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What an important story. Maia, you are very brave. You were so young when these things happened to you. We were all so naïve back then, and

Thank you for covering the news around Marc Levine’s sexual harassment bills, Nikki Silverstein’s reporting on the difficulty of rape victims’ obtaining assault examinations “on what is likely the worst day of their lives,” and the brave and heartbreaking article by Maia Boswell-Penc on her observations as a multiple rape survivor. As a man, I remain aghast at how rape survivors continue to face stigma and fear in today’s America. “Justice Denied” is an apt title for the issue. Christine Blasey Ford has still not been able to return home because of the volume of death threats she has received since she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Ford previously told the Senate Judiciary Committee she was forced to leave her home with her family on Sept. 16. She then said her “greatest fears have been realized,” as she continues to receive death threats and lives in hiding. This nation suffers from some great evils today. Shockingly, sexual assault and the ongoing victimization of women by men are still among them. Paul Bonapart Corte Madera

No wonder your paper has become such a dud (“Wasted Justice,” Oct. 10). Not really reporting in any sense of journalism. What the hell happened to innocent until proven guilty. I don’t care who was right but . . . the woman could remember nothing! So you are going to convict on that? How stupid and vapid and mindless just because you believe one side over another. How about the McCarthy years of guilty until proven innocent, or communism, or living in a totalitarian society. We have laws here to protect all of us, and she is literally saying, no, if we believe you are guilty without any proof, then you are guilty, so off to the cell. Is this really what you want our country to start doing? Shame. I will never pick up a copy of your stupid paper again and will advise the same on the internet and to friends. It used to have some semblance of “middle of the road,” a long time ago. Now just a left-wing, socialist Marxist newsletter to the deaf and dumb. John Monte Via Pacificsun.com

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Heroes &Zeroes By Nikki Silverstein

In honor of our annual Heroes of Marin edition, we’re scrapping the Zero this week. First, we have Françoise, who took a bad tumble on some uneven pavement in the Larkspur Ferry parking lot. A kind gentleman exiting the ferry helped her stand up and guided her to a bench near the gate. Seeing her cuts and bruises, he asked a crew member walking by for assistance. That crew member fetched another, who arrived with ointment and bandages. Crew member 2 treated her injuries, escorted her to a seat on the boat and requested that crew member 3 bring ice for the swelling and watch over Françoise during the crossing. Once the ferry was underway, the captain stopped by to ensure that she was comfortable and to offer his help disembarking. Françoise extends her gratitude to the team of heroes that aided her on her journey.

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With all the mishegoss in the federal government right now and the important measures and propositions on our ballot, we must get off our tushes to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Marin couldn’t make it any easier for a registered voter. Choose from three options: 1) Vote by mail—just get that ballot postmarked by or on Election Day. 2) Vote at the poll. Personally, we love that patriotic feeling of walking into our polling place on Election Day, casting our ballot and receiving the red-white-and-blue “I VOTED” sticker. 3) Early voting. Can’t wait to vote? Marin County’s got an early voting system all lined up. Just walk in to the Elections Department at the Marin County Civic Center, now through Election Day, Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. If you need a lift to the polls, catch a free ride with Uber on Nov. 6. If you’re not sure you’re registered? Call 415.473.6456 or visit the county website. Not registered? Do it at registertovote.ca.gov.

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Author Miriam Pawel paints a profile of a two-man family dynasty.

Brown Out

As Jerry Brown prepares to exit the political stage, new book details a family dynasty that’s poised to end By Wallace Baine

n its face, California’s Brown family political dynasty is the story of two men, but metaphorically it’s really the story of three. In the dialectical tale of the Browns, the thesis is Pat Brown, the buoyant old-school liberal who served as California’s governor in a time of expansion and optimism. Antithesis would be Brown’s brainy,

aloof and austere son Jerry, who moved in to the governor’s office at the insufferable age of 36 with rock star Linda Ronstadt by his side, in a time of cynicism and retrenchment. Then, in 2010, came synthesis, with the unlikely election of an older but wiser Jerry Brown, still the intellectually restless ex-Jesuit seminarian who, at the same time, had internalized much of the

practicality and human touch that shaped his father’s career. In a couple of months, Jerry Brown, at 80, is poised to step aside as California’s governor for the second time. As a narrative of political redemption, the Browns’ story is satisfying because it’s surprising. Back in 1983, when Jerry Brown’s first two-term stint as governor ended—brought low by

Pat Brown was an engaging, exuberant, extroverted Hubert Humphrey–style liberal whose love of California was visceral and immediate. Pawel shows Pat’s enthusiasm for flying low in a propeller plane and gazing lovingly at the California landscape, and his habit of stopping in roadside restaurants to glad-hand potential voters. His upbeat personality reflected a kind of post-war optimism that guided him in initiating ambitious and legacy-building projects, particularly in the realms of higher education and water. Paradoxically, for a man considered the patriarch of a California dynasty, Pawel believes that Pat Brown has often been forgotten, especially considering his profound influence on the growth of California. “It’s true that he’s been somewhat overlooked,” she says. “Part of that is the East Coast vision of California that he was a victim of, in some ways. There is one good biography of Pat Brown, and that’s it. And for someone who had such a major impact on the built environment of California—the water, the roads, the universities and the schools—it’s surprising there hasn’t been more exploration of his impact on the state.” He was what is today an extinct American political species: the can-do liberal who dreamed big, then delivered. Along with educator Clark Kerr, the first Gov. Brown championed an ambitious master plan that turned the University of California system into the “model for modern research universities across the country,” with a commitment to keep the tuition free for all Californians. Pat Brown also took on perhaps the state’s most intractable problem with one of its most ambitious solutions. Though the population of California was mostly in the south, the state’s water was mostly in the north. Early on, Brown declared a satisfactory solution to the water problem as “a key to my entire administration.” The result was the massive California State Water Project, featuring the giant aqueduct, now named for Pat Brown, that runs along the spine of California’s Central Valley. In Pawel’s account, Pat Brown’s enthusiasms for governing California were charmingly sentimental. Brown was »8

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especially attentive to the moment when California surpassed New York as the nation’s most populous state. A billboard tallying the numbers was installed near the Bay Bridge, and when the moment finally came at the end of 1962, Gov. Brown declared a four-day celebration. Pat Brown also comes across as a proto-environmentalist who could not stay away from Yosemite and who said that his favorite spot in California was a High Sierra camp called Glen Aulin. Brown was defeated for a third term by Ronald Reagan. After eight years of Reagan in Sacramento, turned off by the corruption of California favorite-son Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, California turned again to an Edmund G. Brown, this time the son. In contrast to his father, Jerry Brown—at least in his first term as governor, from 1975 to 1983—was more a reflection of the VietnamWatergate generation: arrogant, intellectually voracious, almost puritanical in his disdain for mainstream politics, the brooding iconoclast who simultaneously hated displays of wealth and loved hanging out with rock stars. Though it was never overt, young Jerry was a walking rebuke of his father’s entire orientation to the world. Jerry Brown’s mission was to attack the status quo, and he often did so in the most theatrical ways imaginable. He canceled the inaugural ball, flew commercial, rented a small apartment while turning his back on the Reagan’s governor’s residence, and chose to drive a blue Plymouth instead of ride in the governor’s Cadillac limo. His staff, often called “the Brownies,” were a collection of friends and acquaintances, many of whom had no experience in politics. He had no chief of staff or other gatekeeper, and he often conducted the state’s business during hours only a vampire would keep. Jerry’s style resonated in a postWatergate era of limits, but it bewildered many of his constituents, not the least of which was his dad. In interviewing many of Jerry Brown’s friends, Pawel says that many of them told her that “Pat never quite got Jerry. He was off dating Linda Ronstadt and sleeping on a bed on the floor and canceling the inaugural and all that. A lot of people thought it was for show. At the time, it happened to be good politics, but

