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I read Nikki Silverstein’s Hero & Zero article [ July 8] about the security guard at Italian Street Painting Marin. I was emailed by five different people who felt the article unfairly depicted the situation. As founder of Italian Street Painting Marin, who has volunteered my time to produce the event for the past 3.5 years, I am also disappointed in the article. If Nikki had actually taken the time to investigate the situation rather than only address Richard’s side, she would have realized that we were not letting any more people in the event area once it closed at 6pm, due to the beginning of the event tear-down. We have large trucks entering the site and tents, etc., to remove. This is a very dangerous environment, especially for children. Due to the potential danger, we told the guards at closing to not let anyone back into the event area until after all the tents and equipment were removed. We were also trying to get those within the event to leave, for this same reason. The way Nikki wrote this article was so very negative and it is a shame to have picked out this one incident to report on when she had no idea of what was going on or why the guard may have been acting as he did. All she did was take the word of Richard, and didn’t

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With all due respect So Joe … “Seems a Bit Extreme” [Letters, July 8] indicates you are OK with the meme that piece of rag with “chosen colors” represents today (really, since the Civil War), for skinheads and haters, all ladies and gentlemen who bemoan the passing of an idyll that existed (and could still!) in the context of free labor. Neither the plantation owners nor industrialists are responsible for the way of life they enjoyed as much as the free and exceedingly cheap labor that provided it, the fruits of which we, and privileged folk especially, enjoy today. Nostalgia, the nationalistic xenophobic impulse behind states’ rights (aka “our way is the right way of life”) requires the sort of shortsightedness that forgets who worked the “miracle” and the flag is a signal whether conscious or unconscious that its still OK to be blind to all that. It always comes with a plaintive defensiveness, hence “seems a bit extreme.” Sometimes it grows violently disgruntled, as paranoia seeps into the cultural DNA (Denial, on a National scale, of Avarice). So next time we go to San Rafael Public Library, lets practice a balanced approach. Let’s think of the Ludlow miners when we thank Andrew Carnegie, shall we? And let’s stop pretending the “old ways” hold any more promise for most of us today than they did for the vast majority of confederate dead, fooled into thinking they could keep their land (and hard-scrabble existence) if they fight for the landlords and win the south for them. From Marin, with all due respect, —Anonymous

Hardly heroic Joe Bialek's letter as well as Nikki Silverstein's “Hero” were complete drivel [ July 8 issue]. Well, mostly drivel, as Bialek's assertion that the taking down of the Confederate flag is ultimately irrelevant was, unfortunately, correct. Mr. Bialek seems to have no understanding that some gun owners enjoy target shooting at gun ranges, hand loading ammunition for optimal accuracy, clay pigeon shooting with shotguns, or for competition. That all mentally ill Americans should be denied their 2nd Amendment rights is a gross oversimplification and quite offensive. Should a person diagnosed with depression and no history of violence be at the mercy of their attacker(s) in the event of a home invasion? All the recent anti-gun rhetoric is completely out of control. Although much less publicized, take a look at the case of Carol Browne. Had the New Jersey resident been able to obtain a handgun, her unfortunate death may well have been prevented. Alas, draconian gun laws in that state require a lengthy process, and her restraining order against an ex-boyfriend in addition to increased surveillance did nothing to protect her. I am in agreement with most left-wing political goals, but liberalism is quite inimical to all sides and seems to ultimately result in little more than solipsistic whining, bitching, and moaning. We could all could use less of it, everyone. Why on Earth is Julie Wainwright a “Hero” for obtaining signatures to change the perfectly succinct and logical name of the Waldo Tunnel to the Robin Williams Tunnel? Although everyone was initially upset about his suicide, hasn’t anyone given some thought to the fact that the wildly overrated comedian hadn’t appeared in a decent movie since 1997’s Good Will Hunting?

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Julie Wainwright aims to change the name of the rainbow-painted tunnel in Marin to honor the late Robin Williams.

Is this really the best Nikki Silverstein could come up with? Jesus Christ, that’s just pathetic! Not too long ago, I helped a diabetic old woman carry her bags to a clinic so she wouldn’t collapse before reaching her destination. Since I was not busy, I just felt a duty to help someone. Hardly heroic, but far better than the arbitrary and completely unnecessary renaming of the rainbow-painted tunnels at the Southern Marin entrance and exits. Wainwright is far more a “Zero” in reality. —Tony Good

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Upfront This spring, people calling a lifeguard tower at a Marin beach received a message that informed them that the line was down.

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Hotline down in Stinson Beach and flood control on hold in Ross Valley By Peter Seidman Stinson Beach hotline cut

For as long as many people on the east side of Mount Tam can remember, the summer and fall beach and ocean activity season has been marked by a familiar routine: Wait until around 9am (sometimes later) and place a call to the lifeguard tower at Stinson Beach.

A telephone hotline with a recorded message would tell eager beachgoers the weather and wave conditions, as well as offer predictions about whether the fog would clear or the wind would increase in the afternoon. Earlier this spring, though, callers to the line, which usually was hot from around March or April to around November, received a message saying that the hotline was

shut down. The reason given was that due to a low volume of calls, no more weather and wave reports would be recorded. That may seem to be a trivial circumstance to people who view a ride over Mount Tam to the beach merely as an occasional jaunt. But to dedicated beachgoers, and especially to committed waveriders who live on the east side of the mountain, the information

garnered on the hotline could mean a drive that paid off with big rewards or prevented a wasted trip. The hotline also could save motorists more than time. As gas prices rose, the cost of a round-trip drive to the beach from eastern Marin also increased. That could result in a not insubstantial expense for beachgoers used to making the Stinson drive two or three or more times a week. And for wave-riders, the information on the hotline helped make a decision about what spot would be best for a day on the ocean. It looks as though the reason for the low call volume is that the general public didn’t know about the hotline, hence the low volume of calls. Dedicated surfers and other beachgoers, of course, knew about it and relied on it. Rather than shut the hotline, another alternative could have been—and still could be—to do some marketing and let people know about the telephone service, if call volume must remain a determining factor. Even if only a relative few wave-riders and beachgoers call the line, it’s still a valuable service, especially in the case of a beach closure after a shark sighting or lack of parking on a hot summer day. The line, at 415/868-1922, is still live, although no message gets recorded. Eager wave-riders receive just rings with no one home. So it seems that the cost of maintaining a telephone line isn’t the determining factor behind letting the hotline go dark. The staff time needed to record a daily message during the summer season is minimal. The lifeguards at Stinson are part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. A spokesperson said that she had no knowledge about the status of the hotline. Considering the small effort to record a message, perhaps the national park bureaucracy could consider helping to reinstate the hotline. The loss of the Stinson Beach report isn’t the only example of a decline in the possibilities for wave-riders and beachgoers to get information that would help them decide whether a trip over the mountain is warranted. Proof Lab, the surf and skate and outdoor shop at Tam Junction, used to have a recorded telephone surf report, but like the Stinson report, the Proof Lab report has gone dark. Live Water Surf Shop in Stinson

San Anselmo park remains focus of flood-control objections.

representative democracy is the best medicine for the county’s political body also has become a familiar, if unspoken, part of the wider implications involved in this and many other narrow issues facing the county and its cities. The Flood Control Zone 9 Advisory Board decided recently to delay a decision about whether to include Memorial Park as an element in what’s called a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR). The report will look at the detention sites that remain on the list to determine possible impacts. In addition to the detention basins, bridge improvements and replacements, creek widening and other methods of improving water flow will be part of the study, which is expected to take about 18 months. That’s another 18 months before an environmental report can even be put on the table—if objectors don’t slow the process through additional political maneuvers. It’s already close to 10 years since Ross Valley voters approved a ballot measure to raise funds for a comprehensive floodcontrol project. Neighbors have every right to view a beloved local park as integral to their lifestyle and the atmosphere of their neighborhood. But as scientists predict a possible El Nino winter, which could bring rains similar to those in 1982, will San Anselmo residents be able to find compromises in a “We’re-in-thisthing-together” mode? Or will it be another decade or more before effective flood control comes to the Ross Valley?✹

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Dissention shows no signs of abating in the Ross Valley, where a proposal to use a neighborhood park as part of a major flood-control project remains a meaty bone of contention. Even a report issued earlier this year that predicted dire consequences in the Ross Valley if residents fail to agree on floodcontrol measures didn’t persuade San Anselmo residents to find common cause. Opponents of a plan to use Memorial Park in San Anselmo as a temporary detention basin to hold floodwater remain adamant, and say that transforming the park would destroy a recreational asset beloved by neighbors and other residents in the town. They also say that the project would reduce property values during construction, cause unacceptable traffic congestion and leave the town with a genericlooking park rather than a homegrown community asset. In addition, they claim that a Memorial Park detention basin would retain a relatively small amount of floodwater. Proponents of the idea, however, say that using Memorial Park as a detention basin would result in a project that actually could improve the park. Dueling statistics and some harsh accusations have flown from both sides.

A consultant’s review of the efficacy of the detention basin plan failed to satisfy objectors. Memorial Park remained high in a ranking system to determine the effectiveness of the basins. But in an example of what has become a relatively common occurrence in the county, objectors turned to the political system to stymie elected officials. They crafted a measure for the November ballot that would, if San Anselmo voters pass it, prohibit the town from using Memorial Park as a detention basin. The Town Council weighed in with a competing ballot measure. Whether a vote of the electorate, with a process susceptible to campaign rhetoric and persuasion tactics, is the best way to craft a major flood-control measure is an open question. (The process echoes the progression of the desalination proposal, which voters managed to stall through a ballot-measure mechanism.) Proponents of taking the flood plan to a vote say that it’s right that the electorate should decide what to do with their park. Opponents, however, say that rather than supporting a democratic process, those who favor going for a vote really are aiming their political ammunition at blocking the use of the park and putting a spike in the flood-control project. In addition to the tactical questions, which are legitimate debate points, the Memorial Park contretemps highlights a continuing feeling of distrust that a significant portion of the Marin electorate holds for elected officials. The question of whether direct democracy or

The Flood Control Zone 9 Advisory Board decided recently to delay a decision about whether to include Memorial Park in a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report.

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Beach doesn’t have an eyes-on-thewater daily report either. That leaves one remaining option, which is especially helpful for surfers. The 2 Mile Surf Shop in Bolinas still has a daily-recorded report. But it’s Bolinas-centric. Good for surfers. Not so good for beachgoers with a Stinson destination in mind. Conditions for surfers in Bolinas can be dramatically different than for beachgoers who want to lie out in the Stinson sand. Still, at least for now and until and unless the Stinson hotline goes live again, the 2 Mile report is the only game in town. The number for the 2 Mile report is 415/868-2412.✹

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▼ We adore dogs, but we can’t abide a self-entitled pooch parent in denial about her charge’s unruly behavior. While shopping at Woodlands Pet Food & Treats in the Strawberry Village Shopping Center, Dana was hounded by a large, wet, light brown dog of the designer doodle type. The mutt jumped on her several times and grabbed at her hands with his open mouth. Dana politely asked the blonde woman to leash her dog, since he was dripping wet and mouthy. Rather than contain the pup, the woman said, “It’s clean water. He just had a bath.” Blondie, you know that’s not the point, right? To ensure that you recognize yourself here, your second dog looks like a Mini-Me of the jumper. Please step out of your narcissistic bubble and consider that other people matter.—Nikki Silverstein

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“Musicals are extremely important to the overall picture of the theater scene,” says actor-director Nicholas Christenson. “They just shouldn’t be the only thing on stage.”

Staging an intervention Have theater companies become addicted to crowd-friendly musicals? By David Templeton

t started on my Facebook page. Six little words, posted as a private message in response to a link about a show I’d recently seen. A musical, one of many I’d caught in the previous few weeks. This one wasn’t particularly good.

Bing! In came the message. “Musicals,” it read, “are destroying Sonoma County theater.” Period. No exclamation point. Just the cold hard statement. This declaration was, I should say, left by a very talented actor-director, a passionate local theater artist who’s been conspicuously out of the spotlight on local stages lately. He is also a straight-talker who knows how to poke at the tender parts of his audience. For one thing,

he happens to know that I like musicals in addition to straight plays (theater-speak for non-musical shows). But his was a provocative remark, pointing to a significant issue in the North Bay theater scene, one I’ve had numerous discussions about in recent years: the difficulty of building an audience for new and challenging theatrical works, and the financial necessity of feeding the tastes of what audience there already is.

So I reposted the message as a question of my own. “Are musicals destroying Sonoma County theater?” Mindful of how the theater community works in this area, I expanded the geography of my question—now bouncing out to the 300 or so of my mostly-theaterinvolved Facebook friends—from its original Sonoma County focus, to now include artists from the entire North Bay, where an actor »10

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The cast of this summer’s Mountain Play, ‘Peter Pan,’ receives a standing ovation from the large crowd that had trekked up the mountain for live theater.

