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Hire Marin [The Marin] Civic Center should offer ‘Preference Points’ to Marin residents when it does its hiring. A janitor or laborer should not have to have years of experience, which is real overreach by human resources.

This is what I mean about their fixation to hire the ‘best and the brightest.’ Why should it matter if the fireman who rescues me has a Harvard degree or a high school education?

If job requirements are going to be set so unrealistically high, an applicant who scores somewhere in the 80th percentile (which we commonly refer to as getting a ‘B’), should be adequate for most jobs.

By being realistic in our hiring standards we can more easily fill many jobs with Marin residents, thereby alleviating not only the unemployment of our freshly graduated youth and recently laidoff seniors, but eliminating out-ofcounty traffic and the need to build these folks ‘affordable housing.’

—Alex Easton-Brown

Open letter to Hillary Clinton Dear Hillary, In light of the fact that many world leaders, politicians and public servants, such as yourself, are being exposed as self-serving individuals (Panama Papers scandal) who instead of serving the constituents who elected them, use their positions of power to broker wealthgenerating deals for themselves, their families and friends, I urge you to listen to the voice of conscience speaking through the people and citizens of this United States of America, who are fed up with the likes of career politicians like you who primarily use public office to

generate fortunes for themselves and their circle of friends, instead of doing their mandated duty to serve the commonwealth, as it is aptly called—not corporations and financial institutions!

Having been identified as a politician who systematically uses political office for personal gain, Madam former Secretary of State, We The People, who elect our government officials to do the right thing and carry out a policy of progressive idealism (examples of which are: Free healthcare for all, free higher education for all and environmental standards that protect our lands, including our lakes, rivers, oceans and forests, etc.) which we feel is in the best interest of our citizenry as a whole, want you, Mrs. Clinton, to step down as candidate for the presidency of the United States of America.

We, the true electorate of the leaders of our democracy (not some pledged super-delegates) want our political leaders to engage in conscientious administration and stewardship of our country. We understand this battle to dethrone the entrenched leaders of the current plutocracy governing our nation and world affairs as a moral obligation, and we abundantly possess all the means necessary for implementing the necessary social change we are seeking to bring about!

We believe in laying the groundwork for our children, future world citizens, to be able to live in peace, harmony and shared prosperity on this earth. We believe in the humanist imperative and in equal opportunity for all people to thrive and do well—not just the elite classes.

We believe in self-governance and self-administration and in a true representative democracy, such that the promise made at Gettysburg of a “government of the people, by the people, for the people” should not perish from the earth, as it is in danger of doing presently.

We have reached the turning point and our voices will be heard!

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Square Foot Gardening, created by Mel Bartholomew, was featured in our May 4 Home & Garden issue.

Sad news Great article, Dirt Diva [‘Valued veggies,’ May 4] … sadly, though, I need to let you know: Square Foot Gardening Creator Dies at 84: Mel Bartholomew, creator of Square Foot Gardening, has passed away at the age of 84 in La Jolla, California after a two-year battle with cancer.

Bartholomew was a graduate of Georgia Tech, and served in the Army as a First Lieutenant/ Radar and Electronics Officer.

After retiring from a career in civil engineering, Bartholomew applied his love for gardening and his engineering experience to find a brand new approach to single row gardening. The Square Foot Gardening method was the result, and it revolutionized the way millions would garden.

His first book, Square Foot Gardening was published in 1981 and has sold over 2.5 million copies, making Bartholomew the bestselling garden author in North America for over a generation.

Through his books, PBS television series, innumerable personal appearances and a wide network of Certified Instructors, Bartholomew encouraged gardeners everywhere to abandon the tradition of row

gardening for a more efficient, space-saving, easy and fun method.

From the proceeds of his book sales, he established the Square Foot Gardening Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to combat world hunger by spreading his method of gardening around the globe.

Bartholomew’s death was announced by the Square Foot Gardening Foundation, which has vowed to carry on his mission. “The Square Foot Gardening Foundation, along with the Bartholomew family look forward to continuing with Mel’s mission and the future of Square Foot Gardening for generations to come.”

Mr. Bartholomew is survived by his son Stephen, from Huntington, New York and Jeffrey from Brookville, Maryland. A daughter, Gail, died in 2000. Mel is also survived by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, as well as his former wife, Virginia. A private service will be held on Long Island at a later date. Donations can be sent by check to: Square Foot Gardening Foundation, 939 Coast Blvd. 12D, La Jolla, CA 92037.

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3 If viewed from space, planet Earth appears to be what color? And Venus is generally what other color?

4 “Parting is such sweet sorrow” comes from Act 2, Scene 2, of what play?

5 Name these Oscar-winning Best Pictures: a. 1988, with a wet title b. 2004, with an infantile title c. 2010, with a royal title

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6 On May 15 of 1730, Robert Walpole became Great Britain’s first what?

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7 In 1960, 58-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning

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8 In humans, the appendix hangs at the end of what body part?

9 Computer printers rely on CMYK—what four colors of ink?—that can create millions of colors when mixed.

10 Rearrange the four letters in this Asian country’s name and you get a synonym for ‘in addition.’

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▲ A good neighbor helped police snag a suspect in a San Rafael robbery. The hooligan grabbed the victim from behind and forcibly removed the man’s watch from his wrist. Our alert hero read a social media post about his neighbor’s mugging in the Dominican area and realized that he may have the key to the thug’s identity, as he had witnessed a gold-colored Kia driving erratically near the scene of the crime. Better yet, he had written down the license plate number—just in case. The San Rafael police determined that the Kia, a rental car, had been rented by a parolee from Oakland. GPS coordinates placed the vehicle on I-5 in Kern County. Busted.

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▼ A child, Justin Kai, was elected to the Marinwood Community Services District board and serves as president.

Another youth, Marinwood resident Stephen Nestel, lost his bid for a board seat last year. The two kids now feud with each other at district meetings. Stephen doesn’t follow the rules of order and becomes disruptive. Justin pulls power plays and calls the Marin County Sheriff to fight his battles. Last month, the prez stopped the proceedings and requested that sheriff’s deputies remove the troublemaker.

This might amuse us, except these badly behaved boys, chronologically, are adults. We suggest that Stephen shut his mouth when his turn to speak ends and that Justin stop wasting the cops’ time. As Prince said, “Act your age, not your shoe size.”—Nikki Silverstein

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By Joseph Mayton

M

arijuana smokers may not need to travel far if living in Marin County next year, as the approval of four medical marijuana dispensaries in the county could be passed by the end of 2016, the county’s Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed at a May 3 meeting.

To date, Marin residents who want to grab an eighth from a dispensary have usually traveled into San Francisco or a neighboring county

where dispensaries are located—but that is likely to change. However, the supervisors were clear that if an appropriate location is not found, the dispensaries would not be approved.

For the most part, Marin residents appear in favor of the dispensary idea, with more than a dozen coming to the meeting to express their support.

“I am going to be pursuing one of the licenses, which could almost be called ‘golden tickets’ at this point,” said Tyler Higgins, of San Rafael,

during the public comment portion of the hearing on the medical marijuana dispensaries.

Tom Lai, assistant director for the Marin County Community Development Agency and working on the dispensary additions to the county, told the Pacific Sun that a major catalyst for the idea of permitting dispensaries to open was to “give greater choice (and access) to patients and caregivers in Marin County.”

Lai said it made sense to establish legal dispensaries in order to allow

residents to rely on their own county and local businesses rather than on delivery services and surrounding counties. We recently reported on local startups racing to corner the market on medical marijuana [‘Cannabis inc.,’ March 2].

“The Board also felt it important for patients to be able to receive a consultation about the different varieties of medical cannabis within the safe confines of a dispensary,” Lai added.

The application process has a number of stages. An “internal

week would only cover the cost to the county in administering the licensing program,” he added.

Under California law, counties can opt out of permitting medical marijuana transport through their borders, meaning that getting marijuana from one county to another can present problems.

So the step for Marin to add dispensaries is a somewhat novel idea for the county.

The marijuana industry brings in more than $500 million per year to the state, according to NerdWallet, and Marin hopes to get a little piece of that growing pie.

But there is serious concern among some purchasers who are open about the effects in what is described by Harborside Health Center purchasing manager Timothy Anderson as an “already constricted market.”

“We were already under pressure from the drought,” Anderson told MarketWatch. “Prices are high and availability is low.

“I had to help another farmer get new plants,” Anderson said. “There’s a range of issues.”

But what if California voters legalize marijuana this November, when the issue is on the ballot?

Supervisor Steve Kinsey said that “from this supervisor’s perspective, there is no need to have four if we don’t see benefits to the locations that are being proposed.”

Kinsey added that if recreational cannabis is legalized, he believes that the state and county would create a separate scheme for regulating both sectors of the industry.Y

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staff working group” would be established first, followed by a medical cannabis dispensary advisory committee that would be appointed by County Administrator Matthew Hymel.

Hymel would then have the ultimate say in approval or rejection. If an applicant is not satisfied with the reasoning behind a rejection, he or she may appeal the decision directly to the Board of Supervisors.

Real estate broker Charles Winstead of Bolinas questioned whether or not there would be enough land for the dispensaries to be established. “I’ve seen the number of eligible parcels drop down to less than a handful, he said. “I think there is a pretty good chance you’re going to get hardly any applications.”

Others were against the notion altogether.

“There is going to be 24-hour lighting there, which is like an advertisement to our youth— look, there is weed here,” said Lane Arye of Woodacre. “My kids are elementary [school] age.

I don’t really want to have that conversation quite yet.”

Still, Lai said the dispensaries will bring in revenue for the county, including sales tax, although not that much. “Because the maximum number of dispensaries that could be licensed in the county is four, the impact on sales tax revenue (which mostly goes to the state), is negligible,” he said.

“The county does not have any additional special tax on medical cannabis. The fees that were approved by the Board last

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Stomping the grapes with winemaker Sean Thackrey

By James Knight

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Vintner Sean Thackrey says that referring to ancient texts in his winemaking process opens his eyes to the possibilities to make something “that might be really delicious, using all sorts of techniques that we don’t even think of now.”

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ven if you can’t find Sean Thackrey in Bolinas, you expect to find Sean Thackrey in Bolinas. He’s been called eclectic, eccentric and idiosyncratic, and that’s just in one magazine article. Add cryptic, enigmatic and even downright medieval, and you get the picture that the winemaker inhabits the outskirts of wine country proper—of course you’d be more likely to find such a character in a bohemian enclave like Bolinas.

so much better than the others.

To make a long story short, it turned out that the crew had said, f**k it, we want some wine, so they broke into these amphorae and they took a bunch of wine out to drink on the boat and replaced that with seawater. And apparently that was so much better, that became a standard technique of making what they called Coan wine. I’ve never tried it, but it’s just an example of something that you wouldn’t dream of doing now. And yet you have to think that the people who made the Parthenon had a reasonable taste in wine.

Knight: What are some examples of ancient or medieval techniques that you do apply?

Thackrey: It’s more the idea of being open to different tastes in wine than just the narrow band that we’re now working with. I’m not advocating adding seawater to wine, but you at least might want to do the experiment just for the hell of it.

As I said, do you really think that the people who designed the Parthenon were sitting down and drinking absolute rot? It’s a little hard to believe; that’s not the way it generally tends to work. I just think it’s very nice to keep an open mind about what can actually work in winemaking, and I think studying ancient texts is a very good way to do that.

Knight: Most of the time when people talk about the ancient technique of winemaking that they’re doing, it’s just crushing, not adding stuff, and punching down.

And they say, well, that’s the way it’s always been done. You’re saying there’s more to it than the bare bones?

Thackrey: Far more. Winemaking used to be far more invasive than it now is. Half of the old winemaking texts are ways to fake things, ways to add stuff, because there were so many ways for wine to go bad.

After all, it wasn’t until Pasteur that people even realized—microbes were thought not to exist and there was a lot of sentiment that any suggestion they might exist was considered heresy at that point.

That’s what’s interesting about the history of winemaking, is how little of it was undisturbed. If you lived in the village of Nuits-SaintGeorges, you could get some pretty much undisturbed wine; if you lived anywhere else—I mean, that Burgundy was going to be put through so much bullshit by the time it ever got to you, that it would be pretty much amazing to talk about it as just being the real thing straight from the source, not being touched by anything but pure virgins or something. It was unbelievable.

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James Knight: From reading articles over the past decade or so, I would think people have this impression of Sean Thackrey as the reclusive, mysterious winemaker.

Sean Thackrey: People just get so enamored of that kind of simplification. The other one that I love is being called eccentric, just because I don’t do things the way [UC] Davis does them—it’s not eccentric in the slightest.

Knight: Would you say that your use of ancient texts is overemphasized?

Thackrey: Well, I think it’s a little overemphasized. Wine has really been made a lot of different ways.

