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Amazing journey I saw [‘Othello’] last night [‘Out of darkness,’ Aug. 31]. Dameion was amazing (as was the rest of the cast).

Knowing his backstory took the play to a totally different level for me. The play about a black man who made poor choices after being deceived, of the racism directed at him as a general and having a white wife—these are issues that are at the core of the discussion of race we as a society need to have more of. At the curtain call the look I saw in his eyes seemed to be one of disbelief and amazement—like he realized what an amazing journey he has started on. The fact that his day job is working with transition-age youth is fantastic. Dameion, I wish you the best in your amazing journey.

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A waste Because gun buybacks get guns off the street [Hero & Zero, Sept. 7].

There’s a special kind of stupid that believes that. Point to one reduction in crime, gun seizures or other

indicator that these do anything besides waste taxpayer money that could be used to fill potholes or upkeep parks.

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Doing something CJ, Simply put, if a gun is removed from circulation and melted down, you have effectively taken it off the street forever [Hero & Zero, Sept. 7].

Ask Australia if gun buybacks work.

After their deadly massacre in the mid-’90s, they did what our country refuses to do: A gun buyback coupled with outlawing semiautomatic guns. So, yes, we’re still missing an important component to make gun buybacks more effective, but at least we’re doing something and that feels better than doing absolutely nothing.

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▲ Delanie noticed a nice-looking, clean-shaven man standing in the median in front of Whole Foods in San Rafael. He held a sign that read, “I love you.” Since he didn’t carry panhandlers’ accoutrements, what did his message mean? Was he waiting for his special someone to pass by? Delanie fretted that he lost a bet and had to stay there until someone shouted, “I love you, too.” Perhaps he never says those three simple words to his wife and she said, “No nookie for you until you stand on the corner with a sign declaring your feelings for me.” Maybe Trump is a possibility and we’re going to hell in a handbasket, but hey, I love you. Or, he’s just happy and wants us to be, too.

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Tow trucks sometimes extricate cars owned by patrons of the neighboring gym. Certainly it’s the appliance store’s prerogative to get rid of the invading vehicles, but why bother when the lot never appears to be full? Guillermo, Pacific Sales’ manager, told us that signs are posted in their parking area indicating that the spaces are designated for their store. Got it. Still, what about those empty spots just waiting for droves of Pacific Sales’ customers? Guillermo said it’s their parking lot and part of their lease. All true, but we think a compromise might engender some goodwill for Pacific Sales. After all, some of the gym’s customers may be future buyers of appliances.—Nikki Silverstein

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Last week, Napa state one-term Assemblyman Bill Dodd announced that Governor Jerry Brown had signed a bill to help victims of identity theft.

Returns of the nativist

Huffman calls out the Cheeto Jesus on his tax-release dodge

By Tom Gogola

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s anyone who has been following this year’s presidential race knows, there are two main candidates for the office and one of them has refused to release his federal tax records—despite a decades-long tradition of presidential candidates’ releasing the information so that voters might, you know, make an informed decision about who to vote for.

That candidate is known in some quarters as the Cheeto Jesus, and at last reckoning, he has still refused to release his recent federal IRS tax records. Donald Trump has claimed that people don’t care, that releasing

them would open the door to questions best left unasked and that he’s not allowed to release his tax returns because he’s under audit by the IRS, a position that some have referred to as “a lie.”

And U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman has just called him out on it.

Last week the Marin County Congressman introduced a bill designed to close the so-called “liar’s loophole” whereby candidates can lie about whether they are being audited in order to lie about why they are not releasing their returns.

Under current law, the IRS isn’t allowed to tell the public whether a presidential candidate, or anyone else for that matter, is being audited—but

that restriction does not restrain a candidate from making news of one’s audit a matter of the public record, as mega-billions liberal Warren Buffett recently and quite humorously noted during a post-convention appearance with Hillary Clinton.

Buffett is himself under audit and gave a presentation to Clinton supporters where he dismissed Trump’s malarkey claim that he was forbidden to release his returns: An audit does not restrict a candidate’s ability to release tax returns for the years that are being investigated by the IRS, despite Trump’s claims (lies) to the contrary.

In a statement, Huffman rightly notes that citizens have a right to evaluate candidates’ tax history, if for no other reason than to be “fully informed about the candidate’s financial ties.” He goes on to note that “the current system allows candidates to provide what could be a trumped-up excuse for hiding their returns by claiming a pending IRS audit, whether or not that is actually happening.”

Huffman’s bill would end the liar’s loophole by “requiring the IRS to disclose whether a presidential candidate is subject to any pending tax audits. The stakes of a presidential election are too high to allow a candidate to hide from disclosing their tax returns by giving an excuse that cannot even be verified under current law.”

The bill has a whole pile of Democratic co-sponsors, including St. Helena U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson— but nary a Republican sponsor is to be found on the liar’s loophole reform measure.

What’s their excuse? Unclear. But just admit that the line in Huffman’s statement about a “trumped-up excuse” is kind of funny—under increasingly unfunny election-season circumstances where Trump is gaining ground in Ohio and Florida, where his supporters are beating up the feisty elder ladies of North Carolina, and where bewildered and intimidated media apologists give him a rolling pass on his refusal to release his taxes. Hillary Clinton, for the record, has released her IRS returns.Y

NEWS BRIEFS Wine country thief Napa state one-term Assemblyman Bill Dodd announced last week that Governor Jerry Brown had signed a bill of his designed to expedite the “resolution process for victims of identity theft who find themselves in debt collection.”

That sounds like a terrible fate for anyone, and the 4th Assembly District’s Dodd notes that he has himself been a victim of identity theft and thereby knows first-hand that current law around identity theft is inadequate: It doesn’t require that debt collectors work within a specified timeframe when investigating claims of identity theft, “or notify a consumer of the results of that investigation,” according to a statement from his office.

Dodd’s bill got the thumbs-up from Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch, who noted in a statement of her own that an individual’s credit rating is often where the consequences of laggard investigations into identity theft play out. “Consumers can spend months trying to navigate through a confusing and overwhelming system to remove the negative reporting,” Ravitch says. “Any legislation that provides a more expedient resolution for cases of identity theft is a positive step for consumer protection.”

Dodd is a one-term Assemblyman and a former longstanding Republican supervisor in Napa County who isn’t just a victim of identity theft, he’s stolen one for himself ! The shape-shifting pol, a social liberal and pro-biz conservative jumped the GOP ship for the Democratic Party in 2012 in advance of his first run for the State Assembly. Now he’s running for State Senate in the 3rd District, the seat vacated by the termed-out Democrat Lois Wolk.

Dodd is hosting a Fraud Prevention Town Hall today (Sept.

21) at the Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma, 10am-noon. “Please join me and learn from the experts how best to protect your money and property,” he says in a statement.—T.G.

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James Knight, inspired by a visit with brewer Nile Zacherle, takes on growing, malting and brewing his own barley into beer.

Barleycorn’s revenge Or how I learned to malt barley and thresh like an Egyptian

By James Knight

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ood and fed up with John Barleycorn last fall, I plowed him down in the ground and, as in the ballad by ol’ Robert Burns, “put clods upon his head.” Would that it was the end of him.

I was inspired by my visit last year with brewer Nile Zacherle, who experimentally grew barley on four acres of fallow Napa Valley vineyard land for his Mad Fritz beer, and tantalizing rumors of other such projects. Up in Ukiah, Mendocino Grain Project’s Doug Mosel has grown wheat for Almanac Beer Co., and says there’s interest from brewers for locally grown barley.

Malted barley is, after all, the main

ingredient in beer—besides water— and in an industry that constantly emphasizes pride of place like craft brewing, locally grown barley is sorely lacking.

Native to the Middle East, Hordeum vulgare, which is barley’s stripper name—wait, no, barley’s Latin name, sorry—grows just about anywhere that hay grows OK. Hay is for horses, while beer made from homegrown barley is for heroes.

Besides a little honest toil, a bead of sweat or two off the brow, what could be easier?

After growing, malting and brewing my own barley into a sort of beer, I am completely amazed that ancient civilizations ever discovered brewing in the first place, and having gone through the hassle, why they didn’t quit at once and go back to fermenting goat’s milk. Yak’s milk. Pinot Grigio—anything.

I bought a pound or two of barley at a farm-supply store, scattered the seeds over an area of 700 or so square feet and raked them in the ground with a sort of harrow, the design of which the less said, the better. And waited for rain.

On schedule, John Barleycorn got up again, and was easy to spot.

Stout green blades of grass sprung out of the dirt, promptly catching the eye of a resident jackrabbit, also. For several months, I figured the well-mown barley crop was merely a donation to said bunny.

Nevertheless, John Barleycorn, “weel arm’d wi’ pointed spears,” as our friend Burns put it, did sprout from the low-growing grass. By May, the seedheads had drooped and dried, and were ready to harvest.

This crop was too small even for the compact research plot combine operated by the Mendocino Grain Project that harvested Zacherle’s barley. I could have gone old-school with a scythe, but recalled what a grim (anyone?) failure it was when, years ago, I once tried mowing tall grass that way. I settled on kitchen scissors, which made for a slowgoing spectacle. Indeed, I more than once heard a mocking voice—if only in my own head—quip, “That’s a hell of a way to brew a pint of beer, buddy!”

The unexpected habits of the endosperm But not just yet. To prepare the starchy endosperm of the grain for brewing, it must first be malted, a process I’d only vaguely understood to have something to do with sprouting. In pictures I’ve seen of the malting floors of Scottish distilleries, this looks picturesque

and tidy enough; up close, sprouting barley—trigger warning!—resembles a tangled mass of wriggling white spiders, or, as a friend to whom I’d texted a photo of this said, “Will looking at this make me pregnant?”

