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Suffering and Devastation

Good article (“Wilde? Child!”

Jan. 9), but it does not take into account the suffering and murder of innocent animals, or the devastation to the climate and earth caused by fishing and animal agriculture. Your thoughts?

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Bianca May (Letters, Dec. 12): I read the WH is having difficulty hiring staff lately. Perhaps send them a résumé. I used to call the WH when O was in there and a nice lady would answer the phone. Now it doesn’t even go to a machine . . .

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Second Chance

The Marine Mammal Center is

the only organization authorized by the National Marine Mammal Fisheries Service to rescue and provide veterinary care for ill and injured marine mammals along 600 miles of California Coast (Heroes & Zeroes, Dec. 12). Please report marine mammals that appear to be ill, abandoned or in danger (415.289.7325). You’ll help give these animals a second chance at life while also aiding researchers with their ongoing studies.

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Housing for All

It’s not as if real estate in Marin and Sonoma counties has been affordable anytime recently (“The Rent Kept a-Rollin’,” Dec. 6). We should look at this as an opportunity to build dense, transit-oriented housing for all income levels around all the SMART stations.

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Letters

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Heroes &Zeroes

By Nikki Silverstein

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Steven, bound and determined to help a woman with car trouble, hopped a fence, among other things, to accomplish his mission. It began when he saw a woman driving on 101 southbound in Marin City with a flat tire. As he pulled up next to her on the freeway, he delivered the bad news. She exited 101 onto the Marin City off-ramp to call AAA. Many a man would keep on going, figuring he’d done his duty, but not Steven. This fine gentleman drove to the Gateway Shopping Center parking lot and climbed over the fence to check on the woman and her broken-down car (quite an achievement, considering he was sporting house slippers on his tootsies).

When he discovered AAA couldn’t respond for approximately 30 minutes and the woman had an appointment, he rolled up his sleeves and changed her tire in less than 10. A big shout out to Steven for his kind deed, and thanks to the Marin County Sheriff’s Department for sharing his story.

Human excrement piled up at Point Reyes National Seashore due to Trump’s stubborn stance on reopening the federal government (see Upfront, Jan. 15). The bathrooms weren’t serviced and the toilets overflowed—but what cretins decided that the once pristine park made a suitable dumping ground? Thanks to party poopers, entire sections of the park were closed. Conditions became so disgusting that the Marin County Board of Supervisors voted to pay for the clean-up and maintain the bathrooms for two weeks. With a $1,000 price tag, the supes requested indemnification from the National Park Service and were promptly turned down. Grrrr.

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Upfront Many of these refugees are from regions of Mexico and Central America with large populations in the North Bay. Many have close family in Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties and end up settling here.

Our country has handled refugee crises before. Thousands of European refugees settled here after World War II. In the 1980s, we opened our door to Cubans, Eastern Europeans and others fleeing communism. As before, we ought to work on an orderly and a humane manner for handling their claims of persecution—a solution more worthy of a nation of immigrants than an expensive and ineffective wall.

It’s worth examining some of the false myths surrounding the wall debate, so we can all understand better what sort of crisis we have on the border and whether a wall will help at all:

Myth #1: Illegal immigration across our southern border is out of control Many refugees from Mexico and Central America have family in Marin County.

Border Myths Five myths about the border ‘crisis,’ and why this matters to us in the North Bay

By Christopher Kerosky

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he nation is currently enduring a lengthy government shutdown because Congress won’t give Donald Trump $5.7 billion for a border wall he said that Mexico would pay for. But the supposed border crisis that requires a new wall is based on Trump mythology—a series of “alternative facts” that he and his acolytes continuously put forth. Many of these are amplified by media outlets and talk radio such that large numbers of Americans are

misled about the state of the border and immigrants who pass through it.

Why should we in the North Bay be so concerned about Trump’s shenanigans on the border?

There is a humanitarian crisis at the Mexican border—although not one that a wall will solve.

Thousands are being held by Customs and Border Protection in inhumane conditions at border facilities. Others are living in squalor at camps on the Mexican side of the border, awaiting asylum processing.

One of the oft-repeated myths is that illegal immigration through the U.S.-Mexican border has been rising and now is higher than ever.

Actually, there has been a net drop in undocumented immigration from Mexico over the last 10 years; the overwhelming majority of those trying to cross illegally are now caught and subject to expedited deportation.

Many more undocumented immigrants have been deported over the last decade than ever before. In truth, half of the undocumented immigrants here are visa overstays, usually from Europe or Asia.

Myth #2: Asylum seekers all come illegally In fact, a large portion of the refugees at our southern border are entering the United States legally, seeking asylum under the Refugee Act of 1980.

The Trump administration is trying to cut off these legal paths to asylum. But the truth is that most of these families at the southern border—including the caravans of asylum seekers Trump

Myth #3: Many of those coming across the border are criminals and terrorists Most of those seeking asylum are from parts of Mexico or Central America ravaged by violence at the hands of criminal cartels or gangs.

Extortion, kidnapping and murder are commonplace there. Virtually all of the asylum seekers I’ve met reported that their families were targets of this violence and were threatened with more violence if they stayed in their communities.

Department of Homeland Security officials have admitted there has never been any evidence of terrorists entering our southern border, and the claims that gang members proliferate among those seeking asylum is completely unsupported by fact.

Myth #4: These immigrants disappear once allowed in the United States All applicants for asylum go through an interview process at the border to determine if they have a “credible fear of persecution” in their home country.

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Those who fail these interviews are deported immediately.

Those found to have a credible fear of persecution still have to wear an electronic monitor in order to get released. Later, they have a trial before an immigration judge and must prove they have a “well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion or social group.” If they fail to do so, they are deported.

Trump has falsely claimed only 10 percent show up for their hearings.

In fact, the overwhelming majority who file asylum claims appear in court and a substantial number have proven their eligibility for asylum.

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has condemned—are actually following our own immigration laws and procedures.

Myth #5: Undocumented immigrants get welfare and government aid Despite repeated claims to the contrary by Trump, undocumented immigrants do not qualify for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid or virtually any other form of government assistance.

Christopher Kerosky has been an immigration lawyer for over 25 years and has personally handled more than a thousand asylum cases. He has offices in Santa Rosa, Napa and San Rafael.

40Years Ago THIS

In the auditorium of the Food and Agriculture Building on N. Street, where Jerry Brown was in the midst of delivering his longest, broadest and most conservative speech ever, Richard Silberman, his director WEEK of finance, and Grey Davis, his chief of staff, squirmed smugly in their metal folding chairs and looked at each other with an emotion that can only be described as wanderlust.

Behind the lectern, before a battery of prime-time TV cameras, the governor of California was in the midst of his 20-minute long paean to fiscal tight-fistedness. “The tax revolt is being heard,” he uttered coarsely, punctuating the air with right jabs.

Language a little less colorful than his predecessor’s, perhaps, but rhetoric redolent with rampaging Reaganism nonetheless.

