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I just finished reading Tom Gogola’s four-page article “The Sword and the Shield” ( June 20). In Marin County, we have nothing to blame but mega-NIMBY-ism, I believe. And, really, who can blame the owner-residents? Where else can you make between 12 and 20 percent investing in an existing asset—my bank pays 2 1/4 percent. Building affordable housing does nothing for their bottom line. Mr. Gogola gives a nod to that, but not a single word of the lynchpin of Marin’s restrictions: Representative Marc Levine’s shepherding a bill through the Legislature to exempt this pristine, unspoiled, model suburban county from Bay Area legislation and guidelines that try to deal with this incredibly important issue. Trying to create a kind of a Westworld for wealthy, connected people but with trees and beaches in the middle of utter urban ugliness, I guess. And who can blame Levine? These are the guys who pay his salary and guarantee his reelection. But I do blame him. Finally, isn’t Mr. Gogola’s article a bit like mentioning today’s
immigrant crisis involving children and not mentioning Trump? Robert D. Bock San Rafael
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In 1932, radical authoritarian nationalism took hold in Europe during precarious economic times. Characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, it opposed liberalism, Marxism and anarchism. Believing that liberal democracy was obsolete, it regarded the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarian one-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and respond to economic difficulties. This movement also happened to target entire races of people as the reason for the nation’s woes. There are those today who would claim that any similarities between that time and today in this country are merely coincidental and drawing any parallels should be dismissed as fake news. Dennis Kostecki Sausalito
1 To celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean, and to honor the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire, what nine-month international exposition in 1915 was proudly presented in what is today the Marina District?
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Heroes &Zeroes By Nikki Silverstein
ExtraFood, a nonprofit committed to ending hunger and food waste in Marin County, has recovered 2 million pounds of fresh, nutritious food and delivered it to community organizations that feed the hungry. Mazel tov to founder Marv Zauderer for leading ExtraFood to this major milestone in four and a half years.
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Did Hamilton Marketplace in Novato separate parents from their babies when they removed six nests from olive trees on the property? The nests were homes to Brewer’s blackbirds and their newborn, both protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, making it illegal to take the birds or active nests. Deborah Blackford, Hamilton Marketplace spokesperson, declares
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Mazel tov to founder Marv Zauderer for leading ExtraFood to this major milestone. the blackbirds are aggressive and could create unsafe conditions for people. The shopping center removes “only the empty nests in order to prevent this situation from continuing to occur.” Since blackbirds generally use new nests each time they raise a brood, unoccupied nests are nothing to fret over. Witnesses dispute that they were empty. This past week, Olga Voronina, of Sausalito, an employee of a store in the center, rescued a few featherless chicks that had fallen out of the nests due to strong winds. Mother birds came quickly to reclaim their offspring. Last Friday, Olga found a sickly nestling on the ground, which was transported to WildCare in San Rafael. Three days later, the nests were removed. If the nests were empty, where did the flightless babies and adult birds go? Got a Hero or a Zero? Please send submissions to nikki_silverstein@yahoo.com. Toss roses, hurl stones with more Heroes and Zeros at ›› pacificsun.com
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Marin County puts short-term renters on notice via notification ordinance By Tom Gogola
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t’s summertime in the North Bay and that means—oh, no! Here they come! Here come the short-term renters from parts unknown. Here comes the end of peace and quiet as throngs of well-heeled
celebrants descend across the county, bringing noise, traffic, heaps of garbage and a growing amount of bad blood between homeowners who rent their homes to short-term renters, and their surrounding communities. But Marin County is trying to
at least establish a fragile peace between renters and year-long resident neighbors who are forced to endure, for example, epic bachelorette parties rolling in from the high-toned millennial precincts of San Francisco.
7 neighbor” brochure upon arrival. The brochure would include information about county noise ordinances, parking and traffic ordinances, emergency access and garbage rules. The Marin noise ordinance includes a 11pm to 7am ban on “yelling, shouting, whistling or singing on public roads.” The laminated signage or neighbor notification bill would include the creation of an 800 number that the county would set up and that residents could use to file complaints. The success of the ordinance, which is set for further supervisorial discussion on Aug. 7, appears to be contingent on greater buy-in that currently exists from residents of Marin County who utilize their homes for short-term rentals and are thereby required by pay a transient occupancy tax (TOT) to the county. That fee is built into online postings on such sites as airbnb.com, and the homeowner is supposed to collect the tax and send it off to the county.
But a very well placed affordablehousing activist in West Marin says that local surveys of residencies show that up to 60 percent of all persons who are engaged in the short-term rental economy have not signed up with the count, and are not paying the required TOT. Rodoni said earlier this year that one of the two biggest community complaints he fielded about shortterm rentals was “people aren’t paying the TOT.” The other was that they’re not being responsible homeowners when it comes to noise, garbage and parking. Rodoni told the Pacific Sun earlier this year that this ordinance under consideration is a big step toward getting a handle on the explosion of short-term rentals in places like Stinson Beach and Inverness. The county has meanwhile been doing an enhanced enforcement effort around the short-term rentals to try and figure out “who are the people who are not paying the TOT,” Rodoni said. Y
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N EW S B R I E FS The Drowned World Climate change threatens to turn parts of Marin County into Venice in the near future, but nobody’s celebrating the arrival of gondolas at Tamalpais Junction. A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)—a coalition of researchers that advocates for changes in floodcontrol policy—has named Marin County as the most at-risk to rising sea levels in the state of California, costing millions of dollars in property damage and reducing the number of homes in the Bay Area, which already has a crippling homeless problem. The 28-page report has been getting lots of play regionally, for good reason. The scientists report that Marin County has nearly 4,400 homes at risk of flooding by the year 2045, costing $2.7 billion in damages. The study uses the year 2045 as it is within the lifespan of a 30-year mortgage if taken out today, meaning a family paying for a new home in Marin County runs the risk of losing it to flooding within 30 years.
In the Bay Area, San Mateo County trails right behind Marin in homes lost and damages paid by that same year; 2,574 homes and $2.6 billion in Santa Clara, and 4,100 for $2.2 million in damages for San Mateo. The entire state of California, according to the UCS report, has 20,472 homes at risk of flooding that could cost over $15 billion in damages by 2045. This puts California behind Florida, New Jersey and Louisiana as one of the states with the most to lose due to global climate change. Recent peer-reviewed studies indicate the seas are rising, faster than anticipated, and world governments are doing very little to stop it. The study provides several recommendations to prepare for rising sea levels. Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program is one. Raising awareness is another. The concerned scientists are sort of more than concerned. They’re freaking out. “Doing nothing in the shrinking time communities have left to respond is the worst choice we could make.” Even worse than trying to carve a gondola from a eucalyptus tree? —Alex T. Randolph
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The county has been working on an ordinance which would compel notification by residents who utilize the short-term vacation rental economy. Earlier this year, the Marin County supervisors introduced a bill to require that short-term rentals in unincorporated parts of Marin County post a sign on their domicile indicating that it’s a place of business. The proposal was met with lots of pushback from numerous constituencies, but most critically from single women who supplement their income with short-term rentals but who feared that the signage might make a home a target for burglary or other criminal mayhem. Earlier this year, 4th District Marin County Supervisor Dennis Rodoni, who represents West Marin and has been a driving force behind short-term rental legislation, noted that supervisors had heard from concerned folks at the Center for Domestic Violence, which warned against the signage in unincorporated places such as San Quentin Village. But Rodoni also noted that the public-safety issue presented by the short-term rental economy is also relevant to community members who are met with a regular and steady supply of complete strangers in their neighborhoods. “It is a public-safety issue,” Rodoni said, “when the neighbors don’t know who is next door.” The signage (pictured) was also rejected for its visual eyesore-ness in a part of the world that’s already sensitive about excessive municipal signage in its midst. Combined with the public-safety concerns raised by domesticviolence activists, the no-requiredsign viewpoint held sway over the Marin County Supervisors, who set out to revise the ordinance and offered their new one last week. The latest iteration gives would-be short-term renters a choice: post the laminated 8.5-by-11-inch sign, or send a written notification that you’re participating in the short-term rental economy to everyone who lives within 300 feet of you. The ordinance would also require that the homeowner post a copy of “house rules” in the unit, or provide the tenants with a “good
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While they are often perceived as a nuisance, beavers are part of a healthy ecosystem.
