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Committed volunteers I was gratified to read the article about WildCare by Ellen Shehadeh in the December 23-29 issue of the Pacific Sun. It will surely bring additional awareness to this incredible facility in San Rafael and will hopefully also bring in additional donations toward building their expanded center.

However, as a WildCare volunteer for the past year, I wish to point out that Ms. Shehadeh omitted a very relevant element in her article, which is the enormous contribution hundreds of committed volunteers make to the daily needs of WildCare and its animal and bird inhabitants.

We volunteers prepare all of the food for the animals and birds, clean the enclosures and cages, clean, wash, and generally do whatever is necessary to keep things running smoothly. It isn’t a glamorous job, but is extremely gratifying, and a nod should have been made in this article to all volunteers, past, present and future.

—Terry Bremer, WildCare volunteer

this traffic has become a circulatory cancer attacking the entire county.

Next, let’s take some of this advertising money and run ‘Harry and Louise’ ads in other parts of the Bay Area showing how bad the traffic in Marin really is and discourage these out-of-towners from heading our way: (Harry: “Say Louise, why don’t we head up to West Marin for a bit of cheese tasting.” Louise: “Are you kidding, Harry? Haven’t you seen how bad the traffic is up there?! Maybe we should stay out of the car and walk on over to the park for a picnic instead. It’ll save us a lot of headache.”)

Thirdly, let’s take decisive action: 1. Make Caltrans shut down the Vista Point on the Golden Gate Bridge to all but pedestrians, or ask the sheriff to extend his authority to do so in the interest of public safety, à la Governor Christie.

2. Close off Muir Woods to all but pedestrians (no busses or shuttles either), again, in the interest of public safety (fire access and escape).

3. Ask our sheriff and Contra Costa County’s sheriff to cone a third lane on the Richmond Bridge for ‘safety reasons:’ A ‘Reverse Christie,’ so to speak, since Caltrans and the MTC are unwilling to act.

4. Install FasTrak readers on Eastbound Sir Francis Drake Blvd. across the street from the Remillard Brick Company to bill out-ofcounty commuters using Marin as a shortcut home to the East Bay. This

Stop promoting Marin This traffic nightmare in Marin has to be put down.

First, let’s stop spending tax dollars on mindless boosterism which sells Marin as a ‘destination’ (weekend or otherwise), which only benefits a handful of merchants, but floods our east-west roads, Tam Valley and (gasp!) the Panoramic Highway going to Stinson Beach and the oyster farms, with endless traffic originating [from] out of the county. The day is long gone that we need to promote Marin. Rather,

A letter-writer this week proposes a ‘Harry and Louise’ ad campaign to dissuade out-of-towners from visiting Marin for activities like cheese tasting.

Just about everyone here in Marin agrees that

“It’s your own body that heals itself” What if you break a bone? You get it X-raye. The orthopedist sets it and casts it. Some weeks later the cast is removed. Who healed that bone? And how does your body get well from a cold?

The popular perception is that if you’re sick, it’s because of your diagnosed condition, as if you ARE your disease or injury. So, you’re advised and propagandized, that, if you are a diabetic, “ask your doctor if XYZ drug is right for you.” If you’re diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis, “ask your doctor if ABC drug is right for you.” The perception created is that whatever disease, injury or disability you have, you don’t have the capacity to heal, at all. You’re supposed to “ask your doctor” if some chemical will be able to just maintain you in your misery. The same thing is true for musculoskeletal things, like sciatica or herniated disks or arthritis.

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Less free Barack Obama has turned out to be one of the worst presidents in U.S. history [‘Presidential legacies,’ Dec. 30]. He has sold out our country to the highest bidders and has destroyed the future for our children and grandchildren. We are less free now than we have ever been and sadly, the Obama fans just can’t see past the charade and are still eating it up like candy.

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By now everyone knows that water shortage is a serious problem. It has been publicized daily by the media and it seems that we all are making an effort to save water.

We have several lakes (reservoirs) in Marin County that are over 60 years old, originally built for a population of a third of what it is now. Over the years, silt and sediments have deposited on the bottom of these lakes, reducing their water capacity. Nicasio is more a meadow than a lake, being a few feet deep. It takes a little rain to fill it up, then the excess goes to the overspill and then back to the ocean.

Would it be such a complicated task to dredge our reservoirs?

Wouldn’t that be cheaper than buying water elsewhere or building dams? Keeping in mind that one square acre (just the size of a football field) by one foot deep amounts to 325,851.6 gallons.

Besides increasing the lake’s capacity, it would also lower the evaporation rate; also the soil removed could be used to reinforce levees. To me it seems to make sense. Since the beginning of spring we’ve heard about “El Niño,” which has been upgraded to “Godzilla El Niño.” According to the weather forecasters, that means a lot of rainwater. Now that the lakes are down, wouldn’t it be the right time to dredge? Or did we miss our window of opportunity … again?

—Pierre Auroy

This week, a letter-writer labels President Obama as ‘one of the worst presidents in U.S. history,’ while another writes, ‘Our great president deserves our thanks.’

Republican messes Excellent, EXCELLENT article … and quite reality-based [‘Presidential legacies,’ Dec. 30]. In 2016, the Republican race to the bottom will likely make 2015 feel like the “Age of Reason” in contrast, as I’ve already noticed that the Confederate militias are commandeering Federal property “a la Bundy,” in Malheur National Forest, Oregon—while also calling for “armed patriots” to join them.

Since January of 2009, President Obama has tirelessly looked for ways to revive both our American economy at home as well as our American reputation across the world—and he has achieved modest success on both counts, despite Republican sabotage. Over the course of that time—instead of helping undo their torturous misdeeds, Republicans have instead tirelessly engaged in neartreasonous obstruction which hearkens back to the American Civil War. Our great president deserves our thanks—while Republicans have much to answer for. Cleaning these Republican messes has been akin to changing the diaper of a spitting cobra.

—Leo Seiler, via pacificsun.com

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Howard invites you to play team trivia on Tuesday, January 12 at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, 6:30pm. Free, with prizes. Bring a team or come join one. I wish a great 2016 to one and all! Contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com and visit triviacafe.com. ▲ Why did the elephant seal cross the road? No one knows, but it might have been to find a quiet place to have her baby. Yes, Tolay, the 900-pound elephant seal who made international news last week after her repeated attempts to cross Highway 37, gave birth on Sunday. This happy ending was made possible by many heroes, including the California Highway Patrol, which kept Tolay at bay from the dangers of the road, and the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, which tried to persuade the persistent pinniped to move from Tolay Creek to the ocean. Finally, Tolay was moved to Point Reyes, where the big beautiful mama delivered her precious pup. To help name the pup, visit The Marine Mammal Center’s Facebook page.

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Highlights of 2015, Part 2 1 Climate scientists announced that 2015 was the _ _ _ _est year on record.

2 In October, China announced an end to what 35-year policy, again allowing married couples to do what?

3 In June, the U.S. team won the Women’s World Cup tournament, held in what country?

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4 In September, NASA announced that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) had revealed strong evidence of the existence, on Mars, of what?

5 Here are some of the top-grossing films Bonus of 2015: a. This film was the sequel of what 1993 science fiction adventure film? b. This film, another sequel, was released last month. c. This film, a Pixar release, was a trip inside the mind of a young child.

6 In December, the Federal Reserve, led by what economist, raised their interest rates by what percent, the first hike since what year?

7 Identify this Fox news personality who got into a public tiff with Donald Trump in August, after the first Republican debate.

8 In June, what country missed a critical debt payment of 1.5 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), threatening Europe’s (and possibly the world’s) economy?

9 In November, this European singer’s third album shattered all sales records, selling 3.4 million copies during the first week of its release in the U.S. alone. Who is the singer, and what is the numerical album title?

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▼ When Linda walked into the crowded West Elm in Strawberry Village, she was overcome with desire. The prices seemed reasonable enough, so she plunked her credit card to order a pair of chairs for her living room. After shipping and something called shipping surcharges, the total was almost $2,500. Six weeks later, the boxes arrived at her home. She carefully screwed in the legs and gave her coveted chairs a cursory inspection: Noticeably crooked seams, thin upholstery wrapped around sharp edges, wood legs with scratches and dings. Disappointed, she took her chairs back to West Elm and pointed out the issues to the store manager. “You’re not shopping at Henredon” the head honcho responded.

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Condemned men talking A day on San Quentin’s death row

By Tom Gogola

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And now here we are, around 20 members of the media and a handful of San Quentin prison officials, including warden Ronald Davis, milling around outside the door to the never-used lethal injection chamber. Waiting.

Lt. Samuel Robinson is the chief public information officer at San Quentin and has been our lead guide for the tour.

Robinson says he worked on death row for 10 years before moving into his public-affairs role, and throughout the day he is greeted by inmates, a couple fist-bumping him as we make our way to and through the three areas that house the condemned: The

Adjustment Center, the North Segregation Unit and the East Block, whose 520 beds house the majority of death row inmates at San Quentin.

“They live in a world,” Robinson tells reporters that morning, as he searches for the words, “an alternate world, the era when they left the streets … it freezes them in limbo.”

While we wait for the missing key to arrive, Robinson talks about how he was the corrections officer who handed off the last three condemned inmates to the team of officers charged with putting them to death.

Robinson’s last words to the inmates were always the same. “I wished them good luck.” He defers on the question of his personal feelings about capital punishment.

As a state worker, Robinson’s not going there. He wished them good luck, that’s all.

And so it was that on Dec. 13, 2005, Crips co-founder Stanley “Tookie” Williams (who had been nominated five times for a Nobel Peace Prize, and once for a Nobel Prize in literature) was executed.

Triple-murderer Clarence Ray Allen was next; his luck, and his appeals, ran out on Jan. 17, 2006.

A month later, Michael Morales was given the same send-off by Robinson and was scheduled to be put to death at 7:30pm on Feb. 21. Two hours before he was to be killed by lethal injection, federal judge Jeremy Fogel put a halt to the execution after court-appointed physicians refused to inject Morales with a lethal dose of intravenous barbiturates. It will be 10 years in February since Morales lucked out, and 10 years since anybody has been executed at San Quentin.

San Quentin is a place of many

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e’re at the end of the tour, and nobody has the key to get into the lethal injection chamber.

That seems a little ironic in the moment. It has been a long day at San Quentin State Prison for reporters and corrections staff alike. The four-hour media tour of the death row facilities has gone on for six, and along the way, all day, there have been skeleton-type keys opening big metal-and-concrete doors, numerous ID checks, sign-ins and signouts at the three facilities that house the nation’s largest population of the condemned.

At San Quentin, 724 men (and counting) sit on death row.

contrasts, and one of the more starkly poignant examples I encounter on the Dec. 27 tour is the difference between how you access the death row facilities and how you access the lethal-injection chamber. It sort of provides a handy metaphor for the status of capital punishment in California.

Gaining access to the condemned men in their cells requires reporters to pass through a set of security gates, sally ports and various other clearances, ID checks and metal detectors. It takes awhile, just as it takes awhile—25 years, on average—from the time an inmate is convicted to when he is executed, leading to a broken capital punishment system that, in 2014, federal judge Cormac Carney said was effectively a “life sentence with the remote possibility of death,” as he declared the California capital punishment regime cruel and

unusual because of the delays.

That ruling was vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco in November on technical grounds— even as it did not rule on the constitutional issue raised by Carney. Another hurdle, another gate to pass through before anyone is executed here.

A proposed 2016 ballot initiative would recognize these costly and interminable delays that characterize the system, and end capital punishment outright. A similar ballot measure, Proposition 34, was beaten back by death penalty advocates in 2012 by 52 to 48 percent.

And yet to gain access to the lethal-injection chamber, they just open an innocuous-looking door that faces out to the pleasant San Quentin grounds, steps away from the employee canteen and just a

Attitude Adjustment

and Grade B. Grade A follows the rules; Grade B doesn’t.

One cell has a TV and walls filled with thong-wearing Latina pinups, while the next one over is absent of any visible personalized touches beyond rolled-up white socks and a manila folder or two. According to online prisoner resources, death row inmates went on a hunger strike here in 2013 in order, among other things, to get the same privileges the state affords the non-condemned.

Robinson says that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) gives equal access to earned privileges, regardless of one’s classification.

But nobody in San Quentin is streaming Netflix, don’t worry about it. The TVs are hooked into antennas and reception is limited to network television. Inmates can also listen to the radio.

This morning, there’s only one inmate in his cell willing to talk to reporters, and it’s Sunset Strip killer Douglas Clark, described by Robinson as a “prolific serial killer,” who was associated with Carol Bundy and was rumored to be pals with her relative, Ted. Clark’s capital crimes were rather heinous and involved a beheading, but “Sunset

Strip killer” does have a sexy anticelebrity ring to it, and Clark does his part.

Clark says he has been in solitary confinement for 33 years and that “this is actually the best facility that they have.” Nobody visits him, Clark says, as he makes the best of what may be his greatest anticelebrity moment of infamy since his incarceration.

Clark talks to reporters through a small vent in the closed-front cell door. Reporters press their mics against the vent and shout questions at the inmate, who shouts right back. He wears a straw hat and gives great quotage to the line of media waiting their turn. “You’re a reporter’s dream,” one reporter tells him. Clark says he loves the Sacramento Bee—but the guards?

Standard issue: they’re corrupt, “a bunch of fucking morons.”

Inmates spend all of their time in these cells except for three and a half hours of yard time three days a week. One of the other whopping contrasts immediately evident is that San Quentin is really two prisons; its general population is among the least violent in the California prison system, »10 even as it houses the

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The order is for murder And we’ve been there before The men in black are coming back To serve the killing floor —Lemmy Kilmister One minute you’re listening to Motörhead records and mourning Lemmy Kilmister’s death while you dance around, a free man in your kitchen, and the next, you’re standing in the harshly appointed and zoo-like yard of San Quentin’s Orwellian named Adjustment Center, a 102-cell facility built in 1960, the solitary confinement tier and most restrictive housing in the prison—and possibly the state.

The “A/C” is home to the worst of the worst offenders, not all of them condemned, though most, about 80 percent, are. It’s a self-contained prison within a prison, and the guards aren’t even allowed out once they check in for their shifts. It’s the deepest hole you can find yourself in at San Quentin.

This is the first stop on the tour, and it’s immediately apparent that we’re going to need more of those green anti-stab jackets; there just aren’t enough for all of the reporters and cameramen, so some from other tiers are collected and made available as we squeeze into an Adjustment Center hallway and jostle our way forward to the gate.

