only sound she could hear was the satiny rush of air by her ears as she slipped past the 11th floor windows. She seemed to be falling slower as she took in the smell of the air and the beauty of the lights. A peculiar lightness came over her and all of the weight that had pressed on her seemed lifted from her. Falling turned to floating. Dying became living. Some-thing resembling regret came to her now as she almost hovered by the lonely old guy's window in 7D. She had never actually met him and now wished she had. Slowly, she stretched out her long pale arms and faced the world below for a moment, and then turned towards the stars. Slowly, she rose upward. Lightness turned to stillness as she lofted back past the clothes hung out at apt 9A, and then to optimism as she passed the flowered boxes outside of 11C. Her arms still outstretched, she looked back down at the New Years Eve scene and laughed out loud. Her hair played in silly curls around her face and joy streamed down her cheeks. Her toes gently touched back onto the knee wall at the roofs edge. Eyes closed and smiling, she wrapped herself in her own arms and squeezed until she felt herself returning at last. Down from the roof now and falling awake, she turned over in her bed and smiled. She knew this would be the last time she would have this dream of falling. Falling again now, this time asleep, she the pictured the faces of every person she had ever known and vowed to dream a new dream of life for a life in the new year...Slowly, the forensic pathologist peeled back the thin film of skin that covered the bloody pulp of a skull that lay before him on the examining table. Only hours earlier the stuff he was working on now was a living human being. Reduced by a speeding semi to a viscous meatloaf, the fetid pile of toad slime showed no sign of life. The only remnant that might suggest the prior inhabit-ants identity was the single bugging eyeball. It seemed to twitch left and right from time to time. The pathologist looked shook it off and returned to the dissection. It was a curious sequence of events that landed this load of slop in the morgue. The lucky victim was skulking down the street with an air of aggressive paranoia when a semi-truck driver, who was digging out a wad of ear wax with a screwdriver swerved onto the sidewalk and caught our hero on the undercarrige of the cab. cab.After scraping him along screaming for 50 yards or so, our hero came loose and was pureed under the balance of the 16 wheels that follow the truck cab. For most people this might have been enough, but not for our little scum -bag. He was still alive and blinking out of that cue-ball eye socket. As chance would have it, an airliner crashed moments later on the very blinking spot where he lay, thoroughly lacerated. If that wasn't enough, a passing freight train derailed and accordianed itself onto the pulpy mess. That very train was transporting a circus car. The impact loosed a Grizzly Bear that meandered over and began lapping and chewing on our hero. For him it had been a very bad day indeed, because just then, the whole mess erupted in flames and burned for days on end. Choking back a good belly laugh, the doctor put away his scalpel and invited our hero's former girlfriend out to dinner... I drive mostly back roads far from the lights in the part of the night just ahead of the dawn. It is a world between worlds, maybe the upper or maybe the lower world. You could argue about which is which, but for me, the intersection of a back road and three a.m. is a sanctuary. A vector where no God rules and a man can move freely. Just like this morning, far from the visual stench of eastbay refineries and gas station lasers, I saw the new comet low in the northeastern sky, pure and alone. It had stolen the sky from lesser stars that for centuries had only too carelessly occupied the spot. I drive on through this scene and later past four baby skunks who are following a parent into traffic. Past the deer-like street folk caught for a moment in my headlights, past dark houses and blinding semi's. Through all of this stuff I am driving, and although I am tired of driving, I keep my eyes on the road. The tank is on empty, but I never stop to refill. Maybe I'll pull over and rest, if I can just get over this hill. I'm sick and tired of driving. When, after you roll past the detritus of some poor son-of -bitch's bad judg-ment in the fast lane, in the dark, alone with the man, and bleeding to death in red and blue moonbeams, don't you have to wonder if the repo-man from the movie was right when he said that 'the more you drive, the stupider you become'? So how is it now that we're all out here together, dedicated road warriors, driving, jockeying for the whole-shot, and no one is certain where to or where from. Grinding down the sharp edge of our I.Q.'s like the disintegrated retreads we dodge in the lanes. Until I hear different, I'll meet you in the number one lane when I have to, and on the narrow back roads when I can. Out here, far from the lights... Hello Salvatore Dolly Pardon hymn number 24 hours in a Doris Day Care center of the universe, as we know it. Even with large records and whey com-panies have Miss Muffet sat on a blender of several shades of blue and seen grazing out on the range over the Prairie Avenue Book Stories where out past there are several more than their mothers would have us believe. Meanwhile on the international scene with outside the studi-o-my-gosh, it's with Ives, Weburn, and Krenick, together now for the first time in a concerted effortless motion to over- rule the prosecution on a point of law the size of my grandmothers little cucumber dressing in front of an open window. Never-the-lesster the molester is available for a limited time to problem solve in four dimensions and run amok that can remove even the nastiest stains with Piquancy and Aplomb, the famous Danish explorers. Closer to home is where the heart wrenching is it true, time after time has a way back into the past, cut them off at the past, past- your-eyesed milking it for all it's worth, although more evidence may, or may, not be forth-coming to a theater near you? After all for one and one for after all may seem to satisfy even the heartiest appetite for that chocolately good-ness and the promise of bread. And you may ask yourself; Self, what does all this have to do with beer? In a word of wisdom to the wise from one who nose hairdo you really believe in the way back down the mountain grown coffee cop car doughnut piss anvil head life story of a veteran of foreign adven-turless women who can peel back your scalp with only a weasel? Is it any coincidence? Don't you have to wonder what it all has to do with Beer? Well? beer? Well?... In the beginning, there were ales. As far as anyone knows, the first beers made were 'top fermented', which is longhand for 'Ale'. Sometime before the 1860's, beers became popular that were made in northern Europe with a bottom fermenting yeast strain that liked the colder temperatures. Because they had to spend weeks aging before they tasted their best, they were known as 'Lager' beer. Lager is the German word for 'storage'. Since they had to sit a while, they took up more time and space and as such were harder and more expensive to make. But they were crisp and light and you could slam them down if you wanted to. Where ales are meaty, lagers are sinewy. Where ales are street, lagers are 'haute couture'. Where an ale might hit you over the head and take your wallet, lagers donate to charity and adopt stray cats. While an ale might steal your car or try to date your daughter and keep her out all night for who-knows-what purpose, a well-bred lager would offer to clean your house while you're on vacation and leave fresh scones and coffee for you when you return. Now, don't get us wrong, ales can be a lot of fun to hang out with when you're in the right mood, and if you have bail money on you. But what's wrong with livin' uptown from time to time, on a nice street, where the doormen all wear those funny uniforms, the air smells of flowers, and lagers rule the Earth... Although the table in the cafe on Grant Street at which they sat was round, the man and the woman from up north sat on opposite sides of it. Something had come between them. The sun sang it's final strains in the western sky as the cold blue song of the moon rose in pitch and even the waitress could not help these two doubting lovers. Together they read their menus separately. Two as one, one as two. Their pitifullittle scene brought only cruel amusement to the bartenders with the sweat stained armpits who smoked the cheap cigars and wagered on the misery of lovers like these. They had seen it all before and felt only contempt. The two wept openly now and still they could not decide whether it would be Pale Ale or I.P.A. with the entree and if there would be Gnarlywine for dessert. They all felt the loneliness of love and the tragic tyranny of beer... Well, well, well. The head brewer stood opposite the massive brewing vessels that were his to command. His mind raced through the possibilities. What is the temperature of the malt in the grist case overhead? Was the hot liquor tank up to temp? Would the ambient temperature affect the final mash temperature? Should he compensate for the delta temp by running a little higher mash-in temperature? A single degree in either direction would have a life changing effect on both the brewer and the brewee. The beer could be too sweet if a degree high, or too mild and dry if a niggling degree too low. The character of the future beer that this batch would be hung in the balance. The brewer drew a bead on the temp-probe, the mash tun waited, and the world held its breath...

I bent my door, backing out with it open, and it hit the garage. What are my options?

In this situation, a new door will most likely be required, along with both hinges and usually a repair on the hinge panel. The most cost effective repair would be a used door, in the correct paint color, that could replace the damaged door assembly. The chances of finding the correct color used door, with minimal damage is slim, but it has happened. Otherwise, this is an expensive repair.

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This week, a letter-writer expresses his frustration about the ‘inadequate ferry parking’ for Marin folks who do not live within close proximity to the ferry shuttle bus.

Share the road Those of us in West Marin and all those other folks who do not live convenient to the ferry shuttle bus, which is the bulk of Marin residents, must rely on inadequate ferry parking. A new garage at the ferry, ideally underground using the technologies applied to high rises in [San Francisco], would be a better use of transportation funds than an amorphous slush fund for bicycle-related projects of little general benefit. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard has been squeezed at multiple locations so that it is now one-third bike path. But alas, where are the riders? The few bikers that are there prefer to ride in the auto lanes, disdaining their dedicated million-dollar paths. Thanks to Supervisor Kinsey, the bikers have been very adept at sharing our tax revenues, even though they do not always share the road. Let’s get ahead of the state and start licensing the bikes for local use of our roads. This includes the weekenders who should start sharing the cost of maintaining our roads, many of which are in awful condition. —Alex Easton-Brown, Marin Supervisor candidate

Affordable housing, minus the blight Ideally, I would like to decouple affordable housing from development so we don’t have to be victimized by for-profit monstrosities. Getting a handful of ‘affordable units’ at the cost of putting up with more ‘San Rafael Gothic’ boxes is no kind of deal at all. Our local NGOs are capable of seeding affordable housing projects and our philanthropic wealth can assist in carrying them out. The county can lead, assist, package and promote the resulting units without selling its soul. —Alex Easton-Brown

The most powerful weapon Another morning … waking up … STILL BUMMED about the mass shootings. Exhausted by all of the articles … all of the heated blogs and angry posts … and new details … so, so heavy. I cried for the San Bernardino social workers having a party, I cried for the baby left with grandma, I cried about Sandy Hook … again …

communication are foundational ingredients of evolving to our next higher form as “civilized” humans). It can awaken, enlighten and UNIFY people across the globe in a matter of hours. So, my digital community: Communicate! Educate! And share and discuss. We are the future, and we can figure this out … or at least vent a little. Thanks for listening to my letter. Peace, —Chris Manning

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Only in America What a perfect marketing ploy in the guise of a love story with ‘Star War’ objects [‘Powerful objects,’ Dec. 16]. Only in America, can we make collecting things a sacred art. And in Marin County, this is an honored tradition. And it doesn’t count unless lots of people know what you got. And, you gotta have “it,” whatever it happens to be. Hey, isn’t that what money is for? At the moment, it’s going to be more ‘Star Wars’ figures, and they’ll call that merchandising machine “love.” Loving objects is the theme of our time. We love our objects so much, that they get more attention than our real live “loved” ones. Witness how mothers sit with babies on their laps, even nursing, staring at their screen. Or kids hanging out together, but in separate worlds with their screens. Or a grandparent and grandchild sitting at a table together, not looking at each other, but at their screens. So, does anyone see a potential problem? Or is it just the awesome power of my “human imagination?” —Sandy Murphey, via pacificsun.com

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and Columbine, etc. … ugh!!! I actually DO lose sleep over this, because it’s really, really disturbing. I have the same questions as everyone else: Why is this happening? What did they all have in common? What is the solution? Angry Human + Gun = Death. There are lots of ideas on both sides of the gun argument, which I won’t go into, BUT one thing that concerns me is that nobody is talking about the root of it all: Unhappy people with DEEP EMOTIONAL and MENTAL TRAUMA (most are diagnosed for years before they “snap”). They ALL have lost hope, a long, long time ago. Why? Because nobody is there to notice, and show compassion and intercept. So they gravitate toward extremist thinking and extremist solutions. It is clearly about much more than just the guns … it is us, we the people, ignoring our own kind and their mental health needs. It’s like any other sickness that has gone ignored and untreated … eventually, it kills. The shooters, these “lost souls” have all slipped through the social cracks. Clearly, there is inadequate mental health help for those who really NEED it … from a society that has less and less compassion for those in need … “do it yourself,” “no free handouts,” “your problems are yours, not mine!” is the mantra in 2015, so adult therapy, school therapists, counselors and social services for too long have been WAY UNDERFUNDED. And all of the teens with mental health issues have gone unnoticed and untreated. I believe the INTERNET is perhaps the most powerful weapon we have today (education and

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1 Steepest street—about 32 degrees! 2 False—rocking chairs have been

around since the 1740s. 3 The Canary Islands, named after canines; located in the Atlantic Ocean off of Spain and Morocco. 4 Butterscotch 5 John F. Kennedy, the 35th president, born in 1917. 6 The U.S. dollar (at an exchange rate of 25,000 sucres per dollar). 7 Howard the Duck 8 Bob Hope, for hosting the Academy Awards ceremony, from the first one televised in 1953. 9a. … Teeth b. … Godot c. … House d.Help … Menagerie your senior loved

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2 True or False: It was Benjamin Franklin who invented the rocking chair.

3 This is Las Palmas, a capital of what islands that are named for dogs, not birds? Where on earth are these islands located? 4 If you melt butter and brown sugar [and add

cream and vanilla], you get what sweet sauce with an international name?

5 Who was the first person born in the 20th century to become a U.S. President? 6 Since 1885, Ecuador’s money unit was the sucre, but in 2000 the nation switched its official currency to what? 7 What animated action, adventure and comedy film from 1986 combined my name with that of an animal? 8 This entertainer holds the record for

having done what 19 times—more than any other person?

9 Complete the titles of these famous plays (I’ll supply the author): a. 1943, Thornton Wilder, The Skin of Our ... b. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for ... c. 1879, Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s … d. 1944, Tennessee Williams: The Glass ...

10 What NFL team plays their home games at this field with a military name? BONUS QUESTION:

a. The Santa Claus we know and love lives at the North Pole. Before becoming

Santa Claus, his profession was what? b. Give some other names used for this kindly old man in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, China and the U.S. Dear readers, thanks for another great year! I wish one and all a happy holiday season. Look for our Highlights of 2015 column next week, and more Trivia Café live contests in 2016. Contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com, and visit triviacafe.com.

