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Surprise, surprise Editor, As a lifelong Democrat, I never in my life thought I would pray for the Koch brothers to save us from Donald Trump. —Michelle Kaye

Good journalism The “Coho vs. Pinot� report [Sept.

9] on the deadly effects of grape growers sucking water from feeder streams to the Russian River is a ďŹ ne example of what good journalism is all about. Nice job, Will. —Mike Alaimo

I hate to see our tax dollars go to waste when there are so many real needs that go unfulďŹ lled. Our roads have deteriorated beyond any plausible excuse by the Supervisors and bureaucrats at Civic Center, yet they continue to piss away our funds on uff and self-serving nonsense. Supervisor Steve Kinsey’s MTC is competing with Mark Zuckerberg to see who can build the grandest ediďŹ ce in San Francisco, all with our bridge tolls and highway funds. This misuse of public funds borders on thievery. We should empanel a Federal Grand Jury to investigate this misuse of tax dollars.

Our roads are crying for help.

Nine-hundred dollars a day per person to house a handful of kids at juvenile hall. At that rate we could send them to Harvard and put them up at the Four Seasons on Boston Common. Yet the county is kicking out the Helen Vine Center from the old Honor Farm in favor of some injured animals, when there are injured human beings who are really helped by the detox and counseling center being thrown out on the street.

I propose that we welcome the use of our empty, yet wellappointed, juvenile facility to the Helen Vine Center in a mixeduse capacity, ignoring the ruffled feathers of the existing staff and civic center bureaucrats.

Charles Gesell

A letter-writer this week responds to the grape growers who are “sucking water from feeder streams.�

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Chuck Navin of Middletown, two days after the Valley fire destroyed his home in 10 minutes. The embers are still burning as he rummages through what remains. Marin County urges residents who want to help to make donations securely through the Lake County Local Assistance Center (LAC). For more information, visit lakecountylac.com.

We have an infuriating homeless problem, yet the Sheriff ’s facility at Marin Commons is cavernous with huge empty offices, extensive grand hallways, unused restrooms, kitchens and meeting halls. The place is so huge and so empty it seems the place was built by mistake or rather purchased by the County Supervisors by mistake.

I once again propose using the Marin Commons as a mixed-use facility to get our homeless off the street and into some meaningful

rehabilitation.

Let’s stop kowtowing to the Civic Center gang and address some of these problems forcefully with some ingenuity and guts. This is our county, these are our facilities and our money. Stop being afraid of our bureaucratic brethren, they are, after all, our employees who work for the U.S. Think about this when you go to pay your property tax bill.

Let’s start taking care of business.

—Alex Easton-Brown

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1 In the list of U.S. National Historic Landmarks that are located in San Francisco ... a. Which is situated in the Bay? b. Which can move?

2 True or false: Garbology is the scientific

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3 Scientists are expecting what ‘little boy’ to visit this year, possibly solving some problems and causing others?

4 A place of religious or spiritual retreat for Hindus is known by what six-letter name?

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5 In what 1970 film did Dustin Hoffman play the role of 121-year-old Jack Crabb, who describes how he was taken in at the age of 10 by a Cheyenne Indian tribe who raised him for six years?

7 What two U.S. state capital cities lie on the Mississippi River?

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V For more than 30 years, Woody’s Yogurt Place in Strawberry Village has been scooping up delicious frozen yogurt and ice cream to kids of all ages. Last Sunday, this Best of Marin winner proved that they just keep getting better when they held a major fundraiser to aid folks impacted by the devastating Valley Fire. Every cent taken in was donated to the cause, including the money in the employee tip jar. All those pennies added up to a sweet $5,225. Woody and Brian Woodson, the father-and-son-team that operates Woody’s, were thrilled with the outcome. “The community really came together and this money will be given directly to those that need it,� Brian says. Thank you, Woody’s Yogurt Place, for taking the lead and for your generosity.

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W Everyone in Fairfax is familiar with the wonderfully amboyant gentleman who speeds through town in his vintage black '57 Studebaker Avanti.

Last Friday at Good Earth Natural Foods, he unabashedly rocketed into a blue wheelchair parking slot without displaying a disability placard, launched into the store for his purchases (no limp detected) and then marched back out again, his agrant parking violation seemingly going unnoticed. JC saw the whole thing go down and “Lucky Lennyâ€? missed a meeting with Fairfax’s ďŹ nest by seconds. Thanks to JC for writing this Zero. We couldn’t have said it better. Anyone who parks illegally in a disabled space should be ashamed. Lenny, sounds like people have eyes on you and you may not be so lucky the next time.—Nikki Silverstein

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When it comes to the subject of legalizing marijuana, everyone from growers to police chiefs to potheads has something to say.

Legalization realization What’s in store as California heads toward the legalization of cannabis?

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t’s harvest time in the North Bay, and that means two things: Grapes and marijuana. For this year’s harvest issue, we thought we’d take a look at the latter crop, because this is a special year for Northern California’s cannabis industry. All signs are pointing to a

ballot measure in the November 2016 election that will seek to legalize marijuana, although what that legislation will look like is far from clear. We have entered the last days of prohibition, and we’ll be covering the subject as the clock winds down.

—Stett Holbrook

Hezekiah Allen Chairman and executive director, Emerald Growers Association Hezekiah Allen’s hopes for legalization are clear: “What we’re working to do is end the injustice of prohibition.”

The hard part, he says, is coming up with legislation that makes matters better, not worse.

Any new law must address public safety by drawing a clear line

between criminal enterprises and small-scale farmers and businesses, he says. It must regulate and protect environmental resources and clarify the law for small businesses.

Getting those things in place is by no means guaranteed with no frontrunner initiative or legislation yet. The worst-case scenario would be two or more initiatives on the ballot, he says. With 50–60 percent support for legalization, competing initiatives could divide the electorate, leading to infighting within the cannabis industry and

defeat at the polls.

“We need to win,” Allen says.

He wants any new law to protect the thousands of people who work in California’s cannabis industry.

Leaving them out would be disastrous, he says.

“That’s a really bad situation to put small businesses in,” Allen says.

“What sort of crisis would we have created?”

As he sees it, the best way forward is to work within the medical marijuana regulatory framework legislators in Sacramento passed last week, and to make sure any new legislation is consistent with it.

“I think the policy work has been done,” he says.—Stett Holbrook

Omar Figueroa Cannabis Lawyer & Craft-Cannabis Advocate

Chief David Bejarano California Police Chiefs Association Chief David Bejarano heads the police force in Chula Vista, Calif., and he’s also top dog at the

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Sebastopol’s Omar Figueroa pins his hopes for any statewide legalization effort on the thousands of mom-and-pop cultivators in the state whose livelihoods now stand in the balance. He hopes that in a legalized cannabis economy, they don’t get screwed by a vertically integrated economy, where might makes right.

“My concern is that these momand-pop operators will be pushed aside by big corporate interests,” Figueroa says. “We are already seeing this,” he adds, in the form of big-business dispensaries that can

afford the lobbyists necessary to advocate before lawmakers. “Mom and pop are getting left behind.

My big-ticket hope would be that we have an initiative that would allow these thousands of mom-andpop cultivators to thrive under a legalized regime.”

Figueroa has other big dreams.

He’d like to see the state lead the way in the creation of a cannabis genetics repository, “where all genetics are stored and accessed and made available for research,” and that it leads the way in the creation of social cannabis consumption, i.e., cannabis lounges.

He also wants any statewide cannabis regulatory package to include local boards comprising elected officials. These cannabis commissioners would reflect transparency in the emergent new weed economy, he says, “but the fear is that instead of having elected officials choosing what laws get enacted, we’d have political appointees engaging in regulatory arbitrage—the making of regulations for the benefit of the few.” —Tom Gogola

entrenched Mexican drug cartel that Colorado doesn’t have to deal with, notes Bejarano.

Despite whatever tax boon might come to the state, Bejarano argues that it won’t “offset the social cost of cannabis,” which he says will be paid in the criminal justice and healthcare systems.

“We’re standing side by side with the [California] State Sheriffs’ Association, and oppose legalization,” he says. “But if it’s voted upon by the voters, we have to be at the table to protect public safety, and push for strong regulation. And we should be at the table.”

Bejarano says he hopes that if the state does go legal in 2016, it won’t take 20 years for lawmakers to come up with a statewide regulatory apparatus, as happened with medical cannabis.

He hopes cannabis revenues that can be realized are redirected into healthcare, rehabilitation programs and in nipping back the »10 “higher burden on the

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Hezekiah Allen supports marijuana legislation that will “end the injustice of prohibition.”

California Police Chiefs Association, a statewide organization whose hopes and concerns over the 2016 legalization of cannabis boil down to: We hope it doesn’t; we’re concerned that it will; and we hope to have a place at the table if it does.

In an interview, Bejarano identifies numerous areas of concern when it comes to cannabis legalization and its intersection with law enforcement; those concerns mirror many of those brought to bear by his organization as they’ve worked closely with lawmakers to come up with chiefsfriendly language in a statewide medical-cannabis policy hashed out by the Legislature this year.

If legalization must happen, says Bejarano, his organization is keyed on public-health concerns, especially among youth whose brains are at risk at an early age; an increase in drug-related DUIs on state roads; and heightened illicit sales if the state sets the cannabis tax so high that it encourages a black market.

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Omar Figueroa (far left) is a lawyer who advocates for statewide legalization of marijuana.

Legalization realization «09 enforcement side, especially the drug DUIs. We need more drugrecognition experts. That is the challenge for us. We don’t have enough of these officers.”

Closer to home, I asked Sonoma County district attorney Jill Ravitch for her hopes and concerns over cannabis. A spokesman says she’s not ready to go there yet. “She’s going to choose not to comment on it. As we get closer to legalization, reach out again.”—Tom Gogola

Anonymous Cannabis Grower Pot growers are not a monolithic group. Some grow outdoors. Some grow inside. Some own their land and others rent. Some have quasilegal status as suppliers to medical marijuana dispensaries, and others grow for the black market. So how legalization might affect them depends on what kind of grower they are. I spoke with one indoor grower (who requested anonymity) about what his hopes and fears are if legalization comes to pass. His biggest concern: Price.

The price for a pound of weed (now about $3,000 to $3,600 for indoor-grown) continues to fall

because of growing supply, but also changing techniques out-of-doors.

Many outdoor growers now use a technique called light deprivation that involves tarps and hoop houses to compress growing cycles by getting plants to flower sooner and more often. That means that what once was a glut of outdoor-grown cannabis in October and November now gets spread out, eating into the premiums that indoor-grown herb commands outside of the “flood” of the traditional fall outdoor crop harvest.

His other concern is whether new legislation will protect smallscale growers or open the door to deep-pocketed mega-growers who force out little guys like him.

With those factors in play, this grower echoes what many in the industry say: “No one really knows what’s going to happen.”

On the upside, legalization may create greater demand and new opportunities for him. “Colorado ran out of weed when they legalized it. It’s a weird supply-and-demand act people are doing in their heads.”—Stett Holbrook

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Deep Roots sells hydroponic growing and gardening supplies and caters to cannabis growers.

Dylan Marzullo Co-owner, Deep Roots As the co-owner of a hydroponic growing and gardening supply shop in Santa Rosa and Sebastopol that caters to cannabis growers, Marzullo gets asked about the run-up to legalization all the time.

“That’s the question of the decade,” he says. “I have this conversation at least five times a day.”

He hopes business will stay the same, but if voters approve legalization, he realizes his industry will grow, and with it will come more competition from big retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s. Those stores already carry some of the soil amendments and fertilizers that Deep Roots carries.

“We’re at the mercy of where the market goes.”

He says he’s carved out a narrow niche, and his edge is know-how and a willingness to deal.

“Big stores are not willing to negotiate on a larger level.

They’re asking full retail price for everything.”

He hopes growers will appreciate the role they play in what is, for now, a small, local community.— Stett Holbrook

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Chief David Bajarano has concerns about the implications of legalizing marijuana.

Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) For Kevin A. Sabet, director of the Drug Policy Institute at the

University of Florida, co-founder of Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) and advisor to three U.S. presidential administrations, the move to legalize weed is all about one thing: Money.

“There’s a huge industry that wants to make money off of other people’s problems,” Sabet says by phone, on his way to speak to schools and communities in Hawaii about the risks and effects of “21st-century marijuana”—much stronger than the marijuana of 10 to 20 years ago. “And I’m very concerned about that.”

Sabet founded SAM in 2013 because he was concerned with the false dichotomy of the marijuana debate: That we either have to legalize marijuana or incarcerate people for it. “I thought there were many better, smarter solutions on these two extremes,” he says.

Sabet’s biggest worry, he says, is with the adolescent brain.

“My concern is that access and availability and legalization would increase the influence of an industry that’s going to downplay the harms.”

Last week, Sabet spoke to schools in Marin, where he says that many parents were unaware of the negative effects of marijuana, and thanked him for bringing the issues to their attention. “I heard a lot of people saying that this is not an issue that folks want to talk about around here—that this is kind of something that gets slipped under the rug,” Sabet says. “And that it’s really an elephant in the room because, you know, no one starts their heroin addiction putting a needle in their arm, right?”

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Kevin A. Sabet works with various organizations to educate the public about the effects of marijuana.

Learning from Colorado about how the marijuana industry has taken hold should be frightening for Californians, Sabet says, who have taken a strong stance against tobacco. “I ďŹ nd it particularly ironic when certain people talk about how antitobacco they are and anti–tobacco industry, yet they’re OK with sort of rolling out the red carpet for the marijuana industry.â€?—Molly Oleson

Random North Bay Pothead Marin County, Somewhere As if in a dream, I encountered a random North Bay pothead over the weekend. He was wandering around an undisclosed location in West Marin, smoking a joint while eating a plum and reading the latest Bolinas Hearsay News. I approached this man, a wild-eyed hippie in dirty, patched coveralls, as he blew a big puff of smoke in the general direction of capitalism, which random North Bay pothead disdains as a matter of principle.

I approached random North Bay pothead and asked, “What are your hopes and concerns when it comes to cannabis legalization in California?� To which he responded: “Are you a narc?�

I convinced him I was a reporter on a search for hopes and concerns as they relate to cannabis legalization.

