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Letters ‘The right person’ In looking at the candidates in the judicial race for a rare open seat on the Marin bench, many of the candidates are qualified, but choosing the right person and the most qualified is critical. A judge must be bright, dedicated, fair-minded, tough, open, hard-working, decisive, knowledgeable about the law, creative, have a demeanor that sets the tone for fair and impartial hearings, be a problem solver, and make all people appearing in court feel welcome and heard. To me, it takes years of experience in a courtroom as a lawyer in hard-fought trials, to get the true sense of what a judge is and must do.

The courtroom is a special arena.

It takes a strong person to control courtroom activities, to be a leader for attorneys, plaintiffs, defendants and jurors to look up to, to be flexible when appropriate and to have a passion for true justice burned into their soul. Because she has all of the above qualities, I am supporting Nicole Pantaleo. Nicole grew up in Marin County and was raised with Marin values. She has served with distinction as a Marin County Deputy District Attorney, prosecuting the most difficult cases imaginable: Sex offenders, domestic batterers, and other violent criminals who victimized women and children. Throughout her legal career, Nicole has demonstrated fairness, a high level of ethics, compassion, social responsibility and equality as well as a strong work ethic and passion for justice. She has worked in drug court and mental health court, knowing that alternatives to incarceration are essential in some cases. After years of making tough, lifechanging decisions that profoundly affect the lives and rights of victims, defendants and the safety of our community, I know that Nicole is uniquely prepared to serve as a fair, experienced, and respectful judge. As her former boss, I know that she has the integrity, talent and skill that the job requires.

Nicole’s work ethic and legal talents outshine the other candidates. She is shoulders above them. I ask that you join me, the Marin County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and the Police Officers Associations of Central Marin, Fairfax, Novato, San Rafael, and

Tiburon in supporting Nicole Pantaleo for Superior Court Judge.

Please vote on June 7th, and vote for Nicole.

Thanks so very much.

—Paula Freschi Kamena, Marin County District Attorney (Ret.)

Effective leadership Editor, Susan Kirsch’s mailer impugning incumbent Supervisor Kate Sears compels me to respond. The eleventhhour piece is characteristic of Kirsch’s negative and parochial approach throughout her campaign. I invite voters to learn about and contrast Kirsch’s “just say no” approach to Sears’ honest, intelligent, and effective leadership.

Development and traffic have been Kirsch’s go-to boogeymen (she’s opposed). But forging and implementing concrete solutions is not that simple. Sears is deeply committed to sustaining the quality of life in her native Marin and leverages her legal and negotiating expertise to ensure that local concerns are powerfully represented. In the Belvedere Place development, for example, Sears helped negotiate a 75 percent size reduction and obtained $280,000 from the developer for traffic calming measures.

Using the slogan “local control,” Kirsch opposes regional solutions to Marin’s housing shortage, climate change and sea level rise. By contrast, Sears understands the complex issues, agencies and regulations that affect us and works diligently at all levels to achieve the best results for Marin.

Responding to state mandates for new housing, for example, Sears fought for legislation that changed the state’s designation of Marin County from “urban” to “suburban.” This substantially reduced state housing density requirements here. And Sears has championed collaborative regional solutions to sea level rise.

The IJ Editorial got it right: “ [Kate Sears] may not be as vocal as Kirsch in telling some voters what they want to hear, but Sears has built a reputation for being careful, practical and thoughtful in representing her district.”

—Tammy Edmonson

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By Howard Rachelson

1 What body of water is situated at approximately the exact ‘middle’ of Marin County?

2 In basketball, what’s a triple-double?

3 What single country of Central America

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4 What current TV talk show host was head writer for NBC’s Saturday Night Live from 2005-2014?

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5 In Great Britain the most popular billiards game, with 22 balls, is what?

6 In the Middle Ages, people’s health was judged partly by how they smelled. A person who gave off “good air” was presumed healthier and happier, the French origin of what word?

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9 What radical Islamic group is fighting the government forces in Pakistan?

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words in what 1933 semi-horror film featuring an animal? century B.C. Greek philosopher known as ‘the man who knew everything,’ supposedly held all of the world’s knowledge in his head. Who was he?

what curious property, not related to their definitions?

▲ Cheese lovers, head to West Marin, home to two creameries that managed to churn their cheeses into the holy grail of honors at this year’s California State Fair Commercial Cheese Competition. Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company in Point Reyes Station, a family-run business creating hand-crafted cheeses, took home the Best of Show blue ribbon for their Bay Blue cheese in the Cow’s Milk Rinded Blue Cheese class.

Their neighbor, Bleating Heart Cheese in Tomales, uses ewe and goat milk to produce their Funky Bleats cheese, which won Best of Show in the Other Milk Type Cheese category. Competition was stiff, with 169 entries from large and small cheesemakers vying for these two most highly coveted prizes. P.S. We love that women run both of these awardwinning operations.

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▼ Congratulations to Terry (if that’s your real name), for your landslide victory in the Zero column. He or she (we’ll go with he) hit DF’s parked car in Tam Valley, causing $1,500 in damage. Though he left an apologetic note stating his desire to “sort things out,” he included an incorrect telephone number. Hoping that perhaps Terry suffers from dyslexia, DF tried different iterations of the number. No luck. DF, who is more forgiving than we, says he understands a driver leaving a fake note, if they’re worried that someone saw the accident. While wrong, it’s not sadistic.

But an insincere apology with a phony phone number? It takes a special kind of mind to come up with that. Nice job, you selfish yutz.

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The Mighty Mutt March, which took place on April 23rd at San Francisco’s Crissy Field, drew hundreds of dog advocates who were protesting the Proposed Rule for Dog Management.

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rancing poodles, sociable golden retrievers and pooches of indiscernible lineage were among around 1,000 dogs that shepherded their people across the promenade at Crissy Field during the Mighty Mutt March on a sunny Saturday last month. Though the canines

acted carefree during the procession, their angry guardians had gathered to protest the Proposed Rule for Dog Management, aimed at keeping them on a tighter leash in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).

Marchers yelped that over the last 14 years, the National Park Service (NPS), which manages the GGNRA,

brandished a big stick and presented plan after plan to greatly decrease the number of areas that allow recreational dog walking, both onand off-leash.

According to officials, there are environmental concerns, as well as a rise in complaints about unruly canines. They also say that they need

to balance the needs of multiple users that include tourists, hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers.

Though the NPS has walked away from previous negotiations and dropped other iterations of the plan, the agency may finally make good on its threats. They now appear poised to usher in the latest and most restrictive version of their dog management plan, despite loud opposition.

The brouhaha won’t end anytime soon, because the new plan restricts off-leash dog walking to seven areas and on-leash to 15 areas, distributed across the entire GGNRA—an 80,000acre park that spans across Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco counties.

Dogs are currently permitted on less than 1 percent of the land, and the proposed rules would slash off-leash dog walking by 90 percent and on-leash dog areas by 50 percent.

In Marin, that equates to about eight miles of land, with Rodeo Beach serving as the only location for off-leash dog walking. Dogs will be banned from areas that they currently frequent, including the South Rodeo Beach Trail, the Oakwood Valley Trail, the Miwok Trail and the Coastal Trail. The Muir Beach neighborhood, totally surrounded by the ocean and GGNRA, is especially hard hit, with dogs allowed on-leash on the beach, but banned on the surrounding trails.

Kristin, a dog advocate who attended a recent public meeting about the dog management plan at the Bay Model in Sausalito, doubts that Muir Beach residents plan on bringing their leashed dogs to the beach. “It’s like taking your children to Disneyland and not letting them ride the rides,” she said.

“They made a unilateral decision that doesn’t answer to the will of the local people that use the Golden Gate National Recreation Area,” said Mill Valley’s Michael Barti, who attended both the meeting and the Mighty Mutt March. “They’re obviously not listening to anyone.” That cry of fait accompli has been bandied about by dog advocates since the plan was unveiled in late February.

Christine Lehnertz, superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, disputed this claim at the public meeting. “A decision has not been made and our effort to hear from the public is genuine,” she said.

Listen she did. Among those who spoke at the meeting was a man living near the Alta Fire Road in north Sausalito. “Unfortunately, I’ve been attacked and bitten by an off-leash dog and my wife is too scared to walk our kids on fire roads,” he said. “So, I really thank you for trying to protect us.”

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(Dog Owner’s Group) is a supporting member and touts its mission as promoting responsible dog walking and advocating for dog-friendly trails and beaches in Marin County.

“The GGNRA has ignored the fact that the public has overwhelmingly opposed the dog management plan,” said Cassandra Fimrite of Mill Valley.

“That’s why I sought out other people that felt the same way.”

Fimrite joined forces with Laura Pandapas, an outspoken activist from Muir Beach, to found Marin County DOG. Pandapas said that the GGNRA General Management Plan, which was signed into effect in January of 2015, is also at play. “That plan transforms our recreation area into a wilderness area with 90 percent of the GGNRA reclassified as a ‘natural zone,’” she said.

She believes that reduced visitation is an unspoken GGNRA goal that could be achieved by instituting policies that restrict access, made possible by the natural zone designation.

Pandapas weaves a fascinating account of the GGNRA’s policy shifts, the whims of wealthy donors and abuse of power. A history lesson is necessary to understand the assertions.

It begins with the establishment of the GGNRA as an urban recreation area, which President Nixon signed into law in 1972. Changes were made to the law governing the NPS in 1978, which required all national parks to operate under the same mission statement, with no mention of recreation areas. Apparently, Congress did not intend for this law to turn an urban recreation site into a national park, as it later added that administrators must keep the original values and purposes of the areas and only Congress could direct any modifications.

A pet policy followed in 1979 that allowed walking with dogs on select portions of the GGNRA. According to Mill Valley resident Huey Johnson, the pet policy was carefully crafted to allow dog walking, both on- and offleash, while keeping most areas closed to dogs. Johnson ought to know; he served as the California Secretary of Resources during Jerry Brown’s first stint as governor, was president of the Nature Conservancy and helped derail the planned Marincello development that would have decimated the Marin Headlands.