▲ Sometimes we struggle to determine whether a story belongs in the Hero or Zero section. This shopping expedition clearly belongs in both. Terry, a Mill Valley resident, took her elderly neighbor to buy a table-top Christmas tree just a week before the big holiday. First stop was the Mill Valley Safeway, where Terry asked a manager if she could leave her credit card and take one of their small trees to the parking lot to show her neighbor, who was waiting in the car. “No need to leave the card,” he said. As she exited the store, he called out, “On second thought, please keep the tree. And Merry Christmas!” Now there’s a man who understands the spirit of the holiday. A true mensch, indeed.

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▼ But wait, we have the flip side. Since the tree wasn’t quite the size the neighbor had in mind, they next went to the Mill Valley Whole Foods, on Blithedale, where they found the perfect-sized tree. A sign nearby announced the price as $30. When Terry asked a clerk if the price was correct, he confirmed that it was. Taken a bit aback, given the small stature of the sapling and the steep sticker, Terry decided against making the purchase and politely declined, after which the clerk added, “Last week, they were $25.” Humbug. Same trees, higher price as the holiday draws near—somewhat reminiscent of the price-gouging for which the grocery chain is renowned. Whole Foods, you are Mill Valley’s scourge and Scrooge.—Nikki Silverstein

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WildCare, Marin’s animal sanctuary, has been a wildlife resource since the 1970s.

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WildCare rehabilitates injured wildlife and fosters stewardship in Bay Area children By Ellen Shehadeh

ross a bamboo-lined creek, enter a tiny courtyard, and you’ve left downtown San Rafael and arrived at WildCare animal sanctuary. There’s a musky scent of animals and roomy enclosures of weathered wood, which house all sorts of critters, including Vladimir the vulture,

one of the “ambassadors” WildCare brings to schools. WildCare has been a wildlife resource since the 1970s, and was founded under Bay Area environmentalist Elizabeth Terwilliger’s motto, “You take care of what you love.” Terwilliger was an environmental educator who developed the sanctuary’s

multisensory educational approach and philosophy. WildCare executive director Karen Wilson keeps the organization humming with activity and energy. Among numerous activities and pursuits, the sanctuary partners with other nonprofits like The Humane Society, consults with the EPA on issues around pesticide

regulation and has also weighed in on contentious white deer and elk issues in West Marin. The organization’s annual $2.5 million budget is spread across multiple programs, but lately the fundraising efforts have been targeted at a new WildCare facility to be located at the end of Smith Ranch Road in San Rafael. As WildCare prepares a migration to new facilities, Wilson says that no matter how much the animal sanctuary expands, she is intent on maintaining “the quirky family feel” that’s evident the minute you walk into this sylvan sanctuary for animals in distress. They do it all here: Guided nature walks for kids, ambassador programs that take animals into the schools, free bilingual family adventures on the weekends and WildCare Solutions Service, which offers assistance with humane pest control and fields phone calls around the clock from places as far away as Egypt. Just off the courtyard is the main building, a rabbit warren of spaces that accommodates an animal hospital and office space for staff. Melanie Piazza, the director of animal care, has been with WildCare for 13 years and has an extensive background treating animals. She’s not a veterinarian, but WildCare enlists volunteer local vets whenever surgery is necessary in the hospital. Animals who come here are either euthanized, if they can’t recover and live independently, or become animal ambassadors. Piazza’s private life comes to a screeching halt during the warm months, which coincide with animals’ breeding seasons. It’s no big secret that humans and animals often live in close proximity to one another in the North Bay, and there’s always another injury to address where animal-human interactions are concerned. Someone may cut off a tree limb that houses a bird or squirrel nest; ducks may be caught in carelessly discarded fishing lines; an animal may have been shot with a BB gun.

Bay Area schools with taxidermy specimens of local creatures, and leads free weekend family adventures with (mostly) Latino families. The organization also fields an ambassador program, led by teacher and biologist Mary Pounder. She brings wild animals into the classroom, including Vladimir the vulture, who, like all ambassador animals, had injuries that meant he could not be released back into the wild. One of Pounder’s main objectives in the classroom, she says, is to teach kids that the animals are not pets. They’d rather live in the wild but can’t because of their injuries. And then there are the animals that live in the wild but would rather eat your garbage or spray Fido with foul-smelling stuff. The Wildcare Solutions Service (headed by Kelle Kacmarcik) offers all sorts of advice on non-lethal and humane methods for evicting unwanted wildlife—raccoons, skunks, etc.— from in and around the home. When do-it-yourself methods fail, a trained worker can help out. Some solutions are as simple as removing the attraction, such as bowls of water, or making a loud noise when you enter your garden to scare off the skunks. Poisoning is a big issue that the staff deals with on a routine basis. Eighty-six percent of the animals that eat rats and mice and are brought into WildCare for injuries already have rodenticide in their systems. And the poison works its way up the food chain to the raptors, foxes and other animals that hunt rodents. The organization also deals with a common misconception that trapping and relocating wildlife is a humane approach to ridding the home of unwanted animals. Trapping a raccoon during breeding season can orphan the wee ones, and animals released into unfamiliar territories often suffer undue stress. They can also spread disease. Animals who are treated at WildCare for their injuries are released back into the world exactly where they were found. Unless, of course, the animal was found in your house.Y For more info, visit wildcarebayarea.org.

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WildCare has seen it all, but most of the organization’s patients suffer from injuries caused by domestic cats. “Outdoor cats wreak havoc on local wildlife,” Piazza says. She loves cats but keeps hers in a “cat-i-o,” a screened-in enclosure. Last year, more than 2,000 songbirds were brought to the hospital, but this year, global warming has led to a crisis among seabirds. Unable to find food, hundreds of emaciated, mostly juvenile murres—penguin-like seabirds—are washing up on California shores. Should you encounter an injured bird or any other small animal, WildCare stresses that you not feed or handle it. It should be picked up with a towel and put into a box with air holes; larger animals should be covered with a sheet for transport. The Humane Society has a 24-hour contract with WildCare to pick up injured animals and bring them to the facility. Should a bird fly into a closed window, it should be placed in a box or paper bag for a half-hour. If it can’t fly, bring the bird to WildCare. Though WildCare often treats the common injuries that occur when humans collide with nature, its education component puts an emphasis on preventing such situations from occurring in the first place. That starts with knowing the animals in our midst, and every year thousands of kids and adults from San Francisco to Santa Rosa and the East Bay get involved at WildCare. Kids learn about banana slugs, spiders and wood rats, which may not interest adults but are perfect specimens for teaching about all of the living creatures we share space with. Did you know that banana-slug slime anesthetizes the tongue of any predator who might otherwise find it a tasty morsel? Now you do. Eileen Jones is the education program manager at WildCare, and brought 30 years of environmental education experience when she came here a few years ago. She designs training programs and coaches the nature guides along with Marco Berger, who speaks French and Spanish, and takes a particular interest in making WildCare activities bilingualfriendly. Berger is also in charge of the “Nature Van” that visits

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Party all night With our handy New Year’s Eve guide, you’ll never be lost when it comes to finding something fun to do as the clock strikes midnight.

Looking ahead to the best New Year’s Eve events in the North Bay Compiled by Charlie Swanson

wenty fifteen is nearly in the rearview mirror, and while chestnuts are still roasting on fires this week, we’ve already got our eyes fixed on next week’s New Year’s Eve activities. From family-friendly outings to prix fixe meals and rock concerts galore, we’ve got an assortment of ways for you to ring in the New Year with your party hat on.

MARIN COUNTY Noon Year’s Eve The North Bay’s littlest partygoers get their own early New Year’s Eve celebration at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. The outdoor Festival Plaza will feature face painting and fun with DJ Mancub playing the age-appropriate jams. There’s also a crafty crownmaking party in the Art Studios and a ball drop at high noon. And no party is complete without beads and bubbles, both of which will safely be on hand for ages 18 months and up. Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 9am–2pm. $13–$14; Bubbles & Beads packages, $7–$10. 415/339-3900. NYE Prix Fixe Dinner & Show San Rafael’s hottest downtown destination for live music, Fenix

once again rises to the occasion with not one but two New Year’s Eve dinner-and-concert events. For the early birds, the jazzy blues of keyboardist Brian Withycombe and saxophonist Greg Albright accompany a 5pm prix fixe dinner. For the late nighters, the San Francisco–based tribute act Aja Vu will embody the hits of jazz-rock pop powerhouses Steely Dan and Chicago with an 8pm prix fixe meal and all-night concert. 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 5pm/8pm; $75/$125. 415/813-5600. New Year’s Eve Celebration at Left Bank Brasserie Larkspur’s Left Bank Brasserie is open all day on December 31 with an a la carte menu and a fourcourse prix fixe dinner. While it’s sure to be packed all day, in this case the last seating may be the first

to fill up, as those who book 11pm reservations can expect to enjoy a complimentary sparkling wine toast and party favors at the stroke of midnight. 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. Opens at 11:30am. Prix fixe dinner is $64.50. 415/927-3331. New Year’s Eve Celebration at Sweetwater Things are going to get heavy in Mill Valley, when The Weight perform the music of The Band. Made up of former members and collaborators of the legendary group, The Weight features Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante, both long-time members of The Band’s latter incarnations, along with Marty Grebb (Bonnie Raitt), and Byron Isaacs and Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm Band). This collection of veteran talent does more than replicate the music of The Band,

New Year’s Eve Stand-up Comedy Show The Osher Marin JCC goes for the giggles with its 6th Annual New Year’s Eve Stand-up Comedy Show & After Party, featuring not one, not two, but five A-list stand-up performers in one show. National headliners Kevin Meaney and Joe DeVito top the bill, with Bay Area veterans Michael Meehan, John Hoogasian and Geoff Bolt also slated to appear. The show also includes a cocktail pre-party and countdown with bubbly. You can reserve tables for four or eight, and bring all of your friends with you to laugh in the new year. 7:30pm. $29.50 and up. 415/444-8000.

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New Year’s Eve Celebration at Terrapin Crossroads Marin’s busiest venue packs two shows into one night with two of its favorite musicians—who also happen to be two of the North Bay’s most popular music makers. At 8:30pm in the main room, Terrapin’s resident drummer Alex Koford fronts his grooving Colonel & the Mermaids, which he formed about a year ago. Next door in the Grate Room, the classic sounds of the Grateful Dead come alive at 9pm with Stu Allen & Mars Hotel performing right up to the champagne toast at midnight. 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael. $55. 415/524-2773.

New Year’s Eve at Sausalito Seahorse Longtime Bay Area musician James Moseley effortlessly mixes the eclectic sounds of Motown, reggae, soul and jazz with deft guitar playing and plenty of good vibes. For the last decade, his exceptional seven-piece band has delighted audiences in the North Bay, and this New Year’s Eve they take over the Sausalito Seahorse for a dynamic dance party. The restaurant also offers an optional five-course Italian dinner and champagne at midnight. 305 Harbor View Drive, Sausalito. Dinner at 7:30pm; music at 9pm. $25–$95. 415/331-2899. New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Guitarist and bandleader Danny Click has had a hell of a year. The longtime North Bay musician released his acclaimed album Holding Up the Sun last summer and has hit the circuit for sold-out shows up and down the California coast. This New Year’s Eve, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs! return to the Throckmorton Theatre, scene of last year’s New Year’s gig, to once again burn up the dance floor with their rollicking country-western jams. The Theatre will also help you shake off the cold with warm drinks, hot soup and good times. 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 8pm. $40–$65. 415/383-9600.

Local band Petty Theft pays tribute to the great classics by Tom Petty at HopMonk Tavern in Novato on New Year’s Eve.

incarnation of the competition. His light-hearted insights into living in America as an Indian immigrant are compelling and hilarious, and earned him a Comedy Central stand-up special, his second, debuting on television this month. Several other funny folk will also be on hand for this show, which always sells out well in advance. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 9pm. $40. 415/473-6800. Petty Theft at Hopmonk Tavern Dance your way into the New Year with the Bay Area’s premier Tom Petty tribute band. This topnotch band of six professional Bay Area musicians is able to play Tom Petty’s songs just like the originals, and they will rock you all night long with everything from the old classics to the newest hits. All ticketed shows are standing-room (limited seating) unless otherwise designated. Reserve a table in the tavern before the show. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. Doors open at 8pm, show starts at 9pm. $50. 415/8926200.—Lily O’Brien

Best of the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition This gut-busting comedy show at the Marin Center’s Showcase Theatre rings in the new year with the funniest alumni of the internationally recognized stand-up competition. This year’s headliner is Kabir Singh, winner of the 2014

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Ring in the new year with a little bit of déjà vu when the band Aja Vu, recreating the classic rock hits of Steely Dan and Chicago, plays at Fenix in San Rafael.

New Year’s Eve at the Lark! If wild parties aren’t for you, bring in the New Year British style at the Lark Theater, where the English National Opera’s lively, comic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, live from the London Coliseum will be offered. This is an operatic debut by film and stage director and playwright Mike Lee. The evening begins with a Champagne & Chocolate Reception at 8pm. $20. 415/924-5111.—L.O. Foreverland—New Year’s Eve Party in Mill Valley Get your Michael Jackson fix

with Foreverland, an electrifying 14piece Michael Jackson tribute band. Including four dynamic vocalists, and a powerhouse rhythm and horn section, this band’s mission is to preserve the amazing legacy of Michael Jackson’s music. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 9pm. $55 general admission (standing) $70 (reserved seat at a table). 415/388-2550.—L.O. Presidio Yacht Club New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dancing Under the Golden Gate Start with a sumptuous dinner downstairs, including choices like prime rib, stuffed salmon, spinach salad, potatoes au Gratin and French chocolate mousse, then go upstairs and let the Lonestar Retrobates swing you into the New Year. With a million-dollar view of the Golden Gate Bridge, fireworks, free champagne and a great dance floor, this is the place to be. Presidio Yacht Club. Travis Marina, 679 Sommerville Rd., Sausalito. Dinner 7pm, $45, Dancing 9pm, $25-$35. 415/677-7917.—L.O.