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Beavers! Key to a better North Bay environment By James Knight
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ill Ostrander was showing his brother-in-law around his Kenwood vineyard one summer day last year when the tour turned totally horror-show, from the perspective of a grape grower: suddenly, they came upon a patch of grapevines with wilted leaves, desiccated grapes and trunks cut in two. Ostrander had suspicions about who the culprit might be. Ostrander’s vines, planted as Syrah in 1997, had already suffered a severe pruning once before, when they were cut in half and re-grafted onto another variety, “because Syrah wasn’t possible to sell,” the Kenwood resident says. The vineyard is just two-and-three-
quarters acres, but it provides him a little income. And his new Malbec vines had attracted some unwanted customers: beavers. When grape growers in Sonoma and Napa wine country encounter such a problem with beavers, as rare as that is, they are legally entitled to apply for a permit to have that animal trapped and killed. Yet Ostrander hesitated. He set up a digital “critter cam” to catch the culprit in the act, tried out various methods of fencing them out of the vineyard and documented his efforts in a light-hearted email series to friends and family that he called “Wet Caddyshack.” Clearly, there was something about this determined rodent that was
different than, say, a common pocket gopher, which Ostrander says he would be happy to get rid of. There’s something different about the beaver, indeed, as Ostrander learned from his interaction with a local cadre of “beaver believers” who are on a mission to help property owners live with the beaver, encourage their habitat and ultimately change the game plan for what they say is a woefully underappreciated keystone species in the state of California. The first step is getting past California’s “beaver blind spot,” as the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s Brock Dolman puts it. Dolman is co-director, with Kate Lundquist, of OAEC’s WATER
Institute (Watershed Advocacy, Training, Education and Research), established in 2004 to study and promote watershed issues. The award-winning duo’s “Bring Back the Beaver” campaign, started in 2009, went back on the road in the North Bay last month with a talk in connection with a screening of the environmental documentary Dirt Rich in Novato; appearances continue through June in Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties. “A lot of people just don’t know that we have beaver in California,” says Lundquist, who says that their current presentation is an update on a 2015 talk they gave in Sonoma to help answer the question: “That’s an East Coast thing, right?”
had a party with the grapevines,” Bartolucci says. Fish and Wildlife recommended contracting the county trapper, and at the time, Bartolucci was impressed with the 60-pound creatures that were trapped. “They’re fierce!” Bartolucci says. “It’s not like Bucky Beaver.” Yet Bartolucci says the environment is important to him, having farmed his vineyard certified organically since 1991, and now laments that it was the only option that was given to him at the time. “I’m not the kind of guy who wants to do in an innocent animal,” he says, “and if there was an alternative, I’d certainly look into that.” The sticking point is that Fish & Wildlife abides by a “shall issue” code when it comes to beavers. That is, if a landowner can verify property damage from beaver, the responding officer shall issue a depredation permit. Unlike some other Western states, California does not allow live trapping and relocation of beaver, or many other animals. Those permits numbered some 3,300 in 2016. Though California does not require records of depredations completed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services does for its separate permits; it counted 836 in 2016. According to the local office for Sonoma and Napa counties, one permit was issued for beaver in 2018, but it was not verified that any were actually taken under that permit. This business as usual for beavers started to change after a pair of them wandered into Alhambra Creek in the middle of the city of Martinez in 2006. They built a dam and had yearlings, called kits, but the city’s application for a permit to make them go away did not sit well with locals who could see the kits playing as they drank their coffee. Resident Heidi Perryman formed the beaver advocacy group Worth a Dam, which holds its 11th annual Beaver Festival on June 30 in downtown Martinez. A few years later, a somewhat less celebrated pair of beavers set up house on Tulocay Creek, which passes under Napa’s Soscol Avenue at the Hawthorn Suites hotel. An otherwise unimpressive urban drainage, this section of Tulocay sprang to life after the beavers set up a serviceable little barrier of sticks and mud: numerous species of birds, amphibians and mammals
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They’re ignored, underappreciated, reviled and mismanaged in equal measure. like otter and mink have been observed by wildlife watchers keeping an eye on the pond, including wildlife photographer Rusty Cohn, who has photographed and made videos of beavers swimming, munching on cattails and even falling asleep in midmunch while trying to rebuild the dam after the rains of 2017. Luckily for the beavers, advocates have convinced the hotel to wrap the trees on their landscaped grounds with wire to deter the animals from gnawing on them, and a new hotel project now under development on the other side of the creek is not now affecting the beavers, who are rebuilding their dam after the higher water flows of last winter. The Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, however, is responsible for the bank of the stream, not the proposed Cambria Hotel, under development by Southern California–based Stratus Development Partners. Lundquist praises the Napa agency as pro-beaver, saying, “I’m grateful that there are flood-control agencies that recognize the beavers, and I encourage all of our flood agencies to learn from the Napa district, because they’re doing a great job.” With the OAEC as consultants, the county plans to lower the water level of the beaver pond temporarily, to facilitate shoring up the bank, thus avoiding a number of potential pitfalls, according to Kevin Swift, who’s contracted to do the pond-leveling work. Swift is the proprietor of Swift Water Design, a one-man, “nonlethal beaver-management” startup that, Swift says, would require 10 of him if even a fraction of the agencies and individuals currently trying to manage their beaver problems would call him. Swift assesses problems and implements solutions that, while relatively simple, require a different way of thinking about beavers. He speaks
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eloquently, if colorfully, about the rodents’ role in the environment. “They’re ignored, underappreciated, reviled and mismanaged in equal measure,” says Swift, who emphasizes that beavers, for all their engineering abilities, are not intellectual powerhouses. “It’s got a brain the size of an acorn. If you can’t work it out with them, could be you’re the problem.” Currently, Swift is working with a property manager in Glen Ellen who’s got a beaver that’s blocking a spillway in an old stock pond located near a confluence of streams. “It looks like, way back when, a rancher went and put in a dam,” he says, “just where a beaver would, really.” It’s not in use, but the property owner can’t risk being responsible for a failure of the old dam, either. The solution lies in understanding the beaver’s simple needs. A beaver’s “programming set is very small,” says Swift, “but profound in its implications. It’s like, if you hear running water, and you feel like you’re going to get eaten, make the running water stop making that noise. As soon as it stops making that noise, punch a hole in a creek bed somewhere and make more of yourself. And you’re good.” Beavers build dams mainly to stay safe from predators, such as coyotes. Secondarily, the flooded area around the dam encourages felled riparian tree species, like willow, to sprout back and create more beaver food. “I mean,” says Swift, “it’s just this tiny, tiny little sliver of code, out of which falls an entire ecosystem.” Swift makes no claims to sentimental concern for the animals, joking, “If you want to shoot a beaver in the head and make a hat, I’m OK with that.” More seriously, he points to the waste of potential environmental services the current policy promotes. “It seems to me that all the laws are backwards,” he says. “You don’t need a permit to destroy a beaver dam that makes critical »10
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Despite the Canadian-sounding name, charismatic Castor canadensis is native to all of North America, and is a close relative to the Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber, which Europeans exploited to near extinction for its castor oil and the fine hat-making properties of its dense fur. The discovery of beaver and other hapless, furry critters in the New World inspired a “Fur Rush” long before the Gold Rush. Turns out, according to Lundquist, when the Russians founded Fort Ross in 1812, it was actually kind of late in the game—and trappers had been exploiting the West Coast for decades before the legendary “mountain men” trappers descended on the Golden State from overland to clean up the rest. Although a historical account from General Mariano Vallejo found the Laguna de Santa Rosa “teeming with beaver” in 1833, by 1911 California had about 1,000 beavers left before legislators passed a law briefly protecting the aquatic rodents. Following a quarter-century-long campaign to reintroduce beaver to erosionthreatened habitat (the highlight of the “Bring Back the Beaver” show is the parachuting “beaver bomb” developed during the time), they were determined non-native and invasive for decades thereafter. Today in California, trapping beaver is permitted in 42 of 58 counties, and there is no bag limit to the number taken. While Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties are excluded, beaver are considered a nuisance species everywhere, meaning that farmers, landowners and government agencies that encounter beaver problems may apply for depredation permits to have them removed. And the only option is lethal removal, as longtime Napa grape grower Andrea “Buck” Bartolucci found when he asked the California Department of Fish and Wildlife about his beaver problem in 2013. One day while driving down the half-mile driveway of his 160-acre Madonna Estate Vineyard in the Carneros, Bartolucci noticed a similar problem to Ostrander’s: a string of grapevines cut down at the trunk. It was so methodically done that he initially wondered if an employee had become disgruntled, but he found it was beavers from nearby Huichica Creek. “They knocked down a couple of trees and
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Beaver behavior like this on a Napa Valley vineyard has typically meant the animals’ eradication.
