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YEAR 54, NO. 36 SEPTEMBER 7-13, 2016

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This week, a well-spoken canine writes a letter to express his views on ‘terrible anti-dog laws.’

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Strong story Thank you for the wonderful article about Dameion Brown [‘Out of darkness,’ Aug. 31]. When I first saw the posters around town advertising the play, I immediately thought, “I don’t know who this actor is, but he’s going to be a magnificent Othello.” Now would someone please write a play, or a movie, about Brown and his amazing journey? —Judith Lopez

Kind artists Marin County is lucky to have the Curriers and this theatre company [‘Out of darkness,’ Aug. 31]. Not only insightful and passionate theatre “sharers,” they contribute to the larger community as only artists seem to be able to do. —Sharon Hayden, via pacificsun.com

Sunshine thieves Dear Editor, Alright, people, you’ve had your say; now it’s time for us dogs to speak up [‘Bone of Contention,’ May 25]. Ban us from the beaches? Preposterous! Frolicking in the waves is one of our favorite activities, and people tell me one of the things they enjoy most about the beach is watching us dogs run

joyously through the surf. How can we do that on a six-foot leash, as has been proposed for Muir Beach? Can you imagine them trying to enforce this law? We dogs have listened to the antidog people complain about dog poop and alleged threats to wildlife. Other than the occasional squirrel chase, I haven’t seen any threat to wildlife. Even if we want to—and yes, I admit we do—we can’t catch a squirrel or a bird. As for any poop on the beach, this should have been disposed of by the dog’s owner. So this is a people problem, not a dog problem. In fact, most of the damage to our beaches is caused by people, not dogs. Dogs don’t leave broken glass, cigarette butts, condoms and all manner of garbage on the beach. The beaches would be a lot cleaner and safer if people were banned, but we’re not suggesting anything so drastic because of the bad behavior of a few. Please give us the same consideration. Don’t allow these terrible anti-dog laws to go into effect. After all, we give you unconditional love and devotion and get you off the couch and into the sunshine. Please don’t take our sunshine away. Sincerely, Finn Cunningham (with help from Vicky Cunningham)

By Howard Rachelson

1 Can you name California’s state …

a. Tree b. Flower c. Fish d. Bird

2 In internet addresses, what does ‘www’ stand for?

3 What did Richard Milhous Nixon do on August 9, 1974?

4 What animal is the largest member of the cat family? 5 Whose image is shown on the U.S. 10-cent coin?

6 East of Yosemite, at an elevation of

8,400 feet, lies a historical landmark—the ghost town of what formerly bustling gold mining town?

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7 Lionel Richie’s early success came when he was the lead singer of what musical group? 8 Let’s say a pizzeria charges by the area of the pie. If a 10-inch pizza costs $10, then a 12-inch pizza costs what?

9 In 1982, Dustin Hoffman played a woman in one film, and Julie Andrews played a male singer in another. What movies were they?

10 One of the greatest baseball players of all time, Alex Rodriguez, recently ended his 22-year career with 696 home runs, placing him fourth among all-time home run hitters. Who are the top three, in order? BONUS QUESTION: Can you name five countries, all western neighbors of Russia, whose names begin with ‘F,’ ‘E,’ ‘L,’ ‘B’ and ‘U?’

▲ The Marin County District Attorney’s office wants your guns and they’re willing to pony up big bucks for them. The gun buyback program pays $200 cash for each operable semi-automatic handgun or assault rifle and $100 cash for any other operable firearm, up to three per person. After the DA receives the modern-day muskets, they are destroyed and recycled, keeping them off our streets and out of our landfills forever. Gather your guns and a valid ID or a current utility bill (just to verify residency) and bring them to the California Highway Patrol in Corte Madera, the Marin County Sheriff’s Sub-Station in Point Reyes or the police departments in Mill Valley, Novato and San Rafael on Tuesday, September 13, from 11am until 8pm.

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▼ Todd Rundgren, we adored you before you insulted us during your Sausalito Art Festival encore on Labor Day. We still do, so it really hasn’t made any difference, but we want to help you see the light. The audience was rhapsodic to hear “Hello, It’s Me” when you returned to the stage. Then you said you’d hoped to get away without playing it and you should have the freedom not to. You performed the song anyway, yet left us wondering whether our nostalgic desire to hear your chart-toppers makes us naïve and unsophisticated. We still want to be friends and just hope that you’ll refrain from belittling your fans. Now go bang on those drums all day and keep the dream going on forever. —Nikki Silverstein

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The U.S. Women’s Saber Team poses with medals alongside armorer Matthew Porter, who recently lost his home in a Lake County fire.

Fire and sword

Olympic fencing manager loses everything in Clayton fire By David Templeton

hampions, as the old cliché goes, are tested in fire. For one unassuming local champion, Matthew Porter, official armorer of the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team, that adage came true in a tragic way. While in Rio de Janeiro, as the United States won four medals in fencing, Porter’s new home in Lake County was burned to the ground in the devastating Clayton fire. “They say you win some, you lose some—but this is ridiculous,” Porter jokes, admitting that it hasn’t been easy maintaining his usual sense of humor. The month began in high spirits, as Porter and his wife, Karen, took ownership of their new property, spending what amounted to their life savings, in cash, on the home and adjoining warehouse. In Rio, the United

States had its best results in decades, with silver medals in men’s foil and men’s saber, and bronze medals for the four-member women’s saber team and the four-member men’s foil team, the first medal the United States has won in that event since 1932. Sadly, as the team was celebrating its wins, Porter was literally losing everything he owned. “Karen made it out just in time, and she was able to save our dogs,” Porter says. “But anything that didn’t happen to be in her car, or that she wasn’t wearing or that I didn’t have with me in Rio, is completely gone. We had only just finished getting everything into the new place when I had to pack up and head out with the team.” The owner and operator of American Fencers Supply, Porter is also known in the North Bay for his many years as an actor at the Heart of the

Forest Renaissance Faire in Novato, where he played a colorfully crude pig farmer. He also provided fencing equipment for the fair’s popular fencing academy attraction. Porter had been operating the fencing-supply business from his former home in Pacifica until just weeks before the Clayton fire. The arson-suspected wildfire, which started on August 13, burned 4,000 acres and destroyed most of the town of Lower Lake. Fire officials estimate that at least 300 homes and businesses were lost to the fire, which was finally reported as completely contained on Aug. 25. A Lake County man, Damin Anthony Pashilk, has been arrested and charged on 17 counts of arson for starting the blaze. According to Porter, the fire was at one point projected to miss his

neighborhood. “Karen was calling me in Rio, giving me updates, and the last time I heard from her, it sounded like the danger was over,” he recalls. Fire conditions change rapidly, however, and his wife was taking a nap when the blaze suddenly turned toward the Porters’ street. “She woke up and saw a red glow,” says Porter. “She barely had time to pack up the dogs and get out before the whole street was hit.” All but one house on their cul-de-sac was destroyed. In addition to losing the house and a lifetime of belongings, Porter’s workshop and warehouse— containing his entire stock of fencing equipment—was also lost. The website for the business now bears a tiny statement: “Closed until further notice due to Clayton fire.” Porter has served the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team as its chief armorer for more than 18 years, with the Brazilian games marking his third Olympics. The armorer is the one in charge of maintaining the team’s equipment, which is a bit more complicated than just polishing swords. “Fencing is electronic nowadays,” Porter explains. “When one opponent scores a touch, an electronic sound goes off. Being the armorer means that if that sound doesn’t happen, I did something wrong.” A team of friends, fencing enthusiasts and folks from the Renaissance and Dickens fairs have launched a fundraising campaign to help the Porters with the goal of raising $100,000 to rebuild their home and business. They had no insurance. The U.S. Olympic Fencing Team has already contributed $2,000. Porter admits to being overwhelmed at the generosity offered by friends and strangers, while recognizing that he and Karen were hardly the fire’s only victims. “Because of my connection with the Olympics, my particular plight has gotten a great deal of attention,” he says, “but it’s important to remember that 300 other families lost their homes as well. I hope that people’s generosity spreads to everyone else in need, too.”Y To help the Porters rebuild, visit gofund. me/armorer.

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Author William T. Vollmann hit the road and landed in Redding for a fictional story that will become part of his novel titled ‘A Table for Fortune.’

Heading toward nowhere Original fiction by William T. Vollmann

was at SFO about a year ago waiting for my flight to Salt Lake City to attend a journalism conference when a man shuffled into a seat across from me. At first I thought he was homeless or maybe a bit crazy because of his disheveled, rather greasy hair and the bulky, tactical-looking vest he was wearing. But then I recognized him. Holy shit. That’s William T. Vollmann.

I quickly Googled him on my phone to confirm his identity. The wire-rim glasses and distinctive mole on his face matched the photos I was looking at. “Are you William T. Vollmann?” I asked, stuttering a bit. “Yes, I am.” Vollmann is a literary hero of mine.