it also was a reflection of who he was. But I think his father was hurt by not being relied on, or let in more as an adviser. In fact, the worst thing you could do if you wanted to lobby Jerry Brown was to have his father intercede on your behalf.” The last third of The Browns of California retraces Jerry Brown’s time in the political wilderness— the doomed 1992 presidential campaign, the stint at the head of the California Democratic Party, a gig as a talk-radio host. Pat Brown died in 1996, and the next year, Jerry announced his candidacy to be mayor of Oakland. In ’99, he took office in Oakland and experienced a political reawakening. Ironically, he found himself fighting laws that he had created as governor. He vowed to bring 10,000 people to downtown Oakland. He got involved in potholes and karaoke permits. He was a common sight on the streets with his dog, Dharma. The move from philosopher king of Sacramento to pragmatic mayor of Oakland invigorated him. The other X-factor that transformed Brown was Anne Gust, the retail executive who became his wife in 2005. Gust provided a counterbalance to his harsher political instincts. Oakland and Anne rounded off Brown’s rougher edges, according to Pawel, and made him more of a practical and effective politician. In a remarkable turn of events to which we’ve all been witness, Jerry Brown then got a second bite at the apple, becoming governor again in 2010. Instantly he became a trivia question, as both the youngest California governor since the Civil War, and the oldest one ever. Brown came into office ready to wrestle with the state’s chaotic finances and take on its dysfunctional penal system. He proved to be more moderate than many of his liberal supporters had hoped, but turned around a huge state deficit—thanks in large part to Democratic supermajorities and revenue-friendly ballot measures. Pat Brown didn’t survive to see his son’s second ascent to the governor’s office—the older Brown would have found the second Jerry Brown administration much more comprehensible than the first. But time has run out for Jerry Brown and the Brown family dynasty. He has mastered the art of politics just when it’s time to leave the stage. ✹

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Jimmy Geraghty wants to ‘un-bleep the world.’

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Jimmy ‘Fishbob’ Geraghty By Nikki Silverstein

aking quite the entrance, Jimmy “Fishbob” Geraghty arrives for our interview on a black electric bike, his long gray mane flowing behind him. Clad in denim overalls and flipflops with a yellow scarf covering his pate, pirate style, he proudly displays a button fastened to his chest: “Unfuck the World”

“That’s what I want to do,” he says. Geraghty led a charmed early life and grew up in places like beautiful Westchester County (a bedroom community of New York City) and the Hamptons, part of Long Island, with its quaint and tony seaside communities. Both areas are mostly Caucasian. “As a white guy, you have privileges you don’t even realize you have,” Geraghty says.

For the love of a girl on the West Coast, he moved to Marin County in 1988. He settled in the Canal District to be near his boat. “I woke up when I moved in there. I saw a lot of wrong,” he says of the area that is mostly Latino. He gained the “Fishbob” moniker when he created an earring out of an 18 karat gold hoop with a little red and white fishing

bobber snapped onto it. “Quite fashionable,” he says. About five years ago, Geraghty moved from the Canal due to rent increases, and now resides in Gerstle Park. The boat is gone. After an injury forced him to leave the autobody business in early 2000, he began taking classes at Marin Community College. “A new world »10 opened for me,” he says. He

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Heroes of Marin «09 became involved with politics and nonprofit organizations in town. When the United States went to war with Iraq in 2003, Geraghty was a full-fledged activist and protested against the U.S. invasion. During the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the Canal District in 2007, he was part of the Canal Patrol, going out from 5pm until dawn to keep the community safe. That same year, he produced the film Why We Come, to tell the story of the immigrant experience. Now he spends 60 hours a week working with a diverse group of local nonprofits and serves on the boards of the Community Media Center of Marin and Sustainable San Rafael. He’s a member of the San Rafael Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, a founding member of United Marin Rising and an alternate for the San Rafael General Plan 2040. Self-taught, Geraghty designs and maintains websites for many nonprofits and is the videographer for Change the Name, the

controversial push to rename the Dixie School District. His heart, though, is with the Canal, where he describes himself as “a behind-the-scenes cheerleader for the Canal Welcome Center.” Geraghty painstakingly mapped the Canal District for the San Rafael transition from at-large to district-based city council elections, which will give the area more representation. Geraghty doesn’t see himself as a hero, even if the Pacific Sun does. “I’m honored, but the real heroes are the people that live in the Canal.” “It keeps me on my game,” he says of his volunteer work. “I surround myself with people smarter than me, connecting with others and working for change. That’s when the real magic happens.” Geraghty identifies the three biggest problems facing Marin as housing, traffic and racial disparity. The good news is he sees plenty of solutions for all of these problems. His advice: Get involved. “Find a group working on your passion or concern. Become aware.” ✹

Mark Spilsbury & Amy Whelan By Tanya Henry

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t all started with the pancake breakfasts of sausages, fluffy pancakes and orange juice in the garage of my local fire department in La Canada,” says Mark Spilsbury, food service manager at Cedars, the Marin center for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “It was a great feeling.” Spilsbury grew up in Southern California with civic-minded parents, who instilled in him the notion of what he refers to as “doing well by doing good.” He’s been at Cedars for almost 10 years, and like a lot of chefs, has cooked all over the country. After attending college as an art major at Colorado

University in Boulder, he moved to New York and started catering. “It felt like I was joining the circus—there was something new every day.” He prepared meals in abandoned warehouses in Brooklyn, he prepared sit-down dinners at Lincoln Center, he served food to the winners at post–Grammy Award shows. It was never boring. Eventually Spilsbury returned to his home state, and in the early 1990s landed in Marin County and started to work for the Whistlestop center in a kitchen that produces 500 meals for seniors daily in San Rafael. Spilsbury also opened his own restaurant, sold savory and sweet

Any Whelan came to Cedars for some garden therapy 28 years ago—and never left!

