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Not laughing all the way to bank...
Osama is dead? And so what? Wow, thank you so much Homeland Insecurity. We are so much safer, you morons. Instead of real security and community since 9/11, we have created more war and more fear. Bah! We had a real opportunity after 9/11 to build a global community and work toward real security, and look at the stupid nonsense we did—and got—instead. We sure are safer and more secure now. We are living in something more akin to a corporate dictatorship and governed by profits than living in anything resembling freedom and liberty. The only freedom and liberty in Amerika seems to be reserved for corporations, such as Bank of America, or Verizon, or BP, which are making record profits, and paying zero taxes. We are shredding and raping the earth’s resources, biosystems, and all life for consumer goods and dollar profits, at the expense of a livable future. We have stolen this planet from the future. Raped, pillaged, and plundered the natural beauty and living systems of the earth for $, and care little for anything aside from our personal comfort. What a bunch of spoiled, greedy, ignorant and foolish humans we are. So yes, Osama is dead... And so what? So are we if we don’t get off our entertained asses, and save anything good left from the bankers, war- and fear-mongers, and our consumer habits which are based on an infinite planet. Our system is corrupt and broken and all that appears to matter is money and dollar profits. Let’s keep on buying badly made, nonrepairable, products which are made by slaves worldwide, sold by minimum-wage slaves, and enrich only the corporate heads, and
Your recent article regarding Marin and its status of being the wealthiest county in the state [“Marin Named Wealthiest County in State!” April 27], coupled with the “take a bow” cheer that you encourage, is a slap in the face to the many low-income residents in Marin struggling to get by in this very high-cost-of-living county. I live in Tiburon. 94920 is the wealthiest ZIP code in the wealthiest county and, yes, contrary to popular belief, there are low-income here, too. I do not think that self-congratulatory elitism is something to be proud of. A very big shame on you. Cathy Cortez,Tiburon
Editor’s note: Thanks for writing, Cathy. We agree that a county’s copious supply of Daddies Warbucks is neither something to be celebrated, nor necessarily scorned. It simply is what it is. We do, however, believe it’s something that can be gently poked fun at, which was our intent in the brief story. For example, our closing sentence observing that “The [Bureau of Economic Analysis] study did not say whether it took into account the incomes of personal valets, French maids, footmen and manservants who reside on the various estates...” was intended in jest.
We thought it a sovereign affair... What do I think about the Royal Wedding? I think the beaming bride looked like the Kate that ate the canary! Kimberly Clark, Greenbrae
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Your soapbox is waiting at ›› pacificsun.com destined for landfills. What a shame. It doesn’t have to be this way, but we go along with it. Sheep are smarter than we are, and conservation is always better than consumption. What a great system we have here. We are so much safer now. Sweet dreams. Sierra Salin, Fairfax
Predictably, Bizarro World does not issue birth certificates... I think Donald Trump should be required to produce his birth certificate. There are serious doubts as to whether or not he was born on this planet. Martin Blinder, San Anselmo
Three-cup Morte I’m writing regarding the 60 Minutes investigation into Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson, who appeared earlier this month at Marin Center [before it came to light that he may have fabricated his best-selling memoir]. For a bookstore emLatest reports now indicate the ‘three cups of ployee like myself who tea’ were actually a single has personally handTazo Chai Latte from the sold hundreds of copies Korphe Starbucks. of his books, done everything possible to get his books into as many hands as possible, I just feel crushed, like I have been personally betrayed. I feel I have been “played” and that because I believed in this guy, I unwittingly went on to mislead hundreds of customers. This is much, much worse than James Frey’s exaggerations in A Million Little Pieces, and we offered customers the option to return their books, too, when that happened. He is running this tax-exempt charity, his “foundation,” the Central Asia Institute, and he is getting royalties from his books—Three Cups of Tea, and Stones for Schools, too. So where is the money going? How can he be spending more money when everything to promote the books is a tax write-off from his business as an author and how can he not be building the schools either? He was just in Marin speaking about his work, his books, his charity and that’s why we
are sold out of his books yet again. No, this is very bad. People wanted to believe in this guy so much—that some good was being done in these impoverished places, something we could all read and feel good about; how someone was truly making a difference and was devoting his life to this endeavor. Heck, I no longer know what to believe about any of it at all. Did he live in his car a year in the East Bay so he could save up money that much faster from his job in the Burn Treatment hospital taking care of Burned Children? Is he even really an RN? Did he really ride in a plane and look over at some Taliban up there talking about our U.S. ships’ positions down below on his cell phone? Did he really get sold to the Taliban by the cab driver? I have no idea now what is fabrication. I truly feel like I’ve misled my customers by recommending this book. With Borders closing, my days are difficult enough already. I want to be able to trust the authors I sell. The public relies on the publishing industry to get it right, to vet these books. Think of the schools that required Three Cups of Tea to be read. Harm has been done here and people have been taken advantage of. So now he’ll likely just be allowed to dissolve his charity, utilize the bankruptcy laws, and essentially “walk away.” I’m sorry if I sound bitter, but booksellers earn nothing by comparison and we collectively helped make him the success he is. So I feel I have a right to feel as upset as I do. Angela, bookseller at the closing Borders in San Rafael
But don’t ask that lyin’ lily-livered Robert Ford! Thomas ‘Boston’ Corbett is the Union Army sergeant who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, despite orders to take Lincoln’s assassin alive, because, as he later said, ‘providence directed me.’
Why wasn’t Osama bin Laden captured alive? Perhaps Boston Corbett or Jack Ruby could answer that question. Craig Whatley, San Rafael
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etlands and marshes, once dismissed as the province of nature enthusiasts and environmentalists, can be a key to protecting residents, development and commercial interests along the shores of San Francisco Bay. “I look at tidal wetlands as about as close to magic as you’re ever going to get when you’re dealing with sea-level rise,” says Will Travis, executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. “All wetlands are wonderful for flood protection. They soak up floodwater and they absorb wave energy. And they actually sequester carbon. I know of nothing else that fits both categories: reducing greenhouse gases and adapting to the impacts of climate change that we can’t reduce or eliminate.” A spate of recent reports places an increased emphasis on the importance of wetlands in the Bay Area, including Marin. The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association issued an assessment of the consequences of a rising sea level and concluded that elected officials, business leaders and residents should waste no time in hunkering down to create concrete plans to meet the environmental, health and economic impacts of rising water levels
and climate change. The report, titled “Climate Change Hits Home,” emphasizes the critical need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Each time scientists assess the consequences of sea-level rise it seems to get increasingly dire, says Sam Schuchat, executive director of the California Coastal Conservancy and chair of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority. Schuchat says implications of sea-level rise haven’t hit home with most Bay Area residents— yet. “Flood control and sea-level rise are not things that [people] worry about, unless they live in a place like downtown Napa, where it floods.” But, adds Schuchat, the consequences of sea-level rise, and recent reports that posit the levels may be rising higher than anticipated, are making a big impression on “people who think about this stuff all the time.” One of those recent reports comes from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, the science body of the eight-nation Arctic Council. Scientists estimate that the ice in Greenland (including the massive ice sheet) and the Arctic is melting faster than projected and could play a crucial role in increasing the sea level by as much as five feet by the end of this century. Add to that some recently reported findings from scientists at the 10 >
›› NEWSGRAMS Marshall drops bid for Supes seat The candidate pool for the late Charles McGlashan’s seat on the Board of Supes just got a bit smaller, as Mill Valley City Councilwoman Shawn Marshall is reportedly taking her name out of the running. Marshall, who some considered a favorite in the quest for Gov. Brown’s appointment to the southern Marin seat, has said she’s reconsidered her application due to her already busy schedule. Marshall recently launched a clean-energy consulting business—LEAN Energy US—and serves on the Marin Energy Authority board, in addition to her city council and family obligations. Marshall, a personal friend of McGlashan, who died of a heart attack in March, was seen by some as the heir apparent to McGlashan’s seat, having shared closely his clean-energy vision. The McGlashan family supported Marshall’s bid, as did the Mill Valley City Council. Ice-cream ban iced by Novato council Novato officials are refusing to put the freeze on ice-cream trucks, as pleas from community members to ban the vendors from bringing their “good humor” too close to schools failed to melt the hearts on the City Council. School officials worry that the allure of ice cream sandwiches is subverting the district’s efforts to eliminate junk food from high-school diets. Additionally, school representatives argued that the vendors can create traffic dangers when kids rush into streets to purchase their daily IT’S-ITs. One vendor reportedly attempted to secure a Novato High student’s parking spot by bribing him with Eskimo Pies. They asked the council to ban food trucks from setting up shop within 1,500 feet of schools. But it appears the Mega Missiles will keep launching, as the council refused to sugar-coat the reality that the high schools’ open-campus policies allow kids to satisfy their fudgsicle habit at a variety of nearby locations. ‘Drano bomb’ alert in Novato Novato police are putting neighbors on notice to report any mysteriously appearing plastic bottles in their yards—there’s a scant chance they may be small, homemade bombs. According to Sgt. David Betton of the Novato Police Department, there have been “a couple” of incidents in Novato—and one in Vallejo that resulted in injury—in which youths have combined the drain cleaner Drano with tin foil and water in capped soda bottles to create homemade incendiaries. When the bottles are even slightly shaken, according to Betton in a statement released to neighbors, a half minute later, the gas build-up can cause a powerful explosion of “boiling hot” liquid. In January, Novato police cited three teenage boys who had set off three of these types of explosives in fields along Palmer Drive. “People are finding these ‘bombs’ in mailboxes and in their yards, just waiting for people to pick it up intending to put it in the trash,” Betton wrote in the statement, referring to reports last year from York Township, Michigan, and Methuen, Massachusetts—two towns that experienced a rash of similar bombs. Added Betton:“Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!! No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc.”
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“Black am I—like the like, ‘Hey, you’re colored aren’t you?’ I, in turn, answer with a hello.” night... this I say to those And that was nothing compared to when who fear me: to fear the night is to wrong the day; to Scott strayed into residential neighborhoods. “Anything happens,” he wrote, “from being years ago wrong the day is to have no ogle-eyed by passing motorists that either peace”—18-year-old Marin slow down to accompany me on my walk, or City poet Calvin Scott, 1966 pass me, turn around and come back, pass me Marin wasn’t giving peace a chance 45 again. Sometimes they do this several times years ago this week. before going on their way.” If he dared venture Marin City youth Calvin Scott’s elegiac into town after dark, he wrote, the welcoming plea for racial undercommittee would arrive standing came as a wearing badges. poem printed in the “In my mind,” Sun in May of 1966, concluded Scott, “this a fortnight after the expresses the feelings of race riots that had some of the residents of been spreading across Mill Valley. That lovely the country finally middle-class, liberal reached their suburwhite community.” ban zenith in Marin The following week, City. the Pac Sun’s lettersIn an effort to to-the-editor page was create a dialogue filled with lovely middlebetween the mostly class support for Scott’s black, working-class racial plight. “Shameful,” former Marinship one woman wrote community and the about her Mill Sun’s mostly white, Valley community middle-class, liberal members. Another readership, the paper Marin’s contestants in the ‘Miss man was “shocked gave Calvin Scott Tan’ pageant, surrounded by and saddened” by a weekly column, zebra skins and an authentic Mill Valley’s treatwhere he was free to Rwandan drum. At right, poet ment of blacks. Calvin Scott. offer pointed insight Fortunately for about the oftentimes Scott and other bitter black experimembers of the ence in Marin. county’s AfricanIn one of his first columns, the Tam High American community, Marin was already senior wrote about his occasional strolls spearheading an effort to make up for through downtown Mill Valley to the library decades of racial insensitivity and cultural by Old Mill Park. Oozing sarcasm, he deignorance—by cosponsoring the first-ever scribed his “heartwarming experiences” walkMiss Tan San Francisco contest! ing through the “lovely, middle-class, liberal The Miss Tan San Francisco contest was white community.” a local beauty pageant for young African“One of the first observations made by American women featuring contestants from myself in my frequent walks through Mill Oakland, San Francisco and Marin City, Valley,” he wrote, “was that it is a city of which sent three Tam High seniors and a Colmany looks. For example, there are the lege of Marin freshman off to catwalk their ‘what are you doing here’ looks, the ‘hey way to “tan” prestige—that is if they could look at that’ looks, the ‘maybe if I smile adequately impress such judges as KSOL DJ he won’t shoot’ looks.” Scott described the Sly Stone. According to Miss Tan promo“confused” look as one where the passerby tional material, the goal of the contest was “doesn’t know whether to spit at me or to “allow the Negro to discover herself, to run.” Yes, there were also friendly looks. gain confidence, and allow the general pub“And, of course,” added Scott, “the just lic to become aware they have tremendous plain old ‘nigger’ look.” talent—as well as beauty.” Scott called his walks along Throckmorton Scott, meanwhile, concluded his weekly “awfully lonely.” poem with a different message for the “Many people look at me but no one general public. speaks. Sometimes a friend from school “Black am I, like the night—moonlit, mopasses by in a car and waves. Or a small tionless darkness. What say you to the souls child, too young to know the difference, of men? I hear, but disclose I cannot. For you will say a warm or timid ‘hi.’ Or a child, just must meet the night, and listen.” Y getting to the point where he or she does Email Jason at jwalsh@pacificsun.com. [recognize race], will freely say something