SONOMA COUNTY Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! Kids love New Year’s Eve as much as the rest of us, but staying up late is not their strong suit. Instead, take them to the Charles M. Schulz Museum for a fun afternoon of crafts and games, with a big balloon drop and root beer toasts at noon and 3pm. Hey, it’s New Year’s somewhere. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 10am to 4pm. 707/579-4452.

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they interpret and express those classic songs anew. Bay Area favorite Moonalice opens the night with their psychedelic roots rock. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 9pm. $75–$85.415/388-3850.

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fixe menu produced largely with ingredients from the bistro’s farm, harvested daily by chef Arturo Guzman and his staff. The food boasts a bit of a surf-and-turf vibe, with French Garden butternut squash risotto, pan-seared California halibut, seafood bisque and steak. After dinner, the popular Susan Comstock Swingtet will count down the night with their blend of jazz and blues. 8050 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol. Dinner starts at 5pm; dance party, at 9pm. $30–$100. 707/824-2030.

Hollywood Glam New Year’s Party Spoonbar chef Louis Maldonado loves to get into the holidays, from his Italian-inspired Feast of Seven Fishes to his exclusive Christmas Day menu. For New Year’s, Maldonado and his crew are offering another luxurious and glamorous night of food and entertainment, this one with a Hollywood theme. Caviar and champagne are just the beginning of this multi-course menu. After you dine, walk the red carpet and get to the dancing with DJs and a photo booth. 219 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg. Dining begins at 6:30pm. $155. 707/433-7222.

New Year’s Seafood Feast Famed San Francisco chef Mike Selvera’s Seaside Metal oyster bar and restaurant in downtown Guerneville has been warmly welcomed by the community for its locally sourced menu and casual yet elegant dining experience. And that’s how Selvera likes it. For New Year’s Eve, Seaside Metal is keeping it casual with a family-style affair that features fresh-from-the-sea food and Sonoma County beer and wine. 16222 Main St., Guerneville. 707/604-7250.

Mischief Masquerade Sonoma County’s most lovable rabblerousers, the North Bay Cabaret, once again take over Santa Rosa’s Whiskey Tip for a night of exciting performances and DJs spinning jams late into the night. As always, the Cabaret takes on a theme for the New Year’s Eve celebration, this time presenting a mischievous masquerade ball that will feature burlesque, belly dancing, stand-up, sideshow acts and more. Don your favorite masquerade mask and your best formal blacks or come in a crazy costume, and be ready for some wild fun. 1910 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa. 7pm. $15–$20. 707/843-5535.

Sally Tomatoes’ New Year’s Extravaganza Longtime North Bay comic and emcee Tony Sparks this year hosts the third annual party at Sally Tomatoes. He welcomes headlining Bay Area stand-ups Adam Pearlstein and Casey Williams. There’s also a dinner and cascading champagne, and after the laughs, the dancing shoes come on as the Honeydippers rock out until the midnight toast. 1100 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park. 7pm. $25–$75. 707/665-9472.

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Rock the night away on New Year’s Eve with local favorite Danny Click and his band the Hell Yeahs! at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley.

New Year’s Eve Cabaret The Big Easy, Petaluma’s underground jazz club, gets into the New Orleans swing for the new year with a dressed-to-the-nines dinner and show featuring Gypsy soul band Royal Jelly Jive. Led by the powerful and elegant voice of Lauren Michelle Bjelde and the smooth squeezebox of Jesse Lemme Adams, the North Bay band has spent the last part of 2015 raising funds to go on a national tour in 2016. Joining Jive is Sonoma County creative cooperative the Butterfly Ship, who are as theatrical as they are musical. 128 American Alley, Petaluma. Dinner starts at 6:30pm; concert at 8:30pm. $40. 707/776-4631. McNear’s New Year’s Eve Bash Just a few blocks over in downtown Petaluma, McNear’s Mystic Theatre is throwing its own

party with San Francisco country rockers Brothers Comatose. First emerging on the scene back in 2008 and led by brothers Alex and Ben Morrison, the harmonious five-piece string band includes a few North Bay natives and has been gaining momentum at a rapid pace in the last few years, hitting major festivals like BottleRock and selling out clubs in the city. Opening for the Brothers are Santa Rosa stompers Frankie Boots & the County Line, whose folk-rock gospel is a popular staple at outdoor shows like last year’s Railroad Square Music Fest. 23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 9pm. $36. 707/776-4631.

NAPA COUNTY New Year’s Eve at Ca’ Momi Osteria When Italian native Valentina Guolo-Migotto first opened her Ca’ Momi Enoteca in Napa’s Oxbow Market five years ago, it was meant to be an Italian wine shop and market first and eatery second, yet the popular pizzas and plates soon caught on. Last October, GuoloMigotto expanded into a new Napa restaurant location, Ca’ Momi Osteria, and this New Year’s Eve, she shares her love of Italian cooking with a festive party. Seven courses of Old World cuisine, sparkling wine, late-night dancing to the sounds of DJs Bulby York and AdamBomb and a bignè bar with traditional Italian pastries and party favors await. 1141 First St., Napa. Seating begins at 5pm. 707/224-6664. Napa Valley Wine Train’s New Year’s Eve For New Year’s Eve, the Wine Train offers sparkling wine and scenic views. This year, a vintage circus spectacular will provide whimsical entertainment and carnival games. Enjoy a reception with hors d’oeuvres at the station before a three-hour train ride and gourmet dinner whisks you around the Napa Valley. There’s also an after-party with DJs and a wine toast at midnight. 1275 McKinstry St., Napa. 5pm. $75–$340. 800/427-4124. New Year’s Eve Red Tie Affair Dress in your red-tie best for a two-part party package that will ring in the new year with dining and delight in Napa’s Westin Verasa hotel. First, chef Ken Frank prepares a sumptuous meal at his landmark restaurant La Toque. Champagne and small bites precede the dinner,

and after dessert, live music and cocktails will be available at the adjacent Bank Cafe & Bar. Nor Cal Sound spins the turntables, with sweet treats and sparkling wine passed around when the big ball drops. 1314 McKinstry St., Napa. 7pm. $40 and up. 707/257-5157. 1313 Main’s Big Band New Year’s Eve The secret word this year at 1313 Main Restaurant & Wine Bar is “vintage.” From the swinging sounds of the 1920s and ’30s to the classic dinner menu, this is the best place to party like it’s 1929. The six-course menu features throwback delights like Oysters Rockefeller, Beef Wellington and a Baked Alaska for dessert. There’s also an open bar and an outdoor winter wonderland with s’mores and sweets. 1313 Main St., Napa. 6pm. $160 and up. 707/258-1313. New Year’s Party at Silo’s The Bay Area’s versatile rock and roll dance band Bobby Joe Russell and the All-Star Band are playing two sets of their classic rhythm and blues at Silo’s. Both shows include party favors and bubbly, and there’s also a special room package at the Napa River Inn for anyone interested in an all-nighter. 530 Main St., Napa. 7pm and 10pm. $70; $95. 707/251-5833. New Year’s Eve Party at City Winery City Winery Napa sadly announced back in August that 2015 would be its last year occupying the historic Opera House in downtown Napa, making this New Year’s Eve your last chance to party down in the gorgeous space. And City Winery is going out with a bang, hosting North Bay party band Wonder Bread 5 for a night of nonstop dancing and merriment. 1030 Main St., Napa. 8pm. $30. 707/260-1600. New Year’s Eve Dining & Extravaganza at Silverado Resort The Silverado Resort and Spa hosts a blowout night of fine food and fun. A special four-course meal at The Grill and a seafood buffet in The Royal Oak get the evening started. Then the nine-piece City Lights band lights up the night with a blend of bossa nova, jazz and brass-band camaraderie. There will also be party favors, a balloon drop and more. 1600 Atlas Peak Road, Napa. 3pm and 6pm. $35 and up. 707/257-5495.Y

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Last supper Delicious meals to end 2015 By Tanya Henry

ure—champagne, party hats and live music are the usual suspects for ringing in the new year, but let’s not forget about the food! A handful of Marin restaurants have special things in the works for New Year’s Eve, and we’ve scoped out the best places. Cavallo Point’s Murray Circle in Sausalito is offering four seatings throughout the night. Four- and six-course tasting menus with or without wine pairings will be offered, and a balloon drop is scheduled at midnight in Farley Bar. Prices range from $93 to $220 per person. To make a reservation, call 415/339-4700. Surf & Turf is the theme of Brick & Bottle’s prix fixe New Year’s Eve menu. Look for both lobster and steak, soup or salad and dessert at this Corte Madera favorite. The whole package is $65 per person. Learn more at brickandbottle.com. Heidi Krahling’s Insalata’s offers a prix fixe menu beginning at 5:30pm. The price for adults is $58 and for kids, $18. Choices of wild mushroom soup, citrus salad or gravlax will all be available. Beef filet, flounder, duck breast and a vegetarian platter are served with sumptuous Mediterranean sides like farro-kuri squash pilaf, curried spinach and

roasted fennel. For reservations, visit insalatas.com. Real Restaurants’ Buckeye Roadhouse serves up a three-course menu that offers plenty of choices priced at $75 per person. Salmon, scallops, beef brisket, duck confit and filet mignon are all options at this favorite special occasion spot in Mill Valley. Learn more at buckeyeroadhouse.com. Celebrate with a French twist at Sausalito’s Le Garage. This festive waterfront spot offers up a three-course prix fixe with options like foie gras, scallops, parsnip veloute, truffles, lobster and beef tenderloin. The price is $95 per person and Baked Alaska (with raspberry macaron, raspberry sorbet, meringue, chiffon biscuit and a strawberry campari coulis) or chocolate tart (chocolate tart, white chocolate mousse, praline emulsion and and a liégeois chocolate chaud) round out the dessert options. Book a table at legaragebistrosausalito.com. Downtown Mill Valley’s venerable Piazza D’Angelo will offer three courses at $75 per person, live music and party favors. The restaurant’s Italian pasta specialties, burrata, soups and specialty pizzas will all be available on the big night. To make a reservation, call 415/388-2000.Y

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When did you stop believing in Santa Claus?

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Age of disbelief Questioning when Santa lost his magic By David Templeton

[SPOILER ALERT: Anyone who believes in Santa Claus, still writes letters to and receives letters from Santa Claus, or would prefer not to hear stories about how other people came to believe that there was no Santa Claus, should be warned that, um, stuff is about to be said that might change the way they feel about, you know, Santa Claus]. [ADDITIONAL ALERT: Anyone who doesn’t “get” the humor of comedian Greg Proops should be warned that the actual Greg Proops appears to say some pretty humorous things about Santa Claus, beginning roughly halfway through this article].

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ow old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus?” That’s the question I’ve been asking over the last few weeks, as my now concluded one-man-show Polar Bears played its inaugural run at Main Stage West theater in tiny Sebastopol. The show, about my attempts to allow my kids to believe in Santa Claus longer than I did (I was 4 years old, statistically a bit young for the magical Santa wool to be lifted from my eyes), an effort I took on despite a number of major setbacks, including the death of my kids’ mom

just before Christmas, when they were 7 and 8. In my personal case, my loss of faith was the result of my parents using the same wrapping paper for Santa’s gifts to me and my brothers—the paper had little polar bears on it—that they used to wrap their own gifts to my grandparents, my aunts and uncles and even the priest at our church. As I say early on in Polar Bears, I might not have been the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, but Jesus Christ! Really, Mom and Dad? How hard would it have been to get a different wrapping paper for all of the stuff from Santa Claus? Anyway. For the last 10 years or so, I’ve been collecting people’s stories about the moment they learned the truth about Santa Claus. Assuming they did, of course. Over the last decade, for every eight or nine people who told me their tragic tale of disillusionment and loss of faith, there is at least one who claimed to have never believed (usually because they were raised in a different faith tradition), and one or two more who claim to still believe, citing their faith in the “power of generosity” and the “spirit of the holidays” as being roughly equal to actually believing in Santa. And during the run of Polar Bears,

I distributed little questionnaires, asking audience members to divulge their age when they stopped believing (assuming they ever did believe, or ever stopped believing), and to give a few details about what happened. “Dad had these boots that he’d use to leave footprints from the fireplace to the tree and back,” wrote D.B., during one Sunday matinee. That’s pretty much all D.B. wrote, beyond identifying his or her age at the moment Dad’s boot’s kicked off her post-Santa age of enlightenment, but presumably, those boots were eventually recognized by D.B., thus ending the illusion. D.B. was 8 years old at the time. One anonymous person, estimating his or her age of disbelief as 10 or 11, wrote, “I just started having suspicions. It didn’t make sense to me for some strange man to come down our chimney … especially because our chimney couldn’t even fit a small cat. I just figured it out.” There’s a provocative untold story there, apparently, regarding how the writer knew that the chimney would not fit a small cat … but sadly, nothing else is said about that. “I sent a letter to the North Pole,” wrote J.R., who was 10 at the time he or she learned the truth. “I received a response (from the United States Postal Service, it turns out). After the initial thrill subsided, I compared it to a letter from Santa I had received two years earlier. The handwriting did not match. I did, however, continue to tell my parents I believed, thinking it would guarantee me presents.” Over the course of the show’s run, I received about 50 filled-in questionnaires, and for the most part, the vast majority of the writers claim to have stopped believing between around age 4 or 5 and around 10 years old. The reasons given for the end of their Santa Faith are the classics: They recognized their parents’ handwriting in notes from Santa, noticed discrepancies or similarities in Santa’s wrapping paper when compared to how the family’s other presents were wrapped, or the big one: An older sibling, unable to suffer in silence and solitude, broke the bad news, which their parents either confirmed outright, or were just sort of sloppy and unconvincing when they tried to offer some improvised response to the question: “Is Santa really real?” Partway through the run, I received an email from comedian Greg Proops, who I’d met earlier in the year at a bookstore appearance for his fact-filled volume The Smartest Book in the World. Since then, we’ve stayed in touch, and in response to a question I’d sent about Santa Claus, and his views on

childhood fantasies, Proops responded with his typical dry humor and semiwhimsical directness. “Childhood is trepidatious, and is best taken in small doses,” he wrote. “The ‘adults’ you run into aren’t much better, with their lies and their weaseling.” When I replied, asking him when he stopped believing, he replied that he could not recall any details of that moment, if there was one. But he had a thought on the matter. “If one is under 5,” he said, “one is allowed to believe anything, like the Easter Bunny, or Bigfoot. After you start school, though, you are going to be forced to interact with other children. That is the damaging part, when the other kids let you know you are a ‘fraidy cat’ and a ‘spaz attack.’” Sounds like the voice of first-hand playground-bully experience. “I was ‘fem’ and ‘four-eyes,’” he admits. “But to be fair, I did participate in tormenting the kid with big ears, so … ” As a kid with big ears myself (the other kids called me “Dumbo”), I have experienced such torment first-hand, and understand the pressure to pass it along to others even less fortunate. I like to think I mostly resisted the urge, though perhaps I could have been nicer to my little brother. Who said childhood is full of innocence and sweetness? “The same people who think liking animals makes them nice,” Proops replies. Exactly. But we were talking about Santa, I believe. I finally asked Proops, given his somewhat skeptical view of the average kid-to-adult relationship, if he thinks there is any upside to children believing in Santa Claus. “There is,” he affirms. “Santa is a good thing to believe in. Flying reindeer and elves can only make the world a better place. Such things, in fact, are a soothing antidote to Christianity.” On the final day of my show, I received three final questionnaires. One, from a writer identified as Terra, said she was 16 when she stopped believing in Santa. Sixteen is about the oldest anyone has admitted to have kept their faith alive in the Big Man. “The world had become a new and difficult place,” she wrote. “I was a pseudo-adult, had an older boyfriend, went to his prom, etc. Though we were brought up Jewish, my Mom (and reluctantly, Dad, too), had always played Santa ‘religiously,’ every year. We enjoyed overflowing red stockings and dozens of wrapped presents.” But at the age of 16, she suddenly just … figured it out. It was her time. “It wasn’t,” Terra wrote, “that huge of a disappointment.”Y