crepes at the Fairfax farmers market and worked with Heidi Krahling’s catering arm of Insalata’s restaurant. But it’s his work at Cedars that brings him the most joy. “The folks here might tell me they don’t like the food one day, but then they’ll give me a hug and tell me they like me. It feels good.” Spilsbury begins work at 5:30am on Cedars’ Generoso Pope Jr. campus, where he prepares breakfast for the residents. He returns at lunchtime to prep the midday meal. There are other community-based group homes in Marin, but regardless of where the Cedar participants live, they have access to numerous day programs, including a beautiful garden nestled on the hillside of a 22-acre property in San Rafael that’s run by another Marin hero, Amy Whelan. “Giving back is in my DNA,” says Whelan, a one-time outdoor adventure guide who came to Cedars 28 years ago looking for a therapeutic garden experience. She’s been running the program and preparing vegetarian lunches ever since. The Inverness Park resident describes their program as more than a garden. “It’s like a little farm,” she says proudly. Whelan walks me through a rectangular swath of land designed with metal handrails and PVC

trellises to allow folks with physical disabilities to enjoy the spread. A gigantic fig tree fans out near a host of crops neatly cultivated. There are rows of various pepper varieties, eggplant, thornless berries, tomatoes and corn. The summer-crop season is winding down and heartier winter crops like Swiss chard will soon take their place. An entire section of the plot is designated for flowers, and a greenhouse and shed provide participants with the opportunity to learn about starts and planting from seed. “Every day, eight people work in the garden and learn everything from how to plant and harvest vegetables, to composting and beekeeping,” Whelan says. She’s committed to teaching folks about the connection between growing good food and making healthy choices in life. Mark and Amy provide the nourishment, as they too are nourished by their contributions to an organization that offers a place where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can live creative, productive and joyous lives. Cedars turns 100 next year and is hosting a harvest fair in November, where the public is invited to buy hot-pepper jelly, fig jam, jars of honey, handmade soaps and herbal mixes. ✹

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In its 80 years, the Marin History Museum has amassed a collection of some 20,000 artifacts, 200,000 historic photographs and volumes of oral history and curiosities. Though it’s a beloved resource in Marin, challenges remain for the museum, such as finding a new home. You can help the museum secure their future at the upcoming benefit event, Fired Up About the Future, that features silent and live auctions, family-style dinner and live music from jazz-funk band Tailor Made. Get fired up on Thursday, Oct. 18, at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 7:30pm. $127. 415.388.3850.

Located on the Marin coast, Slide Ranch has for decades helped connect the public to nature with farming, livestock and environmental stewardship programs. This weekend, the public is welcomed to mark the season’s bounty with the Fall Harvest at Slide Ranch daylong event. Mingle with the farm’s animals—even by getting into a beekeeper’s getup—make cheese and granola, enjoy crafts, dance to live music and partake in other fall activities, like a scarecrow parade on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2025 Shoreline Hwy., Muir Beach. 10am to 4pm. $40; kids two and under are free. 415.381.6155.

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Human Nature The word “bioneers” was coined to describe the emerging culture of social and scientific innovators who wished to mimic natural operating systems and solve the world’s problems in sustainable ways. With that goal, the annual National Bioneers Conference aims to inspire positive change at the local level. This year’s conference is themed “Pathways Forward,” and brings in several expert speakers, including Michael Pollan, to explore how humanity and nature are interconnected on Friday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Oct. 21, at Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. conference.bioneers.org.

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Birthday Blues Born in Chicago, but calling the Bay Area home for over 50 years, blues guitarist Nick Gravenites has risen to legendary status in the world of music, playing with Janis Joplin, Elvin Bishop, Howling Wolf and others, and he’s still taking the stage at 80 years old. See the musician and toast his 80th birthday with a lineup of friends, including Wavy Gravy, Pete Sears and several other local luminaries, with food trucks and beer and wine on hand on Sunday, Oct. 21, at Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. 2pm. $40. nickgravenites. brownpapertickets.com. —Charlie Swanson

Veteran folk-pop songwriter Mason Jennings plays off his new record, ‘Songs from When We Met,’ on Friday, Oct. 19, at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. See Clubs & Venues, p32.

to coincide with the California Undocumented Student Week of Action. The school will also welcome Salvadoran poet (and College of Marin graduate) Javier Zamora on Nov. 7, at 1pm in Fusselman Hall, room 120. Zamora was born in El Salvador during the civil war and his parents brought him to the United States to escape the violence. Dezza is headed back to El Salvador this week, he says. The mother of his child is Salvadoran, and so is his wife (who is not the mother of his child). “I go there as much as I can,” he says. As for his show, he hopes people will come away “with a sense of humanity, maybe their hearts and minds are a little more open.”

he Marin Headlands Center for the Arts is known to local art lovers for its ever-changing programming, community dinners and open houses full of natural light. On Oct. 25, it will become associated, for the first time, with wellness, by hosting a women’s event with In Good Company, a conference and events brand out of San Francisco. The In Good Company conference debuted last year and was organized by Katie HintzZambrano, the woman behind Mother Magazine, a popular online resource for parenting-focused interviews, tips and style. The 2017 conference attracted over 300 women and speakers, like veganism guru Laura Miller, accessories designer Clare Vivier and Bob Bland, one of the organizers of the Women’s March movement. A September conference brought together over 400 attendees. In between the two conferences, In Good Company has hosted lifestyle-centric events in Petaluma and elsewhere. For the Marin Headlands event, limited to a hundred women, In Good Company taps into the self-care niche. “We wanted to create a separate event that was a bit more intimate and also focused on slowing down, unplugging and connecting to oneself, nature and other women,” says Hintz-Zambrano. In the program: a journaling workshop with Alex Elle, a wellness consultant behind the popular hey, girl podcast; a guided hike; a yoga class; a panel on creativity—and food throughout the day. The pricey ticket comes with a slew of schwag, from hiking boots to yoga mats. The chosen location is a major source of inspiration. “The Headlands Center for the Arts is such a beautiful, unique and historic building, and a venue that we’ve always wanted to do an event at,” Hintz-Zambrano says. “It’s really a perfect complement to what we are trying to accomplish, with a day centered on self-care, wellness and sparking creativity.”—Flora Tsapovsky

‘Giuseppe Dezza: Beyond the Image’ is up through Dec. 21 at the College of Marin Kentfield Campus, Learning Resources Center, Second Floor, 835 College Ave., Kentfield.

In Good Company, Thursday, Oct. 25, Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Simmonds Road, Sausalito. 9:30am– 6pm. Attendee tickets, $250; digital pass, $65. beingoodcompany.co/tickets.

Giuseppe Dezza traveled to El Salvador in 1990 and documented the tail end of the country’s civil war.