While the chits, or rootlets, emerge from the kernel and search for Mother Earth, inside the grain the turgid acrospire reaches for the sky. So you can see where ancient pagan cultures might have got some of their racier religious ideas.

Toasted dustbunny blues After it was dried and kilned, or whatever facsimile of this process I managed (most was air-dried or dried at a low temperature in the oven, while a small portion was pan-roasted on a Coleman camping stove), the frizzy mass looked like something I’d brushed out of my cat’s tail. Then it was cleaned—again, tediously—through a

sieve and brought to the Beverage People for grinding.

These homebrew suppliers charge only 10 cents per pound for the service, and their advice is free. If I’d asked it of them earlier, I might not have mashed my grain in water at 160 degrees Fahrenheit—a little too high, says the Beverage People’s Bob Peak, but probably not the reason I ended up with a wort, or unfermented beer, with the unimpressive specific gravity of 20 points.

This would make a sort of beer, but almost a temperance beverage, a barley tea of 2 percent or so alcohol by volume (ABV)—perhaps it might aid the digestion, but not so nonalcoholic that the Feds wouldn’t crack down on health food stores for it, as they have for .5 percent ABV kombucha. Is my terroir telling me to tone it down?

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straw with a stick, but I settled on stomping and hopping around on an oil-stained garage, or threshing, floor. For this step, there was no imagined voice to mock me—just a few imagined, sadly shaking heads.

But when I brushed aside the spent straw, something wonderful was revealed, and gave me an ancient thrill to behold: A healthy pile of perfect, golden grains. After winnowing the remaining chaffs and spikes, I had 12 pounds of barley to brew.

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An underqualified peasant in the wrong century Valentyn Volkov

You’ve heard about separating the wheat from the chaff ? Same goes for barley. The kernels had to be separated from the mass of straw I’d collected, but without machinery of any kind, I turned to ancient Egyptian murals for reference. One way to thresh a crop is to beat the

Rice to the rescue

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Barleycorn’s revenge «9 A curious cultivar

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Indeed, I more than once heard a mocking voice—if only in my own head—quip, “That’s a hell of a way to brew a pint of beer, buddy!”

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Another culprit could be the cultivar that I planted, a barley by the name of UC 603. According to a helpful pamphlet from UC Davis that I only consulted after the fact, UC 603 sports a long-haired rachilla, and, should you need to know, “the glume is longer than one-half the length of the lemma.”

Released in the 1980s, it was bred to be resistant to net blotch, scald, powdery mildew and leaf rust, but is already susceptible to some of those—so look over your shoulder, UC 603. More to the point, UC 603 is a six-row feed barley, which means it’s higher in protein, less so in starch, which is all-important to beermaking. I might have done better with a two-row malting barley.

The malting process is where things most likely went awry, but it’s hard to say exactly how, since

there are so many variables in temperature, timing and so on.

Again, it’s a wonder that ancient Mesopotamians and Germanic tribesmen alike figured it out without a B.S. in fermentation science.

If God created wine, it doesn’t follow that the devil made beer; worse, it seems that beer was designed by a committee. A committee of nerdy engineers.

Drunk, nerdy engineers.

Peak suggested I add rice extract to boost the alcohol potential of the ale without affecting the flavor profile. I settled on three pounds of rice extract and one pound of light dry malt, and fermentation proceeded without a hitch thereafter. (I had planned to add hops that were grown quite locally in my yard, but like the groundhog of lore, they came up in spring and, not finding it to their liking, retreated once more into the ground. So I brewed with purchased, mellow Golding hops, plus a smidgeon of Columbus and Spalt.)

After adding a dash of corn sugar to produce CO2 bubbles in my “Ranch barley Sonoma Valley terroir amber ale,” I brought a bottle to a group of people to get their reactions.

“Rooty” described the richly colored, amber ale’s aroma best; “sarsaparilla” put a sweeter spin on that. It’s malty, alright, but “fleeting,” with a hint of lemon that develops after time in the glass. Confusion reigned as to which was which when I cracked open a bottle of curiously citrusy, amber altbier I’d made with purchased malt, and brought in case “ranch barley” was a flop.

The dry finish was noted to drop off, like Budweiser—which makes sense, since Bud is made with a good helping of rice, too. But that rooty, malty flavor, like a soft caramel candy that’s just been dug up from the gravelly clay loam soil? Maybe that there’s the terroir—a fuzzy concept in beer, for sure, as fuzzy as the logic of growing, malting and brewing one’s own barley in the North Bay. Of course I’ll try it again.✹

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Beer time Your guide to upcoming events and local brew spots EVENTS Tiburon Taps Beer Festival Saturday, September 24, 1-4pm General: $45, Designated driver: $20 Shoreline Park, Tiburon tiburontaps.org Tam Valley Oktoberfest Saturday, September 24, 3-9pm 15/adult; $10 kids (1-10) Tam Valley Community Center 203 Marin Avenue, Mill Valley tcsd.us Backyard Homebrew Saturday, September 24, 10am-1pm, $50 The Fairfax Backyard Farmer 135 Bolinas Rd., Fairfax fairfaxbackyardfarmer.com Oktoberfest Corte Madera Saturday, October 8th, 12-5pm Tasting: $25, General: $10, Kids under 12: Free Old Corte Madera Square Tamalpais Dr. & Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera oktoberfestcortemadera.org Fairfax Biketoberfest Saturday, October 15, 11am-5pm $25-$40 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax biketoberfestmarin.com Novato Oktoberfest Saturday, October 22, 5:30pm-10pm $45 (includes dinner, no-host bar, band, dance lessons) Greek Orthodox Church 1110 Highland Dr., Novato novatosunriserotary.org

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Iron Springs Pub & Brewery San Anselm Plaza (next to Iron Springs Pub) 765 Center Boulevard, Fairfax ironspringspub.com Marin Brewing Company 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur marinbrewing.com Mill Valley Beerworks 173 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley millvalleybeerworks.com Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant 15 Rowland Way, Novato moylans.com Pizza Orgasmica & Brewing Co. 812 Fourth St., San Rafael pizzaorgasmica.com State Room Brewery 1132 Fourth St., San Rafael stateroombrewery.com

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dam Violante, the longtime owner/founder of Pint Size Lounge on Fourth Street in San Rafael, has a lot of ideas—and most of them seem to revolve around beer.

“I want to build a community of beer enthusiasts,” says Violante, who has been a champion of craft beer since the mid-’90s, when he opened his beer-only bar, and now has a cellar with around 100 different specialty bottles.

In his most recent effort to spread the gospel of craft brews, Violante has launched We Bring The Bar, a mobile fold-up modular concept that does, quite literally, bring the bar to you. This isn’t your standard one- or two-bottled-beer options— Violante brings his proprietary tap system and can offer up to 10 craft beers. Depending on the number of guests, the seating is customizable, as is the menu—which can also include wine (but no spirits).

Bartenders are all-inclusive in the package and additional servers can be hired as well.

“I want people to socialize and interact like they really are at a bar,” says Violante, who is able to leverage

his vast beer selection from Pint Size and offer it up on the road. He also has an ABC license, permits and full insurance so that customers can legally hire him to work at events and parties.

Violante hopes to bring his venture to Off the Grid in San Francisco and other food truck locales. “We plan to make We Bring The Bar a pop-up,” he says.

Violante admits that his venture works well as a marketing tool to drive customers to his bar, or in his words, “All roads lead to beer.” With Pint Size celebrating its 20-year anniversary this October, Violante plans to have one of the bars set up outside his establishment during the annual West End Village Celebration on Sunday, October 16.

For years, Violante has been quietly introducing beer lovers to lesser-known ales, porters, stouts and lagers from across the country out of his nondescript Fourth Street bar. Now, with the mobile bar, even more folks will benefit from all that this committed aficionado has to offer.Y We Bring The Bar; 628/400-2271; webringthebar.com

TALKING PICTURES

Happy memories Danny Sorentino on the Beatles documentary hitting home

By David Templeton

“H

ow about the Mayflower?” suggests musician Danny Sorentino. We’re standing in front of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center. “We just saw a movie about the Beatles, right?

We’d be wrong not to go have a beer at a British pub now, you know?”

Well argued. We turn and head up the street toward the Mayflower Pub, with the sounds of the Beatles still ringing in our ears.

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years—now screening in an open-ended run at the Rafael—is director Ron Howard’s highly entertaining documentary about the fab four’s early years, and the factors that led to the world’s most popular band retiring from live performance in 1966. Simultaneously released online on Hulu, the remarkable documentary is accompanied—in

theaters only—by a beautifully remastered 30-minute concert film of The Beatles’ iconic 1965 concert at Shea Stadium in New York City.

“I think we forget how much those guys accomplished in such a short time,” Sorentino says. “I don’t think any other band has done so much in so few years. They worked incredibly hard, that’s for darn sure.”

Working hard. That’s something Sorentino knows a lot about.

For more than 30 years—often at the helm of his hard-rocking roots band The Sorentinos—Danny Sorentino has worked days on the docks of Oakland, and played the clubs and bars of the Bay Area at night. The veteran of several European tours, he’s recorded dozens of albums. He’s opened for Bob Dylan, Peter Frampton and Hootie & the Blowfish. He’s like the Energizer Bunny of the rock ’n’ roll world.

“It was a great show. And 10 years ago I saw Paul McCartney, in San Jose. That was one of my top five favorite shows of my life. And I’ve seen everybody worth seeing, at one time or another.”

“I gotta ask, Danny, do you have a favorite Beatles song?”

“I do, definitely,” he says with a nod. “‘A Day in the Life,’ that’s my favorite. The John Lennon vocal alone is amazing. The subject matter is awesome, and it’s so wellwritten—and then, in a way, it’s just the ultimate LennonMcCartney collaboration. So, what’s your favorite?”

