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YEAR 56, NO.47 NOVEMBER 21-27, 2018

SERVING MARIN COUNTY

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Open Art MARIN COUNTY STUDIO TOURS MARK DECADES OF PULLING BACK THE VEIL P10 Paradise and PG&E P6 Chris Robinson P11 Ralph Breaks It P12

Celebrating our 20th year!

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Thank You to all the muscians who have graced our stages!

Aja Vu Angela Strehli Annie Sampson Austin deLone Avett Brothers Baguette Quartette Beso Negro Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys Bill Kirchen Billy Joe Shaver Billy Lee Lewis Bonnie Hayes Booker T. Jones Box Set Buck Nickels and Loose Change Buckwheat Zydeco Bud E. Luv Butch Hancock Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs Cafe R & B California Honeydrops Candye Kane Carlene Carter Carmen Getit Carolyn Wonderland Cate Brothers Band Charlie Musselwhite Chazz Cats Chris Cain Band Chrome Johnson Chuck Prophet Commander Cody

Connie Champagne Country Joe McDonald Craig Horton Christmas Jug Band Dallis Craft Dan Hayes Dan Hicks Danny Click Dave Alvin David Grisman David Nelson Band Dead Winter Carpenters Deanna Bogart Deke Dickerson Del McCoury Devil Makes Three Dirty Cello Dixie Hummingbirds Dorothy Morrison Dr. Elmo Doug Adamz Earl Thomas Ed Earley Band El Radio Fantastique Elvin Bishop Emmit Powell & the Gospel Elites Fleetwood Mask Foxes in the Henhouse Fred Eaglesmith Freddy Clarke Frobeck Gary Vogensen Gator Beat

Geoff Muldaur Glenn Walters Hot Buttered Rum Houston Jones HowellDevine I See Hawks in LA Indigo Swing It’s A Beautiful Day Jackie Greene James Harman James Moseley Band Jeffrey Halford Jerry Hannan and the Mad Hannans Jesse Brewster Jesse Colin Young Jim Lauderdale Jimmie Dale Gilmore Joe Ely Joe New John Allair John Lee Sanders John Stewart Johnny Nocturne Band Johnny Vegas Junior Brown Junk Parlor Kathy Kallick Kevin Russell Kim Nalley King James Kronos Quartet Lady Bianca Larry Carlin Laurie Lewis

...and All of Us

Lavay Smith Ledward Kaapana Lee Presson Leon Russell Linda Imperial Linda Tillery Lipbone Redding Little Charlie & The Night Cats Lorin Rowan Los Pinguos Lost Weekend Loudon Wainright III LoWatters Lydia Pense & Cold Blood Marcia Ball Maria Muldaur Mark Hummel Mark Naftalin Matt Jaffe Maurice Tani Michael Doucet & Beausoleil Mike Duke Mike Lipskin & Dinah Lee Mike Schermer Misner & Smith Mitch Woods Monophonics Mort Sahl Mumbo Gumbo Nancy Wright New Monsoon NRPS

Norton Buffalo Pablo Cruise Paul Mehling Paul Revelli Paul Thorn Band Pete Sears Peter Rowan Petty Theft Pinetop Perkins Polkacide Poor Man’s Whiskey Quicksilver Ramblin’ Jack Elliot Rancho Allstars Rancho Deluxe Ray Wylie Hubbard Red Meat Revolver Rhythmtown Jive Rick Lenzi Riders in the Sky Rivertown Trio Robert Earl Keen Rodney Crowell Ron Thompson Roomful of Blues Rosie Flores Roy Rogers Russ Gauthier Rusty Zinn Ruthie Foster San Geronimo Shana Morrison Sisters Morales Solid Air Sons of Champlin

Sons of the Soul Revivers Soul Ska Stephen Bruton Steve Ehrmann Steve Forbert Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums Stiff Dead Cat Stompy Jones Stone River Boys Sundogs Swing Session Swing Society Tee Fee Swamp Boogie Band Terry Haggerty and Katie Guthorn Terry Baker Terry Hanck The Blues Broads The California Honeydrops The Cheeseballs The Coverlettes The Dynatones The Edge The Flatlanders The Hacienda Bros.

The Haggards The Illeagles The Jones Gang The Lonely Hearts The Monophonics The Mother Truckers The Paladins

Thank All of You!

The Persuasions The Priesthood The Pulsators The Rowan Brothers The Sorentinos The String Rays the subdudes The Sun Kings The Uptones The Waybacks Those Darn Accordians Tim Cain Tim Weed Todos Santos Tom Rigney and Flambeau Tom Russell Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Tony Joe White Tracy Nelson Unauthorized Rolling Stones Vinyl Volker Strifler Wake the Dead Wanda Jackson Wendy Dewitt Wendy Fitz Will Durst Willie K Zulu Spear Zydeco Flames

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Trivia

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Arts

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Music

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Movies

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Calendar

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Astrology/Advice

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By Howard Rachelson

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Trivia Café

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Name these domed buildings and their city locations.

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The leading female singer in an opera is often known by what two-word title?

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Currently, about what percent of retail purchases in this country are made online, as opposed to brick and mortar stores: 10 percent, 20 percent, 30 percent or 40 percent?

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Who was the first host, in 1999, of the trivia game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

6 The scientific study of organisms and their environment is known as what –ology?

7 America’s first hospital was established on May 11, 1751, in what city?

8 The most outstanding player in college football, whose performance best

exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity, is given what award?

9 Name all the countries in South America that border the Pacific Ocean?

10 Steven Spielberg has won the Best Director Oscar twice, for what two

war-related movies?

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One barrel contains 100 red ping-pong balls, another has 100 white ping-pong balls. Select a scoopful of 20 red balls and mix them thoroughly into the barrel of white balls, then return the same number of balls from the mixed group back into the red barrel. Are there now more red balls in the white barrel, or white balls in the red?

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Heroes &Zeroes

By Nikki Silverstein

Scores of students collected a stock of socks, 2,500 pairs to be exact, and donated them to homeless people in Marin. It started with Community Heroes, a Marin school-based program mentoring young philanthropists and social activists on how to make a difference in their communities.

The kids in the group learned that socks are the number one requested item by unhoused men and women.

They swung into action, performing skits for their student bodies and making and waving signs at school drop-offs to raise awareness of the issue. In October, they launched SOCKtober, the rocking sock collection drive. This month, children from three participating San Rafael elementary schools, Vallecito, Dixie and Sun Valley, delivered the socks to Downtown Streets Team in San Rafael. It was the largest sock donation ever received by the San Rafael nonprofit that works to end homelessness.

Kudos to the kids.

In the wee hours of the morning, a San Rafael police officer found an unregistered Mac 11 automatic pistol and a loaded high capacity magazine in the car of a convicted felon on probation.

To add insult to injury, the car was parked next to a preschool on Bayview Street. Not only does that gun look mighty scary, it’s a banned weapon according to California law. The patrolman arrested Tyler Revels, 21, of San Rafael, on an outstanding warrant and six additional charges related to the pistol and ammo, including possession of an assault weapon.

The silver lining here is that the San Rafael police took a dangerous gun off the streets. We need gun legislation to help rid us of the 393 million firearms owned by civilians in this country. OK, keep the hunting rifles if you must, but the rest of them need to go.

Got a Hero or a Zero? Please send submissions to nikki_silverstein@yahoo.com. Toss roses, hurl stones with more Heroes and Zeroes at pacificsun.com.

Upfront Mangled power lines in Santa Rosa, October 2017.

