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Recent Headlines and My Responses: ‘Senate Launches Sexual Harassment Probe of Itself ’ —That’s like Bill Cosby investigating Harvey Weinstein! ‘Why Judges Routinely Dismiss Sexual Harassment Cases’ —Cuz they do it, too? ‘South Korea: Trump Unlikely to Stop at DMZ’ —Cuz he’ll stop at nothing? ‘Is Cannabis the Antidote?’ —To Trump? You bet! Miss Manners—‘Reckless, Wasteful Relatives Always Asking for Handouts’ —Are they Trumps? —Craig Whatley

By Howard Rachelson

1 Emerging in front of our eyes is San Francisco’s soon-to-be tallest building. What is its name, and how tall will it be?

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2 The biggest shopping day of the year has what colorful name and occurs traditionally when? 3 What five-letter word can refer to a spicy Latin sauce or a spicy Latin dance?

4 Find the British equivalent of these American

automotive words:

a. The ‘hood’ of a car b. The ‘gas’ you put in your car c. The ‘trunk’ of your car d. A ‘truck’ 5 How many countries have successfully launched Earth-orbiting satellites: Around 10, 20, 30 or 40?

6 In this 2007 movie (can you believe it’s been 10 years already?!), a 16-year-old high school junior discovers that she’s pregnant. Name the movie title and two actors shown here.

7 On November 20, 1805, the Theater an der Wien in Vienna hosted the premiere of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s first and only opera; give the Latin title, which means ‘faithful.’ 8 Can you name two different moves or actions that are permitted by every

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9 Virtually every plant, but no animal, contains what essential biomolecule? 10 Although it’s the most common letter beginning English words, no presi-

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BONUS QUESTION: What are the world’s first five countries, in alphabetical order? Howard Rachelson invites you to his next team trivia contest on Tuesday, December 12 at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, 6:30pm; free, with prizes. Contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com, and visit triviacafe.com for the web’s best questions.

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Upfront This week, we present a grab-bag of news, including an interview with U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman about religion.

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A grab-bag of holiday-season gratitude and gripes By Tom Gogola

year ago, American families sat around the holiday table to share the turkey feast and the faded glory of a Norman Rockwell moment, and those families were fairly well split between shocked and elated by the Electoral College selection of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States of America. The results of November 2016 stunned the conscience of a nation, if not a planet, and most days

bring fresh evidence that Trump, as former President Barack Obama noted, is uniquely unqualified to hold the office of president. Most days also bring news that despite his ongoing lack of qualifications, and that his own cabinet secretaries have taken to calling him an idiot and a moron, Trump isn’t going anywhere. Power does not cede without a fight. So there he is. We’re stuck with Trump for the time being. But is it fair to blame him for every last misery that

has befallen this nation and state over the past year? Tempting, but no. From schools, to coal to small-time farmers: The Trump administration has taken the GOP’s anti-regulatory ambitions to new heights on behalf of Big Everything: Whether it’s energy, education or health care, the regulation frenzy is reminiscent of a Black Friday stampede at the local mall. With that in mind, here are some recent developments around Marin that hint at the sick, dark heart of what the rolling experiment

in Trumpism means this year, whether it’s his fault or not. The week began with a huge public dustup at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Obama-era federal agency whose hatred on the right rises to a Planned Parenthood level of viciousness. Earlier in November, the agency’s director, Rob Cordray, announced his resignation and set out to name an interim director. That’s his role and right, he says, under the legislation that set up the agency. Trump picked another fight and installed his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, to temporarily head the pro-consumer organization as the GOP sets out to completely destroy the CFPB. John Hoffman, director of development at the California Reinvestment Coalition, pushed out a pungent press release this week in response to the latest power grab by Trump: “In a year of record bank profits, it is difficult to understand how installing a leader who has advocated gutting the CFPB could improve performance in the sector without bringing about the kind of corporate recklessness that led to the last financial crisis and devastated consumers. The appointment of Mick Mulvaney to lead the bureau is an overreach of executive power by the Trump administration, and a cynical attempt to bring the agency under the control of the banks and Wall Street firms it was designated to oversee.” The agency provides the regulatory muscle to embolden lawsuits such as those launched by Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California, and they’ve tried to rein in payday-lenders with their outlandish interest rates on loans taken against a future paycheck. The CFPB was born as part of the Dodd-Frank banking regulations following the 2008 crash at the hands of Republican leadership, and the agency is generally zeroed-in on nickel-and-dime stuff that may not matter much to the wealthy individuals currently in power. The agency has brought complaints against Bay Area auto lenders over discriminatory lending policies at Toyota and at other dealerships, and helped win favorable judgments against Big Auto, along with trimming back outrageous bank fees and other “small print” stuff that screws the unwary consumer. For this, the CFPB has earned the enmity of the GOP and of Trump, who called it the worst thing ever and a total

Cannabis Clampdown

It would be a slippery bit of veritas-quality fake news to accuse the president of complicity, but talk about Trump-style bad faith and the art of the bait-and-switch: When Californians voted to legalize recreational cannabis last year through Proposition 64, a key component to insure buy-in from medical growers and shadow momand-pop operations was to keep Big Ag out of the cannabis business so those people could get their proper leg up in the new economy. This was achieved by limiting the size of grows to a maximum of one acre, for five years. After five years, big-time operators would be allowed to plant as much cannabis as they wanted. That plan went out the window recently, and cannabis advocates are howling at the betrayal undertaken by lawmakers who promised potpopulism for the little guy. There’s an interview in the North Bay Bohemian, our sister publication, this week with Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the California Growers Association. Allen says the new workaround will let farmers expand their acreage simply by gobbling up several smaller licenses, violating the spirit if not the letter of Prop. 64. “It is significant when private interests prevail over the public interest and our democratic process,” he tells the Bohemian. In other words: Very Trumpian. “The small producer isn’t protected to the extent that they should be,” says Huffman, who says he holds out for “some hope for a correction at the state level,” to address the Trumpian switcheroo.

Godless Communism!

