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There needs to be some skepticism regarding the number of jobs created by wind and solar installations (“Full Tilt,” February 26; see also this week’s News Briefs). In Michigan, we were told a large number of jobs would be created by a 700 acre solar “farm” to be placed on actual prime farmland.

When pressed for the actual number of FTE jobs, the developer admitted the cited jobs would only be during construction and after that, they would only have 2 to 5 FTEs. While there is a need for more clean energy, it needs to be placed responsibly. The proposed 700 acres of solar would not reduce CO2 in

the air as much as the same acres of crops.

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By Nikki Silverstein

Last Tuesday, the Marin County Board of Supervisors accepted a $4.8 million state grant for a Homeless Emergency Aid Program. Homeward Bound of Marin will receive $4.5 million of the grant to replace the Mill Street Center in San Rafael, the county’s only year-round shelter program. Groundbreaking for the new building will begin next year.

The center will provide 60 beds. An additional 32 permanent beds will be allocated to house chronically homeless men and women, defined as those who have been homeless for at least a year and have a disability. These individuals will also receive services for mental health, substance abuse and job counseling.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin, located in San Rafael, will receive almost $308,000 for a diversion program for newly homeless people.

Kudos to the Marin Board of Supervisors, Homeward Bound, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin and the city of San Rafael for working together to help resolve Marin’s homelessness crisis.

Sausalito folks are wondering why the Marin County Sheriff ’s Office allowed their contractor to dismantle a tugboat, moored at a Sausalito dock, in the early morning hours on beautiful Easter Sunday.

The work, conducted by Sean Alexander Marine Services, began sometime between 8 and 8:30am, according to Donna, a local resident.

“Instead of sounds of peace, we all were forced to listen to hours of heartwrenching grinding of metal,” she said.

The Sheriff ’s Office coordinated the removal and demolition of both boats after one sank in the mud during a storm earlier this year.

While the tugboats may have posed an environmental hazard, they were in the bay for years and there seems no reason the demolition couldn’t have waited one more day. Next time, wait until noon, or better yet, take Easter off entirely.

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Upfront Mall Cats Mountain lion heads to Macy’s in Santa Rosa— what’s it all mean? By Tom Gogola

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anta Rosans woke up Monday morning to a circling helicopter and news that a juvenile mountain lion was spotted camping out under at bush near Macy’s downtown at the Santa Rosa Plaza.

Headline machines cranked up around the North Bay to describe the peculiar phenomenon—“Mauled at the Mall!” was one headline we were glad to not see—as the animal was quickly tranquilized by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, who said the animal would be released back into the wild. A leading theory from

state officials and was that the animal had found its way to Santa Rosa by following the city’s namesake creek downtown, or via the Manzanita creek.

“We’ve had a lot of interest and a lot of the public connecting with us about the mountain lion in the mall,” says Dr. Quinton Martins, director and principal Investigator with Living with Lions, which tracks the animals’ presence in the state.

The sighting of large wild animals juxtaposed in urban environments is not a new story in the North Bay, but it does have a new twist. Multiple online resources devoted to the life

and times of apex predators, not to mention California environmental organizations, have noted an uptick in the number of animals loping into urban areas in recent years—mostly due to their habitats being squeezed by development or, as the case may be, a year-round fire season that’s seen beasts of all size and dimension fleeing the flames for un-scorched earth.

“It’s funny that it takes a mountain lion to go shopping at Macy’s to get people really aware of the fact that we are living with lions,” says Martins, who says the cat was given an ear tag »8 to track it, and that its DNA

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A posting on the mountain lionloving site knowyourneighbors. com was characteristic in describing the phenomenon that hit home this week in front of the big-hands sculpture at the Santa Rosa mall: “As mountain lion habitat becomes more fragmented, dispersing young mountain lions often find their way into urban areas by accident. Urbanization and habitat fragmentation disrupts the natural dispersal landscape, and reduces the amount of available territory for dispersing young.”

That site, among others, shares some recommendations on how to deal with the arrival of mountain lions, should the jarring visit to the mall this week bespeak a trend: keep the pets locked up, not to mention the goats and sheep, and other vulnerable animals, from dusk ’til dawn.

All we really know is that the mountain lion was spotted at around 9am, and by 10am life had returned to normal on the corner of 4th Street and Avenue B. It was an hour that will live on, in infamy, and in the imaginations of Santa Rosans mesmerized by the bizarre spectacle. We anticipate that a limited-edition Mountain Lion Malt Ale to emerge from nearby Russian River Brewery any day now, to commemorate the occasion.

But there’s a larger “what’s it all mean” storyline here that’s of a more spiritual question in search of an answer. While rare in Santa Rosa, mountain lions do appear on occasion in West Marin and especially in the Mt. Tam watershed—and when it happens, folks out in unicorn bush country tend to be both freaked out and spiritually awestruck at the sighting.

The Marin Municipal Water District reports on its website that the agency’s “watershed management staff occasionally receive reports of mountain lion sightings on Mt. Tamalpais Watershed lands. These sightings are not cause for alarm, but the district recommends that visitors to public lands follow the mountain lion precautions provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.”

Those precautions include deerproofing one’s home, never hiking or jogging alone, refraining from

leaving pets or small children outdoors unattended, and to “acknowledge that you live in mountain lion country and make a commitment to educate yourself.”

For all the caution recommended, it’s also helpful to educate oneself about the mountain lion’s heavy symbolism for the spiritually inclined, especially since Fish & Wildlife says that “mountain lion attacks on humans are extremely rare,” and that the animal is likely more scared of the humans it encounters than vice versa.

As a spiritual matter, for example, the noble animal pops up in Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile,” right after the moon turns fire red and Jimi’s gypsy mother drops dead upon seeing the dread spawn she’s just birthed. Abandoned to his fate, like Moses, Jimi sings, “Well, mountain lions found me there waiting, and set me on an eagle’s back.”

Hendrix was part Cherokee, and First Nations folklore holds the mountain lion in very high totemic regard; the animal is conferred the status of “magical sun dancer,” and one of the bits of wisdom that pops up on sites devoted to animal symbolism is that if a mountain lion should appear in your cosmology, at your local mall or atop your local mountain, its message is that the human beings who engage with it must “find the balance between freedom and maintaining boundaries.”

In life as in redevelopment, that’s a message with some real poignancy.

It’s especially wise counsel for a North Bay now under an intensive rebuilding regime after the 2017 wildfires wiped out five percent of the housing stock in Santa Rosa—a rebuild that’s met with increasing housing unaffordability for an underpaid North Bay workforce from Larkspur to Cloverdale, not to mention an anticipated population spike in coming years up and down the Highway 101 transit corridor to San Francisco.

Those “boundaries” alluded to by First Nations people are presumably inclusive of the locally legislated “urban growth boundaries” that have kept the North Bay from morphing into a gigantic sprawl with even less wild space to accommodate the occasional beast that wanders into town to check out the sale at Macy’s. Organizations including the Sonoma Land Trust have put a emphasis on maintaining, or developing, so-called “wildlife corridors,” around the region to mitigate against any local destruction of animals’ traditional rangelands at the hands of, for example, expanded vineyard footprints and the like. »10

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But if this episode is repeated, Fish & Wildlife recommends that you fight back like it’s Black Friday and you’re beating off fellow shoppers to be first in line for the Christmas sales at Sears. “Research on mountain lion attacks suggests that many potential victims have fought back successfully with rocks, sticks, garden tools, even an ink pen or bare hands,” the state reports. “Try to stay on your feet. If knocked down, try to protect head and neck.” Y

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Healdsburg State Senator Mike McGuire is hosting a hearing this Friday, May 3, that’s devoted to the prospects for offshore wind energy in the region and how it may impact California fisheries.

