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Letters Time to recognize Editor: Thank you, thank you, thank you, Nikki Silverstein, for the great Heroes column on Jack Beritzhoff [ Jan. 20]. At 97, Jack is still seeking recognition from World War II ‘sailors the country forgot’ and on the failure of the U.S. government to honor merchant marines who I believe actually were responsible for winning World War II and never received any GI benefits. As a Korean War vet, I not only got the GI Bill to attend UC Berkeley, but a loan at 3.75 percent for a home in Terra Linda and life insurance, in addition to other benefits. If the U.S. government can recognize Women’s Army Corps (WAC), Women in the Air Force (WAF), battalion marchers and even more recently, sex slaves, they sure as heck should recognize the Merchant Marines from World War II who delivered the goods and ammunition, along with food and guns to the troops. Nikki, thanks for reminding us old vets that it’s time to honor the 5,000 plus World War II Merchant Marines by passing H.R. 563. Call your Congress people and Senate people now before the Merchant Marine vets are all deceased. —Fred Mayer

Many choices The writer of ‘Living with Wildlife’[ Jan. 27], tells us that “coyotes are predators” and that her cats “deserve to enjoy their own backyard.” Can she not be aware that cats are predators who kill millions of birds as well as other animals such as lizards and frogs? We have many choices when it comes to protecting our domestic animals. Coyotes have survived by being smart, opportunistic predators. We are in their habitat and it’s up to us to protect our pets and to be responsible for what they do when they are outdoors. As someone who has had cats and dogs for most of my adult life, I care about them as much as the person who wrote this letter. —Barbara Rozen

There must be a way Dear Editor: I was saddened to read of the current fiscal problems of the Morgan Horse Ranch at Point Reyes National Seashore [‘End of the Trail,’ Jan. 20]. Long ago, I attended the celebratory dedication of this Ranch. The event was hosted by the late Boyd Stewart. National Park rangers have benefited from Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services (PRNS) Morgans for decades. I have owned Morgans since 1969, stabling them at our home in Sleepy Hollow. I have competed in trail events in five states on them. They are versatile and sturdy. My Morgans have been national endurance champions four times. Hay for my two costs less than $2.5K annually, which leaves me to wonder at the figures for the Ranch upkeep quoted in the story. As the article points out, the Morgan breed is not only one of the first truly American breeds but its blood also went into the development of the Tennessee Walker, Quarter Horse and American Saddle horse breeds. Morgans such as General Sheridan’s ‘Rienzi’ were valued mounts during the Civil War. Morgan stallions were used at cavalry remount stations throughout the U.S. Farmers living nearby sent their mares to these stallions and the U.S. Cavalry got the pick of the foals. Pioneers used horses, mules and oxen to blaze the westward trails that were later used by stagecoach, telegraph, railroad and today’s highway routes. Few people know that the horse is native to North America. The earliest fossils, going back some 70 million years, have been found on this continent. The herds wandered over the Bering Land Bridge into Asia and gradually migrated westward. The American herds perished in the last Ice Age some 10,000 years ago, but the horse was reintroduced to the New World by Columbus on his second voyage. DNA tests have established the links. Analysis of horse teeth from burial sites in the Ukraine have proven that horses were ridden 6,000-plus years ago.

On the 43rd anniversary of Roe vs. Wade NO RESPONSIBLE WOMAN EVER GIVES BIRTH TO AN UNWANTED CHILD! Unless, that is, legal, insured and readily accessible birth control and abortion services are made unavailable to her. I thought this was all handled by the Supreme Court 43 years ago. Apparently not, as 30 percent of the population—religious fundamentalists—have hijacked that decision, defunding and closing abortion clinics throughout the nation with a combination of Isislike terrorism (bombing clinics and killing doctors), intimidating naïve would-be clients with brainwashing techniques such as showing gory movies of horrifically embellished medical procedures, coupled with guarantees of a very long future spent in Hell. Enough already! Those of us who support the law know by virtue of reason, accurate information and experience that this situation is intolerable. Those of us with a clear vision of the social and economic plagues of ignorance and poverty for lack of responsible family planning must speak out and take action. How did this situation come about? Apparently, while most of us (70 percent) were getting a good education, the rest of us

(30 percent) were home reading the Bible, praying, trying to convert those more educated than themselves and watching Duck Dynasty. When the 70 percent who support the law are seeing it negated by the 30 percent who don’t, democracy is no longer working. In fact, our government— of, by and for the people—no longer is. Through shady practices such as gerrymandering to secure election results, and the closing of DMV locations easing voter registration, the 30 percent have finally convinced the 70 percent that it’s time to vet our government, its laws, its practices and its people with stone-cold scrutiny to figure out: WHAT THE HELL EVER HAPPENED TO THE COMMON GOOD? Here’s a civics lesson many of us need to study: 1) Corporations are not people; they don’t get to vote, and their money doesn't get to buy votes; 2) Christian fundamentalism did not underwrite our Constitution and Bill of Rights; Enlightenment philosophy did that; 3) Thomas Jefferson said, “The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate,” a conviction echoed down the ages by other great minds, and that foundation is not comprised of the home schooled and graduates of fundamentalistsponsored “universities” whose business it is to indoctrinate, not to educate. Instead, our young voters should be attending real universities providing them with courses in real science, history, anthropology, and epistemology, exposing them to the nature of real evidence of the sort supporting intelligent decisionmaking. Hanging chads were nothing. Get ready for Government by the Minority: Rich, selfish, manipulators (Trump) and ignorant religious fundamentalists (Palin). What a ticket! You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Unless you’d like to throw a roadblock in front of these obstructionists, in which case you’d be well-advised to read Sam Harris’ book, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. It’s a game-changer. —Anonymous

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For millennia, language, culture, commerce, government, etc., have traveled only as fast as a horse, or ships, could go. Saddle horses are prized for the companionship and therapeutic values they give. They have superior night vision, acute hearing, and they communicate non-stop with the rider, if he/she knows how to “listen.” There is a reason why equestrian disciplines are the only competitions in the Olympic Games where men and women compete together: The horse is the great equalizer. Marin, indeed the entire country, will be the poorer if the Morgan Horse Ranch at the Seashore is closed. Surely a way can be found to keep alive this display of part of our nation's history. —Constance Berto

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2 What is the only bird that can fly backwards? 3 The following people were born in

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a. Donald Trump, 1946 b. Hillary Clinton, 1947

c. Ted Cruz, 1970

4 What city’s NBA and NFL teams have stockmarket-like team names?

5 Angela Bassett and Whitney Houston starred in what 1995 film that has a title containing a bodily function?

6 The world’s highest-dwelling domesticated animal, which can survive at up to 16,000 feet in the Himalayas, has what short name?

7 Sounds like a city name: Who was the only U.S. president—elected in 1885 and 1893—to serve two non-consecutive terms of office? What other president served between his terms? 8 What’s the area of an equilateral triangle with a perimeter of six inches? (Give the answer exactly, or to the nearest 10th of a square inch.)

9 What NFL star who played in the Bay Area threw a record six touchdown passes in the 1995 Super Bowl game?

10 Based on these definitions, name four words that end with ‘atic:’ a. Pleasant-smelling b. Feats of agility and balance c. Ruled by God’s laws d. Ruled by one person

BONUS QUESTION: Possibly bigger than the state of Texas, what is the North Pacific Gyre (with a soft ‘g’)?

Answers Howard invites you to two upcoming live team trivia contests, both on page at 6:30pm; free, with prizes: Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Terrapin Crossroads »20 in San Rafael, and a new “Out of This World!” trivia contest at the Novato Library on Thursday, Feb. 18, as part of Marin County's ‘One Book One Marin’ program. Suitable for 6th grade and up, with questions, music and visuals. Andy Weir, author of the book ‘The Martian,’ will be part of the weeks-long event. See onebookonemarin.org for details, or contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com. For more than 60 years, the Marin Theatre transported patrons to new worlds and helped them escape reality for a couple of hours at a time. Now, Sausalito’s sole movie theatre is dark, possibly forever, unless a committee appointed by Mayor Jill Hoffman is able to showcase the charming Caledonia Street venue to entice a new operator to turn on the lights. It’s a big role for the group, as the building’s management company found no takers after it invited a variety of entertainment companies to stake their claim on the Sausalito street where locals roam, dine and shop. We’re hoping for a twist ending, because a shuttered movie theatre in a small town is a tear-jerker. Please support the committee and your local businesses.

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1 Is it 0.9, 9, 19 or 29 percent of San Francisco’s air pollution that comes from China and Asia?

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Who stole the memorial altar for Steve Carter, the yoga instructor killed in a random shooting while walking in Marin County Open Space near Fairfax last October? Lokita Carter, Steve’s wife, erected a memorial plaque and altar at the site where he died. Though she had to remove the plaque due to open space regulations, the temporary altar remained—until it disappeared. Missing items include a statue of Kuan Yin, the goddess of mercy, and notes, photographs and other mementos. Thief, you have an out. “We hope that whoever that person is would recognize the hurt they caused Mrs. Carter and return the items to the Marin County Civic Center, Suite 260, no questions asked,” said Carl Somers, chief of planning for the Marin County Department of Parks and Open Space.—Nikki Silverstein

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There is some debate about the theory that large athletic events such as the Super Bowl attract prostitutes who are victims of human trafficking.

Sex fumble Everyday prostitutes caught up in human-trafficking hysteria around the Super Bowl By John Flynn

ex trafficking has become a major focus of Bay Area law enforcement agencies in recent months. They’ve been especially fretful leading up to the Super Bowl at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium this weekend. The marquee event and human

trafficking are connected by widespread predictions that hordes of cash-flush chauvinists will swarm into town for the costumed war play, then ravish tens of thousands of women and children—brought here against their will—to quell their surging testosterone. The problem is it just isn’t true.

