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After finishing “Stuck in Traffic” [Jan. 9], I was confused by the author’s omission of race from her discussion of human trafficking in Marin, especially in contrast with the image used on the front of the paper. The cover of the Sun portrays a white, teenage girl trapped under a glass jar, presumably a visual metaphor for modern-day slavery. The article then goes on to discuss the prevalence of human trafficking in Marin and the Bay Area, yet the author does not once address the actual racial dimensions of the problem. Sex trafficking demographics in the Bay Area starkly contrast with Marin County’s own demographic. Most girls and women trafficked in the Bay Area are black, hispanic, and/or Asian. White girls are not the dominant demographic traded and exploited in the human trafficking trade in America. So, why show a white girl in captivity on the front of the paper?

I can only assume that because of the overall demographics of Marin County, the Pacific Sun thought it would be more attention-grabbing to display a “relatable” white girl on the cover? I consider this the print equivalent of “click-bait.”

The cover, paired with the content of the article, would imply that white girls in Marin make up even a semi-relevant

portion of the human traffic coming through the Bay Area. Please explain the editorial decision to run this cover image alongside this article.

Simon, Oakland

‘Sun’ bogged down in ‘Traffic’

This week’s cover article on trafficking really sucks. Used to be, the Pac Sun would actually spend some time delving into the subjects they chose to cover. In the late ’70s, when I worked for a sister weekly of the Pac Sun in Denver, Colorado, one of the subjects covered took weeks of installments to unfold. They didn’t cover one angle and call it a day.

Worse, the article panders to the kind of fear-mongering currently propagated by the anti-affordable housing people, who maintain to Marinites that their own communities are safe until their children are taken away by “bad people” (often racialized) who come into their communities.

A more complete view of the industry you are barely covering would go look into the presumption that prostitution is rooted in the rape of children. Emi Koyama at eminism.org notes that the vast majority—read those two words again—the vast majority of young people “rescued” from the trade are 16- and 17-year-olds, and it’s rare that

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there’s anyone under 13.

You also would have done the math: for the average age to be around 13, there needs to be many more 5- to 12-year-olds forced into prostitution than are empirically possible.

While the exploitation of teenage women remains very problematic, it is the extension of the definition of the term “trafficking” into the realm of anti-prostitution which discolors a proper view of that most intriguing industry.

One accepted and untrue presumption is that most women prostitutes are streetwalkers. Another misperception is that most prostitutes are controlled by pimps.

Your article does nothing to dispel either viewpoint. Rather, the article plays on the obvious scene that streetwalkers are the most visible workers in sex. Thus, we scorn them, just as we scorn the faces of poverty on the streets of San Rafael, people whom we brand with the bad word of “homeless” but who in fact might not be without housing.

It’s just not true that most women selling sex for money are pimped. See Maggie O’Neill’s blog at “The Honest Courtesan,” where she attacks that view as well as the average of trafficked teens and other myths.

See also Melissa Gira Grant’s excellent book Playing the Whore. It has several thought experiments. One is the slight distinction that consensual sex between adults is legal, but if it involves the exchange of pieces of paper with numbers printed on them, then it’s not.

Another thought experiment is when a man buys a woman dinner on a date, and then goes to bed with her—that dinner can be seen as a form of payment. A similar situation is that of a husband who works and his wife does not—that can also be seen as constituting a form of prostitution.

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Finally, there’s this humorous conjunction (which you guys had laid in your lap recently in the form of a letter to the editor, but chose to sneer at): suppose a client of a massage parlor pays for extra services, but then films said interaction and places it upon the Internet. That interaction then becomes legal porn, and is thus not prostitution.

Harping on the child prostitution angle keeps one from the poignant point that sex traffickers (which actually means transporting women against their will across borders to sell them to other humans, which is just another form of pimping) don’t want legal prostitution, because if you decriminalize it you take away their power and profit.

Let’s finish up with one of the conspicuous holes in the article: the figure given by the writer of 58,000 abductions in 1999.

That 16-year-old stat stands right next to a quote about prostituted children. One must thus question why the author wrote the article in that way. In contrast, and in fact, one can find sources which declaim a much higher annual number of missing children by a factor of four, with a 97 percent recovery rate.

It would have been much more characteristic of the Pacific Sun and its longtime heralded purpose of providing more info and depth than the local daily. So I challenge the Pac Sun to delve into this subject deeper, rather than contribute to the continuing hysteria in such a superficial manner, which is a disservice to the community this once-vaunted weekly purports to serve.

Jonathan Frieman, San Rafael

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Dear Former Vice President Cheney: During recent interviews in which you were asked about the invasion of Iraq and subsequent “enhanced” interrogation techniques involving Iraqi citizens who opposed the invasion for some reason, you

told interviewers that “it worked” because it saved American lives, in your opinion.

The invasion itself, you forgot to mention, had already worked to kill some 4,000 Americans and many thousands of Iraqis.

But it didn’t cost much money and we didn’t have to draft any college kids.

So, yes, it all worked, like all great fiascos do. It worked to create and strengthen an insurgency of Iraqi citizens and others to defend themselves against further attacks and war crimes. It worked to calm things inside Iraq, too. If you read the papers hardly any lethal bombs are being set off in and around Baghdad these days. It’s great to see the civil war there cool down.

It also worked to further destabilize an entire region of the globe as the insurgency spilled over and merged into Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Iran was already lost, of course, in the 1950s when the Shah was installed by the CIA. That worked, too.

And it worked to shine a light on another fun addiction that works so well, unconditional love for Israel.

It’s all worked lately to promote terrorist attacks in war-torn locations such as London and Paris and, for the next year or so, such attacks will likely take place in other major cities across the globe, perhaps even in America.

Once these crafty insurgents get on a roll, it’s darn hard to get them to take a break so we can watch the NFL playoffs in peace.

Plus who knows what’s going to happen when spring training comes along. (Bring your handguns to the Scottsdale bunker, Giants fans).

It helped that we got bin Laden, though, that’s for sure.

So, thank you, it all really did work. We proud Americans wish to thank you and the others (Paul, Condi, W., Donnie, Colin) for having the courage and foresight to take us on this journey through the New American Century.

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Electric avenue Are electric bikes and a third lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge answers to traffic congestion?

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icycles now entering the market can change the way average riders view alternative transportation.

The bikes are arriving at the same time that alternative transportation critics are saying biking is an effete activity unworthy of infrastructure investment.

Electric-assist bicycles, sometimes called “pedelecs,” use an electric motor to give riders an extra oomph down the road. The motors attach to either the front wheel, midbike or the rear wheel. While electric bikes, like electric cars, have been around for a long time, it’s only recently that technology has arrived to make them a truly reliable and effective alternative transportation vehicle.

Europe and China already are on the electric-bike highway. They account for the vast number of electric bike sales. But signs are starting to become evident that electric bikes could be on the verge of an important growth spurt in this country. And as the new electric bikes enter the market, they could create the impetus for improvements to bike infrastructure, which would in turn spur increased ridership, which could in turn help reduce reliance on single-passenger auto travel and vehicle congestion on local streets.

It’s the electric-assist nature of the new bikes that holds the promise. No longer are bike riders who want to go to the store, to school or to work faced with a ride that leaves them in a puddle of sweat. Electricassist can turn a daunting ride into an easy trip, and can make easy work out of riding over hills. The technology turns bike riding into a utilitarian mode of transportation that bridges the gap between auto travel and motor scooters and motorcycles. A big plus for the electric bikes: No license needed in California.

“Starting a few years ago, when Stromer and Specialized came to the market with new technology and really legitimate electric bikes, we jumped in and got behind the movement,” says Ken Martin, co-owner and CEO of Mike’s Bikes. The San Rafael-based company started in Marin and now has outlets from Sacramento to Palo Alto.

“There is absolutely interest in electric bikes in Marin,” Martin says. While Marin is perhaps ahead of most of the country when it comes to accepting electric bikes as a new form of practical transportation, the county is still following in the footsteps of European countries, Martin says. In Europe, “electric bikes are huge,” he says. “In a lot of places 6 PACIFIC SUN JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22, 2015

there are more electric bikes than there are human-powered bikes.”

The same high rate of acceptance has occurred in China, according to Navigant Research. The consulting company looked at the future of electric bikes through 2023. A recent Navigant study estimates that worldwide sales of electric bikes will increase from 31.7 million annually in 2014 to 40.3 million in 2023. Growing acceptance in the United States could further stimulate that number—providing communities embrace bike transportation and invest in infrastructure that can encourage its growth.

Marin cities and the county have worked to improve bike infrastructure for several decades, making the county an ideal launching pad for an increase in electric bike use.

The county “is a perfect fit” for electric bikes, Martin says.

The introduction of what are called “fast electrics” changed the electric bike scene for potential riders seeking utilitarian transportation with a dash of speed. Two companies, Stromer and Specialized, brought to market bikes that use electric-assist to help propel vigorous riders as fast as 28 miles an hour.

Even riders going easier on the pedals can find themselves moving at a respectable clip. Ford electric bikes, dubbed Pedego, also present potential purchasers a choice of rides, as do several other manufacturers. But it’s the capability of that 28-mile-an-hour threshold that has riders who seek speed looking at the new fast electrics.

Although they may offer the sexy choice for two-wheel, electric-assist transportation, the market for electrics is widening to embrace a spectrum of models, including cargo bikes and—wait for it—mountain bikes.

The emerging market in Marin has led Mike’s Bikes to introduce new models this year—one from Raleigh Bikes and one from a company called Lapierre.

Riders of electric-assist bikes in other parts of the country have reported a certain antipathy among purists, who view electricassist with some disdain. The purists view electric-assist as cheating. But anyone who has hopped on an electric-assist bike knows that riders can exert just as much energy as on a non-assist bike. They just go a lot faster.

The Lapierre bikes that Mike’s Bikes are bringing to the Marin market might take the mountain-bike conversation to a new level. Lapierre produces electric mountain bikes. If purists decry electric-assist road bikes, what will they say about electric-assist on trails? (Safety rules and speed limits for

Tyson Underwood, 78, founder of the Marin Art Festival dies Tyson Underwood, former director of the Sausalito Art Festival and founder of the Marin Art Festival, died at his home in Mill Valley on Jan. 9.

The artist and promoter of the arts had been suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome—a form of leukemia—for the past year and a half. Passing away just days before his birthday, Underwood was, according to a tribute on the Marin Art Festival website, “surrounded by loved ones who cheered him on.”

Born and raised near Salisbury, North Carolina, the “lifelong Southerner, in spite of my best intentions,” as he referred to himself, landed in Sausalito in 1969, after studying at Duke University. In 1978, when the Sausalito Art Festival was 29 years old, Underwood was appointed as the director by the City Council, and is credited with reviving what had become a struggling annual tradition. Emphasizing local artists and raising the bar on the quality of the art, he turned the event into a popular place for artists and art enthusiasts alike until the end of his tenure in 1984.

Underwood was one of the first artists to have a studio in Sausalito’s Industrial Center Building (ICB), was a founding board member of both the Marin Arts Council and the Headlands Center for the Arts and wrote an art column for many years for the Pacific Sun. But one of his biggest projects was establishing the Marin Art Festival, which he ran for 17 years in Marin Center’s Lagoon Park.

“The Marin Art Festival was Tyson’s amazing gift to artists and the community; a true labor of love,” wrote Kathleen Lipinski on an online memory wall.

“All who knew him got great belly laughs, as there was no way not to,” wrote Leslie Allen, of the ICB studios. “Tyson always found something great and he always found kind words.”

Steve Feldman, who knew Underwood from Duke, shared on the memory wall that he once asked his friend if he believed that there was anything after this life. “I dunno, but I’m kind of looking forward to finding out,” Underwood replied.