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Musicals vs. Plays

of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men in Sonoma County within a year of each other, and Sonoma Arts Live, in Sonoma, will be staging the mathematical drama Proof in August, just four months after it was staged at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center in April (though admittedly, even if both in Sonoma County, these theaters

Dollars and Cents After several days, the online conversation actually heated up a bit, demonstrating a roughly equal level of support for both musicals and straight plays, with a larger number of responses falling somewhere in between.

The Marin Theatre Company recently featured ‘Choir Boy,’ a coming-of-age story that included a cappella gospel music.

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“I don’t think it’s as serious as ‘musicals are ruining it,’” says actordirector Nicholas Christenson of Narrow Way Stage Company. Narrow Stage has long been known for it’s willingness to tackle new, unknown and controversial plays, including the occasional musical, such as Stephen Sondheim’s polarizing Assassins, currently in rehearsals for a September opening in Sonoma. “Musicals are extremely important to the overall picture of the theater scene,” Christenson says. “They just shouldn’t be the only thing on stage.” OK, so there’s one pro-musical voice. Add to that Rohnert Park-based publicist and event marketer Karen Pierce-Gonzales, who has promoted both musicals and non-musicals in the course of her event-marketing career.

“Musicals are perhaps the most accessible all-age theater genre,” she says. “I wish we had more of them.” So there’s another on the promusical side. Who’s next? “To say that musicals are killing local theater is like saying Midsummer or Twelfth Night are doing the same,” says actor-director Matt Cadigan, who recently directed a piece for Tapas, Pegasus Theater’s New Short Play Festival. “We see Shakespeare shows every year, every damn year, because they are well-known and bring the money in. I think musicals have a very important place in theater, in that they make money for the big houses.” And there’s another on the promusical side. Or wait—is he? Cadigan’s articulate and funny answer to my Facebook question (“Season ticket-holders expect to see ‘Cats’!”) quickly moved on to address the problem of separate companies performing the same shows over and over—both musicals and straight plays—leading to duplication and a sense of staleness. Indeed, there have been at least three productions of Fiddler on the Roof in the North Bay in the last two years, two productions

do not serve the same geographic audience). Last Christmas, there were two productions of the play Other Desert Cities running simultaneously in Sebastopol and Rio Nido, less than 15 miles apart. “I think,” concluded Cadigan, “that the mixture of musicals clogging a season, and what’s left being so repetitive, can choke out what is important about theater. We need to see more stories coming through that we don’t know. We need to capture different audiences to grow local theater. Is it growing right now? I don’t know.” So that one is pro-musical, but just barely—and with a bit of attitude. Speaking of which, actor David Tice Allison, an admitted disliker of musicals—despite the fact that he recently played the larcenous Fagin in Lucky Penny’s Oliver (“A blessing and a fluke,” he says)—has always preferred serious drama, the more disturbing the better. “People leave plays like Sam Shepard’s Buried Child feeling weird and muttering, ‘Holy Jesus!’” Allison says. “They exit musicals feeling like they’ve eaten half a bag of jelly beans.”

The Chardonnay Analogy “Have a glass of wine, and I’ll tell you exactly why musicals are ruining local theater,” says Adam Palafox. Palafox is the founder of Sonoma County’s Actors Basement Theater Company, and the one who posted the original message on Facebook. Though admitting to some concern that he might be targeted in the future as the guy who put a hit out on the proverbial golden goose, he’s agreed to elaborate while taking a lunch break from his day job as hospitality and sales manager at Pellegrini Wine Company’s Olivet Lane Vineyards in Santa Rosa. As an actor and director, Palafox—who interned and served as dramaturge with San Francisco’s acclaimed Campo Santo—has shown a strong interest in developing new works and putting fresh spins on classics. At Campo Santo, he worked on the development of new plays by Sam Shepard, Naomi Iizuka, Octavio Solis and others.

In his work with Actors Basement, a nomadic company that performs sporadically, usually in alternative spaces or “black box” theaters, Palafox produced and directed a number of original works, and hopes to bring a pair of developing projects—Ghosts of Santa Rosa and Conversations with Our Fathers—to the stage in the next year or two. Palafox has become discouraged lately with what he sees as an increasing lack of opportunities for artists eager to do something outside the mainstream. To make the point, he pours me a glass of 2013 unoaked chardonnay. “Chardonnay is a perfect metaphor for what’s going on in the theater community in the North Bay, particularly Sonoma and probably Napa County,” Palafox says. “Years ago, when people were saying that chardonnay was destroying the wine industry, they didn’t mean we should do away with all chardonnays. They meant that the trend toward big, oaky, buttery, ridiculously overthe-top chardonnay was closing the boundaries of what the wine industry had to offer and

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Arts Center, which this year has presented the musicals Oliver, Bonnie and Clyde and Cowgirls. “Having been on the management/production side of two nonprofit theater companies, as well as an actor-singer for many years, I couldn’t disagree more with that statement,” Monez said of the musicals-killing-plays charge. “In fact,” he says, “one could argue that musicals are saving nonprofit theaters in small markets and communities.” Monez believes that musicals are just as worthy of being called “theater” as are straight plays. “Musicals draw diverse audiences and generate good buzz for a company,” he says, “not to mention the fact that they usually turn a profit. Some artists are so wrapped up in the ‘importance’ of what they do, they forget who they are doing it for: the customer, the business side of the house. The fact is, without some deep pocket underwriting, you can’t make it work.”

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“What’s killing community theater,” says actor-director Larry Williams, whose production of the musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story is running at 6th Street Playhouse through July 19, “is the same thing that’s always killed community theater: lack of funding through fundraising, certainly not a lack of possibilities or ideas.” “In this age of three-inch screens,” asks Gene Abravaya, of Spreckels Theatre Company, which presents both musicals and straight plays, “what will keep theater alive longer: maintaining the interest of an adult who likes to attend thoughtprovoking dramas, or capturing the imagination of a youngster who has never attended a musical before? “The answer is both,” he answers, “as long as they are both done well.” As long as they are done well. This is a point that several make—namely, that it’s the quality of the work, whether musical or straight, that eventually draws an audience or drives it away. “Do you know what really kills theater,” says Harry Duke, Santa Rosa actor and theater reviewer. “Bad theater.” It’s a point made painfully explicit by award-winning theater artist Conrad Bishop, of the Sebastopol-based touring theatre company, the Independent Eye. A lifelong supporter of the arts, Bishop applauds the efforts of North Bay artists who keep making watchable theater amid the hardest of hard times (“I’ve been very impressed with the quality of many productions I’ve seen here,” he says). But even having just praised some local artists, even he admits to getting exasperated by the overall quality of theater in the North Bay, where the talent pool is so stretched between so many companies. “Despite having spent 45 years in professional theater,” he says, “I usually find it much cheaper, and usually much more satisfying, to just go to a movie.” Ouch. Bishop’s point mirrors Duke’s, suggesting that instead of being promusical or pro-straight play, perhaps the best thing that a North Bay theater artist can do is to become staunchly pro-quality. On the pro-quality and promusical side is Dan Monez, currently a board member of Napa’s Lucky Penny Community

Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’ is currently on stage at Dominican University’s Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (read our review on page 15).

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‘Namely, it’s the quality of the work, whether musical or straight, that eventually draws an audience or drives it away.’

Staging an intervention «11 what wine-drinkers knew about wine. “Chardonnay,” he continues, “can run the gamut, from the crisp notes you have here to the superoaky, and neither is good or bad. But when you have a majority of people focusing on producing what they consider to be the cash cow, then it hurts the overall industry because it shrinks the marketplace; it leaves out the people trying to do something different.” In Palafox’s view, musicals, oaky and delicious, have not only become the big buttery chardonnay of the North Bay’s theatrical tasting room, they’ve become so popular that theaters are becoming increasingly afraid to take chances with anything else. “I’m not suggesting that theaters stop doing musicals,” he says. “I’m saying, let’s look at the boundaries we’ve created for ourselves by depending so much on musicals. Let’s show the diversity of what theater really is, and put more energy into making theater everything it can be.” He admits that there are exceptions. “Main Stage West [Sebastopol] has been doing small, original works

and challenging new plays, and they are doing it very well,” he says, “but they can do it because they have a small theater with relatively low overhead. Straight plays cost less to produce than musicals. And they’ve built an audience that is interested in what they have to offer. They’ve done it right.” Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater, which produces a blend of musicals and plays, has also found a way to make it work, having just closed the seventh in a string of consecutive sold-out shows that were extended due to audience demand. And in recent months, a new company devoted to small, nonmusical plays has emerged. Left Edge Theater, founded by Argo Thompson, launches its inaugural season this September at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, with four straight plays, most of them premieres or relatively new works. “I believe there is an audience for new works, and unusual works,” Palafox says. “But you have to reach them, and you have to earn their trust, and then you have to keep that trust. I think a lot of theaters in this area, excepting Cinnabar and Main Stage West and Marin Theatre Company, have forgotten what their audience is, or are just catering to the part of their audience that only wants the familiar and the safe.” Spreckels Theatre Company

recently added encore performances of the musical Mary Poppins, one of the biggest hits they’ve ever had. The crowd-pleasing Poppins was staged in the large 500-plus auditorium, while Spreckels’ smaller 99-seat venue next door, where the company’s smaller musicals and straight plays are performed, rarely has a full house. Doesn’t that prove that the audience for small, original works is just a fraction of what it is for musicals? Isn’t it a theater’s responsibility to give the audience what it wants? In answer, Palafox pours another glass of wine. “It’s a matter of return on investment,” he says. “At one time, chardonnay was very accessible. It was inexpensive to produce and affordable for the consumer. But the cost of producing it kept going up, so the cost of a bottle in stores went up, and what once started out as an approachable item started pricing out consumers. And then they went elsewhere.” So the less affluent consumers were forced from the table, and wandered off to see what’s on tap at the brewhouse down the street?

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“Exactly,” Palafox says. “Musicals are popular, so companies do a lot of them, because they have to pay the bills. They get addicted to those larger audiences. But musicals are also expensive. The return on investment is often lower, so they have to charge more, pushing away folks with less money to spend. When the cost of doing those musicals becomes so expensive they can no longer afford to produce them at the same level of quality, then they lose their affluent audience, too. And they’ve already lost their less-affluent audience. “And then,” Palafox says with a shrug, “they’re out of business, which is why I say that musicals are destroying local theater. Musicals are an addiction, and we have to stage an intervention. I’m not saying we should have some prohibition on musicals. They are part of the landscape, and they have something to offer. Let’s definitely do musicals. “I’m just saying,” he concludes, “that we need to do musicals responsibly.”✹

What’s killing community theater is the same thing that’s always killed community theater: lack of funding through fundraising, certainly not a lack of possibilities or —Larry Williams ideas.

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FOOD & DRINK

Jonesin’ for bacon

Old friends and good times at Fred’s in Sausalito By Tom Gogola

olling through the North Bay a couple of weeks ago was my old friend Jones— my first journalism mentor from when I worked at an alternative weekly in Albany, New York. He was the state columnist back then, covering that dirty old capital city in the late 1980s, and I was the cub reporter fresh out of college with a head full of Gonzo and rather long hair. Jones planned to toot over on the ferry from Oakland to San Francisco to Sausalito on his way to Oregon, and he called to suggest that we meet up at Fred’s Place, a diner-style breakfast and lunch joint near the anchor-outs in Sausalito. Jones knew the place from the 1960s—he has connections and friends all around the Bay Area. Sounded great to me. I bounced over the mountain from Bolinas in the morning and grabbed an inside stool, coffee please and what’s the Wi-Fi password? I cranked out some copy and checked out the scene at this smallish corner outpost. The kitchen crew was dominated by cheerful Latinos working the line, big loads of hash browns were smoldering on the grill and a generally well-heeled bustle of families, loners, regulars and weirdos

came and went. Fred’s reminded me right away of a place like Marin Joe’s: They wear the old-school well. The menu is dense with the expected offerings of a joint such as this: All of the usual diner stuff, all of it a little on the upscale end. This ain’t no dive joint with Angry Eddie dumping his Lucky Strike ashes into your Denver omelette. You’ve got a whole selection of eggs-with to choose from, beaucoup burgers on the bun and salads in several incarnations. One standout item was a house specialty of the artery-annihilating variety that we’ll save for next time: Deep-fried French toast, known as Fat Fred. Here’s a suggestion: Go to Fred’s, shut up about your health and order the “Millionaire’s Bacon” with whatever it is that you’re getting. Jones and I both ordered a heap of eggs, hash browns drizzled in a superrich Hollandaise, some juice and coffees, one decaf, one not. Breakfast was rounded-out with some chewy pads of sourdough toast and a side of the bacon, about which more shall be revealed momentarily. Our meet-up reminded me of a persistent, specific food memory that Jones is a part of. One time we met up at a place in New York that’s no longer there, called West Side

had evacuated to northern Louisiana with her friend Big Pam, but I couldn’t reach her for days. Wouldn’t you know it but the raggedy, howling remnants of Katrina blew through the campsite one night, along with the largest raccoon I had ever seen—before I moved to Bolinas, that is. One morning I got up and hiked Mount. Marcy, the highest peak in New York at 5,343 feet. That’s not saying much in the face of California’s epic peaks, but fans of the writer Russell Banks will know Mt. Marcy as Cloudsplitter. This is John Brown country, and Cloudsplitter is Banks’ novelistic paean to the late abolitionist. The John Brown Farm is nearby, in the shadow of a training ski jump installed for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Go U.S.A.! Anywho, it was a long, satisfying day on the trail, and at the end of it I went to the camp grocery store for a 16-ounce Coke. I stood outside the store and slugged it back—and now that I’m kicked back in my chair with the memory, I can still remember exactly how that Coke tasted. It tasted goooooood. Transcendence indeed. Jones showed up for the weekend camp-out a day or two later, and I remember eating a lot of pie. My aunt popped up in my phone messages—she was fine, but her car was trashed by Katrina. Nothing bad will happen. My occasional meetings with Jones still have a familiar and grounding arc to them, and I couldn’t be more grateful for an old friend like him. Doesn’t matter how many years go by. Our meet-up at Fred’s was like every other one we’ve had over the years: We caught up on mutual friends and interests, updates on the family scene and pushed the enterprise forward: social justice of the unapologetic variety. Jones is a real inspiration on that front. His wife is a vegetarian, but we are not. You were wondering about the Millionaire’s Bacon? The stuff has been featured on the TV show United States of Bacon, so it’s basically a national goddamned treasure. What’s in it? Applewood-smoked bacon baked for four hours with brown sugar, cayenne pepper, chili flakes and black pepper. Unforgettable stuff, that.✹ Fred’s Place Coffee Shop, 1917 Bridgeway Blvd., Sausalito; 415/3324575.