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Bearing Witness College of Marin hosts gritty photography show by Fairfax photographer Giuseppe Dezza By Tom Gogola

iuseppe Dezza’s on a job site in Inverness taking a break from his carpentry work to talk about his photography show now on exhibit at the College of Marin Learning Resources Library. Dezza traveled to El Salvador in 1990 as a volunteer with the non-governmental Human Rights Commission. His photography hobby was soon put to the test. Dezza was supposed to volunteer at the commission for two months and instead stayed on for four years—and photographed the tail end of the Salvadoran civil war that raged from 1979 to 1992. “My job was documenting human rights abuses,” says the 58-year-old native of Italy and resident of Fairfax. “The basic human right we were focused on was the right to life.” His photos are haunting and visceral. There’s one of a young child perched atop a pile of garbage; another shows a toddler in the

foreground with Salvadoran security forces in the background, looking quite scary and intimidating. The work was as politically dangerous as it was artistically fulfilling. Dezza went to El Salvador as part of a shield program initiated with the Marin Interfaith Task Force. The mission was to document human-rights abuses and diminish the possibility of the Salvadoran military targeting members of the commission. He didn’t flinch. “You’ve got to get close, you’ve got to be there, you’ve got to smell it, you had to see it, you had to feel it,” Dezza says in a statement from the college. The country was ravaged by its civil war, and there were numerous assassinations, interrogations and instances of torture directed at humanrights workers during the conflict. Dezza’s show is part of a semesterlong enterprise at the school called “Eyes of Compassion: War, Immigration and Transformation.” The opening this week was timed

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Luke Temple leads dance party in Point Reyes Station By Charlie Swanson

hen singersongwriter Luke Temple moved from the East Coast to West Marin two years ago, he felt fortunate to leave the noise of New York City and replace it with the peaceful sounds of Inverness—even though the acclaimed solo performer and bandleader of indie-rock outfit Here We Go Magic was faced with the task of starting over socially. Luckily, Marin is jammed with musicians, many of whom share a penchant for indie-rock and folk aesthetics as well as communal creativity, and Temple has tapped into that vein with his ongoing concert series, Good Fortune. “I moved here from New York, and I had been there for 15 years and had strong musical connections,” Temple says. “When I came out here, I didn’t know anybody, so it was an attempt to get to know the musical community.”

Good Fortune began life at Gospel Flats farm and gallery space in Bolinas, where Temple would perform solo. Soon, more and more musicians were checking in, and the event moved to the Old Western Saloon in Point Reyes Station. “It turned into a jam,” Temple says. “I’ll have a band come and play a set to open, and then it’ll move into a structured improvisational jam where I sort of direct. Whoever wants to come play can come, and it always ends up turning into a dance party.” Temple’s ability to direct rhythmically repetitive and often stream-of-consciousness songwriting shined on Here We Go Magic songs that had crowds dancing for joy at major festivals around the world between 2009 and 2015. While the band still performs occasionally, Temple’s focus these days is his reinvigorated solo output, featuring intimate folk informed

by his Marin surroundings, which bursts through on his patient, acoustic 2016 solo album, A Hand Through the Cellar Door. Temple is also working on a pseudonymous project called Art Feynman that takes his tender ballad songwriting and infuses a healthy heaping of fuzzed guitars and fourtrack-tape grittiness. Temple will be taking Art Feynman on tour through Europe later this year. Before that, he’s hosting another Good Fortune show on Oct. 20 with Bay Area garage band the Radio Fliers opening the show—before Temple and friends take over. “Everybody can get a chance to play an instrument,” he says. “I try to be as democratic as possible and get everybody up there.” Good Fortune befalls you on Saturday, Oct. 20, at Old Western Saloon, 11201 Hwy. 1, Point Reyes Station. 9pm. $10. 415.663.1661.

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n Mandy, we face the question of how much you can gussy-up the kind of movie that most people have been watching since they were 10 years old. In 1983, the wary lumberjack Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) returns to the safety of the cabin he shares with his zonked, facially scarred wife Mandy (Andrea Riseborough, who, as in Battle of the Sexes, looks more like a hippie than most of the actual hippies of the hippie years). Along comes a Mansonoid cult run by Brother Jeremiah (Linus Roache) who, like Charlie Manson, severely overestimates his skills as a musician and has to kill people to make them pay attention to his LP. Jeremiah sees Mandy, wants her and captures her with the aid of a quartet of demonoids called the Black Skulls that he summons with a diabolical ocarina. When Mandy refuses Jeremiah’s seduction, he kills her in front of Red, after which—

to paraphrase the Bride in Kill Bill—Red goes on what the movie advertisements refer to as a “roaring rampage of revenge”; he roars, he rampages, and he gets bloody satisfaction. This revenge actioner simmers in neon colors, a carnival of evil staged in another part of the David Lynch forest. Director Panos Cosmatos is the son of the man who directed Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). He has inherited his father’s gift for making a forest look really primeval. In Benjamin Loeb’s strobing, lurid photography, even a mud pit is lit up like a Route 66 motel. Mandy tries, and sometimes succeeds, in becoming the kind of movie you should only see after midnight. At times it’s a great shuddery acid trip, or the cinematic equivalent of prog rock—indeed, King Crimson’s “Starless” is featured in Jóhann Jóhannsson’s soundtrack. But a slow pace is fatal to

grindhouse. The changes of emphasis and time that are so fearfully disorienting in Lynch’s films are more like dead air here. As the atmosphere is more important than the setup and payoff, this is an artsy recreation of a death trap instead of a successor to the grindhouse skullbusters of yesterday. Cage is triumphantly virile. Strung up with barbed wire by these bad apples, suffering his way into transcendence, one can glimpse how fantastic he would have been as Jesus. Cage can do the ecce homo face like nobody else. Mandy is crazy, but studiously crazy. Like prog rock when it doesn’t work, it’s like the efforts of classical musicians tackling Delta blues with theremins and Mellotrons. ‘Mandy’ plays through Thursday, Oct. 18, at select theaters and is available on demand at Amazon.com.

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• New Movies This Week By Matthew Stafford

Friday, October 19–Thursday, October 25 An American in Paris: The Musical (2:20) Behold the Tony-winning stage production of the beloved Gene Kelly movie musical in big-screen high definition; the Gershwin boys provide the tunes. Beautiful Boy (1:52) Timothée Chalamet delivers a career-defining performance as a real-life Marin meth addict; Steve Carell co-stars as his supportive Inverness dad. The Bookshop (1:53) Award-winning tale of a free-spirited widow who opens a bookstore in a coastal English village; Emily Mortimer stars. The Cakemaker (1:45) Acclaimed drama about the complex relationship between an Israeli widow and the German baker still yearning for her dead husband. Collette (1:51) Keira Knightley stars as the saucy, pioneering feminist author of fin de siècle Paris. Filmmakers Unite (1:18) Fight the power at a program of 13 narrative, documentary and experimental short subjects offering a collective response to the nation’s zany yet dangerous political status quo. First Man (2:21) Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in a first-person account of the seven-year struggle to land a man on the moon. Free Solo (1:40) Edge-of-your-seat documentary follows mountaineer Alex Honnold as he attempts to scale Yosemite’s vertiginous El Capitan—without a rope! Funny Girl: The Musical (2:40) Acclaimed new West End production of the Jule Styne/Bob Merrill musical stars Sheridan Smith as Fanny Brice. Halloween (1:49) Jamie Lee Curtis is back for a bit of closure with Michael Myers, her bemasked serial-killing nemesis of the 1970s. The Hate U Give (2:12) Acclaimed drama stars Amandla Stenberg as a black teen at a white prep school and the choices she makes after the police shooting of her best friend. I Am Cuba (2:20) Legendary Soviet tribute to the Castro revolution is a gorgeous fever dream of mambo, bikinis and Molotov cocktails; Mikhail Kalatozov directs. An Ideal Husband (2:40) Direct from London’s West End it’s Oscar Wilde’s ever-topical comedy of political chicanery; Edward Fox and Susan Hampshire star. Los Adioses (1:25) Acclaimed drama about an envelope-pushing feminist author fighting gender inequality in 1950s Mexico City; Natalia Beristain directs. The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Delila (3:30) Live from New York, it’s Saint-Saëns’ biblical spectacular of an übermensch laid low by a temptress with a pair of scissors.

