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Letters Editor’s note Dear readers: Next week, our November 2 issue will be dedicated to endorsements for the upcoming Nov. 8 election day. In the meantime, some of you have written in to express your personal choices for local races, and we’ll be printing a selection of those letters this week and next.

Judgment time Over the next month, Marin voters will weigh in on an election that will affect the administration of justice in this county for years to come. It is very important that we elect Mike Coffino to be our next Superior Court judge. While his opponent has an impressive resume, Mike Coffino alone has the courtroom experience that will be necessary to do the job right from day one. Mike has represented thousands of defendants in court and has conducted over 50 jury trials. Marin is the only county in this region that doesn’t have a single former public defender sitting on the bench. It is a judicial perspective that is missing, but sorely needed. Does his opponent have expertise in criminal procedure and the complex body of criminal law? Does she have experience dealing with indigent defendants who plead guilty to crimes they didn’t even commit just to get out of jail because bail was set at a level they couldn’t afford? Has she worked with people who have concerns that their criminal cases might lead to their deportation from this country? Has she worked with black clients who live in aggressively policed neighborhoods? The answer to these questions is no. Mike Coffino alone has this experience and the sensibilities that go along with it. His contribution to the judicial bench would be immense and invaluable. While his opponent has the endorsement of the politicians, Mike is supported by a wide range of people and organizations that reflect the unique values of Marin voters. These include singer Bonnie Raitt, activist and media personality, Van Jones, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, labor unions representing thousands of Marin County workers and, as an example of the respect Mike has earned from even his opponents in court, he has the endorsement of a

current Marin County prosecutor, the former warden of San Quentin and several law enforcement officers. As a fellow attorney, I have seen Mike in action many times and I understand why he garners so much respect. Presiding over criminal cases requires experience in criminal court. Unlike Mike, his opponent does not regularly appear in court, has never worked on a criminal case and has almost no trial experience. While his capable opponent would eventually get up to speed, the learning curve for anyone presiding over criminal jury trials is at least two years long. In the meantime, injustices and unnecessary appeals would result. Dubbed “the best trial lawyer money can’t buy” by the IJ, Mike Coffino is clearly the best choice for judge. —David Pullman

Family man My name is Gina and I live in Novato with my family. We have gotten to know Dominic Grossi [candidate for 4th District Supervisor] through his involvement in youth activities such as the Stingrays Swim Team in Novato. I know Dominic to be there for many youth organizations such as Novato Little League North by sponsoring his son’s team for many years and helping out with San Marin Youth Football and Cheer and youth soccer and softball as well. He is committed to both of his kids and to healthy activities for all kids. We love to bike with our kids and have used the new bike park at Stafford Lake. Stafford Lake exists because of the Grossi family’s willingness to sell off 139 acres of their ranch back in the ’70s for the purpose of creating Stafford Lake. Dominic also participates in the annual Marin County Farm Day attended by thousands of school-aged kids at the Marin County Civic Center. Dominic is a family man determined to keep Marin a healthy and affordable place for our kids in the future. From supporting healthy activities for kids to transitioning his herd of milk cows to organic milk, Dominic’s life reflects his care for children and health. He understands the needs of families like mine and has my vote! —Gina Mahan

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▼ An identity thief hit Rims & Goggles, a locally owned eyeglass boutique in Strawberry Village, and “purchased” two pairs of glasses for $678. The cool, calm and chatty con artist was good at her game. Without an eye batted, she stayed in the store for 20 minutes, joked with the salesperson and danced to “The Hustle” when it came on the stereo. Who would be suspicious of a woman who said that she had to decide

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between two pairs of sunglasses, because she couldn’t afford both? In the end, she chose one, added a pair of reading glasses to the ill-gotten gains and wrote a check for both. Her driver’s license and check matched; however, the bank account was closed and had belonged to a different person. If you recognize the culprit in these images from a store camera, contact the Marin County Sheriff at 415/473-7250. On behalf of Marin retailers, thank you. —Nikki Silverstein

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Two visions Activist Bill McKibben on winning the climate change battle By Molly Oleson

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At the 27th annual Bioneers Conference (held October 21-23 at the Marin Center), climate activist Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, spoke about what winning the climate change battle looks like.

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ill McKibben is worn out.

“Physically, and a little bit emotionally,” admits the founder of grassroots climate campaign 350.org to an audience that packs the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium at the 27th annual Bioneers Conference, part of the globally celebrated movement and nonprofit organization founded by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, that brings together innovators who present revolutionary solutions to the world’s most challenging environmental and social issues. McKibben, who, later in the day, is introduced by Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA, as “the guy who for the last 25 years has made climate issues compelling and accessible beyond the climate science wonks,” has spent the last few weeks across the country, “trying to fight Donald Trump.” “There’s something about the whole process, just getting mixed up in any way with that energy … ,” he says,

after receiving loud applause, “so my emotions are just a little closer to the surface than I’m used to. I apologize.” “Don’t apologize!” a woman shouts. McKibben, a professor at Middlebury College and author of a dozen environmental books that include The End of Nature, his first, and Oil and Honey, his latest, is here to shed some light on what winning the climate change battle looks like. He joins fellow visionaries like Bren Smith—executive director of GreenWave, who works to restore ecosystems and create jobs for fishermen, and who tells us, full of hope, that “we can create something so beautiful and restorative out at sea,” and 16-year-old Indigenous activist and award-winning Youth Director of Earth Guardians, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, who tells us that every living thing is sacred, and that we must “give back to the Earth everything that we take.” McKibben, wearing a gray vest and a tiny “Feel the Bern” button, takes a moment before laying out the environmental landscape—past,

present and future. Leonard will tell us later that the influential climate activist “distills impending global catastrophe into simple statements and mathematical equations that everyone can understand, and then, more importantly, be inspired to take action.” We wait patiently, ready to take whatever he says to heart. “The vision rising in my mind, of our planet, is—at least the first of them—is lights turning off,” McKibben says. “Our big, beautiful, buzzing, glorious, mysterious, cool, interesting planet looked at from a distance … some of the lights are starting now to blink out—and, in the saddest possible ways.” The Arctic, he says, as of yesterday, has the lowest extent of sea ice that we’ve ever measured on that date. “So that’s literally a light going out, a big white mirror that used to reflect 80 percent of the sun’s incoming rays.” He speaks of the great wave of hot water sweeping across the Pacific and the Indian oceans this past spring, wiping out 80 to 90 percent of the coral—”structures so big you can see

them from outer space,” there since as long as anyone can remember. He talks of the devastation in Haiti when Hurricane Matthew ripped through 10 days ago. A city on the southwest peninsula that was wiped out stuck in his mind, and he went back and looked at pictures from one of 350.org’s demonstrations. “And that one stuck in my mind, the picture from that town in Haiti,” he says. “And it was an amazing picture … some young people has assembled a big banner and all they said on it was—this was their message to the world—“‘Your actions affect us.’” And of course they’re right, he continues. When the lights go out, McKibben warns, “No one will see us, know us, need us. And it’s not just individuals—we’re now watching species blink. Out. On. This. planet. Chains of creation that stretch back a very great ways. And it’s not as if these lights are just turning off on their own. They’re being turned off.” McKibben becomes agitated when he speaks of Exxon, the largest fossil fuel company on earth, knowing

that we set in both 2014 and 2015. “July and August were not only the hottest months we’ve ever measured on this planet, the scientists who studied the records that go back before thermometers are pretty convinced that July and August were the two hottest months in the history of human civilization.” He lets out a big sigh. “So with these two visions of lights going off and lights going on, it seems to me that our job becomes to light as best we can the flames of resistance,” he says. “That resistance, that movement, is the only thing that can make the difference. The stories we tell each other can’t be about the solar panels on our particular roofs or our particular net zero homes or our particular lives … [applause] those are very good things. But they’re not the thing. Those stories of ‘I’ have gotta be replaced by stories of ‘we.’” There is enough carbon in the coal and gas and oil fields already in production to take us past the 2-degree increase in temperature that was set as the absolute red line, McKibben says. “That means that we cannot allow anything new to get built. Nothing. No more frack wells, no new coal mines, no more pipelines. Nothing! It is possible to do this.” Changing the ending, or at least trying to, is all McKibben wants to talk about as he closes. “I’ve been telling you a story because I’m a writer. A story about—well, really the oldest possible story about light coming on, and light going off. And that’s where the good book begins and so many other of our scriptures and accounts. I. Don’t. Know. How. This. Story. Ends. The ending’s not written yet. It’s possible that the ending is gonna be terrible no matter what we do because we have waited a very long time to get started and the momentum of physics is enormously strong, and when you begin to lose the largest physical features on your earth like the ice caps in the Arctic, that is a bad sign. But I am utterly confident that the ending will be less terrible if we fight. “And I think that some of it will be beautiful,” he continues. “In fact that it won’t be an ending at all. That we have it still within our power to make change enough on this planet that we pass it along, not in as good order as we found it … but pass it on at least in a condition that will make it possible for the next generations to go on fighting for it, too. And at this point, that’s, I think, what we have to aim for. He tells us not to worry too much about the ending, about how it comes out. “Just give it what you’ve got—all that you’ve got.”Y

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Support system The Defenders sets young men on path of success By Flora Tsapovsky

t-risk and low-income communities don’t necessarily come to mind when one thinks of Marin County. One of the most affluent regions in the country, Marin is nevertheless home to some harrowing statistics. Let The Defenders—a South Marin nonprofit organization that provides boys and teens with role models, behavioral support and yearround mental health services—do the math for you: Fifty young boys from Bayside/Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy and Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito, ages 11 to 18, are currently participating in the program. Most of them reside in Marin City and 98 percent of them lack a father figure in their household. Identifying itself as a health organization and led by Marin City Health & Wellness Center, the program strives to combat the negative wealth implications of this circumstance, and is geared towards empowering the young men. The boys enrolled in The Defenders program are instilled with ample responsibility; they get an appetite for entrepreneurship by participating in The Defenders Paper Company, where they sell cleaning and paper products and learn about financial management, presentation and work skills. Additionally, they participate in weekly business meetings, bi-monthly leadership meetings in Sacramento, martial arts training and volunteering. Through these activities, the boys learn how to build a life plan and stick to it, how to create a productive family and school environment for themselves and how to be role models in their communities. This inspirational model has earned The Defenders the top spot on the contributors’ list at this year’s 100Marin fundraiser—they pulled in $40,000 from local donors. The program’s facilitator, Zared Lloyd, 24, started The Defenders two

years ago, after having worked with young men throughout his life. “It became easier and easier and I realized that’s what my passion was,” he says. Lloyd met JayVon Muhammad, the CEO of Marin Health Clinic in South Carolina, where he lived at the time. Muhammad extended him the invitation to build a program from scratch. These days, Marin City isn’t that much different from what he’s used to: “Every black community I’ve visited is pretty much the same—fast food, poverty, single moms, the mindset— not wanting anything more for yourself,” he adds. Two key factors stand out, however. “The view is beautiful,” Lloyd says. “It does affect the quality of life.” With the gorgeous sites, comes another less favorable difference: “It seems as if the inferiority complex here is even deeper, because they’re surrounded by rich people; there seems to be no way out—they don’t even get to see the middle class,” he says. “I often point to the beautiful houses on a hill and say, ‘I believe you’ll live there one day,’ and teach the kids to believe in themselves and not limit themselves to their immediate environment.”Y The Defenders, Marin City Health & Wellness Center, 630 Drake Ave., Marin City; 415/339-8813; marincityclinic.org.

