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››LETTERS Mock softly, and carry a big schtick

Two recent events in context: 1. North Korea was divided from South Korea by a United States assault that killed well over a million in that tiny country which, ever since, has been subjected to crushing embargoes and uninterrupted menacing by the U.S. Consistent with the U.S.-North Korea policy of regime change, the U.S. State Department collaborated in the making of Sony’s The Interview, encouraging the filmmakers to include in the plot the assassination of the North Korean president. North Korea threatened “a merciless counter-measure” if the film were released.

2. Throughout the Middle East and North Africa millions have been killed, maimed,

displaced, had their countries demolished repeatedly, and because of a long history of U.S. and French military aggression, which continues. Immigrants from the region make up a small minority population in France subject to discrimination, poverty and unemployment out of all proportion with the rest of society. Out of that population apparently came the shooters who killed the victims who worked at the Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo, a magazine which published cartoons that mocked that population or its religion, much as if a U.S. magazine here had mocked people of color because of their ethnicity or religion.

Many have urged us to take a special interest in the release of The Interview and the killings of the staff at Charlie, because these

matters are said to concern freedom of expression. But freedom of expression under our First Amendment is the right to be free from one’s own government’s silencing of one’s expression. Neither the killings in France nor the events surrounding The Interview tell of government censorship, or inaction in the face of private attempts to suppress speech. Indeed the right to provoke with cartoons or to propagandize on be-

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half of one’s own government’s belligerent foreign policy remains intact in both France and the U.S., where each government has acted quite vigorously on behalf of Charlie and Sony.

France has flooded the streets of the country with an unprecedented number of police (after killing the suspected shooters), and the U.S. has imposed new sanctions against North Korea and officially encouraged release of The Interview.

Killings everywhere were met with such outrage, marches and instant government action as these in France. The threatening words and deeds of the great and powerful nations were punished as swiftly as those of the small and weak.

Roger Stoll, San Rafael

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From cut-off to sawed-off in 60 seconds

Let me see if I understand Miss Silverstein’s Zero pick from last week correctly. The zero is the judge who dismissed charges against Dr. James Simon? Or perhaps it was Mr. Simon himself? Clearly it was not Bill Osenton, the man who after a minor traffic altercation, followed the 72-year-old doctor and his elderly wife home, then followed Simon threateningly into his driveway, then into his garage (Simon attempted to close the garage door, but Osenton’s car blocked the door), continued the pursuit after Simon retrieved a gun and fired a warning shot, and even continued after he was shot once in the abdomen, only stopping the assault after a second shot to the abdomen. Yeah, that sounds like Simon was way out of line. Calling 911 is not the solution to an immediate threat; the police don’t appear like a lightning bolt; it takes time.

In that time what are you supposed to do?

Honey, just relax the police are on their way.

I’ll tell you what, if someone followed me and my wife into my garage after following me home threateningly, my second shot with my legally owned firearm would not have been in the stomach, regardless of whether I was in Texas or in California, or anywhere on Earth for that matter. It also seems to me that

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the zero in this equation is neither Dr. Simon nor Judge Simmons—it is Mr. Osenton, or perhaps even Miss Silverstein herself. Take your pick.

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As they say, ‘Plugging your book is the best revenge ...’

Carlo Gardin built a straw man, put my name on it along with Joe Breeze’s, and then beat the stuffing out of it in public [“The Glory Klunkerz,” Jan. 9].

A reasoned response would be too long to see print, and would dignify Mr. Gardin’s message. No one who knows me or Joe Breeze believes we are “bad apples,” as Mr. Gardin described us. Anyone who wants to know who I really am can buy my book, on sale at any bookstore in Marin. Joe Breeze wrote the foreword. It’s called Fat Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking.

Charles Kelly, Fairfax

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Quite a coincidence for me, the “Electric Avenue” article [Jan. 16]. I was about to write a letter for Nikki Silverstein’s Zero feature about electric bikes. First, though, I fully agree with Peter Seidman’s optimistic tone in his “Electric Avenue” piece. I can give you two great examples of how these bikes can relieve traffic.

They’re also my Zero nominations.

I live in Terra Linda. Marco, the wonder dog, and I very often walk in the mid-afternoon, about the time schools around here get out. The traffic for this usually quiet part of San Rafael gets really heavy in places then. We avoid some streets. We often see a woman and a man, the lady with two elementary school-age kids and the man with one kid, all probably enrolled at St. Isabella Catholic School, beat all the traffic with the children on the back of their electric bikes as they commute from Sleepy Hollow, San Anselmo to and from Terra Linda via the multi-path where Freitas Mountain Parkway dead-ends at the open space between the two—not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Keeps them from having to drive that slog on Sir Francis Drake and keeps two cars off the road. What’s wrong is I have never seen either one of them, ever, stop at a stop sign, even the four way stops that are everywhere in this neighborhood. They blow through them without a signal or, seemingly, regard for the autos around them or their passengers’ safety. Hang out at Freitas Parkway and Montecillo Road some afternoon when school gets out and be amazed as they blow through three stop signs making the left turn.

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A new Kaiser Permanente study, published recently in the journal Pediatrics, finds that there are several clusters of underimmunization and vaccine refusal among Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California.

“Such clusters,” the study reads, “could pose public health risks and barriers to achieving immunization quality benchmarks.”

Parents can opt out—by exercising a “personal belief exemption”—of the state law that requires that children entering school for the first time be vaccinated for chicken pox, measles, polio, whooping cough, tetanus, mumps, German measles, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type B. Statewide, the percentage of kindergarteners claiming personal belief exemption grew from 1.56 percent in 2007-08 to 3.15 percent in 2013-14. And in Marin, although the number jumped back down to 6.45 percent in 2014-15, it nearly doubled from 4.2 percent in 2005 to 7.83 percent in 2012-13.

The study includes analytics of electronic health records among children born between 2000 and 2011 with membership in Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, drawing from a population of more than 154,000 children across 13 counties with continuous membership from birth to 36 months of age.

It identifies five statistically significant clusters of immunization among children who turned 36 months old during 2010-2012. Within clusters, the underimmunization rate ranged from 18 to 23 percent, and the rate outside them was 11 percent.

Vaccine refusal also clustered, with rates of 5.5 percent to 13.5 percent within clusters, and 2.6 percent outside of the clusters.

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by H oward Rachelson 1. What was Sausalito’s primary industry during World War II? 2. These towering, dense vertical clouds, home to thunder and lightning storms, are known by what 12-letter name?

3. The name of what counting device comes from the Greek word “abax,” which means sand tray?

4a. What actor played what king in the 2010 Oscar-winning movie, The King’s Speech?

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5. The earth’s magnetic north pole lies within what country?