Evangelical Christians are peculiarly

enamored of the pout-lip amorality of Donald Trump, while good-guy Huffman came out as a godless communist and nobody seemed to notice, except a few yahoos in the far-right media world. OK, Huffman did not actually come out as a “godless communist. That is an exaggeration, much as “the largest crowd to ever attend an inauguration” was also an exaggeration. But a recent Washington Post feature on Huffman finds the liberal congressman describing himself as a “humanist,” as in “secular humanist,” as in, I don’t believe in God, but in the fundamental decency of people. In the profile, Huffman wasn’t so much apologetic for an absence of a belief in God, as he was questioning His (or Her) existence. He left open the possibility for some sort of metaphysical relationship with the spirit world, and good for him for having an open mind. Whether it’s Alabama mall-rat Roy Moore, Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Sen. Al Franken, Harvey Weinstein or any number of California state politicians now running the sexual-harassment gauntlet and making headlines across the state—godless communism has emerged as the moral choice. Since every day of the week seems to bring new accusations directed at rich and powerful men who can’t keep their hands to themselves, it’s worth noting that none have been directed at Huffman, who is also a tree-hugger on top of the spirituallyaware liberalism he now embraces as a matter of public urgency. Huffman says that he decided to not duck the religious question anymore after a year of soulsearching, thanks to Trump’s election. “The past year should have invited all of us to reflect on what we want to see happen in this world during our time on Earth and to see how we can make a difference. We’re not going to step back and let the democracy be hijacked by this president. People have been stepping up,” he adds, “in all kinds of important ways, our institutions have been rising to the challenge—Congress being the exception—and for me, personally, I’ve done my own reflection on how I want to make my mark. I see [religion] being misused and abused. There are an awful lot of principled, moral, non-religious people who have a lot to offer in public service and elsewhere.” Huffman says he came forward as a humanist, and that in doing so, he might encourage others to do the same.Y

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disaster. And the CFPB was just in the news last week after Trump’s minions canceled new regulations that would’ve made it possible for individuals to sue banks. Marin U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman has been supportive of about 90 percent of the work undertaken by CFPB, he says, noting that the emergence of Mulvaney as the agency’s nominal director represents “the return of caveat emptor” for American consumers. “And there’s no more ardent believer in caveat emptor than Mick Mulvaney.”

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Artist Naomi Alessandra is currently the Max Thelen Artist in Residence at San Rafael’s Art Works Downtown, one of five primary partners in the area’s designation as a cultural arts district.

Cultural Treasure California Arts Council names downtown San Rafael one of state’s 14 cultural districts By Mina Rios

ravo, San Rafael. Mission accomplished. Downtown San Rafael, “the city with a mission,” has been branded. In July, the California Arts Council (CAC) launched its five-year, statewide pilot program designating downtown San Rafael, along with 13 other communities, California’s foremost cultural arts districts. A cultural district, as outlined by the program, is “a welldefined geographic area with a high concentration of cultural resources and activities.” Benefits for designated districts include technical assistance, peer-to-peer learning and exchanges, access to resources, tax incentives, regulatory

assistance, branding materials and promotional strategy, a $5K annual stipend for five years and partnerships with Visit California and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). “The City’s Economic Development team was tracking the development of the State’s California Arts District project/ initiative process from the beginning, which started in earnest about a year and a half ago,” says Danielle O’Leary, director of economic development and innovation with the City of San Rafael. “We attended state outreach workshops and reached out to our local arts partners for possible collaboration on an application.”

Answering the Downtown San Rafael Business Improvement District’s call to collaborate was an eager coalition of arts organizations that included Art Works Downtown, Youth in Arts, the California Film Institute and the City of San Rafael’s Falkirk Cultural Center—with a common interest in increasing the vitality of the local cultural and artistic community. In addition to the five primary arts partners, there are numerous other arts-related organizations and nonprofits in the arts district, including the Marin Society of Artists, the Belrose Theater, Rileystreet Art Supply, Folk Art Gallery, Bananas at Large, Seawood Photo and Copperfield’s Books.

“We are excited to partner with these organizations to bring awareness and leverage our Cultural Arts District designation,” says O’Leary, optimistic about the potential. During what was a lengthy and competitive application process, the CAC received submissions from dozens of communities across the state. Applicants were considered by way of a multi-step process, starting with an open call for letters of intent, followed by site visits for semi-finalists, and an invited finalist application. “There [is] a very high number of artists living in San Rafael, and there’s something very democratic about the district’s approach to identifying and achieving its goals,” says CAC Director of Public Affairs Caitlin Fitzwater, on what makes downtown San Rafael a standout arts district. “Through the programs site visit and application process, we observed a strong mentality to involve all members of the community, and of continued activation and engagement that is laudable.” The CAC’s decision to include Downtown San Rafael as one of the designated arts districts was on the basis of its cultural and artistic resources and activities being available in a concentrated area; the community’s cultural allure among locals, visitors and entrepreneurs; how the region celebrates its unique cultural identity; its commitment to furthering local cultural development; and its preservation and restoration efforts with regard to historic buildings and culturally significant structures. Other designated districts, located from San Diego to Eureka, include diverse places like Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, San Francisco’s Calle 24 Latino Cultural District and the BLVD Cultural District in California’s High Desert in Lancaster. Considering the fact that arts district programs and initiatives have existed in other states for some time—Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland and Massachusetts among them, why hasn’t California, the country’s leading creative economy (per the May 2017 Otis Report) adopted an arts district program of its own until recently? According to a 41-page report by the CAC, reasons are vague, but research analysts affirm that the program model for California is particularly complex given the breadth, diversity and varied needs of the state. “Districts have received the first

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Downtown San Rafael, designated as a cultural arts district in July, is full of organizations and businesses dedicated to the arts.

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most notable is the California Film Institute’s acclaimed Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) held each October; this year, MVFF turned 40 and featured hundreds of films from around the world. Art Works Downtown is truly a marvel in itself. The 40,000 squarefoot building is equipped with four art galleries, 27 art studios, a frame shop, a ceramic center, a jewellers guild, a restaurant and 17 affordable apartments. The organization is also the curator of the popular 2nd Friday Art Walk along San Rafael’s Fourth Street. Within the scope of the CAC’s arts district program criteria, there is a provision that suggests that arts districts become proactive in addressing artist displacement. Fortunately for the San Rafael arts district, Art Works Downtown is already equipped to address that need. “Artworks is very active in affordable artist housing and residency programs,” O’Leary says. “We hope to build this strong local presence.” Adding to the conversation, Setten says, “We offer below-market rates.” Arts district partner Youth in Arts offers an artistic experience that’s virtually unprecedented. Primarily serving children with disabilities and children from low-income families, Youth in Arts offers culturally rich assembly presentations to schools throughout the Bay Area and provides a variety of in-depth workshops and artist residencies. Youth in Arts is also the founding organization of the annual and popular Italian Street Painting Marin event. Falkirk Cultural Center contains three art galleries with changing exhibitions, and hosts a variety of programs that include Marin Master Gardeners, Marin Poetry Center and Talk of the Town Toastmasters. The arts district program strategy continues to roll out and thus spell out downtown San Rafael’s new arts district positioning. In January, when the local arts district partners reconvene, more progress will be made. “San Rafael is dynamic and diverse and filled with surprisingly creative people in the downtown,” Setten says. “We want to give people a reason to get off the freeway before visiting Sonoma.”Y