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years and years ago everything there was to know about climate change. “That their scientists had a complete understanding of how fast the planet was gonna warm, and they used that to make sure that they would, say, build their own drilling rigs high enough to compensate for the rise in sea level they knew was coming— that they knew all that and instead they spent tens of millions of dollars helping to persuade everyone that it wasn’t happening. And that we shouldn’t take it seriously, and helped us waste a quarter century—maybe the crucial quarter century—in a completely pointless argument about whether climate change was real or not. Well, that’s what’s turning lights off. And I don’t even really have words for that.” But there’s another vision, McKibben says. One of lights starting to blink on, all over the planet. “Some of those lights, like bulbs, going on in the minds of our great engineers. In the last 10 years, the price of a solar panel on this planet’s come down 80 percent as the engineers have done their job … that’s the most important economic path on the planet, it opens up a world of possibilities, should we choose to use them. “And lights going on in the minds of visionaries,” he continues. “Down the road from here at Stanford, Mark Jacobson and his team have figured out what it would take in every state in the union, in every country on earth to make this world run on renewable energy by 2030 at a price that we could afford.” The audience cheers loudly. “That’s a bright light … ” McKibben mentions East Africa as another light coming on. “Especially right now, where the fossil fuel revolution of the last 200 years meant basically nothing except perhaps a kerosene lamp in your home. Now every day, thousands and thousands and thousands of people’s huts and homes are turning solar and turning solar fast, and it’s beautiful to watch the lights come on and people able to study and read. And we can do it … everywhere. Everywhere. So many of those seeds of that new light were planted in this room and at these conferences over the decades—so many of the ideas that we need to move forward, and one can look around and be hopeful about those lights going on. But—They. Are. Not. Going. On. Fast. Enough. Not anywhere near fast enough. We’re not staying ahead of the darkness at this point.” The year 2016 will be the hottest year we’ve ever measured on the planet, he says, beating the records

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Wright work Preserving the heritage of an iconic architect By Lily O’Brien

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he first time I saw the [Marin County] Civic Center, I thought it looked like something from outer space,” says longtime San Rafael resident and Frank Lloyd Wright-trained architect Bill Schwarz. That was back in the early ’60s, and little did he know that this iconic building, and the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, would become the focus of his architectural career— and his lifelong passion. We chatted about all things Frank Lloyd Wright recently while we toured the center’s administration building and hall of justice.

Schwarz was doing graduate work for an advanced degree in architecture at Stanford University when he became interested in Frank Lloyd Wright and decided to take a year off in 1965 to study at Taliesin, Wright’s home-turned-architecture school in Wisconsin. The experience there turned out to be life-changing. When he returned to the Bay Area in 1969, Schwarz was invited to work in the offices of architect Aaron Green, a senior student of Frank Lloyd Wright who had directed the completion of the Marin County Civic Center after Wright’s death in 1959. In 1972, Schwarz

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and should be recognized for its “outstanding universal value.” Needless to say, receiving this designation would be quite a coup for Marin County. The conservancy provided the extensive documentation and paperwork required for the application. The nonprofit was founded in 1989 in Chicago by a group of “extremely impassioned” people who are dedicated to preserving and maintaining, “the remaining structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright through education, advocacy, preservation easements and technical services.” With thousands of members and supporters worldwide, it has been quite successful. With only a three-person fulltime staff, a board of directors and volunteers, the conservancy, Schwarz says, has initiated design easements on numerous Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to preserve their design integrity, and has saved many Wright buildings from being demolished. Other accomplishments include expert technical conservation and restoration advice, and introducing Wright’s work to new audiences. Along with co-chairing the upcoming conference, Schwarz will be receiving a prestigious Wright Spirit Award (the only Marin resident among five recipients), at a banquet dinner during the event. He was nominated for the award by his wife of 50 years, Patricia. In her introductory letter, she wrote, “Bill has been the Unsung Hero of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin County Civic Center,” and that since 1969 he has provided “unparalleled professional expertise, coupled with a staggering degree of persistent, heartfelt vigor” to advocate for and ensure that the buildings are preserved “in manners consistent and in harmony with Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy and sensibilities.” Apparently, the conservancy agreed, and chose the “Special” award category for him. “Bill has done so many things, you can’t just point to one,” says Joel Hoglund, events manager for the conservancy. “The award is a culmination of decades and decades of service to Frank Lloyd Wright.” Schwarz’s motivation has always stemmed purely from his passion. “It has been the core of my professional activity for more than 40 years,” he says, “and the center of my heart.”Y

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established his own architectural practice in San Rafael, and was hired by the Civic Center as an associate architect for Taliesin Architects and representative of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to work on various projects. Fast-forward to 2016, and Schwarz is co-chairing the Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy’s annual conference, taking place on November 2-6 in San Francisco. In addition to attending dinners and lectures over the course of the five days, the more than 200 attendees will be touring selected Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the Bay Area, including his largest, the Marin County Civic Center. Schwarz, who calls Wright a “genius,” is passionate about the way Wright designed the Civic Center. He said that when Wright came to look at the site in the 1950s, “after about 15 minutes he said, ‘Aaron [Green], I know what I’m going to do here. I’m going to bridge one of these hills with the others and build a series of graceful arches and build the buildings on those arches,’ and this was a very profound concept.” Schwarz explained that Wright’s structures are not necessarily defined by a style, but rather by “a philosophical principle underpinning his work.” These principles include the unification of interior and exterior space, and designing flexible spaces that can adapt to the needs of its occupants. And of course, there is the artistic component. “He had an uncannily poetic gift,” Schwarz says. “I think that’s why people warm up to it and relate to it—it reaches them. It reaches all of us because we are all human beings. And frankly, this gift resides in all of us. He just developed it very skillfully as an architect.” And the Civic Center is a showcase for Wright’s “gifts.” Over the years, Schwarz has spearheaded and designed numerous projects, and advocated against many that he thought would compromise the beauty and integrity of the design— and won. Last year, the Civic Center was nominated to become inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, along with a group of other Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. At a recent meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Istanbul, committee members expressed the sentiment that Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture had global importance,

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SF-Marin Food Bank answers hunger call By Tanya Henry

henever I hear about the number of folks who experience some kind of food insecurity, I’m always surprised. It’s especially alarming to learn just how many people in an affluent county like Marin don’t have enough to eat. The SF-Marin Food Bank supports 250 food pantries, and 47 of them are here in Marin. Since its merger five years ago, the SF-Marin Food Bank has distributed six million pounds of food a year in the county. With a warehouse in Novato, two full-time staff members and hundreds of volunteers, the nonprofit has grown from 18 pantry locations to nearly 50. Sixteen Marin-based grocery stores partner with the SF-Food Bank’s Fresh Rescue program in which trucks pick up the retailers’ excess food supply (six days a week) and distribute it to pantries located throughout the county. In addition, surplus food from the San Francisco warehouse augments Marin’s supplies, and is then retrieved by volunteers (who individually manage their pantries) and distribute in their communities as needed.

“We are trying to think creatively about ways to reach the underserved,” explains Senior Program Coordinator Irene Garcia, who points to regions in West Marin and those who “anchor out” on boats on Richardson Bay as hard to reach. The SF-Food Bank rolled out a “mobile pantries” program last year in the city in an attempt to penetrate underserved regions. Though not yet an official program, perhaps this model might be an effective way to reach those in unincorporated and more remote regions of our county. Fresh produce makes up twothirds of the food in the pantries, but with the holidays approaching there are typically special items donated like whole chickens, cranberry sauce and green beans. Garcia says they are already gearing up for Thanksgiving and typically get the special offerings into pantries the week before the holiday. Looking for ways to help or give this season? Learn more at sfmfoodbank.org.Y SF-Marin Food Bank, Marin warehouse, 75 Digital Drive, Novato; 415/883-1302.

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Refined LINES Master choreographer Alonzo King trains Dominican dancers By Mina Rios

he illustrious Dominican University campus in central San Rafael has a wealth of year-round live performance offerings for even the most discerning arts enthusiasts. While the summer months are dedicated to Shakespeare at Forest Meadows, come fall, winter and spring, the Angelico Concert Hall stage belongs to dancers of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) program. Hardly your average dance students, artists of the LINES BFA program are accredited advanced-level dancers, primed for the world stage by master choreographer Alonzo King. Following the emergence of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater/ Fordham University BFA program in New York (1998), the first program partnership of its kind in association with a professional dance company, the San Francisco-based Alonzo

King LINES Ballet fathomed a BFA program/degree of its own—one that would merge its professional dance company training with that of a liberal arts education. Essential to building a new partnership with a four-year university were the conditions that LINES would design the program curriculum and hire the program faculty. Receptive to these terms, by 2006, the LINES and Dominican University partnership became official and the LINES/Dominican BFA program was launched. To date, the LINES/Dominican BFA program remains the only one of its kind on the West Coast, and represents the only joint BFA dance program in the country led by a master choreographer. A primary distinction of the LINES BFA, particularly from those of other Bay Area institutions, is the program’s emphasis on ballet. LINES BFA

program director Marina Hotchkiss, a former dancer with Deutsche Oper Berlin says, “Alonzo speaks a lot about ballet as a science of movement rather than a style, and that viewpoint informs our curriculum and the way we teach. There’s a high technical demand and rigor, alongside an equally high demand for imagination, creativity and artistic intuition.” LINES BFA students also benefit from small class sizes to ensure individualized attention, and have access to King’s body of work. A highly sought-after program among dancers worldwide, LINES has limited space—16 to 18 students are accepted per year. Interested applicants, be advised: “We are looking for students with fairly substantial ballet training already under their belts,” Hotchkiss says. “That said, there are always a few hyper-talented students who may have less training but whom we feel

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The LINES/Dominican BFA program remains the only one of its kind on the West Coast, and represents the only joint BFA dance program in the country led by a master choreographer.

