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Caitlin Brooke plays a self-deprecating waitress named Rose in ‘Dogfight’ at the San Francisco Playhouse.

All sizes I’ve read many erroneous and weird things in Charles Brousse’s theater reviews but something in his review of Dogfight at San Francisco Playhouse is unforgivable [‘Courageous effort,’ Oct.7].

In commenting on Caitlin Brooke’s performance he writes she “may be a trifle overweight.”

For what? Being on stage? Does the part she is playing specify that the character is a boney woman?

Doesn’t Brousse know that women and actresses come in all sizes? His remark was irrelevant and rude.

Who cares what his preference for women on stage is anyway?

—Denize Springer Editor’s note: Brousse mentions that Brooke ‘may be a trifle overweight,’ only because in the play, men deliberately invite ‘ugly’ women to a party.

Renter benefits Good [‘Limited investment,’ Oct. 7]. Short-term rentals benefit the renters at the expense of neighbors.

“Sharing” economy my behind.

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Political Forum Dear readers: This year, we are discontinuing our annual endorsement issue. However, leading up to local elections, we will dedicate this space to political letters, endorsements and commentary. Please send your contributions to letters@pacificsun. com. And enjoy the floor.

YES on Sausalito Trivia answersF: «5 Fix Measure Our Parks—Build 1 San Andreas, Hayward, CalavOur Future eras

Measure F provides funding to 2 Bolognese, Bologna make significantafter repairs and safety upgrades to Robin Sweeny Park, 3 The League of Nations Southview Park, Dunphy Park 4a.theGandhi and MLK site. They are now in disrepair due won to other b. Ghost (she Best essential Supportbudget priorities over the years. ing Actress) Measure F dramatically changes this c. Goldfinger with no tax increase. d. Goodfellas Now that the MLK site purchase from the school district is complete 5 Facebook and there are stable tenants in the 6 Souththe America property, income can be used to secure financing.

Certificates 7 Marriott is No.These 3, Hilton is No. 2 ofand Participation (COPs) can1be used Intercontinental is No. (2014 todata). provide the $7.2 million needed

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Legend has it that this 1960s Chevrolet model was a huge disaster in Latin America because its Spanish name suggested that it might not run.

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BONUS QUESTION: Good students strive for what object that has a Greek name meaning “folded double?”

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▼ Most do-it-yourselfers are down for installing a new floor or building IKEA cabinets to save money on home improvements. NG of Mill Valley raised DIY to new heights when he attempted to cut costs by cutting down a 100-foot-plus tree in his yard. Before he was finished, the tall pine shifted into a precarious position and threatened three houses and power lines. The havoc NG created wasn’t malicious, but his ill-considered actions tied up the Southern Marin firefighters for five hours, compelled PG&E to turn off power to the neighborhood and forced nearby residents to evacuate their homes. “Just because you have a chainsaw doesn’t make you a lumberjack,” noted an evacuated neighbor. Treemasters safely felled the tree and charged NG a hefty emergency fee.

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▲ Though we’re enjoying sunny days and warm evenings, the flu season will soon move into our paradise. To protect us from this contagious and sometimes dangerous virus, the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a free flu shot clinic this Saturday, October 17, at Novato High School, from 10am to 2pm. A flu shot is the single best defense against influenza, says Dr. Matt Willis, Marin’s public health officer.

We get chills just thinking about flu symptoms. The fever, muscle aches, sore throat and cough can last for several days, causing folks to miss school and work. Let’s be heroes, take a jab at the flu and protect our friends and family by getting vaccinated at the free clinic.

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Stupid town councils [‘Limited investment,’ Oct. 7]. You guys are clueless.

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for urgent park improvements.

The COP is not a bond requiring tax increases for homeowners. It is not a mortgage with a threat of property foreclosure. It is a standard method of financing used by municipalities with income producing property. Standard & Poor’s has already rated it AA. Yes on F means Sausalito will be able to enjoy these improved parks sooner rather than later.

Projects of this scope cannot be done piecemeal. A pay-as-you-go approach would require saving up funds, delaying some projects by five to over a dozen years. Last year’s Measure O can’t do it either, as its main mission is to repair storm drains, streets and sidewalks.

Please visit YesOnFSausalito. com for more details on the work planned for each park. The rebuilding of Robin Sweeny will start immediately after the passage of Measure F. Vote Yes on F, and let’s get going!

—Thomas Theodores, Mayor, Sausalito

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Larkspur has drafted two proposals aimed at improving traffic.

Congestion cure?

Marin cities propose answers to traffic problems

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arkspur officials are hopeful that new proposals to ease traffic and congestion on a key thoroughfare that connects Highway 101 to Interstate 580 will help achieve an overall new perspective on long-term transportation and land use in

Marin County. The city has drafted two proposals aimed at improving traffic and delivering access to motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

According to city officials, the two projects will be submitted by the Transportation Authority of Marin to regional bodies for approval. It comes as congestion

along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard is currently overburdened—serving 55,000 vehicles per day. Designed in the 1960s, the boulevard was meant to handle approximately 20,000 vehicles daily. But with the Bay Area’s population increases over the past half-century, new efforts are needed.

Larkspur councilman Dan Hillmer, the city’s representative on the Transportation Authority of Marin, says that if the projects are not included in the budget, they will not get funded. “I think our best efforts would be to try to coordinate those projects we anticipate can be approved and achieved in a timely fashion,” Hillmer says.

It’s all part of Plan Bay Area 2040, a strategic update to Plan Bay Area 2013, and according to the official website, “it builds on earlier work to develop an efficient transportation network, provide more housing choices and grow in a financially and environmentally responsible way.”

The goal with Plan Bay Area is to help create a roadmap to assist Bay Area cities and counties in preserving the character of our diverse communities while adapting to the challenges of future population growth. In Marin, officials are hopeful that helping to reduce congestion and develop infrastructure projects will continue to help spur growth and entice companies to head to the county, which has recently seen large companies like Kaiser Permanente gobble up office space.

The Larkspur proposals aim to have wide-reaching effects. The first proposal would target the roadway specifically, and aims to upgrade the center median, improve traffic signals and extend turn lanes in order to give motorists better ease on and off the main boulevard and highways. Officials confirm that the five-year project would begin in 2016 and will cost more than $40 million, in additional to a $3.7 million maintenance cost.

The second proposal would ease travel from the already proposed SMART station to the Larkspur Ferry, with better signage and better marked pick-up and drop-off zones for shuttles and passenger loading zones. This project is cheaper, costing around $4 million total, including maintenance costs.

places and to get to the highway is a pain,” Wilson says. “I sincerely hope this will be more success than failure. We need something to get done.”

The wrangling over transportation in Marin is unlikely to subside in the near future, especially after Marin Assemblyman Marc Levine introduced a bill in late September aimed at eliminating the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) altogether. He argued that the commission is not accountable to the public and has been ineffective.

The San Rafael Democrat would also do away with the Bay Area Toll Authority as well as the commission, which oversees the region’s seven state-run bridges.

He would replace it with a new commission directly responsible to the public.

“Our traffic is some of the worst in the nation,” Levine says in a statement. “We need a transportation commission that will put their energies to eliminating traffic gridlock. The new Bay Area Transportation Commission will be responsive and accountable to our communities’ needs rather than operate as an appointed board.”

The commission is expected to take up the proposal in October.

It may be harder to dismantle the commission than Levine believes, considering the commission’s role in Plan Bay Area 2040, even as Levine and other critics assert the MTC is attempting to take more power than it deserves.

Randy Rentschler, MTC’s director of legislation and public affairs, says that the commission is taking the proposal seriously and hopes to find a compromise over the matter.

“We are just doing a simple, functional consolidation of regional planning, that’s all we are doing,” Rentschler is quoted as saying.

“It’s a small step toward functional efficiency. It’s more efficient for the public. There needs to be a region vision.”

And in many ways, the Larkspur proposals and the revamping of Plan Bay Area should help Marin make headway with the congestion problems that have plagued the county for years.✹

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“These are things we must do in order to make traffic flow better through the Sir Francis DrakeLarkspur Landing intersection,” Mayor Larry Chu says. “These projects are a good thing.”

Since the proposals were first announced at the end of September, other ideas have cropped up, including potential Highway 101 toll lanes in Marin, which supporters say would help speed traffic through the county. Being dubbed “express lanes,” the concept would allow individual drivers to pay to use carpool lanes in an effort to reduce congestion.

“We want to focus on the heavier-used corridors first,” says John Goodwin of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area’s transportation planning agency. Goodwin says that while Marin was initially left out of another toll lane plan, the commission is looking at revisiting the county after officials appeared receptive to the concept.

Marin residents also appear to support the concept, as a whole.

A 2010 survey reported that 17 percent of respondents “strongly supported” the toll lane idea, while another 24 percent “somewhat supported” the express lane. Only 27 percent were “strongly opposed.”

The problem facing Marin, as with many other Bay Area locations, is that space is limited. According to Dianne Steinhauser, the executive director of the Transportation Authority of Marin, “there is no space” for using carpool lanes. It would require new construction and renovation of existing roads.

“To create space, the carpool requirement would have to go from two to three persons in a car,” Steinhauser says. “That could wreak havoc with Marin traffic that is already teetering on the point of disaster.”

But for residents, doing nothing is worse than attempting to create new means of commuting to and from Marin County cities. Thomas Wilson, 39, a Marin City resident of 12 years, says that without changes to the current status quo, “it will be harder and harder to get around, especially during rush hours.”

He argues that city officials need to come together and find solutions in order to increase the ease of travel in the county. “It is taking more and more time to go a lot of

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He’s running on the power of his celebrity and channeling Ted Nugent while saving the gory policy details for later—except as they relate to immigration. That one’s a no-brainer: Everyone must go!

It’s a drama driven to heights of nativism, and thanks to the pugilism of Trump and his extreme

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views on immigration (not to mention his extremely positive views of himself ), we’re looking at the most hateful electoral throw-down in memory. At the first GOP debate, he laid claim to the immigration mantle and said nobody would be talking about it were it not for him.

None of the other candidates disagreed, even as Trump has driven the other top-tier candidates to the right on immigration and pushed the GOP establishment into frenzied distraction in the process.

Trump’s willingness to spill buckets of blood goes beyond his support for those two thugs who beat up

According to his immigration plan, he also plans to force American employers to hire American workers if elected president.

Noted North Bay progressiveauthor and former congressional candidate Norman Solomon says nobody with a clue about American history should be surprised at the xenophobia driving the Trump phenomenon. “If undocumented workers disappeared from the North Bay, a lot of the economic growth and functioning of the county would disappear,” he says.

“That’s just the reality.”

Solomon says the Trump phenomenon can be seen through the lens of a country that’s experienced tough financial times and is now angling for scapegoats.

Lost your 401k in 2008 because of Lehman Brothers, and now you're bagging groceries at Whole Foods?