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Holiday cheer Time to celebrate the theater community By Charles Brousse

but an iconic central landmark that assured residents and outsiders that, in fact, there was something there. In 1995, with the help of a $400,000 private loan, a citizen’s committee purchased the property and launched a campaign to raise the several million dollars required to renovate it and reopen as a community arts center. For a while, the future looked bright. Several major grants were received from institutional, governmental and private donors. There were the success stories of similar projects in San Rafael and Larkspur to build on. Plans were drawn up, contractors engaged, work begun. Then, for reasons too numerous to explore here, the campaign collapsed; when the financial well went completely dry

Congratulations are in order: Although other grants may be richer, none approach the prestige that comes from recognition by the National Endowment for the Arts. Here’s the recently announced list of 2016 North Bay recipients: Headlands Center for the Arts (Marin Headlands, $35,000); Voice of Roma (Sebastopol, $35,000); California Film Institute (San Rafael, $30,000); Marin Theatre Company (Mill Valley, $20,000); Marin Shakespeare Company (San Rafael, $10,000); Point Reyes National Seashore Association (Pt. Reyes Station, $10,000); The Santa Rosa Symphony ($10,000). Finally, as a politically correct Tiny Tim might end this: Happy holidays, everyone!

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eing aware that the theater reviews appearing in this space during the year have delivered their ration of coal along with the sugar plums, I thought it might be appropriate to bid farewell to 2015 on a happy note. So—here are a couple of news items that probably merit big-smile emojis (or similar post-literate nonsense). In Novato, the dead has awakened—again! Remember the Grant Avenue Theater restoration project? Back in 1991, the art deco style, 1946 vintage single-screen movie house at 922 Grant went dark, victim of the trendy multiplexes that now dominate the cinema scene. Almost immediately, a great hue and cry arose, claiming that the city had lost a treasure—not just a building

Novato) no longer supports capital arts projects. Anyone around who can spare $1 million in exchange for naming privileges? There are other obstacles, like the challenge of combining film, live performances, lectures, arts instruction and private events under one roof. Providing adequate parking. The announced departure of backer Judy Arnold from Marin’s Board of Supervisors … difficult? Yes. Impossible? No. I have a feeling that if anyone can pull it all together, it will be Christina Stroeh. And, if she does, Novato will finally have the centerpiece that so many residents desire.Y

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in 2004, the property was deeded to the city and Dante’s warning at the gates of Hell about the need to abandon all hope seemed an apt conclusion. But no! Fast forward to 2010 and a new nonprofit, Novato Theater, Inc., headed by Bernice Baeza— acclaimed for her skill in creating a vibrant art film venue at the then-shuttered Lark Theater—rose from the ashes and re-purchased the semi-derelict property from its municipal owners. Unfortunately her tenure was short-lived, but by the time she died two years later there was already notable progress in updating the group’s business plan, strengthening its board of directors and generating the confidence in the future that is so necessary to attract wary donors. That process is now being carried forward under a new executive director, Christina Stroeh, who ran the award-winning Terra Linda High School’s drama department for 27 years. My impression of her, based on direct conversation and what I’ve heard, is that she will throw boundless energy, people skills and determination to succeed (she’s a Novato native who loves her town) into the struggle. For sure, it won’t be easy. Only about half of the $4.7 million needed has been raised. It would help if the Marin Community Foundation (MCF), which was so instrumental in financing facility conversions for Mill Valley’s Marin Theatre Company and the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, would follow suit here, but MCF (which, incidentally, has its headquarters in

Marin Shakespeare Company founder Lesley Currier introduces a production at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre.

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The band The Weight (Randy Ciarlante, Marty Grebb, Byron Isaacs, Jim Weider and Brian Mitchell, pictured left to right) carries on the legacy of Levon Helm.

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Continued legacy “The Closest thing to The Band” comes to Marin By Steve Heilig

or many music lovers, the greatest American band of all was in fact four-fifths Canadian, and was simply called The Band. Starting as The Hawks in the early 1960s, they became Bob Dylan’s backing band and then delivered two LPs on their own that forever defined “Americana”—Music from Big Pink and The Band. Their live album Rock of Ages, featuring stellar horn charts by the late great New Orleans maestro Allen Toussaint, sits at the top of any smart list of greatest concert recordings. For a time they were so popular as to co-headline the biggest rock festival in history, Watkins Glen in 1973, along with the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead. The original lineup bid farewell in a ragged all-star 1976 San Francisco show called The Last Waltz. In subsequent years some members kept on under The Band moniker, and others had solo careers. When Levon Helm, who some fans considered the center of the group, died in 2012, he expressed wishes that The Band’s legacy continue in some manner. And so it has. On New Year’s Eve, the closest thing to The Band comes to Marin in the form of The Weight—a group taking its name from one of The Band’s signature songs and consisting of veterans of the second-generation grouping and/or musicians who were otherwise directly connected to it.

Opening for them will be local jamfaves Moonalice, for a one-two punch of classic yet innovative rock music. The Weight’s guitarist Jim Weider is no newbie to The Band’s music, having been a longtime member almost since the original unit disbanded. “It’s like wearing an old pair of shoes for me,” he says. “I played in The Band for 15 years, and with Levon for at least 30. I’m so used to playing these songs. It feels very comfortable and natural.” Some of his fondest memories of his tenure with The Band include “Playing the Roger Waters The Wall show at the Berlin Wall after the wall came down. Playing Woodstock ’94. Bob Dylan’s birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden. But most of all, the laughing and storytelling we did on those endless long night bus rides!” Moonalice’s psychedelic sound is well-loved in these parts, and member Roger McNamee reflects, “Along with the Dead, The Band powered the soundtrack of my teenage years. Moonalice is beyond fired up to play at our home venue—Sweetwater—with The Weight on New Year’s Eve.”✹ The Weight, with special guest Moonalice; Thursday, Dec. 31; Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley; Doors, 8pm/Show, 9pm; $75-$85; 21+; sweetwatermusichall.com.

‘Carol,’ starring Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett, is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel ‘The Price of Salt.’

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Making eyes ‘Carol’: Beautiful, but lacking By Richard von Busack

he title of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel The Price of Salt contains a dead idiom—the price of salt was something people supposedly chatted about when they weren’t talking seriously. Girl talk, as they would have said once. The adaptation by Todd Haynes—his first feature film in eight years—is titled Carol. This same-sex romance, which almost hypnotizes, emulates the 1950s Hollywood melodrama of throbbing hearts, stiff jaws and immaculate wardrobes. But it’s missing something. Salt? Carol (Cate Blanchett) is a fur-coated, upper-class housewife from New Jersey who meets the woman who will change her life across the counter at the toy shop at Frankenberg’s department store. Therese (Rooney Mara) is a lonely, shy and self-effacing shopgirl with a taste for photography. The two have a lunch that leads to deeper things. One of the problems facing this liaison is that Carol isn’t quite single— she’s in the middle of divorce and custody hearings with her husband Harge. It’s short for Hargess, but it would seem to be a combination of “harsh” and “large.” Harge’s own side of the triangle doesn’t add tension— Harge is a pushy, sullen WASP, a life-ruiner who wants to grab Carol’s daughter Rindy. When the ladies makes a decision to flee for a time—to just get in the car and drive—it precipitates both the slow-simmering affair and the crisis

that endangers it. The couple doesn’t pay sufficient attention to a travelling salesman who tries to befriend them during their winter trip through Iowa’s most nowhere small towns. This peddler calls himself “Tommy Tucker” (Cory Michael Smith, who plays the deranged Edward “The Riddler” Nygma on Gotham). The last time Haynes dove for the wreckage of ’50s cinema in a film, in 1992’s Far From Heaven, I wrote, “It sure gives you a turn seeing the age you were born into treated as if it were as far away as Elizabethan England.” Twenty years later, Haynes makes this near past seem even more quaint. It may just be that Blanchett—cast in a mad housewife role that Joan Crawford would have done once—is so scarlet of mouth, so full of force and stride, that she breaks the frame. It’s hard to believe this intimidating lady as a woman who can be shamed. Mara is such a quiet little blank, in her lonely garret. Therese at one point denounces herself as a woman who says “yes” to everything—so Carol has to do the thinking for both of them, in the Casablanca sense. The film has moments that get you in the throat, as when, after a troubled date, Therese weeps to herself on the train, doubled by her reflection on the dark window. But it’s a cold fish of a film, beautiful but taxing. Just as the actors are on their marks for every scene, the audience always knows where it stands.Y

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Friday, December 25 - Thursday, December 31 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (1:28) Alvin, Simon and Theodore hit the road to Miami to stop Dave from getting married and ruining their happy home. The Big Short (2:10) Envelope-pushing comedy about the 2007 recession stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt as rogue financiers who take on Wall Street. Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (2:20) Direct from Moscow it’s Tchaikovsky’s holiday must-see in a dazzling production rife with toy soldiers, colorful costumes and little Marie, of course. Branagh Theatre Company: The Winter’s Tale (3:00) Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench star in the Bard’s tragicomedy of jealousy, mortality and young love in sunny Sicily. Bridge of Spies (1:35) Real-life Spielberg thriller stars Tom Hanks as a Brooklyn lawyer recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot from the Soviet Union; screenplay by Ethan and Joel Coen. Brooklyn (1:23) Moving story about Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Carol (1:58) Acclaimed Todd Haynes drama about the love affair between an elegant housewife (Cate Blanchett) and a humble shopgirl (Rooney Mara) in 1950s New York. Concussion (2:02) Will Smith stars as the real-life doctor who took on the NFL to alert the public about chronic traumatic head injuries in football players. Creed (2:12) Rocky Balboa is back and better than ever, coaching the son of late rival Apollo Creed to be boxing’s next champ; Sly Stallone and Michael B. Jordan star. Daddy’s Home (1:30) Doofus comedy about the battle of wills between affable Will Ferrell and his wife’s hipster ex (Mark Wahlberg). The Danish Girl (2:00) Fictionalized account of the complicated relationship between 1920s artist Gerda Wegener and her husband Einar, aka Lili Elbe, a transgender pioneer. Doctor Who Christmas Special (1:30) Ring in the New Year as the good doctor and his time-traveling consort River Song celebrate Christmas in the future. The Good Dinosaur (1:40) Pixar Animation’s take on what would have happened if the asteroid that hit earth and killed all the dinosaurs—missed! Raymond Ochoa lends voice to Arlo the Apatosarus. The Goonies (1:55) Eighties remake of an old Little Rascals comedy about a troupe of kids looking for buried treasure. The Hateful Eight (2:48) Quentin Tarantino Western about eight desperadoes seeking shelter in a saloon during a blizzard stars Bruce Dern, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh; filmed in glorious 70mm! Heart of a Dog (1:15) Musician Laurie Anderson’s acclaimed, unconventional documentary weaves together art, politics, philosophy and memory into a celebration of her late pooch Lolabelle. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2:10) Rebel leader Katniss Everdeen is

back, raising an army against the president as violence consumes the Capitol; Jennifer Lawrence and Donald Sutherland star. 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. Janis: Little Girl Blue (1:46) Documentary employs concert footage, correspondence and interviews (with Bob Weir, Country Joe McDonald and other notables) to craft a portrait of the blues-rock icon. Joy (2:03) Sweeping family saga stars Jennifer Lawrence as the matriarch of a treacherous business dynasty; David O. Russell directs. Krampus (1:38) Horror holiday comedy about a dysfunctional family’s un-merry Xmas at the hands of vengeful seasonal spirits. 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. Mustang (1:37) Acclaimed drama about three spirited young Turkish sisters who rebel against the sexist strictures of the status quo. 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. Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (1:37) Documentary by Lisa Immordino Vreeland about the colorful art collecor who was not only ahead of her time but helped to define it. The Pirates of Penzance (2:20) Mike Leigh directs the English National Opera in an exciting new production of the beloved Gilbert & Sullivan musical. 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. Sisters (1:33) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star as rowdy sibs who plan one last lost weekend in the house where they grew up. Spotlight (2:08) True story about the Boston Globe’s tenacious investigation into a decadeslong Catholic Church cover-up; Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and John Slattery star. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2:20) Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are back in a post-Return of the Jedi reboot from J.J. Abrams and The Walt Disney Corporation. 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. Trumbo (2:4) Bryan Cranston stars as the legendary screenwriter who won two Academy Awards before he became one of the Hollywood 10 and took on the absurdity and injustice of the Blacklist; Helen Mirren co-stars. Youth (1:58) Old cronies Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel grapple with art, music, love and showbiz at an elegant Swiss spa; Jane Fonda and Paloma Faith co-star.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) • The Big Short (R) Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (Not Rated) Branagh Theatre Company: The Winter’s Tale (Not Rated) Bridge of Spies (PG-13) Brooklyn (PG-13) Carol (R)