I don’t think people understand how different earlier wine styles are than what we now do—I mean just totally different—and yet they gave great pleasure. So I think it opens your eyes to the immense number of possibilities to make something that might be really delicious, using all sorts of techniques that we don’t even think of now.

Some of the most famous wines of Greece, for example, were cut pretty severely with seawater. The island of Kos was kind of famous for its wines, and apparently a shipment of wines was going to Athens from Kos, and when it arrived, there were two amphorae that were decidedly better than the others. The shipper was really interested in getting to the bottom of why these two were

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Except that for many years, I could not find Sean Thackrey. Yes, he had a website, but even that was arcane: Much of the text is in Latin, Italian and Middle French from the scholarly winemaker’s personal library. An email went nowhere. I made a reconnaissance to Bolinas, poking around in the eucalyptus groves where the vintner was said to be ensconced with his barrels and his books, and making wine according to ancient recipes.

And it wasn’t just me. As novelist and wine writer Jay McInerney recently told the Wine Writers Symposium at Meadowood, for all his world travels, finding Sean Thackrey in Bolinas was one of the most confounding tasks. Thackrey must be the last vintner in the world who doesn’t send out regular press releases to tout his wines.

Then one day, there it was in my inbox: A press release from Thackrey & Company Fine Wine.

What happened?

Whole Foods happened, for one. Thackrey’s lowest-priced and once slightly-less-than-impossibleto-attain wine, a red blend called Pleiades, got picked up by the behemoth grocer for its Northern California stores, which means that Pleiades must be on the shelf at all times. Thackrey ramped up production, hired a marketing assistant and an office manager, and, at their insistence, even became an enthusiastic participant on social media—which he used to call “antisocial media.”

A photographer and art history dropout, Thackrey co-owned a San Francisco art gallery when he founded a winery at his Bolinas home in 1981. He first sold wine to his friends at Chez Panisse and garnered early acclaim when his first official release was called “the best Merlot ever made in California, blah blah blah,” according to Thackrey, by a budding wine critic named Robert Parker.

When I finally meet Thackrey, he bounds out of his Bolinas barn—a newer location that holds extra barrels and a few old redwood fermenters, and which is just a little more artistically bent than your average barn—and begins talking a mile a minute about the origin of Pleiades. Clad in a jean jacket and sporting a gray mop coiffed by randomness, Thackrey’s affable, academic quickness and vintage style are reminiscent of a radical campus professor with roots in the ’60s.

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And some of the detail was very surprising!

Knight: For example?

Thackrey: If you go anywhere in Burgundy they tell you it’s all been done exactly the same way since the seventh century or whatever—the pretense is that we’re just doing the same old thing; wine is made in the vineyard; we don’t really do much of anything, and so on.

Well, the first text that really goes into great detail on winemaking in Burgundy is from about 1831.

And it was by a Dr. Morelot who owned some major estates in the Côte d’Or, so he knew what he was talking about.

I was just very struck, for example, by where he talks about how long a great red Burgundy should be fermented. He said it should be on the skins for something between 24 and 36 hours. Hours? You know, that wouldn’t be enough to make a rosé nowadays. I mean, our Fifi is on the skins for much longer than that.

Knight: What about the cold soak?

Thackrey: I use a different version of the same sort of idea, and I’m the only one I know that does that, although it used to be very common. That is definitely an idea that I would not have had if I did not get it from old books. The first mention I have of it is from the Greek poet Hesiod—that would be eighth century B.C., so that’s going back quite a ways—and it goes as a leitmotif all the way up through the entire history of winemaking until the late 19th century. That was the idea that you get the grapes off the vine, and then you simply put them some place and let them rest for a while before you then crush them and make them into wine. We do that now absolutely as a matter of course.

There’s no question whatever that the wine produced from fruit that had just been allowed to sit for a while was simply better. And it was better, because it was more harmonious. It had an unusual sort of quality about it.

Nobody in classical cider texts ever talks about taking apples right off the tree and fermenting them. They would let them sit in a pile. It was called “sweating” the apples. They would sit there and they would be practically rotting, a long time …

And then they would crush them and make them into cider. And it was very much the same idea [with grapes]. It was meant to improve the taste.

That’s the kind of thing that is, I think, a legitimate use of early texts, and it certainly was a surprise to me.

Knight: Have you come across anything regarding the Medieval Warm Period, when temperatures were maybe two degrees warmer until the 1400s? It struck me that varieties like Pinot Noir became celebrated during that time. So were they making the California-style wines that people talk about these days, or what?

Thackrey: Who the hell knows, but that’s just the fad that we’re in now—the low-alcohol fad. It kinda gets to you after a while, particularly if you read back historically. All of the great vintages—the vintage of 1811 or the vintage of 1945—they were all the hottest years around.

That’s what everybody said—the wine had concentrations we’d never seen before. Well, now we hear about the French palate, the American palate, fruit bombs and crude, over-extracted wine—and I’m so tired of that. I mean, there are ways to sell wine, and that’s one of them. But ripe fruit is ripe fruit.

Yes, fruit will be ripe at different points for different kinds of wines.

Obviously, fruit that’s made into Champagne is perfectly ripe for Champagne; it’s certainly not ripe for Amarone.

If you think about it, the difference between 15 percent and 13 percent is 2 percent. Well, 2 percent of 750 milliliters is 15 milliliters. If you look at 15 milliliters, that’s the difference in the amount of alcohol in a bottle of wine at 15 percent vs. 13 percent. Do you really think that’s just going to totally unbalance everything and wreck the thing and make it into this horrible, hot finish, chemical-tasting wine? It’s crazy.

To me, the classic argument is, OK, so you can’t drink port, because it’s 21 percent alcohol, right? It’s got a hot finish, right? Ah, well, no!

Knight: I hear people talking about how they want a wine with a “sense of place,” and that it should taste like it “comes from somewhere.”

Thackrey: Oh, I’ve heard that so many times. If you wanted to talk about it as being a cultural thing, then I wouldn’t have any problem with that at all. For example, let’s suppose we’re sitting here at the table with an old guy from MoreySaint-Denis and we serve him a Chard, and he says, “That doesn’t

It’s a matter of what people want to believe. The part that I don’t like about the whole thing with terroir is the part that is simply in bad faith.

In other words, it’s absolutely to the economic self-interest of people that own vineyards to attribute the quality of the wine that results from that vineyard to the real estate that they own. This is very bankable.

It’s like having a restaurant that’s called Chez Jacques and Jacques dies—well, what happens to the restaurant? Well, that’s very much true with winemaking. So obviously if Chateau Margaux can sell people on the idea that it’s because of the real estate that is owned by Chateau Margaux that Chateau Margaux tastes the way it does, they’re way ahead of the game.

Knight: Do you feel that at this point people will keep coming back for your wines for the name, or do you really have to keep up the innovation and quality?

Thackrey: Well, I do. Nothing ever goes out of here that I don’t absolutely like, completely. And I mean in the sense that I want personally to drink it as often as possible. That is a rule about which there is no negotiation whatever. We even call the catalogue that we send out to our mailing list, The Catalog of Reliable Pleasures. Because that’s what I like to think of them as being.

If someone feels just like a glass of Pleiades, they’re going to go up there and take down the bottle and pour themselves a glass of Pleiades, and you know, they’re going to like it! They know that. So consistency I think is extremely important, particularly if you do as much experimenting as I do.

I think people still have to feel that the end result is going to be something that I actually, really, no kidding, feel was pretty terrific.Y

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taste at all like our home cooking, that doesn’t have the sense of place that I want it to have, that doesn’t taste like Morey-Saint-Denis to me.”

Well, that’s a cultural thing.

Knight: It’s a personal history.

Thackrey: It’s a personal history, absolutely. That’s home cooking, is what it really is. That’s perfectly valid; there’s nothing wrong with that, that’s great. But for people to invent this whole idea that somehow the subsoil of the Morvan Forest wants to express itself in a glass of wine, I mean, it just sets off so many short circuits for me, it’s very, very hard to stay entirely polite.

Knight: I’ve seen this applied to recently developed vineyards.

Thackrey: Oh, sure, and you go on the website and all you see are pictures of dirt!

I don’t understand it in the slightest. The idea that fruit grown in different places tastes different is hardly revolutionary. The point is, somebody has to do something with this. And what they do with it is going to be what bats last as to how it winds up tasting.

After all in so many cases, I will be buying part of a vineyard’s production of Sangiovese, say, and somebody else will be buying the rest of it. So we’re both making wine from exactly the same grapes.

And very often we’ll harvest it on exactly the same day. And we will wind up with wines that are radically different from each other. And it’s not that either one of us is some mechanically minded winemaker that just ruins everything into the same stuff; it’s just you make different choices as you’re going along, as a cook would. Nobody would expect that two different chefs working with the same source of chicken would wind up making chicken that tastes the same. I mean, of course you wouldn’t think that.

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hen Heineken acquired a 50 percent stake in Petalumabased Lagunitas Brewing Company, a collective shudder was felt throughout the craft beer industry. Local beer lovers are watching the brand closely, wary that the beloved 23-year-old brewery might lose some of its small-town artisanal appeal now that the world’s third-largest beermaker owns a substantial share of the company.

BeerCraft, a bottle shop and taproom, offers an antidote to the notion of all things “Big Beer.” Both retailer and monthly beer club, the outpost focuses exclusively on American-made craft beer and takes its mission of educating customers about the many and varied options available to them very seriously.

If all goes according to plan, brothers J.T. and Matt Fenn will bring their unique Rohnert Park-based retail and in-storepickup craft beer club concept to 7388B Redwood Blvd. in downtown Novato this summer.

J.T. and Matt Fenn grew up in Southern Marin and attended Tam High School. After working in high tech and sales, the siblings eventually returned to Northern California, and four years ago opened their unique beer club/retail storefront. Initially BeerCraft

was a bottle shop where customers could buy beer to go. After a couple of years the store evolved into a taproom, and today it has an inventory of almost 300 beers at any given time and up to 10 different brews on tap.

“We really focus on seasonal, limited edition and “out of market” (meaning not available through local distributors) beer,” explains J.T., who says that carefully curating the store’s offerings is what makes them really unique.

Another feature of BeerCraft that sets them apart from other retailers is their beer club. Members can pay a monthly fee, and the owners will select up to four 22-ounce bottles of specialty crafted brews that members can then pick up in-store. Most of their 200plus members are local and have the advantage of being able to stop by and taste samples. If a member receives a style or flavor that he or she doesn’t like, BeerCraft will swap it out for a different brew.

When BeerCraft opens its doors in its new 1600 square-foot space (it will replace an antique store), it is likely that the selection (from throughout the U.S.) will have been well-tested and handpicked by a couple of guys who clearly know their craft.Y Learn more at beercraft.com.

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here are certain movies that are essential viewing for any true American baseball fan,” says acclaimed sports journalist and radio host Brian Murphy. “In fact, I would say that’s true, not just for American baseball fans, but for any American, period. If you are an American, and you have not seen certain baseball films, you should stop whatever you are doing right now and start watching immediately.”

And what, pray tell, are those essential films?

“The Natural. Bull Durham. Field of Dreams.

“Those are the pantheon films,” Murphy adds, pouncing on the word “pantheon” like Roy Hobbs knocking the cover off a vicious fastball. “There have been a lot of great baseball movies over the years, but those three are the essentials. They are things of beauty.

They are pure and perfect. They are a cut way above the rest.”

Amen, brother Murphy. You can pass the collection plate now.

Brian Murphy is best known as the amiable, trivia-dropping co-host of the popular “Murph & Mac” radio show on KNBR 680 AM. A North Bay native, he covered sports for the San Francisco Chronicle for 15 years. He’s the author of several popular sports-themed books, including Worth the Wait (2011), Never.

Say. Die.: The San Francisco Giants—2012 World Series Champions (2013) and The San Francisco 49ers: From Kezar to Levi Stadium (2014).

It’s a Sunday afternoon, not long after the San Francisco Giants soundly beat the New York Mets in a 6-1 victory that denied the reigning National League Champions a sweep at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Had he not been watching the game, Murphy admits that he might likely have been at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, where a six-week series titled “Baseball in the Movies” launched in April. Field of Dreams was first up, and

the series continued with the film he missed today—Moneyball, the critically acclaimed 2011 docudrama about the Oakland Athletics and General Manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), during the dramatic 2002 baseball season.

“Actually, I’m not a big Moneyball supporter,” Murphy almost gleefully admits. “There’s a cranky group of us who didn’t love it as much as the critics did. Brad Pitt was fine. There were some excellent things about it. OK. But the thing is—I covered those games as a beat writer. I was there. And the movie just had too many transgressions, for me. It betrayed the truth of what really happened. I acknowledge it was a very entertaining movie, but I’d rank it a bit lower than those other pantheon films we talked about.”

Murphy offers a brief analysis of a number of classic baseball films, good and bad. Eventually, one title is mentioned—a film beloved by a certain generation of film and baseball

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‘Field of Dreams’ was the first film in the series ‘Baseball in the Movies,’ running through May 29 at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center.

fans, but not so much by Murphy. It’s 1993’s The Sandlot.