Maggie McNeill, an “unretired call girl” and nationally published writer, has been debunking this myth ever since its first rumblings at the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, human rights organizations estimated that 40,000 prostitutes would flock to the event. By the time of the 2010 Super Bowl in Miami, the number had stayed the same, except that it was no longer voluntary prostitutes, but captive women and children. “It morphed,” McNeill says. “It became a more and more interesting lie—because force, fraud and coercion are more interesting than voluntary prostitution. Voluntary prostitution, that’s old hat. It’s known. Nobody cares about that.” The hysteria has led to short-term prevention efforts. During the 2012 Super Bowl, host city Indianapolis passed harsher sex laws, trained 3,400 people to recognize the signs of human trafficking and distributed 40,000 bars of soap branded with the trafficking hotline number to all area hotels. Authorities made 68 commercial sex arrests; two qualified as human-trafficking cases. During the 2015 Super Bowl, Phoenix law enforcement identified 71 adult prostitutes, arrested 27 sex solicitors and found nine underage sex workers who may or may not have been trafficked. A soon-to-be-released Stanford case study of the last five Super Bowl cities confirms that there is no significant statistical basis for the claim that sex trafficking, or the demand for paid sex, increases around marquee sporting events. The Super Bowl sex-trafficking sirens fly in the face of conventional prostitution economics. Most sex workers build a cache of reliable clients that provide most of their income through steady year-round visits. For the myth to be true, traffickers would have to travel from event to event, board their captives in hotels at inflated rates, advertise to attract dozens of new-

in-town customers, then charge less than the local prostitutes to undercut the competition. All while law enforcement is on its most alert status. “It’s just not a viable business model,” McNeill says. “From an economic standpoint, the whole trafficking myth is bogus. It doesn’t make sense.” Plus the market is thin, McNeill says. Road-tripping bros blow their life savings to pack themselves 10 to a room. Many can’t afford paid sex, much less a private space for the deed. And other potential customers are often family men with the whole brood in tow. “What are they going to say? ‘Oh, um, pardon me, Mabel, could you take the kids while I go to see a whore?’ It’s ridiculous,” McNeill says. “Trade shows, that’s where we make our money. There are expense accounts, so the company is taking care of their food and their lodging. They can take their own money and pay for girls.” The Super Bowl sex rumor helped spawn a moral panic surrounding human trafficking that has become a cottage industry for local law enforcement agencies. In 2014, the California Legislature appropriated $5 million to begin developing “multi-disciplinary protocols” to combat human trafficking; following that, annual funding of $14 million will keep the programs going. These anti-trafficking efforts respond to some truly shocking— though highly questionable— estimates of a worldwide epidemic: 14.2 million people in global labor trafficking, up to 300,000 U.S. children “vulnerable” to sexual exploitation. Citing the disparity between spending and results, sex workers believe that they have become targets under the moral banner of trafficking-prevention to fund politically fashionable law enforcement activities at the expense of marginalized communities. “Cha-ching—it’s money.

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It’s all about more money, more manpower,” McNeill says. Still, champions of the crackdown cite the Bay Area as among America’s highest risk areas for human trafficking, especially labor trafficking, which is three times more prevalent than sex trafficking worldwide. Our region’s ethnic diversity and proximity to ports means that victims can be moved around without attracting suspicion, especially since most victims are smuggled in from other countries. “What we’ve seen in the majority of those cases is that the victims know their traffickers—family members, a friend, neighbors— from their home country, and are brought here under the pretense that they’re going to have a job, make good money, and so on,” says Perla Flores of Community Solutions, a service provider to human-trafficking survivors in Santa Clara and San Benito counties. “But once they arrive, it’s a completely different situation. The smugglers keep their passport and put them into a situation where they’re being exploited for their labor and they don’t have the freedom to leave.” Authorities are working to develop awareness strategies ahead of Super Bowl 50. Santa Clara County funded and published a 12-minute movie detailing red flags that might signal human trafficking, but the finished product reeks of amateurish iMovie editing and plods along far too slowly for the modern attention span. It has been viewed fewer than 900 times. But measures like this are considered necessary because trafficking victims cannot identify themselves. In an effort to do something about this concealed crime, California shifted its focus to the sex trafficking of minors and passed Proposition 35 in November 2012. The law beefed up the penalties for sex trafficking, registered the convicted as sex offenders and funneled any funds received from raised fines into law enforcement and victim services. Prosecutors no longer had to prove force, fraud or coercion for survivors under 18, because they’re too young to consent to any form of sex. Following this, anti-trafficking efforts jumped, but as antitrafficking agencies patrol websites linked to prostitution, they sweep

up voluntary prostitutes in their nets. In 2013 and 2014, the Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Office arrested five prostitutes total. In 2015, they arrested 31, a more than six-fold increase in half the time. Sex worker Maxine Doogan fumes over the increased arrests brought on by anti-trafficking efforts. “A prostitution arrest is a pink slip,” she says. “It forces people to migrate to another area to find work. Any time you’re a worker in the underground economy and you come into a new area, you are at high risk for a violent act—rape, theft, sexual assault. That’s where you start to see the force; fraud and coercion start to happen. Because of the criminalization, you can easily have a volunteer situation and turn it into something that’s involuntary, and you don’t have any recourse, any access to equal protection under the law.” Under California code, anyone who receives any money resulting from the labor of a sex worker can be considered a pimp, a felony charge punishable for up to six years in state prison. “My son, who I was helping through school, would be qualified as a pimp,” says the pimp-free Doogan, who arranges meetings with clients online. “People that we are living with, and who are benefiting from our earnings, in that we contribute our fair share of rent, are pimps. Our landlord is a pimp. Our dry cleaner is a pimp. Everybody is a pimp.” Decriminalizing sex work in the Bay Area is a ways off, considering that San Francisco, a mecca of openmindedness, failed to pass a measure in 2008. “What decriminalization does is bring sex work out into the open,” says Jerald Mosley, a retired deputy attorney general for California who spoke at a recent hearing. Sex workers could be brought into the anti-trafficking crusade. Instead, this ideological wall has alienated a potentially valuable ally. “They don’t care about me. None of those people ever come to me,” Doogan says. “The prostitute nation is alive and well in the Bay Area. We’re very visible. And they don’t have the respect to call me up and say, ‘I want to save trafficking victims.’ Great. Go save trafficking victims. But you don’t need to do it on my back, and on the back of everyone in my community.”Y

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Personal ads “got to the core” of people By Molly Oleson

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hen Sandy De Long contacted the Pacific Sun offices a few months ago in search of something that she had misplaced, it wasn’t a phone call, or an email or a text message that brought her closer to a copy of the piece of newsprint that had united her and her husband nearly 40 years earlier. It was an in-person inquiry. She had come from Mill Valley to describe the personal ad that a man named Russ had placed in the Classifieds section of the newspaper in 1975. There was the story of how she had seen the ad, the story of how she had replied to it and the story of how, the following year, she had married Russ.

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Old fashioned love «9 We were intrigued by her words and her memories, and we wondered what it must have been like to meet someone that way, at a time when carefully chosen words to strangers could hold so much power and meaning. How romantic. And in today’s fast-paced world, how foreign. “Call me old fashioned,” she would later say. The way that she talked about her relationship with her husband reminded me of the way that my grandfather would, still, after more than 60 years of marriage, stare at my grandmother as though he were seeing her for the very first time. “Isn’t she something?” he’d ask. After all of those years, Sandy De Long was looking for a tangible memento from that time— something to remind her of their correspondence. “I think his ad started out, ‘Does the woman exist who … ’” Sandy recalls recently by phone. “I liked what he was looking for; I liked all of the detail.” She notes that she was just looking at the personals for fun and wasn’t intending to respond. But his ad, full of adjectives—intelligent, independent, sensitive—that described the kind of woman that he hoped to meet, caught her eye. Sandy wrote Russ a letter on a Thursday, the day the ad appeared in the paper. He received her letter on Saturday, called her on Sunday and they set a date for Monday. Russ received 37 replies to that ad. She says that she replied in a “résumé style,” outlining her likes and dislikes, and providing her IQ score. She added at the end that she had “freckles, glasses and unkempt hair.” Russ, sharing the land line with his wife, chimes in: “She added it like it was a bad thing, but I happened to love freckles, glasses and unkempt hair.” Sandy called her mom in San Francisco and told her that she had replied to a man’s personal ad in the paper. “You did what?!” her mother shouted. “It could be an axe murderer!” “And then this guy in his threepiece suit drives up in his Mercedes to take me out to dinner,” Sandy says with a laugh. It was very clever, she admits, of Russ to put an ad in the paper, asking for replies by mail. “To have someone write to you rather than a phone call … because you can tell a lot about a person by their letter.”

Lisa Gregorie (now Lily O'Brien) placed this ad (bottom left) in the ‘Bay Guardian’ in December of 1990, hoping to find her true love—and she did! Jim O’Brien’s response (above) to Lisa’s ad in the ‘Bay Guardian’ was a witty, thoughtful and humorous “brochure” that captured her heart.