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Fred’s offers diner-style favorites with names like “Fat Fred” and “Millionaire’s Bacon.”

Stories—an upscalish diner of the standard-issue variety, with mauve tones and vaguely delicate cup-andsaucer sets on the tables. All of these years later, and it must be 25 of them, I can still recall, in exquisite detail, the robust flavor of the cup of coffee I ordered that morning. I have several memories like this: Recollections of a basic food or drink pegged to a specific encounter with the item. There has to be a word for this phenomenon, but I don’t know what the hell it is— Proustian recall? I asked Jones as we lit into our eggs if he thought that there was a word for this and he came up with “transcendence.” He’s onto something. And speaking of, this being Fare Thee Well country, we talked about the Grateful Dead and the great times we had seeing the band in Albany back in 1990—those shows wound up on a popular threedisc set, Dozin’ at the Knick. We finished our meal and ambled over to my car, which has seen better days. Jones had an afternoon meet-up with friends in Santa Rosa, and I had a story to write and a redeye to catch in San Francisco that night. It would be a hectic day and that sturdy breakfast would come in handy. The only way out is through, they say, to which I would only add: through bacon. I had to tell Jones that the front passenger window of the Grand Marquis was broken (my damn dogs did it), so the ride to Santa Rosa would be a little breezy. My tires are getting worn down, again, and the radio still won’t work. I started the car and it occurred to me that maybe Jones and I will never be millionaires, but we can still eat us some Millionaire’s Bacon, and hope for the best. I reminded Jones that he provided me with a mantra many years ago that I still say to myself on occasion, or at least once a day when The Worry takes hold: Nothing bad will happen. Jones had a key role in another of these persistent memories around food and drink. Way back when, he hooked me into a community of East Coast radicals who head up to Adirondack Loj in upstate New York every Labor Day for a three-day campout. One year I was up in the mountains solo for a few days before the Labor Day festivities. It was a weird trip because of what was going on some 1,500 miles away: Hurricane Katrina. My late aunt was then living in the outskirts of New Orleans and

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Pixar’s mega-hit ‘Inside Out’ is a highly imaginative look at the inner world of an 11-year-old girl.

TALKING PICTURES

Change is good Therapist Myra Bernecker analyzes the preteen mindset of ‘Inside Out’ By David Templeton

ome movies, and certain post-film conversations, aren’t easily forgotten. Twenty-four hours after my talk with Dr. Myra Gueco Bernecker— whose private therapy practice in San Francisco aims to build up healthy emotional lives in children and adults—the movie we discussed is still very much on her mind. “Dear David! I had a few more thoughts,” Bernecker writes in an email the day after our cinematic question-and-answer session. Among her additional thoughts is the change of one answer from ‘Yes,’ to ‘Maybe.’ That’s awesome. After all, the whole point of the movie—Pixar’s psychologically savvy mega-hit Inside Out—is that change, though often unexpected and fraught with danger, is good. A highly imaginative look at the inner world of a preteen girl named Riley, the movie follows the 11-year-old as her calm and happy emotional state is thrown into major upheaval when her family moves from Minnesota to

San Francisco. In the beautifully animated film—written and directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen—Riley’s emotions are represented as colorful little oddly-shaped people: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust. Each emotion gets to take a turn at the console, a kind of one-feeling-ata-time switchboard in Riley’s head— aka “Headquarters”—though Joy (voice of Amy Poehler) is accustomed to making most of the big decisions. That’s a system that’s about to change big-time when Sadness (voice of Phyllis Smith) suddenly can’t resist putting her melancholy touch on everything, shifting Riley’s experience of the world from sunny to serious. Early in my conversation with Bernecker, at a coffee-and-pastry emporium near her office, I ask if she thought that Riley’s preadolescent angst would have happened even if the family had stayed back in Minnesota. “Oh, I think so, yes,” Bernecker says, sipping a cup of tea. “It’s pretty normal. Between six and 11 is

called the ‘latency age,’ where inner conflicts are pushed way down below the surface, and people on the outside don’t see them very much. “But then, along come the preteens,” she continues, “and suddenly all of those things that have been successfully pushed down below the surface, whoosh! They suddenly come to the surface. So I think Riley’s emotional ups and downs would probably have happened, even if she’d stayed in Minnesota.” “Some critics,” I mention, “have called foul at the movie’s rather simplistic suggestion that before adolescence, the normal emotional state of all kids is joy and happiness. I guess there is the concern that kids who are feeling anything other than happy all the time might see this, and worry that there is something wrong with them. But some kids have good reason to feel sadness, or anger, or fear, don’t they?” “Yes, I agree, that was a bit simplistic,” Bernecker says with a nod, “but between six and 11—if there is a happy home, stable parents and nothing too stressful in the kids’ lives—things usually are pretty good. Joy, in that kind of environment, probably would be the primary state of things. We get the idea that the move to San Francisco is the single biggest change she’s ever experienced. “Another kid, with a different situation at home,” she adds, “might have a different system going on in their head.” When asked what she thought of the metaphor of little people fighting for control of the buttons in our brains as a description of emotional processes, Bernecker smiles. “I liked it,” she says. “I think it’s an accurate way of displaying the struggle and inner turmoil that happens, and the unrest people may experience, when facing something significantly stressful. Riley’s emotions are out of control, because nothing is normal, so the feelings that were once so balanced, working so nicely together, suddenly don’t know how to work together anymore. To me, it’s a perfect way of showing what happens during adolescence.” Eventually, in the film, we see that the feelings in Riley’s head have replaced the console with another, bigger console, where there is room for all of them to work side by side, presumably allowing Riley to feel more than one emotion at a time.

“I think it might give a sense of relief to children,” Bernecker remarks, “to know that you can, and probably should, feel more than one emotion at a time. That’s a healthy thing to encourage.” In Inside Out, Riley can’t shake the thought that life would be better if Mom and Dad had never hauled her to California, where people eat pizza with broccoli on it. After our conversation, Bernecker, likewise, can’t shake the thought that she might have added some necessary context to one of the points she made. “When you asked if I thought that Riley would still go through what she did,” she writes in her email, “even if she didn’t make the move, I said, ‘Yes.’ But I’ve thought more about that, and I retract my ‘yes,’ and now answer your question with, ‘It depends.’ “Given Riley’s stable upbringing and secure attachment to her parents,” she continues, “it’s possible that she may not have experienced preadolescence with such intensity, and a brand new, bigger ‘console’ at Headquarters would likely not be necessary, yet. Without the move, her imbalancing and restructuring process could take place later in her teen years or even young adult years. The inner turmoil—mood swings, et cetera—is a sign that the restructuring process is underway. “I think this movie is applicable to all ages,” Bernecker writes, “in that restructuring can happen at any age. When a big psychosocial stressor occurs—i.e., a move, breakup, divorce, death, lost job, et cetera— depending on one’s inner and outer resources and other factors, it can be devastating. That loss can stir up past losses, if unresolved, and can or will require a new, bigger console at Headquarters.” Just as there’s always room for more than one emotion at the controls, there’s always room for one more thought from the doctor. Before our conversation concluded, Bernecker left me with this final thought. “There is an inner life that happens in children,” she says, “in all of us actually, that not everyone sees or pays attention to. In the movie, I thought Riley was showing hints of sadness from the beginning, right below the surface. But she was hiding it. And that’s the point of the movie, and why it’s so good. “Just because we see one thing on the outside,” she concludes, “doesn’t mean that’s all that’s happening on the inside.”✹

THEATER

Shakespeare with a twist

No wonder the play is seldom produced! Working with a strong cast of principals, Marin Shakespeare Company (MSC) Artistic Director Robert Currier’s response is to stage it as a cross between a wacky musical and a Monty Python episode. Running time has been reduced to a comfortable two and a half hours. There’s schtick (plenty of it), visual and verbal jokes of all kinds, interpolation of contemporary references, original songs by Billie Cox, a rock ’n’ roll dance number in which Thomas Gorrebeeck, (imitating Mick Jagger) brings the house down and a mock battle scene between Britons and Romans that has the combatants missing each other by wide margins. Much of it works. Some—like a godawful parody of “That’s Amore” and actors foraying into the audience (a running MSC gag that has grown stale)—doesn’t. Overall, though, it’s an entertaining romp— something the original could not possibly be. So, is this reimagined Cymbeline a “Shakespeare play?” Ask your Zen master.✹

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Marin Shakespeare Company’s production of ‘Cymbeline’ is full of mock battle scenes, jokes and dance numbers.

Posthumus is banished from the kingdom, the Queen’s strategy is to force Imogen to divorce him. Meeting resistance, she then purchases what she thinks are poison pills from Cornelius (Debi Durst), the court physician, and, using the excuse that they are for medical use, prevails upon Pisanio ( Jed Parsario), a servant left behind by Posthumus, to deliver them to Imogen in hopes that her death will clear the way for Cloten. What I have described is the main narrative thread, but at this point all kinds of subplots are introduced. Some are farcical, others ugly—like the beheading of Cloten by one of the King’s lost sons, who had been raised in the forest by a strange mountain man named Belarius (Rod Gnapp), and the placement of that bloody object next to a sleeping Imogen. Possibly aware that his audience might be confused and repelled by a work that seems to lack both a consistent narrative and a moral spine, Shakespeare tacks on a final scene that offers copious explanations, along with pleasant homilies about the virtues of true love and forgiveness.

MSC takes liberties with ‘Cymbeline’ By Charles Brousse

his hands. On the national level, a refusal to pay financial tribute to his country’s occupiers has led them to threaten an attack. At court, his manipulative second wife, the Queen (Lee Fitzpatrick), has persuaded him to marry off his daughter Imogen (Stella Heath) to her narcissistic son Cloten (Thomas Gorrebeeck) so that he can inherit the throne. Before that can happen, however, Imogen secretly weds Posthumus (Thomas Gorrebeeck again, double-cast), her longtime love, an admirable young man whom the King raised in his household after his own two sons disappeared during the Roman invasion. After NOW PLAYING: Cymbeline runs through Sunday, July 26 at the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, San Rafael. For more information, call 415/499-4488, or visit marinshakespeare.org.

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hen is a play by Shakespeare not a “Shakespeare play?” That issue may trouble some who trek out to Dominican University’s leafy Forest Meadows Amphitheatre to witness Marin Shakespeare Company’s production of Cymbeline, the opening presentation of its threeplay 2015 summer season. It all depends on expectations. Even genius playwrights have their off-days. Not everything that Shakespeare wrote is golden, and Cymbeline (circa 1611), a product of his final years, is undeniably of far lesser quality than the works that gained him international recognition. “Convoluted” is the word usually used to describe its plot, but that’s an understatement. The setting is ancient Britain, a few dozen years after the Roman invasion. Well-meaning but ineffectual King Cymbeline (Paul Abbott) has a pair of crises on

‘Cymbeline’ is the opening presentation of the MSC’s three-play 2015 summer season.

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For the past decade, songwriter Jim Sobo has spent his summer vacations curating and leading the Howling Coyote Tour.