“This is not the most sophisticated choice,” I acknowledge, “but my favorite might be ‘Yellow Submarine,’ because I remember singing it in the back of the car with my brothers, all of us singing at the top of our lungs. The song has strong emotional associations for me, because when I hear it, it takes me right back to that car, with none of us wearing seatbelts—because it was OK not to back then—with my mom at the wheel, smoking a cigarette and stubbing it out in the ashtray that was built into every car in the 1960s.”

“There! Right there!” Sorentino shouts, laughing. “That right there, that’s why the Beatles are still so big.

It’s the connection the Beatles have to all of us, to our whole lives. Lots of bands have that, sure, but the Beatles, so much more of it.

“And for the most part,” he goes on, “our ‘Beatles memories’ are happy memories. Have you ever noticed that? Think of how fucked up the world is, and how crazy sad and scary it is today. Then imagine listening to ‘Yellow Submarine,’ and the world gets better for three minutes. That’s what these guys sacrificed for, and worked so hard for, and nearly killed themselves for.”

“Some would say they reaped huge awards for all of that sacrifice,” I mention.

“So what? So they wanted to be famous? That doesn’t erase the fact that they worked so hard and gave up so much to become the musicians they became,” Sorentino says. “This movie proves that. And now, that music belongs to us, to the whole world, the music that gets a lot of us through our lives.

“Just the fact that there is a little island of ‘Beatle joy’ that still exists in the world,” he continues. “It’s kind of a miracle, you know?”Y

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“They wrote dozens and dozens of the greatest songs ever written,” musician Danny Sorentino says of the Beatles.

His most recent album is Danny Sorentino sings and then doesn’t, a delightfully eccentric solo EP featuring 10 characteristically clever pop-rock-blues-country tunes, many of which put an engagingly humorous spin on the subjects of love, aging, working hard, the onset of existential disillusion and the hovering omnipresence of eventual death. It’s a rollicking, toe-tapping hoot, one you can actually dance to—when it’s not leaving a bit of a lump in your throat.

By the time we arrive at the Mayflower and order some beers— Sorentino has a Guinness—we’re deep into analyzing the Shea Stadium footage that accompanies the film.

“I love the moment where John just loses it and starts speaking in tongues, or whatever that was,” Sorentino says with a laugh. “Those guys were under so much pressure, playing to the biggest audience that had ever been assembled for a concert.”

“The crowd was screaming so loud they couldn’t hear themselves play,” I add, pulling from interviews about that concert that appeared in the documentary. “People kept breaking from the stadium and running toward the stage, only to be tackled, one after another, by security guards, before they could get to the stage.”

“You could see on their faces how freaked out they were, but they didn’t stop,” he says. “And then, when they do that final song and start looking like they’re finally enjoying themselves? I really think they were just happy they’d made it through, and not made any major raspberries.”

Sorentino’s songwriting and sound are solidly American.

That said, he admits that Beatles influences run all through his music.

“On most of my records, there are at least one or two things where I was trying to do something Beatle-ish, maybe a similar chord progression, or a backward tape thing thrown in there. I’ve done all that stuff.”

“The Beatles broke up in 1971,” I point out. “That was 45 years ago.

Why do you think they continue to be so popular?”

“It’s the songs. It’s no more complicated than that,” Sorentino says. “That’s the bottom line. They wrote dozens and dozens of the greatest songs ever written.”

Asked if he’s ever seen a Beatle live, he cites the George Harrison concert at the Cow Palace in 1974.

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Tracy Letts’ ‘August: Osage County,’ recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, opened Marin Theatre Company’s 50th anniversary season.

THEATER

Family feud Marin Theatre Company’s ‘August: Osage County’ a huge achievement

By Charles Brousse

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ou might not think that a three-hour play about family dysfunction would be so engaging that a good portion of the audience would probably be quite happy to keep it going for another hour or two. Yet, that was the feeling I had on opening night of Marin Theatre Company’s brilliant production of Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County.

Recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and that year’s Tony Award for Best Play, it is an artfully designed, amoral synthesis of tragedy and situational comedy.

There are no heroes to celebrate in Letts’ world, nor victims to arouse our sympathies. No obvious comic situations, either. Instead, while

the parade of misery on stage may be disturbing at first, it can easily transform into a hunger for just one more awful revelation.

Shadenfreude? Probably. But to enjoy watching Letts’ characters flop around like fish in a net, struggling to extricate themselves from dilemmas that are almost entirely of their own making is nothing to feel guilty about. Since most families have problems of one kind or another, it’s comforting to learn that the author’s own personal history (August is semi-autobiographical) and its dramatized echos are filled with more turmoil than most of us have ever imagined.

Of course, there’s more to it than that. Letts is a master storyteller

who knows how to take the darker elements of present-day American popular culture—fraught daytime soaps, heavy-breathing Telemundo romances, voyeuristic films that fill moviehouses, real-life scandals, sex and violence that infect everyday society—and integrate them into a rewarding evening at the theater.

That takes extraordinary skill.

Crisply directed by Jasson Minadakis, MTC’s excellent cast makes the most of this rich dramatic material. The first scene is the key to everything that follows. Will Marchetti, one of Marin’s favorite actors, portrays Beverly Weston, poet patriarch of the Weston clan, who leads off with a rambling, alcohol-infused discourse that

includes references to fellow poets T.S. Eliot and John Berryman, interspersed with confessions about his addiction, fears of aging and approaching mortality. He describes years of battles with his force-ofnature-prescription-drug-addict wife Violet (Sherman Fracher) and how the two of them have reached a detente—“She takes pills and I drink.” Finally, perhaps aware that help of another kind may soon be needed, he hires Johnna (Kathleen Pizzo), a soulful young Native American girl, to be the family cook and housekeeper.

With these elements in place, Letts takes us off to the races. It’s five days later and Beverly has disappeared. Fearing the worst, the Weston clan gathers from near and far. These include Violet’s caustic sister, Mattie Fae (Anne Darragh), her long-suffering husband Charlie (Robert Sicular) and their repressed son “Little” Charles (Patrick Kelly Jones); Violet and Beverly’s three daughters, tough-minded Barbara (Arwen Anderson), her estranged husband Bill (David Ari) and their lonely teenage daughter Jean (Danielle Bowen); Karen (Joanne Lubeck) and her philandering fiance Steve (Peter Ruocco); and timid Ivy (Danielle Levin), whose dream is to run off to New York and start a new life with Little Charles.

Their worst fears are confirmed when Sheriff Deon Gilbeau (Ryan Tasker) brings news that Beverly’s boat and body have been found in a nearby lake. That initiates about an hour of furious back-biting, accusations, counter-accusations and recriminations, the likes of which I don’t think I’ve ever seen on an American stage. But, as I said before, once you get into the swing of things, it’s fun to watch. My only caveat about the production is that J.B. Wilson’s skeletal three-story scenic design, with its A-frame roofline and raked dining table in the center, creates an awkward playing space for actors.

August: Osage County may not be great literature, but it’s a huge achievement for Letts—and for Marin Theatre Company, as well.Y

NOW PLAYING: August: Osage County runs through October 9 at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley; 415/388-5208; marintheatre.org.

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Big Sam, frontman of Big Sam’s Funky Nation, will take the stage at the first-ever Fünkendänk Oktoberfest in Rohnert Park on October 22.

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Fest first It’s about to get sour, bitter and loud

By Charlie Swanson

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our and hoppy beers are sharing the stage with a lineup of funky jazz bands at the first-ever Fünkendänk Oktoberfest, happening next month at SOMO Village Event Center in Rohnert Park.

Gordon Biersch co-founder and HopMonk owner Dean Biersch and RateBeer.com founder Joseph Tucker conceived of the idea, a twist on the traditional German harvest celebration, as a way to spotlight what are today the two most innovative craft beers in the United States.

“We think they’re great companions, not only because they’re the two most popular styles of beer right now, but they’re also balanced flavors,” says Tucker of the sour and hoppy selections. As he explains, sour beers cleanse the palate after hoppy brews coat the tongue, and hoppy beers smooth out the prickly flavors of the sours.

Contrasting the German practice of precise beermaking, Biersch adds that the event is taking a page from Belgian brewers, where wild yeast produces more random flavors in the beer. “You don’t expect to taste exactly the same beer every time around,” Biersch says. “I think that’s appealing to the small-batch beer

culture happening right now; rather than looking for the same flavor every day, [people are] looking for the nuance.”

Fünkendänk Oktoberfest not only highlights these flavors from brewing companies like HenHouse, Lagunitas, Marin Brewing, Russian River and many others—it also boasts a lineup of nationally touring bands to add to the party atmosphere.

Headlining Fünkendänk is New Orleans institution Galactic, a funky favorite of the Crescent City. Also from New Orleans, Big Sam’s Funky Nation mixes everything from hiphop to rock ’n’ roll into their jazzy grooves. Brooklyn afrobeat soul band Pimps of Joytime make their way to the North Bay for the show, and local trad and gypsy-jazz groups the Dixie Giants and Royal Jelly Jive will also do their thing.

“These are jammy bands, great technical bands and super fun,” Biersch says. “The focus is to get the party started and make this an annual event.”Y

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Write Your Juvenile Novel Critically-acclaimed children’s book author, Maxine Rose Schur (www.maxineroseschur.com) will be bringing her “Write Bank” workshop to the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley.

Beginning Tuesday, October 18, Maxine will teach this 5-week* evening workshop (6:15-8:15 pm) for an intimate group of writers, and includes a private consultation.