The reporters can’t all go on the tier at once, so we proceed in shifts through a metal gate, having already passed through two other gates, and that’s not even talking about the first three gates we went through at the outset of the tour. Anyone who isn’t already wearing eyeglasses has to wear a face-protection mask to guard against any bodily excretions flung our way by inmates; we all wear the protective gear until we check out of the prison with our invisible “Get Out of Jail Free” wriststamps, as Robinson calls them.

No media person has seen the inside of one of these solitaryconfinement cells in more than a decade. A few of the cells are empty, doors swung open, and the officers let me step up to the entrance and enter a foot or so into the cells, keeping a watchful look or, one might say, glare. There’s an austere and off-putting peaceful feel to the tier that belies the daily dangers and stresses on both guards and prisoners alike; a creepy, treacherous monasticism prevails on this insular tier. That can change in an instant.

These men here are forever in a routinized and highly choreographed shuffle from one cage to another, and some are “indefinitely in leg restraints” as they are transported from cage to cage, Robinson says.

Two adjoining cells give a sense of the kind of privileges one can earn, whether an inmate is on death row or serving out a lighter sentence elsewhere in San Quentin, whose population hovers around 3,700, according to Davis.

There are two kinds of prisoners that transcend the Level 1 to Level 4 classification system (the Adjustment Center is Level 4), Robinson explains. There’s Grade A

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few yards from the heavy-security main entrance—and you’re in, just like that. A pro–death penalty referendum also scheduled for 2016 seeks to expedite the appeals process to get the executions flowing again.

Meanwhile, 724 men (and counting) sit on death row at San Quentin. There are between 12 and 16 whose last appeals have been exhausted, says Robinson, but there’s no time frame for the resumption of executions. “The if is the question.”

Mass incarceration comes to life on San Quentin’s multi-tiered East Block, where 520 inmates spend their lives in cells waiting to die.

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It’s a prison that benefits mightily from a generally empathic Bay Area demographic with a volunteer cadre of 4,000 people who provide all kinds of programming, and Davis says the programs are what keeps the violence in check.

And while San Quentin is famous for its Shakespeare productions and other reform-minded efforts at rehabilitation, little of that is available to the condemned. About 100 of the condemned have access to hobby and craft programs, but that’s about it as far as programming goes, Robinson says.

There are no restorative-justice programs for the condemned, either, no opportunities for inmates to meet with survivors of their mayhem, Davis says, because of security issues around inmatecivilian contact, a key aspect of restorative justice.

The contrast between the general population and the condemned plays out in the functioning and upkeep of death row itself. Prison labor built the new $850,000 lethalinjection chamber, and prisoners are also at work on a project to retrofit cells in San Quentin’s

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Adjustment Center inmates can earn the privilege to mingle with other inmates; however, on this day only one had gained the privilege.

Donner building to expand death row capacity by 97 beds. That unit will open this month or next, Robinson says.

As we stand in the Adjustment Center, Robinson tells me about another inmate here whose penchant for violence ended the career of four corrections officers.

We’ll meet him soon enough.

We leave the tier and wait in another sally port before gaining access to the Adjustment Center yard, which consists of a couple dozen single-man “walk-alone” cages with sinks and toilets, and one larger yard for inmates who have mingling privileges. There’s only one inmate in there today, one of about 10 men out here this morning in the cold rows of cages—pacing, talking among themselves, doing pull-ups, mostly in white shorts and sneakers, though a couple wear prison-issued sweats. It’s a little chilly out here.

The protocol is a little unclear, so I set off into the wilderness of cages and approach a very large and shirtless Latino man. He asks me what we’re doing here, what’s going on. He looks like he could crush my skull with the power of his nipples alone.

I tell him it’s a media tour of death row and that I want to interview him—but I’ve apparently gone a little off the reservation, as an officer tells me to get back with the rest of the reporters, who have gathered around another cage.

“They’re censoring you!” the man shouts after me as I rejoin the group—then subsequently passes on the opportunity to sign a required consent form to talk with reporters.

A little while later, Robinson tells me that was the very inmate who ended those corrections’ officers careers. He seemed so friendly for a second there.

Reporters are gathered around the cage that houses Robert Galvan, a seriously bad man, and it’s hard to suppress the thought that Galvan has a little bit of the Lemmy look to him. “I deserve to be here,” Galvan says as he talks about life on the Adjustment Center tiers, where there is “absolutely zero privacy.”

Galvan has a general mien of biting, accessible menace, and I ask him what it feels like to be on death row in a state that almost never executes anyone. “It’s like being left on a shelf,” he says. “I feel like that’s torture.”

The book on Galvan is that he had so many “assault with a deadly weapon” charges, including one

for assaulting corrections officers, that prosecutors stopped pursuing them after stringing together three consecutive life terms. His capital crime occurred while he was already locked up: Galvan killed his cellmate.

The pro–death penalty referendum on the docks for 2016 seeks to end the practice of housing the condemned in one-man cells, to save money. California spends almost $200 million a year in costs associated with its stalled capital punishment regime.

How’s the food, I ask, and Galvan laughs a short, hard laugh. “It’s food.” He says they don’t serve that notorious “Nutraloaf ” at San Quentin, where the biggest food gripe I hear through the day centers around the ready availability of pancakes.

Galvan says, “That’d be good if they did it,” when asked about the 2016 referendum to end capital punishment, but he’s never getting out of here, death penalty or no death penalty: “It’ll be the same thing, a different cell, different atmosphere, but I’m still in a cell 23 hours a day.”

Jarvis Jay Masters Inmates . . . can assume the role of monk or gladiator, and the duality between prison warrior and prison monk is particularly true on death row.

—Jenny Phillips, reviewing That Bird Has My Wings Disembodied voices, harsh and angry and demanding, greet reporters as we spill into the vast East Block, home to the majority of the 724 condemned of San Quentin. There are more than 500 men here, and they shout down from the upper tiers, “They got us in restraints like we are animals!” “We want to come out of the handcuffs!”

They shout about the spoiled milk and the endless pancakes and they shout about the case of Burton Abbott, exonerated but nevertheless executed in 1955, from this intensely intimidating, five-tier stack of cells.

American flags hang from sky-high rafters in both wings of East Block, and guards walk the gangway as reporters are set loose on the tier to find inmates to interview. We walk past naked old men in showers, a guy sitting on the crapper and a couple of telephones-on-carts that are rolled in front of the cells for inmates’ use.

I walk down the tier and stop in front of the one inmate I had hoped to encounter today, and offer greetings to Jarvis Jay Masters, the

Buddhist author of 2009’s That Bird Has My Wings. It’s a heavy story about Masters’ upbringing and his path to death row, with harrowingfunny stories about the violence of life among the condemned and Masters’ journey to a monklike and meditative existence on death row.

Masters had just recently ended a 27-day hunger strike prompted, he says, by a chronic absence of capital-crime lawyers at the prison.

He ended up weakened and ill and on an IV at Marin General Hospital, and only ended the hunger strike when the warden came to see him.

“Guys are dying and nobody is up here saying, ‘You are a human being,’ Masters says. “Nobody says, ‘Tell me your story.’ The lawyers don’t even know their clients’ names, their stories, their suffering.

It felt like there was a purpose behind the hunger strike. It helped me to understand suffering.”

Masters is at work on his third book (he also published Finding Freedom, a collection of prison writings, in 1997). This one is going to be called Out of Bounds, a fictionalized retelling of his early1970s childhood, he says, that will explore the abuse and molestation he says he experienced as a youth.

“Out of Bounds” is the single most prevalent stenciled signage on the walls of San Quentin. The signs inform inmates that they’ve entered a restricted area.

Masters, a native of Long Beach, covered a lot of biographical ground in That Bird Has My Wings, which told the story of his rough upbringing, his four siblings parceled out to foster homes, and getting shuffled from a nurturing foster-care environment to another that was full of violence and abuse.

All of which led to his life of violent crime as a young man.

Masters spent 21 years in the Adjustment Center, and turned to Buddhism and meditation to help survive the intense psychological strain of long-term solitary confinement. He has a dedicated support network on the outside that includes renowned Buddhist author Pema Chödrön, and a legal team at work to get his conviction overturned. Masters says Chödrön understood why he had undertaken the hunger strike, though she did not support his decision.

Some inmates, Masters says, have come to a kind of peace on death row; they’ve outgrown their criminality, but it can leave them in an awful and hopeless limbo. “Some people have made the transition,”

laughs as he shows me the other key piece of his writing kit, a tan crocheted hat. “Don’t tell anyone, but I need my writing hat. I can’t write without it.”

Masters’ many supporters are adamant that he is innocent of the capital charge that landed him on death row, and with a little bit of luck—and a positive ruling from the California State Supreme Court— he may find himself in a whole new situation by the end of February.

In the meantime, there’s a lot of old-fashioned Buddhist nonattachment that has to be brought to bear on the outcome. On Nov. 15, the court heard oral arguments from his defense team and from prosecutors.

“The case is still alive,” Masters says, and the clock is ticking on the court’s 90-day window to issue a ruling. He could be looking at a new trial, or more of the same.

Either way, he’s ready. “Life changes one way or the other,” Masters says.

“One thing I have to do is be in the center; that’s where my practice is.

Being in the cell, it is so small and you get pulled—it is scary. You feel you are being pulled one way and then you are pulled the other way— the fear of wanting to stay in, the fear to get out—and so it is just so powerful to stay in the center.”

His hunger strike ended when Davis came to him in the hospital, Masters says, “and pointed some things out to me. I felt blessed. He allowed me to take a step back when he said, ‘You made your reason known.’”

But he couldn’t bring himself to eat the prison food after. “I couldn’t eat none of it,” he says with a laugh.

“I stared at all that food, looked at it and touched it. But I couldn’t eat it.”

We talk about the the idea that you “always want to leave a little bit on the plate,” as a gesture, perhaps, of gratitude and solidarity with the suffering—or to simply indicate that you are full. He says of his hunger strike, “You are doing it for somebody, and you got something out of it, too. It was about awareness, not making a demand.”

Masters is 52 years old and says one of the great challenges for any death row inmate is to acknowledge one’s misdeeds while also leaving open the possibility for a kind of deliverance via personal growth.

In his 35 years at San Quentin, he says the enormous challenge for inmates is to acknowledge “that you can be a better person. There’s regret and there’s growth. These are the circumstances we all have

to deal with, one way or the other.

You can have the regret, but also the determination to not give in. You damage a lot of people when you do robberies, and I cried like a baby when I got here. The only thing you can do is sit with it, and say, we are real human beings.”

The Anti-Celebrity To the extent that it’s possible, I like to live by a professional code where I’ll chase a fact, but I won’t chase a celebrity. That includes chasing anti-celebrities on death row, like Scott Peterson.

The last full-on media tour of San Quentin’s death row, Robinson says, was given around the time Peterson was in the news as international anti-celebrity du jour. Interest was high. Peterson was universally reviled for killing his eight-monthspregnant wife, and said he was on a fishing trip in San Francisco Bay. The TV cameras haven’t been in here since Peterson’s conviction, but San Francisco KALW radio reporter and author Nancy Mullane was given access to death row for a series of reports she produced between 2012 and 2014, and which culminated in a book, Life After Murder, which wasn’t about death row, but about five inmates who Mullane believed deserved a chance at parole.

When Mullane’s book came out, she was invited on The Today Show, co-hosted by Matt Lauer.

The interview was frankly one of the most revolting exercises in the media’s anti-celebrity obsession you will ever witness. Lauer took the implied bait that Peterson was living a cushy life on the North Seg unit, the least-restrictive of the three death row facilities at San Quentin: He has his own cell! Reportedly allowed to spend up to five hours a day outside of it!

What’s clear from the segment is that Mullane would never have been invited to The Today Show had she not inadvertently captured Peterson in some photos she took on the North Seg rooftop yard. She didn’t even know it was Peterson she was shooting until after the fact.

One of the photos found Peterson smiling and shirtless, and playing basketball.

The five inmates who were the subject of Mullane’s extremely worthwhile book were rendered an afterthought by Lauer: “We want to talk about them in just a second,” but please first tell our viewers how you never even talked to Scott

Peterson, that’s fascinating.

We were up on the North Seg rooftop yard and, wouldn’t you know it, there’s Peterson with his back turned to reporters. We’ve interrupted a basketball game.

He and another man, an AfricanAmerican of less anti-celebrity stature, stand that way the whole time reporters interview other inmates.

The condemned of North Seg are granted tier time to mingle with inmates, and they can spend about six hours a day, from 7:30am to 1pm, in the rooftop yard, with its stunning views of San Francisco Bay. Surrounding the yard is sheet metal fencing, which Davis says is there mostly to protect the privacy of inmates from binocular-wielding gawkers—another of the many contrasts within San Quentin, where there’s no privacy among and within the condemned but there’s an effort to shield them from the eyes of a prying public.

This anti-celebrity dynamic is in the air all day long, and we all play into it a little. There is a peculiar thrill to being so close to the condemned, especially when some of them are so totally irredeemable, and any journalist will tell you that a chance to visit death row, San Quentin—that’s reportorial gold.

But the anti-celebrity media scrum did feel a little unseemly.

That morning, outside the main entrance gate to San Quentin, as reporters waited to be let into the prison, the chatter was all about Richard Ramirez, who is dead, and Charles Manson, who isn’t even on death row. I sat there with a cocked ear and recalled an interview I did many years ago with the writer Ed Sanders in his upstate New York home. Sanders wrote a book about the Manson murders, The Family, and I always remembered his quip about the relationship that sprung up between the men: “You haven’t lived until you’ve gotten a Christmas card from Charles Manson.”

Serial killers occupy a peculiar social strata in the American imagination, as do upstanding white people like Scott Peterson who commit heinous crimes—it’s the last thing you’d expect of them. So Peterson turned his back but Steven Livaditis availed himself to reporters on the rooftop yard. Livaditis killed three people during a 1986 jewelry store robbery in Beverly Hills and almost immediately admitted to his crime and found solace in the Bible.

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he says, “but there are more suicides than executions here.”

Masters’ Buddhist practice and meditation have kept him grounded in the face of a death sentence handed down after he was implicated in the 1985 murder of prison sergeant Howell Burchfield.

“Spiritual grounding is a real, real, enduring force if you ever find yourself in a situation like this,” Masters says.