Following the marriage of Sandy and Russ in October of 1976, the Sun ran an article titled, “Want Ad Romance,” about how the couple had met through the personals. “We’re working on our 40th year,” Sandy says proudly. A treasure trove of microfilm— going back to the early ’60s—at the Mill Valley Library, revealed the article. It was a glimpse into the dating world of a bygone era—a time when a “Sincere healthy guy” desired the companionship of “an honest, attractive gal.” When a 17-year-old woman, who enjoyed “bike riding, guitar, swimming and real communication” expressed her need for “some moving, learning, open friends.” A time when a “rare woman” was being sought out—a woman who was strongly in need of “a special man who is intense about life, people, nature, justice, loving, sexuality, in short, a man who has a ‘lust for life.’ “If you are a ‘lady at tea,’ a ‘cook in the kitchen’ and a tiger overall—and turn on to the above—run don’t walk to the mail box [sic] with your letter …” At that time, the Sun, along with other Bay Area newspapers, ran a handful of personal ads (for which people would be charged by the word) every week in the Classifieds section. But in the late ’70s, and through the ’80s and ’90s, Sandy

says, “It kind of exploded.” Before long, there were “pages and pages” of people “looking.” “Women looking for men, men looking for women, men looking for men,” Sandy says. “Men looking for ducks … whatever it was, it was in there.” Rosemary Olson, publisher of both the Bohemian and the Pacific Sun, recalls that heyday at the Bohemian. “I hosted ‘Romance Parties,’” she says, “helping most attendees write their ads, many wanting sunset romantic walks on the beach.” Olson’s favorite party was at a million-dollar mansion overlooking Hamilton Field in Novato. “We had so many people attend,” she says, noting that most alternative weeklies had a designated ‘Personals Specialist’ who would handle walkins, read letters and hand-input the text for print. “The house was packed with happy Sonoma, Napa and Marin singles.” Linda Xiques, managing editor of the Sun from 1982 to 2006, recalls that in the early days, the paper had a receptionist who was in charge of accepting the ads and advising people how to write them. “We used to say of one such receptionist,” Xiques says, “‘She’s skimming the cream.’ She seemed to show up with a new boyfriend every week or so. Later when the personal ads were

really booming, we hired someone to take charge of the ad flow.” “The revenue,” adds Steve McNamara, former owner, publisher and editor of the Sun (1966-2004), “came from the phone calls that people made on a 900 number to connect with the person who had placed the ad. At its peak, the weekly revenue was about $15,000, although that didn’t last.” The Pacific Sun also hosted mixers, where people who placed personal ads in the paper could get in for free. “People had a chance to meet each other, even if they didn’t meet anyone,” says Mal Karman, a Pacific Sun contributor who is quick to relay humorous stories of corresponding with “a beauty of Romanian descent” and a “Goldie Hawn Lookalike.” “You’d hear people on the street talking about the Sun’s wacky, often perverse personal ads,” says Pacific Sun Movie Page Editor Matt Stafford, who has been contributing to the paper for years. “In the ’70s the ads reflected that fun, free, groovy, preAIDS, pre-Reagan, pre-tech era when people would hook up with less fear and loathing than they do now. Then it became a happy habit that endured till the turn of the century.” On April 21, 1995, Match.com —claiming to be “#1 in dates, relationships and marriages”— launched, throwing a wrench in the

people are as honest as they used to be.” Orsini suspects that when it comes to her friends and family dating online, the low success rate also has something to do with the higher number of people “looking” online today, versus the number of people who were “looking” through personal ads at the height of their popularity. With the kind of technology available at our fingertips, singles have more options than ever before for finding love. Does having a gigantic online pool of hopeful romantics mean that everyone eventually finds exactly what, and who, they’re looking for? Not necessarily, says 35-yearold Molly Corbett, a finance and operations manager at Stanford who lives in San Francisco. “[Online dating] is like this endless stream of people,” says Corbett, who first gave it a go in 2007. She’s used it off and on for the past six years. “You just don’t even think of them as people,” she says of the faces that pop up on her device at any given time. “They’re pictures on a screen that you can scroll right through. I think it gives people a license to be flaky.” Corbett has tried Match.com, OkCupid and apps like Tinder, Hinge and Coffee Meets Bagel. What she’s looking for is fairly straightforward: A committed relationship that leads to marriage and children. “Not necessarily a white picket fence in the ’burbs,” she says, “but just something more traditional.” But what she’s found instead are guys who are not interested in real relationships, and many who “just want to have fun, and not grow up.” “I think it’s reached like this fever pitch,” Corbett says of online dating. “When it first came out, it had a stigma to it. People were a little weirded out. Now, there’s so much out there. It’s almost like we have to start back at zero, and figure out how to meet people in person. Because it’s just not working.” With the personals, Orsini says, someone had to put the ad in the paper and someone else had to make the phone call. “So right away, there was voice contact.” The first time she spoke to her future husband, she says, they talked for two hours. “I really got a good, strong sense of who he was. Whereas online, people go back and forth with emails and text messages before they ever even talk to each other.” That’s one of the most frustrating parts of meeting people online,

Corbett says. What if you spend days, weeks or even months sending messages back and forth to someone, only to find out that the person who you finally meet is not who you thought they were at all? She shares a story about a guy who she met online recently who appealed to her because it sounded as though he too, had become fed up with the online dating environment. “He wrote a whole paragraph about how the online thing was ruining us,” she says. “That it was making people not treat people like actual people. I wrote to him to say, ‘I agree with that. I appreciate you writing that.’ We were trying to set up a time to meet. We picked a day. And then he backed out. He said, ‘I’m sorry—I’m just too skeptical about this whole thing. You really do sound great.’ That’s how he ended it.” Do you think we could ever return to the age of personal ads, I ask her. A simpler time, when people weren’t overwhelmed by endless options? She pauses to think about it. “I just don’t even understand how people meet people in real life,” she says, noting that for many singles, checking devices and meeting people online has become ingrained. “Everyone is just buried in their own little world.” Stafford says that he thinks people in general—especially people under 40—are more fearful of strangers now than they were 20 years ago. “There seems to be a fear of people who aren’t safely contained in a digital device,” he says. Corbett reconsiders my question about a potential resurgence of personal ads, even in our deviceaddicted dating culture. “Maybe,” she says, with a little more hope this time. Personal ads, she says, seemed to “get to the core” of who people were. You didn’t dismiss someone because you saw a bad picture of them— which is what many people dating online do today. A small flaw, rather than being a reason to swipe or scroll, could be something beautiful. “Everyone’s being so specific about their criteria,” Orsini says of online dating, “that I guess you’re led to believe that the perfect person is out there if you just keep going through all those people.” Does Corbett believe that her perfect match is out there? “Ummm … yes,” she replies. “Just because they have to be. Otherwise …you know, I don’t want to give up.” Perhaps all that remains of the era of newspaper personal ads is what’s left on microfilm, and what’s tucked

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For years, the Pacific Sun published personal ads, written and read by hopeful love-seekers. We’ve heard heartwarming stories from those who met and married through that section of our paper, and we’d love to hear more. With Valentine’s Day approaching, we couldn’t think of a better time to bring our personal ads back. WANTED: Young, hot, single and HAPPY hottie that loves Widespread Panic, older men and traveling in a van. Must be honest, trustworthy and funny. Text responses to Tumbleweed @ 415.713.5240. YOU CAN’T WIN IF YOU DON’T PLAY SWF, slender, attractive, intelligent, thoughtful, fit, many interests; looking for SWM, late 50s to early 70s, pref. smart, kind, educated, reasonably content with his life, to share some of the Bay Area’s many offerings (light pursuits, or maybe more?) MLVLQT@gmail.com. GREAT YOUTHFUL WOMAN, 60s and divorced, looking for great youthful guy 60-70. My interests are: health & fitness lifestyle, hiking, nature, reading, gardening, movies, comedy, languages and trying new things. Let’s start with just doing some fun things together and see what happens. Send note and contact info to Boxholder at P.O. Box 1624, Ross, CA 94957.

into photo albums. And the stories, relayed by those who reminisce. “So much of it is about chemistry,” Orsini says. You don’t really know somebody “until you meet and look into each other’s eyes.” She laughs. “The old fashioned way.”Y

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personal ad business, and opening up a gamut of new possibilities in the world of romance. According to a Pew Research Center study from last year, in the mid-’90s, only 14 percent of American adults were Internet users. Today, nearly nine in 10 Americans are online, and online dating sites like OkCupid (free) and eHarmony (costly), along with apps like Tinder (where one can find users nearby) continue to grow in popularity. A 2013 Pew study found that attitudes toward online dating have also changed, with 59 percent of Americans agreeing with the statement, “Online dating is a good way to meet people”—compared to 44 percent in 2005. “I think the personals dwindled in popularity around the same time the Internet came along and more or less doomed the newspaper business,” Stafford says. “This also, of course, coincided with a new proclivity for faceless social media.” Judy Orsini, a 63-year-old retired campus planner who lives in Mill Valley, remembers using the Pacific Sun personals in 1998—around the time that online dating was gaining steam. She responded to an ad—“the longest and most informative”—by a man named Roy who described himself as “easy on the eyes.” He was looking for someone to bike, ski and travel with—all interests that she shared. After five years of living together, Judy and Roy married. “I know that when he put the ad up, he had at least half a dozen dates before he met me,” Orsini says. “He told himself he was going to be a gentleman, not a jerk. He wanted to take the time to meet everyone, which I thought was kind of a sweet thing.” Orsini says that the personal ad was the most efficient way to meet someone. “You know, when you’re working and busy all the time, and you want to meet people? I wasn’t into the bar scene. I’m not extremely outgoing, so it’s not that easy for me to meet someone on the street or in a store and strike up a conversation.” She didn’t have many single friends at the time. “Not true today!” Most, she says, are looking for love on Match.com. And most of them have had very little luck. “Everybody thought it was going to be the big solution to finding your mate for life,” Orsini says of online dating. “Of course what I hear all the time is that people lie.” “Times have changed,” she says, wistfully. “I just don’t think that

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peaking with Jerry Navas, the newly hired 23-year-old pastry chef at Taste Kitchen & Table in Fairfax, the phrase, “The world is his oyster,” comes to mind. After a trip to Europe where he fell in love with all things French pastry, Navas changed course from savory cooking to sweet, and now hopes to introduce Marinites to some of his Parisian favorites—just in time for Valentine’s Day. Taste owners Rochelle Edwards and Lorenzo Jones brought Navas on board in November and already, the menu reflects the young chef ’s attention to more advanced technique and classic offerings. But not to worry—favorites aren’t going away, and those pretty, tasteless French confections that we want to love (but don’t) are not what’s on the new menu at Taste. Instead, a flakey and more dense croissant is offered up, along with canelés—exquisite little caramelized bombs of goodness with a chewy exterior and a soft custard filling. For the upcoming holiday, lovely pink, heart-shaped macarons flavored with pomegranate and rose enrobe luscious raspberries for a crunchy treat of fruity and not-too-sweet decadence. Chocolate-dipped strawberries, a delectable caramel confection and apple turnovers will also be gracing the shelves the week of February 14.