habitat for rare, threatened and endangered species—but you might need a permit to put in a floatcontrol device that’s hydrologically invisible and maintains the habitat for rare, threatened and endangered species. How does that work?” Coho salmon, chief among those threatened and endangered species, first inspired the OAEC’s Dolman and Lundquist to think about beavers. Coho, which experienced a sharp decline in population in the 20th century, as well as other salmonid species, require cool water, complexity of habitat and water flow in summer and fall. “And our sense was, we need all the help we can get,” says Dolman. “We kept coming across these papers, especially work out of Oregon and Washington state,” he says, that showed “a positive correlation . . . between beneficial beaver habitat and a support for coho salmon, specifically—also steelhead and Chinook.” “And it just got us thinking,” says Dolman in his 2015 presentation
in Sonoma. “We ought to bring another tool in the toolbox here. And so we began really looking at beaver as an additional component to how we could recover these endangered species.” In Sonoma County’s Russian River watershed, a host of agencies contributed to a salmon release and the construction of an expensive beaver pond analog in 2013, touted to promote the return of coho that, ultimately, would not be dependent on a hatchery. Beaver believers say that this, and much more, could be more cheaply achieved by simply letting the beavers alone. No beavers have been documented in the Russian River watershed, but there is an unsubstantiated report of a beaver being killed in reputedly environmentally conscious west Sonoma County—perhaps the “disperser” that had previously been observed moving west from Spring Lake in Santa Rosa. Some cattle ranchers in Nevada, in fact, are moving further ahead
in beaver consciousness than landowners in California wine country, according to Lundquist. “They stopped shooting them, and suddenly they have more water,” Lundquist says. Some have gone on record as saying they wouldn’t be in ranching now if it weren’t for the beaver. Perhaps wine country has some catching up to do in this regard, when a property like Napa County’s Domaine Chandon, which is certified Fish Friendly Farming for one of its vineyards, can claim on its website, “We embellish waterways with native vegetation, maintain wildlife corridors, preserve forested areas in the vineyard and employ clean water protection to encourage fish habitat and spawning,” while applying for a 2013 permit to kill beaver in that very same fishspawning habitat. And if the beaver believers are right, as the numerous scientific studies they point to suggest, there is no better way to be fish-friendly than to be beaver-friendly. The beavers are not going away. There are some intractable parties, such as the absentee landowner on Sonoma’s Leveroni Road who, according to state records, refuses to consider alternative options to repeated depredation permit requests. But ultimately this approach is doomed to fail, says Swift. “A story you often hear in California,” says Swift, “is, ‘I’ve been going down to that place for an hour every day for X number of years, and I’ve shot and trapped Y number of beavers, and they’re still there!’ Yeah, you’re in beaver habitat! Geology drives beaver habitat. Unless you can literally move mountains, you’re not changing anything about beavers’ attraction to your site.” Lundquist says killing beavers is neither a viable nor economical strategy. “For one, people hold candlelight vigils, like they did in Tahoe. And it can be really bad press if you’re trying to do the right thing—or be seen as doing the right thing, anyway.” Thus far, few Sonoma and Napa wineries seem to have any clue as to what that right thing may be. The 427-page California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Workbook, for instance, on which the Sonoma County Winegrowers bases its initiative to make Sonoma
County 100 percent sustainable by 2019, only mentions beavers incidentally in a section on “often overlooked” aquatic habitats. Meanwhile in Kenwood, grape grower Bill Ostrander has found a way to live with the beavers. After consulting with Dolman, he installed a fairly inexpensive, single-strand electric fence that only had to reach four inches off the ground—beavers can’t jump, and since they’re generally covered in water, they’re highly conductive. Ostrander had thought about the usual option. “Yeah, I thought about it,” he says, “but it was fairly straightforward and inexpensive to put up the electric fence, and not a lot of trouble as far as impacting the operations in the vineyard.” Although he hasn’t seen the rodents personally, it does seem that Ostrander enjoys observing them, as well as the other animals caught on camera, like the surprise appearance of a family of otters. It should be no surprise if the mere “life support” activities that various agencies employ to keep salmonids and other threatened species won’t cut it through the upcoming challenges of climate change, says the outspoken Swift. “Until we can coexist with beavers, those of us in the restoration movement, those of us that want to move the dial in a positive direction, are hamstrung by a regulatory environment that’s solely focused on doing less bad less often.” Swift looks forward to a day when the state can start turning the beaver’s tail in the other direction. “If you’re headed south, it doesn’t matter how slowly you go south—you’re never getting north.” Science Buzz Cafe’s Beaver in California Slide Show screens at HopMonk Tavern in Sebastopol, June 27 at 7pm. 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. facebook.com/ sciencebuzzcafe. Ben Goldfarb is joined by the OAEC’s Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman on June 29 at 7pm at Copperfield’s Books in San Rafael for a signing and discussion of ‘Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter.’ 850 Fourth St., San Rafael. copperfieldsbooks. com/event/ben-goldfarb. For information on the Martinez Beaver Festival on June 30, from 11am to 4pm, visit martinezbeavers.org.
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Already streaming online and broadcasting part-time on the 103.3-FM band, Petaluma Community Access radio station KPCA gets into the live music game this week when it presents four Bay Area bands making waves in the independent music scene. Headliners NRVS LVRS (“Nervous Lovers”) captivate with dreamy electro-pop creations. The Y Axes make the most of their glossy pop sounds with energetic etherealness. New Spell are a cerebral duo centered around synthesizers, and Flour Flour mix musical ingredients like rock and folk. KPCA presents this concert on Saturday, June 30, at the Phoenix Theatre, 201 Washington St., Petaluma. 8pm. $10. 707.762.3565.
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Classic Comedy In the early days of film, the Hollywood romantic comedy was a sure-fire hit with American audiences, though the genre was actually invented by a German-born filmmaker by the name of Ernst Lubitsch, who famously employed innuendo and other sophisticated techniques to challenge uptight moralities. One of his most famous films, ‘Trouble in Paradise,’ about a couple of high-class thieves on a romantic escapade, screens this week with historian, educator and author of the book How Did Lubitsch Do It? Joseph McBride, who is on hand to talk about the man who changed cinema on Sunday, July 1, at Smith Rafael Film Center, 4:15pm. $8.50–$11.75. 415.454.1222.
SAUSALITO
Incarcerated Art At prisons like San Quentin, art is one of the most transformational activities for inmates. Filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu knows this, and that’s why she created the organization Pens to Pictures, which helps inmates produce short films that are screened at festivals and beyond. Currently an artist in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Chukwu appears there in conversation with educator Reggie Daniels about the program and more. Followed by a supper in the center’s Mess Hall, the talk, titled ‘Artists & Incarcerated Populations,’ happens on Sunday, July 1, 944 Simmonds Road, Sausalito. 5pm. $15 and up. 415.331.2787.
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Living Legend Eighty-six-year-old, Jamaican-born musician and guitar innovator Ernest Ranglin still occasionally takes stages and wows crowds with a signature blend of jazz, ska, reggae and more. Among other notable accomplishments, Ranglin is credited with basically inventing the ska guitar sound that uses a percussive upper stroke. Ranglin makes a rare Marin appearance this summer and performs with local all-stars Jonathan Korty (Soul Ska, Vinyl), Angeline Saris (Zepparella, Narada Michael Walden) and Inx Herman on Tuesday, July 3, at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael. 8pm. $30– $35. 415.524.2773. —Charlie Swanson
PERENNIAL MUSIC Acclaimed singer-songwriter and longtime
Nashville favorite Mary Chapin Carpenter performs in Napa at the Uptown Theatre on Saturday, June 30. See Concerts, p18.
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THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A SELECTIVE GUIDE
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friday nights on main 2018
live music | dancing | wine & dine al fresco Downtown Tiburon | 6 pm - 9 pm
Let’s get this party started! Mark your calendars for these upcoming
Friday Nights on Main:
May 25 – La Dolce Vita
Neon Velvet - new wave and modern rock hits
June 29 – A Whale of a Time Spirit of the Caribbean - calypso music
July 27 – That’s Life – in Tiburon Jonathan Poretz - hits from the Rat Pack era
LeAnn Rimes celebrates July Fourth with you at the Marin County Fair.
August 31 – Back to School
MUSIC
September 28 – Firefighters’ Dance
Rock the Fourth
The Flaming O’s - dance hits and classics The Fundamentals - red hot rockin’ soul
Independence Day concerts abound in the North Bay By Charlie Swanson
I for more information: www.tiburonchamber.org Thanks to our additional Sponsors: Town of Tiburon | The Ranch
Caffe Acri | Guaymas | Luna Blu | Salt & Pepper | Sam’s Anchor Cafe | Servino Ristorante | Waypoint Pizza
f nothing else, the Fourth of July is one of the loudest holidays of the year, with booming fireworks commemorating America’s birthday everywhere you look. In the North Bay, many of these fireworks are accompanied by live music, and this year’s selection of Fourth of July concerts includes headlining acts, lively community celebrations, long-standing traditions and more. In San Rafael, it’s fireworks every night at the Marin County Fair, which runs June 30 to July 4 and caps each night off with a dazzling pyrotechnic show. The fair also features an amazing lineup of all-star bands and local favorites. On June 30, musician and activist extraordinaire Michael Franti opens the fair with a spirited show. The Beach Boys, fronted by Mike Love
and Bruce Johnston, cruise into the fair on July 1, ’80s icon Eddie Money takes it home on July 2, acclaimed Latin rock band Los Lobos play on July 3 and platinum-selling country and pop star LeAnn Rimes closes the fair on July 4. San Rafael’s Beach Park, located next to Terrapin Crossroads, is also the site of a massive Fourth of July celebration, as Terrapin owner and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh leads the Terrapin Family Band and welcomes Chris Jacobs Band to rock the park for an afternoon affair. Elsewhere in Marin, Rancho Nicasio keeps its Fourth of July tradition going, with the Zydeco Flames returning to West Marin to perform while fans enjoy barbecue on the venue’s lawn. For more information on these and other Fourth of July concerts, see Calendar, p18.
