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Letters Depth and accuracy I am so happy that the Pacific Sun has chosen to publish Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology column!

Living and working in San Francisco in the 1990s, I looked forward to Rob’s weekly column in the SF Weekly, until they discontinued it. I was often blown away by the depth and accuracy of Rob’s Gemini “predictions,” or readings, that somehow seemed to tap into a cosmic and ordered sense of things. I have no idea how he does this! I’m thrilled that once again I will be able to benefit from his wisdom.

—Jane Karp

The Last (as in ‘final’) college shooting News bulletin: MY RIGHT TO LIVE TRUMPS YOUR RIGHT TO OWN A GUN. FULL STOP. You have demonstrated through your own behavior, fellow Americans, that you are not trustworthy with firearms. I’m sure some of you are responsible, but the task of separating those of you who are from those who aren’t is so fraught with complexity that I can’t imagine such attempts ever being effective. We are, therefore, in vastly more danger from gun ownership than from the lack of it.

My life and my children’s lives are more important than your “right” to own and carry a gun.

Here’s a modest proposal: The next time a mass shooting of innocents occurs in this country, an equal number of NRA board members will be put to death.

How’s that for equilibrium?

—Marilyn King

Political Forum Dear readers: This year, we are discontinuing our annual endorsement issue. However, leading up to local elections, we will dedicate this space to political letters, endorsements and commentary. Please send your contributions to letters@pacificsun. com. And enjoy the floor.

From: Ruth Carter, retired teacher for Dixie School Board I am a retired teacher and practicing family therapist. I have lived in North San Rafael for over 30 years and served on my HOA Board for 18 years, 10 as President. If elected to the school board, I will be a consistent and inclusive voice for all the neighborhoods, families and children served by the Dixie School District.

With two incumbents leaving the Board, my regular attendance at board meetings and open workshops for several years (unique among the candidates in this race) will allow me to hit the ground running.

I will focus on sustainable longterm planning. It is vital the Board sets the direction to maintain our excellent school district. As President of my HOA, I have extensive experience in planning and prudent budgeting.

I am a strong advocate for public education. I will solicit, and respect, the advice of teachers and administrators and support active parent and community involvement. I am semi-retired and have the time, the commitment, and the energy to do the work essential to this position.

Quality education opportunities for every child reflects the health of a community. Everything in my life experience qualifies me to effectively and diligently serve my community (sites.google.com/site/ ruthcarterfordixieschoolboard/).

I have more than twice the experience on the Board of all possible members combined. I have a B.A. in Economics, a Juris Doctor and a Master of Tax Law, nine years on the Board, 23 years in Marinwood and a whole lifetime of experience.

My three primary concerns for Marinwood are restructuring for fiscal sustainability, fair treatment for all employees, both on Fire/ Emergency Services and on Parks and Recreation, while realizing that firefighters put themselves at risk for us every day, and continued exemplary service to the community, continuing my ongoing efforts to get full paramedic services at our fire station, conducting District business—with your money—with respect and appropriate transparency, and making financial statements more understandable and informative.

Not in our jurisdiction, still I strongly support workplace and senior housing.

Please send me back to continue working for you (tareyayn@ gmail.com; 415/505-9805; tareyread. nationbuilder.com).

It had been another long day. He leaned back too far in the chair, daring Destiny to take him over backward. She didn't, and he smiled having cheated her one last time. He didn't know it, but it wouldn't be his last opportunity to do so before the sun returned from the other side of the world to char him all over again. He stood up and went to the book closet at the opposite end of the room. He opened the stainless steel door and entered the access code. Once inside he closed the door behind him and made his way to the rear compartment. He lifted his hand, palm out and chest high, to feel for the Bio-I.D. pad that would allow him, and only him, to enter the inner chamber where the article of his attention tonight lay on a luminous blue pad. Standing in front of the article a person is quickly taken by the sense of mass it conveys despite its modest size. It is inside of a rectangular box of about 14 inches across and 8 inches deep. The box is made of a metallic material but a closer look reveals it to be made of an almost fleshy metalized film with a fine pore-like texture to it. He has never opened it and most others who know of its existence hope that he never will. It is said to contain the Law, or something like the Law. At first thought, knowing the actual text of the Law would seem to make the meaning of life here on Earth clearer and possibly even purposeful. However, after a long argu-ment, some of the world's greatest thinkers concluded years ago that given human nature, knowledge of the true nature of the Law, no matter what it was, would quickly render life as we have known it, meaningless. Only chaos and suffering could result. Now, after decades of stew-ardship of the Law, he had determined his course of action and tonight and no man or petty tyrant would keep him from his rondesvous with destiny. He closed his eyes and removed the lid, setting it aside. He opened his eyes and squinted at the glare from the article. He reached in with both hands, cradled it in his palms, and lifted it out of the box. Holding it in one hand, he brushed it up and down against his shirt to shine it up a bit before raising it to his face. Opening his mouth slightly and wetting his lips, he placed it between his front teeth and, with a wet crunching sound, bit a noisy tangent through the article and chewed. Sensing a familiar flavor spreading across his tongue he decided that; Yes, sometimes an apple is just an apple..."I have come to this edge tonight for a reason". She thought as she stepped over the scupper and onto the brick knee wall. Twelve stories up and there would be no mistake about it. As if in a dream, her center of gravity moved out and over the edge of the building. The lights of the taxis and busses below swirled together with the reflections in the wet pavement and the figures of New Years Eve revelers party-bound for champagne. Above this noisy street scene, the only sound she could hear was the satiny rush of air by her ears as she slipped past the 11th floor windows. She seemed to be falling slower as she took in the smell of the air and the beauty of the lights. A peculiar lightness came over her and all of the weight that had pressed on her seemed lifted from her. Falling turned to floating.

Dying became living. Some-thing resembling regret came to her now as she almost hovered by the lonely old guy's window in 7D. She had never actually met him and now wished she had. Slowly, she stretched out her long pale arms and faced the world below for a moment, and then turned towards the stars. Slowly, she rose upward. Lightness turned to stillness as she lofted back past the clothes hung out at apt 9A, and then to optimism as she passed the flowered boxes outside of 11C. Her arms still outstretched, she looked back down at the New Years Eve scene and laughed out loud. Her hair played in silly curls around her face and joy streamed down her cheeks. Her toes gently touched back onto the knee wall at the roofs edge. Eyes closed and smiling, she wrapped herself in her own arms and squeezed until she felt herself returning at last. Down from the roof now and falling awake, she turned over in her bed and smiled. She knew this would be the last time she would have this dream of falling. Falling again now, this time asleep, she the pictured the faces of every person she had ever known and vowed to dream a new dream of life for a life in the new year...Slowly, the forensic pathologist peeled back the thin film of skin that covered the bloody pulp of a skull that lay before him on the examining table. Only hours earlier the stuff he was working on now was a living human being. Reduced by a speeding semi to a viscous meatloaf, the fetid pile of toad slime showed no sign of life. The only remnant that might suggest the prior inhabit-ants identity was the single bugging eyeball. It seemed to twitch left and right from time to time. The pathologist looked shook it off and returned to the dissection. It was a curious sequence of events that landed this load of slop in the morgue. The lucky victim was skulking down the street with an air of aggressive paranoia when a semi-truck driver, who was digging out a wad of ear wax with a screwdriver swerved onto the sidewalk and caught our hero on the undercarrige of the cab. cab.After scraping him along screaming for 50 yards or so, our hero came loose and was pureed under the balance of the 16 wheels that follow the truck cab. For most people this might have been enough, but not for our little scum -bag. He was still alive and blinking out of that cue-ball eye socket. As chance would have it, an airliner crashed moments later on the very blinking spot where he lay, thoroughly lacerated. If that wasn't enough, a passing freight train derailed and accordianed itself onto the pulpy mess. That very train was transporting a circus car. The impact loosed a Grizzly Bear that meandered over and began lapping and chewing on our hero. For him it had been a very bad day indeed, because just then, the whole mess erupted in flames and burned for days on end. Choking back a good belly laugh, the doctor put away his scalpel and invited our hero's former girlfriend out to dinner... I drive mostly back roads far from the lights in the part of the night just ahead of the dawn. It is a world between worlds, maybe the upper or maybe the lower world. You could argue about which is which, but for me, the intersection of a back road and three a.m. is a sanctuary. A vector where no God rules and a man can move freely. Just like this morning, far from the visual stench of eastbay refineries and gas station lasers, I saw the new comet low in the northeastern sky, pure and alone. It had stolen the sky from lesser stars that for centuries had only too carelessly occupied the spot. I drive on through this scene and later past four baby skunks who are following a parent into traffic. Past the deer-like street folk caught for a moment in my headlights, past dark houses and blinding semi's.

Through all of this stuff I am driving, and although I am tired of driving, I keep my eyes on the road. The tank is on empty, but I never stop to refill. Maybe I'll pull over and rest, if I can just get over this hill. I'm sick and tired of driving. When, after you roll past the detritus of some poor son-of -bitch's bad judg-ment in the fast lane, in the dark, alone with the man, and bleeding to death in red and blue moonbeams, don't you have to wonder if the repo-man from the movie was right when he said that 'the more you drive, the stupider you become'? So how is it now that we're all out here together, dedicated road warriors, driving, jockeying for the whole-shot, and no one is certain where to or where from. Grinding down the sharp edge of our I.Q.'s like the disintegrated retreads we dodge in the lanes. Until I hear different, I'll meet you in the number one lane when I have to, and on the narrow back roads when I can. Out here, far from the lights...

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San Anselmo City Council: Lise Stampfli Torme Mill Valley City Council: Sashi McEntee and Stephanie MoultonPeters Novato City Council: Josh Fryday (Recommended) Dixie School District: Ruth Carter and Marnie Glickman Members of MWPAC met September 16 at the San Rafael City Council Chambers, where they heard from candidates who chose to seek the group’s endorsement.

Members then voted for the candidates of their choice by secret ballot.

The group endorses women candidates and contributes funds to their campaigns. In races where there are more open seats than qualified women candidates, members can vote to recommend male candidates. Candidates seeking the group’s endorsement are required to fill out a four-page questionnaire indicating their support of MWPAC’s bottom-line issues as well as outlining their qualifications for holding office.

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9 European foods: a. What’s the Italian name for ice cream? b. What are two French names for a bakery, or a pastry shop? c. Those long French bread sticks are known as what?

10 After Sydney, with almost five million inhabitants, what are Australia’s next two largest cities?

BONUS QUESTION: Enlightened government officials in many states of India have made compulsory, for all students in all schools, the rigorous study of what intellectual challenge?

Want more trivia in a team setting? Come join our upcoming contests, hosted by Howard Rachelson, featuring questions, music and visuals; Tuesday, October 13 and 27 at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, and Tuesday, October 20 at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley, all at 6:30pm.

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▼ Neighbors near Good Earth’s flagship store in Fairfax have smoke coming out of their ears. Some good earthlings are breaking bad across the street from their employer. Literally hundreds of stubbed-out cigarettes litter the small patch of earth where Pastori Avenue ends at the San Anselmo Creek. When the locals request that the Good Earth smokers leave no butts behind, they aren’t always greeted in the healthiest manner. “I have had conversations with six different employees at this point,” said neighbor DM. “One guy was great.

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‘Sausalito Heaven’ on Airbnb rents for $164 per night, or $3, 444 per month.

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acationers seeking out unique two- or three-night stays in short-term rentals in Sausalito and Tiburon will now be forced to look elsewhere, after the cities passed new zoning ordinances this summer that bar residents from renting their house or apartment

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for limited periods—which could hamper house-sharing companies like Airbnb from extending their footprint across the Bay Area.

Tiburon approved the Town Council measure despite Mayor Frank Doyle and Vice Mayor Erin Tollini criticizing and dissenting the move. The decision will have far-reaching consequences for those

currently renting on the two most popular house-sharing sites: Airbnb.com and vrbo.com.

“I hate to see everyone get punished for one or two bad apples,” Doyle told the council in August.

Despite growing concerns that companies like Airbnb are beginning to dominate the “sharing

economy” and manifest little more than a new moneymaking scheme, many knowledgeable about the sector are focused on the equality and equity that sharing is having in communities. Nikki Silvestri, executive director of Green for All, argues that the sharing economy is key to changing the social and economic status quo in the United States.

“We have too many communities right now not participating in the sharing economy, whether that be online or offline,” Silvestri says.

“People need to be educated on how they can connect with others to form an alliance and begin the process.”

For Sausalito resident Mary, a mother of two who says that her family has rented out their house for weekends and days when they are not present, bringing in extra cash has helped with the kids’ needs.

“I understand the reason for banning short rentals because some companies are abusing the system and buying properties just to rent out and that hurts the market, but the ban will hurt our ability to have that little extra income,” she says.

She adds that while each city has “good intentions” with the ordinances, “it is going to really limit our ability to spend extra money where we had been.”

As economic difficulties persist, particularly among communities of color facing higher levels of economic discrimination, Jose Quinonez of San Francisco’s Mission Asset Fund says that as long as those working in collectives and other sharing economy endeavors maintain a sense of equity, a new model is possible.

“What we are witnessing is a massive movement away from traditional means of functioning in the economy and society, and this has resulted in a push toward sharing,” Quinonez says. For him, the issue is about understanding current restrictions and problems facing people across the country as a result of economic disparity—

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sharing and make it harder for middle class families to stay in the city they love,” Nulty says. “San Francisco already has common sense reforms that were put in place this year by the mayor and the board of supervisors. The poorly written measure is full of loopholes and language intended to trick voters, including provisions that would outlaw in-law unit rentals, create different rules for different communities and make San Francisco the first city in the country to encourage neighbors to spy on their neighbors.”

Airbnb declined to detail the number of rentals that are on offer in Marin and the number of large investment and property managers who have purchased units for shortterm rentals, citing privacy issues.

However, in New York, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman subpoenaed Airbnb to release statistics, and it showed that six percent of hosts were responsible for nearly 40 percent of Airbnb’s revenue from 2010 through 2014.

“I think the council made the correct decision,” Tiburon Councilman Jim Fraser says in response to questions about the ordinance’s efficacy and goals.

“We’re a residential community … commercializing a neighborhood town is not something, I think, we should be doing.”

And if residents continue to rent, they will be fined $462 a day for every day rented or even advertised to rent. Sausalito and Tiburon are not the first California cities to ban short-term rentals. Hermosa Beach, Santa Monica and Manhattan Beach have already passed bans, and Laguna Beach in Southern California joined the list in August.

Despite the issues raised by some in Marin, residents like William Chong believe that the moves will be better for the area in the long run. “This is something that I am sure is not going to end in terms of a debate in the near future, and I would bet town councils will again visit these measures, but right now I agree with the moves,” Chong says.

He believes that it will give more middle class families the ability to rent spaces.

“At the end of the day, we will have to decide as communities who is most important,” Chong says, “and I believe that the council’s decisions are positive in that they recognize who is needed here more than the big companies abusing a system.” ✹

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specifically, the overwhelming access that the upper classes have to capital.

As the CEO of the Fund, Quinonez seeks to create more access and greater economic power for those who need it, by connecting them directly with individuals and groups capable of delivering that assistance.

The bans are part of the latest moves across the Bay Area to limit investment companies and property investors from purchasing buildings and using the units solely for shortterm rentals.

For example, in San Francisco— home to the most expensive rental market in the country with the median price for a one-bedroom currently running more than $3,500—a petition signed by more than 15,000 people is calling for greater oversight of the sector, as well as the introduction of new regulations for the market.

Advocates of Airbnb, though, counter that restricting it just hurts middle class owners who use it to rent out spare rooms, and that it’s the bigger players in the rental market outside the home-sharing sites who are causing the high costs.

Currently Airbnb hosts can offer rentals for 90 days a year when not present at the home or as many as 265 days when they are there. The petition, however, proposes a 75-day limit on hosting, quarterly reports from platforms offering services, and civil court options if the planning department does not react to complaints in a timely manner.

The petition comes after Mayor Ed Lee’s announcement of a new Office of Short Term Rental Administration and Enforcement aimed at registering hosts and investigating violations. The city has already passed an ordinance limiting rentals to 120 days annually. It coincided with letters sent to 15 hosts for allegedly making residential units into 73 fulltime hotels.