There are all kinds of ways to torture yourself on death row, he says, which include dwelling on “the contradictions in your life, the callings that you will think about for the rest of your life.” Whether an inmate is innocent or guilty, “death row means you are in a lot of trouble, and you sit with that—my writing, that is how and where I found my greatest reflection of that fact.”

Masters was sent to San Quentin in the early 1980s to serve a 10-year armed robbery sentence, and then joined a prison gang. A few years into his bid, he was implicated in the death of Burchfield and charged with sharpening a piece of bed frame into a shank, which was then fashioned into a spear, using rolled-up paper. Two other inmates were given life sentences without parole for their role in the murder; Masters got the death penalty.

There’s a website called the Officer Down Memorial Page (odmp.org) that honors law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The entry for Burchfield contains a quote from Euripides that has a particular potency when it comes to Masters, who has maintained his innocence all along: “When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.”

I ask him about his writing process, and Masters enthusiastically pulls out a white five-gallon bucket from the back of his cell. That’s his writing chair. A large board propped on his rack is his desk. Then he shows me his pen.

When he was in the Adjustment Center, Masters’ writing implement consisted of a floppy pen tube sans its plastic outer shell. He’s been in the East Block since 2007 and takes apart the pen and shows me how it used to be. He gets a regular pen here.

In San Quentin, and especially on death row, the smallest of details and items, which in the outside world would be considered trivial and mundane, can take on a new kind of value and force. Masters

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Livaditis is a long, long way from his Bay Ridge, Brooklyn roots, and while he says that “it seems pointless to have a death penalty when people are not being executed,” he believes that some criminals deserve the capital charge, including Polly Klass’ killer, Richard Allen Davis, who also turned his back to reporters from his East Block cell. “In some cases the death penalty is appropriate,” Livaditis says.

Yours?

“It does merit capital punishment.”

Livaditis says his death row days consist of reading the Bible and trying to “live the life of a good Christian. I have tried to make amends with the families,” he says.

Does God want you here? “Good question.”

Livaditis is asked what a condemned, born-again man can do to help others, and he states simply that he has “a Christian responsibility to help as many people as possible.”

Big Production

The Bent, Rusty Nail It took me about two full days to decompress from the tour, and when someone would ask, “How was death row,” I couldn’t answer the question, I had no idea what to say. When I got home later that night, I just stared off into space awhile, and my mind kept coming back to this one moment.

Jarvis Masters’ pen demonstrated to me how the very small details and privileges take on amplified significance in the land of the condemned, where human dignity and mercy are stretched to their limit, and where the threat of violence is real and imminent— prisoners with nothing but time on their hands on constant lookout for that tiny crack in security, that opportunity to commit violence, to exploit an opportunity.

I couldn’t stop thinking about a bent, rusty nail that I saw on a landing in the North Seg yard. To get to that unit, reporters followed

The End Is Near

use of that nail. Scary.

We’re waiting for the rest of the reporters to finish interviews, and a couple of other inmates are brought onto the tier and placed in the holding cells. They put their arms through a slot in the ritual removal of the handcuffs and one of them asks the goateed man about an empty cell across from them.

“He cut himself last night.”

Damn. They open the gate and we are, surprisingly, right back where we started, at the main entrance to the prison. We pile up the anti-stab jackets on a table, throw away the face protectors, show our ID a couple more times and file outside for the last stop on the tour.

Enter the Sepulchral The key has arrived and they open the door, and just like that, we’re in there, the state’s new, as-yetuntested lethal-injection facility. It’s a bare two-room chamber, save for 12 chairs and a gurney containing numerous black straps. A big clear window separates the chairs from the gurney. This is the only part of the tour where cameras are banned, as though we’re going to steal a soul by taking a photo of the deathgurney.

All of the reporters have to leave their cameras on the ground outside. I can’t say enough about how weird it is that they just open a door and you’re in the chamber.

And again I found myself taken by how a facility with such heavy violence associated with it can have such a strangely peaceful and sepulchral elegance to it, this clean, austere chamber of death, deliverer of the haunted and broken and malevolent. The gurney arms are splayed in a Christ-like manner, and let’s not forget that he was the man, after all, who died a criminal’s death despite his innocence. For what that is worth.Y

We’re almost at the end of the tour and I linger with a couple other reporters at the other end of the East Block, where along one wall are the rows of tiers, and along the other, small holding cells for inmates returning from the law library or elsewhere. It feels like we’re trapped between these sets of cells. There’s no place to lean back and take it all in, and that’s a little unsettling, especially when I back into one of the holding cells and hear a “Hey,” come from it. There’s a man in there with a manila envelope and a goatee, and I wonder if he could have made Some inmates in San Quentin’s Adjustment Center are confined to their tiny cells 24 hours a day.

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The tour is a big production for the prison, and there are many moving parts both at San Quentin and around the politics of capital punishment that would indicate one was in order. Beyond the expansion of its death-row facilities, the prison just passed the one-year anniversary, in October, of the opening of the court-mandated and first-in-the-nation Psychiatric Inpatient Program (PIP) for condemned inmate patients, which reporters get to tour as well.

The 40-bed facility was built at a cost of $620,000 to address a stark reality that numerous men have been driven completely insane during their decades of limbo on death row. Veteran reporters recollect tales of harrowing, incessant screams on the East Block, which drove a federal order to build the PIP. Our prison guides show us the inside of the group-therapy rooms that comprise part of the treatment, and once again, wherever the condemned of San Quentin go, whatever their mental-health status, they are held in cages. Dr. Paul Burton, who oversees the unit, says he’s fairly certain that taking photos

of those units is off-limits, even though there are no inmates in the room. The cages are small holding cells with a steel stool in them.

This unit feels peaceful in much the same way the Adjustment Center has an eerie sense of calm about it. One inmate stands at a big window looking out with his hands behind his back. The rooms are larger here, and there’s a dictionary and a board game or two on a shelf in the room.

The other moving part: The state recently announced its new singledrug execution protocol that calls for a lethal dose of barbiturate to be administered to the condemned, amid a national focus on lethal injections that have gone awry because of multi-drug cocktails, and questions about the medical ethics of killing the condemned.

The state is getting its deathhouse in order for whatever might come next while tacitly acknowledging that it was extremely bad form for the CDCR to allow one reporter, Nancy Mullane, exclusive access to the largest death row in the nation— while telling other reporters that they can’t tour the facility because of the dangers.

And so here we are, near the end of the tour. It’s been quite a day so far.

Robinson up six flights of circular stairs to the rooftop yard, and as we filed back onto the landing, I looked down and spotted the nail just sitting there on the ground. If you looked up, there was Mt. Tamalpais.

I thought for a second that I should pick up this nail and ask the warden about it, but there was no way I was going to do that. That nail represented murder. And yet I had to admit later that there is something about San Quentin and an encounter like this that stimulates one’s inner deviant; it’s just a fact of life. Later, I thought about a journey that the nail could have taken, and this is exactly why the state does background security checks on anyone who wants to visit death row. They don’t want nutbags picking up random nails and passing them off to prisoners, for one thing.

Drop my notebook, tie my shoe, pick up the nail. Would’ve been a snap. We left North Seg and headed to the hospital, and then the East Block. That nail was a weapon, a lethal weapon, a ticket to mayhem.

In any other context, it’s just a nail.

Here, there is vast and unlocked potential for evil.

I should be clear in saying that this landing, and this area of the prison is one that no inmates have access to, condemned or otherwise.

But we passed through the outdoors general population on our way to a tour of the PIP wing, and then we went to the East Block. There were numerous opportunities when one could have passed that nail to an inmate.

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Wu Wei Tea Temple in Fairfax offers customers comfy floor pillows on which to sip flavorful concoctions.

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Land of enchantment Wu Wei Tea Temple full of charm

By Tanya Henry

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airfax’s Wu Wei Tea Temple claims to be the only bone broth bar in Marin. And while that may be true, the art gallery-turned-storytelling venue, tea temple, art exhibit space and community gathering spot is so much more. On a sleepy stretch of Sir Francis Drake, this 7-month-old tea house exudes a communal vibe that centers around the owner’s love of all things herbal.

“This is my dream—my living room,” explains owner Tracy Brien, a self-described chameleon who moved to Larkspur after 20 years of living in San Francisco and working in advertising. “I wanted to come to Marin and play with herbs and find community,” she says with a wink.

The petite and energetic Brien enthusiastically greets every person who walks in the door—usually by his or her first name. Once customers are comfortably seated at low-level tables, comfy floor pillows or a chunky wood bar with stools, she sits down with them and helps them order herbal infusions, Chinese teas and hot and cold elixirs—and oh yes, seven different bone broths that are produced in Sebastopol.

There is such a spirit of inclusiveness here that despite the almost overwhelming list of teas, eclectic ambience of vibrant purple

and red walls, colorful rugs and mask art adorning the walls, there isn’t a whiff of pretense. Instead, the young and the old have embraced this charming tea house and made it their own.

Hot herbal infusions are created

by Brien (also an herbalist) and co-worker Cassidy Russell, and cold elixirs—like a Chocolate Berry Fairy Kiss that includes cacao, maca, coconut milk, berry kombucha and cardamom, offer an array of flavors.

Teas are presented in 8-ounce stone mugs or 16-ounce teapots, and a food menu includes Middle Eastern offerings. But Brien cautions, “We are not for everybody; not everyone is ready to be enchanted.”

During my 90-minute peek down this rabbit hole, I enjoyed a steaming concoction of Love Tea prepared with rose petals, orange peel, cacao nibs and vanilla bean, I was invited to partake in a Japanese tea ceremony by a fellow customer seated near me at the bar and I observed an excited young woman with her guitar preparing for an open mic. All this while I nibbled on an Afghani squash-filled flatbread—I was enchanted.Y Wu Wei Tea Temple, 1820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax; 415/516-2578; wuweiteatemple.com.

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Brennan Figari, a Marin native, travels with Cavalia’s grand performance ‘Odysseo,’ running in San Francisco until January 17.

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Grand show ‘Odysseo’ performer calls Marin home

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is special in one small, yet intriguing way—there’s an actual local on board.

Trapeze artist Brennan Figari, 28, was born and raised in Marin’s tiny Woodacre (population 1,000), and this stop on the tour is his homecoming. “No one knows where Woodacre is, so I just tell people I’m from San Francisco,” he jokes.

Figari has been with Odysseo since its inception four-and-a-half years ago, and he’s performing in four different sections: Carosello, involving a Chinese pole, The Odyssey, where he participates in the fascinating ‘liberty work’ with the horses, The Storm, where he has a solo on a hoop and another hoop piece, Odysseo. Besides this welcome stop in his home region, Figari has spent the last four years of his life on the road with Odysseo, but he’s not showing any signs of fatigue.

Energetic and well-spoken, he seems to be genuinely excited about his work when we meet at his ‘cubicle’ on set. Every performer has their own

and establishing a language of cues and poses.

“In the Liberty portion of the show, I do figures and patterns with the horses, and they don’t have saddles, they’re just being horses,” he says with a laugh. What did he learn from working with the noble animal? “I could talk about that for a while,” Figari gushes. “The hardest thing for me to realize was how in tune they are and attentive they are to the body languages and cues I give out.

I’m used to understanding my body and how it works, but it’s a different thing understanding what my body it telling another animal, what my shoulders are doing, what my hips are doing, what you’re in essence telling the horse to do or not to do.”

This being California, a fair amount of friends and neighbors raise the question of animal rights—but Figari has it covered. “I like to joke that the horses are treated better than the performers; they get cleaned twice a day, which is more than I shower, and their showers are nicer,” he says with a laugh. “The show always has its doors open for journalists or PETA [People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals], and there are so many safety measures, like giving the horses a rotation, or going to new cities and making sure it’s all the same, so the horses don’t get stressed out.”

On this San Francisco pit stop of Odysseo, Figari has the privilege of visiting home often, and he takes full advantage of it. He invites his new international friends for dinners at his family home, which is probably a nice break from moving from city to city and living in a new apartment building every month. Living on the road, training daily and not showering daily can’t be easy, but Figari is happy to continue. “Our oldest acrobat is 42, so there is longevity in this career if you choose it. I’m not sick of it all just yet.”Y ‘Odysseo’ runs until Jan. 17 at AT&T Park, 1051 3rd St., San Francisco; cavalia.net.

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herever you go these days, it’s hard to avoid the advertisement for Odysseo, the grand, horses-centric performance running currently in San Francisco’s AT&T Park. Unlike last year’s holiday season attraction Kurious, by entertainment giant Cirque du Soleil, Cavalia, a company from Quebec, rolled into town less acclaimed and familiar, and yet it ended up extending its number of shows beyond the original plan.

People flock to see magical forests and galloping stallions (rain or shine), and it seems like the white tents housing the project have become a city fixture. Odysseo is the company’s second production, after eponymous Cavalia a few years ago, and it reached San Francisco after a four-year tour across the U.S. and Canada. Counting around 120 cast and crew members, with riders and dancers from all over the world, Odysseo’s Bay Area stint

makeup table, and Figari’s is adorned with an image of Dolly Parton and Christmas cards.

He first saw the trapeze at a resort his parents took him to, and jumped into it at the age of 15. “I went to study at Trapeze Arts, then I worked around the East Bay for a while, doing corporate events, nightclubs,” he recalls. He’s being modest—Figari’s resume includes, among other highlights, performing for the Royal Family of Dubai and the equally exciting Ellen Degeneres. “Then I worked on a cruise ship,” he continues, “doing everything pretty much— singing, dancing, tumbling. Then I moved to Vegas, and a friend called me and said Cavalia [is] looking for acrobats for what later would become Odysseo.” Figari sent his credentials, auditioned and a month later moved to Montreal to rehearse. He joined Cavalia right as he was auditioning for America’s Got Talent.

“My town and especially my parents were very supportive of me,” he says. “Both my parents come from artistic backgrounds, so they understood me, but made sure that if I drop out of college, I take this career very seriously.” Indeed, after a year at UC Davis, Figari deemed college education “not for me,” despite being charmed by Marin County’s marine life and considering becoming a marine biologist in his childhood years. He attests, however, that he did quite well for himself, supporting himself independently and owning a property in Las Vegas.

Having no previous experience with horses, Figari found working on Odysseo especially curious. “There’s nothing like this in the world,” he exclaims, “and being so heavily involved in the horses is also different.

Other circus shows have animals, but this show really revolves around the horse—there’s no getting away from that.” While training, he spent a good amount of time familiarizing himself with Liberty Training, a horsemanship technique involving structured exercise on building trust

‘Odysseo’ boasts around 120 cast and crew members, and features more than 60 horses.

