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Dear editors: On behalf of dogs everywhere may I implore those Marin citizens who insist upon pulling their dogs along with them as they jog or ride their bikes to PLEASE STOP doing so. Though I no longer live in the county or contribute to the Letters page of the Sun, I do work here and wish to contribute to the preservation of canine life and limb, so to speak. Any major dude who knows about our precious four-legged companions will tell you that dogs, on their own, do not jog. They do not work out. They do not go to the gym, the spa, or even to Whole Foods to shop, on their own. They are dogs, after all. They hang, they lick, they nap. Dogs, on their own, do not enter distance running contests. There is no dog Olympics, no dog running clubs, no organized events of any kind they set up among themselves. They are smarter than we are. Imagine a dog thrust forward in a time machine from, say, 1879, into the present, who sees one of his brothahs or sistahs running alongside a bike. This dog would say something like, “Get me back, Clarence!”

It’s OK to walk your dog, go to the park, toss a tennis ball around in fetch mode, those kinds of natural, easy things. Fine. Beyond that, take it from my niece, the ace dog trainer: For his sake, leave Fido home when you go running. —Craig J. “Skip” Corsini

Cannabis vs. alcohol “Why should it be treated differently than the alcohol industry [‘Hashing it out,’ Sept. 28]?” 1. Alcohol is purely recreational and cannabis has a very long list of legitimate medicinal uses. 2. Cannabis’ recreational use is mostly harmless to its users and society EXCEPT for the fact that it’s illegal which CREATES the associated crime problems that come with prohibition of a widely demanded product. 3. Cannabis is easier to produce for personal use than alcohol. 4. Alcohol is way overregulated and the compliance cost and complexity are a mess. It provides a model and example to NOT follow and what to avoid. —Dan Tudor, via pacificsun.com

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2 Which form of poetry is named after a city in Ireland? 3 Coca Cola was invented by pharmacist John

Pemberton in what year, the sum of whose digits is 23?

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after what genius?

5 This multi-award-winning 2014 Richard

Linklater movie was filmed from 2002 to 2013. Give the one-word title.

6 What is the nine-letter legal term for a

voluntary written statement made under oath?

7 Shown is part of the label of what brandname product? 8 At the time the American colonies went to

war with England, which American city had the largest population?

9 In the fall of 1992, this singer tore up a photo of the pope as a protest during her performance on Saturday Night Live.

10 When blood is pumped out of the human heart, it first enters organs in the chest before returning to the heart and continuing its trip through the body. Which organs are they? BONUS QUESTION: What two entrances to Manhattan from New Jersey are named after historical people? Howard Rachelson invites you to our next live team trivia contest, Tuesday, October 18 at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. Free, with prizes; 6:30pm. Want more trivia? Contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com, and visit triviacafe.com for the web’s most interesting questions.

▲ Four serious vegetation fires erupted over a five-day period in Novato recently, which scorched many acres of open space and threatened nearby homes. The Novato Fire Protection District fought blaze after blaze valiantly, contained each quickly and saved adjacent neighborhoods. Resident Sophia Osotio posted a suggestion about thanking the firefighters on the Novato in the Know Facebook group and it took off like wildfire. Schoolchildren baked treats and made thank-you cards for the department. Neighbors delivered bagels and coffee to each of the five fire stations to express their gratitude for the firefighters’ hard work. “The outpouring of appreciation and love from our community has been wonderful,” said district spokesperson Sandy Wargo. “We want to thank everyone for their show of support.”

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▼ As temperatures soared recently across Marin, we searched for ways to escape the sun. Shopping inside the air-conditioned Nordstrom in Corte Madera ranked high on our list. When it hit 90 on the Sunday before last, we parked in the lot across from the department store and spotted a barking dog in the front passenger seat of a Lexus SUV. We confirmed that the pup was alone in the vehicle and also noted that the car was running. Spare the air be damned. Does the driver suffer from emergency shopping syndrome and the dreaded can’t-go-anywhere-without-my-dog disorder? Probably, the person experienced a bad bout with a delusional sense of entitlement. Props for keeping the AC on for the pooch, but a total zero for bringing the dog out on a scorching day and letting the car spew carbon monoxide into the air that we all breathe.—Nikki Silverstein

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Upfront Bolinas may be uniquely poised to create its own path forward when it comes to short-term rentals.

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n a bluff in Bolinas there’s a single mother who lives with her young daughter in an apartment with a billion-dollar ocean view. The mom is able to pay the rent because the homeowner has an affinity for single mothers, and for helping the town save itself from the worst effects of the online, short-term vacation-rental economy. Could this ethic offer a model for reforming the short-term rental market in Bolinas and beyond? While there are numerous for-profit competitors to the dominant players—VRBO and

Airbnb—there are no sites that aim to corral a locality’s power to manage demand by creating a local platform administered locally and with buy-in from the residents and homeowners themselves. That would require a devotion to “ethical real estate” that may strike some as inherently oxymoronic, but there is an opportunity, perhaps, for Bolinas to build a better mousetrap to preserve the character of the town, a destination for artists and writers and musicians and freaks of all persuasions for decades. BoBnB, anyone? Bolinas put itself on the map by taking itself off the map through

the removal of street signs and, yes, there are residents whose suggested reform for short-term vacationers is a bristling, “Get out.” It’s a town where the enjoyment of beauty and living a life of communal anonymity is now met with an anonymity that’s outside the control of long-term residents: Who did the absentee neighbor with the otherwise-vacant house rent to this weekend? The obnoxious bachelor party with midnight vomiters retching under a full moon? The ayahuasca vision-seekers driving Benzes from San Francisco and shrieking about the Jesus gargoyle on a Sunday afternoon?

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Bolinas is not unlike towns all over the North Bay as it has dealt with the advent of the short-term online rental platform and its deleterious impact on local housing stocks and the character of the community. Healdsburg is putting forward a measure in November that would add a local Transient Occupation Tax (TOT) to a renter’s fee. Municipalities that have tried to pass restrictive short-term-rental laws, or pushed to ban the online platforms altogether, have faced legal opposition and challenges and blowback from residents. That’s been the case in San Francisco, Santa Monica, Laguna Beach and elsewhere. Sausalito

Bolinas may be uniquely poised to create its own path forward, and one resident, a veteran community leader who asked to remain anonymous because of his high profile in town, says the time is ripe for such an idea. He sees no value in trying to ban Airbnb or in publicly shaming people who rent their homes to vacationers. “We need to come up with something new, something else,” he says. He believes in an “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” approach to the short-term rental dilemma that is at once creative and noncoercive, and that doesn’t emphasize banning, shaming or otherwise alienating homeowners who participate in the short-term rental economy. He raises a core issue: How do you manage and curate demand in a way that would serve to preserve and enhance the community-driven spirit of the place? There is a countywide push, driven by the Marin County Board of Supervisors and the Community Development Agency, to try and solve the affordable-housing problem in Marin, where rents average $2,500 a month and the median price of a home has eclipsed $1 million. In February, the county pledged that it was “working with local landlords to provide incentives to keep apartments affordable, promoting development of second units, acquire existing rental housing for preservation of and conversion to affordable homes, and encourage multifamily housing.” But the county also relies on TOT income from West Marin to pay for services in the unincorporated parts of the county, where much of the short-term-rental action takes place. For-profit platforms charge up to 15 percent as a service fee for using the site, money that goes to a company with no interest in developing affordable housing in Bolinas, or anywhere else for that matter. And yet the Bolinas Community Land Trust is an entity with a commitment to preserving and developing affordable housing in the town, and its efforts to some extent mirror the county’s February push on affordable housing. The organization says it is always interested in new ideas to solve a vexing long-term problem. McGuire says he’d be open to exploring a pilot program at the state level. “If there is a nonprofit that can step in and keep investments local while also preserving housing stock, I would be interested in exploring this issue further, absolutely,” he says.Y

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banned short-term rentals, but there are numerous listings on Airbnb despite that. Nearby Tiburon banned short-term rentals last year, but VRBO’s got a listing up there right now. Lawmakers have taken note of the growing downsides to an underregulated online-rental industry. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein asked the Federal Trade Commission in July to do a deep-dive on the implications of the industry; at the state level, state Sen. Mike McGuire offered a bill last year designed, among other things, to put local decisions about shortterm rentals squarely in the domain of the localities themselves. “I think that any time a local jurisdiction can take control of their housing stock, it’s a win-win for homeowners and residents of a community,” he says. “Local control is always the best option,” McGuire adds as he notes his “concern about the proliferation of short-term rentals in small coastal communities and the way their culture has changed because of the number of homes that have become secondhome vacation homes. Small coastal communities have been overrun by vacation rentals.” There’s an oceanfront home in Bolinas that’s for rent for $1,200 a night and it’s tricked out like a fivestar hotel. Meanwhile, stories of how long-term tenants and residents are being squeezed out by shortterm rental money are, well, a dime a dozen. On any given weekend, visitors are greeted with signs around Bolinas that single out Airbnb for gutting the town of housing that might otherwise be affordable and available to residents. But there is hope that some of the spirit that originally inspired the creation of Bolinas as an idea and not just a town is still lingering around. A fairly common story that’s not unique to Bolinas is the plight of the longtime and aging homeowner with a mortgage, maybe some outof-pocket health expenses that are crippling them, and a long-term tenant who is paying a humane amount of rent and has been for years. According to residents I spoke to, there already are homes in Bolinas where a tenant voluntarily exits the premises once in awhile so the owner can cash in with Airbnb and pay some hideously large bill. It’s inconvenient, but it beats getting evicted. Could that sort of ad hoc approach to preserving housing be blown out on a community-wide scale?

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‘La La Land,’ starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, will kick off the 39th annual Mill Valley Film Festival on Thursday, October 6. Stone will be present, along with actress Amy Adams, who will speak about the film ‘Arrival’ after its screening the same night.

Cinema celebration Previewing the 39th annual Mill Valley Film Festival By Mal Karman

ike up to Mt. Tam on any given night (sans fog), and the band of stars in the sky likely to catch your eye is the Pleiades, a constellation also known as the Seven Sisters that Wikipedia describes as “an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars.” Look up at the marquee on any given night during the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival and the cluster likely to catch your eye is that of the middle-aged, hot A-type stars.

The California Film Institute’s annual 11-day, high-energy, cinemaplus-more extravaganza beginning on October 6 will be red-carpeting Nicole Kidman (49), Ewan McGregor (45), Aaron Eckhart (48), Julie Dash (64), and (the not-yetmiddle-aged) Gael Garcia Bernal (37), all of whom are to be honored with programs highlighting their careers. Following screenings of their

latest work and onstage interviews— including audience Q&As, they each get to pack for home with a Mill Valley Award, a statuette that has some resemblance to an Oscar on a diet. Kidman’s tribute includes an unspooling of Lion (Oct. 9, 3pm), in which she plays the mom to Dev Patel’s adopted son who commits himself to hunting down his birth family. Based on a true story, this tale is not

‘Circus Kid,’ by first-time indie filmmaker Lorenzo Pisoni, explores the life of a child who was clown partners with his father.