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8. November 12, 2014, the Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae probe successfully landed on what non-planetary surface? (It was the first time that a spacecraft had ever landed on such an object.)

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9. What style of men’s facial hair is named after a Major General in the American Civil War, who sported such a style?

10. For each of the following, find a word that starts with C, which is the opposite (antonym).

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BONUS QUESTION: From north to south, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo are the only eight countries that do what?

Howard Rachelson invites you to live team trivia contests: on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 7pm at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, on Tuesday Jan. 27 at 6:30pm, at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael and on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6:30pm at the Broken Drum in San Rafael. Bring a team or come join one. Email Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com or visit www. triviacafe.com.

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▼ After Comcast Zero ran last week, readers inundated us with Comcast tales, some so twisted that Kafka and Heller would have been jealous they didn’t think up the plots. Then, there are stupid stories pointing to Comcast’s incompetence or its corporate philosophy of not giving a hoot. For example, Comcast’s customer service office on Andersen in San Rafael closed at the end of last year. Phone reps were clueless and even the website listed the Andersen address.

Eventually, a note was placed on the old office door, which directed customers to the Northgate Mall. Wrong. The new service center is actually located in a strip center down the street from the mall, at 172 Northgate One Center. Bring a book. It’s packed in there.—Nikki Silverstein

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▲ Even the agnostic among us should believe that State Assemblymember Marc Levine is the coming of the Savior to Marin.

(First or second coming, your choice). Last Tuesday, the San Rafael Democrat introduced urgency legislation (Assembly Bill 157) to speed up restoration of the third lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. AB 157 will require project design to get underway while the project is going through an environmental review, which could speed up the process by as much as 18 months. “The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is one of the worst bottlenecks in the North Bay evening commute,” Levine said. “This bridge was built and designed almost 60 years ago to have three lanes in each direction.” Make it happen and Marinites will worship you every night on their way home.

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Fresh start Start the year off right with a ‘Taste’-y detox

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COOK. EAT. REPEAT. Maria QuintanaPilling, a certified nutrition consultant and natural chef, will lead her class series “I Will Eat Healthy” that will focus on Cooking with Alternative Grains. The class is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28. A “Cook. Eat. Love.” series runs from Feb. 4-25 and finally “Detox Your Body” offers the following sessions: Kitchen Pantry Makeover, Detoxifying Foods & Spices and Grain-Free Eating. These final sessions are slated for March 11-25. Learn more at www.tastekitchenandtable.com, or call 415/455-9040.

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NEW ENGLAND MEETS MARIN If you are more about indulgence than moderation, mark your calendar for Left Bank’s The New England Kitchen book event. The Larkspur brasserie will host author and chef Jeremy Sewall on Thursday, Jan. 22 with a $100 prix fixe dinner ($175 per couple) that will begin at 6pm with a raw bar and sparkling wine reception, followed by a sit-down meal with Sewall. An autographed cookbook, along with a menu of regional New England recipes—including Oysters Gregory and a hand-rolled potato gnocchi

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Poggio is located at 777 Bridgeway in Sausalito. For more info., call 415/332-7771.

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Laughing back North Bay comedians react to the 'Charlie Hebdo' tragedy

J

e Suis Charlie.

Translation from the French: “ I am Charlie.”

A month ago, that weird little phrase didn’t even exist in any language. Unless, of course, your name was Charlie. And you lived in France. Today, the three-word motto is on the lips of stunned, outraged and heartbroken news-watchers all over the world.

On Jan. 7, after armed Islam-professing terrorists in Paris carried out a violent attack on

the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo (“Charlie Weekly”), that simple phrase, a call of universal solidarity against extremism and terror, quickly became a household saying around the world, from the streets of Paris to the stage of the Golden Globe Awards.

The religiously fueled revenge, following provocative cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, resulted in the slaying of 12 people on and around the Charlie Hebdo headquarters.

The dead include Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier, 47, who was also the publication’s editor-in-chief, along with four other cartoonists—Bernard Verlhac, 57; Philippe Honorè, 74; Jean Cabut, 76; and Georges Wolinski, 80. Also killed, execution style, were editorial staffers and columnists Bernard Maris, 68, Mustapha Ourrad, 60; Elsa Cayat, 54, along with 42-year-old maintenance worker Frèdèric Boisseau, and 69-year-old visitor Michel Renaud, the founder of a popular French art festival, who was attending an editorial meeting at the time of the assault.

Two police and security officers—Ahmed Merabet, 40, and Franck Brinsolaro, 49, were also murdered.

The slaughter sparked marches in France, supporters united in their support of free speech. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the remaining staffers of Charlie Hebdo, with unprecedented international support from other publica-

tions, published a new online version of the magazine, with a cover depicting a cartoon Mohammed, a tear running down his face, proclaiming, “Je Suis Charlie!”

The next day, violent anti-Charlie protests in Niger and Pakistan claimed the lives of at least four more people, and sparked the bombing and burning of several buildings, including the French cultural center and several Christian churches.

“It’s just proof positive of the awesome power of satire,” observes singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman (www.royzimmerman. com), of Fairfax. “It’s so interesting that it was cartoons that set these people off. Cartoons are immediate. You can look at a cartoon and ‘get it,’ instantly. Though cartoons are just funny little bite-sized messages—with artwork that sometimes barely qualifies as art—cartoons really do have so much power.”

Zimmerman’s own satirical barbs take the form of comedic songs, frequently carrying overt political messages, taking on everything from the American Religious Right to corporate frackers and industrial polluters.

Zimmerman has definitely experienced his own share of opposition. One of his songs, Creation Science 101, skewers the anti-science arrogance of Biblical literalists, and the huge public response to the tune on YouTube definitely includes a share of hate-mail attacks from fundamentalist believers. But Zimmerman thinks that the kind of extreme-Islamic terrorism acted out in Paris has less to do with religion than with a thirst for waging really big, publicly-staged fights.

“Religious extremists—which is to say ‘organized crime’—they all thrive on opposition,” Zimmerman says. “They don’t mind

being opposed themselves, or disagreed with, or fought against, even, because all of that is a self-defining feature of who they are. They want to be opposed. They invite it. They thrive on it. But what they can’t stand is being laughed at. They hate that.

“If a tiny publication like Charlie Hebdo can have that kind of impact,” Zimmerman goes on, “it’s because one group of people [is] laughing at the ridiculous aspects of another group—that’s a very powerful thing.”

Zimmerman believes that it’s important for people to separate the religious motivations of terrorists from their acts, which are almost always the antithesis of what their religion stands for.

“We are not dealing with people making a religious point in a logical way,” Zimmerman says. “We are dealing with deranged people— people who are not beholden to any God that any rational person would worship. These are people for whom killing and death represents success. There’s no way to take them on, rationally, so the worst thing we can do to them is to just stand back and laugh at them.”