It was his outrageously ambitious and honest works of nonfiction that fueled my interest in journalism back when I was in my 20s and living in San Francisco. Ironic that I was heading off to a journalism conference when I should meet one of my first literary inspirations. Vollmann proceeded to ask me

t this time the young man named Matthew discovered a certain kind of sunshine unlike Sacramento’s, which is to say fiercer and more withering, one of time’s best weapons for degrading newsprint yellowish-orange and wrinkling people before their time; once upon a certain August which measured somewhere below far and gone in his ephemeral existence he had been hitchhiking south from Susanville and was set down in Redding where he waited five midday-girdling hours at an on-ramp whose dusty blackberry brambles were actually dripping with melted black sun-made jellies; but in the strange cool May of this current year as he hitchhiked north toward Redding the sunshine had shifted to an opposite otherness from Sacramento’s, being somehow greener in its goldenness and more wild, as if the mountains were tinting it. The truth is that Matthew had sought sublethal sunshine in which to hide from his father, expecting most Reddingtonians to be lurking indoors in the fashion of Mohave, Calexico and Mexicali; he too would lurk, while perfecting his disappearance. On triple-digit days in Sacramento, the hardiest of the homeless trundle into thickets and culverts; those who remain sit stupefied, with heads hanging down, or else lie on the sidewalk, while flies crawl slowly over their faces. Richer souls shelter behind drawn curtains, listening to their air conditioners; and I for my part believe the city to be sustained by invisible armies of sweating, hollow-

provided the assignment was “fun.” Vollmann doesn’t use email or a cell phone, so we began corresponding and talking on the phone about possible stories. Is there some kind of lesbian commune or maybe a marijuana encampment in the North Bay, he asked. Probably, but I don’t think I could grant you access, I replied. After spending a night drinking beer and painting a nude model he had at his studio in a razor-wire-surrounded building in Sacramento, we settled on a story about Redding. He’s writing a novel about the black sheep of a famous political family who goes underground to escape his past. It was fascinating for me to see how he blends fact with fiction. I hope you like the story.—Stett Holbrook Author’s note: A few years after deciding to write a novel about a young man named Matthew who

sets out to see America, I met Mr. Stett Holbrook of the Bohemian, with whom I contracted to deliver what we officially agreed would be a short piece about something or other. The only stipulation was that whatever I turned in show some relation to the Bohemian’s area of readership. Since I live in Sacramento, I settled on Redding, which was not only a fairly straight shot north, but also virtually unknown to me. In Sacramento, which can get plenty hot, some people smugly console themselves that at least we often get the famous Delta breeze, while poor Redding, etcetera, etcetera. The only information I had on Redding was from my local newspaper, which, as newspapers will, retailed accounts of drug busts and violent crimes. Thinking to follow up along those lines, I telephoned a Redding private

eye, who, unlike all the others of his kind whom I have hired over the years, was gruff, suspicious and sullenly unhelpful. None of the other PIs returned my calls. I set out expecting to find a sweltering, downtrodden place. In fact, Redding was cool and green just then, and its inhabitants turned out to be some of the nicest people I have ever met. The following draft is one iteration away from my original notes. All the conversations in it come nearly or entirely verbatim from actual interviews. The novel will be called A Table for Fortune. I hope to finish it in about 2018. I thank the Bohemian for the opportunity, and my friend Greg, who was my driver and companion on the trip; the avocado stories come from him. And I thank the people of Redding.—WTV

eyed air conditioner men. The sun clangs in everyone’s ears; even police veterans can get deafened … So it should have been in Redding, but this wild green sunshine changed everything. And by “green” I do not mean what you might think this color should convey; it had nothing to do with the restful or menacing green glooms of Oregon. Venus flytraps and emeralds were as far away from it as palm fronds. Yes, it was green, but not exactly. It refreshed Matthew because there was nothing of him in it. No one in Redding would put a spoke in his wheel. The complementary consideration was nobody would help him, but as long as the green sunshine kept on, what could he need from this world? In his boyhood there must have seen something that made him want to go way out into America, to find out what our country was, but whether he had been enticed by the best golden loneliness or hounded by the loneliness that lives in our homes and gnaws misunderstood children, or perhaps heard something about faraway hills in a bedtime story, whatever had provoked the wish was lost. He himself was not lost, except to his parents, who troubled over him with loving bewilderment; nor did he feel in want of anything; thus as I begin writing this I myself cannot tell you what he was going to find on what Thomas Wolfe called the last voyage, the longest, the best—in other words, the only voyage, the one toward the grave. And so, hitching a ride, Matthew left behind all the other times of his life.

As they rolled north into Colusa, with the Sutter Buttes’ dusty blue knuckles over and behind the olive orchards, the driver was saying: You know, I grew up on a citrus farm in Southern California. I picked avocados for another farmer all summer, but we used a manlift. I think avocado trees get forty to sixty feet at least. We’d have about four big bags in the cage. One flatbed truck with four bins of avocados in it, it took us all day to pick that! That gave me a real sense of accomplishment … Right away, Matthew, who believed that anything he did could be undone, or done better, because it lay in his power to live any number of lives, began contemplating hiring on in an avocado orchard. First he’d grow sunburned, and then confident. Women might possibly love him. The driver was saying: One year when prices spiked we were getting fifty cents an avocado wholesale. Wholesale! … —by which time Mount Shasta was glowing doublenippled against the milky clouds. And the driver said: The boss was a real good Christian guy who’d been in the Marine Corps, and he had a mental breakdown, had to take some time off. We were unloading avocados from a manlift when the hydraulic brakes failed. The thing picked up speed, crashed into a tree. He was super-understanding when we visited him in the mental hospital— Just then they came into Red Bluff: Red rock, long yellow grass, cool clouds. Green sunshine sped into their eyes, intoxicating their hearts. They were almost in Redding.

Matthew kept grinning at the driver without knowing why. Beaming back at him, the driver said: A big tree can make more than a hundred avocados but all at different times; it takes six years to grow an avocado; I’m talking about the Hass kind, which is what I know … Redding offered half a dozen exits. The driver let him off in the old downtown, not far from City Hall. —I sure appreciate it, said Matthew, and they shook hands. He lifted his backpack. Opening the passenger door, he still expected to be sunblasted in his forehead, wrists and ears, breasting an upsurge of reflected sidewalk heat which would come dryly into his lungs. But Redding was like that. He looked back at the driver, who waved, then pulled away, bound for Eugene. There stood Matthew in Redding, wondering what to do. First he felt anxious; then he began to get excited. His plan was to have no plan. He crossed the street and began walking in the most pleasing direction, saying to himself: I do not know where I am going. I do not know where I am going. —And he exulted in this. If not even he knew this, how could anyone ever find him? Within 10 minutes he arrived at a bar whose midafternoon quietude compelled him through the window, so he walked straight in, and the tattooed barmaid raised her beautiful face like a sunflower following light. The counter shone clean and empty. He seated himself beside the only other customer, an old hospital engineer who had just seen

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where I was going and about my work. A journalism conference? What is your favorite story you wrote, he asked. That led to a discussion of mushrooms, Cambodia and radioactive contamination, at which point he pulled out a yellow Geiger counter he was carrying in his backpack. He was headed to West Virginia to research fracking for a book he’s working on about carbon and climate change. The device was part of his research. How’d you get the Geiger counter past security, I asked. “They don’t even know what it is,” he said with a smile. Before we parted, I asked if he’d be interested in writing for the Bohemian [Editor’s note: The Bohemian is a sister paper of the Pacific Sun]. He immediately said yes,

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Heading toward nowhere «9 a bald eagle carrying a trout in its mouth. The engineer smiled at him, then said: This area is loaded with historical stuff and beautiful visual stuff. All the clouds go up and the sun goes down and you get the best sunsets. Accordingly, Matthew decided to watch the sunset. It is true that his impressionability sometimes made him foolish. But his foolishness might have been no worse than the way that old people so often visit a new place in order to project their brilliant pasts upon its mediocre indifference. He was drawn to the engineer because neither of them were afflicted with the chronic disease called irony. The engineer told him: It’s been a hardscrabble life. See, my dad came up here; he was a Ford mechanic; you had to love nature to come here. So this basically was the turnaround for the railroad. This was as far north as it went. You wanted to go north from here … Before Shasta Dam was built, you used to have to come here by boat. This is five hundred and twentyeight feet. Wiry and aware, he exemplified strength in age. His name was Jacob. The tendons were corded on the backs of his workman’s hands. Matthew supposed that they were becoming friends. He asked: Where would you go if you wanted to see America? The old man said: I’ve been to Montana; I’ve built factories in the Midwest, but I’ve never been to the Deep South … And right away Matthew could imagine himself in the Deep South! There he would discover what to live for. Jacob already knew how to live his life, but that knowledge must be good only for him. Matthew must find his own way; that was why he had come to Redding. Matthew’s beer was cold and clean. When he finished it, Jacob set his down and said: I think that this election’ll be fought out on television. Here’s why there’s delegates: Here’s my good friend who has money. But I live way up in French Gulch and can’t afford to get down here. But then it gets corrupted. Like all this campaigning in this state, winner take all, and the popular vote gets set aside. But I still think we live in the greatest country on earth. And Matthew believed. Looking right in front of him, he could see how wonderful America was! Why shouldn’t it be the greatest? And he was out in it now; he would go farther and farther …

