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Letters Human behavior I am quite amused and entranced by this article [‘Old fashioned love,’ Feb. 3]. My wife and I just passed 50 years of marriage. We were both shy, introverted people. A younger brother of mine, much more extroverted and kind of wacky (I was wacky, but in a shy way), someone who had half a dozen intimate relationships before I had one, decided to make prank phone calls to people with eccentric last names. (This was the San Fernando Valley.) He connected to my wife, kind of a Hollywood chick (her father and aunt were two of the Little Rascals (though not ones you would know, just extras who darted through the backgrounds for a few seconds). After some pursuit on my part, we started dating and after we got too close to making a baby to be safe, she proposed to me with the romantic words, “Where are we going with this?” To which I eloquently replied, “I guess we should get married, shouldn’t we?” Conception of lesbian daughter on night before honeymoon. My wife was born in the wrong place—she is allergic to sun—so when I went to the University of Washington, she looked at the gray Puget Sound skies and exclaimed, “My goodness, the skies ARE cloudy all day up here,” and that sealed the deal.

old daughter, who did not want to leave her school and home [‘Foul called,’ Feb. 3]. It was expensive and traumatic, but I was chemically sensitive and the one spray made me sick enough. I came back to be with family when I got cancer. It would be nice to be compensated for this. We all went through hell and had our lives and health altered, some permanently. You don’t spray poison on people for no reason. People said they would’ve shot the planes down if they tried it again. A welcome end to a messed-up chapter. —Donna Kuhn, via pacificsun.com

Two-Top Lovers: II The ‘myth of trafficking’ surrounding the Super Bowl was in full force before Sunday’s big game.

Human behavior, including reasons for mating successfully, is completely absurd. If any species deserves to be described as insane as a species, it is homo sapiens. —Stephen Kahn, via pacificsun.com

St. Valentine’s Day Re-Massacred poem Great! Day of Valentine: Next worst of Servers’ Year; It’s Day Brood, Mothers dine, Most Service Monkeys fear, Less hopeful love-starved pair; Same table, last year booked,

This year they have no prayer; Their love’s lost, over, cooked, Recall cheap, clueless man? He’s back! New date to woo; Demands you help, old plan; Forgets he still owes you; Expecting her to flee, Suspect he’ll try to skip; Demand, collect both the Old due, preemptive tip. Same languid lovers laugh, Sloshed too much alcohol, Again jerk service staff, This year he's first to fall; Then Better Half doth swoon, Knocks over every plate; Galoot grabs greasy spoon, Eats food off fallen date ... Another pungent smell Now permeates the room; When their leftovers fell, Mess mixed new, strange perfume, Meal done, both crawl away, Like Service Monkey crew With work done; Time to play! Sloshed, crawl off two-by-two. —Elliott Kolker

Way to help Glad to see the Pac Sun posted this article [‘Sex fumble,’ Feb. 3]. The myth of trafficking increasing around large events such as the Super Bowl only serves to endanger the kids who are on their own— studies show that 90 percent of the kids in the sex industry are on their own. They need social services help, housing and good jobs. But law enforcement and trafficking coalitions and the nonprofit “rescue industry” continue to foment fear. It’s the wrong way to help. —Jonathan Frieman, via pacificsun.com

No reason For our Feb. 3 ‘Love & Sex’ issue, we dug up some of our 1976 archives from the Personals section.

I moved out of the state and went to New Mexico for five years because of this program, separating myself from my 15-year-

Valentine’s, pens a poet this week, is a day that most service monkeys fear.

Trivia Café

3 Complete the five-word title of Hollywood’s latest

blockbuster film: Star Wars: The F____ A_____. 4a. Feta cheese comes from the milk of what animals? b. Residents of what nation consume the most feta cheese, per capita?

5 According to the International Civil Aviation Organi-

zation spelling alphabet, A=Alfa, B=Bravo, C=Charlie, etc. Name the following: a. D b. G c. I

6 In the 19th and 20th centuries, John Gregg, James

Munson and Isaac Pitman all helped develop what new system of written communication? 7 You could travel from Oregon to Tennessee by passing through just four connecting states. What are they? (If you need help you can use a map with this one.)

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9 The first meeting in half a century between the U.S. and Cuba took place in

April of 2015, when President Obama met with what Cuban President? 10 Identify these words spelled with ‘RST,’ in that order: a. What a balloon might do b. A kind of spicy sausage c. Many of these might alleviate the drought BONUS QUESTION: Some historians trace the origin of Valentine’s Day to an ancient Roman festival celebrated on February 13-15 of every year, during which the Romans asked the gods for fertility for themselves, their fields and their flocks. What was the name of this festival?

With thousands of Marinites joining forces with the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN) to save the critically endangered coho salmon in Lagunitas Creek, it’s time for our county supervisors to pass a common-sense, science-based streamside conservation ordinance. The wild coho salmon in Lagunitas Creek are at the southernmost end of their run, and scientists believe that we must preserve this genetic stock for the welfare of the entire species. Wow! The world is relying on Marin to do the right thing. For more info, go to seaturtles.org and click on the salmon link. Then, be a hero and call your supervisor at 415/473-7331 to demand an ordinance requiring a 35-foot vegetative buffer around the West Marin creek to save the wild coho salmon.

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Howard invites you to upcoming “Out of This World” Trivia Contests, Answers as part of Marin County’s One Book One Marin program, featuring on page questions, music and visuals. Thursday, February 18, 6:30pm, at the »21 Novato Library; Saturday, March 5, 2pm, at the Marin Civic Center Library; and Thursday, March 24, 7pm, at the Corte Madera Library. Suitable for 6th grade students to adults. The book is ‘The Martian,’ by Andy Weir, who will be part of the weeks-long event. See onebookonemarin.org for details, or contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com. A bank chain in our neighborhoods needs to make a change, specifically about their policy not to make change. Out of quarters for the parking meter? That Chase bank on the corner won’t take your dollar bill, unless you have an account there. We heard about a Mill Valley resident who withdrew money from the outside ATM at the branch on East Blithedale, paid the out-of-network charge and then went into the bank to request two $10 bills for the $20 bill that their machine just spit out. They refused, claiming he wasn’t a customer. (Aren’t you a customer if you just paid them a fee?) We asked a teller there and she said they don’t make exceptions, which earns them Zero interest from us.—Nikki Silverstein

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Dream team Fairfax foursome opens town’s first tattoo shop By Stephanie Powell

t’s day six after opening and a gangly boy tiptoes through the door of The Forge Tattoo, Fairfax’s firstever tattoo shop, with his passport in hand. “Hi, I’m 18—I swear,” he offers up, as if he’s about to be interrogated.

Sitting across the unfurnished shop and with one eyebrow raised, Josh Burks, The Forge’s tattooing apprentice, asks the barely legal adult if he’s interested in getting some work done. “Yeah—my friend in Nashville, he got his knuckles done,” the boy explains. “They look really cool. I want to get mine, too.” Sanitizing his tattooing station in the rear, shop co-founder Adam Roach interjects, “Do you have any other tattoos?” “Uh, I’ve looked into it,” the boy begins to say before trailing off.

“If you don’t have full sleeves, we won’t tattoo your hands,” Roach says. “If you have full sleeves, you understand the social implications of what it’s like to live with tattoos.” The boy manages to stutter out a few more questions before coming to terms with the fact that he just received a resounding, “No, we won’t tattoo your knuckles.” “Well, that’s officially our first one,” Burks says with a laugh, “the first business we turned away.” “His mom is so happy right now, and she doesn’t even know why,” Roach chimes in.

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On January 2, Fairfax residents (from left to right) Adam Roach, Marcelo Díaz Sepúlveda, Nate Gonzalez and Josh Burks opened The Forge Tattoo on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.

Open for Business It’s because of four Fairfax residents—Adam Roach (41), Nate Gonzalez (41), Marcelo Díaz Sepúlveda (37) and Josh Burks (26)—that the little enclave at the base of Mt. Tam, known for its rich, eclectic history, finally received the final piece to its artistic, yet distinctive puzzle: A tattoo shop. The shop remained a daydream until August of 2013, when Gonzalez called Roach to float the idea of opening a shop in the Fairfax area. The two launched a respectful partnership—as artists and colleagues. They began to look for locations, preferably in the town of Fairfax— although they did try San Anselmo and received a speedy, “No.” It took about a year to find the ideal spot—located on the main drag of Sir Francis Drake, in a building

that formerly housed Purple Haze Smoke Shop and Fat Kat Surf Shop. Despite its close location to San Francisco, a city that has more than 50 tattoo shops, Marin’s tattoo scene has managed to remain rather modest. With the addition of The Forge, there are now three tattoo destinations in the county. The two other shops, Spider Murphy’s and Lucky Drive, are both in San Rafael. “I feel really close to this community,” says Roach, who has been tattooing for 24 years and living in Fairfax since 2009, about why Fairfax felt like the right place to open up shop. “It’s a very special place—it’s got its own identity and I felt that the shop would fit right in.” The building lends itself to one of The Forge’s goals: To remain completely transparent. Enter the building, sandwiched between Quality Liquors and Barefoot Café, and two pillars—each adorned with

Neal, who was instrumental in the approval process and has been with the Town of Fairfax for 29 years. “The more [artists] in town, the better the artistic fabric and diversity of Fairfax. They had great energy and were willing to complete their application as directed without arguing about whether the requirements were onerous or unfair.” After receiving the OK from the town of Fairfax, the gaggle of guys still had another hurdle to face: Funds. “When Nate had $16 in his account and I had $7,” Roach says with a laugh, “that was the day we realized we might need to go to Kickstarter for some help.” The group launched the campaign in November of 2015, and set a goal of $10,000. The process of raising money came fully loaded with anxiety—Kickstarter mandates that if the project does not meet the full goal, it won’t receive any funds. The campaign stayed stagnant for a few weeks, hovering around $3,500. With eight hours left on the night before the campaign was set to expire, they finally exceeded their goal—ending at $10,500. “It was the biggest sense of relief,” Gonzalez says of finding that they had exceeded their Kickstarter goal. “We were so thankful—full of gratitude, and grateful for the town support.”