“I’m concerned that you’re walking up to people you don’t even know and asking them dumb questions,â€? he said. “But I’m hopeful you might join me for a puff of this ďŹ ne, stanky homegrown, so that we might get to know one another before I answer your questions in a more thoughtful manner.â€?

Wisps of smoke blew across Elephant Mountain, which we had by then mountedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;though the memory is hazy, at best. The man ďŹ nally admitted from atop the massif, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned that when cannabis is legalized, my entire self-generated identity as a West Marin outlaw vagrant will go up in smoke, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have nothing. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be nothing, nobody. Yet Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hopeful that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to go grab a gram at the Tamalpais Junction 7-11 to go with my Slurpee. That would be cool.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tom Gogola<

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In ‘The Cannabis Manifesto,’ author Steve DeAngelo dispels many of the myths associated with marijuana.

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Paradigm shift Author Steve DeAngelo lays out ‘The Cannabis Manifesto’

By Charlie Swanson

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hen cannabis activist and author Steve DeAngelo’s name is spoken, it is usually accompanied by words like “pioneer,” “visionary” and “national leader.”

With a wealth of knowledge and nearly four decades of advocacy under his belt, DeAngelo presents his case for marijuana reform in his new book, The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness, published on September 22 by North Atlantic Books.

“I encountered the cannabis plant as a teenager, and I immediately knew it was a good

plant and that it was going to play a big role in my life,” DeAngelo says. “But at the same time, I hated the idea of becoming a criminal and living even less free than I was already living.”

Born in Philadelphia and raised in Washington, D.C., DeAngelo began his activism on the streets and eventually worked on D.C.’s medical cannabis initiative, I-59, in 1998.

Despite an overwhelming popular vote, Congress vetoed the initiative and DeAngelo set his sights west.

When he landed in Oakland in 2000, DeAngelo found that there were two kinds of dispensaries working under California’s medical cannabis initiative, the

Compassionate Use Act, passed in 1996. The first were wellmeaning but underfunded and unprofessional. The second were strictly for-profit businesses that turned dispensaries into what DeAngelo calls “scary and offensive.”

“I felt there was a need for a gold standard to demonstrate to the world that cannabis could be distributed in a way that brings benefits to communities instead of harm,” DeAngelo says.

In 2006, DeAngelo founded the Harborside Health Center, a landmark nonprofit dispensary in Oakland that is now the largest in the country. The center provides free holistic health clinics, laboratory-tested medicine, lowincome care packages and a wide array of patient services.

When writing the Manifesto, DeAngelo drew on his passion and a lifetimee of knowledge. The work dispels many of the myths associated with cannabis.

DeAngelo believes that there is no such thing as recreational cannabis use.

“You have a person who, in n their own self-conception, is just getting high, but if they went to a medical doctor and told them what they were using cannabis for, they would be diagnosed with several medical conditions,” DeAngelo says.

He argues that cannabis is more effective than pharmaceuticals and comes without harmful side effects. And he says that he has the science to back it up.

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Yet science is not what is leading the way to legalization.

“In California, we’ve had 20 years of medical cannabis,” he says.

“Almost everybody in this state knows at least somebody who has used medical cannabis and found it helpful, and that’s what is really turning the tide—the personal, direct experiences that people have with this plant.”<

Steve DeAngelo appears on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 4pm at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415/927-0960.

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onjour Chef G,â&#x20AC;? respond students at Willow Creek Academy, where, thanks to a determined parent, a willing community and plenty of support, the school now has Chef Guillaume Pfahl preparing Fresh, Local, Organic, Seasonal and NonGMO (FLOSN) food for 370-plus students ďŹ ve days a week.

The K-8 charter school that opened in 2002 and started with 37 students sits on a sprawling 14acre campus with four vegetable gardens, chickens and a creek. It serves a diverse student body within Sausalito Marin City School District and with as many as 50 percent of the 377 students qualifying for free and reduced lunches (through the National School Lunch Program), the school receives $50,000 yearly in subsidies. Until last year, Willow Creek had contracted with Revolution Foods to provide lunches for their students at a cost of $4.50 per lunch.

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She reached out to The Conscious Kitchen, an organization dedicated to helping schools implement sustainable food programs, and brought them on board. In addition, she contacted food pioneer Alice Waters and toured the Berkeley-

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Starring roles in life Performing Stars celebrates 25 years

By Joanne Williams

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“We start when the children are just three and four years old, encouraging [them] through ballet, hip-hop, tap dancing, zydeco, baton twirling, drumming, a drill team and other performance arts to develop self-reliance and confidence that they’ll carry throughout their adult lives,” Gaston says.

Has it worked? Twenty-seven-yearold Rayiesha Breaux started hip-hop dancing with Performing Stars when she was six, and kept it up until she was ready for Tam High School. “It helped me develop confidence and stage presence,” she says, “and to take a leadership role in high school.”

Breaux graduated from San Francisco State in political science. Next step: Law school. “Right now I have my paralegal certificate,” she says, “so it’s a start.”

Breaux is just one example of the kids who have thrived because of Performing Stars. “Teachers throughout the county have told us how delighted they are to see positive

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Performing Stars will celebrate their 25th anniversary at a sold-out gala on Sept. 26. Learn more at performingstars.org.

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ould you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? And be better off than you are? … You could be swingin’ on a star.”

This Disney ditty became the theme song of Performing Stars, a Marin City-based nonprofit founded in 1990 with the idea that providing low-income and at-risk children with opportunities in art, music, theater and dance would help them “reach for the stars.”

In the early days, the budget was low, but there was, and still is, an abundance of enthusiasm and energy from executive director Felecia Gaston, who believes that every child deserves a starring role in life.

“We have launched numerous careers and inspired personal achievement,” Gaston says from her office in Marin City, recalling the struggles and productive encounters she’s had with Marin leaders who have helped her along the way.

“I took dance and ballet as an adult and have written three self-published books.”

Gaston became another mother figure for one young woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, and provided a safe nurturing environment to escape the dysfunction at her home at the time.

“I was a child in search of myself,” the young woman says, and found a home with Performing Stars. “At home I was always told I would amount to nothing. This program taught me that I can take a stand and make my life count.”

Juan Perez, who grew up in Marin City and now lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, started with a dance troupe and drill team that he performed with until he was 13. After high school he joined the Marines, served at Guantanamo Bay and in Iraq and now is just shy of his Associate Arts degree in engineering.

He’s 34, married and expecting his first child.

Another young man says that Performing Stars helped him finish school and become a better person.

“I learned how to communicate with others,” he says. “We were like a big family.”

In a recent letter from the White House, President Obama congratulates Gaston and Performing Stars on their anniversary. “For years, you have carried forward a proud tradition,” the letter reads. “By daring to imagine the world as it could be and working tirelessly to realize that vision, you are helping America reach a better tomorrow.”<

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Performing Stars has given more than 1,400 low-income and at-risk children opportunities in art, music, theater and dance.

behavior changes in Performing Stars students,” says Anne Rogers, who, as executive director of Marin Food Bank, helped in the development of the group.

“Felecia and I both yearned to develop a program that would have an impact not only in Marin City but would change the stereotype and mental image that comes to mind when people in other parts of Marin hear about Marin City,” Rogers says.

“Dance and other arts are not the only activity. Performing Stars meet weekly to discuss good manners, etiquette, discipline, self-esteem, proper grooming and dress codes for the group.”

“Anne pulled together a founding board of directors, including Norma Howard and other influential people, but since we had no track record it was hard to get funding in 1990,” Gaston recalls. “But when $1,000 came from a Marin County Community Development Block Grant, we were on our way.”

The Marin Ballet offered dance scholarships for the first 16 kids, Gaston says, and Performing Stars moved from classroom to classroom in Marin City to rehearse. Today, the nonprofit—which enrolls around 100 kids per year—rehearses at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy, The Branson School, in public housing and wherever else they can find space. More than 1,400 children have benefited from the program over the last 25 years.

Art was a hard sell in those beginning days, competing with sports programs and tutoring, but Gaston, now 59, has a persuasive personality that is hard to resist. As a single parent she was unafraid to ask for help from her parents, neighbors, friends and associates. Gaston claims to have no special talent herself.

“Don’t dance, don’t sing,” she says.

Young Performing Stars dancers strike a pose. Felecia Gaston, executive director of the program, believes that every child deserves a starring role in life.

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Three-year-old Tenzin, a puppet in ‘The Oldest Boy,’ is thought to be a reincarnated Buddhist teacher.

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Lasting recognition Sarah Ruhl’s ‘The Oldest Boy’ blends the real and surreal

problems ... but they are framed with unexpected metaphors and illogical disconnects. That, she maintains, is closer to life’s reality than the usual orderly progression from crisis to resolution.

All of the just described elements are clearly visible in The Oldest Boy. The perfectly cast Christine Albright and Kurt Uy seem like average American parents—except that they’re not. Both have deep cultural and religious problems stemming from their backgrounds.

She’s a lapsed Catholic, searching for a more “rational” approach to life; he’s a young restaurateur and Tibetan-born Buddhist, who is troubled by the fact that he broke off a family arranged engagement to marry her. She believes in a strong maternal bond with their 3-yearold son Tenzin; he promotes the traditional Buddhist detachment from earthly things.

Neither comments on the fact that Tenzin (played by a lifesized wooden puppet, expertly manipulated by Melvign Badiola and Jed Parsario) delivers pronouncements on all kinds of matters in an authoritative old man’s voice. Nor—beyond initial objections by Mother (Ruhl’s name for the character)—do they put up much resistance when a robed Tibetan Lama ( Jinn S. Kim) and his monk companion (Wayne Lee) walk unannounced into their house

and say they’ve come to take Tenzin to India, where he will be honored as the reincarnation of a long dead holy man. Time passes and soon the lad is telling them to return home because he doesn’t need them anymore.

Ruhl doesn’t resolve anything, or even examine the key issue of whether the Buddhist belief in reincarnation that is taking away their precious child is rationally defensible. Like most of her plays, when it’s over, The Oldest Boy just stops, leaving—like a Zen koan— the question of what it all means hanging in the air.

MTC’s production is impeccable, from Jessica Thebus’ sensitive direction, to the solid contributions of Jeff Rowlings (lights), Fumiko Bielefeldt (costumes), Chris Houston (sound), Collette Pollard (set) and combined work of the many others involved.

Will Sarah Ruhl’s current success defy the recent American practice of constantly demanding new faces as the most talented older ones migrate to television and cinema?

It’ll be interesting to see.<

NOW PLAYING: The Oldest Boy runs through Sunday, October 4 at the Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley; 415/388-5208; marintheatre.org.

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awards, she received a $500,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 2006. Her plays are being produced in regional theaters throughout the country and have been especially well received in the Bay Area, where no less than five of them have appeared, or will shortly appear, within the space of a few months. Only Shakespeare beats that total.

The basis for this unusual popularity appears to be found in Ruhl’s ability to examine important issues with a unique blend of realism and surrealism (she calls it “three dimensional poetry”) that is non-linear, nonconfrontational and—even in its darkest moments—filled with lightness, surprise and whimsy. This is not a sellout to commercialism.

She wants us to think about serious

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ver since Edward Albee settled into semiretirement, American playwrights have been engaged in a game of “Who’s Next?”

One after another, names have appeared and then vanished, like comets crossing the night sky. A few (Sam Shepard comes to mind) have lingered a little longer, and now we have Sarah Ruhl, whose The Oldest Boy is currently having its West Coast premiere at the Marin Theatre Company, making a strong bid for lasting recognition.

Ruhl’s career has had a remarkably steep trajectory. When still in her 20s, The Clean House (2005)—recently revived by the Ross Valley Players—was a finalist for that year’s Pulitzer (as was In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play in 2010). Among her several national

Mother (Christine Albright) receives wise counsel from a Tibetan monk (Jinn S. Kim).

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Lost in song Will Oldham knows how to keep it indie

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ill Oldham has stories to tell. At first, the singersongwriter and occasional actor told these stories under the Palace moniker, forming several folk and rock bands in the early to mid-’90s with some variation on the name. Late in the decade, Oldham adopted his most prolific alias, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and began releasing a mountain of music, both as a solo artist and in collaboration.

This week, his newly formed ensemble rolls through the North Bay for two dates. They play Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma on Sept. 27 and the Sweetwater in Mill Valley on Sept. 28.

“If I had to sit down and write a step-by-step ‘best way to make a record,’ it would be a phone book,” says Oldham from his home in Louisville, Kentucky. “And it’s at odds with the way a lot of people do things.”

For Oldham, keeping it authentic is the key to his work—and he does think of it as a job; his records are often written, recorded and distributed by him. “Most of the time, when someone offers you a lot of money, it’s for something that you don’t feel comfortable doing.”

And while he is firm on his need

to create music without financial influence, Oldham knows that’s not the case for much of the industry.

“The way to not get disillusioned is to understand what it is you admire or respect or value in another human being,” he says, “and understand it’s going to come with a little red wagon of contradictions.”

Oldham seeks out other musicians he admires for projects that have ranged from an Everly Brothers cover album with Oakland renaissance woman Dawn McCarthy, to a throwback acid-rock album with Glasgow indie band Trembling Bells.

“When there’s somebody whose work I find incredibly compelling, I think I do what I can to put my being closer to their work,” says Oldham. “Every once in a while, you find yourself in the same room with somebody whose work you feel this connection to and then you see where conversations go.”< Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy performs with opener Fountainsun at 8pm on Sunday, Sept. 27, at Gundlach Bundschu Winery (2000 Denmark St., Sonoma; $40; 707/938-5277) and at 9pm on Monday, Sept. 28, at Sweetwater Music Hall (19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley; $36; 415/388-1100).

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Tobey Maguire plays American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer in ‘Pawn Sacrifice.’

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Check mate ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ casts Bobby Fischer as, well, a pawn

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awn Sacrifice is a monomaniacal character study of 1970s chess master Bobby Fischer, who was always very close to madness. Tobey Maguire, as Fischer, plays a man besieged by the world. The film seems to think that blunt competitiveness will make us identify with a climber; after all, movies can make us identify with anyone, as long as he’s playing offense. But Fischer is a genuinely offensive guy: Paranoid, mercenary, anti-Semitic, insufferably arrogant, and he doesn’t seem very interested in women.

