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Earlier this month, a peaceful demonstration in support of Standing Rock took place in front of Citibank in downtown San Rafael. See our feature story on page 6 for more on local involvement in the movement.

Remember It’s important to remember that while Donald Trump is Time’s ‘Person of the Year,’ so was Adolf Hitler, before World War II. —Craig Whatley

Obamacare sell-out Little known by most people, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as “Obamacare,” is not the creation of President Obama. The ACA was authored by the Heritage Foundation, a rigid right-wing conservative group [and was the model for Mitt Romney’s health

care plan when he was governor of Massachusetts.]

Obama did some editing, adding that children could remain on their parent’s health care policy and no one could be denied membership due to previous health issues.

Current media stories say the Republican replacement will be essentially much like Obamacare with some editing.

As with the Heritage program, Obama’s similar conception and the coming replacement, they all put the operating system in the hands of the private insurance industry. We have been, and soon will be, once again sold out to the multimilliondollar pharma and insurance lobby.

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By Howard Rachelson

1 A strong, warm and persistent flow of heavy precipitation extending from the Hawaiian Islands towards the California coast is often known by what fruity two-word nickname?

2 What number is associated with circadian rhythm?

3 What film nominated for last year’s Best Picture Oscar had a one-word city name as a title?

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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)?

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4 The Federal Aviation Administration prohibits passengers from bringing what telephone on any aircraft, even if powered off, because it might catch on fire?

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5 Identify these men named “Scott”: a. Author of The Great Gatsby b. Wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” c. Recorded the 1967 #1 hit song “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)”

5d If so, you may be eligible to take part in one of these clinical trials.

d. Ragtime pianist who wrote “The Entertainer” in 1902 (theme song to the 1973 film The Sting)

6 Churchills, Coronas, Lonsdales and Torpedos are examples of what consumable products?

7 Singapore borders only one county. What is it?

8 What is the only major professional sports team located in Las Vegas?

9 Stevie Wonder wrote and recorded what Oscar-winning Best Song (with an eight-word title) from the 1984 film The Woman in Red?

10 The file format that provides an electronic image of a printed document, PDF, is an acronym for what three-word phrase?

BONUS QUESTION: Shortly after being named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2016, Donald Trump responded by complaining about what?

▲ Firefighters from the Southern Marin Fire Protection District collected 200 bikes last year during their annual bicycle drive for needy kids in Marin. This year, they’ve received only 23. “If you have a new or used bicycle you would like to donate, we would appreciate it,” says firefighter James Moore. C’mon good folks of Marin, let’s help them remedy that 177 bike deficit.

Check your garages for bikes that your kids outgrew and if you come up empty, take advantage of the holiday sales and buy a brand new bike helmet for a deserving child.

Donations of gently used bikes and new helmets are accepted at three fire stations: 309 Poplar Street in Tam Valley; 308 Reed Boulevard in Strawberry; and 333 Johnson Street in Sausalito.

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▼ With terrible traffic in Marin, we’d all like to take the road less traveled.

Caltrans gave us one at the entrance to Tam Valley. Well, kind of. They gave us a new sign anyway. Heading north on 101, a huge sign has appeared for Mill Valley Road at what used to be the Highway 1/Stinson Beach exit. We checked every street sign in the area and called on MapQuest, but we couldn’t find any such location. Because none exists. The proofreader was asleep on the job when Caltrans produced the new sign and no one caught it when they installed it either.

Thanks for dashing our high hopes, Caltrans, because we actually need an alternate route there to relieve the congestion. Goodbye, Mill Valley Road. —Nikki Silverstein

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Northern California tribes join the Dakota Sioux

By Will Parrish Dustin Thunderhawk, Standing Rock Sioux native, stands by flags representing nations of indigenous supporters that line the road to the Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota.

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n Sunday, November 6, in Redwood Valley, one of two small Mendocino County towns where the Russian River’s headwaters spill from the southern Mendocino Range mountains, cars overflowed the parking lot at the local grange and lined rural East Side Road in both directions.

Several hundred people had gathered to listen to activists report back from Standing Rock where they had stood in solidarity with Native American tribes known as Water Protectors who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline.

One such speaker was Jassen Rodriguez, a member of the Mishewal Wappo, whose ancestral lands include much of Sonoma, Napa and southern Lake counties.

He had just returned from a threeweek sojourn to Standing Rock.

Rodriguez had stayed at Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, an

encampment named for the seven bands of the Sioux people where a ceremonial fire has remained burning for many months. Elders at Standing Rock had granted Rodriguez the responsibility of tending the sacred fire on behalf of the entire camp, and he choked back tears as he recounted the experience. Tears also moistened the eyes of many audience members as he spoke.

“It was the greatest honor of my life,” Rodriguez says. “It was an incredible blessing. The entire experience was a spiritual awakening.”

Arm-in-arm Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline has galvanized support from all over the world.

Constructed mainly by Fortune 500 company Energy Transfer Partners, the pipeline originates in the Bakken oil patch and traverses North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa, and ends in Illinois, linking to transmission routes to the East Coast and Gulf Coast.

For several months, indigenous people, environmentalists and Great Plains residents have protested the project because it threatens water quality and myriad sacred sites of the Standing Rock Sioux. It will also contribute to the global climate crisis.

The movement against the pipeline has touched deep into the heart of indigenous communities in Northern California. Hundreds

of people from the North Bay and North Coast, indigenous and nonindigenous alike, made the trek to the area of wind-swept prairie where the Cannonball and Missouri rivers meet.

On Dec. 4, the Standing Rock resistance achieved a major breakthrough when the Army Corps of Engineers denied Energy Transfer Partners’ request for an easement to build the pipeline beneath the Missouri River, requiring a full environmental impact statement before that part of the project can proceed.

Local support has manifested through fundraisers, rallies and ceremonies. Earlier this month, a 350Marin-sponsored stand in solidarity with Standing Rock drew a large group to downtown San Rafael, while more than 500 people

Police violence The protests at Standing Rock first started making headlines in August. Much of the attention focused on the police’s brutal treatment of protesters. With North Dakota’s Morton County Sheriff ’s Department in the lead, police used high-powered water hoses, dogs, rubber bullets, sonic weapons, pepper spray and tear gas against the Water Protectors, who resisted efforts to move them out.

The level of force and the militarized appearance of the police captured national headlines partly because they were out of proportion to the physical threat posed by the activists. Brandy Toelupe, a lawyer for the National Lawyers Guild, helped file a lawsuit against the sheriff and other police agencies for using excessive force.

“From the beginning, governments have used their latest technologies to take land and resources from native nations and oppress indigenous peoples,” she says. The Morton County Sheriff ’s Department’s “actions make it clear that nothing has changed.”

In late November, a demonstration outside of the Oceti Sakowin camp called attention to a police barricade that prevented emergency services vehicles and other traffic from

accessing the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation’s northern access route since late October. A line of riot police responded by firing concussion grenades and rubber bullets, and drenched hundreds of people with high-powered water hoses amid freezing temperatures.

I stood on or near the Blackwater Bridge on Highway 180—the center of the action—for several hours that night. People wielded plywood and galvanized aluminum roofing shields to protect themselves and their comrades from the rubber bullets. Many sang their culture’s traditional songs as expressions of prayer-filled defiance. The pungent smell of tear gas periodically filled the air, mixing with the more persistent smell of vomit produced by the tear gas.

Sometimes, the police directed the rubber bullets at people’s faces and chests. Cars transporting volunteer medics periodically parted the sea of people on the bridge. By night’s end, the police had wounded more than 150 unarmed individuals. Yet people kept streaming to the frontline of the action. The chaotic scene lasted for more than six hours.

A 21-year-old woman whose arm was nearly torn off by an explosive grenade is still undergoing multiple surgeries as of this writing, and faces permanent disability. Another protester was shot in the eye, leading to possible blindness.

Among those on the frontline that night was Loren Lincoln, a Wailaki from the Round Valley Indian Tribes in northeastern Mendocino County, California’s largest reservation. He first traveled to Standing Rock immediately after private security guards in Energy Transfer Partners’ employ set dogs on protesters, severely wounding several. “Fortunately, the bullets whizzed past me out here,” he says.

“I was one of the lucky ones.”

The police’s brutal assault on unarmed Water Protectors pricked the conscience of the nation.

Certainly, it led to far greater scrutiny from the mainstream media and members of the national political establishment. Meanwhile, the mood at the Oceti Sakowin camp tangibly changed. Despite being shaken by their experience, many people’s sense of pride and determination seemed only to have increased.

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marched through downtown Santa Rosa to the beat of traditional drums. More than 600 people attended a November fundraiser in Sebastopol, with hundreds also turning out for events in Mendocino, Lake and Humboldt counties.

Windsor resident and substanceabuse counselor with Sonoma County Indian Health, Adam Villagomez, who is Dakota Sioux and Chippewa, has been at the forefront of Sonoma County’s support efforts for Standing Rock.

He traveled with his wife and three sons there in the week preceding Indigenous People’s Day, otherwise known as Columbus Day. Villagomez says that Standing Rock is only the leading edge of a much larger spiritual and political phenomenon that involves recognition of indigenous sovereignty, water protection and climate-change activism.

“Standing Rock is a spark that ignited fires in many people, which are going to grow and spread as people continue to bring the same spirit home to their communities,” he says.

Standing rock «7 that they are merely defending the pipeline’s right-of-way owners from an intrusion on their right to use their property on their own terms, and that the areas of construction they are guarding have been legally permitted by state and federal agencies.

Common cause On Nov. 28, U.S. Reps. Jared Huffman and Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, sent a letter to President Obama requesting an immediate meeting to “demand accountability for [the] alarming treatment of Water Protectors and peaceful demonstrators at the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.”

A reason for Huffman’s role in the letter may be the large number of North Coast people who have traveled to Standing Rock, and the growing political strength of indigenous people in his district.

Lincoln says that indigenous people are accustomed to brutal treatment from the police.

The Round Valley Reservation received national media attention in 1996 after the Mendocino County Sheriff ’s Office was found to have subjected local natives to brutal treatment following a shootout between police and a young native man.

“We deal with basically the same kinds of things where I’m from,” Lincoln says. “My experience of growing up on the reservation is what has given me the instinct to come fight for all indigenous people who are part of this struggle.”

For many California native people, the resistance at Standing Rock has helped draw parallels to their struggles at home. Because indigenous cultures are inextricably linked to the lands they have historically inhabited, their survival necessarily depends on preserving those lands, which face numerous threats at any given time.

In California and beyond, contemporary indigenous people are engaged in battles over mineral rights, water rights, federal recognition, honoring of treaties, repatriation or honorable treatment of sacred sites, healthcare, language preservation and other challenges.

As in Standing Rock, recognition of indigenous sovereignty and environmental protection are inextricably linked. Largely owing to

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Two people overlook the Oceti Sakowin Camp on Standing Rock Sioux treaty territory in Cannonball, North Dakota. This photo is a production still from the upcoming documentary ‘Layin’ the Pipe’ by Caitlin Kazepis.

some of these tribes’ long struggle to maintain federally acknowledged fishing rights, for example, the Klamath and Trinity rivers region is home to the largest population of wild salmon of any river system in California, not to mention one of the healthiest populations of steelhead trout in the lower 48, and perhaps the world’s most abundant green sturgeon population, although all of these fisheries are in a steep decline.

Dozens of indigenous people from the Klamath Basin traveled to Standing Rock. “We’re out here in Standing Rock talking about our struggles in the Klamath, and about how nonviolent direct action has changed our world,” the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Dania Colegrove told supporters at an event in Arcata in September.

Jim Browneagle, an Elem Pomo traditional cultural leader from Lake County, traveled to Standing Rock with a contingent of Pomo people in October. He, too, notes the similarities between the struggles for treaty recognition in California and North Dakota.