—Peter Anderson, Jan. 19–25, 1979

20 Years Ago THIS

Am I saying what Bill Clinton did was OK? Of course not. But is this offense an impeachable offense? I don’t think so. Bill Clinton has been an exceptional president. Our economy is better than it has WEEK been in decades. Our jobless rate is at an all time low, to name two of his accomplishments. To impeach a man who made a grave mistake in his personal conduct is bankrupting our government values. Should Bill Clinton be punished? I think he has been. By his family, friends, and the people of the world.

If there are 10 people in our government that can honestly say they have not had an “inappropriate relationship” and have not lied about it to their family and friends to protect themselves, their families and the people they love, then let them stand up, and let their votes be counted. Where is our generosity of spirit, and the forgiveness you would like bestowed on you, when a grave error in judgment has been made. After all, we all are only human.

—Letter to the Editor, Jan. 20–26, 1999

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Mind’s Eye Headlands Center for the Arts’ new exhibit pushes boundaries of perception here’s a fascinating new art show coming to the acclaimed Headlands Center for the Arts this week, though if visitors don’t come properly prepared when they venture to the center’s Project Space galleries and three decommissioned military sites along the Marin Headlands, they won’t see anything at all.

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Visitors to the Headlands Center for the Arts are welcome to trek the former military site with Smartphones to see three unique light sculptures within walking distance of each other.

That’s because the new exhibit, “Edge of See: Twilight Engines,” created by India-born digital artist Vishal K Dar, will only be viewable on smartphones and tablets that will display moving-light sculptures which exist in an augmented reality seen through the screen of the devices.

In fact, visitors to the exhibition must download the exhibit’s app from the iOS App Store in advance of heading out to the coastal terrain to view the light sculptures overlaid on the sites of former military bunkers.

Dar calls these abstract sculptures “engines” for their state of constant motion, as the augmented light beams spin, turn, tumble and oscillate in response to the realworld environment.

Visitors can also view wooden architectural scale models of the bunkers back at Headlands Center for the Arts’ Project Space, and, through the app, view the light sculptures as overlays on the models. The presentation will also include maps, drawings of the sculptures, and related video work.

What Is Real?

After studying architecture, Dar moved to a career in fine arts, taking a masters program at UCLA in

the early 2000s when digital art was coming into its own. In 2010, he began creating large-scale art installations with digital facets.

“My interests largely rest in the idea of sculpture, and that led me to an interest in objects and spaces,” Dar says. “Very quickly, it became important for me to create larger installations, and to make it more logistically possible, I started looking at light as a medium of sculpture.”

Dar began to work with a team of engineers at San Francisco– based creative studio Okaynokay (OKNK) to create the proprietary software that powers the exhibit’s augmented beams of light, whose movements are set to metronomic or algorithmic patterns.

“The biggest challenge,” Dar says, “and the biggest fear I had in this project, especially when I thought of viewing the world through augmented reality, is the way our devices have become a part of our world and a tool through which we now look at our world,” he says.

Dar is fascinated with how augmented reality is affecting our real world experience through the prevalence of social media, technology like Google Maps and the ubiquitous digital camera that »8 comes on every smartphone.

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A former architect, Vishal Dar complements his large-scale outdoor installations with scale models viewable in the Headlands Center for the Arts’ Project Space galleries.

“Memory-making in history was a function that either we brought about through storytelling or paintings, which then became photographs,” he says. “Now the problem is that the photograph has been destroyed, or the idea of the photograph has been destroyed as a memory object. We can, through our phone, take a thousand pictures on low-resolution in one day. How many of them will survive, we do not know.”

With this exhibit, visitors are invited to interact with these augmented sculptures through their phones for an experience that challenges the normal ways in which we view the world. Dar also capitalizes on the disconnect

between the Headlands past and present in a way that changes how viewers relate to the location.

On the Headlands Dar’s site works have largely been held in abandoned or marginalized architectural spaces. “Edge of See: Twilight Engines” is part of a series of works that investigate the border between land and seascapes, an idea that Dar came up with while working as a resident artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts in 2017.

The first site-specific work in the “Edge of See” series took place in Lulea, Sweden; Dar chose to return to Marin to continue the series where he first developed the concept.

“Most of my sites, if I were to list them out, are sites where two major things have happened,” Dar says. “One is that it’s a site of trauma. What that trauma is I don’t immediately know, but there is trauma embedded in the site. The second is [that the site is defined by] ownership.”

Dar is attracted to the Marin Headlands’ historical links to WWII and its former military ownership.

“The Headlands interested me because it’s not public land; it’s land for the public,” he says.

“Edge of See: Twilight Engines” is free and open to the public, and the constantly moving virtual light installations at the three former bunkers are active 24 hours a day.

The “engines” morph between

pigment black and particle light as day changes to night.

“I ask the audience to try to submit to the work and not be impatient with it,” says Dar. “Because at the end of the day, [the sculptures] don’t promise anything.

“Be with these sculptures for some time, because they have a rhythm, and once you start rhythmically aligning with them, they might open up a new way of looking at things.”

‘Edge of See: Twilight Engines’ opens with a reception on Sunday, Jan. 20, at Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Simmonds Road, Sausalito.

Reception, 4:30pm; artist talk, 5:30pm.

Free. 415.331.2787.

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Grateful Acoustics Upbeat ensemble Painted Mandolin have made it their life’s mission to explore the acoustic side of Jerry Garcia, from his 1960s Jug Band days to his partnership with David Grisman in the 1990s. Comprising mandolin star Joe Craven, a former member of Garcia and Grisman’s band and the David Grisman Quintet, guitarists Matt Hartle and Larry Graff, and bassist Terry Shields, Painted Mandolin perform with the Grateful Bluegrass Boys on Friday, Jan. 18, at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael. 8pm. $22–$25. 415.524.2773.

POINT REYES STATION

Past & Future Award-winning pianist, producer and composer Sarah Cahill is back in Marin to present a new century-spanning program, “The Future Is Female,” that features compositions by women from around the globe drawn from the 17th century to the present day, including new commissioned works. Cahill’s stirring performance is followed by a post-concert discussion when she appears on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Dance Palace, 503 B St., Point Reyes Station. 7pm. $10. 415.663.1075.

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Lion’s Life Though they inhabit more than half the state, the elusive mountain lion remains a mysterious animal for most Californians. Author Leslie Patten, who lived in the North Bay while working as a horticulture and habitat specialist, as well as a naturalist and tracker, sheds some light on the big cat in her new book, Ghostwalker: Tracking a Mountain Lion's Soul Through Science and Story.

Now living outside Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Patten is back in the North Bay to read from her book on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Copperfield’s Books, 999 Grant Ave., Novato. 2pm. Free.

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Wine Time Following veteran Napa Valley winemaker Gustavo Brambila, his vineyard manager Vanessa Robledo and migrant worker René Reyes through the dramatic wildfire-threatened grape harvest of 2017, the new documentary ‘Harvest Season’ is a compelling look at the workers and winemakers who produce the North Bay’s sought-after wines. Harvest Season producer Lauren Capps joins Brambila and Robledo for a screening of the film followed by discussion and winetasting on Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael.