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Sharon E. Scott plays the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in Cinnabar Theater’s ‘Mahalia Jackson: Just As I Am.’

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vibrant, indomitable style and personality. Simultaneously, she leads her audience through one of America’s most dramatic and moving social evolutions—the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

With first-rate musical direction

by Tammy Hall, who accompanies on piano, and assisted on stage by John Shillington in a variety of roles, Scott’s tribute to Jackson sometimes feels a tad overstuffed, as if she were reluctant to leave any part of the story out. But just when the show seems to reach the full-to-the-brim point, Scott launches a series of emotional climaxes that are nothing short of stunning, transforming the show into a tribute to the power of faith. Not just faith in the religious sense, but faith in the power of the human soul to transcend impossible obstacles.

Known in her time as the Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson had the power to turn even non-believers into full-fledged gospel music fans,

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electrifying and deeply moving.

Shillington proves an equally energetic force, playing recognizable and obscure figures from Jackson’s life—various promoters, a frighteningly racist policeman and even the great performer Danny Kaye. Most notably, as Jackson’s lifelong friend and supporter Studs Terkel, the legendary radio personality and interviewer, Shillington serves as a kind of narrator, setting up the story, and finishing with a breathtaking eulogy to a true American original.

Mahalia Jackson: Just As I Am is a must-see, as moving as it is ambitious, as inspirational as it is eye-opening.Y NOW PLAYING: Mahalia Jackson: Just As I Am runs through Sunday, January 24 at Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

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ometimes,” exhorts actress Sharon E. Scott, stirringly embodying the rich voice and sassy-sweet attitude of the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. “Sometimes, God turns your life upside down—so you can help turn things right side up.”

In the sensational, heartbreaking and soul-lifting biographical theater piece Mahalia Jackson: Just As I Am—running through January 24 at Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma— Scott takes what might have been a straightforward story of an American church singer who became an international star, and creates something much richer than mere biography or impersonation.

In a show that runs just over two-and-a-half hours, Scott—who wrote and directed the show—turns Mahalia Jackson’s tumultuous life upside down and sideways, singing nearly 30 of Jackson’s most memorable songs and hymns, all while giving us a sense of Jackson’s

and with a voice as rich and full of emotion as a full-on Sunday service with lunch served afterwards, Scott makes her audiences believe by showing us how Jackson did it.

In addition to the Florida-based performer’s committed musical performances of songs like “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” she turns out to be a first-rate actor, attacking the many storytelling portions of the play with a luscious, laid-back warmth and depth of feeling that might make you believe you are being addressed by the real Mahalia Jackson.

In the second act, when Jackson’s friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr. is described, the play reaches a new plateau of dramatic tension and lyrical creativity. In one achingly gorgeous sequence, Scott intersperses verses of the song “The Lord’s Player” with snippets of her own conversations with Dr. King. The power of the sequence is

John Shillington (as Danny Kaye) and Sharon Scott star in Cinnabar’s ‘sensational, heartbreaking and soul-lifting’ piece, ‘Mahalia Jackson: Just As I Am.’

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers will be one of the headliners at this May’s BottleRock Napa Valley music, wine and food festival; tickets go on sale this week.

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Ryan Gosling plays a young Wall Street turk in ‘The Big Short,’ a film about the mortgage crisis that left six million homes vacant.

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eading into its fourth year, the North Bay’s big and bold BottleRock Napa Valley music, wine and food festival has announced the lineup for 2016, taking place May 27-29, with headliners the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder and Florence + the Machine.

“Last year went very well,” says Dave Graham, CEO of Latitude 38 Entertainment, the festival’s organizing group. “And the day after, we started anew and reviewed everyone from customers to vendors and partners to figure out where we can improve, and we have been working diligently on that all year.”

That work includes booking bands for the current festival even before last year’s started. “That’s how competitive the festival market can be,” Graham says.

Also confirmed are The Lumineers, Death Cab for Cutie, Lenny Kravitz, Walk the Moon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ziggy Marley, Grouplove, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Gogol Bordello, Cold War Kids, Buddy Guy, Jamestown Revival, Ozomatli, Pimps of Joytime, The Pharcyde, Langhorne Slim & the Law and many others.

North Bay and Bay Area talent will also be on display once again this year, with festival favorites Moonalice appearing, as well as Diego’s Umbrella, Royal Jelly Jive, The Deadlies, The Iron Heart,

Anadel and more.

“This year, with the credibility we were able to build with the industry and our customers, we’ve been able to bring on an amazing lineup of artists,” Graham says.

Fans of the massively popular Red Hot Chili Peppers will be glad to hear that the flashy funk rockers, who’ve been relatively quiet since releasing their last album in 2011, spent last year back in the studio and are gearing up for a massive 2016, including a top spot at BottleRock.

Soul and Motown legend Stevie Wonder last year proved that he was still one of the most in-demand singers and performers today with an extended, sold-out North American tour, Songs in the Key of Life, a stage adaptation of his ambitious 1976 album of the same name.

London’s longtime indie rock sensation Florence + the Machine round out the headliners for BottleRock 2016 with their own, artful baroque pop fronted by the stunning voice of lead singer Florence Welch.

“We are incredibly excited about what we have in store this year,” Graham says.✹ BottleRock Napa Valley takes place May 27–29 at the Napa Valley Expo, 575 Third St., Napa. Tickets go on sale Jan 7; bottlerocknapavalley.com.

Light tone on mortgage crisis in ‘The Big Short’ By Richard von Busack

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ike a really good punk rock recording, The Big Short is a triumph of snotty tone and fourth-wall breaking, right down the middle between sweettempered populism of a Michael Moore, and the smugness of Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street. Director Adam McKay (the Anchorman franchise, Step Brothers) makes grim farce out of the traders who made a mint betting on the financial collapse of ’08. It’s based on the book by Berkeley author Michael Lewis (he also wrote Moneyball); in this fictionalized telling, among the few who understood that AAA-rated mortgages were mixed with useless subprimes was the solitary Silicon Valley physician/ founder of Scion Capital Dr. Michael Burry (Christian Bale). Clapping a pair of drumsticks, hanging his jaw in an imitation of a smile, it’s a onenote performance by Bale. Another trader is Mark Baum, a principled Manhattanite who is God’s angry man (a Lee J. Cobbish Steve Carell, in his most impressive movie acting role yet); a guru who quit The Street in disgust (Brad Pitt) and Ryan Gosling as a typical young Wall Street turk—the most cynical of the characters.

McKay makes genial comic use of celebrities, to focus the wandering attention of people who can’t seem

to understand how the fleecing worked. If you can’t figure out what a CDO or a subprime mortgage is, what if supermodel Margot Robbie in a bubble bath spelled it out for you? This lightness of tone counterpoints the landscape of financial horror—stories of the socalled “ninja mortgage,” ‘ninja’ an acronym for “no income, no job,” the insane exuberance of the market that turned bankers from dull, solid citizens to frothing gamblers.

The Big Short is short on women, though Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei provide typically hard-edged supporting work. McKay ends with a new slant on the would-be Caprastyle pièce de résistance in a more strictly mainstream movie—Carell, giving a speech explaining the intrinsic problem at the heart of committing fraud, has an audience of distracted traders, checking their thrumming cell phones for news of the final swoon of Bear Stearns.

In captions, advice by Mark Twain, as well as the words of some guy overheard in a bar, are as dryly funny as The Big Short’s point is urgent. In the end, six million houses were left vacant because of fiscal malfeasance.

The people who said it’ll never happen again are also the people who said it would never happen in the first place.Y

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Friday January 8 - Thursday January 14 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (1:28) Alvin, Simon and Theodore hit the road to Miami to stop Dave from getting married and ruining their happy home.

Benvenuto Cellini (3:10) Terry Gilliam directs a phantasmagorical production of Berlioz’s swashbuckling opera about the life and loves of the Italian Renaissance sculptor.

Best of RiffTrax: Starship Troopers (2:00) The interplanetary wiseguys of Mystery Science Theater 3000 take on Paul Verhoeven’s sneakily subversive, cheerfully fascistic sci-fi comic book.

The Big Short (2:10) Envelope-pushing comedy about the 2007 recession stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt as rogue financiers who take on Wall Street.

Blade Runner (1:54) Ridley Scott’s eye-filling scifi noir stars Harrison Ford as a 21st century L.A. cop on the trail of four rogue androids.

Branagh Theatre Company: The Winter’s Tale (3:00) Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench star in the Bard’s tragicomedy of jealousy, mortality and young love in sunny Sicily.

Bridge of Spies (1:35) Real-life Spielberg thriller stars Tom Hanks as a Brooklyn lawyer recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot from the Soviet Union; screenplay by Ethan and Joel Coen.

Brooklyn (1:23) Moving story about Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn.

Carol (1:58) Acclaimed Todd Haynes drama about the love affair between an elegant housewife (Cate Blanchett) and a humble shopgirl (Rooney Mara) in 1950s New York.

Concussion (2:02) Will Smith stars as the reallife doctor who took on the NFL to alert the public about chronic traumatic head injuries in football players.

Creed (2:12) Rocky Balboa is back and better than ever, coaching the son of late rival Apollo Creed to be boxing’s next champ; Sly Stallone and Michael B. Jordan star.

Daddy’s Home (1:30) Doofus comedy about the battle of wills between affable Will Ferrell and his wife’s hipster ex (Mark Wahlberg).

The Danish Girl (2:00) Fictionalized account of the complicated relationship between 1920s artist Gerda Wegener and her husband Einar, aka Lili Elbe, a transgender pioneer.

Elvis Costello: Detour (1:42) One-man show features the Liverpool rocker telling stories of his life and performing his hits on guitar, piano and ukulele.

The Forest (1:33) A young woman braves Japan’s spooky Aokigahara forest to search for her missing twin.

The Good Dinosaur (1:40) Pixar Animation’s take on what would have happened if the asteroid that hit earth and killed all the dinosaurs—missed! Raymond Ochoa lends voice to Arlo the Apatosarus.

The Hateful Eight (2:48) Quentin Tarantino Western about eight desperadoes seeking shelter in a saloon during a blizzard stars Bruce Dern, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh; filmed in glorious 70mm!

Heart of a Dog (1:15) Musician Laurie Anderson’s acclaimed, unconventional documentary weaves together art, politics, philosophy and memory into a celebration of her late pooch Lolabelle.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2:10) Rebel leader Katniss Everdeen is back, raising an army against the president as violence consumes the Capitol; Jennifer Lawrence and

Donald Sutherland star.

In the Heart of the Sea (2:02) True tale of a 19th century whaling ship and the vengeful mammoth that pursued its crew; Ron Howard directs.

Jafar Panahi’s Taxi (1:22) The rogue filmmaker outfits a cab with cameras and chats with his passengers about censorship, morality and other not-so-serious subjects.

Janis: Little Girl Blue (1:46) Documentary employs concert footage, correspondence and interviews (with Bob Weir, Country Joe McDonald and other notables) to craft a portrait of the blues-rock icon.

Joy (2:03) Sweeping family saga stars Jennifer Lawrence as the matriarch of a treacherous business dynasty; David O. Russell directs.

The Martian (2:16) Ridley Scott sci-fi adventure about a daring NASA attempt to rescue an astronaut marooned on Mars; Matt Damon stars.

Mustang (1:37) Acclaimed drama about three spirited young Turkish sisters who rebel against the sexist strictures of the status quo.

National Theatre London: Jane Eyre (3:20) Catch Sally Cookson’s celebrated and dynamic stage production of the Charlotte Brönte novel in glorious big-screen high definition.

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (1:37) Documentary by Lisa Immordino Vreeland about the colorful art collecor who was not only ahead of her time but helped to define it.

Point Break (1:53) Remake of the Patrick Swayze actioner about a team of elite athletes who pull off equally elite heists.

The Revenant (2:36) Epic biopic stars Leo DiCaprio as 19th century explorer Hugh Glass, who survived a bear attack and a brutal winter to track down a friend-turned-foe (Tom Hardy); Alejandro González Iñarritu directs.

Ride Along 2 (1:42) Tough Atlanta cop Ice Cube and his doofus brother-in-law Kevin Hart head to Miami to take down an evil drug kingpin.

Room (1:58) A 5-year-old boy who’s spent his life trapped in a tiny room with his loving mother gets to savor the outside world for the first time.

Sisters (1:33) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star as rowdy sibs who plan one last lost weekend in the house where they grew up.

Spectre (2:30) Daniel Craig’s farewell to James Bond finds 007 on the trail of his favorite crime/ terrorism/revenge/extortion outfit; Christoph Waltz and Monica Bellucci co-star.

Spotlight (2:08) True story about the Boston Globe’s tenacious investigation into a decadeslong Catholic Church cover-up; Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and John Slattery star.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2:20) Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are back in a post-Return of the Jedi reboot from J.J. Abrams and The Walt Disney Corporation.

Sundance Award-Winning Shorts (1:15) Six short subjects from last year’s fest make up a cinematic smorgasbord of comedies, cartoons, documentaries and dramas from around the globe.

Trumbo (2:4) Bryan Cranston stars as the legendary screenwriter who won two Academy Awards before he became one of the Hollywood 10 and took on the absurdity and injustice of the Blacklist; Helen Mirren co-stars.

