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Someone out there has taken the dog controversy to the streets (we’ve edited out the disgusting part of the photo for your viewing pleasure).

Public shaming Having read in the Pacific Sun several letters referring to irresponsible dog owners, I couldn’t resist taking a picture of someone’s efforts in Mill Valley to shame a dog owner and/or dog walker. Let’s hope they see it.

—Sheri Rice

Great literature I agree with everything in this review—except the author’s suggestion in the last sentence that August: Osage County is “not great literature”—an assertion that contradicts the admiration for the play he offers in the beginning of the review as “an artfully designed, amoral synthesis of tragedy and situational comedy” requiring “extraordinary skill” to pull off [‘Family feud,’ Sept. 21].

Precisely because it addresses so many layers of family life in our time, in our country, with

penetrating wit and devastating accuracy, August: Osage County IS great literature. And Marin Theatre Company tells Letts’ story also with extraordinary skill. Yes, a huge achievement for Letts and for Marin Theatre Company.

—Tracy Houghton, via pacificsun.com

Deja vu My husband and I ran into [the coyote] today (Sept. 18, 2016) on our way to Stinson Beach after our visit to Muir Woods. Everything that happened seemed like a sense of deja vu: The stare and running towards the car trying to bite our back tires [‘Coyote crazy,’ Jan. 20].

We were able to speed away just before he got too close but we were really weirded out. When we got home in Sacramento I did some research and ran into this article which explained that sense of deja vu and I remembered reading about it before.

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By Howard Rachelson

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Trivia Café 1a. San Francisco’s Coit Tower was built in 1933 as a monument to what group of workers?

1b. What Mexican artist’s style inspired the interior murals?

2 Elephant tusks are made of what hard, white material?

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3 What three grains contain gluten?

4 What four countries have five-letter names

that begin with ‘S?’ (No two are in the same continent.)

5 Twitter went public in November, 2013 at $26

per share. Today Twitter’s per-share price is which of the following: About half as much, about twice as much or about the same as the Initial Public Offering (IPO)?

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6 Between 1976 and 1982, what female recording artist had 12 Top 10 Hits, including four No.1 hits, and came to be known as the ‘Queen of Disco?’

7 What is America’s coolest city in the summertime?

8 Released in 1993, what was the first movie based on a video game (Nintendo)?

9 English Prince Charles graduated in 1970 from what university?

10 The Pony Express mail service, established in 1860, could carry mail by

horseback 2,000 miles in 10 days. What were the easternmost and westernmost cities of this ‘rapid’ mail service?

BONUS QUESTION: Jackie Robinson (1982), Babe Ruth (1983), Roberto Clemente (1984) and Lou Gehrig (1989) were the first four baseball players whose images were displayed where?

▲ Even in our well-educated, affluent county, racism is alive and kicking.

So is love. Sadly, a racial epithet that appeared on a sculpture at Redwood High was aimed at LaSandra White, the well-respected assistant principal who has worked at the school for more than two decades. Determined to negate the hate, students surrounded Ms. White with hugs and dozens of flowers.

Many parents and former students took to the school’s Facebook page to offer words of encouragement to the assistant principal and to praise the student body for showing Marin that loves always wins. As for the sculpture, also known as the spirit ball, the racist message was painted over with a single word: LOVE. Central Marin Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.

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▼ A car versus bike collision near the Golden Gate Market in Sausalito left the cyclist with broken bones—including fractured face bones, a smashed ear and a severe concussion. And the driver of the white SUV? Who knows, because that person left the scene while the young woman lay injured on the pavement. Though someone called for an ambulance and the police, no witnesses have yet come forward. The victim, a serious athlete, won’t be getting back on a bike anytime soon, as doctors say she’s looking at a long recovery. Let’s hold the driver accountable. If you witnessed the accident between the white SUV and the white Cervélo bicycle on Tuesday, September 20, at around noon, please contact the Sausalito Police Department at 415/289-4170.

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Upfront The medical-cannabis community is being solicited for feedback on how the industry should be regulated.

Hashing it out

State and medical-cannabis industry meet to create new regulations By Stett Holbrook

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he Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, home of rock-ribbed American ideals of law, order and country, played host to a most curious road show last week.

Officials from California’s Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation (BMCR) and Office of Medical Cannabis Safety (OMCS) convened the third of eight pre-regulatory workshops they are holding across the state aimed at soliciting feedback from the medicalcannabis community on how the industry should be regulated.

To see representatives from two newly minted state agencies with the word “Cannabis” in their names mingle with a diverse crowd of about 200 medical-marijuana-industry workers hashing out the finer points of policy under the bright fluorescent lights of the auditorium was a clear example

that marijuana in the Golden State has entered a new era.

The meeting follows Governor Brown’s signing of legislation in 2015 that created the bare-bones regulatory framework for the medical-cannabis industry. While medical cannabis was legalized in the state 20 years ago, there have been no regulations or standards.

The Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act provides for licenses (and an array of yet-to-be-determined fees) from no less than three state agencies: The Department of Consumer Affairs’ BMCR, the Department of Public Health’s OMCS and the Department of Food and Agriculture.

Thursday’s meeting focused on licensing for medical-cannabis dispensaries, distributors, manufacturers, testing labs and transporters. The Department of Food and Agriculture is holding separate hearings for growers. While it may

have a profound effect on the medicalcannabis industry, Proposition 64, a November ballot initiative that would legalize recreational cannabis, was not under discussion.

The state’s goal is to have a set of regulations in place by Jan. 1, 2018, but it’s early in the process, and the state and medical-marijuana industry, once adversaries, are just getting to know each other. BMCR Chief Lori Ajax and her staff did their best to tell the crowd they were there to solicit regulatory feedback rather than dictate what the new regulations would be.

“We’re here to listen,” she told the crowd. “This is just the beginning.”

After introductory remarks, attendees broke into groups based on the particular license they would be seeking to discuss their ideas and concerns. Facilitators with flip boards jotted down their suggestions. Under discussion were topics like how the

state should prioritize applications, how business owners are defined and how to handle applicants with criminal records.

“Why should the cannabis industry be treated any differently than the wine industry?” asked one dispensary worker.

The cost of the coming regulations was the chief concern of a pair of Mendocino County medical cannabis providers who grow and produce their products for gravely ill clients under the label Lovingly & Legally Grown.

“For some small farmers, this is an issue of survival,” said the grower, who wished to remain anonymous. She said she makes about $30,000 a year, and fees and distribution costs could cripple her business and deny her clients the medicine they need.

She wants to see a provision in the new regulations for small-scale “cottage industry” providers like her. “We would just as soon stay illegal, and we may have no choice but to stay illegal,” she said.

Her partner said entering the process and submitting their names without knowing what all the fees will be at the other end is unnerving. “They should be driving adoption of the regulations rather than cashing in.”

Ajax said she’s heard these concerns at the previous meetings in Redding and Sacramento, and wants to hear from the industry on how to avoid those pitfalls.

“They know better,” she said. “That’s why we’re here.”

Ajax served with the state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control when it brought the craftbeer industry under regulation, which some point to when looking at how the cannabis industry can be regulated.

But she said the alcohol industry is very different from the marijuana business.

Humboldt State University anthropologist Fred Krissman sat in the back of the room taking it all in.

“To see an industry being born is unbelievable,” he said.

He is studying the medical-marijuana industry on a state-supported grant.

Krissman and his colleagues have attended all of these workshops, and said confusion over the thickening regulatory climate and how businesses get right with the law is of great concern within the cannabis industry.

“How do they get out of the shadows?” he said.

Looming over the room is the Drug Enforcement Agency, which continues to classify marijuana as a dangerous, Schedule I narcotic with no medical value.