Earlier this year we reported on a push to develop wind farms off the Humboldt coast that’s been generally supported by California coastal electeds ranging from U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman to McGuire himself (“Full Tilt,” Feb. 27).

McGuire is Chair of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture and says in a statement that he’s calling the meeting to take a close look “at any potential environmental impacts it could have on our state’s fisheries.”

The hearing is being presented as a question in search of answer that’s already been answered: “California’s Fisheries and Wildlife: Can they coexist with Offshore Wind Energy Development?”

The answer appears to be, “They’re going to have to figure out a way to co-exist,” given McGuire’s support for offshore wind farms, which are increasingly being presented as a fait accompli, given the state’s robust push to go all-renewables by 2045—and by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management initiating an offshoreleasing program in 2018.

Earlier this year, the American Jobs Project, a Democratic-leaning nonprofit think tank founded by former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm, issued a white paper in support of two wind farms under consideration—one at Morro Bay and the aforementioned Humboldt County coast—and said that a combination of federal leases and state interest could see the first offshore wind farm leases as early as next year.

Coastal congressman Jared Huffman signaled support for a locally based

wind energy project run by the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (Humboldt’s communitychoice aggregate), as he noted its potential benefit to Sonoma and Marin counties, both of which have their own CCA’s, Sonoma Clean Energy and Marin Clean Energy. Those entities purchase renewable energy from solar and wind farms that are often many miles down the electric wire from the point of consumption. Huffman says offshore wind in Humboldt could be of service to those CCAs, given that “there’s way more energy potential than there is demand,” in Humboldt County.

McGuire notes in his statement that “the burgeoning Pacific offshore wind energy industry is going to be a critical component of our state’s energy supply,” as he highlights the need for input from fisheries experts in advance of any leases.

As we reported last month, offshore wind projects on the East Coast had a traditional base of opposition driven by the fishing industry’s concerns over the tethered windmills’ potential impact on their gear and on their traditional fishing grounds.

Those concerns gave way over time, and the nation’s first big offshore wind-farm went online off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016. As we reported in February from the department of irony, Fishermen are now using their boats to haul “eco-tourists” to the site to check out the windmills, whose blade-span is more than the length of a football field and quite impressive to behold.

Friday’s meeting is taking place up in Eureka from 11am to 2pm and will be live-streamed via the state’s Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture online portal. Speakers are coming from a range of shareholders— including the BOEM, the California Coastal Commission, representatives from the windmill-energy industry, the National Resources Defense Council, and several organizations representing fishermen’s interests. They may be tilting at windmills. Y

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Marin Theatre Co. upends male dominance with new season, playwrights By David Templeton

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n a world where male playwrights outnumber women, especially in Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, the Marin Theatre Company ’s upcoming season looks nothing short of revolutionary.

“American theater has taken some remarkably groundbreaking steps, and there are things we do faster and better than others,” says

Jasson Minadakis, artistic director of the Mill Valley theater company.

“But there are other areas in which American theater has shown up late to the table, if at all. And theater’s reluctant relationship— and almost nonexistent promotion of female playwrights—is one of those areas.”

MTC has long been a champion of playwrights who fall into

categories often underrepresented on the American stage. So it shouldn’t be shocking that when the award-winning nonprofit recently announced its 2019–20 season, the six shows named include five by established and emerging female playwrights. After all, of the seven playwrights included in the company’s current season— including this week’s debut of

Nambi E. Kelley’s Jazz—four of those playwrights are women. It’s a big deal, just don’t make too big a deal of it, says Minadakis.

“But for what it’s worth, [gender] is really not a conscious consideration in choosing our season,” says Minadakis. “We literally just went after the six best new plays we could find, the scripts that grabbed out interest

That’s a fact that Kate Cortesi, the Boston-based author of Love, has been contending with for years, despite what some would call a high degree of success. Originally from Washington D.C., Cortesi had a number of plays produced at festivals and college settings, and has amassed a good deal of attention along the way—including winning the esteemed Princess Grace award for her 2014 play Great Kills. MTC’s 2020 production of Love takes on workplace sexual harassment in the #MeToo era and will be her first professional production.

“I’m thrilled that MTC will be doing my play,” says Cortesi. “And I have to say I feel pretty psyched to be on that list, alongside such amazing company.”

Cortesi agrees that the femaledominated lineup is a notable, and still extremely rare, occurrence.

“I’m thinking about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s quip when asked, ‘When there will be real equity on the Supreme Court?’, and she said, ‘When there are nine female Supreme Court justices.’

Truly, we are so conditioned to all-male landscapes, that’s the sort of background and wallpaper of our lives, and when you change any part of that wallpaper, it’s extremely noticeable. It’s impossible to ignore, because it stands out. I do hope for a time when the wallpaper of American theater being frequently made out of women, instead of all men, just looks like wallpaper.”

Cortesi adds that when she looks around at the new plays exciting her at the moment, it’s hard to ignore the contributions from women.

“Women playwrights are kicking ass right now,” she says. “They are producing remarkable work, and they are leading. I think that centering is long overdue. It’s such a great time to go to the theater right now.”

Jane Anderson, who splits her time between Marin County and Los Angeles, shares Cortesi’s dream of a time when a season like MTC’s is business as usual.

“Won’t it be great when things like that don’t seem like some big leap forward, and just seem like another year at the theater?” she says.

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and held it. Only after we looked at them all together did we realize that we had picked plays by five amazing American women and one Canadian man.”

The season begins Oct. 1 with Mary Katherine Nagle’s Sovereignty, an examination of the genocidal Trail of Tears, and its modern-day impact on one young Cherokee lawyer. The play had its world premiere earlier this year in Washington D.C. After that comes the ferocious historical drama Mother of the Maid (Nov. 19), in which the mother of Joan of Arc confronts the many contradictions of her doomed daughter’s astonishing life. It was penned by Nicasio playwrightscreenwriter Jane Anderson, who also wrote last year’s Oscarnominated The Wife.

On Jan. 14, in association with San Francisco’s Golden Thread Productions, it’ll be Noura, by Heather Raffo (Nine Parts of Desire), the intimately crafted story of an Iraqi family celebrating Christmas (and their new American citizenship), and what happens when an unexpected guest arrives for the holidays. Then, beginning March 10, 2020, MTC presents the world premiere of Kate Cortesi’s Love, followed by Lynn Nottage’s mysterious Mlima’s Tale (opening April 28), about the hunting and trafficking of endangered animals as told by the spirit of an African elephant. The final show of the season will be Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill, opening next June.

Minadakis points out that MTC’s upcoming season (with the exception of Cortesi’s Love) is almost entirely made up of the second or third productions of these plays. For a playwright, that’s almost as important, and perhaps even more so, than a world premiere, since when it comes to new works, many companies recognize the potential box office bragging rights that come from debuting a new show. In the case of Nagle, a renowned playwright who garnered tremendous praise for her work at some of America’s most prestigious companies, MTC’s production of Sovereignty will mark the first time a company has given any of her plays a second production.

“That’s crazy, isn’t it?” says Minadakis. “And it’s just another example of how hard it is for the voices of female playwrights to be heard in this country.”

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in bumping-off male playwrights,” Anderson says. “There are so many wonderful men in the theater— artists, and directors, and actors and designers—and I’ve been listening to a lot of scolding going on, men being scolded for dominating theater. But I tend to think the artists are the wrong people to be yelling at. I truly believe every artist is unique, regardless of what gender or color or orientation they are.”