But for families like Mary’s and others in Tiburon and Sausalito, the ordinances are a hindrance to maintaining their current standards of living. Christopher Nulty, a public affairs representative with Airbnb and a spokesman for the company’s San Francisco for Everyone campaign, agrees that the middle class is being hurt by these proposals in San Francisco and in Marin.

“This is a Trojan horse proposal designed to effectively ban home-

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Keeping it reel Annual Mill Valley Film Festival returns to Marin

By Mal Karman

Master-director Ousmane Sembène’s first feature film, ‘Black Girl,’ is one of many international films that will be shown at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival.

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utumn and the Mill Valley Film Festival are upon us, and like Wagner’s Valkyries, the ladies are about to storm into town, take over the big screen and practically commandeer the 38th annual event with their own style of cinematic thunder and lightning. (OK, we got that one out of our system—now let’s take a look at what the El Niño of Marin events has brewing from October 8-18.)

There are films by women, for women and about women.

No less than 40 percent of the features credit female directors.

Three Spotlight evenings shine on auspicious actresses Sarah Silverman, Brie Larson and Carey Mulligan, who is already a headliner; there is fanfare for Catherine Hardwicke, best known

for directing the teen vamp flick Twilight; five of nine panel discussions will be run exclusively by women or focus on women’s issues; there are two exhibitions— one honoring the legendary actress Ingrid Bergman, the other an exploration of how females are depicted in movies; two special premieres with female leads; and a closing night film about women

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has soared to 33 percent (40 percent including documentaries and topping 44 percent of the shorts), figures that have never had much in common with Hollywood, where the mere seven percent of films assigned to female directors has not changed in 20 years.

“We created this program to recognize the role of women, not only stories directed by women, but stories driven by women’s perspective,” explains Executive Director Mark Fishkin, whose program director, two senior programmers, director of development, director of finance and director of communications are all female. Coincidence? “There has always been a large percentage of women filmmakers here and, now with the help of an NEA grant, it’s stepped up by intention and design.”

Program Director Zoe Elton says, “We started looking at the way stories are told and applied the Bechdel Test: ‘Are there two women in a film who talk to each other about something other than a man?’ And to that we added, ‘Are they characters who act rather than react?’”

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fighting for the right to vote. Indeed so much feminine energy is on the scene that even this year’s Oscarwinning actor Eddie Redmayne plays a woman. In one of two Opening Night offerings, he takes on the title role in The Danish Girl (Oct. 8, 7pm and 7:15pm), the true story of an artist, who underwent transgender surgery 85 years ago, and her enduring romance with another woman.

Silverman, who is openly candid about her lifelong struggle with depression, turns from stand-up comedy to portray a depressed wife and mom and one of the most psychologically dysfunctional creatures we never want to meet in I Smile Back (Oct. 9, 7pm).

Sacramento’s Larson, seen recently in Trainwreck and The Gambler, is generating Oscar buzz for her role in Room (Oct. 14, 7pm) as a young woman imprisoned with her 5-year-old by her kidnapperrapist. Both actresses will chat with audiences following screenings of their films. Mulligan’s Spotlight (Oct. 17, 6pm) will feature clips of her numerous roles and an onstage conversation. The following evening, she’ll be featured in Suffragette, with Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep. The closing night film screens at 5pm and 5:15pm.

Hardwicke’s tribute (Oct. 10, 7:30pm) includes an onstage conversation and screening of her latest, Miss You Already, a drama about lifelong girlfriends whose trajectories are catapulting in opposite directions.

The two femme-focused special premieres feature Jena Malone as a young wife in Victorian England haunted by the supernatural and, egad!, barred from making love to her husband; and Taryn Manning (an Orange is the New Black girl) as a college-bound co-ed who has to choose between enrolling at her out-of-town dream campus or taking care of her nightmare bipolar mom. Malone freaks out in Angelica (Oct. 10, 8pm; Oct. 11, 8pm) and Manning sweats it out in A Light Beneath Their Feet (Oct. 10, 8:15pm, Oct. 12, 11:45am, Oct. 14, 2:45pm).

Somewhat remarkably, the emergence of women at the helm of narrative features at this MVFF

✹✹✹ In case someone hasn’t noticed, there are two women running for president and one Donald Trump, who denigrates them while cleverly hiding his hairpiece and his ignorance about world affairs in the process. He could begin a foreign policy education with Vanessa Hope’s All Eyes and Ears, an illuminating documentary on “the delicate, intersecting layers of history, ideology and politics at play” in U.S.-China relations.

Through former Ambassador Jon Huntsman, his adopted Chinese teenage daughter Gracie Mei, blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng, and the director’s feminist perspective, a political puzzle is pieced together of how the two countries grapple over women’s issues, national security, economic growth and human rights.

“Part of the trick of foreign policy (in both the U.S. and China) is keeping people in the dark so they can’t speak up,” Hope says.

“They’re unaware and uninformed.

I wanted to dig into abuses of power

British actor Sir Ian McKellen will speak in a special presentation about women he has worked with in film, and will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s MVFF.

in the relationship and investigate whether it was working to serve the people.”

The filmmaker, who divided her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles this year and whose short film, China in Three Words, played at MVFF in 2013, studied and worked in China and is fluent in the language. That did not stop authorities from stalking her like a spy and harassing her and camerawoman Magela Crosignani, depriving them of food and sleep, and blocking them from shooting, she says, particularly when they set out for Tibet.

Hope says she wants to prod more women to enter the field of foreign policy and quotes author-analyst Dr. Valerie Hudson as saying, “There cannot be peace between nations until there is peace between men and women.” Oh, sister! If that’s the

case, please grab the Xanax—we’re about to have a panic attack. ✹✹✹ The fest has again courted those films that not only tell it like it is but show it like it oughtta be, issueoriented cinema that threatens to wake the dormant activist in each of us.

Oakland filmmaker Elizabeth Sher’s Penny (Oct. 10, 2pm and Oct. 16, 11:45am) is a smart, brash, left-wing, lesbian legal eagle and avid collector of art (by women only) whom, she describes as being “at the center of profound changes in society from the 1940s to the present.” Working in the public defender’s office during the height of the Vietnam War, Penny Cooper recalls her own story of planning to march in »14

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To be sure, she has also gone to court on behalf of some dubious clients: Hell’s Angels, a murderer who escaped life in prison, a defendant known as the crossbow killer. But she says, “You judge a society by how it treats its worst, and constitutional rights are meaningless unless they apply to the worst of society.” All right then, lawyers for mosquitoes!

On the same program, Berkeley filmmaker Marlene “Mo” Morris, a onetime attorney herself, creates an intimate portrait of another tough but compassionate female, AfricanAmerican muralist Edythe Boone, in A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone. Born into humble beginnings in Harlem and later raised in an Orthodox Jewish family, the 73-year-old Boone’s massive, iconic murals are to be discovered enhancing buildings and streets of San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland. When she is not climbing scaffolds with a paintbrush in hand, she teaches underserved youth and seniors, encouraging them to use art to grapple with feelings about violence and racism in the community.

“On our first day of production at West Oakland Middle School,” Morris says, “the students were reeling after a weekend shooting incident (that killed) a 13-year-old classmate in the crossfire. Edy’s wise and loving response that day revealed her enormous capacity for channeling anger and fear into creative and positive directions.”

Then, just after the last day of filming in July 2014, Edy’s nephew, Eric Garner, a Staten Island father of six, was killed with an illegal chokehold by a New York City cop.

After the grand jury failed to indict the officers involved, Edy spoke at a public event in support of Black Lives Matter.

“It wasn’t until I’d known (this lady) for 10 years, when the City of Berkeley named an annual day in her honor,” Morris says, “that I learned just how deeply her art and activist social justice values had enriched the lives of Bay Area residents.”

2015 Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne plays a woman in ‘The Danish Girl,’ about renowned painter Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

Tiburon’s Robin Hauser Reynolds mounts a pretty strong case exposing gender discrimination in the tech world. What else could anyone think when Harvard President Larry Summers purportedly came out with a claim that women are underrepresented in the field because of an innate inferiority in their genes. Obviously no one informed him that computer system components communicate via motherboards, not fatherboards. “My daughter was studying computer science in college … and was one of only two women in a class of 35 and she felt alienated,” Reynolds recounts.

“The White House issued a report that said by the year 2020 there would be 1 million unfilled jobs in computer science and related fields.

I wanted to know why we were missing half the population.”

Code: Debugging the Gender Gap (Oct. 9, 6pm; Oct. 14, 3:30pm; Oct. 17, 2pm) “examines why more women don’t pursue computer science and explores how stereotypes, pipeline hurdles and sexism play roles.”

It exposits with some nifty animation to enhance an entertaining, polished, well-paced doc on a topic that, otherwise,

might have put many tech guys into a coma. The only thing missing here are interviews with male engineers telling us what they think of women coders.

“We heard (their) crazy theories,” Reynolds says, “but none of them would go on camera.” ✹✹✹ So where does this leave the men?

Sleeping on the sofa, of course.

Well, maybe not—there are some heavyweight gents coming to town with some wizardry of their own, none more obvious than British actor Ian McKellan. Recently seen in the title role of Mr. Holmes—but more iconically recalled as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings—McKellan was twice nominated for acting Oscars and has won 18 major acting awards.

He’ll be on stage to receive a lifetime achievement award without his wizard’s hat, his staff or his sword and for an interview enhanced by reminiscences following clips from a career spanning more than 50 years. McKellen will also be giving a special talk titled, “Women I’ve Filmed With,” during which he’ll share his favorite moments working with some of cinema’s most legendary actresses (Oct. 12, noon).

In the wake of Pope Francis’ rock stardom in America, and as further evidence that men can’t be ignored completely, Opening Night’s second feature, Spotlight (Oct. 8, 7pm and 7:15pm), has nothing to do with the aforementioned Spotlights or, for that matter, women. An ensemble cast featuring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo throws some harsh light on the Catholic Archdiocese as the Boston Globe breaks the shocking news in 2001 of widespread child molestation by priests.

Academy Award-winning French director Marcel Ophuls is also booked for a tribute and on-stage interaction with the audience. His seminal documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (the film Woody Allen considers the greatest ever made), about the collaboration between the Vichy government and Nazi Germany during World War II, screens Oct. 16 at noon.

At 260 minutes, it is the Mount Everest of movies, but nonetheless a mesmerizing experience once you get to the top—one that promises to remain in your brain for weeks, if not longer. Born in Germany, escaping to France following the rise of Nazism, then to the U.S. after the Nazis invaded France, the director’s own life could be a movie with a

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✹✹✹ under the radar, posing as tourists simply enthralled by the scenery. In other words, they snuck in.

If you just can’t get enough of Myanmar—and director Brian Perkins is one who can’t—check out Golden Kingdom (Oct. 13, 5pm and Oct. 15, 2:30pm), the story of four very young Buddhist monks, boys really, left on their own by the head abbot in the rich yet ghostly jungle mountains. “The narrative film bridges spirit, cinema and traditional Burmese storytelling to open a view onto an unseen world,” says the former UC Berkeley post-

grad student. “Two days before principal photography even began … a spy had informed the military something was going on up at the top of the mountain. They were on their way to investigate. My cinematographer stayed behind, as she had a valid visa, but mine had expired and I had to flee the mountains and hide in the local town.” In other words, he snuck in.

Golden Kingdom moves at the pace of a morning meditation, lovingly shot and atmospheric, with four charismatic kids who were »16 never before a camera

Carey Mulligan, who will appear in a Spotlight at the festival, stars in the film ‘Suffragette,’ about women who fought for the right to vote in the early 20th century.

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Although he has made a number of films with the gritty street people of the city’s Tenderloin, even Berkeley filmmaker Rob Nilsson’s latest entry, Permission to Touch, dials in on the female. Reprising his role as war photographer Mel Hurley from Heat and Sunlight, Nilsson explores with some surprising departures a model’s personal vision of the erotic, employing visual, verbal and visceral layers of expression.

The 75-year-old director, who has piloted more than 40 features with his own style of improvisational filmmaking and has been around almost as long as the Sequoia (the theater, not the trees), expounds, “The film starts out with an art project, requires a voyage into darkness and then a gradual move upward toward … a moment of attraction, vulnerability and empathy.”

Although the film was shot in a single day with no retakes, he says, “There are two scenes in there that are my best ever.” Find out which ones on Oct. 14 at 8:45pm or Oct. 17 at 7:45pm.

Almost as ubiquitous at the fest as Nilsson are Marinites Will Parrinello and John Antonelli, whose annual output of work about environmental crises around the globe makes us wonder if there is any place on earth that doesn’t need an ecological transfusion.

Antonelli’s Roots of ’Ulu explores a spirited movement in Hawaii to revive 60- to 80-foot breadfruit trees after “Western contact took its toll,” the Mill Valley director says.

Sea Change, his second film in The New Environmentalists program (Oct. 9, 2pm and Oct. 14, 8pm), hails a heroine and her struggle against a government plan to dam up a river that half a million tribal natives in Ethiopia and Kenya rely on.

On the same slate, Sausalito director Parrinello’s From Myanmar to Scotland tracks a photojournalist’s fight in Myanmar to block a Chinese-backed dam from being built on a river that sustains 75 percent of the population.

Damn those dams. In both cases, authorities do not take kindly to filmmakers and so each came in

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local twist: He was once a student at UC Berkeley. Ophuls’ tribute, on the boards for Oct. 15 at 7pm, includes a screening of Ain’t Misbehavin,’ a movie of, well, his own life.

Along with The Sorrow and the Pity come three more entries with roots in World War II: Cannes’ Grand Prix winner Laszlo Nemes’ Son of Saul, Iranian-born SwissGerman director Barbet Schroeder’s Amnesia and Marin filmmakers Eli Adler and Blair Gershkow’s Surviving Skokie.

Son of Saul, 38-year-old Hungarian director Nemes’ startling first feature, is the grim tale of a concentration camp prisoner forced to prepare corpses for incineration when, in the throes of a plot against the Nazis, he discovers a body he believes to be his son. The film screens Oct. 11 at 4pm and Oct. 12 at 5:15pm. It’s a stunner, but don’t expect to go home whistling “Sound of Music.”

Culled from events in his mother’s life, Schroeder’s centerpiece film Amnesia, probes a woman repulsed by Nazi atrocities who has fled her native Germany, disavowed her past and settled into life as a recluse on Ibiza, undisturbed—until a young German moves next door. The director will attend the U.S. premiere and engage with festivalgoers on Oct. 13 at 7pm. A still striking Marthe Keller, now 70, is cast in the lead.

In Surviving Skokie, San Anselmo’s Adler and San Rafael’s Gershkow pooled their talents to tell the story of Eli’s father Jack, interned in a concentration camp and the only member of his family to survive. “He came to the U.S. as a war orphan and was fostered by a family in Chicago,” says Gershkow, whose in-laws are also Holocaust survivors. “(He) married and moved his own family to the suburb of Skokie, where thousands of other Holocaust survivors also settled.

A threatened Neo-Nazi march rocked them to their core and led to a remarkable turn in the lives of Jack and Eli.” One truly unsettling turn in the film pits father and son against a neo-Nazi leader whose own father was a German Jew imprisoned in Dachau. Screens Oct. 11 at 11:30am and Oct. 16 at 5:45pm.

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Kids of a different stripe are front and center in Vicki Abeles’ Beyond Measure and in James Redford’s Paper Tigers. Abeles’ film visits students who have had it with “an education system that promotes rote learning, competition and onesize-fits-all success over creativity, depth and individuality,” while Redford’s documentary carves out a one-year chronicle of six troubled youths whose tendencies were to create havoc in the school, cut classes, abuse drugs and act out anger and resentment from childhood trauma.

“With Beyond Measure (Oct. 11, 11:45am and Oct. 17, 5:15pm), we wanted to challenge the assumption that solving our education problems lies mainly in the hands of policymakers,” Abeles says. “We found a revolution brewing in public schools at the local level … communities innovating from the inside, subverting our high-stakes education culture and putting forth a much richer, engaging and purposeful vision.”

The Lafayette filmmaker’s Race to Nowhere, a companion piece that screened at the festival in 2009, shone light on stories of several teens who came close to breakpoint by relentless pressure to achieve.