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Kirk Lombard, angler and writer, draws from years of fishing experience in his new book, ‘The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast.’

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irk Lombard scans the shoreline and the surf, and says he hasn’t been to this spot in West Marin for a couple of years—but he has a knack for knowing just where the surfperch are and the best time for catching them.

It’s nearing the end of a flood tide in Bolinas, and I’m fishing with Lombard along the channel that leads into the Bolinas Lagoon. He whistles sharply in my direction and points to the spot, a cut in the shoreline where there’s a drop-off and the perch are hanging out, very close to shore.

“The big ones are close in,” he says.

“Don’t over-cast.” I keep catching

little ones. The ubiquitous surfers of Bolinas paddle nearby as heavy surf washes across the channel and seals pop their heads up. We’re fishing with light-tackle spinning poles, perfect for these small, scrappy panfish, with rigs consisting of three small hooks attached and baited with bits of rubber sandworms.

We’ve got small pyramid sinkers that are supposed to grab the bottom; the tide’s still running a little strong but will ease off before too long. It’s a pitch-perfect, blueskies day.

Lombard is the author of the just-published The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast (Heyday; $22), and the Half Moon Bay resident has driven up the coast and through the city for a latemorning outing in West Marin. For his effort, I’ve presented him with a hand-hewn wooden gaff I plucked

off a remote spot last year north of Agate Beach in Bolinas. He’s psyched (“I need a gaff ! Thanks!”) and tells the story of a guy who lost a big halibut boatside just the other day—because Lombard’s boat didn’t have a gaff on it.

The tide is just about right and the fish ought to be biting. Lombard is a little hoarse after the previous night’s outing—a publication party for his book that featured him and his wife, Camilla, singing sea shanties for a boisterous and appreciative crowd in Oakland. He’s a 50-year-old man with two young children and says that his three-anda-half-year-old boy already has the fishing bug—about the same age when he got bit.

Lombard’s guidebook is a lot of fun to read and a real standout from your typical fishing guides, which tend to be heavy on the “how

to catch the big one” information but usually do not come with evocations of Marcel Proust or Tuvan throat singers (the latter are mentioned by way of comparison to croaking bottom-dwellers).

Lombard is a passionate angler who admits that he weeps for certain baitfish. And Lombard’s book also comes with a heavy and appreciated through-line that highlights his conservation ethic, delivered lightly, as one might encrust a halibut fillet with cornmeal—along with lots of entertaining, fish-specific haiku and footnotes that are by turns hilarious and informative, or both.

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Kirk Lombard is the founder of Sea Forager Seafood, a community-supported fisheries company.

4 years old. We’ll save that story for the moment, but after that first fishing adventure, Lombard’s next memorable outing was when his father was doing summer stock theater on the East Coast and took young Kirk fishing on a rented boat on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Lombard recalls the fishing-with-dad story with relish, or perhaps tartar. “Dad didn’t know anything about fishing, but he knew that I loved fishing. He always tried. He knew that me and my grandfather had this bond,” Lombard says.

They got in the boat and headed out into the lake and “we just started trolling this gigantic lure all over the lake,” Lombard recalls. “A giant muskellunge hit it and I got that fish all the way up to the boat and the line snapped. I cried and I cried and I cried. My dad would tell the story about that fish at parties,

at dinner, and finally, after the pain of having lost it had disappeared, the fish was replaced by this really good story, and that was the consolation and the lesson from it.”

The other lesson is that to this day, Lombard will jump into the water to make sure he doesn’t ever lose a big one like that again. Jumping in the water and chasing fish is kind of his signature.

But Lombard’s very first actual fish story doesn’t even involve a fish. He was visiting his grandfather, Milton Watson, who had grown up in the Monterey area, and was fishing out on the Santa Cruz pier.

Lombard recalls that he had a bite on his very first cast. Wow. Except it was a seagull that took his bait, and the bird tried to fly off with it, like a kite. The youngster reeled it in and the bird was released unharmed.

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tonkery. The instructionals are quite useful if you don’t know how to dress a squid, and The Sea Forager’s Guide also has lots of handy hints for prepping fish for cooking, and recipes, too.

Performance and entertainment are in Lombard’s blood—and Sea Forager jumps off the page like a school of manic flying fish, a lively and learned book with writing of playful bluntness on subjects such as the relative culinary value of surfperch.

Performance is met with his personal ethic around fishing.

Lombard recalls one career day in nursery school when he was a youngster growing up in New York’s West Village—his father and grandfather were both Broadway actors—and he declared that he wanted to be a conservationist when he grew up. Fast forward four-plus decades when Lombard was working as a conservationist and came to understand firsthand that there’s a lot of unethical fishing and poaching going on along the piers and boat-rails, and that “if everyone’s going out there and winging it and following their own rules, it’s not sustainable.”

Indeed, Lombard’s concerns about overfishing created an ethical dilemma for him over whether to write this book at all. Did he really want to be encouraging more people to go fishing? “I thought about it long and hard,” he says, and talked with his publishers at the nonprofit publisher Heyday, in Berkeley, who convinced him to write the book. His guide provides the technical basics and the howtos, but Lombard says, “I didn’t give anyone any advantage they couldn’t get from a Fish and Game pamphlet.” But there are also lots of advantages to his book that you won’t find in those handy stateissued how-to guides, including many illustrations by San Francisco artist Leighton Kelly.

Some of Lombard’s first fishing adventures took place, as they often do, with his father, the late actor Peter Lombard (he died in 2015, and Kirk dedicated his book to him).

Peter Lombard was in a bunch of Broadway plays and perhaps most notably played Thomas Jefferson in the bicentennial-era production of 1776.

With a laugh, Lombard says his dad wasn’t much of a fisherman, but grandpa was—Lombard’s first-ever fishing trip was with his grandfather in Santa Cruz, when he was around

Photo courtesy of Kirk Lombard

your hand back out is where the problem lies”). Lombard thinks you should work a little for the fish or other creature you’ve foraged, and distinguishes between fishing consumers and fishing citizens. The former will pry big fat mussels off a rock with a crowbar. The latter will put on a glove and get down and dirty with the work. Lombard wants you to get down and dirty.

Lombard is a New York City native who moved to the Bay Area in 1993 to get married. That didn’t pan out. When that relationship went south—“The chick ran off with a modern furniture designer”—he stayed in the Bay Area and started working for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission as a fish observer (the job was part of a joint program with the then–California Department of Fish and Game; it’s now called Fish and Wildlife). He’d jump on party boats and do fish surveys for the agency from public piers, which served to help him grow his expertise in the fishes and fauna of Northern California.

Before he worked with Fish and Game, Lombard fronted a band called Rube Waddell, named for an early 20th-century professional baseball player of that name who was famous for his on-the-field antics that included abruptly departing the pitcher’s mound to go fishing. The band toured all over the country and Europe. “Waddell was sort of my life before I started working for Fish and Game,” he says.

Lombard is influenced by old blues recordings and the music of Captain Beef heart, and he played harmonica and tuba for Rube Waddell, which got its name after a house party in San Francisco that found Lombard regaling attendees with stories about the old baseball player—they really loved the one about how he wrestled crocodiles.

One of his bandmates listened in and afterwards told Lombard, “We need to call this band the Rube Waddell.” To that point the band had been called Hellbender.

Lombard was going to write a book about Waddell but instead left the pitcher’s mound himself and wrote a book about fishing.

