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This week, a letter-writer bashes ‘crass’ tactics of liberals.

Not an Anomaly

“A website that started because a college kid wanted to rank which coeds were hotter became a global Goliath powerful enough to influence the fate of the news industry itself ” [‘Dislike,’ March 21].

This is true. When Facebook came to be, my senior year in college, we only used it to get the homework and find out who was single.

However, I hate the use of the term “coed” to describe female college students. It implies that women in education are an anomaly, and that male students are “normal” students. I really hope you were using this expression in a gender-neutral way!

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‘A Crying Shame’ The perfect pairing.

It’s a crying shame that many liberals often resort to puerile, crass and utterly sophomoric tactics to get their point across. By wearing pussy hats and holding signs with such slogans as “Guns Have More

Rights than My Vagina,” they really make themselves look as bad, if not worse, than the MAGA rednecks.

I’m ashamed of the left (whom I mostly agree and identify with, for the record) as well as the GOP. Pity we can’t all act like adults.

—Tony Good

Slow Down

One of my favorite participation sports is avoiding getting hit by cars around the dumpsters near where I work in Mill Valley. Drivers of these toney vehicles are virtually all mindlessly multitasking females on their way to an exercise studio for a morning session.

On occasion I will be blessed with The Wave of Shock and Sorrow (using the non-coffee hand, of course) as they buzz by my recycling cart on their quests to nab the perfect parking spot. So far there has been no damage, to me or to Carty, but don’t be too surprised to see my pic in the IJ some afternoon, the victim of a brutal charging foul on the basketball court of life and death.

—Craig J. Corsini

By Howard Rachelson

1 Located on Marin County’s Lucas Valley Road, George Lucas’s ranch and movie studio that specializes in sound design, mixing and audio production, is known by what two-word name?

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2 Most raisins are the dried-up remains of what fruit?

3 The world’s first Hard Rock Cafe

opened in June of 1971 in what large city?

4 Where is the Sea of Tranquility located?

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5 Can you name the most recent Academy Award-winning Best Actress and Best Actor, and their 2017 films?

6 What Indian musician taught Beatle George Harrison to play the sitar?

7 A landlocked inlet of water forming a long narrow lake is known by what five-letter name in Norway, and by what four-letter word in Scotland?

8 The only democratic Islamic country in the Arabic world is what nation on the Mediterranean Sea?

9 In spite of being denied approval by the Food and Drug Administration for

20 years because of its dangerous side effects, many popular soft drinks continue to contain what chemical sweetener?

10 What opera with an Asian theme, composed by Giacomo Puccini, premiered in 1904 in Milano?

BONUS QUESTION: Now that March Madness is upon us, what men’s Division 1 college basketball team has won the championship game the most—11 times since 1939?

▲ Prince Harry and fiancé Meghan Markle have engaged a Marinite to create their wedding cake. Pastry chef Claire Ptak, who grew up in West Marin, now owns an organic bakery in east London.

“I can’t tell you how delighted I am to be chosen to make Prince Harry and Ms. Markle’s wedding cake,” Claire said in a statement. “Knowing that they really share the same values as I do about food provenance, sustainability, seasonality and most importantly flavor, makes this the most exciting event to be a part of.” Rather than the traditional fruitcake, royal wedding guests will enjoy Claire’s lemon elderflower cake married with the bright tastes of spring, a buttercream covering and fresh flower decorations. Mazel tov to Claire and the happy couple.

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Gerald Nicosia stands outside of Mill Valley’s Depot Bookstore & Cafe, where he organized a press conference recently to address the community’s concerns over plans to renovate the historic site.

Community Crisis

Fans of the Depot Bookstore & Cafe fear the worst By David Templeton

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ack Kerouac once sat on a bench at Mill Valley’s Depot Bookstore & Cafe.

Though it wasn’t exactly a cafe back then. It was a bus stop.

That was in the late 1950s, when Kerouac was living in Mill Valley with poet Gary Snyder, and though the building—indelibly described in Kerouac’s 1958 book The Dharma Bums—has not been a transportation hub for decades, its current owners have won city approval to renovate the site, and a number of Marin County residents have challenged certain details of the plan, asking the Mill Valley City Council to slow down a bit, and either rescind or amend its February 27 approval.

“This is a moral issue, at this point,” says author and activist Gerald Nicosia, taking a seat on what he believes could be the very same bench Kerouac once waited on. Nicosia, the author of Memory Babe, a 1994 biography of Kerouac, has joined up with Mill Valley resident Mary Fenlon and other Depot regulars to cast light on what they fear is a plan to gradually transform the institution into a high-end restaurant.

Nicosia and Fenlon have been collecting signatures on a petition that they plan to present to the City Council during an appeal hearing on the matter, tentatively scheduled for April 2. “This,” says Nicosia, “is about serving the community’s best

interests rather than the interests of people who put the value of money over the value of regular people.”

The uniquely identifiable Spanish-tiled building—its image having graced countless calendars and books over the years—was originally built in 1929 as part of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. When the oil trains stopped running and commuter trains no longer carried residents to Sausalito and back, the place was converted into a bus stop in the early 1940s, and it operated as such for more than 25 years.

Now owned by the city of Mill Valley, the building’s interior has been leased to various businesses, including Ganey’s Bookstore

and Cafe in the 1970s. The late Mary Turnbull and her husband William took over the lease in 1987, further establishing the space as a safe space for writers, artists, families and local folks.

In her 2015 obituary, Mary Turnbull was quoted as saying that the Mill Valley Depot was created, “as a place where book people could meet, relax with coffee or wine, laugh, gossip, cheer each other on, and talk about great writing.”

After Turnbull’s death in October of 2015, the lease to operate the business was acquired by local restaurateur Paul Lazzareschi, whose business partners include Gary Rulli. Lazzareschi is the owner of Vasco Restaurant, a stone’s throw

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was well attended—Nicosia says that he was somewhat offended at the previous day’s event being characterized by some local media outlets as a protest rally.

“It wasn’t a rally, it was press conference,” Nicosia says. “If I do a rally, you’ll know it. I was against the Vietnam War. We carried picket signs. That’s a rally. I’m not saying it might not get to that, but there aren’t any picket signs yet.”

According to Nicosia’s reading of the plans, they detail a 50 percent reduction of the bookstore.

“Everyone knows the bookstore’s being cut in half, and that the children’s section is basically history,” he says. “So it’s nonsense to be saying that [the bookstore] is only losing 10 percent. The store is going to look like an airport kiosk when this thing is through.”

Though not reached for comment, Lazzareschi has repeatedly stated that he has no plans to drastically alter the operation, and that it will remain a counter-only operation as it has for decades. To opponents’ claim that the restaurateurs secretly intend to install a high-end eatery in the place, Lazzareschi has firmly denied that, emphasizing that the renovation is to give the iconic building a long-overdue facelift, to bring it up to date and to modestly expand seating inside and out.

Nicosia and his supporters stand firm in their belief that, if the current plans are seen through, it will spell the slow, eventual death of the Depot as an unofficial community center.

“The big issue is money,” Nicosia says. “The owners keep saying they’re going to keep things the same way they are, just selling coffee and chili, with no plans to convert the place into a full-on restaurant, with waiters and waitresses. But no one has revealed how much this remodel is going to cost. I’m guessing it’ll be expensive to knock down walls, install new restrooms, put in three new doors, close in the bookstore, change the outside area and all the other refurbishments that the Planning Commission has approved.

“The cardinal rule of business,” he continues, “is that if you put money into something, you expect to take money out, with interest.

How are you going to get this kind of money out if all you plan to do is sell chili by the bowl and coffee by the cup? I think there’s going

People sit on the popular patio behind Mill Valley’s Depot Bookstore & Cafe.

to have to be major meals served, I think prices are going to be going up, and eventually this place is going to be a full-on restaurant.

But no one is saying that, because if they said that, the city would never go along with it. That’s my best prediction.”

Asked whether or not investors and business owners have the right to expect to make money, Nicosia says yes, but adds that some things aren’t about money—or shouldn’t be.

“This is a de facto community center,” Nicosia says. “It’s been operated as such for years. It would be such a shame to lose that. I understand why the owners would do that. Paul has said he’s a businessman, and he has the right to make money, and legally, he does. But there are ethical considerations.

“I have no doubt an expensive restaurant here would be successful,” he goes on. “This is the best location in Mill Valley. This would be a hotspot restaurant.

It could probably be called Paul’s on the Square and end up listed in all the best restaurant guides. But that would take away something that has been precious in Mill Valley for decades. And by

marginalizing the bookstore, it’s going to hurt the whole tone of the place. If they really do have to lose the children’s books section, that’s going to be a huge hit to this community.”

Nicosia and Fenlon are hoping that if enough concerned citizens register their wariness about the approved plans—with construction potentially beginning soon—the Planning Commission will take a firmer hand in guiding the future of the Depot.

“We hope as many people as possible will come out for the meeting, to show the village that they care about this place.