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Novato Sanitary sullies chance for board appointment The muckety muck is growing thicker and thicker at the Novato Sanitary District, as the consistently disagreeable board remains split on choosing a new director after Jim Fritz retired at the end of March. Following its meeting May 9, the board remains divided into two encampments—with board members Mike DiGiorgio and Bill Long on one side and Dennis Welsh and George Quesada on the other. DiGiorgio and Long have thrown their support behind former California Association of Sanitation Agencies president Jean Mariani; Welsh is supporting Suzanne Brown Crow who, like him, opposes the district’s contracting the Veolia Water company to run its new wastewater treatment plant. Quesada appears open to Brown Crow’s appointment, but has said he’d like more information before making a decision. Three votes are needed to approve a new member to the board. If the district can’t make a decision by May 28, the Marin County Board of Supervisors will make the call. Bound for glory—and Novato! The Little Engine that Could looks more like the Big Engine that IS this week, as the lifting of a decade-old rail shutdown could bring trains back to Novato as soon as June. The North Coast Railroad Authority has long planned to get things choo-choo-chooing once again on the freight lines across a 60-mile stretch from Napa to Novato and up through Sonoma County to Windsor. They got the “all aboard!” to do just that this week when the Federal Railroad Administration relaxed a 1998 order that halted service on the line due to El Nino. The trains, which would be loaded with building materials, merchandise and farming products, would have seven crossings in Novato and run only on weekdays during the day, according to the NCRA. Some Novato residents who live near the rail right-of-way have expressed concerns about noise from the return of trains; the NCRA has said it would limit the number of trips the trains would take through town and keep their speed at a maximum 25 mph. Rail proponents say a single fully loaded freight car would take between three and five trucks off the road. For info, visit www.northcoastrailroad.org. And the bike he rode in on... A certain bicycle commuter has done much this year to take cars off the road—and he’s not even old enough to drive! Mill Valley 11-year-old Julian LePelch has ridden his bike from his home to Tam Valley Elementary School every school day of the year so far and for that he’s been named by the Marin County Bicycle Coalition as Marin’s 2011 Commuter of the Year. Through rain and sleet and dark of the pre-Daylight Saving Time mornings, Julian used the Sausalito bike path, and the various avenues it crosses, to cruise between three to five miles daily on his trusty two-wheeler. Julian will be honored at MCBC’s Bike to Work Day After Party and Bike Expo on May 12 from 5:30 to 8pm at Marin Brewing Company, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. For details, check out www. marinbike.org.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography who say that although California was spared from sea-level rise during recent decades—stretching back to the 1970s—that reprieve may be over. Sea-level rise is far from uniform across the world’s oceans. Wind patterns and ocean currents play a significant role in creating uneven sea levels. Wind affects upwelling in the ocean along the California coast, and that wind blows in cycles— called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. When the wind blows stronger, which it has since the mid-1970s, it creates a condition that allows cooler water to rise from the deep Pacific, ocean upwelling. When the wind pattern abates, the upwelling also abates and allows the upper-level ocean to warm. Warm water takes up more space than cold water—and that means the sea level rises. The Scripps scientists say wind patterns look as though they may be shifting. If that happens, it could exacerbate the effects on California of the Arctic sealevel rise predicted by scientists. This confluence of consequences has prompted the Conservation and Development Commission to take a new look at its San Francisco Bay Plan, which delineates policies for development along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay—including San Pablo Bay. The new guidelines will “take sea-level rise into account,” according to Travis. In addition, the Conservation and Development Commission is working with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission “on a regional strategy that integrates greenhouse gas reduction and adaption to those impacts that we can’t reduce or eliminate.” ABAG chooses the board of the Restoration Authority, which currently has a North Bay vacancy following the death of Supervisor Charles McGlashan. Much of the hard work to implement strategies to combat greenhouse gases and prepare for sea-level rise will take place in Bay Area counties, cities and towns. The participation of dozens of area agencies, local governments, businesses and residents would create a paradigm of regional planning. Nothing less is needed to prevent the impacts of sea-level rise from cutting into the quality of life and commerce in the Bay Area, say officials in the forefront of the effort. The immense scope of the effort needed is clear when looking at a map of wetlands in the bay and the expected rise in sea level. Lacking action in the North Bay, the level of water now expected would create new shorelines moved inland from Sausalito all the way north to Novato and over to Sonoma and Solano counties. Anyone who’s parked a car in the Manzanita park-and-ride lot on an especially high tide knows the consequences of a rising sea level. The historic flood in the
1980s was made much worse because of an especially high tide, which pushed water right up Miller Avenue. In San Rafael, water inundated the downtown area, leaving just the tops of street signs visible. In a rising sea-level scenario, that high-tide consequence has an obvious impact that requires protecting shorelines, including existing marshes in danger of inundation. In Marin, the wetlands restoration at Hamilton is a notable project in part because it illustrates the necessity to add material when restoring some marshes. When a marsh is paved or left dry, the land sinks and can no longer support wetlands. Material must be added to raise the level of the land to a sufficient height to promote a renewed marsh. Travis says it’s important to understand the new shorelines projected in recent reports “are not areas that [definitely] will be areas that are under water. They are maps showing low-lying areas around the bay that are vulnerable to sea-level rise. Some of those areas may be protected already. Other areas can be protected to a 55-inch level [sea-level rise] with some protective devices.” Travis says the maps show “not the future that we are predicting; that is the future we are trying to prevent.” One of the methods to prevent that scenario builds on the push to restore wetlands and marshes that once ringed San Francisco Bay. Today, only about 5 percent of the original wetlands remain, and that 5 percent is under constant threat of development and pollution. But the alarm over sea-level rise is giving new impetus to the call to protect wetlands and increase their acreage. The effort to protect wetlands received a real boost when Save the Bay formed in 1961 after three East Bay women, Kay Kerr, Sylvia McLaughlin and Esther Gulick, mobilized to stop a plan in Berkeley to double its size by filling in the bay. Save the Bay was instrumental in the creation of the Conservation and Development Commission, “which we helped create in 1965 to prevent wholesale filling in of the bay,” says group’s executive director, David Lewis. In 2008, Save the Bay sponsored AB 2954, which created the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority. That legislation gave the governing board of the Restoration Authority the responsibility to explore, promote and coordinate methods and mechanisms to raise money on a local and regional scale that will go toward restoring wetlands on more than 36,000 acres already in public ownership. Scientists estimate that to remain healthy, the bay needs 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands. In 1999, only about 40,000 acres remained. That 36,000 acres owned by the public can be restored—if sufficient funds are provided. Restoring those acres will cost up to $1.43 billion over 50 years. Adding that to the current 40,000 acres of wetlands puts the 100,000-acre goal in sight, according to the Restoration
Authority. Advocates hope to purchase additional acreage to put into the public trust to reach that ultimate goal. State and federal money currently exists to help meet the goals of the Restoration Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but considering budget climates, ongoing state and federal funding (and some private funding from foundations) is far from certain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count on any of this money from year to year,â&#x20AC;? says Schuchat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re subject to whether the state is selling bonds and [vicissitudes of the] federal budget, and so on.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the idea of a regional property tax comes into the picture. The Restoration Authority is investigating whether Bay Area property owners are willing to pay about $20 a year to help restore wetlands along the bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we could get some local money, we could count on it every year,â&#x20AC;? says Schuchat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be in addition to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already available, and presumably it would be reliable. The amount would not be huge, but having money that is reliable is, I think, what makes it attractive. And, of course, it would serve as matching money.â&#x20AC;? Any move to raise tax money to restore wetlands would go to voters for approval. In a telephone poll conducted in the summer of 2010, 35 percent of respondents said they would deďŹ nitely support a $25 parcel tax; 30 percent said they were leaning toward support. (Asked whether they would support a quarter-cent sales tax, 29 percent said they would deďŹ nitely support it; 27 percent said they were leaning toward support.) The parcel tax proposal, the most realistic, came right up to the edge of a two-thirds approval margin.
Schuchat notes that the Restoration Authority has polled only up to a $25 parcel tax, which seems to be the limit of voter acceptance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My guess is that if we do anything, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be less than that, and we may not do anything in 2012. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the earliest that the Restoration Authority could get something on a ballot. The Restoration Authority plans to conduct additional polling and by autumn decide whether to move forward in 2012. The state of the economy and the political temperature of the electorate will affect the decision.â&#x20AC;? The question about whether spending money on wetlands is a wise investment in a down economy is sure to enter the debate. In the poll, property owners seem to agree that if they know the facts about sealevel rise and how wetlands can protect shorelinesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for ďŹ&#x201A;ora, fauna, residential development and businessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they may be willing to support a tax proposal. Money raised will go toward projects already on a list â&#x20AC;&#x153;consistent with the selection criteria of the Coastal Conservancy and other organizations that protect the health and economy of the bay.â&#x20AC;? Acting sooner rather than later has distinct environmental and economic advantages when it comes to combating sea-level rise, says Lewis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wetlands provide much less expensive and effective shoreline protection than sea walls or rock levees because wetlands can act as sponges during high tides and ďŹ&#x201A;oods.â&#x20AC;? As Travis says, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like magic. â&#x153;š Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.
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When it comes to offbeat pet companions, Marin has collared the market... ‘They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang’ —Jack London, ‘The Call of the Wild’
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ob Fruechtenicht grew up in Larkspur watching the development of mountain biking on the rugged slopes of Mount Tamalpais. He became a competitive rider, and he was also a tinkerer. He started fooling around with scooters, thinking to combine biking and skiing—mountain biking without all the pedaling; skiing without snow. He eventually sold some of his specially modified scooters—called Digglers—to ski areas to use in the offseason. They were a satisfying invention. And, sure enough, about a year ago he was out on the trail and there was a Diggler coming at him—coming at him fast. It was being pulled by dogs— a use Fruechtenicht hadn’t imagined. “I wanted to help create a new sport, but I never expected it to be this,” he says. Now a huge chunk of his business is selling $200 to $800 scooters for “urban mushing” or “dog scootering.” Of course, hitching dogs to contraptions has been done for thousands of years, especially in snowy climes. Scandinavians have long strapped cross-country skies to their feet, picked up a leash and urged the family dog to start moving (skijoring). And real dog mushers the world over don’t slack off just because the snow has melted—teams of dogs stay in shape by pulling wheeled “sleds.” But beyond fun or sport or utility—or a need to deliver serum to save a town from diphtheria—there is a real, concrete motive for hitching up a house pet and letting the mutt run and run, and it’s an undeniable truth that’s engraved deep in the psyche of anyone who has ever spent any time with a maddeningly high-energy canine: A good dog is a tired dog. Ed Schreiber, a chef who lives in Fairfax, and his wife, Andree, a graphic designer, have four big, beautiful huskies—all rescue dogs. (Because these dogs are very attractive—but also high maintenance—there is no shortage of people who give up on them.) “Walking these types of dogs is difficult,” Ed says—and dog parks are an inadequate solution for many huskies. A few years ago, the Schreibers heard about a clinic to train dogs to pull scooters, and signed up. The sport had gained traction in Southern California, and was just catching on in the Bay Area. It wasn’t hard to train their dogs, Andree says. They initially attach them to a tire to get them used to pulling, and teach them some basic commands. Sled dogs catch on quickly. In a short while Andree was ready to get behind her dogs on a real scooter, which wasn’t scary, she says. “It was exhilarating! There’s just something about being pulled along by a live being.” The Schreibers started Bay Area Mushers two years ago on Facebook and now have more than 40 followers—or Bammers. (The Egyptian revolt, dog mushers in Marin—same organizational model.) They get together at various sites a couple of times a week, mostly around Marin County and mostly very early in the morning. It’s better for the dogs when the temperatures are cool. Brenda Dabner is a Bammer with one
was destroyed. Then the siblings started to eat each other. Some escaped and were never seen again. Of the three that survived, two mated, and out of this rocky beginning, the race was born. The original brother-sister pair eventually produced 150 offspring, which in turn gave rise to today’s hamster multitudes. Hamsters prefer to live alone (understandably, given that background) and are nocturnal. Which The origin of hamster-pets is something of an Adam and Eve story—only with a lot more cannibalism. is a good thing, when you learn that hamsters are “She’d pull you!” Hattar says, pointing to also hindgut fermenters, which means Wente, who is not a little guy. This ignites a they eat their own feces to make sure discussion of how much a dog can pull— they get the nutrients the second time three times their weight? The dog’s weight through. Nobody needs to see that. plus 100 pounds? Whatever the dog will do? But they are, still, appealing and energetic No one’s sure. little rodents. Many a child has drifted off “What about Buck?” Wente says, laughing, to sleep to the squeak, squeak, squeak of the and everyone gets the reference. hamster wheel getting its nightly workout. Buck, of course, was the hero of Call of the It took foot-and-mouth disease and Wild by Jack London. Buck was a pampered English gamblers to propel the hamster to its Bay Area dog that was kidnapped and forced fullest sporting self. An outbreak of the disto become a rough, tough sled dog in the ease in 2001 canceled horse races in Britain wild, untamed north. In the novel, Buck and, as a substitute, hamsters were placed in wins a pulling contest. And in real life the hollow plastic balls and set on tracks. Presto! book made London famous, and helped Something new to wager on. him to buy his ranch in Glen Ellen. Exactly The Petco company saw a more benign 100 years ago this summer, London and his opportunity to promote this gateway pet and wife decided to hitch up four saddle horses five years ago held the first “Hamster Ball to a wagon and drive them to Oregon. It was Derby” (no wagering, please). The races are something of a crazy stunt, but they were held twice a year at Petco stores—and on a intrepid people. London wrote about his recent Saturday afternoon anticipation was practice drives, trotting through the streets high as the Vintage Oaks Petco in Novato of Marin County. And there is no doubt that held its spring edition. Several contendhad they gotten their hands on a Diggler back ers had expressed interest prior to the big in the day, the Londons would have spent race, but only “Teddy” was hamster enough many an hour zooming around Mt. Tam to show up—ready to be cheered on by behind some very happy dogs. handler Chloe Obert, 8, of Novato, and her mother, Jeri, and the family dog. HAMSTERS—THE WHOLE Still, the Petco folks weren’t about to just SHOCKING STORY! hand over the prize. After all, the official news release (“Here comes the fast and the furriOf course few begin their adventures est”) promised “If you think the Olympics is in petkeeping with a Siberian husky or a exciting, wait until... the Hamster Ball Derby border collie—the classic starter pet for gets into action.” children is the hamster. It is the beginning of Teddy had to defeat several of the house responsibility, of empathy, rodents in a series of heats before the finals of connection with another against “Mochi.” After a tense beginning species—and with learning (hamsters have a poor sense of where the about how disgusting and finish line is and are apparently happy to roll revolting nature can be. their exercise balls in any direction) Teddy According to a recent pulled away and Chloe got her blue ribbon article at Smithsonian.com and prize of a Super Pet Critter Trail Treat by Rob Dunn, virtually all Zone Habitat. hamsters sold for pets are When asked by the media if she planned the descendants of a single to race Teddy again, Chloe looked at the brother-sister pair captured reporter as if that were the stupidest question in 1930 by Israel Aharoni she’d ever heard, but politely answered, “I in Syria. Aharoni, who was don’t know.” looking for animals to use in medical research, dug up IT’S A CAT’S LIFE a burrow and retrieved a female hamster and her 10 There are an estimated 150,000 housebabies. The mother started hold pets in Marin County—9,000 rabbits Chloe Obert, far left, watches as Teddy bears to the outside to make his break to eat her young, so she and hamsters, 10,000 birds, 66,000 14 > in the home stretch. husky named Qualobo Indy Racer. Dabner says she is a “cat person” and that she and her husband, Sterling, researched getting a dog for three years before deciding on Indy. The big draw was that he was a 15-month-old catfriendly husky. They got him from Barbara Schaefer in Grass Valley, a Siberian husky breeder and avid teacher of urban mushers. Soon enough, Dabner got a harness and a scooter and now she tools around behind her one-dog-power vehicle. The Dabners are going to get another dog, Brenda says, and this time it’s not going to take three years. Shawn Wente of Monte Rio is a grizzled veteran in the group—he’s been urban mushing for five years and built his sturdylooking vehicle himself—”with as many brakes as I could put my hands on,” he says. One morning last month he hitched up three huskies—Dotty, Tippy and Dojo— and took a comfortable four-mile ride in a reclining position. Wente says the dogs require surprisingly little training and that huskies aren’t the only kind of dogs good at it. “Pit bulls are really good pullers,” he says. And there’s a woman from San Francisco who sometimes runs with the Bammers and uses four French bulldogs. There are no breed requirements in mushing. Valerie Hattar knows that’s true. She laughingly calls herself the “white trash” Bammer because she mushes a rag-tag bunch of non-sled dogs, and doesn’t use traditional commands, preferring “right” “left” and “stop” to “gee” “haw” and “whoa.” But she goes very fast indeed. Hattar started mushing because her border collie, Belle, was, as border collies are wont to do, driving her crazy. Hattar needed a way to wear her out. They tried agility, a sport where dogs run an obstacle course, but that didn’t click. As for herding, Hattar says Belle was “like the kid in the back of the class, eating paste.” But when they stumbled upon mushing, everything fell into place. Hattar often runs Belle with Tank and Duke, two large pound pups of uncertain parentage owned by her brotherin-law. Little Belle keeps right up with the big dogs, and at the end of their run, like all those huskies, Hattar’s dogs look deeply tired and totally content. Hattar is asked if Belle actually pulls, or if “she’s just along for the run.”
