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Upfront While San Quentin State Prison warden Ronald Davis talked on the phone above Death Row last year, efforts to reform the sometimes sky-high rates prisoners pay to for-profit companies to make phone calls have stalled.

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ormer San Quentin inmate James “J.B.” Bennett works a couple of days a week counseling the Bay Area’s recently de-carcerated, helping them get back on their feet and acclimated to life beyond the bars.

When ex-convicts meet with Bennett, they’re greeted by a bulletin board hanging in his workspace with some handy

slogans on it, including one that reads, “Communication is to a relationship as breath is to life.”

That’s a sentiment from pioneering 1970s family therapist Virginia Satir, founder of Palo Alto’s Mental Research Institute, and it’s a telling quote for our times. It tells you what happens when political leaders carve out policies through a spirit of compassion and not out of cruelty and vengeance.

Under President Barack Obama and his rolling efforts at criminaljustice reform, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has, for the first time, weighed in on for-profit inmate calling services (ICS) and the cost of phone calls between inmates and their families. Over the past couple of years, the FCC has put in new regulations—or tried to, anyway—that limit the per-minute

charges that ICS providers, such as Securus and Global Tel Link (GTL), can charge inmates or their families, who often are poor. As Bennett puts it, prison life is split between the haves and the have-nots, a fact that plays out in every last detail of prison life. “Prison is really about how well off you are financially,” Bennett says. “If you have money, you can live really well.”

If you don’t—too bad. And when it comes to a phone call from a loved one, or a lawyer, or a priest, ICS charges can spike to more than $1 per minute, and much of the tolls have historically been tied up in so-called site commissions that are folded into the per-minute rate.

As numerous prisoner-rights advocates have observed, a “site commission” is a polite way of describing the promised kickback that an ICS company sends to sheriffs. The site commissions are passed along to the inmates and their families in the form of skyhigh phone rates.

“Everything I’ve heard about the toll aspect of prison calls is that the toll rate is excessive,” Bennett says.

He spent nearly 25 years of a 30-year murder sentence in San Quentin before being released in 2011, and echoes most antirecidivist research when he says that “human contact with one’s family, communication—it’s critical.”

The year Bennett was released from San Quentin was also the year that California banned site commissions at state-run prisons administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which, as The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights notes, was previously sending $20 million a year in sitecommission fees to the state.

GTL has the contract to provide phone services across the state prison system. The 2011 sitecommission ban did not extend to the thousands of local or county lockups around the state, where GTL also has numerous contracts.

have extended the Corrections and Rehabilitation site-commission ban and prohibit “commissions in telephone service contracts for juvenile facilities and for county, municipal or privately operated jails, and requires such contracts to be negotiated and awarded to the lowest cost provider.”

Quirk’s bill made it through the Assembly despite opposition from the California State Sheriffs’ Association, but died in the Senate finance committee because of cost concerns that would have been passed from the counties to the state—Quirk believes those costs should be borne by the state.

“I was certainly very much in favor of inmates not being charged for being in jail,” Quirk says, adding that for a poor inmate, the difference between charging $2 or $15 for a 15-minute phone call is the difference between that inmate having a connection with his loved one or not. He also notes that even as the funds are supposed to go into the IWF, in his county at least (Alameda), the site commissions were used to pay guards to oversee inmates while they were taking a class or exercising.

“That should be paid by the county,” he says.

Under the state penal code, the IWF was set up to receive any “money, refund, rebate, or commission received from a telephone company or paytelephone provider when the money, refund, rebate, or commission is attributable to the use of pay telephones which are primarily used by inmates while incarcerated.”

The California State Sheriffs’ Association has also pushed back against efforts undertaken at the FCC to rein in site-commissions and regulations on other inmate communications, including video visitation. This has occurred as the FCC now finds itself in the crosshairs of a threatened return to a cruel and unusual “tough-on-crime” posture at the U.S. Department of Justice, with a backbite of rampant privatization on the promised Trumpian horizon.

New Republican leadership at the FCC could mean Obamaera initiatives would be revoked.

Recent reports on the agency have pointed to the likely ascension of Republican board member Ajit Pai as the FCC’s next commissioner, replacing the outgoing Democrat Tom Wheeler on the five-person board, whose members are split between Democrats »8

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Sonoma County will end its contract with GTL next year—it picked another company, Legacy Inmate Communications, to install and administer its Incident Command System (ICS) at Sonoma County’s Main Adult Detention Facility and other county-run jails as of next March. The new contract includes a 60 percent site-commission fee paid to the Sonoma County Sheriff ’s Office to administer the phone-service privilege to inmates and to fund the Inmate Welfare Fund (IWF).

According to the upcoming contract, Legacy will provide $20 pre-paid phone cards to the county, for resale to inmates. The contract stipulates that the “County shall be invoiced for all Debit Cards purchased and will receive a 60 percent commission percentage as a discount on each purchased card (i.e., a debit card with a face value of $20 shall be purchased [by the county] for $8).”

Securus and GTL have been fighting the proposed FCC rules since they were first announced in 2014.

The agency acted in August of this year to set new rate caps for local and long-distance inmate calling, and the FCC website notes that the “new rate caps were scheduled to take effect for prisons on Dec. 12, 2016, and for jails on March 13, 2017.”

It notes that the rates were stayed by court order and that the FCC’s “interim rate caps remain in effect.

The interim rate caps apply only to interstate long-distance calls, not instate long distance or local calls. Those rates are 21 cents a minute for debitprepaid calls, and 25 cents a minute for collect calls.”

In the meantime, ICS providers have found themselves subject to lawsuits, including the company that currently runs the ICS in jails throughout Marin County. The Class Action News reports that GTL was sued in June 2015 over widespread charges that the company leverages its dominant market position nationally to charge unreasonably high prices for its services. The company has contracts in more than 2,000 jails and prisons in the United States and, according to the GTL website, runs the ICS at local lockups around the North Bay—Mill Valley, Petaluma, Novato and Fairfax.

As the FCC rules hang in limbo, legislative efforts undertaken in Sacramento to ban local site commissions have failed. In 2014, Hayward Democrat Bill Quirk introduced AB 1876, a bill that aimed for the kickback and which would

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and Republicans—the party in charge of the White House gets the advantage.

Pai’s opposition to net neutrality regulations promulgated under Obama’s FCC have been getting the headlines—an important (if First World) problem—but Pai is no fan of the FCC’s push on ICS rates, either. He laid out his displeasure with Democratic overreach at the FCC in a November 3 letter after the latest court stay was implemented at the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia.

“Something has gone seriously awry at the FCC,” he wrote, arguing that the agency failed to make reforms and needs to move on. “It didn’t have to happen. Three times I have urged my colleagues to adopt reasonable regulations that would substantially reduce interstate inmate calling rates and survive judicial scrutiny. Three times they have declined.”

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regulations, and also set out to grapple with the advent of video visitation, a service that GTL and other ICS providers offer to jails and prisons. National Public Radio aired a story on video visitation recently which reported that prisons are already using the communications technology to enable cash-strapped jailers to switch out video visitation with an actual visit with a loved one.

The former head of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, Martin Ryan, sent a letter in January to FCC secretary Marlene Dortch that implored the agency to back off from its proposed plans to regulate or cap fees on video visitation, citing “massive changes to ICS just implemented” by the agency’s previous ICS orders.

“We urge the commission to refrain from regulating these media,” Ryan wrote. “The new technology should not be impeded

Prison is really about how well off you are financially. If you have money, you can live really well.

Prison-phone-rate reform efforts would shift to the states in the event of an FCC rollback of the ICS regulations—which is where the ICS reform push started. But the lead national champion for ICS reform lost his bid for U.S. Senate two weeks ago, in the runoff in Louisiana that saw the defeat of Democrat Foster Campbell at the hands of GOP candidate John Kennedy.

As head of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Campbell took on what he called the “sinful” ICS toll charges and in 2012 pushed through new regulations in that state that slashed the maximum price-per-minute rate for calls between inmates and clergy members, lawyers or family members.

Campbell’s efforts on behalf of Louisiana prisoners were exactly what inspired the FCC to take up the ICS call—and in 2014 the agency issued its first new set of

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—James “J.B.” Bennett or disadvantaged by unwieldy regulation, and facilities should be given a meaningful chance to adjust to pending orders. Capping rates on video-calling services could stop this promising new technology in its tracks to the detriment of facilities and inmates.”

In its report, NPR found that in jails that use video visitation, 75 percent have “ended in-person visits altogether.” Bennett recalls conjugal visits with his ex-wife when he was serving his long sentence at San Quentin. “I had a wife and a daughter while I was in prison,” he recalls, “and we had family visits once a month, 72-hour visits, and it was wonderful.”

Quirk says he is meanwhile holding off on reintroducing a bill to ban local or county-level site commissions.

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ill Valley resident Nate MacDonald is a born “maker.”

A co-founder of Sonoma State University’s pioneering Maker Certificate Program, MacDonald was instrumental in the growth of the popular White Hill Robotics Club, and later a maker elective program, while serving as a teacher at White Hill Middle School, in Fairfax. It was during this tenure as a teacher that MacDonald began to recognize that toys and other “educational products” claiming to introduce children to concepts of science, electronics, engineering and physics, usually failed to do more than teach kids how to connect tab A to tab B.

His recognition of this problem was eventually shared by John Schuster, who was then working as the IT director at White Hill Middle School. Together, the two founded Tenka Labs, a company formed with the intention of exploring new and better ways to teach the basics of circuitry and electronics to an increasingly savvy generation of kids. A Japanese word translated as “ignite,” Tenka is the perfect name for MacDonald’s new enterprise, which now stands on the verge of unveiling its first line of toys.

MacDonald and Schuster are more than eager to ignite the imaginations of thousands of students and kids around the world, possibly giving the “makers” of the future the literal building blocks they will need to create whatever technological innovations the

future might demand.

Templeton: I understand that your first product, Circuit Cubes, is still being considered “top secret.”

So what can you tell us about this toy—and is “toy” even the right word for a product designed to inspire the engineers of the future?

MacDonald: Good questions.

At this point, we’re not talking a lot about our first product, which will, yes, be called Circuit Cubes.

We will officially go public with it after a big toy fair in early 2017.

We’ll be officially launching the product then. If we described it in detail, people would want to go out and buy it, and since it’s not officially on the market yet, they’d be disappointed.

Disappointment is not the response we want, so we’re waiting to say anything too specific.

What I can talk about is Tenka Labs itself, and how a couple of educators quit their jobs teaching to start a company making educational toys.

Templeton: OK, then. Tell me what you can. And please don’t say, “I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.”

MacDonald: I won’t, and I can tell you a lot. John and I created this company about a year-anda-half ago. I’ve been a teacher in Marin for the last 10 years, teaching engineering and other things.

While I was teaching at White Hill, I noticed that there weren’t any products that taught kids basic technology literacy and circuitry.

A lot of the products out there are good at showing, but aren’t a lot of fun for kids to build with. Or they’re fun, but aren’t really very »10

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Tenka Labs founders John Schuster (left) and Nate MacDonald are eager to introduce their top-secret educational toy.

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Over the last 15 years of teaching, I’ve learned kids don’t want to be told about technology literacy. They don’t want to do worksheets on electronics. They want to jump in and start building things. They want to skip right to the projects and learn by doing.

In developing Tenka Labs, we’ve always been focused on kids having fun. But while having fun, they are also inspired to learn.

Templeton: So, do you see Tenka Labs as a toy company, or an educational products company?

MacDonald: Both. We are an educational toy company. We are focused on making toys that are fun to play with and build with, but that along the way, enable kids to learn about basic circuitry. Parents

are always being told that some new toy is “educational,” that it teaches science or technology, but a lot of them are a lot more “toy” than “teach.”

Templeton: I’ve heard it said that you believe most other “electronic toys” are better at teaching kids to connect the same color together, than they are at teaching kids something useful about how electricity works, and what circuitry actually is.

MacDonald: Yeah. One of our big competitors, littleBits, helps kids make complex circuitry, but it doesn’t actually teach them how a motor works, or how circuitry works. They are not transparent in showing how things happen.

We want kids to understand how the electrical connection between two blocks works, rather than just

have a complicated plug that always works when you connect it, and is kind of magical and mysterious.

What we want to do is take the magic out of science, but not take the fun out of it.

Because that’s the other problem.

A lot of toys that are designed to actually teach, aren’t really that much fun to play with.

Templeton: So what was it you observed that made you decide that kids needed better science toys?

MacDonald: I started out as a math and science teacher. I quickly realized that while kids do have the capacity to learn detailed concepts, you have to engage them first.

What they want to do is design and problem-solve and create actual projects. It’s more about what they’re making than the concepts behind why they work, which they

learn as a consequence of building the thing itself.

Templeton: It’s the difference between teaching a kid how to diagram a sentence or a poem, as opposed to just having them write a poem, and then showing them how it was structured afterwards?

MacDonald: Basically, yeah. For me, I want kids to be internalizing the basic concepts while they are having fun creating these elaborate projects, whether they are making a flashlight, or a racecar or a tram that goes from one building to another.

No kid says, “I want to learn the science of robotics and the electronics that make it possible.” They say, “I want to build a BattleBot!” That’s what Tenka Labs is all about. Bringing kids the projects that excite them, during the building of which they learn the key concepts that they will need to make even more complex and innovative inventions. When kids are having fun, when they are inventing and creating and testing and discovering, that’s when they are at their maximum learning curve. It’s a sense of fun that is the scaffolding around which they develop the skills they need, skills required to leverage the knowledge they are picking up, knowledge that will allow them to start designing and building things on their own.

Trust me, if you ask a kid if they want to learn circuitry, they will probably not say, ‘Yes!’ But if you ask 100 kids if they want to learn how to build a robot, or make their LEGO monster crawl across the floor, every one of them will say, “When do we start?”

Templeton: So what’s the lesson here for educators?

MacDonald: That’s easy, and most educators know this. To engage kids, you have to get them interested in the project itself, instead of focusing on what it is they are actually learning. You have to get them excited. Once you’ve gotten them committed, then you can weave in the learning part of it.

Templeton: So, you are a teacher, who’s quit teaching, in order to teach? How’s that working out?