Our hope is that the Planning Commission rescinds its approval of these plans, and requires the owners to modify them. But leave its character alone. Don’t change anything that you wouldn’t logically do to preserve a historical building. And don’t turn it into something it isn’t.”Y The appeal hearing is tentatively scheduled for April 2, 6:30pm, at the regularly scheduled Mill Valley City Council meeting at City Hall, 26 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley; cityofmillvalley.org.

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from the Depot Cafe. Rulli owns Larkspur’s Emporio Rulli.

In January, Mill Valley planning commissioners were presented with plans to renovate the building.

Those plans include remodeling the interior and parts of the exterior, moving the small existing restroom into the bookstore area and expanding the kitchen. The new restroom would be wheelchair accessible. In addition to adding retractable awnings outside, allowing for more exterior seating, the bookstore would be enclosed rather than remaining in its current status, fully open to those entering the cafe. Some windows would be replaced with doors, and the size of the store would be reduced to accommodate the new restrooms, and apparently to allow for an expansion of the cafe area, currently a counter-only operation, with no waitstaff. That expansion, according to architectural plans, appears to require removal of the historic bench that Kerouac once waited on.

At a study session on Tuesday, January 9, the Mill Valley Planning Commission appeared to be favorable to the plans, though making it clear that the bookstore must remain “viable.” At the session, Commissioner Anne Bolen warned Lazzareschi and his partners that the bookstore was not to be messed with, calling it “an important part of the business.”

Lazzareschi, who did not respond to a request for comment and clarification, has insisted that the renovations would reduce the bookstore’s footprint no more than 10 percent. At the Planning Commission’s February 17 meeting, the plans were approved, allowing the renovations along with a plan to expand operating hours from the current 7am to 8pm schedule, opening at 6:30am and closing at 10:30pm.

“This all sort of came out of the blue,” says Fenlon, displaying a copy of the architect plans. “Shouldn’t there have been a public meeting of the community to talk about this, before plans were sent to the city for approval?”

On Friday, March 15, Nicosia and Fenlon held a press conference at the Depot, inviting television and print media to attend, with the hopes that expanded awareness of the issue would encourage those opposed to the plans to speak up.

This afternoon—one day after the press event, which Fenlon says

For today’s recipe, I borrow the dressing my wife uses when she’s eating alone and too lazy to make a salad. At such times, she eats straight radicchio, head after head, dipping the wedges or peeled-off leaves into a three-way mix of olive oil, soy sauce and vinegar. Radicchio disappears this way, as she dips it in dressing and crunches it down. I split her dressing up into parts, to be combined later.

The vinegar part of the dressing goes onto the leaves, while the oil and soy sauce are added later with bits of meat and other chunks.

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Saucy (Meaty Brussels-y Sprout-y) Salad

• One softball-sized head of radicchio, sliced thin as if by deli machine (think coleslaw, but thinner) • Roughly the same amount of romaine lettuce, similarly cut (or use mostly romaine, if radicchio is too bitter for you) • A medium-sized sweet or yellow onion, sliced in half and then into thin arcs Ari LeVaux

One way to enjoy a salad is by making a dressing that is extra decadent.

FOOD & DRINK

Lubing the Leaves How to eat raw veggies By Ari LeVaux

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f you scan the tables of America’s favorite eateries, from foodie to fast-casual, you’ll witness many variations of a certain salad. A base of leaves, piled high with chicken, shrimp, cheese and croutons, as well as other foods that may or may not be raw, and may or may not be vegetables. One gets the feeling that these over-garnished deli platters are aimed less at “real” salad eaters and more at people who have been told by their families, friends and doctors to eat salad. If one isn’t so into raw veggies, this kind of salad allows one to eat salad by dipping a crouton into ranch dressing.

While it may seem like cheating, there is actually historical precedent for such decadent interpretations of salad. Larousse Gastronomique by Prosper Montagne, an authoritative

encyclopedia of classic gastronomy published in 1938, defines salad as a dish “ … made up of herbs, plants, vegetables, eggs, meat and fish.”

You’d think Montagne wrote his book in a booth at the IHOP. But there is an important caveat to his apparent condoning of busy salads. A good salad, Montagne writes, “ … freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.” If I only ate croutons and cheese, I’d feel more enfeebled and irritated. But if freshened and fortified are how you want your body to feel, definitely consider raw vegetables.

My wife is completely satisfied with raw leaves, in part because she is the salad whisperer and has the ability to make perfect salads with laser-leveled flavors.

She thoughtfully analyzes the raw

materials, and creates a game plan for an awesome salad, including a custom dressing. I respect the leaves more than I love them. With some delicious lube to make the leaves go down, I’m happy. For me, salad is not so much something that is made of raw vegetables, but a method of eating them.

With their fibers and vitamins, raw plant parts are the best things you can eat. The problem is, they don’t fill you up. A good-sized salad will still leave your belly wanting more, unless the veggies are eclipsed by empty calories or followed by a serving of lasagna.

If you eat enough leaves, of course, you will eventually get full. But the trick is to stay focused on the raw plant parts. The way to do this, I have found, is to make a dressing that is extra decadent, and omit the other bells and whistles.

• Two cloves garlic (pressed, grated or pounded) • Sliced cucumber, to taste • Half-pound lean ground red meat (or alternative meat or protein) Twelve Brussels sprouts, trimmed and sliced lengthwise (or another vegetable like asparagus) Olive oil (1/2 cup), soy sauce (1/4 cup) cider vinegar (2 tablespoons) Toss the radicchio and romaine with the vinegar, cucumber, half of the macerated garlic and half of the sliced onions, and set in the fridge. Pour the olive oil into a pan, and heat the meat, breaking it up into pieces with a spatula. Add the Brussels sprouts to the pan, cut sides down, and the rest of the onions on top. Cook slowly with the lid on, allowing the onions to give their moisture as the meat browns but doesn’t burn, and the Brussels sprouts soften. When the water is running low, add the soy sauce and the rest of the garlic, and stir.

What you have, at this point, is a lusty sauce that could be poured over noodles or some other empty carb. If the veggies sucked up too much oil, add more to the pan, so the dressing is as greasy as it is meaty and salty.

Let it cool for at least 10 minutes, then spoon it onto your salad.

For what it’s worth (a lot, I would argue), the salad whisperer approves of this recipe.Y

STYLE

Luxury Leather Filbert boasts cruelty-free products By Flora Tsapovsky

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ne-by-one, big fashion houses are dropping fur from their collections.

Gucci and Versace are among the pioneers, but the wave of environmental consciousness has yet to reach leather with a similar force. In Sausalito, however, Filbert co-founder Bridget Brown is ahead of the curve, manufacturing vegan leather bags with a luxurious look and feel.

“I came up with the concept of Filbert after moving to a vegan lifestyle five years ago, literally the next day after watching the

documentary Vegucated,” says Brown, who was born in Louisiana and lived in San Francisco before moving to Marin in 2008. “The movie opened my eyes to the cruelty behind factory farming and the horrific conditions that animals live in, and the abuse they are subjected to. I found the dietary change much easier than the fashion aspect of trying to find luxe, beautifully crafted, made-inthe-U.S.A. handbags.”

After Brown’s husband and business partner Nick Brown pointed out that the perfect

handbag was always out of reach, the two decided to try and create one themselves.

“Vegan leather is an extremely durable fabric that is also easy to maintain and care for, and the bags will last a long time,” Bridget says, “because we don’t need more things, just things that are made better and that will last longer!”

The Filbert website currently offers a wide range of cruelty-free handbags and accessories, from elegant crossbodies to trendy bucket bags, as well as the Bay Area staple—the roomy, carry-all tote

Filbert; shopfilbert.com.

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Courtesy of Filbert

Filbert, a luxe vegan handbag company, was founded by Bridget and Nick Brown to fill a gap in a market in which mindfully made products were hard to find.

bag, in relaxed greys, browns and creams. Bridget and her husband previously dealt in much brighter colors; in 2000 they founded Bella Bridesmaids, which grew to 43 franchise locations across the U.S. before the couple eventually sold the company in 2012.

“We founded Bella Bridesmaids after seeing a need for chic, modern and wearable bridesmaid dresses,” Bridget says. “We opened our first by-appointment-boutique in Cow Hollow and started seeing very quick growth.”

Despite having moved to Sausalito on a whim (“We had a boat that was anchored in Clipper Yacht Harbor when we lived in the city, and every time we’d travel over the Golden Gate Bridge to take the boat out, we’d wonder how it is to live there,” Bridget recalls), the brand’s name carries San Francisco in its heart. “Filbert is the street we lived on in San Francisco that was very near and dear to us, but then I found out it’s a type of hazelnut. Who knew?” she says with a laugh.

The brand’s vegan leather, a nylon-fiber matrix without plasticizers, is made in a factory in Massachusetts. “Vegan leather looks and feels like leather,” Bridget says. “There’s an age-old perception that leather equals luxury. I think there’s a newer, better way to look at luxury.

Luxury to me is knowing that my products are made in a factory with good, safe conditions and where the workers are treated well and paid fairly, without human or animal suffering.”

Despite having products that are primarily based online, with items placed additionally at International Orange spa at the Marin Country Mart, Bridget enjoys lots of support from the local community.