So while some might suggest that Charlie Hebdo brought this recent violence on by flagrantly provoking Islamic fundamentalists with cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed as gay, Mohammed as a gibbering idiot, or Mohammed as a human being stunned at the actions of people killing others in his name, Zimmerman points out that the Paris gunmen were, by definition, not religious spokesmen.

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“They just spell it differently,” he adds.

“That was a joke, by the way.”

Marin County comedian Geoff Bolt has a similar perspective.

But Bolt (www.geoffbolt.com) suggests that it’s not just extremists we have to worry about. It’s our own tendency to want to create enemies.

“We are all indoctrinated to define ourselves by whoever it is we are the opposite of,” he says. “We have a need for enemies in order to define who we are as individuals, or as a nation, or as a school. ‘Kill the Trojans!’ It’s something we are carefully taught to believe.

We have to accept that we are indoctrinated, in high school or earlier. We live in an enemy culture. We learn that the football teams from other schools deserve to be destroyed, bombed, killed, obliterated.”

And we even sing funny little songs about it at halftime.

“Our leaders tell us who we are by telling us who our enemies are,” Bolt believes. “When I think of these kinds of Islamic terrorists, the group they remind me of the most is the KKK. The Clan, at least at the beginning, was not a bunch of scholars. They were a bunch of poor white guys, floating somewhere between where really poor black people were, and where the middle class whites were—so they needed an enemy to blame for their poverty

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and hardship, and they picked the black people and the Jewish people.

“The parallel is significant, I think,” Bolt says. “I don’t buy this kind of thing, this kind of violence, as having a real religious motivation. I think they’re just angry poor people.”

Bolt points out that, even though he’s never been known as a very political comedian, he still feels strongly about this issue.

“I think if we don’t learn from the past, we are going to repeat it,” he says. “Which might explain why my act is always the way it is. I don’t talk about the truth. I just make up stuff about myself, which some people call ‘story telling.’ In my act, there’s always a happy ending. Not in a massage parlor way. More of a Disney way.”

Bolt has, in fact, only ever made one joke that might be regarded at political, in terms of the actions of Islamic terrorists.

Here it is.

“Terrorists believe that when they die and go to heaven, they’ll be immediately rewarded with 70 virgins, right?” asks Bolt. “So ... what do you do on the second day?”

Of course, the events in Paris strike especially close to the mark for political cartoonists and the folks who support, promote and defend them.

“I just felt a huge sense of shock, when I heard about Charlie Hebdo,” says Summerlea Kashar, executive director of the Cartoon Art Museum (www.cartoonart.com) in San Francisco. “It was really hard for us here to wrap our heads around how something like

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into its many broadly comedic shows, which include The Bible: The Complete Word of God sure that nobody will tell them what they can (Abridged) and the recent The Complete Hisand cannot do. There is always some kind of tory of Comedy (Abridged). censorship happening, in some ways, but there Like many others, Martin—who lives in have been so many people stepping forward to the town of Sonoma—had never heard of say, ‘I don’t necessarily agree with the cartoon- Charlie Hebdo when news broke about the ist’s message, but I agree with their right to do massacre. it.’ There are a lot of people who believe in that “I find it hard to put into words what I feel principle.” about it,” he acknowledges. “It demonstrates The attacks in Paris, of course, came right how satire gets through to people in ways that on the heels of another head-scratching act of traditional prose and journalism don’t always censorship-fueled terrorism—the Sony Films do. Comedy is a lot more effective at changing hack-attack. people’s minds than a direct approach usually Though the specific perpetrators are is. With comedy, with satire, with ridicule, unknown, there is evidence to suggest that you disarm people. You expose the ridiculous the government of North Korea hacked sides of an issue, and that’s just hard to defend the computers of Sony Pictures, releasing against—which is probably why some people embarrassing emails and threatening—in go to such extremes when they are the ones hilariously scrambled English—to commit being ridiculed.” acts of 9-11-style violence against movie Thankfully, Reed and the RSC have never theaters screening the Seth Rogen comedy The drawn the ire of whole governments or bands Interview. In the comedy, also featuring James of murderous thugs. They’ve never even Franco, two idiotic television journalists are suffered seriously from attempts to censor hired by the CIA to assassinate North Korea’s their material. The worst thing the troupe famously infantile and clearly tyrannical presi- has experienced, in terms of attempts to shut dent Kim Jong-un. But first they make him them down, is what happened last year in look like a buffoon, which evidently inspired Newtonabbey, in Ireland, when a perforthe North Koreans to publically embarrass mance of The Bible: The Complete Word of Sony executives—releasing hilarious internal God (Abridged) was banned at the last minute, emails—after which the hackers threatened to by the local city council, on the grounds that carry out acts of terror on movie theaters if the it was blasphemous, that it mocked the scripfilm were ever released. tures, and that it Sony, pointing to was sacrilegious several major theater and offensive to chains that declined to Christians.

I find it hard to put into words screen the film, pulled To the town what I feel about it.

It demonstrates it from distribution, council’s surthen changed their how satire gets through to people prise, and that mind. Immediately of the spiritually in ways that traditional prose and following a mysterious incensed counjournalism don’t always do. Comedy Internet failure across cillor Billy Ball, North Korea—which is a lot more effective at changing the ban sparked some believe was the an international people’ s minds than a direct U.S. government’s own outcry, drawing approach usually is. With comedy, clandestine response the involvement to the Sony hack—the with satire, with ridicule, you of Amnesty studio decided to go International, disarm people. ahead and let small art the Northern houses and “specialty Ireland Mintheaters” screen The ister of CulInterview. To date, no ture, Arts and terrorist events have taken place at theaters Leisure—and even renowned atheist author screening the film, though many pundits have Richard Dawkins. The UK press made a huge pointed out that the film is so lacking in true fuss about the cancellation, which backfired wit, that the whole hack-attack did Sony a faspectacularly on the council, and the entire vor by making people actually want to see and country. talk about a B-grade film that was otherwise “Surely God must have a sense of humor— fairly forgettable. how else could he put up with the numpties of And then, just as one outrageous attempt Northern Ireland?” wrote the Belfast Teleat censorship was fading away from the news, graph in a newspaper piece, with the headline, Charlie Hebdo happened. The perpetrators, “Bible spoof ban makes Northern Ireland a quickly identified through video footage at the laughing stock.” A “numpty,” by the way, is scene, were eventually killed in a hostage-takdefined by urbandictionary.com as “a stupid ing melee that left more innocent people dead. or ineffectual person.”

“It’s so tragic, and so sad,” says Reed MarEventually, the council rescinded its ban, tin, of the Reduced Shakespeare Company and the show—which previously had sold (RSC). “It’s just shocking. It just shows how less than half of its available tickets—played to powerful comedy can be.” sold-out houses and lines around the block.