Underwood is survived by his son, Tyson N.F. Underwood, daughter Anna Links, stepdaughter Grace Rubenstein, brother Alfred Underwood and former wife, Kathleen Foote.—Molly Oleson Golden Gate Bridge reopens after median installation Driving from Marin to San Francisco (and vice-versa) over the Golden Gate Bridge got a lot safer over the weekend, when the iconic span was closed to traffic for the installation of a $30.3 million median barrier.

The one-foot-wide and approximately 13,340-foot-long Moveable Median Barrier (MMB) system, which separates opposing directions of traffic, will virtually eliminate the possibility of crossover collisions between the estimated 120,000 vehicles that traverse the bridge daily. The MMB replaces manually distributed 19-inch-tall plastic tubes, spaced at 25-foot intervals and moved throughout the day based on traffic.

In addition to increased safety, the median will allow the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District to more efficiently reconfigure lane changes to optimize traffic operations. Enjoy a less worrisome ride on that 1.7-mile scenic stretch.—MO

all bikes, including electric-assist, apply on trails.)

The Stromer and Specialized premium bikes hit the market in 2014 at between about $4,000 and $6,000. “That’s pushing it for a lot of people,” Martin says. “This year, the technology has improved so much that we can get bikes nearly as good for down in the $2,000 range.” It’s possible to find electric-assist bikes for less, in the three figures, with a bit of searching. Conversion kits are on the market that can transform virtually any bike, from beach cruiser to high-end road bike, into an electric-assist vehicle.

Although the allure of using electric-pedal-assist (and independent throttle control on some bikes) to zip along is enticing, it’s the ability to turn the bike into a true utilitarian mode of transportation that makes modern electric bikes a new breed. With batteries that can run bikes for between 20 and 50 miles, depending on how the bike is set up, riders can comfortably use them for commuting and errands and other daily travel. And bringing along an extra battery extends range to more-than-acceptable suburban ranges.

Given the aging population in Marin, electric-assist bikes could offer a large and growing segment of the county’s population with alternative transportation options. For that segment of the population, electricassist bikes provide a significant opportunity for increased mobility.

Provided the county continues to invest in improving its bike infrastructure. Critics who say investing in bike transportation is an unwise use of public money because it benefits only a minority fail to understand the implications of potential bike use.

“Electric bikes are a game-changer,” says Marin Supervisor Steve Kinsey. “I’ve ridden a couple of them. They take the hill right out of the equation.”

Kinsey, the Marin representative on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission,

has been working to secure state approval for opening an eastbound third lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The lane would presumably help ease the congestion that currently stacks up to Highway 101.

Critics of a plan to add a bike lane to the bridge have opened up an argument that Kinsey refutes. The critics say that the bike lane proposal and the plan to open up the third lane have been coupled, making it a ponderous proposition to get approval for the third lane. They say it’s contingent on approval for a bike lane, which would offer riders travel in both directions on the bridge. A barrage of letters to the editor and opinion columns has attacked the coupling of the two projects.

But Kinsey says they’re not coupled. “They can move independently. Obviously they both should be considerate of each other’s requirements,” but the third lane and the bike route are going before the state as separate proposals, each with its own budget, each on its own approval track.

Critics used the proposal to open a bike lane on the bridge as a wedge to attack public spending on the segment of the Bay Trail that crosses the bridge. The critics say it’s ridiculous to spend significant amounts of public money on the bike infrastructure (on the bridge and elsewhere) when a relatively small percentage of the population uses it.

But the critics may be using inadequate information to assess bike use in Marin.

In 2005, a federal transportation bill authorized $25 million to four communities for fiscal years 2006 to 2009. In addition to Marin, Columbia, Missouri; Minneapolis-St. Paul; and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin were the recipients of funds for an alternativetransportation pilot program to test a variety of projects and determine their effectiveness.

In October of 2009, WalkBikeMarin, a recipient of pilot program funds, and the county Department of Public Works released a study that determined that 20 percent of Marin bike trips were part of school 9>

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by Howard Rachelson

1. More than 60 streams flow into Lake Tahoe, but only one river flows out. What is it?

2. What insects travel in the largest-sized swarms?

3. The Greeks called the “God of the Sea” Poseidon. What did the Romans call him?

4. Many people believe this entertainer was the subject of Carly Simon’s mega-hit, “You’re So Vain;” he’s not, but he did sing backup on the song. Who is he?

5. Since 2009, New York City has been turning 1.5 miles of a defunct elevated railway line into parks and green areas, known by what name?

6. The saying, “The love of money is the root of all evil” comes from which of these sources: Shakespeare, Donald Trump or the Bible?

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7. What action, declared illegal in college basketball in the late 1960s, was permitted again in the late 1970s and is quite common today?

8. In 2009 and 2011, Meryl Streep starred in what two biographical movies, playing what two well-known people?

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9. Name the authors of these horror novels: 9a. Dracula 9b. Frankenstein

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9c. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

10a. He was born where?

10b. What was the easternmost country he explored?

10c. For how many years was his epic journey?

BONUS QUESTION: What U.S. state’s flag includes the name of a mountain?

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▼ I am almost bald right now from pulling my hair out during a recent 10-hour showdown with Comcast. Lowlights: Comcast created a second account number for me; disconnected my Internet service for nonpayment of nonexistent account; claimed to reestablish service; and then blamed my equipment for the continued connectivity issue. I purchased a new router and modem and waited for a technician who never arrived. Two days later, I received an automated call stating there had been an outage in my area, which was now fixed. No surprise that Consumerist named Comcast the Worst Company in America in 2014.

Preposterous that last week, Comcast Cable CEO Neil Smit said, “We expect that customer service will soon be one of our best products.” Monopolistic, moonstricken miscreant.—Nikki Silverstein

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SATURDAY, JAN. 17 The Hunger Games A young girl volunteers for a government program and meets interesting young people from across the nation. (2012) ABC Family. 8pm.

Mythbusters In the Indiana Jones episode we learn whether it’s possible to swing from a bullwhip, outrun a rolling boulder and smuggle cultural artifacts stolen from indigenous people through customs. Discovery Channel. 9pm.

SUNDAY, JAN. 18 The Lion, the Witch

MONDAY, JAN. 19 Whitney The Whitney

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▲ Accolades to the folks at the Golden Gate Bridge District and law enforcement for their handling of the bridge closure to private vehicles last weekend as work crews installed the lifesaving, moveable median barrier.

With weeks of advance warning from lighted signage on Highway 101 to last-minute Nixle text and e-mail alerts from the California Highway Patrol and local police departments, Marinites were ready for the longest shutdown of the Golden Gate Bridge in its 77-year history.

In fact, we were so well-prepared that the anticipated traffic jams never materialized. At the end of the weekend, the barrier installation was finished and the bridge was back in business six hours earlier than scheduled. Best of all, the death lanes and head-on collisions are gone forever.

FRIDAY, JAN. 16 World’s Funniest Fails YouTube has opened a whole new opportunity for men willing to get hit in the groin with a flying object. Extra points if it’s a squirrel. Fox. 8pm.

Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge A professional wrestler hosting a reality show is as close as professional wrestling has ever been to reality. CMT. 8pm.

Henry Ford: American Experience A look at the pioneering visionary whose genius for invention gave us gridlock, parking meters, obesity and the suburbs. On the plus side, we got cup holders. KQED. 9pm.

and the Wardrobe Usually the magical world opens up when you come out of the closet. (2005) Starz. 6:35pm.

The Great British Baking Show As opposed to The Great Humboldt Getting Baked Show. KQED. 8pm.

The Librarians In the finale, the mysterysolving, treasure-hunting librarians find out about that book you’ve been meaning to return since 1998. TNT. 9pm.

10. About Marco Polo (the 13th century explorer, not swimming pool game):

Howard Rachelson invites you to upcoming Team Trivia Contests: Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6:30pm at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley, and Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 6:30pm at the Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. Have a great question? Send it in and if we use it, we’ll give you credit. Email Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com or visit www. triviacafe.com.

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Houston biography is clearly going to be a train wreck, but a train wreck with perfect pitch. (2015) Lifetime. 8pm.

My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now? The Sizzler? Olive Garden? The Learning Channel.

9pm.

State of Affairs The team suspects a soror-

by Rick Polito

ity girl is part of a terrorist cell. It was the Izod burka that gave her away. NBC. 10pm.

TUESDAY, JAN. 20

State of the Union Address Tune in to see the expression on John Boehner’s face when President Obama says “low fuel prices,”“falling deficit” and “best job growth since 1999.” Even on a good day, the guy looks like the ice cream just fell off of his cone. Broadcast Networks, Cable Channels, Home Shopping Network.

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We’re sad about the ice cream, too.

My Crazy Love People tell stories of “crazy” things they have done for love. It’s mostly harmless. This is Oprah’s network. The Stalker Games is on The Learning Channel. Oxygen.

10pm.

Hack My Life When did “Use a binder clip to hold stuff together” become a “hack”?

TruTV. 10:30pm.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21 Lance Armstrong: Stop at Nothing Or, more accurately, Lance Armstrong: Stop at The Pharmacy On The Way To The Race. Showtime. 6:15pm.

Nature In “Dogs that Changed the World,” we learn how shepherding dogs, sled dogs and tracking dogs became pivotal tools in civilization’s expansion around the globe. In “Dogs that Changed the Color of Your Carpet,” we learn about your dog. KQED. 8pm.

THURSDAY, JAN. 22 Chicken Lit-

tle What if he was right? (2005) Starz.

7:35pm.

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Riders surveyed averaged one bike trip 11 days each month, and 11 percent said they used their bikes daily. According to the study report, “If respondents drove alone for these trips instead of bicycling, this sample group would annually account for approximately 5,468 additional vehicle trips.

Considering the virtually universal concern with vehicular congestion in the county, that number should resonate.

The survey determined that weekday bicycle use had increased 118 percent since 1999. Weekend bicycle use had increased 125 percent. Walking had increased 52 percent. And that was before the Cal Park Hill Tunnel opened and the Lincoln Hill pathway along Highway 101 in San Rafael was finished.

A Mill Valley to Corte Madera Bicycle and Pedestrian Corridor Study includes a conservative forecast that estimates that 850,000 riders would use a reopened Alto Tunnel each year. Estimates for two other routes between Corte Madera and Mill Valley estimate a substantially lower number of riders. The study considers the increasing numbers of bike riders in the county and forecasts them based on escalating ridership numbers derived from the federally funded non-motorized program.

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One of the greatest impediments to increasing bike ridership is a perceived lack of safety along bike routes. If riders don’t feel safe, they will forego their two-wheel options. Providing safe routes will increase ridership, especially with the new breed of electric-assist bikes. Just as that holds true for riding from Larkspur to Sausalito, it also holds true for riding across the RichmondSan Rafael Bridge. With the new electricassist bikes, riding to Richmond no longer would be a long-haul, thigh-straining ride.

Electric-assist makes the ride practical even for older riders, especially with the northsouth route that parallels the SMART train route.

Kinsey says that it’s too easy to single out the third-lane issue as an answer to congestion on the bridge and its environs. A comprehensive plan also needs to consider the approaches to the bridge, on both sides of the bay. There’s little practical room—or political will among residents—to expand the county’s highways. “As they become more congested,” Kinsey says, “alternatives are going to become more and more important.” Those alternatives could include

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o wrote Charles Dickens long before a Marin businessman named Don McCoy dropped out and created a utopian community at Rancho Olompali in 1967, a time and a place that had many convinced they were magically living in heaven and later found they were heading directly the other way.

This is a big part of the tale McCoy’s oldest daughter Maura will tell in the feature documentary, Olompali: A California Story, that she is producing with partner Gregg Gibbs.

“Dad had inherited $500,000 from his family,” Maura says. “That’s like $4 million today. He and his friends, who all had kids, started looking for a large house with a large yard. A realtor [going by the tag Codfish Carrier] showed them Rancho Olompali, a few miles north of Novato, and everyone fell in love with it! It’s one of the most beautiful places you can imagine, out in the country, 690 acres with a 26-room mansion for

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maybe $1,000 a month!”