4:15pm. $11–$13. 415.454.1222.

—Charlie Swanson

Acclaimed Americana and bluesman Ray Bonneville teams up with Richie Lawrence for a groovy night of music on Thursday, Jan. 17, at HopMonk Tavern in Novato. See Clubs & Venues, p16.

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Jon Auer (left) and Ken Stringfellow share a musical bond that goes back 30 years.

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uitarists and songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow were barely out of high school when they first formed and fronted alternative rock outfit the Posies in the late 1980s in Bellingham, Wash.

Last year, the two marked the Posies’ 30th anniversary, a milestone for a band that gained major label renown with power-pop records like Dear 23 and Frosting on the Beater in the early ’90s, and who continue to produce well-received albums like 2016’s Solid States.

After a year-long anniversary tour as a full band, the Posies will pare down to the duo of Auer and Stringfellow for a special seated show with opener Rebecca Blasband on Jan. 19 at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley.

“It was a great experience,” says Stringfellow of the band’s recent anniversary tour. “It’s wonderful

that this music can still have a life and give us a life.”

While the band’s overall lineup has changed several times in 30 years, the heart of the group has always been Auer and Stringfellow’s collaborative, competitive and fraternal musical relationship.

Jon, says Stringfellow, “was definitely a prodigy, an absolutely technically proficient guitar player at age 13. We competed a lot, and the competition we have brought us good things in the art, but sometimes it can get personal.”

Stringfellow notes that, through ups and downs, the two have managed to come out on the other side still dedicated to making music together.

“This anniversary was a much needed celebration,” says Stringfellow. “I think we have a nice little momentum going.”

For the upcoming show in Mill Valley, the duo will still play an

electric set, though they plan to showcase the Posies’ harmonious side in the intimate setting.

“As a rock band, we play very hard,” says Stringfellow. “It’s bombastic and it’s loud, and the songs we have support that—but I think we have also have nice vocal harmonies, melodies and lyrics that go in all sorts of different directions.”

In addition to offering their classic songs in a new light, Stringfellow notes that this duo tour will be a chance to think about more music.

“One of the things this tour is about,” he says, “is to get together and spend long car rides talking about how we’re going to do the next record, whatever the next record is.”

The Posies perform on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley.

8pm. $25–$30. 415.388.3850.

FILM

Bloc Buster ‘Cold War’ is a smart, Soviet-era version of ‘A Star Is Born’ By Richard von Busack

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very shot is thrilling in Cold War, Polish-born director Pawel Pawlikowski’s follow up to 2013’s Ida. Like Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, Cold War is an endorsement of the power of black-and-white cinema.

The lean, fast film concerns the paradox of mid-20th century discontentment. Example: at great cost to yourself, you escape the workers’ paradise of the Soviet empire, a paradise where they tie your hands. You then arrive in capitalist heaven, to face what Joni Mitchell termed “the crazy you get from too much choice.”

The protagonist, Joanna Kulig’s lovely and infuriating Zula, is one of those Slavic types who can never really get comfortable with the frivolousness of the West. The easy morals of Paris disgust her; this movie is sort of an anti-Ninotchka.

Cold War is also a study of the problem of authenticity in art— whether something pure can survive when it’s touched, either as propaganda in the East, or as material to be bought and sold in the West.

Most of all, Cold War is a lustrous romance between Zula, whose life is clouded by a crime she committed when she was a girl, and a Michael Fassbinder-ish pianist Wiktor (Tomasz Kot).

In Poland in 1949, Wiktor and his team are turning a communistseized mansion into a music school.

Wiktor decides to accept one potential rural student, a blonde girl (Zula) with a big if aimless voice. It’s not the voice that interests him, it’s her look of self-amused sullenness.

Wiktor starts seeing Zula, but there’s trouble from the beginning.

‘Cold War’ opens Friday, Jan. 18, at select theaters.

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Joanna Kulig (left) and Tomasz Kot look for love in all the wrong places in ‘Cold War.’

On her back in the summer grass, she tells Wiktor “I’ll be with you until the end of the world.” Beat.

“I’m ratting on you.”

Zula’s forced tattling to the Communist higher-ups is the first sign of trouble in an affair that lasts more than a decade. There’s one missed chance after another for them, all over Europe. First, there’s an attempted defection in Berlin, and then, years later, an encounter in the walled medieval town of Split. This seaside city is in the allegedly unaligned nation of Yugoslavia, but Wiktor finds out he’s still within the grasp of the political goons.

With every passing year, Zula is more worn away by vodka and the mediocrity of the music she has to perform, not to mention the company of the oaf infatuated with her, the commissar Kaczmarek (Borys Szyc). She’s not moving like a young girl anymore.

The true lovers get a time of freedom in Paris, but there Zula seeks out hurt, proof of love and evidence of betrayal. It should be annoying to watch her acting out, but the excellent Kulig makes you understand Zula’s fury, and her loathing of any compromise.

As in Ida, Pawlikowski excels at summing up the communist empire. He shows us the way in which what Nabokov called “the lever of love” was used to manipulate rebels into compliance, as well as the Soviets’ kitschy diversions and vicious punishments. Here, he contrasts it with the nocturnal Paris of the existentialist days.

Cold War has the heart of an epic, a smart one, burrowing into its settings, and describing the bitter flavor of two different brands of moral crumble.

It’s an irony that we perceive something romantic in that Iron Curtain—as romantic as the wall in the legend of Pyramus and Thisbe.

Here’s something that’s been making people tear up since Bowie’s Heroes or The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. (Some people love walls on their own; hence our current “national emergency.”)

In Cold War there’s everything the best spy films had when it comes to cynical distrust, and love that’s a matter of life and death. On that level of entertainment alone, it’s the smart version of A Star Is Born.

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Movies

• New Movies This Week Aquaman (PG-13)

By Matthew Stafford

Friday, January 18–Thursday, January 24 Becoming Astrid (2:03) Biopic of Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren looks at her early struggles as journalist, recluse and single mother; Alba August stars.

Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadere (3:00) Petipa’s extravaganza of love and loss in colorful India is brought to dazzling life by Moscow’s top terpsichoreans.

The Bruce McMouse Show (1:00) Remixed, restored and never-before-seen concert film showcases Paul McCartney & Wings as they rock the capitals of Europe circa 1972.

Cold War (1:29) Cannes-winning Polish drama about a hopeless Iron Curtain– cleaved love affair in post-WWII Europe; Pawel Pawlikowski directs.

Destroyer (2:00) Game-changing performance from Nicole Kidman as a rogue cop on the edge enlivens Karyn Kusama’s neo-noir neo-thriller.

A Dog’s Way Home (1:36) A wayward pooch sets off on a 400-mile journey in search of hearth and home, and hooks up with Ashley Judd, Edward James Olmos and other bipeds along the way.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly (1:40) The anime TV hit comes to the big screen as Goku and Vegeta take on the baddest dudes in the universe.