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e’ll say this about the new Ghirout territory as a family restaurant—the menu inghelli’s Pizzeria Grill & Bar in offers burgers, pastas and main dishes, from the Nave Shopping Center—it garlic and parmesan-crusted chicken ($15.95) looks like nothing that’s been in that space to New York steak ($21.95). But it’s also aimbefore. ing higher—somewhere in the same vein as The location at 1535 South Novato Boca Pizzeria, which brought its Euro-hip Boulevard—sandwiched between the post ultra-thin-crusts to town last year—but with office and a long-standing laundromat—has more of a push to have a night-on-the-town been a revolving door of consumptive busivibe. Ghiringhelli’s has a stage (one of the nesses for years. The popular T.J. Corcoran’s few holdovers from DeSilva’s) for weekly live club had a long run there beginning in the music and its “late-night lounge” stays open, 1970s; T.J.’s was followed by a succession of according to one server, “until the customers more divey—but certainly not without their stop coming in.” (Earliest closing would be charms—watering holes such as the erstwhile about 11pm, she added. Note: The late-night Mancuso’s and, most recently, the dubious menu is mostly pizzas and a couple of simple DeSilva’s, which was destroyed by an electrisalads.) If a Novato restaurant could create a cal fire in 2008. “pizza scene,” it’d probably be Ghiringhelli’s. Well, three years and one major renovation On our visit we sampled a trio of pizzas— later, Ghiringhelli’s Pizzeria the Smoked Salmon (lotsa Grill & Bar opened its doors in GHIRINGHELLI’S fish), the Godfather (lotsa January—and even the most PIZZERIA GRILL & BAR meat) and the Hybrid (lotsa loyal barflies from the build- 1535 South Novato Blvd., everything). Before our friending’s glorious gin mill days Novato. 415/878-4977. ly and diligent server passed wouldn’t recognize it. Owners Visit ghiringhellisnovato. out the pies, we started with a Mike Ghiringhelli (partner in com. Open from 11:30am plate of baked cremini mushGhiringhelli’s Pizzeria of Fair- to the wee hours, or rooms ($6.95) and a beet-andfax and another location, now 11pm at earliest. Asian-pear salad ($8.95) for closed, that enjoyed a few years the table to share. Beet salads on the Miracle Mile) and Mark are becoming de root-gueur Edwards—an original partner in Finnegan’s on fashion-conscious menus these days— on Grant Avenue—have upscaled the inte- for good reason, based on Ghiringhelli’s riors with higher ceilings, wood floors and a example. The beets and beet juice mixed cozier color scheme of red and amber. For a wonderfully with the red-wine vinaigrette— place with the word “pizzeria” in its name, it’s enriching the accompanying arugula leaves, downright classy. Given the pizza-pasta-grill watermelon radish and almond blue cheese. bent of its menu, and that it’s in kid-centric Salads like these are definitely taking the “vulNovato, Ghiringhelli’s certainly needs to stake gar” out of Beta vulgaris. It was commented
‘You better cut the pizza in four pieces, because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.’–Yogi Berra, supposedly
at our table that the stuffed mushrooms were overly feta cheesy, though my taste buds found the feta well balanced against the spinach, bacon and chive filling (couldn’t detect the sweet potato the menu mentions). Ghiringhelli’s batted two for three with the pizzas—only the Hybrid ($12.95, a combo, from what we can tell) proved unspectacular. The Godfather, from the “family-style pizza” menu ($15.65, $19.70 and $23.95 depending on size), would’ve made its Sicilian forbears proud—with four spicy meats, four cheeses and enough garlic to clear Don Corleone’s nasal passages; all we can say is never go against the family-style pizza, Fredo. (Apologies, Mario Puzo.) The favorite of the table, however, was the Smoked Salmon pizza, with red onion and dill. Its “pizza sauce” was a horseradish spread that packed more than a bit of zest, though one whose vinegar level was wisely tempered by creme fraiche. It disappeared quickest among the pizzas.
Desserts are $7 and we were all set to try one, but the server never offered a dessert menu, bringing our bill soon after clearing the pizza pans. (It was her only misstep during an otherwise well-serviced dinner.) We were impressed by Ghiringhelli’s— perhaps because we expected something similar to the other venerable, if more blue collar, Ghiringhelli’s of the Ross Valley. But this one’s slightly upscale atmosphere is a welcome addition to the Nave Shopping Center, which has always been somewhat blue collar itself. The question is: Can highbrow pizza make it in a downtown Novato strip mall location known previously for its middling jukebox and surly bouncers? We think so. Which begs another question: Is Novato really going to have a “pizza scene”? ✹ Thoughts on Novato’s pizza scene? Share them with Jason at jwalsh@pacificsun.com.
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? Marin is finally herding food trucks into one spot! Starting May 20 the Golden Gate Ferry Terminal in Larkspur will be the setting for a five-truck roundup, 4-8pm, in a pilot program staged by locally based Event Bank. Whether you pick up food on your way off the commute ferry or show up between sailings, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a chance to score tasty goods like curry and barbecue. WORTH WAITING FOR Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my rule to wait until doors officially open at restaurants before writing about them (accustomed as I am to inevitable scheduling glitches), but news of a coming attraction is worth a mention. Boca Pizzeria came to Novato last year and was an immediate hit with authentic Neapolitan pies and a wide-ranging menu of classic Italian dishes. It has been announced that Boca Pizzeria Part Two will be arriving at the Village in Corte Madera in early fall, a lively casual addition to the mall on the east side of 101. Taking over the former site of Sharper Image and an adjoining space, the house will be much larger than its Ignacio parent. This is the third venue for owners Shah Bahreyni and Sam Ramadan, who brought Boca Steak Restaurant with its Argentine atmosphere to Novato. TAKING IT FROM THE STREETS Chaat, Indian street food, is exciting and it can become addictive. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also inexpensive and ready to take out or eat in at Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first restaurant to serve it, Lotus Chaat in San Rafaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s West End neighborhood. The menu is vegetarian/vegan (with gluten-free options), made mostly from fresh local ingredients. Indian soft drinks are available and desserts include exotic flavors of organic ice cream custom-made by Three Twins of Marinwood. Those who are unfamiliar with chaat can check out the menu online at www.lotuschaat.com. 1561 Fourth St., 415/454-6887. TASTY CHOICES Chef Ed Vigil of Vin Antico in San Rafael is a busy man these days. He has added a new special, Sunday Spaghettataâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an evening meal that highlights three freshly made pastas on three plates per person (garganelli, for instance, with braised pork ragu of Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gulch pork) and a dessert for $25. Each week there will be different versions to sample, a good way to discover new favorites. On Fridays, 3-5pm, Vigil teaches cooking classes where students learn to make two different flatbread pizzas to take home for dinner. Cost is $50; register at 415/454-4492. AS THE MENU TURNS... Other restaurant news has ups and downs. Hamilton Cafe, the
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â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş THAT TV GUY FRIDAY, MAY 13 Flashpoint The parents of a sick child hold up a bank.This is actually part of the GOP healthcare plan. CBS. 8pm. Shark Tank Inventors seek funding to market a system to train cats to use the toilet. Mainly it involves leaving the right reading material in the bathroom. So if you go to a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a copy of Cat Fancy on the counter, remember to leave the lid up. ABC. 8pm. Smallville The series finale sees the young Clark Kent finally coming out of the closet as Superman. Now he can wear blue tights in public. CW. 8pm.
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TUESDAY, MAY 17 The Rocketeer A young California kid stumbles onto a jet pack and must race to stay ahead of Nazi spies. It should be noted that we still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a decent jet pack.We can buy a phone that points to the nearest Starbucks and will talk to your microwave in Chinese, but ask for a rocket pack and all of a sudden the future gets pushed back a few more decades.
SATURDAY, MAY Still doing Saturday Night Live after all these years. 14 Harold and Saturday, 11:35pm. Kumar Escape (1991) SYFY. 6:30pm. from Guantanamo Bay This was filmed Secrets of the Dead â&#x20AC;&#x153;The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest before President Obama was elected and bombâ&#x20AC;?is something about weapons techfulfilled his promise to close the notorious nology. It has nothing to do with any Kevin prison. (2008) Comedy Central. 6:45pm. Costner films. KQED. 8pm. Mrs. Doubtfire Mrs. Doubtfire, a KQEDHardcore Pawn Another sad reality show, caliber movie. How long before a Meatballs this time set in the biggest pawnshop in retrospective? (2007) KQED. 8pm. Detroit.We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there was anything Bring It On: All or Nothingâ&#x20AC;? This is the third left to pawn in Detroit. TruTV. 8pm. film in the Bring It On cheerleader trilogy, in which we learn that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always time for one more car wash scene. (2006) MTV. 10pm. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 The Descent Sound advice for attractive young women: Saturday Night Live It has been 36 years since Paul Simon first appeared on the show. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go into any cave that has looming background music. (2005) IFC. 7:15pm. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have special subtitles to explain who Nova Inâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Riddles of the Sphinxâ&#x20AC;?we learn that Paul Simon is to the people still up this late. the ancient monument was actually part of NBC. 11:35pm. an elaborate miniature golf course. If you got SUNDAY, MAY 15 The Lost World: Jurassic your ball into the Sphinxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth, you won a Park Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like the first movie but the dinosaurs free trip to the afterlife. KQED. 9pm. Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Top are on a different island. Model Another season They must belong to a finale.Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure what timeshare club. (1997) the winner gets here. AMC. 7pm. Hopefully itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food. CW. Pirates of the Carib9pm. bean: Curse of the Black Pearl The real THURSDAY, MAY 19 curse doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come until the second and third Technically, this was merely Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest The U.S. vs. John Lennon Apparently, the FBI films, and it mostly has to bomb. Tuesday at 8. kept extensive files on do with the lousy screenthe Beatle. For a while, they even thought he plays. (2003) ABC Family. 8pm. was the walrus. (2006) Sundance Channel. Survivor: Redemption Island This is the 6:50pm. season finale.This year, the winner gets a Signs A Pennsylvania farmer and his family vacation to visit all three people who still await an impending alien invasion after diswatch the show. CBS. 8pm. Bay to Breakers Race Highlights They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t covering crop circles on their land.We never understood why the aliens want to leave all actually show you the â&#x20AC;&#x153;highlights.â&#x20AC;?They their messages in farm country. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know if she was 18. KRON Chanjust alien speak for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caution: Hee Haw fans.â&#x20AC;? nel 4. 8pm. (2002) TNT. 9pm. The Tonight Show Mike Huckabee explains MONDAY, MAY 16 Tour of California how he would have killed Osama bin Laden Cycling They are racing around Lake Tahoe in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;totally cooler way.â&#x20AC;? NBC. 11:35pm. â&#x153;š today.That means the Tour of California will be crossing into Nevada. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell anybody. Critique That TV Guy at letters@paciďŹ csun.com. Versus. 8pm. Turn on more TV Guy at Vanished with Beth Holloway Natalee â&#x20AC;şâ&#x20AC;ş pacificsun.com Hollowayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother has a show about other
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Won’t get ‘fooled’ again Pop-chart days behind him, Elvin Bishop still has first love—the blues by G re g Cahill
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ou write hundreds of songs— or, at least, I have—and throw ’em against the wall and every once in a while, one of ’em sticks. Some of them, it takes a year or two [to write], you know? You struggle with them and hack and hew to get it just right,” says blues singer and guitarist Elvin Bishop when asked about his 1976 smash hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. “That one—bam!—just popped right out.” It’s the song most often associated with Bishop, a longtime West Marin resident. And it’s included on a new live CD, Elvin Bishop’s Raisin’ Hell Revue (Delta Groove), recorded on a recent R&B-themed cruise ship excursion. The album, to be released May 17, boasts a talent-laden lineup. It features blues veteran Finis Tasby (Lowell Fulson, Freddie King, Clarence Carter, Z.Z. Hill), fast-rising harmonica man and singer John Nemeth (Anson Funderburgh, Junior Watson), Norwegian blues guitar star Chris (Kid) Andersen (Charlie Musselwhite’s band)
and Bishop’s longtime bandmate and Bay Area legend, saxophonist Terry Hanck. Nemeth provides the vocals on “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” which originally featured Mickey Thomas. Raisin’ Hell Revue is Bishop’s 21st solo album. The pop hits may be in the past, but Bishop, 68, has continued to rack up accolades in the blues world during a 46-year career—2008’s The Blues Rolls On earned a Grammy nomination. For this Tulsa native, the blues has been nearly a lifelong obsession. “I was in my teenage years before rock ’n’ roll was even invented,” he says during a phone interview, with a distinct Oklahoma drawl. At 14, he had an epiphany while listening to black music on the AM radio dial. “I heard the blues and went head over heels for it, you know?” he says. He bought a cheap pawnshop guitar and started picking. But the music really clicked when Bishop landed a scholarship at the University of Chicago. “It was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me,” he says. “The university is
Bishop is joined by John Nemeth, right, on the soon-to-be-released ‘Raisin’ Hell Revue.’