Director Edward Zwick (Glory, The Last Samurai) takes it on faith that Fischer must win for the good of the nation and to take the Soviet Union down a peg: “We’ve lost China, we’re losing Vietnam,” points out Fischer’s government handler (Michael Stuhlbarg). Even hippies get their patriotism on when they see Fischer’s game: “Maybe the U.S.A. isn’t so bad after all!” exclaims an extra.

It’s tough to judge what’s more clumsy, the five-ton needle drops— really, the Doobie Brothers? “White Rabbit” again?—or the appeals to the flag via newsreel montages of the Soviet Union at its most blustering. Zwick’s scenes are flat except for some Icelandic landscapes that no doubt paid for themselves in tax credits. Maguire, in endless closeups, seethes as his Russian nemesis, Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber), flashes a wafer-thin, sardonic smile.

Schreiber eroded my patriotism.

He keeps taking the movie into an interesting new direction that Zwick won’t follow. When Fischer’s nerves snap, Spassky murmurs, “You don’t look well, Robert James.” It would have been easy to make Pawn Sacrifice work better: Give us more Spassky, show his share of hard times—which would have created some communion between the opponents. But as it stands, the film simply encourages us to see Fischer as a Cold War casualty who cracked up to keep us free.<

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Friday, September 25 - Thursday, October 1 Black Mass (2:02) Johnny Depp stars as a Boston Irish mobster who hooks up with the FBI to take on the Italian mob; Benedict Cumberbatch is the good brother.

A Borrowed Identity (1:44) Acclaimed drama about a Palestinian-Israeli boy whose identity crisis is intensified when he attends a Jerusalem university during the first Gulf War. East Side Sushi (1:47) An Oakland Latina gives up her fruit cart to storm the sexist world of sushi-counter chefs.

Everest (2:01) Docudrama follows several danger-filled expeditions up towering Mt. Everest; Jake Gyllenhaal stars.

Ghost (2:08) Supernatural romantic comedy thriller stars Patrick Swayze as a murdered ghost looking after his unwary widow (Demi Moore).

Grandma (1:20) Sundance fave follows a cash-strapped poet and her equally bereft granddaughter as they spend a day raising funds from friends and former lovers; Lily Tomlin stars.

The Green Inferno (1:30) Eli Roth’s latest horror spree follows a group of earnest yet nubile college students to the Amazon rainforest with its hitherto unimagined ghouls and goblins.

Hotel Transylvania 2 (1:29) The horrific hoteliers are back and opening their doors to human guests as well as a cranky old vampire named Vlad (Mel Brooks).

The Intern (2:01) Retired business tycoon Robert De Niro lands an internship at a fashion startup run by perky Anne Hathaway.

The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (2:00) Brad Bird’s 1999 animated fable about a misunderstood robot is back, all remastered up and with two new sequences.

Jimmy’s Hall (1:46) Ken Loach drama about a freewheeling real-life Irish dance hall of the 1920s and its troubles with church and state on the brink of civil war.

Learning to Drive (1:30) Romantic dramedy about the burgeoning relationship between a newly divorced literary critic and her IndianAmerican driving teacher; Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley star.

The Martian (2:16) Ridley Scott sci-fi adventure about a daring NASA attempt to rescue an astronaut marooned on Mars; Matt Damon stars.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2:12) Thomas and The Gladers are back and taking on a secret organization on a dangerous and desolate battlefield.

Meru (1:27) Acclaimed documentary follows three determined climbers up treacherous, “un-climbable” Mount Meru in the Himalayas.

Mr. Holmes (1:44) Ian McKellen stars as an elderly Sherlock Holmes dealing with his diminished faculties after witnessing the destruction of Hiroshima.

Mistress America (1:28) A college freshman in New York is disappointed by her unglamorous lifestyle until her future stepsister invites her to share her life of adventure and excitement.

National Theatre London: The Audience (2:15) Peter Morgan’s play imagines the weekly conversations Elizabeth II has had with every PM from Churchill to Cameron; Helen Mirren revisits her Oscar-winning role as the Queen.

National Theatre London: The Beaux’ Stratagem (3:00) George Farquhar’s Restoration farce about two cash-strapped slackers who head for the provinces to marry for money and encounter love instead.

The New Girlfriend (1:49) Darkly comic French sex comedy about a young woman’s unconventional friendship with her late friend’s secretive widower.

Pawn Sacrifice (1:56) True story of loco chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and his Cold War showdown with Soviet gambit master Boris Spassky; Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber star.

The Perfect Guy (1:40) Sanaa Lathan stars as a career woman caught between two lovers, one a sweetie and one a scoundrel … but which is which?

Phoenix (1:39) Hitchcockian cocktail of illusion and deception about a concentration camp survivor and former cabaret songstress who wanders postwar Berlin in search of her husband’s past.

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Rosenwald (1:36) Bio-documentary of Julius Rosenwald, the Sears magnate who built thousands of schools for black children in the Jim Crow South of the early 20th century.

The Second Mother (1:50) Acclaimed Brazilian drama about a hardworking housekeeper who only realizes how marginalized her life has become when her spirited daughter pays a visit.

She’s Funny That Way (1:33) Peter Bogdanovich screwball comedy about the love sextangle that develops between the cast, crew and hangers-on of an aborning Broadway play; Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and Kathryn Hahn star.

Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine (2:00) Alex Gibney’s not-particularly-worshipful documentary about the late nerd icon.

Stonewall (2:09) The Stonewall riots provide the backdrop for the story of an Indiana boy’s search for love and acceptance in 1960s Greenwich Village.

Trainwreck (2:02) Judd Apatow comedy stars Amy Schumer as an uninhibited, foulmouthed commitment-phobe who falls in love with doctor Bill Hader against her better judgment.

The Visit (1:34) Snarky horror flick about two kids marooned on a remote farm with their deeply disturbed grandparents; M. Night Shyamalan directs.

A Walk in the Woods (1:44) Robert Redford stars in a loose adaptation of Bill Bryson’s modern classic about two wildly disparate buddies who try to hike the Appalachian Trail; Nick Nolte co-stars.

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 7, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 7 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Playhouse: Fri 4:10, 7, 9:45; Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:45; Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7; Mon-Wed 4:10, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 11:40, 1:20, 2:40, 4:20, 5:40, 7:30, 8:40, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:30, 11:40, 1:20, 2:40, 4:20, 5:40, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:30 Sequoia: Fri 4:15, 7:15, 10:10; Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10; Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15; Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:15 A Borrowed Identity (Not Rated) Lark: Mon 12:30; Thu 4:50 East Side Sushi (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4, 6:30; Mon-Thu 6:30 Everest (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 4, 6:50, 3D showtimes at 12:55, 9:40; Sun-Wed 4, 6:50, 3D showtimes at 12:55 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 11, 4:40, 10:20 • Ghost (PG-13) Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 Grandma (R) Marin: Fri 4:45, 7:15, 9:15; Sat 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:15; Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:15; MonThu 5, 7:30 Playhouse: Fri 4:40, 6:45, 9; Sat 12:30, 2:30, 4:40, 6:45, 9; Sun 12:30, 2:30, 4:40, 6:45; Mon-Wed 4:40, 6:45 Rafael: Fri 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Mon-Thu 6:15, 8:15 • The Green Inferno (R) Northgate: 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 • Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 5:45, 7:10, 8, 9:35, 3D showtimes at 1:05, 3:25; Sun-Wed 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 5:45, 7:10, 8, 3D showtimes at 1:05, 3:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:20, 3:40, 6, 8:15, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Playhouse: Fri 5, 7:10, 9:20; Sat 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:10, 9:20; Sun 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:10; Mon-Wed 5, 7:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2, 7; 3D showtimes at 4:20, 9:30 The Intern (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:05, 4:10, 6:55, 9:50; Sun-Wed 1:05, 4:10, 6:55 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 10; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:15, 2:10, 5, 7:50, 10:40 • The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (PG) Regency: Wed 7 • Jimmy’s Hall (PG-13) Marin: Fri-Sat 4:30, 9:05; Sun 4:30; Mon-Thu 4:45 Learning to Drive (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 1:55, 4:30, 7, 9:30; Sun 11:30, 7; Mon 11:30, 1:55, 4:30, 7; Tue, Thu 11:30, 1:55, 4:30; Wed 11:30 • The Martian (PG-13) Northgate: Thu 8:05; 3D showtime at 8 Rowland: Thu 9; 3D showtime at 8 Maze Runner: Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:45 The Scorch Trials (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 12:50, 2:35, 4, 5:35, 7:10, 8:35, 10:10 Meru (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 9; Sat-Sun 2:30, 9 Mr. Holmes (PG) Lark: Fri 6; Sat 4:10; Sun 6:30; Wed 8:10; Thu 2:20 Marin: Fri 4:15, 6:45, 9:10; Sat 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10; Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:45; Mon-Thu 4:30, 7 Mistress America (R) Marin: Fri 7; Sat-Sun 2, 7; Mon-Thu 7:15 National Theatre London: The Audience (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 7:30 National Theatre London: The Beaux’ Stratagem (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 The New Girlfriend (R) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 8:45; Sat-Sun 1:30, 8:45 • Pawn Sacrifice (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:10, 4:05, 7:15, 10:10; Sun-Wed 10:25, 1:10, 4:05, 7:15 The Perfect Guy (PG-13) Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 10 Phoenix (PG-13) Lark: Fri 3:40; Sun 8:50; Tue 12:50; Wed 5:50 • A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:30, 6:45; Mon-Thu 6:45 Reflecting on Existence (PG-13) • RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection (PG-13) Regency: Thu 8 • Roger Waters: The Wall (R) Regency: Tue 8 Rosenwald (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 1; Tue 5:40 The Second Mother (R) Lark: Fri 1:10; Mon 5:45; Tue 3:10 She’s Funny That Way (R) Lark: Sat 6:30; Thu 12:10 Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine (R) Lark: Sun 3:30; Mon 8:15; Wed 12:20 • Stonewall (R) Sequoia: Fri 4, 7, 10; Sat 1, 4, 7, 10; Sun 1, 4, 7; Mon-Thu 4, 7 Trainwreck (R) Lark: Fri 8:30; Sat 8:40; Mon 3; Tue 8; Wed 3:10 The Visit (PG-13) Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 8, 10:25 A Walk in the Woods (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 9:55; Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20; Sun-Tue, Thu 11:20, 2:15, 4:55, Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm.

CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito, 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6505 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, 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 800-326-3264

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Sundial Concerts MARIN Backyard Blowout with Phil Lesh & Friends All-day party with nonstop music, beer garden and local grub includes Lesh and compatriots with Midnight North, Cosmic Twang and others. Sep 27, 11am. $40.

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

Booker T Jones Legendary Memphis bluesman recently returned to Stax Records after 40 years to release his 10th studio album, 2013’s “Sound the Alarm.” Sep 26, 8pm. $57-$62.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Melvin Seals Two star-studded birthday shows for Seals rock out in the Grate Room. Sep 25-26, 8pm. $30. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Whistlestock Benefit concert raises funds for Whistlestop in San Rafael with a 1960s theme that features Sal Valentino, Lester Chambers, Linda Imperial and others, with BBQ and drinks to boot. Sep 27, 3pm. $125. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

SONOMA Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Songwriter and actor Will Oldham’s solo project finds him traversing the Americana

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landscape with an authentically avant-garde approach. Sep 27, 8pm. $40. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma, 707.938.5277.

Brett Dennen Singer and songwriter performs firt as part of the monthly Dive Bar event, then at a VIP four-course dinner with wine pairings next door at Lucy Restaurant & Bar. Sep 24, 6pm. $25/$195 dinner. Bardessono Hotel & Spa, 6525 Yount St, Yountville, 707.204.6000.

Chris Cornell Rock and roll icon and frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave performs a solo show. Sep 24, 8pm. $50-$60. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Justin Hayward with Mike Dawes The Moody Blues songwriter tours with young guitar virtuoso. Sep 23, 8pm. $60$70. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Earle Fest Annual fundraising day of Americana music features John Hiatt, Doyle Bramhall II, Amy McCarley, Lazyman, John Courage and others. Sep 26, 11am. $45-$50. Earle Baum Center for the Blind, 4539 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa.

Mavis Staples & Joan Osborne The legendary singer joins forces with the esteemed songwriter in their “Solid Soul” tour. Sep 27, 8pm. $40-$75. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

George Thorogood & the Destroyers The “Bad to the Bone” band still plays a hundred shows a year, complete with their power-rock sound and famous attitude. Sep 25, 8pm. $36-$46. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Clubs&Venues MARIN

Kristin Chenoweth Chenoweth trades in her dominating Broadway run for the Green Music Center’s summer series concluding concert. Sep 25, 7:30pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Baeltane Brewing Tasting Room Sep 25, Kevin Brennan and Wavelength.

401 B Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato.

Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

Titus Andronicus New Jersey punk rockers just released their most epic album yet and take their fiery sound to the stage with openers Spider Bags and Baked. Sep 30, 8pm. $15. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Downtown Tiburon Sep 25, the Fundamentals. Main St, Tiburon.

Fenix Sep 24, Michael Barrett and friends. Sep 25, the Cheeseballs. Sep 26, Lionel Burns and the Maze Experience. Sep 29, Tao Theory.

Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Sep 25, Reggae Fridays. Sat, DJ night. Sun, Mexican Banda. Wed, Rock and R&B Jam. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato Sep 23, open mic night. Sep 25, Pop Fiction.

Sep 26, Kermit Ruffins. Sep 27, 5pm, Chuck Prophet. Sep 30, open mic night. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Marin Country Mart Sep 25, Michel Michelis & Gypsy Jazz. Sep 27, 12:30pm, Alzara & Brother Spellbinder.

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. bookert.com

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and R&B/soul music legend Booker T. Jones will demonstrate his mastery of the Hammond B3 on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Sweetwater.