Martin has also seen his share of offended “No one died, thank whatever-Deity-it-ispeople over the years. The RSC frequently you-believe-in,” Reed says with a laugh, “and works satirical political or religious material we ended up selling out all three shows. Isn’t <11 Lauging back

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North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in Sony’s ‘The Interview’—allegedly portrayed in a negative light.

that what usually happens when someone tries to shut down freedom of speech?

Remember what happened with Martin Scorcese’s The Last Temptation of Christ?

Christian groups staged all these public protests, and suddenly, there were lines around the block with people dying to see this movie about Jesus. People make a big stink about something that people wouldn’t normally have paid attention to—and they almost always end up shooting themselves in the foot because suddenly, everyone wants to see whatever it is they’re protesting.”

“I’m just amazed that France has a satirical magazine and we don’t,” observes political satirist Will Durst (www.willdurst.com).

“We used to have Spy magazine and National Lampoon, but they’ve been gone for years.

The best revenge would be if in response to this, more satirical newspapers and magazines and websites started publishing this kind of material. I’d definitely read that. I might even write some of it myself!”

In addition to Durst’s politically attuned comedy act, he writes a syndicated satire column that appears in newspapers across the country. Durst says that while the syndicate has never censored anything he submits, it’s through angry letters from readers that he knows his column is even being read.

“I never know which papers have picked up a particular column from week to week, until I suddenly get an angry email from Osceola, Florida or Prescott, Arizona,” he says, adding, “They hate me in Prescott, Arizona, but the syndication service has never told me what I can and can’t write.”

For his part, Durst says he’s growing weary of people being offended at everything.

“How come people are always offended because someone doesn’t think like they do?” he asks. “I don’t get it! I don’t get the audacity of people, whether it’s religious people or political people or whatever. It’s OK with them if I’m offended by their practices, but God forbid I should make a joke about them.

I’m just kind of tired of it.

“Kim Jong-un’s offended. The Muslims in France and Pakistan are offended. The Christians are offended. Everyone’s offended at something. There was a time when someone would be offended, and they’d deal with it. They’d write a letter to the editor. But they wouldn’t send in the death squads.”

As for comedians and cartoonists and satirists, Durst points out, it’s their job to be offensive, and that should not be forgotten.

“We’re the canaries in the coal mine,” he says. “We speak what other people only feel, and that drags the issues out into the sunshine where everyone can look at them—and maybe laugh a little.”

Interestingly enough, Durst predicts that, while some comics and cartoonists may amp up their incendiary material as a reaction against all of these recent attempts at censorship, the place we will likely see the most demining satire will be on the theatrical stage.

“I think where the ‘Front Line of Political Satire’ will grow the hottest is in the work of our playwright,” he says. “It’s already happening. Theater is a powerful medium for free expression, because it’s people expressing themselves through the power of human stories, and when there’s humor worked into it, even the most brutal satire can reach right in and shake you! So maybe the stage is where we’ll see the satirical voices grow stronger.”

Asked what advice he’d give to writers, artists and comedians pondering how to proceed in the aftermath of recent events, Durst is to the point.

“Just be honest,” he says. “We should all stay authentic. We should say what we feel about this, down in our guts. Just say it! And then try to make it funny.”

Funny? People are dead, and more deaths may come in the wake of ongoing protests.

Can such tragedy actually be made funny?

“Yes,” Durst says. “Of course it can. Nothing is so awful we can’t find a way to understand it better through humor. No matter what, there’s always a way.” Y Humor David at talkpix@earthlink.net.

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Fast-forward to 2015: the Lean Closet Movement, coined by San Francisco’s lifestyle brand Cuyana, is picking up momentum. While there may be a myriad of reasons for its acceptance, I believe the foremost is a planetary one. These days, thoughtful people aim to reduce their carbon footprint and buying less, of everything, helps ensure this.

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Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised in 12 different states.

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ou might expect to find insights expected from a musician who in the into guitar-playing on Leo Kottke’s liner notes to his landmark 1969 album website—after all, Kottke is one 6- and 12-String Guitar, released on Fahey’s of the heirs to American primitive guitar Takoma label, likened his playing to “geese pioneer John Fahey and an inspiration for farts on a muggy day.” such next-gen solo-guitar improvisationalThe Georgia-born Kottke developed ists as Kaki King. his love for Americana while moving a Guess again. dozen times as a child. And he developed What you’ll find is an essay on Kottke’s his precise fingerstyle-guitar-playing while brief stint as … a trombonist—a tome that absorbing the country blues of Mississippi captures the artist’s pithy, self-deprecating John Hurt. Over the years, he’s released a wit. string of critically ac“Studying with three claimed albums, mostly NOW PLAYING teachers in three years, solo guitar, sometimes Leo Kottke performs Wednesday, I was a trombone singing, sometimes Jan. 28, at 8pm at the Sweetwater student in Oklahoma not. But there have Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill until I was about 15 been exceptions: His Valley $37-$57. 415/388-1100. years old,” he writes.

1991 album Great Big “Each weekend at one Boy, produced by Steve of their houses I’d wait in the kitchen until Berlin, who also provided band arrangethe trombonist in the basement would yell ments, featured guests Lyle Lovett and Marup at me to come down—they all taught in go Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies. On their basements.

2005’s Sixty Six Steps, his last album, Kottke “I would descend, assemble my horn, sit teamed up with longtime collaborator and in a folding chair, park my sheet music on ex-Phish bassist Mike Gordon. the stand, weather some insult aimed at my Despite his decade-long hiatus from the embouchure, and play whatever I had not recording studio, at 69, Kottke continues to been studying for the last week. do what he has done for decades, playing “My teachers—industrious, frugal, starv- the role of traveling troubadour, rambling ing men—had one thing in common other from city to city with an acoustic guitar and than my unpreparedness: they’d all installed a good reading book, taking to the stage do-it-yourself showers in those basements. and holding the audience’s rapt attention These units stood in some corner, usually with wit and steel-string wizardry. my corner, and they’d drip ... ploink, ploink.

What more can you expect from a guy “There was nothing more ominous who holds a Certificate of Significant than basements with leaking showers in Achievement in Not Playing the Trombone them, and there was no telling when fear from the University of Texas at Brownsville began, but my trombone kept those home with Texas Southmost College?Y improvements at bay.

Ask Greg about his Certificate of Significant Achievement at “I was a hero.” gcahill51@gmail.com.