“The Sandlot, to me, is fine, it’s a diversion, a lighthearted romp through a nostalgic childhood,” he says. “But it’s not eternal, like those other movies. I know that’s not a popular view with some people. The Sandlot Mafia doesn’t want to hear it, and they’ll come after me hard on this. I respect it. They’re just defending their turf.”

As for the films being screened at the Rafael over the next few Sundays, Murphy says that, though each has its detractors, two are as hard to beat as the Giants in an even-numbered year.

“Everyone has their own opinion,” he admits. “The edginess and saltiness of Bull Durham, that’s just the ultimate tribute to the reality of baseball, the awkward comedy and the blue language and all of that. The curveballs and the fastballs, the Minor League catchers striving to get into the ‘Bigs,’ the baseball groupies, and the guys from the Caribbean using chicken bones to try and get out of slumps. That stuff is real, and we love the game of baseball because it has that stuff. But then there’s the other part of baseball that we love too, which is the incredible romanticism that we associate with the game.

“There’s that part of baseball that is timeless and ethereal,” he continues.

“That’s the part of baseball that The Natural speaks to. If you are a sucker for romance, if you are moved by mythology, then The Natural is your movie. It’s damn near a Biblical allegory, you know?”

Murphy understands that there are those who feel such stuff is, um, a bit corny, that baseball has enough drama in the average nine-inning game that it doesn’t need The Natural’s heightened elements—lightning striking during major at-bats, the Excaliber-like bat named Wonderboy, the near-mystical woman in white standing up in the stadium stands and glowing with light.

“I get why people say that,” Murphy says. “They’re realists. So am I. I love facts and stats and all of that. And I still love The Natural!

“Sometimes it’s just necessary to surrender yourself to the profound.

And for me, those are the three. Bull Durham for realism. The Natural for the epic mythology. And Field of Dreams standing in between them both, soaking up a little of each. That’s it, man. This is culture, American culture. For guys like me, it doesn’t get any better than that.”Y

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A 1708 comic masterpiece is reinvigorated by playwright David Ives in Aurora Theatre Company’s ‘The Heir Apparent.’

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he good news is that Berkeley’s intimate Aurora Theatre is currently hosting one of the most sublime evenings of classic farce that the Bay Area has seen in years. When I began this column I was about to add the bad news that unless you already have tickets, you might not be able to get in before David Ives’ The Heir Apparent closes on May 15. Then, word came that the show is being extended a week, to May 22. Better hurry, though, because the venue is small and unclaimed seats are going fast.

Ives is a genuine American literary phenomenon. Born in 1950 and educated in Catholic schools, he was heading toward a career in the priesthood when he decided in his

20s that he didn’t have much to say about God, but a lot to say about people’s lives. Ever since, there has been a cascade of words: Novels, short stories, children’s fiction, film scripts, opera librettos, books for musicals, poetry, non-fiction articles for national magazines … The list is endless.

Probably, his best-known works have been for the stage. These include a pair—All in the Timing (six thematically linked one-acts that had their debut New York run in 1993-94) and Venus in Fur (fulllength, 2013-14); both, excepting Shakespeare, were the most frequently produced plays around the country (including the Bay Area) during the seasons mentioned.

While those are originals, Ives has also frequently adapted classic plays for modern audiences. The Heir Apparent’s ancestry stretches through thousands of years of Western theatrical history, from Ancient Greece’s Aristophanes, to ancient Rome’s Plautus, to Renaissance Italy’s commedia dell’arte, to Moliere and the French school, to Jean Francois Regnard, whose boisterous, overtly scatological Le Légataire Universel (1708), is cited by Ives as the basis for what he calls his “transladaptation.”

Same situations, similar characters, but they are accompanied by a new rhymed script that is generously sprinkled with contemporary references and potty-mouthed asides. Without doubt, a few fall

flat, but many are thigh-slapping hilarious, and even the groaners add to the pleasant sensation that we have entered a parallel, highly entertaining absurd universe.

The setting is early 18th century Paris. Crusty septuagenarian Geronte (Julian López-Morillas in a role that fits him like a second skin) is nearing his final days on earth— or so it seems to those who have their eyes fixed on his considerable fortune. In a nicely detailed performance, Kenny Toll is Eraste, Geronte’s nephew, who dreams of inheriting his uncle’s millions so he can persuade his fortune-hunting mother Madame Argante (an imperious Elizabeth Carter) to bless his marriage to the lovely Isabelle (Khalia Davis). A pair of servants, Lisette (Katie Rubin) and Crispin (Patrick Kelly Jones) also share the dream, but for them it’s that when the old man finally gives up the ghost, a few scraps from the estate settlement will enable their own union.

While Geronte’s continual complaints about the state of his bowels, lungs and heart raise everyone’s hopes, he stubbornly recovers from every episode until, one glorious day, Lisette reports that he died in his sleep. The ensuing celebration is cut short by the realization that their reluctant benefactor, irascible to the end, has left no will. A dwarf-sized lawyer named Scruple (Lawrence Radecker, who, to fit the character’s description, is compelled to shuffle along on his knees) is summoned, and Crispin, disguised as Geronte, requests that he draft a will that will satisfy the group’s aspirations.

Just then …

No spoiler. All of the forgoing nonsense would fail if Aurora’s production lacked a director and actors who didn’t know how to present classic farce. Fortunately, Josh Costello’s staging is impeccable and the whole ensemble performs with the energy and craft that the play requires.

As for David Ives, scuttlebutt has it that his next project is a collaboration with Stephen Sondheim on a musical based on the surreal visions of Spanish film auteur Luis Buñuel. Can’t wait.Y

NOW PLAYING: The Heir Apparent runs through May 22 at the Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison St., Berkeley; 510/843-4822; auroratheatre.org.

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Healing sounds Christine Tulis channels spirituality in her music By Lily O’Brien

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any people intuitively feel that music has a healing effect, but singer, composer, harpist and bodyworker Christine Tulis has no doubt about it—she felt a calling from a very early age to channel healing and spirituality through music.

“I’m a healer at my core and the harp and my voice are an expression of the healing arts for me,” she says.

Tulis’ music combines the celestial sounds of the harp with her beautiful voice, and recordings include an array of other instruments, many of which are played by her partner, Kem Stone.

Tulis, who has long blond hair, teal blue eyes and a warm smile, composes her own music and writes lyrics for some of it; she also uses sacred text by mystical poets including Rumi.

The results are ethereal, peaceful and mesmerizing. “I want the music to take them on an inner journey that is beautiful,” she says of listeners.

Tulis grew up in Massachusetts, but always yearned for California; at 21, she crossed the country and settled in Arcata. It was there that she experienced her first massage, which was life-changing. When she got off the table, she knew that she wanted to “put people in this state of supreme peace.”

Tulis’ second “epiphany” came a year later when she heard someone playing the Celtic harp while she was walking in a grassy meadow at a Harmonic Convergence gathering in southern Oregon. “I had a really profound

emotional reaction, where I felt like my heart just broke open into a million pieces,” Tulis recalls.

She returned to Massachusetts to study both harp and bodywork, and after attending a 2007 sound healing conference in San Francisco, established and ran a healing circle in New England that explored the healing nature of sound and music.

In 2011, Tulis and Stone settled in Marin, which Tulis calls a “magical” and “deeply spiritual” place. She has recently officially launched her own bodywork practice—Sound Temple Healing Arts—where she uses techniques that include sound-healing tuning forks and anointing with holy oils.

Tulis has recorded two CDs, Sea of Dreams, and Portal, which won a spiritual music award from the Moondance International Film Festival in Boulder. She has performed all over the world, including at two United Nations events and at Chartres Cathedral in France.

“I have a profound spiritual calling to help people awaken to the beauty of who they are,” Tulis says. “We are spiritual beings of love. It’s our destiny to awaken to that.”Y Tulis will be performing on May 15 as a guest artist for the worship service at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco at 11am, 1187 Franklin Street at Geary, San Francisco; 415/776-4580. To learn more, visit christinetulis.com.

In ‘Francofonia,’ Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov focuses on the art of the Louvre, bringing to life some of the paintings’ subjects.

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Museum meditation ‘Francofonia’ explores art’s role

By Richard von Busack

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hat happens when you’re too openeyed to believe that France is all about liberty, equality and brotherhood, and yet you’re still emotionally convinced that the nation is the last refuge of the beautiful and the logical? In Alexander Sokurov’s case, you make Francofonia.

As in his 2002 Russian Ark, which prowled Leningrad’s Hermitage, Sokurov sees ghosts in the hallways of the Louvre. Or rather, a spirit: Marianne, the female personification of France. This phantom of liberty in her Phrygian cap haunts the halls, repeating her three-word motto like a parrot. The unseen narrator of Francofonia also meets Marianne’s exact opposite—the ghost of that enemy of liberté, égalité and fraternité, Napoleon Bonaparte. The emperor pauses in front of Jacques Louis David’s portrait of his coronation. He points and boasts, “That’s me!”

Sokurov probes a crisis point in the museum’s multi-century history: The story of how much of the Louvre’s collection was hidden from the Nazi occupiers. This spiriting away of the

masterpieces was, perhaps (this movie is full of perhapses) the result of an understanding between two men.

One was the Franz Wolff-Metternich (Benjamin Utzerath); the other was the Louvre’s director Jacques Jaujard (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing).

Sokurov considers the war years the most fascinating part of the tale.

The director, however, is at his most interesting when he’s recording his Roland Barthes-like observations. Does art, like France, truly have a civilizing mission? He considers the massive art heists by Napoleon and Hitler as a method to empurple their regimes— to make them royal.

When Sokurov mulls over the importance of portraiture—“Who would I have been, if I never saw the eyes of those who came before me?”— one suspects that he’s alluding to the newest threat to European art, the fundamentalist Muslims who reject all depiction of the human form. But who can say? It’s a slippery film. Enjoy scoping the things you can never quite get a look at because of the stampede of tourists, and mull over Sokurov’s sentiment that the contents of the Louvre are worth more than all of France.Y

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Movies

•New Movies This Week

By Matthew Stafford

Friday May 13 - Thursday May 19 The Abolitionists (2:00) Documentary follows former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard and his crew as they travel the world rescuing children from sex slavery.

The Angry Birds Movie (1:35) Three chronically annoyed chirpers go ballistic when happy green pigs invade their domain; Sean Penn and Maya Rudolph lend voice.

The Armor of Light (1:28) Documentary focuses on two people of faith—one a grieving mother, the other an antiabortion minister—who question the morality of gun ownership.

Barbershop: The Next Cut (1:52) Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer and the rest of the gang are back and trying to save the shop from (presumably) greedy landlords, politicians and tech millionaires.

Born to Be Blue (1:38) Ethan Hawke as trumpeter-crooner Chet Baker, cool jazz icon and struggling heroin addict.

The Boss (1:39) Industrialist-turned-jailbird Melissa McCarthy is out of the slammer, eager to rehabilitate her image despite old enemies Peter Dinklage and Kathy Bates.

Captain America: Civil War (2:26) When the federal government clamps down on the Avengers’ frequently bloody escapades, Steve Rogers goes rogue: Run for cover.

Colliding Dreams (2:14) Documentary examines the history of Zionism and the effect it’s had on the Middle East of today.

Concerto: A Beethoven Journey (1:33) Documentary focuses on acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as he explores Ludwig’s life and work and takes on his five piano concertos.

The Darkness (1:32) It’s not your typical family vacation when Kevin Bacon and his brood pick up a bad case of supernatural heebie-jeebies at the Grand Canyon.

Dough (1:34) A Jewish baker and his Muslim apprentice form an unlikely alliance when the apprentice’s stash accidentally brings joy and happiness to their clientele.

Eye in the Sky (1:42) Hard-hitting drama about the moral implications of drone warfare stars Helen Mirren as an antiterrorist Army colonel in dangerous Kenya.

The Family Fang (1:45) Kevin Wilson’s bestseller hits the big screen with Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman as the conventional children of radical avant-garde performance artists; Bateman directs, too.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1:38) John Hughes’ ode to slacker disobedience stars Matthew Broderick as a high school senior who cuts class, swipes a Ferrari and turns Chicago into his personal playground.

The First Monday in May (1:30) Documentary focuses on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s groundbreaking, fashion-forward “China Through the Looking Glass” exhibition; Jean-Paul Gaultier and other fashionable folk share insights.

Green Room (1:34) Horror thriller about a punk rock band battling murderous white supremacists at a remote country roadhouse.

Hello, My Name Is Doris (1:30) Romantic dramedy stars Sally Field as a quirky office drone obsessed with a new workmate half her age (Max Greenfield).

High-Rise (1:52) Metropolis redux as Tom Hiddleston movies into a high-tech skyscraper where the haves occupy the lush upper floors and the have-nots exist beneath.