Mill Valley Community Church Sep 27, 4pm, Kellye Gray Trio with Mario Guarneri. 8 Olive St, Mill Valley.

19 Broadway Club Sep 23, Small Change Romeos. Sep 24, La Mandanga. Sep 25, the Grateful Bluegrass Boys. Sep 26, Pine Box Boys. Sep 27, Walt

CALENDAR the Dawg. Sep 30, Sanford Barnett Trio.

Mon, open mic. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Sep 23, Rick Hardin and friends. Sep 24, Michael Myers and friends. Sep 25, Michael Aragon Quartet. Sep 26, Ken Cook Band. Sep 27, 3pm, Flowtilla. Sep 27, 8:30pm, Sausalito Slim. Sep 30, Black Cat & the Ro’Doggs. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Sep 23, Sandra Aran. Sep 24, Robert Overbury Duo. Sep 25, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. Sep 26, James Henry Hands on Fire. Sep 27, Hippopotamus Trio. Sep 29, Ken Cook. Sep 30, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Sep 23, Lady D and the Tramps. Sep 24, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Sep 29, Charlie Docherty. Sep 30, Rusty String Express. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Sep 23, Kool Whip. Sep 24, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Sep 25, Afroholix. Sep 26, Tommy Odetto Group. Sep 27, Jitterbug Riot. Sep 29, Fresh Baked Blues. Sep 30, Fitz & Pieces.

Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Sep 25, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

San Rafael Community Center Through Oct 13, 6pm, steel pan drum class with Harry Best. 618 B St, San Rafael, 415.485.3333.

Sausalito Seahorse Sep 25, the Full Tilt! Band. Sep 26, Wobbly World with Freddy Clarke. Sep 27, Candela with Edgardo Cambon. Mon, Marco Sainz Trio. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Sep 25, Battlehooch. Sep 26, Barrio Manouche. Sep 30, Midnight on the Water.

Sun, open mic. Mon, Monday Night Live with Epicenter Sound DJs. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge Last Thursday of every month, the North Bass DJ night. Fourth Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551.

Station House Cafe Sep 27, Squares of the Hypoteneuse featuring Charlie Hickox and Ken “Snakebite” Jacobs. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

Terrapin Crossroads Sep 23, the Terrapin Family Band. Sep 24, Colonel & the Mermaids. Sep 25, San Geronimo. Sep 26, Lazyman. Sep 28, Grateful Mondays. Sep 29, Stu Allen and friends. Sep 30, Electric Sherpa featuring Ross James and CMac. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Sep 26, the Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Town Center Corte Madera Sep 27, 2pm, Corte Madera Town Band. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.924.2961.

True North Pub & Grill Tues-Sun, live music. 638 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, 415.453.1238.

Unity in Marin Sep 30, 7pm, Drumming Circle and Movement with Steve Listug. 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

SONOMA A’Roma Roasters Sep 25, Disclaimer. Sep 26, the Tonewoods.

95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.576.7765.

Annex Wine Bar Sep 24, Faultlines. Sep 25, Cetola. Sep 26, Barry Bisson. Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779.

Aqus Cafe Sep 23, bluegrass jam. Sep 25, Mark Benanti and friends. Sep 26, Jammin in the Parlor.

Sep 27, 2pm, Allen Early Quartet. Sep 28, Newcomer’s Club. Sep 30, Speakeasy. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Sep 26, Drums for Solar. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern Sep 24, Mark McDonald. Sep 26, the Sticky Notes. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

Bergamot Alley Sep 25, dance party. Sep 29, Left Coast Country. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.8720.

The Big Easy Sep 23, Tracy Rose and friends. Sep 24, Dictator Tots. Sep 25, P Butta Funk. Sep 26, the doRian Mode. Sep 27, Opportunists.

Sep 30, Dan Wilensky Group. Tues, the American Alley Cats. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

BR Cohn Winery Sep 27, 1pm, Madison Hudson Band. 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen, 707.938.4064.

Brew Sep 25, John Courage with Francesco Catania and Tony Ferronato. 555 Healdsburg Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-303-7372.

BV Whiskey Bar & Grille Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma, 707.938.7110.

Cellars of Sonoma Sep 24, Ricky Alan Ray. Sep 25, John Pita.

Sep 26, Craig Corona. Tues, Wavelength. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1826.

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Coffee Catz Sep 24, 3:30pm, Jazz Duet with Randall Colleen and Todd Smith. Mon, open mic.

Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600.

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Epicurean Connection Sep 23, Bray. Sep 24, Karin Slavin. Sep 25, Sebastian Nau. Sep 26, Jon Emery and Company. Sep 27, 1pm, Keady Phelan. Sep 30, Sista Otis. 122 West Napa St, Sonoma, 707.935.7960.

Finley Community Center Fourth Friday of every month, Manny Gutierrez. Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

French Garden Sep 25, Bohemian Highway. Sep 26, Un Deux Trois. Sep 27, Haute Flash Quartet. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030.

Gaia’s Garden Sep 24, Le Hot Club Swing. Sep 30, Duo Valle Luna. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491.

Gypsy Cafe Sep 25, Karen Joy Brown with Dave Silva.

162 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.861.3825.

HopMonk Sebastopol Sep 24, Songwriters in the Round. Sep 25, HowellDevine. Sep 26, Commander Cody & His Modern Day Airmen. Sep 27, 6pm, Frobeck. Sep 28, Monday Night Edutainment with Mr Vegas and the 440 Band. Sep 30, Brainstorm EDM night.

Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Sep 25, Hound Smith. Sep 26, Jaydub and Dino. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg Sep 26, Susan Sutton Trio with Piro Patton and Tom Hassett. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Lagunitas Tap Room Sep 23, Ten Ton Chicken. Sep 24, the Aqua Velvets. Sep 25, the String Rays. Sep 26, Jinx Jones. Sep 27, 77 El Deora. Sep 30, Moonshine Mountain. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro Sep 23, Greg Hester. Sep 24, Susan Sutton.

Sep 25, Sang Matiz Band. Sep 26, Wendy DeWitt. Sep 27, open mic. Sep 30, Greg Hester. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

Mc T’s Bullpen Sep 25, Jacob Green Band. Sep 26-27, George Heagerty & Never the Same. Sep 27, 4pm, the River City Band. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel.

16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Sep 25, Todos Santos. Sep 26, David Thom. Sep 27, Deluxe. Sep 29, You Knew Me When. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre Sep 25, JBoog. Sep 26, Sean Hayes with Royal Jelly Jive. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

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Sweetwater Music Hall Sep 23, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers. Sep 24, the Rock Collection with Doobie Decibel System. Sep 25, Don Carlos.

Sep 27, T Sisters. Sep 28, Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Sep 29, Fighting Smokey Joe. Sep 30, Verst. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Sonoma Community Center Sep 27, kitchen concert with Micaelia Randolph. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.4626.

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Spancky’s Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169.

SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium Sep 26-27, Sonoma County Philharmonic presents a Latin Fiesta. 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, socophil.org.

Stout Brothers Sep 24, Clear Conscience. Fri, Sat, DJ night.

527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.636.0240.

Toad in the Hole Pub Sep 27, Gyspsy Jazz Trio. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.8623.

Tradewinds Thurs, DJ Dave. Sep 25, DJ Ron Sicat and the Cowtown Girls. Sep 26, School of Brock.

Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Tavern Sep 23, Amy McCarly. Sep 24, Open Mic with Shelly and Dylan. Sep 25, 3House.

Sep 26, 5pm, Pat Jordan Band. Sep 26, 8pm, SugarFoot. Sep 27, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with Weekend At Bernie’s. Sep 30, Paulie’s Garage with Kickin’ Country Girls.

Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip Sep 24, open mic. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.

Windsor Library Sep 26, 2pm, drum circle with Stori Davis. 9291 Old Redwood Hwy, Windsor, 707.838.1020. artworksdowntown.org

A mosaic of Frida Kahlo, by Joe Hayes, is one of many pieces that will be featured in Art Works Downtown’s “A Night at the Casa Azul” auction on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Occidental Center for the Arts Sep 26, Claudia Russell & Bruce Kaplan. Sep 27, 4pm, Kids Talent Showcase. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.

Phoenix Theater Sep 23, the Green with Hirie. Sep 27, State Faults with the Down House. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Quincy’s Wed, open mic. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park, 707.585.1079.

Redwood Cafe Sep 23, Gypsy Kisses. Sep 25, Reggae at the Redwood. Sep 26, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Sep 26, 8:30pm, Maldito Tango Duo. Sep 27, 11am, Robby Neal-Gordon.

Sep 27, 6pm, Irish jam session. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

Rincon Valley Library Sep 26, 1 and 2:30pm, SR Symphony Woodwind Quintet. 6959 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa, 707.537.0162.

Rocker Oysterfeller’s Sep 27, Mikie Lee Prasad. 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford, 707.876.1983.

Rossi’s 1906 Sep 26, Sean Carscadden Quintet. Sep 27, Ragtag Sullivan. Fri, Fresh Fridays with Dj Isaak. 401 Grove St, El Verano, 707.343.0044.

Zodiacs Sep 24, Stone Cold Mollie. Sep 25, the Hots.

Sep 26, La Gente. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.7751.

NAPA Beringer Vineyards Sep 26, Jazz Mirage. Sep 27, Sweet Burgandy.

2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463.

City Winery Napa Sep 24, Maurice Tani. Sep 25, Duran Duran Duran. Sep 26, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with the Guilty Ones. Sep 27, Little Hurricane with Rin Tin Tiger.

Sep 28, Songwriters in the Round with Erica Lee Sunshine. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Cornerstone Cellars Sep 27, 3pm, Lady Grace. 6505 Washington St, Yountville, 707.945.0388.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Sep 25, Manzanita Moon. Sep 26, Wild Janie Roberts. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.9610.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Sep 24, Walter Hand and the Blue Hand Band. Sep 25, EZ Street. Sep 26, Highwater Blues. Sun, DJ Aurelio. Tues, the Used Blues Band. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Sep 26-27, Storm Large & Le Bonheur. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

FARM at Carneros Inn Sep 23, Whiskey & Honey Trio. Sep 24, Dan Daniels Trio. 4048 Sonoma Hwy, Napa, 888.400.9000.

Sebastopol Community Center Sep 25, 6pm, Final Fridays Music Mashup.

390 Morris St, Sebastopol, 707.874.3176.

SOMO Village Event Center Sep 26, Dark Star Orchestra. 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch Sep 24, Glenda Bates Vibetet. Sep 25, Kyle O’Brien and the Bullet Band. 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.

Hydro Grill Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.942.9777.

Methode Bubble Bar & Restaurant Fri, Sat, David Ruane. 1400 First St, Napa, 707.254.8888.

River Terrace Inn Sep 24, Smorgy. Sep 25, Salet. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa, 707.320.9000.

Silo’s Sep 23, Mike Greensill jazz. Sep 25, Full Chizel. Sep 26, Evan Thomas Band. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Uncorked at Oxbow Thurs, open mic night. Fri, live music. 605 First St, Napa, 707.927.5864.

Uva Trattoria Sep 25, Deluxe. Sep 26, Tony Macaroni Trio.

Sep 27, Justin Diaz. Sep 30, Le Jazz Hot. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.

Art OPENING MARIN Art Works Downtown Sep 26-Nov 13, “Fire and Water,” 1337 Gallery shows art inspired by the elemental powers of fire, water or both. Reception, Oct 9 at 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. TuesSat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Beso Bistro and Wine Bar Local mixed media artist Patricia Leeds will be showing her encaustic paintings and mixed media artwork at two venues for the months of September and October. In San Rafael at the West America Bank, 1108 5th Ave and in Novato at Beso restaurant and bar 502 South Palm drive. Regular bank hours and Beso hours are: Tuesday -Sunday 11:30 – 9pm Bolinas Museum Sep 24-Nov 14, “Tom Killion: California’s Wild Edge,” the artist’s original woodcuts of the coast, Mt. Tamalpais, trees and mountains are on display. Reception, Sep 26 at 2pm. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment.

415.868.0330.

Ruth Livingston Studio Sep 24-Oct 31, “Through My Prism,” Jennifer White Kuri’s solo exhibit features mixed media and paintings, ranging from late 1970s to the present. Reception, Sep 24 at 6pm. 74 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.5264.

SONOMA Atelier One Sep 26-27, An open studios weekend lets you see work in progress and demos by painters, sculptors, photographers and other working artists. Free, 707.829.6655. 2860 Bowen St, Graton. 11 to 6.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Sep 25-Oct 18, “Sonoma County Art Trails Preview Exhibition,” featuring the work of all 164 participating artists. Reception, Sep 25 at 6pm. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. TuesFri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4. 707.829.4797.

Art Works Downtown Through Sep 26, “Artists in Action,” Founder’s Gallery shows plein air paintings of downtown San Rafael by over 30 artists.

Underground Gallery also looks at Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

ARTrageous Gallery Ongoing, inaugural exhibit featuring Roberta Ahrens, Harriet Burge and others.

857 Grant Ave, Novato. Tues-Sat, 11 to 6, Sun 11 to 4, Thurs 11 to 8. 415.897.8444.

Baobab Gallery Ongoing, Shona sculptures, watercolors, jewelry, baskets, handmade-paper items and handmade fabrics. 556 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. Tues-Sat, 11 to 5. 415.924.8007.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Oct 3, “On the Horizon,” artist Janis Selby Jones creates art out of found objects collected from the coastline. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Bolinas Museum Sep 24-Nov 14, “Tom Killion: California’s Wild Edge,” the artist’s original woodcuts of the coast, Mt. Tamalpais, trees and mountains are on display. Reception, Sep 26 at 2pm. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment.

415.868.0330.

Corte Madera Library Through Oct 8, “Mostly Marin Landscapes,” oil paintings by artist Donna Solin features the natural beauty of the North Bay. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera.

707.924.6444.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Oct 1, “Illusion of Depth,” artwork by renowned painter Fritz Rauh and sculptor Gary Marsh is kinetic and curious.

417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. MonSat, 10 to 6 415.524.8932.

Falkirk Cultural Center Through Sep 30, “The Creative Spirit,” 2-D and 3-D works by the 18 members of the Golden Gate Marin Artists group. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.