Laying a cell phone on the bar, the old engineer activated its screen and showed off a photograph of his daughter, who was a smiling, freckled brunette of about twenty-five. —She’s hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, Jacob said. She loves snow camping. She’s hardcore. She and her boyfriend, they’ll go out more than thirty miles in the hills by themselves. Matthew imagined being with Jacob’s daughter, or with any woman who would lead him into the mountains. He could not picture this angel very well; her hair altered from brown to blonde and back again. But she was holding his hand. And she knew the country—or, better yet, she didn’t, and they would explore it together. The more beer he drank, the more joyous he felt. One day he too might be happy and old, with his pockets full of eagle stories and a mountain or two in his backyard! Or else he would die in some woman’s arms. And now the tattooed barmaid began to confide in him, saying: I told her, look, we need to get out of here. He shares custody with his ex … —Matthew felt lucky and grateful that she trusted him. Tenderly she set another beer before him; he had told her to pick out her favorite kind. — Once you get through altitude sickness you’ll be fine, the engineer explained. But you have to want to. You know what’s cool when you get up there? You can see the curvature of the earth. That makes you feel you’ve done something. Matthew made up his mind to go high enough in life that he could see the earth curving down before him. He wondered if it were too late for him to become an astronaut. Jacob was saying: We went for eleven days through the mountains. First we prepared. We buried whiskey caches, and we had fun, drinkin’ beer, cookin’ trout … Matthew bought him another beer, and Jacob said: If I’d’ve known you’d be comin’, I’d’ve made a whole bunch of smoked albacore. Will you be here tomorrow? Sure. I’ll come back then. They fixed a time, and Matthew rushed out into the green sunlight to have more adventures. After the cool dimness of the bar, Redding enlarged itself all the more. He could see to the mountains. Here was Shasta County Superior Court on Yuba and West; and he stopped in the middle of the empty street, feeling as if he had found

someplace where it would always be early on a summer morning. There was Placer and then Tehama; and right here stood Matthew, looking around him in hopes of learning where in America he should go. In one of the bays behind the Greyhound station he met a bearded little man, almost elfin in profile, who had parted ways with several teeth. His face shone red and his pores were coarsened by hard living. The woman beside him looked tired and old. Their daughter was sixteen going on fortysix. They sat on the blacktop, waiting for something to happen. How this world could contain both them and Jacob was a question for moralists, sociologists and theologians, but not for Matthew, who wanted to make friends, which was why he gave the man ten dollars, and asked about his life. The man said: Originally I’m from Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. My wife, she wanted to come back home. Now she wants to get back out of here. We came from Spokane. Everybody knows everything about everybody. Trying to rip everybody off … I got in trouble with the law. And then got out, found the manager of the money I had, and he never paid it, ripped me off … His name was Roy. Matthew told his own name. They sat down on a bench away from the wife and daughter, and Roy began again to speak, perhaps because that strange May weather had opened the hearts of everyone, although the ten dollars could have had something to do with it. He lisped a little, on account of his missing teeth. He said: First time I been on the streets, I was seven years old. Got away from Washington, ran away to Fresno. You see, I decided to get in people’s cars and trucks and kept on goin’. Fresno was a lot of killings. I started doin’ dope and went to heroin. Started doin’ it all. You name it, I done it. Now, my wife, her dad was the head of the Hells Angels and I been workin’ with him since I was about seven. I made him a hundred-eighty grand in about six months. And I’m one he’s afraid of. I have no problem pullin’ a gun, pullin’ the trigger and laughin’ about it. I don’t care. I got no heart. Matthew did not care if this was true or not. He just felt happy that Roy was telling him things. And Roy said: Some guy swung on me. I walked up and popped him. When I hit him, my hands turned illegal; they’re registered. I have killed but not on purpose. I killed the head leader of the Fresno State Bulldogs. They’re Bloods and that, or I call ’em, slobs. I been a Crip since I was seven. They’re makin’ us into so many new gangs. In

Portland they got the Dragon Eyeballs. A bunch of fuckin’ niggers. Oh, you’re prejudiced. No I’m not. I’m a cracker. I’m fuckin’ white trash! And Matthew, being Matthew, could not help but wonder whether he himself might enter upon this sort of life, warring and begging and hiding, free and angry or free and scared—or had Roy paid for nothing this price of becoming bitter and maimed? He disliked the mean things that Roy said. But since he never stopped hoping for answers and had just today in this marvelous green sunshine realized what he cared about most of all, he said: Tell me what you think about America. Sucks, said Roy, staring into his face. —Because we keep givin’ Iraq weapons and then they’re tryin’ to bomb us. And all these people who got money and they think they been better than us. Right away, Matthew decided that America sucked. How then could he make America better? He would start by going to the best place, and learning what made it good. So he said: I’m hiding out. Where should I go? Fresno. People are actually really, really nice. There’s this one lady who works out there, a Mexican lady; we call her Mama; she makes us fresh watermelon juice and won’t take no money for it … Matthew thought to himself: Fresno sounds just like Redding. I think I’ll stay in Redding. So what I wanna do, said Roy, is to be gettin’ out of here and findin’ something somehow to help us get to Fresno. I can get a one-bedroom apartment for six hundred. I was on SSI but I have a misdemeanor warrant. I got caught with thirteen days in the county jail. I have a problem with authority; I’m unextraditable. And then what? I wanna own some more land and be happy. Should I do that, too? Why fuckin’ not? Up until now Matthew had supposed that his life would somehow make something, not a child but something else. It might be that he would improve the world, or even save it—but never bit by bit, as if he were some nine-to-fiver ageing for the sake of a paycheck from which he would save nothing but money. But maybe land, a woman and a child would be his destiny. Trustingly he asked Ray: What’s the most beautiful kind of woman? Smart. Looks, I don’t care about looks. I mean, I dated girls this big. I dated girls that big. This one here, I did fifteen years in the slammer and

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she never left. She never wrote me but she was there when I got out. Plus, I got eight kids, and she don’t mind. That’s good, said Matthew. Where can I find a woman? Roy called over to his wife: Baby, where’s a good place to buy a bitch? Off of Cypress, by the park. When does what’s-her-name the black bitch show up there? About nine-thirty, ten o’clock. Roy remarked evenly, with triumphant contempt: I know every Spokane ho in there. In Pullman I know ’em all cause they’re all mine. There was one nigger and I took every one of his prostitutes except one, and I didn’t take her because she’s fucking ugly. Thanking him for his advice, Matthew walked on. Should he make a child, wander the Deep South or pick avocados? His eyes were on the bright green sunlight of Redding. Had he told anybody, your sunlight is green!, it might not have turned out especially well for Matthew, so he kept quiet as always, studying the people and trying to decide whether he should become one of them. Against the outer wall of the Amtrak station lay a homeless man who explained: This place is my living room. —Gesturing at the tracks and the Greyhound station behind them, he said: There’s my TV. Matthew leaned up against the wall beside him. He asked: Do you have a good life? The man said: I’m from Alturas. That’s a really small town. If you’re on the main street after ten o’clock at night the police are gonna take you in. Here, nobody bothers me because I keep it clean. I pick up after myself and others. And I’ve learned how to be happy. I’m happier here every day. I want to stay right here, all my life. Matthew thanked him. He decided he believed him. Perhaps the man was Christ, or one of His relatives, in which case what Matthew should do was sit down right here and watch the tracks for half a century. But for some reason he found himself continuing on. He walked up and down, then closed his eyes, pretending that something better or worse than Redding would appear when he opened them; that was a game he had often played, and until today the results had been consistently disappointing; just now he opened his eyes and was glad to still see Redding. Now he had better find a room. Twenty minutes later he was watching the paling of the cloudy sky from the second floor deck of the Sunshine Motel where somebody in Room 29 was plinking on a »12

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on earth. Why shouldn’t Matthew do the same? Opening the door, he took out a chair and sat awhile looking out across the world. The lovely shadows of the railing kept curving around on the bright deck and a man ran across the parking lot, while the smell of stale food rose up in the cool breeze, mosquitoes biting Matthew silently, and across the parking lot the jumbled white squares of the letters MOTEL supported a great yellow sun with orange neon rays shining out from it. He realized that he had failed to watch the sunset. The old engineer in the bar had told him about Redding sunsets, and he had forgotten. Well, he would do that tomorrow night. At ten o’clock, Virginia, who was sixty-three but looked a hard, sexy forty-three, came knocking at the door of the adjacent room because some girl had stolen the vacuum cleaner; he promised that it wasn’t him and that he lacked any connection to that unknown girl. Virginia believed him. He asked her how the motel was, and she said: Oh, they’ve cleaned it up real good. We’re not even on the bad list no more. She had been living in Room One for two years. Her son lived there also. He asked what she thought about America, and she said: What’s not to love? —Right away he realized that she was right; how could he not love his own country? He wanted everybody to be right. He would feel better believing in everything. Virginia rushed off and he could see her sweeping the sidewalk down by the office. She wanted the place to look good for the Greyhound drivers who checked in at night and slept during the daytime. Matthew wandered in and out of his room. It was ten-thirty; Virginia kept sweeping the sidewalk. Two doors down, the magnificent black woman who had been haunting the doorway upstairs now stood patiently facing the parking lot, half-smiling, with her arms folded across her big breasts. Reminded by her of the prostitute who according to Roy’s wife would now be working “off of Cypress by the park,” he considered hunting for her, but decided that he liked Virginia better. Maybe when she had finished sweeping he would ask her if she wanted to travel the Deep South with him and buy land. And Matthew stood listening to the world. To him it was all very wonderful.Y

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Power and emotion Marin Shakespeare Company’s ‘Othello’ delivers both By Charles Brousse

ight upfront, I have to admit that Othello is not among my favorite Shakespeare plays. It has a condescending, give-the-mob-whatit-wants feel of heavy melodrama, rather than the sharp but bracing edge of real tragedy. Robert Currier, director of Marin Shakespeare Company’s seasonclosing production in Dominican University’s Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, references some of the problems in his program notes. Why does Iago, a ranking officer in the Venetian unit that Othello commands, bear such malice toward a man whose military victories have brought both of them fame and fortune? Because he didn’t get promoted in rank? Because an unrefined black man was able to win the affection of the beautiful Desdemona? Because a Moor,

presumably a follower of Islam, was put in charge of commanding Christian troops in their struggle against the invading Turks? One can only guess—Iago simply professes his hatred to the audience at the beginning of the play and lets it go at that. Equally inexplicable is the ease with which members of Othello’s inner circle allow themselves to be drawn into a web of treachery and deceit, when the ultimate objective is to persuade him to murder his beloved Desdemona, an act that would certainly destroy him as well. They include Cassio, a valiant young soldier and friend of the couple, who, after being lured into a drunken barroom brawl, allows Desdemona to plead on his behalf for the Moor’s pardon—a move with deadly consequences because it arouses Othello’s suspicions about her fidelity. There is Emilia,