Female playwrights, she says, are demanding basic equity and fairness.

“I think the main request from us female playwrights, and playwrights of color and other playwrights who

are in the minority, is that we get read and we get a fair shot,” she says.

“Breaking through the American stage is such a complicated concept.

It’s hard for everybody. I suppose in some ways, it will be a great day when it’s equally hard for men to break through as it is for women, instead of it being so very much harder for women.

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He’ll tell you the story, but suffice it to say that San Francisco singer-songwriter and bandleader the Sam Chase needs to get an operation on his injured foot and the cost, even with his healthcare plan, is more money than he has.

Undaunted, Chase and his friends are doing what they do best, throwing a party. This month’s Benefit for the Sam Chase features more than a dozen local musicians covering Chase’s music and raising funds to pay for his medical costs on Monday, May 6, at HopMonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 7:30pm. $25.

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It’s been 50 years since Woodstock Music Festival, but it’s cultural reverberations continue to be felt by the generation that first experienced it. This month, enjoy a golden anniversary celebration of that historic musical moment with two Bay Area counter-culture rock legends as Jefferson Starship and Big Brother & the Holding Company perform together in a concert that is also part of the ongoing “Women in Music” series on Tuesday, May 7, at Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

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London-based film director Amélie Ravalec is known for her documentaries on underground industrial music movements in Europe, and now she turns her eye towards visual arts and its creative inspirations in the new film, Art & Mind. The film explores the relationship between art and psychological eccentrics throughout history, from the Renaissance to modern avant-garde movements such as Surrealism and Outsider Art, while looking into the work of masters like Van Gogh and Dali. The film screens on Wednesday, May 8, at Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 6:30pm. $10-$18. 415.329.5111. —Charlie Swanson

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hile he’s technically a New York native, guitarist and songwriter Steve Egelman’s 25-year run in the Bay Area has given him enough West Coast time to cement a reputation in the San Francisco music scene that now spans several acclaimed projects.

Currently, Egelman’s main gig is with whiskey-soaked Americana outfit Mad Mama & the Bona Fide Few, who perform on Thursday, May 2 at 19 Broadway in Fairfax in a benefit concert to raise funds for Jerry Knight’s Historic River Theater, which suffered catastrophic losses in last February’s flooding in Guerneville.

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Earlier this year, Mad Mama & the Bona Fide Few released their first full-length album, Get Some!, that collects their original barroom ready hits like “Late Zombie Night” and “Buy Me Another Beer.”

“We have a few tunes where Mad Mama will get the crowd singing along with us,” says Egelman.

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When he’s not a part of the Bona Fide few, Egelman plays a different brand of Americana in Gutter Swan, a duo with vocalist Loryn Barbeau. “She comes from an operatic background,” says Egelman of Barbeau. “She decided that wasn’t what she enjoyed doing anymore, but she loves more popular music.”

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in new musical variations to find new meanings in the lyrics. Gutter Swan also has a new record out, Where the Dark and Light Mingle, which they play from on Saturday, May 4, at the Neck of the Woods in San Francisco.

For the upcoming show at 19 Broadway, Egelman is looking forward to lending a hand to the River Theatre in Guerneville. “It’s a music pillar in the community up there,” says Egelman. We’re excited to be able to help them out.”

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Thanos (played by Josh Brolin) is boiling himself a meal of outerspace taro root, when suddenly, through his roof bursts a living blast of light that was once known as Carol Danvers.

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several of Earth’s mightiest heroes.

The ingenuity here is that this attack comes at the beginning of the film, not the end. The problem of the so-called ‘Infinity Stones’ proves to be a difficult anti-rapture, whose first step is triggered by the paws of a storage-room rat scuttling across the dashboard of an abandoned van.

This massive cycle is a feat of cinematic engineering for which there is no parallel. Completing it, the Russo Brothers use their three hours not just for the usual battle royales, last stands and self-sacrifice, but also to capture the mood of a grieving Earth. As Ant-Man, the least respected member of the team, Paul Rudd does the great old Ebenezer Scrooge at the graveside scene, seeing his name on a cenotaph to “the Vanished” in Golden Gate

Park. Survivors have moved on— Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has also resettled in the country with wife Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) and child; Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner, no longer bifurcated, but a scholarly Hulk with glasses, signs autographs for the kids who tug his sleeve.

In heading off Thanos at the pass, Stark gets to see his father one last time. Thor—who reacted to the extermination of half the universe by becoming a beer-bellied seaside town slouch—visits his mother on Asgard once more. (Sizing up her son’s Dude Lubowski look, Rene Russo's Frigga says, “The future hasn't been kind.”) Intriguing, this question of kindness mirrors whether noble yet mild Captain America (Chris Evans) regards our present in the same way we film watchers regard the past: as

a nice place to visit, but maybe not a nice place to live.

Avengers: Endgame didn’t seem a moment too long, and there wasn’t an awkward performance among its cast. The comedy comes from the wonderfully sarcastic Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper). As the end approaches, Thanos shows the signs of ultimate defeat by using the villainous exclamation point when he talks. (“The Avengers! Unruly wretches!”)

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The Aftermath (R) Ask Dr. Ruth (NR) Avengers: Endgame (PG-13)

Friday May 3-Thursday May 9 The Aftermath (1:48) Retrograde soap opera stars Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård as strangers thrown together in the rubble of post-WWII Hamburg.

Ask Dr. Ruth (1:40) Lively documentary portrait of the indefatigable author, Holocaust survivor, Israeli sniper and worldrenowned sex therapist.

Avengers: Endgame (3:02) The Marvel mishegoss climaxes with the still-standing superheroes heading into final battle with a universe-destroying miscreant; Scarlett Johansson stars.

Batman (2:06) Tim Burton’s darkly rococo take on the Caped Crusader stars Michael Keaton as the vengeful vigilante and Jack Nicholson as his arch-nemesis, The Joker.

Batman Returns (2:06) Fanciful sequel finds Caped Crusader Michael Keaton battling Danny DeVito’s Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman for the soul of Gotham City; Tim Burton directs.

Bolden (1:48) Long-awaited biopic of Buddy Bolden, the New Orleans trumpeter who more than anyone invented jazz at the birth of the 20th century; score by Wynton Marsalis.

Breakthrough (1:30) True tale of a mother’s faith in the recovery of her presumed-dead son; Woody Harrelson narrates.

El Chicano (2:22) An LA cop goes Zorro to avenge his brother’s murder, take down a drug cartel and defend and protect the City of the Angels.

Chonda Pierce: Unashamed (1:45) The conservative Christian country comic travels the world in search of the unashamedly faithful.

The Curse of La Llorona (1:33) The legendary Mexican bogeyperson stalks children and priests in disco-era LA! Everybody Knows (2:12) Asghar Farhadi thriller stars Penelope Cruz as a vacationing wife with a missing daughter, an amorous ex and family secrets aplenty.

Family (1:23) Social misfit Taylor Schilling has a long and laff-filled night ahead of her when she agrees to babysit her equally geeky niece.

The Fighting Temptations (2:02) Musical rom-com stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as a ne’er-do-well who leads his hometown church choir to the finals of a gospel-singing contest; Beyoncé costars!

Gloria Bell (1:42) Julianne Moore triumphs as a fifty-something cubicle drone who spends her nights clubbing and making time with John Turturro.

High Life (1:50) Arty Claire Denis sci-fi flick about the last survivors of a doomed interstellar voyage.

Hotel Mumbai (2:05) Unrelentingly tense thriller about the 2008 siege of India’s Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists; Dev Patel and Armie Hammer star.