“Paper Tigers takes an intimate look into the lives of students at Lincoln High (in Walla Walla, Washington), an alternative school that specializes in educating traumatized youth,” Redford says.

A noble pursuit, though they didn’t exactly welcome him with trumpets and marshmallows. “Most of the

kids were understandably wary.

And as is often the case, those with the most interesting stories avoided us like the plague. Then I decided to invite them into making the film with me (witnessing the ups and downs of their lives)—to give them cameras so they could feel ownership over their own stories.

That was a game changer.”

By abandoning punitive responses to behavioral issues, Lincoln showed a 90 percent decline in suspensions and a 75 percent decline in the number of fights, while graduation rates increased five-fold.

“This is a movement that is showing great promise in healing youth struggling with the dark legacy of adverse childhood experiences,” says the veteran Fairfax producer-director, who targets social and environmental issues through his nonprofit Redford Center.

From Paper Tigers in the classroom to mountain lions in the streets. Actor and Palo Alto native James Franco’s short stories about his childhood form the basis for first-time director Gabrielle Demeestere’s Yosemite (Oct. 16, 8:45pm and Oct. 18, 11:45am).

Franco plays the father of one of three fifth-grade boys in Palo Alto during the fall of 1985 when the threat of a cougar roaming the streets turned the community into a frantic herd of nail-biters. Producer Clara Aranovich, originally from Palo Alto as well, also has a short in the fest titled Primrose. She calls it “a slightly surreal love story between two creatures.”

We find more beastly appreciation in the unpredictable, poetically eloquent, gorgeously filmed Icelandic comedy Rams, a sheep’s tale about brothers who

Sarah Silverman, who will appear onstage as part of the Spotlight Program, makes a groundbreaking departure from comedy in her first dramatic role in the film ‘I Smile Back.’

✹✹✹ In addition to an Opening Night Gala at Marin Country Mart, parties and receptions with free-flowing spirits follow the tributes, the Spotlights, the special premieres, the centerpiece program, the closing night film and even one of the panels. Over the years, it is HD-clear that part of the fest philosophy is that music takes a rear projection to no one, but this year it is close to becoming a marathon in itself as nine nights of live rock, pop, gospel, folk and fusion erupt from the halls at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley. The lineup includes Stroke 9 (a band formed in 1990 as a school senior project at Marin Academy), The Brothers Comatose, Michael Walden, Tommy Igoe, Olive & the Dirty Martinis, The Mother Truckers and more—and can you imagine just how delirious the early-risers in that sleepy little town are over this?

By now, we’re pretty sure you’ve got the picture—the 38th MVFF has been changed forever—morphing into the nation’s first Wine, Women and Song Festival. And we only scratched the surface (digitally speaking, we can’t possibly scratch

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Girl in the Book recounts a young book editor’s agonizing bitterness toward a best-selling author who, 15 years earlier, stole her innocence and her adolescence. Girl King goes up on Oct. 9 at 7:30pm, Oct. 10 at 1:45pm and Oct. 15 at 2pm. You can catch Girl in the Book Oct. 10 at 4:45pm, Oct. 12 at 8:15pm and Oct. 15 at 11:15am.

If we haven’t overwhelmed you yet, we’ll keep trying. For those with short attention spans, there are 76 shorts among eight programs scattered about the 11-day feast of film from your Bay Area neighbors and your neighbors around the globe. David Bornstein’s A King’s Betrayal is an amusing five-minute piece about the last day in the life of a piñata, told from the piñata’s point of view. Meg Smaker’s 15-minute Boxeadora follows the training of a Cuban woman who risks defying Fidel Castro’s ban on female boxing to pursue a dream of competing in the Olympics. A boxer herself from Oakland, Smaker says she “applied for 38 grants—and got denied for 38 grants. One of them actually told me this film ‘could never be made, especially by a woman.’” Boxeadora won the SXSW Jury Award for best documentary short.

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despise one another but have to work together to save their flock, doomed by a local edict after an outbreak of a fatal animal disease.

Rams won the Cannes’ festival’s Un Certain Regard Award, one of its most important accolades. Screens Oct. 16 at 5:30pm and Oct. 18 at 5pm.

Some of the hottest entries come from some of the coldest countries. For the first time in our admittedly snowy memory, every Scandinavian country has sent a digital ambassador to Mill Valley.

(Yes, we know purists consider only Sweden, Norway and Denmark the real Scandinavia, but we love Icelanders and the Fins, so they’re in.) On the cloven hooves of Rams and last year’s sleeper hit The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared comes Here Is Harold (Oct. 11, 1pm; Oct. 13, 8:30pm; Oct. 15, 12:15pm), a Norwegian laugher about a high-end furniture dealer whose business is threatened by IKEA and who kidnaps its founder to force him to apologize to the world for substandard products.

In Virgin Mountain, Iceland and Denmark team up for yet another Nordic comedy (who knew those Vikings were such a band of kneeslappers?). Winner of Tribeca’s best film and best actor awards, it’s a heart-tugging, humor-and-pathos story of a late bloomer and his first love. Screens Oct. 14 at 5:30pm and Oct. 15 at 5pm.

Less for laughs is Denmark’s Bridgend, a slightly creepy, but haunting thriller in a Welsh valley where strange forces draw dozens of young adults, with full lives ahead of them, to suicide. Presumably based on fact, with Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones) in the lead, the film screens Oct. 11 at 8:45pm and Oct. 13 at 3pm.

As a companion to the aforementioned Saga of Ingrid Bergman exhibition at 1020 B Street, San Rafael (Oct. 9-Oct. 22), Sweden chips in with the masterful Stig Bjorkman documentary Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words (Oct. 12, 8pm), enhanced by passages from her diary and read by Ex Machina star Alicia Vikander, who plays Redmayne’s lesbian lover in The Danish Girl.

Finland’s The Girl King dramatizes the life of the radical, anti-conservative Queen Kristina who rose to power at the age of six in 17th century Sweden, while The

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EVO SPA 800 Redwood Hwy., Suite 216, Mill Valley, 415/383-3223, evo-spa.com 2ND Stellar Spa, Corte Madera 3RD Champagne Salon & Day Spa, Tiburon

BEST DAY SPA

HEALING ARTS CENTER & SPA AT CAVALLO POINT 601 Murray Circle, Sausalito, 415/3394767, cavallopoint.com 2ND Stellar Spa, Corte Madera 3RD Frogs Hot Tubs, Fairfax

BEST FLORIST

NATALIE & DARIA’S FLOWERS AND GIFTS 479 Entrada Dr., Novato, 415/883-0522, natalieanddarias.com 2ND Linda’s Flower Box, San Anselmo 3RD Hearts & Flowers, Belvedere, Tiburon

BEST GLASSES AND EYEWEAR

415/472-1202, and 184 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, 415/419-8130. Various other locations throughout California, soledesire.com 2ND Lark Shoes & Repair, Larkspur 3RD Red Hill Shoe Repair, San Anselmo

BEST MEN’S CLOTHIER

LOUIS THOMAS FINE MEN’S APPAREL 211 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415/924-1715 and 115 Kentucky St., Petaluma, 707/765-1715, louisthomas.com 2ND Gene Hiller Menswear, Sausalito 3RD Unionmade, Larkspur

BEST WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE

VIVA DIVA BOUTIQUE 1327 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/256-8380, vivadivaboutique.com 2ND Alice Becker Inc., Novato 3RD Bella, San Rafael

Magic Carriages: Car Services 1ST YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST AUTO BODY REPAIR/ DESIGN BLAKE’S AUTO BODY 31 Bay St., San Rafael, 415/459-6115, blakesautobody.com

SOLE DESIRE SHOES 5800 Northgate Mall, San Rafael,

BEST AUTO DEALER

Toyota Marin 445 Francisco Blvd. East, San Rafael, 415/521-1382, toyotamarin. com 2ND Lexus of Marin, San Rafael 3RD Marin Honda, San Rafael

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Casual Shopping BEST ANTIQUE STORE

BEST USED CARS

BEST FRAME STORE

BEST TIRE SHOP

BEST SHOES

BERTOLLI’S AUTO BODY SHOP, INC. 1345 Francisco Blvd East, San Rafael, 415/456-1992, bertollis.com 2ND G&C Auto Body, Novato 3RD Anthony’s Auto Craft, Inc., San Rafael

CAINS TIRE 1531 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/ 4532942, cainstire.com

BEST JEWELER

PLEASURES OF THE HEART 1310 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/4829899, pleasuresoftheheart.com 2ND Chadwick’s of London, Mill Valley 3RD The Lingerie Shoppe, Larkspur

BEST AUTOBODY REPAIR/ DESIGN

2ND YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST TIRE STORE

CALIFORNIA MOTORS 10 Bellam Blvd., San Rafael, 415/457-3325, californiamotors.com 2ND Jack L. Hunt Automotive Sales & Service, San Rafael 3RD Marin Imports, San Rafael

BEST LINGERIE STORE

JACK L. HUNT AUTOMOTIVE SALES & SERVICE 1714 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/453-1611, jackhuntauto.com 2ND Tie: D & K Auto Services, Corte Madera and Gomez Automotive, San Rafael

DOVE PLACE ANTIQUES, CONSIGNMENT & ESTATE LIQUIDATION 306 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, 415/453-1490, doveplaceantiques.com 2ND Laurel House Antiques, Ross 3RD Sentimental Journey Antiques, Novato

RIMS & GOGGLES 606 Strawberry Village, Mill Valley, 415/383-9480, rimsandgoggles.com 2ND 20/20 Optical, San Rafael, Novato 3RD Mill Valley Optometry, Mill Valley JULIANNA’S FINE JEWELRY 1632 Redwood Hwy., Corte Madera, 415/924-9711, juliannasfinejewelry.com 2ND Johann Paul Jewelers, Greenbrae 3RD Gold Rush Jewelers, San Rafael

BEST DOMESTIC CAR REPAIR

TOSCALITO TIRE & AUTOMOTIVE 668 Irwin St., San Rafael, 415/456-2324, 5800 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera, 415/924-8810 and 101A Roblar Dr., Novato, 415/883-8473, toscalitotire.com 2ND Diamond Tire Center, San Rafael 3RD Tie: Able Tire & Brake, Novato and H & J Tire, San Rafael and Novato

BEST FOREIGN CAR REPAIR

Easy Automotive 747 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael, 415/457-1688, easyautomotive.net 2ND Japan Auto Repair, San Rafael 3RD Swiss Garage, Larkspur

CHEAP PETE’S FRAME FACTORY OUTLET 221 Third St., San Rafael, 415/455-8055 cheappetes.com 2ND Ragged Sailor Gallery & Frames, Corte Madera 3RD Perry’s Art Supplies & Framing, San Anselmo

BEST GIFT SHOP

DAVID M. BRIAN 110 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, 415/4640344, davidmbrian.com 2ND The Folk Art Gallery, San Rafael 3RD Culture Shock, Fairfax

BEST LIGHTING SHOP

NOWELL’S LIGHTING 615 Irwin St., San Rafael 415/332-4933, nowellslighting.com 2ND Tie: North Bay Lighting and Electrical Supply, San Rafael, and Light Express, San Rafael

BEST LOCAL BOOKSTORE BOOK PASSAGE 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 415/927-0960, and in the San Francisco Ferry Building location, book passage. com 2ND Copperfield’s Books, San Rafael and other California locations 3RD Point Reyes Books, Point Reyes Station

BEST MARIN TOWN, OTHER THAN YOUR OWN FAIRFAX 2ND Mill Valley 3RD Larkspur

BEST NEW RETAIL BUSINESS OPENED IN 2014 COPPERFIELD’S BOOKS 850 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/5242800, and other California locations, copperfieldsbooks.com 2ND HomeGoods, San Rafael and other locations 3RD Athleta, Corte Madera and other locations

BEST PATIO FURNITURE THE WOODEN DUCK 1848 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/4530345, thewoodenduck.com 2ND Patioworld, San Rafael 3RD Beach House Style, Fairfax

Jack & Jill Went Up the Hill: Eco-friendly Shops & Places 1ST YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST BUSINESS THAT PROMOTES GOING GREEN GOOD EARTH NATURAL FOODS 720 Center Blvd., Fairfax, 415/454-0123, genatural.com

1ST YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST SOLAR SUPPLIER SOLARCRAFT 285-D Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato, 415/382-7717, solarcraft.com

BEST PLACE FOR HIKING

MT. TAM Mount Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley, parks.ca.gov 2ND Tennessee Valley, nps.gov 3RD Muir Beach, Highway 101, muirbeach.com

BEST BEACH

STINSON BEACH Highway One, approximately 20 miles north of San Francisco,

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NEW STUDENTS! HOT OFFER!

10 DAYS... $10.

BEST BIKE SHOP

MIKE’S BIKES 836 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/454-3747 and #1 Gate 6 Rd., Sausalito, 415/3323200, mikesbikes.com 2ND Fairfax Cyclery, Fairfax 3RD Tam Bikes, Mill Valley

BEST BUSINESS THAT PROMOTES GOING GREEN

BEST ORGANIC PRODUCE

MARIN COUNTY FARMERS’ MARKET (Agricultural Institute of Marin) 400 Smith Ranch Rd., Suite D, San Rafael, 415/472-6100, agriculturalinstitue. com 2ND Good Earth Natural Foods, Fairfax 3RD Nugget Markets, Corte Madera, Novato and Tiburon

BEST PERSONNEL AGENCY

NELSON FAMILY OF COMPANIES 18 Professional Center Pky., 2nd Floor, San Rafael, 415/479-5101, nelsonjobs.com 2ND Perfect Timing Personnel Services, Inc., Larkspur 3RD Marin Employment Connection, San Rafael

BEST PLACE TO BIKE

China Camp State Park 101 Peacock Gap Trail, San Rafael, 415/456-0766, www.parks.ca.gov 2ND West Marin 3RD Marin Headlands, Sausalito

BEST SOLAR SUPPLIER

SOLAR CITY 161 Mitchell Blvd., Suite 104, San Rafael, 415/978-7652, solarcity.com 2ND Real Goods Solar (RGS), San Rafael 3RD Sun First!, San Rafael

BEST RESALE/ CONSIGNMENT CLOTHING SHOP

KNIMBLE CLOTHING & KNICK KNACK 851 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/454-4009, knimble.com 2ND Stella’s Fine Consignments, San Anselmo

BEST NURSERY/GARDEN CENTER

SLOAT GARDEN CENTER Multiple Marin locations, sloatgardens. com 2ND West End Nursery, San Rafael 3RD O’Donnell’s Fairfax Nursery, Fairfax C

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1ST YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST BURRITO

HIGH TECH BURRITO Locations in San Anselmo, Terra Linda, Mill Valley and Novato, hightechburrito. com

1ST YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

LEFT BANK 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 415/9273331, leftbank.com

You will sleep like a baby tonight. You will win that next triathlon. You will get that long overdue promotion. You will be able to talk to your teenager. You will find total enlightenment. Yeah, maybe... But, at Red Dragon Yoga you will sweat. Guaranteed. Come improve your strength, balance, flexibility, muscle tone, circulation and mental concentration - now at our Mill Valley studio and this fall at our new second studio location in downtown San Rafael.

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MARIN SANITARY SERVICE 1050 Andersen Dr., San Rafael, 415/4562601, marinsanitary.com 2ND Bellam Self Storage and Boxes, San Rafael 3RD Fairfax Lumber & Hardware, Fairfax

Bring in this ad to either studio and try us out.

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1ST YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANT

SUSHI RAN 107 Caledonia St., Sausalito, 415/3323620, sushiran.com

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2ND YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST BURGER PHYLLIS’ GIANT BURGERS 2202 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/456-0866, and other locations, phyllisgiantburgers.com

2ND YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST DELI COMFORTS 335 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo, 415/454-9840, comfortscafe.com

2ND YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT:

IL DAVIDE 901 A St., San Rafael, 415/454-8080, ildavide.net

CULT URE SHOCK IS MOV IN’ ON SALE! 25 to 50% off Clothing, Jewelry, Art, over $20.00.

Clothing racks, jewelry cases, and furniture is on sale.

Everything must go.

First come first served.