Iago’s wife and devoted attendant on Desdemona, who gives her husband a prized handkerchief accidently dropped by Desdemona; planted in Cassio’s room, it becomes physical proof of her guilt. That’s only the beginning. In fact, just about all of the supporting characters seem completely clueless about how they are being used—but the play really isn’t about them. It’s about the perennial struggle between good and evil, waged by a pair of human protagonists who are larger than life. Knowing this, Currier made a couple of risky casting choices. One of them appears to be working out spectacularly. To play Othello, Currier tapped Dameion Brown, a recently paroled inmate from California State Prison Solano, where he had been serving a sentence for domestic violence. Currier became acquainted with Brown a couple of

years ago when the latter appeared as Macbeth’s nemesis Macduff in Marin Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare for Social Justice program. Brown lacked training and had never even witnessed a professional theater production, let alone acted in one. But he had a burning desire to learn and, most importantly had the vocal, physical and intellectual resources to make him what in baseball lingo is called a “natural.” So, when a now free former convict called to say he’d like to be considered for Othello if the play were to be scheduled, Currier jumped at the opportunity [Editor’s note: For more on Brown’s journey, read our August 31 cover story, ‘Out of darkness’]. What followed was a furious crash course in diction, movement, projection in an outdoor venue, interaction with more experienced actors and mastery of the author’s poetic rhythms—in other words, the essentials of a Shakespearian actor. All the while, the media spotlight on this unusual event grew brighter and brighter. On opening night, it was apparent that the theater company’s gamble was well placed: Brown delivered a performance that will be long remembered for its power and emotional commitment. Currier’s other risky casting choice, Cassidy Brown (no relation) as Iago, will likely stir some debate among those who expect the stereotypic villain. This Brown has made his name around the Bay Area as a comic actor who is far more accustomed to generating laughs than hisses. His amiable portrayal of Iago’s deadly schemes may seem hard to swallow, but I have to remind the doubters that there have been many murderers who seem like ordinary people until they cheerfully slit their victims’ throats. Of course, Othello, the play, is more than these two performers. Among the principals, Luisa Frasconi is a fragile, almost ethereal Desdemona, Elena Wright has some great scenes as Emilia, and Jeff Wiesen is a stalwart presence as Cassio. Currier deserves plaudits for sticking with the script and keeping distractions to a minimum. All in all, it’s a strong account of one of Shakespeare’s most problematic works.Y

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Jason Newsted turns it down on acoustic project By Charlie Swanson

assist Jason Newsted joined Metallica in 1986 and spent 15 years as part of the biggest metal band in the world. Since leaving Metallica in 2001, he’s stayed enmeshed in the genre through several projects. For his latest outfit, Jason Newsted & the Chophouse Band, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician goes acoustic, sharing a collection of classic American songs this month with intimate performances in Mill Valley, Napa and Sebastopol. The name Chophouse goes back to 1991, when Newsted designed and built a studio space in his San Francisco home to jam with an eclectic crew of friends and fellow players. “For 25 years, we’ve been putting these blends of people together to make this soup with really no agenda,” Newsted says. “By playing with other people of other styles in the Chophouse, when it came time to go play ‘Enter Sandman’ for the

3,000th time, you come back with a fresh approach.” Over the years, the players and recordings in the Chophouse opened his mind to more music. “I learned from the Chophouse how to be better in my real-world activities,” he says. More recently, Newsted has spent time concentrating on his acoustic guitar and collecting a catalogue of more than 100 songs from the likes of Johnny Cash and Neil Young that he can play with his rotating roster of musicians; he hasn’t played these songs in public until this year. A big part of deciding to share these songs, he says, came from caring for his ailing mother in 2013. “I would take time to play her some of these songs, and she would really dig it,” Newsted says. “I saw which songs my voice lent the most to and picked my spots, and by playing for my mom, it made me want to do my vocal warm-ups and lessons and all that so I could sing better for her.” For the upcoming performances, Newsted plans to start the show solo before welcoming percussionist Rob Tucker and building the number of players gradually through the largely acoustic set. “You can jam without your ear ringing, you can hear everybody and get three- and four-part harmonies going, stuff I haven’t really done in my career,” Newsted says. “I’m finding a lot of firsts as we take [the band] out and show it to people.”Y

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Frankenhoodie Star cast can’t save Luke Scott’s misbegotten ‘Morgan’ By Richard von Busack

organ is a heinously overproduced student film complete with actors who are too good for it and a twist ending you’d guess even if director Luke Scott weren’t the offspring of Blade Runner’s Ridley Scott. A generous person could call Morgan a prequel to Blade Runner. It’s about the creation of genetically altered replicants created by the Evil Corporation. The praiseworthy actor Kate Mara gives her first boring performance as a “risk management” specialist from Evil Co. Power-coiffed and businesssuited, Mara imitates Lindsay Crouse’s own numbness as she drives up to a remote forest lab in her Mercedes. While driving, she takes an info-dumping call from her boss (Brian Cox): “We don’t want another Helsinki … Preserve the asset.” The “L9 Asset” is Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy from The Witch), a depressed, grayish girloid in a hoodie being studied by the scientists who engineered her. Morgan has just all but gouged out the eye of one of the researchers

(Jennifer Jason Leigh, recovering from the assault, plays it stoned from heavy pain medication). Despite this security breach, the scientists conduct themselves slackly, coupling up, drinking in the evening and not giving Morgan the healthy distance the creature deserves. The cold Chinese physician (Michelle Yeoh) who runs the project floats over her co-workers, keeping to herself the details of the Helsinki fiasco. Strangest of all this medical pack is Rose Leslie’s Amy, who can’t stop gaping at Morgan. We’re not sure why. It isn’t until a shrink (Paul Giamatti) arrives that the trouble really begins. Giamatti’s snideness gives some juice to this desiccated thriller. Too bad his only dramatic function here is to be the peasant who waves the torch in Frankenstein’s face. With a cast of characters determined to always put themselves in unnecessary danger—they keep doing what we yell at them not to do—and with brutal fight scenes to balance the mawkishness, Morgan seems created for the Svengoolie of the 2030s to mock.Y

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Friday, September 9 - Thursday September 15 WWI vet whose happy new life with Alicia Vikander is upended when a mysterious child enters the picture. Mechanic: Resurrection (1:39) Jason Statham is back at it, this time assassinating the world’s creepiest guys at the behest of Jessica Alba. Mia Madre (1:46) Poignant Italian dramedy about a filmmaker’s conflicted emotions in a time of crisis; John Turturro co-stars. Morgan (1:32) Horror flick about a mysterious quasi-human forest creature who complicates the life of clueless yuppie Kate Mara. National Theatre London: A View from the Bridge (2:15) Arthur Miller’s dark tale of lust, jealousy and betrayal is presented in a dynamic production direct from the West End. Nerve (1:36) A goody-two-shoes teen gets caught up in sex, drugs, drink and naughty language when she joins an online gaming group. Nine Lives (1:27) Workaholic billionaire Kevin Spacey finds himself inhabiting the body of his daughter’s cat and begins to appreciate his family from a more feline perspective. The 9th Life of Louis Drax (1:48) Supernatural thriller about a boy’s neurological ability to cheat death and how it affects the desperate people around him. No Manches Frida (1:54) Raucous comedy about an ex-con’s scheme to retrieve loot he buried under a high school gym by working as a substitute teacher. Pete’s Dragon (1:30) Remake of the ’70s Disney fantasy stars Robert Redford as a smalltown coot whose tall tales of a local dragon just might be true. St. Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome (1:40) Pope Francis welcomes you to check out the architecturally artistic, spiritually historical splendor of bella Roma’s four basilicas. Sausage Party (1:29) Raunchy cartoon about a gang of supermarket sausages dodging hungry shoppers on the Fourth of July; Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig and Jonah Hill vocalize. The Secret Life of Pets (1:31) Sneak peek at what pets get up to when they’re left alone in their Manhattan penthouses features vocals from Albert Brooks, Dana Carvey and others. Snowden Live (3:05) Get a sneak peek at Oliver Stone’s biopic of the spook-turnedwhistleblower, followed by a live satellite conversation between Stone and Snowden. Southside With You (1:21) Romantic charmer with a twist: The affable young Chicagoans enjoying their first date circa 1989 are none other than the future Mr. & Mrs. Barack Obama. Star Trek Beyond (2:00) The crew of the Enterprise find themselves stranded on a hostile planet, hostile aliens encroaching; Chris Pine stars. Stratford Festival: The Tempest (2:11) Christopher Plummer is Prospero in Shakespeare’s magical exploration of love, vengeance and raging id. Suicide Squad (1:40) Another live-action comic book, this one starring Will Smith and Jared Leto as super-villains seeking redemption by leading a heroic if suicidal mission of mercy. Sully (1:36) Tom Hanks stars as Chesley Sullenberger, the airline pilot who managed 2009’s heroic emergency landing on the Hudson River; Clint Eastwood directs. War Dogs (1:54) Entrepreneurial doofuses Jonah Hill and Miles Teller get in over their heads when they take on a $300 million deal to arm the Afghan military.

•New Movies This Week Most showtimes were unavailable as we went to press. Please visit fandango.com for schedule updates. We regret the inconvenience.

