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Michael Pritchard, named a 2016 Hero of Marin in the Lifetime Achievement category, has many fans.

Well-deserved Congratulations, Mike [‘Heroes of Marin,’ March 9]! My husband always thought you were the funniest person he has ever known. Although, I went to school with you and you were pretty tuff on the girls. Keep up the good work, Mike! —Debra Dunsford Angelbeck, via pacificsun.com

the emotions to reach his rabble supporters. Dress these supporters in brown shirts and think Germany in the 1930s. Sincerely, —Alfred Auger

An honor Heidi is amazing and this a well deserved award [‘Heroes of Marin,’ March 9]. It is an honor to work with her. —Beth Casey, via pacificsun.com

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The mainstream media is having a field day reporting the Trump political circus. TV panel shows such as Meet the Press and PBS Newshour, online, radio, newspaper and magazine pundits analyze, bisect, psycho-search for reasons and its future. Trump has dumbed-down his empty rhetoric and powered-up

A letter-writer this week comments on the “Trump political circus.”

By Howard Rachelson

1 Located on Route 101 in southern Marin, the passageway formerly known as the Waldo Tunnel was recently renamed what?

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2 What parts of their bodies do sharks tend to regrow, to replace old ones?

3 Give the common name for the plan introduced by the U.S. Postal Service in 1963 to expedite the sorting and delivery of mail. 4 Donald Trump’s sister Maryanne holds what position

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within the United States justice system?

5 Out of this world movies: Name these pictured

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6 Can you name all of the countries that border Mexico? 7 What Delaware-based company, in 1938, invented the

nylon-bristle toothbrush?

8 Only three NFL teams ever won 18 games in one season, including playoffs. The years were 1984, 1985 and 2007. Name the teams, and tell which one failed to win the Super Bowl. 9 What consumable product, especially enjoyed by kids, was originally named Blibber-Blubber when invented in 1906 by Frank Henry Fleer? 10 What U.S. state’s capital city is named after the 16th president? BONUS QUESTION: Fill in the blank with the name of a website: Those folks born between 1981 and 2000 are frequently known as the _________ Generation.

▲ With spring upon us, Marinites in search of wildflowers and waterfalls are hitting the trails. A group of hikers on Mt. Tam navigated the High Marsh Trail last week and came upon a beautiful cataract. As Bettie Mansen, of San Anselmo, snapped photos of the waterfall, she dropped her hiking pole down into the steep ravine. Unfortunately, recent storms had created a muddy mess and it was too hazardous for the trekkers to retrieve it. A few days later, Mansen’s pole appeared on her doorstep with a note: “Found your pole on the mountain. Hope you take it many places.” Dan Schwab, you’re a mensch for tracking down a stranger to return her gear. (Let’s take a lesson from Mansen and put ID on our valued belongings.)

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Howard Rachelson invites you to our third and final “Out of this World” Trivia Contest at the Corte Madera Library on Thursday, March 24 at 7pm, as part of Marin County’s One Book One Marin program; suitable for 6th grade and up. For more details, contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com.

▼ Drinking too much to keep up with motorist laws? Let us clue you in. Driving drunk, hitting a cyclist and fleeing the scene will land you in the pokey. Last Friday evening, a minivan struck and injured Jeffrey McWinney, 54, of San Rafael, while he rode his bike in Sausalito. As officers investigated at the scene of the collision, a quick-thinking witness called 911 to inform dispatchers that the suspect’s vehicle exited Highway 101 at Seminary Drive and pulled into the Chevron on the frontage road. There, the minivan’s driver and passenger switched seats and headed towards Tiburon. Busted. California Highway Patrol arrested Karen Steward, 50, of Tiburon, allegedly the drunk driver who hit the cyclist, and charged her with three felonies. Her passenger is in the hot seat too.—Nikki Silverstein

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The push is on in California for Bernie Sanders, who won the Michigan primary over Hillary Clinton on March 8.

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f he wins tonight, we could go to June.” That was Democratic Party strategist Donna Brazile on CNN the night of Bernie Sanders’ upset in the Michigan primary on March 8. Defying all expectations—even his own—Sanders beat Hillary Clinton by two points in a race that mainstream go-to pollsters such as Nate Silver said he would lose by 20 points, and perhaps more, just the day before the primary. Brazile’s comment on CNN was code for, “This might not be resolved until California,” whose primary is

on June 7 and where 546 delegates are up for grabs in the Democratic primary. There are three months to go, and numerous states will vote between now and then, but Sanders’ Michigan upset put the tactical and tautological “inevitability” argument about Hillary Clinton into play— something that nobody saw coming, least of all the two-dozen California Democratic superdelegates who have already pledged their support, and their vote, to Clinton. So could Sanders actually win in California on his way to an upset win over Clinton for the nomination? And could Sanders’ deep support

in the Bay Area help push him over the top? A recent breakdown of Federal Election Commission figures shows that his supporters in Oakland and San Francisco have sent almost $900,000 to Sanders’ small-bucks-only campaign. The most recent polls in California have him in the neighborhood of 10 points down from Clinton, but if the wildly errant polling data in the lead-up to Michigan is any indication, 10 points is well within the margin of statistical error in an election cycle where every prediction has been subject to debate, and is sometimes just flat wrong. “Of course Bernie can win California,” says Bill Curry, a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton and two-time candidate for governor in Connecticut. Curry, now a political analyst and columnist, notes that polling data on Clinton and Sanders shows that primary voters are with Bernie on the issues—universal healthcare, support for a living wage, an end to pay-to-play politics—and he’s got her beat by a long shot on the favorability factor. “But she has convinced them that she has a better chance of winning.” Yet all bets are off after the Michigan upset, and that includes the Golden State. “California coming in at the end of the line,” says Curry, “it wasn’t expected to be important six months ago on the Democratic side.” The question is whether Sanders’ “political revolution” can find its reflection in the delegate count in time for the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this July. One takeaway from Michigan is that, while Donald Trump may claim to speak for the Nixonian bloc of “silent majority” voters, not only are his supporters not especially silent, they’re not the majority, either—the violent minority is more like it. The voters who pushed Sanders over the top in Michigan may represent an actual silent majority that doesn’t get picked up in polling, Curry says, and is made up of disfranchised citizens who have ditched politics altogether. “The poor, white working class has fled the civic life of the nation,” Curry says. It’s those voters who are emerging as a possible key to the race, as the “inevitability” argument gets chipped away by Sanders and his slow-roll delegate count (and by Clinton’s gaffes, such as her unspeakably moronic comments about AIDS and the Reagans last week). At last count, Clinton had 1,231 delegates to Sanders’ 576. The winning candidate will need to amass 2,383 delegates.

The push for Sanders is already on in California, even if the vote is three months away. There are numerous events scheduled by supporters in coming days and weeks, lots of phone-banking and door-knocking all over Northern California. This Thursday, March 17, the Western Gate [R]evolutionary Teahouse in far-flung Lagunitas is hosting a proBernie phone-and-computer night of outreach to potential supporters. One challenge for Sanders supporters and activists in California is to try to get already committed superdelegates to reconsider their support for presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton—not an easy task, given the tendency of liberal voters to view this election through a lens of fear, if not outright terror, at the prospects of any GOP candidate making it to the White House. In that rubric, Clinton is viewed as a “safe” bet for president. There are about four-dozen superdelegates in California, comprising elected officials at the national level and members of the Democratic National Committee. To date, the superdelegates are basically split down the middle: Half have supported Clinton, while half remain uncommitted. None have thrown down for Sanders—at least not yet. “We are out in front on this,” says Norman Solomon, the West Marin author, former congressional candidate and longtime critic of the pernicious and corrupting influence of corporate money in politics. Bay Area elected leaders, he says, need to be coaxed away from their predictable fealty to Democratic Party establishment expectations, especially now that Clinton’s nomination is emerging as something less than a foregone conclusion. “We know from experience … that the heads of the Sonoma and Marin Central Democratic Committee are going to go with the national party hierarchy,” Solomon says, as he points his waggishly progressive finger in the direction of two-term U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman. Last year, I asked Huffman who he was supporting in the Democratic primary, and the popular, progressiveminded congressman said he’d be supporting Clinton. She was going to be the nominee, Huffman reasoned, even as he praised Sanders for bringing a raft of welcome populist ideas into the campaign. Solomon, who ran against Huffman in 2012, is suggesting that the congressman reconsider his support for Clinton, especially given that the “inevitability” argument has been taken down a peg or two in

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Native revival Graton Rancheria helps restore Tolay Lake’s place in American Indian past—and present By Will Parrish

Michael Amsler

Throughout California, indigenous people are reclaiming stewardship of ancestral territories from which they were once violently evicted.

n the second day of 2016, I have gathered with Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria tribal councilmembers Lorelle Ross and Gene Buvelot to observe the southern view from the eastern ridge of Sonoma Mountain, about seven miles east of Petaluma. From this world-at-your-feet platform, the smooth blue expanse of San Pablo Bay rises against San Francisco’s Financial District, with Mt. Diablo and Mt. Tamalpais visible on the water’s fringes.

The main object of these indigenous leaders’ attention, however, is a far smaller body of water that historically occupied a 200-acre depression directly beneath the ridge. For thousands of years, this shallow lake, today known as Tolay, was a sacred gathering place for Coast Miwok people—including the ancestors of Ross and Buvelot. The lake had been, as Graton Rancheria shairman Greg Sarris informed me, a Miwok version of Stanford Medical Center: A place of extraordinary healing power that called together indigenous people from throughout the region now known as the western United States.

In the late 1880s, however, an industrious farmer dynamited the southern berm that held back the lake’s water, draining it to San Pablo Bay. The land became gridded and platted with ranches, cutting off the indigenous people’s access to it. This was one in a long line of deadly and devastating insults against the Miwok. When the Spanish arrived in the late 18th century, they introduced population-destroying diseases and incarcerated Coast Miwok and other California natives in crowded, disease-ridden labor camps at missions in Petaluma, San Rafael and Sonoma. The Graton Rancheria’s

membership, which includes descendants of the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo linguistic groups, trace their ancestry to only 14 known survivors of Spanish and U.S. colonization. Their combined pre-contact population had been 20,000–30,000. These cultures’ stubborn endurance, however, ensured that their connection with sacred places was not fully severed. Shortly after the Sonoma County Regional Parks department purchased 1,900 acres that includes Tolay Lake in 2005, the Graton Rancheria tribal council saw an opportunity—and took it. The councilmembers borrowed $500,000 against their future casino and donated it to the county to support the park. In turn, they gained an influential role in determining everything from trail locations to the restoration techniques the county parks department will rely on to restore the area’s streams and vegetation, and the lake itself. For the Graton Rancheria Indians, the healing place of their ancestors has become an important communal gathering

area, and a focal point of healing in an altogether more modern sense. “If you don’t have a connection with the land, you’re lost,” says Ross, who has been a tribal councilmember since 1996, when she was 19 years old. “Now we have kids in our tribe who are growing up experiencing revitalization and re-engagement with this place their ancestors took care of.” They are not alone. Throughout the North Bay, the North Coast and multiple other regions of California, indigenous people are reclaiming stewardship of ancestral territories from which they were once violently evicted.