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FILM
Lizard Kings ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ falls down By Richard von Busack
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eff Goldblum has the best job in the world. One of the better facets of J. A. Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is his bracketing performance, kvetching at a congressional panel that we’ve let the genie out of the bottle, awakened a sleeping giant, played God, etc. Goldblum’s most deathless line is in Jurassic Park: The Lost World, “‘Oohaah’: that’s always how it starts—but then later there’s running and then screaming.” There’s certainly a surfeit of running and screaming in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, done mostly by Bryce Dallas Howard, whose relation to the far more interesting Laura Dern is like the difference between the first movie and this tired and strangely vicious sequel. Three years after we saw the ruin of Jurassic World, Isla Nublar has been by a cataclysmic volcano. Dogooders around the nation are protesting to “Save the Dinosaurs.” Indeed, the former head woman
at the park, Claire Dearing (Howard), works a phone bank to lobby the U.S. government. A philanthropist (Rafe Spall) calls up: he has a fortune to spend at the behest of a wealthy partner in the original Jurassic Park, Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell in a wheelchair-and-oxygen-tank role). Led by Claire and her ex-lover, the studly velociraptor-whisperer Owen (Chris Pratt), a team heads to get the Jurassic World electronics online so the critters can be tracked and taken to a new sanctuary. Owen searches the lava flows for his old dino-friend, loyal ol’ Blue, the velociraptor, while Claire punches keyboards, screams and runs. As for Malcolm, ushering in the sequel and delivering the final warning, he’s of a sci-fi tradition but not in it. He’s the traditional white-coated doctor making his warnings about the doors mankind must not open. Y ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ is playing in wide release in the North Bay.
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Bad guys conjure an even badder dinosaur in ‘Jurassic World’sequel.
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Movies
• New Movies This Week American Animals (R)
By Matthew Stafford
Friday, June 29–Thursday, July 5 American Animals (1:57) Four dudes get more than they bargained for when they try to pull off the perfect heist. Ant-Man and the Wasp (1:58) More Marvel superheroes go celluloid as Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly impersonate two very tiny world-savers. Book Club (1:44) Things get nutty for BFFs Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen when their book club takes on Fifty Shades of Grey. The Catcher Was a Spy (1:38) True tale of renaissance man Moe Berg, the erudite, multilingual major league catcher who spied for the OSS during WWII; Paul Rudd stars. Deadpool 2 (1:43) Tastebud-disabled nerd Ryan Reynolds takes on ninjas and the Japanese Mafia in his quest to become Miami’s best bartender. Exhibition Onscreen: Cezanne: Portraits of a Life (1:25) Experience the life and work of the great Impressionist painter on a behindthe-scenes tour of the Musée d’Orsay’s acclaimed exhibition. Fireworks (1:30) Akiyuki Shinbo anime about a troupe of teenagers celebrating the summer and approaching adulthood in a seaside village. The First Purge (1:37) Dystopian horror flick about a not-so-distant United States where rampant, violent lawlessness is celebrated one night per year. First Reformed (1:48) Ethan Hawke stars as a Dutch reform pastor facing a dwindling congregation, a crisis of faith and Paul Shrader-esque redemption. Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Ondolf (1:15) Celebration of the cutter-edge urban designer whose works include Chicago’s Millennium Park and New York’s High Line. Gotti (1:45) Biopic stars John Travolta as the infamous don of New York’s Gambino mob family; Kelly Preston co-stars as Victoria G. The Guardians (2:14) Lush, meditative French period piece stars Nathalie Baye as the matriarch of a family farm who discovers her independence when the menfolk march off to war. Hearts Beat Loud (1:37) Sweet-natured musical about an aging hipster who bonds with his teenage daughter when they start an indie rock band. Hereditary (2:07) Escalatingly unsettling horror flick stars Toni Collette as an heiress who delves too deeply into her fraught family heritage; Ari Aster directs. Incredibles 2 (1:58) The super-family is back with Mama Helen saving the world and Papa Bob staying home with the kids; Holly Hunter and Craig T. Nelson lend voice. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2:09) Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt head to Isla Nubar to rescue the local dinosaurs from a life-devouring volcano! Let the Sunshine In (1:34) French romantic comedy about the many (flawed) loves of a Parisian artist (Juliette Binoche); Claire Denis directs. Lives Well Lived (1:12) Inspiring and illuminating documentary features 40 women and men ages 75 to 100 sharing
• Ant-Man and the Wasp (PG-13) Book Club (PG-13)
their hard-won wisdom on how to live a meaningful life. The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (3:10) Verdi’s unbridled, over-the-top, richly melodic masterpiece is presented in bigscreen high definition. Mountain (1:14) Panoramic documentary celebrates the world’s most awesome alps and the climbers who scale their deathdefying heights. National Theatre London: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2:40) Direct from South Bank, it’s Simon Stephens’ gripping drama about an autistic teenager’s methodical quest for a mysterious dog-slayer. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (1:26) Surly Squirrel and his all-animal band are back and battling the destruction of their parkland habitat; Jackie Chan and Maya Rudolph lend their voices. Ocean’s 8 (1:50) Rat Pack redux as Sandra Bullock leads a gang of unstoppable sisters through a $150 million heist; Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter costar. On Chesil Beach (1:50) Romantic drama about a young couple grappling with the sexual mores of the early ’60s; Saoirse Ronan stars. RBG (1:37) Documentary tribute to the tireless, progressive Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and all-around pop-culture icon. The Rider (1:43) Neorealist modern Western about an Oglala Lakota Sioux rodeo rider, his family and friends features nonprofessional actors and the epic setting of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Sanju (2:38) Biopic of Sanjay Dutt, the Bollywood superstar whose tumultuous life has been peppered with addictions, incarcerations, even rumors of terrorism. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2:02) Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin are back as everyone’s favorite drug lord–destroying superstuds; Catherine Keener costars! Solo: A Star Wars Story (2:15) Prequel stars Alden Ehrenreich as the swaggering young Han Solo and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian; Ron Howard directs. Summer 1993 (1:36) Poignant tale of a motherless child rediscovering life during one lazy summer in the Catalan countryside. Tag (1:36) Five middle-aged Peter Pans continue their lifelong game of über-tag despite an impending marriage; Jon Hamm stars. Trouble in Paradise (1:23) Dazzlingly sexy and sophisticated Ernst Lubitsch comedy about the romance between a suave jewel thief and a saucy pickpocket. Uncle Drew (1:43) Aging hoopsters round up a team of superstars and enter a Harlem street ball tournament; Shaquille O’Neal, Reggie Miller and Nate Robinson star. Won’t You Be My Neighbor (1:33) Loving tribute to Fred Rogers, the soft-spoken star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, features interviews and clips from the show’s 30year run.