Youth (1:58) Old cronies Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel grapple with art, music, love and showbiz at an elegant Swiss spa; Jane Fonda and Paloma Faith co-star.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) • Benvenuto Cellini (Not Rated) • Best of RiffTrax: Starship Troopers (R) The Big Short (R)

• Blade Runner (R)

Branagh Theatre Company: The Winter’s Tale (Not Rated) Bridge of Spies (PG-13) Brooklyn (PG-13) Carol (R) Concussion (PG-13) Creed (PG-13) Daddy’s Home (PG-13) The Danish Girl (R)

• Elvis Costello: Detour (NR) • The Forest (PG-13) The Good Dinosaur (PG) The Hateful Eight (R)

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

Heart of a Dog (Not Rated) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 4, 7:05, 10:15 In the Heart of the Sea (PG-13) Lark: Fri 3:50; Mon 6 Jafar Panahi’s Taxi (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 4:50 Janis: Little Girl Blue (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 3:45, 9; Sat-Thu 9 Joy (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4, 7:05, 9:40; Sun-Wed 1, 4, 7:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:25; Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:20 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7; Mon-Wed 3:45, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 1:55, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 The Martian (PG-13) Lark: Fri 9:10; Tue 12:15 Mustang (Not Rated) Rafael: 6 daily National Theatre London: Jane Eyre (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 8:15; Sat-Sun 2, 8:15 Point Break (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:45, 7:25; 3D showtimes at 10:55, 4:35, 10:10 • The Revenant (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:50, 7:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 10; Sat-Sun 11:30, 3, 6:30, 10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 1:40, 3:25, 5:20, 7, 8:50, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:50, 3:30, 7:10, 10:45 • Ride Along 2 (PG-13) Northgate: Thu 7, 9:35 Rowland: Thu 7, 9:45 Room (R) Lark: Sun 8:15; Tue 8:45 Sisters (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:10, 5, 7:50, 10:40 Spectre (PG-13) Lark: Sat 9:20; Thu 4:15 Spotlight (R) Lark: Fri 6:30; Sat 6:45; Sun 2:30; Mon 8:40; Tue 6; Wed 12:15; Thu 1:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:55, 7:10, 10:15; Sun-Thu 12:30, 3:55, 7:10 Star Wars: Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1:15, 3:15, 4:30, 6:30, 7:45, 9:30; Sun-Wed 12, 1:15, 3:15, The Force Awakens (PG-13) 4:30, 6:30, 7:45 Marin: Fri 3:40, 9:45, 3D showtime at 6:45; Sat 3:40, 9:45, 3D showtimes at 12:40, 6:45; Sun 3:40, 3D showtimes at 12:40, 6:45; Mon-Thu 3:50, 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 12:25, 2, 3:35, 5:10, 6:45, 8:20, 9:55; 3D showtimes at 11:40, 1:10, 2:50, 4:20, 6, 7:30, 9:10, 10:35 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 9:50; Sat 12:15, 1, 3:30, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 9:50; Sun 12:15, 1, 3:30, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30; Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12, 3:45, 7:20, 10:25, 3D showtimes at 10:55, 2:15, 5:30, 8:45 • Sundance Award-Winning Shorts (Not Rated) Rafael: 6:15 daily Trumbo (R) Lark: Sun 5:30; Mon 12:15; Tue 3:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:50 Youth (R) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 8:30; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:30; Mon-Thu 6:30, 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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Roy Zimmerman Zimmerman’s virtuoso acoustic guitar and satirical lyrics bring wit to issues surrounding social justice inspired by today’s headlines. Concert benefits Health Care for All-Marin. Jan 8, 7:30pm. $15. Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

SONOMA Craig Cardiff Canadian songwriter mixes traditional roots folk and electronic looping for a mesmerizing sound. Jan 8, 9pm. $10.

HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Santa Rosa Symphony Rising classical violinist Caroline Goulding joins the symphony for “Pastoral Pleasures,” featuring a program of international works from contemporary composer An-Lun Huang to Tchaikovsky and more. Jan 9-10.

Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

NAPA 2nd Planet Contemporary jazz rock band plays two shows in one night and performs music from their latest release, “The Next Level.”

Jan 9, 6pm. $20. Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

War Quintessential Los Angeles band brings their afro-Cuban beats and jazz rock hits to Napa. Jan 8, 8pm. $30-$50. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

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Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316.

Fenix Wed, Pro blues jam. Jan 7, Fog Swamp. Jan 8, Carmen Jones. Jan 9, Miles Schon. Jan 10, Stephanie Teel Band. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

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George’s Nightclub Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam. Thurs, California Flight Project. Sun, Mexican Banda. Jan 9, DJ Marlo. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

Raised by Irish-born parents, singer/songwriter/guitarist Jerry Hannan brings a synthesis of Irish jigs and American folk and rock music to Rancho Nicasio on January 8.

HopMonk Novato Jan 6, open mic night with Billy D and friends. Jan 7, Hot Start and the Happy’s.

Jan 8, American Honey. Jan 9, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions. Jan 13, open mic night with Radar. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Osteria Divino Jan 6, Susan Sutton Trio. Jan 7, J Kevin Durkin. Jan 8, Emma Callister. Jan 9, Ken Cook Trio. Jan 10, Brian Moran & John-Paul Buongiorno. Jan 12, Rob Reich. Jan 13, Pedro Rosales Con Quimba. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Jan 6, Book of Birds. Jan 7, Cha Ching!. Jan 8, Tam Valley All-Stars.

Jan 9, the Shams. Jan 10, 5pm, Setchko & Meese. Jan 10, 9pm, Eddie Neon Band. Jan 12, “Bluesdays” with Walt the Dog. Jan 13, Electro Soul Sessions featuring Crooked. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Jan 6, Brian Byrnes. Jan 7, Charlie Docherty.

Jan 12, Panama Jazz Trio. Jan 13, Vardo. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Jan 6, the Weissmen. Jan 7, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Jan 8, Dirty Cello and Junk Parlor. Jan 9, the Real Deal. Jan 10, Matt Bolton. Jan 12, Fresh Baked Blues and Waldo’s Special. Jan 13, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

No Name Bar Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Rancho Nicasio Jan 8, Jerry Hannan. Jan 10, 4pm, San Geronimo. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. Mon, Marco Sainz Trio. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Jan 8, the 7th Sons.

Jan 10, Rumbacha. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Sun, open mic. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Jan 8, Void Where Prohibited. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

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American funk band War, who started fusing rock, jazz Latin and R&B in the ’70s, takes the stage at Uptown Theatre in Napa on January 8.

Spitfire Lounge First Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. Second Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551.

Studio 55 Marin Jan 10, Muriel Anderson. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, 415.453.3161.

Sweetwater Music Hall Mon, Open Mic. Jan 8, Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express. Jan 10, Delta Deep. Jan 13, Buck Nickels & Loose Change record release party. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Travis Marina Second Sunday of every month, the Lonestar Retrobates. Fort Baker, Sausalito.

SONOMA Andrews Hall Jan 9, “On the Edge” with Black & White Jazz. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

Annex Wine Bar Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779.

Annie O’s Music Hall Sun, 5pm, Sunday Dance Party with the Blues Defenders. Jan 9, Lef Deppard and Ozzy Alive. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.542.1455.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Jan 8, Dan Martin and the Noma Rocksteady. Jan 9, Mostly Simply Bluegrass.

464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Phoenix Theater Jan 8, Baeza and Lil Debbie. Jan 9, Verbal Abuse with Infernal Damnation and Trecelence. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Pub Republic Jan 8, the Drifting Rich. 3120 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma, 707.782.9090.

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Guitarist, composer and harp-guitarist Muriel Anderson, who plays in styles ranging from classical to bluegrass, strums her stuff at Studio 55 in San Rafael on January 10.

Aqus Cafe Jan 6, 7pm, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons performed by Richard Heinberg. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Wed, Open Mic. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Jan 7, Boilermaker with Kitten Drunk and Faulty Lockets. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern Jan 8, Jen Tucker. Jan 9, Gypsy Cafe. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy Tues, the American Alley Cats. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Brixx Pizzeria Jan 9, Marshall House Project. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.766.8162.

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma, 707.938.7110.

Cellars of Sonoma Tues, Wavelength. Jan 7, Ricky Alan Ray. Jan 8, John Pita. Jan 9, Clay Bell. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1826.

Cinnabar Theater Jan 10, Le Jazz Hot. 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

Coffee Catz Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. Jan 10, 2:30pm, Blues and R&B jam. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Jan 12, Staggerwing. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505.

Dry Creek Kitchen Jan 11, Dick Conte and Steve Webber Duo. Jan 12, Christian Foley-Beining and Tom Shader Duo. 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.431.0330.

Finley Community Center Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. Second Friday of every month, Tom Shader Trio. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

Friar Tuck’s Wed, Sat, karaoke. Fri, DJ Night. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.792.9847.

Gaia’s Garden Jan 6, Judith Lerner plays the Hand Pans.

Jan 8, 6:30pm, Virgil Elliott. Jan 9, 2pm, Acapella Open Mic. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Jan 8, “Giants of the High Baroque” with Live Oak Baroque Orchstra. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Guerneville Library Jan 9, 2pm, the Pine Needles. 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707.869.9004.

HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Jan 9, Petty Theft. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Jan 8, David Thom. Jan 9, Quiles & Cloud.

691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg Jan 9, As Tres Meninas. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night. Jan 8, Matt Bolton.

Jan 11, Paint Night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Tues, Sessions hip-hop and reggae night.

Second Friday of every month, DJ Konnex and DJ Jaclyn JacaLioness. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room Jan 6, Roem Baur. Jan 7, Pistachio. Jan 8, Barrio Manouche. Jan 9, Jinx Jones. Jan 10, Little Spikes. Jan 13, Solid Air. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Mc T’s Bullpen Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel. Jan 9, Hillbilly Strike Force. Jan 10, George Heagerty & Never the Same. 16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377.

Redwood Cafe Thurs, Open Mic. Jan 6, Irish set dancing.

Jan 9, Bohemian Highway. Jan 10, 6pm, Irish jam session. Jan 13, Sound Kitchen. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse Jan 9, Dgiin. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.

Rossi’s 1906 Sun, 5pm, Sweet Potato 5. Thurs, 6:30pm, Paint Night at Rossi’s. Jan 8, Rubber Soul dinner show. Jan 9, Kingpin Rowe & the Grateful Church with the Funky Blues Revue. Jan 13, the California Honeydrops.

401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. Jan 7, Manzanita Moon. Jan 9, Ricky Ray Band. 131 E First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.9610.

Sebastiani Theatre Jan 13, John McCutcheon. 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

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

Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express with Ismay Sun 1/10 • Doors 7pm • ADV $20 / DOS $25 Delta Deep (feat members of Def Leppard & STP) with Taxes Thur 1/14 • Doors 7pm • ADV $20 / DOS $25 ATASH Award Winning World Music from Austin, TX Fri 1/15 • Doors 8pm • ADV $27 / DOS $30

The Meters Experience

feat Leo Nocentelli - Guitarist of The Meters with Special Guest Bernie Worrell - Keyboardist of Parliament-Funkadelic Sat 1/16 • Doors 8pm • ADV $19 / DOS $22

Harrison Stafford (of Groundation) & The Professor Crew with Pure Roots Mon 1/18 • Doors 7pm • ADV $15 / DOS $18

John Kadlecik Solo

Featuring John Kadlecik of Furthur and Dark Star Orchestra Tue 1/19 • Doors 7pm • ADV $18 / DOS $20

The Special Consensus

with David Thom & Vintage Grass Wed 1/20 • Doors 7pm • $12

Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra w/Kelly McFarling www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

Sonoma Speakeasy Thurs, R&B classics. Sun, R&B diva night.

Tues, New Orleans R&B night. Fri, Sat, R&B party. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma, 707.996.1364.

Spancky’s Bar Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. Jan 9, Sweetleaf. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

Toad in the Hole Pub Sun, live music. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.8623.

The Tradewinds Bar Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. Tues, Open Mic. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Tavern Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. Jan 6, Roadhouse Ramblers. Jan 7, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Jan 8, Delta Brew. Jan 9, 707 Band. Jan 10, Blues and BBQ with Detroit Disciples. Jan 13, Old School Country Band. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

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

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Sun, DJ Aurelio. Tues, the Used Blues Band.

902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623.

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Mystic Theatre Jan 9, Duran Duran Duran and Choppin Broccoli. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

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AN GERONIMO Jan 10 S Hard Charging Americana Sun

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OHN MAXWELL Jan 15 JVintage and New Blues Fri

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Jan 16 D “Mr. Americana” 8:30 Sat

Jan 17 NELL ROBINSON & Sun

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JIM NUNALLY BAND WITH JON ARKIN, PETE GRANT AND JIM K ERWIN Classic Country 4:00 / No Cover

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HE OVERCOMMITMENTS Jan 23 T Rock and Funk Dance Party! 8:30 Sat

HE STRING R AYS Jan 29 T Rockin’ Original Americana 8:00 Fri

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Silo’s Jan 6, Tommy Alexander with Moon Bottle and Kent Smith. Jan 8, Suspects of Soul with Herman Wilson. Jan 13, Hoot & Holler. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Uncorked at Oxbow Thurs, open mic night. Fri, Sat, live music.

605 First St, Napa, 707.927.5864.

Uptown Theatre Jan 10, Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam. 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Uva Trattoria Jan 6, Justin Diaz. Jan 7, Trio Soleá. Jan 8, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Jan 9, Jackie and friends. Jan 10, Nate Lopez. Jan 13, Amy Alvey and Hoot & Holler. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.

Art OPENING SONOMA Arlene Francis Center Jan 8-10, “Roofless,” exhibit of art against displacement focuses on the housing crisis in Sonoma County. Reception, Jan 8 at 6pm.

99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Charles M. Schulz Museum Jan 13-Jul 25, “It’s Football, Charlie Brown,” selection of Peanuts comic strips highlights the Gang’s gridiron efforts and coincides with Super Bowl 50 coming to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2016. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; SatSun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

Gallery One Jan 10-Feb 22, “White Plus One,” juried exhibit. Reception, Jan 16 at 5pm. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277.

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Healdsburg Center for the Arts Jan 7-Feb 7, “Annual Members Exhibition,” show provides a unique opportunity for HCA artist members to exhibit their work free from the restrictions of traditional shows. Reception, Jan 9 at 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Jan 7-Apr 24, “California Flora,” northern California artist Nina Antze shows botanical paintings done in colored pencils.

Reception, Jan 23 at 3pm. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Jan 9-Feb 7, “Water Media Exhibit,” paintings from the International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society are on display as part of a traveling show along with an SCA water media show with local talent. Reception, Jan 8 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Jan 30, “The Way of Art,” featuring paintings, bronze sculptures and jewelries from local Bay Area artists. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932.

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Join Buck Nickels and Loose Change at their CD release party on January 13 at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley.

Gallery Route One Through Jan 17, “Time As We Know It,” photographs from West Marin’s Marna Clarke joins a “Wild Book Show” that features Dylan Yvonne Welch and drawings

by Vickisa. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

The Image Flow Through Jan 23, “Holiday Art Show,” featuring diverse original artwork by Stephen Bruce, J Scott Cilmi and Donna D’Acuti. 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley.

415.388.3569.

Madrigal Family Winery Through Jan 13, “Celebrate the Holidays,” art installation in the tasting room features Bay Area oil painter Kay Carlson. 819 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.729.9549.

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Through Jan 10, “Thirty-Six Views of the Bay Bridge,” David Garnick’s series of photographs exhibits in the main gallery, with Gale S McKee’s “The American Car: A Family Portrait” in the Ron Collins Gallery.