Long history The struggle of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, as with any sovereign entity, has been defined by access to land. A major turning point occurred in 1851–52, when treaty commissioners, sanctioned by Congress, negotiated 18 agreements setting aside roughly 7.5 million acres of California territory as reservations for 500

Righting wrongs Because indigenous cultures are inextricably linked to the lands they have historically inhabited, their survival necessarily depends on preserving those lands. In California and beyond, indigenous people are engaged in battles over mineral rights, water rights, federal recognition, honoring of treaties, repatriation or honorable treatment of sacred sites, healthcare, language preservation and much more. In California alone, there are 109 federally recognized tribes and another 78 that are petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs for recognition, often waiting for decades to receive a verdict. Many others do not bother to apply for recognition at all, often viewing it as a waste of energy and resources. Beth Rose Middleton, associate professor in the department of Native American studies at UC Davis, cites several examples of how even indigenous people who lack federal recognition are finding ways to exercise sovereignty over their original territories. Middleton is the author of Trust in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation, which explores conservation partnerships led by California native nations. In contrast to many conservation land trusts, which prioritize species conservation that diminishes human contact with land, she notes that Native American–led projects focus on restoring humans’ historical role as land stewards. Such projects provide a tangible

way “to right historical wrongs and provide long-term protection and enhancement of lands and waters we all depend upon,” Middleton says. California’s first-ever indigenous land trust was born out of a figurative and literal battlefield in the “Redwood Wars.” In the 1980s, large corporate timber firms— including Louisiana-Pacific, GeorgiaPacific and Maxxam—were in the process of felling most of the largest remaining redwoods and Douglas firs on their private lands along California’s northern coast. People chained themselves to trees in the heart of a roughly 7,000-acre parcel Georgia-Pacific was actively logging, located within the ancestral territory of the Sinkyone people. A lawsuit by the Arcata-based Environmental Protection Information Center, the International Indian Treaty Council and other parties halted the logging operation. Those that protected the forest named the largest stand of old redwoods the Sally Bell Grove, after a Sinkyone Indian woman who had survived a massacre of her people as a young girl in the 1860s. At the outset, many of the forest protectors—transplants from urban life and white, for the most part— might easily have viewed Sally Bell as a token of their struggle. They would soon find out that her legacy was very much alive. In 1986, seven tribes from Mendocino and Lake counties

formed the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, with the intent of acquiring a portion of the Georgia-Pacific land for traditional cultural purposes. After co-founding the Sinkyone Council, Priscilla Hunter of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians (a federally recognized tribe), and numerous others, led a political and fundraising campaign that involved grants and small donations. In 1997, the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council land trust became the proud owner of 3,900 acres of rugged and beautiful Sinkyone terrain, establishing the first intertribal wilderness park in the United States. The council’s current executive director, Hawk Rosales, notes that the Sinkyone has been a touchstone of a broader social movement, which focuses on restoring land to indigenous stewardship as a means of protecting the land from industrial activity, while also enhancing it through wise human intervention. “We have shown the world that there is a way in which indigenous people can, and will, return to their role of traditional caretakers on the land when given the opportunity,” Rosales says. There are now at least four other indigenous land trusts in California. In Oakland, for instance, the first women-led, urban land trust in the country formed last year. The Maidu Summit Consortium land »10 trust formed in the early

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the hospitality and wine industries, which he says generally exploit their workers, the casino was built and is operated by union employees who earn above living-wage rates. His tribe is also investing in ecologically minded farms that will employ undocumented people and, pending permission from the county, low-risk prisoners at living wages. Amid this larger social justice agenda, the tribe is working to pick up the pieces of a shattered history—a history fundamentally tied to the landscape. Sarris notes that his people’s entire historical land base, including places like Tolay and the Laguna de Santa Rosa, are akin to their holy text. “Most of the Bible, if you want to use that analogy, has been destroyed—has been burned,” he says. ‘All we have are shards of the text, bits and pieces of it. Tolay Lake is a place where we can make a start.” Currently, the park is only open for special events. It will likely open to the public in 2017.

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indigenous nations whose ancestral land base was being overrun by gold miners and land speculators. But the Senate rejected the treaties and ultimately sealed them. The documents were unsealed more than 50 years later. Amid the resulting public outcry, Congress provided a modest form of redress, passing legislation authorizing the purchase of tracts of land called “rancherias” on behalf of “the homeless Indians of California.” In the case of the Graton Rancheria Indians, a 15.5-acre rancheria northwest of Sebastopol was set aside for “the homeless Indians of Tomales Bay, Bodega Bay, Sebastopol, and the vicinities thereof.” Before long, even this small vestige of the Graton Indians’ aboriginal territory was stripped away. In 1958, Congress revoked Graton’s federal recognition, auctioned most of the rancheria land and turned the residents out of their homes—part of a larger push to “terminate” Indian reservations. “We became like the white man: Homeless in our own homeland,” Sarris, the Graton Rancheria chairman, explains. Sarris is a man with an impressive résumé. He is a longtime college professor, author, Hollywood producer and screenwriter. He played a key role in his tribe’s restoration to federal status. In 2000, then-president Bill Clinton signed into law the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act, which Sarris coauthored. Formerly an English professor at UCLA, he is now the endowed chair of Writing and Native American Studies at Sonoma State University—a position funded by the Graton Rancheria itself. That endowment, as with other tribal line items, is largely made possible by the Graton Resort and Casino, an $800 million monolith in Rohnert Park, on the west side of Highway 101, that opened in 2013. Though the casino originally faced intense local backlash, it has earned support from many critics as the tribe’s intentions have become better known. The tribal council agreed to donate $12 million and $9 million in annual revenue, respectively, to Rohnert Park and Sonoma County to offset its impact on public services. Along with federal grants, the casino underwrites many social services for tribal members, including housing assistance, health care, nutrition and health counseling, a cultural resources library, a language preservation program and more. Sarris says that, in contrast to

Greg Sarris, center, Lorelle Ross, left, and Gene Buvelot lead Tolay Lake restoration efforts.

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groups to restore environmental balance will only go so far.”

aughts on behalf of Mountain Maidu people in the vicinity of Mt. Lassen. The Mountain Maidu got their breakthrough in the wake of the early-2000s Enron scandal, which forced PG&E into bankruptcy. Since the early 1900s, the utility giant had owned title to one of the tribe’s most sacred areas, Humbug Valley, a miraculously undeveloped 2,000acre meadowy area southwest of Lassen. As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, a state judge ordered the utility giant to relinquish thousands of acres it owned to conservation stewards. In a lengthy process, Mountain Maidu traditionalists demonstrated to the court-appointed stewardship council their worthiness as stewards of their ancestral land. By 2013, the Maidu Summit Consortium had claimed title to the valley from one of the wealthiest and most powerful corporations in the western United States. In 2014, Maidu Summit consortium executive director Kenneth Holbrook, a 40-year-old Mountain Maidu traditionalist with a broad and boyish smile, led me on a tour through Humbug Valley. It is a beautiful place, featuring a meadow fringed by tall conifers and a soda spring bubbling out of the ground on one end to help form Yellow Creek, a tributary of the upper Feather River. In 1908, Holbrook’s great uncle was murdered by two California game wardens as he fished near there. Roughly 100 years later, key support for the consortium’s stewardship proposal came from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which regards Yellow Creek as one of the most promising areas in the state for native salmon restoration. “We’re all hopeful that the song of the salmon will return to this valley under our people’s stewardship,” Holbrook says. “Getting the land is really the first step.” Hawk Rosales says that recognition of indigenous people’s knowledge of tending the land has broad implications for environmentalists in general. “Among various segments of society, I think we now see an increasing interest in restoring a better relationship with nature,” Rosales says. “But without key principles of ancient traditional tribal knowledge, which honor and protect the many complex interrelationships and functions of the natural world, then the well-intended efforts of non-native

Indigenous stewardship Sonoma County Regional Parks has developed a wellregarded process of consulting with local tribes. Its relationship with the Graton Rancheria in the management of Tolay Lake Regional Park, however, is entirely unique. “I think this collaboration is a testament to Greg [Sarris] and the tribe, and to the great working relationship we’ve had, even prior to the Tolay project,” says Sonoma County Regional Parks director Caryl Hart. Much of that collaboration involves planning out the land’s restoration. A Graton Rancheria tribal citizen named Peter Nelson, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Berkeley’s department of anthropology, is playing a crucial role in that process. Nelson’s dissertation focuses on the history of human use of the Tolay Lake Regional Park land. “I’m basically speaking the language of ecologists and other scientists in support of what the tribe is doing,” Nelson says. The area surrounding Tolay Lake now consists of open grasslands characterized by non-native annual species such as wild oat, which turns golden in the summer. The land is dotted with cow patties. According to Hart, the agricultural heritage of the land will remain a fixture of the park, allowing for limited grazing. At the time of European contact, the area remained green year-round due to the prevalence of perennial bunch grasses, which the cattle later trampled out. Stands of gnarly live oaks occupy only niche habitats on the Tolay Lake Park grounds today, while they were far more abundant 200 years ago, Nelson says. Shrubs that were once prolific, such as California lilac and California coffeeberry, are now entirely absent. A variety of colorful bulbs, like those in the Brodiaea genus (a staple food source that California Indians actively cultivated), are now consigned to marginal areas. This former abundance of vegetation depended on the Coast Miwok people’s tending practices, Nelson says, particularly their careful use of fire. In oak savannahs, fire removes oak leaves and litter, opens up the soil so that plants can grow faster, helps to control harmful insects and diseases, improves wildlife habitat and recycles nutrients from the litter into the soil.