The Hustle (1:33) Bedtime Story gets a sex change with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as two very different con artists fleecing the Riviera’s wealthiest men.

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 Intruder (1:42) Suspense thriller about a young married couple and a Napa Valley dream house that comes with an unlisted liability…Dennis Quaid.

The Invisibles (1:50) Docudrama about four of the 7,000 Jews who lived secretly in Berlin during WWII is enhanced with present-day interviews with the actual survivors.

Iyengar (1:47) Documentary portrait of the renowned yogi looks at how his teachings have enlightened and inspired practitioners around the globe.

Little (1:48) Big takes a backflip as a high-powered executive vacays from the pressures of adulthood when she reverts to her happier, tinier younger self.

Long Shot (1:55) Raunchy old-school political rom-com stars Charlize Theron as an overqualified presidential candidate and Seth Rogen as her star-struck, troublemaking speechwriter.

The Mustang (1:36) A Nevada convict gets a new lease on life when he joins his prison’s wild horse training program; Bruce Dern plays the regulation old-coot trainer.

Nureyev (1:48) Documentary tribute to the ballet superstar features seldom-seen footage.

Penguins (1:16) Disney documentary follows a young Antarctic penguin on his difficult quest to nest, mate and start a family.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (1:44) Supersleuth Ryan Reynolds enters the Pokémonfriendly night world of Ryme City and uncovers a plot to destroy the universe!

Ramen Shop (1:30) Tasty tale of a young chef who hopes to reconcile age-old animosities between Singapore and Japan by melding the two countries’ signature cuisines.

Red Joan (1:41) Judi Dench stars as a retired secret agent running from her troubled, conflicted past; Trevor Nunn directs.

Shazam! (2:10) Big/Superman mashup in which a luckless 14-year-old blossoms into a grown-up superhero with totally dope superpowers; Zachary Levi stars.

Storm Boy (1:38) Colin Thiele’s beloved children’s book hits the big screen with Finn Little as a lonely Australian lad who bonds with an orphaned pelican; Geoffrey Rush costars.

The Thomas Crown Affair (1:42) Extremely groovy 1968 caper flick stars Steve McQueen as a millionaire criminal mastermind and Faye Dunaway as his most ardent pursuer; gelid score by Michel Legrand.

Tolkien (2:30) Nicholas Hoult stars as the orphaned future author navigating preWWI England with a group of like-minded misfits.

True Grit (2:08) Classic Western fable stars John Wayne as an aging, ornery lawman hired by a teenage girl to track down her father’s killer; Kim Darby costars.

UglyDolls (1:27) All-embracing, all-inclusive cartoon about the town of Uglyville, a paradise where weird is wonderful and beauty is much more than skin deep.

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Batman (PG-13) Batman Returns (PG-13) Bolden (R) Breakthrough (PG)

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El Chicano (NR)

Chonda Pierce: Unashamed NR) The Curse of La Llorona (R) Everybody Knows (R) Family (R)

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Gloria Bell (R)

High Life (R) Hotel Mumbai (R)

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The Hustle (PG-13) Instant Family (PG-13)

The Intruder (PG-13) The Invisibles (NR) Iyengar (NR) Little (PG-13) Long Shot (R)

Missing Link (PG) The Mustang (R)

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Ramen Shop (NR) Red Joan (R) Shazam! (PG-13)

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Lark: Fri 2:15; Sat 10; Sun 6:40; Mon 6; Tue 3:45; Wed 1:50 Rafael: Mon-Thu 5:45, 8 Cinema: Fri, Mon-Wed 10:40, 2:40, 6:40, 10:40; Thu 10:40am Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 6, 8:10, 9; Sat-Sun 10:15, 2:05, 4:20, 6, 8:20, 9:55; Mon-Wed 6:15, 9:20 Northgate: Fri 8:15, 8:50, 10:15, 11:15, 12:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15, 11:15, midnight, 3D 12:50, 4:50, 8:50; Sat 8:15, 8:50, 10:15, 11:15, 12:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 4:50, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15, 11:15, midnight, 3D 12:50, 8:50; Sun 8:15, 8:50, 10:15, 11:15, 12:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 4:50, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15, 11:15, at 12:50, 8:50; Mon-Tue 8:50, 10:15, 11:15, 12:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 4:50, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15, 11:15, at 12:50, 8:50; Wed 11:15, 3:15, 7:15, 11:15, 3D 12:50, 8:50 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:50, 2:45, 6:45, 9:25; Sun 10:50, 2:45, 4, 6:45; Mon-Thu 10:50, 2:45, 6:45 Rowland: Mon-Wed 9, 11, 1, 5, 7, 10:50; 3D 3, 9 Northgate: Sat 1, 4 Northgate: Mon 7 Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:15; Sat 2:30, 6:15; Sun-Thu 6:15, 8:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 8, 10:55, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30; Mon-Tue 10:55, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 8:20, 11, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10; Mon-Tue 11, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Fairfax: Tue, Thu 7 Northgate: Fri-Tue 10:05, 12:30, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:25 Lark: Fri 9; Mon 2:20; Tue 8:10; Thu 11:15 Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon, Thu 10:35, 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15; Sun 10:35, 7:50; Tue 10:35, 12:45, 2:55, 5:05; Wed 3 Lark: Sat 7:30 (includes live performance by World Wide Gospel Singers) Lark: Fri 6:45; Sat 12:10; Sun 9; Mon 6; Tue 11:15; Wed 8:15; Thu 2 Sequoia: Mon-Wed 4:20, 7; Thu 4:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10; Sun-Thu 10:40, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 Northgate: Wed 7:30; Thu 7, 9:35 Rafael: Thu 7 (panel discussion follows screening; benefit for the Marin Foster Care Association) Northgate: Fri-Tue 9, 11:35, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Lark: Fri noon; Tue 1:30; Wed 11:30; Thu 8:45 Rafael: Fri 3:30; Sun 12:15; Mon-Tue 6:15; Wed 7:30; Thu 4:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 8:25, 11:05, 1:55, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20; MonTue 11:05, 1:55, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri 6:30, 9:55; Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25; Mon-Wed 7, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Tue 9:55, 12:55, 3:55, 7, 10 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:45, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:45; Mon-Thu 3:30, 6:45 Northgate: Fri-Sun, Tue 9:05, 11:30, 2, 4:30, 6:55, 9:25; Mon 9:05, 11:30, 2, 4:30, 10:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7, 9:15; Sun-Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7 Sequoia: Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20; Thu 4:40 Lark: Sun 1; Thu 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Tue 10:45, 1, 3:20, 5:35

Fairfax: Thu 4, 6:45 Northgate: Thu 4, 6:30, 9; 3D 5, 7:30, 10 Playhouse: Thu 4, 6:45 Rowland: Thu 4, 6:40, 9:20, midnight Rafael: Fri-Sat 9; Mon-Tue 8:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05; Sun-Thu 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30 Larkspur Landing: Sat-Sun 10:30, 1:20; Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 9:30, 12:45, 3:50, 7:05, 10:15; Sat 9:30, 7:05, 10:15 Lark: Fri 4:30; Sat 2:10; Sun 5; Mon 12:15; Tue 6; Thu 4:10 Lark: Sun 3:30 Regency: Tue 7:30 (with live coverage of the film’s world premiere) Regency: Sun 1; Wed noon, 7 Northgate: Fri-Tue 10, 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:45

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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Willy Wonka and the lucky kids get a strange makeover in touring ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.’