charm and disarm the audience. Annette Bening, who was a resident actress at A.C.T. in San Francisco before she hit stardom, and director Mike Mills (Beginners) headline this year’s Centerpiece Spotlight program, 20th Century Women (Oct. 13, 7pm), about a mother who ropes two young girls into helping her raise a teenage brat. Bening, Mills and a number of castmembers will pour onto the stage following the film for conversation and Q&A. If politics is your game, then you really need to get out more often—especially this year when a pompous 70-year-old presidential candidate with a thin blonde toupee proves how easy it is to behave like Pinocchio. A great place to start is in a master class on Documentary Storymakers (Oct. 8, 2pm) with Senator Barbara Boxer, producerdirector Nicole Boxer and director Robin Hauser Reynolds. Then check out the uber-current Do Not Resist (Oct. 9, 3:45pm and Oct. 12, 2:15pm), about police militarization in dealing with citizens in the streets; or the Steven Spielberg executive-produced Finding Oscar (Oct. 9, 3:30pm and Oct. 13, 5:30pm), a probing doc of the 1982 massacre of an entire village in Guatemala; or the hypnotic Tower (Oct. 8, 4:45pm and Oct. 9, 6:15pm), an animated/live action account of the 1966 mass murders by a sniper on the University of Texas campus in Austin. Closer to home is Company Town (Oct. 9, 2pm and Oct. 15, noon), Berkeley filmmakers Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow’s dissection of a political campaign for a San Francisco supervisor seat in which tech, gentrification, Uber, Lyft and Airbnb are central to the election. They describe their doc as exploring a fight “over the excesses of new tech companies and their impact on housing, affordability and

temp workers.” Tech. Tech. Tech. How did we ever function without it? Hah! Ever tear your hair out over a computer crash? Lost data? Wasted hours? Well, there is a device that can fix all that, that Tom Hanks and Sam Shephard swear by, that will never crash, that can be serviced in Berkeley by one of the most unique shops left to mankind. It’s called a typewriter and its advocates, the shop that is the ER for near-death machines, and an Oakland artist who creates anatomically correct human figures from unusable parts without soldering or welding are rolled into veteran San Anselmo filmmaker Doug Nichols’ fascinating and curious California Typewriter (Oct. 7, 3pm and Oct. 10, 8pm). Witness the murder of a typewriter, a performance by the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and a woman who types out poems on the fly for people healing from personal hurts. Nichols sees his documentary as “a thought-provoking meditation on the changing dynamic between humans and machines, encouraging us to consider our own relationship with technology, old and new, as the digital age’s emphasis on speed and convenience redefines who’s serving whom, human or machine?” While Nichols’ subjects long for the clickety-clack days of their Smith Coronas, those in Nora Poggi and Insiyah Saeed’s ambitious documentary are trying to reboot “the ruthlessly competitive boys’ club of high tech startups.” She Started It (Oct. 8, 1:30pm, Oct. 9, noon and Oct. 12, 10am) sent the co-directors chasing down the roller coaster stories of five entrepreneurial women (ages 17-28) through Vietnam, Germany, France and Singapore. “We did not want the film to be only a Silicon Valley story, as entrepreneurship »12 is a global phenomenon,”

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Opening Night offering, Arrival (7pm) stars Amy Adams as an international linguistics expert pressed into service by the military to transit through time and space and to try to communicate with a dozen mysterious spaceships that have descended on the planet, mostly on beachfront property. Adams, nominated for an Oscar five times, will introduce the film. Those of you who prefer Opening Night hoopla closer to Earth will gravitate toward La La Land (7pm, 7:15pm and 7:30pm) with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as a latterday Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. An aspiring actress (that means a waitress) and a jazz musician fall in love and encounter all the layers and overlap of the dual meaning of La La Land. Expect some schmaltz and a happy ending. Stone and writer-director Damien Chazelle will be there to sprinkle around a little fairy-dust. Not considered an Opening Night entry but playing on Oct. 6 nonetheless is the latest from Berkeley filmmaker Rob Nilsson, who thinks the David Foster Wallace novel, Infinite Jest, may have influenced his work. “[The book] was a magnificent hybrid,” he says. “Maybe it inspired the hybrid Love Twice, the film of the film that could not be made. But we made it anyway.” Love Twice plays only once at 7:15pm. The festival has amassed 201 films from 37 countries, including a few from Iran, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Mongolia. Among the best is The Salesman from Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation), who will be there in person. The film won Best Screenplay and Best Actor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. International heartthrob Gael Garcia Bernal (Motorcycle Diaries, Y Tu Mamá También) comes to Marin with two Spanish-language films, one in which he is a cop hunting Chile’s greatest poet and most famous communist, the other in which he is a jilted husband in Mexico crazed with hunting down his wife in Iowa. Neruda (Oct. 10, 7pm and Oct. 16, 8:15pm) is director Pablo Larrain’s imaginative “antibiography” of Pablo Neruda, part fact, melded with a lot of fiction. In You’re Killing Me, Susana (Oct. 7, 6pm; Oct. 8, 9:15pm and Oct. 12, 8:30pm), under the direction of Roberto Sneider, Garcia Bernal demonstrates his range, letting loose with a droll comic side. He’ll be on stage on Oct. 10 for a Q&A and to

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too removed from first-time indie filmmaker Lorenzo Pisoni’s Circus Kid. “I grew up working in a circus that [my father] created and he taught me the family business,” Pisoni says. “I was his clown partner. But he always had this dark side that I didn’t understand, and after he just up and left his circus and his family, I lost touch with him.” Circus Kid—screening on Oct. 9 at 8pm, Oct. 10 at 5:45pm and Oct. 11 at 10am on the same program with Berkeley filmmaker Siciliana Trevino’s short New Mo’ Cut: David Peoples’ Lost Film of Moe’s Books— follows the filmmaker as he “finally [builds] the courage to try to get to know the man I only knew in grease paint.” Another first-time director (and this festival is loaded with them) excavating a piece of the past is Brett Berns, whose engrossing “journey of discovery of a forgotten legend of American music” just happens to lead to his late father. Co-directed and edited by San Francisco’s Bob Sarles, BANG! The Bert Berns Story (Oct. 11, 6:15pm and Oct. 13, 8:45pm) carries us through the personal and vocational struggles of a songwritermusic producer who overcame failure and rejection to become a pioneer of ’60s rock, spinning out a long line of hits, among them “A Little Bit of Soap,” “Twist and Shout,” “Under the Boardwalk,” “Hello Walls,” “Piece of My Heart,” “Cry Baby” and “Here Comes the Night.” “[Interestingly] the film’s primary funding source were the songs [he wrote],” Brett Berns says. “Bert Berns was one of the greatest record men of the 20th century, yet he is also one of its most obscure creative forces. I realized that only by telling his true story would my father be recognized for his part in our culture.” We find another story with its family ups and downs in Ewan McGregor’s adaptation of American Pastoral (Oct. 9, 7pm and Oct. 14, 9pm), Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prizewinning drama about a family man who has it all and then doesn’t. The actor takes a turn at first-time directing himself along with Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning in a tale that will make you think your kids aren’t so bad after all. McGregor will be on hand to screen the film and engage audiences in one of the festival’s Spotlight programs, an evening with far more lumens than a flashlight. In keeping with our fascination for the stars both here and beyond, Sicario director Denis Villeneuve’s

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San Francisco’s Poggi says, “but most of all we followed our compelling characters wherever their journey took them across the globe.” One young woman got investorphilanthropist Richard Branson to pony up $1 million in seed money based on a single tweet, then celebrated with a milkshake, she said, “because I’m not old enough to drink.” “It was high time to show the stories of real women who were making it happen,” Saeed of Palo Alto adds, “which would, in turn, encourage more women to take the leap. We want them to think, ‘If she could do it, I could do it.’” There are women with perhaps equally big dreams but very little means in The Nine (Oct. 11, 9pm and Oct. 12, 2:30pm), Berkeley filmmaker Katy Grannan’s vérité film “about searching for beauty and possibility where there is none.” Grannan spent four years shooting on the troubled Modesto street from which the film’s title comes. “People were regularly victimized and there was often little I could do—many women were raped, men and women were murdered, beaten, you name it,” the first-time director says. “But I didn’t want the film to be entirely about misery, because the remarkable thing is that people find a way to keep their spirits alive, even in the middle of that hell. “Early into filming I was drawn to Kiki, an effervescent and childlike drifter who escapes tragedy through her imagination—she creates an alternate reality by inventing a new story to tell herself. Kiki’s a visionary

of innocence in the middle of unimaginable suffering.” See if it wrings your guts on Oct. 11, 9pm, and on Oct. 12, 2:30pm. Another story that might do the same is Garrett Zevgetis’ Best and Most Beautiful Things (Oct. 8, 2:30pm and Oct. 10, 2pm), which he says is “a coming-of-age story about a precocious young, blind woman (with Asperger’s) who disappears into quirky obsessions and isolation … (chasing) love and freedom in the most unexpected places: A provocative sex-positive community in Bangor, Maine.” Kris Kristofferson once described Mill Valley to me as “the most stoned-out place I’ve ever been.” So maybe it is fitting that the festival devote a kilo of programming to cannabis in what it cleverly calls its day of Smoke Screens, a morning, afternoon and evening on Oct. 8 of marijuana movies, marijuana music and marijuana panels, all aimed at getting you high on entertainment. Maybe you’re too healthy to qualify for a medical marijuana card (count your blessings), but plunk down 50 cucumbers and a CannaPass will take you to heights you never imagined—like the Mill Valley filmmakers lounge and the whole day of freaky, trippy, groovy events, including a panel on Cannabis in Athletics (11am) with three former NFL players, and a screening of Rolling Papers (12:30pm), a documentary dissecting the first year of Colorado’s legalized weed, with a panel following including the Denver Post’s marijuana editor (really) and executives from the Sonoma County

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‘Loving,’ by director Jeff Nichols, will close the film fest on Sunday, October 16. The film tells the true story of an interracial couple whose courage made history.

Growers Alliance and the Bloom Cannabis Group. (Don’t expect free samples.) A program of shorts, I Want to Take You Higher, at 1:30pm, will no doubt initiate a few giggles over warning signs from a bygone era, such as, “Only a puff of smoke but it killed her soul.” One of the shorts, The Secret Story, is San Francisco and Guerneville filmmaker Brian Applegarth’s history “about how (Bay Area) hippies, the AIDS epidemic and cannabis-as-medicine all collided … to leverage the courts and legislation.” L.A. Film Festival Audience Award winner Green Is Gold (3:45pm) is a coming-of-age tale of a 13-year-old essentially parented by his older brother and brought into the family marijuana growing and peddling business. First-time Sonoma filmmaker Ryon Baxter cast himself and his kid bro’, lending an unmistakable authenticity to their relationship as they hurtle toward an unsettling fate. At 8pm, if Jamaican reggae artist Prezident Brown has the tables, chairs and walls at the Sweetwater grooving with the band, we suggest you don’t drive. This is one of nine nights of live music in connection with MVFF [see Music, pg.34, for more]. Round out your joint with One Week and a Day (9:30pm) about a 25-year-old son who dies and whose father steals his medical pot, claiming he inherited it, though it may take more than a couple tokes to ease the pain of losing someone you love. That familiar high is sure to trigger that familiar growling—of stomachs. The festival obliges our cannabisinduced hunger with a delicious selection of mouth-watering films,

offering a virtual food fight between three of cuisinedom’s top foodies: Ella Brennan, Jeremiah Tower and Massimo Bottura. Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table (Oct. 15, 7pm) reveals how a woman who did not know the difference between French toast and a pig’s ass became a pioneer of the modern American food movement by creating elaborate New Orleans breakfasts and jazz brunches, revolutionizing Creole cuisine and opening the destination restaurant Commander’s Palace. In the immodestly titled Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (Oct. 9, 8:15pm and Oct. 11, 5pm), we are treated to glimpses of the celebrity chef of Chez Panisse and Stars, one of the fathers of the culinary style known as California Cuisine, and a man who mysteriously chooses to describe himself thusly: “I have to stay away from human beings because somehow I am not one.” Alright, Jeremiah, after dinner can we introduce you to a good shrink? In Theater of Life (Oct. 10, 4:45pm, Oct. 11, 12:15pm and Oct. 12, 3:30pm), the great master chef Massimo Botturo, whose restaurant Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has been listed in the top five at the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards since 2010, cobbles together 60 internationally renowned chefs to feed Milan’s refugees and homeless utilizing waste food from the city’s 2015 World’s Fair. Before your eyes, they magically put together meals that anyone would gladly devour. Save this one for dessert.Y Mill Valley Film Festival, October 6-16; mvff.com.