Escape Room (1:40) Horror-thriller about six schmendricks trapped in a room with the Grim Reaper peeking in the window.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2:40) Direct from London’s Apollo Theatre, it’s Tom MacRae’s rambunctious hit musical about a Sheffield misfit who makes it big.

The Favourite (1:59) Snarky 18th-century period piece examines the balance-ofpower relationship between frail Queen Anne, aide-de-camp Lady Sarah Churchill and wannabe royal Abigail Masham; Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone star.

Glass (2:09) M. Night Shyamalan’s sequel to Unbreakable and Split stars Bruce Willis as a security guard who uses supernatural powers to track down a criminal with multiple personalities.

The Grateful Dead Movie (2:11) Legendary, seldom-seen concert film features interviews with Jerry Garcia and his merry band and footage of their 1974 Winterland concerts.

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.

Harvest Season (1:22) Documentary follows Wine Country vintner Gustavo Brambila and his crew through the 2017 grape harvest and its tragic, fiery aftermath.

The Hate U Give (2:12) Amandla Sternberg stars as a black teen at a white prep school and the choices she makes after the police shooting of her best friend.

If Beale Street Could Talk (1:57) James Baldwin’s edgy romance of 1970s Harlem comes to the big screen with KiKi Layne as Tish; Barry Jenkins directs.

Mary Poppins Returns (2:10) The numinous nanny is back just in time to help the aging Banks family rediscover the joy and wonder of 1930s London; Emily Blunt and Dick Van Dyke star.

Mary Queen of Scots (1:52) Saoirse Ronan stars as the willful young regent who took on Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie) in her fight for independence.

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

On the Basis of Sex (2:00) Inspirational biopic stars Felicity Jones as the young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, trying a landmark gender discrimination case before the U.S. Court of Appeals; Mimi Leder directs.

Perfectos Desconcidos (1:41) Edgy 21stcentury Mexican dramedy about a spiraling party game in which the players have to read every text they receive—aloud.

Pipeline (1:30) Direct from Lincoln Center it’s Dominique Morisseau’s new drama about an inner-city schoolteacher, her troubled son and the system that imprisons them.

Replicas (1:47) Synthetic biologist Keanu Reeves takes on cops, feds and science herself in his Frankensteinish quest to bring his family back from the dead.

Roma (2:15) Alfonso Cuarón’s highly acclaimed magical-realism drama stars Yalitza Aparacio as a domestic servant navigating the political turmoil of 1970s Mexico City.

Shoplifters (2:01) Delicate Japanese drama about a family of petty thieves transformed by a homeless urchin.

Stage Russia: Onegin (2:40) Red Torch Theatre presents Timofey Kulyabin’s bracing contemporary stage version of Alexander Pushkin’s epic poem.

Stan & Ollie (1:38) Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star in a bittersweet portrait of the movies’ greatest double act at twilight.

Sundance Short Film Tour (1:33) Seven short subjects from last year’s fest make up a cinematic smorgasbord of comedies, musicals, documentaries and dramas from around the globe.

The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2:30) Direct from London’s Almeida Theatre, it’s Simon Russell Beale as Shakespeare’s vain, foolish, irresponsible regent.

The Upside (2:00) Bromantic comedy finds ex-con Kevin Hart striking sparks with paralyzed billionaire Bryan Cranston.

Vice (2:12) Edgy political satire examines the Mephistophelean rise to the vice presidency of Dick Cheney; Christian Bale stars with Amy Adams as Lynne, Sam Rockwell as W and Tyler Perry as Colin Powell.

The World Before Your Feet (1:35) Documentary follows inveterate stroller Matt Green on a walking tour of New York City, whose 8,000 miles of paths, boulevards, beaches and bridges he’s been trodding over the past six years.

At Eternity’s Gate (PG-13) • Becoming Astrid (NR) Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13)

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Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadere (PG) The Bruce McMouse Show (NR) Cold War (NR) • Destroyer (R) A Dog’s Way Home (PG) The Favourite (R) Glass (PG-13)

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The Grateful Dead Movie (PG) Green Book (PG-13)

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Harvest Season (NR)

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The Heiress (NR) If Beale Street Could Talk (R) Mary Poppins Returns (PG) The Mule (R) On the Basis of Sex (PG-13)

Perfectos Desconocidos (NR)

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Pipeline (NR) RBG (PG) Replicas (PG-13)

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Roma (R) Second Act (PG-13) Shoplifters (R) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG)

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Stage Russia: Onegin (NR) Stan & Ollie (PG)

A Star Is Born (R) Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour (NR) They Shall Not Grow Old (R) The Upside (PG-13) Vice (R)

Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:45; Sat-Sun 11:30, 3, 6:30, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:35, 6:55, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:40, 2, 6:30, 9:50 Rafael: Fri-Sat, Tue-Thu 8:30; Sun 8:45 Lark: Fri 3:30; Sat 10:15; Mon 7; Tue 12:50; Wed 10 Lark: Fri 9:15; Sat 6:30 (sing-along); Sun 9; Mon 4:15; Tue 6:15; Wed 12:30; Thu 10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 Regency: Sun 12:55 Rafael: Mon 5, 6:30 Rafael: Fri, Mon 4, 6, 8; Sat-Sun 2, 4, 6, 8; Tue-Thu 6, 8 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7, 9:20; Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7; Thu 1:15, 4:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10, 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 3:50, 10; Sun-Thu 3:50 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:15; Mon 1:45, 4:30, 7:15; Tue-Wed 4:30, 7:15; Thu 4:30 Cinema: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7, 10:10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50; Sun-Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 12:55, 2:30, 4:05, 5:40, 7:15, 8:50, 10:25 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Mon-Thu 3:30, 6:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10, 10:20, 1, 1:20, 4, 4:20, 7, 7:20, 10:10, 10:30 Lark: Wed 7:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:10; Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:15, 6:15; Thu 12:15, 3:15 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 10; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:45, 6:45, 10 Playhouse: Fri 4, 6:50, 9:40; Sat 1, 4, 6:50, 9:40; Sun 1, 4, 6:50; Mon-Thu 4, 6:50 Regency: Fri 10:40, 1:40, 4:40, 7:40; Sat 10:30, 1:30, 7:40; Sun 4:45, 7:45; Mon 4:40, 7:40; Tue-Thu 10:30, 1:30, 4:30 Rafael: Sun 4:15 (includes winetasting; director Bernardo Ruiz, producer Lauren Capps and stars Vanessa Robledo and Gustavo Brambila in person) Lark: Sun 3:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:30, 4:20, 7:20 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 3, 6:05, 9; Sun-Wed 12, 3, 6:05; Thu 12, 3 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:25, 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4, 6:45, 9:40; Sun-Wed 1, 4, 6:45; Thu 1, 4 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:20, 10:10; Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45; Sun-Thu 10:25, 1:15, 4:05, 6:55 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40; Sun 1:20, 4:05, 6:50; Mon 1:30, 4:15, 7; Tue-Wed 4:15, 7; Thu 4:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:55, 5:15, 10:35 (in Spanish with English subtitles) Lark: Thu 6:30 Rafael: Sat noon Northgate: Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30; Mon 10:20, 4:15, 10 Lark: Fri 6:30; Sat 3:30; Mon 10; Tue 9; Wed 3:10; Thu 12:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:35, 7:55 Rafael: Fri, Tue-Thu 5:45; Sat-Sun 1:30, 5:45; Mon 8:30 Larkspur Landing Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:15; Sat-Sun 11, 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Lark: Sun 11 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:30, 9:55; Sun-Thu 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:30 Lark: Fri 12:40; Sat 9:15; Sun 6:15; Tue 10; Thu 3:30 Rafael: Fri-Sun 8:15 Fairfax: Mon 1, 7 Northgate: Mon 1, 7 Regency: Mon 1, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sun, Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Mon 3:30; Thu 12:30, 3:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 6:40, 9:35; Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35; Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:40; Mon-Thu 3:45, 6:40 Regency: 10:50, 1:50, 4:50, 7:50 daily