26 Years of Love to you.

Culture Shock

7 Bolinas Rd. | Fairfax, CA. | 415 456 8138 Open daily 11:00am - 6:00pm.

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Best Bookstore, Used, Marin!

Books, CD’s, DVD’s, Vinyl Buy, sell, trade, gift certificates Spoken word/music events Customer Reward Cards Local artists cards Hand-made French truffles

“The Biggest Little Bookstore in the Universe”

Rebound Bookstore 1611 4th Street, San Rafael 415.482.0550 www.reboundbookstore.com

Thanks for Voting Us Best of Marin!

We Hope to See you Soon!

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BOCA TAVERN 340 Ignacio Blvd., Novato, 415/883-0901, bocatavern.com

Best Brew Pub

Best Brew Pub/ Sports Bar

2ND YEAR HALL OF FAME: BEST SAN RAFAEL RESTAURANT SOL FOOD 903 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael, 415/4514765, solfoodrestaurant.com

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Best Brew Pub

Marin Brewing Co. 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle Larkspur, CA. 94939 Tel: 415-461-4677

Beware of Bad Drivers.

Best Pub/ Sports Bar

Brendan Moylan Owner

Best Brew Pub

Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant

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15 Rowland Way Novato, CA 94945 Tel: 415-898-HOPS

THANKS FOR VOTING US #1!

Celebrating our 26th year in San Rafael

SANDWICHES

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2ND Comforts, San Anselmo 3RD Forks and Fingers, Novato

BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT

JENNIE LOW’S CHINESE CUISINE Vintage Oaks Mall, 120 Vintage Way, Novato, 415/892-8838, jennielow.com 2ND Ping’s Mandarin Restaurant, San Rafael 3RD DJ Chinese Cuisine, Larkspur

BEST DELI

RUSTIC BAKERY Locations in Larkspur and Novato, rusticbakery.com 2ND Arizmendi Bakery & Cafè, San Rafael 3RD Emporio Rulli, Larkspur

BEST BREAKFAST

BEST DIVE BAR

BEST BAKERY

THE HALF DAY CAFÈ 848 College Ave., Kentfield, 415/459-0291, halfdaycafe.com 2ND Theresa and Johnny’s, San Rafael 3RD Marvin’s Restaurant, Novato

BEST BREW PUB/ SPORTS BAR

MARIN BREWING COMPANY 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415/461-4677, marinbrewing.com 2ND Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, Fairfax 3RD Hopmonk Tavern, Novato

BEST BRUNCH

DIPSEA CAFE 200 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley, 415/3810298, dipseacafe.com 2ND Panama Hotel & Restaurant, San Rafael 3RD Toast, Novato

BEST BURGER

SUPER DUPER BURGERS 430 Miller Ave., Mill Valley, 415/3808555, 5800 Nave Dr., Novato, 415/382-1980, and other locations, superduperburgers.com 2ND M & G Burgers, Larkspur 3RD Pearl’s Phatburgers, Mill Valley

BEST BURRITO Best Deli

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MICHAEL’S SOURDOUGH SANDWICHES 3095 Kerner Blvd., #L, San Rafael, 415/485-0964 and 42 Digital Dr., #8, Novato, 415/883-5110, michaelssourdough.com 2ND Tagliaferri’s Delicatessen & Cafè, Novato 3RD Miller’s East Coast Deli, San Rafael

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TAQUERIA MI PUEBLO 208 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, 415/460-1027 2ND: Avatar’s, Sausalito, Mill Valley, Larkspur and Fairfax 3RD: Grilly’s, Mill Valley and Fairfax

BEST CATERER

STACY SCOTT 415/299-2503, stacyscottcatering@gmail.com

SILVER PESO 450 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 415/9243448 2ND The Mayflower Pub, San Rafael 3RD Flatiron, San Rafael

BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

LE GARAGE BISTRO 85 Liberty Ship Way, #109, Sausalito, 415/332-5625, legaragebistro.com 2ND Le Chalet Basque, San Rafael 3RD Marche aux Fleurs, Ross

BEST FROZEN YOGURT

WOODY’S YOGURT PLACE 802 Strawberry Village, Mill Valley, 415/383-4881, woodysyogurtplace.com 2ND Tuttimelon, Novato 3RD Swirl Frozen Yogurt, San Anselmo

BEST HAPPY HOUR

BOCA TAVERN 340 Ignacio Blvd., Novato, 415/ 883-0901, bocasteak.com 2ND Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael 3RD Hopmonk Tavern, Novato

BEST ICE CREAM

FAIRFAX SCOOP 63 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax, 415/453-3130 2ND Three Twins Ice Cream, Larkspur and San Rafael 3RD Lappert’s Ice Cream, Sausalito

BEST INDEPENDENT COFFEE HOUSE

DR. INSOMNIAC’S FINE COFFEE, TEA, SMOOTHIES & CAFÉ 800 Grant Ave., Novato, 415/246-7347, drinsomniacs.com 2ND Emporio Rulli, Larkspur 3RD Aroma Cafè, San Rafael

The Historic Sand Dollar Restaurant

3458 Shoreline Hwy | Stinson Beach, CA. 94970 Tel: 415-868-0434 | Fax: 415-868-0159

Breakers Café in Stinson Beach, California offers lunch, dinner and catering in Stinson Beach including beach delivery service. For your convenience, we are approved to deliver food and all types of beverages to the beach! We do Private Parties, Birthdays, and Weddings.

3465 Hwy 1 | Stinson Beach, CA. 94970 | Tel: 415-868-2002

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Best of Marin

2016 Readers’ Poll Vote online at pacificsun.com (mailed ballots will not be counted)

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t’s that time of year again that we’ve all been waiting for: The Best of Marin!

Our fun and popular annual readers’ poll includes categories that range from Arts & Culture to Fitness & Recreation to Food & Drink (and everything in between), because we want to make sure that we cover all of the bases when it comes to highlighting everything that’s important to those who live, work and play here.

And what better way to celebrate all that makes Marin great than to ask you, our loyal readers, to vote for your favorite places? There are a few changes to the poll that you’ll notice this year: We’ve retired the Hall of Fame, where five-year-in-a-row winners would be honored, because we want everyone to have the opportunity each year to win. We’ve gotten rid of second and third place, because, after all, this is all about being “the best.” And last but not least, we’ve added some amusing new categories.

We can’t wait to see your picks, and we’re excited to unveil the winners in our annual Best of Marin issue, publishing in April 2016.

A few online voting rules: » Complete at least 30 votes of the ballot or it won’t be counted » Include your name and a daytime phone number » Ballots are confidential, but you may be called to confirm your vote » Only one entry per person is permitted » Pacific Sun staff members, contributors, advertisers and their families may vote

» Deadline for online ballots is Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 5pm

These selections are for Marin County.

For Sonoma County and Napa County voting, please go to bohemian.com.

Arts & Culture Best Art Gallery Best Art Festival Best Band Best Charity Event Best Dance Studio/Performing Dance Company Best Film Festival Best Media Personality: TV, Radio, Print Best Movie Theater Best Museum Best Music Festival Best Music Venue Best Performing Arts Center Best Place to Dance Best Theater Company

Fitness & Recreation Best Beach Best Bike Route/Trail Best Bike Shop Best Health Club Best Hiking Trail Best Gym Best Martial Arts Studio Best Park/Open Space

Best Pilates Studio Best Skate Shop Best Surf Shop Best Tennis Club Best Yoga Studio

Food & Drink Best Bakery/Cafe Best Bar Best BBQ Best Beach Restaurant Best Breakfast Best Brew Pub Best Brunch Best Burger Best Burrito Best Business Lunch Best Caterer Best Cheese Shop Best Chef Best Chinese Best Cocktails Best Coffee Shop Best Deli Best Diner Best Dining after 10pm

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Best Appliance Repair Best Carpeting/Flooring Best Carpet Cleaning Best Cleaning Service Best Computer Repair Service Best Contractor (Electrician, Plumber, Roofer, etc.)

Best Home Furnishings Best Home Improvement Store Best Home Organizer Best Kitchen/Bath Remodeler Best Landscape Design Company Best Locksmith Best Moving and Storage Best Nursery/Garden Center Best Paint Services Best Real Estate Brokerage Best Self-Storage Best Solar Supplier Best Window Cleaners

Family Best Baby Gift Store Best Child Care Best Children’s Educational Center Best Children’s Clothing Best Children’s Museum Best Hobby Shop Best Children’s Camp Best Child-Friendly Restaurant Best Place for a Children’s Party Best School (K-12)

Everyday Best Antique Store Best Art Supply Store Best Auto Body Repair Best Auto Detailing Best Beauty Supply Store Best Body Art Place (Tattoo, Piercing, etc) Best Bookstore – New Best Bookstore – Used Best Boutique Hotel Best Business Bank Best Car Repair Best Consumer Bank Best Costume/Festival Apparel Shop Best Credit Union Best Day Spa Best Digital Creative Services Best Eco-Conscious Business Best Erotica Store Best Ethnic Market Best Facial Best Florist Best Frame Shop Best Gift Shop Best Grocery Store Best Hair Salon Best Hospital/Health Care Clinic Best Hotel/Resort Best Hydroponic Supply Store Best Jewelry Store Best Lingerie Shop Best Massage Best Men’s Clothing Store Best Motorcycle Shop Best Musical Instruments Store Best Nail Salon Best Natural Foods Store Best New Cars Best New Retail Business Opened in 2015 Best Nonprofit Best Optical Store Best Plastic Surgeon Best Reason to be Late for Work Best Record/CD Store Best Resale/Consignment Shop Best Senior Living Facility Best Tire Shop Best Town Other than Your Own Best Travel Agency Best Shoe Store Best Used Cars Best Vintage Clothing Store Best Wedding Venue Best Women’s Clothing Store

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Home Improvement

Best Toy Store Best Animal Adoption Center Best Animal Hospital/Veterinarian Best Dog Park Best Pet/Feed Store Best Kennel Best Pet Groomer

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Best Farmers’ Market Best Food Truck Best French Best Frozen Yogurt Best Happy Hour Best Ice Cream Best Indian (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Italian Best Japanese Best Outdoor Dining Best Meal Under $20 Best Mediterranean Best Mexican (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Microbrew Best Neighborhood Restaurant Best New Restaurant Opened in 2015 Best Natural/Sustainable Restaurant Best Restaurant with a View Best Romantic Dinner Best Pizzeria Best Seafood Best Sommelier Best Spot to Dine Solo Best Sports Bar Best Thai (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Vegetarian Best Waterfront Restaurant Best Wine Bar Best Wine

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Voted #1 Dog Groomer

To all of our Doggie Styles “Family’” thank you for your support! We are humbled by your continued confidence in us! —from The Twins

«24 Food & Drink BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT

LOTUS CUISINE OF INDIA 704 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/ 4565808, lotusrestaurant.com 2ND Cafè Lotus, Fairfax 3RD Taj of Marin, San Rafael

BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT

Best Pet Groomer

LA TOSCANA RISTORANTE & BAR 3751 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael, 415/4929100, ristorantelatoscana.com 2ND Il Fornaio, Corte Madera 3RD Poggio, Sausalito

401 Miller Ave., Ste. E • Mill Valley • 415-381-1777

BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANT

SUSHI TO DAI FOR 816 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415/721-0392, sushitodaifor.net 2ND Taki Japanese Restaurant, Novato 3RD Sushi 69, San Anselmo

Thank You For Keeping Us Your #1 Favorite

BEST LINGERIE SHOP

BEST LOCAL BREWERY

(Marin County)

LAGUNITAS BREWING COMPANY 1280 North McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, 707/778-8776, and a Chicago location, lagunitas.com 2ND Marin Brewing Company, Larkspur 3RD Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, Fairfax

BEST LOCAL WINERY Woman Owned & Operated!

1310 Fourth St. @ C, San Rafael 415.482.9899

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Lover’s Playthings • Sensual Lingerie • Gift Certificates • Jewelry

YOU’LL BE GLAD TO SEE US COMING!

TREK WINERY 1026 Machin Ave., Novato, 415/899-9883, trekwine.com 2ND Cazadero Winery, Healdsburg 3RD Point Reyes Vineyard Inn and Winery, Point Reyes Station

BEST MEAL UNDER $20

SOL FOOD 903 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael, 415/4514765, solfoodrestaurant.com 2ND Crepevine, San Rafael 3RD Lotus Cuisine of India, San Rafael

BEST MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT

WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.

After an extra long day, who wants to come home to an extra big mess?

Let Molly Maid’s professional cleaners clean your home from top to bottom while you’re at work, so you can come home, kick off your shoes, and enjoy your free time.

WE’RE MAID FOR THIS.

Best Cleaning Service

www.mollymaid.com • 415-454-3600

BEST MILL VALLEY RESTAURANT

BUCKEYE ROADHOUSE 15 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley, 415/3312600, buckeyeroadhouse.com 2ND Piatti, Mill Valley 3RD Piazza D’Angelo Ristorante, Mill Valley

BEST NEW RESTAURANT 2014

PIG IN A PICKLE 341 Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera, 415/717-7093, piginapicklebbq.com 2ND Uchiwa Ramen, San Rafael 3RD Molina, Mill Valley

BEST NOVATO RESTAURANT

FINNEGAN’S MARIN 877 Grant Ave., Novato, 415/899-1516, finnegansmarin.com 2ND Tie: Wild Fox Restaurant, Novato, and Hilltop 892, Novato

BEST ORGANIC/ SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT

RUSTIC BAKERY Locations in Larkspur and Novato, rusticbakery.com 2ND Picco, Larkspur 3RD Marinitas, Novato Editor’s Note: Insalata’s, which wins this year in the category of Best Mediterranean Restaurant and Best Ross Valley Restaurant, was voted the Best Organic/Sustainable Restaurant for the second year in a row, but declined to accept the title. Owner Heidi Krahling says that she is honored to have been voted the best by readers, but declines the award because although Insalata’s strives to be organic and sustainable, the restaurant is not 100 percent organic and sustainable.

BEST PIZZERIA

INSALATA’S 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, 415/457-7700, insalatas.com 2ND Picco, Larkspur 3RD Falafel Hut, San Rafael

PIZZERIA PICCO 316 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 415/9458900, www.pizzeriapicco.com 2ND Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria, San Rafael 3RD Mulberry Street Pizzeria, San Rafael

BEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT

BEST ROSS VALLEY RESTAURANT

TAQUERIA MI PUEBLO 208 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, 415/460-1027 2ND Celia’s Mexican Restaurant, San Rafael 3RD Joe’s Taco Lounge & Salsaria, Mill Valley

INSALATA’S 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, 415/457-7700, insalatas.com 2ND Marinitas, San Anselmo 3RD 123 Bolinas, Fairfax

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LA TOSCANA RISTORANTE & BAR 3751 Redwood Blvd., San Rafael, 415/4929100, ristorantelatoscana.com 2ND Il Davide, San Rafael 3RD Panama Hotel and Restaurant, San Rafael

BEST SAUSALITO/TIBURON RESTAURANT POGGIO 777 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415/ 332-7771, poggiotrattoria.com 2ND Sushi Ran, Sausalito 3RD Le Garage Bistro, Sausalito

FISH 350 Harbor Dr., Sausalito, 415/331-3474, 331fish.com 2ND Nick’s Cove, Marshall 3RD The Seafood Peddler, Sausalito

BEST THAI RESTAURANT

ROYAL THAI 610 Third St., San Rafael, 415/485-1074, royalthaisanrafael.com 2ND My Thai, San Rafael and Novato 3RD Thep Lela Thai Restaurant, Mill Valley

BEST TWIN CITIES RESTAURANT

LEFT BANK 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 415/927-3331, leftbank.com 2ND Marin Joe’s Restaurant, Corte Madera 3RD Il Fornaio, Corte Madera

BEST WEST MARIN RESTAURANT

NICK’S COVE RESTAURANT AND OYSTER BAR 23240 Highway One, Marshall, 415/6631033, nickscove.com 2ND Pelican Inn, Muir Beach 3RD Tie: Parkside Cafè, Stinson Beach, and Two Bird Cafè, San Geronimo

BEST WINE BAR

123 BOLINAS 123 Bolinas St., Fairfax, 415/488 5123, 123bolinas.com 2ND Trek Winery, Novato 3RD Vin Antico, San Rafael

The Big Bad Workout: Health & Fitness BEST HEALTH CLUB

ROSS VALLEY CROSSFIT 34 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo, 415/2569000, rossvalleycrossfit.com

BEST MARTIAL ARTS STUDIO

MARIN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 222 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo, 415/456.1557, marinmma.com 2ND San Rafael Martial Arts, San Rafael 3RD The Dojo, Studio of Martial Arts, San Anselmo

BEST PILATES STUDIO

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his is Banned Books Week,” a sign on the front door of San Rafael’s Rebound Bookstore reads. “All the books in our window are banned or challenged somewhere in the USA.” The 10-year-old sanctuary of books, located on Fourth Street, is full of cozy reading nooks, warm light and quirky touches—like the chirping Australian Zebra Finches (named Gilbert and Sullivan) and the bookshelf note that reads, “You will soon be receiving sound spoken advice. Listen!”