• The Catcher Was a Spy (R) Deadpool 2 (R)
• Exhibition Onscreen:
Cezanne: Portraits of a Life (Not Rated)
• Fireworks (Not Rated) • The First Purge (R) First Reformed (R)
• Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Ondolf (Not Rated) Gotti (R)
• The Guardians (R) Hearts Beat Loud (PG-13) Hereditary (R) Incredibles 2 (PG)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (PG-13)
• Let the Sunshine In (R) • Lives Well Lived (Not Rated)
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (Not Rated)
Mountain (PG) • National Theatre London: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Not Rated)
• The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (PG) Ocean’s 8 (PG-13)
• On Chesil Beach (R) RBG (PG) The Rider (R) • Sanju (Not Rated) • Sicario: Day of the Soldado (R) Solo: A Star Wars Story (PG-13)
• Summer 1993 (Not Rated) Tag (R) • Trouble in Paradise (Not Rated) Uncle Drew (PG-13) Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (PG-13)
Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55; Sun-Thu 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 7:10 Cinema: Thu 10; 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: Thu 7, 7:45, 10, 10:45; 3D showtimes at 6, 9:15 Playhouse: Thu 6:01 Rowland: Thu 6, 7, 10 Lark: Fri 12:10, 8:50; Sat 6:50; Sun 10:30, 4:50; Mon 2:45; Tue 8; Wed 2:10 (time may change); Thu 3 (time may change) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05; Sun-Thu 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35 Lark: Fri 6:45; Sat 2:20, 9; Sun 7; Mon 5; Tue 3:30; Wed 10:20am; Thu 1; Northgate: 10:35, 1:25, 4:10, 7, 9:50 (times may change Mon-Thu) Lark: Sun 1 Northgate: Tue, Thu 7 (English subtitles) Northgate: Tue 7:05, 9:35; Wed 9:40, 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Rowland: Tue 7, 9:50; Wed-Thu 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10; Sun-Thu 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 Rafael: Fri-Sat, Mon-Thu 4:15; Sun 2 (filmmaker Thomas Piper in person at Saturday 4:15 show) Regency: Fri 2:30, 5, 7:45, 10:20; Sat 11:50, 2:30, 5, 7:45, 10:20; Sun-Thu 11:50, 2:30, 5, 7:45 Lark: Mon 7:15; Tue 12:40; Thu 10:20am; Regency: Fri-Sat 11:35, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:30; Sun-Thu 11:35, 2:10, 4:35, 7 Northgate: 10:10, 1:10, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 (times may change Mon-Thu) Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:50; Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 7; Thu 1:10, 4:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Tue 7:10, 9:35; Sat-Sun, Wed 12:30, 7:10, 9:35, 3D showtime at 4 Northgate: 9:45, 10:30, 11:15, 12, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9, 9:45, 10:30, 11:15 (times may change Mon-Thu) Northgate: 10:15, 11, 11:45, 1:15, 2, 2:45, 4:15, 5, 5:45, 7:15, 8, 8:45, 10:15, 11; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 (times may change Mon-Thu) Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:30, 7:20, 10:15, 3D showtime at 4:25; Sun-Wed 1:30, 7:20, 3D showtime at 4:25; Thu 1:30, 3D showtime at 4:25 Lark: Fri 4:40; Sat 10:20am; Sun 9; Wed 4:15 Lark: Fri 10:20am; Sun 3; Wed 12:20 Lark: Wed 6:30 Rafael: Fri-Sat 2 Lark: Thu 6:30 Northgate: Tue 10am Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Tue 6:50, 10:05; Sat-Sun, Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:50, 10:05 Northgate: 11:20, 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10 (times may change Mon-Thu) Lark: Fri 2:20; Sat 4:30; Mon 10:30; Tue 5:40; Wed 2:10 (time may change); Thu 3 (time may change) Rafael: Fri-Sun 1:45, 4, 6:15, 8:30; Mon-Thu 4, 6:15, 8:30 Rafael: Fri-Sat, Mon-Thu 8:45; Sun 7:30 Northgate: 11:25, 2:55, 6:25, 9:55 (times may change Mon-Thu) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Tue 6:30, 9:25; Sat-Sun, Wed 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:25 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:30, 4:25, 7:20 Northgate: 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 (times may change Mon-Thu) Lark: Sat 12:20; Mon 12:45; Tue 10:30am; Thu 5:15 Northgate: 10:05, 12:35, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 (times may change Mon-Thu) Rafael: Sun 4:15 (cineaste/Lubitsch expert Joseph McBride in person) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Tue 7:30, 10; Sat-Sun, Wed 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Northgate: 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 (times may change Mon-Thu) Rafael: Fri-Sat 1, 3:30, 6, 6:30, 8:15; Sun 1, 3:30, 6, 8:15; Mon-Thu 3:30, 6, 6:30, 8:15
Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm. CinéArts Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-1190 Century Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6506 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, 491-1314 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1251 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-6496 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 898-3385
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Jay Yamada
Elena Wright is a force as Anne Hathaway.
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f the night is warm, and the cast and play are strong, attending a summer Marin Shakespeare Company production “under the stars” in Dominican University’s Forest Meadows Amphitheatre can be a magical experience. The meteorological gods were not kind to me and other audience members when we gathered to watch Shakespeare’s Will, the middle production of MSC’s summer 2018 season. Chill winds blew from somewhere north—perhaps Canada, home to playwright Vern Thiessen— causing people to pull their jackets up around their ears, or (when acceptable) snuggle against their seatmates for warmth. Those same breezes played havoc with the sound system, as sections of Thiessen’s script were muffled or lost entirely, blown into the swaying trees that encircle the amphitheater. On stage, Elena Wright, sole protagonist of this one-woman evocation of the life of William
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Bill’s Will Shakespeare’s long-suffering wife gets her due By Charles Brousse
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Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, soldiered through undaunted. Actually, her performance was much more that a display of fortitude. Ably directed by Delia MacDougall, she filled the twotiered set with her presence, physically and emotionally, capturing multiple characters and situations, even when Thiessen compelled her to wander into historically disputed territory, or burst into songs that had no apparent connection to the play’s story line. For this, Wright was rewarded with a well-earned standing ovation as she ended the proceedings with a ringing declaration of intent to face the future with courage after her rich and famous husband died in 1616, leaving their Stratford house to his sister Joan, while she received the couple’s “second best bed” and not much else. In this regard, Marin Shakes has a winner in Elena Wright, cold night or not. Y ‘Shakespeare’s Will’ runs through July 8 in the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University, San Rafael.
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KEEPING MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS
BREW
In Session Maximum refreshment matchup for local craft brew By James Knight
D Railroad Earth
The Brothers Comatose • Melvin Seals & JGB Royal Jelly Jive • Ron Artis II & The Truth The Sam Chase & The Untraditional Danny Click & The Hell Yeahs • Rainbow Girls The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men Afrofunk Experience • La Gente Black Sheep Brass BanD • Mike Saliani Band Dirty Red Barn • The Peach Thieves
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Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, Ca TICKETS : WWW.PETALUMAMUSICFESTIVAL.ORG
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oes craft brew have a refreshment gap, when summer days get hotter but the category seems to bring little but ever-stronger IPA, double IPA and triple IPA to the picnic table? I picked a day widely advertised as the hottest day of the year thus far to conduct a rigorous test of local craft brews chosen for their nod to a refreshing, or loweralcohol, “session” style of beer, matched against a regular IPA counterpart and the one-time king of summertime beer drinking. Bear Republic Pace Car Racer vs. Lagunitas Sumpin’ Easy Pace
Car is the new “sessionable” version of Racer 5 IPA, the idea being that you can drink more of it, hurray, without melting too fast under the dual assault of solar radiation and dehydration from IPA’s higher alcohol content. Although the lightest of this group in alcohol by volume (abv), at 4 percent, ambergold Pace Car also presents the most substantial IPA impression with a fresh, floral hop aroma and dry finish. This is the one if you want that big, dry IPA sensation without the big abv. Sumpin’ Easy is the 5.7 percent abv version of Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’—a sort of wheated IPA. Fruity, floral hops—hayride flavor bubblegum?—lead to a tangy, fresh beer with just an echo of the sweetness of the 7.5 percent “Little.”
Bud Light vs. Fogbelt Zephyr Gose
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A whiff of the erstwhile “King of Beers” brings me back to a summer job I once had in a corn-processing plant. It’s reasonably inoffensive, but not, after all, the top refresher. Reminiscent of the sour aroma of the bacterial beverage my hippie neighbor was growing in a jar in his kitchen that same summer, the Fogbelt Zephyr is an update on an old beer style. Although it’s brewed with apricots, the result is not tutti-frutti, and the tart flavors come together with appealing,
fine-bubbled effervescence at 4.5 percent abv. Worth adding to the picnic table. Lagunitas Daytime Fractional IPA vs. Lagunitas IPA It’s dog-eat-dog
with these two. Daytime has a floral hop aroma but less of a dry finish than Pacer. At 4.65 percent abv, it’s a lighter than the 6.2 percent IPA, which is, oddly, less overtly hoppy. Smooth and inoffensive—like the big beer brands seem to be only in their fresh-poured, after-the-tour samples—Daytime should be the baseline of summer beer. Anderson Valley Summer Solstice
The outlier here is a dark amber ale with natural flavors and spices added—wait, isn’t that for winter solstice? Actually, this cream ale is one of my favorites for early summer evening refreshment when the heat lets up and the light begins to dim—or is that just the beer?
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Happy workers, happy beans.