• The Beatles: Eight Days a Week— The Touring Years (Not Rated) Rafael: Thu 7 • Bridget Jones’s Baby (R) Rowland: Thu 7, 10 Complete Unknown (R) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Wed 9; Sat-Sun 2, 9 • Dekalog (Not Rated) Rafael: One & Two: Fri 3:45, 6:15; Sun 8:45; Thu 6:15; Three & Four: Fri 8:45; Sat 1:15; Mon 6:15; Thu 8:45; Five & Six: Sat 3:45, 6:15; Mon 8:45; Tue 6:15; Seven & Eight: Sat 8:45; Sun 1:15; Tue 8:45; Wed 8:45; Nine & Ten: Sun 3:45, 6:15; Wed 6:15 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) Rafael: Fri-Sun 3:30, 8:20; Mon, Wed, Thu 8:20 Indignation (R) Rafael: Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu 6; Sat 1, 6 • Labyrinth (PG) Regency: Sun, Wed 2, 7 Mia Madre (R) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:15, 6:30; Mon-Wed 6:30 • National Theatre London: A View from the Bridge (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 6:30 St. Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 1; Wed 6:15 • Snowden Live (Not Rated) Regency: Wed 7:30 Stratford Festival: The Tempest (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 • Sully (PG-13) Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 7, 9:20; Sat 12:45, 3:30, 7, 9:20; Sun 12:45, 3:30, 7; MonThu 3:30, 7 Regency: Fri 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50

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Bad Moms (1:41) Three overstressed, overworked suburban mamas go on a longoverdue binge of bad behavior; Mila Kunis stars. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years (1:46) Ron Howard’s authorized documentary focuses on the band’s early years through rare footage and interviews with Paul, Ringo and other luminaries. Ben-Hur (2:21) Lew Wallace’s epic novel of ancient Rome hits the big screen (again) with Jack Huston as the prince-turned-slave who triumphs over all. Bridget Jones’s Baby (2:05) Renée Zellweger is back as the chronically befuddled Brit, now navigating her fateful 40s. Café Society (1:38) Kaleidoscopic Woody Allen comedy celebrates the Manhattan-Hollywood high life of the 1930s; Parker Posey and Jeannie Berlin star. Complete Unknown (1:30) Self-reinvented shape-shifter Rachel Weisz spends a night in New York feinting and parrying with doubtful ex-lover Michael Shannon. Dekalog (1:50) Krzysztof Kieslowski’s acclaimed series of 10 moral tales inspired by the biblical commandments, newly restored and presented as double bills. Don’t Breathe (1:28) Horror flick about three thieves who break into the wrong spooky old mansion. Equity (1:40) Wall Street suspense thriller about a nefarious scheme to take down an influential investment banker (Anna Gunn); Meera Menon directs. Finding Dory (1:40) The animated blue tang fish of Finding Nemo is back and trying to reunite with her aquatic family; Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks and Diane Keaton lend voice. Florence Foster Jenkins (1:50) Stephen Frears biopic stars Meryl Streep as a real-life New York heiress of the 1940s who blithely pursued a career in grand opera despite an appalling singing voice. Ghostbusters (1:45) The supernatural comedy gets a feminist reboot with Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones taking on the otherworld this time around. Hands of Stone (1:45) Biopic stars Edgar Ramirez as Panamanian welterweight champ Roberto Duran; Usher is Sugar Ray Leonard. Hell or High Water (1:42) Two embittered brothers go on a bank-robbing spree … until they come up against aging Texas Ranger Jeff Bridges. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (1:41) Wry New Zealand adventure comedy about the unlikely relationship between a cranky backwoodsman and his fellow outlaw, a 13-year-old out-of-hiselement city boy. Indignation (1:50) The Philip Roth novel hits the big screen with Logan Lerman as a workingclass Jewish boy from Newark trying to fit into a midcentury Midwestern college town. Jason Bourne (2:03) The amnesiac secret agent is back, trying once again to unlock the secrets of his past; Paul Greengrass directs Matt Damon, of course. Kubo and the Two Strings (1:41) Animated action fantasy about the epic battle between three Japanese villagers and a gang of vengeful spirits; Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes and George Takei provide the voices. Labyrinth (1:41) David Bowie stars in Jim Henson’s fantastical tale of a teenage girl’s quest to rescue her brother from a Muppetfilled castle. The Light Between Oceans (2:13) Period romance stars Michael Fassbender as a scarred

George, John, Paul and Ringo in ‘The Beatles: Eight Days a Week,’ opening September 15 at the Rafael.

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

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The Carolyn Sills Combo Santa Cruz-based band celebrates Patsy Cline’s 84th birthday with a spirited show. Sep 11, 4pm. $15. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. The Tyde Psychedelic Los Angeles band plays a record release show for their new album, “Darren 4,” with Neal Casal and special guest Phil Lesh. Sep 9, 8pm. $15. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

SONOMA American Roots Music Festival Third annual event benefiting Lifeschool Wilderness Adventures features Free Peoples, Frankie Boots, Next of Kin, Sonoma Aroma and Dixie Giants with vendors, great food, live auctions and more. Sep 10, 2pm. $25/kids under 10 are free. Festival Grounds, 16951 Bodega Hwy, Bodega. Gavin DeGraw The soulful songwriter plays off his brand new album, “Something Worth Saving.” Sep 11, 7pm. $30-$65. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival Popular festival turns 40 and features headliners Chaka Khan, Jonny Lang, Sheila E, Keb’ Mo’ and many others playing on the river all weekend. Sep 10-11. $55 and up. Johnson’s Beach, First and Church streets, Guerneville, russianriverfestivals.com.

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9, Sucker MCs. Sep 10, San Geronimo. Sep 11, House of Mary. Sep 13, Fresh Baked Blues. Sep 14, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

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Rancho Nicasio Sep 9, the Shots. Sep 10, Volker Strifler. Sep 11, 4pm, BBQ on the Lawn with Uncle Willie K. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

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

Victims Family Classic Santa Rosa punk band plays a benefit for Sonoma County musician and former resident, Guthrie Lowe, with special guests Electric Funeral and Skitzo. Sep 9, 7pm. $10-$12. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316. Book Passage Sun, 11:30am, Songs & Stories with Megan. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960.

NAPA David Grisman Bluegrass Experience Mandolin master plays a traditional set of bluegrass with help from Keith Little on 5-string banjo, Jim Nunally on guitar, Chad Manning on fiddle and Samson Grisman on bass. Sep 10, 5pm. $65-$75. Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.

Fenix Sep 7, pro blues jam with Twice As Good. Sep 8, Jeff Oster. Sep 9, Tasche. Sep 11, 6:30pm, the Fabulous Bud E Luv Show. Sep 14, pro blues jam with Dallis Craft. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. Grazie Restaurant Sep 10, Gail Muldrow. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181.

Napa Valley Cowboy Music & Poetry Gathering Second annual night of music and storytelling includes performers Joel Nelson, Gail Steiger, Trinity Seely and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Sep 10, 7pm. $20. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

HopMonk Novato Sep 7, open mic night with Contradiction. Sep 8, Country Line Dancing. Sep 9, Wavelength. Sep 10, South Bay Dub Allstars with Ridgway. Sep 11, 5pm, New Monsoon. Sep 14, open mic night with the Levines. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200. 19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Sep 7, 5pm, Buddy Owen Band. Sep 8, 5pm, Danny Uzilevsky. Sep 9, 5:30pm, Michael Brown Band. Sep 9, 9pm, the Soul Section with Arizona & the Volunteers. Sep 10, the Musashi Trio. Sep 11, 6pm, the Little Bit Show. Sep 11, 8pm, Soulbillies. Sep 13, 6pm, Jeb Brady Band. Sep 14, the Melt. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Sep 9, Michael Aragon Quartet. Sep 12, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

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Keb' Mo' will perform at the 40th annual Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival, September 10 and 11 in Guerneville.

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Osteria Divino Sep 7, Pedro Rosales Con Quimba. Sep 8, Duo Violao Brasil. Sep 9, Sulkary Valverde. Sep 10, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. Sep 11, Smith Dobson Trio. Sep 13, Brian Moran. Sep 14, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Sep 7, Marianna August. Sep 8, Wanda Stafford. Sep 13, Panama Jazz Trio. Sep 14, Bob Gordon & the UFOs. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Sep 7, the Weissmen. Sep 8, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Sep

San Rafael Copperfield’s Books Sep 9, 6pm, jazz in the neighborhood with Clairdee. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.524.2800. Sausalito Seahorse Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Sep 8, Parlor Tricks. Sep 9, DJ Jose Ruiz. Sep 10, Boca de Rio Trio. Sep 11, 5pm, Somos el Son with Braulio. Sep 12, 6pm, Judy Hall. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Sep 8, Jessica Martindale. Sep 9, TV Mike & the Scarecrows. Sep 10, Kingsborough. Sep 14, Doobie Decibel System. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Spitfire Lounge Second Thursday of every month, DJ Romestallion. Second Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Sweetwater Music Hall Sep 7, Luciano and Reggae Angels. Sep 8, Jason Newsted & the Chophouse Band. Sep 9, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers with Ron Thompson. Sep 10, Bonfire. Sep 12, Sam Lewis and Brandy Robinson. Sep 14, Tim Bluhm with Andy Cabic and Johnny Irion. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Terrapin Crossroads Sep 8, Terrapin All-Stars with Scott Law. Sep 9, Top 40 dance party with the Terrapin AllStars. Sep 10, Terrapin All-Stars with Scott Law and friends. Sep 11, 4pm, “Stories & Songs” with Phil Lesh & the Camp Terrapin Family Band. Sep 11, 7:30pm, Midnight North. Sep 12, Grateful Mondays with Scott Law, Grahame Lesh and friends. Sep 13, Colonel & the Mermaids. Sep 14, Deep Blue Jam with Lorin Rowan. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, noon concert series. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Travis Marina Second Sunday of every month, the Lonestar Retrobates. Fort Baker, Sausalito. Trek Winery Sep 9, Amy Wigton. Sep 10, 11am, Chime

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OPENING MARIN EV Lounge Sep 14, “Earth & Sky,” landscapes by Kathleen Lipinksi and Wendy Goldberg. Reception, Sep 14 at 6pm. 500 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.419.2577. MarinMOCA Sep 10-Oct 23, “Emerging Artists of Northern California,” five diverse artists display their mutlimedia works. Reception, Sep 10 at 5pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. WedFri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Sep 7-29, “Gifting My Legacy,” retrospective art exhibit of the works of Fred Berensmeier features 40 prints. Reception, Sep 11 at noon. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Aroma Cafe Through Nov 5, “Abstracts, Fantasies & Digital Manipulations,” the eclectic photography of Michel Kotski is on display. 1122 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.459.4340. Art Works Downtown Through Sep 16, “Musical,” a showcase of artwork relating to the art of music through subject matter, medium or composition. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

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Gallery Route One Through Sep 18, “The Box Show,” annual fundraising show is dedicated to the memory of GRO founding member and Box Show co-creator Betty Woolfolk. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. Marinwood Community Center Through Sep 11, “Slugs, Bugs, Wings, Fins,” solo exhibit by Marin artist Lucy Arnold shows watercolors featuring butterflies, birds and other colorful creatures. 775 Miller Creek Rd, San Rafael. 415.479.0775.