Navas, who trained at City College of San Francisco and cut his teeth at Chantal Guillon (a San Francisco retail store known for their macarons), is exuberant about his craft. “As soon as I touched pastry, I knew that is what I wanted to do,” gushes the animated chef, who cites fashion design, mixology and architecture as interests. “I’m always looking for new challenges.” Along with learning the ropes at Taste, he is also experimenting with different flours and developing what he hopes will be a perfect gluten-free croissant. Clearly, Taste has plenty of changes afoot. An expanded wholesale operation is slated for the café, and if all goes to plan, baguettes and various savory breads will also be available, along with wedding cakes and additional French-focused offerings that include clafoutis, quiche Lorraine and even tarte tatin. The barely 1 ½-year-old café has transitioned well from its previous incarnation as Fat Angel Bakery and has become a popular hangout for locals. Now with Navas at the ovens, I expect that all of the offerings will become more refined and focused. But don’t take my word for it—taste for yourself, or pick up something sweet for someone you love.Y Taste Kitchen & Table, 71 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax; 415/455-9040; tastekitchenandtable.com.

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ou may recall hearing about the light brown apple moth back in 2007. That was when a California Department of Food and Agriculture program began aerially spraying populated areas of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. This resulted in hundreds of complaints of harm to human health and wildlife. The next step in the plan was to spray pesticides over multiple counties in the Bay Area every 30 to 90 days for seven years. Two thoughts may have come to mind: 1) They’re spraying pesticides from airplanes over people, farms and coastal waterways? 2) How did this loser, lackluster moth with no exceptional skills or looks, get the starring role in the drama? Last month, after years of fighting the spray here in the Bay Area, an appeals court finally threw out the State of California’s Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) pesticide program on the grounds that it

violates state environmental laws. “This case is about looking before you leap,” said Earthjustice attorney Greg Loarie, who assisted with the case. “The Department of Food and Agriculture tried to impose this spraying program on the public without real environmental review, and the court has rightly called foul.” The Third District Court of Appeal’s ruling hinged on the state’s last-minute shift in the program’s goal from “eradication” to ongoing “control” of the apple moth. The Department of Food and Agriculture made this major change when approving the program, but without analyzing the health and environmental impacts of an indefinite control program and without reconsidering less toxic control strategies that the agency had dismissed on the grounds that those strategies would not “eradicate” the moth. The department also failed to study feasible alternatives to its pesticide-based strategy. The court

Who do we Marinites owe thanks to for stopping our ’hoods from being sprayed with pesticides every few months for seven years? The lawsuit was brought by Our Children’s Earth Foundation; the Cities of Albany, Berkeley and Richmond; Mothers of Marin Against the Spray; Stop the Spray East Bay; Center for Environmental Health; Pesticide Action Network North America; Citizens for East Shore Parks; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Pesticide Watch; and Stop the Spray San Francisco, represented by the law firm Cooley LLP, Earthjustice and by the City and County of San Francisco represented by the City Attorney. “This is a victory for all who became ill after the first round of apple moth spraying,” says Debbie Friedman, lawyer and founder of Moms Advocating Sustainability (formerly Mothers of Marin Against the Spray).“Although the court’s decision cannot restore the health of the 11-month-old who nearly died from respiratory arrest after the aerial spray, this ruling clearly signals to the state that the risks of these kinds of programs must be disclosed before the chemicals rain down, not after.” Seven years ago I was happily writing about blue hydrangeas and English rose varieties when Marin’s fearless Debbie Friedman contacted me at the Pacific Sun and asked me to meet her. She arrived with a briefcase full of scientific studies. She forced me to wake up and smell the pesticides. If a diva can leave her shallow past behind, you can, too! Learn more about the important work that she and her team do here: Momsadvocatingsustainability.org. “We congratulate the tireless, well-organized efforts of the individuals and groups whose actions led to a court decision supporting public health and sound science,” says Dr. Margaret Reeves, senior scientist at Pesticide Action Network. “Eradication of crop pests is almost never a realistic outcome; rather, ecological pest management or control is the safest and most viable approach to controlling pests and ensuring the success of farming in California.”Y

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Last month, after years of fighting the spray in the Bay Area, an appeals court finally threw out the State of California’s Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) pesticide program.

concluded that the state’s analysis “was fatally defective in failing to study a range of reasonable alternatives.” The apple moth program has cost $6 million in federal funds alone during the past two years and targets an insect that to date has done no documented damage to crops or wild plants in California. Just who is this mystery moth? The Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) is a moth native to Australia that moseyed over to New Zealand and Hawaii more than 100 years ago. When Roy Upton’s team at Citizens for Health, a scientifically-based public health and environmental organization, contacted horticultural experts in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the UK, where the moth is widespread, the response was unanimous: Why are you asking us about such an insignificant insect? Quit bugging us. In fact, in 2008, when I contacted James Carey, professor and former vice chair of the Department of Entomology at the University of California at Davis, he responded with this: “The Light Brown Apple Moth should not be on a ‘Class A’ list. This is not a serious pest. And even if it was a more serious pest, there is zero chance to eradicate it. Not a small chance or miniscule chance but basically zero. Eradication is not possible because you’re not eradicating an LBAM population but you’re trying to eradicate 100,000 LBAM populations. There are millions of pockets of these and each pocket has a separate population. Every little metastasis can regenerate the population.” Reputable scientists in New Zealand and here in California, who are not associated with or financially compensated in any way by USDA/CDFA say that the moth at its worst has a small potential to be a crop-quality issue. A more integrated pest management plan is recommended by them: Careful monitoring, attracting many natural occurring predators (wasps, spiders, birds etc.,) and a well-timed, target specific, naturally-based insecticide when necessary.

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New world ‘The Nether’ a gripping play about virtual reality

costumes are spot on, especially the period clothes worn in the turn-ofthe-century VR “Hideaway.” Also in keeping with Playhouse tradition, the acting ensemble is first-rate. Warren David Keith is Sims and Louis Parnell is Doyle, both respectable middle-aged gentleman whose activity on the Internet (called the “nether” in this futuristic setting) has attracted the authorities’ attention. Without being charged with a crime, they’re summoned to police headquarters, where a female Detective Morris (Ruibo Qian) asks them to explain their frequent VR visits to the Hideaway and, in Sims’ case, his interest in underage girls. Successive scenes explore these issues, and in the process, we learn about the dark impulses that lie just beneath the surface of Sims’ and Doyle’s placid exteriors. In addition, we are informed that, as part of their investigation, the police are able to infiltrate an agent named Woodnut ( Josh Schell), disguised as a client, into the Hideaway to gather evidence about Sims’ sexual relations with Iris (Matilda Holtz, alternating with Carmen Steele), the pre-teen resident prostitute. Despite the production’s virtues, I found myself growing increasingly perplexed as The Nether moved through its 80-minute, nointermission running time. There were so many inexplicable aspects

to the story’s central conceit: That the Internet could serve as a portal for individuals to enter a world of virtual reality whenever they wanted, to do whatever they wanted and to be joined there by strangers (including undercover agents) who just popped in on their own volition without being invited by the person who initiated the VR experience. Aside from technical reservations, it’s hard to know what Haley is trying to say. She seems to be worried about a lot of things, among them growing police surveillance, the adverse effects of repressed sexual drive, societal restrictions on personal behavior and the need to have alternative outlets for free expression—to name a few. All are a part of the unsolvable puzzle that I mentioned at the outset. A glance at New York and London reviews (yes, I used the Internet) reveals that critics in those cities, though complimentary, were similarly confounded. Perhaps we should all just relax and acknowledge that—whether we understand it or not—Haley has written a gripping play that will inspire discussions like this long after it has departed the scene. End of story.Y NOW PLAYING: The Nether runs through March 5 at the San Francisco Playhouse; 450 Post St., San Francisco; 415/677-9596; sfplayhouse.org.

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pedophilia, criminal violence, mental illness and Big Brother-type police overreach. If that isn’t enough to arouse public interest, I don’t know what is. The San Francisco Playhouse has earned a reputation for high production values and The Nether doesn’t disappoint. To cope with the challenge of a non-linear storyline that requires rapid shifts among four diverse locations (a drab police interrogation room, the Edwardianstyle salon where most of the VR action takes place, a bucolic country meadow and a child’s bedroom), designer Nina Ball utilizes an exceptionally effective revolving stage. (These things can be creaky and unreliable, but not this one.) Michael Desch supplies appropriate lighting, although scenes in the claustrophobic interrogation room might have benefited from more contrast shadow. Brooke Jennings’

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uestion: What’s more frustrating than a puzzle that seems impossible to solve? Answer: A puzzle that is impossible to solve. That’s how I felt while exiting the San Francisco Playhouse after the Opening Night performance of The Nether, a controversial recent play by Los Angeles-based Jennifer Haley. Playhouse artistic director Bill English (who also staged the current version) brought this curious sci-fi drama here after productions in London and New York were warmly received. It’s easy to see what generated the enthusiasm. Haley’s topic is the threat that evolving technology—in this case, the ability to provide virtual reality (VR) experiences through the Internet—may pose for our species, and she has wrapped the issue inside a suspenseful, at times shocking scenario that includes homosexuality,

Iris (Carmel Steele), a pre-teen prostitute, sits on a bench in the garden at the virtual reality Hideaway.

MUSIC

A taste of Cuba in Sausalito By Lily O'Brien

magine that you’re walking along the Malecón, the scenic waterfront walkway that stretches for five miles along the seawall in Havana, Cuba. You can almost hear the sound of the waves hitting the beach, and in the background, the distant sounds of a swaying Latin melody backed by an Afro-Cuban beat. Well, the good news is that you don’t have to travel to Cuba—just head to the Sausalito Seahorse on Sunday night and dance to the sounds of Orquesta La Moderna Tradición. The original group was founded in the early ’90s by Tregar Otton, a violinist, along with several other original members of the band, and Robert Borrell, a well-known Cuban instrumentalist and dancer from Havana, who had hundreds of dance students who needed a place to dance. At that time, the band played mostly danzón music, which was derived from the music brought to Cuba from Haiti in the late 1700s. Orquesta is one of the only bands in the world that still plays this kind of music. Along with playing violin, Otton arranges the music and manages the band. He says that when Borrell left around 1995, he took the band in another direction. “Danzón is mostly instrumental,” Otton says

by telephone from his home in Pacifica, “so we got some other Cubans in the group and changed the focus from mostly danzónes to include other types of Cuban music.” Otton says that one of the things that makes them unique is the variety of music they play. “A lot of salsa bands—the tempos and style of music is real similar,” Otton says. “But you come hear us and we will play fast stuff and then we’ll throw in a danzón, which is slower and more elegant than a cha cha cha.” Another thing that sets Orquesta apart is that they do a variation on the traditional salsa band instrumentation—conga drums, timbales, hand percussion, piano, bass, a rhythm section and vocalists. Otton says that most Cuban salsa bands use trumpets and brass, whereas Orquesta features two violins and a clarinet, giving them a much sweeter, mellower sound. “But the music does groove and does have a strong Afro-Cuban influence,” he adds.Y

In ‘45 Years,’ photographer Lol Crawley brings out painterly shots of the actors.