Gallery O Ongoing, still lifes and abstract landscapes

by Tim Schaible, and glasswork by Colleen Cotten. Highway 1 and Dillon Beach Road, Tomales. Thurs-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 707.878.2898.

Gallery Route One Through Oct 25, “Graveson & Morvitz: Alchemy / Memory,” Tim Graveson shows his large-scale images while Morvitz displays drawings and poems based on 16thcentury European alchemy books. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5.

415.663.1347.

Bay 2, Ste 210, Sausalito. Sat, 11 to 5; also by appointment. 415.289.0705.

Margaret Muldoon’s Artistic Furniture Ongoing, hand-painted furniture, plus “UnStill Photography” by Alan Babbitt. 411 San Anselmo Ave, Fairfax.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre Through Sep 23, “Life in Full Bloom,” a celebration of flowers in watercolor.

10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

Marin Community Foundation Through Sep 25, “Black Artists on Art,” legacy exhibition features over 40 African American fine artists, spanning three generations. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.

Marin Society of Artists Gallery Through Oct 24, “The Left Coast,” artists from the West Coast show some love for their home states, with multimedia works addressing varied local topics. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11 to 4; SatSun, noon to 4. 415.454.9561.

MarinMOCA Through Oct 4, “Emerging Artists of the Bay Area,” sixth annual juried exhibit showcases five exciting talents in the world of art. Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4, 415.506.0137.

Museum of the American Indian Ongoing, “Jewelry of California and the Southwest.” 2200 Novato Blvd, Novato. Tues-Fri, 10 to 3; Sat-Sun, 12 to 4.

415.897.4064.

Novato City Offices Through Sep 27, “MarinMOCA Artists Show,” member artists Judy Arnold and Bernard Healey are on exhibit. 922 Machin Ave, Novato.

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Sep 24, “Myth & Inner Landscapes,” exhibit explores the inner landscapes of over 35 artists. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Osher Marin JCC Through Sep 30, “Jews of Color: A Renaissance,” the latest project by Scattered Among the Nations educates about Jewish diversity, profiling some of the world’s most isolated and dynamic communities. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Pine Street Museum Ongoing, Opening exhibit features interactive display of scrolls, ceramics and special barcodes to explain them. 124 Pine St, San Anselmo. 415.485.0484.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through Sep 30, “Abstract Works on Canvas & Paper,” group exhibit featuring Suzie Buchholz, Jeffrey Long and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.2800.

Garzoli Gallery Ongoing, work from contemporary artist Laurie Curran and recent gallery acquisitions on view. 930 B St, San Rafael.

415.459.4321.

Ruth Livingston Studio Sep 24-Oct 31, “Through My Prism,” Jennifer White Kuri’s solo exhibit features mixed media and paintings, ranging from late 1970s to the present. Reception, Sep 24 at 6pm. 74 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.5264.

Liberty Ship Gallery Ongoing, artist cooperative gallery with works by Eulah Capron, Katheryn Holt, Barbara Jackson, Darcy J Sears and Scott Gordon Woodhouse. 10 Liberty Ship Way,

San Geronimo Valley Community Center Ongoing, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888.

Sausalito Historical Society Ongoing, Sausalito Historical Society presents “Fritz (The Comic Wit of Phil Frank) Crackers,” featuring the longtime local comic strip of the Marinscope newspaper. 420 Litho St, Sausalito.

415.289.4117.

Seager Gray Gallery Through Oct 4, “Andrew Hayes: Passages,” the artist’s detailed steel sculptures display.

108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Studio 333 Ongoing, 45 local artists on display. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Sat, 11-5.

415.331.8272.

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

Tomales Gallery Ongoing, paintings by Jonnie Baldwin, Denise Champion, Timothy David Dixon, Clark Mitchell and others. 3985 TomalesPetaluma Rd, Tomales. Fri-Sun, 12:30 to 5; also by appointment. 707.878.2680.

Wilderness Collections Gallery Ongoing, photographs by Rodney Lough Jr. 8 Princess St, Sausalito. Daily, 10 to 6.

866.432.9453.

SONOMA Agrella Art Gallery Through Oct 8, “2015 Art Faculty Show,” showcases recent work by SRJC studio faculty and offers insight to the art department’s creative output. SRJC, Doyle Library, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Thurs, 10 to 4; Sat 12 to 4.

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Aqus Cafe Through Sep 27, “Birds Show,” several artists interpret feathered creatures. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Sep 28, “ARTescape Exhibit,” Sonoma Valley students display their latest works. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. WedThurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.996.3115.

BackStreet Gallery Through Sep 27, “The Lion-for-real,” Kristen Throop’s work is inspired by Technicolor movies. Art Alley off South A St, Santa Rosa.

Sat, 11 to 5.

Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery Through Sep 27, “I Dreamt I Was Painting” landscapes by pioneering animator and Disney director Joshua Meador are imaginative and distinguished. 1785 Coast Hwy 1, Bodega Bay. Wed-Sun, 10 to 5.

707.875.2911.

Gaia’s Garden Through Oct 31, “Multimedia Works by Chris Adams,” the artist re-creates the structural beauty of the earth from a satellite perspective. Reception, Sep 27 at 2pm. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

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Gallery 300 Through Oct 9, “Otras Figuras / Other Figures,” figurative artwork of Jennifer Hirshfield, Francisco Alonzo, Alejandro Salazar and Piper Snow is curated by Susan Alexander. 300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

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Healdsburg Center for the Arts Through Oct 4, “Pairings,” exhibit displays collaborative works by two or more artists.

130 Plaza St, Healdsburg. Daily, 11 to 6.

707.431.1970.

History Museum of Sonoma County Through Oct 25, “Artistry in Wood,” annual exhibit brings together the best works of the Sonoma County Woodworkers Association.

425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 4. 707.579.1500.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center Through Jan 4, “A Photographic Journey through the Laguna de Santa Rosa,” the Laguna’s myriad natural wonders, captured in colorful photos, are on display. Reception, Sep 26 at 3pm. 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

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Look Up Gallery Through Oct 27, “Artists Are Like Water,” several artists display works inspired by a float down the Russian River. 16290 Main Street, Guerneville. daily, 11 to 9 415.640.8882.

Occidental Center for the Arts Through Nov 1, “New Paintings,” wellknown local artists Adam Wolpert, Tony King and Bill Wheeler display their latest landscapes. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Conversations in Sculpture,” 11 artists provide an artistic statement that introduces a conversational topic. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa. Daily, 11 to 5 707.528.9463.

Petaluma Arts Center Through Sep 27, “All That Glitters,” a look at modern glass art and jewelry is presented in this collaborative exhibit with IceHouse Gallery. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. ThursMon, 11 to 5 707.762.5600.

Quercia Gallery Through Sep 28, “The River Runs Through It,” artist Chris Grassano’s paintings capture the wildlife of west Sonoma County. 25193 Hwy 116, Duncans Mills. 707.865.0243.

Shige Sushi Through Oct 4, “On the Edge of the Animate,” photography by Barbara Elliott is contemporary yet nostalgic, with a macabre sense of humor. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary 707.795.9753.

Sonoma Community Center Through Sep 25, “Printmaking Invitational,” group show exhibits a wide array of prints from several fine artists. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm.

707.938.4626.

The Spinster Sisters Restaurant Through Oct 4, “Abstract Photography and Monoprint Collage,” artist Colin Talcroft’s recent works display a modern, sophisticated sense of color and composition. 401 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7100.

The Sonoma House at Patz & Hall Through Oct 5, “Art Harvest No. 5,” artists Yvette Gellis and Jeff Long display in the final installment in a series of quarterly art exhibitions at Patz & Hall. 21200 Eighth St E, Sonoma. Thurs-Mon; 10 to 4 707.265.7700.

University Art Gallery Through Oct 25, “Focus on Photography,” selections from the Gallus Sweet Collection include thought-provoking works by famous photographers such as Ansel Adams. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. Tues-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, noon to 4. 707.664.2295.

Upstairs Art Gallery Through Sep 27, “Sonoma County Colors,” showing the vivid and varied landscape paintings from artist Dee Andreini. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 11 to 6; Fri-Sat, 11 to 9. 707.431.4214.

NAPA di Rosa Through Sep 27, “Body Talk,” performance, sculpture, video and multimedia installations by six emerging artists explores being human in a technological age. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa. Wed-Sun, 10 to 6.

707.226.5991.

Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20.

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

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The Crushers of Comedy present a night of 1950s-inspired laughs with Kevin Camia and others. Sep 26, 8:30pm. $20-$25. Flamingo Lounge, 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, www. crushersofcomedy.com.

San Francisco Comedy Competition One of the most popular comedy events in the North Bay turns 40 years old and still shines with up-and-coming talent. Sep 26, 8pm. $45. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Tuesday Night Live Comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide, are featured in another special lineup of laughs. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dance Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422.

Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101.

Dance Palace Sundays, 10am, Ecstatic Dance Point Reyes, explore different rhythms with no experience necessary. Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5-$15 per month. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.

Francis Ford Coppola Winery Sat, Sep 26, 6pm, “Dancing Under the Stars” salsa night. 300 Via Archemides, Geyserville 707.857.1400.

George’s Nightclub Thursdays, 8pm, Salsa y Sabor Thursday, lessons followed by DJs spinning the best of salsa and jazz tunes. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.226.0262.

Meridian Sports Club Monthly, last Fri at 7, Elemental Dance, Constantine Darling leads conscious movement dance using earth’s alchemy followed by sound healing. $15-$20, 415.454.2490. 1001 Fourth St, San Rafael.

Redwood Cafe Sep 30, 7pm, Irish set dancing. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.7868.

Throckmorton Theatre Sep 27, 7:30pm, Paper Wings, Sha Sha Higbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sculptures come to life in a combination of puppetry, dance and art. $15-$25. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley 415.383.9600.

Events The Barlow Street Fair The Barlow takes over McKinley Street every Thursday this summer with local food, beer and wine, as well as live music and family-friendly activities. Thurs, 5pm. through Sep 24. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley Ave, Sebastopol.

Battle of the Bags Cornhole Tournament The popular party game gets a tourney full of fun for all ages, benefiting Napa childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs. Sep 26, 10:30am. $100 per team. Napa Valley Exposition, 575 Third St, Napa.

Beyond the Book Bash Mill Valley Library Foundation brings together a diverse group of authors, musicians and poets for a night of entertainment, music and food benefiting the library. Sep 25, 7pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, mvlf.org.

Korean Drumming Classes start Thur, Sep 24th at 4-5:00 pm for 11 weeks. $3/$5. Invigorate your body and spirit with the rhythms and graceful moves of traditional Korean drumming and dance.

Classes offered for beginners and advanced students. There will be several public performances. All equipment and costumes are provided by Asian American Alliance of Marin and Service-Learning Program of Dominican University. Sign-up soon; space is limited.

Much Ado About Sebastopol A very Shakespearean Renaissance festival complete with costumes, food and drinks, fencing and workshops. Sep 26-27. $8-$25.

Ives Park, Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol, muchadoaboutsebastopol.com.

October Book Sale Old and new, fiction and nonfiction books and more will be available, hosted

by Friends of the Library. Sep 30-Oct 3.

Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park, 707.584.9121.

Open Studios Napa Valley Art studios open their doors for this annual event, where self-guided tours around Napa Valley let you discover new and exciting art. Maps and info online. openstudiosnapavalley.com.

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Petaluma Fall Antique Faire An incomparable selection of affordable antiques from over 180 dealers. Sep 27, 8am4pm. Downtown Petaluma, Fourth and Kentucky St, Petaluma.

Ceres Marin Garden Party Fundraising event takes place at a private residence in San Anselmo and includes music, food and a silent auction. Sep 27, 3:30pm. Ceres Community Project Marin, 4308 Redwood Hwy, Suite 100, San Rafael, 415.488.5053.

Phoenix Pro Wrestling Professional wrestling returns to Petaluma, as colorful characters compete for the championship belt with family-friendly excitement Sep 25, 8pm. $2-$10. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

CLIF Bar CykelScramble Anything can happen at this bike relay race.

Live music, food trucks, beer and wine and more are on hand as well. Sep 26, 11:30am.

Marin Fairgrounds, Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

Radiant Presence With Peter Brown. Every other Tues. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Divorce Options Workshop Volunteer group of attorneys, financial specialists and mental-health professionals offer four-hour workshops on divorce.

Last Sat of every month, 9am. $45. Family Service Agency, 555 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, 415.492.9444.

Enchanted Village Faire Renaissance fair includes music, entertainment, food and more, raising funds for Bridge Stone School. Sep 26, 11am. $2. Stone Bridge School, 1680 Los Carneros Ave, Napa, 707-252-5522.

Rock the Boat Sail to McCovey Cove for a concert listening party on the deck of FREDA B to hear AC/ DC perform at AT&T Park. Sep 25, 6:30pm. $75. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, 100 Bay St, Sausalito, 415.331.0444.

Santa Rosa Toy Con Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams, headlines a day of guest celebrities, Lego exhibits, cosplay competitions and hundreds of collectibles and comics vendors. Sep 26. $15-$25. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, santarosatoycon.com.

Full Moon Sail The captain and crew of the FREDA B takes you on the waters to experience the full moon and views of the bay. Sun, Sep 27, 5:30pm. $59. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, 100 Bay St, Sausalito, 415.331.0444.

South Park Day & Night Festival Dance and martial art demonstrations, fun games, sports activities, community resources and a movie on the lawn.

Co-Hosted with Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County. Sep 26, 3pm. Free. Martin L. King Junior Park, 1671 Hendley Street, Santa Rosa, 707.486.6139.

Gem & Mineral Show Santa Rosa Rock Club hosts the annual event with dealers, demonstrations, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rare Rock Mosaicâ&#x20AC;? exhibit from Kim Mosier and more. Sep 26-27, 10am. $6. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.849.9551.

Spirit of Marin Awards Luncheon The 22nd annual event that recognizes and celebrates the achievements of local businesses and individuals as chosen by the Marin County Chambers of Commerce. Sep 25, 11:30am. $60. St Vincentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School, 1 St Vincent Dr, San Rafael, 415.884.5360.