strongly will be able to accelerate. This is especially true for many male dance students, who often start later. Along with technique, we are looking for open-minded, creative students who want to work hard. The dance life is one of devotion.” Dancers of the LINES BFA program have a rich comprehensive curriculum that includes both ballet and modern technique, music and dance history, GYROTONIC® or GYROKINESIS® classes, as well as master classes and workshops that encompass repertoire, choreography, improvisation and composition. Classes are held at the Marin Ballet studio, located adjacent from the Dominican University campus, as well as at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center in San Francisco. It’s encouraging to know that some LINES BFA graduates have fared well in the job market. While some BFA graduates have gone on to dance professionally with such companies as ODC and Smuin Ballet, as well as various other national and international organizations, other graduates are now teaching dance, choreographing or working as personal trainers. According to Hotchkiss, two other graduates have gone on to law school—a subject to which she adds, “The beauty of intensive dance training is that it gives creative problem-solving skills beyond dance, work ethic, dedication and leadership.” If you’re wondering whether pursuing a LINES BFA gives students any advantage with joining the company, the answer is a firm no— there are no shortcuts. “The program has not been designed as a feeder for the company,” Hotchkiss says. “The company has 12 dancers, and there is not a lot of turnover from year to year. The aim of the BFA program is broader; however two alums are currently in the company, and we hope it will happen now and again.” After 10 triumphant years, LINES Ballet and Dominican University wish to invite the public to a very special 2016 BFA Fall Showcase on October 28 and 29 at Angelico Hall. The program features original works by faculty members/former LINES Ballet dancers Gregory Dawson and Carmen Rozestraten, and special guests Katie Scherman and Amanda Miller, along with a multi-national cast of BFA program dancers.Y

Kevin Berne

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M is for Marvelous? Examining the vitality of Marin’s arts scene By Charles Brousse

shortage of affordable housing, an increase in homelessness and deteriorating infrastructure—just to name a few. One metric of the good life that gets little attention is the fact that among California’s 58 counties, Marin is near the bottom of the list when it comes to public funding of arts and culture. This is despite the fact that property values and other measurements of wealth are the second or third highest in the state and rank among the best in the nation. What explains the discrepancy? Partly it’s historical. In the early days, we were a small community of exurbanites whose love of nature and

outdoor recreation superceded the need for a highly developed cultural life. When the urge for entertainment came, Marinites could take a ferry or (after 1937) drive to San Francisco, where just about everything was available. Gradually, as demographics shifted and the county became more urbanized, local nonprofit theater, dance and music groups appeared, but it was always an uphill battle because the old libertarian view that cultural institutions must be selfsupporting, lingered. Then, in the 1980s, out of the blue came the miracle of the Buck Trust. Watered by the foundation’s millions, the garden began to blossom in all areas of the arts, visual

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or decades the word has gone out across the nation from travel bureaus, chambers of commerce and other boosters that California is the “Golden State,” and our little corner of this mythical candy mountain known as Marin is “Marvelous,” with a capital “M.” In many respects, the hyperbole is well deserved. We have an ideal climate, beckoning mountain trails, miles of sandy beaches and a resourceful, well-educated population, among other things. But there are disturbing gaps in this glowing portrait: Water scarcity, intolerable traffic, rising air pollution, shocking income inequality, a

and performing, traditional and experimental. As I watched it happen, I remember thinking, “This is too good to be true.” And, sadly, it was. Roughly 20 years later, the spigot was gradually turned off. Now, my hunch is that we have a new paradigm emerging. As the population ages, making costly, energy-depleting trips to San Francisco, the East Bay or just about anywhere, less attractive—and with the local artist community itself larger than ever before—I sense a growing interest in what is being offered close at hand. As that interest rises, it will almost certainly translate into a demand for more and better cultural resources. That’s when the real fun begins. Change doesn’t occur without a catalyst. Dedicated arts funding is a fairly low priority with city and county decisionmakers who worry more about filling potholes and balancing the need for affordable housing while protecting the natural environment, than, say, helping a local theater pay its rent, or assisting a group of landscape artists to stage an exhibition. All of these are important in their different ways, but if the arts are to thrive, there must be strong leadership from the nonprofit arts sector and its supporters. I see the latter beginning to emerge in the announcement a couple of weeks ago that Gabriella Calicchio, Marin County’s director of cultural and visitor services, has been tasked by the Board of Supervisors with bringing together the leaders of nonprofit arts groups for the purpose of achieving common goals. If done correctly, this development holds great promise, and in a future issue I’ll tell you why I think we’re finally on our way to realizing Marin’s enormous artistic potential.Y

“If the arts are to thrive,” writes Charles Brousse, “there must be strong leadership from the nonprofit arts sector and its supporters.”

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Pianist Jon Nakamatsu, performing here with the Las Cruces Symphony, will kick off the Marin Symphony’s series of Masterwork programs on October 30.

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Masterminds Marin Symphony opens 64th season By Stephanie Powell

fter 16 seasons with the Marin Symphony, music director Alasdair Neale wants concertgoers to know that the 2016-17 season offers a “varied diet,” with works from celebrated contemporary composer John Adams to standard repertoire showpieces. “It reinforces the idea that all arts are constantly evolving,” Neale says of programming both standard and contemporary works. “We’re not museum exhibits, and while it’s important to present music that has stood the test of time, there’s a lot of great music out there that is hot off the presses.” The season’s four Masterwork programs, which kick off on October 30 with pianist Jon Nakamatsu’s performance of Beethoven’s powerhouse Piano Concerto No. 5 (aka the Emperor Concerto), each tie together with a virtuosic piece for orchestra, Neale says. “They are very hard to play and are designed to show off the orchestra at its most athletic and expressive.” “It’s been performed since the early 1800s and it’s developed its own performance traditions,” Nakamatsu, who has played with the Marin Symphony twice before, says of the concerto. He adds that Beethoven was blind and nearly deaf when he composed it. “And that coupled with our knowledge of the period,

instruments and style—we take that into account in how we ultimately interpret or present a work. We also must remember that we are playing modern instruments in bigger halls with more sound that Beethoven could have ever imagined.” The symphony’s 64th season includes its annual Holiday Pops Concert, and Masterworks 2: Midori Comes to Marin!, featuring formerchild-prodigy-turned-iconic-violinist Midori. “That’s a real testament to the regard of the organization,” Neale says. “It presents a tremendous opportunity to rub shoulders with one of the greatest violinists in the world.” Masterworks 3: Songs of Destiny returns on March 5, with the Marin Symphony Chorus presenting two works by Brahms. The season concludes on April 9, with a Masterwork 4 performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. “I would hope that [the audience] gets two things out of the next season above all,” Neale says. “One is an appreciation for just how many wonderful places classical music can take you to. The other is just what a treasure we have in Marin with our orchestra.”Y The Marin Symphony performs at the Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael; 415/473-6800; marinsymphony.org.

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ontana at its most impassive: Certain Women sums up emotional conflict during the cold months, in the newest by Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff). It’s based loosely on short stories by Maile Meloy, looped lightly into a trilogy. The third tale tops it all, thanks to a sweet, tough performance by Lily Gladstone as Jamie, a stocky Native American stable-hand. Lit up with love, Gladstone is as instantly likable as Brendan Fraser. Laura Dern plays Laura, a Livingston, Montana lawyer with a stubborn disabled client (Jared Harris) unclear on the concept of settlements. It’s a part in which Dern never needs to raise her voice, even when held at gunpoint; the moral is that Dern doesn’t have to be in a cohesive movie to be fascinating. Episode two reinforces the film’s contrast of new money with the old-timers. Gina (Reichardt regular Michelle Williams) covets a pile of reclaimed sandstone blocks in the front yard of a half-senile neighbor (Rene Auberjonois); the old man isn’t sure he wants to part with the

rocks, which have historic value. We’re supposed to sense ruthlessness in Gina, but we aren’t allowed to see her side—old men can be frustrating, and given to conversations that don’t meet a person halfway. Certain Women is ultimately Gladstone’s movie, in an episode that does everything Brokeback Mountain did in one-third the time and at a fraction of the budget. On a whim, Jamie joins a half-dozen people attending a night school adult education class; she gets a serious crush on the harried, tired teacher Beth (Kristen Stewart), who commutes four hours each way to teach six people in a one-stoplight town. Gladstone emotes that kind of helpless love, so keen that you don’t even want to eat in front of the person you adore. Reichardt overemphasizes Jamie’s toil, as a way of taking the Hollywood romance out of tending horses underneath snowy mountains. But when Jamie goes in search of Beth, it’s not only one of the most passionate sequences Reichardt has ever directed, it’s also the most poignantly funny.Y

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Friday, October 28 - Thursday November 3 The Accountant (2:08) Small-town mob CPA Ben Affleck leaps from frying pan to fire when he takes on seemingly innocent new client Anna Kendrick. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2:38) Romantic drama explores the roller-coaster love affair between two kindred, quirky New Yorkers. American Pastoral (1:48) Adaptation of Philip Roth’s elegiac novel about an all-American dad whose life is shattered when his daughter becomes a Vietnam-era revolutionary; Ewan McGregor directs and stars. The Animation Show of Shows (1:30) Cool compendium of international animation features eye-filling short subjects from France, Belgium, Russia, Scotland, Latvia, Israel and the U.S. Aquarius (2:25) Acclaimed Brazilian drama stars Sonia Braga as an aging writer who refuses to leave her lovely seaside apartment—much to the consternation of her new landlords. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years (1:46) Ron Howard’s authorized documentary focuses on the band’s early years through rare footage and interviews with Paul, Ringo and other luminaries. Bosch: The Garden of Dreams (1:25) Documentary focuses on the painter’s tantalizing triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights” and how it’s bewitched artists and scholars for 500 years. Café Society (1:38) Kaleidoscopic Woody Allen comedy celebrates the Manhattan-Hollywood high life of the 1930s; Parker Posey and Jeannie Berlin star. Certain Women (1:48) Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone and Kristen Stewart as four independent-minded women living their lives in Montana’s Big Sky region. Denial (1:50) David Hare drama stars Rachel Weisz as an American lawyer who has to prove the historical reality of the Holocaust in a British court of law. Doctor Strange (2:07) Yet another Marvel superhero hits the multiplexes, this one a downand-out surgeon-turned-sorcerer played by Benedict Cumberbatch; the great Mads Mikkelsen co-stars. 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. Godfather Double Bill (6:34) Catch Francis Ford Coppola’s double-barreled masterpiece “The Godfather” and “The Godfather, Part II” in one sitting; Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, James Caan and of course Abe Vigoda star. Halloween (1:41) John Carpenter cult horror flick about a deranged killer on the loose co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis as a plucky babysitter. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (1:41) Wry New Zealand adventure comedy about the unlikely relationship between a cranky backwoodsman and his fellow outlaw, a 13-year-old, out-of-his-element city boy. Indignation (1:50) The Philip Roth novel hits the big screen with Logan Lerman as a working-class Jewish boy from Newark trying to fit into a midcentury Midwestern college town. Inferno (2:01) Tom Hanks is back as Harvard professor/man of action Robert (“Da Vinci Code”) Langdon; this time he’s preventing a global pandemic with a little help from Dante Alighieri. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (1:58) Lee Child’s bestselling thriller hits the big screen with Tom Cruise improbably cast as the tough guy extraordinaire of the title. El Jeremías (1:35) An 8-year-old Mexican boy discovers he’s a genius and sets out on a rocky journey of self-discovery. Keeping Up With the Joneses (1:41) Suburban couple Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher find themselves in the middle of an international conspiracy when they discover that neighbors Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot are CIA spooks. Kevin Hart: What Now? (1:36) Catch the superstar