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n the Chinatown section of Bangkok, years ago, I found the neighborhood of restaurants that specialize in shark fin soup, and ordered a bowl. I was curious what the big deal was all about, and that curiosity overwhelmed the strong ethical case against shark fin soup. My bowl of soup, which cost about 30 U.S. dollars, was bland and featureless. It was like eating salted water with a spoon. I felt completely unsatisfied and thoroughly icky, as if I’d gone into one of the many sleazy massage parlors in the area, and gotten a foot massage. In the making of shark fin soup, the fin is often the only part of the animal that’s harvested, while the rest of the body is tossed back into the ocean. But with most fish for sale at your local market, it’s the opposite: The fins are thrown away, along with many other edible fish parts. I’ve been a buyer of such refuse in recent months, including fish fins, which can be quite meaty. This new practice was inspired by a recent blood screening that found low levels of HDL—aka “good”—cholesterol, along with high levels of triglycerides, also known as too much fat in the blood. According to reams of data, both low HDL and high triglycerides can be remedied, counterintuitively, with fish oil, which has been shown to be so effective that many doctors will offer it as an alternative to statins, which can cause problems of their own. The active, beneficial ingredients in fish oil

By Ari LeVaux are the omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to have a host of other benefits, too, including lowering blood pressure. All of its benefits add up to reduced chances of heart attack, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. So, along with a pledge to get more exercise and eat less dessert, I decided to incorporate fish oil into my diet. But instead of going for the supplement form of fish oil sold in capsules, I went straight to the source. I asked the fishmonger at my local market to set aside collars, bellies and fins—all of which are oily—when they are cutting up their whole fish. Shark fin soup is often made with chicken stock, to add a little extra flavor. But as I’ve discovered lately with dorsal salmon fins of late, fin soup can be made to taste good. Start by simmering the fins (or whatever) in water. If it starts to smell a bit fishy, don’t be afraid to change the water once or twice. When the last water changing is done, add some soup veggies, like carrots, onions, celery and potatoes. Simmer on low for at least two hours. To serve, prepare each bowl with the following: 1 sheet of nori, crumbled a pinch of grated garlic a splash of soy sauce a few slices of jalapeno (optional) Pour or ladle the broth out of the pot and into the prepped bowls, and enjoy a simple, satisfying bowl of dorsal fin soup. It’s satisfying, cheap and good for your blood lipids.Y

Marin Innovators

f you’re like us here at the Pacific Sun and you spend a lot of time exploring Marin, you know that business owners are always coming up with new and exciting ways to do what they do. That’s why our Best of Marin issue this year—which celebrated our readers’ favorites in categories that included Arts & Culture, Fitness & Recreation, Food & Drink, Home Improvement, Family and Everyday—honored them with a Marin Innovators theme. Using a Pop Art design concept, we had fun imagining things like artist Andy Warhol painting local items from the county’s impressive food and drink scene, and sculptor Claes Oldenburg creating monumental sculptures for our beautiful outdoor spaces. In the pages that follow, you’ll find a list of this year’s winners. We hope it reminds you of how lucky we all are to be surrounded by such admirable people and places. And we hope that it gets you excited for Best of Marin 2017. We’ve already started to plan that issue, which will hit stands in April. This January, you’ll find our Best of Marin ballot, which will launch the annual readers’ poll voting. We can’t wait to see who you vote for, and we look forward, as always, to sharing our Best of Marin issue with you. In the meantime, enjoy all that this stunning county has to offer. —Molly Oleson, editor

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arts & Culture BEST ART GALLERY SEAGER GRAY GALLERY

108 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415.384.8288.

BEST MUSEUM MARIN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 500 Palm Drive, Novato. 415.506.0137.

BEST MOVIE THEATER CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

MARIN 2016 BEST THEATER COMPANY MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

BEST PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MARIN CENTER

10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800.

BEST DANCE STUDIO/ PERFORMING DANCE COMPANY ROCO DANCE

1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

56 Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 415.456.1590.

BEST FILM FESTIVAL

237 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.388.6786.

MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL 1001 Lootens Place, Suite 220, San Rafael. 415.383.5256.

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BEST PLACE TO DANCE SWEETWATER MUSIC HALL 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Fitness & recreation BEST HEALTH CLUB BAY CLUB MARIN

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BEST GYM PELO FITNESS

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BEST PILATES STUDIO BODY KINETICS

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BEST TENNIS CLUB MT. TAM RACQUET CLUB

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BEST BIKE SHOP MIKE’S BIKES

836 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.454.3747. 1 Gate 6 Rd., Sausalito. 415.332.3200.

BEST SKATE SHOP PROOF LAB

244/254 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.380.8900; 415.457.1625. 907 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.1625.

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907 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.1625.

BEST BREAKFAST

244/254 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.380.8900; 415.457.1625.

BEST BEACH

221 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.388.9085.

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food & drink BEST BAKERY/CAFE RUSTIC BAKERY

1139 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 415.925.1556. Marin Country Mart 2017 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.9900.

BUCKEYE ROADHOUSE 15 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.331.2600.

BEST FOOD TRUCK JOHNNY DOUGHNUTS 1617 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.450.1866.

BEST DELI INVERNESS PARK MARKET & DELI

12301 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Inverness Park. 415.663.1491.

BEST BURGER PHYLLIS’ GIANT BURGERS

1407 Grant Ave., Novato. 415.878.4952.

2202 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.0866.

MARIN COUNTRY MART

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BEST CHEESE SHOP COWGIRL CREAMERY

80 Fourth St., Point Reyes Station. 415.669.9335.

BEST FARMERS’ MARKET MARIN FARMERS’ MARKET

BEST BARBEQUE PIG IN A PICKLE

341 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.891.3265.

BEST BURRITO HIGH TECH BURRITO

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3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael. 415.472.6100.

118 Strawberry Village, Mill Valley. 415.388.7002.

BEST COFFEE SHOP

914-A Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo; 415.455.9176.

EQUATOR COFFEES & TEAS

244 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.209.3733. 2 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 415.383.1651.

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BEST PIZZERIA AMICI’S EAST COAST PIZZERIA

1242 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.455.9777.

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BEST NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT FINNEGAN’S MARIN 877 Grant Ave., Novato. 415.899.1516.

BEST RESTAURANT WITH A VIEW HILLTOP 1892

850 Lamont Ave., Novato. 415.893.1892.

BEST WATERFRONT RESTAURANT THE SPINNAKER

100 Spinnaker Drive, Sausalito. 415.332.1500.

BEST BEACH RESTAURANT NICK’S COVE

23240 Hwy. 1, Marshall. 415.663.1033.

BEST NEW RESTAURANT OPENED IN 2015 VILLAGE SAKE

19 Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 415.521.5790.

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BEST NATURAL/ SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT CAFE DEL SOUL

1408 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.5400. 247 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.388.1852.

BEST OUTDOOR DINING SAM’S ANCHOR CAFÉ 27 Main St., Tiburon. 415.435.4527.

BEST ROMANTIC DINNER THE CAPRICE

2000 Paradise Drive, Tiburon. 415.435.3400.

BEST SPOT TO DINE SOLO AROMA CAFE

1122 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.459.4340.

BEST DINING AFTER 10PM MARIN JOE’S

1585 Casa Buena Drive, Corte Madera. 415.924.2081.

Food & Drink BEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT

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SAYLOR’S RESTAURANT

903 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael. 415.451.4765.

BEST SEAFOOD

BEST CHEF TYLER FLORENCE, EL PASEO 17 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.0741.

BEST CATERER STACY SCOTT CATERERS 415.299.2503.

BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT JENNIE LOW’S

120 Vintage Oaks, Novato. 415.892.8838.

BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

2009 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1512.

FISH

350 Harbor Drive, Sausalito. 415.331.3474.

ROYAL THAI

610 Third St., San Rafael. 415.485.1074.

BEST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT CAFE DEL SOUL

1408 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.5400. 247 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley. 415.388.1852.

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BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT

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WOODY’S YOGURT PLACE

704 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.5808.

802 Strawberry Village, Mill Valley. 415.383.4881.

BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT

BEST BREWPUB MARIN BREWING COMPANY

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223 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.927.4400.

BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANT VILLAGE SAKE

19 Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 415.521.5790.

BEST MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT INSALATA’S

120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo. 415.457.7700.

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BEST SPORTS BAR FLATIRON SALOON 724 B St., San Rafael. 415.453.4318.

BEST WINE TREK WINERY

1026 Machin Ave., Novato. 415.899.9883.

BEST WINE BAR 123 BOLINAS ARTISAN WINE BAR 123 Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 415.488.5123.

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831 B St., San Rafael. 415.456.3939.

BEST HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE JACKSON’S HARDWARE 435 Du Bois St., San Rafael. 415.454.3740.

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BEST SELF-STORAGE

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822 Francisco Blvd. W., San Rafael. 415.456.3656.

5784 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera. 415.924.7321. 338 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.1086.

BEST SOLAR SUPPLIER SOLARCRAFT

285 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato. 415.382.7717.

BEST KITCHEN/BATH REMODELER KITCHENS & MORE

4178 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael. 415.479.1000.

24 Bellam Blvd., San Rafael. 415.454.1983.

BEST LOCKSMITH TRANSBAY SECURITY SERVICE 2018 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.3860.

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19 Digital Drive, Novato. 415.279.9661.

190 Northgate One, San Rafael. 415.499.0736.

BEST NURSERY/GARDEN CENTER

412 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera; 415.945.9221.

SLOAT GARDEN CENTER

BEST TOY STORE

BEST APPLIANCE REPAIR

852 Grant Ave., Novato. 415.898.4411.

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MARTIN & HARRIS

2158 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.454.2021.

BEST CLEANING SERVICE LINDA’S CLEANING SERVICE 1208 Chase St., Novato. 415.328.9377.

ATLAS WINDOW & CARPET CLEANING

319 Second St., Sausalito. 415.332.6048.

110 Belvedere St., San Rafael. 415.491.4444.

BEST LANDSCAPE DESIGN COMPANY

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BEST CARPET CLEANING

4340 Redwood Hwy., Ste. F-100, San Rafael. 415.461.6257.

BEST MOVING & STORAGE

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BEST HOME ORGANIZER

BEST CONTRACTOR

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BEST CARPETING/ FLOORING

118 Auburn St., San Rafael. 415.256.8321.

BEST WINDOW CLEANERS SMART WINDOW CLEANING 22 Commercial Blvd., Ste. B, Novato. 415.382.0999.

BEST REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE BRADLEY REAL ESTATE Bradleyrealestate.com.

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300 Entrada Drive, Novato. 415.883.0388.

BEST CHILDREN’S CLOTHING OUTGROWN

1417 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.457.2219.

BEST CHILD-FRIENDLY RESTAURANT FINNEGAN’S MARIN 877 Grant Ave., Novato. 415.899.1516.

BEST CHILD CARE MISS SANDIE’S SCHOOL 2001 Center Road, Novato. 415.892.2712.

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Litquake to hit San Rafael By David Templeton

ooklovers of Marin, joining an array of purveyors of prose and print from around the Bay Area, will be gathering en masse this weekend for the third annual Litquake San Rafael event. Prepare to take notes, and get ready to walk. An all-day celebration of words, words, words—presented in a series of curated author events, readings, talks, panels, theatrical and musical performances—Litquake is an elaborate literary bacchanal taking place at various downtown locations on Saturday, October 8. A spinoff of the 14-year-old, nine-day-long San Francisco version, the San Rafael event is a single day only, but packs a lot of publishing-world punch into a very limited time. Beginning at 10am, Litquake will shake things to a start with Characters I Have Met on the Road, a panel featuring travel-themed writers discussing the hum-side of hitting the trails. The one-hour event takes place at Rebound Bookstore (1611 Fourth St.), is curated by Inga Aksamit and features free pastries and appearances by Lisa Alpine (Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman) and Don George, the former travel editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, plus others. Simultaneous children’s events take place beginning at 11:15am, and include the launch of Dragon Mist, the first in a fantasy trilogy written by young authors (Locks and Lollipops, 1563 Fourth St.). At 12:30pm, those not choosing to hear teenage writers share stories while picnicking on the lawn at the San Rafael Library, or sharing poetry at the open mic event at Lotus Chaat & Spices (1559 Fourth St.), can join curator Amanda Conran (The Lost Celt) at the Mayflower Pub (1533 Fourth St.), where a spirited

ensemble of authors will gather for the popular Pints and Prose event. Featuring Tanya Egan Gibson (How to Buy a Love of Reading) and several others, the event brings together a number of authors at various stages in their careers. After lunch, seven events at seven different locations will all vie for your attention, covering everything from sports writing (T&B Sports, 1345 Fourth St.) and Latino poetry (The Folk Art Gallery, 1321 Fourth St.) to comic book writing (Youth in Arts, 917 C St.) and the letters of Kate Boyle and Ernest Hemingway (Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St.). Following a 2pm open-air poetry slam at Courthouse Square (1000 Fourth St.), the festival kicks into high gear with a dozen other events, including Who is the Wickedest of Them All? (3pm, Yet Wah Restaurant, 1238 Fourth St.), a kid-friendly face-off between authors Janet Havemeyer (The Black Queen) and Natasha Yim (The Dragon Empress), debating, in costume, the relative nastiness of the two villainous rulers of their books. It all culminates at 6pm with Mystery Writers to Die For (Copperfield’s Books, 850 Fourth St.), featuring local crimefiction creator Cara Black (the Aimée Leduc mystery series) in conversation with Rhys Bowen (the Molly Murphy and Royal Spyness novels), and Taste of Travel (Pizza Orgasmica, 812 Fourth St.), one final travel writers forum, with a culinary twist. And with all the traveling you’ll have done by then, you’ll certainly need a bite to eat to go with all those new ideas and interesting words quaking about in your head.Y For the full schedule of events, visit litquakesanrafael/2016.sched.org.