YouTube is now replete with Rube Waddell songs and Lombard instructionals on how to properly dress a squid. The videos are characterized by songs like “Down in the Hole” (hey, that’s where the surfperch are today!), a barrelhouse blast of crunchy, gutbucket honky-

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We’re out on the beach in Bolinas and Lombard is drilling the surfperch and catches his limit (10 per person per day) within an hour or so, and I catch a few, too. He’s wearing waders and I’m dodging the crashing surf in jacked-up blue jeans, barefoot. His fishing book is replete with recipes and commentary on the tastiness of various sea creatures and plants one can forage in these parts.

The surfperch, alas, come up a little short in that department, though Lombard swears by ceviche made with the fish, and that’s how he’ll prepare his catch—squeeze that lime till the juice transforms the mushy meat.

Without wanting to sound all pretentious about it, Lombard considers himself a writer first and a fisherman second. He has a couple of boats in Half Moon Bay, but makes it abundantly clear that he doesn’t compare himself to a typical commercial fisherman who is out there day after day, year after year, grinding it out amid a sea of regulations and dwindling resources.

“I’m not some guy making a living as a salmon fisherman,” he says as he throws props in the direction of the commercial guys. “They are brilliant in a lot of ways that I am not— they can take engines apart, for one thing.”

After he was laid off from Fish and Game, Lombard started offering weekend tours of the San Francisco littoral zone, which became immensely popular and were declared by the SF Weekly to be the best walking tours available in San Francisco. He was also supplementing his income catching night smelts and monkeyfaced eels (which are not, in fact, eels, and which grace the cover of The Sea Forager’s Guide). On the shoreline tours, he’d give lessons to participants on the byzantine California fishing regulations and he’d teach people how to throw a cast-net in the parking lot—“A very good way to catch the smaller fish that I like to talk about, the herring or surf smelt, two really amazing species.” He describes the tours as a rolling sort of stream-ofconsciousness adventure heavy on the on-the-spot explanation.

A performance.

Lombard noticed at the end of

every tour, he’d be hearing the same thing from its participants, who were concerned and interested but not necessarily motivated to catch fish or forage seaweed themselves: I’m not going to go fishing, I don’t have the time for it, but I want to buy and eat fish in an ethical and sustainable manner.

“I would do these tours and teach people how to get stuff, but then I noticed that people weren’t interested in foraging but we were getting high Yelp ratings,” he recalls.

Interest in the tours grew with the big shout-out from the SF Weekly, and Lombard leveraged the interest in his tours into a subscriptionbased seafood service, which is now his primary business (at least when he is not promoting his book—he brought the whole family on a book tour that’s ongoing and that stopped in at Point Reyes, Gualala, Crescent City, Yachats and Portland).

Lombard contacted Kenny Belov at Fish restaurant in Sausalito and told Belov that he’d been sending his tour customers his way when they asked about sustainable fish.

“Kenny said, ‘Shit, why don’t you start a business?’”

So Lombard started a business, Sea Forager Seafood, a communitysupported fisheries company. He sent out a mailer to everyone on his Sea Forager Tours mailing list and within a month had 75 people signed up. He thought, “Wow, man.

This could work.” Another month went by, and he doubled his mailing list and thought, “Holy shit! This is a business.” Then his wife, Camilla, quit her job to work full-time at Sea Forager, and within another few months they were up to 375 subscriptions. Camilla, aka Fishwife, throws down some of the recipes that populate the guide.

Today Lombard has 630 subscribers who pay $24 a week and receive either weekly or biweekly deliveries of fish fillets, sourced either through Belov “or fishermen that I trust,” he says. “There are only two or three wholesalers in [San Francisco] that when they sell you a fish, it is traceable to the captain, the boat and the port it came from.”

There are pick-up spots around the Bay Area for subscribers, including one in Sausalito.

Lombard is a family man and a self-described eccentric (“I used to play a tuba on the street-corner in San Francisco!”) who regales a listener with a seemingly endless basket of stories that somehow

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Kirk Lombard’s new book is full of “entertaining, fish-specific haiku and footnotes that are by turns hilarious and informative, or both.”

and creatures you’ll find that populate his book—or even the ones you won’t find, since they didn’t involve catching a fish, but releasing one. One story that didn’t make the cut in the final edit of his guide is about the guy Lombard encountered on a public pier who had hooked a sturgeon that was about 200 pounds. “He masterfully pulled it in, but it was a foot too long and he had to throw it back,” Lombard recalls. “I’m more interested in the story of the guy who didn’t get the big fish, the story of the heartbreak of having to throw it back, and why he threw it back.”

The sturgeon is a beleaguered species, explains Lombard, and you can’t tell the difference between a male and a female, so this one might have been a female “with millions of little sturgies” waiting to be born.

“This guy threw it back because he understood all of that.”

It’s worth noting that when Lombard first started telling this particular fish tale, the sturgeon weighed north of 300 pounds. The weight kept dropping as Lombard told the story and laughingly copped to his exaggeration. OK maybe 250. Probably around 200.

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always wind up back at something having to do with fishing, if not catching. For example, the one about how Grandpa Milton used to play basketball with John Steinbeck when they were kids, and that one day Steinbeck was in New York—one of his books was then on Broadway—and recognized Watson during a Broadway performance of either Oklahoma or Annie Get Your Gun. After the show, Lombard’s grandfather was backstage in his dressing room and all of a sudden some guy was outside singing the fight song from Santa Cruz High School, and wouldn’t you know it, but it was the author of Cannery Row. “He opens the door, and it’s Steinbeck,” Lombard says. “They went out and had drinks after that.”

I’m hanging with Lombard at an outdoor table at the Coast Cafe in Bolinas after our outing, and he’s sharing pictures of his family from the iPhone as we trade fishing stories and talk regulations and other subjects. Turns out Lombard and I have fished some of the same party boats on the East Coast. As usual, there are fish and chips on the lunch menu at the Coast, but we’ve both got a fish dinner on ice for later, or at least that’s why I ordered a bacon sandwich instead of the fish and chips. Later, we catch up on the phone and talk about the jewel that is the North Bay and the Marin-Sonoma coastline. I ask him to compare it to other waters he’s fished.

“There’s just so much there,” he says. “I don’t want to say it’s better or it is more significant, but it sure is unspeakably beautiful.”

And he says there are shorebound hotspots all over the North Bay for raking clams or catching stripers or crabbing for the mighty Dungeness off the beach. Lombard tells me a few of them on one condition: Don’t tell anybody. No worries. It’s all about the stories, anyway.

He tells another one by way of explaining the point of his book— which he kicks off by first talking about the late Dr. Isaiah Ross who, like Lombard, is a harmonica player (or was—the Mississippian died in 1993). Unlike, say, blues-harp titan Little Walter, hardly anybody has ever heard of Ross, but Lombard loves him and says he’s generally inspired by “the things that fall through the cracks. I just love that guy, but you have to dig a little to find him.”

And ditto the stories and asides

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e want to keep our operation small and keep it fun,” says Jan Lee, who, along with her husband Louis, founded Marin’s only commercial organic cidery, Apple Garden Farm, in 2007.

Before Lee became a hard-cider maker, she worked as a project manager for a large commercial contractor. She met her husband on the job and together they bought land in Tomales that had been used for cattle grazing; in the late 2000s, they started planting an apple orchard.

“We are completely organic,” says Lee, who not only complies with the national USDA Organic certification but has also received the Marin

Organic Certified Agriculture (MOCA) stamp.

Once the couple decided that they wanted to produce cider, they carefully went about determining the varietals that would grow well on their Northern California property.

Lee attended seminars and gathered as much information as she could from reliable sources like UC Davis before planting 40 different types of apples.