MUSIC

Call of the wild Howling Coyote Tour marks 10 years By Charlie Swanson

estled within the Bradshaw Mountains of central Arizona is the small, historic town of Prescott. From a flyover in a jumbo jet it may not look like much, but this mile-high cowboy town has flair for amazing music, and downtown Prescott’s famed Whiskey Row draws singer-songwriters of all kinds to its clubs and venues. Songwriter Jim Sobo was drawn there, over a decade ago. Sobo grew up in Los Angeles and found success in the corporate world of licensing songs to television and film. Yet the Hollywood vibe did nothing to satisfy him creatively. Moving his family to Prescott, Sobo began a career as an educator and found a musically vibrant community to flourish in. It didn’t take long for him to realize that the music in Prescott was just too good to keep a secret. So, for the past decade, he has spent his summer vacations curating and leading the Howling Coyote Tour. This year’s 10th anniversary tour begins at HopMonk Tavern in Novato on Friday, July 17, and then hits various other spots in the North Bay. Each installment of the Howling Coyote Tour is a little different, and this year, Sobo is bringing back tour veteran Kenny James and introducing young bandleader Wes Williams for an eclectic showcase of skills. James, a Bay Area native who has lived in Prescott since 1999, was drawn to the town’s musical

camaraderie. “It’s a different world out here,” James says by phone from Prescott. “Anybody can play here; it’s part of the culture in town that has stuck. There’s a DIY vibe without the ‘us against them’ vibe. I grew up in San Francisco; I’ve seen it go the other way.” An accomplished guitarist who has toured with big acts like the Doobie Brothers and intimate songwriters like Slaid Cleaves, James thrives on the Howling Coyote Tour’s intimate approach, where sets become conversations with the audience as much as a performance. “I like to connect with people on more of a heart-to-heart level, rope in as many people as you can,” James says. “That’s really refreshing for me, that one-on-one level.” Young up-and-comer Wes Williams—a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a relatively new face in Prescott—brings a decidedly fresh blend of rock and jazz. James says that Williams possesses that “Grateful Dead tradition of songs that are bluesy, twangy, a little all over the place.” With Sobo at the helm, the Howling Coyote Tour also features the trio of performers playing in Cotati on July 18, Napa on July 23, Petaluma on July 25 and Sebastopol on July 26.✹ The Howling Coyote Tour hits HopMonk Tavern on Friday, July 17; 224 Vintage Way, Novato; 6pm; free. For more information, call 415/8926200, or visit hopmonk.com.

The documentary ‘Amy,’ about the life of Amy Winehouse, features unseen archival footage and unheard tracks.

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Body and soul ‘Amy’ tells the story of singer Amy Winehouse’s rise and demise By Richard von Busack

he documentary Amy is deeply sad. It isn’t purely an investigation into the death of Amy Winehouse at 27, or of those addictions that turned her into one of those people you step over at the bus stop. With aptness that justifies the cruelty, a British comedian describes Winehouse in her last days as looking like an ad campaign to rescue neglected horses: All bones and big teeth and dull eyes. At a recent screening, director Asif Kapadia (Senna) described the aftermath of Winehouse’s brief life as a “crime scene.” There are plenty of suspects. Amy’s father, Mitchell, and her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were perhaps riders on the fabled gravy train, but the British press did its part. The saddest image in the film shows Winehouse standing in a circle of yowlers with atomic flashbulbs sizzling. She gives up, trying to retrieve her dignity by

lighting a cigarette. I realize that hacks have to make a living, but what happened to Amy Winehouse is like the old-time London sport where you throw a terrier into a pit of rats. Winehouse bit back. The documentary reveals the caustic side she turned on herself and others, as well as the drive that got her a recording contract before her teenage acne had cleared up. Flogged half to death at outdoor festivals, this fragile talent was her most authentic self in a club. “No jazz artist wants to perform in front of 50,000 people,” Tony Bennett notes. Seen during a duet with Winehouse on “Body and Soul,” Bennett comes out like a gent in this story of wastrels, parasites and helpless friends. He’s one of the few people who could put some real light and clarity into Winehouse’s magnificent eyes.✹

By Matthew Stafford

Friday July 17-Thursday July 23 All Work All Play: The Pursuit of eSports Glory (2:15) Documentary looks at the world of professional gaming complete with an eSports Q&A and live StarCraft II nerd showdown. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (1:27) The rambunctious rodents hit the high seas and get themselves marooned on a deserted (?) island. Amy (2:08) In-depth documentary look at the troubled life of late legendary British pop chanteuse Amy Winehouse. Ant-Man (1:55) Yet another comic book superhero hits the big screen, this one a master thief who can shrink in size and increase in strength at the same time. Boulevard (1:28) Deeply closeted, unhappily married Robin Williams gets a new lease on life when he begins to confront the secrets he’s been keeping from himself. Cartel Land (1:38) Hard-hitting documentary looks at two vigilante groups (one in Michoacan, one in Arizona) using extralegal means to take down a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Double Indemnity (1:47) Groundbreaking film noir about a scheming couple’s plot to murder her husband for a boodle of insurance money; Billy Wilder directs Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and the great Edward G. Robinson. Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (1:35) Documentary examines the ongoing legacy of the two 1960s Harvard profs-turned-counterculture icons; Robert Redford narrates. Exhibition Onscreen: The Girl with the Pearl Earring (1:30) In-depth look at Vermeer’s masterpiece examines the mysteries surrounding its painter and subject. The Farewell Party (1:35) Israeli dramedy about a group of Jerusalem retirees whose kindly approach to terminal illness brings them unwanted notoriety. Far from the Madding Crowd (1:59) Thomas Vinterberg directs a sumptuous new version of the earthy Thomas Hardy novel; Carey Mulligan stars as headstrong, passionate Bathsheba Everdene. Flashdance (1:35) Totally ’80s flash-pop musical about a steel welder/exotic dancer who dreams of being a ballerina; Jennifer Beals stars. The Gallows (1:20) Horror flick about a misbegotten attempt to pay homage to a teenager who’d died in a freak accident 20 years earlier. I’ll See You in My Dreams (1:32) Widow Blythe Danner begins a new life with friends old and new, a newly disestranged daughter and hunky beau Sam Elliott; Mary Kay Place costars. Infinitely Polar Bear (1:28) Manic depressive single dad Mark Ruffalo and his two precocious daughters struggle and support one another as they form a cohesive family. Inside Out (1:42) Pixar cartoon about the five conflicting emotions guiding a young girl through the vagaries of life; Lewis Black voices Anger. Jurassic World (2:04) As gate receipts at the dino DNA amusement park peter, backers cook up a new (less cuddly) attraction … uh-oh. A Little Chaos (1:53) Sumptuous period piece stars Kate Winslet as a 17th century landscape architect and Alan Rickman as Louis XIV, her number-one client. Love & Mercy (2:00) Biopic stars Paul Dano and John Cusack as mercurial Beach Boy extraordinaire Brian Wilson; Elizabeth Banks costars. Max (1:51) A military dog home from Afghanistan bonds with the grieving family of his dead handler. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (1:44) An awkward teen learns about life when he spends quality time with a classmate recently diagnosed with cancer.

The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow (3:00) Diva extraordinaire Renée Fleming stars in Susan Stroman’s Art Nouveau remix of Lehar’s light, lascivious operetta. Minions (1:31) The lemon-colored henchmen search the world from Australia to 1960s Swinging London in search of a new master; Sandra Bullock lends voice to super-villain Scarlet Overkill. Mr. Holmes (1:44) Ian McKellen stars as an elderly Sherlock Holmes dealing with his diminished faculties after witnessing the destruction of Hiroshima. National Theatre London: Everyman (1:30) Eye-filling new production of the primal 15th century English drama stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as a success story on a frantic flight from Death. Night on the Towns (2:45) Get a sneak peek at the comedy thriller “Paper Towns” plus a Q&A with the stars and filmmakers, a song or two by Saint Motel and Nat & Alex Wolff plus an exclusive poster and commemorative locket! Paper Towns (1:49) Mystery comedy about a missing teen, a trail of cryptic clues and the posse of friends who try to track her down. Pather Panchali (2:05) Part one of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy focuses on young Apu and his life in rural Bengal; music by Ravi Shankar. Pixels (1:46) Video arcade vets Josh Gad, Kevin James, Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage are pressed into service when the Earth is attacked by real-life Pac-Men, Donkey Kongs and Space Invaders. A Poem Is a Naked Person (1:30) Early ’70s Les Blank docu-portrait of singer-songwriter Leon Russell features George Jones, Willie Nelson and other troubadours. Self/less (1:57) Sci-fi thriller about a dying man (Ben Kingsley) who hijacks the body of a healthy man (Ryan Reynolds). Spy (2:00) Comedy thriller stars Melissa McCarthy as a CIA analyst who has to go undercover when top agents Jude Law and Jason Statham go missing. Ted 2 (1:55) The foulmouthed teddy bear is back and trying to prove in court that he’s worthy of Amanda Seyfried’s hand in marriage. Terminator Genisys (2:02) With future forces converging on beleaguered A.D. 1984, it’s up to a humble sergeant to reset a dangerously fractured time-space continuum; Arnold Schwarzenegger stars, of course. Tommy (1:51) The Who’s rock opera hits the big screen with Roger Daltrey as a boy who becomes deaf and blind after he witnesses his father’s murder; Ken Russell directs Ann-Margret, Elton John, Jack Nicholson and Tina Turner. Trainwreck (2:02) Judd Apatow comedy stars Amy Schumer as an uninhibited, foul-mouthed commitment-phobe who falls in love with doctor Bill Hader against her better judgment. The Water Diviner (1:52) Aussie farmer Russell Crowe heads to Gallipoli after WWI to find his three missing-in-action sons. Wild Tales (2:02) Rollicking Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee dovetails six morality tales of lust, greed and anger in modern-day Argentina. Wolf at the Door (1:40) Steamy Brazilian suspense story about a suburban love triangle and the mysterious abduction of the adulterer’s daughter. The Wolfpack (1:24) Eye-opening documentary about the Angulo brothers, six home-schooled Manhattan shut-ins with no experience of the outside world except the movies they study and imitate.

• All Work All Play (R) • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Amy (R) Ant-Man (PG-13)

• Boulevard (R) • Cartel Land (R) • Double Indemnity (Not Rated)

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (Not Rated) Exhibition Onscreen: The Girl with the Pearl Earring (G) • The Farewell Party (Not Rated) Far from the Madding Crowd (PG-13) • Flashdance (R) The Gallows (R) I’ll See You in My Dreams (PG-13) Infinitely Polar Bear (R) Inside Out (PG)

Regency: Tue 5:30 Rowland: Tue,Thu 10am Regency: 10:25, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 (times may change Sun-Thu) Sequoia: Fri 12:55, 3:50, 7, 10; Sat 10, 12:55, 3:50, 7, 10; Sun 10, 12:55, 3:50, 7; Mon-Tue 12:55, 3:50, 7;Thu 12:55, 3:50 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:10, 1:10, 3, 4, 5:45, 7, 8:30, 9:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 3D showtime at 10:20; Sat-Sun 2, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 11:15, 4:45, 10:20 Marin: Fri-Sat 4:15, 9:45, 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7; Sun 4:15, 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7; Mon-Wed 1:45, 3D showtimes at 4:30, 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 10:35, 12:25, 1:20, 3:10, 4:05, 5:55, 6:50, 8:40, 9:40 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:35; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:10, 2, 7:30, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 10:10, 12:55, 3:40, 4:45, 6:25, 9:15 Rafael: Fri-Sun,Wed 2:30, 4:30, 6:45, 8:45’ Mon 4:30, 8:45;Tue 4:30, 6:45, 8:45; Thu 2:30, 4:30, 9 Regency: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 (times may change Sun-Thu) Regency: Sun, Mon,Wed 2, 7 Rafael: Fri-Sat 2, 4:15, 6:30; Sun 2, 6:30; Mon 6:30;Tue-Thu 4:15, 6:30