Paradise Glossed Why does PG&E get to decide when to turn off the power? By Tom Gogola

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t’s been two weeks since the Camp fire broke out in Butte County, and the North Bay air is still filled with smoke from the catastrophic blaze that destroyed the town of Paradise.

Or was that the town of . . . Pleasure?

President Trump couldn’t seem to get that fact straight when he showed up in California last week to implore residents to break out the rakes, just like they do in Finland, to stop forest fires in their tracks. Smokey the Landscaper, anyone?

The presidential visit last week is

worth noting for its awkwardness.

There was Trump, sandwiched between a bewildered-looking Gov. Jerry Brown, and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, as the reality-show president bloviated about the fake news of climate change and blamed a lack of raking for the cataclysmic fires that have taken dozens of lives and destroyed thousands of homes.

Trump’s antics aside, serious people are now asking serious questions about how this latest round of devastation will play out for the Pacific Gas & Electric Company; press

reports about the investor-owned utility have contemplated whether the Paradise fire will bankrupt the company, whose stocks have tumbled since the flames broke out on Nov. 8.

The official line from PG&E is that the cause of the fire is under investigation. “The cause of the fire has not been determined,” says PG&E spokeswoman Deanna Contreras, “so it is uncertain if we could be liable for any of the damages.”

The utility filed a letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 11 indicating that, were it found

7 Shutoff situation,” says Contreras, “beyond a Red Flag warning, there are a number of other factors PG&E considers when deciding to initiate a Public Safety Power Shutoff [PSPS]. These include strong winds, very low humidity levels, critically dry vegetation and on-the-ground observations by our crews.” According to PG&E, “the forecasted conditions didn’t meet the criteria” to initiate a shutdown in Butte County.

In fairness to utilities such as PG&E, they’re in a kind of “damned if they do, damned if they don’t” bind when it comes to decisions about shutting down the power.

The utility was blasted by Lake County leaders and businesses in October when it pro-actively shut down the power to some 70,000 residents under high-wind Red Flag conditions. No fire broke out, but one liability question for PG&E is whether shutting down the power is in itself an acknowledgement of potential wrongdoing on its part.

In other words, why shut down the power if the utility’s vegetationclearance work, as claimed, is up to snuff ?

The current de-energizing protocols are part of the deeply controversial Senate Bill 901 from this year’s session, which aimed to compel PG&E to address the “new abnormal” while not driving the utility out of business in the process by foisting all liability for wildfires onto it (and despite failures on PG&E’s part to adequately remove vegetation from around power lines).

The utility was found liable for several of the fires that broke out in California in late 2017, including the catastrophic Tubbs fire that destroyed Coffey Park in Santa Rosa.

Among PG&E’s high-powered friends in Sacramento is the lobbying organization Platinum Advisors, which was founded by Darius Anderson, a Sonoma County power broker who is also the founder of the nonprofit Rebuild Northbay. The Anderson-led nonprofit includes a PG&E employee on its board. The utility has been actively engaged in highly visible, subcontracted vegetation-removal work in the North Bay over the past few weeks.

As currently regulated, PG&E’s actions around de-energizing power lines are only reviewed in the aftermath of a decision to shut the power down.

The state of California has no role in making the de-energizing decision,

Evidently, all we need is a rake and some faith to save California.

says Terrie Prosper, director of the news and outreach office at the California Public Utilities Commission (whose past leadership has been charged with acting as a rubber-stamp agency for PG&E’s interests).

Senate Bill 901 requires utilities such as PG&E to submit wildfire mitigation plans, Prosper notes; those plans are under review by the CPUC, as of Oct. 25.

Under the current regulatory structure, the CPUC’s role is to investigate utilities’ decisions to deenergize power lines that distribute electricity to consumers; critically, the CPUC has no regulatory role in investigating a utility’s decision to not de-energize power lines. The CPUC’s role is not so much advisory as it is investigatory when it comes to deenergizing decisions.

The utility is required to file a report within 10 days of the de-energizing event, says Prosper, “explaining their decision to shut off power, the notice that was given to customers and community representatives, the number and types of customers affected, the steps they took to restore power, and any other mitigation provided by the utility,” Prosper says.

“The CPUC may assess de-energization events that occur, and may take enforcement actions if a utility’s actions were unreasonable.”

The shutoff protocol is “an additional precautionary safety measure implemented following [2017’s] wildfires and is used under specific

extreme weather conditions to further reduce the risk of wildfires,” says PG&E’s Contreras, “and is not deployed as a response to an active fire.”

The de-energizing issue is complicated by the nature of the power lines being considered for de-energizing, and the intersection of oversight of those lines, Contreras explains.

High-voltage transmission lines are not part of the PSPS program and are regulated by the feds through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and operated by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

Transmission lines operate at higher voltage than distribution lines, and outages impact a much larger number of customers, Contreras says via email. The CAISO does allow utilities to de-energize high-voltage transmission lines (those that operate at 115 kV or above)—for example, at the request of Cal Fire—but only through coordination with the utility.

“In light of the potential public safety issues resulting from de-energizing higher-voltage transmission lines, including the potential to impact millions of people and create larger system stability issues for the grid,” Contreras writes, “PG&E has not extended the PSPS program to transmission lines that operate at 115 kV or above.”

The question remains: Will lawmakers de-energize PG&E’s power to shut off the juice when the Red Flags start flying again next year? Y

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liable for the Camp fire, it could lead to bankruptcy. That letter prompted news reports on the national wires speculating about whether this was the fire that would finally break the utility, and a follow-up round of stories seemed to assure investors, if not consumers, that bankruptcy was not afoot. (The company declared bankruptcy around the time of the great California brownouts of 2000–01.)

As the Camp fire raged, California legislators, including State Sen. Jerry Hill, speculated that this year’s round of devastation could lead to the utility being broken up. But there’s another question for the utility, its regulators in the state and lawmakers as they re-engage on California’s “new abnormal” of climate-change-driven weather events that scorch the state on a routine basis: Should PG&E continue to make the decision about whether to keep the power on when wind conditions pose a significant threat of blowing tree limbs into live power lines? Should that decision be off-loaded to state officials? Will the question be taken up by lawmakers when they reconvene in Sacramento to figure out a fire-free path forward?

It’s an open question that’s got a “third rail” political quality about it, insofar as decisions about de-energizing power lines are currently PG&E’s alone to make (it’s a private corporation and not a state-run utility).

The de-energizing issue was brought into harsh relief on Nov. 8, when PG&E elected to not shut down the power in Butte County and other Northern California counties (including parts of Napa and Sonoma counties) after announcing that it was planning to do so.

In a statement on Nov. 8, PG&E senior vice president of electric operations Patrick Hogan wrote to the company’s customers to thank them for their understanding “and for their actions in preparation of a possible Public Safety Power Shutoff [PSPS].

We know how much our customers rely on electric service, and we will only consider temporarily turning off power in the interest of safety and as a last resort during extreme weather conditions to reduce the risk of wildfire.”

The Camp fire broke out on Nov. 8.

As the cause of the fire is investigated, PG&E defends its decision to keep the power on.

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Sundial SAN RAFAEL

Holiday Laughs

THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A SELECTIVE GUIDE

While the San Francisco Comedy Competition has become known as a staple of the summer schedule in the Bay Area, the producers behind the long-running comedy contest also host several other standup shows throughout the year. This year, the organization adds a Thanksgiving weekend show, Best of the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition: Home for the Holidays, featuring past winner and national headlining standup star and actor Jackie Flynn and other alumni of the competition performing on Saturday, Nov. 24, at Marin Center Showcase Theater, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

8pm. $30. 415.499.6800.