Comedy Don Friesen Two time winner of the SF Comedy Competition performs his hilarious standup. Sep 8, 8pm. $20-$25. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, marincomedyshow.com. Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Spaghetti Jam’s 40th Anniversary Reunion Improv like no other comes to Mill Valley when the veteran comedy troupe performs. Sep 11, 7pm. $20-$30. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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

Dance Alma del Tango Studio Ongoing, Swing Dance Classes, Learn East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop with instructor Jasmine Worrell. Four-week sessions begin the first of every month. First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, Introduction to Argentine Tango, learn to dance like they do in Buenos Aires, no experience necessary. $18. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966. Belrose Theater Sep 9-10, 7:30pm, Sol Flamenco, show brings the music and dance of Spain to San Rafael. With wine and tapas beforehand. 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. College of Marin Kentfield Campus Sep 7, International Folk Dance Class, learn some wonderful, easy folk dances from around the world $54, 415.663.9512. 835 College Ave, Kentfield. Sausalito Seahorse Sundays, 4pm, Salsa class. Free. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito 415.331.2899.

Events Accounting & Finance Careers Open House Recruiters will be on site for immediate interviews, answer questions and discuss the job market in the North Bay. Sep 8, 4pm. Wildfox, 225 Alameda del Prado, Novato, 415.883.9125. Bolinas Museum Benefit Art Auction Annual fundraiser boasts art from a diverse selection of Marin and Bay Area artists and galleries, with food, drinks and live music from High Tide Collective. Sep 10. $100$150. Peace Barn, 70 Olema Bolinas Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.8809.

and the Silverado Pickups playing. Sep 8, 6:30pm. $125. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. International Day of Peace Celebration Second annual event features live music, food, art show and speakers promoting understanding and respect for diversity and raising awareness to ensure a culture of peace. Sep 11, 12pm. Free admission. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.8888. Love Is the Answer Annual Fundrasier Speakers, silent auction items and more are in store to support LITA’s programs that benefit area seniors. Sep 10, 6pm. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, 415.492.1800. Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Community Gala Champagne, wine and Beer reception is followed by food from Mill Valley’s finest local businesses. With silent and live auction and the Fall Arts Gala Jam Band. Sep 10, 6pm. $150 and up. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. National Heirloom Exposition The “world’s fair” of pure and local food movements features guest speakers, chef demos, exhibitors and plenty of organic goods. Through Sep 8. $15-$30. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, theheirloomexpo.com. Network Entrepreneurial Women of Marin An evening where you can network with other entrepreneurial women and enjoy delicious dining. RSVP required. Sep 13, 6pm. Piatti’s Ristorante & Bar, 625 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley, 415.380.2525. Ocean Riders of Marin Fundraiser Old-fashioned barnyard party is for a good cause. Sep 10, 3pm. $95. Golden Gate Dairy, 1760 Shoreline Hwy, Muir Beach, oceanridersofmarin.org. Second Fridays Art Walk Anchored by Art Works Downtown galleries and artist studios, the art walk links venues throughout downtown San Rafael with receptions and entertainment. Second Fri of every month, 5pm. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.451.8119.

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

Singers Marin Adult Choirs Fall Registrations Join one of the adult choruses and perform in the 21st annual Holiday Concert on December 18. Through Sep 13. Singers Marin, 1038 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley, singersmarin.org.

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.

Works-in-Progress Wednesday Filmmakers get the chance to get their work critiqued by an industry pro. Sep 7, 6:30pm. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636.

The French Market Stroll through aisles of antique treasures and vintage bargains, grab a crepe and listen to live French music. Second Sun of every month, 9am. through Oct 9. Free. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800. Harvest 2016 Winemaker Dinner & Show Featuring the wines and music of Napa Valley with renowned vintners like Silver Oak and Silver Trident Winery pouring

Field Trips Marin Moonshiners Hike Monthly three-mile hike to experience sunset, moonrise, picnic and spectacular views. Pack your own picnic. Second Tues monthly at 7:30. $15. Pelican Inn, 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, RSVP, 415.331.0100.

Tule Elk Discovery Hike & Kayak Explore the elk range with nature writer Frank Binney on Saturday, and paddle in Tomales Bay on Sunday. Sep 10-11. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

Film 1932 Pre-Code Pearls Cinema & Psyche hosts film studies class that watches and discusses pre-Code essentials from 1932 and focuses on cultural dissolution, moral revolution and film innovation of the era, seen through archetype, symbol and myth. Sep 12, 2pm. $126. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, cinemaandpsyche.com. Dekalog Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s series of ten individual moral tales loosely inspired by the biblical commandments screens throughout the week in twopart installments. Sep 9-15. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. Marin Country Mart Movie Night Gather friends and family to enjoy a classic film on the green throughout the summer. Wed, 6pm. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 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. Yank Tanks Tiburon Film Society hosts a screening of the documentary about the phenomenon of classic American cars in Cuba. Sep 8, 6:30pm. Free. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665.

Food&Drink Corte Madera Farmers Market Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846. Indian Valley Farm Stand Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Sat, 10am. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554. Marin Country Mart Farmers’ Market Sat, 9am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5715. Marinwood Farmers’ Market Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Avenue and Miller Creek Road, San Rafael, 415.999.5635. Mill Valley Farmers’ Market Fri, 9:30am. CVS parking lot, 759 E Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846.

Pt Reyes Farmers’ Market All certified organic produce market also features live music and chef demos. Sat, 9am. through Nov 5. Free admission. Toby’s Feed Barn, 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.456.0147.

Sunday San Rafael Farmers’ Market Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, 415.472.6100. Tam Valley Certified Farmers’ Market Meet the farmers and enjoy fresh, seasonal, certified organic, local and regional produce, baked goods and more. Tues, 3-7pm. through Nov 22. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley. Thursday San Rafael Farmers’ Market Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

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Flamenco Dance Class for Kids Kids 5 to 9 can learn rhythms, armwork, moving across the floor and footwork in a safe and playful environment from teacher Andrea La Canela. Mon, 4pm. through Nov 14. Knights of Columbus Hall, 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo.

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The Not-ITs Seattle-based kids rock band gets everyone dancing. Sep 11, 11am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292. Princess Cassie & Sparkie, Her Electric Dragon Project Daffodil mixes pop-up books and electronics for a fun, innovative way to literally make your story light up. Sep 10, 1pm. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St, Marin City, 415.332.6157. Singers Marin Vocal Arts Academy Fall Registrations Join Singers Marin youth program and learn many skills, a sense of achievement and great musicianship. Through Sep 11. Singers Marin, 1038 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley, singersmarin.org.

Lectures Art Talk Tuesday Discover innovative, one-of-a-kind products of the artwear movement with Julia Geist, docent from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Sep 13, 12pm. Free. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo, 415.258.4656. Confessions of an Eclectic Quilter Mt Tam Quilt Guild hosts speaker Claire Witherspoon, who shares her quilts and lectures on many of her different quilting styles and techniques. Sep 13, 7pm. $5. Aldersgate Methodist Church, #1 Wellbrock Heights, San Rafael, mtqg.org. Dream of the Red Chamber Preview Lecture Explore the creative journey behind San Francisco Opera’s upcoming performance, based on one of China’s greatest classical novels, in a lively presentation by David Henry Hwang and Ken Smith. Sep 8, 7:30pm. $10. The Redwoods, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, 415.383.2741. The Goddess: Images of Power An illustrated lecture by Museum Docent

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Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips), Andy Cabic (Vetiver) & Johnny Irion (U.S. Elevator) The Unauthorized Rolling Stones

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Photographing the Beaches of Pt Reyes In-field demonstrations and classroom presentations will aid you with the skills that you need. Sep 9-11. $300-$320. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

Bianca Larson explores the role of the goddess image in Asian art as worshipped across different religions, times and cultures. Sep 13, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

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Herbs for All Seasons Spice up your house with this informative talk from master gardener Anne-Marie Walker. Sep 12, 2pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323. Marin Conservation League Workshop Talk is aimed at increasing understanding of ranching on lands managed by the Point Reyes National Seashore. Reservations required. Tues, Sep 13, 6pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.485.6257. Marin Green Drinks Monthly lecture series focuses on “green” business and practices and includes a round of drinks. Tues, Sep 13, 5:30pm. Free. Lotus Cuisine of India, 704 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.307.1866. The Marin Referral Network Join other professionals and entrepreneurs to share success stories and challenges, and brainstorm how to grow your businesses through referrals and leads. Thurs, 8am. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, 949.680.6153. The Secret Life of Bees Master gardener and beekeeper James Campbell tells you what all the buzz is about with bees. Sep 10, 11am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292. Transparent: A New Take on Gender & Jewish Identity Explore the impact that the Amazon original show “Transparent” has made on how LGBTQ+ and Jewish characters are presented in popular culture. Sep 11, 5pm. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000. Watercolor Nature Journaling Join Kristin Meuser in a hands-on class. Sep 10, 10am. $110-$130. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, (415) 464-5100.