Stepping Out to Celebrate Life Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest fundraising gala aimed at breast-cancer awareness and recovery this year goes with the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some Enchanted Evening.â&#x20AC;? Sep 26. $250. Marin Center Exhibit Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, tocelebratelife.org.

Sunday Cruise-In Last Sun monthly at noon, fire up your hot rod and bring the kids for day of live music, food, prizes and more. Last Sun of every month. Free. Fourth and Sea Restaurant, 101 Fourth St, Petaluma, www. sundaycruisein.com.

The Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival Friday night gala and weekend of music and family-fun activities features Mustache Harbor, Lydia Pense, Danny Click and others, with artists displaying their works, beer and wine garden and more. Sep 25-27.

Sonoma Plaza, First St E, Sonoma.

Field Trips The Bay Trail Walk along this newly restored area, look for waterfowl, shorebirds and other wildlife, and see how the tidal flow is changing the landscape. Sep 29, 10am. 415.893.9527.

Hamilton Wetlands Path, south end of Hanger Ave, Novato.

Bird Walk Lead by Madrone Audubon Society. Sep 24, 8:30am. Rush Creek Preserve, Bahia Drive, Novato, 707.546.1812. Lead by Madrone Audubon Society. Sep 30, 8:30am. $7 parking. Spring Lake Park, 391 Violetti Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.546.1812.

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Community Nursery Volunteering Take a stroll and help germinate seeds while learning what it takes to care for native plants. RSVP to Preston Brown at preston@ tirn.net. Fri, Sep 25, 10am. Turtle Island Restoration Network HQ, 9255 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Olema.

Creekside Restoration with Save the Bay Learn about the history of San Francisco Bay and Creekside Marsh, and be a part of a community-based effort to enrich important habitat areas of Hal Brown Park.

Sep 26, 9am. Creekside Park, 231 Bon Air Rd, Greenbrae, 415.763.2977.

Desire Trails Desire paths are trails where the ground becomes imprinted evidence of a place that wants to be discovered, and the people who seek it out. Sep 27, 12pm. $25-$35. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.2787.

Dipsea Hike Benefiting breast cancer research, this popular hike also boasts food, drinks, music and more. Sep 26, 8am. Old Mill Park, Throckmorton and Cascade, Mill Valley, 415.507.1949 ext 103.

Experiment Farm Open House & Plant Sale Luther Burbankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic experimental farm opens the doors and offers their varieties of succulents, flowers, shrubs and trees. Sep 26-27, 10am. Free. Gold Ridge Farm, 7777 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, wschsgrf.org.

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Rossiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1906 Wednesdays, 7:30pm, Hump Day Jump, SoCo Dance Beats presents swing lessons and a different popular Bay Area band every week. 401 Grove St, El Verano 707.343.0044.

Tangerines Pacifist drama is set in 1992, during the conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia.

Co-sponsored by the United Nations Association of Sonoma County. Fri, Sep 25, 7pm and Sun, Sep 27, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2606.

Food&Drink Bodega Bay Community Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. through Oct 25. Bodega Bay Community Center, 2255 California 1, Bodega Bay, 707.875.9609.

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‘Ti Ricordi Di Me? (Remember Me?),’ a charming and romantic comedy, will be featured at the 2015 Italian Film Festival, Marin County Civic Center, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 26 through Nov. 7.

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.

Garden Volunteer Day Sink your hands into the beautiful, rich soil at the OAEC’s garden and learn from the diversity of plant life. Wed. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

Sunset Hike & Dine Meet at parking area across from inn for two-hour hike on moderate-to-steep trails with midhike wine and cheese overlooking Pacific Ocean. Last Sat of every month. $15.

Mountain Home Inn, 810 Panoramic Dr, Mill Valley, RSVP, 415.331.0100.

Geology of Ring Mountain A hike with SSU professor and geologist David Bero. Sep 26, 10am. Ring Mountain, Paradise Dr, Corte Madera, 415.893.9527.

Trekking the Model Join a ranger-guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Sat, Sep 26, 1pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Help Nature, Harvest Color Enhance the native habitat in a fun and colorful day outdoors. Pre-registration is required. Sep 26, 9am. Paulin Creek Preserve, 2299 Beverly Way, Santa Rosa, landpaths.org.

Water Bark The swimming lagoon at Spring Lake once again opens for dogs to swim and play offleash for three weekends in September. SatSun through Sep 27. $3-$5. Spring Lake Park, 391 Violetti Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.565.1355.

Marin Moonshiners Hike & Picnic Moderate two mile hike from sunset till the Full Blue Moon rises over SF Bay with mid hike picnic. Flashlights provided. Sep 27, 5:30pm. $15. Safeway Parking Lot, 1 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, 415.331.0100.

Weekend Along the Farm Trails Sonoma County farmers open their gates and barn doors to offer a behind-the-scenes peek at life on the farm. Sep 26-27, 10am.

Free. Sonoma County farms, various locations, Sonoma, farmtrails.org.

Ode to a Harvest Moon Hike Watch the Harvest Moon rise from the “Top of the World” at the Preserve. Preregistration is required. Sep 27, 6pm.

Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, landpaths.org.

Perennials Weekend The dormant garden is open weekends for you to dream about your perennial borders and garden for the next year and begin your winter planting. Sat-Sun through Nov 1.

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557.

Russian River Watershed Cleanup led by a cleanup committee, this daylong effort occurs at various points along the river. RSVP required. Sep 26, 8am. Russian River, Hwy 128, Geyserville, landpaths.org.

Sediment Reduction on Edgewood Trail Be part of a growing effort to improve the health of Lagunitas Creek Watershed through trail upgrades that reduce sediment pollution into local waterways.

RSVP to preston@tirn.net. Sat, Sep 26, 10am. Woodacre Post Office, 183 San Geronimo Valley Dr, Woodacre.

Film Italian Film Festival Annual fest screens critically acclaimed Italian films over the course of the fall with special guests and more. Sat-Sun through Nov 7. $15-$112 full pass. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

The Russian River: All Rivers The documentary gets a screening under the stars. Sep 26, 7pm. by donation. Tierra Vegetables Farm Stand, 651 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa, 707.888.0128.

Sensory Sensitive Film Program Family films screenings intended for children with sensory impairments turn the lights up, the sound down and allows those who need to move around and express themselves. Last Sat of every month, 10am. through Dec 26. Airport Cinemas, 409 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa.

Buster’s Oyster Fest Local wineries and breweries join Buster for a day of grilling oysters and raising funds for Calistoga Athletics Boosters. Sep 25. $25.

Buster’s Southern Barbecue, 1207 Foothill Blvd, Calistoga, 707.942.5605.

Corte Madera Farmers Market Year-round. Wed-noon. Town Center, Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846. Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846.

Demystifying Wine & Food Interactive discussions on pairings with delectable demonstrations. Sat-noon. $75.

Hall Winery, 401 St Helena Hwy S, St Helena, 707.967.2620.

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Learn about the horticultural aspects of growing apple trees in your home garden including cultivar selection for Marin County. Sep 26, 11am. $30. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.457.8811.

Downtown Novato Community Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Sep 29. Downtown Novato, Grant Ave, Novato, 415.999.5635.

Downtown San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 5:30pm. through Oct 1. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.492.8007.

Fairfax Community Farmers Market Wed, 4pm. through Sep 30. Peri Park, 124 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.999.5635.

Farmers Market at Long Meadow Ranch Fri, 9am and Sat-Sun, 11am. Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.

Forestville Certified Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Oct 27. Corks Restaurant, 5700 Gravenstein Hwy N, Forestville, 707.887.3344.

Friday Night Live Enjoy delicious themed buffet dinners with live music on hand. Fri. $7-$14. San Geronimo Golf Course, 5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.4030.

Harvest Market Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma, 707.996.0712.

Healdsburg Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 3:30pm. through Oct 7.

Healdsburg Farmers Market, North & Vine St, Healdsburg, 707.431.1956.

Healing Foods Essentials Basic Class Make the connection between your health and the food and lifestyle factors that influence it. Sep 24, 6pm. $10-$35. Ceres Community Project, 7351 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.8295.

Heirloom Tomato Festival Enjoy the flavors of hundreds heritage varieties of tomatoes grown in KendallJackson’s gardens, along with tours, wine and food pairings, seminars, the chef ’s challenge and music. Sep 26, 11am. $95.

Kendall-Jackson Wine Center, 5007 Fulton Rd, Fulton, 707.576.3810.

Indian Valley Farm Stand Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Wed, 10am.

College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554.

Locals Night Special menu items, musical performances and activities. Tues, 5pm. Free. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.

Marin Country Mart Sat, 9am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5715.

Marinwood Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Avenue and Miller Creek Road, San Rafael, 415.999.5635.

Mill Valley Farmers Market Fri, 9:30am. CVS parking lot, 759 E Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846.

Oakmont Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Berger Center, 6575 Oakmont Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.538.7023.

Occidental Bohemian Certified Farmers Market Fri, 4pm. through Oct 30. Occidental Farmer’s Market, 3611 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.8478.

Petaluma Certified Farmers Market Sat, 2pm. through Nov 21. Walnut Park, Petaluma Boulevard and D Sreet, Petaluma, 707.762.0344.

Petaluma East Side Certified Farmers Market Tues, 10am. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 415.999.5635.

POW/MIA Recognition Day Breakfast Buffet breakfast is hosted by Veterans Housing & Services nonprofit organization.

Sep 30, 7:30am. $18-$20. Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.686.8442.

Preserving the Japanese Way Dinner with Nancy Singleton Hachisu is inspired by her new cookbook. Sep 24, 6:30pm. $60-$80. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Pt Reyes Farmers Market Sat, 9am. through Nov 21. Toby’s Feed Barn, 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.456.0147.

Redwood Empire Farmers Market Sat, 8:30am and Wed, 8:30am. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

Roseland Lions Certified Farmers Market Sat-Sun, 10am. through Nov 1. Roseland Plaza, 665 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 415.215.5599.

Russian River Certified Farmers Market Thurs, 3pm. through Sep 24. Sonoma Nesting Company, 16151 Main St, Guerneville, 707.953.1104.

Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 9am. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.522.8629.

Santa Rosa West End Certified Farmers Market Sun, 9am. through Dec 13. West End Farmers Market, 817 Donahue St, Santa Rosa, 707.477.8422.

Sebastopol Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. Sebastopol Plaza, Weeks Way, Sebastopol, 707.522.9305.

Seed to Seed Learn how and why to save your seeds with with Matthew and Astrid Hoffman, cofounders of the Marin-based the Living Seed Company. Sep 26, 10:30am. $25. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

Sonoma Mountain Marketplace Certified Farmers Market Sat-Sun, 10am. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.588.9388.

Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market Fri, 9am. Arnold Field parking lot, 241 First St W, Sonoma, 707.538.7023.

Sonoma Valley Crush Festival Thirteen wineries offer a variety of harvest activities including grape sampling in the vineyards, crush pad tours, samples of fermenting wine and more. Winemakers will be on hand to answer questions. Sep 25-27, 11am-4pm. $35. various wineries, throughout Sonoma Valley, Kenwood, 866.794.9463.

St Helena Farmers Market Fri, 7:30am. through Oct 30. Crane Park, Crane Ave and Grayson Ave, St Helena.

Stuhlmuller Harvest Release Party Live music from the Harvest Band soundtracks a night of new artisan wine releases and delicious whole roasted pigs.

Sep 26, 6:30pm. $50-$75. Stuhlmuller Vineyards, 4951 West Soda Rock Lane, Healdsburg, 7074338980.

Sunday San Rafael Farmers Market Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

Tam Valley Farmers Market Tues, 3pm. through Nov 24. Shoreline Shopping Center, 219 Shoreline Highway, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846.

Tam Valley Oktoberfest Family-friendly, authentic German celebration includes food, regional beers, live music, dancing and kids activities. Sep 26, 3pm. $5-$10. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley.

Thursday San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.

Vintner Vinyl Tastings and tunes come together in the tap bar and restaurant. Mon, 6:30pm.

City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

West End Wednesdays West End merchants offer wine, coffee and food tastings. Wed, 5pm. Free. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa.

and museum activities. Fourth Mon of every month, 10am. Free-$5. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.579.4452.

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Windsor Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. through Dec 13. Windsor Town Green, Market Street and McClelland Drive, Windsor, 707.838.5947.

Age Well, Drive Smart Tune up your driving skills with the CHP(you know you need to). Sep 26, 10am. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

Wine Down Friday Wine and live music to wind down after the week. Fourth Fri of every month. $10.

Muscardini Cellars Tasting Room, 9380 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.933.9305.

Aquarium of the Bay Conversational program brings the bay, its animals and their habitats to you. Sat, Sep 26, 11:30am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Wine Up Award-winning wines and delicious food make for a perfect combination. Sat. Free.

Stephen & Walker Trust Winery Tasting Room, 243 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

The Art of Living & Dying Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche explains how to live authentically and die fearlessly through the principles of Buddha’s teachings. Sep 24, 7:30pm. $20-$25. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St, San Rafael.

For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.” Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. WedThurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing.

Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900.

Carolyn Parr Nature Center Learn about Napa County habitats and birds of prey through tours, dioramas, games, hands-on activities and books.

Ongoing. Free. Carolyn Parr Nature Center Museum, Westwood Hills Park, 3107 Browns Valley Rd, Napa, 707.255.6465.

Children’s Garden Whimsical environments for kids’ exploration. Hours: Mon, noon to 4; TuesSun, 9 to 5. Ongoing. Free. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.933.3010.

Chops Teen Club Hang-out spot for Santa Rosa teens ages 12 to 20 offers art studio and class, open gym, tech lounge, cafe, recording studio and film club. Hours for high schoolers: Mon-Thurs, 3 to 9; Fri, 3 to 11; Sat and school holidays, noon to 11. For middle school kids: MonFri, 3 to 7; Sat and school holidays, noon to 7. Film club meets Tues at 4. Ongoing.

Membership, $5-$10 per year. Chops Teen Club, 509 Adams St, Santa Rosa, 707.284.2467.