NOVATO

Heritage of Art November is Native American Heritage Month, and the Museum of the American Indian, located in Miwok Park and housing a large collection of Coast Miwok artifacts, has spent the month celebrating with free-admission Sundays and kids events. For the month’s final Sunday, the MAI also hosts the Museum of the American Indian Holiday Gift Shop Sale, offering deep discounts on several items that speak to the history and culture of the Miwok people, which can also be seen at the museum’s exhibits on display Sunday, Nov. 25, 2200 Novato Blvd., Novato. 12:30pm to 4:30pm. Free admission. 415.897.4064.

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Wellness Screening Marin’s quarterly Teen Wellness Film Series addresses important teen-focused topics such as mental health, substance abuse and more.

This month, the series screens the documentary I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi, about a teenager who becomes a yoga instructor at just 16 years old. A discussion featuring the filmmaker follows the screening on Tuesday, Nov. 27, Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 6:30pm. $8–$12. 415.454.1222.

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Manhood Revisited Journalist and author Michael Levitin has a knack for taking on contemporary issues with an approach that turns heads and opens minds. In 2012, when Occupy Wall Street began in New York City, Levitin co-founded the underground publication The Occupied Wall Street Journal, which helped legitimize the movement. Now, Levitin has taken a stance on this year’s national conversations about masculinity, feminism, generational conflicts and even antiSemitism in his debut novel, Disposable Man. The North Bay native, now living in Berkeley, reads from the book on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Aqus Cafe, 189 H St., Petaluma. 7pm. 707.778.6060.

—Charlie Swanson

Portland, Ore.–based songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza, bandleader of experimental outfit Y La Bamba, performs a solo show on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. See Clubs & Venues, p15.

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We Support: Mill Valley Film Festival Italian Street Painting Memberships: San Rafael Chamber Downtown Streets Team

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Photo courtesy of ICB Artists

Kim Strumwasser’s installations are a highlight of ICB’s Winter Open Studios in Sausalito, returning for its 50th anniversary.

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Art Escapes Two popular open-art studio events mark milestones in Marin By Charlie Swanson

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arin art lovers have plenty of reasons to celebrate this holiday season, as the region offers several chances to view and collect serious works directly from the local artists who create them.

This year, two of Marin’s most popular open-studio events observe significant anniversaries, as the Point Reyes Open Studios tour turns 20 and the ICB Winter Open Studios event turns 50.

The two occasions offer different ways to approach the open-studio model. In West Marin, the Point Reyes Open Studios leads visitors on a rural, self-guided Thanksgiving Day weekend getaway to secluded art studios along the backroads between Bolinas and Tomales Bay, Nov. 23–25.

West Marin sculptors, photographers, painters, printmakers and woodworkers show off their spaces for the 20th annual tour, allowing visitors a

chance to explore the area’s charm and picturesque locales.

Brochures and maps can be found at venues like Point Reyes Books, the Station House Cafe, Palace Market and Ink Paper Plate, as well as online.

On the opposite end of the openstudio spectrum, the ICB Winter Open Studios event boasts over a hundred artists in a single location, the historic Industrial Center Building near Sausalito’s waterfront.

Once a massive structure built to construct liberty ships during WWII, the space today is a veritable treasure trove of art that is both one of the original and largest artist collectives in the country.

“Fifty years ago, a guy by the name of Tim Rose came up with the idea of open studios,” says John Kunzweiler, artist and president of the ICB Artists’ Association. “Rose was your classic Sausalito beatnik artist, and he wanted to raise money for a trip to France, so he thought, somehow, the best thing to do was to open a building and have an art show with several other artists. That was the genesis of our open studios.”

The ICB Artists’ Association honors the late Rose and the hundreds of working artists that currently occupy the Industrial Center Building for the 50th anniversary of the ICB Winter Open Studios, Nov. 30–Dec. 2.

“It’s a big operation,” says Kunzweiler. “When you have that many artists, you get into an amazing range of artistic styles.

That broadens the experience of the different artists. It’s really a creative hub.”

As well as being a destination for art lovers, Kunzweiler notes that ICB always has a waiting list of artists looking to get in.

“People want to be there because it’s very collegial and, with such an amazing number of active artists, there’s something happening there everyday.”

The weekend-long ICB Winter Open Studios will display a gallery of Rose’s mobile sculptures as well as holiday-themed works in addition to the individual studios. Friday includes an artist party, available with registration.

“With our program in hand, you can go directly to the artists and the art that you want to see,” says Kunzweiler, “or you can walk the halls, look in doorways, talk to artists and get a feel of what they do and why they do it.”

Point Reyes Open Studios runs Friday, Nov. 23, to Sunday, Nov. 25, at various locations in West Marin. 11am to 5pm daily. Free. pointreyesart.com.

ICB Winter Open Studios happens Friday, Nov. 30, to Sunday, Dec. 2, 480 Gate Five Road, Sausalito. 11am to 6pm daily. Free. icb-artists.com.

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Explored by Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz (ALO), Reed Mathis (JFJO, Tea Leaf Green, Electric Beethoven), Scott Rager (Tea Leaf Green) & More

Sun 11⁄25 • Doors 11:30am ⁄ FREE • All Ages

Doobie Decibel System feat Jason

Crosby, Roger McNamee (of Moonalice) & John Molo Sun 11⁄25 • Doors 4:30pm ⁄ $12–15 • All Ages

Jerry's Middle Finger

Post Thanksgiving Bash Thu 11⁄27 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $20–24 • All Ages

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (of Foghorn Stringband) with

The Bow Ties

Wed 11⁄28 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–20 • All Ages

Luz of Y La Bamba with

Sea Of Bees

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All Things Hank

A Tribute to Hank Williams & Family

feat Barry Sless, Darren Nelson, Danny Uzi,

Bryan Kehoe & many more

Fri 11⁄30 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $27–32 • All Ages

Jay Blakesberg

Chris Robinson (center) says the North Bay’s ‘utopian music bubble’ inspired latest batch of tunes.

Featuring Saint Croix reggae legend Vaughn Benjamin with his full band

Akae Beka (formerly Midnite) with special guest Spiritual + Dubtonic Kru Sun 12⁄2 • Doors 10am ⁄ $17–19 • All Ages feat Irena Eide of Rainy Eyes Little Folkies Family Band Holiday Concert www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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Barefoot Shakespeare Chris Robinson Brotherhood get their roots on

By Dave Gil de Rubio

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n Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, Hamlet’s chief counselor, Polonius, gives him the advice, “to thine own self be true.”

If there was ever a mantra that Chris Robinson embraced fiercely, this is it. While he found enormous commercial success alongside his younger brother, Rich, in the rock band the Black Crowes, personal dynamics and expectations fueled by the corporate music industry fractured the band in 2002 and eventually led to its breakup in 2015 after several attempts at regrouping.

For the elder Robinson, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, which formed in 2011, has been an escape from commercial expectations and a chance to satisfy his creativity.

“I had this music, and the songs were piling up,” says Robinson. “[Keyboardist] Adam MacDougall

and I were on the Black Crowes tour putting together a little repertoire of songs. We did this knowing that the Black Crowes were this dysfunctional weird thing, which was nothing new.

“I wanted to get out and do something new and different,” he continues. “I’m a different person.

I wanted my presentation to be different. Luckily, we got in with a group of people and made a sound that we liked, and we can exist in our little utopian music bubble.”

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, which found a home in the hills of West Marin that Robinson refers to as “Unicorn, California,” and which solidified into a lineup that includes guitarist Neal Casal, MacDougall, bassist Jeff Hill and drummer Tony Leone, is currently touring in support of 2017’s Barefoot in the Head. For Robinson, the band’s fifth full-length

studio album was a chance to get rootsy with material he was penning while on previous tours.