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

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

CinéArts Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-1190 Century Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6506 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 491-1314 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1251 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-6496 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 898-3385

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Top Torn Tickets Part two, the best musicals of 2018 By Harry Duke

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t’s said that musicals are the bread and butter of community theater, so here’s a list of the North Bay productions I toasted this past year, my Top Torn Tickets of 2018: Part Two, the Musicals (in alphabetical order).

‘Always, Patsy Cline . . .’ (Sonoma Arts Live) Danielle DeBow’s Patsy was as heartbreaking as Karen Pinomaki’s Louise was amusing in director Michael Ross’ labor of love. Excellent costume and set design work (also

by Ross) along with outstanding live music accompaniment under the direction of Ellen Patterson made this a memorable evening of musical theater.

‘A Chorus Line’ (Novato Theater Company) Few small theater companies would take the risk of producing a vehicle that requires triple-threat performers in most roles. Director Marilyn Izdebksi’s decades of experience in dance and choreography and

terrific casting were key to this production’s success.

‘Hands on a Hardbody’ (Lucky Penny) The perfect-sized musical for the Napa company’s small space, there wasn’t much room for anything else once they got the pickup truck that’s central to the story onstage.

Director Taylor Bartolucci and choreographer Staci Arriaga had just enough room for a nice, diverse cast to beautifully tell the atypical story.

‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ (Raven Players) The cavernous Raven Theatre in Healdsburg was converted into a quaint black-box space where director Diane Bailey let loose four talented performers to tell musical stories about the arc of human relationships. It worked really well.

‘Illyria’ (6th Street Playhouse) Shakespeare. Ugh. A Shakespeare musical? Groan. A really entertaining musical production based on Twelfth Night? Surprising!

Director Craig Miller’s swan song

was a clever adaptation of the Bard’s comedy, which combined excellent vocal talents and the musical direction of Lucas Sherman to produce the best sounding show I’d seen at 6th Street in a long time.

‘Peter Pan’ (Spreckels Theatre Company) There’s no better stage in the North Bay on which to see a large-scale musical than the Nellie Codding Theatre at Spreckels.

Flying around on wires is so much more impressive in a 550-seat theater, and Sarah Wintermeyer’s winsome performance as Peter was good enough for me to set aside my long-standing beef with always casting a female in the role.

‘Scrooge in Love!’ (Lucky Penny) A fairly new play (this was only its third production) that’s good enough to become a Christmas standard. A great lead performance from Brian Herndon was supported by a top-notch ensemble in this reverential continuation of the Dickens classic. Y

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Charlene Peters

Thomas Keller tries his hand at Mexican food, and of course it’s awesome.

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Wholly Oaxaca Mole!

La Calenda offers the Thomas Keller cuisine without the eye-popping tab By Charlene Peters

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t wasn’t an April Fool’s prank when news leaked that the restaurant Hurley’s would shutter after 16 successful years in business. Well-known as one of the top restaurants in the heart of Napa Valley’s multi-Michelin-starred city of Yountville, the top-tier ranking was no small achievement in a destination dotted with greats: the French Laundry, Bouchon, Ad Hoc, Bistro Jeanty, Bottega, and the latest opening of the crystal-covered palatial-designed RH, aka Restoration Hardware.

Eyebrows were raised at the subsequent announcement of a Mexican restaurant opening in Hurley’s former space, and by the fact that it would be operated by celebrity chef Thomas Keller. Keller already operates three restaurants and a bakery within the 1.5 mile radius of Yountville. With the opening of Keller’s fourth restaurant, La Calenda, the allure of this culinary utopia escalates yet another notch.

Atypical of Keller’s French cooking, La Calenda is a Oaxaca-

inspired restaurant with a reasonably priced menu and a no-reservation system. It also has a sports bar with a playlist of club music (not this grownup’s fave), the better to attract millennials.

The restaurant’s interior showcases carved Oaxaca wood chairs, artwork and ceramic tableware to complement its all-Oaxacan menu. The paper menu lists eight antojitos (appetizers) that include quesadillas al pastor with pineapple and Chihuahua cheese, and shrimp cocktail. There’s also that

Mexican staple, a bowl of addictive house-made tortilla chips, spicy guacamole, a ceramic bowl of salsa verde and another of salsa mixe ($13).

My dining companion sipped on a specialty margarita while I sipped on a non-alcoholic version (in order to adhere to my self-imposed “dry” January detox program). We took our time with the menu and decided to share several small plates, beginning with the charred butternut squash tamale ($6), cooked in an avocado leaf and served with spicy black bean salsa. Our server entered our order on a handheld POS device.

Amazingly, in the midst of ordering our next plate, tacos de pollo pibil ($11), with sour orange and pickled onions on grilled chicken, our squash tamale arrived, steaming hot from the kitchen. That was fast!

We continued to order amid the distraction of our hunger for the tamale, which tasted a bit bland until we scooped it on a tortilla chip.

My favorite dish was a duo of lightly fried red snapper tacos ($13) with chipotle mayonnaise and cabbage. I’d order this again on my next visit and skip the overly spicy enchiladas verde ($14) with Swiss chard. True to form, Keller reconstructs the enchilada with a green pepper sauce over a thin, blue-corn tortilla wrap with Swiss chard inside.

I might also return to order the chicken in stone-ground mole negro ($22) after requesting and receiving a sample taste of this unique Oaxacan specialty, with its velvety texture and chocolatey essence. According to one server, there are 25 ingredients that comprise this dark and savory sauce; another server swore it contained 30 ingredients. Divine, nonetheless.

Dessert is a must, so be sure to save room. The French Laundry’s pastry chef makes the desserts for La Calenda, and priced at $9 each, you’re getting a bargain. The silkiness of the flan put all previous versions to shame, and an order of petite churros transformed this fairground treat into an elegant wand to swipe a dollop of perfect consistency that attends the dulce de leche.

At the close of our Oaxacan culinary adventure, the server completed our transaction using that same mobile POS device to spit out the bill and swipe my credit card.

I was elated to experience a Thomas Keller restaurant—and without breaking the bank.