The ’78 legislation and the ’79 pet policy are paramount to Pandapas’ belief that further dog restrictions betray the values of the GGNRA, unless ordered by an act of Congress.

In fact, she thinks that the tail

may be wagging the dog in this case, because the NPS is broke and the vast majority of improvement projects in the GGNRA rely on donations from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, a private, nonprofit fundraising partner for the GGNRA with a list of a board of trustees that reads like a who’s who in the Bay Area.

Since the Conservancy’s inception in 1981, it has raised close to $400 million dollars for the GGNRA. The improvements to Crissy Field were funded primarily by donations from the Haas family through the Conservancy. The expansion of the GGNRA across the tunnel tops on Doyle Drive is a large-scale project on the horizon, and the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation gave the Conservancy its largest single gift, $25 million, to help pay for the development.

Much to the chagrin of dog advocates and those who loathe the idea of privatizing funding for the GGNRA, none of the conservancy’s money goes for maintenance. Yet, with every improvement made, every visitor center built and every fancy plaque installed to honor a large contributor, maintenance costs increase significantly. The GGNRA is on the hook to pay for those expenses, because, as Conservancy spokesperson David Shaw admitted, it’s not glamorous for donors to sponsor cleaning bathrooms or taking out the trash.

Appropriations from Congress aren’t substantial enough to cover those costs. In fact, the GGNRA currently has a maintenance backlog of more than $278 million, and conservationists fear that the Conservancy contributions will dry up appropriations from Congress and leave the national park system vulnerable to the whims of donors, both private and corporate. The slippery slope may have begun already.

Last month, Jon Jarvis, National Park Service director, disclosed a plan that allows NPS directors and deputy directors to solicit donations, a practice that had been banned.

Pandapas is concerned that the GGNRA can cut overhead with the new “natural zone” designation by excluding major user groups, starting with people walking their dogs. In that way, they could continue expanding and improving the park in areas chosen by the Conservancy board of trustees.

“It’s farfetched,” said David Shaw, who points out that the GGNRA sets the priorities and the Conservancy follows.

Levitt concurs. “That idea is floated by the flat earth society.”

Regardless, Pandapas and the dog activists soldier on. They claim that they’re not a fringe group, and they may be right. The Marin Humane Society estimates that 40 percent of the county’s households have at least one dog, and dog advocates have garnered support from the Board of Supervisors in Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. In fact, last week the executive director of the Marin Humane Society wrote a letter to the GGNRA expressing her concern about the plan and her disappointment that the GGNRA refuses to consult with her agency, especially considering that they are Marin’s experts in dog behavior, both on- and off-leash.

Dog walking devotees trust that the GGNRA’s undoing will be its failure to provide scientific proof of the claim that dogs have negative effects within urban recreation areas, and they’re trying to obtain documents from the GGNRA to substantiate their assertion.

The GGNRA counters that evidence has been presented in the form of peer-reviewed scientific papers, to which the opposition responds that none were actually site-specific to the GGNRA. A current lawsuit, filed by Bay Area dog and recreation groups, is pending against the National Park Service over their refusal to comply with document requests under the Freedom of Information Act. The plaintiffs’ attorney, Mill Valley resident Chris Carr of the law firm Morrison & Foerster, thinks that the dog management plan, if adopted by the GGNRA, will likely end up in federal court.

The NPS hopes to consider the comments, make a decision at the end of the year and implement their final plan in early 2017.

The GGNRA Proposed Rule for Dog Management does not assert to represent all citizens. “The story and rationale behind the plan are always changing and they don’t have the necessary data to back up their claims,” Carr said.

As of now, the GGNRA is standing firm and the dog supporters aren’t going away. It may be years until the dust settles; nevertheless, Marin’s affinity for dogs and the desire to walk them in the GGNRA will continue.

“If it happens, we’ll have no place to walk our dogs or we’ll have to do it knowing we’re breaking the law,” Lee says of the proposed rule. “We might have to. Or, we’re stuck on sidewalks with a bunch of other people in an urban setting.”Y

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be inundated with opinions of opponents and proponents, as the public comment period—required by federal law—ended on May 25. When this article went to print, nearly 2,800 comments had been received.

Surprisingly, the public comments may not be as important as the dog advocates would like. “The public comment process is not a popular vote,” said GGNRA spokesperson Howard Levitt.

The GGNRA claims that it developed the new rules to meet the mandates of the NPS to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources for future generations and to better accommodate a variety of visitor experiences, among other reasons. That’s a tall order, considering that between 11 and 18 million people visited the GGNRA last year, depending on which official you ask.

Opponents of the plan poo-poo the reasons for it, claiming that the GGNRA is overreaching by throwing invalid issues into the mix—such as the potential decline of endangered and threatened plant and wildlife species, because the NPS has not conducted studies within the GGNRA to prove it. Instead, it has relied on scientific peer-reviewed studies that had nothing to do with the GGNRA. Opponents also maintain that with more than 99 percent of the GGNRA prohibited to dogs, the majority of space is left for a dog-free park experience. Additionally, most tourists visiting the GGNRA take in the sights at Muir Woods, Alcatraz and other high-profile areas that the NPS advertises in travel magazines. These visitors are not typically found on the Alta Fire Road above Marin City or the Oakwood Valley Fire Road in Tam Valley—places where dogs currently play off-leash.

“This is important to us, because there aren’t that many places where you can walk your dogs off-leash and we hate to lose it,” said Corte Madera’s Candy Lee, who regularly walks her dog with a group of friends at Crissy Field. “What will we do? Stay at home with our dogs?”

Other dogs in this fight include local recreationists, lawyers pursuing relief in court, politicians and wealthy philanthropists. Attempting to untangle the web of special interests uncovers facts and misrepresentations from all sides.

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National impact Jasson Minadakis propels Marin Theatre Company forward

By David Templeton

Marin Theatre Company

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Jasson Minadakis, artistic director of the Marin Theatre Company, has created a national profile for the theater by featuring original productions by new playwrights.

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on’t get me started.”

Jasson Minadakis, one quickly notices, uses that phrase a lot.

“Don’t get me started.”

For the record, when it comes to talking about theater—especially the kind of expectation-defying, definition-challenging, artistically fearless theater Marin Theatre Company (MTC) has become known for over the 10 years that he has served as its artistic director—it is not at all difficult getting Jasson Minadakis started.

On this particular afternoon, MTC’s energetic artistic director has taken a bit of time out between rehearsals to talk about his first decade at the helm of the North Bay’s premium professional theater company.

Throughout the conversation, he recalls various plays he’s produced or directed along the way. He’s just been discussing, for example, last year’s production of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy, which—the night before this interview—was awarded the prize for Best Bay Area Production at the annual awards

party thrown by the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle.

Out of nine awards won by MTC, including honors for The Convert and The Oldest Boy, Choir Boy took home a total of six, including one for Jason Sherwood’s amazing set design.

The set, as has been much discussed throughout the Bay Area theater community, incorporated several working shower stalls, which appeared to produce actually steaming-hot water.

“Oh, that was hot water, definitely,” Minadakis says. “It was an important part of the overall design of the show.

We wanted real water, and it had to be hot water, because we wanted to see the steam rising as the actors went through that particular scene.

Realism is extremely important in telling particular stories. And realism is often very, very complicated to carry out effectively.

“But don’t get me started.”

It was in the summer of 2006 that Minadakis was chosen to replace MTC’s previous artistic director, Lee Sankowich. A certified theater-world legend, Sankowich leapt to national fame after an insanely popular production of One Flew Over the

Cuckoo’s Nest, in 1970. Adapted by Dale Wasserman from Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel, the play had failed on Broadway in 1963, but surged to prominence in 1970 following Sankowich’s hugely popular production in Marin. Sankowich resigned his post in 2006.

Before departing, Sankowich delivered one final triumph—his February 2006 production of Tracy Letts’ viciously dark Killer Joe. With its bloody storyline and full frontal nudity (male and female), the satirical crime-thriller set a bold new direction for the traditionally conservative company.

As it happens, Minadakis’ own popular production of Killer Joe, at Actor’s Express, in Atlanta, Georgia, was part of the impetus that inspired Sankowich to choose Killer Joe as his final production at Marin Theatre Company.

“The way I understand it,” Minadakis says, “is that MTC was looking for an artistic director who was an established expert at cuttingedge American plays. Killer Joe had been a huge hit. Ironically, when Lee decided to do Killer Joe, it was partly because of the positive reviews the

show got when I did it in Atlanta.

He’d been thinking of doing Killer Joe for a while, and when he read my reviews, and saw how well my production had been received, he felt like he could make the case that this was a show that could do well for Marin Theatre Company.”

Minadakis pauses.

“Does that make me sound arrogant?” he asks, with a laugh.

“Oh my God! That totally makes me sound arrogant. I’m not saying I have anything to do with the success of Lee’s final production. I’m just saying—I think it’s really cool that we have that connection. Because, that was an important play for me, too.”

In many ways, Killer Joe is the link between two very significant phases in the history of Marin Theatre Company. The organization is celebrating its 50th year just as Minadakis celebrates his 10th year in Marin.

Asked how the transition from Georgia to Marin went, Minadakis laughs.

“I love Marin,” he says. “It was such a good move. Artistically, though, I think I could have accomplished the move a little bit better. The first play I

harder and harder for unknown playwrights to actually get their plays read.”

Because of this, Minadakis believed that it was vital that playwrights submitting original works to MTC were assured that they would get a fair shot.

“You are guaranteed to get at least a 10-page sample of your play read, if not the full play,” he says.

“That’s absolutely important. We are guaranteeing that playwrights who submit new plays through our competitions, will have verifiable access to our artistic staff.”

One of the competitions is named for local theater-supporter Norton J. “Sky” Cooper, whose interest in the health of new American theater inspired the award. “[He] gave us $40,000 per year to make this happen,” Minadakis says.

“The impact of his donation, to this organization and to the community of emerging playwrights in this country, has been incredible.”