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Sour Candy Latest take on Wonka leaves bitter taste By Harry Duke

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ost folk’s affection for Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory began with reading the book or watching the somewhat renamed 1971 Gene Wilder film. “Charlie” purists rejected Tim Burton’s 2005 cinematic take on the tale as too dark and weird. Well folks, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.

San Francisco’s SHN Golden Gate Theatre is hosting the touring company from the 2017 Broadway production through May 12 that, while based on Dahl’s classic, goes in several decidedly different directions.

Audiences expecting anything close to the original book or film are likely to leave disappointed.

The show opens with Willy Wonka himself (Noah Weisberg) providing needless exposition and singing “The Candy Man.” Lest you think that’s a sign of good things to come, forget it.

While you’ll hear some of Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley’s Oscar-nominated score and songs from the original film, most of the songs in this version are by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

Despite their pedigree (Hairspray, the recent Mary Poppins Returns), their work here is weak and forgettable.

That’s just the first in a series of mistakes made by this show’s creators. David Grieg’s book introduces Wonka from the get-go

and eliminates a lot of the mystery about him. He’s also written Wonka as pretty much of a jerk and aged every other child but Charlie into a sullen teenager (or older). This may have been out of necessity as they might have had difficulty casting children as characters who (spoiler alert) explode on stage or are dismembered by giant squirrels.

You read that right. While in the book and films the bratty kids get their comeuppances, in this version they’re killed. Be prepared to do a lot of explaining to your tykes should you choose to bring them along. Additionally, the stagecraft was surprisingly weak and the finale with the great glass elevator was less than great.

What the show does get right is some of the casting. Henry Boshart (one of three young actors performing the role of Charlie Bucket) is absolutely delightful and he brings a charm to the show that is sorely lacking elsewhere.

James Young brings a lot of heart as Grandpa Joe. The solution to casting the Oompa Loompas is a clever one, and their appearances were definitely the show’s highlights. In the end, this Chocolate was too bitter for my tastes.

‘Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ runs through May 12 at the Golden Gate Theatre, 1 Taylor St., San Francisco. Dates and times vary. $56–$256. 888.746.1799. shnsf.com

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Hitch up your mount out front and belly up to the bar at The Lodge.

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he Lodge brings the number of beer-andbike focused eateries in Fairfax to three. If there was any question that Fairfax is the birthplace of mountain biking, the trio of bike friendly establishments, along with the Marin Museum of Bicycling should put any lingering doubts to rest.

A couple of things set the Lodge apart from the others—most importantly, the space. As a San Anselmo resident for the last 18 years, I knew the iconic red-andwhite trimmed building as the Beauty Bar where my son regularly received his annual haircut. Come

to find out—the one-time hair salon has a storied past and a claim as the first saloon in Fairfax. Built in 1908, the clapboard building was originally home to Old Timer’s Saloon (there are still hitching posts outside the front door that are now used for bikes—and instead of a rope to hitch a horse, locks are loaned to customers to secure their mounts).

The place opened April 10 and it took almost two years for Brian Bruckner, the longtime owner of San Francisco–based Big Swingin’ Cycles, to restore, update and bring the historic building up to code and make it food-service friendly. The space has been entirely transformed;

in place of hair-cutting stations are sleek beige hightop wood tables, gunmetal-grey metal chairs, built-in benches and freshly painted walls with photographs of mountain bikers on Marin trails.

Food is offered from morning to night, but the Lodge is more bar than restaurant. Well-picked craftstyle lagers and IPAs make for good post-ride thirst quenchers. Six to eight rotating beers are on tap, two flat-screen TVs hang on the walls and tater tots are on the menu.

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Santa Rosa Arts Center May 3-24, “Student Art Show,” see an array of artwork from art students of Santa Rosa high schools as chosen by their teachers. Reception, May 3 at 5pm. 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. santarosaartscenter.org.

Comedy David Sedaris Preeminent humor writer presents an evening of sardonic wit and social critiques. May 8, 8pm. $35-$60. Marin Center's Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Tell Me More Best-selling authors and friends Jen Hatmaker and Kelly Corrigan offer inspiration far as well as laughter. May 6, 7pm. $49 and up. Marin Center's Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians Jim Short, Char Prunier, Ron Josol, Paco Romane and others. May 7, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Events Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Festival Event kicks off salmon season with a weekend of winetasting, food, live music, wooden boat-building challenge and more.

May 4-5. $12-$25. Westside Park, Westshore Road, Bodega Bay, bbfishfest.org.

Cabi Spring Give-Back Evening Women's fashion company invites ladies to see the latest designs and shop with a purpose, each item sold equals two items donated to a women's cause. Registration required. May 3, 4pm. $8. The Indie Alley, 69 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, theindiealley.com.

IPA 10K & Beer Mile Invitational Celebration includes scenic race and music-filled Brewfest. May 4. $70 and up.

Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol, ipa10k.com.

Marin Open Studios Annual event celebrates Marin’s rich culture of art with self-guided tours of artist studios open to the public. May 4-5.

Marin Open Studios, Various Locations, Marin, marinopenstudios.org.

May the Fourth Be With You North Bay Cabaret presents an immersive R-rated “Star Wars” variety show experience. May 4, 7pm. $20-$30. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Shambala Publications 50th Anniversary Celebration Berkeley-based independent publisher marks half a century with special guests, readings and wine and cheese reception.

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Spring Warehouse Sale Popular twice-yearly sale features more businesses than ever offering a range of items at discount prices. May 3-4, 10am.

Bel Marin Keys Boulevard Warehouses, 359 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato, 415.747.7999.

Super Bicycle Festival Electric bike festival and expo features guided electric bike test rides, great food and beverages, kids zone and experts on hand. May 4-5. Free. The New Wheel, 14 E Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Larkspur, 415.524.7362.

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Eco-Friendly Garden Tour Stop by and enjoy the beauty of the new native plant pollinator garden in front of the Bay Model. May 4, 10am. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Naturalist Walk Explore the back ranch meadow and learn about the abundant wildf lowers and wildlife in the area. May 5, 12:30pm.

China Camp State Park, 100 China Camp Village Rd, San Rafael, 415.456.0766.

Sunrise Tour of Muir Woods See majestic trees and hear the story of the forest. Reservations required. May 5, 6am. Free. Muir Woods Visitor Center, 1 Muir Woods Rd, Mill Valley, 415.388.2596.

Film Thu 5⁄2 • Doors 7pm • All Ages & Fri 5⁄3 • Doors 8pm • 21+ ⁄ $30–32

Super Diamond

Craft Cocktails 18 NorCal Draught Brews Espresso/Cappuccino

The Neil Diamond Tribute Sun 5⁄5 • Doors 6pm ⁄ $22–27 • All Ages Mr. Jimmy Led Zeppelin Revival Fri 5⁄10 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $20–25 • 21+

Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4p-6p

celebrates Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety with special guests The Secret Legion of Atropos String Ensemble Sun 5⁄12 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $14–16 • All Ages

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Josiah Johnson (founding member of The Head & The Heart), Thunderstorm Artis Tue 5⁄14 • Doors 6pm ⁄ $22 • All Ages

ScreenSense Does Sweetwater:

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Fri - Sat 9:30pm - 1:00am DANCE - NO COVER

(Like Nirvana, Only Less Flannel & More Angst About Fortnite) Thu 5⁄16 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $27–32 • All Ages Akae Beka (formerly Midnite)

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Spin Doctors

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Art & Mind FIlm is a journey into art, madness and the unconscious. Wed, May 8, 6:30pm. $10-$18. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

DocLands Documentary Film Festival Noncompetitive festival showcases documentary films in a variety of genres and content. May 2-5. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Film Fest Petaluma Annual showcase of new animated and live action short films from around the world features filmmakers in conversation. May 4, 12pm. $10$30. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

Harvest Season See the behind-the-scenes doc on the California wine industry, with special guests in attendance for discussion. May 7, 7pm. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.9779.