La Calenda, 6518 Washington St., Yountville. lacalendamex.com.

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Concerts

Key Tea Jan 18, Jazz in the Neighborhood.

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Marin Country Mart Jan 18, 5:30pm, Friday Night Jazz with Dore Collee. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700.

Richard Howell Multi-instrumentalist performs John Coltrane’s 1965 album, “A Love Supreme.” Jan 19, 8pm. $25-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

The Posies On the heels of the alternative rock band’s 30th anniversary, frontmen Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow perform a special seated show with songwriter Rebecca Blasband opening. Jan 19, 8pm. $25-$30. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

John Vanderslice KC Turner presents the San Francisco indie songwriter and guru behind Tiny Telephone Recording in an intimate solo performance.

Jan 19, 8pm. $20-$25. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

SONOMA Home Sick 2 Second annual hardcore and punk festival hosted by Rohnert Park natives Ceremony also features heavy acts Cold Cave, Tamaryn, Iron Lung and many others. Jan 19, 4pm. $40. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

Words & Music Award-winning songwriters Don Henry, Laurie Lewis and Claudia Russell trade some of their favorite tunes, accompanied by guitarist Nina Gerber. Jan 18, 7pm. $25-$28.

Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

ZZ Top Back by popular demand, the sharp-dressed classic rock trio performs their legendary hits. Jan 22, 8pm. $49-$119. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

NAPA Anthony David Warm and resonating singer-songwriter pays tribute to Bill Withers as part of his “Hello Like Before” tour. Jan 18-19, 7 and 9pm. $30$60. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.880.2300.

Clubs & Venues MARIN HopMonk Novato Jan 17, Ray Bonneville Duo with Richie Lawrence. Jan 20, Funky Feat. Jan 22, Supersuckers. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Jan 16, Yerba Buena Orchestra. Jan 23, Koolerator with Barry Sless. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

19 Broadway Nightclub Jan 16, songwriters night with One Non Blonde. Jan 17, Lake Charlatans. Jan 18, benefit concert for the Heaphy family. Jan 19, Eric McFadden and friends. Jan 20, Grateful Sunday with Les Stratocasters. Jan 22, Eddie Neon Blues Jam. Jan 23, Blondiva. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Jan 16, Slim Jim. Jan 17, Michael LaMacchia Band. Jan 18, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jan 19, Chris Saunders Band. Jan 20, Mark Ames Band. Jan 21, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Jan 23, Rick Hardin and friends. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392.

Sweetwater Music Hall Jan 17, Soul Ska and Mike Xavier. Jan 18, Illeagles. Jan 20, Lumanation with Lorin Rowan. Jan 21, Bandworks winter rock show.

Jan 22, Lera Lynn and Thomas Dybdahl.

Jan 23, Emily King. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads Jan 16, Colonel & the Mermaids. Jan 18, Painted Mandolin and Grateful Bluegrass Boys. Jan 19, Matt Jaffe Band. Jan 20, Grahame Lesh. Jan 22, Beatles night with Lorin and Chris Rowan and friends. Jan 23, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

SONOMA HopMonk Sebastopol Jan 16, Cham & Mad People Gang. Jan 17, Ana Popovic. Jan 18, Funky Feat. Jan 19, tribute to Joe Cocker with the Space Orchestra. Jan 21, Ashanti HiFi. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.7300.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Jan 17, Corb Lund with Branson Anderson and the Easy Leaves Duo. Jan 18, Paul Thorn with Alice Drinks the Kool-Aid. Jan 19, Joy & Madness with Petaluma High School Varsity Jazz Band. Jan 20, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe with John Courage.

23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.

NAPA Blue Note Napa Jan 17, Peter Harper. Jan 20, 11:30am, Sunday Brunch with Mike Greensill. Jan 22, Mix It Up pro jam. Jan 23, GTF Jazz Band. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

Art Openings Headlands Center for the Arts Jan 20-Mar 3, “Edge of See: Twilight Engines,” artist Vishal K Dar creates light sculptures viewed through an augmented reality app to push our senses of vision, scale, motion and time. Reception, Jan 20 at

4:30pm. 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4. 415.331.2787.

Comedy Lewis Black Sardonic standup appears as part of his “THe Joke’s on US” tour. Jan 20, 7pm. $50-$75.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

The Crossword Show with Zach Sherwin One-of-a-kind show features comedians solving a crossword puzzle live onstage, with music and trivia. Jan 18, 6:30pm. $15. Keller Street CoWork, 140 Keller St, Petaluma. blondemedicine.com.

Team Trivia Contest Jeopardy style questions, songs and visuals hosted by comedian Clark Peterson. Jan 18, 6:45pm. $3. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael. 415.492.1800.

Tuesday Night Live See several standup comedians on stage.

Jan 22, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Events The Mock Caldecotts Afternoon of discussion covers the criteria by which the Caldecott committee judges illustrated children’s books to be awarded.

Jan 20, 3:30pm. $10. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.

Field Trips Sunrise Tour of Muir Woods See majestic trees and hear the story of the forest. Reservations required. Sun, Jan 20, 7am. Free. Muir Woods Visitor Center, 1 Muir Woods Rd, Mill Valley.

415.388.2596.

Film Best of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Documentary “Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes” tells the story of label founders Arthur Lion and Frank Wolff, Jewish refugees who came to America in the 1930s and discovered jazz. Jan 16, 7pm. $12-$15.

Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Classic Film Series: Great Scores Series screens 1949’s “The Heiress” starring Montgomery Clift and scored by Aaron Copland. Jan 20, 3:30pm. $8. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

Harvest Season Compelling portrait of wine production in Napa and Sonoma Valleys screens with filmmakers in attendance and a postscreening discussion and winetasting. Jan 20, 4:15pm. $11-$13. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

For Kids Snowflakes at the Library Kids ages five and up can celebrate winter by making unique snowflakes with paper bags. Jan 19, 2pm. Corte Madera Library.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera.

707.924.6444.

Lectures Is There Life After Death?

Patrick McCollum shares his near-death experience, with discussion. Jan 18, 7:30pm. $20-$25. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato. 415.475.5000.

Readings Book Passage Jan 16, 7pm, “Jessie” with Regina S Kutchins.

Jan 17, 7pm, “This Messy Magnificent Life” with Geneen Roth, in conversation with Janis Cooke Newman. Jan 18, 7pm, “Wrong Light” and “The Second Goodbye” with Matt Coyle and Patricia Smiley. Jan 19, 1pm, “Stand Beautiful” with Chloe Howard. Jan 19, 4pm, “Ignite Your Dormant Superpowers” with Steve Dickason. Jan 22, 1pm, “Late in the Day” with Tessa Hadley. Jan 22, 7pm, “The Eulogist” with Terry Gamble. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Book Passage By-the-Bay Jan 23, 6pm, “Cocaine + Surfing” with Chas Smith. 100 Bay St, Sausalito 415.339.1300.

Novato Copperfield’s Books Jan 19, 2pm, “Ghostwalker” with Leslie Patten. 999 Grant Ave, Novato 415.763.3052.