What’s not to like? A mountain rises behind you to 1,558 feet with stunning views.

The land is filled with oak and bay trees and a storied past. And the silvery waters of the bay sit right in your sightline.

While it didn’t start out to be the quintessential hippie commune of the ’60s, when parents and their kids want to live as an ensemble, that’s what you get. It by became even easier when Mal Don, the nucleus of the Karma Chosen Family, as they chose to call themselves, “wanted people not to stress out by working at a job. But if you had talent, he wanted you at the ranch; you pitched in with labor,” recalls Noelle Barton, who with her mother Sandy [a San Francisco nightclub singer] was part of the original core group. “We had an awareness and sharing mentality.”

Maura, who now lives in Marina del Rey [Los Angeles County], reflects on this and says, “As I got older I kind of put Olompali behind me. I rejected hippie things and went back to a more conventional lifestyle. We

always reject what we’ve been raised with, and I wasn’t really that interested in it in my 20s or 30s ... Then Gregg and I came up here and saw an exhibit at the Marin History Museum about Olompali and he thought, ‘Why don’t we make film about this place and tie it in with your experiences and your father’s history there?’”

Over several months in 2013, a Kickstarter campaign raised more than $45,000 for principal photography.

Now in post-production, the film, Maura says, presents them with the n daunting challenge of simultaneously trying to raise finishing funds and getting the film ready to submit to the Mill Valley Film Festival. “I have to say there are always periods of doubt with a project of this magnitude,” she says. “Obviously there have been some [momentum] lulls, we don’t have a firm completion date, or release date, and there’s this Grateful Dead documentary that’s being produced by [Martin] Scorsese.

And they got [senior state archaeologist] Breck Parkman to walk around and talk about the band living at Olompali. Hey, that’s our guy!—they’re stealing our thunder. It can be

discouraging, but now I feel this will actually benefit us. If that film is successful, it can generate interest in ours.”

As to the challenge of digging up material from a long-ago era, the fact that so many kids experienced the commune made it possible to get first-hand recollections 47 years later. “We, who are still alive, are in touch with almost everyone except a few who we have lost track of over time,” Noelle Barton says, “and I would say at least 80 percent of the founding families and their kids are all one family to this day.”

“Unfortunately, we don’t have my dad here to tell his story,” Maura says, “but he put it on tape! He went to the Marin Civic Center library in 2000 and did a whole oral history that they recorded there. We have an archive of a radio show he did. These things keep coming out of the woodwork. One person had a whole cache of newspaper clippings— including a story in the Sun called ‘Nirvana in Novato; We interviewed Carol Garrett last year—she’s since had a stroke—and she is one of our best subjects. She’s the one who had a nude wedding at the ranch and she pulled out an album loaded with photographs. These

bringing in gunny sacks of Acapulco Gold.”

We tracked Risley down in Kapaau, Hawaii, where he is now an award-winning organic farmer with a pretty sober view of life, now and then. “It was there I decided farming was what I wanted to do—it was needed and I could do something for the world. Things that made Olompali relevant—it’s now intensified.

We’re in trouble because of the way we relate to the earth and each other. Our society has yet to open up to what we were trying to do back then.”

He recalls the press gleefully descending on the ranch, apparently anxious to puncture holes in what many perceived to be the absurdities of the freethinking counterculture.

“The media stuff was always happening, which created a negative situation. We weren’t ready to deal with it. We were dealing with our personal lives. A lot of stuff that happened was imposed on us. I really liked Don a lot, and I saw things that happened to him that reverberated with all of us. He was a man who landed in a hurricane. Don’t forget that period was right in the middle of revolution—this great change in America and particularly on Haight Street—and the feeling was, ‘We’re it!’

But there was not a snowball chance in hell that [the commune] could survive, and that was our own fault. Because of the publicity, he was getting letters from people looking for answers and wanting to come and live there, people trying to use him. We just got crushed by reality and our own naiveté.”

About seven months into Don McCoy’s communal life, in the summer of 1968, his father asked his grandfather to put Don’s inheritance into conservatorship “so he doesn’t piss it all away.” Maura says, “Dad didn’t fight it. He’d become all hippie by then and actually felt the money was a bit of a burden.” But they did offer him enough to join Sheila and Buz at the Worldwide Spiritual Conference in India, though that may have sounded the 13 > t Several men from the commune work on the construction of the bakery platform, which can still be found at the park to this day. Second from left is Don McCoy, 1968.

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“It is my way of remembering my father [Don McCoy died in 2004]. It is also a tribute to a place that now holds a special significance in my memory and in my heart, and which has an incredible story of its own.”

According to archaeologist Parkman, Native Americans had been there for between 1,500 and 4,000 years. “If you lived at Olompali, within minutes you could catch fish or deer, you could grow things, Sandy Barton and Sheila U.S.A. you were close to water—it would be like (formerly McKendrick) stand by the living in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s today, estate's large pool, 1968. never having to worry about food.”

As American settlers tried to steal California away from Mexico, the Noelle Olompali Barton, executive producer, and Maura McCoy, producer. first battle of the MexicanAmerican War erupted on things are priceless!”

“Everything June 24, 1846—The Battle When the Chosen Family set up house at was in the moof Olompali, right here in Olompali and was finished choosing (at least ment,” Noelle Marin, and the only clash temporarily), by most accounts there were Barton recalls, of the Bear Flag Revolt that about 10 adults, 15 girls and four boys: Don “and you had resulted in casualties. and his three girls, Maura, Dana and Mary; a choice, a lot Don McCoy at Olompali, 1969.

One of the most amazSandy and Noelle; Bob and Sheila McKendof freedom and ing finds on the property is rick (who would later divorce Bob and marry merriment. You might make some wrong an Elizabethan silver sixpence dated 1567, the Don), their two daughters and son; and Buz choices along the way because you didn’t time of Sir Francis Drake’s landing in Marin Rowell, their de facto ranch manager. They have enough [life] skills ... There were people County. Perhaps he stopped by to trade with soon added the likes of a pot-smoking nun, who showed up later to take advantage of the Miwok Indians, via a route we’re reasonSister Mary (now Mary Norbert Korte) and those freedoms, but not at the beginning. We a pot-smoking elementary school teaching worked hard, making meals three times a day ably certain did not encompass Highway 101.

See, even then you couldn’t count on it. principal, Garnet Brennan, whose 30-year ca- for 50-60 people, shopping for food, cleaning How the land passed from the Miwoks to reer was erased by the Nicasio school district up after. But work isn’t a chore when you’re a land baron to a dentist and others, eventuafter she admitted to smoking weed. sharing with people you care about—six ally to the University of San Francisco and, Six of Sister Mary’s poems appeared in the or more of us washing dishes together and ultimately, to California and its current status book Women of the Beat Generation, includlaughing and talking—it’s more adventure ing one titled, “There’s No Such Thing As An than chore. We milked our own cows, milked as Olompali State Historic Park is juicy history that McCoy and Gibbs plan to harvest Ex-Catholic.” Meanwhile, Brennan, whose our own goats, fed and groomed horses, for the film. termination was a national news story picked tended the garden.”

As part of the communal template that was up by LIFE magazine, set up the dining area “It was a special and wonderful life,” Maura being forged there in ’67 and ’68, new people at the mansion as the classroom of the “Not says. “Just a lot of freedom as children. Pot anxious to be part of it all had to be voted in.

School.” was definitely made available to us, but it was One who did was Peter Risley, a 20-year-old “We had displays, supplies, books, tests— entirely up to us. On occasion like a party freelance photographer hired to yes, she tested us,” remembers Maura McCoy, anyone could have LSD. I tried it, didn’t like shoot photos for a Pacific Sun who was 10 at the time. “She was a profession- it. Nobody thought pot was harmful, even article on what one reporter al educator and a great person to have there.” though some of the younger kids who have called “The White House of “We had a Montessori-type school,” Barton kids of their own now say, ‘How could they Hippiedom.” says. “Kids in the real world didn’t have their have done that?’ But it was a different time.”

“After I joined the experiment own horses or an oversize swimming pool At Monday night meetings of the Family, each the photography dropped away, or the freedom to choose their own bedtime. adult drew a child’s name out of a hat and due a lot to my immaturity,” RisKids even got to pick what color to paint their would “adopt” that boy or girl for the week. ley says. “I was a good idealist, room. You can’t dream of a life like that. At “We were collectively parented,” Maura says. but not a good businessman.” my age [then 17] all boundaries and restric“More specifically, to make sure each child Buz Rowell remembers tions were removed. You don’t have to go was being looked after, we were assigned each that Risley “hit it off with anywhere. Or do anything. Music came to us week to a specific adult. They just wanted to everyone and he [including the Grateful Dead, who lived at the experiment with different ways of parenting. sort of took over ranch during the summer of 1966, and were I wasn’t missing anything, any more than any the garden. The close enough with Don and Sandy to just child of divorce who misses a parent.” kids and adults drop in on weekends].”

Maura’s sister Mary concurs. “I was only helped him and, Others who supposedly passed through 6 at the time,” she says. “[But] that was a difbecause animals could either be found in a Grammy lineup ficult period for all of us. You suddenly lose or a police lineup: Janis Joplin, Grace Slick your place in the universe with regard to your dumped their stuff there, it was and Jefferson Airplane, a 5-year-old Courtmother and father, and when I lived with my really productive. ney Love, Nina Simone, Lou Gottlieb (of the parents, I had a bedroom—and all of a sudWe grew chard, Limeliters), Bill Cosby, Ken Kesey, Jack Kerden I’m sharing a big space with many other ouac, Hells Angels and Charles Manson. The kids in the mansion, but new friends trumped corn, beans, tomatoes, cukes, back cover of the Dead album Aoxomoxoa the rest of it.” squash, yeah features a photo of Jerry Garcia and comMaura the filmmaker has no illusions marijuana, but not mune members, including Maura McCoy, about making money with a documentary. too much, because Mary and Maura McCoy at among the trees at Olompali.

“This project is a labor of love,” she confesses. people were always Olompali, 1968.

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death knell for the ranch.

In November 1968, while they were still in Calcutta, someone left a gate open at Olompali and a horse ran down the driveway that led directly to the freeway. A second gate [at the bottom of the hill] was usually kept closed, but that, too, was open and the horse ran onto Highway 101, causing the driver of a semi to jackknife as it slammed into the animal. Both the horse and the driver were killed.

When the group returned to California from India, Buz Rowell says the structure of the commune had been changed by Bob McKendrick. “The ranch was never the same after that,” he remembers. “A lot of people had joined up since we’d been gone, people living up in our hills. You’d look at them and ask, ‘Do they live here?’ and someone would say, ‘Duh, I dunno.’”

In January of 1969, narcotics agents made two raids at the commune, busts that Maura believes were the result of an informer in their midst. When the narcs demanded to know who owned all the marijuana, Don replied, “It belongs to God. I just smoke it.” Charges were eventually dropped.