The Dakota Access Pipeline skirts around the Standing Rock Sioux reservation land by about a half-mile.

The Sioux point out that the land rightfully belongs to them under the terms of the 1868 Fort Laramie

Treaty, and that the land was later seized without their consent.

As Browneagle notes, the U.S. negotiated 18 treaties with California’s 500 native nations in California, setting aside roughly 7.5 million acres of land as reservations within the then-new state’s boundaries. One of these treaties set aside much of the land around Clear Lake for exclusive use and occupancy by Pomo peoples. The U.S. Senate refused to recognize the treaties, however, instead taking the unique step of having these documents placed in secret files.

Since returning home, Browneagle has given a number of presentations about Standing Rock, such as one he and his daughter gave to the Lake County Judges Association earlier this month. He notes that low-income communities of color are overwhelmingly more likely to live near pollution sources or suffer adverse impacts from resource exploitation. For example, the Dakota Access Pipeline was originally slated to cross the Missouri River north of Bismarck, North Dakota’s capital city.

Due to concerns about contamination of the city’s water supply, it was rerouted to cross the Missouri River at Lake Oahe, the sole water supply for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes and

thousands of other people.

Again, Browneagle’s own people are a case in point. The Elem Pomo’s 50-acre rancheria is adjacent to the Bradley mercury mine near Clearlake Oaks, a site formerly on the EPA’s Superfund list of the most contaminated locations in the country.

The mine began operations in 1871 and was among the nation’s most productive mercury mines during WWII, feeding the demand for quicksilver detonators in munitions.

But the mine also contaminated the Elem’s land and water with prodigious amounts of methyl mercury tailings, compounds Browneagle says caused premature deaths, birth defects, cancers and deformities among tribal members.

It forced the tribe to abandon its ancient subsistence fishing culture in the 1970s after the fish became contaminated far beyond levels fit for consumption.

“Ultimately, everyone in this area is impacted by the pollution, but we as native people are on the frontline of it, just like at Standing Rock,” Browneagle says. “As Standing Rock has shown, though, we can’t fight this kind of battle on our own. We have to unite our communities.”

Windsor’s Adam Villagomez agrees. “In Indian country, people have been dealing with these issues for a while,” he says. “So when the

Fossil fuel fight The Standing Rock struggle did not emerge in a vacuum. In recent years, movements against fossil-fuel extraction have helped revive and, to some degree, reinvent North American environmentalism, with indigenous people frequently at the forefront.

There has been strong opposition to nearly any infrastructure project associated with the Alberta tar sands and Keystone XL pipeline, along with widespread resistance to new coal infrastructure and extraction techniques such as fracking and acidization.

Some campaigns have succeeded by targeting the fossil-fuel industries’ greatest Achilles heel: Shipping.

Three of the largest and potentially most lucrative fossil fuel sources in North America—the Alberta tar sands, the Powder River coal basin and the Bakken oil shale basin— are located in the middle of the continent, far away from refineries, processing plants and shipping hubs.

In effect, they are landlocked.

Grassroots opposition to Keystone XL led President Barack Obama to veto the project in 2015.

And opposition by some of the most systematically disenfranchised people in North America—western Canada’s indigenous people—was the main obstacle to the completion of the equally massive Northern Gateway pipeline.

An indigenous-led encampment protesting the Keystone XL pipeline also took place in 2013–14 at the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, a little more than 100 miles from Standing Rock.

Bob Gough, a longtime resident of the Rosebud Reservation, said the Keystone fight had given indigenous people in the area “something to rally around, especially younger people here.”

chapter in a struggle that has lasted for more than 500 years. For many, it is also part of a spiritual awakening and revitalization of traditional culture that was foretold generations ago.

On Dec. 29, 1890, the 7th Cavalry Regiment massacred around 300 Lakota children, women and men near Wounded Knee, S. D., in what many historians see as the grisly final chapter in America’s Manifest Destiny period. The massacre symbolized to the Lakota the shattering of the Sacred Hoop, the traditional circle of the Oceti Sakowin, representing the unity of the Seven Council Fires of the Lakota Nation.

“My understanding is that the movement at Standing Rock is the

fulfillment of multiple prophecies that involve our people coming together, standing up and mending the sacred hoop,” Villagomez says.

What next?

As of this writing, at least 2,000 people remain camped at Standing Rock in spite of snowy conditions and North Dakota’s punishing winter winds, which blow clear down from Canada. The Dakota Access Pipeline is more than 90 percent completed, but construction adjacent to Standing Rock remains

on hold thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers’ recent directive.

Most Water Protectors are fully aware that Donald Trump’s administration is committed to seeing the pipeline completed, and that the Army Corps could reverse itself once he’s in office. The Army Corps’ directive delays, but does not cancel, the project.

In the meantime, people across the country have launched divestment campaigns targeting the multiple banks that are financially fueling the pipeline’s construction (see ‘Pipeline Backers,’ Nov. 30).

People in San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Ukiah and Clearlake have recently held protests at Wells Fargo, which is among the pipeline’s major creditors and is the main banker of Energy Transfer Partners, to encourage customers to close their accounts there. They have also targeted other financial institutions like Citibank.

In October, Wells Fargo Corporate Communications Consultant Jessica Ong told the Bohemian, our sister paper, that the bank invested in the pipeline only after concluding that there was low risk of social or environmental harm.

In court filings, Energy Transfer Partners’ representatives have claimed that their contracts with the

nine companies that have agreed to pay them to ship oil through the pipeline expire on Jan. 1, but can be renegotiated. As I reported in ‘Pipeline Backers,’ one of these companies appears to be Oasis Petroleum, a major Bakken shale producer in which Marin County– based investment firm SPO Partners owns the largest stake of any investor.

“If Oasis Petroleum has made a financial commitment to the pipeline, as it appears they have, it certainly raises questions about their complicity in the pipeline company’s egregious behavior toward the Water Protectors,” says Clark Williams-Derry, research director of the Sightline Institute, an energy-policy think tank in Seattle. “The moral pressure is on them to decide whether they are to be a party to Dakota Access’ actions.”

Among those who participated in a November demonstration at Wells Fargo’s Ukiah branch was Jassen Rodriguez, the Mishewal Wappo man who had tended the Seven Councils fire at Standing Rock. Two days later, he drove back out to Standing Rock, along with four family members, braving the snow and ice of North Dakota’s punishing late fall.

“We’ve been waiting for this a long time,” he says. “We’ve got to keep up the momentum.”Y

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A prophesy fulfilled From the perspective of many indigenous people at Standing Rock, their role in opposing fossilfuel extraction marks another

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call was put out, there was a massive amount of people who came from Northern California tribes.

“As far as the non-native community goes,” he adds, “this is the most support we’ve seen as Native Americans.”

For several months, indigenous people, environmentalists and Great Plains residents have protested the Dakota Access Pipeline. This photo is a production still from the upcoming documentary ‘Layin’ the Pipe’ by Caitlin Kazepis.

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he much-needed rain either has you jumping for joy in the puddles or retreating to cozy spaces with a book and a warm drink. If it’s the latter, we’ve got you covered with this roundup.

Copperfield’s Books on Fourth Street in downtown San Rafael has a new café. Owners Rochelle Edwards and Lorenzo Jones of TASTE Kitchen & Table in Fairfax have brought their special brand of savory and sweet baked pastries to the spacious front section of the bookstore. It’s still a work in progress and not all of the items are available yet, but they will be eventually. In addition, for those who enjoyed the previous tenant’s coffee—Sebastopol-based Taylor Maid Farms—it’s still on the menu.

TASTE Kitchen & Table (inside Copperfield’s Books), 850 Fourth St., San Rafael; (415) 455-9040; tastekitchenandtable.com.

Coffee lovers take note—Philz Coffee is coming back to Marin.

Next year the San Francisco coffeehouse chain, which opened its first shop in the Mission District in 2002, will add another location in the Corte Madera Town Center. Phil Jaber founded the hugely popular coffee shop with his son Jacob, and now has outlets in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and soon Boston.

Philz is going into a space across from Umpqua Bank and AT&T

at the south end of the shopping center. Plenty of outdoor seating is planned.

Philz Coffee; philzcoffee.com.

While we’re on the subject of the Town Center and hot beverages, another notable tenant is planning to set up shop in Corte Madera. Known for its exotic teas, unique gifts and cool accessories, DAVIDsTEA will open next year.

The store is going in directly across from REI on the north end of the shopping center. DAVIDsTEA offers more than 150 loose-leaf teas filled with unexpected ingredients like mulberry leaves, hot chiles, dragon fruit and caramel pieces.

DAVIDsTEA; davidstea.com.

Hot beverages aren’t just for adults, though. Here are two opportunities for kids to sip yummy drinks at the family-friendly Marin Country Mart in Larkspur Landing: On Thursday, December 15, from 3pm to 6pm, holiday music, complimentary hot cider and a gingerbread cookie-decorating project will all be offered. And on Friday, December 16, the Country Mart will feature hot chocolate and a class that teaches children how to make orange pomander balls.Y Marin Country Mart; 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur; 415/4615700; marincountrymart.com.

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t began eight years ago, with the publication of a Pacific Sun story in which I described my 4-yearold realization that the presents brought to me by Santa Claus were covered in wrapping paper with tiny, smiling polar bears on it. I recognized that paper, having been with my mother when she bought several rolls downtown at the Cress Five and Dime in Ontario, California.

That moment of understanding— like watching a popsicle in a frying pan, my belief in Santa melting before my eyes—marked the end of my faith in the magical man and his flying reindeer. It also marked the beginning of my commitment, should I ever have kids of my own someday, to make sure that I paid better attention to the details of “playing Santa.” It was a commitment that arguably backfired when my son ended up believing in “Mr. C.” until he was 14.

That story was eventually turned into a solo performance piece titled Polar Bears that I first presented last year at Main Stage West Theater in Sebastopol, and am performing again this year at Sonoma Arts Live, at Andrew’s Hall in Sonoma.

Every year since the original article was published, I’ve asked a randomly selected group of people “the Santa

question:” “How old were you when you stopped believing?” I’ve asked stand-up comics, actors and directors, self-help authors and cast members from the Great Dickens Christmas Fair. This year, I aimed the question at a group of people well-acquainted with the power and importance of fantasy in our lives, along with an intimate knowledge of the ways that human imagination can, if improperly handled, lead to tragedy.

The group? Horror-fiction writers.

Last October, Word Horde Books published the anthology Eternal Frankenstein, featuring 16 stories inspired by Mary Shelley’s epic tale of invention gone awry. I asked some of the contributors to tell me their own stories of Santa Claus, and the moment when they learned that Santa was different than they had been led to believe.

“As a kid in the mid-1970s, I once wrote a letter to Santa, mailing it to ‘Santa Claus, North Pole,’” recalls Ross Lockhart, owner and publisher of Word Horde Books and editor of Eternal Frankenstein. He explains that it was written at a time when he was beginning to have serious doubts about the white-bearded superhero from the North.

“The letter was a sort of ‘Hail Mary pass’ to prove his existence,” Lockhart

said, coming from a pagan-atheist goat farm as I did, stories of Santa and Jesus were presented to me with the lightest touch.”

In other words, Santa played a fairly minimal role in the author’s early life.

“I do, however, distinctly recall believing in a fictional character from local Oregon television,” Carson says. “In 1978, the Pacific Power Company ran a very popular ad campaign with a mascot named the Kite Man. This 39-second gem was recently released to YouTube to the overwhelming joy of nostalgic Oregonians who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s.”

In the commercial, a group of exuberant kids answer safety questions posed by a mustachioed man in a giant kite suit with a polkadotted bowtie.

“Is a safe kite made of metal, ever?” he asks the kids.