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Old love ‘45 Years’ touching story of dread By Richard von Busack

Orquesta La Moderna Tradición plays at the Seahorse on Sunday, Feb. 9 (and the first Sunday of every month) from 5-10pm; $10; 305 Harbor View Drive, Sausalito; 415/331-2899.

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Orquesta La Moderna Tradición plays a mix of modern and traditional Cuban music.

he film 45 Years is based on one of the stories in David Constantine’s book, Another Country, which takes its title from a famous quotation from Christopher Marlowe’s play, The Jew of Malta. Fending off a criminal charge of fornication, the villainous Barabas answers, “But that was in another country; and besides, the wench is dead.” Director Andrew Haigh has two of the finest actors alive starring in his often touching but stiff story of dread surrounding a 45th anniversary party. Geoff (Tom Courtenay) and Kate (Charlotte Rampling) are planning a public celebration of their marriage, but the Monday before the party brings startling news. The corpse of Katya, Geoff ’s old love, has just been found in a Swiss ravine, in which she fell when Geoff and Katya were both climbing in the Alps in the 1970s. Moving from preoccupation to obsession, Geoff muses over Katya, and his silences and omissions

torment his wife as the big event approaches. While the material might be better off as theater, photographer Lol Crawley brings out painterly shots of the two actors and of the misty Norfolk countryside. What we’re seeing though, is two great actors banking their fires. Good news is still good news, no matter how long to arrive; it seems funny that Rampling, this magnificent actress of leonine carriage and hooded eyes, is finally being discovered by some film critics. Is she the kind of woman to be threatened by a 50-yearsdead ghost? Courtenay, who could give you a King Lear you’d never forget, isn’t nearly as believable as a guy next door (note the way his voice rises to fill a room when he’s giving a toast to his wife). It’s only during a tipsy scene in which he’s complaining about a reunion at his workplace that he seems free at last of Haigh’s too-tight conception of old love.Y

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•New Movies This Week By Matthew Stafford

Friday February 4 - Thursday February 11 Anomalisa (1:30) Charlie Kaufman animated dramedy about a chance encounter that upends an embittered writer’s mundane life; David Thewlis and Jennifer Jason Leigh vocalize. The Anthropologist (1:21) Documentary follows environmental anthropologist Susan Crate as she travels the world examining the effects climate change is having on centuries-old indigenous communities. The Big Short (2:10) Envelope-pushing comedy about the 2007 recession stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt as rogue financiers who take on Wall Street. Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew (2:05) The Bolshoi brings Shakespeare’s rollicking comedy of raucous courtship to dazzling terpsichorean life. The Boy (1:38) Horror flick about a nanny forced to tend to a creepy life-sized doll. Bridge of Spies (1:35) Real-life Spielberg thriller stars Tom Hanks as a Brooklyn lawyer recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot from the Soviet Union; screenplay by Ethan and Joel Coen. Brooklyn (1:23) Moving story about Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Carol (1:58) Acclaimed Todd Haynes drama about the love affair between an elegant housewife (Cate Blanchett) and a humble shopgirl (Rooney Mara) in 1950s New York. The Choice (1:51) Romantic tearjerker about the courtship, marriage and sacrifice of two seemingly incompatible people. Daddy’s Home (1:30) Doofus comedy about the battle of wills between affable Will Ferrell and his wife’s hipster ex (Mark Wahlberg). The Danish Girl (2:00) Fictionalized account of the complicated relationship between 1920s artist Gerda Wegener and her husband Einar, aka Lili Elbe, a transgender pioneer. Deadpool (1:45) Adults-only Marvel Comics comedy adventure about a sardonic mercenary with super powers and a taste for vengeance; Ryan Reynolds stars. Dirty Grandpa (1:42) Robert De Niro tries to teach uptight millennial Zac Efron the finer points of boozing and getting laid on a road trip to Daytona. The 5th Wave (1:52) As aliens carpet-bomb planet Earth, a plucky teenager and her little bro seek a safe haven. Fifty Shades of Black (1:32) Wayan Brothers spoof of you-know-what stars Marlon as an S&M-loving entrepreneur in search of that special someone. The Finest Hours (1:58) True tale of a desperate mission to save 30 sailors trapped in a sinking storm-tossed tanker. 45 Years (1:35) Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling star in a powerful examination of a 45-year marriage on the edge of dissolution. Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (1:40) Explore the National Gallery’s landmark exhibition of breathtaking masterpieces by the great Spanish painter. Hail, Caesar! (1:45) Coen brothers comedy about a busy day in the life of Eddie Mannix, a shady 1950s Hollywood studio fixer extraordinaire; Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson and George Cooney star. Jane Got a Gun (1:38) Pioneer-turnedgunslinger Natalie Portman takes on a nasty band of varmints in the Wild West. Kung Fu Panda 3 (1:35) Po the panda meets his long-lost father and takes on an evil villain

to boot; Jack Black, Jackie Chan and Dustin Hoffman vocalize. The Lady in the Van (1:44) True tale of the quirky relationship between playwright Alan Bennett and an eccentric who lived in his driveway for 15 years; Maggie Smith stars. Landfill Harmonic (1:24) Documentary focuses on the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan youth group that performs on instruments entirely made out of garbage. The Messenger (1:29) Eye-opening documentary looks at the role songbirds play in the global ecosystem and how their drastically diminishing numbers affect us all. National Theatre London: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (3:30) Direct from South Bank it’s Christopher Hampton’s torrid tale of lust and vengeance in pre-revolutionary France. Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts (1:31) Catch five cartoons from around the world up for this year’s Academy Awards. Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts (2:43) Program of five minimalist documentaries on a wide range of subjects with one thing in common: a shot at Academy bling. Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts (1:47) The Academy’s picks for the year’s top five liveaction short subjects screen at the Rafael this week. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (1:47) Unlikely mashup of Jane Austen and zombies comedy stars Lily James as a karate-chopping Elizabeth Bennet. The Revenant (2:36) Epic biopic stars Leo DiCaprio as 19th century explorer Hugh Glass, who survived a bear attack and a brutal winter to track down a friend-turned-foe (Tom Hardy); Alejandro González Iñarritu directs. Ride Along 2 (1:42) Tough Atlanta cop Ice Cube and his doofus brother-in-law Kevin Hart head to Miami to take down an evil drug kingpin. Room (1:58) A5-year-old boy who’s spent his life trapped in a tiny room with his loving mother gets to savor the outside world for the first time. Son of Saul (1:47) Powerful Cannes Grand Prix winner about an Auschwitz inmate’s desperate search for a rabbi to recite Kaddish before he buries his son. Spotlight (2:08) True story about the Boston Globe’s tenacious investigation into a decades-long Catholic Church cover-up; Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and John Slattery star. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2:20) Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are back in a post-Return of the Jedi reboot from J.J. Abrams and The Walt Disney Corporation. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2:24) Michael Bay’s bright and noisy account of what happened when three special forces ops headed to Libya to protect the U.S. embassy from enemy attack. To Catch a Thief (1:46) Retired jewel thief Cary Grant and frisky debutante Grace Kelly flirt and spark on the French Riviera: the glam is intoxicating. Youth (1:58) Old cronies Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel grapple with art, music, love and showbiz at an elegant Swiss spa; Jane Fonda and Paloma Faith co-star. Zoolander 2 (1:40) Supermodel rivals-turnedpartners Derek and Hansel are back and hipstergroovier than ever; Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson co-star with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Ferrell and Justin Bieber.

Anomalisa (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15 • The Anthropologist (Not Rated) Rafael: Tue 6:30 (Dr. Susan Crate in person) The Big Short (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:45 Playhouse: Fri 3:40, 6:30, 9:30; Sat 12, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30; Sun 12, 3:40, 6:30; Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:20, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:20, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 2, 5, 8 • Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 1 The Boy (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:55, 10:20 Bridge of Spies (PG-13) Lark: Mon noon Brooklyn (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1, 7:05 Lark: Fri 3:30; Sat 7:30; Sun 3:45; Tue 4; Wed 1:15; Thu 3:50 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:45, 10:20; Sun-Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:45 Carol (R) Lark: Fri 6; Sun-Mon 8:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 • The Choice (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Daddy’s Home (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:25 The Danish Girl (R) Lark: Fri 8:40; Sat 4:45; Mon 5:30; Tue 1:20; Wed 3:45 • Deadpool (R) Northgate: Thu 7, 9:30 Rowland: Thu 7, 10 Dirty Grandpa (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 The 5th Wave (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 Fifty Shades of Black (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 The Finest Hours (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30; Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:45, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 11, 4:30, 10 Rowland: 11:10, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 1:55, 4:50, 10:20 45 Years (R) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:45, 9; Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9; Mon-Tue 6:45; Wed-Thu 6:45, 9 • Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (R) Regency: Thu 7 • Hail, Caesar! (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45; Sun-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 6:50 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7; Mon-Wed 3:45, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:10, 3:50, 7, 10; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:10, 3:50, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:15 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20; Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30; Mon-Thu 4:40, 7:30 Jane Got a Gun (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25 Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:30, 3:45, 5, 7:30, 9:55; 3D showtimes at 10:45, 1:15, 6:15, 8:45 Playhouse: Fri, Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:30, 5:45, 8 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:50, 6:50; 3D showtimes at 4:20, 9:20 The Lady in the Van (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10; Sun-Thu 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 • Landfill Harmonic (PG) Rafael: Mon 6:30 (includes live performance by Enriching Lives Through Music children’s orchestra) The Messenger (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 6:15; Thu 6:20 National Theatre London: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts (Not Rated) Rafael: 8:45 daily Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts (Not Rated) Rafael: Sat-Sun noon Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts (Not Rated) Rafael: 6:30 daily • Pride and Prejudice Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 and Zombies (PG-13) Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10 The Revenant (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:40, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 3:15, 6:45, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:50, 3:30, 7, 10:25 Sequoia: Fri 3:30, 7, 10:25; Sat 12:10, 3:30, 7, 10:25; Sun 12:10, 3:30, 7; Mon-Wed 3:35, 7; Thu 3:35 Ride Along 2 (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Room (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 4, 9:40; Sun-Wed 4 Regency: Fri 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25; Sun 11, 4:40, 7:40; Mon-Tue 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40; Wed 11; Thu 4:15 Son of Saul (R) Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:15 (projected in 35mm); Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 6:15 (projected in 35mm); Mon-Tue 9; Wed-Thu 6:15 Spotlight (R) Lark: Fri 12:40; Mon 3; Thu 1 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:30, 4, 7:10, 10:15; Sun-Thu 12:30, 4, 7:10 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 of Benghazi (R) Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 • To Catch a Thief (Not Rated) Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 Youth (R) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4 • Zoolander 2 (Not Rated) Northgate: Thu 7, 9:25 Rowland: Thu 7, 9:40 Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito, 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 800-326-3264