• Los Adioses (NR) • An American in Paris (NR) • Beautiful Boy (R)

Lark: Sat 2; Tue 6:30

The Bookshop (PG)

Lark: Fri 2:10; Mon 8:30; Tue 4; Thu 11

Lark: Sat 7; Sun 11 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 12:25, 1:50, 3:10, 4:30, 5:50, 7:15, 8:35, 10; Sun-Thu 11:10, 12:25, 1:50, 3:10, 4:30, 5:50, 7:15

Mid90s (1:24) Lively dramedy about a 13-year-old kid and the cool skater dudes who befriend him; Jonah Hill directs.

The Cakemaker (NR)

Lark: Fri 11:40; Mon 6:10; Thu 1:30

Christopher Robin (PG)

Lark: Sat 5; Tue 1:50

Colette (R)

More than Funny (1:30) Rising comic Michael Jr. stars in a movie that’s part autobiography and part stand-up comedy routine.

Regency: Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15; Sun, Tue 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30; Mon 11:30, 2:10; Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:30

• Filmmakers Unite (NR)

Rafael: Sun 4:15 (filmmakers Ellen Bruno, Jay Rosenblatt, Eva Brzeski, Shy Hamilton, John Haptas and Kris Samuelson in person)

First Man (PG-13)

Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:40; Sat-Sun 11:45, 3, 6:30, 9:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 2:40, 6:10, 9:25; Sun-Thu 11:20, 2:40, 6:10

Free Solo (NR)

Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:15, 8:15, 8:30; Sat-Sun 1:30, 3:45, 6:15, 8:15, 8:30; Mon-Thu 6:15, 8:15, 8:30

National Theatre London: Frankenstein (2:10) Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle stages a spectacular version of Mary Shelley’s horror classic; Benedict Cumberbatch stars. Night of the Living Dead (1:30) George Romero’s 1968 horror classic about a group of people trapped in a farmhouse surrounded by zombies.

• Funny Girl: The Musical (NR)

Lark: Thu 6:30

Halloween (R)

The Old Man & the Gun (1:33) Robert Redford’s final film role as a real-life charismatic 70-something bandit; Sissy Spacek and Tom Waits are along for the ride.

Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:05; Sat-Sun 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:30, 10:05 Northgate: Fri 11:55, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20, midnight; Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Sat 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 10, midnight; Sun 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10

The Hate U Give (PG-13)

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• I Am Cuba (NR)

Lark: Sun 8:40; Mon 10:30; Wed 3:15

Operation Finale (1:49) Historical thriller about the Israeli Secret Service plot to abduct Adolf Eichmann from Argentina to stand trial for Nazi war crimes; Ben Kingsley stars. Oso Polar (1:30) Three childhood friends relive 40 years of love, laughter and regret on a road trip to their old elementary school.

An Ideal Husband (NR)

Lark: Sun 1

• The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Delila (NR)

Lark: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Regency: Sat 9:55am; Wed 1, 6:30 Sequoia: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30

Northgate: Thu 7, 9:10 • Mid90s (R) • National Theatre London: Frankenstein (NR) Lark: Mon 7 Fairfax: Wed-Thu 7 • Night of the Living Dead (R)

Pick of the Litter (1:21) Inspiring documentary follows a litter of puppies on their two-year odyssey to become guide dogs for the blind.

The Old Man & the Gun (PG-13)

Rodents of Unusual Size (1:11) Documentary follows a wild band of Louisiana bounty hunters on a mission to rid the bayous of those 20-pound swamp rats known as nutria.

Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 12:25, 1:50, 3:10, 4:30, 5:50, 7:15, 8:35, 10; Sun-Thu 11:10, 12:25, 1:50, 3:10, 4:30, 5:50, 7:15 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:30, 6:50, 10:15; Sun 2:10, 4:30, 6:50; Mon-Tue, Thu 4:30, 7; Wed 4

Operation Finale (PG-13)

Lark: Fri 9; Sun 4:20; Mon 3:30; Tue 11:15; Wed 12:40

• Oso Polar (NR) • Pick of the Litter (NR) • Rodents of Unusual Size (NR)

Rafael: Sat-Sun 1:15

Sacudete las Penas (1:30) Music-filled Mexican melodrama tells the tall tale of a famous dancer who couldn’t be contained within the walls of a towering penitentiary. A Star Is Born (2:16) Version four of the romantic tragedy stars Bradley Cooper as a spiraling country music star and Lady Gaga as the ascending nova who loves him. Studio 54 (1:38) Documentary tribute to the disco era’s top temple to glitzy hedonism. Tea with the Dames (1:24) Eavesdrop as theatrical royalty Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench dish the dirt over crumpets and oolong. Venom (1:52) Tom Hardy as Marvel Comics’ lethal yet enigmatic superhero; Michelle Williams co-stars. The Wife (1:40) An old married couple look back on their eventful life as they travel to Stockholm to pick up hubby’s Nobel Prize; Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce star.

Lark: Sun 7 Rafael: Thu 7 (filmmakers Quinn Costello and Chris Metzler in person)

• Sacudete Las Penas (NR)

Lark: Fri 7

A Star Is Born (R)

Regency: Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:45, 7, 10:10; Sun-Thu 12:35, 3:45, 7 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:15; Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15; Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:15

• Studio 54 (NR)

Rafael: Fri-Sat 3:30, 5:45; Sun 5:45, 8:45; Mon-Thu 5:45

Tea with the Dames (NR)

Rafael: Fri 4, 6, 8; Sat 2, 4, 6, 8; Sun 2, 3:30, 6:45; Mon-Wed 6, 8; Thu 5

Venom (PG-13)

Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 9:55; Sat-Sun 11, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55

The Wife (R)

Lark: Fri 4:40; Sat 8:50; Mon 1:20; Wed 10:30; Thu 4

We have omitted some of the movie summaries and times for those that have been playing for multiple weeks.