• Concussion (PG-13) Creed (PG-13)

• Daddy’s Home (PG-13) The Danish Girl (R)

Northgate: 9:35, 10:45, 12, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:55, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40; Mon-Thu 3:20, 6:30, 9:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:55, 7:20, 10:20; Sun-Hu 12:50, 3:55, 7:20 Lark: Sat 1 Rafael: Sun 1; Mon 1, 6:30; Tue 6:30 Lark: Fri 1; Mon 5:20 Marin: Fri-Sun 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 10; Mon-Tue 1:45, 4:40, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:45, 10:25; Sun-Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05; Sun-Thu 10:25, 1:15, 4:10, 7:05 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05; Sun 10:40, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10; MonWed 1:25, 4:15, 7:10; Thu 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 1, 4, 7, 10; Mon-Thu 4, 7, 10 Northgate: 10:35, 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:50, 4:55, 7:50, 10:55 Northgate: Fri-Tue 6:10, 9:15 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Northgate: 10:05, 12:30, 2:55, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:40, 4:35, 7:40, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:40, 1:40, 4:35, 7:40 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 10:55, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:15; Sun 10:55, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30; MonWed 1:40, 4:35, 7:30; Thu 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:15

• Doctor Who Christmas Special (PG-13) Regency: Mon 7:30 The Good Dinosaur (PG) Northgate: 9:45, 12:10, 2:35 Lark: Sun 11 • The Goonies (PG) Northgate: Wed 6, 9:35; Thu 11:45, 3:25, 7:05, 10:40 • The Hateful Eight (R) Heart of a Dog (Not Rated) Rafael: Sat, Tue-Thu 2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (PG-13) Northgate: 1:40, 7:15 Jafar Panahi’s Taxi (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 6:10; Tue 12:30; Thu 3 Janis: Little Girl Blue (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Sat, Wed 3:45, 6, 9:05; Sun 6, 9:05; Tue 3:45; Thu 3:45, 6 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7:05, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:40, • Joy (PG-13) 6:45, 9:50; Mon-Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Northgate: 10, 12:50, 3:40, 5:05, 6:30, 7:55, 9:25, 10:45 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:45, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:25, 1:20, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Krampus (PG-13) Northgate: 11:10, 4:50, 10:25 The Martian (PG-13) Lark: Sat 8:30; Mon 8:15; Tue 2:30 Meet the Patels (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 4; Mon 3:15 Rafael: Fri-Wed 4:30, 6:45, 8:50; Thu 4:30, 6:45 • Mustang (Not Rated) National Theatre London: Hamlet (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 2; Wed 6:30 Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (Not Rated) Rafael: Sat-Thu 2:15 Lark: Thu 8 (includes champagne, chocolates and a $60 gift certificate to the • The Pirates of Penzance (Not Rated) Left Bank restaurant up the street) Room (R) Lark: Fri 6; Tue 8:15; Thu 12:30 Sisters (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05; Mon-Thu 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Northgate: 9:40, 11, 12:25, 1:50, 3:10, 4:45, 6, 7:35, 8:45, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:35, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:45 Spotlight (R) Marin: Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:55; Mon-Tue 1:30, 4:25, 7:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 7:10, 10:15; Sun, Tue-Thu 12:30, 3:40, 7:10; Mon 12:30, 3:40 Star Wars: Cinema: Fri 3D showtimes at 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20; Sat-Tue 3D showtimes at 9, The Force Awakens (PG-13) 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12, 1:15, 3:15, 4:30, 6:30, 7:45, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10 Marin: Fri-Sat 11, 9:50, 3D showtimes at 12:35, 3:40, 6:45; Sun 9:50, 3D showtimes at 12:35, 3:40, 6:45; Mon-Tue 4:05, 3D showtimes at 12:50, 7 Northgate: 9:30, 9:55, 12:40, 2:15, 3:50, 4:15, 7, 8:35, 10:10, 11; 3D showtimes at 10:20, 11:05, 11:50, 1:05, 1:30, 3, 4:40, 5:25, 6:10, 7:25, 7:50, 9:20, 10:35 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12:15, 1, 3:30, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:15, 1, 3:30, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 9:15, 12:35, 7:15, 10:35; 3D showtimes at 10:15, 1:30, 3:55, 4:45, 8, 11:15 Suffragette (PG-13) Lark: Sat 3:30; Wed 1 Trumbo (R) Lark: Fri 8:30; Sat 5:50; Sun 8:10; Mon 12:30; Tue 5:30; Wed 3:30; Thu 5 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:25, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:25, 4:20, 7:30 Youth (R) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 8:15; Sat, Sun, Wed 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:15; Mon-Tue 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9:05; Thu 1:30, 4, 6:30 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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Sundial Concerts MARIN Monophonics Bay Area band plays their annual Soulful Social with support from Gene Washington & the Ironsides. Dec 26, 9pm. $20-$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Skinny Singers The singers, made of North Bay favorites Tim Bluhm and Jackie Greene, perform a rare and intimate show in the Grate Room. Dec 30, 8pm. $30. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

SONOMA Cracker with Camper Van Beethoven California alt-rocker David Lowery brings both of his popular musical outfits on the road for a double dose of good times and enduring tunes. Dec 30, 8:30pm. $26$28. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Holiday Hangover Bash Hard-rocking trio Bucc Nyfe and bootstomping country quartet the Bad Apple String Band will chase the headaches away with an ugly sweater contest and more. Dec 26, 8pm. Jamison’s Roaring Donkey, 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

NAPA Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks Rock and roll legends kick off their annual “Holidaze in Hicksville Tour” in support of their debut Christmas album, “Crazy for Christmas.” Dec 27, 8pm. $25-$35. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600. Jim Martinez Quartet Jazz holiday concert features songs from “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” as well as other traditional favorites. Dec 26, 8pm. $15. Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Fenix Wed, Pro blues jam. Dec 26, Farzad Arjmand. Dec 27, Morales, Dyer and Green: A tribute to Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Dec 29, Jinx Jones. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Sausalito Seahorse Mon, Marco Sainz Trio. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. Dec 26, Roberta Donnay. Dec 27, Candela. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

George’s Nightclub Thurs, California Flight Project. Sun, Mexican Banda. Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam. Dec 26, DJ Jorge. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Sun, open mic. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Dec 24, JimBo Trout & the Fish People. Dec 25, Renegade Knights. Dec 26, Just Friends. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

HopMonk Novato Dec 23, open mic night with Christine McCann Band. Dec 30, open mic night with Magic Toy. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

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Marin Country Mart Dec 26, 5:30pm, Rue Manouche. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

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

19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Dec 23, Jose Simione Band. Dec 25, Merry Chrstmas! with Chris Brown and friends. Dec 26, Johnny Adams Band. Dec 27, 5pm, Jazz Roots Band. Dec 27, 9pm, Donna Eagle Band. Dec 29, Walt the Dog. Dec 30, Barrio Manouche. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316. Dance Palace Dec 24, 5pm, Christmas Eve Candle Lighting & Carols. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

No Name Bar Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. Dec 23, Jimi James Band. Dec 26, Vince Nash Band. Dec 27, Rob Dietrich and friends. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392. Osteria Divino Dec 23, Noel Jewkes Duo. Dec 24, Ken Cook Trio. Dec 26, Nicholas Culp Trio. Dec 27, Joan Getz. Dec 29, Lilan Kane. Dec 30, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Dec 23, Donna D’Acuti. Dec 29, Dartanyan Brown. Dec 30, Robin DuBois. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Dec 23, Heath Haberlin and friends. Dec 24, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Dec 25, the Milestone. Dec 26, Liquid Green. Dec 27, Jitterbug Riot. Dec 29, Waldo’s Special. Dec 30, Festival Speed. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

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Rancho Nicasio Dec 24, The Priesthood Christmas Eve dinner show. Dec 26, the Sun Kings. Dec 27, the Mighty Mike Schermer Band and friends. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219. Rickey’s Dec 26, Kimrea & Dreamdogs. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato, 415.883.9477.

Spitfire Lounge Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Station House Cafe Dec 27, Paul Knight and friends. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515. Sweetwater Music Hall Mon, Open Mic. Dec 23, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions. Dec 27, “Rock the Ages” Senior Choir. Sold-out. Dec 29, Andre Thierry. Dec 30, the Painbirds. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Terrapin Crossroads Dec 23, Terrapin All-Stars with Greg Loiacono. Dec 24, Terrapin All-Stars. Dec 26, 4:20pm, Happy Hour with Sean Leahy and Brian Rashap. Dec 27, Ross James and friends. Dec 28, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. Dec 29, Stu Allen and friends. Dec 30, Rattlebox with Lorin Rowan and Barry Sless. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

SONOMA 755 After Dark (Aubergine) Dec 27, Hoarders with Sharkmouth and Antiphony. 755 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2722. A’Roma Roasters Dec 26, Frankie Bourne. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.576.7765. Annex Wine Bar Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779. Annie O’s Music Hall Sun, 5pm, Sunday Dance Party with the Blues Defenders. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.542.1455. Aqus Cafe Dec 23, bluegrass old time jam. Dec 26, Robbie Elfman. Dec 27, 2pm, Neck and Neck. Dec 30, Mary Joe. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Main Street Bistro Dec 23, Willie Perez. Dec 24, Greg Hester. Dec 26, Tom & Sara Finn. Dec 27, open mic night with Kit Mariah. Dec 29, Greg Hester. Dec 30, Susan Sutton jazz piano. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Mystic Theatre Dec 27, Nahko and Medicine for the People. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Redwood Cafe Thurs, Open Mic. Dec 23, Irish set dancing. Dec 26, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Dec 27, 3pm, old time fiddle jam. Dec 27, 6pm, Irish jam session. Dec 30, Irish set dancing. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868. Rio Nido Roadhouse Dec 26, Levi Lloyd & the 501 Band. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.

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Tim Bluhm & Jackie Greene, aka ‘The Skinny Singers,’ make a rare appearance at Terrapin Crossroads on December 30.

Arlene Francis Center Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. Dec 30, Songwriters Circle. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009. Barley & Hops Tavern Dec 26, the Sticky Notes. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037. The Big Easy Tues, the American Alley Cats. Dec 23, Jordan Samuels & Certified Organic. Dec 26, John Courage & the Yerba Buena Bros. Dec 27, David Seriff Quartet. Dec 30, Junk Parlor. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631. B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. Dec 26, Xmas Family Extravaganza with Rick Binkley Band and Wingo Moon. 400 First St E, Sonoma, 707.938.7110. Cellars of Sonoma Tues, Wavelength. Dec 26, Greg Yoder. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1826. Coffee Catz Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600. Corkscrew Wine Bar Dec 26, Lauralee Brown and Greg Punkar. Dec 29, John Frayer. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505. Dry Creek Kitchen Dec 28, Ian Scherer and Joel Kruzic Duo. Dec 29, Carlos Henrique Pereira and Christian Foley-Beining Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.431.0330.

Finley Community Center Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. Fourth Friday of every month, Manny Gutierrez. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737. Flamingo Lounge Dec 26, Lumberyard. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530. Friar Tuck’s Fri, DJ Night. Wed, Sat, karaoke. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.792.9847. HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Dec 26, Sol Horizon. Dec 28, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300. HopMonk Sonoma Dec 26, David Thom. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100. Hotel Healdsburg Dec 26, Sherri Roberts with David Udolf and Chris Amberger. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800. Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

Rossi’s 1906 Dec 23, the Poyntlyss Sistars Xmas Extravaganza. Dec 26, the Blues Defenders. Dec 27, Sweet Potato 5. Dec 30, Johnny Tsunami & the Hurricanes with dance lessons. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044. Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. Dec 26, New Skye. 131 E First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.9610. Sonoma Speakeasy Thurs, R&B classics. Sun, R&B diva night. Tues, New Orleans R&B night. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma, 707.996.1364.

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Spancky’s Bar Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169. Stout Brothers Dec 26, DJ Dave. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.636.0240. Toad in the Hole Pub Sun, live music. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.8623. The Tradewinds Bar Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878. Twin Oaks Tavern Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. Dec 23, Third Rail. Dec 26, Doc Kraft Band. Dec 27, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with David Landon. Dec 30, the Bootleg Honeys. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Dec 23, Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks! Tour. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Tues, Sessions hip-hop and reggae night. Dec 26, DJ Gabriel Francisco and Minx’D. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.

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Lagunitas Tap Room Dec 23, Kingsborough. Dec 24, Gypsy Trio. Dec 26, Million Dollar Giveaway. Dec 27, the Borderline Boys. Dec 30, Firewheel. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

City Winery Napa Dec 26, Mads Tolling and the Mads Men. Dec 30, Tainted Love. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Billco’s Billiards Thurs, live music. 1234 Third St, Napa, 707.226.7506.

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Mc T’s Bullpen Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel. Dec 26-27, George Heagerty & Never the Same. Dec 27, 4pm, Robby-Neal Gordon. 16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Sun, DJ Aurelio. Tues, the Used Blues Band. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337. Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623.

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Silo’s Dec 23, Mike Greensill jazz. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

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CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN 1108 gallery Through Dec 31, “Community Artists Group Show,” abstract works from Nina Bravo and Mark Parker join other local artists in a showing. 1108 Tamalpais Avenue, San Rafael. Thurs-Fri, 5pm to 8pm 415.454.1249.

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The Sun Kings, a Beatles tribute band, will play all of your favorites at Rancho Nicasio on December 26.