“Since it’s only the two of us managing the entire production, we were mindful about planting varieties that would be ready to harvest at different times throughout the season,” Lee explains. Her favorites are the Golden and Roxbury Russets. Other classic cider-making apples on the farm include Kingston Black, Ashmead’s

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Once apples are hand-picked, washed, sorted, ground and pressed by the husband-and-wife team, they are allowed to ferment (which takes about three weeks). They are then transferred into stainless steel maturing barrels, where natural yeast is added and the mixture is kept at 50 degrees

Fahrenheit for eight-to-nine months.

The resulting product is a hard cider with an alcohol content of 7 percent.

Lee often enjoys her cider with a dinner of fried oysters and local cheeses. “Our cider is very dry—we don’t add any sweeteners and it has very little effervescence,” she says.

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In Ross Valley Players’ production of ‘Sylvia,’ Jannely Calmell (right) plays a stray dog who is “adopted” by a commodities trader.

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is “quirky.” While he’s known as a prolific writer of domestic comedies that feature the foibles of uppermiddle-class residents of the New York/New England region—a sector he’s familiar with through family background and education—his work always has surprising twists. To use a baseball analogy, he’s a pitcher who likes to throw a curve just when you’re expecting a fastball.

Sometimes it succeeds; sometimes it doesn’t.

Sylvia is a perfect example. At RVP, Keith Jefferds is the nearly burnt-out Greg, a commodities trader for a New York investment company who is propelled into a full-blown midlife crisis when management reassigns him to the money market department. While sitting on a park bench to escape

a job he loathes, he is “adopted” by an adorable stray dog (played by Jannely Calmell, a recent graduate of College of Marin’s drama program) wearing a collar bearing the name “Sylvia.” They bond immediately, but when he brings her home to their apartment, his wife Kate ( Jennifer Reimer) doesn’t—to put it mildly—share his enthusiasm. After living in the suburbs for 22 years while raising their children, a job offer to introduce Shakespeare to inner-city students has provided an opportunity for them to move into Manhattan, and she isn’t about to welcome anything that may interfere with their new-found freedom.

Kate’s misgivings deepen as what began as an act of kindness by Greg expands into an obsession that threatens both his employment

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he Ross Valley Players’ decision to open their 87th season with A.R. Gurney’s 1995 Sylvia must have seemed a relatively safe choice. It’s a comedy, so plenty of laughs. Its main character is a dog (the furry, canine kind), to be played by an attractive young woman.

Dog people will love it. Men who enjoy watching pretty young women being trained to mind their manners and not jump on the couch will love it. Women who identify with the wife when things get too cozy between her husband and his pet will love it. Sparks fly, but in the end they all get together in one happy family. Sounds great!

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and the couple’s relationship.

Meanwhile, Sylvia does what dogs do—sniffs the premises for possible “messages” left by other dogs, periodically leaps into her master’s arms with bursts of adoring passion, curses at the sight of a cat and rushes to join the male dogs when her hormones put her in heat. All create a ripe opportunity for humor and gentle satire.

That’s the first act. Act 2 is another story, almost another play. Gurney abruptly shifts focus from Sylvia, the vibrant dog/girl, to a series of pop psychology-laden discussions with friends and a therapist (multiple roles portrayed broadly by Jim Fye) about how Greg and Kate can repair their marriage, accompanied from timeto-time by not very profound philosophical observations about the world in general and quotations from Shakespeare. The tone also shifts as the language used by the characters becomes increasingly vulgar, marked by frequent use of the ‘f ’ word, until, finally, all the dissonance dies down and a happy resolution is achieved.

As I said before, this kind of stylistic confusion is typical of Gurney. It’s as though, having decided that writing comedy isn’t enough, he wants to demonstrate that he has both intellectual heft and the daring to season it with schoolyard slang. Whatever it was, it left the audience I sat among last weekend chuckling through Act 1, and nearly silent in Act 2.

Still, there’s enough to savor in RVP’s strong production, effectively staged by Buzz Halsing, to make a trip out to the Barn Theater worthwhile. It’s also a nice homage to a fading playwright, whose Valentine’s Day favorite, Love Letters, may turn out to be his only lasting legacy.Y

NOW PLAYING: Sylvia runs through October 16 at the Barn Theater, Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross; 415/456-9555; rossvalleyplayers.com.

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lthough California and Louisiana may be many miles apart, the infectiously footstomping, joyfully rhythmic music known as Zydeco that comes from the South has grown roots—and an audience—in the Bay Area. Marinites will get a chance to experience this rich musical tradition at the fourth annual Creole United Festival, coming to the Marin Center on Saturday, October 1.

Accordionist Andre Thierry, who will be performing with his band Zydeco Magic, is one of the founders of the festival. At 37, he’s well regarded in the Zydeco music world.

Born and raised in Richmond, Calif. by a family that was deeply rooted in Creole culture and tradition, Thierry had grandparents who moved here from Louisiana in the ’60s, and brought the music with them. “[My grandmother] booked bands from Louisiana at the local church dances at St. Marks Catholic Church and that’s how the scene grew,” Thierry says by phone.

He confesses that, when first exposed to the music, he didn’t really like it.

Then one night, something changed.

“I finally went to the front of the bandstand and I just watched the accordion and it kind of hypnotized

me,” he says, “and I fell in love with it.”

Thierry calls his particular brand of music “alternative Creole” because he blends traditional with more current hip hop, blues and R&B. Zydeco, which started in the late ’40s, was also a blend of many styles. “It took everything from Creole and it added the jazz, it added blues, it added reggae—it was just like a melting pot, like a gumbo, and it just threw everything together,” Thierry says.

Along with the music, Thierry is dedicated to preserving Creole culture.

He teaches kids to play Zydeco music through a program called Zydeco for Kids, under Performing Stars of Marin, an organization that provides arts programs for low-income and minority children in Marin County.

“I feel that I’ve been blessed to play this music,” Thierry says. “I’m not a rich man, but I don’t need all that.

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ver since Batman (1989), Tim Burton has been called a director more interested in visuals and ambience than plot. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children doesn’t free him of the charge.

Young Jake (the Bud Cortish Asa Butterfield) was a boy once, and his grandfather Abe (Terence Stamp) told him bedtime stories of an island off the coast of Wales.

There, during World War II, Abe had boarded with mutant children under the care of one Miss Peregrine (Eva Green), a Victorian beauty with Cleopatra eyes, blueblack hair and a dark gown with puffy slashed sleeves.

Miss Peregrine and other women with her special talents—they’re called “ymbrynes”—create time loops to hide themselves and their charges from persecutors.

Discovering this little time bubble, Abe is accepted as one of the mutant children. Almost immediately he falls for the lighterthan-air 16-year-old Emma (Ella Purnell). From Emma and Miss Peregrine, Jake learns of villains called “wights,” led by one Barron

(Samuel L. Jackson). Barron and his “hollowgasts”—eyeless spidery monsters, invisible to all but the likes of Jake—consume the eyes of children. We see the devils gathered around their feast. Fresh eyeballs are stacked on a fancy cake platter as if they were petit fours. The grossness is satisfying; it’s like a wild tale heard on a school playground.

Jackson is a real fright here: White, bulging eyeballs with pin-prick irises, bristling white hair and a mouth full of fangs. Jackson isn’t over the top—in his presence, the top bows with respect.

The sources for some of Burton’s ideas are clear—Jan Svankmajer, Ray Harryhausen, the paint-daubed “Id Monster” from Forbidden Planet and the pub-smashing scene in The Invisible Man. Yet there’s material that’s all Burton—a time-shifting finale set against a ghost-train on a Blackpool wharf; Olive (Lauren McCrostie), a fire-starter, brings a row of dead furnaces to blazing life with the stroke of her hand.

The fantasy is delirious, full of the innovation and charm that marks Burton, even if the blueprint for it is so worn you can practically see daylight through it.Y

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Friday, September 30 - Thursday October 6 Bad Moms (1:41) Three overstressed, overworked suburban mamas go on a longoverdue binge of bad behavior; Mila Kunis stars.