“We find that so many of our customers like supporting local businesses,” she says. “Sausalito feels like you’re in an Italian village every time you walk out your door, from hanging out at Cibo cafe, to walking the boardwalk and watching the ferry come in, to ending the day with a glass of wine overlooking the bay.”

In 2018, this timeless Europeanstyle romance pairs especially nicely with a stylish leather bag made mindfully without animal product.Y

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Sarah DeLappe’s off-Broadway hit ‘The Wolves,’ currently onstage at Marin Theatre Company, was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize.

THEATER

Teen Warriors ‘The Wolves’ allows girls’ voices to be heard By Charles Brousse

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n case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the middle of a global feminist revolution.

On every continent women are demanding equal social and economic treatment. They don’t have the political power to make it happen immediately, but all of the signs say that it’s coming.

Nowhere is this more true than here in the United States. Barriers are being broken down faster than they can be restored by protectors of anachronistic patriarchy: In movies, TV, the media, corporations, local government, organized religion, competitive sports and elsewhere.

That background makes the arrival of Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves, at Marin Theatre Company (MTC)

for its first Bay Area production, at a time when young women are at the forefront of the gun control movement, particularly opportune.

The Wolves isn’t a “play” in the traditional sense. During its roughly 90 intermission-less minutes, one barely gets to know the characters—who are identified only by numbers on the backs of their jerseys—and there is only the barest wisp of a plot. It’s more a dramatized explosion of energy by a nine-member suburban high school soccer team that has joined forces for one purpose: To win the next match and the one after that. Their relentless intensity is what drives the show and transfers the message that a new day is dawning.

In the opening scene, the team sits in a circle on green astroturf inside a training facility (set design by Kristen Robinson). They’re warming up for a match with carefully synchronized stretches under the loose direction of their captain (#25, Sango Tajima).

It’s a ritual repeated in one form or another before each match, supporting DeLappe’s stated vision that the girls are the equivalent of a group of male warriors preparing for battle. Ball-control exercises follow, again with exact precision. The only exception to this rigor is an initial period of teenage chatter.

Comments ranging from menstrual problems to the killing fields of Cambodia meet in overlapping waves that are all but indecipherable, even

if you listen closely. As their bravado grows, the message comes through loud and clear that these girls will not allow themselves to be messed with. They are dedicated to winning, and they are tough.

This is 27-year-old DeLappe’s first professionally produced script, written in 2014-15 when she was barely out of grad school at Yale.

After several out-of-town tryouts, including a workshop at MTC that received the Sky Cooper New American Play Prize, it debuted at New York’s off-Broadway Playwrights Realm in early 2016 and then moved on to Lincoln Center, where Ben Brantley’s New York Times’ review hailed its “atomic” girl power. Almost instantly, the show began winning awards and was a finalist for the 2016 Drama Pulitzer.

MTC’s current production, tightly directed by Morgan Green, features a fine ensemble of nine young actors—Portland Thomas, Betsy Norton, Sango Tajima, Carolyn Faye Kramer, Nicole Apostol Bruno, Jannely Calmell, Neiry Rojo, Emma Roos and Isabel Langen, plus Liz Sklar as the group’s Soccer Mom. (Note: Understudies who are actual girl soccer players at local high schools will substitute at the final performance on April 8.)

For all of its brief but glittering history and the strength of MTC’s effort, I have some serious reservations about The Wolves. Strictly as theater, it suffers from placing all of the main action (i.e., the matches themselves) offstage. This can’t be helped, of course, because a stage is not a soccer pitch, but it does mean that the exercises become uncomfortably repetitious. Also, in an effort to stress group dynamics, individual characters are not developed as well as they might be and the use of overlapping dialogue with constantly shifting subjects contributes to this lack of identity.

I also wonder about DeLappe’s militaristic metaphor. Do we really want girls to emulate boys’ testosterone-driven emphasis on winning at all costs?

Despite these qualms, I would recommend to the adult “boys” in Washington that you see a production of this play if you ever have an opportunity. “Wolves” are on the prowl throughout the nation, they’re growing and I doubt that you can run fast enough to escape them.Y NOW PLAYING: The Wolves runs through April 8 at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley; 415/388-5208; marintheatre.org.

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The arch-clever ‘Isle of Dogs’ mistakes remoteness for Japanese “beauty in sadness.”

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Plague Dogs Between honor and parody

By Richard von Busack

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n Wes Anderson’s film Moonrise Kingdom, the runaways Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) stumble across the corpse of a dog with an arrow in it. Suzy asks, “Was he a good dog?”

Sam replies, philosophically, “Who can say?” This New Yorker cartoon caption joke was a highlight of that movie. And yet it was a tonal mistake to overlay this coolness over the crafty yet off-putting Isle of Dogs.

“Dog Flu” is a malady of the year 2038 in Japan. Kobayashi, the ominous mayor-for-life of Megasaki, takes action before the disease jumps to humans. All dogs are sent to a quarantined island. Kobayashi’s ward and “distant nephew” Atari (Koyu Rankin), as intrepid as any 12-year-old boy in any Japanese cartoon ever, flies in a makeshift airplane to the rescue of his exiled pet Spots (voiced by Liev Schreiber).

It crashes and Atari is marooned.

Meanwhile a pack of mutts surviving on garbage are catalyzed into action by Chief (Bryan Cranston), a stray dog for life.

Anderson’s animators work small, trying to capture a nation where people tend to swallow their emotions. But in a culture where the minimal is so important, Anderson crowds in his usual bric-a-brac— whether it’s the step-by-step business of preparing a sushi meal, or the flashcard-like listing of elements of the story, or sidebar upon sidebar.

Anderson wanted Isle of Dogs as far away from overdone emotions as possible. But the result here is something that doesn’t really arouse feelings, no matter how many animated dogs in full face stare us down, sometimes with tears in their eyes.

The borrowings from Lady and the Tramp work, when the fancy show dog Nutmeg (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) is telling Chief that she’s uncertain about finding a mate: “I wouldn’t want to bring puppies into this world.” Anderson channels the old classic cartoons, staging dogfights that are giant clouds of dust with limbs emerging from it. But he seems torn between honoring that Japanese ‘beauty in sadness’—monono-aware—and parodying it.Y

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Movies

• New Movies This Week •

By Matthew Stafford

Friday March 30 - Thursday April 5 • Acrimony (2:00) Tyler Perry thriller stars Taraji P. Henson as a doting wife who goes rogue when her husband betrays her.

• The Animation Show of Shows (1:30) Cool compendium of international animation features eye-filling short subjects from France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S. • Back to Burgundy (1:53) A year in the life of a family vineyard as three siblings return to the soil, harvest their grapes, bottle their wine and bond.

• Blockers (1:42) Three protective parents launch an all-out assault on prom night to keep their daughters from losing their virginity.

• Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (1:29) Eye-opening documentary focuses on the dazzling movie star’s night job as a genius inventor; Mel Brooks and Robert Osborne pay tribute.

• The Death of Stalin (1:47) Absurdist screwball satire stars Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin and Steve Buscemi as three top Soviet ministers jockeying for position as the feared dictator flirts with death.

• Evolution of Organic (1:26) Mark Kitchell’s documentary focuses on the modern origins of organic farming and its evolution into mainstream sustainable agriculture; Frances McDormand narrates.

• The Female Brain (1:40) Offbeat romantic comedy about a neuroscientist studying the biochemistry of love who becomes one of her own guinea pigs.

• Game Night (1:40) Comedy thriller about a couples game night gone awry in a murder-and-espionage sort of way; Rachel McAdams stars.

• The Globe Theatre: King Lear (3:00) Kevin McNally delivers an acclaimed performance as the Bard’s tragic, aging, delusional monarch.

• God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (1:45) Faith-based drama about a congregation without a church and two estranged brothers seeking redemption.

• I Can Only Imagine (1:50) Behind-thescenes drama about MercyMe’s charttopping Christian ode to inspiration and forgiveness.

• The Insult (1:52) Acclaimed Lebanese drama about a personal conflict between a Muslim and a Christian that escalates into a social media lynch mob.

• Isle of Dogs (1:41) Stop-motion Wes Anderson fantasy about a vast garbage dump and its canine habitués; Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Yoko Ono and Scarlett Johansson lend voice.

• King of Hearts (1:42) Newly restored cult classic stars Alan Bates as a WWI foot soldier who finds himself ruling a French village inhabited by escapees from the local insane asylum.

• Leaning Into the Wind (1:33) Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy reunites with filmmaker Thomas (Rivers and Tides) Riedelsheimer on a cinematic exploration of cities, landscapes, the artist himself and other ephemera.

• The Leisure Seeker (1:52) Donald

Sutherland and Helen Mirren take to the open road in their battered RV on a lifeembracing trip from Boston to Key West.

• Love, Simon (1:50) Coming-of-age dramedy about a gay teen on the verge of uncloseting himself and his crush on an online pen pal.

• The Metropolitan Opera: Cosi fan Tutte (3:55) Catch Mozart’s billowing soufflé of love, lust and mistaken identity live from New York in gorgeous big-screen high definition.