“I just had my acoustic guitar and these more folky/country [tunes], and that was the idea. When we went in to make Barefoot in the Head, I didn’t want any instruments that we used before or anything that we played on tour,” he says. “We had different amps and guitars and I wanted us to play a lot of acoustic instruments.”

The band’s been playing the new songs live for over a year and excels at creating a communal, musically satisfying experience for all. “That’s what we shoot for,” says Robinson.

“Where everyone is involved.”

Chris Robinson Brotherhood plays Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma. 7pm. $45 and up. gunbun.com.

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Netscape ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ sequel has some laughs, but a shortage of big ideas By Richard von Busack

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espite the promisingly wide scope of the world wide web, the animated Ralph Breaks the Internet doesn’t get to be about what it’s about until the second half. The highly witty original was about appreciating the groove you’re in; the sequel, for the first half, seems stuck in it.

In this follow up to 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph, the 8-bit ape-like video game crusher Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) is now BFFs with Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), but she’s restless, bored with driving around the same sugarcoated racetrack in a candy car. Ralph’s attempt to bring novelty into her game accidentally breaks the machine. As a result, the game will be carted off from the arcade to the scrapyard.

As denizens of an out-of-order machine, Vanellope and her other girl drivers are homeless, or rather “gameless.” But the management has

just added a wifi portal to the internet.

Naturally, the pair sneak inside.

This cartoon version of the world of William Gibson is a lot cleaner than the real thing. It’s a blue-white giant mall, stuffed to the gills with product placement for websites. Discovering a rare part for Vanellope’s Sugar Rush game on eBay, Ralph oafishly outbids himself and ends up owing $20,000.

He hunts this small fortune with the help of pop-up hustlers trying to grab internet visitors with clickbait (“These Child Stars Went to Prison”) before learning that the secret to success is making viral videos.

The cartoon wakes up when Vanellope wanders into a Grand Theft Auto landscape called Slaughter Race. She gets a bit of a crush on the dangerous leather-clad Shank (Gal Gadot), and loves the slummy, smoggy neo-L.A. they race their cars through. Simultaneously,

Ralph is coached for a YouTube-like Buzzztube run by an executive (Taraji P. Henson) and starts performing in unfunny but popular videos that he can monetize through “likes.”

By the time things catalyze in this villain-free movie, Ralph has a reckoning. A great big man and a squeaky-voiced little girl look strange buddy-buddying it in the immemorial Disney way, but suddenly Ralph is revealed as an anxious parent worrying about an offspring going to the dangerous city and hanging out with sketchy people. This is a real hook, and easier to latch onto than simple adventures in a too-clean, too-safe internet, where promises are to be believed and personalities are easily monetized.

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ is playing in wide release in the North Bay.

By Matthew Stafford

Friday, November 23–Thursday, November 29 Anna Karenina: The Musical (2:05) Direct from Moscow, it’s a new musical version of Leo Tolstoy’s epic romance—complete with ice-skating.

Bohemian Rhapsody (2:14) Biopic traces the rise, fall and death of singer extraordinaire Freddie Mercury and how his band Queen redefined rock.

Border (1:41) Cannes award-winner about a “disfigured” Swedish border agent who bonds—in a most transformative way—with a guy named Vore.

Boy Erased (1:55) True story about a gay teenager forced to choose between losing his family and undergoing conversion therapy; Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman star.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (1:46) Melissa McCarthy stars as real-life celebrity biographer Lee Israel, who found greater fortune (and ill-fame) as a literary forger; Richard E. Grant costars.

Creed II (2:10) Adonis Creed and Rocky Balboa are back, facing another overwhelming opponent as well as their fraught shared history; Michael B. Jordan and Sly Stallone (and Dolph Lundgren!) star.

Exhibition Onscreen: Degas—Passion for Perfection (1:30) Take a behind-thescenes tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s acclaimed Degas exhibition and learn more about the great French impressionist painter.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crime of Grindelwald (2:14) Gellert, Newt and the rest of the J. K. Rowling Players are back and grappling with arcane matters of wizardly bloodlines; Jude Law is Albus Dumbledore.

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!

The Front Runner (1:53) Hugh Jackman stars as Gary Hart, the telegenic Democratic senator whose 1988 presidential campaign was derailed by his extramarital affair with Donna Rice (Sara Paxton).

The Girl in the Spider’s Web (1:57) Stieg Larsson’s ever-beleaguered computer hacker Lisbeth Salander returns for more violence, language and sexual content.

Green Book (2:10) An African-American classical pianist embarks on a dangerous concert tour through the Kennedy-era South with a bouncer from the Bronx as his chauffeur; Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen star.

The Grinch (1:00) Dr. Seuss’s green-hued, Yuletide-loathing grump takes on Whoville for the third time; Benedict Cumberbatch vocalizes.

I Am Maris (0:52) Documentary portrait of an anxious, depressed teen who overcomes her challenges through art, therapy and yoga.

The Importance of Being Earnest (2:45) Live from London’s Vaudeville Theatre, it’s Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece of love, manners and the English language.

Instant Family (1:57) Newlyweds Rose Byrne and Mark Wahlberg get more than they bargained for when they set out to adopt a child and end up with three.

The King and I (3:00) The acclaimed Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and

Hammerstein’s musical about the tempestuous relationship between a Siamese monarch and an English schoolteacher.

Life and Nothing More (1:54) Timely, award-winning neorealist drama about a single mother struggling with race, class and poverty in contemporary Florida.

Maria by Callas (1:53) Documentary tribute to the legendary diva examines her career and life through interviews, performance footage and never-before-seen home movies.

Meow Wolf (1:46) Doc focuses on a ragtag art collective that devolved into a multimilliondollar corporation with a little help from Game of Thrones’ George R. R. Martin.

Mirai (1:55) Ambitious Mamoru Hosoda anime about a four-year-old’s journey through time and space with his baby sister, a teenager from the future.

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

National Theatre London: The Madness of King George (3:40) Live from the Nottingham Playhouse it’s Alan Bennett’s epic history of the unbalanced George III and the plot to overthrow him.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (1:39) Lasse Hallström reconfigures the holiday classic with Clara discovering a parallel universe of sugarplum fairies, brave soldiers and rambunctious mice; Keira Knightley and Helen Mirren star.

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 co-star.

Overlord (1:49) WWII actioner with a horror-flick twist as D-Day paratroopers discover a Nazi experiment gone rogue in a Normandy church basement.

A Private War (1:46) Rosamund Pike stars as real-life globetrotting war correspondent Marie Colvin in Matthew Heineman’s tribute to old-school journalism.

Ralph Breaks the Internet (1:54) The video-game bad guy and his sidekick Vanellope embark on a quest along the information superhighway, wreaking havoc as they go; Ed O’Neill and Gal Gadot vocalize.

Robin Hood (1:56) Everyone’s favorite socialist-anarchist outlaw is back, this time in the form of Taron Egerton; Eve Hewson and Jamie Foxx co-star as Maid Marian and Little John. ’68 (1:39) San Francisco-set 1987 drama about an immigrant Hungarian family torn apart by the social upheaval of the 1960s; music by Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and others.

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.

This Is Home: A Refugee Story (1:31) Heart-tugging documentary follows four Syrian families as they acclimate to a new life in Baltimore.

Widows (2:08) Action-filled caper flick about four women paying off their late husbands’ criminal debts stars Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and Robert Duvall; Steve McQueen directs.