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.

The Birth of a Nation (1:50) Edgy, propulsive account of the 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion; Nate Parker writes, directs and stars.

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams (1:25) Documentary focuses on the painter’s tantalizing triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights” and how it’s bewitched artists and scholars for 500 years.

Bridget Jones’s Baby (2:05) Renée Zellweger is back as the chronically befuddled Brit, now navigating her fateful 40s.

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

Cameraperson (1:42) Documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson’s collage of images from her past works examines the complex relationship between filmmaker and subject.

Captain Fantastic (1:59) Thought-provoking drama about a family of utopian survivalists forced to brave the outside world; Viggo Mortensen stars.

David Bowie Is (1:39) Take a behind-thescenes tour of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s treasure-filled 2013 exhibition celebrating the late rocker’s life and art.

Deepwater Horizon (1:47) Real-life disaster movie about the worst oil spill in U.S. history stars Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich.

Don’t Breathe (1:28) Horror flick about three thieves who break into the wrong spooky old mansion.

Don’t Think Twice (1:30) Acclaimed comedy about what happens to a tightly knit improv troupe when one of its members is cast on a hit TV show.

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.

The Girl on the Train (1:45) Paula Hawkins’ bestseller hits the big screen with Emily Blunt as a Hitchcockian “innocent” who sees something she wishes she hadn’t.

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.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (1:41) Wry New Zealand adventure comedy about the unlikely relationship between a cranky backwoodsman and his fellow outlaw, a 13-year-old out-of-hiselement city boy.

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.

The Magnificent Seven (2:06) Remake of the

epic Western stars Denzel Washington as the leader of a band of mercenaries hired to protect a village from rapacious evildoers; Antoine Fuqua directs.

Masterminds (1:35) Goofball comedy about a gang of half-wits who manage to pull off a heist and make Zach Galifianakis their fall guy.

Mill Valley Film Festival The 39th annual cinematic soiree features seminars, workshops, galas, in-person tributes and hundreds of movies from around the world.

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.

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (3:04) Biopic of Indian cricketer extraordinaire Mahendra Singhi Dhoni; Sushant Singh Rajput stars.

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

Nerve (1:36) A goody-two-shoes teen gets caught up in sex, drugs, drink and naughty language when she joins an online gaming group.

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 smalltown coot whose tall tales of a local dragon just might be true.

Queen of Katwe (2:04) True tale of a poor Uganda girl whose world changes when she becomes a chess prodigy; Mira Nair directs David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o.

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.

Snowden (2:14) Biopic stars Joseph GordonLevitt 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.

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.

War Dogs (1:54) Entrepreneurial doofuses Jonah Hill and Miles Teller get in over their heads when they take on a $300 million deal to arm the Afghan military.

Young Frankenstein (1:46) Mel Brooks’ sendup of the horror genre stars Gene Wilder in the title role and Peter Boyle as his tap-dancing monster; Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn and Gene Hackman co-star.

Bad Moms (R) The Beatles: Eight Days a Week —The Touring Years (Not Rated) • The Birth of a Nation (R) • Bosch: The Garden of Dreams (Not Rated) Bridget Jones’s Baby (R)

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Lark: Tue 6:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10; Sun-Tue 10:30, 1:20, 4:30, 7:30; Wed 10:30, 1:20; Thu 1:20, 4:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 2, 7:40 Café Society (PG-13) Lark: Fri 2:45; Mon 2:15; Wed 11:30 • Cameraperson (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 8:45; 2, 4:15 (filmmaker Kirsten Johnson in person), 7; Sun 2, 4:30, 7; Mon-Wed 6:30-8:45 Captain Fantastic (R) Lark: Sun 3:20; Tue 11:30; Wed 1:30 David Bowie Is (Not Rated) Lark: Wed 6:15 • Deepwater Horizon (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45; Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:10, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10 Don’t Breathe (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:50, 10:20 Don’t Think Twice (R) Lark: Fri 5; Sun 6; Mon noon; Tue 2; Wed 4; Thu 2:10 The Dressmaker (Not Rated) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:10; Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:40, 4:45, 7:40; Thu 10:45, 1:40, 4:45 • The Girl on the Train (R) Rowland: Thu 7, 9:45 Globe On Screen: Richard II (NR) Lark: Fri 7:30 Hell or High Water (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:05, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:25; Sun-Wed 11:05, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25; Thu 11:05, 1:55, 4:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:40, 5:10, 10:30 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) Rafael: Fri-Sun 3:45, 8; Mon-Wed 8 Ixcanul (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Wed 6; Sat-Sun 1:30, 6 Kubo and the Two Strings (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 4:30, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 2, 7:15 The Magnificent Seven (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:55 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 1:20, 2:45, 4:25, 5:55, 7:30, 9:05, 10:30 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, 7:20, 10:25 • Masterminds (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:20 • Mill Valley Film Festival Runs October 6-16 at the Cinema, Larkspur Landing, Rafael and Sequoia; call (415) 383-5256 or visit mvff.com for schedule Miss Peregrine’s Home Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:55, 4, 7, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:55, 4, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, for Peculiar Children (PG-13) 4, 7, 9:55; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:20, 6:40, 9:30; Sat 12, 3:20, 6:40, 9:30; Sun 12, 3:20, 6:40; Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 7; 3D showtimes at 3:50, 10 • M.S. Dhoni (Not Rated) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 3:55, 7:55 National Theatre London: The Threepenny Opera (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 Nerve (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:05, 2:35, 5, 7:35, 10:15 No Manches Frida (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Pete’s Dragon (PG) Lark: Sun 10:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 4:50; Thu 2:20 • Queen of Katwe (PG) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:20, 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 9:45; Sun-Thu 10:20, 1:10, 4:10, 7:20 The Secret Life of Pets (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3, 5:25 Snowden (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 6:50 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:50, 4, 7:10, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:50, 4, 7:10; Thu 12:50, 4 Rowland: FriWed 1:30, 4:30, 7:50 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 Southside With You (PG-13) Lark: Fri 12:40; Mon 8:30; Tue 4:10 Storks (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:15; Sun-Wed 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 12:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 3:20, 5:50, 8:20 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, 6:50, 9:30; 3D showtime at 4:20 Stratford Festival: Caesar and Cleopatra (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 1 Suicide Squad (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Sully (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:20; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:55, 1:30, 4:20, 7, 10:30; Sun-Wed 10:55, 1:30, 4:20, 7; Thu 10:55, 1:30, 4:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:50, 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 War Dogs (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:20, 10 • Young Frankenstein (PG) Regency: Wed 5

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Sundial Concerts MARIN 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.

Eggs Over Easy Box Set Release Party Celebrate the release of the complete recorded works of this quintessentially American band and Marin staple, with Austin de Lone and Jack O’Hara. Oct 3, 8pm. $20-$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Paula West San Francisco soul singer leads a night of jazz and cocktails. Oct 1, 8pm. $28-$35. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

SONOMA Emmylou Harris The expressive and eloquent folksinger, songwriter and enduring social activist performs. Sep 30, 8pm. $49-$69. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Omara Portuondo Vocalist from the Buena Vista Social Club appears for an evening of Latin jazz with guests Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen and Regina Carter. Oct 2, 7pm. $40 and up. Green

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

Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Selector Dub Narcotic Olympia, Wash, underground songwriter Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening, the Hive Dwellers) plays in his new band, with Mississippi band Hartle Road and local rockers Gender Trash and Felix Astroblade.