Petaluma Cinema Series Petaluma Film Alliance screens Charlie Chaplin's “Modern Times” with post-show discussion. May 8, 6pm. $6. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma, petalumafilmalliance.org.

Sing Hallelujah!

Live gospel music precedes screening of musical comedy “The Fighting Temptations.” May 4, 7pm. $27. Lark

Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

Food & Drink Cinco de Micro Sample local microbrews and enjoy music from the Beer Scouts, Third Rail and the Hots. May 4, 2pm. Free admission.

Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

Field to Glass Wine Dinner Series showcases winemakers and other wine professionals. Thurs, May 2, 6pm.

Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

King Floyd’s Bartender Battle Royale Bitters company hosts a night of cocktails and live music. May 7, 7:30pm. Free admission. 19 Broadway Nightclub, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Off the Grid Food Trucks Eat your way through the largest gathering of mobile food trucks in Marin, listen to live music and take in great views. Sun, 11am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5700.

Tequila Train Tequila Casa Dragones and worldrenowned tequila maker Bertha González Nieves joins you in a luxurious train ride. Sun, May 5, 5:30pm. $200.

Napa Valley Wine Train, 1275 McKinstry St, Napa, 800.427.4124.

Lectures Firestorm: Wildfires & Climate Change Public forum addresses the timely topics with a panel of experts. May 8, 7pm. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St, San Rafael, 415.485.3333.

The Pros & Cons of Surveillance in the Internet Age Frank Shinneman, the chair of the Marin Chapter of the ACLU of Northern California, gives a talk. May 2, 1pm. Free.

Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.2582.

Readings Angelico Hall May 2, 6pm, “The Second Mountain” with David Brooks. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

Aqus Cafe May 6, 6:15pm, Rivertown Poets Amuseing Mondays, includes open mic reading.

189 H St, Petaluma 707.778.6060.

The Astro Motel May 7, 6pm, “Wunderland” with Jennifer Cody Epstein. 323 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa 707.200.4655.

Book Passage May 2, 6pm, “You're Doing What?” with Marjorie Penn Lasky. May 3, 7pm, “Risking the Rapids” with Irene O'Garden. May 4, 4pm, “Renewal” with Andres Edwards. May 5, 1pm, “The Magnanimous Heart” with

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Narayan Helen Liebenson. May 5, 4pm, Sixteen Rivers Press poetry reading. May 6, 7pm, “Landfill” with Tim Dee. May 7, 7pm, “The Red Daughter” with John Burnham Schwartz. May 8, 7pm, “High Heel” with Summer Brennan.

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Dance Palace May 3, 7pm, “The Night Wages” with Martin Shaw. $25. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.

Left Bank Brasserie May 5, 6:30pm, “The Italian Table” with Elizabeth Minchilli, co-presented by Book Passage. $115. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur 415.927.3331.

Petaluma Copperfield's Books May 2, 8am, “The Second Mountain” with David Brooks, includes breakfast and book. $32. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Toby's Feed Barn May 7, 7pm, “Horizon” with Barry Lopez. $30. 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1223.

Theater Born Yesterday A tycoon gets more than he bargains for when he tries to buy some sophistication for his brash girlfriend in this hilarious production from Sonoma Arts Live.

Through May 12. $28-$40. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

Deep Improv Bay Area Playback Theatre presents

improvised performance based on audience stories. May 4, 8pm. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Jazz Theatrical production is adapted from Toni Morrison’s novel. Through May 19. $25-$39. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Rapture, Blister, Burn Two women covet each other's life in this unf linching comedy about gender politics and more. Through May 12. $23-$33.

Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707.266.6305.

This Random World Left Edge Theatre presents the equally funny and heartbreaking play about missed connections and coincidence. May 3-26. $25-$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

To Kill a Mockingbird The timely story of moral courage is adapted from the novel by Harper Lee. Through May 19. $20-$30. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

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Seminars&Workshops To include your seminar or workshop, call 415.485.6700

RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES? Tired of endless relationship or marital challenges? Or single and sick of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join coed Intimacy Group, Single’s Group or Women’s Group to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships and life. Weekly, ongoing groups or 9-week groups starting the week of May 6th. Space limited. Also, Individual and Couples sessions. Central San Rafael. For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT#35255 at 415/453-8117.

THERAPY GROUP FOR WISER OLDER WOMEN (WOW!) 55+ is held every other Wednesday, 1:00 - 2:30 PM. Women address & explore many issues including loss, difficult transitions, challenging situations, self-care, divorce, young adult children leaving home, changing roles, relationships. THERAPY GROUP FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF HIGH DEMAND/ CONTROLLING GROUPS OR CULTS is held every other Saturday, 3:00 - 5:00 PM. Participants address & explore issues including recruitment, indoctrination, coercive control, loss, selfcare, disconfirming self-limiting beliefs, family of origin issues.

Individual consultation requested. Kentfield. Facilitated by Colleen Russell, LMFT, Certified Group Facilitator 25+ yrs experience, www.colleenrussellmft.com; 415-785-3513; crussell@colleenrussellmft.com including individual, couple, online workshops.

Real Estate HOMES/CONDOS FOR SALE AFFORDABLE MARIN? I can show you 60 homes under $600,000. Call Cindy Halvorson 415-902-2729, BRE #01219375. Christine Champion, BRE# 00829362.

GARDENING/LANDSCAPING GARDEN MAINTENANCE OSCAR 415-505-3606 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146502. The following individual(s) are doing business: SHOP COLMILLO, COLMILLO, 26 HAZEL AVE. APT B, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ROBYN SUE ANN MILLER, 26 HAZEL AVE. APT B, 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 MARCH 20, 2019. (Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146599. The following individual(s) are doing business: SOLE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 465 FAWN DRIVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: SOPHIE PAPPAS, 465

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FAWN DRIVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960, PETER PAPPAS, 465 FAWN DRIVE, 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 APRIL 2, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146516. The following individual(s) are doing business: J. CHAVEZ GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR INC., 177 CANAL ST APT 1919, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: J. CHAVEZ GENERAL CONTRACTOR INC., 177 CANAL ST APT 1919, 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 2, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146597. The following individual(s) are doing business: SUN AUTOMOTIVE, 90 GATE 5 RD, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: ROBERT C COGSWELL, 74 MADRONE PARK CIRCLE, 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 APRIL 2, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019-146594. The following individual(s) are doing business: DOLL AND DANDY, 67 THROCKMORTON AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: PHAM CO. LLC, 67 THROCKMORTON AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 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 APRIL 2, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019-146441. The following individual(s) are doing business: MARIN MOMMA, AMERICAN MOMMA, 32 ROSS COMMON SUITE 230, ROSS, CA 94954: MELISSA DAY BRADLEY, 32 ROSS COMMON SUITE 230, ROSS, CA 94954. 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 March 12, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146504. The following individual(s) are doing business: PRETTY PRETTY PRINCESS, DEVIL’S CANDY, 135 THIRD STREET,

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PublicNotices SUITE 100, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 689 CELLARS, LP, 135 THIRD STREET, SUITE 100, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED 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 March 21, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019-146598. The fol-lowing individual(s) are doing business: NAKEDSOL.DESIGN, 45 MARQUARD AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SELIN KABAALIOGLU, 45 MARQUARD AVE., 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 2, 2019. (Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146533.