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According to Oslo

Diplomacy takes the stage at Marin Theatre Company By Harry Duke

t a time when the language of diplomacy has been reduced to a 140-character tweet transmitted at 3am, it’s good to be reminded of the men and women for whom the quest for peace demanded actual thought and personal interaction. J. T. Rogers’ Oslo, now running in its West Coast premiere at the Marin Theatre Company through Oct. 28, is a look at the circumstances and personalities responsible for the Oslo Accords. The 1993 accords, considered to be a breakthrough in the search for Middle East peace, brought about Israeli acceptance of the Palestinian Liberation Organization as official representatives of the Palestinian people and the PLO’s recognition of the state of Israel. Norwegians Terje Rød-Larsen (Mark Anderson Phillips) and Mona Juul (Erica Sullivan) are a well-connected husband and wife. He runs a think tank in Oslo; she is an official in the Foreign Ministry. They are the unlikely leaders of a plan to try a “gradualist”

approach in Middle East diplomacy. Issues would be dealt with one at a time, from the smallest to the largest, and they would be resolved personto-person, not nation-to-nation. As it was the official stance of both parties never to deal directly with each other, this had to be accomplished through secret back-channels. Those channels, though far from Washington, D.C., led to that moment on the White House South Lawn when Israeli Prime Minister Rabin shook the hand of PLO chairman Arafat. Rogers’ play takes the same approach as the negotiations. We get to gradually know the individuals involved. As they become better acquainted, we become better acquainted. As the process evolves, the audience evolves with it to the point at which you would swear you were in the room with them. Director Jasson Minadakis has gathered an exceptional cast of 14 to tell this story. Sullivan’s Juul acts as the narrator and provides context and humor, facilitating the initial connection between the audience

and the play. Phillips is magnificent as part strutting peacock, part heartfelt peacemaker Rød-Larsen. His alcoholfueled takedown by the participants at one point during the negotiations was wrenching. J Paul Nicholas and Ashkon Davaran as the PLO representatives and Brian Herndon and Ryan Tasker as the initial Israeli contacts are excellent as across-the-table enemies who soon develop a friendship. Today, the accords are in tatters. Rabin met his end at the hand of an Israeli extremist, the PLO has been supplanted by the even more hardline Hamas, and a true peace remains elusive. The accords may have failed, but Oslo gloriously succeeds in their shadow. This beautifully scripted, remarkably performed work reminds us that when humanity is allowed to enter a political process, there’s still hope. ‘Oslo’ runs Tuesday–Sunday through Oct. 28 at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 415.388.5208. $25–$70. marintheatre.org.

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Woman-identified farming conference cooks up a world of good By Stephanie Hiller

n Sebastopol last weekend, a large gathering of women farmers from around the Bay Area gathered to talk food and farming under the heading “Foundations and the Future.” During a daylong event featuring ritual, stories, art—and a fabulous lunch of farm-fresh foods—the point was made: if there’s any hope for humanity, it lies in the embrace of healthful food. For the past 20 or so years, young people in Sonoma and Marin have been drawn to farming, despite the financial risks and formidable hurdles—especially the access to land. Many of the new farmers in the region are women, and

some of them showed up for the event. “Farming is something we can do to contribute,” said Megan Mendenhall, marketing director of the #NoRegrets Initiative in Pacines, near Santa Cruz. “And it’s a way to shape the future.” The conference, held at the Permaculture Skills Center, is the brainchild of Sebastopol native Caitlin Hachmyer, 34, who has run her Red H Farm for almost a decade. (See our profile on Hachmyer in the Sept. 6, 2017, “Spotlight on Sebastopol” issue.) “Women worldwide grow over half the food, yet in lots of academic and professional settings the spokesmen are the men,” Hachmyer says. “In

this political moment, it’s really clear that people whose voices have been silenced are not going to remain silent. Food transcends any demographic.” And the food served at the conference was exceptional, if not transcendent. Seven local farms provided the ingredients for a buildyour-own taco lunch catered by A Good Life and served outdoors. Attendees enjoyed warm corn tortillas, brown rice pilaf, black beans, seasoned chicken, two salads and a variety of cheeses; the fixings were purchased from Bi-Rite Farm in Sonoma, Beet Generation in Sebastopol, Tierra Vegetables in Santa Rosa, and elsewhere. Lunch was served, a conch was

blown, and a panel of women farmers each told a story of how the magic of making things grow had become part of their lives. Judith Ysrael changed to a plant-based diet with her husband and nine children, she reported, but they were daunted by the prices at their local health food store. They started to grow food in their backyard in Southwood Park in Sacramento. Now they run an organization, Project GOOD, that teaches youth to “cultivate the land, themselves and their community.” Panelist and Bay Area native Kelly Carlisle came out of the corporate world and reported to the 140 attendees (which included a smattering of men) how thrilled she was when a lemon tree she bought at a nursery produced two lemons. It was a Harry Potter moment, she said, which led her to grow pounds of vegetables in her backyard. But at first she was afraid to eat the vegetables she’d grown, Carlisle said to laughs—because they didn’t have a label. Now she’s a Master Gardener and runs an urban-farm project for youth in Alameda. ✹

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Calendar Concerts Fairfax Irish Festival Annual music fest features nearly 30 artists and bands jamming at venues throughout Fairfax. Oct 19-21. 19 Broadway Nightclub, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. fairfaxirishfestival.com. Marin Music Festival Performances by David M’Ore, Elvis Johnson, the Grand Nationals and Marshall Law Band mix with food, craft beer and wine, kids activities and more. Oct 20, 11am. Free. Marin Rod & Gun Club, 2675 Francisco Blvd E, San Rafael. sresproductions.com.

Clubs & Venues Fenix Oct 18, Clyde Street. Oct 19, Wall Street. Oct 20, Rebel Rebel. Oct 21, Charity Goodin & Del Soul. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600. George’s Nightclub Oct 19, Cyphy. Oct 20, DJ Levels. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262. HopMonk Novato Oct 19, Mustache Harbor. Oct 20, B-Side Players. Oct 21, 5pm, Chuck Prophet. Oct 24, Motopony and Josiah Johnson. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200. Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Oct 17, Tom Finch Trio. Oct 24, Acoustic Airship. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005. Marin Country Mart Oct 19, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Jeff Denson. Oct 21, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Blithedale Canyon. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700. 19 Broadway Nightclub Oct 17, songwriters in the round with Danny Uzi. Oct 18, Koolwhip. Oct 19, 5pm, Blonde Sided. Oct 23, Eddie Neon Blues Jam. Oct 24, Turbulence with I-Trinity and Selecta Rebel. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. Old Western Saloon Oct 20, Good Fortune dance jam with Luke Temple and the Radio Fliers. 11201 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1661. Osteria Divino Oct 17, Lilan Kane. Oct 18, Barrio Manoche. Oct 19, Nicholas Culp Quartet. Oct 20, Walter Earl Trio. Oct 21, Greg Jacobs Duo. Oct 23, Ian McArdle Duo. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Oct 17, Martha Crawford. Oct 18, Deborah Winters. Oct 23, Joan Getz Trio. Oct 24, Lorin Rowan. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Oct 18, Wound Up Rooster. Oct 19, Culann’s Hounds. Oct 20, SunHunter with PSDSP. Oct 21, Tie Dyed Blues Band. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Oct 19, Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally Band. Oct 20, the Ray Charles Project with Tony Lindsay. Oct 21, 4pm, Michelle Lambert. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Oct 20, Barry “the Fish” Melton Band. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888. Sausalito Seahorse Oct 18, Toque Tercero flamenco show. Oct 19, Reed Fromer Band. Oct 20, Flaming O’s. Oct 21, Mazacote. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Oct 18, Smokeshow. Oct 19, Epicenter Sound System. Oct 20, the Ha. Oct 21, 5pm, jazz afternoon. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311. Sweetwater Music Hall Oct 19, 6:30 and 9:30pm, Citizen Cope solo acoustic show. Oct 21, 12pm, Roger McNamee. Oct 21, 8pm, Terry Reid. Oct 23, Lorin Rowan and Kirk Casey’s Deep Blue Jam. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. The Tavern on Fourth Oct 19, Servants. Oct 20, the M-Tet. 711 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.4044. Terrapin Crossroads Oct 17, Ancient Baby. Oct 18, Steve Pile Band. Oct 19, Mason Jennings. Oct 20, Tom Petty birthday celebration with Guitarmageddon. Oct 21, Dodgy Mountain Men. Oct 23, the Adderall Cowboys. Oct 24, Old Salt Union. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773. Throckmorton Theatre Oct 18, Pollyanna Bush and friends. Oct 24, 12pm, Ian Scarfe. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Comedy Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians Paul Morrissey, Mateen Stewart and others. Oct 23, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600. Will Durst Veteran standup presents his latest show, “Durst Case Scenario: Midterm Madness.” Oct 19, 8pm. $22-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Events Bioneers 2018: Pathways Forward Annual conference aims to transform our relationship to nature, each other and our own humanity. Oct 19-21. $90 and up. Marin Fairgrounds, Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, conference.bioneers.org. Fall Harvest at Slide Ranch Mingle with farm animals, make cheese and crafts, dance to live music and more. Oct 20, 10am. $35-$40. Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Hwy, Muir Beach. 415.381.6155. Fired Up About the Future Marin History Museum benefit includes