A Hologram for the King (1:38) Tom Tykwer drama stars Tom Hanks as a fish-out-of-water businessman in Saudi Arabia who gets by with a little help from a beautiful doctor and a wiseguy cabbie.

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (1:54) The fabled woodsman is back, taking on two evil sisters out to conquer the Enchanted Forest; Charlize Theron

and Chris Hemsworth star.

The Jungle Book (1:51) The Kipling classic hits the big screen with Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Ben Kingsley lending voice to a variety of tropical fauna.

Keanu (1:40) Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele bring their TV schtick to the big screen in a comedy about two hapless cousins who pose as gangsters to get their pet kitten back.

Last Days in the Desert (1:38) A holy man emerging from 40 days in the wilderness (Jesus?) struggles with the Devil over a family’s fate; Ewan McGregor stars as savior and Satan.

Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (1:40) Explore the life and work of the Renaissance Era artist, scientist, inventor and all-around genius.

Life on the Water Double Bill Catch two eye-filling documentaries on the seafaring life of Marin’s own Warwick Tompkins: A Lifetime at Sea and Cape Horn Passage.

The Man Who Knew Infinity (1:49) Historical drama about the enduring friendship between a self-taught mathematical genius (Dev Patel) and his eccentric Cambridge professor-mentor (Jeremy Irons).

The Meddler (1:40) Susan Sarandon stars as a freshly widowed cockeyed optimist who begins a happy new life in Southern California making sure everyone else is happy, too.

Miles Ahead (1:40) Eccentric biopic about the later life of Miles Davis stars Don Cheadle as the drugged-out jazz superstar; Cheadle writes and directs, too.

Money Monster (1:38) Thriller stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts as the host and producer of a financial affairs program who stumble upon a global money-market conspiracy; Jodie Foster directs.

Mother’s Day (1:58) Ensemble comedy about three generations of matriarchs stars Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson and …

Hector Elizondo.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (1:34) Toula and Ian are back and dealing with a sparkless marriage, a teenage daughter and all those wacky relatives.

The Natural (2:18) Lush period piece stars Robert Redford as an aging ballplayer making a comeback and Glenn Close and Kim Basinger as the good and bad girls in his life; classic score by Randy Newman.

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (1:31) The hapless Radners join forces with former frat boy Zac Efron to take down the denizens of the unruly sorority next door.

Papa (1:49) True tale of the relationship between a young writer and his hero, Ernest Hemingway, during the icon’s expat residence in revolutionary Cuba.

Queen Mimi (1:16) Documentary tribute to an elderly homeless woman named Mimi whose strength of spirit has made her an inspiration in these ageist, money-obsessed times.

Ratchet and Clank (1:34) Feel-good cartoon about a troupe of unlikely heroes who take on a galaxy-destroying bad guy.

Sing Street (1:46) Irish musical about a Dublin lad who forms a rock band to impress a spirited colleen.

A Story Worth Living (1:55) Join author John Eldredge on a thousand-mile motorcycle journey through Colorado’s dazzling backcountry.

Sweet Bean (1:53) Japanese tale of the unlikely friendship that develops between a lonely shop owner and his star baker, an elderly woman with secrets of her own.

Zootopia (1:48) Disney cartoon about a meltingpot mammalian metropolis where a rookie bunny-rabbit cop teams up with a grifting fox to fight crime.

• The Abolitionists (Not Rated) • The Angry Birds Movie (PG)

Regency: Mon 7:30 Northgate: Thu 7, 9:20; 3D showtimes at 8, 10:20 Rowland: Thu 8, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 7, 9:30 • The Armor of Light (PG-13) Rafael: Mon noon (free admission; RSVP required at eventbrite.com) Barbershop: The Next Cut (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:30, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 Born to Be Blue (R) Lark: Fri 6:40; Sat 8:40; Tue 12:40; Wed 8:20 The Boss (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:30, 7:30 Captain America: Cinema: Fri-Wed 3:30, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 12:10, 7 Fairfax: Fri-Sat Civil War (PG-13) 12:15, 1:15, 3:30, 4:40, 6:45, 7:45, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:15, 1:15, 3:30, 4:40, 6:45, 7:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 12:20, 2, 3:40, 5:20, 7, 8:40, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 1:10, 2:50, 4:30, 6:10, 7:50, 9:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:45, 9:45; Sat 12, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45; Sun 12, 3:30, 6:45; Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:35, 7, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 10:30, 1:40, 4:50, 8 • Colliding Dreams (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 1:55; Sun 8:30; Mon 12:20; Thu 2:10 Concerto: A Beethoven Journey (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 2 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:25 • The Darkness (PG-13) Dough (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 6; Sat-Sun 1:30, 6 Eye in the Sky (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50; Wed 9:50 The Family Fang (R) Rafael: Fri-Sun 3:45, 8:05; Mon-Thu 8:05 • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (PG-13) Regency: Sun, Wed 2, 7 The First Monday in May (PG-13) Lark: Fri 4:40; Sat 11:50; Tue 5:20; Wed 3:45 Green Room (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:15pm Hello, My Name Is Doris (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8 Rafael: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9; Sat-Sun 1, 3:30, 6:30, 9; Mon-Thu 6:30, 9 • High-Rise (R) A Hologram for the King (NR) Regency: Fri-Sat 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15; Sun, Wed 11:15; Mon, Thu 12, 2:35, 5; Tue 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40 Sequoia: Fri 4:45, 7:20, 9:50; Sat 2, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50; Sun 2, 4:45, 7:20; Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:20; Thu 4:45 The Huntsman: Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:50, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, Winter’s War (PG-13) 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25 The Jungle Book (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1, 2:40, 3:40, 5, 6:10, 7:20, 8:45, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12, 1, 2:40, 3:40, 5, 6:10, 7:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon, Wed 9:20, 3D showtime at 6:30; Sat-Sun 3:40, 9:20, 3D showtimes at 12:50, 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:35, 4:15, 7:15, 10; 3D showtimes at 12:10, 2:55, 5:55, 8:35 Playhouse: Fri, Mon-Wed 5, 7:30; Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 5, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:25, 6:50; 3D showtimes at 10:45, 4:05, 9:30 Keanu (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Rafael: Fri 4, 6:15, 8:30; Sat 1:45, 4, 6:15, 8:30; Sun 1:45, 7:15; Mon-Thu 6:15, • Last Days in the Desert (PG-13) 8:30 Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (Not Rated) Lark: Wed 6:15 Playhouse: Thu 6:30 (Warwick Tompkins and filmmaker Oleg Harencar in • Life on the Water Double Bill (Not Rated) person) The Man Who Knew Infinity (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:05, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Sun-Thu 11:05, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 The Meddler (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15; Sun-Thu 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:45 Miles Ahead (R) Lark: Fri 8:50; Sun 6:20; Mon 3:15; Thu noon Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:10, 3:15, 4:10, 5:50, 7:05, 8:30, 9:45; Sun-Wed 12:20, • Money Monster (R) 1:10, 3:15, 4:10, 5:50, 7:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7, 9:40; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40; Wed 7:15, 9:40 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7:15, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7:15, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7:15; Mon-Wed 3:45, 7:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:50, 1:25, 4, 7, 9:50; Sun-Thu 10:50, 1:25, 4, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Sequoia: Fri 4:20, 7, 9:40; Sat 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:40; Sun 1:45, 4:20, 7; Mon-Thu 4:20, 7 Mother’s Day (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon, Wed 6:45, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:05; Sun-Tue, Thu 10:45, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10; Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:40, 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 5, 9:55 Rafael: Sun 4:15 • The Natural (PG) • Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (R) Northgate: Thu 7, 9:30 Rowland: Thu 7, 9:30 Papa (R) Lark: Sat 6:15; Sun 4; Tue 2:50; Wed 1:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 Lark: Fri noon; Sat 4:20; Sun 2; Mon 8 • Queen Mimi (Not Rated) Ratchet and Clank (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:20, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Sing Street (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10; Sun-Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:40, 7:30 Regency: Thu 7:30 • A Story Worth Living (NR) Sweet Bean (NR) Lark: Sun 11:30; Mon 5:30; Tue 7:30 Zootopia (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 800-326-3264

Concerts MARIN

Dirty String Summit North Bay favorites Dirty Cello, Three Times Band and Junk Parlor join strings for a fiery night of music. May 13, 9:30pm. $10. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Richard Howell & Sudden Changes Multi-instrumentalist, saxophonist and vocalist explores a vast spectrum of music on his latest album, “Burkina.” May 13, 8pm. $45-$60. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Wavy Gravy’s 80th Birthday ALO, Steve Kimock and friends, Doobie Decibel System Duo and others perform in an intimate birthday celebration. May 15, 7:30pm. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

SONOMA John Prine Talented folk songwriter brings his inspiring Americana to Santa Rosa with special guest Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. May 17, 8pm. $47 and up. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Celebration of Nicolas McGegan’s 30th anniversary as conductor and music

director features vocalists Anne Sofie von Otter and Andreas Scholl. May 14, 7:30pm. $35. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Yuna Malaysian singer tours in support of her upcoming album, Chapters, with a show featuring her intimate alt-folk songwriting.

May 14, 8:30pm. $19-$21. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

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

Novato Copperfield’s Books May 14, 6pm, the Brazi-Latin Jazz Collective.

999 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.763.3052.

Book Passage Sun, 11:30am, Songs & Stories with Megan. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960.

Old St Hilary’s Landmark May 14, 4pm, Musae presents Bridge of Song. 201 Esperanza, Tiburon.

Fenix May 11, Michael Warren & Larry Vann.

May 12, Firewheel. May 14, Forejour. May 15, 11:30am, Sunday Brunch with Gypsy Jazz Guitars. May 15, 6:30pm, Liz Stires Student Showcase. May 17, West Coast Songwriters Competition. May 18, Michael Warren & Larry Vann. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

NAPA Jewel Acclaimed singer, songwriter, poet and actress performs, with support from Griffin House. VIP packages available. May 12, 8pm. $55-$95. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

HopMonk Novato May 11, open mic night with James Gusse.

May 12, Country Line Dancing. May 13, Beer Drinkerz & Hell Raiserz. May 14, Amber Morris student showcase. May 18, open mic night with Karen Behaving Bradley. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Clubs&Venues MARIN

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery May 11, Festival Speed. May 18, Skillet Licorice. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax, 415.485.1005.

142 Throckmorton Theatre May 11, Throckappella spring concert. Wed, 12pm, noon concert series. May 14, acoustic evening with Danny Click, Jon Mitguard, Elliott Peck and Alex Jordan. May 15, “Impressionism of Debussy and Ravel” with EOS Ensemble. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

JB Piano Company May 14, 4pm, Amanda Addleman Band.

540 Irwin St, San Rafael, 415.456.9280.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre May 13-14, 8pm, “How Can I Keep from Singing” with Mayflower Chorus.

10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.

Belrose Theater Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam. Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium May 14, Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival National Finals. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church May 15, 5pm, Marin Music Chest Young Artists Concert. 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

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New York City-based Stiletta is one of the many groups competing in the 32nd Annual Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival 2016 National Finals on Saturday, May 14 at Marin Center's Veterans' Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael.

CALENDAR

19 Broadway Club May 11, Walt the Dog. May 12, the Brian Travis Band. May 13, 5:30pm, Michael Trew.

May 14, 1pm, Benefit for Jory Prum. May 14, 5:30pm, Robby-Neal Gordon. May 15, 4pm, Erika Alstrom with Dale Alstrom’s Jazz Society. May 15, 8pm, the Rivertown Trio. Mon, open mic. May 17, Lorin Rowan’s deep blue jam. May 18, Walt the Dog. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Tues, open mic. May 11, Mike Ehlers Band.

May 12, Gail Muldrow Blues Band. May 13, Michael Aragon Quartet. May 14, No Name Allstars. May 15, Migrant Pickers and friends.

May 16, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. May 18, Harmonic Law. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino May 11, Noel Jewkes. May 12, Passion Habanera. May 13, Denise Perrier. May 14, Ken Cook Trio. May 15, Joe Warner Trio.

May 17, Brian Moran. May 18, Deborah Winters. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant May 11, Moonglow Trio. May 12, Wanda Stafford. May 17, Swing Fever. May 18, J Kevin Durkin. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar May 11, the New Sneakers. May 12, Mark’s Jamm Sammich. May 13, Sabbath Lives. May 14, Lumanation. May 15, Dead Head Night.

Mon, Billy D’s open mic. May 17, Waldo’s Special. May 18, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Presidio Yacht Club May 14, Void Where Prohibited. Fort Baker, Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319.

Rancho Nicasio May 13, Terry Haggerty. May 14, David Laflamme with It’s a Beautiful Day. May 15, 5pm, San Geronimo. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends.