Digital Photography for Kids Six-week session cover the basics for budding photographers. Sep 29, 3:30pm.

The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Messy Mucking About Every Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30, toddlers and their parents are invited to a drop-in, free-form art studio to create with paint, ceramics, collage, construction, found objects and feathers. Sat. $15. Nimbus Arts, St Helena Marketplace, Ste 1-B, 3111 St Helena Hwy, St Helena, 707.965.5278.

Museum Mondays Children ages one to five and their families are invited to enjoy storytime, arts, crafts

Art Rising Workshop Local artists Gayle Madison and Lorrie Ragozzino lead. Thurs, 4pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Baba Harihar Ramji Babaji of Sonoma Yoga Ashram offers monthly satsang, “Living Fully in Each Moment.” Fourth Thurs at 7. Church of the Oaks, 160 W Sierra Ave, Cotati, 707.996.8915.

Bike Skills Class & Beginner’s Ride Workshops for beginning cyclists and those who want to hone their skills is followed by ride on trails around town. Registration required. Fri-noon. Sebastopol Bike Center, 6731 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2688.

Bilingual Brain Fair Preview Several brain experts discuss how to happily use games to improve mental functioning.

Sep 27, 2pm. Free. Roseland Accelerated Middle School, 1777 West Ave, Santa Rosa.

Book Study Group Interfaith minister Elizabeth River leads a six-week class based on Wayne Muller’s book, “A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough.” Sep 25, 1pm. $20-$100. Point Reyes Presbyterian Church, 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station, 415.663.1542.

Circumnavigating the Bay Area Ridge Trail An evening all about the Bay Area Ridge Trail, a planned 550-mile trail on the spectacular ridge lines circling San Francisco Bay, which is nearly two-thirds completed.

Sep 24, 7pm. $5-$10. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.450.8000.

CityZen Evening of sitting meditation, tea and dharma talk. All are welcome. Mon, 7pm.

Free. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.5381.

Creative Photography at the Laguna Workshop with professional photographers Susan and Neil Silverman. Pre-registration required. Sep 27, 7:30am. $75. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.

El Dia de los Muertos Altar Building Workshop Learn traditional ways to honor loved ones through altar making. Sep 27, 4pm.

Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398.

Gang Prevention Seminar Come hear inspirational life-changing stories, learn about youth & gang violence prevention, and network with other professionals in our community!

Continental breakfast and lunch included.

Co-hosted with the Santa Rosa Police Department. Sep 23, 9am. $20. Finley Community Center, 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3457.

Grow Clinic Weekly medicinal gardening clinic with master cultivators explores changing and seasonal topics. Wed. Free. Peace in Medicine, 6771 Sebastopol Ave, Hwy 12, Sebastopol, 707.823.4206.

Ignite the Spark Within The Women in Business Committee hosts an evening of rich conversations and big ideas experienced with powerful women.

Sep 24, 5:30pm. $70-$75. Hotel Petaluma, 106 Washington St, Petaluma.

Imagination Imperative Learn to unleash creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in ourselves, our teams and our organizations. Sep 25, 2pm.

Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4372.

The Kale Connection Biologist Ernie Hubbard and physician Michael Rosenbaum describe their discovery of heavy metals in kale and other foods grown and sold in Marin and Sonoma Counties. Sep 24, 7pm. Free. Driver’s Market, 200 Caledonia St, Sausalito, www. driversmarket.com.

Meet Your Maker Petaluma Craft Guild presents a night of local beer makers offering talks on the drinking life. Sep 27, 4pm. $25. Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

Memoir Class Learn to write and tell tales of personal and family history a new, easy way that open to all ages. Tues, 1:30pm. Free. Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 High St, Sebastopol, 707.829.1549.

Monday Salon with Emmeline Craig The artist shares some of her work and offers reflections on the quiet power of spaciousness in visual art. Sep 28, 5:30pm. $10. Cafe Arrivederci, 11 G St, San Rafael, 415.868.9741.

Opera Guild Preview of ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ Learn more about the upcoming San Francisco Opera production in a preview with musicologist Alexandra AmatiCamperi. Sep 28, 7pm. Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Dr, San Rafael.

Photographer Lucy Gray Gray presents images from her new book, “Balancing Acts: Three Prima Ballerina Becoming Mothers,” and discusses her work.

Sep 24, 7pm. Free. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Quantum Physics Discussion led by Rev Pat Palmer, learn to use quantum physics in building an

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individualized, creative life approach. Sep 23, 7pm. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

Shattering the Idyllic Image of the Missions Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Elias Castillo talks about the true nature of California’s missions and their effect on native populations. Sep 28, 12pm.

Free. Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2486.

Tool Time Michael Cullin and Larry Stroud talk about both ancient and modern woodworking tools and their purpose. Sep 24, 6:30pm. $10-$15. History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1500.

Understanding Medicare Presented by the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program. Sep 30, 6pm. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801.

Values & Beliefs: Hidden Life Drivers Make positive steps towards your goals with this community education class. Register at srjcce.augusoft.net. Tues, 6pm. through Sep 29. Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 1.800.564.

SRJC. Writing Workshop Get motivation and writing assistance from rotating hosts. Wed, 7pm. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon, 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Readings Trivia answers «6 1a. Alcatraz b. Cable cars

2 True 3 El Niño, translating to ‘Little Boy’ in Spanish, warms the Pacific and ‘hopefully’ increases the amount of rain, but can bring mudslides and flooding.

4 Ashram, from Sanskrit rama ‘hermitage.’

5 Little Big Man 6 Joe Montana, Steve Bono, Elvis Grbac and Alex Smith 7 St. Paul, Minnesota and Baton Rouge, Louisiana 8 Bach 1685, Beethoven 1770, Brahms 1833 (Johannes Brahms shown here.)

Thanks to Stanton Klose from Terra Linda for this question idea.

9 Volcanic eruptions (oh, by the way, the mountain was Eyjafjallajökull, but you knew that!)

10 Switch to digital projectors; films are decreasingly being shot with 35mm film these days.

BONUS ANSWER: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Utah. Thanks for the question to Joe Herzberg of Corte Madera.

Book Passage Sep 25, 7pm, “Whole Body Intelligence” with Steve Sisgold. Sep 26, 1pm, “Nothing Holy About It” with Tim Burkett. Sep 26, 4pm, “The Social Sex” with Marilyn Yalom & Theresa Donovan Brown. Sep 26, 7pm, “Again and Again” with Ellen Bravo.

Sep 27, 7pm, “Rebooting My Brain” with Maria Ross. Sep 28, 7pm, “Fates and Furies” with Lauren Groff. Sep 29, 7pm, “The Gay Revolution” with Lillian Faderman. Sep 30, 12:30pm, “Waiting” with Kevin Henkes.

Sep 30, 7pm, “Skinny, Fat, Perfect” with Lena Fenamore. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Coffee Catz Sun, Sep 27, 2:30pm, Sonoma County Poetry Society. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.6600.

Gaia’s Garden Sep 25, One Hundred Thousand Poets for Change. Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm, Redwood Writers open mic. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 707.544.2491.

Healdsburg Copperfield’s Books Sep 24, 7pm, “The Race for Paris” with Meg Waite Clayton, followed by a reception and book signing at Bob Johnson Art Gallery.

104 Matheson St, Healdsburg 707.433.9270.

HopMonk Sebastopol Sep 23, 6pm, “Kitchens of the Great Midwest “ wit J Ryan Stradal, a “debut brews” event, presented by Copperfield’s Books. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.7300.

Mill Valley Library Sep 25, 3:30pm, “Tuesday Tucks Me In” with Luis Carlos Montalvan and his dog, Tuesday. 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley 415.389.4292.

Napa Bookmine Sep 26, 12pm, “Night Animals” with Gianna Marino. Sep 29, 7pm, “Trains to Concordia” with Marilyn Campbell. Wednesdays, 11am, Read Aloud for the Young’uns. 964 Pearl St, Napa 707.733.3199.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Sep 23, 4pm, “Little Robot” with Ben Hatke.

Sep 26, 7pm, “The Ecology of Law” with Fritjof Capra & Ugo Mattei. Sep 29, 7pm, “Girl Waits with Gun” with Amy Stewart.

140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Point Reyes Books Fourth Monday of every month, Spanish book group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

Rebound Bookstore Sep 30, 6:30pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, with authors Angelika Quirk and Ella Eytan. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

San Rafael Copperfield’s Books Sep 23, 7pm, “Dirt: A Love Story “ with Deborah Koons Garcia and Julene Bair. Sep 30, 12:30pm, “The Patriarch: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel “ with Martin Walker. 850 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.524.2800.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books Sep 25, 1pm, “The Organized Mind” with Daniel Levitin. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books Sep 25, 7pm, “Grain of Truth” with Stephen Yafa. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

SoCo Coffee Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm, Redwood Writers Open Mic. 1015 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.433.1660.

Theater 4000 Miles Northern California premiere of Amy Herzog’s funny and heartwarming play follows a 21-year-old sharing an apartment with his 91-year-old grandmother and how they find their way together. Through Sep 27. $15-$27. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

Almost, Maine SRJC theater arts department opens their fall season with this heartwarming play about love lost, found and confounded. Sep 25-Oct 4. Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4307.

Assassins Sonoma Arts Live takes on Stephen Sondheim’s daring and hilarious musical about a fraternity of political assassins.

Through Oct 4. $12-$26. Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.974.1932.

Be Here Now: The Play The story of Ram Dass is written by Lynne Kaufman, limited seating, two days only.

Sep 25-26. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Betrayal Roustabout Theater’s new professional division, Roustabout Theater Ensemble, begins life with a production of Harold Pinter’s drama. Sep 25-Oct 4. $17-$20. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Glorious!

Ross Valley Players kick off their theatrical season with the delightful true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer in the world. Through Oct 18. $14-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555.

Lend Me a Tenor Raven Players put on the slapstick farce that features mistaken identities, plot twists and a singing bellhop. Through Sep 27. $10-$25.

Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707.433.3145.

Misalliance George Bernard Shaw’s classic satire is presented by the College of Marin’s Drama Department. Sep 25-Oct 11. $10-$20. College of Marin Kentfield Campus, 835 College Ave, Kentfield, 415.485.9555.

The Oldest Boy The West Coast premiere of the bold drama

by Sarah Ruhl looks upon a family whose son may be the reincarnated Buddhist lama and the upheaval it causes. Through Oct 4. $25-$55. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

The Other Place Intriguing mystery sees a brilliant research scientist confounded by fragmented memories in a cottage on the windswept shores of Cape Cod. Through Sep 27. $10$25. Studio Theatre, 6th St Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Richard III Marin Shakespeare Company presents a harrowing portrait of the cunning, ruthless king driven by ambition. Through Sep 27.

Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, Dominican University, San Rafael.

The Secret Garden Family-friendly musical adaptation of the beloved children’s story is performed by an all-star cast of local professional actors.

Through Oct 4. $27-$38. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707-266-6305.

The Spy Who Killed Me Get a Clue Productions returns with an interactive murder-mystery dinner theater experience. Select Friday and Saturday nights. getaclueproductions.com. Sat, Sep 26, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor.

Stories for Children Puppets, animated landscapes, and live actors bring three original and adultoriented short works to life. Sep 24-Oct 11.

The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7554.

The Taming of the Shrew Petaluma Readers Theater and B.A.R.D.S. join forces to stage a full scale production of Shakespeare’s play under the banner of the Petaluma Shakespeare Festival. Through Oct 10. $15-$25. Foundry Wharf, Second and H street docks, Petaluma, 707.478.0057.

Treasure Island David Yen directs this swashbuckling adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Through Oct 4. $12-$26.

Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.<

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The Art of Being Human-An introduction to Shambhala Buddhism Through the practice of meditation, we begin to glimpse that goodness—rather than confusion—is the unconditional ground of our existence. Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuine and compassionate human beings. Join us for a weekend exploration into Shambhala Buddhism.

We will interweave meditation, talks and discussion as we explore what is to be human. The program begins Friday, September 25th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and continues on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm. $165.00 for the weekend, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information about this program or Shambhala Buddhism please visit our website www.Tamalpais.

Shambhala.org or call 415-891-9185

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SINGLES WANTED Single & Dissatisfied? Tired of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join with other single men and women to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment. Nine-week Single’s Group or coed Intimacy Group. Weekly groups starting the week of September 28, on Mon, Tues, or Thurs nights. Space limited. Also, Individual and Couples sessions and Women’s Groups. Central San Rafael.

For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT#35255 at 415/453-8117.

A safe, successful on-going GROUP FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF HIGH DEMAND GROUPS OR CULTS (“Religious,” “Spiritual,” “Philosophical,” “Political,” “New Age,” “Large Group Awareness Programs,” etc.) including those who were born and raised in them, meets every other Saturday from 3:00 – 5:00 PM in a spacious, comfortable office in San Anselmo. In a supportive environment, participants address and explore relevant issues in their lives, current and past, including those related to self-identity, personal rights, healthy relationships, trust, trauma, losses, connecting to society-at-large. This group provides opportunities for healing and growth, deepening self-empowerment, acknowledgement for “normal” responses, learning new skills, and support for pursuing individual goals.

Dynamics and structure of high demand groups or cults are also reviewed.

Developed, facilitated, and offered for over 11 years by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249), Certified Group Psychotherapist with over 22 years in private practice. Individual, couple, and family sessions also available.

Phone: 415-785-3513; email:crussellmft@earthlink.net; website: www. colleenrussellmft.com FIND SATISFACTION! Calm the hungry heart’s longing and nourish the body by rebalancing and fine-tuning your essential relationship with food, body, mind and heart. Use mindfulness and guided reflection to tune into the felt-sense of hunger, desire, choice and fullness.

Six Friday evening small group meetings in Mill Valley 6:30–8:30 pm.

Just in time for holiday feasts: October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6.

Mindfulness-based psychotherapist Lori Granger, LMFT has trained with Dr. Jean Kristeller whose evidence based protocol - MB-EAT - has been shown to help reduce compulsive overeating.

“I learned so much more about myself and my distorted relationship with food than I ever thought I would in such a short time. The group experience was powerful!” —Amy T. Past Participant Limited space available. Sliding scale available.