The Sky Cooper award, similarly, has propelled MTC into the national scene in an enormous way.

“Early on, Sky Cooper asked me, ‘How are you going to find the next Tennessee Williams?’ I answered that the only way to do that is to read as many new American plays as possible.

Specifically writers who don’t have agents yet, and who haven’t been through an MFA program.”

The result has been that each year, MTC receives more and more new plays from across the United States.

Last year, the entire MTC season consisted of new or very new plays.

“Every once in awhile, I hear someone complain about the decline of American theater,” Minadakis says. “I tell them that’s nonsense.

I know. I read these plays myself.

The state of American theater has never been healthier than it is now.

There are emerging voices that, and I’m not exaggerating, are moving theater ahead in amazing, beautiful, extraordinary ways.”

Many of those new voices, Minadakis believes, will find their very first audience at Marin Theatre Company.

Asked to provide a hint as to what stories those new playwrights will be telling at MTC, and what kind of influence they will have on the future of American theater, Minadakis laughs.

“They’re going to change the world,” he says, quickly adding, “Don’t get me started.”Y

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picked for MTC was The Subject Tonight is Love, a play about memory loss by Atlanta playwright Sandra Deer.”

It was, he says, an “interesting” play to start out with.

“I was trying to pick the perfect play for my new community,” he says, “and I think I overthought it. It was fine, but I don’t think it really told people in this community who I was as an artist. I should have tried to pick the perfect play to introduce myself to Marin County, rather than pick a play I thought Marin County would like.”

His second play in Marin was John Kolvenbach’s Love Song, about a reclusive guy who falls in love with a figment of his own imagination. The show was extremely well reviewed, and ended up on a number of Top 10 lists for 2006.

“I probably should have started with that one,” Minadakis says with a laugh.

“It was a little more my style. It starred Darren Bridgett and Julia Brothers, who were brilliant. That was a really beautiful piece. I love that play.”

So did everyone else. It officially marked the arrival of Jasson Minadakis.

“What the board told me, when I was first interviewed,” he says, “was that they wanted things to change.

They wanted Marin Theatre Company to have a national presence. They wanted the company to make a significant footprint. We had a lot of conversations about what that footprint would be.”

Even before he was announced as the new artistic director, Minadakis knew how the company could make that kind of a mark, not just on the Bay Area, but across the United States.

“The way to make that happen is to court the best playwrights in the country,” he says. “The best way to really have an impact on the American theater, is to get to know new playwrights—and to be able to focus on new writers exclusively.”

In Minadakis’ second year, MTC announced two brand new nationwide playwriting competitions—The David Calicchio Emerging Playwright Prize and the Sky Cooper New American Play Prize.

Each comes with a sizable financial award, and an assurance that the play will have a shot at a world premiere production at Marin Theatre Company.

“The new play prizes allowed us to create more of a national profile for the theater, in terms of the accessibility playwrights had to the organization,” Minadakis says. “When we started this, most other theaters were scaling back access for playwrights. It was becoming

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Power couple Behind the scenes with Marin Shakespeare Company’s Bob and Lesley Currier

By Charles Brousse

The Curriers

Lesley and Bob Currier, of the Marin Shakespeare Company, have brought both financial and artistic success to the organization.

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here was a time (not so long ago) when family businesses were common in America. They may not have been the most efficient way to provide goods and services, but they had compensating advantages. People who ran them were invested in what they were doing. Customers enjoyed dealing on a personal level with familiar faces. Neighborhoods benefitted from their participation in civic life. For everyone concerned, it was comforting to know that there was at least a possibility of generational continuity.

Today, most of the larger operations are gone, victims of America’s corporatization and the tendency of families to splinter early on. A few exceptions still exist in the Bay Area, however, and two of the most successful are— perhaps surprisingly—in the field of live theater. The San Francisco Playhouse, founded in 2003 by married couple Bill English and Susi Damilano, later joined by daughter/ actress/director Lauren English, has enjoyed remarkable growth. On this side of the Golden Gate, Bob and

Lesley Currier, assisted by various family members, have compiled a record with the Marin Shakespeare Company that is nothing short of spectacular.

In 1989, the pair was invited to transfer here from their home in Mendocino County as part of an effort by John and Ann Brebner, former directors of the moribund Marin Shakespeare Festival, to help resurrect that annual summer event. By their own account, they arrived filled with enthusiasm, but with only small change in their

pockets. Twenty-seven years later, helped by sons Nate and Jackson, lately daughter-in-law Luisa Frasconi Currier and a multitude of backers who were persuaded to sign on, the renamed Marin Shakespeare Company has an annual budget of more than $1 million, produces three plays each summer and is involved in an extensive list of programs that beneficially affect local prison populations, schools, aspiring actors and seniors.

So—who are the Curriers and how did they do it? We explored the subject in a recent wide-ranging interview. Read on.

Charles Brousse: Since I know that you spent your early years on opposite coasts, how did you find each other?

Bob Currier: Blame it on fate and a love of theater. I grew up in Southern California, Temple City, a little burgh between Pasadena and Arcadia.

Went to the local high school and the University of California, Irvine, where I majored in political science.

One semester I took a course in

Shakespeare because, you know, that’s where all the pretty girls were. One thing led to another and I was cast in student productions of Oh, What a Lovely War! and my first Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

That did it—I was hooked! I enrolled in UCI’s graduate program and became the first student to receive an MFA in directing.

Brousse: What did your parents think about all this?

BC: They couldn’t believe it. My mother wanted me to become a big-time lawyer—anything with a high salary.

CB: Did you start a professional career right away?

BC: No, I did what theater people usually do to keep afloat: Construction work, restaurants, part time teaching … Kicked around the country. My first paid directing job was at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock, Illinois. Along the way I heard that a little community theater in Ukiah, way up north in California, was looking for an artistic director. It sounded interesting.

CB: What about the million-dollar gift from an anonymous donor that you received a couple of years ago?

LC: Yes, well, you’ve already seen some small improvements at Forest Meadows (the amphitheater on the Dominican University campus where Marin Shakes performs) and we can really move now that the University has signed a 25-year lease with us. Improving the sound system is a priority. We’d also like to have permanent facilities for dressing, storage, box office. Structures we wouldn’t have to tear down and rebuild every year. More Equity actors. It’s a long wish list.

CB: How do the two of you divide up the work?

LC: Bob makes most of the artistic decisions—play selection, casting, that kind of thing—but he runs them by me. I do whatever is needed to keep Marin Shakespeare going.

CB: No arguments over choices?

LC: Occasionally. We work it out.

CB: And the kids? How do they fit in?

LC: We haven’t put any pressure on them, but Jackson has been involved in all areas of theater production since he was little. Nate started in a different direction, but now seems to be interested.

CB: You’ve added Luisa and a granddaughter, Lenox.

BC: I love being with both of them.

CB: Seems like you might have a dynasty in the making?

BC: We’ll see. It’ll be a board decision … and hopefully a long way down the road.

CB: What are you most excited about right now?

BC: Right now? The upcoming season …

LC: … especially the fact that our prison programs are expanding so rapidly. For the first time ever— anywhere in the country, as far as I can tell—a former inmate, Dameion Brown, will have a lead role (Othello in our production) on the main stage of a professional theater. It’s going to be a HUGE event!

CB: Yes, it will. Thank you.Y THE 2016 MARIN SHAKESPEARE SEASON The Taming, by Lauren Gunderson (June 24-July 17) Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare (July 22-August 21) Othello, by William Shakespeare (August 26-September 25) All performances staged at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, 890 Belle Ave., San Rafael; marinshakespeare.org.

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CB: We’ll come to that in a minute.

Lesley, what about you?

Lesley Currier: My situation was completely different. I grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C. My mother was a drama teacher who took me to a lot of plays when I was a teenager. My grandmother worked with David Belasco before she got married and had kids, so it was a pretty culture oriented family. They sent me to Princeton in the early ’80s, where I majored in religious studies because the “powers that be” didn’t offer a degree in theater.

After graduation, I came out to San Francisco for an A.C.T. summer training program. When that ended, somebody told me that some little company called the Ukiah Players were planning a “Scenes from Shakespeare” festival. I decided to audition.

CB: Ah. Now we’re getting closer.

LC: (Laughs) Yes. Bob was both the director and an actor. He chose me to work in his scenes, all of which, being romantic, required a lot of “private” rehearsal time.

BC: The power of the director!

LC: We’ve been together ever since.

CB: What was life like in Ukiah?

LC: We lived out in the country in a rustic cabin that Bob built. There was a vegetable garden and you could watch the deer, shout at the stars, write plays and run around naked if you wanted to. Having been with my family and then at Princeton during the West Coast’s hippie days, I thought I had missed out on something important. Now I had a chance to experience that kind of freedom and it felt wonderful.

CB: What made you decide to come here?

BC: It was the late ’80s. To prepare herself for work in the theater, Lesley had enrolled in the graduate program at UC Irvine, but when she heard about the offer from the Brebners to head up their effort to bring Shakespeare back to Marin, she couldn’t resist. We both felt that a project like that would be worth a thousand MFAs. She dropped out, came north and we got started.

CB: How did you raise the necessary funds?

BC: Some old friends from the Festival kicked in $1,000 …

LC: … and Marcia Lucas, George’s ex-wife, sent us a $10,000 check.

BC: After living in a cabin for practically nothing, I couldn’t believe it.

LC: Since then it’s been a long uphill struggle to get the money to build the kind of company we’d like to have.

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ifferent diets work for different people. That is one of the primary takeaways from a fascinating new study at Cornell University, which showed how human genetics customize to specific diets over generations, optimizing the body for the metabolism of certain foods. Unfortunately, that message didn't reach as many people as it could have, thanks to how many media outlets handled it.

“A Vegetarian Diet Might not be as Healthy as you Think,” ran one headline.

“Being Vegetarian Could Kill You, Science Warns,” screeched another.

Meat lovers rejoiced. Animal lovers panicked. The researchers that conducted the study wondered how a press release titled “Eating Green Could be in Your Genes,” which was given to the media days ahead of its official release, could have gotten the story so wrong.