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an electric guitar made by a Fairfax resident—support the foundation for a wide-open space. No cubicles or pony rails to be seen; just four tattooing stations surrounded by a collection of artwork—from old film noir movie posters to black and white photos of family members to paintings by local artists—that fills the walls from ground to ceiling. Near one of the front windows, a chess set made up of pieces from 12-gauge shotgun shells is displayed on a wooden table with assorted magazines and artist books. “That was absolutely intentional,” Roach says of the openness of the space. “The energy that we wanted in here was us being able to talk to one another, bounce ideas off one another, and to let our clients enjoy themselves. It all goes into the tattoo; the whole experience goes right into it.” Discussions with the landlord, the city of Fairfax, the Health Department, a petition and a Kickstarter campaign brought the daydream to fruition. The only problem, after finding the storefront in August of 2015, was that there was another tattoo artist from the East Bay interested in opening a shop in the same space. “We went around town and grabbed over 400 signatures from town residents in a two-day time period,” says Burks, who also bartends at Peri’s Bar across the street from the shop, “to show that we had town support and that we are locals.” The petition was a winning factor for their landlord, Majid Mahani— eager to help locals who were already so deeply intertwined and involved in the Fairfax community. “We got a great amount of support from our landlord, who is an amazing guy; we really got extremely lucky with him, and also the city,” Roach adds. “They thought it was a good thing for this town to keep it sort of Fairfax-y, kind of funky.” The group started to throw around ideas for a name. They settled on The Forge, a play on how tattoo artists refer to their machines as their “iron.” The shop has an anvil logo emphasizing this. After securing the location to rent, they attended city council meetings to apply for a permit to operate, and they were met with little resistance. “Fairfax embraces artists from all walks of life and these guys are artists,” says Fairfax Planning Division Principal Planner Linda

The Artistic Four

Adam Roach tattoos a design on a man’s arm at The Forge, Fairfax’s first tattoo shop.

Opening a tattoo shop had been a dream for Roach since his sister showed him a little skeleton on her ribs. “[She] came home with a tattoo when I was 15, and that was it,” he says. Calling Central California home, he found his first job at Gold Coast Tattoo in Monterey when he was 18. “I learned from Steve Hendricks—this guy is an old salty dog,” he says with a laugh, of his mentor. “He has the kind of classic, old-school teaching method—tried and true.” Fort Ord, an old military base on the Monterey Bay, proved to be an ideal spot to begin the trade. “We would lock ’em in at midnight and tattoo them through the night,” Roach says. “We would do common military designs, but we would have lines out the door—it was a perfect environment to grow up tattooing.” Roach’s tattooing took him all over the world—first to Madrid, Spain, where he spent three-anda-half years tattooing, to San Francisco, then through Southeast

Asia, Singapore, and eventually back to Spain—in Barcelona— this time, for a seven-year stint. “I decided to come back to the States because I missed it, and it felt exciting,” he says. “The States actually felt foreign.” Traveling through half of the world’s continents allowed Roach to “bring in influences from all types of tattooing,” he says. “I like to be able to bounce in between different styles and genres of tattooing.” He calls traveling a “great enabler” and “mind-opening.” It was his nine-month pit stop in San Francisco that led Roach to fellow traveler and future cofounder, Nate Gonzalez, in 1998, while working at tattoo shops in the Lower Haight and Richmond districts. They played in a band together, and fantasized about one day opening up a tattoo shop. Gonzalez, a self-described “free spirit,” went from a one-year stay

in San Francisco to living in the jungles of Ecuador—where he also tattooed, to becoming a recent Fairfax resident. “I moved here to build this shop,” says Gonzalez, who has now been tattooing for 20 years. “Believe it or not, the jungle grew old. There wasn’t enough to keep me there at this age—I’m not ready to slow down that much,” he adds with a laugh. From age 16 to 31, Gonzalez moved at least once every year; he’s looking forward to settling down, especially in a town like Fairfax. “Everybody is so nice,” he says. “I love the area completely—I love how close we are to the woods, how healthy it is, and I can’t believe how friendly everyone is here. It blows my mind.” Gonzalez has done his fair share of traveling, too—from bouncing around the U.S. (he held tattooing apprenticeships throughout California and in Hawaii)— »8

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think our generation was the last to adhere to the old-school approach and ethics, and after us, shows [like Miami Ink] hit and at the turn of the century [tattooing] just blew up.” Forge tattoo artist Marcelo Díaz Sepúlveda learned the old-school trade nearly 2,000 miles to the south, in Jalisco, Mexico. “I want the client to feel comfortable—to feel welcomed,” he says, which is part of his personal ethos. “That’s why we have an open floor [in the shop]. We want them to be able to see it from the beginning—their drawing, the setup and the breakdown. We want to be transparent.” Transparency, you could say, is what led Chilean-born Díaz Sepúlveda to tattooing in the first place. A journalist trained at Universidad del Desarrollo, a university in Chile, Díaz Sepúlveda was writing a story about an upand-coming tattoo shop in Jalisco, Mexico. Long conversations with members of the shop sparked an interest in tattooing, he says. “Just like you right now,” he says smiling, pointing at me. “I got along with the guy super well, and I already had tattoos. We started hanging out and they saw my drawings and, long story short, he taught me. I started tattooing in Mexico—that was more than 18 years ago now.” It’s been 14 years since he’s lived in the Fairfax area, where he met Roach, down at the Gestalt House. “We had a mutual friend from Spain,” Díaz Sepúlveda says. “We got along really well and we both speak Spanish.” Another cornerstone that sets the shop apart, he says, is their bilingualism. “Half of my clients are Latino, and we need to treat them well because they really love tattoos,” he says, jokingly. “You know some people go to other shops and they get put aside because they can’t explain their ideas, but we strive to be on the same level with everybody. That’s the cool thing about being bilingual.” Shared interests, travels and culture sparked a friendship and Roach and Díaz Sepúlveda went on to tattoo together at the Blue Lotus, a former tattoo shop in San Rafael, before the owner decided to move the business to Petaluma and focus on piercings only. They had rooms next door to one another and were “always yelling back and forth trying to communicate while tattooing,” Díaz Sepúlveda says.

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Marcelo Díaz Sepúlveda tattoos a client at The Forge Tattoo.

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It was also Roach’s first tattooing job in Marin, which he acquired rather painlessly after the owner spotted the mural of an octopus he painted that adorns the inside wall of Sushi to Dai For in San Rafael. As fate would have it, the Blue Lotus laid some serious groundwork for The Forge’s future—it’s also where Roach met Burks. “I fell in love with Adam’s style of tattooing—it has a solid traditional style of line work, incorporating New Age realism,” says Burks, who moved to West Marin from the Stockton area in 2007 to be near his sister and to pursue tattooing. “I immediately tried to get into his ear and, in the nicest way possible, received a f**k off,” he adds with a laugh. So he started to save money and sit in Roach’s chair. The two developed a rapport, and Burks eventually earned himself a job as the Blue Lotus’ piercing apprentice. It shows—he sports 18 piercings. After the Blue Lotus relocation, Roach concentrated on music— he’s the singer and guitarist in the gypsy-rock group Beso Negro, which has performed the past four years at Outside Lands and is currently working on a second studio album. But the three never lost touch. “I stayed with Adam [and waited for the shop] because he’s one of the last bastions of how tattooing used to be,” Burks says. “[His style] is a solid mixture of old school and new school.”

A Matter of Ethics The old-school ethics that the tattoo artists stand by include respecting the territory of other

shops. In the industry, “opening up on another shop,” i.e., opening a shop in the same town as an existing tattoo shop, is widely frowned upon. “I can tell you it’s nearly impossible to do something that we did,” Roach says, “which is to open a shop in a town that has never had a tattoo shop. Also, opening up basically nowhere near another tattoo shop to affect their business. You get a good tip of the hat from other tattooers for doing it clean like that. The fact that we got to open up completely on our own is pretty amazing. It doesn’t happen anymore.” Precious information about the craft that was once considered highly coveted is much easier for the current generation of tattoo artists to access—thanks widely to the Internet. “You don’t give out information on how it’s done so easily,” Gonzalez says. “I think that’s something that got lost [between generations of tattoo artists]. It’s a shame because it was a struggle for me to get information, and to this day I’m totally grateful that it was hard to get. It kind of weeds out the weak. These days people just go on the Internet and buy equipment and watch how-to videos.” With the once-niche tattoo bubble expanding ever since the launch of shows like Miami Ink in 2005, and spinoff shows like LA Ink and NY Ink, it feels as if sporting a tattoo has become less of a stigma and more of an accessory. “I kind of miss that,” Roach says of the stigmatization of tattoos. “I got into it because it was underground and counterculture. I’m happy »10

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Dream team «9 that it’s become more mainstream because it is a business and we will thrive from that, but it is pretty saturated these days and I do sort of miss that it was considered a little bit rebellious to have a tattoo—it still is—but in the old days it was a bit different.” Keeping in line with an oldschool set of ethos, the tattoo artists were determined to open up a shop in Fairfax. “I wanted to be in downtown Fairfax,” Roach says. “I didn’t want to be anywhere else. I saw it happening here. We went for it, we didn’t take no for an answer, and we got it.” But it wasn’t that simple. “It was in shambles,” Díaz Sepúlveda says of the building. “We did everything from the ground up—every little thing! It took a lot of sweat, a lot of effort, a lot of frustration every day. Some days we were two steps forward and three steps back.” In August 2015, the team found a “hole” with no walls and “ancient tile,” Roach recalls. “We had to gut everything out and start everything from scratch: New plumbing, new electricity, we grinded the floor ourselves, grinded the concrete, sealed the concrete and polished it,” he says. “Everything from top to bottom has been done by us. By hand. For months. Day and night,” adding that the team couldn’t have done it without the help of an assortment of Fairfax friends. “There were other spaces available but it didn’t feel right,” he says, adding that the group looked at nearly 15 different locations. “The ceilings were too low, or they were too small. We wanted a huge environment because we didn’t want any walls between us and the customers. We wanted everyone to see us hands-on.”