comic in performance at Philly’s Lincoln Field. 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. A Man Called Ove (1:56) Acclaimed Swedish dramedy about a middle-aged curmudgeon’s hapless life as the ousted chairman of his condo association. 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. Michael Moore in Trumpland (1:13) The rabblerousing iconoclast brings his one-man show to the angry heartland to find out what spawned the improbable rise of presidential nominee Donald Trump. 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. 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. National Theatre London: The Deep Blue Sea (2:30) Terence Rattigan’s modern masterpiece of repressed passion in postwar England, presented direct from the banks of the Thames in big-screen high definition. National Theatre London: Frankenstein (2:10) Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle stages a spectacular version of Mary Shelley’s horror classic, broadcast from London on the big high-def screen; Benedict Cumberbatch stars. A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone (1:00) Loving portrait of the Berkeley muralist and activist, whose good works build multicultural bridges among at-risk seniors and youth. Newtown Live: A National Conversation (2:25) Documentary focuses on the aftermath of the horrific 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut; a town hall-style discussion of gun violence and community trauma follows. Ouija: Origin of Evil (1:39) The spooky board game leads to yet more terrifying supernatural mishegoss. The Phantom of the Opera (2:23) Movie version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical extravaganza stars Gerard Butler as everybody’s favorite sewerdwelling crackpot. Pokémon: The First Movie (1:56) The lovable habitués of TV, toys, comic books and video games invade the big screen with Ash, Misty and the gang taking on a super-Pokémon named Mewtwo. 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. Royal Shakespeare Company: Cymbeline (3:00) Direct from Stratford-upon-Avon, it’s the Bard’s prescient tale of flawed rulers and the corruption of power in a divided, dystopian England. Snowden (2:14) Biopic stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the CIA spook-turned-whistleblower; Oliver Stone directs Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson and a host of others. Sweet Dreams (1:24) Inspiring documentary follows Ingoma Nshya, Rwanda’s first all-female drumming troupe, as they open the country’s first ice cream parlor. Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween (1:43) The mischievous matriarch is back, dealing this time with ghosts, ghouls, poltergeists, zombies and (most terrifying of all) teenagers. The Wailing (2:36) Atmospheric horror thriller about a mysterious stranger who casts an evil spell on a sleepy little village; Hong-jin Na directs.

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35; Sun-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 Playhouse: Fri 3:40, 6:50, 9:40; Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40; Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50; Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:30, 4:35, 7:40, 10:10; Sun-Wed 10:25, 1:30, 4:35, 7:40; Thu 10:25, 1:30, 4:35 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1, 4:15, 7:30, 10:25 • Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Not Rated) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 2:45, 6:15, 9:45 American Pastoral (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:20, 4, 7, 10:35; Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:20, 4, 7; Thu 10:45, 1:20, 4:10 Animation Show Lark: family friendly shows are Fri 4:30, Sun 3 and Tue 4:20; “mature” shows are •of The Shows (Not Rated) Fri 9, Sat 7:20 and Tue 8:40 Rafael: Fri 4:15, 7:15; Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 (Sonia Braga in person at 7:15 show!); • Aquarius (Not Rated) Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15; Mon-Thu 7:15 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week— The Touring Years (Not Rated) Rafael: Sat-Sun 1; Mon-Wed 8:20 Bosch: The Garden of Dreams (NR) Lark: Sun 1 Café Society (PG-13) Lark: Fri 6:45; Mon 11:30; Tue 2:10; Thu 5 Certain Women (R) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 6; Sat-Sun 1:30, 6 Deepwater Horizon (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 5:10 Denial (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:30; Sun-Tue 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20; Wed-Thu 11:05, 1:50, 4:35 Fairfax: Thu 7; 3D showtime at 7:15 Northgate: Thu 7:05; 3D showtime at 7 • Doctor Strange (PG-13) Playhouse: Thu 7 Rowland: Thu 10; 3D showtime at 7 Don’t Breathe (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 9:40 The Girl on the Train (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30; Sun-Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:50; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20 Regency: Wed noon • Godfather Double Bill (R) Northgate: Sat 10pm Rowland: Sat 9 • Halloween (R) Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) Lark: Sat 4; Sun 7:30; Mon 1:40; Wed 5; Thu 12:15 Indignation (R) Lark: Fri 2:10; Tue 11:50; Thu 2:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1, 2:50, 3:50, 5:50, 6:50, 8:45, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12, 1, 2:50, • Inferno (PG-13) 3:50, 5:50, 6:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:20; Sat-Sun 12:35, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:40, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:40; Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:20, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50; Sun-Thu 10:20, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7, 10 Jack Reacher: Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55; Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:05 Never Go Back (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 12:20, 1:50, 3:10, 4:40, 6, 7:30, 8:50, 10:20 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:45; Sat 12:45, 4, 7, 9:45; Sun 12:45, 4, 7; Mon-Wed 4, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 1:45, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 Northgate: Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 12, 5; Sat 5; Tue 12, 4:40 • El Jeremías (PG-13) Keeping Up With Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:40, 4:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, the Joneses (PG-13) 7:15, 9:50 Kevin Hart: What Now? (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 8, 10:25 Kubo and the Two Strings (PG) Lark: Sat 10:30; Sun 10:30; Mon 4 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30 The Magnificent Seven (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 Rowland: Fri, Sun-Wed 2:10, 7:50; Sat 2:10 A Man Called Ove (PG-13) Rafael: Fri-Sun 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Mon-Wed 6:15, 8:45; Thu 8:45 Masterminds (R) Northgate: Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 2:35, 7:40, 10; Sat 2:35, 7:40; Tue 2:20, 10 • Michael Moore in Trumpland (NR) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4, 8:20; Mon-Thu 5:30 Middle School: The Worst Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 1:55, 4:25, 7, 9:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2, 4:25, Years of My Life (PG) 6:50, 9:15 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:55, 4, 7, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:55, 4, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed Peculiar Children (PG-13) 2:20, 8:15; 3D showtimes at 11:20, 5:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:50, 4, 7:10, 10:05 Theatre London: •TheNational Deep Blue Sea (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 7:30 National Theatre London: Frankenstein (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 A New Color: The Art of Being •Edythe Boone (Not Rated) Rafael: Thu 7 (Edythe Boone and filmmaker Marlene Morris in person) Newtown Live: A National •Conversation (PG-13) Regency: Wed 7:30 Ouija: Origin of Evil (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 • The Phantom of the Opera (PG-13) Lark: Mon 6:30 • Pokémon: The First Movie (G) Northgate: Sat noon; Tue 7 Queen of Katwe (PG) Lark: Fri 11:30; Sun 4:45; Tue 6; Wed 2:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05; Sun-Tue 10:30, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30; Wed 10:30, 1:40, 4:30, 7:50; Thu 10:30, 1:40, 4:30 Royal Shakespeare Company: •Cymbeline (Not Rated) Lark: Wed 7:30 Snowden (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 10; Sun-Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:55; Wed 7:35; Thu 12:50, 3:50 Storks (PG) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15; Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:45 Northgate: FriWed 11:50, 2:25, 7:15; 3D showtime at 4:50 Sully (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 10; Sat-Sun 7:15, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10 Lark: Wed noon (filmmaker Lisa Fruchtman and percussionist Barbara Borden in • Sweet Dreams (Not Rated) person) Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 Lark: Sat 9:20; Mon 9:20 • The Wailing (Not Rated) Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm. 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 Concerts MARIN The Marin Symphony The Masterworks season opens with “Bold Beginnings” featuring Beethoven’s “Emperor” piano concerto and masterpieces from the 20th century. Oct 30, 3pm and Nov 1, 7:30pm. $15-$40 and up. Marin Center’s Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.479.8100. Out of This World Halloween-themed benefit for Bolinas Community Land Trust features music from Marin favorites Soul Ska with all ages costume contest, a photo booth, games, beer and wine. Oct 29, 7pm. $20. Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.2128.

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All Hallow’s Eve Royal Jelly Jive headlines a night of circus sideshow acts, music, costumes and burlesque, hosted by the North Bay Cabaret. Oct 29, 7pm. $20-$25. Annie O’s Music Hall, 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.542.1455. Halloween Cover Show Several local bands and musicians cover everyone from the Misfits to Nirvana and U2. Oct 29, 6pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565. Tony Bennett One of the most beloved entertainers of all time appears for an unforgettable night of music. Nov 2, 8pm. $89 and up. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

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Clubs&Venues MARIN Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316. Book Passage Sun, 11:30am, Songs & Stories with Megan. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960. Civic Center Library Oct 27, 6pm, Monster Mash Family Halloween Dance. 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.473.6058.

Simrit The chart-topping world music star celebrates the release of her new album, “Songs of Resilience,” with a Global Unity Tour. Oct 28, 8pm. $25-$40. TMS Performing Arts Center, 150 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.924.4848.

Chris Botti The world-renowned trumpeter and contemporary jazz superstar opens Napa’s new, intimate jazz club with a four-night residency. Through Oct 28, 7 and 9:30pm. $75-$95. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.603.1258.