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Perfect package ‘Pride and Prejudice’ musical energetic and fresh By Charles Brousse

f you are an admirer of Jane Austen’s fiction, and have a soft spot for the more traditional style of American musicals than most of what has been generated on and off-Broadway in the past few decades, then you ought to hop in your car, page an Uber or engage whatever mode of transport you prefer, and head over to Fort Mason Center on the San Francisco waterfront. There, ensconced in what used to be the Magic Theatre’s venue, the Southside Theater, you’ll find Independent Actors of Marin’s (IAM) delightful production of Pride and Prejudice—The Musical. Be forewarned, however: You better hurry, because this staged version of Austen’s most beloved novel, which debuted in London in 2012, is scheduled to end its

American premiere run on Sunday, October 9. Given the uncertainties that face such projects, who knows when, or where, it will turn up next. I must admit to having some qualms when my editor asked if I wanted to review the show. First of all, I knew nothing about IAM, its producer, even though the company has been around in one form or another since 1998. Was it up to the task? Second, I wondered if the world really needed yet another adaptation of Austen’s fictional account of the Bennet household in early 19th century England. There have already been multiple versions for stage, screen and TV. Would the musical comedy format add to our appreciation of this gem of romantic literature, or would

it undermine the original’s fragile beauty? Turns out I needn’t have worried on either count. The show is about as close to a perfect package of script, music directing, performers and overall production quality as one could realistically expect from a lowbudget, non-professional company. Beyond that, the energy and talent of its mostly youthful cast give it a freshness that is often lacking in more lavish treatments. While performances are on the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate, all three of its creators are women (a rarity in itself ) who have spent much of their lives here in Marin. Rita Abrams (score, lyrics, musical direction) taught in county elementary schools before gaining national recognition (including a

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Brittany Law stars as Elizabeth Bennet, and David Crane as Mr. Darcy in the Independent Actors of Marin’s production of ‘Pride and Prejudice—The Musical.’

pair of Emmy Awards) for her hit recording of “Mill Valley,” performed by a children’s chorus. In later years, she has collaborated on a number of well-received satirical revues that explore the prickly nature of male/ female relationships. Josie Brown (book), is a popular writer of novels sold through Amazon and other vendors, and stage director Lexie Papedo Gasparini is an experienced professional actress who graduated from Drake High School. To their immense credit, these three have managed to pull off the difficult task of fashioning a musical treatment of a famous literary milestone that, although modern in form, carefully preserves the vision of the original source. Most readers will be familiar with Austen’s semi-autobiographical tale of how Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, a moderately well-off English couple domiciled in the English countryside, are faced with the discomfiting necessity of having to find affluent husbands for their five marriageable daughters in order to preserve their comfortable standard of living, and how that imperative leads to the intrigues and moral dilemmas that make the story so gripping. Geoffrey Colton is perfectly cast as the imperturbable patriarch, and Kathy Deichen, IAM’s founder and artistic director, is equally convincing as his well-meaning but fluttery wife. Among the other female leads, outstanding performances are turned in by Brittany Law as the Bennets’ remarkably composed elder daughter Elizabeth, and Juliet Heller is a strong Cousin Charlotte. The male contingent is headed by David Crane as the cocky Mr. Darcy, who finally meets his match in Elizabeth Bennet’s steely determination to find out the truth about his background. Space limitations make it impossible to evaluate everyone in the 17-member cast. What I can say is that from top to bottom it is an outstanding ensemble. I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t also mention that the show’s period costumes (no designer credited) are absolutely gorgeous. To repeat: It’s the whole package. Future potential producers take notice.Y

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Thao Nguyen, frontwoman of indie band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, will kick off the Mill Valley Film Festival’s music series at the Sweetwater.

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Soundscape Mill Valley Film Festival offers nine nights of live music By Charlie Swanson

ne of the most exciting aspects of the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) is the event’s ever-expanding offerings. Last year, the popular annual fest debuted its newest addition to the fun in the form of the MVFF Music series. This year, MVFF Music returns with an eclectic array of artists, showcasing musicians featured in MVFF films, as well as concerts that perfectly pair with particular screenings. Beginning on Friday, October 7, nine concerts come to Mill Valley’s Sweetwater Music Hall in a dynamic program. Kicking off the series is longtime San Francisco songwriter and bandleader Thao Nguyen. The infectious performer and longtime frontwoman of indie band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down is featured in the film A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story, and audiences will catch an up-close-and-personal glimpse of what the film captures— Nguyen’s energetic brand of folk-pop and alternative rock. The next night, Oct. 8, Jamaican roots reggae artist Prezident Brown and reggae veterans The Itals perform as part of the festival’s Cannabis Focus day, highlighting a conscious and entertaining day of mind-expanding films and events that go green. Sunday, Oct. 9 features Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and Juilliard-

trained cellist Natalie Haas in an evening of beautiful music. Featured in the MVFF selection The Groove Is Not Trivial, Fraser has been heard on several soundtracks, including Titanic and Last of the Mohicans. Returning thematically to the Austin scene, songwriter Erika Wennerstrom, known as the leading force behind rock ’n’ roll outfit Heartless Bastards, makes a solo appearance on Monday, Oct. 10. Celebrating the release of the documentary Bang! The Bert Berns Story, MVFF Music’s biggest concert event honors the amazing body of work by songwriter Bert Berns on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Beloved soul singers Betty Harris and Linda Hart, who both worked extensively with Berns, headline the night, which also features Marin favorites Shana Morrison, Matt Jaffe, rock duo HUGElarge and many others. Other concerts on the MVFF Music program include jazz pianist Fred Hersch, subject of a new documentary, acoustic performer Trevor Hall, punk rocker Alejandro Escovedo and the Oct.15 closing night blowout with Narada Michael Walden and the Great Mill Valley Gospel Show.Y MVFF Music, Oct. 7 through Oct.15; Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley; mvff.com/music.

In ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ literate slave and preacher Nat Turner organizes an uprising.

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Martyr’s crown ‘The Birth of a Nation’ a powerful look at slavery By Richard von Busack

ilmmakers who are director/ writer/actors are usually more talented in one hyphenate than the other parts. The Birth of a Nation, by the much-hyped hyphenate Nate Parker, is best in one aspect: Parker has an actorly presence that makes this film immediate and powerful. It’s the story of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in the early 1830s. Turner grows from a houseboy on the estate that gave him his name. When there’s a reversal of fortune on the plantation, Nat (played by Parker in adulthood) is sent into the fields to have his hands torn by the sharp cotton thorns. Parker’s Turner seems to be discovering the world of slavery as we watch—learning all the pitfalls that keep even a wellmeaning, gentle slave from peace or safety. Turner’s radicalization is balanced by the story of Turner’s master Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), who declines through drink and trouble. Frederick Douglass wrote that slavery poisoned both the slave and the master, and The Birth

of a Nation excels at illustrating the poison’s double effect. In the guarded, eventually shattered friendship between Nat and his master, there’s a pang of loss: Hurt for Nat’s betrayal and sorrow, as well as a lesser pang for a solitary white man who could have had a good friend instead of a captive. That’s not to say that the tragedy of slavery fell equally on the whites, and the atrocities are here to prove it. You could describe Turner as a revolutionary who grasped a martyr’s crown, or as a religious fanatic who saw signs in the heavens. The Birth of a Nation is so much of a Christian movie that it’s being advertised as enlightening spiritual entertainment. Parker may have oversimplified this dangerous rebel, the way they always oversimplify Jesus in a movie. It may not be clear to the people who are most rapt about The Birth of a Nation that you could make a movie about an Islamic suicide bomber like this, with this many injustices and a finale of slow-mo violence.Y

• American Graffiti (PG) By Matthew Stafford

Friday, October 7 - Thursday October 13 American Graffiti (1:50) George Lucas’ best flick follows a group of listless teens on a night of cruising and bonding; Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford and Suzanne Somers star. The Birth of a Nation (1:50) Edgy, propulsive account of the 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion; Nate Parker writes, directs and stars. Deepwater Horizon (1:47) Real-life disaster movie about the worst oil spill in U.S. history stars Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich. Don’t Breathe (1:28) Horror flick about three thieves who break into the wrong spooky old mansion. The Dressmaker (1:59) Genre-hopping slapstick melodrama about an Aussie fashionista who returns to the Outback and its oddball denizens; Kate Winslet and Judy Davis star. The Girl on the Train (1:45) Paula Hawkins’ bestseller hits the big screen with Emily Blunt as a Hitchcockian “innocent” who sees something she wishes she hadn’t. Hell or High Water (1:42) Two embittered brothers go on a bank-robbing spree … until they come up against aging Texas Ranger Jeff Bridges. Kubo and the Two Strings (1:41) Animated action fantasy about the epic battle between three Japanese villagers and a gang of vengeful spirits; Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes and George Takei provide the voices. The Magnificent Seven (2:06) Remake of the epic Western stars Denzel Washington as the leader of a band of mercenaries hired to protect a village from rapacious evildoers; Antoine Fuqua directs. Masterminds (1:35) Goofball comedy about a gang of half-wits who manage to pull off a heist and make Zach Galifianakis their fall guy. The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde (5:15) Live from New York it’s Wagner’s epic tale of love, death and Celtic mysticism in a dazzling new production; Nina Stemme stars.

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (1:32) A free-spirited tween plots to break every rule in his ridiculously regimented junior high school’s code of conduct. Mill Valley Film Festival The 39th annual cinematic soiree features seminars, workshops, galas, in-person tributes and hundreds of movies from around the world. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2:07) Typically offbeat Tim Burton fantasy about a paranormal residential hotel where Eva Green, Judi Dench, Terence Stamp and Samuel L. Jackson are among the habitués. Nerve (1:36) A goody-two-shoes teen gets caught up in sex, drugs, drink and naughty language when she joins an online gaming group. No Manches Frida (1:54) Raucous comedy about an ex-con’s scheme to retrieve loot he buried under a high school gym by working as a substitute teacher. Queen of Katwe (2:04) True tale of a poor Uganda girl whose world changes when she becomes a chess prodigy; Mira Nair directs David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o. The Secret Life of Pets (1:31) Sneak peek at what pets get up to when they’re left alone in their Manhattan penthouses features vocals from Albert Brooks, Dana Carvey and others. Snowden (2:14) Biopic stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the CIA spook-turnedwhistleblower; Oliver Stone directs Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson and a host of others. Storks (1:32) Family-friendly cartoon about two storks and their regular gig of delivering babies to parents; Andy Samberg and Kelsey Grammer vocalize. Suicide Squad (1:40) Another live-action comic book, this one starring Will Smith and Jared Leto as super-villains seeking redemption by leading a heroic if suicidal mission of mercy. Sully (1:36) Tom Hanks stars as Chesley Sullenberger, the airline pilot who managed 2009’s heroic emergency landing on the Hudson River; Clint Eastwood directs.

The Birth of a Nation (R) Deepwater Horizon (PG-13) Don’t Breathe (R) The Dressmaker (Not Rated) The Girl on the Train (R)

Hell or High Water (R) Kubo and the Two Strings (PG) The Magnificent Seven (PG-13) Masterminds (R)

• The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde (Not Rated) • Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (PG) • Mill Valley Film Festival Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (PG-13) Nerve (PG-13) No Manches Frida (PG-13) Queen of Katwe (PG) The Secret Life of Pets (PG) Snowden (R) Storks (PG)

Suicide Squad (PG-13) Sully (PG-13)

Regency: Sun, Wed 2 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40; Sun-Wed 1, 4:05, 6:50 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:20, 1:05, 5:05, 7, 9:55; Sun-Thu 10:20, 1:05, 5:05, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45; Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:20, 5, 7:50, 10:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:40, 10:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25; Sun-Wed 10:40, 1:40, 4:40, 7:40; Thu 10:40, 1:40, 4:40 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30; Sun-Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 12:35, 1:55, 3:15, 4:35, 5:55, 7:15, 8:35, 9:55 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 8:45, 9:35; Sat 1, 4, 7, 8:45, 9:35; Sun 1, 4, 7; Mon-Wed 4, 7 Rowland: FriWed 11:15, 2, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 Regency: Fri 10:50, 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:25; Sat 4:30, 7:20, 10:25; Sun, Wed 10:50, 4:45, 7:20; Mon, Tue 10:50, 1:50, 4:30, 7:20; Thu 10:50, 1:50, 4:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 4:25, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 1:50, 7:10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:55 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:20 Lark: Sat 9am Regency: Sat 9am; Wed 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Runs October 6-16; call (415) 383-5256 or visit mvff.com for schedule Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:55, 4, 7, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:55, 4, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7, 10; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:20, 6:40, 9:30; Sat 12, 3:20, 6:40, 9:30; Sun 12, 3:20, 6:40; Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:45, 7, 10; 3D showtimes at 3:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:20, 7:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 4:45, 9:50 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 9:50; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:20, 4:20, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:25, 2:50, 5:15 Regency: Fri 12:45, 3:50, 7:10, 10:20; Sat 3:50, 7:10, 10:20; Sun-Tue 12:45, 3:50, 7:10; Wed 11, 2:10; Thu 12:45, 3:50 Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 12:30, 2, 3:10, 5:35, 6:50, 9:20; 3D showtime at 4:20 Playhouse: Fri, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30; Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:30, 6:30; Sun 12:15, 3:30, 6:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:25, 1:50; 3D showtime at 4:20 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:35, 6:45, 9:35 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 9:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:55, 4:50, 7:45, 10:20; Sun-Wed 11, 1:55, 4:50, 7:45; Thu 11, 1:55, 4:50 Rowland: Fri-Wed 6:50, 9:30

Nate Parker as Nat Turner in ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ now playing at the Regency.