‘Miami Ink’ Moments Twenty-three-year-old Kelsy Hatfield, of Novato, walks into the shop with four of her friends. She asks for a tattoo of four triangles, the first shaded, the rest simple line work. Not the most challenging piece Díaz Sepúlveda has been faced with, but later, as we sit in the back on a fold-out futon across from a dartboard, he tells me that he strives to treat all clients as equals. “It’s important to represent

yourself in a really good manner— you have to understand that the tattoo is really important [to the client],” he says, “and you have to really care about it.” Hatfield was considered a “walk-in,” which means that she didn’t make an appointment prior to being tattooed. The shop welcomes both walk-ins and set appointments, but typically, as a custom shop, the client will come to the shop first and communicate the idea to the artist, Gonzalez says, and “ideally we set a time to look at a drawing that [the tattoo artist] spent time on.” Once the sketch is approved by the client, the tattoo can take anywhere from 15 minutes to multiple four-hour sessions to complete, depending on the complexity of the design. Since opening on January 2, business has been steady—even busy for both walk-ins and client appointments. Depending on the season, the workload is typically divided up into 70 percent custommade pieces for clients, and 30 percent walk-ins. “Walk-ins increase during the summer,” Díaz Sepúlveda says. Asking about the meaning behind the piece, for both walk-ins and clients, is something that he says he doesn’t typically do. “I try not to do it because normally if they really want to tell you, they will,” he says, adding that for most custom-designed pieces, he winds up learning the backstory through the collaborative design process. But his goal is to remain respectful. Not all tattoos have meanings, he adds— some people just like the artwork. When I ask Gonzalez about his policy on inquiring about the meaning of the artwork, he smiles and laughs. “I kind of call those Miami Ink moments, where people want to tell these emotional stories and they start crying,” he says. “I used to be totally compassionate about it and now, ever since those TV shows came out, it’s more and more frequent. It’s a running joke that I’m an underpaid therapist and overpaid artist,” he adds with a laugh. Sarcasm aside, it’s clear that transitioning back and forth between roles doesn’t phase this group of guys. The passion, camaraderie and commitment to the art takes precedence, and is evident by how fervently they each speak of the trade and each other. “I love those guys,” Roach says.

“Their artwork is incredible—but more than the amazing art, as people, it just works. All of us together work very well. It’s great to be around worldly people and the way that they carry themselves you can tell that they’ve been around the world a little bit; they have a lot of respect.”

Forging Ahead February 2 was the one-month anniversary of the shop’s opening, and business continues to boom. Roach says that they have finally arrived. The destination is exactly where the four had hoped to land, and they are eager to grow with the community of Fairfax. Hopes and goals for the future range from possibly supporting a little league team to offering drawing or painting classes, muses Díaz Sepúlveda, who adds that he has two little ones of his own. “We hope to create a good environment for the community, and to be accepted,” he says. As a first-time business owner, Roach does acknowledge that he and Gonzalez will have to balance the analytical and artistic sides of their brains, and with longtime businesses like the Sleeping Lady shuttering its doors in town, growing business and gaining clientele will remain a primary goal for the first year. “Businesses are going to come and go,” Roach says. “It’s a little too early for us to say what will ultimately happen with us, but I believe we have a good product, the artwork speaks for itself and it’s honest work. We’re going to do the best we can. “I think [the shop] is creating something,” he continues. “It’s keeping this town a little strange, a little uncertain, off-kilter, a little less mainstream. A little edgy— something a little edgy is perfect for this town. It’s always been a funky town with strange people doing strange things. Artwork, music, all these things—it’s got an amazing history of some badass motherf*****s—some serious rebels have been cruising in and out of this town for many, many years, and the shop just fits right into this place.”Y The Forge Tattoo, 1906 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax; 415/419-5362; theforgetattoo.com; 11am-8pm; Facebook: The Forge Tattoo; Se habla Español.

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Good hair day Barber Phil Mills offers oldfashioned cuts and shaves “Long hair don’t care,” Phil Mills says with a laugh, describing his look of choice. He has self-described “Marsha Brady hair,” which is perfect for a full-time barber and parttime rocker. The Arizona-born barber, who has been practicing for 17 years, is featured at The Forge—he’s available for cuts, trims and shaves daily. While he specializes in cuts for men (“high-fade pompadours, badass flat tops, specialized mohawks,” etc.), he adds that he will trim women’s hair, just no styled cuts or blow-dries. “It was September when I signed the petition to help these guys get this place and I was talking with [The Forge tattooing apprentice] Josh and we decided that it would be a good fit,” Mills says. “Tattoo shops and barber shops went hand-in-hand back in the day.” You can’t miss him in the shop—He has a crushed-velvet orange 1891 vintage barber chair that he uses for his cuts and shaves. “That’s part of the experience,” he says with a smile. “I offer the old-fashioned barber experience,” Mills says. “I specialize in shaving first and foremost—that’s kind of a lost art. A lot of barbers around here don’t do it or won’t do it—that’s what sets me apart.”Y Hours: 11am-8pm, flexible by appointment; $42/haircut; $32/ shave.

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Climate menu Eating for a cooler planet By Ari LeVaux

bout one-third of the earth’s greenhouse gas pollution can be linked to food, its production, processing, packaging, transport, storage and preparation. As climate change becomes a mainstream concern, and people keep obsessing about food, it seems inevitable that a new flavor of diner would emerge, the name of which made the New York Times list of top new food words: “Climatarian.” A climatarian is one whose diet choices are designed to help reverse climate change. This includes eating locally produced food (to reduce energy spent in transportation), choosing pork and poultry instead of beef and lamb (to limit gas emissions) and using every part of ingredients (apple cores, cheese rinds, etc.) to limit food waste. Climatarians look at their food choices with a sense of duty similar to what many put toward recycling or riding a bike to work. While a lowcarbon meal isn’t any more of a silver bullet against global warming than a recycled can, the power of many people beating a similar drum can have a big impact. To be a smart climate player at the dining table, you need to know how and where something was produced. According to the food carbon emissions calculator CleanMetrics, a pound of “ration-fed beef ”—that is, factory-farmed beef—is responsible for eight kilograms (kg) of carbon in the atmosphere, largely in the form of methane. This is an astounding amount when multiplied by the billions of pounds of beef consumed

around the world. And in the case of beef, it doesn’t much matter where it was produced. The transport-related emissions for that pound of beef, if it were shipped 1,000 miles, would only be 0.07 kg of carbon. Grass-fed beef emits a bit less, according to the calculator, releasing 7.58 kilos of carbon for every pound eaten (with the same transport emissions). This is less atmospheric carbon than factory-farmed beef creates but is still an astronomical, unsustainable amount. A pound of lentils, by comparison, releases 0.24 kg, while a pound of chicken releases 1.5 kg of carbon dioxide. Properly grazed ungulates like cattle can actually help the earth sequester carbon dioxide, as their manure encourages plant growth which removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Still, it’s safe to assume the worst when buying beef of unknown provenance. Unfortunately for cheese and butter lovers, the condensed secretions of bovine mammary glands that they so cherish are responsible for a lot of carbon pollution. While some have the fortune to obsess over their artisan, carbonfriendly lifestyles, the fact remains that most food is purchased at a supermarket or restaurant. So until climatarians can scan labels with their smartphones and keep track of personal carbon use, they will have to do it the old-fashioned way: With their brains, by digging for clues and stringing them together. But let’s face it: Since climatarianism is a bit of a nerdy pursuit, they should be OK with that.Y

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‘The Danish Girl,’ directed by Tom Hooper, explores the life of Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo transgender surgery.

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True selves Director Tom Hooper reveals inspiration for ‘The Danish Girl’ By David Templeton

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hat I want audiences to take away from The Danish Girl is the fact that this, above all else, was a great love story.” The remarkably soft-spoken Tom Hooper, British director of numerous award-winning movies including Les Miserables and The King’s Speech, is addressing a roomful of reporters and photographers on the opening night of the Mill Valley Film Festival, where last October, his acclaimed film The Danish Girl screened to dazzled crowds. Shortly before the screening, one of the first questions that Hooper receives is, to paraphrase it for brevity’s sake, why—of all possible subjects—did he choose to make a movie about Lili Elbe (born Einar Wegener), who, in 1930, was among the very first people to undergo transgender surgery? The film, loosely based on Wegener’s life, is nominated for numerous Oscar awards, including Best Actor for Eddie Redmayne, who plays Wegener before and

after her transformation, and Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander, who plays Wegener’s artist wife Gerda Wegener. “One of the reasons I wanted to do this,” Hooper says, so softly that reporters lean forward to hear him better, “was because the script captured the love story between these two people so well. It examines that very broad theme of what happens, in a marriage, when one of the partners changes. How do you manage that change? In a way, in this story, Lili’s change is partly made possible by the incredible, unconditional love that Gerda has for Lili. To me, it’s a celebration of how people can find their true selves when they are truly loved and truly seen for who they are.” The film, while warmly received by critics, has been called out for the changes it makes to Wegener’s story, which did not have quite the same happy ending as in the film. Others have called into question Hooper’s decision to cast Redmayne—a “cisgengered” actor, defined as someone who identifies with their

biological sex—when there might have been a historical opportunity to cast a real transgendered actress. Asked if he believes that there will come a time when trans actors will be playing trans roles more often, Hooper nods enthusiastically. “Yes I do,” he says. “I believe transgendered actors should have access to both cisgendered roles and transgendered roles, and I also feel that goes both ways. The industry, both here in America and in the U.K., still has a long way to go to provide those opportunities, but I do think we are moving in that direction.” Hooper admits that, while the casting of Redmayne had something to do with the star’s enormous popularity with audiences—and his having won an Oscar last year for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything—there was another reason that he was eager to cast the appealingly chameleonlike actor. “There’s just something in Eddie that he’s been working with for a long time, something that suggested he could do this,” Hooper says. “He’s played a number of ‘girl roles’ over the years. There was a famous production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in 2002, directed by Mark Rylance, in which he played Viola, a woman who disguises herself as a man and then falls in love with her employer. So here was Eddie, a cisgendered man playing a cisgendered woman who pretends to be a cisgendered man, and he was brilliant. So we knew he could do it.” Hooper adds that, since Lili initially appears as a man, and transitions rather late in the film, there were strategic reasons to cast a man in the role. “For the majority of the movie, two thirds of it, Lili is pretransition,” Hooper points out. “And using Eddie allowed us to do that first part of the film without a lot of complication and difficulty. In terms of Eddie’s transformation as an actor, during the making of the film, I think the most exciting thing was watching Eddie coming to grips with the idea that this wasn’t about imitating a woman, or learning to speak or behave and look like a woman, but to learn how to find and reveal his own latent femininity. For Eddie, it was ultimately more about revelation than transformation, which was a thought that became a kind of guiding principle for him throughout the making of the film. “I think what’s interesting, as a