That resulting cornucopia of plant life, in turn, supports a greater array of wildlife. The lake itself was also managed by indigenous people, Gene Buvelot tells me. Again, Nelson’s research reinforces traditional knowledge. He notes that ecologists and geomorphologists have told him that “the land formation of this valley should not naturally hold water, and there is no evidence of landslides, so there must have been a dam constructed by native people in order for there to have been a lake.” Even after U.S. colonization, the Coast Miwok continued to conduct multi-day ceremonies at the lake. Warren Moorehead’s 1910 book, The Stone Age in North America, refers to a letter from Petaluma ranching pioneer J. B. Lewis: “When I came here in the early [1850s],” Lewis wrote, “there used to be large numbers of Indians who go by my ranch in the fall, down to the creek to catch sturgeon and dry them, and they always went back by the way of [Tolay Lake] and stayed a day or two and had some kind of powwow. After the lagoon was drained, they never came back.”

Restoration When I visited Tolay Lake, the old lakebed—roughly 200 acres in size—held no standing water. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has developed a plan to restore it with the tribe. “You can’t recreate what once was, but you can use the knowledge of the past as a baseline to imagine and create a space that is of the here and now, as a guide into the future,” Ross says. After leaving Tolay Lake Regional Park, Ross and Buvelot led me on an eastern drive along Highway 37, around the base of Sonoma Mountain. Our destination was a 2,100-acre parcel the Sonoma Land Trust is donating as an addition to the park. Highway 37, the “Lakeville Highway,” gets its name from the former town of Lakeville—which was named for Tolay Lake. We stop at the Sears Point marsh on the edge of San Pablo Bay. As Buvelot notes, the area’s indigenous people formerly maintained themselves on sturgeon, Sacramento hitch and bat rays fished out of the tidal marshes. The abundance of fish is a major reason Sonoma County was home to one of the highest concentration of indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere. But the fish’s habitat was largely destroyed by dikes and dams along the bay’s fringes in the early

1900s. Starting in the 1980s, the Bay Institute and other environmental organizations adopted a program to restore 100,000 acres of these tidal wetlands, which has entailed buying the lands and removing the dikes. By 2006, the 1,000-acre Sears Point area was the proverbial “last hole in the doughnut,” the Bay Institute’s Marc Holmes, a wetlands-restoration expert, tells me. Ironically, Graton Rancheria had purchased an option on the Sears Point property for $4.7 million, using an advance from their Las Vegas–based casino development funder, Station Partners. The tribe was exploring building its casino there. As soon as they learned of the conservation groups’ intention, however, they donated the purchase option to the Sonoma Land Trust. Finally, in October 2015, tribal members joined environmentalists and regulatory officials in a ceremony where the levy was breached, and water once again washed into an area of crucial habitat that had been drained and dried.

The honor As with the rest of Tolay Lake Park land, the Sonoma Land Trust’s new addition consists of beautiful rolling meadows. It sits at the crossroads of highways 37 and 121. And like so many parts of the North Bay, it is a place where industrial civilization’s imperative to expand visibly collides with the need to protect the earth from despoliation and greed. A sprawling new vineyard and a winery are slated for development on one side of the land; the Sonoma Raceway lies on the other. Hundreds of cars course past on Highway 121 in the half-hour we spend there. Ross’ life, like Buvelot’s, has paralleled the larger journey of the Graton Rancheria people. Her grandmother was forced to attend an American-Indian boarding school in Sherman Oaks. When the original, Sebastopol-based Graton Rancheria was terminated, their family held onto a one-acre parcel where Ross’ parents raised her in a small cabin. She says the discrimination that she grew up with was more subtle than what her parents experienced. “I feel like I get to live through a time when I have the honor of responsibility,” she says. “There’s not a bounty on my head. I’m not forced to stand at the back of the line due to segregation. It’s a different time. It wouldn’t be right if I didn’t take the privilege I have, which is born from the sacrifices of those that came before me, to try to advance our community.”Y

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This month, Good Earth Natural Foods opened a second store at Mill Valley’s Tam Junction.

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Warm welcome Good Earth opens new store at Tam Junction By Tanya Henry

hough I don’t go back as far as 1969 when the first Good Earth Natural Foods store opened, I do recall shopping at their tiny original space at 123 Bolinas Road in Fairfax. The store has gone through several dramatic incarnations over the years, with its final landing spot on Center Boulevard in Fairfax (now in its fifth year). And this month, a sister location opened at Tam Junction in Mill Valley. Sticking with its color scheme of muted earth tones, plenty of upcycled, reclaimed wood and drought-tolerant landscaping, the gleaming 22,000-square-foot-plus retailer is a sight to see. Much like the original location, there are two entrances, designated eating areas and the same wellprepared, non-GMO, organic foods and salad bar that regular customers have come to expect from Good Earth. I served myself a half-pint of steaming hot minestrone soup and found a seat in one of the two eating areas titled The Heirloom Café. Separated from shelves by a barrier of bamboo reeds, the space offers a couple of communal tables and a handful of two-tops. Unfortunately the seating area sits directly in front of the doors, and on this chilly Sunday early evening, it was very drafty. The other option, near the

second entrance, includes a long, wooden bar designed for solo diners, and a handful of tables. Though not much larger than the Fairfax store, this one feels cavernous by comparison. A bigger cheese station has been created, and the prepared foods area is more spacious. Aisles are wider, and though it doesn’t have a generic supermarket sensibility, this Tam Valley locale exudes a more corporate, buttoneddown version of its hippie sibling to the west. Families, couples and folks looking for food on their way home from work are already flocking to the Shoreline Shopping Center’s newest tenant. With the summer months approaching, Good Earth will no doubt be a destination for pre- and post-beachgoers, and an outdoor stone fireplace and eating area are likely to become coveted spots. Quite a few people would trek to Fairfax specifically to shop at Good Earth. I was always amazed to meet people—Stinson Beach, Strawberry and Sausalito residents—in the Fairfax store who had traveled to get there. Lucky for them, they now have a Good Earth to call their own.Y Good Earth Natural Foods, new Tam Junction location, 201 Flamingo Rd., Mill Valley; 415/383-0123; genatural.com.

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Oscars devotion Peter Warden recaps the 88th Academy Awards By David Templeton

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etter than the Super Bowl.” That hyperbolic declaration appeared the morning of February 28, on the Facebook page of local film fan, actor and blogger Peter Warden. It was the morning of the Oscars, and after a “friend” noted that for Warden, the Oscars were very likely as exciting as the Super Bowl, Warden affirmed that, yes, he was excited, and that, actually, to him, the Oscars are even better than the Super Bowl. “I care about the Oscars a lot more than I should, probably,” Warden confessed, a few days later. Ratings for the Oscars telecast were down a bit from last year, but critics and film fans are still discussing, debating and analyzing the show, from the matter of who won what and how racist the

Oscar Academy is, right up to the show itself, which had its share of highly discussable, hilariously odd moments. There may have been fewer viewers than in the past, but the 2016 Oscars will go down as one of the strangest ceremonies in its 88 years. Warden contributed to the experience by running constant ongoing commentary on his Facebook page, making jokes, offering observations and reacting, with clever asides, to every major Oscar award announcement. “It was well-done, I thought,” Warden says of the show, one day after the broadcast. “It was pretty enjoyable, overall. I thought Chris Rock, as the host, was pretty funny, though I had no idea who Stacey Dash was when he brought her out on stage with him.” Dash is a FOX News commentator who recently claimed that Black

because she did an amazing job in that movie.” Despite his delirious devotion to the Oscars, Warden believes that most award programs are a bit pointless, and possibly harmful. “When it comes to acting and to art, it’s hard to choose what is really best,” he says. “Giving a performance in a movie is not like doing a gymnastics event at the Olympics. How do you judge a piece of art, claiming that one actor’s choices— or the depth of her emotions, or the believability of their line deliveries—are better than another actor’s choices? If they’ve all done good work, it’s hard to pick a best, so it comes down to popularity, or timing or something else. “And that’s just not really very fair,” he continues. “But aside from that, the Oscars are still fun, because it’s important to honor the contributions of the artists who create all of this entertainment for us every year.” And this year, as had been widely discussed, some of those actors risked life and limb to bring us that entertainment. “DiCaprio, in The Revenant, withstood freezing temperatures and all kinds of horrible things,” notes Warden, who nevertheless felt that DiCaprio’s nearly wordless performance—which won him the Best Actor trophy—was perhaps less deserving than the almost-as-silent performance of Best Supporting Actor winner Mark Rylance, in Bridge of Spies. “Both actors spent a lot of time staring into space,” Warden says, “but with Rylance, you could always tell what he was thinking, and with DiCaprio, I was never sure when he was acting and when he was just sitting there looking miserable.” It’s funny, isn’t it, that the big winners this year were those actors who spent most of their screen time acting silently. It was not too long ago, at the 84th Academy Awards, that the Best Picture winner was the silent film The Artist. Does Warden think that films might be making a return to less wordy scripts, with more long shots of actors staring into the camera? “I hope not,” he says with a laugh. “As an actor myself, I have to say, I like words. The more the better, usually. But I have to admit, it’s harder to communicate emotion without speaking, so, I don’t know, maybe the Oscars are onto something.”Y

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Peter Warden (left, in a Ross Valley Players production of ‘Arms and the Man’) says that he cares more than he should about the Oscars.

History Month should be abolished. She also didn’t think much of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign that arose to protest the lack of diversity in this year’s nominations and to call for change. During the show, Chris Rock announced that, in response to the lack of non-white actors in the nominations for acting, Dash had just been named the new head of diversity for the academy. When she appeared on stage to say, “I cannot wait to help my people out,” you could have heard crickets, were it not for the resounding thud the joke was making all through the auditorium. “I eventually did some research, and figured out who Stacey Dash was,” Warden says. “It’s still kind of hard to find that funny, I think.” Warden is fairly well known, by face anyway, in Marin County, especially to cineastes and bibliophiles. In addition to being a steadily cast Bay Area stage actor, he works at the downtown San Rafael Library, seeing to the needs of the reading public, and also serves as assistant manager of Corte Madera’s Century Cinema Theater—one of the only remaining single-screen movie emporiums in the country, and also one of the best, according to a vast number of Bay Area film lovers. “I work at the library in the morning, and the theater at night,” Warden says. “It’s kind of a busy schedule, but I work with it. And working for a library and a theater, I definitely get the full spectrum of pop culture.” Which brings us back to the Oscars. “Spotlight won for best motion picture,” he says, the shock still audible in his voice. “I really didn’t see that coming. I was kind of rooting for Mad Max: Fury Road to win, just because it was the dark horse. “Spotlight was a better movie though, overall, so I was happy to see that happen, though based on past years, I’m not really used to the actual best film of the year going on to win the best film award, so it was a lot to adjust to.” Warden’s personal favorite nominee was Room, the story of a kidnapped woman (Brie Larson) who is locked in a tiny shed and impregnated by her rapist; she creates a fantasy world to keep her son’s spirits alive until they might have a chance to escape. Gandhi it was not. “It didn’t have a shot,” Warden admits, “but I was very happy to see Brie Larson win for Best Actress,

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Farrah (Jessica Bates) and Bill (Ryan Vincent Anderson) star in Marin Theatre Company’s production of ‘Swimmers.’