Farm to Cup
Unleashed sources coffee from its own farm By Tanya Henry
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hen William Murad came to San Anselmo from Brazil for an internship with a software company, little did he know that he would return to Marin years later as a coffee producer. Murad comes from a family of coffee farmers who have grown crops in Brazil since 1840. The South American country is the world’s largest coffee producer, and
in 2016, grew 2,595,000 metric tons of the bean. “I’m a 10th generation farmer,” says Murad, who just returned from the family’s plantation where they are are currently harvesting beans to produce his specialty Unleashed brand of coffee for sale in the States. The company is headquartered in San Rafael, where Unleashed does all its bean selection, testing and distribution. Murad partnered with Valerian Hrala, who roasts the
beans in Berkeley before they return to Marin to be packaged and sold wholesale and online. The name of the company, Murad says, “not only refers to the release of the flavor of the coffee beans, but to all of the untapped potential of the many people and entire communities who work hard to produce coffee.” Along with a commitment to making delicious tasting beans, he and his family believe strongly in
the fair treatment of workers. By cutting out the middlemen, Murad wants to ensure quality control of the beans, and distributes profits in the form of higher wages to those involved in the process. Unleashed produces six wholebean blends, available in 12-ounce packages, color-coded to denote different blends and flavor profiles. All, except one dark roast, are medium roast. Acaia, Mini Me and Farm Blend are a few of the offerings; the company’s website provides a helpful chart that rates the sweetness, fruitiness, acidity and body of each blend. Unleashed beans can be found at United Markets in San Rafael, Terra Linda’s Scotty’s Market and Toby’s Feed Barn in Point Reyes Station. For more information, visit unleashedcoffee.com.
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Sundial CALENDAR Concerts MARIN COUNTY The Electric Flag Chicago blues-rock pioneers mark 50 years of music with a concert featuring members Nick Gravenites and Barry Goldberg and guitarist Harvey Mandel. Jun 28, 8pm. $22-$27. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. Ernest Ranglin Jamaican guitarist who helped create the guitar style that defined ska performs with an all-star band and local favorites Soul Ska. Jul 3, 8pm. $30-$35. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773. The Zydeco Flames Rollicking band turns up the heat for an annual Fourth of July BBQ and party full of funky dancehall jams. Jul 4, 4pm. $20. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.
SONOMA COUNTY North Bay Cabaret Four-Year Anniversary Eclectic live variety show featuring a jampacked lineup of local and Bay Area performers includes burlesque, bellydancers, circus acts, improv comedy, live music, shadow puppetry, fire arts and more. Jun 30. Whiskey Tip, 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535. NRVS LVRS Pronounced “Nervous Lovers,” the darkwave project of San Francisco husband-and-wife duo Andrew Gomez and Bevin Fernandez headlines show hosted by KPCA radio station. Jun 30, 8pm. $10. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565. Peacetown Annual concert series kicks off with an “(Inter)dependence Day” show featuring Bottle Shock, Poyntlyss Sistars and others. Lagunitas beer, local wine and food trucks are also on hand. Jul 4, 12pm. donations welcome. Ives Park, Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol, peacetown.org.
NAPA COUNTY Mary Chapin Carpenter Acclaimed country and folk performer and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member appears in an intimate set. Jun 30. 8pm. $40$80. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123. Dead Winter Carpenters Long Meadow’s bluegrass-fed concert series welcomes Tahoe-based Americana band to play before St Helena’s July fourth fireworks display. Jul 4, 5pm. $35-$45. Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St, St Helena. 707.963.4555. Jayme Stone‘s Folklife Award-winning banjoist and composer bridges folk, jazz and chamber music in his latest musical outfit. Jun 29, 7pm. $20. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center
at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville. 707.944.9900.
9pm, Sky Blue Band. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls. 415.488.9235.
Symphony & Salsa Spectacular Symphony Napa Valley and Latin band Candela combine to play American classics like “Stars and Stripes” along with salsas and cha-chas. Fireworks to follow. Jul 1, 7pm. Free. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa. 707.967.2530.
Peri’s Silver Dollar Jun 28, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Jun 29, the Crooked Stuff. Jun 30, Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Jul 1, Matt Bolton. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.
Clubs & Venues MARIN COUNTY Downtown Tiburon Jun 29, Friday Nights on Main with the Spirit of the Caribbean. Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.5633. Fenix Jun 28, pro blues jam with Desert Martini Band. Jun 29, the Jean Genies. Jun 30, Freddy Clarke & Wobbly World. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600. Gabrielson Park Jun 29, 6:30pm, Blair Crimmins & the Hookers. Anchor St, Sausalito. 415.289.4152. Hamilton Amphitheater Park Jun 30, 5pm, “Hot Amphitheater Nights” with Midtown Social. 601 N Hamilton Pkwy, Novato, novato.org. HopMonk Novato Jun 30, Dallas Caroline. Jul 1, 5pm, cookout concert with Steve Poltz and Lisa Sanders. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200. L’Appart Resto Jun 28, Amanda Addleman and Lee Dynes. 636 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.256.9884. Marin Country Mart Jun 29, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Pamela Rose and Wayne De La Cruz. Jul 1, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Moonlight Rodeo. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700. 19 Broadway Club Jun 28, Frankie Bourne Band. Jun 29, Roots Man Project. Jul 1, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam. Jul 3, Blues Champions. Jul 4, Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Jun 28, Pardon the Interruption. Jun 29, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jun 30, Harmonic Law. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392. Osteria Divino Jun 27, Con Quimba. Jun 28, Eric Markowitz Trio. Jun 29, James Henry & Company. Jun 30, Walter Earl Trio. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Jun 27, Rivertown Trio. Jun 28, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Jul 3, Swing Fever. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993. Papermill Creek Saloon Jun 29, 5pm, Hannah Jern Miller. Jun 29, 9pm, Fairfax Social Club. Jun 30, 5pm, Michael Brown and Amy Gervais. Jun 30,
Piccolo Pavilion Jul 1, 5pm, Nancy Wright & the Rhythm and Blues Band. Redwood and Corte Madera avenues, Corte Madera. 415.302.1160. Rancho Nicasio Jun 29, the String Rays. Jul 1, BBQ on the lawn with the Blues Broads and Sons of the Soul Revivers. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219. San Anselmo Library Jun 29, Sauce Piquante. 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. 415.258.4656. Sausalito Seahorse Jun 28, Kiana Melendez. Jun 29, Marinfidels. Jun 30, the Flaming O’s. Jul 1, 4pm, Julio Bravo & Orquestra Salsabor. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Jun 29,the Ha.Jun 30,This Old Earthquake.Jul 1, Beloved.Jul 3,the Cleanup.Jul 4,Epicenter Sound System. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311. Sweetwater Music Hall Jun 29, Fleetwood Mask. Jun 30, Moonalice with SF Airship acoustic. Jul 1, 5pm, Jerry’s Middle Finger. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. Tam Valley Community Center Jun 29, Ciara Rooke Band. 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley. The Tavern on Fourth Jun 29, Wiley’s Coyotes. Jun 30, Steady Eddy and the Shakers. 711 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.4044. Terrapin Crossroads Jun 28-Jul 1, moe. with Phil Lesh. Sold-out. Jun 29, Top 40 Friday dance party. Jun 30, Colonel & the Mermaids. Jul 4, 2pm, Fourth of July with Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773. Town Center Corte Madera Jul 1, 12pm, Lorin Rowan’s Caribbean Bleu. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera. 415.924.2961.
Galleries Art Works Downtown Through Jul 7, “Storytelling,” exhibit invites viewers to construct stories in 1337 Gallery, while “Interpretations” displays watercolors and mixed-media by Liz Schiff and Lynette Porteous in Underground Gallery and “Monstrosity” shows new paintings by Naomi Alessandra in Founders’ Gallery. Reception, Jun 8 at 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119. Bolinas Museum Through Aug 12, “Devine Gardens,” Mayumi Oda and the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
is featured in the main gallery, with Linda Connor’s “In the Himalayas” photography and Patricia Yenawine’s “Fired Up!” ceramics. Reception, Jun 16 at 2pm. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment. 415.868.0330. Book Passage Through Nov 30, “Tom Killion Residency,” acclaimed Marin artist returns to Book Passage’s gallery for a year-long exhibition of his original prints and handcrafted books. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. Daily, 9am to 9pm. 415.927.0960. Buddhist Temple of Marin Through Jun 30, “Refugee Art Show,” featuring artwork created by children and adult Syrian refugees currently living in refugee camps. Reception, Jun 1 at 4pm. 390 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.1173. Gallery Route One Through Jul 1, “Seeing Music,” GRO member Vickisa exhibits fold-out art books, while Yari Ostovany’s “Through the Mystical” paintings show in the project space and Tim Graveson’s “Books at the Beach” photographs show in the annex. Reception, May 26 at 3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. Headlands Center for the Arts Through Aug 23,“Gala Porras-Kim: Trials in Ancient Technologies,”Los Angeles-based artist investigates ancient methodologies of decay and documentation.Reception,Jul 15 at 4pm.944 Fort Barry,Sausalito.Sun-Fri,noon to 4.415.331.2787. John Wilmer Gallery Through Jun 30, “John Wilmer Retrospective,” after more than twenty years in Sausalito, the masterful artist hosts a fivedecade look back on his career as he enters hospice care. Reception, Jun 9 at noon. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon–Sat, noon to 5 johnwilmer.com. Marin Community Foundation Through Sep 20, “Human...Nature: A Guy Colwell Retrospect,” exhibition spans the artist’s figurative social surrealism from the 1970s to current day. Reception, May 30 at 6pm. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. MarinMOCA Through Jul 29, “Make Your Mark,” exhibition of work by artists who explore making marks in unique ways commemorates MarinMOCA’s 35th year. Reception, Jun 16 at 5pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. Mill Valley City Hall Through Jun 29, “Color Takes Flight,” Novato artist Lucy Arnold displays 30 of her natural history paintings and prints featuring birds, bugs and butterflies. Reception, Jun 5 at 5:30pm. 26 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jul 31, “Landscapes & Cityscapes,” group exhibition of works on canvas. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.