theme in the film,” he goes on, “is the extent to which ideas of gender are often constructed for us, and even used against us, as a sort of act of power. For centuries, the female gender has been defined by men, men who wanted women to fit a very defined and specific role. In the 20th century, thank God, we began to see this incredible revolution, where that definition was finally beginning to be challenged.” Hooper’s voice grows gradually louder—if never exactly loud—as he becomes more engaged in his answers. Asked what he hopes will be the legacy of Lili’s story—and The Danish Girl itself—he smiles and holds out his arms, as if to embrace whatever it is that is coming. “I think this story will open up a lot of important conversations about how gender is experienced, and how it’s constructed,” he says. “That’s a fundamental piece of being human, wanting to be seen as our true selves, as the person we know ourselves to be. “Even now, sitting here, I’m doing it,” he says with a laugh. “I’m trying very hard to be seen, by all of you, as myself, and I’m not sure how well I’m accomplishing that, to tell the truth. We all feel, sometimes, that there’s a version of ourselves that is true, that’s who we are, and then there’s a version that’s who people see us to be—and that might not be quite so true. And then there’s this other person, who is the person we become when we engage in this ‘performance’ that is trying to be seen for who we are. “A lot of us have blocks—shyness, insecurity, depression, addiction— that get in the way of showing our true selves,” Hooper concludes, rising to leave for the screening of the film. “I hope all of my films have the effect of making people think about the blocks we put in front of other people, and especially those we put in front of ourselves.”Y

‘The Danish Girl’ has been nominated for Oscars that include Best Actor (Eddie Redmayne) and Best Supporting Actress (Alicia Vikander).

THEATER

Fragile contents Adaptations of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Little Erik’ fall short By Charles Brousse

pdated adaptations of plays by long-dead famous authors are risky. Here are a couple of current examples that illustrate the pitfalls.

A Cajun Midsummer Night’s Dream (Novato Theater Company)

(Aurora Theatre Company) Mark Jackson, known in Bay Area theater circles for imaginative directing and adaptations, focuses on Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf for the world premiere of his updated version. First produced in 1895, this late career work of the celebrated playwright caused something of a stir because of its graphic depiction of female sexuality and the introduction of a deus ex machina in the form of a mysterious character called the Rat Woman, who had the power to lure those cute furry mammals (and unspecified others) to their deaths. Not everyone back then was impressed. William Heinemann, the London Times theater critic, reflected the consensus when he wrote that he couldn’t make out what Ibsen was trying to say because it was hidden in “a dreary desert of childish and pointless dialogue.” Given such a cool reception and the play’s brief

NOW PLAYING: A Cajun Midsummer Night’s Dream runs through February 21 at the Novato Theater Company, 5420 Nave Dr., Novato; 415/8834498; novatotheatercompany.org. Little Erik runs through February 28 at the Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison, St., Berkeley; 510/843-4822; auroratheatre.org.

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Shakespeare’s tale of a pair of young couples who escape arranged marriages by running off to a nearby forest inhabited by mischievous fairies on a warm midsummer night has delighted audiences for centuries. It combines romance, sly observations about human nature, and fantasy in an irresistible package. Yet, delightful as they are, these contents are fragile. Except for the tradesmen’s scenes, the humor is subtle—more whimsy than broad

comedy. Actors should be cast who are comfortable with Shakespearean speech and who have a reasonable resemblance to the characters they inhabit. The visual staging should capture the magic of nature under the soft light of a full moon. And, above all, it must have a light directorial touch. Unfortunately, NTC’s new version doesn’t meet any of these requirements. With the script cut to a mere skeleton to accommodate time devoted to music, dance and general horsing around, there aren’t many clues about what is happening, let alone its subtleties. To make matters worse, with the exception of Laine Flores (Helena), Arden Kilzer (Hermia), Mark Ian Schwartz (Lysander) and a few others, many of the performers have problems with diction, and/or getting the rhythms (and their characters) right. This applies, for example, to scenes that feature Shakespeare’s clownish country folk—the so-called “rude mechanicals”—in which the

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running time (more like a long one-act than a full-length), it should not surprise anyone that Little Eyolf remains among the least produced works in its Norwegian author’s extensive canon. In a program note and in recent media interviews, Jackson reveals that he was drawn to the project because Ibsen raises important issues, especially shifting gender roles, that still resonate today. Instead of a getaway on a Norwegian fjord in the 1890s, his setting is a contemporary Northern California coastal vacation house inhabited by Joie, a rich female CEO from the tech world (Marilee Talkington), her failed novelist husband Freddie (Joe Estlack), their crippled son Erik ( Jack Wittmayer) and Freddie’s half-sister Andi (Mariah Castle). Bernie (Greg Ayers), the house’s architect who is romantically drawn to Andi, comes for a visit and—oh, yes—there are three brief but telling appearances by the ominous Rat Wife (Wilma Bonet). Although adjusted for the 21st century, Jackson’s adaptation more or less tracks Ibsen’s original scenario and dialogue. The problem is that while the main issues remain unresolved, much of the melodramatic hyperbole now seem laughable. And that ending scene? Oh, my!Y

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Novato Theater Company’s ‘A Cajun Midsummer Night’s Dream’ takes place in a viney Louisiana bayou.

inclusion of females undermines the enjoyment of watching a bunch of bumbling, uncultured guys trying to rehearse a wedding performance of Pyramus and Thisbe. Director Clay David, whose adaptation this is, apparently thought a viney Louisiana bayou setting, some pseudo-Cajun accents, a couple of unrelated country western songs, a few dance steps, some raucous physicality, a dash of Zydeco, a pinch of voodoo and a closing shout of “Laissez les bon temps rouler!” would provide a refreshing change from the original. It might work for some. Not for me.Y

Aurora Theatre Company’s ‘Little Erik’ is set in a contemporary Northern California coastal vacation house.

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“The vocabulary was good, the camaraderie was good,” says Scher of that initial performance. “We decided to pop into the studio and we got about two albums worth of stuff in three days. It was like an old car or something—it started right up.” Scher sees that ease with which the band was created as the essence of skiffle. Without contrivance, the accomplished musicians each let forth a flow of roots-inspired music that ranges from moody to whimsical. “The guys I’m playing with have a lot of knowledge and really go back with songs and stories from the past,” Scher says. “I’ve learned a lot from them over time.” Many songs on Skifflin’ prominently feature a repetitive hook, with McCombs singing sonorously over a weeping lap pedal steel guitar solo; others nearly verge on honky tonk, with barroom pianos and blazing harmonicas. Collected together, Skifflin’ is a satisfying road trip through the Americana landscape. “Skiffle is an open invitation, without limitations,” Scher says. “We cover as much ground as we can because that’s what makes it so fun, sort of like you’re jumping from one box car to the next.”Y The Skiffle Players show their stuff on Monday, Feb. 15, at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley; 8pm; $22-$25; 415/485-9555.

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Sailors, fighting in the dance hall … ” When it ends, one wonders if it’s more than just a chance for soundtrack artist Carter Burwell and cinematographer Roger Deakins to revive the strangeness and charm of the Hollywood studio style. They’re experts at it, as seen in Johansson’s number, a pretty revival of the Busby Berkeley synchronized-swimming aquacade, staged to the barcarole from The Tales of Hoffman. Two relative newcomers brighten this film. One is Ehrenreich, who has the kind of hair that gossip columnists used to describe as “rebellions curls;” he has warmth and earthiness, and his character turns out to be the real thing in this factory full of fakes. Hail Caesar! also could have used more of Veronica Osorio’s sweetness as a Carmen Miranda type who is assigned Hobey as an escort. It’s easy to be charmed by the gang of actors. It’s less compelling to wonder whether Mannix should continue to serve God or Mammon. At the end, you’re unsure how much this distant echo of Sullivan’s Travels is based on anything real. Even at their level of age and success, do the Coens fret much about selling out?Y

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•New Movies This Week • Bartleby (PG-13) By Matthew Stafford

Friday February 12 - Thursday February 18 Bartleby (1:23) Updated adaptation of the darkly comic Herman Melville story stars Crispin Glover as a weirdly recalcitrant office drone; Joe Piscopo, Dick Martin and Josh Kornbluth co-star. 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. Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew (2:05) The Bolshoi brings Shakespeare’s rollicking comedy of raucous courtship to dazzling terpsichorean life. Brooklyn (1:23) Moving story about Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. The Choice (1:51) Romantic tearjerker about the courtship, marriage and sacrifice of two seemingly incompatible people. Daddy’s Home (1:30) Doofus comedy about the battle of wills between affable Will Ferrell and his wife’s hipster ex (Mark Wahlberg). Deadpool (1:45) Adults-only Marvel Comics comedy adventure about a sardonic mercenary with super powers and a taste for vengeance; Ryan Reynolds stars. The 5th Wave (1:52) As aliens carpet-bomb planet Earth, a plucky teenager and her little bro seek a safe haven. The Finest Hours (1:58) True tale of a desperate mission to save 30 sailors trapped in a sinking storm-tossed tanker. 45 Years (1:35) Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling star in a powerful examination of a 45-year marriage on the edge of dissolution. Hail, Caesar! (1:45) Coen brothers comedy about a busy day in the life of Eddie Mannix, shady 1950s Hollywood studio fixer extraordinaire; Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson and George Cooney star. How to Be Single (1:50) A group of single New Yorkers navigate the pleasures and perils of blissful noncommitment; Leslie Mann, Dakota Johnson and Damon Wayans star. Ingrid Bergman—In Her Own Words (1:54) Bio-documentary of the Swedish superstar is highlighted with home movie footage she herself shot throughout her life. Kung Fu Panda 3 (1:35) Po the panda meets his long-lost father and takes on an evil villain to boot; Jack Black, Jackie Chan and Dustin Hoffman vocalize. The Lady in the Van (1:44) True tale of the quirky relationship between playwright Alan Bennett and an eccentric who lived in his driveway for 15 years; Maggie Smith stars.