Not long after, in the early morning hours of February 2, old and faulty wiring caused a raging electrical fire. “From the highway you could see flames leaping out of windows,” recalls Noelle Barton, who had been working a light show that night. “When we shot up the road, the fire trucks were already there, but they weren’t doing anything. They were

waiting for the captain to arrive to give orders, old Audrey Keller—were pedaling a tricycle but he had had a heart attack on his way over.” along the edge of the unfenced pool and fell in Though everyone got out without injury, a and drowned. dog, two cats and a parakeet were burned to “I was in the workshop in the dormitory death and the blaze when it happened,” Rowell gutted the 150-yearremembers. “People started old, two-story screaming. I came out and mansion. saw everyone racing around After the fire, frantically trying to start Olompali was hangcars.” No one could get ing on by a thread. any of their wrecks to fire “Watching it fall into up and by the time they shambles was very were able to get the girls to sad,” Rowell says. a hospital in a neighbor’s “It was nothing like truck, it was too late. “On This is the title logo artwork for the film. the joy when we that day, my dad looked out started. There were no the [hospital ward] window family meetings anymore or sounding things and saw people from Olompali rushing in,” out. Don was losing touch with reality and Maura says, “and, later when he heard what that was dividing people, too. The ranch fell had happened, thought he would be blamed into the hands of [the late Bob] McKendrick, for this.” who I didn’t get along with—there were more Outraged county officials had had enough. drugs, PCP, speed, hallucinogens. The school They charged up to the ranch, found dozens was not there anymore—children had gone of building code violations, and had landlord back to public schools. They started moving USF order everyone out within 30 days. out; that’s what was missing, it just wasn’t Although that was the end, there are conthere anymore. Things were deteriorating. It nections to that time and place by members became authoritarian.” of the core family that apparently cannot be Don McCoy had a breakdown and was, severed. Rowell, who now lives in a trailer according to Maura, at Marin General under park just south of Jenner, says, “Whenever I’m observation in the mental ward. Then, going south to San Francisco, I always stop at signaling the final tragic note of a movement Olompali and take a solitary walk around and that ultimately had witnessed the last of its remember how it used to be. Although we live music in the air and flowers in the hair, two in different places, I have kept in touch with a toddlers—2-year-old Nika Carter and 3-year- lot of our people for many years.”

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Noelle Barton puts it this way: “It is my lifelong dream to manifest this documentary so, once and for all, the story can be told by us, correctly, because it was our life!! We’re definitely not going to whitewash it—mistakes were made along the way. It was the rise and fall of a utopian society, with an ending that, to me, was a big shock. But the film, which will be narrated by Peter Coyote, is just about recording history—and we have a lot of colorful history. It was spectacular and obviously beyond the comprehension of those people who didn’t live through those days ... but even with the bad experiences that befell us, it was still one of the greatest adventures and I feel blessed to have been there then. Physically we lost the ranch but, as the film will show, we never lost each other.” Y

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MARIN FOR THE WIN In its fifth year, the Good Food Awards event has already become the gold standard for artisanal food producers who are consciously manufacturing food in sustainable and mindful ways. The keynote speaker was The New York Times journalist Mark Bittman, while Alice Waters, Ruth Reichl and Nell Newman—of Newman’s Own—presented awards to the beaming recipients.

Master of ceremonies, Sam Mogannam of Bi-Rite Markets, kept the evening moving along, but multiple lively and heartfelt speeches from grateful recipients saved the two-hour-long ceremony from drudgery.

The closing remarks, made by founders of the awards and presented by Sara Weiner, captured the essence of the movement and echoed Gandhi’s commitment to be the change we want to be. Not surprisingly, California was well represented in

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each category, but it was cheese where the Golden State—and specifically Marin— shone the brightest. Out of 17 winners, three were Marin and Petaluma cheesemakers. Bellwether Farms, for their whole Jersey milk ricotta & blackberry sheep milk yogurt, Marin French Cheese, for their petite breakfast, and Tomales Farmstead Creamery for their atika.

TOP TRENDS IN TREATS Another annual food celebration took place from January 11-13 at the Moscone Center. In its 63rd year, the Specialty Food Association held its Winter Fancy Food Show that brought 1,400 exhibitors (over 400 from California) to display their vast array of foodstuffs— from nori-infused popcorn to artichoke water. The massive for-the-trade show featured the usual suspects, including teas, chocolates and olive oils. However, every year brings new and innovative products from unusual strawberry-flavored popped quinoa breakfast cereal and savory bacon coconut chips to insect flours. Five trends were determined by a trendspotter panel compiled of food journalists. The winning categories are listed below. Included are examples of some of the products that stood out and informed the experts that these were indeed true trends.

SAY CHEESE (AND YUM) Since local cheeses made out so well at the Good Food Awards, mark your calendars early to attend the ninth annual California’s Artisan Cheese Festival in Petaluma from March 20-22. Chances are the winners will CHEESE TWISTS Yancey’s Fancy—Grilled Bacon Cheeseburger Artisan Cheese Sonoma Creamery—Mr. Cheese O’s Silva Regal Spanish Food—ManchegoStyle Cheese-Flavored Olive Oil Angie’s Boomchickapop—Caramel & Cheddar Mix BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY Chuao Chocolatier—Strawberry Waffle Wild Milk Chocolate Uncle Andy’s Jerky—Bandito Loco Spicy Coffee Beef Jerky The Republic of Tea—Cinnamon Toast HiCaf Tea Dang Foods—Savory Bacon Coconut Chips TIME FOR TURMERIC Rishi Tea—Turmeric Ginger Tea HealthVerve—Turmeric Rice Bruce Cost Ginger Ale—Passion Fruit

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Stax of wax New soul reissues underscore the Marin/Memphis connection

by G re g Cahill

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ime for a Stax soul serenade.

There’s a great scene in the critically acclaimed 2014 film documentary Take Me to the River, produced by Talking Heads’ keyboardist and Marin resident Jerry Harrison, in which guitarist Charles “Skip” Pitts, Wilson Pickett’s former bandleader and the creator of that staccato wah-wah sound heard on Isaac Hayes’ hit single “Theme from Shaft,” instructs a promising Memphis teenager on the secret of his snaking slide-guitar lines.

Call it the passing of the torch, in this case red-hot soul music being handed down from 1960s blues and soul heavyweights to today’s hip-hop generation.

The feature film, expected to be released on DVD this year, celebrates the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. It includes footage shot at the legendary Royal Studios, home to Hi Records, and also recounts the history of the Memphis-based Stax Records.

Actor and singer Terrence Howard serves as a sort of soulful Virgil, as the film brings multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a new album while capturing the gritty heart of that Southern soul capital.

Joining the students from the Stax Music Academy were such blues, soul and rap artists as Howard, William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, Otis Clay, Lil P-Nut, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Yo Gotti, Bobby Rush, Frayser Boy, and the North Mississippi Allstars, among others.

Harrison’s connection to Memphis is musical as well as sociological: The Talking Heads recorded the namesake of the film, Junior Parker’s “Take Me to the River,” which was popularized in 1974 by soul singer Al Green.

Marin’s connection to the Stax sound runs deep: longtime Marin resident Booker T. Jones, the leader of Booker T. & the M.G.’s, and his bandmates, guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, were the house band for many legendary Stax sessions. And the Marinbased pop act Huey Lewis & the News leaned heavily on the Stax sound for its chart-topping, blue-eyed soul.

Last month, the Concord Music Group started reissuing two-thirds of its catalog of Stax singles with the release of a pair of box sets: The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, 1968-1971, Vol. 2 and The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, 1972-1975,

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At Stax, Isaac Hayes and David Porter wrote and produced some of Sam & Dave’s biggest hits, but they did not receive production credits until the ‘Soul Men’ album.

Vol. 3, both on CD and for the time as digital downloads.

Vol. 2 arrived on Dec. 16; Vol. 3 is due in the spring.

No plans have been announced to release the hit-heavy Vol. 1, 1959-1968, which included key sides by Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King and Eddie Floyd, among others.

Originally released in 1993, the ninedisc Vol. 2 includes a 148-page booklet with an exhaustive essay by Stax historian and compilation co-producer Rob Bowman. The material ranges from Booker T. & the M.G.’s groove-heavy hit instrumental “Green Onions” and the Staple Singers’ gospel-inflected “Respect Yourself ” to John Lee Hooker’s “Grinder Man” and Isaac Hayes’ “Walk On By.” The set also features tracks by William

Bell, the Bar-Kays and bluesman Little Milton, as well as the country-soul duo Delaney & Bonnie. There also are lesserknown Stax artists like The Mad Lads, Jean Knight, Little Sonny and Roz Ryan.

The Stax/Volt label (known as Soulsville U.S.A.) served as a gritty, blue-collar adjunct to the squeaky-clean sounds of Detroit’s Motown label, which billed itself as Hitsville USA. While Motown artists like Marvin Gaye—with his dapper demeanor and tailored Italian silk suits— were coolly churning out catchy pop-soul hits without so much as breaking a sweat, Stax/Volt acts like Sam & Dave were tearing up stages with a far more visceral brand of soul.

Only Stax could bring together Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Carla Thomas and members of The Staple Singers for the celebratory “Soul-a-lujah,” a track that was resurrected by Boy Meets Girl, the ’80s pop duo of Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill (Merrill, who penned some of Whitney Houston’s biggest hits, is a part-time West Marin resident).

How did Stax do it?

The label owner and often malignedproducer Al Bell, says engineer Terry Manning in the liner notes. “Al just had that amazing ability, more than I had ever seen, to know the required emotion, to be able to impart that to people, and for it to come across. ... These albums just reek of emotion [and] Al Bell, to me, was the director of emotion.” Y Ask Greg to bare his soul at gcahill51@gmail.com.

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Behind the scenes A collection of the Academy’s film archive to screen at the Rafael Film Center

by Davi d Te mp l e ton

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hen you watch Joan Craw“One of the things we’re especially proud ford running around in her of,” Haberkamp says, “is our home movie backyard,” suggests Randy collection. In these old home movies—some Haberkamp, of the Academy of Motion donated by the stars’ estates, some acquired Pictures Arts & Sciences, by purchases we make, in Los Angeles, “or you some actually found on see Alfred Hitchcock eBay—these famous peoNOW PLAYING playing with his dog or ple suddenly become real.

Hollywood Home Movies riding his bike, or you get They are seen as more takes place Saturday, Jan. 17, 7:15pm. Little Andy Rooney to see Marlene Dietrich than just shadows moving screens Sunday, Jan. 18, at on vacation—looking just through the glamorous 4:15pm at the Christopher B. as glamorous as she does world that we’ve known Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 in the movies—it lets us them in. Most people Fourth St., in San Rafael. All see them as human beings don’t even know this seats $12. www.rafaelfilm.org. in ways the movies don’t collection exists, so when actually show us, and can’t we get to present them show us.” publicly, it’s an opportuIn other words, though Hollywood movnity for people to experience first-hand that ies may not show us real authentic, unrethe Academy is more than just the Oscars.” hearsed, unscripted life—to a degree, the This weekend, Haberkamp and Kirste will home movies of Hollywood’s greatest stars be appearing at the Christopher B. Smith Racan and do. fael Film Center, presenting some of the best Haberkamp is managing director of the examples from the Academy’s home movie Academy’s Preservation and Foundation collection. The clips will be described and Programs, speaking with me today alongside introduced by Haberkamp and Kirste, and Lynne Kirste, who serves as the Special Colsilent-movie-style music will be played live lections Curator for the Academy’s littleby pianist Michael Mortilla, who will stick known film archive. Within the archive— around to accompany Sunday afternoon’s considered one the top five best archives of rare public screening of Mary Pickford’s its kind in the United States—the Academy newly-restored 1925 silent classic Little Andy collects, stores and preserves thousands of Rooney, also presented by Haberkamp as an films, shorts, documentaries, clips, snippets example of work by Pickford, who in the ’20s and oddities, from beloved classic movies to was producing and starring in her own movbits-and-pieces of film history that have been ies, running her own studio and controlling orphaned or lost. the content and distribution of her films at a time when many people believed women were supposed to be home raising their kids.

Both of this weekend’s programs are significant, Haberkamp points out,

Joan Crawford

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because they take us back in time to a period when the art of movie-making was just beginning, and the people who made the films were building a new art form essentially from scratch.