Wed, Tango with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. May 12, Melissa Morgan piano trio. May 14, Boca de Rio Trio. May 15, 5pm, Mazacote. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon May 12, Dusty Brough Trio. May 13, the Brian Travis Band. May 14, Lisa Marie Johnston. May 15, King Ropes. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

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

St Vincent’s Chapel May 15, 2:30pm, “How Can I Keep from Singing” with Mayflower Chorus. 1 St Vincent’s Dr, San Rafael.

Sweetwater Music Hall May 11, a tribute to Merle Haggard. May 12-14, Steve Kimock and friends. Mon, Open Mic. May 17, Edge of the West. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

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Lagunitas Tap Room May 11, Steep Ravine. May 12, Benyaro. May 13, HUGE Large. May 14, Matt Bolton. May 15, Sara Petite. May 18, Grover Anderson.

1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

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Main Street Bistro May 11, Willie Perez. May 12, Eric Wiley. May 13, Don Olivet Jazz Trio. May 14, Frankye Kelly. May 18, Songwriters Showcase Nite.

16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Silo’s May 11, Mike Greensill jazz. May 12, Jonah Vocal. May 13, the Deadlies. May 14, “Silo’s Got Talent” Finals. May 15, Mark Summer and Ken Cook. May 18, Robert Sims. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Murphy’s Irish Pub May 12, Timothy O’Neil. May 13, Tony & Dawn. May 14, Mostly Simply Bluegrass. May 15, Lisa Stano. May 17, Blue House. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Uva Trattoria May 11, Tom Duarte. May 12, Le Hot Jazz.

May 13, Party of Three. May 14, Jackie and friends. May 15, Tom Duarte. May 18, Justin Diaz. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.

Mystic Theatre May 11, Blake Lewis and Elliott Yamin.

May 13, Foreverland. May 15, Katchafire and Mystic Roots Band. May 17, Sawyer Fredericks. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

Art

Occidental Center for the Arts May 13, Holly Near and Barbara Higbie with Jan Martinelli. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392. paulapoundstone.com

Known for her intelligence, wit and spontaneity, comedian Paula Poundstone performs on May 14 at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael.

Terrapin Crossroads May 11, Jay Lane and friends. May 12, San Geronimo. May 13, Top 40 Friday with Stu Allen & the Terrapin All-Stars. May 14, Terrapin All-Stars with Steve Pile and friends. May 15, Cochrane McMillan and friends. May 16, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. May 17, Stu Allen and friends. May 18, the Incubators. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

TMS Performing Arts Center May 14, Adey in concert with cellist James Hoskins. 150 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.924.4848.

SONOMA Annie O’s Music Hall May 13, BassLov3: Love the Bass You May. Sun, 5pm, Sunday Dance Party with the Blues Defenders. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe May 11, open jazz jam. May 12, Sonoma Strings. May 13, Tito & the Harmonic Three.

May 14, Side Dish. May 15, 2pm, Kenneth Roy Berry. May 18, West Coast Songwriters Competition. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

The Big Easy May 11, the Wednesday Night Big Band.

May 12, D’Bunchovus. May 13, Elephant and Short Sleeve Heart. May 14, the Ogres with the Boars and the Hampton Wicks.

May 15, Tito & the Harmonic Three. May 17, American Alley Cats. May 18, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Finley Community Center Second Friday of every month, Tom Shader Trio. Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam

and lessons. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

Flamingo Lounge May 13, Konsept Party Band. May 14, Salsa night. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

French Garden May 13, Haute Flash Quartet. May 14, Honey B & the Pollinators. May 15, dinner concert with Holly Near. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030.

Green Music Center May 11, Jazz Orchestra. May 13, Symphonic Wind Ensemble. May 15, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphony’s Youth Orchestra. May 18, 2pm, Vocal Repertory Recital. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall May 12, Musical Theatre Scenes Workshop.

May 15, Student Composers Concert. May 17, Vocal Repertory Recital. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Healdsburg Copperfield’s Books May 13, 6pm, the Friedman/Hart Quartet.

104 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.433.9270.

HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. May 13, Kingsborough with the Old Folks and the Redlight District.

May 14, Miracle Mule. May 16, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma May 13, 5pm, the Hawkline Monster. May 13, 8pm, David Thom. May 14, 1pm, David Hamilton. May 14, 8pm, Erica Sunshine Lee. May 15, 1pm, Benyaro. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater May 14, 9:30 and 11am, LolliPOPS chamber music concert. 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

Phoenix Theater May 12, Dying Fetus with the Acacia Strain and Jungle Rot. May 14, Frankie Boots & the County Line with the Sam Chase & the Untraditional. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe May 11, Sound Kitchen. May 12, 4pm, Smooth Sam Hurley. May 12, 8pm, Jah Soul-Jaz featuring Eric Wiley. May 13, 4pm, Kelsey & Kevin. May 14, Smoke & Mirrors.

May 15, 4:30pm, Hank Levine. May 16, Open Mic with DJ Loisaida. May 18, Hump Day Burlesque Night. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Rossi’s 1906 May 12, Paint Nite at Rossi’s. May 13, Rubber Soul dinner show. May 14, Tommy Thomsen.

May 15, 5pm, Cannon School of Music spring show. May 15, 9pm, Sunday Night Blues Jam. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044.

Sonoma Speakeasy Tues, New Orleans R&B night. Thurs, R&B classics. Fri, Sat, R&B party. Sun, R&B diva night. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma, 707.996.1364.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Wed, open mic night. May 12, Dirty Red Barn. May 13, Third Rail Band. May 14, Ricky Alan Ray. May 16, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove.

NAPA Ca’ Momi Osteria May 14, songwriter summit with Shelby Lanterman, Kristen Van Dyke and Zak Fennie. 1141 First St, Napa, 707.224.6664.

Jamieson Ranch Vineyards May 15, 3pm, Spring into Strings with Trio Seven. RSVP required. 1 Kirkland Ranch Rd, Napa, info@napavalleymusicassociates.org.

Jarvis Conservatory May 14, Cypress String Quartet. 1711 Main St, Napa, 707.255.5445.

Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center May 13, Napa Valley College Jazz Ensemble.

May 15, 2pm, Symphonic Evolution with Music Napa Valley. 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Napa, 707.256.7500.

OPENING MARIN Gallery Route One May 13-Jun 19, “Place Markers,” Mary Mountcastle Eubank uses textured and organic materials to memorialize events of change and loss; with Sukey Bryan in the project space and Kellie Flint in the annex. Reception, May 15 at 3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5.

415.663.1347.

Headlands Center for the Arts May 15-Jun 5, “Graduate Fellows Exhibition,” seven Bay Area-based artists engage the concept of time in various ways and explore connections among people, nature and truth. Reception, May 15 at noon. 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4. 415.331.2787.

Sausalito Library May 13-29, “Visit with Animals from WildCare,” photo exhibit of animal portraits and portraits of the animals from WildCare.

Reception, May 13 at 5:30pm. 420 Litho St, Sausalito. 415.289.4121.

SONOMA Dutton-Goldfield Winery May 18-Jul 19, “Jill Keller-Peters Solo Show,” colorful paintings from the artist display. Reception, May 22 at 1pm. 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. Daily, 10am to 4:30pm. 707.827.3600.

Gallery One May 11-Jun 12, “Art at the Source Preview Exhibition,” a community showcase of art in advance of the June open studios event.

Reception, May 14 at 5pm. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma. 707.778.8277.

Hopscotch Gifts & Gallery May 14-Jun 20, “Lovin’ Life,” featuring Hilary Hecker’s soft sculpture, Julie Beardsley’s framed beaded art, John Sumner’s whimsical cat paintings and prints and Kay Young’s glassware. Reception, May 14 at 4pm. 14301 Arnold Dr, #2A, Glen Ellen. Thurs-Mon. 10 to 6. 707.343.1931.

Paul Mahder Gallery May 14-26, “With No Place to Call Home,” exhibit is a culmination of an ongoing art project aimed at raising awareness of homelessness in Healdsburg. Reception, May 14 at 4pm. 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Prince Gallery May 12-Jun 5, “Continuous Cycle,” a solo show by Justin Ringlein explores the interplay of familiarity, storytelling, allegory and invention. Reception, May 14 at 6pm.

122 American Alley, Petaluma. 707.889.0371.

Riverfront Art Gallery May 11-Jun 26, “Late Spring Show,” Reception, May 14 at 5pm. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART. Sebastopol Center for the Arts May 16-Jun 12, “Art at the Source Preview Exhibition” features work from artists participating in the upcoming Art at the Source open studios weekends. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

Wild Hare Studio May 14-15, “The Sound of Color,” painter and musician Nina Canal presents paintings capturing the energy of movement, sound and tribal roots, with live music and tai chi demos. 2371 S Gravenstein Hwy, Sebastopol.

Show dates or by appointment 415.515.7995.

NAPA Sharpsteen Museum May 13-Oct 30, “Treasures from the Button Box,” clothing buttons from the late 1700s to the 1960s capture a long-ago world while evoking the pride and quality of small manufacturers. Reception, May 13 at 5:30pm. 1311 Washington St, Calistoga.

Daily, 11 to 4. 707.942.5911.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN 142 Throckmorton Theatre Through May 29, “Moved by Faith,” paintings, ceramics and photography created by student artists from Marin Catholic High School. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Art Works Downtown Through Jun 17, “Marin Contemporary,” Art Works main gallery showcases artists who live or have an art studio in Marin County and create work in contemporary themes or materials. Reception, May 13 at 5pm.

1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Jun 11, “Wall Sculptures,” mixedmedia pieces include works created with wood, metal wire and found objects. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Corte Madera Library Through May 26, “Winsome Watercolors,” solo show from artist Jan White features landscapes and still-life studies in beautiful watercolors. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

First & Third Floor Galleries Through May 31, “Celebrating Colors,” eight local longtime artists carry distinctly individual styles to explore the visual power of colors. Marin Civic Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

Marin Community Foundation Through May 20, “Tony King: 50 Years of Paintings,” retrospective exhibit includes paintings, drawings, watercolors and prints King made in New York City and following his move to Sonoma County in 1992. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.

Marin Open Studios Gallery Through May 15, “Marin Open Studios Preview,” get a glimpse at the vibrant collection of art that will be on display during the 23rd annual Marin Open Studios event in May. 302 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae. Tues-Sun; 11am to 6pm 415.343.5667.

MarinMOCA Through Jun 4, “Altered Book & Book Arts Exhibition,” seventh annual show displays the work of 150 Bay Area artists who reconstruct and rework books into unique pieces of art. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

Mill Valley Library Through May 31, “Tam High Photography Show,” a display of student work.

375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.389.4292.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through May 21, “Young Artists at Work,” showing the work of students from Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment.

415.388.4331.

Osher Marin JCC Through May 31, “Rescue, Relief & Renewal,” exhibit of rare archival photographs from Poland, originally presented at the Galicia Jewish Museum Krakow in 2014. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through May 27, “Abstract Landscapes & Cityscapes,” group exhibit of works on canvas features art from Heather Capen, Nick Coley and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Through May 15, “26th Annual Spring Art Show,” showcasing the works of up to 100 San Geronimo Valley and Nicasio artists.

6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Jun 5, “The Art of the Book,” 11th annual exhibition of book related material includes fine press, handmade and altered books featuring new works by gallery favorites as well as some exciting discoveries. Reception, May 14 at 5:30pm.

108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.384.8288.

Thompson Dorfman Partners Through Jun 30, “Quartet,” group exhibit of oil paintings, mixed-media work and digital abstracts. 39 Forrest St, Mill Valley.

Weekdays, 10 to 5.

Art Museum of Sonoma County Through Jun 26, “Tom Holland: Five Decades of Art” retrospective celebrates the painting and sculpture by the popular Bay Area artist. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. TuesSun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through May 29, “Lewis Bodecker Exhibit,” featuring paintings and drawings by the late artist. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary 707.795.9753.

Arts Guild of Sonoma Through May 30, “Tracy Child & Nancy Martin,” dual show displays Child’s paintings and Martin’s jewelry. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

Calabi Gallery Through Jul 2, “James Ford Grant Solo Show,” exhibit features sculptures, acrylic paintings with mixed-media materials on canvas and panels, digital monoprints and photographs. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa. TuesSun, 11 to 5. 707.781.7070.

Charles M. Schulz Museum Through Jul 25, “It’s Football, Charlie Brown,” selection of Peanuts comic strips highlights the Gang’s gridiron efforts and coincides with Super Bowl 50. Through May 30, “The Peanuts Movie,” exhibit traces Peanuts from Schulz’s pen to the new bigscreen feature. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5.

707.579.4452.

University Art Gallery Through May 21, “2016 BFA Exhibition,” featuring work from students graduating this year with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. Tues-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4. 707.664.2295.

Comedy Comedy Night Queenie T T headlines a night of laughs.