Concerts MARIN

Communion Phil Lesh’s ensemble also includes Terrapin favorites Stu Allen, Ross James, Grahame Lesh, Alex Koford and Scott Guberman Feb 4, 8pm. $49. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Hope for Menuhin New Century Chamber Orchestra welcomes British violinist Daniel Hope in an eclectic and personal program of works dedicated to his mentor and friend, Yehudi Menuhin. Feb 7, 5pm. $29-$61. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000. Scott Pemberton Oregon native’s self-described “Timber Rock” is a funky and woodsy blend of rock and roll weirdness. Feb 4, 10pm. $12-$14. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

SONOMA G Love & Special Sauce Longtime Philadelphia hip-hop and blues band is back with a new album, “Love Saves the Day,” and those famous eyebrows. Feb 5, 9pm. $30 and up. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121. Merle Haggard Widely regarded as country music’s greatest living recording artist, Haggard plays from his 50 years of hits. Feb 10, 8pm. $45-$85. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Jackson. Feb 5, Kevin Russell Band. Feb 6, the Jean Genies. Feb 7, 11:30am, Jim Pasquel & Sheldon Lee Cowen brunch show. Feb 7, 6:30pm, the Doorslammers. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Pato Banton & the Now Generation British reggae singer, known worldwide for his uplifting positive music, graces the stage with his band for a celebration of Bob Marley. Feb 6, 9pm. $15-$20. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

George’s Nightclub Feb 6, DJ Jorge. Feb 7, Mexican Banda. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

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Ghiringhelli Pizzeria Grill & Bar First Sunday of every month, 5pm, Erika Alstrom with Dale Alstrom’s Jazz Society. 1535 South Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.878.4977.

For the Love of Music Lincoln Theater’s current and alumni artist-in-residence musicians and special guest Marnie Breckenridge perform classic and contemporary works. Reservations required. Feb 5, 7pm. Free. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

HopMonk Novato Feb 3, open mic night with Revenent. Feb 4, Atilla Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Feb 5, Aqua Nett. Feb 6, IrieFuse with Yeshua & the Hightones. Feb 10, open mic with B Sharp. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Clubs&Venues

JB Piano Company Feb 4, Dick Fregulia Trio plus Piro Patton. 540 Irwin St, San Rafael, 415.456.9280.

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

19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Wed, Walt the Dog. Feb 4, DJ Adam S. Feb 5, First Friday Reggae. Feb 6, New Monsoon. Feb 7, 9pm, Fairfax blues jam. Feb 9, 6pm, the Jeb Brady Band. Feb 9, 8:30pm, the People’s Blues. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

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

No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Feb 5, Michael Aragon Quartet. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Cafe Verde Feb 6, Ruth Gerson. 502 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.1060. Community Congregational Church Feb 7, 10am, Eve Decker. 145 Rock Hill Dr, Tiburon.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Feb 3, Ricki Rush. Feb 4, Donna D’Acuti. Feb 9, Panama Jazz Trio. Feb 10, DownLow Duo. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Fenix Wed, Pro blues jam. Feb 4, Kymberly

Papermill Creek Saloon Feb 6, Bruce Brymer’s Rockit Science. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls, 415.488.9235. Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Feb 3, the Weissmen. Feb 4, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Feb 5, Swoop Unit. Feb 6, Sucker MC’s. Feb 7, the Milestone. Feb 9, Fresh Baked Blues & Waldo’s Special. Feb 10, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Rancho Nicasio Feb 5, Jerry Hannan. Feb 6, Volker Strifler Band. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

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Join the New Century Chamber Orchestra with guest British violinist Daniel Hope in their tribute to Yehudi Menuhin on Feb. 7 at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael.

CALENDAR Sausalito Seahorse Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Feb 4, Jason Wright. Feb 5, the 7th Sons. Feb 6, Aquarian Bash & Dance. Feb 7, 5pm, Orquesta la Moderna Tradicion. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Sun, open mic. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Feb 4, Josephine Johnson. Feb 5, McHugh & Devine. Feb 6, Just Friends. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Spitfire Lounge First Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. First Friday of every month, Truthlive. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Studio 55 Marin Feb 5, David Nelson & Eric Thompson. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, 415.453.3161. Sweetwater Music Hall Mon, Open Mic. Feb 5, Natural Wonder. Feb 7, 11am, the Cork Pullers brunch show. Feb 9, Michael Landau Group. Feb 10, Peter Bradley Adams and Molly Parden. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Terrapin Crossroads Feb 9, Mardi Gras with Lebo and friends. Feb 10, Lettuce. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, Noon concert series. Feb 7, 5:30pm, Jazz Sundays with Nathan Bickart Trio. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

SONOMA Annie O’s Music Hall Sun, 5pm, Sunday Dance Party with the Blues Defenders. Feb 4, Levi Lloyd. Feb 5, Highway Poets with Marshall House Project and Girls & Boys. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.542.1455. The Big Easy Feb 3, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Feb 4, Sweet Potato 5. Feb 5, the Pulsators. Feb 6, Barrio Manouche and the Oddjob Ensemble. Feb 7, Miano Jazz Trio. Feb 9, 5:30pm, Mardi Gras Day Mambofest with Rhythmtown Jive. Feb 10, Tracy Rose and friends. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Revolution 9 Feb 5, Disrupted Continuum. 14 Bolinas Ave, Fairfax, 415.453.7999.

Green Music Center Feb 6, Ms Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Rickey’s Feb 5, SwingSet. Feb 6, Charles Wheal Band. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato, 415.883.9477.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Feb 5, One Great City Duo. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Sausalito Cruising Club Feb 5, Mardi Gras Mambofest with Rhythmtown-Jive. 300 Napa St, Sausalito.

HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Feb 4, Cash’d Out. Feb 5, Spark & Whisper. Feb 6, Vokab

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SONOMA Chroma Gallery Feb 4-Mar 5, “Small Works Show,” ninth annual show features several galleries in the SOFA arts district displaying paintings, sculptures and ceramics no larger than a square foot. Reception, Feb 5 at 5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. 707.293.6051. Fogbelt Brewing Feb 3-29, “SuperMonks,” images by artist Clay Vajgrt that show the calm and peaceful side of Superheroes. 1305 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa. Wed; 3pm to 9pm, Thurs-

NAPA Caldwell Snyder Gallery Feb 3-29, “Cole Morgan Solo Show,” abstract, playful and enigmatic, the shapes and forms represented in Morgan’s paintings seem to live somewhere between imagination and reality. 1328 Main St, St Helena. Open daily, 10 to 6. 415.531.6755. di Rosa Feb 6-Apr 3, “Radical Landscapes,” exhibition explores the natural environment through a contemporary lens with works by Bay Area-based artists. Reception, Feb 6 at 4pm. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10 to 6. 707.226.5991.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Art Works Downtown Through Feb 26, “Climate Change,” several artists open the dialogue on this timely issue with their art. Reception, Feb 12 at 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119. Gallery Route One Through Feb 14, “Aqua,” group show interprets the word aqua in a variety of ways as selected by Susan Snyder, of the Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. MarinMOCA Through Feb 21, “Layers,” group show features MarinMOCA members interpreting the theme in materials or meaning. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Feb 18, “Art of Love,” romance is in the air with a group showing of Valentine’sinspired work. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

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 First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, Introduction to Argentine Tango, learn to dance like they do in Buenos Aires, no experience necessary. $18. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966. Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422. Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101. Dance Palace Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary. Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075. Marin Center Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Feb 5, 8pm, Moscow Festival Ballet, get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with a special performance of Romeo & Juliet. $20-$65. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.473.6800. YogaWorks Larkspur First Saturday of every month, 7:30pm, DanceMarin!, where yoga and and dance meet. $15. 2207 Larkspur Landing Cir, Larkspur 415.924.4848.