• Midnight Sun (1:31) A winsome teen with a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight embraces the night with a sweet-natured soulmate.

• Molly’s Game (2:20) Rat-a-tat Aaron Sorkin repartee-fest tells the true tale of the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game; Jessica Chastain runs the table.

• Oh Lucy! (1:36) A proper if rut-stuck Japanese lady explores her adventurous side when she takes a role-playing English class from dreamy Josh Hartnett.

• Pacific Rim: Uprising (1:51) A troupe of fighter pilots take on global baddies out to extinctify the human race.

• The Party (1:11) Dark ensemble comedy about an evening’s soiree’s descent into revelations, recriminations and sinister repartee.

• A Quiet Place (1:35) Yet another allAmerican family finds itself in an isolated old house besieged by spooks and goblins.

• Ready Player One (2:18) Spielberg popcorn flick about a futuristic world where fantasy is the new reality … until it isn’t; Mark Rylance stars.

• Red Sparrow (2:20) Prima ballerina Jennifer Lawrence is recruited and trained by top-secret government goons and turned into a seductive, soulless secret agent.

• 7 Days in Entebbe (1:47) True tale of the 1976 hijacking of a Tel Aviv-to-Paris Air France flight and the daring mission to rescue the hostages.

• The Shape of Water (1:59) Otherworldly Guillermo del Toro fairy tale about forbidden secrets, sexual longing and the Cold War; Sally Hawkins stars.

• Sherlock Gnomes (1:26) Cartoon about a brilliant detective dedicated to protecting London’s garden gnomes from harm features the voices of Michael Caine, Maggie Smith and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

• Sing-Along Greatest Showman (1:45) Follow the bouncing ball as Hugh Jackman and company lead a music-filled tribute to P.T. Barnum.

• Tomb Raider (1:58) Lara Croft is back in a prequel about her first archaeological exploits on a mythical Japanese island; Alicia Vikander stars.

• Unsane (1:38) Steven Soderbergh shocker about a delusional teen railroaded into an insane asylum; Claire Foy stars.

• The Vatican Museums (1:45) Explore the Vatican’s dazzling collection of paintings, sculptures and frescoes by the likes of Michelangelo, da Vinci, Van Gogh and Dali on a high-definition behind-thescenes tour.

Acrimony (R)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 2, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:45, 2, 5:10, 8, 10:45 • The Animation Show of Shows (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 8:30; Sat 6:30; Sun 2:40 (curator Ron Diamond at Friday and Saturday shows) Back to Burgundy (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Sun 3:30, 5:45; Mon 8:15; Tue-Thu 5:45, 8:15 Northgate: Thu 7:10, 9:50 • Blockers (R) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4, 6; Mon-Tue 6; Wed-Thu 4 Coco (PG) Lark: Sat 2:30; Sun 10:30 The Death of Stalin (R) Playhouse: Fri 3:40, 6:40, 9:40; Sat 1, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40; Sun 1, 3:40, 6:40; Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:40 Rafael: Fri, Wed-Thu 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; Mon-Tue 6:15, 8:45 Rafael: Thu 7:15 (filmmaker Mark Kitchell, Marin Carbon • Evolution of Organic (Not Rated) Project’s John Wick and organic farmers Wendy Johnson and Warren Weber in person) A Fantastic Woman (R) Lark: Mon 4; Tue 11 The Female Brain (Not Rated) Rafael: Mon 7 • The Globe Theatre: King Lear (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 6:30 God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 I Can Only Imagine (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:25 The Insult (R) Lark: Fri 12:30; Mon 6:10; Wed 3:45 Isle of Dogs (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 11:45, 1, 2:15, 3:30, 4:45, 6, 7:15, 8:30, 9:45; Sun-Thu 10:30, 11:45, 1, 2:15, 3:30, 4:45, 6, 7:15 Lark: Tue 8; Wed 11; Thu 4 • King of Hearts (Not Rated) Leaning Into the Wind (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Tue 8; Sat, Sun 1:45, 8; Wed 3:30, 8; Thu 3:30 The Leisure Seeker (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40; Sun-Thu 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7 Love, Simon (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:50, 10:40 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 4:25, 6:55, 10:20; Sun 1:20, 4:25, 6:55; Mon-Tue 4:25, 6:55 • The Metropolitan Opera: Cosi fan Tutte (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Regency: Sat 9:55am; Wed 1, 6:30 Sequoia: Sat 9:55am; Wed 1, 6:30 Midnight Sun (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:30 Molly’s Game (R) Lark: Fri 2:50; Sun 8:45; Mon 10:30; Thu 1:10 Oh Lucy! (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 8:15; Sat-Sun 1:30, 8:15 Pacific Rim: Uprising (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri 6:50, 9:40; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 12:40, 1:55, 4:45, 6:20, 7:35, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 3:30, 9 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 1:45, 7:10, 10; 3D showtimes at 4:30 The Party (R) Lark: Fri 10:50; Sat 4:45; Sun 7:10; Tue 1:10 Peter Rabbit (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:50 Phantom Thread (R) Lark: Fri 5:45; Sat 9; Mon 1:20; Tue 2:50; Wed 1:10; Thu 10:30am Northgate: Thu 7, 9:20 • A Quiet Place (PG-13) Ready Player One (PG-13) Cinema: Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:40, 10:15; 3D showtime at 7 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12:20, 3:30, 6:40 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:45, 2:55, 4, 7:15, 9:25, 10:25; 3D showtimes at 11:40, 1:50, 5:05, 6:10, 8:20 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:55; Sat 12:45, 4, 7, 9:55; Sun 12:45, 4, 7; Mon-Wed 4, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 9:30, 4, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 12:56, 10:30 Sequoia: Fri 7:15, 9:25, 3D showtime at 4:10; Sat 10, 1:05, 7:15, 9:25, 3D showtime at 4:10; Sun, Wed 1:05, 7:15, 3D showtime at 4:10; Mon-Tue 7:15, 3D showtime at 4:10 Red Sparrow (R) Regency: Fri 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55; Sat 3:45, 6:50, 9:55; Sun-Tue, Thu 12:40, 3:45, 6:50 7 Days in Entebbe (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:25, 2, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05; Sun-Thu 11:25, 2, 4:55, 7:30 The Shape of Water (R) Lark: Sun 4:40; Mon 8:30; Tue 5:30 • Sing-Along Greatest Showman (PG) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15; Sun-Thu 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40 Tomb Raider (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:45, 7:30, 10:15; 3D showtime at 4:40 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:30, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25 Unsane (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:55, 10:20 The Vatican Museums (Not Rated) Lark: Sun 1 A Wrinkle in Time (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:55 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:10, 9:45; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:15, 1:15, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Because there were too many movies playing this week to list, we have omitted some of the movie summaries and times for those that have been playing for multiple weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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

CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito, 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 800-326-3264

NOVATO

Eco Chef

Consciousness about healthy, sustainable food systems is now part of the mainstream conversation. An active contributor on the topic is Oakland-based, James Beard Award-winning chef, author, educator and activist Bryant Terry. Join him for a talk and demonstration as part of a Fresh Starts Chef Event on Thursday, March 29 at the Key Room, 1385 N. Hamilton Pkwy., Novato. 6:30pm. $60. 415.382.3363, ext. 215.

NOVATO

Divine Duo Grammy Award-winning pianist Peter Kater’s musical career has been devoted to exploring the beauty of sound through numerous collaborations. He’s currently on tour promoting his latest recording, She, with songstress Peia Luzzi. Join them at an album release concert on Sunday, April 1 at Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Drive, Novato. 7pm. $30/$60. 415.475.5000.

MILL VALLEY

Dark & Light The Bay Area was the creative nexus for a lot of the rock ’n’ roll and folk music that flourished in the ’60s and ’70s and is still popular today. San Francisco-based photographer and filmmaker Jay Blakesberg captured iconic musicians like Joni Mitchell, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones and Bonnie Raitt, for magazines like Rolling Stone and Guitar Player. Get a close look at Blakesberg’s incredible photos at his new show, ‘Dark + Light,’ opening with a reception on April 3, 5:308:30pm (through April 29), at the Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 415.383.1370.

SANTA ROSA

Power Trio Folksingers/instrumentalists Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan, who came together for an impromptu concert in 2014, are now blending instrumental and vocal talents in their group I’m With Her, and celebrating the release of their debut album, See You Around, with a tour.

Enjoy their harmonious sound on Wednesday, April 4 at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. 8pm. $29-$49. 707.546.3600.

—Lily O’Brien

Peter Kater and Peia Luzzi

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Sundial CALENDAR

THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A SELECTIVE GUIDE

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Sundial CALENDAR Concerts MARIN COUNTY Edge of the West Honky-tonk jam band strikes a chord with lovers of alt-country, Americana and the Grateful Dead in an April Fools’ Ball. Apr 1, 6pm. $12-$15. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Nation Seder Celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover with a unique night of dining and dancing in the Grate Room, featuring Phil Lesh, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Ross James, Scott Guberman and Ezra Lipp performing. Mar 31, 5:30pm. $35-$75 dinner and show/$30 show only.

Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

Unity in Marin Join Grammy Award-winning New Age pianist Peter Kater and vocalist Peia Luzzi for a concert celebrating the release of Kater’s newest album, “She.” Apr 1. 7pm. $30/$60.

Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr., Novato.

415.475.5000.

SONOMA COUNTY “After the Fire: Vol. 1” Record Release & Benefit Concert Songwriters Bobby Jo Valentine, M Lockwood Porter, Scott Mickelson, Kelly McFarling and many others are on hand to unveil new fire-relief fundraising compilation album. Mar 29, 8pm. $15.

HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

I’m With Her All-star folk songwriter trio of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan share the stage and perform songs off their full-length debut album, “See You Around.” Apr 4, 8pm. $29-$49. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

NAPA COUNTY Wé McDonald Festival Napa Valley’s springboard series kicks off with a concert by the 18-year old singing sensation who made her national television debut in 2016 on NBC’s “The Voice.” Apr 4, 6pm. $10-$20. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

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

College of Marin Kentfield Campus Mar 30, Contemporary Opera Marin benefit

piano recital with Paul Smith. 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.457.8811.

Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Reception, Apr 3 at 5:30pm. 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 415.383.1370.

Fenix Mar 30, Darby Slick’s Marshall Plan. Mar 31, Wall Street. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.813.5600.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Mar 29, Ayden Graham. Mar 30, Het Hat Club. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Throckmorton Theatre Apr 3-30, “The Transcendental Power of Nature,” photographs by Mike Noir that transcend reality display in Throckmorton’s theatre gallery, with paintings by Mehri Dadgar showing in the crescendo gallery.

Reception, Apr 3 at 5pm. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

George’s Nightclub Mar 30, Kaila Love birthday bash. Mar 31, DJ Party. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato Wed, open mic. Mar 29, Funkschway. Mar 30, Wonder Bread 5. Mar 31, Marshall House Project and Brooker D & the Mellow Fellows. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Apr 4, Chris and Lorin Rowan with Ken Emerson. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

415.485.1005.

Lighthouse Bar & Grill Mar 31, the 7th Sons. 475 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley. 415.381.4400.

19 Broadway Club Mar 28, the Well Known Strangers. Mar 29, Sunata. Mar 30, fundraiser for Uncle Willy with Ancient Baby. Mar 31, Crossroads Music School concert. Apr 1, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam. Apr 2, open mic. Apr 3, Blues Champions. Apr 4, Damon LeGall Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Mar 28, Fly by Train. Mar 29, Parts & Labor.

Mar 30, Michael Aragon Quartet. Mar 31, Darryl Rowe. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino Mar 28, Jonathan Poretz. Mar 29, Noah Frank Trio. Mar 30, Walter Earl Trio. Mar 31, David Jeffrey’s Jazz Fourtet. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Mar 28, Lorin Rowan. Mar 29, Katy and Mike Duo. Apr 3, Swing Fever. Apr 4, Ricky Ray. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Papermill Creek Saloon Mar 30, the Sky Blue Band. Mar 31, the Mutineers. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls.

415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Mar 29, Dr Mojo. Mar 30, Tom Finch Trio.

Mar 31, the Cleanup. Apr 1, Matt Bolton.

Apr 2, open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Mar 30, LoWatters. Mar 31, Tom Rigney & Flambeau. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio.

415.662.2219.

Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar Mar 28, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Mar 29, KiANA and friends. Mar 30, Ciara Rooke Band. Mar 31, Carlos Reyes and Rolando Morales. Apr 1, 4pm, Julio Bravo & Salsabor. Apr 2, DJ GEI. Apr 3, Noel

Sweetwater Music Hall Through Mar 29, Green Leaf Rustlers. Mar 30-31, Petty Theft. Apr 2, 5pm, MY AMP student showcase. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads Mar 28, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. Mar 29, Ross James & the Broken Kittens. Mar 30, Top 40 Friday dance party. Mar 31, Rattlebox. Apr 1, 12:30pm, Scott Law Bluegrass Dimension. Apr 1, 7:30pm, Midnight North and Scott Law. Apr 3, Kitchen Dwellers and Rumpke Mountain Boys.

100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Mar 28, noon, Bradetich-Grove Duo. Mar 28, 7pm, Brad Walker accompanied by Maureen Zoltek. Apr 1, Nathan Bickart Trio and Lilan Kane. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Trek Winery Mar 31, Chime Travelers. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato. 415.899.9883.

SONOMA Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Mar 31, 3pm, Musicians from the Valley of the Moon Music Festival. Apr 1, 3pm, Dover Quartet. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

866.955.6040.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Mar 30, the Soul Section with DJ Rise. Mar 31, Epic Beard Men. Apr 1, Trout Steak Revival. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

The Phoenix Theater Mar 30, Without Prejudice and Stryk9. Mar 31, Tribe Divine with One Armed Joey and Charley Peach. Apr 3, Riff Raff with DJ Afterthought. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

SONOMA Upstairs Art Gallery Apr 2-27, “Paintings from My Travels,” John Warner’s watercolor paintings of coastal landscapes and seascapes are inspired by the everchanging light and reflections of bodies of water. Reception, Apr 14 at 2pm. 306 Center St, Healdsburg. Sun-Thurs, 11 to 6; FriSat, 11 to 9. 707.431.4214.

NAPA Acumen Wine Gallery Apr 1-30, “Vineyard Panorama,” a collection of photographic works of local scenery by Kurt-Inge Eklund. Reception, Apr 21 at 5:30pm. 1315 First St, Napa. 707.492.8336.

Two Birds/One Stone Apr 1-30, “Tim Howe Showcase,” contemporary landscape paintings by the internationally recognized artist display throughout the restaurant during the month of April. Reception, Apr 7 at 5:30pm. 3020 St Helena Hwy N, St Helena. 707.302.3777.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN

NAPA

Art Works Downtown Through Apr 13,“What It Feels Like for a Girl,” Bay Area artist Serena Cole presents work based on the appropriation and reconstruction of found imagery from fashion, art history, and current events. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Blue Note Napa Mar 28, the King Street Giants. Mar 29, tribute to Bob Marley with Sol Horizon. Mar 30-31, Freddy Cole. Apr 3, Serf & James with Fellow Vessel and the HA. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Apr 28, “The Night Sky Above Point Reyes & Joshua Tree,” celestial photography by Marty Knapp adorns the Bay Model’s lobby. Reception, Mar 24 at 1pm.

2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Art OPENING

Book Passage Through Nov 30, “Tom Killion Residency,” acclaimed Marin artist returns to Book Passage’s gallery for a year-long exhibition of his original prints and handcrafted books. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. Daily, 9am to 9pm. 415.927.0960.

MARIN Dance Palace Mar 30-Apr 26, “Art as Medicine,” artist Patricia Marina displays mixed-media collages that reflect her joy of nature. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Mill Valley Community Center Apr 3-29, “Dark + Light,” the rock ‘n’ roll photography of Jay Blakesberg shows.

Claudia Chapline Gallery Through May 30, “Contemporary Prints & Drawings,” see works from over a dozen artists on display as part of the gallery’s collection. 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach. Sat-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 415.868.2308.

Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through May 4, “Varying Degrees,” a new

Dance

15 Sun 4⁄1 • Doors 5pm ⁄ $12–$15 • All Ages

Alma del Tango Studio Tuesdays, Lindy Hop & East Coast Swing Dance. Wednesdays, Tango 1 & 2. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. 415.459.8966.

Edge of the West April Fools Ball Thu 4⁄5 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $12–$14 • All Ages

Five Alarm Funk

Fri 4⁄6 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $22–$27 • All Ages

House Of Floyd

San Anselmo Playhouse Mar 30-Apr 1, Stapleton Ballet, performing arts school presents “Coppelia,” a ballet that appeals to all ages, followed by repertory works. $16-$22. 72 Kensington Ave, San Anselmo.

The Music of Pink Floyd Sat 4⁄7 • Doors 1pm ⁄ FREE• All Ages FREE SHOW

Lake Charlatans

Lucinda Williams Tribute Sat 4⁄7 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $27–$32• 21+

Events

Take in the best of the San Francisco radio, TV and comedy scene at the inaugural ‘Not the April Fool’s Day Show’ at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley on March 31.

exhibition featuring works by Paul D Gibson, shifts perspectives of ordinary objects through light, shadow and settings. Reception, Mar 23 at 6pm. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo.

Mon-Sat, 10 to 6. 415.524.8932.

Gallery Route One Through Apr 8, “Painting on Cardboard,” new series of mixed-media paintings by artist Will Thoms displays, with “Speaking Out: Nine Myanmar Artists” in the project space and “The Atlas of Decivilization” installation in the annex. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station.

Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Headlands Center for the Arts Through May 3, “Lucas Foglia: Human Nature,” San Francisco photographer delves into the relationship between people and the environment. Reception, Apr 22 at 4pm.

944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. Sun-Fri, noon to 4.

415.331.2787.

The Image Flow Through Mar 30, “Faster but Slower,” photography show by Jeffrey Martz is full of surprises and joy. 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569.