located near Hyde Park, right in the middle of the South Side ghetto, which is ground zero for Chicago blues. “I had listened to a lot of blues, but I didn’t have the feeling for what the songs were really about. In Chicago, I got to see the life that went with the songs,” he adds. “The musicians took me into their homes and taught me stuff, so I could actually see a guy’s fingers on the guitar. “It all busted loose!” And he found a kindred spirit on his first day in town.
“I was out walking around and spotted a white guy playing the blues on the guitar, sitting on some steps and drinking a quart of beer,” he says. “It was Paul Butterfield. We fell right together—there just weren’t very damned many white people interested in the blues in those days.” Within weeks, Bishop and Butterfield— the son of a Chicago lawyer and a classically trained flute player with a fierce command of blues harmonica—had formed a band, adding guitarist Michael Bloomfield (who would go on to record with Bob Dylan) and keyboardist Mark Naftalin (also a Marin resident); and recruiting Howlin’ Wolf’s former rhythm section, Sam Lay (drums) and Jerome Arnold (bass). The Paul Butterfield Blues Band released its landmark eponymous 1965 album, introducing the blues to a mainstream white audience. Bishop recorded three albums with the band. “There’s been a lot of luck in my career— I’ve just kind of been in the right place at the right time quite a bit,” he says of his auspicious meeting with Butterfield, who died in 1987, at age 45, of heart failure after years of substance abuse. And why has the blues proved so enduring? “The blues is the essence of black music. You can go back and listen to Louis Armstrong and other jazz guys and hear it. There’s blues in everything—it’s the spirit of black music,” says Bishop, who is preparing a busy summer tour schedule. “Sure, music changes—just like styles and clothing and hairdos change—but the main thing underneath stays the same. But, the same melody you hear in a John Lee Hooker song, you can hear in a hip-hop tune. And if you go back far enough, you can hear it in a 1920s jazz song. And then you can hear it today in Trombone Shorty. “It just keeps going.” Y Fool around with Greg at gcahill51@gmail.com. Tune up to the Marin music scene at
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›› TALKiNG PiCTURES
Brother’s keeper A Kentfield family struggles with mental illness in ‘My Brother Mike’ by David Templeton
Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This is not a movie review; rather, it’s a freewheeling, tangential discussion of life, alternative ideas and popular culture.
ling, the Zen priest and author Tai Sheridan, who also appears in the film. Proceeds from the event benefit Buckelew Programs’ ongoing efforts to provide homes, jobs and other vital services to those living with a variety of mental illnesses. “We struggled for a long time to find n families where there is someone the right kind of film for a public event with serious menlike this,” says Ramsland. tal illness, every “There have been lots and member deals with it in BENEFIT FOR BUCKELEW lots of movies that, in one their own individual way,” PROGRAMS way or another, touch on My Brother Mike screens says Steve Ramsland, execmental illness, and they at the Smith Rafael Film utive director of Buckelew tend to be sensationalistic, Programs (www.buckelew. Center Thursday, May 19, at they tend to emphasize org), the 40-year-old orga- 7:15pm. The benefit screennegative types of things. ing includes a conversation nization that helps people They can be disturbing, or with filmmaker Lisa Sheridan in Marin suffering with and brother, Zen priest Tai they can be inappropriatemental illness. “This movie ly humorous, trivializing Sheridan. does a good job of showing mental illness.” how, yes, it can be challengAccording to Ramsland, ing, it can be frustrating, it can be difficult, the movies that have done the best job of it can be disruptive, but that’s just one piece presenting mentally ill people in a realistic of the story. There can also be a lot of pride, light include The Soloist, with Jamie Foxx a lot of love, a lot of joy. That’s part of the and Robert Downey Jr. (“That film was experience of living with mental illness as great!”), and the Russell Crowe film, A well.” Beautiful Mind. Ramsland is describing his reac“I think both of those films have really tion to the award-winning documen- good aspects,” Ramsland allows, “but we tary My Brother were hoping to Mike, by Marin show a movie filmmaker Lisa that everybody Sheridan. The hasn’t already charismatic and seen, something sometimes bafnew, something fling subject of the realistic, somefilm is Sheridan’s thing with a lot brother, Michael of heart. A movie Sheridan, a talpeople would ented blues piano walk [away] from player and songfeeling good writer whose musifor having been cal ambitions were there.” sidelined long ago An IMDB by mental illness. search eventually Blending interpointed Ramsland views with family and his team to and friends with Ramsland recommends ‘The Soloist,’ starring Jamie Foxx as My Brother Mike, a gifted cellist who develops schizophrenia and becomes footage of Mi- homeless. which held the chael performing, additional benefit My Brother Mike has won accolades for its of being the work of a filmmaker from honest, unsentimental, sweetly affection- Kentfield. Ramsland ordered a copy of ate attitude. Because of this, the film has the film through Lisa Sheridan’s website been selected as the feature presentation of (www.mybrothermike.net) and immediBuckelew’s upcoming movie night at the ately liked it. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, in “I like it for a lot of reasons,” he says. “It San Rafael, May 19, at 7:15pm. The event, really speaks to this whole YouTube genintended as informational community eration. What appeals to me is its lack of outreach, will include an onstage interview slickness. It’s just very real, and tells a very with filmmaker Sheridan, and another sib- personal story. I was watching the first
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15 minutes, thinking, ‘This is actually not that bad.’ Yes, this man is mentally ill, but he’s got a loving family, and he seems to be doing pretty well. “And then slowly,” Ramsland continues, “as the movie develops, you begin to get more and more of a sense just how disabled he is. And how challenging his life is. How challenging and frustrating it’s been for his family. Basically, I started out thinking he wasn’t that mentally ill, and then I realized that he really does have some pretty severe difficulties.” In the film, as Michael and various family members are interviewed, it becomes clear that no two people agree on what his diagnoses are. That includes Mike himself, who tells his sister he’s bipolar, but seems to have no idea about his other severe problems. “That’s not unusual,” says Ramsland. “It’s pretty common for people, especially a person who’s been diagnosed as bipolar and is also schizophrenic. It’s much more acceptable, and Michael Sheridan’s promising music career was sidelined by a combination much less stigmatizing, to be of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. bipolar than schizophrenic. So a good reason we do that. If you are that didn’t surprise me that Mike would schizophrenic, you may be hearing voices, only talk about the bipolar side of his con- but that shouldn’t stop you from getdition.” ting out in the world and being engaged The heart of the movie, in more ways with others. A job is a very good way to than one, is Michael Sheridan’s music. In a help people focus on something other series of home movie-style snippets, we see than what’s internal. It’s a powerful way him sing a number to teach someone of original songs, how to manage and though he their symptoms.” seems to struggle Buckelew’s now, it is clear that efforts in this the man has an regard have strong enormous amount statistics to back of innate talent. up their success. In one scene, Tai According to Sheridan suggests Ramsland, only a link between 10 percent of the mental illness and organization’s artistic greatness, clients, in any citing Vincent van given year, end up Gogh and others. re-hospitalized, Ramsland points and among those out that this perclients who are ception, though working in steady common, is probjobs, the rate falls ably not accurate. to 3 percent. “Mental illness ‘A Beautiful Mind’ earned a best picture Oscar for its inven“This movie tive depiction of Nobel Laureate John Nash’s struggle with really does not demonstrates that schizophrenia. give you any adas well,” Ramsland ditional creativity,” Ramsland says. “But it says. “Meaningful work, whether it’s a job can be a means for helping somebody gain or your art, can be therapeutic. In many some control and focus. You’re not paying cases, it can actually save lives.” ✹ attention to symptoms when you are play- Talk more pics with David at talkpix@earthlink.net. ing the piano and singing. You don’t hear the voices when you are doing that. It’s your movie, speak up at “We do a lot of work with our clients ›› pacificsun.com to get jobs,” he continues. “And there’s
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Melissa DesormeauxPolin searches for her mama in ‘Incendies.’
● African Cats (1:29) Anthropomorphic Disney documentary looks at the lives and loves of some cuddly savanna-bred lions and cheetahs. ● The Beaver (1:31) Jodie Foster directs and costars in this edgy look at a depressive family man (Mel Gibson) who can only communicate through a hand puppet. ● Bill Cunningham New York (1:26) Loving portrait of the New York Times’ octogenarian fashion photographer, pop anthropologist and all-around man about town. ● Bridesmaids (1:29) Lovelorn Kristen Wiig endures the barbaric rituals of modern matrimony when her BFF Maya Rudolph gets hitched. ● Cave of Forgotten Dreams (1:29) Filmmaker extraordinaire Werner Herzog explores the nearly inaccessible reaches of Cave Chauvet in France, home to the oldest (30,000-year-old) visual artwork in human history. ● The Conspirator (2:03) Robert Redford directs the true story of Mary Surratt, the lone woman accused of conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln; Robin Wright stars. ● The Double Hour (1:36) Acclaimed Italian thriller about the seemingly idyllic romance between a chambermaid and a former cop. ● Everything Must Go (1:36) Dramedy stars Will Ferrell as an alcoholic at the end of his rope who hopes to start anew with a life-cleansing yard sale. ● Fast Five (2:10) The fossil fuel-burnin’ desperadoes are back and facing certain death in sexy Rio de Janeiro; Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson costar, of course. ● Go For It! (1:27) Flashdance revisited as a young grocery store clerk pursues her terpsichorean dreams in Chicago’s coolest dance clubs. ● Hoodwinked Too! (1:31) Sequel to the 2006 fairy tale reboot finds Red Riding Hood teaming up with her former nemesis The Wolf to track down Hansel and Gretel. ● I Am (1:18) Documentary follows Hollywood moviemaker Tom Shadyac as he searches for meaning after a life-altering experience. ● Incendies (2:10) French twins head to their late mother’s Middle Eastern homeland to try to unlock the secrets of her mysterious life. ● Jane Eyre Adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel about a young woman’s infatuation with a brooding squire stars Mia Wasikowska as Jane.