THEATER

Confessions Marin Theatre Company’s ‘Swimmers’ mixes angst with humor By Charles Brousse

growing resentment, confusion and dystopian fears about the imminent collapse of civilization as we know it. This is the theatrical landscape that Bonds explores in Swimmers, but it’s not the gloomy portrait one might expect. She writes with a sensitive touch that, along with the pain, also acknowledges the inescapable humanity of her characters and the humor that accompanies their angst. Mix empathy and laughs with a light splash of existential dread and you have a pretty potent dramatic framework. Except that Swimmers really is neither drama nor comedy in the usual definition of those terms. There is virtually no plot. No final resolution of conflict. Instead, we get a series of brief scenes in which the play’s 11 characters, two or three at a time, reveal the sources of their anxieties. We in the audience are

Priya (Jolly Abraham) has a candy addiction and a crush on Tom (unrequited). Bill (Ryan Vincent Anderson) is an African-American super-achiever who is unsettled by the confluence of his engagement to a beautiful woman and promotion up the management ladder to a high position in the Charlotte, North Carolina branch. Farrah (Jessica Bates), who competed for the North Carolina job, is jealous of Bill’s good fortune. Yuri (Brian Herndon) is a Russian immigrant who, fearful at being an outsider, is determined not to be noticed. Dennis (Adam Andrianopoulos) is defensive about being grossly overweight. George (Charles Shaw Robinson) is The Boss. He likes to hug the girls tightly—for their own good, of course. And, finally, there’s Walter (L. Peter Callender) the company janitor who, having solved his drinking problem years earlier, offers good advice and cheer to everyone concerned. While some may find Bond’s confessional approach simplistic or repetitive, the quality of MTC’s acting ensemble combines with realistic dialogue and Mike Donahue’s solid direction to offer a rewarding evening of theater.Y NOW PLAYING: Swimmers runs through March 27 at the Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley; 415/388-5208; boxoffice@marintheatre.org.

Kevin Berne

achel Bonds’ Swimmers, which just began a threeweek world-premiere run at Mill Valley’s Marin Theatre Company (MTC), adds to a lengthy list of plays that question the psychological effects of America’s capitalist system. The exemplar is Arthur Miller’s 1948 epic Death of a Salesman, but from Eugene O’Neill to the present there have been many others. Their common theme is that, despite public pronouncements of belief in the golden promise of an American Dream, ordinary people feel isolated and lonely when they realize that they are cogs in an economic machine that is designed to serve the privileged few. Lately—as seen on stage, in films, television and in our current election battles—what began as a minority view (mostly among intellectuals) has spread to the commons, bringing with it

essentially unisex father confessors, listening intently as they struggle to find the truth of their predicament (not all do), but otherwise limited to watching them go on their way toward an uncertain future. The play takes place in what the program simply describes as “An office building in an industrial park.” Because two characters commute from Readington, New Jersey, I suspect that it’s one among a multitude of such parks along the Hudson River opposite Manhattan. Tom (Aaron Roman Weiner), already deeply affected by the death of his wife two years earlier, is further depressed when the publisher considering a book she had written calls to say it’s a go. Moodily questioning the meaning of life, he is further jolted by a large highway sign along his morning commute that gives a precise date for the End of the World. Charlene (Sarah Nina Hayon) is going through a nasty divorce and has a teenage daughter who hates her. Vivian (Kristin Villanueva) is an attractive but insecure young intern who, after telling her co-workers that she has been inappropriately touched by a high-level executive, declines to report it because she fears being misunderstood. Randy (Max Rosenak) escapes his job frustrations with marijuana and advises others to do the same. He also adds to the general concern about a forthcoming Rapture by describing his fantasy encounter with a strange, witch-like woman.

Priya (Jolly Abraham), Tom (Aaron Roman Weiner) and Randy (Max Rosenak) look out the window of their office in MTC’s ‘Swimmers.’

MUSIC

Modern troubadour

Loreena McKennitt returns to the U.S. for trio performance By Lily O’Brien

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usic is such a fascinating medium to be conversant in,” muses Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt by telephone. And her devoted fans would probably express gratitude over the fact that she chose music over her original career choice—which was to be a veterinarian. A two-time Grammy nominee, with 14 million albums sold worldwide, McKennitt has amassed a large international following with her rare style of eclectic Celtic world fusion music. She returns to the U.S. this month for her first tour here since 2007, and brings two of her longtime musical collaborators, Brian Hughes (on guitar, bouzouki and oud) and Caroline Lavelle (on cello, recorder and concertina). McKennitt studied classical voice for five years and classical piano for eight, and taught herself to play several instruments, including the harp. She is known for the pure, sweet tone of her multi-range soprano singing voice and for her expressive interpretation and richly unusual arrangements of traditional Celtic tales. McKennitt’s arrangements are often combined with complex percussive Middle Eastern rhythms—derived from music that she’s heard during her travels all over the world, from Ireland to Morocco. The result is a somewhat

mysterious and mesmerizing soundscape that feels like it came from another century. McKennitt, with the exception of a licensing agreement deal with the Warner Music Group in 1991, has managed her own business since she began performing in the early ’80s. “I’d like to say I knew what I was doing— but I didn’t,” she says. “But what I did know, is whatever success I achieved, I wanted to achieve it on the back of my own merit and understanding … I wanted to learn this business and understand all the things that impacted my creativity.” When asked if she has plans to record a new album, McKennitt says that she traveled to Rajasthan, India a few years ago to research material, but that due to touring and the demands of her business, it may have to wait. For now, McKennitt is enjoying touring the U.S. again. “It’s great to be out on the road and meeting people, seeing the countryside, and reestablishing a connection,” she says.Y Loreena McKennitt performs on Friday, March 18, at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa; 8pm; $45-$55, and on Saturday, March 19 at the Masonic, 1111 California St., San Francisco, 8pm; $49-$85.

Dawn Porter’s documentary ‘Trapped’ opens on Friday, March 18 at the Rafael.

FILM

Probed ‘Trapped’ an inside look at abortion clinics By Richard von Busack

n June, the Supreme Court may consider the legality of Texas HB2, the model of restrictive abortion laws being implemented all over the South and elsewhere. One is reminded of the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s famous quote … because if ever there were a case of laws being chains for the poor and cobwebs for the rich, here it is. The well-off can pick a facility in a large city. The lower classes have to bus in for hundreds of miles. They need to stay over for a couple of days to endure mandated waiting periods, engineered to make them endure the birth of an unwanted child. Dawn Porter’s documentary Trapped tours harassed and overbooked clinics in places like Alabama and Mississippi. Horrorstory cases abound: A gang-raped 13-year-old having to find a judge to approve her abortion (technically speaking, the court can appoint a lawyer for a fetus). A 43-year-old woman surfs the web looking for dangerous herbal abortifacients. One pregnant woman already has her beloved autistic child to care for. These abortion providers are

often religious. The devout Dr. Willie Parker, one of the few men who doesn’t look silly in a “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like” shirt, considers his work as a tribute to his grandmother, who died in childbirth. June Ayers, an Alabama clinic manager, has to deal with a dwindling numbers of doctors who will perform abortions. And in Texas, HB2 takes what was an outpatient procedure and surrounds it with a labyrinth of expensive regulations, requiring the same level of medical equipment as you’d need to perform open heart surgery. There are two takeaways from this brave documentary. One is the cheering thought that the providers haven’t lost a sense of humor: Ayers displays a bumper sticker that reads, “May the baby you save grow up to be a gay abortion provider.” The other thought is the reminder that undefended rights wither away. The cultural shame that anti-choicers wield prevents the one in three women who have had an abortion from speaking up and championing this cause.Y

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Loreena McKennitt’s programs for her U.S. tour this month include material from her album ‘Troubadours on the Rhine.’

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Movies

•New Movies This Week • Batman v. Superman (PG-13) By Matthew Stafford

Friday March 18 - Thursday March 24 Batman v. Superman (2:31) The Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel go mano-amano, much to the confusion of everyone; Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill star. Berlin Philharmonic: The Beethoven Project (2:40) Superstar conductor Sir Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic in Ludwig’s cheerful Symphony No. 4 and his more impassioned Symphony No. 7. The Bronze (1:48) Comedy about an aging, laurel-resting Olympic gymnast forced to coach a younger, sweeter version of her former self. The Brothers Grimsby (1:23) A top British agent reunites with his long-lost doofus brother (Sacha Baron Cohen!) to foil a global terrorist attack. Code: Debugging the Gender Gap (1:20) Insightful documentary examines the multibillion-dollar tech industry’s appalling resistance to hiring women and minorities. 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 Divergent Series: Allegiant (2:00) Tris and Four leap out of the frying pan as they break out of the walled city of Chicago in a mistaken bid for freedom. Eddie the Eagle (1:46) Biopic of underdog Olympic ski jumper Michael Edwards stars Christopher Walken, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton as Eddie. Embrace of the Serpent (2:05) Colombian portrait of a Cohiuano shaman whose peaceful life in the rainforest is threated by missionaries and other interlopers. 45 Years (1:35) Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling star in a powerful examination of a 45-year marriage on the edge of dissolution. Knight of Cups (2:00) Acclaimed Terrence Malick mood piece about a writer’s journey through memory, desire and ambition; Christian Bale stars. 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. London Has Fallen (1:38) A state funeral for England’s PM threatens to become a terrorist bloodbath … unless Gerard Butler has anything to say about it. Miracles from Heaven (1:49) A family and a community are inspired after a child with a terminal disease makes a miraculous recovery. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (1:34) Toula and Ian are back and dealing with a spark-less marriage, a teenage daughter and all those

wacky relatives; Nia Vardalos and John Corbett star. The Overnighters (1:30) Hard-hitting documentary about a North Dakota pastor who opened his church to the homeless and faced a firestorm of community outrage. Race (2:14) Stephan James stars as Jesse Owens, the black American track star who took on Hitler’s Aryans at the 1936 Nazi Olympics. Requiem for the American Dream (1:15) Philosopher-activist Noam Chomsky offers a lucid, in-depth analysis of the nation’s moneydriven devolution to its current state of income inequality. The Revenant (2:36) Epic biopic stars Oscar-winner Leo DiCaprio as 19th century explorer Hugh Glass, who survived a bear attack and a brutal winter to track down a friendturned-foe (Tom Hardy); Alejandro González Iñarritu directs. Spotlight (2:08) Best Picture Oscar winner is the true story of the Boston Globe’s tenacious investigation into a decades-long 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. 10 Cloverfield Lane (1:45) An accident victim finds herself in the underground lair of a survivalist who insists that the outside world is a postapocalyptic wasteland. The Ten Commandments (3:40) Cecil B. DeMille biblical epic tells the story of Moses from bulrushes babe to Hebrew freedom fighter; Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price and a cast of thousands star. Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents (1:27) Documentary focuses on the mysterious San Francisco sound and video collective that’s been making offbeat multimedia music for 40 years. Trapped (1:23) Documentary looks at the increasing struggles abortion clinics face as local legislatures pass stricter and stricter antiabortion regulations. 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. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (1:51) Tina Fey stars as real-life reporter Kim Barker, who covered Pakistan and Afghanistan in the dangerous years after 9/11. The Young Messiah (1:51) Biopic follows Jesus Christ through his childhood and early maturity; Adam Greaves-Neal stars. Zootopia (1:48) Disney cartoon about a melting-pot mammal metropolis where a rookie bunny rabbit cop teams up with a grifting fox to fight crime.