The following individual(s) are doing business: PMQ MCC SAN RAFAEL PHARMACY, 3110 KERNER BLVD, SUITE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PHARMEDQUEST PHARMACY SERVICES, 451 LAMBERT RD, SUITE 208, BREA, CA 92821. 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 MARCH 25, 2019. (Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT —File No: 146534. The following individual(s) are doing business: PMQ MCC NOVATO PHARMACY, 6100 REDWOOD BLVD, SUITE A, NOVATO, CA 94945: PHARMEDQUEST PHARMACY SERVICES, 451 LAMBERT RD, SUITE 208, BREA, CA 92821. 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 MARCH 25, 2019. (Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146559.

The following individual(s) are doing business: TORTA LEON BAKING COMPANY, 144 PINE STREET, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: LEON OLSOVI, 144 PINE

STREET, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVUDUAL. 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 MARCH 28, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT FROM USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME—File No: 304873.

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 ClerkRecorder’s Office on April 1, 2014, Under File No: 134490. Fictitious Business name(s) BA TRAVEL, 67 LONGWOOD DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELIZABETH GAIL ALBER, 67 LONGWOOD DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 22, 2019 (Publication Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146699.

The following individual(s) are doing business: MOM’S NEW PAD, 7 BROCKTON DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949: MILLICENT ANDERSON, 7 BROCKTON DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVUDUAL. 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 APRIL 17, 2019. (Publication Dates: April 24, May 1, 8,15 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146679. The following individual(s) are doing business: BOOTJACK WOOD FIRED, 17 MADRONA ST, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MOLINA RESTAURANT LLC, 17 MADRONA ST, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 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 APRIL 15, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 24, May 1, 8,15 of 2019 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1901250 SUPERIOR COURT OF

CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Jazon Amari Basped, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Jazon Amari Basped to Proposed Name: Jazon Amari Polk 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: 5/13/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: E. 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: APRIL 2, 2019 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Anderson, Deputy (April 10, 17, 24, May 1 of 2019) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1901413 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Kelly Lynn Buttolph, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Kelly Lynn Buttolph to Proposed Name: Kelly King 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: 5/30/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: E, Room: E. 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: APRIL 12, 2019 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By J. Chen, Deputy (April 17, 24, May 1, 5 of 2019) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1901576 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Haytham Al-Imam, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Haytham Al-Imam, Loretta M. Al-Imam, Nicholas S. Alimam, Philip J. Al-Imam, Peter E. Al-Imam, Jake C. Al-Imam to Proposed Name: Sam Alimam, Loretta M. Alimam, Nicholas S. Alimam, Philip J. Alimam, Peter E. Alimam, Jake C. Alimam 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: 6/14/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A, Room: 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: APRIL 24, 2019 Stephen Freccero Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Anderson, Deputy (May 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2019) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:Dale R. Blanton CASE NO.: PR 1901485 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: BERNARD CLYDE COHEN, also known as B. Clyde Cohen A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: Clifford R. Cohen, Esq. in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests

that: Clifford R. Cohen, Esq. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 5/28/2019, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, Address of court: 3501 Civic Center Drive, PO Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 949134988. 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: Knapp, Petersen & Clarke 550 N. Brand Blvd., Ste. 1500, Glendale CA 91203 818-545-5346 FILED: MAR 22, 2019 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. Anderson (May 1, 8, 15 of 2019) NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the mobilehome described below will be sold as is at public sale on June 14, 2019 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at Space C-10 at Marin Park located 2130 Redwood Highway, Greenbrae, California in order to satisfy the lien claimed by the owner of the above mentioned mobilehome park, Marin Park, LLC, for storage and other related charges incurred by Jean Franken. The mobilehome park owner may participate in the sale. Unpaid Rent: $1,561.04; Holdover Damages: $1,334.32; Storage Fees: $2052.60; Attorneyís fees and Costs: $1,477.61. The sale will be free and clear of all claims, liens and encumbrances of record except for possible liens of unpaid mobilehome registration fees and

unpaid taxes, if any. The Mobile Home Park owner has obtained possession of the space pursuant to a judgment entered in an unlawful detainer action in the Marin County Superior Court and the mobilehome owner has vacated the subject mobilehome.

Presently there is no right to keep this unit on Space C-10. However, after the sale is concluded, the management may entertain offers of financial consideration from the buyer in exchange for granting the buyer permission to leave the unit on-site in the future. Any prospective buyer wishing to reside in the unit must qualify for that right via the application and approval process.

If the management approves this unit to remain on Space C-10, then the successful bidder will be responsible for discovering and correcting all violations of Community Rules and State Regulations. Details are available at the Mobile Home Park on-site office located at 2140 Redwood Highway, Greenbrae, California.

In the event that a post-sale agreement re: future occupancy is not reached, then the Mobile Home Park owner reserves the right to require the removal of the mobilehome within 48 hours after the sale. Prospective purchasers must tender a cashierís check for the full amount of the purchase immediately at the conclusion of the sale. Except for the warranty that this sale is authorized by law, absolutely no warranties of sale are made.

The park reserves the right to postpone and reschedule the sale without further notice. The general public will have access to the Mobile Home Park premises for purposes related to this sale.

This sale does not include any contents of the unit and the successful bidder is responsible for the lawful disposition of all remaining contents of the unit.

The Mobilehome is described as: One (1) 2003 Fleetwood Homes of Calif., Inc., Westfield Single Family Mobile Home, Model #6522L 2004 California HCD Decal No.: LBF1215; Serial No.: CAFL317A26603WF12; HUD Label/Insignia No.: PFS0813758; Length: 58’8”; Width: 15’6”.

Marin Park LLCís claim for sums unpaid for rent from September 1, 2018, through October 31, 2018, and per diem damages from and after December 18, 2018, is set forth above and must be paid by the registered owner or other party in interest within 10 days of receipt of this notice in order to redeem the mobilehome, remove it from Space C-10 and stop the sale. The Registered Ownerís payment of the sums demanded by this Notice will not reinstate the tenancy (and sub-tenancy, if any) under a rental agreement in default.

By Amy Alkon

Q:

I’m a grown woman in the middle of a feud between two of my female friends. They’re both complaining to me, and I’m just responding “uh-huh” to give them the hint that I don’t want to be involved.

Neither’s catching on. How do I get out of the middle of this spat without either friend feeling like I’m being disloyal and without my blurting out, “This is ridiculous. Grow up, ladies!”—Irritated

A:

If only these two would do as a 60-year-old dude in the U.K. just did to dispute a ticket he got on his motorcycle—invoked what the Telegraph called “the ancient right to trial by combat.” Not surprisingly, local magistrates decided to stick him with a fine instead of accepting his proposal of a duel “to the death” with a motor vehicles clerk, using “samurai swords, Gurkha knives or heavy hammers.”

Unfortunately, your female friends are unlikely to break out the Hello Kitty nunchucks to resolve their little squabble once and for all. It turns out there are some differences in how men and women generally deal with disagreements.

Psychologist Joyce Benenson explains that women—as the childbearers and primary childcarers of the species—evolved to handle disputes in ways that minimize their risk of being physically harmed through retaliation. This has led to a female tendency toward covert aggression—sneaky attacks that are often hard to identify as attacks, like sabotaging other women’s status through gossip and social exclusion. Men, in contrast, tend to favor more straight-up forms of dispute resolution, from put-down fests to bar fights (with or without medieval weapons).