Lark: Thu 6:15 Lark: Fri 3:50; Sun 1;Tue 3:45 Lark: Mon 5:45 Rafael: Thu 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 5:45, 8, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:25, 4:50, 10 Lark: Fri 6:15; Sat 5:30; Sun 3:20;Tue 6:10;Wed 4;Thu 3:40 Rafael: Fri-Sat,Tue-Thu 3:45, 8:30; Sun 8:30; Mon 3:45 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Marin: Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50; Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15; Mon-Wed 2, 4:45, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 12:30, 1:55, 3:05, 4:25, 5:40, 7, 8:20, 9:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Jurassic World (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 A Little Chaos (R) Lark: Sun 5:40;Wed 1:15 Love & Mercy (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45; Sat-Sun 12:45, 6:45 Regency: 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 (times may change Sun-Thu) Marin: Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25; Sun 1:25, 4:05, 6:45; Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7 Max (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:50 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (PG-13) Regency: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 (times may change Sun-Thu) • The Met Opera: The Merry Widow (G) Lark: Wed 6:30 Regency:Wed 7 Sequoia:Wed 7 Minions (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12, 1, 2:25, 3:25, 4:50, 5:50, 6:30, 7:15, 8:15 Northgate: FriWed 11:05, 12:15, 1:25, 2:35, 3:45, 4:20, 4:55, 6:05, 7:15, 8:25, 9:35; 3D showtimes at 10:30, 11:40, 12:50, 2, 3:15, 5:30, 6:40, 7:50, 9, 10:10 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12, 2:30, 5, 7:15, 9:30; Sun-Wed 12, 2:30, 5, 7:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 10:30, 1, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15 Sequoia: Fri 3, 7:45, 10:10, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25; Sat 10:10, 3, 7:45, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25, 10:10; Sun 10:10, 3, 7:45, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25; Mon-Tue 3, 7:45, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25; Thu 3, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25 • Mr. Holmes (PG) Regency: Fri-Wed 10:35, 1:10, 4, 7, 9:45 (times may change Sun-Thu) Nat. Theatre London: Everyman (NR) Lark: Sat 1 • Night on the Towns (PG-13) Regency: Thu 5:30 • Paper Towns (PG-13) Regency: Thu 9 • Pather Panchali (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 4:15, 7 • Pixels (PG-13) Northgate: Thu 7:05; 3D showtime at 7 Rowland: Thu 8, 10:35; 3D showtimes at 7, 9:35 • A Poem Is a Naked Person (NR) Rafael: Fri,Wed-Thu 1:45, 6; Sat 7:30 (filmmakers Maureen Gosling and Harrod Blank in person); Sun 4; Mon 4, 6;Tue 6 Self/less (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 9:45; Sat-Sun 3:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 Spy (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 10:20 Ted 2 (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Terminator Genisys (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:55, 7:10 • Tommy (R) Lark: Sat 8 • Trainwreck (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 6:55, 9:30, 9:55 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 10; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 10 Marin: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:30; Sun 1:15, 4, 6:45; Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:45; Sun-Wed 1, 4, 7 Regency: 10:25, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 (times may change Sun-Thu) Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:40, 1:40, 4:55, 7:50, 10:40 The Water Diviner (R) Lark: Mon 3:10 Wild Tales (R) Lark: Tue,Thu 8:30 • Wolf at the Door (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 8; Sat-Sun 1:30 The Wolfpack (R) Lark: Fri, Mon 8:30 Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito, 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 800-326-3264

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Sundial Concerts MARIN Dengue Fever Los Angeles-based band mixes Cambodian pop and world dance sound for energizing live experience. Jul 21, 8pm. $17-$20. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Father Son Orchestra Keyboardist Rob Barraco’s newest project also includes Rob Eaton, Tom Barraco, Rob Eaton Jr and Robin Sylvester. Jul 17-18, 8pm. $25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Joseph Israel & the Jerusalem Band Mendocino County musician has amassed a following with a sound that blends soul, world music, folk and reggae. Jul 15, 8pm. $15-$17. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

SONOMA Christopher Owens Former frontman of San Francisco indierock favorite Girls plays a solo set in the historic Redwood Barn. Jul 18, 7pm. $28. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma, 707.938.5277. Rivertown Revival Five stages of live music, circus acts, roaming revivalist preachers, the Whiskydrome, kids’ activities and more all take place on the river. Jul 18, 11am. $10. David Yearsley River Heritage Center, 6 Copeland St, Petaluma, 707 290 6723.

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El Sol de Verano (Summer Sun) Seattle-based flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes is joined by singing prodigy Jose Manuel Perez and guitarist Bobby de Sofia for her latest show. Jul 15, 8pm. $8-$35. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707-266-6305. Judd Finkelstein & the Maikai Gents Hawaiian music, hula hoops, games, food, drinks and more all make for a fun night for the whole family. Kids under 15 get in free. Jul 19, 6pm. $10. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Clubs&Venues MARIN Angel Island Cantina July 18, Hand Me Down, 2-4:30pm, Angel Island. Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery Jul 19, 3pm, Doug Adamz. 18856 Hwy 1, Marshall, 415.663.1006. Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422. Belvedere Community Park Jul 19, 4pm, Silvermoon. 450 San Rafael Ave, Belvedere. Fenix Jul 16, Pretending 2 Jett. Jul 17, Petty Theft. Jul 18, Greg Ballad. Jul 19, 11:30am, Good Karma. Jul 21, acoustic night with Amy Wigton, Tracy Blackman and Dallis Craft. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Gabrielson Park Jul 17, 6:30-8:30pm, Jazz & Blues by the Bay, Blue Monday Band. Anchor St, Sausalito. George’s Nightclub Jul 17, reggae night. Sat, DJ night. Sun, Mexican Banda. Wed, Rock and R&B Jam. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato Jul 15, open mic with Angela Cross. Jul 16, Wavez of Sound with Mitchell Thomas Experience. Jul 17, 6pm, the Howling Coyote Tour. Jul 17, 8pm, the Pulsators. Jul 18, Sunshine Garcia Band. Jul 19, 5pm, Matt Jaffe and the Distractions with Greg Loiacono and Dan Lebo. Jul 22, open mic with Red House. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200. Marin Art & Garden Center Jul 16, 5pm, Atta Kid. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Marin Country Mart Jul 17, Bill Belasco Sextet. Jul 19, 12:30pm, Misner & Smith. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. Menke Park Jul 19, 5pm, Taylor Rae. Redwood Ave and Corte Madera Ave, Corte Madera. 19 Broadway Club Jul 15, Fun with Phonics. Jul 16, Tally Up. Jul 17, Mojo Green. Jul 18, the Bad Jones. Jul 19, 4pm, Erika Alstrom Jazz Society. Jul 19, 9pm, the Stonies. Jul 21, Sergei and friends. Jul 22, Crosby Tyler and friends. Mon, open mic. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Jul 15, Shawn Byron and friends. Jul 16, Michael Lamacchia Band. Jul 17, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jul 18, Vince Nash Band. Jul 19, 3pm, Flowtilla. Jul 19, 8:30pm, Migrant Pickers and Doug Nichols. Jul 20, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Jul 22, Rob Dietrich. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392. Oak Plaza at Northgate Jul 17, the Blues Burners. 5800 Northgate Mall, San Rafael. Open Secret Jul 15, Kali Puja. 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. Osher Marin JCC Jul 18, HAPA. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

The Silver Moon Big Band will appear at Belvedere Community Park on Sunday, July 19 at 4pm.

Osteria Divino Jul 15, Jonathan Poretz. Jul 16, Robert Overbury Trio. Jul 17, Eric Markowitz Trio. Jul 18, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. Jul 19, Jordan Samuels Trio. Jul 21, Brian Moran. Jul 22, Noel Jewkes Duo. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

CALENDAR Panama Hotel Restaurant Jul 15, the Jazz Roots Band. Jul 16, Schuster and Bay. Jul 21, Swing Fever. Jul 22, Marianna August. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Jul 15, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Jul 16, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Jul 17, Achilles Wheel. Jul 18, Swoop Unit. Jul 19, La Mandanga. Jul 21, Waldo’s Special. Jul 22, Twangfest. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Presidio Yacht Club Jul 18, Before the Bang. Fort Baker, Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319. Rancho Nicasio Jul 17, Adrienne & Raphael. Jul 18, Buck Nickels and Loose Change. Jul 19, the Subdudes. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219. Sausalito Seahorse Jul 16, Gini Wilson Trio. Jul 17, Ruckatan. Jul 18, Havana Nights with Tito y su Son de Cuba. Jul 19, salsa with Mazacote. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Jul 16, Mount Vision. Jul 17, TV Mike and the Scarecrowes. Jul 18, El Cajon. Sun, open mic. Mon, reggae. Wed, Larry’s karaoke. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Spitfire Lounge Third Friday of every month, DJ Jimmy Hits. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Station House Cafe Jul 19, Kevin Russell. Third Monday of every month, Blue Monday with Paul Knight. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515. Sweetwater Music Hall Jul 17, Assembly of Dust. Jul 18, the Band of Heathens with Uncle Lucius. Jul 19, Rough Riders. Jul 20, EmiSunshine. Jul 22, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr sings Sinatra. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Tennessee Valley Cabin Jul 17, Blithedale Canyon. 60 Tennessee Valley Rd, Mill Valley. Terrapin Crossroads Jul 15, Ross James’ Radio Galaxy. Jul 16, Phil Lesh and friends celebrate Grateful Dead 1978. Jul 17, Cold & In the Bay. Jul 18, Stu Allen and friends. Jul 19, Michael Lamacchia Trio. Jul 20, Grateful Mondays. Jul 21, Tim Bluhm & Greg Loiacono with the Terrapin All Stars. Jul 22, Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

True North Pizza Tues-Sun, live music. 638 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, 415.453.1238.

SONOMA A’Roma Roasters Jul 17, Organix. Jul 18, Solid Air. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.576.7765. Annex Wine Bar Jul 15, Calvin Ross. Jul 16, MCM. Jul 17, Dawn Angelosante and Tony Gibson. Jul 18, Tsunami. Jul 22, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779. Aqus Cafe Jul 15, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Jul 17, Dictator Tots. Jul 18, Wild Green. Jul 19, 2pm, Jaz Linez. Jul 21, Whitherward. Jul 22, bluegrass open jam. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060. Arlene Francis Center Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009. Barley & Hops Tavern Jul 16, Hilary Marckx. Jul 17, Jen Tucker. Jul 18, the Sticky Notes. Jul 21, the Howling Coyote Tour. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037. Bergamot Alley Jul 21, Beat Mosaic. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.8720. The Big Easy Jul 15, Bruce Gordon and Nicky Otis. Jul 16, Second Line. Jul 17, Levi Lloyd. Jul 18, Rose City Band. Jul 19, MianoJazz Trio. Jul 21, the American Alley Cats. Jul 22, Tracy Rose and friends. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

BV Whiskey Bar & Grille Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma, 707.938.7110. Chroma Gallery Jul 18, 4pm, Markus James with Marlon Green. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa, 707.293.6051. Coffee Catz Jul 16, 4:30pm, DJ Kudjo. Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600. D’Argenzio Winery Jul 16, Dustin Saylor. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.280.4658. Downtown Guerneville Plaza Jul 16, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers. 16201 First St, Guerneville. Epicurean Connection Jul 16, Kristen Pearce and company. Jul 17, Matthew Fay and Connor Ross. Jul 18, Jon Emery and Tatiana McPhee. Jul 19, Feral. 122 West Napa St, Sonoma, 707.935.7960. Finley Community Center Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. Third Friday of every month, Steve Luther. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

Mack’s Bar & Grill Jul 18, Ricky Ray Band. 10056 Main St, Penngrove, 707.793.9480.

Forestville Club Jul 17, Blackhorse Blues Band. 6250 Front St, Forestville, 707.887.2594.

Main Street Bistro Jul 15, Pocket Canyon Ramblers. Jul 16, Susan Sutton Jazz Piano. Jul 17, Jess Petty. Jul 18, Eddie Neon Blues Band. Jul 21, Willie Perez. Jul 22, Greg Hester. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

French Garden Jul 17, New Skye Band. Jul 18, LaFlammeLawrence Ensemble. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030. Friar Tuck’s Fri, DJ Night. Wed, Sat, karaoke. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.792.9847. Gaia’s Garden Jul 15, Celtic Session. Jul 16, Gaian String Trio. Jul 18, Wine Country Swing. Jul 22, Klezmer Creek. Third Sunday of every month, jazz jam. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491. Green Music Center Jul 18, Kevin Spacey in Concert. Jul 21, Russian National Orchestra performs Beethoven 9. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. Guerneville Library Jul 18, 2pm, 3 on a Match. 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707.869.9004. Healdsburg Plaza Jul 21, the B-Stars. 217 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. HopMonk Sebastopol Jul 17, Dust in My Coffee with Buck Nickels and Loose Change. Jul 18, the Rough Riders. Jul 20, Monday Night Edutainment with Rocker-T. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300. HopMonk Sonoma Jul 17, Nathan Hinojosa. Jul 18, 1pm, Jimbo Scott. Jul 18, 8pm, Tom Heyman and Dan Stuart. Jul 19, 1pm, Jill Cohn. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100. Hotel Healdsburg Jul 18, Susan Sutton Trio with Piro Patton and Tom Hassett. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800. Ives Park Jul 15, 5pm, Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum with Nina Gerber. Jul 22, 5pm, Sol Horizon. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol. Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Jul 18, Rivertown Revival afterparty. Jul 20, Ethan J Perry and the Remedy Band. Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478. Jasper O’Farrell’s Jul 16, Jacob Green. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062. Juilliard Park Jul 19, 5pm, the Crux. 227 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. Kenwood Depot Third Thursday of every month, Open Mic Cafe. 314 Warm Springs Rd, Kenwood. Lagunitas Amphitheaterette Jul 21, Pokey Lafarge. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776. Lagunitas Tap Room Jul 15, Ragtag Sullivan. Jul 16, Patrolled by Radar. Jul 17, Lee Howard’s Musical Universe. Jul 18, the Sorentinos. Jul 19, Swoop Unit. Jul 22, Tim Snider. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Mc T’s Bullpen Jul 17, DJ Miguel. Jul 18, Wiley’s Coyotes. Jul 19, DJ Prodkt. Jul 20, DJ Miguel. Tues, Thurs, karaoke with Country Dan. 16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377. Medlock Ames’ Alexander Valley Bar Jul 19, 5pm, Girls & Boys. 6487 Alexander Valley Rd, Healdsburg, 707.431.8845. Murphy’s Irish Pub Jul 16, J-Dub and Dino. Jul 17, Perfect Crime. Jul 18, Melissa Ruth and the Likely Stories. Jul 19, 12pm, Jami Jamison Band. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660. Mystic Theatre Jul 18, Pride & Joy. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Occidental Center for the Arts Jul 18, Bastille Day with La Guinguette and Un Deux Trois. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.