Theater Deathtrap Ingeniously structured play offers gaspinducing thrills and spontaneous laughter.

Jan 18-Feb 17. $12-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555.

How I Learned What I Learned August Wilson’s autobiographical one-man show charts what it means to be a black artist in America. Through Feb 3. $25-$52. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.

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The following individual(s) are doing business: LAND LAW LLP, 1010 B STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CHRISTOPHER A SKELTON, 177 FRUSTUCK AVENUE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930, JENNIE U SKELTON, 177 FRUSTUCK AVENUE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY 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 DECEMBER 14, 2018. (Publication Dates: December 26 of 2018, January 2, 9, 16 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 145852. The following individual(s) are doing business: INCA PROMOTIONS TOURS, 855 C ST. SUIT #205, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: IRMA SANTIVANEZ, 855 C ST. #205, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, WILFREDO

MIRANDA, 2525 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD #5, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.

This business is being conducted by A 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 DECEMBER 6, 2018. (Publication Dates: JANUARY 9, 16, 23, 30) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145958. The following individual(s) are doing business: B.B SOL HAULING, 1132 FERRIS DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945: CARLOS SOLORZANO, 1132 FERRIS DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945, NYDIA N. SOLORZANO, 1132 FERRIS DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945. 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 DECEMBER 27, 2018. (Publication Dates: January 16, 23, 30 and February 6 of 2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2019146048.

The following individual(s) are doing business: MUDDY BOOTS AND CONSTRUCTION, 41 DEL ORO LAGOON, NOVATO, CA 94949: LISA G DAVIS, 41 DEL ORO LAGOON, 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 JANUARY 11, 2019. (Publication Dates: January 16, 23, 30 and February 6 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 145904. The following individual(s) are doing business: DIMENSIONAL FURNITURE OUTLET, 115 BELLAM BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TRI NHU NGUYEN, 2220 HARRINGTON AVE, OAKLAND, CA 94601. 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

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PublicNotices Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on DECEMBER 17, 2018. (Publication Dates: January 16, 23, 30 and February 6 of 2019) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900008 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Thomas Jay Foxenburgh, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Thomas Jay Foxenburgh to Proposed Name: Tom Jay Fox 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: 2/25/2019, 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: JAN 2, 2019 James T. Chou Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By J. Chen, Deputy (January 16, 23, 30, February 6 of 2018)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900064 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Nancy Felice Becker, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Nancy Felice Becker to Proposed Name: Nance Felice Becker 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: 2/26/2019, 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: JAN 4, 2019 James T. Chou Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C Lucchesi, Deputy (January 16, 23, 30, February 6 of 2018) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT FROM USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME—File No: 304857. The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious

business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on January 20, 2016, Under File No: 2016138983.

Fictitious Business name(s) DIMENSIONAL FURNITURE OUTLET, 115 BELLAM BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THINH NGUYEN, 3718 WILLOW PASS RD #113, CONCORD, CA 94519. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Dec 17, 2018 (Publication Dates: Jan 16, 23, 30 and Feb 6 2019) OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1804320 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Lorina Nympha Tomaneng Mendoza, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Lorina Nympha Tomaneng Mendoza to Proposed Name: Lorina Nympha Mendoza Manzanita 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: 2/19/2018, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A. 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: DEC 18, 2018 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Chais, Deputy (December 26 of 2018, January 2, 9, 16 of 2019) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1804345 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Yolanda Hernandez & Antonio Amador, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Nancy Amador Hernandez *Amador listed as Middle Name to Proposed Name: Nancy Amador Hernandez *Amador listed as last name with Hernandez 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: 2/14/2018, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A. 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: DEC 3, 2018 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Chais, Deputy (December 26 of 2018, January 2, 9, 16 of 2019) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900008 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Thomas Jay Foxenburgh, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Thomas Jay Foxenburgh to Proposed Name: Tom Jay Fox 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: 2/25/2019, 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: JAN 2, 2019 James T. Chou Judge of the Superior Court James

M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By J. Chen, Deputy (January 16, 23, 30, February 6 of 2018) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900064 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Nancy Felice Becker, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Nancy Felice Becker to Proposed Name: Nance Felice Becker 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: 2/26/2019, 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: JAN 4, 2019 James T. Chou Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C Lucchesi, Deputy (January 16, 23, 30, February 6 of 2018)

By Amy Alkon

Q:

My girlfriend of three years recently took a trip home for a weekend wedding. Before she left, I asked her, “Can you set my expectations as to how often I’ll hear from you?” She said she’d call every day. She called each of the three days but never stayed on the phone very long, always giving some excuse: she was in a bar, the hosts were sleeping, etc. In three days, she spent a total of 43 minutes speaking and reconnecting with me. I told her I felt really hurt by how little time she allocated. She responded that there were things planned, that she was sometimes at the behest of others driving her places, etc.

I am sure that’s all true. Though I’m not insecure, I’ve felt insecure about my relationship with her. So . . . what do you think? Do I have a valid reason to feel neglected and invisible?—Ignored

A:

Where there’s smoke, there’s sometimes a stick of incense burning; no reason to run for the garden hose and turn the living room into a wading pool.

If your girlfriend imagined what you’d be doing in her absence, it probably wasn’t standing over the phone for 72 hours straight, willing it to ring. Chances are, she isn’t entirely tuned in to how insecure you are about her commitment to you. Also, wedding weekends these days tend to be packed with activities from breakfast to nightcap. So there’s an initial idea of how much alone time one would have, and then there’s the actual free time between sleep, showering and “Our ride’s here! You can take your rollers out on the way to the church!”

As for the het-up state you found yourself in, what I often call our “guard dog emotions” can be a little overprotective—and that’s actually an evolved feature, not a flaw.

It’s sometimes in our best interest to see unclearly. In fact, human perception evolved to be inaccurate at times—protectively inaccurate, explain evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss, in favor of helping us survive and pass on our genes.

This makes us prone to be oversensitive to signs of infidelity—which is to say, our suspicion is easily triggered, even by harmless, innocent behavior. This oversensitivity is evolutionarily sensible—protective of our interests. For example, it’s typically much more costly for a man to be undersensitive—all “Naw, I’m sure everything’s fine!”—when he’s about to be deceived into paying for college, grad school and rehab for a kid with some other dude’s genes.

The problem is, an infidelity alarm system that defaults to DefCon “How dare you, you hussy!” can also take a toll, even on a partner who really loves you. The jealousy, possessiveness and badgering for reassurance that ensue can make the cost of the relationship start to outweigh the benefits. This isn’t to say you can’t ask for reassurance; you just need to do it in a way that doesn’t make your partner long to put you out on the curb like an old couch.

First figure out whether there’s anything to those alarm bells going off in you— whether you have any reason to believe your girlfriend is cheating or is unhappy in the relationship. If not, chances are your compulsion to turn her iPhone into her wireless leash stems from what the late psychologist Albert Ellis called “catastrophizing”—telling yourself it would be horrible and terrible and you would just die every day forever if your relationship ended. The reality is, a breakup could lead to a stretch of mope-apalooza— weeks or months snot-sobbing into a pillow. Obviously, you’d rather not go through this. However, if you did, you’d eventually recover.