Bash Hector!

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remains silent, and who will say and do the darnedest things in the service of Trump America. Much of that battle has played out in the anonymously enraged avenues of the internet and right-wing radio. The image of a thoroughly progressive North Bay is undercut, and sharply, through just a cursory spin through a couple of weeks’ worth of North Bay rants and raves on Craigslist.

Indeed, last summer’s killing of Kathryn Steinle by an undocumented alien along San Francisco’s Embarcadero put that city’s “sanctuary” status in the national crosshairs—and sanctuary cities across the country right along with it.

Solomon recalls that in 2010, when Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt was running against Pam Torliatt, xenophobe politics raised its ugly head right here.

Torliatt was asked in a campaign

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majority leader Kevin McCarthy, but as the week wore on, McCarthy emerged as nothing if not totally compromised, and perhaps incompetent.

Just as Boehner was bailing out on the GOP-led House, McCarthy went on Sean Hannity’s show and uttered the truth—at long last!—about the Benghazi select committee in Congress: That its purpose was to help drive down Clinton's poll numbers. McCarthy said he'd bring a Benghazi-like focus to Planned Parenthood via another select committee. Hannity thanked McCarthy for his efforts on behalf of the American people.

But the moment of unscripted get-Hillary truth-telling cost McCarthy, and by week’s end he was being challenged by Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz for the leadership role. The vote is October 29.

Vote counters on the Hill were already pointing out that there was no way McCarthy could gather the votes needed to ascend to Boehner’s chair, and Chaffetz went over to Politico.com after his announcement and told reporters that McCarthy doesn't have the speaking skills to be speaker.

McCarthy was already famous in Congress for his way with the malapropism, which is a polite way of saying that he's not very articulate.

Meanwhile, Benghazi, Benghazi and Benghazi! Oh yeah, and immigration too.

Even as the national Republican Party has pivoted hard right, the California state Republican Party has started to lay off the immigrantbashing rhetoric.

In advance of its convention in September, the state party defanged some of its immigration plank—in apparent recognition of the fact that Trump is a looming demographic disaster of the highest order.

For his contribution to a necessary national conversation around immigration, Trump has pledged to forcibly remove 11 million undocumented immigrants now living here. There’s somewhere around 1.5 million in this state alone, many in the agricultural sector, working in the proverbial shadows.

Along the way, Trump promises he’ll force all those Syrian refugees back to their home country, too, or whatever’s left of it. It seems like a lot of what Trump stands for has to do with forcibly removing people.

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a Mexican in his name a couple months ago (“The people that are following me are very passionate,” was his heinous defense, before he thought better of it).

Trump has already dropped a Willie Horton ad on Jeb “Third Time’s a Charm” Bush for daring to utter the word “love” in connection with a fair enough question about why Mexicans come here to work and then send money back to their families.

Trump’s ad juxtaposes Bush’s “love” comment with the Mexican rapists he plans to exploit all the way to the White House. The ad is priceless in its irresponsibility and rhetorical violence, and his poll numbers are holding steady. That Trump, he just says what's on his mind. Mexicans have meanwhile responded with Trump piñatas in the North Bay and beyond.

Last week was quite a run for readers of political tea leaves and the prospects for Tea Party favorites.

Trump led the pack as Bush made that unfortunate “stuff happens” comment about the Oregon mass shooting. Meanwhile, Carly Fiorina continued to fib mightily about Planned Parenthood videos, Ted Cruz accused Obama of tearing the country apart—pot, kettle, black— and Ben Carson was looking like the adult in the room, although he also looked like he just woke up from a meat coma. Then he started talking about guns. Youch!

On the other side, Hillary Clinton breezed through California for various $2,700-a-plate donor dinners last week, which included a visit to Belvedere in Marin County.

But she’ll need to pivot to a more Bernie Sanders–like populism if she hopes to ascend to the White House, says David McCuan, Sonoma State University political scientist.

That’s something she failed to do against Obama in 2008, he recalls.

Now she faces the prospect of facing off against Trump in 2016 in the general election, and I think we can all agree that would be a wild freaking ride.

Meanwhile, Speaker of the House John Boehner, having been Pope-shamed in his own house and having at last determined that his party has been given over to a strain of rampant yahooism—straight up announced his resignation from Congress, and set off a desperate scrum to replace him.

The putative favorite out the gate was the Kern County–based

U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, sees Trump’s anti-immigrant stance as a corollary to the anti-immigrant Prop. 187 that voters passed in California in 1994.

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Trump up the volume event whether she would consider voting to make Sonoma County a sanctuary county. A subsequent mailer (not issued by the Rabbitt campaign) stoked fears of unhinged Mexican violence should Sonoma go that route—and invoked a murder in San Francisco to make the point. Sound familiar? The county passed on becoming a sanctuary destination, and Torliatt got creamed in the election.

McCuan says immigration and the sanctuary issue will likely find its way onto ballot measures in around half the states in 2016—a great issue for “tilting at windmills” he says. “Trump has unleashed but really just revisited the issue,” McCuan says about immigration, an issue that will serve to stimulate Republican turnout in 2016.

McCuan sees a future California GOP as one that focuses its efforts on hyper-local races—school boards, planning commissions— and uses the ballot process to fan the flames of anti-immigrant sentiment. The most extreme end of the state party is the California Republican Assembly, he says, and that organization is hell-bent on rebuilding the farm team via local elections, regardless of what the state party does or doesn't do when it comes to immigrants.

So there’s a disconnect on undocumented immigration between the national party and the California GOP—and within the

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state party itself—but at least they agree on one thing: Benghazi. That story has trickled all the way down to local Republican committees, like so much supply-side manna from Libya.

The Sonoma County Republican Committee was one of several county GOP outlets that participated in an event last month (Solano and Napa counties were also in attendance) where Benghazi was on the agenda, in the form of an appearance by serviceman Kris Tanto Paronto who was in Libya when four Americans were killed.

His appearance was held in advance of the January 2016 release of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi that partisans say is going to be the final nail in the Clinton coffin. Even worse than those emails she deleted.

13 Hours is promoted as the film that will prove once and for all that Barack Obama hates Americans so much that he let them die while Clinton stood there and did nothing. Who gave the order to stand down? Nobody. But he's a Muslim, she's a bitch, end of story.

Vote Trump! The candidate recently issued a very screwy video that accused Clinton of dancing with her husband while Benghazi burned.

She is not named, but the scrolled text accuses politicians of “having fun” during the catastrophe.

Benghazi is a great way to get the base worked up, but shouldn’t local Republicans be a little more

Donald Trump is using the power of his celebrity to support his extreme views regarding immigration.

concerned about Trump and his immigration plan?

Edelweiss “Eddie” Geary is chair of the Sonoma County Republican Party, and believes that maybe Trump was onto something when he said that Mexico wasn’t necessarily sending its best across the border.

“Well, Mr. Trump said they send us their criminals,” Geary says. “I don't know if Mexico is concerned about saying goodbye to those people.”

Geary says she supports legal immigration and says the GOP is “branded unfairly as being against immigration.” She also iterated a number of general GOP talking points on Benghazi and Planned Parenthood, and also threatened to beat me, jokingly, with a rolled-up copy of the Bohemian if I threw her under the bus for this story. So I won’t do that.

The local party hasn’t endorsed a candidate, Geary says, but she speaks favorably of Trump when she notes, “He’s saying, basically, ‘We’re tired, and we’re not going to take it anymore.’ I get calls from people all the time: Where can they get Donald Trump material.”

Like a lot of Republicans, Geary also wants to know where Obama was the night of Benghazi. “We have no idea where he was.” And she says the Benghazi episode highlights that Clinton is not qualified to be president, as she repeats a well-traveled Clinton response to a congressional inquiry about Benghazi with, “At this point what difference does it make?”

And Geary says there’s plenty of support for Trump in the North Bay. The group had a table at the Sonoma County Fair this year and Geary says if she “had a dollar for every person at the booth who said they were supporting Trump, I could retire.”

Noted North Bay vintner Don Sebastiani is supporting Ben Carson and sent him $2,016 back in March, according to records available at Open Secrets. Carson is the only Republican candidate who has rightly observed that white Americans don't want to be working in the fields.

Before he was a vintner, Sebastiani was a Republican member of the California Assembly.

He supports Carson but doesn't expect him to win; threw a dinner for Rand Paul earlier this year; expects Jeb Bush to be the eventual

GOP nominee; says he dislikes Ted Cruz very much—and likes Marco Rubio, also very much.

Trump? Not so much. Sebastiani says he “kind of likes” Trump's tax plan—tax cuts, simplify the code—”but a lot of what he is doing is demagoguing … He’s insulting his way to the White House.”

And Trump’s plan to force American employers like him to hire American-born workers?

Sebastiani says Trump’s extremism on this point, compared to Carson, “is one of the things that I love about Ben Carson.”

Sebastiani says he’s all for an enforceable border policy, but scoffs at the idea of slapping handcuffs on 11 million people and sending them back to Mexico. Even his sixth-grade grandchild is noticing a certain quality about Trump. Sebastiani recalls the child recently declared, “This Trump is a racist!”

“What he is,” Sebastiani says, “is a publicist, and a stunning one.”

A common theme in stories about California is how the state has led the proverbial way. It led the way in gay marriage, curbing emissions and medical cannabis.

Is the state now a leader in partisanship?

McCuan observes that in California, there are lots of anti-tax Republicans, social conservatives and three moderates—“Arnold Schwarzenegger and two of his friends.”

Where did the rest of the moderates go?

“Every Republican I know is kind of embarrassed at this point,” says second-term U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael. “Most of the time they will tell you that they’ve voted for Democrats for years. Most will tell you that the party has left them.”

Huffman sees in the Trump antiimmigrant gambit a corollary from California’s not-distant past. Voters here passed the anti-immigrant Proposition 187 in 1994, which turned out to be a disaster for the state party that pushed it.

“At the national level, the GOP led by Trump and Cruz and others—it’s exactly what happened to the California GOP in 1994 with Wilson,” Huffman says, referring to former governor Pete Wilson, Republican. “He played to an ugly type of populism to win an election, and it’s cost them elections ever since. The same thing is now going on at the national level.”✹

Recipe by Claire Ptak

Pistachio, hazelnut and raspberry friands. Photo by Kristin Perers/Reprinted with permission from ‘The Violet Bakery Cookbook.’

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Balance in baking Claire Ptak blends savory and sweet in new cookbook By Tanya Henry

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iolet [Bakery] is a little corner of Northern California in East London,” writes Alice Waters in the foreword of pastry chef Claire Ptak’s stunning new cookbook.

Born and raised between Point Reyes Station and Inverness, Ptak recalls summers picking wild huckleberries and having access to lots of fruit trees year-round.

“My mother is a great cook and she encouraged me to experiment wildly,” explains Ptak, whose journey to owning a bakery in London and writing a cookbook began with early stints at the Bovine Bakery, catering jobs and three years in the pastry department at Berkeley’s venerable Chez Panisse.