Phoenix Theater Jul 17, Bog Oak with Tree of Shame. Jul 18, Iamsu. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565. Pub Republic Jul 17, the Swinging Chads. 3120 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma, 707.782.9090. Quincy’s Jul 17, the Hax. Jul 20, the Howling Coyote Tour. Wed, open mic. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park, 707.585.1079. Redwood Cafe Jul 17, Dream Farmers. Jul 18, Dgiin. Jul 19, 11am, Douglas Cross. Jul 19, 4pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868. Rio Nido Roadhouse Jul 17, Fleetwood Mask. Jul 18, the Pulsators. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821. Rocker Oysterfeller’s Jul 19, Bear’s Belly. 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford, 707.876.1983. Rossi’s 1906 Jul 17, DJ Isak. Jul 18, Paulie’s Garage. Jul 19, the Tri Tip Trio. Thurs, RT and the Slownoma Rythm Review. 401 Grove St, El Verano, 707.343.0044.

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Quintessential, good ol’ American blues and downhome comfort food is what you’ll find this Sunday in the heart of San Rafael at the 5th Annual Great American Blues & Barbeque Festival. Sample a wide selection of all Local blues guitarist/vocalist Roy Rogers, who has things barbeque a style described as “deep and funky,” will take the from acclaimed North Bay eateries stage at 4:30pm. including Pig in a Pickle BBQ in Corte Madera, BBQ & Fish in Richmond, Baby Blues BBQ from San Francisco and San Rafael’s own Fenix. And don’t miss the coolest (or maybe hottest) awards for the best ribs, brisket, pulled pork and overall taste. Professional and amateur chefs will submit their best bites and vie for the coveted “2015 King of the Que” crown. Wash that barbeque down with the tears you will shed when you really get the blues from the awesome lineup of performers, featuring popular local and national blues artists including the Delta Wires (inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012), Marin keyboard player Rt. Honorable Austin de Lone’s Little Big Band with special guests, up-and-coming blues songwriter and guitarist Miles Schon, singer-songwriter-guitarist Nick Gravenites (who played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band) and blues guitarist/vocalist Roy Rogers, who has toured with John Lee Hooker. The fun runs from 11am to 6pm on Sunday, July 19 on Fourth Street, San Rafael, between Lootens Place and A Street. The cost is $10 at the gate, and all ages are welcome.✹ —Lily O’Brien

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Twin Oaks Tavern Jul 15, Dirty Red Barn. Jul 16, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Jul 17, Royal Jelly Jive. Jul 18, 5pm, Petty Theft. Jul 18, 8pm, Michael Vann and the Movers. Jul 19, Bluegrass and BBQ with Foxes in the Hen House. Jul 22, Roadhouse Ramblers. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118. West End Farmers Market Jul 19, 10:30am, the Orchid Killers. 817 Donahue St, Santa Rosa. Zodiacs Jul 15, Train Wreck Junction. Jul 16, Girls & Boys with EagleWolfSnake and Manzanita Falls. Jul 17, Gene Washington and the Ironsides. Jul 22, Luciano. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.7751.

NAPA Beringer Vineyards Jul 18, Jazz Mirage. Jul 19, Blues Box Bayou. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463. City Winery Napa Jul 16, Laurie Lewis with Tom Rozum and Nina Gerber. Jul 17, Tainted Love. Jul 18, Petty Breakers. Jul 20, the Rat Pack Summit. Jul 21, Makana. Jul 22, Dan Ashley and the Push Band. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600. Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Tues, open mic night. Jul 16, Humdinger. Jul 17, Fish Out of Water. Jul 18, David More’. Sun, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337. FARM at Carneros Inn Jul 15, Whiskey & Honey Trio. Jul 16, Dan Daniels Trio. Jul 22, Carlos Herrera Trio. 4048 Sonoma Hwy, Napa, 888.400.9000. Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch Jul 19, 2pm, Travelin’ McCourys. 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.

Goose & Gander Jul 19, Kenya B Trio. 1245 Spring St, St Helena, 707.967.8779. Hydro Grill Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.942.9777. Methode Bubble Bar and Restaurant Fri, Sat, David Ruane. 1400 First St, Napa, 707.254.8888. River Terrace Inn Jul 16, Jeff Walters. Jul 17, Salet. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa, 707.320.9000. Silo’s Jul 15, Syria T Berry. Jul 16, Songwriters in the Round. Jul 17, Five AM. Jul 18, Fleetwood Mask. Jul 22, Shelby Lanternman. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833. Uptown Theatre Jul 17, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers. 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123. Uva Trattoria Jul 15, Bob Castell Blanch. Jul 16, 3 on a Match. Jul 17, Justin and David. Jul 18, Jackie and friends. Jul 19, Collaboration. Jul 22, Nate Lopez. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646. Veterans Memorial Park Jul 17, 6:30pm, the Deadlies with Jimmy Smith Band. Third and Main St, Napa.

Art OPENING SONOMA Pie Eyed Open Studio Jul 18-19, “3D-Edddy,” popular sculptor re-imagines everyday and found objects into a delightful array of raw and quirky tableaus and figures. 2371 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol. Sat-Sun, 12pm to 4pm 707.477.9442. Redwood Cafe Jul 15-Sep 15, “Three New Artists,” Henry White, Christine DeMao and Sarah Maxon vary from paintings to photography. Reception, Aug 12 at 6pm. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868. Repose Gallery Jul 15-Oct 25, “Les Fleurs Botanique,” group botanical show featuring locals artists. Nina Antze, Nancy Wheeler Klippert, Elizabeth Peyton and Vi Strain. Reception, Jul 15 at 3pm. 130 S Main St, Sebastopol. Mon-Fri, 7am to 6pm; Sat, 8am to 6pm; Sun, 8am to 4pm 707.861.9050.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery Through Aug 9, “Ever Changing Earth,” artworks inspired by the beauty of West Marin. 18856 Hwy 1, Marshall. Fri-Sun 415.663.1006. Art Works Downtown Through Jul 24, “The Art of Rock Legends,” works by Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick, Carlos Santana and others are on display. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119. Bank of Marin Through Jul 31, “Flora, Fauna, Mythological

“Marshall Meadow” is one of the paintings featured in the “Ever Changing Earth: Spotlight on Jan Buscho” exhibit at Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery in Marshall. Creatures & More,” inmates at San Quentin present artwork of natural landscapes and imaginary creatures. 19 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley. 415.380.4665. Bay Model Visitor Center Through Aug 23, “Connections: Women Environmental Artists,” 12 artists present their hopes for the endangered wildlife of the Marin Coast. Reception, July 26 at 2pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871. Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Aug 9, “Line, Form and Texture,” summer exhibit features paintings and ceramic sculptures from local Bay Area artists. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Gallery Route One Through Jul 19, “Art Works!” art by the gallery’s artist members. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. The Image Flow Through Sep 11, “Doug Ethridge & Ann Pallesen,” the photographer shows his recent work from Cuba and the artist displays her California landscapes. Reception, Jul 25 at 7pm. 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569. Marin Community Foundation Through Sep 25, “Black Artists on Art,” legacy exhibition features over 40 African American fine artists, spanning three generations. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. Marin Society of Artists Gallery Through Aug 1, “Exposed,” open juried photography exhibit is both realistic and imaginative. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11am to 4pm; Sat-Sun, noon to 4pm. 415.454.9561. MarinMOCA Through Aug 16, “Collaboration,” unpredictable exhibit features MarinMOCA members working together and getting out of their comfort zone. Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. WedSun, 11 to 4, 415.506.0137. Mill Valley Library Through Jul 29, “Birds of Bothin Marsh,” an exhibit by Mill Valley photographer Michael Arrighi. 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.389.4292. Osher Marin JCC Through Jul 26, “China Camp: A Photographic Journey,” solo exhibit by artist, musician and Marin County resident

Osher Levi. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Through Jul 30, “Matt Tasley’s Marin Landscapes,” the local artist and educator offers his views of the surrounding area in this solo show. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888.

Look Up Gallery Through Jul 25, “Genesis Outlet,” Ariana Papademetropoulos extracts multiple meanings from her found images reimagined with original art. 16290 Main Street, Guerneville. 11am-9pm, seven days a week 415-640-8882. Occidental Center for the Arts Through Aug 23, “Holes,” group exhibit by members of the Pointless Sisters, an art quilt group. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Jul 30, “Terra Cognita,” presents artist’s observations and their expressions of the natural world, both literal interpretations and abstract. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Opera House Collective Through Jul 31, “Tan-Ta-Mount,” inaugural exhibit features art from Beth Hibbard and Kory Vanderpool that explore the human condition. 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 7 days per week from 11-5pm 707.774.6576.

Stinson Beach Gallery Through Sep 1, “Speaking in Dreams,” featuring the works of Cheryl Maeder and Julie B Montgomery. 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach. Fri-Sun, Noon to 5pm And by appointment 415.729.4489.

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Conversations in Sculpture,” eleven artists provide an artistic statement that introduces a conversational topic. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11am-5pm 707.528.9463.

SONOMA Art Museum of Sonoma County Through Sep 20, “SLANG Aesthetics: The Art of Robert Williams,” brings together a collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture from the godfather of surreal pop art. 505 B St, Santa Rosa. 707.579.1500. Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Aug 3, “William’s Pond Series,” artist Jennifer Whitfield’s metaphorical, multi-media works highlight the Guild’s July exhibit. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. WedThurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115. Charles M. Schulz Museum Through Oct 18, “Animating Comics,” exhibition celebrates the art of bringing comics to life and features rarely displayed production cels from award-winning animated comics, including “Peanuts.” 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452. Finley Community Center Through Jul 16, “A Course Neither Bitter Nor False,” Kristen Throop’s paintings use cows, bears and repetitive song lyrics to find the humor of life in suburbia. Through Sep 3, “Mariko Irie,” a solo exhibit of watercolor and oil paintings from the artist, Mariko Irie. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 7; Sat, 9 to 11am 707.543.3737. Gaia’s Garden Through Jul 31, “Force of Life,” mixed-media artist Kimberly McCartney utilizes discarded and found objects in her expressive works. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. 707.544.2491. Gallery One Through Sep 2, “California Colors,” with featured artists Laura Culver, Judy Klausenstock, Alan Plisskin and Terry Sauve. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277. Graton Gallery Through Aug 9, “Chiaroscuro,” works by Marylu Downing with guests Patrick Fanning and others. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sun, 10:30 to 6. 707.829.8912. Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Aug 16, “Clay & Glass,” sculpture

Petaluma Arts Center Through Jul 26, “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” works on paper by the artist and his circle. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. 707.762.5600. Riverfront Art Gallery Through Sep 6, “Showin’ on the River,” eclectic exhibit features works from over 40 artists in all mediums. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. FriSat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.

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Comedy Jim Gaffigan The popular comedian espouses on family and food with hilarious results. Jul 22, 7 and 9:30pm. Sold-out. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600. Laughing Tomato Comedy Showcase Local and Bay Area comics, hosted by Tony Sparks. Third Tues of every month, 8pm. Free. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260. Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Paul Ogata Marincomedyshow presents hilarious comic and special guests. Jul 18, 8pm. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883. Tuesday Night Comedy Mark Pitta hosts ongoing evenings with established comics and up-andcomers. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. The Wonder Bread Years Starring former Seinfeld writer Pat Hazell, this funny, fast-paced production walks the line between standup and theater. Jul 18, 8pm. $25-$38. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Jul 31, “Mainly Black and White,” showing varied, multimedia artwork, in mainly black and white or with tolerance for a minimal sidestep of color. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

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Slaughterhouse Space Through Aug 15, “The Battle of Mara,” new paintings from artist Laine Justice. 280 Chiquita Rd, Healdsburg. Sat, noon to 5, and by appointment. 707.431.1514.

Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101.