“Sometimes,” Haberkamp says of the home movie collection, “in addition to seeing the stars in their homes or out on the road, you get to see them behind-thescenes of Hollywood, on the set James Stewart of movies from 50, 60, 70 years “It’s pretty wild,” she says. “We get to see ago. It lets us see how movies were made way them visiting Golden Gate Park and looking back when, and what they were like when at the bison. They visit a few different locathey weren’t acting.” tions in San Francisco. It’s interesting to see “We currently have around 3,000 reels of what the area looked like back in the day.” home movies in our collection,” Kirste says, Another element of the behind-the“about half of which came to us through the scenes footage Kirste and Haberkamp will families of people involved in the motion be showing is that much of it is in color at a picture industry. It’s kind of like having a time when the stars were making primarily time machine, watching these films, getting black-and-white movies. a chance to go back in time and see moving “We’re going to show some footage of images of people going through their lives. the making of the movie Heidi, with Shirley The program we present at our public proTemple,” Kirste says. “The movie was made grams, like the one we’re doing this weekend, in 1937, and the feature film was black-andwill be especially interesting to anyone who’s white, but the behind-the-scenes footage is a fan of old Hollywood.” in color, so if you’ve seen the classic film, it’s In Saturday’s program, for example, Kirste really fun to see what those locations really says she’ll be screening clips donated by a looked like in color. friend of silent movie actress Esther Ralston, “And to see Shirley Temple on the set, foolincluding one significant piece of forgotten ing around and having a good time, getting history. head-butted by a goat and just laughing and “There’s actually behind-the-scenes footlaughing—that just gives us a feeling for what age of her making a movie in 1928 with Gary Shirley Temple was like in real life. When Cooper,” Kirste says. “The movie they were you’re used to seeing someone as a character making, Half a Bride, is a lost film. No known on screen, then you get to see them as a real copies exist. So it’s pretty amazing to be able person, it’s a very interesting and powerful to get a glimpse of what this lost film was experience.” Y about, as we see them working together to Ask David t/k at talkpix@earthlink.net. film it. Plus, it’s pretty interesting to see what Gary Cooper looked like in the ’20s. He’s got lipstick on, like they used to do in silent films.”

Though Ralston is barely remembered today, she was once a big star, nicknamed “The American Venus” by Flo Ziegfeld. The archive’s footage includes shots of Ralston and Cooper on a San Francisco publicity tour for Half a Bride, footage Kirste guesses Bay Area audiences will find fascinating.

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F R I D AY J A N U A R Y 9 — T H U R S D AY J A N U A R Y 1 5 All About Eve (2:18) Stiletto-sharp Joseph Mankiewicz comedy about an aging diva and her Machiavellian understudy; Bette Davis and Anne Baxter star. l American Sniper (2:12) Bradley Cooper stars as Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL sniper who became a feared legend in war-torn Iraq; Clint Eastwood directs. l Annie (1:59) Remake of the Strouse-Charnin musical comic strip stars Quevenzhané Wallis as the plucky li’l orphan and Jamie Foxx as a modern-day Daddy Warbucks. l Antarctica: A Year on Ice (1:31) Dazzling documentary focuses on the world’s most brutal continent and the scientists and researchers who call it home. l Awake: The Life of Yogananda (1:27) Biodoc of Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian yogi who brought meditation and yoga to the West in the 1920s; Krishna Das and Deepak Chopra share insights. l The Babadook (1:34) Atmospheric Australian chiller about a spooky storybook creature that invades the home of a single mom and her hyperactive son. l Big Eyes (1:46) Tim Burton biopic of Margaret Keane, the artist whose paintings of big-eyed waifs made her husband rich and famous; Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz star. l Big Hero 6 (1:30) Disney cartoon concerns a boy, his posse and their repurposed crime-fighting robot, but the real star is a dazzlingly reimagined mashup of Tokyo and San Francisco complete with skateboarding geishas and a torii-turreted Golden Gate Bridge. l Birdman (1:59) Offbeat comedy from 21 Grams director Alejandro González Iñárritu about a onetime movie superhero (Michael Keaton) trying to get himself some thespian cred by starring in a Broadway play. l Blackhat (2:06) A troupe of international crimebusters pursues ruthless cyber-gangsters from Chicago to Hong Kong to Djakarta. l Boyhood (2:44) Richard Linklater’s intimate epic, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, focuses on one boy’s evolving life from age 6 to 18; Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette star. l Citizenfour (1:54) Documentary follows investigative filmmaker Laura Poitras across the globe in search of budding whistleblower Edward Snowden. l Force Majeure (2:00) Cannes Film Fest fave about a perfect alpine family vacation torn asunder by an unexpected avalanche. l Foxcatcher (2:10) True story of Olympic wrestlers Mark and Dave Schultz (Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo) and their edgy, intense relationship with their deeply obsessed heir-to-a-fortune sponsor, John du Pont (Steve Carell). l Gone Girl (2:28) David Fincher filmization of Gillian Flynn’s best-seller stars Ben Affleck as a seemingly stable family man who becomes a murder suspect when his wife goes missing. l Hermitage Revealed (1:23) Take an eye-filling tour through the 250-year-old St. Petersburg museum and its priceless collection of everything from prehistoric artifacts to Old Masters to Catherine the Great’s private jewels. l The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2:25) The trilogy’s final chapter finds Bilbo and company taking on scary, spooky challenges of all sorts as they defend Middle-earth one last time. l Hollywood Home Movies (2:00) Enjoy rare and revealing glimpses of movie folk at play (Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Steve McQueen, Carole Lombard and many others) in home movies culled from the Academy Film Archives; live piano accompaniment by Michael Mortilla. l The Homesman (2:02) Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars as a Wild West drifter hired by Hilary Swank to guide three unstable women across the rugged Nebraska Territories. l Human Capital (1:50) Prize-winning Italian drama examines the dovetailing lives of two families during the Great Recession of the 21st century. l The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2:05) Jennifer Lawrence is back as Games top dawg Katniss

Everdeen, leading the charge against her nation’s wicked past; Julianne Moore co-stars. l The Imitation Game (1:53) Benedict Cumberbatch as ace cryptologist Alan Turing, leader of Britain’s top code-breakers, who raced against time to crack the Nazis’ Enigma Code during World War II. l Inherent Vice (2:28) Psychedelic Thomas Pynchon noir about a private eye, his ex-wife, her billionaire boyfriend and a plot to put him away for good; Paul Thomas Anderson directs Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix. l Into the Woods (2:05) Stephen Sondheim’s twisted musical fairy tale gets the Disney treatment; Rob Marshall directs Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and Chris Pine. l Little Annie Rooney (1:34) Silent classic stars Mary Pickford as a slum girl who tracks down her father’s killer with the help of her fellow street urchins. l The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow (3:00) Diva extraordinaire Renee Fleming stars in Susan Stroman’s Art Nouveau remix of Lehar’s light, lascivious operetta. l Mr. Turner (2:29) Mike Leigh biopic stars Timothy Spall in a prizewinning performance as the great yet eccentric 19th century British painter J.M.W. Turner. l National Theatre London: Treasure Island (3:00) Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless tale of the high seas, pieces of eight and Long John Silver comes to life in Bryony Lavery’s ripping new stage production. l Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (1:37) Ben Stiller and his reanimated pals are back and circling the globe in search of ever more magic; Mickey Rooney, Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke star. l Paddington (1:29) Michael Bond’s lovable little bear hits the big screen, wandering London in search of a home; Sally Hawkins and Hugh Bonneville oblige him. l Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus (2:40) Documentary fellows filmmaker Timothy Mahoney as he searches the globe for archaeological evidence of Moses’ flight from Egypt. l The Penguins of Madagascar (1:32) Cartoon caper comedy about a waddle of penguin superspies on a mission to save the world from John Malkovich. l St. Vincent (1:42) Unwitting single mom Melissa McCarthy leaves her 12-year-old son in the questionable daycare of neighbor Bill Murray, who mentors the kid in the art and science of playing the horses, tipping the strippers and shooting the whiskey. l Selma (2:08) Biopic recounts the events leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery and the passage of the Voting Rights Act; David Oyelowo stars. l Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (1:47) Human comedy about the friendship that develops between an exuberant Florida retiree and her acerbic dance teacher; Gena Rowlands and Julian Sands star. l Spare Parts (1:40) True tale of four Hispanic high schoolers/robotics nerds who took on the champion robotics geekazoids of MIT. l Taken 3 (1:49) Liam Neeson is back as chronically beleaguered ex-spook Bryan Mills; this tome he’s taking on the cops, the FBI and the CIA in pursuit of justice. l The Theory of Everything (2:03) Biopic focuses on the young and healthy yet degenerating Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) as he woos his future wife (Felicity Jones) and races against time to break new ground in physics and medicine. l Unbroken (2:17) True story of three WWII soldiers who survived a plane crash, 47 days on a raft and brutality in a Japanese prison camp; Angelina Jolie directs Ethan and Joel Coen’s screenplay. l The Wedding Ringer (1:41) Clueless groom-to-be Josh Gad hires Kevin Hart to pose as his suave, confident best man; hilarity ensues. l Wild (1:55) True tale of a spiraling young woman’s 1,000mile trek along the Pacific Crest Trail in search of strength and healing; Reese Witherspoon stars.

Cinema: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 7, 10:10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:55; Sun-Thu 1:10, 4:05, 7 Northgate: 11:45, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:45, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45; Sat 12:45, 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45; Sun-Mon 12:45, 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45; Tue-Thu 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 2, 5, 8 Sequoia: Fri 2:30, 5:30, 8:30; Sat-Mon 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30; Tue-Thu 5:30, 8:30

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Annie (PG) Antarctica: A Year on Ice (PG) Awake: The Life of Yogananda (Not Rated) The Babadook (Not Rated) Big Eyes (PG-13)

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Lark: Sat 2 Lark: Sun 1 Northgate: 12:20, 3:35, 6:50, 10:05 Rafael: Sat 7:15 Lark: Wed 12:45 Rafael: Fri 3:30, 6, 8:30; Sat-Mon 1, 3:30, 6, 8:30; Tue-Thu 6, 8:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:40, 10:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45; Sun-Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:15 Regency:

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Fairfax: Fri 3:45, 6:40, 9:25; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 6:40, 9:45; Sun-Thu 12:30, 3:45, 6:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri 6:40, 9:35; Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35; MonWed 6:45, 9:35 Northgate: 10:40, 1:35, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed

12:05, 3:30, 7, 10:15; Sat 12:05, 3:30, 7, 10:15; Sun-Thu 10:30, 12:05, 3:30, 7

10:55, 1:50, 4:45, 7:50 k Little Annie Rooney (Not Rated) k The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

Rafael: Sun 4:15

(Not Rated)

Lark: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Marin: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Regency: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Sequoia: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30

Mr. Turner (R)

Rafael: Fri 4:15, 7:15; Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:30; Sun-Mon 1:15, 4:15, 7:15; TueThu 7:15

k National Theatre London: Treasure Island

(Not Rated) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG) k Paddington (PG)

Lark: Thu 7:30 Northgate: 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 2:15, 4:35, 6:55, 9:15; Sun-Thu 12, 2:15, 4:35, 6:55 Northgate: 11:30, 2, 2:35, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:45,

k Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus (PG)

Regency: Mon 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:50, 5:10 Lark: Fri 6; Mon 1 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4, 7:05, 9:50; Sun-Thu 1, 4, 7:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 10; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 10; Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30 Marin: Fri 4:25, 7:15, 10:05;

4:25, 7, 9:25

The Penguins of Madagascar (PG) St. Vincent (PG-13) Selma (PG-13)

Sat 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05; Sun 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:15; Mon-Thu 4:25, 7:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:30; Sun-Thu 10:25, 1:20, 4:25, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 k Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Not Rated) k Spare Parts (PG-13)

Taken 3 (PG-13)

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

The Theory of Everything (PG-13)

Northgate: 10:40, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:35; Sat 1, 4, 7,

Unbroken (PG-13) k The Wedding Ringer (R)

Northgate: 10:50, 1:55, 5, 8:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Northgate: 12, 2:35, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:10,

Wild (R)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30; Sun-Thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:50 Marin: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue, Thu 7; Sun 1:15, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:40,

9:35; Sun-Mon 1, 4, 7; Tue-Thu 4, 7

7:40, 10:10

10:25; Sun 7:40; Mon-Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:40

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

CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 | Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 | Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 | Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264

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Live music 01/16: Blame Sally with Spark and Whisper

8pm. $25-35. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com 01/16: Danny Click and the Hell Yeahs Texas blues, Americana. 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/16: Elephant Listening Project Luvplanet opens. 9pm. $10. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/16: Freedy Johnston and Tom Freund Acoustic Americana. 9pm. $25. Hopmonk, 691 Broadway, Sonoma. 935-9100. hopmonk.com/ sonoma.