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lthough for many who work in live joint financial woes, Josiah has racism and theater the December holidays are a problems with his tribal membership and welcome respite, one group doesn’t homosexuality to deal with. Elise’s promotion share this luxury. These unfortunates have of a downtown homeless shelter and ambivaan early January opening to get ready for, lence toward projects like a Walmart and an forcing them to juggle family, friends and Indian casino raise the hackles of fellow merrehearsals as best they can. chants and she becomes Here’s a quick rundown on increasingly frustrated by Marin’s first 2015 arrivals. being stuck in a glass-winLandless (AlterThedowed “prison” (the shop) ater): Since the title and of her own making. Given much of the content of FastHorse’s demonstrated Larissa FastHorse’s new play ability to write realistic diais about various kinds of logue, one or two of these homelessness, it’s more than conflicts could have been appropriate that it should the basis of a compelling have been commissioned, story. Lumped together, Tom Reilly as Thomas Buckle and Mary developed and given its world Ann Rodgers as Katharine Keenan in Ross they create a confusion of premiere by San Rafael’s overlapping themes, acValley Players’ ‘Impressionism.’

AlterTheater, a company that companied by abrupt shifts beats the high cost of ownin time and characters that ing or renting a performance are never satisfactorily NOW PLAYING space by utilizing temporesolved by co-directors Landless runs through Sunday, rarily vacant Fourth Street Jeanette Harrison and Feb. 1 at AlterTheater, 1619 storefronts.

Ann Brebner (assisted Fourth St., San Rafael. InformaBased on interviews that by dramaturg Duca tion: 415/454-2787, or www.alFastHorse conducted with Knezevic). tertheater.org. Impressionism neighboring merchants, runs through Sunday, Feb. 15 at * * * * * Ross Valley Players’ Barn TheaLandless opens with a folksy Impressionism (Ross tre, Marin Art & Garden Center, monologue by a fictional Valley Players): You have 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. local businesswoman to wonder how a theater Information at 415/455-5260, or named Natalie (Emilie that in recent years has www.rossvalleyplayers.com.

Talbot), in which the area’s displayed pretty good characteristics are described judgment in their play in terms that recall the stage manager’s selections would suddenly opt for three weak resonant verbal portrait of Grover’s Corners scripts in a row. First came Ken Ludwig’s in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Curiously, sophomoric Fox on the Fairway, then a tethough, the narrative device that Wilder used dious stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel so effectively to tie everything together is Persuasion, and now there is Impressionism, immediately abandoned and the task is left to which gussies up a cliched love story (after the play’s central characters, shop owner Elise many trials, two lonely souls eventually end (Patricia Silver) and her unofficially adopted up sitting happily together on a park bench son and partner, Josiah (Nick Garcia), to tell after discovering there is more to life than their story through a series of flashbacks. work) with comparisons to the great early Decades earlier, Elise inherited a family20th century impressionist painters who disowned general merchandise store. Soon covered that there is more to people, objects thereafter, Josiah, then a young boy who and the world in general than what can be claimed to be of Native American descent, seen up close. wandered in saying he was trying to escape Playwright Michael Jacobs, whose his domineering father (versatile Michael J. background is mainly in family television, Asberry in one of several roles). She helped offers his pseudo profundities with disturbhim out and they have worked together ing nonchalance, leaving director Billie Cox ever since. Unfortunately, a combination of and actors Mary Ann Rodgers (the gallery declining business and pressure to pay off an owner) and Tom Reilly (the photo journalill-advised loan is now forcing her to close ist)—assisted by a hard-working ensemble— down. As the auction of unsold goods draws with the daunting challenge of making them near, these glimpses into the past reveal go down smoothly. When Impressionism the issues that have alternately united and had a brief New York run in 2011, almost all divided them both personally and with their the reviews were negative. RVP should have respective communities over the years. been warned.Y It’s a truly formidable list. In addition to Charles can be reached at cbrousse@att.net.

MOViES

k New Movies This Week

American Sniper (R)

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: 11:35, 1:15, 2:40, 4:15, 5:40, 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,

F R I D AY J A N U A R Y 2 3 — T H U R S D AY J A N U A R Y 2 9 Movie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d 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 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 The Boy Next Door (1:31) Psychological thriller examines the dangerous attraction between two ripe-to-bursting suburban neighbors; Jennifer Lopez stars. l Cake (1:32) Character study of an acerbic, grieving woman in a chronic-pain support group; Jennifer Aniston stars. l Citizenfour (1:54) Documentary follows investigative filmmaker Laura Poitras across the globe in search of budding whistleblower Edward Snowden. 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 How the West Was Won (2:44) Epic Western grapples with half a century of American history; Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, James Stewart and John Wayne are among the star-studded cast of players. 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 Humbling (1:52) Philip Roth’s acerbic novel hits the big screen with Al Pacino as an aging actor whose affair with sprightly lesbian Greta Gerwig upends his life; Barry Levinson directs. 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 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 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 l

the great yet eccentric 19th century British painter J.M.W. Turner. l Mortdecai (1:47) Madcap spy spoof follows international rogue Johnny Depp around the globe in search of a stolen masterwork; Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Goldblum co-star. l A Most Violent Year (2:05) Critically acclaimed drama about a young entrepreneur’s pursuit of the American Dream and the crime and corruption that stand in his way. 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 St. Vincent (1:42) Unwitting single mom Melissa McCarthy leaves her 12-year-old son in the questionable day-care 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 Song One (1:28) Love blooms between questing romantic Anne Hathaway and folk music star Johnny Flynn. l Spare Parts (1:40) True tale of four Hispanic high schoolers/robotics nerds who took on the champion robotics geekazoids of MIT. l Still Alice (1:41) Drama stars Julianne Moore in an acclaimed performance as a college professor grappling with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. l Strange Magic (1:39) Lucasfilm musical cartoon based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream features a forest-full of elves, imps, goblins and fairies. l Taken 3 (1:49) Liam Neeson is back as chronically beleaguered ex-spook Bryan Mills; this time 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 Two Days, One Night (1:35) Belgian Canneswinner stars Marion Cotillard as a single mother whose coworkers have voted to lay off in exchange for fat salary bonuses. 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 groomto-be Josh Gad hires Kevin Hart to pose as his suave, confident best man; hilarity ensues.

Whiplash (1:46) Indie sleeper about the edgy, ferocious mentor-pupil relationship between a gifted young jazz drummer and his exacting taskmaster. l Wild (1:55) True tale of a spiraling young woman’s thousand-mile trek along the Pacific Crest Trail in search of strength and healing; Reese Witherspoon stars.