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of two support stipends of $5,000 per district per year for the twoyear pilot portion of the program,” says Fitzwater, regarding the strides made by the CAC since July. “Our professional staff is working collaboratively with district administrators to create custom marketing materials that work for their needs, in addition to general brochures and window clings provided to them. The California Cultural Districts website offers a closer look at each of the districts, and they have a strong presence on the California Arts Council site, too. We’re leveraging resources from our state tourism partners through online promotion and marketing at 11 Visit California welcome centers. Technical assistance training has begun as well, having received needs assessments from the districts.” Arts district partners say that they, too, are moving at a steady productive pace. “We are still in the very early stages of coming together and setting priorities,” O’Leary explains. “We are learning about the options and possibilities. The state is currently developing customized marketing materials. The city hosted a meeting with local arts organizations within the cultural district to brainstorm collaborative projects that we could work to accomplish in the short- and long-term.” Elisabeth Setten, executive director of Art Works Downtown says that the North Bay fires threw everything off. “Partners suffered losses. There were delays in administration. All while that was simmering, the city was working on new graphic design elements, including map inserts identifying key cultural destinations.” On November 15, Setten attended a Cultural District Summit held in Redding, Calif. to discuss San Rafael’s progress and program proceedings, and to hear how other arts districts were going about their programs. At the summit, Setten observed that each arts district, with the exception of San Rafael, had arts councils. The San Rafael arts district collaboration efforts have proven effective to date. At this time, Setten sees no reason to fix what’s not broken. If at some point a smaller council makes sense for the purpose of accomplishing more, change will be considered. By no exaggeration, the San Rafael arts district partner organizations do indeed offer some highly distinctive and unique cultural experiences. Among the

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I’m a 35-year-old woman. I’m living with my boyfriend, who’s a freelance artist (talented but just getting started). We’ve been together for three years, and I am paying for pretty much everything. I don’t feel resentful. I feel like we’re a team and eventually his career will take off. However, my parents keep saying it’s a bad dynamic: I’m coddling him, and he’s taking advantage of me.—Worried

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Sausalito’s Joinery, a beer hall and rotisserie on the water, features good beer, seasonal food and a community spirit.

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Bay Bites Joinery offers communal eating on the water By Tanya Henry

or those of us who don’t live in Southern Marin, this nearly 1-year-old restaurant isn’t even on our radar— but it should be. Joinery beer hall and rotisserie on Turney Street (just off Bridgeway) opened on January 1 and serves burgers, rotisserie chicken, salads and soups. And given that the owners are connected to Mill Valley Beerworks and Fort Point Beer Company, the brews stand out here. Husband-and-wife team Tyler and Yella Catalana have taken over the space that was previously Wellington’s Wine Bar and given it a serious remodel. Though minimally designed, the large room opens to the outside with views of the bay. Plenty of seating is available both inside and out—communal and picnic tables make it a great spot for groups and families. Just inside the front door, one entire wall is dedicated to the menu, denoted by wooden plaques that can be subbed out with seasonally changing items. Rotisserie chicken

is front and center and offered whole or half. An arugula salad with squash, pepitas and hemp seed is a highlight. Pulled pork tacos, fried chicken sandwiches and a burger filled with grilled onions, tomatoes and pickles are just a sampling of the current offerings. During Thanksgiving week, the restaurant offered a heritage Diestel turkey dinner. Diners could pre-order an entire holiday meal that served 10-12 people ($300). Joinery will likely do something similar for the December holidays as well. While Yella handles the food side (quite capably), Tyler manages the beer and wine selection. Always interesting selections currently include a Flemish Red Sour, Easy Up Pale Ale and Black Lager, to name a few. Prices are not low here, but for my money, a juicy burger, garlic fries and a Belgian beer with views of the bay is money well spent.Y Joinery, 300 Turney St., Sausalito; 415/766-8999; joineryca.com.

Ideally, when one partner is the sole breadwinner, the other is the stay-at-home parent to more than two rambunctious goldfish. There’s a term in risk researcher and former derivatives trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s books— “skin in the game.” That’s what’s missing when, say, a hedge fund honcho advises you to make some big-bucks investment. If he’s guessed right, he’ll share in your profits. However, any losses are all yours. “Skin in the game” is also what’s missing from your boyfriend’s end of the relationship. You’re doing all of the work to keep the roof over the relationship. Your boyfriend’s doing none of the work but reaping 100 percent of the benefits. Such a gross asymmetry in effort may be creating a breeding ground for laziness. In fact, by making things so easy for him, you may be making it harder for him to succeed. The fact that you’re a woman who’s paying for everything may make this more of a problem. Women evolved to seek “providers,” and men coevolved to expect that. Men’s self-worth is also driven by their ability to provide. So though many couples think they “should” be OK with a woman as the sole or primary moneymaker (because … equality!), it often leads to resentment in the woman and emasculation in the man. Finally, consider whether you really aren’t OK with this Vincent van No Job arrangement but are going along with it because you think it’s the goodgirlfriend thing to do. It’s OK—and probably good for your relationship—to ask your boyfriend to put “skin in the game.” People value and feel more a part of something they have to work for—and not just by opening all of the bills before handing them over for the wage slave girlfriend to pay.

I’m a 28-year-old gay guy. I like to travel and go out and do stuff on the weekends. My boyfriend prefers to smoke pot and uhh … time travel on the couch. He’s a good person, and I love him, but he’s unwilling to cut back on his pot smoking. Friends tell me to dump him, but we’ve been together for three years, and bailing now would mean throwing that time away.—Frustrated

The guy isn’t without ambition. He tries really hard every day to give the cat a contact high. There’s a point when love seems like “the answer”— when you’re 14 and practicing your make-out skills on your pillow. But then you grow up and get into a relationship with a man you love, and you find yourself packing for Bali while he’s packing his bong. Presumably, you’ve tried to come to some compromise. It helps to be specific about what would work for you—like by proposing that he come down from Weed Mountain to spend Saturday afternoon and evening out on the town with you. If he’s unwilling to be enough of a boyfriend to make you happy, well, you have a decision to make. In making it, don’t let yourself get tripped up by “the sunk cost effect.” This is decision researcher Hal Arkes’ term for our (irrational) “tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment in money, effort or time has been made.” But that initial investment—for example, the three years you’ve already put into your relationship with James Bong—is gone. What makes sense is looking at whether the “endeavor” will pay off in the future, say, in a willingness by your boyfriend to combine his favorite hobby and yours. As travel writer Rick Steves put it, “I have used cannabis all over the world.” (Hmm … then again, so have other people, and they’re still in jail in Turkey.)Y

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The ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ books are, according to ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ director Simon Curtis, “a love letter to childhood, and playing and imagination.”