Thumbprint Cellars Through Aug 18, “Northern California Landscapes,” photography exhibit by Sonoma County artist Alexis Greenberg. 102 Matheson St, Healdsburg. 11 to 6, daily 707.433.2393. Upstairs Art Gallery Through Jul 26, “Vines & Vistas,” paintings by Laura Roney display the vivid wine country landscapes she knows so well. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 10 to 6; Fri-Sat, 10 to 9. 707.431.4214. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Through Aug 30, “Root 101,” new outdoor Sculpture Garden and Art Walk opens with a show featuring redwood sculptures by highly acclaimed local artist Bruce Johnson. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. Daily, noon-6pm 707.546.3600.

NAPA di Rosa Through Jul 19, “Tongue-in-Cheek,” group show employ humor as a critical tool to explore complex social themes and illuminate the follies of daily life. 5200

Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422.

Dance Palace Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5 / $15 per month. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075. Flamingo Lounge Sundays, 7pm, salsa with lessons. Tuesdays, swing dancing with lessons. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530. George’s Nightclub Thursdays, 8pm, Salsa y Sabor Thursday, lessons followed by DJs spinning the best of salsa and jazz tunes. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.226.0262. Hermann Sons Hall Mondays, 7pm. through Aug 3, Summer Folk Dancing, get together for weekly dances that explore worldly styles from Serbia, Turkey, Israel and others. $5. 860 Western Ave, Petaluma 707.762.9962. Monroe Dance Hall Sundays, Country-Western dancing and lessons. Mondays, Scottish Country Dancing. Tuesdays, Razzmataz folk dance club. Wednesdays, Singles and Pairs Square Dance Club. Thursdays, Circles ‘n Squares Dance Club. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.529.5450.

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The Band of Heathens with Uncle Lucius Sun 7/19 • Doors 7pm • ADV $27 / DOS $32 / VIP $52

Rough Riders: Hawaiian Music Icons Henry Kapono, John Cruz, Brother Noland Mon 7/20 • Doors 7pm • ADV $14 / DOS $17

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Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jul 30, “Realism: Architecture and Landscape,” group show features Everett Jensen, Davis Perkins, Victoria Ryan and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.2800.

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Odd Fellows Hall Jul 18, 6pm, Welcome Back to the 1950s, dinner and swing dance fundraiser. $30. 545 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa.

Little Big Band perform while BBQ masters go head to head to be the King of the Que. Jul 19, 11am. $10. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St, San Rafael.

dancing and drumming, as well as art and crafts for sale. Jul 18-19, 11am. Free. Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

Sebastopol Community Church Jul 18, 5pm, Noche Sabrosa Dance Party, fundraiser for the North Bay Organizing Project. $30-$70, 707.494.8451. 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol.

Guelaguetza Festival Daylong celebration features traditional Oaxaca cultural folklore, music and craft food with over 100 dancers and musicians from across the state. Jul 19, 10am. $12-$15. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 415.754.9079.

Field Trips

Songbird Community Healing Center Wednesdays, Biodanza. 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.2398. Wischemann Hall Tuesdays, 6pm, Square Dance Beginner Class, put on by Redwood Rainbows. 707.478.6409. 465 Morris St, Sebastopol.

Events Artsy Dogs of Kokomo Join Paws for Love in a day of art, dogs, wine, food and fun for all. Jul 18, 11am. Free / donations accepted. Kokomo Winery, 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg, 707.433.0200. The Barlow Street Fair The Barlow takes over McKinley Street every Thursday this summer with local food, beer and wine, as well as live music and family-friendly activities. Thurs, 5pm. through Sep 24. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley Ave, Sebastopol. Book Sale Friends of Mill Valley Library holds monthly sale of all genres of literature and reference books, CDs and videos. Third Sat of every month, 9am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

Nepal Earthquake Benefit Dinner & Concert International plant-based buffet is accompanied by a performance by the talented Serendipity Trio; includes a raffle. All proceeds benefit ongoing relief efforts in Nepal. Jul 19, 5:30pm. $35. Gaia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491. Pacific Coast Air Museum Third weekend of every month from 10 to 4, folks are invited to play pilot in a featured aircraft. Third Sat of every month and Third Sun of every month. $5. Pacific Coast Air Museum, 2330 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa, 707.575.7900. Parks Make Life Better Bash Celebrating National Parks & Rec Month, live entertainment, tours and activities will all be available to partake in. Jul 17, 5pm. Free. Howarth Park, 630 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3425. Pet Loss & Grief Support Group Share stories and photos of your lost loved ones and feel the kindness of the Marin pet-owning community. Jul 16, 7pm. PESCM, 901 Francisco Blvd E, San Rafael, 415.456.7372.

The Breastfest Beer Festival Fundraiser has endless eats and bottomless cups from more than 40 of the best California Breweries while you listen to live music and support a great cause. Jul 18, 12pm. $55-$65. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.

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

Civil War Days Living history reenactment gives visitors the opportunity to interact with soldiers and civilians of the Civil War. Jul 18-19. $6-$12. Freezeout Canyon, Freezeout Rd, Duncans Mills.

Resource Clinic Get info on housing, transit, food stamps and Medi-Cal. Wed, 11am. Free. Petaluma Health Center, 1301 Southpoint Blvd, Petaluma, 707.559.7500.

Festival del Sole Celebrating its 10th year, the festival brings renowned classical, jazz, opera, theater and dance artists like Deborah Voigt, Kevin Spacey and the Russian National Orchestra to Napa, with curated culinary, wine and fitness pursuits. Jul 17-26. Various locations, Napa Valley, Napa, 888.337.6272. Fresh Coat The Ranch unveils new Fresh Coat Art Wall featuring art work from local street artists. Wines by the glass, food trucks and live music by Allen Stone and Roem Baur. Jul 18, 12pm. Jamieson Ranch Vineyards, 1 Kirkland Ranch Rd, Napa, 707.927.4606. Galley Tour Discover the art, history and environment of the Napa Valley. Third Sat of every month, 11am. Free. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, 707.944.0500. Great American Blues & Barbeque Festival Roy Rogers, Delta Wires and Austin de Lone

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Riverfront Thursday Nights Wine, dine, shop and play as shops stay open late. Every third Thurs, from 6 to 9. Third Thurs of every month. Free. Riverfront District, Downtown, Napa, 707.251.3726. Senior Bridge Meet up and play a few hands, no partner required. Fri. Napa Senior Center, 1500 Jefferson St, Napa, 707.224.2055. Shred-a-Thon Get rid of old documents the right way in this marathon shredding event. Jul 18, 9am. Free. Novato Community Hospital, 100 Rowland Way, Novato. Storytelling Chautauqua From the irreverent to the poignant, this popular variety show will make you laugh, make you think and may even call you to action on social and ecological issues. Jul 17, 7:30pm. $15-$20. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557. Suscol Intertribal Pow Wow Annual event features Native American

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Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557. WWII in the Shadow of Mt. Tam Join a Ranger on a two-mile walking tour of the area surrounding the Bay Model to experience what life in the old shipyards was like. Jul 22, 10am. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Film The Apu Trilogy Weekly showings of the three films credited with bringing India into the golden age of international art-house film-making. Sun through Aug 2. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. CULT Film Series Revisiting the best flicks of 1985 all month, the series presents a double bill of “Day of the Dead” and “The Return of the Living Dead.” Jul 16, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. Dancin’ in the Seats 1980s classic Dirty Dancing screens, followed by a dance party at the San Rafael Farmers Market. Thurs, 6:30pm. through Jul 30. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. Manglehorn Art film directed by David Gordon Green stars Al Pacino as a lonely locksmith involved in a magical love story. Jul 18, 7pm. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa, 707.255.5445. Mimi & Dona Poignant documentary looks at issues surrounding family relations and care giving between a woman and her intellectually disabled daughter. Jul 17, 7pm. $10. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797. Mind Reels Weekly series presents notable documentary films as well as guest speakers and performers bringing the film’s ideas to life. Tues-noon. $25-$30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111. Movie & a Meal Community event for all to share in. Third Fri of every month. $5-$10. Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center, 255 W Napa St, Sonoma, 415.412.8570. Murder On the Orient Express Vintage Film Series presentation encourages dressing up in your themed costumes to enjoy this suspenseful classic starring detective Poirot. Jul 20, 7pm. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Food & Drink ABC Dinner With master sommelier Evan Goldstein. Jul 21, 6pm. $60. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600. Bodega Bay Community Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. through Oct 25. Bodega Bay Community Center, 2255 California 1, Bodega Bay, 707.875.9609. Calistoga Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Sharpsteen Museum Plaza, 1235 Washington St, Calistoga.

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Corte Madera Farmers Market Year-round. Wed-noon. Town Center, Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846. Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846.

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Cotati Community Farmers Market Thurs, 4:30pm. through Aug 27. La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, 415.999.5635. Demystifying Wine & Food Interactive discussions on pairings with delectable demonstrations. Sat-noon. $75. Hall Winery, 401 St Helena Hwy S, St Helena, 707.967.2620. Downtown Napa Farmers Market Tues-Sat, 8am. through Oct 31. Oxbow parking lot, 500 First St, Napa, 707.501.3087. Downtown Novato Community Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Sep 29. Downtown Novato, Grant Ave, Novato, 415.999.5635. Downtown San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 5:30pm. through Oct 1. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.492.8007. Fairfax Community Farmers Market Wed, 4pm. through Sep 30. Peri Park, 124 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.999.5635. Farmers Market at Long Meadow Ranch Fri, 9am and Sat-Sun, 11am. Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555. Forestville Certified Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Oct 27. Corks Restaurant, 5700 Gravenstein Hwy N, Forestville, 707.887.3344. Friday Night Live Enjoy delicious themed buffet dinners with live music on hand. Fri. $7-$14. San Geronimo Golf Course, 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.4030. Harvest Market Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma, 707.996.0712. Healdsburg Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 3:30pm. through Oct 7. Healdsburg Farmers Market, North & Vine St, Healdsburg, 707.431.1956. Indian Valley Farm Stand Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Wed, 10am. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554. Intro to Home Brewing Get acquainted with brewing techniques from a pro brewer. Jul 18, 1pm. $50. The Beverage People, 1845 Piner Rd, Ste D, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2520. Kenwood Community Certified Farmers Market Sun-noon through Sep 13. Kenwood Plaza Park, 200 Warm Springs Rd, Kenwood, 415.999.5635.

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For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.” Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. WedThurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing. Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900. Belvedere-Tiburon Library Mon at 10:30 and 11, songs and fingerplays for kids under two. Wed at 11, toddler storytime; at 4, read-along program for ages seven and up. Mon. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665. Boo Boo Balm with Madeline A day for kids to learn about herbs and to make a salve. Jul 18, 11am. Circle of Hands, 6780 McKinley St, Ste 120, Sebastopol, 707.634.6140. Breakfast with Enzo Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10 and 11. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley, 415.652.2474. Carolyn Parr Nature Center Learn about Napa County habitats and birds of prey through tours, dioramas, games, hands-on activities and books. Ongoing. Free. Carolyn Parr Nature Center Museum, Westwood Hills Park, 3107 Browns Valley Rd, Napa, 707.255.6465. Children’s Garden Whimsical environments for kids’ exploration. Hours: Mon, noon to 4; TuesSun, 9 to 5. Ongoing. Free. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.933.3010. Corte Madera Library Preschool storytime. Wed, 11am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444. Fairfax Library Tues at Sat at 11, storytime for ages three and up. Tues-Sat, 11am. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092. Kids Cook! Children will meet their local farmers, learn about the growing seasons of California, and become empowered to be healthy eaters. Wed, Jul 15, 3pm. $60-$150. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433. Messy Mucking About Every Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30, toddlers and their parents are invited to a drop-in, free-form art studio to create with various media. Sat. $15. Nimbus Arts, St Helena Marketplace, Ste 1-B, 3111 St Helena Hwy, St Helena, 707.965.5278.

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Open Secret Jul 16, 7:30pm, “The Essence of Enlightenment” with James Swartz. 923 C St, San Rafael 415.457.4191.

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Point Reyes Books Jul 21, 6:30pm, Contemporary Classics, Patricia Holt’s monthly book discussion group examines “People in the Trees” by Hanya Yanagihara $20. Third Tuesday of every month, 7pm, women’s book group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

Jane Austen’s Emma SRJC Summer Rep takes on the classic play, which continues to delight audiences both as a coming-of-age tale and a lively satire. Through Jul 29. $15-$25. Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4372.