● Jumping the Broom (1:48) Newlyweds from different sides of the track grapple with clueless friends and invasive in-laws. ● The Lincoln Lawyer (1:59) Crime thriller stars Matthew McConaughey as a bottomdrawer ambulance chaser who gets more than he bargained for when he takes on the case of a wealthy playboy accused of murder. ● Meek’s Cutoff (1:44) Epic Western about a wagon train of immigrants crossing the Cascades and their struggles with heat, hunger, a boastful mountain man and a wandering Native American. ● The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre (5:30) The second installment in Wagner’s Ring cycle is beamed live from New York complete with Wotan, Brunhilde and the kids. ● The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (3:30) Verdi’s unbridled, over-the-top, richly melodic masterpiece is presented in big-screen high definition. ● My Brother Mike (1:30) Award-winning documentary looks at rocker Mike Sheridan, his struggle with mental illness and the loving family that supports him. ● Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2:17) Johnny Depp is back as Cap’n Jack Sparrow, grappling with a fearsome Penelope Cruz and searching for the Fountain of Youth; Rob Marshall directs. ● Potiche (1:43) Catherine Deneuve stars as a trophy wife who takes over her ailing husband’s business and embarks on an affair with union leader Gerard Depardieu to boot. ● Priest (1:27) Postapocalyptic horror flick about a warrior priest on the trail of the bloodthirsty vampires who’ve kidnapped his niece. ● Project Happiness (1:30) Documentary looks at disaffected teens in India, Nigeria and Santa Cruz and the innovative educational program that brings them together with the Dalai Lama. ● Queen to Play (1:36) Lyrical French film about a Corsican chambermaid (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her obsession with the coldly beautiful sport of chess. ● Rio the Movie (1:36) A Minnesota macaw flies down to Rio to hook up with a comely Carioca and gets mixed up with kidnappers instead. ● Something Borrowed (1:43) Romantic comedy about a New York singleton’s love affair with her best friend’s fiancé; Kate Hudson stars. ● Soul Surfer (1:46) True story of a Hawaiian surfer girl who overcomes a debilitating shark attack to rise to the top of her craft. ● Source Code (1:33) Government agent Jake Gyllenhaal takes over the body of a man on a bomb-rigged commuter train in the hopes of preventing the deaths of thousands. ● There Be Dragons (1:57) A Spanish Civil Water veteran confronts a lifetime of anger, betrayal and stolen promises. ● Thor (2:10) The Marvel Comics Nordic god/ superhero finds himself in a 3D movie with Natalie Portman! ● Water for Elephants (2:00) Sara Gruen’s novel about a Depression-strapped veterinarian who runs off and joins the circus becomes a romantic tete-a-tete for Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. ● Win Win (1:46) A down-on-his-luck high school wrestling coach hopes to strike it rich at the betting window when he recruits a talented ringer; Paul Giamatti stars. ✹
›› MOViE TiMES African Cats (G) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: 12:20, 2:45, 5:10 ❋ The Beaver (PG-13) Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Sun-Thu 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:15 Bill Cunningham New York (Not Rated) Lark Theater: Fri-Sat 5 Sun-Thu 6 ❋ Bridesmaids (R) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:45, 10:30 SatSun 11:20, 2:10, 5, 7:45, 10:30 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:20 Century Northgate 15: 11:55, 1:15, 2:50, 4:20, 5:40, 7:25, 8:35, 10:20 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:55, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri-Sat 1, 3:45, 6:50, 9:35 Sun-Thu 1, 3:45, 6:50 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri 3:45, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 1, 3:45, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 1, 3:45, 6:50 Mon-Thu 3:45, 6:50 ❋ Cave of Forgotten Dreams (G) Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 Sun-Thu 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55 The Conspirator (PG-13) CinéArts at Marin: Fri 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 1:25, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Sun 1:25, 4:10, 7:10 Mon-Thu 4:30, 7:30 ❋ The Double Hour (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Fri 4:45, 7, 9:15 Sat-Sun 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15 Mon-Thu 7, 9:15 ❋ Everything Must Go (R) Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 11:30, 1:55, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Sun-Thu 11:30, 1:55, 4:30, 7 Fast Five (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 11:25, 2:15, 5:15, 6:30, 8:10, 9:35 Century Rowland Plaza: 1:05, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 ❋ Go For It! (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (PG) Century Northgate 15: 11:45, 2, 4:10 I Am (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Fri, Tue, Wed 6:30 Sat 2, 6:30 Sun 2 ❋ Incendies (R) CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7 Mon-Thu 4:10, 7 Jane Eyre (2011) (PG-13) ★★★1/2 Lark Theater: Fri-Sat 7 Sun-Tue 8 Wed-Thu 3:30 ❋ Jumping the Broom (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 11:25,
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2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:15 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:15, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:55 The Lincoln Lawyer (R) Lark Theater: Fri-Sat 9:20 Wed-Thu 8 ❋ Meek’s Cutoff (PG) Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10 Sun-Thu 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30 ❋ The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre (Not Rated) Century Regency 6: Sat 9am CinéArts at Marin: Sat 9am CinéArts at Sequoia: Sat 9am Lark Theater: Sat 9am Sun 10am The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (Not Rated) Century Regency 6: Wed 6:30 CinéArts at Marin: Wed 6:30 CinéArts at Sequoia: Wed 6:30 ❋ My Brother Mike (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Thu 7:15 (filmmaker Lisa Sheridan and Zen priest Tai Sheridan in person; a benefit for Buckelew Programs) ❋ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (PG-13) Century Cinema: Thu 11:59pm Century Northgate 15: Thu 11:59pm Century Rowland Plaza: Thu 11:59pm CinéArts at Marin: Thu 11:59pm Fairfax 5 Theatres: Thu 11:59pm Potiche (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Fri-Sat 4:15, 8:15 Sun 3:45 Tue-Wed 8:15 ❋ Priest (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 12:15, 4:40, 9:10; 3D showtimes at 1:20, 2:25, 3:30, 5:50, 6:50, 8, 10:25 Century Rowland Plaza: 11, 3:30, 8; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 5:45, 10:15 ❋ Project Happiness (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Sun 6:30 (filmmaker Randy Taran in person) Queen to Play (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Fri 4:30, 6:45, 9 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9 Rio (PG) ★★ Century Northgate 15: 11:30, 4:35, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 1:50, 7:10 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Wed 11:50, 4:50, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 2:15, 7:15 Thu 11:50, 4:50; 3D showtimes at 2:15, 7:15 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Sun-Thu 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 Lark Theater: Fri-
Sat 3 Sun 4 Something Borrowed (PG-13) ★1/2 Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 8, 10:35 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:25, 5:15, 8, 10:35 Mon-Thu 6:50, 9:25 Century Northgate 15: 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri 4:15, 7, 9:35 Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:35 Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7 Mon-Thu 4:15, 7 Soul Surfer (PG) CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 4:30, 9:55 Sun 4:30 Mon-Thu 4:40 Source Code (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 7:45, 10:05 There Be Dragons (PG-13) Century Regency 6: 11, 1:50, 4:50, 7:45 Wed 11, 1:50 Thor (PG-13) ★★★ Century Cinema: Fri-Sun 11, 1:40, 4:25, 7, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7, 9:50 Thu 1:40, 4:25, 7 Century Northgate 15: 11:50, 1:10, 2:40, 4, 5:35, 7, 8:25, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 11:20, 12:30, 1:55, 3:20, 4:55, 6:15, 7:40, 9, 10:30 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:05, 4:45, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 1:50, 7:35 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 4:20, 7, 9:45 Sun 4:20, 7 Mon, Tue, Thu 4:40, 7:40 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri-Sat 12, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45 Sun-Thu 12, 2:45, 5:30; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 4:15, 7 Water for Elephants (PG-13) ★★★ Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:35, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:30 Century Regency 6: Fri 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Sat 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Sun-Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:10 Century Rowland Plaza: 1, 4, 7, 9:50 CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri-Sat 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Sun 1:55, 4:45, 7:30 Mon, Tue, Thu 4:45, 7:30 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4, 6:40, 9:25 Sun-Thu 1:15, 4, 6:40 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri 4, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 1:15, 4, 6:40, 9:20 Sun 1:15, 4, 6:40 Mon-Thu 4, 6:40 Win Win (R) ★★★ Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:35, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Thu 7, 9:35 CinéArts at Marin: 7:20 Sat-Sun 1:50, 7:20
Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules.
›› THEATERS 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 Highlights from our online community calendar— great things to do this week in Marin
F R I D AY M AY 1 3 — F R I D AY M AY 2 0 Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar
Musical chairs: Sarah Cahill will switch to a piano bench this Sunday at the Dance Palace.
Check out our Online Community Calendar for more listings, spanning more weeks, with more event information. www.pacificsun.com/sundial
Live music 05/13: Chloe Roth, Dylan Flynn, Ace of Cups Folk, Americana. 9:30 p.m. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com 05/13: Cream of Clapton Clapton covers. 10 p.m. $17. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 4591091. www.19broadway.com
05/13: Femme Fatale Friday (singers showcase) With vocalists Lauralee Brown, Debra Clawson, Connie Ducey and Joan Getz. Proceeds benefit C.A.S L. 7-10pm. $20 includes dinner buffet. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 4853333. www.falkirkculturalcenter.org 05/13: New Rising Sons Rock. 8:30-11:30pm. $7 Presidio Yacht Club, Travis Marina, Sausalito. www. presidioyachtclub.org
05/13: Pocket Change, Elliott’s Evil Plan Rock, blues. 9pm. $10-15. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com 05/13: Staggerwing Americana/folk rock. 8-11pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www. ranchonicasio.com 05/13: Wendy DeWitt Boogie-woogie. 9 p.m. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon and Hotel, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com 05/14: Just Friends Easy rock. 9 p.m. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon and Hotel, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas.
868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com 05/14: Rancho Allstars Featuring Angela Strehli and Mike Duke. 8:30-11pm. $12. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com
05/14: Roy Rogers and The Delta Rhythm Kings Masterful slide guitar. 8:30-11pm. $15-18. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com 05/14: Rumbache Salsa/rhumba. 7:15-11pm. $18-22. Osher Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8000. www.marinjcc.org
05/14: San Anselmo Co-Op Nursery Benefit With Angel Island and Screamin’ Eddie. 8 p.m. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 259-5597. www.perisbar. com
05/14: The James Moseley Band, Living Proof Motown, jazz, blues, funk and reggae. 9pm. $10-15. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com 05/14: The Tickets Band New original songs and favorite cover tunes. 8:30pm-12:30am. $8. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com
05/14: Wavy Gravy’s 75th Birthday Boogie Featuring Bob Weir and Mickey Hart Wavy Gravy will host a benefit concert featuring a legendary lineup of musicians, including Bob Weir & Mickey Hart and others. A benefit for Seva Foundation. 7pm. $45-250. Craneway Pavilion, 1414 South Harbor Way, Richmond. www.seva.org
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Open studios and say, ‘Ahhh...’ With over 250 artists swinging the doors to their studios wide open to the public, MARIN ARTS OPEN STUDIOS is a free, easy way to open one’s eyes to the abundance of artistic local talent. From Tiburon to Novato and out to Stinson Beach, artists of various media draw thousands of visitors to Marin like hordes of children to unguarded cookie jars. And for the first time in 18 seasons, the Marin Arts Council has incorporated a series of performances into the already overflowing artistic pot of gold. Start the day off at a trip to the Exhibition Gallery in downtown San Rafael, grab a map and head out west with a picnic in hand and enjoy the magic of West Marin, or print ‘Looking Within,’ by San Rafael artist Tricia your map out at home and spend the entire L. George, is the featured piece on the of this year’s Marin Arts Open Studios day cruising from studio to studio. What- cover Tourguide. ever your path, everyone’s a winner with this amazing treat. But don’t wait; this, unfortunately, is the last weekend. Maps can be found at Marin Arts Council Exhibition Gallery, 906 Fourth St., San Rafael, or online at www.marinarts.org. Various locations, 11am-6pm. Free. 415/6662442.—Dani Burlison
05/15: 13 strings Songs by Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Duke Ellington arranged for guitar duet with James Mosley and Alex Markels. 5:308:30pm. Free. Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar, 250 Entrada, Novato. 4154972462. www.rickeysrestaurant.com/ 05/15: Houston Jones High-octane Americana. 5-8pm. $5. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com 05/15: Lonestar Retrobates Western swing band. 3-6pm. Free. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 516-1028. 05/15: Tim Hockenberry Nancy’s List benefit performance. 1-5pm. No cover. Famous 4 Our Look, 96 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 383-3058. www.nancyslist.org 05/17: Herb Albert and Lani Hall Jazz.blues. 8 p.m. $57.50 Palace of Fine Arts Theater, 3301 Lyon St., San Francisco. 567-6642. www.palaceoffinearts.com 05/17: Swing Fever “ Blues in the Night.” Swing. 7-10pm. No cover; dinner encouraged Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com 05/18: Barbwyre Roots, Americana. 8 p.m. Free. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 488-1490. www.ironspringspub.com 05/18: Carlos Oliviera Solo acoustic Brazilian guitar. 7-10pm. No cover; dinner encouraged Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com
05/19: Amber Morris Voice Coaching 2011 Student Showcase Annual showcase of teen singers. Features an all-star band including some of the Bay Area’s finest musicians. 8pm. $20-25. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com 05/19: Deborah Winters With Jean Michel Hure. 7-10pm. No cover; dinner encouraged Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com 05/19: Funkonauts Funk/rock. 9 p.m. Free. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com 05/19: Lady D Jazz Thursdays. With Alex Markels, guitar and Jack Prendergast, bass. 9-11pm. Free. Ghiringhelli’s Novato, 1535 S. Novato Blvd, Novato. 878-4977. www.ghiringhellisnovato.com 05/19: Steve Wolf and Teja Bell Guitar. 9 p.m. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com 05/19: Tim Weed Band Bluegrass, jazz, classical and international music with soulful harmony vocals and virtuosic improvisation. 8pm. $15. Southern Pacific Smokehouse, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 899-9600. www.thesouthernpacific.com 05/20: Breakin’ Bread Soul, jazz, funk. 9:30 p.m. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 259-5597. www.perisbar.com
05/20: Kincaid Foundation Benefit with Richard Thompson Also Mark Karan and Jemimah Puddleduck, Julian Dawson and Larissa. 7 p.m. $ 40 Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino MAY 13 - MAY 19, 2011 PACIFIC SUN 25
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Pen is mightier than the... fork? Whether you are a poet, playwright or simply an avid reader of carefully crafted, printed and bound words of literary excellence, anyone and everyone should know about Litquake. Founded over a decade ago in our book-loving city to the south, Litquake sprang forth as an often unconventional, entertaining and lively fall festival to celebrate the written word in its various and ever-evolving forms. Now the largest independent book fes- ‘Lemony Snicket’ author Daniel Handler will tival on the West Coast, Litquake has grown help make the Litquake fundraiser a very into a nine-day extravaganza and wordy FORTUNATE event. delight... and still needs to come up with the necessary funds to produce the events for all to enjoy. Enter Marin County. I’ve said it more than once and I’ll say it again: Marin is a mecca for literary genius! So what better place to host an incredible night merging together local food and local talent to benefit Litquake? This Sunday, Litquake presents THE PEN & THE FORK: A NIGHT OF SUSTAINABLE LITERATURE. The event includes tasty vittles from Savory Thymes, wine, dessert and readings from lit greats like Amy Tan, Daniel Handler, Lisa Brown, Peter Coyote, Ishmael Reed, and Yiyun Li. You have to be there. Sunday, May 15, at 7pm. Shuttle from Mill Valley Middle School, 425 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley to Hillside Gardens. $125. Tickets: www.litquake.org or 415/750-1497.—Dani Burlison
Ave., Santa Rosa. 707-568-5381. www.glasercenter.com 05/20: Sage Hawaiian rock. 9 p.m. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon and Hotel, 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. www.smileyssaloon.com 05/20: The 85’s Dance party band performing classic pop and rock songs exclusively from the 80s. 9:30pm. $10-13. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com 05/20: The Sun Kings “A Salute to the Beatles.” 8:30-11:15pm. $18-20. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 6622219. www.ranchonicasio.com
Concerts 05/13-15: Mayflower Community Chorus “Island Fever.” With guest chorus Na Leo Nahenahe. 8pm May 13-14 at Marin Center Showcase Theatre, Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 2:30pm May 15 at Aldersgate Methodist Church, 1 Wellbrock Hts., San Rafael. $5-17. San Rafael. 491-9110. www.mayflowerchorus.org
05/14: Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival Marin’s longest running music festival has been wowing folks for over a quarter century and was the inspiration for the hit prime-time NBC show “The Sing-Off.” 8-11pm. $29.50 39.50. Marin Veterans’ Auditorium, Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 459-3955. www.harmonysweepstakes.com
05/14: Marin Oratorio Ensemble “Nachtmusik.” Marin Oratorio and soloists present works by Schubert. Program includes “Mass in G.” With Paul Smith, piano. 8pm May 14; 3pm May 15. 8pm. $15-20. College of Marin, Laurel and S.F. Drake Blvd., Kentfield. 485-9687. www.marinoratorio.org 05/15: Festival of the Arts “A Cappella Marin.” With vocal groups Marin Harmony and Sing We Enchanted. Program features madrigals, light classics, folk, do-wop and jazz works. Proceeds venefit UCSF Cancer Center. 4-5:30pm. $10-20. Marin Lutheran Church, 649 Meadowsweet Dr., Corte Madera. 924-3782. www. 26 PACIFIC SUN MAY 13 - MAY 19, 2011
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05/15: Marin Music Chest Young Artists Concert Student musicians honored with 2011 Marin Music Chest awards perform solo pieces on violin, clarinet, flute and piano. Featuring Daniel Cho, Kenji Bellavigna, Caitlin Gowdy, RJ Pearce and Colin Wells. 5-7pm. Free. Donations appreciated. Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley . 3814453 . www.marinmusicchest.org
05/15: SingersMarin Wings of Song Vocal Ensemble “With a Song in My Heart.” 4 p.m. $18-20 COmmunity COngregational Church, 145 Rock Hill Dr., Tiburon. 383-3712. www.singersmarin.org 05/15:Sarah Cahill Piano. Works by Ravel, Schubert, Scriabin, Debussy and Chopin. 4 p.m. $18-23. Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B St., Point Reyes. 663-1075. www.dancepalace.org
worry and tension as you express your creative self through movement. First class free. 6:30-8:30pm. $15, drop-in. San Geronimo Gym, 1 Lagunitas School Road, San Geronimo. www.sweatyourprayerssg.com
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disabilities who attend Cedars of Marin Victory Center. Meet the artists of art that include painting, jewelry, cards, and “Out of Sight” knitting. 11:30am-12:30pm. Free. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave., San Rafael. 456-9062. www.whistlestop. org/events/whistlestop-cedars-of-marin-2011spring-art-show/
05/06-15:‘The Wizard of Oz’ Presented by the
Through 05/15: ‘21st Annual Spring Art Show’ Works by San Geronimo and Nicasio
Stapleton Theatre Company. Shows at 7:30pm Fri.Sat, 2pm Sun. $14-20. The Playhouse, 27 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. 454-5759. www.stapletonschool. org 05/13-06/12:‘Rabbit Hole’ Drama by by David Lindsay-Abaire. Directed by Mary Ann Rodgers. Showtimes at 7:30pm Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. $15-25. Ross Valley Players, Barn Theatre, Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross. 456-9555. www.rossvalleyplayers.com
Valley artists. Show hours Saturday & Sundays 12-6pm. Weekday 10-5pm. Free. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 488-8888, ext. 252. www.sgvcc.org Through 05/15: ‘Boundless Color’ The Artist Hines recent works solo exhibition explores uses of color and abstraction. 11am-6pm. Gallery 111, ICB Studios 480, Gate 5 Road, Sausalito. 332-2814.