Some topics covered: ü The classic emotional arc of a story ü Plotting for optimum reader impact ü When to use scene and when to use summary ü Why and how your character drives your plot ü Tricks to create interesting dialogue ü Increasing story tension through chapter structure ü Important steps in revision ü Navigating today’s children’s book market.

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‘Snowden’ tells a story that’s still unfolding By Richard von Busack

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liver Stone’s overemphatic style can be alienating, particularly when he’s over-explaining things that don’t need explaining, while leaving the more interesting details glossed over. Snowden is more of a generic hero’s struggle that ends upbeat, with the title whistleblower (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) receiving hugs and applause.

Edward Snowden was an employee of the CIA and the NSA (one good anti-joke here: It stands for “No Such Agency”). Snowden finally went public with documents explaining how the massive surveillance program worked, with the help of selected journalists Laura Poitras (Melissa Leo), Glenn Greenwald (Zachary Quinto) and the Guardian’s Ewen MacAskill (Tom Wilkinson), to whom Snowden gave a long briefing session in a Hong Kong hotel room.

In flashback, we follow Snowden’s younger life. After enlisting in the CIA, he meets Lindsay (Shailene Woodley), a left-winger who is against the Iraq War. The deep feelings people had for or against

that war are reduced to the minor complications in a rom-com.

Over the course of assignments in posts as far apart as Geneva, Tokyo and Hawaii, Snowden absorbs a punishing workload, which batters his relationship.

Snowden may be most interesting when it demonstrates the kind of cyber-workaholism that makes a purgatory out of Oahu, even.

Stone has a talented, very abstract cinematographer—Anthony Dod Mantle, a collaborator with Danny Boyle and Lars von Trier. Mantle brings out the hot scribbles of color on Hong Kong skyscrapers, the cold glow of blue-white glass booths that the analysts inhabit when they’re gathering data.

Stone explains Snowden with ease: He turned whistleblower because The Man went after the woman he loved. The problem, as in Citizenfour, is that Snowden is telling a story that isn’t finished yet. While Snowden likely deserves to be pardoned, there’s a certain fishiness to his story, some part of it we haven’t got yet. And you’d have to be less credulous than Oliver Stone to discern that lack.Y

By Matthew Stafford

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week— The Touring Years (Not Rated) Blair Witch (R) Bridget Jones’s Baby (R)

Friday, September 23 - Thursday September 29 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years (1:46) Ron Howard’s authorized documentary focuses on the band’s early years through rare footage and interviews with Paul, Ringo and other luminaries.

Blair Witch (1:30) Reboot of the 1999 horror sensation about a troupe of young dolts who venture into the woods in search of spooky stuff, and find it.

Bridget Jones’s Baby (2:05) Renée Zellweger is back as the chronically befuddled Brit, now navigating her fateful forties.

Café Society (1:38) Kaleidoscopic Woody Allen comedy celebrates the Manhattan-Hollywood high life of the 1930s; Parker Posey and Jeannie Berlin star.

Danny Says (1:44) Documentary examines the lively life of Danny Fields, behind-the-scenes manager/ marketer/mother hen to the likes of the Ramones, the Stooges, Lou Reed and Judy Collins.

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (2:07) Private eye Glenn Corbett is a fish out of water when he heads to Germany to bust up a smuggling ring; Samuel Fuller directs.

The Dressmaker (1:59) Genre-hopping slapstick melodrama about an Aussie fashionista who returns to the Outback and its oddball denizens; Kate Winslet and Judy Davis star.

A Fuller Life (1:20) Samantha Fuller’s affectionate portrait of her father, director Sam Fuller, features the likes of James Franco, Jennifer Beals and Buck Henry reading from his memoirs.

Goat (1:42) A teenage boy is forced to endure an intense and humiliating series of fraternity initiations at the hands of his big brother.

Globe On Screen: Richard II (2:40) The Bard’s epic tale of a weak-willed king, the corruption of power and the power of rebellion, brought to you direct from the banks of the Thames.

Hell or High Water (1:42) Two embittered brothers go on a bank-robbing spree … until they come up against aging Texas Ranger Jeff Bridges.

Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (1:48) Documentary follows the Australian Christian rock band on stage and into the recording studio.

House of Bamboo (1:42) Army investigator Robert Stack goes undercover in widescreen technicolor postwar Japan to take down ex-GI criminal mastermind Robert Ryan; Samuel Fuller directs.

The Hurt Business (2:20) Documentary focuses on the world of mixed martial arts, from ancient Greece to modern Las Vegas; Ronda Rousey, Georges St-Pierre and other superstar cage-fighters discuss.

Ixcanul (1:33) Guatemalan folktale about the forbidden love between a young Mayan and a girl betrothed to the owner of a coffee plantation.

Kubo and the Two Strings (1:41) Animated action fantasy about the epic battle between three Japanese villagers and a gang of vengeful spirits; Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes and George Takei provide the voices.

London Road (1:31) Edgy, offbeat noir musical based on a real-life serial killing and how it affected the residents of a seedy English village.

Manhattan Short Film Festival (2:05) You’re invited to watch 10 unique short subjects and vote for your favorite. Finalists will be eligible for next year’s Oscars!

Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 148 (1:50) Catch the Canadian crooner in concert and go behind the scenes to boot!

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2:07) Typically offbeat Tim Burton fantasy about a paranormal residential hotel where Eva Green, Judi Dench, Terence Stamp and Samuel L. Jackson are among the habitués.

My King (2:05) French romance about one of those raw, reckless up-and-down homme et femme relationships.

National Theatre London: The Threepenny Opera (2:40) Wild new production of the BrechtWeill musical stars Rory Kinnear as Mac the Knife, king of the East End and its whores, thieves and beggars.

National Theatre London: A View from the Bridge (2:15) Arthur Miller’s dark tale of lust, jealousy and betrayal is presented in a dynamic production direct from the West End. No Manches Frida (1:54) Raucous comedy about an ex-con’s scheme to retrieve loot he buried under a high school gym by working as a substitute teacher.

Pete’s Dragon (1:30) Remake of the ’70s Disney fantasy stars Robert Redford as a small-town coot whose tall tales of a local dragon just might be true.

Pickup on South Street (1:20) Samuel Fuller’s classic noir stars Richard Widmark as a sleazy pickpocket who snatches the wrong loot: Microfilm swiped from a Soviet spy ring.

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany (1:45) Documentary focuses on the making of Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street, the iconoclastic director’s eccentric 1973 comedy thriller; Wim Wenders offers insights.

The Secret Life of Pets (1:31) Sneak peek at what pets get up to when they’re left alone in their Manhattan penthouses features vocals from Albert Brooks, Dana Carvey and others.

Shock Corridor (1:41) Over-the-top Sam Fuller classic about a writer who gets himself committed to a mental hospital and finds himself in a vortex of sex, violence, racism and madness.

Silver Skies (1:36) Indie hit about a zany troupe of retirees who have to start life over when their apartment complex is sold; George Hamilton, Valerie Perrine and Barbara Bain star.

Snowden (2:14) Biopic stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the CIA spook-turned-whistleblower; Oliver Stone directs Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson and a host of others.

Southside With You (1:21) Romantic charmer with a twist: The affable young Chicagoans enjoying their first date circa 1989 are none other than the future Mr. & Mrs. Barack Obama.

Stage Russia: Eugene Onegin (3:30) The Vakhtangov Theatre Company presents a magical new stage version of Alexander Pushkin’s epic poem.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Cut (2:01) The best of the Star Trek movies, restored, remastered and with three minutes of new footage!

William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban star, of course.

Storks (1:32) Family-friendly cartoon about two storks and their regular gig of delivering babies to parents; Andy Samberg and Kelsey Grammer vocalize.

Stratford Festival: Caesar and Cleopatra (1:54) G.B. Shaw’s biting comedy about the unlikely romance between a veteran Roman politico and a girlish Egyptian queen stars Christopher Plummer and Nikki James, respectively.

Suicide Squad (1:40) Another live-action comic book, this one starring Will Smith and Jared Leto as super-villains seeking redemption by leading a heroic if suicidal mission of mercy.

Sully (1:36) Tom Hanks stars as Chesley Sullenberger, the airline pilot who managed 2009’s heroic emergency landing on the Hudson River; Clint Eastwood directs.

Time Bandits (1:56) Six dwarves travel through time in search of riches and come upon the likes of Robin Hood and Napoleon; Terry Gilliam directs Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, John Cleese and a host of others.

A Town Called Panic (1:04) Catch a double-bill of new episodes from the cult cartoon series about three plasticine toys and their surreal adventures in the wide world.

White Dog (1:30) Samuel Fuller’s long-suppressed allegory about a German shepherd trained to attack people of color; Paul Winfield stars as the dog’s deprogrammer.

The Wild Life (1:32) Belgian cartoon version of Robinson Crusoe as told from the local fauna’s point of view (whimsical parrots, kingfishers, chameleons, what have you).