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The Beethoven Project (G)

• The Bronze (R)

The Brothers Grimsby (R)

• Code: Debugging the

Gender Gap (Not Rated) Deadpool (R)

The Divergent Series: Allegiant (PG-13)

Eddie the Eagle (PG-13)

Embrace of the Serpent (NR) 45 Years (R) • Knight of Cups (R) Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG) The Lady in the Van (PG-13) London Has Fallen (R)

• Miracles from Heaven (PG) • My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (PG-13)

• The Overnighters (PG-13) Race (PG-13) Requiem for the American Dream (Not Rated) The Revenant (R) Spotlight (R) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) 10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13)

Cinema: Thu 10:25pm; 3D showtime at 7 Fairfax: Thu 6 Northgate: Thu 6:05, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 6, 9:20 Playhouse: Thu 6 Rowland: Thu 6:30, 10; 3D showtimes at 6, 9:30 Regency: Sat 12:55 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:14, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25; Sun-Thu 11:30, 2:14, 4:55, 7:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8:05, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Rafael: Tue 7 (a panel discussion follows the screening) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:15, 5, 7:50, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:55, 6:10, 7:05, 8:50, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 6:10, 7:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:40; Sat-Sun 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 12:40, 2, 3:25, 4:50, 6:15, 7:40, 9, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:25, 10; Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 10 Regency: Fri 10:45, 4:35, 10:10; Sat 4:35, 10:10; Sun, Wed, Thu 10:45; Mon, Tue 10:45, 4:35 Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Mon-Thu 6:15, 8:45 Rafael: Fri, Mon, Wed 7:45; Sat-Sun 2, 7:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:15; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:20, 4:15, 7:20 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:25 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:55, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:55, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun 2, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11);10, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Larkspur Landing: Thu 6:30, 9 Regency: Thu 6 Rowland: Thu 6, 8:30 Rafael: Mon noon (free screening; registration required at eventbrite.com) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4:10, 7:20, 10:25 Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:15, 6; Mon, Wed 6 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 6:50 Regency: Fri, Mon, Tue 1:25, 7:10; Sat 7:10; Thu 1:25

Northgate: Fri-Wed 3:45, 10:15 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50; Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:30, 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 12:45, 3:20, 4:45, 5:55, 8:30, 9:55 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:45, 4:25, 7, 9:40 • The Ten Commandments (G) Regency: Sun, Wed 2, 7 • Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents (Not Rated) Rafael: Thu 7 (director Don Hardy in person) • Trapped (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Sat-Sun 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Mon-Thu 6:30, 8:30 Where to Invade Next (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:35, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20; Sun-Thu 10:40, 1:35, 4:30, 7:30 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 4, 6:50, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12:45, 4, 6:50 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7; Mon-Wed 3:45, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 Sequoia: Fri 4:55, 7:35, 10:15; Sat 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15; Sun 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35; Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:35 The Young Messiah (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:05, 7:15 Zootopia (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 12:40, 1, 2:45, 3:10, 3:50, 5:20, 6:40, 8, 9:15; Sun-Wed 12:10, 12:40, 1, 2:45, 3:10, 3:50, 5:20, 6:40, 8 Larkspur Landing: Fri, MonWed 9:20, 3D showtime at 6:30; Sat-Sun 11, 3:40, 9:20, 3D showtimes at 12:50, 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:05, 1:55, 4:40, 6:35, 7:30, 9:10, 10:05; 3D showtimes at 12:10, 2:55, 3:50, 5:40, 8:25 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 5, 6:45, 7:45, 9:10; Sat 12, 2:45, 2:30, 3:30, 5, 6:45, 7:45, 9:10; Sun 12, 2:45, 2:30, 3:30, 5, 6:45, 7:45; Mon-Wed 3:30, 5, 6:45, 7:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 1:50, 7:10; 3D showtimes at 4:30, 9:50

Christian Bale in Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups,’ opening Friday at the Regency. Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm. 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

Cory Henry GrammyAward-winning keyboardist from Snarky Puppy plays off his new solo album, “The Revival,” and showcases his instrument of choice, the Hammond B-3 organ. Mar 23, 8pm. $30. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Ian Dogole’s Afro-Weston Bandleader and recording artist Dogole offers a musical tribute to jazz and world music visionary Randy Weston with several guest artists. Mar 19, 8pm. $25-$40. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Jackie Greene Band The eloquent folk songwriter brings a full band to Mill Valley for a weeklong residency sure to sell out. Mar 20-25. $40-$45. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Pollyanna Bush Sophisticated singer and songwriter celebrates songs by Carole King, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell in her “Full Circle” concert event, featuring several surprise guests. Mar 18, 8pm. $15-$30. TMS Performing Arts Center, 150 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.924.4848.

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Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet Based in St. Petersburg, Russia, this ensemble dates back to 1939 and champions not only Russian masterworks, but will perform selections from local composer Louise Canepa, with the Napa Valley Ballet presenting a suite as well. Mar 19, 7pm. $10$20. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa, 707.255.5445.

Amit Peled Redwood Arts presents a concert from the world famous cellist, accompanied by pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera and performing works by Handel, Bach, Beethoven and others. Mar 18, 8pm. $10$30. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.874.1124. James Ehnes Canadian violinist is known for his technical brilliance and lyrical musicianship. Mar 19, 7:30pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Clubs&Venues MARIN

KRS-One An evening with the legendary hip-hop philosopher. Mar 18, 8:30pm. $21-$26. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

142 Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series. Mar 20, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Mar 21, Mill Valley Middle School Chorus. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Loreena McKennitt Eclectic Celtic performer and Grammy nominee comes to Santa Rosa with music and tales inspired by her world travels. Mar 18, 8pm. $45-$55. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Ali Akbar College of Music Mar 19, Arjun Verma, Nilan Chaudhuri & Eman Essa in concert. 215 West End Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6372. Angelico Hall Mar 20, 3pm, San Francisco Symphony Chamber Concert. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, 415.457.4440.

Vince Gill Massively popular country singer and songwriter performs songs off his new album, “Down to My Last Bad Habit.” Mar 23, 8pm. $59-$79. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422. Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316. Fenix Wed, Pro Blues Jam. Mar 17, the Marinfidels. Mar 18, Soul Power. Mar 19, SuperHuey. Mar 20, Salamander 6 and All Together Now. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. George’s Nightclub Mar 18, Fleetwood Mask. Mar 19, DJ Marlo. Mar 20, Mexican Banda. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262. HopMonk Novato Mar 16, open mic night with Delphi Freeman. Mar 17, musicians against cancer with the Yard Dogs. Mar 18, Jean Genies. Mar 23, open mic with Liquid Television. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

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On March 23 at Terrapin Crossroads, Grammy Award-winning keyboardist Cory Henry (from Snarky Puppy) will play from his new solo album, ‘The Revival.’

Marin Country Mart Mar 20, 12:30pm, Miracle Mule. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Wed, Walt the Dog. Mar 17, Eric McFadden Band with Queen Delphine and Lantz Lazwell. Mar 18, 5:30pm, Darren Nelson and Michael Weiss. Mar 18, 9pm, Grateful Dead Night with Cryptical and friends. Mar 19, 5:30pm, Fairfax Social Club.

CALENDAR Mar 19, 9pm, This Old Earthquake and the Haggards. Mar 20, 4pm, Erika Alstrom with Dale Alstrom’s Jazz Society. Mar 20, 9pm, Johnny Adams Band. Mar 22, Donna Eagle. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Mar 16, Dharma Bums. Mar 17, Michael LaMacchia Band. Mar 18, Michael Aragon Quartet. Mar 19, Chris Saunders Band. Mar 20, Migrant Pickers and friends. Mar 21, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Mar 23, the Humdinger Band. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392. Open Secret Mar 18, Spirit Rising concert with David Lieberstein and friends. 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. Osteria Divino Mar 16, Deborah Winters. Mar 17, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. Mar 18, Parker Grant Trio. Mar 19, James Henry’s Hands on Fire. Mar 20, Ian McArdle Trio. Mar 22, Malcolm Campbell. Mar 23, Brian Moran. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Mar 16, Marianna August. Mar 17, Deborah Winters. Mar 22, Lorin Rowan. Mar 23, Joe Tate & the Hippie Voices. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Mar 16, Elvis Johnson’s soul review. Mar 17, St Patrick’s Day with Culann’s Hounds. Mar 18, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Mar 19, Fantasia and Flanelhed. Mar 20, Achilles Wheel Trio. Mar 22, Waldo’s Special. Mar 23, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Rickey’s Mar 18, Karen Sudjian and Harmonica Jazz. Mar 19, Kimrea & Dreamdogs. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato, 415.883.9477. Sausalito Seahorse Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Mar 17, Fiesta Total flamenco show. Mar 18, Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band. Mar 19, the Equinox Rocks. Mar 20, 5pm, Mazacote. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Mar 17, the Theory. Mar 18, Ethan J Perry & the Remedy Band. Mar 19, the Bad Apple String Band. Mar 20, Sunny Ozell. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Spitfire Lounge Third Friday of every month, DJ Jimmy Hits. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Station House Cafe Mar 20, Melodious Thunk with Charlie Hickox and Ken “Snakebite” Jacobs. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

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Pollyanna Bush “Full Circle” Musings on Laura Nyro, Carole King, Joni Mitchell