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Throckmorton Theatre Through Jun 30, “Jane Reed Veen & Mark Aubert,” Reed’s figurative paintings show in the theatre gallery, while Aubert’s landscape works show in the crescendo gallery. Reception, Jun 5 at 5pm. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600. Toby’s Gallery Through Jun 30, “Human/Nature,” Gallery Route One’s Artists in the Schools and Latino Photography Project examine our humanness within the natural world. Reception, Jun 2 at 3pm. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.
Comedy Aiko Tanaka Actress and comedian has been seen on “The Howard Stern Show” and appeared in a “Fast & Furious” flick. Jun 30, 7pm. $28. The Laugh Cellar, 5755 Mountain Hawk Way, Santa Rosa. 707.843.3824.
of the Fest” series screens the doc about an unorthodox leader of a small-town motorcycle club in Bosnia Herzegovina. Jun 28, 7pm. $12. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797. Art & Architecture in Cinema Series screens the new film, “Cézanne: Portraits of a Life,” about the influential though largely unknown impressionist painter. Jul 1, 1pm. $10-$18. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111. Five Seasons New doc on revolutionary landscape designer Piet Oudolf screens with filmmaker Thomas Piper appearing for Q&A. Jun 30, 4:15pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222. Freedom of the Heart Award-winning doc about film the life of a horse from birth to six months old screens as a fundraiser for the Pony Express’ equine assisted skills for youth. Jun 28, 6pm. Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.528.4222. Green Music Center’s Movies on the Green Pack a picnic and sit on the lawn at Weill Hall to see the recent animated hit “Coco.” Jun 29, 7pm. Free. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. Twelve Pianos Filmmaker and musician Dean Mermell presents and discusses his documentary about his project with multi-disciplinary artist Mauro ffortissimo. Jun 28, 7:15pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.
Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians Tommy Savitt, Kate Willett, Daniel Humbarger and others. Jul 3, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? KRCB Public Media and First 5 Sonoma County present a screening of the documentary about PBS’s popular children’ TV host Fred Rogers. Jul 1, 12pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.
Events Marin City Juneteenth Festival Festival commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States features live entertainment, food, art, fashion and more. Jun 30, 10am. Free admission. George Rocky Graham Park, 850 Drake Ave, Sausalito. marincitycsd.org. Marin County Fair It’s “All for One & Fun for All” this year at the fair, with art, agriculture, nightly fireworks and concerts from Michael Franti, the Beach Boys, LeAnn Rimes and others. Jun 30-Jul 4. $15-$20 at the gate. Marin Fairgrounds, Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800.
Field Trips Fourth of July San Francisco Bay Sailing Get spectacular views of the Bay with brunch, afternoon or evening sails aboard a schooner ship. Jul 4. Schooner Freda B, Slip 907, Sausalito Yacht Harbor, Sausalito. 4153310444.
Film Among Wolves Sebastopol Documentary Festival’s “Best
Food & Drink Chosen Family Pride BBQ Bring your chosen family and celebrate Pride month with delicious food, music and community. Jun 27, 5pm. Voices, 714 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. lgbtqconnection.org. Off the Grid Food Trucks Eat your way through the largest gathering of mobile food trucks in Marin, listen to live music and take in great views. Sun, 11am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700. Season of Wine & Lavender The Sonoma Valley estate becomes an ocean of lavender and offers a variety of experiences including winetastings, harvest lunches, celebration dinners and open houses. Book events online now. Through Jul 31. $5-$10 and up. Matanzas Creek Winery, 6097 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa. matanzascreek.com. Spoonbar’s Fourth of July Celebration Enjoy live music from singer-songwriter Daisy O’Connor and Spoonbar’s famous fried chicken before heading out to see the fireworks. Jul 4, 4:30pm. Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. 707.433.7222.
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The Zydeco Flames turn up the heat at Rancho Nicasio for the venue’s annual Fourth of July barbecue. Tacos, Tequila & Trivia Test your knowledge and enjoy an evening in the museum. Jun 29, 6pm. $24-$30. Charles M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.579.4452.
For Kids Summer Wednesdays for Kids Afternoon music for kids includes lemonade and cookies. Wed, Jun 27, 2:30pm. Free admission. Bon Air Center, 302 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae. bonair.com.
Lectures Artists & Incarcerated Populations Filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu and educator Reggie Daniels show work from collaborative programs with imprisoned people, with Sunday supper event to follow. Jul 1, 5pm. $15-$45. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. 415.331.2787.
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Dissecting Sunscreen Labels Learn how to choose a safer sunscreen for yourself and the planet. Jun 28, 7pm. Driver’s Market, 200 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.729.9582. Everyday Wisdom for Living with Chronic Pain Author Sarah Anne Shockley, who lives with chronic nerve pain, offers a compassionate and supportive approach. Jun 28, 7pm. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St, San Rafael. 415.457.4191. Let’s Explore Cuba! Travel talk takes you through a photographic and cultural journey. Jun 27, 6:30pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael. 415.485.3323.
Broadway Under the Stars Transcendence Theatre Company’s annual outdoor song and dance performance series kicks off with “Stairway to Paradise,” featuring songs from Broadway and beyond. Pre-show picnics available. Through Jul 1, 5pm. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, transcendencetheatre.org.
Meditation at Whistlestop Learn how to lower stress levels, reduce anxiety and depression, and restore healthy sleep patterns. Thurs, 3:30pm. $5. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael. 415.456.9062.
Cosmos: Planet Home Fairfax Theatre Company’s original production uses special effects, dance and music to tell the story of the universe. Jun 28Jul 21. $10-$20. Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax. 415.779.8382.
Mental Alchemy Utilizing the Horoscope Victoria Stephens talks about using the horoscope as one of many paths to enlightenment in the First Tuesday Mystical Seekers Series. Jul 3, 8pm. Free admission. Scottish Rite Center, 600 Acacia Ln, Santa Rosa. 707.782.0592.
Hamlet Marin Shakespeare Company presents the epic drama in a contemporary setting in this production directed by Robert Currier. Through Jul 8. $12-$38. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael, marinshakespeare.org.
Tai Chi Class David Mac Lam teaches classic Yang-style taiji, qigong and Taoist-style meditation. Mon, 11am. $8-$10. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael. 415.456.9062.
Readings Book Passage Jun 27, 7pm, “I Will Be Complete” with Glen David Gold. Jun 29, 7pm, “Ozland” with Wendy Spinale. Jun 30, 11am, “Love Is Love” with Michael Genhart. Jul 2, 7pm, “The Blind Pool” with Paul McHugh. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Book Passage By-the-Bay Jun 27, 6pm, “Dry-Me-Dry” with Sarah Horowitz. Jun 28, 6pm, “Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean’ with Jonathan White. 100 Bay St, Sausalito 415.339.1300. Carole L Ellis Auditorium Jul 1, 4pm, “Let There Be Laughter” with Michael Krasny, in conversation with Isabel Allende. RSVP required. 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma 415.392.5225.
Honky Left Edge Theater presents the dark comedy about race, rhetoric and basketball shoes. Through Jul 1. $25-$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600. Illyria Modern musical take on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” mixes mistaken identities and clever melodies for a romantic tale of hijinks. Through Jul 8. $22-$38. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185. Shakespeare’s Will Spirited and sensual imagining of the inner life of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife, stars Elena Wright. Through Jul 8. $12-$38. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael, marinshakespeare.org. Straight White Men When Ed and his three adult sons come together to celebrate Christmas, they confront issues about identity and privilege. Through Jul 8. $10-$49. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.