Sep 29, 8pm. $10-$20. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

Downtown Tiburon Sep 30, 6pm, Friday Nights on Main with the Fundamentals. Main St, Tiburon, 415.435.5633.

Fenix Sep 28, pro blues jam with Dallis Craft. Sep 29, Bait & Switch Blues Band. Sep 30, Jesse Brewster. Oct 4, West Coast Songwriters Competition. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

NAPA Leanne Rees & Egils Straume An evening of classical and jazz music from the two pianists and composers, with Eddie Daniels and other guests opening. Sep 29, 8pm. $25. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.226.7372.

George’s Nightclub Sep 29, college night. Sep 30, Viva Friday. Oct 2, Mexican Banda. Oct 4, hip-hop open mic.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

LMR All-Star Big Band Twenty-member strong band wraps up Long Meadow Ranch’s bluegrass-fed concert series in a benefit for the Timothy Hall Foundation. Oct 2, 3:30pm. $50-$60.

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.

Ghiringhelli Pizzeria Grill & Bar First Sunday of every month, 5pm, Erika Alstrom with Dale Alstrom’s Jazz Society. 1535 South Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.878.4977.

Grazie Restaurant Oct 1, Kurt Huget and Peter Penhallow. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181.

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HopMonk Novato Sep 28, open mic night with the Larkdales.

Oct 1, 7pm, “Rock for the Homeless” with the Happys and Columba Livia. Oct 5, open mic night with Beth Marlin. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

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

Marin Country Mart Sep 30, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Lee Waterman & Jazz Caliente. Oct 2, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with the Alcatraz Islanders.

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

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

19 Broadway Club Mon, open mic. Sep 28, Lender. Sep 29, Liquid Green and Voodoo Switch. Sep 30, 5:30pm, Darren Nelson and Michael Weiss.

Sep 30, 9pm, Pack of Wolves. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Tues, open mic. Sep 28, Robert Elmond Stone and friends. Sep 29, Harmonic Law. Sep 30, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 3, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Novato Library Oct 5, 7pm, classical guitar music with Joseph Bacon. 1720 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.898.4623.

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On September 30, folksinger, songwriter and social activist Emmylou Harrris will perform at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa.

Osteria Divino Sep 28, Jonathan Poretz. Sep 29, Dave Ricketts. Sep 30, Ken Cook Trio. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

CALENDAR Panama Hotel Restaurant Sep 28, Judy Hall and friends. Sep 29, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Oct 4, Swing Fever. Oct 5, Charlie Docherty. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon Oct 1, 9pm, Ned Endless & the Allnighters. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls, 415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Sep 28, the New Sneakers. Sep 29, Dr Mojo. Sep 30, Ann Halen. Oct 1, the Right Time. Oct 2, Atilla Viola & the Bakersfield Boys. Oct 4, Waldo’s Special. Oct 5, the Weissmen. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Sep 30, Stompy Jones. Oct 2, 5pm, Terry Haggerty with Katie Guthorn. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Sep 29, Charity Goodin. Sep 30, DJ Jose Ruiz. Oct 1, Fleetwood Macrame. Oct 2, 5pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Oct 3, 6pm, open mic with Judy Hall. Oct 4, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggaae. Sep 30, Doobie Decibel System. Oct 1, Marty O’Reilly. Oct 2, Adrian & Meredith. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

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

Sweetwater Music Hall Sep 30, Petty Theft. Oct 2, Laura Marling. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100.

Terrapin Crossroads Sep 28, CMac & the Casual Coalition with Lebo. Sep 29, Victoria George Band. Sep 30, Top 40 Friday with the Terrapin All-Stars.

Oct 1, the Infamous Stringdusters. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Wed, 12pm, noon concert series.

Oct 2, 5:30pm, Nathan Bickart Trio.

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Trek Winery Sep 30, Dennis Hagerty & the Blind Date Trio. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

Whistlestop Sep 28, 12pm, piano lunch serenade with Nancy Fox. 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.456.9062.

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

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

Marin Society of Artists Sep 29-Oct 29, “In Your Dreams,” juried fine art exhibit is juried by Michael Azgour.

Reception, Oct 2 at 2pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, noon to 4pm 415.464.9561.

Mill Valley Community Center Oct 1-2, “Mt Tam As We See It,” art show and sale by BayWood artist group supports nonprofit One Tam’s preservation and stewardship of Mt Tamalpais. Reception, Oct 1 at 11am. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

Room Art Gallery Oct 4-Nov 30, “MOCÓ,” the Brazilian artist blurs the boundaries between high and low art. Reception, Oct 4 at 6pm. 86 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Mon-Fri, 10 to 6; Sat, 10 to 4. 415.380.7940.

Throckmorton Theatre Oct 4-31, “Michael Cutlip Solo Show,” influenced by graffiti and street art, the Bay Area native’s works showcase metropolitan life as seen through an abstract lens.

Reception, Oct 4 at 5pm. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Toby’s Gallery Oct 1-30, “Positive Choices,” retrospective of Bob Kubik’s drawings, etchings, paintings and sculptures made from recycled materials.

Reception, Oct 8 at 2pm. 11250 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station.

Vin Antico Wine Bar Oct 3-Nov 1, “Ashley Dawn Solo Show,” modern impressionistic painter seeks to create beauty that invites the beholder to find rest and feel joy. Reception, Oct 3 at 4pm. 881 Fourth St, San Rafael.

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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.

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.

Dance Alma del Tango Studio Ongoing, swing dance classes. Learn East Coast swing and Lindy Hop with instructor Jasmine Worrell. Four-week sessions begin the first of every month. First Wednesday of every month, 7pm, Introduction to Argentine Tango, learn to dance like they do in Buenos Aires, no experience necessary. $18. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966.

Dance Arts Studios Sep 30, 8pm, Rumba Workshop with Ron Montez, class is followed by general dancing.

704 Mission Ave, San Rafael 415.459.1020.

Ellington Hall Fridays, Friday Night Swing. 3535 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa 707.545.6150.

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.

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Events Beyond the Book Bash Benefit for Mill Valley Library Foundation features a Pulitzer Prize winner, a bestselling author, an award-winning filmmaker, a master Def Jam slam poet, a local rising music star and others. Sep 30, 8pm.

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

Creole United Festival Fourth annual event features live music, arts and crafts, kids’ activities and food vendors offering a variety of authentic Creole cuisines combined with a blend of California favorites and libations. Oct 1, 11am. $20-$25. Lagoon Park, Marin Civic Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, creoleunitedfestival.com.

Heirloom Craft Hub Each evening includes instruction for a specific craft. Last Thurs of every month. $5.

Marin History Museum, Boyd Gate House, 1125 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.8538.

Lifehouse Annual Awards Banquet Festivities include a sit-down dinner, awards presentations, and dancing. Reservations are required. Sep 30, 6pm. $50. Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael, 415.526.5300.

Mill Valley First Tuesday Art Walk Stroll among the amazing art exhibits at various Mill Valley galleries and stores, as well as city hall and the community center.

Tues, Oct 4, 6pm. Mill Valley Depot Plaza, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Pathway to Your Natural Knowing Inner Guidance Foundation hosts a monthly integrated spiritual experience. First Mon of every month, 7pm. 415.858.9900. St Vincent’s School, 1 St Vincent Dr, San Rafael.

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

CA Ballot Measures Pros & Cons Discussion The League of Women Voters of Marin County presents nonpartisan information on each of the 17 ballot measures. Oct 3, 12pm. Free. Marin Commons, 1600 Los Gamos Drive, Ste 200, San Rafael.

Birding for Seniors Enjoy an easy stroll along the newly restored Hamilton wetland area and look for waterfowl, shorebirds and other wildlife. Oct 5, 10am. Hamilton Wetlands Path, south end of Hanger Ave, Novato, marincountyparks. org.