MacDonald: Well, after I decided this was the course I wanted to take, I continued teaching for about a year, experimenting with different ideas and inventions, trying to

Templeton: So, you DO have an actual product?

MacDonald: Oh yeah. We’ve been working with a team of students to create a vast array of projects, right here in Marin County.

One student is actually the designer of our Bluetooth module so Tenka Labs products can be controlled from their smartphones.

Templeton: Sounds very cool. So, what can I say to explain why we are talking “around” this new toy, instead of actually telling people what it is, what it looks like or what it actually does?

MacDonald: [Laughing] Say that Tenka Labs is currently still in “stealth mode,” that we are working hard to hide the true nature of our competitors until it hits the market.

The main thing is, we don’t want to show people what the first line of products looks like, until they can actually go out and place an order.

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We want kids to understand how the electrical connection between two blocks works, rather than just have a complicated plug that always works when you connect it, and is kind of magical and mysterious. What we want to do is take the magic out of science, but not take the fun out of it.

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figure out what was working the best, what kids are the most excited about.

Eventually, it became clear that I was going to have to focus my attention to Tenka Labs full-time.

That’s when I permanently resigned from teaching in the classroom.

Now I’m trying to address education on a much broader and larger scale.

Templeton: So, you basically quit your original career to sit around making toys and having fun? Can I have your job?

MacDonald: I do get to sit around making toys. And that is fun. But then there’s the business part of it, which believe me, is nothing but work. I’ve made a couple of trips to Taiwan, where we’re going to manufacture the product. I’ve spent a lot of time fundraising, working on marketing, making sure we are properly

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Templeton: How many employees does Tenka Labs have?

MacDonald: We have four fulltime employees, and about 25 consultants working on various projects.

Templeton: How have you been funding this product development?

MacDonald: Family and friends, mostly. We’ve raised $500,000 through family and friends, and now we are finally going out to others, to hopefully raise another million-and-a-half to fully launch the product.

Templeton: Fair enough. So, as someone now interested in placing an order himself, when will THAT be?

MacDonald: We’ll be unveiling it at the Consumer Electronics Showcase, in Las Vegas, in early January. And we plan to start taking pre-orders during that event.

Templeton: So, people will be able to find out what this actually is, when?

MacDonald: Soon. Very, very soon.

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t has happened to all of us. A steep hill-climb, an abrupt stop or a hard right turn— and the carefully packed pumpkin pie goes flying from one side of the car to the other. Threats of “don’t mess up the dessert” go unheeded, and no matter how much bubble-wrap, cardboard or scrunched-up newspaper is used, often these favorite desserts arrive at their destination worse for the wear and tear.

Belvedere resident Michelle Kresser decided that she had had enough of this damaged desserts scenario and vowed to do something about it. She went to work in her basement creating (initially out of cardboard and lots of tape) what she has dubbed Pie Turtle—a non-slide pie carrier shaped like a turtle and made with rubberized food-grade plastic. The cleverly designed product features cleats on its bottom that dig into a car’s carpet or mat, and boasts a varying range of rings or cutouts, making it capable of transporting everything from 7-inch to 10inch pies.

“The name reflects the characteristics of a turtle—slow and steady,” explains Kessler, who

is originally from Nebraska and contends that the ‘cute aspect’ goes a long way in the Midwest.

After creating four different prototypes, Kessler has settled on the final iteration and is ready to go to market. However, she discovered that the mold needed to get the product up and running is quite expensive— $25,000. So, she did what any young, aspiring entrepreneur does these days: She started a Kickstarter campaign.

Hoping to raise $35,000 (and presell the Pie Turtles to those who donate) before the campaign ends in about a month, Kessler has raised more than $2,000 so far.

“We love to bake and think our idea is good, but we are hoping that by doing a Kickstarter campaign we will determine if there is interest out there,” she says.

Perhaps Kessler’s background in fashion (she works at Gap Outlet) has prompted her to offer cute T-shirts emblazoned with a turtle, of course, for every pledge of $20 or more. If the campaign succeeds, she promises that the carriers, which will retail for $29.99, will be available by March of 2017. To make a pledge or learn more, visit pieturtle.com.Y

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By JOE O’HEHIR, CEO

The Power of Personal Connection

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he power of personal connection is a strong and positive force within our lives. The loss of connection reminds us how important a need it plays toward our happiness and fulfillment.

Four months ago I experienced the sudden loss of our beloved family dog, Caleb, who passed away after giving us over 12 years of unconditional love and companionship. I have mentioned my “fur friend” in several Whistlestop Express articles over the past 8 years while I have worked at Whistlestop, most recently in the May 2016 edition where I described how Caleb helped keep me physically active with daily walks through the foothills of China Camp. That sudden loss of connection to a loved one, be it human or animal, is emotionally overwhelming.

You are left with an empty feeling of loneliness and longing for that connection to somehow return. During the grieving process, we turn to other personal connections in our lives to help provide comfort and solace.

Fortunately for me, I work at an organization where

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the power and importance of personal connection is deeply embedded within Whistlestop’s mission, vision, and values. Every day, our dedicated staff and corps of volunteers provide the power of personal connection to thousands of Marin’s older adults and individuals with disabilities.

Whether it’s a ride on one of our Marin Access buses, a CarePool volunteer helping with a doctor’s appointment, serving a fresh warm meal at our Jackson Café, delivering food to the housebound, providing emotional support through a help group, or participating in a class or activity at our Active Aging Center, our job is to provide Marin’s seniors with ample opportunities to stay personally connected to their community.

Thousands of individuals over 60 years old in Marin live alone. Approximately 75% are women, and many have suffered the recent loss of a beloved partner. And, the number will only continue to grow as our population ages. A new term has sprung up to describe this growing group: “elder orphans.” Elder orphans are older adults

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who do not have relatives living close by to provide the typical family personal connection and support.

Elder orphans are more prevalent in Marin because many of the children of our older adults cannot afford to live near their parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles due to the escalating cost of housing.

There are several recent published studies describing the negative effects of loneliness and isolation on the older adult population, such as drug and alcohol dependency, as well as potential worsening of chronic disease conditions.

Fortunately, Whistlestop’s programs and services help provide an “antidote” to loneliness and isolation for Marin’s older adults who live alone. We can be their surrogate family members who make sure they have a variety of opportunities to enjoy personal connections to their community.

By supporting Whistlestop, you can help ensure that Marin’s older adults have the power of personal connection at their time of need.

wrinkles. ♦♦ Stay within a consciousness of helping others and being kind and compassionate to everyone you meet, especially yourself.

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Aging with Attitude

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e asked Jerry Jampolsky, MD, and Diane Cirincione, PhD, for tips to help people stay hopeful and centered when facing changing and challenging times. The couple has recently published their latest book called Aging with Attitude. In 1975, Jerry established the first Center for Attitudinal Healing in Tiburon; there are now more than 130 satellite centers around the world. Diane is founder and executive director of Attitudinal Healing International. Over the last four decades, they have been invited to work together in more than 60 countries. Oprah Winfrey

says, “After 25 years and more than 30,000 guests, it was Jerry Jampolsky’s definition of forgiveness that changed my life.”

What are three tips you could offer for people going through challenging times? ♦♦ Stay in the present instead of the pain from the past or fear of the future. ♦♦ Wake up every morning and commit to listing three things you are grateful for. Count your blessings instead of your hurts throughout the day. Count your smile wrinkles instead of your aging and worry

What are some of your suggestions for avoiding isolation? ♦♦ Every day, do something nice for someone else, even if it is giving them a smile. ♦♦ Every morning, send love and compassion to those who are hurting or suffering either mentally, physically, financially, or spiritually. ♦♦ Find a group or organization that is helping others and get involved. ♦♦ Join the Attitudinal Healing Support Group at Whistlestop.

Are there parts of your new book, Aging With Attitude, that could be particularly helpful?

The Forgiveness Exercise, which begins with picturing the face of someone you have a negative feeling toward or a grievance against and say the following: I forgive you … and I forgive myself.

I thank you … and I thank myself.

I love you … and I love myself.

And I release you … and I release myself.

The Aging With Attitude guidelines in chapter five are very helpful. We suggest taking one or two a day and

imagining them becoming a part of your heart. Here are a few: Choose to no longer see value in holding on to guilt.

Choose to make forgiving others and yourself as important as breathing.

Let go of all your judgments. Start to believe that when you stop complaining about your age, and about what may be happening to your body, your day will be more happy and peace-filled.

What other advice do you have? ♦♦ Decide not to be a victim of the world or your circumstances. ♦♦ Commit to deciding that this is going to be the happiest and best day of your life, regardless of what is put on your plate or the state of your body.

Anything else you would like to say? ♦♦ Believe that happiness is part of our spiritual DNA and that we all deserve the right to be happy. ♦♦ Make sure you are no longer holding onto any grudges or attack thoughts against anyone else or yourself. ♦♦ Getting older does not have to be associated with fear, unhappiness, or the loss of inner peace. We can turn things around when we develop an attitude of forgiveness rather than fear. Visit their website at www. ahinternational.org.

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On Connectedness: Speaking Kindness

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he bell ringer for the Salvation Army at the mall was smiling and wholeheartedly wished my daughter and me well as we stopped to talk. I commented on the fact that it had been raining earlier and was a particularly cold day for Marin, but he said he looked forward all year to this season because he got to wish so many people well.

Our short exchange of goodmood greetings boosted my mood and my daughter and I thought we had probably boosted his spirits as well.

This is probably the most difficult time of the year to feel in a cheerful mood. It gets light late and dark early and the weather is cold. We’ve all just come through a very tense election period in which everyone – no matter who they were supporting — had their nerves more on edge than usual because people had strong feelings about what was happening. Being in the holiday season doesn’t make things necessarily better. Not everyone has a family to be with and not all families get along like the ones shown on the cover of magazines where everyone is happy and surrounded by abundance. This is a very good time to make yourself happier and everyone around you happier by

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making each moment of connection a pleasure.

I wonder what would happen if everyone decided we were in a contest to say kind things to each other at every opportunity. We could thank the checkout person at the market with a personal compliment. We could smile at the person across from me on the bus.

We could hold some doors open for others to enter a building before me. I know people who try to say as many blessings as they can during a day as gratitude for being alive. I think that every moment of warm connection, in words or acts or smiles, is a blessing that means, “May you be well.”

It makes you feel glad to be alive.

A psychotherapist and author, Sylvia Boorstein is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin.

Nana (Claire Edwards)

Letter from Techie Nana Dear Mia: After 65 happy years of marriage, the last 12 years caring for your East Coast Grandfather (Alzheimer’s), you can imagine the sudden emptiness that was in my life. My dear one passed away in November, 2012 and Santa Claus left me my first iPad — a most amazing miracle — a month later. It has helped me so much with coping; I still miss him so much.

Some of my iPad joys so far: E-MAIL: How quickly I can communicate with my children and grandchildren!

I have discovered Jackie Lawson every occasion e-cards — so easy and such a delight. No searching the card shop for something appropriate, finding stamps,

etc. They record all you have sent so that you don’t repeat the same video from yearto-year and tell you if it has been viewed.

BOOKS: My local public library has an app for the iPad that allows you to read samples of books that you can put on hold and digitally check out when they become available. No driving to the library and searching. There are also many other sources online for free eBooks.

PUZZLES and GAMES: Your Pop and I always loved “rainy day” jigsaw puzzles but usually managed to lose some pieces. That doesn’t happen with the iPad — you have several choices of difficulty and you can also create your own puzzles from your favorite picture.

And the games available are endless!

SHOPPING: My super market sends me current sales available and you can order for home delivery if desired. Amazon and endless others have just about anything you wish to deliver door-to-door.

QUESTIONS: Safari has the answer for all my curiosities!

DICTIONARY: Not only corrects my spelling while writing an email but there is also a voice that gives you the proper pronunciation of the word. Amazing.

I have only “scratched the surface” – it is truly a miracle. I think back many years to my youth when we were thrilled with the radio and also having a telephone.

One caution – I must remember to exercise. It is so easy to be mesmerized by this wonderful technology.

Hugs, Nana P.S. I forgot to mention the neat camera feature – you have the picture at once – no taking the negative to the drug store and waiting days for it to be developed and often being disappointed with the results. So much to learn and so little time.

Whistlestop offers a free computer lab to help seniors with any tech needs on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10am; see page 7 or call 415-4569062 for more details.

Mia Edwards is Whistlestop’s Marketing and Communications Administrative Assistant and the granddaughter of the Techie Nana.

Happy Songs Playlist When you are looking to connect to your happy place, please enjoy this playlist assembled by Whistlestop staff. Music has healing qualities. You might even want to get up and dance.

Here is a link to this happy list! http://bit.ly/2hY8i9b • L.O.V.E. by Nat King Cole • This Joy by Sista Monica Parker • Don’t Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down by Eric Bibb • Be Here Now by Mason Jennings • The River Live by Garth Brooks • Feelin’ Groovy by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle • Brave by Sara Barielles • Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin • What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong • You’ve Got a Friend by James Taylor • Happy Together by the Turtles • Blue Skies by Doris Day • High Hopes by Frank Sinatra • Papa Loves Mambo by Dean Martin • Let’s Twist Again by Chubby Checker • Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets • That Old Black Magic by Louis Prima and Keeley Smith • Just Kiss Me by Harry Connick Jr. • Happy Go Lucky Me by Paul Evans • Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves • Happy by Pharrell Williams • Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison

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For a full list of classes, check out the calendar at whistlestop.org/classes/calendar or grab one at the Active Aging Center (930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael). Class fees are listed as member/ non-member prices. Call 415-456-9062 with questions or to sign up. Please note that the Active Aging Center will be closed on Jan. 2 (Monday) for the holiday.

Attitudinal Healing Citizenship Weekly Tutoring A drop-in, open support group for Wednesdays, starting Jan 11, 3:30-5pm; independent older men and women Fee: $35 for 8 sessions

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Seeking Valentine’s Day Cards

Whistlestop invites everyone to make homemade Valentine’s Day cards for Meals on Wheels recipients. Their eyes light up when they receive these cards!