500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; SatSun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jan 29, “Lands End Allegory,” solo show of new works from San Francisco artist Jay Mercado. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

Art Works Downtown Through Dec 31, “Small Works Exhibition,” a wonderful opportunity to find affordable, quality artwork for the holiday gift-giving season. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Dec 27, “Sherry Williamson Solo Show,” the artist and architect’s work includes ceramics, sculpture and mono type prints. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Dec 26, “Art & the Environment,” exhibit of oil paintings by Bay Area environmental impressionist George Sumner promotes conservation. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Toby’s Gallery Through Dec 31, “10,000 Buddhas Project,” new paintings from Amanda Giacomini’s project. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Jan 30, “The Way of Art,” featuring paintings, bronze sculptures and jewelries from local Bay Area artists. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932. Gallery Route One Through Jan 17, “Time As We Know It,” photographs from West Marin’s Marna Clarke joins a “Wild Book Show” that features Dylan Yvonne Welch and drawings by Vickisa. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. The Image Flow Through Jan 23, “Holiday Art Show,” featuring diverse original artwork by Stephen Bruce, J Scott Cilmi and Donna D’Acuti. 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569. Madrigal Family Winery Through Jan 13, “Celebrate the Holidays,” art installation in the tasting room features Bay Area oil painter Kay Carlson. 819 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.729.9549. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Through Jan 10, “Thirty-Six Views of the Bay Bridge,” David Garnick’s series of photographs exhibits in the main gallery, with Gale S McKee’s “The American Car: A Family Portrait” in the Ron Collins Gallery.

SONOMA Art Museum of Sonoma County Through Feb 7, “Inside Magnolia Editions: Collaboration & Innovation,” an experimental collection of renowned works from the top-notch Oakland printmaking company. 505 B St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500. The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through Jan 31, “Jenny Honnert Abell Solo Show,” showing intimate mixedmedia works characterized by subtly exotic imagery and fine handwork. ctalcroft.wix. com/artwallatshige/. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary. Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Dec 27, “Holiday Invitational Show,” guild members get festive with these holiday-inspired works. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115. Atlas Coffee Company Through Dec 30, “Upland & Plain,” Richard Ciccarelli’s exhibit of oil paintings offers amazing looks at Taylor Mountain and the Llano de Santa Rosa. 300 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.526.1085. Calabi Gallery Through Jan 16, “Woodblock Prints by Michael McMillan,” the diverse artist’s

fine woodwork centers an show that also features works by Douglas Ballou, Mary Jarvis, Sherrie Lovler and others. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.781.7070. Charles M. Schulz Museum 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. Christie Marks Fine Art Through Jan 2, “Thea Goldstine: Paintings,” first local showing of oil paintings by Goldstine features landscapes and a stunning series of abstract portraits. 312 South A St #7, Santa Rosa. Thurs-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 707.695.1011. Chroma Gallery Through Dec 27, “Four Seasons: Sonoma County Landscapes,” paintings by Brooks Anderson, Thomas Creed and Donna DeLaBriandais capture nature’s beauty in their own unique styles. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051. City Hall Council Chambers Through Feb 12, “Clark Swarthout Solo Show,” Santa Rosa artist presents an exhibit of intricate and imaginative pen and ink drawings. Reception, Jan 15 at 5pm. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3010. Cloverdale Arts Alliance Through Jan 14, “Encore,” guest artists Alain Bloom, Ron Rodgers and Barbara Tocher join featured resident artist is Terry Holleman. 204 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. Finley Community Center Through Jan 28, “The Dynamic Duo,” Judith A Eisen’s lifetime of watercolors and oils are on display. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Gallery One Through Dec 30, “Deck the Walls with Red,” juried multimedia group show revolves around the color red. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277. Graton Gallery Through Jan 24, “Under the Influence,” group show features Sally Baker with Taylor Gutermute, Susan Ryan and other guest artists. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912. Hammerfriar Gallery Through Jan 14, “Paintings by Laura Hoffman & Mike Tinney,” the two Sonoma County artists illustrate dreamlike worlds of the human subconscious. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. Tues-Fri, 10 to 6. Sat, 10 to 5. 707.473.9600. Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Dec 31, “Holiday Gift Gallery,” a winter wonderland of art from over 50 regional artists is on display through the holiday season. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970. Healdsburg Museum Through Jan 3, “A Small World,” celebration of tiny toys and all things miniature includes model trains, trucks and cars, vintage tea sets, dollhouses and more. 221 Matheson St, Healdsburg. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.431.3325. History Museum of Sonoma County Through Jan 10, “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation,” exhibition moves past pop-culture stereotypes of Indian Americans to explore the diverse contributions of Indian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Through Feb 7, “Journey to Fountaingrove,” exhibit chronicles the life of Japanese national Nagasawa Kanaye, who took over the Fountaingrove estate and made renowned wines in Sonoma County. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500. IceHouse Gallery Through Jan 5, “Catch & Release II,” the Robert Flynn Johnson Collection offers up art and curiosities. 405 East D St, Petaluma. 707.778.2238. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Through Jan 4, “A Photographic Journey Through the Laguna de Santa Rosa,” the Laguna’s myriad natural wonders, captured in colorful photos, are on display. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277. Occidental Center for the Arts Through Jan 4, “Energy Materialized,” featuring two nationally and internationally known sculptors, Bruce Johnson and Riis Burwell. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392. Opera House Collective Through Dec 24, “Maxfield Bala Solo Show,” the rising Bay Area artist creates vivid illustrations with imaginative figures drawn in a complex fine-line style. 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Daily, 11 to 5 707.774.6576.

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Conversations in Sculpture,” 11 artists provide an artistic statement that introduces a conversational topic. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11 to 5. 707.528.9463. Petaluma Arts Center Through Jan 24, “Petaluma Arts Center Members’ Exhibition,” Hella Merrill is the featured artist. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 5. 707.762.5600. Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Through Dec 27, “Artists & Artisans of Petaluma,” photographer Gary Kaplan exhibits stunning portraits of 24 Petaluma artists in their studios, accompanied by a piece from each artist. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues. 707.778.4398. Quercia Gallery Through Jan 31, “Le Source,” Bobbi Jean Quercia’s installation of colorful ethnic figures moving toward a water fountain signifies a common goal of finding one’s connection to humanity. 25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills. Fri-Mon, 11am to 5pm and by appointment 707.865.0243. Redwood Cafe Through Dec 30, “Monthly Art Exhibit,” the cafe welcomes local artists to display on their walls. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily. 707.795.7868. Riverfront Art Gallery Through Jan 3, “Oaks in Our Time,” paintings by Henry White join photographs by Lance Kuehne. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART. Sculpturesite Gallery Through Jan 12, “Hot Picks!” Art advisor Tom O’Connor curates a selection of his favorite pieces. 14301 Arnold Dr, Ste 8, Glen Ellen. Daily, 10 to 5. 707.933.1300. Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Dec 31, “Annual Members Show,” eclectic and inclusive exhibition displays members’ multimedia works that are available to purchase. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797. Sebastopol Gallery Through Jan 9, “First Looks and Second Chances,” assemblage works from Rebeca Trevino Assemblage paintings from James Reynolds show together. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6. 707.829.7200. Sonoma Community Center Through Dec 27, “Ephemeralities,” ceramic works by artist-in-residence Xia Zhang. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm. 707.938.4626. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Through Mar 6, “Contemplative Elements,” Sonoma artists Danae Mattes and Frances McCormack split the museum with “Between Nature and Technology” exhibit from New Orleans artists Courtney Egan and David Sullivan. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA. Steele Lane Community Center Through Jan 14, “Documenting Sonoma County,” photographer Sara Silver explores Sonoma County and the surrounding area in all its glory. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282.

NAPA di Rosa Through Jan 24, “Robert Kinmont: Trying to Understand Where I Grew Up,” the first Bay Area solo presentation by the Sonomabased artist in over 45 years shows works from his entire career. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10 to 6. 707.226.5991. Downtown Napa Through May 31, “Napa ARTwalk,” rotating exhibition of original, high-quality sculpture is showcased in public areas around Downtown Napa and the Oxbow District. First Street and Town Center, Napa. Mumm Napa Through May 1, “Jim Marshall Seen Through the Eyes of Carlos Santana,” an exhibit of photographs by Marshall, curated by Santana, show Marshall’s genius as a photographer, a chronicler of history and portraitist of no equal. 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford. Daily, 10am-4:45pm 707.967.7740. Napa Valley Museum Through Jan 10, “Life Is Fantastic and Death Is Too,” spotlight gallery shows local artists June Altamura and Amber Keithley, who’s artwork centers around the grotesque wonder of the unknown. Through Mar 27, “Trashed and Treasured,” features work from Recology’s significant collection of alumni artists. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Tues-Sun, 10 to 4. 707.944.0500.

ONGOING MARIN 1108 gallery Through Dec 31, “Community Artists Group Show,” abstract works from Nina Bravo and Mark Parker join other local artists in a showing. 1108 Tamalpais Avenue, San Rafael. Thurs-Fri, 5pm to 8pm 415.454.1249. ARTrageous Gallery Ongoing, inaugural exhibit featuring Roberta Ahrens, Harriet Burge and others. 857 Grant Ave, Novato. Tues-Sat, 11 to 6, Sun 11 to 4, Thurs 11 to 8. 415.897.8444. Baobab Gallery Ongoing, Shona sculptures, watercolors, jewelry, baskets, handmade-paper items and handmade fabrics. 556 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. Tues-Sat, 11 to 5. 415.924.8007. Dance Palace Ongoing, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075. Depot Bookstore & Cafe Ongoing, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.2665. Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Jan 30, “The Way of Art,” featuring paintings, bronze sculptures and jewelries from local Bay Area artists. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932. Gallery O Ongoing, still lifes and abstract landscapes by Tim Schaible, and glasswork by Colleen Cotten. Highway 1 and Dillon Beach Road, Tomales. Thurs-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 707.878.2898. Garzoli Gallery Ongoing, work from contemporary artist Laurie Curran and recent gallery acquisitions on view. 930 B St, San Rafael. 415.459.4321.

Liberty Ship Gallery Ongoing, artist cooperative gallery with works by Eulah Capron, Katheryn Holt, Barbara Jackson, Darcy J Sears and Scott Gordon Woodhouse. 10 Liberty Ship Way, Bay 2, Ste 210, Sausalito. Sat, 11 to 5; also by appointment. 415.289.0705. Margaret Muldoon’s Artistic Furniture Ongoing, hand-painted furniture, plus “UnStill Photography” by Alan Babbitt. 411 San Anselmo Ave, Fairfax. Marin Community Foundation Ongoing, Through Jan 3, “Collective Actions” featuring artists from Artisans, Bolinas and Stinson Open Studios and Gallery Route One, among others. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. Marin Society of Artists Ongoing, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 12 to 4. 415.454.9561. MINE Art Gallery Ongoing, 1820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. Museum of the American Indian Ongoing, “Jewelry of California and the Southwest.” 2200 Novato Blvd, Novato. Tues-Fri, 10 to 3; Sat-Sun, 12 to 4. 415.897.4064. Pine Street Museum Ongoing, Opening exhibit features interactive display of scrolls, ceramics and special barcodes to explain them. 124 Pine St, San Anselmo. 415.485.0484. Robert Beck Fine Art Ongoing, California landscape painters including Maynard Dixon. 222 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo. Wed-Sun, noon to 5:30. 415.456.7898. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Ongoing, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888. Sausalito Historical Society Ongoing, Sausalito Historical Society presents “Fritz (The Comic Wit of Phil Frank) Crackers,” featuring the longtime local comic strip of the Marinscope newspaper. 420 Litho St, Sausalito. 415.289.4117. Studio 333 Ongoing, 45 local artists on display. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Sat, 11-5. 415.331.8272. Tomales Gallery Ongoing, paintings by Jonnie Baldwin, Denise Champion, Timothy David Dixon, Clark Mitchell and others. 3985 TomalesPetaluma Rd, Tomales. Fri-Sun, 12:30 to 5; also by appointment. 707.878.2680. Wilderness Collections Gallery Ongoing, photographs by Rodney Lough Jr. 8 Princess St, Sausalito. Daily, 10 to 6. 866.432.9453.

Comedy Big Fat Year End Comedy Show Will Durst and company are back with a kiss off comedy show to say bye bye to 2015. Dec 29, 8pm. $25. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

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Fulton Crossing Through Dec 31, “Gallery Re-opening Show,” celebrating the newly remodeled gallery, many works by local artists include exquisite metal sculptures by Susandra Spicer and stained-glass and fine-woods furniture from Skip Thomsen. 1200 River Rd, Fulton.

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Join Will Durst and company at their ‘Big Fat Year End Comedy Show’ at HopMonk Tavern in Novato on December 29. Comedy Magic Dinner show with Bob Sheets Enjoy a fun night out with the magical entertainings of Bob Sheet, coupled with a three course meal and hand-crafted ice cream. Dec 26, 7pm. $45. Shuffle’s Magical Ice Cream Shoppe, 528 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.3535. Comedy Night Queenie T T headlines a night of laughs. Every other Thurs, 7pm. Bui Bistro, 976 Pearl St, Napa, 707.225.5417. Comedy Showcase Last Sun of every month. Spancky’s Bar, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169. Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Open Mic Comedy Wed. Spancky’s Bar, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

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Tuesday Night Live Featuring comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101. Dance Palace 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. Ellington Hall Fridays, Friday Night Swing. 3535 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa 707.545.6150. 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

JAS Dance Academy Fourth Thursday of every month, 7pm, Face2Face Salsa Dance Party. $5. 3273 Airway Dr, Santa Rosa 707 293-4292. Meridian Sports Club Monthly, last Fri at 7, Elemental Dance, Constantine Darling leads conscious movement dance using earth’s alchemy followed by sound healing. $15-$20, 415.454.2490. 1001 Fourth St, San Rafael. Monroe Dance Hall Thursdays, Circles ‘n Squares Dance Club. Sundays, Country-Western dancing and lessons. Mondays, Scottish Country Dancing. Tuesdays, Razzmataz folk dance club. Wednesdays, Singles and Pairs Square Dance Club. Dec 26, DJ Steve Luther plays Motown & Disco. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.529.5450. Sebastopol Community Center Youth Annex Fourth Sunday of every month, 11am, Dances of Universal Peace, multicultural sacred circle dancing and joyous group singing to rejuvenate the spirit and open the heart. $5-$20, 707.829.8212. 425 Morris St, Sebastopol. Songbird Community Healing Center Wednesdays, Biodanza. 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.2398. Wischemann Hall Sundays, 10am, Soul Motion, open movement practice. Mondays, 5:30 and 7pm, Redwood Rainbows Mainstream & Basic Class. 707.478.6409. 465 Morris St, Sebastopol. Zodiacs Dec 27, 6:30pm, Dancing with Denny, lessons in West Coast swing and salsa is perfect for beginners and intermediatelevel dancers. Free. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma 707.773.7751.