500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; SatSun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jan 29, “Lands End Allegory,” solo show of new works from San Francisco artist Jay Mercado. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Jan 31, “Question of Identity,” sculpture by Mark Jaeger pursues insight into personal and social projections and purposes. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

SONOMA Art Museum of Sonoma County Through Feb 7, “Inside Magnolia Editions: Collaboration & Innovation,” an experimental collection of renowned works from the top-notch Oakland printmaking

company. 505 B St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through Jan 31, “Jenny Honnert Abell Solo Show,” showing intimate mixedmedia works characterized by subtly exotic imagery and fine handwork. ctalcroft.wix. com/artwallatshige/. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary.

Calabi Gallery Through Jan 16, “Woodblock Prints by Michael McMillan,” the diverse artist’s fine woodwork centers an show that also features works by Douglas Ballou, Mary Jarvis, Sherrie Lovler and others. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.781.7070.

Charles M. Schulz Museum Through May 30, “The Peanuts Movie,” exhibit traces Peanuts from Schulz’s pen to the new big-screen feature. Through Apr 24, “Snoopy and the Red Baron,” learn about the real Red Baron and Schulz’s attention to historical detail through rare artifacts, original artworks, and an expansive selection of cartoons showcasing Snoopy’s famous alter-ego. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5.

707.579.4452.

City Hall Council Chambers Through Feb 12, “Clark Swarthout Solo Show,” Santa Rosa artist presents an exhibit of intricate and imaginative pen and ink drawings. Reception, Jan 15 at 5pm.

100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa.

707.543.3010.

Cloverdale Arts Alliance Through Jan 14, “Encore,” guest artists Alain Bloom, Ron Rodgers and Barbara Tocher join featured resident artist Terry Holleman.

204 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale.

Finley Community Center Through Jan 28, “The Dynamic Duo,” Judith A Eisen’s lifetime of watercolors and oils are on display. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Hammerfriar Gallery Through Jan 14, “Paintings by Laura Hoffman & Mike Tinney,” the two Sonoma County artists illustrate dreamlike worlds of the human subconscious. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. Tues-Fri, 10 to 6. Sat, 10 to 5. 707.473.9600.

History Museum of Sonoma County Through Jan 10, “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation,” exhibition moves past pop-culture stereotypes of Indian Americans to explore the diverse contributions of Indian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Through Feb 7, “Journey to Fountaingrove,” exhibit chronicles the life of Japanese national Nagasawa Kanaye, who took over the Fountaingrove estate and made renowned wines in Sonoma County.

425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

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

Quercia Gallery Through Jan 31, “Le Source,” Bobbi Jean Quercia’s installation of colorful ethnic figures moving toward a water fountain signifies a common goal of finding one’s connection to humanity. 25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills. Fri-Mon, 11am to 5pm and by appointment 707.865.0243.

Sculpturesite Gallery Through Jan 12, “Hot Picks!” Art advisor Tom O’Connor curates a selection of his favorite pieces. 14301 Arnold Dr, Ste 8, Glen Ellen. Daily, 10 to 5. 707.933.1300.

Sebastopol Gallery Through Jan 9, “First Looks and Second Chances,” assemblage works from Rebeca Trevino Assemblage paintings from James Reynolds show together. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6.

707.829.7200.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Through Mar 6, “Contemplative Elements,” Sonoma artists Danae Mattes and Frances McCormack split the museum with “Between Nature and Technology” exhibit from New Orleans artists Courtney Egan and David Sullivan. 551 Broadway, Sonoma.

Wed-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA. Steele Lane Community Center Through Jan 14, “Documenting Sonoma County,” photographer Sara Silver explores Sonoma County and the surrounding area in all its glory. 415 Steele Ln, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Thurs, 8 to 7; Fri, 8 to 5. 707.543.3282.

Studio 35 Through Jan 11, “Olive Season Art Show,” the best of local olive-inspired art shows during the ongoing Sonoma Valley Olive Season. 35 Patten St, Sonoma. Thurs-Mon, 11am to 5pm. 707.934.8145.

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di Rosa Through Jan 24, “Robert Kinmont: Trying to Understand Where I Grew Up,” the first Bay Area solo presentation by the Sonomabased artist in more than 45 years shows works from his entire career. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10 to 6. 707.226.5991.

Downtown Napa Through May 31, “Napa ARTwalk,” rotating exhibition of original, high-quality sculpture is showcased in public areas around Downtown Napa and the Oxbow District. First Street and Town Center, Napa.

Mumm Napa Through May 1, “Jim Marshall Seen Through the Eyes of Carlos Santana,” an exhibit of photographs by Marshall, curated

by Santana, show Marshall’s genius as a photographer, a chronicler of history and portraitist of no equal. 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford. Daily, 10am to 4:45pm.

707.967.7740.

Napa Valley Museum Through Jan 10, “Life Is Fantastic and Death Is Too,” spotlight gallery shows local artists June Altamura and Amber Keithley, whose artwork centers around the grotesque wonder of the unknown. Through Mar 27, “Trashed and Treasured,” features work from Recology’s significant collection of alumni artists. 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville. Tues-Sun, 10 to 4. 707.944.0500.

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Petaluma Arts Center Through Jan 24, “Petaluma Arts Center Members’ Exhibition,” Hella Merrill is the featured artist. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma.

Thurs-Mon, 11 to 5. 707.762.5600.

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Comedy Night Queenie T T headlines a night of laughs.

Every other Thurs, 7pm. Bui Bistro, 976 Pearl St, Napa, 707.225.5417.

‘Blue Crane’ is a Chinese brush painting by artist Donna D’Acuti, who is one of three artists being featured through January 23 at The Image Flow in Mill Valley.

Comedy Night at the Redwood Cafe The best standup comics from the Bay Area and beyond come to Cotati. Second Fri of every month, 8:30pm. $10. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Dance Palace Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary.

Joe DeRosa The funny comic and television writer headlines Murphy’s Back Alley Comedy Night. Jan 10, 7:30pm. $15. Murphy’s Irish Pub, 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Open Mic Comedy Wed. Spancky’s Bar, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

Tuesday Night Live Featuring comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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

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

415.460.0101.

Ellington Hall Fridays, Friday Night Swing. 3535 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa. 707.545.6150.

Finnish American Home Association Wednesdays, 5:30pm, African dance and drum workshop, all ages and skill levels are welcome to move and groove with Sandor Diabankouezi, world-class Congolese master drummer. $15. 191 W Verano Ave, Sonoma.

Flamingo Lounge Sundays, 7pm, salsa with lessons. Tuesdays, swing dancing with lessons. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Hermann Sons Hall Mondays, 7pm, through May 2, International Folk Dance Class, dances from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Turkey and more. $7/$65, 415.663.9512. 860 Western Ave, Petaluma.

Lomitas School House First Thursday of every month, 7pm, Argentine Tango Lessons & Dance, with SoCo Tango. $5-$10. 2421 Lomitas Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4336.

Monroe Dance Hall Wednesdays, Singles and Pairs Square Dance Club. Thursdays, Circles ‘n Squares Dance Club. Sundays, Country-Western

dancing and lessons. Mondays, Scottish Country Dancing. Tuesdays, Razzmataz folk dance club. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.529.5450.

Sebastopol Community Center Youth Annex Second Sunday of every month, 11am, Dances of Universal Peace, multicultural sacred circle dancing and joyous group singing to rejuvenate the spirit and open the heart. $5-$20, 707.829.8212. 425 Morris St, Sebastopol.

Songbird Community Healing Center Wednesdays, Biodanza. 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.2398.

Welcome Grange Hall Second Friday of every month, Ecstatic Dance. 3275 Hagen Rd, Napa.

Wischemann Hall Sundays, 10am, Soul Motion, open movement practice. Mondays, 5:30 and 7pm, Redwood Rainbows Mainstream & Basic Class. 707.478.6409. 465 Morris St, Sebastopol.

Events Beginning Aerial Skills Class Six-week series taught by Amanda Grace, Sierra Faulkner and Alyra Rose focuses on increasing flexibility and strength necessary for climbing and inverting in the air. Jan 7, 5pm. $25/$140 full series. Devi Yoga Center, 7151 Wilton Ave, Sebastopol, 707.318.6538.

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Graton Gallery Through Jan 24, “Under the Influence,” group show features Sally Baker with Taylor Gutermute, Susan Ryan and other guest artists. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

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‘Storm Hits Jacket,’ an animated film about two scientists battling chaos and nature, is one of the films featured in Sundance Shorts, opening on January 8 at the Rafael Film Center.

Beginning and Intermediate Ukulele Classes Come and learn to play the ukulele from teacher Fred Riley or continue learning if you are already playing. Space is limited, registration recommended. Wed, 12:30pm. through Feb 10. $35-$40. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.

Better Breather’s Club Learn how to live better with COPD, asthma and other lung diseases with this support group. Jan 6, 2:30pm. Free. Novato Community Hospital, 165 Rowland Way, Novato, 415.209.1300.

John Edward Popular psychic medium and bestselling author returns to Santa Rosa for an intimate event of readings and more. Jan 10, 12pm. $60-$150. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Calistoga Art Walk Follow the signs and view art with strolling tour of shops and galleries. First Wed-Thurs of every month, 5pm. Free. Downtown Calistoga, Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.225.1003.

Laguna Open House Take a self-guided nature walk or a guide-led tour of the historic house and barn. Second Sat of every month. Free. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.

Cascade Canyon School Tour Learn all about the school’s curriculum and arts programs in this open house event. Tues, Jan 12, 9am. Cascade Canyon School, 2626 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.448.5125.

Learn All About WordPress Join Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) at their January meeting and learn all about how to use this powerful web content management program. Todd Walker and Jeffrey Samorano of Entropic Studio in San Rafael will cover lots of topics, including how to choose a theme, the differences between pages and posts, how to use Google Analytics, what plugins to use, how to best market your website and more. Saturday, Jan. 9. Meeting, 9am; morning session lecture, 11am to 12:15pm; afternoon workshop, 1pm-3pm. The Key Room, 1385 North Hamilton Parkway, Novato. baipa. org.

Center Literary Cafe Meeting of poets, writers and artists with rotating speakers and readings. Second Wed of every month, 7pm. Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

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Harlem Globetrotters The world famous basketball ambassadors of good will play two exhibition games in Santa Rosa as part of their 90th anniversary world tour. Wed, Jan 13, 7pm. $31 and up.

Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 866.777.8932.

Community Meditation Practice Sitting and walking meditation with free instruction. Followed by tea and snacks.

Sun, 9:30am. Free. Santa Rosa Shambhala Meditation Center, 709 Davis St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4907.

Family-to-Family Workshop Twelve-week course is designed for families of individuals suffering from major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses. Jan 12, 7pm. Free. NAMI Marin, 555 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, 415.444.0480.

Living Your Wild Creativity Workshop Rediscover play. Recapture your wildness.

Open to your heart’s desire. Transform resistance into excitement. Let your story become your gift to the world in this six-session workshop. Sat, Jan 9, 10am. $1,050; online, $495. Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, 707.953.3373.

Low-Cost Physicals Family physicals for adults and children by appointment. Ongoing. $20-$65. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2880.

Meditation Class Experience meditation in a form that is natural and easy to follow. Second Sat of every month, 10:30am. $15. Healing for People, 7 Mt Lassen Dr, San Rafael, 415.380.8600.

Ping-Pong & Right-Brain Exploration Table tennis takes on a whole new light.

Mon, 7:30pm. $15 per month. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Public Star Party Observatory’s three main telescopes plus many additional telescopes open for viewing. Presentations on astronomical topics given in the classroom. Jan 9, 6pm. $3. Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.6979.

Santa Rosa Gem Faire More than 70 exhibitors from around the world present their fine jewelry, precious gemstones, beads, crystals, minerals and more at manufacturer’s prices. Jan 8-10. $7.

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4200.

Sebastopol Art Walk First Thurs monthly, 6pm-8pm, downtown area galleries and businesses showcase local artists. First Thurs of every month.

Sebastopol Plaza, Weeks Way, Sebastopol, 707.874.9462.

Second Fridays Art Walk Anchored by Art Works Downtown galleries and artist studios, the art walk links venues throughout downtown San Rafael with receptions and entertainment.

Second Fri of every month, 5pm. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.451.8119.

Native Garden Work Days Help improve our native habitats and create gardens. First Thurs of every month, 10am. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

Teen Winter Holiday Workshop The teens can get out of the house over the holidays with three afternoons of comedy, improv and theater shenanigans. Through Jan 6. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

Oceans Aglow A family night hike and campfire is led by environmental science educators. Sat, Jan 9, 5:30pm. $12. NatureBridge, 1033 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, 415.332.5771.

Valentine’s Card Making Join in making heartwarming cards for homebound seniors. Supplies provided, advance sign-up requested. Jan 12, 3pm.

Free. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.

Watercolor Extravaganza A day of workshops and events features artist and educator Barbara Nechis offering tips on getting paintings accepted into national shows and more. Jan 9, 11am.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797.

Wild Cat Adventure Presentation features five live wild cats from around the world and shares information about their habitat and habits. Jan 10, 3pm. $5-$10. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.874.3176.

Women Grow Signature Networking Event Monthly meeting for women in the cannabis industry will feature talks on regulation, legislation and more from expert panelists. Jan 7, 6pm. $20-$30. dhyana Center, 186 N Main St, Sebastopol, 800.796.6863.

Work-in-Progress Wednesday Video makers have the chance to get their work critiqued by an industry pro. Jan 6, 6:30pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

First Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

Garden Volunteer Day Sink your hands into the beautiful, rich soil at the OAEC’s garden and learn from the diversity of plant life. Wed. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

Marin Moonshiners Hike Monthly three-mile hike to experience sunset, moonrise, picnic and spectacular views. Pack your own picnic. Second Tues monthly at 7:30pm. $15. Pelican Inn, 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, RSVP, 415.331.0100.

Mount Burdell’s Geomorphology & Historic Quarries Hike explores how and why Mount Burdell came to look the way it does today, focusing on geology and movement that shaped the mountain and three quarry sites from different time periods. Jan 10, 9am. Mount Burdell Preserve, San Andreas Dr, Novato, marincountyparks.org.

Plant Nursery Work Day Volunteer at the Sonoma Garden Park.

Thurs, 9am. Sonoma Ecology Center, 20 E Spain St, Sonoma, 707.996.0712.