Be creative, let your inner artist come out, and invite children you know to create the cards with you. Mail or deliver your unsealed cards to Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave., San Rafael, 94901. Must arrive by Friday, Feb 3. Call 415-456-9062 for more details.

SPECIAL EVENTS A Hopeful New Year Luncheon Thurs, Jan 5, 11:30am-1:30pm, Lunch; 12:15-1:15pm, Entertainment Fee: $8/$10; Jackson Café Let’s spread hope and well wishes for the New Year with spirited music provided by Jonny Darlin’ and a healthy lunch to jumpstart your resolutions.

Bring a friend and your friend pays the member price. Purchase tickets by Dec 29 at the Front Desk.

Día de los Reyes Magos Fri, Jan 6; 1-2pm; No Fee; Facilitator: Caroline Remer

Spain and many Latin American countries celebrate the journey of the three wise men as a fun way to shift from our holiday season into the New Year.

Traditional “Roscón de Reyes” will be served; trivia and games will be shared.

Call Caroline at 415-454-0998 for info.

Old New Year Celebration Sat, Jan 14; 1-3pm; No Fee; Facilitator: Anna Ladyzhenskaya Ring in the New Year with a Russian-speaking community potluck to celebrate the old traditional holiday.

Call Anna at 415-456-9062, ext. 138 to sign up.

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Back to the Future Luncheon Thurs, Jan 19, 11:30am-1:30pm, Lunch; 12-12:45pm, Free Entertainment Fee: $8/$10

Celebrate a historic Cubs win with a grand slam, 80s inspired lunch in the Jackson Café with free music provided by Bread & Roses Presents. Purchase tickets at the front desk by Thurs, Jan 12 – they may sell out.

NEW/HIGHLIGHTED CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Poetry Writing Tues, Jan 10; 10:45-11:45am; Fee: $5; Facilitator: Stephen Galiani

Poetic forms, with an emphasis on memoir, will be discussed along with time to share, listen to, read, and discuss each others poems. Please bring a poem you have written or one of your favorite poems (maximum 40 lines). Sign up at Front Desk.

Collage & Mixed Media Wednesdays, starting Jan 11, 10:30am12pm; Fee: $40/$45 for 4 weeks

Experiment with different textures, papers, mixed-media applications and techniques to create your own story in a collage.

Sign up at the Front Desk or call Anna at 415-456-9062, ext. 138.

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Receive individual attention while you study and prepare for your citizenship interview and exam. Individual preparation of the N400 citizenship application provided. Sign up at the Front Desk or call Caroline at 415-454-0998.

Spring ESL Mondays and Wednesdays, starting Jan 25-May 3; 2-3:30pm; Fee: $25

We offer ESL levels 75, 100, 150, and 250 with experienced teachers. All ages and levels welcome. Get $5 off your ESL classes if you become a Whistlestop member for only $10/year. Sign up before Jan 16 at the Front Desk or call Caroline at 415-454-0998.

Landlord Seminar Tues, Jan 24; 2:30-4:30pm; No Fee; Sign up at Front Desk

Guest Speaker: Leslie Klor Homeowners: Do you have an extra room in your house? Do you want to stay as long as possible in your own home?

Learn how you can either charge rent for your room and earn extra income or get an exchange of services for the room with our support and no fee services.

Immigration Forum Mon, Jan 30; 9am-12pm; No Fee

Facilitated by: Andrew Bartlett, Immigration Lawyer from Brazilian Alliance; Caroline Remer and Anna Ladyzhenskaya This is an open, safe space to voice your fears and become more aware of the services offered to you in the community. Get your concerns and questions answered here; everyone is welcome. Call Caroline at 415-454-0998 to sign up.

Russian Social Group Mondays, 12:30-1:45pm; No Fee

Are you over 60 years old, Russian speaking, and interested in creating meaningful connections in Marin County?

Join this weekly Russian Social group to contribute to intellectual and social discussions and learn about community resources. Call Anna at 415-456-9062, ext. 138 for info.

Community Breakfast First Friday of each month, 9-10am, Fee: $3/$6; Jackson Café Drop in for the best deal in town! Join us for a tasty, hot buffet breakfast, which includes a beverage, fruits and juices.

Call Sophia at 415-456-9062, ext. 129 for info.

Senior Circle Wednesdays, 10-11:30am; No Fee; Volunteer Facilitators from Center for

(55+), who give each other the gift of listening in a caring environment, which encourages mutual sharing of older adult experiences – the joys, concerns, and wisdom.

Ping Pong Fridays, 2-4pm; Fee: $2/$4

Instructor: Vivian Malcy Ping pong is a lively game that offers a great social outlet for anyone 60+ each week. Stimulate the brain, improve agility and flexibility, and make new friends.

Movie Times at Whistlestop Select Fridays, Jan 6 & 13; 2-4pm; No Fee; Bring a friend and view together.

January Theme: Science Fiction/Fantasy. Back to the Future; Back to the Future 2

NEW/HIGHLIGHTED HEALTH PROGRAMS Adult Coloring Mondays, starting Jan 9; 11am-12pm; Fee: $3/$5 Coloring books are no longer just for the kids. Coloring has therapeutic potential to reduce anxiety, create focus and bring about mindfulness. Like meditation, coloring allows the brain to switch off other thoughts and focus.

Open a page and say ‘Ah.’

Tai Chi Qigong Mon, Jan 9; 10:45-11:45am; $5/$10; Guest Presenter: Calvin Ahlgren Enhance your physical well-being by cultivating energy in this workshop. A gentle practice of healthful postures, sitting and standing will improve balance, blood pressure and circulation. Tai Chi, regularly practiced, brings balance in mind, body, and spirit. Please wear sturdy shoes.

Art of Meditation for SelfNourishment Wed, Jan 4; 10-11am; Fee: $5/$10

Guide: Kathleen Lustman, C.A./LAc Meditate in chairs with light music and breathing awareness. Allow your body and mind to relax for self-nourishment and healing.

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iPad/iPhone: What’s New in iOS 10?

Tuesdays, Jan 24 & Jan 31 (2 classes) 10am-12pm

Fee: $48 Maximum 8 people Have you upgraded? For those who have already taken the Basics classes, this class is for you. Come and find out what has changed and how to use the new features. We will show you new Siri functions, new map features, and fun new tools to improve text messaging. Also, we will show you what a widget is and how the touch ID system has been improved to help you lock and unlock your phone.

Learn about new photo organization tools that let you group photos together for easier access. This class is a great refresher for those who have used the iPhone/iPad for a little while and want to get up to speed on the new features. Don’t forget to bring your fully charged device, Apple ID, and Apple password to class (For Apple devices only).

Fee: $48 Maximum 8 people iPad and iPhone users, come discover the incredible world of applications! Find apps to help you manage your daily activities and feed your passions! In this two week course, we will focus on finding helpful, fun and interesting applications that you can download. Come discover how to use apps for shopping, brain training, fitness, internet radio, stock trackers, games, translation, travel, and much more! Don’t forget to bring your fully charged device, Apple ID, and Apple password to class (For Apple devices only).

Smart Phone/Tablet Basics 2: (Android Users Only) Thursdays, February 16 & February 23 (2 classes) 10am-12pm Fee: $48 Maximum 8 people This course will review some of the basics of using your device and also show you a few of the apps that come built in that you might have missed or be afraid to try. Get the most out of your built-in apps including Photo editing, storing and retrieving photos, Calendar, E-mail, Texting, Maps/ GPS, and more! Learn the steps to find and install new apps, and how to update, delete and organize your apps for easy access. A perfect sequel to the Using Android Smart Phone & Tablets Basics 1 course. For all Android devices including: Samsung, LG, Motorola, Nokia.Bring your fully charged device.

TIME

MONDAYS

Fee: $48 Maximum 8 people Need a refresher for using your iPhone or iPad? Are you using the latest iOS 10.0?

This course will review some of the basics and show you how to get the most out of your built-in apps including: Photo editing, iCloud, Calendar, Siri, E-mail, Texting, FaceTime, iHealth, Maps/GPS, and more!

Learn steps to find and install new apps, and how to update, delete and organize your apps for easy access. Don’t forget to bring your fully charged device, Apple ID, and Apple password to class (For Apple devices only).

iPad/iPhone Basics 3: World of Applications Tuesdays, February 14 & February 21 (2 classes) 10am-12pm

Please view our most recent class schedule at www.whistlestop.org/classes/ calendar/ or call 415-456-9062 for updates to the schedule.

TUESDAYS

iPad/iPhone Basics 2: Essential Built-in Applications Tuesdays, Jan 10 & Jan 17 (2 classes) 10am-12pm

Whistlestop Weekly ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAYS

Pre-registration and payment required. 415-456-9062

THURSDAYS

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FREE PARKING

Jackson Café

Fresh. Affordable.

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Entrees from $6-$8 Open to the public for lunch every weekday!

Located in Whistlestop Active Aging Center.

FRIDAYS

Lot at corner of 3rd St. & Tamalpais Ave • 8:30AM-5:00 PM for Whistlestop & Jackson Café guests.

CLASS 9:30AM-10:30AM Zumba Gold

10:00AM–1:00PM Therapeutic Massage

10:00AM–NOON Computer Lab

10:30AM–NOON German Language Social Circle

10:30AM–1:30PM Persian Social Group

12:30PM–1:45PM Russian Social Group

2:00PM–3:30PM ESL Classes

9:30AM–10:30AM Whistlesizers

10:00AM–NOON Mah Jongg

10:30AM–1:30PM Manicures

11:30AM–12:30PM French Class 1:00PM–2:00PM French Social Group 1:00PM–3:00PM Spanish Class

10:00AM–11:30AM Senior Circle

10:00AM–NOON Computer Lab

10:00AM–1:00PM Therapeutic Massage 10:30AM–NOON Collage & Mixed Media

10:30AM–1:30PM Persian Social Group

11:00AM–1:00PM Multicultural Sr Program-Pickleweed* 12:00PM-1:00PM Beg./Intermediate Ukulele

1:00PM–2:00PM English Pronunciation/Conversation

2:00PM–3:30PM ESL Classes

1:00PM–3:00PM Knitting/Crocheting Group 3:30PM-5:00PM Citizenship Weekly Tutoring 9:30AM-10:30AM Zumba Gold

10:00AM–1:00PM Therapeutic Massage

11:00AM–NOON Whistlesizers

1:00PM–2:20PM Italian 3

2:30PM–3:30PM Italian 2

2:45PM–3:45PM Balance Class 3:50PM-4:50PM Drumming Circle 9:30AM–11:00AM Weekly B.P./Cholesterol Checks 11:00AM–NOON Brown Bag Pantry 1:00PM-1:30PM Hispanic Social Group

1:30PM–3:00PM ACASA

1:30PM–3:00PM Spanish Club

2:00PM–4:00PM Movie Time: Fantasy/Science Fiction

2:00PM–4:00PM Ping-Pong 3:00PM-4:00PM Yoga with Kelly

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MARIN COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING

MONTHLY MEETING

Thurs, Jan. 5

10am – 12:30pm

Where: San Rafael Community Center Club Rooms Topic: Affordable Housing Speaker: Leelee Thomas, Principal Planner, Marin County Planning Continued from page 6

Manicures with Christie Tues, 10am-1pm; No Fee; by appointment only; Call 415-456-9062

Six appointments each week are honored in the order received. Call and leave a message either Monday after business hours or Tuesday before 8:30am.

Therapeutic Massage by Rabel Mon, Wed, & Thurs, 10am-3pm; Fee: $1/per minute

First come/first served. No appointment necessary. Therapeutic massages are performed by a Certified Massage Therapist.

Drumming Circle Thurs, 3:50-4:50pm; No Fee; Everyone welcome

Create a sense of connectedness with others and enhance your overall wellness & health through each drumbeat. Please bring your own hand drum and/or percussion instruments.

Relaxation & Movement Fri, Jan 27; 4-5pm; Fee: $5

Featuring: Juan and Janine of Sevamantra and their friend Rob. They will guide you through gentle movements while singing songs to foster a greater sense of joy, peace, and connectedness.

Weekly Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Screenings, and Medication Reviews Fri, 9:30-11am; No Fee

Weekly blood pressure and cholesterol screenings and medication reviews offered by Bright Star Care a local agency providing home care, caregivers, and medical staffing solutions to families and businesses in Marin, 415-332-3300.

Medicare 101 & SCAN Meetings:

Can a Medicare Advantage Plan Save you Money?

Wed, Jan 11 (Medicare 101); 10am12pm; No Fee/Sign up: 415-456-9062 8

Instructor: Rozan Donals of SCAN Health Plan. Don’t miss out on health care savings for 2017. Get clear, straightforward answers to your Medicare questions and information about 2017 Medicare.

HIGHLIGHTED SUPPORT SERVICES

Need Assistance? Multicultural Consultants Can Help By appointment only: Caroline Remer

(bilingual Spanish), 415-454-0998; Anna Ladyzhenskaya (bilingual Russian), 415-456-9062 ext. 138; Mrs. Mehrbanoo Esmaili (Farsi), 415-472-6020.

Whistlestop offers information, resources and referrals to people of all cultures.

No fee for consultations; small fee for translations.

Free Legal Consultation Most Thursdays of each month at Whistlestop and the Mill Valley Community Center. By appointment only: 415-4596700

Legal Aid of Marin provides free 30-minute legal consultations for Marin County residents who are 60+. Marin lawyers volunteer to give general advice, offer options, explain rights and, if appropriate, refer people to attorneys who have expertise in certain areas of law.

Victim Witness Assistance 2nd & 4th Thurs, 9am-12pm; No Fee

Advocate Yolanda Johnson from the District Attorney’s office answers questions, provides information, and connects you to resources. More information? Call 415-473-6450.

Homeshare and Telephone Reassurance Programs Call for appointment: Leslie Klor: 415456-9068; No Fee

Homeshare is a free referral service for older adults seeking or offering housing.

Telephone Reassurance is trained volunteers calling isolated older adults who need connections.