National Theatre London: Hamlet (4:00) Catch Benedict Cumberbatch as the Bard’s conflicted, vengeful prince of Denmark, direct from London in big-screen high definition. Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts (1:31) Catch five cartoons from around the world up for this year’s Academy Awards. Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts (2:43) Program of five minimalist documentaries on a wide range of subjects with one thing in common: A shot at Academy bling. Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts (1:47) The Academy’s picks for the year’s top five live-action short subjects screen at the Rafael this week. Pretty in Pink (2:10) Bittersweet John Hughes romance stars Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy as two teens whose love is tested by peer pressure and social bigotry. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (1:47) Unlikely mashup of Jane Austen and zombie comedy stars Lily James as a karate-chopping Elizabeth Bennet. 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. 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. TED 2016: Dream (1:30) Direct from Vancouver it’s the annual feel good get-together of artists, writers, inventors, Nobel laureates and other deep thinkers. Where to Invade Next (2:00) Michael Moore’s latest documentary is a broadly comic look at what makes Europe great (in a wobbly sort of way) and what the U.S. can “take” from it. Zoolander 2 (1:40) Supermodel rivals-turnedpartners Derek and Hansel are back and hipster-groovier than ever; Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson co-star with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Ferrell and Justin Bieber.

The Big Short (R) Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew (Not Rated) Brooklyn (PG-13) The Choice (PG-13) Daddy’s Home (PG-13) Deadpool (R) The 5th Wave (PG-13) The Finest Hours (PG-13) 45 Years (R) Hail, Caesar! (PG-13)

• How to Be Single (R) • Ingrid Bergman—

In Her Own Words (Not Rated) Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG)

Rafael: Thu 7 (director Jonathan Parker and composer/theremin virtuoso Seth Asarnow in person) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:20, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:20, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20 Lark: Sun 1 Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue, Thu 10:35, 1:55, 7:45; Sun, Wed 10:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 5:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:55, 8:10, 10:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 12, 12:50, 1:40, 2:30, 3:20, 4:10, 5, 5:50, 6:40, 7:30, 8:20, 9:10, 10, 10:50 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7:15, 9:55; Sat 1, 4, 7:15, 9:55; Sun 1, 4, 7:15; Mon-Thu 4, 7:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:25, 5:10, 8, 10:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:45, 9; Sat-Mon 12, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9; Tue-Wed 6:45, 9; Thu 6:45 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7; MonThu 3:45, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:10, 3:50, 7, 10; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:10, 3:50, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Sequoia: Fri 4:40, 7:25, 10; Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10; Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:25; Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25; Thu 4:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 7:15, 10; Sat-Mon 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 1, 2:20, 3:40, 4:55, 6:20, 7:45, 9, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Sat-Mon 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Tue-Thu 6:15, 8:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 9:55, 3D showtime at 7:30; Sat-Mon 11:40, 4:45, 9:55, 3D showtimes at 2:15, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 1:55, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Playhouse: Fri, Mon-Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:30, 5:45, 8 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:10; Sun-Thu 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:40

The Lady in the Van (PG-13) National Theatre London: Hamlet (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 2 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Wed 6:30 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts (Not Rated) Rafael: Sat-Mon 12:15 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Mon 4, 8:30; Tue-Wed 8:30; Thu 9 • Pretty in Pink (PG-13) Regency: Sun, Wed 2, 7 Pride and Prejudice and Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:45 Zombies (PG-13) Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 1:35, 4:25, 7, 9:35 The Revenant (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 3:25, 6:50, 10:15 Ride Along 2 (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Room (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 4:40, 10:20; Sun-Mon, Wed 11; Tue, Thu 11, 4:40 Spotlight (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15; Sun-Thu 1:10, 4:05, 7:10 Star Wars: Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 6:30, 9:40; Sat-Mon 12, 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 The Force Awakens (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:45, 4, 7:10, 10:20 • TED 2016: Dream (Not Rated) Regency: Mon 5 • Where to Invade Next (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:25, 1:20, 4:25, 7:30 Sequoia: Fri 4:05, 7, 9:50; Sat 1:20, 4:05, 7, 9:50; Sun 1:20, 4:05, 7; Mon-Thu 4:05, 7 Zoolander 2 (Not Rated) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 7:45, 10:15; Sat-Mon 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3, 4:15, 5:30, 6:45, 8, 9:15, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10

‘Ingrid Bergman—In Her Own Words’ opens at the Rafael Friday. Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are ready for action in ‘Where to Invade Next,’ opening Friday at the Regency.

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

Concerts MARIN

Love Songs The College of Marin Performing Arts & Drama department presents a fundraising revue directed by Paul Smith and emceed by James Dunn. Feb 13-14. $20. College of Marin Kentfield Campus, 835 College Ave, Kentfield, 415.485.9555. The Skiffle Players Eclectic roots ensemble features songwriter Cass McCombs and musicians Farmer Dave Scher, Neal Casal, Dan Horne and Aaron Sperske. Feb 15, 8pm. $22-$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Stanley Jordan A solo performance from the guitar virtuoso, who uses a unique two handtapping technique in crafting his jazz fusion. Feb 13, 8pm. $32. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

SONOMA Cameron Carpenter & the International Touring Organ Going against classical organ music stereotypes, the young and edgy performer plays futuristic and wild compositions with his custom-built instrument. Feb 12, 7:30pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. Matisyahu California Roots presents a Valentine’s evening concert with the smooth reggae star. Feb 14, 8:30pm. $30-$35. Mystic

Fenix Wed, Pro blues jam. Feb 11, Miles Ahead. Feb 13, Zebop. Feb 14, 6:30pm, “For the Love of You” with Next Phase. Feb 16, Olivia Davis. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

NAPA Valentine’s Night with Carlos Reyes The world-renowned violinist and harpist plays two romantic sets of music. Feb 14, 6 and 8:30pm. $25. Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo Feb 13, 8pm, “Love & Sax” with David Henderson and Premiere Saxophone Quartet. 72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo, 415.456.3713.

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George’s Nightclub Feb 13, DJ Maroquien. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

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HopMonk Novato Feb 10, open mic with B Sharp. Feb 13, Sara Laine. Feb 14, Cabaret D’Amour with Moana Diamond. Feb 17, open mic with Jimmy Kraft. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Ali Akbar College of Music Feb 13, North Indian classical music with Manik Khan and others. 215 West End Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6372. Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Wed, Walt the Dog. Feb 11, Aram Danesh & Austin deLone. Feb 12, Donna Eagle Band with the Rhythm Addicts. Feb 13, Heath De Fount-Haberlin’s Band. Feb 14, Valentine’s Bash. Feb 16, Eddie Neon Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316. Community Congregational Church Feb 12, My Foolish Heart with Carl Oser and Scott DeTurk. 145 Rock Hill Dr, Tiburon.

No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Feb 10, Tracy Ruggles. Feb 11, Gail Muldrow Blues Band. Feb 12, Michael Aragon Quartet. Feb 13, No Name Allstars. Feb 14, Doug Nichols and friends. Feb 15, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Feb 17, Jimi James Band. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Dance Palace Feb 13, “Sweethearts of the Radio” KWMR traditional concert. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Fairfax Community Church Feb 14, 6:30pm, Valentines benefit dance with the Rhythm Addicts. 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.454.6085.

Osteria Divino Feb 10, Jonathan Poretz. Feb 11, Jeff Denson’s Open Sky. Feb 12, Hippopotamus Trio. Feb 13, Ken Cook Trio. Feb 14, Passion Habanera. Feb 16, Parker Grant. Feb 17, Noam Lemish Trio. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Feb 10, DownLow Duo. Feb 11, Wanda Stafford. Feb 16, Swing Fever. Feb 17, Todos Santos. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

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Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Feb 10, the New Sneakers. Feb 11, Mark’s Jamm Sammich. Feb 12, Afroholix. Feb 13, El Radio Fantastique. Feb 14, Matt Bolton. Feb 16, Fresh Baked Blues & Waldo’s Special. Feb 17, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Presidio Yacht Club Feb 13, Festival Speed with Myrtle Lane and Minus Mary. Fort Baker, Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319.