Sugarloaf Trail Work Day Add your helping hand to improve lower Bald Mountain Trail. Every other Thurs, 9am. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.

Trail Crew at Cataract Creek Join the Marin Municipal Water District as we perform rock work, tread maintenance, erosion control, and possibly some vegetation reduction. marinwater.org. Jan 9, 9am. Laurel Dell Fire Rd Gate, Ridgecrest Blvd, Mill Valley, 415.945.1128.

Waterfowl of the Laguna de Santa Rosa & the Pacific Flyway Naturalist Dave Barry presents an afternoon lecture on identifying ducks, geese and waterfowl on Saturday and then leads a sunrise nature walk on Sunday.

Registration required for the walk. Jan 9-10. $10-$30. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.

Wild Work Days Rediscover a reciprocal relationship with nature. First Thurs of every month, 1pm.

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

Film CULT Film Series It’s a double bill of director John Carpenter’s classic horror films, as “The Fog” and “Prince of Darkness” play back to back. Jan 7, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.

For Your Consideration A rare opportunity to view some of the most distinguished international films, many of which are film festival prizewinners and all of which were submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration. Through Jan 7. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

In Football We Trust Insightful and moving documentary explores the remarkable story behind the Polynesian Pipeline to the NFL that’s located in Salt Lake City of all places. Jan 11, 1 and 7pm. Free. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

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.

Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Shorts All six short films in this program won awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and showcase a wide variety of stories and styles. Jan 8-14. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Food&Drink The Art of Natural Cheesemaking Guerilla cheesemaker and author David Asher shares his secrets and leads a daylong hands-on workshop. Jan 9, 10am. $200. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Corte Madera Farmers Market Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846.

Demystifying Wine & Food Interactive discussions on pairings with delectable demonstrations. Sat-noon. $75.

Hall Winery, 401 St Helena Hwy S, St Helena, 707.967.2620.

Farm-to-Table Prix Fixe Dinner Chef Gator begins the new year with a fresh dinner paired with local wines. Jan 12, 7pm. $55. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

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.

Home BREWers Competition RateBeer Best Awards and Festival hosts a night of homebrewers competing and a pop-up dinner to boot. Jan 13, 7pm. $75.

Brew, 555 Healdsburg Ave, Santa Rosa, 707303-7372.

Home Cheesemaking Class Award-winning cheesemaker Sheana Davis leads a monthly class. Jan 13, 1pm. $75.

The General’s Daughter, 400 W Spain St, Sonoma, 707.933.0450.

Indian Valley Farm Stand Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Wed, 10am.

College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554.

Locals Night Special menu items, musical performances and activities. Tues, 5pm. Free. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.

Marin Country Mart Sat, 9am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5715.

Marinwood Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Avenue and Miller Creek Road, San Rafael, 415.999.5635.

Mill Valley Farmers Market Fri, 9:30am. CVS parking lot, 759 E Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846.

Sunday San Rafael Farmers Market Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

Thursday San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

Vintner Vinyl Tastings and tunes come together in the tap bar and restaurant. Mon, 6:30pm.

City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

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

Wine Down Friday Wine and live music to wind down after the week. Second Fri of every month. $10.

Muscardini Cellars Tasting Room, 9380 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.933.9305.

Wine Up Award-winning wines and delicious food make for a perfect combination. Sat. Free.

Stephen & Walker Trust Winery Tasting Room, 243 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Wine Wednesdays Wines by local vineyards, delicious bites and sweet treats. Wed, 4:30pm. $15. Molinari Caffe, 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623.

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

For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.” Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area.

Wed-Thurs at 10am and 11am, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11am, aquarium feeding. Ongoing. Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900.

Belvedere-Tiburon Library Mon at 10:30am and 11am, songs and fingerplays for kids under two. Wed at 11am, toddler storytime; at 4pm, readalong program for ages seven and up. Mon. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665.

Breakfast with Enzo Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10am and 11am. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley, 415.652.2474.

Calistoga Library Storytime with “Library Grandparent,” Mon and Thurs at 2:30pm. Bilingual storytime for ages three and up, second and fourth Wed at 10:30am. Ongoing. Free.

Calistoga Library, 1108 Myrtle St, Calistoga, 707.942.4833.

Carolyn Parr Nature Center Learn about Napa County habitats and birds of prey through tours, dioramas, games, hands-on activities and books.

Ongoing. Free. Carolyn Parr Nature Center Museum, Westwood Hills Park, 3107 Browns Valley Rd, Napa, 707.255.6465.

Children’s Garden Whimsical environments for kids’ exploration. Hours: Mon, noon to 4; TuesSun, 9 to 5. Ongoing. Free. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.933.3010.

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Solar Viewing Solar telescopes are set up to safely look at and listen to our favorite star, the Sun. Jan 9, 11am. Free. Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.6979.

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Chops Teen Club Hang-out spot for Santa Rosa teens ages 12 to 20 offers art studio and class, open gym, tech lounge, cafe, recording studio and film club. Hours for high schoolers: Mon-Thurs, 3pm to 9pm; Fri, 3pm to 11pm; Sat and school holidays, noon to 11pm. For middle school kids: Mon-Fri, 3pm to 7pm; Sat and school holidays, noon to 7pm. Film club meets Tues at 4pm. Ongoing. Membership, $5-$10 per year. Chops Teen Club, 509 Adams St, Santa Rosa, 707.284.2467.

Circus of Smiles Jan 10, 11am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

Corte Madera Library Preschool storytime. Wed, 11am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

Fairfax Library Storytime for ages three and up. Thurs, 3:30pm and Sat, 11am. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092.

Learning Through Art Program for fourth and fifth graders to visually explore art through their own interpretations. Second Sat of every month at noon. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, 707.944.0500.

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

Lectures Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group For family members giving care to an elder with Alzhiemer’s or dementia. First Thurs of every month, 3pm. Rianda House Senior Center, 1475 Main St, St Helena, 707.967.5502.

Art Rising Workshop Local artists Gayle Madison and Lorrie Ragozzino lead. Thurs, 4pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Behind Enemy Lines Historic evening tells the true story of a French spy in Nazi Germany, with Marthe Cohn. Followed by an interview with Gil Gross and Rhoda Bodzin from Talk 910 AM. Jan 10, 7pm. $15. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

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

Biodynamic Series III: Slow Bee Ongoing biodynamic lecture series this time presents Michael Thiele talking about ancient and traditional apiculture.

Jan 10, 10:30am. $15. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Camera Basics Class Get comfortable with the core features of your camera in this class. Jan 13, 11:30am.

Cancer Support Peer Group Share stories, tips and compassion with fellow cancer patients and survivors. First Thurs of every month. Free. Palm Drive Hospital, 501 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

Master Planning Your Garden for YearAround Color Valley of the Moon Garden Club hosts Karen Boness, owner of Wild Willow Landscape Designs, for this meet-and-greet and garden workshop. Jan 7, 6:30pm. $5.

Sonoma Veterans Memorial Hall, 126 First St W, Sonoma, 707.938.4105.

CBT/DBT Group for Depression Skills-based education and training group is designed to help you cope with facing basic everyday problems including distressing emotions like depression and anxiety. Tues, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999.

One Hundredth Anniversary Lecture Series A talk from Bill Lynch, lifelong resident of Sonoma and the retired former editor and publisher of the Sonoma Index-Tribune.

Jan 10, 3pm. $10. Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

CityZen Evening of sitting meditation, tea and dharma talk. All are welcome. Mon, 7pm.

Free. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.5381.

Peace Corps Informative Talk Learn about the Peace Corps and opportunities to make a difference around the world. Jan 12, 12pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 5301 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.499.6058.

Point Reyes Books Jan 7, 7pm, “Cora DuBois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent” with Susan Seymour.

Free. Second Monday of every month, 7pm, Knit Lit group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1542.

Pleasures of the Heart First Monday, women’s salon. Second Monday, coed discussion group. Second Mon of every month, 7pm. Pleasures of the Heart, 1310 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.482.9899.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Second Sunday of every month, 4pm, Westword Salon. $1, 707.829.1549. 282 S High St, Sebastopol.

$85. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Creative Work Fund Grant Application Workshop Informational seminar is for local artists and nonprofits interested in applying for grants. Jan 13, 1:30pm. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.4797.

Gaia’s Garden Second Monday of every month, 6pm, Dine with Local Authors. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.544.2491.

Healdsburg Library Second Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm, Center Literary Cafe, an evening of shared song, prose, poetry and drama with threeminute open mic presentations. Free. 139 Piper St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3772.

Napa Bookmine Wednesdays, 11am, Read Aloud for the Young’uns. Jan 9, 3pm, Napa Valley Writers Club open mic reading. 964 Pearl St, Napa.

707.733.3199.

West End Cafe First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, First Wed at 7, open mic poetry evening. 1131 Fourth St, San Rafael.

eBook Help Get one-on-one help in downloading library eBooks to the Kindle, iPad, and other devices. Call ahead to reserve a session.

Thurs, 10am. Civic Center Library, 5301 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.473.6058.

Project Censored Lecture Series Four-part series features professors from SSU’s Project Censored discussing key issues that didn’t make the news. Tues, Jan 12, 6:30pm. Free. Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Free Legal Consultation Half-hour consultations with elder law attorney Janice Sternfeld. First Thurs of every month, 10am-noon. Jewish Family and Children’s Services, 600 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

Support Group for Women in Transition Group for women offers encouragement during life transitions such as relationship changes, career changes and difficult life events. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999.

Dottie Goes to Hollywood A readers theatre presentation presents a quirky cast of characters set in the roaring 1920s. Jan 9-10. $30. White Barn, 2727 Sulphur Springs Ave, St Helena, 707.251.8715.

Twenty-Something Support Group Explore adulthood with emphasis on life skills such as mindfulness, interpersonal skills and healthy coping skills. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999.

Mahalia Jackson: Just As I Am Playwright and performer Sharon E Scott brings her exuberant and powerful musical work to Cinnabar for the acclaimed show’s west coast premiere. Through Jan 24. $25-$35/$56-$66. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

Writing Workshop Get motivation and writing assistance from rotating hosts. Wed, 7pm. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Serial Murderess: A Love Story in Three Ave Amanda Moody’s one-woman-play is comically twisted in its exploration of three famous lady killers. Through Jan 17. $15$25/$60-$100. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

Inspiration, Evolution & Techniques of Painted Quilts Quilt artist Velda Newman presents a lecture on painting pictures on fabric and then quilting them. Jan 12, 7pm. $5.

Aldersgate Methodist Church, #1 Wellbrock Heights, San Rafael.

Introduction to Life Reflection Stories Learn about creating and sharing your personal stories and transmit the wisdom, lessons, and compassion you’ve gained through experience. Jan 7, 2:30pm. Free.

Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.

Introductory Black & White Darkroom Four-session, hands-on introductory workshop teaches you how to process your own film, print your own images, and how to mat and frame your final print. Jan 13, 7pm. $400. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Let’s Talk Apple Join geek chic extraordinaire Beryn Hammil for a talk on all things relating to Apple computers. Jan 7, 1pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

Life Stories Writing Learn to write and tell tales of personal and family history in a new, easy way. Open to all ages. Tues, 1:30pm. $8-$10. Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.1549.

Master Gardner’s Spring Series Bring your pruning shears and join Fred Revetria as he presents a hands-on demo of grafting fruit trees. Jan 9, 10:30am.

Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707.869.9004.

Readings Book Passage Jan 7, 7pm, “The Bone Labyrinth” with James Rollins. Jan 9, 1pm, “You Are Not What You Think” with David Richo. Jan 9, 4pm, “My Pulse is an Earthquake” with Kristin Fitzpatrick. Jan 9, 7pm, “Window of Exposure” with Roccie Hill. Jan 10, 1pm, “Vietnam: 25 Years Documenting a Changing Country” with Catherine Karnow. Jan 10, 4pm, “The Negative Calorie Diet” with Rocco DiSpirito. Jan 10, 7pm, “A Sober Mom’s Guide to Recovery” with Rosemary O’Connor. Jan 13, 7pm, an evening with She Writes Press. Jan 13, 7pm, “The Sound of Gravel” with Ruth Wariner. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

415.927.0960.

Dr Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas Second Monday of every month, 7pm, “Poetry Farm” with local writers. 800 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.897.9500.

Edna Maguire Elementary Jan 7, 7pm, “The Sweet Spot” with Dr Christine Carter. 80 Lomita Dr, Mill Valley.

Theater

The Spy Who Killed Me Get a Clue Productions returns with an interactive murder-mystery dinner theater experience. Select Friday and Saturday nights. getaclueproductions.com. Fri, Jan 8, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor. ✹

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SINGLE MEN WANTED Single & Dissatisfied? Tired of spending holidays and weekends alone? Join with single women to explore what’s blocking you from creating the relationship you desire. Nine-week Single’s Group starts Thur., Jan 14. Also ongoing, weekly groups: 3 coed Intimacy Groups and Women’s Group. Space limited. Also, Individual and Couples sessions. Central San Rafael. For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT #35255 at 415/453-8117.

OUTSIDE – INSIDE, Where Are We Now? Workshops for Those Raised In Systems that Control and Exploit High Demand Groups, Families, and Cults This psychoeducational interactive workshop on Saturday, February 13th, 10:00AM – 4:30 PM and Saturday, February 27th, 1:00PM-4:30 PM, one or both Saturdays, provides participants opportunities to identify common characteristics of abusive and healthy environments in families and groups, share experiences, learn from each other, find strategies to navigate through loss and trauma, and recognize individual goals.

Colleen Russell, Facilitators Colleen Russell, MA, LMFT, CGP and Gina Catena, MS, LMFT, CGP NP, CNM have a combined total of 35 years working in the field of high demand group education and recovery; both have personal experience in high demand groups.

Fee : $125 for January 16th; $65.00 for January 30th , totaling $190.00. Limited seating. For reservations or questions contact Colleen: 415.385.3513; website: Colleenrussellmft.com.

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Mind&Body HYPNOTHERAPY Thea Donnelly, M.A. Hypnosis, Counseling, All Issues. 25 yrs. experience.

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PublicNotices The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 08, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138688 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: VALE AUTO REPAIR, 7374 B REDWOOD BLVD, NOVATO, CA 94945: 1) CARLOS ERNESTO FLORES QUEZADA , 1454 LINCOLN AVE UNIT D, CA 94901 2) MARVIN EDUARDO ESTEBAN GONZALEZ, 40 CLEO CT, NOVATO, CA 94947.