Mar 26 • 8 pm • adv $25/door $30/student $15

Sweetwater Music Hall Mon, Open Mic. Mar 17, the Dustbowl Revival with T Sisters. Mar 18, the Mother Hips. Mar 23, Crossroads Music School concert. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Terrapin Crossroads Mar 18, Top 40 dance party with the Terrapin All-Stars. Mar 19, Stu Allen & Mars Hotel. Mar 20, Midnight North. Mar 21, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Chris Webster & Nina Gerber David Worm & Mark Vickness SONOMA (Glass House) Aqus Cafe Inspiring Voices, Incredible Guitars

Apr 9 • 8 pm • adv $20/door $25/student $15

Gary Malkin & Friends SoulSong: Sharing Hearts & Voices Apr 16 • 10 am -4 pm • $125

Jennifer Berezan & Barbara Borden “Come Together” Workshop

April 23 • 8 pm • adv $25/door$30/student $15

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Mar 16, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Mar 17, Wild Green with Miriam Crowley. Mar 18, One Armed Joey with Legal Disaster. Mar 19, Greenhouse. Mar 20, 2pm, Kenneth Roy Berry. Mar 23, bluegrass and old time music jam. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060. The Big Easy Mar 16, Petaluma Music Festival preview show. Mar 17, Ann Halen. Mar 18, Haymarket Squares. Mar 19, Ethan J Perry & the Remedy Band. Mar 20, Dreamland. Mar 22, American Alley Cats. Mar 23, Sunny Ozell. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631. Flamingo Lounge Mar 18, Bohemian’s Best Of Party with Codi Binkley and friends. Mar 19, Stereo Bounce. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530. Green Music Center Mar 18, Sir James Galway and the Galway Chamber Players. Mar 20, Acoustic Africa featuring Habib Koité & Vusi Mahlasela. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Mar 20, 3pm, Musica Pacifica Baroque Ensemble. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Mar 17, Melvin Seals & JGB. Mar 18, Dirtwire. Mar 19, Sol Horizon. Mar 21, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300. HopMonk Sonoma Mar 18, Jaydub & Dino. Mar 19, Billy Manzik. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100. Lagunitas Tap Room Mar 16, the Great Spirit Band. Mar 17, Stax City. Mar 18, the Windshield Cowboys. Mar 19, Blithedale Canyon. Mar 20, Johnny Soultrain. Mar 23, Misner & Smith. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776. Murphy’s Irish Pub Mar 17, 2pm, Live Oak Ceili Band. Mar 17, 7:30pm, Highway Poets. Mar 18, Tommy Thomsen. Mar 19, the Perfect Crime. Mar 20, Michael Mullen. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660. Mystic Theatre Mar 16, Reverend Horton Heat. Mar 17, Front Country with One Grass, Two Grass. Mar 22, Sammy J. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Redwood Cafe Mar 16, Mother Jones in Heaven. Mar 17, St. Patrick’s Day Party. Mar 18, KRSH noon concert with Ray Gorin. Mar 18, 8:30pm, Dream Farmers. Mar 19, Oliver’s Music Showcase. Mar 20, 5pm, Gold Coast Jazz

Band. Mar 20, 7:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo. Mar 21, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868. Rossi’s 1906 Mar 16, dance lessons with the Rhythm Drivers. Mar 17, St Patrick’s Day with Loosely Covered and the Gentlemen Soldiers. Mar 18, Kevin Russell and the Rhythm Rangers. Mar 19, Trainwreck Junction. Mar 23, dance lessons with Johnny Tsunami & the Hurricanes. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044. Sonoma Speakeasy Fri, Sat, R&B party. Sun, R&B diva night. Tues, New Orleans R&B night. Thurs, R&B classics. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma, 707.996.1364. Whiskey Tip Mar 18, North Bay Cabaret presents Life on Mars: a David Bowie variety show. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.

Art 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. Aroma Cafe Through May 6, “Images of China Camp,” Marin photographers Osher Levi and Brian Byrnes exhibit their photos of the state park and local treasure. 1122 Fourth St, San Rafael. Bay Model Visitor Center Through Apr 23, “The Mooring Series,” collection of watercolors by Nelson W Hee is full of meditative detail. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871. Bolinas Gallery Through Apr 3, “Colorists of Northern California,” featuring over 60 paintings by 11 painters working in the colorist tradition, using vibrant colors to interpret the warm and cool effects of sunlight. Reception, Mar 20 at 2pm. 52 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri-Sun, 11am to 6pm 415.868.0782. 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. 819 A St, San Rafael. 415.721.0636. Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Apr 19, “Atmospheric Moments,” featuring works of Ann Bernauer and Claire Smith. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932. Falkirk Cultural Center Through Apr 30, “Two Views,” married artists Steve Emery and Kathleen Lipinski show their individual and collaborative works. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438. First & Third Floor Galleries Through May 31, “Celebrating Colors,” eight local longtime artists carry distinctly individual styles to explore the visual power of colors. Marin Civic Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

Gallery Route One Through Mar 27, “In Formation,” installation artist Dennis Peterson’s work conveys confusion and humor, showing along with “The Pacific Gyre Series,” with works addressing plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. WedMon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. Marin Society of Artists Through Apr 2, “Outside the Line,” sculpture and craft show offers something for everyone with 90 pieces on display. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4 pm 415.464.9561. MarinMOCA Through Apr 10, “Travels with Phil,” expansive exhibit of cartoonist Phil Frank’s strips includes the San Franciscobased “Farley” and nationally syndicated “Elderberries.” Also showing, “Dark World,” Bolinas photographer Ken Botto utilizes collected miniatures, bones and found objects to create tiny dioramas. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Mar 24, “New Territories,” artist Patricia K Kelly shows several of her works on paper and large panels, painted with egg tempera. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331. Osher Marin JCC Through May 31, “Rescue, Relief & Renewal,” exhibit of rare archival photographs from Poland, originally presented at the Galicia Jewish Museum Krakow in 2014. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000. Robert Allen Fine Art Through Mar 31, “Works on Paper,” group exhibit features prints, drawings and mixed media from Susan Adame, Tracey Adams, Aleah Koury and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Through Mar 30, “Natural Abstracts, Fantasies & Digital Manipulations,” showing the eclectic photography of Michel Kotski. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888. Zener Schon Contemporary Art Through Mar 19, “Reconstructed Abstractions of the Urban Experience,” charged exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Bay Area expressionists Carly Ivan Garcia and Benito Rangel de Maria. 23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley. 415.738.8505.

Comedy Follow the Thread Talented and professional educators lead improv workshops for novice, beginning and experienced actors, improvisers and comedians. Wed, 7pm. through Apr 20. $20/week. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. George’s Comedy Jam Live standup comedy with Ngaio Bealum, Doug Ferrari, Griffin Daley and others. Mar 16, 8pm. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262. HUGE Fundraising night of improv musical comedy benefits the Novato Theater. Mar

and reference books, CDs and videos. Third Sat of every month, 9am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

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The legendary comedian and actor Marty Allen celebrates his 94th birthday at the Throckmorton Theatre on March 18 with a performance and Q&A alongside Karon Kate Blackwell. 19, 7pm. $30. Buck Institute, 8001 Redwood Blvd, Novato, 415 209 2000. Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thursdays, 7pm. $15-$20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Manic Mondays Standup open mic night. Mar 21, 7pm. Free. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200. Marty Allen The legendary headlining comedian and actor turns 94 and celebrates with Karon Kate Blackwell in performance and Q&A. Mar 18, 7:30pm. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Tuesday Night Live! Featuring comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide. Tuesdays, 8pm. $17-$27. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dance Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422. Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101. Dance Arts Studios Mar 18, 8pm, Cha Cha Workshop with Ron Montez, all levels welcome, no partner required. $25. 704 Mission Ave, San Rafael 415.459.1020. 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. Sun, Mar 20, 12:30pm, West Marin Contact Jam, explore principles of contact improvisation with welcoming dancers. $12$20. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075. Mill Valley Community Center Mondays, 6pm, Swing Dance Lessons. 925.267.2200. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. Strawberry Recreation Center Mar 19, 7pm, St Patrick’s Day Dance,

ballroom lessons and a live band make for a lovely evening. $10. 118 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley 415.485.5500.

Events Body Ensouled, Enacted & Entranced Two-day workshop with poet, therapist and teacher Daria Halprin is a creative exploration on returning home to the heart of what matters in your life through art making. Mar 19-20. $250. Mountain Home Studio, 15 Ravine Way, Kentfield, 415.461.5362. Call of the Forest A daylong event, inspired by environmental visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger, includes panels and presentations of the importance of habitat restoration. Mar 19. $120 and up. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Color Me Calm Adult Coloring Group A relaxing and brain-stimulating group for adults, with supplies provided. Fourth Wed of every month, 2pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323. Gently Used Art Auction Donate your gently used art and then buy something “new” in this popular event. Through Mar 20. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665. Guide Dogs for the Blind Graduation Ceremony Family fun abounds when guide dogs and those who raise them celebrate graduation. Every other Sat, 1:30pm. Guide Dogs for the Blind, 350 Los Ranchitos Rd, San Rafael, 415.499.4000. The Key Room Official Unlocking Opening party for the center’s new sitespecific installation and visitor resource center by Bay Area artist Carrie Hott. Mar 20, 12pm. Free. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.2787. Meditation & Mindfulness Weekly drop in class lets you work toward experiencing a still mind and discovering inner peace. Thurs through Apr 21. $10. First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, 1510 Fifth St, San Rafael. Mill Valley Library Book Sale Friends of Mill Valley Library holds monthly sale of all genres of literature

Senior Access Caregiver Support Group Caring for an adult can be challenging. This group facilitated by a specially trained professional. Third Thurs of every month, 11am. Lucas Valley Community Church, 2000 Las Gallinas Ave, San Rafael. Singers Marin Gala Annual fundraising gala and silent auction is themed Elegance at Dusk and includes good food, good music and great company. Mar 20, 4:30pm. $80 and up. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, singersmarin.org. Southern Marin Toastmasters Public speaking support group welcomes guests to join the group and gain confidence in their communication skills. Mar 16, 6:45pm. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

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Aramburu Island Enhancement Work continues to convert this 17-acre island from an eroding bay dredge dumpsite into prime shorebird and wildlife habitat. Sat, Mar 19, 9am. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.763.2977.