01/16: Gary Vogensen Rusty Gauthier Big John Main Gary Silva Shawn Allen Americana,

acoustic jam, rock ramble. 8pm.No cover. Rancho Nicasio,1OldRancheriaRoad, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

01/16: Ike Stubblefield and Friends Will Bernard opens. 9pm. $22-25. Sweetwater Music Hall,

19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/16: Lauren Shera Indie folk rock. 8pm. $12.

Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

01/16: Rewind 9pm. $5. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

01/16: Phil Lesh and Friends Play the Grateful Dead Recreation of a s classic 1967 set. How cool is

that? 7:30pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/16: Stephanie Teel Band Blues,rock. 9pm. $15. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael.

578-2707. georgesnightclub.com 01/16: Tom Rigney and Flambeau Original Cajun, zydeco. 8pm. $23-35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

01/17: AZ/DZ Hard rock covers. 8pm. $10.

Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

01/17: Before The Bang Rock, blues. 8:25pm. $5.

Presidio Yacht Club, Fort Baker, Sausalito. 332-6858.

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01/17: The Grain, Chrissy Lynne Band 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

459-9910. perisbar.com.

01/17: La Mandanga Flamenco, latin fusion.

9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/17: Los Pinguos Latin, reggae, rumba flamenca, rock. 8pm. $21-35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

01/17: Mavis Staples Blue Bear Benefit Show 8pm. $60-150. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/17: Soul Ska Tribute to Jamaican and U.S. ska .

With Ian Herman,, trumpet; Alex Baky, saxophone; Jonathan Korty, keys/vocals; Sean Sharp and Joseph Powell, vocals; Gardner Fenton Goetze, guitar/vocals; Tommy O’Mahoney, bass and Kelsey Howard. 9pm. $10. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/18: Buddy Owen Blues Band, Erika Alstrom and Dale Alstrom’s Jazz Society 4pm.

No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/18: La Mandanga 8:30pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

01/18: Namely Us Jazz. 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

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01/18: Howell Devine Blues. 4pm.No cover.

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01/18: The Unauthorized Rolling Stones 8pm. $25-27. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/19: Billy D’s Open Mic Night 9:30pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

459-9910. www.perisbar.com.

01/19: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

01/19: Open Mic with Austin DeLone 7:30pm.

No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/19: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm.

Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/19: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm.

Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/19: Open Mic with Dennis Haneda: 7pm.

No cover. All ages. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

01/20: Synapse Psychedelic, groove rock. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/21: The Action Heroes with James Nash, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti Reed Mathis 8pm. $15-

17. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/21: Elvis Johnson Soul Revue 9:30pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

459-9910. perisbar.com.

01/21: The Right Time Reggae, funk. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/21: Savannah Blu with Dore Coller

Bluegrass, acoustic Americana. 8pm. Free. Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. ironspringspub.com.

01/22: Dick Dale and the Deadlies 8pm. $3540. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa.

707-260-1600. citywinery.com 01/22: Dick Fregulia Trio Jazz. 4:30pm. No cover.

Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael.

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/22: The Overcommitments 8pm. $12-15.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/22: San Geronimo Jam, rock. 8pm. No cover.

Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael.

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/22: Uzi, Korty, Inkx, O’Mahoney and Friends 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/23-24: David Nelson Band 8pm. $. Terrapin

Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/23: Paul Liberatore and the Liberators

8pm.$12-15. Rancho Nicasio,1OldRancheriaRoad, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

01/23:Soul Mechanix 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar. com.

01/23: Stan Ridgway New American Farmers opens. 8pm. $22-25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/23: Zydeco Flames. 9pm. $10-12. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 4591091. 19broadway.com.

Comedy 01/20: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and

up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

01/22: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave.,

Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

01/23: Toad‘s Salon: Metaphysical Comedy with a Twist Featuring Toni Attell, aka Toad the

Mime and live music. 8pm. $20-35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 3839600. throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater 01/17-01/18:‘Around the World in 80 Days’ ABOUT On the very day that the bank of

England is robbed, Mr. Phileas Fogg and his faithful servant Passepartout hurriedly leave London in the middle of the night to circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days! Little do they know that detective.

Recommended for ages 7 and up 10:30am. marintheatre.org/education/youth/theater-foryoung-audiences/, Marin Theatre Company. United States of America. $18 for kids under the age of 14.

Concerts 01/18: Chamber Ensemble Enjoy an elegant afternoon of music in our historical Julia Morgan Clubhouse. Violinists R. Ruby, J. Buckley, violist J. Hawkes, cellist B. Schneiderman, and pianist L. Harjono perform pieces by Schumann, Debussy, Schubert and Turina. The afternoon includes wine, champagne and hors d euvres while you support the Sausalito Woman’s Club Scholarship Recognition Fund, which provides scholarships to graduating high school and continuing students attending art, college and vocational schools. 3pm. $30. Sausalito Woman’s Club, 120 Central Avenue, Sausalito. 740-0587. sausalitowomansclub.org/scholarship.

01/19: Fath Chamber Players With Josepha Fath, violin; Philip Fath, clarinet; Victoria Ehrlich, cello and Roxanne Michaelian, piano. 7:30pm. $1020. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

01/21: Noontime Concerts: Natasha Vershilova Daniels Viola. Noon. Free.

with a playful beginners mind. Free. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 3884331. ohanloncenter.org/.

Through 01/24: Brush Strokes: Plein Air Scenes Marin County Watercolor Society presents

a group exhibition of outdoor paintings that express a quality of light and design captured when painting in nature. 9am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army. mil/Missions/Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter. aspx.

Through 01/24: Inspired—Words and Poetry Marin Society of Artist presents and exhibition of art works based on the written word. Gallery hours: noon-4pm Wed. - Sun. Free. Marin Society of Artists, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 454-9561. marinsocietyofartists.org.

Kids Events 01/17: Girls Can Be Park Rangers Too Well

of course girls can play in the dirt, rock at sports, fight fires, camp in the woods and be park rangers.

Join ranger Sarah Burkhart at the Marin County Parks Lucas Valley Field Office for hot chocolate and s’mores and to learn what a Marin County Park Ranger does and how they might pursue this career option. Ideal for Girl Scout groups and young ladies between 6-12. 6pm. Free. Marin County Parks Lucas Valley Field Office, 18 Jeannette Prandi Way, San Rafael. marincountyparks.org.

01/19: Nature for Kids: Indian Valley Look for early blooming flowers and see what kinds of insects and other animals are visiting in search of nectar or pollen. The creek should be full the hike will follow it up the canyon to picnic by a waterfall. Remember to bring lunch. No pets (except service animals) please. Rain may cancel. If questionable weather call 893-9527 after 8am on the morning of the event to hear a recorded message. Parking lot 6 is adjacent to the police station. 10am. $3 parking. Indian Valley

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LET’S RAMBLE! GARY VOGENSEN, RUSTY GAUTHIER , BIG JOHN MAIN , GARY SILVA, SHAWN ALLEN 8:00 / No Cover Sat DOUG ADAMZ & BRAVO! Jan 17 Mr. Americana 8:00 Fri

Jan 16

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Jan 18

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4:00 / No Cover

PAUL LIBERATORE Jan 23 & THE LIBERATORS Fri

Rock ‘n Roll 8:00

BUCK NICKELS Jan 24 & LOOSE CHANGE Sat

New Country Music 8:00

Jan 30 JEREMY D’ANTONIO DARREN NELSON & FRIENDS Fri

8:00 / No Cover San Franciso Tribute to Jan 31 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers PETTY THEFT 8:00 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Sat

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01/22: Voices of Music “The Great Poets: From Shakespeare to Dryden.” 17th-century poetry and music by Dowland, Johnson, Ferrabosco, Lanier, Danyel, Purcell. With Anna Dennis, soprano. 8pm. $5-40. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

01/23: Portalnd Cello Project 8pm. $15-22.

Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa.

707/260-1600. citywinery.com 01/25: Manasse Nakamatsu Duo Clarinet; piano. Works by Brahms, Chopin, Poulenc, Stravinsky, others. 5pm. $18-35. Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, Camino Alto at Sycamore, Mill Valley. chambermusicmillvalley.org

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6. The Bible, book of Timothy

Based out of Argentina, this is an irresistibly energetic group that has claimed fans worldwide! Bring your dancing shoes!

01/24-25: Roco Dance On Stage: ALICE

7. The dunk

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FRI JAN 23 8PM

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SAT JAN 24 8PM THU FEB 5 8PM

1. The Truckee River, which flows northeastward towards Reno and into Nevada’s Pyramid Lake 2. Locusts; the swarms can contain billions of them!

3. Neptune 4. Mick Jagger (Thanks for the question to Stanton Klose of Terra Linda.)

5. The High Line

7:30pm Jan. 24; 3 and 7pm Jan 25. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincenter.org.

8. Julie and Julia (Julia Child) and The Iron Lady (Margaret Thatcher)

Art

9a. Bram Stoker

01/18-02/22: (Im)materiel - Winter Exhibition at Headlands Center for the Arts Opening reception noon-5pm Jan.18. What humans are able to physically see represents only a minute fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. But given the proper means, the invisible can become visible. Group exhibition guest curated by Kevin B. Chen. Includes photographs, sculptures and video installations by 18 artists. Presented by Headlands Center for the Arts.

Free. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. 331-2787. headlands.org/.

Through 01/22: O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Member Show “Sight and Insight: Annual Group

Exhibition.” Sculpture, paintings, photography, collage, mixed media works. See and approach art

9b. Mary Shelley 9c. Robert Louis Stevenson

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FRI JAN 16 8PM

LOS PINGUOS: LATIN RHYTHMS & RUMBA ROCK

SAT JAN 17 8PM

Cajun and zydeco two-steps, low-down blues, funky New Orleans grooves, and heartbreakingly beautiful ballads and waltzes

San Francisco based VOICES OF MUSIC performs JAN 22 both renaissance and baroque music, drawing upon 8PM the many and varied sources for historical performance practice. Voices of Music sponsors the Young Artist Program and the East Bay Junior Recorder Society.

Toni Attell (Toad the Mime) with musicians Chris Huson and Arnie Attell. Metaphysical Comedy with some amazing twists!

10a. Venice

High Octane Americana! Bluegrass and folk to blues and gospel….

10b. China

LEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

10c. 24 years (Thanks for the question to Jordan Gaines of San Rafael)

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TUESDAY NIGHT COMEDY MARK PITTA & FRIENDS

In their new “Circa 1945” concert, LCCE celebrates the sounds of the 1940s from a classical perspective.

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3 epic days featuring 55 documentary films on topics ranging from Extreme Adventure Sports to Environmental Awareness/Activism… Plus incredible guest speakers!

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Fri 1/16 • Doors 8pm • ADV $22 / DOS $25

Grammy Winner Ike Stubblefield & Friends (Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton, Al Green) feat Will Bernard, Jay Lane (RatDog, Primus), Victor Little (Patti Austin, Billy Preston) & Guests Sun 1/18 • Doors 7pm • ADV $25 / DOS $27 Celebrate the 3-Day Weekend with

The Unauthorized Rolling Stones Tue 1/20 • 6:30pm • FREE

Trivia Cafe - Free with Prizes Wed 1/21 • Doors 7pm • ADV $15 / DOS $17

The Action Heroes: James Nash (Waybacks), Jeff Chimenti (Furthur), Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green), Jay Lane (Primus) Thu 1/22 • Doors 7pm • ADV $12 / DOS $15

The Overcommitments

Fri 1/23 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $25

Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) Sun 2/8 • Doors 7pm • ADV $47 / VIP $72

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John Oates (of the legendary Hall & Oates) www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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will discuss simple things you can do to get your kids to eat healthy and take stress out of mealtime in just 30 minutes a week. $20 per family. Includes treats and a signed copy of the cook book. 6:30pm. $20. Drivers Market, 200 Caledonia St., Sausalito. 710-5393. driversmarket.com.