Every other Thurs, 7pm. Bui Bistro, 976 Pearl St, Napa, 707.225.5417. Standup debuts at the Big Easy. May 16. The Big Easy, 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Comedy Night at the Redwood Cafe The best standup comics from the Bay Area and beyond come to Cotati. Second Fri of every month, 8:30pm. $10. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Don Reed: East 14th Street Reed appears live on stage to perform his Off Broadway solo show about growing up in 1970s Oakland. May 12, 7:30pm. $20-$25.

Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

Jay Alexander The comedian, magician and mind reader headlines. May 12, 8pm. $20-$25.

Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

Chroma Gallery Through May 29, “Simmon Factor: Live on the Walls,” a solo show of narrative and surreal artwork from the artist and former owner of Village Art Supply. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051.

Jo Koy Popular standup comic was a regular on “Chelsea Lately” and a favorite on “The Adam Carolla Show.” May 15, 8pm. $25$45. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Dutton-Goldfield Winery Through May 17, “Tim Brody Solo Show,” Sonoma County artist shows his collection of predominantly pastel paintings. 3100 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol. Daily, 10am to 4:30pm. 707.827.3600.

Laugh Sabbath Comedy Night Featuring headlining comic Joe Klocek. May 12, 8pm. $10. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Finley Community Center Through Jun 16, “The Wonder of Shape & Color,” a wide range of media is presented

by Santa Rosa Art Guild. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am. 707.543.3737.

Fulton Crossing Through May 31, “May Art Showing,” displaying new works by studio artists and visiting artists including Christie Marks and Hillary Younglove. Reception, May 20 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Graton Gallery Through May 22, “What Was I Thinking?” new prints by Rik Olson and guest artists.

9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

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Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through May 22, “Look! Book Arts,” curated exhibition provides a look at diverse forms of bookbinding, printing, calligraphy, paper marbling and other arts and crafts.

130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

Agrella Art Gallery Through May 17, “2016 Student Art Show,” talented SRJC students show off their works. SRJC, Doyle Library, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 10 to 4; Sat 12 to 4. 707.527.4298.

History Museum of Sonoma County Through May 15, “Building the American Dream: Sonoma County After the War,” exhibit looks at Sonoma County in the postWWII era. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. TuesSun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

Laughing Tomato Comedy Showcase Local and Bay Area comics, hosted by Tony Sparks. Third Tues of every month, 8pm.

Free. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Paula Poundstone With nothing more than a stool and a microphone, Poundstone is famous for her razor-sharp wit and spontaneity. May 14, 8pm. $29 and up. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater Gregory Popovich, winner of multiple international circus competitions, and his rescued furry friends delight audiences of all ages. May 12, 6:30pm. $5-$17. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Tuesday Night Live Featuring comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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Pie Eyed Open Studio May 14-15, “Roberta Ahrens Solo Show,” the Petaluma artist displays her intimate floral images, created on a monumental scale.

2371 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol. SatSun, 12pm to 4pm 707.477.9442.

Dance

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22 Thur 5/12 • Doors 7pm • ADV $40 / DOS $45 Fri 5/13 • Doors 8pm • ADV $40 / DOS $45 Sat 5/14 • Doors 8pm • ADV $40 / DOS $45

Steve Kimock & Friends

featuring Jeff Chimenti, Bobby Vega, Jay Lane, Leslie Mendelson & Special Guests Tue 5/17 • Doors 7pm • ADV $10 / DOS $12

Edge of the West CD Release Party

Thur 5/19 • Doors 7pm • ADV $18 / DOS $20

CRYPTICAL & Friends

Recreating the Grateful Dead's legendary 5/19/74 show from the Portland Memorial Coliseum Sat 5/21 • Doors 8pm • ADV $32 / DOS $37

Narada Michael Walden

Thur 5/26 • Doors 7pm • ADV $30 / DOS $35

Tim O'Brien

with Caleb Caudle Fri 5/27 • Doors 8pm • ADV $37 / DOS $42

Sons of Champlin

with Tal Morris Band featuring Amber Morris www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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

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

Dance Palace Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.

Flamingo Lounge Tuesdays, swing dancing with lessons.

Sundays, 7pm, Sensual Salchata Nights, dress to impress with salsa and bachata dance lessons followed by open dancing. $10. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530.

May 14 • 8 pm • adv $20/door $25/student $15

Adey “Live in Concert”

Encore Performance w/James Hoskins, cello Soul-stirring piano & Voice, Transcendent songs May 14 • 1:30-4 pm • general $30/students/seniors $15

“The Heart & Soul of Photography”

Workshop w/renowned photographer Gregg Cobarr Gregg & Adey — $40 for both, same day, same place June 4 • 8 pm • adv $20/door $25/student $15

Gary Malkin “SoulSong” Sharing Hearts & Voices w/ensemble

Kim Rosen, Melanie DeMore, Barbara Borden, Ben Leinbach, René Jenkins & Special guest Karen Drucker June 16 • 7:30 pm • adv $15/door $20

Karen Drucker “Chanteuse” Women’s Circle: “Chanting the Season” June 18 • 8 pm • adv $25, premium $40/door $35 (gen.)

Tina Malia in Concert “Music from the HEART of the World”

Tina’s only California Concert of 2016!

June 19 • Tina Malia “Song Design” workshop Yoga Mountain Fairfax • 1:30-3:30 • $40 All Ages • Pre-concert Reception at 7pm Plenty of Parking • Welcoming Atmosphere

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

Bird Walk with Keller McDonald Sebastopol senior center hosts a birdwatching expedition. May 13, 9am.

Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.874.3176.

Golden Gate Labrador Rescue Adoption Day Fall in love with a dog and adopt from the rescue organization. May 14, 12pm.

Petaluma Pet Company, 144 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707-778-8692.

Birds at Mount Burdell Walk through the trails and get a look at the breeding birds in the park. Sun, May 15, 9am and Wed, May 18, 9am. Mount Burdell Preserve, San Andreas Dr, Novato.

Guide Dogs for the Blind Graduation Ceremony Family fun abounds when guide dogs and those who raise them celebrate graduation.

Every other Sat, 1:30pm. Guide Dogs for the Blind, 350 Los Ranchitos Rd, San Rafael, 415.499.4000.

Marin Open Studios It’s all the buzz as artists throughout the county open their studios to the public in this 23rd annual event. Through May 15.

Marin Open Studios, Various Locations, Marin, marinopenstudios.org.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts May 13, 8pm, Pilobolus, international dance ensemble has featured on “Oprah,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and the Academy Awards. $20-$50. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600.

Meditation Class Experience meditation in a form that is natural and easy to follow. Second Sat of every month, 10:30am. $15. Healing for People, 7 Mt Lassen Dr, San Rafael, 415.380.8600.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium May 15, 2pm, Just Dance Academy Spring Performance, ballet production complete with stunning costumes and original classical ballet choreography. $20$22. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.473.6800.

Mother’s Kirtan Second Thurs of every month. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Mill Valley Community Center Mondays, 6pm, Swing Dance Lessons.

925.267.2200. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

“Keeping the Living Music Alive”

Color Me Calm Adult Coloring Group A relaxing and brain-stimulating group for adults, with supplies provided. Second Thurs of every month, 6:30pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

Monroe Dance Hall Tuesdays, Razzmataz folk dance club.

Wednesdays, Singles and Pairs Square Dance Club. Thursdays, Circles ‘n Squares Dance Club. May 13, 7pm, California Ballroom Dance, with Cha Cha lesson. May 14, 6pm, Singles & Pairs Hoedown. Sundays, Country-Western dancing and lessons.

Mondays, Scottish Country Dancing. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.529.5450.

Raven Theater May 14-15, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Teresa Lubarsky’s Healdsburg Ballet presents the magic and mystery of this classic tale. $15-$20. 115 North St, Healdsburg 707.433.3145.

Songbird Community Healing Center Wednesdays, Biodanza. 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.2398.

Welcome Grange Hall Second Friday of every month, Ecstatic Dance. 3275 Hagen Rd, Napa.

Pacific Coast Air Museum Third weekend of every month from 10 to 4, folks are invited to play pilot in a featured aircraft. Third Sun of every month. $5.

Pacific Coast Air Museum, 2330 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa, 707.575.7900.

Petaluma Adobe Living History Day The Mexican California era comes to life in the family-friendly event. All visitors are welcome to meet the vaqueros, traders, cooks, craftsmen and women, and others who lived in old California. May 14, 10am. $2-$3. Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, 3325 Adobe Rd, Petaluma, 707.762.4871.

Second Fridays Art Walk Anchored by Art Works Downtown galleries and artist studios, the art walk links venues throughout downtown San Rafael with receptions and entertainment.

Second Fri of every month, 5pm. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.451.8119.

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.

Wischemann Hall Sundays, 10am, Soul Motion, open movement practice. Mondays, 5:30 and 7pm, Redwood Rainbows Mainstream and Basic Class. 707.478.6409. 465 Morris St, Sebastopol.

Women’s Sailing Seminar Seminar is geared towards the beginner through intermediate sailor. Learn the ropes and meet new friends in a fun and supportive environment. RSVP recommended. May 14-15. $285. Corinthian Yacht Club, 43 Main St, Tiburon, www.cyc. org/wss.

Events

Field Trips

Bernie Sanders Potluck Bring snacks to share in this community gathering. May 14, 5:30pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

Third Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

Garden Volunteer Day Sink your hands into the beautiful, rich soil at the OAEC’s garden and learn from the diversity of plant life. Wed. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

Little Carson Falls Hike A slow climb up the Pine Mountain Fire Road through serpentine chaparral where wildflowers and birds abound. May 17, 10am.

Azalea Hill Parking Lot, Bolinas-Fairfax Rd, Fairfax, marinwater.org.

Moonwatch 2016 A family hike and campfire is led by environmental science educators. May 14, 6pm. $12. NatureBridge, 1033 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, 415.332.5771.

Pug Sundays A gathering of pugs, pug owners and pug lovers. Third Sun of every month, 9am. Mill Valley Dog Park, Bayfront Park, Mill Valley.

Sanctuary Bird Walk Led by experienced staff of volunteers.

Second Thurs of every month, 10am.

Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, richardsonbay.audubon.org.

Film The Armor of Light Film follows two people of faith exploring the contradictions of a nation rife with gun violence, followed by a discussion. May 16, 12pm. Free/ ticket required. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael., 415.454.1222.

Baseball in the Movies A series of popular and classic movies about America’s pastime screens over the course of a month. Sun through May 29. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael., 415.454.1222.

Before the Revolution Tiburon Film Society hosts the riveting and intimate look at the seismic political shift that formed the Middle East we know today. May 12, 6:30pm. Free. BelvedereTiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665.

Hit Man: A Love Story Local filmmaker Jared Wright premieres his new short action/romance film with a gala that includes a pre-screening reception and post-film discussion. May 12, 7:30pm. $10. Raven Film Center, 415 Center St, Healdsburg, 707.823.4410.

Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan Documentary of the decisive Leonardo da Vinci exhibit in Milan takes a look at an important cultural event. May 18, 1 and 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840. May 18, 6pm.

Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

lifestyle experts come together for two days of culinary, wine, garden and lifestyle events. May 14-15. $35 and up. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, www. sunset.com/cw.

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Enjoy great wine, food and entertainment at the 32nd Annual Tiburon Wine Festival on May 14 in downtown Tiburon.

Mind Reels Weekly series presents notable documentary films as well as guest speakers and performers bringing the film’s ideas to life. Tues-noon. $25-$30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

Rethink Afganistan Robert Greenwald’s film screens as part of the Peace & Justice Center’s Documentary Series. May 12, 7pm. Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.575.8902.

Food&Drink Clean River Alliance Fundraiser & Spaghetti Cookoff May 14. Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.

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

Divine Wine & Food Extravaganza Sixth annual event features dishes from several local gourmet destinations, auction items and live music and entertainment all evening. May 14, 5:30pm. $110. Unity Center, 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

Downtown San Rafael Farmers’ Market May-Sept., Thurs., 6pm-9pm. Fourth Street, between B and Cijos streets, 415.717.8077.

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.

Healing Foods Essentials Class Delve deeper into anti-inflammatory foods, managing blood sugar and more.

May 18, 6pm. $10-$35. Marin Community Foundation, 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato.

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

Pawsport Napa Valley Napa Humane hosts dog-friendly wine tasting experiences at 16 locations with food pairings and souvenirs for your pups. May 12-15. $75. Napa Valley, various locations, Napa, 707.255.8118.

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

Tiburon Wine Festival Sample wine from both established and small-production wineries and enjoy live music at this premier event. May 14, 1-4pm. $75. Point Tiburon Plaza in downtown Tiburon. 415.435.5633.

Winemaker Dinner with Odisea Wine Company Dinner with Adam Webb and Mike Kuenz, owners of Cochon, Odisea and Gardienne Wines. May 12, 7pm. $90. Vin Antico Wine Bar, 881 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.721.0600.

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.