Birds of Abbotts Lagoon Look for the numerous species of birds that are found along the coast this time of year.

Oct 2, 10am. Abbotts Lagoon, Pierce Point Rd, Point Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes Station, 415.893.9527.

WW II in the Shadow of Mt. Tam A walking tour of the area surrounding the Bay Model lets you experience what life in the shipyards of WW II was like. Oct 1, 10am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

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.

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. Through Oct 2. $15/$112 full series. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, italianfilm.com.

Latino Film Festival Community Media Center of Marin hosts screenings of select documentary films from the Cine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival.

Oct 3-7. Albert J Boro Community Center, 50 Canal St, San Rafael, latinofilmfestival. splashthat.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.

Food&Drink Cheese Talk & Tasting Kiri Fisher of the Cheese School of San Francisco will be giving a mini-class and creating a platter featuring three cheeses followed by a cheese tasting. Oct 4, 7pm.

Diesel Bookstore, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.785.8177.

Cameraperson Photographer Kirsten Johnson presents her debut film, which explores the complex relationships between filmmakers and their subjects. Oct 1, 4pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Detour or Destination The Inner Guidance Foundation introduces an integrated experiential process of listening, responding and acting on your inner voice. Oct 3, 7pm. St Vincent’s School, 1 St Vincent Dr, San Rafael, innerguidancefoundation.org.

Forum: Presidential Politics Dominican University’s chair of political science Alison Howard leads a lively discussion. Oct 2, 4:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Community Church, 8 Olive St, Mill Valley.

Introduction to Online Marketing Get an overview of the different ways online marketing can promote and streamline your business. Thurs, Sep 29, 6pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

Makropolus Case Preview Music historian Dr. Richard Taruskin will take the mystery out of San Francisco Opera’s upcoming performance. Oct 3, 7:30pm. The Redwoods, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, 415.383.2741.

Media Mixer The public is invited to a mixer that features a presentation from Patti Breitman, director of the Marin Vegetarian Education Group and a co-founder of Dharma Voices for Animals. Oct 5, 7pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, 415.721.0636.

Mini-Succulent Gardens Learn how to incorporate succulents into mini-gardens, using common household objects like teacups and cookie tins as containers. Oct 1, 10am. Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley.

O’Hanlon Roundtable Continuing parade of experienced artists share thoughts on creative process. All artists welcome. First Tues of each month, 4 to 6. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.4331.

SF Bay American Cetacean Society Talk Explore new insights into the feeding behavior of humpback whales from five oceans, fin whales from the Atlantic and blue whales from California. Sep 29, 7pm. $5.

Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Women’s Meditation Class Learn how to empower your life and meditation with your own vitality. Oct 4, 6:30pm. $20. Gathering Thyme Herbal Store, 1447 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.302.3544.

Readings Angelico Hall Sep 28, 7pm, “A Truck Full of Money” with Tracy Kidder, co-presented with Book Passage. $35. Oct 3, 7pm, “The Rain in Portugal” with Billy Collins. $35. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael 415.457.4440.

Book Passage Sep 28, 7pm, “Here I Am” with Jonathan Safran Foer. $30. Sep 29, 6pm, “Tell Me the Number Before Infinity” with Dena and Becky Taylor. Sep 30, 12pm, “The Nightingale” with Kristin Hannah, a literary lunch event. $55. Sep 30, 7pm, “Accidental Life” with Terry McDonell. Oct 1, 1pm, “The Death of Fred Astaire” with Leslie Lawrence.

Oct 1, 7pm, “The Best Travel Writing: Volume 11” with various authors. Oct 3, 7pm, “Risuko” with David Kudler. Oct 4, 7pm, “Chasing Portraits” with Elizabeth Rynecki.

Oct 5, 7pm, “Manitou Canyon” with William Kent Krueger. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

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.

West Marine Sausalito Sep 29, 6pm, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Standup Paddleboarding” with Suzy Cooney. 192 Donahue St, Marin City.

Theater 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 9. $22-$60. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Medea The College of Marin drama department presents the West Coast premiere of a new version of the classic tale by Euripides. Sep 30-Oct 16. $10-$20. College of Marin Studio Theatre, 835 College Avenue, Kentfield, 415.485.9385.

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.

Spanish Conversation Club Spanish language facilitators Carol Costa and Joe Cillo host a mix of beginning and intermediate conversational Spanish sessions. Mon, 1pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

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. ✹

Transforming Knowledge into Wisdom Anthony S Wright offers a different approach to gaining wisdom. Sep 29, 7pm.

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 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)

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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

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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.

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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 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: 2016-140677 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: 2016-140618 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)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140658 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: EDEN DAY SPA, 411 SAN ANSELMO AVE, STE 101, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KATAYOUN INC., 32 DRAKES VIEW CIR, GREENBRAE, CA 94904.

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 15, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140645 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BAY AREA LEGAL AND LITIGATION EQUIPMENT RENTALS, 79 LIVE OAK AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: THOMAS GOODIN, 79 LIVE OAK 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 Sept 13, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140685 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SOCIAL LEARNING WORKS, 500 TAMAL PLAZA SUITE 529, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: GRACE SLOCUM ROEGIERS, 10 CHRISTOPHER CT 1, NOVATO, CA 94947. 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 20, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140692 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) JEAN KATHRYN CARLSON, 2) VIBRANT LIVING ALCHEMY, 11 SEQUOIA RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: JEAN CARLSON, 11 SEQUOIA RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 21, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-140602 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARI’S CLEAN4U, 1611 LINCOLN AVE, APT 3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARISOL ALAS RAMIREZ, 1611 LINCOLN AVE, APT 3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 06, 2016 (Publication Dates: Sep 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 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 1603332. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GUADALUPE GONZALEZ TORRES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GUADALUPE GONZALEZ TORRES to GUADALUPE GONZALEZ. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 11/07/2016 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913.

A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: SEP 14, 2016. (Publication Dates: Sep 21, 28, Oct 5, 12 of 2016)

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Q:

By Amy Alkon

Goddess

I’m a man who likes to girl-watch. I do this from behind very dark glasses, yet I still elicit scowls from women. Recently, I was at a help desk, and I availed myself of the view down the receptionist’s top. She quickly covered up with a scarf. I’m puzzled, because there’s no way she could’ve seen my eyes. What’s going on here?—Sunglasses

A:

We all appreciate a nice view, but your eyes might be lingering a bit long in the wrong places if you hear stuff like, “Sir … are you ready for my areolas to take your order?”

Hiding your boob recon behind pitch-dark shades doesn’t help matters—but not because we have some magical ability to know when someone is staring at us.

Sure, people will swear that they can tell—even if the starer is behind them or is behind dark glasses. However, unless they grew up someplace else—like on Planet 34—they have no organ that would detect this. (Here on Earth, “eyes in the back of your head” is just a figure of speech—save for any rare genetic accidents.)

Why might we think we know when we’re being watched—even by someone we can’t see? Well, we may, subconsciously, be picking up on subtle reactions of people around us who can see the watcher. Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux explains that our amygdala—part of our brain’s threat detection circuitry—reacts beneath conscious awareness, messaging our body to get ready to run or rumble (that “fight or flight” thing). Among our body’s responses, our little hairs stand on end. That’s a creepy feeling—leading us to whirl around to see what gives—and whoa! … there’s some dude angling to cavity-search us with his eyeballs.

We have a term for that “hairs standing on end” feeling, and it’s “being creeped out”—which is what women are experiencing when they can’t see what your eyes are up to behind those dark glasses. Evolutionary social psychologist Frank McAndrew published the first study on the nature of “creepiness.” He explains that the feeling that something is “creepy” is a self-protective response to “ambiguity”—our being unsure of whether we’re facing a threat. We err on the side of assuming that we are—and in rushes the palace guard to barricade the cleavage with a scarf.