Ptak describes how she once responded to an ad in the Point Reyes Light for catering work. She recalls the shock on the woman’s face when she discovered that Ptak was only 12 years old. However, Ptak proved herself capable by preparing a salmon mousse, and she was allowed to stay on the job. At the ripe age of 15, Ptak eagerly knocked on the doors of the Bovine Bakery before it had opened and convinced the owners to hire her. Initially she would only serve coffee, but before long she was back in the kitchen (in the early morning hours) learning the ropes.

Still, Ptak says that she never intended to be a professional baker.

She went off to college and studied film, but always found herself in the

kitchen baking for friends, family and colleagues. It wasn’t until she finished her studies and was back in the Bay Area that she began thinking about cooking full-time.

She landed a coveted internship at Chez Panisse and was offered a job in pastry a year later. After three years of learning as much as she could, or as she writes in her book, “I lived and breathed nothing but preparing, tasting and reading about food and how to make it taste as good as possible,” Ptak followed her now-husband to London, where eventually she would open Violet Bakery. And last month, Ptak’s first cookbook, The Violet Bakery Cookbook (Ten Speed Press) was published.

With its leisurely pace (chapters are denoted by morning, midday, afternoon and dinner), the cookbook takes us on a culinary adventure that weaves together Ptak’s deep Bay Area roots with her newfound, more formal English home. Recipes for a Squash, Brown Butter and Sage Quiche and a Rhubarb Galette share space with a Coconut Cream Trifle Cake and Comté and Chutney Toasties.

Puddings, scones, tarts and cakes get equal play in this thoughtful collection of sweet and savory offerings. Much like Alice Waters applauds Ptak for having a keen sense of balance with flavors, so too does her book—both a Northern California and London sensibility permeate its 269 pages—in just the right amounts.✹ On Saturday, Oct. 17 at 2pm, Point Reyes Books will present Claire Ptak for a talk, tasting and book signing at Sir & Star’s historic Olema Schoolhouse. $40; reservations required;ptreyesbooks.com.

Friands are little French almond cakes, which we love at Violet because they are moist and tasty and also so easy to make. In this version, I substituted hazelnuts and pistachios for some of the almonds because I had a few left over that I wanted to use up. I really like the way these turned out, because the hazelnut has a lovely light flavor and the pistachio gives them a pretty pop of color. It is another recipe that we can have fun with at Violet, as the nutty base lends itself to a variety of seasonal fruit toppings. Here I’ve used raspberries, but you could use any berries you like, or slices of peaches, nectarines, plums, figs or whatever.

Makes 12 to 16 friands 115g (1/2 cup) butter, melted, plus more for greasing the molds 90g (2/3 cup) all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 50g (7 tablespoons) ground almonds 40g (6 tablespoons) ground hazelnuts 40g (6 tablespoons) ground pistachios 190g (1-1/3 cup) confectioners’ sugar 5 egg whites, slightly whisked 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 200g (7 ounces; about 40 to 50) fresh raspberries 50g (1-3/4 cups) slivered pistachios confectioners’ sugar, for dusting Preheat the oven to 160°C/320°F (140°C/285°F convection). Butter 12 to 16 friand molds or muffin cups.

Combine all the ingredients (except the raspberries and slivered pistachios) in the bowl of a food processor and process until foamy (about 1 minute).

Spoon the mixture into the molds, filling them to about three-quarters full, then top each mold with 2 or 3 raspberries and sprinkle with the slivered pistachios.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the tops of the cakes are springy to the touch.

Leave the cakes to cool slightly in their molds, then remove and dust with confectioners’ sugar. They will keep well in an airtight container for a few days.

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In the film ‘Spotlight,’ reporters from ‘The Boston Globe’ investigate shocking cover-ups regarding allegations of abuse within the Catholic Church.

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Double tragedy ‘Spotlight’ shines light on Catholic Church and the ‘ghost’ of journalism

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that the film will be sparking similar conversations all over the country when it is released to the public in mid-November.

Astonishingly, the most emotional part of the film isn’t the glaring fact that an institution created to spread messages of love and salvation has been institutionally protecting child-abusers for decades. What prompts the first comment from the audience was the movie’s vivid recreation of The Boston Globe in 2001—a newspaper fully staffed and bustling with energy—standing as a cinematic ghost of what journalism in America was not so long ago.

“This movie is a love letter to journalism, definitely,” says McCarthy, pacing slightly as he speaks into a travelling microphone.

“For both my co-writer Josh Singer and I, there was something about the journalism hook of the story that just grabbed us. We dug in and spent time with these actual reporters, and realized the depth of the work they did, and the support they had, from their newspaper, back in 2001. When the bottom fell out of the newspaper industry in 2006, journalism was pretty much decimated. This kind of high-end, local investigative journalism doesn’t happen so much anymore. It still does in some places. There are still great reporters working out there, but they aren’t

can see, then it’s not enough. There are still a lot of children whose safety [and] well-being are at risk. It’s as simple as that. There are still kids who are vulnerable, and the church hasn’t really changed anything. Until they do, nice words are not enough.”

“What should they change?” comes a question from the front row.

“Well, they can start by treating priests the way we treat civilians,” he says. “If you are a pedophile, and you are accused and convicted, you go to jail. Full stop. It’s as simple as that. But that doesn’t happen in the church, or it doesn’t happen often enough. The church protects these priests, and moves them from one place where they’ve been caught, to another place where I guess they hope they’ll just magically be different people. The church is a massive institution, and these practices of protection and denial are ingrained, and nothing is going to change overnight, but we have to start somewhere—and a good place to start is by demanding that criminals, when caught, are treated like criminals. And that being a priest is not a magic license to avoid the punishments and actions that they deserve.”

McCarthy praises his ‘amazing’ cast, after an audience member asks him to elaborate on the actors. In making the film, he says, they all felt a sense of community, urgency and joy.

“That might sound a little weird with a story like this, but there is a real joy you have as a storyteller— whether you are a writer, a director, actor, producer, crew member.

There’s just a sense of joy when you get to tell a story that needs to be told.

“This,” McCarthy says, “is definitely that kind of story.”Y

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t’s an American tragedy, plain and simple.”

On opening night of the Mill Valley Film Festival, director Tom McCarthy peers, spotlight-blinded, into the audience at the crammed-to-the-limit Cinéarts Sequoia theater, in Mill Valley. The audience has just watched a special advance screening of McCarthy’s Spotlight, a riveting, expertly crafted drama about The Boston Globe reporters who cracked the case in 2001, shining a different kind of spotlight onto the Catholic Church’s now infamous cover-up of 70 Boston priests accused, in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, of serial child molestation and other abuses.

The film features bravura performances by Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci and Billy Crudup. With Spotlight, McCarthy—who premiered his critically acclaimed The Station Agent at the festival in 2003—beautifully rebounds from the mega-disaster of last year’s The Cobbler, an Adam Sandler comedy so badly calibrated it made people wonder why McCarthy wanted anything to do with it.

Judging from the audience’s emotional, thunderous reception to Spotlight, all is clearly forgiven, and over the course of a quick, 10-minute conversation after the film, it’s clear

supported the way they once were, and that’s a real tragedy.

“I didn’t set out, honestly, to write and make a movie that was a love letter to journalism,” he allows with a shrug, “but it just turned out that way, because the work of these reporters was just so thorough and so complete, and so fearless.”

Moderator Mark Fishkin, founder and executive director of the 38-year-old festival, tosses out his own question, asking McCarthy to elaborate on his observations about the decline of American journalism.

“Look,” he says, softly, “I’ve heard from more than a few journalists, including a few tonight, who say, ‘Wow! Those scenes in the newspaper, that’s how it was—and it’s just not that way anymore.” I truly think we don’t realize what we’ve lost. Most of us in this room are concerned about what’s going on in the world, but we don’t have time to go snooping around police stations and colleges and high schools and churches, knocking on doors and talking to people to get the full story. We have always relied on good journalists to get those stories, to find out the truth for us. If they don’t, who will?”

From a woman in the balcony comes a question about the Pope’s recent visit to the United States.

“I really loved this movie,” she says, “and I’m curious if you thought about releasing this film while he was here, so he’d have the opportunity to see it?”

“Strangely enough, the Vatican did request a private screening of the film,” replies McCarthy, quickly adding, “but … no, I’m kidding! That didn’t happen!”

For a second there, though, the audience clearly believed him, and gasped aloud when McCarthy confessed that he was joking.

“It’s amazing that you guys all went with that,” he says with a laugh.

“But no, we did not try to get the Pope to see the movie, though we of course knew he was in the U.S. I will say that the organizations that are working so hard on this issue—the members of SNAP [The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests] and Bishop Accountability, and all those other wonderful organizations that support survivors of clergy abuse—they feel like, with all the goodwill created by this Pope, there’s a possibility of change. I personally believe he is very forward thinking, and that’s exciting and positive, but I still think it just feels like a lot of nice words.

“Until there’s an actual change we

Tom McCarthy (left), director of the film ‘Spotlight,’ is welcomed by Mark Fishkin, Founder and Executive Director of MVFF, at a press conference preceding a screening on opening night.

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A hat caught in a magical breeze begins a windswept romance between Fabrizio (Jacob Bronson) and an American tourist (Jennifer Mitchell) in Spreckels Theatre Company’s production of the Tony Award-winning musical ‘The Light in the Piazza.’

THEATER

Meeting the challenge Spreckels’‘The Light in the Piazza’ artistic and impressive By David Templeton

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hen 2005’s The Light in the Piazza first materialized on Broadway, there was much talk that the show—a musical adaptation of Elizabeth Spencer’s 1960 novel—marked a return to the gorgeous scores and lyrical drama of the golden age of Broadway. Ignoring decades of rock and pop influences on Broadway, composer Adam Guettel created a score that was lush, orchestral, complex, operatic and deeply, brazenly romantic.

In a remarkably strong new production at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, director Gene Abravaya—taking a real risk on something this difficult—has more than met the challenge, assembling some first-rate singers and a stellar chamber orchestra for what is quite possibly the most beautiful, satisfying, musically competent and artistically successful show the company has ever staged.

Set in Italy in the 1950s, the story follows two visiting Americans, the wealthy Southerner Margaret (brilliantly played by Eileen Morris) and her wide-eyed daughter Clara (Jennifer Mitchell, whose pure

singing voice and expressive face make every emotion clear as a bell). When Clara falls in love, at first sight, with the youthful and exuberant Fabrizio (Jacob Bronson, as emotionally alive and effective as Mitchell), the stage is a set for a series of clashes.

In one delightful turn in the second act, Fabrizio’s mother (Barbara McFadden, wonderful) drops the Italian to explain in English what her husband (an excellent Steven Kent Barker) has been saying to their other son (Tariq Malik) and his wife (Amy Marie Webber).