“Never!!!” they shout with glee.

“Do you stay away from streets, antennas and power lines?”

“All the time!”

“What about frogs?” he then asks.

“I like frogs,” one scary-serious little girl says with a nod.

The ad ends with Kite Man eliciting a promise that if their kites ever become tangled around a power line, they will have their parents call Kite Man for help at Pacific Power. It’s as bizarre a public service message as one is likely to encounter, but for the young Carson, it was magical.

“One night, in 1979, when I was 6 years old, the power went out in our country farmhouse,” he explains. “I went to bed by candlelight. In the morning, the power was restored.

I asked my parents what had happened, and they told me that the Kite Man had swooped in by dawn light, and flown far up into the power lines and fixed them himself by hand.

“I was so distraught that my parents hadn’t woken me up to see the Kite Man,” he says. “That, surely, must be how other kids felt when they discovered that there was no Santa. I still think of the Kite Man often.”

If Carson has learned anything from his brush with Santa, it’s that some magic is best served with a dose of fiction.

“Though Kite Man is surely the brainchild of an energy utility, a local advertising firm and a savvy actor with a mustache, his lessons have stuck with me after nearly 40 years,” he says. “Also, I like frogs.”Y

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Is Santa real? We asked a group of writers if and when they stopped believing.

says. “Surprisingly, I received a reply—a personalized note printed on Santa’s own stationery. I had proof ! But when I proudly showed it to a friend, my friend insisted, ‘It’s fake. Santa’s dead!’ In retrospect, that friend was going through some heavy stuff, with divorcing parents and other issues at home.”

The idea that his treasured letter might likely be a fabrication devastated the young Lockhart. “I was crushed,” he says. “Nothing could reassure me that Santa was, indeed, real. But Christmas still came, and it still felt magical, even though I was beginning to see behind the artifice.”

Lockhart has since accepted that the very fakery of Santa Claus is itself a magical thing, a remarkable phenomenon in which millions of people conspire together to delight and inspire children, in one of the largest single acts of mass con-artistry ever attempted.

“Today, I understand that Santa Claus is alive and well,” he says, “in all of us.”

Anya Martin, who authored the delightfully kitschy historical science fiction story The Un-Bride, or No Gods and Marxists for the collection, recalls that her understanding of the truth about Santa did not evaporate in a single moment, as was the case with me and the bear paper.

“Weirdly,” she says, “I don’t have any specific memory of when I stopped believing. I do know there was a time when I got gifts from Santa and also got gifts from my parents—and one time I found the gifts wrapped in their closet.”

She was, she estimates, in third grade at the time. It was, if nothing else, a confirmation of something she’d long suspected.

“I’m not sure whether there were any actual gifts signed as being from Santa in the closet,” Martin says. “My biggest memory of that moment was that I had asked for a book of fairy tales, and my mom wrote, ‘Is this a book of fairy tales?’ on the wrapping paper of one of the packages. On Christmas, when I opened it, I found it was the Children’s Bible, complete with illustrations of a blonde, blueeyed Jesus! That was my mom’s secular humor.”

Nathan Carson, a notable crafter of monster stories, is the author of Wither on the Vine; or Strickfaden’s Monster, also in the Frankenstein anthology.

“I have no distinct memory of when I discovered there was no Santa Claus,” Carson says. “I’m guessing I would have been about 7 or 8, and it was probably spoiled for me by a classmate at public school in rural Oregon. That

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Dancing actors in the San Francisco Playhouse production of ‘She Loves Me’ set the tone for a joyful time.

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all it “charming,” “lighthearted,” “joyful” or any other word that expresses a similar quality—I think that if you attend San Francisco Playhouse’s production of She Loves Me and don’t feel your spirits begin to dance, you’re a potential bedmate for grumpy old Scrooge.

Especially during this holiday season, with disturbing news from around the world and uncertainty about what lies ahead, the show is a reminder of what people can accomplish when they aren’t throwing bullets, bombs and insults at one another.

She Loves Me’s journey from being a “forgotten gem” of the American musical theater to relative prominence (nominated for best revival of a musical at the 2016 Tonys and now enjoying

multiple productions throughout the country) has been an unusual one. It began with an obscure 1937 play entitled Parfumerie by the Hungarian writer Miklos Laszlo, which centered on the awkward situation created when two young employees of a high-end perfume shop in Budapest become emotionally involved with their secret pen pals, only to discover that they have been corresponding with each other. While telling their story, Laszlo also used the small details surrounding the interactions of customers and staff to open a window on what life was like among upperclass Hungarians of his day.

Somehow, the story made its way to Hollywood, where it became the basis for a Jimmy Stewart romantic

comedy (The Shop Around the Corner, 1940) and a movie musical (In the Good Old Summertime, 1949) before composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick decided to adapt it for the stage. The pair had already received the 1959 Pulitzer and Tony awards for Fiorello! and were considered to be among Broadway’s elite. After adding up-and-coming Joe Masteroff as librettist, and with the backing of legendary producer/ director Harold Prince, the team debuted She Loves Me on Broadway in 1963. Hopes were high. But the show received mixed reviews and ran for only 302 performances, losing all the investors’ money in the process.

When asked in a Los Angeles Times interview last June why he thought this had happened,

Harnick said that he couldn't explain it, nor could he explain the enormous success of Fiddler on the Roof, another Bock/Harnick collaboration that opened in 1964 and endured for eight years.

My view is that the two can’t be compared. Using an analogy normally applied to paintings, Fiddler, in common with other mega musicals like Oklahoma and South Pacific, is a wide canvas—full of engaging subplots and characters, historical references and musical styles. By contrast, despite its two hour-plus running time, She Loves Me is a miniature whose simple romantic core, clearly evident from the outset, is expressed through a series of delightful waltz- and tangobased songs.

There have to be just the right production values in place for a miniature to work, and the Playhouse has them in every department. Susi Damilano skillfully stages the show, assisted by a pair of revolving platforms on the clever set by Bill English and Jacquelyn Scott that allows seamless shifts between indoor and outdoor scenes. A small instrumental ensemble headed by director David Aaron Brown provides the necessary musical support, Abra Berman’s 1937era costuming is spot-on and Kimberly Richards choreography is amusing and well-performed.

Thomas J. Munn’s lighting nicely captures the atmosphere of gilded pre-WW2 Budapest.

The acting ensemble is excellent throughout: Monique Hafen (Amalia) and Jeffrey Brian Adams (Georg) stand out as the reluctant lovers. Michael Gene Sullivan is a sympathetic Mr. Maraczek, the parfumerie’s befuddled manager; Nicholas J. Garland is the underdog favorite as the delivery boy who aspires to be promoted to fullfledged floor sales and Joe Estlack, Nanci Zoppi and Rodney Earl Jackson, Jr. add their own strong talents to this outstanding group.

She Loves Me will send you out of the theater feeling the holiday spirit and perhaps humming a tune or two. If that prediction betrays a streak of unacknowledged sentimentality on my part, so be it.Y NOW PLAYING: She Loves Me runs through January 14 at the San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St. (inside the Kensington Park Hotel), San Francisco; 415/677-9596; sfplayhouse.org.

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The characters, including our guest-star Lord Vader, make stylish entrances—for example, Forest Whitaker as a blasted-up fanatic, stumping in on mismatched prosthetic feet—but they make even swifter departures. The Empire shoots back, for once, and with accuracy. Those who prefer the series’ explosions to the double-moonrises, should be slaked by what happens.

It’s all action, hopping from planet to planet and blasting all the way. That makes it faster and more serious than anything in the series.

The seriousness also makes it less exhilarating than last year’s relaunch.

One really wants to leave the recent election out of this experience, to go, watch and forget about the desperate times. This is difficult, given the huge emphasis on revolutionary self-sacrifice and battle lines being drawn; it’s an unpleasant kind of zeitgeist presented here, offering premonitions of possible struggle to come.Y JOSHUA ROTHKOPF ‒ TIME OUT NEW YORK

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Having answered this, director Gareth Edwards races along to the climax of a dangerous mission, carried out with a mixed cast of funny-name bearers.

Central to it is Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones, as determined and rabbitty as ever).

Rebels join Jyn to eventually become the crew of a battered Imperial freighter stolen and renamed “Rogue One.” The crew roster includes a brain-damaged pilot, as well as Chirrut, a blind, semiJedi with Zen archer skills (Donnie Yen, whose tremendous martial artistry is the single most raptureinducing part of the show).

With the rebels is a reprogrammed droid, K2SO (voiced by Alan Tudyk).

He’s long-legged, 8 feet tall, snippy and only intermittently obedient.

“I thought I told you to wait in the ship!” K2SO gets told by his companion person Cassian (Diego Luna). As per the nerve-wracked Dr. Smith in TV’s Lost in Space, this

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Friday, December 14– Thursday, December 20 Allied (2:01) Robert Zemeckis romantic thriller about the fraught love affair between two spies in WWII-era North Africa; Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt star.

Arrival (1:56) Sci-fi for grownups as Amy Adams grapples with humanity, existence and other cosmic issues after mysterious spacecraft pay Earth a visit.

Assassin’s Creed (1:45) Michael Fassbender experiences the exploits of a medieval knight/ ancestor through “genetic memory” and uses his new knowledge to take on some 21st century baddies.

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (1:35) Behind-the-scenes look at the creation, high expectations and bittersweet failure of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Merrily We Roll Along features insights from Mandy Patinkin, Hal Prince, Jason Alexander and Sondheim himself.

Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (2:20) Direct from Moscow it’s Tchaikovsky’s holiday must-see in a dazzling production rife with toy soldiers, colorful costumes and little Marie, of course.

The Brand New Testament (1:53) Acerbic and irreverent Belgian comedy about a God who’s grumpy, overworked and saddled with a rebellious daughter.

Collateral Beauty (1:37) Ad exec Will Smith grapples with tragedy by writing letters to love, time and death and is understandably taken aback when they write back.

Doctor Strange (1:55) Yet another Marvel superhero hits the multiplexes, this one a down-and-out surgeon-turned-sorcerer played

by Benedict Cumberbatch; the great Mads Mikkelsen co-stars.

The Eagle Huntress (1:27) Eye-filling documentary about a 13-year-old Mongolian girl and her quest to become her family’s first female eagle hunter in 12 generations.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2:12) J.K. Rowling’s new cinematic franchise takes place among New York’s secret coven of witches and wizards circa WWII. Hacksaw Ridge (2:19) True tale of WWII medic Desmond Doss, a conscientous objector whose valor at Okinawa earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor; Mel Gibson directs.

It’s a Wonderful Life (2:11) Frank Capra’s darkly moving holiday classic stars James Stewart as a man who wishes he’d never been born; Henry Travers co-stars as Clarence.

Jackie (1:35) Pablo Larrain’s psychological biopic of the elegant, mysterious First Lady focuses on the tumultuous week following her husband’s assassination; Natalie Portman stars.

La La Land (2:08) Bold, brilliant Hollywood musical circles around the bittersweet romance between a struggling jazz musician and an aspiring actress; Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star.

Lion (2:09) Two-hour commercial for Google Earth in which an Indian orphan searches the globe for home and family.

Loving (2:03) True story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the courageous interracial couple who faced harassment and worse in the American South of the 1950s.

Manchester by the Sea (2:15) Poignant, bittersweet tale of a Boston janitor who returns to his seaside home town to raise his newly orphaned nephew; Casey Affleck stars.

The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin (3:00) Kaija Saariaho’s acclaimed new opera about a forbidden Medieval Age romance, presented live from New York in bigscreen high definition.

Miss Sloane (2:12) Political thriller about a ruthless D.C. lobbyist who finds herself in the middle of a winner-take-all power struggle; Jessica Chastain stars.