Events Asian New Year Celebration Celebrate the Year of the Monkey with delicious Asian cuisine and entertainment from Vietnamese social group. Feb 4, 2:30pm. $5. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Feb 28, “Ellen Litwiller Solo Show,” the artists’ paintings of moons of our Solar System are on display through the month. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Comedy Follow the Thread Improv workshops for novice, beginning and experienced actors, improvisers and comedians.Talented and professional educators draw from their cumulative experience as they skillfully blend the crafts of acting, improvisation and sketch comedy. Wed, 7pm. through Feb 17. $20/week. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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First Sunday Open Studios Walk through the studios of over 40 artists and view their latest works, including those still in progress. First Sun of every month, 11am. Novato Arts Center, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Mardi Gras Party for Singles A fun mixer for single professionals includes games and prizes, masks and beads and more with mardi gras merriment. Feb 9, 7pm. $10. Spinnaker, 100 Spinnaker Dr, Sausalito, 415.332.1500. NEW of Marin Meeting Network with other entrepreneurial women, hear author and relationship coach Dr Wendy Lyon speak on bringing more love into your life and enjoy delicious dining. RSVP required. Feb 9, 6pm. $38. Piatti’s Ristorante & Bar, 625 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley, newofmarin.com. Partner Yoga Simple stretching, done in pairs, expands any relationship in a fun and creative way by connection through breath, play and touch. Feb 6, 11am. Free. Point Bonita YMCA, 981 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415-3319622. Tax Help Day Tax professionals meet with you and answer your tax questions. Feb 6, 10am. Free. Marin Humane Society, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato, 415.883.4621. Toastmaster’s Open House Group invites the public to join them in unlocking communication skills. Express yourself, find your voice and shape your words Thurs-noon. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael, 415.485.3438.

Field Trips Bald Hill Broom Bust One Tam Winter Workday removes invasive plants and restores the natural environment. Feb 6, 8:30am. Natalie Coffin Greene Park, 477 Lagunitas Rd, Ross, marinwater.org. Birding for Seniors Enjoy an easy stroll along the newly restored Hamilton wetland area and look for waterfowl, shorebirds and other wildlife. Feb 6, 10am. Hamilton Wetlands Path, south end of Hanger Ave, Novato, marincountyparks.org. Diggin’ the Nursery Be a part of a dedicated native plant nursery team and help collect, clean, and germinate seeds, plant seedlings and cuttings, transplant mature plants and more. Sat, 10am. through Feb 27. Free. Turtle Island Restoration Network HQ, 9255 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Olema.

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Film The Anthropologist Dr Susan A Crate presents and discusses this climate change documentary as part of the “Science on Screen” event series. Feb 9, 6:30pm. $8-$12. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. Best of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Selections from the most recent SFJFF screens in a four-part series. Tues, Feb 9, 7pm. $36. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000. An Evening with Illeana Douglas The excellent character actor, writer and director shares stories from her career in film and television, read from and sign copies of her memoir “I Blame Dennis Hopper” and show clips from her filmography. Feb 4, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. Landfill Harmonic Documentary following South American youth group the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, who turn garbage into musical instruments, screens with a musical performance from local youth beforehand. Feb 8, 6:30pm. $7-$11. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. 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. Phil Frank’s Secret Sausalito Frank’s clips explore Sausalito’s lesser known historic sites. Feb 5, 7pm. Sausalito Library, 420 Litho St, Sausalito, 415.289.4121. Wild & Scenic Film Festival Program of 11 films is full of breathtaking scenery, inspiring stories, and courageous

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View photos of life aboard the anchor-out community in Sausalito by Bente Marei Stachowske at the Sausalito Library. Reception, Feb. 7. conservationists. Feb 4, 6:30pm. $20. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Food&Drink Alice in Wonderland English Tea Party Enjoy afternoon tea in this benefit for Fairfax Theatre Company, with a colorful cast of characters and hot chocolate for the kids. Feb 7, 2pm. $20. Fairfax Women’s Center, 46 Park Rd, Fairfax, 415.302.0659. Friday Night Live Enjoy delicious themed buffet dinners with live music on hand. Fri. $7-$14. San Geronimo Golf Course, 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.4030. The Great Sonoma Crab & Wine Fest Sonoma County Farm Bureau presents the 27th annual event, joining together leaders from agricultural and business communities and boasting perhaps the largest crab feed in the Bay Area. RSVP at sonomafb.org. Feb 6, 4pm. $75 and up. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4200. Sausalito’s Souper Bowl of Clam Chowder Ten downtown Sausalito restaurants square off in this chowder challenge, and you can taste them all. Feb 4, 2pm. $10. Downtown Sausalito, Caledonia Street, Sausalito. Veggie Sushi Love Learn how to make beautiful vegetarian sushi rolls with local ingredients, and yes, you’ll get to eat them too. Feb 4, 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138889 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL GROUP 2) ICG , 165 N. REDWOOD DRIVE STE 150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: ALLUSA INVESTMENTS INC, 165 N.REDWOOD DRIVE, STE 150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant 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 Jan 07, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138888 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LIVING WHOLE, 165 N. REDWOOD DRIVE STE 150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903:ADIEL GOREL, 165 N. REDWOOD DRIVE, STE 150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 07, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138886 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MGK INTERNATIONAL, 216 MARIN

ST, # 107, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MICHAEL G KOLLIN, 216 MARIN ST, # 107, 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 Jan 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138769 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AGCI CONSTRUCTION, 1034 LAS PAVADAS AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: LEONORDO TORRES, 1034 LAS PAVADES AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.

Registrant 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 Dec 14, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138907 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE CHEF & LA DAME, 1816 4TH STREET, UNIT 8 & UNIT 9, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LAVIER, 21 HYANNIS COVE, SAN RAFEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 08, 2016

(Publication Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2015138784 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: INCAVO, 1099 FOURTH STREET, SUITE F, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94688: 1) VICKI L BARRIOS, 189 CIRCLE OAKS DRIVE, NAPA, CA 94558 2) BENEDICT J BARRIOS, 189 CIRCLE OAKS DRIVE, NAPA , CA 94558.The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 16, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 of 2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304665 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on Sep 24, 2014, Under File No: 2014135739. Fictitious Business name(s) INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL GROUP,165 N.REDWOOD DR, STE #150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: NATIONWIDE ACQUISITIONS INC, 165 N.REDWOOD DR, STE #150, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Jan 07, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 of 2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138955 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BIALLA PARTNERS, 4000 BRIDGEWAY , SUITE 201, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: BIALLA & ASSOCIATES, 4000 BRIDGEWAY, SUITE 201, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant 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 Jan 14, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138957 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CAZADERO WINERY, 13 MEADOW WAY, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: CAZADERO WINERY LLC, 13 MEADOW WAY, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 14, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138863 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MORGAN & CLAYPOOL LIFE SCIENCE, 1210 FIFTH AVE, SUITE 250, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BIOTA PUBLISHING LLC, 40 OAK VIEW DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant 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 Jan 05, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138935 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EFS ASSOCIATES, 1101 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 305, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THOMAS VOGELHEIM, 1101 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 305, 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 Jan 12, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138934 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CAESAR CONTRACTOR, 65 DUBOCE AVE, RICHMOND, CA 94801: CESAR MORENO, 65 DUBOCE AVE, RICHMOND, CA 94801. 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 Jan 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138983 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DIMENSIONAL FURNITURE OUTLET, 115 BELLAM BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THINH N NGUYEN, 3718 WILLOW PASS RD #113, CONCORD, CA 94519. 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 Jan 20, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138854 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LOGAN BIOTECH, 383 PINEHILL RD, APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RICK HOLMES, 383 PINEHILL RD, APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with no changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 04, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138965 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WILL BUILT, 79 BELVEDERE ST # 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ARNOLD HASSINGER, 1949 LAKE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein .This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138980 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ONTRACK SCHOOLS, 1717 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: VERUS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC., 1717 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138922 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 123 BOLINAS, 123 BOLINAS ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: BRITTNEY ADAMO, 123 BOLINAS ROAD, 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139016 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HYPERSAFE, 2575 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: RICHARD MOLLENKOPF, 2575 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD #29, 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 Jan 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 138972 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FIRESIDE CONSTRUCTION, 32 BRAUN COURT, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: FIRESIDE CHIMNEY SERVICES INC, 32 BRAUN COURT, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.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 Jan 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139020 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: APPLIANCE KING, 64 DURAN DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARCE PALOMBI, 64 DURAN DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.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 Jan 26, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016138918 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 297 RIVIERA DRIVE TIC, 16 SAN MARINO DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) LISA M PENNINGTON, 16 SAN MARINO DRIVE, SAN RFAEL, CA 94901 2) BRAD W PENNINGTON, 16 SAN MARINO DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. 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 Jan 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139059 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MADCAP TOURS, 14 PRINCESS LANE #3, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: LARRY FORD SOPER, 14 PRINCESS LANE # 3, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016139055 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MINDFUL MATTERS, 275 SAN CARLOS WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945: SARAH K LARROQUE, 275 SAN CARLOS WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 139006 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TLC DELIVERY, 174 PAUL DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MICHAEL EUGENE FORDHAM, 379 YOSEMITE RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 25, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

File No: 139064 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CLEAR VIEW WINDOWS, 200 MISSION AVE , AP # A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) OSCAR RENE RIVAS SANDOVAL, 200 MISSION AVE , AP # A, SAN RAFAEL 2) EDWIN ESTEBAN ANDRADE, 200 MISSION AVE , AP # A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. 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 Feb 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

File No: 139046 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) CALIFORNIA AUTO BODY 2) KENS CALIFORNIA AUTO BODY, 131 LARKSPUR ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KENNETH E BOATRIGHT, 110 H LANE, NOVATO, CA 94945. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed

with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jan 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2016)

File No: 2016139065 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) PETE’S SEWER AND ROOTER SERVICE 2) EICHLER PLUMBING, 3) EICHLER HEATING 4) EICHLER AIRCONDITIONING, 1818 2ND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PETER LEVI PLUMBING, 1818 2ND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Feb 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 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 1504429. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner INGRID AVILA CASTILLO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ABIGAIL MAZARIEGOS to TAYLOR 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: 03/17/2016 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: JAN 12, 2016. (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1504666. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MONIQUE ALMENDARES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JESUS EMANUEL GUTIERREZ to EMANUEL CHRIS ALMENDARES. 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: 03/07/2016 AT 09:00 AM, 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: DEC 21,2015. (Publication Dates: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 of 2016)\ ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1600238. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KIMBERLY ANN PALCZYNSKI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KIMBERLY ANN PALCZYNSKI to KIMBERLY ANN CHAUDOIN. 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: 03/15/2016 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: Jan 21, 2016. (Publication Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 of 2016)