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by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 01, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015-138656 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SINCERELY YOURS CLOTHING AND DESIGN, 273 DRAKE AVE, MARIN CITY, CA 94965: 1) LENA WILSON HAYNES, 273 DRAKE AVE, MARIN CITY, CA 94965 2) WYAMONE WALKER, 273 DRAKE AVE, MARIN CITY, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 24, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138750 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN HEALING CENTER, 14 COMMERCIAL BLVD. STE 101, NOVATO, CA 94949: COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS, 14 COMMERCIAL BLVD, STE 101, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138693 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FOSTER EARNHARDT AND PARTNERS, 502 BROWNING COURT, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ANDREW E EARNHARDT, 502 BROWNING COURT, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.

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

of Marin County on Dec 2, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138727 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: INTERNATIONAL ORANGE, 2421 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, SUITE 43, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: INTERNATIONAL ORANGE SPA INC, 2044 FILLMORE ST, FL2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 7, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138770 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HAWAIIAN NEVADA CONSULTING COMPANY, 165 ELDRIDGE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: WILLIAM SHINE, 165 ELDRIDGE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 15, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138759 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) DANDY DIGS 2) DANDY DIGS PRODUCTS 3) DANDY 4) STATE YOUR PLATE 5) PLATE YOUR STATE, 107 IRIS LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) KATHRYN VICTORIA REISINGER, 107 IRIS LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) CARTER JAMIESON O’NEIL, 107 IRIS LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

The business is being conducted

by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 11, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138745 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: Z-ULTIMATE SELF DEFENSE STUDIOS S.R., 4460 REDWOOD HWY #1-4 , SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: JORDAN GABRIEL PENMAN, 21 ALMA CT, PETALUMA, CA 94952. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138747 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: METASTATICLIFERS.COM, 1 MAIN ST, UNIT 74, SAN QUENTIN, CA 94964: JENNIFER LINDA DUTTON, 1 MAIN ST, UNIT 74, SAN QUENTIN,CA 94964. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138789 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GOLD LION, 201 MARIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: STURDIVANT VENTURES LLC, 201 MARIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 17, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138818 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OMEGA SERVICES, 30 BURNING TREE DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949: 1) JACK PADRICK , 30 BURNING TREE DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949 2) BONNIE PADRICK, 30 BURNING TREE DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 22, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13, 20 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138809 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CHEAP PETE’S FRAME FACTORY OUTLET, 221 3RD STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: NATIONAL PICTURE FRAMING CENTERS, INC, 1555 PACIFIC AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 22, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13, 20 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138749 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MP GREEN CLEANING SERVICES. 2500 DEER VALLEY RD # 512, SAN

RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) EDWIN O. GERALDO, 2500 DEER VALLEY RD # 512, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) MARTHA L. PULIDO, 2500 DEER VALLEY RD # 512, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 10, 2015 (Publication Dates: Dec 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13, 20 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138828 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BRETANO HOUSE ONE TWO THREE, 675 ROSAL WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARIN HOUSING FOR THE COGNITIVELY CHALLENGED, INC., 675 ROSAL WAY, 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 Dec 28, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jan 6, Jan 13, 20, 27 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138760 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1)SYMBOL 2) SYMBOL SNACKS 3) TWO DIVINE ,245 GREENE ST, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RUBIN TWINS LLC, 245 GREENE ST, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 11, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jan 6, Jan 13, 20, 27 of 2016) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No:304659 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on DEC 11, 2015 Under File No:138393.

Fictitious Business name(s) SWEET GEMINI, 245 GREENE ST, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Dec 11, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jan 6, Jan 13, 20, 27 of 2016)

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

follows: KIM SUZZETTE HOLT to STARFLOWER SUZZETTE HOLT. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 02/08/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: DEC 9, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Dec 16, 23, 30 of 2015, Jan 6 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1504581. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SUSANNAH COFFEY GRIFFIN PERRY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SUSANNAH COFFEY GRIFFIN PERRY to SUSANNAH COFFEY GRIFFIN PERRI. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 02/02/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT A, ROOM A, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: DEC 22, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Dec 30 of 2015, Jan 6, Jan 13, 20 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1504645.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Petitioner TINA LEI LARSEN & NOAH JOSEPH CASON- ZESIGER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1) TINA LEI LARSEN to TINA LEI KINGSLEY 2) NOAH JOSEPH CASON- ZESIGER to NOAH JOSEPH KINGSLEY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 02/19/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: DEC 30, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Jan 6, Jan 13, 20, 27 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1504634. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner VAN PHAM KURTENBACH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: VAN PHAM KURTENBACH to VAUGHN VAN KURTENBACH. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 02/11/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: DEC 29, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Jan 6, Jan 13, 20, 27 of 2016)

Q:

By Amy Alkon

Goddess

You responded to a woman who was very proud of herself for leaving the room to compose herself when she got really angry with her boyfriend. It is very unhealthy to stuff your anger. Why would you give this terrible advice— encouraging her to keep holding back—instead of telling her to vent her anger?—A Healthier Way

A:

Nothing like screaming obscenities into somebody’s face to get them to respond, “Gosh, I forgot how much I love you. And I really want to make all of those changes in myself.”

Also, unlike a box of Cap’n Crunch, anger does not rapidly get used up. In fact, Charles Darwin observed that raging on will make you even … rage-ier. But thanks to Freud, people still believe that “venting” anger is a healthy way to reduce it. Not because he had actual evidence for that but because he said so and accessorized so credibly, with the cigar, the iconic eyewear and the groovy Viennese fainting couch.

One of the first modern researchers to debunk this myth (back in 1966) was Michael Kahn, then a Harvard grad student who’d actually hoped to demonstrate the benefits of venting anger. Posing as an aggressively rude medical technician, he made seriously insulting remarks while taking subjects’ blood pressure, making them really angry. As part of the study, some subjects were allowed to vent their anger to a researcher posing as Kahn’s supervisor. To Kahn’s surprise, those who did got angrier, and their already-elevated blood pressure took off toward strokesville.

Some people will say, “I don’t care what the dumb research says; I feel better after I blow my lid.” Well, these people still experience all the ill effects of anger on their physical health. The relief they feel is emotional, coming out of how anger arises from the feeling that we’ve been treated unfairly. Raging back makes them feel that they’ve done something to right the balance. However, it also tends to provoke a defensive reaction in the person they’re raging at, so it’s a counterproductive tactic—assuming that they weren’t aspiring to kick off 20 years of trench warfare in the condo commons.

The answer isn’t stuffing your anger; it’s expressing what’s behind it—in a civil discussion instead of a civil war. Controlling the body’s role in anger is an essential part of this. The problem is that surging adrenaline and other elements of the body’s anger response can’t just be thrown into reverse. So, when you feel anger brewing, it’s wise to take a step back—or to do as this woman did and step into another room.

Keeping your cool allows you to present your case—your feeling hurt by somebody’s behavior—in a way that evokes sympathy rather than defensiveness.

This is important because sympathy tends to motivate us to do things to make hurting people feel better. This, in turn, bodes better for the future of a relationship—sexy as it can be when a man interrupts a woman’s rage-athon to whisper, “Baby, I don’t mean to turn you on, but that pulsating vein in your forehead looks like an arteriovenous fistula about to blow.”

Q:

My girlfriend wants me to compliment her more—to notice how she looks and say something. I know I’m not Mr. Effusive. But honestly, if I didn’t find her hot, I wouldn’t even be with her!—Still Here!

A:

It may not come naturally to you to effuse, but civilization is all about doing what doesn’t come naturally. Note that chimps in the wild are rarely observed wearing shoes, ties and cuff links.

Many men complain that women’s idea of communicating what they want is hinting, pouting or slamming drawers while insisting nothing’s wrong. You, however, have a woman who comes right out and tells you, “Here’s what you could do to make me happy,” and it doesn’t even involve risking jail time or going on a double date with her mother. Her simple request: When she’s, say, vacuuming in her new underwear and your jaw drops, run with that. Make it go up and down, and make words come out.

Basically, the terrorism prevention line applies: “If you see something, say something.” Put a daily reminder on your phone if you have to. For added incentive, consider the fringe benefits. Research by social psychologist Sara Algoe finds that the stock-taking that goes into expressing appreciation for a romantic partner actually makes the person doing it feel more satisfied with the relationship. Not surprisingly, being appreciated seems to do the same for the recipient. And yes, you have to do the appreciating using the spoken word. Nonverbal creative alternatives are only (borderline) acceptable if you are a working mime or birthday party clown, and even then, there’s always something lost in translation with balloon animals.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com

For the week of January 6

ARIES (March 21-April 19): John Steinbeck

won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. His novel Of Mice and Men helped win him the award, but it required extra persistence. When he’d almost finished the manuscript, he went out on a date with his wife.

While they were gone, his puppy Toby ripped his precious pages into confetti. As mad as he was, he didn’t punish the dog, but got busy on a rewrite. Later he considered the possibility that Toby had served as a helpful literary critic. The new edition of Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck’s breakout book. I’m guessing that in recent months you have received comparable assistance, Aries—although you may not realize it was assistance until later this year.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Remember

back to what your life was like during the first nine months of 2004. I suspect that you fell just short of fulfilling a dream. It’s possible that you were too young to have the power you needed. Or maybe you were working on a project that turned out to be pretty good but not great. Maybe you were pushing to create a new life for yourself but weren’t wise enough to make a complete breakthrough. Almost 12 years later, you have returned to a similar phase in your long-term cycle. You are better equipped to do what you couldn’t quite do before: Create the masterpiece, finish the job, rise to the next level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To become a

skillful singer, you must learn to regulate your breath.

You’ve got to take in more oxygen than usual for extended periods, and do it in ways that facilitate rather than interfere with the sounds coming out of your mouth. When you’re beginning, it feels weird to exert so much control over an instinctual impulse, which previously you’ve done unconsciously.

Later, you have to get beyond your self-conscious discipline so you can reach a point where the proper breathing happens easily and gracefully. Although you may not be working to become a singer in 2016, Gemini, I think you will have comparable challenges: 1. To make conscious an activity that has been unconscious; 2. To refine and cultivate that activity; 3. To allow your consciously-crafted approach to become unselfconscious again.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ancient humans

didn’t “invent” fire, but rather learned about it from nature and then figured out how to produce it as needed. Ropes had a similar origin. Our ancestors employed long vines made of tough fiber as primitive ropes, and eventually got the idea to braid and knot the vines together for greater strength. This technology was used to hunt, climb, pull, fasten and carry. It was essential to the development of civilization. I predict that 2016 will bring you opportunities that have metaphorical resemblances to the early rope. Your task will be to develop and embellish on what nature provides.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): British author Anthony

Trollope (1815-1882) had a day job with the postal service until he was in his fifties. For years he awoke every morning at 5:30 and churned out 2,500 words before heading to work. His goal was to write two or three novels a year, a pace he came close to achieving.

“A small daily task, if it really be daily,” he wrote in his autobiography, “will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.” I recommend that you borrow from his strategy in 2016, Leo. Be regular and disciplined and diligent as you practice the art of gradual, incremental success.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Umbrellas shelter

us from the rain, saving us from the discomfort of getting soaked and the embarrassment of bad hair.

They also protect us from the blinding light and sweltering heat of the sun. I’m very much in favor of these practical perks. But when umbrellas appear in your nightly dreams, they may have a less positive meaning. They can indicate an inclination to shield yourself from natural forces, or to avoid direct contact with primal sensuality. I hope you won’t do much of that in 2016. In my opinion, you need a lot of face-toface encounters with life in its raw state. Symbolically speaking, this should be a non-umbrella year.

By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Around the world, an average of 26 languages go extinct every year.

But it increasingly appears that Welsh will not be one of them. It has enjoyed a revival in the past few decades. In Wales, it’s taught in many schools, appears on road signs and is used in some mobile phones and computers. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Libra? A tradition that can be revitalized and should be preserved? A part of your heritage that may be useful to your future?

A neglected aspect of your birthright that deserves to be reclaimed? Make it happen in 2016.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Fourteenth-

century author Geoffrey Chaucer produced a collection of stories known as The Canterbury Tales.

It became a seminal text of English literature even though he never finished it. The most influential book ever written by theologian Thomas Aquinas was a work he gave up on before it was completed.

The artist Michelangelo never found the time to put the final touches on numerous sculptures and paintings. Why am I bringing this theme to your attention? Because 2016 will be an excellent time to wrap up long-term projects you've been working on—and also to be at peace with abandoning those you can’t.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A bottle of Chateau Cheval Blanc wine from 1947 sold for $304,000. Three bottles of Chateau LafiteRothschild from 1869 went for $233,000 apiece.

The mystique about aged wine provokes crazy behavior like that. But here’s a more mundane fact: Most wine deteriorates with age, and should be sold within a few years of being bottled. I’m thinking about these things as I meditate on your long-term future, Sagittarius. My guess is that your current labor of love will reach full maturity in the next 18 to 20 months. This will be a time to bring all of your concentration and ingenuity to bear on making it as good as it can be. By September of 2017, you will have ripened it as much as it can be ripened.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In her poem “Tree,” California poet Jane Hirshfield speaks of a young redwood tree that’s positioned next to a house. Watch out! It grows fast—as much as three feet per year. “Already the first branch-tips brush at the window,” Hirshfield writes. “Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.” I suspect that this will be an apt metaphor for you in 2016. The expansion and proliferation you have witnessed these past few months are likely to intensify. That’s mostly good, but may also require adjustments. How will you respond as immensity taps at your life?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Centuries ago, lettuce was a bitter, prickly weed that no one ate. But ancient Egyptians guessed its potential, and used selective breeding to gradually convert it into a tasty food. I see 2016 as a time when you could have a comparable success. Look around at your life, and identify weed-like things that could, through your transformative magic, be turned into valuable assets. The process may take longer than a year, but you can set in motion an unstoppable momentum that will ensure success.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Imagine that a

beloved elder has been writing down your life story in the form of a fairy tale. Your adventures aren’t rendered literally, as your waking mind might describe them, but rather through dream-like scenes that have symbolic resonance. With this as our template, I’ll predict a key plot development of 2016: You will grow increasingly curious about a “forbidden” door—a door you have always believed should not be opened. Your inquisitiveness will reach such an intensity that you will consider locating the key for that door. If it’s not available, you may even think about breaking down the door.Y

Homework: Write a one-page essay entitled “2016 is the Year I Figure Out What I Really Want.”

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