Events Art in the Park Bring the whole family out to paint, color or draw the surrounding flora and fauna while looking out at the picturesque bay. Supplies provided. Dec 23, 11am. Free. McNear’s Beach Park, Cantera Way, San Rafael. Artisan Marketplace Monthly marketplace where local homegrown artisans show off their wares and crafts. Last Sat of every month, 10am. Warehouse Healdsburg, 1464B Grove St, Healdsburg, 707.431.1022. Community Heals Share wisdom and gifts of healing. Last Sun of every month. dhyana Center, 186 N Main St, Sebastopol, 800.796.6863. Community Meditation Practice Sitting and walking meditation with free instruction. Followed by tea and snacks. Sun, 9:30am. Free. Santa Rosa Shambhala Meditation Center, 709 Davis St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4907. Divorce Options Workshop

Volunteer group of attorneys, financial specialists and mental-health professionals offer four-hour workshops on divorce. Last Sat of every month, 9am. $45. Family Service Agency, 555 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, 415.492.9444. Fiber Arts Forum Informal gathering of fiber artists for idea sharing. All disciplines and experience levels, ages 15 and up. Last Fri each month, 1 to 3. $5 donation. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797. Le Cirque de Bohème An old-style circus based on the French tradition of the 1920s presents a new show, “Stolen Moonlight,” with an amazing cast of characters. Through Dec 27. $28-$55. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.933.3010. Low-Cost Physicals Family physicals for adults and children by appointment. Ongoing. $20-$65. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2880. Ping-Pong & Right-Brain Exploration Table tennis takes on a whole new light. Mon, 7:30pm. $15 per month. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Senior Bridge Meet up and play a few hands, no partner required. Fri. Napa Senior Center, 1500 Jefferson St, Napa, 707.224.2055. Sunday Cruise-In Last Sun monthly at noon, fire up your hot rod and bring the kids for day of live music, food, prizes and more. Last Sun of every month. Free. Fourth and Sea Restaurant, 101 Fourth St, Petaluma, www. sundaycruisein.com. Teen Health Clinic Thurs, 3:30pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565. Winter Market Holiday fun for all features pop-up shops, live music, mulled cider and treats. Also includes special Christmas Circus shows. Sat, 5pm. through Dec 26. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Field Trips Bird Walk Madrone Audubon Society leads walks in the wetlands and adjacent areas. Dec 26, 9am. Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility, 3890 Cypress Dr, Petaluma, madroneaudubon.org. Garden Volunteer Day Sink your hands into the beautiful, rich soil at the OAEC’s garden and learn from the diversity of plant life. Wed. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557. Glen Ellen Green Tour In cooperation with Quarryhill Botanical Gardens and Benziger Winery, the park offers a day-long tour of all three properties with food and wine tastings included. Reservations required two weeks in advance. Ongoing. $59. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 707.938.5216. Nature for Kids Take the kids for a winter walk at this beautiful preserve looking for cold weather critters. Dec 28, 10am. Free. Mount

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Sugarloaf Trail Work Day Add your helping hand to improve lower Bald Mountain Trail. Every other Thurs, 9am. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712. Sunrise Hike Ranger Mike Warner leads a morning hike where you’ll discover the local wildlife and unique views of the preserve. Dec 27, 7am. Free. Deer Island, Deer Island Lane, Novato. Sunset Hike & Dine Meet at parking area across from inn for two-hour hike on moderate-to-steep trails with midhike wine and cheese overlooking Pacific Ocean. Last Sat of every month. $15. Mountain Home Inn, 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley, RSVP, 415.331.0100.

Film

Sensory Sensitive Film Program Family film screenings intended for children with sensory impairments turn the lights up, the sound down and allows those who need to move around and express themselves. Last Sat of every month, 10am. through Dec 26. Airport Cinemas, 409 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa.

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. Harvest Market Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma, 707.996.0712. Indian Valley Farm Stand Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Wed, 10am. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554. Locals Night Special menu items, musical performances and activities. Tues, 5pm. Free. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa. Marinwood Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Avenue and Miller Creek Road, San Rafael, 415.999.5635.

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Mind Reels Weekly series presents notable documentary films as well as guest speakers and performers bringing the film’s ideas to life. Tues-noon. $25-$30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

Mill Valley Farmers Market Fri, 9:30am. CVS parking lot, 759 E Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846. Oakmont Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Berger Center, 6575 Oakmont Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.538.7023. Petaluma East Side Certified Farmers Market Tues, 10am. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 415.999.5635.

Get transported into the magical world of an old-style French circus with Cirque de Bohéme at Cornerstone Sonoma through December 27.

Food&Drink

Redwood Empire Farmers Market Sat, 8:30am and Wed, 8:30am. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

West End Wednesdays West End merchants offer wine, coffee and food tastings. Wed, 5pm. Free. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa.

Bubbles & Oysters VML celebrates the release of their Blanc De Noir Sparkling wine with oysters from Hog Island Company. Dec 26, 12pm. $40. VML Winery, 4035 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, 707.431.4404.

Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 9am. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.522.8629.

Wine Down Friday Wine and live music to wind down after the week. Fourth Fri of every month. $10. Muscardini Cellars Tasting Room, 9380 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.933.9305.

Sebastopol Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. Sebastopol Plaza, Weeks Way, Sebastopol, 707.522.9305.

Wine Up Award-winning wines and delicious food make for a perfect combination. Sat. Free. Stephen & Walker Trust Winery Tasting Room, 243 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Calistoga Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Sharpsteen Museum Plaza, 1235 Washington St, Calistoga. Christmas Dinner at Spoonbar Enjoy an amazing six-course holiday dinner from chef Louis and his crew. Dec 25, 4pm. $78. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.7222. Christmas Eve Dining at Left Bank Brasserie Holiday specials abound on the à la carte menu. Dec 24. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331. Corte Madera Farmers Market Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846. Demystifying Wine & Food Interactive discussions on pairings with delectable demonstrations. Sat-noon. $75. Hall Winery, 401 St Helena Hwy S, St Helena, 707.967.2620. Fairfax Community Farmers Market Wed, 3pm. through Dec 23. Peri Park, 124 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.999.5635.

Sonoma Mountain Marketplace Certified Farmers Market Sat-Sun, 10am. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.588.9388. Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market Fri, 9am. Arnold Field parking lot, 241 First St W, Sonoma, 707.538.7023. Sunday San Rafael Farmers Market Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, 415.472.6100. Thursday San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.472.6100. Vintner Vinyl Tastings and tunes come together in the tap bar and restaurant. Mon, 6:30pm. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Winter in the Wineries Tour, taste wine and meet winemakers at 15 heralded wineries, both large and small, in and around the town at the top of Napa Valley. Through Feb 7, 2016. $50. Calistoga wineries, various locations, Calistoga, 707.942.6333.

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.

Belvedere-Tiburon Library Mon at 10:30 and 11, songs and fingerplays for kids under two. Wed at 11, toddler storytime; at 4, read-along program for ages seven and up. Mon. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665. Breakfast with Enzo Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10 and 11. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley, 415.652.2474. Calistoga Library Storytime with “Library Grandparent,” Mon and Thurs at 2:30. Bilingual storytime for ages three and up, second and fourth Wed at 10:30. Ongoing. Free. Calistoga Library, 1108 Myrtle St, Calistoga, 707.942.4833. Carolyn Parr Nature Center Learn about Napa County habitats and birds of prey through tours, dioramas, games, hands-on activities and books. Ongoing. Free. Carolyn Parr Nature Center Museum, Westwood Hills Park, 3107 Browns Valley Rd, Napa, 707.255.6465. Children’s Garden Whimsical environments for kids’ exploration. Hours: Mon, noon to 4; TuesSun, 9 to 5. Ongoing. Free. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.933.3010.

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Plant Nursery Work Day Volunteer at the Sonoma Garden Park. Thurs, 9am. Sonoma Ecology Center, 20 E Spain St, Sonoma, 707.996.0712.

Farmers Market at Long Meadow Ranch Fri, 9am and Sat-Sun, 11am. Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.

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Chops Teen Club Hang-out spot for Santa Rosa teens ages 12 to 20 offers art studio and class, open gym, tech lounge, cafe, recording studio and film club. Hours for high schoolers: Mon-Thurs, 3 to 9; Fri, 3 to 11; Sat and school holidays, noon to 11. For middle school kids: MonFri, 3 to 7; Sat and school holidays, noon to 7. Film club meets Tues at 4. Ongoing. Membership, $5-$10 per year. Chops Teen Club, 509 Adams St, Santa Rosa, 707.284.2467. Corte Madera Library Preschool storytime. Wed, 11am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444. Fairfax Library Tues at Sat at 11, storytime for ages three and up. Tues-Sat, 11am. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092. Family Story Time Thurs. Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398.

St Helena Library Free film series, story and craft time. TuesWed-Fri. St Helena Library, 1492 Library Lane, St Helena, 707.963.5244. Toddler Storytime High-energy storytime for toddlers 18 months to three years old. Fri, 10am. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801.

Lectures Art Rising Workshop Local artists Gayle Madison and Lorrie Ragozzino lead. Thurs, 4pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565. Baba Harihar Ramji Babaji of Sonoma Yoga Ashram offers monthly satsang, “Living Fully in Each Moment.” Fourth Thurs at 7. Church of the Oaks, 160 W Sierra Ave, Cotati, 707.996.8915.

Kid’s Winter Film Fest The Incredibles screens on Monday, while Fantastic Mr. Fox plays on Tuesday. Dec 28-29, 2:30pm. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

Bike Skills Class & Beginner’s Ride Workshops for beginning cyclists and those who want to hone their skills is followed by ride on trails around town. Registration required. Fri-noon. Sebastopol Bike Center, 6731 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2688.

Messy Mucking About Every Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30, toddlers and their parents are invited to a drop-in, free-form art studio to create with paint, ceramics, collage, construction, found objects and feathers. Sat. $15. Nimbus Arts, St Helena Marketplace, Ste 1-B, 3111 St Helena Hwy, St Helena, 707.965.5278.

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.

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

CityZen Evening of sitting meditation, tea and dharma talk. All are welcome. Mon, 7pm. Free. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.5381.

Photos with Santa Claus Town Center Corte Madera will find itself once again on Santa Claus’s annual route from the North Pole during this holiday season to help spread holiday joy for families and children of all ages. Through Dec 24. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.924.2961. Preschool Storytime A lap-sit program for infants, one day to 17 months old, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Fri, 10:45am. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801. Readers of the Pack A chance for new readers to get together. Tues-Sat. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801. Rubber Ducky Club Pre-reading program for babies and preschoolers encourages activities and behaviors to reach literary development. sonomalibrary.org. Through Dec 31. Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.0831x539. Saddle Club Children six and up are welcome for horseand stable-related games and a casual dinner. Fri, 5:30pm. $20. Sunrise Stables, 1098 Lodi Lane, St Helena, 707.333.1509.

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Readings Coffee Catz Dec 27, 2:30pm, Sonoma County Poetry Society. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.6600. Gaia’s Garden Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm, Redwood Writers open mic. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 707.544.2491.

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Disability Law Clinics Streetanswer between Hyde and CRIFilbert staff attorneys disability-related Leavenworth streets is considered legal questions. First come, first served. San Last Tues of every month, 10am-2pm. Free. Francisco’s what? SoCo Coffee Community Resources for Independence, Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm, It was Benjamin Franklin who 1040True Mainor St,False: Ste 208, Napa, 707.258.0270. Redwood Writers Open Mic. 1015 Fourth St, invented rocking chair. Santa Rosa 707.433.1660. Point Bluethe (formerly PRBO) Speaker This isSeries Las Palmas, a capital of what islands Learn about birds and ecology. Every that Thurs, are named for$10. dogs, not birds? Where on third 6:30pm. Point Blue earth are these islands Conservation Science, 3820located? Cypress Dr #11, Petaluma, 707.781.2555. Christmas Carol If you melt butter and brown sugar [and Aadd Production by Sonoma Community Support Group for Women in what Transition cream and vanilla], you get sweet sauceCenter and the Sonoma Valley Shakespeare Group forinternational women offers encouragement with an name? Company is directed by Aidan O’Reilly during life transitions such as relationship and adapted by Jocelynn Joy Murphy. changes, career changes and difficult life Who was the first person born in the 20th Through Dec 23. $10-$15. Andrews Hall, events. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community century to become a U.S. President? Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Sonoma, 518.339.5625.✹ Ave Since #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999. 1885, Ecuador’s money unit was the

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138660 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GT COMPUTERS, 50 TIBURON STREET, SUITE 4-A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MAURICIO A GALVEZ, 124 MERRYDALE RD. Apt #11, 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 Nov 24, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138554 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SHERRY PAGE BOOKS, 77 CENTRAL AVENUE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: SHERRY LAWSON FLANDERS, 77 CENTRAL AVENUE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 09, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138628 The following individual(s) is (are)

doing business: CIEL TRANQUIL, 175 OAK VIEW DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CONSTANZE LASOWSKI, 175 OAK VIEW DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 19, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138567 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MHA CREATIVE LANDSCAPES, 1142 MISSION AVE #C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MICHEAL H ALVARADO, 1142 MISSION AVE # C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138690 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BAG NASTY, 175 WHITTIER AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: VINCE DEOCHOA, 175 WHITTIER AVE, 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 DEC 1, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138716 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CCMW PARTNERSHIP, 2165 FRANCISCO BLVD EAST STE G, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) CHRISTOPHER D COCHRANE, 2165 FRANCISCO BLVD EAST, STE G, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 2) CHARLOTTE A. COCHRANE, 2 ADMIRAL DRIVE B477, EMERYVILLE, CA 94608 3) BRIAN MOORE, 1138 INGRAM DRIVE, SONOMA, CA 95476 4) ELIZABETH WALD, 1138 INGRAM DRIVE, SONOMA, CA 95476. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. 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 DEC 4, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138712 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: J&D MOBILE ROAD SERVICE, 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD , APT #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) EMERSON DANIEL LEMUS CARRILLO,