Café Society (PG-13) • Danny Says (Not Rated) • Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (PG) Don’t Breathe (R) • The Dressmaker (Not Rated) • A Fuller Life (Not Rated) • Goat (R) Globe On Screen: Richard II (NR) Hell or High Water (R) Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (R) • House of Bamboo (Not Rated) Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) • The Hurt Business (PG-13) Ixcanul (Not Rated) Kubo and the Two Strings (PG) The Light Between Oceans (PG-13) • London Road (Not Rated) The Magnificent Seven (PG-13)

• Manhattan Short Film Festival (Not Rated) • Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 148 (NR) • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (PG-13) • My King (Not Rated) • National Theatre London: The Threepenny Opera (NR) National Theatre London: A View from the Bridge (NR) Nerve (PG-13) No Manches Frida (PG-13) Pete’s Dragon (PG) • Pickup on South Street (NR) • Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany (NR) The Secret Life of Pets (PG) • Shock Corridor (Not Rated) • Silver Skies (Not Rated) Snowden (R)

Southside With You (PG-13) Stage Russia: Eugene Onegin (NR) • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Cut (PG) Storks (PG)

• Stratford Festival: Caesar and Cleopatra (Not Rated) Suicide Squad (PG-13) Sully (PG-13) • Time Bandits (PG) • A Town Called Panic (G)

War Dogs (R) • White Dog (PG) The Wild Life (PG) • The Wizard of Oz (G)

Rafael: Fri 4:15, 7:15; Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15; Mon-Thu 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:20, 3:35, 5:50, 8:05, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:15 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30; Sun-Wed 12:35, 3:40, 6:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:55; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 6:45, 9:55 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10; Sun-Wed 10:30, 1:20, 4:30, 7:30; Thu 10:30, 1:20, 4:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Lark: Fri 6:30; Sun 4:50; Tue 11:30; Wed 2:20; Thu 5 Rafael: Sat 6:15 (streamed Q&A with director Brendan Toller follows the movie) Rafael: Sat 4:15 (Christa Lang-Fuller and Samantha Fuller in person) Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:45, 7:50, 10:05 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:40, 4:45, 7:45, 9:35; Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:40, 4:45, 7:45 Rafael: Sun 4:15 (filmmaker Samantha Fuller in person) Rafael: Fri, Sun-Thu 8:30; Sat 9 Lark: Sat 1 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10:20; Sun-Mon 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20; Tue, Thu 11:10, 1:55, 4:25; Wed 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Rafael: Fri 7 Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 6:15; Sat 4; Sun 4, 6:15 Regency: Thu 7 Rafael: Sat-Sun 1:45; Wed-Thu 6:30, 8:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 4:45, 9:50; 3D showtimes at 2:15, 7:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50; Thu 12:30, 3:40 Lark: Fri 2:20; Sun 6:50; Mon 3:15; Tue 4; Wed 12:15 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 5:40, 6:55, 8:45, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 5:40, 6:55 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:55; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:55 Northgate: FriWed 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 6:50, 9:45; Sat 12:30, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45; Sun 12:30, 3:45, 6:50; Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:50 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1, 4:10, 7:30, 10:30 Lark: Fri 11:45; Sat 9; Tue 9:10; Wed 4:30; Thu 2:15 Regency: Tue 7 Northgate: Thu 8:20; 3D showtimes at 7, 9:55 Rowland: Thu 10; 3D showtime at 7 Lark: Fri 8:45; Mon 12:30; Tue 1:30 Lark: Thu 7:30 Lark: Tue 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10:05 Northgate: Fri-Wed 2:20, 7:25; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 4:55, 9:55 Rafael: Fri 5; Sun 2 Rafael: Sun 2 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:25 Rafael: Sun 7 (Samantha Fuller in person) Lark: Mon 7:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 6:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:25, 6:30, 9:40 Playhouse: Fri 3:20, 6:40, 9:40; Sat 12, 3:20, 6:40, 9:40; Sun 12, 3:20, 6:40; Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:50, 4, 7:10, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:50, 4, 7:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:50, 4, 7:20, 10:25 Sequoia: Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:45; Sat 12:55, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45; Sun 12:55, 3:50, 6:50; Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50; Thu 3:50 Lark: Fri 4:20; Sun 10:50; Mon 5:20; Thu 12:15 Lark: Sun 1 Regency: Wed 2, 7 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1, 2:20, 3:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:15; Sun-Wed 12, 1, 2:20, 3:20, 4:40, 7:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 9:35, 3D showtime at 7:10; Sat-Sun 11:45, 4:40, 9:35, 3D showtimes at 2:15, 7:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 12:55, 3:25, 5:55, 8:25 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 8:45; Sat 12:15, 3:30, 6:30, 8:45; Sun 12:15, 3:30, 6:30; Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 1:50, 7; 3D showtimes at 4:30, 9:30 Lark: Wed 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:20; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:30, 4:20, 7, 10:30; Sun-Wed 11, 1:30, 4:20, 7; Thu 11, 1:30, 4:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Sequoia: Fri 4:20, 7:20, 9:50; Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50; Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:20; Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20; Thu 4:20 Lark: Sat 6:30 Lark: Sat 11 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 2:05, 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Rafael: Sat 7:30 (Christa Lang-Fuller and Samantha Fuller in person) Northgate: Fri-Wed 3, 7:40; 3D showtimes at 12:40, 5:20, 10:10 Lark: Sat 4:20 (costumes and communal singing encouraged!)

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

CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 415-388-1190 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 415-924-6506 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 415-453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 415-924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 415461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 415-491-1314 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 415-435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 415-454-1222 Regency 280 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 415-479-6496 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 415-898-3385

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others. All proceeds benefit victims of the recent Clayton fire. Sep 24, 6pm. $15-$20.

Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

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Community Xploration Daylong event mixes art displays from several local talents and live music from Whalespace, Plastic Ghost, Future Twin, Bucc Nyfe and many others. Sep 24, 3pm.

Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Ajeet Kaur CD Release Concert & Workshop Chant, dance, & join Ajeet & her band for a journey into the healing world of sacred song. Sept 24, 8pm. $24-$30. Workshop 5pm. $30 (discount for Concert & workshop). TMS Performing Arts Center, 150 N. San Pedro Rd, San Rafael (near JCC), 415.924.4848 Back Porch Soul Evening of funky, fun music features veteran songwriters Tracy Blackman, Jimmy Dillon, Mark Karan and Eric McCann. Sep 24, 8pm.

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

Crystal Bowersox Gifted singer-songwriter and former American Idol finalist returns to the North Bay for an evening of bluesy folk rock. Sep 28, 8pm. $27-$32. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Melvin Seals & the Jerry Garcia Band Two nights of music from the veteran luminaries offers both hits and super rare favorites from the band’s long career. Sep 2324, 8pm. $30. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

SONOMA Clayton Fire Benefit Music Fest Line up of Bay Area hip-hop stars includes Spice 1, Jimmy Roses, Prodkt and many

$55. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900.

The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Famed drummer of Fleetwood Mac returns to his love of roots music with an exciting ensemble of masterful musicians backing him up. Jeffrey Halford opens. Sep 25, 8pm. $65-$105. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Clubs&Venues

Garden of Delights Local countertenor Christopher Fritzsche joins the Green Mountain Consort and Live Oak Baroque Orchestra in songs and instrumental pieces from England, Italy, Germany and Spain, presented by Sonoma Bach. Sep 23, 8pm. Green Music Center Schroeder Hall, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, sonomabach.org.

MARIN Ali Akbar College of Music Sep 24, 7:30pm, Gala fundraiser with Swapan Chaudhuri & Ramesh Misra. 215 West End Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6372.

Sonoma County Philharmonic Led by maestro Norman Gamboa, the philharmonic opens its season with a show titled “Pranksters & Heroes,” featuring selections by Richard Stauss, Stravinsky and Beethoven. Sep 24, 7pm and Sep 25, 2pm. $10-$15. SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 800.838.3006.

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

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

Book Passage Sun, 11:30am, Songs & Stories with Megan. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960.

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Fenix Sep 21, pro blues jam with Alvon Johnson.

Sep 22, Dylan Black Project. Sep 23, Jose Neto & the Neto Band. Sep 24, the Zins.

Sep 25, 6:30pm, PaPa’s BaG: a James Brown Experience. Sep 27, Analog Jazz. Sep 28, pro blues jam with Dallis Craft. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Beethoven’s Fifth(s) Maestro Michael Guttmann, virtuoso pianist Nikolay Khozyainov and Symphony Napa Valley presents two of Beethoven’s most famous works, his mighty Fifth Symphony and Fifth Piano Concerto, Sep 25, 3pm. $30-

George’s Nightclub Sep 22, college night. Sep 23, Epiccenter. Sep 24, DJ Marroquien. Sep 25, Mexican Banda.

Sep 27, hip-hop open mic. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

Grazie Restaurant Sep 24, Arthur Javier. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181.

HopMonk Novato Sep 21, open mic night with Wonderment.

Sep 23, 5pm, Bruce Brymer’s Rockit Science.

Sep 23, 9pm, Pop Rocks. Sep 24, Reisender with the Fell Swoop. Sep 25, 5pm, Diego’s Umbrella with Megan Slankard & the Wreckage. Sep 28, open mic night with the Larkdales. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

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Olivia Davis, who we profiled in our cover story ‘A breath of fresh air’ last year, will appear with singer-songwriter Crystal Bowersox on Wednesday, Sep. 28 at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley.

Marin Country Mart Sep 23, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Dave Getz and friends. Sep 25, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Todos Santos. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

CALENDAR 19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Sep 21, Blonde Sinded. Sep 22, the Miles Ahead Group. Sep 23, 5:30pm, Tito. Sep 23, 9:30pm, Uncle Sea Monster and Blue Diamond Fillups. Sep 24, 5:30pm, W Dire Wolf Band. Sep 24, 9pm, Dance/ House at Club 19. Sep 25, 5:30pm, C-JAM jazz quartet. Sep 25, 8pm, Lovelight Blues Band.

Sep 28, Lender. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Sep 21, Barnyard Hammer and friends. Sep 22, Home. Sep 23, Michael Aragon Quartet. Sep 24, Chris Saunders Band. Sep 25, 3pm, Flowtilla. Sep 25, 8:30pm, Hurricane Gulch. Sep 26, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Sep 28, Robert Elmond Stone and friends. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Sep 21, Deborah Winters with Ken Cook.

Sep 22, Passion Habanera. Sep 23, Denise Perrier. Sep 24, Steph Johnson Jazz Trio.