Reserve by Sept. 25. Phone: 415-484-8616 Email: Lori@MindfulMarin.com • www.MindfulMarin.com Searching for greater truth? Looking for more and deeper spiritual growth? Discover how, at the “Explore Your Divine Nature - Spiritual Experiences Fair”. Gain insights into the wonder of you, dreams as gateways to heaven, the importance of inner guidance, and simple spiritual exercises to open your heart to God’s love. We invite you to join us and find greater awareness of the ways divine spirit may help you in your daily life. Sponsored by ECKANKAR, Religion of the Light and Sound of God. Sunday Sept. 27th 1- 4:00 pm. Jewish Community Center, 200 N. San Pedro Rd. San Rafael . Free 415-499-1058

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137960 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: L& I PROFESSIONAL HOUSECLEANING SERVICES, 192 BELVEDERE STREET, APT # 8, SAN RAFAEL , CA 94901: MAXIMO RAMIRO HERANDEZ CHAVEZ, 858 S.46TH ST, RICHMOND, CA 94804.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 18,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 2,9,16,23 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137868 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CHROMA VORTEX, 42 BOLLING DR, NOVATO, CA 94949: ANNA V SHOKHALEVICH, 42 BOLLING DR, NOVATO, CA 94949.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 03,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 2,9,16,23 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015138065 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) GARDNER F. GOETZE PRODUCTIONS, 2) ALL NIGHT, ALL RIGHT PRODUCTIONS, 107 SHAVER ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: GOETZE F GARDNER, 107 SHAVER ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The 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 Sep 02,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015138051 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ORO EDITIONS, 31 COMMERCIAL BLVD, STE F, NOVATO, CA 94949: PADMA GROUP LLC, 31 COMMERCIAL BLVD, STE F, NOVATO, CA 94949.

The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 01,2015.

(Publication Dates: Sep 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138044 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SAIGON VILLAGE RESTAURANT, 720 B STREET,

SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HOAN ANH VU, 916 FOOTHILL BLVD #B, OAKLAND, CA 94606.The 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 Aug 31,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138050 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CARMA BELLA, 32 ROSS CMN UNIT 100, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: CARMELITA LOPEZ, 6 GARDEN CT, NOVATO, CA 94947.The 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 Aug 31,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015138014 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: STA- CLEAN CLEANING CONTRACTORS, 80 BELVEDERE ST # C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) BRANT WILLIAM GREGORY, 87 SHIELDS LN, NOVATO, CA 94947 2) MARY GREGORY, 87 SHIELDS LN, NOVATO, CA 94947.The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 25,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137963 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OUMI SUSHI, 655 IRWIN ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LWIN FAMILY CO, 11944 STEELE CREEK RD, CHARLOTTE, NC 28273.The 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 18,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 9,16,23,30 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138125 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LE COMPTOIR, 1301 4TH ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TOUJOURS ICI LLC, 51 MONTECITO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The 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 Sep 10,2015.(Publication Dates: Sep 16,23,30,Oct 7 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137980 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BROOKE P. JACKSON, PSY.D, 1044 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, STE 1, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: BROOKE P. JACKSON , PSY.D, 4 LINNET CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The 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 Aug 20,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 16,23,30,Oct 7 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138100 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:1) CAN DO BOOKS/ CDB 2 )FABS AKA FACE & BODY SPECIALIST, 1368 LINCOLN AVE # 109, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JUTTA MEADE, 66 PORTEOUS AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sep 08,2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 16,23,30,Oct 7 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138114 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: STUDIO PROTEUS, 36 APRICOT CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: TOMOKO SMITH, 36 APRICOT CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sep 09, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 16,23,30,Oct 7 of 2015) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No:304644 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 May 30,2014, Under File No:2014134918.

Fictitious Business name(s) BORRAS CLEANING SERVICES, 624 WOODBINE DR, CA 94903: GILVAN SERPA, 624 WOODBINE DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Sep 10, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 16,23,30,Oct 7 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138178 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LITTLE GOAN INDIAN CAFÉ, 2007 NOVATO BLVD, NOVATO, CA 94947: 1) NOEL FERNANDES, 2505 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD APT # 10 B, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. 2) EVLOGIO LINO PEREIRA, 1921 CALIFORNIA

ST, APT 18, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040.The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 18, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015138019 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WHEELS ON TIME, 1440 LINCOLN AVENUE, UNIT 7, SAN RAFEL, CA 94901: LORI JOHNSON, 1440 LINCOLN AVENUE UNIT 7, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 26, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138150 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: YOLY’S CLEANING SERVICE, 3448 KERNER BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: YOLANDA ALVARADO, 3448 KERNER BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sep 16, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138175 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GOLF IRRIGATION CONSULTANTS, 192 TAMALPAIS RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: ZELLERPLAGEMAN “ JUST ADD WATER” LLC, 192 TAMALPAIS RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The 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 Sep 18, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138069 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PAPILLON LIFE SERVICES, 751 CENTER BLVD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: CELESTINE STAR, 751 CENTER BLVD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sep 02, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138068 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GOLDEN STAR PRODUCTIONS, 907 DEL GANADO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CELESTINE STAR, 907 DEL GANADO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 02, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138165 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1)JTC INTERNATIONAL 2) NET INCOME, 4040 CIVIC CENTER DR, SUITE 200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: JONAS T. CHAMPION, 139 STANMORE CIR, VALLEJO, CA 94591.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sep 17, 2015. (Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304645 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 Dec 8, 2010 Under File No: 125584. Fictitious Business name(s) ACCOUNT WORKS, 55 MITCHELL BLVD # 18, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARLENE B. MORESI, 49 BRIDGEGATE DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Sep 15, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Sep 23, 30, Oct 7, 14 of 2015)

OTHER NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DEBORAH ANN HUBSMITH Case No. PR-1503380 filed on Sep 14, 2015.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of

DEBORAH ANN HUBSMITH. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ANDREW PERI, in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ANDREW PERI be appointed as the personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action).

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: OCT 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. L, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903. 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. 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. Petitioner: ANDY PERI, 10 CYPRESS DRIVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.Telephone:415-457-2434.

(Publication Dates: Sep 16, 23, 30 of 2015)

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By Amy Alkon

Goddess

Q:

Is there anything inherently bad about getting into a serious relationship quickly? I met this guy about a month ago. We hit it off instantly, became boyfriend and girlfriend two weeks later, and have been dropping I-love-yous. It all feels pretty great; I don’t have a history of poor relationship judgment; and I wasn’t desperate or even looking for a new partner. However, popular opinion seems to run against getting involved so fast. Your thoughts?—Speedy

A:

Ah, yes … your love is like a summer’s day—if a summer’s day chased its lemonade with two Red Bulls and a five-shot latte.

It’s easy for you to assume you’re in your right mind, just because you haven’t started throwing peanuts at people in the park while debating abortion with a squirrel. But there are three stages of love: The “falling in it” stage, the “figuring out how it’ll work” stage and finally, the “you’re the one!” commitment stage. You’re in the starting days of the “falling in it” stage—getting hit by rushing hormones and neurotransmitters—which is to say that you’re chemically dazed. Which is to say that making any sort of decision about what you two have is like getting really high and going off to sign papers for a bank loan.

In fact, according to research by psychiatry professor Donatella Marazziti, it’s likely that right now, you and this guy are each chemically different people—and thus behaviorally different people—than you will be once the chemical storm dies down. Marazziti found significant shifts in testosterone levels in both men and women who’d recently fallen in love. Compared with single people and people who’d been in relationships a while, women newly in love had elevated testosterone, likely making them more sexually tigress-y, while the T levels of men newly in love dropped, likely making them more gooey and emotional—to the point where even a Navy SEAL might start sounding like a Valentine’s Day card.

How long the biochemical inebriation lasts varies, but Marazziti’s research suggests that couples are pretty much out of the falling in love daze a year to two years later. It’s only then—once you sober up—that you find out what you actually have together.

The kind of love that sticks around is not just a feeling but a feeling that inspires loving action. As novelist Marlon James, quoting a former lover, put it: “Love isn’t saying ‘I love you’ but calling to say, ‘Did you eat?’” Love that lasts should also inspire a sort of loving inaction—loving the person enough that you don’t hate them for all the ways they turn out to be a total idiot: How they can’t seem to understand that pee goes in the big white porcelain thing, not on the floor; that those gross phlegmclearing sounds are not a mating call; and that socks left on the bedroom rug will not grow tiny legs, crawl up the hamper and fling themselves in.

Q:

I’m a 70-year-old man, and my wife is 68. I suffer from ED, and we both seem to have lost our sex drive. Don’t get me wrong; we are still very loving and affectionate with each other. We just don’t have sex. Is this a problem I should be addressing or just a side effect of aging? My male ego keeps telling me that I should still be a horndog.—Older Dude

A:

No need to pull out the hose if there’s no fire.

So, on date night, you have a romantic dinner (early-bird special!) and then retire to bed for some rough hugging. Assuming your ED doesn’t stem from some more serious medical condition, the only thing that’s wrong with you is your thinking that something’s wrong with you. OK, your sexparts aren’t as perky as they were back when Warren G. Harding (or whoever!) was president. Would you deem yourself less manly if you got osteoarthritis in your elbow? Probably not. But predictably, your elbow has probably stopped working as well as it did when you were 22—just like Mr. Winky Senior.

The reality is that there’s much more to physical intimacy than being all Vlad the Impaler—a point sex therapist Dr. Marty Klein makes in his book Sexual Intelligence.

Touch and affection are essential, and you have those. So instead of lamenting what you don’t have, focus on what you do. You might also consider that your level of manliness is reflected in your character—what you do when the chips are down—not by how, lately, your favorite thing to do in bed is sleep through the night without getting awakened by the twins: Your bladder and your prostate.< Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com

Sign?

By Leona Moon

For the week of September 23

To my celestially advanced readers, It would appear that I, Leona Moon, am no more immune to lunar eclipses than you or the average Joe. As the stars would have it, it appears that this will be my last column with you—culminating in a vibrant lunar eclipse in Aries on Sept. 27. I’ve enjoyed sharing every retrograde, baby warning, break-up debacle and eclipse with all of you. It’s been my honor, and pleasure, to serve you up the planetary happenings for the past two years. I bid you adieu, and send you all white light and love to your star charts.

—Forever yours, Leona

Aries (March 21 - April 19) It’s here, Aries! The second part of the September eclipse madness will arrive on Sept. 27 with a lunar eclipse in Aries. A relationship integral to your very being will culminate or dissipate. One minute you may be drinking espresso and discussing Netflix’s Narcos, and the next you might be heading to Home Depot for packing boxes. Or you could find yourself poppin’ the question and bottles. Good luck!

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Secrets, secrets are no fun unless you tell everyone, Taurus! If you’ve been hauling around a big ol’ hush-hush and it’s been weighing you down, it might be time to spill. The lunar eclipse on Sept. 27 is here to help you shed some emotional baggage. If you haven’t been keeping a secret, it’s likely that one of your co-workers might tell your boss how you really feel about those weekly check-in meetings.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20) You’ve got a friend in him or her, Gemini! Sept.

27 ushers in friends from faraway places.

Grab your nearest and dearest and set up a time to BBQ. If you have a friend from high school who moved away and got married, the lunar eclipse will bring him or her to your doorstep. Stock up on the Pabst and ping pong paddles.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) You’ve got one week, Cancer! One week until your boss resigns. The Sept. 27 lunar eclipse in Aries lands in your work sector—you might find yourself taking over as CEO of your company, or out on the streets. Gear up for some change-up at work, and stockpile some charm. The future is uncertain!

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) All aboard, Leo! It’s time to ditch the home front— update your passport on Sept. 24, because this lunar eclipse will have you planning an international trip. Did your best friend move to Canada? Is your cousin building houses in Costa Rica? Do yourself a favor and join the mile high club. There’s more to see than In-N-Out and the Marin Country Mart.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Where did all of that money go from your third cousin removed aunt’s will, Virgo? We know, it’s a sensitive subject, but the lunar eclipse on Sept. 27 will solve all money matters—because let’s face it, money does matter to your practical self.

If you aren’t expecting a chunk of change from a deceased relative—you might finally clear up your debt or receive a belated birthday check from your uncle.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Quick, where are the tissues, Libra?! The lunar eclipse on Sept. 27 is going to hit extra close to home, especially if your birthday falls within plus or minus five days of Sept.

27. You’ll likely find yourself sobbing over a borderline pathetic Today Show segment, or tearing up while looking at your rose garden. Everyone cries, but you might want to keep these as “me” moments and sob in solitude.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Your bill is here, Scorpio! Your new bill of health, that is. Flush those cigarettes down the toilet, call off that rager you’re scheduled for next weekend and make plans to attend your nearest Yogi retreat ASAP. You’ve been a little rambunctious lately and it shows. A hungover Scorpio isn’t good luck, and it’s even harder to control that stringer when you’re dehydrated.

Make a conscious effort to focus on your health on Sept. 27.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Love is always in the air, Sagittarius! What does the lunar eclipse have in store for you? An epic blind date from Tinder, that’s what. Make sure you’ve lined up all of your ducks—clean laundry, clean sheets, deodorant and no dirty dishes. This one might just wow you—lunar eclipses have a way of ushering in wonderful surprises.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Renovations are underway, Capricorn!

Are you working on a huge DIY project like building your very own tiny house or adding on a duplex to your plex? Maybe you’re just adding the finishing touches with new furniture—whatever it is, the lunar eclipse on Sept. 27 will bring a friendly finishing varnish to your wildest Martha Stewart dreams.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Don’t sign on the dotted line, Aquarius! Looks like someone wants your John Hancock and he or she wants it now. Listen up— Mercury is retrograde until Oct. 9, which means that no one gets your autograph.

The lunar eclipse on Sept. 27 will bring in a stream of offers, but make sure you go with the one that allows you some leeway.

Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) What was that thud in your mailbox, Pisces? An extra wad of cash—the lunar eclipse on Sept. 27 will finally have you recognized for all of your arduous, dedicated work.

Money has been tight, but let the era of lunch break shopping and easy spending commence. Time to treat yourself !<

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