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“The buzz is getting to indicate that it’s going to be very successful,” says Joel Eis, co-owner of Rebound with his wife Toni, of the secondannual, all-day festival that attracts well-known writers to a corridor of cafes, restaurants and shops.

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Litquake San Rafael began, Eis says, following a poetry reading series on houseboats in Sausalito—a joint event with San Francisco’s Litquake. “I mean, how Marin can you get,” he says with a laugh.

Happy with how the reading went, organizers of the city’s Litquake called on Rebound for more. “Which to us indicated that we had arrived,” Eis says. “So we said, ‘Heck yeah.’ And we did it.”

Support came from the Marin Poetry Center and the Downtown San Rafael Business Improvement District, among other partners.

Eis says that he’s most excited about the fact that Litquake San Rafael now has its own reputation.

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atthew and Astrid Hoffman, founders of The Living Seed Company, are dismayed by the fact that as much as 94 percent of different vegetable and flower varieties have been lost due to hybridization. They want to bring back the genetic diversity that used to exist before conventional agriculture began impacting growing methods by developing ways to produce food that could travel far, have a long shelf life and look good—sometimes at the risk of losing a perfectly delicious fruit or vegetable.

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Along with several seed collections that include up to 22 different varieties, the company also sells plenty of individual seed packets of everything from arugula to fresh herbs and flowers.

The budding entrepreneurs also offer Seed to Table dinners in Point Reyes for up to 20 people at a time. Matthew prepares the dinners with ingredients grown mere footsteps away, and diners not only get to enjoy the fresh-grown bounty, but they also leave with a greater understanding of the seed company’s mission. “Our dinners are a way to bring what we do fullcircle,” says Matthew, who wants to show others how food can be grown differently—and better.

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and lyrics), working with a script adapted by Peter Duchan from an obscure 1971 movie by the same name, have pieced together some fragments of that brief visit and its aftermath in Dogfight, the opening production of San Francisco Playhouse’s new season.

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Vertigo

By Richard von Busack

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Music for days MVFF presents new Sweetwater series

‘Walk’ is great on effects, light on character development n IMAX and 3-D, The Walk is lethal. Robert Zemeckis, a technical wizard, directs material treated in James Marsh’s 2008 documentary Man on Wire, the true account of French acrobat Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the World Trade Center’s (WTC) twin towers. This ultimate high-wire act, performed 110 stories up, was a free, illegal show for New Yorkers.

Here, the resurrected WTC looks insubstantial, sometimes like a hologram, sometimes like the lenticular image on a souvenir postcard. But the view Zemeckis wreaks of the potential plummet will affect many viewers with the palm-sweats, and worse. The walk sequence is engineered as exquisite torture. If it’s not the actual 45 minutes in length that Petit (Joseph-Gordon Levitt) spent over the abyss, it seems that long. Just when it’s almost over and relief is setting in, the nerveless Petit raises his balance pole—it weighed 55 pounds, incidentally—makes an about-face and goes for another

MUSIC

stroll. There may not be another director alive with such an instinct for how to use 3-D for punch.

Yet The Walk isn’t a movie that seeks our childish sense of wonder; it’s a movie that talks to us like we’re a pack of kids. It’s powdered with sugar. Petit explains it all with the forced, antic enthusiasm of a birthday clown. In 3-D, Petit is flat as a silhouette against the synthetic New York harbor background.

After the heist-like set-up and with the terrifying walk underway, you forgive Zemeckis’ Pepé Le Pew–worthy visions of French life. As heist-movie procedural, the film brings up matters we hadn’t anticipated: The weight and unruliness of the cable as it is rigged in the dark, the persistence of security guards, and even an angry, if artificial, seagull menacing Petit as he lies down for a little rest in the middle of the air.

Petit and his pals declare themselves outlaws and anarchists, but they don’t do anything tough.

In The Walk, we certainly get the wire, but we don’t get the man.✹

By Molly Oleson

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t’s three days before the opening night of the 38th annual Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF), and Executive Director Mark Fishkin is on his way to a screening. “So we’re gonna talk about music?” he asks excitedly over the phone.

He begins with a story from years ago, when guitarist Michael Bloomfield—who worked with Bob Dylan on Highway 61 Revisited—would sit down at a small, upright piano to play for audiences as they waited for films to begin. He then reminisces about events during which well-known cinematographers were honored with shows played by the likes of Jerry Garcia and Carlos Santana.

“There was always this incredible history of music that surrounded the festival,” Fishkin says. “We decided this year, let’s take it up a notch in terms of the amount of music we do.”

Take it up a notch they did.

For the first time, in a new series dubbed MVFF Music, the California Film Institute has announced that the Mill Valley Film Festival will be in residence at the landmark Sweetwater Music Hall for nine nights of exclusively curated live music.

Master guitarist Dean Ween, of the Dean Ween Group, will kick off the series on Friday, October 9, and The Great Mill Valley Gospel

Show—featuring Narada Michael Walden and members of The Love Center Choir—will close it on Saturday, Oct. 17. In between, The Mother Truckers will take the stage (Oct. 11), along with folky-bluesy string band The Brothers Comatose (Oct. 12), ’60s-and-’70s cover song specialists Olive and the Dirty Martinis (Oct. 13), global drumming icon Tommy Igoe (Oct. 14) and alternative band Stroke 9 (Oct. 15).

Much of the music, Fishkin says, deals directly with the films that will be shown. The “Sing Out For Sight” show (Oct. 10) will feature the premiere of the documentary Open Your Eyes, and tunes by Bob Weir.

“I think most exciting on the second weekend is The Great Mill Valley Gospel Show,” Fishkin says, noting that it includes musicians who come from incredible roots in gospel music and have played with stars ranging from Aretha Franklin to Diana Ross to Whitney Houston.

Fishkin looks forward to an eclectic soundtrack by versatile performers—sure to continue the festival’s strong tradition of intertwining, and celebrating, film and music.

“Just incredible master musicians,” he says of the lineup.

“I’m really excited about this program.”Y For more information, visit www. mvff.com/music/.

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In ‘The Walk,’ French acrobat Philippe Petit (Joseph-Gordon Levitt) walks a tightrope between the World Trade Center’s twin towers.

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Stroke 9, an alternative rock group that was formed in the Bay Area in 1989, is one of the bands featured at the new music series at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

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Movies

•New Movies This Week • The BBC Presents: Last Night

By Matthew Stafford

Friday, October 9 - Thursday, October 15 The BBC Presents: Last Night at the Proms 2015 (3:00) London’s Albert Hall hosts the world’s preeminent classical music fest, an evening of Puccini, Grieg, Shostakovich and other symphonic superstars.

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.

Bridge of Spies (1:35) Real-life Spielberg thriller stars Tom Hanks as a Brooklyn lawyer recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot from the Soviet Union; screenplay by Ethan and Joel Coen.

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

Fox Sports 1 Presents: USA vs. Mexico (2:30) Live from Pasadena’s Rose Bowl it’s North America’s top soccer players competing for top-dawg placement at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

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.

He Named Me Malala (1:28) Documentary tribute to Pakistani teen/children’s rights advocate Malala Yousafzai, the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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.

Ladrones (1:38) Caper comedy about a thief who comes out of retirement to protect his community from a ruthless tycoon.

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.

Mill Valley Film Festival The 38th annual cinematic soiree features seminars, workshops, galas, in-person tributes and hundreds of movies from around the world.

Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation (2:10) IMF agent Tom Cruise is back and taking on The Syndicate, an international organization of rogues, evildoers and meanies; Ving Rhames costars.

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

Monty Python and the Holy Grail QuoteAlong (1:35) Shout along with Terry Gilliam’s zany, eminently quotable and helpfully subtitled Round Table setup.

National Theatre London: Hamlet (4:00) Catch Benedict Cumberbatch as the Bard’s conflicted, vengeful prince of Denmark, direct from London in big-screen high definition.

99 Homes (1:52) A modern-day Faust is offered the chance to reoccupy his home—if he helps the realtor who kicked him out repossess the homes of others.

Pan (1:51) Prequel looks at the early life of the abducted orphan who becomes Peter Pan; Rooney Mara is Tiger Lily, of course.

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?

Sicario (2:01) Crimebusters Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro head into the borderlands to take on a Mexican drug cartel.

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

The Walk (2:03) Robert Zemeckis biopic of Philippe Pettit, the rogue aerialist who wirewalked between the towers of the World Trade Center.

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.

Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’ (starring Cate Blanchett) is just one of the highlights of the Mill Valley Film Festival, running through October 18.

at the Proms 2015 (Not Rated)

Regency: Wed 7

Black Mass (R)

Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:55, 7:10, 10:05; Sun-Thu 12:55, 3:55, 7:10

• Bridge of Spies (PG-13)

Regency: Thu 7

Everest (PG-13)

Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 3D showtime at 10:15; Sat-Sun 1:15, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 4:15, 10:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2, 7:40; 3D showtimes at 11:05, 4:50, 10:30

• Fox Sports 1 Presents: USA vs. Mexico (PG)

Regency: Sat 6:30

Grandma (R)

Marin: Fri 4:40, 7:15, 9:25; Sat 2:25, 4:40, 7:15, 9:25; Sun 2:25, 4:40, 7:15; MonWed 5, 7:30

• He Named Me Malala (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15; Sun-Thu 10:35, 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45

Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35; Sun-Wed 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:20, 2:25, 3:40, 6, 7:10, 8:15, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 12:10, 4:40, 9:25 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 5:40, 7:50; Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50; Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:40, 7:50

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 6:45, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25

• Ladrones (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20

Learning to Drive (R)

Marin: Fri 4:35, 7, 9:20; Sat 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:20; Sun 2:10, 4:35, 7; Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15

The Martian (PG-13)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:15, 1:15, 3:30, 4:30, 6:45, 7:45, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:15, 1:15, 3:30, 4:30, 6:45, 7:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:55, 5:55, 8:05; 3D showtimes at 11:25, 12:30, 2:40, 3:45, 7, 9:10, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 6:40, 9:40; Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40; Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:40; Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (R)

• Mill Valley Film Festival Mission: Impossible— Rogue Nation (PG-13) Mr. Holmes (PG)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:45, 10:15 Runs October 8-18 at the Cinema, Lark, Rafael and Sequoia; call (415) 383-5256 or visit mvff.com for schedule Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 7:05, 10:05 Marin: Fri 4:20, 6:45, 9:15; Sat 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15; Sun 1:55, 4:20, 6:45; MonWed 4:30, 7

• Monty Python and the

Holy Grail Quote-Along (PG)

• National Theatre London:

Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7

Hamlet (PG-13)

Regency: Thu 7

99 Homes (R)

Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:20, 4:05, 7, 10; Sun-Wed 10:40, 1:20, 4:05, 7

Pan (PG)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:55, 4, 6:50, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12:55, 4, 6:50 Northgate: FriWed 11:10, 4:30, 10; 3D showtimes at 1:50, 7:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:15, 3, 5:40, 8:30; 3D showtimes at 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:45

Pawn Sacrifice (PG-13)

Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:10, 4, 7:20, 10:10; Sun-Tue 10:25, 1:10, 4, 7:20; WedThu 10:25, 1:10, 4

The Perfect Guy (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:30, 5, 7:25, 9:50

Sicario (R)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sun-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 7 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 10; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 10 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:45; Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:45; Sun 1, 4, 7; Mon-Wed 4, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30

• The Visit (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10

The Walk (PG)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:45, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 10:55, 4:35, 7:30

A Walk in the Woods (R)

Regency: Fri 11:20, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20; Sat 11:20, 2:15, 10:20; Sun 11:20, 4:55, 7:40; Mon-Tue 11:20, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40; Wed 11:20; Thu 11:20, 2:15

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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At a presentation on Saturday, Oct. 10, Toni Gattone will speak about how to create fully functional, accessible gardens.

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Nourishing the soul Toni Gattone on lifelong gardening

By Annie Spiegelman, the Dirt Diva

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hen I pulled a muscle in my lower back last month, my chiropractor made me stop pampering and spoiling my garden for a few weeks. I was forbidden from picking up hoses or hoes, shovels or hedge pruners—even my watering can. Each morning, with a stiff back and barely able to walk, I shuffled out to my garden bench with a pack of frozen peas duct-taped to my belt (charming!). I would sit beside a row of 6-foot sunflowers, their bright and beamy sunny faces in sharp contrast to my muffled sobbing.

I thanked each of them for standing tall and erect despite the hot and abusive weather. All I could think about was how much I wanted to work in my garden. Certainly my chiropractor didn’t really expect me to follow his advice. I was wrestling with the guilt of being a deadbeat mom, ignoring the needs of my cherished plants and flowers, when I had an epiphany. I couldn’t be totally

happy in my life if I couldn’t play with the plants in my garden. Garden or die, dude.

After my backyard pity party, I hobbled back inside to find the invitation to a seminar I had snubbed only a few months earlier, about ergonomic gardening tools and techniques. It was a class given by Marin Master Gardener and entrepreneur Toni Gattone.

Gattone is the owner of Garden and Gift, a wholesale garden business that sells garden products to retail nurseries and gift and gourmet stores throughout California. Her upcoming seminar is called Garden Smart: You Can Garden for Life! and is especially geared to those of us who can’t imagine a life without dirty hands.

Dirt Diva: What is Adaptive Gardening?

Toni Gattone: Adaptive Gardening helps gardeners adapt their gardens, their tools and their techniques, enabling them to garden safely and

On a road trip to Oregon, I read a newspaper article that featured a Master Gardener and a garden designer who were helping seniors who did not want to give up gardening, by adapting their gardens with raised beds and vertical gardens.

For a client in a wheelchair, who referred to gardening as a way of ‘nourishing her soul,’ they built multibox patio planters.

Are you hooked on gardening for life or hooked on gardening for life and then some?

Some would call it an obsession; I love anything to do with gardening. I am a lifelong gardener from a family of gardeners in Chicago. I grew up loving my grandfather’s backyard garden in Chicago and I saw the joy he had when people admired his roses and vegetable garden. I thought I knew something about gardening, but when I became a Marin Master Gardener in 2011, it changed my life forever. It is a wonderful organization and with 350 of us in Marin, it’s a joy to go out into the community and run into another Master Gardener.

Have you ever experienced back pain that made you stare at your neglected garden feeling guilty?

Yes! My back went out and doctor’s orders were to lie down or stand up until the pain passed. I felt desperate to get past the pain so I could get back into my garden. I turned the boredom of recuperating into research time on Adaptive Gardening; the more I read, the more I realized I could turn this into a public seminar. I knew there were many gardeners of all ages pained with limited mobility, balance issues, bad backs or knees that keep them from continuing their passion to garden.

What are some tools to help home gardeners work in the garden without having their chiropractor on speed dial?

I’m convinced every gardener should have a reversible kneeler seat. We’ve all been in the position when we’ve kneeled down and we couldn't get back up. This tool lets you kneel with a padded platform and sturdy legs you can push on to get up. When you want to sit next to your raised beds or containers,

you can turn the kneeler seat upside down and now you have a padded seat.

I prefer using a soil scoop vs. [a] trowel. It’s wider, longer and deeper than a standard trowel and it has serrated edges, which comes in handy to rip open bags of compost or mulch.

Long reach tools: Raised beds and garden beds are typically 4 feet deep, and these long reach tools allow the gardener to do what needs to be done without having to get up and get re-positioned.