Moana (1:43) Disney musical about a Polynesian girl’s epic ocean voyage across the wide Pacific; songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Moonlight (1:50) Tender, bittersweet drama about a young gay black man’s struggle to define himself and embrace his sexuality.

National Theatre London: No Man’s Land (3:00) Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart star in Harold Pinter’s comic tale of two writers and their game of increasingly inebriated oneupmanship.

National Theatre London: War Horse (3:00) Catch Nick Stafford’s dazzling, innovative WWI extravaganza (featuring life-sized marionettes from South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Co.) in big-screen high definition.

Nocturnal Animals (1:57) Film fest fave stars Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal as a divorced couple dabbling in love, cruelty, revenge and redemption; Tom Ford directs.

Office Christmas Party (1:45) A spiraling cubicle company tries to impress a last-ditch client with an end-all be-all Xmas bash rife with crude sexual content, drug use and graphic nudity; Jennifer Aniston stars.

One Mind (1:18) Documentary explores China’s austere and venerable Zhenru Chan Zen monastery, where monks grow tea, harvest bamboo and meditate in silence eight hours a day.

Passengers (1:56) When the hibernating passengers on a spaceship to another planet wake up 90 years into their 120-year journey, it’s up to Jennifer Lawrence to change the spark plugs.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2:13) Disney and Lucasfilm cook up a stand-alone Star Wars flick about a scheme to swipe the plans to the Death Star; Mads Mikkelsen stars.

Seasons (1:37) Dazzling cinematic essay focuses on our planet’s wildlife and how it’s evolved from the Ice Age to today; Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud (Winged Migration) direct.

Sing (1:48) Animated musical about a koala impresario’s all-star singing competition features vocals from Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane and Scarlett Johansson.

Trolls (1:32) Psychedelic cartoon about two disparate day-glo trolls who embark on an adventure into the unknown; Jeffrey Tambor and John Cleese vocalize.

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Northgate: Fri-Mon 10:55, 1:50, 4:45, 7:45, 10:35 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7, 9:45; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:15, 2, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:35, 4:30, 7:40, 10:40 (schedule may change on Tue and Wed) Northgate: Tue 7, 3D showtime at 9:40; Wed 11:20, 2, 7:30, 3D showtimes at 4:45, 10:10

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (Not Rated) Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (G)

Lark: Fri 7; Sun 4; Wed 7 Lark: Sun 1 (followed by a Candy Cane Party with drinks, desserts, goodie bags and Clara, the Nutcracker and the Sugarplum Fairy in person; kids 18 and under free; RSVP required at (415) 924-5111) Regency: Sun 12:55 The Brand New Testament (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:15, 8:40; Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:40; Mon-Thu 6:15, 8:40 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 6:45, 9:15; Sat-Sun 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:45, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Rowland: Fri-Wed 9:30, 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 (schedule may change on Tue and Wed) Doctor Strange (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:40, 2:30, 7:55, 10:40; 3D showtime at 5:10 The Eagle Huntress (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Mon-Thu 6:30, 8:30 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:25, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30; Mon 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 (schedule may change on Tue and Wed) Hacksaw Ridge (R) Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:05, 3:55, 9:40; Mon 3:55, 9:40 It’s a Wonderful Life (PG) Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 Jackie (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 11:40, 2:25, 5, 6, 7:40, 10:20; Sun-Wed 10:30, 11:40, 2:25, 5, 6, 7:40 (schedule may change on Sun and Wed) La La Land (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:15, 11:30, 1:10, 2:45, 4:05, 5:50, 7:30, 9, 10:30; Sun-Wed 10:15, 11:30, 1:10, 2:45, 4:05, 5:50, 7:30 (schedule may change on Sun and Wed) Lion (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:25; Sun-Wed 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:15 (schedule may change on Sun and Wed) Loving (PG-13) Rafael: Fri 3:15, 6, 8:50; Sat 12:30, 3:15, 6, 8:50; Sun 12:30, 3:15; Mon-Thu 6, 8:50 Manchester by the Sea (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:25, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45; Sun-Tue 12:25, 3:30, 6:40 Regency: FriSat 12:40, 2:10, 3:50, 7, 8:45, 10:15; Sun-Wed 12:40, 2:10, 3:50, 7 (schedule may change on Sun and Wed) Sequoia: Fri 3:50, 5, 6:30, 8, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 2, 3:50, 5, 6:30, 8, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 2, 3:50, 5, 6:30, 8; Mon 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30 The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin (Not Rated) Regency: Wed 6:30 Sequoia: Wed 6:30 Miss Sloane (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 6:30, 9:30; Sat-Sun 12, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15; Mon 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Moana (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55; Sun-Mon 12, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25; Tue 12, 2:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7:15, 9:55; Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5, 3D showtime at 7:45 Northgate: Fri-Sun 9:45, 11:10, 12:30, 1:55, 3:10, 4:35, 5:50, 7:20, 8:35, 10; Mon 11:10, 12:30, 1:55, 3:10, 4:35, 5:50, 7:20, 8:35, 10 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:45, 9:35; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:35; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:45; Mon 3:30, 6:45; Tue 3:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:40, 7:10, 9:50; 3D showtime at 4:20 (schedule may change on Tue and Wed) Moonlight (R) Northgate: Fri-Mon 1:10, 7:05 National Theatre London: No Man’s Land (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 1; Sat 7:30; Tue 1; Thu 7:30 National Theatre London: War Horse (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 Nocturnal Animals (R) Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:50 (schedule may change on Tue and Wed) Office Christmas Party (R) Northgate: Fri-Sun 9:40, 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25; Mon 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 9:45, 12:15, 3, 5:30, 8:10, 11 (schedule may change on Tue and Wed) One Mind (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 6:30 (filmmaker Edward Burger and Reverend Heng Sure in person; a benefit for the Buddhist Film Foundation) Passengers (PG-13) Fairfax: Tue 7 Rowland: Wed 7; 3D showtime at 9:45 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) Cinema: Fri-Wed 9:20, 3:45, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 7 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 1:10, 2, 3:15, 4:05, 5, 6:15, 7, 8, 3D showtimes at 1:40, 4:35, 7:30; SunMon 12:10, 1:10, 2, 3:15, 4:05, 5, 6:15, 7, 8, 9:10, 9:55, 3D showtimes at 1:40, 4:35, 7:30; Tue 12:10, 1:10, 2, 3:15, 4:05, 5, 7, 8, 3D showtimes at 1:40, 4:35, 7:30; Wed 12:10, 1:10, 3:15, 4:05, 6:15, 7; 3D showtimes at 1:40, 4:35, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 9:30, 11, 1:20, 2:10, 3:50, 5:20, 7:40, 8:30, 10:10, 10:45, 3D showtimes at 10:10, 11:50, 12:40, 3, 4:30, 6:10, 7, 9:20; Mon 11, 1:20, 2:10, 3:50, 5:20, 7:40, 8:30, 10:10, 3D showtimes at 11:50, 12:40, 3, 4:30, 6:10, 7, 9:20 Playhouse: Fri 3, 4, 6:05, 7, 9, 9:45; Sat 12, 1, 3, 4, 6:05, 7, 9, 9:45; Sun 12, 1, 3, 4, 6:05, 7; Mon-Thu 3, 4, 6:05, 7 Rowland: 9:15, 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 10:15, 1:30, 4:45, 8, 11:15 Seasons (PG) Rafael: Sat-Sun noon Sing (PG) Fairfax: Tue 6:30 Northgate: Tue 6, 3D showtime at 8:35; Wed 11:10, 1:50, 7:15, 3D showtimes at 4:30, 9:50 Playhouse: Tue 6:30 Rowland: Tue 6, 3D showtime at 8:45; Wed-Thu 11:20, 2:10, 7:30, 3D showtimes at 4:50, 10:05 Trolls (PG) Northgate: Fri-Sun 10, 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50; Mon 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 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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Fishbone Popular jam band celebrates 25 years of ska, rock, funk, fusion and fun. Dec 16, 9pm. $20$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

Jerry Garcia Foundation Holiday Benefit Singer-songwriter Greg Winser, Sun Kings, Rainbow Full of Sound and many other musical guests appear to help the hungry. Dec 16, 7pm. $50. Harmonia, 2200 Marinship Way, Sausalito, 415.332.1432.

Tenth Avenue Players New chamber music ensemble made up of award-winning San Francisco classical musicians presents a spirited program of new, expressive works. Dec 17, 8pm.

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

SONOMA Donny & Marie Osmond In the tradition of the “Osmond Family Christmas” television specials, Donny and Marie celebrate the spirit of the season in a family-friendly concert. Dec 16, 8pm. $99-$139. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Foghat The “Slow Ride” classic rock superstars take the stage with support from GAMMA, featuring vocalist Davey Pattison. Dec 17, 8pm. $65-$85. Rock Star University House of Rock, 3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa.

Clubs & Venues

A Very Trebuchet Christmas Petaluma indie rock band headlines a holiday-themed show with support from Judah Nagler, Rags, Illumignarly and others performing originals and covers of Christmas songs. Dec 18, 7pm. by donation. Petaluma Woman’s Club, 518 B St, Petaluma.

Ali Akbar College of Music Dec 17, Dhrupad Vocal Music with Pandit Ritwik Sanyal. 215 West End Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6372.

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

NAPA Citizen Cope The acclaimed Americana folk songwriter performs an intimate solo acoustic performance. Dec 17, 8pm. $46. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet Master vibraphonist leads his ensemble and performs a spirited twist on traditional jazz.

Dec 16-18, 6:30 and 9pm. $25-$35. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.603.1258.

Rolando Morales The renowned Bay Area Latin jazz guitarist performs two dinner shows, with a special menu and craft beers on tap. Dec 17, 5 and 7pm. $50. RaeSet, 3150 B Jefferson St, Napa, 707.666.9028.

17, Chris Saunders Band. Dec 18, Migrant Pickers and friends. Dec 19, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Dec 20, open mic. Dec 21, Trevor Marcom and friends. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Dec 14, Deborah Winters with Ken Cook.

Dec 15, Dan Zemelman Trio. Dec 16, Eric Markowitz Trio. Dec 18, Gabrielle Cavassa. Dec 20, Suzanna Smith. Dec 21, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

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

Panama Hotel Restaurant Dec 14, Kurt Huget and friends. Dec 15, Deborah Winters. Dec 20, Swing Fever. Dec 21, Rivertown Trio. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Fenix Dec 14, the Fenix Band. Dec 17, Greg Scott Show. Dec 18, 6:30pm, “Holidaze in Hicksville” tribute to Dan Hicks. Dec 20, Kevin Russell acoustic. Dec 21, pro blues jam with Mitch Woods. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Mon, Billy D’s open mic. Dec 14, the New Sneakers. Dec 15, Tip Jar. Dec 16, San Geronimo. Dec 17, Breakin’ Bread. Dec 18, Grateful Sunday. Dec 20, the Good Guys.

Dec 21, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

George’s Nightclub Dec 17, Oro Solido. Dec 19, reggae night. Dec 20, hip-hop open mic. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.

Rancho Nicasio Dec 16, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones. Dec 17, Lavay Smith’s 1940s Supper Club show.

Dec 18, 5pm, the Steve Lucky and Carmen Getit Show. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Grazie Restaurant Dec 17, Doug Adamz. 823 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.897.5181.

INCAVO Wine Tasting & Collective Tues, 7pm, Open Mic Night with Simon Costa. 1099 Fourth St, Ste F, San Rafael, 415.259.4939.

JB Piano Company Dec 15, 7pm, the Dick Fregulia Trio with Piro Patton. 540 Irwin St, San Rafael, 415.456.9280.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium Dec 18, 4pm, Singers Marin presents “’Tis the Season... Traditions, Near and Far” with soloist Noah Griffin. Dec 21, Windham Hill Winter Solstice 30th Anniversary concert. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.473.6800.