The thing is, an evolved tendency for a certain behavior (like indirectness) isn’t a mandate that you behave accordingly. You can instead choose to be direct: Inform these two that you refuse to be the prize in this battle of theirs and thus refuse to hear another word about it from either of them. When they forget, be straightforward in reminding them of your retirement as a giant ear. Being direct is sure to be uncomfortable the first few times, but as you increasingly make it a habit, you should find it far easier and certainly more effective than coming up with creative excuses every time the phone rings.

Q:

A male friend says that a woman who wants a hookup can just blurt out “I wanna have sex with you!” to a man and have him take her up on that. However, he claims that a guy who says this to a woman is taking a big risk and is likely to just offend her and possibly get a drink thrown in his face. Is he right?—Confused Dude

A:

A guy’s “I wanna have sex with you!” does work on women—uh...in movies where the entire plotline is “A nurse gets in the elevator.”

To be unappealingly frank, men, in a sexual pinch, have been known to get it on with items in their refrigerator. So, especially in guys’ late teens and 20s, the bar for casual sex partners isn’t set all that high—as in, “Wow, girl, that’s some pulse you have on you!”

Women, on the other hand, evolved to be the choosier sex. Female emotions push them to hold out for signs that a man would be willing and able to stick around and commit resources, should a screaming baby result from their naked romp in the back seat of the, um, thing prehistoric people dragged firewood around on.

These sex differences were reflected in recent research led by evolutionary psychologist Mons Bendixen on men’s and women’s signaling of sexual interest. Women tended to make themselves out to be more sexually interested in a particular man than they actually were. The researchers suspect this may be a strategy that allows women to hold men’s attention for longer. This, in turn, gives a woman more time to assess a man or “strategically increase his hope of having a chance” with her.

In contrast, the researchers found that men generally pretended to be far less interested in sex than they actually were—presumably to avoid coming off as a man tramp or the sexual version of a starving Dickensian orphan. In other words, your friend is probably right: Honesty, as a sex-seeking tactic for a man, is only “the best policy” if the photo of his perfect match on a dating site is a tall container of lotion wearing an old tube sock as a scarf.

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 May 1

By Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "How prompt we

are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies," wrote Henry David Thoreau. "How slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!" Your first assignment in the coming days, Aries, is to devote yourself to quenching the hunger and thirst of your soul with the same relentless passion that you normally spend on giving your body the food and drink it craves. This could be challenging. You may be less knowledgeable about what your soul thrives on than what your body loves. So your second assignment is to do extensive research to determine what your soul needs to thrive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The country of Poland awards medals to couples that have stayed married for 50 years. It also gives out medals to members of the armed forces who have served for at least thirty years. But the marriage medal is of higher rank, and is more prestigious. In that spirit, I'd love for you to get a shiny badge or prize to acknowledge your devoted commitment to a sacred task—whether that commitment is to an intimate alliance, a noble quest, or a promise to yourself.

It's time to reward yourself for how hard you've worked and how much you've given.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I invite you to

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet

explore the frontiers of what's possible for you to experience and accomplish. One exercise that might help: visualize specific future adventures that excite you. Examples? Picture yourself parasailing over the Mediterranean Sea near Barcelona, or working to help endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica, or giving a speech to a crowded auditorium on a subject you will someday be an expert in. The more specific your fantasies, the better. Your homework is to generate at least five of these visions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "We must choose

between the pain of having to transcend oppressive circumstances, or the pain of perpetual unfulfillment within those oppressive circumstances," writes mental health strategist Paul John Moscatello. We must opt for "the pain of growth or the pain of decay," he continues. We must either "embrace the tribulations of realizing our potential, or consent to the slow suicide in complacency." That's a bit melodramatic, in my opinion. Most of us do both; we may be successful for a while in transcending oppressive circumstances, but then temporarily lapse back into the pain of unfulfillment. However, there are times when it makes sense to think melodramatically. And I believe now is one of those times for you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will set in motion plans to transcend at least 30 percent of your oppressive circumstances.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Cancerians can benefit from always having a fertility symbol somewhere in your environment: an icon or image that reminds you to continually refresh your relationship with your own abundant creativity; an inspiring talisman or toy that keeps you alert to the key role your fecund imagination can and should play in nourishing your quest to live a meaningful life; a provocative work of art that spurs you to always ask for more help and guidance from the primal source code that drives you to reinvent yourself. So if you don't have such a fertility symbol, I invite you to get one. If you do, enhance it with a new accessory.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my horoscopes, I

often speak to you about your personal struggle for liberation and your efforts to express your soul's code with ever-more ingenuity and completeness.

It's less common that I address your sacred obligation to give back to life for all that life has given to you. I only infrequently discuss how you might engage in activities to help your community or work for the benefit of those less fortunate than you. But now is one of those times when I feel moved to speak of these matters. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when it's crucial to perform specific work in behalf of a greater good.

Why crucial? Because your personal well-being in the immediate future depends in part on your efforts to intensify your practical compassion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "We are whiplashed between an arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves," writes educator Parker Palmer. That's the bad news, Virgo.

The good news is that you are in prime position to escape from the whiplash. Cosmic forces are conspiring with your eternal soul to coalesce a wellbalanced vision of your true value that's free of both vain misapprehensions and self-deprecating delusions.

Congrats! You're empowered to understand yourself with a tender objectivity that could at least partially heal lingering wounds. See yourself truly!

Sylvia Plath wrote, "I admit I desire, / Occasionally, some backtalk / From the mute sky." You'll be wise to borrow the spirit of that mischievous declaration. Now is a good time to solicit input from the sky, as well as from your allies and friends and favorite animals, and from every other source that might provide you with interesting feedback.

I invite you to regard the whole world as your mirror, your counselor, your informant.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In January 1493, the notorious pirate and kidnapper Christopher Columbus was sailing his ship near the land we now call the Dominican Republic. He spotted three creatures he assumed were mermaids. Later he wrote in his log that they were "not half as beautiful as they are painted [by artists]." We know now that the "mermaids" were actually manatees, aquatic mammals with flippers and paddle-shaped tails. They are in fact quite beautiful in their own way, and would only be judged as homely by a person comparing them to mythical enchantresses. I trust you won't make a similar mistake, Sagittarius. Evaluate everything and everyone on their own merits, without comparing them to something they're not.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "I want

what we all want," writes novelist Jonathan Lethem. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced." Even if you haven't passionately wanted that lately, Capricorn, I'm guessing you will soon. That's a good thing, because life will be conspiring with you to accomplish it. Your ability to express yourself in ways that are meaningful to you and interesting to other people will be at a peak.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Using algorithms to analyze 300 million facts, a British scientist concluded that April 11, 1954 was the most boring day in history. A Turkish man who would later become a noteworthy engineer was born that day, and Belgium staged a national election. But that's all. With this non-eventful day as your inspiration, I encourage you to have fun reminiscing about the most boring times in your own past. I think you need a prolonged respite from the stimulating frenzy of your daily rhythm.

It's time to rest and relax in the sweet luxury of nothingness and emptiness.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): *The Blue Room*

is a famous Picasso painting from 1901. Saturated with blue hues, it depicts a naked woman taking a bath. More than a century after its creation, scientists used X-rays to discover that there was an earlier painting beneath *The Blue Room* and obscured by it. It shows a man leaning his head against his right hand. Piscean poet Jane Hirshfield says that there are some people who are "like a painting hidden beneath another painting." More of you Pisceans fit that description than any other sign of the zodiac.

You may even be like a painting beneath a painting beneath a painting—to a depth of five or more paintings. Is that a problem? Not necessarily. But it is important to be fully aware of the existence of all the layers. Now is a good time to have a check-in.

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.

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