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

‘Moonlight’ is just one of the movies screening at the 39th annual Mill Valley Film Festival, running October 6-16. Visit mvff.com for info.

CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 415-388-1190 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 415-924-6506 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 415-453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 415-924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 415461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 415-491-1314 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 415-435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415-454-1222 Regency 280 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 415-479-6496 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 415-898-3385

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Sundial North Bay Sinfonietta Chamber orchestra welcomes bassist Steve Hoffman for a program titled “It’s All About the Bass.” Oct 7, 8pm. $8. First Presbyterian Church, 1550 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa.

Concerts MARIN

Adey Bell The singer-songwriter enchants audiences with her original songs and well-placed covers in a solo performance. Oct 8, 8pm. $18$28. TMS Performing Arts Center, 150 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.924.4848.

Wine Country Ragtime Festival Ragtime performers from all over come together, including Larisa Migachyove, John Remmers, Debbie Knapp, John Partridge and the Flying Eagles Jazz Band. Oct 8, 6pm. $20. First Congregational Church of Sonoma, 252 W Spain St, Sonoma, winecountryragtimefestival.com.

CALENDAR

Oct 12, the Marinfidels. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Hall. Oct 11, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

George’s Nightclub Oct 6, college night. Oct 9, Mexican Banda. Oct 11, hip-hop open mic. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Oct 6, Linda Street. Oct 7, Night Animals. Oct 8, the Hots. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Grazie Restaurant Oct 8, Reggie Austin. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181.

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

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HopMonk Novato Oct 5, open mic night with Beth Marlin. Oct 7, Choppin Broccoli with Ann Halen. Oct 8, the Melt. Oct 9, 5pm, Richard Shindell. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

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Napa Valley Youth Symphony and Kellie Fuller Intimate fundraiser for the Culinary Institute of America features performances on the Napa River, sumptuous food prepared by chef Victor Scargle and other surprises. Oct 8, 5:30pm. $25 and up. Copia, 500 First St, Napa, fonr.org.

19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Oct 6, Jukebox night. Oct 7, 5:30pm, Danny Montana and friends. Oct 7, 9pm, First Friday reggae with Broken Silence Sound System. Oct 8, Chrissy Lynne Band with Kelly Peterson Band. Oct 9, 5pm, the Little Bit Show. Oct 9, 8pm, Fly by Train. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Sweetwater Music Hall Oct 7, Thao Nguyen. Oct 8, Prezident Brown and the Itals. Oct 9, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Oct 10, Erika Wennerstrom and Petter Stakee. Oct 11, Bang! Bert Burns tribute with Betty Harris. Oct 12, Fred Hersch. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Chris Smither Blues-folk icon’s career has spanned more than 50 years and his music has been covered by the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Diana Krall. Oct 8, 8pm. $23-$26. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.874.3176.

Tony DeSare Trio From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall DeSare wows with his fresh take on old school class around the globe. Oct 8, 7pm. $20-$75. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Oct 7, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 10, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Terrapin Crossroads Oct 6, Moonalice. Oct 8-9, Eric Krasno Band with Phil Lesh. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

The Magic of the Flute Santa Rosa Symphony welcomes flutist Jean Ferrandis, brother of conductor Bruno Ferrandis, for three performances. Oct 8-10. $20-$80. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Wine Country Ragtime Festival Ragtime performers from all over come together, including Larisa Migachyove, John Remmers, Debbie Knapp, John Partridge and the Flying Eagles Jazz Band. Oct 9, 2pm. $10. First Presbyterian Church of Napa, 1333 Third St, Napa, 707.224.8498.

Novato Library Oct 5, 7pm, classical guitar music with Joseph Bacon. 1720 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.898.4623.

Throckmorton Theatre Friday, Oct 7, Alejandro Ziegler Tango Quartet. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Osteria Divino Oct 5, Pedro Rosales Con Quimba. Oct 6, Passion Habanera. Oct 7, Lorca Hart Trio. Oct 8, Ken Cook Trio. Oct 9, Smith Dobson Trio. Oct 11, Ken Cook. Oct 12, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

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

Lagunitas Fall Music Festival Performances by the Kate Gaffney Band and singer-songwriter Jerry Hannan, family activities and more highlight this annual benefit for Lagunitas’ Public Montessori Program. Oct 8, 2pm. Free admission. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.8888.

Clubs&Venues MARIN Angelico Hall Oct 9, 3pm, Telegraph String Quartet and Mobias Guitar Trio. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, 415.457.4440.

Lloyd Barde Productions

Singer/songwriter/pianist Adey Bell will play original songs and covers during a special solo evening on October 8 at TMS Performing Arts Center.

Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422. Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316. Book Passage Sun, 11:30am, Songs & Stories with Megan. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960. Fenix Oct 6, Eric Wiley Band. Oct 7, Wall Street. Oct 8, Intimate Dinner Series with Miki Howard. Oct 9, Marin School of the Arts Showcase.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Oct 5, Charlie Docherty. Oct 6, Schuster and Bay. Oct 11, John Hoy. Oct 12, Paul VornHagen. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Oct 5, the Weissmen. Oct 6, Fog Swamp. Oct 7, Swoop Unit. Oct 8, Junk Parlor. Oct 11, Fresh Baked Blues. Oct 12, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Rancho Nicasio Oct 7, Jerry Hannan. Oct 9, 5pm, Jeremy D’Antonio with Darren Nelson and friends. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

St Stephen’s Episcopol Church Oct 7, 7:30pm, evening of organ and piano with Ugo Sforza and Peter Homans. 3 Bay View Ave, Belvedere, ststephenschurch.org.

SONOMA Aqus Cafe Oct 6, Celtic music. Oct 7, Greenhouse. Oct 8, Bill Walden. Oct 9, 2pm, Alan Early. Oct 12, open jazz jam. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060. Flamingo Lounge Oct 7, the Zins. Oct 8, Louie Romero y Su Orquesta Mazacote. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530. Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Oct 12, 2pm, Sonoma State University Instrumental Repertory Recital. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Santa Sabina Center Oct 9, 3pm, Sounding Evolution concert with MusicAEterna. 25 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael, 415.457.7727.

HopMonk Sebastopol Oct 5, Science Buzz Cafe. Oct 7, Coffis Brothers and the Mountain Men. Oct 8, the Breaking. Oct 10, Monday Night Edutainment with Winstrong and friends. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Oct 6, Marin Jazz Trio. Oct 7, Mwanza Furaha birthday celebration. Oct 8, the Rolando Morales Group. Oct 9, 5pm, Rumbache. Oct 10, 6pm, open mic with Judy

HopMonk Sonoma Oct 7, 5pm, Caitlin Jemma and Bart Budwig. Oct 7, 8pm, Black Cat Bone. Oct 8, 1pm, Smorgy. Oct 8, 8pm, Chime Travelers. Oct 9, 1pm, Solid Air. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Mystic Theatre Oct 7, Wonderbread 5. Oct 8, Greg Kihn Band with Jules and Kingsborough. Oct 10, Mayday with Web Three and Joseph Rose. Oct 12, Marc Broussard with Jenn Grinels and Peter Aristone. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Phoenix Theater Oct 8, the Lincolns with Screaming Bloody Marys and the Next. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Art OPENING MARIN Desta Art & Tea Gallery Oct 6-30, “Visual Poetry,” artists Bryn Craig, Robin Brandes and Leisha Douglas display works that find poetry in ordinary subjects. Reception, Oct 7 at 6pm. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932. Parking Lot at Shark’s Deli Oct 8, “Ingrid C. Lockowandt Pop-Up Exhibit,” award-winning Tiburon artist hosts a one-day show and sale to focus attention on the local marketplace. Reception, Oct 8 at 10am. 1600 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon. Robert Allen Fine Art Oct 6-Nov 25, “Local Landscapes in Abstraction,” group exhibition features Nicholas Coley, John Maxon, Victoria Ryan and Victoria Veedell. Reception, Oct 6 at 5:30pm. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800. Stinson Beach Library Oct 8-31, “Stinson Beach Ranches Past & Present,” hosted by the Stinson Beach Historical Society. Reception, Oct 8 at noon. 3521 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach. 415.868.0252.

SONOMA Journey Center Oct 7-Nov 13, “Hearts of the World,” the artist Potenza displays art, images and stories from her recently completed World Peace Project after 24 years. Reception, Oct 7 at 5pm. 1601 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 9 to 5; weekend hours by appointment. 707.578.2121. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Oct 5-Jan 3, “Photographs of the Laguna,” beautiful new photography exhibit in Heron Hall is a tribute to Joan Humberstone, in memoriam. Reception, Oct 8 at 3pm. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277. Redwood Cafe Oct 5-31, “October Art Show at Redwood Cafe,” featuring works by artists Cathleen Francisco, Zack Rhodes, Lauren Marks and Caitlin Sorrells. Reception, Oct 11 at 6pm. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily. 707.795.7868. Sebastopol Gallery Oct 5-Nov 20, “New Works by Robert

Breyer,” an exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings by the Sebastopol Gallery founding member. Reception, Oct 22 at 4pm. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6. 707.829.7200.

Will Durst Political satirist continues with his “Elect to Laugh 2016” tour. Oct 9, 7pm. $15-$20. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Oct 8-Dec 31, “XXc Icons of Photography,” exhibit showcases the best of world photography and shows in conjunction with “Pairings: 16 Artists Creatively Combined,” which focuses on harmonious combinations of artworks. 551 Broadway, Sonoma. WedSun, 11 to 5. 707.939.SVMA.

Dance

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Gallery Route One Through Oct 30, “Canto XXV,” immersive art and sculpture exhibit from Diana Marto is inspired by Chinese spirit paper. Shows in conjunction with Cynthia Tom’s “Stories to Tell” and tc moore’s “Reflections.” 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. Marin Society of Artists Through Oct 29, “In Your Dreams,” juried fine art exhibit is juried by Michael Azgour. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561. MarinMOCA Through Oct 23, “Emerging Artists of Northern California,” five diverse artists display their multimedia works. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. Osher Marin JCC Through Oct 30, “We Are the Bridge,” exhibit showcases over 30 artists from multiple faith traditions, the majority of whom live and work in the Bay Area. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000. Red Barn Gallery Through Oct 7, “The Epic West,” fine-art photographer Darby Hayes exhibits dozens of large-format photographs celebrating the centennial of the National Park Service. by appointment only. 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station. 415.464.5218. Throckmorton Theatre Through Oct 31, “Michael Cutlip Solo Show,” influenced by graffiti and street art, the Bay Area native’s works showcase metropolitan life as seen through an abstract lens. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600. Toby’s Gallery Through Oct 30, “Positive Choices,” retrospective of Bob Kubik’s drawings, etchings, paintings and sculptures made from recycled materials. Reception, Oct 8 at 2pm. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

Comedy Mort Sahl Sahl takes the stage every week to deliver his legendary, take-no-prisoners wit. Thurs, 7pm. $20. 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. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Alma del Tango Studio Ongoing, Swing Dance Classes. Learn East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop with instructor Jasmine Worrell. Four-week sessions begin the first of every month. First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, Introduction to Argentine Tango, learn to dance like they do in Buenos Aires, no experience necessary. $18. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo, 415.459.8966. Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422. Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, 415.460.0101. Dance Palace Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Fairfax Pavilion Wednesdays. through Nov 30, Dance a la Moxie, fun total body workout for ages 55 and over covers international dance steps throughout time. Free, 415.302.0659. 142 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

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A Special Evening with Adey Bell Soul-stirring piano & voice, Transcendent songs Oct 22 • 8 pm • adv $25/door $30

MaMuse in Concert “Beauty & Magic”

Merry duo of Sarah Nutting & Karisha Longaker Oct 28 • Fri • 8 pm • adv $25/premium $40

Simrit — 2016 Global Unity Tour ”Songs of Resilience” CD Release Concert” Nov 5 • 8 pm • adv $24/door $30/student $18

Gary Malkin & Friends “SoulSong” Sharing Hearts & Voices in Gratitude for Life Jennifer Berezan, Barbara Borden, Kim Rosen, Miranda Macpherson, Rita Sahai, Vinit Allen Nov 19 • 8 pm • adv $25/door $30

Ayla Nereo in Concert Lyrical mastery, Heartful folktronica “Ayla’s voice is a lucid instrument” Nov 26 • 8 pm • adv $25/door $30

Kristin Hoffmann & Friends Shambhu “Soothe” CD Release “Bella Gaia” singer/Superstar dbl bill Dec 2 • Fri • 8 pm adv 25/door $30

Donna De Lory: 7th annual “ExtravaDanza” With a super hot band & Donna, too!