Marin Country Mart Dec 16, 5:30pm, Friday Night Jazz with Jeff Derby Trio. Dec 18, 12pm, Shabang Steel Pan Quintet. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

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19 Broadway Club Dec 14, Blonde Sided. Dec 15, Koolwhip. Dec 16, Prezident Brown with King I-Veir. Dec 17, Lender album release show. Dec 19, open mic. Dec 21, DJ Pavones and DJ Diskode. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Dec 14, Slim Jim. Dec 15, Michael LaMacchia Band. Dec 16, Michael Aragon Quartet. Dec

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Dec 15, Marin Jazz Trio. Dec 16, DJ Jose Ruiz. Dec 17, James Moseley Band. Dec 18, 5pm, Mazacote. Dec 19, open mic with Judy Hall. Dec 20, Noel Jewkes and friends.

305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Servino Ristorante Dec 16, James Henry Trio. 9 Main St, Tiburon, 415.435.2676.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Dec 15, DJ Samir Neffati. Dec 16, Tony Holiday & the Velvetones. Dec 17, This Old Earthquake. Mon, Epicenter Soundsystem reggae. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Spitfire Lounge Third Friday of every month, DJ Jimmy Hits.

848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551.

Sweetwater Music Hall Dec 17, Steelin’ Dan. Dec 18-19, the Christmas Jug Band. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads Dec 14, Scott Law and Ross James’ Cosmic Twang. Dec 15, CMac & the Casual Coalition.

Dec 16, Top 40 Friday dance party. Dec 17, Alex Nelson & the Terrapin Allstars. Dec 18, 3pm, “Stories & Songs” with Phil Lesh & the Camp Terrapin Family Band. Dec 18, 7:30pm, Lazyman. Dec 19, Grateful Mondays with Stu Allen and friends. Dec 20, LEBO Tuesdays.

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Dec 21, the Terrapin Family Band with Phil Lesh. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Dec 14, Throckmorton Chorus Fall/Winter Concert. Dec 18, 12pm, Enriching Lives through Music student winter concert. Dec 18, 5pm, Sunday sessions pro showcase. Dec 18, 7:30pm, the Coverlettes Cover Christmas.

Dec 19, Throckmorton Chamber Players holiday concert. Dec 21, 12pm, Wednesday noon concerts presents Anayana White and Elisabeth Zosseder. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

SONOMA A’Roma Roasters Dec 16, Rick Ray. Dec 17, Tonewoods. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music Hall Dec 16, North Bay Cabaret Holiday Bash.

Dec 17, Sweet Leaf holiday show. 120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe Dec 14, open jazz jam. Dec 16, Rivertown Trio. Dec 17, 10:30am, Wings of Glory Christmas Concert. Dec 17, 7pm, Lyra Star.

Dec 18, 2pm, Gary Vogensen’s Sunday Ramble. Dec 21, West Coast Songwriters Competition. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Arlene Francis Center Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009.

The Big Easy Dec 14, Wednesday Night Big Band. Dec 15, Hour of Tower. Dec 16, the Christmas Jug Band. Dec 17, Maria Muldaur. Dec 18, T Rex Jazz Band. Dec 20, Mad Men B3 Organ with Justus Dorbin. Dec 21, Bruce Gordon & the Acrosonics. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.

Burbank Auditorium Dec 14, SRJC Orchestra and Choir with pianist Dr Rudolf Budginas. Dec 17, SRJC Symphonic Band with the Analy High School Honor Band. SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4307.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Dec 20, North Bay Jazz Guitar Collective.

100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.789.0505.

Glaser Center Dec 17, 7pm, VOENA Voices of the Season...

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Two and a half years after their sold out show at the Throckmorton, “You’re Funny, But You Don’t Look Jewish” returns for an encore performance. African American, Indian, Italian American and Vietnamese Jewish comedians will share the stage and their own experiences about being ‘undercover’ members of the tribe!

Since their May 2014 show in Mill Valley, they’ve played to dozens of packed JCCs, synagogues and theatres around the USA and Canada.

Throckmorton Theatre 142 Throckmorton Ave. Mill Valley 415-383-9600 www.throckmortontheatre.org

TICKETS $20-$35 www.YoureFunnyButYouDontLookJewish.com

Green Music Center Dec 16, Na Leo Holiday Show. Dec 18, 3pm, Handel’s “Messiah” with American Bach Choir. Dec 20, Dave Koz Christmas Tour with special guests. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Dec 16-17, “Early Music Christmas: An English Celebration” with Sonoma Bach. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol Tues, open mic night. Dec 15, Songwriters in the Round. Dec 16, IrieFuse with Yeshua & the Hightones. Dec 17, David Starfire and Wu Wei with DJ Dragonfly. Dec 19, DeeJay Theory.

230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Dec 16, the Incubators. Dec 17, Chime

Travelers. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night. Dec 17, Ugly Sweater Xmas Party with the Dixie Giants. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s Dec 14, holiday party with Proko and Dr Dylan. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room Dec 14, French Oak Gypsy Band. Dec 15, Goosetown. Dec 16, Royal Deuces. Dec 17, the String Rays. Dec 18, Van Goat. Dec 21, Ragtag Sullivan. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Dec 17, Christmas with Aaron Neville.

50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600.

Murphy’s Irish Pub Dec 16, Solid Air. Dec 17, David Thom’s Christmas Singalong. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660.

Mystic Theatre Dec 16, Faith Ako. Dec 17, the Aggrolites and the Tahoes. Dec 18, David Gans with Dead Again. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.765.2121.

Newman Auditorium Dec 16, the Oak Tones and SRJC Jazz Band.

SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.527.4372.

Phoenix Theater Dec 16, the Honey Toads with Corporeal and Kirsten Van Dyke. Dec 17, Mozzy. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Pub Republic Dec 16, the Restless Sons Duo. 3120 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma, 707.782.9090.

Toad in the Hole Pub Sun, live music. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.8623.

Whiskey Tip Dec 16, McKenna Faith. Dec 17, Family Room silent disco. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.843.5535.

Washoe House Dec 16, Train Wreck Junction. 2840 Roblar Rd, Petaluma, 707.795.4544.

NAPA Blue Note Napa Dec 14-15, 6:30 and 9pm, ArtistWorks Jazz All-Stars. Dec 21, 6:30 and 9pm, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.603.1258.

Ca’ Momi Osteria Dec 16, Latin Nights with DJ Jose Miguel.

1141 First St, Napa, 707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards Dec 17, Jealous Zelig. 1245 First St, Napa, 707.254.1922.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Dec 15, They Went Ghost. Dec 17, 6pm, the Sorry Lot. Dec 17, 9pm, Salty Dogs. Dec 18, DJ Aurelio. Dec 20, Bay Area Blues Society Caravan of Allstars. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337.

Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623.

Napa Valley Roasting Company Fri, jammin’ and java with Jeffrey McFarland Johnson. 948 Main St, Napa, 707.224.2233.

RaeSet Dec 15, jazz lab with Jeff Johnson. Dec 16, Friday Night Blues with Gretschkat. Dec 19, Skunk Funk. 3150 B Jefferson St, Napa, 707.666.9028.

Silo’s Dec 14, David Kelleher. Wed, 5pm, Mike Greensill’s evening jazz. Dec 15, Doug Houser. Dec 16, Garage Band 101 for Adults.

Dec 17, David Kelleher. Dec 18, Garage Band 101 for Adults. Dec 21, John Brazell. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833.

Uptown Theatre Dec 16, Jonny Lang with Reeve Carney. 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Uva Trattoria Dec 14, Justin Diaz. Dec 15, Three on a Match. Dec 16, Fundz Jazz. Dec 17, Kickin the Mule. Dec 18, 6pm, Tom Duarte. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.

Art OPENING MARIN Gallery Route One Dec 16-Jan 22, “Tell Tales,” Madeline Nieto Hope’s repurposed art shows in the Center Gallery, while “The Inverness Almanac: Collective Retrospective” shows in the project space and Isis Hockenos’ “She Said She Said” shows in the annex. Reception, Dec 18 at 3pm. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

SONOMA Aqus Cafe Dec 17-Jan 4, “Small Works,” group show features diminutive art. Reception, Dec 17 at 3pm. 189 H St, Petaluma. 707.778.6060.

Brew Dec 16, “Matryoshka Show,” over 20 local artists show their uniquely painted Russian nesting doll sets. Reception, Dec 16 at 6pm.

555 Healdsburg Ave, Santa Rosa. Sunday: 8am-10pm Monday-Thursday: 7am-10pm Friday: 7am-11pm Saturday:8am-11pm 707.303.7372.

Finley Community Center Dec 14-Jan 26, “Alchemy + Stitches,” Kristin Meuser combines loves of chemistry and machinery in her fantastical art. Reception, Jan 6 at 5pm. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am.

707.543.3737.

Peace & Justice Center Dec 14-31, “Still Standing: 20 Years of Paintings,” retrospective exhibit by artist Tina Azaria. 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa.

Monday-Friday, 1 to 4pm. 707.575.8902.

NAPA Ehlers Society Dec 16-17, “Ehlers Holiday Open House,” Napa Valley artists the Baker Sisters open the studio and share their inspiration on canvas along with several other artists and crafters. Reception, Dec 16 at 4pm. 3240 Ehlers Ln, St Helena.

Comedy

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.

Trivia & Standup Night Trivia contest is followed by a headlining standup set from popular comedian Jeff Applebaum. Dec 20, 8pm. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

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.

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 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.459.8966.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre Dec 17, 2 and 5:30pm, Tapcracker, annual holiday show is presented by the Dance with Sherry Studio. $12-$25. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.499.6800.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium Dec 17, 1 and 5:30pm, Sophie & the Enchanted Toyshop, full-length children’s show is performed by Marin Dance Theatre. $10-$40. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.473.6800.

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

925.267.2200. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

Monroe Dance Hall Mondays, Scottish Country Dancing.

Tuesdays, Razzmataz folk dance club.

Wednesdays, Singles and Pairs Square Dance Club. Thursdays, Circles ‘n Squares Dance Club. Dec 16, 7pm, North Bay Country Dance Society. Dec 17, 6:30pm, Tom Rigney & Flambeau. Sundays, Country-Western dancing and lessons. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.529.5450.

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater Dec 17-18, Napa Regional Dance Company’s Nutcracker, for audiences of all ages. 100 California Dr, Yountville 707.944.9900.

Fri 12/16 • Doors 8pm • $20 ADV / $25 DOS Fishbone with Crooked Sat 12/17 • Doors 11am • Free Brunch Show

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Featuring Kat Walkerson and Mik Bondy from The Garcia Project Sat 12/17 • Doors 7pm • $17 ADV / $19 DOS Steelin' Dan - The Music of Steely Dan Sun 12/18 • Doors 6pm • under 12/over 65 $17 / GA $24 ADV & $27 DOS

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

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

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

Sol Studios Fairfax Thursdays, 10:45am, Flamenco Dance Class, bring a shawl and join in the barefoot class. $9. 12 School St #12e, Fairfax 415.785.4861.

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

Songbird Community Healing Center Wednesdays, Biodanza. 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 707.795.2398.

Mon 12/19 • Doors 7pm • $24 ADV / $27 DOS

Spreckels Performing Arts Center Dec 16-18, The Nutcracker Ballet with Santa Rosa Dance Theater. $25-$30. 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park 707.588.3400.

Thu 12/22 • Doors 7pm • $28 ADV / $32 DOS feat Fred Ross of Tower of Power, Lydia Pense of Cold Blood, Paula Harris & Dana Moret

Suzie’s Studio Through Dec 15, 7:30pm, Flamenco Dance Class, practice your footwork and posture. $15. 425 Irwin St, San Rafael 415-342-3425.