Anna Karenina: The Musical (NR) Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13)

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Border (R) Boy Erased (R) Can You Ever Forgive Me? (R) Creed II (PG-13) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (PG-13)

Free Solo (NR) The Front Runner (R)

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The Girl in the Spider’s Web (R) Green Book (PG-13) The Grinch (PG)

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The Importance of Being Earnest (NR) Instant Family (PG-13)

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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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Front Row There’s more than Sugar Plum Fairies on Marin stages this winter By Harry Duke

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f you’re trying to avoid attending the umpteenth production of The Nutcracker in your lifetime, Marin theater companies are providing several other entertainment options for this holiday season.

Last year, the Marin Theatre Company (marintheatre.org) was one of the participants in the rolling world premiere of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, a smashing success that continued Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and featured the folks celebrating Christmas “upstairs” at the manor. Gunderson and Melcon have created a companion piece titled The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, more of a “downstairs”

piece focusing on the estate’s staff as they deal with an unwelcome visitor and a potential holiday disaster.

The College of Marin Performing Arts Department (pa. marin.edu) will be presenting the musical comedy Nuncrackers in the Kentfield Campus Studio Theatre.

Nunsense creator Dan Goggin’s Little Sisters of Hoboken return to the stage for a Christmas special in their new basement cable access TV studio to raise funds for the Mount Saint Helens School. The nuns will be singing songs like “The Twelve Days Prior to Christmas” and “Santa Ain’t Comin’ to Our House,” dancing in their habits and handing out fruit cake. I think Sister Amnesia makes a return appearance, but I can’t remember.

Actors Basement is staging Pac Sun contributor David Templeton’s one-man holiday show Polar Bears at the Belrose (thebelrose.com) in San Rafael. It’s the autobiographical tale of a father’s attempt to keep his children’s belief in Santa Claus alive way past the point most others do.

The Ross Valley Players (rossvalleyplayers.com) are giving audiences the chance to completely forget about the holiday season with their production of The Odd Couple. The Neil Simon classic comedy about a mismatched pair of middle-aged roommates has been a proven laugh-getter since its 1965 Broadway premiere.

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Marin Center Showcase Theatre Nov 27-28, “An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas” with Evan Tyrone Martin. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

Cocoa Tea Socially conscious reggae star mixes laidback vibes and smooth vocals. Nov 24, 9pm. $20$30. The Reel Fish Shop & Grill, 401 Grove St, Sonoma. 707.343.0044.

Marin Country Mart Nov 23, 5:30pm, Friday Night Jazz with Smith Dobson. Nov 25, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700.

Los Lonely Boys Close-knit Chicano rock trio continues to broaden their musical horizons. Nov 28, 8pm. $36-$38. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.

19 Broadway Nightclub Nov 23, Spiral Lights of Venus. Nov 24, Achilles Wheel with Edge of the West. Nov 25, 5:30pm, Namely Us with Connie Ducey.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

MicahTron San Francisco hip-hop artist headlines a benefit for Sonoma County LGBTQ+ youth organization Positive Images. Nov 23, 8pm. $15. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

No Name Bar Nov 21, Felsen. Nov 23, Michael Aragon Quartet. Nov 24, Fuzzy Slippers. Nov 25, Timothy O & Co. Nov 26, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Nov 28, Marty Atkinson and Katy Boyd. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

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MARIN Bone Diggers The songs of Paul Simon are explored by Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Reed Mathis and others. Nov 24, 9pm. $17-$22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Jackie Greene Spend an intimate evening with the popular singer-songwriter. Limited tickets can be purchased at jackiegreene.com. Nov 24, 8pm.

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

Terrapin Thanksgiving Enjoy a full day of live music from Ross James, Cmac, Danny Eisenberg, Steve Adams and Danny Luehring. Nov 22, 12pm.

Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

NAPA Joshua Radin Folk songwriter has toured the world, sold hundreds of thousands of records and has been featured in films, commercials and TV shows. Nov 23-24, 7 and 9pm. $35; $55 meetand-greet. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

Clubs & Venues MARIN Fenix Nov 23, Top Shelf. Nov 24, Lionel Burns. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Nov 23, Showbanga. Nov 24, DJ Jorge. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato Nov 23, Notorious. Nov 24, Wonder Bread 5.

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Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Nov 28, Hopsauce. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

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Osteria Divino Nov 21, Jonathan Poretz. Nov 23, Michael Orenstein Trio. Nov 24, James Henry & Company. Nov 25, Smith Dobson Trio. Nov 27, Adam Shulman Duo. Nov 28, Ken Cook Duo. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Nov 21, Arthur Javier. Nov 27, Marianna August. Nov 28, Lorin Rowan. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon Nov 23, PSDSP. Nov 24, Darren Nelson Band. Nov 25, Papermill Gang. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls. 415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Nov 23, Greg Crockett. Nov 24, Beso Negro.

Nov 25, Chrissy Lynne and friends. Nov 28, Chris James & the Showdowns. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Nov 23, Jerry Hannan & the Mad Hannans.

Nov 24, Bud E Luv’s holiday party. Nov 25, 4pm, Solid Air. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

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Sausalito Cruising Club Mon, Joe Tate & Blue Monday Band jam session. 300 Napa St, Sausalito. 415.332.9922.

Sausalito Seahorse Nov 24, Freddy Clarke & Wobbly World.

Nov 25, 4pm, Candela. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Nov 23, RKS. Nov 24, Talley Up. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Station House Cafe Nov 25, 5pm, Paul Knight and friends. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1515.

Sweetwater Music Hall Nov 25, 12pm, Doobie Decibel System. Nov 25, 5pm, Jerry’s Middle Finger. Nov 26, 5pm, Crossroads music school concert. Nov 27, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms with the Bow Ties.

Nov 28, Luz Elena Mendoza with Sea of Bees.

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The Tavern on Fourth Nov 23, Bloodstones. Nov 24, Keith

Terrapin Crossroads Nov 21, Los Gardeners. Nov 23, Top 40 Friday with the Pamela Parker Band. Nov 25, Alex Jordan Band. Nov 26, Grateful Monday.

Nov 27, Rattlebox. Nov 28, Colonel & the Mermaids. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

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Throckmorton Theatre Nov 25, 5pm, Kimrea’s Pro Showcase with Otilia and the Back Alley Boys. Nov 28, 12pm, the Curium Trio. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

SONOMA HopMonk Sebastopol Nov 21, Shlump with Eazybaked and Higrade. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

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Lagunitas Tap Room Nov 21, Fox and Bones. Nov 23, Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Nov 24, Miracle Mule. Nov 25, Sugar Moon. Nov 28, Roem Baur. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

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Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Nov 24, T Sisters with Ben and Alex Morrison. Nov 25, X with Elettrodomestico.

23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.

NAPA Blue Note Napa Nov 27, David Ronconi Band. Nov 28, DJ Williams & Shots Fired. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.880.2300.

Comedy Best of the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition: Home for the Holidays Headliner Jackie Flynn and several SF Comedy Competition alumni offer a night of holiday laughs. Nov 24, 8pm. $30. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

Jay Alexander’s Mind Tricks Live!

Enjoy a captivating and fun show with the master magician, mentalist and comic. Nov 23, 8pm. $25-$45. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Dance Bel Marin Keys Community Center Nov 27, 6:30pm, Salsa & Cha-Cha dance class, for beginners and above. $45. 4 Montego Key, Bel Marin Keys.

Events Bolinas Museum Turkey Trot Two-mile run to burn off those Thanksgiving calories offers prizes and Bloody Marys at the finish line. Nov 24, 8am. $10-$15; kids 9 and under are free. Bolinas Museum, 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.0330.