Marin Art & Garden Center Through Apr 29, “Gathering Distance,” recent paintings by Christopher Evans capture the exquisite mystery and splendor of an untouched earthly paradise. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.455.5260.

Marin Center Bartolini Gallery Through Apr 12, “Found in Our Own Backyard,” works by six Marin County artists are inspired by their surroundings. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. marincounty.org.

Marin Community Foundation Through May 18, “Bond,” exhibit features art from three Bay Area couples, six individual artists, displayed side-by-side with their partners. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.

Marin Society of Artists Through Mar 31, “Fresh Art 2018,” exhibit features artwork that is bold, expressive, engaging, stimulating, creative and infused with imagination. 1515 Third St, San Rafael.

Wed-Sun, Noon to 4. 415.464.9561.

MarinMOCA Through May 9, “Now & Then,” paintings by MarinMOCA artist member Bill Otton leap off the wall with their vibrant hues. Through Apr 22, “Nathan Oliveira: The Figure Over Time,” Bay Area artist and Stanford professor explores the human experience through his art. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

Robert Allen Fine Art Through Mar 30,“Works on Paper,” group exhibit features drawings and mixed-media works by Susan Adame, Tracey Adams, Aleah Koury, Victoria Ryan and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

Stinson Beach Library Through Mar 31, “Two Artists, One Journey,” exhibit includes books, drawings and paintings by Linda Devers and Liebe Wetzel. 3521 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach.

415.868.0252.

Throckmorton Theatre Through Mar 31, “March Art Show at Throckmorton Theatre,” featuring artists Sophy Bevan in the Main Gallery and Janey Fritsche in the Crescendo Gallery.

Comedy Comedy at the Fenix Mean Dave hosts a night of standup stars.

Mar 29, 8pm. $10-$15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

Not the April Fool’s Day Show Inaugural event features the best of the

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Community Media Center of Marin Orientation Get answers to all your media questions, including how you can produce content and get it on the air in Marin. Apr 3, 7pm. Free.

Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael. 415.721.0636.

Easter Celebration & Easter Egg Hunt Day filled with Easter fun includes activities for adults and children alike. Mar 31. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700.

Easter Celebration at Bon Air Center Families can get photos with the Easter Bunny and hunt for colorful Easter eggs filled with special offers, discounts and promotions from Bon Air’s merchants and restaurants. Mar 31, 11am. Bon Air Center, 302 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae. bonair.com.

For the Love of ITP Benefit Gala Event honors the spirit of ITP co-founder George Leonard and includes live music, dinner, dancing, special guests and more. Mar 29, 6:30pm. $125. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.

Metta Gathering Monthly session features a dharma talk and meditation. Apr 3, 7:30pm. Buddhist Temple of Marin, 390 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.1173.

Veterans Resource Center Veteran volunteer Mark Seely will be available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss various topics. Mar 28, 2pm. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael. 415.473.6058.

Field Trips Trekking the Model Join a ranger-guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and delta. Mar 31, 1:30pm. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Film Artists Beyond Boundaries Film Screening Screening and discussion of “Sittwe” by filmmaker Jeanne Hallacy is part of the “Speaking Out” exhibition at Gallery

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Live Concert by Danny O'Keefe Wed 4⁄11 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $12–$14• All Ages

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San Francisco television, radio and comedy scene. Mar 31, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Route One. Mar 31, 6:30pm. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

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“She” CD Release Concert Exraordinaire (VIP seating) Apr 8 • Sun • 7pm • Showcase Theater at Marin Center

R. Carlos Nakai Quintet “Live in Concert” Global-Ethnic Grooves with Native American flutes Apr 13 • Fri • 7pm • Key Tea, 921 C St, San Rafael

Shantala & Mikey Pauker “Shalom Tour”

Rock Concerts on Screen Canadian rock group Metric is captured in “Dreams So Real,” a feature-length 4k concert documentary. Mar 29, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Lark Theater,549 Magnolia Ave,Larkspur.415.924.5111.

Wandering Reel Film Festival Traveling short film festival focuses on bringing meaningful films to the community. Mar 30, 7pm. $10. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. wanderingreel.org.

Food & Drink

Nina Wise and Vinny Ferraro “Wild Wisdom: SOUL-O”

Easter Sunday Dining Serving seasonal brunch items until 3pm, plus reduced regular lunch and dinner menu items. Apr 1. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.

Deva Premal/ Miten w/Manose “Soul of Mantra Tour—Live” in Marin

Foodie Destination Marin Chef Ron Siegel appears in conversation with Carolyn Jung. Apr 4, 7pm. Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.2582.

Apr 14 • Sat • 8pm • Showcase Theater at Marin Center

Fresh Take on Universal Truths: Nina’s Improvisation and Vinny’s Dharma Humor & Insights May 12 • Sat • 7:30pm • Marin Center Auditorium

May 17 • Thu • 8pm • Unity in Marin, Novato FLOW Tour Stop in Marin: with Will Ackerman,

Fiona Joy, Lawrence Blatt, and Jeff Oster

May 18 • Fri • 8pm • Grace Cathedral, SF

Be In Grace: A Mindful Concert & Sound Healing Immersion w/Jennifer Berezan, Linda Tillery, Gary Malkin, Jami Sieber, M. Koga+

May 25 • Fri • 8pm • Unity in Marin, Novato

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Fresh Starts Chef Event Oakland chef and author Bryant Terry demonstrates recipes for eating mindfully and updating traditional favorites. Mar 29, 6:30pm. $60. The Key Room, 1385 N Hamilton Pkwy, Novato. 415.382.3363, ext 215.

Off the Grid Food Trucks Eat your way through the largest gathering of mobile food trucks in Marin, listen to live music and take in great views. Sun, 11am.

Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700.

Performing Poetry with Authentic Voice Workshop examines distinct performance poetry styles and vocal techniques. Mar 31, 1pm. $54. College of Marin Kentfield Campus, 835 College Ave, Kentfield. marincommunityed.com.

Preparing for Difficult Conversations Professional mediator Marissa Wertheimer leads participants through a workshop designed to help us have compassion and understanding in conversations. Mar 28, 6:30pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael. 415.485.3323.

The Secret Lives of Bees Learn how easy it is easy to turn your garden into a pollinators’ paradise. Mar 31, 10:30am.

Free. Point Reyes Station Library, 11435 CA Route 1, Point Reyes Station.

Southern Marin Toastmasters Improve your public speaking skills at the weekly meeting. Wed, 6:45pm. Free.

Larkspur Recreation, 240 Doherty Dr, Larkspur, eloquent. toastmastersclubs.org.

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.

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

415.689.6428.

Oyster Fête 2018 Special menus highlight oysters in all their glory. Through Mar 31. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.

Wildflowers on Wheels Illustrated talks focus on native flora just as they reach their peak. Learn how to identify them and how to visit them.

Mar 29, 1pm. $5-$10. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.450.8000.

For Kids

Readings

Willy Wonka Jr Mark Day School puts on the musical based on Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Mar 28-31. $13-$30. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

Book Passage Mar 28, 7pm, “To Die But Once” with Jacqueline Winspear. Mar 29, 7pm, “The Gospel of Trees” with Apricot Irving. Mar 31, 4pm, “Max & Marla Are Having a Picnic” with Alexandra Boiger.

Apr 2, 7pm, “Through the Bookstore Window” with Bill Petrocelli. Apr 3, 7pm, “Dear Madam President “ with Jennifer Palmieri. Apr 4, 7pm, “The Punishment She Deserves” with Elizabeth George.

51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

415.927.0960.

Lectures 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.

Media Mixer Public is invited to a mixer that features a behind-the-scenes look at Marin TV’s LIVE weekly series, “The People’s Environmental News.” Apr 4, 7pm. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael.

415.721.0636.

Natural Dental Health with Sushama Gokhale Interactive talk connects dental, mental and physical health. Space is limited. Mar 29, 7pm. Free. Driver’s Market, 200 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.729.9582.

Charles M Schulz Museum Mar 31, 11am, “Dork Diaries” with Rachel Renée Russell. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

707.579.4452.

College of Marin Kentfield Campus Mar 30, 1pm, “At Home in the World” with Joyce Maynard. 835 College Ave, Kentfield.

415.457.8811.

Outdoor Art Club Mar 29, 1pm, “Designing with Palms” with Jason Dewees. 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.2582.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Mar 31, 7pm, “Resilient” with Dr Rick Hanson. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.762.0563.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Mar 28, 7pm, “How a Mountain Was Made” with Greg Sarris. $5 donation. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Rebound Bookstore Mar 28, 7pm, Hand to Mouth/ WORDS SPOKEN OUT, featuring Gail Strickland and Peter S Beagle, plus an open mic. Donations welcome. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.482.0550.

Theater Amadeus Dramatic biographical look at musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is as provocative today as when it premiered nearly 40 years ago. Mar 30-Apr 15. $15-$55.

Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.

Blackbird David Lear directs the timely contemporary drama about sexual abuse and intensely conflicting emotions.

Through Apr 1. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177.

By the Water Hurricane Sandy has just ravaged the lifelong Staten Island home of a family with a dark past in this poignant production. Through Apr 8. $28. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

707.588.3400.