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By Amy Alkon

Goddess

I’m a woman who’s both loving and seriously hating Tinder. Guys on this app mostly want to hook up, and even those who say they want a relationship are flaky, often disappearing after a single date. Sure, this sometimes happens with guys I meet in real life, but not at the rate of my Tinder dates.—Annoyed

Welcome to the Hookupatorium! Tinder takes all the wait and effort out of speed dating. No need to put on pants—or pull them up, if you’re on the john. You just “swipe right” on your phone to match with somebody—and maybe even swipe ’em right into your bed 20 minutes later. Plus it’s fun—less like a dating site than a video game. “Call of Booty,” anyone? However, for anyone seeking “happily ever after” instead of “hookupily,” Tinder can pose a problem, and that problem is too much choice. But … choice is a good thing, right? The more the better! It’s the principle behind those “endless options!” deli menus—you know, the ones with a page count that makes you forget whether you’re supposed to decide what to have for lunch or whether Ayn Rand was a bad writer. Unfortunately, our psychological operating system evolved in an environment where the level of choice was more like, “Sir, can I bring you the grubs or the grubs?” So research finds that we’re easily overwhelmed by a slew of options—often choosing poorly and being bummed about it afterward or feeling too snowed to choose at all. Social psychologist Barry Schwartz explains that these problems with choosing are about protecting ourselves from regret—the pain of blaming ourselves for making the wrong choice. But having a lot of options isn’t necessarily unmanageable—if we have enough information to differentiate between them and narrow the field. However, on Tinder, there’s minimal info—only age, location, pics and a few lines about a person—making it an endless swipestream of “she’s hot” and “she’s hot in a slightly different way.” Also consider that Tinder is not designed to help you find love (that lasts for more than a few sweaty hours); Tinder is designed to keep you Tindering. The psychological hook is “intermittent reinforcement.” Predictable “rewards”—like if you swiped and always got a match—quickly give us the yawnies. But Tinder’s unpredictable rewards—the random ding! “It’s a match!”—turn you into a cokeseeking lab rat, relentlessly swiping for your next high. You may decide to keep nibbling at Tinder’s mobile-global man buffet, but dates that come out of real-life meetings are probably more likely to lead to second dates, and maybe more. At a party, you’re, say, one of eight single women, five of whom a guy isn’t that attracted to and one of whom he broke up with last year. And finally, there’s how face-to-face meetings come with behavioral constraints that Tinder convos lack. You should find it’s the rare guy at the coffee shop who immediately follows up, “That a soy latte?” with a casual, “Wanna see my dick?”

My girlfriend has been feeling neglected and keeps worrying that I’m mad at her. I love her, but I have big business problems now, and I don’t want to burden her with them. Also, since we have a good thing, doesn’t it make sense to focus on the stuff that’s a mess?—Startup Guy

Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to outsource your relationship to some guy in the Philippines: “Please stay on the line. Your feelings are very important to us … ” Men and women tend to deal with crisis in different ways. Women manage their emotions by expressing them; men just hope theirs will go away. Evolutionary psychologists Leda Cosmides and John Tooby explain that men evolved to be the defenders of the species, and in battle, it would have put them at a disadvantage to show their feelings—especially those reflecting vulnerability, like, “Yikes, I’m totally out of my league!” Being predisposed to bury your feelings in the backyard doesn’t mean that you should—assuming you don’t want your next startup to be a new relationship. This isn’t to say that you need to blather on about everything, Oprah’s-couch style. You just need to share the bad as well as the good, even just by texting, “Tough day, babe.” You might even put reminders on your phone to send brief sweet messages a few times daily. Maybe that seems dumb and unromantic. What’s dumber and more unromantic is adding breakup problems to your business problems because you didn’t put in 46 seconds a day telling a woman that she matters. Sure, misery reportedly “loves company,” but let’s not be hasty in filling the flower vases and putting out the good towels.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com

For the week of February 3

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Bible’s Book of

Exodus tells the story of the time Moses almost met God. “Show me your glory, please,” the prophet says to his deity, who’s hiding. “You cannot see my face,” God replies, “ … I will remove my hand and you will see my back … .” That’s good enough for Moses. He agrees. I hope that you, too, will be satisfied with a tantalizingly partial epiphany, Aries. I’m pretty sure that if you ask nicely, you can get a glimpse of a splendor that’s as meaningful to you as God was to Moses. It may only be the “back,” but that should still stir you and enrich you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The archaic

English word “quaintrelle” refers to a woman who treats her life as a work of art. She is passionate about cultivating beauty and pleasure and wit in everything she is and does. But she’s not a narcissistic socialite. She’s not a snooty slave to elitist notions of style. Her aim is higher and sweeter: To be an impeccable, wellcrafted fount of inspiration and blessings. I propose that we resuscitate and tinker with this term, and make it available to you. In 2016, you Tauruses of all genders will be inclined to incorporate elements of the quaintrelle, and you will also be skilled at doing so. If you have not yet dived into this fun work, start now!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Sufi teacher (and

Gemini) Idries Shah offered this teaching: “When Fortune knocks, open the door, they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?” Let’s make this your featured meditation, Gemini. If there is anywhere in your life where proverbial doors are shut—either in the world outside of you or the world inside of you—unlock them and open them wide. Make it easy for Fortune to reach you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Many Cancerians

harbor a chronic ache of melancholy about what they’re missing. The unavailable experience in question could be an adventure that they wish they were having, an absent ally they long to be near or a goal they wish they had time to pursue. That’s the bad news. The good news is that you can harness the chronic ache. In fact, it’s your birthright as a Cancerian to do so. If you summon the willpower to pull yourself up out of the melancholy, you can turn its mild poison into a fuel that drives you to get at least some of what you’ve been missing. Now is a favorable time to do just that.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): How will the next chapter

of your story unfold? I suspect there are two possible scenarios. In one version, the abundance of choices overwhelms you. You get bogged down in an exciting but debilitating muddle, and become frazzled, frenetic and overwrought. In the other possible scenario, you navigate your way through the lavish freedom with finesse. Your intuition reveals exactly how to make good use of the fertile contradictions. You’re crafty, adaptable and effective. So which way will you go? How will the tale unfold? I think it’s completely up to you. Blind fate will have little to do with it. For best results, all you have to do is stay in close touch with the shining vision of what you really want.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “To hell with my

suffering,” wrote Arthur Rimbaud in his poem “May Banners.” I suggest you make that your mantra for now. Anytime you feel a sour thought impinging on your perceptions, say, “To hell with my suffering.” And then immediately follow it up with an expostulation from another Rimbaud poem, “It’s all too beautiful.” Be ruthless about this, Virgo. If you sense an imminent outbreak of pettiness, or if a critical voice in your head blurts out a curse, or if a pesky ghost nags you, simply say, “To hell with my suffering,” and then, “It’s all too beautiful.” In this way, you can take advantage of the fact that you now have more power over your emotional pain than usual.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I like people who unbalance me,” says Irish writer Colum McCann. Normally I wouldn’t dream of encouraging you to

By Rob Brezsny

make the same declaration, Libra. My instinct is to help you do everything necessary to maintain harmony. But now is one of those rare times when you can thrive on what happens when you become a bit tilted or uneven or irregular. That’s because the influences that unbalance you will be the same influences that tickle your fancy and charge your batteries and ring your bell and sizzle your bacon.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The African

Association was a 19th century British group dedicated to exploring West Africa. Its members hoped to remedy Europeans’ ignorance about the area’s geography. In one of the Association’s most ambitious projects, it commissioned an adventurer named Henry Nicholls to discover the origin and to chart the course of the legendary Niger River. Nicholls and his crew set out by ship in their quest, traveling north up a river that emptied into the Gulf of Guinea. They didn’t realize, and never figured out, that they were already on the Niger River. I’m wondering if there’s a comparable situation going on in your life, Scorpio. You may be looking for something that you have already found.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Richard P. Feynman was a brilliant physicist who won a Nobel Prize in 1965 for his pioneering work in quantum electrodynamics. He also played the bongo drums and was a competent artist. But excessive pride was not a problem for him. “I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb,” he testified. “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” I suggest that you adopt him as your role model for the next two weeks, Sagittarius. All of us need periodic reminders that we’ve got a lot to learn, and this is your time. Be extra vigilant in protecting yourself from your own misinformation and misdirection. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Food connoisseur Anthony Bourdain has a TV show that enables him to travel the globe indulging in his love of exotic cuisine. He takes his sensual delights seriously. In Charleston, South Carolina, he was ecstatic to experience the flavorful bliss of softshell crab with lemon pasta and shaved bottarga. “Frankly,” he told his dining companion, “I’d slit my best friend’s throat for this.” Bourdain was exaggerating for comic effect, but I’m concerned that you may actually feel that strongly about the gratifications that are almost within your grasp. I have no problem with you getting super-intense in pursuit of your enjoyment. But please stop short of taking extreme measures. You know why. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may sometimes be drawn to people or places or ideas long before they can give you their gifts. Although you sense their potential value, you might have to ripen before you’ll be ready to receive their full bounty. Here’s how author Elias Canetti expressed it: “There are books, that one has for twenty years without reading them, that one always keeps at hand … yet one carefully refrains from reading even a complete sentence. Then after twenty years, there comes a moment when suddenly, as though under a high compulsion, one cannot help taking in such a book from beginning to end, at one sitting: It is like a revelation.” I foresee a comparable transition happening for you, Aquarius. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Leaning

Tower of Pisa is eight stories high, including its belfry, and tilts sideways at a four-degree angle. When builders started construction back in 1173, they laid a weak foundation in unstable soil, and the building has never stood straight since then. And yet it is the most lucrative tourist attraction in the city of Pisa, and one of the top 10 in Italy. Its flaw is the source of its fame and glory. What’s the equivalent in your world, Pisces? Now is a favorable time to take new or extra advantage of something that you consider imperfect or blemished.Y

Homework: Brag about your flaws, weaknesses and mistakes. Send your boast to Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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