After the initial flare-up, and predictable backlash, most responses to the study were either “OMG vegetarian diet causes cancer,” or “OMG that is so much BS.” The study, published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, compared the genes of people who come from vegetarian societies with those from nonvegetarian and primarily meat-eating societies. And while the paper didn’t make specific dietary recommendations, the authors do extrapolate that a diet appropriate for someone with meat-eating genes might not work for someone with the so-called “vegetarian gene” [aka the “vegetarian allele,” or form of a gene] that the researchers were studying.

The story begins with genes that code for an enzyme, called FADS2, which helps the body process the omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids we

By Ari LeVaux

consume from dietary sources. We need both of these types of oil, and it is becoming increasingly clear that the two fats should be present in the body in roughly equal parts. Omega-3 is antiinflammatory, while Omega-6 is proinflammatory. Inflammation is key to our bodies’ defense mechanisms, but too much or chronic inflammation can help cause many types of disease.

The FADS2 gene has a mutant, or “allele” form, dubbed the vegetarian allele because it helps people regulate their bodies’ balance of omega-3 and omega-6 oils when the precursors are consumed specifically from plantbased sources. The team found that, as expected, this allele is most common in predominantly vegetarian populations like India.

They also suspected that the vegetarian gene would be problematic among people who eat primarily meat, because omega-3 and 6 oils from animal products are metabolized differently.

Indeed, the vegetarian allele is quite infrequent in Greenland, and actually seems to have been deleted from genes where, generations ago, it existed.

“Our genetic heritage, to some degree, tailors our genes to specific foods, and when that changes dramatically for whatever reason, there may be a mismatch,” explained the study’s lead author Tom Brenna of Cornell, in a recorded presentation sent to me by his lab.

This mismatch between diet and genes is the underlying premise behind the concepts of precision medicine and precision nutrition. “[Precision nutrition/medicine] means making recommendations on a person by person basis rather than on global means, which is what dietary guidelines do.”Y To read the full story, visit pacificsun.com.

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New chapter

Point Reyes Books owners to move on

By Ellen Shehadeh

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est Marin’s iconic independent bookstore, Point Reyes Books, is drafting the final pages of its remarkable story. Owners Steve Costa and Kate Levinson have made the difficult decision to sell what has been the center of their lives for the past 14 years.

When the couple bought the store on a whim in 1999 with absolutely no retail experience, Levinson was a psychotherapist in Oakland and Costa a community organizer; they were weekenders in West Marin.

“People might think that owning a bookstore is just reading a lot of books and sitting behind the counter,” Levinson says. But she admits to never having worked so hard in her life, seven days a week. They are both tired.

What the couple created is not merely a successful independent bookstore in a time when small bookstores are in fierce competition with the likes of Amazon and large retailers, but a community hub that has hosted more than 800 major writers for readings and conversation, and sponsored large events like the Geography of Hope Conference— featuring well-known authors who write about environmental themes and small intimate gatherings like the Annual Candlelight Winter Solstice Poetry Reading, where locals share their writing or their favorite poems in the “community living room.”

The store has raised more that $500,000 for local nonprofits and is known for co-publishing the West

Marin Review literary journal. Now, the search—a careful and thoughtful process—is on for a buyer who will carry on the store’s long tradition. “It will take as long as it takes,” Costa says. Levinson suggests that the future owners may have strengths that they don’t have. “We are confident,” she says.

In a letter to the community, Costa and Levinson express that they are not exactly sure what lies ahead in their lives. But the next chapter surely includes “more time to be in nature with family and friends” and putting “energies toward building a better future world for all, including our three grandchildren.” Costa wishes to continue creating events and retreats through the nonprofit Black Mountain Circle, while Levinson hopes to write another book. The couple wants “to grow their spiritual lives, serve the poor and explore the world outside of West Marin.”

Costa says that the past 14 years have given him a deep appreciation for the power of books. “People buy a book and then come back to the store and talk about how much the book has touched them,” he says.

The letter emphasizes gratitude for loyal customers and friendships made.

“I am touched every day by some interaction that I have in the store,” Levinson says.Y Costa and Levinson hope to convey the bookstore to a new owner by the end of 2016. Interested? Write to them at ptreyesbooks@gmail.com, and visit ptreyesbooks.com.

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Point Reyes Books

Steve Costa and Kate Levinson, owners of Point Reyes Books, hope to sell their store to someone who can carry on community traditions.

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Mountain Play’s ‘West Side Story,’ performed atop Mt. Tam, mixes dynamic movement and beautiful singing.

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Magic mountain Elements of ‘West Side Story’ align for stunning Mt. Tam show By Charles Brousse

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here are many reasons for attending the annual Mountain Play. Free bus transportation will take you on a scenic ride from Mill Valley to the Sidney B. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, near the summit of Marin’s iconic Mt. Tamalpais. At an elevation of more than 2,600 feet, the air is bracing, and the views fabulous.

You can buy food and drink from vendors, or bring along your own.

Sit in the early spring sun, or under a shady canopy. Introduce the kids to show biz. In other words, it’s a fun Sunday outing, whatever the quality of the musical on stage.

This year is different. In addition to the listed non-theatrical attractions, West Side Story is a stunning example of the magic

that can occur when all of the elements of a production are in perfect alignment. Despite gray skies that threatened rain, Opening Day’s large audience sat in rapt attention throughout the two-hour performance, vigorously applauded song and dance segments and rose spontaneously at the conclusion to show their appreciation. Standing ovations are rare at the Mountain Play. This one deserved it.

West Side Story stands in the top rank of American musical theater.

Its lineage is about as impressive as they come. The book by Arthur Laurents is based on Shakespeare’s beloved Romeo and Juliet, possibly the greatest love story of all time.

Leonard Bernstein, highly regarded for his ability to blend jazz elements

with classical forms, contributed the superb musical score. Stephen Sondheim, just beginning his groundbreaking Broadway career, wrote the emotionally charged lyrics and Jerome Robbins’ choreography was so original and compelling that it has been a template for all subsequent productions.

One would think that with such a pedigree, it would be difficult to go wrong, but the opposite is true.

Every element has to be of the highest quality, or the show could come across as a dated, sentimental relic. Instead, the Mountain Play’s current version (its last was in 1999) hits all the right notes and has an aura of spontaneity about it that makes it feel as fresh and exciting as it must have seemed when it debuted in New York back in 1957.

To begin with fundamentals, producing musicals in a vast, stonelined amphitheater, where voices and orchestral accompaniment can disappear into the open air or be muffled by a wind gust, isn’t easy.

Thanks to the evolution of sound technology, those days appear to be over. Speaking or singing, voices come across loud and clear, and for the first time the orchestra (led by music director David Möschler) is positioned out front in a kind of shadowy sound box instead of being hidden behind the scenery. These improvements make a tremendous difference. Although I wondered about the purplish facades, Michael Locher’s scenic design captures the drab quality of a ’60s-era rundown Bronx neighborhood. Following tradition, costumer Heidi Leigh Hanson separates the rival gangs by color: Puerto Rican Sharks in red, multi-ethnic Jets in turquoise blue.

What really distinguishes this production of West Side Story is its mix of dynamic movement and beautiful singing. Much of the credit for the former must go to director Jay Manley, ably assisted by choreographers Nicole Helfer (dance) and Zoe Swenson-Graham (fight). Combining exuberance and precision, action scenes that feature too many talented performers to mention by name, are thrilling to behold.

Similarly, while not physically perfect for the role of Tony (Laurent’s surrogate for Shakespeare’s Romeo), Jerry Lee will be long remembered for his transcendent delivery of the great ballads, and Mindy Lym is a worthy partner as Maria/Juliet. Truth be told, the entire 42-member ensemble matches, or surpasses, just about anything you could find in a high-priced fully professional production—and, you get the fresh air and views!

One final note: Almost every Mountain Play offers something unique. Don’t expect it to happen every week, but on Opening Day, one Mark Tress stepped on stage as the applause was dying down and proposed marriage to Mindy Lym. From the look of it, I don’t think she declined.Y

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Jason Crosby leads all-star birthday party

By Charlie Swanson

In ‘The Lobster,’ guests at a coastal hotel hunt down “loners.”

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Cruel regime Singles pressured in ‘The Lobster’

By Richard von Busack

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When not stewing in hot tubs or roaming the grounds, the guests head out to the woods to hunt down the “loners” with guns and tranquilizer darts—they’re singles who escaped the cruel regime.

Lanthimose cuts off the pleasure of revolution. David’s life as a guerilla is as bleak as life in the hotel; the merciless rebel leader (Léa Seydoux) insists on celibacy, with corporal punishment doled out to would-be lovers. But David at last finds a woman (Rachel Weisz) he can love and who loves him.

The Lobster is stuck in a zone between Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros and some modest Kurt Vonnegut concept, wavering between theatrical conceits and animal-harming cinematic realism. It’s convincing, the way the characters go after each other like lobsters in a barrel. But this fable has no payoff—at least, no payoff larger than the Hotel Manager’s line to a successful couple: “You will be assigned children. That usually helps. A lot.”Y The Lobster opens at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center on Friday, May 27.

bloomer, but to be around them now and be considered a peer is gratifying.”

“Through Bob (Weir) and Phil (Lesh), I’ve met so many other people who have taken me on the road or into the studio, I’ve been unbelievably busy ever since I moved here,” he says.

When he’s not on the road, Crosby has established himself as a staple of the North Bay scene. Aside from his birthday concert, Crosby’s schedule this summer includes performing this weekend at BottleRock Napa Valley and at the upcoming Blue Rose Foundation concert in Petaluma with Jackie Greene. “I’m humbled by it,” he says. “It’s just been an adventure here.”Y Jason Crosby & Friends perform on Thursday, June 2 at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael; 8pm; $20; 16 and over; 415/524-2773.