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Timeless Film director Simon Curtis on the appeal of ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ By David Templeton

n mid-October, the Mill Valley Film Festival hosted an afternoon screening of the British drama Goodbye Christopher Robin. It’s the story of how author A.A. Milne came to write the Winnie-the-Pooh books, and their impact on Milne’s son, Christopher (nicknamed Billy Moon), on whose real-life toys the stories were based. The day of the screening, the theater was packed with moviegoers, split roughly between fans of Winnie-the-Pooh, fans of the film’s director, Simon Curtis (1999’s David Copperfield, 2011’s My Week with Marilyn, 2015’s Woman in Gold) and fans of movies that seem, on the surface,

to be lighter than the super-serious standard fare served up at most film festivals. The Pooh and Curtis fans were not disappointed. Those expecting a frothy light-hearted fable of some sort, however, were stunned to discover that Goodbye Christopher Robin is serious enough and solemn enough, disconcerting and melancholy enough, to satisfy the inclinations of any seasoned film festival programmer. It’s also absolutely, achingly lovely. After a standing ovation, Curtis took the stage for a brisk Q&A with the slightly shaken audience. “I’d like to start off by saying that we had the New York premiere of the film just

two days ago, at the main branch of the New York Library, where the reallife Christopher Robin’s actual toys are on permanent display,” Curtis said. “It was a wonderful place for that, and a reminder of what an amazing thing the Winnie the Pooh stories are. That Daphne Milne, this little boy’s mother, would buy a toy bear and a donkey and a piglet to give to him … that was [what] kicked off this whole amazing thing. It’s remarkable.” Asked about the enduring popularity of the Pooh stories, more than 100 years after they were first published, Curtis surmised that the tales filled a need for readers at the time they first appeared—not long after the great international shell

shock of World War I—and that they continue to fill that same need today. “There’s an innocence and sweetness and beauty in them,” he said. “The books are a love letter to childhood, and playing and imagination. I think that we’re now in the sixth generation of children whose parents can’t wait to read these stories to them. As a parent myself, I have to say thank you to A.A. Milne for making these stories so short, wholly unlike the Harry Potter books, which just go on and on and on.” Curtis smiled when asked why the Pooh stories are as appealing to the old as to the young. “Whatever age you are, you seem to find something different in them,” he said. “There’s a kind of wisdom in the stories that hits you at any and every age. It’s part of the genius of the Pooh books.” In the film, Billy Moon’s father (Domhnall Gleeson) is so preoccupied with writing, and his mother (Margot Robbie) so uninterested in actually being a mother, that most of the boy’s early care comes from his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), from whom he learns love, and eventually, heartbreak. It’s in response to that early loss that the real-life Milne began to write the Pooh stories, as a way to bond, if somewhat awkwardly, with the son he’s been too busy to learn very much about. “That’s sort of the way it was with English writers of a certain generation,” Curtis pointed out. “I’m not the first to make this observation, but it’s true that some of the greatest books of English literature were written by absolute geniuses, who knew how to create these fantastic tales, but didn’t know how to say I love you to their children. It’s very typical of a certain class, at that time, that a couple would have a baby and then just hand it over to their nanny. For so many English men, their first great love—their only great love— was their nanny. The performance of young Will Tilston as the 8-year-old Christopher Robin/Billy Moon has earned raves from critics and audiences. “It was quite something,” Curtis said of that casting. “A stroke of luck, that. I’m happy to say it’s not the first stroke of luck I’ve had in that area. The last time I cast a young person who’d never acted before, it was Daniel Radcliffe in David Copperfield. So, you know, that gave me some extra confidence.”Y

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Grounded Home is where Corey Smith’s heart is By Charlie Swanson

ontemporary country music songwriter Corey Smith was born in Jefferson, Georgia, and his roots in the small town have been a huge part of his musical success. “It’s an important place to me; it’s home,” Smith says. “I never felt too inclined to leave.” An independent performer and prolific musician, Smith has 10 wellreceived albums to his name, and is currently wrapping up production on his forthcoming record, The Great Wide Underground. On Sunday, December 3, he’ll perform at Sweetwater Music Hall. Throughout his career, Smith says that he’s valued creative freedom over the allure of Nashville skylines, and his selfreliant nature is reflected in catchy and heartfelt songs that connect with fans for their relatable intimacy and distinct sense of place.“I’ve chosen to do things the hard way, perhaps because I’m stubborn,” says Smith.

Today’s corporate country-rock songwriting model, especially in Nashville, is writing by committee, with content that’s influenced by label execs, managers and producers. “Having fame and fortune never appealed to me,” he says. “So much of commercial music, in particular in country, is just telling people what they want to hear,” Smith says. “I think that’s contrary to what art is supposed to be. Art is supposed to be someone internalizing their experience in the world and trying to turn it into something that they can put out there. It either resonates or it doesn’t, but it has to be honest.” The Great Wide Underground reflects both Smith’s exhilaration in visiting new places and the homesickness of missing his family. “I’m excited about several of the songs on the record,” he says, “because they’re very autobiographical and personal to me.”Y Corey Smith, Dec. 3, Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley; 8pm; $27-$30; 415/388-3850.

In ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Frances McDormand plays Mildred, a woman who challenges the police to do more to find her daughter’s murderer.

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Her Vengeance Dark comedy in ‘Three Billboards’ By Richard von Busack

person can be composed of a set of perfectly good facial features and still be basically ugly, and that’s the case with Mildred (Frances McDormand) in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Short hair tied up with a bandanna, dressed in coveralls as if she worked at a Jiffy Lube instead of an Ozarks gift shop, Mildred has a sudden inspiration to harass the police force in her town. Seven months previously, her daughter was raped and burned to death, and no one has been arrested yet. She decides to tell the police chief off through a set of billboards. This embarrasses the terminally ill Andy Griffith-like chief (Woody Harrelson) revered in the town because (or in spite of ) the local police’s reputation as torturers of black prisoners. Dixon, his assistant—a drunk and sometimes vicious Barney Fife, well-played by Sam Rockwell—is far more angry.

Through her bereavement, Mildred has a license to spit venom. It’s a role that runs a small gamut. There are little nuggets of surprise embedded in the monotony of her forcefulness. It is a powerful part: Kicking kids in the balls, throwing firebombs, maiming a dentist and usually having the last word. One moment of tenderness has Mildred addressing a deer, telling it and the audience that she doesn’t believe it’s a reincarnation of her lost daughter. Yet there is the deer— we’ve seen the symbol of hope, and director/writer Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) gets it both ways. The surroundings are all rural loveliness, soaked in Carter Burwell’s score. Caleb Landry Jones, of Byzantium, is a relief from the ambient overheatedness as a self-amused billboard salesman. Harrelson is at his most benign as the police chief, even if McDonagh is at his roughest when he tries to write tenderly.Y

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Due to limited space this week, most Sonoma and Napa listings have been cut from the calendar. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Concerts MARIN COUNTY Blitzen Trapper Portland folk-rock veterans play off their new album, “Wild & Reckless,” with songwriter Lilly Hiatt (daughter of John Hiatt) opening. Dec 4, 8pm. $20-$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. Grove Valve Orchestra Made up of musicians from the Clif Bar company, the accomplished 11-piece R&B ensemble performs a fire relief benefit. Dec 2, 8pm. $10. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus Celebrate the holiday season with music from the Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus, under the baton of Director Kevin Fox, and the Marin Girls Chorus, accompanied by a string quartet, oboe, organ and piano from the Marin Symphony. Dec 2, 7:30pm and Dec 3, 4pm. $20-$32. Church of Saint Raphael, 1104 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. marinsymphony.org.

Clubs & Venues MARIN The Belrose Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. 415.454.6422.