This woman you stared at was at the “help” desk, and no, that isn’t short for, “Help yourself to a nice long look down my boobage.” Close-range staring at a captive audience like that is particularly creepy—as in, it’s rude. Again, the sunglasses don’t change that; they make it worse. If you’re going to girl-watch, do it in wide-open spaces, like on the street or in a mall, so you don’t make women feel like sitting ducks in pushup bras. You might also take off those spyglasses and engage with one of these ladies. If you get something going with a woman, gazing admiringly at her will seem like a form of flattery—as opposed to a sign that your mom reset the Net Nanny to block all those “filthy” webcam sites.

Q:

I met this woman who’d dated my ex. In talking, we realized that he used the same romantic lines on both of us. Granted, these made me feel good at the time, but I feel angry and stupid for falling for them. How do you know when a guy is sincere?—Scammed

A:

Understandably, you want a man’s lovey-dovey talk to come from the heart, not from a Word doc he saved on his hard drive.

However, a guy whose heartfelt remarks turn out to be a renewable resource isn’t necessarily some sneaky recycler. Consider how personality plays into this.

Personality is a pattern over time of thoughts, feelings and desires that shape how you behave. Research by social psychologist Nathan W. Hudson suggests that you may be able to change aspects of your personality through behavioral change—like by repeatedly acting more conscientiously. Still, Hudson, along with about 10 truckloads of other social psychologists, sees a good deal of evidence that personality is “relatively stable.”

In other words, even a sweet, sincere guy is likely to use some of the same romantic wordery with any woman he’s dating. What tells you whether he’s a good guy or he just talks a good game is time—reserving judgment on what you have together until enough time passes for you to hold up the sweet things he says to what he actually does. Wanting to see any discrepancies is really the best way to protect yourself from serial romancers—or worse. (“I bet you say that to all the girls you put in your freezer!”)Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of September 28

ARIES (March 21-April 19): What’s the

difference between a love warrior and a love worrier?

Love warriors work diligently to keep enhancing their empathy, compassion and emotional intelligence. Love worriers fret so much about not getting the love they want that they neglect to develop their intimacy skills. Love warriors are always vigilant for how their own ignorance may be sabotaging togetherness, while love worriers dwell on how their partner’s ignorance is sabotaging togetherness. Love warriors stay focused on their relationship’s highest goals, while love worriers are preoccupied with every little relationship glitch. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time to become less of a love worrier and more of a love warrior.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How will you

deal with a provocative opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate your approach to work? My guess is that if you ignore this challenge, it will devolve into an obstruction. If you embrace it, on the other hand, you will be led to unforeseen improvements in the way you earn money and structure your daily routine. Here’s the paradox: Being open to seemingly impractical considerations will ultimately turn out to be quite practical.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is it possible that you’re on the verge of reclaiming some of the innocent wisdom you had as a child? Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect it is. If all goes well, you will soon be gifted with a long glimpse of your true destiny—a close replica of the vision that bloomed in you at a tender age. And this will, in turn, enable you to actually see magic unicorns and play with mischievous fairies and eat clouds that dip down close to the earth. And not only that: Having a holy vision of your original self will make you even smarter than you already are. For example, you could get insights about how to express previously inexpressible parts of yourself. You might discover secrets about how to attract more of the love you have always felt deprived of.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m not asking you to tell me about the places and situations where you feel safe and fragile and timid. I want to know about where you feel safe and strong and bold.

Are there sanctuaries that nurture your audacious wisdom? Are there natural sites that tease out your primal willpower and help you clarify your goals?

Go to those power spots. Allow them to exalt you with their transformative blessings. Pray and sing and dance there. And maybe find a new oasis to excite and incite you, as well. Your creative savvy will bloom in November if you nurture yourself now with this magic.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One of your old

reliable formulas may temporarily be useless or even deceptive. An ally could be withholding an important detail from you. Your favorite psychological crutch is in disrepair, and your go-to excuse is no longer viable. And yet I think you’re going to be just fine, Leo. Plan B will probably work better than Plan A. Secondary sources and substitutes should provide you with all the leverage you need. And I bet you will finally capitalize on an advantage that you have previously neglected. For best results, be vigilant for unexpected help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Attention! Warning!

One of your signature fears is losing its chokehold on your imagination. If this trend continues, its power to scare you may diminish more than 70 percent by November 1. And then what will you do? How can you continue to plug away at your goals if you don’t have worry and angst and dread to motivate you? I suppose you could shop around for a replacement fear—a new prod to keep you on the true and righteous path. But you might also want to consider an alternative: The possibility of drawing more of the energy you need by feeding your lust for life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Thank you for all

of the entertainment you’ve provided in the past 12

By Rob Brezsny

months, Libra. Since shortly before your birthday in 2015, you have taken lively and gallant actions to rewrite history. You have banished a pesky demon and repaired a hole in your soul. You’ve educated the most immature part of yourself and nurtured the most neglected part of yourself. To my joyful shock, you have even worked to transform a dysfunctional romantic habit that in previous years had subtly undermined your ability to get the kind of intimacy you seek. What’s next? Here’s my guess: An unprecedented exemption from the demands of the past.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you able to

expand while you are contracting, and vice versa?

Can you shed mediocre comforts and also open your imagination to gifts that await you at the frontier?

Is it possible to be skeptical toward ideas that shrink your world and people who waste your time, even as you cultivate optimism and innocence about the interesting challenges ahead of you? Here’s what I think, Scorpio: Yes, you can. At least for right now, you are more flexible and multifaceted than you might imagine.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You Sagittarians are famous for filling your cups so full that they’re in danger of spilling over. Sometimes the rest of us find this kind of cute. On other occasions, we don’t enjoy getting wine splashed on our shoes. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, the consequences of your tendency to overflow will be mostly benign—perhaps even downright beneficial.

So I suggest you experiment with the pleasures of surging and gushing. Have fun as you escape your niches and transcend your containers. Give yourself permission to seek adventures that might be too extravagant for polite company. Now here’s a helpful reminder from your fellow Sagittarian, poet Emily Dickinson: “You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer.”

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

that during the coming weeks you will have an extra amount of freedom from fate. The daily grind won’t be able to grind you down. The influences that typically tend to sap your joie de vivre will leave you in peace. Are you ready to take full advantage of this special dispensation? Please say YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES. Be alert for opportunities to rise above the lowest common denominators.

Be aggressive about rejecting the trivial questions that trap everyone in low expectations. Here are my predictions: Your willpower will consistently trump your conditioning. You won’t have to play by the old rules, but will instead have extra sovereignty to invent the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you can expect an unlikely coincidence or two in the coming days. You should also be alert for helpfully prophetic dreams, clear telepathic messages and pokes from tricky informers. In fact, I suspect that useful hints and clues will be swirling in extra abundance, sometimes in the form of direct communications from reliable sources, but on occasion as mysterious signals from strange angels.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You know

that inner work you’ve been doing with such diligence? I’m referring to those psycho-spiritual transformations you have been attending to in the dark … the challenging but oddly gratifying negotiations you’ve been carrying on with your secret self … the steady, strong future you’ve been struggling to forge out of the chaos? Well, I foresee you making a big breakthrough in the coming weeks. The progress you’ve been earning, which up until now has been mostly invisible to others, will finally be seen and appreciated. The vows you uttered so long ago will, at last, yield at least some of the tangible results you’ve pined for.Y

Homework: What most needs regeneration in your life? And what are you going to do to regenerate it?

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