silent and live auction, family style dinner, live music and more. Oct 18, 7:30pm. $127 and up. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. Happily Never After Halloween Party boasts mouthwatering bites, libations, DJs, costume contest, Tarot readings and more. Oct 20, 7pm. $150. Kitchen Collective, 1650 Soscol Ave, Napa. 707.690.9381. Wine, Women & Song Twentieth annual fundraiser for To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation features wine and cocktails, live music and auctions. Oct 20, 5:30pm. $75. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Film Filmmakers Unite Diverse anthology of 13 short films offers a collective response to the US political situation and current threats to our democracy. Oct 21, 4:15pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222. Wilder Than Wild Documentary about climate change and wildfires screens with panel discussion. Oct 19, 7pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Lectures American Cetacean Society Lecture Find out all about Southern Hemisphere humpback whale migratory routes from foraging to breeding grounds. Oct 23, 7pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871. Entering History: The Aims & Foundation of ITP Michael Murphy outlines Integral Transformative Practice and the process of awakening our body, mind, heart and soul over the span of a lifetime. Wed, Oct 17, 6:30pm. $25; $60 for three-part series. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438. Is There Life After Death? Prana Sati, who clinically died and was resuscitated, describes his experience. Oct 19, 7:30pm. $20-$25. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato. 415.475.5000. Marin Open Studios 2019 Kickoff Party Featured Workshop program features acclaimed speaker Stephen Wagner. Oct 17, 6:45pm. Marin Society of Artists, 1515 Third St, San Rafael. 415.464.9561. Opening the Gates of the Heart Partake in writing exercises that provide a pathway to peace. Registration required. Oct 17, 9am. $10. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael. 415.456.9062. Preventing & Combating Cyberbullying Workshop is led by Microsoft community development specialist Alyssa Surges. Oct 24, 7pm. Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Shipping in San Francisco Bay Learn how products arrive in San Francisco Bay from a shipping boat captain. Oct 22, 10:30am. Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Readings Angelico Hall Oct 18, 7pm, “Presidents of War” with Michael Beschloss. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440. Book Passage Oct 17, 7pm, Litquake with Ben Fountain and Adam Hochschild. Oct 18, 7pm,“The Desert & the Sea” with Michael Scott Moore. Oct 19, 1pm,“Winter in Paradise” with Elin Hilderbrand. Oct 22, 7pm,“November Road” with Lou Berney. Oct 23, 7:30pm,“Aware” with Dan Siegel. Oct 24, 1pm,“Everything Trump Touches Dies” with Rick Wilson. Oct 24, 7pm, “Bridge of Clay” with Markus Zusak. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Book Passage By-the-Bay Oct 22, 6pm, “Change the World City by City” with Leen Gorissen. 100 Bay St, Sausalito 415.339.1300. Point Reyes Books Oct 23, 7pm, “How to Not Always Be Working” with Marlee Grace. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542. Point Reyes Presbyterian Church Oct 21, 2pm, “False Calm” with María Sonia Cristoff. 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station 415.663.1349. San Rafael Copperfield’s Books Oct 19, 6pm, “The Girl They Left Behind” with Roxanne Veletzos. Oct 21, 2pm, “Censored 2019” with Mickey Huff. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

Theater The Journey hOMe Storyteller and award winning songwriter Carl John redefines the souls search in a live performance. Oct 19, 8pm. Key Tea, 921 C St, San Rafael, 808.428.3233. Oslo Catch the west coast premiere of the smashhit political thriller. Through Oct 28. $10-$25 and up. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208. Twelfth Night Ross Valley Players present Shakespeare’s enduring comedy of mistaken identity and unrequited love. Through Oct 21. $12-$27. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. rossvalleyplayers.com. The PACIFIC SUN’s calendar is produced as a service to the community. If you have an item for the calendar, send it to calendar@bohemian.com, or mail it to: NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN, 847 Fifth St, Santa Rosa CA 95404. Inclusion of events in the print edition is at the editor’s discretion. Deadline is two weeks prior to desired publication date.

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person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 12/3/2018, Time: 9:00am, Dept: B, Room: B. The address of the court is same as noted above; 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the Pacific Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin. DATED: OCT 11, 2018 Roy O. Chernus Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C Lucchesi, Deputy (October 17, 24, 31, and November 7 of 2018)

By Amy Alkon

I hit it off with this guy I met on Match.com. We’ve been dating for a month and slept together twice. He said he’d delete his Match profile because things were going so well, so I deleted mine. Recently, a mutual friend told me he’d just gone on Tinder. I’m super upset, and though we didn’t have the exclusivity talk, it seemed implied. —Dumbfounded

Okay, so it seems he didn’t quite get around to mailing out the formal invitations to the funeral for his freedom. Now, the guy may be an out-and-out lying cad, cooing commitment-y things to you that he never intended to follow through on. However, it’s also possible that he was legit enthusiastic in that moment when he offered to delete Match— confusing the buzzy high of a love thing that’s brand-new with a love thing that’s really right. Neuroscientist Wolfram Schultz discovered that things that are new to us—people, relationships, pleasure-producing substances— activate our brain’s reward circuitry and its chemical messenger boy, dopamine, in a way things we’re used to do not. (That very first bite of chocolate cake is always the tastiest, most chocogasmic.) In fact, Schultz’s research suggests that “novel rewards” may be two to three times more dopamine-elevating than delishy stuff we’ve previously experienced. Basically, once we’ve tried something, even if we really, really enjoyed it the first time (hot diggity!), it becomes less motivating to us (kinda lukewarm diggity). This motivational downshift comes out of how dopamine neurons are, in a sense, fortuneteller cells; they predict how rewarding things or situations will be. Dopamine, contrary to what countless books and articles contend, is not a “pleasure chemical.” It does not generate a heroin rush-type euphoria. It’s stimulating. It drives wanting and seeking, motivating us to explore new stuff that might enhance our ability to pass on our genes. After dopamine calculates the difference between the initial high a thing gave us when it was new and its current level of more meh rewardingness, it can push us to go out and chase the initial high—seek some new provider, and then another and another: “Sure, I could have a stable adult relationship—or I could continue my groundbreaking research into The Tramp Stamps of Tinder.” This is not an excuse for this guy’s lack of forthcomingness but a possible explanation for why he said he’d delete Match but then signed right up for Tinder. It’s also possible the powerful human fear of regret is at play. Going exclusive with you would mean waving bye-bye to the rest of womankind. It’s possible that he and his penis feel the need for a second opinion. The problem from your end is that your wanting to go exclusive with him is the dating version of the impulse purchase. A month in, you don’t have enough information to judge his character, see whether he’s boyfriend-grade, and see whether there’s, uh, brand loyalty. You should be just starting to see who he is and reserving judgment—much as you’d like to believe that he’s a wild dude seeking domestication, kind of like a lion knocking on the door of the zoo: “Got any vacancies, chief ?”