Easi-Grip tools: I found these on an arthritis help site. These tools allow the gardener to maintain a neutral wrist and they have an interchangeable trowel, fork and cultivator.

D&T grips: Both of these tools help gardeners with leverage and they can screw on or off of a variety of tools, like shovels or rakes, even brooms. They keep your wrist in a neutral position, which really comes in handy when you have carpel tunnel or arthritis in your hand or wrist.

Tuff Totes: Look for the brand that has been safety-tested to carry up to 225 pounds. These handy totes are lightweight, colorful and come in three sizes, making [them] perfect tool[s] for saving energy because they can handle most carrying jobs without worrying about the handles breaking.

Are there any DIY projects for adaptive gardening?

Yes. When you want to plant seeds without bending over, cut a piece of PVC that’s waist-high and cut off one end on a diagonal. Drag the PVC through the soil to make a furrow and then go back to drop your seeds, one at a time, through the PVC pipe. Then turn it over and cover up the seeds with soil.

Final words of wisdom?

Having a bad back that can go out for weeks at a time, I know how frustrating it can be to want to be out in the garden when my roses need to be pruned, and I cannot do it. Many of my friends are having to accept their ‘new norm’ of what they can or cannot do in the garden and all I want to do is to help them with tips and techniques that will enable them to garden for life.✹ Toni Gattone will give a free presentation at the Mill Valley Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 11am to 12:30pm; Creekside Room; 375 Throckmorton Ave.; registration recommended; millvalleylibrary.org.

Concerts

Wine Country Ragtime Festival Two-day festival features RJB Trio, Jim Radloff, Kylan deGhetaldi, Steve Sandiford, John Partridge and others performing throughout the North Bay. Oct 10-11. various locations, parks and venues, Sonoma, winecountryragtimefestival.com.

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NAPA Chris Botti The trumpeter and pop jazz composer is the largest-selling American instrumental artist. Oct 8, 8pm. $65-$85. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Krishna Das Kirtan musician performs his final West Coast show before he takes an extended sabbatical. Oct 10, 8pm. $40-$45. Angelico Hall, Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael.

Rick Derringer Popular classic rock guitarist and producer has worked with everyone from Johnny Winter to “Weird” Al Yankovic. Oct 11, 8pm. $25-$30. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Lagunitas Fall Music Festival Headliners Beso, Sol Doc & the Optimystics and others play in support of the Lagunitas Public School District. Oct 10, 12pm. $10/kids are free. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.8888.

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SONOMA

Ali Akbar College of Music Oct 10, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri solo tabla performance. 215 West End Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6372.

Frank Sinatra Jr A Sinatra centennial birthday celebration is performed by the Chairman of the Board’s beloved son. Oct 8, 8pm. $59-$85. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Belrose Theater Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam. Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.

Fruit Bats Indie rock band led by Eric D Johnson returns to fruition after an extended hiatus.

Oct 9, 7pm. $28. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma, 707.938.5277.

Benissimo Ristorante & Bar Thurs, Fri, live music. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera, 415.927.2316.

Fenix Oct 8, Bruce Guynn & Big Rain. Oct 9, Corinne West & the Bandits. Oct 10, Zeppelin Live. Oct 11, 11:30am, Kurt Huget.

Oct 11, 6:30pm, George Cole. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

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Frank Sinatra, Jr. presents a Sinatra centennial birthday concert on Oct. 8, 8pm, at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa.

George’s Nightclub Thurs, California Flight Project. Oct 9, Killer Queens. Oct 10, DJ Marlo. Sun, Mexican Banda. Tues, Planet Barz free-style rap battles. Wed, George’s Jazz Time jam. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato Oct 9, Pop Rocks. Oct 10, Revolver. Oct 11, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe.

Sold-out. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Marin Country Mart Oct 9, Five Play Jazz. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church Oct 11, 5pm, Cypress Quartet and friends.

410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

No Name Bar Oct 7, Chris Haugen Band. Oct 8, Uncle Jimmy’s Allstars. Oct 9, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 10, Four & More. Oct 11, 3pm, Flowtilla. Oct 11, 8:30pm, Doug Nichols and friends. Oct 14, Joe Kaplow. Mon, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osher Marin JCC Oct 10, Paula West. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Oct 7, Dale Polissar Trio. Oct 8, Wanda Stafford. Oct 13, Lorin Rowan. Oct 14, Donna D’Acuti. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Oct 7, the Weissmen. Oct 8, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Oct 9, Peck the Town Crier. Oct 10, the Bad Jones. Oct 13, Waldo’s Special.

Oct 14, Tom Finch Trio. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Oct 9, Tom Finch Trio. 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 Oct 8, College of Marin Big Swing Jazz Band. Oct 10, DJ Zack Darling. Oct 11, Fito Reinoso y Los Classicos de Cuba. 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 Oct 9, Bachaco with the Ha. Oct 10, Trails & Ways with This Old Earthquake. Sun, open mic. Mon, Monday Night Live with Epicenter Sound DJs. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge Second Thursday of every month, DJ Romestallion. Second Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551.

Station House Cafe Oct 11, Paul Knight and friends. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

Sweetwater Music Hall Oct 7, Howard Jones. Oct 8, Israel Vibrations.

Oct 10, Sing Out for Sight with Bob Weir and others. Sold-out. Oct 11, the Mother Truckers with Shawn Sahm. Oct 12, the Brothers Comatose. Oct 13, Olive & the Dirty Martinis. Oct 14, Tommy Igoe and friends. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Taste of Rome Oct 9, the 7th Sons. 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.7660.

Terrapin Crossroads Oct 7, Fred Torphy & the Spirits. Oct 8, Sean Leahy and friends. Oct 9, Sandys. Oct 10, Terrapin All-Stars with Sean Leahy.

Oct 12, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen.

Oct 13, Stu Allen and friends. Oct 14, Eric DiBerardino. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Travis Marina Second Sunday of every month, the Lonestar Retrobates. Fort Baker, Sausalito.

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

SONOMA Annex Wine Bar Oct 9, Davedjohn Quartet and friends.

Wed, Calvin Ross. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779.

Annie O’s Music Hall Oct 9, Dance Night with DJ Lady Char and Randy. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.484.1331.

Aqus Cafe Oct 8, Karl Kummerle. Oct 9, Zighi Baci. Oct 10, the Farallons. Oct 11, 2pm, Mark Rafferty Remembrance Day. Oct 14, open jazz jam.

189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Oct 8, NB Expressions with Stirling, Diynosaur and others. Oct 10, Hammerhead with Qui and Hot Victory. Oct 13, Radioactivity with Culture Abuse. Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Barley & Hops Tavern Oct 9, Jon Gonzales. Oct 10, Earstu. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy Oct 7, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. Oct 8, Detroit Disciples. Oct 9, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Oct 11, Todos Santos. Tues, the American Alley Cats. Oct 14, Tracy Rose and friends. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille Oct 9, Dan Martin and Noma Rocksteady.

Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma, 707.938.7110.

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Dean Ween Group One half of immensely popular rock group Ween, guitarist Dean Ween is a thrill in concert. Oct 9, 9pm. $40-$42. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

19 Broadway Club Wed, the Hump. Oct 8, Aram Danesh & Austin deLone. Oct 9, New Monsoon. Oct 10, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. Oct 11, 5pm, Setcho & Meese. Oct 11, 9pm, the Buddy Owen Band. Oct 13, Crosby Tyler & One Man Band. Mon, open mic. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

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Cellars of Sonoma Oct 8, Clay Bell. Oct 9, Craig Corona. Oct 10, John Pita. Tues, Wavelength. 133 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1826.

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Thu 10/8 • Doors 8pm • ADV $30 / DOS $34

Israel Vibrations w/IrieFuse

Fri 10/9 • Doors 8pm • ADV $40 / DOS $42

Dean Ween Group

Sun 10/11 • Doors 7:30pm • $22

The Mother Truckers feat.

Shawn Sahm of Texas Tornadoes Mon 10/12 • Doors 7pm • $22

The Brothers Comatose with The Great Spirit Band

Coffee Catz Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Oct 9, Carrie Jackson Revival. Oct 10, Ain’t Misbehavin’. Oct 13, Staggerwing. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505.

Finley Community Center Second Friday of every month, Tom Shader Trio. Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737.

Flamingo Lounge Oct 9, Stax City. Oct 10, Salsa Band. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

Fri 10/16 • Doors 8pm • $20

Trails & Ways

The Great Mill Valley Gospel Show

French Garden Oct 9, Haute Flash Quartet. Oct 10, Honey B & the Pollinators. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030.

Sun 10/18 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $27

Gaia’s Garden Oct 7, Judith Lerner. Oct 8, Gypsy jazz jam.

Oct 11, 3pm, Guerillacapella Open Mic. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491.

Sat 10/17 • Doors 7:30pm • $75

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Royal Southern Brotherhood

featuring Cyril Neville, Bart Walker, Tyrone Vaughan, Charlie Wooton & Yonrico Scott Tues 10/20 • Doors 6:30pm • FREE

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HopMonk Sebastopol Oct 7, Youngblood Brass Band. Oct 8, Lafa Taylor. Oct 9, Monophonics. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Hotel Healdsburg Oct 10, Steve Rubardt Trio with John Paul Norris and Matt Camgross. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Oct 8, Matt Bolton. Wed, open mic night.

146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Oct 8, Jacob Green. Second Friday of every month, DJ Konnex and DJ Jaclyn JacaLioness. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room Oct 7, Staggerwing. Oct 8, Blue Deux. Oct 9, the Hucklebucks. Oct 10, Benyaro. Oct 11, the Nickel Slots. Oct 14, Hot Grubb. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro Oct 8, Levi Lloyd. Oct 9, Full Tilt Jazz City.

Oct 11, Eddie Neon Blues Band. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501.

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Green Music Center Oct 9, Santa Rosa Symphony’s Henry Trione Legacy Celebration. Oct 10-12, Santa Rosa Symphony presents Twin Stars. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Mc T’s Bullpen Oct 9, the Humdingers. Oct 10, Mad Mama & the Bona Fide Few. Oct 11, 4pm, the River City Band. Oct 11, 9pm, DJ Miguel. Mon, Wed, DJ Miguel. 16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Oct 9, Benyaro. Oct 10, Mostly Simply Bluegrass. Oct 11-12, 6pm, Old Time Radio Dinner Theater. Oct 13, David Thom. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre Oct 9, Wonderbread 5. Oct 10, Alejandro Escovedo. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

Phoenix Theater Oct 9, Skitzo with Trecelence and Shadow of Eve. Oct 10, King Namoa and Remy Alheem. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Silo’s Oct 7, James Patrick Regan. Oct 8, Brian Coutch Band. Oct 9, Alec Lytle & Them Rounders with Ruth Gerson. Oct 14, Mike Annuzzi. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Redwood Cafe Oct 10, 11am, Keith Lovett. Oct 10, 8:30pm, the Bruthas. Oct 11, 11am, Elizabeth Boaz.

Oct 11, 6pm, Irish jam session. Oct 14, Sound Garden. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

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Rossi’s 1906 Oct 8, Old Earth. Oct 9, Adam Traum.

Oct 10, the Cork Pullers. Oct 11, 3 on a Match. Wed, the Honeydippers (with dance lessons). 401 Grove St, El Verano, 707.343.0044.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Oct 9, Ruby Mountain String Band. Oct 10, Acoustamatics. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.9610.

Sebastiani Theatre Oct 12, valley fire fundraiser with Free Peoples and Kingsborough. 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Sebastopol Grange Hall Oct 7, Bread & Puppet Theater. 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Spancky’s Oct 10, Slaughter Dolls Fundraiser.

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

Stout Brothers Oct 8, 6pm, valley fire fundraiser with Kingsborough. Fri, Sat, DJ night. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.636.0240.

Tradewinds Thurs, DJ Dave. Oct 9, DJ Ron Sicat and the Cowtown Girls. Oct 10, Elliott Schneider Band. Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878.

Twin Oaks Tavern Oct 7, the Honeydippers. Oct 8, Solid Air. Oct 9, Yo! Pizza Face. Oct 10, 5pm, Gator Nation. Oct 10, 8pm, Uncle Wiggly. Oct 11, 5pm, Blues and BBQ with Weekend At Bernie’s. Oct 14, Old School Country Band.

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

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Oct 10, the Tenors. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Zodiacs Oct 8, Asher Fulero Band. Oct 9, valley fire fundraiser with Sam Vega and DJ Raja.

Oct 10, Sherrie Phillips Band with Kelly Peterson Band. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.7751.

NAPA City Winery Napa Oct 7, Alejandro Escovedo. Oct 8, the English Beat with Rusty Zinn. Oct 9, Howard Jones. Oct 10, Wasabassco Burlesque. Oct 13, JourneyDay & Belle with Annie Bacon.

1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Oct 8, Jimi Jones. Oct 9, Levi Lloyd. Oct 10, Jinx Jones. Sun, DJ Aurelio. Tues, the Used Blues Band. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

OPENING MARIN Lucas Valley Community Center Oct 10-24, “Images From the Inside,” artwork created by incarcerated artists who want to give back is organized by Prison Arts Touching Hearts and benefits underserved children in Marin. Reception, Oct. 10 at 1pm. 1201 Idylberry Rd, San Rafael.

Robert Allen Fine Art Oct 8-Nov 30, “Nature Abstracted,” group exhibition features works on canvas and paper by Nick Coley, Beatrice Findlay and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

SONOMA Art Museum of Sonoma County Oct 10-Nov 29, “The Sculpted Fiber,” selection of two and three-dimensional contemporary fiber works by several renowned artists. Reception, Oct 10 at 6pm. 505 B St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.579.1500.

Healdsburg Center for the Arts Oct 7-Nov 22, “Emerging Artists Exhibition,” second annual juried exhibit presents exciting new works by young artists and art students. Reception, Oct 10 at 5pm.

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

707.431.1970.

Petaluma Arts Center Oct 10-Nov 22, “Black Artists on Art: The Legacy Exhibit,” features over 50 contemporary and legendary Black fine artists spanning three generations.

Reception, Oct 10 at 5pm. 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma. Thurs-Mon, 11 to 5. 707.762.5600.

Redwood Cafe Oct 7-Nov 17, “Art Matters,” Linda Donahue and Patricia Marina’s collages, Ray Fries’ paintings, Amber Funk’s upcycled fashion and student artists all display with help from the National Endowment for the Arts. Reception, Oct 7 at 6pm. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. Open daily.

707.795.7868.

Shige Sushi Oct 7-Nov 29, “Mark Eanes Solo Show,” the Bay Area painter, printmaker, photographer and educator presents a mixed-media exhibit. Reception, Oct 12 at 5:30pm. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. hours vary 707.795.9753.

NAPA Gallery 1870 Oct 10-11, “Eric Christensen October Show,” still-life artist displays. 6525 Washington St, Yountville. 800.322.1870.

Napa Main Library Oct 7-Nov 2, “Oils by Carlos Nieto III,” the Colombian-born and Los Angeles-raised artists displays a series of works inspired by the Day of the Dead. Reception, Oct 9 at

late 1970s to the present. 74 Main St, Tiburon. 415.435.5264.

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Seager Gray Gallery Through Nov 4, “Memories from the Backlot,” exhibition from artist Inez Storer tells vivd life stories through painting and collage. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Kuan Tung Pan

6pm. 580 Coombs St, Napa. Mon-Thurs, 10 to 9; Fri-Sat, 10 to 6. 707.253.4070.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Art Works Downtown Through 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.

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 Nov 14, “Mosaics & Madrones,” watercolor exhibit by Muriel Schmalberg Ullman ranges in inspiration from Costa Brava in Spain to the artist’s home in Mendocino County. Reception, Oct 17 at 1pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

Bolinas Museum Through Nov 14, “Tom Killion: California’s Wild Edge,” the artist’s original woodcuts of the coast, Mt. Tamalpais, trees and mountains are on display. 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.

Depot Bookstore & Cafe Through Oct 30, “Mt. Tamalpais,” oil paintings by Northern California artists working in the colorist tradition.

87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.2665.

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.

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

415.459.4321.

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, 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 Community Foundation Ongoing, Through Jan 3, “Collective Actions” featuring artists from Artisans, Bolinas and Stinson Open Studios and Gallery Route One, among others. 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.