Talking Dreads - Reggae Tribute to Talking Heads

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

Finley Community Center Dec 16, 1pm, Senior Ballroom Dancing with Manny Gutierrez. $8. Dec 21, 1pm, Senior Ballroom Dancing with Steve Luther. $8. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.543.3737.

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

Flamingo Lounge Tuesdays, swing dancing with lessons.

Sundays, 7pm, Sensual Salchata Nights, dress to impress with salsa and bachata dance lessons followed by open dancing. $10. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530.

Lomitas School House Third Thursday of every month, 7pm, Argentine Tango Lessons & Dance, with SoCo Tango. $5-$10. 2421 Lomitas Ave, Santa Rosa 707.523.4336.

Wischemann Hall Mondays, 5:30 and 7pm, Redwood Rainbows Mainstream and Basic Class.

707.478.6409. Sundays, 10am, Soul Motion, open movement practice. 465 Morris St, Sebastopol 707.823.0926.

Events Bee Audacious Public Panel Beekeepers come together and envision bold, evidence-based solutions to help honeybees, wild bees, beekeepers and pollination managers prosper. Dec 14, 7pm. $10-$20. Angelico Hall, Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, beeaudacious.com.

Bicentennial Opening Mass The Mission kicks off a year-long celebration of 200 years with a celebratory mass. All are welcome to join the multicultural

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

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Dec 18, 3 and 7pm, Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, direct from Russia, this world renowned show is a delight for all ages. $34 and up. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa 707.546.3600.

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Caroling in the Vineyards & Gift Wrap Party Sip on wine as you get your holiday presents wrapped and listen to carolers. Dec 17, 12pm.

La Crema Estate at Saralee’s Vineyard, 3575 Slusser Rd, Windsor.

Color Me Calm Adult Coloring Group A relaxing and brain-stimulating group for adults, with supplies provided. Third Tues of every month, 2pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

Community Meditation Practice Sitting and walking meditation with free instruction. Followed by tea and snacks.

Sun, 9:30am. Free. Santa Rosa Shambhala Meditation Center, 855 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.4907.

CranioSacral System Screening Explore whether you or your child could benefit from CranioSacral therapy to treat migraines, headaches, chronic neck and back pain and other body pain and tension. Wed, Dec 21, 10am. Free. Breathing Retraining Center, 12 Mitchell Blvd, San Rafael.

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.

Fridays in Forestville: Winter Festival Fill your senses with elegant wines, tasty bites and exhibits by local artists along downtown Forestville’s Front Street. Dec 16, 5:30pm. $20-$40. Joseph Jewell Wines, 6542 Front St, Forestville, 707.975.4927.

Hands-On Hanukkah Multi-activity event for families with young children includes arts and crafts and more.

Dec 18, 10am. Free. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.579.4452.

Hawaiian Holiday Craft & Bake Sale Shop for unique Hawaiian holiday gifts and enjoy mini-plate lunches, with raffles and live music by Faith Ako and others throughout the day. Dec 17, 10am. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael.

Healdsburg Center for Animals Open House Find out about the new humane center’s services and meet some of the adoptable pets looking for a home. Dec 17, 1pm.

Healdsburg Center for Animals, 555 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, 707.577.1908.

Holiday Lighted Boat Parade A parade of sparkling boats shine on the Petaluma River to ring in the season. Dec 17, 6pm. Free. Petaluma River Turning Basin, 222 Weller St, Petaluma.

Holiday on the Farm Explore and sample Shone Grown artisan products. Dec 17, 11am. Free admission.

Shone Farm, 7450 Steve Olson Ln, Forestville, 707.535.3707.

Mill Valley Library Book Sale Friends of Mill Valley Library holds monthly sale of all genres of literature and reference books, CDs and videos.

Third Sat of every month, 9am. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.389.4292.

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.

Pacific Coast Air Museum Third weekend of every month from 10 to 4, folks are invited to play pilot in a featured aircraft. Third Sat of every month and Third Sun of every month. $5. Pacific Coast Air Museum, 2330 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa, 707.575.7900.

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

Riverfront Thursday Nights Wine, dine, shop and play as shops stay open late. Every third Thurs, from 6 to 9. Third Thurs of every month. Free. Riverfront District, Downtown, Napa, 707.251.3726.

Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour & Competition Stroll the shops around Sausalito and view elaborate, festively decorated gingerbread houses galore. Through Dec 30. Downtown Sausalito, Caledonia Street, Sausalito.

Senior Access Caregiver Support Group Caring for an adult can be challenging.

This group facilitated by a specially trained professional. Third Thurs of every month, 11am. Lucas Valley Community Church, 2000 Las Gallinas Ave, San Rafael.

Snowman Social Join in an afternoon of food, crafts, fun and snowmen. Dec 17, 1pm. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St, Marin City, 415.332.6157.

Teen Health Clinic Thurs, 3:30pm. Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Toastmaster’s Open House Group invites the public to join them in unlocking communication skills. Express yourself, find your voice and shape your words. Thurs-noon. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael, 415.485.3438.

Winter Gratitude Celebration Express your gratitude through several fun activities. Dec 17, 6pm. $10-$20. Songbird Community Healing Center, 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.2398.

Winter Sol Nest A day of interactive art, live music, nourishing food and tea and activism activities. Portion of the proceeds will go to support Standing Rock. Dec 17, 6:30pm. $10$20. Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax.

Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk Night of reflection and contemplation includes an indoor walking path, music and more. Dec 21, 6pm. Community Congregational Church, 145 Rock Hill Dr, Tiburon.

Wood, Fiber, Clay Pop-Up Shop The shop offers unique holidays gifts and handcrafted items by independent makers, vintage finds, and sustainable, fair-trade goods made of natural materials. Through Dec 23.

Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa.

Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects.

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

Bird Walk in Bodega Bay Search the harbor, adjacent seas and woodlands for birds, including Doran County Park. Led by Madrone Audubon Society. Wed, Dec 21, 8:30am. Bodega Bay Harbor, East Shore Rd, Bodega Bay, madroneaudubon.org.

Bohemia Stewardship Workday Lend a hand for a day of stewardship and community building. Pre-registration is required. Fri, Dec 16, 9am. Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 8759 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, landpaths.org.

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

Glen Ellen Green Tour In cooperation with Quarryhill Botanical Gardens and Benziger Winery, the park offers a daylong tour of all three properties with food and wine tastings included.

Reservations required two weeks in advance.

Ongoing. $59. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 707.938.5216.

Mushroom Identification Learn the basics and explore the mysterious and fascinating world of wild mushrooms.

Dec 18, 10am. $50-$60. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

Mushroom Madness Meet at the lodge and carpool to McCullough Ranch for a day of hiking and discovering wild-growing mushrooms. Preregistration required. Dec 16, 12:30pm. Mark West Lodge, 2520 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, landpaths.org.

Mushrooms Walk Enjoy spectacular views and an amazing array of mushrooms that come out this time of year. Dec 18, 10am. Free. Indian Tree Preserve, Vineyard Rd, Novato, marincountyparks.org.

Plant Nursery Work Day Volunteer at the Sonoma Garden Park.

Thurs, 9am. Sonoma Ecology Center, 20 E Spain St, Sonoma, 707.996.0712.

Pt Reyes Christmas Bird Count Enjoy exploring the area’s rich bird diversity at this annual event. Dec 18, 8:30am. $50$60. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station, 415.464.5100.

Wetlands Kayak Birding Tour Learn about the incredible diversity of birds in the wetlands of Tomales Bay on this unique, one-way kayaking trip. Dec 17, 10am. $110-$130. Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Rd, Pt Reyes Station, ptreyes.org.

Winter Creek Walk SPAWN-trained naturalists lead creek walks that explore our watershed and teach participants about the ecology of our endangered native population of coho salmon. Dec 17, 12:30pm. $35. Samuel P Taylor State Park, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas, catie@tirn.net.

Film Best Worst Thing That Could Have Ever Happened Sunday matinee screening of heartbreaking and euphoric film about the original cast

members of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ is followed by Skype talk with director. Dec 18. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840.

Five Christmas Films Enjoy holiday cheer and giving at five different movie houses playing a Christmas movie throughout the day. Free with donation of a toy or nonperishable food item. See sregmovies.com for films and times. Dec 14. Santa Rosa Entertainment Group, various theaters, Sonoma County.

It’s a Wonderful Life Santa Rosa Historical Society hosts a screening of Frank Capra’s Christmas classic, with a showing of the society’s new doc, “Santa Rosa: The Chosen Spot of All the Earth” beforehand. Dec 16. $5. Summerfield Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.528.4222.

Kirk Douglas Happy Hundred In celebration of the actor’s 100th birthday, eight of his most iconic films screen throughout the week. Visit rafaelfilm. cafilm.org for showtimes. Through Dec 15.

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

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.

Movie & a Meal Community event for all to share in.

Third Fri of every month. $5-$10. Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center, 255 W Napa St, Sonoma, 415.412.8570.

One Mind Filmmaker Edward A Burger and Rev. Heng Sure of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery are on hand to present Burger’s cinematic portrait of life inside Zhenru Chan Monastery, one of China’s most revered Zen communities. Dec 18, 6:30pm. $15. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, $15.

Community Flavor Benefit The cafe donates 10% of day’s proceeds to Gallery Route One’s Artists in the Schools Program. Dec 15. Station House Cafe, 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

Breakfast with Enzo Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10 and 11. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley, 415.652.2474.

Crab Feed Thirty second annual feed includes chilled Dungeness crab, clam chowder, pasta and more. Dec 16, 5pm. $60. Tides Wharf, 835 Coast Highway One, Bodega Bay, 707.875.3652.

Taste of Place Healdsburg importers Valkyrie Selections to pick their favorite grower-produced wines from the Champagne region of France. Dec 15, 6pm. $125. Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Girl’s Night Out Happy hour lasts all night long, even for the guys. Thurs. Bootlegger’s Lodge, 367 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.450.7186.

Wine Down Wednesday Enjoy panoramic views while sipping wine and noshing on bites from popular food trucks. Third Wed of every month, 5pm.

Provenance Vineyard, 1695 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford, 707.968.3633.

Holiday Luncheon Bread & Roses’ holiday chorus accompanies a lunch in the Jackson Café that will raise your spirits and bring in the holiday cheer.

Advance tickets requested. Dec 15, 12pm.

Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael, 415.456.9062.

Wine Down Fridays & Wine Up Saturdays Award-winning wines and delicious artisanal food are a perfect combination for relaxing after the work week. Fri-Sat. Stephen & Walker Trust Winery Tasting Room, 243 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.

Holiday Mad Hatter Tea Party Take a trip down the rabbit hole for a Mad Hatter-themed tea party. Dec 20, 4pm. $39.

Tudor Rose Tea, 733 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

Wine Wednesdays Wines by local vineyards, brews on tap, delicious bites and sweet treats. Wed, 4:30pm. $15. Molinari Caffe, 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623.

Holiday Tea Service A relaxing atmosphere for friends and family to enjoy festive bites and beverages.

Sat-Sun, 2pm. through Dec 18. Hotel Healdsburg, 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800.

Aqus Holiday Dinner A community feast for all. Dec 20, 7pm. $25. Aqus Cafe, 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060.

Longboard Holiday Party Festive bubbly, fresh oysters and more celebrate the season. Dec 16, 5pm. $39. Longboard Vineyards, 5 Fitch St, Healdsburg, 707.433.3473.

Calistoga’s Winter in the Wineries Purchase a passport to tour, taste wine and meet winemakers at several heralded wineries, both large and small, in and around the town at the top of Napa Valley.

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

Corte Madera Farmers Market Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846.

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Bergamot’s Birthday Party Enjoy discount drinks during happy hour and dance the night away in this five year anniversary party. Dec 16. Bergamot Alley, 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.8720.

up. Mon. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665.