Sep 25, Joan Getz. Sep 27, Rob Reich. Sep 28, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Sep 21, Vardo. Sep 22, Rusty String Express.

Sep 27, Lorin Rowan. Sep 28, Judy Hall and friends. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Sep 21, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Sep 22, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Sep 23, the Receders. Sep 24, Beso Negro. Sep 27, Sheet Metal. Sep 28, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Sep 23, Rivertown Trio. Sep 25, Whistlestock Benefit Concert. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Sep 22, Mwanza Furaha and Michael McQuilkin. Sep 23, DJ Jose Ruiz.

Sep 24, the Brigham Brothers. Sep 25, 5pm, Mazacote. Sep 26, 6pm, Judy Hall. Sep 27, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Sep 22, DREA.M. Sep 23, Brett Hunter Band. Sep 24, RKS. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

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

Sweetwater Music Hall Sep 21, Third World and Soul Ska. Sep 23, Shook Twins and Go by Ocean. Sep 25, Gaelic Storm. Sep 27, Ian Maksin & Goran Ivanovic with CelloJoe. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, noon concert series.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Trek Winery Sep 23, Factor 11. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

Unity in Marin Sep 21, 7pm, Steven Halpern: Art of Sound Healing. Free. 600 Palm Dr, Novato.

Comedy Improv Drop-in Workshop Fun, supportive workshop provides a solid introduction for beginners or a fresh, corestrengthening workout for experienced improvisers. Wed, 7pm. through Sep 28. $5.

West End Studio Theatre, 1554 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.2787.

Mort Sahl Sahl takes the stage every week to deliver his legendary, take-no-prisoners wit.

Thurs, 7pm. $20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Stephen B Seen on Comedy Central, the standup appears in the North Bay with guest Dennis Gaxiola. Sep 24, 8pm. $20-$25. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

Wu Wei Tea House Sep 24, 7pm, fingerstyle guitar with Teja Gerken. Free. 1820 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax, 415.516.2578.

Tuesday Night Live Featuring comedians at the top of their game, both rising stars and names known worldwide. Tues, 8pm. $17-$27.

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

Art

Dance

OPENING MARIN Art Works Downtown Sep 24-Nov 11, “20/20 Vision,” exhibition celebrating 20 years of Art Works Downtown looks at the past, present and future. Reception, Sep 24 at 6:30pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5.

415.451.8119.

Bay Model Visitor Center Sep 21-Nov 12, “Natural Mystic,” Marin photographer Shayne Skower harnesses the power of Mother Nature through the lens of his camera. Reception, Oct 1 at 1pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Bolinas Museum Sep 24-Oct 16, “Bounty,” exhibit looks at fine food production in coastal Marin, from 1834 to today. Reception, Sep 24 at 3pm. 48 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. Fri, 1 to 5; Sat-Sun, noon to 5; and by appointment. 415.868.0330.

Falkirk Cultural Center Sep 22-Nov 4, “Falkirk’s Juried Exhibit,” featuring hundreds of Bay Area artists working in a wide range of media. Reception, Sep 22 at 5:30pm. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.

Gallery Route One Sep 23-Oct 30, “Canto XXV,” immersive art and sculpture exhibit from Diana Marto is inspired by Chinese spirit paper. Shows in conjunction with Cynthia Tom’s “Stories to Tell” and t.c. moore’s “Reflections.”

Reception, Sep 25 at 3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Marin Community Foundation Sep 21-Jan 13, “Om Prakash: Intuitive Nature,” renowned Indian artist’s abstract paintings display. Reception, Sep 21 at 4:30pm. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.

Angelico Hall Sep 23, 8pm, Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Senior Solo Show, ballet students take to the stage with special commissioned solos from diverse choreographers. $10. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

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.

Fairfax Pavilion Wednesdays. through Nov 30, Dance a la Moxie, fun total body workout for ages 55 and over covers international dance steps throughout time. Free, 415.302.0659. 142 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

Knights of Columbus Hall Mondays, 6pm. through Dec 12, Flamenco Dance Class, Learn with veteran teacher Andrea La Canela. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo.

Mill Valley Community Center Mondays, 6pm, Swing Dance Lessons.

925.267.2200. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

Sausalito Seahorse Sundays, 4pm, Salsa class. Free. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito 415.331.2899.

Events Cykel Scramble Bike relay race and festival combines wacky costumes, live band, food trucks, a beer garden and lots of other fun stuff. Sep 24.

Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.

The Draped Figure Draw or paint from live models in a variety of costumes and settings. Tues, 10am. $15. MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137.

Globe Sound Healing Conference Researchers, instructors, doctors, sound therapists and musicians in the field address important issues and topics in this rapidly expanding field of Sound Healing. Sep 2426. Point Bonita YMCA, 981 Fort Barry, Sausalito, soundhealingcenter.com.

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The Jensie Gran Fondo of Marin Popular cycling personality hosts three rides of 40, 70 and 100 miles respectively, offering road cyclists of all abilities the opportunity to participate. Sep 24, 7:30am. $90 and up. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.328.9846. thejensiegranfondo. com.

EVERY WEDNESDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH DENNIS HANEDA

Mill Valley Community Block Party Annual event features live music, food and beer gardens, kids games and a fashion show. Sep 25, 1pm. Free. Downtown, Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.2550.

SUN 9/25 $20-$41 4PM DOORS /5PM SHOW ALL AGES

Monday Painting Group An open space to paint with fellow artists. Space is limited. Mon-noon. $10.

MarinMOCA, 500 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.506.0137.

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

San Rafael Chamber Business Showcase Make valuable connections, check out what local businesses have to offer and sample some fabulous complimentary food, wine and beer. Sep 22, 4pm. Free. Peacock Gap Country Club, 333 Biscayne Dr, San Rafael.

Sausalito Floating Homes Tour View some of the world’s most unique and beautiful homes while enjoying local music, art, food and drinks. Sep 24, 11am. $50-$60.

Kappas Marina, Gate 6 Road off Bridgeway, Sausalito, floatinghomes.org.

Spirit of Marin Awards Luncheon The 23rd annual event that recognizes and celebrates the achievements of local businesses and individuals as chosen by the Marin County Chambers of Commerce. Sep 23, 11:30am. $60. St Vincent’s School, 1 St Vincent Dr, San Rafael, 415.884.5360.

Stepping Out To Celebrate Life This breast cancer fundraiser/fashion show/ gala evening supports a great cause and includes a filet mignon dinner, cocktails and silent auction. Sat, Sep 24, 5:30pm, $250.

Marin Center Exhibit Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. tocelebratelife.org.

Tiburon Taps Beer Festival Enjoy an afternoon of more than 25 craft beers, a great selection of food, and music by local band Mustache Harbor. Sat, Sept 24, 1-4m. $20-$45, Shoreline Park, Tiburon, tiburontaps.org.

Field Trips Desire Trails Embark on a Headlands trail with an artist, writer, or civic leader whose poetic turns on the land will shift your interpretation of the locale. Sep 25, 12pm. $25-$35. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.2787.

Slow Riders Bike Ride & Lunch Easy-going bike ride with Sustainable Fairfax to the Marin Country Mart takes a route that meanders along Corte Madera Creek. Sep 24, 10am. Free. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.408.6008.

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Terrapin Crossroads Sep 21, Terrapin Family Band with Graham Lesh. Sep 22, San Geronimo. Sep 23, Top 40 Friday with the Terrapin All-Stars.

Sep 24, Alex Nelson and friends. Sep 25, 4pm, “Stories & Songs” with Phil Lesh & the Camp Terrapin Family Band. Sep 25, 7:30pm, Midnight North. Sep 26, Grateful Mondays with Grahame Lesh and friends.

Sep 27, Colonel & the Mermaids with Jason Crosby. Sep 28, CMac & the Casual Coalition with Lebo. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

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

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

Film 1932 Pre-Code Pearls Cinema & Psyche hosts film studies class that watches and discusses pre-Code essentials from 1932 and focuses on cultural dissolution, moral revolution and film innovation of the era, seen through archetype, symbol and myth. Mon, 2pm. through Oct 17. $126. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, cinemaandpsyche.com.

Danny Says Documentary portrait of Danny Fields, rock ’n’ roll impresario whose resume includes the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed and the Ramones.

Sep 24. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Italian Film Festival The fest turns 40 and once again offers eight great films, both comedy and drama, from Italy in Saturday presentations, plus the addition of two Sunday matinees. Sep 24-25. $15/$112 full series. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, italianfilm.com.

Mind Reels Weekly series presents notable documentary films as well as guest speakers and performers bringing the film’s ideas to life. Tues-noon. $25-$30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

Sam Fuller Retrospective Special guests Christa Lang-Fuller and Samantha Fuller attend a weekend of rarely screened titles from one of the most visually inventive American filmmakers. Sep 23-25.

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

Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960.

Wharf Green, 1st & H Street, Petaluma, petalumashakespeare.org.

Insights into Rorqual Lunge-Feeding Learn more about whales’ feeding and and ecology in deep water. Sep 27, 7pm. $5. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

August: Osage County MTC opens its 50th season with a performance of the celebrated family drama, its first Bay Area professional production since 2009. Through Oct 2. $22-$60. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Marin Speaker Series The best of today’s thought leaders appear in this annual subscription-based series running through April. Fourth Mon of every month. through Apr 3. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

The Rebirth of “Freda” A talk on the restoration of the historic “Freda,” a wooden sailboat from 1885. Sep 21, 7pm. by donation. Spaulding Marine Center, Foot of Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, 415.332.3179.