Magician Brian Scott This blend of sleight of hand, misdirection and comedy will thrill and amuse audiences of all ages. May 15, 11am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

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Renaissance Tea Treat the belly with specialty teas, sandwiches, scones and sweets. RSVP; ages 12 and up. Third Sun of every month, 3pm. $35. Cedar Gables Inn, 486 Coombs St, Napa, 707.224.7969.

Abstract Watercolor Techniques Basic instructions on abstract visual elements allows you to freely create your own works of art in a fun session. May 11Jun 29, 10:30am. $40-$45. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.456.9062.

Rutherford Wine Experience A weekend-long tribute to the region’s wines, with several spots to stop at and intimate tastings. Includes Friday night welcome reception and Saturday party. May 13-14. $70 and up. Rutherford Appellation Wineries, Napa Valley wine region, Rutherford, rutherforddust.org.

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Join Beryn Hammil, “chic geek extraordinaire,” to figure out the best uses of your iPad, iPhone and other Apple computer products. Thurs, 1pm. through Jun 2. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

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.

Sunset Celebration Weekend Sunset magazine editors, celebrity chefs, vintners, craft beer brewers and renowned

Bring Your Own DSLR Camera workshop helps you get the most out of your DSLR with hands-on exercises led by a pro. May 12, 6pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636.

CBT/DBT Group for Depression Skills-based education and training group is designed to help you cope with facing basic everyday problems including distressing emotions like depression and anxiety. Tues, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999.

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A Conversation with Marin Theatre Company Join Marin Theatre Company for a dialogue about the themes and plot of “The Invisible Hand,” an upcoming production

by Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar.

May 12, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

Design Your Life Learn to use tarot cards to develop clarity regarding your finances, relationships, health, career and goals. Choose from different card layouts for different kinds of issues and explore the archetypal personalities within your psyche. May 15, 2pm. $25-$30. Sunrise Center, 645 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.924.7824. 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.

Embodied Compassionate Communication Get the fast path to heart-centered communication with Lori Grace. Wed, May 11, 7:30pm. Sunrise Center, 645 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.924.7824.

Fiberglass and Composites Workshop Boatbuilder Gordie Nash to discuss the the repair and modification of fiberglass boats. May 14, 10am. $50. Spaulding Marine Center, Foot of Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, 415.332.3179.

Gardening with California Natives Learn why and how using native plants in your landscape is a way to help make up for habitats lost to development. May 11, 12pm.

Free. Sausalito City Hall, 420 Litho St, Sausalito, 415.289.4117.

Get Your Business Online A workshop on Google’s program to help you get your business online and get discovered by potential customers, clients and more. May 13, 9am. Free. Apex Suites, 1000 4th St, Ste 800, San Rafael.

Internal Issues in Israel Moderated discussion is led by Dr Eran Kaplan at SF State and Karen Schiller, a civil discourse facilitator. May 16, 7pm. Free.

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Live in the Meow Cat-behavior workshop covers topics like feline body language and food foraging with plenty of info and humor. May 15, 1pm. $25. Cats Meow Grooming Spa & Shop, 85 E Blithdale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.888.2730.

Music in the Movies Composer Marcia Bauman screens clips from notable films to demonstrate how a score influences the aesthetic and narrative elements of the story. May 18, 6:30pm.

Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636.

Our Changing Oceans Daylong symposium addresses and attempts to understand how climate change impacts marine environments and ecosystems including temperature, ocean acidification, ocean productivity and calcification. May 14, 9am. $35-$50. Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, 3150 Paradise Dr, Tiburon, 415.338.3757.

Support Group for Women in Transition Group for women offers encouragement during life transitions such as relationship changes, career changes and difficult life events. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999.

Thrive in Retirement Workshop about the personal side of retirement offers information on discovering your passions and designing your future. Thurs, May 12, 1pm. Redwood High School, 395 Doherty Dr, Larkspur, marinlearn.com.

Time Is Not a Factor in Your Life Talk by Christian Science practitioner and teacher David Hohle explores how to gain spiritual freedom from limitation associated with time. May 15, 3pm. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St, San Rafael.

Twenty-Something Support Group Explore adulthood with emphasis on life skills such as mindfulness, interpersonal skills and healthy coping skills. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael, 415.459.5999.

Readings Book Passage May 11, 7pm, “I Am Not I” with Jacob Needleman. May 12, 10am, “House of Secrets: Clash of the Worlds” with Chris Columbus. May 12, 7pm, “Leaning on the Arc” with M Gerald Schwartzbach. May 13, 7pm, “Just Fall” with Nina Sadowsky. May 14, 1pm, “Happily Ever After… and 39 Other Myths About Love” with Linda and Charlie Bloom. May 14, 4pm, “In Pursuit of Wild Edibles” with Jeffrey Greene. May 15, 11am, “A New Leash on Life” with Kara Hamilton.

May 15, 1pm, “The Flavors of Home” with Margit Roos-Collins. May 15, 4pm, “Markets of Provence” with Dixon Long. May 15, 7pm, “MFK Fisher’s Provence” with Aileen Ah-Tye. May 16, 7pm, “West Marin Review” with various authors. May 17, 7pm, “Play It Forward” with Joan Barnes. May 18, 7pm, “Grit” with Dr. Angela Duckworth. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts May 13, 7pm, “Wabi-Sabi: Further Thoughts” with Leonard Koren.

616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley 415.388.4331.

Point Reyes Books Third Tuesday of every month, 7pm, women’s book group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

San Rafael Library May 17, 6:30pm, Great Books Reading/ Discussion Group. May 18, 6pm, “Year of the Mite” with Jane Ishka. 1100 E St, San Rafael 415.485.3323.

Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books May 13, 7pm, “How to Smoke Pot (Properly): A Highbrow Guide to Getting High” with David Bienenstock. May 14, 7pm, “Jungle of Stone” with William Carlsen. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

Studio 333 Second Thursday of every month, 7pm, Why There Are Words, acclaimed authors reading their works on the theme of “Begin Again.” $10. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito 415.331.8272.

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

Theater The 16th Santa Rosa experimental troupe presents work-in-progress showings of a dystopian sci-fi original. Through May 21. $5-$25. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7554.

Anne Boleyn West Coast premiere of the smart historical play examines how a woman with convictions navigates a world of royal ambition, lusty affairs and shifting allegiances. Through May 15. $10-$58. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Bob: A Life in Five Acts Sheri Lee Miller directs this epic American story of a man who embarks on a crosscountry trip in a comedic odyssey. Through May 22. $15-$25. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

Calendar Girls Sonoma Arts Live opens their 2016 season with the smash-hit comedy based on the true story of six women who stepped out of their comfort zone to help those in need.

May 12-29. $15-$22. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, www. sonomaartslive.org.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Production of the Broadway musical based on the popular Disney film brings the magical underwater world to the North Bay. Through May 22. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

Fiddler on the Roof Stapleton Theatre Company offers a festive adaptation of the beloved musical. Through May 15. $22. San Anselmo Playhouse, 72 Kensington Ave, San Anselmo.

King Lear College of Marin alumnus Mark Rasmussen plays King Lear, and is joined by many other well-known actors from the Bay Area. Through May 22. $10-$20. College of Marin Studio Theatre, 835 College Avenue, Kentfield, 415.485.9385.

Murder on the Nile Agatha Christie’s murder mystery is presented by the North Bay Stage Company.

Through May 15. $28. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

My Fair Lady One of the most beloved musicals of all time comes alive with elegant visuals and sweeping music. Through Jun 5. $15-$37. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

New Voices on the Vine A festival of fully produced new short plays, staged readings, workshops and keynote playwright speakers. May 13-22. $10-$25.

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DESIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GESTALT TAROT Gestalt Tarot is a profound process that will help you develop clarity regarding your finances, relationships, health, career and goals. You will be working with a variety of wisdom cards including those of Byron Katie, Esther Hicks, Louise Hay and Osho. Choose from different card layouts for different kinds of issues and explore the archetypal personalities within your psyche. This powerful process will stimulate your intuition and enable you to tap into the mental, emotional and spiritual levels of your inner being. Sunday, May 15 - 2pm-5pm - Sunrise Center, 645 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera • www.Sunrise Center.org - 415-924-7824

THE GURDJIEFF LEGACY FOUNDATION PRESENTS WILLIAM PATRICK PATTERSON EXPLORING “PRESENT AT THE CREATION,” Sunday May 15th, at 7:30 p.m. • Prieuré West, Fairfax. Mr. Patterson is a leading international exponent and teacher of The Fourth Way, the ancient, sacred, seminal teaching of self-development brought to the West by Mr. Gurdjieff. Patterson is a direct and longtime student of Lord John Pentland, the man Gurdjieff chose to lead the Work in America. The founder/director of The Gurdjieff Legacy Foundation, Patterson leads groups, oversees the Online Fourth Way School, and gives four public seminars each year. He is also the founder/ editor of The Gurdjieff Journal (est. 1992), the first domestic and international Fourth Way journal, and has written nine books on various aspects of The Fourth Way, as well as directed and narrated six films. Donation: $10 ($5 may be applied towards the purchase of a CD, film or book.) For location and to reserve a space call (530) 908-2410. Spaces are limited. • Patterson is also leading Memorial Weekend Seminar, May 27-30, “Eating the “I”s, Discovering the Real I” in San Rafael. For details, see Gurdjieff Legacy.org

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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 Apr 7, 2016. (Publication Dates: Apr 20, 27, May 4, 11 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139615 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) STAR SMOG CHECK 2) STAR SMOG 3) STAR SMOG CHECK TEST ONLY STATION 4) STAR SMOG CHECK

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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304690 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on April 8, 2016 Under File No: 2016-139604.

Fictitious Business name(s) 1) OURO 2) OUROLOVE, 11 FLORIBEL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KIMBERLY HUGHES, 11 FLORIBEL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 AND Fictitious Business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk Recorder’s office on April 12, 2016 Under File No: 2016-139621.

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STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139545 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TAX DEPRECIATION SOLUTIONS, 49 MONTECITO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALAN BARBIER, 49 MONTECITO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 31, 2016.

(Publication Dates: Apr 27, May 4, 11, 18 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139656 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PURE JOY ACUPUNCTURE AND BODY WORK, 1206 THIRD ST, SUITE # 3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KATHERINE CHANEY, 116 OAK SPRINGS DR, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with

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changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 18, 2016. (Publication Dates: Apr 27, May 4, 11, 18 of 2016) OTHE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139725 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AMERICAN QUALITY USED CARS AND TRUCKS, 22 BELLAM BLVD. STE E, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HITHAM M DAOUDI, 103 KINROSS 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 Apr 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139711 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: VR LIMOUSINE SERVICE, 301 SILVIO LN, NOVATO, CA 94947: VALERIO ROCHA, 301 SILVIO LN, NOVATO, CA 94947.

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 April 26, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139733 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ELITE CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CO, 6204 SHELTER CREEK LANE, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066: JOHN C NICOLAI, 6204 SHELTER CREEK LANE, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 28, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139739 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WEST COAST BODY & FENDER, 136 FRONT ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HUGO HERNANDEZ REVOLORIO, 199 POSADA DEL SOL #23, NOVATO, CA 94949.. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 28, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139602 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE GOLD DROP, 901 IRWIN ST, SUITE B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SHALOM MAKARAN, 901 IRWIN ST , SUITE B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. . Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 8, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139762 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LAVIER HOMESTYLE CUISINE, 1025 C STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LAVIER, 21 HYANNIS COVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 29, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139721 The following individual(s) is (are)

doing business: PRIVETTE GROUP, 625 VENDOLA DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: YVETTE DEN HELD, 625 VENDOLA DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 26, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139766 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NAILS BY KIM, 1555 FOURTH ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HUYEN LE INC, 1298 BELLEAU ST, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94579. 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 May 2, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139784 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARC MANUEL INSURANCE SOLUTIONS, 1406 2nd STREET, SUITE 1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARC MANUEL INSURANCE SOLUTIONS LLC, 1406 2ND STREET, SUITE 1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 4, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25, Jun 1 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139780 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: KLW DESIGN, 280 LINDEN LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KARA L WETHERBYSCHMIDT, 280 LINDEN LANE, 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 3, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25, Jun 1 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139605 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) BAY AREA WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY NETWORK, 2) THE PHILANTHROPY NETWORK, 365 SAN MARIN DRIVE, NOVATO,CA 94945: BAY AREA WOMEN LEADER NETWORK, 1563 LINCOLN AVE # 15, 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 April 11 2016. (Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25, Jun 1 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139729 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PATERSON CONSTRUCTION, 36 BEVERLY TERRACE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: PATERSON FINISHES, 36 BERVERLY TERRACE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.