01/23: WWII in the Shadow of Mt. Tam From 1942 -45 Sausalito was home to a bustling wartime shipyard called Marinship. Join ranger Joanne on a 2-mile walking tour of the area surrounding the Bay Model to experience what life in the shipyards was like. Dress in layers, wear comfortable walking shoes, bring water, hat and sunscreen. Rain cancels. 10am.

Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

01/24: Stafford Winter Disc Golf Classic Merit and raffle prizes will be awarded with top honors going to lowest score per 18 holes. All ages and skill levels are welcome and no experience is necessary.

Wear comfortable athletic clothing and sturdy shoes.

Hot chocolate and snacks provided. No pets (except service animals) are allowed at this park. Rain will cancel. 9am. Free. Stafford Lake Park Gate House, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. marincountyparks.org.

Outdoors 01/17: Aramburu Island Enhancement Our partners at Richardson Bay Audubon Center have worked tirelessly to convert a 17-acre island from an eroding, unproductive, bay dredge dumpsite into prime shore bird and wildlife habitat. Team up with our friends at Audubon to help them.

Transportation to the island from the meeting place requires a 10-minute boat ride. Volunteer work is mildly strenuous and involves bending, pulling and kneeling. Recommended for ages 12 and up; under 18 must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes, and bring water. RSVP required. Parking is in gravel pullouts on the right side of the road. 9am. Free.

Richardson Bay Audubon Center, Greenwood Beach Road, Tiburon. 473-5082. marincountyparks.org.

01/17: Back to Bahia Come on back to Bahia on Rush Creek preserve to wipe out the remaining invasive French broom. Great news is that after 10 years of hard work they are nearing complete eradication. All skill levels/ages are welcome and no previous experience is necessary. Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes and bring water.

BEST BET ‘Americana unleashed’ HOUSTON JONES musical creations are that rare mix of virtuosity and humility that gets me every time. The opportunity to see them so close to home, and in the historical Throckmorton Theatre at that, should be a real treat. Did you know it’s rumored that Charlie Chaplin loved this place which retains it’s old-timey box theatre vibe down to the heavy velvet curtains and time-worn shine in the beautiful wood details?

Snacks and extra water will be provided. In the event of heavy rain/high winds call to find out about event status. 9am. Free. Rush Creek Open Space, Bahia Dr., Novato. 473-3778. marincountyparks.org.

01/18: Hike to Beautiful Gibson Falls in Novato Meet a ranger for a walk in this beautiful

canyon to view a waterfall nestled amidst trees. A discussion of creek ecology, watersheds and water conservation will be included along the way. This will be an easy-moderate walk with one steep section, approximately 1 mile round-trip. Dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. Don’t forget to bring a camera.

Friendly, leashed dogs are welcome. Heavy rain will cancel the event. 9am. Free. Meet at the end of Fairway Dr., Novato. 473-2816. marincountyparks. org.

01/24: Creekside Restoration with Save The Bay Join Marin County Parks and Save The Bay

staff to learn about the history of San Francisco Bay and Creekside Marsh, and be a part of a communitybased effort to enrich important habitat areas of Hal Brown Park. All skill levels/ages are welcome and no previous experience is necessary. Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes and bring water. Snacks and extra water will be provided. Preregistration is required. 9am. Free. Hal Brown Park at Creekside, Bon Air Road, Kentfield. 473-3778. savesfbay.org.

Readings 01/24: National Read-a-thon Day Be a part of the first national read-a-thon day and support programs that promote reading. Civic center library staff and volunteers will be reading aloud in the Library from 1-4 pm. Light refreshments will be served. 1pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 427, San Rafael. 473-6058.

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01/16: Rosen Method Movement Would

you like to let go of stress and be more energetic?

Check out a hands-on demonstration of this movement method as part of the Next Chapter: Retirement series. With presenter Elizabeth Grace RN. Wear comfortable clothing and be prepared for gentle movement exercises. 2pm. Free. San Rafael Public Library, 1100 E St., San Rafael. 485-3321. srpubliclibrary.org.

01/17-18: 23rd Annual Winter Wineland

A great opportunity to meet winemakers, taste limited production wines, new releases or library wines at wineries not generally open to the public. All wineries will have something on sale for the weekend.

Some wineries will offer food pairings. Presented by Wine Road - Northern Sonoma County 11am-4pm. $5-60. Multiple winery locations throughout Healdsburg: See website for event details and map.

800-723-6336. www.wineroad.com.

01/17-18: Bay Area World Guitar Show

10am-5pm Jan 17; 10am-4pm Jan. 18. $20, under 12 free. Marin Center Exhibits Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincenter.org.

01/17: Healing at Our Edge: A Path to Wholeness Physical healing, emotional healing,

spiritual healing, collective healing the journey to wholeness takes many forms and has as many starting points as there are people who embark upon the journey. Workshops will be conducted by Dale Borglum, Ph.D. He is the founder and executive director of the Living/Dying Project and co-author of “Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook.”

9am. $140. S.F. Theological Seminary, 5 Richmond Rd, San Anselmo. 456-3357. livingdying.org.

01/17: STEAM Saturday Science, technology, engineering, art, and math powered stories, rhymes, songs, crafts, experiments and sensory experience for children three to six years old and their caregivers.

Wear comfy cloths that are OK to get messy. 11am.

Free. San Rafael Public Library, 1100 E St., San Rafael.

485-3322. srpubliclibrary.org.

01/18: Health Impact of Toxins, Stress, Nutrition and Exercise Dr. Myrto Ashe MD is a

functional medicine specialist. She will report on the latest scientific research and give advice how several small health choices (all non-pharmaceutical) can make a huge impact on your health. 9:30am. $15.

Body Kinetics Mill Valley, 639 E Blithedale, Mill Valley. 320-4451. bodykineticsmarin.com.

01/18: Psychodrama Class: Janus Gate: Entering the New Year Janus, the ancient Roman

god of gates, doors and new beginnings, is a doublefaced god that looks to the future and the past.

Learn how psychodrama and other expressive arts can look behind and move ahead safely. No acting skills needed and participation is at your level of comfort. 5pm. $60-75. Imagine Center for Creativity and Healing,1924 Fourth St., San Rafael. 350-9007. bayareamorenoinstitute.com

01/18: Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King: Black Life Matters With a panel of NAACP

01/20: People’s Climate Fund Discussion Join

leaders, Oakland parents, young black men and local community grassroots activists. Discussion moderated by Debbie Sweeney and Larry Hinkle.

There will be a candlelight vigil and inspirational music and gospel jam session led by Bobbie Ellison.

With UIM choir members, rapper Billy Knight and pianist Jeff Paul. 7pm. $15. Unity In Marin, 600 Palm Dr., Novato. 879-0155. unityinmarin.org/events/ martin-luther-king-celebration/.

01/19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and support projects that empower and strengthen local communities. Do just this as we work together to spruce up landscaped areas at the Marin County Civic Center. All skill levels are welcome and no previous experience is necessary. All ages are welcome; anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a supervising adult. Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes and bring water. Snacks and extra water will be provided. 9am. Free. Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Civic Center Dr., San Rafael.

763-2977. marincountyparks.org.

01/20: Free ACT Workshop: Math Tips and Tricks Discover techniques to improve performance

and reduce test stress. Maximize your math score by learning strategies to prioritize problems and quickly solve them. 7pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Drive #427, San Rafael. 473-6058. marinlibrary.org.

Jane Sloane of the Global Fund for Women to discuss climate change and ways we can all make a difference, including the creation of a People’s Climate Fund.

6pm. Free. Drivers Market, 200 Caledonia Street, Sausalito. 937-4535. driversmarket.com.

01/21: Amphibians of Marin What’s that frog you hear all winter long, and why are there newts out walking on the trails? This lecture should provide the answers to these questions as well as illustrate the life histories of the salamanders and frogs that live around us. Join David Herlocker of Marin County Parks for a talk about the critters you’re likely to see and hear at this time of year. Noon-1pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 427, San Rafael.

473-6058.

01/22: DSLR Video Boot Camp Take your DSLR camera to the next level by using it to create digital stories. Focusing on the fundamentals of filmmaking, topics will include techniques and gear, camera rigs, night shoots, frames per second and the tools needed to capture great sound. 6pm. $50. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St., San Rafael. 721-0636 ext.

14. cmcm.tv.

01/23-25: Gem Faire Noon-6pm Jan 23-24: 10am-6pm Jan. 25. Free admission. Marin Center Exhibits Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 4736800. marincenter.org.

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RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES? Tired of endless relationship or marital challenges? Or single and sick of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join coed Intimacy Group, Single's Group or Women's Group to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships and life. Weekly, ongoing groups or 9-week groups starting the week of Jan. 19, 2015 - Mon, Tues, or Thurs evening. Space limited. Also, Individual and Couples sessions. Central San Rafael. For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT#35255 at 415/453-8117.

A safe, successful MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS GROUP for women who have lost their mothers through death, separation, illness, or estrangement in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood meets every other Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM in San Anselmo. In a supportive environment, women address and explore relevant issues in their lives, current and past, including relationships, self-identity, the many consequences of mother loss, other loss, and trauma. The group provides opportunities for healing and growth, deepening self-empowerment, gaining acknowledgement for “normal” responses, and support for pursuing individual goals. Facilitated and developed since 1997 by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249), CGP (41715) with over 20 years experience, whose mother’s death at 15 was a pivotal event in her life. Individual, couple, and family sessions also available. Phone: 415-785-3513.Email: crussellmft@earthlink.net. Website: www.colleenrussellmft.com .

OVER 55 WITH AN EMPTY NEST? STAY OR MOVE? Please join our panel of experts for a discussion of living options in The Bay Area and beyond.

Topics to include: Staying in your home, downsizing to a smaller home, and a easy to understand description of the five types of senior communities, including their costs and qualifications.

There is no “one size fits all,”so come find out what works best for you or your loved ones.

Call now to sign up for next presentation: Sue at (415) 297-1554 Sue Dwight, Senior Living Specialist • Bradley Real Estate BRE#01035908 www. bradleyrealestate.com

NEW IN SAN RAFAEL Mud Shed Ceramics

Classes for adults of all ages and youth aged 8-12.

Perfect for beginners as well as those with some ceramic background who would like to work in a peaceful and well-supplied ceramic studio.

www.mudshed.com To include your seminar or workshop, call 415/485-6700 x 306.

WHAT’S YOUR SIGN? WEEK OF JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22, 2015

BY LEONA MOON

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) Reserve your next Throwback Thursday for your BFF, Aries! The new moon in Aquarius on Jan. 20 has you ready to mingle.

If you happen to be single, this could finally be the time to give love a chance. If you’re coupled up, it’s likely that you’ll find the Amy Poehler to your Tina Fey. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Get ready to dot your I’s and cross your T’s, Taurus! An offer on Jan. 22 is looking real good. Remember that ice creamtaster job that turned you down a few months back? Well thanks to Mercury going retrograde, they want you back and bad. You have the upper hand now with whatever offer manifests as a blast from your past.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Are you stuck in quicksand, Gemini? Everything’s going real slow right about now—and who can you thank for that? Mercury, your ruling planet, goes retrograde on Jan. 21 and with it brings a hellstorm of miscommunication. You know the drill: expect surprises from your past, don’t sign any papers and try not to drop your cellphone in the toilet.

CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Love is in the air and on the interwebs, Cancer!