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Q:
I’m a 28-year-old woman who has been single for over five years. I’m steering clear of dating sites right now because so many guys portray themselves in ways that are very different from how they are in person. But then, in day-to-day life, when I smile at a guy I like, he’ll usually smile back, but he still won’t come over and talk to me. Call me traditional, but I want a guy who has the courage to approach me. Guys are meant to do the pursuing. —Unapproached
A:
“Guys are meant to do the pursuing.” Well, OK, but forgive the poor dears if they’d like some sign from you about what’s likely in store for them if they hit on you: a hot time in bed or years of painful skin grafts from a 300-degree pumpkin latte you throw in their face. Oh, right—you say you smile at the guys you like. Consider that from a guy’s perspective: Maybe you were smiling at him, or maybe at some CrossFit Adonis standing right behind him. A single ambiguous signal isn’t a reliable message— that is, a reliably actionable message, especially when there’s risk involved in taking action. (In hitting on you, there’s the possibility of public humiliation, maybe even of the “Whoa, the YouTube video is going viral!” kind.) It also doesn’t help that a smile requires very little investment from you, in effort or risk. Amotz Zahavi, an Israeli zoologist who studies signaling behavioral communication between individuals and critters, points out that signals that are more “costly” to the sender are read as more trustworthy (and usually are). Your talking to a guy would be an example of a stronger indication of interest from you (more than a mere smile), particularly if you initiate the conversation. You send an even stronger message that you’re interested by giving several signals at once. For example, you could touch a guy’s arm while you’re talking and hold eye contact (though just for a few seconds—not as if you’re a serial killer trying to hypnotize him into climbing into your trunk). You should also consider that men, more than ever, want to err on the side of seeing that their advances are wanted, which is to say they’re all terrified that they’ll wake up one day and find their name tweeted with #MeToo. This surely affects their willingness to even ask women out. I have written previously about how overt pursuit by a woman—direct, explicit expressions of interest, like asking a guy out—is a risky strategy, as it tends to lead men to subconsciously devalue her. (If she’s chasing them instead of snubbing them like so many other women do, she must be desperate and/or have her sanity up on blocks in the front yard.) However, it turns out that you can probably go really, really big in being flirtatious, like way over what you’re seriously sure is the top. This comes out of the fascinating psychological effect of “indirect speech,” speech that implies what the speaker means rather than explicitly stating it. The indirectness allows us an essential “out,” according to psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker. Basically, as long as we can’t be 100 percent certain of what a person really means, there’s “plausible deniability.” This allows us to just ignore something that would have been offensive if it had been said in a flat-out way. So, for example, if something is said euphemistically— à la the ol’ “Wanna come up and see my etchings?”—both parties can act as if it didn't mean what it pretty obviously does: something along the lines of “It’s getting a little loud in here in Cafe Pretentious. Wanna go somewhere quiet and have sex?” However, flirting big, on its own, may not be enough. There are men who will realize, after you walk out of the drugstore or cafe and out of their lives forever, that they should have asked you out. Put them in a position to have a second chance by going to the same place over and over, like showing up at the same coffeehouse every Saturday. In doing this, you’ll also get the benefit of observing men in a naturalistic habitat, allowing you to see potentially disturbing things about them that aren’t evident online. This can end up being a lifesaving measure—perhaps even literally, in rare cases, and at least figuratively, when you discover that five minutes talking with a guy flies right by . . . like seven hours spent gagged and zip-tied to a chair. Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.
Astrology
For the week of June 27
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your best ideas
and soundest decisions will materialize as if by magic while you’re lounging around doing nothing in a worry-free environment. So please make sure you have an abundance of relaxed slack and unhurried grace. Treat yourself to record-setting levels of comfort and self-care. Do whatever’s necessary for you to feel as safe as you have ever felt. I realize these prescriptions might ostensibly clash with your fiery Aries nature. But if you meditate on them for even two minutes, I bet you’ll agree they’re exquisitely appropriate for you right now.
TAURUS (April 20–May 20) “It is always
what is under pressure in us, especially under pressure of concealment—that explodes in poetry.” Taurus poet Adrienne Rich wrote that in an essay about the poet Emily Dickinson. She was describing the process of tapping into potent but buried feelings so as to create beautiful works of literature. I’m hoping to persuade you to take a comparable approach: to give voice to what’s under pressure inside you, but in a graceful and constructive way that has positive results.
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Introductory
offers are expiring. The bracing thrills of novelty must ripen into the cool enjoyments of maturity. It’s time to finish the dress rehearsals so the actual show can begin. You’ve got to start turning big, bright fantasies into crisp, no-nonsense realities. In light of these shifting conditions, I suspect you can no longer use your good intentions as leverage, but must deliver more tangible signs of commitment. Please don’t take this as a criticism, but the cosmic machinery in your vicinity needs some actual oil, not just your witty stories about the oil and the cosmic machinery.
CANCER (June 21–July 22) In the coming weeks, you will have an excellent chance to dramatically decrease your Wimp Quotient. As the perilously passive parts of your niceness toughen up, I bet you will encounter brisk possibilities that were previously off-limits or invisible to you. To ensure you remain in top shape for this delightful development, I think you should avoid entertainment that stimulates fear and pessimism. Instead of watching the latest flurry of demoralizing stories on Netflix, spend quality time summoning memories of the times in your life when you were unbeatable. For extra credit, pump your fist 10 times each day as you growl, “Victory is mine!” LEO (July 23–August 22) It’s not so bad to
temporarily lose your bearings. What’s bad is not capitalizing on the disruption that caused you to lose your bearings. So I propose that you regard the fresh commotion as a blessing. Use it as motivation to initiate radical changes. For example, escape the illusions and deceptions that caused you to lose your bearings. Explore unruly emotions that may be at the root of the superpowers you will fully develop in the future. Transform yourself into a brave self-healer who is newly receptive to a host of medicinal clues that were not previously accessible.
VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Here’s my list of demands: 1. Avoid hanging out with people who are unreceptive to your influence. 2. Avoid hanging out with people whose influence on you is mediocre or dispiriting. 3. Hang out with people who are receptive to your influence and whose influence on you is healthy and stimulating. 4. Influence the hell out of the people who are receptive to your influence. Be a generous catalyst for them. Nudge them to surpass the limits they would benefit from surpassing. 5. Allow yourself to be deeply moved by people whose influence on you is healthy and stimulating. LIBRA (September 23–October 22) “If I
didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” Activist author Audre Lorde said that, and now, in accordance with your current astrological and psychological needs, I’m offering it to you. I realize it’s a flamboyant, even extreme, declaration, but in my opinion, that’s what is most likely to motivate you
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to do the right thing. Here’s another splashy prompt, courtesy of philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: “We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made us.”
SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) André
René Roussimoff, also known as André the Giant, was a French actor and professional wrestler. He was 7 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 520 pounds. As you might imagine, he ate and drank extravagantly. On one festive occasion, he quaffed 119 bottles of beer in six hours. Judging from your current astrological indicators, Scorpio, I suspect you may be ready for a binge like that. JUST KIDDING! I sincerely hope you won’t indulge in such wasteful forms of “pleasure.” The coming days should be a time when you engage in a focused pursuit of uplifting and healthy modes of bliss. The point is to seek gusto and amusement that enhance your body, mind, and soul.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22– December 21) On her 90th birthday, my GreatAunt Zosia told me, “The best gift you can give your ego is to make it see it’s both totally insignificant and totally important in the cosmic scheme of things.” Jenna, my girlfriend when I was 19, was perhaps touting a similar principle when, after teasing and tormenting me for two hours, she scrawled on my bathroom mirror in lipstick, “Sometimes you enjoy life better if you don’t understand it.” Then there’s my Zen punk friend Arturo, who says that life’s goodies are more likely to flow your way if you “hope for nothing and are open to everything.” According to my analysis of the astrological rhythms, these messages will help you make the most of the bewildering but succulent opportunities that are now arriving in your vicinity. CAPRICORN (December 22–January
19) In accordance with the astrological beacons, I have selected two pieces of advice to serve as your guiding meditations during the next seven weeks. You might want to write them on a piece of paper that you will carry in your wallet or pocket. Here’s the first, from businessman Alan Cohen: “Only those who ask for more can get more, and only those who know there is more, ask.” Here’s the second, from writer G. K. Chesterton: “We need to be happy in this wonderland without once being merely comfortable.”
AQUARIUS (January 20–February18) Ecologists in Mexico City investigated why certain sparrows and finches use humans’ discarded cigarette butts in building their nests. They found that cellulose acetate, a chemical in the butts, protects the nests by repelling parasitic mites. Is there a metaphorical lesson you might draw from the birds’ ingenious adaptation, Aquarius? Could you find good use for what might seem to be dross or debris? My analysis of the astrological omens says that this possibility is worth meditating on. PISCES (February 19–March 20) I suspect
that sometime soon you will come into possession of an enchanted potion or pixie dust or a pouch full of magic beans—or the equivalent. If and when that occurs, consider the following protocols: 1. Before you use your new treasure, say a prayer to your higher self, requesting that you will be guided to use it in such a way as to make yourself wiser and kinder. 2. When you use it, be sure it harms no one. 3. Express gratitude for it before and during and after using it. 4. Use it in such a way that it benefits at least one other person or creature in addition to you. 5. See if you can use it to generate the arrival or more pixie dust or magical beans or enchanted potion in the future. 6. When you use it, focus on wielding it to get exactly what you want, not what you sort of want or temporarily want.Y
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