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Oakland Indie pop quartet Trails and Ways combine a new interactive video experience with ethereal pop tunes.

MUSIC

New paths

Trails and Ways get visual for Mill Valley Film Fest By Charlie Swanson

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s we reported last week, this year the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) unveiled a new concert series—dubbed MVFF Music, at Sweetwater Music Hall—that curates interesting concerts around the festival’s films and themes.

One of the most experimental nights of this series takes place on Friday, October 16, with Oakland indie pop quartet Trails and Ways.

The band brings a new interactive video experience to the Sweetwater that plays along live with their shimmering, ethereal pop tunes.

By phone, Trails and Ways cofounder, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Keith Brower Brown speaks about the band’s international influence and their innovative concert visuals.

“I had been interested in music for some time, played some guitar growing up,” Brown says. “But not super seriously. I didn’t have that in mind when I went down there.”

“There” happens to be Brazil, where the Environmental Economics and Geography major traveled after graduating from UC Berkeley. His days in Brazil were spent studying the effects of wind farms on small fishing villages nearby; by night, Brown was pulled into the musical worlds of bossa nova and samba.

While abroad, Brown started writing songs with these new elements. When he came back to the U.S. in 2012, he shared those songs with drummer Ian Quirk, bassist

Emma Oppen and guitarist Hannah Van Loon and formed Trails and Ways as an Oakland bedroom pop band.

For three years, the band toiled away in the bedroom, self-releasing an EP in 2013 and tweaking their technique. “We tried it a bunch of different ways before we felt like we got the right sound,” Brown says.

In perfecting their sound, Trails and Ways have cultivated a densely layered, richly musical fusion of those worldly influences on their debut LP, Pathology, released last June on Barsuk Records.

Trails and Ways worked with San Francisco visual artist and director Gonzalo Eyzaguirre, who directed the music video for their song “Jacaranda,” off the new album.

Essentially, they developed a system that would take the live feed from the band’s instruments and translate the signals into everchanging shapes and patterns played simultaneously with the music.

With a slew of critical acclaim, more touring on the horizon and a new music video set on the Marin coast scheduled to drop this month, Trails and Ways are clearing a path that’s both innovative and imaginative.✹ Trails and Ways play as part of MVFF Music on Friday, Oct. 16, at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley; 9pm; $20; 415/388-1100.

‘Beasts of No Nation’is a fictional film about the boy soldiers used as shock troops throughout Africa.

FILM

The exposition ‘Beasts of No Nation’ tragic and universal

By Richard von Busack

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amuel Fuller had firsthand experience of war, but working as an honest B-filmmaker, he rarely had the scope to reproduce what he saw.

Kubrick made war movies with great scope, but without overwhelming humanity; Kurosawa had sweep and humanity, but always found himself dazzled by the bushido code.

The former Bay Area director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s epic new film Beasts of No Nation shows that he already deserves placement with those three names. Playing at the Mill Valley Film Festival before opening on October 16 on Netflix at the same time as limited theatrical engagement, this is a towering fictional film about the boy soldiers used as shock troops throughout Africa from the Second Congo War to the Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria.

In the highlands of an unnamed African country, there’s a buffer zone between government forces and armed rebels. When the barrier falls and the soldiers arrive, the family of the boy Agu (Abraham Attah) is split apart.

Soon Agu is forced into the army of a charismatic psycho called “The Commandant” (Idris Elba). In the mountains, in a fortress of bamboo huts guarded by heavy guns, Agu is brutalized into becoming a soldier.

Fukunaga does what’s done in the best war movies—he balances the sense of pity with the sensationalism, and unveils a ghastly

irony when exposing the character of the top brass. (The head of the rebels is a venal little Goebbels of a man.) The African bush looks as verdant as Henri Rousseau’s forest— Fukunaga amplifies the colors into hallucination, to reflect the horrors Agu sees and perpetrates.

Attah is a tremendous young actor, and one wonders why Fukunaga thought that relatively heavy narration was needed to explain his easily understood emotions. This is the first great film on a horror subject, these children’s crusades during the evercontinuing Great War of Africa. Yet the movie is quite universal. The brutal training is a form of what all soldiers undergo; in a flooded trench, crimson with mud from the red African soil, we see a mirror of the Western Front.

Attah is startling, but the movie is really held together by Elba’s Commandant, a well-rounded, fascinating observation of a war criminal who is ultimately all too human—whose self-delusion about being the savior of the constitution survives the loss of his cause. Working as producer, director, cinematographer and scriptwriter (adapting the Nigerianborn novelist Uzodinma Iweala’s novel), Fukunaga surpasses even his innovative version of Jane Eyre and of the odyssey Sin Nombre. He’s clearly a master filmmaker, worthy of this vast and tragic subject.✹

By Matthew Stafford

Friday, October 16 - Thursday, October 22 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (3:05) The acclaimed dance troupe performs four mesmerizing works including Ailey’s own “Revelations.”

Andre Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert (3:30) The Dutch violinist-conductor presents a lilting evening of classical music.

Back to the Future Triple Feature (5:42) Catch all three chapters of the Marty McFly time-traveling saga for a mere $12; discounted ice cream, hot dogs, popcorn and soda pop too!

Black Mass (2:02) Johnny Depp stars as a Boston Irish mobster who hooks up with the FBI to take on the Italian mob; Benedict Cumberbatch is the good brother.

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 & Joel Coen.

Casablanca (1:42) World-weary saloonkeeper Humphrey Bogart is thrust into global intrigue when ex-gf Ingrid Bergman reenters his life, nasty Nazis at hand; Claude Rains steals the show as Louis the cop.

Crimson Peak (1:59) Guillermo del Toro horror fantasy stars Jessica Chastain as a young innocent swept off to a crumbling mansion haunted by sex, violence and other diversions.

Ed Sheeran X Tour (3:20) The folk-pop phenom rocks London’s Wembley Stadium.

Everest (2:01) Docudrama follows several danger-filled expeditions up towering Mt. Everest; Jake Gyllenhaal stars.

Freeheld (1:43) True story of a dying New Jersey cop who fought for the right to leave her pension to her domestic partner; Julianne Moore stars.

Goosebumps (1:43) Brechtian yet familyfriendly horror comedy in which real-life author R.L. Stine (Jack Black) accidentally unleashes the creatures from his Goosebumps stories.

He Named Me Malala (1:28) Documentary tribute to Pakistani teen/children’s rights advocate Malala Yousafzai, the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Intermezzo (1:28) Swedish romance stars Ingrid Bergman as a concert pianist who falls in love with a married violinist.

The Intern (2:01) Retired business tycoon Robert De Niro lands an internship at a fashion startup run by perky Anne Hathaway.

A Journey to Italy (1:26) Roberto Rossellini drama examines an English couple’s disintegrating marriage during a trip to Naples; Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders star.

June Night (1:25) Small-town girl Ingrid Bergman risks public scandal when she falls for a skirt-chasing sailor.

Ladrones (1:38) Caper comedy about a thief who comes out of retirement to protect his community from a ruthless tycoon.

The Martian (2:16) Ridley Scott sci-fi adventure about a daring NASA attempt to rescue an astronaut marooned on Mars; Matt Damon stars.

The Metropolitan Opera: Otello (3:30) Verdi’s tumultuous tale of a soldier brought down by envy and jealousy is presented in dazzling big-screen high definition; Zeljko Lucic plays Iago.

Mill Valley Film Festival The 38th annual cinematic soiree features seminars, workshops, galas, in-person tributes and hundreds of movies from around the world.

Mr. Holmes (1:44) Ian McKellen stars as an elderly Sherlock Holmes dealing with his diminished faculties after witnessing the destruction of Hiroshima.

National Theatre London: Hamlet (4:00) Catch Benedict Cumberbatch as the Bard’s conflicted, vengeful prince of Denmark, direct from London in big-screen high definition.

99 Homes (1:52) A modern-day Faust is offered the chance to reoccupy his home—if he helps the realtor who kicked him out repossess the homes of others.

Notorious (1:41) Party girl Ingrid Bergman is recruited by no-nonsense CIA agent Cary Grant to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in postwar Rio; Alfred Hitchcock directs, masterfully.

Pan (1:51) Prequel looks at the early life of the abducted orphan who becomes Peter Pan; Rooney Mara is Tiger Lily, of course.

Pawn Sacrifice (1:56) True story of loco chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and his Cold War showdown with Soviet gambit master Boris Spassky; Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber star.

Phoenix (1:39) Hitchcockian cocktail of illusion and deception about a concentration camp survivor and former cabaret songstress who wanders postwar Berlin in search of her husband’s past.

Roger Waters: The Wall (2:40) Catch the classic Pink Floyd album in concert; includes musings on war and remembrance from Waters and bandmate Nick Mason.

Rosenwald (1:36) Bio-documentary of Julius Rosenwald, the Sears magnate who built thousands of schools for black children in the Jim Crow South of the early 20th century.

She’s Funny That Way (1:33) Peter Bogdanovich screwball comedy about the love sextangle that develops between the cast, crew and hangers-on of an aborning Broadway play; Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and Kathryn Hahn star.

Sicario (2:01) Crimebusters Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro head into the borderlands to take on a Mexican drug cartel.

Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine (2:00) Alex Gibney’s not-particularly-worshipful documentary about the late nerd icon.

This Changes Everything (1:29) Provocative documentary looks at fossil fuel extraction, global warming and the sensible notion that tackling climate change can save the world’s precarious economy.

3 Still Standing (1:30) Documentary focuses on Will Durst, Johnny Steele and Larry “Bubbles” Brown, resilient survivors of San Francisco’s late-’70s comedy renaissance.

The Walk (2:03) Robert Zemeckis biopic of Philippe Pettit, the rogue aerialist who wirewalked between the towers of the World Trade Center.

A Woman’s Face (1:36) Scarred, embittered blackmailer Ingrid Bergman gets a new lease on life when a plastic surgeon transforms her into … well, Ingrid Bergman.

Woodlawn (2:05) A Birmingham high school football team takes on racism and segregation in its unexpected run to the playoffs.