All Ages • Pre-concert Reception at 7pm Plenty of Parking • Welcoming Atmosphere

TMS Performing Arts Center 150 N. San Pedro Rd, San Rafael 415.924.4848 • www.dancemarin.com

Knights of Columbus Hall Mondays, 6pm. through Dec 12, Flamenco Dance Class. Learn with veteran teacher Andrea La Canela. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. Mill Valley Community Center Mondays, 6pm, Swing Dance Lessons. 925.267.2200. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. Sausalito Seahorse Sundays, 4pm, Salsa class. Free. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito 415.331.2899. Sol Studios Fairfax Thursdays, 10:45am, Flamenco Dance Class, bring a shawl and join in the barefoot class. $9. 12 School St #12e, Fairfax, 415.785.4861.

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Art & All That Jazz Fundraising event for Sonoma County’s Task Force on Homelessness features sweeping views, fine food, live music from the doRiaN Mode and live auction. Oct 6, 5:30pm. Paradise Ridge Winery, 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa, sonomacountyhomeless.org. Blind Scream Haunted House Three terrifying haunted-house experiences under one roof get you in the mood for Halloween. Oct 7-31. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, blindscream.com. Cotati Oktoberfest German food and beer, traditional music and polka dancing and more celebrate the harvest in an old-world style Oct 8, 12pm. Free admission. La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, cotati.org..

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The Draped Figure Draw or paint from live models in a variety of costumes and settings. Tues, 10am. $15. MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137. Fall Clearance Sale Friends of Marin County Library host a three-day sale where you can get used books, movies and music at a discount. Oct 7-9. The Book Place, 1608 Grant Ave, Novato. Forgiveness Day Awards Ceremony Archbishop Desmond Tutu receives the Champion of Forgiveness award with video streamed from his 85th birthday celebration in South Africa. Oct 7, 7pm. $20-$25. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, 415.306.4695.

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The French Market Stroll through aisles of antique treasures and vintage bargains, grab a crepe and listen to live French music. Second Sun of every month, 9am through Oct 9. Free. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800. Flu Shot Clinic Onsite flu shot clinic. Oct 11, 1-5pm. No Fee/Bring your insurance card. Sign-up in advance at Whistlestop Front Desk. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.456.9062. Gator’s Game Watch Party Gather to watch as Fenix’s chef Gator competes on Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games.” Oct 9, 4pm. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. Indie Author Day Meet authors who publish both traditionally and independently in a variety of genres and discover new publishing platforms and local support for self-publishing. Oct 8, 10am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444. International Association of Sufism’s Inspiration Dinner Celebrated actor, writer, activist, counterculture pioneer and ordained Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote receives the Humanitarian Award and other special guests speak at the event. Oct 7, 7pm. $75.

Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael, ias.org. Legal Issues for Authors & Publishers Bay Area Independent Publishers Association presents attorney Kelley Way, who will speak about common lawsuits that authors and publishers face. Meeting: 9am; talk:11-12:15; workshop:1-3pm, Sat, Oct 8. The Key Room, 1385 N. Hamilton Pkwy, Novato. [ http://baipa.org/ ]baipa.org. Marinwood Art Show Meet and greet local artists, including Lucy Arnold with her "Beautiful Beetles" watercolors, as you sip wine at this community event, now in its fourth year. Oct 8, 3-7pm, Marinwood Community Center, 775 Miller Creek Rd, San Rafael, marinwood.org. Meditation Class Experience meditation in a form that is natural and easy to follow. Second Sat of every month, 10:30am. $15. Healing for People, 7 Mt Lassen Dr, San Rafael, 415.380.8600. Monday Painting Group An open space to paint with fellow artists. Space is limited. Mon-noon. $10. MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137. Radiant Presence With Peter Brown. Every other Tues. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. Senior Access Caregiver Support Group Caring for an adult can be challenging. This group is facilitated by a specially trained professional. First Thurs of every month, 11am. Episcopal Church of the Nativity, 333 Ellen Dr, San Rafael. SOFA First Friday Open Studios Meet the artists where they create, with refreshments and music. Oct 7, 5pm. SOFA Arts District, 312 South A St, Santa Rosa, 707.293.6051.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects. First Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524. Autumn Birding at Poff Ranch Spot migrating birds during this walking tour. Pre-registration is required. Oct 8, 10am. Wright Hill Ranch, Hwy 1, above Shell Beach, Jenner, landpaths.org. Birding for Seniors Enjoy an easy stroll along the newly restored Hamilton wetland area and look for waterfowl, shorebirds and other wildlife. Oct 5, 10am. Hamilton Wetlands Path, south end of Hanger Ave, Novato, marincountyparks. org. Focus on Raptors at Hawk Hill Bring binoculars and enjoy a premiere birdwatching experience. Rain cancels. Oct 11, 10am. 415.893.9527. Hawk Hill, Alexander Ave and Bunker Rd, Sausalito. Marin Moonshiners Hike Monthly three-mile hike to experience sunset, moonrise, picnic and spectacular views. Pack your own picnic. Second Tues monthly at 7:30. $15. Pelican Inn, 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, RSVP, 415.331.0100. Native Garden Work Days Help improve our native habitats and create gardens. First Thurs of every month, 10am. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524. Sail to the Orient The Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society invites all Trans-Pacific travelers to the Far East aboard the Pacific Mail Steamship China. Oct 8, 6pm. $125. China Cabin, 52 Beach Rd, Belvedere, 415.435.1853. Watercolor, Pen, and Ink on the Trail Learn to enjoy drawing and sketching while you hike. Oct 9, 9am. $60-$80. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

shot documentary-style in the Himalayas and casts real villagers to recreate the rite of passage. Fri, Oct 7, 7pm and Sun, Oct 9, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2606.

Film

Wounded Land The Jewish Community Center of Santa Rosa kicks off its 21st annual Jewish Film Festival with the riveting Israeli police drama. Oct 5, 1 and 7:30pm. $10. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, jccsoco.org.

1932 Pre-Code Pearls Cinema & Psyche hosts film studies class that watches and discusses pre-Code essentials from 1932 and focuses on cultural dissolution, moral revolution and film innovation of the era, seen through archetype, symbol and myth. Mon, 2pm. through Oct 17. $126. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, cinemaandpsyche.com. Beetlejuice Sebastiani’s vintage film series presents the TIm Burton classic about a newly deceased couple who turn to a bio-exorcist. Oct 10, 7pm. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756. CULT Film Series The best horror films from 1986 get a 30th anniversary presentation, with “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2” screening backto-back. Oct 6, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909. Deli Man Film about an American tradition, the deli, screens as part of the CinemaBites series, with food from chef Christopher Kostow paired with Vineyard 29 Aida Estate Zinfindel and Mad Fritz Beer. Oct 10, 5pm. $45. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.9779. Italian Film Festival The fest turns 40 and once again offers eight great films, both comedy and drama, from Italy in Saturday presentations, plus the addition of two Sunday matinees. Sat, Oct 8. $15/$112 full series. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, italianfilm.com. Latino Film Festival Community Media Center of Marin hosts screenings of select documentary films from the Cine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival. Through Oct 7. Albert J Boro Community Center, 50 Canal St, San Rafael, latinofilmfestival.splashthat.com. The Man Who Knew Infinity The true story of friendship that forever changed mathematics screens as part of the Science on Screen series. Oct 9, 3pm. $8-$15. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.9779. Mill Valley Film Festival Now in its 39th year, the festival features more than 200 filmmakers from more than 50 countries, live music, celebrity guests, parties, panels and more. Oct 6-16 at a variety of venues, mvff.com. 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. Paths of the Soul Chinese director Zhang Yang’s portrait of Tibetan villagers on an arduous pilgrimage to the holy city of Lhasa is

Food&Drink Burning Ham Family-friendly festival of all things pork, features whole luau pigs, competitions in ribs, pulled pork, bacon dish and dessert, Lagunitas beer and live music. Oct 8, 12:30pm. $30-$35. Penngrove Community Park, 11800 Main St, Penngrove, BurningHamSonoma.com. Corte Madera Farmers’ Market Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846. Fall into the South Prix fixe dinner gets into the spirit of the season. Oct 11, 7pm. $55. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. Fresh Starts Chef Event Chef Tanya Holland of Oakland’s Brown Sugar Kitchen offers a modern spin on soul food classics. Oct 6, 6:30pm. $60. Next Key Center, 1385 N Hamilton Pkwy, Novato, 415.382.3363, ext 213. 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. Indian Valley Farm Stand Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Sat, 10am. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554. Marin Country Mart Farmers’ Market Sat, 9am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5715. Marinwood Farmers’ Market Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Avenue and Miller Creek Road, San Rafael, 415.999.5635. Mill Valley Farmers’ Market Fri, 9:30am. CVS parking lot, 759 E Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846. Oyster Night First Fri of every month, 4pm. Gourmet au Bay, 913 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay, 707.875.9875. Sunday San Rafael Farmers’ Market Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, 415.472.6100. Sunday Supper New weekly dinner series and etiquette class celebrates classic French cuisine that reflects the season. Sun, 4pm. $30-$45. Left

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Tam Valley Certified Farmers’ Market Meet the farmers and enjoy fresh, seasonal, certified organic, local and regional produce, baked goods and more. Tues, 3-7pm through Nov 22. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley. Thursday San Rafael Farmers’ Market Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

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

Fri 10/7 • Doors 8pm • $27 (of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) Sat 10/8 • Doors 8pm • ADV $27 / DOS $32

Thao Nguyen solo

Prezident Brown & The Itals Sun 10/9 • Doors 8pm • $32

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Mon 10/10 • Doors 7pm • ADV $17 / DOS $20 (of Heartless Bastards)with Petter Stakee (of Alberta Cross) Tue 10/11 • Doors 8pm • $50

Erika Wennerstrom

Bang! Bert Berns Tribute feat Flamin' Groovies, Betty Harris, Matt Jaffe, Shana Morrison & More! Wed 10/12 • Doors 7:30pm • $57

Fred Hersch

Thu 10/13 • Doors 7pm • $25 ADV / $30 DOS

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Breakfast with Enzo Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10 and 11. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley, 415.652.2474. Flamenco Dance Class for Kids Kids 5 to 9 can learn rhythms, arm work, moving across the floor and footwork in a safe and playful environment from teacher Andrea La Canela. Mon, 4pm. through Nov 14. Knights of Columbus Hall, 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo.

Fri 10/14 • Doors 8pm • $27

Alejandro Escovedo Trio with Megan Slankard Sat 10/15 • Doors 7:30pm • $75

The Great Mill Valley Gospel Show with Narada Michael Walden

Sun 10/16 • Doors 6pm • $22 ADV / $24 DOS - A Live Re-creation of a 1960s Doors Concert

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Kids’ Pajama Party with Eda Kaban Oct 7, 6pm. Diesel Bookstore, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.785.8177. Light-Up Felt LED Monsters Learn about basic electronic circuitry and create your own plush monster. Oct 11, 3:30pm. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St, Marin City, 415.332.6157. Loom Weaving Workshop Kids ages 8 and up can learn to weave on a simple backstrap loom with Travis Meinholf. Oct 8, 11am. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo, 415.258.4656. Marin Waldorf Children’s Faire Enjoy a puppet show, become a knight, search for treasure in the Hero’s Maze, participate in the cake walk and enjoy organic delights. Oct 9, 10am. Free. Marin Waldorf School, 755 Idylberry Rd, San Rafael.