Readings Angelico Hall Sep 28, 7pm, “A Truck Full of Money” with Tracy Kidder, co-presented with Book Passage. $35. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

Book Passage Sep 21, 7pm, “A Kingdom of Their Own” with Joshua Partlow. Sep 22, 12pm, “Commonwealth” with Ann Patchett, a literary lunch event. Sep 22, 7pm, “The Power of Mercury” with Leslie McGuirk. Sep 22, 7pm, “Rise & Shine” with Katie Sullivan Morford. Sep 24, 1pm, “The Man Who Built the Sierra Club “ with Robert Wyss. Sep 24, 4pm, “Little Nothing” with Marisa Silver. Sep 25, 1pm, “The Haumana Hula Handbook” with Mahea Uchiyama. Sep 25, 4pm, “Lady Cop Makes Trouble” with Amy Stewart. Sep 26, 7pm, “The Past” with Tessa Hadley. Sep 27, 7pm, “Let There Be Laughter” with Michael Krasny. Sep 28, 7pm, “Here I Am” with Jonathan Safran Foer. $30. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Rivertown Trio Sep 23 with Julie Bernard

Food&Drink

Diesel Bookstore Sep 21, 7pm, Larkspur Book Club Pioneers, discussion group talks about “Gutenberg’s Apprentice” by Alix Christie. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 415.785.8177.

Fri

Tam Valley Oktoberfest Authentic German fest features music, food, beer and games in a family-friendly setting.

Sep 24, 3pm. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley.

Left Bank Brasserie Sep 25, 6:30pm, “The Seasoned Life” with Ayesha Curry, co-presented by Book Passage. $120. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur 415.927.3331.

For Kids

Osher Marin JCC Sep 21, 7pm, “Fifty Shades of Talmud” with Maggie Anton. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael 415.444.8000.

Summerfest Carnival All-ages event features human hamster balls, food, musical entertainment, games and more. Sep 24, 10:30am. Free. San Rafael High School, 185 Mission St, San Rafael.

Rebound Bookstore Sep 28, 7pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, with authors Susan Cohen and Terry Lucas. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Lectures

Red Barn Gallery Sep 24, 7pm, “The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast” with Kirk Lombard. by donation. 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station 415.464.5125.

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Terry Haggerty with Katie Guthorn 5:00 / No Cover

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Sometime Tonight Real Folk Music 5:00

Oct 23 “Elect to Laugh”

with Will Durst Putting the Mock Back in Democracy 7:00 Reservations Advised

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Backyard Homebrew Beer workshop shows you how to brew a one-gallon batch of all-grain beer on your own stovetop. Sep 24, 10am. $50. The Fairfax Backyard Farmer, 135 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.342.5092.

Beyond Facebook Digital marketing and publicity strategist Karma Bennett talks about making social media work for you. Sep 25, 2pm. Book

Theater As You Like It Petaluma Shakespeare Company presents the comical farce as part of the “Shakespeare by the River” series. An equity approved project. Through Oct 1. Free. Foundry

The Big Meal Left Edge Theatre delicious family drama spans five generations and serves up humor and humanity. Through Sep 25. $25-$40.

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

Call of the Wild Actor and writer Charlie Bethel performs this one-man show based on Jack London’s classic novel. Through Sep 25. $10-$15. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Father Goose’s Tales The first show of Marin Theatre Company’s family series presents classic Mother Goose fairy tales with imaginative puppetry.

Through Sep 25. $18-$22. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

The House That Jack Built World premiere play charts a course through Jack London’s grudges, expenses, and injuries that led to the destruction of his Wolf House.

Through Sep 25. $10-$26. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Measure + Dido NapaShakes and the Folger Shakespeare Library present dramatic readings of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” combined with excerpts from Henry Purcell’s chamber opera “Dido and Aeneas,” starring actor Derek Jacobi and actor/ director Richard Clifford. Sep 24, 7pm. $35 and up. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900. Sep 25, 7pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Othello Powerful tale of jealousy and manipulation follows the tragic transformation of a brave general driven to rage and regret when betrayed by his opportunistic and vengeful friend. Through Sep 25. $10-$35. Marin Shakespeare Company, 890 Bella Ave, San Rafael, 415.499.4488.

Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s tales of star-crossed lovers comes alive in the natural settings of the state park, presented by We Players. Through Sep 25. Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, 3325 Adobe Rd, Petaluma, www.weplayers.org.

A Streetcar Named Desire Masterful drama from Tennessee Williams depicting the descent of the fragile Blanche Dubois opens NTC’s theatrical season. Through Oct 2. $12-$27. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498.

Sylvia Ross Valley Players kicks off their season with the modern relationship comedy about a man, a woman and a charming dog who enters their life. Through Oct 16. $15$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, rossvalleyplayers.com.✹ Got a listing for our Sundial section?

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OPEN HOUSE WITH PEMA CHODRON Please join our meditation group Tamalpais Shambhala as we watch an hour of Buddhist nun, author, speaker Pema Chodron share on topics such as loving-kindness, compassion, loss, and impermanence. We meditate, watch a DVD, and discuss the topics presented by this wise, insightful and humorous, well-known Buddhist teacher. Join us every 3rd Tuesday from 7pm to 9 for Pema Night or join us anytime Sunday morning at 10 am for Meditation or Tuesday at 7 pm for Open House • 734 A Street, Suite 1, San Rafael, CA 94901. For more information visit our website tamalpais.shambhala.org

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140501 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GLASSWORK, 1111 FRANCISCO BLVD E, UNIT A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) MAHEND KUMAR, 125 CIELO LN, APT 204, NOVATO, CA 94949 2) MOHAMMAD SHIRAZI, 125 CIELO LN , APT 204, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 AUG 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140527 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: IMPROV MARIN. 500 OAKCREST ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ANDREW MERIT, 500 OAKCREST ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUG 23, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140552 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BOLINAS RUSTIC RETREAT, 230 ASPEN ROAD, BOLINAS, CA 94924: TRAVIS SMITH, 309 EAST BLITHEDALE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. 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, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140535 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GMP AUTOSPORT, 74 HAMILTON DR #A, NOVATO, CA 94949: GMP CARS, LLC, 448 IGNACIO BLVD #339, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 AUG 24, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140481 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FUNDS FOR REFUGEES, 172 RIDGEWAY AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: MARGUERITE ELLIOT, 172 RIDGEWAY AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUG 17, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140434 The following individual(s) is (are)

doing business: FIBER CARE CARPET CLEANING, 4939 FILAMENT ST, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928: SEBASTINO PEREIRA MARTINS FILHO, 4939 FILAMENT ST, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUG 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Aug 31, Sep 07, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140577 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE SOURCE WAVE FOUNDATION, 28 BELLA VISTA AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: THE CHURCH OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 28 BELLA VISTA 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140581 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RICHARDSON BAY PROPERTY WATCH, 28 MADERA BLVD, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MICHAEL LANE, 28 MADERA BLVD, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. 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 Sept 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140582 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MI CASA CAFÉ, 85 WOODLAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MI CASA CAFÉ CORPORATION, 85 WOODLAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 Sept 02, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140441 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MOM’S NEW PAD, 206 ORRIS TERRACE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MOM’S NEW PAD LLC, 7 BROCKTON DR, NOVATO, CA 94949.

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 Aug 11, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140565 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LISA KRISTINE FINE ART, 75 PELICAN WAY STE G, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LISA KRISTINE INC., 410 VIEWPARK CT, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is

being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 Aug 31, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140605 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EL HUERTO, 5800 NORTHGATE MALL, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) SUSAN D CORONADO, 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD, APT 11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) ADRIAN OLVERA, 42 LOS RANCHITOS RD, APT 11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

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 07, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140613 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: URMYFAVE, 232 DEVON DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: THE MR MAX STUDIO, 232 DEVON DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 08, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140503 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ONCE AROUND, 352 MILLER AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: PROVENANCE ART, INC., 451 RALSTON AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140504 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OAK INK PRESS, 113 MARIN VALLEY DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949: JAMES E GRONVOLD, 113 MARIN VALLEY DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Aug 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140513 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) NICASIO VALLEY CHEESE CO, 2) NICASIO VALLEY FARMSTEAD CHEESE CO, 5300 NICASIO VALLEY ROAD, NICASIO, CA 94946: NICASIO VALLEY CHEESE CO, INC., 5300 NICASIO VALLEY ROAD, NICASIO, 94946.

The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 Aug 23, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5 of 2016)

name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 14, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140594 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: KDR EQUITY, 124 HOWARD STREET, PETALUMA, CA 94952: DANIELLE KESTERSON, 1804 MARION AVENUE, NOVATO, CA 94945. 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 Sept 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140677 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NORTH MARIN DENTAL, 630 MANUEL T FREITAS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: ARLYN HEIDI R. DONESA DDS., INC, 1130 N. EL DORADO ST, STE 1A, STOCKTON, CA 95202. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Sept 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140668 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THOMPSON TAX & NOTARY SERVICES / INTERNET & ONLINE SERVICES, 88 BELVEDERE ST, STE 207, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BLANCA E. THOMPSON, 108 SANDPIPER CIRCLE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. 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 Sept 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140669 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OPEN HOUSE CLEANING SOLUTION, 9 SKYLARK DRIVE # 89, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ADALBERTO ALONSO, 9 SKYLARK DRIVE # 89, LARKSPUR, CA 94939.