6:45, 7:45, 9:45; Sun 12:45, 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45; Mon-Thu 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sequoia: Fri 2:30, 5:30, 8:30; Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30; Mon-Wed 5:30, 8:30; Thu 5:30

Annie (PG) Antarctica: A Year on Ice (PG) Awake: The Life of Yogananda (Not Rated) Birdman (R)

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

Blackhat (R) Boyhood (R) k The Boy Next Door (R)

2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:55 k Cake (R)

Regency: Fri-Sat 12, 2:30, 5, 7:40, 10:15; Sun-Thu 12, 2:30, 5, 7:40 Lark: Sat 3; Tue 8:30 Lark: Sun 5; Wed 8:30 Lark: Thu 6:15 Northgate: 6:50, 10 Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 6; Sat-Sun 1:30, 6 Lark: Fri 5:45; Sat 8:30; Mon 3:35; Tue 1:10; Wed 3:10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45; Sun-Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:15 Regency:

Citizenfour (R) Gone Girl (R) Hermitage Revealed (Not Rated) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (PG-13) k How the West Was Won (G) Human Capital (Not Rated) k The Humbling (R) The Imitation Game (PG-13)

Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05; Sun 10:40, 7:10; Mon-Thu 10:40, 1:30, 4:15, 7:10 Sequoia: Fri 2, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15; Sat 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15; Sun 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:35; Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:35; Thu 4:45

Into the Woods (PG) The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow (Not Rated) Mr. Turner (R) k Mortdecai (R)

Northgate: 7:35, 10:25 Lark: Sat 11 Rafael: Fri 4:15, 7:15; Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15; Mon-Thu 7:15 Northgate: 11:15, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 5:15,

k A Most Violent Year (R)

Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:25, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:25, 4:30,

7:50, 10:25 7:30

National Theatre London: Treasure Island (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 11 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG) Northgate: 11:55, 2:25, 5:05 Paddington (PG) 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, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20

St. Vincent (PG-13) Selma (PG-13)

Lark: Sun 8:15; Mon 1:10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4, 7:05, 9:50; Sun-Thu 1, 4, 7:05 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25,

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Not Rated) k Song One (PG-13) Spare Parts (PG-13) k Still Alice (PG-13) k Strange Magic (G)

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

Taken 3 (PG-13) The Theory of Everything (PG-13)

Northgate: 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Northgate: 11:25, 2:20, 5:10, 8 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:35; Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:35;

Two Days, One Night (PG-13)

Regency: Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25; Sun-Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:10,

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

Northgate: 10:40, 5 Northgate: 12, 2:35, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12, 2:30, 5:10,

Whiplash (R) Wild (R)

Northgate: 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30; Sun-Thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:50 Northgate: 10:50, 1:30, 4:10

1:20, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30; Sun-Tue, Thu 10:25, 1:20, 4:25, 7:25; Wed 10:25am

7:10, 9:45

Sun 1, 4, 7; Mon-Thu 4, 7 7:50

7:40, 10:10

Al Pacino in ‘The Humbling,’ opening Friday at the Lark.

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 01/23: The 7th Sons Rock and blues of the 60s70s. 8:30pm. $10. Presidio Yacht Club, Travis Marina, Fort Baker, Sausalito. 847-2670. the7thsons.com.

01/23-24: David Nelson Band 8pm. Grate Room, Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/23: Freddy Clarke and Wobbly World

8pm. $15-18. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 8135600. www.fenixlive.com.

01/23: Iriefuse Reggae, roots rock. 9pm. $10.

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

01/23: Mana Quartet Featuring Tom Finch, Denielle Basom, Anna Pfeifer and Christopher Krotky. 8:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/23: Paul Liberatore and the Liberators 8pm. $12-15. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, 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.

0 01/24: Buck Nickels and Loose Change

8pm. $10-12. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

1/24: Houston Jones High octane Americana, blues, folk and bluegrass. 8pm. $21-35.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

01/24: John Jorgenson Quintet Jazz. 8pm. $15-30. Dance Palace, 503 B St., Pt. Reyes Station.

663-1075. dancepalace.com 01/24: Papa’s Bag James Brown Tribute 8pm. $12-15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. www.fenixlive.com.

01/24: Revolver Rock, blues, covers. 9pm. $10.

Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200.

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If you’ve made it to late January without learning the surprises GONE GIRLhas in store, then you’ve been on full spoiler alert, and congrats. I’ll offer none here except to say that this is David Fincher’s very best film, a thriller that unsettles to its bones, with a spiritual heft that Alfred Hitchcock would instantly spot as his own. Adapted from Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel of a disappeared wife—suspicion gathers In order to figure out his character, Affleck researched on her husband as the story spreads to and studied several men who were accused and smalltown Missouri, then to the cable convicted of killing their wives, paying particular attention to Scott Peterson. news circus—the film turns a sardonic gaze on those familiar pantomimes dragged out of friends and family when tragedy morphs into “true crime” for the world’s consumption. But along with this crime’s telegenic press-conferences, hotlines, candlelight vigils and compromising photos gone viral, a ghost of special unease seems to hover over the Dunne household. Hubby Nick at the hurricane’s eye is off-key emotionally and not forthcoming to police, and sorting out the couple’s increasingly suspect home life falls to homicide detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens). Fincher, whose craft and maturity always seemed miles ahead of the post-adolescent stories that brought him fame, seems freed here to tackle some demons much closer to home—right at the breakfast table, in fact. That, along with two indelible performances and a haunting score, makes the film a neo-noir landmark. Can the dings of real life and simple betrayal call up the weapons of social pathology? Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike star in a stirring tale of love and marriage, taken to its natural conclusion.—Richard Gould

01/24: Rowan Brothers 6:30pm. No cover.

Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

01/24: Tim Flannery and Lunatic Fringe

6:30pm. $15-18. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

01/25: Spark and Whisper Folk, Americana. 4pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

01/26: Mathis McMillan Crosby Trio 8pm.

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

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/26: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

hopmonk.com/novato.

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

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/24: Sleeping Lady Benefit Show Featuring Tracy Blackman, Danny Click, The Gasmen, Eli Carlton-Pearson, Tom Finch, Anna Pfeifer, Christopher Krotky, others. 6pm. $20 suggested donation. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/24: Sucker MC’s Re-imagined hip-hop/dance.

With Jon Merker, bass and vox; John Varn, keys; Eli Carlton-Pearson, guitar; Jan Jackson, drums. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

459-9910. perisbar.com.

8pm. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/24: YES! Foundation Battle of the Bands

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9pm. $20. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/25: Eddie Neon Band Blues, rock. 5pm.

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

01/25: Jazzitude 7pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/25: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons, the Levitations 8pm. $15-17. Sweetwater Music

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

01/25: Junk Parlor Gypsy jazz, Americana. With Jason Vanderford, guitar. 8pm. No cover. Peri’s

01/25: Pamela Rosa and Glenn Waters

01/26: Open Mic with Austin DeLone

7:30pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/26: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm.

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

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/26: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm.

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

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/26: Open Mic with Dennis Haneda: 7pm.

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

01/27: Noel Jewkes Jazz 7-10pm. No cover.

Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

01/28: Cha Ching Latin. Bil Hager, bass; Eli Goldlink, piano; Tony Owen, guitar; Chris Heath,

drums; Adriana Marrero and Araceli Leon, vocals.

9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

01/28: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern 8pm. $40-50. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com

01/28: Gabe Korty, Conner McGuire and Friends 9pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd,

Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/28:Leo Kotke 8pm. $37-57. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/28: Terrapin Family Band 8pm. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/28: Tom Finch Trio Acoustic, folk, Americana.

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

01/29: Blonde Redhead 8pm. $18-26. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707/2601600. citywinery.com

01/29: Grateful Bluegrass Boys Play the Music of Dylan and the Dead 8pm. Terrapin

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

01/29: The New Mastersounds The Heard opens. 8pm. $22-24. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

01/29: Phil Lesh and Friends Another throwback Dead set? Yes sir, this time from 1968. 8pm. Grate Room, Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

01/29: Last Call Troubadours CD Release Party Americana, roots rock. With Barry Blum,

Tom Holmes, Tom Huebner and Ric Wilson. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. www.fenixlive.com.

01/29: Mike Dowling American roots guitar.

8pm $25-30. Schoenberg Guitars, 106 Main St., Tiburon. 789-0846. om28.com.

01/29: Stringtown Ambassadors Traditional American acoustic, British Isles. 9pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/30: Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express with Kevin Kinney 8pm. $20-30. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707/2601600. citywinery.com

01/30: Fenton Coolfoot and the Right Time 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17

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01/30: Golden Gate Wingmen 9pm. $27-32.

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

01/30: Jeremy D’Antonio, Darren Nelso and Friends 8pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio,

1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.

01/30: King and Ace With Madeleine King, guitar, vocals; Rick Meissner, guitar; Michael Stocker, bass; Peter Lacques, harmonica; Claire Theusen, vocals; Bill O’Callaghan, drums. 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

01/30: Slim Jenkins Blues swing, R&B. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

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01/30: Terrapin Flyer Jam rock. 9pm. $20.

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01/31: Albert Lee Folk, rock, Americana. 8pm. $35. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

03/31: April Verch Band 8pm. $15-18. Studio 55, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 453-3161. studio55marin.com 01/31: Dogon Lights, Rhythm Addicts 9pm. $10. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

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Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

01/31: Petty Theft 8pm. $20. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 6622219. ranchonicasio.com.

Comedy 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.

01/27: 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.

01/29: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater 01/28: MTC Presents: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ Family-friendly show. 4-5pm. Free.

Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr., Corte Madera. 924-6382. marinlibrary.org.

Through 02/15: Ross Valley Players ‘Impressionism’ By Michael Jacobs. Billie Cox,

directs. 7:30pm Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat. $15. The Barn Theater, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 456-9555. rossvalleyplayers.com.

Concerts 01/23: Portland 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

01/28: Noontime Concerts: Robert Howard, Adam Cockerham Cello; guitar. Works by Schubert, others. Noon. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 3839600. throckmortontheatre.org.

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.

Through 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. www. headlands.org/.

Through 03/24: The Alcatraz Florilegium “Plants of Alkatraz Gardens,” botanical prints.

Reception 2-4pm Jan. 31. Stinson Beach Library, 3521 Shoreline Hwy., Stinson Beach. 454-9561. marinlibrary.org.

Kids Events 01/23: WWII in the Shadow of Mt. Tam 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. www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/ BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

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2014 Pitcher of the Year, Patrick Conroy, and other current Pacifics players. Learn about hitting, fielding, base running, throwing and pitching, team play and sportsmanship. For ages 7-12. 9:30am-2:30pm. $125150. Memorial Park, San Anselmo, Veterans Place and San Francisco Blvd, San Anselmo. 485-1563. pacificsbaseball.com.

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is a fantastic teacher and naturalist who will share his expertise in both English and Spanish. This is a fantastic place for new birders to get great looks at a variety of birds. The water treatment ponds here are a magnet for ducks in colorful breeding plumage, hawks soar over the surrounding fields, and songbirds flit about the bushes along the levees. Bring binoculars if you have them. No pets (except service animals) please. Rain may cancel. If questionable weather call 893-9527. 10am. Free. Las Gallinas Sanitary District water treatment ponds, 310 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

01/31: Storytelling Festival With Olga Loya. 2-4pm. Free. Council Chambers, 110 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 258-4656. townofsananselmo.org

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

01/31: World on Stage: Murphy Irish Dancers 11am. Bay Area Discovery Museum,

557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 339-3900. baykidsmuseum.or.org.

Outdoors 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 are welcome and no previous experience is necessary. It is possible for volunteers as young as 5 years old to join if with a parent or guardian. Dress in layers you can get dirty, wear sturdy shoes and bring water. Snacks and extra water will be provided. Pre-registration is required.

9am. Free. Hal Brown Park at Creekside, Bon Air Road, Kentfield. 473-3778. savesfbay.org.

01/24: Olompali Bird Walk Beginning and experienced birders are invited to join leaders Rich Cimino and Janet Bodle of Yellowbilled Tours to view Olompali’s diverse avian residents in a walk along the the old ranch road past the park’s reservoir. Expect to see migrating species as well as a wide variety of species who thrive in the park’s oak savanna and open grasslands: raptors, warblers, nuthatches, thrushes and woodpeckers. Sharpen your birdidentification skills, gain a deeper appreciation

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.

01/24: Stafford Winter Disc Golf Classic

Merit and raffle prizes will be awarded with top honors going to lowest score per 18 holes. Ideal for all ages. All skill levels are welcome and no experience is necessary. Wear comfortable athletic clothing and sturdy shoes. Hot chocolate and light snacks provided. No pets (except service animals) are allowed at this park. Rain will cancel. 9am. Free.

Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. marincountyparks.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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Society presents. With Jeremy Gold. 7-9pm. $5. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 9370641. acs-sfbay.org.✹

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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.

01/24: The Bay Model Wants You Become part of Sausalito’s very own attraction known around the world. Volunteer to greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups and more. Come and be a part of one of the largest working hydraulic models in existence. 10am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/ BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

01/25: Sausalito Herring Festival With food, drinks, information and entertainment from the surrounding Richardson Bay. A food ticket will allow you to sample a variety of herring recipes prepared by some of Sausalito restaurants, while listening to local musicians and special guests. Festival will include informational displays about herring, the fishery, sustainability, boating and the environment, with a focus on Richardson Bay. Entertainment line-up: Kristine Barrett , Maria Finn, the Fishwifes, Angus Martin, Lorin Rowan’s Carribean Blue, Blithedale Canyon. 11am-3:30pm. Free. Garbrielson Park, Sausalito.