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

Din n er & A Show

Hannan Oct 7 Jerry Marin’s Troubador 8:00 / No Cover Fri

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Jeremy D’Antonio Darren Nelson

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Classical/Flamenco 8:00 / No Cover Welcome Back! Oct 15 Sat

Ron Thompson

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Lectures

Sun

Brain Fitness & Memory Workshop Bob Nations talks about the top four things to promote good brain health as we age. Oct 11, 9:30am. Free. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.456.9062.

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Build a Succulent Container Without Knowing Much About Succulents Learn about the essential elements of designing and creating a planting container. Oct 8, 9am. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael, 415.485.3438.

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Sometime Tonight Real Folk Music 5:00

Oct 23 “Elect to Laugh”

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8:00 From China to Italy Oct 29 From Blues to Bluegrass and Rock Sat

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Yoga in the Redwoods Enjoy yoga with Kristi Bowman, followed by an awareness walk. No experience necessary. Oct 8, 9:30am. $15-$20. Grove of Old Trees, 17400 Fitzpatrick Ln, Occidental, 707.694.7450.

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Can We Talk? Lively discussion focusing on what teens in the Bay Area are doing and how a parent’s role fits into that reality. Oct 11, 7pm. $45. Center for Domestic Peace, 734 A St, San Rafael.

Mt Tam Quilt Guild Meeting Sonoma County quilter, pattern designer and retail buyer Lisa McKissick brings her favorite tools and accompanying quilts to share. Oct 11, 7pm. Aldersgate Methodist Church, #1 Wellbrock Heights, San Rafael.

Citizenship Class Class provides English language skills and history, politics and civics knowledge needed to pass the US Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization interview. Wed, 3:30pm through Dec 7. $35. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.0998.

Path to Publishing Memoir writing workshop helps you tell, and sell, your story. Oct 9, 8:30am. $50-$100. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960.

E-Book Help Get one-on-one help in downloading library e-books to the Kindle, iPad and other devices. Call ahead to reserve a session. Thurs, 10am. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.473.6058. Fall to Winter Vegetable Gardening Learn how to plan for your Thanksgiving and holiday dinners with vegetables from your own garden. Oct 6, 7pm. Larkspur Library, 400 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.5005. Legal Issues for Authors & Publishers Bay Area Independent Publishers Association presents attorney Kelley Way, who will speak about common lawsuits that authors and publishers face. Meeting: 9am; talk:11-12:15; workshop:1-3pm,” Sat, Oct 8. The Key Room, 1385 N. Hamilton Pkwy, Novato, baipa.org. The Le Nain Brothers: An Illustrated Lecture Lecture explores the first major United States exhibition devoted to the brothers Le Nain, active in Paris during the 1600s and known for their realistic depictions of the poor. Oct 11, 12pm. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo, 415.258.4656. Marin Conservation League Workshop Talk is aimed at increasing understanding of ranching on lands managed by the Point Reyes National Seashore. Reservations required. Tues, Oct 11, 6pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.485.6257. Marin Green Drinks Monthly lecture series focuses on “green” business and practices and includes a round of drinks. Tues, Oct 11, 5:30pm. Free. Lotus Cuisine of India, 704 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.307.1866. The Marin Referral Network Join other professionals and entrepreneurs to share success stories and challenges, and brainstorm how to grow our businesses through referrals and leads. Thurs, 8am. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, 949.680.6153. Media Mixer Public is invited to a mixer that features a presentation from Patti Breitman, director of the Marin Vegetarian Education Group and a co-founder of Dharma Voices for Animals. Oct 5, 7pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636. Meditation for Everyone Class is part of the Healthy Living Series and introduces several types of meditation. Oct 8, 2pm. Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707.869.9004.

Photo Challenge Workshop Hone your image sequencing skills, receive valuable feedback on your work, and rise to new photographic challenges in this monthly assignment workshop. Thurs, Oct 6, 4:30pm. $125. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569. Photo Essentials Harness your passion for photography and take control of your camera. Fri, 4:30pm. through Oct 28. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569. Pro or Con - How Will You Vote? There are 17 California propositions on the Nov. 8 ballot. Join us for lunch and a nonpartisan analysis of the issues by the League of Women Voters. Oct 9, 12:30pm. Suggested lunch donation $10. Nobody turned away. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, uumarin.org. Spanish Conversation Club Spanish language facilitators Carol Costa and Joe Cillo host a mix of beginning and intermediate conversational Spanish. Mon, 1pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323. The State of Mill Valley Mill Valley mayor John McCauley and city manager Jim McCann give a talk on the state of the city of Mill Valley. Oct 6, 1pm. Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.2582.

Readings Angelico Hall Oct 10, 7pm, “The Rain in Portugal” with Billy Collins. $35. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440. Book Passage Oct 5, 7pm, “Manitou Canyon” with William Kent Krueger. Oct 6, 6pm, “When Nobody Was Watching” with Carli Lloyd. Oct 7, 7pm, “ A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump” with Tom Singer. Oct 7, 7pm, “Croniria” with Raquel Lanseros. Oct 8, 1pm, “A Ceremony Called Life” with Tehya Sky. Oct 8, 5pm, “Echoes of Sherlock Holmes” with Laurie King and Les Klinger. Oct 8, 7pm, “The Book of Esther” with Emily Barton. Oct 8, 7pm, “Showdown at Shinagawa” with Bill Zarchy. Oct 9, 11am, “Camping Activity Book for Families” with Linda Hamilton. Oct 9, 5pm, “The Saffron Tales” with Yasmin Khan. $25. Oct 10, 7pm, “My Last Continent” with Midge Raymond. Oct 11, 7pm, “The Essential Oyster” with Rowan Jacobsen. Oct 12, 7pm, “True Believer” with Kati Marton. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Dr Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas Second Monday of every month, 7pm, “Poetry Farm” with local writers. 800 Grant Ave, Novato 415.897.9500.

The Image Flow Oct 8, 5pm, “Conventional Wisdom” with Arthur Drooker. 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley 415.388.3569. Left Bank Brasserie Oct 9, 6:30pm, “The French Chef in America” with Alex Prud’homme, a Cooks with Books event co-hosted by Book Passage. $115-$180. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur 415.927.3331. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Oct 6, 7pm, “Two by Two” with Nicholas Sparks, co-presented with Copperfield’s Books. $20. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600. Napa Copperfield’s Books Oct 6, 4pm, “Frazzled: Everyday Disaster and Impending Doom” with Booki Vivat. Oct 12, 4pm, “Inquisitor’s Tale, or the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog” with Adam Gidwitz. 3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa 707.252.8002. Novato Copperfield’s Books Oct 8, 7pm, the Poetry of Trees with Terri Glass and local poets. 999 Grant Ave, Novato 415.763.3052. Occidental Center for the Arts Oct 7, 7pm, “Still Time” with Jean Hegland. Oct 9, 2pm, Spirit Poetry Song Action, the David Randolph New Way Media Fest presents Shepherd Bliss, Clara Bellino, the Word-Music Continuum, David Madgalene, Kirk Charles Heydt and Steve Shain. by donation. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental 707.874.9392. Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Oct 5, 7pm, “To the Bright Edge of the World” with Eowyn Ivey. Oct 7, 7pm, “After the Parade” and “Jungle Around Us” with Lori Ostlund and Anne Raeff. Oct 12, 4pm, “The School for Good and Evil: The Ever Never Handbook” with Soman Chainani. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563. Point Reyes Books Second Monday of every month, 7pm, Knit Lit group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542. Rebound Bookstore Oct 8, 10am, Litquake San Rafael, the biggest annual lit event returns to Marin. Free. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550. San Rafael Copperfield’s Books Oct 8, 6pm, Litquake San Rafael. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800. Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books Oct 8, 7pm, “Modified” with Caitlin Shetterly. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618. The Western Gate Teahouse Fridays, 6pm, Candlelight poetry and tea session with Scott Traffas. 7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas 4157858309. West End Cafe First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, First Wed at 7, open mic poetry evening. 1131 Fourth St, San Rafael.

Theater August: Osage County MTC opens its 50th season with a performance of the celebrated family drama, its first Bay Area professional production since 2009. Through Oct 9. $22-$60. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Baskerville Ingenious, fast-paced Sherlock Holmes comedy/mystery features five actors portraying more than 40 characters. Through Oct 9. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400. Bell, Book and Candle Curtain Call Theatre presents the romantic comedy about a modern day witch in the Big Apple with a cast of five seasoned actors who take you on a fun filled journey. Oct 7-23. $15-$20. Russian River Hall, 20347 Hwy 116, Monte Rio, 707.524.8739. I Hate Hamlet An actor gets to play Shakespeare’s most popular character; the only problem is he hates it! That and a ghostly roommate make for a fun production from Sonoma Arts Live. Through Oct 9. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, sonomaartslive.org. Medea The College of Marin drama department presents the West Coast premiere of a new version of the classic tale by Euripides. Through Oct 16. $10-$20. College of Marin Studio Theatre, 835 College Avenue, Kentfield, 415.485.9385. A Moon for the Misbegotten Roustabout Theater presents the moving and bittersweet story of love and redemption. Oct 7-22. $20-$25. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600. The Quality of Life A staged reading of the play by Jane Anderson that explores the moral and ethical issues surrounding the right to die movement. Oct 9, 6pm. by donation. Sonoma Nesting Company, 16151 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.3434. REAL The Imaginists explore dreams, nightmares, reality and power in a revamp of their 2013 original production, performed in Spanish and English by six actors playing 20 different characters. Through Oct 8. $5-$25. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7554. Run for Your Wife A London cabbie juggles two wives and two lives in this uproarious comedy. Through Oct 9. $12-$18. Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707.894.2214. Sweeney Todd In 19th-century London, the barber Sweeney Todd vows revenge for his false imprisonment by the evil Judge Turpin in this brilliantly bloody musical. Through Oct 9. $10-$30. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707.433.3145. Sylvia Ross Valley Players kicks off their season with the modern relationship comedy about a man, a woman and a charming dog who enters their life. Through Oct 16. $15-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, rossvalleyplayers. com. The Threepenny Opera American musical prototype about a dastardly bandit and his high-society love is an uproarious satire that jabs at politics and more. Through Oct 23. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185. ✹ Got a listing for our Sundial section? Send it to calendar@pacificsun.com two weeks prior to desired publication date.

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140565 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LISA KRISTINE FINE ART, 75 PELICAN WAY STE G, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LISA KRISTINE INC., 410 VIEWPARK CT, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. 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 Aug 31, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140605 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EL HUERTO, 5800 NORTHGATE MALL, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) SUSAN D CORONADO, 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD, APT 11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) ADRIAN OLVERA, 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD, APT 11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 07, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140613 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: URMYFAVE, 232 DEVON DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: THE MR MAX STUDIO, 232 DEVON DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sep 08, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140503 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ONCE AROUND, 352 MILLER AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: PROVENANCE ART, INC., 451 RALSTON AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140504 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OAK INK PRESS, 113 MARIN VALLEY DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949: JAMES E GRONVOLD, 113 MARIN VALLEY DRIVE, 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140513 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) NICASIO VALLEY CHEESE CO, 2) NICASIO VALLEY FARMSTEAD CHEESE CO, 5300 NICASIO VALLEY ROAD, NICASIO, CA 94946: NICASIO VALLEY CHEESE CO, INC., 5300 NICASIO VALLEY ROAD, NICASIO, 94946. 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 Aug 23, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140594 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: KDR EQUITY, 124 HOWARD STREET, PETALUMA, CA 94952: DANIELLE KESTERSON, 1804 MARION AVENUE, NOVATO, CA 94945. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140668 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THOMPSON TAX & NOTARY SERVICES / INTERNET & ONLINE SERVICES, 88 BELVEDERE ST, STE 207, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BLANCA E. THOMPSON, 108 SANDPIPER CIRCLE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. 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 Sept 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140669 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OPEN HOUSE CLEANING SOLUTION, 9 SKYLARK DRIVE # 89, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ADALBERTO ALONSO, 9 SKYLARK DRIVE # 89, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140651 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE OTHER MOTHER, 374 RIDGEWOOD AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: VICTORIA ORDWAY- MOSSER, 374