Death of a Salesman Veteran character actor Charles Siebert stars in a new intimate production of the classic drama from playwright Arthur Miller. Mar 30-Apr 22. $18-$28. Studio Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

Lost in Yonkers Raven Players presents Neil Simon’s Pulitzerwinning family drama. Mar 30-Apr 15. $15$25. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

Noises Off Ensemble farce about a second-rate theatre company features missed cues, forgotten lines, slamming doors and sardines flying everywhere. Through Mar 31. $20-$33. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.523.4185.

Screams Queens: The Musical Musical revue sets six voluptuous B-movie “Scream Queens” at a science fiction and horror film convention full of mayhem.

Mar 29-Apr 14. $28-$39. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa. 707.266.6305.

Twelfth Night Sonoma State University’s department of theatre arts presents Shakespeare’s gendertangled tale of love, mischief and mistaken identity. Through Mar 31. $5-$17. Evert B. Person Theater, SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 707.664.4246.

The Wolves Powerful play that uses a girls soccer team as a portrait of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness makes its West Coast premiere.

Through Apr 8. $10-$37. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.5208.

Seminars&Workshops To include your seminar or workshop, call 415.485.6700.

SINGLE MEN WANTED. Single & Dissatisfied? Tired of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join with other single women to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships and learn how to manifest your dreams. Nine-week Single’s Group starts April 3.

Also, coed INTIMACY GROUPS and WOMEN’S GROUP, starting the week of March 12th and INDIVIDUAL and COUPLES sessions. Space limited. Advance sign-up required. Central San Rafael Victorian. For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT #35255 at 415/453-8117.

GROUP FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF HIGH DEMAND GROUPS OR “CULTS”, “spiritual,” “religious,” “philosophical,” “Eastern,” “Coaching/Improvement,” etc. Safety and trust in discussing experiences and coercive influence in groups and families with leaders who claim special status and who use unethical, manipulative methods to recruit and indoctrinate with increasing demands on personal lives.

Facilitated and developed by Colleen Russell, LMFT, CGP, since 2003.

GROUP FOR MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, women who have lost their mothers through death, illness, separation, or estrangement in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. A safe place to grieve and to explore many influences of mother loss in relationships, parenting, individual goals, trust, etc. Facilitated and developed by Colleen Russell, LMFT, GCP, since 1997. Kentfield. Individual, Couple, Family & Group Therapy. 415-785-3513; crussell@colleenrussellmft.com, http://www.colleenrussellmft.com.

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Mind&Body HYPNOTHERAPY Thea Donnelly, M.A. Hypnosis, Counseling, All Issues. 25 yrs. experience.

415-459-0449.

Home Services CLEANING SERVICES All Marin House Cleaning Licensed, Bonded, Insured.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144013. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AT FIRST GLANTZ BEAUTY, 1608-A SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: JESSICA GLANTZ, 1608-F SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEB 21, 2018.

(Publication Dates: March 21, 28, April 04, 11 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144045. The following individual(s) is (are)

doing business: DREAMLIFE DESIGN, 406 HILLDALE WAY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: JENNIFER MESSINA, 406 HILLDALE WAY, 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 FEB 23, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 21, 28, April 4, 11 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144049. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PARAGON & CO, 245 PLAYA DEL REY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TULLMANN, ERWIN, 245 PLAYA DEL REY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is RENEWING FILING WITH NO CHANGES THAT EXPIRED MORE THAN 40 DAYS AGO, 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 FEB 23, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144047. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CALGANG, 194 NORTHGATE ONE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: Vichuda Stine, 312 GREENBRIAR CIRCLE, Petaluma, CA 94954.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrantb and transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEB 23, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-143797. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CARDENAS/CARDENAS MARKET/CARDENAS MARKETS/CARDENAS RESTAURANT, 330 BELLAM BLVD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MI PUEBLO NEWCO, LLC., 2501 E. GUASTI ROAD, ONTARIO, CA 91761 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 Jan 23, 2018.

(Publication Dates: March 14, 21, 28, April 04 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144043. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HELLO LANGUAGE ACADEMY, 10 COMMERCIAL BLVD., 106, NOVATO, CA 94949: KELSEY L. BEYER, 1281 VALLEY OAK CT., #F, NOVATO, CA 94947: MARLON D. LOPEZ THERAN, 1281 VALLEY OAK CT., #F, NOVATO, CA 94947.

The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEB 23, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 14, 21, 28, April 04 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144044. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THEBE BALANCE, 3 SADDLEBROOK CT., NOVATO, CA 94947: KELSEY L. BEYER, 3 SADDLEBROOK CT., NOVATO CA 94947. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEB 23, 2018.

(Publication Dates: March 14, 21, 28, April 04 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144097. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DM BUILDERS, 2996 TEAGARDEN ST., SAN LEANDRO, CA 94577: DAVID A. MURRAY, 2170 LAS GALLINAS AVE., 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 MARCH 02, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 14, 21, 28, April 04 of 2018)

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144143. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TAMALPAIS CHARTERS, 21 MAIN STREET, TIBURON, CA 94920: ANGEL ISLAND-TIBURON FERRY INC., 21 MAIN STREET, TIBURON, CA 94920. 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 MARCH 08, 2018.

(Publication Dates: March 21, 28, April 04, 11 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144196. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: S.C. PRODUCTION, 10 SAN PABLO AVE, #3562, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SERGIO FERRUFINO C., 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 MARCH 14, 2018.

(Publication Dates: March 21, 28, April 04, 11 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144137. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PANDA ROOM, 770 TAMALPAIS DR., #127, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MICHELLE L. STUART, #1 HICKORY RD., FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 07, 2018.

(Publication Dates: March 21, 28, April 04, 11 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144197. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BLAKE ATM, 10 CATALINA BLVD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BLAKE MAYOCK, 10 CATALINA BLVD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JANE CANNING, 10 CATALINA BLVD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. 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 MARCH 14, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 21, 28, April 04, 11 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2018-144162. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CENTINELLE, 115 ALTENA ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CRISTINA ROSE GUIZAR, 115 ALTENA ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901-5202. 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 MARCH 12, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 28, April 4, 11, 18 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144235. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PRIORI PARTNERS, 250 CAZNEAU AVE., SAUSALITO, CA 94965: DARIA STOROJEV, 250 CAZNEAU AVE., SAUSALITO, CA 94965. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 19, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 28, April 4, 11, 18 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2018-144232. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BAYLINE PAINTING, INC., 40 BELVEDERE ST., #4, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BAYLINE PAINTING INC., 40 BELVEDERE ST., #4, 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 MARCH 19, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 28, April 4, 11, 18 of 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2018 - 143851. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BELLISIMA SALON/ SPA, 1113 FOURTH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALICIA M. REID, 311 FIRST 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 JAN 29, 2018. (Publication Dates: March 7, 14, 28, April 4 of 2018)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1800616.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Natasha Brahim on behalf of minor child, Taliyan Marie Brahim-Rhodes filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: TALIYAH MARIE BRAHIM-RHODES TO TALIYAH MARIE BRAHIM. 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: 04/30/2018 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT E, ROOM E. Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913.

A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: FEB 21, 2018.

(Publication Dates: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1800650.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NOREEN ANNE BURROWS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: NOREEN ANNE BURROWS TO NOREEN ANNE CORR. 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: 04/20/2018 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B. Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: FEB 23, 2018.

(Publication Dates: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28 of 2018) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1800666. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Josephine A. Jones filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOSEPHINE A. JONES TO ANGIE JONES. 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: 04/16/2018 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT B. Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin:

PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: FEB 26, 2018. (Publication Dates: MAR 14, 21, 28, APRIL 04 of 2018) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OR TRUST OF DECEDENT Roland William Hinners.

CASE NO. PES-14-297695.

To all heirs, beneficiaries creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of decedent: Roland William Hinners. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Billy R. Hinners, Co-executor, in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN FRANCISCO. The Petition for Probate requests that: Billy R. Hinners, Co-executor, of SAN FRANCISCO County be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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 action 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: NOV 15, 2017 at 9 a.m. in Dept. 204, located at 400 MCALISTER STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102.

Date of filing: NOV 13, 2017.

(Publication Dates: MAR 14, 21, 28, APRIL 04 of 2018) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PAUL LUCHETA; Case No. PR-1800711 filed on MAR 01, 2018. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PAUL LUCHETA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN by SHARON LUCHETA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SHARON LUCHETA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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: APRIL 09, 2018 at 9:00 am. in Dept.

J, Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94901. 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.

Other California Statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 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. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: MICHAEL C. FERGUSON, 1816 FIFTH STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94710.

510.548.9005. Publication Dates: MARCH 21, 28, APRIL 04 of 2018)

By Amy Alkon

Q:

My parents said they’d give my fiancé and me money for a wedding or for a down payment on a home. They aren’t wealthy, so my fiancé and I would have to fund about half of the wedding, or possibly more. He doesn’t care about a big wedding, and I agree that it would be fantastic to have money to put toward a home. Still, my friends are getting married and having these beautiful, lavish weddings, and I worry that I’d regret not having one, too.—Bridechilla

A:

Let’s think this through. First, there’s, “We blew our friends away with the wedding of the century!!!” And then: “But, strangely, none of them showed up to our housewarming in our new tent beneath the overpass.”