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

• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (PG) Regency: Thu 7 • Andre Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert (G) Regency: Tue 7 • Back to the Future Triple Feature (PG) Cinema: Wed 4:30 Marin: Wed 4:30 Northgate: Wed 4:30 Rowland:

Wed 4:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:40, 5:35, 8:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 3:30, 6:45, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 6:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45 Playhouse: Fri, Mon-Wed 4, 7; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20; Sun 12:20, 3:40, 7; Mon-Thu 10:30, 12:20, 3:40, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 • Casablanca (PG) Rafael: Mon 7:15 • Crimson Peak (R) Marin: Fri-Sat 4, 6:45, 9:30; Sun 1:15, 4, 6:45; Mon-Wed 4:15, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:25, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 • Ed Sheeran X Tour (PG-13) Regency: Thu 7:30 Everest (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 3D showtime at 10:05; Sat-Sun 1:35, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 4:25, 10:05 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:30, 7:20; 3D showtimes at 4:25, 10:10 • Freeheld (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25; Sun-Thu 11:10, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 • Goosebumps (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:15, 6:40, 9:10; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:15, 6:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 12:20, 3, 5:40, 8:20 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 7:15, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 7:15, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 7:15; Mon-Wed 3:30, 7:15 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:45, 2:20, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 4:50, 10:05 Grandma (R) Marin: Fri-Sat 4:30, 7:15, 9:15; Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15; Mon-Tue 4:45, 7:30 Rafael: Mon-Thu 6:15-8:15 He Named Me Malala (PG-13) Regency: Fri 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:15; Sat 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:15; Sun-Tue 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50; Wed-Thu 1:05, 3:20 Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35; Sun-Wed 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:20, 3:40, 6, 8:15, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:35, 2, 6:50; 3D showtimes at 11:35, 2, 6:50 • Intermezzo (Not Rated) Rafael: Thu 6:30 The Intern (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Tue 11, 1:50, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25; Wed 1:30 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:15, 2:10, 5:05, 7:55 Sequoia: Mon-Wed 4:10, 7 (showtimes may change on Wed) • A Journey to Italy (Not Rated) Rafael: Wed 6:30 • June Night (Not Rated) Rafael: Wed 8 Ladrones (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:05, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35 The Martian (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:15, 1:15, 3:30, 4:30, 6:45, 7:45, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:15, 1:15, 3:30, 4:30, 6:45, 7:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 2:20, 5:30, 8:40; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 6:40, 9:40; Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40; Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:40; Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Tue 12:50, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 4:05, 10:25 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:25, 5:25, 8:25 The Metropolitan Opera: Otello (Not Rated) Lark: Wed 6:30 Marin: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Regency: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Sequoia: Wed 6:30 • Mill Valley Film Festival Runs through Sunday at the Lark, Rafael and Sequoia; call (415) 383-5256 or visit mvff.com for schedule Mr. Holmes (PG) Lark: Mon 5:40; Wed 3:45; Thu 4:45 National Theatre London: Hamlet (PG-13) Lark: Thu 7:30 99 Homes (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10; Sun-Thu 10:40, 1:20, 4:15, 7:20 • Notorious (Not Rated) Rafael: Tue 7:15 Pan (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:55, 4, 6:50, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12:55, 4, 6:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:15, 5:55, 8:35; 3D showtimes at 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11, 4:20, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 1:40, 7 Pawn Sacrifice (PG-13) Regency: Fri 10:25, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 10:05; Sat 4:25, 7:10, 10:05; Sun 4:25, 7:10; Mon, Wed 10:25, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10; Tue, Thu 10:25, 1:40 Sequoia: Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:15 (showtimes may change on Wed) Phoenix (PG-13) Lark: Tue 5:50; Thu 2:30 Roger Waters: The Wall (R) Regency: Sun 12:55 Rosenwald (Not Rated) Lark: Mon 12:30; Tue 3:30; Thu 12:10 She’s Funny That Way (R) Lark: Mon 8:10; Wed 1:30 Sicario (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 10; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 10 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:35, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:40, 7:35 Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (R) Lark: Tue 12:45 • This Changes Everything (Not Rated) Rafael: Mon-Tue 7 (discussion follows each showing) • 3 Still Standing (Not Rated) Rafael: Thu 7:15 (directors Robert Campos and Donna LoCicero in person, comics Larry Brown, Will Durst and Johnny Steele in performance) Trainwreck (R) Lark: Mon 2:50; Tue 8:10 The Walk (PG) Marin: Fri-Sat 4:15, 9:45, 3D showtime at 7; Sun 4:15, 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7; Mon-Tue 7:15; 3D showtime at 4:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 5:10 3D showtimes at 2:15, 8 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10:30pm • A Woman’s Face (Not Rated) Rafael: Wed 8 • Woodlawn (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Black Mass (R) Bridge of Spies (PG-13)

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Sundial Concerts

Rosanne Cash Johnny Cash’s eldest daughter has made her own mark on country and Americana landscape. She is joined by guitarist John Leventhal. Oct 16, 8pm. $35-$45. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

MARIN Royal Southern Brotherhood Exciting Southern rock band features Cyril Neville, Bart Walker, Tyrone Vaughan, Charlie Wooton and Yonrico Scott. Oct 18, 8pm. $22-$27. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

NAPA Tommy Castro & the Painkillers Official record release party for Castro’s newest album, “Method to My Madness,” also features Mark Karan of RatDog opening. Oct 16, 8pm. $20-$40. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

The Tannahill Weavers Scotland-based band spans the centuries of Celtic music with fiery instrumentals, traditional melodies and original arrangements. Oct 17, 8pm. $18-$20. Studio 55 Marin, 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, 415.453.3161.

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Joshua Bell The stunning violinist performs a varied program of classical and modern works with a busking style and inspiring energy.

Oct 17, 7:30pm. $65 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

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

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

Mudhoney Seattle indie-rock royalty perform in the historic barn. With special guests FUZZ, featuring Ty Seagall. Oct 16, 8pm. $35. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma, 707.938.5277.

Corte Madera Library Oct 15, Joseph Bacon and Helene Zindarsian. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

Fenix Oct 15, Jeff Oster. Oct 16, Zydeco Flames.

Oct 17, Fleetwood Mask. Oct 18, 11:30am, 3inTune. Oct 18, 6:30pm, Sherie Julianne.

Oct 20, classical night with Paul Smith.

Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Thurs, California Flight Project. Sun, Mexican Banda. Tues, Planet Barz freestyle rap battles. Oct 16, Sonora Tropicana.

Oct 17, DJ Maroquien. Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262. concertedefforts.com

Singer/songwriter Roseanne Cash (Johnny Cash’s daughter) will grace the stage on Friday, Oct. 16 at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, celebrating her highly-acclaimed, three-time Grammy Award-winning album ‘The River and the Thread.’

HopMonk Novato Oct 16, AZ/DZ. Oct 17, Zigaboo Modeliste & the New Aahkesstra. Oct 18, 5pm, Griffin House with Tom Freund. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Marin Country Mart Oct 16, Michael LaMacchia Trio. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Mill Valley Library Oct 18, 11am, Andy Strain’s the Trombonist.

375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

19 Broadway Club Oct 15, Baby & the Luvies. Oct 16, Prezident Brown. Oct 17, Avocado Sundae Reunion.

Oct 18, 4pm, the Dead League with the Webs. Oct 18, 8pm, Johnny Adams. Oct 20, Electro Soul Sessions II. Mon, open mic.

Wed, the Hump. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Oct 14, Joe Kaplow. Oct 15, Michael LaMacchia Band. Oct 16, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 17, Chris Saunders Band. Oct 18, 3pm, Flowtilla. Oct 18, 8:30pm, Migrant Pickers and friends. Oct 21, Timothy O & Company. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Oct 14, Deborah Winters. Oct 15, Robert Overbury Duo. Oct 16, Eric Markowitz Trio. Oct 17, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. Oct 18, Susan Sutton Trio. Oct 20, Ken Cook.

Oct 21, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Oct 14, Donna D’Acuti. Oct 15, Deborah Winters. Oct 20, Swing Fever. Oct 21, the Jazz Roots Band. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Oct 14, Tom Finch Trio. Oct 15, Burnsy’s Sugar Shack. Oct 16, Ann Halen. Oct 18, La Mandanga. Oct 20, Fresh Baked Blues.

Oct 21, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Oct 16, Windshield Cowboys. Oct 18, Wendy DeWitt. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Oct 15, Los Flamencos del Pueblo. Oct 16, the 7th Sons. Oct 17, Django Mack. Oct 18, Mazacote. Mon, Marco Sainz Trio. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Oct 15, the Fabulous BioTones. Sun, open mic. Mon, Monday Night Live with Epicenter Sound DJs. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge Third Friday of every month, DJ Jimmy Hits. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551.

Station House Cafe Oct 18, the Bootleg Honeys. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

Sweetwater Music Hall Oct 14, Tommy Igoe and friends. Oct 15, Stroke 9. Oct 16, Trails & Ways. Oct 17, the Great Mill Valley Gospel Show with Narada Michael Walden. Oct 18, 12pm, the Vivants.

Oct 21, Dick Dale. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

CALENDAR Terrapin Crossroads Oct 14, Eric DiBerardino. Oct 15, San Geronimo. Oct 16, Terrapin All-Stars with Grahame Lesh. Oct 17, Greg Loiacono and friends. Oct 19, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen. Oct 20, Stu Allen and friends. Oct 21, Lazyman. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

True North Pub & Grill Tues-Sun, live music. 638 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, 415.453.1238.

SONOMA A’Roma Roasters Oct 16, Ricky Alan Ray Band. Oct 17, Jon Gonzales. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.576.7765.

Annex Wine Bar Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779.

Annie O’s Music Hall Oct 17, Prezident Brown with Reggae Angels. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.484.1331.

Aqus Cafe Oct 14, open jazz jam. Oct 16, Tyler Allen.

Oct 17, La Guinguette. Oct 21, West Coast Songwriters Competition. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Oct 16, Hardcore Battle of the Bands. Oct 18, 4pm, Drums for Solar. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern Oct 15, Hilary Marckx. Oct 16, Brothers Gadjo. Oct 17, Mark McDonald. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy Oct 14, Tracy Rose and friends. Oct 15, Marshall House Project. Oct 16, Terry Hanck. Oct 17, Mighty Groove. Oct 18, MianoJazz Trio. Tues, the American Alley Cats. Oct 21, Sista Otis. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Brixx Pizzeria Oct 17, Third Rail Band. 16 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.766.8162.

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille Oct 17, DJ Cal. Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma, 707.938.7110.

Cellars of Sonoma Oct 15, Ricky Alan Ray. Oct 16, John Pita. Oct 17, Falcon Christopher. Tues, Wavelength.

133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1826.

Coffee Catz Oct 15, 5:30pm, Old Earth. Oct 15, 4:30pm, DJ Kudjo. Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600.

D’Argenzio Winery Oct 15, Luv Planet. 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.280.4658.

Finley Community Center Third Friday of every month, Steve Luther.

Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

Flamingo Lounge Oct 16, Featherwitch. Oct 17, Cold Sol. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

French Garden Oct 16, New Skye Band. Oct 17, LaFlammeLawrence Ensemble. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030.

Green Music Center Oct 16, the Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India. Oct 18, Santa Rosa Symphony presents “Music from Out of This World”. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Oct 18, Monteverdi & His Milieu. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol Oct 16, SubtomiK with DJ Gabriel Francisco.

Oct 17, Dustin Saylor & the Growing Seed.