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VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

BY LAURIE VERMONT

David Ripp

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avid Ripp, our volunteer of the month, owns nine bicycles, which he rides between 350 to 400 miles each week. Weather permitting, David rides one of his bikes on Mondays and Wednesdays from his home in San Rafael to Whistlestop. He is a volunteer in the computer open lab, where people can bring their laptops and get help with technical issues or drop in to use the computers that are set up. The computer lab now has both Windows 10 and Windows 7 computers.

David loves competitive bike racing, which he does whenever he can throughout Northern California. Before he took up biking, he was a runner. He did that for over 40 years until he began having trouble with his knee. At that point he transitioned to bikes and is still as competitive as he was before.

David is a Marin native who went to San Rafael High School and then to UC Berkeley. He received his undergraduate degree in Archeology and his graduate degree in Library and Information Science. After graduation, he worked for more than 30 years at Stanford University and the Research Libraries Group writing academic library programs.

After retiring a few years ago, he began volunteering.

He saw a notice in the newspaper that Whistlestop needed some help and has been volunteering in the computer lab two days a week for the past two years. He also volunteers as a school tutor and helps Marin Village seniors with computer issues. David’s daughter recently graduated from medical school.

David finds working with seniors and teaching them how to use technology to be extremely rewarding. Technology helps keep people informed and connected to the outside world, to their family and friends. The computer lab is a fantastic resource and learning some of the programs like email and Facebook can reduce the feeling of isolation that many older adults experience. Many people who have not grown up with technology are intimidated and afraid to start something they don’t understand very well. When they give it a try, it is usually so much easier than they thought it would be and so rewarding. David would like to teach people online bridge. Bridge is a great game for the mind and online bridge can be safely played from home with friends or strangers.

Anyone interested in joining an online bridge class or in learning more about volunteer opportunities, contact Laurie at: volunteer@whistlestop.org or 415-456-9067.

Where No Man Goeth And Will Never Go Again

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By IRIS TANDLER

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itting on the deck of my condo is a large green plastic container. I bought it at Target for $4.44.

It was on sale. I never buy anything that is not on sale.

It holds all my gardening supplies – extra potting soil, fertilizer, manure, rocks for the bottom of my pots – for I am a container gardener. After filling my pots in preparation for a visit with my No Name Writers Club, I neglected to put a rock on top of my container lid so it would not blow away. And sure enough, the next windy day, it did blow down the hill.

I told my husband, Paul Tandler, that the next time I was at Target, I would pick up a new container as the lid from the old one was down the hill – within sight, but about 50 yards away. Mr. T. said he would ask our trash collectors to pick it up on Monday. Monday came and went. Another Monday came and went. It rained. I now had potting mud. And fertilizer mud. And manure mud.

Mr. T. said, “There’s a man coming to give us a bid for some grounds cleanup and I’ll have him pick up your container lid.” I did my errands and when I came home and looked around, there was the lid, still at the bottom of the hill in pristine condition.

I’m a very independent person, I thought. I’ll get it myself. I picked up two walking sticks and headed down the hill. I made it

halfway down a rocky path and suddenly realized there was no way I could get up or down, so I slid the last 20 yards on my butt. I grabbed the container lid and looked up and knew there was no way I was going to get back up. It looked like Mt. Tam. I started walking west to my neighbor’s, thinking the ground might be gentler, but it was a mass of slippery leaves and rocks and I fell several times. It was winter in June in Tiburon and I was wearing a flimsy cotton robe, which had been washed a thousand times.

I wedged myself between two tree trunks and screamed, “Paul, help, help, Paul!” I tried throwing rocks at his bedroom window. After what seemed like an hour, Mr. T. came out on the deck. “Where are you?

What are you doing down there?” he yelled.

If I had had my small, pearlhandled revolver, I would have shot him. “Call the Tiburon Fire Department,” I shouted.

I did not hear sirens. Did they get a call from someone more important? Did they stop for coffee and a Danish? Finally, six of the handsomest men I have ever seen appeared. They gingerly made their way down the hill. Each was carrying enough baggage to survive six weeks in the wilderness.

“Where are your St. Bernard dogs with whiskey?” I said.

Mr. T. yelled from the deck, “Enough with your humor, Iris.” One of the men scouted a path around the condo to

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two walking sticks and the container lid remain at the bottom of the hill.

Iris Tandler graduated from University of Missouri School of Journalism, was editor of her high school newspaper and has been writing ever since. She and her husband, Paul, live in Marin.

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Whistlestop Wins Nonprofit Leadership Award

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histlestop’s CEO Joe O’Hehir was one of several leaders to be presented with the 2016 North Bay Business Journal Nonprofit Leadership awards.

Beth Drummey, VP of Marketing and Community Relations, for Bank of Marin, nominated Whistlestop.

She said, “Since 1954, Whistlestop has been promoting independence, well-being and quality of life for older adults and people living with disabilities in Marin County. Each year they connect over 7,500 people with many essential services including transportation, nutrition and the social connections needed to support independence and keep them vibrant.”

O’Hehir said, “We at Whistlestop are honored to have received this award. We are in such good company with the other recipients. We especially appreciate the fact that the North Bay Business Journal acknowledged our leadership in providing myriad services for older adults in Marin County,

which we have been doing for sixty-one years.”

Drummey added, “Whistlestop’s Active Aging Center in San Rafael is a welcoming hub where older adults can make new friends, find support and stay engaged through gatherings, educational classes and more.

“With many local agency partners including Marin Access, Marin Transit, and Golden Gate Transit, Whistlestop’s 100+ buses provide close to 400,000 rides a year throughout Marin, Sonoma and San Francisco counties. Through their CarePool program, volunteer drivers help older adults and people with disabilities get to medical appointments and the grocery store. Whistlestop has even been known to assist other local non-profits in providing transportation to their clients.

“Whistlestop has also been working with the City of San Rafael and BioMarin to bring a new active-aging center with senior housing to San Rafael.”

Whistlestop Is ‘Friendly, Lifesaving’

Sign Up for Lyft to Benefit Whistlestop

By JOHN BOWMAN “An oasis.”

“Like going home.”

These were typical responses Whistlestop received in a survey that sought feedback from the Marin senior community.

–“It’s a place to feel at home and get uplifted with its many offerings.”

–“Independence. Meeting new people and going to places I’ve never been before.”

Describe Whistlestop from your own perspective, in one sentence: –“People working together to make the lives of other people less stressful and more meaningful.”

–“It provides necessary transportation to the disabled and elderly who otherwise would be stranded.”

–“The most important venue for seniors in Marin.”

If you were to describe Whistlestop to someone who wasn’t familiar with the organization, what words or phrases would you include?

–“Amazing, lifesaving, dedicated, determined, benevolent.”

–“Friendly, accepting, available, wisdom, opportunities, education, socializing.”

–“A literal lifesaver for some.”

–“Heartwarming.”

–“You must visit this place.”

What is the greatest benefit that Whistlestop provides?

–“I believe Whistlestop gives hope and support to those who are struggling.”

These results are from Survey Monkey, an online survey development tool.

Whistlestop is Grateful for the Support of Local Businesses, Organizations

Need a ride? Consider using Lyft over the holidays for a quick, easy and convenient riding experience to and from your social and work destinations. If you sign up with Lyft as a new user – download and install the Lyft application, apply your promo code: WS16 – and take your ride within 14 days of applying that code, Whistlestop will receive a $10 donation from Lyft. As a new Lyft user you will receive $5 off each of your first 10 rides within 14 days of activating your code. The promotion runs through Jan. 31, 2017.

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Whistlestop Can Benefit from Subaru Sales Thinking about buying a new car?

Whistlestop was selected by Ed Rossi, owner of Marin Mazda Subaru in San Rafael, as their Home Town Charity this fall. What this means is that any buyer of a new Subaru, between Nov. 17 and Jan. 2, 2017, can select Whistlestop to receive a $250 donation from Subaru of America. Please spread the word!

Thank you for the generosity of the following groups and businesses for their support of Whistlestop programs this holiday season: Marin Foundation–Driftwood Unit BoxTrot Gifts • Equator Coffee & Teas • Home Instead Senior Care Mission San Rafael Rotary • Rotary Club of San Rafael Harbor San Rafael Las Gallinas Lions Club

Thank you to the hundreds of community members who made holiday cards for our Meals on Wheels and Meals of Marin recipients.

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Whistlestop

E PRESS Marin Senior Coordinating Council 930 Tamalpais Avenue San Rafael, CA 94901-3325

Appreciation for Legacy Donors

CarePool Volunteer Driver Program — 40 new drivers needed

By SERENA D’ARCY FISHER

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n August 2015, Whistlestop was named as one of the beneficiaries of the estate of John Zimmer. Not much was known about John and his late wife, Janet “Jan” Willard Zimmer, but John’s second cousin Ruth Vallejo kindly filled in the gaps.

John Edward Zimmer was born in 1929 in Lakewood, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, and was trained as a paratrooper in the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment. Upon discharge, he attended the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota Florida, where he met and fell in love with Jan Willard, who later became his wife.

The Zimmers lived in Mill Valley on the side of Mt. Tam. Jan was a successful commercial artist; John made his career with the City of San Francisco Housing Department. Both enjoyed world travel, art, and spending time with their beloved cats. John volunteered to play chess with local prison inmates, and they both devotedly cared for their aging mothers who lived nearby. Jan died in 2011 and John in 2015. Both wished to continue giving after their deaths.

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VOLUNTEER ANNOUNCEMENTS

the Zimmer Charitable Remainder Unitrust in March 1999 through the Bank of Marin. As donors and trustees, the Zimmers were the income beneficiaries during their lifetime. Upon Jan’s death, John became the surviving income beneficiary until he passed on, when Whistlestop received the remainder of the trust. John also made a generous bequest to Whistlestop through the Zimmer Family Trust. The Trust included assets from his late wife as well as his own. The proceeds from the sale of their dream home on Mt. Tam were also part of their trust.

Half of John’s bequest was designated to support Whistlestop’s Meals-onWheels, a program that provides over 75,000 meals to homebound, disabled, elderly, and often impoverished Marin residents each year. The other half of John’s bequest was designated to go toward Whistlestop’s General Fund.

We are grateful to John and Jan Zimmer for their generous legacy gift in support of Whistlestop’s services. If you would like to know how you could make a planned gift to Whistlestop, please call, Serena D’Arcy-Fisher at 415-456-9062.

Volunteer drivers provide round-trip rides to ambulatory older adults going to the doctor or grocery store. Drivers use their own cars and receive ride requests through email. Drivers can accept or decline the calls, and drive on their own schedule. Volunteers need access to a reliable passenger automobile with current insurance certificate, a valid California Driver License and a clear background check and DMV report.

The next CarePool Orientation and Training is on Thursday, Jan 19, from 3-4pm. Email volunteer@ whistlestop.org to reserve a seat.

Meals on Wheels Drivers Needed Meals on Wheels volunteer drivers are needed to deliver meals to homebound meal recipients. A valid California Driver’s License and a clear DMV report are needed, as well as a reliable vehicle and current insurance certificate. A minimum of one 2-3 hour weekday shift is required.

Jackson Café Weekday Lunch Servers and Cashiers The Jackson Café provides a warm and comfortable setting for older adults to eat a nutritious meal at an affordable price. Café volunteers provide friendly greetings, excellent customer service and support social interaction. Cashier or food service experience is a plus but not required. Lunch hour shifts: Monday-Friday, 10:45 am-2 pm. (The Café is open from 11:30am-2 pm.)

To learn more about these opportunities or others, contact Laurie, volunteer@ whistlestop.org or 415-456-9067.

THEATER

Cat tales The amazing story of Adolphus Tips

By Charles Brousse

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ometimes, in their understandable desire to encompass everything they are thinking about at the moment they are putting words on screen or paper, playwrights try to squeeze a multitude of subjects into about two hours on stage. Writers in their early careers who want to show off how knowledgeable they are, and adapters of popular novels who don’t want to be accused of leaving out “the most important part,” are the most susceptible to this temptation, despite the evidence that it almost always leads to confusion and a lack of focus.

This seems to have happened with Berkeley Repertory Theatre (BRT)’s American premiere of 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, on stage in the company’s

Roda Theatre through January 15. It’s an adaptation by English author Michael Morpurgo (War Horse) of his best-selling novel that was directed toward young readers, but also appealed to an older generation interested in the events that preceded the Allies’ D-day invasion of continental Europe in World War II. Although it has some fine moments by the versatile cast, the promised “magical” stagecraft is disappointing and the narrative thread is a bit of a mess. It’s not all Morpurgo’s fault, of course, since the play was developed in collaboration with Cornwall’s Kneehigh theatre collective, director Emma Rice, the Birmingham Rep and who knows who else. “Many cooks … etc.”

Before getting into specifics,

here’s a little background on the relationship between BRT and Kneehigh: According to the timeline in the Tips program, it began 10 years ago when BRT staff saw a Kneehigh traveling show. Captivated by its ingenious, multi-disciplined approach to storytelling—which utilizes puppets, miniatures, special lights and scenic and sound effects—a deal was struck to incorporate selected Kneehigh projects in future BRT seasons. Prior to Tips, there have been three of these: The Wild Bride (2011, with a reprise in 2013), Tristan & Yseult (also 2013) and An Audience with Meow Meow (2014). The first two in particular were favorably received by critics and local audiences. Tony Taccone, BRT’s artistic director, has publicly

NOW PLAYING: 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips runs through January 15 at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley; 510/647-2949; berkeleyrep.org.

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Three narratives are blended together in a theatrical collage in ‘946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips.’

expressed his admiration for Kneehigh’s willingness to take risks as they experiment with a new theatrical idiom.

Returning to the problems with Tips, there’s a strong hint in the title. ‘946’ is linked by a colon with The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, as if the two are one and the same. I imagine that many, like myself, wondered what that meant, especially when we discovered that 946 related to the number of military lives lost in “Exercise Tiger,” a rehearsal for the Normandy invasion on a South Devon beach, when poor communications among the Western Allies allowed German submarines to attack the landing craft at will. Then we learned that “Adolphus Tips” was a cat, and the “amazing” part of his story was that he was lost in the battle and then found by some African-American soldiers who restored him to his frantic owner, a little girl named Lily Tregenza.