Sunday Supper New weekly dinner series and etiquette class celebrates classic French cuisine that reflects the season. Sun, 4pm. $30-$45. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

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

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

Belrose Holiday Tea Annual tradition includes a pot of fine tea, petit fours, tea sandwiches, cookies and scones. Reservations are required. Through Dec 24. $25. The Belrose, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.902.5188.

event. Dec 16-18. Free. Hotel Petaluma, 205 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.559.3393.

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

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

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

Petaluma Gingerbread House Showcase & Competition Vote for your favorite decorative house and enjoy a holiday party to cap off the weekend

Wine’s Night Out Try a variety of award-winning Sonoma County wine at one convenient place Second Wed of every month, 6pm. through Mar 8. $20. Flamingo Lounge, 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530.

For Kids American Canyon Library Preschool storytime. Tues, 10:30am.

Free. American Canyon Library, 3421 Broadway (Highway 29), American Canyon, 707.644.1136.

Babytime Stories, songs and more for kids ages 3 to 5. Wed, 10am. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801.

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

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

Belvedere-Tiburon Library Mon at 10:30 and 11, songs and fingerplays for kids under two. Wed at 11, toddler storytime; at 4, read-along program for ages seven and

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

Children’s Storytime Dec 15, 10:30am. Diesel Bookstore, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.785.8177.

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

For middle school kids: Mon-Fri, 3 to 7; Sat and school holidays, noon to 7. Film club meets Tues at 4.

Ongoing. Membership, $5-$10 per year.

Chops Teen Club, 509 Adams St, Santa Rosa, 707.284.2467.

Corte Madera Library Preschool storytime. Wed, 11am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

Fairfax Library Tues and Sat at 11, storytime for ages three and up. Tues-Sat, 11am. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092.

Family Story Time Thurs. Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398.

Museum Mondays for Little Ones Children ages one to five and their families are invited to enjoy storytime, arts, crafts and museum activities. Mon, 10am. through Feb 27. $5. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, 707.579.4452.

Preschool Storytime A lap-sit program for infants, one day to 17 months old, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Fri, 10:45am. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801.

Readers of the Pack A chance for new readers to get together.

Tues-Sat. Free. Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.9801.

Saddle Club Children six and up are welcome for horseand stable-related games and a casual dinner. Fri, 5:30pm. $20. Sunrise Stables, 1098 Lodi Lane, St Helena, 707.333.1509.

Santa & Mrs Claus See Santa and take photos, followed by Tim Cain’s family Christmas sing-along. Dec 18, 2pm. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

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Through Feb 5, 2017. $50. Calistoga wineries, various locations, Calistoga, visitcalistoga. com.

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

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Domestic Violence Network Meeting Learn community response strategies for preventing domestic abuse and get resources from the Center for Domestic Peace and Marin County District Attorney.

Dec 14, 3pm. Marin County Office of Education, 1111 Las Gallinas Ave, San Rafael, 415.491.6625. eBook Help Get one-on-one help in downloading library eBooks to the Kindle, iPad and other devices. Call ahead to reserve a session.

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Golden Gate Computer Society Apple Group Explore everything Apple, including Mac computers and iOS devices such as iPhone, iPad, etc. Third Thurs of every month, 1pm.

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

Hybrid Judaism Rabbi Darren Kleinberg, in conversation with Professor Marc Dollinger, explores the shifting discourse on American Jewish identity. RSVP recommended. Dec 15, 7pm.

Free. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

Idea Lounge An evening of unpredictable fun includes Ariana Strozzi and Rodney Gagnon leading the audience to uncover connections between art and life. Dec 15, 5pm. $15. Tea Room Cafe, 316 Western Ave, Petaluma, 707.765.0199.

The Marin Referral Network Join other professionals and entrepreneurs to share success stories and challenges, and brainstorm how to grow our businesses through referrals and leads. Thurs, 8am.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, 949.680.6153.

Point Blue (formerly PRBO) Speaker Series Learn about birds and ecology. Every third Thurs, 6:30pm. $10. Point Blue Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Dr #11, Petaluma, 707.781.2555.

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

Trump & Israel A discussion with Bradley Burston, a Haaretz Newspaper columnist and Senior Editor of Haaretz.com. Dec 15, 7pm. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960.

Wreath Making Workshop Make a green seasonal wreath out of local, sustainably farmed greens such as California Bay Laurel and Holly. RSVP required. Dec 14, 6pm. $40. Petaluma Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.1336.

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H.M.S. Pinafore The Ross Valley Players delight with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s romantic romp set aboard a British Navy ship. Through Dec 18. $15-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, rossvalleyplayers.com.

Hope World premiere of a new musical by Si Kahn tells the story of a Jewish immigrant family’s passage from Europe to America.

Through Dec 18. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177.

Book Passage Dec 14, 7pm, “Television” with David Thomson. Dec 16, 7pm, “The Wrong Dog” with David Elliot Cohen. Dec 17, 1pm, “Dreidels on the Brain” with Joel Izzy.

Dec 17, 4pm, “Moonglow” with Michael Chabon. Dec 17, 7pm, “The Adventures of a Lifetime” with Elizabeth Young Roulac.

Dec 18, 1pm, “Citizen Scientist” with Mary Ellen Hannibal. Dec 18, 4pm, “Walking on Darkness” with Peter Dale Scott. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play This beloved American classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Through Dec 18. $10-$25.

Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707.433.3145.

Dr Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas Second Wednesday of every month, 7pm, “Poetry Farm” with local writers, bring your own poetry to read. 800 Grant Ave, Novato 415.897.9500.

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley This light-hearted continuance of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” focuses this time on middle sister Mary Bennet visiting the Darcy household at Pemberley for the winter holiday. Through Dec 18. $22-$60.

Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

Healdsburg Shed Dec 21, 5:30pm, Shed’s Book Group, Drew Smith’s “Oyster: A Gastronomic History” is this month’s selection. 25 North St, Healdsburg 707.431.7433.

Point Reyes Books Third Tuesday of every month, 7pm, women’s book group. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

The Sitting Room Third Wednesday of every month, 2pm, Sitting Room book club. 2025 Curtis Dr, Penngrove 707.778.3972.

The Western Gate Teahouse Fridays, 6pm, Candlelight poetry and tea session with Scott Traffas. 7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas 4157858309.

Theater Brian Copeland’s Jewelry Box Copeland’s remarkable one-man show reminisces on a special childhood holiday experience. Dec 15, 8pm. $50. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.

Christmas Carol Veteran actor Charlie Siebert once again brings the famous tale of Ebenezer Scrooge to life on the stage for the whole family.

Through Dec 23. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

A Christmas Carol The Dickens’ classic is musically adapted by Blanca Florido and tells the story of Scrooge through song. Through Dec 18. $12-$27.

Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498.

Crazy for You Roustabout’s Apprentice Program celebrates the holidays with the all singing, all dancing, all Gershwin musical comedy.

Dec 16-18. $16-$26. Luther Burbank Center

The Magic Circle Cycle The newest piece in development by the Imaginists is in collaboration with musician and composer Kalei Yamanoha. Through Jan 1, 2017. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.528.7554.

Peter & the Starcatcher Spreckels Theater Company presents the story of how Peter Pan becomes the magical, eternal boy of legend. Through Dec 18. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707.588.3400.

Polar Bears Sonoma Arts Live hosts playwright, actor and Bohemian contributor David Templeton’s holiday-themed one-man-show about fatherhood and Santa Claus that’s not recommended for young audiences.

Through Dec 17. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, sonomaartslive.org.

Santaland Diaries David Yen delights audiences with David Sedaris’ one-man tale of an out-of-work, anti-hero who decides to become a Macy’s elf during the holidays. Through Dec 18.

Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.523.4185.

Sebastiani Theatre Holiday Show Experience music, magic and more in this program for the whole family. Dec 17-18, 2pm. $8-$10. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma, 707.996.9756.

Somewhere An old-style circus based on the French tradition of the 1920’s, Le Cirque de Bohème presents a magical world filled with enchantment, adventure and wonder.

Through Dec 18. $22-$30. Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, 707.933.3010.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141100 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NEW CURRENT COACHING, 124 GLORIA DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: REBECCA NYSTROM DC, 124 GLORIA DR, 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 Nov 28, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141104 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) MARIN EVENT LIGHTING 2) MARIN EVENT SERVICES, 190 ELDRIDGE AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RODNEY E. DAVIS, 190 ELDRDGE 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 Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2016-141082 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SHEAR JOY BY SANDRA GUTIERREZ, 633 DEL GANADO ROAD, SUITE 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SANDRA LIZETH GUTIERREZ ZETINO, 95 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PKWY, APT 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 23, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141118 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FREEDOM FOUNDATION, 2955 KERNER BLVD, STE F, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: FREEDOM FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL , 2955 KERNER BLVD, STE F, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 30, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141105 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: VIDEO WEST AND PIZZA TOO, 6825 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933: ROBERT JOHN FOTI, TTEE, HARRY GARDINO TRUST, 6700 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing filing with changes under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141103 The following individual(s) is (are)

doing business: RED HILL HOLIDAY CLEANERS, 912 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: SAAMAN SAMI, #21 EDGEWATER CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2016-141054 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TRUE YOGA GOODS, 828 AUTUMN LN, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ERIK ANDERSON, 828 AUTUMN LN, 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 Nov 21, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141097 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LEXNET, 508 HEATHER WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: STEPHEN CHIPMAN, 508 HEATHER WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 28, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141122 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN SUPER TAXI, 237 PICNIC AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ILHAN AHMED, 237 PICNIC AVE, APT 40, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Dec 2, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141119 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AMERICA LATINA SERVICES, 528 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: GERALDO JOSE SILVA NETO, 475 SAN MARIN DR, 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 Dec 1, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141124 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AMBPICTURES. 422 DONAHUE STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: ANTHONY J BUTT, 422 DONAHUE STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 2, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141000 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LUX BLOW DRY & BEAUTY BAR, 902 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: DIANA GLASCO, 316 A AUBURN ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 10, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2016-141106 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DAISY’S DELI & PIZZA, 1500 LUCAS VALLEY RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: DAICY CASTILLO VEGA, 234 TETON CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 29, 2016 (Publication Dates: Dec 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141143 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JIM HAUSHERR DBA GOOSEHEAD INSURANCE, 3030 BRIDGEWAY , SUITE 240, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: JAMES HAUSHERR, 200 JOHNSON STREET, SLIP 1, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 6, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141170 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) BARTON CO 2) BARTON DESIGNS, 359 TENNESSEE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: BARTON ZACHOFSKY, 359 TENNESSEE 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Dec 9, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141188 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SOUL BEAUTY BY MELISSA, 905 A IRWIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94941: MELISSA K WITTMAN, 403 MAPLE STREET # 5, 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 Dec 12, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No: 2016-141197 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ICY BAY PRESS, 383 PINEHILL RD, APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RICHARD C. HOLMES, 775 E. BLITHEDALE STE 400, 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 Dec 13, 2016. (Publication Dates: Dec 14, 21, 28 of 2016 and Jan 04 of 2017)

OTHER NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JANET FAYE ISAAC, Case No. PR-1604150 filed on NOV 16, 2016.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JANET FAYE YORK, JANET FAYE ISAAC A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NANCY SIMMONS, in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NANCY ERIN SIMMONS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DEC 30, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. M, ROOM: PLEASE REPORT TO COURTROOM A of the

Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative , as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. PETITIONER: NANCY ERIN SIMMONS, 3437 LOS SICOMOROS LANE, FALLBROOK, CA 92028.