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TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Dust off your stilettos, Taurus! Venus is strutting into Pisces, adding a touch of romance to your life. If you wanted to plan a first date, there’s no time like the present. Ask your potential flame if he or she is interested in signing up for a beginning tango class on Jan. 27—stepping on your partner’s feet all night will expedite getting the awkwardness out of the way.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) This week you’re someone’s million dollar baby, Gemini! You’re full to the brim with ideas and everyone is noticing.

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CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Do your friends keep saying, “Come fly with me, Cancer?” It’s time to pack your bags and head out of town. You can only paint the town red so many weekends in a row. It’s getting a little monotonous and you’re craving a change of scenery. Jet-setting to a small town that has the feel of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre set, but the charm of a Calistoga hot springs resort might be your best option for a getaway.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Time to hit the town, Leo! You can’t hide your need for romance on Jan. 23. Whether single or coupled up, you’ll be demanding attention on Jan. 23. It’s not your fault if you look good—just don’t let your overconfidence scare off any potential suitors or sweethearts.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Can’t seem to get the Dawson’s Creek theme song out of your head, Virgo? Love will do that to you. And it will a little extra fervently come Jan. 23. It’s your best day of the year for love, thanks to the Sun and Saturn teaming up for a celestial showdown. You’ll be consumed by all of the feels, so go ahead and profess your feelings for a special someone.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Craigslist who, Scorpio? You’ve been churning out resume and cover letter after cover letter, but type frantically no longer! You’re about to land your dream job, thanks to a little help from your friends and the stars. The right connection might appear out of nowhere. Your doting kindness to strangers will pay off tenfold.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Eminem called, Sagittarius—he wants you to clean out your closet! Not your emotional closet, your real closet. Mercury’s gone retrograde and before you hit the mall looking for the hippest outfit to strut around town in this weekend, take a peek through your old tried-and-true. You won’t believe the clothing you forgot about that’s all been hiding underneath your pile of cashmere sweaters.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Take it to the bank, Capricorn! You’ve been accumulating some big paychecks over the past few weeks and it’s about time to finally cash them. On Jan. 25 you’ll be shocked at how easily those freelance projects added up. This goes to show that it’s worth it to never turn down even the most avant-garde work opportunity—playing trombone in a Speedo at a gallery opening can pay the bills!

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PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Searching for a second opinion, Pisces?

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FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 busi-

ness name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 ClerkRecorder 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 ClerkRecorder 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 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. 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 RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 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 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. 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) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136443 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SHADES OF MARIN, 2070 4TH STREET,SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ERIC G WIDERGREN, 2070 4TH STREET, 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 14,2015. (Publication Dates: Jan 23,30, Feb 6,13 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136483 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MIA’S MASSAGE THERAPY, 7 Mt. LASSEN DR, # C -134, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MYONGHEE AUSTIN, 151 LUCAS PARK DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 20,2015. (Publication Dates: Jan 23,30, Feb 6,13 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015136394 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: REDWOODS STUDIO, 331 MADRONE AVENUE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ROBIN L LA BELLE, 331 MADRONE AVENUE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 08,2015. (Publication Dates: Jan 23,30, Feb 6,13 of 2015)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 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): CIV-1403496.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

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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 OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404836.

CHANGE OF THE COUNTY 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 16,23,30, 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 16,23,30, Feb 6 of 2015.)

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My boyfriend of eight months was with his ex for almost five years. Unfortunately, she passed two years ago. I have sympathy for him, but occasionally he’ll call me by her name, and it’s really upsetting. I feel like she’s haunting his brain, and I don’t know how to do an exorcism. How do I take my rightful place in his life?—Can’t Compete

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If you’re putting on some skimpy somethings to get your boyfriend in the right mindset in bed, ideally, they aren’t three strategically located “Hello, My Name Is...” stickers.

It’s understandable that you’re feeling bad, but his detours into Wrongnameville probably don’t mean what you suspect they do. Using the wrong name is what memory researchers call a “retrieval error,” describing how an attempt to get some specific item from memory can cause multiple items in the same category to pop up. Basically, your brain sends an elf back into the stacks to get the name to call someone, and he just grabs the first name he spots that’s associated with “girlfriend” and girlfriend-type situations. (Lazy little twerp.) This sort of cognitive error—following a well-worn path (five years of grabbing the late ex’s name)—is more likely when a person is tired or preoccupied. In other words, your boyfriend’s name-swapping may be a sign that he needs to stop multitasking; it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s been taping a cutout of her face over yours in his mind.

There is a solution, and no, it doesn’t involve inventing a time machine so he can go back 20 years and get in the habit of calling all women “babe.” It turns out that a person can get better at retrieving the right name with practice. Cognitive psychologist Gordon Bower explained in Scientific American that the one making the error needs to consistently correct themselves or be corrected and then repeat the right name a few times. It would be best if you correct him teasingly, and perhaps incorporate visual aids like homemade flashcards—ideally of you in various states of undress with your name on them.

Assuming he isn’t trudging around in all black like a Fellini film widow or putting the ex’s urn between you two in bed, it might help to consider how he is when he’s with you: Engaged? Loving? Present? If so, do your best to focus on this—lest you be tempted to go low-blow and tit for tat and start screaming out dead men’s names in bed: “Ooh, Copernicus ... Oh, my God, Cicero ... I mean, take me, Archimedes!”

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My boyfriend just broke up with me but wants to “stay friends” and keep hanging out on those terms. (He says, “My life is much better with you in it.”) I’d like to be friends eventually, but I told him that it’s just too painful and confusing to see him now. He says I’m being dramatic and unreasonable and keeps calling.—Broken

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This guy’s notion of how a breakup should work is like telling an employee, “Hey, you’re fired, but please feel free to come in a few times a week and do some light janitorial work.”

A breakup is supposed to be an ending, not a “let’s continue as if very little has changed, and I’ll pretend not to notice those big wet mascara stripes down your cheeks.” Research by clinical psychologist David Sbarra confirmed what most of us already know about getting dumped—that contact with your former partner while you’re trying to recover jacks up feelings of love and sadness, setting back your healing. You need time and distance to process and accept the change in your relationship; you can’t just send a memo to your emotions, ordering them to recategorize the guy: “Cut the love. From now on, respond to him like he’s a brick or maybe a lamp.”

It’s wonderful to have a man who insists on standing by you, but not because it’s better for him than respecting your need to go away and lick your wounds. This is not friend behavior. If, despite that, you want him in your life down the road, inform him that for now, you’ve made a “no contact” rule—lasting until you feel ready to see him on different terms. When he (inevitably) tries to break it, politely reiterate it and end the conversation. The sooner he’s out of your daily life the sooner you’ll be open to a new man—dreamy as it would be to spend lazy afternoons at your ex’s place writing him letters of recommendation for prospective girlfriends and Photoshopping your arm out of pictures so he can post them on Tinder. Y

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