Fenix Oct 26, pro blues jam. Oct 27, Cabanijazz Project. Oct 28, James Moseley Band. Oct 29, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones Halloween Bash. Oct 30, 6:30pm, Nikita Germaine. Nov 1, West Coast Songwriters Competition. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

The Tubes A costume party with the exciting and tightknit San Francisco classic rock group. Oct 29, 9pm. $35. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

Richard Thompson & the Blind Boys of Alabama The groundbreaking Americana guitarist and the legendary gospel ensemble coheadline a night of eclectic music. Oct 29, 8pm. $45-$75. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

George’s Nightclub Oct 27, college night. Oct 28, Hip-Hop Halloween Party. Oct 29, George’s Halloween party with DJ Jorge. Oct 30, Mexican Banda. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262. Grazie Restaurant Oct 29, Twin Soles. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181. Harmonia Oct 29, Halloween Masquerade Party. 2200 Bridgeway Ave, Sausalito, 415.332.1432. HopMonk Novato Oct 26, open mic night with Salty Barnacle. Oct 28, the Hots. Oct 29, Hollywood halloween with Pride & Joy. Nov 2, open mic night with the Refreshments. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200. Marin Country Mart Oct 28, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Masha Campagne. Oct 30, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Ramshackle Palace. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 19 Broadway Club Oct 26, Lender. Oct 27, Liquid Green. Oct 28, Halloween funk party with DJ Carlos. Oct 29, Mind, Body & Soul Band. Oct 30, 4pm, the Full Tilt! Band. Oct 30, 8pm, the Hubcap Stealers. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

“Love to shock you” band, The Tubes, performs at a costume party on Saturday, October 29 at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael.

No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Oct 26, the Whole Catastrophe. Oct 27, Mo’Lasses. Oct 28, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 29, Fuzzy Slippers with Chris Saunders. Oct 30,

CALENDAR Harlow’s Monkeys and Logan Magness. Oct 31, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392. Novato Copperfield’s Books Oct 28, 6pm, jazz in the neighborhood with Mary D’Orazi. 999 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.763.3052. Osteria Divino Oct 26, Jonathan Poretz. Oct 27, Barrio Manouche. Oct 28, Smith Dobson Trio. Oct 29, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. Oct 30, Bay Tones Trio. Oct 31, James Henry’s Hands on Fire. Nov 1, 4pm, Tenth Anniversary Celebration. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Oct 26, Brian Byrnes. Oct 27, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Nov 1, Swing Fever. Nov 2, the Jazz Roots Band. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Oct 26, the New Sneakers. Oct 27, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Oct 28, the Happys and Barnyard Hammer. Oct 29, Hustlerween with Beso Negro. Oct 31, Halloween night with Sabbath Lives. Nov 1, the Good Guys. Nov 2, the Weissmen. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Presidio Yacht Club Oct 28, the 7th Sons SpookTacular Dance Party. 679 Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Oct 29, 8pm, “Jazz in Sacred Space” with Schawkie Roth Jazz Quartet. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.8888. Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Oct 27, Hot French Strings. Oct 28, DJ Jose Ruiz. Oct 29, Ricardo Lemvo & Makino Loca. Oct 30, 5pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Nov 1, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Oct 27, Luke Callen. Oct 28, Whiskey & Women. Oct 29, Koolerator. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Smitty’s Bar Oct 31, Void Where Prohibited. 214 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.332.2637. Spitfire Lounge Last Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Sweetwater Music Hall Oct 26, Celebration of Billy Lee Lewis featuring Mark Karan and Glenn Walters. Oct 27, HONEYHONEY and Benham. Oct 29, the Brothers Comatose and the Good Bad. Oct 30-31, Dumpstaphunk Halloween

HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Oct 26, Kimock with Jeff Chimenti and Mickey Hart. Oct 28, Cirque du Sebastopol with El Radio Fantastique and Junk Parlor. Oct 29, Cirque du Sebastopol with Pantyraid and Sugar Beats. Oct 31, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300. HopMonk Sonoma Oct 28, 5pm, Chi McClean. Oct 28, 8pm, Jeff Campbell. Oct 29, 1pm, Jimbo Scott. Oct 29, 8pm, Frankie Bourne. Oct 30, 1pm, Craig Corona. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100. Lagunitas Tap Room Oct 26, Jason Bodlovich. Oct 27, the Good Bad Band. Oct 28, Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s. Oct 29, Derek Irving & His Combo. Oct 30, Swoop Unit. Nov 2, Ridgway. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is a Mexican holiday that celebrates loved ones who have passed. Here’s our roundup of festive North Bay events. Dia Day los Muertos Fiesta Saturday, October 29, 5pm Las Guitarras De Novato 1017 Reichert Ave, Novato Day of the Dead/ Dia de los Muertos Saturday, October 29, 3:30pm Dance Palace 503 B St., Point Reyes Station dancepalace.org Day of the Dead Book Launch San Rafael novelist James A Jacobs reads from his historical thriller Days of the Dead Sunday, October 30, 4pm San Geronimo Valley Community Center 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo sgvcc.org Dia De los Muertos Saturday, October 31, 10:30am-1pm Mill Valley Community Center 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley cityofmillvalley.org

party with the Jazz Mafia Horns. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850. Terrapin Crossroads Oct 26, Scott Law and the Terrapin Allstars. Oct 27, Lorin Rowan’s Deep Blue Jam. Oct 28, Top 40 Friday. Oct 29-30, the Terrapin Allstars. Oct 31, Grateful Monday with Scott Law. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, noon concert series. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dia de los Muertos Saturday, November 5, 4-9pm Albert J. Boro Community Center 50 Canal St., San Rafael dayofthedeadsr.org; sgvcc.org Day of the Dead Brunch Sunday, November 6, 11:30am Sausalito Presbyterian Church 112 Bulkley, Sausalito, sausalitopres.org Dia de los Muertos Altar Making Event Friday, November 6, 3:30-5:30pm Mill Valley Public Library Outdoor Amphitheater and Creekside Room 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley millvalleylibrary.org El Dia De los Muertos Petaluma Candlelight Procession with Giant Puppets Saturday October 29, 6:00pm-10:00pm Starts at Water Street Bistro, 100 Petaluma Blvd. North, and ends up at Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 4th Street petalumadowntown.com

SONOMA 6th Street Playhouse Oct 26, 6:30pm, Iron Lung with Gas Chamber, Acrylics and OVVN. $7. 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185. The Big Easy Oct 26, Wednesday Night Big Band. Oct 27, Lucky Drive. Oct 28, the Dixie Giants with Frankie Boots. Oct 29, the Oakland Stroke. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631. Green Music Center Oct 30, Zakir Hussain and Niladri Kumar. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Mystic Theatre Oct 28, Infected Mushroom. Oct 29, Foreverland with Metal Shop. Oct 31, Trapt with Message From Sylvia and American Evil. Nov 2, Southern Culture On the Skids with Frankie & the Pool Boys. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. River Theater Oct 31, Halloween Ball with Melvin Seals & JGB. 16135 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.8022.

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”Songs of Resilience” CD Release Concert” Jared May, Salif Bamakora, Tripp Dudley, Shannon Hayden Nov 5 • 8 pm • adv $24/door $30/student $18

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

Ayla Nereo “Special Marin CD Release” Concert celebrating “The Code of the Flowers” new CD 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

2 extraordinary artists & friends together for first time: Vocalist w/Bella Gaia and brilliant guitarist/composer Together they create a soaring music of the heart. Dec 2 • Fri • 8 pm adv 25/door $30

Donna De Lory: 7th annual “ExtravaDanze”

Reigning queen of world devotional pop music w/super hot band Donna traveled the globe for 20 yrs w/ Madonna as vocalist & dancer All Ages • Pre-concert Reception at 7pm Plenty of Parking • Welcoming Atmosphere

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Rossi’s 1906 Oct 26, Keith Greeninger. Oct 28, the Rhythm Rangers. Oct 29, halloween party with VooDoo Dolly and Loosely Covered. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044. Sonoma Speakeasy Oct 28, Dirty Cello. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma, 707.996.1364.

Art OPENING MARIN Headlands Center for the Arts Oct 26-Nov 17, “Fall Project Space Exhibitions,” Oakland-based artist Chris Duncan and New York-based artist Alejandro Guzmán display their works as seasonal artists-in-residence. Reception, Oct 30 at 3pm. 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4. 415.331.2787. MarinMOCA Oct 29-Dec 4, “Fall National Juried Exhibition,” annual show presents a thought-provoking survey of figurative and representational imagery, expressed through a variety of mediums. Reception, Oct 29 at 5pm. Oct 29-Dec 4, “Waste Not: The Art of Recology,” group exhibit features artists who participated in San Francisco’s Recology Artist in Residence Program, including Marin residents Karrie Hovey, Bill Russell and James Sansing. Reception, Oct 29 at 5pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; SatSun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

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Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Oct 28, Bel Canto Recital. Oct 31, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” with Jonathan Dimmock. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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Rustic Bakery Nov 1-Jan 31, “California Colors,” plein air oil paintings by Laura Culver boast vibrant colors and light. 2017 Larkspur Landing Cir, Larksput. 415.461.9900.

SONOMA The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Nov 1-Dec 31, “Colin Talcroft Solo Show,” the artist displays his abstract monoprint collage works. Reception, Nov 7 at 5:30pm. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary. 707.795.9753. Chroma Gallery Nov 2-Dec 3, “Visible Dreams,” multimedia group show features imaginative art inspired by dreams, magic, eroticism and the subconscious mind. Reception, Nov 4 at 5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051. West County Museum Oct 30-Mar 5, “The Hippies,” memorabilia recreates the environment of rebellion against consumerism and conformity built in the forests of Graton and Occidental in the 1960s and ‘70s. Reception, Oct 30 at 12:30pm. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. ThursSun, 1 to 4. 707.829.6711.

NAPA di Rosa Oct 26-May 28, “Based on a True Story,” exhibition illuminates the hidden stories and connections of Northern California art history spanning the last six decades. Reception, Nov 19 at 4pm. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10 to 6. 707.226.5991.

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New Orleans' Dumpstaphunk Halloween Party with the Jazz Mafia Horns with Mojo Green Mon 10/31 • 7pm • $28 ADV / $32 DOS

New Orleans' Dumpstaphunk Halloween Party with the Jazz Mafia Horns wth Afrolicious COSTUME CONTEST WITH PRIZES Thur 11/03 • Doors 7pm • $10 ADV / $15 DOS

Moonalice Prop 64 Awareness Get Out the Vote Concert

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Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons with The Missing Pieces Fri 11/11 • Doors 7pm • $30 ADV / $35 DOS

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Corte Madera Library Through Oct 31, “Extra-Ordinary Shapes,” group show of paintings from the Marin County Watercolor Society. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444. Crome Architecture Through Oct 27, “In Earthed,” recent paintings by Toni Littlejohn. 905 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.453.0700. Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Oct 30, “Visual Poetry,” artists Bryn Craig, Robin Brandes and Leisha Douglas display works that find poetry in ordinary subjects. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932. 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,” fine art exhibit is juried by Michael Azgour. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561. 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.