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.

707.527.4298.

Calabi Gallery Through Oct 31, “Other Worlds,” features recent paintings by Michael Ramos and Tim Haworth as well as a selection of 20thcentury works from the gallery’s collection.

456 10th St, Santa Rosa. Tues-Sun, 11 to 5.

707.781.7070.

Charles M. Schulz Museum Through Oct 18, “Animating Comics,” exhibition celebrates the art of bringing comics to life and features rarely displayed production cels from award-winning animated comics, including “Peanuts.”.

Through Dec 13, “Celebrating 65 Years of Peanuts,” See how your favorite characters developed and changed in this installation celebrating 65 years of Peanuts comics. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, noon to 5; Sat-Sun, 10 to 5. 707.579.4452.

Gaia’s Garden Through Oct 31, “Multimedia Works

by Chris Adams,” the artist recreates the structural beauty of the earth from a satellite perspective. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat; lunch and brunch, Sun. 707.544.2491.

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.

Open Sat, 12 to 5, and by appointment.

707.332.1212.

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

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Oct 22, “Four Elements,” photography show is juried by Stuart Schwartz. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

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.

Ruth Livingston Studio Through Oct 31, “Through My Prism,” Jennifer White Kuri’s solo exhibit features mixed media and paintings, ranging from

Paradise Ridge Winery Through Apr 30, “Conversations in Sculpture,” 11 artists provide an artistic statement that introduces a conversational

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‘Symphony,’ an image taken at Grundafjördur in Iceland by Kuan Tung Pan, is part of the new show ‘4 Elements: Photography’ at the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley through Oct. 22.

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Upcoming shows:

Repose Gallery Through Oct 25, “Les Fleurs Botanique,” group botanical show featuring locals artists. Nina Antze, Nancy Wheeler Klippert, Elizabeth Peyton and Vi Strain.

130 S Main St, Sebastopol. Mon-Fri, 7 to 6; Sat, 8 to 6; Sun, 8 to 4. 707.861.9050.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Through Oct 18, “Sonoma County Art Trails Preview Exhibition,” featuring the work of all 164 participating artists. 282 S High St, Sebastopol. Tues-Fri, 10 to 4; Sat, 1 to 4.

707.829.4797.

Studio 35 Through Oct 26, “Soaring Over Sonoma,” local artists display their aerial artwork. 35 Patten St, Sonoma. Thurs and Fri, 11 to 8; Sat-Mon, 11 to 5. 707.934.8145.

Comedy Adult Content Hosted by Helen Pachynski. Second Fri of every month, 9pm. $4. Gaia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491.

Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood The improv masters are back with another spontaneous night of laughs. Oct 9, 8pm. $55-$85. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

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Petaluma Historical Museum Through Nov 1, “El Dia del los Muertos,” exhibit is inspired by the Mexican holiday tradition, the Day of the Dead. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues.

707.778.4398.

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Comedy Night at the Redwood Cafe The best standup comics from the Bay Area and beyond come to Cotati. Second Fri of every month, 8:30pm. $10. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.

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

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

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 First Wednesday of every month, 6pm, First Wednesday Line Dancing, with Carol Friedman. 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.

Finnish American Home Association Wednesdays, 5:30pm, African dance and drum workshop, all ages and skill levels are welcome to move and groove with Sandor Diabankouezi, world-class Congolese master drummer. $15. 191 W Verano Ave, Sonoma.

Flamingo Lounge Sundays, 7pm, salsa with lessons. Tuesdays, swing dancing with lessons. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530.

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HopMonk Novato Oct 8, 7pm, Country Line Dancing. $10. 224 Vintage Way, Novato 415.892.6200.

HopMonk Sebastopol Oct 10, 8pm, Burlesque from Beyond, Cabaret de Caliente puts on a show that mixes the Twilight Zone and Creepshow. $15 and up. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 707.829.7300.

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater Oct 13, 7pm, Swan Lake, performed by the touring Russian Grand Ballet. $44-$64. 100 California Dr, Yountville 707.944.9900.

Events ‘80s Marin Roll Cruise on bikes through Marin decked out in ‘80s clothes, hair and music and stop for food and drinks at various pubs along the way to benefit undeserved kids. Oct 11, 12pm. $100. Trips for Kids, 610 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.458.2986x3.

ArtQuest Fall Showcase The visual and performance art program presents their 22nd annual showcase of current students’ dance, music, art, fashion and more. Oct 8, 6:30pm. Free.

SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

Calistoga Art Walk Follow the signs and view art with strolling tour of shops and galleries. First Wed-Thurs of every month, 5pm. Free. Downtown Calistoga, Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.225.1003.

Car Show for a Cure Classic cars and hot rods roll through in support the Alzheimer’s Association. Oct 10, 11am. Free. Adobe House, 750 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.775.4330.

CeresFest Celebrate Oktoberfest, dance to the tunes of Tommy Thomsen Band and support Ceres Community Project. Oct 13, 5:30pm. $25.

Lagunitas Tap Room, 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Corrick’s Centennial Celebration The long-running shop in downtown Santa Rosa offers a month of festivities, special giveaways and promotions, live music, an art opening, and featured memorabilia from throughout the store’s long history.

Through Oct 31. Corrick’s, 637 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.546.2424.

DSLC Tech Expo A showcase of the latest technology and services that enable people with disabilities and senior citizens to live and work independently and be an equal part of the community. Oct 9, 10am. Free. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4200.

Join Trips for Kids’ first-ever ’80s-themed bike ride through Marin on Sunday, Oct. 11 from noon to 6pm; tripsforkids.org.

EV Week Test drive the latest electric cars and learn about their benefits. Oct 9, 12pm. San Rafael City Plaza, Fourth and Court streets, San Rafael.

Fall Book Faire Thousands of donated fiction and nonfiction books for sale, benefits Friends of Santa Rosa Libraries. Oct 9-12. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa.

Fort Ross Fun-Raiser Enjoy food, music, a bit of fairy-tale theatre and circus acts, and learn a few new things about California natural history and heritage. Oct 8, 6:30pm. $375. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 212.257.6448.

The French Market Stroll through aisles of antique treasures and vintage bargains, grab a crepe and listen to live French music. Sun, Oct 11, 9am-3pm.

Free. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.383.2252.

Goddess Gala Celebration of women in art and music features several performers and artisan marketplace. Oct 10, 2:30pm. Annex Wine Bar, 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779.

Laguna Open House Take a self-guided nature walk or a guide-led tour of the historic house and barn. Second Sat of every month. Free. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.

Latino Heritage Month Crafternoon Make sugar skulls in this Day of the Deadthemed, family-fun day of activity. Oct 10, 12pm. Napa Main Library, 580 Coombs St, Napa, 707.253.4070.

Litquake San Rafael Take your imagination for a walk during this free all-day literary event, hosted by dowtown San Rafael merchants. Oct. 11, Fourth Street, 10am to 7:30pm, litquake. org.

Living Your Wild Creativity Workshop Rediscover play. Recapture your wildness.

Open to your heart’s desire. Transform resistance into excitement. Let your story become your gift to the world in this

ongoing workshop. Sat, Oct 10, 10am. $950.

Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, 707.953.3373.

Petaluma Whiskerino From peach fuzz to mountain man beards, participants are judged on the length, sturdiness and style of their beards and mustaches. Oct 10, 2pm. registration, $5$10. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Sanctuary Bird Walk Led by experienced staff of volunteers.

Second Thurs of every month, 10am.

Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

Race for Survival Cheetah Conservation Fund founder Dr Laurie Marker speaks, with a buffet dinner and silent auction, at this benefit event. Oct 8, 5pm. $15-$60. Safari West, 3115 Porter Creek Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.579.2551.

Film

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

Sally Tomatoes Ten-Year Anniversary The venue celebrates a decade in business with refreshments and casino games, benefiting Social Advocates for Youth. Oct 9, 4:30pm. Free. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.665.0260.

Second Fridays Art Walk Anchored by Art Works Downtown galleries and artist studios, the art walk links venues throughout downtown San Rafael with receptions and entertainment.

Second Fri of every month, 5pm. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.451.8119.

Sonoma County Art Trails Enjoy the abundance of creative talent Sonoma County has to offer by visiting the professional studios of more than 170 artists. Maps and catalogs available at sonomacountyarttrails.org. Oct 10-11.

Sonoma County, multiple locations, Sonoma.

Successful Brain Fair Learn more about your brain and how to make it work for you from experts in many fields of neurology, with a special focus on creative learning. Oct 10, 10am-4pm. $10.

Finley Community Center, 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, successfulbrainfair.com.

Vikingfest Annual celebration of Norwegian heritage includes Viking-era reenactments, modern art and pottery, traditional foods and more.

Oct 10, 10am. Free. Sons of Norway Hall, 617 W Ninth St, Santa Rosa.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

First Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524.

All About Oaks View and discuss oak trees and their role in the North Bay ecosystem. Oct 11, 10am.

Mount Burdell Preserve, San Andreas Dr, Novato, marincountyparks.org.

Court Winner of top prizes at the Venice Film Festival, this moving drama unfolds within the Indian legal system. Fri, Oct 9, 7pm and Sun, Oct 11, 4pm. Sonoma Film Institute, Warren Auditorium, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707.664.2606.

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.

Jack Pierce: The Maker of Monsters Documentary will get you into the Halloween spirit with the man behind the look of classic Universal monsters Dracula, the Wolfman and the Bride of Frankenstein.

Oct 11, 1:30pm. $10. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Life on the Water Films Two local sailing and boating legends, Ron Macannan and Hank Easom, are celebrated in two films presented over two nights.

Oct 7-8. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, www.lifeonthewater. us.

Mill Valley Film Festival Sir Ian McKellen is honored with a lifetime achievement award as the 38th annual event brings critically acclaimed films and filmmakers to various venues throughout Marin County. Info at www.mvff.com.

Oct 8-18. Marin County, various locations, Marin.

Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival Eight selected films exhibit a glimpse of Jewish life with universal human themes from countries around the world. Oct 13Nov 17. $10 and up. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.528.4244.

Food&Drink Ballroom & Dining Room One-hour dance lessons followed by a special three-course menu created by chef Aaron Wright. Second Mon of every month. $40. Lark Creek Inn, 234 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur.

Burning Ham Family-friendly party celebrates pork with cooking competitions and beer from

Chow Down Hootenanny Local food and drinks go well with music from Royal Jelly Jive, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, the Easy Leaves and the Crux. Oct 10, 12:30pm. $10-$15. SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.

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.

Fall into the South Chef Gator’s monthly prix fixe dinner turns to the chef ’s Southern roots. Oct 13, 7pm. $55. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

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.

Giant Pumpkin Festival Celebrate the harvest and enter your giant pumpkin to win cash prizes. Open to all farmers, gardeners and pumpkin lovers.

Oct 10-11. Free. Kunde Family Estate, 9825 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707-833-2204.

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Harvest Party Toast the annual grape harvest with live music, a delicious BBQ feast and fine wines.

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Home Cheesemaking Class Award-winning cheese maker Sheana Davis leads a monthly class that features new cheeses each session. Second Sun of every month, 1pm. $55. Epicurean Connection, 122 West Napa St, Sonoma, 707.935.7960.

Hoshigaki Workshop Learn the art of hoshigaki, Japanese handdried persimmons, in this workshop taught by cooking instructor Sonoko Sakai. Oct 11, 4pm. $65. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

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.

Inspiration Dinner The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael will receive the Humanitarian Award from the International Association of Sufism. Oct 10, 7pm. $75. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, 415.382.7834.

Mac n’ Cheese Challenge You be the judge when you taste the cheesy entries in this cooking competition that benefits Petaluma Animal Shelter. Oct 10, 12pm. $5-$50. Petaluma Fairgrounds, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.788.PETS. Oktoberfest Corte Madera Great local brews and wine are paired with traditional eats and live music. Oct 10, 12pm.

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PaintNite Create art over cocktails with your friends, guided by a professional artist and party host. Wed through Oct 28. $45. Annie O’s Music Hall, 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, paintnite.com.

Raptors of the Laguna Walk See and learn about the local and migrant birds of prey around the Laguna de Santa Rosa. Pre-registration is required. Oct 11, 9:30am. $30. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, lagunafoundation.org.

Lagunitas, with live music and special guests. Oct 10, 12:30pm. $30. Penngrove Community Park, 11800 Main St, Penngrove, burninghamsonoma.com.

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Mother’s Kirtan Second Thurs of every month. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191.

Marin Moonshiners Hike Monthly three-mile hike to experience sunset, moonrise, picnic and spectacular views. Pack your own picnic. Second Tues monthly at 7:30. $15. Pelican Inn, 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, RSVP, 415.331.0100.

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Oktoberfest Occidental Bier and a Bavarian Wunderland features sauerkraut, königsberger klops, spätzle, delicate Bavarian soft pretzels and other Bavarian treats. Oct 9-11. Barley & Hops Tavern, 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037.

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.

Halloween Magic Show All ages show with Michael Della Penna.

Oct 10, 11am. Free. Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707.869.9004.

Greywater Lecture Go from laundry to landscape with guest speakers who discuss applications and systems for greywater use. Oct 7, 7pm.

Northgate Mall Community Room, 7000 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, 415.360.3008.

375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters Mt Tam Quilt Guild presents a talk by author Sherry Lynn Wood on creating and quilting outside of the box. Oct 13, 7pm. $5.

Aldersgate Methodist Church, #1 Wellbrock Heights, San Rafael.

Angelico Hall Oct 12, 7pm, “Jacques Pépin Heart and Soul in the Kitchen” with Jacques Pépin, presented by Book Passage. $45. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael.

The Language of Light Nine-session photography workshop with Leanne Hansen looks at light with opportunities for location shooting at different times of the day. Wed, 7pm. through Nov 18. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste. A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569.

Marin Green Drinks Monthly lecture series offers a “2015 Bioneers Conference Overview.” Oct 13, 5:30pm. Lotus Cuisine of India, 704 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.456.5808.

The Keenan School od Dance Now accepting fall enrollments in classes for all skill levels and ages four to teenagers.

Wed through Oct 28. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, 707.542.1367.

Naming Your Non Profit Three-week series guides you in naming strategies and creative development. Wed, 5pm. through Oct 28. $150. MarinLink, 5800 Northgate Mall, Suite 250, San Rafael, 415.472.0211.

Learning Through Art Program for fourth and fifth graders to visually explore art through their own interpretations. Second Sat of every monthnoon. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, 707.944.0500.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors Community meeting on disaster preparedness. Oct 14, 7pm. Peacock Gap Country Club, 333 Biscayne Dr, San Rafael.

Lectures ACT Math Tips & Tricks College-bound students can maximize their scores with this informational session. Oct 10, 4pm. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092.

Pleasures of the Heart First Monday, women’s salon. Second Monday, coed discussion group. Second Mon of every month, 7pm. Pleasures of the Heart, 1310 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.482.9899.

The Spirit of Chantwave Scott Grace guides a session of vocalizing sacred healing lyrics. Oct 14, 7pm. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

Basic Hydroponics Discussion with a master gardener covers the pros and cons of growing edibles hydroponically. Oct 13, 10am. Free. Novato Field History Museum, 555 Hangar Ave, Novato.

Support Group for Women in Transition Encouragement during life transitions such as relationship changes, career changes and difficult life events. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40.

Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael.

Bay Area Independent Editors Association (BAIPA) Come to the October meeting to hear Jill Lublin present: Guerrilla Publicity for Authors: How to capture the attention of the media and increase your visibility in the marketplace. Jill Lublin is an internationally renowned speaker on the topics of publicity and networking and the author of several best-selling books. Oct. 10, 11am (BAIPA meeting starts at 9am), The Key Room, 1385 North Hamilton Parkway, Novato. To register, visit: baipa.org.

Twenty-Something Support Group Explore adulthood with emphasis on life skills such as mindfulness, interpersonal skills and healthy coping skills. Thurs, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael.

A Bicycle Built for Two Billion Captivating multimedia slideshow by author and adventure cyclist Jamie Bianchini chronicles his eight-year, 81-country expedition around the world.