The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 27, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25, Jun 1 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139658 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JET MASTER JETSKI REPAIR, 520 ARLINGTON CIR, NOVATO, CA 94947: SCOTT D DUNN, 520 ARLINGTON CIR, NOVATO, CA 94947. 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 April 18,

2016. (Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25, Jun 1 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139813 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SAN RAFAEL WORK BOOTS, 807 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: EMILIO LEYVA MARIN, 253 UNION ST, Apt # 4, 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 9, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25, Jun 1 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139817 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CONSIDER IT DONE, 342 HYACINTH WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MELANIE RACHELSON, 342 HYACINTH 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 10, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25, Jun 1 of 2016)

OTHER NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SEAN NOONAN MOYLAN Case No. PR-1601410 filed on APR 20, 2016.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SEAN NOONAN MOYLAN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: FRANK NOONAN, in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that FRANK NOONAN be appointed as the personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action).

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: MAY 27, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept:M, ROOM: M, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA, 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four month from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code Section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: MEREDITH R. BUSHNELL, ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, THREE EMBARCADERO CENTER, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. Telephone: 415-471-3135. (Publication Dates: Apr 27, May 4, 11 of 2016) Notice Content: SUMMONS - FAMILY LAW—CASE NUMBER: FL 1601302 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: JONN

JOSEPH DERI You have been sued.

PETITIONERS NAME IS: LUCY SALTER DERI You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call or court appearance will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE--RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

The name and address of the court are: MARIN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORINA, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94913-4988 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: LUCY SALTER DERI, 47 LYFORD DRIVE #11, TIBURON, CA 94920.

Clerk, by /s/ JAMES M.KIM, Court Executive Officer, Marin County Superior Court, By C.LUCCHESI, Deputy Date: April 11, 2016 STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children;3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court.

Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be files and served on the other party.

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasicommunity property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

NOTICE- ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California.

Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com.

Or call Covered California at 1-800300-1506.

WARNING IMPORTANT INFORMATION —California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property

acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

This case is assigned for all purposes to Judge ADAMS. IT IS ORDERED THAT THE PARTIES OR COUNSEL IN THIS CASE MUST APPEAR AT THE FIRST CASE PROGRESS CONFERENCE ON: 9/6/2016 AT 1: 30 PM IN COURTROOM H. No appearance is required if 1) a judgement is entered before the date set, or 2) the parties file a stipulation to Continue Case Conference (form FL007) .

(Publication Dates: Apr 27, May 4, 11, 18 of 2016) OTH NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN C. PRATT Case No. PR-1601629 filed on May 5, 2016. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN C. PRATT. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: PHYLLIS SARNO-PRATT, in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that PHYLLIS SARNOPRATT be appointed as the personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: JUNE 17, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: M, ROOM: PLEASE REPORT TO COURT ROOM A, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA, 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four month from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code Section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: ALEXANDRA M.AYOUB, 1816 FIFTH STREET, BERKLEY, CA 94710 Telephone: 510-548-9005.

(Publication Dates: May 11, 18, 25 of 2016) Notice Content—SUMMONS FAMILY LAW—CASE NUMBER: FL 1600582—NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: JAVIER ENRIQUE RENDON BORRERO—You have been sued.

PETITIONER’S NAME IS: MARIA SHAPIRO—You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response

on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE--RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are: MARIN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORINA, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: MARIA SHAPIRO, 120 BRYCE CANYON RD, CA 94903.Tel:415654-6032 Clerk, by /s/ JAMES M.KIM, Court Executive Officer, Marin County Superior Court, By E.CHAIS, Deputy Date: April 28, 2016 STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court.

Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be files and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasicommunity property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

NOTICE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California.

Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com.

Or call Covered California at 1-800300-1506.

WARNING IMPORTANT INFORMATION —California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. (Publication Dates: May 11, May 18, May 25, Jun 1 of 2016)

Q:

By Amy Alkon

Astrology

Goddess

I’m a guy in my late 20s. Two years ago, I started a friends-with-benefits thing with a woman, which honestly has turned into one of the most relaxed, comfortable relationships I’ve had. Unfortunately, the sex isn’t that great.

I’ve tried to get her to work with me on that, but she just isn’t very physical. I also get the sense that she’s holding out for a serious relationship with me (babies/ marriage/house). I’m just not in love with her that way. I don’t want to hijack her uterus, but I’m having trouble breaking up with her. The relationship isn’t broken, and I don’t want to hurt her. I’m not sure I have it in me to say, “You’re bad in bed, so I’m out.”—Shallow

A:

Surely, you wouldn’t find the bunny-hugging vegan “shallow” for not being up for the long haul with the guy who electrocutes the cows.

The rational decision is clear: You don’t have what you need; you should move on. The problem is what the late Nobel Prize-winning cognitive scientist Herbert Simon deemed “bounded rationality.” This describes how our ability to make rational decisions is limited—by, for example, incomplete information about our alternatives, how much time we have to decide, or, as in your case, our emotions: Dreading hurting somebody and feeling like kind of a pig for dumping a perfectly nice woman just because her sexual spirit animal is the paperweight.

Simon didn’t just point out the decision-making problem; he came up with a solution—his concept of “satisficing.” This combo of “satisfy” and “suffice” means making a “good enough” choice—as opposed to incurring the costs of endlessly searching for the best choice. (Think of somebody who spends an hour looking for the primo parking space by the store entrance—in order to save time walking to and from their car.)

To decide what’s “good enough,” figure out the minimum stuff (good sex, etc.) that you absolutely must have to be satisfied in a relationship, and keep searching until you find somebody who has it. Forget about what you “should” need. If your life is not complete unless a woman will, say, wear a doorbell on each nipple, well, ring on, bro.

As for breaking up, this means telling somebody it’s over, not that their sexual technique is a ringer for hibernation. Give her only as much info as she needs to make her way to the door, like, “I love you, but I’m not in love with you, and I need that.” Though she won’t be happy to hear it, what’s cruel isn’t telling her; it’s waiting to tell her. As that mildewed saying goes, “If you love something … ” don’t hang onto it until its uterus sends you to the drugstore for a box of mothballs.

Q:

Last week, I went out with a guy I met on a dating site. He was very attentive and affectionate, and he even texted me the next day. Well, I think I screwed up, messaging him at the same frequency and intensity as before our first date, which was quite a lot, and mentioning seeing him again before he suggested it. His responses were infrequent and short. I haven’t heard from him for five days, and he hasn’t made plans for a second date. Is there any way to remedy this? Should I message him with some witty banter?—Faux Pas?

A:

Sadly, our genes have not been introduced to Gloria Steinem.

As I frequently explain, there’s a problem with a woman overtly pursuing a man, and it goes back millions of years. It comes out of how sex leaves a man with about a teaspoon less sperm but can leave a woman “with child” (an adorable term that makes pregnancy sound like a quick trip to the drugstore with someone under 10). From these rather vastly differing costs, explain evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt, come differing sexual strategies.

Women evolved to be the choosier sex—looking for men to show signs that they’re willing and able to commit themselves and their resources—and men coevolved to expect to work to persuade them. So, when women turn the tables and act like the, well, chase-ier sex, it sends a message—of the “FREE!!! Please take me” variety you’d see taped to a toaster somebody’s put out on the curb.

In other words, no, do not contact him. Not even with “witty banter.” Seeming amusingly desperate is not any more of a selling point. The way you “remedy” this is by turning it into a learning experience. In the future, sure, go ahead and be flirtatious—just not with the, um, eagerness of that guy in the hockey mask chasing people through the woods with a machete.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of May 11

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote. “Whatever I read—my own work, or other people’s—it all seems to me not short enough.”

I propose that we make Chekhov your patron saint for a while. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are in a phase when your personal power feeds on terse efficiency. You thrive on being vigorously concise and deftly focused and cheerfully devoted to the crux of every matter.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Creativity is

intelligence having fun.” Approximately 30,000 sites on the internet attribute that quote to iconic genius Albert Einstein. But my research strongly suggests that he did not actually say that. Who did?

It doesn’t matter. For the purposes of this horoscope, there are just two essential points to concentrate on. First, for the foreseeable future, your supreme law of life should be “creativity is intelligence having fun.” Second, it’s not enough to cavort and play and improvise, and it’s not enough to be discerning and shrewd and observant. Be all of those things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Western

culture, the peacock is a symbol of vanity. When we see the bird display its stunning array of iridescent feathers, we might think that it's lovely, but may also mutter, “What a show-off.” But other traditions have treated the peacock as a purely positive emblem: An embodiment of hard-won and triumphant radiance.

In Tibetan Buddhist myths, for example, its glorious plumage is said to be derived from its transmutation of the poisons it absorbs when it devours dangerous serpents. This version of the peacock is your power animal for now, Gemini. Take full advantage of your ability to convert noxious situations and fractious emotions into beautiful assets.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Clear moments

are so short,” opines poet Adam Zagajewski. “There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.” Here’s what I have to say about that: Even if it does indeed describe the course of ordinary life for most people, it does not currently apply to you. On the contrary. You’re in a phase that will bring an unusually high percentage of lucidity. The light shining from your eyes and the thoughts coalescing in your brain will be extra pure and bright. In the world around you, there may be occasional patches of chaos and confusion, but your luminosity will guide you through them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Smart Operator:

My name is Captain Jonathan Orances. I presently serve in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I am asking for your help with the safekeeping of a trunk containing funds in the amount of $7.9 million, which I secured during our team’s raid of a poppy farmer in Kandahar Province.

The plan is to ship this box to Luxembourg, and from there a diplomat will deliver it to your designated location. When I return home on leave, I will take possession of the trunk. You will be rewarded handsomely for your assistance. If you can be trusted, send me your details. Best regards, Captain Jonathan Orances.” You may receive a tempting but risky offer like this in the near future, Leo. I suggest you turn it down. If you do, I bet a somewhat less interesting but far less risky offer will come your way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Some things need

to be fixed, others to be left broken,” writes poet James Richardson. The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to make final decisions about which are which in your own life. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are either too damaged to salvage or undeserving of your hard labor?

Consider the possibility that you will abandon them for good. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are cracked, but possible to repair and worthy of your diligent love? Make a plan to revive or reinvent them.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Once every year, it is healthy and wise to make an ultimate confession— to express everything you regret and bemoan in one cathartic swoop, and then be free of its subliminal nagging for another year. The coming days will be a perfect time to do this. For inspiration, read an excerpt from Jeanann Verlee’s “Genetics of Regret:” “I’m sorry I lied. Sorry I drew the picture of the dead cat. I’m sorry about the stolen tampons and the nest of mice in the stove. I’m sorry about the slashed window screens. I’m sorry it took 36 years to say this.

Sorry that all I can do is worry what happens next.

Sorry for the weevils and the dead grass.

Sorry I vomited in the wash drain. Sorry I left.

Sorry I came back. I'm sorry it comes like this.

Flood and undertow.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to

the British podcast series “No Such Thing as a Fish,” there were only a few satisfying connubial relationships in late 18th century England. One publication at that time declared that of the country’s 872,564 married couples, just nine were truly happy. I wonder if the percentage is higher for modern twosomes. Whether it is or not, I have good news: My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you Scorpios will have an unusually good chance of cultivating vibrant intimacy in the coming weeks. Take advantage of this grace period, please!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Some days I feel like playing it smooth,” says a character in Raymond Chandler’s short story Trouble Is My Business, “and some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.” I suspect that you Sagittarians will be in the latter phase until at least May 24. It won’t be prime time for silky strategies and glossy gambits and velvety victories. You’ll be better able to take advantage of fate’s fabulous farces if you’re geared up for edgy lessons and checkered challenges and intricate motifs.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author Rebecca Solnit says that when she pictures herself as she was at age 15, “I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.” Let that serve as an inspiration, Capricorn. Now is an excellent time for you to celebrate the heroic, messy, improbable victories of your past. You are ready and ripe to honor the crazy intelligence and dumb luck that guided you as you fought to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. You have a right and a duty to congratulate yourself for the suffering you have escaped and inner demons you have vanquished.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “To lose weight or regain patience, learn to love the sour, the bitter, the salty, the clear.” The poet James Richardson wrote that wry advice, and now I’m passing it on to you. Why now? Because if you enhance your appreciation for the sour, the bitter, the salty and the clear, you will not only regain patience, but also generate unexpected opportunities. You will tonify your mood, beautify your attitude and deepen your gravitas. So I hope you will invite and welcome the lumpy and the dappled, my dear. I hope you’ll seek out the tangy, the smoldering, the soggy, the spunky, the chirpy, the gritty and an array of other experiences you may have previously kept at a distance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “A thousand half-

loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.” That’s from a Coleman Barks’ translation of a poem by the 13th-century Islamic scholar and mystic known as Rumi. I regard this epigram as a key theme for you during the next 12 months. You will be invited to shed a host of wishy-washy wishes so as to become strong and smart enough to go in quest of a very few burning, churning yearnings. Are you ready to sacrifice the mediocre in service to the sublime?Y

Homework: Whether or not we believe in gods, we all worship something. What idea, person, thing or emotion do you bow down to? FreeWillAstrology.com.

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