Follow me so far? The three narratives—a botched training exercise, a little girl with a lost cat and African-Americans earning the thanks and respect of local villagers who have been dislocated by their activities—are blended together in a theatrical collage that doesn’t allow any of them to become dominant. Unfortunately, it also leaves us with the feeling that the search for a cat, with its sentimental implications, is as important as the military disaster and the wasted lives associated with it.

Then there is the Kneehigh/ BRT staging, which is below what we have come to expect. This is particularly true of Tips, a puppet cat, who is too small and too limited in its movements to make much of an impression. Size is also a factor in depicting the tiny landing crafts as they are being “sunk” in downstage tubs of water, and the other battle scenes are similarly pedestrian.

Despite all of this, I have to say that Tips is a pleasant holiday show, with a great cast headed by Katy Owen as Lily, whose energy and agility as she scampers about the stage searching for her cat, are truly wondrous to behold.Y

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Jackie Greene, Americana songwriter, says that he’s been influenced by the Grateful Dead and Tom Waits.

In ‘Fences,’ Denzel Washington plays Troy Maxson, a Pittsburgh garbageman.

MUSIC

Finding bliss Jackie Greene follows his muse

By Charlie Swanson

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mericana songwriter and Northern California native Jackie Greene has long been a North Bay favorite as a solo performer, a onetime member of The Black Crowes, a touring partner with Bob Weir and a part of Phil Lesh & Friends.

Though he moved to Brooklyn, New York, a few years ago, Greene still makes his way west as often as he can.

He performs with his band next week at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma.

So what took Greene to the East Coast? “It was a girl,” he says. “What can you say?” Still, music remains Greene’s main muse, and he estimates that he and his band have performed nearly 150 shows throughout the U.S. this year alone, including his annual birthday show in San Francisco last month. “It was great—Bob Weir and Phil Lesh both came,” he says. “We ended up doing three sets; it was crazy and wild.”

Ironically, Greene says he didn’t grow up a Grateful Dead fan, and only started diving deep into the music after meeting Lesh in 2006. “Those first few years playing with Phil was like a Grateful Dead master class,” Greene says. “As time went on I fell more in love with those songs and I’m a full-on Deadhead at this point.”

Greene credits Lesh and Weir with opening him up to the concept of

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playing his songs with improvisation.

“Phil and Bob are both fearless in the way they view live performance,” Greene adds. “You know, Picasso said famously that a painting is never finished, and a song might be the same way. Those damn hippies might have been onto something,” he says.

In addition to picking up a knack for experimentation from the Dead, Greene’s achingly personal, emotionally-charged songwriting is inspired by one of his other musical heroes, Tom Waits.

“The first thing that really got me into songwriting was Tom Waits; I fell in love with that gravely voice,” he says. “I was immediately attracted to it because it was weird, it was different and it sounded painful to me.”

Those influences and Greene’s love of traditional folk and roots-rock shine on his seven eclectic solo albums, including 2015’s Back to Birth.

Greene says that he’s writing material constantly, and hopes to have a new release next year, but that it’s hard to say where it’s going just yet. “I sort of follow whatever my muse is of the day or my bliss of the moment,” he says. “For better or worse that’s just the way I do things.”Y Jackie Greene Band performs on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 29-30 at the Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma; 8:30pm; $37; 707/765-2121.

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roy Maxson is a 53-year-old Pittsburgh garbageman during the Eisenhower era.

In his earlier years, he was a Negro League player who’d hit seven homers off Satchel Paige himself. August Wilson’s Fences is the story of Maxson’s life, and it’s directed with surpassing power and precision by its star, Denzel Washington. This particularly acute study of a man whose life slips out of his hands isn’t a one-thing-after-another melodrama. Wilson’s script shows Maxson on a series of Friday nights, when the man is exulting, full of payday bluster and a little gin.

For a tragedy, Fences is often at least as much fun as The Honeymooners TV show. Maxson is exuberant because he’s rising. He has a house, a backyard and a union card.

He has a wife of 18 years, Rose (Viola Davis, brilliant), whom he loves in his own fashion.

Washington won a Tony in 2010 for reviving the role of Troy Maxson that James Earl Jones originated on Broadway in 1987. But the performance here is thoroughly adapted from the theater—it’s not bludgeoning or oversized. When Washington goes big, hollering like Tarzan, or chasing his flustered wife around the porch, it’s in contrast to the intimate, homicidal hiss with

which the man lays into his son Cory (Jovan Adepo), harassing him like a drill sergeant.

Maybe the production design softens the edges. We’re looking into what is now the long past, and it’s gilded and misty. It’s not what you’d expect from a ghetto—it’s charming.

But when your inner landscape never changes, what do surroundings matter? Maxson’s damage is already done, and it’s irreversible. Washington has been doing dutiful, strongsilent, sullen-hero work lately. His Troy Maxson breaks away from this commercial work: It’s the performance of the year, and maybe the performance of Washington’s career.

Fences has its downside—Gabriel (Mykelti Williamson), Maxson’s brother, is a holy fool character, raving about heaven’s gates. Gabriel is a benign counterpoint to Maxson’s own celestial fantasies of besting the devil and wrestling death, but it’s a repetitive performance. Three brilliant acts are followed by a very conciliatory coda, with the assurance of heaven. It’s hard to swap this promise of mercy in the sky for the last we see of Maxson—ruined but defiant, shouldering his bat, wearing his game face, waiting for the pitch.Y

Arrival (PG-13) Assassin’s Creed (PG-13)

By Matthew Stafford

Friday, December 23– Thursday, December 29 Arrival (1:56) Sci-fi for grownups as Amy Adams grapples with humanity, existence and other cosmic issues after mysterious spacecraft pay Earth a visit.

Assassin’s Creed (1:45) Michael Fassbender experiences the exploits of a medieval knight/ ancestor through “genetic memory” and uses his new knowledge to take on some 21st century baddies.

Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (2:20) Direct from Moscow it’s Tchaikovsky’s holiday must-see in a dazzling production rife with toy soldiers, colorful costumes and little Marie, of course.

The Brand New Testament (1:53) Acerbic and irreverent Belgian comedy about a god who’s grumpy, overworked and saddled with a rebellious daughter.

Collateral Beauty (1:37) Ad exec Will Smith grapples with tragedy by writing letters to love, time and death and is understandably taken aback when they write back.

Dangal (2:30) Hindi drama about an exwrestler who transfers his dreams of glory to his two rambunctious daughters.

The Eagle Huntress (1:27) Eye-filling documentary about a 13-year-old Mongolian girl and her quest to become her family’s first female eagle hunter in 12 generations.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2:12) J.K. Rowling’s new cinematic franchise takes place among New York’s secret coven of witches and wizards circa WWII. Fences (2:19) Filmization of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play stars Denzel Washington as a father struggling to raise his family in racially explosive 1950s Pittsburgh; Washington directs as well.

Jackie (1:35) Pablo Larrain’s psychological biopic of the elegant, mysterious first lady focuses on the tumultuous week following her husband’s assassination; Natalie Portman stars.

La La Land (2:08) Bold, brilliant Hollywood musical circles around the bittersweet romance between a struggling jazz musician and an aspiring actress; Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star.

Lion (2:09) Two-hour commercial for Google Earth in which an Indian orphan searches the globe for home and family.

Loving (2:03) True story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the courageous interracial couple who faced harassment and worse in the American South of the 1950s.

Manchester by the Sea (2:15) Poignant, bittersweet tale of a Boston janitor who returns to his seaside hometown to raise his newly orphaned nephew; Casey Affleck stars.

Moana (1:43) Disney musical about a Polynesian girl’s epic ocean voyage across the wide Pacific; songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

National Theatre London: No Man’s Land (3:00) Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart star in Harold Pinter’s comic tale of two writers and their game of increasingly inebriated one-upmanship.

Office Christmas Party (1:45) A spiraling cubicle company tries to impress a last-ditch client with an end-all be-all Xmas bash rife with crude sexual content, drug use and graphic nudity; Jennifer Aniston stars.

Passengers (1:56) When the hibernating passengers on a spaceship to another planet wake up 90 years into their 120-year journey, it’s up to Jennifer Lawrence to change the spark plugs.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2:13) Disney and Lucasfilm cook up a standalone ‘Star Wars’ flick about a scheme to swipe the plans to the Death Star; Mads Mikkelsen stars.

Seasons (1:37) Dazzling cinematic essay focuses on our planet’s wildlife and how it’s evolved from the ice age to today; Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud (‘Winged Migration’) direct.

Sing (1:48) Animated musical about a koala impresario’s all-star singing competition features vocals from Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane and Scarlett Johansson.

Tampopo (1:55) Newly restored Japanese cult comedy classic about (among other things) a modern urban cowboy, the proprietress of a noodle shop and a food-obsessed gangster.

Things to Come (1:43) Isabelle Huppert stars as a philosophy professor whose crumbling personal life liberates her to explore the next chapter of her existence.

Why Him? (1:51) Overprotective dad Bryan Cranston is understandably appalled when he meets his daughter’s boyfriend, doofus tech zillionaire James Franco.

Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (G) The Brand New Testament (Not Rated) Collateral Beauty (PG-13)

Dangal (Not Rated) The Eagle Huntress (Not Rated) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (PG-13) Fences (PG-13) Jackie (R) La La Land (PG-13) Lion (PG-13) Loving (PG-13) Manchester by the Sea (R) Moana (PG) National Theatre London: No Man’s Land (Not Rated) Office Christmas Party (R) Passengers (PG-13)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13)

Seasons (PG) Sing (PG)

Tampopo (Not Rated) Things to Come (Not Rated) Why Him? (R)

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

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Greetings of the season from ‘Seasons,’ now at the Rafael.

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 Narada Michael Walden Walden’s 20th annual holiday concert is full of Christmas magic, gospel music and community cheer. Dec 23, 8pm. $100 and up.

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

The Priesthood Rancho Nicasio hosts its 10th annual Christmas Eve Gospel Dinner Show with the spirited contemporary quartet. Dec 24, 7pm. $20. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Soul 4 the Season Massive holiday party features Rick Stevens of Tower of Power, Lydia Pense of Cold Blood, Paula Harris and Dana Moret. Dec 22, 8pm. $28-$32. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

SONOMA Frankie Boots & the County Line It’s a bittersweet affair as Boots releases a new solo output of songs, “Pagan Ranch,” and performs one last time before moving to New Orleans. John Courage and his reunited band the Great Plains opens. Dec 23, 9pm. $15. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Sweet Honey in the Rock The beloved vocal group mixes blues, jazz and gospel music in their “Holyday” program, a multicultural concert of good tidings. Dec 22, 7:30pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

George’s Nightclub Dec 23, Navidad Party. Dec 26, reggae night.

Dec 27, hip-hop open mic. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

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INCAVO Wine Tasting & Collective Tues, 7pm, Open Mic Night with Simon Costa. 1099 Fourth St, Ste F, San Rafael, 415.259.4939.

Grazie Restaurant Dec 24, Arthur Javier. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181.

Carolizing Christmas Versatile and compelling funk vocalist Faye Carol and pianist Joe Wagner team up for two nights of holiday standards and more.

Dec 22-23, 6:30 and 9pm. $10-$20. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.603.1258.

Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium Dec 21, Windham Hill Winter Solstice 30th Anniversary Concert. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Clubs & Venues

Marin Country Mart Dec 23, 5:30pm, Friday Night Jazz with Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

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19 Broadway Club Dec 21, DJ Pavones and DJ Diskode. Dec 22, Heath De Fount-Haberlin. Dec 23, Sam Quinn. Dec 24, ‘80s night with DJ Carlos.

Dec 25, 4pm, the Merry Christmas Band with the Substitutes. Dec 26, open mic. Dec 28, Overbite. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

The Belrose Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

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

Fenix Dec 21, pro blues jam with Mitch Woods.

Dec 23, Top Shelf Holiday Show. Sold-out.

Dec 27, James Harman Band. Dec 28, Pro Blues Jam with Roharpo the Bluesman. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

No Name Bar Dec 21, Trevor Marcom and friends. Dec 22, Home. Dec 23, Michael Aragon Quartet. Dec 26, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Dec 27, open mic. Dec 28, the Whole Catastrophe. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Dec 21, Jonathan Poretz. Dec 22, Passion Habanera. Dec 23, Ian McArdle Trio. Dec 24, Ken Cook Trio. Dec 27, Rob Reich. Dec 28, Jay Sanders Trio. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Dec 21, Rivertown Trio. Dec 22, Ricki Rush.

Dec 27, Lorin Rowan. Dec 28, Martha Crawford and friends. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

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On Dec. 22 at the Green Music Center, beloved group Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform their ‘Holyday’ program.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Dec 21, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Dec 22, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Dec 23, Attila Viola. Dec 27, Sheet Metal. Dec 28, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Dec 23, the Ramble Band Christmas Party. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Dec 22, Cuervos. Dec 23, DJ Jose Ruiz. Dec 27, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

CALENDAR Servino Ristorante Dec 23, Liza Silva & Voz do Brasil. 9 Main St, Tiburon, 415.435.2676.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Dec 23, High Tide Collective. Dec 24, Cari Q. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551.

Sweetwater Music Hall Dec 23, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions holiday celebration. Dec 24, 11am, Xmas Eve brunch show with Acoustically Speaking. Dec 26, Youth in Arts ‘Til Dawn and Saint Adeline.

Dec 27, Canopy holiday show. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads Dec 21, the Terrapin Family Band with Phil Lesh. Dec 22, Ross James’ Cosmic Thursday.

Dec 23, Top 40 Friday dance party. Dec 24, Christmas Eve with the Terrapin Allstars.

Dec 26, Grateful Mondays. Dec 27, LEBO Tuesdays. Dec 28, the Incubators. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Dec 21, 12pm, Wednesday noon concerts presents Anayana White and Elisabeth Zosseder. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Unity in Marin Dec 21, 7pm, Steven Halpern Solstice Sound Healing Concert. 600 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.475.5000.

SONOMA A’Roma Roasters Dec 23, Chris Lods. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music Hall Dec 23, Brandon Hess album release show.