Oct 19, Monday Night Edutainment with DJ Jacques and DJ Guacamole. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Oct 16, Clay Bell. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg Oct 17, Gaeo Schell Trio with Adam Gay and Greg Wyser-Pratte. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Oct 15, Jacob Green. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room Oct 14, Hot Grubb. Oct 15, Hunter and the Dirty Jacks. Oct 16, McHugh and Devine.

Oct 17, the Pine Needles. Oct 18, the Rusty String Express. Oct 21, Quiet Life and Cotton Jones. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro Oct 15, Twin Soles. Oct 16, Jess Petty. Oct 17, Don Olivet Jazz Trio. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen Oct 16, Jacob Green Band. Oct 17, the Real Diehl and Hot Zone Band. Oct 18, 4pm, the River City Band. Oct 18, 8pm, George Heagerty & Never the Same. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel. 16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Oct 16, Mike Mullen Trio. Oct 17, the Perfect Crime. Oct 18, McCoy Tyler Band.

Oct 20, Tsunami. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre Oct 16, Rudy Colombini and the Unauthorized Rolling Stones. Oct 17, Petty

Theft. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

Newman Auditorium Oct 18, 4pm, SRJC Chamber Music Concert Series with pianist David Korevaar. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4372.

Occidental Center for the Arts Oct 18, 5pm, Bill Evans presents The Banjo in America. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.

Phoenix Theater Oct 16, Ex’s with Benefits and the Bumblin’ Bones. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe Oct 14, Sound Garden. Oct 16, Chime Travelers. Oct 17, 11am, Duo Valle Luna. Oct 17, 8pm, the Thugz. Oct 18, 11am, Douglas Cross. Oct 18, 4pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band.

Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Resurrection Parish Oct 18, 3:30pm, Christine Westhoff and Timothy Allen. 303 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa.

Rio Nido Roadhouse Oct 17, Captain Paisley. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821.

Rossi’s 1906 Wed, the Honeydippers (with dance lessons). Oct 17, Flowery School Fundraiser.

Oct 18, 3 on a Match. 401 Grove St, El Verano, 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Oct 16, Out of the Blue. Oct 17, Dream Farmers. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.9610.

Spancky’s Oct 16, Flyover States. Oct 17, Paulie’s Garage. Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

St John’s Episcopal Church Oct 18, 5pm, Celtic Evensong. 40 Fifth St, Petaluma.

Toad in the Hole Pub Sun, live music. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.8623.

Tradewinds Oct 15, DJ Dave. Oct 16, DJ Ron Sicat and the Cowtown Girls. Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Tavern Oct 14, Old School Country Band. Oct 15, Levi’s Workshop with Levi Lloyd. Oct 16, Medicine Man. Oct 17, 5pm, Jamie Clark Band. Oct 17, 8pm, 707 Band. Oct 18, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with Stax City.

Oct 21, Roadhouse Ramblers. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip Oct 16, North Bay Cabaret’s Shocktober.

1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.

Wild Flowers Saloon Fri, DJ night. 9 Mitchell Lane, Healdsburg, 707.433.4500.

Zodiacs Oct 16, Deadphish Orchestra. Oct 17, Will

Bernard Band. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.7751.

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NAPA Beringer Vineyards Oct 17, Steel Jam. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

Billco’s Billiards Thurs, live music. 1234 Third St, Napa, 707.226.7506.

City Winery Napa Oct 16, Forejour. Oct 17, Dar Williams with Jenny O. Oct 18, Joan Armatrading with Matt Bednarsky. Sold-out. Oct 19, Dick Dale.

Oct 21, Robbie Fulks with T Sisters. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Cornerstone Cellars Oct 18, 3pm, Eric Caballo. 6505 Washington St, Yountville, 707.945.0388.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Oct 15, Reggae City Band. Oct 16, Later Dayz.

Oct 17, the Sorry Lot. Sun, DJ Aurelio. Tues, the Used Blues Band. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

Hydro Grill Fri, Sat, blues. Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.942.9777.

Methode Bubble Bar & Restaurant Fri, Sat, David Ruane. 1400 First St, Napa, 707.254.8888.

Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623.

River Terrace Inn Oct 15, Nate Lopez. Oct 16, Craig Corona.

Oct 17, Johnny Smith. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa, 707.320.9000.

Silo’s Oct 14, Mike Annuzzi. Oct 15, Flamenco with Jason Wright and friends. Oct 16, Suspects of Soul. Oct 17, 8 Track Massacre.

Oct 21, Mike Greensill jazz. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Uva Trattoria Oct 14, Dan & Margarita. Oct 15, 3 on a Match. Oct 16, Fundz Jazz. Oct 17, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Oct 18, Nate Lopez. Oct 21, Tom Duarte. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.

Art OPENING SONOMA Opera House Collective Oct 17-Nov 4, “Dia de Los Muertos Show,” works from Meg Regelous, Stephanie Jucker, Jason Sheldrick and others gets into the spirit of the Day of the Dead. Reception, Oct 17 at 6pm. 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 7 days per week from 11-5pm 707.774.6576.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Art Works Downtown Through Nov 13, “Fire and Water,” 1337 Gallery shows art inspired by the elemental powers of fire, water or both. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

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Corkscrew Wine Bar Oct 16, Domestic Harmony. Oct 17, Spare Parts. Oct 20, Joel Schick. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505.

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Heritage Public House, 1901 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.540.0395.

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Jimmy Tatro The YouTube star presents his one-man show, “Memoirs of a College Dropout.” Oct 16, 9pm. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

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Laughing Tomato Comedy Showcase Local and Bay Area comics, hosted by Tony Sparks. Third Tues of every month, 8pm.

Free. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

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Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

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Wed 10/14 • Doors 8pm • ADV $40 / DOS $50

Tommy Igoe featuring members of Doobie Brothers, Tower of Power, Santana & more Thur 10/15 • Doors 9:30pm • ADV $17 / DOS $22

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Fri 10/16 • Doors 8pm • $20

Trails & Ways

Sat 10/17 • Doors 7:30pm • $75

The Great Mill Valley Gospel Show

featuring Narada Michael Walden, Jeanie Tracy, Emma Jean Foster, members of The Love Center Choir, and special guests Sun 10/18 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $27

Royal Southern Brotherhood

featuring Cyril Neville, Bart Walker, Tyrone Vaughan, Charlie Wooton & Yonrico Scott Tues 10/20 • Doors 6:30pm • FREE

Trivia Cafe hosted by Howard Rachelson — with Prizes Wed 10/21 • Doors 7pm • ADV $35 / DOS $40

Guitar Legend Dick Dale w/ Victor Krummenacher of Camper Van Beethoven

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

The Tannahill Weavers, one of Scotland’s premier traditional bands, will perform on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 8pm at Studio 55 Marin in San Rafael.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Nov 14, “Mosaics & Madrones,” watercolor exhibit by Muriel Schmalberg Ullman ranges in inspiration from Costa Brava in Spain to the artist’s home in Mendocino County. Reception, Oct 17 at 1pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

Bolinas Museum Through Nov 14, “Tom Killion: California’s Wild Edge,” the artist’s original woodcuts of the coast, Mt. Tamalpais, trees and mountains are on display. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment. 415.868.0330.

Depot Bookstore & Cafe Through Oct 30, “Mt. Tamalpais,” oil paintings by Northern California artists working in the colorist tradition.

87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.2665.

Gallery Route One Through Oct 25, “Graveson & Morvitz: Alchemy / Memory,” Tim Graveson shows his large-scale images while Morvitz displays drawings and poems based on 16thcentury European alchemy books. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5.

415.663.1347.

Marin Society of Artists Gallery Through Oct 24, “The Left Coast,” artists from the West Coast show some love for their home states, with multimedia works addressing varied local topics. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11 to 4; SatSun, noon to 4. 415.454.9561.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Oct 22, “Four Elements,” photography show is juried by Stuart Schwartz. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Ruth Livingston Studio Through Oct 31, “Through My Prism,” Jennifer White Kuri’s solo exhibit features mixed media and paintings, ranging from late 1970s to the present. 74 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.5264.

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Through Oct 29, “Elan Kamesar Solo Exhibit,” printmaker is inspired by traditional and folkloric art forms. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo.

415.488.8888.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Nov 4, “Memories from the Backlot,” exhibition from artist Inez Storer tells vivd life stories through painting and collage. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

SONOMA Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Oct 25, “What’s Your Bag?” member show transforms tote bags into works of art. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. WedThurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.996.3115.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Oct 18, “Sonoma County Art Trails Preview Exhibition,” featuring the work of all 164 participating artists. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

Sonoma Community Center Through Oct 30, “Spotlight on Faculty,” the center shows watercolors and ceramics by faculty members Dick Cole and Chic Lotz respectively. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm. 707.938.4626.

Comedy Amateur Standup Competition Watch locals give it a go with a mic, or sign up yourself. Oct 18, 7pm. $5. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

Comedy Night Queenie T T headlines a night of laughs.

Every other Thurs, 7pm. Bui Bistro, 976 Pearl St, Napa, 707.225.5417.

Comedy Showcase Popular local comic Ricky Del Rosario hosts a night of laughs with new guests each week. Third Sun of every month, 8:30pm.

Michael Kosta Rising standup star has been seen on Comedy Central. Oct 21, 8pm. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

Tuesday Night Live Comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide, are featured in another special lineup of laughs. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dance 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.

HopMonk Novato Oct 18, 7pm, Full Moon Swing Dance. $15.

224 Vintage Way, Novato 415.892.6200.

Events Biketoberfest Enjoy a free celebration of bikes, music, food and family fun—and a stellar brewfest.

The festival will feature more than 70 bike exhibitors, a handmade bike show, more than 35 varieties of beer from 20 West Coast brewers, live music featuring The Mother Truckers, cargo bike racing and delicious food from local vendors. Saturday, Oct. 17, 11am to 5pm, FairAnselm Plaza, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. di Party di Rosa Annual benefit art auction and soiree boasts intimate seated dinner, live and silent art auctions, festive cocktails, premier Napa wines, unconventional performances and live music. Oct 17, 5pm. $300. di Rosa, 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa, 707.226.5991.

Fort Ross Harvest Festival World-class wine and a four-course Grand Luncheon mix with music and more, all set on the spectacular Sonoma Coast. Oct 17. $20 and up. Fort Ross State Historic Park, 19005 Hwy 1, Jenner, 707.847.3437.

Goblin Jamboree Family Fundraiser The Museum transforms into a familyfriendly spooktacular Halloween wonderland complete with pony rides, petting zoo, games, live entertainment and more. Oct 17-18. $17. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900.

MALT Day at the Pumpkin Patch Pick an organic pumpkin, tasted local cider, beer and treats, and let the kids go crazy with crafts. Oct 18, 10am-4pm. Free.

Nicasio Valley Farms, 5300 Nicasio Valley Rd, Nicasio.