To understand your longing to get married in, say, the suburban Taj Mahal, with Beyoncé as entertainment, it helps to understand that we are imperfectly rational. Our emotions are our first responders, and those still driving us today are often a mismatch with our modern world. They evolved to solve mating and survival problems in ancestral times.

Reputation and status mattered—in a life-or-death way. Take the drive for female status competition that’s gnawing at you. It has a long history in both human and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, etc.). Primatologist and anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explains, “Access to resources—the key to successful gestation and lactation—and the ability to protect one’s family from members of one’s own species are so nearly correlated with status that female status has become very nearly an end in itself.”

Well, guess what? In our modern world, you have access to resources.

Understanding how starkly mismatched our evolved emotions can be with our modern lives may put your longing to join the wed-spend olympiad into perspective. Ironically, you and your fiancé might do more to signal that you’re high status through a sort of reverse conspicuous consumption—for example, loudly and proudly throwing a backyard wedding with a barbecue lunch buffet … scooped onto the finest 250-count disposable Chinet $14.99 can buy. (Yes, you two are so comfortable with your place in the social world that you can throw an aggressively unlavish wedding.)

Your guests will cry just the same as you say “I do” in a dress you picked up for $9 at Goodwill. Best of all, after your frugally fabulous nuptials, you can go straight off on your honeymoon—the two of you rather than the three of you: You, your husband and the credit counselor.

Q:

I’m a single woman struggling with maintaining boundaries. I find myself going along in the moment with things men do or want— saying, “Sure, that’s cool” even when it’s not. I’m pretty assertive in other areas, so it’s confusing that I’d be such a wimp with men.—Yes Woman

A:

Guys love a woman who says yes—until they’re done doing whatever she said yes to.

It isn’t surprising that you’re inconsistently assertive. There’s this myth of the self as a single, stable entity—like one of those Easter Island statues (but with lip gloss and an iPhone). However, evolutionary psychologist Lee A. Kirkpatrick and his colleagues find that our self-evaluations (and the behavior that follows) evolved to be “domain-specific”—different in different areas of our lives.

“Situational variables” matter—like the value to us of a potential relationship.

So you might march around like some warrior princess of the work world yet want a boyfriend so badly that you show guys you’re dating that there’s no amount of backward that’s too far for you to bend over.

The good news is, your emotions are not your factory foreman. You will not be fired and end up sleeping on cardboard in a doorway if you refuse to obey them.

Reflect on possible boundary-challenging scenarios and preplan what you’ll say— and then just say it. State your limits, despite any inner squeals of protest from your fears (those jerks). Expect this to feel uncomfortable, but do it anyway. In time, you should see that it’s self-respect, not compliance, that earns you respect from others— leading them to want you for more than … um … temporary erection relief.Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.

Astrology

For the week of March 28

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A few years ago, a

New Zealander named Bruce Simpson announced plans to build a cruise missile at his home using parts he bought legally from eBay and other online stores.

In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest that you initiate a comparable project. For example, you could arrange a do-it-yourself space flight by tying a thousand helium balloons to your lawn chair. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Please don’t try lunatic schemes like the helium balloon space flight.

Here’s the truth: Now is a favorable time to initiate big, bold projects, but not foolish, big, bold projects.

The point is to be both visionary and practical.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Finnish

word kalsarikännit means getting drunk at home alone in your underwear and bingeing on guilty pleasures. It’s a perfect time for you to do just that.

The Fates are whispering, “Chill out. Vegetate. Be ambitionless.” APRIL FOOL! I told a half-truth.

In fact, now is a perfect time to excuse yourself from trying too hard and doing too much. You can accomplish wonders and marvels by staying home and bingeing on guilty pleasures in your underwear. But there’s no need to get drunk.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Actor Gary Busey is very sure that there are no mirrors in heaven.

He has other specific ideas about the place, as well.

This became a problem when he was filming the movie Quigley, in which his character Archie visits heaven. Busey was so enraged at the director’s mistaken rendering of paradise that he got into a fist fight with another actor. I hope that you will show an equally feisty fussiness in the coming weeks, Gemini. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. On the one hand, I do hope that you’ll be forceful as you insist on expressing your high standards. Don’t back down! But on the other hand, refrain from pummeling anyone who asks you to compromise.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the Scots language still spoken in parts of Scotland, eedledoddles are people who can’t summon initiative when it’s crunch time. They are so consumed in trivial or irrelevant concerns that they lose all instinct for being in the right place at the right time. I regret to inform you that you are now at risk of being an eedle-doddle. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, the truth is just the opposite. I have rarely seen you so well-primed to respond vigorously and bravely to Big Magic Moments. For the foreseeable future, you are King or Queen of Carpe Diem.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Paul McCartney

likes to periodically act like a regular person who’s not a famous musician. He goes grocery shopping without bodyguards. He rides on public transportation and strikes up conversations with random strangers. I think that you may need to engage in similar behavior yourself, Leo. You’ve become a bit too enamored with your own beauty and magnificence. You really do need to come down to Earth and hang out more with us little people. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is prime time to hone your power and glory; to indulge your urge to shine and dazzle; to be as conspicuously marvelous as you dare to be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The coming days will be an excellent time to concoct an alchemical potion that will heal your oldest wounds. For best results, mix and sip a gallon of potion using the following magic ingredients: Absinthe, chocolate syrup, cough medicine, dandelion tea, cobra venom and worm’s blood. APRIL FOOL! I mixed a lie in with a truth. It is a fact that now is a fine time to seek remedies for your ancient wounds. But the potion I recommended is bogus. Go on a quest for the real cure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I expect that you will soon receive a wealth of exotic and expensive gifts. For example, a benefactor may finance your vacation to a gorgeous sacred site or give you the deed to an enchanted waterfall. I won’t be surprised if you’re blessed with a solid gold bathtub or a year’s supply of luxury cupcakes. It’s even possible

By Rob Brezsny

that a sugar daddy or sugar momma will fork over $500,000 to rent an auditorium for a party in your honor. APRIL FOOL! I distorted the truth. I do suspect that you’ll get more goodies than usual in the coming weeks, but they’re likely to come in the form of love and appreciation, not flashy material goods. (For best results, don’t just wait around for the goodies to stream in; ask for them!)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s a

narrow waterway between Asia and Europe. In the fifth century B.C., Persian King Xerxes had two bridges built across it so he could invade Greece with his army. But a great storm swept through and smashed his handiwork. Xerxes was royally peeved.

He ordered his men to whip the uncooperative sea and brand it with hot irons, all the while shouting curses at it, like “You are a turbid and briny river.” I recommend that you do something similar, Scorpio.

Has Nature done anything to inconvenience you?

Show it who’s the Supreme Boss! APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is an excellent time for you to become more attuned and in love with a Higher Power, however you define that. What’s greater than you, bigger than your life and wilder than you can imagine? Refine your practice of the art of surrender.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fifteenth-century Italian painter Filippo Lippi was such a lustful womanizer that he sometimes found it tough to focus on making art. At one point, his wealthy and politically powerful patron Cosimo de’ Medici, frustrated by his extracurricular activities, imprisoned him in his studio to ensure that he wouldn’t get diverted. Judging from your current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suspect that you need similar constraints. APRIL FOOL! I fibbed a little. I am indeed worried that you’ll get so caught up in the pursuit of pleasure that you’ll neglect your duties. But I won’t go so far as to suggest that you should be locked up for your own good.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now is a

favorable time to slap a lawsuit on your mom in an effort to make her pay for the mistakes she made while raising you. You could also post an exposé on social media in which you reveal her shortcomings, or organize a protest rally outside her house with your friends holding signs demanding that she apologize for how she messed you up. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just said was ridiculous and false. The truth is, now is a perfect moment to meditate on the gifts and blessings your mother gave you. If she is still alive, express your gratitude to her. If she has passed on, do a ritual to honor and celebrate her.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Color Purple. She has also published 33 other books and built a large audience. But some of her ideas are not exactly mainstream. For example, she says that one of her favorite authors is David Icke, who asserts that intelligent extraterrestrial reptiles have disguised themselves as humans and taken control of our planet’s governments. I bring this to your attention, because I think it’s time that you, too, reveal the full extent of how crazy you really are. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied.

While it’s true that now is a favorable time to show more of your unconventional and eccentric sides, I don’t advise you to go full-on whacko.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Warning!

Danger! You are at risk of contracting a virulent case of cherophobia! And what exactly is cherophobia? It’s a fear of happiness. It’s an inclination to dodge and shun joyful experiences because of the suspicion that they will disappoint you or cause bad luck. Please do something to stop this insidious development. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is that you are currently more receptive to positive emotions and delightful events than you’ve been in a long time. There’s less than a 1 percent chance that you will fall victim to cherophobia.Y

Homework: What quality or behavior in you would most benefit from healthy self-mocking? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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