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month Museum of the American Indian offers free admission every Sunday this month for

Native American Heritage Month. Sun, Nov 25. Museum of the American Indian, 2200 Novato Blvd, Novato. 415.897.4064.

Lion’s Heart Holiday Open House Get a look at the wellness space and take advantage of discounts on services. Nov 25, 12pm. Lion’s Heart, 503 D St, Ste 1, San Rafael. 415.366.6708.

Marin Turkey Trot One-mile, 5k and 10k courses offer Thanksgiving Day fun for all ages. Nov 22. $25-$55. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato. marinturkeytrot.com.

Museum of the American Indian Holiday Gift Shop Sale Get your holiday shopping out of the way early with unique gifts that help support MAI. Nov 25, 12:30pm. Museum of the American Indian, 2200 Novato Blvd, Novato. 415.897.4064.

Parade of Lights & Winter Wonderland San Rafael family tradition returns with live entertainment, holiday marketplace, sledding, and Friday night parade and tree lighting in City Plaza. Nov 23-24. $5 sledding pass. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St, San Rafael. 800.310.6563.

Point Reyes Open Studios Many of West Marin’s finest sculptors, photographers, potters, painters, printmakers and woodworkers open their doors to the public. Nov 23-25, 11am. Free. Pt Reyes Artist Studios, State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, pointreyesart.com.

Thrive Alive Join the community in an interactive program that improves brain wellness and increases longevity through socialization, music and moving. Wed, Nov 21, 1pm. $10$25. St Columba’s Episcopal Church, 12835 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Inverness. 415.669.1039.

Field Trips Sunrise Tour of Muir Woods See majestic trees and hear the story of the forest. Reservations required. Nov 25, 6:45am. Free. Muir Woods Visitor Center, 1 Muir Woods Rd, Mill Valley. 415.388.2596.

Thanksgiving Lunch Sail & Full Moon Sail Sail on the San Francisco Bay for either an afternoon or evening outing. Nov 23, 12 and 4pm. $65-$69. Schooner Freda B, Slip 907, Sausalito Yacht Harbor, Sausalito. 4153310444.

Film Boys Who Said No Preview the in-progress documentary about draft resisters in the Vietnam War, with oyster bar and more. Nov 25, 4pm.

Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1075.

The Essential Blue Eyed Film follows Jane Elliot, a former teacher leading a fight against prejudice, ignorance and racism in society. Nov 27, 6pm. Free.

Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St, Marin City. 415.332.6157.

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Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700.

Nov 23-Dec 16. $22-$35. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Thanksgiving Day Celebration at Left Bank Enjoy a four-course holiday prix fixe dinner.

Nov 22. $56. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.

Every Brilliant Thing Left Edge Theatre presents the poignant and humorous story of a young boy who lists everything worth living for. Nov 24-Dec 9. $25-$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Thanksgiving Dinner at L’Appart Resto Chef-created menu offers delicious holiday food. Nov 22. $55. L’Appart Resto, 636 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. 415.256.9884.

Thanksgiving Dinner at Rancho Nicasio Traditional three-course menu includes turkey for the kids. Nov 22. $25-$50. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

For Kids Bruce the Bear Costume Event Kids are invited to dress up and enjoy the titular bear created by author-illustrator Ryan T Higgins. Nov 24, 1pm. Novato Copperfield’s Books, 999 Grant Ave, Novato.

415.763.3052.

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Tues, Nov 27, 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol. 707.525.4840.

screens with panel discussion. Nov 27, 6:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Mind Reels Thought-provoking film series screens “This Is Home: A Refugee Story.” Nov 27, 12pm. $20, $10 optional lunch. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

Warren Miller’s Face of Winter Annual winter sports adventure film screens.

Nov 23, 7:30pm. $18. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

Petaluma Cinema Series Director John Cassavetes’ 1980 drama “Gloria” screens with lecture and discussion. Nov 28, 6pm. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. petalumafilmalliance.org.

Yountville Holiday Movie Series Celebrate the holiday season with movies, featuring “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” on Friday and “Polar Express” on Sunday. Fri, Nov 23, 7pm and Sun, Nov 25, 3pm. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

‘68 Bay Area filmmaker Steven Kovacs presents a 35mm-print screening of his classic film set in San Francisco 50 years ago. Nov 25, 4:15pm.

Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Teen Wellness Film Series Documentary on one girl’s battle with anxiety and eating disorder “I Am Maris”

Food & Drink 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.

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Santa’s elves, reindeer nutcrackers, snowmen and other colorful characters lead the annual Parade of Lights & Winter Wonderland along Fourth Street in downtown San Rafael, Nov. 23–24.

Her Side of the Story: California Pioneer Women Presentation on first-person historical reminiscences use documents from the Society of California Pioneers museum.

Nov 27, 7pm. Corte Madera Library.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera.

707.924.6444.

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.

Navigating the College Application Process Get info on college application timelines, test prep and more in this guided presentation.

Nov 28, 6:30pm. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. 415.258.4656.

Nutrition Myths: Separating Fact from Fiction Lunch-n-Learn series focuses on providing the education and support survivors need to renew the body, mind, and spirit after treatment. Nov 27, 11:30am. Marin General Hospital, 250 Bon Air Rd, Greenbrae.

415.925.7000.

Tai Chi Class David Mac Lam teaches classic Yang-style and Taoist-style meditation. Mon, 11am. $8-$10.

Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.

415.456.9062.

Writing as a Spiritual Practice Writing workshop uses meditation to access the natural stream of your expression. Nov 25, 10am. $85-$125. Sukhasiddhi Foundation, 771 Center Blvd, Fairfax. writingfromthesoul.net.

Theater Annie Broadway classic about everyone’s favorite orphan is a family favorite holiday musical.

The House of Yes Skeletons come out of the closet for a family full of secrets during an eventful Thanksgiving dinner. Nov 23-Dec 16. $15-$30.

Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol.

707.823.0177.

Le Cirque de Bohème Old-style circus troupe presents a new show, “Yesterday,” with an amazing cast of characters. Nov 23-Dec 16. $27-$55.

Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma. cirquedeboheme.com.

The New Century Pegasus Theater Company presents a hilarious and affecting comedy. Through Nov 25. $15-$18. Mt Jackson Masonic Hall, 14040 Church St, Guerneville. 707.708.8604.

Nuncrackers the Musical Holiday show is filled with “Nunsense” humor and beloved caroles. Nov 23-Dec 9. $20-$30. College of Marin Studio Theatre, 835 College Avenue, Kentfield. 415.485.9555.

The Odd Couple Ross Valley Players put on one of Neil Simon’s finest comedies. Through Dec 16. $15-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

415.456.9555.

Shrek the Musical Santa Rosa Junior College theater arts department presents the play based on the Oscar-winning film. Through Dec 2. Maria Carrillo High School, 6975 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4307.

The Spy Who Killed Me Get a Clue Productions hosts an interactive and humorous murder-mystery dinner theater experience. Sat, Nov 24, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor. getaclueproductions.com.

The Tailor of Gloucester Delightful family musical, based on the famed Beatrix Potter story, is a holiday treat for all ages. Nov 23-Dec 16. $16-$34. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400.

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley New holiday classic that revisits Jane Austen’s world from “Pride & Prejudice” makes its world premiere. Through Dec 9. $10-$52.

Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

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SINGLE & DISSATISFIED? Tired of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join with other single men and women to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships. Nineweek Single’s Group, OR weekly, ongoing, coed Intimacy Groups or Women’s Group, all starting the week of November 26th. Groups meet on Mon, Tues, & Thurs evenings. Space limited. Also, Individual and Couples sessions. Central San Rafael. For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT #35255 at 415-453-8117 Especially with the holidays approaching, this safe, supportive/ exploratory on-going group has been extremely helpful… some say “life-changing!” The GROUP FOR MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, Women who have lost their mothers through death, illness (including mental illness/narcissism, etc.), separation or abandonment in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood meets alternate Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:00 PM in Kentfield. Women address relevant issues in their lives including loss and grief, relationships, trust (self and others), family of origin, work, parenting (motherless mothers), self-care, and much more. Women gain acknowledgement, validation, and ways in which they’ve coped through difficult times. Contact: Colleen Russell, LMFT, CGP, herself a motherless daughter, who’s developed and facilitated this group since 1997. Phone: 415-785-3513; Email: crussell@ colleenrussellmft.com; website: http://www.colleenrussellmft.com. Individual, Couple, Family, Group Sessions and Workshops also offered.

Mind&Body HYPNOTHERAPY Thea Donnelly, M.A. Hypnosis, Counseling, All Issues. 25 yrs. experience.

415-459-0449.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145519. The following individual(s) are doing business: FARMACARY, 420 CANAL STREET APT 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: STEVEN SINGLETON, 420 CANAL STREET APT 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on OCTOBER 3, 2018.

(Publication Dates: October 17, 24, 31 and November 7, 14, 21 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145610. The following individual(s) are doing business: MULTICULTURAL CENTER OF MARIN, 30 N. SAN PEDRO RD. STE. 250, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MULTICULTURAL CENTER OF MARIN INC., 30 N. SAN PEDRO RD. STE. 250, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement

was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on OCTOBER 19, 2018. (Publication Dates: October 31 and November 7, 14, 21 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-145571. The following individual(s) are doing business: AMAZING GRACE MUSIC, 91 REDHILL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: JUDY KAUFMAN, 93 MERCED AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960, JOHN PEDERSEN, 93 MERCED AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted

by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on OCTOBER 15, 2018. (Publication Dates: October 31 and November 7, 14, 21 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145567. The following individual(s) are doing business: COMPACT CONSTRUCTION, 1422 CAMBRIDGE ST., NOVATO, CA 94947: BEN LAPLACA, 1422 CAMBRIDGE ST., NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.

Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on OCTOBER 15, 2018. (Publication Dates: October 31 and November 7, 14, 21 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-145670. The following individual(s) are doing business: MARIN SPEECH WORKS, 131 CAMINO ALTO SUITE E-3, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RENEE TIMARCO MS, CCC, SLP, 820 LOVELL AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on OCTOBER 30, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-145581. The following individual(s) are doing business: ARIGATOU JAPANESE FOOD TO GO, 2046 FOURTH ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TAKUJI ISIZAKI, 118 BAYO VISTA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA

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This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on OCTOBER 16, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145650. The following individual(s) are doing business: KLA ENTERPRISE, 72 BAHAMA REEF, NOVATO, CA 94949: KELLEIGH LYNN ALDRIDGE, 72 BAHAMA REEF, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on OCTOBER 26, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145680. The following individual(s) are doing business: THACKREY & CO., 240 OVERLOOK ROAD, BOLINAS, CA 94924: SEAN THACKREY, 240 OVERLOOK ROAD, BOLINAS, CA 94924. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on NOVEMBER 2, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 145691. The following individual(s) are doing business: CALEX CONSTRUCTION, 28 PHILLIPS DR., APT. 31, SAUSALITIO, CA 94965: SERGEY NOSACH, 28 PHILLIPS DR., APT. 31, SAUSALITIO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant

will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on NOVEMBER 5, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145701. The following individual(s) are doing business: THE POWDER ROOM BRIDGET EDWARDS, 546 MAGNOLIA AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: BRIDGET EDWARDS, 14838 ECHO RIDGE DR NC, NEVADA CITY, CA 95959. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on NOVEMBER 7, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145698. The following individual(s) are doing business: CHAPMAN LAW GROUP, A.P.C., 950 NORTHGATE DR., STE 307, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CHAPMAN LAW GROUP, A.P.C, 950 NORTHGATE DR., STE 307, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on NOVEMBER 6, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145745. The following individual(s) are doing business: MOLLY MAID OF MARIN + W. CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES, 3095 KERNER BLVD, STE K, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BATCH ENTERPRISES, INC, 3095 KERNER BLVD, STE K, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting busi-

ness under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on NOVEMBER 16, 2018. (Publication Dates: November 21, 28, December 5, 12 of 2018) OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1803829 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): DEBBIE WONG aka Debbie Wong Stompanato aka Ngan Ling Wong, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: DEBBIE WONG to Proposed Name: DEBBIE WONG-STOMPANATO 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any 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: 12/20/2018, 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 25, 2018 Roy O. Chernus Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C Lucchesi, Deputy (October 31, and November 7, 14, 21 of 2018)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1803890 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): MARY ANN GRILLER, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: MARY ANN GRILLER to Proposed Name: MARY ANN SCIALLO GRILLER 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any 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: 1/4/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: 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 30, 2018 Roy O. Chernus Judge of the Superior Court JAMES M. KIM Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. CHAIS, Deputy (November 14, 21, 28 and December 5 of 2018) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1803837 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Carolyn Elizabeth Peyser, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Carolyn Elizabeth Peyser to Proposed Name: Saskia Anand Abheeti 2. THE

COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any 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: 12/13/2018, Time: 9:00am, Dept: B, Room: . 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 25, 2018 PAUL M. HAAKENSON Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Chais, Deputy (November 14, 21, 28 and December 5 of 2018) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RANDALL GREGORY TOM also known as RANDALL G. TOM NO.: PR 1800372 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RANDALL GREGORY TOM also known as RANDALL G. TOM A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: WALTER TOM in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests that: WALTER TOM be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court

approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 12/17/2018, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, Room: Address of court: 3501 Civic Center Drive, PO Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 94913-4988.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California~Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California~Probate~Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in~Probate~Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: ROBERT I. SIMON, 45 BELDEN PLACE, 2ND FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104 (415) 434-3608 FILED: NOV 6, 2018 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. CHAIS (November 14, 21, 28 2018)

By Amy Alkon

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I lost over 100 pounds. I’m really proud of my myself and my new body, so I post pix on Instagram. Disturbingly, I’ve got a few haters— all women!—who come at me saying I’m narcissistic, slutty, a showoff, etc. I thought women are supposed to support one another. How should I respond?

Should I post fewer selfies?—So Much for Sisterhood

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Nothing lasts forever—except middle school, which never ever ends. You’ll be 85, and some biddy will be all, “Look at that slut with the pink walker.”

There actually seem to be sex differences in the content of social media meanness, according to research by psychology doctoral student Joy Wyckoff and her colleagues. In keeping with previous studies, they found that women online get comments knocking their physical appearance more often than men, whereas men more often get comments “derogating their status” and skills.

These differences in who gets bashed for what—appearance in women versus status and skills in men—are right in line with the differences I often cite in male and female mating priorities. These evolved out of the differing potential costs from having sex. Because women can get pregnant and stuck with kids to feed, mate-seeking women are drawn to high-status men—“men with the ability . . . to provide resources,” as the researchers put it.

They note that men, on the other hand, are “unconstrained” by any sort of “minimum obligatory parental investment” (that is, beyond the initial teaspoonful of sperm). This allows men to prioritize hotitude in prospective female partners—which is to say, men’s eyes make a beeline for boobs and butts, and never mind whether they’re attached to the barista or the senior VP. As for the ugliness you’ve been experiencing on social media, it’s best understood as female-on-female psychological warfare. Block the Cruellas. Nobody has a right to your attention or a seat on your social media platform. On a positive note, now that you’ve been schooled in the covert ways some compete, you should be quicker to identify and fend off female underhandedness, on Instagram and beyond.