CALENDAR Rancho Nicasio Feb 12-13, Petty Theft. Feb 14, Valentine’s Day with Le Jazz Hot. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219. Rickey’s Feb 12, Chime Travelers. Feb 13, Lilan Kane & James Harman. Feb 14, Lady D. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato, 415.883.9477. Sausalito Seahorse Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Feb 11, Judy Hall Quartet. Feb 12, Marinfidels. Feb 13, Valentine’s celebration with Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band. Feb 14, 5pm, Valentine’s salsa with Julio Bravo y Salsabor. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Sun, open mic. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Feb 12, MKC. Feb 13, the Coffis Brothers. Feb 14, Amber Cross. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Spitfire Lounge Second Thursday of every month, DJ Romestallion. Second Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Sweetwater Music Hall Mon, Open Mic. Feb 10, Peter Bradley Adams and Molly Parden. Feb 11, Jorma Kaukonen. Feb 12, Bob Weir and friends. Sold-out. Feb 13, Matisyahu. Feb 14, Jon Cleary. Feb 16, Griffin House and Sean McConnell. Feb 17, Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Terrapin Crossroads Feb 10, Brian Rashap and friends. Feb 10, Lettuce. Sold-out. Feb 11, Danny Click & Hanger. Feb 11, Phil Lesh and friends celebrate 1983. Sold-out. Feb 12, Dead Winter Carpenters with Cold & In the Bay. Feb 12, Top 40 Friday with Stu Allen, Scott Law & the Terrapin All-Stars. Feb 13, Anti Valentine’s: Songs of Broken Hearts with the Terrapin All-Stars. Feb 14-15, Phil Lesh and friends. Sold-out. Feb 15, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. Feb 16, “Stuesdays” with Stu Allen and friends. Feb 17, the Terrapin Family Band with Elliott Peck. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. 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. Unity in Marin Feb 17, Sound Healing with Rene Jenkins. 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

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Aqus Cafe Feb 10, open jazz jam. Feb 11, Sonoma Strings. Feb 12, Tito & the Harmonic Three. Feb 13, the Bee Rays with Amy Hogan. Feb 14, 2pm, Gary Vogensen’s Sunday Ramble. Feb 17, West Coast Songwriters Competition. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

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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. French Garden Feb 12, the Ruminators. Feb 13, Valentine’s Eve with Susan Comstock Swingtet. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030. Green Music Center Feb 14, 3pm, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Susan Graham. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Feb 13, 3pm, Musicians from the Valley of the Moon Music Festival. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Feb 11, Eufórquestra. Feb 12, Pepperland. Feb 14, Whole Lotta Love burlesque night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300. HopMonk Sonoma Feb 12, David Thom. Feb 13, Hand Me Down. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100. Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night. Feb 12, the Sam Chase & the Untraditional and Marty O’Reilly. Feb 13, Flanelhed and Fantasia. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478. Lagunitas Tap Room Feb 10, the Rosetown Ramblers. Feb 11, One Grass, Two Grass. Feb 12, Growwler. Feb 13, the Heaters. Feb 14, Edge of Town. Feb 17, the Gentlemen Soldiers. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

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Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Feb 14, 3pm, Symphony Pops: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Art OPENING MARIN 1108 Gallery Feb 12-29, “Peer to Peer Tobacco Education Art Exhibit ,” presented by Bay Area Community Resources and Community Action Marin. Reception, Feb 12 at 5pm. 1108 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael. Thurs-Fri, 5pm to 8pm 415.454.1249. Art Works Downtown Feb 12-Mar 5, “It’s a Beautiful Day for a Watercolor,” special exhibit and art sale features watercolors by Ronald and Suzanne Bean. Reception, Feb 12 at 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

SONOMA DeLoach Vineyards Feb 11-14, “Art of Oak,” featuring 40 used wine barrels turned into works of art by 40 local artists in celebration of Wine Road’s 40th anniversary. Reception, Feb 11 at 4pm. 1791 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.526.9111. Sebastopol Center for the Arts Feb 12-Mar 20, “Abstract,” juried show with over 60 works joins sculpture exhibit “Biodiversity: A Closer Look,” and mixed media show from Christie Marks titled “Spellbound: Morocco from Photos to Easel.” Reception, Feb 12 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797. The Back House Gallery at Heebe Jeebe Feb 13-Mar 5, “Glittersweet,” a show dedicated to the late David Bowie features works with glitter. Reception, Feb 13 at 7pm. 46 Kentucky St, Petaluma. Mon-Sat: 10 to 6; Sun 10:30 to 5. 707.773.3222.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Alemany Library Gallery Through Apr 9, “Summer’s Lease,” artist Lynn Sondag’s expressive watercolors show in conjunction with another exhibit, “Twilight,” featuring Pamela WilsonRyckman’s found photos turned into artistic explorations. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3251. Art Works Downtown Through Feb 26, “Climate Change,” several artists open the dialogue on this timely issue with their art. Reception, Feb 12 at 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119. Bay Model Visitor Center Through Mar 5, “Traces,” San Francisco photographer Elena Sheehan shows her abstract images of rocks and water, shot in Greece and in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871. Community Media Center of Marin Through Mar 31, “Wear & Tear: Living Woman,” artist Sheri Park’s exhibit features poetry, biology, fact, fantasy, dance and drama. Reception, Feb 19 at 6:30pm. 819 A St, San Rafael. 415.721.0636. Fairfax Library Through Feb 28, “For the Love of Art,” group show of oil and acrylic paintings by local artists. 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.453.8092. Gallery Route One Through Feb 14, “Aqua,” group show interprets the word aqua in a variety of ways as selected by Susan Snyder, of the Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. Marin Community Foundation Through May 20, “Tony King: 50 Years of Paintings,” retrospective exhibit includes paintings, drawings, watercolors and prints King made in New York City and following his move to Sonoma County in 1992. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. Marin Society of Artists Through Mar 6, “1515,” celebrating their new location, the society shows works from its talented artist members in a wide range of media. Reception, Feb 14 at 2pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4 pm 415.464.9561.

Mystic Theatre Feb 10, Antsy McClain & the Troub Trio. Feb 12, the English Beat. Feb 13, Wonderbread 5. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Feb 14, 3pm, ‘Music Inspired by Love’ Valentine’s Day classical concert. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398. Rossi’s 1906 Feb 11, Paint Night at Rossi’s. Feb 12, Kingsborough acoustic. Feb 13, Lee Presson & the Nails pre-Valentine’s show. Feb 14, the Poyntlyss Sistars Valentine’s Day Party. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044. Sally Tomatoes Feb 13, 5pm, Valentine’s Gala with the Honey Dippers. 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

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Novato City Offices Through Apr 26, “MarinMOCA Artists on Exhibit,” paintings by Tania Walters and Jane Liston display. 922 Machin Ave, Novato. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Feb 18, “Art of Love,” romance is in the air with a group showing of Valentine’sinspired work. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Through Feb 29, “The Floyd Family Traveling Picture Show,” featuring two generations of work from San Geronimo photographers Harlan and Hank Floyd. Reception, Feb 14 at 4pm. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888. Seager Gray Gallery Through Feb 28, “Material Matters,” third annual exploration of the interactions of artists with their materials features several local artists in various media. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Throckmorton Theatre Through Feb 28, “Ellen Litwiller Solo Show,” the artists’ paintings of moons of our Solar System are on display through the month. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

SONOMA Erickson Fine Art Gallery Through Feb 23, “Carlos Perez: Recent Work,” features the Healdsburg artist’s paintings in oil and mixed media exploring portraits and abstraction. 324 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. Thurs-Tues, 11 to 6. 707.431.7073. Fogbelt Brewing Through Feb 29, “SuperMonks,” images by artist Clay Vajgrt that show the calm and peaceful side of Superheroes. 1305 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa. Wed; 3pm to 9pm, Thurs-Sat; noon to 10pm, Sun; noon to 8pm 707.978.3400. Sonoma Community Center Through Feb 26, “Andrews Hall Renovation 2013,” Owen Orser presents a photographic tribute to the center’s recent renovations. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm. 707.938.4626.

Comedy Best of the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition The hilarious Don Friesen headlines. Feb 13-14, 8pm. $30. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800. Follow the Thread Improv workshops for novice, beginning and experienced actors, improvisers and comedians.Talented and professional educators draw from their cumulative experience as they skillfully blend the crafts of acting, improvisation and sketch comedy. Wed, 7pm. through Feb 17. $20/week. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Manic Mondays Comedy open mic night. Feb 15, 7pm. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200. Steve Barkley Winner of America’s Funniest People and the Lucky Eagle Comedy Competition headlines a night of standup, with guests Kellen Erskine nad Ellis Scherer. Feb 13, 8pm. $20-$25. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883. 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. Valentine’s Comedy Show Get a valentine of comedy, music and magic with Mary Carouba, Regina Stoops, Alfred the Magician and special guests. Feb 14, 7:30pm. $10. Gaia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491.

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. Dance Palace Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary. Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075. HopMonk Novato Feb 11, 7pm, Country Line Dancing. $10. 224 Vintage Way, Novato 415.892.6200.

Events Art of Love “Sunday Salon” event includes poetry, music, potluck dinner, dance and art to celebrate love. Feb 14, 5pm. $10-$20. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.4331. Bay Model Volunteer Orientation Be a part of the Center with several volunteer positions available. Get info at this orientation. Feb 11, 10am. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871. Beginning & 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. Color Me Calm Adult Coloring Group A relaxing and brain-stimulating group for adults, with supplies provided. Second Thurs of every month, 6:30pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

Find the One You Love Corte madera and the Milo Foundation host a pet adoption event. Feb 13, 11am. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.924.2961. Mother’s Kirtan Second Thurs of every month. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. Parkinson’s Exercise Program Physical therapy class designed for people with Parkinson’s consists of aerobic and learning-based exercises that challenge the heart and lungs. Wed, 1:30pm. through Mar 30. $20-$25. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000. Paws for Love Gala Art done by shelter animals highlights a night of music, drinks and auctions benefiting Paws for Love. Feb 13, 6pm. $40$50. Finley Community Center, 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737. Radiant Presence With Peter Brown. Every other Tues. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. 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. Social Justice Luncheon and Film Social justice luncheon with video and discussion 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm on Feb. 14, 2016. Writer/producer Paul Kaufman will show video clips of his work -- a mixture of drama and documentary on the subject of empathy and compassion. A donation of $8 for lunch is suggested. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, 415-595-6221, uumarin.org. Valentine’s Book Swap Bring a favorite book that features a love story to swap and be ready to mingle and meet other book lovers. Feb 12, 5:30pm. $12. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960. Valentine’s Day Celebration at Marin Country Mart Festivities for the whole family include sugar cookie decorating, creative reuse art project, old-fashioned photo stand, face painting, pony rides and live music. Feb 13, 9am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects. Third Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524. Beads, Baubles & Found Treasures Rangers provide instruction in the ancient Viking skill of Nalbinding, a technique similar to knitting or crocheting. Bring a found item like a sea shell and get creative on the beach. Feb 17, 11am. McNear’s Beach Park, Cantera Way, San Rafael, marincountyparks.org. Birds at Las Gallinas Get close looks at a variety of waterfowl, plus there are usually plenty of hawks. Feb 11, 10am. Las Gallinas Sanitary District water

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Diggin’ the Nursery Be a part of a dedicated native plant nursery team and help collect, clean, and germinate seeds, plant seedlings and cuttings, transplant mature plants and more. Sat, 10am. through Feb 27. Free. Turtle Island Restoration Network HQ, 9255 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Olema.