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe Dec 21, West Coast Songwriters Competition. Dec 22, beer and carols. Dec 23, the Incubators. Dec 28, bluegrass and old time music jam. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Barley & Hops Tavern Dec 22, Dave Pascoe. Dec 23, Fly by Train. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy Dec 21, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Dec 22, the Beat Meters. Dec 23, the Voice. Dec 27, American Alley Cats. Dec 28, Wednesday Night Big Band. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Dec 23, the Sticky Notes. Dec 27, songwriter’s lounge with Lauralee Brown. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505.

HopMonk Sebastopol Dec 22, Country Line Dancing. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Dec 23, Clay Bell. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg Dec 24, 6:30pm, Christmas Eve Jazz with Chris Amberger and Kai Devitt-Lee Duo. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

NAPA Blue Note Napa Dec 21, 6:30 and 9pm, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Dec 27, 6:30 and 9pm, Cari Q. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.603.1258.

Silo’s Dec 21, John Brazell. Wed, 5pm, Mike Greensill’s evening jazz. Dec 22, Cool Yule with Kellie Fuller, Sandy Riccardi and Mike Greensill. Dec 23, a very Deadlies Christmas with the Deadlies. Dec 28, Cari Q. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Art CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Art Works Downtown Through Jan 7, “AWD Members Exhibition,” showcasing the many talented artists who are members of the Art Works Downtown community. Through Dec 31, “Small Works Exhibition,” a wonderful opportunity to find affordable, quality artwork for the holiday gift-giving season. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

The Artist’s Collective Through Jan 1, “Dreamers,” opening show at a new art gallery in San Rafael’s West End Village. 1560 Fourth St, San Rafael.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Jan 7, “A Touch of Blue,” a show of new, and some old, quilts using mainly blue or just a bit of blue. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Bolinas Museum Through Dec 31, “Bounty,” exhibit looks at fine food production in coastal Marin, from 1834 to today. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment.

415.868.0330.

Corte Madera Library Through Jan 5, “Global Wand’ring … Bali and Back,” photos by Terry Peck brings the world to you. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Jan 15, “Reality, Memory & Fiction,” exhibit of paintings by Stephen Namara features people, objects and landscapes seen as snapshots of his life. 417

San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6. 415.524.8932.

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Gallery Route One Through Jan 22, “Tell Tales,” Madeline Nieto Hope’s repurposed art shows in the Center Gallery, while “The Inverness Almanac: Collective Retrospective” shows in the project space and Isis Hockenos’ “She Said She Said” shows in the annex. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5.

415.663.1347.

Marin Community Foundation Through Jan 13, “Om Prakash: Intuitive Nature,” renowned Indian artist’s abstract paintings display. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.

Marin Society of Artists Through Dec 23, “Small Works Bazaar,” 45 artists exhibit a unique and beautiful selection of paintings, ceramics, jewelry and more. Live music provided by Jody Calcara.

1515 Third St, San Rafael. Daily, noon to 6.

415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA Through Jan 8, “Sandi Miot: The Medium Is the Muse,” retrospective exhibit of the Marin-based artist is a visual look at her journey through wax and encaustic works.

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

Marty Knapp Photo Gallery Through Jan 16, “The Night Sky,” Knapp shows new photographs of the starry skies above the Point Reyes coast and the deserts of Southern California. 11245 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station. Fri-Sun, 11 to 5.

415.663.8670.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Dec 29, “Art of the Spirit,” 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jan 27, “Abstract Works on Canvas,” group exhibition features Beatrice Findlay, Jeffrey Long, Michael Moon, Richard Saba and Geoffrey Williams. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5.

415.331.2800.

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

Throckmorton Theatre Through Dec 31, “Throckmorton’s December Art Show,” featuring works by Stanley Goldstein and Liana Steinmetz.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

SONOMA Aqus Cafe Through Jan 4, “Small Works,” group show features diminutive art. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Art Museum of Sonoma County Through Jan 29, “Faith Ringgold: An American Artist,” features storyquilts, works on paper, tankas, soft sculpture and original illustrations from the African-American artist. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through Dec 31, “Colin Talcroft Solo Show,” the artist displays his abstract monoprint

Holiday concerts abound: On Dec. 22, catch the massive party at the Sweetwater; on Dec. 23 at the Throckmorton, Narada Michael Walden's 20th annual concert takes over; and on Dec. 24, Rancho Nicasio hosts its 10th annual Christmas Eve Gospel Dinner Show.

collage works. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary. 707.795.9753.

Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Dec 31, “Holiday Art Exhibition,” one-of-a-kind works are on display and available to complete your gift giving. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and SunMon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Charles M. Schulz Museum Through Feb 19, “Lucky Dogs & Presidential Pets,” learn more about the lives of presidential pets, and how Snoopy himself handles being elected to high office.

Through Jan 16, “Peanuts & the Picture of Health,” showcase looks at the sporty and active pursuits playfully depicted in the panels of “Peanuts.” 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

City Hall Council Chambers Through Jan 12, “Increasingly Precious,” Catherine Richardson’s artwork is fueled by research, emotions, imagination and her observations from flying over Greenland during her annual journeys between the U.K. and California. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3010.

Cornerstone Sonoma Through Dec 25, “Celebration of Color & Light,” the Garden Barn hosts painter Nancy Granger, photographer Don Kellogg and textile artist Susan Stark. 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. Daily, 10 to 4. 707.933.3010.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Through Jan 3, “Photographs of the Laguna,” beautiful new photography exhibit in Heron Hall is a tribute to Joan Humberstone, in memoriam. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.9277.

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Geometric Reflections,” sculptures by 10 renowned artists celebrates 10 years of the Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11 to 5. 707.528.9463.

Riverfront Art Gallery Through Jan 8, “Scenes from Sonoma County,” features breathtaking oil paintings from Henry White and stunning photographs from Michael Riley. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.775.4ART. Sonoma State University Library Art Gallery Through Dec 23, “Creativity Unconfined,” life in a World War II Japanese-American internment camp is explored in silk-screen posters, woodcuts, paper flowers and more.

1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

Finley Community Center Through Jan 26, “Alchemy + Stitches,” Kristin Meuser combines her loves of chemistry and machinery in her fantastical art. Reception, Jan 6 at 5pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Through Dec 31, “A Portrait of Sonoma,” photographers Erik Castro, Jamie Thrower and students at Sonoma Valley High School display portraits from their recent pop-up shoots. Through Dec 31, “XXc Icons of Photography,” exhibit showcases the best of world photography and shows in conjunction with “Pairings: 16 Artists Creatively Combined,” which focuses on harmonious combinations of artworks.

551 Broadway, Sonoma. Wed-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.939.SVMA.

History Museum of Sonoma County Through Apr 2, “The Beat Goes On,” exhibit looks back on peace, love and rock ‘n’ roll in the North Bay. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa.

Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

West County Museum Through Mar 5, “The Hippies,” memorabilia recreates the environment of rebellion against consumerism and conformity built in the forests of Graton and Occidental

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in the 1960s and ‘70s. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. Thurs-Sun, 1 to 4. 707.829.6711.

special barcodes to explain them. 124 Pine St, San Anselmo. 415.485.0484.

ONGOING MARIN

Robert Beck Fine Art Ongoing, California landscape painters including Maynard Dixon. 222 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo. Wed-Sun, noon to 5:30. 415.456.7898.

ARTrageous Gallery Ongoing, inaugural exhibit featuring Roberta Ahrens, Harriet Burge and others.

857 Grant Ave, Novato. Tues-Sat, 11 to 6, Sun 11 to 4, Thurs 11 to 8. 415.897.8444.

Baobab Gallery Ongoing, Shona sculptures, watercolors, jewelry, baskets, handmade-paper items and handmade fabrics. 556 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. Tues-Sat, 11 to 5. 415.924.8007.

Dance Palace Ongoing, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1075.

Depot Bookstore & Cafe Ongoing, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.2665.

Gallery O Ongoing, still lifes and abstract landscapes

by Tim Schaible, and glasswork by Colleen Cotten. Highway 1 and Dillon Beach Road, Tomales. Thurs-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 707.878.2898.

Garzoli Gallery Ongoing, work from contemporary artist Laurie Curran and recent gallery acquisitions on view. 930 B St, San Rafael.

415.459.4321.

Liberty Ship Gallery Ongoing, artist cooperative gallery with works by Eulah Capron, Katheryn Holt, Barbara Jackson, Darcy J Sears and Scott Gordon Woodhouse. 10 Liberty Ship Way, Bay 2, Ste 210, Sausalito. Sat, 11 to 5; also by appointment. 415.289.0705.

Margaret Muldoon’s Artistic Furniture Ongoing, hand-painted furniture, plus “UnStill Photography” by Alan Babbitt. 411 San Anselmo Ave, Fairfax.

Marin History Museum Wednesdays-Saturdays, “Faces of Marin History,” special exhibit features rarely seen original portraits, photos and stories of Marin County’s founders and notable residents past and present. Ongoing, “Treasures from the Vault,” local artifacts; also, “Ranching and Rockin’ at Olompali” features history of State Park; also, “Growing the Future: Farming Families of Marin.” Boyd Gate House, 1125 B St, San Rafael. Tues-Fri, plus second and third Sat monthly, 11 to 4. 415.454.8538.

Marin Society of Artists Through Dec 23, “Small Works Bazaar,” 45 artists exhibit a unique and beautiful selection of paintings, ceramics, jewelry and more. Live music provided by Jody Calcara.

1515 Third St, San Rafael. Daily, noon to 6.

415.464.9561.

MINE Art Gallery Ongoing, 1820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax.

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Museum of the American Indian Ongoing, “Jewelry of California and the Southwest.” 2200 Novato Blvd, Novato. Tues-Fri, 10 to 3; Sat-Sun, 12 to 4.

415.897.4064.

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Pine Street Museum Ongoing, Opening exhibit features interactive display of scrolls, ceramics and

Andre Thierry & His Zydeco Band 200 N. SAN PEDRO RD. SAN RAFAEL, CA

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Ongoing, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888.

Studio 333 Ongoing, 45 local artists on display. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Sat, 11-5.

415.331.8272.

Tomales Gallery Ongoing, paintings by Jonnie Baldwin, Denise Champion, Timothy David Dixon, Clark Mitchell and others. 3985 TomalesPetaluma Rd, Tomales. Fri-Sun, 12:30 to 5; also by appointment. 707.878.2680.

Wilderness Collections Gallery Ongoing, photographs by Rodney Lough Jr. 8 Princess St, Sausalito. Daily, 10 to 6.

866.432.9453.

SONOMA Area Arts Gallery Ongoing, “The Art of Grace Slick,” includes Original acrylics, mixed media, etchings and limited editions. 105 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.541.6521.

Art Honors Life Ongoing, 2860 Bowen St #1, Graton.

707.829.1966.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through Dec 31, “Colin Talcroft Solo Show,” the artist displays his abstract monoprint collage works. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Hours vary. 707.795.9753.

ARThouse Gallery Ongoing, work by various artists. 13758 Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen. 707.935.3513.

Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery Ongoing, paintings by California artists featuring work by Joshua Meador; also, landscapes by Linda Sorenson, Kathi Hilton and Alex Dzigurski. 1785 Coast Hwy 1, Bodega Bay. Wed-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.875.2911.

Branscomb Gallery Ongoing, oils by Ralph Beyer, collages by Edmund Dechant, sculptures by Sharyn Desideri and watercolors and etchings

by James D Mayhew. 1588 Eastshore Rd, Bodega Bay. Daily, 11 to 4. 707.875.3388.

California Indian Museum & Cultural Center Ongoing, “Ishi: A Story of Dignity, Hope and Courage.” 5250 Aero Dr, Santa Rosa.

707.579.3004.

Children’s Museum of Sonoma County Ongoing, “Ornithopter Exhibit,” Located in Mary’s Garden, a retired REACH medical service helicopter has been transformed into an ornithopter resembling a dragonfly for visitors to explore. 1835 W Steele Ln, Santa Rosa. 707.546.4069.

Cramolini’s Fine Art Ongoing, “Works by Terry Cramolini,” affordable, original paintings include portraits, mermaids, nature and news. 546 Pacific Ave, Santa Rosa. Wed-Thurs; 12pm5pm, and by appointment. 805.450.8892.

Creative Arts Studio Ongoing, works by Caterina Martinico, Patricia Waters, Marsha Connell, Jim Curtis and Jaime Blumenthal. 1521 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. By appointment. 707.538.4696.

Essence Gallery Ongoing, work by emerging artists and designers from Northern California and Catalonia, Spain. 463 Bohemian Hwy, Freestone. Fri-Sat, 11 to 5, and by appointment. 707.536.6793.

Fulton Crossing Through Dec 31, “Holiday Lights,” Becoming Independent artists show their work, available for sale to complete your holiday shopping. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Gallery 32 Ongoing, “Walking Sideways,” artists Daniel Stingle and Richard Nyhagen show assemblage ceramic sculptures and screen printed imagery examining environmental and existential dissonance in an urban context. Ongoing, “Abstract Narrative Paintings,” selected works by artist Liz Penniman. 16190 Main St, Guerneville. FriSun, noon to 6pm. 707.239.0518.

Graton Gallery Through Jan 29, “New Paintings by Sandra Rubin & Thea Goldstine,” with several guest artists also displaying. Reception, Jan 7 at 2pm. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

Guerneville Bank Club Through Apr 30, “Glory Days,” exhibit by Russian River Historical Society is a tribute to Clare Harris, who helped turn Rio Nido into the town it is today. 16290 Main Street, Guerneville. Daily, 11am to 9pm 707.666.9411.

Hammerfriar Gallery Through Jan 28, “Small Works Show,” eight artists display a variety of small paintings, sculptures and multimedia works to deck your walls and tables. 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg. Tues-Fri, 10 to 6. Sat, 10 to 5.

707.473.9600.

Hand Fan Museum Ongoing, American advertising fans. 327-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.431.2500.

The Harris Gallery Ongoing, work by Marc Cabell Harris. 105-C Plaza St, Healdsburg. 707.480.8291.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Dec 31, “Gift Gallery,” an opportunity for creators of high-quality, functional, wearable, decorative and giftappropriate crafts to offer their works for the gift-giving season. Third Wednesday of every month, 11am, Children of all ages are welcome into the gallery to view the art work and exhibits. Free. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6. 707.431.1970.