You can’t seem to quit swiping right—you’re consumed by all-things love and lust at the moment. While you might think you have online dating down to a science, be careful what you send out to some of your favored suitors. A mass selfie might find itself with a pair of mutual (soon-to-be angry) friends.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Don’t leave your credit cards laying around, Leo! Your carefree demeanor might get the best of you on Jan. 19. It might be time to quit using your pockets and to start using a wallet. Identity theft is around the corner, and that unsuspecting 80-year-old grandma visiting from Florida couldn’t be happier with your lack of organization when she picks your pocket!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Wondering if you’ll be the next case of measles, Virgo? Health will be the question with the arrival of the new moon in Aquarius. If you’ve had an ongoing, long-term health issue that doesn’t seem to beat it even with a few overdoses of Airborne, it’s time to get yourself checked out. The problem might be something larger than you originally imagined. Do yourself a favor.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) You don’t know until you try, Libra! Try to make a baby that is! The new moon, in fellow soul sign Aquarius, is here to help make big changes—like making children. If you’re committed to you for the rest of your life and not interested in a little one, this new moon could be emphasizing a new baby in another sector of your life—like a creative passion project.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Put the Fitbit down, Scorpio! While working out is always a great thing, we just can’t condone another gadget at this time.

Especially with Mercury going retrograde on Jan. 21. Keep water away from electronics and take out all of the Apple insurance you can—things are about to get real messy for your tech-savvy appliances.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Planning on taking a walk down Memory Lane, Sagittarius? We’re not talking past loves here—we’re talking an actual walk. You might find your inner adventurer seeking a familiar thrill—the thrill of one of your favorite locales. Brainstorm about some of your favorite places growing up and pay a visit—it might be the perfect place for a little reflection and reinvention.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) It never hurts to ask if you do it politely, Capricorn. Especially when the question, er, in question, could be solely responsible for you upgrading from Two Buck Chuck to a Robert Mondavi cabernet.

It’s time for a raise and don’t be afraid to ask on Jan. 20—the stars want to see a little extra cash in your wallet!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Got a plan, Aquarius? Well, the new moon has a plan for you! Any lingering thoughts that have been clouded with what-ifs are about to take flight. Put some stock in your wildest dreams. Consider Jan. 21 your very own personal day to channel your inner Wolf of Wall Street moment—minus the felonies, house arrest and crumbling family life.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Feeling more courageous than Popeye after devouring some spinach, Pisces? Well Mars entered your sign and will find itself getting settled there this week. On Jan. 16 you’ll be full to the brim with courage and ready to voice your deepest thoughts and concerns. Use your innate intuition and follow your gut—you know what you need!

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136245 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GREAT SPIRIT MUSIC, 14 DARTMOUTH DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: THOMAS F CONNEELY 111, 14 DARTMOUTH DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939.The business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 16,2014.

(Publication Dates: Dec 26 of 2014, Jan 2,9,16 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136240 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PEKING WOK RESTAURANT, 418 LAS GALLINAS AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: NAN XIAO, 225 BRIGHT STREET, SAN FRANCSICO, CA 94132.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 16,2014.(Publication Dates: Dec 26 of 2014, Jan 2,9,16 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136265 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ANNY'S HAIR STUDIO, 141 ALTO ST,SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIO DURAN, 350 BOLINAS RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 19,2014.

(Publication Dates: Jan 2,9,16,23 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136293 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SONRISA, 5501 HARBORD DR, OAKLAND, CA 94618: NEGAR BAHARLOU, 5501 HARBORD DR, OAKLAND, CA 94618.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 23,2014.

(Publication Dates: Jan 2,9,16,23 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136291 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: UNIQUE INK, INC., 1465 VISTAZO WEST STREET, TIBURON, CA 94920: UNIQUE HOMES INC., 2443 E. COAST HWY, CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625.

The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 23,2014 (Publication Dates: Jan 2,9,16,23 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136217 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: KRPR PUBLISHING AND RELATIONSHIPS/NATURAL MEDICINE RESOURCE, 825 DIABLO AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947: KIMROSE LUNDBERG, 825 DIABLO AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 12,2014.(Publication Dates: Jan 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136328 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1)SOGGY WAFFLES 2) TOPIARY 4 U, 5204 MAPLE RD, VACAVILLE, CA 95687:

1) ELLEN LLOYD ADAMS,5204 MAPLE RD, VACAVILLE, CA 95687, 2) DANIEL GEORGE ADAMS, 5204 MAPLE ROAD,VACAVILLE, CA 95687.The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP.Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 31,2014.

(Publication Dates: Jan 9,16,23,30 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136337 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BEING WITH CONSCIOUS DYING, 311 MILLER AVENUE, SUITE H, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: TRAVIS SMITH, 311 MILLER AVENUE, SUITE H, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.The business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jan 02,2015.

(Publication Dates: Jan 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015-136345 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE EPICURIUM, 11100 STATE ROUTE 1, Pt. REYES STATION, CA 94956: 1) RAINE HOWE, 440 MEADOW WAY, SAN GERONIMO, CA 94963, 2) JED DAVIDSON, 11100 STATE ROUTE 1, Pt. REYES STATION, CA 94956.The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 05,2015.(Publication Dates: Jan 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136338 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CREATIVE GOOSE, 454 LAS GALLINAS # 337, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: DAVID FARROW, 84- B SCENIC AVE, RICHMOND, CA 94801.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 02,2015.(Publication Dates: Jan 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136284 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ELLEN DECK DESIGN, 115 ELINOR AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ELLEN CLAIRE DECK, 115 ELINOR AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.Registrant is renewing filing with no changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 23,2014.

(Publication Dates: Jan 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136270 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN TOWN & COUNTRY CLUB, 60 PASTORI AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: MT & CC LLC, 60 PASTORI AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 19,2014.(Publication Dates: Jan 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136283 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ANDES PROJECT MANAGEMENT ( A.P.M), 1034 LAS PAVADAS AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: LEONARDO TORRES OBREQUE, 1034 LAS PAVADAS AVE., SAN

RAFEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 23,2014.(Publication Dates: Jan 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136261 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MCC PHARMACY. 3110 KERNER BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CLINIC PHARMACIES LLC, 106 E.SIXTH STREET, SUITE 900, AUSTIN, TX 78701.The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 19,2014.

(Publication Dates: Jan 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136417 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SKY TYRANNOSAUR, 101 MARTENS BLVD., UNIT A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MUIR FREELAND, 101 MARTENS BLVD., UNIT A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 12,2015.(Publication Dates: Jan 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136243 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) FITBLISS, 2) FITBLISS MARIN, 944 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD,# 5, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: EMILY DORRIEN, 944 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD ,# 5, KENTFIELD, CA 94904.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 16,2014.(Publication Dates: Jan 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136436 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LA GUATEMALTECA EXPRESS, 26 MEDWAY RD, #7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JOHN F CAPRIEL, 84 WOODLAND AVE # 9, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 13,2015.(Publication Dates: Jan 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015)

OTHER NOTICES AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404177.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KRISTEN ANNE KOENIG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KRISTEN ANNE KOENIG to LILIANNA KRISTEN PARKER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 01/28/2015 08:30

AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: Dec 17, 2014. (Publication Dates:Dec 26 of 2014, Jan 2,9,16 of 2015.)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404771. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MOLLIE TOVAR and MIGUEL TOVAR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CHARLOTTE CARTER HAUTAU TO CHARLOTTE CARTER TOVAR. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 02/13/2015 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM L, DEPT 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 OF FILING: DEC 19, 2014, (Publication Dates: Jan 2,9,16,23 of 2015.)

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): NISSIM LANYADOO; and Does 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ACMIS FIFTEEN, LLC. CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): CIV1403496. NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other

legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pidel secretario de la corte que le de‚ un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o ponidrindose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de tele fono del abogado del demandante, o del

demandante que no tiene abogado, es): JONATHAN SEIGEL (Bar # 168224), SCHEER LAW GROUP LLP, 155 N. REDWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 100, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903,FAX: (415) 491-8910 PHONE: (415) 491-8900 DATE (Fecha): DEC 15, 2014. Publiction Dates: Jan 9,16,23,30 of 2015.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404836. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MARCY JANET WILLIAMS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MARCY JANET WILLIAMS to MARCY WILLIAMS. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 02/25/2015 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM L, DEPT 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 OF FILING: Jan 8, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jan 6,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015.)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1500102. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JEANNE MANN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JEANNE SUSAN MANN to JEANNE CEZANNE MANN.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 02/19/2015 AT 08:30 AM, ROOM B, DEPT B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: Jan 9, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jan 6,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015.)

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I had an amazing first date with this guy: dinner, a movie, a stroll around the park and a passionate good-night kiss.

That was two weeks ago. Since then, I haven’t heard a peep. How was it awesome for me but not for him? Were we, unbeknownst to me, on two different dates?—Disturbed

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When a man disappears on you after a great first date, it’s natural to search your mind for the most plausible explanation—that is, whichever one doesn’t shred your ego and feed it to your fish. Top choices include: 1. He was kidnapped by revolutionaries. 2. His couch caught fire while he was setting up candles around a shrine to you, and he’s now homeless and, more importantly, phoneless.

3. He double-parked at 7-Eleven, and then a witch put a spell on him, turning him into a Big Gulp, and some skater kid drank him.

The reality is, maybe you and he actually were, “unbeknownst to [you], on two different dates.” We have a tendency to assume others’ thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and desires match our own, explains psychologist Nicholas Epley in Mindwise.

What we forget to consider are what Epley calls “the broader contexts that influence a person’s actions.” For example, maybe smack in the middle of all that “awesome,” the guy was raking through a few thoughts—like whether he’s truly over his previous girlfriend, whether he likes the woman from Tuesday better, whether he’s straight.

And sorry, but despite the “passionate” kiss, it’s possible the attraction to you just wasn’t there. One of my guy friends, a reformed cad, explained: “I used to do this all the time with women. I’d realize I wasn’t that attracted to them, but since I was already there on the date, I’d keep moving forward and see if I could get laid, ’cause why not? So from their point of view, the date was ‘awesome,’ but what they didn’t know was that there was never going to be a second date.”

The hurt and “huh?” you feel when this sort of thing happens is a measure of the distance between expectations and reality. You can avoid this by managing your expectations, and the best way to do that is by not allowing yourself to have any. In short, until your phone rings and the guy is on the other end asking you for a date or another date, he doesn’t exist. When you’re on a first date that seems to be going well, the attitude to take is to enjoy yourself to the fullest in the moment—which is loads easier when you aren’t all up in your head figuring out what you’ll say when the little girl you two have together comes home at age 8 demanding to be allowed to have her nipples pierced.

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I’ve been friends with this guy for almost five years. We’ve always been attracted to each other, but we’ve never been single at the same time. Now we’re starting to date, and I have to say I feel a lot more safety and trust because we were friends first. I’m also not as concerned that he’ll take me for a ride or play games. Am I being unrealistically optimistic, or is there some truth to this?—Been Hurt Before

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There is safety in having been friends with a person for a while, like how you can be reasonably sure that when he says, “Here, let me help you into the car,” it won’t be the trunk. And because we evolved to care deeply about maintaining our reputation, it also helps that you two have mutual friends. (A bank robber is less likely to hit a branch where all the tellers know him by name.) However, once you’re in a relationship, all sorts of emotional issues can pop up and start biting, and what prevents that is not having been friends but having done the work to fix whatever was bent or broken.

To be realistically optimistic, make yourself look at the guy’s worst qualities, and decide whether you can live with them. You should also consider what went wrong in your prior relationships. Sure, getting hurt is sometimes a random act, like a stove falling out of the sky onto your car. But often, it’s something you could have seen coming—and would have, if you hadn’t been so busy sewing all the red flags into a big quilt. Finally, even if a guy doesn’t have a skull in his kitchen cabinet labeled “Marcy,” keep in mind that there are special surprises that will only reveal themselves once you’re “more than friends”—like his superhero underwear and his habit of taking over a bed “alphabet-style” (warding off zombies by sleeping in the letter X). Y

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