Reflect regularly on this rational corrective to your irrational thinking; accept that your relationship could end and admit that you could deal if it did. Once you calm down a little, ask your girlfriend for clarification and reassurance about her feelings for you. In time, when she’s away, you could obsess over those highly enjoyable activities we women call “weird gross guy stuff ”: eating black bean taquitos and try to break your previous records for fart volume and velocity; playing Minecraft for 46 hours straight, wearing only a pair of superhero underwear; seizing the opportunity to create timeless art—which is to say, draw a face on your penis and shoot remakes of classic films: “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope!”

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 January 16

ARIES (March 21–April 19) In 1917, leaders of the Christian sect Jehovah’s Witnesses prophesied that all earthly governments would soon disappear and Christianity would perish. In 1924, they predicted that the ancient Hebrew prophet Moses would be resurrected and speak to people everywhere over the radio. In 1938, they advised their followers not to get married or have children, because the end of civilization was nigh. In 1974, they said there was only a “short time remaining before the wicked world’s end.”

I bring these failed predictions to your attention, Aries, so as to get you in the mood for my prediction, which is: all prophecies that have been made about your life up until now are as wrong as the Jehovah Witnesses’ visions. In 2019, your life will be bracingly free of old ideas about who you are and who you’re supposed to be. You will have unprecedented opportunities to prove that your future is wide open.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) Movie critic

Roger Ebert defined the term “idiot plot” as “any film plot containing problems that would be solved instantly if all of the characters were not idiots.” I bring this to your attention because I suspect there has been a storyline affecting you that in some ways fits that description. Fortunately, any temptation you might have had to go along with the delusions of other people will soon fade. I expect that as a result, you will catalyze a surge of creative problem-solving. The idiot plot will transform into a much smarter plot.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) In 1865, Prussia’s

political leader, Otto von Bismarck, got angry when an adversary, Rudolf Virchow, suggested cuts to the proposed military budget. Bismarck challenged Virchow to a duel. Virchow didn’t want to fight, so he came up with a clever plan. As the challenged party, he was authorized to choose the weapons to be used in the duel. He decided upon two sausages. His sausage would be cooked; Bismarck’s sausage would be crammed with parasitic roundworms. It was a brilliant stratagem. The proposition spooked Bismarck, who backed down from the duel. Keep this story in mind if you’re challenged to an argument, dispute, or conflict in the coming days. It’s best to figure out a tricky or amusing way to avoid it altogether.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) An imaginative 27-year-old man with the pseudonym Thewildandcrazyoli decided he was getting too old to keep his imaginary friend in his life. So he took out an ad on Ebay, offering to sell that long-time invisible ally, whose name was John Malipieman.

Soon his old buddy was dispatched to the highest bidder for $3,000. Please don’t attempt anything like that in the coming weeks, Cancerian. You need more friends, not fewer—both of the imaginary and non-imaginary variety. Now is a ripe time to expand your network of compatriots.

LEO (July 23–August 22) In December 1981, novice Leo filmmaker James Cameron got sick, fell asleep, and had a disturbing dream. He saw a truncated robot armed with kitchen knives crawling away from an explosion. This nightmare ultimately turned out to be a godsend for Cameron. It inspired him to write the script for the 1984 film The Terminator, a successful creation that launched him on the road to fame and fortune. I’m expecting a comparable development in your near future, Leo. An initially weird or difficult event will actually be a stroke of luck.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Psychologists define the Spotlight Effect as our tendency to imagine that other people are acutely attuned to every little nuance of our behavior and appearance. The truth is that they’re not, of course. Most everyone is primarily occupied with the welter of thoughts buzzing around inside his or her own head. The good news, Virgo, is that you are well set up to capitalize on this phenomenon in the coming weeks. I’m betting you will achieve a dramatic new liberation: you’ll be freer than ever before from the power of people’s opinions to inhibit your behavior or make you self-conscious.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) What North America community is farthest north?

By Rob Brezsny

It’s an Alaskan city that used to be called Barrow, named after a British admiral. But in 2016, local residents voted to reinstate the name that the indigenous Iñupiat people had once used for the place: Utqiaġvik. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that in the coming weeks, you take inspiration from their decision, Libra. Return to your roots. Pay homage to your sources. Restore and revive the spirit of your original influences.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) The

Alaskan town of Talkeetna has a population of 900, so it doesn’t require a complicated political structure to manage its needs. Still, it made a bold statement by electing a cat as its mayor for 15 years. Stubbs, a part-manx, won his first campaign as a write-in candidate, and his policies were so benign—no new taxes, no repressive laws—that he kept getting re-elected. What might be the equivalent of having a cat as your supreme leader for a while, Scorpio?

From an astrological perspective, now would be a favorable time to implement that arrangement. This phase of your cycle calls for relaxed fun and amused mellowness and laissez-faire jauntiness.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

Trees need to be buffeted by the wind. It makes them strong. As they respond to the pressure of breezes and gusts, they generate a hardier kind of wood called reaction wood. Without the assistance of the wind’s stress, trees’ internal structure would be weak and they might topple over as they grew larger. I’m pleased to report that you’re due to receive the benefits of a phenomenon that’s metaphorically equivalent to a brisk wind. Exult in this brisk but low-stress opportunity to toughen yourself up!

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19)

Writing at ThePudding, pop culture commentator Colin Morris reveals the conclusions he drew after analyzing 15,000 pop songs. First, the lyrics of today’s tunes have significantly more repetitiveness than the lyrics of songs in the 1960s. Second, the most popular songs, both then and now, have more repetitive lyrics than the average song. Why? Morris speculates that repetitive songs are catchier. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I encourage you Capricorns to be as unrepetitive as possible in the songs you sing, the messages you communicate, the moves you make, and the ideas you articulate. In the coming weeks, put a premium on originality, unpredictability, complexity and novelty.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) In May 1927, Aquarian aviator Charles Lindbergh made a pioneering flight in his one-engine plane from New York to Paris. He became instantly famous. Years later, Lindbergh testified that partway through his epic journey he was visited by a host of odd, vaporous beings who suddenly appeared in his small cabin.

They spoke with him, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of navigation and airplane technology.

Lindbergh’s spirits were buoyed. His concentration, which had been flagging, revived. He was grateful for their unexpected support. I foresee a comparable kind of assistance becoming available to you sometime soon, Aquarius. Don’t waste any time being skeptical about it; just welcome it.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) More than

four centuries ago, a Piscean samurai named Honda Tadakatsu became a leading general in the Japanese army. In the course of his military career, he fought in more than a hundred battles. Yet he never endured a major wound and was never beaten by another samurai. I propose we make him your inspirational role model for the coming weeks. As you navigate your way through interesting challenges, I believe that like him, you’ll lead a charmed life. No wounds. No traumas. Just a whole lot of educational adventures.

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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