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Guilty” with Liane Moriarty. Sep 14, 7pm, “Weapons of Math Destruction” with Cathy O’Neil. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Dr Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas Second Monday of every month, 7pm, “Poetry Farm” with local writers. 800 Grant Ave, Novato 415.897.9500. Hall School Sep 14, 7pm, “Ghosts” with Raina Telgemeier, hosted by Book Passage. $15. 200 Doherty Dr, Larkspur. The Image Flow Sep 8, 7pm, “Parallel Landscapes” with Mark Citret, landscape photographer is joined by book designer Gudrun Thielemann. 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley 415.388.3569. Point Reyes Books Second Monday of every month, 7pm, Knit Lit group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542. San Rafael Copperfield’s Books Sep 10, 2pm, “Trials of the Century” with Mark and Arynn Phillips. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800. Studio 333 Second Thursday of every month, 7pm, Why There Are Words, acclaimed authors reading their works on the theme of “Everybody Knows.” $10. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito 415.331.8272. Sweetwater Music Hall Sep 13, 7pm, “All These Things That I’ve Done” with Matt Pinfield. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley 415.388.1100.

Theater August: Osage County MTC opens their 50th season with a performance of the celebrated family drama, its first Bay Area professional production since 2009. Sep 8-Oct 2. $22$60. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208. The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare company the Curtain Theatre celebrates its 17th summer with the delightful Shakespeare farce presented under the redwoods. An equity approved project. Through Sep 11. Free. Old Mill Park, Throckmorton and Cascade, Mill Valley, curtaintheatre.org.

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Angelico Hall Sep 14, 7pm, “Find a Way” with Diana Nyad. $25. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

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Book Passage Can you name California’s state … Sep 7, 1pm, “The Natural World of Winniea. Tree the-Pooh” with Kathryn Aalto. Sep 7, 7pm, b. Flower “Playboy Swings” with Patty Farmer. Sep 8, c. Fish 7pm, “Dropping the Struggle” with Roger Housden. d. Bird Sep 9, 1pm, “Pancakes in Paris” Romeo & Juliet with Craig Carlson. Sep 9, 7pm, “Sleeping Shakespeare’s tales of star-crossed lovers on Jupiter” with Anuradha Roy. Sep 10, In internet addresses, what does comes alive in the natural settings of 11am, “The Sound of Silence” with Katrina the state park, presented by We Players. ‘www’ stand for? Goldsaito, special children’s event. Sep Through Sep 25. Petaluma Adobe State 10, 1pm, “Bone withMilhous Bette Golden What didCrack” Richard Nixon do onHistoric Park, 3325 Adobe Rd, Petaluma, and JJ Lamb. Sep 10, 4pm, “The Past Life weplayers.org. August 9, 1974? Perspective” with Ann Barham. Sep 10, A Streetcar Named Desire 7pm,What “Charleston and the South” with Mary animal is the largest member of the cat Masterful drama from Tennessee Williams Brent Cantarutti. Sep 11, 1pm, “Razor Girl” family? depicting the descent of the fragile Blanche with Carl Hiaasen. Sep 11, 4pm, “Robin Dubois opens NTC’s theatrical season. Sep Williams: A Singular Portrait” with Arthur Whose is shown the 9-Oct 2. $12-$27. Novato Theater Company, Grace. Sep 12,image 12pm, “Best. State.on Ever “ U.S. 10-cent 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498. ✹ with Davecoin? Barry, a literary lunch event. $55. Sep 12, 7pm, “Life Imitates Art” with East of Yosemite, at an elevation Robert Currier. Sep 13, 7pm, “Truly Madly of

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Othello By Howard Rachelson Powerful tale of jealousy and manipulation follows the tragic transformation of a brave general driven to rage and regret when betrayed by his opportunistic and vengeful friend. Through Sep 25. $10-$35. Marin Shakespeare Company, 890 Bella Ave, San Rafael, 415.499.4488.

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140438 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ENSO DESIGN BUILD, 52 HOAG AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JULIAN WILLIAM ADAMS SNELLGROVE, 52 HOAG AVE, 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 AUG 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140444 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ZINZ WINE BAR, 207 CORTE MADERA AVE, CORTE MADERA , CA 94925: LARAIA ENTERPRISES, 8 DAVIS DR APT B, TIBURON, CA 94920.The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUG 12, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140295

The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SALON: CRAZY HAIR CUT, 88 BELVEDERE ST, SUITE J, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JOSE F. VENTURA SARAT, 456 SOUTH 11TH ST, RICHMOND, CA 94804.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 Jul 20, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140456 The following individual(s) is (are)

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PublicNotices doing business: HAVEN CA, 2122 CENTRO EAST, TIBURON, CA 94920: MORGAN LANE INC., 2122 CENTRO EAST, TUBURON, CA 94920.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 AUG 16, 2016(Publication Dates: Aug 24, 31, Sep 07, 14 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140417 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CULTURE SHOCK, 171 CANYON RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: LORIE KULBERG, 171 CANYON RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUG 08, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 24, 31, Sep 07, 14 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140386 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: IN & OUT SERVICES, 2405 WARRIOR LN, RENO, NV 89523: DI- ANA MARIE BEAZELL, 2405 WARRIOR LN, RENO, NV 89523. 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 AUG 03, 2016(Publication Dates: Aug 24, 31, Sep 07, 14 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140507 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SHAMROCK COMPRESSOR SERVICE, 1169 MEADOWSWEET DRIVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: JAMES ANTHONY MALONE, 1169 MEADOWSWEET 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUG 22, 2016(Publication Dates: Aug 24, 31, Sep 07, 14 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140351 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GOLDEN ARROW EVENTS, 2 OAK AVE APT 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KELLY A PHU, 2 OAK AVE APT 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jul 28, 2016(Publication Dates: Aug 24, 31, Sep 07, 14 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140501 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GLASSWORK, 1111 FRANCISCO BLVD E, UNIT A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) MAHEND KUMAR, 125 CIELO LN, APT 204, NOVATO, CA 94949 2) MOHAMMAD SHIRAZI, 125 CIELO LN , APT 204, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 AUG 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug

31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140527 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: IMPROV MARIN. 500 OAKCREST ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ANDREW MERIT, 500 OAKCREST ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUG 23, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140552 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BOLINAS RUSTIC RETREAT, 230 ASPEN ROAD, BOLINAS, CA 94924: TRAVIS SMITH, 309 EAST BLITHEDALE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUG 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140535 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GMP AUTOSPORT, 74 HAMILTON DR #A, NOVATO, CA 94949: GMP CARS, LLC, 448 IGNACIO BLVD #339, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUG 24, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140481 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FUNDS FOR REFUGEES, 172 RIDGEWAY AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: MARGUERITE ELLIOT, 172 RIDGEWAY AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUG 17, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140434 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FIBER CARE CARPET CLEANING, 4939 FILAMENT ST, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928: SEBASTINO PEREIRA MARTINS FILHO, 4939 FILAMENT ST, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUG 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140577 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE SOURCE WAVE FOUNDATION, 28 BELLA VISTA AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: THE CHURCH OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 28 BELLA VISTA AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being

conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140581 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RICHARDSON BAY PROPERTY WATCH, 28 MADERA BLVD, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MICHAEL LANE, 28 MADERA BLVD, 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 Sept 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140582 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MI CASA CAFÉ, 85 WOODLAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MI CASA CAFÉ CORPORATION, 85 WOODLAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 02, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140441 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MOM’S NEW PAD, 206 ORRIS TERRACE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MOM’S NEW PAD LLC, 7 BROCKTON DR, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602871. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner IUYBE OAKBLOSSOM NAGA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: IUYBE OAKBLOSSOM NAGA to CORA YUBIE REDFOX. 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: 09/29/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date

set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: AUG 10, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602874. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GHOLAMABBAS MAROOFI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GHOLAMABBAS MAROOFI to ABBAS MAROOFI. 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: 09/26/2016 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: AUG 10, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602861. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner PARIS ELAN GOOD-SWAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PARIS ELAN GOOD-SWAN to PARIS ELAN GOOD. 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: 09/27/2016 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: AUG 09, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602905. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ANN PATRICIA LANE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing

names as follows: ANN PATRICIA LANE to ANYA PATRICIA LANE. 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: 09/23/2016 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: AUG 12, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602911. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARAH KENNEDY WHITFIELD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SARAH KENNEDY WHITFIELD to SARAH UYSALOGLU KENNEDY. 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: 09/30/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: AUG 12, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31, Sep 07 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602852. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner REYNA AVILA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1) ELISEO STEVEN TAPIA to STEVEN ETHAN AVILA 2) ELIANE NATHALY TAPIA to NATHALY SARAH AVILA 3) ELIZABETH REYNA DIAZ to ELIZABETH JENSINE AVILA 4) ESTHER REYNA DIAZ to ESTHER NADINE AVILA. 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: 10/04/2016 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: AUG 08, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 24, 31, Sep 07, 14 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602948. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRIAN DUENAS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: BRIAN ZACHARY ROBERTO DUENAS to BRIAN ZACHARY ROBERTO. 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: 10/07/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT L, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: AUG 16, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 24, 31, Sep 07, 14 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602922. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JULIAN GOLDFARB filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JULIAN GOLDFARB to JULIAN GOLD. 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: 10/07/2016 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: AUG 12, 2016. (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016)