Through 05/15:‘Dogs! It’s the Musical!’
Through 05/15: Marin Open Studios at Art Works Downtown Join over 30 AWD stu-
Silver Moon Theatre presents a musical story of the Day Dogs, the pampered pets, and the Night Dogs, homeless strays. Performance dates are April 15-17,23 and 29-30, May 1,6,-8 and 13-15. 8pm. $20. Andrews Hall, SCC, 276 East Napa St., Sonoma. (707) 548-6587. www.silvermoontheatre.org
Comedy 05/15: Futon Comedy Night With Jennie McNulty, Diana Yanez, Karen Ripley and “Futon” Mary Hughes. 7 p.m. $16.50-20. Mary’s Futons, 4100 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael. 472-2919. www.futoncomedy94903.com 05/18: Comedy Wednesday With Rick Pulido, Kul Black and Friends. 8pm. $10-13. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www. georgesnightclub.com
Art 05/13-06/15: Daniel Tousignant Exhibition Opening reception 6-8pm May 13. Paintings. 6-8pm. Free. Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 945-9454. www.bergelli.com
05/13: Second Friday San Rafael Art Walk Join merchants up and down Fourth St. and discover new art, entertainment and refreshments. Visit website for map and full listing. 5-8pm. Free. Downtown , Fourth St., San Rafael. 4518119. www.artworksdowntown.org/2ndFridays
05/20: Muriel Anderson with Raughi Ebert National finger-picking champion
05/14: Personal Creativity Workshop with Cayen Robertson Every Saturday. Workshop
guitarist and harp-guitarist Muriel Anderson with flamenco guitarist Raughi Ebert of Tierra Negra. Anderson and Ebert are joined by Raul Ramirez, percussion and Ariane Cap, bass. 8 p.m. $18-32. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Downtown, Mill Valley. 383-9600. www.142ThrockmortonTheatre.com
encourages the practice of creativity for artists and non-artists alike. 10am-2pm. $28-34. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. www.ohanloncenter.org
Dance 04/20: English Country Dance in Marin Dance spirited,graceful folk dances of the English countryside. Live music, experienced callers, refreshments. No partner needed. Third Wednesdays; 05/18, 6/15. 7-9:30pm. $10. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St., San Rafael. 485-3333. www.cityofsanrafael. org 05/17: World Dance Class Join Monica Caldwell St-John for a high energy cardio blast featuring cool moves and hot grooves from around the globe. All ages and levels empowered. 9-10am. $15, drop in. Women’s Fitness Center & Spa, 2088 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax. 457-1693. 05/19: Sweat Your Prayers Dance to ecstatic world music on a sprung wood floor. Let go of stress,
Show Featuring artwork by individuals with
05/20-06/26: Gallery Route One May/ June Exhibitions Will Thoms “Finding My Way: Maps, Grids, Signs.” Alex Fradkin “ The Left Coast: California on the Edge” and Tim Graveson, new works. Reception 3-5pm May 22. 11am-5pm Wed.-Mon. Free. Gallery Route One , 11101 Highway One , Point Reyes. 663-1347. www.galleryrouteone.org
05/20-22: Heath Ceramics Open Studios and Sale Get a behind the scenes look at the handcrafting process of clay making and kiln firing during hourly tours of Heath’s historic factory. Meet the owners, Cathy Bailey and Robin Petravic, as well as artisans and staff. Food from Green Chile Kitchen available. Enter the raffle and shop the Factory Store where everything is 15 percent off. May 20 10am-7pm; May 21 10am6pm; May 22 11am-6pm. Free. Heath Ceramics, 400 Gate Five Road, Sausalito. 332-3732. www. heathceramics.com
05/20: Whistlestop and Cedars 2011 Art
dio artists during Marin Arts’ annual Open Studios 2011 - first 2 weekends in May. Blocks away from the Open Studios exhibit gallery, AWD features 40,000sf of art and activities! 11am-6pm. Free. Art Works Downtown, 1325-1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. 451-8119. www.artworksdowntown.org
Through 05/21: Altered Book Show/ Silent Auction More than 100 Bay Area artists give new life to old, discarded books. Books become sculpture, jewelry, collage, and more! Wed-Sun, 11-4. Free. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Dr., Novato. 506-0137. www.marinmoca.org
Through 05/25: Gallery Route Exhibitions “Life Is Tricky.” Vickisa, new works. “Far From Home.” Shane Weare, paintings. Zea Morvitz, new works. 11am-5pm. Free. Gallery Route One , 11101 Highway One , Point Reyes. 663-1347. www.galleryrouteone.org
Through 05/28: ‘20th Annual Marin County High School Art Show’‘ Juried exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography and drawing/print processes from Marin High School student artists. Reception 2-4pm May 15. Gallery hours are Mon-Thurs. 11am-4pm; Sat.Sun. Noon-4pm. Free. Marin Society of Artists, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 454-9561. www. marinsocietyofartists.org
Through 05/28: Falkirk’s 2011 Annual Juried Exhibition Marin and Bay Area artists in all media. Juried by Virginia Breier. Free. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 485-3328. www.falkirkculturalcenter.org
Through 05/30: ‘California Landscapes’ Robbie Collins, paintings. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.robertwcollins.com Through 06/05: ‘His Bolinas Life’ Arthur Okamura, paintings. Troy Paiva, photographs. Barbara Ravizza, painted collages and prints. Free. Bolinas Museum, 48 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-0330. www.bolinasmuseum.org Through 06/07: ‘Agglomoration’ Jenny Hynes; watercolor, acrylic, ink, and stitched painting. Opening reception 5-8pm May 13. 10am-5pm. Underground Gallery at Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. 4518119. www.artworksdowntown.org Through 06/17: ‘Love and Pleasure’ Susan Danis, assemblage art. Livia Stein, paintings. Receptions 5-8pm on May 13 and June 10. 10am5pm. Free Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. 451-8119. www.artworksdowntown.org Through 06/23: Michael Moyer Watercolors. Opening reception noon May 22. Noon2pm. Free. Rock Hill Gallery, 145 Rock Hill Dr., Tiburon. 457-0551. www.ccctiburon.net Through 07/04: ‘Mosaic Magic’ Solo exhi-
927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 05/17: Robin Harvie The author talks about “The Lure of Long Distances: Why We Run.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
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05/17: Traveling Show Poetry Reading
Get in touch with your hippie roots this Saturday with a mega jam fest for WAVY GRAVY’S 75TH BIRTHDAY. Craneway Pavilion will host a gigantic party to benefit the Seva Foundation in beloved Mr. Gravy’s honor. The Seva Foundation, founded by Wavy Gravy, Ram Dass and Larry Brilliant, is a nonprofit organization committed to providing advocacy and healthcare for underserved community members—and, apparently, throws amazingly out-of-this-world fundraising parties, too. Performers include—get ready—Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Henry Kaiser, Chris Robinson, Pete Sears, Steve Kimock, Zero, Hot Buttered Rum and many more. Retired Dead Heads should dust off the dancing/spin- The honorable Mr. Gravy. ning shoes and head on down to boogie it out for a spectacular cause. Saturday, May 14, at 7pm. Craneway Pavilion,1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond. $45-$250. 866/55-TICKETS or www. seva.org for tickets.—Dani Burlison
bition by Jane Kelly “Mosaic Magic” showcases whimsical, colorful, three-dimensional mosaic pieces. 7am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 8am-3pm Sat.-Sun.; 5pm-9:30pm Wed.-Sun. Free. Anthony Miceli Gallery at Two Bird Cafe, 625 San Geronimo Valley Dr., San Geronimo. www.janekellymosaics. com
Through 07/08: ‘Beautiful Botanicals’ Paintings by Master Artists of the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society. 8am-7pm. Free. Marin Cancer Institute, 1350 So. Eliseo Dr., Greenbrae. 461-9000. Through 07/21: 2011 Spring Exhibit Features quilts by Gail Retka Angiulo and a Group Show by Marin MOCA members Bernard Healey, Janet Bogardus,and Terri Vereb. 11am-4pm. Free. Gallery 305, in office of Tamalpais Community Services District, 305 Bell Lane, Mill Valley. 388-6393. www.tcsd.us
Through 07/30: ‘Black Power-Flower Power’ Rare and historically significant exhibition of photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones documenting the Black Power and Flower Power movements of the late 1960s. Reception 4:30-6:30pm May 19. 9-5pm. Free. Marin Community Foundation , 5 Hamilton Landing, Suite 200, Novato. 666-2442. www. marincf.org
Talks/Lectures 05/14: ‘Is It Dyslexia?’ If you, or someone you know is having difficulties with reading, writing,math, speaking or thinking clearly, or attention deficits, this free informational seminar may shine new light on helping correct the effects of dyslexia. Free. Sunrise Center, Tamalpais Blvd., Corte Madera. 479-1700. www.isitdyslexia.info/ isitdyslexiamarin.html 05/16: Co-Housing Presentation Nevada City Architect Katie McCamant and members of Wolf Creek Lodge adult co-housing will be will host an informational presentation. 7-8:30pm. Free. Unitarian Universalists of Marin, 240 Channing Way , San Rafael. www.wolfcreeklodge.org 05/18: World Affairs Council “The US & China: A Complex and Critical Relationship.” With former Hong Kong representative at the National Council for U.S.-China Trade, John Kamm. Reservations required. 7:30-9pm. $6-9, students free Creekside Room, Dominican
University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael. 293-4600. www.dominican.edu 05/19: Railroad Tunnels in Marin There are nearly 50 railroad tunnels between Marin and Eureka. Richard G. Torney presents a slideshow will touch on these while focusing on the 10 that were built in Marin including the Alto and Cal Park tunnels. 7:30-8:30pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Ave., Corte Madera. 924-6444. www.marinlibrary.org/branches/ corte-madera/
Readings ‘New Voices.” Bay Area Poets Askia Humphrey, Javier Zamora and others will read as part of Marin Poetry Center’s popular Third Thursday speaker series. Event will be emceed by Marin County Poet Laureate CB Follett. 7:30pm. $3-5. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission and E St., San Rafael. www. marinpoetrycenter.org 05/13: Dr. Kate Levinson The author presents “Emotional Currency: A Woman’s Guide to Building A Healthy Relationship with Money.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 05/14: Aaron Pribble Left Coast Writers Launch. Pribble talks about “Pitching in the Promised Land.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 05/14: Amanda Hodgkinson The author talks about her novel “22 Britannia Road.” 11am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 05/15: Rachel Kaplan Kaplan presents “Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 05/15: Tara Lohan The author presents Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 9270960. www.bookpassage.com 05/16: Geraldine Brooks The Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks about her new novel “Caleb’s Crossing.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 05/17: Dan Millman The author discusses “The Four Purposes of Life.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Marin Poetry Center presents a reading hosted by C.B. Follett, featuring Francesca Bell, Christina Hutchins, Karla Clark, Angelika Quirk, Barbara Martin and Claire Baker. 7-9pm. Free. Larkspur Library, 400 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 927-5135. www.marinpoetrycenter.org 05/18: Jennifer Grant Jennifer Grant presents her memoir “Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant.” 6pm. Free. Book Passage at the Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco. 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com 05/18: Robert Moss The author discusses “Active Dreaming/” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
05/20: Isabel Allende Literary Luncheon Allende talks about her novel “Island Beneath the Sea.” Lunch will be catered by Insalata’s Restaurant of San Anselmo. Noon. $55, includes lunch and an autographed copy of the book. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960, ext. 1. www.bookpassage.com 05/20: Roger Housden Housden talks about “Saved by Beauty.” He traveled to Iran to meet with artists, writers, filmmakers and religious scholars who embody the Iranian tradition of humanism, scholarship & artistry. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www. bookpassage.com
Film Events 05/14:‘Live From the Met: Die Walkure’ A stellar cast, including Deborah Voigt and Stephanie Blythe, comes together for this second installment of Robert Lepage’s new production of Wagner’s Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. 9am-2:30pm. $30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 924-5111 . www.larktheater.net
05/15:‘The Power of the Powerless’ “Project Happiness” screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Randy Taran. 6:30 p.m. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. www.cafilm.org 05/15: Marin premier of ‘With My Own Two Wheels’ Celebrating the bicycle as a vehicle for change around the world. Benefit film screening, reception with Sol Food and Q/A panel with the filmmaker. Hosted by The Bicycle Works and Women On Wheels/MCBC. 6:30-8:45 pm. $12-15. The MYC, 1115 3rd St., San Rafael. 459-6884. www. themyc.org
05/16:“Virtuoso: The Olga Samaroff Story” Documentary about one of America’s great women concert pianist/teacher who opened the concert stage to women. Based on the book by Donna Kline. Presented Wendy Slick. 7:30-9pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 3894292, x203. www.millvalleylibrary.org
05/19: Buckelew Programs’ Movie Night! “My Brother Mike” Mike Sheridan dreamed of rock ’n’ roll stardom, but mental illness came between him and his dream. Filmmaker Lisa Sheridan and sibling Tai Sheridan will present and discuss this award-winning film. 7-8:30pm. $15. Smith Film Center, 1118 Fourth St. , San Rafael. www.bgca.org
Community Events (Misc.) 05/14: Tennis and Swim Open House Discover the Canon Swim and Tennis Club in Fairfax and enjoy Jr. and Adult Tennis Clinics, family swim and a barbecue lunch. 9:30am-5pm. Free. Canon Swim and Tennis Club, 135 Mitchell Dr., Fairfax. 457-7766. www.thecanonclub.com 05/14: Community Sock Hop Dance An evening of ’50s rock ’n’ roll; bring your poodle skirt, grab a seat at the soda fountain and come meet friends from the 2011 Mountain Play, “Hairspray.” This is a great family event! 6-9:30pm. $8 Individual / $20 Family Strawberry Recreation District , 118 East Strawberry Dr., Mill Valley. 383-6494. www.strawberry. marin.org/events.html
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Belvedere / TPC Championships, April 29–May 1 MTC Memorial Weekend Championships, May 27–30 Novato City Championships, June 17–19 Boyle Park Blast, July 1–4 Bay Club Ross Valley Grand Prix, August 5–7 Hal Wagner Championships @ Rafael RC, September 2–5 Grand Prix Doubles Finals @ Scott Valley, October 1 Grand Prix Mixed Finals @ MTC, October 2 The next Tournament is MTC Memorial Weekend Championships, May 27–30
Registration forms are available to download at www.marintennisclub.com/grandprix.html or via the Marin GP website at www.maringp.homestead.com. For more information please contact Chris Ventris at 415-457 5160 or by email at manager@marintennisclub.org Marin Grand Prix Tennis Series is sponsored by:
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05/14: Marin-Sonoma MUFON Group Ruben Uriarte presents “MUFON: Who We Are.” Lester Velez presents “Contact Phenomenon”. 1-3pm. $5. Petaluma Senior Center, 211 Novak Dr., Petaluma. 895-6069. www.MUFONMarinSonoma.com
05/15: Community Garage Recycle Sale Come shop and help us recycle some fantastic items, such as antiques, housewares, books, CDs, and toys. Sellers call to reserve a spot. Spaces are 10 feet by 10 feet and cost $25. 9am. Free. Tamalpais Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley. 388-6393. www.tcsd.us
05/15: Marin Horse Council Trail Rides and Barbecue Fundraiser 9am registration, coffee & snacks; 9:30am ride departures begin. Barbecue lunch served from 1-2pm 9 a.m. $15-30. Willow Tree Stables, Far end of Vineyard Road, Novato. 897-8212. www.willowtreestables. com
05/15: Third Annual Marin-Sonoma Concours d’Elegance Dazzling display of automotive classics from Europe and America, as well as vintage campers, trailers and wooden boats, will highlight. Benefiting Hospice By The Bay. 10am-4pm. $20-75. Marin County Fairgrounds , 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 479-7727. www.hbtb.org 05/17: Brainstormers Pub Trivia Join quizmaster, Rick Tosh, for a fun and friendly team trivia competition. 8-10pm. Free. Finnegan’s Marin, 877 Grant Ave., Novato. 899-1516. www. finnegansmarin.com
05/18: Forum on Housing Needs, Constraints and Opportunities County supervisor Susan Adams will be the moderator. Panelists include Bob Brown, San Rafael Community Development Director; Nona Dennis, Marin Conservation League Vice President; Ken Kirkey, Planning Director, Association of Bay Area Governments; Betty Pagett, Marin County League of Women Voters; and Dick Spotswood, columnist, Marin Independent-Journal. Sponsors of the event are the Marin Conservation League, Marin County League of Women Voters, and Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative. Questions and comments from the audience will be encouraged. Issues to be discussed will include planning requirements for housing in city and county general plans, whether there should be changes in these requirements, and how new state laws such as SB 375 will affect local plans. 7pm. Free. Pickleweed Community Center, 50 Canal St, San Rafael. 485-6257. www.marinconservationleague.org
Kid Stuff 05/14: Amy Jones Jones presents “Mabel McNabb and the Most Boring Day Ever.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
05/14: Fourth Annual Storyland Festival Marin family favorite is back. Come dance and sing with fairies, read with your favorite storybook characters, face painting, bounce house and more. 10am-3pm. $10, includes all day games, events San Geronimo Preschool , 6001 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 4884655. www.storylandfestival.com 05/14: Short Attention Span Circus A fast paced European style circus act in which JeanPaul Valjean blends comedy, juggling and magic with lots of laughter. 11am. $5-12. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. www.baykidsmuseum.org 05/18: Toddler Story Time Stories, rhymes and songs in the library with Molly McCall. For children 0-3 and their caretakers. 9:40-10am. Free. Sausalito Public Library, 420 Litho St., Sausalito. 289-4121. www.ci.sausalito.ca.us 28 PACIFIC SUN MAY 13 - MAY 19, 2011
Thursdays: Story Time With Phil Join master story teller Phil Sheridan for a weekly story time. For children of all ages. 3:30-4pm. Free. Sausalito Public Library, 420 Litho St., Sausalito. 289-4121. www.ci.sausalito.ca.us
Outdoors (Hikes & Bikes) 05/14: Extreme Botany: Marin’s only flannel bush About 15 years ago Richard O’Donnell was bushwhacking along a tiny creek in very rough country above Cascade Canyon Open Space in Fairfax when he found the only population of Fremontodendron Californicum in Marin County. This hike will take a somewhat easier route along Carson Ridge fire road, a prime serpentine area with rare plants and flowers. Two miles out we’ll strike off trail to view this beautiful yellow flowered shrub in full bloom. The last quarter mile of the trip is through dense scrub with ticks, poison oak, steep slopes and loose rock. Wear long pants, a long sleeve shirt, tick repellent and good boots. Bring water, lunch, layers and a rugged can-do attitude. Meet at the Pine Mountain trailhead, about four miles south of Fairfax on the Bolinas Fairfax Road. Rain or shine. 10am-2pm. Free. California Native Plant Society, Fairfax. www.marin. edu/cnps/FieldTrips.html
05/14:Tennessee Valley Wild Flower Hike Local flora and fauna hike. Meet at the closed Delano’s Market on Flamingo Road in Tamalpais Valley, Mill Valley. Carpool to parking lot at Tennessee Valley. No pets. 3-5pm. $10. Ages 5 and up. Tennessee Valley, Mill Valley. 388-6393. www.tcsd.us
05/14:Volunteer for 5th Annual Eco Friendly Garden Tour 9:30am-1pm or 1-4:30pm. Receive a free t-shirt plus admission to all the gardens for yourself and a friend. Volunteer half the day, use the other half day to visit amazing gardens. 9:30am4:30pm. Free. Gardens throughout Marin. 945-1521. www.marinwater.org 05/17: Full Moon Hike: Adults Only John Benus leads the Marin Moonshiners Hike and Picnic. Hike four easy miles and dine under a full moon. Meet at the Pelican Pub Inn, at Muir Beach. Bring picnic dinner, flashlight and blanket. 7:30-10:30pm. $15. Muir Beach, Mill Valley. 388-6393. www.tcsd.us
Health and Fitness 05/15:‘Forever Disco’ Cardio Dance Shake, boogie and sweat. Groove to all your favorite classic and current disco tunes mixed in with some energizing, funky Latin numbers. No experience required. 4:30-5:15pm. $15. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 4448000. www.marinjcc.org
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Week of May 12-May 18, 2011
ARIES (March 20 - April 19) It’s time to meander down a country path, stopping on occasion to smell the flowers. Your ruler (adventurous Mars) has moved into the nature-loving sign of Taurus. For you, springtime certainly came in like a lion. But now, you can see the appeal of “going out like a lamb.” Meanwhile, difficult Saturn continues to point out the flaws in your relationship: attached or single, you are expected to get real about what you want from your mate—besides a sparring partner. TAURUS (April 20 - May 19) The entry of dynamic Mars into your sign is certain to liven things up. Whether you are working on a creative project or practicing for a bocce ball tournament, you are inspired to throw yourself wholeheartedly into it. On Sunday, charming Venus and clever Mercury enter your personality house, guaranteeing extra popularity for the final week of your zodiac celebration, hence the 200 comments on your Facebook page. Tuesday’s Full Moon lights up your love life. GEMINI (May 20 - June 20) The combined influences of jovial Jupiter and sociable Venus on your ruler (chatty Mercury) have been good for getting involved and feeling friendly. This remains in place until Sunday when the planetary emphasis moves to your house of the unconscious. By Monday, you are likely to favor daydreaming over communicating. As your imagination soars, it brings visionary ideas and absentminded behavior. Let someone else drive. CANCER (June 21 - July 21) Pragmatic Saturn hijacks your ruler (the sentimental Moon) on Saturday. Plans to do something with friends or family may be displaced by the need to take care of chores and duties. Fortunately, on Sunday, group activities are pleasurable, with no hard work necessary. Tuesday’s Full Moon in the sexy sign of Scorpio is good for rekindling the passion between you and your sweetie. Looking for new love? You have a pal who can’t wait to play matchmaker. LEO (July 22 - August 22) Fame is fame, whether it comes to you because of your fabulous ability to attract rock stars as close personal friends or your professional status. This week brings public acclaim and admiration—especially after Sunday. This means, of course, dressing as though the paparazzi are lurking outside your front door and keeping that sunny smile firmly in place even when your boss berates you for taking a long lunch with the entourage of the Black-Eyed Peas. VIRGO (August 23 - September 21) Broadening one’s horizons can be done in various ways. You can travel to new (preferably exotic) places or simply become friends with a foreigner, enroll in a philosophy course or explore previously unvisited sections of your local library or museum. The point is that your mind is wide open right now and ready for you to fill it with new ideas and viewpoints. Oh, and feel free to try out any unknown ethnic cuisine while you’re at it... LIBRA (September 22 - October 22) The mushy Moon in your sign and your ruler (lovable Venus) in your relationship house make Friday and Saturday particularly good for romantic activities. To connect with someone special, just wear your heart on your sleeve. On Sunday, Venus leaves the daring sign of Aries to enter the cautious sign of Taurus. Making the first move (on anything) becomes difficult. In fact, procrastination could be a big problem. My advice? Don’t promise to be anywhere on time. SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) The focus continues to be on how you relate to others and how others relate to you. Friday is great for clearing the air with a co-worker or associate, even if you merely agree to disagree. Meanwhile, the planets begin to align with your ruler (powerful Pluto) in the earth element. This enhances your ability to garden, put down roots or add structure to your life. After all, when life presents a water sign with dirt, you make mud pies... SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20) It’s hard to say goodbye to the fun-loving trio of planets (daredevil Mars, hedonistic Venus and witty Mercury) in your entertainment house. Nevertheless, Mars has already left the building, while Venus and Mercury will follow on Sunday. Since their new residence is your house of work, exercise and daily routines... well, let’s just say “the times they are a’ changin’.” CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 18) If you feel like the kid standing around while everyone else gets picked for the softball team, you don’t have much longer to wait. By Sunday, there are five celestial energies making you shine with confidence and creativity. In fact, you can start your own team and everyone will be happy to join. Those of you who prefer arty activities to sporty ones can also excel this week. Poetry? Painting? Pottery, anyone? AQUARIUS (January 19 - February 17) Although there are of course some Aquarians who are master chefs, many of you view the word “domestic” as something that should only be used to describe political agendas or in-house pets. Nevertheless, the emphasis on the sector of your chart ruling home and hearth does seem to indicate a few weeks of cooking, cleaning and perhaps even learning to can tomatoes. Well, as they say, anything is possible.... PISCES (February 18 - March 19) Last week argumentative Mars moved into the sector of your chart ruling relatives and neighbors. If war has recently broken out between you and a sibling (or the upstairs tenant), help is on the way. By Sunday, with charming Venus and Mercury the negotiator on your side, you can smooth out bumps on the road to cooperation. Have your brother over for dinner—it may not be stress-free, but at least there won’t be a food fight. ✹ Email Lynda Ray at cosmicclues@gmail.com or check out her website at www.lyndarayastrology.com 30 PACIFIC SUN MAY 13 – MAY 19, 2011
PUBLIC NOTICES 995 Fictitious Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126593 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DOG TROTTERS, 100 GATE SIX RD. APT 18B, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: DON DAVID TOPLIFF, 100 GATE SIX RD. APT 18B, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 11, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126574 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WAGNER ASSOCIATES, 13 SKYLARK DR. #12, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ROBIN LYNN WAGNER, 13 SKYLARK DR. #12, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 21, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 8, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126622 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CHV, INC., 87 OAK GROVE DR., NOVATO, CA 94949: COURTHOUSE VENTURES, INC., 87 OAK GROVE DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 13, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126505 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ABRACADABRA WINDOW WIZARD; ABRACADABRA, 116 VENDOLA DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MICHAEL WOLF, 116 VENDOLA DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 1, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 1, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126616 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as KALA THAI (CATERING THAI FOOD), 351 SAN ANDREAS DR., NOVATO, CA 94945: PATOOMTHIP JINTORN, 26 COWBARN LN. APT 23, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 13, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 13, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126649 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as JUDGEMENT DAY, 114 WINDSOR AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JONATHAN BUSH, 114 WINDSOR AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; ANTON PATZNER, 4554 TOMPKINS AVE., OAKLAND, CA 94619; LEWIS PATZNER, 927 CHABOT CREST, OAKLAND, CA 94618. This business is being conducted by a general partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 17, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 19, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126588 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PHO VIET, 555 FRANCISCO BLVD. EAST #22, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HOA VAN LAM, 26 JEFFERSON AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 11, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126667 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WE DO - GARDEN AND
LAWN MAINTENANCE, 10 LUCKY DR., GREENBRAE, CA 94904: SILVESTRE AMILCAR DIAZ, 10 LUCKY DR., GREENBRAE, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 21, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126634 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as COMMUNITY SPICE COMPANY, 310 HARBOR DR. #413, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: SPICE LLC., 310 HARBOR DR. #413, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 15, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126489 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as FEARLESS CROWN, 1601 2ND ST. SUITE 105, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELIZABETH F. MUELLER, 1601 2ND ST. SUITE 105, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 30, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 30, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126514 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN REAL-ESTATE, 700 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE #199, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: STEVE L. ATKINSON, 101 CALIFORNIA ST. SUITE 2450, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 8, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 4, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126469 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as RESULTS THAT WORK, 14 BROOKE CIRCLE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MARY E. MILWID PHD, 14 BROOKE CIRCLE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 1, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 28, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126500 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GOOD GREEN KARMA, 100 CARSON RD., WOODACRE, CA 94973: JENNIFER TARA-ARGALL, 100 CARSON RD., WOODACRE, CA 94973. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 31, 2011. (Publication Dates: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126719 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MT. TAM TECHNOLOGIES, 331 MADRONE AVE., LARKSPUR, CA 94939: DOUGLAS J. CANFIELD, 331 MADRONE AVE., LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 28, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 28, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126581 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as RACHELLE & NAPOLEON FAVORITE SNACKS, 30 KLAMATH WAY, NOVATO, CA 94947: THALASSA NEWTON, 30 KLAMATH WAY, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 10, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 11, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126706 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GOLDEN IVY HEALTH CENTER, 712 D ST. SUITE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA
94901: WENDY YE, 4888 PORTSALON WAY, ANTIOCH, CA 94531. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 27, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126700 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DYNAMIC SURVIVAL SYSTEMS, 23 CIRCLE DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MATTHEW H. CAPPOLA, 23 CIRCLE DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 26, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 26, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126653 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as THE BUILDER, 90 SEA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RAYMOND SOMBERG, 90 SEA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 19, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126714 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as RUBY’S DAY SPA, 1102 SECOND ST. STE 11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LOURDES AN, 981 HACIENDA CR., ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 1, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 28, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126571 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as THE MARIN LISTENING AND LEARNING CENTER, 611 DRAKE AVE., SAUSALITO, CA 94965: LAURA D. GODWIN, 611 DRAKE AVE., SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 8, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126703 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MORTGAGE SERVICES, 4304 REDWOOD HWY. SUITE 100, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94960: ANDREW NATHAN, 69 RAVEN RD., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; NATHAN COLLEEN, 69 RAVEN RD., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by a husband & wife. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 27, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126749 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ROADSIDE BBQ, 5000 NORTHGATE MALL #135, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CAL SOL CONCEPTS LLC., 5000 NORTHGATE MALL #135, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 1, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 3, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126729 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DOUBLE RAINBOW CAFE, 860 FOURTH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DALAI OTIS ENTERPRISES, INC., 860 FOURTH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 29, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 29, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011126788 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SWEETWATER MUSIC HALL, 19 CORTE MADERA AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: THE WOODS MUSIC HALL, LLC., 19 CORTE MADERA AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA
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Public Notices Continued from Page 30 94941. This business is being conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 11, 2010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 6, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 13, 20, 27; June 3, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126766 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GADGET PRO; CELLPHONE REPAIR & ACCESSORIES, 777 GRAND AVE. #KIOSK, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JOE NGUYEN, 3934 SELMI GROVE, RICHMOND, CA 94806. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 20, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 4, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 13, 20, 27; June 3, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126784 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CORE AWAKENING JOURNEY; GLOBAL HEART INITIATIVE, 936-B 7TH ST. #316, NOVATO, CA 94945: JITENDRA DARLING, 936-B 7TH ST. #316, NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 1, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 6, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 13, 20, 27; June 3, 2011) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 126819 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PAVCO PRESSURE WASHING, 56 SHADY LANE, ROSS, CA 94957: PERRY PAVLINA, 56 SHADY LANE, ROSS, CA 94957. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 10, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 10, 2011. (Publication Dates: May 13, 20, 27; June 3, 2011)
997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1101924. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CATHY JO CHAPMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CATHY JO CHAPMAN to CALEN JO CHAPMAN. 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: May 26, 2011, 9:00AM, Dept. L, Room L, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. 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: April 14, 2011 /s/ LYNN DURYEE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME AND GENDER SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. Case No. CIV 1001922. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DAVID JAMES EFFREM GOSMAN has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name to: DELIA ELIZABETH GOSMAN. Petitioner has also filed a petition for a decree changing petitioner’s gender from male to female and for the issuance of a new birth certificate reflecting the gender and name changes. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: June 6, 2011, 8:30AM, Dept. K, Room K, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94913-4988. 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: April 14, 2011. /s/FAYE D’OPAL, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1101944. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NESTOR ALEJANDRO CIME ON BEHALF OF NOHELIA CORDOBA CIME filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: NOHELIA CORDOBA CIME to NOHELIA CIME CORDOBA . 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: June 9, 2011, 8:30 AM, Dept. K, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913-4988. 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: April 14, 2011 /s/ FAYE D’OPAL, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 2011) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1102052. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NATE WOOD & SACHIKO WOOD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KENZO MARCUS WOOD to THEODORE JIRO WOOD. 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: June 9, 2011, 8:30 AM, Dept. K, Room K, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913-4988. 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: April 22, 2011 /s/ FAYE D’OPAL, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: April 29; May 6, 13, 20, 2011) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304273 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Fictitious Business name(s): GOLDEN IVY HEALTH CENTER, 712 D ST. SUITE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: June 27, 2008. Under File No: 117743. Registrant’s Name(s): WEI YANG, 4983 FILAMENT CT., ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on April 27, 2011. (Pacific Sun: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1102193. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DUK IM LEE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: DUK IM LEE to HANNAH LEE; SEUNG JIN LEE TO VICTORIA SEUNG LEE; BYUNG HUN LEE TO DANIEL LEE. 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: June 6, 2011, 9:00AM, Dept. L, Room L, 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:
April 29, 2011 /s/ LYNN DURYEE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GEOFFREY ROBERT FRANK. Case No. PR-1102221. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GEOFFREY ROBERT FRANK. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ROBERT CARL FRANK in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ROBERT CARL FRANK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: May 31, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept: H, Room: H, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: ROBERT CARL FRANK, 7200 JACINTO AVE. UNIT 18103, SACRAMENTO, CA 95823; (415) 235-7685. (Publication Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 2011) NOTICE TO CREDITORS: No. PR 1101539 In the Matter of: The Fuchs Family Revocable Trust, dated October 19, 1999, by Frederick A. Fuchs, Decedent. Notice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above-named decedent, who died on December 27, 2010, that all persons having claims against the decedent are required to file them with the Superior Court, at P.O. Box 4988, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, California 94903, and mail a copy to BARBARA M. FUCHS as Successor Trustee of the Trust dated October 19, 1999, wherein the decedent was the settler, c/o Zuckerman & McQuiller, One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2480, San Francisco, California 94111, within the later of four (4) months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, sixty (60) days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you. A claim form may be obtained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt request. Barbara M. Fuchs, Trustee c/o Zuckerman & McQuiller, One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2480, San Francisco, California 94111. Tel (415) 392-1980, Fax (415) 392-4016. (Pacific Sun/ Publication Dates: May 13, 20, 27; June 3, 2011)
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I offhandedly mentioned to a friend that I thought her married brother was really cute. She revealed that his divorce (from a 10-year marriage) would soon be final. (It will be at the end of this month.) She then played matchmaker. He and I have been dating for three months. Things were going fabulously—until a few nights ago. We were picking a movie to watch on his laptop, and I noticed one of his browser pages was opened to Match.com. He saw that I saw it but said nothing. The thought that he’s continuing his search for romance hurts. I feel like I’m not good enough. I’ve gone from being comfortable seeing where this goes to wanting to have the “define the relationship” talk. Am I being irrational? Should I just try to relax? (Of course, he could’ve been on Match because he’s canceling his membership or tying up loose ends.)—Beside Myself
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Sure, the guy could’ve been on Match to cancel his membership—or to inflate his salary and height. He’s just getting out of a 10-year marriage. This is the time for a man to play the field—or, in Tennyson’s words, “When sprung, a young man’s fancy turns to ill-advised sex with a string of bar sluts.” Whoops, just as he was about to finish picking the lock on his ball and chain, up popped you. He likes you, he’s having fun with you, but the timing is still the timing. Instead of expecting him to take himself off the market before he’s even signed his divorce papers, consider that his comparison shopping is not only in his best interest but yours. If, after seeing who’s out there, he comes back to you, it’s because he wants you for all the things you are, as opposed to the one thing you’re not: his almost-ex-wife. Of course you want to nail down a good thing—especially when you suspect it’s been trolling the Internet for your replacement. But, having the “define the relationship” talk at this point would most likely define the relationship right out of existence. You can’t make a man commit. What you can do is make the most out of whatever time you have together—which takes accepting that things end and that you can’t order up love without the risks: “I’ll take the candle-lit dinners, regular sex and somebody to snake the drain—but no heartbreak, no pickles and a Diet Coke with three ice cubes.” It’s actually when you stop trying to hang on to a guy and you just try to have fun hanging out that he’s more likely to want to stick around. Tell this guy you understand his situation and the timing, and just ask whether he’s dating other women. He should get the sense that you aren’t somebody he can put on hold indefinitely, and you should set up some sort of cutoff date in your own mind to ensure that he won’t. Meanwhile, if he isn’t exclusive to you, you should make yourself a little less available. Give him a chance to miss you. In time, maybe he’ll be all yours—or maybe he won’t. If you need a guarantee, date a washing machine. You can tell people you met online—on Sears.com: “I flirted with a Whirlpool first, but he had me at 30 percent off until midnight.”
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My girlfriend is cute, but I’ve never really been attracted to her or found her intellectually interesting. Perhaps it’s unfair that I’ve stayed for so long (twoand-a-half years), but there’s much I love and admire about her. She’s compassionate, ethical, good-humored and patient, and she treats me like a king—cooks extraordinary meals, gives me backrubs and rejuvenating skin care treatments. Is there hope for us?—Pampered
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There’s much you love and admire about your girlfriend—like the way she plucks those little stray hairs from between your brows. Just think where you’d be without her. Well, probably in a sexually and intellectually fulfilling relationship, but with much larger pores. Maybe you believe that if you like a woman as a person, everything will fall into place. She’ll get interesting. Sexual attraction will come. Or, maybe that’s what you tell yourself to keep those cucumber facials coming. You obviously have minimum standards for a girlfriend. Hold them up to women you meet, and ditch those who don’t measure up—before they spend two years waiting on Your Royal Highness. Unfortunately, the love you now have will be hard to replace. Unless, of course, you can score an appointment at the corner massage place, buy yourself dinner afterward and, on your way home, stop off at the drugstore for some Biore face strips. ✹ © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.
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