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OPENINGS A.C.O.D. --(Century 20) Stu Zicherman has some issues. And the co-writer/director would like to share them with you in his filmmaking debut, “A.C.O.D.� That stands for “Adult Children of Divorce,� a demographic big enough to ensure this indie comedy a wide audience. Of course, it doesn’t hurt when your first film — a dry-witted comedy — stars Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Amy Poehler and Jane Lynch, among others. Scott plays Carter, a 40-pushing fella who
Adam Scott in “A.C.O.D.�
remains more screwed up by his parents’ divorce than he’s willing to admit to himself or anyone else. But it’s hard to stay in denial when you discover that your “therapist� (Lynch) isn’t a therapist at all, but a researcher who used you as a case study in a bestselling pop-psychology book: “Children of Divorce: A National Epidemic, A Broken Generation.� Smelling a lucrative sequel, Dr. Judith hatches “Adult Children of Divorce� and begins needling her now-grown subjects (also includ(continued on next page)
“A GROUNDBREAKING FILM! WINNING, DEFTLY CRAFTED, SUPERBLY ACTED FILM AND WONDERFULLY MOVING!�
City of Palo Alto
-Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election is to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at the speciďŹ ed polling places:
VPCT PCT 2002
Polling Place-Name
Cross Street
Address
Palo Alto High School
Off El Camino Real Near Churchill
50 Embarcadero Rd
PCT 2043 S
Feldman Residence
Off Santa Rita Ave.
2121 Waverley St
PCT 2046
Gamble Garden Center - Carriage House
Between Cowper & Waverley
1431 Waverley St
PCT 2049
Walter Hays Elementary School - Room 16
Near Embarcadero Road
1525 MiddleďŹ eld Rd
PCT 2056 C
Channing House - Board Room
Near MiddleďŹ eld Road Off Channing Ave
850 Webster St
PCT 2061
Lytton Gardens Court Yard - Lounge
Between Bryant St And Waverley St
330 Everett Ave
PCT 2065
First Palo Alto United Methodist
Parking Lot Off Byron St & Hamilton Ave
625 Hamilton Ave
PCT 2068
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Near Embarcadero Rd Off Melville Ave
1295 MiddleďŹ eld Rd
PCT 2075
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Near Embarcadero Rd Off Melville Ave
1295 MiddleďŹ eld Rd
PCT 2108 S
Palo Alto Fire Station # 02
At Page Mill Rd
2675 Hanover St
PCT 2078
Kartchner Residence
Patricia Ln @ Hamilton Ave
577 Patricia Ln
PCT 2090 C
Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
Near Amarillo Ave
2751 Louis Rd
PCT 2096
First Congregational Church - Narthex
Off Embarcadero Road
1985 Louis Rd
PCT 2098
Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
Near Amarillo Ave
2751 Louis Rd
PCT 2101 C
Friends Meeting Of Palo Alto
Between Louis Rd At Greer Rd
957 Colorado Ave
PCT 2112
Cubberley Community Center - Room H1
@ Montrose Ave
4000 MiddleďŹ eld Rd
PCT 2004
The Children's Health Council
Resource Center - Off Sand Hill Road
650 Clark Way
PCT 2005 S
University Lutheran Church - Sanctuary
Off Bowdoin St
1611 Stanford Ave
PCT 2006 C
Palo Alto Fire Station # 05
Off Clemo Ave
600 Arastradero Rd
PCT 2010 S
Palo Alto Community Childcare Center
Off El Camino Real
3990 Ventura CT
PCT 2013 C
St. Andrews United Methodist Church
Between Ferne Ave At Greenmeadow Way
4111 Alma St
PCT 2019
Fairmeadow Elementary School - Mp Room
Between Waverly St And Cowper St
500 E Meadow Dr
PCT 2026
First Church Of Christ, Scientist
Between El Carmelo Ave And Gary Ct
3045 Cowper St
PCT 2034
Grace Lutheran Church
Off Loma Verde Avenue
3149 Waverley St
PCT 2110 C
Unity Palo Alto Community Church
Btwn E Meadow and Loma Verde
3391 MiddleďŹ eld Rd
PCT 2115 S
Barron Park School - Multi Purpose Room
Barron Ave & El Centro St
800 Barron Ave
PCT 2118
Palo Alto Church Of Christ Multipurp Rm
Between E. Meadow And Loma Verde Ave
3373 MiddleďŹ eld Rd
PCT 2122 C
Palo Alto Christian Reformed Church
Near Georgia Ave
687 Arastradero Rd
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY HAIFAA AL-MANSOUR
NOW PLAYING
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Alec Baldwin
Cate Blanchett
Bobby Louis C.K. Cannavale
(Highest Rating)
-Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
NOW PLAYING
DONNA J. GRIDER City Clerk, MMC
Filmed in San Francisco
CINÉARTS@PALO ALTO SQUARE 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (800) FANDANGO
VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.BLUEJASMINEFILM.COM
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Claudia Puig,
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Dated October 18, 2013
Sally Michael Peter Hawkins Sarsgaard Stuhlbarg
R
ITIC ’S
1555 Berger Drive, Building 2, San Jose, commencing at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 5, 2013.
Andrew Dice Clay
“Grade A. Powerful and Enthralling.�
PLEASE NOTE **This list is subject to change** Notice is also given that the ballots casts at said election will be centrally counted at the Registrar of Voters OfďŹ ce,
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