By Amy Alkon

Goddess

My boyfriend and I have been together for a year and a half, and we really love each other. His parents adore me and are thrilled that he might not die alone. After his mom saw us being all cuddly in the supermarket, she warned him that we may be getting in people’s way or annoying them by “hanging all over each other.” (We aren’t doing anything dirty or gross—just handholding, play wrestling, quick kisses.) She wondered whether we do this because one of us is insecure. I felt sort of offended. We’re just affectionate. Most people who see us smile. —Lovey-Dovey

There’s being cuddly at the supermarket, and then there’s being cuddly in a way that says, “We usually do this with whipped cream.” Even if what you’re publicly displaying is affection, not foreplay, there are a number of reasons it may make onlookers uncomfortable: It’s them. (They were raised to think that PDA is not OK.) It’s their relationship. (The more warm, cuddly and adorbs you two are, the more you remind them that their relationship temperature is about 3 degrees above “bitter divorce.”) It’s the wrong time and place. (They’re watching you do huggy headlocks at Granny’s funeral.) You’re actually onto something by being so physically demonstrative. Charles Darwin observed that expressing the physical side of an emotion—that is, “the outward signs,” like the yelling that goes with rage—amps up the emotion. Modern research finds that he was right. For example, clinical psychologist Joan Kellerman and her colleagues had total strangers do something lovers do—gaze deeply into each other’s eyes. Subjects who did this for just two minutes “reported significantly more feelings of attraction, interest, warmth, etc. for each other” than subjects in the “control” condition (who spent the two minutes looking down at each other’s hands). Research on touch has found similar effects. The upshot? Act cuddly-wuddly and cuddly-wuddly feelings should follow. Maybe you can science his mom into feeling better by explaining this. Consider that she may just be worried that you two are going to burn yourselves out. If you think that’s part of it, you might clue her in on what the greeting cards don’t tell you: Love is also a biochemical process, and a year and a half in, you’re surely out of the hormonal hurricane stage. You also might dial it down a little around her (not because you’re doing anything wrong but because it’s nice to avoid worrying Mumsy if you can). The reality is, we all sometimes get in other people’s way when we’re trying to find something at the supermarket—organic broccolini … grape kombucha … precancerous polyp in the girlfriend’s throat.

I love my girlfriend, but the other night on the phone, I said something that really hurt her feelings. I was out with my guy friends, and one said, “Get her flowers. Girls love that stuff.” I ran around in the middle of the night looking for them. Obviously, there were no florists open. I had to hit a slew of 7-Elevens. I came home with a rose and told her about my treasure hunt to find it. She loved it, and all was forgiven. For a flower? I don’t get it.—Temporary Jerk

It is a little crazy that when you love a woman, you’re supposed to express it with a handful of useless weeds—that is, “Say it with flowers” and not something nice and practical, a la “Say it with a repeating stapler.” “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose,” wrote Gertrude Stein. Sorry, Gertie. It’s actually not. A rose can also be a form of information—one that anthropologists call a “costly signal.” A costly signal is a message that’s more than just words—meaning that it involves an investment of time, effort, risk, and/or money, which tells the recipient that it’s more likely to be sincere. So, the pointless extravagance of buying a woman flowers is exactly the point. To be willing to burn money on something so intrinsically useless suggests that you’re either a natural-born idiot or so in love that it makes you droolingly dim. But—as you might argue—you only spent a few bucks on that rose. Well, context counts. Research by evolutionary social psychologist Yohsuke Ohtsubo and his colleagues points out that buying just one flower will make you look cheap—but only when “a more costly option (is) available” (like if you’re at a florist). Otherwise, effort counts. In other words, if you only bring your woman a single rose, casually mention that you got it by crawling over broken glass to 7-Eleven while dodging gunfire from the Albanian mob. (Or that you at least tried Rite Aid, CVS and 12 other 7-Elevens first.)Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of September 7

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Two 7-year-old

girls showed me three tricks I could use to avoid taking myself too seriously and getting too attached to my dignity. I’m offering these tricks to you just in time for the letting-go phase of your astrological cycle. Trick No. 1: Speak in a made-up language for at least 10 minutes. Example: “Groftyp hulbnu wivgeeri proot xud amasterulius. Quoshibojor frovid zemplissit.” Trick No. 2: Put a different kind of shoe and sock on each foot and pretend you’re two people stuck in a single body. Give each side of you a unique nickname. Trick No. 3: Place an unopened bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips on a table, then bash your fist down on it, detonating a loud popping sound and unleashing a spray of crumbs out of the ends of the bag. Don’t clean up the mess for at least an hour.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In accordance

with the astrological omens, I suggest that you spend less energy dwelling in profane time so you expand your relationship with sacred time. If that’s of interest to you, consider the following definitions. PROFANE TIME happens when you’re engulfed in the daily grind. Swarmed by a relentless flurry of immediate concerns, you are held hostage by the chatter of your monkey mind. Being in SACRED TIME attunes you to the relaxing hum of eternity. It enables you to be in intimate contact with your soul’s deeper agenda, and affords you extra power to transform yourself in harmony with your noble desires and beautiful intentions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): About 1.7

million years ago, our human ancestors began using primitive hand axes made from rocks. This technology remained in use for more than 60,000 generations before anyone invented more sophisticated tools and implements. Science writer Marcus Chown refers to this period as “the million years of boredom.” Its slow pace contrasts sharply with technology’s brisk evolution in the last 140 years. In 1880, there were no cars, planes, electric lights, telephones, TVs or internet. I surmise that you’re leaving your own phase of relatively slow progress, Gemini. In the coming months, I expect your transformations will progress with increasing speed—starting soon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Prediction No. 1: You will attract truckloads of good luck by working to upgrade and refine the way you communicate. Prediction No. 2: You will tickle the attention of interesting people who could ultimately provide you with clues you will need to thrive in 2017. Prediction No. 3: You will discover secrets of how to articulate complicated feelings and subtle ideas that have been locked inside you. Prediction No. 4: You’ll begin a vibrant conversation that will continue to evolve for a long time. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You know that you have

a second brain in your gut, right? (If not, read this: http://bit.ly/secondbrain.) During the past three weeks, I have been beaming telepathic instructions toward this smart part of you. Here’s an edited version of the message I’ve been sending: “Cultivate your tenacity, darling. Build up your stamina, sweetheart. Feed your ability to follow through on what you’ve started, beautiful. Be persistent and spunky and gritty, my dear.” Alas, I’m not sure my psychic broadcasts have been as effective as I’d hoped. I think you need further encouragement. So please summon more fortitude and staying power, you gutsy stalwart. Be staunch and dogged and resolute, you stouthearted powerhouse.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Is “Big Bang” the best term we can come up with to reference the beginning of the universe? It sounds violent and messy—like a random, accidental splatter. I would much prefer a term that suggests sublime elegance and playful power—language that would capture the awe and reverence I feel as I contemplate the sacred mystery we are privileged to inhabit. What if we used a different name for the birth of creation, like the “Primal Billow” or the “Blooming Ha Ha” or

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the “Majestic Bouquet?” By the way, I recommend that you consider those last three terms as being suitable titles for your own personal life story in the coming weeks. A great awakening and activation are imminent.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The last few weeks have been fraught with rich plot twists, naked dates with destiny and fertile turning points. I expect that there will be further intrigue in the near future. A fierce and tender decision at a crossroads? The unexpected arrival of a hot link to the future? A karmic debt that’s canceled or forgiven? In light of the likelihood that the sweet-and-sour, confusingand-revelatory drama will continue, I encourage you to keep your levels of relaxed intensity turned up high. More than I’ve seen in a long time, you have the magic and the opportunity to transform what needs to be transformed. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming

days, you will have more than your usual access to help and guidance. Divine interventions are possible. Special dispensations and charmed coincidences, too. If you don’t believe in fairy dust, magic beans and lucky potions, maybe you should set that prejudice aside for a while. Subtle miracles are more likely to bestow their gifts if your reasonable theories don’t get in the way. Here’s an additional tip: Don’t get greedy. Use the openings you’re offered with humility and gratitude.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When my daughter Zoe was growing up, I wanted her to be familiar with the origins of ordinary stuff that she benefited from. That’s why I took her to small farms where she could observe the growth and harvest of organic food crops. We visited manufacturing facilities where cars, furniture, toys and kitchen sinks were built. She saw bootmakers creating boots and professional musicians producing songs in recording studios. And much more. I would love it if you would give yourself comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s an excellent time to commune with the sources of things that nurture you and make your life better. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Unless

you were brought up by a herd of feral donkeys, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to embark on your second childhood. Unless you’re allergic to new ideas, the foreseeable future will bring you strokes of curious luck that inspire you to change and change and change your mind. And unless you are addicted to your same old stale comforts, life will offer you chances to explore frontiers that could expose you to thrilling new comforts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): These days, my dear, your eccentric beauty is even more unkempt than usual. I like it. It entertains and charms me. And as for your idiosyncratic intelligence: That, too, is messier and cuter and even more interesting than ever before. I’m inclined to encourage you to milk this unruly streak for all its potential. Maybe it will provoke you to experiment in situations where you’ve been too accepting of the stagnant status quo. And perhaps it will embolden you to look for love and money in more of the right places. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m giving you

an ultimatum, Pisces: Within the next 144 hours, I demand that you become at least 33 percent happier. Fifty percent would be even better. Somehow you’ve got to figure out what you can do to enhance your sense of well-being and increase your enjoyment of life. I’m sort of joking, but on the other hand I’m completely serious. From my perspective, it’s essential that you feel really good in the coming days. Abundant pleasure is not merely a luxury, but rather a necessity. Do you have any ideas about how to make this happen? Start here: 1. Identify your four most delightful memories, and re-enact them in your imagination. 2. Go see the people whose influences most thoroughly animate your self-love.Y

Homework: Look in the mirror and tell yourself an edgy but fun truth you’ve never spoken. If you care to share, write Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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