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here’s merit to The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimose’s morbid satire of how individuals are pressured to become couples. Anyone raised in a traditional family, who endured ceaseless nagging to get married and produce some kids, would find this savory … for a while. We can utter some hollow laughter watching the slow crushing of David (Colin Farrell).

This depressed man, with a brushy mustache and a noticeable paunch, is numb from being rendered single after 11 years and one month of marriage.

A vaguely-sketched dictatorship, under which David lives, forces all of its single citizens to spend a holiday in a rainy coastal hotel. It’s run by a cruel, all-seeing Hotel Manager (Olivia Colman, the movie’s standout). Guests have less than a month to hook up with some other unattached single person. Violators will be rendered, by some unseen, reverse Dr. Moreau surgery, into the animal of their choice. David has chosen a lobster, perhaps in honor of T. S. Eliot’s Prufrock’s desire to be “ragged claws. Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.”

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ven though multiinstrumentalist Jason Crosby has been playing music with prodigious skill since he was 2 years old, he still calls himself a late bloomer. Classically trained in violin, piano, guitar and more as a child, the Long Island native, living in Marin since 2013, now plays regularly around the North Bay and beyond with the likes of Phil Lesh, Moonalice, Doobie Decibel System, Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers and others.

On Thursday, June 2, Crosby celebrates his 42nd birthday with a massive concert party featuring dozens of musical friends including Stu Allen, Dan Lebowitz, Shana Morrison, Grahame Lesh, Greg Loiacono, Greg Anton and Elliott Peck.

“I had a different kind of childhood growing up, listening to classical and jazz, so a lot of music that l learned, like James Brown and the Grateful Dead, I learned by playing with bands rather than hearing from the source,” Crosby says.

The first time Crosby ever played music without having it written in front of him, he says, was at age 16. “It was nerve-wracking.”

After high school, Crosby started playing regularly in rock ’n’ roll bands.

That’s when he says the excitement of contemporary music caught fire.

He toured regularly with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, the Susan Tedeschi Band and others.

Crosby lived in Manhattan for 10 years before moving to Marin. “I came out in 2012 with God Street Wine, and played at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios as well as Sweetwater and Terrapin, the loop of magic going on here in Marin,” he says. Things clicked so much that Crosby decided to move out full-time.

“I love it here, musicians get well taken care of here. It’s a great community,” Crosby says of Marin.

“It’s amazing, because I was once just that kid discovering this music like the Dead. I was a little bit of a late

Jason Crosby, a staple of the North Bay music scene, celebrates his 42nd birthday at Terrapin Crossroads on Thursday, June 2.

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•New Movies This Week

By Matthew Stafford

Friday May 27 - June 2 Alice Through the Looking Glass (1:48) Alice is back and traveling through time to save the Mad Hatter from some mysterious unpleasantness; Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are back, too.

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.

A Bigger Splash (2:05) Steamy thriller about an aging rock star’s complicated tropical vacation with a boyfriend, an ex and the ex’s sultry daughter; Tilda Swinton stars.

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote (2:20) The talented terpsichoreans of the Bolshoi interpret Cervantes’ legend of the wandering, befuddled, romantic knight.

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.

Dark Horse (1:25) Inspiring documentary about a champion racehorse bred and raised by a group of dirt-poor Welsh miners.

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.

Eight Men Out (2:01) John Sayles’ incisive look at the 1919 Black Sox baseball scandal stars John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, Studs Terkel and D.B. Sweeney as Shoeless Joe Jackson.

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

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

Florence and the Uffizi Gallery (1:40) Take a cinematic stroll through the onetime cradle of the Italian Renaissance and its masterpiecepacked jewel, the Uffizi Gallery.

Francofonia (1:28) Fanciful documentary from Alexander Sokurov features Napoleon’s ghost leading a meditative and informative tour of the Louvre.

Hockney (1:52) Documentary examines the life and work of the groundbreaking British multimedia artist through rare footage, personal archives and incisive interviews.

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 wise-guy cabbie.

The Idol (1:35) True tale of Mohammed Assaf, a Gaza orphan who attained fame as a singer on the Arab world’s top TV show.

The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (2:00) Brad Bird’s 1999 animated fable about a misunderstood robot is back, all remastered up and with two new sequences.

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.

The Lobster (1:59) Surrealist satire abut a future society in which singles are rounded up and given the choice of mating or being turned into the animal of their choice.

Love & Friendship (1:33) Jane Austen’s sharply honed comedy of manners stars Kate Beckinsale as a titled widow juggling three disparate suitors; Whit Stillman directs.

Mandorla (1:40) An American videographer follows his dream to a mysterious French medieval city in search of eternal answers.

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.

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.

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.

The Nice Guys (1:56) Action comedy stars Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as mismatched disco era private eyes who find themselves in the middle of a Hollywood porn-industry conspiracy.

Our Last Tango (1:25) Documentary focuses on renowned Argentine tangueros Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes and their torrid 50-year career.

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.

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

Student Filmmakers Showcase ’16 The Lark hosts its annual tribute to Marin’s young and burgeoning cinematic talent.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (1:37) The rad reptiles are back and teaming up with Megan Fox and Will Arnett to take down super-villain Tyler Perry and his crew.

X-Men: Apocalypse (2:23) Jennifer Lawrence leads a team of junior X-persons in a fight to save humanity from a troupe of nicely coiffed mutants.

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

Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40; Sun-Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 9:55, 3D showtime at 7; Sat-Mon 11, 4:20, 9:55, 3D showtimes at 1:40, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; 3D showtimes at 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 5:45, 7, 8:30, 9:45; Sat 12, 1, 2:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7, 8:30, 9:45; Sun 12, 1, 2:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7; Mon-Wed 3:45, 5:45, 7; Thu 3:45, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 2, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 4:45, 10:20 The Angry Birds Movie (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:25, 5, 7:30, 10; 3D showtimes at 10:45, 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 Playhouse: Fri 3:15, 5:40, 8; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8; Mon-Wed 3:15, 5:40, 8 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 4:35, 7:10; 3D showtimes at 1:55, 9:45 A Bigger Splash (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:35, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20; Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:35, 4:30, 7:30 Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote (NR) Lark: Sat 1 Captain America: Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:45 Civil War (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 9:45, 3D showtime at 6:30; Sat-Mon 3:15, 9:45, 3D showtimes at 12, 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 2, 5:20, 8:40; 3D showtimes at 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12, 3:20, 6:50, 10:05 Dark Horse (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Mon 3:30, 8:15; Tue-Wed 8:15 The Darkness (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:45, 7:45 Dough (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 9; Mon 4:20; Tue 1:30 • Eight Men Out (PG) Rafael: Sun 5:30 Eye in the Sky (R) Lark: Fri 8:30; Tue 3:40; Thu 2:40 The First Monday in May (PG-13) Lark: Fri 3:15; Mon noon; Wed 8:30 Florence and the Uffizi Gallery (NR) Lark: Wed 6:15 Francofonia (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 5:10; Mon 2:10; Wed 3:45 • Hockney (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Tue, Wed 6; Sat, Mon 1, 6; Sun 1 A Hologram for the King (NR) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:10, 5:15, 10:05 • The Idol (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:15, 8:30; Sat-Mon 1:45, 4, 6:15, 8:30; Tue-Thu 6:15, 8:30 • The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (PG) Lark: Sun 3 The Jungle Book (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:35, 7:10; 3D showtimes at 10:55, 4:20, 9:50 • The Lobster (R) Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:30, 9; Sat-Mon 1:15, 3:45, 6:30, 9; Tue-Thu 6:30, 9 Love & Friendship (PG) Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 12:05, 1:40, 2:50, 4:15, 5:20, 7, 8, 9:30, 10:20; Sun-Wed 11, 12:05, 1:40, 2:50, 4:15, 5:20, 7, 8 Sequoia: Fri 4:40, 7:20, 9:45; Sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45; Sun-Mon 2:05, 4:40, 7:20; Tue-Wed 4:40, 7:20; Thu 4:40 • Mandorla (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 7:30 The Man Who Knew Infinity (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:05, 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Sun-Wed 11:05, 1:45, 4:25, 7:10 The Meddler (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10; Sun-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20 Money Monster (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:45; Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:05 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:15; Sun-Wed 11:40, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:30, 4:55, 7:40, 10:05 Sequoia: Fri 4:30, 7:05, 9:35; Sat 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35; Sun-Mon 1:55, 4:30, 7:05; Tue-Wed 4:30, 7:05; Thu 4:30 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 7:25, 10; Sat-Mon 11:50, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 12:40, 1:55, 3:10, 4:25, 5:35, 6:50, 8, 9:15, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7:50, 10:25 The Nice Guys (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Wed 6:45, 9:35; Sat-Mon 1, 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:40, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10 • Our Last Tango (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 1:10; Sat 4:30; Mon 6:30; Wed 1:40 Papa (R) Lark: Sun 12:30; Tue 8:30 Sing Street (PG-13) Lark: Sat 6:30; Mon 8:30; Tue 6; Thu 12:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:15pm Student Filmmakers Showcase ’16 (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 5:30 • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PG-13) Northgate: Thu 7:05, 10:25; 3D showtimes at 7, 9:40 X-Men: Apocalypse (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:05, 3:15, 6:40, 9:50; Sun-Thu 12:05, 3:15, 6:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:35, 12:45, 1:50, 5:05, 7:15, 8:20; 3D showtimes at 11:40, 2:55, 4, 6:10, 9:25, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:35, 7, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 10:30, 1:45, 5, 8:15 Zootopia (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

Tawfeek Barhom rocks the house in ‘The Idol,’ opening Friday at the Rafael.

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

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

Old Western Saloon May 28, Void Where Prohibited. 11201 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1661.

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

Osteria Divino May 25, Jonathan Poretz. May 26, Passion Habanera. May 27, Ken Cook Trio. May 28, Hippopotamus Trio. May 29, Ian McArdle Trio. May 31, Casey Cameron. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Alchemy Sound Project World premiere of “Viritidas” by bassist/ composer David Arend features tenor saxophonist Erica Lindsay, for whom Arend wrote the piece, and violinist Jenny Bifano as soloists. May 27, 7pm. San Domenico School, 1500 Butterfield Rd, San Anselmo.