Montana and friends. Dec 1, 9pm, First Fridays Reggae Night with Broken Silence Sound System. Dec 2, 4pm, Michael Brown and friends. Dec 3, 6pm, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. Dec 3, 9pm, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam. Dec 4, open mic. Dec 5, Blues Champions. Dec 6, Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Nov 29, Robert Elmond Stone. Nov 30, Remedy. Dec 1, Michael Aragon Quartet. Dec 4, Kimrea. Dec 5, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392. Osteria Divino Nov 30, Passion Habanera. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Trek Winery Dec 1, Domestic Harmony. Dec 2, the Upbeats. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato. 415.899.9883.

SONOMA Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Nov 29, 2pm, Instrumental Repertory Recital. Nov 30, Jewish Music Series presents Veretski Pass with Polyn. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Nov 29, Fitz & Pieces. Nov 30, Dr Mojo. Dec 1, Swoop Unit. Dec 2, Sucker MCs. Dec 3, Matt Bolton. Dec 4, open mic. Dec 5, the Bad Hombres. Dec 6, the Weissmen. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Green Music Center Weill Hall Dec 1, “Late Night with Leonard Bernstein” with Jamie Bernstein. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.

Rancho Nicasio Nov 30, singer-songwriter showcase with Mark Nichol. Dec 1, Koolerator with Jonathan Korty and Danny Uzilevsky. Dec 2, Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio with Bob Welch and Willy Jordan. Dec 3, 4pm, Junk Parlor. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219. Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar Dec 1, SwingSet. Dec 2, Charles Wheal Band. Dec 3, 13 Strings. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

George’s Nightclub Dec 2, DJ party. Dec 3, Banda Night. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262. HopMonk Novato Nov 30, Marin School of the Arts rock bands. Dec 1, Choppin Broccoli. Dec 2, the Devil in California with Stimuli and Flanelhed. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Nov 30, JimBo Trout & the Fishpeople. Dec 1, Mendonesia. Dec 2, Go by Ocean and Salt Suns. Dec 3, LoWatters. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Nov 29, Charlie Hickox Trio. Dec 6, Aaron Redner and friends. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

Sweetwater Music Hall Nov 30, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Dec 1, Moonalice and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Dec 2, Zigaboo Modeliste and the New Aahkesstra. Dec 3, 1pm, Roger McNamee solo acoustic. Dec 3, 8pm, Corey Smith with Jade Jackson. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

19 Broadway Club Nov 29, Night Animals. Nov 30, Beat Mosaic with Dixie Giants. Dec 1, 5:30pm, Danny

Throckmorton Theatre Nov 29, noon, Derek Tam and Erik Andersen. Dec 3, 5:30pm, Nathan Bickart Trio. Dec 6, noon, Ian Scarfe. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Nov 29, Lorin Rowan. Nov 30, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Dec 5, Swing Fever. Dec 6, Arthur Javier. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Nov 30, Donna D’Acuti Jazz Band. Dec 2, 4pm, holiday benefit event. Dec 3, 5pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Dec 5, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Fenix Dec 1, the Sun Kings. Dec 3, Yolandra Rhodes. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Terrapin Crossroads Nov 29, San Geronimo. Dec 1-2, Everyone Orchestra. Sold-out. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

Lagunitas Tap Room Nov 29, Dirty Red Barn. Nov 30, Trotta & Walters. Dec 1, the Hucklebuck. Dec 2, Timothy O’Neil Band. Dec 3, Hop Sauce. Dec 6, JimBo Trout. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Nov 29, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis. Dec 5, Tony Bennett. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Art OPENING MARIN Book Passage Dec 3-Nov 30, “Tom Killion Residency,” acclaimed Marin artist returns to Book Passage’s gallery for a year-long exhibition of his original prints and hand-crafted books. Reception, Dec 3 at 5pm. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. Daily, 9am to 9pm. 415.927.0960. Bubble Street Gallery Dec 3-31, “Calling on the Muse,” artist and gallery owner Daniel Merriam premieres paintings, sculpture and graphics created before and after the Tubbs fire, in which his home and studio were destroyed. Reception, Dec 3 at 3pm. 565 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.339.0506.

MarinMOCA Dec 2-Jan 7, “Contemporary Landscape,” exhibit features works by artists from across the country, chosen by juror Chester Arnold while he was evacuated from his home during the recent North Bay fires. Reception, Dec 2 at 5pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

Comedy The Immaculate Big Bang Bill Santiago performs his new show, inspired by the death of his father and birth of his daughter, that laughs at the border of science and religion. Nov 29, 8pm. $20-$30. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians Tommy Savitt, Al Ducharme, Bernadette Pauley and others. Dec 5, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dance Alma del Tango Studio Tuesdays, Lindy Hop & East Coast Swing Dance. Wednesdays, Tango 1 & 2. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. 415.459.8966. Marin Center Showcase Theatre Dec 2, 7pm and Dec 3, 2pm, Performing Arts Academy of Marin Holiday Spectacular, festive event features dynamic choreography in a reimagined presentation of PAAM’s original production, “A Scarf in Union Square.” $20. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800. Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Dec 2-3, 1 and 5pm, Stapleton Ballet’s “Nutcracker,” now in its 29th year, features inspired dancing, exquisite costumes and lavish sets. $26-$38. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800.

Events Gather & Give Bon Air Center hosts a holiday food drive with the SF-Marin Food Bank, with Pronzini Christmas Tree Lot and Santa visiting on the first three Saturdays of December. Through Dec 24. Bon Air Center, 302 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae. bonair.com. The Holiday Boutique A delectable assortment of wonderful homemade jams, baked goods and unique

Dance

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ICB Winter Open Studios See more than 100 artists’ studios and work in this seasonal tradition. Dec 1-3. The ICB Art Studios, 480 Gate Five Road, Sausalito. icb-artists.com. Mill Valley Winterfest Partake in a day of snow slides, arts and crafts, live music, family activities and Santa’s arrival in a fire truck. Dec 3, 11am. Free. Depot Plaza, Throckmorton and Miller, Mill Valley. 415.388.9700. Muir Beach Holiday Arts Fair Enjoy the scenery while browsing through amazing artwork and colorful crafts from over 40 local artists with crafts for kids and a holiday ornament extravaganza. Dec 2-3. Free. Muir Beach Community Center, 19 Seascape Dr, Muir Beach. 415.388.8319. San Geronimo Holiday Arts Faire Join the community in celebration of the coming holiday season with music, homemade treats and Santa Claus. Dec 2, 11am. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, 415.488.8888. Sausalito Woman’s Club Holiday Open House Event features food and drinks, caroling, kids’ craft room and Santa. Dec 3, 3pm. Sausalito Woman’s Club, 120 Central Ave, Sausalito. 415.332.2700.

Victorian Holiday Party Party hosted by characters from author Charles Dickens’ works includes light refreshments. Dec 1, 6:30pm. $9-$12. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438. Warm Wishes Assembly Day Help assemble backpacks for the homeless as the North Bay enters its cold and wet season. Dec 2, 9am. Unity of Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato. 415.475.5000.