Healdsburg Museum Ongoing, comprehensive permanent displays describe aspects of Healdsburg and northern Sonoma County history. 221 Matheson St, Healdsburg. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4.

707.431.3325.

Imagery Estate Winery Ongoing, exhibition of over 190 pieces of original work used in winery labels. 14335 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen. Mon-Fri, 10am to 4:30pm; Sat-Sun, 10am to 5:30pm 707.935.4515.

Local Folkal Ongoing, co-op artists’ work. 117 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. Tues-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.894.8920.

Occidental Center for the Arts Through Jan 15, “Toute Petite,” a unique exhibit and affordable art sale for the holidays. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

Paul Mahder Gallery Through Jan 1, “Annual Holiday Group Exhibit,” over 40 local and international artists show in this show that also features a salon-style gift wall. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.473.9150.

Peace & Justice Center Through Dec 31, “Still Standing: 20 Years of Paintings,” retrospective exhibit by artist Tina Azaria. 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa.

Monday-Friday, 1 to 4pm. 707.575.8902.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Ongoing, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. WedSat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues. 707.778.4398.

Quicksilver Mine Company Ongoing, “Ramblin’ Modes,” an evolving window display by Monty Monty. 6671 Front St, Forestville. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 6.

707.887.0799.

Red Wolf Gallery Ongoing, 134 Church St, Sonoma.

707.996.3511.

Redwood Cafe Through Jan 17, “The Odd Spirits Group Show,” a selection of mixed-media paintings and prints from artists Dan Howard, Rich Ressler, Michael Coy and others. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily.

707.795.7868.

Sculpturesite Gallery Through Jan 7, “Sculpturesite Gallery Group Show,” mediums ranging from glass, bronze, steel, ceramic, stone, wood and mixed media are installed in a series of six large concrete winemaking vats. Ongoing, sculpture, fountains and kinetic sculpture by over 50 artists. 14301 Arnold Dr, Ste 8, Glen Ellen. Thurs-Mon, 10:30am to 5:30pm.

707.933.1300.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Dec 30, “Small Work, Big Deal,” find a delightful christmas present for your loved ones or just spoil yourself with an original work of art. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat-Sun, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

Sebastopol Gallery Through Jan 31, “An Invitation to Imagine,” new folkloric paintings from artist Teri Sloat. 150 N Main St, Sebastopol. Open daily, 11 to 6. 707.829.7200.

Share Exchange Ongoing, work by over 75 local artists. 531 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.583.7667.

Shiloh Sophia Gallery Ongoing, work by Shiloh Sophia. 126 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Wed-Sat, 11 to 6; Sun, noon-6 707.318.8189.

Side Street Gallery Ongoing, exhibit of dog and botanical paintings. No phone. 507 David Clayton Rd, Windsor.

SoCo Coffee Through Dec 31, “Paintings by Kenneth Pelletier,” featuring still lifes from the local artist. 1015 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.433.1660.

Spirits in Stone Gallery Ongoing, Shona artists from Zimbabwe and paintings by Ethiopian artist Wosene Kosrof. 452 First St E, Sonoma. Sun-Thurs, 10 to 6; Fri and Sat 10 to 8. 707.938.2200.

Terranean Fine Art Gallery Ongoing, California landscapes by Sam Racina. 314 Center St, Ste 223, Healdsburg.

Thurs-Sat, 11:30 to 2 and 6 to 8; also, SunWed, 11:30 to 2. 707.854.4966.

Tutto Amiamo Galleria Ongoing, paintings, sculptures, jewelry and kaleidoscope collection by nationally known artists. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Mon-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 11 to 5:30. 707.789.0411.

West County Design Ongoing, furniture by Craig Collins, concrete work by Patrick Miller and pieces

by Gerry Arrington, Hugh Buttrum, Jerry Dodrill, John O’Hare and others. 14390 Hwy 1, Valley Ford. Open Thurs-Sun, 10 to 5, and by appointment. 707.876.1963.

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.

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 CranioSacral System Screening Explore whether you or your child could benefit from CranioSacral therapy to treat migraines, headaches, chronic neck and back pain and other body pain and tension. Wed, Dec 21, 10am. Free. Breathing Retraining Center, 12 Mitchell Blvd, San Rafael.

The Draped Figure Draw or paint from live models in a variety of costumes and settings. Tues, 10am. $15. MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137.

Withywindle Gallery Ongoing, various exhibits of stone sculpture 13550 Church St, Guerneville. 707.869.1021.

Fourth Night Hanukkah Celebration Connect with other families to nosh on latkes, listen to Hanukkah stories, enjoy crafts and play the dreidel game. Dec 27, 4:30pm. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Zizi Ongoing, photographs from different cultures by Phil Rasori. 334 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. Mon-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun 11 to 5.

707.431.2209.

Holiday Horse & Carriage Rides Bells will be ringing as you enjoy a ride in this favorite holiday tradition. Dec 24, 11am.

Railroad Square, Fourth and Wilson streets, Santa Rosa.

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Monday Painting Group An open space to paint with fellow artists. Space is limited. Mon-noon. $10.

MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137.

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.

You’re Funny But You Don’t Look Jewish Comedy show returns for an encore year with African-American, Indian, Italian American and Vietnamese Jewish comedians Mike Capozzola, Gina Gold, Joe Nguyen and Samson Koletkar. Dec 22, 8pm. $20-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966.

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

Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101.

Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour & Competition Stroll the shops around Sausalito and view elaborate, festively decorated gingerbread houses galore. Through Dec 30. Downtown Sausalito, Caledonia Street, Sausalito.

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.

Toastmaster’s Open House Group invites the public to join them in unlocking communication skills. Express yourself, find your voice and shape your words. Thurs-noon. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael, 415.485.3438.

Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk Night of reflection and contemplation includes an indoor walking path, music and more. Dec 21, 6pm. Community Congregational Church, 145 Rock Hill Dr, Tiburon.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

Third Wed of every month. Richardson Bay

19 Thu 12/22 • Doors 7pm • $28 ADV / $32 DOS Seated Show

Soul 4 The Season

feat Fred Ross of Tower of Power, Lydia Pense of Cold Blood, Paula Harris & Dana Moret Fri 12/23 • Doors 7pm • FREE

Matt Jaffe & The Distractions

Free Holiday Celebration • w/ Caroline de Lone Sat 12/24 • Doors 11am • FREE

FREE Xmas Eve Brunch Show

with Acoustically Speaking Featuring Kat Walkerson and Mik Bondy from The Garcia Project Mon 12/26 • Doors 6pm • $22 Youth (under 18)/$32 Adult

Youth in Arts 'Til Dawn Accapella Sing Out! with Saint Adeline Tue 12/27 • Doors 6pm • $17 Student / $22 Adult Canopy (of Redwood High School)

Holiday Celebration

Wed 12/28 • Doors 6:30pm • FREE

Trivia Cafe New Years Celebration

hosted by Howard Rachelson (Marin's Master of Trivia) - Free with Prizes Wed 12/28 • Doors 9pm • FREE RIP 2016 - Free Show Honoring Legends Who Passed - with TROUBLEMAN Thu 1/5 • Doors 7pm • $12 ADV / $15 DOS Talking Dreads Reggae Tribute to Talking Heads! With The Killer Queens - All Female Tribute to Queen www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

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Din ner & A Show

Crab Feed!

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Dec 23

The Ramble Band Christmas Party

with Mike & Angela 8:00 / No Cover Sat 10th Annual Christmas Eve 24 Dec Gospel Dinner Show The Priesthood 7:00 Fri It’s a Faux New Year’s Eve!

Dec 30

The Sun Kings

Party Favors, Champagne Toast 8:00 Sat 13th Annual New Year’s Eve Party!!

31 Dec The Zydeco Flames 9:00

Coming In January jan 15: Wendy Dewitt Jan 20: Sugar Rush Jan 22: Savannah Blu Jan 28: Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums Reservations Advised

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Journey Center Ongoing, “Art from the Heart,” featuring a variety of forms and media by Maria Crane. 1601 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 9 to 5; weekend hours by appointment.

707.578.2121.

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Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

Bird Walk in Bodega Bay Search the harbor, adjacent seas and woodlands for birds, including Doran County Park. Led by Madrone Audubon Society. Wed, Dec 21, 8:30am. Bodega Bay Harbor, East Shore Rd, Bodega Bay, madroneaudubon.org.

Birding Walk Enjoy an easy stroll along the newly restored Hamilton wetland area and look for waterfowl, shorebirds and other wildlife.

For ages 15 and up. Dec 22, 10am. Hamilton Wetlands Path, south end of Hanger Ave, Novato, marincountyparks.org.

Coho Salmon Creek Walk Tour Explore the Lagunitas Creek watershed and learn about the ecology of the endangered native population of coho salmon. Sat, Dec 24, 10:30am and Mon, Dec 26, 10:30am. $35. Samuel P Taylor State Park, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas, catie@tirn.net.

Film Tampopo Juzo Itami’s rapturous cult foodie-comedy returns to American screens for the first time in decades, in a new digital restoration.

Dec 23. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Food & Drink Aqus Veg Group Monthly social mixer and meeting for vegetarians. Fourth Tues of every month, 5pm. Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Belrose Holiday Tea Annual tradition includes a pot of fine tea, petit fours, tea sandwiches, cookies and scones. Reservations are required. Through Dec 24. $25. The Belrose, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.902.5188.

Calistoga’s Winter in the Wineries Purchase a passport to tour, taste wine and meet winemakers at several heralded wineries, both large and small, in and around the town at the top of Napa Valley.

Through Feb 5, 2017. $50. Calistoga wineries, various locations, Calistoga, visitcalistoga. com.

Christmas Dinner at Spoonbar Enjoy an amazing four-course holiday dinner. Dec 25, 3pm. $35-$75. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.7222.

Christmas Eve Afternoon Social Sip on wine and enjoy bites in a relaxing afternoon gathering. Dec 24, 2pm. Back Room Wines, 1000 Main St, Napa, 707.226.1378.

Christmas Eve Dining at Left Bank Brasserie Holiday specials abound on the à la carte menu. Dec 24. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

Christmas Eve Dinner at Dry Creek Kitchen An exceptional four-course menu from recently-appointed Chef Scott Romano and his team Dec 24, 5:30pm. $74 and up.

Dry Creek Kitchen, 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.431.0330.

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

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

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

Friday Night Live Enjoy delicious themed buffet dinners with live music on hand. Fri. $7-$14. San Geronimo Golf Course, 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.4030.

Girl’s Night Out Happy hour lasts all night long, even for the guys. Thurs. Bootlegger’s Lodge, 367 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.450.7186.

Holiday Tea Service A relaxing atmosphere for friends and family to enjoy festive bites and beverages.

Through Dec 23, 2pm. Hotel Healdsburg, 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Holy Cannoli The Italian delicacy–a rich combination of mascarpone and ricotta cheese, candied fruits and chocolate chips inside a crisp pastry shell–makes its annual debut at Costeaux. Advance orders recommended.

Dec 24. 6 for $25. Costeaux French Bakery, 417 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

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

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

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

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

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

Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers' Market Fri, 9am. Arnold Field parking lot, 241 First St W, Sonoma, 707.538.7023.

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

Sunday Supper New weekly dinner series and etiquette class celebrates classic French cuisine that reflects the season. Sun, 4pm. $30-$45. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

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

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

Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery

Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd., Sausalito., 415.339.3900.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, 949.680.6153.

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

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

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.

Children’s Storytime Dec 22, 10:30am. Diesel Bookstore, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.785.8177.

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Fairfax Library Tues at Sat at 11, storytime for ages three and up. Tues-Sat, 11am. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092.

Self-Directed Teen Crafting Party Kids between 6th grade and 12th grade can hand sew a Pokeball, make duct tape wallets or do a bottle cap craft. Sign up required.

Dec 23, 10am. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.898.4623.

Lectures Disability Law Clinics CRI staff attorneys answer disability-related legal questions. First come, first served.

Last Tues of every month, 10am-2pm. Free.

Community Resources for Independence, 1040 Main St, Ste 208, Napa, 707.258.0270. eBook Help Get one-on-one help in downloading library eBooks to the Kindle, iPad and other devices. Call ahead to reserve a session.

Thurs, 10am. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.473.6058.

Grow Clinic Weekly medicinal gardening clinic with master cultivators explores changing and seasonal topics. Wed. Free. Peace in Medicine, 6771 Sebastopol Ave, Hwy 12, Sebastopol, 707.823.4206.

The Last Words Steve Costa and Kate Levinson talk about their 14 years as the owners of Point Reyes Books in their last event before the store’s new owners take over Jan 1. Reservations required. Dec 28, 7pm. Free. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

LGBT Senior Discussion Group Fourth Tues of every month, 1pm.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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.

Healdsburg Shed Dec 21, 5:30pm, Shed’s Book Group, Drew Smith’s “Oyster: A Gastronomic History” is this month’s selection. 25 North St, Healdsburg 707.431.7433.

Point Reyes Books Dec 21, 7pm, Annual Candlelight Winter Solstice, poets are invited to read their own poems or other poets’ work by candlelight on the theme of Wendell Berry’s “To Know the Dark.” Reservations required. Free. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

Redwood Cafe Dec 28, 6pm, Hanukkah Jewish Story Slam, share your Hanukkah stories and enjoy latkes. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868.

The Western Gate Teahouse Fridays, 6pm, Candlelight poetry and tea session with Scott Traffas. 7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas 4157858309.

Theater A Christmas Carol Veteran actor Charlie Siebert once again bring the famous tale of Ebenezer Scrooge to life on the stage for the whole family.