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO. 201158 The following person(s) have/has withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the fictitious business name of: THE GARAGE, 2000 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The fictitious business name statement , FILE NO: 2013132730 for the partnership was filed on 07.29.2013 in the County of Marin. The full name and residence of the person(s) withdrawing as a partner(s):MICHELLE SCHWARD, 89 ANGELA AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.This statement of withdrawal of general partner was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on Jun 2, 2015, indicated by file stamp. RICHARD N. BENSON, MARIN COUNTY CLERK, S.OLIVA,DEPUTY CLERK. (Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137546 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MINDFUL YOUTH PROJECT, 85 RIDGE RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: JEREMY HOWARD JENSEN, 85 RIDGE RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jun 12,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137576 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE ANTIQUE SUN, 32 OAKLAND AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KENT W BLODGETT, 32 OAKLAND AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting

business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jun 16,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137595 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) PROVIDERSWEB,2) SPECIAL CARE SERVICES, 1115 CUNNINGHAM ST, VALLEJO, CA 94590: ROLANDO ANTONIO AGUILERA, 1115 CUNNINGHAM ST, VALLEJO, CA 94590. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jun 18 ,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137610 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BANH MI ZON, 1893 LINCOLN AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) LOC NGUYEN, 350 ROCA WAY, MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754: 2) HONG PHAN, 350 ROCA WAY, MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. 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 Jun 22,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137609 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN DIVER CS, 1280 YOKAYO CT, UKIAH, CA 95482: CHRIS SPENCER, 1280 YOKAYO CT, UKIAH, CA 95482. 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 Jun 22,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137560 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SPATIAL ORDER, 56 GRANDE PASEO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) KIRTIDA PANDYA, 56 GRANDE PASEO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) JATINKUMAR PANDYA, 56 GRANDE PASEO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 15,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137621 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ROSS VALLEY DENTAL, 915 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE , SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: CONSTANTINE KARSANT, D.D.S, 915 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE , SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 24,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137632 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JACOBI, 1 DEER PARK LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: THINK FUTURE INC, 1 DEER PARK LANE, SAN ANSLEMO, CA 94960.The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin

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County on Jun 25,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137468 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PACIFICARPETS, 121 CLORINDA AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) JACOB WEISS , 121 CLORINDA AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 @) EDWARD WEISS, 111, BROADVIEW CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 01,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137635 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: COLE MARINE SERVICES, 19 BRIDGE RD, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: JEFFREY KEVIN COLE, 19 BRIDGE RD, 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 Jun 26,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137662 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WHEELS ON THE GO, 970 A SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ALTAIR PORFIRIO DESOUZA, 970 A SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 30,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 8,15,22,29 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137653 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PREMIER APPRAISAL SERVICES, 67 DEL ORO LAGOON, NOVATO, CA 94949: PAULA R SAMUELS, 67 DEL ORO LAGOON, NOVATO, CA 94949.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 30,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 8,15,22,29 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137673The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CURVY GIRL CURIOS, 871 PATRICIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SHALLIE D JOHNSON, 871 PATRICIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jul 2,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 8,15,22,29 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137642 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PASSION NAILS &

SPA, 1027 C ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: NGUYEN NGA, 188 HENRY CLARK LANE, RICHOMND, CA 94801. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 29,2015. (Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015-137617 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FANTASY JEWELS, 5800 NORTHGATE MALL # 031, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) SADAF SALIMI, 11 MOORE RD, NOVATO, CA 94949.2) MASOUD TORABIAN, 11 MOORE RD, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jun 23,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137556 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CALIFORNIA WELLNESS, 30 N. SAN PEDRO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CW GROUP INC., 30 N. SAN PEDRO ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 15,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137706 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CAFE 4040, 4040 CIVIC CENTER DR # 150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) CHRIS FRISCIA, 9 ZANLO WAY, NOVATO, CA 94947 2) JUSTIN SCHUCHARDT, 10 BELLE AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jul 9,2015. (Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137596 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ORGANIZE FOR EXPERIENCE CONSULTING, 253 TULANE DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: REALTY SPONSOR INC, 253 TULANE DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. 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 Jun 18,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137691 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MILL VALLEY OPTOMETRY, 61 CAMINO ALTO, # 100A, MILL VALLEY,

CA 94941: ELIOT KAPLAN OD, INC, 61 CAMINO ALTO # 100 A, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jul 07,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137710 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TAQUERIA Y PUPUSERIA, 175 BELVEDERE ST, STE # 10-11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SILVIA CRUZ, 1010 ‘A’ MADRONE ST, NOVATO, CA 94945. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jul 10,2015. (Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137716 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN ONE ON ONE HOME CARE, 865 LAS GALLINAS AVE # 7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) ELIZABETH V . JAREMA, 865 LAS GALLINAS AVE # 7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) JESE CARY TABUALEVU, 865 LAS GALLINAS AVE # 7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Jul 10,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137721 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1)MARIN GATEWAY LIMO 2) MARIN LIMO SERVICE, 3) MARIN GATEWAY LIMOUSINE, 12 TERNERS DR #31, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: YUSUF HASAM MAMOON, 12 TERNERS DR # 31, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jul 13,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 15,22,29,Aug 5 of 2015)

OTHER NOTICES Notice Content SUMMONS FAMILY LAW CASE NUMBER: FL 1500300 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: BRADLEY RAE You have been sued. PETITIONERS NAME IS: REGINA SHUFLITOWSKI You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and serve a copy on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center

(www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988,SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioners attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: REGINA SHUFLITOWSKI, 84 MARTENS BLVD, APT B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. TELEPHONE: 208.695.8344 Clerk, by /s/ KIM TURNER,Court Executive Officer, Marin County Superior Court, By E.CHAIS , Deputy Date: JAN 26,2015 STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be files and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca. com. Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506. WARNING IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property

upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. (Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) NOTICE CONTENT: SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JANIS STURDEVANT; and Does 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): D & O PARTNERS LLC. CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): CIV-1501264. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de

California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pidel secretario de la corte que le de‚ un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o ponidrindose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de tele fono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es):CARLE MACKIE , POWER & ROSS LLP, PHILIP J. TERRY Esq. (SBN 148144), 100 B STREET, SUITE 400, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401.Telephone: 707.526.4200. DATE (Fecha): April 07, 2015. (Publication Dates: Jun 24,Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1502390. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AARON THOMAS SCHOTT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: AARON THOMAS SCHOTT to AARON THOMAS. 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: 08/17/2015 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT A, ROOM A, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: JUN 29, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015)

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I’m a 28-year-old woman in a relationship with a really great guy. The problem is, it started as a hookup, and I faked my orgasm. I didn’t announce I was having one, but I, um, made certain noises. I was enjoying myself, but I just didn’t feel one coming, and I didn’t want him to feel bad. Now that we’re “a thing,” I can’t keep faking, but I’m not sure how to tell him.—Unsatisfied

There are a number of reasons women fake orgasms, like that the guy is taking FOREVER. The woman’s thinking, “What is this, the slow train to Siberia? No, the bus. The slow bus. Over the back roads. With a day trip to Latvia. Hey, driver! This is my stop. Stop the bus, please! I know … maybe this’ll work: Aahhhh-aaaaah-AAAAAAAH!” Movies—and not just the dirty ones—also lead to orgasm fakery, giving us distorted expectations of how orgasms look and sound and how quickly they happen for a woman, even in casual sex with a stranger. (Welcome to the toilet stall or car hood insta-gasm!) Back here in real life, research by sociologist Elizabeth A. Armstrong finds that, on average, in a first or second hookup involving intercourse, a woman has only a 35 percent chance of getting to the big finish (compared with a 75 percent chance if she’s having sex in a relationship). A woman’s chances do increase the more she hooks up with a particular bedfella. But often, until a hookup becomes a regular thing, a man will have his cake, and, yes, a woman will have hers, too, but somebody clears the plate before she gets to the frosting. The value of practice isn’t exactly surprising, considering that even for a guy trying his bestest, hooking up with a new girl can be like driving a rental car: You hit what you think is the turn signal, and—oops!—there go the windshield wipers and the car alarm. Of course, it doesn’t help that a woman tends to feel awkward detailing her sexual needs to a man she barely knows: “Hold on—let me pull out the 41-page manual.” As you’ve discovered, the problem comes when Hookup Guy becomes Boyfriend Guy and is under the impression that he’s providing happy endings and not the never-ending middle. The right time to correct this is as soon as possible (though not while you’re in bed). Explain why you love sex with him and then confess: You faked it the first time and didn’t quite know how to roll back from that. Pledge that in the future you’ll only cheer when your team is winning, and tell him that the next time you’re in bed, you’ll show him what works for you. (Basically, guide him like you would a fireman: “This way! No, over here! HURRY!!!”) After a few test runs, he should feel secure that if you’re screaming during sex it’s because he’s truly showing you a good time—or because you rolled over on a Hot Wheels truck that his nephew left in his bed.

You recently printed a letter from a woman who had decided to stop dating so she could make better choices about men. I also decided to do this, though I haven’t had her trouble in sticking to my plan. The thing is, since I stopped dating, I have been deluged with suitors. Coincidence? Or do men sense when you’ve packed away your desperation?—Crowded

Men, like all of us, are most attracted to what’s somewhat out of reach. Had Rapunzel been sitting behind an unlocked window on the first floor, she would have been just another chick with a hairbrush. Value is actually a relative thing. A lack of supply—something being (or seeming) rare and hard to get—tends to increase demand (as in, desirability). Consider the pricing of different sorts of rocks, and why you see Jared ads for expensive diamond rings and not expensive princess-cut gray speckled pebbles: “Just $5,901.76 for this lovely bit of roadside gravel!” Understanding the value of scarcity can help you transform how you act with men—and, in turn, how they treat you. There’s this mistaken notion that you have to feel secure before you can act that way. Actually, you can simply act more secure— though it won’t feel “natural” at first—and you should find that men respond to you as if you are more secure. Combine that with a mindset of “I hope I like them” instead of “I hope they like me,” and you should find yourself coolly considering prospective suitors—as opposed to answering the door to a confused pizza delivery guy with, “I cleared a drawer for you. Pick a toothbrush.”✹ Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at pacificsun.com

WHAT’S YOUR

Sign?

By Leona Moon

For the week of July 15

Aries

(March 21 - April 19) You’ve been whistling while you work, Aries— we get it. And although a little extra cash does help the bills go down, you’ve got to refocus on your home and family on July 15. The new moon will redirect your attention: Your dog wants to spoon you, your bathroom towels want to be washed, oh, and your partner wants to go out to dinner!

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Time for a one-way ticket to SFO, Taurus! The new moon on July 15 will send you packing—and what better time to celebrate halfway through summer than a mid-July trip. We’re talking bucket list-type travel—think Jurassic World. Your travels shouldn’t be for the faint of heart.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20) Tired

of being treated like the shop dog, Gemini? While your boss may clearly suffer from a Napoleon complex, try to ignore him or her, and instead, ask for a raise. You’ve worked too hard and taken the higher road too many times. Plead your case on July 15 and ask for a couple of extra bucks an hour.

Cancer

(June 21 - July 22) The new moon has made your life trickier than Run-D.M.C., Cancer. Expect business, a lover or both to give you a headache on July 15. Do your best to harness your moody personality and avoid any impetuous decisions. Thoughtfulness is the key to your success over the next few weeks.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) You know

what sounds nice, Leo? Therapy! It’s time to take the plunge, dig up and revisit some of your deepest, darkest secrets. Bottling things up isn’t the best cure, and from the looks of it, those bottles are starting to affect some of your relationships. Whether it be with a friend or a professional, talk about your feelings on July 15.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Did one

of your best friends finally admit that he or she doesn’t like your significant other, Virgo? It looks like your intuition was right—and all of those eye rolls your friend has been giving your beloved weren’t innocent after all. There’s no simple way to say this— you’ve got to filter your friends. Cut some loose on July 15.

Libra

(Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Selling your house or getting a new roommate, Libra? There’s no better day to announce your home-related news than on July 21. The stars have aligned for domestic bliss, so if you’re in the market for a new roommate, you can cross the “Craigslist Killer” off your list.

Scorpio

(Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Prepare for the unexpected, Scorpio. As much as you can. It looks like you’ll be facing a little unexpected hiccup on a project you may be working on. You might have to cross the seven seas—or at least the Atlantic—to see its completion. You’ll figure it out—just keep your temper in check.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 -

Dec. 21) If you’re trying to get a raise, Sagittarius, the conversation may not lead to where you expected it to. And you might need to keep a lawyer’s phone number handy—the drama is real. It looks like you might find yourself with a lawsuit on your hands rather than an increase in your salary.

Capricorn

(Dec. 22 Jan. 19) It’s time to cut a deal, Capricorn! If you’ve been in negotiations, you’ll finally see them come to fruition on July 21. Any freelance project you pick up could lead to your next big break! Yes, even that role as an extra in the local play’s summertime Shakespeare production!

Aquarius

(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Watch out for uppercuts and dropkicks at work, Aquarius! The stars are aligned to send a warning: You’re going to fight with one of your co-workers on July 15. It could be a CEO or an entry-level intern. Whoever crosses your path might have some fiery words, so keep an eye out!

Pisces

(Feb. 19 - March 20) Is your cat sick, your car broken and you need a new pair of prescription glasses, Pisces? Looks like the bills are really adding up this month. Don’t worry— the new moon on July 15 will equip you with enough resourcefulness to overcome the drought in your bank account.✹

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