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Koolerator

Rancho with Jonathan Korty and Debut! Danny Uzilevsky 8:00 / No Cover

Mind Reels See the documentary “Serenade for Haiti” and discuss Haiti’s recovery efforts following the catastrophic 2010 earthquake with the film’s director and producer. Dec 5, noon. $20-$29. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

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Trump Impeachment Preview with (solo acoustic)

Sun 12⁄3 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $27–$30 • All Ages Corey Smith + Jade Jackson Mon 12⁄4 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $27–$30 • All Ages Blitzen Trapper + Lilly Hiatt Thu 12⁄7 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $25–$30 • 21+ An Evening with Mike Cooley ( Drive-By Truckers) Sat 12⁄9 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $37–$42 • All Ages

Sons of Champlin

Tue 12⁄12 • Doors 7pm ⁄ FREE • All Ages

The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men FREE Holiday Concert

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Keeping The Living Music Alive Tao Theory “Grateful” CD Release Party

Greg Barnett, Susan Shloss, Robert Adamich

Sat Bishop’s Big Fun Trio Dec 2 Elvin with Bob Welch and Willy Jordan 8:30

Parlor Dec 3 Junk Gypsy/Crooner/Punk 4:00 / No Cover Sun

Scouts Dec 8 Beer Rock & Roll Xmas Show 8:00 / No Cover

King of Jazz See a digital restoration of the early technicolor musical. Thurs, Nov 30, 7:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Holiday Kick-Off Party with The King of the Funky Drums

Roger McNamee from Moonalice

Fri

American Yogi Bay Area filmmaker and psychotherapist Steven Newmark is on hand for the U.S. premiere of his new documentary on enlightenment. Dec 1, 6:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Plage Boys

Sat 12⁄2 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $18–$22 • All Ages

Sun 12⁄3 • Doors 12:30pm ⁄ FREE • All Ages

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Holiday Singles Mixer Meet new friends, play games and enjoy the holidays with other single professionals. Nov 30, 7pm. Spinnaker, 100 Spinnaker Dr, Sausalito. 415.332.1500.

Sat 12⁄2 • Doors 11am ⁄ FREE • All Ages Free Brunch Show with

THU 12/7 $10 7PM DOORS / 7:30PM SHOW 21+ FRI 12/8 $10 8PM DOORS / 9PM SHOW 21+

Shop Party Craft Fair Seventh annual pop-up event showcases over 30 local artists, crafters and makers, with homemade food, Atlas coffee and baked goods available. Dec 3, 11am. Free admission. Saturday Afternoon Club, 430 10th St, Santa Rosa. 707.575.8436.

Moonalice & David Freiberg’s Quicksilver Messenger Service

Zigaboo Modeliste and the New Aahkesstra

holiday items including wrapping paper, handmade holiday cards, wreaths and more. Dec 1-2. Free. St John’s Episcopal Church, 14 Lagunitas Rd, Ross.

(seated show) Fri 12⁄1 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $20–$22 • All Ages

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Enjoy a performance of the ‘Nutcracker’ by Marin’s Stapleton Ballet at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael, Dec. 2-3.

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Dec 9

Danny Click’s Birthday Party

Sun

“Blue Christmas Show”

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Dec 10 Mark Hummel’s

Rancho Debut!

Deep Basement Shakers and Howelldevine 4:00 Fri Dec 15 The Rivertown Trio featuring Julie Bernard

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Fabulous Harmonies 8:00 / No Cover

North Bay Fire Relief Fundraiser Dec 16 M.C. Bill Bowker & KRSH Radio present

December 2 • Saturday • 7:30pm Unitarian Universalist Church 240 Channing Way, San Rafael December 10 • Sunday • 7pm • Showcase Theater

Donna De Lory

11th Annual December Bay Area Visit! Sacred Chant & Devotional Pop Music Ben Leinbach, Tom Finch, Dave Allen

The Angela Strehli Band with Mighty Mike Schermer

8:30 Gospel Christmas Eve Weekend Dinner Shows The Incredibly Exciting

Sons of The Soul Revivers Sat Dec 23, 8pm & Sun Dec 24, 7pm Reservations Advised

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On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com

Dec 15 • Fri • 7:30pm • Green Music Center, Cotati Dec 16 • Sat• 8pm • Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice 2017 Will Ackerman, Barbara Higbie, Alex DeGrassi, Todd Boston, Ellen Sanders

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Mountainfilm Festival Sixth annual festival features awardwinning films on topics ranging from extreme adventure sports to environmental activism, with special guests and parties. Dec 1-3. $18 and up. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Readings

Spite Marriage Musicians of the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra accompany Buster Keaton’s 1929 silent film, screening in 35mm print. Dec 3, 4:15pm. $15-$20. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Food & Drink KITKA :: Wintersongs

Concert & NEW CD release celebration from this critically-acclaimed & wildly popular Winter Program.

DECEMBER 31 @ 9PM

The 8th Annual Other Café Comedy Showcase’s

NEW YEAR’S EVE Stand-Up Comedy Showcase 5 HEADLINE COMEDIANS FUN • LAUGHS • COCKTAILS Free toast of Bubbly at Midnight!

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Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour & Competition Stroll the shops around Sausalito and view elaborate, festively decorated gingerbread houses galore. Dec 1-31. Downtown Sausalito, Caledonia Street, Sausalito. Sonoma County Resilience Fund Benefit The evening features live music, silent and live auctions, tasty bites from renowned chef Roland Passot, local wines, craft beer and some needed holiday cheer. Dec 4, 5pm. $50$60. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

Lectures Dharma Talk Learn how to integrate Tibetan Buddhist practice in daily life. Dec 2, 6pm. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Twelve-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Sat, 8am. All Saints Lutheran Church, 2 San Marin Dr, Novato, 781.932.6300. Raising a Child with Anxiety: What Parents Need to Know Jeremy Peterman and Allison Danzig of Marin Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Therapy will discuss and answer questions. Dec 5, 7pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444. Speed Learn Conversational Spanish Ongoing class offers the basics to help you learn the language. Mon, 1pm. Through Dec 18. Free. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

Sunday, December 17 at 4:00pm Marin Center Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Marin Center Box Office: maringcenter.org 415.473.6800 singersmarin.org 415.383.3712 TEACHING MARIN TO SING SINCE 1987

American journalist Dan Rather reads from his book ‘What Unites Us’ on Dec. 6 at Dominican University in San Rafael.

Family” with Khizr Khan. $40. Dec 6, 7pm, “What Unites Us” with Dan Rather. $40. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael. 415.457.4440. Book Passage Nov 30, 4pm, “Pattan’s Pumpkin” with Chitra Soundar. Dec 2, 1pm, “The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree” with Birgitte Rasine. Dec 3, 11am, “The Dogs of Avalon” with Laura Schenone. Dec 3, 1pm, Matt Coyle & Patricia Smiley in conversation. Dec 3, 4pm, “It Happened in Marin” with Jim Holden. Dec 4, 7pm, “Unaccompanied” with Javier Zamora. Dec 5, 5:30pm, “Eat Like Walt” with Marcy Carriker Smothers. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960. Book Passage By-the-Bay Dec 6, 6pm, “Marinship” with Eric Torney. 100 Bay St, Sausalito. 415.339.1300.