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Bohemia Hiker Series Bohemia docents share the beauty of this property through the changing seasons. Registration is required. Third Sat of every month, 10:30am. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. Early Spring Outing Hike, discover native wildflowers and more. Mar 20, 10am. Olompali State Historic Park, 8901 Redwood Hwy, Novato, 415.893.9527. Forest Therapy Immersive outdoor experience, registration required. Mar 19, 10am. Sonoma Coast State Beach, Hwy 1, Bodega, stewardscr.org. Habitat Restoration on Nicasio Island Meet at Sky Oaks Ranger Station and shuttle out to remove invasive plants and restore native species. Mar 19, 9am. Sky Oaks Headquarters, 49 Sky Oaks Rd, Fairfax, 415.945.1180. Kent Island Restoration Be a part of the team working to restore the unique ecosystem on Kent Island in Bolinas Lagoon. RSVP requested. Sat, Mar 19, 10am. Bolinas Lagoon, public dock, Hwy 1, Bolinas, 415.473.3778. Labyrinth Full Moon Walk Gaze at the night sky as you gather your thoughts with relaxing music and refreshments. Mar 23, 7pm. Free. San Francisco Theological Seminary, 105 Seminary Rd, San Anselmo. Pug Sundays A gathering of pugs, pug owners and pug lovers. Third Sun of every month, 9am. Mill Valley Dog Park, Bayfront Park, Mill Valley.

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Next Lap Maker Banquet fundraiser for Autistry Studios, which serves youth and adults with autism, features radio-control model racecars, Sol Food, tech and tool demos and a silent auction. Mar 19. $50. Autistry Studios, 448 Du Bois St, San Rafael, 415.454.1037.

Tiburon Uplands Wildflower Hike Enjoy the beautiful vistas of the bay, and learn about the colorful history of the Tiburon peninsula. Mar 19, 10am. Paradise Beach Park, 3450 Paradise Dr, Tiburon.

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Book Discussion Group Read and discuss “The Martian” by Andy Weir. Mar 16, 5:30pm. Free. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323. Attend a library book group for an engaging discussion of “The Martian” by Andy Weir. First-time attendees are welcome. Mar 23, 12pm. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.499.6058.

Best of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Selections from the most recent SFJFF screens in a four-part series. Tues, Mar 22, 7pm. $36. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

Candidates Fundraising Workshop Special training in the fine art of campaign fundraising with Laurie Earp, of Earp Events. Mar 16, 6pm. $20. Redwoods Presbyterian Church, 110 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

Israeli Film Festival Three-week series of Israeli-made films, including a Spaghetti Western, a comicdrama and a documentary is presented by the Jewish Community Center Sonoma County. Tues, 7:30pm. through Mar 22. $12. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Encaustics Workshop Margot Hartford leads a hands-on workshop that’s a great introduction to encaustics wax art. Sat, Mar 19, 11am. $125. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

The Mask You Live In Second film in the “Social Action Goes to the Movies” series follows boys and young men as they negotiate America’s narrow definition of masculinity. Mar 19, 7:30pm. by donation. Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.578.5519. 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. Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival Ninth annual fest brings the best independent documentary films in the world, and their filmmakers, to Sonoma County. Mar 17-20. $10 and up. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol, sebastopolfilmfestival.org.

Food&Drink California Artisan Cheese Festival Delicious event turns ten and features over two dozen California cheesemakers. Mar 18-20. $20 and up. Petaluma Sheraton, 745 Baywood Dr, Petaluma. 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. Girl’s Night Out Happy hour lasts all night long, even for the guys. Thurs. Bootlegger’s Lodge, 367 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.450.7186. The Judgment of Paris Dinner Flavor! Napa Valley welcomes several chefs and the public to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the blind judgement in Paris that revolutionized the world’s view of California wines. Mar 17, 6pm. $295. Silverado Resort, 1600 Atlas Peak Rd, Napa, 707.257.5495.

Lectures Aquarium of the Bay Conversational program brings the San Francisco Bay, its animals and their habitats to you. Mar 19, 11:30am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Genealogy for Beginners This class is designed for beginners who want to learn more about their family history. Mar 22, 2pm. Free. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323. Intro to Watercolor Basics Small classes with lots of one-on-one instruction, drop-ins welcome. Sat, 10am. through Mar 26. $85, four classes. Tennessee Valley Cabin, 60 Tennessee Valley Rd, Mill Valley. Let’s Walk In Your Garden Discover the UC Marin master gardener “Garden Walk” program and improve your garden. Mar 19, 11am. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.898.4623. The Photo Florilegium Master garden photographers David Perry and Saxon Holt explore new ways to consider and celebrate the plant portrait. Space is limited, registration required. Mar 19, 5pm. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

Readings Book Passage Mar 16, 7pm, “Bullies: A Friendship” with Alex Abramovich. Mar 17, 7pm, “Presence” with Amy Cuddy. $32 includes book. Mar 18, 7pm, “The Possibility of Now” with Kim Culbertson. Mar 19, 1pm, “Earth Ethics” with Laura Stivers. Mar 19, 4pm, “Raoul Wallenberg” with Ingrid Carlburg. Mar 19, 7pm, “Wings: Gifts of Art, Life, and Travel in France” with Erin Byrne. Mar 20, 1pm, Anne-Marie Fyfe & CL Dallat in conversation. Mar 20, 4pm, “Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up with Hunter S Thompson” with Juan Thompson. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Diesel Bookstore Mar 16, 7pm, The Larkspur Book Club, read and discuss ‘Americanah’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177. Falkirk Cultural Center Mar 17, 7:30pm, Third Thursdays Poetry Series, with poets Ellery Akers and Alexandra Teague. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael 415.485.3438. Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Mar 16, 4pm, “Seven Wonders Book 5: The Legend of the Rift” with Peter Lerangis. Mar 18, 7pm, “Death of a Newspaperman” with Delfin Vigil. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563. Sweetwater Music Hall Mar 16, 12pm, “Rocks Heals: The Science of Rock Medicine” with Sela Weidemann. Free. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley 415.388.1100. Tam Valley Community Center Mar 18, 7pm, Poetry Platform, includes Marin County Poet Laureate Prartho Sereno and Karen Benke. 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley. By Howard Rachelson

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events. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. films (listed by the year ofCommunity release), which have an ‘outer explores the power of dreams and the Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln space’ theme: magical creatures that create them. Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999. Through Mar 20. $10-$20. College of a. 2013 Marin Kentfield Campus, 835 College Ave, Watercolor with Anna b. 2015 Kentfield. Explore the world of watercolor painting c. 2009 and experiment with paints, brushes,

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various watercolor paper and variety of 6 Can youtechniques. name all Wed, of the countries that border Mexico? The classic oddball romantic comedy is watercolor 10:30am. staged by the Napa Valley Conservatory through Mar 30. $30-$35. Whistlestop, 930 7Tamalpais What Delaware-based the Theater. Through Mar 20. Napa Valley Ave, San Rafael. company, in 1938, invented

College Performing Arts Center, 2277 Napa Who are our Top Predators? Vallejo Hwy, Napa, 707.256.7500. Discover top Bay Area wildlife Only who threethe NFL teams ever won 18 games in one season, including playoffs. The Swimmers predators are, and find just how Name the teams, years were 1984, 1985out and 2007. tell which one failed to win Worldand premiere production of Rachel complicated the food web is. Mar 19, the Super Bowl. Bonds’ award-winning play is a beautiful 11:30am. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 “slice of life” ensemble work that explores Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871. What consumable product, especially enjoyed by kids, was originally named workplace relationships. Through Mar 27. $10-$58. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Blibber-Blubber when invented in 1906 by Frank Henry Fleer? Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208. ✹

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139151 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) BRIGHT MOUNTAIN PRESS, 2) WISDOM KEEPER BOOKS, 320 MELROSE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: BRIGHT MOUNTAIN LLC, 112 NORTH CURRY STREET, CARSON CITY, NV 89703. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

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PublicNotices 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 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139263 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN OPTIMAL HEALTH, 55 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY, STE F, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SARA KENDALL GORDON, 17 WASHINGTON AVE, 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 Feb 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139155 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BAYSIDE BUILDERS, 394 BEL MARIN KEYS, SUITE #2, NOVATO, CA 94949: TEMBROCK-INGRASSIA BUILDERSM LLC, 394 BEL MARIN KEYS BLVD, SUITE #2, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 10, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139220 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MEDICAL DENTAL GUILD, 130 LA CASA VIA, BLDNG 2, 104 B, WALNUT CREEK CA 94598: PETER F. CHASE ,DDS.,INC, 15 WOODSIDE WAY, ROSS, CA 94957. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 22, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2016) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No:304664 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 Feb 5, 2014 Under File No:2014134033. Fictitious Business name(s) TACK ROOM ESSENTIALS , 50 DORIAN WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1)MIMI O’ CONNOR, 126 REDWOOD DR, WOODACRE, CA 94973 2) WILLIAM FRITZ, 50 DORIAN WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Jan 06, 2016. (Publication Dates: Mar 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139227 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JEWELL CONSTRUCTION, 109 ROSS STREET #3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: AMBER C STITT, 109 ROSS STREET #3, 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 23, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139310 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EMERGENCY EPLAN,21 GOLDEN GATE DRIVE, UNIT H, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BIZBUZZ LLC, 21 GOLDEN GATE DRIVE, UNIT H, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Mar 02, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139269 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BODY TREAT, 1100 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD #3, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: AMY LITTLEPAGE M.D.,INC., 3702 DEAUVILLE PLACE, SANTA ROSA , CA 95403. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 Feb 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139271 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WHERE ART STARTS, 10 OLIVE STREET, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: AMY R BAKER, 945 GREEN AVENUE, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066. 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 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139286 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 110% CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, 135 CIELO LANE #202, NOVATO, CA 94949: DAMON LAWRENCE KNUTSON, 135 CIELO LANE #202, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139338 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ON BOARD EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING, 85 LIBERTY SHIP WAY, SUITE 114, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: OBE WORLDWIDE , LLC., 85 LIBERTY SHIP WAY, SUITE 114, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. 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 Mar 4, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139308 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CELEBRITY LIMOUSINE SPECIALTY WINE TOURS, 228 COBBLESTONE DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SEAN P OBRIEN, 228 COBBLESTONE DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Mar 2, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139275 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PRESTIGE, 7 SEVILLE DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SVETLANA LUNSKIY, 7 SEVILLE DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This

statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139399 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EICHLER FOR SALE, 2144 FOURTH STREET, SAN RAFAEL : MARIN MODERN REAL ESTATE, INC., 2144 FOURTH 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 Mar 14, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139400 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SMILING HEARTS HAIR STUDIO BOUTIQUE, 369 THIRD ST, SUITE D, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MYRA PARETCHAN, 4 OAK TREE CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with no changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Mar 14, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139360 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PK AUDIOVISUAL, 318A BUTTERFIELD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: PAUL KONIKOWSKI, 318A BUTTERFIELD ROAD, 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 Mar 08, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139250 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ASHERWORKS, 121 SAN ANSELMO AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94979: BRADLEY JONES, 14 MELVILLE AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 25, 2016