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 Sept 19, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140651 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE OTHER MOTHER, 374 RIDGEWOOD AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: VICTORIA ORDWAY- MOSSER, 374 RIDGEWOOD AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140618 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JAVA DETOUR, 836 SECOND STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JAVA DETOUR NORCAL, LLC, 1010 FOX RUN CT, AUBURN, CA 95603. 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 Sept 08, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140580 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NOTCH ABOVE WOODWORKS, 96 DOMINICAN DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KINETIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLC, 96 DOMINICAN DR, 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 Sept 01, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN No: CIV 1602922. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JULIAN GOLDFARB filed a petition

with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JULIAN GOLDFARB to JULIAN GOLD. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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By Amy Alkon

Astrology

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I’m a 35-year-old woman, and my boyfriend of a year is 43. Sadly, my friends and family don’t like him. They think he’s “not good enough” for me. Their argument: He doesn’t have a full-time job with benefits (like me), plus he smokes pot to relax; therefore, he is lazy and will live off me and my retirement money. (Sorry, but enjoying retirement alone isn’t my idea of a “secure future.”) He has a part-time job he likes, makes enough to pay his bills in a (small) house he owns, and saves for things he wants. He is loving, has my back to an unreasonable degree, and says he’s pretty sure he used up all his luck getting me. Unfortunately, all minds are made up; there’s no explaining what a deeply good man he is. I feel awkward bringing him to gatherings or even mentioning him. The worst, though, is my nagging question: Could they be right?—Torn

A:

There are people who chase their dreams, and there are those—like your boyfriend—who just chillax on the couch, smoking a doob, waiting for their dreams to be in the neighborhood and maybe knock on the door.

He does sound like a good man—which doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s a good man to make a life with (which is why everybody’s campaigning for you to ditch him). Maybe you’re thinking, “OK, so he’s kind of a laid-back dude. It’s 2016; can’t the woman be the breadwinner?” Well, yes … but his lack of drive is likely to be a problem—at least eventually.

Evolutionary developmental psychologist Bruce J. Ellis explains that there’s this notion by some social scientists—called the “structural powerlessness hypothesis”—that women only go for powerful men because they themselves lack power. This, Ellis writes, is “directly contradicted” by research—on feminist leaders, for example—that finds that “high-power women (want) super-powerful men.” They aren’t all, “Well, I make plenty of money; I think I’ll marry Hot Julio, the pool boy.”

As for why this is, Ellis explains (as I often do) that ancestral women who went for mover-and-shaker men were more likely to have children who survived and passed on their genes. “Over evolutionary time,” he writes, “evaluative mechanisms” were built into female psychology to push women “to detect and prefer males” with a “willingness and ability” to provide for them and their children.

A guy doesn’t necessarily have to be rich for you to get your “man with mate value!” box checked. What seems to matter is potential—that he is ambitious and has a reasonable shot at achieving what he’s going after.

Now, maybe you went for your sweet underachiever as a reaction to jerks in your recent past—or because it’s supposedly “shallow” to want a partner to be, say, at least a certain height or making some kind of mark in business. But, using the height example, if you really aren’t attracted to shorter guys, getting involved with one is basically benevolent cruelty. Sooner or later, your libido’s going to be all, “OK, so you got drunk and went home with the garden gnome.

But enough is enough.”

It is possible that you and Laid-Back Larry could live happily ever after. But ask yourself some questions: Where do you see yourself in five years? Could you count on him to put down the bong and go make money if you got sick?

Will your friends and family come to accept him, or will you end up unhappily isolated? And finally, do you want kids? If so, consider that you can downscale your lifestyle but you can’t downscale your kid from needing dental care or hand him makeshift forceps to take the toy truck out of his nose.

Sure, this guy would probably be the ideal stay-at-home dad. But consider— in line with what Ellis explains—that a number of studies find that women married to a Mr. Mom often end up resenting and losing respect for him, and those marriages are more likely to end in divorce.

You probably need some time to figure all of this out. Because people read the words in letters (instead of yelling over them), maybe write one to your family to ask them to be kind to him at family functions—for your sake. And finally, try not to be so dramatic about your options. You’re 35. The fertility train might be leaving the station pretty soon, but it’s not like this guy is your last chance before “Marriage is between a woman and her cat!” and “P.S. Snowball and I are registered at Bloomingdale’s and Petco.”Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of September 21

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Even if you are a

wild-eyed adventure-seeker with extremist views and melodramatic yearnings, you’ll benefit from taking a moderate approach to life in the coming weeks.

In fact, you’re most likely to attract the help and inspiration you need if you adopt the strategy used

by Goldilocks in the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Neither excessive nor underdone, neither extravagant nor restrained, neither bawdy, loud and in-your-face nor demure, quiet and passive—but rather, just right.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some of my

readers love me but also hate me. They are drawn to my horoscopes in the hope that I will help relieve them of their habitual pain, but then get mad at me when I do just that. In retrospect, they feel lost without the familiar companionship of their habitual pain. It had been a centerpiece of their identity, a source of stability, and when it’s gone, they don’t know who they are anymore. Are you like these people, Taurus? If so, you might want to avoid my horoscopes for a while. I will be engaged in a subtle crusade to dissolve your angst and agitation.

And it all starts now with this magic spell: Your wound is a blessing. Discover why.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In my dream last night, bad guys wearing white hats constrained you in a canvas straitjacket, then further wrapped you up with heavy steel chain secured by three padlocks. They drove you to a weedy field behind an abandoned warehouse and left you there in the pitch-dark. But you were indomitable. By dawn, you had miraculously wiggled your way out of your confinement. Then you walked back home, free and undaunted. Here’s my interpretation of the dream: You now have special skills as an escape artist. No cage can hold you. No riddle can stump you. No tangle can confuse you. (P.S. For best results, trust yourself even more than you usually do.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The next four

weeks will be a favorable time to come all the way home. Here are nine prompts for how to accomplish that: 1. Nourish your roots. 2. Strengthen your foundations. 3. Meditate about where you truly belong. 4. Upgrade the way you attend to your self-care. 5. Honor your living traditions. 6. Make a pilgrimage to the land where your ancestors lived.

7. Deepen your intimacy with the earth. 8. Be ingenious about expressing your tenderness.

9. Reinvigorate your commitment to the influences that nurture and support you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What tools will work

best for the tasks you’ll be invited to perform in the coming weeks? A sledgehammer or tweezers?

Pruning shears or a sewing machine? A monkey wrench or a screwdriver? Here’s my guess: Always have your entire toolbox on hand. You may need to change tools in mid-task—or even use several tools for the same task. I can envision at least one situation that would benefit from you alternating between a sledgehammer and tweezers.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m confident that I will never again need to moonlight as a janitor or dishwasher in order to pay my bills. My gig as a horoscope columnist provides me with enough money to eat well, so it’s no longer necessary to shoplift bread or scavenge for dented cans of beets in grocery store dumpsters. What accounts for my growing financial luck? I mean besides the fact that I have been steadily improving my skills as an oracle and writer? I suspect it may in part have to do with my determination to cultivate generosity.

As I’ve become better at expressing compassion and bestowing blessings, money has flowed to me in greater abundance. Would this strategy work for you? The coming weeks and months will be a good time to experiment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here’s my translation of a passage from the ancient Gospel of Thomas, a gnostic text about the teachings of Jesus: “If you do not awaken and develop the potential talents that lie

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within you, they will damage you. If you do awaken and develop the potential talents that lie within you, they will heal you.” Whether you actually awaken and develop those talents or not depends on two things: Your ability to identify them clearly and your determination to bring them to life with the graceful force of your willpower. I call this to your attention, Libra, because the coming months will be a highly favorable time to expedite the ripening of your talents. And it all starts NOW.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You can’t

completely eliminate unhelpful influences and trivial saboteurs and debilitating distractions from your life. But you’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you have more power than usual to diminish their effects. To get started in this gritty yet lofty endeavor, try this: Decrease your connection with anything that tends to demean your spirit, shrink your lust for life, limit your freedom, ignore your soul, compromise your integrity, dishonor your reverence, inhibit your selfexpressiveness or alienate you from what you love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Work too much and push yourself too hard, Sagittarius.

Eat corn chips for breakfast, ice cream for lunch and French fries for dinner—every day, if possible.

And please please please get no more than four hours’ sleep per night. If you have any extra time, do arduous favors for friends and intensify your workout routine. JUST KIDDING! Don’t you dare heed any of that ridiculous advice. In fact, I suggest you do just the opposite. Dream up brilliant excuses not to work too much or push too hard. Treat yourself to the finest meals and best sleep ever. Take your mastery of the art of relaxation to new heights.

Right now, the most effective way to serve your long-term dreams is by having as much fun, joy and release as possible.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I propose

that you and I make a deal. Here’s how it would work: For the next three weeks, I will say three prayers for you every day. I will ask God, Fate and Life to send you more of the recognition and appreciation you deserve. I will coax and convince them to give you rich experiences of being seen for who you really are. Now here’s what I ask of you in return: You will rigorously resolve to act on your core beliefs, express your noblest desires and say only what you truly mean. You will be alert for those times when you start to stray from the path with heart, and you will immediately get yourself back on that path. You will be yourself three times stronger and clearer than you have ever been before.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you loosen yourself up by drinking an alcoholic beverage, don’t drive a forklift or ride a unicycle. If you have a hunch that your luck at gambling is peaking, don’t buy lottery tickets or play the slot machines. If you’re drawn to explore the frontiers of intimacy, be armed with the ancient Latin maxim, primum non nocere, or “first, do no harm.” And if you really do believe that it would be fun to play with fire, bring a fire extinguisher with you. In presenting this cautionary advice, I’m not saying that you should never push the limits or bend the rules. But I want to be sure that as you dare to experiment, you remain savvy and ethical and responsible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I invite you to explore the healing power of sex. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to do so. You are also likely to generate good fortune for yourself if you try to fix any aspect of your erotic life that feels wounded or awkward. For best results, suspend all of your theories about the way physical intimacy should work in your life. Adopting a beginner’s mind could lead you to subtly spectacular breakthroughs. (P.S. You don’t necessarily need a partner to take full advantage of this big opening.)Y Homework: Name the one thing that you could change about yourself that would improve your love life. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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