Sunday Supper New weekly dinner series celebrates classic French cuisine that reflect the season. Sun, 4pm. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

Love & Romance in Nature Spend Valentine’s Day exploring the amorous adventures of the natural world. Feb 14, 10am. Loma Alta Fire Rd, Lucas Valley Rd W, San Rafael, marincountyparks. org. Presidents Weekend Stand Up Paddle Dress up as your favorite U.S. president and enjoy a family-friendly paddle board race for all ages Feb 13, 8am. McNear’s Beach Park, Cantera Way, San Rafael, marincountyparks.org. Waterfall Hike Ranger-led and family-friendly hike includes discussion of creek ecology, watersheds and water conservation along the way. Feb 17, 9am. Ignacio Valley Preserve, Fairway Dr, Novato, marincountyparks.org.

Film Film & First Person History Screening of the short film “A Regular Bouquet” is followed by a talk by Charles Prickett, who speaks on his experience as a Civil Rights activist in 1960s Mississippi. Feb 11, 7pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009. 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.

Food & Drink ABrack Mountain Winemaker Dinner Get romantic with a savory five course farm-to-table feast paired with eight remarkable wines from The Brack Mountain winery. Feb 12, 6:30pm. $95. Vin Antico Wine Bar, 881 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.721.0600. Dinner Magic Show A dinner event with close up illusions and a 3-course dinner of fine food and, of course, a scoop of ice scream. Feb 13, 7pm. $49/$95 couple. Shuffle’s Magical Ice Cream Shoppe, 528 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.3535. 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. Magic & Wine! Magic and laughs by international champion of magic, Chin-Chin, plus awardwinning wine by Deerfield Ranch. Feb 13, 7pm. $40. Deerfield Ranch Winery, 10200 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 415.350.6433. An Olive Odyssey Don Landis presents an all-things-olive experience that delights all the senses, including olive oil, art, education and more. Feb 13-14, 11am. Free. Jacuzzi Family

Valentine’s Day at Left Bank Offering brunch, lunch and dinner menus plus à la carte dinner specials in the spirit of the occasion. Feb 14. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331. Venetian Carnival Lunch Celebrate a traditional Italian carnival with delicious Italian food, decorations, entertainment, and a presentation from popular Italian teacher Karen Raccanello and her Italian language students. Feb 11, 11:30am. $10-$12. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.

For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.” Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. WedThurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing. Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900.

Lectures 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. The Havana Highway: Rum, Cars & Cigars Second small-group photography workshop taking place in Cuba is led by exhibitor Stuart Schwartz and Jock McDonald. Feb 10-16. $7450. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569. An Invitation to Love Yourself Listen to a loving message from spiritual minister Julia Harrell and other prayer chaplains and choir members. Feb 10, 7pm. Free. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato. Oscars: Who Should Have Won Film critic Jan Wahl talks about the movies and people who should have won, featuring clips from overlooked classics. Feb 12, 7pm. Sausalito Library, 420 Litho St, Sausalito, 415.289.4121. Sea Level Rise Adaptation in Marin Hear from top experts about the options that can be used to protect our communities from rising sea levels. Feb 10, 7pm. $10-$15. First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, 1510 Fifth St, San Rafael. Second Units Housing Model Ellen Nicosia of Lilypad Homes discusses how your home can generate income to help fund your retirement by creating a second unit or junior second unit. Feb 11, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

Watercolor with Anna Explore the world of watercolor painting and experiment with paints, brushes, various watercolor paper and variety of watercolor techniques. Wed, 10:30am. through Mar 30. $30-$35. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.

Readings Book Passage Feb 10, 7pm, “Succulent Wild Love” with Sark and John Waddell. Feb 12, 7pm, “What is Zen?” with Norman Fisher and Susan Moon. Feb 13, 4pm, “Pacific Burn” with Barry Lancet. Feb 13, 7pm, “Hot Flashes: Sexy Little Stories and Poems” with Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Laurie King. Feb 15, 7pm, “Why We Write About Ourselves” with Meredith Maran. Feb 16, 7pm, “The Forgetting Time” with Sharon Guskin. Feb 17, 7pm, “Breaking Wild” with Diane Les Becquets. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Point Reyes Books Third Tuesday of every month, 7pm, women’s book group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542. San Rafael Copperfield’s Books Feb 12, 7pm, Poems of Love with Terri Glass and friends. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800. Studio 333 Second Thursday of every month, 7pm, Why There Are Words, acclaimed authors reading their works on the theme of “Heart of the Matter.” $10. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito 415.331.8272.

Theater A Cajun Midsummer Night’s Dream Novato Theater Company transports Puck to the Bayou in this spicy rendition of Shakespeare’s fantastical comedy, adapted and directed by Clay David. Through Feb 21. $12-$27. Novato Theater Playhouse, 5420 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498. Gem of the Ocean Playwright August Wilson’s penultimate work in his 10-play century cycle dramatizing the African-American experience in the 20th century is directed by New York City-based performer Daniel Alexander Jones. Through Feb 14. $10-$58. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208. Hick in the Hood Bay Area TV, film and stage actor Michael Sommers writes and performs this funny true story of a Vermont native moving to west Oakland. Feb 17, 7pm. $10. Presidio Yacht Club, Fort Baker, Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319. Murder in the House of Horrors Mystery dinner theatre production looks to the audience to solve the case. Fri-Sat, 6:30pm. through Feb 13. $30. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley. A Real Man Solo stage show written and performed by headlining comedian Mike Guido is a real-life look at the struggles and surprises that come with raising an autistic daughter. Feb 13, 8pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.✹

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& CLAYPOOL LIFE SCIENCE, 1210 FIFTH AVE, SUITE 250, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BIOTA PUBLISHING LLC, 40 OAK VIEW DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 Jan 05, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138935 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EFS ASSOCIATES, 1101 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 305, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THOMAS VOGELHEIM, 1101

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FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 305, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 12, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138934 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CAESAR CONTRACTOR, 65 DUBOCE AVE, RICHMOND, CA 94801: CESAR MORENO, 65 DUBOCE AVE, RICHMOND, CA 94801. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will

begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138983 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DIMENSIONAL FURNITURE OUTLET, 115 BELLAM BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THINH N NGUYEN, 3718 WILLOW PASS RD #113, CONCORD, CA 94519. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed

with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 20, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138854 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LOGAN BIOTECH, 383 PINEHILL RD, APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RICK HOLMES, 383 PINEHILL RD, APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with no changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 04, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138965 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WILL BUILT, 79 BELVEDERE ST # 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ARNOLD HASSINGER, 1949 LAKE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein .This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138980 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ONTRACK SCHOOLS, 1717 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: VERUS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC., 1717 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. 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 Jan 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138922 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 123 BOLINAS, 123 BOLINAS ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: BRITTNEY ADAMO, 123 BOLINAS ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139016 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HYPERSAFE, 2575 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: RICHARD MOLLENKOPF, 2575 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD #29, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138972 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FIRESIDE CONSTRUCTION, 32 BRAUN COURT, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: FIRESIDE CHIMNEY SERVICES INC, 32 BRAUN COURT, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.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 Jan 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139020 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: APPLIANCE KING, 64 DURAN DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARCE PALOMBI, 64 DURAN DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138918 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 297 RIVIERA DRIVE TIC, 16 SAN MARINO DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) LISA M PENNINGTON, 16 SAN MARINO DRIVE, SAN RFAEL, CA 94901 2) BRAD W PENNINGTON, 16 SAN MARINO DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. 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 Jan 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139059 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MADCAP TOURS, 14 PRINCESS LANE #3, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: LARRY FORD SOPER, 14 PRINCESS LANE # 3, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139055 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MINDFUL MATTERS, 275 SAN CARLOS WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945: SARAH K LARROQUE, 275 SAN CARLOS WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139006 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TLC DELIVERY,

174 PAUL DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MICHAEL EUGENE FORDHAM, 379 YOSEMITE RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.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 Jan 25, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

File No: 139064 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CLEAR VIEW WINDOWS, 200 MISSION AVE , AP # A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) OSCAR RENE RIVAS SANDOVAL, 200 MISSION AVE , AP # A, SAN RAFAEL 2) EDWIN ESTEBAN ANDRADE, 200 MISSION AVE , AP # A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

File No: 139046 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) CALIFORNIA AUTO BODY 2) KENS CALIFORNIA AUTO BODY, 131 LARKSPUR ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KENNETH E BOATRIGHT, 110 H LANE, NOVATO, CA 94945. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

File No: 2016139065 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) PETE’S SEWER AND ROOTER SERVICE 2) EICHLER PLUMBING, 3) EICHLER HEATING 4) EICHLER AIRCONDITIONING, 1818 2ND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PETER LEVI PLUMBING, 1818 2ND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. 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 Feb 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139084 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RENOVIA MASSAGE CENTER, 1770 NOVATO BOULEVARD, NOVATO, CA 94947: LUMIN S MASSAGE HEALTH CENTER LLC, 425 BEL MARIN KEYS, BOULEVARD, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 Feb 02, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 2 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139076 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WSW CONSULTING, 155 ALLYN AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: WENDY SULLIVAN, 155 ALLYN AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 02, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 2 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139105 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE CHEF & LA DAME, 1816 2nd STREET, UNIT 8 & UNIT 9, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LAVIER, 21 HYANNIS COVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. 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 Feb 4, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 2 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139113 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LAWTON HOUSE, 817 MISSION AVE, SUITE 1A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JONATHAN LIN, 16 FLAMINGO LN, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 5, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 2 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139115 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: IKOI SUSHI, 601 DEL GANADO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: LIANG LIANG JIANG, 2840 SHELDON DR, EL SOBRANTE, CA 94803. 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 Feb 5, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 2 of 2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304676 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 October 9, 2015, Under File No: 2015-138349. Fictitious Business name(s) STAR SMOG CHECK, 2080 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: REBECCA J RANCATORE, 2553 DAYSAILOR COURT, RICHMOND, CA 94804. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Feb 02, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304678 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 APRIL 28, 2015, Under File No: 2015137258. Fictitious Business name(s) VICTORY HOUSE PROPERTIES, 817 MISSION AVE, SUITE 1A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JONATHAN LIN, 16 FLAMINGO LN, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Feb 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2015)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1504429. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner INGRID AVILA CASTILLO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ABIGAIL MAZARIEGOS to TAYLOR AVILA. 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: 03/17/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, 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: JAN 12, 2016. (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1504666. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MONIQUE ALMENDARES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JESUS EMANUEL GUTIERREZ to EMANUEL CHRIS ALMENDARES. 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: 03/07/2016 AT 09:00 AM, 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 21,2015. (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1600238. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KIMBERLY ANN PALCZYNSKI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KIMBERLY ANN PALCZYNSKI to KIMBERLY ANN CHAUDOIN. 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: 03/15/2016 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: Jan 21, 2016. (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