Join Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti at the grand opening of the hot new Blue Note jazz club in Napa on October 25-28. Stinson Beach Library Through Oct 31, “Stinson Beach Ranches Past & Present,” hosted by the Stinson Beach Historical Society. 3521 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach. 415.868.0252. SweetE Organic Through Oct 30, “Kiddo Art & Artists,” art show includes Mill Valley students’ paintings and drawings. Strawberry Village, 800 Redwood Hwy, Ste 612, Mill Valley. Mon-Sat, 11 to 6; Sun, noon to 5. 415.380.5000. 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. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station. Vin Antico Wine Bar Through Nov 1, “Ashley Dawn Solo Show,” modern impressionistic painter seeks to create beauty that invites the beholder to find rest and feel joy. 881 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.721.0600.

Comedy Grin Reapers A spooky and silly Halloween standup show also includes magic, musical acts and readings. Oct 29, 8pm. $20-$30. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. John Cleese & Eric Idle Monty Python founders team up for two live shows, as part of their “Together Again At Last ... For the Very First Time” tour. Sun, Oct 30, 7:30pm and Tues, Nov 1, 7:30pm. $65 and up. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600. Johnny Steele The San Francisco standup comedian

appears with guest Jeff Applebaum. Oct 29, 8pm. $20-$25. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883. 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. Mickey Joseph Standup night features the headlining comic. Nov 1, 9:30pm. Free. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091. 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. Will Durst The “Elect to Laugh” tour continues. Oct 30, 7:30pm. $25-$30. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

Dance 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. Angelico Hall Oct 28, 7pm and Oct 29, 3pm, Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Fall Showcase, premiere of four works featuring choreography by Gregory Dawson, Amanda Miller and Carmen Rozestraten. $10. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, 415.457.4440. Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422.

Dance Arts Studios Oct 28, 8pm, Halloween Dance Extravaganza, costume contests and dancing. $10-$15. 704 Mission Ave, San Rafael, 415.459.1020. 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. 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.

Events Blind Scream Haunted House Three terrifying haunted-house experiences under one roof get you in the mood for Halloween. Through Oct 31. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, blindscream.com. Bolinas Day of the Dead Event Celebration of Latin American holiday combines indigenous traditions with European rituals for honoring the dead with altars, treats and more. Nov 1-2. Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.2128. Community Media Center of Marin Orientation Get answers to your media questions and learn how to produce digital media at the center. Tues, Nov 1, 7pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636. Dia de los Muertos Family Day Learn about the festival, decorate your own sugar skull, have your face painted and bring a photo of a deceased loved one and make an offering to the community altar. Oct 29, 2pm. Free with admission. History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1500. Divorce Options Workshop Volunteer group of attorneys, financial

abound in this fundraising event that features costume contests, games, performances and more. Oct 28-29. Downtown Novato, Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.1164.

Diwali Craft Time Come make crafts to celebrate this holiday of light. Oct 28, 3pm. Free. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St, Marin City, 415.332.6157.

Singles Halloween Party Dress in costume and dance the night away. Oct 29, 8pm. $10. Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael.

"Diwali" Festival of Lights Aria Party Join Golden Gate Opera for an afternoon of music, snacks from India and Proscecco in a benefit for its Outreach to Schools Program and to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Wear a sari if you wish. Sunday, Oct 30, 3-6pm. Takes place at a private home in Tiburon. $65 to $200. goldengateopera.org. Fairfax Bike Swap An opportunity for the public to buy and sell new and vintage bicycles and parts. Oct 30, 9am. Free admission. Fairfax Cyclery, 2020 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.721.7644. Forecasting the Future Marin Economic Conference Program agenda will feature a discussion on the impact of the minimum wage to businesses in Marin County and their struggle with recruitment. Oct 27, 7am. Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael, 415.454.4163. Hallow’s Eve in Bolinas Live music, dancing and a brewfest featuring Iron Springs and Lagunitas Brewing Company raises funds for the community center. Oct 31, 7pm. $5-$10. Bolinas Community Center, 14 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.2128. Heirloom Craft Hub Each evening includes instruction for a specific craft. Last Thurs of every month. $5. Marin History Museum, Boyd Gate House, 1125 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.8538. Mill Valley First Tuesday Art Walk Stroll among the amazing art exhibits at various Mill Valley galleries and stores, as well as city hall and the community center. Tues, Nov 1, 6pm. Mill Valley Depot Plaza, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. One Tam Science Summit Scientists and public land managers share their findings about the condition and trends of plants and animals on Mt. Tam, taken from a recent study. Oct 28-29, 9am to 5pm. Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center, 511 Caledonia St., Sausalito. onetam.org/ science-summit. Papermill Creek Halloween Carnival Family event features ghoulish games, freaky fun and gourmet food prepared by famous chefs. Oct 30, 11am. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Pt Reyes Day of the Dead Procession from Gallery Route One to the Dance Palace leads to a celebration with art and dance performance. Oct 29, 1pm. Free. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. Pup Parade & Costume Contest Dress up your doggy and show off its Halloween costume in this fun, family event. Oct 29, 1pm. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. Scream on the Green Novato’s city hall turns into a Chamber of Horrors and family-friendly activities

Sunday Cruise-In Fire up your hot rod and bring the kids for live music, food, prizes and more. Last Sun of every month, 11am. Free. Fourth and Sea Restaurant, 101 Fourth St, Petaluma, sundaycruisein.com.

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Work-in-Progress Wednesday Video-makers have the chance to get their work critiqued by an industry pro. Nov 2, 6:30pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636.

Field Trips Halloween with Habitat for Humanity Two-day volunteer event combines a good cause with Halloween cookies, apple cider, lunch and pumpkin painting. Oct 28-29. Mount Burdell Preserve, San Andreas Dr, Novato, habitatgsf.org. Sunset Hike & Dine Meet at parking area across from inn for two-hour hike on moderate-to-steep trails with midhike wine and cheese overlooking Pacific Ocean. Last Sat of every month. $15. Mountain Home Inn, 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley, RSVP, 415.331.0100.

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Film 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 29. $15/$112 full series. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, italianfilm.com.

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Just Eat It Sausalito Film Series presents the awardwinning documentary on food waste and food recovery shows, with reception and post-show panel featuring local leaders. Oct 30, 5pm. Cavallo Point Lodge, 601 Murray Circle, Sausalito, 415.339.4700. 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. Petaluma International Film Festival Eighth annual showcase features independent features and short films from around the world. Oct 28-30. $12 and up. Boulevard Cinemas, 200 C St, Petaluma, PetalumaFilmFestival.org.

Food&Drink Chili Cook-Off A cooking competition brings out the best in chili while live music and more entertain. Oct 29, 4pm. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

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College of Marin Kentfield Campus Oct 28-29, 7:30pm, Take Flight, College of Marin Dance Faculty’s fall dance concert features diverse and uplifting dance works, both comedic and dramatic. $10-$20. 835 College Ave, Kentfield.

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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.

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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. Halloween Candy Swap & Drop Drop off commodity candy in exchange for some delicious, natural treats. Nov 1-5. SweetE Organic, Strawberry Village, 800 Redwood Hwy, Ste 612, Mill Valley, 415.380.5000.

For Kids 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. Not So Spooky Halloween Enjoy ghoulish games, spooky crafts and awesome treats. Oct 29, 1pm. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St, Marin City, 415.332.6157. Not-Too-Spooky Storytime Children ages 2 to 8 may wear their Halloween costumes and join in the spooky fun. Oct 29, 10am. South Novato Library, 6 Hamilton Landing, Ste 104-A, Novato, 415.506.3164. Pirate Halloween Party Festive event for kids of all ages. Oct 29, 12pm. $20 and up. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael, 415.485.3438.

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Back in Time Watch an accelerated time-lapse of SF Bay’s last 18,000 years and see how one of the world’s largest natural estuaries and one of the few inverted deltas on the planet were created. Oct 29, 1:30pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871. Basic Sketching & Drawing for Fun Four-week series lets students of all skill levels develop the ability to quickly draw an object from sight onto paper using basic drawing tools. Oct 26, 10:30am. $40-$50. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.456.9062. 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. Collage & Photography A hands-on workshop with Mary Daniel Hobson. Tues, Nov 1, 7pm. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569. Designing with Flowers from Your Garden Author and gardener Alethea Harampolis shares her eye for color and form. Oct 26, 10am. $100. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.455.5260.

Don’t Get Scammed Learn how to protect yourself. Oct 28, 2pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323. Ice-T The famed rapper, actor and entrepreneur appears in a special lecture event titled “Overcoming the Impossible.” Oct 28, 7:30pm. $40. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. 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. O’Hanlon Roundtable Continuing parade of experienced artists share thoughts on creative process. All artists welcome. First Tues each month, 4 to 6. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.4331. 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. Polls & the Presidential Election Find out what the polls teach us about this year’s contest. Oct 27, 6pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323. 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. Wild Canines of Marin Park Ranger Rob Ruiz discusses the habits and identifying characteristics of our canine neighbors. Oct 26, 7pm. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, marincounty. org.

Readings Book Passage Oct 27, 6pm, “Today Will Be Different” with Maria Semple, a literary supper event. $65. Oct 27, 7pm, “The Mothers” with Brit Bennett. Oct 28, 7pm, “In the Company of Women” with Grace Bonney and contributors. $40. Oct 29, 1pm, “Belonging to God” with Will Keepin. Oct 29, 7pm, “Billy Gogan, American” with Roger Higgins. Oct 30, 4pm, “Marrow” with Elizabeth Lesser. Nov 1, 7pm, “A Crooked Smile” with Terri Tate. Nov 2, 7pm, “Let the Good Prevail” with Noah and Logan Miller. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Commonweal Oct 30, 2pm, Henry David Thoreau readings with local residents, co-sponsored by Point Reyes Books. Free. 451 Mesa Rd, Bolinas. Diesel Bookstore Oct 26, 7pm, Larkspur Book Club Pioneers, meet to discuss “The Tsar of Love and Techno” by Anthony Marra. Oct 27, 7pm, “This is Cancer” with Laura Holmes Haddad. Oct 29, 11am, “A Recipe for Cooking” with Cal Peternell. Nov 1, 7pm, “Clean Soups” with Rebecca Katz. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Oct 30, 4pm, “Days of the Dead” with James A Jacobs. Free. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo 415.488.8888. Terrapin Crossroads Oct 27, 12:30pm, “Big American Cookbook” with Mario Batali. $125. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael 415.524.2773. The Western Gate Teahouse Fridays, 6pm, Candlelight poetry and tea session with Scott Traffas. 7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas 4157858309.