Fools in Unison with Amanda Morando Lyrical and moving chamber works by Johannes Brahms, performed by the Fools in Unison Chamber Ensemble, with Amanda Morando, soprano. Refreshments for sale; wine bar. May 29, 3pm. $10-$15.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, uumarin.org, 415-479-4131.

Mill Valley Philharmonic A showcase of the philharmonic’s 2016 Concerto Competition winning soloists and composers. Jun 1, 7:30pm.

Free. Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley, millvalleyphilharmonic.org.

SONOMA Langhorne Slim & the Law “Live at Lagunitas” summer concert series kick-off with a concert from the slim and spirited songwriter fresh off his BottleRock appearance. Tickets available at band’s website, RSVP required. May 30, 4:20pm.

Free. Lagunitas Amphitheaterette, 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

NAPA BottleRock Napa Valley Massive music fest features headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder and Florence + the Machine with Napa Valley wine, food and fun. May 27-29. Sold-out.

Napa Valley Exposition, 575 Third St, Napa.

Michael Franti & Friends BottleRock Napa Valley presents a pre-festival dinner and concert with Franti, benefitting his Do It For the Love Foundation. May 26, 6pm. Auberge du Soleil, 180 Rutherford Hill Rd, Rutherford, bottlerocknapavalley.com.

Clubs&Venues MARIN 142 Throckmorton Theatre May 25, Throckmorton Chorus Annual Spring Concert. Wed, 12pm, noon concert series. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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

Dance Palace May 29, classical guitar concert with Dalton O’Sullivan. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Downtown Tiburon May 27, 6pm, Friday Nights on Main with Mustache Harbor. Main St, Tiburon.

Fenix May 25, blues jam with Terry Hiatt. May 26, Feat Prints. May 27, Shana Morrison & Caledonia. May 29, Second Line. May 31, Madera Marin. Jun 1, British Invasion jam.

919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Grazie Restaurant May 28, Gail Muldrow. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181.

HopMonk Novato May 25, open mic night with Joel Schick.

May 26, Emerging Artists Series with Shelby Lanterman. May 27, the Cheesballs.

May 28, the Melt with James Harmon. Jun 1, open mic night with Robby Elfman. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery May 25, Jose Najera & the Bernal Beats. Jun 1, Mike Saliani and friends. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax, 415.485.1005.

Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium May 29, 4pm, Love2Dance Spring Performance. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Marin Country Mart May 27, 6pm, Falso Baiano and friends.

May 29, 12:30pm, the Dried Up Bones. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

19 Broadway Club May 25, Marcus Machado. May 26, Bubba’s Taxi. May 27, 5:30pm, the Restless Sons.

May 28, 5:30pm, Billy Dee & Fiddling Cal. May 28, 8pm, Dance/House at Club 19. May 29, 5pm, Buddy Owen Band. Mon, open mic. May 31, Disrupted Continuum. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar May 25, Jimi James Band. May 26, Snake Plissken Band. May 27, Michael Aragon Quartet. May 28, Fuzzy Slippers. May 29, Hurricane Gulch. May 30, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

CALENDAR Terrapin Crossroads May 25, CMac and the Casual Coalition.

May 26, “Ryan Adams night” with the Terrapin All-Stars. May 27, Top 40 Friday with Stu Allen & the Terrapin All-Stars.

May 28-29, Cubensis. May 30, Grateful Mondays with Grahame Lesh and friends.

May 31, Stu Allen and friends. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Panama Hotel Restaurant May 25, Vardo. May 26, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. May 31, the Machiavelvets. Jun 1, Robin DuBois. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

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Peri’s Silver Dollar May 25, the New Sneakers. May 26, Mark’s Jamm Sammich. May 27, Beso and Junk Parlor. May 28, Soul Ska. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. May 31, Waldo’s Special. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

HopMonk Sebastopol May 26, Country Line Dancing. May 27, Earles of Newtown with the Crux. May 28, Midnight Sun Massive with Dan Martin and the Noma Rocksteady. May 30, Monday Night Edutainment with Irie Dole.

Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Rancho Nicasio May 27, Stompy Jones. May 28, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums with Miss Carmen Getit. May 29, 4pm, Pablo Cruise. May 30, 4pm, Wonderbread 5. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Rickey’s May 27, 6:30pm, Moonglow Trio. May 28, 6:30pm, Blue News. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato, 415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse May 26, Parlor Tricks. May 27, Verismo Opera. May 28, Rolando Morales & Carlos Reyes Quintet. May 29, 5pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. May 30, M6 Band. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon May 26, the Town Howlers. May 27, the Haggards. May 28, This Old Earthquake.

May 29, John Brothers Piano Company.

Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

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

Sweetwater Music Hall May 25, Crossroads Music School concert.

May 26, Tim O’Brien and Caleb Caudle.

May 27, Sons of Champlin and Tal Morris Band. May 28, Sean Hayes and Adam Kirk.

May 30, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions. Mon, Open Mic. May 31, John Brothers Piano Company. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Taste of Rome May 27, the 7th Sons. 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.7660.

Flamingo Lounge May 27, Power House. May 28, UB707. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

HopMonk Sonoma May 27, 5pm, Dan Goldfus. May 27, 8pm, Matt Bolton. May 28, 1pm, Al James. May 28, 8pm, Timothy O’Neil. May 29, 1pm, Nate Lopez. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey May 27, Timothy O’Neil Band and the Highway Poets. Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Konnex and DJ Jaclyn JacaLioness. Tues, Sessions hip-hop and reggae night. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room May 25, Aqua Velvets. May 26, Solid Air. May 27, Ian Scherer. May 28, Tally Up. May 29, Derek Irving Combo. Jun 1, Rhythm Drivers. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Mystic Theatre May 27, the James Hunter Six. May 29, Stephen “Ragga” Marley and Nattali Rize. May 31, Gondwana with Fayuca. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

Phoenix Theater May 28, Apothesary with A Human Costume and Kinnefret. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe May 25, Irish set dancing. May 26, 4pm, Pants Da Buzzard. May 26, 7pm, Second Street Band. May 27, Reggae at the Redwood with Midnight Sun Massive and Ian Franklin. May 28, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. May 28, 8:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo. May 29, 5pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band.

May 30, Open Mic with DJ Loisaida. May

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31, Great Burrito Singers Showcase. Jun 1, 12pm, KRSH noontime concert with Brett Dennen. Jun 1, 7pm, Irish set dancing. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

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

Tim O'Brien

(of bluegrass legends Hot Rize) with Caleb Caudle Fri 5/27 • Doors 8pm • ADV $37 / DOS $42

Sons of Champlin

w/special guests David Luning, Greg Errico (of Sly and the Family Stone) and Tal Morris with The Madmen feat. Amber Morris Sat 5/28 • Doors 8pm • ADV $27 / DOS $31

Sean Hayes

with Adam Kirk Mon 5/30 • Doors 7pm • $12

Matt Jaffe & The Distractions with The Human Assembly Wed 6/1 • Doors 9:30pm • FREE

Free Show with IrieFuse Thur 6/2 • Doors 7pm • ADV $15 / DOS $20 Metalachi - The Worlds First and Only Heavy Metal Mariachi Band with FeatherWitch Fri 6/3 • Doors 7pm • ADV $32 / DOS $37 Two Time Grammy Winner & National Medal of the Arts Awardee

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

Rossi’s 1906 May 27, ‘80s night with Duran Duran Duran. May 28, Edge of the West. May 29, 2pm, Sonoma Stompers season kickoff party. May 29, 9pm, Sunday Night Blues Jam. May 26 and Wed, Thurs, Paint Nite at Rossi’s. 401 Grove St, Sonoma, 707.343.0044.

Sebastopol Community Center May 29, 6:30pm, Boogie for Bernie with the Bear Bones Band. 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.874.3176.

NAPA Uptown Theatre May 26, Cheech & Chong. May 27, the Pharcyde with K Flay. May 28, Gogol Bordello. May 29, Robert DeLong with Waters. May 30, Rodrigo y Gabriela. 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Art OPENING MARIN Corte Madera Library May 28-Jul 7, “Found Sculpture,” photography exhibit by Joseph Bacon draws inspiration from the familiar and reveals the beauty in the everyday. Reception, May 28 at 2:30pm. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Falkirk Cultural Center May 27-Sep 20, “3D/3Seasons,” presenting a dozen free standing sculptures Bay area artists. Reception, May 27 at 5pm. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.

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Two Bird Cafe May 29-Jun 26, “Borrowed World,” vibrant celebration of the natural world by poet Barbara Swift Brauer and photographer Laurence Brauer. Reception, May 29 at 3pm. Valley Inn, 625 San Geronimo Dr, San Geronimo. Wed-Sun, 8am to 3pm, 5:30 to 9pm. 415.488.0528.

SONOMA Graton Gallery May 25-Jul 3, “Angles & Curves,” architect Ken Berman’s angular art is contrasted with the mixed-media fluidity of painter Marylu Downing. Reception, May 28 at 2pm. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

Guerneville Bank Club May 28-Apr 30, “Glory Days,” exhibit by Russian River Historical Society is a tribute to Clare Harris, who helped turn Rio Nido into the town it is today. 16290 Main Street, Guerneville. 11AM-9PM 7 days per week 707-666-9411.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts May 26-Jul 17, “Clay & Glass Exhibit,” fifth annual show features 13 artists working in the creative mediums with diverse techniques and styles. Reception, May 28 at 5pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

Marketplace on Fourth May 29-Jun 25, “Seascapes of Sonoma,” local artist Tom Russacher displays his seascapes and landscapes, with prints available for sale.

Reception, May 29 at 1pm. 845 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.303.7530.

Upstairs Art Gallery May 30-Jun 26, “Pastels & Monotypes,” artist Daniele Todaro’s paintings of Sonoma County’s landscape use expressive colors and complex texture. Reception, Jun 11 at 2pm. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 11 to 6; Fri-Sat, 11 to 9. 707.431.4214.