RIDGEWOOD AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 14, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140677 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NORTH MARIN DENTAL, 630 MANUEL T FREITAS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: ARLYN HEIDI R. DONESA DDS., INC, 1130 N. EL DORADO ST, STE 1A, STOCKTON, CA 95202. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140618 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JAVA DETOUR, 836 SECOND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JAVA DETOUR NORCAL, LLC, 1010 FOX RUN CT, AUBURN, CA 95603. 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 08, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140580 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NOTCH ABOVE WOODWORKS, 96 DOMINICAN DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KINETIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLC, 96 DOMINICAN DR, 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140658 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EDEN DAY SPA, 411 SAN ANSELMO AVE, STE 101, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KATAYOUN INC., 32 DRAKES VIEW CIR, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. 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 Sept 15, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140645 The following individual(s) is (are)

doing business: BAY AREA LEGAL AND LITIGATION EQUIPMENT RENTALS, 79 LIVE OAK AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: THOMAS GOODIN, 79 LIVE OAK AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 13, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140685 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SOCIAL LEARNING WORKS, 500 TAMAL PLAZA SUITE 529, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: GRACE SLOCUM ROEGIERS, 10 CHRISTOPHER CT 1, NOVATO, CA 94947. 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 Sept 20, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140692 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) JEAN KATHRYN CARLSON, 2) VIBRANT LIVING ALCHEMY, 11 SEQUOIA RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: JEAN CARLSON, 11 SEQUOIA RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 21, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140602 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARI’S CLEAN4U, 1611 LINCOLN AVE, APT 3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARISOL ALAS RAMIREZ, 1611 LINCOLN AVE, APT 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 Sept 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140745 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DAGMAR SOUND, 2258 5TH AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) MIRANDA L MALLARD, 2258 5TH AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 2) GEMMA R COHEN, 280 PARNASSUS AVE, APT 3, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 30, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140719 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) TAM JUNCTION GAS 2) TAM JUNCTION SMOG, 251 SHORELINE HWY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: HL ENTERPRISES INC., 1724 PEGGY CT, PETALUMA, CA 94954. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing filing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 27, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 of 2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304725 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on April 28, 2015 Under File No: 137249. Fictitious Business name(s) NAIL BOUTIQUE, 2086 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: 1) DUNGHANHAT NGUYEN, 2086 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD 2) SI SON DAO, 2086 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Sep 28, 2016. (Publication Dates: Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 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 1603332. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GUADALUPE GONZALEZ TORRES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GUADALUPE GONZALEZ TORRES to GUADALUPE GONZALEZ. 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: 11/07/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: SEP 14, 2016. (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANDREW OLIVER McEACHERN 111 Case No. PR-1603558 filed on Sept 29,2016. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ANDREW OLIVER McEACHERN 111 The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by court. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JEAN M. GOODMAN AND JEAN M.JUNG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: NOV 4, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. M, ROOM: PLEASE REPORT TO COURTROOM A of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative , as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: 1) JEAN M. GOODMAN, 2) JEAN M. JUNG, C/0 ANTIQUE TIMEPIECES, 574 SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. Telephone: 415-453-3050. FAX: 415456-5949 (Publication Dates: Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

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I’m a woman who’s on the feminist dating app Bumble, where women have to make the first move. Men can only write back to women who message them. I thought this would be empowering, but even pursuing a guy in this small way feels unsexy and overly aggressive. Do I just need to get over my retrograde thinking?—Uncomfortable

The gazelle doesn’t wake up one day, decide it’s time for a change and give the sleeping cougar a kick with its hoof: “Run for your life, you big ugly feline!” The cougar turns around, confused: “What are you doing, man? Haven’t you ever seen National Geographic?” Who does the chasing in dating also isn’t some arbitrary thing. It comes down to what evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers, in 1972, called “parental investment.” His theory—borne out in research on humans, animals and insects—is that the sex that has the highest cost from sexual activity (the female, in almost all species) will be choosier about whom they mate with than the sex that invests less (which is almost always the male). In humans, of course, women are the ones who get pregnant and stuck with the kids, and men can, as anthropologists quip, just “inseminate and run.” So—over thousands of generations—women being choosier and men being, uh, chase-ier, got wired into human psychology. We can’t just shrug off the emotional mechanisms that drive this behavior even today—even if Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe deems it “heteronormative” hooey that women damage their desirability by chasing men. A trip to the Panamanian wetlands would show her she’s wrong—that what drives which sex does the chasing and which does the choosing really is about who gets stuck with the child care. Yes, in most species, that’s the female. But check out the role reversal in the wattled jacana, a long-legged South American wading bird. Zoologist Stephen Emlen and his team found that it’s the male jacana, not the female, that sits incubating the eggs in the nest and cares for the chickies after they hatch. And right in line with Trivers’ parental investment theory, female jacanas are the ones who do the chasing, competing for the males, and some even have “harems” of up to five boy birds. And it gets worse. The Emlen team found that as male jacanas sit tending their egg brood, they’re sometimes forced to watch while their girlfriend bird gets it on right in front of them with the other boy birds in her harem. Getting back to Bumble, where the app goes wrong is in removing the filtering that comes from a man needing to lay his ego on the line and expend effort to pursue a woman. The notion that it’s “empowering” for women to do the chasing ignores that it’s in men’s genetic interest to not turn down a mating opportunity— even with a woman they aren’t that interested in. Also, because men evolved to expect choosier women, even subtle forms of chasing like your contacting a man first may send a message that you’re not all that. If you’re really looking to put him off, why not turn the tables all the way and send a panorama shot of your erect penis? You: “Yoo-hoo? Where’d you go?!”

I’ve been dating a 55-year-old guy for a year. I have two teenage boys; he has no kids. He initially mentioned marriage but now doesn’t want to “rush” moving in with me and my boys. As a first step, he’s moving closer. He just signed a lease on an apartment near me. I love him, but I’m overwhelmed handling two teenagers alone. Should I tell him he needs to speed up the pace?—Questioning His Commitment

If a relationship leads to an outpouring of feelings, a man tends to prefer, “You’re the love of my life!” to “Screw you! You’re not my real dad!” Perhaps because you’re seeing this through “I need a break!”-colored glasses, you confuse being careful with not caring. But zoologist Amotz Zahavi has some good news for you. His research finds that when a message involves some expense to the sender, it’s more likely to be for real. For example, anyone can claim they’re committed, but as the saying goes, talk is cheap. Moving, however, is not. It’s costly. Stressful. Horrible. Especially if you are older than 21 and own more than a sleeping bag, a Nintendo and a couple of bongs. Your boyfriend may ultimately decide that the package here isn’t for him, but pressuring him is unlikely to help. In fact, it’s likely to pressure him right out of your life. There’s a reason he doesn’t have kids, and it probably isn’t that he was too put off by the possibility of life imprisonment to kidnap a few at the mall.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of October 5

ARIES (March 21-April 19): At a recent party,

a guy I hardly know questioned my authenticity. “You seem to have had an easy life,” he jabbed. “I bet you haven’t suffered enough to be a truly passionate person.” I didn’t choose to engage him, but mused to myself, “Not enough suffering? What about the time I got shot? My divorce? My five-year-long illness? The manager of my rock band getting killed in a helicopter crash?” But after that initial reaction, my thoughts turned to the adventures that have stoked my passion without causing pain, like the birth of my daughter, getting remarried to the woman I divorced and performing my music for excited audiences. I bring this up, Aries, because I suspect that you, too, will soon have experiences that refine and deepen your passion through pleasure rather than hardship.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s the Frank

and Focused Feedback Phase, Taurus—prime time to solicit insight about how you’re doing. Here are four suggestions to get you started: 1. Ask a person who loves and respects you to speak the compassionate truth about what’s most important for you to learn. 2. Consult a trustworthy advisor who can help motivate you to do the crucial thing you’ve been postponing. 3. Have an imaginary conversation with the person you were a year ago. Encourage the Old You to be honest about how the New You could summon more excellence in pursuing your essential goals. 4. Say this prayer to your favorite tree or animal or meadow: “Show me what I need to do in order to feel more joy.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many of my readers regard me as being exceptionally creative. Over the years, they have sent countless emails praising me for my original approach to problemsolving and art-making. But I suspect that I wasn’t born with a greater talent for creativity than anyone else. I’ve simply placed a high value on developing it, and have worked harder to access it than most people. With that in mind, I invite you to tap more deeply into your own mother lode of innovative, imaginative energy. The cosmic trends favor it. Your hormones are nudging you in that direction. What projects could use a jolt of primal brilliance? What areas of your life need a boost of ingenuity? CANCER (June 21-July 22): Love wants more of you. Love longs for you to give everything you have and receive everything you need. Love is conspiring to bring you beautiful truths and poignant teases, sweet dispensations and confounding mysteries, exacting blessings and riddles that will take your entire life to solve. But here are some crucial questions: Are you truly ready for such intense engagement? Are you willing to do what’s necessary to live at a higher and deeper level? Would you know how to work with such extravagant treasure and wild responsibility? The coming weeks will be prime time to explore the answers to these questions. I’m not sure what your answers will be. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Each of us contains

a multiplicity of selves. You may often feel like there’s just one of you rumbling around inside your psyche, but it’s closer to the truth to say that you’re a community of various characters whose agendas sometimes overlap and sometimes conflict. For example, the needy part of you that craves love isn’t always on the same wavelength as the ambitious part of you that seeks power. That’s why it’s a good idea to periodically organize summit meetings where all of your selves can gather and negotiate. Now is one of those times: A favorable moment to foster harmony among your inner voices and to mobilize them to work together in service of common goals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Pikes Peak is a 14,115foot mountain in Colorado. It’s not a simple task to trek to the top. Unless you’re well-trained, you might experience altitude sickness. Wicked thunderstorms are a regular occurrence during the summer. Snow falls year-round. But back in 1929, an adventurer named Bill Williams decided that the task of hiking to the summit wasn’t tough enough. He sought a

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more demanding challenge. Wearing kneepads, he spent 21 days crawling along as he used his nose to push a peanut all the way up. I advise you to avoid making him your role model in the coming weeks, Virgo. Just climb the mountain. Don’t try to push a peanut up there with your nose, too.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “It isn’t normal to know what we want,” said psychologist Abraham Maslow. “It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.” He wasn’t referring to the question of what you want for dinner or the new shoes you plan to buy. He was talking about big, long-term yearnings: What you hope to be when you grow up, the qualities you look for in your best allies and the feelings you’d love to feel in abundance every day of your life. Now here’s the good news, Libra: The next 10 months should bring you the best chance ever to figure out exactly what you want the most. And it all starts now. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Practitioners of

the Ayurvedic medical tradition tout the healing power of regular self-massage. Creativity expert Julia Cameron recommends that you periodically go out on dates with yourself. Taoist author Mantak Chia advises you to visualize sending smiles and good wishes to your kidneys, lungs, liver, heart and other organs. He says that these acts of kindness bolster your vigor. The coming weeks will be an especially favorable time to attend to measures like these, Scorpio. I hope that you will also be imaginative as you give yourself extra gifts and compliments and praise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever for wrestling with God or tussling with Fate or grappling with karma. Why do I say that? Because you’re likely to emerge triumphant! That’s right, you lucky, plucky contender. More than I’ve seen in a long time, you have the potential to draw on the crafty power and unruly wisdom and resilient compassion you would need to be an unambiguous winner. A winner of what? You tell me. What dilemma would you most like to resolve? What test would you most like to ace? At what game would you most like to be victorious? Now is the time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are

you grunting and sweating as you struggle to preserve and maintain the gains of the past? Or are you smooth and cagey as you maneuver your way towards the rewards of the future? I’m rooting for you to put the emphasis on the second option. Paradoxically, that will be the best way to accomplish the first option. It will also ensure that your motivations are primarily rooted in love and enthusiasm rather than worry and stress. And that will enable you to succeed at the second option.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do you believe that you are mostly just a product of social conditioning and your genetic make-up? Or are you willing to entertain a different hypothesis: That you are a primal force of nature on an unpredictable journey? That you are capable of rising above your apparent limitations and expressing aspects of yourself that might have been unimaginable when you were younger? I believe the coming weeks will be a favorable time to play around with this vision. Your knack for transcendence is peaking. So are your powers to escape the past and exceed limited expectations. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In one of your

nightly dreams, Robin Hood may team up with Peter Pan to steal unused treasure from a greedy monster—and then turn the booty over to you. Or maybe you’ll meet a talking hedgehog and singing fox who will cast a spell to heal and revive one of your wounded fantasies. It’s also conceivable that you will recover a magic seed that had been lost or forgotten, and attract the help of a fairy godmother or godfather to help you ripen it.Y

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