Marin Professionals Program Orientation A comprehensive orientation for Marin Professionals free 5-Day Job Search Workshop. Oct 21, 1:30pm. Marin Employment Connection, 120 N Redwood Dr, San Rafael, 415.473.3300.

Marketplace at the Mission The preschool’s fundraising rummage sale featues quality children’s clothes, housewares, books jewelry and more. Oct 18, 8am. Free. Saint Raphael Preschool, 1100 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.456.1702.

Mill Valley Library Book Sale Friends of Mill Valley Library holds monthly sale of all genres of literature and reference books, CDs and videos.

Third Sat of every month, 9am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

National Bioneers Conference Notable speakers and interactive workshops connect people with visionary solutions for our most pressing environmental and social challenges. Oct 16-18. $175 and up. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, conference.bioneers.org.

Pacific Coast Air Museum Third weekend of every month from 10 to 4, folks are invited to play pilot in a featured aircraft. Third Sat of every month and Third Sun of every month. $5. Pacific Coast Air Museum, 2330 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa, 707.575.7900.

Ping-Pong & Right-Brain Exploration Table tennis takes on a whole new light.

Mon, 7:30pm. $15 per month. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Russian Tea & Fragrance Festival Fragrant festivities include tealeaf readings, live music, Rose Sorbet making and garden tours. Oct 17-18, 10am. $5. Russian River Rose Company, 1685 Magnolia Dr, Healdsburg, 707.575.6744.

Santa Rosa Mystic Fair Third annual event includes a variety of alternative healing and holistic vendors, a huge range of arts and handmade crafts, performances by The Grateful Siren Belly Fusion Dancers and Bear’s Belly and more. Oct 17-18, 10am-5pm. Free. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa, santarosamysticfair.com.

Sonoma County Art Trails Enjoy the abundance of creative talent Sonoma County has to offer by visiting the professional studios of more than 170 artists. Maps and catalogs available at sonomacountyarttrails.org. Through Oct 18. Sonoma County, multiple locations, Sonoma.

Witchie Poo Halloween Extravaganza Annual variety show includes a costume parade at intermission and prizes. Oct 17-18, 2pm. $9-$11. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

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

Aramburu Island Enhancement Work continues to convert this 17-acre island from an eroding bay dredge dumpsite into prime shorebird and wildlife habitat.

Sat, Oct 17, 9am. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.763.2977.

Bohemia Hiker Series Bohemia docents share the beauty of this property through the changing seasons.

Registration is required. Third Sat of every month, 10:30am. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental.

Losing Ground Groundbreaking 1982 romance explores women’s sexualty, modern marriage and the life of artist and scholars. One of the first major studio films written and directed by a black woman. Fri, Oct 16, 7pm and Sun, Oct 18, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2606.

Mill Valley Film Festival Sir Ian McKellen is honored with a lifetime achievement award as the 38th annual event brings critically acclaimed films and filmmakers to various venues throughout Marin County. Info at www.mvff.com.

Through Oct 18. Marin County, various locations, Marin.

Movie & a Meal Community event for all to share in.

Third Fri of every month. $5-$10. Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center, 255 W Napa St, Sonoma, 415.412.8570.

Dog Hike Hike through the beautiful estates with your furry best friend. Benefits Canine Companions and Sonoma County Humane Society. RSVP Required. Sat, Oct 17, 9am. $60. Kunde Family Estate, 9825 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.833.5501, ext 334.

Music Documentary Night Rare documentary and concert films are presented by David Whitney, music teacher at West Marin School, in this monthly series. Oct 15, 7pm. by donation.

Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075.

Nature Prepares for Winter Hike explores changing colors and conditions in nature as winter approaches.

Oct 18, 10am. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, marincounty.org.

Outwatch YouthQuake A coming out film festival. Oct 17. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Trekking the Model Join a ranger-guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Wed, Oct 21, 1pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Film Comedy Shorts Featuring short films from SF, North Bay and East Bay filmmakers performing in the upcoming Sonoma Laughfest. Oct 16, 8pm. $10. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

CULT Film Series CULT honors the late Wes Craven all month, this week showing “The Serpent & the Rainbow” and “The Last House on the Left” in a double bill. Oct 15, 7pm. $10. Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.525.8909.

Education, Inc Premier screening of documentary film examining the privatization of public school districts in every region of America is followed by a discussion. Oct 15, 5:30pm.

Free. Third Street Cinema Six, 620 Third St, Santa Rosa.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers The 1978 classic starring Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy screens as part of the Vintage Films series. Oct 19, 7pm. $9.

Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Italian Film Festival Annual fest screens critically acclaimed Italian films over the course of the fall with special guests and more. Sat-Sun through Nov 7. $15-$112 full pass. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Petaluma International Film Festival Seventh annual event showcases independent films from around the world, with several filmmakers in attendance and more. Oct 16-18. $12/$180 full pass.

Boulevard Cinemas, 200 C St, Petaluma, 707.762.SHOW. Ramen & Tampopo A screening of the much-loved film “Tampopo” with dinner by Ramen Gaijin.

Oct 19, 6pm. $40. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Barely Legal presents film screening with live shadow cast. Oct 17, 7:30pm. $10.

Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival Eight selected films exhibit a glimpse of Jewish life with universal human themes from countries around the world. Through Nov 17. $10 and up. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.528.4244.

Troll 2 The famously “best worst movie” of all time gets a screening. Dress as your favorite character and win passes to the upcoming Sonoma Laughfest. Oct 17, 8pm. $10.

Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

Food&Drink Charity Prime Rib Dinner Hosted by the Italian Catholic Federation’s Santa Rosa branch. Advance tickets only.

Oct 17, 6pm. $20. Scottish Rite Center, 600 Acacia Ln, Santa Rosa, 707.526.6108.

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.

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Hair Style for a Cause Haircut-a-thon benefits Breast Cancer patients. Oct 18, 10am. $50. Bellissima Salon, 1435 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.726.8539.

Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael.

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Biketoberfest, on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 11am to 5pm in Fairfax, will feature more than 70 exhibitors, food, music and a brewfest.

Mezcal Tasting Fundraising evening of Mezcal and food pairings led by experts. Oct 15, 6pm.

Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398.

Pop Up Dinner Third Fri of every month, 4pm. Gourmet au Bay, 913 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay, 707.875.9875.

Renaissance Tea Treat the belly with specialty teas, sandwiches, scones and sweets. RSVP; ages 12 and up. Third Sun of every month, 3pm. $35. Cedar Gables Inn, 486 Coombs St, Napa, 707.224.7969.

Wooden Boat Oktoberfest Fundraising event features bratwurst, polka, boats and beer. Oct 16, 6:30pm. Spaulding Wooden Boat Center, Foot of Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, (415) 332-3179.

For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.” Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. WedThurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing.

Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900.

Children’s Magic Show Oct 21. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Send Your Kid to the Rock Five-session intermediate photography workshop for youth includes an expedition to Alcatraz Island. Wed, 3pm. through Nov 11. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Lectures Auricular Medicine Diagnosis Dr TruthSayer demonstrates her process which assesses all systems of the body in great detail from both a Western and traditional Chinese medicine perspective.

Oct 17, 2pm. Free. Transcendental Acupuncture, 820 Fifth St, San Rafael, 415.686.1193.

CBT/DBT Group for Depression Skills-based education and training group is

designed to help you cope with facing basic everyday problems including distressing emotions like depression and anxiety. Tues, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael.

Contemporary Classics Book discussion group led by Patricia Holt examines “Department of Speculation” by Jenny Offill. Oct 20, 6:30pm. $20. Point Reyes Books, 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1542.

Gardening with California Natives Learn why and how using native plants in your landscape helps make up for habitat lost to development. Oct 16, 12pm. Civic Center Library, 5301 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.499.6058.

Global Community Group Network of Noetic Sciences Andrea Livingstone talks current projects worldwide and lead discussion and dialogue designed to help influence the future course of Noetic Community Group focus. Oct 15, 7pm. Free. First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo, 72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo, 415.305.4250.

The Language of Light Nine-session photography workshop with Leanne Hansen looks at light with opportunities for location shooting at different times of the day. Wed, 7pm. through Nov 18. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Mountain Biking Skills Clinic Skilled mountain bikers offer tips and techniques for beginners and teach riders how to improve balance, read the trail and more. Oct 18, 11am. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd, Novato, marincounty.org.

Painting Special Places Julie Cohn leads an artistic workshop to help capture the true spirit of the subject.

Oct 15, 10am. $350. Marin Society of Artists Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.454.9561.

The Spirit of Chantwave Scott Grace guides a session of vocalizing sacred healing lyrics. Oct 14, 7pm. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

Support Group for Women in Transition Encouragement during life transitions such as relationship changes, career changes and difficult life events. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40.

Tantalizing Travel Tales Three-part series features renowned writers presenting their tales of adventure.

Tues, Oct 20, 7pm. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

Twenty-Something Support Group Explore adulthood with emphasis on life skills such as mindfulness, interpersonal skills and healthy coping skills. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael.

UFO Lecture Series Conspiracy and the unexplained abound with a new out-there topic each week. Wed, 7pm. $10. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

Win-Win Conversations for Optimal Outcomes HR business presentation is an opportunity to learn new ways to become an effective and savvy relationship manager in your organization. Oct 14, 5:30pm. $35. Guide Dogs for the Blind, 350 Los Ranchitos Rd, San Rafael, 415.291.1992.

Writing Your Spiritual Journey Explore what spirituality means to you, create a spiritual timeline and more with instructor Susanne West. Oct 17, 1pm.

Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8151.

Readings Book Passage Oct 14, 7pm, “Flood of Fire” with Amitav Ghosh. Oct 15, 7pm, “The Steal Like an Artist Journal “ with Austin Kleon. Oct 16, 7pm, “The Song Machine” with John Seabrook. Oct 17, 1pm, “Come, Let Me Guide You” with Susan Krieger. Oct 17, 4pm, “The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships” with Neil Strauss. Oct 18, 1pm, “Still Time” with Jean Hegland. Oct 18, 4pm, “The Right Wrong Thing” with Ellen Kirschman. Oct 19, 7pm, “Thirteen Ways of Looking” with Colum McCann.

Oct 20, 7pm, “Erratic Facts” with Kay Ryan.

Oct 21, 7pm, “Fortune Smiles” with Adam Johnson. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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Theater Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party This modern play about politicians, media and campaign staff descending on small town controversy is full of campy silly burlesque with LBGT themes and audience participation. Oct 15-24. $5-$17. Evert B. Person Theater, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged) Three actors irreverently zip through the sex, violence, murder and miracles of the Old and New testaments Through Oct 25. $10-$25. Raven Theater Windsor, 195 Windsor River Rd, Windsor.

Blithe Spirit The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages follows cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, remarried but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife. Oct 16-Nov 8. $15-$32. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

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Ross Valley Players kick off their theatrical season with the delightful true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer in the world. Through Oct 18. $14-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555.