West County Museum May 25-Oct 1, “Sebastopol Bottles,” milk, soda, seltzer, beer and water bottles throughout history are exhibited along with pharmacy and medicine bottles. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. Thurs-Sun, 1 to 4.

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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. 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.

Gallery Route One Through 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.

11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Headlands Center for the Arts Through 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. 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito.

Sun-Fri, noon to 4. 415.331.2787.

The Image Flow Through Jul 29, “As the Allure Fades,” photographs by Jay Ruland. 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569.

Join Emmy Award-winning narrator, actor, political activist and author Peter Coyote for 'Inside the Voice Actor's Studio,' a conversation and lunch at the Portuguese Cultural Center in Sausalito on Saturday, May 28.

Marin Society of Artists Through Jun 11, “Splish Splash,” members display their talents in this water-themed exhibition. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. WedSun, noon to 4 pm 415.464.9561.

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.

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.

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

420 Litho St, Sausalito. 415.289.4121.

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.

108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.384.8288.

SONOMA 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.

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.

Fulton Crossing Through May 31, “May Art Showing,” displaying new works by studio artists and visiting artists including Christie Marks and Hillary Younglove. 1200 River Rd, Fulton.

Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Kitty Hawk Gallery Through May 29, “Unreliable Narrator,” solo exhibit by local artist Tony Speirs. 125 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.861.3904.

Comedy 3 For All Hilarious improvisation group celebrates its 20th anniversary with this show. May 28, 8pm. $28-$43. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Improv Standup Comedy Show May 27. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

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

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

Dance Alma del Tango Studio First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, Introduction to Argentine Tango, learn to dance like they do in Buenos Aires, no experience necessary. $18. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966.

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

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

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

925.267.2200. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

Events Color Me Calm Adult Coloring Group A relaxing and brain-stimulating group for adults, with supplies provided. Fourth Wed of every month, 2pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

The Divine Feminine A buddhism event involves the Vajrayana school and a Chod Healing ceremony. May 31, 5:30 and 7pm. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Divorce Options Workshop Volunteer group of attorneys, financial specialists and mental-health professionals offer four-hour workshops on divorce.

Last Sat of every month, 9am. $45. Family Service Agency, 555 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, 415.492.9444.

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

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.

Heirloom Craft Hub Each evening includes instruction for a specific craft. Last Thurs of every month. $5.

Marin History Museum, Boyd Gate House, 1125 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.8538.

KGGV Strawberry Festival Glorious strawberry treats are paired with live music by the Pat Wilder Band and others, silent auctions, raffle and more in KGGV community radio fundraiser. May 28, 12pm. Free admission. Guerneville Community Church, 14520 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville.

Mill Valley’s Memorial Day Parade Includes a pre-parade ceremony in Lytton Square to honor local individuals and a post-parade party. May 30, 10:30am.

Downtown, Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

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

MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

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

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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.

Dance Palace Sun, May 29, 11am, West Marin Contact Jam, participants are invited to explore principles of Contact Improvisation with welcoming dancers $10-$20. Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary.

Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.

Enjoy delicious Greek food, dancing, arts and crafts and more at the Marin Greek Festival in Novato, May 27-29.

Nature for Kids Bring the kids for a winter walk that looks at the changing seasons and habitats for Marin County critters. May 30, 10am. Free.

Indian Tree Preserve, Vineyard Rd, Novato.

Rare Plants of the Tiburon Peninsula Look for the rare flowering plants on the ridge. May 25, 9am. Ring Mountain, Paradise Dr, Corte Madera.

Ring Mountain Lily Hike Join nature sleuths Cathy and Tania on this botanical, geological, and historical adventure to discover this floristic jewel for yourself. RSVP required. May 29, 9:30am.

Free. Ring Mountain, Paradise Dr, Corte Madera, www.greenbelt.org.

Sunset Hike & Dine Meet at parking area across from inn for two-hour hike on moderate-to-steep trails with mid-hike wine and cheese overlooking Pacific Ocean. Last Sat of every month. $15.

Mountain Home Inn, 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley, RSVP, 415.331.0100.

Film 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.

The Dipsea Movie Documentary on the famous Marin run gets a screening to benefit Mill Valley Village. May 29, 2pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

The Iron Giant Lark Theater’s Family FIlm Series continues with a screening of the acclaimed animated adventure. May 29, 3pm. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

Juvies Riveting documentary about the juvenile prison system is narrated by Mark

Wahlberg and directed by award-winning filmmaker Leslie Neale. May 25, 7pm.

Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

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.

Moms & Meds Marin Health and Human Services presents this documentary that navigates pregnancy and psychiatric medication, with Skype Q&A with director Dina Fiasconaro. May 26, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Food&Drink Barbeque & Mercantile Artisan Day Kick off summer with tasty food and crafts and works from Bay Area artisans. May 28, 12pm. Free admission. Cavallo Point Lodge, 601 Murray Circle, Sausalito, 415.339.4700.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marin Greek Festival Eat, drink and enjoy all things Greek with dancing, ethnic vendors, cooking demos, children’s activities and more. May 27-29. $5.

Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church, 1110 Highland Rd, Novato.

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.

Muir Beach Volunteer Firemen’s Barbecue A fun event for the whole family with delicious food, activities for the kids, live music and dancing. May 29, 12pm. $20 per vehicle. Santos Meadow, Mt Tamalpais State Park, Muir Woods Rd, Mill Valley.

Oysterpalooza Celebrate the bivalve with Tomales Bay oysters, BBQ, gumbo and local beer and wine. Live music by the Bootleg Honeys, Abalone Grey, Vintage Grass and others rounds out the day. May 28, 12:30pm. $10$25. Rocker Oysterfeller’s, 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford, 707.876.1983.

Rio Nido Homeowner’s BBQ May 29. Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.

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

Ask the Experts: Storyboarding Screenwriter A.T. Lynne guides attendees through the process of storyboarding, a vital and often overlooked step in the preproduction phase of movie-making. May 25, 6:30pm. 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.

Dharma Study & Discussion The Rev Ron Kobata leads a discussion class on a variety of Buddhist topics. May 26, 7:30pm. Free. Buddhist Temple of Marin, 390 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

Embodied Compassionate Communication Get the fast path to heart-centered communication with Lori Grace. Wed, May 25, 7:30pm. Sunrise Center, 645 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.924.7824.

Finding God, Finding Health A Christian Science healing talk by practitioner Michelle Nanouche. May 31, 7:30pm. Free. Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon.

Inside the Voice Actor’s Studio with Peter Coyote Emmy Award-winning narrator and actor shares his insights in a lively conversation, with a gourmet lunch. May 28, 10am. $125.

Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center, 511 Caledonia St, Sausalito, voicetraxsf.com.

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.

Mixed Media Intensives Workshops Workshops will include printmaking techniques, painting, drawing, collage, and chemical image transfer with attention to individual needs. Sat, May 28, 10am. $135$150. MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137.

Taste of the Bay Sail Sail on the bay and enjoy a menu of local, sustainable seafood provided by Real Good Fish and prepared by Sausalito’s welltraveled Chef Dr. Jones. May 29, 3:30pm. $95. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, 100 Bay St, Sausalito.

Thrive in Retirement Workshop about the personal side of retirement offers information on discovering your passions and designing your future. Thurs, May 26, 1pm. Redwood High School, 395 Doherty Dr, Larkspur, marinlearn.com.

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

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.

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.

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

Understanding Your Child’s Difficult Behaviors & How to Help Presented by Sushila Hart, a mentor and consultant to parents and families. May 28, 11am. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

Writing Workshop Get motivation and writing assistance from rotating hosts. Wed, 7pm. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Readings Book Passage May 25, 7pm, “Imagine Me Gone” with Adam Haslett. May 26, 7pm, “Youngblood” with Matthew Gallagher. May 28, 4pm,

“War Is a Lie” with David Swanson. May 31, 7pm, “The Mastery of Self ” with Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. Jun 1, 7pm, “Marlene” with CW Gortner. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Diesel Bookstore Jun 1, 7pm, “Season of the Witch” discussion, with the Larkspur Book Club.

2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

Osher Marin JCC May 25, 7:30pm, “A Deadly Wandering” with Matt Richtel, includes panel discussion on distracted driving. Free. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael 415.444.8000.

Rebound Bookstore May 25, 7pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, with authors Christina Hutchins and Gregory W Randall. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Sausalito Women’s Club May 25, 7pm, “The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty” with Vendela Vida, hosted by Copperfield’s Books. 120 Central Ave, Sausalito.

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

West End Cafe First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, First Wed at 7, open mic poetry evening. 1131 Fourth St, San Rafael.

Theater Anna in the Tropics Ross Valley Players present the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama set in a 1929 Cuban cigar factory. May 27-Jun 19. $14-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555.

Dancing at Lughnasa Tony Award-winning play that focuses on a family in 1930s Ireland features a cast of well-loved Marin and greater Bay Area actors. Through Jun 12. $12-$27. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498.

Sweet Charity Neil Simon’s bright musical production is performed by the talented Throckmorton Youth Performers. Through May 29. $15-$35. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

West Side Story The Mountain Play outdoor theater experience presents the Tony Awardwinning musical classic for its 103rd season. Through Jun 19. $20-$40. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, 3801 Panoramic Hwy, Mill Valley, 415.383.1100.

The Wizard of Oz Production starring young actors from all over Marin County is directed and choreographed by Katia McHaney.

May 25-29. $15. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.✹ Got a listing for our Sundial section?

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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 ClerkRecorder 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) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139831 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TECHWRITERS. COM, 28 GREENSIDE WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DOROTHY J. WEBSTER, 28 GREENSIDE WAY, 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 May 10, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 18, 25, Jun 1, 8 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139810 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BREEZE, 621 SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: VERLENE MORGAN, 110 GARDEN AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 09, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 18, 25, Jun 1, 8 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139832 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) LUTREC.COM, 2) LEONETTO CAPPIELLO.COM, 190 ELDRIDGE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RODNEY E DAVIS, 190 ELDRIDGE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 10, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 18, 25, Jun 1, 8 of 2016) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304692 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 July 13,2012, Under File No: 129935.