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PublicNotices 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD APT # 1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) YESSICA ANGELICA LEMUS ZAVALA, 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD APT # 1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 3) JULIO ELEAZAR LEMUS CERON, 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD APT # 1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. 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 DEC 3, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138687 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DINO T’S, 11 EDWARDS CT, NOVATO, CA 94949: JAVIER BLANDINO, 11 EDWARDS CT, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 DEC 1, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138665 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BAY AREA GREEN DESGIN LANDSCAPING, 16 SAN PABLO AVE #18, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903:1) ELISEO BERIOS, 16 SAN PABLO AVE # 18, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) YANIRA CARMONA, 16 SAN PABLO AVE # 18, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 24, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138605 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SASSHEA, 122 PARK STREET, APT B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RAYSHONTE J BOCAGE, 122 PARK STREET APT 8, 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 Nov 16, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138734 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ORS- ORIENTAL RUG SPECIALIST, 121 GRANADA DR, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MOHAMMAD ALI BANIE, 121

GRANADA DR, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. 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 Dec 08, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015-138732 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LITTLE STEPS CHILD CARE, 829 VIA CASITAS, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: ADRIANA COSTA, 829 VIA CASITAS, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 08, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138688 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: VALE AUTO REPAIR, 7374 B REDWOOD BLVD, NOVATO, CA 94945: 1) CARLOS ERNESTO FLORES QUEZADA , 1454 LINCOLN AVE UNIT D, CA 94901 2) MARVIN EDUARDO ESTEBAN GONZALEZ, 40 CLEO CT, NOVATO, CA 94947. 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 Dec 01, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015-138656 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SINCERELY YOURS CLOTHING AND DESIGN, 273 DRAKE AVE, MARIN CITY, CA 94965: 1) LENA WILSON HAYNES, 273 DRAKE AVE, MARIN CITY, CA 94965 2) WYAMONE WALKER, 273 DRAKE AVE, MARIN CITY, CA 94965. 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 Nov 24, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138750 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN HEALING CENTER, 14 COMMERCIAL BLVD. STE 101, NOVATO, CA 94949: COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS, 14 COMMERCIAL BLVD, STE 101, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being

conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 Dec 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138693 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FOSTER EARNHARDT AND PARTNERS, 502 BROWNING COURT, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ANDREW E EARNHARDT, 502 BROWNING COURT, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. 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 Dec 2, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138727 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: INTERNATIONAL ORANGE, 2421 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, SUITE 43, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: INTERNATIONAL ORANGE SPA INC, 2044 FILLMORE ST, FL2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. 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 Dec 7, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138770 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HAWAIIAN NEVADA CONSULTING COMPANY, 165 ELDRIDGE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: WILLIAM SHINE, 165 ELDRIDGE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. 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 Dec 15, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138759 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) DANDY DIGS 2) DANDY DIGS PRODUCTS 3) DANDY 4) STATE YOUR PLATE 5) PLATE YOUR STATE, 107 IRIS LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) KATHRYN VICTORIA REISINGER, 107 IRIS LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) CARTER JAMIESON O’NEIL, 107 IRIS LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 11, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138745 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: Z-ULTIMATE SELF DEFENSE STUDIOS S.R., 4460 REDWOOD HWY #1-4 , SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: JORDAN GABRIEL PENMAN, 21 ALMA CT, PETALUMA, CA 94952. 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 Dec 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138747 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: METASTATICLIFERS.COM, 1 MAIN ST, UNIT 74, SAN QUENTIN, CA 94964: JENNIFER LINDA DUTTON, 1 MAIN ST, UNIT 74, SAN QUENTIN,CA 94964. 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 Dec 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138789 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GOLD LION, 201 MARIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: STURDIVANT VENTURES LLC, 201 MARIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 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 Dec 17, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1504255. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESSE GOLDING filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KANYA KUMARI HART to KANYA HART. 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: 01/11/2016 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM A, 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: NOV 23, 2015. (Publication Dates: Dec 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2015)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1504354. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARAH AVIRON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SARAH AVIRON to SARAH WEITZEL. 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: 01/15/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: DEC 2, 2015. (Publication Dates: Dec 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2015)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1504423. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KIM SUZZETTE HOLT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KIM SUZZETTE HOLT

to STARFLOWER SUZZETTE HOLT. 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: 02/08/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: DEC 9, 2015. (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016)

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I’m a 43-year-old man, and I’m trying to build my career after years of being a stay-at-home dad. I got involved very quickly with a woman I met online, but the truth is that she’s just not smart enough for me. I feel bad because she’s very sweet, but I’d rather devote my time to my work. I’ve tried to break up with her numerous times, but she just doesn’t seem to get it. I’ll tell her I really need time to myself, but she’ll still call incessantly. How do you tell somebody it’s over in a way that is kind but gets through to them?—I’m Done

You need “time to yourself ?” Great. She can do that. Just call her when you’re ready. No, not on the phone. She’ll be out on your porch in her sleeping bag. Welcome to the rose-colored distorto-vision of being “optimistically biased”— succumbing to the human tendency to see what’s positive instead of what’s realistic. (“What I refuse to believe won’t hurt me!”) We’re especially likely to go happily dumb when our egos are involved. Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers explains in The Folly of Fools that we “protect our happiness via self-deception.” We have a “psychological immune system” that works “not by fixing what makes us unhappy but by … minimizing it and lying about it.” Neuroscientist Tali Sharot finds from her brain imaging research that having a distortedly positive view comes out of what she calls “selective updating.” When our brain gets information that things are going to be better than expected, it’s all, “Yes, sir, we’ll send that around.” But information that things will be worse than expected? That gets kicked under the bed—or would if the brain had feet and slept in a bed. There is another possibility here. Even if your girlfriend’s intelligence level leaves you confused about whether to take her to dinner or just water her and put her in indirect sunlight, she may be what I call instinctually smart. Possibly, it’s clear to her that you want to end it but she’s ignoring that in hopes of wearing you down. Regardless of the reason she’s still hanging around, the only way to change that is by telling her that you two are done, using very direct language, like, “I’m sorry, but it’s over between us. I am breaking up with you.” Should she keep contacting you, make it similarly clear that there’s no room at the inn for hope. This is actually the kind way to break up with a refuse-to-believe-er—being momentarily cruel, ideally as soon as you realize it’s over. In other words, putting your girlfriend out of her misery starts with putting her through it—pronto. Keep merely hinting that it’s over and, well, if an asteroid destroyed life on earth as we know it, three things would survive: Cockroaches, the Kardashians and your relationship.

My girlfriend rarely, if ever, calls me by my actual name. Other women I’ve dated have done this, too. It makes me think of that country song that goes, “You don’t have to call me darlin’, darlin’.” I’ve come to realize that I’ve been steadily losing interest in my girlfriend, and maybe she senses that. Or could it be something else? Why do women do this—not calling men by their actual names?—Nameless

There are times when only your actual name will do—because the alternative is, “Hey, Magic Penis, I’m over here … aisle 4!” But, generally speaking, the way people address each other is a statement about the kind of relationship they have. So when the nurse comes into the waiting room with a clipboard, you never hear, “OK, Poopooface, the doctor will see you now.” A cop, likewise, will not ask, “Do you know how fast you were going, Turtlebutt?” A pet name is part of creating a relationship “culture”—things you do and say that mark the relationship as a distinct little society. (Cutesy handles also tend to, uh, travel better than matching bones through the nose.) Not surprisingly, relationship communication researcher Carol Bruess finds that partners in happy relationships use nicknames more than those in unhappy ones. Referencing previous research, Bruess explains that nickname use both creates intimacy and reflects it. So, it’s possible that your girlfriend’s nicknamery is a ploy—perhaps unconscious—to bring you two closer. (If she talks all cootchie-cuddly-coo, cootchie-cuddly-coo might follow.) But seeing as you have been “steadily losing interest” in your girlfriend, why are you sitting around pondering nickname use? You need to do your part: Inform your girlfriend that the relationshippypoo can no longer breathe on its owniecakes, and that it’s time she started referring to you as her ex-schmoopie—or, better yet, “that asshole” she used to date.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The raw materials you have at your disposal in 2016 may sometimes seem limited. You might not have access to all the tools you wish you did. You could be tempted to feel envy about the vaster resources other people can draw on. But I honestly don’t think these apparent inhibitions will put you at a disadvantage. Within your smaller range of options, there will be all the possibilities you need. In fact, the constraints could stimulate your creativity in ways that would have never occurred if you’d had more options. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You know what physical hygiene is. But are you familiar with imaginal hygiene? Educator Morgan Brent defines it like this: “Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, colonize, shrink, and sterilize it, and to cultivate those that illuminate, expand, and nourish it.” It’s always important for everyone to attend to this work, but it’s especially crucial for you to focus on it in 2016. You will be exceptionally creative, and therefore likely to generate long-lasting effects and influences out of the raw materials that occupy your imagination. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your mind sometimes works too hard and fast for your own good. But mostly it’s your best asset. Your versatility can sometimes be a curse, too, but far more often it’s a blessing. Your agile tongue and flexible agenda generate more fun than trouble, and so do your smooth maneuvers and skillful gamesmanship. As wonderful as all these qualities can be, however, I suggest that you work on expanding your scope in 2016. In my astrological opinion, it will be a good time for you to study and embody the magic that the water signs possess. What would that mean exactly? Start this way: Give greater respect to your feelings. Tune in to them more, encourage them to deepen and figure out how to trust them as sources of wisdom. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Swedish movie director Ingmar Bergman won three Academy Awards and was nominated for eight others. Numerous filmmakers have cited him as an important influence on their work. His practical success was rooted in his devotion to the imagination. “I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality,” he said. Can you guess his astrological sign? Cancer the Crab, of course! No other tribe is better suited at moving back and forth between the two worlds. At least potentially, you are virtuosos at interweaving fantasy with earthy concerns. The coming year will afford you unprecedented opportunities to further develop and use this skill. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Avoid pain and pursue

pleasure. Be kind, not cruel. Abstain from selfpity and ask for the help you need. Instead of complaining, express gratitude. Dodge time-wasting activities and do things that are meaningful to you. Shun people who disrespect you and seek the company of those who enjoy you. Don’t expose yourself to sickening, violent entertainment; fill your imagination up with uplifting stories. Does the advice I’m offering in this horoscope seem overly simple and obvious? That’s no accident. In my opinion, what you need most in 2016 is to refresh your relationship with fundamental principles.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many of the atoms

that compose your flesh and blood were not part of your body 12 months ago. That’s because every year, 98 percent of you is replaced. Old cells are constantly dying, giving way to new cells that are made from the air, food and water that you ingest. This is true about everyone, of course. You’re not the only one whose physical form is regularly recycled. But here’s what will be unique about you in 2016: Your soul will match your body’s rapid transformations. In fact, the turnover is already underway. By your next birthday, you may be so new that you’ll barely recognize yourself. I urge you to take full charge of this opportunity! Who do you want to become?

By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The English word “ain’t” can mean “am not,” “is not,” “are not” or “have not.” But it ain’t recognized as a standard word in the language. If you use it, you risk being thought vulgar and uneducated. And yet “ain’t” has been around since 1706, more than 300 years. Most words that are used for so long eventually become official. I see your journey in 2016 as having resemblances to the saga of “ain’t,” Libra. You will meet resistance as you seek greater acceptance of some nonstandard but regular part of your life. Here’s the good news: Your chances of ultimately succeeding are much better than ain’t’s. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): My old friend

John owns a 520-acre farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Blueberries are among the crops he grows. If he arranges their growing season so that they ripen in July, he can sell them for $1.75 a pint. But if he designs them to be ready for harvest in late summer and early fall, the price he gets may go up to $4 a pint. You can guess which schedule he prefers. I urge you to employ a similar strategy as you plot your game plan for 2016, Scorpio. Timing may not be everything, but it will count for a lot.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1803, the U.S. government bought a huge chunk of North American land from the French government. At a price of three cents per acre, the new republic doubled its size, acquiring what’s now Louisiana and Montana and everything between. I don’t think you’ll add that much to your domain in 2016, Sagittarius, but it’s likely that you will expand significantly. And although your new resources won’t be as cheap as the 1803 bargain, I suspect the cost, both in terms of actual cash and in emotional energy, will be manageable. There’s one way your acquisition will be better than that earlier one. The Americans bought and the French sold land that they didn’t actually own—it belonged to the native people—whereas your moves will have full integrity. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming year will be a favorable time for you to nourish a deeper devotion to truth, beauty and goodness. Anything you do to make your morality more rigorous will generate benefits that ripple through your life for years to come. Curiously, you can add to the propitious effect by also cultivating a deeper devotion to fun, play and pleasure. There is a symbiotic connection between the part of you that wants to make the world a better place and the part of you that thrives on joy, freedom and wonder. Here’s the magic formula: Feed your lust for life by being intensely compassionate, and vice versa. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I predict that 2016 will be your Year of Fruitful Obsessions. In giving this positive spin to the cosmic tendencies, I’m hoping to steer you away from any behavior that might lead to 2016 being your Year of Fruitless Obsessions. One way or another, I think you’ll be driven to express your passions with singleminded intensity. Focused devotion—sometimes verging on compulsive preoccupation—is likely to be one of your signature qualities. That’s why it’s so important to avoid wasteful infatuations and confounding manias. Please choose fascinations that are really good for you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your symbol of

power in 2016 will be the equal sign: =. Visualize it in your mind’s eye every morning for 20 seconds. Tattoo it on your butt. Write it on an index card that you keep under your pillow or on your bathroom mirror. Gestures like these will deliver highly relevant messages to your subconscious mind, like “Create balance and cultivate harmony!” and “Coordinate opposing forces!” and “Wherever there is tension between two extremes, convert the tension into vital energy!” Here are your words of power in 2016: “Symbiosis” and “synergy.”Y

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