Through Dec 23. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Cirque de Noël A festive holiday show from Le Cirque de Bohème presents the joy and mystery of a Parisian-style circus of the 1920s with a mix of theater, music and circus sets. Dec 23, 5 and 7:30pm. $25. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

The Magic Circle Cycle The newest piece in development by the Imaginists is in collaboration with musician and composer Kalei Yamanoha. Through Jan 1, 2017. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7554. ✹

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141028 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NICK’S COVE, 23240 HIGHWAY 1, MARSHALL, CA 94940: 23240 HIGHWAY 1, LLC; 23240 HIGHWAY 1 , MARSHALL, CA 94940. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 16, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141094 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DELLFER, 71 OAK GROVE DR, NOVATO, CA 94949: DELLFER INC; 71 OAK GROVE DR, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 Nov 28, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141100 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NEW CURRENT COACHING, 124 GLORIA DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: REBECCA NYSTROM DC, 124 GLORIA DR, 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 Nov 28, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141104 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) MARIN EVENT LIGHTING 2) MARIN EVENT SERVICES, 190 ELDRIDGE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RODNEY E. DAVIS, 190 ELDRDGE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2016-141082 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SHEAR JOY BY SANDRA GUTIERREZ, 633 DEL GANADO ROAD, SUITE 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SANDRA LIZETH GUTIERREZ ZETINO, 95 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PKWY, APT 206, 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 Nov 23, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141118 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FREEDOM FOUNDATION, 2955 KERNER BLVD, STE F, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: FREEDOM FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL , 2955 KERNER BLVD, STE F, 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 Nov 30, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141105 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: VIDEO WEST AND PIZZA TOO, 6825 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933: ROBERT JOHN FOTI, TTEE, HARRY GARDINO TRUST, 6700 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. 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 Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141103 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RED HILL HOLIDAY CLEANERS, 912 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: SAAMAN SAMI, #21 EDGEWATER CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2016-141054 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TRUE YOGA GOODS, 828 AUTUMN LN, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ERIK ANDERSON, 828 AUTUMN LN, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 21, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141097 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LEXNET, 508 HEATHER WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: STEPHEN CHIPMAN, 508 HEATHER 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 Nov 28, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141122

The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN SUPER TAXI, 237 PICNIC AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ILHAN AHMED, 237 PICNIC AVE, APT 40, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 2, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

DBA GOOSEHEAD INSURANCE, 3030 BRIDGEWAY , SUITE 240, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: JAMES HAUSHERR, 200 JOHNSON STREET, SLIP 1, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 6, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141119 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AMERICA LATINA SERVICES, 528 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: GERALDO JOSE SILVA NETO, 475 SAN MARIN DR, NOVATO, CA 94945.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 1, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141170 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) BARTON CO 2) BARTON DESIGNS, 359 TENNESSEE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: BARTON ZACHOFSKY, 359 TENNESSEE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 9, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141124 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AMBPICTURES. 422 DONAHUE STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: ANTHONY J BUTT, 422 DONAHUE STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 2, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141000 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LUX BLOW DRY & BEAUTY BAR, 902 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: DIANA GLASCO, 316 A AUBURN ST, 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 Nov 10, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141106 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DAISY’S DELI & PIZZA, 1500 LUCAS VALLEY RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: DAICY CASTILLO VEGA, 234 TETON CT, 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 Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141143 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JIM HAUSHERR

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141188 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SOUL BEAUTY BY MELISSA, 905 A IRWIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94941: MELISSA K WITTMAN, 403 MAPLE STREET # 5, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 12, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141197 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ICY BAY PRESS, 383 PINEHILL RD, APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RICHARD C. HOLMES, 775 E. BLITHEDALE STE 400, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement

was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 13, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141196 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: INTEGRATIVE ATHLETICS, 712 D STREET, SUITE E, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ZACHARY SCHLEH, 139 ½ LAUREL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 13, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04, Jan 11 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2016-141223 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PRIM’D MARKETING, 5 SAN PABLO COURT, NOVATO, CA 94949: PRIMD LLC, 5 SAN PABLO COURT, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 16, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04, Jan 11 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141093 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CHRKOL, 133 TAMAL VISTA DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: IVY XY YE, 133 TAMAL VISTA DR, 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 Nov 28, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04, Jan 11 of 2017)

OTHER NOTICES Notice Content 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; 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 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: Feb.1, 2017, 8:30 a.m. Dept. 27. At the street address of the court shown above This is a Court Order. Dated: September 14, 2016. HON. TERRI MOCKLER JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Respondent’s attendance at the Feb 1, 2017 hearing will allow Respondent to present evidence and dispute the claims brought against Respondent. If Respondent’s location is ascertained prior to Feb 1, 2017. Petitioner will mail a copy of the TRO, and all of the related court filings to Respondent. Before Feb 1, 2017, 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.

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By Amy Alkon

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I am a curvy girl with a big butt. I hate it. I have a small waist, and it makes my butt look even bigger. I don’t care that the Kardashians have made big butts cool. I’d like to lose weight in that area. However, my boyfriend LOVES my butt and told me there’s research that says girls with bigger butts are smarter and healthier. Is that true? That can’t be true.—Tushy Galore

A:

Welcome to the science-inspired catcall: “Woooo, girl … you look like a nuclear physicist in them hot pants!”

Yes, there seems to be a cognitive edge in being a woman with a big caboose— provided you have a low “waist-to-hip ratio.” That’s professor-speak for women who have small waists relative to their hips—an “hourglass figure” like yours, as opposed to a body that’s more No. 2 pencil-esque orbeerguttylicious.

Epidemiologist William Lassek and anthropologist Steven Gaulin find that being voluptuous in the way you are is associated with both being a bit smarter and having smarter children. To understand why starts with understanding “parent-offspring conflict,” evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers’ term for how it’s in each child’s genetic interest to suck as much in the way of resources out of their parents as they can.

This battle for resources starts early, which is to say a fetus is a little hog. It hoovers up its share of nutrients and then may go after some of its mother’s share, too—not so much that it kills her but maybe, “Hey, Ma, enjoy the gestational diabetes!”

Lassek and Gaulin note that this competition for resources is especially rough on teen mommies, whose own brains are still developing. Both the teen motherto-be and her child are prone to having their cognitive development “impaired”— irreversibly diminished from what it could be—when she’s forced to compete for a limited supply of nutrients with the fast-growing fetusmonster.

However, Lassek and Gaulin find that women with bodies like yours seem to be cushioned—or, you could say, “seat-cushioned”—against this cognitive impairment, apparently because the butt and hip area serves as a supplemental food storage locker for the developing fetus. There’s a special kind of fat that gets deposited in this area—gluteofemoral fat.

This booty fat is different from and healthier than belly fat. It’s loaded with omega-3 fatty acids—especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)—which we can only get from things we ingest, like seafood, walnuts, cooked spinach and krill oil supplements. DHA is essential for day-to-day cognitive functioning in all people.

And, Gaulin emphasized to me, it’s “the most important brain-building resource” for little fetus people. He and Lassek controlled for things like parents’ income and education and the number of dollars spent per student, and found mothers’ higher DHA to be the strongest predictor of kids scoring significantly higher on tests in math, reading and science.

You’re packing more DHA than a woman who carries her fat Santa-style, but any woman can increase her DHA through diet, especially by eating fish. As for your desire to shave off some of Mount Buttmore, bad news: Gluteofemoral fat is extremely resistant to weight loss (as that basically would amount to throwing away some of your brain’s lunch).

But to lose weight overall—while feeding your brain and protecting it from cognitive decline—consider this from Lassek and Gaulin’s book, Why Women Need Fat: “The single dietary factor most strongly related to women’s weight gain was the amount of omega-6 linoleic acid in their diet.”

A major source of omega-6 is factory Frankenstein oils—polyunsaturated, heatprocessed seed oils like soybean, sunflower, corn and canola. (Extra-virgin olive oil is healthy—an omega-3 source.) And, surprise! Eating fish cooked in these omega-6-packed Franken-oils makes us “unlikely to retain the valuable omega-3 present in the fish.”

Getting back to your back end, it seems you owe it an apology. Maybe you were swayed in what you find attractive by the cadaverishly thin women that gay male designers send out to faint on the catwalk. Consider that you may be confusing body weight and booty shape in how self-conscious you feel about your behindquarters.

Now, whether men prefer heavier or slimmer women varies by culture. However, the late evolutionary psychologist Devendra Singh found that men across cultures overwhelmingly are hotter for the smarter-baby-producing hourglass bod that you have— though without any conscious understanding of why this preference evolved. (No, their penises didn’t put on their reading glasses and pore over Gaulin and Lassek’s research.)

Instead of longing for a body type that men don’t find as sexy, maybe resolve to start appreciating what you have—including your own special version of the trickiest no-win question a woman can ask a man: “Baby, does our future Einstein look fat in these pants?”Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of December 21

ARIES (March 21-April 19): NPR’s Scott

Simon interviewed jazz pianist and songwriter Robert Glasper, who has created nine albums, won a Grammy and collaborated with a range of great musicians. Simon asked him if he had any frustrations—“grand ambitions” that people discouraged him from pursuing. Glasper said yes.

He’d really like to compose and sing hip-hop rhymes.

But his bandmates just won’t go along with him when he tries that stuff. I hope that Glasper, who’s an Aries, will read this horoscope and take heart from what I’m about to predict: In 2017, you may finally get a “Yes!” from people who have previously said “No!” to your grand ambitions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Humans have drunk hot tea for more than two millennia. Chinese emperors were enjoying it as far back as the second century B.C. And yet it wasn’t until the 20th century that anyone dreamed up the idea of enclosing tea leaves in convenient one-serving bags to be efficiently brewed. I foresee you either generating or stumbling upon comparable breakthroughs in 2017, Taurus. Long-running traditions or customs will undergo simple but dramatic transformations that streamline your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “What you do is what counts and not what you had the intention of doing,” said Pablo Picasso. If I had to choose a single piece of advice to serve as your steady flame in 2017, it might be that quote. If you agree, I invite you to conduct this experiment: On the first day of each month, take a piece of paper and write down three key promises you’re making to yourself. Add a brief analysis of how well you have lived up to those promises in the previous four weeks. Then describe in strong language how you plan to better fulfill those promises in the coming four weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): During the campaign for U.S. president in 1896, Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan traveled 18,000 miles as he made speeches all over the country.

But the Republican candidate, William McKinley, never left his hometown of Canton, Ohio. He urged people to visit him if they wanted to hear what he had to say. The strategy worked. The speeches he delivered from the front porch of his house drew 750,000 attendees and played an important role in his election. I recommend a comparable approach for you in the coming months, Cancerian. Invoke all of your attractive power as you invite interested parties to come see you and deal with you on your home turf.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): “Poetry is a way of

knowledge, but most poetry tells us what we already know,” writes poet Charles Simic. I would say the same thing about a lot of art, theater, film, music and fiction: Too often it presents well-crafted repetitions of ideas we have heard before. In my astrological opinion, Leo, 2017 will be a time when you’ll need to rebel against that limitation.

You will thrive by searching for sources that provide you with novel information and unique understandings. Simic says, “The poem I want to write is impossible: A stone that floats.” I say: Be on the lookout for stones that float.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Economist

magazine reports that if someone wanted to transport $10 million in bills, he or she would have to use eight briefcases. Sadly, after evaluating your astrological omens for 2017, I’ve determined that you won’t ever have a need for that many. If you find yourself in a situation where you must carry bundles of money from one place to another, one suitcase will always be sufficient. But I also want to note that a sizable stash of cash can fit into a single suitcase.

And it’s not out of the question that such a scenario could transpire for you in the coming months. In fact, I foresee a better chance for you to get richer quicker than I’ve seen in years.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): For a bald eagle in flight, feathers are crucial in maintaining balance. If

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it inadvertently loses a feather on one wing, it will purposely shed a comparable feather on the other wing. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this strategy has metaphorical meaning for your life in 2017. Do you want to soar with maximum grace and power? Would you like to ascend and dive, explore and scout, with ease and exuberance? Learn from the eagle’s instinctual wisdom.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In August 2012,

a group of tourists visited the Eldgjá volcanic region in Iceland. After a while, they noticed that a fellow traveler was missing. Guides organized a search party, which worked well into the night trying to track down the lost woman. At 3am, one of the searchers suddenly realized that she herself was the missing person everyone was looking for. The misunderstanding had occurred many hours earlier because she had slipped away to change her clothes, and no one recognized her in her new garb. This is a good teaching story for you to meditate on in 2017, Scorpio. I’d love to see you change so much that you’re almost unrecognizable. And I’d love to see you help people go searching for the new you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 2017, you will be at the peak of your ability to forge new alliances and deepen existing alliances.

You’ll have a sixth sense for cultivating professional connections that can serve your noble ambitions for years to come. I encourage you to be alert for new possibilities that might be both useful for your career and invigorating for your social life. The words “work” and “fun” will belong together! To achieve the best results, formulate a clear vision of the community and support system you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn writer Edgar Allan Poe has been an important cultural influence. His work appears on many “mustread” lists of 19th century American literature. But during the time he was alive, his best-selling book was not his famous poem “The Raven,” nor his short story The Gold Bug, nor his novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Rather, it was The Conchologist’s First Book, a textbook about mollusk shells, which he didn’t actually write, but merely translated and edited. If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, 2017 will bring events to help ensure that your fate is different from Poe’s. I see the coming months as a time when your best talents will be seen and appreciated better than ever before.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “My goal is to create a life that I don’t need a vacation from,” says motivational author Rob Hill Sr. That’s an implausible dream for most people. But in 2017, it will be less implausible than it has ever been for you Aquarians. I don’t guarantee that it will happen. But there is a decent chance that you’ll build a robust foundation for it, and thereby give yourself a head start that enables you to accomplish it by 2019.

Here’s a tip on how to arouse and cultivate your motivation: Set an intention to drum up and seek out benevolent “shocks” that expand your concepts of who you are and what your life is about.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The birds known

as winter wrens live in the Puget Sound area of Washington. They weigh barely half an ounce, and their plain brown coloring makes their appearance unremarkable. Yet they are the avian equivalents of the opera star Pavarotti. If they weighed as much as roosters, their call would be 10 times as strong as the rooster’s cock-a-doodle-doo. Their melodies are rich and complex; one song may have more than 300 notes. When in peak form, the birds can unleash cascades at the rate of 36 notes per second. I propose that we make the winter wren your spirit animal in 2017, Pisces. To a casual observer, you may not look like you can generate so much virtuosity and lyrical power. But according to my analysis, you can.Y

Homework: Send me predictions for your life in 2017.

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