Leading Ladies North Bay Stage Company presents the hilarious cross dressing comedy by Ken Ludwig. Through Oct 18. $26. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

The Light in the Piazza The sophisticated musical transports audiences to Italy’s Tuscan countryside circa 1950. Through Oct 25. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

Pinocchio Actors’ Theater for Children presents an adaptation of the classic tale of the wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy. Oct 1625. $5. Steele Lane Community Center, 415 Steele Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.256.8062.

Quartet The new play, about two couples reminiscing on their relationships, features four of Napa Valley’s favorite actors; Gay Nathan, Nancy Morrell, Bill Tantau and Jack Stuart. Oct 17-18. $20-$25. White Barn, 2727 Sulphur Springs Ave, St Helena, 707.251.8715.

Sin, Sex & the CIA Satirical romp feature inept secret agents and secret meetings that pokes fun at American diplomacy and hypocrisy.

Through Oct 18. $12-$18. Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707.829.2214.

The Spy Who Killed Me Get a Clue Productions returns with an interactive murder-mystery dinner theater experience. Select Friday and Saturday nights. getaclueproductions.com. Fri, Oct 16, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor.

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By Amy Alkon

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I’m a 29-year-old woman, and I’ve been dating a guy for two months. I was scrolling (OK, stalking him) on Instagram and saw a pic of him with this pretty girl with her arm draped around his neck. Does monogamy just happen, or should I initiate the “commitment talk?”—Nervous

A:

Welcome to the place relationship dreams go to die, also known as social media. One moment, you see your relationship heading toward the town of OnlyYouville, and the next, it’s looking more like a Ten Commandments production still of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. Understand why men commit: Because they come to love a particular woman more than they love their freedom—not because they’ve decided that it would be a bore to have sex with the Pilates-teaching twins. Getting to “only you” happens after a guy starts to feel attached to you, which comes out of a combination of sexual attraction, emotional compatibility and the sense that you have a package of qualities that he’s unlikely to get from anyone else. Feeling this way takes time— time spent together, and sometimes, a little time spent comparison shopping. Trying to rush the process is like planting a pea in the morning, yelling, “GROW! GROW! GROW!” and expecting to be climbing a beanstalk by noon.

Also, even for a guy who’s starting to care about you, hearing, “We need to have the commitment talk” can be like hearing the starting gun at the Olympics.

There are couples who get serious without ever having this icky conversation. It just happens organically. But to avoid misunderstandings, right from the start, you should be indicating your interest in getting into a relationship. No, not with strategically strewn Brides magazines or messages magic-markered across your breasts: “MARRY ME!!!” You simply drop remarks about what you want and then ask questions to draw out what a guy’s up for. This allows you to get out fast if your goals aren’t a match—as opposed to getting to the four-month mark, holding him down and screaming in his face: “So what’s it gonna be, buddy? You looking to start a family—or a harem?!”

As for the woman in this photo, she could be someone to your man—or someone standing near him when his friend was taking his picture. (People shooting photos rarely say, “OK, you two, get as far apart as you can.”) You could ask him—and reveal that you’ve been going all Secret Squirrel on social media. But you could also ask yourself, simply by applying context. Look at the photo as one piece of information in the whole of your experiences with him: Is he increasingly sweet and attentive?

Increasingly eager to see you? Are you starting to meet his friends? Chances are, you already have the information you need to figure out whether your relationship is going places—without trying to conduct it at a speed that suggests your ancestry is part French, part Italian and part cheetah.

Q:

My boyfriend just said, “Your lips get bigger and smaller. What’s going on?” I admitted that I’ve been getting them injected. He hinted that I should stop, saying, “You’re too hot. You don’t need it.” Do I really need to kick the habit?

—Smoochy

A:

If your boyfriend wanted to kiss something inflated, he’d make out with his tires.

There’s a reason you feel compelled to join the reality-star-led parade of women duckbilling it up—as opposed to going in for a nostril enlargement. Men evolved to prefer women with plump lips. As for why, it turns out that the features that men across cultures find beautiful are those that give them the best shot of passing on their genes. Biopsychologist Victor S. Johnston, who studies the biological basis of human facial attractiveness, finds that full lips on a woman (along with small jaws and a small chin) are associated with low androgens (male hormones) and elevated levels of the female hormone estrogen—a combination that translates to higher fertility. In other words, big pillowy lips are basically a message from nature’s ad agency: “Wanna have descendants? Pick me—not some thin-lipped Lizzie.”

However, there are full lips and lips full of stuff some plastic surgeon injected in them, and any plastic surgery that can be spotted as such is usually a turnoff to men. (You might as well get a tattoo that says, “Hi, I’m insecure!”) So, tempting as it is to keep up with the Kardashians, you’ll be more attractive to your boyfriend if you don’t seem to need to. Best of all, to accomplish this, all you have to do is avoid spending hundreds of dollars to look like you just got out of a heavy make-out session with the vacuum cleaner✹ Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com

For the week of October 15

By Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here’s actor Bill Murray’s advice about relationships: “If you have someone that you think is The One, don’t just say, ‘OK, let’s pick a date. Let’s get married.’ Take that person and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to go to places that are hard to go to and hard to get out of. And if, when you come back, you’re still in love with that person, get married at the airport.” In the coming weeks, Aries, I suggest you make comparable moves to test and deepen your own closest alliances. See what it’s like to get more seriously and deliriously intimate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Many astronomers believe that our universe began with the Big Bang.

An inconceivably condensed speck of matter exploded, eventually expanding into thousands of billions of stars. It must have been a noisy event, right? Actually, no. Astronomers estimate that the roar of the primal eruption was just 120 decibels— less than the volume of a live rock concert. I suspect that you are also on the verge of your own personal Big Bang, Libra. It, too, will be relatively quiet for the amount of energy it unleashes.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some

excused from further work on the impossible tasks that have been grinding you down. You may take a break from the unsolvable riddles and cease your exhaustive efforts. And if you would also like to distance yourself from the farcical jokes the universe has been playing, go right ahead. To help enforce this transition, I hereby authorize you to enjoy a time of feasting and frolicking, which will serve as an antidote to your baffling trials. And I hereby declare that you have been as successful at weathering these trials as you could possibly be, even if the concrete proof of that is not yet entirely visible.

firefighters use a wetter kind of water than the rest of us. It contains a small amount of biodegradable foam that makes it 10 times more effective in dousing blazes. With this as your cue, I suggest you work on making your emotions “wetter” than usual. By that I mean the following: When your feelings arise, give them your reverent attention.

Marvel at how mysterious they are. Be grateful for how much life force they endow you with.

Whether they are relatively “negative” or “positive,” regard them as interesting revelations that provide useful information and potential opportunities for growth.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Jonathan Strange

and Mr. Norrell is a BBC TV mini-series set in the early 19th century. It’s the fictional story of a lone wizard, Mr. Norrell, who seeks to revive the art of occult magic so as to accomplish practical works, like helping the English navy in its war against the French navy. Norrell is pleased to find an apprentice, Jonathan Strange, and draws up a course of study for him. Norrell tells Strange that the practice of magic is daunting, “but the study is a continual delight.” If you’re interested in taking on a similar challenge, Gemini, it’s available.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): We humans have

put buttons on clothing for seven millennia. But for a long time these small knobs and disks were purely ornamental—meant to add beauty but not serve any other function. That changed in the 13th century, when our ancestors finally got around to inventing buttonholes. Buttons could then serve an additional purpose, providing a convenient way to fasten garments. I foresee the possibility of a comparable evolution in your personal life, Cancerian. You have an opening to dream up further uses for elements that have previously been one-dimensional. Brainstorm about how you might expand the value of familiar things.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You would be wise to

rediscover and revive your primal innocence. If you can figure out how to shed a few shreds of your sophistication and a few slivers of your excess dignity, you will literally boost your intelligence.

That’s why I’m inviting you to explore the kingdom of childhood, where you can encounter stimuli that will freshen and sweeten your adulthood. Your upcoming schedule could include jumping in mud puddles, attending parties with imaginary friends, having uncivilized fun with wild toys and drinking boisterously from fountains of youth.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): While still a young

man, Virgo author Leo Tolstoy wrote that “I have not met one man who is morally as good as I am.”

He lived by a strict creed. “Eat moderately” was one of his “rules of life,” along with “Walk for an hour every day.” Others were equally stern: “Go to bed no later than 10 o’ clock,” “Only do one thing at a time” and “Disallow flights of imagination unless necessary.” He did provide himself with wiggle room, however. One guideline allowed him to sleep two hours during the day. Another specified that he could visit a brothel twice a month. I’d love for you to be inspired by Tolstoy’s approach, Virgo.

Now is a favorable time to revisit your own rules of life. As you refine and recommit yourself to these fundamental disciplines, be sure to give yourself enough slack.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): For now, you are

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One afternoon in September, I was hiking along a familiar path in the woods. As I passed my favorite grandmother oak, I spied a thick, 6-foot-long snake loitering on the trail in front of me. In hundreds of previous visits, I had never before seen a creature bigger than a mouse. The serpent’s tail was hidden in the brush, but its head looked more like a harmless gopher snake’s than a dangerous rattler’s. I took the opportunity to sing it three songs. It stayed for the duration, then slipped away after I finished. What a great omen! The next day, I made a tough but liberating decision to leave behind a good part of my life so as to focus more fully on a great part. With or without a snake sighting, Sagittarius, I foresee a comparable breakthrough for you sometime soon.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Canadian author Margaret Atwood has finished a new manuscript. It’s called Scribbler Moon. But it won’t be published as a book until the year 2114. Until then, it will be kept secret, along with the texts of many other writers who are creating work for a “Future Library.” The project’s director is conceptual artist Katie Paterson, who sees it as a response to George Orwell’s question, “How could you communicate with the future?” With this as your inspiration, Capricorn, try this exercise: Compose five messages that you would you like to deliver to the person you will be in 2025.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Every hour of your life, millions of new cells are born to replace old cells that are dying. That’s why many parts of your body are composed of an entirely different collection of cells than they were years ago. If you are 35, for example, you have replaced your skeleton three times. Congratulations! Your creativity is spectacular, as is your ability to transform yourself.

Normally these instinctual talents aren’t nearly as available to you in your efforts to recreate and transform your psyche, but they are now. In the coming months, you will have extraordinary power to revamp and rejuvenate everything about yourself, not just your physical organism.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The coming weeks

will NOT be a favorable time to seek out allies you don’t even like that much or adventures that provide thrills you have felt a thousand times before. But the near future will be an excellent time to go on a quest for your personal version of the Holy Grail, a magic carpet, the key to the kingdom or an answer to the Sphinx’s riddle. In other words, Pisces, I advise you to channel your yearning toward experiences that steep your heart with a sense of wonder. Don’t bother with anything that degrades, disappoints or desensitizes you.✹ Homework: In what part of your life are you doing less than your best? Why? Report to FreeWillAstrology.com.

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