Fictitious Business name(s) PAK MAIL 148, 454 LAS GALLINAS AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: BAASURI CORPORATION, 454 LAS GALLINAS AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on May 11, 2016.

(Publication Dates: May 18, 25, Jun 1, 8 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139865 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: STRATEGIC NETWORKING RECRUITING GROUP, 362 EDGEWOOD AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: TAMI JO LARSON, 362 EDGEWOOD AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.

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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 May 13, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139892 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) AQUATERRA LIVING 2) JOOJOO KIDS, 200 JOHNSON #2, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: NEGAR BAHARLOU, 22413 DEKALB, CALABASAS, CA 91302.

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 May 18, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139834 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AMY ESTHETICS, 1104 MAGNOLIA AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: AMY LE, 2371 NORTHSHORE DRIVE, RICHMOND, CA 94804.

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 May 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139887 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: YESTOBIRTH.COM, 931 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO,CA 94965 1) STEVEN M.BODE, 931 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 2) RACHEL YELLIN, 931 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.

The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 17, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139896 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WHEELHOUSE, 226 SHORELINE HWY,UNIT C, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MILL VALLEY POTTER’S STUDIO, LLC, 254 SHORELINE HWY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted

by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 18, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-139871 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: A STARRY NIGHT, 22 PRIVATEER DRIVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: ALLISON B HANDY, 22 PRIVATEER DRIVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. 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 May 16, 2016 (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016)

OTHER NOTICES 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:415-654-6032 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.

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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) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1601745. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LISA HUETTNER ROSENLUND filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: LISA HUETTNER ROSENLUND to MARY ELIZABETH HUETTNER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the

name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 07/08/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913-. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: MAY 16, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 18, 25, Jun 1, 8 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1601788. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JULIE MAJDOUBI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JULIE LEUMAN MAJDOUBI to JULIE SUMMER LEHMAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 07/01/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT L, ROOM L, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: MAY 19, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1601795. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LONDON COHEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: LONDON COHEN to SUMMER COHEN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 07/07/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: MAY 19, 2016. (Publication Dates: May 25, Jun 1, 8, 15 of 2016)

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By Amy Alkon

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My boyfriend and I just moved in together, and it’s going well, except for how he leaves empty containers and trash everywhere. I asked him to please just put these in the garbage. He did this—for a single day. These empties everywhere are driving me crazy, not because I mind picking them up but because I feel disrespected. It’s weird, because he’s otherwise sweet and attentive. —Exasperated

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That used Q-tip is only a collectible if he used to be Elvis.

Of course, because your eyes go right to the empty cans and fast-food carcasses, you’re thinking his must, too. Maybe—but maybe not. Psychologists Irwin Silverman and Marion Eals contend that men and women evolved to have differing spatial abilities, corresponding with the sexual divisions of labor—men as hunters and women as gatherers (of salad and appetizers).

Experiments by Silverman, Eals and others support this theory. Men have more distance-oriented visual and navigational abilities, which would have been useful for tracking prey across a big plain: “Yo, bros, I believe that’s dinner!” Men also excel at “mental rotation”—turning objects around in their minds—which would have helped them land a spear in a moving four-legged dinner entree before it got away.

Women, on the other hand, do far better (sometimes 60 to 70 percent better) on tests of “object location memory”—remembering objects and their placement in a setting. This ability for noticing and recalling detail would have helped them remember wee landmarks pointing back to where to find those yummy grubs. (It’s less helpful with a boyfriend who waits to toss trash until it requires a backhoe.)

The fact that your boyfriend tidied up upon request suggests that he cares about your feelings. His doing that only once maybe just means it isn’t a habit. Habits— behaviors we do pretty automatically—get ingrained over time through repeated action. They are triggered by cues in our behavior and environment. Unfortunately, for him, the action of throwing back, say, the last drop of Mountain Dew has been associated not with slam-dunking it into the wastebasket but with leaving it on the coffee table for the archeologists to find.

You could try to help him make the trash-trashcan association, maybe by one day tacking notes on the empties—like “Hello, Mr. Archeologist. I was enjoyed in 2016.”

The reality is that he may not always remember, in which case you should remind yourself that a guy who’s otherwise “sweet” and “attentive” isn’t leaving the mess to mess with you. You and he can also figure out ways he can do his part around the house (washing the cars, bringing in the garbage bins, etc.) so you can pick up after him with a laugh instead of loathing. Someday, you two may bring new life into the world, but it shouldn’t be a mystery fungus inside a Chinese food container that got kicked under the bed.

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My girlfriend of two years seems to be gradually moving me out of her life.

Seeing her two or three times a week has dwindled into maybe once—and no overnights. She’ll meet me at the movies and then ditch me afterward, saying she’s got a bunch of things to do. She denies anything’s wrong, claiming she’s just “very busy.” I think there’s more to it.—Left Hanging

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It seems you’re right; she’s really looking forward to your dates—the way a cow looks forward to a personal tour of the slaughterhouse.

People talk about what a high falling in love is, and they aren’t wrong, because their body’s basically in the throes of a biochemical drug binge. University of Pisa psychiatrist Donatella Marazziti looked at blood samples of people who’d been madly in love for less than six months and found that they had serotonin levels comparable to people diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Luckily, obsessively having sex is more fun than obsessively washing your hands.

Falling in love also alters testosterone levels—though differently in men and women. Men’s drops—making them more cuddlywuddly—and women’s goes up, increasing their interest in sex. Unfortunately, this increased interest is temporary.

Marazziti found that T levels went back to normal between the one- and two-year mark—which is when the feeling, “We’re perfect for each other!” can start to be replaced by, “We’re perfect for other people.”

This may be how she’s been feeling. To get an answer—beyond knee-jerk denials that anything’s wrong—email her. Ask her whether you two have a problem, and tell her to take a couple of days to think about it. Upon reflection, she should either decide to try to fix things or break up with you—and not in a way that mimics continental drift.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): To convey the best

strategy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn inspiration from a set of instructions composed by aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase. Scribble, erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. Erase, erase, erase. Scribble, erase. Keep what’s left. In other words, Aries, you have a mandate to be innocently empirical, robustly experimental and cheerfully improvisational—with the understanding that you must also balance your fun with ruthless editing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “One must

think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being,” wrote Taurus memoirist May Sarton. That’s a dauntingly high standard to live up to, but for the foreseeable future it’s important that you try. In the coming weeks, you will need to maintain a heroic level of potency and excellence if you hope to keep your dreams on track and your integrity intact. Luckily, you will have an extraordinary potential to do just that. But you’ll have to work hard to fulfill the potential—as hard as a hero on a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all of the fake Holy Grails.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Whatever

you’re meant to do, do it now,” said novelist Doris Lessing. “The conditions are always impossible.” I hope you take her advice to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big dream. It’s senseless to tell yourself that you will finally get serious as soon as all the circumstances are perfect.

Perfection does not and will never exist. The future is now. You’re as ready as you will ever be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): French painter

Henri Matisse didn’t mind being unmoored, befuddled or in-between. In fact, he regarded these states as being potentially valuable to his creative process. Here’s his testimony: “In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows.”

I’m recommending that you try out his attitude, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has come for you to drum up the inspirations and revelations that become available when you don’t know where the hell you are and what the hell you’re doing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Proposed experiment:

Imagine that all of the lovers and would-be lovers you have ever adored are in your presence. Review in detail your memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude for their mysteries.

Sing the love songs you love best. Look into a mirror and rehearse your “I only have eyes for you” gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering.

Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urging you to engage in these practices is that it’s the High Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Consider how

hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others,” wrote editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I am predicting that the first half of it won’t fully apply to you. Why? Because you are entering a phase that I regard as unusually favorable for the project of transforming yourself.

It may not be easy to do so, but it’ll be easier than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the challenge to reimagine, reinvent and reshape yourself at least as much fun as it is hard work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason,” says author Rebecca Solnit in her book The Faraway Nearby. That’s a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.

By Rob Brezsny

Here’s how I suspect this meditation applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and there will be other times when you will have good reasons for not embarking on an available adventure. But now is not one of those moments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Russian poet Vera Pavlova tells about how once when she was using a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the contrary. She loved the fact that the new mark substantially extended her lifeline. The palmistrylover in her celebrated. I’m seeing a comparable twist in your near future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhancement is nigh.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Norway is mountainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat. A group of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially remedy the imbalance.

They propose that to mark the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence, their country will offer a unique birthday gift: The top of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border between countries will be shifted so that the peak will be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contemplate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s a highly favorable time for you to bestow extra imaginative blessings.

(P.S. The consequences will be invigorating to your own dreams.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I believe that every one of us should set aside a few days every year when we celebrate our gaffes, our flaws and our bloopers. During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed about the false moves we have made. We don’t decry our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior. Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved us from some painful experience or helped us avoid getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for you to observe this crooked holiday.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes the love you experience for those you care about makes you feel vulnerable. You may worry about being out of control or swooping so deeply into your tenderness that you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, love will be a source of potency and magnificence for you. It will make you smarter, braver and cooler. Your words of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani: “When I love/I feel that I am the king of time/I possess the earth and everything on it/and ride into the sun upon my horse.” (Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In November 1916,

at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner Jönköping set sail for Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles of champagne intended for officers of the occupying Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A hostile German submarine sunk the boat, and the precious cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The story didn’t end there, however. More than eight decades later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of the lost treasure, which had been wellpreserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed that the bubbly alcoholic beverage was “remarkably lightbodied, extraordinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet, slow-building toasty aromas of great finesse.” (Source: tinyurl.com/toastyaromas.) I foresee the potential of a similar resurrection in your future, Pisces. How deep are you willing to dive?Y

Homework: Confess, brag and expostulate about what inspires you to love. Go to FreeWillAstrology.com and click “Email Rob.”

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