Q:

I’m a 28-year-old guy in grad school. I love my girlfriend, but I don’t want to have sex with her anymore. I’m hitting the books and writing papers day and night. She still wants to party—go out and smoke pot and drink a lot—which I used to enjoy but now find empty and stupid. I keep feeling seriously annoyed with her choices, and I’m increasingly attracted to other women. Is this the end, or should we try to make it work?—College Boy

A:

When you’re slaving away in grad school, it can be hard to feel connected to somebody whose idea of higher education is Googling how to grow pot in your closet. Your eye-rolling at your girlfriend’s choices is not exactly the stuff a peppy libido and a happy future together are made of. In fact, the mounting lack of respect you have for her is the starter emotion for contempt— an ugly emotion that plays out as sneering disgust. Relationship researcher John Gottman finds that contempt leaching into a marriage is the single best predictor that a couple will split up.

Conversely, for a relationship to have staying power, you need to have the hots for your partner, not just as a sextivities provider but as a human being. This involves having deep admiration for what they think and value, which shapes who they are and how they go about life.

Did you start out in a place like that with your girlfriend? If so, you two should have a chat about where you are now and whether you can get back there. The answer may not be immediately apparent, so you might set a defined period of time to give this a look, with a deadline to make a decision. Ultimately, there has to be enough that connects you to overcome the stuff that divides you, or the only thing that will ever be throbbing in your relationship is that big vein in your neck.

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Astrology

For the week of November 21

ARIES (March 21–April 19) In his

autobiography On the Move, neurologist Oliver Sacks praised his friend Jerry’s curiosity and knowledge.

“Jerry has one of the most spacious, thoughtful minds I have ever encountered, with a vast base of knowledge of every sort,” wrote Sacks, “but it is a base under continual questioning and scrutiny.” So willing was Jerry to question and re-evaluate his own assumptions that Sacks said he had “seen his friend suddenly stop in mid-sentence and say, ‘I no longer believe what I was about to say.’” That’s the gold standard to which I hope you will aspire in the coming weeks, Aries. As bright and articulate as you’ll be, you will have an even higher calling to expand your mind through continual questioning.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) In recent years, a

few pioneers have gotten microchips implanted under their skin. These technological marvels enable them to open doors and turn on lights with merely a wave of their hands, or receive up-to-the-minute readings on what’s transpiring inside their bodies. Now an additional frontier has arisen: people using do-it-yourself kits to experiment on their own DNA. For example, some have tweaked their genes so their bodies create more muscle than is natural. I would love for you to change yourself around in the coming weeks, Taurus, but not in these particular ways. I’d rather see you do subtle psychological and spiritual work. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable time for focused self-transformation.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Are you smart enough to take advantage of the fact that your best relationships would benefit from bursts of innovative energy in the coming weeks? Are you brave enough to banish the ghost that still haunts your romantic life? Do you have the moxie to explore frontiers with collaborators who play fair and know how to have fun? Will you summon the curiosity and initiative to learn new strategies about how to enhance your approach to intimacy? I’ll answer those questions in your behalf: yes, yes, yes and yes.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Would you agree with me that there are both boring, tiresome problems and fun, interesting problems? If so, read on. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re at a fork in your path where you could either get further involved with a boring, tiresome problem or else a fun, interesting one. (I think you’ll have to engage with one or the other.)

Of course, I’m rooting for you to proactively wrangle with the fun, interesting one. Here’s timely inspiration from Cancerian author John W. Gardner: “We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”

LEO (July 23–August 22) The Jharia Coalfield in

eastern India is a 110-square-mile reserve of underground coal. In some places, it’s on fire, and has been burning for over a hundred years. This isn’t a good thing. It’s wasteful and causes pollution. But now I’ll ask you to put aside that scenario and imagine a more benevolent kind of steadily burning fire: a splendor in your soul that never stops radiating warmth and light; that draws from an inexhaustible source of fuel; that is a constant source of strength and courage and power. I’m happy to tell you that the coming months will be a favorable time to establish and nurture this eternal flame.

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born under the sign of Libra might even be able to do algebra in the coming weeks. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, the mental acuity of many Libran creatures will be at a peak.

How will you use your enhanced intelligence?

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) In

March 2005, far more people than usual won big money in a regional Powerball lottery in the United States. The average for each draw is four winners, but on this special occasion, 110 players were awarded at least $100,000 and as much as $500,000. The reason for the anomaly seemed to have been an oracle that appeared in a number of widely distributed fortune cookies. It provided five of the six winning numbers. Inspired by this crazy stroke of good fortune, and in accordance with the favorable financial omens now coming to bear on you, I hereby offer you six numbers to use as your lucky charms. Will they help you win a game of chance? I can’t be sure. At the very least, they will titillate and massage the part of your psyche that is magnetic to wealth. Here they are: 37, 16, 58, 62, 82 and 91.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22– December 21) “You have two ways to live your life,” writes spiritual teacher Joseph Vitale, “from memory or inspiration.” In other words, you can take your cues about how to live your life from what happened in the past, or else you can make your decisions based on what you’re excited to do and become in the future. According to my analysis, the next 10 months will be an excellent time for you to fully embrace the latter approach. And it all starts now.

CAPRICORN (December 22– January 19) You’ve always got more help available than you imagine, and that’s especially true these days. Both people you know and people you don’t know may come to your assistance and offer extra support—especially if you meet two conditions: first, you sincerely believe you deserve their assistance and support; and second, you clearly ask for their assistance and support. Now here’s more good news about the help that’s available. Whether or not you believe in spiritual beings, they, too, are primed to offer blessings and resources. If you don’t believe in their existence, I invite you to pretend you do and see what happens. If you do believe in them, formulate clear requests for what you’d like them to offer you.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) In one of his poems, Arthur Rimbaud extolled the exquisite evenings when the mist soaked his face as he strolled, and he sipped that heavenly dew till he was drunk. Was he speaking literally or metaphorically?

Probably both, if I know Rimbaud. Anyway, Aquarius, I’d love for you to engage in similar exploits. What are some natural adventures that might intoxicate you?

What simple pleasures may alter your consciousness, nudging you free of its habits? Meditate with sweet abandon on how to free yourself through the power of play and the imagination.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) It’s illegal to

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Marilyn Monroe, Georgia O’Keeffe and President Franklin Roosevelt were direct descendants of the pilgrims who sailed from England to the New World on the famous Mayflower ship in 1620. I, on the other hand, am a direct descendant of a 19th-century Slovakian coal miner who toiled in the underground darkness. What about you, Virgo? Now would be a rich and provocative time to reconnect with your roots; to remember where your people originated; to explore the heritage that served as the matrix from which you sprouted.

hunt animals in Kenya. But members of the Dorobo tribe circumvent the law to provide food for their families. As three or more Dorobo men wander out on the savanna, they wait for hungry lions to kill a wildebeest or other creature. Then they stride toward the feasting beasts in a calm show of force until the predators run away in confusion. The brave scavengers swoop in and swiftly remove a portion of the wildebeest, then coolly walk away, leaving plenty for the lions when they return to their meal. I bring this scene to your attention, Pisces, because I suspect that in the coming weeks you will have similar levels of courage and poise as you go after what you want.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) According to researchers who study animal behavior at two Italian universities, chickens can do arithmetic.

The birds don’t even need to be trained; the skill seems to be innate. (Read details here: tinyurl.com/ ChickensDoMath.) I’m wondering whether chickens

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