Telephone: 760-508-8621 (Publication Dates: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14 of 2016)

Telephone: (925) 421-1529 Fax: (925) 293-0531 ariel@brownelllegal.com 2. Name of Restrained Person: Jason Andrew Griffin, Description of restrained person: Sex: M; Height: 5’11; Weight: 190 lbs. Hair Color: Blonde; Eye Color: Green; Race: Caucasian; Age: 39 Date of Birth: 03/04/1977 Mailing Address: 38 South Knoll Road, Mill Valley, CA 94941. Relationship to protected person: Father of child 3. Additional Protected Person named in (1), the following persons are protected by temporary orders as indicated in items (6) and (7) (family or household members): a) Gabriella Fay Griffin, Relationship to person in (1) & (2): Daughter, Sex: F, Age: 5 b) Corey D. Seevers, Relationship to person in (1): Fiancé, Sex: M, Age: 32; Court Hearing The judge has set a court hearing date. The Restraining Order after Hearing (Order of Protection) stays in effect until the end of the hearing below.

Hearing Date & Time: Feb.1, 2017, 8:30 a.m. Dept. 27. At the street address of the court shown above This is a Court Order. Dated: September 14, 2016. HON. TERRI MOCKLER JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Respondent’s attendance at the Feb 1, 2017 hearing will allow Respondent to present evidence and dispute the claims brought against Respondent. If Respondent’s location is ascertained prior to Feb 1, 2017. Petitioner will mail a copy of the TRO, and all of the related court filings to Respondent. Before Feb 1, 2017, Respondent may file a written response at this court and have a copy served on Petitioner. Respondent can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp).If Respondent does not file his response on time, Respondent may lose the opportunity to present evidence to the court prior to the hearing. There are other legal requirements. Respondent may want to call an attorney promptly to discuss options and seek representation.

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VOTE! Notice Content NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND HEARING ON REQUEST FOR RESTAINING ORDER CASE NUMBER: D15-05875 Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, 751 Pine Street, PO Box 911, Martinez, CA 94553. Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order Case Number: D15-05875 1. Name of Protected Party: Anna Guerriero. Your lawyer in this case: Ariel B. Lee, State Bar No.: 287791, Law offices of Ariel Brownell, 961 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

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By Amy Alkon

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Women are really cuckoo when it comes to gifts. If my lady didn’t get me a present on my birthday, I wouldn’t really care. But if I didn’t buy her something for hers or if I chose badly, brace yourself ! Don’t get me wrong; I love my girlfriend. I just wish I understood how to avoid the minefield here.

—Lost in Santa’s Wonderland

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Unfortunately, you can’t just tell her that your relationship was “a gift from God.” So was the plague of locusts.

Gift-getting generally is a bigger deal to women than it is to men (like, if you miss the mark on her birthday, you might have to call in the U.N. peace negotiators). To understand why, consider that our emotions aren’t just feelings; they’re motivational mechanisms that evolved to guard our survival and help us pass on our genes. For example, you feel jealousy when you sense a threat to your relationship—like that your girlfriend’s compleeeetely platonic male BFF sees the friend zone as the dugout for the sex friend zone.

Of course, both men and women feel jealous and are deeply hurt by both sexual infidelity (“Did you have sex with him/her?!”) and emotional infidelity (“Do you love him/her?!”). However, evolutionary psychologist David Buss finds that men and women differ in which type they find more distressing. Because men experience “paternity uncertainty” (“mama’s baby, papa’s maybe”), they’re more distressed by sexual infidelity, which could chump them into raising a kid who’ll pass on some other dude’s genes.

There’s no such thing as “maternity uncertainty” because babies are delivered not by storks but by obstetricians—who coach screaming, profanity-spewing mothersto-be to push a bowling ball-sized human out a very small opening. Accordingly, Buss finds that women are more distressed by the prospect that a man might be emotionally elsewhere, leading him to divert his investment in their children into diamond-encrusted loot for that hussy he’s been stepping out with.

In light of this, it makes sense that a woman puts more weight on a male partner’s displays of love and commitment—which is ultimately what gifts to your girlfriend are. Maybe understanding that can help you convert gift-giving from a perilous chore to a way to tell your girlfriend that you love her, that you don’t take her for granted and that it means something to give her a little burst of happy.

Unfortunately, this may not make your shopping any easier on Official Girlfriend Holidays (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, your anniversary and her birthday). What might help is asking for advice from women close to her—her mom, her sister, her BFF. As a bonus, they’re likely to gab about what a loving, thoughtful boo you are. As a secondary bonus, if some gift is a bust, they’re also handy targets for blame.

However, there’s a way to minimize the effects of any big-gift fails, and it’s with semi-frequent little gifts—like picking up her favorite overpriced smoothie or that special cheese she raves about. Doing this tells her something very important: That you love her enough to pay attention—uh, to more than the game scores from a hidden earpiece while she’s telling you about all the intrigue at Book Club.

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I’m a struggling musician (singer/songwriter), so let’s just say I’m not swimming in cash. I adore my girl, but I don’t have money to spend on her like her previous rich ex (who’d buy her expensive jewelry and designer handbags), so I feel weird buying her anything at all. What can I get her that shows my love without breaking the bank?—Underfunded

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It probably hasn’t escaped her that you sometimes prepare for dates by visiting the Coinstar machine.

Money—even just a little bit of money—actually can buy happiness, but it helps to know what to spend it on. Research by psychologist Thomas Gilovich finds that money spent on experiences tends to make people happier than money spent on material stuff. That’s because we quickly acclimate to the new things in our lives and they stop giving us the same happiness bump they did at first. But an “experiential gift”—like writing a song for your girlfriend and singing it to her in a romantic location—is what we might call “reusable happiness.” Experiences are a renewable resource because we re-enjoy them as we reflect on them and talk about them. They also become part of a shared relationship history, and that’s very bonding.

Who knew? It seems there’s an upside to not having a bunch of money to spend: Your girlfriend looking back fondly on a day with you in a way she never could with all those romantic afternoons she spent with her Prada purse.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

For the week of December 14

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how,” said dancer Agnes De Mille. “We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.” As true as her words might be for most of us much of the time, I suspect that they don’t apply to you right now. This is one of those rare moments when feeling total certainty is justified. Your vision is extra clear and farseeing. Your good humor and expansive spirit will ensure that you stay humble. As you take leap after leap, you’ll be surrounded by light.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “We are torn

between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange,” wrote author Carson McCullers.

Are you ready to give that adage a twist, Taurus?

In the coming weeks, I think you should search for foreign and strange qualities in your familiar world.

Such a quest may initially feel odd, but will ultimately be healthy and interesting. It will also be good preparation for the next chapter of your life, when you will saunter out into unknown territory and find ways to feel at home there.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If you don’t use your own imagination, somebody else is going to use it for you,” said writer Ronald Sukenick. That’s always true, but it will be especially important for you to keep in mind in 2017. You Geminis will have an unparalleled power to enlarge, refine and tap into your imagination.

You’ll be blessed with the motivation and ingenuity to make it work for you in new ways, which could enable you to accomplish marvelous feats of creativity and self-transformation. Now here’s a warning: If you DON’T use your willpower to take advantage of these potentials, your imagination will be subject to atrophy and colonization.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Why are Australian sand wasps so skilled at finding their way back home after being out all day? Here’s their trick: When they first leave the nest each morning, they fly backwards, imprinting on their memory banks the sights they will look for when they return later. Furthermore, their exiting flight path is a slow and systematic zigzag pattern that orients them from multiple directions. I recommend that you draw inspiration from the sand wasps in 2017, Cancerian. One of your important tasks will be to keep finding your way back to your spiritual home, over and over again.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Vault 21, a restaurant in

Dunedin, New Zealand, serves sautéed locusts. For $5, patrons receive a plate of five. The menu refers to the dish not as “Oily Sizzling Grasshoppers,” but rather as “Sky Prawns.” Satisfied customers know exactly what they’re eating, and some say the taste does indeed resemble prawns. I bring this to your attention, Leo, because it illustrates a talent you will have in abundance during 2017: Re-branding. You’ll know how to maximize the attractiveness and desirability of things by presenting them in the best possible light.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The literal translation of the German word Kummerspeck is “grief bacon.”

It refers to the weight gained by people who, while wallowing in self-pity, eat an excess of comfort food. I know more than a few Virgos who have been flirting with this development lately, although the trigger seems to be self-doubt as much as self-pity. In any case, here’s the good news: The trend is about to flip. A flow of agreeable adventures is due to begin soon. You’ll be prodded by fun challenges and provocative stimuli that will boost your confidence and discourage Kummerspeck.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable,” wrote journalist Brenda Ueland. Pause for a moment and fully take in that fact, Libra. It’s breathtaking and daunting. What a huge responsibility it is to be absolutely unique. In fact, it’s so monumental that you may still be shy about living up to it. But how about if you make 2017 the year you finally come into your own as the awesomely unprecedented creature that you are? I dare you to more fully acknowledge and express your singular destiny. Start today!

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “To dream … to dream has been the business of my life,” wrote author Edgar Allan Poe. I don’t expect you to match his devotion to dreams in 2017, Scorpio, but I do hope that you will become more deeply engaged with your waking fantasies and the stories that unfold as you lie sleeping. Why? Because your usual approaches to gathering useful information won’t be sufficient. To be successful, both in the spiritual and worldly senses, you’ll need extra access to perspectives that come from beyond your rational mind. Here’s a good motto for you in 2017: “I am a lavish and practical dreamer.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Physicist Stephen Hawking is skeptical of the hypothesis that humans may someday be able to travel through time. To jokingly dramatize his belief, he threw a party for time travelers from the future. Sadly, not a single chrononaut showed up to enjoy the champagne and hors d’oeuvres Hawking had prepared. Despite this discouraging evidence, I guarantee that you will have the potential to meet with Future Versions of You on a regular basis during the next nine months. These encounters are likely to be metaphorical or dreamlike rather than literal, but they will provide valuable information as you make decisions that affect your destiny for years to come. The first of these heart-to-hearts should come very soon.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): During

these last few weeks, you may have sometimes felt like smashing holes in the wall with your head, or dragging precious keepsakes into the middle of the street and setting them on fire, or delivering boxes full of garbage to people who don’t appreciate you as much as they should. I hope you abstained from doing things like that. Now here are some prescriptions to help you graduate from unproductive impulses: Make or find a symbol of one of your mental blocks, and bash it to pieces with a hammer; clean and polish precious keepsakes, and perform rituals to reinvigorate your love for them; take as many trips to the dump as necessary to remove the congestion, dross and rot from your environment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Singersongwriter Tom Waits has a distinctive voice. One fan described it this way: “Like how you’d sound if you drank a quart of bourbon, smoked a pack of cigarettes and swallowed a pack of razor blades. Late at night. After not sleeping for three days.” Luckily, Waits doesn’t have to actually do any of those selfdestructive things to achieve his unique tone. In fact, he’s wealthy from selling his music, and has three kids with a woman to whom he’s been married for 36 years. I foresee a similar potential for you in the coming weeks and months. You may be able to capitalize on your harmless weirdness … to earn rewards by expressing your charming eccentricities … to be both strange and popular.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Was punk rock born on June 4, 1976? A fledgling band known as the Sex Pistols played that night for a crowd of 40 people at a small venue in Manchester, England.

Among the audience members was Morrissey, who got so inspired that he started his own band, The Smiths. Also in attendance was a rowdy guy who would soon launch the band Joy Division, despite the fact that he had never played an instrument. The men who would later form the Buzzcocks also saw the performance by Johnny Rotten and his crew.

According to music critic David Nolan, these future pioneers came away from the June 4 show with the conclusion, “You don’t have to be a virtuoso or a musical genius to be in a band; anyone can do it.” I see parallels between this seminal event and your life in the coming weeks.Y Homework: Talk about the pleasures you’d enjoy if you went a week without consuming any media. Write to Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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