Spiritual Healing Weekly meeting covers various topics, with meditation and individual healing treatment. Fri, 7pm. Spiritist Society Towards the Light, 1 Simms St, San Rafael, 707.225.5762.

Diesel Bookstore Dec 1, 6pm, “The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse” with Mac Barnett. Dec 2, 2pm, Cookbook Extravaganza with several authors and cooks. Dec 6, 7pm, “The Gourmands’ Way” with Justin Spring. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.785.8177.

Sunlight Chair Yoga Learn yoga at all ages and levels of health and mobility. Wed, 12:15pm. BodyVibe Studio, 999 Anderson Dr, Ste 170, San Rafael, 415.689.6428.

Mill Valley Library Dec 3, 3pm, open mic reading with Rebecca Foust, theme for the event is “The Gender of Things.” 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.389.4292.

Readings

Novato Copperfield’s Books Dec 1, 7pm, “Well Nourished” with Andrea Lieberstein. 999 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.763.3052.

Angelico Hall Nov 30, 7pm, “God: A Human History” with Reza Aslan. $40. Dec 4, 7pm, “An American

Outdoor Art Club Nov 30, 1pm, “Sometimes Brilliant” with

Larry Brilliant. 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.2582. Rebound Bookstore Nov 29, 7pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, with Peter Neil Carroll and Lee Rossi. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.482.0550. Umpqua Bank Dec 2, 11am, “The Flood of Kindness” with De’Ante Webster and Laurie Marshall, includes kids activities and cake. 999 Redwood Blvd, Novato. 415.493.3121.

Theater The Game’s Afoot The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays, presented by Ross Valley Players. Through Dec 17. $15-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555. The Government Inspector The College of Marin drama department presents the classic, yet timely, Russian comedy, written by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Lisa Morse. Dec 1-10. $10-$20. College of Marin Kentfield Campus, 835 College Ave, Kentfield, 415.485.9385. Shakespeare in Love Stage adaptation of the beloved film written by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman makes its Bay Area premiere. Through Dec 13. $25$49. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143249. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN PERINATAL THERAPY, 45 SAN CLEMENTE DRIVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MARGOT KIRSCHNER, 15 MADERA DEL PRESIDIO DR, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925, ALI VOGT, 45 BAYWOOD AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960, SHANNON MYERS, 711 D #201, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A JOINT VENTURE. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 26, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143180. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DSP WAVE, 2409 5TH AVENUE SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TIMOTHY BEYERS, 2409 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting busi-

ness under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 16, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143250. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SMUGGLING DONKEYS PRESS, 100 TOYON DRIVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: GEORGE M TAYLOR, 100 TOYON DRIVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 26, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143202. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SARTAJ INDIA CAFE, 43 CALEDONIA ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: JYOTI INC, 704 4RTH ST, 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 Oct 18, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143218. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, 902 GRANT AVE, NOVATO, CA 94945: JOSE R JUNEK, 308 MONTEGO KEY, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 20, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143298. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA U.S.A., 2) FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA S.F., 3)

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PublicNotices FIESTA CIVICA FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA, 4) FESTIVAL DE LA INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA 5) FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA DEL OREA DE LA BAHIA, 10 SAN PABLO AVE #3562, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SERGIO CARRANZA FERRUFINO, 10 SAN PABLO AVE #3562, 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 06, 2017. Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017)

Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 20, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143262. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SÉANCE JEWELRY, 20 SPRUCE ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: SYLVIA S. SANTUCCI, 20 SPRUCE ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Oct 27, 2017. Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143239. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MI PUEBLO FOOD CENTER, MI PUEBLO MERCADO Y CARNICERIA, 330 BELLAM ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MI PUEBLO NEWCO, LLC, 2501 E GUASTI ROAD, ONTARIO, CA 91761. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 25, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143320. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ALLEN CONSTRUCTION GROUP, 627 GOODHILL RD., KENTFIELD, CA 94904: JIM ALLEN CONSTRUCTION LLC, 627 GOODHILL RD., KENTFIELD, CA 94904. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 08, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143210. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CNL NATIVE PLANT NURSERY, 736 ESTANCIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: DANIEL DUFFICY, 736 ESTANCIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143225. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ANGIE’S STEAM FOOT SPA, 1500 GRANT AVE 100A, NOVATO, CA 94947: AIQING ZHANG, 1540 CENTER ROAD 379, NOVATO, CA 94947. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 23, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143313. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HELLAJUICY, 16 MONTEZUMA, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933: GEO HART, 16 MONTEZUMA, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933. 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 08, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143322. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: P & S PROPERTIES, 28 LAURELWOOD DR, NOVATO, CA 94949: PETER J. MIGALE, 28 LAURELWOOD DR, NOVATO, CA 94949, STACEY BRUNO MIGALE, 28 LAURELWOOD DR, NOVATO, CA 94949. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 08, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143316. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GUTTER DOCTORS, 8 RICE LN APT #2, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ISAAC JABORSKI, 8 RICE LN APT #2, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 08, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143318. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1. HAPPY EVENTS, 2. DREAM EVENTS, 33 B OLIVA DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94947: ANTONY JOE CHRYSOSTOM, 33 B OLIVA DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94947, CECILY S JOSSE, 33 B OLIVA DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94947. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. 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 08, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143328. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TRAVELERS MAILBAG, 19 DORIAN WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DENIS J FASSERO, 19 DORIAN WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, LISA B BROWNE, 19 DORIAN WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 09, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143355. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FAIRFAX FRENCH LAUNDRY + CLEANERS, 101 BOLINAS RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: KI HYUNG OH, 31 RUSTIC WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business

under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 15, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143339. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THROUGH THE BARS, 1 MAIN STREET, SAN QUENTIN, CA 94964: THROUGH THE BARS FOUNDATION, 1 MAIN STREET, SAN QUENTIN, CA 94964. 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 14, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143305. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS LAW GROUP, 332 SAN ANSELMO AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: LAWRENCE A. ORGAN, 58 LAUREL AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960, SUSAN ORGAN, 58 LAUREL AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 07, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13, Dec 20 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143391. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THANIA’S HAIR STUDIO, 1368 LINCOLN AVE. #11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THANIA KAREN SOLANO

TEJADA, 520 5TH AVE. STE A, 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 21, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13, Dec 20 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143376. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TINKER TECH, 118 CYPRESS AVENUE, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: KIDS CONTENT LLC, 118 CYPRESS AVENUE, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 17, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13, Dec 20 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143380. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CELADON INCORPORATED, 500 TAMAL PLAZA SUITE 500, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: RETZLAFF INCORPORATED, 500 TAMAL PLAZA SUITE 500, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 20, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13, Dec 20 of 2017)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1704088. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1704055. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SULMA LORENA FLORES MARTINEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JEI ISAI DE LEON FLORES to JAY ISAI DE LEON FLORES. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE

OF HEARING: 12/28/2017 at 09:00 AM, DEPT: C, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: Nov 02, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017) Summons (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Numero del Caso): CIV 1604306 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) ANTHONY AGPAOA; MIRANDA AGPAOA; and DOES 1 to 50, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this~summons~and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You

can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web Site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decider en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. The name and address of the court are: MARIN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORINA, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, FIDELITY NATIONAL LAW GROUP, THE LAW DIVISION OF FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC., 1550 PARKSIDE DRIVE, SUITE 300, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596.Tel:925-817-3718. Clerk, by /s/ JAMES M.KIM, Court Executive Officer, Marin County Superior Court, By E.CHAIS, Deputy. Date: Nov 30, 2016. (Publication Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06, Dec 13 of 2017)

Astrology FREE WILL

For the week of November 29

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope that everything doesn’t come too easily for you in the coming weeks. I’m worried that you will meet with no obstructions and face no challenges. And that wouldn’t be good. It might weaken your willpower and cause your puzzle-solving skills to atrophy. Let me add a small caveat, however. It’s also true that right about now you deserve a whoosh of slack. I’d love for you to be able to relax and enjoy your welldeserved rewards. But on the other hand, I know that you will soon receive an opportunity to boost yourself up to an even higher level of excellence and accomplishment. I want to be sure that when it comes, you are at peak strength and alertness. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You were born

with the potential to give the world specific gifts— benefits and blessings that are unique to you. One of those gifts has been slow in developing. You’ve never been ready to confidently offer it in its fullness. In fact, if you have tried to bestow it in the past, it may have caused problems. But the good news is that in the coming months, this gift will finally be ripe. You’ll know how to deal crisply with the interesting responsibilities it asks you to take on. Here’s your homework: Get clear about what this gift is and what you will have to do to offer it in its fullness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Happy Unbirthday, Gemini! You’re halfway between your last birthday and your next. That means you’re free to experiment with being different from who you have imagined yourself to be and who other people expect you to be. Here are inspirational quotes to help you celebrate: 1. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”— George Bernard Shaw. 2. “Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.”—W. Somerset Maugham. 3. “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”—Friedrich Nietzsche. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suggest that you take a piece of paper and write down a list of your biggest fears. Then call on the magical force within you that is bigger and smarter than your fears. Ask your deep sources of wisdom for the poised courage you need to keep those scary fantasies in their proper place. And what is their proper place? Not as the masters of your destiny, not as controlling agents that prevent you from living lustily, but rather as helpful guides that keep you from taking foolish risks. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book Life: The

Odds, Gregory Baer says that the odds you will marry a millionaire are not good: 215-to-1. They’re 60,000to-1 that you’ll wed royalty and 88,000-to-1 that you’ll date a model. After analyzing your astrological omens for the coming months, I suspect that your chances of achieving these feats will be even lower than usual. That’s because you’re far more likely to cultivate synergetic and symbiotic relationships with people who enrich your soul and stimulate your imagination, but don’t necessarily pump up your ego. Instead of models and millionaires, you’re likely to connect with practical idealists, energetic creators and emotionally intelligent people who’ve done work to transmute their own darkness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What might you do to take better care of yourself in 2018, Virgo? According to my reading of the astrological omens, this will be a fertile meditation for you to keep revisiting. Here’s a good place to start: Consider the possibility that you have a lot to learn about what makes your body operate at peak efficiency and what keeps your soul humming along with the sense that your life is interesting. Here’s another crucial task: Intensify your love for yourself. With that as a driving force, you’ll be led to discover the actions necessary to supercharge your health. P.S. Now is an ideal time to get this project underway.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here are themes that I suggest you specialize in during the coming weeks: 1. How to gossip in ways that don’t diminish and damage your social network, but rather foster and enhance it. 2. How to be in three places at once without committing the mistake of being nowhere at all. 3. How to express precisely what you mean without losing your attractive mysteriousness. 4. How to be nosy and brash for fun and profit. 5. How to unite and harmonize the parts of yourself and your life that have been at odds with each other. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I predict that in the coming months you won’t feel compulsions to set your adversaries’ hair on fire. You won’t fantasize about robbing banks to raise the funds you need, nor will you be tempted to worship the devil. And the news just gets better. I expect that the amount of self-sabotage you commit will be close to zero. The monsters under your bed will go on a long sabbatical. Any lame excuses that you have used in the past to justify bad behavior will melt away. And you’ll mostly avoid indulging in bouts of irrational and unwarranted anger. In conclusion, Scorpio, your life should be pretty evilfree for quite some time. What will you do with this prolonged outburst of grace? Use it wisely! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “What is love?” asks philosopher Richard Smoley. “It’s come to have a greeting-card quality,” he mourns. “Half the time ‘loving’ someone is taken to mean nurturing a warmish feeling in the heart for them, which mysteriously evaporates the moment the person has some concrete need or irritates us.” One of your key assignments in the next 10 months will be to purge any aspects of this shrunken and shriveled kind of love that may still be lurking in your beautiful soul. You are primed to cultivate an unprecedented new embodiment of mature, robust love. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You

know that unfinished task you have half-avoided, allowing it to stagnate? Soon you’ll be able to summon the gritty determination required to complete it. I suspect that you’ll also be able to carry out the glorious rebirth you’ve been shy about climaxing. To gather the energy you need, reframe your perspective so that you can feel gratitude for the failure or demise that has made your glorious rebirth necessary and inevitable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In an ideal world, your work and your character would speak for themselves. You’d receive exactly the amount of recognition and appreciation you deserve. You wouldn’t have to devote as much intelligence to selling yourself as you did to developing your skills in the first place. But now forget everything I just said. During the next 10 months, I predict that packaging and promoting yourself won’t be so #$@&%*! important. Your work and character WILL speak for themselves with more vigor and clarity than they have before. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There used to be

a booth at a Santa Cruz flea market called “Joseph Campbell’s Love Child.” It was named after the mythological scholar who wrote the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The booth’s proprietor sold items that spurred one’s “heroic journey,” like talismans made to order, herbs that stimulated courage and mini-books with personalized advice based on one’s horoscope. “Chaos-Tamers” were also for sale. They were magic spells designed to help people manage the messes that crop up in one’s everyday routine while pursuing a heroic quest. Given the current astrological omens, Pisces, you would benefit from a place that sold items like these. Since none exists, do the next best thing: Aggressively drum up all of the help and inspiration you need. You can and should be well-supported as you follow your dreams on your hero’s journey.Y

Homework: What change have you prepared yourself to embrace? What lesson are you ripe to master? Write: FreeWillAstrology.com.

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Petitioner CAROLINE HOLMES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CAROLINE HOLMES to CAROLINE HOLMES NATHAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 01/05/2018 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT: B, ROOM: B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: NOV 06, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017)