By Amy Alkon

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My girlfriend got laid off four months ago, along with many of her coworkers. She is not making a serious attempt to find a job and is just living off unemployment benefits. She stays up until morning watching TV and sleeps until the late afternoon. I figured that she may be depressed, so I encouraged her to go to counseling and to volunteer or take a course so she would feel productive, but she refused. She has a great work ethic when she’s employed, so I’m very puzzled by this. Worse yet, I’m quickly losing respect for her.—Disturbed

Unfortunately, drooling while napping is not considered a form of multitasking. It’s understandable that you’re losing respect for your girlfriend, given her newfound leadership in the Occupy the Couch movement. Now, maybe she is just lazy, or maybe, like dieters who decide to eat like walruses over the holidays, she’s decided to take some lazy time. However, because you describe her as pretty industrious when she’s working, it’s possible that her descent into human slipcoverhood comes out of how frustratingly scarce jobs are in certain professions. When you’re hardworking and good at your job, the answer to, “Where do you see yourself a year from now?” isn’t supposed to be, “On a corner with a cardboard sign, begging for change.” The sense that productivity has become unproductive can trigger an emotional response called “low mood,” marked by fatigue, deep pessimism, feelings of worthlessness, changes in appetite and sleep and a slowing of motivation (symptoms also seen in depression). Psychiatrist and evolutionary psychologist Randolph Nesse believes that low mood evolved to stop us from wasting our energy by persisting in fruitless endeavors, like waiting around for our bison dinner to grab a drink at a watering hole that’s run dry. (Pointless persistence was especially likely to be fatal a million or so years before the creation of 7-Elevens and fast-food drive-thrus.) To understand why our psychology would be set up like this—to stick its foot out and trip us—it helps to recognize that our emotions are basically traffic directors for our behavior, designed to maximize our survival and reproductive success, not our happiness. Accordingly, Nesse explains that the “disengagement” from motivation that accompanies low mood serves a number of purposes: To immediately prevent further losses, to make us rethink what we’re doing and to signal to others that we need care. (Ticket to Hugsville, please.) The psychiatric bible of mental disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, doesn’t bother to differentiate between the “adaptive” low mood that Nesse is talking about and depression caused by malfunctioning brain chemistry. The manual’s diagnosis of depression just involves taking count: Five or more almost daily symptoms (fatigue, pessimism, etc.) lasting for more than two weeks? Congratulations! You’re depressed. But what’s important to note from Nesse’s work is that depression isn’t necessarily a sign of brain dysfunction. And there’s a lot of hope in this, because if your symptoms have an environmental reason, maybe you can see your way to an environmental remedy. If your girlfriend is experiencing low mood, the last thing that she needs is the sense that her job loss will soon have the loss of her boo to keep it company. Let her know that you love her and are there for her, and then tell her about Nesse’s thinking on low mood, which might help her scavenge enough hope to start thinking outside the, uh, bed. Physical action is another emotion-changer—even if you have to force it. For example, research by psychologist James Laird finds that busting out smiles actually makes people happier. Research by biopsychologist Timothy Puetz finds that acting energized—like by regularly doing 20 moderately paced minutes on an exercise bike—actually energizes, with the ensuing raised heart rate and various surging biochemicals basically standing in for force-feeding a 5-hour ENERGY drink to that ugly low mood. Cognitive-behavioral therapy, which uses reason to help people dig out of their emotional problems, could also be helpful. However, because your girlfriend’s idea of productivity now seems to involve simply sitting in the dark rather than lying in the dark, you might take on the therapeutic preliminaries: Find the therapist; make the appointment; and be there to drive her at the appointed time. However, you should also be prepared for her to refuse to get in the car when that time comes. That said, your being something of a pushy jerk for the woman you love will probably mean a lot. It just might be the push she needs to start living through FOMO—Fear Of Missing Out—instead of fear of missing out on an afternoon of making paisley patterns on her face with the couch.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of February 10

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Love is a fire,” declared Aries actress Joan Crawford. “But whether it’s going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” I disagree with her conclusion. There are practical steps you can take to ensure that love’s fire warms but doesn’t burn. Start with these strategies: Suffuse your libido with compassion. Imbue your romantic fervor with empathy. Instill your animal passions and instinctual longings with affectionate tenderness. If you catch your sexual urges driving you toward narcissists who are no damn good for you, firmly redirect those sexual urges toward emotionally intelligent, selfresponsible beauties. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Fifteenth-

century writer Thomas à Kempis thought that real love can arouse enormous fortitude in the person who loves. “Love feels no burden … ,” he wrote. “[It] attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.” As you might imagine, the “real love” he was referring to is not the kind that’s motivated by egotism, power drives, blind lust or insecurity. I think you know what I mean, Taurus, because in the past few months you have had unprecedented access to the primal glory that Thomas referred to. And in the coming months you will have even more. What do you plan to do with all that mojo?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini novelist

Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) was fascinated in “life with the lid on and what happens when the lid comes off.” She knew both states from her own experience. “When you love someone,” she mused about the times the lid had come off, “all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that you engage in the following three-part exercise. First, identify a part of your life that has the lid tightly clamped over it. Second, visualize the suppressed feelings and saved-up wishes that might pour forth if you took the lid off. Third, do what it takes to love someone so well that you’ll knock the lid off.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “No one has

ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved,” wrote author Mignon McLaughlin. I think that may be true. The gap between what we yearn for and what we actually get is never fully closed. Nevertheless, I suggest that you strive to refute McLaughlin’s curse in the coming days. Why? Because you now have an enhanced capacity to love the people you care about in ways they want to be loved. So be experimental with your tenderness. Take the risk of going beyond what you’ve been willing or able to give before. Trust your fertile imagination to guide your ingenious empathy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here’s the counsel of

French writer Anatole France: “You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.” What he says is always true, but it’s especially apropos for you Leos in the coming weeks. You now have a special talent for learning more about love by loving deeply, excitedly and imaginatively. To add further nuance and inspiration, meditate on this advice from author Aldous Huxley: “There isn’t any formula or method. You learn to love by loving—by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I do not trust people

who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you,’” said author Maya Angelou. She concludes: “There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.” With this in mind, I invite you to take inventory of the allies and relatives whose relationships are most important to you. How well do they love themselves? Is there anything you could do to help them upgrade their love for themselves? If their self-love is lacking, what might you do to protect yourself from that problem?

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Only love interests me,” declared painter Marc Chagall, “and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.” That seems like an impossibly high standard. Our daily adventures bring us into proximity with loveless messes all the time. It’s hard to focus on love to the exclusion of all other concerns. But it’s a worthy goal to strive toward Chagall’s ideal for short bursts of time. And the coming weeks happen to be a favorable phase for you to do just that. Your success may be partial, but dramatic nonetheless. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “A coward

is incapable of exhibiting love,” said Mahatma Gandhi. “It is the prerogative of the brave.” That’s my challenge to you, Scorpio. In accordance with the astrological currents, I urge you to stoke your uninhibited audacity so you can press onward toward the frontiers of intimacy. It’s not enough to be wilder, and it’s not enough to be freer. To fulfill love’s potential in the next chapter of your story, you’ve got to be wilder, freer and bolder.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “It is not lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. He believed that if you want to join your fortunes with another’s, you should ask yourself whether you will enjoy your conversations with this person for the next 30 years—because that’s what you’ll be doing much of the time you’re together. How do you measure up to this gold standard, Sagittarius? What role does friendship play in your romantic adventures? If there’s anything lacking, now is an excellent time to seek improvements. Start with yourself, of course. How could you infuse more camaraderie into the way you express love? What might you do to upgrade your skills as a conversationalist? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Love isn’t something you find,” says singer Loretta Lynn. “Love is something that finds you.” Singer Kylie Minogue concurs: “You need a lot of luck to find people with whom you want to spend your life … love is like a lottery.” I think these perspectives are at best misleading, and at worst debilitating. They imply that we have no power to shape our relationship with love. My view is different. I say there’s a lot we can do to attract intimate allies who teach us, stimulate us and fulfill us. Like what? 1. We clarify what qualities we want in a partner, and we make sure that those qualities are also healthy for us. 2. We get free of unconscious conditioning that’s at odds with our conscious values. 3. We work to transform ourselves into lovable collaborators who communicate well. Anything else? What can you do to make sure that love isn’t a lottery? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime,” writes Chuck Klosterman. “It’s easy. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like ... you’ll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years.” He concludes, “A love like this sets the template for what you will always love about other people.” I suspect that you have either recently met or will soon meet such a person, Aquarius. Or else you are on the verge of going deeper than ever before with an ally who you have known for a while. That’s why I think that what happens in the next six months will put an enduring stamp on your relationship with intimacy. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sixteenth-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso described one of love’s best blessings. He said that your lover can reunite you with “a piece of your soul that you never knew was missing.” You Pisceans are in a phase when this act of grace is more possible than usual. The revelatory boon may emerge because of the chemistry stirred up by a sparkly new affiliation. Or it may arise thanks to a familiar relationship that is entering unfamiliar territory.Y

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