Theater Bad Dates Jennifer King stars in this charming and sweet one-woman play about a hilarious journey of self-discovery, presented by Sonoma Arts Live. Oct 26-30. sonomaartslive.org. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626. Dancing at Lughnasa Widely regarded as a modern theater classic, the play looks at a nostalgic summer of 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg, just before the dawn of the Second World War. Through Oct 30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177. Dial M for Murder The classic thriller gets a new production from the North Bay Stage Company. Through Nov 6. $28. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600. The Jungle Book Marin Theatre Company’s family series presents a retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story. Oct 29-Nov 6. $18-$22. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208. Peter & the Starcatcher Marin Onstage presents the story of how Peter Pan becomes the magical, eternal boy of legend. Through Nov 12. $12-$25. Belrose Theater, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, marinonstage.org. The Rocky Horror Show That sweet transvestite, Dr. Frank-N-furter, and his motley crew return in the original stage musical. Through Nov 13. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185. Titanic: The Musical Award-winning Spreckels Theatre Company presents the North Bay premiere of the Tony award-winning show. Through Oct 30. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400. Zombie Town Left Edge Theatre presents a comedic mockumentary about an undead outbreak in Texas. Through Oct 30. $25-$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600. ✹

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Seminars&Workshops To include your seminar or workshop, call 415/485-6700. SINGLES WANTED! Single & Dissatisfied? Tired of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join with other singles to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships. Stimulating, growthful & fun. Nine-week coed Single’s Group starts week of Oct. 31 (advance sign-up required). Space limited. Also, starting week of 10/31: ongoing, coed (emotional) INTIMACY GROUPS (partnered or single), and INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY & COUPLES THERAPY. Central San Rafael. Possible financial assistance (health/flex savings accounts or insurance). Call (415) 453-8117 for more information. Renée Owen, LMFT#35255 .https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/183422 Especially with the holidays approaching, you may be seeking additional help in a supportive, educational on-going respectful group environment. MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS GROUP for women who have lost their mothers in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood through death, illness, separation, narcissism, estrangement. Every other Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM and a GENERAL WOMENS GROUP, any age, Every other Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM. In each of these separate groups, women address relevant issues, current or past, often involving relationships, including motherdaughter relationships; loss; trauma; family of origin; successes; challenges; self-care; transitions, etc. FORMER MEMBERS OF HIGH DEMAND GROUPS, “spiritual,” “religious,” “philosophical,” “large group awareness trainings,” etc. for men and women to address relevant issues, current & past. Every other Saturday, 3:00 – 5:00 PM. Experienced Group Facilitator: Colleen Russell, LMFT, Certified Group Psychotherapist, Certified Grief Counselor, 25 years of experience. Contact: 415-785-3513; crussellmft@earthlink.net; www.colleenrussellmft.com. Individual, couple, family therapy also available. Kentfield office (across from College of Marin). SILENT STAY RETREAT CENTER WISDOM OF THE QUIET HEART Silent Stay Mountaintop Retreat Center, at the Gateway to Napa Valley— only one hour from anywhere in the Bay Area Enjoy the benefits of a silent retreat at Silent Stay, owned and led by Bruce & Ruth Davis, popular meditation teachers and authors of Magical Child Within You and Monastery Without Walls. With spectacular nature and views in all

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 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) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140784 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) THE DOG FATHER- RELIABLE PETSITTING 2) THEODORE BOOKS, 705 ESTANCIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: THEO W. LOVETT, 705 ESTANCIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 5, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 12, 19, 26, Nov 2 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140746 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BED AND BISCUITS OF MARIN, 4240 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: LAURA COTTINGHAM, 40 PEACOCK DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is filing 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 12, 19, 26, Nov 2 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140790 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PROMORTGAGE COMMERCIAL, 700 IRWIN STREET #202, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PROFESSIONAL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., 700 IRWIN STREET # 202, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business

under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 12, 19, 26, Nov 2 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140728 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MONO, 14 E SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, D, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: MONO CREATORS INC., 14 E SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD , D, LARKSPUR, CA 94939.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 27, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 12, 19, 26, Nov 2 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140817 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CJDR MARIN, 201 CASA BUENA DR, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: PRICE SIMMS CM LLC, 135 E. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 12, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 19, 26, Nov 2, 9 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140816 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN INSURANCE SERVICES, 445 FRANCISCO BLVD E, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PRICE CARS SR LLC, 445 FRANCISCO BLVD E, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 12, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 19, 26, Nov 2, 9 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140819 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CABIN FEVER DESIGNS BY CAROLINE GASTON, 19 3RD STREET, SAN RAFAEL ,CA 94901: CAROLINE A. GASTON, 19 3RD STREET, 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 Oct 12, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 19, 26, Nov 2, 9 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140767 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: KANTOLA TRAINING SOLUTIONS, 55 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: KANTOLA PRODUCTIONS LP, 55 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED 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 Oct 04, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 19, 26, Nov 2, 9 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140807 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MAGGY’S BEAUTY HAIR SALON, 767 LINCOLN AVENUE UNIT 4, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARGARITA OCHOA HURTADO, 255 VISTA DEL MAR, 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 Oct 12, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 19, 26, Nov 2, 9 of 2016)

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COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1603655. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOZEF MARCUS ELEMEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOZEF MARCUS ELEMEN to JOZEF MARCUS EITELBUSS. 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: 11/10/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT L, 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: OCT 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 12, 19, 26, Nov 2 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1603650. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SIMEON BONTY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SIMEON BONTY to SIMEON HINTON. 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: 12/16/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM: B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: OCT 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 12, 19, 26, Nov 2 of 2016) NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND HEARING ON REQUEST FOR RESTAINING ORDER CASE NUMBER: D15-05875 Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, 751 Pine Street, PO Box 911, Martinez, CA 94553. Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order Case Number: D15-05875 1. Name of Protected Party: Anna Guerriero. Your lawyer in this case: Ariel B. Lee, State Bar No.: 287791, Law offices of Ariel Brownell, 961 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Telephone: (925) 421-1529 Fax: (925) 293-0531 ariel@brownelllegal.com 2. Name of Restrained Person: Jason Andrew Griffin, Description of restrained person: Sex: M; Height: 5’11; Weight: 190 lbs. Hair Color: Blonde; Eye Color: Green; Race: Caucasian; White Age: 39 Date of Birth: 03/04/1977 Mailing Address: 38 South Knoll Road, Mill Valley, CA 94941. Relationship to protected person: Father of child 3. Additional Protected Person named in (1), the following persons are protected by temporary orders as indicated in items (6) and (7) (family or household members): a) Gabriella Fay Griffin, Relationship to person in (1) & (2): Daughter, Sex: F, Age: 5; Date of Birth: 05/23/2011 b) Corey D. Seevers, Relationship to person in (1): Fiancé, Sex: M, Age: 32; Court Hearing The judge has set a court hearing date. The Restraining Order after Hearing (Order of Protection) stays in effect until the end of the hearing below. Hearing Date & Time: Nov. 09 2016, 8:30 a.m. Dept. 27. At the street address of the court shown above 4. Temporary restraining orders: All

granted until court hearing. 5. Criminal Protective Order: No information has been provided to the judge about a criminal protective order. To the person in 2: The court has granted the temporary orders checked below. If you do not obey these orders, you can be arrested with a crime. You may be sent to jail for up to one year, pay a fine of up to $1000 or both. Personal Conduct Orders granted as follows: a. You must not do the following things to the person in 1 and 3. - Harass, attack, strike, threaten, assault (sexually or otherwise), hit, follow, stalk, molest, destroy personal property, disturb the peace, keep under surveillance, impersonate (on the internet, electronically or otherwise), or block movements. -Contact, either directly or indirectly in any way, including but not limited to, by telephone, mail, e-mail or other electronic means -Take any action, directly or through others, to obtain the address or locations of the persons in 1 and 3 b. Peaceful written contact through a lawyer or process server or another person for service of for DV-120. c. Exceptions: Brief and peaceful contact with person 1 and 3 is required for court –ordered visitation of children , is allowed unless a criminal protective order says otherwise. 7. Stay away order granted as follows: A. You must stay at least 100 yards away from a) The person in 1 b) home of person in 1 c) The job or workplace of person in 1 d) vehicle of person in 1 e) the person in 3 f) The child(ren)’s school or child care B. Exceptions: Brief and peaceful contact with person 1 and 3 is required for court –ordered visitation of children , is allowed unless a criminal protective order says otherwise. 8. Move-out order not requested 9. No Guns or Other Firearms or Ammunition 10. Record Unlawful Communications granted as follows: The person in 1 can record communications made by you that violate the judge’s order. 11. Care of animals not requested 12. Child custody and visitation granted as follows: Follow current order 13. Child Support: Not ordered now but may be ordered after a noticed hearing 14. Property control: Not requested 15. Debt payment: not requested 16. Property Restraint: Not requested 17. Spousal Support: Not ordered now but may be ordered after a noticed hearing 18. Rights to Mobile Device and wireless phone account: not requested 19. Insurance: N/A 20. Lawyer’s fees and costs: Not ordered now but may be ordered after a noticed hearing 21. Payments for costs and services: Not ordered now but may be ordered after a noticed hearing 22. Batterer Intervention Program: Not ordered now but may be ordered after a noticed hearing 23. Other Orders granted as follows: Person in 2. To refrain from impersonating person in 1 On social media or posting disparaging remarks about person in 1, while posing as someone else. Person in 2 not to contact person in 1 or daughter after 8.20 pm. 24. No fee to serve (notify) restrained person: If the sheriff serves this order, he or she will do for free This is a Court Order. Dated: September 14, 2016. HON. TERRI MOCKLER JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Respondent’s attendance at the November 9, 2016 hearing will allow Respondent to present evidence and dispute the claims brought against Respondent. If Respondent’s location is ascertained prior to November 9, 2016, Petitioner will mail a copy of the TRO, and all of the related court filings to Respondent. Before November 9, 2016, Respondent may file a written response at this court and have a copy served on Petitioner. Respondent can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp). If Respondent does not file his response on time, Respondent may lose the opportunity to present evidence to the court prior to the hearing. There are other legal requirements. Respondent may want to call an attorney promptly to discuss options and seek representation. (Publication date: Oct 12, 19, 26 and Nov 2, 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1603755. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner

NEELAM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: NEELAM to NEELAM RAM CHUMBER. 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: 12/02/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: Oct 14, 2016 (Publication Dates: Oct 19, 26, Nov 2, 9 of 2016) Notice Content SUMMONS - FAMILY LAW—CASE NUMBER: FL 1603526 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: ALLEN PAUL SHORTALL You have been sued. PETITIONER’S NAME: KATHERINE RUNKEL You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-220 or FL-270) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your right to custody of your children. You may also be ordered to pay child support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local bar association. NOTICE—THE RESTRAINING ORDERS ON PAGE 2 remains in effect against each parent until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORINA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: KATHERINE RUNKEL, 690 WOODBINE DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.Tel:415-572-8725 Clerk, by /s/ J.CHEN, Clerk, Marin County Superior Court, By JAMES M.KIM, Deputy Date: Sep 27, 2016 STANDARD RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and every other party are restrained from removing from the state, or applying for a passport for, the minor child or children for whom this action seeks to establish a parent- child relationship or a custody order without the prior written consent of every other party or an order of the court. This restraining order takes effect against the petitioner when he or she files the petition and against the respondent when he or she is personally served with the summons and petition OR when he if she waives and accepts service. This restraining order remains in effect until the judgement is entered, the petition is dismissed, or the court makes other orders. This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it. NOTICE-- ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com. Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506. (Publication Dates: Oct 26, Nov 2, 9, 16 of 2016)

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Your response to “Torn” really missed the mark. She is the 35-year-old woman whose friends and family think her 43-year-old boyfriend is lazy and not good enough for her and will end up living off her. She has a full-time job with benefits, while he works part-time and saves up when he wants to buy something. She says he supports her emotionally: “He … has my back to an unreasonable degree.” Yet, you contend that his lack of ambition may lead her to resent him. My advice to her: “If the relationship works for both of you, enjoy it. Nurture it. Keep the outside influences outside. And for crying out loud, woman, pull up your big-girl Underoos and tell your friends and family to take a deep breath and say a prayer to Saint Eff You.”—Better Idea

Your advice—that “Torn” should just flip the bird at all of her boyfriend’s detractors—is the perfect solution for any woman who has a number of smelly, unsightly friends and family members cluttering up her life. I offer a similar redo of decluttering queen Marie “KonMari” Kondo’s advice that we should go through all our stuff and see what brings joy. Yawn. The AlkonMari method: “Strike a match and run.” But, wait, you say. He supports her emotionally. That, you insist, should be enough. Should be. And though it’s reasonable to prefer that it would be, the late Albert Ellis, co-founder of cognitive behavioral therapy, explained that “should” involves the irrational demand that the world manifest itself in an idealized way—the way it SHOULD be. This keeps us from dealing with it as it is. For example, I should be writing this response to you in a villa in the South of France with servants, a helipad and a moat. But here in the real world, unless I start moonlighting as a drug lord, I will continue writing from the cute shack in L.A. that I share with my dog and several million termites. Likewise, in that magical land where children’s dentists send glitter instead of a bill, the perfect husband could be a sweet man who splits his time between a low-stress, part-time job and chillaxing on the couch with a doob. But women evolved to have emotional mechanisms pushing them to seek men who are willing and able “providers,” and a man’s ambition is a cue for that. Women can’t just yell at their genes, “Hey, it’s 2016, and I’m the VP of a successful startup!” As anthropologist Donald Symons explains, changing any “complex adaptation,” like those driving mating psychology, takes “hundreds or thousands of generations.” This is why—as I explained to “Torn”—research finds that women married to a Mr. Mom often end up resenting him, making those marriages more likely to end in divorce. Should “Torn” stay or go? That actually isn’t for you or me to say, because our values aren’t her values and what works for us may not work for her. That’s why I suggested she mull over the potential issues—over time—and make an informed decision about whether to go all in with her Laid-Back Larry. Yeah, I know—love should “conquer all.” And yes, in a perfect world, we could respond to utility company disconnect notices with a sweet note: “Please don’t shut my lights off ! XOXO!”

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I’m a 32-year-old lesbian and an aspiring fiction writer. I use my life in my work, but my girlfriend gets mad when she shows up in it. I think she’s being unfair. Isn’t anything I experience fair game?—Storyteller

There she is crying, and you’re rubbing her back, all, “Baby, that’s terrible.” And then you duck out of the room and dictate everything you can remember into your phone. Um, no. Think of the details of your girlfriend’s life like some stranger’s lunch. The fact that their cheeseburger is within your reach doesn’t mean you get to grab it and be all, “Mine! Yummeee!” As Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren explained in an 1890 Harvard Law Review article on privacy, unless somebody is a public figure, they have a right to privacy, meaning the right to control who gets to know what about their persona and private life. You cross the line from fiction writer to privacy invader when a character is recognizable as a particular person. It isn’t that you can’t use anything at all from another person’s life. Publishing expert Jane Friedman says you can create a composite character “with traits and characteristics culled from several people.” In other words, steal from the many instead of “the one.” Remember, it’s called an “intimate relationship” because it’s supposed to be between two people—not two people and the 8,423 others one of them gave their novel away to on Goodreads.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of October 26

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I invite you to

fantasize about what your four great-grandmothers and four great-grandfathers may have been doing on November 1, 1930. What? You have no idea how to begin? You don’t even know their names? If that’s the case, I hope you’ll remedy your ignorance. Your ability to create the future you want requires you to learn more about where and whom you came from. Halloween costume suggestion: Your most interesting ancestor.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): At any one time, more than two million frozen human embryos are stored in tissue banks throughout Europe and North America. When the time is right, their owners retrieve them and bring them to term. That’s the first scenario I invite you to use as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks. Here’s a second scenario: Scotch whisky is a potent mind-altering substance. Any particular batch must mature for at least three years, and may be distilled numerous times. There are currently 20 million barrels of the stuff mellowing in Scottish warehouses. And what do these two scenarios have to do with you? It’s time to tap into resources that you’ve been saving in reserve—that haven’t been ripe or ready until now. Halloween costume suggestions: A woman who’s nine months pregnant; a blooming rose or sunflower; ripe fruit. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To create a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, a winemaker needs about 700 grapes. Compare this process with rainmaking. When water vapor that’s high in the sky becomes dense enough, it condenses into tiny pearls of liquid called cloud droplets. If the humidity rises even further, a million of these babies might band together to form a single raindrop that falls to earth. And what does this have to do with your life? I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will have both an affinity and a skill for processes that resemble winemaking and rainmaking. You’ll need a lot of raw material and energetic effort to produce a relatively small marvel—but that’s exactly as it should be. Halloween costume suggestion: A raindrop or bottle of wine. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some Brazilians eat the heads of piranhas in the belief that they’re aphrodisiacs. In Zimbabwe, women may make strategic use of baboon urine to enhance their allure. The scientific name for Colombia’s leaf-cutter ant is hormiga culona, translated as “fat-assed ant.” Ingesting the roasted bodies of these critters is thought to boost sexual desire. Since you’re in a phase when tapping into your deepest erotic longings will be healthy and educational, you may want to adopt elements of the aforementioned love drugs to create your Halloween costume. Here are other exotic aphrodisiacs from around the world that you might be inspired by: Asparagus, green M&Ms, raw oysters, wild orchids and horny goat weed. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you know how to

repair a broken zipper or patch a hole in your bicycle tire? Are you familiar with the art of caulking a bathtub or creating a successful budget? Can you compose a graceful thank-you note, cook a hearty soup from scratch or overcome your pride so as to reconcile with an ally after an argument? These are the kinds of tasks I trust you will focus on in the coming weeks. It’s time to be very practical and concrete. Halloween costume suggestion: Mr. or Ms. Fix-It.

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

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger played a benevolent android who traveled here from the future. As a strong, silent action hero, he didn’t need to say much. In fact, he earned $30,000 for every word he uttered. I’m hoping your speech will pack a comparable punch in the coming days. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your persuasiveness should be at a peak. You’ll have an exceptional ability to say what you mean and mean what you say. Use this superpower with flair and precision! Halloween costume suggestion: Ancient Greek orator Demosthenes; Martin Luther King, Jr.;

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Virginia Woolf; Sojourner Truth; rapper MC Lyte, Winston Churchill.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s the prosperitybuilding phase of your cycle. Let’s celebrate! Let’s brainstorm! Are there rituals you can create to stimulate the financial lobes of your imagination, thereby expediting your cash flow? Here are a few ideas: 1. Glue a photo of yourself on a $20 bill. 2. Make a wealth shrine in your home. Stock it with symbols of specific thrills you can buy for yourself when you have more money. 3. Halloween costume suggestions: A giant bar of gold, a banker carrying a briefcase full of big bills, Tony Stark, Lady Mary Crawley, Jay Gatsby, Lara Croft, the Yoruban wealth goddess Ajé. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During this

Halloween season, you have cosmic permission to be a bigger, bolder and extra beguiling version of yourself. I trust that you will express your deep beauty with precise brilliance and imagine your future with superb panache and wander wherever the hell you feel like wandering. It’s time to be stronger than your fears and wilder than your trivial sins. Halloween costume suggestion: The superhero version of yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I won’t offer you the cliché, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Instead, I’ll provide alternatives. How about this, from the video game Portal 2: “When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! Say, ‘I don’t want your damn lemons!’” Or you could try this version, from my friend Barney: “When life gives you lemons, draw faces on them like Tom Hanks did on his volleyball in the movie Cast Away, and engage them in sexy philosophical conversation.” Or consider this Brazilian proverb: “When life gives you lemons, make caipirinhas.” (The caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail.) Suggestion: Play around with these themes to create your Halloween costume. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): All of us

are creators and destroyers. It’s fun and healthy to add fresh elements to our lives, but it’s also crucial to dispose of things that hurt and distort us. Even your body is a hotbed of both activities, constantly killing off old cells and generating new ones. But in my understanding, you are now in a phase when there’s far more creation than destruction. Enjoy the exalted buzz! Halloween costume suggestions: A creator god or goddess, like the Greeks’ Gaia or Prometheus; a rainbow-snake from the Australian Aborigines; Unkulunkulu from the Zulus; or Coyote, Raven or Spider Grandmother from indigenous North American tribes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1938, a chef named Ruth Wakefield dreamed up a brilliant invention: Chocolate chip cookies. She sold her recipe to the Nestlé company in return for one dollar and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Maybe she was happy with that arrangement, but I think she cheated herself. And so I offer her action as an example of what you should NOT do. During the next 10 months, I expect you will come up with many useful innovations and intriguing departures from the way things have always been done. Make sure you get full value in return for your gifts! Halloween costume ideas: Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, Hedy Lamarr, Leonardo da Vinci, Temple Grandin, George Washington Carver, Mark Zuckerberg. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Speaking on behalf

of the cosmic powers, I authorize you to escape dull realities and go rambling through the frontier. Feel free to fantasize twice as hard and wild as you normally do. Avoid literalists and realists who think you should be more like them. This is not a time to fuss over exacting details, but rather to soar above the sober nonsense and see as far as you can. You have permission to exult in the joys of wise innocence. Halloween costume suggestions: Bohemian poet, mad scientist, carefree genius, brazen explorer.Y

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