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email adviceamy@aol.com. @amyalkon on Twitter. Weekly radio show, blogtalkradio. com/amyalkon.

Astrology

For the week of October 17

ARIES (March 21–April 19) Humraaz is a

word in the Urdu language. Its literal meaning is “secret sharer.” It refers to a confidante, a person in whom you have full trust and to whom you can confess your core feelings. Is there such a character in your life? If so, I suggest you seek him or her out for assistance in probing into the educational mysteries you have waded into. If there is no such helper you can call on, I advise you to do whatever’s necessary to attract him or her into your sphere. A collaborative quest may be the key to activating sleeping reserves of soul wisdom.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) Taurus author

Roberto Bolaño suggests that the world contains more beauty than many people realize. The full scope and intensity of this nourishing beauty “is only visible to those who love.” When he speaks of “those who love,” I suspect he means deep-feeling devotees of kindness and compassion, hard-working servants of the greater good and free-thinking practitioners of the Golden Rule. In any case, Taurus, I believe you’re in a phase when you have the potential to see far more of the world’s beauty. For best results, supercharge your capacity to give and receive love.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Once upon a time you were walking along a sidewalk when a fairy floated by and whispered, “I’m willing to grant you three wishy-washy wishes for free. You don’t have to do any favors for me in return. But I will grant you three wonderfully wise wishes if you perform three tasks for me.” You asked the fairy, “What would those three tasks be?” She replied, “The second task is that you must hoodwink the devil into allowing you to shave his hairy legs. The third task is that you must bamboozle God into allowing you to shave his bushy beard.” You laughed and said, “What’s the first task?” The fairy touched you on the nose with her tiny wand and said, “You must believe that the best way to achieve the impossible is to attempt the absurd.” CANCER (June 21–July 22) You Crabs tend

to be the stockpilers and hoarders of the zodiac. The world’s largest collections of antique doorknobs and Chinese restaurant menus and beer cans from the 1960s belong to Cancerian accumulators. But in alignment with possibilities hinted at by current astrological omens, I recommend that you redirect this inclination so it serves you better. How? One way would be to gather supplies of precious stuff that’s really useful to you. Another way would be to assemble a batch of blessings to bestow on people and animals who provide you with support.

LEO (July 23–August 22) Chinese mythology

tells us there used to be 10 suns, all born from the mother goddess Xihe. Every 24 hours, she bathed her brood in the lake and placed them in a giant mulberry tree. From there, one sun glided out into the sky to begin the day while the other nine remained behind. It was a good arrangement. The week had 10 days back then, and each sun got its turn to shine. But the siblings eventually grew restless with the staid rhythm. On one fateful morning, with a playful flourish, they all soared into the heavens at once. It was fun for them, but the earth grew so hot that nothing would grow. To the rescue came the archer Hou Yi. With his flawless aim, he used his arrows to shoot down nine of the suns, leaving one to provide just the right amount of light and warmth. The old tales don’t tell us, but I speculate that Hou Yi was a Leo.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) You now have maximum command of a capacity that’s a great strength but also a potential liability: your piercing brainpower. To help ensure that you wield this asset in ways that empower you and don’t sabotage you, here’s advice from four wise Virgos. (1) “Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.”—psychotherapist Anthony de Mello (2) “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”—poet Mary Oliver (3) “I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.”—actor and writer Stephen Fry (4) “I wanted space to watch things grow.”—singer Florence Welch

By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) “There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time,” wrote Libran author Oscar Wilde. “The reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a long time after the answer.” That’s the weird news, Libra. You have been waiting and waiting to understand a project that you set in motion many moons ago. It has been frustrating to give so much energy to a goal that has confused you. But here’s the good news: Soon you will finally formulate the question your project has been the answer to. And so at last you will understand it. You’ll feel vindicated, illuminated and resolved. SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Many seekers who read horoscope columns want common-sense advice about love, career, money and power. So I hope I don’t disappoint you by predicting that you will soon have a mystical experience or spiritual epiphany. Let me add, however, that this delightful surprise won’t merely be an entertaining diversion with no useful application. In fact, I suspect it will have the potential of inspiring good ideas about love, career, money or power. If I had to give the next chapter of your life story a title, it might be “A Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Practical Magic.”

SAGITTARIUS (November 22– December 21) In 1962, when she was 31 years old, Sagittarian actress Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for her role in the film West Side Story. In 2018, she attended the Oscars again, sporting the same dress she’d worn for the ceremony 56 years before. I think the coming weeks will be a great time for you, too, to reprise a splashy event or two from the past. You’ll generate soul power by reconnecting with your roots. You’ll tonify and harmonize your mental health by establishing a symbolic link with your earlier self. CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19)

The Committee to Reward Unsung Good Deeds hereby acknowledges your meritorious service in the trenches of the daily routine. We praise your tireless efforts to make life less chaotic and more coherent for everyone around you. We’re grateful for the patience and poise you demonstrate as you babysit adults who act like children. And we are gratified by your capacity to keep long-term projects on track in the face of trivial diversions and petty complaints. I know it’s a lot to ask, but could you please intensify your vigilance in the next three weeks? We need your steadiness more than ever.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) You need a special pep talk that’s best provided by Aquarian poet Audre Lorde. Please meditate on these four quotes by her. 1. “Caring for myself is not selfindulgence, it is self-preservation. 2. “We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.” 3. “You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. To do that, you must first be willing to believe you have it.” 4. “Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.” 5. “The learning process is something you can literally incite, like a riot.” PISCES (February 19–March 20) Warning:

My horoscopes may interfere with your ability to rationalize your delusions; they could extinguish your enthusiasm for clichés; they might cause you to stop repressing urges that you really should express; and they may influence you to cultivate the state of awareness known as “playful wisdom.” Do you really want to risk being exposed to such lavish amounts of inner freedom? If not, you should stop reading now. But if you’re as ripe for emancipating adventures as I think you are, then get started on shedding any attitudes and influences that might dampen your urge to romp and cavort and carouse.

Go to realastrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888 or 1.800.350.7700.

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