(Publication Dates: Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139201 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN VALET, 100 SHORELINE HWY, SUITE 100 B, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: FADLALLAH MALLAK, 100 SHORELINE HWY, SUITE 100 B, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 18, 2016 (Publication Dates: Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 of 2016)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1600608. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner YURIN MAYDONY ZARAT PÉREZ & MARVIN BENITO HERNANDEZ VELÁSQUEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SOFIA BELEN HERNÁNDEZ to SOFIA BELÉN HERNÁNDEZ ZARAT. 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: 04/18/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT 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: FEB 19, 2016. (Publication Dates: Feb 24, Mar 2, 9, 16 of 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1504296. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TYLER JOSEPH WRIGHT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: TYLER JOSEPH

WRIGHT to ERIN WRIGHT. 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: 04/21/2016 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: MAR 3, 2016. (Publication Dates: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1600885. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner PARI AND FARHAD AGHAZADEH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1) SAARA AGHAZADEH to SIERRA ROSE AGHAZADEH 2) NONA AGHAZADEH to NATALIA HOPE AGHAZADEH 3) PARI AGHAZADEH to PERI PARINAZ AGHAZADEH. 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: 05/02/2016 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: MAR 11, 2016. (Publication Dates: Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 of 2016)

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My boyfriend is going to a dinner out of town to get an award for a film he made, and he didn’t invite me. When I told him I felt excluded, he said that he was embarrassed because his parents are paying for his flight and he has to stay with a friend. I get it; he does wonderful work, but he’s still struggling financially. Still, if the tables were turned—if I were getting an award—I would at least tell him I wish he could come.—Upset

There are a lot of things Martin Scorsese has been known to say, but one of them is not, “I want you by my side at this festival, and I only have to dig through the trash for 8,234 more cans to make that happen.” It isn’t surprising that your boyfriend—as a man—is more sensitive about being … as they say … brokeahontas than you would be if the (awards dinner) tables were turned. As I frequently explain, men and women aren’t just physically different; they evolved to have corresponding psychological differences. A biggie comes out of how there was a far greater potential cost to an ancestral woman from any sex act (pregnancy and a kid to feed) compared with the cost to a man: “Gee, that was a whole teaspoonful of sperm!” So female psychology evolved to push women to look for “providers”—men with access to resources and a willingness to share them. That’s why women go for guys who show signs of wealth, like a temperature-controlled nursery for their sports cars. Wealth is a cue to the all-important ability to bring home the bison. But in ancestral times, we couldn’t hang onto stuff—including food—because we didn’t have refrigerators, let alone houses to keep them in. There was just the meat you could eat before it went bad and your man’s ability to hunt it down. So what does it for a lot of women is potential—signs that a man could soon be, uh, dragging home tasty dead animals (probably shrink-wrapped, unless their guy is good with a crossbow). You seem to be one of those women. (You get that they don’t give out film awards to just any doof who shoots a cat video on their iPhone.) If you do believe in your boyfriend, tell him—regularly, in detail. If he gets that you’re proud of him and that you’d be happier eating hot dogs on a bench with him than dining with some corporate drone at Le Whatever, he’s less likely to feel he’s failing you by being undercapitalized. This should help him be more inclusive in the future—at least emotionally—when that “historic location” where he’ll be staying is the sagging love seat where his buddy lost his virginity in 1992.

I’m 25, and my boyfriend is 29. He is super-sweet, is a good person and treats me really well. However, recently, he told my roommate that she has “nice cheekbones.” I didn’t say anything, but I think this was inappropriate. It’s not like, “I like your shirt” or whatever. It’s about another woman’s beauty. Can I tell him I don’t want him complimenting other women in the future?—Hurt

It says something when a man notices a nice view—like that it’s only a matter of time before he and that pretty orange sunset are sneaking out to his car to have sex. OK, it’s possible that “nice cheekbones” is man-speak for, “Those are some hypno-hooters you got there, honey.” But maybe he was just trying to say something nice. Or maybe he was mesmerized in a bad way—like, “Whoa … are those forceps marks?”—and he noticed her noticing and ducked for verbal cover. As for why you find this upsetting, consider that our emotions aren’t just feelings; they tell us what to do. The disturbing emotion of jealousy, for example, is what evolutionary psychologist David Buss calls a “coping device” for “mate retention”—an alarm system that helps us guard against being cheated on. However, sometimes this alarm system can be a little oversensitive and in need of recalibration—like the one at my parents’ house that used to go off whenever my uncle cut one in the den. In deciding whether you should say something, context matters. You describe your boyfriend as attentive, “super-sweet,” and “a good person.” If he isn’t regularly jawing on about other women’s looks, maybe it’s a little premature to turn your relationship into a repressive regime. Model your free speech policy on that of Iran or North Korea and it’s only a matter of time before you’re in a date-night rut: “So … same old, same old … dinner and a cavity search?”Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of March 16

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Artist Steven

Spazuk works exclusively with an unusual medium: Soot from candles and torches. He spreads the stuff across a blank canvas, then uses various instruments to sculpt the accidental blobs into definitive forms. I’ve seen the results, and they’re both well-done and intriguing. What would be the metaphorical equivalent, in your world, of using soot to make beautiful and interesting things? I think you’re primed to turn waste into building blocks, rot into splendor and lead into gold. (See Spazuk’s work at spazuk.com.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Carl Sagan said

that science thrives on “two seemingly contradictory attitudes: An openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new.” Whether or not you are a scientist, Taurus, I recommend that you practice this approach in the coming weeks. It’s the tool that’s most likely to keep you centered and free of both rigidity and illusion. As Sagan concluded, this is “how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Excess on

occasion is exhilarating,” said British author W. Somerset Maugham. “It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.” Now would be an excellent time to take that advice to heart, Gemini. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you not only have a license to engage in rowdy fun and extravagant pleasures; it’s your sacred duty. So get out there and treat yourself to an orgy of naughty adventures—or at least a celebration of meaningful thrills. You can return to the rigors of discipline and order once you have harvested the healthy benefits that will come from escaping them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): At one point in

Friedrich Nietzsche’s book Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the hero is having a conversation with himself. “You have wanted to pet every monster,” he says. “A whiff of warm breath, a little soft tuft on the paw—and at once you were ready to love and to lure it.” If I were you, Cancerian, I would regard that type of behavior as forbidden in the coming weeks. In fact, I will ask you not to pet any monsters at all—not even the cute ones; not even the beasties and rascals and imps that have slight resemblances to monsters. It’s time for maximum discernment and caution. (P.S.: One of the monsters may ultimately become a nonmonstrous ally if you are wary toward it now.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): On a social media site, I

posted the following quote from self-help teacher Byron Katie: “Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.” One commenter took issue with this. “‘Pushing buttons’ is a metaphor that’s long past its expiration date,” she wrote. “Can’t you come up with something fresher?” So I did. Here are a few potential substitutes for “push our buttons:” “Tweak our manias” … “prank our obsessions” … “glitter-bomb our biases” … “squeeze our phobias” … “badger our compulsions” … “seduce our repressions” … “prick our dogmas.” Whichever expression you prefer, Leo, find a graceful way to embrace your fate: Your current job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in your life is to tweak your manias and prick your dogmas.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming

weeks, you will have maximum power to revise and reinvigorate your approach to cultivating intimate relationships. To aid your quest, I offer this paraphrased advice from Andrew Boyd: Almost every one of us seeks a special partner who is just right. But there is no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why? Because you yourself are “wrong” in some ways—you have demons and flaws and problems. In fact, these “wrongs” are essential components of who you are. When you ripen into this understanding, you’re ready to find and be with your special counterpart. He or she who has the precise set of problems you need—is the person who is wrong for you in just the right ways. (See Boyd’s original quote: tinyurl.com/boydquote.)

By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In her book The

Winter Vault, Anne Michaels says, “We become ourselves when things are given to us or when things are taken away.” If she’s right, does it mean that we should be grateful for those times when things are taken away? Should we regard moments of loss as therapeutic prods that compel us to understand ourselves better and to create ourselves with a fiercer determination? Meditate on these possibilities, Libra. In the meantime, I’m pleased to announce that the things-getting-taken-away period of your cycle is winding down. Soon you’ll begin a new phase, when you can become a deeper, stronger version of yourself because of the things that are given to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I’ll make love

when the lust subsides,” sings Denitia, one-half of the electro-pop band Denitia and Sene. That would be a good motto for you to play around with in the coming days, Scorpio—in both literal and metaphorical ways. I’ll enjoy seeing how your emotional intelligence ripens as the whitehot passion of recent weeks evolves into a more manageable warmth. As fun as the intensity has been, it has blinded you to some of the possibilities for collaborative growth that have been emerging. You may now be ready to explore and appreciate sweeter, subtler pleasures.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The poems I have loved the most are those I have understood the least,” said T. S. Eliot. I’m going to steal and expand upon his idea for the purpose of giving you an accurate horoscope. In the coming days, Sagittarius, I suspect that the experiences you love most will be those that you understand the least. Indeed, the experiences you NEED the most will be those that surprise and mystify and intrigue you. Luckily, life will be ingenious in bypassing your analytical intelligence so as to provide you with rich emotional stimuli for your soul. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn painter Henri Matisse made the following testimony about his creative process: “At each stage I reach a balance, a conclusion. At the next sitting, if I find that there is a weakness in the whole, I make my way back into the picture by means of the weakness—I re-enter through the breach—and I reconceive the whole. Thus everything becomes fluid again.” I recommend this approach to you in the coming days, Capricorn. You’ve been making decent progress on your key project. To keep up the good work, you should now find where the cracks are, and let them teach you how to proceed from here. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We all lead three lives,” said Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard, “an actual one, an imaginary one and the one we are not aware of.” I suspect that you’ll get big glimpses of your third life in the coming weeks, Aquarius: The one that you’re normally not aware of. It might freak you out a bit, maybe unleash a few blasts of laughter and surges of tears. But if you approach these revelations with reverent curiosity, I bet they will be cleansing and catalytic. They are also likely to make you less entranced by your imaginary life and better grounded in your actual life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The greatest

illusion is not religion,” says aphorist Michael Lipsey. “It’s waking up in the morning imagining how much you’re going to get done today.” But even if that’s often true, Pisces, I suspect that you have the power to refute it in the coming weeks. Your ability to accomplish small wonders will be at a peak. Your knack for mastering details and acting with practical acumen may be unprecedented. For the immediate future, then, I predict that you’ll largely be able to get done what you imagine you can get done.Y

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