Oct 12, 6pm. Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

CBT/DBT Group for Depression Skills-based education and training group is designed to help you cope with facing basic everyday problems including distressing emotions like depression and anxiety. Tues, 6pm. $20-$40. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1330 Lincoln Ave #201, San Rafael.

Win-Win Conversations for Optimal Outcomes HR business presentation is an opportunity to learn new ways to become an effective and savvy relationship manager in your organization. Oct 14, 5:30pm. $35. Guide Dogs for the Blind, 350 Los Ranchitos Rd, San Rafael, 415.291.1992.

Wisdom from Interfaith Traditions Educational and enlightening evening pulls from many faith traditions for spiritual empowerment. Oct 7, 7pm. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

You Can Garden for Life Program presents principles, tools and techniques of adaptive gardening to allow gardeners of all ages and physical abilities to continue gardening throughout their life. Oct 10, 11am. Free. Mill Valley Library,

Readings

Book Passage Oct 7, 7pm, “The Conquering Tide” with Ian Toll. Oct 8, 1pm, “Kissinger” with Niall Ferguson. Oct 8, 7pm, “Vintage” with David Baker. Oct 9, 7pm, “#Girlboss” with Sophia Amoruso. Oct 9, 7pm, “A Place We Knew Well” with Susan Carol McCarthy. Oct 10, 1pm, “Landfall” with Ellen Urbani. Oct 10, 7pm, “Chronicles of Old San Francisco” with Gael Chandler. Oct 11, 1pm, “Do Unto Animals” with Tracey Stewart. Oct 11, 4pm, “A Poet of the Invisible World” with Michael Golding. Oct 13, 10am, “Firefly Hollow” with Alison McGhee.

Oct 14, 7pm, “Flood of Fire” with Amitav Ghosh. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Dance Palace Oct 9, 6pm, “A Man Apart” with Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow, dinner, discussion and signing is presented by Pt Reyes Books. $10 donation. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.

Dr Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas Second Monday of every month, 7pm, “Poetry Farm” with local writers. 800 Grant Ave, Novato 415.897.9500.

Insalata’s Oct 7, 6pm, “My Kitchen Year” with Ruth Reichl, presented by Book Passage. $125.

120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo 415.457.7700.

Left Bank Brasserie Oct 9, 12pm, “Essential Emeril” with Emeril Lagasse, presented by Book Passage.

Includes a meal, wine and a signed copy of the book. $125. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur 415.927.3331.

Point Reyes Books Second Monday of every month, 7pm, Knit Lit group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

Studio 333 Second Thursday of every month, 7pm, Why There Are Words, six acclaimed authors reading their works on the theme of “Stumbling.” $10. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito 415.331.8272.

Toby’s Feed Barn Oct 10, 11am, “Finding Yourself in the Kitchen” with Dana Velden, presented by Pt Reyes Books. Free. 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1223.

West End Cafe First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, First Wed at 7, open mic poetry evening. 1131 Fourth St, San Rafael.

Theater The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged) Three actors irreverently zip through the sex, violence, murder and miracles of the Old and New testaments Oct 9-25. $10-$25.

Raven Theater Windsor, 195 Windsor River Rd, Windsor.

Cinderella The Great Arizona Puppet Theatre and its award-winning version of the classic fairy tale will delight children and families. One weekend only, with several performances each day. Oct 10-11. $18-$22. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

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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.

Leading Ladies North Bay Stage Company presents the hilarious cross dressing comedy by Ken Ludwig. Through Oct 18. $26. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

The Light in the Piazza The sophisticated musical transports audiences to Italy’s Tuscan countryside circa 1950. Oct 9-25. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

Misalliance George Bernard Shaw’s classic satire is presented by the College of Marin’s Drama Department. Through 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 11. $25-$55. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Sin, Sex & the CIA Satirical romp feature inept secret agents and secret meetings that pokes fun at American diplomacy and hypocrisy. Oct 9-18. $12-$18. Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707.829.2214.

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, Oct 10, 7pm. $68 (includes meal). Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor.

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.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

“One quick drink” becomes an emotional roller coaster of hilarity and despair in Marin Actor’s Workshop’s new production of the classic drama. Through Oct 24. $22-$25.

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Contentment in Everyday Life A five week course exploring the nature of genuine contentment through the lens of Buddhist teachings and meditation practice. The course will be led by two senior students of the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who was one of the first Tibetan meditation masters and teachers to bring Buddhism to the West. There will be talks, discussion and meditation. Open to all. The course is offered at Tamalpais Shambhala 734 A St. San Rafael. Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00. October 14 through November 11. 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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With awareness of the approaching holidays and challenges they may bring, a safe, successful on-going GROUP FOR MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, women who have lost their mothers through death, separation, illness, or estrangement in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood meets every other Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM in a comfortable, spacious office in San Anselmo. In a supportive environment, women address and explore relevant issues in their lives, current and past, including those related to self-identity; relationship challenges and longings; connecting to self; trust; challenging transitions; motherless mothers; losses, grief, and trauma; moving forward with the many consequences of mother loss. This rich and respectful group provides opportunities for healing and growth, deepening self-empowerment, gaining acknowledgement for “normal” responses, learning new skills, and receiving support for pursuing individual goals. Facilitated and developed since 1997 by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249), Certified Group Psychotherapist with over 22 years in private practice and whose mother’s death at 15 was a pivotal event in her life.

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 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 ClerkRecorder 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 ClerkRecorder 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 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. 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 Clerk-Recorder 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 Clerk-Recorder’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) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138139 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JOLT!, 910 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: CAROL A. LINDORFER, 14 CULLODEN PARK ROAD, 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 14, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Sep 30, Oct 7, 14, 21 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138080 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION, 8 LILLIAN LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JAKE S. THOMPSON, 8 LILLIAN LANE, 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 04, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Sep 30, Oct 7, 14, 21 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138234 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TWO CAVALIERS, 100 LOWER VIA CASITAS #3, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: STEPHEN CAVALIERE, 100 LOWER VIA CASITAS #3, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. 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 28, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Sep 30, Oct 7, 14, 21 of 2015 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138257 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JACOBI, 1 DEER PARK LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: JACOBI INC, 1 DEER PARK AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.

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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sep 29, 2015.

(Publication Dates: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015138272 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: M3 CONSULTING, 5 WALTERS RD, ROSS, CA 94957: ATHANASIA J FINEMAN, 5 WALTERS RD, ROSS, CA 94957-1858. 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 Oct 1, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 138281 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE MARIN GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION COALITION (M.G.C.L.C) 265 DONAHUE ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: MARK JUDSON MILLARD, 265 DONAHUE ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. 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 Oct 2, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015-138300 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE YOGA GARDEN, 412 RED HILL AVE STE 12, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: WINKSTER LLC, 412RED HILL AVE STE 12, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Oct 6, 2015. (Publication Dates: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2015)

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By Amy Alkon

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Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm wrote that mature love is “I need you because I love you.” Rather different from “I need you because I don’t want to be living in a packing crate when I’m 50.”

As for the love you could have … it seems that—awww!—even now, East Coast Guy wants to be the reason you walk home alone in an upchuck-decorated dress.

(Sell framed, numbered snippings and it’s art!) Your entertaining a re-up with a guy who treated you so cruelly is bizarre—unless you consider a psychological gotcha called “the Zeigarnik effect.” Social psychologists Roy Baumeister and Brad Bushman explain that when a task or goal gets interrupted, the automatic, unconscious part of our brain keeps pinging the conscious part, nagging us to finish up whatever we’ve left incomplete. (Unfortunately, our subconscious is only interested in getting the thing finished, not whether the guy in question is a complete douche-iopath.)

A way to shut off the Zeigarnik effect is to complete the incomplete thing—like by ending it for good with East Coast Guy or maybe picking up where you left off. But before you do the latter, consider another factor that’s surely in effect here—the cognitive bias of “selective perception.” This is our tendency to go all forgetsenheimer’s about the stuff that’s emotionally uncomfortable (ego battering, for example). Shoving it in some mental closet allows us to focus on more appealing beliefs, like “I can always count on him—to share my enthusiasm for gallery openings where everybody has complicated hair.”

Real love draws lines in how somebody treats you—how even when they’re angry, they act lovingly (assuming you haven’t, say, sauteed their parrot and served it up with a side of peas). As for whether you need a more arts-going man, that’s something to figure out before you get all relationshippy with somebody who’d rather stay home watching YouTube videos of a raccoon riding a Roomba. But also consider that life involves trade-offs, like maybe going to arts events with a friend instead of demanding that your partner meet your every need like a giant human Costco: “Love me, leave me money and live to attend haunting performance art, like a woman reading a Chinese takeout menu for nine hours straight and then clipping her toenails and lighting them on fire.”

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I’ve always been a sexual free spirit, but I’d like to get serious with this guy I’ve been dating. Is it ever good to tell a guy about other guys you’ve slept with recently or who are still nosing around? I think it might make a guy feel you’re desirable and commit, but my guy friends say it’s really off-putting.—Just Wondering

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For a woman, finding somebody to have sex with is about as hard as finding an Indian guy running a 7-Eleven. Yay, huh? Uh … except for how harshly women get judged for being “sexual free spirits.” This comes out of what anthropologists call “paternity uncertainty”—the fear men evolved to have that they’ll be bringing home the bison to feed a kid who’ll be passing on the genes of Mr. Monobrow in the next lean-to. So men take issue with women who get around, whereas for men, there’s no such thing as “stud shaming.” In other words, never tell who or how many. And by the way, some guys claim they’ll be OK with knowing— just before they start keeping you up all night with questions like, “Was it recent?”

“Was there overlap?” and “Was this BEFORE you got Lasik?” The reality is, a boyfriend will want to believe that your body is a temple—and not the sort that’s been an international tourist hot spot with a eunuch outside operating one of those little clickers.✹ Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If I warned you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fear-mongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté. But it’s important to acknowledge that the smart approach is far more difficult than those two extremes. You’ve got to evaluate each person and even each situation on a case-by-case basis. There may be unpredictable folks who are trustworthy some of the time, but not always. Can you be both affably open-hearted and slyly discerning? It’s especially important that you do so in the next 16 days.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As I meditated

on your astrological aspects, I had an intuition that I should go to a gem fair I’d heard about. It was at an event center near my home. When I arrived, I was dazzled to find a vast spread of minerals, fossils, gemstones and beads. Within a few minutes, two stones had commanded my attention, as if they’d reached out to me telepathically: Chrysoprase, a green gemstone, and petrified wood, a mineralized fossil streaked with earth tones. The explanatory note next to the chrysoprase said that if you keep this gem close to you, it “helps make conscious what has been unconscious.” Ownership of the petrified wood was described as conferring “the power to remove obstacles.” I knew these were the exact oracles you needed. I bought both stones, took them home, and put them on an altar dedicated to your success in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): George R.

R. Martin has written a series of fantasy novels collectively called A Song of Ice and Fire. They have sold 60 million copies and been adapted for the TV series Game of Thrones. Martin says the inspiration for his master work originated with the pet turtles he owned as a kid. The creatures lived in a toy castle in his bedroom, and he pretended that they were knights and kings and other royal characters.

“I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom,” he has testified. I think the next seven months will be a perfect time for you to make a comparable leap, Gemini. What’s your version of Martin’s turtles? And what valuable asset can you turn it into?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The editors

of the Urban Dictionary provide a unique definition of the word “outside.” They say it’s a vast, uncomfortable place that surrounds your home. It has no ceiling or walls or carpets, and contains annoying insects and random loud noises.

There’s a big yellow ball in the sky that’s always moving around and changing the temperature in inconvenient ways. Even worse, the “outside” is filled with strange people who are constantly doing deranged and confusing things. Does this description match your current sense of what “outside” means, Cancerian? If so, that’s OK. For now, enjoy the hell out of being inside.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): We all go through phases

when we are tempted to believe in the factuality of every hostile, judgmental and random thought that our monkey mind generates. I am not predicting that this is such a time for you. But I do want to ask you to be extra skeptical toward your monkey mind’s fabrications. Right now it’s especially important that you think as coolly and objectively as possible. You can’t afford to be duped by anyone’s crazy talk, including your own. Be extra vigilant in your quest for the raw truth.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you know

about the ancient Greek general Pyrrhus? At the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, his army technically defeated Roman forces, but his casualties were so substantial that he ultimately lost the war. You can and you must avoid a comparable scenario.

Fighting for your cause is good only if it doesn’t wreak turmoil and bewilderment. If you want to avoid an outcome in which both sides lose, you’ve got to engineer a result in which both sides win. Be a cagey compromiser.

By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If I could give you a birthday present, it would be a map to your future treasure. Do you know which treasure I’m referring to? Think about it as you fall asleep on the next eight nights. I’m sorry I can’t simply provide you with the instructions you’d need to locate it. The cosmic powers tell me you have not yet earned that right. The second-best gift I can offer, then, will be clues about how to earn it. Clue #1. Meditate on the differences between what your ego wants and what your soul needs. #2. Ask yourself, “What is the most unripe part of me?” And then devise a plan to ripen it. #3. Invite your deep mind to give you insights you haven’t been brave enough to work with until now. #4. Take one medium-sized bold action every day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Galway Kinnell’s poem “Middle of the Way” is about his solo trek through the snow on Oregon’s Mount Gauldy. As he wanders in the wilderness, he remembers an important truth about himself: “I love the day, the sun … But I know [that] half my life belongs to the wild darkness.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Scorpio, now is a good time for you, too, to refresh your awe and reverence for the wild darkness—and to recall that half your life belongs to it. Doing so will bring you another experience Kinnell describes: “An inexplicable sense of joy, as if some happy news had been transmitted to me directly, by-passing the brain.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The last time I walked into a McDonald’s and ordered a meal was 1984. Nothing that the restaurant chain serves up is appealing to my taste or morality. I do admire its adaptability, however. In cow-loving India, McDonald’s only serves vegetarian fare that includes deep-fried cheese and potato patties. In Israel, kosher McFalafels are available. Mexicans order their McMuffins with refried beans and pico de gallo. At a McDonald’s in Singapore, you can order McRice burgers. This is the type of approach I advise for you right now, Sagittarius. Adjust your offerings for your audience.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have been flirting with your “alone at the top” reveries. I won’t be surprised if one night you have a dream of riding on a Ferris wheel that malfunctions, leaving you stranded at the highest point. What’s going on?

Here’s what I suspect: In one sense you are zesty and farseeing. Your competence and confidence are waxing. At the same time, you may be out of touch with what’s going on at ground level. Your connection to the depths is not as intimate as your relationship with the heights. The moral of the story might be to get in closer contact with your roots. Or be more attentive to your support system. Or buy new shoes and underwear.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I haven’t planted a garden for years. My workload is too intense to devote enough time to that pleasure. So eight weeks ago I was surprised when a renegade sunflower began blooming in the dirt next to my porch. How did the seed get there? Via the wind?

A passing bird that dropped a potential meal? The gorgeous interloper eventually grew to a height of four feet and produced a boisterous yellow flower head. Every day I muttered a prayer of thanks for its guerrilla blessing. I predict a comparable phenomenon for you in the coming days, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The coming days

will be a favorable time to dig up what has been buried. You can, if you choose, discover hidden agendas, expose deceptions, see beneath the masks and dissolve delusions. But it’s my duty to ask you this: Is that really something you want to do? It would be fun and sexy to liberate so much trapped emotion and suppressed energy, but it could also stir up a mind-bending ruckus that propels you on a healing quest. I hope you decide to go for the gusto, but I’ll understand if you prefer to play it safe.Y

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Six years ago, I was dating this guy on the East Coast. He and I share a deep love of the arts. We started arguing on the sidewalk, and I got so upset that I vomited all over myself. He refused to drive me home or let me back into his apartment to change. Finally, he gave me a pair of pants, but he made me change in the stairwell. Shortly afterward, I moved out west. I told him I still loved him and couldn’t get him out of my system, but his response was downright cruel.

Eventually, I fell in love with my current boyfriend. Well, East Coast Guy now wants me back. I do miss our mutual passion for theater and art. (West Coast Guy isn’t interested in attending artistic events.) However, I’ve had poor job-hunting luck and I’m fearful about my financial future, and West Coast Guy recently made me his heir. I’m tortured. Should I give East Coast Guy another chance?—Torn

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