›› THiS WEEK
Year 49, No. 41
th
55 Annual
835 Fourth St. Suite B (entrance on Cijos St.) San Rafael, CA 94901
Growing Grounds Sale Fairfax Yard Only! 25% or More OFF Every Nursery Item! Roses, Fruit Trees, Tropical Color, Grapes HALF OFF!!
Last Weekend Fri., Sat., Sun., 9am–5pm October 14–16 Where it’s fun to get dirty!
Serving Marin’s Gardeners Since 1940 Marin’s Largest Grower of Quality Plants
Phone: 415/485-6700 Fax: 415/485-6226 E-Mail: letters@pacificsun.com Chronicles of Arabia. Theater, p. 35.
7 8 9 12 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 35 36 37 41 42 43
Lettters Upfront/Newsgrams That TV Guy /Trivia/Heroes and Zeros Cover Story Open Homes Food & Drink All in Good Taste Single in the Suburbs Books Music Talking Pictures Theater Movies Sundial ClassiďŹ eds Horoscope Advice Goddess
›› ON THE COVER Design Missy Reynolds Photo Courtesy the Mountain Play
3000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
7E RE -ILES 7EST OF &AIRFAX s Look for Our Signs! !LL #ARDS !CCEPTED s 3MALL $ELIVERY &EE
415.453.2701 SunnysideOfMarin.com
SALE AT FAIRFAX GROWING GROUND ONLY
Embarcadero Media. (USPS 454-630) Published weekly on Fridays. Distributed free at more than 400 locations throughout Marin County. Adjudicated a newspaper of General Circulation. Home delivery in Marin available by subscription: $5/month on your credit card or $60 for one year, cash or check. No person may, without the permission of the Pacific Sun, take more than one copy of each Pacific Sun weekly issue. Entire contents of this publication Copyright Š2011 Embarcadero Media ISSN; 0048-2641. All rights reserved. Unsolicited manuscripts must be submitted with a stamped self-addressed envelope.
1 Gallon Perennial (Worth $6.50) WITH ANY PURCHASE (One per customer, per visit)
The cozy erotica shop where you’ll feel comfortable
Check Out Our Sales Rack for GREAT DEALS!! 7OMEN /WNED /PERATED
&OURTH 3TREET AT # s 3AN 2AFAEL s PLEASURESOFTHEHEART COM /PEN 4UES 3AT AM PM s 3UN -ON PM
WWW FACEBOOK COM OFTHEHEART 4 PACIFIC SUN OCTOBER 14 - OCTOBER 20, 2011
+
your link to Marin
›› STAFF PUBLISHER - Gina Channell-Allen (x315) EDITORIAL Editor: Jason Walsh (x316); Movie Page Editor: Matt Stafford (x320); Copy Editor: Carol Inkellis (x317); Staff Writer: Dani Burlison (x319); Calendar Editor: Anne Schrager (x330); Proofreader: Julie Vader CONTRIBUTORS Lee Brady, Greg Cahill, Pat Fusco, Richard Gould, Richard P. Hinkle, Brooke Jackson, Brenda K. Kinsel, Jill Kramer, Joel Orff, Rick Polito, Peter Seidman, Nikki Silverstein, Annie Spiegelman, David Templeton, Barry Willis. Books Editor: Elizabeth Stewart (x326) ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Linda Black (x306) Display Sales: Linda Curry (x309), Katarina Wierich (x311); Thomas Morton (x312) Inside Sales: Helen Hammond (x303); Ad Traffickers: Julie Baiocchi (x302); Stephenny Godfrey (x310); Courier: Gillian Coder DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Art Director/Production Manger: Missy Reynolds (x335) Graphic Designers: Gwen Aguilar (x336), Michelle Palmer (x321); Gabe Lieb (x308),Julie Baiocchi (x337),Shelley Hunter (x337) Graphic Design & Video: Brindl Markle (x337) ADMINISTRATION Business Administrator: Cynthia Saechao (x331) Administrative Assistant: Julie Baiocchi (x301) Administrative Assistant: Zach Allen Circulation Manager: Bob Lampkin (x340) Distribution Supervisor: Zach Allen PRINTING: Paradise Post, Paradise, CA Member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Invites you to our
FREE!
There’s Still Time to special order your
PAC SUN
Halloween Costume!
The Perry Boys
paciďŹ csun.com
SF State University’s ROMBERG TIBURON CENTER
WITH THIS COUPON AT FAIRFAX LOCATION ONLY
FREE
PaciďŹ c Sun
“Sharing Science with Family & Friends� Sunday, October 30 11:00 am to 4:00 pm 3150 Paradise Drive, Tiburon Free admission and parking! See you there!
http://www.rtc.sfsu.edu/discovery_day.htm